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If you're Boyfriend, you've gotten your share of some good gifts (in my opinion). You've gotten a grill, a digital camera, some video games. But you've also gotten more than your fair share of lame gifts, like sheets and pillows. My 2 best friends, The Girls, know about my deficiency in the gift giving department. So every year we make extensive lists of things we'd like to have. We're not expected to buy everything on the list. We don't even have to buy anything on the list. It's merely for reference in case we get completely stumped. But Boyfriend? He refuses to make a list. He refuses to even say one single thing that he wants, usually claiming that I don't have to get him anything at all. Which makes shopping for him next to impossible. This year for his birthday--no exception.
After letting the opportunity for something huge and awesome on his 30th birthday slip by last year, I was determined to make this year's birthday special. I knew I wanted to make him a cake, since last year he only got cupcakes (which were actually just test cupcakes for the upcoming Cupcake Camp), but I had no idea what kind of gift to give. After pointlessly begging for suggestions for weeks, Boyfriend was going to end up getting exactly what he wanted. Absolutely nothing. I guess I better make one hell of a cake to distract him from the fact that there was no gift to go with it.
If you know even a little about me, you know that I. don't. make. cake. I'm terrible at it. Individual sized portions are my thing. I can handle cupcakes like a champ. But cake? Always ends in disaster. But if I was going to be the best girlfriend ever, despite my lack of gift giving skills, I was going to have to suck it up and bust my butt to create the most awesome cake ever. I was going to have to venture into the terrifying world of both fondant covering AND cake stacking, neither of which I'd ever done before. This could get ugly.
I had this idea for over a year that I was going to make him a cake shaped like Legos, since he loves them, but after looking at ideas online, I wasn't thrilled. They just didn't have that "wow" factor. But the pictures of the Nintendo themed cakes I found, now there was some definite awesomeness. It was well beyond my skill level, but hey. I always enjoy a challenge. It's how you get better, right? So Mario it is.
I tried to make it a smaller cake, using just an 8 inch square pan for the base, a 6-inch round pan for the middle, and a jumbo cupcake for the top, since I knew it was just the 2 of us sharing it, and probably his coworkers, but it still ended up being enormous! And HEAVY. I've always heard them say on those cake decorating shows that the cakes weigh a lot, but I never realized just how much. That thing, even as a junior sized cake, weighed a good 20-30 pounds fully decorated. And I know I definitely need to work on my fondant skills. The perfectionist in me cried a tiny bit each time I looked at all the wrinkles and tears, but, for my first attempt, I'm still pretty freaking proud of it. And Boyfriend? He LOVED it.
He barely even noticed there was no gift! But just so you know, Boyfriend. You're getting cupcakes next year. And you better start thinking of what you might want as a gift now.
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bada wrote:Lakers in a landslide! but that is RIGHT now.
I dont know how anyone could pick the Heat right now. They have 4 players on their roster. 4! on their entire roster! No matter how good three of them, you cant pick a team that cant even put 5 players on the court right now and with 3 guys we have no proof can play effetively together over the back to back champs who feature hands down the best top 6 in the league.
I think you confused the question, bada. Its not who do you think will win, but who would you rather want to win.

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I adore Thai cuisine and am always in search of great Thai cooking blogs.
She Simmers is a fabulous resource for Thai cooking with many Thai recipes, including Thai pantry. Authored by the talented Leela, She Simmers is a gem—authentic and easy-to-follow Thai recipes, gorgeous food photography, and beautiful food writing and story-telling.
I am a big fan of She Simmers. Please welcome Leela to Rasa Malaysia as she shares her family's Thai Pomelo Salad or Yam Som-O recipe with us.
For a long time, I could never figure out why I got into the habit of saving up what I considered to be very special recipes in my draft folder, adamantly refusing to publish them for reasons even I failed to grasp.
Then Bee invited me to write a guest post for Rasa Malaysia, and it became clear why I, like a squirrel hoarding acorns for winter, had saved up those precious few recipes. It is indeed for an occasion like this.
Yam (rhymes with "some") Som-O or pomelo salad is one of those things which my mother and her sisters loved to make when they visited each other.
My two aunts and Mom had this stone soup-esque tradition of taking turns hosting a get-together. Along with the children in tow, the guests would bring 2-3 components of a dish and cook them in the kitchen of the host.
Pomelo salad is one of those dishes which my cousins and I grew up eating quite a bit of at these gatherings organized by our moms. Naturally, even though there are a few variations of this salad out there, I'm partial to our family's recipe.
Outside the home, pomelo salad is served mostly, if not only, at sit-down type of restaurants; it is not a common street food like Pad Thai or Som Tam.
And though hugely popular in Thailand, pomelo salad is rarely found on the menus of Thai restaurants outside of the kingdom. This is all the more reason to learn how to make this unique and delicious salad at home, I think.
Pomelo salad, like most traditional Thai salads, needs to be consumed immediately after it's tossed. That is when the flavor rises to a crescendo before it steadily and rapidly declines.
The salad does not keep well and it certainly cannot be refrigerated and reheated without being utterly annihilated. It also tastes best when the individual components are prepared just before they are tossed together.
Did I just talk you out of making this salad? Are you now thinking why on earth we are talking about a salad whose main ingredient, pomelo, is hard to find and the number of whose components so daunting?
Well, take heart. For one thing, if you have not noticed, pomelo has started to show up everywhere nowadays. For another thing, please believe me when I say that pomelo salad is really not as difficult to make as it may seem.
Once all of the individual components are prepared, it's just a matter of tossing everything together and consuming the fruit of your labor blissfully. And if you, like me, are motivated by the promise of bliss, then let's fasten our aprons and get cooking, shall we?
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Letter to the Editor;
I recently contacted Senators Feingold and Kohl and Cong. Obey to obtain some answers. My first question dealt with the status of central Wisconsin's designation as a repository for high level nuclear waste which came into effect in the 1980s.
Even though Nevada's Yucca Mountain is the current, but contested choice, I was not aware of Wisconsin's removal from that list. No one contacted could confirm the state's position, but all promised to find out.
The state's ranking on that list of repositories is relevant once again now that nuclear energy is being touted, incorrectly, as a clean or non-polluting choice for power generation. Uranium mining, conversion, enrichment and production of nuclear fuel make a substantial contribution to global warming. And the enormously problematic issue of nuclear waste disposal just will not go away.
My second set of questions dealt with an assertion that the U.S. government gives the state of Israel approximately $15 million per week without any strings attached or accountability.
The recent distressing news of 250,000 or more Palestinians fleeing Gaza into Egypt in order to obtain food, medicine and other necessities only confirms the photos and firsthand accounts that I have been receiving. Those photos and personal, U.S. citizen accounts convey the plight of Palestinians under the occupation of Israel. I saw photos of relatively new Israeli tanks and bulldozers destroying ready-to-harvest Palestinian crops. There were photos and personal accounts of new, Israeli housing developments that were illegally built on Palestinian lands.
My initial concern spread into many questions. Where are those $15 million going that the U.S. government gives weekly to Israel? Are we funding tanks and bulldozers that literally drive people off their lands even as our own infrastructure is crumbling here at home? Are we facilitating the building of illegal housing while our own veterans are often homeless and without proper medical care here at home? Are we funding the violence that ultimately is an ethnic cleansing? If the answer to even one of those questions is yes, then this is not the America I believe in.
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I have a GMail account configured as POP with Barca and when i occasionally send messages via web account the "sent" copies come in as "new" messages in Barca.
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As part of our blog, we will occasionaly post product reviews for new toys that are extremely popular, functional, and of high educational worth. Case in point: the ZipBin Dinosaurs Storage Toy Box Playset, a good find from our recent visit to the Dallas Market Trade Show. The DMTS is an overwhelming panacea of the latest and greatest toys (some educational, some just for fun), and our visit yielded what I believe to be some of the most unique toys to date.
I decided to blog about the ZipBin because of the overwhelming popularity we've already seen with our customers. A number of them have reported that they really like the bin because it keeps things organized and off the floor (a big plus if you've ever stepped on a hard plastic toy in the middle of the night that was unfortunately left in your path). Kids probably don't care much about the functional uses, but enjoy the playmat because it creates a prehistoric habitat for the dinosaur toys that come with it. Plus, there is enough room in the storage box to add quite a few other dinosaur toy pieces if your little one is a collector. Based on our customer feedback, we're rating the toy box playset with 4 stars. Its educational value, durable and simple design, and overall functionality makes it a great toy. To view this item at Storeforknowledge.com go to
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Ever since Spore's release I was convinced it was a great concept. I spent way too many hours in the past both playing the game and creating assets, but ultimately I kind of grew tired, mainly due to the lack of a solid community.
I'm actually rather amazed by the fact that there does in fact still exist a following for the game, and I'd love to join you guys!
Whenever I play spore I like to make semi-humanoid creatures. As a CGI artist I enjoy remaking creatures in zBrush as well.
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Profiling Explicit Parallel Communication
This example shows how to profile explicit communication to the nearest neighbor lab. It illustrates the use of labSend, labReceive, and labSendReceive, showing both the slow (incorrect) and the fast (optimal) way of implementing this algorithm. The problem is explored using the parallel profiler.
- Interactive Parallel Mode in Parallel Computing Toolbox™ (See pmode in the User's Guide.)
- Using the Parallel Profiler in Pmode
The figures in this example are produced from a 12-node cluster.
The example code involves explicit communication. In MATLAB® explicit communication is synonymous with directly using Parallel Computing Toolbox communication primitives (e.g. labSend, labReceive, labSendReceive, labBarrier). Performance problems involving this type of communication, if not related to the underlying hardware, can be difficult to trace. With the parallel profiler many of these problems can be interactively identified. It is important to remember you can separate the various parts of your program into separate functions. This can help when profiling, because some data is collected only for each function.
The Algorithm
The algorithm we are profiling is a nearest neighbor communication pattern. Each MATLAB worker needs data only from itself and one neighboring lab. This type of data parallel pattern lends itself well to many matrix problems, but when done incorrectly, can be needlessly slow. In other words, each lab depends on data that is already available on an adjacent lab. For example, on a four-lab cluster, lab 1 wants to send some data to lab 2 and needs some data from lab 4 so each lab depends on only one other lab:
1 depends on -> 4
2 depends on -> 1
3 depends on -> 2
4 depends on -> 3
It is possible to implement any given communication algorithm using labSend and labReceive. labReceive always blocks your program until the communication is complete, while labSend might not if the data is small. Using labSend first, though, doesn't help in most cases.
One way to accomplish this algorithm is to have every lab wait for a receive, and only one lab start the communication chain by completing a send and then a receive. Alternatively, we can use labSendReceive, and at first glance it may not be apparent that there should be a major difference in performance.
You can view the code for pctdemo_aux_profbadcomm and pctdemo_aux_profcomm to see the complete implementations of this algorithm. Look at the first file and notice that it uses labSend and labReceive for communication.
It is a common mistake to start thinking in terms of labSend and labReceive when it is not necessary. Looking at how this pctdemo_aux_profbadcomm implementation performs will give us a better idea of what to expect.
Profiling the labSend Implementation
P>> labBarrier;% to ensures the labs all start at the same time
P>> mpiprofile reset; P>> mpiprofile on; P>> pctdemo_aux_profbadcomm;
1 sending to 2 receive from 12
2 receive from 1 sending to 3
3 receive from 2 sending to 4
4 receive from 3 sending to 5
5 receive from 4 sending to 6
6 receive from 5 sending to 7
7 receive from 6 sending to 8
8 receive from 7 sending to 9
9 receive from 8 sending to 10
10 receive from 9 sending to 11
11 receive from 10 sending to 12
12 receive from 11 sending to 1
P>> mpiprofile viewer;
1 Sending pmode lab2client to the MATLAB client for asynchronous evaluation.
The Function Summary Report is displayed. On this page, you can see time spent waiting in communications as an orange bar under the Total Time Plot heading. The data below shows that considerable amount of time was spent waiting. Let's see how the parallel profiler helps to identify the causes of these waits.
Quickstart Steps
- In the profiler Function Summary Report, look at the pctdemo_aux_profbadcomm entry and click Compare max vs. min TotalTime. Observe the large orange waiting time indicated under the function iRecFromPrevLab. This is an early indication that there is something wrong with a corresponding send, either because of network problems or algorithm problems.
- Use the top toolbar table to click Plot All Per Lab Communication. The first figure in this view shows all the data received by each lab. In this example each lab is receiving the same amount of data from the previous lab, so it doesn't seem to be a data distribution problem. The second figure shows the various communication times including the time spent waiting for communication. In the third figure, the Receive Comm Waiting Time plot shows a stepwise increase in waiting time. An example Receive Comm Waiting Time plot can be seen below using a 12-node cluster. It is good to go back and check what is happening on the source lab.
- Browse what's happening on lab 1. a.) In the Profiler click Home. b.) Click the top-level pctdemo_aux_profbadcomm function to go to the Function Detail Report. c.) Be sure that Show function listing is selected. d.) Scroll down and see where lab 1 spends time and which lines are covered. e.) For comparison, look at the Busy Line table and select the last lab using the Goto lab listbox.
To see all the profiled lines of code, scroll down to the last item in the page. An example of this annotated code listing can be seen below.
Communication Plots Using a Larger Non-local Cluster
To clearly see the problem with our usage of labSend and labReceive, look at the following Receive Comm Waiting Time plot from a 12-node cluster.
In the plot above, you can see the unnecessary waiting using Plot All PerLab Communication. This waiting time increases because labReceive blocks until the corresponding paired labSend has completed. Hence, you get sequential communication even though subsequent labs only need the data that is originating in the immediate neighbor labindex.
Using labSendReceive to Implement this Algorithm
You can use labSendReceive to send and receive data simultaneously from the lab that you depend on to get minimal waiting time. See this in the corrected version of the communication pattern implemented in pctdemo_aux_profcomm. Clearly, using labSendReceive is not possible if you need to receive data before you can send it. In such cases, use labSend and labReceive to ensure chronological order. However, in cases like this example, when there is no need to receive data before sending, use labSendReceive. Let's profile this version without resetting the data collected on the previous version (use mpiprofile resume).
P>> labBarrier; P>> mpiprofile resume; P>> pctdemo_aux_profcomm;
1 sending to 2 receiving from 12 2 sending to 3 receiving from 1 3 sending to 4 receiving from 2 4 sending to 5 receiving from 3 5 sending to 6 receiving from 4 6 sending to 7 receiving from 5 7 sending to 8 receiving from 6 8 sending to 9 receiving from 7 9 sending to 10 receiving from 8 10 sending to 11 receiving from 9 11 sending to 12 receiving from 10 12 sending to 1 receiving from 11
P>> mpiprofile viewer;
1 Sending pmode lab2client to the MATLAB client for asynchronous evaluation.
This corrected version reduces the waiting time to effectively zero. To see this, click Plot All PerLab Communication after selecting pctdemo_aux_profcomm. The same communication pattern, described above, now spends nearly no time waiting using labSendReceive (see the Receive Comm Waiting Time plot below).
The Plot Color Scheme
For each 2-D image plot, the coloring scheme is normalized to the task at hand. Therefore, do not use the coloring scheme in the plot shown above to compare with other plots, since colors are normalized and are dependent on the maximum value (seen in the top right in brown). For this example, using the max value is the best way to compare the huge difference in waiting times when we use pctdemo_aux_profcomm instead of pctdemo_aux_profbadcomm.


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Dates for the schools are:
• Southwest Ginners School, Lubbock, Texas – March 28-30;
• Western Ginners School, Las Cruces, N.M. – May 10-12; and
• Stoneville Ginners School, Stoneville, Miss. – June 14-16.
Registration can be completed online at http://ncga.cotton.org.
Each level of Ginner Schools' coursework is built on the previous level of instruction, with Level I as the foundation. Thus, beginning students, regardless of gin experience, should start with Level I, said Harrison Ashley, National Cotton Ginners' Association executive vice president.
Level I courses are: Introduction to Cotton Ginning and the Industry; Maintenance of Auxiliary Gin Components; Basic Hydraulics; Basic Gin Safety; Maintenance and Adjustments for Seed Cotton Cleaners, Gin Stands, and Lint Cleaners; Air Utilization and Drying; and Electricity in the Gin.
Level II offerings include: Purpose and Operating Principles of Individual Gin Machines; Efficient Operation, Adjustment, and Maintenance of Gin Equipment; Pneumatics and Waste Collection; Electrical Systems; Hydraulic Systems; Gin Safety; Management Tips; and Roller Ginning (at the Western School only).
Level III features: Review of Functions of a Ginning System; Electrical Systems; Air Systems in the Gin; Drying and Moisture Restoration Systems; Matching Machinery Capacities in the System; Seed Cotton Unloading Systems and Management of Seed Cotton Handling Systems; Bale Presses and Hydraulic Systems; Safety Programs and Labor Regulations; Cottonseed Handling Systems; and Roller Ginning (at the Western School only).
In addition to Levels I, II and III, all schools will feature a two-day continuing education (CE) course for certified ginners and gin managers. They may register for the two days or for individual parts of the course with a minimum of one day registration. Check at each location for the order in which these will be covered.
The CE's first day will focus on the press, including a review of basic hydraulics, press components, increasing speed and efficiencies, and bale tying/handling systems. The first day also will include a session on achieving better leaf grades.
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May 21, 2012
UCLA Anderson Forecast has "Curbed Enthusiasm" Over Employment Data
Two Percent GDP growth projected through 2012
LOS ANGELES -- In its first quarterly report of 2012, the UCLA Anderson Forecast remains cautious about overzealousness regarding the national economy while acknowledging an improving employment situation, with more than half a million jobs created in the first two months of the year. With the proper restraint in mind, the Forecast projects a modest two percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) through the rest of the year.
California will likely see continued slow, steady gains in employment through 2012, with the rest of the country and the state's international trading partners generating faster growth in 2013 and 2014. The Forecast calls for a steady decrease in the California unemployment rate over the next two years, following a slow trajectory towards single-digit unemployment by the end of 2013 and reaching 7.7 percent by the end of 2014.
The National Forecast
In his March 2012 report, UCLA Anderson Forecast senior economist David Shulman cites temperatures in most of the country averaging 5 to 6 degrees above normal in January and February 2012 as a key factor in the recent improvement in the labor market, with 227,000 and 284,000 net new payroll jobs created in those months, respectively.
In an essay titled "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Shulman details how the unseasonably warm winter weather drove the consumer economy. The impact of the mild winter manifested in several respects, including an unusually low number of workers being kept away from their jobs and lower home-heating bills (aided by plummeting natural gas prices, which helped offset higher gasoline prices) - all of which acted as stimulants for the labor markets. But, Shulman writes, "We suspect that once the weather and the seasonal adjustment factors normalize in March and April, the economic data won't look so ebullient."
Shulman also writes that "the stronger employment data are not appearing to translate into stronger overall GDP growth." He argues that part of the recent gains in employment was a response to prior growth, not expectations for future growth.
After experiencing 3 percent growth in the final quarter of 2011, real GDP will slow to around a 2 percent annual growth rate for most of 2012, the Forecast predicts, with the point estimate for the first quarter at 2.0 percent. Growth is expected to improve from that level in both 2013 and 2014. Moreover, the looming expiration of all of the Bush-era tax cuts and the payroll tax cut will elevate economic uncertainty in the second half of the year.
The California Forecast
In the California report, senior economist Jerry Nickelsburg looks "under the hood" of the state's employment woes, exploring the nature of California's persistently high unemployment rate and the gap between the state and the national unemployment rates.
In an essay titled, "California's Unemployment High," Nickelsburg details how the state's unemployment rate is historically the same or slightly higher than the U.S. rate. He also notes that the state's penchant for boom-or-bust cycles creates the temptation to blame the current distance between the U.S. and California unemployment rates on an excess of construction and related sector workers, just as in the early 1990s, when there was an excess of aerospace and related sector workers.
A key point in the essay is that the U.S. as a whole saw a decline in its overall labor force, as discouraged workers removed themselves from actively seeking employment. In California, the same removal from the labor force did not occur, and this accounts for much of the difference in rates between the state and the nation.
While acknowledging the importance of California's labor market dynamics, Nickelsburg writes that these findings do not alter the UCLA Anderson Forecast's view of how the California economy will evolve over the next few years. In 2012, the Forecast calls for slow growth in employment at about the national rate. When the economy picks up in 2013 and 2014, the drivers of the state's economy will be technology, exports, health care, professional, scientific and business services, and education.
The California forecast is for employment growth of 1.9 percent in 2012, 2.0 percent in 2013 and 2.6 percent in 2014. Payrolls will grow more slowly, at 1.3 percent, 1.9 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively. Real personal income growth is forecast to be 2.4 percent in 2012, followed by 2.1 percent in 2013 and 3.2 percent in 2014.
About UCLA Anderson Forecast
UCLA Anderson Forecast is one of the most widely watched and often-cited economic outlooks for California and the nation and was unique in predicting both the seriousness of the early-1990s downturn in California and the strength of the state's rebound since 1993. More recently, the Forecast was credited as the first major U.S. economic forecasting group to declare the recession of 2001.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "intellectual capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.
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This blog entry does not have associated example program, the samples of this post were taken using the sensor monitoring application presented here. This time I will give a taste what can be achieved by using the acceleration sensor for identifying movement patterns. Previously we have seen that the acceleration sensor is pretty handy at measuring the orientation of the device relative to the Earth's gravity. At that discussion we were faced with the problem what if the device is subject to acceleration other than the Earth's gravity. In that measurement, it caused noise. For example if you move the device swiftly, you can force change between landscape and portrait mode even if the device's relative position to the Earth's surface is constant. That's because the acceleration of the device's movement is added to the Earth's gravity acceleration, distorting the acceleration vector.
In this post, we will be less concerned about the device's orientation. We will focus on these added accelerations. Everyday movements have characteristic patterns and by analysing the samples produced by the acceleration sensor, cool context information can be extracted from the acceleration data.
The acceleration sensor measures the acceleration along three axes. This 3D vector is handy when one wants to measure orientation of e.g. the gravity acceleration vector. When identifying movements, it is more useful to work with the absolute value of the acceleration because the device may change its orientation during the movement. Therefore we calculate
ampl=sqrt( x^2 + y^2 + z^2 )
where x,y,z are elements of the measured acceleration vector along the three axes. Our diagrams will show this ampl value.
Let's start with something simple.
This is actually me walking at Waterloo station. The diagram shows the beginning of the walking. It starts with stationary position then I start to walk. In order to understand the pattern, we must remember that acceleration is change of the velocity vector. This means that if we move quickly but our velocity does not change, we have 0 acceleration. On the other hand, if we move with constant speed but our direction changes, that's quite a significant change in the velocity vector. That is the source of the gravity acceleration, the Earth's surface (and we along with it) rotates with constant speed but as the speed is tangent to the Earth's surface, its direction constantly changes as the Earth rotates.
The same goes for walking. Whenever the foot hits the ground, its velocity vector changes (moved down, starts to move up). Similarly, when the foot reaches the highest point, it moved up and then it starts to move down. The maximums and the minimums of the acceleration amplitude are at these points. As these accelerations are added to the Earth's acceleration (9.81 m/s^2), you will see an offset of about 10. The sine wave-like oscillation of the acceleration vector's absolute value is unmistakable. The signal is not exactly sine wave but the upper harmonics attenuate quickly. You can see that my walking caused about 1.2g fluctuation (-0.6 g to 0.6 g).
Running is very similar except that the maximum acceleration is much higher - about 2 g peak-to peak.
And now, everybody's favourite, the shaking. Shaking is very easy to identify. First, the peak acceleration is very high (about 3 g in our case). Also, the peaks are spike-like (very high upper harmonic content).
In the following, I will present some algorithms that produce handy values when identifying these movements.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Movement patterns
Posted by Gabor Paller at 8:51 PM
Labels: sensors
4 comments:
Awesome articles, please keep them cominh
- May 6, 2010 at 1:13 AM
- me said...
Great blog!
Keep up the good work :)
- May 7, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- Ganesh Pisal said...
Keep it up. Good work :)
- May 18, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Ngewi Fet said...
It would be interesting to know in what position you were carrying your phone when collecting the data for the various motions (walking & running).
Was it in a pocket, in your hand, or in a bag? This will add more perspective to the results.
- July 29, 2010 at 3:22 AM
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The hospital trip is a bit different when you're having a scheduled delivery. With over 30 percent of all American births coming via c-section, many mamas-to-be know they are going in for surgery. Whether the Cesarean was deemed necessary for medical reasons, or if the mama-to-be insisted on it, women who know they will be undergoing the knife need to pack a lil differently than those delivering vaginally. Load up your suitcase with clothing and toiletries to get through the three to five days you'll be in the hospital, and don't forget to toss in these nine items!


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Consumers beware! Attorney For Business Owners in South Africa did you know that anybody who is interested in being a general contractor in Washington State and has the petty cash of $109.70 for a license and a bond fee of only $12,000.00, is able to work at this professional trade? A specialty contractor's bond is only $6,000.00. No knowledge or testing required. Rip-offs are welcome.
This means Joe Blow, without any experience–or at best, minimal knowledge, may be hired to build your house. Then Mr. Blow will turn around and hire incompetent sub-contractor's or specialty sub-contractors, breach the contract, file bankruptcy, be forgiven in court for the debts they owe at the homeowner's expense and cause numerous liens on their property.
Then these wannabe contractors are able to recycle their crime and start another business under another name, over and over again. Family Law Attorney Near Me guess what? It's all legal in Washington State and they know this. This careless practice and fraudulent crime against homeowners and taxpayers are not tolerable in such states as California and Florida. This is another reason that there is so much construction going on in the State of Washington. It's easy-pickings for contractor criminals.
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The property owner has the burden of proof. They are the victims. Fraud has a different meaning in Washington State. In bankruptcy court, fraud is very hard to prove. If proven against the contractor, the homeowner has a slight chance of seeking a judgment, but collecting that is another challenge. All these crooks have to explain is they went over their heads in expense. The fact is they underestimate the job, usually on purpose. In their trade, the terminology is called "low-balling." They take draws of money from what the property owner has paid, then fund other projects and don't pay their supplier's bills they have in the victim's name. This results with liens on the property owner.
The sub-contractor are protected under the responsibilities of the general contractor, whatever that is worth. Be acquainted with everybody who sets their foot on your property. Write down company names and vehicle license numbers. And if you file a lawsuit and hire an attorney, make double sure the lawyer is competent. Call your state Bar Association to check the status regarding disciplinary actions or complaints against the attorney you choose.
How to Change Lawyers Mid-Case?
There are reliable, capable and honest people who work as contractors and lawyers, Attorney At Law Near Me but the crooked and incompetent ones have put them few and far between, and that truly is a shame.
My chalet-style house has been completed now for three years, but it stood in limbo for seven months in a tangled web of failed inspections and citations. I use to pride myself in the decisions I made in business and investments, but now I am so skeptical of the system and how it works against victims, like myself. My experience was a devastating blow to my confidence and trust.
Perhaps readers will join my cause for justice. The rules and laws are too slack and unjust. Just remember wherever you live, in whatever state, please protect yourself and your investment. Be cautious, alert and informative about your decisions when hiring a general contractor or specialty contractor. And it also goes for the attorney you hire. Pass this information and advice to your family and friends, "consumers beware of unscrupulous contractors and attorneys."
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When a company or an individual is unable to repay a loan, the individual or the company is considered to be bankrupt. Sometimes companies incur heavy financial losses. For example, a printing firm gets 80 percent of its total income from a single publisher. If the publisher diverts its order to a different company, the printer loses a large portion of its total income. The printing firm becomes bankrupt.
Bankruptcy involves two parties: the debtor and the creditor. The debtor is the party in debt, who owes money to the creditor. A debtor can be a company or an individual. The creditor is an organization or individual to whom the debtor owes money. Most bankruptcy cases involve several creditors. There are basically three types of bankruptcy.
After this, on the direction of the court, the trustee sells all of debtor's non-exempt assets for the benefit of the creditors. Finally, the debtor is discharged and all debts, with some exceptions, are written off. http://www.floridabar.org, the official web site of the Florida Bar Association (the regulatory body of all practicing lawyers in the state), publishes several pamphlets, including one entitled `Bankruptcy,' for the general public. The website also has a lawyer referral service to locate Bar-Certified bankruptcy lawyers in Florida.
The 4 Consumer Rights
The following four rights are the basis of much of the consumer-oriented legislation that has been passed during the last thirty years. These rights also provide an effective outline of the objectives and accomplishments of the consumer movement.
- The right to safety
The consumers' right to safety means that products they purchase must be safe for their intended use, must include thorough and explicit directions for proper use, and must be tested by the manufacturer to ensure product quality and reliability. Business firms should also be aware that consumers and the government have been winning an increasing number of product-liability lawsuits against sellers of defective products. Moreover, the amount of the awards in these suits has been steadily increasing. Yet another major reason for improving product safety is the consumer's demand for safe products. People will simply stop buying a product they believe is unsafe or unreliable.
- The right to be heard
The forth right means that someone will listen and take appropriate action when costumers complain. In fact, corporate management teams begun listening to consumer complains after the end of World War II when competition begun again to increase. Today, businesses are listening even more attentively and many larger firms have consumer relations departments that can be easily contacted via toll-free phone numbers. Actually, one of the services every consumer today expects to receive from the companies he or she selects to purchase things from is consumer support.


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Kit Details
(1) 4K NVR - 16 Channel 4K Network Video Recorder Item #E-NVR16-PoE
This NVR (Network Video Recorder) provides recording options in 4K, 8mp, 6mp & 4mp resolutions. It provides powerful networking and custom programming options allowing you to adapt its operation to your specific needs. The software is refined and flexible, the versatility of the programming makes the unit perfect for custom applications.
- User Friendly Interface
- HD View & Recording
- Custom Multi Camera Viewing
- Motion Activated Recording
- Alarm Response
- Pan, Tilt, Zoom Control
- Multi Camera Playback
- Smart Search
- Remote Viewing; Internet & Smart Phones
- Supports Multiple Locations
- Secure Connections
- Easily Customized
NVR Features:
- 16 IP Video Channels
- 16 PoE Ports (Power over Ethernet)
- 256Mbps Incoming Bandwith
- Up to 4K Resolution Recording
- 1,4,8,16 Camera Grid Display Playback
- HDMI & VGA output
- 4 SATA Hard Drive Bays
PoE Plug & Play!
This NVR provides full PoE (Power over Ethernet) capability. The 16 RJ45 camera inputs on the back of the unit provides power out for the cameras. This allows the network cable from the NVR to the camera to provide both video and power transmission; eliminating additional power cables and power supplies. PoE makes installation a breeze...1-2-3 plug & play connections!
(2) 4 Terabyte Internal Hard Drive
The NVR stores the video footage on an internal hard drive. The drive(s) are installed, formatted and tested by our technical staff prior to shipping. No action on you part is needed other than turning the unit on. The size of the drive and the recording options determine the total number of days the system can store. Under normal conditions this package can store 10-20 days of crystal clear HD video (based on motion activated recording). Depending on the settings you choose your total days stored may increase or decrease.
(16) HD 4 Megapixel Outdoor Camera - 90ft Night Vision - Wide Angle Lens #E-5141S-IR
- 4 Megapixel Progressive Scan CMOS
- 20fps@4MP (2560x1440), 25/30fps@3MP (2304x1296)
- WDR, Day/Night ICR, 3DNR, AWB,AGC,BLC
- Multiple Network Monitoring
- 3.6mm Wide Angle Lens
- 90 Ft Night Vision System
- Weather Rated: IP67
- PoE: Power over Ethernet
- Wall or Ceiling Mount
Viewing DistanceThis camera is equipped with a fixed 3.6mm lens. The chart below indicates viewing distances associated with this lens.
COLOR Night Vision
This camera is equipped with an advanced low light and zero light night vision system. The camera provides clear color video at night with the presence of some ambient light such as yard lighting or nearby street lights (min Lux .001). If there is not adequate ambient light for the color system to operate, the IR night vision system automatically turns on providing high quality black and white night vision video. This feature can be easily adjusted for each camera.
(16) 100ft Cat6 Network Video and Power Cable with Pre-made Fittings #Cat6-100
This pre-made 100 foot video Cat6 network cable makes installing a megapixel network camera a breeze. No cutting, stripping or hassling with fittings, just plug and play, it doesn't get any easier. Cable provides video and camera power transmission.
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Durable PVC 3"x4" video security warning window sticker. Great for store windows, doors or any area where deterring theft or vandalism is needed. 10 year fade resistant guarantee. Great for indoor or outdoor display. Let them know you're watching!
(1) FREE - Video Clip Transfer Drive
This system includes an 8 gigabyte USB flash drive. The unit serves two purposes; first we pre-load every quick-start-guide, user manual and reference guide we offer. Simply plug the the unit into a USB port on any computer and you have instant access to every manual. But the main purpose is to provide a quick and easy way to transfer selected video files to another computer or for the police. The video below explains.
LCD Monitor - Not Included
We offer widescreen LCD monitors that operate exceptionally well with our systems, but we do not package them with our kits. The variety of low cost monitors on the market is incredible and any standard or wide screen LCD monitor or TV with a VGA input will operate with this DVR. The DVR also has a BNC output so analog CCTV monitors are compatible as well. Buy from us or provide your own, either way we support you 100%.
Quick & Easy Installation
This system provides extremely high clarity video for both viewing and recording. But just because it's one of the top performing system on the market does not mean it's difficult to install. In fact just the opposite, the simplicity of installation is unmatched.
Remote Viewing – Network, Internet, Smart Phones & Tablets
Instantly access live viewing of any cameras on the system...anytime you need. The software supports full remote viewing using PC, Mac i-Phone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows 7 Phones, Internet Explorer and many others.
USA Based - Unlimited Technical Support
We are an American owned company and we provide USA based, Free, Unlimited, Life-time Technical Support for all the equipment we offer. If you have a simple question or need help with remote viewing setup or trouble shooting our professional, friendly, technical staff is here and ready to help! Many times we can resolve an issue by remotely logging into the system and solving the issue in minutes. We're here and ready to help!
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Extended 5 Year WarrantyAll equipment is covered under a complete 5 year warranty from the date of delivery. During this time all products are guaranteed against manufacturing and operational defects. In the event of such defects during this period, it is our responsibility to replace the defective item with an exact or comparable product.
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'Prometheus' is not a film for the squeamish, but if you can get past that it's a mysterious adventure that will surely keep you glued to the screen. The 3D shots are beautiful, crisp and shocking at times; it is definitely worth the extra bucks. The film poses and teases us with intriguing questions about our origins in a semi scientific setting, without a doubt it will give you and your friends tons to talk about and discuss once it is over.
Set in the not so distant future in 2089, a group of scientists exploring caves prompt a space exploration that takes place a few years later in 2093. On board of the amazing sculpted ship named Prometheus we meet David (Michael Fassbender), a robotic man who gives us a tour of the ship. In the journey we meet the first in command, Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron), a controlling woman who is cold and seems to hold a grudge against all for no apparent reason. We learn that Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) funded this trip, convinced by scientists: Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) to find an answer to humanity's origins. The rest of the crew is: geologist Fifield (Sean Harris), Millburn (Rafe Spall), the ship's captain Janek (Idris Elba). Together they venture into a new world searching for answers and end up finding more than they bargain for.
You will be captivated not only by the storyline, but also by the images of landscapes, alien scenarios and especially of Prometheus; the 'Star Wars' like spaceship. One thing to remember is that this film by Ridley Scott is based indirectly on his 'Alien' movie, but mainly on Damon Lindelof script; this man is best known for his work in the TV series 'Lost', a show that kept many entertained and was an expert in posing unanswered questions. That's said as a warning about the product these two men created together, an entertaining two hours that will leave you with more questions than answers.
Fassbender easily steals the film; he is such an amazing actor that has slowly, but surely shown his versatility and skills in plenty of worthwhile movies, including this one. I was a bit disappointed by Theron's placement in the movie, as she's mainly just a background annoyance and I know she can be so much more. Pearce's transformation is well done, he's also hard to identify. Finally, Rapace seems to combine some of her best acting skills into this character, but mainly more so because of her determination and actions than what comes out of her mouth.
There's no denying that the script lacks in certain places, whether it's apathy or answers; but most of all it starts getting foggy and muddled, such as with some scenes that seem random and revelations from characters that come out of nowhere and don't seem to follow a pattern. There are also some typical movie scenes, where some characters want to be the heroes and some make poor unintelligent choices.
Above all that, what moves the story is the mystery behind it, which although at points it gets frustrating it somehow works; probably also thanks to the amazing imagery and well done graphics. The reason why 'Prometheus' is worth seeing is because any good film leaves you talking and thinking about it afterwards, and this one fulfills that job.


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The Henry County Middle School ended their season on February 6th with Regional Governor's Cup Competition at Immaculate Heart Mary School in Burlington with the quick recall team placing 4th and HCMS receiving the Hume Sportsmanship award. The Wildcats finished their league in 2nd place with a 5-1 record, and then went on to district competition where they had seven students advance to regionals.
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Utah's mountains and forests are home to thousands of black bears.
Black bears often live in the same places we camp, hike and build our houses. This poses a safety concern for both humans and bears. If a bear obtains food from a home or campsite — even once — it may become aggressive in future attempts. This almost guarantees the bear will have to be destroyed. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to protect both you and the bear.
Sloppy campers and hikers don't just endanger themselves, but also future visitors. Bears have amazing memories; they will return to a site repeatedly if they ate there at some point in the past. When in bear country, you should:
If a bear enters your yard, give it an obvious escape route — do not corner it. Black bears can quickly inflict thousands of dollars in property damage. You can reduce or eliminate visits from bears if you:
If you see a bear in a residential area or you encounter an aggressive bear, please contact the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources immediately. We have offices in:
We will notify a conservation officer or transfer you directly to law enforcement personnel. If your encounter or sighting occurs after business hours (8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Friday), please call the police. They will contact a conservation officer to handle the situation.


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This Date In Royals History – October 7, 1981
This date marks another significant moment in Royals history on the same day the ballclub lost a tough playoff game. The 1981 players strike resulted in the season being separated in two-halves, the first saw the Royals finish ten games under .500 and 12 games behind the first place Oakland A's. But in the second-half Kansas City rebounded to finish 30-23 edging Oakland by a single game. The resurgence started with the hiring of Manager Dick Howser on August 31st after which the Royals went 20-13.
On Wednesday, October 7, 1981 in Game 2 of the first-ever AL West Divisional Series the Royals would lose a tough 2-1 decision at Royals Stadium sending Kansas City to Oakland down two games to none in the best of five. The A's completed the three-game sweep two days later.
But October 7, 1981 also marked the promotion of John Schuerholz to become the third General Manager in club history. Schuerholz had been a key member of the Royals front office from the start having joined the club as an administrative assistant in 1968. He was taking the reins from Joe Burke who stepped aside to become Club President. The move was anticipated but happened a year earlier than expected as Burke had began treatment for cancer – though he clearly stated his health was not the deciding factor.
His career started with the Orioles in 1967-68, but Schuerholz was almost completely groomed for the job within the Royals system. As Royals GM he would continue the club's winning ways leading them to two more division titles, the 1985 American League Pennant and World Series Championship. It was just the start of one of the most successful GM careers in the history of the game. Schuerholz would take the Royals Way to Atlanta where he would win thirteen more division titles and another World Series crown.
Just A Bit More: John Schuerholz was in Kansas City a couple of weeks ago and stopped by Kauffman Stadium during the Royals final homestand. It was a real pleasure to take him through the Royals Hall of Fame and hear his remembrances and stories about the founding of the ballclub. He was part of a really innovative group of baseball executives that made the Royals one of the most successful expansion franchises in the game.
The picture above is a group photo of the Royals first front office and scouting staff. John Schuerholz is right in the middle of it all, second row center…
(Curt Nelson, Director – Royals Hall of Fame)
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The 1981 ALDS game two was a good one and could have been a significant for the Royals had it not been for a subsequent unfortunate event.
The Royals lost but Mike Jones pitched a gem, allowing only 2 runs over eight innings. Jones was poised to be a big part of the 1982 rotation with Gura and Leonard. In December, he fipped his car and broke his neck. He missed the next two season, returning in 1984 but was not the same pitcher. As shame, really.
lwiedy…Very true. Mike was the Royals First Round Pick (21st Overall) in the 1977 June Draft. He won 13 games for Fort Myers (Class A) in 1978, then again for Jacksonville (Class AA) in 1980 – before making his big league debut on September 6, 1980.
In 1981 at age 21 he was 11-7 2.96 ERA at Omaha (Triple A)when he was recalled by the Royals and finished 6-3 3.21 ERA in Kansas City. He was even fourth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting behind Dave Righetti (NYY), Rich Gedman (BOS), and Bob Ojeda (BOS).
The injuries from the car accident stopped his rise to possible stardom in its tracks, though technically he was part of the 1985 World Champions. In fact he was the guy that punched Dane Iorg in the nose (accidentally of course) after his pinch-hit to win Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.
Re: Scouting/Player Development photo
I live in Florida now and work around baseball. Last summer I had to travel to Sarasota for a GCL Reds game and decided to stop by what is known as Twin Lakes Park. It is where Baltimore runs its minor league operations. Nothing special as a complex but seeing that group photo reminded me that the office pictured is still there (Don't think they are making stone covered walls anymore). There is also the Academy?s original dedication plaque still on the building.
With Sarasota committing to Spring Training facilities with the Orioles, I wouldn?t be surprised if this complex is either renovated or torn down. The plaque might be a nice memento, hopefully it would be preserved!


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Looks kinda like a brain, may be the time when Void handed out the sacrifical marks?
Definitely brambles that are surrounding something and preventing access to it. Egg-shaped it seems. Very thematically relevant. Excited to see more!
The manga will be back on hiatus until winter after this issue.
Definitely brambles that are surrounding something and preventing access to it. Egg-shaped it seems. Very thematically relevant.
My first thought when I saw this was when Griffith was transitioning into Femto up on the altar
Whoa, didn't expect to see Mozgus, but it makes sense for Casca and Farnese of course, so we're getting some post-Eclipse action, and does that mean the dream defenses are becoming more personal (could a burned Flora show up ) or is it just a coincidence?
Also, those monster designs... forget "phallic" resemblance, those are some straight up anthropomorphized penises with penis arms (I'm surprised they don't have penis fingers=)! Not to mention the Golem choking them out. Miura's not beating around the bush.
I don't think it's post-Eclipse imagery we're seeing. I think the Mozgus we're seeing is Farnese using the "washing stone" from her dream.
Can't wait to read the entire episode to get a fuller sense of the forest and it's design, with all those sharp pointy things protruding from the ground making it hard to walk or move during battle.


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Global organizations are expected to spend $1.2 trillion on digital transformation technologies in 2017, according to IDC. And going forward, this investment will grow to the tune of 18% a year, reaching $2 trillion in 2020.1
All this spending will no doubt have a huge impact on how businesses transform their workplaces and engage with customers. However, earlier this year the Harvard Business Review wrote that "CEOs feel pressure to find and deploy the right technology as fast as their budgets will allow."2 The reality is that business leaders often struggle to accurately predict exactly how their industries will be disrupted—preventing them from making investment and technology decisions accordingly.
In digital technology, trends move fast and the choices are endless. But transformation doesn't have to mean shooting in the dark. Business and technology leaders can gain an advantage—if they can identify the lasting trends that will have the greatest impact on their businesses, workplaces and customers in the years ahead.
That's where we come in. Here are six of the most important trends that will likely be shaping your investments in IT transformation over the next few years. They are:
Trend No. 1: The Multi-Cloud World
Different customers and business units each have different needs. Should they all be using the same cloud providers and platforms? So far the answer is no. We are seeing teams across business independently choosing different cloud platforms and providers to best suit their individual needs. Enterprises can accept this—but only if they can exert more control by formulating explicit multi-cloud strategies to best leverage and coordinate multiple cloud providers.
Trend No. 2: The Changing Security Landscape
We're seeing more sophisticated, coordinated and targeted attacks, such as WannaCry and Petya. Companies have to be more vigilant and aware of where threats may be coming from, exacerbated by the rise of cheap and insecure internet-connected consumer devices such as digital thermostats and home security cameras. Cloud companies have done well in building a strong foundational level of security, but the rise of the multi-cloud environment adds new complexity. Business and IT leaders should rely on managed service and managed security providers to stitch together their multi-cloud security.
Trend No. 3: The Rise of "Serverless" Architecture
The term "serverless architecture" is a bit of a misnomer—obviously there will always be physical hardware beneath all the layers of virtualization and abstraction—but the trend itself is very real. Serverless compute refers to services like Amazon Web Services Lambda and Microsoft Azure Functions that allow you to run code without provisioning or managing servers. The ease of use and cost-efficient pricing models of these services will accelerate development cycles and enable the Internet of Things (IoT) market to grow even faster.
Trend No. 4: The End of Moore's Law
Business and IT decision-makers can no longer count on Moore's Law—the doubling of computing power every year since the invention of integrated circuits. The limitations of silicon performance will be felt in a number of areas. Organizations will turn to the cloud as an alternative, leveraging machine learning applications that run on public cloud platforms and custom silicon. Which brings us to …
Trend No. 5: Machine Learning
Machine learning is the science of getting computers to find hidden insights without explicitly being told how to do so. In the past decade, machine learning has given us self-driving cars, sophisticated speech recognition and a better understanding of the human genome. The next step will be demystifying big data on legacy database platforms such as SQL and Oracle, but even more so on off-premises clouds, as IT teams seek to leverage higher performance, on-demand storage systems.
Trend No. 6: IoT In Your Home
More and more of the devices in our homes and cars will be connected. IoT will provide more information about consumers, and it will create the possibility of new efficiencies for companies in a wide range of industries—retail, healthcare, entertainment, marketing and social media, to name just a few. The IoT also has the potential to alter consumer behavior and expectations and accelerate workplace transformation.
As noted by the Harvard Business Review, "CEOs need a holistic view of the digital threats and opportunities facing key parts of the business, and a way to link them to an overall vision for how digital is reshaping the competitive landscape." Being aware of the key trends shaping your digital future, such as the IoT, the multi-cloud world and the others described here, is critical to shaping an overall vision for business transformation. For more information on how to turn your vision into reality, please visit Rackspace at https://www.rackspace.com/professional-services
1 "IDC Forecasts $1.2 Trillion in Worldwide Spending on Digital Transformation Technologies in 2017," IDC, Feb. 23, 2017
2 "To Lead a Digital Transformation, CEOs Must Prioritize," Harvard Business Review, Jan. 2, 2017


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Big shout out to LIV3R and Jack Muramatsu from Vinylpulse
for featuring PhuEk's custom Munny alongside other
international artists for the month of November.
Monday, November 27, 2006
PhuEk! in Vinylpulse
Monday, November 13, 2006
PhuEk! in KiToy
The name Phu in short is a self-created lingo. Entirely imaginative and not based upon adherence to actuality.
3D art is his pursuit, especially in vinyl customizing. Phu's Phuturistic concept is a manifestation through his artistic form of thought and personalized treatment in which he exercises the habit of recycling.
And it's with this Phuturistic niche, Phu's customed vinyls have been commissioned and showcased in various international exhibitions and shows worldwide.
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The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police
Officer Mark Jandreau reported tracing a hit and run accident to a North Kingstown woman on Sept. 12. He was sent to the scene of the accident, where the victim and a witness told him the plate number for the car that hit a VW Beetle on Airport Road and refused to stop. The driver of the car that was hit told Jandreau the other driver just waved at her and drove off. North Kingstown Police located Nicole Pelley, 25, of 1075 Old Baptist Rd., and turned her over to Warwick Police. She was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving on a suspended license.
Officer Stephen Major was dispatched to Macy's in the Warwick Mall around 4 p.m. on Sept. 14 for two women being detained for suspected shoplifting. Ryan said loss prevention agents at the store told of watching the women take a number of items into the fitting rooms where they were concealed in a large Coach bag before the women attempted to leave without paying for the concealed goods. Major said they discovered that the Coach bag had been modified into a "booster bag" by lining it with material that defeats anti-theft devices on clothing. He said $279.04 worth of clothing was recovered from the bag. Toni-Ann Folcarelli, 19, of 247 Simmonsville Ave. in Johnston was charged with shoplifting and later released on $5,000 personal recognizance. Lorie Ann Folcarelli, 49, of 48 Felix St. in Providence was held without bail at the ACI as a probation violator and a habitual offender.
Police were dispatched to the Target store in the Warwick Mall on Sept. 16 to take custody of a shoplifting suspect identified as Todd B. Spindler, 27, of 34 Cedar Pond Dr. in Warwick. Loss prevention told police they caught him trying to leave the store without paying for $77.97 worth of Enfamil baby formula. They told police he hid the formula in a stroller by covering it with a backpack. He was later released with a summons.
Jarred Prete, 21, of 65 Prospect Street in West Warwick was charged with stealing a bottle of whiskey from Haxton's Liquors on Bald Hill Road on Sept. 12. An employee told police they had Prete on video placing the bottle in his waistband before attempting to leave without paying. The manager said they stopped him outside and recovered a bottle of Woodford whiskey valued at $31.79. He was later released with a summons.
A Woonsocket woman was charged with shoplifting at Macy's on Sept. 16 after loss prevention gave police a DVD of surveillance of her selecting a variety of clothing that was taken into a fitting room and concealed before the woman attempted to leave without paying. Ana A. Roderick, 32, of 10 Castle Heights Court was later released with a summons.
A Johnson Avenue man called police on Sept. 8 to report that someone had violated his hydrangea sometime overnight. The man showed Officer Benros how flowers on the bush had been pulled, cut and torn and discarded in the street. Benros reported, "I noted evidence corroborating" the man's complaint. There was no suspect or witnesses.
A resident of Morning Glory Drive told Officer Robert Canis-Langlais she had no idea who vandalized a shirt she ordered through the mail for her son. She said she found the shirt partially burned and wet and said it smelled as if someone had urinated on it. She said the package it came in was missing. She said she had no enemies and couldn't think of any reason for the incident. Canis-Langlais said he got a call from the woman a short time after he took the report and she told him neighbors saw two juveniles near her mailbox the day before.
Officer John Zaborski reported he was on patrol around 11 p.m. on Aug. 30 when he was dispatched to the Burger King on West Shore Road for a DUI in progress. He said two other officers were out with the suspected drunk driver when he arrived and he spoke with the manager of the Burger King, who told him the woman they were detaining came to the drive-through window where her car stopped at an odd angle and she seemed out of it when she asked her for the money for her food and appeared to be falling asleep. She told Zaborski she told the woman to pull over to the side of the drive-through lane to wait for her food and the woman drove over the curb of the TD Bank next door. She said she then brushed against the light pole as she tried to drive away, but a police car blocked her way. Zaborski said the woman was standing by her car and she appeared to be under the influence and she smelled of alcohol. He said she began to give him "attitude" and said she was grieving her fiancé's passing and she just wanted to go home. He said she was difficult to understand but agreed to try the field sobriety test. He said he called off the rest of the test when she fell backwards and was caught by another officer before she hit the ground. He said Stephanie Darosa, 23, of 70 John St., was taken to headquarters, where she blew a .275 and a .291 blood alcohol content (BAC), even as she attempted to block the nozzle with her tongue. She was charged with DUI and later released with a summons to a sober adult.
Officer John Curley reported that he was dispatched to Route 95 North to intercept a possible drunk driver around 12:25 p.m. on Sept. 1. He said he caught up with the suspect and pulled the car over after he saw it weaving from lane to lane. He said the driver smelled of alcohol and said he was coming from Providence and not heading toward the city. Curley said he was also unsteady on his feet and failed the field sobriety test. Scott Ramos, 27, of 35 Argol St., Providence, was taken to headquarters, where he refused to take a breath test. He was charged with laned roadway violation, DUI and refusal and later released to a sober adult.
Sgt. Stephen Fernandez reported he was on patrol on Greenwich Avenue around 6:10 p.m. on Sept. 8 when he saw a pickup truck straddling two lanes and going 57 miles per hour where 35 miles per hour was posted. He said he pulled the car over in a parking lot on Centerville Road and detected an odor of alcohol as he spoke with the driver. He said she denied drinking but did look intoxicated. He said the driver failed a field sobriety test and refused a preliminary test on a portable breath analyzer. He said the driver was taken to headquarters where she also refused a breath test. Karen M. Connelly, 48, of 20 Crestwood Road in Warwick was charged with refusal, DUI, speeding, laned roadway violations and having an open container of alcohol in her car. She was later released to Kent Hospital for detox when a sober adult could not be located to take custody of her.
Officer Jeffrey Taranto reported stopping a car for doing 62 miles per hour on Quaker Lane around 3:20 a.m. on Sept. 1. He said he noticed that the driver appeared to be under the influence and had an odor of alcohol about her. He said he asked her out of the car for a field sobriety test and she swayed and appeared unsteady on her feet and she asked, "Couldn't you just give me a ride home?" He said she was failing the test when she said, "I can't do this. Just arrest me." Kimberly M. Goodby, 29, of 2756 Warwick Ave. was taken to headquarters where she refused a breath test. She was charged with DUI, refusal and speeding and later released to a sober adult.
Officer Manuel Pacheco reported stopping a car for driving erratically and over the double yellow lines around 2:20 a.m. on Jefferson Boulevard on Sept. 8. He said he asked the driver where he was coming from and he said from home and on his way to the Taco Bell. Pacheco said he asked the man to take a field sobriety test and the driver failed the test. Ryan J. McDonald, 20, of 146 Massachusetts Ave., was taken to headquarters where he registered a .235 and a .245 blood alcohol content (BAC) on the breath test. He was charged with DUI and laned roadway violations and later released to a sober adult.


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British researchers have determined that a little-studied chemical in the cannabis plant could lead to effective treatments for epilepsy, with few to no side effects.
The team at Britain's University of Reading, working with GW Pharmaceuticals and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, tested cannabidivarin, or CBDV, in rats and mice afflicted with six types of epilepsy and found it "strongly suppressed seizures" without causing the uncontrollable shaking and other side effects of existing anti-epilepsy drugs.
According to the findings, reported this week in the British Journal of Pharmacology, CBDV also delayed and reduced seizures when used in conjunction with two common anti-convulsant drugs.
"There is a pressing need for better treatments for epilepsy," said Dr. Ben Whalley, the lead researcher. "It's a chronic condition with no cure and currently, in around one third of cases, the currently available treatments do not work, cause serious side-effects and increase fatalities."