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It's time for Anthony Albanese to toughen up and take the fight to Scott Morrison
Posted on November 22, 2019 by Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Oppositions have a critical role in the Westminster system of government. It appears to be a role that Labor leader Anthony Albanese is struggling with.
At their most effective, oppositions, and especially opposition leaders, hold governments to account, present an alternative vision for the nation, and give voice to those sections of the community that are overlooked or disadvantaged by the government of the day.
Opposition leaders who simply see their role as patiently waiting for governments to lose office not only misunderstand their office but are doing the electorate a gross disservice.
Australia has a manifestly bad government: erratic, feckless, incoherent, disingenuous, mendacious and delusional. It is a government that is the personification of the man who leads it, Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
It is a government almost daily compromised by ill-disciplined, gaffe-prone, seat-of-the-pants ministers who are never held to account by a PM who is prepared to defend the indefensible, or simply look the other way until the caravan has moved on.
Living memory can produce no equal when it comes to a PM who treats the electorate with greater disrespect than Scott Morrison. Not surprisingly, his nitwit ministers, who collectively comprise the shallowest federal ministry on record, follow suit.
Two words should spell easy pickings for the opposition leader: Scott Morrison:
Scott Morrison, even as Australia burns – although it was he who was supposed to burn for Australia – refuses to acknowledge climate change and would rather chew glass than utter the 'CC' words.
Scott Morrison, whose advice to fire fighters and fire victims is to tune in to the cricket.
Scott Morrison, who seeks to make political capital out of those who dare to be unemployed, refusing widespread calls to increase the Newstart allowance as a matter of ideological principle.
Scott Morrison, who at the last election assured Australians that the economy was in robust health, making much of a meaningless budget surplus, is now struggling to craft a response to Australia's economic malaise amid global economic uncertainty, conditions that were apparent even as he boasted of his government's economic credentials.
Scott Morrison, who with trademark chutzpah claims credit for the banking royal commission, is now struggling with what to do with the Big 4's banking oligopoly, a cartel that is simply too powerful and set in its ways for meaningful change to occur.
Scott Morrison, who perennially claims to have a plan but presides over policy wastelands when it comes to foreign policy (and in particular China), Indigenous affairs (especially on the matter of constitutional recognition), drought mitigation, water and the economy.
Scott Morrison, an avowed lover of coal and hater of "greens", has flagged an overhaul of environmental approval processes that are ostensibly a disincentive for investment in major projects (read coal mines), even as the world's fragile environment calls for tougher not weaker regulation.
Scott Morrison has also flagged a review of industrial relations with a view to reducing the "administrative clutter associated with the compliance regime", even as the high incidence of wages theft reveals a systemic lack of regulation and/or enforcement.
Challenging neither the government nor the electorate
The Morrison government was re-elected just six months ago and yet it presents as a tired, tattered, tottering government. But in an almost schizophrenic duality, it is also an implacably ideological government, confident and bellicose in its determination to take Australia to the most conservative ends of the political spectrum.
Is this a conservatism that was knowingly endorsed at the last election, marking an abrupt shift to the right by the electorate? Or is the electorate, having voted to secure their hip pocket, being taken where it did not intend to go?
We don't really know because Anthony Albanese is not putting these questions to the test. He is challenging neither the government nor the electorate.
Albanese is not so much absent from the political fray as hiding in plain sight.
Losing the unlosable 2019 election – on top of losing the unlosable 2016 election – has cruelled Labor's political nerve.
There is some merit in the opposition tactic of leaving government to its own devices in the immediate aftermath of an election. Nobody's going to be listening and the voters, having made their decision, are entitled to have that decision honoured with respectful silence.
But the election was six months ago and it's time to wake up the electorate, not to mention Albanese.
Albanese's role is more than taking the government to task. At stake is much, much more. What would Australia under Anthony Albanese look like? So far, we don't know.
The Labor leader has gone out of his way to be conciliatory and even-handed with the Morrison government. The intent is clear enough. Apart from reflecting Albanese's gentlemanly disposition – London to a brick Morrison will, at an opportune time, raise doubts about his opponent's ticker – there is no doubt a desire to clean up Australian politics and the standard of public discourse.
It's a worthy goal, but on this occasion misplaced. Morrison does not deserve Albanese's bonhomie and exaggerated non-partisanship. Morrison treats his opponent with barely disguised disdain. The olive branch has been declined. Or more accurately, it has been seized by Morrison and repurposed as a stick to be thrown into the distance, accompanied by the command of "Fetch!".
Albanese needs to step up. Australia cannot be allowed to lurch to the extreme right by default.
Labor lost the confidence of the electorate
Labor has concluded that it had too many policies at the last election. The charge should be that Labor did not adequately defend and explain those policies; did not present them as part of a cohesive vision for Australia. Labor's loss in 2019 was a function of poor leadership and poor campaigning. The electorate was ultimately sold a pup, but only because Labor was found wanting on the hustings.
Labor was right when it went into the election expecting to win – in part precisely because of its extensive manifesto – but it was in the course of the election campaign that Labor lost the confidence of the electorate.
Australia sorely needs a vision as opposed to the Morrison government's piecemeal offering of policy on the run.
Albanese has much to address.
Maybe the post-election analysis was correct when it concluded that Labor's criticism of the "big end of town" was off-key, but we need to hear more from Labor about our most disadvantaged, ostracised by the Morrison government, being welcomed back into the broader Australian community.
He must prosecute the imperative for climate change action and Labor must stop shilly-shallying – as it did in the last election – and set forth an unambiguous plan for Australia to cut emissions, secure energy supply, phase out coal mining (and compensate and/or retrain its workers) and prepare the nation for a future in which renewable sources will supply our energy needs.
Albanese must also deal with the China question in a way that Morrison has not, which also means some hard-headed decisions about the future of Australia's relationship with the United States. The longer Australia considers the US alliance an untouchable taboo, the harder it will be for Australia to assert a foreign policy that is in the national interest.
Under the Morrison government, Australia has become an international outcast. On climate change, asylum seekers, press freedom, overbearing national security laws, the growing gap between rich and poor and Indigenous affairs Australia has been found sorely wanting.
Where is Labor's voice on these issues? And on those issues which Labor feels bipartisanship is a convention to be honoured, at what point does bipartisanship become culpability?
The Morrison government has been so extreme in its conservative agenda that Albanese needs to reframe both the "national conversation" and his approach as opposition leader.
The Westminster system of government provides a platform for dissent and holding to account. And this government warrants plenty of both. It's time that we heard loud and clear from Albanese that 'this is not the Australia we want' for this or future generations.
By all accounts Albanese is a good, decent and principled man. He needs to add "fighter" to his resume.
It's time for Anthony Albanese to step up and get serious as Labor leader and as leader of the opposition. And he can start by getting into his big-boy pants and stop calling himself Albo.
Leo D'Angelo Fisher is a Melbourne journalist, writer and commentator. He is a former columnist with BRW, brw.com.au and the Australian Financial Review and was a senior writer at The Bulletin magazine. He is on Twitter @DAngeloFisher
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Jon on November 25, 2019 at 8:43 am said:
Leo, I think you have forgotten about Tony Abbot's regime. You are right that Albo is being too nice. Having said that, with a Newspoll out today (albeit care needs to be taken with the polls) showing that the Coalition is comfortably ahead (when at this stage of the electoral cycle most governments are behind the opposition), I am unsure whether a good majority of voters really care about the matters you have discussed above, It's their policy platform that needs to also change, but, alas, the Coalition will have a field day with any major changes. Labor needs to stick to their guns on policy, albeit will have to drop some. I fear that unless the economy completely tanks (which it hasn't), Labor is in the wilderness for a long time yet.


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Like severe arthritis and chronic back pain, multiple sclerosis is a condition that is well known for its potential to cause disability. It is of course a progressive disease that tends to worsen more and more with the passage of time.
There are, however, sometimes surprising exceptions to the relentless restriction of movement that MS usually brings. In this post, we will discuss one such inspiring story. It is a story that can resonate with anyone responding to adversity, particularly those who are dealing with disabling conditions of any type.
It is the story of Trevor Bayne, a high-profile NASCAR driver who found out last summer that he has MS. This will inevitably influence his life in profound ways down the road. For now, however, he has will return to the NASCAR racing circuit.
The 22-year-old driver had been experiencing numbness in his arm, as well as such symptoms as vision problems, fatigue and nausea. At first, doctors thought he might have Lyme disease. But then he was diagnosed with MS.
Obviously that is a difficult diagnosis to get. But Trevor Bayne has not given up his competitive spirit. After all, he shot to fame two years ago as the youngest driver to ever win the Daytona 500.
Bayne is embracing the challenge of moving forward and coping with his newly diagnosed condition in a way that reflects his true character. His younger sister also has MS, and so he will not be without a close confidant on his journey.
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NOTE: Starting in version 2.0 of the volume plugin, you can use the setup wizard to automatically detect some devices. Even if the wizard cannot completely set up your device for you, it may help you to at least discover the IP address. With that info, you can manually configure the device by choosing the appropriate Control Method then just enter the IP address found in the UPnP scan. If your device DOES come up in a UPnP scan in the plugin but there is not a Setup Wizard available for it, please send me an email using the [Report] button in the plugin after performing the scan then let me know what kind of device it is (type, brand, etc). It will include a log which may help me to create a Setup Wizard for your TV or AVR!
TVs or AVRs that are capable of being networked generally contain a way of displaying the IP address currently assigned to it. That said, consult your owner's manual or simply press the Menu button on your TV or AVR's original remote and browse the menus looking for something related to Internet or Network settings. You can usually find the IP address listed somewhere in there.
Alternatively, many networked devices are capable of announcing themselves on the network. In order to cut down on code size and also because the Volume plugin controls so many different device brands, for now it does not have automatic discovery of devices. However, in many cases you can also find the IP address using a 3rd party app. I tried out several of them and settled on the one below for being somewhat easy to use and providing the info needed.
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Press Menu > UPnP Scanner, or on newer devices, press the title bar then choose UPnP Scanner.
Press the Scan button to scan your network.
The app will display all UPnP devices it finds on your network. This may change, but as of this writing the IP address it displays with the device is your phone or tablet's IP address and not the IP of the device you are looking for. To display the device's IP address, press on it in the list and choose 'Info' from the menu. Under "Descriptor URL", the TV or AVR's IP address and port will be displayed, along with some extra text. See example below.
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A dual pole busbar power connector including opposing elements configured to form a slot configured to receive a dual-pole blade therebetween. The slot extends from busbars to opposing element distal ends. The opposing elements each includes: a first contact extending into the slot from the opposing element; and a second contact extending into the slot from the opposing element and disposed farther from a slot busbar end than the first contact. When the dual-pole blade is inserted in the slot the first contact contacts a respective blade element at a location in the slot more proximate the slot busbar end than a slot distal end.
1. A dual pole busbar power connector comprising: opposing elements configured to form a slot configured to receive a dual-pole blade therebetween, the slot extending from busbars to opposing element distal ends, the opposing elements each comprising: a first contact extending into the slot from the opposing element; a second contact extending into the slot from the opposing element and disposed farther from a slot busbar end than the first contact; wherein when the dual-pole blade is fully inserted in the slot the first contact contacts a respective blade element at a location in the slot more proximate the slot busbar end than a slot distal end.
2. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the first contact contacts a respective blade element at a distance from the busbars that is less than 40% of a slot length.
3. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the first contact contacts a respective blade element at a distance from the busbars that is less than one third of a slot length.
4. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the first contact contacts a respective blade element at a distance from the busbars that is less than one quarter of a slot length.
5. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the first contact is configured such that when the dual-pole blade is inserted, the first contact will contact a respective blade element at a respective blade element tip.
6. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein a distance between the opposing elements at the first contacts is greater than a distance between the opposing elements at the second contacts.
7. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the first contact is resilient.
8. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the first contact comprises a plurality of contacts.
9. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the first contact comprises a line of contact.
10. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 9, wherein the line of contact spans a respective blade element contact surface width.
11. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 1, wherein the opposing element comprises: a first contact component comprising the first contact and a first contact component busbar portion; and a second opposing element component comprising the second contact, wherein the first contact component busbar portion is disposed between a respective busbar and a second opposing element component flanged end.
12. The dual pole busbar power connector of claim 11, wherein the first contact comprises a line of contact.
13. A dual pole electrical connector comprising: at least one electrically conductive element for each busbar of a dual parallel busbar power supply, the electrically conductive element comprising a first contact, wherein when a dual-pole blade is fully inserted into the dual pole electrical connector the first contact electrically connects a respective busbar to a respective blade element via a first element first contact path; wherein the first element first contact paths of respective poles form a loop comprising an region therebetween comprising a cross section, and wherein a dual pole electrical connector inductance is influenced by a size of the cross section, and wherein the cross section is configured by the first contact paths to keep the dual pole electrical connector inductance below seven nanohenries.
14. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the cross section is configured to keep the dual pole electrical connector inductance below five nanohenries.
15. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 14, wherein the cross section is configured to keep the dual pole electrical connector inductance below two nanohenries.
16. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the cross section is configured by sufficiently reducing a length of first element first contact paths.
17. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the cross section is configured by sufficiently reducing a distance between first element first contact paths.
18. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the electrically conductive element comprises a second contact, wherein when the dual-pole blade is inserted into the dual pole electrical connector the second contact electrically connects a respective busbar to a respective blade element via a second element first contact path at a second blade-pole contact point more distal from the busbar than the first element first contact path.
19. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 13, wherein when the dual-pole blade is inserted the first contacts contact respective blade element tips.
20. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the first contacts are resilient.
21. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the electrically conductive element comprises: a first electrically conductive element component comprising the first contact; a second electrically conductive element component, wherein the first electrically conductive element component is disposed between a respective busbar and a second electrically conductive element component flanged end.
22. The dual pole electrical connector of claim 21, wherein the second electrically conductive element component comprises a second contact, wherein when the dual-pole blade is fully inserted into the dual pole electrical connector the second contact electrically connects a respective busbar to a respective blade element via a second element first contact path at a second blade element contact point more distal from the busbar than the first element first contact path.
 The present invention is related to power connectors. In particular, the present invention is related to a dual pole power connector for enabling a power connection to dual pole parallel power busbars.
 Transmission of power through an electric circuit results in energy losses. In circuits where the voltage does not remain constant, such losses may be the result of many factors, including conductive losses as well as losses associated with a voltage that changes, such as inductive losses and capacitive losses. Conductive losses include heat loss resulting from resistance of the conductors and electrical connectors between conductors. Inductive losses may be proportional to a frequency of voltage change and a circuit's inductance, and/or a speed of a voltage change and the circuit's inductance. A circuit's inductance may be influenced by the geometry of the circuit itself, or the geometry of the electrical connector itself.
 The nature of power transmitted through electric circuits is continuously changing. For example, in switched circuits, the speed at which a voltage may change is constantly increasing with the onset of new more advanced high switching speed semiconductors. This is a consequence of the new semiconductor technology and the need to obtain high power density in electronic circuits. Consequently, because inductive losses are proportional to a speed of a voltage change, and are related to the geometry of the circuit, increased attention must be paid to the geometry of electrical connectors in order to minimize inductive losses. Thus, there remains room in the art for improvement.
 An embodiment is directed toward a dual pole busbar power connector including opposing elements configured to form a slot configured to receive a dual-pole blade therebetween. The slot extends from busbars to opposing element distal ends. The opposing elements each includes: a first contact extending into the slot from the opposing element; and a second contact extending into the slot from the opposing element and disposed farther from a slot busbar end than the first contact. When the dual-pole blade is fully inserted in the slot the first contact mates a respective blade element at a location in the slot more proximate the slot busbar end than a slot distal end.
 Another embodiment is directed toward a dual pole electrical connector including: at least one electrically conductive element for each busbar of a dual parallel busbar power conversion equipment, the electrically conductive element including a first contact, wherein when a dual-pole blade is inserted into the dual pole electrical connector the first contact electrically connects a respective busbar to a respective blade element via a first element first contact path. The first element first contact paths of respective poles form a loop comprising an region therebetween comprising a cross section, and a dual pole electrical connector inductance is influenced by a size of the cross section, and the cross section is configured by the first contact paths to keep the dual pole electrical connector inductance below seven nanohenries.
 FIG. 1 shows a cross section of a side view of an electrical connector.
 FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a blade commonly used with the electrical connector of FIG. 1.
 FIG. 3 shows a cross section of a side view of the electrical connector of FIG. 1 with the blade of FIG. 2 inserted.
 FIG. 4 is a close up of a portion of FIG. 3.
 FIG. 5 schematically shows a current path through the connector of FIG. 1.
 FIG. 6 schematically shows the current loop of FIG. 5 and a cross section of the region bounded by the current path.
 FIG. 7 schematically shows an alternate current loop and a cross section of the region bounded by the current loop.
 FIG. 8 shows a cross section of a side view and current path of another embodiment of an electrical connector.
 FIG. 9 schematically shows the current path of FIG. 8 and a cross section of the region bounded by the current path.
 New semiconductor technologies are capable of providing much faster switching than has been seen in the art. Specifically, when a voltage is changed from a first voltage to a second voltage the change ideally would be instantaneous. Were this signal profile depicted on a graph with voltage on the y-axis and time on the x-axis, the line representing the voltage would, ideally, be vertical when the voltage changed. This line, i.e. the signal edge, however, is not vertical, and historically this has been the result of the switching technology. However, with the advent of switching technology using silicon carbide, for example, the switching equipment is capable of much faster transitions, i.e. the signal edge slope is significantly steeper. However when the new switching technology was used with conventional circuit hardware, including the electrical connectors, the expected increased efficiency of the relatively "faster edge" was not realized to its potential. Upon initial investigation it was discovered that efficiency gains realized by the faster edge were being offset by increased losses in the conventional circuit hardware associated with that same faster edge. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that certain prevalent conventional connectors, such as Tyco/Elcon "Crown Clip" connectors, as well as Anderson Power Products "Power Clip" connectors, possess certain geometries. Without being bound by any particular theory, it is believed that this geometry, which may best be considered a "loop" in terms of its contribution to the total inductance of the electrical connector, causes electrical losses in the circuit because it resists the change of faster edge switching. The inductance of the geometry has been present even with relatively slow edge switching, but the losses were negligible because the transition was slower. However, as the edge speed increases the losses are no longer negligible. The identified geometry is like a loop in the traditional sense of the term, where one may envision a coiled wire, and thus identification of the inductance inducing geometry was a significant step in itself.
 In addition, with the advent of the "faster edges," switching frequencies themselves can in turn be increased. For example, frequencies of 10 kHz have been possible with relatively slower edge technologies. However, switching equipment had been the limiting factor because that technology had a relatively long transition time (edge) between the first and second voltages. However, with the advent of the new switching technologies, the switching equipment was not the limiting factor anymore, but as described above, the hardware had become the limiting factor. However, the demand for higher switching speed remains, and thus the recognition of the conventional geometry and innovative new design will permit switching speeds to increase in excess of 500 kHz, making the resulting geometry, although seemingly simple, critical for technological advancement.
 Inductance resulting from loops in an electrical circuit, i.e. a signal path, can be modeled with various known equations, but in general terms if one wants to reduce or eliminate a loop one can reduce a cross sectional of a region bound by the conductor(s) that form the loop (i.e. the cross section). As a result, the inventors have devised a power connector that significantly changes the current flow path geometry present in connectors of earlier designs, minimizing the region, and hence the cross section of the region, bounded by the conductors forming the loop. They have done this by adding an electrical contact at a point close to the busbar. The relevance of the contact, it is believed, is that its location is specifically chosen to reduce the cross section of the region bound by the newly identified inductance causing loop.
 The connector described below is suited for making an electrical connection between parallel busbars, each busbar being part of a single circuit, and a blade that is inserted into a slot in the connector, shown later. Thus, as used herein, a dual pole connector is a connector used to establish electrical communication between at least two busbars of a single circuit, and a component to be run off that circuit, where circuit comprises a first busbar, the component, and a second busbar. Turning to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a side view of a dual pole busbar power connector ("connector") 10. The connector has a housing 12 to hold two opposing elements, first element 14 and second element 16. In an embodiment these are electrically connected to first busbar 18, which serves as one pole of a circuit, and second busbar 20, which serves as a second pole of a circuit, respectively, via first element flanged end 22 and second element flanged end 24. However, this electrical connection may be made in any manner known to those of ordinary skill in the art. First element 14 may include first element first contact 26, and second element 16 may include second element first contact 28. In an embodiment, first element first contact 26 may be in electrical communication with first busbar 18 via a first element first contact plate 30, and second pole first contacts may be in electrical communication with a second busbar 20 via a second element first contact plate 32. However, again, electrical communication between the first contacts and the busbars may be made in any manner known to those of ordinary skill in the art. In an embodiment, first element first contact 26 and second element first contact 28 may be resilient and may oppose each other. First element 14 may include first element second contact 34, and second element 16 may include second element second contact 36. These second contacts may be resilient and may oppose each other. Any contacts in the embodiments may also include a plurality of contacts, or a line or plane of contact, and may extend across a width of the any surface they are intended to contact. It can be seen that a slot 38 is formed between the first element 14 and second element 16. In an embodiment it can also be seen that a distance 40 between first element 14 and second element 16 at the first contacts 26, 28 is greater than a distance 42 between first element 14 and second element 16 at the second contacts 34, 36. Slot 38 has slot length 44, which is a distance from first busbar surface 46 and second busbar surface 48 to distal ends 50 of the first element 14 and second element 16.
 A dual pole blade 52 as shown in FIG. 2 is inserted into slot 38. Dual pole blade 52 may include a first blade element 54 and a second blade element 56 separated by an insulator 58. First blade element 54 includes first blade element tip 60 and second blade element 56 includes second blade element tip 62, which is the portion of the dual pole blade that is first inserted into slot 38 and when fully inserted rests closest to the first busbar 18 and second busbar 20.
 FIG. 3 shows the dual pole blade 52 inserted into the connector 10. It can be seen in an embodiment that first element first contact 26 contacts the first blade element 54 at first blade element tip 60, and second element first contact 28 contacts second blade element 56 at second blade element tip 62. First element second contact 34 contact first blade element 54 at a location farther from the busbars, and likewise second element second contacts 36 contact the second blade element 56 at a location farther from the busbars. As can be seen in FIG. 4, which is an amplified view of first element first contact 26 and second element first contact 28, cross section 64 of the region bounded in part by a first element first contact path 66 and a second element first contact path 68. Also seen is the first element first contact path 66, which is the path from the first element first contact 28 where it contacts the first busbar 18, through the first element first contact 26, to where the first element first contact 26 makes contact with the first blade element 54. Similarly, the second element first contact path 68 is the path from the second element first contact 28 where it contacts the second busbar 20, through the second element first contact 28, to where the second element first contact 28 makes contact with the second blade element 56.
 Thus, as can be seen in FIG. 5, the identified geometry, loop 70, follows the current path from the first busbar 18, through the first element first contact 26, up the first blade element 54, returning down the second blade element 56, through the second element first contact 28, to the second busbar 20.
 FIG. 6 a schematic of the shape of first contact loop 70 of FIG. 4, showing cross section 64, and second cross section 72. Second cross section 72 is shown to illustrate the concept, because there is a region, albeit very small, between the first blade element 54 and the second blade element 56. However, second cross section 72 is small relative to cross section 64, and its contribution to the inductance of the connector is relatively negligible. Further, it is relatively difficult to eliminate this region due to the electrical need to keep the first blade element 54 and the second blade element 56 electrically isolated. As a result, the cross section 64 receiving attention can be described as a cross section of the region bound by the first element first contact path 66 and the second element first contact path 68.
 In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, cross section 64 has already been configured to be as small as possible because the first element first contact path 66 and the second element first contact path 68 are as short as possible, and are also close together. Either of these factors can be used to sufficiently reduce the cross section, and in this embodiment both are used for maximum benefit. It is this configuration, which has the most minimized cross section 64, which permits the relatively fast edge signals to propagate through the connector with the least limiting inductance.
 By way of comparison to FIG. 6, shown in FIG. 7 is second contact loop 74 that current would travel along if first element first contact 26 and second element first contact 28 were not present. In that case electrical communication with the first blade element 54 and a second blade element 56 would be through the first element second contact 34 the second element second contacts 36 respectively, which results in second contact loop 74. As shown in FIG. 7 when compared to FIG. 6, the cross section 76 bounded by this second contact loop 74, i.e. this geometry, is much larger, and consequently would have a much larger inductance relative to the geometry of FIG. 5.
 The inventors have found that connectors with contact paths similar to that of FIG. 7 have inductance of seven nanohenries and above. They have also found that connectors with geometries similar to that of FIG. 5 have inductance of below seven nanohenries. In certain embodiments, such as those shown in FIG. 5, these connectors have inductances of 1 to 1.5 nanohenries. Any reduction in the cross section of the region bounded by the current path over that of other configurations will correspond to a reduction in the inductance, and therefore any reduction in cross section is an improvement. Thus, it can be seen that the geometry disclosed in FIG. 1 is a significant improvement over other geometries used in the art.
 In an alternate embodiment shown in FIG. 8, connector 10 has first element 78 and second element 80. Each in turn has first element first contact 82 and second element first contact 84 respectively. The loop 86 that the current would follow through this embodiment would be similar to the other loops. As shown in FIG. 9, the cross section 88 bounded by the geometry is a little larger than that shown in the embodiment of FIG. 5, but still less than that shown in FIG. 7, and thus an advantage is still realized over other configurations. Various other configurations are envisioned to be within the scope of this disclosure, so long as those configurations reduce the cross section of the region bounded by the current path below that of the other configurations. It is further noted that some of the current may flow through the second contacts of the connectors, and thus not all the current will be subject to the improved geometry, but enough of the current will follow the improved current paths that the above described improvements will be realized. Other considerations may require the presence of the second contacts, such as stabilizing the blade, or increasing contact area in order to maximize current flow capacity, and thus they have not necessarily been eliminated from every embodiment. Conversely, they may not be present in an embodiment where their presence is not needed.
 While various embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described herein, it will be apparent that such embodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerous variations, changes and substitutions may be made without departing from the invention herein. Accordingly, it is intended that the invention be limited only by the spirit and scope of the appended claims.


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Legendary Nokia 3310 might be coming back this month
Zhang Fang
Quick: What's the best phone you've ever used? For many, the answer is Nokia 3310, a nearly indestructible phone that predates the smartphone era by nearly a decade.
Launched in 2000 by then-gigantic Finnish phone maker Nokia, the 3310 was compact, sturdy, reliable and its battery lasted forever. Now, according to a report by reliable leaker of all things mobile, Evan Blass, the Nokia 3310 is poised for a triumphant return.
OK, we're not sure about the "triumphant" bit, as the report, posted over on VentureBeat, is scarce on details. It appears the HMD Global Oy, the Finnish manufacturer that bought the rights to market phones under the Nokia brand from Microsoft, will launch a "modern version" of 3310 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month.
More precisely, the phone will be launched Feb. 26, when HMD has scheduled an event in Barcelona, and the new Nokia 3310 will cost a mere €59 ($63). Other than that, we know nothing — but we definitely hope this 3310 reboot will include the legendary game from the original phone, Snake.
HMD will launch a couple of smartphones as well, Blass claims: Nokia 5 and Nokia 3. The 5.2-inch Nokia 5 will have 2GB of RAM and a 12-megapixel camera, and it will retail for €199 ($211). There are no details about the entry-level Nokia 3 except that it will cost €149 ($158), and both…
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Your Friends Don't Actually Like You, Says Science
By Leigh Cuen
Guess what? The people you think are your friends probably aren't. In fact, generally speaking, you're probably terrible at judging how other people actually feel about you.
Such is the optimistic conclusion of a new study published in PLOS ONE, which found that almost half of the people we think are our friends don't think the feeling is mutual.
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Scientists at Tel Aviv University teamed up with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to get 84 undergraduate students in Israel to rate their classmates on a scale from zero to five. A zero rating meant "I don't know this person," a three meant "friend" and a five meant "one of my best friends."
The researchers also asked students to predict how they thought their peers would rate them. Although 95% of participants thought their friendship ratings would be reciprocated, only about half actually were. 47% of the friendship ratings were one-sided, with one student ranking the other as a friend but not being ranked as a friend in return.
"Most of the people are wrong about half of their relationships," Dr. Erez Shmueli, one of the study's authors, said in a phone interview. "We are very bad at judging the types of relationships we have" — which is unfortunate, because this is a skill that's crucial to determining our own social influence.
That said, researchers found a few factors that could help predict if two people would select each other as friends: if they had overlapping social circles, for instance, or if they shared the same approximate number of friends. Someone with few friends, for instance, was more likely to have a one-sided connection with someone who already had a lot of friends, which seems fairly intuitive.
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So if the factors that determine our friendships seem so obvious, why do so many of us misjudge our relationships? The researchers think ego is the blind spot that keeps people from recognizing whether their friendship with someone else is mutual or one-sided.
"If you consider someone to be your friend, you expect that person to feel the same way," Shmueli said. Or, as the report puts it: "non-reciprocal friendship challenges one's self-image."
So basically, if you want to do a better job of figuring out who your friends really are: get over yourself and take a brutally honest look at your relationships. "In our daily life as individuals, we can try to understand the kinds of relationships we actually have," Shmueli said. "Who are the people we can trust?"
h/t ScienceDaily


Carousel Industries, a provider of data networking and unified communications, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of Juma Technology, a New York-based company.
Juma Technology is an Avaya Business Partner and a business unit of the publicly traded Juma. It has approximately 350 customers and offices in Farmingdale, Long Island and New York City.
By acquiring Juma Technology, Carousel Industries builds on its core capabilities in convergence, IP telephony and traditional networking while expanding its customer footprint in the northeastern region.
Carousel Industries chief executive officer Jeff Gardner said their acquisition of Juma Technology plays to Carousel Industries' core strengths in networking and convergence, while expanding their geographic footprint.
Juma Technology chief executive officer Anthony M. Servidio said they are enthusiastic about this acquisition and believe it is a very positive development for Juma Technology's entire customer base.
"Since the beginning, Juma Technology has had a one hundred percent focus on the customer; we believe this important characteristic will translate seamlessly into the culture of Carousel Industries, which holds similar customer values," Servidio said.