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Does Economic Self-Interest MatterMunch, Jakob Roland; Rose Skaksen, Jan; Schroll, Sanne; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people's attitudes towards immigration, using data from the European Social Survey 2002/2003. Compared to the existing literature, there are two main contributions of the present paper. First, we develop a more powerful test of the hypothesis that a positive relationship between education and attitudes towards immigration reflects economic self-interest in the labour market. Second, we develop an alternative and more direct test of whether economic self-interest matters for people's attitudes towards immigration. We find that while the "original" relationship between education and attitudes found in the literature is unlikely to reflect economic self-interest, there is considerable evidence of economic self-interest when using the more direct test. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7517
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Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha; Jordahl, Henrik (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In a recent paper, García-Mainar and Montuenga-Gómez [Econ. Edu. Rev. 24 (2005)] apply the generalized IV model of Hausman and Taylor to estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several problems which relate to the validity and documentation of the instrumental variables, as well as the robustness of the results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7712
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Schneider, Cédric (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the determinants of the outcomes of patent applications (withdrawal, refusal or grant). The application process at the European Patent O¢ ce is modelled in three stages, using a Trivariate Probit model with double selectivity correction in order to test whether the applicants patenting history has an eect on the outcome of the current application. I investigate the behavior of the applicant after the patent o¢ ce has established the "state of the art", a precondition to an invention being patentable. The main results are (i) rms with large patents portfolios act following a "trial and error" strategy, by applying for large numbers of patents and thereafter waiting for the patent o¢ ce s nal decision when the expected probability of grant is high, (ii) the technological importance of a patent is a crucial determinant of a successful application grant, (iii) a withdrawal is to be regarded as an expected refusal, since applicants tend to withdraw their applications when there is evidence that the inventions cannot be considered to be novel or to involve an inventive step. patents, intellectual property rights URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7693
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Rose Skaksen, Jan; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Aastrup Jensen, Claus (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We set up a theoretical model to analyze the implications of coordination of immigration policies among destination countries. The model contains two types of spill-overs between destination countries: A terms of trade externality and a welfare policy externality. We show that while coordination unambiguously increases welfare of the destination countries, the effects on the level of immigration and on the income distribution of natives are ambiguous. Thus, coordination among destination countries does not necessarily solve the global coordination problem of inoptimally low levels of migration. Coordination, Externalities, Immigration Policy, Spill-overs, Terms of Trade, Welfare. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7698
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Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Schultz, Esben Anton; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Is the wage gap between majors in human arts and other fields caused by the education? If the educational choice is endogenous, the wage gap may instead be caused by selection. We document that individuals' educational choice is correlated with that of older students and by the concentration of women in their high school. Conditional on high school fixed effects, these characteristics are unlikely to affect post-university wages and are plausible instruments for the educational choice. Our 2SLS estimates reveal that the gap in returns to education is negligible, implying that the wage gap is attributable to selection. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7989
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le Maire, Daniel; Schjerning, Bertel (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between self-employment choice, expected earnings, and uncertainty. Several interesting results emerge from our analysis on Danish longitudinal register data: Firstly, self-employed (taxable) personal income bunch at kink points in the tax system since self-employed can retain earnings and thereby transfer income across tax-years. Secondly, expected income level and income variance are important determinants in choice of occupation. Thirdly, men put more emphasis on expected earnings level, while women appears more risk averse, which contribute to explain why fewer women are self-employed. Finally, our results suggest that non-western immigrants are marginalized into self-employment. Occupational choice, self-employment, wage-dierentials, income uncertainty, risk aversion, overcon dence, self-selection, gender dierences. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7701
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Iversen, Jens; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We argue that formal schooling and wage-work experience are complementary types of human capital for entrepreneurs. Strong empirical support is found for this hypothesis as the interaction term between schooling and actual wage-work experience enters positively and significantly in a Mincer equation, whereas the effect of schooling in the absence of wage-work experience is insignificant. These results are extremely robust towards more flexible specifications, including fixed-effects estimations dealing with unobserved heterogeneity. For wage workers, the interaction term is negligible, confirming that the complementarity is a distinct characteristic of entrepreneurial human capital. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7990
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Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Schjerning, Bertel; Sørensen, Anders (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyses the importance of entrepreneurs for job creation and wage growth. Relying on unique data that covers all plants, firms and individuals in the Danish private sector, we are able to distil a number of different measures of entrepreneurial plants from the set of new plants, including measures that much more precisely capture the "truly new" or "entrepreneurial" plants than in previous studies. Using these data, we find that while new plants in general account for one third of the gross job creation in the economy, entrepreneurial plants are responsible for between 15% and 25% of this, and thus only account for up to 8% of total gross job creation in the economy. However, entrepreneurial plants seem to generate more additional jobs than other new plants in the years following entry. Finally, the jobs generated by entrepreneurial plants are to a large extent low-wage jobs, as they are not found to contribute to the growth in average wages. However, this insight varies across the different types of entrepreneurial plants. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7713
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Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a result of increasing own income, the median voter prefers in the future lower taxes than without higher education. Therefore, the expansion of participation in higher education during the second half of the 20th century may have partly been driven by the aim to limit the political support for overly generous income redistribution. education, time-consistency problem, voting, subsidies to education URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7684
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Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Schroll, Sanne; Rose Skaksen, Jan (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper, we use data from the first two rounds of the European Social Survey to analyze the extent to which differences in average attitudes towards immigration across the EU-15 countries may be explained by differences in socioeconomic characteristics and individually perceived consequences of immigration, using an extension of a decomposition technique developed by Fairlie (2005). We find that despite the significant effects of socioeconomic characteristics on attitudes, differences in the distributions of these characteristics can only explain a modest share of the cross-country variation in average attitudes. A larger part can be explained by differences in perceived consequences of immigration, but the main part is still left unexplained. Apart from providing useful input for policy makers working in the area of immigration policy, this raises a number of questions for further research for which the ESS data can be successfully applied. Attitudes, Immigration, Cross-country differences URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7687
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Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers. Consequently, to affect a firm's ethical behavior, moral consumers refuse to buy from an unethical firm. Consumers who do not care about ethical behavior may join the boycott to (falsely) signal that they do care. In the firm's choice between ethical and unethical behavior, the optimality of mixed and pure strategies depends on the cost of behaving ethically. In particular, when the cost is (relatively) low, ethical behavior arises from a prisoners' dilemma as the firm's optimal strategy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7706
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Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual domestic labour markets. Higher productivity of outsourcing, lower cost of outsourcing and lower factor price of outsourcing increase wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Increasing wage tax progression of low-skilled workers decreases the wage rate and increases the labour demand of low-skilled workers. It decreases the welfare of lowskilled workers and increases both the welfare of high-skilled workers and the profit of firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7696
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Kaiser, Ulrich; Grimpe, Christoph (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Determining the research and development (R&D) boundaries of the firm as the choice between internal, collaborative and external technology acquisition has since long been a major challenge for firms to secure a continuous stream of innovative products or processes. While research on R&D cooperation or strategic alliances is abundant, little is known about the outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper investigates the driving forces of external technology sourcing through contract research based on arguments from transaction cost theory and the resource-based view of the firm. Using a large and comprehensive data set of innovating firms from Germany our findings suggest that technological uncertainty, contractual experience and openness to external knowledge sources motivate the choice for engaging in contract research activities. Moreover, we show that internal and external R&D sourcing are complements: the marginal contribution of internal (external) R&D is the larger the more firms spend on external (internal) R&D. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7690
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Hagen Jørgensen, Ole (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper shows how improved health conditions aect fertility decisions and economic growth. Survival rates for children and adults are incorporated into an overlapping generations model featuring endogenous fertility and altruism from workers towards their retired parents. The main nding is that a simultaneous increase in child and adult survival decreases fertility and increases savings and productivity growth. The analysis illustrates the key role of health in the demographic transition. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7695
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Er Danskere Specielle?Munch, Jakob Roland; Rose Skaksen, Jan; Schroll, Sanne; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne artikel belyser holdninger til immigration blandt borgere i Danmark og de øvrige EU-15 lande - herunder holdningerne til immigration, der følger af den seneste EU-udvidelse. Det analyseres, hvilke faktorer der ligger til frund for disse holdninger, samt i hvilken udstrækning danskere afviger fra EU-gennemsnittet. Den typiske dansker er lidt mere skeptisk overfor immigration end andre europæere. Danskerne afskiller sig desuden ved, at forholdsvis få forbinder øget immigration med negative konsekvenser for arbejdsmarkedet, men forholdsvis mange forbinder det med højere omkostninger for velfærdsstaten. Når der tages hensyn til opfattelserne af de økonomiske konsekvenser af immigration, kommer Danmark til at fremstå som et væsentligt mere immigrationsskeptisk land, end hvad der kommer til udtryk i de ukorrigerede holdninger. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7564
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Do Police Reduce Group Violence?Priks, Mikael; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7703
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Munch, Jakob Roland; Rose Skaksen, Jan; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We propose a complementary approach to analyze the impact of immigration on the wages of native workers. Using linked employer-employee data from Denmark for a relatively long time period (1993-2004), we study the consequences of an increased use of immigrants at the most disaggregate level – the workplace. We find that an increase in the share of workers from less developed countries at the workplace has a signifi cantly negative effect on the wages of natives – also when controlling for potential endogeneity using both fi xed effects and IV. The use of immigrants from more developed countries also appears to be correlated with wages. However, these correlations disappear when controlling for unobserved fi rm and worker characteristics and are thus likely to reflect selection rather than a causal effect of these immigrants. Finally, we find a positive impact on the wages of native workers from having Eastern European co-workers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7638
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Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper identifies several distortions which create barriers to entrepreneurship. First, in addition to the innate entry cost, there are entry costs caused by regulation. Second, union wage policies raise the opportunity cost of entrepreneurship. Third, inefficiencies in the transmission of tacit knowledge between generations of entrepreneurs can arise: with access to within-family ownership transfer, the outside market for entrepreneurship operates as a lemon's market. This problem becomes relevant when the economic life of a business idea exceeds the active life of an entrepreneur. barriers to entrepreneurship, tacit knowledge, occupational choice URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7711
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Rosholm, Michael; Scheuer, Christian; Sørensen, Anders (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of globalization, in the sense of increasing international trade, on the demand for skills in Danish manufacturing companies. The study is based on a unique data set that enables us to develop rich measures of international outsourcing and import penetration. Moreover, the data also allows several strategies to strengthen the causal interpretation of our results. The main finding of the analysis is that it is of crucial importance to distinguish imports - both in the form of outsourcing and overall imports - by country-of-origin. We find that international trade with low-wage countries leads to skill-upgrading. This is especially pronounced for import penetration with a ceteris paribus contribution of around fifty percent to skill-upgrading. Moreover, we find that import penetration in goods originating from high-wage countries lead to skill-downgrading. This latter result suggests that Danish manufacturing has comparative advantage in skill intensive production when compared to low-wage countries, but in unskill-intensive production when compared to high-wage countries. Skill-upgrading, Low-wage country outsourcing, Low-wage country import penetration, Comparative advantage URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7709
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Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We consider the effects of income redistribution when people can migrate from one country to another, and when land within each country is heterogeneous. Taxes related to income can then affect property values, and can induce migration, which further affects property values. We show that under these conditions a utilitarian government should never equalize after-tax incomes. If migration is impossible, it may even transfer income from the poor to the rich, reducing the rents earned by absentee landlords. The redistributive tax on the rich may be higher or lower when the rich can migrate than when they cannot. A Rawlsian government in the absence of mobility will equalize after-tax incomes. Under mobility, Rawlsian governments cut their taxes if and only if the relative pre-tax income of the poor is sufficiently low. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7689
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Fayette's high school drama students are taking on a new endeavor April 4. First, dinner; then the play.
The event is scheduled at the Opera House for about 55 guests.
The dinner theater program kicks off at 6 p.m. April 4 with dinner and musical entertainment provided by the Musical Theater class and a few school choir members.
After the meal, guests will head upstairs for the presentation of a one-act play called "Cards, Cups and a Crystal Ball."
The play is about three fortune-telling sisters who go from frauds to fame after meeting a mysterious woman who needs to know the future right away.
Due to space limitations in the Opera House for the dinner, seating is limited. Tickets will be on sale through Friday. The cost is $10 for adults and $8 for senior citizens and students.
Fayette music teacher Kelly Barkhimer is curious to see how ticket sales go for this first try at dinner theater.
"If we have a full house," she said, "we will be looking forward to doing two or more performances next year."
Mrs. Barkhimer was a performer at the Opera House when her college singing group made a visit a few years ago, and now she's interested in getting Fayette students on the stage more often. She recently met with members of the Fayette Arts Council.
"We would like students to get more involved in the Fayette Opera House," she said. "We feel it's a special part of the community and its history."
She was surprised to learn that some of her elementary school children aren't aware of the showplace and have never been inside.
She thinks one good way to get students involved with the facility is to have them serve as ushers at Opera House events.
She's looking forward to scheduling more school events in the venue next year.

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Uh, no. I've gotten a couple worried emails recently about Michigan's new Adidas uniforms. This image is making the rounds, purporting to be the new duds:
So maybe it's ironic that the first glimpse of the new jerseys comes from the Michigan women's football camp:
They are exactly the same as the old jerseys except the Nike logo has been replaced with an Adidas one. And, yes, these two are in the running to be starting offensive linemen this fall.
The away jerseys are yet to be revealed; I am on Piping Watch.
hhhhWHAT? Every preseason poll yet published has omitted Michigan from even the 20-25 range normally inhabited by the hot midmajor or, like, Purdue. This seems an entirely reasonable thing to do with Michigan transitioning to an entirely new offensive system without any seniors of note on that side of the ball. So... uh... what does Vegas see? National championship odds:
1. USC 3/1I don't know how much of this is Vegas actually pumping Michigan as a top ten team and how much is Vegas pumping gullible Michigan fans for cash, but... wow. If only you could short these bets.
2. Ohio State 6/1
2. Florida 6/1
2. Georgia 6/1
2. Oklahoma 6/1
7. Missouri 14/1
8. Clemson 22/1
10(t). Michigan 30/1
10(t). Texas 30/1
Ragin'. Former Ohio State linebacker Robert Reynolds has been suspended by the NFL for a year after testing positive for steroids. He'll likely retire. Raise your hand if you're shocked that the guy who choked Jim Sorgi is on the juice. No one? Ok.
Etc.: SMQB tackles Wisconsin. Commentary withheld until my own Wisconsin preview, during which I'll no doubt crib from, cite, and argue with his piece plenty. Also:
Elliot Mealer fluff.


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I just popped back to let people know that this coming weekend (Nov 3 - 4) I'll be at the Texas Book Festival. It looks to be a lot of fun, and if anyone is in the vicinity, well I would just love to meet you!
Anyway here are the details (and now I vanish once more into the ether . . . .oooooooooooooo):
Not for Required Reading
Date: Saturday, November 3, 2007
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (1120 S. Lamar)
Featuring: Sherman Alexie, Jacques Couvillon, Adrienne Kress (that's me!!!!), April Lurie, Perry Moore, Neal Shusterman, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Brian Yansky
This goes beyond your average reading assignment. The Festival and the Alamo Drafthouse present an exclusive literary event where you can meet some of today's hottest young adult authors, who will be asked random questions by the emcees - no long panel discussions at this event. B&N gift cards will be given away, as well as Drafthouse passes. $10 tickets (which can then be exchanged for $10 of food and drink at the event) are available.
and . . .
Tough Girls
Date: Sunday, November 4, 2007
Time: 1:30 - 2:30
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.012
Featuring: Cynthia Leitich Smith, April Lurie and Adrienne Kress (me again!!) - moderated by Julie Lake
Girl power is here to stay, which is good because life as a teenager is difficult: These authors' new books all have confident but vulnerable adolescent protagonists who have to do battle with mafia thugs, vicious pirates, and even more vicious vampires.


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Culture clash
Church, nativity scene, Christmas wreath and goose – for many Germans, these are the key components of Christmas. People in Japan, Venezuela and Catalonia have their own unique customs:
Fast and Festive
No Christmas goose for the Japanese, they prefer to head to the local KFC for fried chicken on Christmas Eve. The tradition dates back to the 1970s and a successful campaign by the U.S. fast-food giant.
Priority for the pious
In Caracas, churchgoers like to rollerblade to early mass at Christmastime, which is why many of the streets in the Venezuelan capital are closed to traffic until 8 a.m.
Pants down!
Catalonia's nativity scenes have all the traditional figures, plus a caganer, a little man squatting down to defecate. Particularly popular: caganers resembling politicians and celebrities.


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Some details of Microsoft's SkyBox service had started to emerge, along with a schedule for Windows Mobile 7 that precludes the online competitor to MobileMe waiting for the next full version of Windows Mobile.
The next version of Windows Mobile won't be here until 2010, leaving a makeover of version 6 - to be known as 6.5 - to integrate with the online services being launched later this month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The launch of SkyBox, and related services, has been common knowledge for a while, but ZDNet is now reporting that the service will be free at launch with a paid-for version coming in the summer. Initial versions will support online synchronisation of contacts and calendar, but version two will integrate device management through a web portal - allowing everything from the ringtone to the installed music files to be managed through a web portal.
It might seem strange to turn to a PC to configure the phone in your pocket, but that's what iPhone users have been doing for a while now, and iTunes has proved quite popular. Doing the same thing through a web portal will require heavy integration in the handset, so is likely to turn up with Windows Mobile 7 that is now expected some time in 2010.
That date comes from comments made by Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha during the quarterly-earnings call: "We believe in 2009 Android is more competitive... but in 2010 when Windows 7 will become available, we will then participate in a more focused way in Windows Mobile 7." That explains the company's exclusive focus on Android, as well as confirming we're not going to see Windows Mobile 7 this year.
Not that there's a huge requirement for a new version of Windows Mobile - just a massive overhaul of the user interface and bundled applications to fit the brave new world of finger navigation and mobile web browsing, which could come with version 6.5. We'll have to wait until Mobile World Congress to find out for sure. ®
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Chassis Dynamometers 101 - Ultimate Racing
Understanding chassis dynamometers and what they can do to help you win races
Did the car actually feel slower coming off Turn 2 or did the motor just bog for a second? The car ahead seemed to pull away coming out of the corner, but maybe you didn't roll into the throttle fast enough. Although, now that you think about it, your crew chief did make some carb adjustments for that new track you just raced at, so maybe the mixture is a little rich. Of course, it's also possible that you never got the timing just perfect after switching to that new distributor. Maybe that's why the car felt "flat" out of 4. Or did it? The other racers just look a bit "snappier" coming on to the back straight. How long has this motor been in the car anyway? Maybe it's time for a refresh but, then again, it seemed to pull well on the top end.
We've all done this. But in this day and age, there is absolutely no reason to be sitting in the pits wondering how well your engine is running or how much power may or may not be left in the tune-up. And, the best part is, you don't have to track test four days a week or pull the motor every race to get the data you need to make the big show on Saturday night. What are we talking about? Chassis dynamometers and these cool data acquisition devices aren't just for big-dollar race teams anymore. In fact, you've probably got a chassis dyno in your town that you can rent for as little as 75 bucks an hour, and you can make and measure changes to your car without having to guess or "feel" the results.
Chassis Dyno
A chassis dyno, in the simplest of terms, is a device that measures horsepower and torque at the rear wheels of a car. To fully understand how a dyno works, we asked the DynoJet engineering team directly, who build and produce one of the most well-known and respected chassis dynamometers in the United States. Prepare for some math "Power, in mechanical terms, is the ability to accomplish a specified amount of work in a given amount of time. By definition, 1 horsepower is equal to applying a 550-pound force through a distance of 1 foot in 1 second. In everyday terms, it would take 1 hp to raise a 550-pound weight up 1 foot in 1 second.
So to measure horsepower, we need to know force (in pounds) and velocity (in feet per second). Dynojet's inertia dynamometer measures power just in this way. The dyno calculates velocity by measuring the time it takes to rotate the heavy steel drum one turn. The dyno measures force at the surface of the drum by indirectly measuring the drum's acceleration. Acceleration is simply the difference in velocity at the surface of the drum from one revolution to the next. The force applied to the drum is calculated from acceleration using Newton's Second Law, F=MA, (F)orce equals (M)ass times (A)cceleration. Power is coupled to the drum by friction developed between the driving tire of the vehicle and the knurled steel surface on the drum of the dynamometer."
"In this day and age, there is absolutely no reason to be sitting in the pits wondering how well your engine is running or how much power may or may not be left in the tune-up"
And that gives us horsepower, which is great, but how do we read torque? "When an object rotates around a point, the object's speed of rotation depends on both an applied force and the moment arm. The moment arm is the distance from the point of rotation to where the force is being applied. Torque is the product of the force and the moment arm. For example think about trying to spin a drum by wrapping a rope around the drum and then pulling on the rope. If the rope is wrapped around a drum of 1-foot radius and pulled with 550 pounds of force, the resulting torque is 550 foot-pounds. The torque on the dyno's drum can be calculated by multiplying the force applied by the drum's radius. However, engine torque is not equal to the dyno's drum torque because the gearing through the drive train changes the moment arm. The change in the moment arm is proportional to the ratio of engine speed to drum speed. Therefore, tachometer readings are necessary to calculate and display engine torque."
Got it? Good. If not, just try to think of a chassis dyno as a rolling road, a torque wrench, and an engine dyno all wrapped into one device. It's a racetrack that stays still, and it will allow you to get precise, accurate horsepower and torque data from one run to the next, allowing you to make and measure small changes in your tune-up and combination. Like an engine dyno, you'll get an abundance of useable information, but unlike an engine dyno, you will also learn about the rest of your drivetrain in the process. And, worry not, because a quality chassis dyno will be as reliable and repeatable as you need it to be, given that everything on your vehicle stays the same. Which brings us to
If you are looking to test engine modifications, such as timing changes, carburetor tune-ups, or anything else related to horsepower and torque production, it is important to remember to keep everything else on the car consistent in order to achieve reliable, repeatable, and accurate results. Said another way, you only want to change one thing at a time on the chassis dyno, and you want to ensure that no other variables are influencing your results. If your objective is to test timing curve changes then that should be the only thing changed between runs. Do not, and we repeat -- do not -- make several changes at once and hope for the best. One change may add 10 rwhp and the other may lose 6, but you'll only see a 4-rwhp difference on the graph. And then you'll just be guessing.
It is important to remember to keep everything else on the car consistent in order to achieve reliable, repeatable, and accurate results.
As important as it is to only make one change at a time, it is also important to remember to keep other variables out of the equation. That means tire pressure must remain consistent from dyno run to dyno run and dyno session to dyno session. Additionally, you want to strap the car down to the dyno using the same mounting points and the same tension on each strap.
Engine coolant temperatures, along with the transmission and rear end fluid temperatures should also be maintained, as heating or cooling the fluids will affect horsepower and torque readings. Obviously, we can't control the weather, and the dyno will compensate for changes in the weather automatically, but you should always attempt to make changes while the weather is normalized. A run at 6:30 in the morning with no humidity and cool temperatures, compared to one after heat soaking the engine, the dyno cell, and the drivetrain done at high-noon with high humidity and 20-degree higher temperatures will not be very accurate for measuring small changes.
Real World Applications:
Ok, so we know how a dyno works and we understand that we must be consistent, but how can we use one of these tools in a meaningful way? Let's look at a couple of real world scenarios:
Timing, timing, timing
Your car runs great at the track, and your starting to push into the front of the pack. The guys up front always snap off of the corners, while you're thinking your car might be a little lazy coming into the power band. And, try as you might, it's hard to get your foot any further through the floor. You've heard people talk about the effects of ignition timing advance and its affect on power but you really can't afford to take each heat race and qualifying run with plus or minus half a degree of timing. On a chassis dyno however, you can quickly change timing in seconds, and you can record the entire rpm range and the affect the timing change made. With 28 degrees of total timing, you may make peak torque of 500 lb-ft at 4,700 rpm. A quick bump to 30 degrees total, and you gained 10 lb-ft and brought peak torque down a bit to 4,600 rpm. If some is good, more must be better, right? Add 32 and, uh oh, peak torque has dropped off and you've picked up a little pre-detonation, which caused erratic power output above 5,000 rpm. Now, in just three runs, you've found the best timing for maximum performance and the testing is backed by actually hard data.
"You've heard people talk about the effects of ignition timing advance and its affect on power but you really can't afford to take each heat race and qualifying run with plus or minus half a degree of timing. "
Carbs for breakfastA bigger carb is always better for power, everyone knows that, right? No, you know better than that, but maybe a small change in flow could really help your particular combination. Now, are we going to go to the track with six different carbs and test them all? What about traffic, or the track surface changing throughout the night? Again, load that racecar up to the chassis dyno, stabilize all of your variables (tire pressure, straps, temps, and so on) and let's change out some fuel leakers. Run one, record the data, remove it, and drop another carb in its place. Oh look, the smaller carb actually made much more power under the curve, while the big fancy one actually dropped power by 25 rwhp across the top of the curve. The big guy may have "felt" better, but here again, we have actual data to prove otherwise.
Clutch Situation Remember when we said that the chassis dyno measures everything in the drivetrain, not just the engine? Well, that really means that everything can be measured for power gains or losses, including all of the hard parts between the engine and rear tires, and even some accessories we wouldn't normally consider. Running an alternator? Ever wonder if a looser belt may free up a pony or two? Or, maybe that heavy clutch really is soaking up some power, what would a lighter one do? How about the actual gear oil in the rearend? Think you could go to a lighter weight oil and pick up some power in the process?
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
Are you starting to see just how much information you can gather with a tool like this? The big NASCAR teams have been doing it for years, and now you can get in on the action for less than it costs to tow your rig to some races. How about those low-impedance plug wires you keep hearing about? The list goes on and on and the only way to know what really works on your exact combination is to try it out and see for yourself. So, head on down to your local dyno shop and start making pulls. You'll find what works, you'll find what doesn't, and you may even find some new tricks you'd never even thought of. At the end of the day, you'll be more prepared come race day and you will have quality data, which can be the difference between guessing as to why you lost or climbing atop your car and holding up that big track trophy.
At the end of the day, you'll be more prepared come race day and you will have quality data, which can be the difference between guessing as to why you lost or climbing atop your car and holding up that big track trophy.


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The 44-year old actress was promoting her new film, "We're the Millers," on Saturday when she told The Associated Press that she and Theroux are doing fine, and have not set a date, postponed their wedding, or argued about where to get married.
Aniston and Theroux began dating more than two years ago. They got engaged last summer, but their lack of wedding plans has led to all sorts of speculation from a broken engagement to the couple not agreeing to when or where to tie the knot.
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"Yesterday, we received confirmatory test results from our National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, diagnosing wildebeest-associated malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in a cow from a mixed-use operation in Texas. The disease appears to have spread to the animal from exposure to captive wildebeests on the same property. It is important to note that MCF is not a contagious disease in cattle and poses no threat to human health. It cannot be transmitted between people and animals.
"USDA foreign animal disease diagnosticians and state animal health officials are conducting an epidemiological investigation into the incident and are tracing the movement of all potentially affected animals from the premises of origin. One-hundred thirty-four breeding heifers from this herd were recently shipped to Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Because cattle cannot transmit the disease to other cattle or livestock, the interstate movement of these animals poses no risk.
"All cattle from the herd of origin have been placed on hold by State animal health officials, and APHIS will be working with the States and owners to depopulate the animals. The owners will be indemnified. In addition, the Texas mixed-use operation is currently under quarantine by State animal health officials.
"MCF is a herpes virus, and two strains are known to exist—a sheep-associated strain and a wildebeest-associated strain. Cattle can contract both strains of the disease from affected sheep or wildebeests, but do not spread either strain. The sheep-associated strain of MCF is known to occur in the United States. The wildebeest-associated strain of MCF, however, is foreign to the United States. Both strains have high fatality rates in cattle. USDA is developing action plans to prevent future exposure of susceptible species to potentially infected wildebeest.
As a member nation of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), we have notified OIE and our trading partners of this detection. OIE requires member nations to report any occurrence of certain transmissible animal diseases in order to successfully monitor animal health on a worldwide basis. Wildebeest-associated MCF is a reportable animal disease, although it is not classified as a disease that has the potential for serious, rapid spread or public health consequences."


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Free Graphics Editors
Do you need to edit images for your course or are your students required to post graphics for assignments? If you do not have access to a nifty graphics editor like Photoshop, you will be interested to know that there are some free options available, which will provide you with many of the same features:
- Photofiltre (free for educational or private use – Windows)
This application includes many of the filters you find in PhotoShop and other software. The interface is intuitive and similar to other photo editing software so you'll feel right at home for free.
- LiveQuartz (MAC only)
This one is for you MAC users. Created for Leopard, this free image editor uses layers and filters. View screencast of LiveQuartz.
- Gimp Portable (Windows)
Graphics application with many advanced features, a portable application that you can store on a flashdrive or other portable storage, interface is a bit complicated but the many features are worth it.
- Photoscape (Windows)
This graphics editor includes batch editing and a screen capture tool.


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GNU Hello
The GNU Hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting. Yes, this is another implementation of the classic program that prints "Hello, world!" when you run it.
However, unlike the minimal version often seen, GNU Hello processes its argument list to modify its behavior, supports greetings in many languages, and so on. The primary purpose of GNU Hello is to demonstrate how to write other programs that do these things; it serves as a model for GNU coding standards and GNU maintainer practices.
GNU Hello is written in C. For implementations in other programming languages, notably including translation into other languages, please see the GNU Gettext distribution.
Downloading Hello
Hello can be found on the main GNU ftp server: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/ (via HTTP) and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/ (via FTP). It can also be found on the GNU mirrors; please use a mirror if possible.
Documentation for Hello is available online, as is documentation for most GNU software. You may also find more information about Hello by running info hello or man hello, or by looking at /usr/doc/hello/, /usr/local/doc/hello/, or similar directories on your system. A brief summary is available by running hello --help.
Mailing lists
Hello has one mailing list: <email@example.com>. It is used to discuss all aspects of Hello, including development and enhancement requests, as well as bug reports.
Announcements about Hello and most other GNU software are made on <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
To subscribe to these or any GNU mailing lists, please send an empty mail with a Subject: header of just subscribe to the relevant -request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the GNU announcement list, you would send mail to <email@example.com>. Or you can use the mailing list web interface.
Getting involved
Development of Hello, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For information, please read How to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to join the discussion mailing list (see above).
- Test releases
- Trying the latest test release (when available) is always appreciated. Test releases of Hello can be found at http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hello/ (via HTTP) and ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hello/ (via FTP).
- Development
- For development sources, bug and patch trackers, and other information, please see the Hello project page at savannah.gnu.org.
- Translating Hello
- To translate Hello's messages into other languages, please see the Translation Project page for Hello. If you have a new translation of the message strings, or updates to the existing strings, please have the changes made in this repository. Only translations from this site will be incorporated into Hello. For more information, see the Translation Project.
- Maintainer
- Hello is currently being maintained by Reuben Thomas and Sami Kerola. Please use the mailing lists for contact.
Hello is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.


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I just recently trying upgrading the computers in my network from UltraVNC 220.127.116.11 to 220.127.116.11 and some of them work fine but others that we use to connect over a VPN have been connecting after password is entered and then it acts like it is about to connect but then just disconnects and closes the UltraVNC window.
I did install this version by using a patch management software to deploy the needed files and ran a batch file to silently install the UltraVNC after also using a batch file to run the uninstall executable that was found within the UltraVNC folder.
Any clue why it would act like is connects but then disconnect right away?


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As the capital city of Ontario, and the most populous city in Canada, Toronto is a lively arts centre and a cultural focal point.
Fly to Toronto and explore a cosmopolitan city that's full of quirks, and one that has its own unique character. You can fly to Toronto from most international destinations, so isn't it about time you headed north and discovered this corner of Canada for yourself?
Toronto highlights
Toronto's cultural impact has been considerable, and the resulting slew of museums and galleries demonstrates just how important art is to the city.
Tourist attractions
Toronto's cultural impact has been considerable, and the resulting slew of museums and galleries demonstrates just how important art is to the city. During your trip to Toronto check out The Art Gallery of Toronto, the largest art gallery in Canada, which contains the world's largest collection of Henry Moore sculptures. The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art has extensive exhibitions of the best in ceramics, while the Royal Ontario Museum contains collections of Canadian folk art, as well as the world's largest totem pole.
If you have a head for heights then a trip to the top of the CN Tower is a must. The walkway that runs around the viewing platform at the top is probably best left to those who do not suffer from vertigo, though.
Back on terra firma you'll find the Hockey Hall of Fame right on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. Canadians take their ice hockey very seriously, and if you want to really immerse yourself in Canadian culture then try to catch a game during your trip to Toronto. The Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League are the pride of the city but if tickets aren't available, the Marlies of the American Hockey League also play downtown. Toronto is host to several others sports teams including the Raptors of the NBA, the Blue Jays of Major League Baseball, and the Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Toronto FC of Major League Soccer is another very popular draw for locals.
If there's one absolute 'must-see' during your time here, it's a trip to one of the seven natural wonders of the world – Niagara Falls. Home to three different waterfalls, Niagara Falls is around an hour and half drive from Toronto.
Leisure activities
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Toronto is regarded as one of the best cities in North America for exclusive cuisine and fine dining. A plethora of restaurants with international reputations and excellent menus provide you with a rich variety of dishes, from fine French a la carte to Vietnamese, Arabic or Indian. The quality is superb, even if you're simply buying some on-the-go snacks.
Toronto natives seem to function purely on tea and coffee, so you'll find plenty of cafés serving excellent, freshly ground coffee and pastries. There are also plenty of vegetarian and vegan restaurants, and the emphasis on quality means that seasonal dishes feature heavily on most menus, and you'll find it challenging to find out-of-season produce in the majority of fine dining establishments.
The main shopping boulevard is Yonge Street, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records is the longest street in the world. Toronto's main mall is Toronto Eaton Square, which is located between Queen and Dundas Streets on the west side of Yonge Street. So travelling to Toronto for some retail therapy is highly recommended.Vintage is big news in the city, so there are plenty of flea markets and antique shops. The best markets to explore are Merchant's Flea Market, which is home to over 250 booths and stores, and Parkdale Flea market, which also plays host to up and coming designers, jewellers and artists.


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A thought on monsters/giant robots, etc-
That actually wouldn't be too hard to do. For smaller monsters, use people in costume. For larger ones, use either costume and have them run around on a model, or use a model/puppet of the monster and do the same thing. For robots, again, you could probably get away with using models, especially with a few simple camera tricks and such.


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For Whotles, the Bell Tolls
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I wish I had the foresight to copyright the idea and name of the Whotles when I first came up with the idea and blogged about it. Now the Whotles – Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr – are all over the place. For example, a 'live CD' was recently listed on Ebay. Understandably, nobody was keen to shell out the 'Buy It Now' asking price of US$10,000. But the set list was interesting:
- When I Was 64
- Won't Get Fooled On A Hill Again
- Hello… Who Are You… Goodbye
- Baba O'Rigby
- Sgt. Pinball Pepper
- Behind Yellow Eyes
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-Baba-Da
- Magic Submarine
- PS I Love Your Squeezebox
- Lady Madonna, Who Are You
- See Me Help Me
- Here Comes The Magic Bus
- Call Me Beethoven
- Tommy, You Won't See Me
- You Better Get Back
- Revolution 515
- Hey Jude I Can See Your Eminence Front
- She's A Bargain
- Baby, You're A Substitute
- The Ballad Of John And John And Keith And George
Closer inspection shows more care could have been taken, however. From a comedy point of view, chose which Baba O'Reilly gag you want to make and use it (preferably, the best one – although it's a hard call between Baba O'Rigby and Ob-La-Di, Ob-Baba-Da; Ob-La-Di, Baba-Da sounds just a bit better than the latter, but I think I like Baba O'Rigby better). The Magic Bus reference never worked in either instance – in fact, most of the offerings are a bit 'first draft'. Here are some that I came up with:
Come Join Together (this should be the 'title track' of the album, clearly)
Magical Mystery Tour Bus
One After 515
Who Are You? I Am The Walrus
You've Got To Hide Your Eminence Front
See Me Feel Fine
I'm Looking Through Your Pictures Of Lilly
Come And Get Fooled Again
ADDENDUM - November 20, 2008
At the time of writing this blog, I had no idea – that is to say, no recollection – that I'd already come up with some of the song titles some months earlier in reply to someone who commented on the initial Whotles-related blog. I only discovered it now in the process of copying the URL of that blog for a publicist who has just announced the Who's latest Aussie tour! Who knows – I may have even inspired the e-bayer.


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Using sealed bearings
Using sealed bearings in housings with standard seals is a good solution for highly contaminated environments. The sealed bearing together with the housing seal and grease provide three layers of protection (SKF Three-Barrier Solution).
SNL and SE housings can be used together with SKF sealed self-aligning bearings. When using taconite seals, a sealed bearing does not enhance the sealing effect during operation, but still protects the bearing against contaminants during mounting.


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Many of us in the industry have traveled to trade shows over the past several years, scratching our heads at when the "next big thing" will hit. We've been looking for the one machine, much like the elliptical trainer, that revolutionizes the industry. It may be here.
The Nautilus Commercial Series TC916 TreadClimber is a new, innovative exercise machine that combines two machines in one for a more effective workout (to view the product, visit www.nautilus.com). The TC916 allows the user to walk at an incline (like on a treadmill) and step up (like a stair climber) in one compact format. The motion is similar to walking up a sand dune. User benefits include a low-impact movement, low perceived exertion and increased caloric expenditure, according to some soon-to-be published research.
At first glance the TreadClimber looks similar to a standard commercial treadmill that has been split down the middle so that there are essentially two belts (think two mini-treadmills). The commercial TreadClimber incorporates two dependent, walking-belt surfaces called "treadles" set initially at an incline of 10 percent. Through the full range of motion, each treadle moves from a 20 percent incline to a flat or zero percent incline. When a user starts the machine, each treadle rotates at a speed determined by the workout program or manual setting. The controls offer many of the same benefits of a treadmill or elliptical machine. When the user starts walking, the treadles fall with each step, similar to a stair climber. The higher the level, the greater the vertical displacement.
Users experienced a short learning curve with the product. Our clients and trainers found that within 10 minutes they were able to walk in a balanced manner without holding onto the handrails. Nautilus' treadle technology controls the rate of fall of the treadles based on the walk-belt speed and user level, independent of user weight. This system uses an industrial hydraulic cylinder with an electronically controlled valve to precisely control how fast the treadles fall — similar to a StairMaster stepper. Also, the user console includes a large and readable backlit LCD display.
At each given level, the user does the same vertical work whether they take short or long strides. With a short stride, the user takes more steps of less height. With a long stride, the user takes fewer steps of greater height. However, the net result is the same "rate of climb" for a given level. The higher the level, the greater the "rate of climb." Although this might sound a bit complicated, our testers quickly fell into a rhythm of walking on the machine. All of them felt the motion was truly unique, and most liked the variation from traditional aerobic machines.
As our trainers and client testers became more familiar with the motion of the machines, they found that there were some additional benefits. In order to stay aligned on the unit, they found that there was some independent leg balancing that increased the benefit of the machine. Some also reported that they felt they used many muscle groups including core muscles to maintain balance and correct forward motion.
Nautilus claims that the TreadClimber allows the user to get an effective cardiovascular workout at a much slower speed than a traditional treadmill or stair climber. Both of these benefits speak to the elderly and others who cannot walk at a rapid enough pace to create the right intensity or the treadmill/stair climber user who wants a different workout. With the smooth, gliding movement of the TreadClimber, the user's footsteps are absorbed by the falling treadles. The user doesn't feel the impact that they would when running or walking on a treadmill.
Although Nautilis has only done initial studies, it claims that energy expenditure of performing two exercises — walking at an incline and stair climbing — is higher than one modality. Overall, our testers found that they were able to exercise within their heart rate range by simply manipulating the incline. And, the treadles at an incline do seem to put less stress on the Achilles' tendons than walking at an incline for long periods of time on a standard treadmill.
If the company creates strong consumer awareness with the consumer (as it did with the Bowflex machines), the TreadClimber could be a real hit. Club owners will have the opportunity to showcase the new technology to help increase memberships. In addition, the TreadClimber could increase member usage and retention by offering a fresh workout much as the elliptical trainer did a few years ago.
Gregory Florez is CEO of FitAdvisor Health Coaching Services and First Fitness Inc., which was rated as the No. 1 health coaching online training service by The Wall Street Journal. Gregory can be contacted at [email protected].


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• Google's Results Get More Personal With "Search Plus Your World" – Google now incorporates results from your friends on Google+ when you search. But Twitter Complains About Google Giving Preference to Google+ Content
• Twitter gives developers new access to Verified Accounts
• Eastman Kodak sues Apple over four and HTC over five digital imaging patents – Because when you're bad enough financial shape that you have to declare bankruptcy, it makes perfect sense to burn resources taking on two giants in the patent wars.
• Amazon launches new touch-friendly Kindle Store for iPad – It's Web-based, bypassing Apple's restrictions for apps.
• Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't really make $378 million in 2011 – It's mostly from stock that won't be available to him immediately.
• Tablets: What Amazon and Apple know that all the CES tablet peddlers are still missing – People don't use tablets in the way that Android hardware makers are developing them. Less is more.
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• Microsoft will sell Kinect for Windows for $249.99 from February 1 – As expected, Microsoft will begin selling a Kinect sensor for Windows PCs, but it will cost you about as much as an Xbox. And, you can't use this version of Kinect on your Xbox, at least according to the packaging.
• Microsoft's Last CES Keynote: Old Demos and Very Little News and @ CES: Microsoft Mails In Last Keynote Appearance, Wasting Everyone's Time – This had to have been the lamest CES keynote ever. I helped liveblog it, and keeping things interesting and entertaining was a real challenge.
• Nokia Lumia 900 official: 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED, 4G LTE, exclusive to AT&T – It's a gorgeous phone that will finally give Windows Phone 7.5 the showcase it deserves. Even Apple devotee M.G. Siegler wants one. Also AT&T goes big with first 4G Windows Phones, six Android devices
• Myspace Plans "Over The Top" Web TV Service – Could MySpace's comeback be on your TV?
• The Envy 14 Spectre: HP designs a cool Ultrabook with a Gorilla Glass cover – This may be the coolest notebook to come out of CES so far.
• In-Car Facebook: Making Mercedes Drivers Near You Concentrate Less – Now this is bad idea.
• BlackBerry PlayBook's Next OS Plays To RIM's Strengths: Email, Calendar, Productivity – It's clear RIM isn't yet giving up on its tablet. But is it already a lost cause? Also BlackBerry OS 7.1 announced with Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC contact sharing, BBM 6.1
• Samsung's Smart TV evolves with motion, voice controls and upgrade slots – TVs are turning into PCs. Also LG's 55-inch OLED TV packed with 3D bells, smart TV whistles
• Sony tries Google TV again with motion controls, voice search, and gaming and Sony Google TV-powered NSZ-GP9, NSZ-GS7, and motion remote hands-on video and pictures
• Netgear Media Storage router makes Apple Time Capule so last year – It has 2 terabytes of upgradeable storage, the 450-Mbps 802.11n standard, dual bands and a bandwidth meter to help you cope with your ISP's data caps. No pricing yet, but it's coming this summer.
Other tech
• Why I Hate Android – M.G. Siegler doesn't hate Android per se. But he hates what Google and the carriers have done to it. (Language alert!) Also Android as we know it will die in the next two years and what it means for you
• IPhone breathing down neck of Android in U.S. – NPD says that, thanks to Apple's continuing to sell older models of the iPhone at cheaper prices and expanding to more carriers, the iOS smartphone is a few percentage points away from catching Android.
• Samsung vs. Google – Jean-Louis Gassée ponders whether Samsung's strength in the Android world could allow it to strong-arm Google.
• Tim Cook's Total Compensation For 2011 Is Almost $400 Million – $378 million, to be exact.
• Reddit Founder, DNS Hacker And Other SOPA Critics Will Address Congress In Hearing – On Jan. 18, the House Committee considering SOPA finally will hear from its most strident critics.
• Buy A 1-Year Nook NYT Subscription, Get The Nook Free
• THE RAID ON AOL: How Vox Pillaged Engadget And Founded An Empire – Fascinating, long piece on how Engadget's top writers left and formed The Verge.


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Serves 4 | Prep Time 10 minutes | Cook Time 25 minutes
2 medium organic potatoes, peeled
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1 clove garlic, minced
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Abstract: This study investigates the antecedents of psychic distance. Building on original data in 25 of the world's largest economies, we investigate potential drivers of the perceived distance among a given pair of countries. Results confirm that psychic distance is indeed a multifaceted construct which is determined by cultural, geographic and economic factors. Furthermore, our results indicate that geographic distance accounts for the largest share of the explained variance, suggesting that future studies should attribute geographic distance a more prominent role when it comes to empirically investigating international business decisions for which psychic distance perceptions may be important. They also suggest that, used in isolation, cultural distance – as measured by the so called Kogut and Singh index – is a poor predictor of distance perceptions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6583
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It's the little bumps along the road that make life interesting, or at least that's what Train tries to tell us on their song, "Bruises."
In the video for the band's latest single off of California 37, lead singer Pat Monahan wears his heart on his sleeve as he attempts to reconnect with a lost love.
Though they're thousands of miles apart, Monahan and his singing partner, country star Ashley Monroe, manage to make it work through their music. The two even end up performing the same song, but on different stages.
While Pat is playing arenas in the clip, Ashley is on the local circuit, but don't feel too bad for her just yet.
In real life she's taking the country by storm with not only her own music, but her band Pistol Annies, which features Miranda Lambert aka the wife of The Voice's Blake Shelton.
Watch the video for "Bruises" below.
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18 January 2013 • Friday
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Curtis Wong is a Principal Researcher in eScience at Microsoft Research. He joined Microsoft starting the Next Media Research group focusing on interaction, media, and visualization technologies. Curtis is the co-creator of WorldWideTelescope.org, a free interactive storytelling and virtual learning environment providing the highest resolution multispectral imagery of the universe.
His recent work, Project Tuva, features the lectures of Richard Feynman in a unique interactive, media-rich player. His work with WGBH won a British Academy Award for Online Learning. Previously Curtis was Director of the Content Group at Intel, GM of Corbis Productions, and producer for the Voyager Company, creating Multimedia Beethoven, the first multimedia CD-ROM for Windows. Curtis is a trustee of the Seattle Art Museum and previously served as a trustee of RISD. He serves as an advisor to PBS Kids in Washington, D.C., the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, and the J. Paul Getty Foundation, Los Angeles.


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The Army's OH-58 Kiowa Warrior armed scout helicopter—the most heavily used aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan—is losing its distinctive mast-mounted sight. Brig. Gen. Tim Crosby, commander of the Army's Program Executive Office for Aviation, said the sensor turret atop the mast will be replaced as part of "band-aid" fixes to keep the aging Kiowa Warrior flying. "We're going to move that to the nose," Crosby told reporters at the AUSA Conference. Each OH-58D will be fitted with Raytheon Corp.'s Common Sensor Payload, which combines color electro-optical imagery, image intensification, and infrared imaging with laser rangefinding, targeting and tracking. The Common Sensor Payload is also used on the Sky Warrior, the Army version of the Air Force's Predator UAV. The Army had hoped to be replacing the Kiowa Warrior by now with a new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter made by Bell Helicopter Textron, which built the OH-58, but cost overruns led the Pentagon last year to cancel Bell's ARH-70A, an armed version of its civilian 407. Putting a new sensor package on a helicopter the Army badly wants to replace is necessary, Crosby said, because the mast-mounted sensor on the OH-58 is so old that some of its parts are no longer made.
After the ARH-70A project failed, the Army had planned to start work on a new armed scout helicopter this year but was told to consider a mix of manned and unmanned aircraft for the mission. The service is doing an analysis of alternatives, to be completed within 18 months. "From that, we'll start formulating and costing out programs and, frankly, it's going to be in the realm of what we need and also we're going to have to apply the reality check of what's affordable," Crosby said.


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Meeting William Gibson
In the summer of 1986 I was a disillusioned History student about to become a disillusioned History graduate. I had finished my finals, I had no job lined up and I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. It was in this state of aimlessness that - inspired by an article by William Leith in the NME - I purchased Neuromancer. It was the first pure SF novel I had read in years and it was completely gripping. I can still recall the adrenal rush of the last few chapters, racing through them just to discover how the story ended.
I had read SF as an adolescent but discovering JG Ballard had derailed me: nothing else in the genre could quite match the intensity of his prose. At university I had read mainly non-fiction: there was so much reality to discover, it seemed pointless to read to stuff people had made up. When I was studying European heresy my tutor John Critchley advised me to read Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose (I was chuffed to explain to him that the blind librarian Jorge of Burgos was a reference to Jorge Luis Borges, because that joke had passed him by). I also read Mishima because I did courses on both medieval and modern Japan, and he seemed appropriate. For light relief I read Italo Calvino's short stories and the Blandings novels of P.G.Wodehouse.
I realise that list probably makes me sound like an insufferable prick. But then I probably was an insufferable prick at university, so that's fair.
I'm not going to do a review here. I presume everybody who reads blogs has read Neuromancer. If that's not the case stop reading this right now and go read it. Like most SF it has dated but not as badly as some. Few SF authors have changed the world. My quasi-namesake Arthur C Clarke did, with his invention of the geosynchronous satellite, but largely his vision has not been realised. No lunar explorers have disinterred mysterious black slabs because there are no bases on the moon. Heck, nobody's even been to the moon for over thirty years. Whereas it's a measure of the impact Gibson's writing has had on the world that he has stopped writing SF and moved into regular fiction without any meaningful change of tone or subject matter. (I guess Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison and others have also had something to do with it).
Gibson's insight was to take the glamour which traditionally attached to spaceships and astronauts and transfer it to computers and programmers, who were - it's fair to say - not glamourous. At Exeter the Comp Sci students were pimply-faced youths in brown and beige, as boring as accountants. In fact, more boring: at least there were some girls amongst the accountancy students. Neuromancer changed that image by making computers cool, sexy and edgy. Which is why it has had such a profound effect on modern life. All over the world, pimply-faced youths in brown and beige set about immanentising a world in which computers - and by extension the people who worked with them - were cool sexy and edgy.
Neuromancer was Gibson's first novel. In 1986 it was a bit frustrating to discover that there wasn't anything else to read by him. I just had to wait until Count Zero came out. On the other hand it does mean that every few years there is a new novel to look forward to.
So today I joined the line of people to buy a signed copy of Gibson's new novel, Spook Country, at Forbidden Planet. I told him I was grateful to him for writing Neuromancer because it had directed me into a career in software development. His face crinkled with recognition. "Oh you're one of those guys," he said. Yep, I'm one of those guys.
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The man that allegedly stole a Model S from a Tesla service facility in Los Angeles, crashed, and managed to rip the car in half has died at Cedars Sinai hospital.
Twenty-six-year-old Joshua Michael Slot from Inglewood allegedly snagged the Tesla from the Centinela service center and shortly thereafter was involved in a high speed chase with the police.
According to the police, the chase ended when one of the officers was involved in a minor collision, after which Slot raced down La Brea Avenue and onto I-10 at 100 mph. He continued to West Hollywood where he hit another vehicle at the intersection of La Brea Ave. and Santa Monica Blvd, before hitting two other vehicles down the street at high speed.
The force of the final impact was enough to not only tear the Tesla in half and wedge it into the side of a synagogue, but Slot, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the car. The authorities on the scene assumed he was dead, but paramedics managed to resuscitate him. He later died at the hospital.


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