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TechBytes Episode 21: Copyright Abuses, Agitators and Trolls, Starting a New Site
Posted in TechBytes at 6:30 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary: Tim, Gordon, and Roy speak about many different topics including the show itself
TODAY'S show was covering many topics and OpenBytes has published the show notes.
Today's show ends with "Harold T Wilkins" by Fanfarlo (from SXSW 2009 Showcasing Artists). We hope you will join us for future shows and consider subscribing to the show via the RSS feed. You can also visit our archives for past shows. If you have an Identi.ca account, consider subscribing to TechBytes in order to keep up to date. █
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(There is also an MP3 version)
Our past shows:
Show overview Show title Date recorded
Episode 1: Brandon from Fedora TechBytes Episode 1: Apple, Microsoft, Bundling, and Fedora 14 (With Special Guest Brandon Lozza) 1/11/2010
Episode 2: No guests TechBytes Episode 2: Ubuntu's One Way, Silverlight Goes Dark, and GNU Octave Discovered 7/11/2010
Episode 3: No guests TechBytes Episode 3: Games, Wayland, Xfce, Restrictive Application Stores, and Office Suites 8/11/2010
Episode 4: No guests TechBytes Episode 4: Fedora 14 Impressions, MPAA et al. Payday, and Emma Lee's Magic 9/11/2010
Episode 5: No guests TechBytes Episode 5: Windows Loses to Linux in Phones, GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share Estimations, and Much More 12/11/2010
Episode 6: No guests TechBytes Episode 6: KINect a Cheapo Gadget, Sharing Perceptually Criminalised, Fedora and Fusion 14 in Review 13/11/2010
Episode 7: No guests TechBytes Episode 7: FUD From The Economist, New Releases, and Linux Eureka Moment at Netflix 14/11/2010
Episode 8: Gordon Sinclair on Linux Mint TechBytes Episode 8: Linux Mint Special With Gordon Sinclair (ThistleWeb) 15/11/2010
Episode 9: Gordon Sinclair returns TechBytes Episode 9: The Potentially Permanent Return of ThistleWeb 17/11/2010
Episode 10: Special show format TechBytes Episode 10: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux 19/11/2010
Episode 11: Part 2 of special show TechBytes Episode 11: Microsoft FUD and Dirty Tactics Against GNU/Linux – Part II 21/11/2010
Episode 12: Novell special TechBytes Episode 12: Novell Sold for Microsoft Gains 23/11/2010
Episode 13: No guests TechBytes Episode 13: Copyfight, Wikileaks, and Other Chat 28/11/2010
Episode 14: Patents special TechBytes Episode 14: Software Patents in Phones, Android, and in General 29/11/2010
Episode 15: No guests TechBytes Episode 15: Google Chrome OS, Windows Refund, and Side Topics Like Wikileaks 30/11/2010
Episode 16: No guests TechBytes Episode 16: Bribes for Reviews, GNU/Linux News, and Wikileaks Opinions 3/12/2010
Episode 17: No guests TechBytes Episode 17: Chrome OS Imminent, Wikileaks Spreads to Mirrors, 'Open' Microsoft 5/12/2010
Episode 18: No guests TechBytes Episode 18: Chrome OS, Sharing, Freedom, and Wikileaks 11/12/2010
Episode 19: No guests TechBytes Episode 19: GNU/Linux Market Share on Desktop at 4%, Microsoft Declining, and ChromeOS is Coming 16/12/2010
Episode 20: No guests TechBytes Episode 20: GNU/Linux Gamers Pay More for Games, Other Discussions 18/12/2010
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LibreOffice Finds Some Patent Assurance in the OIN
Posted in Microsoft, OIN, OpenDocument, OpenOffice, Oracle, Patents at 3:50 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
"What we're seeing though now can be loosely described as patent terrorism, where people are using their patent horde as a threat [...] It's almost like a cold war stand over tactic; where I have these patents and if you breach these patents, I'm going to come after you and sue you."
–James Eagleton, systems product manager for Sun Microsystems
Summary: The Open Invention Network (OIN) gets the Document Foundation as a licensee; other patent news of interest
THE Document Foundation (TDF) and LibreOffice were covered here a couple of times before and this whole initiative does pretty well so far. Oracle is already in the OIN and following advice from Groklaw — although probably not related to it — TDF is joining too and makes this announcement:
The Document Foundation has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), to further extend the free software ecosystems. By becoming a licensee, The Document Foundation – developer of LibreOffice, a free office suite for personal and corporate productivity – has joined the growing list of organizations that recognize the importance of participating in the Open Invention Network, in order to protect the free software ecosystem from the risks associated to software patents."The Document Foundation is a major free software project, and LibreOffice a key office suite for creating, managing and sharing documents. By becoming a licensee of the Open Invention Network, we fight software patents – which stifle innovation and encourage predatory business practices – and at the same time we improve the protection of our software projects," said Charles Schulz, Member of TDF Steering Committee.
Coincidentally, a lot of the TDF is European, which may help reduce the patent threat to it. Vis-à-vis Europe and patents, the "EU patent" [1, 2, 3, 4] had Italy dodge the rest of the pack (they are smart for avoiding such European problems which get falsely marketed) and then excluded as a result. Whilst European lawyers are excited, developers of software — no matter whether free/libre or proprietary — should be concerned. Even an aggressive/abrasive pro-software patents lawyer Gene Quinn seems to have had some Eureka moments given what he posted recently. A patent lawyer who focuses on games is contesting Groklaw's position while streaming gaming content becomes a patent:
OnLive may not be offering a wide range of games at the moment, but the technology behind the service has proven impressive. The company now has another powerful weapon in its arsenal, as a patent on cloud-based gaming and the streaming of content has been granted to Steve Perlman, OnLive's CEO.
Patents are a tax which is benefiting trolls and lawyers the most; can they be eliminated also for the sake of software Freedom? It's Microsoft's last resort now that it accepts more Office counterfeiting and sues companies using patents. █
"Search engines be da**ed, it's the OS that generates money – if the world switches to linux, it will switch to OpenOffice too."
–Motley Fool (heavily Microsoft influenced)
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FFII and OFE Respond to Publication of European Interoperability Framework (EIF) Version 2
Posted in Europe, Free/Libre Software, Standard at 2:34 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) and Openforum Europe (OFE) add their own interpretations of EIFv2
DURING the weekend we attempted to put together all the notable feedback to EIFv2 [1, 2] (also in Spanish), which was just debated by a lot of people in Identi.ca shortly after it had been released. A day or so later (after some reading and consultation) came formal statements and most of them are positive on the face of it.
The FFII points out that FSFE's statement (also in French) is "positive":
#FSFE also positive about European Interoperability Framework
"So far only a single EIF "troll" + American stakeholders," FFII wrote to Dana Blankenhorn, "apparently less relevant for European interoperability." Here is the FFII's own press release which starts as follows:
The European Commission adopted a communication "Towards interoperability for European public services", introducing the second incarnation of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) and the European Interoperability Strategy (EIS) [1]. This week the Commission also published fresh Horizontal Guidelines [2] which bloc-exempt patent cartels from competition enforcement.
"The European Interoperability Framework is a legend. It's hard, indeed, to make impact that compares with the first EIF. Unfortunately the lobby watered European interoperability enforcement down. It's amazing that EU-Commissioner Šefčovič overcame indecision, and presents their 'wet' documents.", says FFII Vice-President Rene Mages.
Openforum Europe issued this press release:
OFE Press Release – After over two years of controversial debate and under intense scrutiny from the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, the European Commission has shown courage by adopting a bold set of guidelines to help national, regional and local governments throughout the European Union make their computer systems all work properly together.
The European Interoperability Framework (EIF) adopted by the Commission on Thursday is a landmark policy document because it attempts to draw a line under the accepted practices of the past and the present, and it ushers in a new era where governments can be contacted by their citizens and by each other without having to buy the same brand of software.
The European administration-backed OSOR covered the "Commission's Communication on Interoperability" as follows:
On the 16th of December 2010, the European Commission has adopted the Communication "Towards interoperability for European public services", to establish a common approach for Member States public administrations, to help citizens and businesses to profit fully from the EU's Single Market.
Since it's a European thing there's not much room for more responses from other not-for-profit organisations. █
Intel Processors Are Defective by Design
Posted in Hardware at 1:51 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Intel gives yet another reason to boycott its microchips
INTEL puts DRM on board and now kill switches too: "Intel's Sandy Bridge processors have a remote kill switch"
Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors have a new feature that the chip giant is calling Anti-Theft 3.0. The processor can be disabled even if the computer has no Internet connection or isn't even turned on, over a 3G network. With Intel anti-theft technology built into Sandy Bridge, David Allen, director of distribution sales at Intel North America, told ITBusiness that users have the option to set up their processor so that if their computer is lost or stolen, it can be shut down remotely.
For those who want to protect their computers from thieves, the ability to remotely disable them sounds great. We're not sure the CPU is the component that should be targeted though. While a given stolen netbook, laptop, or desktop can no longer be turned on if Intel's new kill switch is flipped, there's nothing stopping the thief from taking out the HDD and putting it in another computer. As a result, you've only slightly slowed the criminal down and haven't really managed to ensure your sensitive data is protected.
Given Intel's many crimes maybe it's time to cheer for ARM or something else. █
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Wikileaks/Cablegate Shows Microsoft Trying to Take Over Brazilian Schools
Posted in America, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 1:46 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Leaked diplomatic cables from Brazil show what Microsoft is up to around the school system which embraces GNU/Linux, affecting over 50 million children
ONE of the latest cables to be redacted and released is from Consulate of Sao Paulo and further down it states ("Microsoft" capitalised for emphasis):
¶21. Secretary Gutierrez next visited a branch of the National Commercial Apprenticeship Service (SENAC). SENAC is a University system begun in 1946 with the support of different Federations of Industry, including FIESP, which wanted to begin a system of schools that would increase the country's stock of technically trained students. SENAC has 56 units in Sao Paulo State alone. The Secretary, Consul General, and Senior Commercial Officer were SIPDIS greeted by Joao Kulcsar, Director of the U.S. Study Center; Abram Szajman, President of SENAC and of the Federation of Commerce for Sco Paulo; and Emelio Umeoka, President of MICROSOFT. The group toured SENAC's library, where they were given an overview of SENAC's activities and resources, and then went across campus to MICROSOFT's Center of Innovation learning center. Umeoka provided an overview of MICROSOFT's investment in youth education and the goals of the Innovation Center, as well as a summary of other MICROSOFT corporate responsibility programs in Brazil. Following a photo with some of the Center's students, the Secretary and others were escorted to a classroom, where they spent 30 minutes speaking to twelve students in a roundtable format about their different classes, incubator businesses, and hopes for future employment. A brief interview with SENAC's internal television station followed, and Szajman and Umeoka and other SENAC representatives took their leave of the Secretary and his delegation.
This is very relevant to us because on many occasions before we have shown that Microsoft is trying to take schools in Brazil away from GNU/Linux and free/libre software. See for example:
Quick Mention: Huge Migration to GNU/Linux in Brazil (52,000,000 Students)
Is Microsoft Trying to Derail Another Massive Migration to GNU/Linux in Brazil?
Is Microsoft Planning a Coup in Brazil?
Microsoft-funded IDC (IDG) Attacks GNU/Linux in Russian Schools, Accused of Using "Corrupt" Data
Microsoft 'Pulls a Russia' in Brazil
Also see this wiki page about Brazil and Microsoft's high estimation of GNU/Linux market share in Brazil.
Do not let Microsoft hijack the minds of Brazilian children, who are tomorrow's generation of leaders. Regarding Microsoft's destructive hijack of Yahoo!, for example, Groklaw wrote some days ago: "So what are you trying to say? That partnering with Microsoft doesn't pay off or something?"
Pay attention to it to avoid repeating the mistakes of others, including OLPC. The expert when it comes to abducting national education systems is the Gates Foundation.
As a side note, Microsoft has used Brazil to sell the impression that GNU/Linux is only for the poor, but according to these new numbers, GNU/Linux users spend the most money.
The Humble Indie Bundle #2 just came out three days ago with the Braid, Cortex Command, Mechanarium, Osmos, and Revenge of the Titans games for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X operating systems. Like the original Humble Indie Bundle, you pay what you want. While this unique game offering has just been going on for three days, the developers have already raked in more than $900,000 USD. At the time of writing they have banked away $911,134.35 and it looks like over the weekend they should exceed $1 million USD.
Just like in last year's Humble Bundle, GNU/Linux users are the most generous (or maybe richest). This also shows that money can be made by sharing. █
Canada Spends Taxpayers' Money Making Apple and Copyrights Stronger
Posted in America, Apple, Intellectual Monopoly at 1:18 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Photo by Kashmera
Summary: Apple's cultural grip is expended with help from the Canadian government, which ought to reassess its commitment to Canadian sovereignty
Canadian politics have been a stormy turf recently. With the G20 fiasco pretty much revived, Hollywood trying to rewrite copyright law in Canada, and also a tough debate around the Internet, it becomes clear that Techrights will dedicate more time to covering degradation of rights in the largest American nation. "Canada spends tax dollars promoting Apple" claims this famous Canadian blog, stating:
George W. Harper's weenies are spending God knows how many thousands of tax dollars contributed by hard-pressed Canadians, and blowing how many man-and-women hours on promoting a pure-and-simple Apple commercial product?
This is not entirely shocking, neither is it acceptable because Apple is a proprietary software company from a foreign country. More interestingly, however, should Canadian politicians start charging Apple royalties for free endorsement in phrases like "iPod tax"? How come Canadians use this phrase? Watch the images where Apple brands are being promoted in Canada, going under matching descriptions which name only the hypePod. From Professor Geist:
Earlier today I walked a few blocks from my office to Ottawa's Rideau Centre to attend a press conference with Industry Minister Tony Clement and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who promised an important announcement. The two ministers stood in front of an HMV and a group of students wearing t-shirts with No iPod tax logos on the back to declare that they were firmly set against a massive new tax on technology for all the holiday shoppers in the mall. The Ministers claimed that all three opposition parties supported a tax of up to $75, which (reminiscent of the Dion "tax on everything" campaign) would apply to all technology devices and even cars.
There is more to portable media players than hypePod. And by the way, it is amazing that James Moore is still in the government given the notoriety he earned. Cablegate is guaranteed to shed more light on the outrageous copyright lawmaking in Canada, just as it did in Spain. Only a fraction of the cables was redacted and released thus far. █
Microsoft Helps Show That Windows is Less Secure Than Other Operating Systems
Posted in Microsoft, Security, Windows at 12:57 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: New Microsoft study indicates that Windows — not applications for Windows — contains what's needed for malware to run
Fake disk defraggers are one new form of threat to Windows users, who are of course forced to use a deficient file system such a long time after its inception. But the more noteworthy news is this piece from Glyn Moody where Microsoft gets 'owned' using its own 'studies':
This makes it clear that we are talking about code that is downloaded and then executed. According to the report, all the tests were carried out on a Windows 7 system. So in other words, we are talking about Windows malware. The undoubtedly thorough tests in the present report simply underline the huge scale of the Windows malware problem, and hints at the considerable costs it imposes on users, businesses and the economy as a result. What emerges from this test, then, is that Internet Explorer is better at solving problems of Microsoft's own making than third parties without direct access to the Windows code and its flaws.
Frankly, I would expect no less: it is Microsoft's responsibility to sort out these weaknesses in its own software, and if it produced a browser that exacerbated the problem it would be doubly culpable. But for a really fair test, what we would need to see would be Firefox running on a GNU/Linux system, Safari running on a Mac box and Chrome on ChromeOS, and then to compare those systems with Microsoft's own combo of Internet Explorer and Windows. I'm pretty sure that Internet Explorer would not emerge as such a star in these circumstances.
But failing that kind of comparison, what the report's test shows is quite simple: that irrespective of which browser you use, you really shouldn't be running Windows at all if you want to minimise your exposure to malware.
Why use Vista 7 then? No point to it if one wishes to use applications like Firefox. GNU/Linux on the desktop is really painless these days. For reasons of security (Windows slowed down due to malware) I've moved people to GNU/Linux and they never complain. Microsoft understands that and it's probably why even operating systems like Chrome OS are a real threat to Windows. For the sake of security it also makes some design improvements or compromises (a double-edge sword). We'll soon post a lot of news about Windows security. █
Links 20/12/2010: Red Hat Upgraded, Net Neutrality in Great Danger
Posted in News Roundup at 12:34 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Devices/Embedded
Free Software/Open Source
Clip of the Day
Kernel Space
Thanks partner! A year of pair programming
With the above setup I just use my usual coding environment, which is emacs plus a bunch of GNU screen sessions in a gnome-terminal.
Graphics Stack
Clutter Picks Up An EvDev Input Back-End, Helps Wayland
Development work towards the major Clutter 1.6 stable release has been progressing nicely within the Clutter 1.5 development branch. These recent development snapshots have brought performance improvements, a GLSL generation back-end, greater usage of OpenGL FBOs, new API functionality, and even a Clutter Wayland back-end. A new development release of Clutter (v1.5.10) is now here and it brings an evdev input back-end.
What good is an evdev input back-end for Clutter? Well, this provides support for input devices on Linux when using EGL-based back-ends rather than just a traditional X Server, etc.
DockBarX Theme Pack For Avant Window Navigator / Faenza Users
"DBX big dock" pack is a DockBarX theme package especially created for those that use DockBarX with Avant Window Navigator and comes with updated "Unite" themes (Unite_v and Unite_h) with new blink attenton effects as well as versions for these themes without backgrounds and bigger icons for Faenza icon theme users (the themes are called Faenza_Unite_v and Faenza_Unite_h). The pack also includes a mod of the DockBarX "dock" theme with nice colors and attention effects.
Upstream vs. Downstream—Clash of Visual Identities
In the past eight years or so, Gnome Desktop enjoyed more or less small yet steady improvements that have brought it to where it is now—IMHO one of the best desktop environments. However, along with the side push from the over-hyped release of KDE4, there has been a growing number of people who wished for a major change, instead of steady improvement. Their efforts are to be realized in GNOME 3 which will most likely be in Fedora 15. Let alone, for now, the tiny problem that this messes up my workflow in a way that it is much less efficient albeit much more eye-candy-ish. That's not the point of today's post. Today I want to focus on the problem of visual identity.
Red Hat Family
Jefferies Raises Price Target on Red Hat (RHT), Maintains Buy Rating
As a result the firm is raising their price target on the company to $55 from $48.
Debian Family
Canonical/Ubuntu
Install XBMC Media Center 10 on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and LinuxMint 10 Julia | PPA repository
XBMC 10 "Dharma" is released, this new release comes with many new features and support to many new media formats, now XBMC play all of the current media formats available, including the new WebM/VP8 codec that is the latest buzz. Hardware acceleration has been added in windows (Vista or 7) via DXVA2, CrystalHD has been added for all platforms (best supported in OSX and Linux), VDPAU support has been improved in Linux, and VAAPI support has been added for the hardware that supports it in Linux. This new version comes also with 11 different skins , all with distinct looks and personalities. There are far too many improvements to list here, so check out the changelog for a full list.
Project Releases
[Tor] November 2010 Progress Report
XBMC 10.0 "Dharma" Released With Built-In Addons System, VAAPI Support, Improved VDPAU, More
Standards/Consortia
The Best HTML5 Game Yet: A Threat To Flash?
What was most interesting was the fact that the performance of HTML5 appeared to be superior to Flash-based casual games.
Tweet revenge: Italians bombard EU summit wall with Silvio Berlusconi insults
Ukraine Yulia PM Tymoshenko charged with misusing funds
The Ukrainian opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been charged with misusing state funds while serving as prime minister, her spokeswoman says.
In Tiniest Computer Memory Ever, Researchers Successfully Store Data in Atomic Nuclei
Physicists have stored information for nearly two minutes inside the magnetic spins of atomic nuclei, producing the longest-lasting spintronic device yet and what could be the world's tiniest computer memory.
The Danger of Cosmic Genius
Opening the door to new forms of matter at the Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory
Theoretical physicists are working to unlock the secrets of a new class of matter known as topological insulators and topological superconductors.
DDoS?
Anonymous is not making zombie armies, they make their protests with their own computers. They are not very anonymous either, as evidenced by the kids who have been caught. As in Gandhi's time, public awareness can be raised by arrested protesters. Peaceful protest succeeds by making the population aware of injustice. Isn't it ironic that Anonymous is not engaged in illegal "cracking," unlike the authoritarian DDoS attacks illegally targetting WikiLeaks.
How DDoS attacks became the frontline tool of cyber-war The History of DDoS Attacks
The concept of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks finally entered the mainstream public consciousness this month after assaults on the websites of Visa, MasterCard and PayPal made front page news.
#DDoS and Internet Freedom
The Flawed Legal Architecture of the Certificate Authority Trust Model
Defence/Police/Aggression
TSA Worker Avoids Prison After Stealing Travelers' Laptops
A 37-year-old former Transportation Security Administration officer has been sentenced to three years' probation for stealing laptop computers from passengers' luggage at Philadelphia International Airport.
Cablegate
The Swedish Pimpocracy
Many intelligent women (including the European group Women Against Rape and one of my favorite bloggers, Furry Girl) recognize the pursuit of Julian Assange for what it is: A politically-motivated persecution of a man who embarrassed several of the most powerful governments on Earth, using rape as an excuse in order to win the support of silly, gullible women (including, apparently, a number of the staff at Jezebel). As Katrin Axelsson points out in the linked Women Against Rape article, this is no different from the old Southern practice of lynching uppity black men for looking at white women. It's not a defense of women, but rather an exploitation.
Daniel Ellsberg on Bradley Manning
Explaining the parallels between WikiLeaks and the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg compares himself to Bradley Manning, and Julian Assange to the New York Times.
WikiLeaks: the emperor wears no clothes
Sites have been removed by their hosting companies, servers seized by police or other governmental authorities, take-down requests issued under the rule of law: none of these prevented information spreading.
But the issues run deeper than this. As former US president Thomas Jefferson once stated, "information is the currency of democracy". Democracy – the rule of the people – as currently understood and practiced is, and has long been, severely restricted.
Power is abused in our name by governments and transnational corporations around the world: they fight illegal wars; abuse and kill people; pillage property and planet. The powerful accumulate wealth and force the majority – the rest of us – to pay for it: with our health, our freedom, our time, our money and with our lives. For a long time, we have been deceived about the reasons for this: it is our right for the truth to be known. Without that right, democracy cannot and does not exist. The current assault on WikiLeaks is yet another instance of democracy-hating by elites.
WikiLOCs
Libraries are institutions with important values regarding information. They have their codes of ethics, which are derived from the broad field of information ethics and varies between countries.
35 Countries have official professional codes of ethics for libraries and the US is of course one of them, with American Library Association (ALA) codes of ethics.
Wikileaks and 21st Century Statecraft
Back in more innocent times, in January of this year, Hillary Clinton gave a speech at the Newseum (a 250,000-square foot monument to media complacency) in which she introduced the concept of "21st Century Statecraft" – a term referring to the recent State Department push for the use of social and new media for diplomatic and geopolitical ends. In this speech she affirmed the US's commitment to the "principles of internet freedom", a new Human Right for the 21st Century. Clinton waxed lyrical about the ethical, financial, political and practical reasons why freedom of access and use of the internet should be considered an absolute right – noting that America "stand[s] for a single internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas". The State Department, it seemed, was committed to a comprehensive and open approach to online freedom and engagement, a new stance for a government which had hitherto tended towards a more iterative approach to interaction with the modern world.
Assange in respect for himself
Assange offense to tabloid reporters sleazy questions.
Cartoon: Thanks a Bunch, WikiLeaks
Censorship/Privacy/Civil Rights
Netizens Force Fang Binxing, Father of the GFW, Off of Sina Microblog
On Monday morning, Fang Binxing, the President of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications who is known as the "father of the Great Firewall," opened a Sina Microblog account. Within the first three hours, over 3818 netizens followed him, and despite rapid deleting of comments to his posts by Sina editors, many comments still appeared, the vast majority of which made fun of or cursed him. At 12:55 pm Beijing time, about three hours after it opened, his original tweets and all the comments disappeared.
All internet porn will be blocked to protect children, under UK government plan
THE UK Government is to combat the early sexualization of children by blocking internet pornography unless parents request it, it was revealed today.
The move is intended to ensure that children are not exposed to sex as a routine by-product of the internet. It follows warnings about the hidden damage being done to children by sex sites.
The biggest broadband providers, including BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, are being called to a meeting next month by Ed Vaizey, the communications minister, and will be asked to change how pornography gets into homes.
Broadband firms urged to block sex websites to protect children
Internet service providers are to be asked by the government to tighten up on website pornography to try to combat the early sexualisation of children.
Ministers believe broadband providers should consider automatically blocking sex sites, with individuals being required to opt in to receive them, rather than opt out and use the available computer parental controls.
Belarus: Gmail, Twitter, LiveJournal, Facebook and other Sites Blocked
Internet/Net Neutrality/DRM
Editorial: A UN Controlled Internet Should Never Happen
When I first heard about UN members wanting to regulate the internet, the first thing that popped in to my mind was, "will never work". However, the second thing that came to my mind was that even if control was successful, one name – Galileo, the famous astronomer of the late 1500s to early 1600s.
Galileo put forth a theory that said that the Earth was not the center of the universe. The prevailing theory at that point in history was that the Earth, not the sun, was at the center of the universe. Unfortunately for Galileo, this drew controversy from the church and he came under significant pressure to denounce his theories.
Deep Packet Inspection Firms Trying To Turn Net Neutrality Satire Into Reality
This, of course, implies that ISPs are somehow unfairly carrying the burden of the services people access online. It may sound nice, but the problem is that it's almost entirely false. Individuals pay for their own bandwidth, and companies pay for their bandwidth. What the ISPs are hoping to do is to effectively double and triple charge both sides in an effort to squeeze even more money out of the system than they already do. What's ignored is that broadband services are already quite profitable, and they're already getting paid for this stuff. What's really happening is that — just as content providers "overvalue" their content, this story is about ISPs overvaluing their own contribution, and wanting a larger piece of the pie concerning money made online. What they ignore is that the reason there are so many useful services online, that make it worthwhile to buy internet access in the first place, is because of the lack of such tollbooths.
Intellectual Monopolies
The politics of downloading
But some years ago I was in this position with what I consider one of the top television programmes of all time. Aaron Sorkin's ' The West Wing'. Scheduling in the UK (on Channel 4 and its cable channels) meant one season was being broadcast at the same time as the succeeding one and, very clearly, not only would watching both spoiler me without any external interaction, but we were also somewhat behind my friends in the USA and elsewhere who, like myself, were deep in discussion about the series' storylines and arc.
So I torrented it to catch up.
And, whilst I admit that fact let me also add that I bought the DVD box sets for every season as soon as they became available (as well as re-watching it on UK television once it arrived here). No studio or artist lost out, indeed they profited over and above what they would have received had I solely watched it on the local services. I could also keep up with discussion online about the story arc of the show at the time it was happening. Even now I have an annual 're-watch all seven seasons from the start'.
And The West Wing isn't the only show this applies too. Buffy, Angel, Dark Angel, Firefly, and others too have seen me buy the DVDs once they are available.
So I'm left wondering what the answer is. Where a television programme is going to be available to me and everyone else in the country to watch for free, is there any actual financial loss incurred by anyone if I were to download it ahead of broadcast?
The New Rock-Star Paradigm
Succeeding in the music business isn't just about selling albums anymore. The lead singer of OK Go on how to make it without a record label (treadmill videos help)
MPAA/RIAA Lobbied Extensively In Favor of Domain Seizures
The recent action by US authorities against so-called rogue websites comes on the heels of significant lobbying efforts by two well known anti-piracy groups. In the last quarter the MPAA and RIAA together spent a total of $1.8 million on lobby efforts in Washington. Public records reveal that the industry groups focused heavily on legislation and authorities involved in domain name seizures.
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The 138th Annual Running of the Preakness Stakes and InfieldFest returns Saturday, May 18 at Pimlico Race Course! Come out to the Baltimore region's biggest party! The Preakness InfieldFest will feature live performances by international superstar Pitbull and hip-hop stars Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Both artists will play extended sets on the Main Stage in the public Infield at Pimlico Race Course when the Maryland Jockey Club, North America's oldest sporting organizat ion, hosts the 138th renewal of the Preakness Stakes.
Each year, many visitors come to the Baltimore area to celebrate the running of the Preakness Stakes. The vibrant hues of red, yellow and black flood the track. Floppy hats adorn the general admission lawn, while some enjoy fine dining in the terrace seating. Book your tickets online for the Preakness and the InfieldFest and then book your room for your stay at the 1840s Carrollton Inn. Less than a fifteen minute drive by car from Pimlico, or also accessible by public transit, the 1840s Carrollton Inn is the perfect place to stay for your weekend of excitement in Baltimore! The convenient downtown location is not only perfect for the day of the race, but also for enjoying the town on the rest of your visit, as well. There are many restaurants and museums, stores and attractions for you to explore while staying in Charm City for the Preakness. If you love horses and horse country, take a short trip up the Jones Falls Expressway to explore the Greenspring Valley and the beautiful homes and farms.
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You have just started up in an MLM business and want to get into online business networking groups. Of course the first thing you want to do is to tell everyone about it, so immediately you go tell your friends and family, then you sign up for all kinds of message boards, email groups and other business networking websites.
One thing you must remember is that you are dealing with REAL PEOPLE. You may feel that the Internet is just like this anonymous place where you might feel people won't really notice you if you engage in any "hunter" type behaviour, but realize that the Internet is no different than dealing with people offline.
The important thing is to treat people with respect, get to know them first and you'll have plenty of valuable contacts for your business. No, most probably won't join your business opportunity, but they will teach you a lot about business, will refer others to you and will be a great asset to your business – even if they never buy a thing from you. Relationship building is the key to success. One of my business partners recently had a conversation offering advice to someone just chatting and made money from that conversation WITHOUT using any kind of sales technique. Simply helping the person who had the problem led to sales of their products and everyone benefitted.
– Don't send private messages or emails pitching your business opportunity or products to another member directly as it is rude and very poor taste. The best way to start any relationship is to contact the person because you feel you have something in common, but don't recruit or sell.
– When you introduce yourself on a networking group, it's usually okay to say what you do…but don't invite people to check out your website or say that you are looking for new customers or recruits.
– Even if a message board or networking group allows you to post ads in certain places or on certain days, don't bother if you're new. Get to know the group first and then they'll be more interested your offers.
When starting a new business, you are generally excited and you are driven to get results as quickly as you can. The important thing to remember is that the best results come from building long-term relationships and not from "hunting" on online networking groups.
Building these relationships may seem to be slower initially, but you will find that helping others find solutions to their problems will attract more attention. Get you seen as an expert and build trust. People will like you more and be more inclined to buy from you and / or join you in your business if you approach them in the right way – that is without pressurising a sale or recruiting drive into your business.
Taking these tips into consideration when looking to build your business using online business networking groups will benefit you more in the long term.
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NAACP lifts travel advisory against American Airlines
Written by Jesse J. Holland
By Jesse J. Holland
The NAACP is lifting its travel advisory against American Airlines, saying the company is making improvements that address worries about African-Americans being subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions while flying.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson made the announcement at the NAACP's national convention in San Antonio, Texas. The NAACP issued the advisory in October, after several incidents including an NAACP official and another civil rights activist being kicked off American flights.
Johnson said the Baltimore-based NAACP is encouraged by American Airlines "commitment to improve upon their internal processes and increase inclusion across their airline."
"We're pleased with the outcome we've seen," Johnson said.
American Airlines CEO and Chairman Doug Parker said the company used the attention brought by the NAACP to continue to improve its customer interactions. "We can always be better," Parker said.
American hired an outside firm to review its diversity in hiring and promotion, and promised to train its 130,000 employees to recognize subtle or implicit bias. Online training began this month, and classroom training is scheduled to take place this fall.
American, the world's biggest airline, says it also created a special team to handle customer complaints alleging discrimination. It says customers who file a discrimination claim will be called to discuss the incident.
The travel advisory came after several well-publicized incidents with American Airlines.
One involved the head of the North Carolina NAACP, the Rev. William Barber, who sued American after being removed from a flight last year from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Barber said police were called and removed him from the plane after he asked a flight attendant to tell a white passenger behind him to quiet down.
Barber accused the other passenger of making a comment about having a problem with "those people."

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Dear Annie: Get off your property!
Dear Annie: We have some new neighbors, and our backyards are adjoining. We enjoy sitting out on our deck on nice evenings and enjoying the weather with a drink and snack. Sometimes friends stop by. We are quiet and aren't out late. Our neighbors have several young children, and they are outdoors all the time. We're not thrilled with the constant noise, but we put up with it. We've tried to remain friendly and polite. Recently, there's a new issue: Our neighbors informed us that it's "creepy and inappropriate" when we sit outside when the kids are out playing and that we shouldn't be doing so because it makes them uncomfortable. We're sitting in our lounge chairs and not even facing their direction. We can't put up a taller privacy fence or plant bushes because of a city ordinance, so if we can't use our deck when the kids are outdoors, we won't be able to use it at all.
We're not sure what to do. We love this house but feel that our only option at this point is to move. I took some muffins over and tried to explain to the mother that we mean no harm to the children — that we're just enjoying our deck on our property — and she asked me to leave, saying, "The kids will be home from school soon."
Dear Housebound: Relaxing on the deck at dusk after a good dinner — that's one of life's simple pleasures. Don't let the oddballs next door deprive you of that. You've done nothing wrong. If you want some privacy for your own peace of mind, try lining the side of your deck that faces them with large potted plants, or consider installing a canopy from which you could drape some curtains. If they continue to harangue you, tell them you'll stop sitting in your backyard when they show you the penal code that says you can't.
Dear Annie: This is in response to "Louise A.," who is having difficulty accepting the fact that she is old. I am also in my early 80s, and I can identify with her.
My husband and I were very active in our former community. We had a lovely home, and life was so exciting, but we were facing some health issues that demanded we, especially my husband, slow down. We made the decision to move to a wonderful senior independent living community, and we have never regretted it one minute.
Dear Marjorie: Thank you for sharing the great experiences your new community has offered you.


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Ranu Jung, Ph.D.
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Dr. Ranu Jung is the founding executive director and endowed Chair for the U of A's Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, Associate Vice Chancellor, and Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering. Dr. Jung is one of the world's foremost researchers in biomedical and neural engineering, has led multiple transdisciplinary research teams and grants, has more than 100 refereed publications, and 14 U.S. patents. A champion for innovation and entrepreneurship, she develops devices that lead to scientific advances with clear pathways to clinical application.
Ranu and I3R are featured on the University's "Determined" website, which highlights the people and programs that make a positive difference for the state of Arkansas and beyond.
Ranu also was interviewed for a recent "Short Talks from the Hill" podcast on her vision and dreams for the Institute.
Dean Matt Waller of the Sam M. Walton College of Business interviewed Ranu on his popular "Be Epic" podcast.
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James Abbas
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
jabbas@uark.edu
Hired by John English and Raj Raghavendra Rao, Dr. Abbas is a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Currently, he serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation and Frontiers in Neuroengineering, is an Associate Editor for the IEEE EMBS and Neural Engineering Conferences and is a member of the Steering Committee for the Data Resource Center of the NIH SPARC Initiative. Dr. Abbas received his B.S. in bioelectrical engineering from Brown University and then taught secondary school mathematics and worked on public health projects in Malawi as a US Peace Corps volunteer. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Abbas' research program develops and applies neural engineering techniques in the areas of medical rehabilitation and exercise. His research includes the design and development of neurotechnology, the development and use of computational models, and experimental evaluation of neurotechnology and rehabilitation systems in human subjects.
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Diego Aguilar
Clinical Trial Support Engineer
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Diego focuses his work on providing researchers with a robust framework for the conduct of efficient clinical trials. He maintains study master files and advises researchers with the purpose of guaranteeing that research is conducted in compliance with Institutional Review Boards and granting agencies. In addition, he designs electronic data capture and clinical trial management instruments that simplify the workflow of research operations. Among his most crucial responsibilities, Diego supervises the recruitment, screening, and enrollment of human participants as well as the subsequent collection and archiving of experimental data.
Native to Venezuela, Diego holds a Bachelor's and Master's in Biomedical Engineering from Florida International University, and his experience pulls from a background in clinical research that dates to his very first job during college years. As a researcher, he is motivated by serving at the crossroads of creativity and discovery and takes pride in supporting his colleagues through the visionary endeavors undertaken at the Institute.
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MD Ashfaq Ahmed
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Justin Asbee
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Tommaso Benigni
Doctoral Fellow
tbenigni@uark.edu
Tommaso has always had a passion for research that can translate to the market and help people in need. He is one of the first doctoral Fellows of the newly inaugurated Institute for Innovative and Integrative Research and works in the Adaptive Neural Systems lab. During his time in the lab, Benigni has worked on the Neural Enabled Prosthetic Hand project, the first fully implanted neural stimulator designed to provide sensory feedback to individuals with upper limb amputation. Among other things, he helped create the hardware and software to allow a person with an amputation to connect any one of their prostheses and receive sensory feedback. Over the past three years, including during the pandemic, he has taken extracurricular leadership positions mentoring multiple undergraduate and high school students and helping them with their research and academic goals. He aspires to work in a company that makes a difference and provides a necessary service.
Stephanie Calloway-Benton
Courtesy Assistant Clinical Professor
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Srikanth Chavali
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Ranu Jung
Associate Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Professor
rjung@uark.edu
Dr. Jung joined U of A in December 2021 and serves as an endowed chair, Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering, and associate vice-chancellor. Her experience includes serving as interim Dean and Department Chair in a College of Engineering and Computing. Professor Jung's research is at the cutting edge between engineering and neuroscience, developing devices that lead to scientific advances with clear pathways to clinical application. A champion for innovation and entrepreneurship, her team developed the first wireless, implantable neural-interface system for restoring sensations to individuals with upper-limb amputation and received FDA approval to conduct a first-in-human trial. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Academy of Inventors, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Biomedical Engineering Society she holds 14 U.S. patents, has founded a company, and has authored more than 130 publications. She is also appointed to the US National Institutes of Health National Advisory Council for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Jung received her Doctoral and Master's degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, USA and her Bachelor's with Distinction, in Electronics & Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India.
Sathyakumar S Kuntaegowdanahalli
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Sathyakumar (Sathya) received his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA and his Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Instrumentation from BITS Pilani, India. As a Research Engineer in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Florida International University (FIU), Sathya was a key member of a multi-disciplinary team that developed and deployed a fully implantable neural-interface system for restoring sensations to individuals with upper-limb amputation. Sathya has experience with securing FDA approval to perform a clinical trial of a novel implantable medical device. He is also experienced in developing research software for clinical use and conducting research involving human participants. He also has over five years of experience with managing projects involving academic-industry-clinician collaborations. He is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on developing fitting procedures for electrical nerve stimulation systems.
At the Institute, Kuntaegowdanahalli supports technology development activities of academic researchers and industry collaborators, with an emphasis on system integration and the full spectrum of regulatory processes and approvals.
Arianna Ortega Sanabria
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Arianna is a doctoral student from Venezuela at the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research. She moved to the U.S in 2018 to pursue a doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering. Arianna graduated as a Chemical Engineer from Universidad Simon Bolivar, one of the most prestigious universities in Venezuela, in February 2015. She worked for 3 years at Johnson & Johnson where she was able to develop technical and leadership skills. She published one review paper in 2019. She also mentored an undergraduate student who is now accepted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for postbaccalaureate studies.
She is currently working with pre-clinical models to determine optimal paradigms for stimulation of nerves to achieve selective activation of nerve fibers. She is working on a National Institutes of
Health Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience project along with groups from Arizona State University, Washington University, Université de Bordeaux and Université de Cergy-Pontoise from France.
Andres Pena
Assistant Research Professor
andresp@uark.edu
Dr. Pena focuses on the research, development, and translation of neurotechnology to offset the effects of injury or disease.
He received bachelor's degrees in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, and a PhD in Biomedical engineering from Florida International University. He has training and expertise in neural engineering and neuromodulation approaches for understanding neural function and providing rehabilitation after trauma. He also has experience with human subject psychophysical testing and computational modelling. He is currently spearheading efforts to develop a business framework that will facilitate translation and commercialization of novel neurotechnology.
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Aliyah Shell
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Aliyah is a fourth-year doctoral student majoring in Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Institute for Innovative and Integrative Research. She is the recipient of the National Science Foundation Bridge-to-Doctorate Fellowship, Florida Education Fund (FEF) McKnight Fellowship and received an Honorable Mention for the National Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowship Program in 2020. Shell received her bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University - New Brunswick in May 2019. Her past experiences include holding a position as an Engineering Intern at Nouveau Prosthetics & Orthotics, and two positions at MTF Biologics as a Product Development Co-op and Packaging & Sustainability Engineer. Her research interests include understanding brain function and the use of virtual reality environments to offer rehabilitative therapies for those with neurological deficits.
Anil K. Thota
athota@uark.edu
Anil earned a Master's in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He has been working in the various fields of Biomedical Engineering for more than 15 years and has experience in preclinical and clinical studies. Thota has played key roles in the development of a novel implantable system to interface with peripheral nerves and a one-of-a-kind mobile app as a diagnostic tool (aid) for balance problems in people with sports concussion. The mobile app is being adapted for use in Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Parkinson's disease. He is highly experienced in designing experimental protocols and testing processes to ensure the data collection process is repeatable and to obtain reliable outcome measures. Thota was granted two patents (primary contributor) for his creativity in developing processes for fabricating, deploying, and managing neural electrodes. He has published scientific outcomes in 16 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and presented research findings at 35 national and international conferences.
He is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on developing technology to simplify the process of implanting electrodes into peripheral nerves.
At the Institute, Thota supports academic researchers and industry collaborators as they perform acute and long-term studies in pre-clinical models, with an emphasis in the food-tech and healthtech sectors.
Ana Rodriguez Larrad
Visiting Associate Professor
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Dr. Rodríguez Larrad received her Physical Therapy bachelor's degree from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and developed her clinical activity for 15 years in the field of neurorehabilitation, focused on the recovery of sensorimotor impairments through a neurocognitive perspective. Then, she got her Master and PhD in Public Health and Preventive Medicine in the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She currently is a tenured Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Nursing in the UPV/EHU. Her work at the Institute is supported by a grant from the European Union. Her research interests include the design and multi-dimensional evaluation of exercise interventions aimed at promoting active aging, the development and validation of technological tools and robotic solutions for functional training; and the development and validation of lumbar assistance exoskeletons to assist caregivers. She has published 40 articles in international Journals (JCR) and supervised 5 doctoral theses.
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Andy Albertson
Director of Strategic Communications and Engagement
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Andy is a two-time winner of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education's highest communications honor, the Award of Excellence, for both speechwriting and comprehensive public relations campaigns. In his time with the University of Arkansas, he has served as an executive communicator, director of communications for the School of Law, and senior director of research and economic development communications. He was project lead and executive editor of "Determined to Help," highlighting the U of A's efforts to solve the issues presented by the coronavirus pandemic and support those affected by it, and currently serves on the University's UA ENGAGE initiative to support and empower women faculty in STEM.
He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from the Programs in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas, where he was the inaugural winner of the Claude W. Faulkner Award, presented to the outstanding English graduate instructor and scholar.
Laura Fickett
Associate Director of Digital and Creative Services, UXC
lfickett@uark.edu
Laura's areas of expertise are print, web and digital media design, front-end web development, user interaction and user experience, accessibility, research and analysis, marketing strategy, and visual storytelling. Laura has an A.A.S. in graphic design, a certification in user experience with a specialty in interaction design from the Nielsen Norman Group, and 13 years of industry experience. Research has always been an area of interest and enjoyment for Laura. She began her career at the University of Arkansas in the College of Engineering, working directly with a wide range of researchers on campus to tell the world about their work through the college's various communication channels. Laura prides herself on her ability to bring large-scale ideas to fruition through collaboration, determination, and always asking, "how can we do this better?"
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Nicole Wegrzyn
Communications and Marketing Assistant
nwegrzyn@uark.edu
Nicole is a current student at the Sam M. Walton College of Business with a concentration in marketing. Nicole is projected to graduate in 2024, with goals to eventually own her own digital marketing agency. In 2020, Nicole began to work with clients and businesses in Chicago, IL promoting brands and increasing sales through multimedia campaigns. Ambitious and result oriented, she developed her LLC as a senior in high school. Now working with the groundbreaking team, she has been part of building the Institute's presence from the ground up. With a focus on social media and media production, Nicole seeks to blend creativity with strategy. She is driven to revolutionize how digital media and technology are used in business and society today.
Rahmawati Ashley Chua
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Rahmawati (Ashley) oversees all fiscal matters for the Institute, which includes financial analysis, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and accounting processes. She collaborates with researchers and administrators across campus on financial aspects of Institute projects and program management. She has more than 15 years of higher education experience. Before joining the
Institute, she worked at the School of Human Environmental Sciences, Department of Geosciences and the Small Business and Technology Development Center. Prior to working at the University, Chua worked in a variety of fiscal leadership roles in the private sector with PacifiCare/United Healthcare, John Hancock Financial Services and Office Depot. She graduated from California State University at Long Beach with a degree in accounting.
Mercedes B. Gazaway
mbalbers@uark.edu
Mercedes earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Mississippi State University. She has been with the University of Arkansas for six years. Prior to joining the Institute, she was part of the alumni programs team at the Arkansas Alumni Association working with student programs, alumni groups and collaborating with various members of the campus community. She is tenacious and has experience in project management, volunteer management, budgeting, event planning, providing customer service, relationship building, and strategic planning.
Peg Hart
Project Advancement Specialist
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Peg earned degrees and certifications from three colleges at the University of Arkansas: Arts & Sciences, Business, and Education. Previously, as the grant coordinator for the Biomedical Engineering Department in the College of Engineering, became a Certified Research Administrator. Now, as a member of the Institute, Hart works with researchers from across campus as the Institute submits proposals from collaborative groups and assists with the transfer of grants for incoming researchers.
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Industry 4.0 – the flexible assembly line?
Since the early 20th century, car production has been identified with the production or assembly line – a "road" on which vehicles are manufactured in a physically fixed sequence of assembly workstations as a line. However, other potential methods of organising production are increasingly being seen in settings of highly flexible Industry 4.0 production scenarios.
Within the context of digitalisation, the automotive industry is also investigating the question of a deep paradigm shift – moving away from the proscriptive, physical structure of the assembly line and towards a self-organising form of production in which orders self-dependently make their own decisions on the way through a more freely organised shop floor of workstations. This could lead to a new scenario in which the assembly line is being gradually replaced by a new, flexible logic of how the orders are moved along flexibly placed workstations.
This new organising principle promises to solve, in the future, the apparent contradiction between the growing individualisation of (mass) products and the goal to increase the flexibility of production processes.
Mobile devices with Qualicision simulation.
As mentioned, the automotive industry is facing a continuously increasing demand for flexibility in production in the light of the variety of options how customers are able to configure their vehicles. Depending on the model over a billion variants are possible. Until now, the industry has addressed this complexity more or less universally by planning assembly lines for a given model and then controlling the production sequences by optimising them with respect to more or less physically motivated process restrictions and KPIs. The assembly line – once designed – remains essentially unchanged throughout the life cycle of the car model the line was organised for. In this way, of course, the assembly line with its physically fixed arrangement of production resources strictly determines the intra-logistical processes of the whole production and supply chain.
This production control and optimisation, known as sequencing, is directly subject to the ordering power of the physically fixed production line structure. Through its physical restrictions and requirements, this structure of the line strongly influences the connected supply processes and the necessary logistics. For example, the physically fixed production line results in the specification of minimum distances in the assembly sequence that must be kept between orders (vehicles) with particular features.
Despite the obvious advantages of the controllability of this organisation–controllable, as once the line is established, it will not be changed for several years over the entire life cycle of the model–it would lack the necessary flexibility for smaller series and significantly shorter life cycles of car models. For a hypothetical lifecycle of only three months instead of six or seven years, fixed production lines would lead to increasing costs and decreasing efficiency. A highly flexible production process organized within the inflexible structure of an assembly line would be doomed to failure, and the evaluation of its economic Key Performance Indicators would just confirm it.
Self-organising cyber-physical system at Fraunhofer IML.
The dream of an extremely flexible production structure would be that workstations are standing freely in the production hall grouped by certain production functions. The orders would navigate autonomously from workstation to workstation guided by their own working plans and by both efficiency and engineering KPIs. They would communicate as cyber-physical systems with both, the working stations and the entities providing the necessary material.
If the workstations were also designed to include redundancy, the flexibility would increase a lot. The Industry 4.0 scenario offers the opportunity of digitalising objects via the Internet of Things (IoT) and connecting self-organising orders and workstations. So far so good.
Are there new challenges when facing such an innovative approach? Of course there are. The challenge is that a fully flexible production structure lacks an organising principle that until now has been provided by the physical structure of the production line. The revolutionary idea – and this is the challenge – is to replace the physical organising principle of the production process with a logical one. The autonomous decisions made by the orders themselves should follow technical and economic principles.
The automotive industry sector is one of the pioneers when it comes to Industry 4.0 scenarios. This is proven by SMART FACE, a project within the Autonomik 4.0 programme funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
PSI's PSI FLS Fuzzy Logik & Neuro Systeme GmbH is a member of the SMART FACE consortium, which consists of the automotive and supplier industries, both logistics and IT providers as well as direct and applied research institutes. We spoke to the Managing Director of PSI's PSI FLS Fuzzy Logik & Neuro Systeme GmbH, Dr Rudolf Felix, about the project's goals and the idea that the current paradigm shift towards process KPIs is a basis for a new organisation principle in industrial manufacturing.
PM:Dr Felix, the SMART FACE project is a good indication that Industry 4.0 scenarios are no longer just visions. Can you briefly describe the project?
Dr Felix: By using the concrete example of small-batch electric vehicle production, SMART FACE is experimenting with the upcoming paradigm shift you have described: Towards production without the organising principle of a fixed assembly line.
PM: Can you explain why assembly lines in smart factories only have a future if made more flexible or could even be entirely replaced in the future?
Dr Felix: Because of the fixed physical structures of production lines until now the planning process in the automotive industry has taken place on several hierarchical levels. Beginning with the annual planning, continuing through rough-cut planning down to weekly and daily planning, the process determines what parts and components are required based on the bills of materials. This information is provided to the connected suppliers in the form of JIT and JIS orders. The stricter the physical structure of the lines the more complex the hierarchies and the smaller the possibility to influence the production sequence in a context of quickly changing demands and customer requirements. The future challenge will be to increase flexibility.
PM: So does that mean the solution to this challenge lies in increasing the flexibility to act?
Dr Felix: That is the goal, yes. And to achieve it, the current principle of optimising the sequences for a fix production line must be made more flexible or simply replaced with another principle. At PSI FLS we say that the new organising principle will be the KPI-oriented optimisation based on the extended fuzzy logic decision engine Qualicision. Within the SMART FACE project, planning and organisation are taken over by self-organising orders. The orders communicate independently with the assembly stations and navigate autonomously through the production area from working station to working station. The orders are moved on automated guided vehicles. Both orders and vehicles are implemented as cyber-physical systems. The navigation is optimised according to a set of physical and economical business process KPIs. In such an Industry 4.0 scenario the KPI-oriented optimisation is the new organising principle.
This means that a new, a logical, organising principle is needed that replaces the physically given organising principle of the physically fixed production line. Said new organising principle shall follow the process KPIs and optimise the process accordingly instead of following the physical restrictions of the line. This is the hour of the Qualicision-based KPI optimisation. Today, the underlying KPIs are designed to represent the physical structure of the production process. At present, order sequences are still predominantly formed according to the physical properties of the orders.
In the future, the physical KPIs are complemented by new Industry 4.0 KPIs. These KPIs will be a mix of technical restrictions and efficiency-oriented production goals.
First steps towards such an approach have already been taken. For example by those automobile manufacturers whose sequences are defined by workload and resource capacity expressed in working time. For the first time, working capacities are being used here to optimise sequences based on working time KPIs. The Industry 4.0 scenario goes even further in the new organisation of the production process, allowing the orders to make decisions on the basis of new Industry 4.0 KPIs. Partially finished vehicles (orders) move on automated guided vehicle systems and decide for themselves, which workstation to go to next, based on the KPIs. Supplying the workstations with material and parts is done similarly. Based on demand the stations even decide for themselves when they want to be supplied by the automated guided vehicle systems.
In fact, the process is already fully underway. The organising principle in the Industry 4.0 age will be KPI-oriented (Qualicision-based) optimisation. Based on this, KPI optimisation implements the paradigm shift.
In the future of Industry 4.0 the rigid, physical order of the assembly line will be replaced by KPI-oriented optimisation.


Brian and his wife Lindsey joined MVYC in 2014. Since joining the club, they welcomed their first child (and voracious water baby), Jackson, who is now 2. Brian is originally from southern New Jersey where he spent summers enjoying the boating life with his grandfather on the Delaware River. He is an executive at a commercial construction company focused on electrical, mechanical, and plumbing projects. He has volunteered at MVYC's gas dock, assisted in repairing the marina docks, and looks forward to the opportunity to get more involved in the club. Lindsey, a native of northern Virginia, is an executive at an Alexandria-based nonprofit focused on early childhood education and currently serves as co-editor of the Beacon. Their boat, "To Bad Decisions", is on "A" dock.


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When it comes to bolting pure Blue Oval muscle into your Ford performance car or truck project, nothing beats a crate engine from Ford Racing Performance Parts.
For 2012, Ford Racing is expanding its range of quality engineered and built crate engines that are designed to fit nearly every performance application and budget.
Adding FRPP's just-announced I-4 Crate Engine 'Concept' into the mix, Ford Racing's line of high performance crate engines now grows to become one of the most comprehensive in recent memory. Whether it's one of the modern, high-tech Coyote-based 5.0-liter engines or any of the nine unique pushrod engines, all of Ford Racing's crate engines leverage Ford Motor Company's engineering resources to deliver high quality and real value.
The Ford "Small-Block" V-8 has been a longtime favorite among racers, and the Ford Racing Performance Parts 2012 pushrod crate engine offerings range from 302 to 427 cubic inches, and from 340 up to 600 horsepower!
Following the hot-rodding adage that there's no substitute for cubic inches, Ford Racing has taken the popular 302-based stroker to the max with the 500 horsepower Z363 crate engine. By pushing the bore out to 4.125 inches, displacement of the popular 347 stroker has been increased to 363 cubic inches. Combined with improved Mahle® pistons, the Z363 makes 50 more horsepower and 50 more foot-pounds of torque than the Z347 that it replaces. Nothing but the best parts are used inside, including: forged crankshaft; forged I-beam connecting rods; floating piston pins; and a high-performance oiling system.
Built with the BOSS 302 block and Z304D aluminum heads, Z363 fits many of the vehicles originally built with a 289 or 302 block with 8.2-inch deck height. Ford Racing engineers designed the Z363 to work both on the street and at the strip, with a strong torque curve that delivers more than 390 foot pounds from 3,500 rpm up to the 6,500 rpm redline. With a compression ratio of 10.0:1, Z363 runs on unleaded premium pump gas, and is also available as a short block for those who want to build the engine to their own specifications.
The company that created the famous 427 FE engine now offers another modern version of the legendary motor. The X427, designed for street use, has joined the Ford Racing Z427 that was introduced in 2010. Fitted with the legendary Ford Racing X-Heads, the X427 delivers 520 foot-pounds of torque. Built on Ford Racing's new BOSS 351 block, this new 427 crate engine is engineered and built to deliver a strong, flat torque curve. That translates into tire-smoking acceleration for street rods, kit cars and muscle cars, and plenty of power and torque for light-duty pickups and SUVs.
Ford Racing has taken the 5.0 Mustang GT's 4-valve V-8 with twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) and created another in its series of "Aluminator" crate engines that deliver even higher performance than before. The 5.0 Aluminator NA, with 11.0:1 compression ratio, is designed specifically for naturally aspirated, high-performance applications. Mahle® forged pistons are hard anodized with Graphal® low-friction coating. The connecting rods are premium Manley® H-beam with ARP® 2000 bolts, and fitted with BOSS 302 high-performance bearings.
The 5.0 Aluminator NA is a direct bolt-in for 2011-12 Mustang GT. It can be used in street rod or resto-mod builds using Ford Racing's 5.0L engine controls pack (p/n M-6017-A504V).
This second new offering in Ford Racing's 5.0 Mustang "Aluminator" crate engine line is another modern 5.0-liter, 32-valve DOHC V-8 that uses advanced features like Ti-VCT to deliver big power. This "Aluminator" is built with a 9.5:1 compression ratio, forged pistons and H-beam connecting rods to meet the demands of forced induction applications.
The popularity of today's Mustang 5.0 "Coyote" engine has led to strong interest by sanctioning bodies to create new spec-racing classes for the engine. These spec engines are the same as the production Mustang GT's 5.0 V-8, and are sealed by Ford Racing to ensure that none of the engine internals are changed.
The first organization to employ these engines will be the National Mustang Racer's Association (NMRA) in a class called, "Coyote Stock." All engines will use a spec engine controller.
Ford Racing designs and engineers components that fit perfectly and deliver optimal performance and durability. Only Ford Racing has access to proprietary design, testing and production resources that are vital in developing components worthy of wearing the Blue Oval. From engine internals and bolt-on power-adders to chassis kits designed and tuned for specific applications, Ford Racing has upgrades that are track-tested and race-proven.


Business consultancy McCann Health has appointed two new managing directors - Robert Paglia and Randy Goodman - to the firm as a result of expanding projects.
Prior to McCann Health, Robert Paglia has held a number of senior roles such as US head, pricing and market access for PriceSpective, founder and president of Evolution Health Initiatives and various sales and marketing positions at Johnson & Johnson, Purdue Pharma and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
In addition to Paglia, Randy Goodman joins McCann Health bringing more than 23 years of experience from both the public and private sector.
Previously serving Healthcare Management Solutions as its senior director and project leader for health economics, global reimbursement and healthcare policy, Goodman's expertise lies in public healthcare, economics and healthcare policy.


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Q: How do I see what files are taking up the most space in unix? I have used du -h and df -h, but I cannot seem to determine what actual files are taking up space. When I remove the files df -h still says that the disk is full. Also when I delete the files based on du -h, the space for sda2 does not decrease.
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2              13G   12G     0 100% /
/dev/sda1             251M   21M  218M   9% /boot
tmpfs                1006M     0 1006M   0% /dev/shm

A: The trick for finding the big files (that have names) is usually du -a, often piped into sort -n.  This gives you the biggest files last (so it doesn't matter that the small files disappear off the top of the page).
You may have a process still running with a nameless file open that it is writing to when it gets the chance, that is eating up the space.  This could be a temporary file that it opened to store data, or it could be a log file that someone removed.  The space it uses won't show as free space, but neither will it show up as in use with du -a (or any other options) because there isn't a file name.  If you don't know which process it is, you could use a reboot to stop the process (all processes), thereby releasing the space.

A: Referring to the df man page:
`--no-sync'
     Do not invoke the `sync' system call before getting any usage data.
     This may make `df' run significantly faster on systems with many
     disks, but on some systems (notably SunOS) the results may be
     slightly out of date.  This is the default.

Since this is the default, I'm guessing that you're getting a cached view of free space.

A: use the below command for checking the disk space:
df -lh

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I was born and raised at the edge of the high desert in Kingman, Arizona. My earliest influence was my mother. From before I could walk, she read me to sleep, launching me on amazing adventures almost every night. Immersing me in a world of fantastical characters living in magical lands. Ozma of Oz in the Emerald City, Winnie the Pooh, Gerald McBoing-Boing, Cat in the Hat, Kipling's Mowgli, Mole at Toad Hall—all served to fire my imagination very early on. I soon hungered to create those worlds for myself, curious to know how to draw, to read, to write.
While my mother was an artist and the creative influence, my father was big, strong and pragmatic, instilling personal integrity and a positive "can-do" attitude. He was at once, intimidating and my hero. We lived a hundred miles or so from the above-ground nuclear test sites in Nevada. And I recall starting awake early one morning to what I mistook as lightning and thunder. White light flashing through my bedroom widows brighter than the sun—the explosion's roar rattling the windows, shaking the walls. My father, the only one who could comfort me.
As a small child, life at the desert's edge was always an adventure. I spent long days exploring on my own, darting between boulders and greasewoods as an Indian brave outfoxing the cavalry, catching bull snakes for my terrarium and running naked in the rare summer rain.
Once I crossed into my teenage years, I quickly tired of nature's wide-open spaces. For me, life in a small town was dull and dreary. I longed for new adventures, determined to leave Kingman at my earliest opportunity. I'd always viewed myself as an adventurer, dreaming of a life searching for truth, and making my way by telling stories on the road to find out.
Like most young teenagers at the time, I was enamored with the Beatles. I could see the girls swooning and knew a musician's life was the life for me. Yet, it wasn't just the girls. Though I shunned the piano due to early lessons against my will, I was genuinely intrigued with music and wanted to play. I saved my money for several weeks and bought a cheap snare drum. The appliance repair shop that sold musical instruments on the side, threw in a couple pair of drumsticks for free. Suddenly, I was a drummer.
My friends and I formed a band. Faking it in bedroom jam sessions, practicing harmony as we walked the streets on our way to practice sessions. We practiced for months before we got the opportunity to play in public. And we still sucked. At first the music was terrible, screeching and caterwauling, aggravating the neighbors. Eventually, we improved and I took to writing lyrics, poetry and short stories on the side. We played all the school sock hops and weekend dances at the local Armory. I made good money for a teenager without a real job—money I promptly wasted on partying. Then came the girls. Then came trouble.
An outcast in High School, I didn't much get along. Most of the teachers and school administrators wanted to get rid of me as badly as I wanted out and I graduated by default. My favorite class was English Literature, one of the few at which I excelled and where I was formally introduced to creative writing. The teacher was a gem, encouraging my writing. And I am eternally grateful. For the first time, I felt like I could create something worthwhile, something people might enjoy reading.
I moved to Phoenix with the promise of life in the big city and the hope of becoming a professional musician. Living hand to mouth, I barely fed myself with a smattering of odd jobs, sleeping on friends' floors, bumming rides to the gigs. I quickly failed to reach my goal of stardom and instead achieved only notoriety, squandering my dreams on excess and dissipation.
My father encouraged me to go to college, learn a profession, make a decent living. He offered to help support me If I took him up on it. He was only trying to help, but I was in tough shape and resentful. Yet it seemed like my only option at the time.
College, much like High School, had little appeal. I simply went through the motions, looking for a way out. I soon found it, hitting rock bottom and winding up in jail. I quickly learned the hard way, jail wasn't for me. Locked in the Felony Tank at County, I took a beating from two lifers looking for sport with nothing left to lose. They were on their way to the state penitentiary for killing a convenience store clerk in an armed robbery that netted them fifty cents. Having sustained a broken nose, cracked ribs and a punctured kidney, I was branded a troublemaker and served the rest of my time in solitary confinement.
I was released from the Maricopa County Jail at 5:30 a.m. on a Tuesday. My mother and her friend picked me up out front. All skin and bones from the jailhouse fare, she took me to IHOP to celebrate with real food. I nearly made myself sick, stuffing my face with a tall stack of buckwheat pancakes slathered with butter and drowning in syrup. While it was close on a couple occasions, I never went back to jail.
Disillusioned with life's adventures, I worked at cleaning up my act, valiantly attempting to tread the straight and narrow. Eventually, I worked my way into real estate sales, having decided that paying the bills was more important than my artistic integrity. I still played my drums every chance I got, hoping to make it. I worked in all the local venues from biker bars and trendy clubs to cocktail lounges and resort hotels, playing everything—blues, rock, pop and jazz. I even did some studio recording gigs with an up and coming songwriter. And while I enjoyed jazz the most, I never really made a living at it.
A few months earlier, I found the woman I love. And I'm very fortunate that she's put up with me all these years. When we met, she already had two beautiful daughters that I soon came to love as my own. They are grown now, with children of their own. I'm a lucky man to share in their lives.
In early 1978 I formed a commercial real estate company and never looked back, continuing to secretly write stories and poetry for my own satisfaction. Knowing full well, that like music, writing as a career was simply out of reach. I've since changed my mind. Today, I'm riding a different trail.
I learned to read for knowledge and for the sheer joy of it. To this day, I'm a voracious reader. Mostly, it's what inspires me to write. I've written hundreds of thousands of words. And like my foray into music, most of the early stuff is garbage, simply learning my craft. For me, learning is a journey that I expect will never end. I continue to practice, to hone my skills, to perfect my abilities. The more I write, the better I get, and the more I enjoy writing. It often reminds me of jazz improvisation. Entertaining others with a good story is a gas. I love it and I hope you enjoy reading my work.


I thouight I would give you an update regarding these discs, though I have to date only checked Disc 1.
Using DVDFAb 11.0.0.2 I have ripped disc 1, now when you selctect from the menu to play all it does now detect the DTS-HD MA audio, also when you select it to play episode 1, but it fails to play episodes 2,3 & 4, I get a brief msg that a copy has been detected and it skips or freezes when those episodes are selected, it also fails to play the DTS-HD MA audio on those episodes and defaults to Dolby Digital.
Thank you for the update, about the "detect copy" problem, we will check ASAP.
UPDATE: Fixed in the coming version, please wait and have a try. Thanks.


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Two East Texas Men Accused in Capitol Riots Appear in Court For Plea Offers
Shani Scott
Shani Scott Published: August 8, 2021
Two men from East Texas that were arrested for their part in the January 6 Capitol riots had one of their days in court on Wednesday. However, neither is ready to plead in their cases. 34-year-old Alex Kirk Harkrider of Carthage and 30-year-old Ryan Taylor Nichols of Longview appeared on Zoom for their court date with Federal Judge Thomas Hogan this morning. The goal was to get their plea deals entered, but it didn't go as planned.
Ryan is considering and negotiating a plea agreement, while Alex has all together rejected his plea offer. Both men traveled to Washington D.C. for the January 6 Capitol riot and are charged in a 13-count indictment. Ryan's attorney told the judge in the case that he needed more cooperation from the jail so that he could review discovery evidence. Judge Hogan advised that he would reach out to the jail and request that they be more cooperative.
Alex on the other hand was released from jail in April but with an ankle monitor. However Alex complained about having to pay $110 a month stating that it was a financial burden for him. Judge Hogan allowed it to be removed agreeing with his attorney that Alex could be tracked without an ankle monitor.
I am going to have to go back and look at history and see how these things were handled before because I hope you do realize that the January 6th Capitol Riots were not the first time this country has seen something like this. I'll give you one example, the Boston Tea party. That was a political riot. The bad thing about that is the people got mad at Britain for doing what they agreed on, to be taxed. I personally think it is ridiculous that one group can be upset with the government and tear up building, harm others and get really violent with police and all they get is a slap on the wrist while other people are just trying to live a normal life and get gunned down, bullied or assaulted for nothing.
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