The pinto bean (usually from New Mexico) is included in many Tex-Mex recipes. I found the first citation now used in the Oxford English Dictionary.
In 2-quart bean pot or casserole, cover beans with water; soak overnight. Drain. Cover with fresh water; add salt pork, onion, and garlic to the beans. Simmer, covered, for 2 hours. Add salt, pepper, tomatoes, green pepper, sugar, and hot pepper sauce.
Cover and simmer 3 hours more. Serve beans with cornbread squares or hot cooked rice.
pinto bean n. [after American Spanish frijol pinto a mottled type of bean common esp. in Northern Mexico and also in the United States.] the mottled seed of a variety of the kidney bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, which is widely cultivated in the south-western United States and Central America; (also) the plant itself.
1913 College Courier (State Coll. New Mexico) Dec. 2/4 The light *Pinto bean of pale flesh color with brown flecks or bands seems to be the better conditioned of the two. 1924 W. M. RAINE Troubled Waters xxvii. 269 Pinto beans..were no sooner out and stacked than the men were hard at it putting in winter wheat.
On account of the exceptionally high price of California pink beans the Dallas jobbers have this season introduced what is known as the pinto bean, which is a pink speckled bean about the size of the pink and 1c a pound cheaper. The people substituted it so largely for the more costly varieties that they have about cleaned up the supply and the price was yesterday marked up 1/4c a pound. Great yields of pinto beans are produced in New Mexico and Arizona.
Recent inquiries at this station for the analysis of Pinto beans and others to show the comparative food values, have resulted in the analysis and tabulation of chemical analyses of a number of different varieties of beans.
The average "frijoles" contain from 22 to 24 per cent of protein, on a water-free basis. This is the most important nutrient to be considered in beans, and was consequently the only food constituent determined in the five samples of frijoles recently received by the Chemical Department for comparative analysis.
"Pinto" beans, as the commercial term is applied, apparently belong to the "frijoles" group, which comprises about 30 varieties. The same so-called "pinto" bean has gone also by the name of "Rosillo," and seems to fit the description given in Bulletin No. 68, Arizone Experiment Station, for the Garaypata or Mexican tick beans. Garaypata may produce in two shades, with two different markings on each. One shade is the darker or hydrangea pink, with some shade of brown flecks or bands. The other, lighter shade, is pale flesh color, with he flecks or bands of brown.
The light Pinto bean of pale flesh color with brown flecks or bands seems to be the better conditioned of the two, and from chemical examination probably of greater food value. This same variety of Pinto bean, from a number of analyses, shows from 1 to 2 per cent less protein, on the water-free basis, than a single sample of California Pink beans, or an average of American White or Navy beans; though this is a comparatively small difference in such an amount of protein, and when compared under market conditions is scarcely appreciable. When we compare the beans as they occur on the market there is a difference of only 1 per cent in protein between the average American White or Navy and a single Pinto variety, on account of the difference in moisture; and this difference may vary with different samples.


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Wales is one of the countries that make up the United Kingdom. Although the country has few major cities, it has a unique cultural identity, extensive industrial heritage and archaeology, and many areas of landscape beauty.
Wales is home to three World Heritage Sites — the collection of mediaeval castles built following the Edwardian conquest, the industrial landscape of Blaenavon in the valleys, and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct — and to three contrasting National Parks — the moors and valleys of the Brecon Beacons, the rocky Irish Sea coast of Pembrokeshire, and the mountains of Snowdonia.
Taff valley from The Garth
Morning light illuminates the hills and valleys of South Wales with the towns of Taff's Well and Caerphilly as seen from The Garth Mountain.
On Cnicht mountain
The landscape of Snowdonia National Park, including Croesor Valley, the estuary of the Afon Dwyryn, Porthmadog, the Irish Sea and Lleyn Peninsula, as seen from the summit of Cnicht mountain.

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For many an evening in 2004, three people sat Around one desk in a tiny medical office — an office that functioned as the group's conference room, lunch room, and thought hub. Backed by a small programming team in India, the trio (consisting of Benchmark Internet Group founder Curt Keller, his wife Denise, and an search engine optimization expert) discussed ideas for how to execute a deceptively straightforward idea. Simple email advertising. Many of the ideas were beyond the means of this fledgling business, but that did not stop Keller from moving ahead.
The first Customers of Benchmark Mail were small companies located in near proximity to Benchmark's one-room HQ in Long Beach, CA. Keller and his staff personally sold them on the usage of email advertising, while working hard to make a very simple user interface that would be easy to operate. All the time, the company championed such innovative ideas as customizable templates and applications which adapted to user needs. They also made certain from the beginning that anyone who needed help would have quick access to excellent customer care.
Benchmark Has continued to rise and advantagesper. Its current focus. Providing global email marketing services to small and midsize companies while continuing to honor a commitment to help kids in need. This does not indicate that Benchmark is a little-guys-only company, however; it's adhered to its core principle of adaptability and functions large organizations such as UNICEF and Kaiser-Permanente through its High Volume Enterprise plans.
Today, Benchmark serves upwards of 73,000 users from throughout the globe, but the company hasn't forgotten its origins. Benchmark still maintains good relationships with small, locally-based companies. In reality, the company offers a complete page of testimonials from local users of this program. You can read more about Benchmark's background and development here.
While most of the features Benchmark provides Are on par with the rest of the industry, one of the standout characteristics of this ESP is the fact that most of its features come standard with each accounts — including the free ones. Below are a few of Benchmark's most noteworthy offerings.
· Hundreds of Industry-Specific, Themed Templates. Benchmark provides all customers access to the library of over 400 templates. These are organized into 19 categories, some of which are tailored to specific industries such as education, entertainment, and retailstores. There's also a category for social media-specific templates.
· Dedicated Email Server. All of Benchmark's High Volume programs have a dedicated IP address to help increase deliverability prices. Users on other plans have the option of paying for this service ($30/month) to increase their particular delivery stats. Read more about the advantages of dedicated servers here.
· Mobile App. Benchmark's mobile apps make it possible for customers with an Apple device to access several functions on the street. They can get and include contacts, read reports, send videos through integration with a YouTube account, and even design and send quick email blasts with one of 10 templates that are available. That is quite a bit more than a number of other businesses offer in their mobile apps, which makes them considerably more functional.
· Autoresponder. Each Benchmark client has the power to style up to eight custom autoresponder messages. These can be scheduled as a string or event lead-up, or designed as yearly messages such as birthday or anniversary emails.
· Sign-Up Types . The only way to become successful in email marketing is by way of growing your list, and Benchmark really promotes doing so through sign-up forms. The company bases its Free For Life account entirely around site and Facebook sign-ups and supplies an easy-to-use tool to create custom templates for each medium.
· Inbox Checker. Since every email program differs and every web browser has a signature fashion, making certain that your emails look great across the board is important. You can use Inbox Checker to have a look at the way your email screens in Gmail using Explorer and Outlook 3. Using the entire app (which checks everything from AOL to Yahoo, Explorer into Safari, mobile to PC) is a paid add-on provider, available for $14 each 100 checks.
· RSS-to-Email. Regular bloggers may create newsletters from their blogs automatically through the RSS-to-Email attribute, which works with any blog which manages an RSS-feed. Users simply need to establish a template and campaign within Benchmark once.
· API Integration. An API (Application Program Interface) enables different software programs to communicate with one another with no formal plug link. Benchmark's API Integration feature allows users using XML-RPC, HTTP POST, or HTTP GET skills to retrieve data from some other programs that use JSON, XML, XML-RPC, or PHP serialization strings. In brief, this permits them to play three purposes. Manage contact lists, handle campaigns and effort sending, and assess statistics. The business describes this role in more detail .
Enrolling in a Benchmark account is pretty straightforward. After entering your name, email, phone number, and company name, you need to confirm your email address. This is a five-minute procedure for me. Upon logging into my account (using the free plan) I was greeted by an attractive UI that gave me a clear direction on the best way to make my very first email campaign. Good start!
From there, you must decide if you want an RSS Or traditional email message. You can use Benchmark's drag-and-drop editor, or go for more customization using the built-in code editor. If you're someone who codes their own email, then my hat is off to you, but I am not gifted that way, so I moved with the drag-and-drop option.
I had been prompted to enter a subject line for my Email and setup how much observation I wanted on the message, in addition to when I wanted an automated tweet when the effort went out. The following task was to choose which contacts I wanted to receive the campaign. With that, I was finally able to start constructing the email . If you want to, you can assemble your own email designs employing an extremely intuitive editor. On the other hand, you can alter one of Benchmark's templates, that can be great, and better than I managed to do on my own.
If You're just Starting out, you can certainly do as I did and manually enter contacts one at a time. However, for those who already have a list, there are numerous ways to import it. You are able to upload a CSV, xls, or txt file directly from the computer; import contacts directly from Salesforce.com, Hotmail, or Gmail accounts; or copy and paste large lists of contacts into a text form. Once you make your Benchmark lists, they'll show up on your dash, together with a Master Unsubscribe List.
The actual sending of this email is quite easy. Once you have finished all your tweaks, you can save the email as a draft, send it instantly, or schedule a date and time for delivery. If you would like to verify all is well before distributing your email about the world, you can send it to your self to preview it as many as 10 times/day. I opted to program my email for shipping to see how timely the automated system would really be. I advised my email for 2.45 and obtained it in 2.50, therefore while the timing was not exactly perfect, it was probably present in tolerance levels for many users. If you are among the more rare users who demand on-the-minute email sending, you might need to look elsewhere. More worryingly, my email did not go to my primary inbox but was automatically sorted into my"promotions" folder. Definitely not perfect.
First thing I Noticed about Benchmark email reports was something I'd read about in a few reviews. They are really, really fast. I mean lightning fast. Opens register from the Benchmark system virtually instantaneously. I have worked with a lot of other apps where these reports take hours or even days to appear.
Though all of the information Is Excellent and Necessary, it isn't sufficient to sustain higher level marketers who need more information such as conversions, which links were clicked, and revenue analysis. Though Google Analytics provides a whole lot of that info with appropriate integration, there may come a time when serious entrepreneurs need more info than Benchmark provides. Whether or not a small company will reach that point changes, of course, based on the business.
Benchmark made its 3-tiered pricing Structure with the goal of serving everybody from the smallest kitchen-table startup to large email marketers. However, the organization's key focus is on small to medium companies, especially those just starting out in email advertising. This is particularly reflected in the fact that clients subscribing to the moderate plans get unlimited emails, while bigger plans have limitations.
· Benchmark Events — Benchmark Occasions is event marketing applications designed to integrate fully with Benchmark Email. Launched in 2012, this app permits users to make and customize occasions, promote and market tickets, and track the success of the events via their Benchmark Email account. A number of subscriptions are available, such as a free alternative.
· WordPress — Benchmark Email Lite is a WordPress plug-in which permits users to easily build an email viewer through their subscribers. The plugin can automatically create email versions of blog articles and permits users to connect up to five Benchmark accounts.
· Benchmark Power — This free plug-in allows you to source pictures for your Benchmark emails from locations across the net. Benchmark Power captures pictures you locate and immediately uploads them to your Benchmark accounts for future usage.
· Shopify — You are able to link a Shopify account to Benchmark and automatically add Shopify customers to Benchmark lists. You can even add contributors to various lists based on which products they purchased. Read our overview of Shopify here.
· WordPress — The ever-present blog and site builder offers an integration with Benchmark. Use it to send mails of your blog posts and also use the analytics to observe how your subscribers respond to them. Learn more here.
Since Of the key connection between social networking and email advertising, it's important to check out the social media features included in Benchmark.
· Social Media Templates — One segment of Benchmark's enormous email template listing is made of social media-specific templates which directly promote your company's participation in social networking forums such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
· Social Links within Email — Once you link your Benchmark account together with your Facebook, Twitter, and/or LinkedIn accounts, you can add switches to every email which will direct your subscribers to each of your social media pages.
The company also fully Complies with all the U.S.-E.U. and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks concerning the collection of personal data from citizens of those nations. When clients provide credit card amounts to Benchmark, the business uses secure socket layer (SSL) protection to encrypt the information. The whole system is encrypted to ensure the security of all customers' personal information.
Like All legitimate ESPs, Benchmark takes junk seriously and outlines a clear zero-tolerance coverage for any of the users hoping to engage in spam actions. The business is fully in compliance with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Benchmark also takes several steps to preserve its reputation as a spam-free provider, among them membership in the Email Sender and Provider Coalition. The company uses the app SpamAssassin to filter messages sent through its server.
To stop users from Unknowingly sending spam-like substances, Benchmark supplies a spam check feature which looks for words commonly used in spam messages. It scores every email on a scale from 1 to 5; 5s are delegated to content that is very likely to be blocked. In case of a high score, the program suggests"less spammy" choices. Individualized IP addresses also assist large-volume senders decrease their spam numbers.
Benchmark Offers its users a lot of support tools. Customer service is generally responsive, with minimal waiting times. The site offers good learning tools, but may be opaque at times. Crucial information is often buried and hard to locate, especially if you don't know precisely what you're looking for, particularly when it comes to minute details about strategies. For instance. That the Free For Life plan comprises Benchmark branding on every email, however you won't see that mentioned on the Free For Life webpage, not even in the fine print. Nor are you going to see it said when you register. The only place it's mentioned is at the FAQ, here.
· FAQ — Benchmark's FAQ section is somewhat mislabeled as it's closer to a QandA-format knowledge base than a normal FAQ. You will find more than 900 entries, sorted into 18 topics ranging from"Getting Started" to"API." Users can execute a keyword search of any subject (or sub-topic) or from their FAQ as a whole. 1 caveat. With such a comprehensive knowledge base, it is pretty much inevitable that some entries are going to be out of date. A few of the QandAs offer information which is wholly inaccurate, so in some cases, you might want to contact support to hash things out.
· Video Tutorials and Webinars — Benchmark supplies about two dozen video tutorials which take users step by step through the features of the program. The business also supplies a webinar called"Benchmark Mail Crash Course." You may view it live each Friday at 10.00 a.m. PST or watch the recorded version at any time. You might also request a particular webinar on quite a few different subjects. Live webinars include the chance to ask questions throughout the presentation.
· Email Marketing Manuals and Articles — You can find more in-depth information on email marketing in general, in addition to the Benchmark program specifically, at the Manuals Section. These downloadable documents also cover industry-specific troubles. Articles, similar to sites, offer users guidance beyond that found in the FAQ section, but in shorter, more readable chunks than the guides provide.
· Blog and Newsletter — For current information regarding email advertising trends, check out Benchmark's monthly newsletter, as well as its exceptionally active site. All subscribers automatically gain access to present newsletters, and Benchmark also provides an archive of newsletter posts from November 2007-October 2012.
· Benchmark Community — Benchmark users may post their newest newsletters on message boards at the Benchmark Community. This forum allows users to discuss newsletter production strategies, vote for their favourite newsletters, and gain inspiration from other Benchmark users.
· Top Notch Service . This is maybe the most common monitoring concerning Benchmark, and some thing I noticed for myself as well. People today tend to find support prompt and helpful, and a few say it is really the component that distinguishes Benchmark from its rivals. The company also receives praise for its website posts and videos.
· Feature Selection Across All Aims . Some customers praise the addition of features like AB analyzing and surveys in all plans; many companies charge extra for such attributes or just include them in their pricier programs.
· Benefits of Use. Users tend to locate Benchmark's interface incredibly user-friendly and intuitive. The program gathers praise from a wide assortment of demographics, from first time ESP users to people who have attempted a variety of programs before settling on Benchmark.
I was not able to find many people who loathed Their own Benchmark experience. However, I managed to find a few complaints.
· Inconsistent Send-Times. Apparently some users experienced a problem with Benchmark in which their mails were sent hours after they were first scheduled. 1 customer theorized that the issue might arise in lengthy lists of recipients. Not all customers of all Benchmark will have time-sensitive shipping demands, but others will. If you need your emails to go out precisely when your program dictates, you might need to take into account this issue.
· "Spammy" Templates. Some users have been worried that Benchmark's templates may feel like spam mail, leading receivers to mark them as junk rather than reading the contents. Since the entire purpose of an ESP would be to prevent this from happening, this might be a problem. On the flip side, I never felt this way whilst looking through the template list, so it may not be the most valid of complaints.
Benchmark Offers a huge variety of pricing strategies, including a free plan and a massive scale of paid plans that may service anywhere between 600 and 7,140,000 subscribers.
Benchmark's free programs do not require credit Cards, which is always refreshing. The only grab. There will be a little Benchmark emblem at the bottom of each email you send out. Obviously, you can always opt to upgrade to a paid plan in case you don't want the Benchmark branding. The free program permits you to send up to 14000 emails to up to 2000 subscribers and gives you access to most but not all of Benchmark's features list. Notable absences into the attributes list for free accounts comprise email automation and sub-accounts (allowing many users to access one Benchmark account).
Benchmark is a good program. It is Simple to Use, Open to innovation, and competitively priced. Its free alternatives might just be the best in the company for anyone who only wants to dive into email marketing (especially small, neighborhood businesses). For that matter, any Benchmark plan can work nicely for a small company which perspectives email as a little element of its marketing and has no desire to operate past the principles just yet.
If you are a small or even medium-sized Company looking for a simple email marketing program using a multitude of amazing features, Benchmark is an exceptional choice. Though there may come a time when you launch the program, it supplies a lot for the money, provides exceptional service, and the business seems to be sensitive to the requirements of its customers. You can not ask for more.


In October, 2010, Rigging for Rescue, LLC, in conjunction with Yosemite National Park Service all-hazard personnel, conducted three days of drop testing and systems analysis on helicopter rappel equipment and scenarios. The testing was completed at the Yosemite National Park Crane Flat Helibase utilizing the Helibase rappel tower. The drop testing incorporated the use of live rappellers (in a belayed capacity) as well as an articulating mannequin combined with steel weights (aka Rescue Randy). The accompanying report summarizes the tests and our observations.


Just working on getting a nice legend for my service. I have followed the instructions and the legend works fine however i require checkboxes for each sublayer in the service instead of the higher layer. Does anyone know how i would be able to achieve this?
I would like to do it automatically so i dont need to manually change anything when using the code in another application for example. I just would like it to loop through, see sublayers and add the option for a checkbox to turn it on/off, unsure why this is not included as it seems so common for end users to do???
thanks for the reply, will have a crack at it next week.
I see from the code that it will retrieve the sublayers....still a bit unsure how to get the check boxes in the first TOC and not in the second one, will do some investigation.
In ArcMap, you need both the Group Layer 1 and Layer 1 checked to view Layer 1. However, when you publish this map to ArcGIS Server, and the buildLayerList/updateLayerVisibility example linked above, it does something different.
Now, if you've created checkboxes for all four, and they're checked for Group Layer 1 and Layer 1, this is passed to updateLayerVisibility, which calls layer.setVisibleLayers([0, 1]). This treats Group Layer 1 and Layer 1 separately, and will show not just layer 1, but layers 2, 3, and another layer 1 as well. If you turn off Group layer one in your service, it will only show Layer 1.
That's why I only create checkboxes for the bottom-most layers when I have an mxd with layer groups.


To miss a credit card payment is to be human, as the saying goes. Okay, that's not really a saying, but I think most of us have missed a payment at least once in our lives.
For some, it's learning a lesson, while for others it may just be out of necessity. Heck, there are times when coming up with just a minimum payment may seem impossible.
But whatever the reason, it's important to understand the consequences of missed credit card payments, which are perhaps the most commonly missed payments out there.
When you open a credit card, you're given a grace period in which to make your payment (minimum, partial, or in full) before a late penalty is applied.
So you have your standard billing cycle, which is about a month, followed by another 20 to 25 days or so when you can make your payment penalty-free.
During this time, you can make a minimum payment just to avoid any late fees, or make your payment in full to avoid interest (assuming you didn't carry a balance the month before).
If you don't make at least your minimum payment within the grace period, you will be assessed a late fee, which is now capped at $25 unless you're a repeat offender.
This is pretty straightforward stuff, although it is recommended that you never carry a balance on a credit card with an APR higher than 0% to avoid unnecessary finance charges.
Tip: When you open a credit card, contact your credit card issuer to ensure you're aware of the grace period and how it works. Never assume anything.
With credit card late fees on the rise and associated costs more severe, it's now more important than ever to ensure you make timely payments each month.
While conventional methods for paying credit cards still exist, such as snail mail and telephone payments, there is a much better method available today that is free, fast, and secure, and may help you avoid late payments.
I'm talking about electronic payments, which you can easily set-up with your credit card issuer to quickly and safety send payments online from your bank account to any of your credit card providers.
I prefer electronic credit card payments because they're easy to execute, well documented, much faster than payment via the postal service, and don't carry associated fees that often come with telephone payments.
At the same time, I oversee each payment I make and steer clear of automatic Billpay for a number of reasons.
You may think this tip is obvious, but I'm constantly amazed by how many people continue to pay their credit card bill(s) using traditional methods, with some even incurring fees to use the pay-by-phone option.
It's really quite simple to set-up electronic payments online, and there's no good reason why you shouldn't be paying this way.
The Fair Credit Billing Act requires that credit card issuers send your statement at least two weeks before the payment due date, but it may take days to arrive.
And once you do receive it, the more time you waste not sending in a payment, the better the chance you'll miss a payment, which will result in a late fee and possible credit score repercussions.
Not to mention universal credit default, which could quickly turn a 0% APR credit card into a credit card monster with APR above 30%.
Let's face it. It's not fun making your credit card payment(s) each month, but why lick stamps and risk a late payment when you can point and click online and get things done in minutes.
It's enough that credit card issuers apply finance charges, so why let them hit us with fees for late payments, over-the-limit fees, and other penalties?
Remember, credit card issuers won't waste a minute penalizing you if you're even a day late in making a payment.
As mentioned above, missing your payment due date will result in a late fee, which while unfavorable, isn't the end of the world.
But where things really get nasty is when you miss two consecutive credit card payments.
In other words, you're about 30 days late on the initial payment. At this point, most credit card issuers will report your lack of payment to the major credit bureaus.
And this is where your credit score will take a major dive. If you're curious how much it will drop, take a look at this screen grab from VantageScore.
As you can see, a missed credit card payment can lower your credit score anywhere from 60-90 points.
For those with higher starting credit scores, the impact is actually slightly larger. Sound unfair? It's only because the consumer with the lower starting score already has some level of badness factored in.
In fact, a consumer with otherwise flawless credit would see the biggest hit from a 30-day late payment, whereas a consumer with existing delinquencies would see a softer blow.
Using the VantageScore credit score range, which goes from 501-990, a 900 score could drop to 810.
That would push you from their "A" bracket to the bottom of their "B" bracket, which is certainly a big hit.
If you're 60 days late on your credit card, expect the credit hit to increase to as much as 120 points. That's as bad as a missed mortgage payment and in the realm of foreclosure impact. Ouch!
As far as FICO scores are concerned, the damage is pretty similar. A 30-day late payment results in a drop of anywhere from 60-80 points for someone with a 680 FICO score, and 90-110 points for someone with a 780 starting score.
Tip: Maxing out a credit card can lower your FICO score as little as 10 points and as much as 45.
On top of all this, missing multiple payments can also trigger default APR, which is considerably higher than standard credit card APR.
Talk about sticking it to the consumer! And you wonder why people can't get out of credit card debt.
While this all sounds downright nasty, it's not the end of the world. A missed credit card payment can sink your credit score, but its impact fades over time.
It may remain on your credit report for seven years, but it should only affect your credit score negatively for about two years.
After that time, it will still be present to prospective creditors, but it shouldn't lower your score.
The takeaway here is ensuring you make at least your minimum credit card payment every month. Otherwise, it can cost you money in late fees, higher APRs, and even via a lower credit score, which will make future financing more costly.
So pay attention to due dates and grace periods, call your credit card issuers to ensure you're on the same page, and create account alerts to make sure you never miss a beat!
Tip: You can change your credit card due date if you want to pay on a certain date, or even set all your due dates to fall around the same time so you never forget a payment.
So you're saying I shouldn't miss a payment…wow, didn't realize it was that bad, thanks for the info!
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Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Partial research assistantships are available for students interested in pursuing a PhD under the direction of Prof. Melvin Leok. These positions are open to both prospective graduate students, and currently enrolled graduate students at UCSD.
Due to the volume of email inquiries that I receive from prospective students, I will only endorse graduate applicants who have familiarized themselves with the research that is conducted in my group, and can clearly demonstrate the relationship between their academic background and the broad research directions listed below.
Please take the time to carefully read the entire announcement describing the position, and I will extend the same courtesy to your inquiries.
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spatio-temporally adaptive variational integrators based on nonlinear approximation spaces to more efficiently capture localized structure in solutions.
Full support (tuition, fee remissions, and stipend) for up to six years though a combination of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships.
Initially, students pursuing coursework in preparation for the qualifying examinations will be funded by a teaching assistantship, or possibly a departmental fellowship.
As their research progresses, students will be transitioned to research assistantships.
A total of 9.5 student-academic years of research assistantship funding (with no teaching responsibilities) is available, which roughly translates into support for 4 graduate students.
The successful candidate will have a good first degree in mathematics, computer science, or a related field with a substantial mathematical and computational component. A strong background in differential geometry, analytical mechanics, or numerical analysis is particularly desirable. The student will be affiliated with the Center for Computational Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at UCSD, as well as Computational Science, Mathematics, and Engineering graduate program.
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The Annexation of Texas: From Republic to Statehood 6-Pack
After Texas earned its freedom from Mexico through a bloody revolution, its leaders were divided over whether Texas should join the United States. Through numerous captivating facts, vivid images, and easy-to-read text, readers will be enthralled as they make their way through this fascinating title that introduces them to Texas history, the Texas Revolution, and the Mexican-American War. The engaging sidebars, glossary, index, and table of contents make this book easy to navigate through and a perfect tool to aid in better understanding of the content and vocabulary. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
American Indians in Texas: Conflict and Survival 6-Pack
This captivating book explores the Texas history and the history of American Indians and how each group found different ways to live on the region they inhabited. Readers will learn about a variety of tribes and discover how they struggled to survive.
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The Caddo and Comanche were two of the largest American Indian groups living in Texas before European contact. Explore the history of the Caddo and Comanche, how they adapted to colonists and settlers, and the impact they made on Texas history.
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René-Robert Cavelier, or Sieur de La Salle, grew up in France dreaming of adventures in distant lands! This exciting biography allows readers to explore new worlds with La Salle as they read about his fascinating life.
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This biography allows readers to discover the life of George W. Bush and explore some the impacts he made as president through acts like No Child Left Behind. Readers will also learn of the many unexpected challenges Bush faced.
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Latest data by IEA shows that in 2015, global carbon dioxide emissions remained flat, for second year in a row.
This is largely due to an increase in the use of renewable energy, and a decline in emissions by China and the U.S.
However, emissions by many developing Asian economies, the Middle East, and some countries in Europe have continued to increase, according to the IEA.
For several decades, growth in global economy has been linked to an increase in global carbon dioxide emissions.
Last year though, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that carbon dioxide emissions in 2014 had remained unchanged from 2013. This was despite a 3.4 percent growth in global GDP (Gross Domestic Product) that year, the IEA reported.
Latest data by IEA shows that in 2015 too, carbon dioxide emissions remained flat. While global economy in 2015 grew by 3.1 percent, global emissions stood at 32.1 billion metric tons, close to 32.3 billion metric tons in 2014. This suggests that emissions may have "decoupled" from economic growth, the IEA reported.
According to the IEA, surge in renewables was largely responsible for keeping emissions the same as 2013. Graph from International Energy Agency.
According to the IEA's preliminary data, this "decoupling" is largely due to an increase in the use of renewable energy. Renewables — mostly wind — accounted for about 90 percent of all new electricity generation in 2015, IEA's press release said.
Reduction of emissions by China and the United States in 2015 also contributed to the emissions staying flat, IEA said.
China's decline in emissions is mostly due to decreased dependency on coal. According to the IEA, less than 70 percent of the country's electricity in 2015 was generated from coal, while that from low-carbon sources, including hydro and wind, increased to 28 percent from 19 percent in 2014. Overall, China's emissions appear to have declined by 1.5 percent.
Emissions in the United States, too, seem to have declined by 2 percent, mostly due to switch from coal to natural gas, IEA said.
At the same time, emissions in many developing Asian economies, the Middle East, and some countries in Europe continued to increase, IEA's preliminary data suggests.


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On Human Trafficking and Pornography
I have found myself wondering lately, concerning the attention our culture pays to slavery of the past, while we seem to dismiss most discussions of slavery today. Don't get me wrong – the slavery of our past was indeed a terrible thing, and we should never forget the magnitude of human suffering it caused.
Part of never forgetting, though, is that the memory of past transgressions, should always keep us mindful that we do not allow them to be repeated. Unfortunately, while we have enacted numerous laws against slavery in its various forms, we have not eliminated it. Slavery is still a thriving business, right here in the United States and other 'First World' countries.
We have moved slavery under a broader category of Human Trafficking, and while the modern term seems to imply gentler connotations, the reality is just as brutal. Human beings are captured, using various means, and subjected to a life of forced servitude. In over 90% of human trafficking cases, this servitude takes the form of sexual slavery.
The statistics are not encouraging in the least. The majority of human trafficking victims are female, with the preferred age range being under seventeen, but those outside of those demographics are by no means safe. Young women subjected to sexual slavery, usually as prostitutes, have a life expectancy averaging six to seven years. The hazards these women face include violence from both their pimps and their 'customers,' disease, and the effects of long-term substance abuse, as narcotics are often used as chemical 'chains' to keep the victims trapped in their situation.
Current estimates are that, worldwide, over four and a half million people are trapped in slavery, with again, over 90% of those victims subjected to sexual exploitation. Less than 10% are enslaved in more conventional forms of labor. Human trafficking is the fastest growing segment of organized crime today, with profits estimated in the billions of dollars.
But prostitution is not the only venue of sexual slavery imposed on the victims. Pornography use has skyrocketed in the internet age, and the demand for 'adult media' far exceeds the capacity of studios utilizing willing performers to fill. The majority of women who willingly perform in porn movies quit after one or two movies, citing the experience as one they have no wish to repeat.
The market, however, demands new content, and one rule of market dynamics is that, if there is a demand, someone will find a means to fill it, if one exists at all. This is true whether we are talking a capitalist system, a socialist system, or the strictest communist system. When there is a demand, there is the potential for gain in filling that demand, even if it is illegal. When there is potential for personal gain, there are those who will pursue that potential.
It's not difficult to understand the demand for pornography. It offers sexual gratification without coercion, without commitment, and without condemnation. Whatever the viewer might find exciting, porn never reviles the viewer. Instead, it figuratively says, "That? Oh, that's right over here. Enjoy!" Pornography viewing has reached unprecedented levels, even among those that, historically, were not considered the typical audience for such media. Forty years ago, pornography was considered primarily a man's vice. The accepted view was that women were not as 'visually stimulated' as men, and therefore, not susceptible to porn's allure. The internet, however, has proven that conclusion wrong.
Porn viewing by women has increased by magnitudes in the internet age, because the World Wide Web offers the feeling of anonymity in viewing. What inhibited women from viewing porn before wasn't that they were not curious about it, or that it wasn't exciting for them, but rather the perception that would be concluded about them, were they seen buying porn or going to an 'adult theater.' Considering how often women must deal with ignorant assumptions being made about their sexual proclivities due to such innocuous things as how they dress, or even that their smile was misinterpreted as a 'come on,' we can only imagine what they would have dealt with, had people found out they enjoyed watching adult movies.
Other segments of the audience had similar inhibitions to porn viewing before the internet. Men who needed to maintain a certain image of moral respectability, for example, would not want to be seen patronizing any segment of the porn market. Today, a disturbingly high percentage of Christian pastors admit to struggling with porn addiction. When it's as close and as easy as a couple of clicks away, and we assure ourselves that no one will know, it can be a powerful temptation.
Many of my Christian readers, at this point, may be expecting a thesis concerning the moral dangers of viewing pornography. Such aspects have already been addressed and disputed in countless formats, and I suspect that, were I to rehash such discussions, it would be to an audience of individuals who had already made up their minds how they feel about the issue.
Instead, my point in this blog post is to address that hidden cost of pornography – that which is not so much the effect on ourselves, but rather, on those victims that we may not realize are victims.
It's difficult to estimate the percentage of pornographic media available that is made using willing performers versus those using sexual slaves. Criminals do not tend to advertise their criminal endeavors, as that tends to attract unwanted attention from law enforcement authorities. The videos are not going to announce that the performers are victims of human trafficking, essentially being raped for the entertainment of the viewing audience. Instead, they want to promote the image of free-spirited people enjoying uninhibited sexual encounters. Even videos that portray rough encounters imply that the participants are willing and enjoying themselves. That's part of the fantasy.
The reality, though, is that anyone who has watched internet pornography has a high likelihood of having seen media containing victims of human trafficking. Whether we like it or not, supporting the pornography website by visiting and viewing, supports the human trafficking industry. The website makes money by number of visits, and those supplying the content share in that profit. Even if the site provides "free" videos for viewing, they are making money on the site via one means or another. The cost of hosting such a site isn't cheap, between sufficient storage space for many gigabytes of video data, the servers to recall those videos seamlessly for viewers, and the internet bandwidth to accommodate multitudes of viewers at any given time. For a small, personal website, such costs are minimal, but for a site hosting volumes of video content, those costs are too much for someone to absorb just because they might like hosting a popular site. They have to recoup those costs, or shut down the site before it bankrupts them. To keep the viewers and the money flowing, the site owners must regularly add new content, and for that, they must get it from those who produce it.
And many of those who produce it, do so with slaves.
It's not a pleasant thought, that a private indulgence is likely contributing to the ruining of someone's life. We're not talking about a temporary inconvenience. We're not talking about a job that was unpleasant or humiliating, but which the person has the choice of whether they will ever do such a performance again. We're talking someone who faces a strong likelihood of an abbreviated life of degradation and abuse. Even if they beat the odds and survive to be rescued, they face the long-term effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, possible lingering physical injuries or disease, and the fear of someone recognizing them from a video they were forced to make.
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Don't wait until it's your daughter, or your sister, or the nice girl you went to school with, that you see in the video, before you accept the reality of sexual slavery in pornography.


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The themes you'll find in the collection of slots that Betsoft Gaming provide are very much varied. You've got alien plants, goblins, luxury items, Las Vegas and many more to choose from. And what you'll also find is that many of these casino games come with a generous jackpot to be won.
What you'll find though are that many of the jackpots don't reach as high as some of the more popular Mega Moolah or Mega Fortune slots. The likes of Greedy Goblins offers you a smaller top prize of tens of thousands and the Glam Life slot is the only really big one which can reach in to the millions. The only problem though is that you have to play at max bet for you coins to be in with a chance to win. Not great but not affordable to those on smaller budget.
But don't worry, the jackpots aren't the real draw to these slots online. Every game seems to come with at least 3 bonus games which can get the heart pumping and keep the fun and entertainment from fizzling out. You get free spins, pick me bonuses, the chance to double your wins via the gamble feature and many more variations depending on the slot you choose to play.
The casino slots that Betsoft produce are very detailed and so what tends to happen is that you'll get one every month much like NetEnt do. They take their time to release a game and get it right, but many a times fail on delivering when they say they do, which can be a let down unlike Net Entertainment who deliver on to schedule.
Other casino software providers like Microgaming will release around 2 or 3 new slots a month increasing their portfolio massively throughout the year which means that choice might be great but the game play and graphics might be a little of the same each time. Not with Betsoft.
There is one thing to note, if you are a UK casino player you won't find Betsoft games available to play, they don't currently have a license to operate in the UK so you're best bet is to try out some of the NetEnt games.
For everyone else go read one of our reviews and find out if these games are for you.


Divergence Then and Now: What Does the U.S./EU Experience Tell Us About Convergence With MOFCOM?
George S. Cary, Elaine Ewing, article to be released in "William E. Kovacic – An Antitrust Tribute, Vol. II", Institute of Competition Law 2013.
Today, more than one hundred countries have antitrust laws. But the globalization of antitrust enforcement is not without risk. The proliferation of antitrust laws necessarily increases the risk that a particular jurisdiction will block a procompetitive deal or require an inappropriate – and even anticompetitive – remedy. Worse than mere divergent outcomes is when a country uses the antitrust process to benefit its own companies and consumers at the expense of global competition. For agencies that are so inclined, merger control provides significant scope to pursue protectionist goals. Fortunately, these situations have not been the norm. But the potential is real, and there are worrying signs that these concerns are not purely theoretical.
In the five years since the AML was introduced, China's Ministry of Commerce has issued a number of decisions that appear to depart from international norms by imposing behavioral remedies that reflect a view about antitrust law directly counter to other major jurisdictions and the fundamental principles of competitive markets. In some cases, such as MOFCOM-required supply guarantees, these decisions also appear to reflect a desire to benefit Chinese customers and consumers at the expense of foreign consumers and competitors. Worryingly, all signs are that this trend may continue, further distorting competitive markets and discouraging companies from pursuing procompetitive deals.
Avoiding this outcome requires international convergence about the purpose of the antitrust laws. Convergence does not necessarily mean converging around the standards of the U.S. or the EU or even having uniform rules around the world: we are not advocating for antitrust imperialism. Instead, this article is advocating for consensus about the core principles that should govern antitrust enforcement: antitrust laws are about competition, not industrial policy, should promote competitive markets, and must be grounded in sound economic analysis.
How can this convergence be achieveed? To answer that question, this article looks to the successful convergence between the U.S. agencies and the European Commission at the start of the century, in the wake of substantive divergence and allegations of protectionism in Boeing/McDonnell Douglas and GE/Honeywell. Part I of this article summarizes those decisions and the subsequent U.S./EU convergence. Part II discusses several recent MOFCOM decisions that have departed from international norms. Finally, Part III considers how the U.S./EU experience could aid convergence with MOFCOM.


We're excited to announce today that we're taking some of the best that BlackBerry has to offer, and making it available to more than one billion people worldwide.
Just as we injected the hardened security of BlackBerry 10 into the secure Android platform running on PRIV and the coming DTEK50, we're bringing the super productivity suite known as BlackBerry Hub+ from BlackBerry 10 to, not just PRIV (see right) or our coming DTEK50 smartphone, but ALL Android M(arshmallow) smartphones.
BlackBerry Hub+ is the first pure software offering from the new Mobility Solutions Group. But it's a natural move for us. Not only is it the latest example of BlackBerry's fast-emerging software business (already at a run rate exceeding $500 million a year), but it fulfills our promise to make the fruits of decades of R&D and software development as widely available to users of other devices and other platforms as possible.
BlackBerry Hub+ for Android is a new suite of apps that should be familiar to any BlackBerry 10 user. It helps centralize all of the user's communications into a single, unified interface, as well as help streamline many other productivity tasks such as Calendaring, Passwords, and many others.
The Hub is one of the most popular features of BlackBerry 10 as well as the PRIV. Popular tech blog Engadget calls the Hub's unified inbox the solution to "messaging's Mission Impossible": the deluge of communications we all face today in this Information Overload era.
However, starting today, you can make a dent in your overstuffed social and e-mail accounts by downloading a trial version of Hub+ for free from Google Play. The trial includes a suite of applications, including the BlackBerry Hub, Calendar and Password Keeper. Note: the BlackBerry Hub+ applications are available only for devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow which meet certain performance criteria.
After 30 days, users can continue using the apps for free by opting to view occasional ads, or subscribe to the entire suite of apps for just 99 cents a month, which will include additional powerful time-saving features: Contacts, Tasks, Device Search, Notes and Launcher (as noted above, these features already come integrated into all BlackBerry 10, PRIV and DTEK50 phones).
The easiest way to try out BlackBerry Hub+ is to go to the Google Play Store on your smartphone and search for BlackBerry Hub, and then download the BlackBerry Hub+ Services app onto your phone. Then click the Hub+ Services app icon on your home screen and tap "Apps by BlackBerry" to install the entire suite of applications or select a few of your favorites.
We're looking to expand access to Hub+ to customers running Android 5.0 Lollipop, and also investigating how best to deliver the BlackBerry experience on iOS devices, too. Bottom line: Expect to see us bring more similar software offerings to enterprise and individual customers soon.


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Blur to stop recording, new Gorillaz album "unlikely" says Damon Albarn | Music News
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|By M. Gosho Oakes
Months on from a lengthy 'Outstanding Contribution to Music' thank-you speech and performance at the BRIT Awards in February, Blur frontman Damon Albarn reveals that the band's upcoming special headline show at London's Hyde Park, marking the end of the Olympic Games on August 12, might well be their last.
Having made their debut in 1991 with the Gold-selling debut Leisure, to date Blur have released seven studio albums, 26 singles and amassed multiple BRIT, Q and NME Awards among other accolades.
The band first split in 2003 but got back together five years later – and while they haven't released an album since, have headlined a number of festivals since reforming in 2009.
In a recent interview with British broadsheet The Guardian Albarn comments that, whilst scheduled to perform new song "This Is Under The Westway" at Olympic gig, he didn't "really see any more recordings after this."
"I find it very easy to record with Graham, he's a daily musician," Albarn says of Blur bandmate, guitarist Graham Coxon. He adds, "with the other two [bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree], it's harder for them to reconnect."
"It's fine when we play live – it's really magical still – but actually recording new stuff, and swapping musical influences… it's quite difficult."
Seemingly to be the band's final single, "['This Is Under The Westway'] is the first Blur song where it's been [recorded in] one take," Albarn explains, "because previously I never finished the lyrics before we recorded – which is quite nice, because I don't really see any more recordings after this," he said.
"I hope that's the truth: that that's how we end it."
His more recent project, Grammy Award winning virtual band Gorillaz, also appears to coming to a halt due to "creative differences" with co-creator Jamie Hewlett; "I think we were at cross purposes somewhat on [our] last record, which is a shame."
Albarn's debut solo album and folk opera soundtrack, Dr Dee is set for release on May 8 via Virgin – take a listen to the LP's "The Marvelous Dream" single here.
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SobiPro features a repository to automatically download and install applications that you have access to.
Some applications are for free, others need a SobiPro subscription (club membership) of a certain level.
The repository is pre-installed in SobiPro, to get access to all free applications and language packages. In order to get access to the club applications, you need to re-install the repository providing your order id and token, which you will get in your club account. The order id and token let the repository know of your subscription level and expiration time. If you have renewed your membership, you got new access data, thus you also need to re-install the repository and enter your new data. This article shows you how to re-install the SobiPro repository.
For the safety of the provided data, the repository is secured by a SSL certificate. Every 3 years such a certificate expires and we have to renew it. With the renewal of a SSL certificate the serial number changes and therefore you also have to re-install the repository.
In order to use the SobiPro repository successfully, your server needs to fulfil the following requirements.
1) Some providers seem to provide this functionality within the PHP configuration, but at the same time outgoing connections are blocked on the firewall or do not allow CURL for SSL URLs.
Sign in to your Joomla! administration (back-end) and select SobiPro from the Joomla! components menu. Once in SobiPro's control panel click on the quick link icon for the Application Manager or select the Application Manager from the menu's drop-down list.
Once the SobiPro Application Manager screen opens you will see the Installed Applications screen. Click on Available Applications and then Manage Repositories.
In the Add new Repository input field, add the SobiPro Repository URL repository.sigsiu.net and click Add.
Once you do, the certificate information will appear. Please check if they are correct by comparing it with the most recent Repository Certificate. If they comply, you will need to click Yes, these data are correct. Add the repository please.
When prompted, enter your Subscription ID and Token you will find on your personal club account page My Subscriptions. Click Send to complete the repository installation.
Please note: If you want to have access to club applications, entering the subscription ID and token is NOT optional.
They are optional ONLY if you want to install only free applications via repository!
Now you can proceed to Application, Template and Language Installation via Repository.
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An Interview With the Researcher & Engineer Who Created a Real Tachikoma: Updating the World by Communicating With Robots
21 April 2020 11:03 am
by Koji Shimizu
A researcher and an engineer who were fascinated by the world of "Ghost in the Shell" actually made Tachikoma in real life. Why did they make them and what did they learn from it? We interviewed Dr. Reo Matsumura, who made the 1/2 scale Tachikoma and Engineer, Tsubasa Maruyama, who made the 1/8 scale Tachikoma.
OTAQUEST: First of all, Mr. Matsumura, you obtained the license, made the 1/2 scale of Tachikoma, and developed the companion app. Can you explain how you applied the production of "Ghost in the Shell" and the character, Tachikoma, into your research?
Reo Matsumura: In "Ghost in the Shell", it mainly draws a good picture of a society where people's cyborgization is progressing through "義体(Gitai)". On the other hand, Tachikoma is portrayed as a machine becoming closer to human. It was the very interesting part for me and gives us good suggestions on how should we design the Human-Machine Interface as technology advances.
In my research, I had been thinking that it is also important to design a machine as "someone" who humans want to communicate with. For example, we often feel awkward when we don't have good chemistry between
store clerk (laughs). However, what if the clerk was their favorite celebrity and recommended them to buy some clothes? At least the desire to refuse that customer service would be much less. In addition to considering "what" and "how" we improve communication, I think it's important to consider "who" we want to communicate with.
While warming up the hypothesis of this research, I got the chance to try a field trial at the I.G store. When I was thinking about a store that makes customers have more fun while shopping in or makes customers want to go shop, I thought that if one of the store clerks was Tachikoma and gave a customer service, I might be able to make "someone" that fans want to communicate with. In the experiment, we implemented a service to receive a pre-ordered product from the 1/2 scale Tachikoma. Of course, it was hard to make Tachikoma work autonomously in the store, so it worked partially independently and the other clerks helped with decision making partially.
So, the 1/2 scale of Tachikoma you could also say is "義体(Gitai)" for a store clerk. They augmented their embodiment by borrowing the 1/2 scale Tachikoma body, and by so, they were recognized to the customer as Tachikoma.
OTAQUEST: What did you learn from the experience?
Reo Matsumura: When considering "customers first", there is a limit to satisfying communication if you are not someone a customer wants to communicate with. In other words, your embodiment itself could be a disadvantage in customer service. To speak in extremes, it won't work because it's you (laughs). This is why I thought that cyborgization of store clerk as the Tachikoma is one of the solutions when considering customer service to attract customers. Actually, the 1/2 scale Tachikoma helped the store's sales go up, so I'm more confident that it could be possible to build more comfortable communication with others by being what they want.
The most interesting thing in the experiment was the service of receiving products from Tachikoma at the store. The receiving service was linked with the smartphone app. When a customer visited the store, Tachikoma handed over the product based on the data in the app. At that time, we set up a system where after finishing with one customer, we shut the power off and restarted for the next customer. Because of doing this, customers started to recognize the Tachikoma as "my Tachikoma" which they raised in the app. In the anime, Batou picked a specific Tachikoma even though there were other Tachikoma with the same design lined up. It's like the same thing happening in real life. I thought that even if the clerk was exactly the same 1/2 scale Tachikoma, the clerk would become "someone/Tachikoma" who was important to each customer if Tachikoma's embodiment could inherit the context which customers had individually.
OTAQUEST: Why did such thing happen?
Reo Matsumura: The customers already knew the story of "Ghost in the Shell" and already had feelings about the character of Tachikoma, so they had a "context" created from the story. They already had a specific mindset about Tachikoma. So, by using Tachikoma's shape, behavior, and script, we can replay the "context" and create smooth communication.
OTAQUEST: So, it stimulated the customer's perception of the story with the context of "Ghost in the Shell".
Reo Matsumura: Even if it isn't Tachikoma, for example, let's say a vacuum cleaner robot gets stuck and is beeping in a house and you helped the robot. Then, if the robot you helped accidentally comes towards you, there could be a story surrounding that and it gives you a feeling of admiration. Of course, the cleaning robot doesn't feel or think anything and isn't programmed for such behavior, but the user might buy the same model after the robot breaks because of it.
In the environment where robots and humans interact with each other, the functional design for creating context is important, and using some contents of movies or anime would be very useful for that because a story is already there and plenty of context has already been created. If you can present the context of "Tachikoma" to people who have seen "Ghost in the Shell", and who have an attraction to the Tachikoma character, you can give them a good image of the situation of having a "robot clerk", and also you can reduce the discomfort of experiencing new technologies.
I want to utilize robotics to support society. Actually, I feel that the technology of robotics was useful as a marketing tool to increase sales at the I.G store. I like robots as fiction, of course, but as a researcher, I want to think about ways to update the world with robots.
OTAQUEST: Mr. Maruyama created a smart-toy, the real-size DOMINATOR from "PSYCHO-PASS" and was involved in the development of the 1/8 scale Tachikoma for the general household. How much did you know about the 1/2 scale Tachikoma?
Tsubasa Maruyama: I heard from Production I.G that such a product was developed and saw the release, but I had never touched it. The only thing was when I was doing the endurance test to make Tachikoma move all night, I was struggling with what to do because the battery ran out. Then I realized that the 1/2 Tachikoma had a cable coming to it from above.
Reo Matsumura: It was hung by a tether cable.
Tsubasa Maruyama: I remembered that and incorporated the idea to make the 1/8 version work by hanging the power cable from above.
Reo Matsumura: I'm glad it was useful (laughs)
OTAQUEST: Mr. Maruyama, can you tell me about the difficulties in making the 1/8 scale Tachikoma?
Tsubasa Maruyama: Tachikoma in the original manga and anime moves beyond the laws of physics, and we cannot make it happen with the current technology we have today. So, I set a goal to make it run and walk on wheels and have a conversation by using AI. The problem was that I wanted to make it move more energetically, but if I raised the center of balance, it lost stability and put more stress on the foot joints. If I lowered the center of balance, it became more stable, however, the motion performance dropped significantly and used small steps to move. What I eventually did was that I put the batteries on each of the 4 legs on the 1/8 scale Tachikoma in order to lower the center of balance as much as possible. When the legs have more weight, the center of balance can move more freely when stepping forward. Also, if it tries to move with the same exact proportion in the anime, the back end is too heavy so it tips over, so I made the rear pod smaller and empty.
Reo Matsumura: I have experience from making the 1/10 scale of Tachikoma about 10 years ago for the promotion of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society". Because of that experience, I was able to get the license for the 1/2 scale project. Since I've experienced it myself, it made me feel like "You went through hell" after hearing your story (laughs). Back then, I put lead in its arms to be able to walk because the rear pod was also too heavy, but the motors on the joints faced a lot of physical stress. So, it got hot quickly when walking, and 30 minutes was the maximum amount of time we could operate it.
Tsubasa Maruyama: I was jealous that the 1/2 scale Tachikoma had tires that could move in any direction.
When the 1/8 of scale Tachikoma turns, the motors on the leg joints have to resist in order to support the posture, so a lot of pressure goes to the joints, but if we mass-produce with the wheels, the cost adds up pretty quickly, so I couldn't use the wheels.
We struggled so much over the durability. Like the durability test I mentioned earlier, it would be expected to be used in many ways in a general household. It used to break even before the test. The mechanical team improved it by adding carbon to the resin, and finally it made it through the durability test.
OTAQUEST: Do you have any technology which you wanted to add to the 1/8 scale Tachikoma but couldn't?
Tsubasa Maruyama: In the anime, there are many Tachikoma and they are all connected to the cloud in order to synchronize information and knowledge, so we were originally planning to implement a public network such as 3G or LTE on the body so that they could always synchronize with each other…. But we ended up adding the feature to synchronize with AI in a different place through Wi-Fi.
OTAQUEST: If using the public network would have happened, what would have been possible?
Tsubasa Maruyama: The user's initial setting would not have been necessary. Once you open the box and turn the power on, it immediately connects to the network and synchronizes with information already learned from different households, and you could start using it without changing any settings.
OTAQUEST: So, it would be possible if a big box suddenly gets delivered to you, and when you open the box, a beautiful girl is in there and starts moving.
Tsubasa Maruyama: I believe that's the true IoT, but it was just my dream (laughs).
OTAQUEST: You two like anime in general, not just "Ghost in the Shell". For the last question, can you tell me which anime you think are interesting as a developer?
Tsubasa Maruyama: "Time of Eve". The world is presented where there is no distinction between human and android, and it happens that you think you are talking to a human, but it is actually an android. I've watched this so many times because the interaction between humans and machines in such world was interesting.
Reo Matsumura: From recent productions, I like "Kill la Kill". While living fibers called "Life Fibers" from space are invading the earth, the main character decides to coexist with the clothes made of life fiber.
The interesting part was that the author decided to use clothes that everyone is familiar with instead of using some kind of technology as a metaphor of humans coexisting with something that has a mind and functionality. The idea of clothes that have functionality was great. It was an interesting production in terms of the IoT to see what kind of side effects it would have and what would happen when it was abused if such technology was available. Because I like "Kill la Kill", I made real size full-metal replica props of Ryuko's and Nui's scissor blade by myself. Of course, at my own expense (laughs).
Reo Matsumura
Ph.D. in Engineering
CEO, CTO, and Co-founder of karakuri products Inc.
Visiting Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Cooperative Researcher at Agent Interaction Design Dept., ATR DIL Interaction Science Laboratories
Tsubasa Maruyama
Electrical Engineer at Cerevo Inc.
He has experience in circuit design for vehicle electrical systems at Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. He is in charge of designing circuit boards at Cerevo.
CEO at Mirai Kobo
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