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Social Security Is Running Toward Insolvency
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Two GOP judges just stripped social media companies of basic First Amendment rights
"The decision in NetChoice v. Paxton reinstates an unconstitutional Texas law that seizes control of the major social media platforms' content moderation process, requiring them to either carry content that those platforms do not wish to publish or be so restrictive it would render the platforms unusable. This law is unconstitutional because the First Amendment prohibits the government from ordering private companies or individuals to publish speech that they do not wish to be associated with."
"Although the court did not identify which of the three judges dissented, it's not hard to guess how the votes broke down. The panel includes Judge Leslie Southwick, a relatively moderate conservative appointed by President George W. Bush, as well as two notoriously right-wing judges.
Judge Edith Jones is a former general counsel to the Republican Party of Texas who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan when she was just 35 years old. Since then, she's developed a reputation as an especially caustic conservative — Jones once told a liberal colleague to "shut up" during a court hearing, and she joined an opinion arguing that a man should be executed despite the fact that his lawyer slept through much of his trial.
The third judge, Andy Oldham, is a young Trump appointee who clerked for Justice Samuel Alito. Among other things, Oldham is the author of a Fifth Circuit opinion permitting a Trump-appointed district judge to seize control of much of the nation's policy governing the US-Mexico border.
It is likely, but not entirely certain, that Jones and Oldham are right-wing outliers even when compared to the median justice on the Supreme Court. In 2021, Justice Clarence Thomas published an opinion expressing sympathy for the "common carrier" theory Texas relies on in NetChoice. But that opinion was joined by no other justice.
In any event, given the enormous disruption the Fifth Circuit's NetChoice decision is likely to create for social media companies, it is likely that they will ask the Supreme Court to intervene very soon. We should know in very short order, in other words, whether the Supreme Court intends to write social media out of the First Amendment."
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The air conditioning paradox
"The world is now 1.1 degrees Celsius — 2 degrees Fahrenheit — warmer on average than it was at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. But baked into that seemingly small change in the average is a big increase in dangerous extreme temperatures. That's made cooling, particularly air conditioning, vital for the survival of billions of people."
"These searing temperatures are just the latest in a pattern of increasingly hot weather. A heat wave that would have been a once-in-a-decade event in the 1800s is now hotter and happens nearly three times as often. Heat waves that used to occur once every 50 years are now nearly five times as frequent and reach higher temperatures. Heat records are broken so often they barely register as news. In its latest review of climate science, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said it is "virtually certain" that heat waves have become more frequent and intense across most land areas since the 1950s.
Extreme heat events are also occurring over a wider region of the globe, from the depths of the ocean to the icy reaches of the Arctic. Heat waves are now such devastating events with long-lasting wounds that some countries say they should be named like hurricanes.
But the most severe risks from high temperatures are in places like India and Pakistan, regions closer to the equator that are already hot and have dense, growing populations. They also have less wealth, so fewer can afford cooling when thermometers reach triple digits."
"The tactics for cooling can end up worsening the very problem they're trying to solve if they draw on fossil fuels, or leak refrigerants that are potent heat-trapping gases. And the people who stand to experience the most extreme heat are often those least able to cool off."
"There are many ways to curb the climate impacts of ACs. "The answer lies first and foremost in improving the efficiency of air conditioners, which can quickly slow down the growth in cooling-related electricity demand," wrote Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, in a 2018 report. With greater energy efficiency, air conditioners do more with less. Also, homes and businesses need better insulation and sealing to prevent waste.
Another method is to manufacture more air conditioners that don't use HFCs or other heat-trapping gases. Many countries, including the US, are phasing out HFCs. The US Senate will soon vote to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty that commits to cutting HFCs 85 percent by 2050.
At the same time, there is going to be a massive market for sustainable cooling technologies. "There are billions of people that aspire to be wealthy, and as your income starts going up, you're going to want to have access to cooling," Kyte said.
The electricity that powers air conditioners needs to come from sources that don't emit greenhouse gases, so dialing down coal, oil, and natural gas power on the grid and ramping up wind, solar, and nuclear energy is crucial."
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New York's restrictive gun laws didn't stop the Buffalo shooter
"In 2019, New York enacted an extreme risk prevention law, otherwise known as a "red flag law," that can bar individuals who are believed to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms. New York state police decided not to invoke that law against the Buffalo shooter, who didn't have a previous criminal record, but had made serious threats of violence. On Wednesday, Hochul issued an executive order requiring police to do so going forward."
"She also called on the state legislature to pass bills that would require police to report guns associated with crimes within 24 hours and mandate that semiautomatic pistols sold in New York be microstamped so that law enforcement can link cartridges found at crime scenes to the gun that fired them. And she announced the creation of a dedicated domestic terrorism unit within the state police, along with efforts to investigate social media companies that have provided platforms for hate speech.
The goal is to ensure that people like the Buffalo shooter don't fall through the cracks again. When the shooter was 17, he said that he wanted to commit murder-suicide at his high school. He was required to undergo a psychological evaluation and referred to police, who decided not to take further action for reasons still unknown. So when he turned 18, there was nothing preventing him from legally purchasing a weapon. And he did. The weapon he used in the shooting was purchased from a store in Endicott, New York: a Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle that he illegally modified to increase its capacity.
Under New York's red flag law, that never should have happened."
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The future of 911 is a little bit creepy
"Over the coming weeks, AT&T is rolling out cellphone location tracking that's designed to route emergency calls to 911 more quickly. The company says the new feature will be nationwide by the end of June and should make it easier for, say, an ambulance to reach someone experiencing a medical emergency. At first glance, it seems like a no-brainer. But it's also a reminder that as phone companies promise to save lives, they're also using a lot more data about you in the process."
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Why Biden's off-the-cuff comment about defending Taiwan matters
"at a news conference in Tokyo, Biden was asked by a journalist: "Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?"
"Yes," said Biden. "That's the commitment we made."
Biden's remark might be a big deal. US policy toward Taiwan has been one of "strategic ambiguity" for four decades — supporting Taiwan's independence without quite saying so. As part of the "One China" policy, the US does not recognize the democratic island nation of Taiwan, but maintains "a robust unofficial relationship" with it, according to the State Department. (The US supports Taiwan with weapons and has deep economic ties with the country.) In a phrase, Biden broke down that convention.
At the same time, it wasn't a particularly revelatory moment. It was actually the third time that Biden has said something along these lines. In October 2021, Biden stated a similar "commitment" to Taiwan. In August 2021, Biden compared the US approach to Taiwan to its pledge to defend NATO countries. (An official then walked back those remarks).
All of those comments reveal a lot about Biden's tendency for undisciplined, off-the-cuff responses — another example is his remark in late March that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" — but don't necessarily represent major policy shifts.
Today, once again, the White House quickly disavowed Biden's statement. "As the president said, our policy has not changed," a White House official said."
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The Supreme Court just condemned a man to die despite strong evidence he's innocent
"no sensible jury confronted with all of this evidence would have concluded that Jones was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
But Jones's lawyers failed to present crucial evidence at his trial."
"Then, after Jones challenged his conviction in a state court proceeding, he was met with, as Sotomayor put it, "another egregious failure of counsel."
In the words of the law, Jones was denied his constitutionally required right to effective assistance of counsel — twice.
Sotomayor, however, wrote these words in a dissenting opinion. On a party line vote in Shinn v. Ramirez, the Court held that Jones will not receive a fair trial despite his lawyers' poor performance."
"Justice Clarence Thomas's majority opinion claimed that a law restricting the power of federal courts to toss out convictions in state courts prevents Jones from seeking relief. But Thomas's reading of this law is novel — his opinion had to gut two fairly recent Supreme Court decisions to deny relief to Jones."
"Before Monday, the Supreme Court's decisions in Martinez v. Ryan (2012) and Trevino v. Thaler (2013) should have guaranteed Jones a new trial. Both decisions deal with what should happen in the unusual circumstance when someone accused of a crime receives ineffective assistance of counsel, twice."
"If a state fails to provide convicted individuals with a way to challenge their conviction on ineffective assistance grounds, federal courts may step in and provide a forum to hear this challenge in what is known as a "habeas" proceeding. Martinez, moreover, established that federal courts may step in when a criminal defendant receives inadequate assistance of counsel both at their trial and in a state proceeding permitting them to challenge their conviction.
Both a federal trial court and an appeals court determined that this is exactly what happened to Jones — that is, neither his state trial attorneys nor the lawyers who represented him in his postconviction challenge adequately investigated his case. And, without seeing all the evidence suggesting that Jones is innocent, the state court judge presiding over this postconviction proceeding had no way to know that Jones's conviction should be tossed out.
The federal trial court held its own evidentiary hearing, considered the evidence against Jones and the evidence that his lawyers botched his case, and ordered the state of Arizona to give him a new trial."
"[The] decision in Ramirez does not explicitly abandon Martinez and Trevino, but, as Sotomayor explains in dissent, "the Court all but overrules" these two decisions "that recognized a critical exception to the general rule that federal courts may not consider claims on habeas review that were not raised in state court."
Under Justice Thomas's majority opinion, federal courts may still conduct habeas proceedings when a criminal defendant alleges that they received inadequate assistance of counsel twice, but the federal court may not consider any evidence that wasn't presented in earlier proceedings. As Thomas writes, "if a prisoner has 'failed to develop the factual basis of a claim in State court proceedings,' a federal court 'shall not hold an evidentiary hearing on the claim' unless the prisoner satisfies one of two narrow exceptions" that are not present in Jones's case.
The problem with this rule should be obvious. The whole point of Jones's federal case is that his state court lawyers performed so poorly that they failed to uncover evidence that should have exonerated him. If a federal habeas court may only consider evidence that was presented by feckless lawyers to state courts, then there is no point in having a federal habeas proceeding in the first place."
"in Sotomayor's mind, and in the minds of the two other justices appointed by Democratic presidents who joined her opinion, the purpose of a criminal trial is to determine whether or not someone is actually guilty of a crime — and to do so through an adversarial process where both sides are represented by lawyers who can present the best possible legal and factual case for the prosecution and the defense.
Thomas, writing for the Court's Republican majority, offers a different view of why trials exist. He deems federal habeas proceedings problematic because they "override[] the States' core power to enforce criminal law." When a federal court deems someone's conviction constitutionally inadequate, Thomas complains, it "overrides the State's sovereign power to enforce 'societal norms through criminal law,'" and "disturbs the State's significant interest in repose for concluded litigation."
Thus, in Thomas's view, the purpose of a state-conducted trial is to give criminal defendants a procedure in state court. But once that process is concluded, the state court's decision generally should remain final — even if that means executing an innocent person or condemning someone in violation of the Constitution."
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Why Boeing's successful Starliner test is a big deal
"The nightmare scenario of a space monopoly isn't too different from the fear of a monopoly here on Earth. If just one company gains too much control over the space market and gets too far ahead with its tech, it's possible that future competitors could be blocked out of space for good. That means a single company, like SpaceX, could end up with an enormous amount of influence over how humans visit and utilize resources in space."
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The long, long, twisty affair between the US military and Hollywood
"It came like a bolt from the blue, a gift from the heavens. In 1986, audiences flocked to theaters to see Tony Scott's Top Gun, starring a fresh-faced Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a hotshot Navy aviator bent on stardom. They kept coming for seven months. When the dust settled, the film had brought in over $176 million. Unlike its protagonist, who came in second at the eponymous elite flight academy, the film ended 1986 the top earner of the year.
But for the Navy, Top Gun was more than just a movie. It was a recruitment bonanza.
Military recruiting stations were set up outside movie theaters, catching wannabe flyboys hopped up on adrenaline and vibes. Others enlisted on their own. Interest in the armed forces, primarily the Navy and the Air Force, rose that year, though it's unclear just how much. Naval aviator applications were claimed to have increased by a staggering 500 percent."
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The Supreme Court just okayed Biden's "social cost of carbon." It's still way too low.
"according to some top environmental economists, we have good reason to believe the true cost of emitting carbon is actually a lot higher than even a $51 price tag suggests.
There are a couple of reasons for that. First, until recently, the economists who calculated the SCC had barely factored in one of the biggest harms that climate change can cause: human mortality. Second, the way the SCC had been calculated rested on a problematic premise: that damage in the future counts for significantly less than damage in the present."
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The attached image of 'The Tarn' in Acadia Nat'l Park was captured in mid-Oct 2017 with a Fujifilm X-T2 camera with their 16-55mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 800, f/16, 1/15 sec, 0 compensation) with a Singh-Ray Color Combo Polarizing Filter.
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U 218 war ein deutsches Unterseeboot der Klasse VII D im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Es lief am 25. Januar 1942 vom Stapel und sank am 4. Dezember 1945.

Beschreibung
U 218 war vom Typ VIID und somit ein schweres Minenlegerboot. Seine Höchstgeschwindigkeit lag bei 16,7 Knoten, was einer Geschwindigkeit von etwa 31 km/h entspricht. Es war 76,9 Meter lang und 6,4 Meter hoch und konnte bis zu 220 Meter tief tauchen. Es war ca. 1080 Tonnen schwer und hatte eine Besatzung von 4 Offizieren und bis zu 40 Mann. Insgesamt dienten 110 Männer an Bord von U 218.

Bereits 1940 von der Reichsregierung in Auftrag gegeben, wurde es erst am 5. Dezember 1941 fertiggestellt. Gebaut von der Germaniawerft in Kiel, lief es auch dort vom Stapel. Am 4. Dezember 1945 sank es im Zuge der britisch-polnischen "Operation Deadlight" im Schlepp des britischen Zerstörers HMS Southdowne 20 km vor der irischen Küste.

Unternehmungen
U 218 war während des Krieges zehn Mal auf Fahrt und versenkte zwei Handelsschiffe und ein Hilfskriegsschiff. Außerdem wurden ein Handelsschiff und ein Hilfskriegsschiff (Mine) beschädigt

Unternehmung 1
U 218 verließ Kristiansand am 27. August 1942 in Richtung Nordatlantik. Es gehörte zur 'Unterseebootgruppe Vorwärts' unter Kapitänleutnant Richard Becker. Östlich von Neufundland beschädigte es am 11. September 1942 das norwegische Handelsschiff Fjordaas. Es musste die Unternehmung frühzeitig wegen Maschinenschäden beenden. Am 29. September 1942 lief es in Brest wieder ein. Somit dauerte die erste Unternehmung 33 Tage, und das Boot legte 5165 sm (9566 km) zurück.

Unternehmung 2
Die zweite Fahrt, ebenfalls unter Kapitänleutnant Becker, dauerte 26 Tage (25. Oktober bis 21. November 1942). Dabei legte das Boot eine Strecke von 4083 sm (7562 km) zurück. Das Boot operierte zwischen Kap Vincent und Gibraltar. Ohne Schiffe zu beschädigen, musste es frühzeitig wegen Wasserbombenschäden die Rückfahrt antreten. Diesmal stand es unter den U-Boot-Gruppen Westwall und Natter.

Unternehmung 3
Auch während der dritten Fahrt (7. Januar bis 10. März 1943) unter Kapitänleutnant Becker wurden keine Schiffe versenkt. Während der 61 Tage andauernden Operation fuhr es 16.481 km (8899 sm) westlich der Kanarischen Inseln und südlich der Azoren (U-Boot Gruppe Rochen).

Unternehmung 4
Es wurden keine Schiffe beschädigt, aber ein U-Boot versorgt (U 459). Während der 43 Tage legte es 4380 sm (8112 km) zurück. Am 19. April 1943, einen Tag nach Beginn der Operation, musste U 218 wegen eines defekten Tiefenruders wieder Brest ansteuern. Danach legte es 15 Minen im Nordkanal und operierte anschließend im Nordatlantik (U-Boot Gruppen Naab, Mosel und Donau 2).

Unternehmung 5
Die kürzeste Operation von U 218 dauerte nur neun Tage, vom 22. Juli 1943 bis 6. August 1943 mit einer Unterbrechung von sechs Tagen wegen Undichtigkeiten. In der Biskaya wurde es durch einen Fliegerangriff beschädigt und musste zurückkehren.

Unternehmung 6
Am 19. September 1943 legte U 218 in Brest ab, um in den folgenden 79 Tagen 16.783 km auf See zurückzulegen. Die Operationsgebiete waren zuerst die Karibische See nordöstlich von Barbados, danach als Minenleger am Port of Spain und zuletzt an der St. Lucia-Passage südlich der Azoren. Auf dieser Fahrt wurde das britische Handelsschiff Beatrice Beck versenkt. Am 8. Dezember 1943 kam es in Brest wieder an.

Unternehmung 7
Diese 85 Tage andauernde Fahrt begann am 12. Februar 1944 in Brest. Während der Operation legte das Boot 9595 sm (17.946 km) im Mittelatlantik zurück. Seine Route verlief über Brest, Azoren, Kleine Antillen, Barbados, St. Lucia, Martinique, Grenada, Port Castries, Trinidad und Puerto Rico, um dann 15 Minen vor San Juan zu legen. Ohne ein Schiff zu beschädigen, kehrte es am 7. Mai 1944 nach Brest zurück. Dort wurde U 218 anschließend mit einer Schnorchelanlage ausgestattet.

Unternehmung 8
U 218 legte, nachdem es an der Invasionsfront, im Ärmelkanal und in der Biskaya operierte, 15 Minen vor Wolfs Rock, wodurch das britische Hilfskriegsschiff HMS Empire Halberd beschädigt wurde. Die Unternehmung dauerte 25 Tage und das Boot legte dabei 1101 sm (2039 km) zurück, diesmal jedoch zum größten Teil unter Wasser.

Unternehmung 9
Während dieser 43 Tage dauernden Fahrt legte U 218 15 Minen vor Lizzard Head, nachdem es im westlichen Ärmelkanal operierte. Am 11. August 1944 musste es nach Brest zurück, da es durch ein britisches Schnellboot angegriffen wurde. Nach 2236 sm (4141 km) lief es in Bergen (Norwegen) ein. Es wurden keine Schiffe beschädigt. Dies war die erste Fahrt unter Kapitänleutnant Rupprecht Stock.

Unternehmung 10
Zuvor wurde das Boot von Bergen nach Kristiansand verlegt. U 218 legte 14 Minen vor dem Firth of Clyde, wodurch auch das britische Handelsschiff Ethel Crawford versenkt wurde. Die Fahrt dauerte 47 Tage und das Boot operierte außerdem noch im Minch-Kanal, im Nordkanal und bei den Hebriden. Am 8. Mai 1945 erreichte es Bergen. Das war die letzte Fahrt der U 218.

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"Society gets the police force it deserves"
"The people get the government they deserve" is an old saying. ""Every country gets the police force that it deserves" was cited in 1922 by English criminology expert Basil Thomson (1861-1939). "It has been rightly said that a people gets the government it deserves; it is equally true that a city gets the police force it deserves" was cited in 1951.
"It is an old saw among experts that every town gets the police force it deserves, wants and pays for" was cited in 1953.
5 December 1922, Galveston (TX) Daily News, 'English Detective Details his Work: Sir Basil Thompson Shows American and British Ways Differ," pg. 3, col. 2:
"Every country gets the police force that it deserves," he declared. "If you think well of your police force and meet it with your confidence, it will repay you. The will of the community can only be interpreted by the police as the community wants it interpreted."
Crime and the Police
By Anthony Martienssen
London: Secker & Warburg
It has been rightly said that a people gets the government it deserves; it is equally true that a city gets the police force it deserves.
It is an old saw among experts that every town gets the police force it deserves, wants and pays for.
The Trouble with Cops
By Albert Deutsch
New York, NY: Crown
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15 May 1955, The Sunday Star (Washington, DC), "What are the Cities Doing To Improve Police Service?" by Miriam Ottenberg, pg. E-5, col. 5:
He echoes the oft-repeated warning: "Every town gets the police force it deserves, wants and pays for."
(The Trouble with Cops by Albert Deutsch.—ed.)
Police and the Public
By Srikanta Ghosh; Orissa (India). Home (Public Relations) Department.
Bhubaneswar: Govt. of Orissa, Home Dept.
The old saying, "The society gets the police it deserves" holds good even to-day and if the people of our country want the evils in police to be eradicated and the standard of efficiency and integrity improved, they have to closely associate themselves with the Government and the police administrators in the task of making police better.
Which Way New Zealand?
By Harry Morton
Dunedin: J. McIndoe
As with governments, a nation gets the police force it deserves.
20 January 2005, The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), "Letters in the Editor's Mailbag," pg. A6, col. 3:
People get police they deserve
(Capt. Richard Eide, Retired, Los Angeles Police Department, Marcola.—ed.)
Marcus John Brown
@MarcusJohnBrown
"A county gets the police force it deserves" BBC - Police forces all face major budget cuts http://bbc.in/1FnIn0j #cutshaveconsequences
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As usual there is quite a bit going in at Waitangi today on the eve of the main celebrations on Waitangi Day.
OK – I'm calling it – based on @CheckpointRNZ's report the decision to trespass Josie Butler from Waitangi's Treaty Grounds (initiated by the NZ Police) was flat out unlawful … done purely because what she had done, not any reasonable concern about current behaviour.
And Don Brash's speech got heckled and disrupted, and he cut it short. It's a shame respect wasn't given to expressing different views, but Brash didn't help his cause by raising some issues that would always be seen as provocative.
But other than that things generally seem to have gone fairly smoothly.
All parliamentary party leaders (except David Seymour?) were able to have a say without any dramas.
I can't find it at the moment but RNZ reported that Simon Bridges was conciliatory and Ardern welcoimed that.


Sony has announced that it's temporarily cutting the price on two separate PlayStation 4 bundles for a two week span this December.
Starting December 6 through 19, potential customers can choose between two bundles. Previously moving for $349.99, both the Star Wars Battlefront and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection bundles will sell for $299.99.
The Battlefront bundle features that new game, a 500GB PlayStation 4, a DualShock 4 controller and a voucher to download Super Star Wars, Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Star Wars Bounty Hunter.
The Uncharted bundle features the same hardware configuration without all the extra digital games. The Nathan Drake Collection includes remastered versions of the Uncharted trilogy from the PlayStation 3.
These are both great bundles. If you're new to the PlayStation brand and have never played Uncharted, I recommend the Uncharted bundle. That franchise is awesome, and the Collection is solid.


We use the verbs play, do and go with sports and activities. Let`s see the differences and pay special attention to this video.
Hobbies, repetitive actions and sports.
Hobbies, acciones repetitivas y deportes (actividades recreativas, deportes que no usan pelota) .
I do Karate on Saturdays.
'I heard that you do karate.' – karate is a non-team activity.
'I do crossword puzzles in my free time.' – crossword puzzles are not competitive.
Why don't we play a set of tennis?
Have you ever played ice hockey?
1. He used to _____ jogging every day when he was at university.
2. I love _____ a good game of chess from time to time.
3. This summer we _____ windsurfing every day on our vacation.
4. He's quite the athlete. He _____ basketball, baseball and hockey, too.
6. Why don't we _____ a set of tennis?
Ahora vamos a practicar un poco, no olvides poner atención al deporte para saber con que verbo va.
Do you want to ___ hiking with me?
Have you ever ___ ice-hockey?
I find ___ yoga to be very relaxing.
___ chess is a good mental excercise.
She ___ aerobics at the gym.
I ___ athletics at school.


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Q: Дженерик методы и верхняя граница Есть три класса:
class A{
}

class B{
}

class Gen<T, V extends T>{
}

Следующая программа не скомпилируется:
class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        Gen<A, B> g;
    }
}

ведь V обязательно должен быть либо таким же как T, либо его подклассом.
Теперь есть такой код:
class Main{
    public static <T, V extends T> void qq(T x, V y){
    }

    public static void main(String[] args){
        qq(new A(), new B());
    }
}

Я ожидаю, что он точно так же не скомпилируется, так как B не наследуется от A, но тем не менее всё отлично работает. Почему?

A: В Gen<A, B> g вы явно указали, что T=A и V=B - по очевидным причинам это не может скомпилироваться, типы не совместимы.
В qq(new A(), new B()) вы не указали типов для qq явно, компилятор делает вывод типов, т.е. находит подходящие. И в этом случае нашел T=Object и V=B.
Если явно укажите типы Main.<A, B>qq(new A(), new B()) - получите такую же ошибку.

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Lace up and get running in the Nike Free 5.0. This lightweight and flexible sneaker features a Nike Free construction for the ultimate barefoot-feel, exposed Dynamic Flywire that adjusts with your laces, durable textile upper with structural overlays, and a hexagonal flex grooves on the outsole.
Very stylish and light. Cannot see the dirt on them easily, which is a big plus for my son who steps in mud all the time. Excellent!


Why do so many boys balk when it comes to learning? Are we doing it all wrong? Here are some easy tips on teaching boys to love learning!
Any parent with more than one child knows that they are all unique individuals with different strengths and weaknesses. However, there are some traits which are more prevalent in boys than in girls. And once we're aware of these typical characteristics, we can use them while teaching our children. Unfortunately, most school systems are currently set up in ways that benefit girls. They require them to sit still, to read lots of textbooks, and to complete lots of worksheets.
Homeschools in most states aren't obligated to teach kids the same way that they do in schools. But because most of us homeschool moms were educated in traditional schools, however, it comes naturally for us to teach our kids in the same ways that we ourselves were taught.
And those teaching methods can be detrimental to our sons.
The good news is that with a little bit of research and effort, we can change our ways and make learning much more appealing for our boys.
Most boys don't like to sit still and read for hours on end. And even boys who enjoy reading, don't necessarily want to read Shakespeare or Charlotte Bronte. Choose books which are interesting to your son. Try to vary the activities in your homeschool between sedentary ones and those that allow more movement. Make sure your son has ways to burn off extra energy.
Remember the saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach?!? That goes for our sons as well. If you can keep your son's belly full, you'll be more likely to keep his attention on his lessons. Allow him to eat snacks while you're reading books aloud. Feed him plenty of protein. If he says he's hungry, be willing to pause so that he can get something to eat. There's no sense continuing on with lessons if your son's mind is distracted by his hunger.
When we ask our sons to diagram sentences, read girlie books, or learn about algebraic equations, they also have a tendency to be unenthusiastic. The traditional school topics don't always interest our children. We can't ditch everything but we can be intentional about including subjects which DO interest our boys.
When studying history, be sure to include information about the battles, the weapons, the intrigue. When studying science, throw in a few gross facts about the animals you're discussing. If your son absolutely loves designing video games, be sure he has ample time to design video games. This is an integral part of helping our boys love to learn!
Men love being in charge and our sons are men in training. They love to have at least some control in their day. Allow them to choose what time they start their lessons, or the order of their subjects, or different ways that they will learn. Ask him what he enjoys the most about school and listen to what he says. When you find things he dislikes about learning, try to come up with alternative ways to learn that information.
Consider changing curriculum, reading a different book, watching a movie or listening to an audio book rather than requiring him to read the textbook.
Boys love the unexpected. They find humor in the strangest topics, such as bodily functions. When your son comes up with a goofy joke, be sure to laugh. Try to surprise him with humorous information from time to time.
When my boys were younger, I remember asking them to answer some questions about their lesson. And if they got the answer right, I threw one of those candy circus peanuts into their mouths. They were totally surprised and it made the whole process fun.
Our kids NEED their sleep. Most of them need much more sleep than they're getting. Rather than waking them up at the crack of dawn, consider allowing them to sleep in a bit longer.
Delay starting homeschool lessons until they've had a chance to wake up. And some boys also appreciate having some time to exercise or do something more physical before having to sit down and concentrate.
We often think that reading, writing, and arithmetic are the most important parts of our child's education. But what makes reading information more valuable than hearing it, seeing it, or discussing it? What makes writing what you child has learned more important than giving a speech about it, creating a video about it, designing a Minecraft world which gives an example of it, drawing an illustration of it, snapping a photo of it, creating a blog about it, etc?
There are MANY ways our kids can learn the same information. Rather than sticking with teaching techniques which are emphasized in most school settings, consider adding in some less traditional methods. Try a variety of activities and see how your child responds.
It isn't always easy to go off the beaten path to explore different ways of presenting information to our kids. But it's certainly worth it. With a few small tweaks, we can help in teaching boys how to love to learn. And once their curiosity has been peaked, they are much more likely to find what they're passionate about and to eventually pursue it.
Thanks for these ideas, I really need them. My boys have nothing but dread for schooling. Do you have a post showing what curriculum you use?
This is the BEST and MOST helpful information I have come across yet. I am very hopeful that my 10 year old will experience a significant decrease in dreading school this year. I am a psychology professor who homeschools but I needed guidance and support in this area. Thank you sooon much Michelle!


Looking for some light summer reading? Here's a roundup of the best mental health and gaming articles you've missed. This week, we have a new program offering therapy to people who wouldn't normally be able to access it, a psychologist's look at Hellblade, and more.
Psychologists are setting up shop in primary-care clinics in some regions, giving patients the chance to access help they might not otherwise be able to find. The Atlantic has more.
We've shared a few interviews about Hellblade's development in the past, but this is a particularly good one. An interviewer from the Royal College of Psychiatrists talks to Ninja Theory's Dominic Matthews from a psychiatrist's perspective and gets deep into the game's approach to mental illness.
Given virtual reality's capacity for healing, it seems likely that careless design could be harmful. Writing for VentureBeat, a VR producer discusses the hazards of creating horror for VR, including how easily you can genuinely upset or harm your players.
Trypophobia, or the fear of irregular patterns of small holes, isn't a true phobia — but it does produce a visceral disgust response in many of us. There are no sure answers about why, but researchers have several fascinating theories. Business Insider covers the current state of the research in an article that includes many trypophobia-triggering images.
A gamer who has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome explains to Metro how games have been helpful — and why some games just aren't playable for them.


Home Top Stories 100 Participate in Adventure Race Under Sunny Skies! 100 Participate in Adventure Race Under Sunny Skies!
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Saturday, May 13th marked the 13th annual East Grand Adventure Race, held the 2nd Saturday of May every spring in Danforth, ME. This year's course featured all the events racers have come to expect and more: a mile-long compass run, followed by a 10-mile bike ride, and ending with an 8-mile canoe and kayak race. Many exciting challenges took place between the biking and paddling legs including the familiar mud pit crawl and log rolling in Baskahegan Stream. New challenges included a paintball challenge, scaling wall, partially submerged 29' culvert to crawl through and an environmental challenge where racers had to identify evergreen tree samples. The new family division opened up the race to parents and adult mentors taking part with younger children which included all elements except the biking portion.
Orono High school students along with numerous adults were well represented at the event with the high school boys team of Kellen Doyle & Ben Allan-Rahill not only winning their division, but the race overall with a course time of 2:28:02 before time deductions. Kellen also won the door prize, a new Vapor kayak, paddle and life jacket donated by Old Town Canoe.
Perhaps the biggest personal accomplishment of the day came from race participant Jill Plummer, a teacher at East Grand School. After helping out with last year's race, Jill set a personal goal of losing weight and getting in shape so she could take part this year. Jill accomplished her goal by losing 100 LBs and getting into shape. Jill took part on a relay team, completed the course, and was all smiles the whole time!


I am participating in the exposed movement from Eating Journey because I want to celebrate who I was and who I have become. I first heard about this exposed movement from Brooke Not on a Diet blog post. I thought if she can do it, I sure can too. She's so inspiring.
I use to delete pictures of me when I started seeing my double chin and hair growing under the chin. I learned a technique from a friend to hold the cell phone up high and look up into it. This would create the illusion that I didn't have a double chin.
I love pictures of myself now and I only delete them when my hair is out of place. I also want people to see what my life is about and capture all my moments because I am exposed.
hold up the cell phone to take picture so double chin doesn't show.
The physical aspects of me are enhanced due to losing 100 pounds within the last 2 years. I'm exposed by not holding back for a bikini picture.
I talk about my loose skin in this blog post and how my self esteem has changed for the better. My spirit has blossomed so much in the past 2 years with my new body that I celebrate all my accomplishments.
When I gained 80 lbs in 3 years, my keloids (scars that don't stop scarring) grew rapidly on my chest and shoulders. I felt like a freak show because it seemed like everyone would stare at them or kids would say ewww what's that as they pointed at me.
I'm more confident in myself that I don't worry about what others do not understand. I can't do anything about the Keloids because doctors have just had trial runs with ways to eliminate them. My Keloids don't define who I am nor hold me back.
If I focused on the negative and wished my body was this and that, I would be missing the big picture. The big picture is the celebration of what I can do and my beauty through out.
I exposed myself to show the celebration of what my body can do. I have accomplished getting my Masters Degree in Social Work. I will become a Weight Watchers Leader. I am strong, determined, loving, caring, helpful, artist, and a clarinet player. My body can leg press, lift weights, sing, draw, create life, dance, run and support life.
If I didn't love myself today, I wouldn't have the strength to take care of myself mentally. I discovered this year that I was a co-dependent because I tried to save my husband from alcohol. I was bogged down and going insane trying to control the situation.
What I have learned that addiction is similar to losing weight, you can't make someone change if they do not want to change. I had to want to change in order to lose weight and that had to happen with my husband. We have been separated since July 2013 and I am working on a stronger Gwyn.
Think about what your body has done for you through this journey and celebrate those accomplishments. I would love to hear what those exposed accomplishments are. Please comment below.


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Zink: Inkless Printing With Colorless Color
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A magical new inkless printing technology has risen from Polaroid's ashes
Tekla S. Perry
Photo: Joshua Dalsimer
The Color Makers: Brian Busch [left], Stephen Herchen [center], and J.C. Van Dijk were among the 50 who left Polaroid to form Zink.
Major innovations in printing don't come around very often. The last one was the inkjet printer, in 1976. And now there's Zink, a full-color printing technology that does away with a messy, expensive annoyance that consumers have learned to hate: ink.
Zink's first generation of printers was really only a novelty, spitting out prints measuring 2 by 3 inches (about 5 by 8 centimeters), but its second generation, which is only now rolling off assembly lines, allows formats of 4 by 6 inches (about 10 by 15 cm). That's enough to crack the key home-printing market. And the technology is still very young.
The story of Zink is not just one of a unique technology. It's about engineers and scientists pursuing a dream deep within a corporate research laboratory, long after most companies came to view research as a luxury they could do without. It's a story of how those researchers stayed true to their dream, even as the venerable corporation whose 70-year-old brick walls sheltered them drifted into bankruptcy. The story even has a Madoff-like Ponzi scheme that sent key investors to prison. It truly is a modern fairy tale.
Once upon a time, in a 40-year-old company called Polaroid, a young Cambridge, Mass., chemist named Stephen Herchen began working on his first project. It was 1977, and instant photography was booming, led by Polaroid's SX-70 camera, introduced in 1972. Herchen was one of 25 scientists and engineers working in a laboratory that focused on projects without timelines or product goals.
Herchen's task was to take a look at a specific approach to instant photography that would get around a drawback of the SX-70 process, which was based on dyes that migrated up through an opaque screen to become visible. Because such diffusion is hard to control, the photographs had limits to their resolution. Herchen's assignment was to find chemicals that started off colorless but could transform, with exposure to light, to the yellow, cyan, and magenta pigments necessary for a full-color photo. Because they'd be colorless, there'd be no need to hide them with a screen and therefore nothing through which they'd have to diffuse.
Colorless colors? It sounded like a task for Merlin. Herchen worked on the problem for about 10 years without solving it. Finally, he dropped the idea and turned to making better chemicals for traditional dye-diffusion films, contributing to the Spectra film introduced in 1986.
Then, in the 1990s, digital photography began eating away at the instant photography market, and Polaroid started scrambling. In the labs, researchers turned to developing printers for this new type of photography. They took two approaches—one intended to develop a high-speed thermal-transfer process for use in photo kiosks, code-named Opal, the other to create a portable printer, named Onyx, for consumers. Both were huge efforts and quickly became the main focus of the laboratories, with more than 100 researchers assigned to each.
Photos: Joshua Dalsimer
Secret Sauce: Zink's magic starts in a chemistry lab, where scientists build unique molecules, lay them onto paper, and then apply heat to turn them from colorless to colorful.
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Herchen became Polaroid's vice president of R&D and chief technical officer in 2003, overseeing these projects. It wasn't a happy time. Even though the photo-kiosk prototypes were well received, the collapse of instant photography dragged the company down. Polaroid cropped its staff even further, down from a peak of 20 000 to fewer than 6000.
Juan C. Van Dijk, a mechanical engineer who was working in product development at the time, recalls "trying to throw every kind of analog camera at the wall to see if something would stick. We had new high-end instant cameras. We had a low-end camera with a hand crank instead of a motor that was supposed to sell for US $9.99. We were really desperately trying to have something succeed."
But the ones and zeros of digital photography trumped the chemistry of instant photography. In 2001, Polaroid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Meanwhile, in the labs, the researchers on the Onyx portable printer began to think about a new approach—or rather an old one. Printing with the dye-transfer process, as used in commercial photo kiosks and portable photo printers, was slow and cumbersome: The print actually had to make four passes through the printer, one for each of the three colors and one for an overcoat. It had to stay precisely aligned as the motor moved it back and forth. And the printer needed yet another motor to move the ribbon when required. (Inkjet printing moves the printhead instead of the paper, also a complicated mechanical process.)
It occurred to everyone on the Onyx and Opal teams that the trouble lay in applying the different colors. What if the colors were somehow already in the paper, waiting to be turned on, the way phosphors are on a TV screen? It came back to the colorless-color problem that Herchen had tried and failed to solve. He'd been trying to create color that could be activated by light, but that hadn't worked out—it was simply too difficult. But in the meantime, heat-activated color had become as common as a cash-register receipt. These devices used printheads full of tiny resistors that applied pulses of heat to paper, not so different from the printheads used in the dye-transfer device. No one was doing full-color photographic printing using heat-activated color, but that didn't mean it wasn't possible.
The single-color heat-sensitive papers already on the market used two colorless chemicals that formed a color when they merged. Single substances involved much simpler chemistry, which was important given the complexity already inherent in getting three colors in one paper. So the chemists in the company began developing single substances that were colorless in their solid crystalline state but intensely colored when melted out of crystal form, staying colored when cooled.
It took nearly three years to find chemicals that could produce yellow, cyan, and magenta. The next problem was how to control them; if you put all three colors in a single sheet of paper and used heat to activate all of them equally, you'd end up with mud.
It was time to get Polaroid's electrical engineers and physicists involved. Brian Busch, a Ph.D. physicist who'd been working at the company for about four years, was the first to tackle the printhead problem. It was an exciting time, Busch recalls: "There's the feeling of being the core of the team that's working on the new thing, the future, the project that is going to save the company. And there was an incredible spirit of teamwork. I didn't want to let down the chemists who had worked so hard to come up with these brilliant molecules that perform their magic so reliably. All I had to do was to get this obstreperous piece of hardware to produce some heat and melt the dye."
it wasn't all that simple. Busch and the two dozen engineers who worked with him on the hardware module needed to rethink the operation of thermal printheads. Existing thermal printers dealt with just one color at a time, so their resistors simply had to be hot or not. But the Onyx team needed to control three colors, and they intended to do it in a single 30-second pass across the printhead. Their idea was to fine-tune those colorless colors to activate at different temperatures, then precisely control the printhead to deliver the right amount of heat for the right amount of time for each of the 300 dots in each square inch of the print.
Busch calls it the "fried ice cream" approach, conceived by Polaroid researcher Stephen Telfer, now head of Zink's chemistry and media development groups. "How do you melt a high-temperature molecule without melting a low-temperature one? With fried ice cream, you roll it in dough and throw it in really hot oil for a short amount of time. The coating fries without melting the ice cream because you're hitting the shell with a high temperature, but the heat doesn't get to the ice cream." But if you want to melt the ice cream without cooking the dough, he says, just leave it on the counter overnight, and "the low temperature over a long time will melt the core."
Fried ice cream was the answer to the colorless-color problem. The color closest to the surface—the one with just the right melting point turned out to be yellow—would have the highest melting point and the shortest pulse. That way the heat wouldn't have time to migrate down to the next color (magenta), which has a medium melting point. The longest pulse would heat the third color (cyan), which was deepest down, but because it was at a low temperature, it wouldn't affect the other two.
Busch and his colleagues worked on control electronics for the thermal printhead, precisely adjusting the time and temperature of the 200 million pulses of heat needed to make a 2- by 3-inch print. They came up with pulses of about half a millisecond for the yellow and about 10 ms for the cyan.
The chemists continued to tweak their colorless compounds, trying to adjust the melting temperatures to 200, 150, and 100 °C, low enough to protect the plastic coating but high enough to prevent the colors from being activated if the photo was left in the sun.
The team solved the puzzle by adapting the approach being used over in the Opal photo-kiosk project. The Opal researchers were also using heat, but instead of trying to melt the dyes directly, they embedded the dyes with solvents and used heat to activate the solvents. The Onyx team realized it was much easier to find a solvent that melts at the right temperature than to engineer a colorless molecule that responds to that temperature. The solvents then melt the colorless crystals into puddles of colorful ink.
On Christmas Eve 2001, it all came together. The group printed its first recognizable image using a thermal printhead wired to a field-programmable gate array chip. They'd proved the concept.
The reaction within Polaroid was mixed, recalls Van Dijk. "It was a disruptive technology—so disruptive that it would have killed camera sales. It would have killed instant film. So there was hesitation about going full speed ahead with it."
Meanwhile, Polaroid's business troubles continued. In July 2002, an investment firm, One Equity Partners, purchased the bankrupt company. The strategy was like buying a foreclosed house; the new owner would hang onto the company for a while, perhaps renovate it a little, and then try to sell it at a profit.
In April 2005, One Equity sold Polaroid to a Minnesota businessman, Thomas Petters, for an undisclosed amount. Petters immediately began using the Polaroid brand name on a line of digital cameras.
Petters wasn't interested in continuing the Onyx research. "He was excited by the technology," says Herchen. "We were able to do some pretty neat things with it, and it wasn't that far off from being a product." But continuing the research—the team then had 100 people on it—would have cost millions of dollars a year.
Petters gave the team six months to find a buyer or investor. A major inkjet-printer company was interested, and the team focused on making that acquisition happen. In May of 2005, though, the inkjet company backed out. Petters made it clear that he could not support the Onyx group after the end of June.
"It was time for a Hail Mary pass," says Herchen. He and Busch, the physicist, got on a plane for Japan. Recalls Busch, "We packed our bags and a soldering iron and a couple of crude prototype printers, and in two weeks we did dozens of demos in Japan and China and Korea."
"We put our paper into the cassette, and we could print images," Herchen says. "They weren't as high quality as they needed to be [for a commercial product], but they were very, very good, and they showed promise."
Most of the executives they met with simply listened politely, then bowed farewell. "The companies basically said, 'Yeah, okay, fine, come back to us when it's really working,'" Busch says.
Until they got to Alps Electric.
Alps Electric Co., based in Tokyo, makes thermal print engines and printers for a number of well-known consumer electronics brands and ships thermal print engines to countless other printer manufacturers. By the mid-2000s, the 20-year-old technology was, by any definition, mature. The Alps executives may have reached the end of the road in optimizing it when Herchen and Busch landed on their doorstep.
"We took out our little printer—which was one of theirs—yanked out the ink ribbon cartridge, and said, 'How would you like to see me print without that? Look at this space you could eliminate—all of the mechanisms and parts and motors and things that are used to move the ink ribbon—you're not going to need that. You could make this half the size,'" Herchen told them. "'And there's going to be no more of this four-pass process with each color printed in its own pass. We're going to do it all in a single pass,'" a much faster proposition.
He hit the button and made the print. Within a week, Alps had signed on as a major strategic partner. It would develop and manufacture printheads and print engines using the Onyx technology and serve as an original equipment manufacturer to consumer-products manufacturers. Back in the United States, an investor named Robert Dean White offered to fund the spin-out of the Onyx team into a private company that would continue to develop the technology and manufacture and sell the paper. The team had beaten their deadline.
Back in Massachusetts, however, it wasn't all champagne and flowers. For while White's investment had managed to keep the project from drowning, it wasn't going to be enough to support a team of 100 to profitability.
"It was a bit like Noah's ark," recalls Herchen. "We needed something of everything, some number of people who knew mechanical engineering, some who knew electrical engineering, firmware, software, molecular design, synthesis, physics, chemical engineering. We had to figure out the smallest number of people we could take that could cover all [that]."
He took 50 out of a staff of about 100. The choice was brutal, as was the announcement. "I had two meetings," says Herchen, "one with a group of 50 telling them that we hoped they would come with us, and another with a group of 50 telling them they wouldn't be able to do that. These were great people I'd worked with for years and years." The researchers that wouldn't be boarding the ark packed up their things and left that day. And on 1 October 2005, Zink Imaging incorporated.
Yes, that's Zink. Not Onyx—that was just a code name—or Chromonyx, which briefly followed Onyx. And not iCMY, an attempt at merging i-coolness (the i stood for "inkless") with an acronym for cyan, magenta, and yellow—which during a period of frustration came to mean "I can't make yellow." The development team had realized that the coolest thing about their technology was that it required no ink. So they named the technology Zero-ink, or Zink.
The new company gave an equity share to each of the 50 who made the leap from Polaroid. As part of the spin-out agreement with Polaroid, Zink took just about everything connected with the project, from the electron microscopes to the pencils on the desks, for a fraction of its value. It also walked away with a portfolio of 100-odd patents.
Already on the Market
Polaroid Pogo: (Left) This $200 camera has a built-in Zink printer.
Tomy Xiao: (Middle) This camera and printer package is available only in Japan.
Dell Wasabi:(Right) This $35 printer can receive images wirelessly.
With the money from White, some additional investment from Petters, and, in 2008, an infusion of funds from Mangrove Capital Partners, of Luxembourg, the group continued to develop their technology into a product. Both the chemistry and the electronics needed continual tweaking. Getting the color green to print cleanly, recalls Busch, was a particular nightmare, because it required activating the yellow top layer and the cyan bottom layer without affecting the magenta layer sandwiched in between. Researchers also had to engineer a top coating for the paper—one that would act as a lubricant when the paper ran through the printer, then as a protective sealant when the print was complete. And they needed to develop a system to make sure that when the software directed the printhead to produce a particular color, the right color would appear on the paper.
Their solution was to include a rough piece of paper, imprinted with a bar code, in every pack of paper. This addition cleans the pathway and enables the printer to calibrate itself, for each batch of paper has a slightly different sensitivity that must be compensated for to maintain color accuracy. The first generation of printer engines, with an image size of 2 by 3 inches (about 5 by 8 cm), came out early this year; the next generation, boasting images of 4 by 6 inches (about 10 by 15 cm), is due to ship in the fourth quarter of this year. The company is already testing prototypes of a version measuring 8 by 10 inches (about 20 by 25 cm). So far, Polaroid, Tomy, and Dell are selling products based on the Zink technology.
Zink's success depends just as much on the paper as it does on the hardware. Of course, the hardware needs to be out there to sell the paper, but the paper is Zink's core business. Initially, the Zink researchers made their paper, in sample quantities, on a pilot manufacturing line in the lab. But by November of 2005, they realized they needed a real manufacturing operation. Two months later, they picked one up for a song. William Keating, a Zink senior vice president, heard that Konica Minolta Holdings, a joint venture that made paper for professional photo minilabs, was getting out of the business and closing its Whitsett, N.C., factory.
"We asked them to stop the auction and give us the time to see if this was a fit for us," says Wendy Caswell, now the chairman and CEO of Zink. It was. Zink purchased the factory and all the equipment in it at what Caswell considers an incredible bargain. "It was a win-win. They didn't have to lay their people off, which mattered to them, and Zink acquired a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and a team to operate the plant."
By September of 2008, things were running pretty smoothly. Zink had solid financing from an established venture firm. It had its first consumer-electronics partners ready to introduce products in early 2009. It had been producing paper for several months.
And then, on 3 October, White and Petters, Zink's original investors—and at that time, board members—were arrested in Minnesota, charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice in a scheme that had defrauded investors of some $3.65 billion. (Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme would grab even bigger headlines two months later.) At press time, Petters was expected to go on trial in October. White pleaded guilty and faces up to 22 years in jail.
Caswell heard of the arrest on the morning news. She spent the day working with the Mangrove team, and by that evening, Petters and White were off the Zink board and the company was on its way to being restructured to dilute the pair's ownership to an insignificant amount, insuring that Zink and its assets would not be affected by any legal proceedings. It's not exactly clear where the money the two invested into Zink came from, but Caswell says it doesn't matter to the company's future.
Today Alps is producing Zink print engines. Foxconn Technology Group and Lite-On Technology Corp., both of Taipei, Taiwan, are building Zink-based products for major consumer-products companies. Four Zink products are already on the market—the Polaroid PoGo printer, the Polaroid PoGo camera, the Tomy Xiao camera, and the Dell Wasabi printer, ranging in price from $35 for stand-alone printers to $200 for an integrated camera printer. Zink paper sells for about 30 cents a sheet. The company expects to sell to both consumers and businesses. On the consumer side are all the traditional users of photography. On the commercial side are insurance agents and police, who need to staple a photograph to a report instantly, fashion photographers, and decorators, as well as photo kiosks, medical offices (for color-coded labels), and commercial signage (Zink's images are water-resistant).
And the Zink technology is catching on among artists, much as the old Polaroid technology did, back in the day, and for the same reason—you can alter the colors while the photo is developing.
The company, now based in Bedford, Mass., has 100 employees. At this writing, 49 of the original 50 who left Polaroid remain; the 50th left to do missionary work in Bolivia. The company is winding up a final round of venture funding and expects to be operating in the black by early 2010.
People, Caswell says, have "an inherent hatred of ink. 'Ink costs so much,' they say. 'It runs out at the worst time possible. It's messy. The jets clog. Then I have to blow through ink to unclog them.' The technology has decades to go; we don't know today all of the applications for it."
Perhaps on the moon or Mars—zero-ink printers work just fine in zero gravity.
This article originally appeared in print as "Zink: A Modern Fairy Tale."
For more on Zink, see "Behind the Scenes at Zink: Where Color Magic Happens."
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Simulation-based reinforcement learning approaches are leading the next innovations in legged robot control. However, the resulting control policies are still not applicable on soft and deformable terrains, especially at high speed. To this end, we introduce a versatile and computationally efficient granular media model for reinforcement learning. We applied our techniques to the Raibo robot, a dynamic quadrupedal robot developed in-house. The trained networks demonstrated high-speed locomotion capabilities on deformable terrains.
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A lonely badminton player's best friend.
Come along for the (autonomous) ride with Yorai Shaoul, and see what a day is like for a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute.
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In this video we showcase a Husky-based robot that's preparing for its journey across the continent to live with a family of alpacas on Formant's farm in Denver, Colorado.
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RB-VOGUI is the robot developed for this success story and is mainly responsible for the navigation and collection of high quality data, which is transferred in real time to the relevant personnel. After the implementation of the fleet of autonomous mobile robots, only one operator is needed to monitor the fleet from a control centre.
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Bagging groceries isn't only a physical task: knowing how to order the items to prevent damage requires human-like intelligence. Also … bin packing.
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Seems like lidar is everywhere nowadays, but it started at NASA back in the 1980s.
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This GRASP on Robotics talk is by Frank Dellaert at Georgia Tech, on "Factor Graphs for Perception and Action."
Factor graphs have been very successful in providing a lingua franca in which to phrase robotics perception and navigation problems. In this talk I will revisit some of those successes, also discussed in depth in a recent review article. However, I will focus on our more recent work in the talk, centered on using factor graphs for action. I will discuss our efforts in motion planning, trajectory optimization, optimal control, and model-predictive control, highlighting SCATE, our recent work on collision avoidance for autonomous spacecraft.
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Building the Future of Smart Home Security
Engineers must invent new technology to enhance security products' abilities
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Nate Wilfert is Vice President of Software Engineering at SimpliSafe.
In this article, SimpliSafe's VP of Software Engineering discusses his team's focus on creating a safer future through enhanced technology.
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This is a sponsored article brought to you by SimpliSafe.
It's nearly impossible to find a household today that doesn't have at least one connected smart home device installed. From video doorbells to robot vacuums, automated lighting, and voice assistants, smart home technology has invaded consumers' homes and shows no sign of disappearing anytime soon. Indeed, according to a study conducted by consulting firm Parks Associates, smart home device adoption has increased by more than 64 percent in the past two years, with 23 percent of households owning three or more smart home devices. This is particularly true for devices that provide security with 38 percent of Americans owning a home security product. This percentage is likely to increase as 7 in 10 homebuyers claimed that safety and security was the primary reason, after convenience, that they would be seeking out smart homes, according to a report published by Security.org last year.
As the demand for smart home security grows, it's pertinent that the engineers who build the products and services that keep millions of customers safe continue to experiment with new technologies that could enhance overall security and accessibility. At SimpliSafe, an award-winning home security company based in Boston, Mass., it is the pursuit of industry-leading protection that drives the entire organization to continue innovating.
In this article, Nate Wilfert, VP of Software Engineering at SimpliSafe, discusses the complex puzzles his team is solving on a daily basis—such as applying artificial intelligence (AI) technology into cameras and building load-balancing solutions to handle server traffic—to push forward the company's mission to make every home secure and advance the home security industry as a whole.
Using AI to enhance safety and customer experience
Since its founding in 2006, SimpliSafe has been reimagining antiquated security products and services and developing accessible technology that can be easily installed into homes across the country. It redefined the home security space by introducing wireless, DIY products and pioneered giving customers the ability to monitor their homes via a smartphone app. Today, SimpliSafe's talented engineering team continues to innovate by investigating how AI can be used to reduce false alarms and enhance the customer experience.
False alarms are a constant obstacle in the home security and emergency response industries. Not only are false alarms annoying to customers, but they also make it difficult for emergency responders to differentiate between real emergencies and accidental alarm trips, which in turn, result in slower response times. One of our engineering team's top priorities is understanding how they can reduce false alarms and send help fast to address verified emergencies. The potential solution? Integrating AI into security cameras.
Our engineering team is developing AI that will make our cameras "smarter" and give them the ability to identify specific objects to reduce false alarms and enhance the customer experience.
Imagine having an outdoor camera that could tell you if the vehicle in your driveway is a friend, a stranger, or a police car. Or what about having a video doorbell that could tell you if the backpacked teenager on your front stoop is your daughter returning home from school or a delivery person dropping off tonight's takeout dinner? Customers are only interested in receiving alerts for movements that are out of the ordinary and security monitoring centers are only interested in addressing emergency events. Thanks to AI, we're on our way to addressing all of these needs.
Currently, our engineering team is developing AI that will make our cameras "smarter" and give them the ability to identify specific objects with the ultimate goal of delivering a best-in-class customer experience. With these advanced cameras, customers will receive tailored app alerts detailing the specifics of the detected camera activity. In time, emergency operators will only receive calls for activity that appears out of the ordinary, thereby reducing false alarms and accelerating emergency response.
As AI technology develops and as our engineering team grows, we can explore more ways AI can make SimpliSafe smarter, faster, simpler and more accurate to help us advance the future of security. There is still plenty to be uncovered and our engineers have a unique opportunity to create life-saving products and services that have a truly positive impact on the customer.
Building infrastructure to meet the demand of a growing customer base
Today, SimpliSafe has over 1 million subscribing customers and nearly 5 million connected devices working hard to protect homes against intruders, fires, water damage, and more. Managing the server activity of those connected devices is a unique challenge to SimpliSafe. Few companies come close to SimpliSafe's connected device volume.
Due to the large volume, we move beyond what any major cloud provider can handle. Even the biggest international SaaS providers running on common cloud solutions only support a few hundred thousand devices at a given time. Given the lack of scalable cloud providers, we must turn to our engineers to create a solution that can scale as our customer base grows and ensure customers' servers are always operating smoothly, without interruption.
To add to the challenge, most internet of things (IoT) companies use servers for "request and response," meaning that the connection used to first understand a customer's request and then provide them with a response is short-lived. SimpliSafe works differently. Unlike other IoT companies, we must keep long-lived connections for our backend servers. Constant connection between the customer and the server is crucial because it allows us to trace an alert back to a relevant customer and notify them of an emergency quickly, a task that would take too long if we used "request and response" protocol.
Careers at SimpliSafe
If you are interested in learning more about SimpliSafe's engineering team and the technical problems they're looking to solve across software, hardware, firmware, mechanical, electrical, artificial intelligence, and cloud disciplines please visit SimpliSafe's career page.
As an award-winning home security company, we understand better than anyone how important it is for a customer in a potentially dangerous situation to receive help swiftly. Not only do our engineers need to create a solution to manage our servers, but they must also create a solution that can load-balance with ease and provide a highly responsive experience for our customers.
Thankfully, our talented team has created new and innovative technologies that are able to control all our servers as well as the data it processes. But load-balancing maintenance is an ongoing focus. We are always looking to hire more engineers who can help us scale to address our growing customer base.
SimpliSafe's engineers are leading a growing number of innovative projects, more than can be outlined here. They span the gamut of advanced technology and engineering, including the development of new hardware devices, cameras, imaging technology, app development, cloud computing, cyber security protection, motion detection and user authentication technologies. No matter what our engineers are focused on, all are dedicated to enhancing safety. It's our mission to make every home secure that pushes us forward and challenges us to reimagine a safer world, achieved with the help of exceptional home security products.
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The Date to Know in the Zeke Holdout
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Published Jul 26, 2019 at 5:12 PM | Updated at 6:05 PM CDT on Jul 26, 2019
If Dallas Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott does not arrive in Oxnard by Aug. 6 it may be a while before he shows up. (Published Friday, July 26, 2019)
There is one potential date you need to know in the Ezekiel Elliott holdout from training camp while the Cowboys star running back tries to land a new contract with Dallas.
That date is Aug. 6, and here's why it matters.
If the Cowboys and Zeke cannot come to a contract extension agreement in the next two years – and he is under contract with Dallas for two more years – he would obviously want to become an unrestricted free agent at that point.
That would allow him the opportunity to get as much money as he possibly can on the free market. That makes sense.
But, under the collective bargaining agreement, a player needs to have four years of service to become a free agent in the NFL. And this is the important part -- in order for a season to count toward a player's "years of service," that player has to be at training camp 30 days before the regular season begins.
So, if Elliott does not arrive in Oxnard by Aug. 6 – which is 30 days before the Cowboys first game against the Giants – that means this year will not count as one of his four seasons of service, even if he shows up later in the month and plays all 16 regular season games.
Zeke only has three years of service. So if he holds out this summer, that means – if he's still seeking a new contract next summer, he will not be able to hold out then – or he will lose free agency.
In other words, he can do a long hold out this year or next year but not both.
Which is why Aug. 6 is the date to watch. If Zeke does not arrive in California by that date, he likely will not be showing up to play for the Cowboys for a long time this season.
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One more reason why holding out this year would be colossally stupid.
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Dude just needs another week for the weed to flush out his system.
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Zeke's approaching full blown douche status
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I'm Easy If You Are
Yep. This kids head is much bigger than his hair. Some may think he is doing the right thing but if that were so why enter into another contract with him. He isn't even keeping the terms of his current one.
deadrise
There aren't many players you could say this about, but without Zeke, Jerry can kiss this season good-bye.
Zeke is first downs when you need them, Zeke is a threat to break a big play anytime, Zeke is a really good pass blocker, Zeke is a pretty damn good receiver. Zeke takes pressure off Dak. Take all those things away and you're looking at an 8 - 8 season, at best. That's Zeke's leverage.
It's a game of chicken. See who blinks first.
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Unless Zeke can take this team to the SB then he has no one over the barrel. Unless Jones believes he can then Elliot has no leverage because that would be the only reason why Jones should meet his demands. The Cowboys can have a decent season with a lot of RBs but unless Elliot is the savior I would tell him to keep on holding out and fine him to get some of the money back.
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p1_ said:
For some reason I thought players could hold out into the the regular season, around week 6 or 7, and still receive credit for a year of service.
I seem to remember that being the case for some recent holdouts.
Just looked it up and what I was thinking of only applies to unsigned players who've had the franchise tag placed on them. Players in that category have to play at least six games to receive credit for a year of service.
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I tend to agree with you. And the holdout wouldn't give me extra motivation to get a deal done. If anything that's a bit of a turnoff to me. Unfortunately Jerry doesn't think that way. It's why he has already sent an offer over and I expect Zeke to get a new deal before the start of the season.
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Yep, Zeke can hold out until he is blue in the face and it won't get him any closer to free agency.
Players have to be in camp for a certain amount of time before the first game to get a year of FA eligibility. If Zeke comes to camp too late this season will not count towards UFA.
For those that don't know, you have to have 4 years of active play time after being drafted before you're eligible for UFA. Holding out can hamper that with deadlines like I illustrated above.
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It's why Jaylon Smith won't hit free agency when his contract expires. He will be restricted.
Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun
I'm sure his agent has made him aware of any of these dates. He needs to get his due while he still can. Otherwise the team will just run him into the ground and then use it against him in negotiations. Just a position that isn't valued like it once was. Players of his caliber don't grow on trees either.
I've been in favor of extending him now rather than later for a while, so I'm hoping it happens. The holdout isn't really the impetus for an extension in my mind, but the fact that it's strategically the right thing to do if the plan is to eventually extend him, which is clearly the case given the comments from Stephen, etc. over the last few months.
There's no guarantee that Zeke takes them to the SB. But it's almost a lock that they won't sniff a SB without him. And Jerry's getting too old for "decent seasons." Nobody gives a shit if your season was "decent."
Rev said:
Yeah. I think his agent is probably very familiar with all the rules and dates. No doubt he and Zeke have discussed them at length. All these posts offering revelations about deadlines, etc., like Zeke's agent somehow overlooked them.
It's because the agent is banking on getting a deal done. If they get an extension done none of the dates really matter.


Every once in a while, new music will show up in the inbox, out of the blue, containing miracles wonders and special treats by artists that would raise the hair on your arms. English emotional, epic alt rockers THE WOLF HOWLS WHE I SCREAM YOUR NAME dropped us a line about their new EP "To Be Where There Is Pale Light" and we instantly knew we gotta give them some exposure in our pages. Their new track "Alive & All So Well" blends atospheric, soulful vocals with powerful, cinematic bursts and arrangements that feel unburdened by structure, and make you return time and again for more.
'To Be Where There Is Pale Light' is about how i think everybody at some point wishes for their problems to be lifted by some form of higher power in a time of helplessness, this track 'Alive & All So Well' focuses on that subject in a more vivid sense to the other tracks on the e.p.
The Wolf Howls When I Scream Your Name started as a solo project by lead singer Matthew Awbery, it became apparent whilst recording the songs Awbery had been writing required a band. Which saw them put out a small two track release 'In My Bed I'll Rot' on September 9th 2018. Now the band are set to release an e.p in March 2019 entitled 'To Be Where There Is Pale Light' a collection of dark ethereal songs that the band will play a handful of weekenders and tours in support of, whilst they write their debut album.
Whilst writing this song I had definitely drawn a lot of influence from Radiohead who have been one of my favourite bands since i was about 14, I'd say you can tell I had also been listening to a lot of post rock whilst writing this song like Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mogwai, basically any music with that sense of repetition that becomes hypnotic, so my two favourite bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre & Failure probably were honourable mentions in the kind of form I've written most of the songs like on this record.
Isn't the sickness waring you down?
Isn't it fickle, how they can watch you drown?
You've lost your speech, how did it get so low?
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The Libraries announced in May that Dunkin Donuts had been selected as the café vendor for the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons on East Campus, and starting on Monday, October 4, at 7:30 a.m. it will officially open.
Lincoln, Neb. —The Libraries announced in May that Dunkin Donuts had been selected as the café vendor for the Dinsdale Family Learning Common on East Campus, and starting on Monday, October 4, at 7:30 a.m. it will officially open.
Vernon Joseph, the store manager, says that baking will occur onsite, but will feature a different selection of baked goods than what is featured at the Dunkin Donuts located in the Adele Hall Learning Commons on City Campus.
He is also excited to mention that the Dinsdale location is the only Dunkin' Next Generation concept in Lincoln and serves Nitro-infused Cold Brew and other cold beverages through a tap-system.
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Not a stellar start for the Cougs as Kyle Weaver picks up two fouls in the first four minutes to find a seat on the bench. As a consequence, the offense looks a little disjointed. Nothing major to panic about yet on that front.
Ken Tutt is killing the Cougs from the outside already, however, and that is precisely what the Cougars can't have happen. WSU has been especially vulnerable to teams who get hot from outside. It will be interesting to see how long Tony Bennett leaves Weaver -- who was supposed to draw the primary assignment against Tutt -- on the bench.