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Mentor Spotlight: Katarina Loughlin, Senior UX Designer at Audible
Prior to working at Audible, Katarina held roles at Microsoft on both the Lync and Skype teams, as well as in healthcare at AthenaHealth.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Katarina Loughlin has been mentoring Designlab students since June 2020. We spoke with Katarina about her job at Audible (including the now-defunct all-you-can-listen romance offering she worked on, Audible Escape), the best advice she's ever received from her dad, and why Peloton is her favorite product right now.
Hey Katarina, thanks for letting our students and readers get to know you better. To start, how did you get into the field of design?
Computers and technology shaped my childhood 🖥 The early 2000s, when I was still in middle school, was marked by an explosion of growth of the "information superhighway" where the general public was being introduced to and finding value in the internet. Tools like Geocities, the OG website builder, made it so easy to set up a website. As a 12-year-old, I created fan sites for bands and TV shows that other people were finding and using. I thought it was so cool that, as a kid, I could communicate with so many different people through a website, and imagined what I could do if this were a job.
When it came time for college, I found a program at Rochester Institute of Technology that specialized in web design. RIT was the only school that I applied to, and I graduated with a BFA in New Media Design, which is basically on-screen, interactive, digital design.
We love that you were creating fan sites as a kid! Where did your journey take you after graduating from RIT?
Half of my career has been spent working at Audible, an Amazon company. Prior to that, I worked at Microsoft on the unified communications clients Lync and Skype. I also briefly worked in healthcare while at AthenaHealth and spent several years off and on working at advertising agencies.
That's quite the track record! How did your journey bring you to Designlab?
I got involved in mentoring in June 2020. I've been very fortunate throughout my career, in large part due to my mentors, and I wanted to pay it forward during the challenging circumstances brought about by COVID-19. That eventually led to me getting involved with mentoring through ADP List and later at Designlab.
We're so glad you're a mentor with us 🥰 What's your current role at Audible like?
As a Senior UX Designer at Audible, I'm the boots-on-the-ground designer. I'm in the weeds, I know all the edge cases, and I'm documenting all of our deliverables and communicating project status upwards. Most of my time is spent working cross-functionally with product, other designers, developers, marketers, and creatives to solicit their feedback on design solutions and ensure everyone is aligned. Design isn't done in a silo and I strongly believe in bringing people in early and often for feedback.
That's smart thinking and I'm sure helps your projects run more smoothly! What do you like to do when you're not working?
While I'm truly quite excellent at bingeing Netflix and eating popcorn, I am somewhat of a lifelong learner. Even after completing my MBA in 2019, I've continued to take classes to build transferable skills like writing and communication. I try to balance my time between learning and lounging.
It's definitely all about balance! What's a favorite design or designed product of yours?
Peloton. It's easy to focus on the digital, interactive part of a product, like, is the app easy to use? Does it look good? Do the interactions make sense, or do they create friction? Truly well-designed products are well designed to the core—not only do they look great and are easy to use, but they are built on a business model that delivers value to customers in a clear and meaningful way.
Peloton has a well-defined business model that works for people who own, and don't own, a bike. They've continued to expand their service offering in a meaningful way and have established themselves as a home fitness leader. They've also built a strong sense of community in a digital world by using a combination of strong branding, empowering messaging, and instructors who serve as evangelists, friends, and therapists all at once. What's more, the easy-to-use app experience encourages customers to meet their fitness goals and track their progress. It's a fantastic example of how great UX is the manifestation of the underlying business and technological innovations working together.
Pelotons are obviously really popular right now, and it's clear why—they have a great UX 🚲 What is your favorite project on your portfolio?
Audible Escape, the now-defunct all-you-can-listen romance offering from Audible. Customers could listen to thousands of romance genre stories for a flat monthly fee. For our fans who listen to a lot of romance, this service was great. Working on the service itself—how our customers discover new content, and track their listens—was really interesting, but the most challenging problems were when it came time to sunset the service.
Everyone wants to work on a product that people love and create wonderful, engaging experiences, but the customer's experience at the end of a product's life is just as important, if not more so. How do you tell your customers you're taking something they love away? Working on the closure of Audible Escape was a masterclass in closing a product, and it's not something that every designer gets to experience.
The closure required a meticulous level of coordination across the business, and the ability to empathize with our customers was paramount. Our messaging—how, when, and where we messaged—was critical. I had to work in a tight, cross-functional team with marketing, creative, and product on a detailed closure plan that took months to create, and I'm so proud of what we were able to do together as a team.
That sounds like a really valuable career experience, and certainly not something that people automatically think about doing when they get into the world of design! What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?
My dad is a natural leader and has given me a lot of advice over the years—one thing he's always stressed is gratitude and recognition. People want to feel like they matter. Sending an unprompted thank you note to someone who has helped you or recognizing someone for their hard work on a project can make someone feel great. Showing that you value someone isn't hard, and it does take effort, but it can pay off in dividends.
Your dad sounds like a smart guy! What is the best piece of advice you have for someone entering the world of design?
Learn how to learn. The most valuable thing that you can demonstrate as a new designer is your ability to learn. Trends change, design tools change, the teams you work on will change, the design process will change, your company will change. The best way to be prepared for anything is to feel secure in your ability to dive right in and learn. If you can demonstrate a natural ability to learn, be curious, and apply your knowledge, you will be unstoppable.
That's great advice, and we are definitely advocates for lifelong learning! What attracted you to becoming a mentor?
The mentors that I've had in my career—both official and unofficial—have been instrumental in my professional development and have had drastic effects on my career trajectory. As a new designer, having official mentors who were able to educate me on corporate culture, career advancement, and relationship building were invaluable. However, it has been my unofficial mentors, those who I seek out for advice for everything from solving a design problem to dealing with a tough work situation or career decision, that have had the most impact and in some cases, have opened doors for me professionally. Mentorship is a gift that I benefit from every day and I want to pay that forward 🎁
We've found mentorship is usually a win-win situation, and we're glad to hear it's been so beneficial for you. What has surprised you most about the students you've worked with?
The self-motivation and curiosity that students bring to their projects and mentor sessions are inspiring. I've found that students' curiosity and passion for learning have been a great opportunity to recharge my own passion for our craft.
It seems like your passion for the craft is really strong, and we are so glad you're a mentor here at Designlab. Finally, what do you think makes a good mentor?
To be a good mentor is to be a good listener. As a mentor, it's our job to understand our students as individuals and guide them towards their own personal goals by reinforcing their strengths and identifying areas of growth. A mentor should show their students how much they are valued, and one of the best ways to do this is to just listen.
Check out Katarina's portfolio and connect with her on LinkedIn.
If you're interested in learning UX/UI design with a mentor like Katarina, we invite you to explore our UX Academy program. If you're interested in becoming a mentor with Designlab, we encourage you to learn more and apply here.
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Up to 150 Ultra HDTV announcements possible at CES
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During a pre-CES briefing today, Shawn DuBravac, chief economist for the Consumer Electronics Association, said he "wouldn't be surprised to see 75 UHDTV announcements" this week. That number could be as high as 150, including hardware rollouts, distribution deals and more, as manufacturers and programmers begin "coming together to figure out what that's about," he said.
While DuBravac said it will be a while before most people upgrade to UHD, he pointed out that, according to CEA research, close to 500,000 UHDTVs will be sold this year, up from just 60,000 in 2013. By 2017, that number could leap to almost 3 million, as consumers upgrade HDTVs purchased in the last decade.
DuBravac is also bullish on 3D printers, and said that about 7,000 square feet of exhibit space will be devoted to the devices at CES this year, and that 99,000 units will be sold worldwide in 2014. Wearable technology is also expected to grow dramatically (as you may have heard), with worldwide smartwatch sales hitting about 1.5 million this year, and ratcheting up to about 4 million by 2017.
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La Liga Checa de Fútbol 2017-18 por razones de patrocinio HET liga, fue la vigésimo quinta temporada de la Liga de Fútbol de la República Checa, la máxima categoría del fútbol profesional de la República Checa. El torneo se comenzó a disputar el día 28 de julio de 2017 y finalizó el 26 de mayo de 2018, se tiene considerado un receso invernal entre los meses de noviembre y febrero.

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Los clubes Hradec Králové y 1. FK Příbram, descendidos la temporada anterior, son reemplazados para este torneo por el campeón y subcampeón de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol, el SK Sigma Olomouc y el FC Baník Ostrava.

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Exterminate the brutes
III. War in a New York minute
I am not the only one. I received this via email from an incisive friend who's agreed to let me put it up. Hopefully, s/he will be writing more often. As the 'experts' sound the drum to expand the global war into North Waziristan, those who question the war and the shoddy un-knowledge on which it turns are being shut down and pushed out of public discourse. The papers would have you believe otherwise, but there are those who reject this war, and we are not the only ones. So, without further ado, here are some sharp observations about the war narrative building up around Pakistan from the Underground Man:
To say that the pro-war narrative in Pakistan is exasperating is to put it mildly. Some days the op-eds in the English dailies are worse than the others, but it increasingly seems that we have collectively shut down all avenues for a discourse against the war. I'm going to point out just three examples of the kind of dialogue we are consuming on a daily basis that subtly informs our opinions and in the end perpetuates the myth of an honourable, necessary war.
Firstly, the short comments on Foreign Policy by Af-Pak (why can't we retire that term already?) Channel's experts on Faisal Shahzad, (the person alleged to have been behind NYC Times Square failed bombing plot) have been irritatingly ignorant, to say the least. For example, this comment written by Saba Imtiaz notes that:
Pakistan is lucky that the United States after 9/11 and India after Mumbai did not bomb the country into oblivion.
O RLY! How awfully lucky is Pakistan to have thus far avoided a full-scale war, shielded itself from US' imperialist designs and nearly escaped an escalation in bombs and drone attacks from within…. oh wait. All of that did happen. So given this logic, a singular terrorist attack warrants bombing the country of the bomber's origin into oblivion. Any other response is a tad generous on the victim country's part.
But at some point, some country that is the target of an attack by a terrorist group that was trained in or received support from Pakistan will react.
I can't imagine what that would look like, but Af-Pak Channel experts would surmise that it would be wholly justifiable given the case of Faisal Shahzad. Moving on:
Jumping into another immediate military offensive might not be the best idea […] but Pakistan needs to move toward serious military action.
Bomb North Waziristan NOW! I don't know what gives this writer the audacity to call the operations in Swat and South Waziristan not serious. Let's think more about why it has not been such a grand idea so far. Internally displaced people? Civilian casualties from the offensive? Complicity of the army and the intelligence agencies with certain militant groups?
The contradiction in that quote, by the way, is part of a single sentence.
Why is Foreign Policy recruiting inexperienced people to write for them and then calling them 'experts'? If the comment has to be brief and lacking nuance, I'd rather it came from someone with at least marginal experience in military strategy, war reporting, imperialism 101… heck, actual knowledge of even one of those subjects would produce something infinitely more intelligent.
2. Let us peruse the opinions suggesting the war expand to North Waziristan a bit more. Here's what the Daily Times editorial titled "North Waziristan: The New Terrorist Epicentre" had to say:
This is not only necessary for the success of the military's efforts elsewhere in FATA and Swat, it is now critical generally to ensure the militants are unable to regroup and cause headaches to Pakistan and the world through attacks such as the New York one. Failing to take action against the terrorists holed up in North Waziristan will doubtless bring renewed pressure from the US, and if cooperation is not forthcoming, the millions of dollars of US military and civilian aid may be threatened.
Express Tribune quotes the New York Times which quotes unnamed Pakistani officials who said:
There is a growing consensus that North Waziristan is now the source of the problem, there is a continuing debate in the military over when and how to tackle it. The evolving nature of the militants has made them more dangerous-and made the necessity of going after them in North Waziristan increasingly unavoidable.
Notice how none of these voices give any details besides assuring us that there is a general consensus that North Waziristan is the most 'dangerous' place harbouring an undisclosed number of militants and that attacking it now is more 'critical' than ever. This is easy to grasp and easier to swallow language found in all of the mainstream media. I'll have more of that pro-war attitude please.
Alright then, how about some real experts? Ahmed Rashid is as good as any when it comes to a good dose of support for military action. Here's what he had had to say post-Faisal Shahzad –failed-plot-situation:
North Waziristan is the hub of so many terrorist groups and so much terrorist plotting and planning that neither the CIA nor the ISI seems to have much clue about what is going on there.
And hence, we should, to quote Af-Pak experts, bomb the place into oblivion because one man has allegedly received some training there that, mind you, did not succeed. A place about which the CIA, the ISI and probably the army have no bloody clue about. It is certain though, that it is definitely dangerous and bursting at the seams.
3. Lastly, a brief glance at the popular language being employed much closer to home. Here are just three headlines from DAWN's Sunday paper that say volumes about how the discourse has shaped up among expert columnists:
Paths of terrorism lead but to Pakistan – Ardeshir Cowasjee
Pakistan – A nursery of modern jihad?
Civilian Casualties in Drone Strikes – Cyril Almeida notes that "paradoxically, however, near the locus of the attacks, the Waziristan agencies, where 95 per cent of the strikes have occurred, there has been little sign of protest, and anecdotal evidence suggests locals may actually be in favour of the strikes."
But then he adds that "the problem is that no one — not the news wires, not the foreign media, not even Pakistani papers or news channels — has direct access to the site of a strike."
Is the argument about there being no protests against drone attacks in the tribal areas valid if there has not been direct access to the site and we are relying on official quotes and on-ground reporters who also only report official quotes since they aren't exactly allowed to be …on ground?
Can we back up a minute here and seriously rethink about the kind of war narrative we are perpetuating and at who's whose expense? Where are the dissenting voices? Why have we collectively given up on responsible, accurate, locally produced journalism? Whither saner voices?
-The Underground Man
Tagged experts, faisal shahzad, foreign policy, global war
Media Notes, Narrative
II. War in a New York minute
Was it the drones or the mortgage? Certainly, Faisal Shahzad has made no claims; all we have to go by is the infuriatingly racist coverage. Faisal Shahzad is a Pakistani-American, but according to the media, he's a PAKISTANI american, who the media emphasizes, had been a citizen for just one year. Good liberal Pakistanis have gotten into the act throwing a pity party about all that's wrong with Pakistanis and urging Pakistani-Americans to cooperate. In the rush to assign nationality to acts of terror, they forget that Shahzad was living in the US for over a decade. So was Nidal Hassan, the Fort Hood bomber gunman. And Anwar al-Awlaki is a US citizen who was partially raised there. These people are obviously pissed and it's possible that they're pissed about the Iraq war, about Afghanistan, about Pakistan, about the attack on Muslims both in their home countries and their marginalization and demonization within the west. But if that is true, then one could almost say that all paths of terror lead through the US, or at least some toxic transnational mix.
Joshua Keating has a good list of contradictory reportage about Faisal Shahzad to highlight what we don't know. Here's my addition:
Shahzad went to North Waziristan. But, maybe he didn't.
His family lives in a Karachi neighborhood. But, not according to the residents of the neighborhood. I asked them.
His family was placed in protective custody or arrested from Karachi. It was not his family. They were taken from a mosque. There were five of them. There were eight of them.
"Security officials" took them, maybe military intelligence. Where are these men? Who's holding them? Who's interrogating them?
American intelligence planes were used to locate Shahzad, but maybe not.
He was a lone wolf. He's with the Taliban. They've gone global. Attack North Waziristan NOW.
Rachel Maddow says it:
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Tagged faisal shahzad, liberals, war on terror
Field Notes, Media Notes, Narrative
I. War in a New York minute
While some early reports claimed that it was NYC (attempted) car bomber Faisal Shahzad's wife and parents or his relatives who were picked up from Karachi where they had been residing, other news now suggests that anywhere between five to eight men were arrested in connection with the Times Square car bomb attempt. One of the men detained in Karachi may be his father-in-law; Shahzad's parents meanwhile left their Peshawar home once they learned of their son's arrest. The family was seen leaving their well-to-do home in Hayatabad. Two of the men have reportedly been identified as Tauhid Ahmed and Muhammad Rehan who says he travelled with Shahzad to Peshawar where they stayed for about two weeks in July.Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik claims that no arrests have been made in connection with this case, but some people are being detained for questioning. Rehman also said that no official request has been made by the US, but Pakistan intends to cooperate fully.
Shahzad is the son of retired air vice-marshal and deputy director general of the civil aviation authority, Baharul Haq. Shahzad's cousin, Kifayat Ali expressed disbelief about the former's arrest, according to al-Jazeera
"This is a conspiracy so the [Americans] can bomb more Pashtuns," Ali said, referring to a major ethnic group in Peshawar and the nearby tribal areas of Pakistan and southwest Afghanistan.
Family members in the family's village of Mohib Banda, near Pabbi in Nowshera district echoed Ali's denial about their relative. Another cousin, Sameerul Haq also charged conspiracy and reportedly said Shahzad had gone to the US for the sole purpose of studying. A villager who claimed to be Shahzad's childhood friend told the News, "I don't think Faisal had links with any militant group." Interviews conducted with relatives and those familiar with Shahzad by the AP had similar findings.
Earlier this morning, when I visited North Nazimabad, a relatively quiet, upper middle class neighborhood of Karachi, neighbors were tight-lipped. Sources claim that the detentions of people from Nazimabad were made by military intelligence, not the local police. I was told that officials dressed in civilian clothing came looking for people connected with Faisal Shahzad and enquired about Shahzad in the neighborhood. If true, the involvement of military intelligence in these detentions poses some serious problems: the establishment is well-known for disappearing people. Jeremy Schahill raises concerns on the American side where American intelligence planes may have been used to locate Shahzad. The trouble with this, explains Scahill is that:
If true, that could mean that secretive programs such as "Power Geyser" or "Granite Shadow," remain in effect. These were the unclassified names for reportedly classified, compartmentalized programs under the Bush administration that allegedly gave US military special forces sweeping authority to operate on US soil in cases involving WMD incidents or terror attacks.
See Scahill's full post here.
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Tagged faisal shahzad, karachi, nyc, terrorism, times square, war on terror


The next meeting of the Ottawa Carleton Linux Users Group is May 7th.
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The 1.1.0 version of Pangu Jailbreak for iOS 7.1.1 is now available for users interested in jailbreaking their compatible iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. Basically, if the device can run iOS 7.1.1, it can be jailbroken with the Pangu tool using a fairly straightforward process from a Windows PC or Mac, and that's what this tutorial will demonstrate.
Jailbreaking is certainly not for everyone and there are legitimate reasons not to do it, leaving the activity best reserved for advanced users who have a strong reason to jailbreak their devices, and preferably with some experience with the process. Be sure to understand the risks before attempting to perform this action with your own iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch hardware. This is not something to take lightly, and we think the average user should not jailbreak their devices.
Update: The same version of Pangu tool also works to jailbreak iOS 7.1.2.
Pangu 1.1.0 jailbreaks iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, but we're going to run through the tutorial showing jailbreaking an iPhone, the directions will be the same for all other devices and should be the same for Mac and Windows.
When the device reboots, you'll find the familiar brown Cydia icon waiting for you to use. Just launch Cydia and you're ready to go (note the device may reboot again when Cydia is initially launched). Enjoy the jailbreak!
Remember, you can always unjailbreak by restoring the iPhone or iPad through iTunes, this is why it's so important to backup the device before beginning the process.
Call me crazy but I see absolutely no reason to bother with a jailbreak anymore. What's it going to do for me other than make my phone less stable and crash some more? I never get an answer to this, so nope, no jailbreak.
Moreover I use jailbreak to save data of someapps that do not suport iCloud with DataDeposit. In iOS 6 i used Auxo, but with iOS 7 multitasking/control center I do not use it anymore.
I am a user of an iPad, and despite seeing it less and less necessary evey iOS version (iOS 8 even better) I still find reasons for using it. Stability and crashing are not affected if you jailbreak, crashes and lag appears when using some buggy apps, but if you avoid them and use not to many extensions the experience is great.
For me the biggest is Firewall IP. Don't like the idea of apps "phoning home" without my knowledge – Game Center print the prime culprit. But agreed, overall the reasons are becoming limited.
i try to jailbreak with pangu and it didn´t went trough.
i have an iphone4 with ios 7.1.1 installed.
runs ok just after the firs reboot of the iphone, and then, 4 red ???? appears, and fron there, nothing else happend.
any ideas of what to do?
Apparently the ???? indicates a "time-out". I downloaded the English version and have the same problem with my iPad3. Not much can be done about this unless you restore your device from scratch without data to speed up the reboot process. Otherwise, perhaps they will add a few seconds to the wait time in the next release.
I have already jailbroken. Getting swipe on and better multitasking is worth jailbreaking alone. At least for me.
Now some more tweaks I personally use are for better default email client (way better), safari downloads and a torrent client on my iPad.
Didn't have any issues when I had jailbreak a couple of months ago, so I don't think I will have them now.
Accelerating very slow Apple animations on iOS7 is worth the jailbreak alone.
I need some help, if anyone can: I jailbroke my phone with Pangu with iOS 7.1.1. Then I saw that iOS 7.1.2 was available, and I read that Pangu would work with 7.1.2; all I would have to do is jailbreak again. So I downloaded and upgraded to 7.1.2, but now Pangu refuses to jailbreak again, as it thinks my phone is already jailbroken, despite the fact that my phone no longer has Cydia. (The exact message is "iPhone5,1 with iOS7.1.2(11D257),already jailbreak.") I attempted to restore to a backup from yesterday, but I still have 7.1.2 and Pangu still will not reinstall. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
iOS 7.1.2 can be jailbroken with Pangu but it must start from an unjailbroken version. So the easiest thing to do is to first restore from the backup you made prior to the initial jailbreak, update to iOS 7.1.2, back-up again, then re-jailbreak with Pangu. Hope that helps!
I figured it out; I think I was using the wrong option, but I found the option to restore factory settings and then restore. Then I was able to install Pangu again. Thanks!
If you have already jailbroken your 7.1.1 device and upgrade to 7.1.2, Pangu 1.1 will see you as jailbroken already and wont let you re-jailbreak. The way to get around this is to use the old version of Pangu (1.0), this will work fine.
Pangu 1.0 times out with the four red question marks.
I have restored twice and pengu still says already jailbroken.
A Jailbrok? Wow cool! Is that like jailbreaking or jailbroken? Is that a new version? Can't wait to "jailbrok" my jailbroken iPhone! I am on iOS 7.1.2 as well, iPhone 7.1.2, you jailbroke this one this way?
Jailbroke iphone 4 GSM with pangu 1.2.1 and after the reboot..


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Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror: Getting to Mars
Posted by parag in Blog on August 6, 2012
At 10:31 p.m. Pacific Time, NASA that will attempt to land a 2,000-pound Mars rover called Curiosity on the surface of Mars using a complex system of parachutes and rockets. Currently en route to the planet, it is scheduled to land in Gale Crater at about 05:31 UTC on August 6, 2012.
This mission is NASA's most ambitious Mars project yet. NASA has aptly dubbed, "Seven Minutes of Terror," as the spacecraft goes from 13,000 mph to a dead stop in the span of 7 minutes. This is an incredibly complicated landing procedure with absolutely no margin for error.
Curiosity is about twice as long and five times as heavy as the Spirit and Opportunity Mars exploration rovers, and carries over ten times the mass of scientific instruments. It will attempt a more accurate landing than previous rovers, It is designed to explore for at least 687 Earth days (1 Martian year) Curiosity rover's objectives include determining Mars' habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for human missions.
After 8 months of flight, spacecraft faces '7 minutes of terror' Truly, this is a terrifying 7 minutes for the folks that spent years planning and developing this mission. I hope everything goes well with the landing of Curiosity and wish the team great success during the mission.
GO NASA! 😀
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15 years on International Space Station #15YearsOnStation
Today marks 15 years of continuous human habitation on the International Space Station. Its a remarkable human achievement. For me the lasting legacy of ISS will be the partnership forged with nations like United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS enables…
Landing in Mumbai, India on a hazy morning
View of the Suburban Mumbai through Plane on a hazy morning The Mumbai Suburban district (Marathi: मुंबई उपनगर जिल्हा) is a district of the state of Maharashtra in western India. Its headquarters is in Bandra (Marathi:Vandre). It consists of three…
Earth Attacks! My Dangle Boris meme
Mayor of London Boris Johnson got embarrassingly stuck dangling on a zip wire At Olympic Event in Victoria Park. Within hours the Photoshoppers got creative and started taking the bizarre image of the dangling Boris and playing around with it.…
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it's Landed and communicating, so proud!
ya the 1st think i did when i got up was to check my twitter 🙂
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Recently, Design World surveyed the robotics and motion industries about current and coming technology shifts (including those for robotic grippers) to improve automation. Among the experts who provided their insights was Samuel Bouchard, CEO of Robotiq.
Just a bit south of Quebec City, Robotiq was founded in 2008. Today the company designs and sells offers robotic vision systems, plug-and-play grippers, and force-torque sensors that are easy to use and setup — and configurable in minutes.
Here's what Bouchard had to say about innovation in robotic grippers.
Do you see the same or more demand for designs offering turnkey operation?
Samuel Bouchard, CEO | Robotiq: We see that more and more people want to leverage standard plug & play components to integrate their own solutions. To this end, we're offering plug & play packages of Adaptive Grippers, Force Sensors and Camera to work with specific brands of robot.
Has your company added or expanded services to provide more in-house engineering support?
Samuel Bouchard • CEO | Robotiq: As much as we'd like it to be plug & play, every application in a factory will be different. So we offer standard products but supplement it with Integration Coaches services. We don't do the application design or integration work, but we provide coaching to our partners and end users so they can do it and develop their skills at the same time.
What industries are most changing robotic design?
Samuel Bouchard • CEO | Robotiq: All companies are under pressure to add flexibility because the rate of change of all markets is increasing. Electronics might be the most intense though as they have high volume and high changeovers in their lines.
Tell us about a new application unlike anything possible 10 years ago.
Samuel Bouchard • CEO | Robotiq: 10 years ago it was very difficult to deploy a robot in a matter of days. Today, with flexible, easy-to-use components, it's possible.
Where do you see the Internet of Things changing robotic design?
Samuel Bouchard • CEO | Robotiq: Industry 4.0 is a fuzzy buzz word. We're still having issues connecting stuff with wires in factories because no standards exist. 3D printing quite used in tooling design — including for our own production — that speeds things a lot.
Where do you see online configuration tools changing how design engineers specify and buy components?
Samuel Bouchard • CEO | Robotiq: Online configuration is a good tool but if you have very flexible design, well — you don't need that as much.


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On Saturday, Justify became the 13th horse to win the Triple Crown as he triumphed at the Belmont Stakes, following earlier wins at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. We partnered with Inscape, the TV measurement company with glass-level data from a panel of more than 8 million smart TVs and devices, to get some insight into the various audiences of these iconic horse races, which were all broadcast live on NBC.
Among the Kentucky Derby audience, 22% also watched the Preakness Stakes and 26% checked out the Belmont Stakes.
26% of the Belmont Stakes audience had watched the Preakness Stakes, while 36% had viewed the Kentucky Derby.
With the Triple Crown on the line during the Belmont Stakes, it makes sense that the race was the most-watched among all three. Overall, 3% of the country tuned in to watch the win, including 6% of households in Kentucky and Maine, and 5% in Florida.
Here's a minute-by-minute look at the Belmont Stakes broadcast. As you'd expected, viewership built steadily, peaking right as the race took place.


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The Best Custom Home Builders in Boise
The mountains are high, the air is clean, the people are friendly, the skiing is internationally famous, and yes, the famous potatoes make the french fries crisp. On top of all that, the cost of living is cheap. These are just some of the reasons Boise is one of the country's fastest growing cities, and consistently ranked as one of America's best cities to live in. It's healthy to live in Boise, and people come here at a variety of life stages: to start a family, to go to Boise State University, and to retire. The economy is still driven by agriculture, but that economy is not limited to potatoes: tourism increasingly contributes. Just one example: a couple of hours down the road in the Sawtooth National Forest, Sun Valley's skiing has been bringing in some of the planet's brightest lights for decades.
So if you're moving to Boise, and want to build a custom home, you'll find builders that can handle a surprising range of homes, from small Craftsman-inspired residences to impressive Tudor, Victorian, and the Mediterranean influenced mansions. After looking carefully at the region's custom home builders, and taking into consideration the variables of client reviews, media accolades, and project portfolios, we put together this list of 12 custom home builders putting up homes in a city that just might be one of America's best-kept secrets.
12) Syringa Construction
1782 E State St., Eagle, ID 83616
Syringa Construction extends its services throughout Boise, Eagle, Star, Meridian, and Treasure Valley, and the firm has built homes in some of the best communities in the area. Syringa offers clients the option of choosing among an extensive selection of floor plans or constructing a new custom-built home from the ground up. Over its two decades in the industry, the firm has been the recipient of several Parade of Homes Awards. The firm also brings its experience in real estate and development to all of its projects, and the results are beautiful custom homes made to fit each client's lifestyle that also retain considerable resale value.
Syringa's portfolio demonstrates the range of home styles they are capable of handling: bungalows, modern homes, eclectic houses, and even classic Mediterranean-themed homes. You'll find several traditional houses as well, which highlight the firm's woodwork and stucco finishing.
11) Seidl Home Company
1610 W Bannock St., Boise, ID 83702
Established by John and Sarah Seidl, Seidl Home Company has been constructing homes around the Treasure Valley area since 1993. Together with their team, this brother-sister tandem has built over 200 homes. And the homes have drawn attention, having received numerous Parade of Homes awards. Seidl's work is often characterized by the details of their custom interiors: fine cabinetry, luxurious walk-in pantries, and full trim windows. The firm's elegant woodwork can be seen across several of its favored design-styles, including Cape Cod, ranch, and contemporary. Seidl has also built several modern takes on classic farmhouses and traditional homes.
The photo below is an example of one of the firm's custom Cape Cod homes. The firm used blues and whites to complete the classic New England look. The firm's exquisite custom finishing can be seen in the windows and beam work.
10) Flaherty Custom Homes
Eagle, Idaho 83616
Flaherty Custom Homes is a boutique builder known for its contemporary and Mediterranean themed bungalows. Led by John Flaherty, the firm's work is often distinguished by its wonderful curb appeal and beautiful custom interiors. The firm collaborates with some of the area's best decorators and works only with leading providers of top-of-the-line building materials. The firm provides floor plans for clients, interior design services, and exterior and finishing work. It uses a design-build approach and provides each home it constructs comes with a one-year warranty.
The project below is the firm's take on a classic French cottage. The firm used neutral tones and a gorgeous stucco exterior. The French window shutters are underlined through the use of earth tones, and the classic shingled-roof completes the Old European effect.
9) Clark & Co. Homes
Founded in 2011, Clark & Co. Homes is known for its traditional, Cape Cod, and craftsman designed houses. Dan and Emily Clark, a marketing major and a designer, lead the firm. Dan's career began in 2004, working for a building company where he was in charge of the construction of over a hundred residential homes throughout Treasure Valley. Eventually, he took on jobs as a consultant and a project manager for local production builders and developers. Finally, he established Clark & Co. with Emily, who came on in a role as the company's lead designer.
Since then the firm has been recognized for its green building efforts and its exterior work with several Parade of Homes and Best in American Living awards.
8) Culpan & Company
2200 N Ballantyne Ln., Eagle, ID 83616
Culpan & Company provides service throughout Boise, Eagle, Meridian, and the whole of Treasure Valley. Those services include custom home building, interior design, and decorating services. The firm specializes in modern, contemporary, and traditional European designs. You can see a mix of these designs in the photo below, which features a strong example of the firm's favored Spanish villa and Mediterranean styles. The firm also does historical renovations and creative special projects which you can find in its portfolio. These projects include intricate custom finishes, metalwork, trimmings, stucco finishes, personalized wood carvings, and whimsical rooftop figurines.
The firm's process keeps each client directly involved, ensuring that their lifestyle shapes their new homes. The firm sets budget goals and strictly adheres to the plan that budget outlines. And the firm provides schematic solutions, provides preliminary costs analyses, and conducts professional surveys for improved documentation.
7) Heinz Built Homes
6261 W Founders drive Eagle, ID 83616
Heinz Built Homes specialize in the details. Whether it is a traditional, craftsman, Tuscan, or modern contemporary themed home, when the details matter, people choose Heinz Built Homes. Michael Heinz has been a designer and builder with over 4 decades of experience working on residential and small commercial structures. He assures clients that each project the firm takes on will receive the benefit of his experience. Michael, along with his son Chris, personally oversees each building process with Michael providing designs, planning and contract services with Chris managing the day to day construction site operations. Michael is a long time Professional Member of the American Institute of Building Design. He has designed and built hundreds of homes in the finest developments in the greater Treasure Valley of Idaho, Seattle area of Washington, and also Phoenix, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley in Arizona, with designs in other states as well. Heinz Built Homes has completed residential projects ranging from Multi-Million dollar estates to efficient entry-level homes for first time home buyers. The firm's work has been featured in Design Line Magazine as well as Dimensions Magazine.
A sample of the firm's work is shown above. It shows an "empty nester" home. This is very popular once the children have moved out and you want to downsize without sacrificing the quality you have come to expect. Heinz Built Homes is known for their woodwork and their details and meeting your budget in the process.
6) Northern Construction
1250 E Iron Eagle Dr., Eagle, ID 83616
Northern Construction is proud of its in-house design center and its numerous Parade of Homes accolades. The firm's portfolio showcases an extensive array of sprawling modern homes, French estates, lake houses, inviting colonial mansions, and Tudor-inspired homes. The firm also offers its clients custom furnishing, lighting, and accessories through its showroom in Eagle. And clients can consult with the firm's in-house designers for any specific features that they may have in mind. The firm also offers real estate lots for potential clients seeking the best neighborhood for their dream home.
The pictured home is a fine example of the firm's more modern, contemporary work. With this project, the firm generously emphasized straight lines through its use of large floor-to-ceiling windows. Neutral tones emphasize the stark minimalist lines.
5) Tradewinds General Contracting
9165 W State St., Garden City, ID 83714
With over three decades of experience, Tradewinds General Contracting incorporates green building practices in all of its projects. It offers both residential and commercial construction service, and it specializes in an extensive range of designs. The firm has built many bungalows, modern homes, Cape Cod themed houses and Mediterranean-inspired estates. It has been recognized as Local Builder of the Year, State Builder of the Year, and State Company of the Year on three separate occasions in addition to its long list of Parade of Homes accolades.
For the project we see here, the firm used pitched and shingled roofs, reminiscent of the classic French countryside home. There are also hints of stucco exteriors. And note the firm's exquisite woodwork in the finer details of the windows and doors.
4) Paradigm Construction Company
Paradigm Construction Company was founded in 2000 by Jim Larkin and Matt Knickrehm, two friends who got their start in the industry framing houses together while they were still in high school. After earning his college degree, Larkin established one of the area's premier framing firms. Eventually, he reconnected with Knickrehm, collaborating to create Paradigm Construction. Since then, the two have secured the firm as one of the area's top high-end custom home builders. The firm has earned numerous Parade of Homes awards, most in the Best Overall category, and they have had the privilege of being named as the exclusive builder of some of the area's best neighborhoods.
The firm has built a wide array of architectural styles, and the project depicted here gives you a glimpse of their penchant for Mediterranean themed homes. This gorgeous villa uses a classic, neutral white to set off the roof and windows, and its generous use of striking arched doorways are both romantic and inviting.
3) Summit Log and Timber Homes, Inc.
As its name implies, Summit Log and Timber Homes is known for its inviting log homes. The firm handles residential and commercial projects and has been recognized several times in the industry for its extravagant work. One of its grand, picturesque lodges made its way into the pages of The Wall Street Journal. You can tell you're looking at a Summit project when you find its intricate custom carving, its millwork, its moldings, and other fine finishes. The large-diameter logs used for all of the firm's projects are harvested directly from its own farm. The homes also often feature beautiful hearths and fireplaces, large floor-to-ceiling windows encased in exquisite logs, and extravagant archways lined with luxurious trimmings.
The firm primarily classifies its designs into seven categories: Full-scribe, Piece en Piece, Post and Beam, Hybrid, Dovetail, Hybrid Log, and Milled. The designs are differentiated based on difficulty and the way they are constructed based on its specific origins. The firm, however, has worked on several variations of these styles for clients looking for more personal touches.
2) Thompson Homes, Inc.
1970 E Handel Ct., Meridian, ID 83646
Thompson Homes is a Registered Master Builder, the firm has numerous Parade of Homes accolades, and, perhaps most importantly it has 50 years of experience guiding day-to-day operations. Throughout its years in the industry, it has been recognized for its exterior work, interior finish, and its high-performance design and engineering efforts. Thompson Homes is led by founder Jeff Thompson, a proud recipient of the 2013, 2016, and 2018 Builder of Integrity Award, which aims to recognize his excellence in customer service management and top-of-the-line construction services. Thompson oversees every construction aspect of each project and even works as the firm's Chief Designer.
Under his leadership, the firm has become known for its fine architecture and superior quality. Its portfolio contains traditional homes, European homes, modern farmhouse homes, timeless transitional homes, and modern takes on the classic craftsman home.
1) Tresidio Homes
13999 W Wainwright Dr., #203, Boise, ID 83713
Tresidio Homes is award-winning custom home builder often hailed as one of the area's leading premier construction firms. It is led by its two founders, Jon Hastings, and Russ Van Wagenen, who established Tresidio in 2009 during a turbulent period in the housing market. Since then the two have led the firm to numerous Parade of Homes wins, including recognition for interior and exterior work, as well as green building techniques. Hastings has also played an active role in several contractors' associations: he served as president of the Building Contractors Association of Southwestern Idaho, and as a chairman of the Parade of Homes Committee. Both he and Van Wagenen were also featured on Professional Builder Magazine's annual "40 Under 40" list for their leadership of the firm.
The firm's in-house design center allows clients to select all the materials that will go into their new homes in one easy place, with the guidance of a selection manager. Clients may also visit some of the firm's model homes to get a better idea of the firm's designs and craftsmanship.
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Barbarians of the Beyond by Matt Hughes
Reviewed by Robert Runté
Although the name might not be instantly recognizable outside of SF&F circles, Jack Vance (1916-2013) was one of the greatest and most prolific science fiction and fantasy writers of his age, a master of world-building, memorable characters, plot, and language.
Mathew Hughes, the Canadian SF&F writer—who is similarly a master of world-building, memorable characters, plotting and language—is frequently compared to Vance, with reviewers pointing out the obvious Vancian influences on Hughes own version of The Dying Earth or the similarities in their galactic civilizations and central characters…while still allowing that Hughes' vision is completely original and often even more intriguing.
It should therefore come as no surprise that Jack Vance's son, John, invited Hughes to continue some of Vance's most popular series, an honour Hughes has gladly taken on. Barbarians of the Beyond is therefore the sixth and latest book in Jack Vance's The Demon Princes series. It is also a thoughtful, page-turning novel quite capable of standing on its own for those not familiar with the original series.
As a fan of both Hughes and Vance, I found it an eerie read. It is not just that the novel is set in Vance's universe, or that the action takes up where Vance's series left off, it's that Hughes is writing as Vance, channelling him as only a true disciple could. And yet…it was unmistakably a Matthew Hughes novel too. As collaborations go, I cannot imagine a more cohesive blending of two masters, Hughes building onto—but also staying true to—Vance's original vision.
The title, Barbarians of the Beyond, accurately conveys—with perhaps a touch of self-deprecating humour—that the novel is pure space opera. It's escapist fare, filled with spaceships, pirates, drug lords, spies, and so on, but the culture, the setting, and characters are so well realized, this isn't your kid's sci-fi media franchise. Best of all, both Vance and Hughes are known for their inventive neologisms, which instantly convey the function and significance of far-future technology but still manage to remind the reader that this isn't 1960s America.
The series' 'Demon Princes' refers to five master criminals who operate in the Beyond, the far reaches of space where the policing of more civilized planets cannot reach. There are no actual demons in the hell-spawn sense, merely criminal cartels in the tradition of Pablo Escobar or El Chapo. The 'barbarians' of the title refers to the attitudes of the civilized sectors towards the scattered settlements of farmers and villagers that make up the Beyond, assuming that such primitive conditions produce unsophisticated peoples.
Of course, Morwen Sabine, our heroine, is anything but primitive. Hughes has created a smart, driven woman who is both a product of her upbringing and yet foreshadows the future of the Beyond (as part of Vance's Gaean Reach series, set in the same universe but a gentler future.)
One notable difference between Hughes and Vance is that Vance generally only darkly implied off-stage violence, whereas, in this instance, Hughes has one scene where Morwen is directly involved. The scene is needed to move character and story forward, and it is not particularly graphic, but I was a bit surprised after other scenes had stuck to Vance/Hughes' style of an arched eyebrow paired with a seemingly innocuous, but therefore terrifying, comment. By the standard of Star Wars, and certainly of, say, the John Wicks movies, the violence remains pretty mild.
If you'd like a break from heavier reading, or from watching bad TV SF, then this might be exactly what you need. Space opera is often juxtaposed to 'real literature', but that was more true of the idea-driven 1930s pulp magazines than the character-driven cultural explorations from the pens of masters such as Vance and Hughes. I recommend Barbarians of the Beyond both for itself and as an introduction to two of SF's Grand Masters.
Barbarians of the Beyond is published by Spatterlight.


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At Least 33 Killed in High-Speed Train Crash in China (Updated with Video)
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 23, 2011
A high-speed train has derailed in Zhejiang, sending two coaches off a bridge and killing at least 33 people and injuring almost 200, according to a report from Xinhua:
The accident occurred after high-speed train D3115 was allegedly hit by lightning and lost drive, and then rear-ended by another bullet train D301.
The former train was running from the provincial capital Hangzhou to the southeastern city of Fuzhou, and the latter one traveled from Beijing to Fuzhou.
The trains were administrated by two different regional railway bureaus — train D3115 by the Shanghai Railway Bureau while train D301 by the Nanchang Railway Bureau.
In the opposite direction, high-speed train D3212 from southeastern city of Xiamen to Hangzhou was also stopped by lightning at about 8 p.m. Saturday. No passenger was injured, said Liu Jiwei who was on board.
See also a report from the Los Angeles Times.
Footage from Chinese television:
Update: China Geeks has put together a lengthy post including translation of the government response and netizens' comments:
The government has also apparently begun to move to distance itself from the accident. This report, for example, states that the accident was not a result of the train's high speed (China's claims to have built a faster high speed train than Japan have attracted critics who have suggested that safety was sacrificed to attain this speed advantage). It also says that the cars involved were a "relatively mature design, and were not of Chinese original design." Further reports have officials pointing out that this train was actually a joint venture with Japan.
Of course, suggestions that China's high speed trains had been copied from other countries were ludicrous, offensive, and slanderous a few days ago. Now, however, it seems that same criticism may be being accepted in order to absolve China from as much of the blame as possible.
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We our out of the office this week, traveling to the beach for our 3 years of podcasting anniversary trip. So enjoy our 2nd attempt at recording a prerecorded message and us wishing we were Wayne Brady.
Congratulations, we all fell for it. With websites from here, there and all over pleading for us to support Net Neutrality. Politicians and news anchors clamored that this is a much needed regulation. Well it's official as of June 16th, the FCC Net Neutrality agreement was upheld in Federal Appeals Court. We all win, the Internet is no longer a luxury, it is now regulated as a utility. We can binge watch YouTube and Hulu without interrupted streams.
Net Neutrality was upheld as part of Title II of the Federal Communications Act of 1934. This act was originally designed around phone lines that transports only one type of data. Since the Internet moves so many types of data, to restrict everything on the same plateau eliminates the quality of service currently used. Restricting internet service providers in this way eliminates their ability to offer multiple speeds for their customers and removes the opportunity for them to prioritize the available assets as needed. This will force smaller service providers to new standards they may not be able to handle and regulates ISPs business models in a way that will make it harder to serve their customers.
The implications of how Net Neutrality will impact Internet users is important. These includes the Internet being subject to regulation by the Federal Communications Commission. The truest form of deregulated media may be a thing of the past. Independent content creators could potentially be fined or subject to the current regulations of terrestrial broadcasts. Another implication of Net Neutrality is having service providers submit how their data is being dispersed and that it is being done according to this agreement. While I know that the Congressional push back has been against the violation of privacy, I am more worried about the cost involved. The expansion of administration or the creation of some agency to ensure that the dictums are met . Regardless, we will all pay for this. An additional concern is that Title II allows regulated utilities to be put under Eminent Domain.
Net Neutrality is unnecessary and overreaching. It chokes the free market and will only cost more money to everyone involved. From businesses to Internet users to taxpayers. Through the use of misleading language, this act will be harmful long term. I oppose this entire thing and I hope that it will be appealed in the Supreme Court. Ideally, this is something that will go away, but my gut feeling is it will haunt Americans the way the Patriot Act has.
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Oscar Wilde is a stellar wordsmith. I knew after reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, I wanted to read more of his works. This play satirizes Victorian England's social norms by having two friends exchange lives and experiences under the pseudonym of Earnest. This play is praised for the comedy and trivial nature and has been brought to the stage many, many times. It is often considered to be Wilde's masterwork.
This play doesn't take itself very seriously, which makes it hard to complain too much about it. The language was easy to follow and fun. It did mindless things written in a compelling way. It was obvious through the text that the author enjoyed himself a great deal while writing this story. He truly enjoyed the characters, he created and wanted the reader/ viewer to do the same.
I wouldn't categorize this as the greatest piece of literature I've ever read. It was mediocre in parts and felt a little flat, but I wouldn't characterize it as a waste of time. I didn't regret the time I spent reading it. I realize this isn't a heaping endorsement of praise, but it didn't make me wish I had read something else. I appreciated it enough, but I don't think my life would be incomplete by never reading it again.
I understand that reading a play isn't the best way to get a feel for a story. Certain parts can be much more memorable by seeing a great actor or actress carry them out on stage. With that thought though, I've never seen King Lear as a play, but I've read that several times and have been entertained by it every time. I would like to see this tale as it was intended to be viewed. Perhaps then I'll come around on it, giving it a glowing endorsement. Until such time, "okay" is as good a review as I can give it.
If this is your introduction to Oscar Wilde, you can do better. If you've seen the play and need more of it, or just want a lighthearted and somewhat air-headed story written in a compelling way, this is the book for you. Otherwise, I would I would recommend The Picture of Dorian Gray or House of Pomegranates over this. Either way, only someone as talented as this author can make something so mundane, seem so interesting.