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We spend one-third of our lives at work. Whether thats a depressing or exhilarating statistic for you, its an important piece in the puzzle of how to increase health and reduce heart disease in our community. Thats why San Juan Basin Health developed a worksite-wellness program and received funding from the Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grants Program of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to implement it.
Worksite wellness, as defined by CDPHE, is an organized program in the worksite that is intended to assist employees and their family members in making voluntary behavior changes which reduce their health and injury risk, improve their health consumer skills and enhance their individual productivity and well-being.
As an employee, such a program can greatly assist in making healthier choices regarding nutrition, exercise and other decisions, such as how to manage stress. As an employer, its advantageous to offer worksite-wellness program because it cuts sick leave, health-plan costs and workers compensation and disability costs by about 25 percent.
Yet because of the size of a business or other reasons, many employers find it difficult to start a wellness program. San Juan Basin Health is offering to partner with local employers to help make it easy and mutually beneficial for both employees and employers. Our worksite-wellness team can come to your workplace and provide a baseline health assessment for employees (body mass index, blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and cardiac risk). Each participating employee receives a complete explanation of results and appropriate referrals to existing resources. Individual coaching on positive behavior change is provided, as well, if the employee chooses. All of this is provided for $25 per employee.
Employees also take a short survey to help the wellness team work with the employer to determine what easy steps it might take to improve the wellness environment. Examples include: improving indoor or outdoor spaces to support opportunities for physical activity; creating an employee wellness committee; implementing healthy food policies for work events; providing space for fitness equipment; supporting flexible work schedules to allow participation in wellness activities; and requiring food vendors to offer healthier selections.
Employers see many benefits from implementing a worksite-wellness program, including: a healthier, more productive workforce; reduced rates of both absenteeism and presenteeism (workers showing up but not performing their best because of health problems such as obesity, chronic pain, depression, etc.); and improved employee morale and increased personal responsibility for health.
And as a community, we all benefit by reduced obesity and other cardiovascular disease risk factors among working adults, particularly those who are low-income and uninsured. Because of a lack of health insurance and information about community resources, these people are at even higher risk for cardiovascular disease and its precursors, including obesity. Worksites are the ideal location to implement healthy-living activities because workplace culture, peer pressure and a captive audience can all contribute to success.
For more information or to sign up, call 335-2044 or visit sjbhd.org/worksite-wellness.
Jane Looney is the communications director for the San Juan Basin Health Department.


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LBI is AliveEverything you need to know about the rebuilding of LBI.
Hello Islanders
Who is an Islander? You are! All you need is a connection and a love for LBI and we want to hear from you. If you own a business, we want to know if you are open now or when you will be, if you have any specials, or just want to tell us about your place. Homeowners, let us know how the clean up went at your property. Vacationers, tell us about your favorite activities on the island and what you can't wait to do again this summer. Whether you own, rent, have a business or just have a love of LBI, we want to hear from you.
We are all in this together. We are all Islanders.
One Year Later
This day last year was a test, not only of the strength of LBI, but the whole Jersey Shore and our northern neighbors. We passed the test. We are nothing, if not resilient as a community. Organizations were formed (LBIisAlive and many others!) to help each other out. We did not wait for outside help; we got down and did what needed to be done. We helped those we could, sometimes even before ourselves. If some organizations were slow to respond or adjust, we didn't wait.
People say a lot of things about New Jersey, not always the nicest, but one thing most people did say, and will continue to say: we are tough, strong and we get done what has to be done.
We were, are, and always will be, Islanders. We will help each other when it is needed no matter what or where. Long Beach Island has come so far in this one year, imagine how far we can grow come next year. I love this island, and I know you do too since you are a fan of LBIisAlive. So let's help it continue to move forward.
I could not imagine living anywhere else and I will not let a storm scare me from my home. Will you? Share this if you have, and always will be an LBIslander.
Also, now that it is colder out, think about picking up your LBIisAlive hoodies. We only have about 20 left! They are on sale for $25, that is below cost! Email me at email@example.com for available sizes. This money will be donated as a secondary donation on top of our first.
Be sure to check out my newest venture Seahorse Social Media.
LBI is Alive Because of You- LBI Thank You Fest 2013
Today at 4pm kicks off LBI Thank You Fest.
If you missed my first post, this event is to thank those first responders, local and across the country, who helped Long Beach Island in the wake of Sandy. These people were away from their families for weeks if not months to keep us safe during and after Sandy. These people, had homes here that were damaged, but they put helping others above their own home and family. This is a celebration of LBI's resurgence thanks to these brave men and women who were here on LBI.
Today, Friday June 14th, the party begins in Ship Bottom at the waterfront park on 10th street at the bay, right at the foot of the Causeway. At 4pm Roustabouts, After the Reign as well as Shorty Long & the Jersey Horns will be serenading us with 6 hours of live music. There will also be food, soft drinks and wine. For the kids, and those young at heart, there will be a bounce house, face painting, laser tag and fun on the bay, including paddle boarding, sand sculptures and windsurfing. There will also be members from ReClam the Bay, ALO and the townships with exhibits.
Saturday, June 15th, will be a day full of fun and events in Brant Beach at 68th Street in Bayview Park and the Long Beach Township Municipal Area. Food and drinks will be available all day as well. The fun begins at 10:45 with the Star Spangled Banner and Ted Hammock with Jason Booth. Celebrity Chef Amanda Freitag will be in attendance as well and you can see her at 1pm. Guy Smiley Band will be rocking at 1:15 and Nashville Star, Jimmy White will be signing CD's at 1:30. From 2:15 until just before 6 will be non stop music from AJ Stone & The Karma Robbers, Facedown and Last Minute featuring Kim Travers. Then Sean Kingston will be on at 6pm. Katy Tiz will playing at 7:15, then the Nick Clemons Band will be closing the night of music before everyone heads up to the beach for a bonfire.
Sunday, June 16th, will be Sidewalk Sales galore in Beach Haven. There will be local vendors and a flea market with gifts and crafts. There will be live music and Elvis at 11:30. From noon to 3 will be a Fantasy Island Celebration. Also, don't forget to stop by the Chegg from 12:30-1:30 to cheer on the Wing Eating Contestants. There will also be a BBQ at the Beach Haven Fire Dept on Amber Street.
Wondering how to get around this weekend with all these great events going on? Don't worry, there will be a bus running all Saturday and Sunday. All this information can also be found on LBIThankYouFest.org and if you have purchases any LBI is Alive apparel, please wear it with pride this weekend. While at the Fest this weekend, please personally thank any first responders you see.
Thank you, to everyone, LBI is Alive because of YOU!
Memorial Day Weekend 2013
As you can see, the Memorial Day countdown is gone. It is now officially, the unofficial start of summer! We survived another off-season, like we always do, and now we are ready for you to come and make memories on LBI and reminisce on old ones. This may be a slightly different Memorial Day weekend, but not as different as you might have expected. I think it will be better. The camaraderie built this winter will only get stronger as houses fill up and neighbors catch up. As Christie says, "We are stronger than the storm." Not my favorite slogan, but maybe I am partial.
There are so many businesses open this weekend and it is fantastic to see LBI alive with visitors. If you are down here and see businesses open that I do not have listed, please email me at email@example.com. I try to add as many as I can, but I am sure I miss some.
I was unable to watch the Today Show on Friday, but I have the video clip of the tour of LBI from Jack Antonoff, band member of
FUN., who has vacationed on LBI for two decades. For those of you who didn't hear the rumors about Gov Christie coming to LBI on Saturday, he did indeed come by and chat with us locals. I even was able to finally get a picture with him, since at the town hall I just got a picture of him with the "LBI IS ALIVE" hoodie (which he promised to wear in the near future) and shook his hand. No real 'news' from him, I think he just wanted to stop by and show he has not forgotten about our boardwalk-less island. It was a great way to kick off the weekend. If you want to see more pictures or other videos check out this page.
I also do not want to skip over the actual meaning of Memorial Day. Thank you to those who have fought overseas and personally to those who have been on duty here. Without them, the rebuilding would have been much more difficult here on the Jersey Shore; and let's not forget the Boston Marathon Bombings. Take a moment and observe Memorial Day for its real meaning; pick up some American flags or pin wheels and place them outside, dress in red, white and blue, thank a veteran when you see one. Anything to show them we are thankful and have not forgotten them on this weekend of summer celebrations and store sales. Don't forget, we will also be thanking these local heroes at LBI Thank You Fest next month — hope to see you there!
The visitors may be our life blood down here on LBI, but without these servicemen and servicewomen, we would not have been able to do what we do this summer.
Thank you and Happy Memorial day,
~LBI is Alive
LBI Thank You Fest- Island Wide Alive
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LBI Thank You Fest has taken the place of previous years' LBIFest. It was decided that this year's "fest" should be a little more personal, a thank you to all those who helped LBI get back on its feet. LBI was not just assisted by the LBI United Emergency Services, but police all the way from Louisiana as well as the NJ National Guard and many others. These people, as well as our local firefighters, medical personnel and police no doubt had damage to their homes and were separated from their family, but they continued working to make this island safe for us to come back and begin rebuilding.
Louisiana State Police drove all the way up here to help get our utilities back on safely. Members of the 150th Engineers and other New Jersey National Guard units had access to heavy equipment to help move sand and debris. The 177th and 108th Fighter Wing of New Jersey Air National Guard helped with the search and rescue on LBI and the 328th Military Police Company patrolled the island to keep everyone safe. Our local authorities and first responders not only rescued people who stayed through the storm, but they went and found residents' pets to bring them to their owners on the mainland. They were on this island before the National Guard or any other authorities, they never left. The LBI United Emergency Services worked side by side with the military and utility crews to get LBI back as quickly as possible once Sandy finally moved through.
They slept on floors (if they slept much at all) , had no hot water, minimal food and had to look at this destruction day in and day out. I sure am thankful for what they have done and I'm sure you all are too. Some of these local responders I went to school with, some were family friends, others I had just seen around town.
LBI would not be alive without their help; which is why we are thanking them through a (free) weekend long event. But don't worry; we get to celebrate with them too!
LBI will be transformed into a huge reopening party in this 3 day event! Friday (June 14th) the party begins in Ship Bottom with a live concert series from 4pm-8pm. The party continues Saturday (June 15th) in Brant Beach and Harvey Cedars from 11am-8pm. There will be live music all day, a dance house, laser tag, kid's activities, a dunk tank, food vendors, arts & crafts and retail vendors. Finally, Sunday the 16th in Beach Haven, there will be countless sidewalk sales and Fantasy Island will be open.
There will be more information as the event gets closer, so be sure to check back here and at LBIthankyoufest.org.
Town Hall on LBI with Gov Christie
Governor Christie came to LBI today for his 107th town meeting. As we walked to the St. Francis Center we saw new, larger See You This Summer yard signs. We then had to join the huge snaking line to get inside.
Once inside we took a seat near what we assumed was the entrance and exit walkway to get some good pictures. Looking back towards where we walked in, we saw two HUGE banners!
Which would act as the backdrop for all the cameras recording the town hall (or so we hope). It was a great town hall, progress is being made and will continue to do so. Check out 6abc, Fox and Channel 9 WOR (I am not sure where or who they are, maybe NYC?, but I saw the truck) for total coverage. It was a positive meeting and I think we all learned a lot of new, helpful information. And thank you to Governor Christie for coming down and taking the time to speak to us. What I can tell you, is that the bay will be cleaned up by June and dredging of the inlets will start as well. The new FEMA flood maps and elevations will be posted in 3-4 weeks. And the dunes ARE going to be replenished — end of story, according to Gov Christie.
My "end of story" spiel: Be like Christie, get your LBI is Alive Apparel. He shows LBI is Alive and you should too!
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LBI Media Blitz
Memorial Day is less than a month away! Hooray for the unofficial start of summer! Hopefully Mother Nature gets the memo in time. As we know, the media has finally begun to turn in LBI's favor. This Sunday evening (April 28th), be sure to watch "It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle" for some positive coverage of LBI. Here is the listing of channels for your areas.
Ted Greenburg, of Philadelphia News Channel 10, came down to LBI two days ago for interviews about this summer on LBI and beyond. The Verizon Fios channel (unsure where exactly this will air) also did an interview. If you have Verizon Fios, let me know where you see it or send me a link to the video or article.
On the newspaper front: keep an eye out in the Asbury Park Press, NY Times, Star Ledger and The Bergen Record. There should be LBI articles in each this coming week. Again, if you find these before me, comment below with the link so I can add them to this post.
Speaking of media, LBI is Alive has another social media account for you to follow: Instagram. If you are unfamiliar with Instagram, it is basically a site where you can look at users' pictures and they are tagged in the same way Twitter posts are. I use the tags, #LBIisAlive, #SeeYouThisSummer, #LBI and #LongBeachIsland most often. Please follow me @LBIisAlive. If you have awesome LBI pictures tag @LBIisAlive so I can see and share them! As the weather gets warmer I will be taking more pictures so stay tuned! Click the blue rectangle on the far right social media column that says "View on Instagram" to follow from the site.
We also still have LBI is Alive T shirts, Long Sleeves and Hoodies available. The hoodies are super soft on the inside and perfect to wear on a cool summer night. The long sleeve T's are lightweight and perfect to protect you on a day out on the water or after you got a bit too much sun the day before. And let's be honest, you can never have too many T shirts; and if you think you do, make a T shirt quilt (I am).
Don't forget to spread the word: LBI is Alive!
TV Commercial Airtimes
The LBI TV commercial is now airing! So far it is being shown on these networks: CNBC, Fox Business News, Fox News Channel, National Geographic, Biography, TV Land, A&E, Travel Channel, Bravo, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, The Hallmark Channel. You can catch it during shows like Squawk on the Street, Fox Report with Shepard Smith, The First 48, Storage Wars, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Hannity, Power Lunch, Deadliest Catch and American Restoration just to name a few. Half of the slots are in the morning or evening prime time!
These commercials will be aired in Central and North Jersey, including the Princeton, Skylands, Sussex, Middlesex, Morris, Bergen, Passaic and Union, New Jersey regions. Those with FIOS in Ocean and Monmouth will get some of these networks airing the commercial, including FIOS News Network and The Weather Channel Crawl.
So far the commercial is airing on Comcast, FIOS and CableVision systems; more systems are being added each day. So keep checking back to see if your system is airing the commercial if you live in the above mentioned regions!
Be sure to check back for more information on channels and shows or follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook for more updates on the commercial and information about LBI!
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Cricinfo mistake - they have him down as medium pace, but he's always been SLA.Originally Posted by TT Boy
Cricinfo mistake - they have him down as medium pace, but he's always been SLA.Originally Posted by TT Boy
And Shahriar plays out a maiden. Never send a boy.......
"The Australian cricket captain is the Prime Minister Australia wishes it had. Steve Waugh is that man, Michael Clarke is not." - Jarrod Kimber
RIP Fardin Qayyumi and Craig Walsh - true icons of CricketWeb.
Nafees gone.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
...Malinga into his 11th over according to Cricinfo commentary.
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Go Tigers!
R.I.P. Fardin & Craig
Another good performance by bangladesh......losing by 37 runs for me is a victory for them considering they were chasing above 6 runs per over and they didnt loose 10 wickets in the end.
Yea, I am pretty impressed by Bangladesh. They did well to bat out 50 overs and put 267 on the board.
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They handled Murali like a dream. One thinks if they just attacked Malinga a little more, and didn't let him settle into that short crap at the body so easily, they could have had more runs on the board early.
I'm really quite surprised as to how well they went, particularly once Ahmed and Bashar fell in the same over. The old Bangladesh would have crumbled to less than 150. And its not to say that SL were in cruise mode, they were busting their balls.
Quite proud of Bangladesh today. If only Nafees scored well.
Once again the top-order fails, but some really good cricket from Farhad and Saqibul who are really flourishing in internationals. The biggest debate now is how the bowling attack should be made up - Shahadat would have made a huge difference today, but it's hard to accomodate him without weakening any already fragile batting lineup. The most likely change is a straight switch with Rasel, but Farhad could get mullered again by the West Indies.
Bangladesh scored more runs than I expected. Good batting from them even though they lost.
Yeah, its impressive that they didn't lose by much. From what I heard, the pitch was good enough where 302 was very much chasable. I credit their small margined loss to their bowling at the death rather than their batting.
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Good score by Bangladesh to lose only by 37 chasing 300 plus. This after Ashraful and Nafees failed to score too many .
It may be not a bad strategy for them to bowl Rafique during power play (as Murali does and as a result gives more runs than some other spinners who bowl after power play ) as he seems to be their most economical bowler .
Great to see Marvan Atapattu back in the Team and among the runs. Good Century by Tharanga . Tougher games ahead , which count more than this one .
Against Zimbabwe SL may be better of playing CK , Ruchira and Bandara instead of Murali, Malinga and Maharoof , to give those 3 a chance to see what they can do .
I'd like to see more of Chamara Kapugedara and I hope he does get a game against, even if it is only against Zimbabwe he looks good for such a youngster. Great to see Upal Tharanga scoring a century, gifted ODI player when he gets set. Also good to see Atapattu back on the field and in the runs. Razzaq and Rafique kept it tight for Bangladesh which is good to see, shame nobody could support Saqibal Hasan. If he had a partner and scored quicker then it could've been a good win for Bangladesh. Promising signs early for them.
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Me too. His international record isn't flash but he has a lot of talent, probably the best I've seen in a young player in quite a while.
Zimababwe already struggling after 5 overs at 11/2.
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Friday Seminar by Dr. Vijay Gahlaut
Title: Role of Epigenetics in Thermotolerance and Stress Memory in Plants
Dr. Vijay Gahlaut
Plants are sessile organisms that gauge and react to stressful conditions in order to ensure reproductive success and survival. Such stressful conditions include extreme temperatures, drought, salinity and cold stress. In nature, these are often chronic or recurring. Thus, plants have evolved strategies to remember a past exposure to stress and get better prepared for the next incident. In recent years, chromatin modifications, nucleosome positioning, and DNA methylation have emerged as important components in these adaptations. Further, these epigenetic regulations may provide a mechanistic basis for a stress memory and enabling plants to respond more efficiently to recurring stress. It could even prepare their offspring for potential future environmental stresses. Recently, some important genes like SDC, FIE1 and HSFA2 have been identified to be involved in epigenetic regulation during heat stress responses and in stress memory.


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In the late 1950s, the USAF was all about speed and altitude. The Mach 2 capable B-58 Hustler started flying in 1956 and entered service in 1960. The Mach 2.3 capable F-106 Delta Dart entered service in 1959. That wasn't enough. Planners wanted more. They wanted planes that would go farther than the B-58 and much, much faster.
The XB-70 takes to the skies
The Mach 3+ XB-70 Valkyrie was under development and promised to push the state of the art beyond anything that was flying in the world. Mach 3 requires thrust levels well beyond what it takes to go Mach 2 and it takes a lot of fuel to make that power. That means a large aircraft. To keep weight down, and to deal with the high skin temperatures the plane would see, exotic materials were being developed such as steel brazed honeycomb panels and new ways were being developed to work with titanium.
The XB-70 and XF-108's ejection capsule being tested
The mindset of the times in the US dictated that if we were working on a technology then so were the Soviets. That meant we needed a high speed interceptor with capabilities similar to the XB-70. We wanted to intercept high speed Soviet bombers as far from North American targets as possible. That meant range and power. The natural solution was to piggyback off of XB-70 technology and develop an interceptor with similar performance characteristics.
Here a YB-58 tests the J-39 engine used on the XB-70 and proposed for the XF-108
The XF-108 Rapier program was started in 1955 by North American Aviation, who was also building the XB-70, as an answer to the Air Force's desire to obtain a very high speed interceptor and bomber escort. The aircraft utilized a number of design features that were common to the Valkyrie. The XF-108 would use the same 29,000 pound thrust afterburning GE J-39-GE-3 engines as the XB-70 as well as the escape pods and many of the advanced materials. A number of the aerodynamic tricks employed on the XB-70 would also see their way into the Rapier's design. These included drooped wing tips to take advantage of compression lift and a number of design feature that were intended to improve directional stability.
While North American was working on design refinements a new variable entered into the equation. The Soviets were able to show that they had the technology to deploy nuclear weapons via a ballistic missile. This meant that there would be little need to deploy a large fleet of bombers against the US to achieve their goals. Missiles could do the same job, for less cost and with little to no hope of interception. In addition, the Soviets paranoia about the development of the XB-70, and other fast and high flying aircraft, led them to develop significant ground to air missile capability. As the 1960s approached funding for the XB-70 was cut by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy to allow for two airframes and some research flying and the XF-108 was canceled all together.
The XF-108 never made it to the point where an aircraft was built. All we have now, at least what is available on the open internet, are pictures of the full scale mockup and artists renditions. If it would have flown it would surely have won the hearts of aviation enthusiasts in the same way the XB-70 and SR-71 did. It was a good looking plane and everyone loves the speed demons..
Images via GIS: kavok.com.br, free-images.gatag.net, Wikipedia.org, milaviate.com, survivecity.com
Information: National Museum of the United States Air Force Fact Sheet, Wikipedia.org, milaviate.com


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22-27 July 2012, EGIDA exhibits at IGARSS, Munich, Germany
7-8 May 2012, 6th GEO EUROPEAN PROJECTS' WORKSHOP, Rome, Italy
EGIDA's approach to a sustainable GEO (Stefano Nativi,CNR,IT)
24th April 2012, European Geosciences Union (EGU) , Vienna, Austria
During the EGU Splinter Session meeting: "The Science & Technology challenges for GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)" Dr. Stefano Nativi and Dr. Hans-Peter Plag will give a speech about "The contribution of EGIDA" in the GEOSS and the Science and Technology community
25-27 January 2012, EuroGEOSS final conference (EGIDA supported such an event),
Madrid, Spain
13 March 2012, EGIDA presented at the HYPOX Final Meeting
In the final meeting of the FP7 Project HYPOX (In situ monitoring of oxygen depletion in hypoxic ecosystems of coastal and open seas, and land-locked water bodies) Stefano Nativi will give a talk about "EGIDA presentation: strengthening GEOSS effectiveness and implementation."
16 February 2012, GEO, GMES and national activities in Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The workshop was organized in the context of OBSERVE, BalkanGeoNet and EGIDA FP7 projects to inform the audience on the latest developments regarding International and Slovenian Earth Observation activities.
5-9 December 2011, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California, USA
Link to the EGIDA presentation poster
12-13 Sept. 2011: 17th Meeting of the GEO Science and Technology Committee.
The 17th Meeting of the GEO STC will take place on 12-13 September in Salzburg, Austria.
Link to the Meeting programme.
Joint Workshop with BalkanGEONet and OBSERVE
18-19 November 2011: the JOINT WORKSHOP with BalkanGEONet and OBSERVE will take place in Istanbul back to back to GEO Plenary VIII EXHIBITION.
Press release - Almanacco della Scienza
On the "Almanacco della Scienza", a magazine by CNR, the following press release about EGIDA was published on 4th May, 2011:
National Use Cases Workshop, ISPRA, Rome, 18-19 April 2011
In Rome, on 18th and 19th April, a Workshop is being organized to identify best practices and their commonalities within GEOSS for possible replication, as well as gaps to be filled at national and/or regional level.
Link to the Workshop programme
Earthzine newsletter
This is an on-line source for news, articles, information and educational materials about Earth Science, Earth observations and users of Earth information for the international Earth-observing community. They publish every month a Newsletter with highlights of the main Earthzine news.
First EGIDA Advisory Board and Stakeholders Network meeting
in the framework of the GEO/EGIDA Workshop: "Connecting GEOSS and its Stakeholders in Science and Technology", 9-11th May 2011, University of Bonn, Germany.
EGU General Assembly, 03 – 08 April 2011, Vienna
The EGIDA project will be presented at the EGU General assembly meeting in the Earth and Space Science Informatics division programme.
Link to EGU 2011 GA
Link to ESSI progamme
KICK-OFF meeting: on 27th September in Rome the KO meeting takes
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In response to what IKnowNot siad...
Yes, the MIRROR target is a VERY VERY VERY DANGEROUS target to be playing with, unless you know exactly what you're doing. It could get you into loads of trouble, as it could be used to make you box essentially a completely transparent bounce zombie. It could also be used to reverse proxy attacks into your own network.
As for running Snort on the firewall box, it dates back to the days when Snort relied on the network stack of the machine it was running on to reconstruct data streams. It is run on the firewall box to ensure that Snort was definitely seeing exactly what the firewall would, thereby making a layer 4 evasion attack impossible, insofar as manipulating the TCP data is concerned. I was also playing with the flex response tools a bit, it was far easier to do this when the Snort box was directly in the communication path, although I agree, it is no longer necessary to run Snort on the firewall to achieve this, and the flex response can also be run even from a Snort box with no valid address.
There is actually nothing externally facing from the firewall box. It logs to a mysql database on the server machine, and that machine is used to run the BASE software that allows me to analyze the Snort logs.
But yes, it would be better off to run Snort somewhere other than the firewall. But this way, I can be sure that it will reconstruct data in the same manner as the firewall.


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(CNN) -- Is this man simply expressing his beliefs or spewing bigotry?
Either way, Phil Robertson, the patriarch in A&E's "Duck Dynasty," won't be duck calling on air anytime soon. The network suspended him after he made controversial remarks about gays in a magazine interview.
In the January issue of GQ, Robertson says homosexuality is a sin and puts it in the same category as bestiality and promiscuity.
"It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical," he's quoted as saying.
When asked what he thought was sinful, Robertson replied: "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men."
But homosexuals aren't alone, Robertson said. "Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers -- they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
A&E said it was troubled by Robertson's statements.
"We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty," the network said in a statement Wednesday. "His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely."
In addition to his comments about homosexuality, Robertson also spoke about race and growing up in Louisiana before the civil rights era.
"I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once," he told GQ. "Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. We're going across the field. ... They're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people' -- not a word!
"Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues," GQ quoted Robertson as saying.
Outrage and support
The NAACP and the Human Rights Campaign wrote a joint letter to the president of A&E expressing "outrage and deep concern about the recent racist, homophobic, and ill-informed remarks made by Phil Robertson."
"Mr. Robertson claims that, from what he saw, African Americans were happier under Jim Crow. What he didn't see were lynching and beatings of black men and women for attempting to vote or simply walking down the street," the letter states.
"And his offensive claims about gay people fly in the face of science. In fact, it's important to note that every single leading medical organization in the country has said that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being LGBT -- it's not a choice, and to suggest otherwise is dangerous."
But by early Thursday morning, more than 19,000 people had signed a change.org petition calling for A&E to bring Robertson back.
"Homosexuals have their convictions and Christians respect them," the organizer of the petition wrote. "There is a difference between respecting someone rights to exercise free will and imposing on others what we believe. Phil has done nothing more than state what he believes in. Just because homosexuals do not agree, does not mean Mr. Robertson needs to be suspended."
Similarly, the Facebook page "Bring Back Phil Robertson" had more than 35,000 "likes" by early Thursday morning.
Robertson responded to the brouhaha in a statement late Wednesday.
"I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me," he said. "We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity."
"Duck Dynasty" follows a Louisiana bayou family that has "made a fortune on duck calls," as A&E puts it.
Robertson founded the Duck Commander company, "which sold a line of custom-made duck-hunting calls that quickly became popular among avid hunters for their uncanny accuracy in replicating the sound of a real duck," the GQ article states. Videos of his family's duck hunts led to a show on the Outdoor Channel and eventually A&E, the article says.
Season 5 of is set to premiere on January 15. According to A&E, its fourth season premiere in August drew nearly 12 million viewers to become the No. 1 nonfiction series telecast in cable history.
CNN's Tom Foreman contributed to this report.


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Recently, my computer has been acting strangely.
The symptoms include:
* explorer being terminated on rightclick (on desktop/start menu)
* explorer being terminated when trying to delete
* other stuff too
My AV and spyware scanners picked up nothing.
Just some info:
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Spyware Removers: Spybot, MSAS, Ad-Aware
Also: Spyware Blaster & Spyware Guard
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A study released today is the first to dispute a warning by the American Academy of Pediatrics that exposure to Facebook could lead to depression.
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin found no link between social media use and the likelihood of depression. Led by Lauren Jelenchick and Dr. Megan Moreno, the team surveyed 190 University of Wisconsin-Madison students between the ages of 18 and 23.
Each student was screened for depression. Students were then sent questions by text over the course of a week to find out if they were online, how many minutes they had been online and what they were doing.
Despite the popular perception that college kids are constantly on Facebook over half of the participants reported spending 30 minutes or less social networking during the week. Thirty eight percent were using Facebook for more than half an hour but less than two hours. Just 8 percent said they were on Facebook for more than two hours.
The study found that kids who spent the most time on Facebook were no more likely to be depressed than those who spent just a few minutes a day on the site. Researchers suggest that it may be unnecessarily alarming to advise patients and parents on the risk of "Facebook depression" based solely on the amount of Internet use.
Moreno, a pediatrician who has published research on the effects of social media on adolescents, advised parents to look at their children's social media use in the context of their lives. "Parents don't have to be overly concerned [as long as] their child's behavior and mood haven't changed, they have friends and their school work is consistent," Moreno said.
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Amber St. Louis
Class of 2011
Major/Minor: Business Management
Campus Involvement
- Major: Business Management
- Black Student Union
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Study Abroad Experience At Bond University
Bond University was my school of choice because of its excellent Business program and the institution's tropical setting. As a Business Management major, I wanted to seize the opportunity of learning business on a commerce and global level. Additionally, I wanted to expand my knowledge and perspective of Australia's social, political, economic, and cultural mores. Their tropical climate was a great incentive for me, because it was a two-for-one deal; a vacation combined with education. The idea of sun bathing on the beach while evading the winter here lured me in even more.
My experience at Bond University was like no other experience. It was very rewarding and served as an essential and beneficial part of my college experience. Not only did going to Australia expose me to many people from across the globe, but traveling abroad and studying at Bond also allowed me to discover more about myself on a daily basis. Furthermore, I established lifetime friendships and networks.
Central aspects that appealed to me were the small class sizes and the hands-on tutorials. The variety of courses offered amazed me and my classes were so intriguing that I looked forward to the lectures. Another great aspect at Bond was the flexible course schedule that allowed international students to explore the Gold Coast and other regions of Australia.
Studying at Bond University provided me with a better insight about the world. Equally important, this opportunity has also granted me the privilege to embrace another culture's customs. I had the time of my life in Australia, from studying to traveling!


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All Athens Regional Library System branches' buildings remain closed to the public at this time. We now offer curbside holds pickup and are accepting returns in our book drops, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Library staff remain on the job serving our communities virtually. Please contact us at http://athenslibrary.org/homepage/regional-information/contact-us if you have any questions regarding library service during this time. We will update you as more information becomes available.
Curbside holds pickup and book drop hours
We're now offering curbside holds pick-up at our libraries! Place holds on items using our online catalog or through the PINES app. We'll let you know when your items are ready for pickup. Pickup hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Need help? Try our Reference Chat or call your local library branch. Our libraries' book drops are also open for returning checked out items. Book drop hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please return items only during the posted hours. Returned items will be held for 10 days before being checked in. Don't worry! We're not charging fines at this time. Please note, libraries are not accepting donations of materials at this time.
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I bought my first DSLR [D5100] 4 months ago with the kit lens. It was cool though but now want to buy a lens. I've focused on
AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G
AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED
AF-S DX NlKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
I love to shoot in outdoor most [handheld] from portrait to landscape with out changing lens. Which one will be good for me to start outside kit lens ?
Does those prime lens comes with VR or dont need the VR ?
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Standardised on July 22nd 1943, the B-10 was the first in a new generation of flight jackets that were to supersede those made of sheepskin.
Made from a 100% fine cotton twill for the shell, they are lined with Alpaca pile which has incredible insulating qualities.
Although various cloth weaves and specs can be found on originals, the most typical was the fine-weave polished twill. This was peculiar only to the B-10, and never used on the later B-15s we have custom-made this exact cloth, because we knew you'd appreciate it.
Don't leave it too late, these will be gone as fast as hot coffee & doughnuts after a heavy mission!
Available in sizes 36 50.
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Please be aware this is only a representation of the final product. If any insignia is added to the product the jacket is non returnable.
Measure your chest over a T-shirt; it is helpful to get someone to do this for you. Do not inflate your lungs, just relax and stand with your arms out. The tape measure should be run around your chest right up under your arms and held snug, but not tight - this is your chest measurement.
Measure the circumference of your hand around your 4 knuckles (obviously do not include your thumb). Correlate this measurement with size chart below to assess your glove size.
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Tracks visitors for gated communities. Interfaces seamlessly with access control. Scanners and cameras can be used to capture information. Voice authorization and web pre-registration modules available.
Visit www.queacct.com
ISC West Booth No. 25522
Communication Networks doing business as ComNet' has introduced an all-new fiber optic video products. The FVT46 and FVR46 Series are four channel digital fiber optic video transmitters and receivers with bi-directional data for use over multimode or single mode optical fiber. The difference between these all-new ComNet models is that these are an all-digital design. Digital design offers better performance and reliability. As part of the ComNet value philosophy, ComNet's plan is to offer digital fiber products at prices comparable to most competitive analog models.
Arecont Vision has expanded their full line of H.264 megapixel network cameras with the addition of the MegaDomeTM series, integrating the camera, lens and housing into an all-in-one solution. Available in color or day/night versions and with 1.3M, 2M, 3M or 5 megapixel sensors, the dome cameras incorporate Arecont Vision's fully-compliant implementation of H.264 (MPEG 4, Part 10) compression that uses up to 10 times on average less bandwidth and storage compared to megapixel counterparts using MJPEG compression.
Elk-RMS Consumer Software is created for the remote management of Elk M1 controls. This redesigned software provides graphical control for security, lighting, thermostats, tasks, outputs, distributed audio, etc. It can also provide access to IP cameras & DVRs, weather, your favorite websites, and more. The software is included on Elk touch screens and is also available for installation on Microsoft Windows PCs.
Visit www.elkproducts.com
ISC West Booth No. 16109
Avigilon will showcase the latest version of its award winning high definition network video management software with High Definition Stream Management (HDSM) that delivers full situational awareness and detail, leading to faster response times, reduced investigation times, and superior overall protection. Avigilon Control Center 4.0 supports third party IP cameras, making ACC 4.0 a truly open enterprise class network video management software platform. Other features include audio recording, advanced data management features, and improved event bookmarking and management features.
Speco Technologies Stays Focused. Speco Technologies Focus Free Intensifier dome (HT7248FFi) and bullet (HTB11FFi) cameras see color in the dark without IR LEDs, AND, see crystal clear images from inches to infinity without refocusing the camera. Each camera features a 3-10mm motorized zoom lens and 540 lines of color resolution. Imagine, no call-backs to fine tune camera focus after installation! These cameras are great for high ceilings, poles and similar applications.
ISC West Booth No. 18041
The eForce-150 is a battery-operated keyless entry control for Adams Rite deadbolts, deadlatches and exit devices that are compatible with aluminum, steel and wood doors. The eForce-150 can accommodate up to 150 users and operates in three modes: Standard, Passage and Lockout. All programming is accomplished via the keypad. The eForce-150 is surface-mounted with concealed fasteners, is fully outdoor-rated and features UV stable keypad material.
Visit www.adamsrite.com or call 800.87ADAMS
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IDExpertsoftware allows companies, government agencies and other organizations to effortlessly enroll, issue and administer the entire lifecycle of credentials. Our comprehensive portfolio helps you protect, store, verify, manage and share identity data throughout your enterprise. Our flexible, modular SmartACT solution is specifically designed to provide full management and support of IDs, smart cards, USB tokens, NFC mobile phones, digital certificates, biometrics, and even passports.
Advanced nighttime and low-light surveillance is now possible with Videolarm's the NiteTrac Intelligent Infrared Light & PTZ Camera System. The intelligent system, powered by LED technology with an 850 nanometer beam (nm), automatically adjusts based on camera zoom lens movement and illuminates distances up to 660 feet/201 meters. The quick turret-based PTZ camera system offers 64 presets (two auto tours) and 360-degree rotation.
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Kaba's E-Plex Stand-Alone Access Controller (SAC) is a flexible access control solution offering PIN and/or card access. The E-Plex SAC gives online-type functionality in a stand-alone, easy to install reader housing with the ability to plug directly into any new or existing fire alarm and security system. It can be used with, or without, software. The LearnLok' feature enables "no-hassle," card access enrollment in seconds. The E-Plex SAC is ideal for dual-swing doors, glass doors, parking gates, electric strikes, magnetic locks, etc. The product is available for shipment.
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This post Our Visit to the Philly Pretzel Factory in South Bend/ Philly Pretzel Factory Review was sponsored by Philly Pretzel Factory via US Family Guide. All opinions are my own.
We love trying out new places to eat, so when The Philly Pretzel Factory asked us to give them a whirl, they didn't have to twist our arms. We love pretzels, and we love food we can grab and go, so The Philly Pretzel Factory seemed like a natural fit. During one of our hectic midweek nights, we decided to stop in and grab some dinner to go. Read all about our visit to the Philly Pretzel Factory, South Bend!
First, a bit about Philly Pretzel Company. Philly Pretzel Factory is the world's largest Philly-style pretzel bakery, with well over 100 franchised locations – and growing. In fact, one of the most recent locations is right here in South Bend, Indiana. Every day at The Factory, they mix freshly made dough and hand twist each and every pretzel. From their award-winning soft pretzels to crowd-pleasing party trays, every menu item is guaranteed to be fresh baked and served hot outta the oven!
Whether you need dinner for one or for a crowd, Philly Pretzel Factory has grab and go pretzels or you can order trays to go! Choose from their Rivets pretzel bites or the Mini Dog Bites, perfect for tailgates or parties of any kind.
We have tried the Rivets, Pepperoni Pretzel Melt, and the Pretzel Hot Dog. We loved them all, find them to be reasonably priced, and service was great! Here are some of the other menu items you can look forward to:
Whether you want a quick lunch or easy dinner, swing into South Bend's Philly Pretzel Factory. The staff is amazing, the pretzels are hot, and the prices are tasty AND reasonable. And don't forget to give them a call when planning a party! Their party trays are a unique offering to present your guests!
South Bend friends, you can find The Philly Pretzel Factory at:
1631 Edison Road, South Bend, IN, United StatesPhone: (574) 217-8987
If you don't live in the South Bend area, you can find your own local Philly Pretzel Company when you search here! You can also learn more when you Philly Pretzel Company.


text: Flip your way for work and play! Flip your way for work and play! 2.2 kg Handy weight 22.5 mm Ultra thin The Perfect Laptop for any Occasion By carefully trimming every last gram, we've made the 15.6-inch VivoBook Flip TP501 weigh a super-light 2.2kg, with a profile measuring just 22.5mm thin. All this makes Flip TP501 not only a great choice for home or office use, but also a perfect take-anywhere device that allows you to work and relax anytime, anywhere. Its gorgeous metal finish makes it lovely to touch, and its stylish looks make it stand out from the crowd. In short, Flip TP501 is irresistibly stunning. Solid engineering, from every angle Flip TP501's robust and remarkable 360-degree, multi-gear metal hinge gives you the freedom to organize your life the way you want. Do serious work in laptop mode. Flip into tent mode to share or discuss stuff with your colleagues. Create your own personal movie theater in an instant with stand mode. And wherever you are, Flip's handy tablet mode is enhanced by the lightweight design and superb battery life 360 Robust Hinge 20,000 Hinge Tests A Combination of Power and Efficiency Windows 10 Home UP TO i7 Intel-core CPU UP TO 940 M NVIDIA Graphic Flip TP501 gives you powerful, energy-efficient performance with up to the latest generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors and NVIDIA® GeForce™ discrete high-performance graphics. Windows 10 also lets you work smarter and smoother, with Continuum mode that automatically changes the Windows display layout depending on how you're using Flip TP501 — so you always get the best Windows experience, for every Flip mode! Get Connected with USB Type-C and 802.11ac Wi-Fi The new, reversible USB Type-C port makes connecting devices so much easier Fast USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5Gbit/s) lets you transfer a 2GB movie to a USB drive in under 2 seconds! For maximum convenience and compatibility, TP501 also has standard USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports, plus a HDMI port for connecting various peripherals and devices. Type-c USB 3.0 USB 2.0 HDMI SD Card 802.11ac Wi-Fi gives you a better online experience – with stronger, more stable signals and transfer speeds that are three times that of previous Wi-Fi generations. 802.11 ac advanced Wi-Fi connection Immersive audiovisuals Flip TP501 immerses you in crystal-clear visuals and pitch-perfect sound. Its Full HD display gives you wide viewing angles so your images never look washed out or lacking in contrast, even when viewing them from off-center. This makes Flip TP501 perfect for sharing screen contents with a group of people, whatever mode Flip is in. Exclusive ASUS SonicMaster technology combines precision-crafted hardware with software tuning for truly immersive audio. Instant Response to the Lightest Touch Flip TP501 is designed to respond instantly to your every touch. We've doubled the touch sensitivity, so even the slightest movement of your fingertips is detected, and it only needs the lightest of touches to work perfectly. In fact, it's so good that it reacts accurately even to a child's small fingertips! 2 X Sensitive 10 Fingers Multi-Touch Typing Comfort is All in the Details Just because the 15.6-inch Flip TP501 is incredibly slim, light and compact doesn't mean you have to suffer typing on it. We've engineered a superb keyboard with full-size keys, and with just the right amount of key travel to make it supremely comfortable to use, even for marathon typing stints. Solid scissor cut design 1.6 mm Travel distance A responsive Touchpad that's smart. The large touchpad on Flip TP501 makes it effortless to navigate your way around Windows. We've made it extra-sensitive for instant response, and to avoid those annoying jumps when your palm hits the touchpad, we use an exclusive smart algorithm that recognizes the difference between fingers and a palm. It's a perfect balance between sensitivity and usability.


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For professional videographers—or anyone who authors their own DVDs—tired of mass-produced, generic, preprinted DVDs, or tired of producing sub-pro work with their own equipment, Chicago Digital Post (CDP) released Pre-Packaged Recordable DVDs (PPDVDs) at the 2004 WEVA Expo in Las Vegas this past August. CDP boasts 26 different package designs suitable for a variety of events including weddings, christenings, communions, bar/bat mitzvahs, graduations, dance recitals, sporting events, and theatrical productions.
Once a client specifies the theme they want, they can order the discs in a chosen quantity and record their content to them as they would any other disc. If nothing in the catalog of pre-existing designs suits the producer's need, CDP offers personally customized PPDVDs for "any" occasion, corporate or personal. For these customized PPDVDs, the videographer may provide the designs they want used, or CDP can create a custom package according to the videographer's specifications.
"We believe wholeheartedly that PPDVDs will save producers time and money, while providing them with the opportunity to take presentation and performance of DVD-authored products to the next level," says Tim Montague, creative director at CDP.
PPDVDs offer convenience to producers who can use their own DVD authoring software and any type of DVD burner to record their client's event on the PPDVD and ship it out to them. Professionals or consumers can purchase PPDVDs in quantities from one to over 200. For those purchases under 200, the DVDs come pre-printed using thermal transfer printing. According to CDP, thermal-printed discs "won't fade, smudge, or smear and match the quality, appearance, and durability of the silkscreened disc printing found on all retail DVD and CD products." For orders over 200, Chicago Digital Post uses silkscreening.
CDP uses Rimage's Everest thermal re-transfer printer for all non-silkscreen jobs, printing directly onto both Mitsui (DVD-R) and Taiyo Yuden (DVD-R) discs which offer edge-to-edge printing capabilities, allowing printing from the outer edge to the inner edge of the DVD-R so there's no gap in coverage for the stacking ring/hub area. Typically, CDP can easily print over 100 discs a day, and has done up to 500 discs in eight hours with the thermal printers.
Producers who order the PPDVD get a complete package of:
Each PPDVD package also offers the background used in the design on the rest of the packaging so producers can incorporate it into the background of their DVD menu to provide design continuity. CDP offers the background in any form including: .TIFF, .AI, .PSD, or .JPG. As a default, the background is sent to the videographer as a DVD-resolution (720x480 @ 72dpi) JPEG that can be imported into a DVD authoring program to fit the producer's needs.
Currently, the largest market Chicago Digital Post has identified for PPDVDs is videographers within the United States. They make up the majority of the two-dozen clients who purchased PPDVDs within the first month of its release. Each PPDVD is priced at $10 for a single DVD; bulk prices go as low as $5/disc for 200 or more. In addition, CDP offers a 100% unconditional money-back guarantee if the product does not suit the producer's need. Chicago Digital Post is a division of Digital Post, Inc. focused on providing solutions and customer service for post-production and multimedia clients.
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Geoffrey Hinton was in high school when a friend convinced him that the brain worked like a hologram.
To create one of those 3-D holographic images, you record how countless beams of light bounce off an object and then you store these little bits of information across a vast database. While still in high school, back in 1960s Britain, Hinton was fascinated by the idea that the brain stores memories in much the same way. Rather than keeping them in a single location, it spreads them across its enormous network of neurons.
This may seem like a small revelation, but it was a key moment for Hinton – "I got very excited about that idea," he remembers. "That was the first time I got really into how the brain might work" – and it would have enormous consequences. Inspired by that high school conversation, Hinton went on to explore neural networks at Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and by the early '80s, he helped launch a wildly ambitious crusade to mimic the brain using computer hardware and software, to create a purer form of artificial intelligence we now call "deep learning."
For a good three decades, the deep learning movement was an outlier in the world of academia. But now, Hinton and his small group of deep learning colleagues, including NYU's Yann LeCun and the University of Montreal's Yoshua Bengio, have the attention of the biggest names on the internet. After honing his ideas as a professor and researcher the University of Toronto in Canada, Hinton works part-time for Google, where he's using deep learning techniques to improve voice recognition, image tagging, and countless other online tools. LeCun is at Facebook, doing similar work. And artificial intelligence is suddenly all the rage at Microsoft, IBM, Chinese search giant Baidu, and many others.
While studying psychology as an undergrad at Cambridge, Hinton was further inspired by the realization that scientists didn't really understand the brain. They couldn't quite grasp how interactions among billions of neurons gave rise to intelligence. They could explain how electrical signals traveled down an axon – the cable-like protrusion that connects one neuron to another – but they couldn't explain how these neurons learned or computed. For Hinton, those were the big questions – and the answers could ultimately allow us to realize the dreams of AI researchers dating back to the 1950s.
He doesn't have all the answers yet. But he's much closer to finding them, fashioning artificial neural networks that mimic at least certain aspects of the brain. "I get very excited when we discover a way of making neural networks better – and when that's closely related to how the brain works," he says with youthful enthusiasm.
In Hinton's world, a neural network is essentially software that operates at multiple levels. He and his cohorts build artificial neurons from interconnected layers of software modeled after the columns of neurons you find in the brain's cortex – the part of the brain that deals with complex tasks like vision and language.
These artificial neural nets can gather information, and they can react to it. They can build up an understanding of what something looks or sounds like. They're getting better at determining what a group of words mean when you put them together. And they can do all that without asking a human to provide labels for objects and ideas and words, as is often the case with traditional machine learning tools.
As far as artificial intelligence goes, these neural nets are fast, nimble, and efficient. They scale extremely well across a growing number of machines, able to tackle more and more complex tasks as time goes on. And they're about 30 years in the making.
The Lunatic Core —————-
Back in the early '80s, when Hinton and his colleagues first started work on this idea, computers weren't fast or powerful enough to process the enormous collections of data that neural nets require. Their success was limited, and the AI community turned its back on them, working to find shortcuts to brain-like behavior rather than trying to mimic the operation of the brain.
But a few resolute researchers carried on. According to Hinton and LeCun, it was rough going. Even as late as 2004 – more than 20 years after Hinton and LeCun first developed the "back-propagation" algorithms that seeded their work on neural networks – the rest of the academic world was largely uninterested.
But that year, with a small amount of funding from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and the backing of LeCun and Bengio, Hinton founded the Neural Computation and Adaptive Perception program, an invite-only group of computer scientists, biologists, electrical engineers, neuroscientists, physicists, and psychologists.
Hand-picking these researchers, Hinton aimed to create a team of world-class thinkers dedicated to creating computing systems that mimic organic intelligence – or at least what we know about organic intelligence, what we know about how the brain sifts through a wealth of visual, auditory, and written cues to understand and respond to its environment. Hinton believed creating such a group would spur innovation in AI and maybe even change the way the rest of world treated this kind of work.
He was right.
By the middle aughts, they had the computing power they needed to realize many of their earlier ideas. As they came together for regular workshops, their research accelerated. They built more powerful deep learning algorithms that operated on much larger datasets. By the middle of the decade, they were winning global AI competitions. And by the beginning the current decade, the giants of the web began to notice.
In 2011, an NCAP researcher and Stanford processor named Andrew Ng founded a deep learning project at Google, and today, the company is using neural networks to help recognize voice commands on Android phones and tag images on the Google+ social network. Last year, Hinton joined the company, alongside other researchers from the University of Toronto. The aim is to take this work even further.
Meanwhile, Baidu has followed suit with new AI labs in China and Silicon Valley. Microsoft is adding deep learning techniques to its own voice recognition research. And in hiring LeCun, Facebook is exploring new ways of targeting ads and identifying faces and objects in photos and videos.
Another NCAP researcher, Terry Sejnowski, is helping shape President Obama's $100-million BRAIN Initiative, a project to develop a wide range of new tools for mapping neural circuits. Working alongside Hinton, Sejnowski invented the Boltzmann machine, one of the earliest neural nets, back in the early 1980s.
With just a half-a-million-dollar-a year-investment from CIFAR, Hinton's consortium of free thinkers is set to feed countless dollars back into the economy. It's already happening at Google. The return on investment for both Canada and the rest of the world has been tremendous, says Denis Therien, CIFAR's vice president for research and partnerships.
In the process, Hinton and NCAP have changed the face of the community that once spurned them. Students at universities are turning away from more traditional machine learning projects to work on deep learning, says Max Welling, a computer scientist at the University of Amsterdam. "This information has trickled down all the way to the students who are sitting in the Netherlands, far away from where all this happens. They have all picked up on it. They all know about it," he says. "That to me is the ultimate evidence that this has propagated everywhere."
In other words, deep learning is now mainstream. "We ceased to be the lunatic fringe," Hinton says. "We're now the lunatic core."
Hinton to the Future ——————–
This fall, the NCAP met up at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in downtown San Francisco. The group does this once a year, convening for two days of workshops prior to the larger Neural Information Processing Systems, or NIPS, conference, the centerpiece of the AI year. The workshops explored a broad range of tasks that benefit from the marriage of neuroscience and machine learning, including computational graphic design, facial recognition, and motion detection.
During the presentations, Hinton stood quietly near the front of the room. Mostly, he listened, but occasionally, he would interrupt with a pointed question or encourage members of his brain trust to ask questions and prompt discussion. His quiet, humble, and fair leadership, NCAP members say, has created an open and collaborative atmosphere that has directly accelerated the world's AI work, redoubling their resolve to change the field.
The deep learning revolution was inevitable, they say, but developments like the speech recognition and artificial vision systems adopted by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and other giants of the web came sooner because of the NCAP – and Hinton in particular. "I think that's what keeps the energy so positive – that Geoff is so engaged, and everyone looks up to Geoff," says Bruno Olshausen, the director of the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley, and an NCAP member. "You think: 'If Geoff is listening, I've got to listen too.'"
Others outside the group agree. "Over the last 20 to 30 years, he has been pushing forward the frontier of neural networks and deep learning," says Kai Yu, the director of Baidu's Institute of Deep Learning. "We have never seen machine learning or artificial intelligence technologies so quickly make an impact in industry. It's very impressive."
Hinton also travels the world giving talks on deep learning, and he mentors graduate students at the University of Toronto and beyond. Welling says that Hinton has a habit of suddenly yelling: "I understand how the brain works now!" It's an infectious thing. "He would do this every week," Welling says. "That's hard to match."
Through NCAP and CIFAR, Hinton runs a summer school for students to learn from NCAP members, working to foster the next generation of AI researchers. With so many commercial companies moving into the field, that is more important than ever. It's not just the tech giants who are joining the movement. We've seen a slew of deep learning startups, including companies like Ersatz, Expect Labs, and Declara.
Where will this next generation of researchers take the deep learning movement? The big potential lies in deciphering the words we post to the web – the status updates and the tweets and instant messages and the comments – and there's enough of that to keep companies like Facebook, Google, and Yahoo busy for an awfully long time. The aim to give these services the power to actually understand what their users are saying – without help from other humans. "We want to take AI and CIFAR to wonderful new places," Hinton says, "where no person, no student, no program has gone before."


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