Second in a series of posts looking at the rapidly evolving world of online education for school-age students. Click here for Part 1.
McLuhan, M., & Leonard, G. B. (1967). "The future of education: The class of 1989." Look magazine, February 21, pp. 23-24.
When McLuhan and Leonard wrote those words 46 years ago, they probably did not anticipate that school-age students of this century would first master that "new educational world" by playing games and exploring "heightened interaction" via social media. Aside from a handful of early educational programs like Oregon Trail, the first attempts to teach full courses online were mainly college-level classes. Many adult learners welcomed this, as it permitted flexibility and gave access to people not living near a campus. Online courses have been widely used by teachers for CEUs for over 30 years.
Some of the introductory college courses were made available to high school students who wanted to have "enriched" study or gain some college credits while still in school. When the demand for online courses soared for all ages, curricula were adjusted to suit the delivery and content management systems developed. The technology kept evolving, adding the ability to manage group work and discussion groups as well as individualized instruction.
Virtual high schools have proliferated all across the country in the last decade. They are not simply classes delivered via the Internet, but interactive courses that can be adapted to many learning styles. A student can attend an online high school from anywhere in the world, but many work with programs from their own state. Students can move through work at their own pace, have peer groups online, and have consistent interaction with their instructors. While various types of virtual schools exist, most integrate real-life experience with academics.
Many virtual schools are online public charter schools, most often an extension of an existing school or school district. Some traditional schools offer their own programs—for a few courses or for the entire program. These virtual schools are largely funded through their districts. The cost to families using an online public charter school is minimal, with some schools even supplying computers. If the student is using the family computer, it may need to be updated or upgraded to support the latest technologies, but each school will have specs available. Often these schools work only with students in their own state, but there are national programs as well. Most of those have registered charter schools in each state they support, but the actual headquarters and teachers may be located in another state.
Online private virtual schools are also available. Just like their physical counterparts, private virtual schools are required to be accredited in the state they serve. They may seek accreditation in several states, just as online public charter schools do. They will have a tuition-based program, and the costs vary widely. These schools are often supported by a particular group, such as a religious-based organization or college. Most often, parents select an online private school for the same reasons that they choose a traditional private school: because it fits their values or lifestyle, because of smaller student-to-teacher ratios or more personal attention, or because it offers particular classes or support for their student.
When special equipment is needed for a course, like a microscope for biology, some programs have them available for loan, but many do not. When loaned, a deposit may be required. As you consider the school, be sure to ask about resources and fees.
Both public and private options may offer their courses strictly through their content management system, or they may be prepared to develop individual learning plans for each student. Many blend both of these features. As an advisor or parent of a student looking at virtual schools, asking to see demonstrations and examples of courses or custom learning plans is a good way to see what is right for your student.
Is a virtual high school right for the student in your life? Consider the following questions: Is this student looking for a chance to move ahead at her own pace? Has this student struggled with the structure of classroom learning? Would the student learn faster without the distraction of a class full of peers, or does he thrive on having friends around? Are the classes that interest him unavailable at the local school?
When considering online schools, you will want to look at many of the same factors you would look at when considering a traditional school. Examine the school's website closely, and have the student look, too. Most offer demonstrations or sample lessons for you to review, and some have videos of their programs being used. Some virtual schools cater to at-risk students and others support special interests and advanced studies. Talk to a representative and an actual teacher if possible. Be prepared to give some examples of your student's school successes and struggles so you can discuss how these would be addressed by the program. If you are looking for a virtual program to meet a specific need or augment a classroom-based experience, ask how the program supports that need. Ask about the role the parent or guardian plays in their program.
The Whole Package or Bits and Pieces?
Some virtual schools are package deals, but many allow students to choose only a handful of courses online. For many students, taking both classroom courses and online studies may be the best option. Check with your school advisors as well as the representative from the virtual school to see what is available and how the cost is determined.
Living in a mountainous area of Washington, far from a large city, Mike and Terese have opted to join a homeschool group in their region. They were thrilled to find a virtual public high school program that gives their high schooler access to advanced calculus and chemistry classes. "I was comfortable with our homeschool community's resources for language arts, social studies, and history," shares Mike, "but as my daughter's interest in science flourished, I knew she needed some expert help." They found a public charter program supported by a school in Seattle and added a smartphone to the learning room. "Using video chat lets her get the feedback and help she needs and also develop a classroom-type relationship with her teacher." The entire family has been enjoying adding some chemistry lab work to their learning experience.
Yes, the virtual school experience is different from the traditional classroom. "You can't see the faces of your classmates as they start to dissect a frog, or smell the Bunsen burners," says Donna, who teaches online science courses for a national program. "But today's technology lets students work in groups and access their teachers easily." She views it as a very reasonable trade-off, giving each student the chance for individualized learning.
As for the social side of school, families and programs take several approaches. A student virtually attending a public charter school that's in his community is often able to participate in the same extracurricular activities as other students, even sports. When that option is not available, virtual schools can help parents build partnerships with local resources like youth groups or activity clubs. Families who live in remote areas are faced with these challenges whether they have students in a local, virtual, or homeschool program. Many have found planning volunteer events in their regions and participating in the planning of local events to be a great social resource. The bottom line is that students and their families will likely need to put in some extra work to make social connections, but it's very doable.
Virtual high schools are certain to gain a stronger foothold in the education system. Expect to see some of their best features and content management systems start to show up in traditional classrooms as well. Every student faces different challenges and has different needs. When the neighborhood school is not a good match, an online opportunity might be. To find out more about virtual high schools available for your students, start with the resources suggested below.
Have you taught through a virtual high school? Do you help students connect with online learning opportunities? Are you the parent or guardian of a student who is going the virtual school route? Please share your experiences, we would love to hear your comments.
And remember to check for programs in your own state, via search engines or your local school advisors and librarians.
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Would the student learn faster without the distraction of a class full of peers, or does he thrive on having friends around?
I think if a person is good learner he can perform well because of no disturbances with his steady mind. Online schools are best options for education.


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Q: Can a 10-bit monitor connection preserve all tones in 8-bit sRGB gradients on a wide-gamut monitor? This question is about color management and the use of a higher color depth, 10 bits per channel (30 bits in total, resulting in 1.07 billion colors, or 1024 shades of gray, sometimes referred to as "deep color") compared to the standard of 8 bits per channel (24 bits in total, 16.7 million colors, 256 shades of gray, sometimes referred to as "true color"). Do not confuse with "32 bit color", which usually refers to standard 8 bit color with an extra channel ("alpha channel") for transparency (used to achieve effects like semi-transparent windows etc).
The following can be assumed to be in place:
1: A wide-gamut monitor that supports 10-bit input. Further, it can be assumed that the monitor has been calibrated to its native gamut and that an ICC color profile has been created.
2: A graphics card that supports 10-bit output (and is connected to the monitor via DisplayPort).
3: Drivers for the graphics card that support 10-bit output.
If applications that support 10-bit output and color profiles would be used, I would expect them to display images that were saved using different color spaces correctly. For example, both an sRGB and an adobeRGB image should be displayed correctly. If an sRGB image was saved using 8 bits per channel (almost always the case), then the 10-bit signal path would ensure that no tonal gradients were lost in the conversion from the sRGB of the image to the native color space of the monitor.
For example:
If the image contains a pixel that is pure red in 8 bits (255,0,0), the corresponding value in 10 bits would be (1023,0,0). However, since the monitor has a larger color space than sRGB, sending the signal (1023,0,0) to the monitor would result in a red that was too saturated. Therefore, according to the ICC color profile, the signal would be transformed into a different value with less red saturation, for example (987,0,0). Since there are still plenty of levels left between 0 and 987, all 256 values (0-255) for red in the sRGB color space of the file could be uniquely mapped to color-corrected 10-bit values in the monitor's native color space.
However, if the conversion was done in 8 bits, (255,0,0) would be translated to (246,0,0), and there would now only be 247 available levels for the red channel instead of 256, degrading the displayed image quality.
My question is: how does this work on Ubuntu? Let's say that I use Firefox (which is color-aware and uses ICC color profiles). Would I get 10-bit processing, thus preserving all levels of an 8-bit picture? What is the situation like for other applications, especially photo applications like Shotwell, Rawtherapee, Darktable, RawStudio, Photivo etc?
Does Ubuntu differ from other operating systems (Linux and others) on this point?

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"Bit wise, there shouldn't be a problem whether you render in 8 or 10,
  but there's a major problem with linux anyway with bit-depths. In
  linux, there unfortunately is no front-end software that allows you to
  change the bit-depth. The ONLY way to change bit-depth in linux, is to
  compile your video drivers to call 10 bits per channel for your
  interfaces, instead of 8."

Actually Nvidia GeForce Drivers have supported 10 bit per channel in Linux for a while now.   Of course, you're going to need a display with 10 bit per channel color support connected via a DisplayPort to your video card for it to work.
In contrast, with Windows, only the Nvidia Drivers for their Quadro Cards allow 10 bit per channel color.  But, most applications don't work with it (since the Windows desktop itself is 8 bits per channel, and it's difficult to implement 10 bits per channel color on part of the screen like you'd see with an image editing application.  But, Photoshop has 10 bit per channel working in Windows using either AMD Firepro cards or Nvidia Quadro cards with CS6.   With Photoshop CC, I've seen reports of problems with Firepro cards though.
Basically, Windows requires "Pro" cards (AMD Firepro or Nvidia Quadro) to get that feature (10 bit per channel color with applications that support it), as the drivers for AMD Radeon Cards and Nvidia GeForce cards do not support the 10 bit per channel OpenGL buffers used by applications like Photoshop.   See this page for some info on that from Nvidia:
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3011
But, interestingly, the Nvidia Proprietary Linux drivers for GeForce Cards do support 10 bit per channel OpenGL buffers if you have a card with a DisplayPort and a Display that supports 10 bits per channel.   They added 10 bit per channel (a.k.a., 30 bit) color support to their Linux drivers beginning with 295.20.  Here's an old Phoronix article mentioning it:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA1NzM
If you go to the Nvidia X-Server Control Panel in Linux, and look under Display Settings, you should see a Color Depth choice if the detected monitor is capable of 10 bits per channel and connected by a Display Port.   You'll see a 30 bit choice marked as Experimental there.   Or, you can just select X Screen 0 (versus the detected display) and see the color depth choice that way (where it defaults to 24 bit but will have 30 bit available in the drop down list).   Of course, you don't want to select that choice unless you have a true 30 bit (10 bit per channel) hardware setup (card with a DispayPort with a monitor connected to it with a true 10 bit per channel color panel).

A: There's a few major problems with this, which I will address later.
If you 'assign' a smaller color profile(sRGB) to a larger color profile, you will of course have a change in the RGB values. The only way to safely preserve the original sRGB values, is to use the 'convert' option, which converts the color mode or 'Lab' designation and trys to preserve the original hues, or unassign the color profile and let the software use it's default rgb rendering.
Bit wise, there shouldn't be a problem whether you render in 8 or 10, but there's a major problem with linux anyway with bit-depths. In linux, there unfortunately is no front-end software that allows you to change the bit-depth. The ONLY way to change bit-depth in linux, is to compile your video drivers to call 10 bits per channel for your interfaces, instead of 8.

A: Um...
Windows supports at least 16bpp output since Windows 7.  The post talking about the NVidia 10bit drivers not working on Windows because the OS is limited to 8bpp is VERY, VERY WRONG.
This information has been available since 2008 at the WinHEC when it was first announced and demonstrated for Windows 7 and used in production on Windows 7 in 2009 when it was release with both ATI and NVidia drivers offering at least 10bpp support. (Sources: Wiki, MSDN, WinHEC,etc.)
There are a lot of professionals using 30bit and 48bit displays with Windows 7/8/10, that are not dithering/downsampling the color from the OS to the display. (Sources: Wiki, MSDN, Adobe, Autodesk, RenderMan, etc.)
Extra Note:
OS X just recently added 10bit color support for OS X 10.11 (2015)  Which is sadly really late, especially when Apple is requiring the use of their new GPU framework to even use it.

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Garage Moderne war eine französische Automobilwerkstatt und zeitweise Hersteller von Automobilen.

Unternehmensgeschichte
Adrien Morin (1880–1968) hatte bei Vinot & Deguingand, Decauville und Cornilleau & Sainte-Beuve Erfahrungen im Automobilbau gesammelt. 1913 gründete er in Thouars das Unternehmen Garage Moderne als Reparaturwerkstatt und begann mit der Produktion von Automobilen. Der Markenname lautete Tuar. 1922 waren 50 Mitarbeiter im Unternehmen beschäftigt. 1925 endete die Automobilproduktion. Insgesamt entstanden etwa 800 Fahrzeuge. Das Unternehmen existierte bis 1956.

Fahrzeuge
Es wurden Fahrzeuge auf Fahrgestellen von Malicet & Blin produziert. Zur Wahl standen verschiedene Einbaumotoren:
 Vierzylindermotor mit 1244 cm³, 1495 cm³, 1503 cm³ und 1821 cm³ Hubraum von Chapuis-Dornier
 Vierzylindermotor mit 1601 cm³ Hubraum und Sechszylindermotor mit 1496 cm³ Hubraum von CIME
 Motoren mit 1327 cm³ und 1496 cm³ Hubraum von Fivet
 Motoren von Ruby

Literatur

 George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P–Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1. (englisch)
 George Nick Georgano: Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (französisch)

Weblinks
 Artikel über die Marke Tuar (französisch, abgerufen am 19. März 2013; PDF; 501 kB)

Einzelnachweise

Ehemaliger Pkw-Hersteller (Frankreich)
Gegründet 1913
Thouars

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The Distance Between You and Me as a series, a show, and as a syntactical arrangement conjures up the phantom of sentiments seen and felt, as if I have already read and heard this line over and over again in a poem or song whose origins I cannot locate. This sense of dislocation runs throughout the exhibition: manifesting on the physical, mental, and metaphysical levels.
As a series by Guadalajara-based Gonzalo Lebrija, this sentiment is expressed as moving across a string of vast landscapes. Lebrija runs from behind the positioned and stationary camera, away from the lens, away from his perceived viewer, but he is also clearly running towards something off in the horizon (if not towards the glory of the horizon itself). The intonated separation of space between "you" and "me" is open for interpretation, but I prefer to see the separation as existing between the landscape and me, a human-scale proximity that I would have never measured where it not for the presence of the artist, gently reminding us that perceptions of location are dependent on our bodies in existence.
As the first show I am writing about for this new platform, the context is not lost that these artists were chosen for their tenuous relationship to geography as part of VAG's Next: A Series of Artist Projects From the Pacific Rim. Brightly so, the exhibition exacerbates this tenuity, especially by opening the space up with Vancouver-based Isabelle Pauwel's new acid-drip narrations of her family's colonial history in the area now known as The Democratic Republic of the Congo. W.E.S.T.E.R.N. (2010) and June 30 (2009) clip along in a shattered rhythm of home movies made by Pauwel's grandfather intersecting with present-day absurdist contemplation of objects in her family home. The video works leave little room to breath through its fragmentations, and I believe that is the point. Here, location as a narrative agent disintegrates into shards of places, loosely re-assembled into a reconciling creature that speaks to the impossibility of ever moving entirely beyond a temporal or geographic point once it has been traversed.
The philosophical debate of time and space goes on through Here & Elsewhere (2002), an absorbing two-channel/one-screen video by Los Angeles-based Kerry Tribe. Played out as a conversation between what can only be presumed as an off-screen father (figure) and his 10 year old daughter in their L.A. homestead, the man's voice is distinctly English, authoritative, and inquisitive to the existential health of the young girl, who answers with an obedience that only reinforces the work's fictive construction.
Presented on one screen with two projections side by side, often with cross panning shots that are synchronized in motion but not in time by a 3 second delay, the resulting effect opens up gaps in time and space, as if existence of both rests on a linear line that could be folded and unfolded at any interval. The work as a whole is engrossing, especially with its cinematic installation that is suggestive of immersion, but I am unconvinced as to the use of a young girl as the primary visual focus, as it is reminiscent of using the sympathetic choice a la casting decisions for The Exorcist. The question of playing or being an identity is thrown at the young girl who often does both, whether she is caught looking poised on the edge of the sink and reading, playing with her toothbrush as if it was a pencil or cigarette in contrast to those moments she is simply brushing her teeth in routine. Both are constructed realities that are no more real than each other, yet Tribe does not actively question or challenge the concept of location so much as our formation of being within the most ordinary of spaces. Being here or being there, the girl shifts across the seat and across onto the other screen, a marked difference in space and time, and this active gesture by Tribe is the ripple of our own perceptions of being, of finding existence within a place and time, and of existing as is.
The Distance Between You and Me is curated by Bruce Grenville and runs until January, 22, 2012.


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El USS Tarawa (LHA-1) fue un buque de asalto anfibio de la Armada de los Estados Unidos, da nombre a su clase, y fue el segundo buque de llevar el nombre de Tarawa, un atolón escenario de una batalla durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El primer Tarawa fue el . El USS Tarawa (LHA-1) fue dado de baja 31 de marzo de 2009, en la Base Naval de San Diego.

Historia
El USS Tarawa fue puesto en grada el 15 de noviembre de 1972 en los astilleros de Ingalls Shipbuilding, en Pascagoula, Misisipi y botado el 1 de diciembre de 1973, amadrinado por Audrey B. Cushman, la esposa del general Thomas J. Cushman, excomandante del Cuerpo de Marines, y asignado el 29 de mayo de 1976, bajo el mando del capitán James H. Morris.

El USS Tarawa fue la primera de las cinco naves de una nueva clase de buques de asalto anfibio de uso general, en la que se combinan en un tipo de buque las funciones anteriormente ejercidas por cuatro tipos diferentes: el buque de asalto anfibio (LPH), el buque de asalto anfibio (LPD), el buque de carga anfibia (LKA), y el muelle de desembarque (LSD). Esta nueva clase era capaz de desembarcar un batallón del Cuerpo de Marines y su equipo de apoyo, bien fuera en de lanchas de desembarco, en helicópteros, o por una combinación de ambos.

El barco partió de Pascagoula el 7 de julio de 1976 y puso rumbo al Canal de Panamá. Cruzó el canal el 16 de julio y, después de una parada en Acapulco, México, llegó a San Diego, California el 6 de agosto. Durante el resto de 1976, el buque realizó ensayos y pruebas de mar, en el área de operaciones del sur de California.

Durante el primer semestre de 1977, el USS Tarawa continúo con los ejercicios de entrenamiento frente a la costa de California. El 13 de agosto, una vez realizadas las pruebas de mar, entró en los astilleros Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach (California) con lo que la disponibilidad del buque se completó el 15 de julio de 1978. Después de cuatro meses y medio el USS Tarawa zarpó a su puerto de origen en San Diego.

Misiones
Su primer despliegue fue en 1979, se ejercitó con éxito con los AV-8B Harrier II y más tarde rescató 400 refugiados vietnamitas que se encontraban a la deriva en el Mar de la China Meridional.

Después de un segundo y tercer despliegue, ocurridos en 1980 y 1983, el USS Tarawa fue enviado al mar Mediterráneo para apoyar a las Fuerzas de paz de las Naciones Unidas en Beirut, Líbano. En diciembre de 1990, el USS Tarawa fue el buque insignia de una fuerza de tareas compuesta de trece buques anfibios durante la Operación Tormenta del Desierto. Participó en los ejercicios Sea Soldier IV, en enero de 1991, en la que los marines desembarcarían en Kuwait, resultando esto una maniobra de engaño. Finalmente los marines desembarcaron en Arabia Saudita justo al sur de la frontera con Kuwait.

En mayo de 1991, el USS Tarawa fue enviado a Bangladés en apoyo de la Operación Ángel Mar, para la ayuda en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria a las víctimas de un ciclón.

En mayo de 1992, fue desplegado por octava vez en el Pacífico, participando en los ejercicios Eager Mace '92-'93, un conjunto de tropas de EE.UU. y Kuwait. El buque también apoya la inserción de las tropas pakistaníes en Somalia dando apoyo a la ONU en la distribución de ayuda humanitaria, regresó a San Diego en noviembre de 1992. El USS Tarawa fue galardonado con su cuarto Admiral Flatley Award y su Comandante y la Séptima Flota, con el Amphibious Warfare Excellence Award por su despliegue en 1992

En abril de 1996, a raíz de otra compleja reforma en el astillero Long Beach Naval Shipyard, el USS Tarawa zarpó de San Diego y fue desplegado por novena vez en el Pacífico. Realizando una serie de ejercicios anfibios conjuntos, junto con otros buques de la armada estadounidense y la Marina Real Tailandesa en el Golfo de Tailandia, el ejercicio Indigo Serpent junto con la Mariana Real Saudita, y el ejercicio Moonlight Infinite junto con la Marina Real Jordana (El primer ejercicio de la historia entre los EE. UU. y Jordania) en el Mar Rojo. A la finalización de los ejercicios el USS Tarawa se posiciona en el Golfo Pérsico en apoyo de Operación Southern Watch, en aplicación de la zona de exclusión aérea sobre el sur de Irak. También formaba parte de la Operación Desert Strike, en la cual varios buques de la armada estadounidense lanzaron misiles sobre Irak. De vuelta a San Diego en octubre de 1996, Tarawa ganó tanto el Federal Energy Conservation Award como el Secretary of the Navy Energy Conservation Award.

A mediados de octubre de 2000, el USS Tarawa cruzó el Estrecho de Ormuz en su camino hacia el Golfo Pérsico cuando fue atacado el destructor . Tras la noticia del ataque, el USS Tarawa puso rumbo al Puerto de Adén en Yemen donde se unió al grupo de apoyo logístico que proporcionaba seguridad al puerto, compuesto por el destructor , las fragatas , y la  esta de nacionalidad británica, como la nave de mando a cargo de la protección en lo que se convirtió en la Operación Determinada Respuesta. Otros buques de guerra estadounidenses implicados fueron el USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168), el , el , y el . El USS Tarawa se quedó con el USS Cole hasta que el buque fue colocado a bordo del barco de salvamento semisumergible MVBlue Marlin.

Fue desplegado en Bangladés, una vez más, junto con el , para proporcionar apoyo en las actividades de socorro y el reparto de la ayuda humanitaria como consecuencia del ciclón Sidr. El nombre en clave de la misión fue Operaciones Mar Ángel II en reconocimiento al USS Tarawa por su anterior apoyo a Bangladés en 1991. Estas actividades de asistencia humanitaria fueron decisivas para que el buque se adjudicara el 2007 Battle Efficiency Award.

Retirada del servicio
El USS Tarawa fue trasladado por remolcadores rumbo a Hawái, donde es posible que sea usado como objetivo en ejercicios de tiro, como le ocurrió a otro buque de su clase el , que fue utilizado como un objetivo en SINKEX '06. Sin embargo, el Registro Naval de Buques (NVR) lo mantiene en lista de categoría "B", sugiriendo una posible utilización futura para los ex-Tarawa en algunas de sus funciones oficiales. Ejemplos de esta categoría son el  que ahora es un buque del Ejército de los Estados Unidos, y los acorazados  y , los cuales son piezas de museo, pero requieren que estén en un estado de disponibilidad.

Referencias

 Este artículo, incluye textos del dominio público procedente del DANFS: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Diccionario de buques de guerra naval de América).
 Este artículo, incluye textos del procedente del Registro Naval de Buques (Naval Vesel Register), que como publicación del gobierno de los Estados Unidos., es de dominio público.

Enlaces externos
 USS Tarawa (LHA-1) homepage
 USS Tarawa Veterans' Association homepage
 USS Tarawa history at U.S. Carriers

Buques de asalto anfibio de la clase Tarawa
Barcos de 1976
Barcos construidos en Pascagoula (Misisipi)


With all the games that come and go through Indie Retro News, there's always one that amazes us. This is especially true of ' Cat Quest ' developed for the Atari 2600 by Alp, which started as an idea to port a cancelled NES game of his to the Atari 2600, just for fun. Currently at an early work in progress state, Cat Quest uses a ' Venetian Blinds ' Interlacing Technique that according to him, potentially minimizes sprite flickering and the overall graphical quality of the game.
And as you can clearly see the graphics on the Atari 2600 is mighty impressive, with some on the forums hoping for an Atari 7800 version, or as one person puts it " better suited ". In terms of what type of game it will actually be, there have been a number of posts with Cat Quest being like Zelda. The visual design of the dungeons according to the developer is heavily inspired by the Legend of Zelda. Slay Monsters, find Keys, unlock Doors, and kill a Boss enemy. You know, the basics.


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If you've been a long-time reader of my self-care and creativity articles (and thank you for that!), you may remember me posting in the Everyday Artist blog about Downtown Jam – here's a link to the original blog post.
It's a very unique music club in downtown Toronto, designed to provide musicians and singers with organized opportunities to make music together. Specifically, ROCK AND ROLL (woo hoo!), featuring a 500-song chord book with many of my favourites, including the Beatles, Joni Mitchell and others.
Well, it's taken me two years, but I finally joined! My first jam night is coming up on September 16 (I signed up to do keyboards and vocals), and I can't wait!
It' s exactly what I'm looking for right now: music-making that's just for me, but without the structure and time commitment of a choir, or the extra task of putting together my own group. And music that I truly love.


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Enterprises are moving their assets to the cloud to capture its many business benefits, including ease of deployment and reducing, if not eliminating, the need for IT infrastructure. However, cloud computing offers an array of pitfalls for the unwary. The unique legal risks and considerations presented by the cloud are especially important and often overlooked by nonlawyers. Here are the top five legal considerations on the way to the cloud.
Service levels. It should go without saying that the starting point should be the business case and intended use of the service, and not any legal document, such as a service level agreement (SLA). Understand what business problem the service will be solving; the intended internal and external users; when, where and how the service will be accessed; whether or not the service is business-critical; the practical consequences if the service is down or degraded for any period of time; and how the use of the service may change over time. Then, ensure the SLA reflects your needs.
Almost invariably, SLAs will address availability, planned outages, critical and noncritical outages, service credits and termination rights. Typically, the sole remedy in case of a breach of the SLA is a service credit, which is usually capped based on some percentage of fees paid during the previous 12-month period. Customers should ask whether the credit is simply window dressing or actually a meaningful economic remedy that would deter the vendor from breaching the SLA.
Termination or suspension of service. The software application and/or the data running or housed in the cloud may be critical to your business. Continuity of access and use (to both the application and data), especially when both are on a third-party server, are of utmost importance. To that end, does the cloud vendor in each instance notify you when any of the terms of the agreement may have been violated, and are you given an opportunity to remedy each violation?
There is, of course, a delicate balance to be struck here. In a setting where there are multiple customers (tenants), the cloud vendor will have competing obligations to the other customers, and, inasmuch as the actions of one tenant may degrade performance for another, some level of flexibility is required. One approach is to distinguish between the service and the data; in the case of suspension, for example, agree not to lock down access to the data.
Representations and warranties; indemnities. While seemingly arcane, in terms of potential pitfalls, these provisions may be the most important. A representation is a statement of fact, either past or present, while a warranty may express a promise. Typical reps and warranties should confirm that there are no pending or threatened claims of intellectual property right (IPR) infringement (after all, who wants legal problems on day one?) and address continued noninfringement, performance (as to the underlying app), and data security and privacy.
Breach of a warranty will typically give rise to a limited remedy and thus will be to the exclusion of other remedies, such as money damages. Therefore, be sure the limited remedy makes business sense and will suffice. Note also that cloud providers typically request reps and warranties from the customer, including those pertaining to the customer's data. To that end, the buyer must be careful about the sources of its data or risk exposing itself to liability.
An indemnity is a contractual obligation to compensate a party for a loss. Thus, an indemnity would compensate the cloud customer for any claims that its use of the service violated any third-party IP rights, such as patent, copyright or trademark. These suits (especially patent) are costly, so care must be taken to ensure that you are adequately covered.
Confidentiality. Cloud customers should be sure to get satisfactory promises regarding which vendor personnel will have access to confidential information (including customer data) and what steps the vendor will undertake to maintain the confidentiality of that information. Data is king, and this provision deserves considerable attention.
Commercial/other. The considerations above are a good starting point but they are just the tip of the iceberg. Here are a few more to consider: storage fees, if and when there are automatic upgrades; whether or not there are multiple environments (e.g., development, test, and production) available to customer; how customization works in a cloud setting; how many data recoveries does the vendor provide free of charge (and what are the costs of additional backups); and how easy is it to move to another cloud and how will the vendor support the transition?
John Pavolotsky is an attorney at Greenberg Traurig (GT). He is a member of the firm's intellectual property and technology practice group. Prior to joining GT, John was corporate counsel of SugarCRM and general counsel of Fourth Dimension Software.


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GCSE results: Mayfield School's headteachers 'immensely proud' of results
Syeda Hussain from Mayfield School. Picture: Angela Bond
The co-headteachers of Mayfield School in Goodmayes have said they are "immensely proud" of the hard work of their students, staff and achievements.
Joseph Shoko from Mayfield School. Picture: Angela Bond
One sixth of all grades award to pupils were a Grade 7 of above, including 54 Grade 9s.
The school's top achiever, Altamash Butt, achieved nine Grade 9s, along with one Grade 8. He will continue his journey sitting his A-levels.
"Our students have continued to perform well in the newly reformed GCSEs," said deputy headteacher, Bill Pointon.
"They should all be proud of their results as they have worked hard amid continued changes and have risen to the challenge."
The school's top achieving girl, Syeda Hussain, came away with five Grade 9s and five Grade 9s.
Joseph Shoko also made fantastic progress while at Mayfield, achieving one Grade 9, two Grade 8s, five Grade 6s and one Grade 5.


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Summary: iTunes is restricting our list to 300 episodes for some reason. To access all episodes, click subscribe. The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the lives of the people. You won't find a dry recounting of dates and battles here, but instead you'll learn about who these people were and how their desires, fears, and flaws shaped the histories of England, Scotland, and Wales. Support the Show
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It's that time again!
245 – King Alfred: Infrastructure is Sexy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:22
For the Viking army fleeing Shoebury, there wasn't much to look forward to in a winter holiday at Chester. It would be wet. It would be cold. It would be creepy. The old Roman settlement had been abandoned for quite some time, and that probably didn't sit well with the superstitious danes. And besides being creepy, Chester promised generally rough living. Sure, it might sit next to farm land and a few small settlements, but this wasn't the civitas it had once been… the Danes weren't marching in and setting up in a nice little manor. These were ruins. Old ruins. This was going to be hardcore camping. Support the Show
244 – Haesten's Advance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:52
"Then came the king's troops, and routed the enemy, broke down the work, took all that was therein money, women, and children and brought all to London. And all the ships they either broke to pieces, or burned, or brought to London or to Rochester." That's what the Chronicle has to say about AEthelred's siege of Hasten's fortress at Banfleet. As we spoke about last week, we don't know how many women and children came with fleet, but it's clear from the Chronicle that they existed. Support the Show
The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: The Beaker People with Dr. Alison Sheridan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:43
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243 – The Sieges of AEthelred of Mercia | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:23
Imagine that you're in your 20s. You are a member of the royal dynasty… the next in line for the throne. But your future court is filled with powerful Ealdormen who expect their king to be a warrior. Given the mood of the nobles, and how some of them are chaffing at your father's style of rule, it's become clear that you can't leave any doubt. Any weakness and your succession could be in jeopardy. And then suddenly, one of the most fearsome armies of Northmen in Western Europe arrives on your shores… and you lead the army that routed it. That was the situation that Edward AEtheling found himself in at Farnham. His position at court dramatically improved in response to that victory. In a single day of fighting, he had proven his worth and silenced his detractors. Support the Show
242 – Edward AEtheling at Farnham | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:40
892 was not a very good year. Alfred's gambit to pacify the forces of Hastein through the power of baptism and gifts had failed utterly, and now they were encamped in Benfleet Essex, launching raids into Wessex and (probably) Mercia. And as for the gargantuan fleet of 250 ships to the south at Appledore? It was still there. Support the Show
The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: Discovering Ava with Maya Hoole | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:38:29
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241 – Haesten | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:41
What was Alfred's reaction to the news of a massive viking fleet crossing the channel? Was it a surprise? Did he just expect it at this point? Was he angry that he would have to fight for his kingdom yet one more time? Based on his apparent devotion to his religion, I imagine he wondered what they had done to invite yet another test of their faith in the form of bristling war ships. But in truth, there was nothing he could have done. The Danes were, in many respects, like a natural disaster… but in the case of this fleet, what launched them towards the shores of Wessex was an actual natural disaster. Support the Show
240 – Viking Roadshow: Rollo edition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:56
A massive fleet was off the coast of Kent, heading directly for Alfred's realm. It was a fleet of 250 ships teeming with skilled, highly experienced raiders. But fleets don't materialize out of thin air. They come from somewhere… And curiously, over the last 14 years, the scribes of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle were actually giving the backstory to this particular fleet … because this fleet is the very same one that occupied Fulham in 879. Back when Alfred had only just defeated Guthrum and his kingdom was stretched too thin to be able to oust them. Support the Show
239 – The Dying Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:30
Today we're going to cover 5 or 6 years, and we're going to cover a fascinating theory that (if true) should color virtually everything we know about the life of Alfred the Great… and that's because the Life of Alfred the Great might not have been written for Alfred. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Support the Show
238 – A Patchwork of War | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:54
The Sons of Rhodri Mawr were in a difficult position. Their father had been a powerful ruler in Britain… he was a man who had gained vast swaths of territory for his dynasty and was one of the few kings in British history that could claim the title of "the great." Now when he died, there was a period of instability. War had threatened to turn his kingdom… the mighty kingdom of Gwynedd… into nothing more than a Mercian subkingdom. However, Rhodri's sons proved to be just as ferocious as their father, and they quickly reestablished the independence of North Wales and set their confederation of kingdoms on a path for further expansion. But recent events had presented them with a significant barrier to their ambitions. Support the Show
237 – Asser | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:50
The Sons of Rhodri, rulers of vast swaths of Wales, have followed in their father's footsteps in their quest to bring all of the Western Kingdoms under a command of a single dynasty. Their dynasty. In aid of this, they sought common cause with the Danes of Jorvik and their new King… a man called Guthred. There were rumors surrounding him. Rumors that likely gave the Sons of Rhodri Mawr hope. Support the Show
236 – A Return to Scholarship | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:06
"I can not find anything better in man, than that he know, and nothing worse than that he be ignorant." That's a quote from Alfred, and I think it's my favorite quote. The nice thing about Alfred is that he's a man for all seasons. There's something in his reign for everyone. He's got an excellent comeback story. He's goes through a sort of Che Guevara phase. He's got a period where he's riding around with a cavalry strike force like King Arthur. He's got a pious side. A scholarly side. A horny side. He has a keen mind for politics, for manipulation, and for tactics. Whatever your need… there's an Alfred for that. Support the Show


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One of my greatest weaknesses of my golf game is over thinking. My analytical brain will spin webs and see breaks that don't exist or looks for bodies of water within 10 miles that might attract golf balls through some hydro-magnetic pull. Unconscious Putting by Dave Stockton takes a different approach and tells the reader to let go and roll the putt in. Sounds easy and obvious but it is not.
Dave Stockton's golf credentials are those that bestow instant credibility and include 5 major championships, 11 tournament wins, and 14 titles on the Champions Tour. The man knows putting. Dave's style is not locked into the mechanics of putting but focuses more on the feel of putting. It is an Obi-Wan to Luke mentorship with the only thing missing is Han's helmet with the blast shield.
At its core, Unconscious Putting involves learning how to accurately see the optimum line that a putt should take to the hole and giving yourself a consistent pre-putt routine that lets you preserve that visualization and roll the ball on your intended line.
There are some words that should stick out as they come back often in this book.
Line: the key to a successful putt is finding and following the correct line to the hole.
Roll: Dave does not talk about hitting a putt but rolling the ball. A roll is a smooth motion that will help the ball to stay on the correct line.
In the chapter Why We Three Putt, Dave talks about the focusing on the process to roll the ball and not the result. This seems counter productive because I want to roll this putt in to make bogey and not double bogey. Dave recommends focusing on the process to roll the ball because that is the foundation to a good putt. Focus on the feel of the putt and getting the ball to follow your line. Feel cannot be forced or locked in so relax and let the putt happen.
This book is a buy for me and I am happy it is my library. It deserves another read with a cigar. Simple answers that do not offer mechanical technique are sometimes hard to swallow on the first pass. Dave writes an easy book to read on a complex topics that offers a way to shave strokes off your golf game.
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Yes, let's stop innovating to save jobs. Let's not consider that the amount of trees not being cut down to fill Borders bookstores while out of date textbooks being thrown into landfills may be having a positive impact on the planet. Or that Borders is closing 517 stores while Apple has created 317 stores since 2001, and is planning on opening another 50 this year alone. Let's not consider the developers that are developing for the iPad and iPhone that have generated over $1 billion for themselves in the first two years of its existence and the amount of businesses that are growing through efficiency in the process.
No let's not consider any of that, down with the iPad!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetjuniper/2066074227/in/set-72157603302647339This photo says everything that needs to be said about textbook waste.That photo set says everything that needs to be said about education in the US.
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April 24, 2018 by Avery Appelman
A new proposal with bipartisan support would change the threshold for sexual harassment in Minnesota workplaces.
The proposed change to the law states that "an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment…does not require the harassing conduct or communication to be severe or pervasive." This sentence would lower the burden of proof for all employees across Minnesota who believe they have been sexually harassed.
The lowered threshold would be the first of its kind in the nation and would nullify a standard previously set by the U.S. Supreme Court from decades ago that has drawn heavy criticism. The old law states that if an employee feels that their company has failed to address their complaints of sexual harassment, they can seek the advice of a sexual harassment attorney and sue or file a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
However, in order for that case to move forward, the law states that there must exist "sufficiently severe or pervasive" harassment. That standard was set in the 1986 case of Meritor Saving Bank v. Vinson, which was the first sexual harassment case to reach the high court. Due to this precedent, opponents of the standard say that some "piggish" behaviors have been allowed to exist because they don't quite reach this threshold of sexual assault.
Here's a look at some old cases that did not meet the threshold of "sufficiently severe or pervasive," but would under the proposed change:
A 2002 case involving a male supervisor who propositioned a female worker within days of her being hired. He touched her inappropriately, called her a "man-hater," required her to draw a vulgar image to be considered for promotion and required her to type up the minutes of a "He-Man Women Hater's Club."
A 2010 case where a male repeatedly hit on a female employee, lied to a business associate about having sex with her, and compared women's breasts and told her that hers were "so-so." He also put his hand on her leg and at one point grabbed her and kissed her.
A 2017 case where a male maintenance worker told a female employee to remain seated in her desk while he made repairs because he liked "beautiful women and beautiful legs" and later implied performing oral sex
"I was very shocked at some of these cases," said House Majority Leader Joyce Peppin, R-Rogers. Rep. Peppin is the lead sponsor of the proposed legislation, which is supported by House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, and a number of lawmakers from both parties.
"It became pretty obvious to me that we really needed to make a change," Peppin added.
If the proposal becomes law, it would go into effect on August 1.
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Essex and Durham reveal opposing views on city-based T20 plans
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Essex reached the 2016 T20 Blast quarter-finals
Essex have become the second county to announce their intention to stand against a new city-based Twenty20 competition, planned for 2020.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rules need to be altered to remove the right of all 18 counties to play in the new tournament.
Essex follow Middlesex in their refusal to support the change.
But Durham chairman Sir Ian Botham said his county were fully committed in their support for the new tournament.
He said: "It's financially very sensible to do it and if we prepare properly and come up with the right formula throughout the summer - just look at the success of the Big Bash in Australia and the IPL - then it's proven that the format has great benefit."
Meanwhile, Essex chairman John Faragher said the County Championship, one-day and T20 competitions "must be protected".
The changes require the support of 31 out of 41 of the ECB's voting members.
Faragher continued: "We are focused on expanding cricket in Essex, East Anglia and Metropolitan London, ensuring there are opportunities for all age and ability groups, male and female, to be actively involved in the game.
"We believe that as a result of the proposed changes, these opportunities will be reduced, that our income overall will suffer and the first-class game will be diminished, in contradiction to the ECB's objective which is to grow the game in this country - an objective that is unlikely to be advanced by a competition which would exclude large areas of the country from any involvement in it."
Middlesex chairman Mike O'Farrell previously said the financial impact of the new tournament on his county "is still very uncertain and contains great risks".
The 41 voting members comprise the 18 first-class counties, 21 recreational boards, the Minor Counties Cricket Association, and MCC - owners of Lord's and therefore Middlesex's landlord.
A number of counties have come out in support of the proposals for the new tournament, with Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Somerset, Sussex and Yorkshire all announcing that they will back the ECB rule change, while others including Glamorgan, Hampshire and Warwickshire have been vocal in their support for a city-based competition.
Kent have asked their members and supporters to give them further feedback before making a decision, while Surrey director of cricket Alec Stewart has expressed concern over the details of the new event.
How the new competition works
Eight new teams playing 36 games over a 38-day summer window, with four home games each
All games televised, with significant free-to-air exposure
No scheduling overlap with the existing T20 Blast competition
An Indian Premier League-style play-off system to give more incentive for finishing higher up the league
A players' draft, with squads of 15 including three overseas players
Counties guaranteed £1.3m each
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Cloud computing is expected to be as transformative for business as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) was or as e-commerce has been in recent years. Almost all the major IT companies have started to integrate cloud computing in their business models. VMware is a global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure. In this interview with T. Srinivasan, Managing Director of VMware for India and SAARC region, we explore the opportunities, issues and challenges associated with cloud computing.
tejas@iimb: While cloud computing is widely seen as the �next big thing� in IT, companies are still not quite sure of its implications. It has also divided the industry into two camps. Companies like IBM strongly advocate it, while others like Oracle call it "simply the latest fashion"1. What is your take on the way cloud computing would transform business?
TS: I don�t think there are two camps. It is just a question of whether you adopt it early or you adopt it later on. Adoption is guaranteed. Fundamentally, one shouldn�t worry about why is it called cloud or what it signifies. Businesses look at it as a way to reduce cost, complexity and time to implement IT systems.
tejas@iimb: One of the major concerns regarding the cloud computing environment is security. How are the service providers ensuring data ownership, IP rights and other legal issues associated with cloud computing?
TS: I think security as a threat is overrated. There are enough safeguards that companies have built to provide security. Even if you look at the pre-cloud computing era, people were hosting their machines outside their companies. There were adequate measures to ensure security by building firewalls. I don�t see it any differently now. The word �cloud� signifies that it is something there, out in the open. But, all the big software security companies like Symantec, Trend Micro and RSA are ensuring that security should be given proper attention for cloud based projects. Also remember that there are 3 types of clouds, namely private, public and hybrid. The private cloud is anyway within the firewall. I think that the issues are being addressed and I can�t foresee any problems due to it. Of course, every technology is susceptible to threats, and cloud is no different. I don�t think it is any more susceptible as compared to the pre-cloud era.
tejas@iimb: A recent report by management consultancy firm AT Kearney2 said that the cloud would undermine the traditional outsourcing model of Indian IT providers. What is your take on this comment?
TS: I think it is an opportunity for the outsourcing companies, more than anything else. All the big outsourcing companies we are aware of are setting up their own internal clouds and developing ability to provide cloud based services to customers. The reason outsourcing has become popular is because of its cost-effectiveness. It will further give more opportunities to save money. So, I see it more as an opportunity rather than a threat.
tejas@iimb: We wanted to know a bit about the technology. How is this cloud computing model going to affect virtualization?
TS: Virtualisation is the better half of cloud computing. In fact, I don�t think you can do cloud computing without virtualization. This is because one of the key components of the cloud is the ability get up and running quickly, which means you can provision services quickly and you can change the platforms quickly. You can�t do these without virtualization. Well, technically you can, but it is going to be very cost ineffective. So, as the founding stones of whether it is Software as a Service or Platform as a Service or Infrastructure as a Service, you would need virtualization.
tejas@iimb: We would like to know a bit about opportunities for Indian entrepreneurs. Indian entrepreneurs are considered rich in ideas, but they generally struggle to find funds to implement those ideas and convert them into successful business models because of the financial handicap. Does cloud computing actually solve that handicap by reducing the costs?
TS: One of the premises of cloud computing is that it is on a pay-as-you-use basis. So, for entrepreneurs this is the best thing that can happen because you don�t need to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars upfront, especially when you are a small entrepreneur. So, you choose what you want to use and you pay only for the facility or application that you are using. Thus it�s pretty much like virtualization. The reason why virtualization became popular in the first place was because it reduced cost. Cloud computing would do exactly the same thing to customers.
tejas@iimb: As you said, cloud computing has reduced barriers to entry for small Indian entrepreneurs in IT, do you see a surge in entrepreneurial activity in the IT computing domain in India?
TS: It will take time. As I said, it is not an immediate phenomenon. People take slow steps with any technology. Most people that we have spoken to will have hybrid approach. They will test a little bit of public cloud and maybe build a private cloud over time. Again, you must remember that there are investments that the service provider needs to make or the organization needs to make even to implement the private cloud or the public cloud. As an end-user, you are only paying for what you use, but there are investments that need to be made by the service providers. I think it will take another 12 to 18 months before the technology matures.
tejas@iimb: Analysts say that in India, you need to send a person to the customer to convince him about using the cloud and collect payments, unlike in the US where these things could be done online or over the phone. Is a different model required here? Could you please share your experiences where you have found it hard to make your customers accept cloud computing?
TS: I think any new technology, whether it�s cloud computing or anything else, requires both education to be imparted and somebody to experiment with it before others would adopt it. I think it would take a bit of time, but if you look at the small and medium business (SMB) market place, they should adopt it first because they can�t afford to hire IT personnel. They don�t want to invest in hardware and other expensive equipment. The way cloud computing is envisaged to be, I see it as a sure win case. It may take different forms and it may take different times, but it will happen.
tejas@iimb: We know about the cost advantages and business agility that cloud computing provides. But, according to a recent survey by marker research firm Gartner, 42% of Indian companies have no plans to use this infrastructure throughout 2011. Is it the lack of awareness or technological immaturity that is inhibiting them from using it or are there certain issues in this model? One of the concerns might certainly be security. What are other challenges for organizations to embrace the cloud computing model?
TS: I don�t think it is immaturity, but it will take time. If Gartner calls it the inverted-U Hype curve, as the adoption increases, there would be more noise and there would be more acceptance of the product. At the same time, you must remember that it is not even a year old in terms of concept and implementation. It came through during the recession days and now it has come into the limelight. These are still the early days in cloud implementation. I have seen many other surveys, who report a higher percentage than that and different companies choose what works best for them.
tejas@iimb: Would you like to share any example where cloud computing has had a transformative impact on business?
TS: I think there are examples of Infrastructure as a Service, which is basically the ability to get more server space. We have several partners like Sify, HCL, Airtel etc. who have been providing these services to the customers. We also have collaboration tools like email which are becoming popular, being available on the cloud. You don�t need to set up an email server, do Sharepoint, etc. You can buy it all off the web or chauffer a service, so as to say. So I wouldn�t say there is any one example of it making a significant impact but there are several examples of small impact that are beginning to happen in the Indian industry.
I would sign off by saying that this is not a magic wand. Like any other technology, it will take time. But I think that this is a technology for the end-user. It allows him to save a lot of money and makes him do things quicker. It even makes exiting quicker. Therefore, I would only urge you to be patient and not expect miraculous results overnight.
From the interview, it is quite clear that cloud computing is one of the most revolutionary technologies in the IT Sector. But it is still in a very nascent stage in India. According to Mr. Srinivasan, the Small and Medium Businesses can get a lot of benefits from this technology due to its cost-effectiveness. Also, according to him, safety concerns are overhyped. It will take some time for people to adopt and understand it completely, but it is surely a win-win situation.
Mr T Srinivasan is currently the Managing Director of VMware for India and SAARC region. He is responsible for running all aspects of VMware�s business operations that includes sales, marketing, services and channels in India and the SAARC economies. He joined VMware from Oracle, where he served as the vice president of technology sales. Prior to this, he has held senior management positions with Informatica, HP Software, Mercury, EMC, Wipro and HCL. He has overall 28 years of sales and management experience in the IT industry.


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La Parigi-Nizza 1990, quarantottesima edizione della corsa, si svolse dal 4 all'11 marzo su un percorso di 1 116 km ripartiti in 8 tappe più un cronoprologo. Fu vinta dallo spagnolo Miguel Indurain, che bissò il successo dell'anno precedente, davanti all'irlandese Stephen Roche e al francese Luc Leblanc.

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Poverty Watch Ontario
To monitor and inform on cross-Ontario activity on the poverty reduction agenda
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Poverty Watch Ontario is an initiative of the Social Planning Network of Ontario, a network of social planning/community development councils across the province engaged in social research, policy analysis, public education and community development to enhance the social and economic well-being of their community members.
Independent social planning in Ontario has a long and distinguished history of research and development work for marginalized populations including people living on low incomes. Since the spring of 2007, however, the SPNO and its member organizations have been strongly engaged in promoting a serious and comprehensive poverty reduction strategy in Ontario.
During 2008, SPNO worked closely with partners in the 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction to urge the Ontario Government to adopt the structural priorities and policy proposals for poverty reduction outlined in the Founding Declaration of 25 in 5, which the SPNO had proposed in its Policy Framework presentation, tested in more than 25 communities across Ontario.
SPNO has taken particular leadership in the mobilization and engagement of poverty reduction groups in communities across Ontario, both supporting existing groups and facilitating the formation and action of others.
Poverty Watch Ontario has served as an information resource to individuals and groups by maintaining a calendar of local events and meetings on poverty reduction and reporting on as many of these meetings as possible. It will continue to serve this role as a number of poverty reduction campaigns pursuing the priorities of the Declaration roll out through 2009.
The SPNO wishes to acknowledge and thank Community Development Halton for providing the technical capacity to set up and administer the Poverty Watch Ontario web site.
For posting of notices of important meetings and events on poverty reduction, as well as event/meeting reports, contact pclutterbuck@spno.ca and provide the details.
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09/26/2019 Testimony of Assistant Inspector General for Special Reviews and Evaluations Diana R. Shaw, before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability, "Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities: Is DHS Doing Enough?"
07/30/2019 Testimony of Deputy Inspector General Jennifer L. Costello, Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the United States Senate, "Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border: What is Required to Improve Conditions?"
07/25/2019 Testimony of Assistant Inspector General for Audits Sondra McCauley, Before the Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations, U.S. House of Representatives, "Homeland Security Implications of the Opioid Crisis"
07/25/2019 Testimony of Assistant Inspector General for Special Reviews and Evaluations Diana R. Shaw, Before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, "Oversight of Family Separation and CBP Short-Term Custody under the Trump Administration"
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After Dark: Sharing
Thursday, January 2, 2014 • 6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Exploratorium Pier 15
$15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Note: A ticket to Thursday evening adult-only hours does not guarantee admission to special programs with limited seating. Tickets for limited-capacity programs will be made available to visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
While exiting a crowded bus, or waiting at a busy intersection, how do we know when to go? If we pass someone lying in the street, what judgments do we make?
Sharing isn't just about kids and toys—it's at the heart of some of the biggest problems facing all of us, and scientists and artists explore the way we share (or don't) in intriguing ways. Tonight we highlight the Science of Sharing, a project funded by the National Science Foundation to create exhibits on competition, cooperation, and links between everyday interactions and larger issues such as arms races, ecosystem collapse, and climate change.
Share the experience: Bring something of personal value—that could fit inside your pocket—to trade at our Give and Take table. Or consider buying a ticket or drink for a stranger, so they may pay it forward to someone else.
Science of Sharing
With Hugh McDonald
Learn about the Science of Sharing project and investigate social behavior with Exploratorium social psychologist Dr. Hugh McDonald.
With Melinda Stone
Gather ideas on food sharing with filmmaker/ instigator and USF professor Dr. Melinda Stone.
StoryCorps: Listening Is an Act of Love
Mind Cinema, West Gallery
See StoryCorps animations and learn the finer points of interviewing with StoryCorps staff.
With Ben Levy and LEVYdance
West Gallery
Explore intimacy, movement, and social spaces with choreographer Ben Levy and his LEVYdance ensemble.
Snap the Shore, See the Future
With the California King Tides Initiative
Find out how to document flooding during king tides and become a citizen scientist for CKTI's photo monitoring program.
OpenROV
8:00 p.m. Talk
6:30–9:30 p.m. Demonstration
Bay Observatory Gallery
Meet members of OpenROV, a global community of DIY ocean explorers building open-source underwater robots.
With Tinkering Studio staff
South Gallery
Help make a topsy-turvy, detailed, collaborative ink drawing.
Sharing Dilemmas
With Explorables
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Play games studied by game theorists and social psychologists and consider their connections to real world interactions.
With the Explainers
7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m.
Discuss difficult questions and weigh different perspectives on how we think, feel, and interact.
Photo Hunter Gatherers
Grab a card and follow it on a photo hunt—then share your evidence on Instagram and the Exploratorium website.
The Cup Game
Central Gallery
Stack cups into a pyramid with the help of three friends and experiment with the ways groups communicate to complete a simple task.
Science of Sharing Prototype Area
Share your feedback on new exhibits about cooperation, competition, and collaborative problem-solving.
More about Science of Sharing:
Science of Sharing is a project funded by the National Science Foundation to create exhibits designed to bring the scientific study of human social behavior to a broad audience. The project fosters public experimentation with cooperation, resource allocation, and collaborative problem-solving; promotes awareness of connections between these experiences and research in psychology and economics; and prompts public discussion of links between everyday social interactions and larger issues of resource depletion and group conflict, such as energy crises, arms races, ecosystem collapse, and climate change.
Science of Sharing is based on the argument that social phenomena—such as the way we perceive social situations, share resources, interpret the motives of others, and work together to solve problems—are open to inquiry and experimentation just like the physical and biological phenomena you encounter on our floor. Inviting your inquiry into such phenomena is critical, we believe, to meeting the challenges of the modern world.
See for yourself every Thursday night.