Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Family trees | Kiwiblog

May 28th, 2013 at 10:30 am by David Farrar

After I blogged about my family link to Hedy Lamarr, a reader checked out an online genealogy site and e-mailed me the graphics below.

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That should surely qualify me for a knighthood or something.

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But Comrade Marx is a closer relative!

Tags: DPF, genealogy, John Key, Karl Marx

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

IRL: iPod Classic and the WhoSounds TARDIS Bluetooth Speaker

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment.

IRL: iPod Classic and the WhoSounds TARDIS Bluetooth Speaker

It wasn't our intention to run a nostalgia-themed IRL on Memorial Day, but here we are. After the break, Dan Cooper relives his fascination with the TARDIS time machine, and Brian swears he doesn't care if you laugh at him for using an ancient iPod.

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Monday, May 27, 2013

Border entry fee study sparks northern opposition

SEATTLE (AP) -- By Michael Hill's estimation, 90 percent of the people pumping gas at his station just south of the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state are Canadians.

Gas north of the 49th parallel, he said, is about $1.30 per gallon more expensive than in the United States. But that's not the only product that Canadians seek in visits to Washington state: Beer, wine and milk are significantly cheaper (beer and wine alone are roughly half the price in the U.S.).

Add a strong Canadian dollar and the result is a key element of the economy in the towns of Whatcom County. For example, the town of Blaine, population just shy of 5,000, generates over $225,000 from a penny per gallon gas tax, which is about 30 percent of its street maintenance budget.

That's why Hill and others are troubled by the notion of charging a fee to enter the U.S. by land. Last month, in its 2014 fiscal year budget proposal, the Department of Homeland Security requested permission to study a fee at the nation's land border crossings.

"It's a deterrent," said Hill, whose station is fully stocked with wine and has a reader board that says "Thank you Canadians."

"They should be doing anything they can to get them down here to buy more," he added.

That lone request sparked wide opposition among members of Congress from northern states, who vowed to stop it. A fee, they say, would hurt communities on the border that rely on people, goods and money moving between the U.S. and Canada.

"The imposition of such a toll would act as a barrier to the greater economic integration that we seek, and is the absolute last thing we should be doing to grow our economy," stated a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano earlier this month signed by 18 Republican and Democratic House lawmakers.

Democrat U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is sponsoring an amendment to the immigration reform bill that bars Homeland Security from conducting the study. The senator has also promised to stop any funding for the study. In the House, Democrat Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state introduced a bill to stop the creation of a fee.

This week an amendment by Democrat Rep. Bill Owens of New York to stop the study was introduced to the House to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.

Lawmakers and people from the southern border, though, did not show such strong opposition, highlighting a north-south divide on how to pay for border infrastructure.

Democrat Congressman Ruben E. Hinojosa, who represents a district in Texas that includes McAllen and its nearby border region, said fees would be good if the revenue stream is used to improve infrastructure.

"I would support crossing fees only if the funds garnered would be used to upgrade our facilities, provide better equipment for our agents, or used for the hiring of more agents at our border crossings," Hinojosa said.

Currently it costs nothing to enter the country by land. Air and sea crossings already have a fee of under $2, which are included in ticket prices.

The proposal would mean creating a pilot program that tests all the steps needed to create a fee collection ? short of actually collecting money. The proposed fee would offset costs of providing border screening and infrastructure. Customs and Border Protection did not specify the cost of the study.

The quick response from northern states lawmakers bolsters the thought that the study won't happen this fiscal year, said Ken Oplinger, president of the Bellingham/Whatcom County Chamber of Commerce in Washington state.

But he thinks that due to the expensive border security measures that have been implemented since Sept. 11, the idea could make a comeback in the future unless other sources of funding not reliant on a border fee appear.

One of busiest northern border crossings ? the Peace Arch ? is located in Whatcom County. It connects Washington state with British Columbia. In places, the border is just farmland, with no wall or fence and grazing cows. About 12,000 people cross the border there every day, according to CBP figures.

Oplinger has two main concerns. The lesser is people who will refuse to pay the toll and thus stop visiting Whatcom County all together. His greater worry, however, would be any increase to the wait time at the border. He said border traffic has just fully rebounded to pre-Sept. 11 volumes, adding that on summer weekends the wait to enter the U.S. can be as high as two hours. He fears that adding some sort of mechanism to collect the toll would mean more waiting time.

Border fees, albeit local ones, already exist on the southern border. In Texas, local municipalities charge fees to use bridges that connect Mexico and the U.S.

For Kenn Morris, president of marketing research firm Crossborder Group Inc. in San Diego, the future of the border is in public-private partnerships, unless the government acts to improve ports of entry. For example, a private company operates and builds a port of entry, booths and roads, and charges a fee to recoup investments.

"I think that it's inevitable that more border regions use those tools and those who don't want to use it that's they're choice, but they shouldn't take the ability for other regions to at least look at that option," he said. "For those regions that want the ability to charge a fee, we need good analyses to create good policy."

Citing a 2009 University of Texas study, Morris said tolls at the border don't affect traffic flow negatively, but provide a source of revenue to build more border infrastructure.

At the nation's busiest border entry at San Ysidro in California, 50,000 vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians go north from Mexico every day. For the past few years, Congress has sent chunks of money to improve the infrastructure. In his last budget, President Barack Obama asked for $226 million to continue the improvements.

In the meantime, people face hours of waiting every day.

"People are tired of waiting," Morris said.

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Manuel Valdes can be reached at http://twitter.com/ByManuelValdes

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/border-entry-fee-study-sparks-142217330.html

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How we write for iMore: Our workflows from Mac to iPad to iPhone and back!

Rene Ritchie, editor-in-chief

Most of what we do here at iMore is write. We put words up onto the internet, and millions of them a year. Managing what we write, however, across Mac, iPad, and iPhone, from idea to draft to final, can often be more complicated than we like, involving different sync solutions and different apps, not to mention our web-based content management system. Each of us has our own workflows, and our own toolkits to accomplish them.

Here's what we're using to write, right now...

Leanna Lofte, app and photography editor

Leanna Lofte, app and photography editor

I've had enough painful experiences losing work to learn that I need to write "offline" instead of directly in Drupal 7, the content management framework we use for iMore. My text editor of choice, right now, is iA Writer. It offers a clean, distraction-free environment that makes it easy for me to focus on my work. 90% of my writing is done on my iMac, 5% on my Macbook Air, and the other 5% on my iPhone and iPad. iA Writer uses iCloud to keep everything in sync making it easy to jump between devices. I'm also a fan of Byword, but since it doesn't automatically chose iCloud as the place to save, I've opted to use iA Writer -- there has been too many times I couldn't access something I needed on a device when I wasn't home.

One time, I actually used Siri to dictate an entire article while driving to work. It was a time-sensitive piece that I didn't quite have time to finish before leaving, so I grabbed my Macbook Air, dictated on my way, then hopped onto my laptop to paste and publish in the few minutes I had before class started.

Chris Parsons, editor-at-large

Chris Parsons, editor-at-large

I don't really do any writing on my iOS devices. I do however; rely on Evernote for noting things I may need to remember later on and ideas that I come up with for articles. It all syncs up perfectly so when it comes time to refer to those notes and ideas, they're all on my Mac through the Evernote app or through the web login.

When it comes to getting down to business though, I'm really bad at concentrating and getting the task done some days. So, to help with that I cut my internet off and hop into WriteRoom. It's a pretty basic offering compared to a lot of other apps out there but it works for me, especially with the black theme.

Since it's just a blank, black page, you either write or go insane from boredom.

Peter Cohen, managing editor

Peter Cohen, managing editor

I have tried, and failed, to use my iPad for writing ever since I bought it. Maybe if I had an external keyboard it would be different, but trying to write anything longer than a quick e-mail or a tweet using the on-screen keyboard is difficult for me. So I do almost all my writing on my Macs - a Mac Pro, MacBook Pro with Retina Display, or MacBook Air, depending on where I am.

I've written for the Web for almost two decades now, and I've used BBEdit for almost that long. No other text editor comes close for me when it comes to the flexibility and power I'm looking for to edit and transform text. At this point I'm pretty hard-wired to need BBEdit to be productive. I admit that I'm only using a small percentage of BBEdit's capabilities, but it's so finely customized for my workflow, I can't imagine using anything else.

I also appreciate that Bare Bones makes available TextWrangler, a free text editor that uses the same core technology as BBEdit. It makes it easier for folks who don't have the coin to buy BBEdit to use some of the same features. And it's a clever gateway drug to BBEdit, to boot.

Richard Devine, senior editor

If I need to just note down some ideas quickly, the stock Notes app on the iPhone or iPad is the go to choice. It syncs back to my Mac so my thoughts are there when I get back to the computer and start to get down to work.

In terms of the actual writing, I've been a fan of iA Writer for some time now. It's a basic text editor with iCloud sync, so like with Notes, all of my stuff is on all of my devices all of the time. I love the simplicity of iA Writer -- it's just text, no toolbars. I'm also a big fan of the focus mode that will highlight only the sentence you're working on and fading out the rest of your text. Really helps me to concentrate.

From there it's into iMore, add all the Markdown links and off to the Internet!

Ally Kazmucha, how-to editor

Ally Kazmucha, how-to editor

I do a good majority of my writing on my iMac. It's very seldom I actually write within an actual content management system such as Wordpress or Drupal. There's just been too much heartache when it comes to saving work and getting errors. It's never fun to lose things.

My weapon of choice is Byword. It uses iCloud to keep your documents in sync across all devices and has apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. While I spend most of my time writing on my iMac, there are times I want to get out of the house or the office and write at Starbucks or another local coffee shop. Instead of lugging around my MacBook Pro, I simply take my iPad and a keyboard case. Then when I get home, I just copy and paste everything where it needs to be and embed images. Since Byword supports markdown, I've already gotten all my links done ahead of time.

While Byword may not be the most powerful solution around, it does all I need it to do and it's a great option for students writing papers, editors, or anyone else that wants the flexibility of writing from multiple devices.

Rene Ritchie, editor-in-chief

Rene Ritchie, editor-in-chief

I use a combination of tools, depending on what I'm doing and where I'm trying to do it. If I'm driving or otherwise occupied, I use Siri to quickly jot stuff down into Notes. That syncs between iOS and Mac, so at the very least I don't forget about or lose ideas (it's become a natural language clipboard of sorts). When attention isn't an issue, I use Drafts for the same purpose. Drafts lets me type or dictate ideas without having to worry about where it'll eventually end up. As I've said many times before, it's time-shift for text.

When I'm sitting down to write, all proper and formal like, it's almost always in BBEdit on the Mac. I don't even use 1% of its potential, but what I do use is so damn powerful I can pretty much accomplish anything text-based that I can imagine. I write in John Gruber's Markdown, so while the text is plain, it's also formatted and highly portable.

When I have to collaborate with Kevin from CrackBerry or Phil from Android Central, I'll have to use Google Docs. (Daniel from Windows Phone Central claims not to know what that is).

If I have my druthers, however, and I'm out and about without my Mac, I write in Elements, which is pointed at the same Dropbox folder I store my BBEdit work in. That lets me keep working no matter where, or on what device I'm on. If I'm on my iPhone and need to make quick changes on the go, I likewise use Elements.

Elements is just light and easy and killer for Markdown, and BBEdit is a beast. I also make heavy use of Text Expander, both on Mac and on iOS. It removes almost all the repetitiveness from writing and lets me get on with the creative work.

Together, I can get pretty much get done everything that needs doing.

How do you write?

Interestingly, none of us use Microsoft Word. Not even Apple's Pages. We're all using lighter, plainer solutions. Now none of our workflows are perfect. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, advantages and drawbacks. And all of them can likely be improved. So, if you work across a wide range of devices, let me know how you do it, and if you can think of any ways any of us could work better and smarter, let us know in the comments!

    


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Presidency and 2020 bids the focus at IOC meetings

Call it the perfect storm of Olympic politics.

With sports leaders gathering in St. Petersburg, Russia, this week for a global convention, three high-profile campaigns will be played out at the same time in an unusual confluence of issues that will set the tone for the future of the Olympic movement.

The race for the IOC presidency, the bidding for the 2020 Summer Games and the fate of wrestling will be on full display at the SportAccord conference and executive board meetings of the International Olympic Committee.

About 1,500 delegates are expected for the conference, which opens Tuesday and will feature an appearance later in the week by Russian President Vladimir Putin. His presence will underscore Russia's commitment to its first Winter Games, which will take place in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in less than nine months.

The centerpiece of the meetings will be Wednesday's decision by the IOC board on which sport or sports to recommend for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. Three months after it was surprisingly removed from the list of core sports, wrestling will have a chance to climb back into contention for a spot on the 2020 program.

Also competing for the single opening are seven other sports: a combined baseball-softball bid, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding and the Chinese martial art of wushu.

The sports will make closed-door presentations to the IOC board, which will then decide on recommendations to submit to the IOC general assembly for a final decision in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September.

There is widespread speculation that the executive board will select a shortlist of three or four finalists, including wrestling. Squash and karate have been cited as other leading contenders, while men's baseball and women's softball have merged to push their bid after having been off the program since the 2008 Beijing Games.

"Everything will be done on merit and respecting the rights that the federations have," IOC President Jacques Rogge told The Associated Press.

Wrestling, a sport with a tradition dating back to the ancient Olympics, has gone through a major upheaval since it was dropped by the IOC in February. The decision caused a worldwide outcry and led an improbable alliance of the United States, Iran and Russia to push for its return.

Governing body FILA has elected a new president, Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, and brought women and athletes into decision-making roles. It has also adopted a series of rules changes designed to make the sport more exciting and easier for spectators to understand.

"The federation definitely understood the reasons why they were ousted and they reacted well," Rogge said. "That does not guarantee them a spot, but they have addressed the shortcomings."

The process has caused some consternation in IOC circles. If wrestling ends up being voted onto the program in September, it means that no new sport will be brought in for 2020, which was the original intention.

Lalovic believes wrestling has done everything possible to win back its place.

"I understand the other sports are surprised to have wrestling with them," he told the AP. "They don't like that, but what can I do? We have to fight, like wrestlers do."

The debate over the sports lineup comes in the thick of the IOC presidential campaign ? with all candidates to be on show this week in St. Petersburg. Rogge, who replaced Juan Antonio Samaranch in 2001, steps down in September after 12 years.

Five members have declared their candidacies in the past two weeks ? IOC vice presidents Thomas Bach of Germany and Ng Ser Miang of Singapore, finance commission chair Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico, executive board member and amateur boxing association chief C.K. Wu of Taiwan, and international rowing federation head Denis Oswald of Switzerland.

Former pole vaulter Sergei Bubka, an executive board member from Ukraine, is expected to declare his candidacy this week in St. Petersburg and complete the record field of six candidates. Bach has been considered the front-runner, but the large field would indicate there is no consensus and votes could be split in the Sept. 10 election.

Rogge, who has pledged to remain neutral in the race, said he has seen some of the candidates' manifestos and believes whoever is elected will follow in his path.

"There is no sign of revolution," Rogge told the AP. "There is a sign of necessary evolution. I don't expect a major shift from what has been done under Samaranch and me and I believe was quite successful."

The presidential candidates won't be the only ones lobbying in St. Petersburg. So, too, will be the three cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympics ? Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo.

Leaders of all three bids will make public presentations Thursday to the SportAccord delegates, a key chance to get their message across to an international audience. They'll also make pitches to IOC members in July, two months before the vote in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7.

An IOC evaluation commission will release its report on the bids next month, and Rogge said he is "reassured" by its findings.

"I know that the outcome of the report is that the three cities are capable of staging excellent games," he said. "So there is no major disqualifying shortcoming in any of the three bids. Whoever wins will be a very good organizer and, for me, that is the most important thing."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/presidency-2020-bids-focus-ioc-meetings-071220054.html

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Coca-Cola 600: Kevin Harvick Wins Crash-Filled NASCAR Race (VIDEO/PHOTOS)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Cars race as the sunsets during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, leads a group of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, hits the wall with Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, after an incident in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Cars race through turn 4 during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Cars race through turn 4 during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: The field restart during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Track workers clean up cable from an aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Cars race as a cable hangs over the infield from an aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a Yellow Flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Track workers clean up cable from an aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Track workers clean up cable from an aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, walks around his car on pit road during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, leads a group of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, and Kasey Kahne, driver of the #5 Time Warner Cable Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, looks over his car as crew members work on it in the pits during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, walks around his car on pit road during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, walks around his car on pit road during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: A view of the aerial Fox Sports camera on the front stretch during a red flag in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. The red flag was due to a rope that helps hold a aerial Fox Sports camera hanging above the 1.5-mile layout at Charlotte Motor Speedway snapped during the Coca-Cola 600. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, leads David Stremme, driver of the #30 Lean 1/Swan Energy Inception, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, leads Mark Martin, driver of the #55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, leads a group of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota, leads Kurt Busch, driver of the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Cars race during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Cars race during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Clint Bowyer drives the #15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, leads a of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Home Depot/Husky Toyota, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Kyle Busch drives the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Martin Truex Jr. drives the #56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Office Toyota, pits during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, leads a group of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Joe Nemechek, driver of the #87 NEMCO Motorsports Toyota, and Aric Almirola, driver of the #43 US Air Force Ford, race during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard Chevrolet, speaks with the media after having engine trouble during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard Chevrolet, speaks with the media after having engine trouble during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 Home Depot/Husky Toyota, leads Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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    CONCORD, NC - MAY 26: Crew members work on the #18 M&M's Red-White-Blue M-Prove America Toyota, driven by Kyle Busch, in the garage after an incident in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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    Spark of Celestial Fire: It's the matter of 'Acknowledgement'

    Niki had tea every evening in the hostel mess and cribbed about its taste until one day she made an effort of explaining the taste of the tea to the mess worker. From the very next day she was more than excited to have tea that brought back the memories of her home. Most of us like Niki crib and complain about every single action around us that we do not like, but how many of us really care to fix it?

    We make sure we tell our friends and family about a bad experience we have had either with an auto driver, shop keeper, customer care or for that matter with any product we have used, but when it comes to letting the person who can fix it, we simply ignore. On my way to office every day, I used to take a bus from my hostel and the fare of which was Rs. 8 for which I paid Rs. 10 for an exchange of Rs. 2 from the conductor. My destination was only three stops away. Most of the times the conductor would return Rs. 5 (out of Rs.10) and would not hand over the ticket. This initially appeared to me that the conductor was forgetful until I realized that this money is going into his pocket and not to the government. Ever since then I asked for a ticket, take a picture of the vehicle number and send it with the story to the chief traffic officer who controlled such activities. I have not stayed for a long in this place to see if there is any change, but the officer acknowledged me that surprise-checks would be arranged to avoid such acts.

    Indians have been taught since childhood on compromising and not complaining. If a friend in school does not give you enough space on the bench ? compromise, if a husband ill treats you ? compromise, if the government does not lay proper roads ? compromise, if the new headset gives bad quality music ? compromise. Why don?t we confront the one who can repair them? It has been deep rooted in our minds that being vocal would not yield any results. Japanese car maker Nissan voluntarily called back over 22,000 units of its small car Micra and the sedan Sunny in India due to a faulty braking system. Ironically, the spokesperson said that they have not received any complaint in India due to the faulty part.

    We sometimes complain about the products we have purchased that turned out to be faulty for the value of money and often forget that it also applies to relationships. Be it a smile of the security guard every morning while you enter office, a mail from your internet service provider seeking feedback, your beautician in the parlor or a colleague in office ? acknowledge them. This only makes things simpler and more comfortable. I have not known that my rate of speech is high until people told me that they don?t understand me when I speak, this solved the problem ? as simple as that.

    In simple words ? Just open your mouth and acknowledge whether or not you like something. ?I don?t have time for this? is merely an excuse.

    Let me know of what you did to acknowledge someone!

    Source: http://peppyontherocks.blogspot.com/2013/05/its-matter-of-acknowledgement.html

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    Mobile Miscellany: week of May 20th, 2013

    Mobile Miscellany week of May 20th, 2013

    If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought hints of a revitalized Galaxy Exhibit for T-Mobile, news of two additions to the lineup at Cricket and a peek at the next GoPhone for AT&T. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore all that's happening in the mobile world for this week of May 20th, 2013.

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    Sunday, May 26, 2013

    Perfect skin: More touchy-feely robots

    May 24, 2013 ? Robots could become a lot more 'sensitive' thanks to new artificial skins and sensor technologies developed by European scientists. Leading to better robotic platforms that could one day be used in industry, hospitals and even at home.

    The new capabilities, and a production system for building touch-sensitivity into different robots, will improve the way robots work in unconstrained settings, as well as their ability to communicate and cooperate with each other and with humans.

    The EU-funded project 'Skin-based technologies and capabilities for safe, autonomous and interactive robots' (ROBOSKIN) developed new sensor technologies and management systems which give robots an artificial sense of touch -- until now an elusive quality in robotics.

    According to the partners behind the research from Italy, Switzerland and the UK, it was important to create cognitive mechanisms that use tactile feedback (the sense of 'touch' or 'feel') and behaviour to make sure human-robot interaction is safe and effective for the envisaged future applications.

    The artificial skin is modelled largely on real skin, which has a tiny network of nerves that sense or feel changes like hot/cold or rough/smooth. In this case, the electronic sensors collect this so-called 'tactile data' and process it using application software which has been front-loaded to include some basic robot behaviours which can be added to over time.

    'Here, we opted for programming through demonstration and robot-assisted play so the robots learn as they go along by feeling, doing and interacting,' explains project coordinator Professor Giorgio Cannata of Genoa University, Italy.

    'We had to generate a degree of awareness in the robots to help them react to tactile events and physical contact with the outside world,' he adds.

    Kaspar the friendly robot

    But robot cognition is extremely complex, so ROBOSKIN started with modest ambitions in lab tests by classifying types or degrees of touch. They created a geometric mapping using continuous contact between the test robot and the environment to build a 'body representation' -- parameters by which data can be assimilated by the robot into behaviour.

    Outside the lab, on the other hand, ROBOSKIN sensor patches were applied to common touch points (feet, cheeks, arms) located on the University of Hertfordshire's KASPAR robot, a humanoid robot designed to help autistic children communicate better.

    'With our sensors, the robot could sense or detect contact and the data collected formed an important part of the contact classification we did -- the distinction between, for example, wanted and unwanted touch,' explains Prof. Cannata.

    ROBOSKIN scientists explored various technologies, from the more basic capacitive sensors in today's sensing technologies, to higher-performing transducers found in piezoelectric materials, and flexible organic semiconductors.

    'We'll see more and more piezoelectric materials -- which can act like sensors because they react to changes brought on by contact with an outside force -- in the near future,' predicts Prof. Cannata. But sensors using organic semiconductors will be the future game-changer, he suggests, as you will be able to print the chips on different organic materials like fake skin or bendable materials, and they will eventually be much cheaper to make, once scaled up.

    Promoting the prototypes

    The ROBOSKIN funded project ended last summer but the researchers are actively promoting the findings through scientific channels, including papers in 'IEEE Xplore' and 'Science Direct', as well as calls for interest in sharing their prototypes with non-commercial research projects.

    Tactile sensors are not new by any means, stresses Prof. Cannata, but ROBOSKIN has succeeded in developing a production system for building tactile sensing into different robots. These unique methods solve the decades-old problem of adding more sensory perception to robots.

    'We are still at the pre-commercial demonstrator stage, but the latest version of our tactile sensors clearly have wider potential in industry as factories seek safe, cost-efficient ways of using robots in closer contact with human workers,' explains the coordinator.

    Patents have been filed for parts of the team's work, but they stress that prototypes remain available for scientific research work. ROBOSKIN technology has already been integrated into iCub, the Italian Institute of Technology's open robotics platform.

    'The key was to ensure that our basic technologies would be compatible across different robotic platforms that may evolve in this fast-moving field,' notes Prof. Cannata. 'And this is what we have achieved.'

    The ROBOSKIN project received EUR 3.5 million (of total EUR 4.7 million project budget) in research funding under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

    Source: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/JSAIKViUjc8/130524134317.htm

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    NTSB: Bridge collapse in Washington is wake-up call

    SEATTLE (AP) ? The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation.

    "This is a really significant event and we need to learn from it, not just in Washington but around the country," Debbie Hersman said after taking a boat ride on the Skagit River below the dramatic scene where a truck bumped against the steel framework, collapsing the bridge and sending two vehicles and three people falling into the chilly water.

    Investigators need to find out what happened in Washington and if it could be repeated at similar bridges around the country, Hersman said.

    "At the end of the day it's about preventing an accident like this," she said.

    Her team will spend a week to 10 days looking at the bridge, talking to the truck driver whose vehicle hit it, and examining maintenance documents and previous accident reports.

    Other over-height vehicles struck the Skagit River bridge before the collapse on Thursday, she noted. Investigators are using a high tech 3-D video camera to review the scene and attempt to pinpoint where the bridge failure began.

    Hersman does not expect the investigation to delay removal of debris from the river or work on a temporary solution to replace or repair the I-5 span. State and federal officials can, and will, work together on the investigation, she said.

    They'll be watching for safety issues that could affect other bridges.

    "The results can be very catastrophic," Hersman said. "We're very fortunate in this situation."

    Washington state officials said Saturday that it will take time to find both short- and long-term fixes for the bridge that collapsed on Interstate 5.

    While, the National Transportation and Safety Board finishes its inspection, state workers will begin removing debris from the river. Next, a temporary solution will be put in place to return traffic to Washington state's most important north-south roadway.

    Inspectors are working to find out whether the disintegration on Thursday of the heavily used span over the Skagit River, 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canadian border, was a fluke or a sign of bigger problems.

    "These things take time. We want to make sure it's done right, done thoroughly," Washington Transportation Department spokesman Bart Treece said.

    A trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment Thursday evening when his load bumped against the steel framework over the bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and saw the span collapse into the water behind him.

    Motorists should not expect to drive on I-5 between Mount Vernon and Burlington for many weeks and possibly months, Treece said.

    Treece asked people to plan for an extra hour to make their way through detours around the collapsed bridge. There are three detour options northbound and two options southbound.

    About 71,000 vehicles use that stretch of highway every day. Late Saturday morning, traffic was moving freely through the detours.

    "We're expecting it to get worse as the day progresses," Treece said, noting that at 11 a.m., the cloudy skies and cool weather could be keeping Memorial Day weekend travelers at home.

    State transportation officials began working on both a temporary solution and a permanent fix within hours of the bridge collapse, he said.

    The goal is to get I-5 open as quickly as possible, while making sure the solution is as safe as possible, he added.

    Officials were looking for a temporary, pre-fabricated bridge to replace the 160-foot section that failed, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday. That option could be in place in weeks. Otherwise, it could be months before a replacement can be built, the governor said.

    Inslee said it will cost $15 million to repair the bridge. The federal government has promised $1 million in emergency dollars and more money could come later, according to Washington's congressional delegation.

    State officials approved Mullen Trucking in Alberta to carry a load as high as 15 feet, 9 inches, according to the permit released by the state. However, the southbound vertical clearance on the Skagit River bridge is as little as 14 feet, 5 inches, state records show. That lowest clearance is outside of the bridge's vehicle traveling lanes, Transportation Department communications director Lars Erickson said Friday. The bridge's curved overhead girders are higher in the center of the bridge but sweep lower toward a driver's right side.

    The bridge has a maximum clearance of about 17 feet, but there is no signage to indicate how to safely navigate the bridge with a tall load.

    At a news conference later Saturday, Hersman said Washington state does not require signage unless the clearance is 14 feet, 4 inches or less.

    The permit specifically describes the route the truck would take, though it includes a qualification that the state "Does Not Guarantee Height Clearance."

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    Contact Donna Blankinship at https://twitter.com/dgblankinship.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ntsb-bridge-collapse-wash-wake-call-205257926.html

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    Can someone help me with the printNumericForm function? I need it to print the date in numeric form MM/DD/YYYY to cout (e.g. 02/14/2000). I'm not sure if I call each method that returns the month, day, and year.
    
#include "Date.h" #include <string> #include <iostream> using namespace std;   Date::Date() { 	_day = 1; 	_month = 1; 	_year = 2000; }  Date::Date(int month, int day, int year) { 	if(month < 1 || month > 12) 	{ 		month = 1; 	} 	if(day < 1 || day > 31) 	{ 		day = 1; 	} 	if(year < 1900) 	{ 		year = 1900; 	}  	_month = month; 	_day = day; 	_year = year; }  int Date::getDay() 	{ 		return _day; 	} 	int Date::getMonth() 	{ 		return _month; 	} 	int Date::getYear() 	{ 		return _year; 	}  string Date::getMonthName() 	{ 		if(_month = 1) 		{ 			monthName = "January"; 		} 		if(_month = 2) 		{ 			monthName = "February"; 		} 		if(_month = 3) 		{ 			monthName = "March"; 		} 		if(_month = 4) 		{ 			monthName = "April"; 		} 		if(_month = 5) 		{ 			monthName = "May"; 		} 		if(_month = 6) 		{ 			monthName = "June"; 		} 		if(_month = 7) 		{ 			monthName = "July"; 		} 		if(_month = 8) 		{ 			monthName = "August"; 		} 		if(_month = 9) 		{ 			monthName = "September"; 		} 		if(_month = 10) 		{ 			monthName = "October"; 		} 		if(_month = 11) 		{ 			monthName = "November"; 		} 		if(_month = 12) 		{ 			monthName = "December"; 		} 		return monthName; 	} 	void printNumericForm() 	{ 		std::cout << getMonth() + "/" + _day + "/" + _year; 	}  Date::~Date(void) { }


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    #2 jimblumberg ?Icon User is offline

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    Re: print function

    Posted Today, 06:43 PM

    So what is wrong with your code? Does it compile without errors or warnings? Does it produce the desired results? If not what is is producing?

    Jim


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    Re: print function

    Posted Today, 07:24 PM

    No I can't run it because the printNumericForm method has errors. That's what I'm trying to get help with. I'm not sure if I call the get methods.


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    Re: print function

    Posted Today, 07:29 PM

    What error are you getting?

    Stop and think. This is not C# or PHP, you can't just add integers to strings.


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    Re: print function

    Posted Today, 07:46 PM

    It's saying the identifiers are undefined. I tried the getMonth() method and just tried the variables for day and year because I wasn't sure what the correct way to do it. All three say the same thing though so I'm guessing neither is correct. So I'm trying to get help with printing the date variables. I think it would make sense to use the get methods, otherwise what's the point of having them.


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    Re: print function

    Posted Today, 07:49 PM

    Since this print function is not part of the class you need to call the public member functions you can't access the private member variables from outside the class.

    If you get compile errors post the complete error messages exactly as they appear in your development environment. These messages have important information embedded within them to aid in locating and fixing the errors.

    Jim


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