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Go West Young Man…. To India
By Ken Montgomery
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Horace Greely famously may or may not have said:
"Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country."
The phrase "Go West," for those of us in America, often evokes a romanticized ideal of the western expansion of the country, wide open space, new frontier and exploring new lands… manifest destiny! Also, in the UK the Pet Shop Boys created a totally awesome, yet underappreciated song, titled Go West!
Regardless, the idea of "Go West" is advice I think the US (and the rest of the world) should take in looking at today's global economy, particularly as it pertains to China. China's not a great place right now… yeah, the food can be pretty good but the rest of what Mr. Greely may or may not have said applies.
As everyone knows, for several decades China has been the bull of the global economy. GDP has been growing at double-digit rates, it's said a middle class has been created with a population greater than that of the entire U.S., and China has increasingly flexed its new found power throughout the world… And as long as we could sell more burgers, cars, iPhones and get cheap goods, everyone just sort of went along with it… We just sort of ignored the "deplorable morals." You know, freedom of speech is free only if the state approves of it, people observing religious beliefs are persecuted, there are no rights as there are in most of the developed world… I've never been comfortable with this totalitarian regime masked by consumerism… In fact a Berkeley-educated friend of mine, who lives in China, in trying to defend "freedom" there recently proffered this as an example:
Honestly it actually is. For so many people China outside of China, the government is seen as this giant oppressive boogeyman that is locking everyone up and that it's a giant police state. Yes, there are lots of elements of that (prison labor for example), but the reality of it is in many ways, in the US one is much more likely to encounter the police for breaking the law than one would in China.
I can go down the street right now and buy any number of drugs or women right in front of the police station and no one would bat an eye (or wake up from their slumber). I could drive my Rolls Royce into a crowd of people and pay them off and avoid jail. I'm much more likely to be arrested in the US than I would be in China.
Now he's a good guy, so I don't want to singularly call him out, but this is what people who regularly defend China think. But the times they are a changin' and that's a good thing. China's recent machinations in devaluing its currency, trying in vain to artificially prop up its stock exchanges which have been pummeled and various other central government attempts at control are failing.
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And now all that sort of nasty lack of human rights, law and transparency stuff we turned our heads from, doesn't seem so inevitable or OK anymore…
But instead of freaking out the world should see this for the good thing it is… (I could write a series of blogs on this but for now…) And the first step is to heed the advice of Horace Greely or the Pet Shop Boys and Go West… to India that is.
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India is a country bursting with ideas, innovation and importantly, opportunity. But most importantly India, a country of 1.3Billion people, shares our core values… It's the world's largest democracy with a robust (to say the least) political process. There is freedom of the press and speech. They have the rule of law. There is transparency in the financial systems similar to Europe and the US. To be sure India has its share of problems (like every country, well maybe Monaco is problem-free, other than enough berths for yachts…) but those can be addressed.
And if all that doesn't make sense just on values, India's upside opportunity is enormous… This chart from the gang at PwC shows just how substantial India's growth is expected to be over the next 40 or so years:
Image Credits: PWC MODEL ESTIMATES
As the chart on the right shows, India's growth rate is expected to be 37% greater than China's… and that doesn't take into account what many foresee as China having to face the music (much like the book-cooking, channel stuffing internet and software companies of the late 1990s and early 2000s…) and the exponential effect the unleashing of India's pent-up energy can do. This of course is being further fueled and encouraged by Prime Minister Modi's Digital India initiative.
Think about this. If you're a business person going to China, it's absolutelystandard practice to bring a temporary laptop with you, because there's a good chance what's on that laptop is going to find its way to Chinese companies and the government, and it may have some nasty stuff on it when you come back. That simply isn't the case in India… No one has to fear that. Those sorts of things happen more frequently in totalitarian governments than they do in open and free societies. I want to bet my money on the country that's free.
Long before I started working with and for Indian companies I had been amazed that India and the US didn't have a closer relationship. Yes, there was the whole Cold War thing where maybe India didn't do itself any favors, and the US has chosen some unsavory partners in that part of the world out of self inflicted necessity… but that is the past. In the last few years I have been inspired by the people I meet in India… by my colleagues here at Persistent Systems who are doing great things… and by the knowledge that our shared values are leading to ever greater cooperation between these two countries. As China continues to be China, I hope to see us all realize the opportunity if we Go West, to India.
Think I'm wrong? Naive? Long-winded? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Anything deviating from transitioning to a reliable, firmed renewable grid will end up costing Australians and Australian business more in the long run.
The Federal Coalition strongly, if nervously, supported the National Energy Guarantee on Tuesday. However, it's clear to most that the policy as it stands is not strong enough. The biggest sticking point is the difficulty of getting the emissions reduction target changed.
Despite the less than credible modelling results, despite the complexity, despite its lack of an economy wide impact, despite the fact that electricity is only 37% of Australia's emissions, the NEG could be supported if the "ambition", or emissions reduction target, could easily be increased.
The Federal Government needs to give something. At every turn it has nickeled and dimed its way to a position where it is promising and doing nothing other than providing a mechanism.
In taking a hard line position it has made electricity prices and emissions reduction targets an election issue. This is the exact opposite of what the NEG was supposed to achieve, that is to achieve some degree of bipartisanship so that the election could be fought on grounds both Shorten and Turnbull are happier with.
All that said we aren't sure that Frydenberg/Turnbull have the authority, skill or desire to do more. If they want the policy to be a success they will have to. We will come back to prices in a further note. Prices are a great topic for an analyst.
Enough policy analysis lets get back to investment analysis.
HELE stands for high efficiency, lower emissions coal plant. To cut it short an HELE plant consumes about .32 t coal/MWh at Japan export specs, compared to our existing plants which are around .44t coal/MWh at domestic specs. CO2 emissions from a new super critical plant would be about .76 t CO2/MWh generated and a bit higher on a metered basis.
We'll return to this point but coal used for domestic power stations has ash content 7-10% higher than export coal because its washed less. The higher ash content results in a lower price. There are probably other specification differences but ash content is the main one.
There is a reduction in emissions from HELE plant but it's nothing spectacular.
Under the proposed NEG, that is 26% reduction by 2030 from 2005 levels any new coal plant would result in either another coal plant having to close or a reduction in output from other coal plants of broadly 80-85% of the output from any new plant. That is the good news in the proposed NEG.
It effectively means no new coal plants without an increase in demand because the 26% reduction can't be met with additional coal supply. Reaching the target already assumes the closure of Liddell.
In this section we contemplate a new, HELE coal plant located in NSW on the site of an existing power station as we think Mr T. St Baker proposes, once he gets through buying the 50% of Sunset Power he doesn't already own. We discuss coal prices, coal supply, capital costs, the NEG constraint and risk.
If that's of interest read on.
There is no point, in my opinion, building a state of the art coal plant and running it on anything less than the best coal you can get.
So a new HELE plant would essentially be paying net back export parity price for coal. I.e. its coal cost will be about 10% higher than the coal cost of existing sub critical plants in NSW that run higher than export spec ash in the coal.
Coal futures are 20% higher still and sitting at US$90 for 2024. Still futures markets are poor predictors of future prices so we ignore them, but could be a good trade.
My opinion is that new coal mines in NSW actually require more like US$70-US$75/t, but I defer to the survey weight of evidence.
Where would the coal come from?
This depends on where the power station was located. If, as Mr St Baker hints, it's on the site of Vales Point B, that is the Central Coast of NSW, then we think a potential source of supply is the contentious, yet to be developed, Wallarah 2 mine rated at a potential 5 mtpa output.
As far as we know this mine's approval is in court in November this year with NSW Govt's January 2018 approval being challenged by the Australian Coal Alliance [ACA].
The ACA has been fighting this mine proposal for 23 years. Final approval even if the ACA loses rests with Josh Frydenberg and he has extended his decision until September 2018. Central coast seats are important both at a State and Federal level.
The only other brownfield site available in NSW in the near future is Liddell and we can't see Mr St Baker being allowed onto that site in a big hurry. We can't see Mt St Baker waiting until say Eraring closes in 2032 and we expect the difficulties to be a lot higher then anyway.
If Mr St Baker says he can build a HELE plant for $2.5 m/MW on a brownfields site, that is with existing water cooling and transmission access and do it in 4.5 years from the start of construction then we are inclined to believe him.
The St Bakers, have very solid track records, although not at building multi billion dollar coal stations. Trevor St Baker's expertise is mostly in building gas powered stations, and to me it seems that every one was a struggle.
Still ,over his already more than 60 years in business he's built quite a few. He's also on the Board of the increasingly successful Tritium EV charging company.
Traditionally coal plants do not hedge all their output. Some is sold into the spot market to reduce outage risk. A 1000 MW plant of say two units carries significant outage risk if it is the only plant the operator owns. Hedging just one unit carries lots of spot risk, hedging two units carries lots of outage risk.
These risks don't matter so much when your capital investment is $1 m but matter a lot more when its $2.5 bn. So we think some hedging/spot cost will push the LCOE above what you might think.
Taking into account the above factors and at a capacity utilization of 70% we estimate an LCOE of around $70 MWh nominal 2018 or about $80 MWh when the plant could start operating in 2024.
Of course if had Federal financial support, via a contract for differences/ppa, low interest loan then the required price would be lower. How much lower depends on the degree of support.
Under the NEG framework the NEG target risk lies with the retailer/market customer not the generator. If the HELE plant is fully contracted with an exempt customer then there is no risk to the HELE plant operator, unless the export exemption is removed.
So if the NEG ambition is lifted over the next 30 years then the risk falls on everyone else. That is every other retailer/market customer….
To us this highlights the increased value of exemption, but also the risk that as the NEG net is tightened so will the risk of exemption removal.
If the plant is contracted with a non exempt customer then the risk is that the customer can only take so much of the HELE plant output and must meet annual emission intensity target, which is about 0.66 tCO2/MWh in 2030 based on electricity supply of 198 TWh and 130 mt of CO2.
Actually, though, if we allow say 15% of total demand to be exempt then the adjusted intensity is about 0.56 mtCO2/MWh.
So HELE intensity =0.76, baseline = 0.56, required zero emission share of retailer contracting a basket of HELE and zero intensity product is about 24%. Finally the proportion might be adjusted down that is to more intensive average by the use of the 5% foreign units allowed.
For the overall NEM wide target to be met, and assuming flat demand, any new coal plant will have to be matched with an equal amount of emissions reduction. In practice we think this would mean the closure of some other coal plant. EG Vales Point 2. In fact you don't get your brownfields site unless that happens.
A brownfields HELE plant would be cheaper than a brand new HELE plant and would produce electricity at a price, that in my opinion, is broadly similar to power from a grid which is mainly a mix of variable renewable energy [VRE] and sufficient firming capacity. However, there are few brownfields sites and there will be issues.
From the financier and customer point of view, the risk is that emissions standards will tighten harming the economics.
From the system's point of view, building new coal plants seems to miss the once in 50 year opportunity to reconfigure the grid from the 20thcentury to the 21stcentury.
It basically slows down the emissions reduction path. This raises overall emission reduction costs across the entire economy. It means bigger emission cuts in land use, or in industry or in building and construction.
In the end I come back to the contention that anything deviating from transitioning to a reliable, firmed renewable grid will end up costing Australians and Australian business more in the long run.
Lets keep our eyes on the main prize which is ranking well on the global Trilemma index. Cost, reliability, sustainability. Doing a good job on transitioning to low carbon is what will ensure globally competitive electricity for consumers and business over the next 50 years.


12:25:52 Zash https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0084.html#proto-data Why does it say > The XML character data MUST represent the image data for the avatar with a content-type of "image/png"
12:26:37 Zash Are you not allowed to put other kinds of image data in <data>?
12:53:48 Zash Not no reason, tho it is overly strict in restricting it to only PNG. JPEG and GIF are well-supported enough to be ok there.
12:56:18 Ge0rG Zash: but it's too entrenched.
13:40:17 ralphm In your opinion, does/should XEP-0030 support unregistered values for Disco identities (category/type), possibly using Clark's Notation, and falling back to the registry for unqualified values (like XEP-0068 does)?
13:42:10 MattJ Do you really have something that isn't already covered?
13:42:27 MattJ or is this just a "I need to identify my thing" requirement?
13:50:13 ralphm Well, the use case is different types of user accounts: regular people v.s. e.g. agents of a commercial entity.
13:50:38 ralphm So for the former I can use account/registered, but for the latter, I'd need something new for the type field.
13:51:48 ralphm And while I appreciate we have a Registrar function for this in general, having a capability to achieve distributed extensibility using Clark's Notation would be nice.
13:56:38 Zash Tho there is also admin IIRC?
14:00:21 ralphm Zash: the idea here is that you can see who's the admin of a server, so you'd probably have two identities: one with `registered` and one with `admin`.
14:00:46 ralphm MattJ: right. Any other ideas?
14:01:42 ralphm I'm probably _also_ going to add a Data Form (XEP-0128) for additional meta-data, but it felt wrong to put this information there, if there's the nice concept of identity already.
14:23:47 ralphm Zash: well, vCard is kind a set in stone. It is not really extensible.
14:30:25 MattJ Holger, "do they" vs. "could they"?
14:30:54 Holger Well if they don't, 0060 could be adjusted. In theory.
14:32:24 Holger I mean right now the design is "auto-subscribe the client to all open PEP nodes, then filter based on +notify". That's somewhat complex/expensive compared to "auto-subscribe based on +notify".
14:36:33 MattJ Can someone even explain to me the different between "auto-subscribe + filter w/+notify" vs. "auto-subscribe w/+notify"?
14:37:04 MattJ The XEP makes quite sure to get this point across, but what is the practical difference?
14:39:35 Holger The server auto-subscribes on *initial* presence. Due to the filtering semantics, the server also needs to check all following presence.
14:42:09 Link Mauve ECaps2 adds the concept of sending the caps only on initial presence, the server advertising to the client it will add it on all subsequent presence changes.
14:42:23 Link Mauve I don't know of any server implementation though.
14:45:23 Holger Also 0163 (though not 0060) says this in a footnote: "any subsequent presence stanza with no 'type' attribute that the PEP service receives after the initial presence notification but before the subscriber against goes offline MUST NOT trigger sending of a new pubsub notification."
14:50:14 Holger Ok, thanks. So then your solution to auto-update the subscription lists whenever you receive presence is probably no more complex compared to only doing it on initial presence indeed. But I'd really like to avoid checking all subscription lists on each and every presence :-/ Especially if clients never change their +notify lists anyway.
14:50:55 Zash I do wonder if we should try to standardize filtering on the receiving end?
14:53:06 edhelas Holger can you please fix ejabberd Pubsub once and for good at the same time ?
14:54:54 Holger edhelas: But it's awesome already! You just need a webscale DB backend or something.
14:55:57 edhelas what about clustering SQLite on RPi instances ?
15:00:04 Holger I think MongoDB is the one and only option.
15:01:11 Holger Hm I'm undecided whether to ask standards@ if we can remove that requirement of checking subsequent presence for +notify updates.
15:02:42 MattJ and what difference does initial vs. non-initial make, to the server?
15:06:14 MattJ Load on what?
15:06:41 Holger Plus cluster sync.
15:07:10 Holger Yes, if I buy your implementation.
15:09:27 Holger I'm all for offering any functionality clients need, and if it's expensive, so be it. But if it's expensive and no client ever needs it, that's a bit annoying.
15:11:03 MattJ I mean, I'd be ok if we found some way to say explicitly "yes, I want my subscriptions updated"
15:11:23 MattJ But is it worth it?
15:13:18 Holger Ok, I'll think about it a bit more. Thanks for your feedback.
15:18:36 Holger Ah yes you're right I guess.
15:19:57 Holger Doesn't sound straightforward to me either though.
15:38:44 Holger I feel special now.
16:29:31 ralphm XEP-0030/XEP-0128 allow for multiple identities and associated disco extension forms. Also, how does the client know to use node='mix' _before_ it gets the disco identity?
23:18:44 Link Mauve Andrew Nenakhov, what license is the Xabber logo? Would it be possible to upload it to Wikimedia Commons?


Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray 8x8 inch baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
Combine tomatoes with their liquid, onions, celery, lemon juice and oregano in large skillet. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Place fish in prepared dish, tucking under any thin edges. Spray evenly with cooking spray; sprinkle with pepper and coriander.


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Venice Theatre's Stage II's Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan's play gets a first-time area production in an intimate setting.
By Kay Kipling Photography by Renee McVety January 20, 2017
Douglas Landin as David Frost and Chris Caswell as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon.
There's no doubt about it: Part of the reason you want to see Peter Morgan's play Frost/Nixon (now onstage at Venice Theatre's Stage II) is to see how the actor playing President Richard M. Nixon presents such a well-known and often-mocked figure.
If you're old enough, you may remember Nixon not only as president, but in earlier parts of his career, as vice president, failed candidate for president in 1960 and so on. "Tricky Dick"—a sobriquet he must have hated—had a lot of political lives in his career. And his persona as he aged became increasingly caricaturish, with a hunched, uncomfortable physical posture, an awkward laugh at his own bad jokes, and a jowly look that added to his unprepossessing image. It could be easy to go over the top with a portrayal of him.
In the Morgan play, the focus is on the famous interviews by broadcaster David Frost with the by-then former commander-in chief, in the year 1977. The play begins with Nixon's resignation speech, delivered as aides and cameramen watch, and it's a window into what to expect from Chris Caswell's performance. The audience is ready to laugh a bit at Nixon's discomfort with himself and others, as he makes inappropriate attempts at humor, and yet there's room to see that later on we might not be laughing.
The British Frost (played here by Douglas Landin) was, of course, considered at the time a sort of lightweight television host better known for interviewing and partying with celebs than for any journalistic abilities. That's why when he decides to try to interview Nixon (in a feat of checkbook journalism), largely with a motivation to find the success in America that has so far eluded him, he enlists producer John Birt (Ray Burroughs) along with American newsmen Bob Zelnick (William Czarniak) and Jim Reston (Gregory Wollaston). He knows he'll need all the help he can get to take on wily trial lawyer Nixon for hours of interviews—especially when it comes to the subject of Watergate.
Allan Kollar and Chris Caswell
The first half of Frost/Nixon sets us up for those interviews, although without giving us too much of a sense of the stakes here. By Act II, however, as the taping commences and Frost and Nixon face off, the tension rises, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, as the Brits and Americans argue over strategy and Nixon's chief of staff, Jack Brennan (Allan Kollar, who adds some juice to the proceedings), acts as his man's boxing coach in this crucial fight.
So it's really the interviews themselves, as they build toward the now seemingly inevitable (but at the time unlikely) conclusion of Frost getting Nixon to accept his role in the Watergate cover-up, that grab us. That and a phone call between the two (Did it really happen? Who knows?) the night before the final big day, when we glimpse the driven men behind the public personas.
While performances by the supporting cast vary here, sometimes feeling forced or inauthentic, what matters most is the chemistry between Caswell and Landin. And as the evening wears on, that succeeds (under the direction of Peter Ivanov) in taking us back to that time when a nation was riveted to their TV screens to watch Nixon's political demise. Then as now, as Morgan's play emphasizes, politics and show biz were sometimes the same thing.
Frost/Nixon continues through Feb. 11; for tickets call 488-1115 or go to venicestage.com.
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Q: The applicationis keeping to use old DLL file When I open the application I get an error. The error say that there is no comctl32.dll in folder "C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.19041.1110_none_c0da534e38c01f4d".
I opened this folder and it's empty.
But in a similiar folder with a bit different name
"C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.19041.1110_none_a8625c1886757984" I found comctl32.dll file.
How do I can tell the programme from which folder it should take the *.dll file?
CLIPSWIN.EXE is not an application compiled by me but I have to use it to end my educational project.
On the professor's PC, it works well

A: Just copy the .dll to the folder the program is looking for it.

A: You probably cannot, unless you are able to compile the source code of the application against a newer version of the DLL.
When an application is compiled with a specific version of a DLL, it notes all the "entry points" needed to instantiate objects and call methods within the DLL. This process is called Binding or Linking. If a newer version of the dll with new or altered method entry points is used, the program won't be able to link to that DLLs objects and methods.
if you can get the proper version of the dll you want, you can just drop it in the executable's folder as Gantendo mentioned. Executables will generally search their own location for libraries before looking other places.

A: A little stranger, if you faced a similar problem as me, there is the solution.
Run these commands in cmd.exe executed with administrator rights.
DISM  /online  /cleanup-image  /startcomponentcleanup
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
SFC /SCANNOW

And restart the computer. After that, it should be fixed.

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Here are a few walking fitness tips to take into consideration when you have put your trainers on and headed out the door. From the moment humans decided to walk on 2 legs, walking for fitness is the easiest form of exercise to do. You can, however, make it one of the most effective!
The thing that sticks in my mind from the years of walking fitness alongside clients, is the direction. You are travelling forwards be it walking, jogging or running and your arms and legs are propelling you in that direction. It makes sense then to use your limbs effectively and economically.
Let your arms swing in a relaxed motion forwards and backwards as you move. Your hand points in the direction you are going (forwards) and your elbows point in the direction you are coming from (backwards). Keep the shoulders relaxed and arms slightly bent at the elbows. As your hand passes your side it should be about hip height. Imagine a vertical line going straight through the centre of your body, your arms ideally should not cross this line.
This simple observation and correction will help you move better and aid in other areas such as posture and breathing which I will come to shortly.
look where you're going. Not as stupid a tip as you think. Firstly, you can see where you are going (der!) and secondly it helps keep your head in a better position. Less looking at your feet and hunching over and more head up shoulders relaxed, upright and chest open.
When walking, a more heel-toe action is recommended. Landing the front foot on the heel and pushing off with the ball of the foot from the back leg.
It is advisable to have the toes pointing forwards in the direction of travel and not pointing in or out. This will help keep the knees in line which in turn help to keep the hips in line. I know it is not an ideal world and every human body is different and moves naturally in different ways. It is just something to be aware of when you're out and about doing your workouts.
Getting a steady breathing rhythm helps maintain your workout. I personally go with a breathing pattern linked to my steps, breathing in for two steps and out for two steps.
I sometimes breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth. Other times in and out through the mouth. It depends, and my body tells me the best way to get the oxygen it needs. The same applies to you. A point to note here, breathing shallow and quickly is more likely to induce side stitch. It is better to breathe from your belly and not solely from the chest.
Look forward, head up, arms and legs swing (where ever possible) in a straight line forwards and backwards, keep the shoulders relaxed, don't slouch, place the foot correctly and in line with the direction you are moving, try not to bounce and get a steady breathing rhythm going on.
Pick a route that includes green! This depends on where you live but most areas have green. A field, a park, a garden. Soak your eyes in the colour green.
Your walking fitness is harder with inclines included, so look for hills or steps. Get your heart rate up with a few of these included.
Where ever you find yourself, walking fitness is more effective if you walk like you are late for as long as you can.
Simple tips but consider them when you next find yourself putting your trainers on.


Roanoke, VA – April 17, 2017 – Deschutes Brewery has unveiled plans to create a tasting room in downtown Roanoke. The Oregon-headquartered brewery, which announced it will be creating an east coast facility in Roanoke last year, is looking forward to sharing beers and interacting with local craft beer fans - as well as those who are visiting Roanoke and want to learn more about what Deschutes is all about - in the new space. The opening is tentatively slated for late August.


Discussion in 'Model 3' started by Seagrave7, Mar 5, 2016.
Can I put the $1000 reservation down on a Model 3 and then lease the vehicle? Or are reservations only for those who are purchasing a new model? How did it work for the Model X?
Tesla doesn't care how you take the car. Lease, purchase, gift, ect... So your deposit holds a car for you in production. At initial release, Tesla may or may not have leasing set up. At this point it would be on you to find a leasing company and agree on numbers. Ultimately either way you should reserve a car if you want one.


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Medical apps promote patient self-care, could ease burden on health system
Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press 09.19.2012
Marcus, 6, who has Type 1 diabetes, looks on as his mother Sara Nita checks his blood sugar readings on the Bantapp app in Morewood, Ont., on Friday September 14, 2012. Sara Nita, uses the Bantapp to track his readings, daily and over time, as well as to connect on social media with others in diabetes community.
Patrick Doyle / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Quebec couple get insulin-pump tattoos to boost diabetic son's spirits
TORONTO - When Sara Nita's son Marcus was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last fall, she began keeping a written log of his multiple daily blood-sugar readings.
But she soon started casting around for a way to keep an electronic record, something she could enter into her smartphone that would not look like a bunch of numbers, but show trends in Marcus's glucose levels over time.
What she discovered was the Bant app, a free download through iTunes named after Canadian insulin developer Frederick Banting, that's aimed at helping patients better control their diabetes.
"I wanted something that I could view on my phone when he's away at school and the teacher calls and says: 'Do you remember what he was, whenever?' So I just wanted to have a log of it, instead of carrying a paper copy here and there and everywhere."
Nita says the app also allows her to send screenshots of Marcus's readings to his dad, from whom she is divorced, so he can also stay on top of the six-year-old boy's blood sugar. Graphs of readings show trends over time.
"I really like it because it shows ups and downs, and the way you can tell if he's starting to decline, maybe he might need a little less insulin or a little more, depending on his history in the last couple of days."
It also helps her son, she says. "When he realizes his trends, he can say ... maybe I should talk to Mom about maybe changing my insulin dose, maybe calling the doctor to get an adjustment.'"
The Bant is just one medical-related app under development by the University Health Network in Toronto.
Nita is using the public version of Bant, but UHN hopes to have a more advanced adaptation that automatically reads the data from a glucometer — the device that takes blood-sugar readings from a skin prick — available for free download soon.
"This is something to engage the patient in what we call self-care," says co-developer Joseph Cafazzo, a biomedical engineer who heads the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at UHN. "And to a certain extent make them less dependent on their care providers and give them the life skills that they need in order to manage their diabetes."
Cafazzo's team has also developed an app to keep track of blood pressure readings in patients aged 45 and older. In a recent clinical trial, use of the app was shown to have measurable effects on patients' blood pressure compared to a control group that used a blood pressure monitor alone.
"What we found after a year was the people who had the telemonitoring component with the BlackBerry, their blood pressure dropped by 10 millimetres of mercury systolic and four points diastolic," he says "And what that means is that their risk of heart attack and stroke dropped by 20 per cent as a result.
"So this was truly self-care.... The patients just become much more self-aware by taking the blood pressure measurements on a regular basis. And they're more engaged and they're more likely to take their medications and more likely to have lifestyle changes that are necessary for their blood pressure management."
There has been an explosion of medical-related apps — a recent report by the Healthcare Information Management System Society tabbed the number at about 17,000 and growing — for use on smartphones and other electronic devices.
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Another new app, called Directory for Addiction Treatment in Canada, was just released by Drug Rehab Services, a private addiction referral service. The app lists low-cost and no-cost detox and treatment centres in every province and territory across Canada for people seeking help for alcohol or drug addiction.
It also provides listings of meetings for Alcoholic Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon across the country, says Marcelo Gemme, who developed the app as an alternative to his website directory.
The app can also put a user in direct contact with a qualified addictions counsellor, either through a toll-free call or text-messaging.
"The whole idea was to be able to build something that people go there, it's user-friendly and they find everything they need," says Gemme, who is located just outside Montreal.
Like a GPS, the mobile app will pinpoint the locations of treatment centres or support meetings within a certain distance set by the user, he says. "Let's say if it's an AA meeting, you're going to have a pin for every AA meeting within 25 kilometres of where you are right now as you do it.
"If you have a guy who has to travel, this is perfect, because he wants to go to a meeting when he has time off, so it doesn't trigger anything."
About 15 to 20 per cent of people seeking help for addictions are now contacting the referral service through a mobile phone, he says.
Watching his four daughters, who "are always on their phones," has convinced Gemme that the use of mobile apps for patients is destined to become an even greater part of health-care management and delivery.
"For me, it's really the future. The mobile, it's where the technology is going to."
Dr. Michael Sabel, an oncologist at the University of Michigan who specializes in the potentially deadly skin cancer melanoma, couldn't agree more.
Sabel and colleagues at the Ann Arbor, Mich., university have developed an app to help patients at high risk for skin cancer keep track of changes in moles and skin lesions to determine if they've become cancerous over time.
The UMSkinCheck app, available free through iTunes for iPhones and iPads, involves inputting 23 photographs of various parts of the body.
"For many, many years we had asked patients to get what's called the total photographic survey, where they had to either go into a dermatologist who offered this or a professional photographer to have some of these baseline images obtained," he says.
"But the reality is these are very difficult things to do — to schedule a time to have a full photographic survey. There are costs involved, it's not always covered by insurance. And even the skin self-exam is kind of difficult for patients.
"We just said to ourselves: 'People are carrying around supercomputers, photography, GPS. Can we use the mobile application technology to help patients in a health-related field?'"
UMSkinCheck gives the user a reminder to take a new set of photos within a set period of time, perhaps every month or two, so they can compare images of skin areas side by side.
"And now you can really say, 'Hey, look this really hasn't changed. I don't need to worry about this.' Or, 'You know what, this has changed. I need to call my dermatologist,'" Sabel says.
The app also includes a skin-cancer risk calculator and photos of the various skin cancers.
Sabel said the team is working on other medical apps, among them one for women being treated for breast cancer.
"My specialty is oncology, but there's probably a large spectrum across health care where these can be beneficial for patients," he says.
Sabel says apps such as UMSkinCheck aren't meant to replace doctors or other health providers. "We were very careful to say this is an app using the technology to ask people to do things that we already think they should be doing."
Cafazzo says apps allow patients to engage in self-care, especially when it comes to chronic conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers and respiratory conditions such as asthma.
The cost of chronic diseases in Canada is estimated at $80 billion a year in illness and disability — a figure sure to grow as the population ages.
"So if we are going to be responsible, we have to think of ways of dealing with chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure in different ways and give the patients the ability to do self-care, and not increase the burden on the health-care system," he says.
Nita says the Bant app has given her more than just a means of tracking Marcus's glucose readings — a built-in social media component has allowed her to get in touch with other families dealing with diabetes.
"Before, it was such a new thing for us, the whole diabetes thing. The first couple months we were in a panic. We were on auto-pilot, we didn't know what we were doing. We were afraid if we gave him too much (insulin), we were going to kill him," says Nita, who created the website www.nitacure.ca to raise awareness and research funding for juvenile diabetes.
"When I found this app, that's how I actually found the whole diabetic community online ... and that's helped a lot. There's always someone there who's already gone through what I'm going through."


A short online film highlights changes in churches across Wales, from ministry areas to community cafés.
The 2020 Vision film highlights stories from each of the six dioceses in Wales that show how they are responding to the church's strategy for growth.
Dioceses chose the stories, which show the ways they are trying to make the Church more outward- and community-facing. Some stories are about major structural projects that have long-term objectives, such as the move from parishes to ministry areas. Others show projects that churches are running in the local community that have a significant effect, such as a café. While the film is not a comprehensive guide to all the work in the Church, it gives an impression of changes in culture.
Stories featured include "ministry area conversations" in Neath; a leadership course in Newport; ministry at the Gower Show; a community café in Sandycroft, Flintshire; a children's club in Llangaffo, Anglesey; and church work in Carmarthen.
The film was shown to members of the Church's Governing Body in September and was introduced by Helen Biggin, chairwoman of the 2020 Vision Implementation Group.
The 2020 Vision strategy came out of a wide-scale review of the Church in Wales in 2012. Its aim is to help the Church grow and better serve the needs of Wales as it approaches its centenary in 2020.
The film was made by 2V Studios Ltd. of Pontypool. Read more about the 2020 Vision strategy.


Whatever has the Kardashian-Jenner name attached to it, flies off shelves faster than hotcakes. When in fall, Kim Kardashian had her crystal themed fragrance line up for grabs, the entire stock of 300,000 units sold out in a jiffy. Now despite the reality TV star being so busy with baby number 3, Chicago West, she doesn't seem to be in the mood to pause and chill.
Because Kim K is again in the news for new products. And this time around she will be collaborating with herself. The beauty mogul's two brands, KKW Fragrances, and Kimoji would be teaming up to give fans something for valentine's day. The official Instagram account of KKW Fragrance had been teasing its audience for the last few days and finally, on Monday, it broke the news.
No deets were given just a simple post that read "Will you be our Valentine? @kimoji Heart fragrances coming 02.01 💜KKWFRAGRANCE.COM" was published. The picture shows three bottles shaped like candy hearts, labeled BFF, Bae, and Ride or Die each. So we do have the names but the pricing has not been yet disclosed.
Kim's fans are supremely excited as can be judged from the comments' section so we're pretty sure that like the last time, this collection too would too run out fast. Compared to the packaging of her Crystal Gardenia collection, these have very different aesthetics and fans were quick to pinpoint. One person wrote, "Definitely did not check with Kanye," as it is no secret that KKW's hubby plays a major role in her styling game.
However, despite the absolutely different appearance, these bottles have been well-planned as it is obvious from the recent previous posts of the brand one of which is a shot of candy hearts. These cutesy perfumes would perhaps have a sweet fragrance as suggested by the colors and the bottles. But who cares, people buy Kim's perfumes without sniffing them first. The assortment would be launching on Feb 1.
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Malaysia Telehealth Grows In Contactless World
Telemedicine services can cut health care costs as they are more accessible and affordable.
Sunway Medical Centre Velocity (SMCV) has set up a tele-consultation service to allow patients to receive health advice from SMCV's specialists or medical officers from the comfort of their homes. CREDIT: Sunway Medical Centre Velocity
KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Malaysia's telehealth industry has found new growth opportunities during the Covid-19 pandemic after struggling to go mainstream prior to the crisis.
While teleconsultation services were established only recently at some hospitals, other telehealth companies had gone through months, if not years of hardship, to establish the digital health industry, as it is a fairly new concept in this country.
Local telehealth companies and hospitals interviewed by CodeBlue believe that the Covid-19 crisis in Malaysia has strengthened the foundation of digital health care services in the country.
"Prior to Covid-19 hitting our shores, we were hitting a positive 20 per cent month on month growth. Since February this year, DoctorOnCall's website has seen over five million visitors to the website, has over three million monthly active users and successfully concluded thousands of consultations between patients and doctors," DoctorOnCall co-founders Maran Virumandi and Hazwan Najib told CodeBlue in an interview.
DoctorOnCall was founded in 2016. It is Malaysia's first digital health platform that connects patients with an extensive network of health care professionals, such as doctors and pharmacists. The company provides teleconsultation services, medication delivery services, and also Covid-19 screening services.
Speedoc Malaysia director Dr Rozel Fadzly. Picture from Speedoc.
"As we were, and still are, quite new and building on our operations, we had a low number of patients daily, at about two to three per day. However, (after the Covid-19 crisis), we've seen an increase in daily cases," Speedoc Malaysia director Dr Rozel Fadzly told CodeBlue.
Speedoc was founded in 2017 in Singapore. The company provides on-demand house call doctors, nurses, and ambulance services, with medicine delivery service under development. Speedoc has also built an app with a complete end-to-end system for doctors and patients to enable remote medical care for patients 24/7.
In an interview with CodeBlue, another provider of doctor house-call services, HomeGP, also reported an increase of about 40 to 50 per cent of their current customers' usage of WhatsApp video calls for teleconsultation services.
According to HomeGP founder and CEO Nic Lim, the local company was founded in 2014. HomeGP connects patients with house-call doctors and trained home care nurses. The company also offers private home caregivers, licensed physiotherapists, pathology lab services, and medicine courier services.
HomeGP founder and CEO Nic Lim. Picture from HomeGP.
Some private hospitals, such as Sunway Medical Centre Velocity (SMCV), Pantai Hospitals, and Gleneagles Hospitals, also rolled out telemedicine or teleconsultation services after the coronavirus outbreak this year, as society adapts to the new norm of safe social distancing because face-to-face consultations between health care providers and patients may pose a risk of virus transmission to both parties.
"SMCV's teleconsultation service was set up in April 2020, during the MCO (Movement Control Order). This extended service was planned earlier and MCO was a good opportunity for SMCV to roll it out and implement it for patients who need health advice when they cannot come to the hospital, either due to this critical time or being afraid of visiting the hospital during this Covid-19 pandemic," said SMCV chief executive officer Choo Voon Chee.
He further added that the teleconsultation service is very useful and convenient for their customers who live outside of the Klang Valley area during this period of time.
Jean-Francois Naa, Parkway Pantai's CEO of Malaysia Operations Division. Picture courtesy of Parkway Pantai.
Jumping onto the bandwagon, Parkway Pantai launched a teleconsultation service, called the eHealth Video Consultation, last month at its hospitals in Malaysia.
"The launch of eHealth Video Consultation, a telemedicine service in Malaysia (in early May), is part of Parkway Pantai's effort to meet the evolving needs of patients," Parkway Pantai's CEO of Malaysia Operations Division, Jean-Francois Naa, told CodeBlue in an interview.
"eHealth Video Consultation was launched across all 15 Pantai and Gleneagles Hospitals to ensure we provide our patients with continuous care and the convenience of consultation with specialists of their choice, by availing both walk-in and online video consultation. It is the driving force behind the launch of this virtual platform," he added.
Parkway Pantai operates 15 hospitals in Malaysia, including 11 Pantai Hospitals and four Gleneagles Hospitals, as well as ancillary healthcare services including Pantai Integrated Rehab and Pantai Premier Pathology. Parkway Pantai is part of IHH Healthcare, one of the world's largest health care groups by market capitalisation.
Malaysian Consumers Accepting Telehealth More
Sunway Medical Centre Velocity (SMCV) CEO Choo Voon Chee. Picture from SMCV.
Since the coronavirus outbreak and movement restrictions enforced by the government from March 18, the public has mainly relied on the internet for news, updates from the government, and even shopping needs.
Telehealth was a slow growing industry prior to the Covid-19 crisis that hit Malaysia last January. After several lockdown measures were implemented, health care providers have observed a shift in consumer behaviour, where people are now more accepting of digital conveniences in health care.
"From the feedback of our customers who have used our teleconsultation service, the live video communications technology is a crucial platform for doctors to reinforce treatment adherence and maintain patient's health.
"The telehealth solution by SMCV has provided a convenience to the patients who need immediate health advice but cannot visit a doctor during this critical time, as it allows the patients to quickly check in with a doctor for guidance," said Choo.
However, Choo does not believe that teleconsultation can replace face-to-face consultations, but rather, it is an additional service for the patients.
Doctor examining a patient at a private clinic in Taman Danau Desa. Picture taken by Arjun Thanaraju on 10/01/2020.
Sharing Choo's point of view is Parkway Pantai's Naa who thinks that "it is still important for patients to meet the doctor in person," as it allows a physician to proceed with medical assessment that includes visual and physical examinations, and treatment recommendations.
"eHealth Video Consultation functions as an alternative channel in addition to walk-in appointments, for patients to consult their doctors.
"(It) allows doctors to provide continuous care to their patients and is a value-added service specifically for patients who can't travel to the hospital due to certain circumstances, and to continue receiving medical care," he said.
Naa also noted that Parkway Pantai's teleconsultation services received "good responses" from patients since their launch in early May.
DoctorOnCall cofounders Maran Virumandi (left) and Hazwan Najib (right). Picture from DoctorOnCall.
DoctorOnCall believes digital approaches in Asia and Malaysia are helping the public stay up-to-date on the Covid-19 situation, and also provide better and "more rapid" public health care.
"A clear example is the rapid adoption by established hospital, clinic and pharmacy chains of DoctorOnCall's technology including Qualitas Medical Group, CARING Pharmacy, Pharmaniaga and Thomson Hospital. Now, Malaysians are able to get connected to the doctors and get medications delivered to their homes while staying safe during the CMCO period," said co-founders Maran and Hazwan.
They explained that customers are able to speak with doctors through private chat, phone or video calls, and even have their prescription medications delivered to their doorsteps without leaving the safety and comfort of their homes.
"Covid-19 has changed health care and made digital health care an essential mainstream service."
Maran Virumandi and Hazwan Najib, co-founders of DoctorOnCall
In comparison to brick-and-mortar clinics and pharmacies, Speedoc Malaysia director Dr Rozel noted that telehealth or telemedicine provide the same services as a general practitioner (GP) clinic, with added convenience.
"We provide the same services as a GP clinic would, except that the patient does not have to leave the comfort of their homes. They save on travelling time, waiting time at a clinic, and transportation costs," he said.
"Our services and approach are new compared to private clinics and government health facilities. We offer value in the form of quality medical care in the comfort of people's homes. Hence, we create value for our patients by reducing waiting times, follow up calls, (and) medical delivery to their homes.
"People are still getting used to paying for this added value service and using the new format of health care booking service we provide. There is definitely demand for this now as telehealth is becoming better understood," Dr Rozel added.
In addition to the convenience that telehealth provides for its consumers, HomeGP's founder and CEO Nic Lim noted that effectiveness was another important aspect of incorporating technology into health care delivery.
"We view telehealth from two perspectives — the practical and structural. The 'practical' is where we are leveraging it to communicate, gather data, develop, and implement best practice. The 'structural' is the domain of primary care, physicians and regulation, which defines conduct, data repository, and sharing.
"It often seems like the domain of large technology companies and vendors who want end-to-end control and delivery, which is a huge procurement decision-making task on the part of government and primary facilities," said Lim.
Telehealth Reduces Health Care Costs
In terms of the costs associated with health care, Speedoc Malaysia's Dr Rozel believes that telehealth services can definitely cut costs through improvements in accessibility and affordability.
"When medical care is made more accessible and affordable, we will see lesser patients delaying treatment and only seeking medical attention when they develop complications," he said.
"Especially for patients with chronic conditions, remote monitoring and making sure they have a regular check-up schedule set up can help them prevent potential complications that might result in hospitalisation."
Dr Rozel Fadzly, director of Speedoc Malaysia
He cited a study on the cost-effectiveness of a National Telemedicine Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in Singapore, which found that telemedicine-based screening of diabetic retinopathy was more cost-effective compared to traditional family physician-based screening.
The total cost savings amounted to S$173 (RM531) per patient, with direct medical cost savings of S$144 (RM442) per patient. The future cost savings associated with the telemedicine-based model is also estimated to be S$29.4 (RM90.2) million over a lifetime.
Revisiting Dispensing Separation Amid Covid-19
Prescription medicine section at a pharmacy in Kuala Lumpur. Picture taken by Arjun Thanaraju on 10/01/2020.
With telehealth's boom amid the Covid-19 crisis, where telepharmacy is also a growing sector, now may be a good time for the nation to revisit the decades-long debate on whether dispensing separation should be implemented.
Dispensing separation, also known as the separation of prescribing and dispensing medicine, is a medical practice where the prescribing physician provides the patient with a written or electronic prescription for the dispensing of the prescribed medication at a pharmacy.
DoctorOnCall's Maran and Hazwan believe that by working with the industry and seeking a way that will allow a "win-win" arrangement for all — doctors, pharmacists, and regulators — the best service and care can ultimately be provided to patients.
"We subscribe to the industry view that significant changes need to be put in place as part of any major change such as the dispensing separation, including equitable fee structures for doctors; rigorous enforcement of the prescription and dispensing rules; stable and proper technologies to enable the record-keeping; tracking and communication between parties as well as comprehensive education to the public to prevent abuse," said the DoctorOnCall co-founders.
Speedoc Malaysia's Dr Rozel believes that the best way to push for dispensing separation is to implement e-pharmacy, e-prescription, and medication delivery, rather than the traditional walk-in pharmacy to purchase medication.
Malaysia's age-old Telemedicine Blueprint that was established by the Ministry of Health on July 25, 1997, envisioned that by the year 2020, the nation's health care system would be transformed with developments of advanced health systems by harnessing the power of information and multimedia technologies.
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Some technologies seem to spring fully formed out of nowhere, while others need years, or even decades, to become widespread and popular.
Virtual reality (VR) and its close cousin, augmented reality (AR), definitely fall into this latter class. The earliest prototypes were built in the 1960s, and while there have been many false starts, we've yet to see VR and AR become commonplace in the way that many people predicted. In the last few months, there have been some high-profile failures: AR startup Blippar raised more than $130 million but went into administration in December 2018, while 2019 has already seen two well-known VR/AR startups shut down: Meta and ODG.
There have been indications that AR and VR were about to finally break out of their existing niches. When Google launched its smart glasses in 2012, there were predictions that it would change the world, but it never gained mainstream adoption. Similarly, when Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion in 2014, it looked like a tipping point had been reached, but sales of Oculus's VR headsets have disappointed.
With such major backers, why has VR/AR failed to go big?
It's arguable that the limitations in available software have meant that there's no "killer app" that makes everyone want a VR/AR headset. Some games have gained strong followings, but there's been nothing that has made your average gadget aficionado feel that they really must pay hundreds of dollars for a VR/AR set.
On the other hand, it's just as true that the available hardware has not quite been there yet. There is a huge range of products already available, as well as software solutions like Apple's ARKit 2. But there are many challenges still to overcome before adoption goes truly mainstream, including computing power, latency, and power consumption, as well as cost. If devices cannot offer immersive processing in a compact wire-free package with decent battery life, they will fail to find a place in consumers' hearts.
In January 2019, Juniper Research predicted that more than 100 million mobile VR devices, including smartphone and standalone headsets, will be used for gaming by 2023. They also expect revenues from VR games to grow from $1.2 billion this year to over $8 billion in 2023.
So what is different now? And what are the key challenges facing developers of AR/VR hardware today that must be overcome to make these predictions come true?
There is a huge range of VR solutions on the market now, with a variety of head-mounted displays (HMDs). Figure 1 shows some examples: Those at the left use the display and processor of a smartphone that fits into the headset, while those on the right need to connect to a PC or gaming console, which means that the user is restricted by wires.
Devices announced recently at MWC 2019 — such as the Microsoft HoloLens 2, the Varjo VR-1, the Vuzix M400, and the Magic Leap One — are targeted at either developers or enterprise users and are priced out of the consumer's reach. In my opinion, only the mobile devices are able to deliver the right user experience that is necessary for mass adoption.
That said, the upcoming Facebook Oculus Quest and its competition, the HTC Vive Focus Plus, both launching later this year, are untethered, all-in-one headsets that don't require a smartphone to handle processing. They promise big things, if early reviews are to be believed.
Whatever the system, one of the most important requirements for VR/AR is to provide an ultra-high-resolution display so that the user can feel involved in an immersive experience. This requires a lot of image processing and — these days — neural-network (or artificial-intelligence [AI]) power, both of which are tough challenges for existing mobile devices.
For all of the HMDs that require tethering to other hardware, the user is always going to feel restricted by the cables. In addition, many of these systems use "outside-in" tracking, wherein the user's movements are detected by fixed sensors placed around the room. This further adds to the cost and complexity of the system in which the consumer must invest.
The alternative, used by mobile HMDs, is "inside-out" tracking, wherein the motion sensors are located on or in the portable device itself. This means that the user can move around freely, not just in a room that's been specially set up. However, this needs some clever processing by the device, which adds to the computational requirements as well as the performance capabilities needed.
For AR, the tracking challenge steps up a gear. In addition to determining the user's position and movements, the system must map the space in which they are located. This is termed "simultaneous location and mapping" (SLAM), and it is essential to enable virtual objects to be positioned accurately in relation to the real environment, as a lack of precision can detract from the user experience.
Assuming that appropriate sensors are chosen, the key to good mobile VR user experience is for latency to be minimized, as a lag more than a few milliseconds long will be noticeable, particularly for VR/AR gaming.
Importantly, the image-processing hardware must not consume too much power; otherwise, battery life will drop below acceptable levels or the device will require a cumbersome and heavy battery pack.
The right combination of image-processing performance and low power consumption is best achieved by specialized on-device vision and neural-network processors. These processors can also handle other tasks required for VR/AR, including tracking, foveated rendering, and AI.
While VR/AR has often appeared about to take off, only to disappoint, today, we have better technology than ever before, with high-performance image-processing hardware that can deliver the dazzling capabilities required without draining a device's battery too quickly.
The major headset vendors are iterating toward more mature designs, and they are using their years of experience to deliver hardware that meets consumers' expectations. Opinions are more mixed on where we stand on software: Some major publishers have slashed their investments, but AR and VR titles are being developed all the time, and the potential is there for a breakthrough hit to drive hardware adoption sooner or later.
Of course, the real mark of mainstream adoption would be for VR/AR to break out of its gaming and early-adopter niches and to become a standard part of our living rooms. That may be too much to hope for just yet, but the technology that could make it a reality is already here. Only time will tell whether its moment has now come.
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I was one of 7 lucky people in my school district to be selected to attend the 30th annual Effective School Conference. Last Monday we all woke up super early (3:30am) to get ready and we met and headed to the airport at 5:45am. We had a 6 hour flight from Dulles to Los Angeles, and then a mini flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix. The Scottsdale Plaza, where we were staying was a short 20 minute ride from there!
Once their we were bombarded with amazing sites! Unofficially we learned 1) not to touch cacti… it's painful, and getting hundreds of tiny prickles out of your hand is tedious, not fun, and hurts like heck!
After a day of sight seeing we were able to attend the conference. Larry Lezotte was the opening keynote speaker. Dr. Lezotte was one of the original researchers of the 7 Correlates of Highly Effective schools.
Dr. Lezotte spoke about the need for all 7 correlates to be STRONG and PRESENT in your school in order for your school to be operating at to it's highest potential.
After hearing Dr. Lezotte, we had a breakout session with Joe Whelan. Mr. Whelan spoke to the Correlate of High expectations, time on task and frequent monitoring to differentiate instruction. Something I had seen before, but that I really liked was the idea of a Parking Lot.
If you've never seen a parking lot before, it's to help the teacher with questions. Have you ever had a kiddo ask a completely bizarre question that has little to nothing to do with the lesson? Well this technique helps ALL questions be valued. Just have your kiddo write their question on a sticky note and place the note on the parking lot. Then, before the day is done, and at a more appropriate time, help the student with the answer – or better, teach them how to look for relevant answers on the internet.
Mr. Whelan also taught us that "You have to do something 25 times before it becomes a tool in your toolbox." This is important for both teachers and students. Have you ever tried something two or three times and then stopped? Keep going, repetition up to 25 times will make it stick!
The next day we saw the most amazing speaker ever, Ian Jukes. I enjoyed his keynote so much that I stuck around for breakout and then even took a picture with him! His keynote address was entitled "Education in the Age of Disruptive Innovation." His big message was kids have changed, the world has changed, so why aren't we changing the way we teach? He spoke about how in the last 25 years there has been a large disappearance (not decline… disappearance!) of factory jobs. As a nation we outsource any job that is not location specific. The technology we use on a daily basis makes working globally as easy as working on an office building. Frightening, but true fact – in the next few years people who need managing will not only be unemployed… they will be unemployable! So, what does this have to do with schools?
Schools were designed when 75% of the population was working in agriculture and blue collar jobs. Currently 75% of our population is working in the service industry and creative jobs. Schools are stuck in the "traditional way" of doing things. Our economy is eliminating standardized jobs while we are still forcing standardized testing and curriculum. 80-85% of our classroom is based off of routine cognitive work… the same type of work we are out-sourcing. According to Mr. Jukes, "no generation in history has ever been so prepared for the industrial revolution as the current generation!" And here's another stunning fact – by 2015, 70% of today's current jobs will be replaced with automation!
So, what are the critical skills that Mr. Jukes tells us that we need to be successful beyond school?
Problem solving! Students need to consistently solve complex, real-time problems.
Collaboration! Students need to work collaboratively together to reach common goals. Everyone needs to be accountable.
Communication! Students need to learn how to communicate verbally AND in multimedia formats with both peers and superiors.
Ethics, Actions, and Accountability! Students need balance a sense of risk-taking, diversity, humanitarianism AND responsibility.
So, need an example? Here you go. Geometric Real World Challenge.
Play the voice mail over if necessary(esp if this is the first time doing an activity like this. So, what is expected of the students? Holy cow… what an awesome project – I can list tons of problem solving and thinking involved with this one. Volume, surface area, percentages, nutritional facts, graphic design, scale factor… the list continues. What will the 2 boxes look like (no two groups will be the same!)? What will the outside look like? What will the name be? What other information needs to be provided? Let their creativity run wild… supply them with card stock, posters, computers, markers… etc. Let them be the ones in charge – step back and facilitate. What a powerful lesson that will last at least a week! SOOO many things they will get out of this one!
The BIG concept that Mr. Jukes wanted us to get out of his keynote… "If the kids forget the content will anything else remain behind that is relevant? YES! The 21st century fluencies!" If kiddos can be flexible in their thinking, and I strongly feel they can be, then knowing how to be a problem solver is even stronger than knowing the content. They will not panic when they don't know how to do something… they will problem solve and get the task done. Currently Mr. Jukes is creating a FREE website www.fluency21.com . This website will include FREE unit plans that revolve around the 21st century fluencies. This site is still in beta, but is having solid lessons and units added to it every day! Also on this site is a way to share your units and collaborate with other teachers – think international, educational, Facebook of units.
I just realized this post has gotten super long! SOOOOO… I'll make and Arizona or Bust part 2 in the coming days! I still have more amazing speakers to talk about! (Even a breakout session from Mr. Jukes that I didn't talk about yet!! So much goodness in one conference!!
So, anything that I said (or really that the speakers said) that stir up some thoughts? I'd love to chat… let's start a dialogue!
Hey, you visited my state! I cringed when I saw the first photo! Don't touch the cacti!
The conference sounds amazing! I wish that there was money in our school's budget to send us to some, it's been years since I had the opportunity to attend one.
I love the Geometry Real World Challenge! I may just have to tweak that for my 5th grade intervention class. I look forward to hearing more about what you learned!
Don't cringe! (or do, but for different reasons!) This cactus had be "de-prickled" … weird? wrong? I'm not sure which but we definitely have many pictures of us hugging it! It totally freaked out our students!!
Our school's motto is based on the 7 Correlates. They try to send a group of people every other year. Apparently no one had gone in 4 years due to budget. They've been saving! I was so incredibly lucky to be able to go – it was TRULY amazing!


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Fixed Income ETF Inflows Surpassed $25B During June
Ben Hernandez July 4, 2019
According to the latest report on exchange-traded fund (ETF) flow data from State Street Global Advisors, fixed income exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows were out of this world in the month of June, garnering over $25 billion.
"Even with a 6% rally in global equities, investors allocated a record amount to fixed income ETFs," wrote Matthew Bartolini, CFA Head of SPDR Americas Research State Street Global Advisors, in the report. "Equity ETFs did garner $20 billion of inflows. However, inflows to bonds were truly out of this world with over $25 billion –a more than 45% increase over the prior record from October of 2014."
The record number of inflows into bond ETFs allowed for record capital allocations into the fixed income space.
"Bonds' record June haul pushed the first-half figure to $74 billion, which is also a record amount for a first half," Bartolini noted. "This surpassed the $70 billion bond ETFs amassed in 2017, a time period that was aided by regulatory tailwinds emanating from the fiduciary rule that led to all ETFs having a record amount of fund flows once the year was over."
As the U.S.-China trade deal that was supposed to happen went south, investors increased their exposure to fixed income to a point where it reached a six-year high during the month of May as negotiations unraveled, according to the latest AAII Asset Allocation Survey.
As such, other notable trends included a decreased exposure to equities and an increase of investors sitting on the sidelines with cash.
Other highlights:
Allocations to stocks and associated funds declined 2.0 percentage points to 65.8 percent
Equity allocations remain above their historical average of 61.0 percent for the 74th consecutive month
Bond and bond fund allocations rose 1.8 percentage points to 18.9 percent
Fixed-income allocations were last higher in April 2013 (19.7 percent)
May was the fourth time in five months with bond and bond fund allocations above their historical average of 16.0 percent
This latest data could provide insight on a repeat performance of fixed income's first quarter. It's no doubt that the volatility-laden fourth quarter of 2018 spurred an investor move to bonds, but that trend persisted in the first quarter of 2019 with $34.5 billion going into fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a US-Listed Flash Flows Report from State Street Global Advisors.
As opposed to simply adding a broad-based fund like the iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSEArca: AGG), it will take more of a strategic bent, such as looking into actively-managed funds or other corners of the bond market like municipal debt. This is especially so since the Federal Reserve said during its fourth and final rate hike in December 2018 that it will do more reassessing–the central bank already lowered its forecast to no rate hikes in 2019 as opposed to the initial two forecasted.
For more market trends, visit ETF Trends and to access up-to-date data on ETFs, visit ETFdb.com.
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Waterbury Chamber's STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Tech Expo | Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc.
The Chamber will host their 8th annual STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Expo on Friday, November 30 – vendor space available.
The Waterbury Regional Chamber's Manufacturing Council will host its eighth annual STEM/Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Expo on Friday, November 30, 2018. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Technology Hall Atrium of Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC), 750 Chase Parkway in Waterbury.
With support from NVCC, the Smaller Manufacturers Association (SMA), and the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board (NRWIB), hundreds of middle and high school students from throughout Greater Waterbury will attend the expo to directly interact with local and state manufacturing and technology executives. They will have the opportunity to view exhibits and demonstrations to learn about job and career opportunities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) from leading area manufacturers.


United States, 22 March 2019 -- A breast pump helps the mother in storing the milk beforehand so that it can be fed to the baby later. These devices are often employed by the women who continue to breastfeed their children while continuing their employment.
Breast pumps are medical devices which enable extraction of milk from the breast of a lactating mother. Breastfeeding ensures that the child is not deprived of the essential nutrients and minerals which they acquire from the mother's milk. Nowadays, doctors also recommend the use of a breast pump in case the child fails to suckle. A new research report by IMARC Group, titled "Breast Pump Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2018-2023", estimates that the global breast pump market was worth US$ 642 Million in 2017. The report further anticipates the market to reach US$ 953 Million by 2023, at a projected CAGR of nearly 7% over the forecast period.
One of the primary factors driving the growth of the global breast pump market is technological advancements which offer more discreet devices with enhanced ease of use, comfort and added benefits.
The surge in the number of working women has enhanced their purchasing capacity, and led to hectic lifestyle and busy schedules. In addition to this, growing awareness about the benefits of breast feeding has augmented the demand for baby care essentials such as breast pumps.
The governments in both the developed and developing regions are encouraging breast feeding through various awareness programmes and initiatives. This is further projected to provide a positive thrust to the growth of the global breast pump market.
However, there are several factors that hamper the market growth such as the high price of breast pumps, cultural and societal restraints and high maintenance requirements.
On the basis of type, closed system breast pumps exhibit a clear dominance in the global breast pump market followed by open system breast pump. This can be attributed to the increased hygiene and convenience offered by closed system breast pumps.
On the basis of technology, the market is divided into battery-powered breast pumps, electric breast pumps and manual breast pumps. Currently, battery-powered breast pumps account for the largest market share.
Based on application, the market has been segmented into hospitals and personal care. Amongst these, hospitals represent the largest application segment, on account of the increasing access to healthcare facilities, particularly in the developing regions.
On a geographical front, North America enjoys the leading position in the global breast pump market, accounting for the majority of the total share. North America is followed by Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East and Africa.


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UPDATE: Driver in Columbus Twp. fatal crash identified
The St. Clair County Sheriff Department has identified the driver in a fatal crash Thursday in Columbus Township.
UPDATE: Driver in Columbus Twp. fatal crash identified The St. Clair County Sheriff Department has identified the driver in a fatal crash Thursday in Columbus Township. Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2019/12/06/update-driver-columbus-twp-fatal-crash-identified/4355952002/
Liz Shepard and Laura Fitzgerald, Port Huron Times Herald Published 2:35 p.m. ET Dec. 6, 2019 | Updated 12:57 p.m. ET Dec. 9, 2019
A Michigan State Police trooper blocks Gratiot Avenue near Werner Road following a fatal crash in Columbus Township. (Photo: Brian Wells)
Jennifer Kiesling, 30, of Columbus Township, was killed in a two-vehicle crash at about 3 p.m. on Gratiot northeast of Bauman Road in Columbus Township, according to Sheriff Tim Donnellon.
St. Clair County Sheriff Lt. Matt Pohl said the crash involved a semi and a passenger vehicle driven by Kiesling.
Kiesling's 8-year-old son, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was taken to Children's Hospital in Detroit with critical injuries, according to the sheriff department.
The semi driver, a 65-year-old Richmond man, was uninjured and voluntarily submitted a blood draw, according to the sheriff department.
Investigators believe Kiesling was eastbound on Gratiot when she attempted to pass a vehicle in a no passing zone and pulled into the path of a westbound gravel train, resulting in a head-on collision.
No criminal charges are expected to be filed because Kiesling was found to be at fault, Donnellon said.
A Gofundme page was created to help pay for Kiesling's son's medical bills.
Kiesling's aunt, Barb Lambrecht, said the family is still reeling from the news.
"She was a great person, this is horrible," Lambrecht said.
She said Kiesling's son remains on life support and suffered extensive injuries.
"She loved her son, she was really close to my son," Lambrecht said.
Kiesling worked at the Ted's Coney Island in Richmond and enjoyed taking her son places, Lambrecht said.
She said the family is doing the best they can in coping with the loss.
"It's bad, we'll never see her again," Lambrecht said.
Contact public safety/breaking news reporter Laura Fitzgerald at 810-989-6279. Follow her on Twitter @LM_Fitz.
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The article reports on the mandatory reporting for emissions trading and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions introduced by the Australian government on some truck companies. The initiative was undertaken to address the reduce GHG emissions and environmental effects of climate change. It relates that the trucking industry contributes around 14.4 megatonnes of carbon dioxide or 2/5 percent of the country's total emissions.


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