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BSkyB has snatched the full Formula 1 broadcasting rights from the BBC, which had been the exclusive channel showing the live races since 2009.
It's a deal sure to upset fans of the Beeb's recent slick coverage of F1, which has won bumper TV ratings.
BSkyB will – from the start of the 2012 motor-racing season – broadcast every race, qualifying round and practice session of the popular sport.
Formula One Management had a contract with the BBC, granting it exclusive broadcasting rights, that was expected to end in 2013.
However, a six-year agreement was announced this morning whereby Sky Sports will show full coverage of F1, while the BBC will broadcast half the races live alongside qualifying and practice sessions.
The cash-strapped BBC welcomed the deal this morning, saying it would help keeps costs down.
"We are absolutely delighted that F1 will remain on the BBC," said BBC Sport director Barbara Slater.
"The sport has never been more popular with TV audiences at a 10-year high and the BBC has always stated its commitment to the big national sporting moments.
"With this new deal not only have we delivered significant savings but we have also ensured that through our live and extended highlights coverage all the action continues to be available to licence-fee payers."
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CIO Teri Takai says California will consolidate data centers, e-mail and standardize state networks -- and save $1.5 billion.
CIO Teri Takai is ready to give California a major IT tune-up, one that's even bigger than the consolidation she performed as Michigan's CIO.
Takai told Government Technology on Tuesday that California's $40 billion budget deficit has driven home the importance of a statewide IT consolidation.
"I think it was obviously something [Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger] wanted, to make sure that we get efficiencies in government," Takai said, "particularly as we're talking about the revenue crisis that we face, and so this was a part of his overall plan."
On Jan. 16, Schwarzenegger announced the Governor's Reorganization Plan, an 18-point list that would centralize statewide IT operations under an expanded Office of the State Chief Information Officer. Takai and her office would absorb and oversee the Department of Technology Services -- currently managing two of California's largest data centers -- as well as the Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection, and the Department of General Services' telecommunications division, which manages 911 call centers and public safety radio. Under the plan, Chief Information Security Officer Mark Weatherford and Technology Services Director P.K. Agarwal would report to Takai. On Jan. 15, the state released its five-year IT strategic plan, which includes the consolidation plan.
The organizational consolidation, if approved, is projected to save California $1.5 billion, including cost avoidance, over five years. But that's not nearly enough to solve the state's budget woes.
California lawmakers remain at odds about how to solve the budget impasse. Last week, Controller John Chiang said the budget crunch could force the state to delay sending Californians their tax refunds. Schwarzenegger has ordered most state workers to take unpaid furloughs two Fridays each month until summer 2010 in order to dent the state's deficit.
Despite the sobering economic climate, Takai said the IT consolidation won't eliminate positions. "Clearly, as with anyone in IT, those jobs are going to evolve over time, as they've evolved already," Takai said. "So there are going to be different technologies, and you know, potentially, we're going to want to do things like increase project-management skills and increase things like project management and analytics. But there's no intention, as a result of the strategic plan, to change the number of IT employees in the state."
Takai said in addition to the IT reorganization, California will consolidate its e-mail systems and data centers -- the state currently has more than 400,000 square feet of floor space, including 400 data center locations and server rooms.
Takai, who was Michigan's CIO from 2003 to 2007, made her public-sector managerial reputation, in large part, on a consolidation of Michigan's IT services that reduced the state's 25 data centers to only three and also pared down the state's disparate e-mail systems.
But the scale of California's consolidation promises to be bigger. Much bigger.
A May 2008 survey of California's IT structure reveals a large organization that befits California's status as the most populous state. The state has:
o 8,000 to 10,000 IT employees, including 130 CIOs;
o $3 billion in annual IT expenditures;
o more than 100 different e-mail systems and supports 180,000 mailboxes; and
o 9,500 servers that it owns and operates.
Takai said she realizes what worked for Michigan won't necessarily translate to the West Coast.
"We are going to operate here in California -- just because of our size and diversity -- in much more of a 'federated' model rather than a consolidated model. For instance, we are not consolidating IT budgets. Those budgets will still remain in the control of the [individual] business areas. We're not talking about doing any consolidation of personnel, but rather that people will work on common technologies."
One technology priority for Takai is a standard for the state's networks. "We'd like to have a unified statewide network, which doesn't necessarily mean one network, but it means that we're all going to do our networks in the same way," Takai explained. Common standards will help California move toward server virtualization (which saves on hardware investment and energy consumption) and also aid IT workers who are developing applications, she said.
The federated IT model, in which agencies retain autonomy over program-specific technology, will also extend to governance and the chain of command. "We're asking that all of the information technology staff would report into an information technology organization -- in some cases today, some of those staff reside in some of the business areas [of individual state agencies]," Takai said. All the IT staff in an agency would report to a CIO, she said, and employees will receive business direction, in terms of the way technology is to be used in their department, from the agencies and departments that they work for today.
"That reporting relationship won't change," Takai said. "Nobody's going to move or change seats. The difference is the IT policy direction will come from this Office [of the State Chief Information Officer]."
Under Schwarzenegger's plan, Takai's position would also be in charge of statewide IT procurement. Over the course of the next five years, Takai said, California will be doing a major refresh on most of the components of its infrastructure, including PCs, servers and software licenses. By having a central point person in control -- the state CIO -- it should lead to more efficient spending because there won't be hundreds of different ways of doing things in state agencies, she said.
If the consolidation is implemented, it would appear to cap a rapid accumulation of power and duties that Schwarzenegger has given to the state CIO position. In 2006, he signed legislation creating the Office of the State Chief Information Officer. In 2007, the governor signed more legislation that made the office a Cabinet-level agency with statutory authority over IT policy.
But Takai might not be around to see the entire consolidation to fruition. She's an appointee of Schwarzenegger, who will be term-limited in 2010.
"In the next two years, our plan will be to have this reorganization in place, because it will be at that time in statute, which means it will be there for the next administration," she said.
But first, the Governor's Reorganization Plan must get a recommendation from the Little Hoover Commission, an independent oversight agency that gives guidance to the state Legislature. The commission has scheduled hearing dates for the IT consolidation plan in February and March. The Legislature would also have to approve the plan.

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New products introduced recently include a new managed futures ETF from First Trust, an MLP and energy infrastructure ETF from Global X, and a new limited-duration high income fund from Pacific Life.
In addition, DMS Funds introduced the DMS Poland Index Fund, and the Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I is becoming self-managed.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) First Trust Launches Managed-Futures Strategy Actively Managed ETF
First Trust Advisors announced the launch a new actively managed ETF on Aug. 2.
The First Trust Morningstar Managed Futures Strategy Fund (FMF) is an actively managed ETF that seeks to provide investors with positive returns as its investment objective. The investment team has the flexibility to manage the contract selection to seek to exceed the performance of the fund's benchmark, the Morningstar Diversified Futures Index. The index currently contains 34 different futures positions consisting of 19 commodities, nine equity indexes and six currencies.
The fund provides exposure, through a wholly owned Cayman Islands subsidiary, to commodities, currencies and equities through a long, short or flat futures strategy, and seeks to achieve positive returns that are not directly correlated to broad market equity or fixed income returns. John Gambla and Rob Guttschow serve as senior portfolio managers, and will primarily be responsible for daily investment decisions under the direction of an investment committee that includes six other individuals with extensive investment experience.
2) Global X Launches MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF
Global X Funds announced Wednesday that it had launched the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX), whch seeks to provide results that track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive MLP & Energy Infrastructure Index. The index is designed to be a MLP benchmark index for midstream energy infrastructure master limited partnerships (MLPs) and corporations, and consisted of 35 holdings as of Aug. 1. The fund expects to pay quarterly income distributions.
MLPX offers exposure to the Solactive MLP Composite Index, which is designed to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of the U.S. MLP asset class. MLPA consists of 30 MLPs engaged in the transportation, storage, processing, refining, marketing, exploration, production and mining of natural resources. Due to its structure as a regulated investment company, MLPX is not subject to corporate taxes, yet still provides access to the MLP sector. It also requires only 1099 tax filings from investors, not K-1s. Its management fee is 0.45%.
3) Pacific Life Funds Launches PL Limited-Duration High Income Fund
Pacific Life Funds has launched the PL Limited Duration High Income Fund (PLLDX), which invests primarily in high-yield corporate bonds and floating-rate loans.
The portfolio management team is able to allocate between bonds and loans, if the opportunity is available in the markets. The overall portfolio is expected to maintain a zero- to three-year duration, resulting in lower sensitivity to interest rate movements. PLLDX's floating-rate loan holdings are intended to help lower overall portfolio volatility.
4) DMS Funds Launches DMS Poland Index Fund
DMS Funds announced Tuesday the launch of the DMS Poland Index Fund, which seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and performance of the WIG20 Index, made up of the 20 largest companies trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
The top 10 companies in the WIG20, responsible for 83.21% of its weighting, represent Poland's banking, insurance, basic materials, oil and gas, energy and telecom industries.
5) Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT to Become Self-Managed
Behringer Harvard Holdings announced Tuesday that a special committee of the board of directors of Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I and affiliates of Behringer Harvard, including the REIT's dedicated advisor and property manager, have entered into contractual arrangements for the REIT to become self-managed. The arrangement allows time for the REIT to develop internal resources to replace various services currently provided by Behringer Harvard.
The management team remains essentially the same, but five Behringer Harvard executives who were solely dedicated to the REIT are now employees of the REIT. They are Mark Alfieri, president and COO; Howard Garfield, CFO; Ross Odland, senior vice president, portfolio management; Daniel Rosenberg, general counsel, securities and risk management; and Margaret Daly, senior vice president, property management.
In addition, Robert Aisner will remain an employee of Behringer Harvard, but continue as CEO of the REIT until the self-management process is complete; at that time, Alfieri will become CEO, in addition to retaining those positions he now holds. This event is expected to be seamless for shareholders, their financial representatives, residents at the multifamily communities in the REIT's portfolio and others doing business with the REIT.
6) OneAmerica Companies Enhance Bundled Defined Benefit Plan Product
The companies of OneAmerica announced Wednesday that they have introduced a new approach for their bundled defined benefit product that combines the investment platform of American United Life Insurance Company with actuarial services provided by McCready and Keene.
The AUL investment platform offers plan sponsors more than 300 pre-screened investment options, while McCready and Keene's actuarial services provide in-depth analysis for sponsors. The OneAmerica companies have streamlined the transition and submission process for defined benefit plans, implemented a newly redesigned proposal and are enhancing their actuarial service technology.
Read the Aug. 4 Portfolio Products Roundup at ThinkAdvisor.


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If air pollution standards were tightened just a little bit, thousands of lives might be saved each year in Los Angeles and other cities across the country, a new study suggests.
Researchers, who published their findings in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, parsed city data and found that Los Angeles could save the greatest amount of lives with stricter pollution control.
Overall, the team found that 9,320 lives might be saved annually by reducing of two types of air pollution — ozone and fine particulate matter — to levels below what the Environmental Protection Agency currently requires. In addition, 21,400 serious health conditions, such as non-fatal heart attacks, might also be avoided, according to the study.
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Cities at the top of the list are the ones in which reductions in pollution would have the highest impact, explained the study's lead author, Kevin Comar, director of the air quality program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management at New York University. Comar's group collaborated with The American Thoracic Society in analyzing the data.


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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
President Trump considering whether the United States should stay in the Paris climate agreement
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"President Trumpet is considering whether or not the United States should stay in the world."ReplyDelete
Forget Trump. Let's keep your own house clean. E.g. where I live we have with 4 persons less use of electric energy than the average german one person household. It works. Let's do it.ReplyDelete
Europe is practically dead from the point of view of photovoltaics installation rate. The beancounters have won. This can and must be changed again.
The Trump stories are kind of exciting, but they become sour faster than milk in a global warming induced heat wave. And they take up resources, the most precious resource we have in the "information society": attention, a resource that can and should be used more wisely and more productively.
why is everyone suddenly bleating about climate change?ReplyDelete
the warnings have been out there for years
Jimmy Carter spelled it out that we couldn't go on burning fossil fuels---he was booted out of office---why?---because everybody demanded more of everything and Reagan promised just that...who wants to hear bad news anyway?
reagan's promises worked for a few years as the economy was oil-primed...showing Carter's warnings to be nonsense.
But of course they were not nonsense because here we are with another 2bn people on the planet--demanding more-----and more---now we have 7.5bn wanting their share of what the Earth has to offer.
Too late---the earth has recognised us as a fever and is using global warming to get rid of us. Trump is not the fever, only a symptom of our collective malaise
Trump is just promising more--like Reagan did, and the gullible hordes haven't recognised his ponzi scheme for what it is--there is still that optimism that this ponzi scheme will pay out to everyone and not collapse like all the others
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sct necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 103 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
"I separate the good stuff from the junk."
I'm a bit of a contrarian. I often prefer the obscure to the familiar, especially when it comes to music, but I always appreciate things that hit the heart. I like the push/pull, but balance is best. Be fun, be funky, but be real.
I like to be surprised by the little things, but I expect the foundation to be authentic, genuine, and pure. Obvious gimmicks are completely wasted on me, but I do place a premium on subtlety and subversion. Please know, you can be clever, but you better have a damn good reason for it.
I once considered myself a designer, but I now consider myself purely a connoisseur of good design. This is my first ever commission, but I expect to do many more. Let's make beautiful music together.
Oh, and if you're interested in more of me, I blog infrequently at http://www.tankt.com and tweet somewhat more often at http://twitter.com/sct
The name tankt can be seen in many different lights. Some flattering, some not so much. In my mind, I see it as *full* of life, as in filled to the brim, not expended or wasted; revved not flat-lined, buoyant and bouncy not sunk or deflated. And it's definitely fun too.
The product it represents is a state of mind, a new way of connecting over and paying for music. You'll pay per listen, and I'll subtract a credit from an pre-paid account. You might think of having money in that account as being tankt. I'm not sure if that's the right way to tie it all together, but it is a big part of how the company works.
What really sets this apart from rdio, pandora, and the others is the fact there are NO ADS on tankt. Both the company and the music (artists, labels, etc.) are supported by the people who use tankt.
The people who will use/love tankt are those who:
- love music
- pay for music
- crave new music
- want to share music in an honest and open way
- desire new and deeper connections to both music and other people
One last thought:
Why do creative people choose Vimeo over YouTube? flickr over Shutterfly? Etsy over eBay? I'll argue that Vimeo, flickr, and Etsy were designed for people who wanted a premium experience, a more thoughtful product, and a much more egalitarian culture. These three companies are warm, open, and inviting. So is tankt.
"Catch on fire and people will come from miles around to watch you burn." I believe it's true, and I want my new logo to shine bright. It will be my beacon to the world -- it needs to say that something magical is happening here, please come take a look.
btw, the name of the company is "tankt." Is it all caps (TANKT) or none (tankt)? I think Tankt looks awkward.
- I want the logo to present the company as solid, stable, and secure.
- I want the logo then to present the company as playful, personable, and passionate.
- I would prefer to stay away from quirky, the name kinda takes care of that.
- I prefer sans-serif text. I love Whitney, but I don't think it's quite right for tankt.
- I don't want anything overly techy, too web 2.0, or incredibly flashy.
- Just give me a clean, competent design, with a bit of magic inside.
I'm open to an icon of some sort, but I haven't a clue what it might be. I would suggest you not waste a bunch of time on this unless you have some *serious* inspiration.
The logo must work in black and white, and can be presented as such, but I would love to see some color too. Your only deliverable is an Illustrator file.
Thanks and good luck!
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Billy Crystal aptly played the straight man to Robin Williams for one last time at Monday's Emmy Awards, offering a eulogy by turns gently humorous, poignant and poetic as he remembered his pal and sometimes stage partner as "the brightest star in a comedy galaxy."
"He made us laugh – hard," Crystal said, before clips rolled reminding us how Williams could make us laugh until it hurt by using a mere scarf as an on-ramp to a riffing frenzy.
Crystal's understated homage marked a fitting tribute to a hyper-verbal comedic force of nature who left us too soon on August 11 at age 63. The tribute also came in a fitting setting: on television's biggest night. Even if Williams achieved his greatest success in the movies, his career hatched on TV when he burst out of the egg as the eccentric alien Mork three dozen years ago.
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Williams' debut on "Happy Days" and subsequent run on "Mork & Mindy" introduced a mass audience to his fast-paced brand of comedy that was dazzling, even a bit subversive, and packed with rapid-fire made-for-TV pop culture references. It also was on TV where Williams' selflessness came through most with the "Comedy Relief" specials he co-hosted with Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg.
While a handful of Williams movies have yet to be released, his television career ended earlier this year with the cancellation of CBS' "The Crazy Ones," a promising show that perhaps would have been given more time to develop in a past, more forgiving media era.
Amid the shocking news of his death two weeks ago, television quickly became the natural, primary place to mourn and celebrate Williams, as talents he influenced like Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers offered emotional salutes on their late night shows.
But the tributes packed even more power coming from peers like Crystal and David Letterman, who spoke for Williams fans around the world when he said on "Late Show" last week, "Beyond being a very talented man and a good friend and a gentleman, I am sorry I – like everybody else – had no idea that the man was in pain and that the man was suffering."
Crystal struck a similar personal note Monday night, testifying as a witness to the brilliance of a comedy great who shared his life and joy, if not his pain, with legions of admirers.
"As genius as he was on stage, he was the greatest friend you can imagine – supportive, protective, loving," Crystal said. "It's very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives."
Williams' star, he said, will shine on: "The glow will be so bright, it will warm your heart, it will make your eyes glisten and you'll think to yourself: 'Robin Williams, what a concept'" – a subtle play on the title of Williams' classic comedy album "Reality…What a Concept."
Crystal, who has played before world audiences as an Oscars host, succeeded in his most solemn and toughest mission – bringing a bittersweet smile to millions with a moving tribute that leaves us with an even greater sense of sadness for Williams' loss and a greater appreciation for the laughter he gave us.
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Children with eczema are more likely to also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than those without the skin problem, according to a study.
About 20 percent of children in Western nations have atopic eczema by age 6.
The children in the study had atopic eczema, a scaly, itchy skin rash that is typically caused by allergies and is common among infants. The rash often improves as a child gets older, although it does signal an increased likelihood that he or she will go on to develop allergies, hay fever, or asthma. Health.com: What eczema and other rashes look like
German researchers spotted the link in a study of 1,436 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 who had atopic eczema and 1,436 young people without it. They found that 5.2 percent of eczema patients had ADHD, compared with 3.4 percent of eczema-free youngsters, according to a research letter in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Young people with atopic eczema were 54 percent more likely to have an ADHD diagnosis than those without it. And the more frequently they had visited a doctor for eczema, the more likely they were to have attention problems, say study coauthors Jochen Schmitt, M.D., a dermatologist at Technische Universität in Dresden, and Marcel Romanos, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Hospital Clinic of the University of Wuerzberg, both in Germany.
About 20 percent of children in Western nations are found to have atopic eczema by age 6. About a third of those children go on to have hay fever or asthma. Health.com: How to allergy-proof your house
"Atopic eczema is highly prevalent in children and it is known to gravely affect the quality of life," Schmitt and Romanos wrote in an email. "Therefore the assumption that it might be related to or influence the presence of psychiatric problems is not far-fetched."
However, the link needs to be confirmed by additional research, they said. It's possible that eczema-related itching or sleep disturbances may exacerbate ADHD symptoms in some children, the researchers suggested. It's also possible that atopic eczema and ADHD could share an underlying cause.
"It is important to note, however, that this finding might only be relevant for some and not all children with ADHD," the researchers said.
Special diets (for example, regimens that eliminate food additives and sugar) have been proposed for treating ADHD, but the role of diet and food sensitivity in the condition has been highly controversial. No high-quality studies have been able to show that changing a child's diet has any impact on ADHD symptoms, notes David W. Goodman, M.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.
Some research has linked ADHD to allergic conditions such as hay fever, added Goodman, who directs the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center of Maryland in Lutherville, but "the research is in no way conclusive or definitive." Health.com: Celebrities with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
"The report adds additional circumstantial evidence to our hypothesis" that immune-system factors are involved in ADHD, according to Jan Buitelaar, M.D., Ph.D., of Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in Nigmegen, The Netherlands. Buitelaar was not involved in the current study but coauthored a 2008 paper suggesting that ADHD may be an allergic condition in some patients.
"There is data that allergic mechanisms could alter brain neurotransmission and brain functioning," Buitelaar noted via email. He also pointed out that children could develop "disruptive and restless behavior" as a result of the itchiness and pain caused by the skin condition.
While the current findings are "an interesting scientific pursuit," Goodman says, he says they're not that useful in caring for patients. "As yet, it's not ready for prime time clinical practice and runs the risk of delaying otherwise proven effective treatment."
Goodman said he has nothing against complementary or alternative approaches, as long as they don't supplant medication and behavioral therapy, which are known to work. Unfortunately, he added, companies that make "nutraceuticals" often take preliminary research and "run with it from a marketing perspective."
He added, "Ultimately, treatment is a combination of medication for ADHD and environmental changes that promote behavioral changes." Health.com: 6 Skin-healthy vacations: Could a getaway solve your problems?
Goodman noted that two out of five studies have found some evidence that omega-3 fatty acids may benefit ADHD patients. "Do my patients take fish oil? Yes, but I have them take fish oil with proven effective medication."
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In the lead up to the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, mainstream media are telling half a story.
Everyone seems to agree that heavy industry is a thing of the past. The London Telegraph opens with the "long-gone steel industry" and Business Week with the "rust-stained U.S. Steel tower." Thankfully, Pittsburgh's leaders "didn't spend a lot of energy trying to save troubled steel companies." They focused on "new opportunities [rather] than old standbys."
After the funeral comes the turnaround. "Pittsburgh is an icon of economic transformation," declares the Telegraph. Pittsburgh can be "hailed as a beacon for communities that seem to have been left behind by history," Business Week exults. And "Pittsburgh's journey from a symbol of urban decay to a high-tech and health-services center may offer some lessons," counsels Bloomberg News.
It's all good news and it's all true. I can't quarrel with it. Pittsburgh has indeed turned the corner on some bad times, and new industries like education and medicine are important. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center did in fact replace U.S. Steel as the region's largest employer.
It's true but it's only half the story.
The missing half of the story includes the persistent, insistent existence of manufacturing. Yes, manufacturing suffered setbacks, but it hasn't disappeared. As we describe in our recent report, Pittsburgh, the Rest of the Story, "the manufacture of steel grew and transitioned into the manufacture of specialty metals and sophisticated alloys…."
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated manufactures titanium, hafnium, tungsten, and cobalt. With 9,600 full-time employees and $5.3 billion revenues in 2008, the company forges custom fittings for the defense, aerospace, and nuclear energy industries. Over 300 other metals technology service firms provide steel production equipment, engineering services, parts, and supplies.
In different sections of town, Aerotech manufactures motion-control products to nanometer accuracy, Acewire designs spring wires for customized applications, and Dawar Technologies creates transparent membrane sensors for touch-screen technologies. Medrad manufactures medical supplies ranging from MRI surface coils to disposable syringes. More than 30 robotics companies make Pittsburgh one of America's major centers for robotic innovation. Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute hosts the world's only Ph.D. program in robotics.
The missing half matters because neither Pittsburgh nor the United States can thrive without producing goods.
Simply put, a country needs, things. From cars to shoes, computers to refrigerators, a country needs things. If we don't make those things here, then someone else gets our money.
The mainstream media needs to stop fetishizing the new economy. We can't eat electronic food or wear electronic clothes. We can't all be consultants forever, and America can't keep spending more than it earns.
In 2008, our trade deficit in goods reached $840 billion. We can't make that up with high-end, specialty services. Indeed, our combined trade in education, finance and insurance, telecommunications, and all other business, professional, and technical services brought us an $80 billion surplus in that same year. That's great, but it's not enough to cover the difference. We ran an $84 billion deficit just in kitchen appliances.
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Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, explains the unfairness in the competition between the Chinese and American steel industries.
While they're in Pittsburgh, maybe mainstream media journalists should visit a steel plant. They'll see that the trade deficit is not fundamentally about obsolete equipment or high-paid (spoiled?) American workers losing business to lower-paid (harder working?) Chinese. The hidden part of Pittsburgh's economy is suffering from distortions in trade. Pittsburgh steel is competing against Chinese steel manufactured with devalued currency, government subsidies, suppressed labor rights, and lower environmental standards.
The question for America and the G-20 summit is how to reorganize so America becomes more than just a consumer of other countries' goods. Mainstream media can appreciate Pittsburgh's transformation without worshipping "eds and meds" as the second coming. And it can talk about trade without degenerate accusations of "protectionism."
The G-20 summit is an opportunity to talk like grown-ups about world trade. And the new economy most worth exploring is one that's more balanced and less dependent on overstretched U.S. consumers.


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- All New: Tougher Mudder Ticket
Tougher Mudder takes our signature Tough Mudder course and adds a competitive, timed twist. This first start wave of Saturday of event weekend allows Mudders to push themselves to a new level on the classic course, while still maintaining our core values of teamwork and camaraderie.
What You Get:
- Access to the first wave of the day
- Official Course Time
- Eligibilty to win prize money
- Tougher Mudder Finisher Tee
- Tougher Mudder Headband
Tougher Mudder tickets are available for Saturday on a Tough Mudder weekend.
- Reserve 8 AM Start Wave
Get the peace of mind that you'll automatically be in the 8:00 AM wave with First Mud. You will have access to the first Tough Mudder start wave of the day when the course is best and the mud is fresh. First Mud tickets are available for Saturday on a Tough Mudder weekend only - just add it your registration when you sign up, for only $15.
- VIP Corporate Packages
Be a Badass Boss. Make the executive decision to take team building to the most epic level imaginable. Rally the troops and start your team journey today. Nothing bonds a team quite like mud.
- Private Team Tent
- Catered Lunch
- Extra Beer
- Private Bartender, Masseuse, Hot Tub - if you can dream it, we can do it.
- Raise Money for Charity and Run for Free
Ever thought about running a Tough Mudder for free? Support our our official charity partner, Team Rubicon, or choose from the 100+ organizations in our Charity Family who do amazing work for those in need. Find out how you can join their teams to take on Tough Mudder and fundraise for a great cause.
Other ways to participate
Join the Tough Mudder community, there's a spot for you here.
Step 1: Crew up and save big on a one of a kind experience
Step 2: Enjoy epic group chats All. Year. Long
- Mudder Village Pass
Cheer on your Mudders and enjoy our action-packed Mudder Village Festival
Volunteer and join 'probably the best team on the planet'.Learn More
- Tough Mudder 5K Boston
Too Tough for your friends? Get them to sign up for Tough Mudder 5K Boston
Ever thought about running a Tough Mudder for free? Find out how you can join a team to take on a Tough Mudder and fundraise for a great cause.Learn More
Manage a charity? Are you looking to gain more participants to assist in fundraising? Look no future, Tough Mudder is here to help.Learn More
Mudder Passes
Don't want to stop at just one event? Get more Mudder action and big savings when you buy a Two-Pack Pass or Season Pass.
Good for any two Tough Mudder 5K or Tough Mudder Classic events anywhere across North America.Learn More
Good for every single 2020 North America Tough Mudder 5K and Tough Mudder Classic (as low as $21 per event). Buy now, choose later.Learn More
Tough Mudder Classic, Tougher Mudder Event Day
Want to run the course at the same time as your friends and family? Make sure to create your team no later than two weeks before the event (two Monday's prior). If you do not create or join a team by this date, we will not be able to guarantee the same start time for you and your teammates.
Need help on how to create or join a team? Complete your account setup here. Then follow these instructions to create/join a team or manage your team.
Start Times
Please arrive 45 minutes before your assigned start time to ensure you can park, check in, drop your bag, and get to the Warm Up Zone 20 minutes before your start time. START TIMES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. For more info, visit our FAQ page here.
PLEASE NOTE:Due to high demand, some participants have been assigned a different start time than requested. Please do not contact us directly as we will not be able to accommodate changes.
What to Bring
1. A valid photo ID*
Don't forget it in your car.
2. Active.com Participant Ticket*
Print it or have it ready on your phone. Registration confirmation is sent from [email protected] or you can login to Active.com to access your ticket. Complete your account set up here .
3. Card (preferred) or Cash
For bag drop, food, and (more) beer.
*Items 1 and 2 are necessary to enter event.
What to Wear
At all events, we suggest wearing normal running shoes – spikes and cleats are strictly prohibited. Dress in comfortable clothing (or a costume that will make you more stylish on course) and bring dry clothing to change into once you're done.
If it's cold, gloves are recommended. If it's hot, sunscreen is a necessity. No matter what the weather is, make sure to come hydrated and take advantage of water stations on course.
Bag Drop
If you don't plan on traveling home muddy, you'll probably want to bring a change of clothes. Stop by the bag drop tent to store your belongings while you're on course. $10, Card (preferred) or Cash.
Mini Mudder
Mini Mudder is a 1-mile muddy obstacle course designed for Tough Mudders-In-Training. Start waves will be every hour on the hour from 9am - 11am and 1pm - 4pm. Sunday, waves will be at 9am, 10am, 11am, and 1pm. Children must be at least 42 inches tall and accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Parking details coming soon.
Bag Drop
$5 online or $10 onsite - Save time and money by purchasing in advance.
Here's how to purchase:
1. Log into Myevents.active.com
2. Click "Purchase Merchandise"
3. Having trouble? Follow these instructions to purchase your parking pass
We've got your back. In 2020 all events will have designated Solo Runner Wave so you can meet other lone wolves, form a muddy pack and get goal-crushing.
How to Join Pre-Event
Step 1
Register for your event.
Step 2
Once registered, navigate to My Active Events and select "Join Team".
Step 3
Search the team names below based on which event/day you are registered for:
Solo Runners 5K Saturday
Solo Runners Classic Saturday
Solo Runners 5K Sunday
Solo Runners Classic Sunday
**Note team search is case sensitive.
What to Do on Event Day
Whether pre-registered for our Solo Runners Wave or not, identify yourself as a solo runner on event day. How you ask?
Step 1
Show up on site at event day ready to kick ass and make new friends on course.
Step 2
Go through registration and let our staffers know you are running solo. Get a special "Solo Runner Wave sticker" and find your new teammates at the start line.
*At select events, stop by the Fit Kitchen tent for additional Solo Runner Wave giveaways
Step 3
Make sure to high five your fellow solo runners and finish stronger than you started, with new Mudder friends.
Interested in being a local sponsor? We'd love to get in touch with you! Send us an inquiry here for more information.


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Government transparency and engagement efforts often fall short, and the growing wave of mobility has some IT leaders rethinking how they deliver content online.
No one cares what kind of vehicle UPS uses to deliver packages, and no one cares what kind of knife a chef uses to make their dinner. People care about results -- about getting what they want. If the package arrives on time and the meal is delicious, then most are content to allow the minutiae of how it all happened to stay a mystery.
This effect is especially prominent in the public's dealings with government. People don't care if it's a website, a mobile app or a messenger on foot that gets the job done – they just want to get the information they need as quickly and conveniently as possible, and then move on. Many state and local governments have revamped their websites in recent years, embracing responsive design and streamlined user interfaces, all in accordance with the realization that today's Web users are increasingly mobile. But mobile-first could eventually mean doing away with websites altogether.
An increasingly mobile user base is changing what today's Web looks like, and there is a trend toward even greater mobile usage, as outlined by a May 2014 report by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers that showed mobile data traffic is up 81 percent year-over-year. The report also states that only 30 percent of the world's 5.2 billion mobile users have smartphones, leaving room for huge growth as mobile devices become increasingly more affordable. Additionally, Google recently bought satellite operator Skybox Imaging for $500 million with the aim of not only enhancing Google Earth, but also for bringing online more people who live in developing nations.
The potential impact of mobile's role in the future Web is massive. If the impact is big enough, one result could be that the Web protocols of today could disappear in favor of an online environment shaped by smartly interconnected apps.
Making inroads in that arena is Quixey, a five-year-old startup that many are calling "the Google of mobile app search." And the company just doubled down on its investment in the future of mobile apps, moving its 130 employees to a 17,500 sq. ft. office in Mountain View, Calif. Quixey's directive is finding better ways to index mobile apps so users can search by what they want to do, rather than requiring users to know the name of the app they're looking for. The idea is to lead users to more useful search results that may have otherwise gone overlooked.
For example, a Quixey search for "report potholes Seattle" returns, "Find It, Fix It," the city of Seattle's reporting app, as the first result. The same search in the Google Play store returns hundreds of apps that have the word "Seattle" or "pothole" in the title, but the app the city designed specifically for the purpose of reporting potholes is nowhere to be found. And that's why leaders at Quixey say today's app environment is broken, and are leading a mobile trend that has some government leaders rethinking their entire approach to information delivery.
Quixey is onto something, says IT Analyst Rob Enderle -- when people use their phones to do things, they don't care which app brings them the data or functionality they want, they just want it. It's the same reason that digital assistants like Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana have captured the public's attention. Smartphones and tablets are largely responsible for making technology a mainstream interest because they are so easy to use, and there are few things easier than simply voicing a command. Logically centralizing functionality is a natural progression in user interface design.
And the discussion around this concept is growing. In late June, speakers at Google's annual I/O conference indicated a need for more integration in app functionality. "They're talking about some similar stuff in terms of linking apps more strongly and creating more familiar relationships between apps," Enderle said. "It does look like Google is going that same way, which suggests we've got a trend."
Many states and cities, like Riverside, Calif., are calling themselves "mobile-first," which means that every new digital project starts with considering the expanding mobile landscape.
"We're finding that there are more and more mobile users visiting our website, which tells me that those people could also be using apps instead," said Lea Deesing, Riverside's chief innovation officer. "We're now finding that 39 percent of the people who visit our site are visiting from mobile devices."
Riverside's website averages about 47,000 hits each day, and the number of mobile users goes up every time officials check the stats, Deesing said. "Mobile is the future," she added. "I don't think we'll have desktops in five years. We'll have portable devices in offices and taking those with us on the road; we'll be working everywhere."
And in Davis, Calif., Chief Innovation Officer Rob White said he sees the value in Quixey simply because apps are easier to use than websites. The future of government, he said, could be one without websites.
"Most government apps are nothing more than information push. Very few of them do anything useful," White said. "For most of city services, there's no app related to it – you've got to go to the webpage."
He pointed to city council meetings, a great example for local government, or board meetings for counties -- these are the places, he said, where governments constantly want to see its citizenry engage. "We push all this stuff into the website where nobody can find it, nobody uses it," White added, "whereas if I had a single-minded app, and I have a way for people to find that that's effective, I think that will become the norm and webpages [will] start to be abandoned."
One of the problems with many transparency efforts is that they don't work. Burying content 10 clicks deep on a website that most people don't know about does very little of anything, let alone improve transparency, White said.
"It's the appearance of transparency," he said. "We as government agents can say we're working toward transparency, but it really hasn't achieved the end-point that I think people are looking for."
When recently asked what they would change about government, two software developers from Colorado each responded independently that they wished government would shift toward a "push system" of information, one in which they could elect to receive information about the things they cared about, without needing to set aside time to traverse websites.
"I think a lot of society right now is just used to that – people get their news that way, people get a lot of things that way," said Kelly Shuster, Colorado-based software developer.
The city of Davis is now overhauling its website, but White said if he had given mobile more consideration six months ago, they may have instead put the money toward creating mobile apps for the city's most popular services and providing a utilitarian website.
"If the whole point of having websites and these electronic means to interact with your government agencies is all about transparency and community engagement, then wouldn't you want to bring the tool that gives the best outcomes to the table?" White said. "And we all know that websites don't do that. They're unwieldy at best."


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Sterilization & Disinfection Toritafout
|A substance that kills disease-producing microorganisms but not their spores; usually applied to living tissue.
|An apparatus for the sterilization of materials, using steam under pressure.
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|An agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt and oil.
|An agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms but not their spores; usually applied to inanimate objects.
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Aliki Rovithi-Get The Hang of It Paper Bag
At Design Interviews
Interview with Aliki Rovithi : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Aliki Rovithi : We have got the inspiration from the fact that there are not any hangers around when you need them! .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Aliki Rovithi : The project started in 2007 in Athens and finished in 2009 in Athens. It was exhibited in SaloneSatellite 2010 in Milan where it was received by the visitors with exclamations of surprise for its witty, clever and sustainable design. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Aliki Rovithi : We pursuited our inspiration. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Aliki Rovithi : We would love to see a leading retail company adopt our paper bag worldwide. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Aliki Rovithi : Retail stores that are interested in saving both money and resources in a cool and funky way. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Aliki Rovithi : The fully-functional clothes hangers that allow the consumer to hang his clothing up the minute he gets home. The "get the hang of it" bag is made of recycled/recyclable paper and cardboard. Rip the two cardboard hangers off the paper bag and your new clothes will find their place in your closet at once. Just "get the hang of it"…!! .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Aliki Rovithi : The "get the hang of it" name is a pun on the english idiom and the actual use of the detachable hangers. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Aliki Rovithi : The "get the hang of it" bag has two no ordinary handles. They are actually two detachable carboard hangers. The user can hang up his newly purchased clothes at once! This bag gives the opportunity to retail stores to "go green" and remain at the forefront of the fashion world. It also urges consumers that concern themselves with the state of the environment, to avoid the use of plastic bags and hangers. .
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We have covered some awesome light bulb gadgets previously. Let's list them as well a few new ones here.
Recycle Used Bulbs into Light Sculptures
It's an awesome idea to turn a broken non-working light bulb into an awesome chandelier. It's like giving them the light bulbs the second chance or the second life!
Light Bulb into a Mini Green House
For those who love green houses and indoor gardening, here's a great idea to diversify your routine: cute little mini-greenhouses inside a light bulb!
Light Bulb Vertical Gardens
These would make a great decoration for your garden or yard!
Light Bulb Fish Bowl Tank
You will need really tiny fish for it bit all in all this would make an amazing gift idea!
Recycle Old Light Bulbs into Mini Vases
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|Status: In Theaters
Film/TV/Stage: Film
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2012
Rating: PG
Director: Curtis Hanson/Michael Apted
Running time: 115 minutes
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CHASING MAVERICKS is the inspirational true story of real life surfing phenom Jay Moriarity (played by newcomer Jonny Weston). When 15 year old Jay discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, is not only real, but exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson (played by Gerard Butler) to train him to survive it. As Jay and Frosty embark on their quest to accomplish the impossible, they form a unique friendship that transforms both their lives, and their quest to tame Mavericks becomes about far more than surfing. Chasing Mavericks was made with the help of some of the biggest names in the surfing world, and features some of the most mind-blowing real wave footage ever captured on film.
Gerard Butler… Rick "Frosty" Hesson
Jonny Weston…Jay Moriarity
Abigail Spencer…Brenda Hesson
Elisabeth Shue…Christy Moriarity
Director: Curtis Hanson
Executive Producers: Curtis Hanson, Alan Siegel, Gerard Butler, Brandon Hooper, Jim Meenaghan, Michael Bostick and Amanda Morgan Palmer
Screenplay: Kario Salem and Brandon Hooper
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Frederico Commandino
Born: 1506 in Urbino (now Italy)
Died: 5 September 1575 in Urbino (now Italy)
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Frederico Commandino's father was Battista Commandino who was from a leading family in Urbino. Battista had designed the fortifications of Urbino while his father, Frederico's grandfather, had been the secretary to the Duke of Urbino.
There is little information about Commandino's youth and all we know of his early education is that he studied Latin and Greek at Fano under the humanist G Torelli. He returned to Urbino where the next stage of his education came about because of the political situation in Europe. Suleyman the Magnificent came to power in 1520 and soon pressure from the Turks was felt in Europe. Charles V, the Holy Roman emperor, felt that his duty was to defend Christian Europe against the Turks but, despite this, his Spanish and German troops marched against the Pope, entering the city of Rome in May 1527. They looted the city in the infamous Sack of Rome with thousands of churches, palaces, and houses being destroyed. The Orsini family, one of the leading families of Rome, fled from the city and sought safety in Urbino. There they had a mathematics tutor for one of their sons, and this same tutor taught Commandino mathematics.
Commandino's talents were quickly recognised by his tutor. After this tutor was appointed a bishop in June 1533 he arranged that Commandino be appointed as private secretary to Pope Clement VII. He took up this appointment in June 1534 but on 25 September 1534 Pope Clement died and Commandino then went to the University of Padua. Bernardino Baldi, who was a student of Commandino in the latter part of his life and wrote a short biography of him in 1587, claimed that he studied philosophy and medicine at Padua from 1534 to 1544 but one should not suppose that this means that he was a student for ten years. Having independent means, he was almost certainly able to study in an academic environment without taking specific degrees. Padua was famous for its medical school but despite this he took his medical degree from the University of Ferrara. It is worth noting that Copernicus followed a very similar path some 40 years earlier, for he also studied medicine at Padua and took a degree from the University of Ferrara; in Copernicus's case however his Ferrara degree was in law and not medicine.
It appears that Commandino intended to practise medicine and indeed he returned to Urbino with this aim. Back in his home town, however, he was appointed as tutor and medical advisor to the Duke of Urbino. He married but his wife died after giving birth to two daughters and a son. After becoming personal physician to the Duke of Urbino, he met Cardinal Farnese, the brother of the Duke's wife, and the Cardinal persuaded him to move to Rome in the early 1550s as his personal physician. While in Rome he became friendly with Cardinal Cervini and when Cervini was elected Pope Marcello II in 1555 it looked as if Commandino would prosper with personal favours from the Pope. However Pope Marcello II died shortly after his election and Commandino continued in the service of the Duke of Urbino and Cardinal Farnese but he now returned to Urbino to carry out his duties.
It would appear that Commandino was never that enthusiastic about being a medical advisor. His true love was the study of the mathematical classics and he had the mathematical knowledge, as well as language skills, to edit and to translate these books. Already when he lived in Rome he had begun the task of editing Ptolemy's Planisphere and from that point on he spent the rest of his life publishing translations (mostly Greek into Latin), with commentaries, of the classic texts of Archimedes, Ptolemy, Euclid, Aristarchus, Pappus, Apollonius, Eutocius, Heron and Serenus. His first published work was an edition of Archimedes, dedicated to his patron Cardinal Farnese, which he published in 1558. Also in 1558 Commandino published the work which he had begun in Rome, namely Commentarius in planisphaerium Ptolemaei in which he gave an account of Ptolemy's stereographic projection of the celestial sphere. What is interesting here is that Commandino recognised that Ptolemy's stereographic projection is related to the perspective studies made by architects in designing stage scenery. This is actually an important connection and it shows that Commandino has a deep understanding of the works which he edited.
An interesting letter (see [14]) which Commandino wrote to Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, on 3 November 1560 tells us something about his life. His son had died and after that he had sent his two daughters to a convent school to be educated. In this letter he told the Duke that he had found a husband for one of his daughters and his second daughter would also soon be married. The reason that this was relevant was that the dowry that Commandino had to find for his two daughters had taken nearly all his capital and so to continue publishing his editions of the classical mathematical texts he required continued support from Cardinal Farnese, his patron, and he also hoped for a promise of support in his old age. In the letter Commandino outlined his plans for further publications including Ptolemy's De analemmate and an edition of Apollonius. In fact Commandino had only a manuscript of a Latin translation of an Arabic version of this book by Ptolemy to work from. He published his edition of De analemmate in 1562 together with a commentary on the text and a work his own On the calibration of sundials of which he felt added a practical aspect to Ptolemy's theoretical discussions.
John Dee visited Commandino in Urbino in 1563. Dee had made a copy of De superficierum divisionibus by Machometus Bagdedinus in 1559 and he took this copy with him to Italy where he gave it to Commandino to publish it, as indeed he did. Two years later, in 1565, Cardinal Farnese became Bishop of Bologna and Commandino followed his patron to Bologna. There he published an original work De centro Gravitatis on centres of gravity. This work is described by Drake in his famous text on Galileo as the:-
... pioneer treatise on centres of gravity in the Archimedean tradition.In the preface to this work Commandino refers to his edition of Archimedes' De iis quae vehuntur in aqua libri duo; De Insidentibus Aquae (On floating bodies) being in the press. It was his efforts to bring this text into a good state which had resulted in him doing original work on centres of gravity and had prompted him to undertake the work for his original contribution. His edition of Archimedes' On floating bodies is also very important for not only did he comment on it but he also corrected it [1]:-
In particular the proof of proposition 2 in book II was incomplete, and Commandino filled it out. One step required knowing the location of the centre of gravity of any segment of a parabolic conoid. No ancient treatment of such a problem was then known, and Commandino's was the first modern attempt to fill in the gap.These two works were published in Bologna but Commandino did not spend long in that city since Cardinal Farnese died on 28 October 1565, after which Commandino returned to Urbino. The Duke of Urbino awarded him the pension which he had hoped for in his letter of 1560 and for a few years he appears to have been rather inactive, probably due to health problems caused by overwork. However the son of the Duke requested that Commandino prepare a Latin translation of Euclid's Elements and he set to work enthusiastically on this major task. It was published in 1572, dedicated to Duke Francesco Maria of Urbino, with the usual detailed commentaries which he always provided. In the same year he published his Latin edition of Aristarchus's Sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon again with commentary.
By this time the excessive workload that Commandino had put on himself over the years was taking its toll. However, still wishing to push forward with publishing, he now also supervised his pupils in this task. In particular he supervised an Italian edition of Euclid, but he continued his own translating, working on Heron's Pneumatics. This last translation was still not published at the time of his death but his son-in-law ensured that this last complete contribution appear in print in 1575. We say last complete work since he left an incomplete Latin translation of Books III to VIII of Pappus's Collection. His pupil del Monte completed the task and published this final contribution in 1588.
We should mention one further achievement of Commandino, namely his improvement of the reduction compass, helping develop it into the proportional compass. Perhaps we should say exactly what a reduction compass is. It consisted of a pair of dividers with the addition of a number of sharp points that could be slid up and down the arms to provide a device capable of giving measurements in fixed proportion to how far the legs of the dividers were opened. It is said to have been invented by Fabricio Mordente as a drafting instrument but it soon became used for finding proportions between figures. In [8] Gamba shows that Mordente spent some time in Urbino and had many discussions with Commandino and his pupil del Monte.
How was this modified into the proportional compass? Well a proportional compass was like a pair of dividers but having a movable hinge in the middle. It had points at both ends of the legs and, depending on the position of the hinge, a fixed proportion was achieved between distances measures with the points at one end and those at the other. It was used to enlarge or reduce drawings. The next step forward from the efforts of Commandino and del Monte was that of Galileo in 1606 when he developed the proportional compass into a type of slide-rule.
In [9] Napolitani discusses the achievements of Commandino who he rightly suggests had the greatest influence of anybody in ensuring that the classic Greek mathematical texts survived by publishing his editions of them.
Edward Rosen ends his article [1] by writing:-
In the sixteenth century, Western mathematics emerged swiftly from a millennial decline. This rapid ascent was assisted by Apollonius, Archimedes, Aristarchus, Euclid, Eutocius, Heron, Pappus, Ptolemy and Serenus - as published by Commandino.
Article by: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
List of References (15 books/articles)
A Poster of Frederico Commandino
Mathematicians born in the same country
Other Web sites
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Arrieta's travails continue in O's loss
After early success, right-hander unable to make it out of the fifth
BALTIMORE -- Jake Arrieta's pitching arsenal is oh so tantalizing. At times during his four seasons with the Orioles, the right-hander's name is among those deemed a potential franchise building block. That Arrieta showed up in innings one, two and four against the Dodgers. Unfortunately, his wild alter ego pitched in the third and never recorded an out in the fifth.
Unable to harness his emotions when the strike zone proved unattainable, Arrieta was chased during a four-run fifth inning. Combined with the Orioles' bats going silent over the final six frames, Baltimore fell, 7-4, to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Oriole Park.
The Orioles (10-8) jumped in front, 4-1, after three innings, as J.J. Hardy drove in two runs and Adam Jones homered. That was not enough to overcome Arrieta's complete lack of control.
Despite retiring the first six batters, Arrieta (1-1) surrendered five earned runs over four-plus innings. The right-hander's feast-or-famine outing included five walks, two hits and six strikeouts.
"I really feel like the Dodgers didn't beat us today. I beat us," Arrieta said. "I put us in a tough situation. Not giving up many hits at all, just making their job a lot easier by putting them on base for free."
Handing out free passes has been a trend over the 27-year-old's last three starts. Arrieta has allowed 14 walks over his last 14 innings, and his ERA ballooned to 6.63 on the season.
Inability to maintain focus when he encounters rough patches is part of Arrieta's issue.
"Emotions affect mechanics," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Everybody wants to know whether those [struggles] are mechanical or are they something else. ... He got out of the one inning with only one run, but obviously he created a lot of his problems."
Baltimore generated some early offense against emergency Dodgers starter Stephen Fife, including three runs in the first inning. Over the last six frames against Fife and five relievers, the Orioles had only four hits -- including Chris Davis' one-out double in the eighth off Kenley Jansen, who then retired the next two batters.
J.P. Howell (1-0) picked up the win and Dodgers closer Brandon League pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
The loss prevented the Orioles from securing their first series sweep of the season, though they still took two of three from the Dodgers (8-10). Baltimore is 4-2 on its current nine-game homestand, which wraps up with a three-game set against the Toronto Blue Jays starting on Monday.
"We got the series, that's a positive," Jones said. "We wanted the sweep, we were just unable to get it. The Dodgers weren't just going to hand it over to us."
The Orioles learned three hours prior to first pitch that, rather than facing Chad Billingsley, they would matchup against Fife -- owner of five previous Major League starts. Baltimore greeted him with three runs in the first, starting with Nick Markakis' one-out RBI single.
After the O's worked the bases loaded, Hardy knocked a two-out, two-run single into right for a 3-0 lead before the crowd of 41,265.
Jones' third-inning homer, his third of the season, put Baltimore in front, 4-1.
Fife threw 35 pitches in the first inning and lasted only 4 2/3 innings. Despite those struggles, he outlasted Arrieta.
Arrieta walked three batters and gave up a hit in the third, but escaped with only one run scoring. He officially lost his way in the fifth. Following a walk, a hit batter and another walk, Mark Ellis' two-run single cut the lead to 4-3 and ended Arrieta's day.
"If you watch the first couple [of] innings, there's no reason why I'm not pitching in the eighth today," Arrieta said.
Reliever T.J. McFarland promptly gave up an RBI double to Adrian Gonzalez and an RBI single to Matt Kemp.
"We got a couple of big hits," said Kemp, who had six hits in the series. "Everybody did a good job today. We started out down a couple of runs, but we continued to grind."
A.J. Ellis' RBI single in the seventh off McFarland put the Dodgers up, 6-4.
After winning 10 games in 2011, Arrieta finished 3-9 last season. He's scuffling again early in 2013. Though he remains in the rotation for now, his time could be short. Fellow starter Steve Johnson is moving closer to a return from the disabled list, and Arrieta is not moving closer to the pitcher many projected he would become.
"I'm so close to being so good -- and everybody knows it," Arrieta said. "That's frustrating. It's not going to keep me down, it's not going to keep me from continuing to work at and get to where I want to go."


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Shape-shifting — in art as in real life
Shape-shifting is a recurring theme across the cultural spectrum, from mythology and American Indian symbology to science fiction and video games.
With "shapeshifters," Estevan Arredondo's exhibition of recent abstract paintings of color-drenched organic forms on slick aluminum panels, the San Antonio artist says he is "playing around with the idea of how human beings are shape-shifters."
"You're fairly fearless when you're young, and then you become more responsible, and then as you get older you become ... safe," he said during an interview at REM Gallery, where the show continues through March 1.
"It's that idea of not being exactly what you were when you were younger," said Arredondo, who is 48 and gets around town on his bicycle, a small rearview mirror attached to his glasses. "That's what I'm going through. I used to ride a motorcycle in my 20s. I'd weave through lanes. Go fast. Now, on my bicycle, I think twice about jumping a curve."
Arredondo's shapes — animated, amoebalike thought bubbles — start out "intuitively," the artist says, influenced by everything from the imagery of the Aztec codex to Spanish painter Joan Miró, who also dealt with shapes in interesting ways.
But Arredondo cautions against reading too much into his work, which he refers to as "rhythmic atmospheres."
"I'm attracted to abstract art," he said. "I like using my hands. My shapes are not meant to represent anything more than just organic shapes. Whatever viewers want them to be is fine with me. It means they're using their imaginations."
What Arredondo's art does is make you smile. His titles — "sploooshh," "puff zing," "bop bap spash" — are whimsical, approaching onomatopoeia. The forms, floating on the shiny white surface like colorful balloons, some bursting with smaller, similar forms (like babies), somehow elicit a feeling of joyousness. They're like internal maps to happiness.
"I thought that instead of showing the darker side, I wanted to be more uplifting, to get a more positive energy," said the San Antonio native, who holds a master's of fine arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio and has taught at San Antonio College and Our Lady of the Lake University, but now makes his living installing art shows.
"There is no deep message here," he said. "When I'm painting, I'm enjoying it and I'm in the moment. Hopefully, people who come to see the work will leave with a little of that same feeling."


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I can't wait! I just LOOOVE the Cirque shows!
I can't wait! I just LOOOVE the Cirque shows!
I can't believe we have to wait another year for this…
Best Mark Wahlberg movie. EVER. (contains profanity)
I love it! Pulis, jeepneys, and EDSA FTW! And shet, kamukha ko talaga si Jeremy Renner!
I think I just peed a little in my pants…
Anne Hathaway is the new queen of controversial casting. The internet was abuzz with her casting as Catwoman in "The Dark Knight Rises" as well as Eponine (erratum: Fantine pala!) in this movie. Although she might not have the pipes for the iconic "I Dreamed A Dream", she just might pull it off with her acting chops. She does have a way of surprising everyone. I hope this is more "Chicago" than it is a "Phantom Of The Opera".
Not, that I can relate, but I want to watch it, from an "I-can't-relate-but-it-looks-interesting" point of view.
Oh Meryl, Meryl, can you do no wrong? I can't wait!


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11th Annual Step Trek is October 8
September 27, 2011
South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association's annual Step Trek is coming soon with this year's event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8.
South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association's annual Step Trek is coming soon with this year's event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8.
Registration for those who pre-purchased their tickets begins at 11 a.m. Same day registration begins at noon. Those who pre-registered can pick up their Trek Book with maps and information at the Registration Table.
The Trek itself is self-guided. The course narrative in the program book points out the landmarks and gives a history of the stairs and buildings, counts the steps (approximately 2,700) and also provides instruction as to the route.
Parking is available in the UPMC lot at 21st and Josephine streets with a short walk up into South Side Park, under the Mission Street Bridge to the Registration Table and "The Market Place" that includes an artist market, live music, a@silent auction and food trucks.
Participants may choose to use the noncompetitive event as a test of fitness or a leisurely stroll. The benefits of a stirring walk through the Slopes have earned the event a heart-healthy rating from the American Heart Association.
This event also benefits The Brashear Association's Food Pantry. Trekers are asked to bring a canned food item to help stock the Brashear Association Food Pantry. Top items needed include: Peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti Sauce, tuna, cereal and baby food.
Register the day of the event, or pre-register on line at http://www.showclix.com/event/steptrek or the StepTrek link on the SSSNA's website: http://www.southsideslopes.org.
Step Trek t-shirts for this event this year are not included in the price of the event. Details on how to purchase a collector's item Step Trek t-shirt are available at www.southsideslopes.org.


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Every year, Adobe helps us celebrate the holiday season by giving us a fun and interactive way to share the spirit!
- 2006 – Holiday Card 2006
- 2007 – Holiday Card 2007
- 2008 – Greeting Slide Puzzle AIR App
- 2009 – Good Thoughts
This year is no different! We often have a theme for each year, and I happen to love this years theme – turning inspiration into action. We're asking you to share what it is in your life that inspires you, and in return, we'll donate $1 per response to Mercy Corps with the goal of donating $25,000!
Adobe Holiday Card 2010
So, share the inspiration and share the love!
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*I love this time of year :D