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New EFI VUTEk GS3250 Pro Printer is Foxmark Corporation’s Fast Solution to Growth Opportunities

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Press release from the issuing company

First job off the printer is a 10,000 ft2 sign overlooking downtown Houston

FOSTER CITY, California - EFI™, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that Houston-based visual communications and graphics manufacturer Foxmark Corporation has installed its third EFI VUTEk® superwide format printer – a 3.2-meter VUTEk GS3250 Pro UV flatbed/roll printer installed with a new EFI Fiery® proServer.
Almost immediately after completing the installation in mid-July, the company hit the ground running for the printer’s very first job: a 50x200-foot sign from the Houston Rockets to welcome the basketball team’s newly signed superstar center, Dwight Howard.
Foxmark’s fast response to a free-agent signing
There is a lot of excitement about this signing in Houston and the
installation is in a highly visible space along Interstate 59, so we were glad when we learned about the job
,” said Foxmark’s president and founder, Richard Fox. “We knew we wanted the added capacity and speed we could get with the 3.2-meter, UV VUTEk printer, and installation went smoothly enough that we could meet a tight production deadline.”

Foxmark started printing panels for the sign in Fast-4™ production mode on a Monday evening. The following morning, an installation crew began installing the panels using two 120-foot boom lifts. Foxmark continued printing while the installers worked.
The sign, which features an image of Howard and teammate James Harden, took approximately three days to print and install. It was completed just weeks after Howard signed with the team, and local basketball fans could not help but take notice. One basketball blogger joked that, “You’ll find [the sign] adorning the side of Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center, but it also might be visible from anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere if you look in the right direction.”
Leading-edge technology to address new business opportunities in print
In addition to being an official graphics provider for the Rockets, Foxmark produces out-of-home, point-of-purchase, in-store retail, architectural and fleet vehicle graphics for national consumer brands, as well as for leading firms in the oil and gas industry. The new VUTEk GS3250 Pro helps Foxmark meet growing demand from these clients for fast-turnaround, high-quality, UV curable inkjet graphics.
Foxmark has had an all-VUTEk production operation for nine years: In addition to the new printer, the company also operates a 2-meter EFI VUTEk QS2000 printer and an EFI VUTEk 3360 printer. The company used its VUTEk printers to complete several additional highly visible, tight-deadline installations featuring Dwight Howard this summer, including new graphics installations adorning the Rockets’ home arena, Toyota Center.
Fox said he uses EFI VUTEk printers because of their proven reliability. Plus, he added, “EFI stays ahead of the curve when it comes to technology and support.”
Foxmark has also used 3M products exclusively since it was founded 18 years ago and is one of 23 authorized 3M Scotchprint® graphics manufacturers in the country. The company completed 3M™ MCS™ Warranty certification and prints all of its graphics using 3M media and co-branded EFI VUTEk 3M ink, ensuring that its output is eligible for warranty coverage.
EFI printer and server combination creates a competitive advantage
The 3.2-meter EFI VUTEk GS3250 Pro UV printer, which prints in eight colors, plus white ink, extends users’ capabilities by providing exceptional image quality in resolutions up to 1,000 dots per inch. The printer also offers a broad color gamut and fast production speeds up to 2,400 ft2/hour. With the new printer, Foxmark is more competitive on a wider range of premium jobs, including exhibition graphics, banners, posters, fine art and point-of-purchase work.
A variable-drop grayscale feature on the printer helps extend users’ reach into more lucrative, higher-volume jobs at a lower total cost of ownership. And, EFI’s unique, three-layer white capabilities on the VUTEk GS3250 Pro offer the added benefit of superior imaging on high-impact, backlit displays.
Foxmark’s new Fiery proServer includes a parallel-processing production RIP and comprehensive color management tools, as well as default media profiles, pre-installed presets and other features that make it easy to create automated workflows. As a result of the Fiery proServer installation, “Our RIP speeds have increased dramatically,” said Fox.
The proServer’s seamless JDF integration with Foxmark’s VUTEk printers also gives the company the power to accurately manage important printer and media-related settings like printing mode, carriage speed, curing and shutter modes while providing real-time printer status, job status and consumable usage updates.
Richard Fox and his team will stop at nothing to deliver the very best to their customers, so it means a lot to us that Foxmark relies on EFI to produce high-quality, quick-turnaround work,” said Scott Schinlever, senior vice president and general manager of EFI’s Inkjet Solutions. “The first job Foxmark created with its new VUTEk printer is a highly visible, buzzworthy ad that exemplifies how printing companies use our technology to enhance and promote their clients’ brands.”
EFI is featuring VUTEk GS Series printers and Fiery server and workflow products at North America’s largest graphic arts tradeshow, Print 13, in Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center, September 8-12. For more information about EFI products, visit www.efi.com or contact 800-875-7117.

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Sandy Alexander Makes History with Third HP Indigo 10000 Purchase

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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Sandy Alexander was one of the first companies to install the 29-inch HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press as a beta customer in 2012. After a successful beta test, the company decided to purchase the press to transform its offerings and provide the capacity needed to support new programs for its clients in the automotive, pharmaceutical, financial and travel industries. In June 2013, Sandy Alexander added a second HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press to meet growing demand for the larger sheet size and support its expanding capabilities in one-to-one marketing. Now, Sandy Alexander has purchased a third HP Indigo Digital Press to increase marketing and variable data printing capabilities.

“The success of several of our ongoing loyalty and acquisition campaigns led to increased demand for personalized print output in the larger sheet size,” stated Rob Mayerson, General Manager of Sandy Alexander’s Digital Solutions Division. “In a few cases, we found our agency clients designing communications specifically for the HP Indigo 10000, further leading to increased demand and a call for capacity.”

Sandy Alexander is a leading direct marketing and commercial print provider for companies across the U.S. Sandy Alexander has an unwavering focus on color consistency and quality, making the HP Indigo 10000 a perfect match. With three digital presses the company will increase its digital output, offering faster turnaround to customers, and providing more digital print with high-quality color matching and effects like white ink and raised print.

“In this competitive marketplace, we strive relentlessly to help our clients maximize the effectiveness of their marketing efforts,” said Mike Graff CEO & President of Sandy Alexander. “The ability to leverage the larger sheet size in combination with superior quality and data driven personalization has been a true differentiator. It has opened the door to even deeper relationships with Fortune 500 clients in the automotive, retail, luxury goods and travel industries.”

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Guy Gecht on EFI's strategic vision

Published on June 24, 2010

Interviewer:  Hi, I’m Cary Sherburne Senior Editor at WhatTheyThink.com and I’m here with Guy Gecht who is EFI’s CEO.  It’s so nice to see you again.

Guy Gecht:  It’s good to see you again here in Munich.

Interviewer:  Yes, in Munich.  You know, EFI’s had a pretty interesting strategy I mean you go back to when I first knew you guys back in ‘80’s with Fiery, right?

Guy Gecht:  Right.

Interviewer:  And over the years, you’ve really diversified the company.  Are we looking at any new changes in strategy, or what are you looking for in Florida strategically?

Guy Gecht:  Over the years, as we did well in the Fiery, we used that success to expand to other areas, but we were very focused on a few things.  Number one, digital printing.  Always been in our core and everybody in the company understand and believe in.  The other thing is we tried to focus on areas in printing where we felt print as a medium has tremendous volume.  Has a lot of growth.  Our customers can take the technology and run with it, got with it.  You look at the signage area, the VUTEK area; we said yesterday in the first conference that our UV ink volume is up 35% from last year.

Interviewer:  Yes, that’s – congratulations.

Guy Gecht:  That – well, it’s congratulation our customers.  They are gaining share, they are going after more and more jobs.  That’s what we want to see.

Interviewer:  That’s great.  And so, so you know, so you got into software and you got into the hardware with the VUTEK, and it’s interesting to me to look at the overall portfolio of EFI, it’s kind of unusual in the industry.  I don’t know anybody else that has a portfolio quite that broad.

Guy Gecht:  We, you know, we focused on a few areas.  In **** ink jet, with **** the packaging part and signage part, and we do quite well with that.  Business process automation, we found MIS, we are by far the world number one player in that, over 60% share in the U.S., and then of course with the Fiery, the 4 and 10, we have the largest market share across the board.

For now, I’ll goal is – and our focus is going to be in those three areas.  They’re so much growth for our customers and us in that we see a good growth in the next few years in that to go with the billion dollar sales a year, that’s our goal for now.  And when we get close to this, maybe we’ll decide to expand again.  But right now, we believe that where we are is so much growth opportunity for us and the customers; we’ll say laser focused in those areas.

Interviewer:  That terrific!  Okay, we’ll be watching.  We’ll be watching for that billion dollar mark.

Guy Gecht:  Yes, please do.  Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Interviewer:  Thanks Guy.

Guy Gecht:  Bye, take care.

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Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

This tomb, built in 1570, is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent. It inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal.

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Tombe de Humayun, Delhi

Cette sépulture, construite en 1570, a une signification culturelle exceptionnelle car c'est le premier exemple de tombe-jardin sur le sous-continent indien. Elle a inspiré d'importantes innovations architecturales qui virent leur apogée avec la construction du Taj Mahal.

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ضريح هميون

إنّ هذا الضريح الذي شُيّد عام 1570 له دلالة ثقافية استثنائية لأنه المثال الأول لضريح- حديقة يقع في شبه القارة الهندية. وقد ألهم ابتكارات هندسية هامة بلغت ذروتها مع إنشاء تاج محل.

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Мавзолей Хумаюна в Дели

Это захоронение, сооруженное в 1570 г., имеет особое культурное значение, поскольку было первой во всей Индии усыпальницей с садом. Ее сооружение вдохновило на создание нескольких значительных архитектурных продолжений, кульминацией которых было строительство Тадж-Махала.

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Tumba de Humayun (Delhi)

Construida en 1570, esta sepultura tiene un significado cultural especial. Fue la primera tumba-jardín edificada en el subcontinente indio y sirvió de fuente de inspiración para la realización de importantes innovaciones arquitectónicas, que llegarían a su apogeo con la construcción del Taj Mahal.

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Humayun’s graftombe, Delhi

Dit graf – gebouwd in 1570 – is van bijzondere culturele waarde; het was de eerste tuin-graftombe gebouwd op het Indiase subcontinent. Het leidde tot grote architectonische vernieuwingen, met als hoogtepunt de Taj Mahal. Het belang van Humayun's graftombe in de evolutie van de Mogolse architectuur is enorm; het was de eerste in een lange reeks dynastieke graven. Humayun – de tweede Mogol keizer van India – reisde veel en nam ideeën over die werden toegepast door de architect van zijn graf. De tombe werd door de geschiedenis heen gerespecteerd en behield zo zijn oorspronkelijke vorm. Latere aanpassingen waren enkel ter behoud.

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Brief Synthesis

Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi is the first of the grand dynastic mausoleums that were to become synonyms of Mughal architecture with the architectural style reaching its zenith 80 years later at the later Taj Mahal. Humayun’s Tomb stands within a complex of 21.60 ha. that includes other contemporary, 16th century Mughal garden-tombs such as Nila Gumbad, Isa Khan, Bu Halima, Afsarwala, Barber’s Tomb and the complex where the craftsmen employed for the Building of Humayun’s Tomb stayed, the Arab Serai.

Humayun’s Tomb was built in the 1560’s, with the patronage of Humayun’s son, the great Emperor Akbar. Persian and Indian craftsmen worked together to build the garden-tomb, far grander than any tomb built before in the Islamic world. Humayun’s garden-tomb is an example of the charbagh (a four quadrant garden with the four rivers of Quranic paradise represented), with pools joined by channels. The garden is entered from lofty gateways on the south and from the west with pavilions located in the centre of the eastern and northern walls.

The mausoleum itself stands on a high, wide terraced platform with two bay deep vaulted cells on all four sides. It has an irregular octagon plan with four long sides and chamfered edges. It is surmounted by a 42.5 m high double dome clad with marble flanked by pillared kiosks (chhatris) and the domes of the central chhatris are adorned with glazed ceramic tiles. The middle of each side is deeply recessed by large arched vaults with a series of smaller ones set into the facade.

The interior is a large octagonal chamber with vaulted roof compartments interconnected by galleries or corridors. This octagonal plan is repeated on the second storey. The structure is of dressed stone clad in red sandstone with white and black inlaid marble borders.

Humayun’s garden-tomb is also called the ‘dormitory of the Mughals’ as in the cells are buried over 150 Mughal family members.

The tomb stands in an extremely significant archaeological setting, centred at the Shrine of the 14th century Sufi Saint, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. Since it is considered auspicious to be buried near a saint’s grave, seven centuries of tomb building has led to the area becoming the densest ensemble of medieval Islamic buildings in India.

Criteria (ii)Humayun’s garden-tomb is built on a monumental scale, grandeur of design and garden setting with no precedence in the Islamic world for a mausoleum. Here for the first time, important architectural innovations were made including creating a char-bagh – a garden setting inspired by the description of paradise in the Holy Quran. The monumental scale achieved here was to become the characteristic of Mughal imperial projects, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal.

Criteria (iv)Humayun’s Tomb and the other contemporary 16th century garden tombs within the property form a unique ensemble of Mughal era garden-tombs. The monumental scale, architectural treatment and garden setting are outstanding in Islamic garden-tombs. Humayun’s Tomb is the first important example in India, and above all else, the symbol of the powerful Mughal dynasty that unified most of the sub continent.

The inscribed property includes the Humayun’s tomb enclosure, which comprises the gateways, pavilions and attached structures pre-dating Humayun’s Tomb, such as the Barber’s Tomb, Nila Gumbad and its garden setting, Isa Khan’s garden tomb and other contemporary 16th century structures such as Bu Halima’s garden-tomb and Afsarwala garden-Tomb. All of these attributes fully convey the outstanding universal value of the property. The tomb’s in the complex have been respected throughout their history and so have retained original form and purpose intact. Recent conservation works, that have followed the urban landscape approach, have been aimed at preserving this character and ensured the preservation of the physical fabric, enhancing the significance while reviving living building craft traditions used by the Mughal builders.

The authenticity of the Humayun’s Tomb lies in the mausoleum, other structures and the garden retaining its original form and design, materials and setting.

The tomb and its surrounding structures are substantially in their original state and interventions have been minimal and of high quality. Conservation works being carried out on the structures are focused on using traditional materials such as lime mortar, building tools and techniques to recover authenticity especially by removal of 20th century materials such as the concrete layers from the roof and replacement by lime-concrete, removal of cement plaster from the lower cells and replacement with lime mortar in original patterns and concrete removal from the lower platform to reveal and reset the original stone paving, among other similar efforts. A similar conservation approach is being used on all garden-tombs in the complex.

Protection and management requirements

As with other sites under the management of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), there is adequate protection through various legislations such as Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958 and Rules 1959, Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act 2010, Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957, Land Acquisition Act 1894, Delhi Urban Art Commission Act 1973, Urban Land (Sealing and Regulation) Act 1976, Environmental Pollution Act, 1986, amongst others. The tomb and its gardens has been the focus of a conservation project in partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture since 1997 with the enclosed gardens restored with flowing water in the first phase (1997-2003) and the conservation works on the tomb and other attached structures being undertaken since 2007.

Flowing water was an essential element of the Mughal char-bagh and at Humayun’s Tomb, underground terracotta pipes, aqueducts, fountains, water channels were some of the elements of the gardens. Since the time of inscription, major conservation works have been based on exhaustive archaeological investigation, archival research and documentation, were undertaken on the garden by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) – Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) multi-disciplinary team culminating in restoring flowing water into the garden.

The availability of high craftsmanship ensures that significance is retained especially by removal of modern materials. A core committee comprising ASI Director General, ASI Additional Director General, ASI Regional Director, Director (Conservation) and the Superintending Archaeologist, ASI Delhi Circle review all on-going works being implemented by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Conservation works are further independently per reviewed on a regular basis.

The implementation of the participatory management plan will be critical for the sustained operation of the management system, including agreements to allow visitors to access the adjoining 70 acre Sunder Nursery and the Mughal monuments standing therein. Additional security requirements for the Humayun’s Tomb site will need to be addressed, especially in view of the significant increase in visitor numbers. Visitor management will also require definition of guidelines for the potential development of infrastructure, such as an interpretation centre.

The physical setting of the property, with several hundred acres of green in the north, has also contributed to the preservation of additional buildings located in the buffer zone of the property. These include the garden-tombs standing in the adjacent Sundarwala and Batashewala Complexes. These buildings are also significant as they contribute to the understanding of the evolution of the inscribed property. Therefore adequate protection and management measures need to be systematically implemented at the buffer zone.


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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Lot and his Wife

As a former New Yorker, I have always felt a peculiar sympathy for the people of the twin cities, Sodom and Gomorrah. We have so much in common, after all: leash laws, skyscrapers, sewers, a selection of fine art galleries and restaurants, the world's best hospitals, universities, and tourists--in a word--everything that passes in intellectual circles as sophistication.

History, amateur astronomy, and sodomy are some of my favorite pastimes, and it is rather rare when any two of my hobbies overlap, let alone three. This is why, yesterday afternoon, I was fascinated to discover that astronomers, relying upon ancient Sumerian records from Ninevah (another dissolute metropolis) have actually managed to
pin-point the very morning when somebody up there, certainly a rube, God, the force of Gravity, perhaps, Time, Dumb Luck, or in a moment of disappointed anger and disgust, Love, decided it was time to remind the citizens of Sodom of Gomorrah of their triviality. And their mortality.

And lo, on the 29th of June, in the year of 3123 B.C., at dawn, just as the curious gymnast from Iowa State had finished his 7th beer, and the predatory beasts had gathered round, each with a terrific boner, upon the horizon there appeared a disco-ball [Fox News says asteroid], and then, to the tune of Waterloo, the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from out of Heaven; and he overthrew those cities and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities ... [Abraham] looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and beheld, and lo, the disco-ball was broken, and the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace...

I am paraphrasing from Genesis, of course. And I may be mixing things up with an amateur video installation project I was tangentially involved with in college, in the late 1980s, just before we really understood how the Heavens worked. Or retro-viruses.

Still, when the dust of our party days settles, all we are left with are salty pillars, fossilized sulfur, lonely people, lonely planets, confusion, a couple of frightened friends, and the dubious distinction of having seen enough human folly to enjoy the reputation of a survivor and a cynic among one's peers--and the lingering consolations of poetry.

Jumbled in the common box
Of their dark stupidity,
Orchid, swan, and Caesar lie;
Time that tires of everyone
Has corroded all the locks
Thrown away the key for fun.

In its cleft the torrent mocks
Prophets who in days gone by
Made a profit on each cry,
Persona grata now with none;
And a jackass language shocks
Poets who can only pun.

Silence settles on the clocks;
Nursing mothers point a sly
Index finger at a sky,
Crimson with the setting sun;
In the valley of the fox
Gleams the barrel of a gun.

Once we could have made the docks,
Now it is too late to fly;
Once too often you and I
Did what we should not have done;
Round the rampant rugged rocks
Rude and ragged rascals run.

-W.H. Auden


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Friday, December 11, 2009

Shang Hai so nice to meet you

Though we flew out of Hong Kong to Beijing, our return was to Shanghai, within the country of China.  While it was about 78 degrees the day we left Hong Kong, and a cold blustery average of 35 while we were in Beijing, it was a wet and overcast 50 or so degrees in Shanghai, we would have only one short day in Shanghai so we decided to make the best of it.

Once again some colleagues and I decided to venture out into Shanghai to see what it had to offer.  We walked for hours in the rain our first mission was to find a post office and perhaps visit a museum.  Well we found the museum and also found it closed so on to our next mission the post office.  Just then we received a FB message courtesy of my blackberry informing us that we had more time in Shanghai; due to an ocean storm our captain had delayed our departure until the next day.  Now we had a few more hours to burn in Shanghai.  So without being deterred we decided to seek out a post office, but first a side trip to McDonald’s.  We entered Mickey D’s and sat and waited a while as we were still a little early for lunch.  As we sat there waiting we noticed that this McDonald's had delivery.  YES DELIVERY!  The delivery men would pack up their McDonald’s delivery boxes and get on their mo-ped scooters and head out to deliver lunches to those that had ordered them, we thought it was a riot, so of course we took pictures.

Once that was out of the way on we were with our mission – to the Post office.  While walking we came across a Dunkin Donuts.  I was truly excited.  This was a little bit of home so far away from home.  On the other side of the world to be exact.

Im supposed to be pointing at "Providence", my home town right above where I am pointing "Sacramento"

Though we had just had a cup of coffee at Starbucks less than 2 hours before, PL and I were about to go in when the Becker’s joined us; the four of us strolled into D&D and ordered our coffee and donuts.  Now I am not a huge fan of donuts and typically will not eat them, though here I had to have a French Cruller (sp), it was very disappointing.  While trying to decide on which donuts we would ultimately have LB came across a sea weed and bacon option to which we all took a pass.  We sat there and enjoyed our coffee and donuts for what it was and then continued back on our search for the post office.   As we continued our walk we were detoured around (Shanghai is the host of the 2010 World Expo and doing a major over haul of parts of their city) and finally stumbled upon the post office, however I did not get stamps because they had run out.  We decided to continue searching and then walk towards the Pearl, one of the major skyline buildings that Shanghai was known for.   After a brief stop in what can only be described as an indoor flea market, we made a pit stop in the Renaissance Hotel to use their facilities and to ask directions.  While there the valet/concierge asked me if I wanted to mail the postcards (I had taken them out for a visual in the event the person we encountered for directions did not speak English), I informed him that they were not ready to be mailed out as they did not have stamps.  He then offered to put stamps on them and that he would make sure they were mailed out (note to those reading this, if you did not receive your postcard from my trip to China the valet/concierge at the Renaissance Hotel in China is the one to blame).  I gladly handed him the postcard and money to pay for the stamps and quickly we were once again on our way.  We arrived to the pearl and made the decision not to pay the money to go up for the non-existent view since it was overcast and rainy.

We took a few pictures at the base when 2 of our international students (the Columbian guys) happened upon us and informed us of how to get a great free view of the city and the Bottle Opener (another of the world famous sky line buildings in Shanghai, this one is one of the tallest buildings in the world).  PL and I were all over it, we decided we were going to go for it, leaving the Becker’s behind we were now on our way.  As we were detoured through a park and around a crossing we came within feet of the base of the building without finding a way to get to it and finally we succumb to the cold and rainy day.

this is as close as we got to one of the tallest buildings in the world, due to detours and traffic and mostly weather

We gave up and decided to call it a loss.  We then took a subway back to the pier area and thought we would be close enough to walk to our ship.  We arrived to our subway stop and started what we thought would be a short walk.  We walked for about 45 minutes and stopped at a convenience store to spend the last of our money on chips and beer.  We finally arrived to our ship and were pleased with the events of our day, I mean after all we had chips and beer.

this was the view Shang Hai harbor from my cabin window

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Washed Ashore and More....

Sparky and Eldo are lucky to have a super duper aquarium called Mote Marine in Sarasota that is just hard to beat! But, the Virginia Beach Aquarium Marine and Science Center is awesome! There are two buildings to visit with this aquarium, and the smaller section has a new zip line activity part to it. Both are accessible on the trolley line stopping points. The main aquarium was particularly awesome because it had a special exhibit of sculptures made from trash that has washed ashore, calling attention to the garbage in the oceans, and Sparky really was looking forward to seeing that....The exhibit was titled, appropriately enough, "Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea". In addition to some wonderful hands on exhibits, there's an IMAX theater there, with other cool things to see....There is a kaleidoscope hallway that you walk through to get to the IMAX theater and it's full of eye popping color and effects, reflecting what you are wearing along with colorful signs of the aquarium's exhibits!

Admission pricing was 8.50 for seniors for the IMAX movie experience, and 22.00 for general admission to get in. Kinda pricey, but, Sparky had never seen an IMAX 3D movie so we did both! The IMAX movie was COOL! A 3D movie called "Under the Sea". Sparky had trouble with getting the 3D glasses to sit right on her face, working with her bifocals, but there were parts that had her practically jumping out of her seat to get away from some sea eels!

There's a harbor seal tank outside the aquarium where you can see trainers working with seals, and for an extra charge, you can stand in the tank with the trainers and have the seals come to you. Sparky hates unnatural environments like that, but understands the need for the aquarium to make money to support all their expenses.

Sparky liked the "Under the Dome" section of the aquarium. Not the TV show which Sparky wants to check out anyway some day, but a plastic bubble in the komodo dragon exhibit. Take your kid with you to observe from the protection of the domed enclosure while the dragon walks around you, and scares your kid half to death!

Kelly enjoyed the rays touch tank...
And so did everyone else!

And now, for the "Washed Ashore" exhibits....This art project was started by artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi, who used to ignore the trash she encountered while enjoying the healing properties of the ocean--the smells, the soothing waves, the motion of the water, things we beach lovers hold dear to our hearts. One day her eyes opened to the trash around her, and she decided to use her artwork to bring attention to a very serious problem, the oceans of trash surrounding and engulfing our marine life and environment. Each sculpture tells the dangers inherent to our ocean inhabitants, and what washed up trash was used to make each sculpture.

First, Lydia, the seal...made out of plastic lids, synthetic rope, foam and little plastic pieces--all things that seals have been known to get tangled up in or swallow that have washed ashore....Kind of ugly, but that's the point!

A turtle made of balloons...Hundreds of balloons were found on just one small Virginia beach. Balloons are most likely to end up in the water or on beaches because our planet is what, 72% water? To marine animals, balloons look like food--jellyfish, squid, or other prey. The balloons lodge in the stomach or intestinal tract and then the animals may starve. Dead whales have been found with balloons in their stomachs. The strings attached to the balloons can hurt animals, too. The birds might use the strings for nesting material and the strings can get wrapped around the young babies and cause death.

This is the flip flop fish.....Cool looking as a sculpture, but highly dangerous to marine life.....
Made from discarded flip flop shoe parts, which are sold to fishermen around the world and used for buoys,  the pieces break off and end up littering the ocean. Invasive species can "ride" the ocean currents on these pieces, birds take bites to sample. Flip flops are made from polyurethane and cannot be recycled.

Related to the flip flop fish is the "fish bite fish". This sculpture is made all out of plastic pieces that marine animals have taken a chomp out of. Plastic pieces are often made of toxic materials. Mistaking the plastic for food, the debris can cause death by blocking breathing or intestinal systems.
Sparky learned about gyres, which are slowly moving water columns from the ocean currents and trade winds, which in turn make the oceans like a big soup of plastic beads. There are five gyres and all together, trash from all the continents of the world is being circulated through the oceans from top to bottom.  Here's another viewpoint from YouTube:

Here's a sculpture of a whale skeleton.....Think about everything you know about how whales feed.....with their mouths open, right? Right through polluted waters.....70% of the pollution sinks towards the bottom of the ocean, where gray whales feed, for example. In this part of the exhibit, the sign said that a whale was found dead on the coast of Washington with surgical gloves, plastic bags, towels, a pair of sweatpants, a golf ball, fishing line and duct tape in its stomach....And this is not uncommon, to find dead whales and fish with debris in their stomachs......How sad.....

And finally, here is a collection of masks made out of brittle photo degraded plastic pieces found on beaches to symbolize putting a face to the problem of a deteriorating planet---humans--who are the ones causing this terrible destruction of our planets' animal habitats through irresponsible use of plastics.

Thank you to Virginia Beach aquarium and to artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi, for opening our eyes to the disaster that is occurring in our oceans..This exhibit had quite the impact on Sparky, as you can probably tell.....We can only hope to make some noise, take some action, change our plastic reliant lifestyles now and change our life's dependency on plastics for future generations....It doesn't look too good, does it?

Thanks for reading......

  1. This is an absolutely WONDERFUL post. I am so proud of my former hometown for sponsoring this artist and showing her work and to her for doing this. David and I have made a concerted effort to get rid of anything plastic that we can and replace it with something sustainable. We never use plastic plates, cups, or silverware as some RVers do for ease. We don't drink out of plastic bottles or buy water in plastic bottles. We have stainless steel that we refill. I could go on and on but this is your post and you did a great job. Many many thanks!!!!!

  2. You had too much fun there, thanks for taking us along with you, we enjoyed the day too.


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Project Update: Fiber Nut Bar

Wow, its been a while since I been on here. For last few weeks I been working on a project called Fiber Nut. This is a redesign project…or should I say I was polishing up a old project I did recently called Fiber Nut. This is a fictional company that sells organic nut snacks and nut butter spreads. They have the goal to create great snacks to for people who look to eat food without chemicals or processed foods. Foods that have more nutritional value but also taste delicious. I was inspired my love of almonds and nut butters. I also am a fan of trail mix so this was a personal project.

Project Update: Surf’n Apparel Website

On this weeks project update, I have finished the design for Surf’n Apparel website. This is part of the Surf’n Project that I been working on. This project was inspired by surfing, the beach and just the lifestyle by the ocean. The last few days I been working on the project.

Surf'n Apparel
This is the website design I created for Surf’n Apparel

New Project: Redesigning Surf’n the Wave Logo

I decided it is time for a redesign project. I think its a great idea to look at your past projects and take a look at it. Sometimes if you have project that could better you give it a new facelift. So for my redesign project I will be working on Surf’n the Wave logo because I think it can be more refined. I like parts of it but I am not a fan of the type and I could do more.

Progress Update: Help|Ask Web Design

This week I had a busy week. Working the web design for the homepage of Help|Ask project. If you are new to the site and not sure what the project is. Help|Ask is a fictional site that lets you ask people questions or get with advice. But the site also lets you help others. The site also have the option with letting you seek solutions from experts on a chosen topic as well. In this web design project, I worked on the homepage this week. I wanted create a modern look that was easy to navigate as well. The site is also photo rich as well. Below is the what the first page looks like. Let me know what you think.

Project Update

Over the weekend I worked on finishing The Ice Cream School website and I have finished the design for the website. I happy to have it finished ready to start the week with a new assignment. Let me know what you think of the website in the comments below. What is my next project? Well come back to see what’s next.Until next time keep on creating.

Progress Update: The School of Ice Cream Web Design

Today I went back to the website project for The Ice Cream School. After looking at the project I decided to scrape it and redesign it. I knew deep down that it didn’t look right so today I was working on the wireframe for the site. Luckily I didn’t have to start with sketches all over again. Here is a snapshot of my wireframe.

Wireframe for The Ice Cream School
Wireframe for site

New Project and News Update

This week I have been hard a work on The Ice Cream School web design project but also I will be getting ready to start working on the social media for the branding. I can’t wait to get started on it and to share my progress on it. Another thing I will be working on is reading more design books so I can share it with you guys. I think that reading books is important and can be a great resource to use when learning design as well. So that’s pretty much it for now until my next post keep on creating.

Tips for Inspiration

s a designer inspiration when creating is important. When it comes to staying inspired I like to work with some trips up my sleeve and in this post I will be giving some ideas to try out. If you have any great inspirations that you use why not sharing with everyone else? Let’s get started.
My first source of inspiration is music.

When I work on a project whether it’s blogging for Where Stephanie Reads, or designing logos I like to jam to my favorite music using Spotify or YouTube. For those that know me, know that I listen to different kinds of music. What I like to listen to is either rock, metal, epic, and recently got into a cappella bands like Pentatonix. Below is a link to a playlist I use to listen to music.

My Playlist

My second source of inspiration is watching YouTube channels about design, or books. So great youtube channels about design include Charli Marie, Roberto Blake, Brent Galloway and more. Check out my YouTube list to find some of my favorites.

Roberto Blake
Brent Galloway

Charli Marie TV
Mike Locke

I like to listen to podcasts. Sometimes I like to alternate music and podcast throughout the week. Sometimes I will be in a jamming mood or just want to just learn something. My favorite podcasts include Bookriot, The Deeply Graphic Design Cast, Design Life, Smart Passive Income.

The Deeply Graphic Design Cast
Design Life
Book Riot

People are inspiring. From listening to their life stories or just talking to someone can spark up ideas. I think its important to take time out away from the computer and actually talk to a human being. You be surprised how a guitarist friend could help you get inspired to write your own songs.

As a book blogger, I must have a books as part of my arsenal. I love books and how they can make you think, come up with ideas and take you to different places without leaving your living room. So great books I like to read are fantasy, science fiction, design, young adult and etc… If you are looking for a great book to read check out my book blog at

Project Update: The Ice Cream School Web Design

Today I worked on the first draft of The Ice Cream School web design project. If you are just popping in for the first time, I am design a website for a logo and branding design project I recently called The Ice Cream School. The Ice Cream School is a course site that provides courses that teach people to make ice cream. Below is the first draft that I been working on. What do you think?

The Ice Cream School Web Design
The first draft on the project of The Ice Cream School web site.


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Sunday, 5 July 2015

Benromach - 15 year old - Review

At the start of the year I posted a review of the Benromach 10 year old, which I had sampled at a masterclass at last year's Whisky Live Dublin, and in that review I touched upon the pride I felt Benromach were taking in their whiskies and how whiskies of such obvious quality should be the ones that are paid most attention.

As previously mentioned Benromach are pushing themselves forward by recreating whisky in a style that would've been seen coming from Speyside back in the 1960's and it is certainly paying dividends.

Fast forward to May and excitement grew as Benromach announced the latest addition to their already impressive range - Benromach 15 year old.

Priced at just under £50, the Benromach 15 year old has been bottled at 43% and has been matured in a mix of bourbon and sherry casks.

Upon receipt of a sample I was obviously eager to get the chance to see how this measures up against the very impressive 10 year old.

Onto my notes:

Nose - Rich. Lovely interplay between damp wood smoke, slight menthol and fruits that range from red berries to baked apple to tropical notes of ripe banana and then onto some orange marmalade.  As it softens in the glass a distinct buttery note comes through the gentle smoke.  In time the nose balances out perfectly and retains a zesty zing of citrus.  Spices are minimal in the form of black peppercorn and cinnamon.  With a touch of water a green grassy note appears along with some nice oak char.

Palate - Incredibly smooth and slightly sour arrival.  Sweet oranges and lemon drops are to the front and followed by rich malty notes that border on malt extract.  The smoke is even more gentle on the palate and is also less than what I remember from the 10 year old.  The extra time in the casks has clearly rounded this off very well indeed.  Spicing is again well balanced and again is only the merest hints of cracked black pepper.  With water the sourness eases to allow sweeter notes through.  Buttered popcorn, sweet orange and crisp citrus.  A slight sense of the smoke returns in the form of charred wood and the palate rounds off with light berry and oak spice.

Finish - Lovely length with dry oak spice, red fruits and crunchy red apples.

Overall this is another stunner from the team at Benromach.  With the slight smoke running through the luscious sherry notes they really have, in my opinion, started to get that old style feel to the whisky they are producing.

Over time I have tried many different whiskies that were bottled long ago, and each time I've tasted them I've always wondered if we would ever see anything similar in the future as the older bottled whisky really is so, so different.  With this Benromach 15 year old I am now starting to see serious similarities.

You could bottle this into an old bottle from the 60's, 70's or 80's and I doubt too many would question that it wasn't from that era.  That said I am honest in saying that my experience of older bottled whisky is not extensive but what experience I have had would definitely add up to this conclusion.

For years people have always asked me what my favourite whisky was and my answer has always been the likes of Redbreast or maybe Balblair and, while they are still answers I shall give, I can now honestly add Benromach into that list.

This really is seriously good stuff and at a price of under £50 some other big companies should sit up and take notice of how easy it is to get things right

Until next time,

PS Huge thanks to Benromach for the sample.


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Thursday, 21 July 2016

Lots to look forward to in the Lakes this Summer

We've got lots to look forward to in the Lakes this summer. Storm Desmond is gone but not forgotten, making us even more grateful to have our traditional summer events to look forward to. Back in December's dark days, it was hard to imagine that life would return to the normal , but here we are in July feeling optimistic. (We'll ignore all the political rumblings and upheavals and concentrate on the things close to hand.)

First up, this coming Thursday, 28 July , is Ambleside Sports, held a mile down the road from White Moss, in Rydal Park. Guests staying at our Grasmere holiday cottage, Brockstone Grasmere Cottage can amble along the Coffin Route from the door of the cottage to the Sports field. It takes about 20 minutes, along the old path, taking in the views of Rydal Water and the Lakeland Fells.

Brockstone Cottage overlooking  Rydal Water
Ambleside Sports is a great day out for all the family, whatever the weather. See hound trails, Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, Fell Running, Races, Cycling and much more.

At the end of the week the Lake District Summer Music Festival begins. Amazing music held in beautiful venues around the Lakes from 30 July -12 August 2016. Watch the promotional video and get your diary out. LDSM video

Our cottage is already fully booked for these weeks, but we do have last minute availability for the week beginning Saturday 27 August. We've reduced the rate from £890 to £790. Here's the link to our ad on HomeAway, and this is the link to our Brockstone Grasmere Cottage website, which is written by me, so not extremely slick, but hopefully informative.

I'll be writing more about Lakeland Summer events, so please come back to visit again.

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Mickey Rooney, All-American Boy For More Than 90 Years, Dies

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Mickey Rooney, who lived a long life on stage and screen, died last night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 93. For a while, the star seem to have it all, but he ended up playing the comeback kid as our film critic Bob Mondello remembers.

BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: You'd have to call it a full life - more than 200 movies, everything from Shakespeare to the Muppets, voted Hollywood's biggest box office attraction three years running, including the year that Clark Gable starred in a little trifle called "Gone With The Wind." Mickey Rooney spent his childhood on the MGM back lot, earned and gambled away $12 million by the time he was 40, and lived a life at least as storied as the characters he played, and they were some characters - Huckleberry Finn, Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

MICKEY ROONEY: (as Puck) What fools these mortals be.

MONDELLO: It would be hard to say Rooney threw away a serious career to be a movie star. No telling what a serious Mickey Rooney would've looked like. But he had the chops even at the start in "Boys Town," for instance, where he thinks at one point that he's caused the death of a smaller kid.

ROONEY: (as Whitey Marsh) (Unintelligible) me, Pee Wee. Oh, God. I'll do anything.

MONDELLO: But the studio system in the 1930s was built to give audiences what they wanted, and audiences wanted Rooney in a lighter vein, a more reassuring vein. In 14 Andy Hardy movies, for instance, where he may have been sort of an operator but was basically the wholesome, all-American teen. Never with a problem that couldn't be solved by a good talk with his dad, even if he did get into little misunderstandings, especially with girls.

ROONEY: (as Andy Hardy) But this is a secret. I bought a car, that is I paid 12 bucks down and I promised to pay eight more by the 23rd. That's why I got to be nice to Cynthia.

JUDY GARLAND: (as Betsy Booth) Well, I don't get it.

ROONEY: (as Andy Hardy) Well, you see, Cynthia is really Beezy Anderson's girl, and he's away. And he promised to pay me eight bucks to keep all the other fellows away from her.

GARLAND: (as Betsy Booth) Oh.

ROONEY: (as Andy Hardy) Oh, she's just an installment on a car to me.

MONDELLO: That's Judy Garland he's talking to. And at MGM, chemistry like theirs did not go unexploited, especially with stars who could sing and dance. Even as the Andy Hardy movies were becoming the franchise of the decade, these two were being turned into that era's notion of teen ideals, ones who could reliably put on a show.

ROONEY: (as Mickey Moran) (Singing) Good morning.

GARLAND: (as Patsy Barton) (Singing) It's a lovely morning.

ROONEY: (as Mickey Moran) (Singing) Good morning.

GARLAND: (as Patsy Barton) (Singing) What a wonderful day. We've danced the whole night through. Good morning. Good morning to you.

ROONEY: (as Mickey Moran) (Singing) Danced the whole night through. Good morning. Good morning to you.

GARLAND: (as Patsy Barton) (Singing) How do you do?

ROONEY: (as Mickey Moran) (Singing) I said good morning.

MONDELLO: Rooney was a trooper, but not a particularly selective one, especially after World War II interrupted his career at about the same moment his personal life was taking a bad turn. He had always had an eye for beauty queens, marrying eight of them, starting with Ava Gardner. But that meant he was paying a lot of alimony. And combined with a gambling problem, he was heavily in debt by the time he turned 40.

Having to take every job that's offered is not ever a good career move. Rooney foundered for more than a decade before finding salvation on Broadway in "Sugar Babies" and onscreen as a racehorse trainer in "The Black Stallion," dispensing advice to a kid a lot like the kid he'd once been.

ROONEY: (as Henry Dailey) Feel it pulling on your legs back here?

KELLY RENO: (as Alec Ramsey) Uh-huh.

ROONEY: (as Henry Dailey) OK. All right. Look ahead down the lane. Just kind of go straight ahead with him. Throw it away. That's right. That's right. Throw it away.

MONDELLO: Mickey Rooney, the star who had himself thrown it all away, was back in form at the age of 60. No longer a teenager, but perhaps the ultimate comeback kid. I'm Bob Mondello.

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Jul 7, 2016

The Color Black

This morning I woke up thinking of the color black. I love black! I've always had black t-shirts and sweaters. To me black doesn't feel negative, or depressing like some people think it to be.  After stepping onto my true path and learning about wicca & paganism I learned that black is actually a color of protection. I had always felt safe and comfortable wearing it. No wonder!

Black is the color of the Universe. In the color spectrum black is the combination of all colors, as white at the opposite end of the color spectrum is the absence of color. So if all colors come together as one to create black how could it be a color of evil. People who think that the color black signifies evil, devil worship, and the like could be uneducated on what colors actually represent.

The color black has many many symbolic meanings. Protection, defense, banish negativity, ridding yourself of bad habits, mystery, secret, meditation, Saturday, Saturn, freedom, farming, overcoming obstacles and much much more... Witchipedia has excellent color info!!

What are your thoughts on the color black??
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Daily Message - March 1, 2016

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Europe’s operators invest through the pain barrier

They may rail against an unfriendly investment environment, but Europe’s network operators keep digging deeper to pay for the likes of 4G and superfast broadband. A recent report from the European Commission said EU telecoms revenue declined in 2013 yet investment grew.

Even arch-critics of Europe’s regulators – Cesar Alierta and Vittorio Colao, the respective chief executives of Telefonica and Vodafone Group – have sanctioned enormous increases in network spending. (more…)

M&A may look tempting, but dangers lurk

First published on Mobile World Live, 4 November 2013

More M&A involving mobile operators looks on the cards. According to Ernst & Young’s recently-published H1 2013 report on the M&A sector, 35 per cent of company executives surveyed – from all industry sectors, not just telecoms – said they were likely to pursue acquisitions. That compares with just 25 per cent who thought the same a year ago.

The consulting firm further found that 65 per cent of executives expected the global economy to improve over the coming year, up from a miserly 22 per cent a year ago. Growing confidence in the economic outlook should make boardrooms less reticent about taking the M&A plunge.

Softening M&A attitudes will auger well for some mobile operators. It’s often said M&A is one of the few areas of human activity where it pays to be victim. Deep-pocketed predators (or at least ones that can get their hands on plenty of debt financing) invariably boost the share price of their intended target when word gets out. (more…)

EU roaming: a race to the bottom?

First published on Mobile World Live, 4 October 2013

Getting rid of EU premium roaming charges sounds great for the consumer, but is it good for the mobile industry? European travellers, bruised by ‘bill shock’, are unlikely to care about that. If they can pay the same rates abroad as they do at home, what is there not to like?

There’s an argument, though, that the EU digital chief’s roaming proposals will slow down investment in the region’s mobile networks – the very thing Kroes wants to avoid. (more…)

India not for the faint-hearted

India’s mobile sector got a share-price bounce recently. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, the country’s two biggest operators, reported encouraging top-line numbers for the quarter ended June. With voice and data revenue climbing, is it possible that the Indian mobile market – so long plagued by razor-thin margins and a volatile investment climate – has turned a corner?

The short answer is no. While increases in service revenue are welcome, helped by a growing 3G subscriber base, there are still too many market uncertainties to say with any conviction that India’s operators – many of which are carrying heavy debt – are out of the woods. (more…)

Four’s a crowd?

Europe’s national regulators tend to like having at least four mobile network operators (MNOs). The more infrastructure competition there is, they reason, the more consumers are likely to benefit from lower prices and service innovation.

Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, bent over backwards to make sure 4G spectrum auction rules would result in at least four MNOs each having enough wireless frequencies to offer what it believes would be a “viable” high-speed data service nationwide. Other European Union (EU) national regulators have been equally assiduous in setting aside 4G spectrum for a fourth player. There are signs, however, that regulatory attitudes – both at a national and European level – are softening. (more…)

Kroes stirs up net neutrality debate – part II

Neelie Kroes, EU digital commissioner, may well be an operator nemesis when it comes to slashing EU roaming rates. On the subject of net neutrality, however, she appears to be taking a pragmatic approach that maybe – just maybe – has appeal to both operators and consumers alike.

After saying at the end of May she was keen on “guaranteeing” net neutrality – which no doubt sent shivers up the spines of many in the mobile industry – Kroes added more detail in a later speech (4 June) on where she thinks legislation could usefully apply to preserving the ‘open internet’. (more…)

Kroes stirs up net neutrality debate – part I

In her most recent call for a single European telecoms market, Neelie Kroes, Europe’s digital commissioner, enthused about getting rid of premium roaming rates. Nothing new there, perhaps, but she also talked about “guaranteeing net neutrality”.

It seems a big shift from her previous stance on the “open internet”, where the emphasis was on making operators’ traffic management policies more transparent. The prospect of EU-wide net neutrality legislation is sure to agitate operators fearful of so-called OTT competition. It will also raise the hackles of EU sovereign states that don’t take kindly to directives from Brussels. This is going to be hard for Kroes to pull off. (more…)

Spectrum: the great industry divider

First published on Mobile World Live, 23 April 2013

Spectrum allocation is one of the most divisive issues in the mobile industry. Regulators – armed with proposals on how wireless frequencies should be auctioned, re-assigned or re-farmed – invariably get flak from some quarter.

Hardly surprising. Rules about how a finite resource should be divvied up are unlikely to please everyone. In some ways, regulators – dare I say it – are easy targets. Their job is made tougher when there’s pressure from national government to squeeze out as much cash as possible from selling spectrum. (more…)

Operators cry wolf over investment?

A report by the Financial Times says large telecom groups in Europe feel burdened by EU regulation. So much so, claim the region’s big guns, it is hampering network investment. There is a general feeling among them that current regulatory practices, because of their unpredictability and bias towards resellers, is doing a rather fine job of discouraging investment.

In particular, telcos want regulators to stop lowering prices on wholesale copper access. Constant price tinkering, they say, is making them think twice about investing in high-speed fibre-optic access. How can they have clear visibility of the broadband business case if regulators can butt in whenever they feel like it? (more…)

Indian hope trick

I have some sympathy for Telenor’s plight in India. After the decision of the country’s supreme court to cancel the 122 2G licences that were illegally awarded in 2008, the Norwegian telco, along with some other foreign players, has been left high and dry.

Of course, some might say it serves them right. Overlooking the obvious risks, foreign firms rushed into joint venture agreements with local companies that had acquired their 2G licences through the shady practice of first-come-first-served. Huge sums of money exchanged hands. The thinking seems to have been that, with growth prospects so high in India’s mobile market, the gamble was well worth it. (more…)


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Info is the hypertext help/reference browser in GNU Emacs. You invoke its top level with [C-h i] (or M-x info).

Advanced Command[edit]

M-x info-apropos
Don't know where to go in Info? Try this command. For example, try M-x info-apropos RET compile RET to get some overview of compilation support in Emacs.
[C-h r] (or M-x info-emacs-manual)
Learn how to use GNU Emacs. Very detailed.
[C-h i] (or M-x info)
See the Info manuals of all packages that come with your GNU Emacs, and of any third-party packages and external programs whose info files Info finds in its search path.
While in an Info buffer, jump to some topic of interest. To learn about regular expressions try [C-h r] and [i regular TAB].
Same as [i] but gives you a list of links.
Try this if you are lost and overwhelmed by the amount of information available and you want to reflect on where all you went and how you got lost.
[C-u C-h i]
You have installed a Third party package. It includes (or you have created with makeinfo) an info file. This command allows you to browse this info file. To make the info file's contents permanently available in Info's top level, you can add the info file's containing directory to Info's search path using M-x customize-variable RET Info-directory-list, or by editing the INFOPATH environment variable and re-starting Emacs.


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Modeling PMC Meeting, 2008-08-19

Revision as of 12:43, 5 August 2008 by Ed.Merks.gmail.com (Talk | contribs) (Topics)

Time: 10:00AM Eastern

Conference number: North America 1 866-842-3549, Global +800-4444-7070, Ottawa 613-787-5018, Passcode: 1556241

  • International Toll-free number notes
    • Dialing from a cellular network may not work!
    • Passcode is often not recognized. After the third failure, you will be transfered to an operator who will ask for the conference ID (1556241), sponsoring company (IBM) and meeting organizer (Paul Elder).
    • Pressing *0 will bring you directly to an operator.

  • MDDi status (Termination Review being scheduled for August 13th)
  • Xpand component status? Contribution to Xpand from GMF discussion.
  • MWE component status?
  • Planning plans (XML plan format)
  • Ideas for modeling webinars?


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Revision as of 17:03, 21 May 2009 by G.watson.computer.org (Talk | contribs) (Resource Manager Support)

Design Documents

PTP 2.x Design Document
A detailed design description of the PTP 2.x architecture
PTP 1.x Design Document
Provides a description of the overall design of the PTP 1.x architecture

Remote Services Support

Remote Services API
Description of the Remote Services API provided by PTP
Remote Requirements
Requirements for remote service support
Remote Support Evaluation
Evaluation of related work for remote service support
CDT and EFS and Remote Build
Evaluation of CDT for EFS support, esp. remote file system
Remote Support Progress
Progress for remote service support
Remote Development Tools
Designs for Remote Development Tools

Resource Manager Support

Resource Manager View
Services provided by the resource manager view
Resource Manager Wizard Extension
Design of the wizard extensions
New Resource Manager Architecture
Preliminary design of the new (post 2.0) resource manager architecture
Resource Manager Proxy Protocol
Description of the wire protocol used for resource manager proxy communication
Structural Changes
Proposed changes to PTP 1.0 for resource management support
Resource Managers
Preliminary design of Resource Manager component

Parallel Debugger

Debugger Wire Protocol
Wire protocol used for debugger communication
Scalable Debug Manager
Design of the scalable debug manager (PTP 1.0 - 2.0)
New Scalable Debug Manager
Design of the scalable debug manager (PTP 2.1 and later)

Performance Analysis

Performance Tools Framework Design
Preliminary design of Performance Tools Framework

Photran Report
Document describing the integration of Photran and CDT


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Build pano12 from sourcecode

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Building PANO12.DLL for Windows

I'm no Windows expert, this tutorial is the first time I used these tools to build software, so if I can do it, so can you.

The purpose of this exercise is to roll your own version of the pano12 Panorama Tools library. You might want to do this for fun, to play with extending the code, fixing bugs or simply to remove the Field of View restrictions on fisheye input images.

Set-up the build environment

To start you need a Free C compiler and associated tools, so Download MinGW and MSYS. I grabbed the "Windows Installer" versions: MinGW-4.1.1.exe and MSYS-1.0.10.exe.

The first one is the "Minimalist Gnu for Windows", it provides a win32 version of the GNU compiler and related tools.

The second is a "Minimal SYStem", this provides a POSIX environment. Answer yes to the questions and enter the directory where you installed MinGW when asked:

Download the source-code

First you need panorama tools itself, so [ download pano12 sourcecode], I downloaded You can view the source documentation for pano12.dll HERE.

You also need the sourcecode for the various libraries required by pano12, these are zlib, libpng, [ libjpeg] and libtiff. There is no longer any need to download the Java development kit as MinGW now includes a Free version.

I downloaded,, and (I would normally download the .tar.gz versions, but Windows seems to have some kind of .zip extractor built-in so I thought I'd try that). Note that I had trouble with a later version of libtiff, tiff-v3.5.7 is the one that worked for me.

Extract the files into directories called libpano12, zlib, libpng, libjpeg and libtiff.

If you want to create LZW compressed TIFF files with PTmender, then download libtiff-lzw-compression-kit-1.5.tar.gz, extract the tif_lzw.c file and overwrite the one supplied in this old version of libtiff.

The default MSYS home on this system is C:\msys\1.0\home\Bruno, so I put these directories in there.

Build everything

Double-click MSYS and you should get a small window with a command-line, this is a POSIX shell.

The following commands need to be typed into the shell. If you make a mistake, just type cd to return to your home and try again.

Compilation results in lots of text scrolling very fast up the screen, ignore any warnings, but error messages will give you a clue when things are not working properly.

Build zlib

 cd zlib
 make install

Build libpng

 cd libpng
 cp scripts/makefile.gcc Makefile
 cp png.h /usr/local/include
 cp pngconf.h /usr/local/include
 cp libpng.a /usr/local/lib

Build libjpeg

 cd libjpeg
 make install
 make install-lib
 make install-headers

Build libtiff

 cd libtiff
 cp libtiff/*.h /usr/local/include
 cp libtiff/*.a /usr/local/lib

Build libpano12

 cd libpano12
 make install

This final step will create the binaries in this directory:

Look for PTOptimizer.exe, pano12.dll, panoinfo.exe, PTmender.exe and PTblender.exe.

Finishing up

The files can be stripped to remove unused symbols - This isn't necessary, but it does make them smaller:

 strip /usr/local/bin/pano12.dll
 strip /usr/local/bin/panoinfo.exe

Now just copy them to whichever location they are needed to run your application.

Further tasks

Of course, the reason you are rolling your own is in order to make modifications or to try out the latest code, so here are some suggestions:

Increasing the fisheye field-of-view restriction

This is the MAX_FISHEYE_FOV constant in the filter.h file (which defaults to 160 degrees), increase it to something larger like 720. Then rebuild the library:

 make install

You will need a decent text editor to change sourcecode, Notepad or Word will not do.

Getting the latest CVS version

CVS is a source-code management system that allows multiple users to share the same set of files online.

You need a CVS client in order to checkout the code, so Download the MSYS Developers Toolkit which is part of MinGW (I grabbed the msysDTK-1.0.1.exe installer).

Instructions for getting the code are on the [ panotools sourceforge site], but it is usually as simple as typing this into the shell:

 cvs login
 cvs -z3 co libpano

(Hit enter when asked for a password)

This will create a directory containing the latest code called libpano (which you may rename).

The build system needs to be bootstrapped before you can run the configure script, this is done by running the bootstrap script:

In the future, updating this CVS version to the latest code is as simple as running the update command:

 cd libpano
 cvs update


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Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a major unit of the United States national park system located just outside Navajo Nation in New Mexico. It preserves extensive ruins of prehistoric American Indian communities. Chaco is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Flora and fauna

Get in

Drive. The nearest city with air service is Farmington (New Mexico), about 60 miles north, which is served by a commuter airline (Mesa) that is a partner with United Airlines. The nearest major airport is in Albuquerque about 150 miles southeast. There is no rail or bus service in this remote region.

Older maps of the Chaco area may lead drivers astray owing to a road closure. This quote from the NPS web site (link below) gives current driving directions: "Hwy 57 from Blanco Trading Post (on US 550) is permanently closed at the park's north boundary. Do not take Hwy 57. From US 550, go to mile 112.5 (3 miles SE mile of Nageezi) and turn onto CR 7900 and CR 7950. Follow signs to the park. Hwy 57 south is open from the park boundary to Hwy 9. There is 20 miles of rough dirt road. Not recommended for RVs."

Entrance fees for the park are $4 for individuals, $8 for cars, and are good for seven days. The National Park Service's "Park Pass" ($50/year) secures unlimited repeat entries for this and other National Park Service units. Campsites (see below under "Sleep") are $10/night, with a $5 discount for holders of a Park Pass.

Permits are required for backcountry hiking. They're free and available at the visitor center.

Get around

The main sites are reached via a short loop road that is suitable for bicycles as well as cars; in fact, it's quite a comfortable ride that gives a more intimate sense of the canyon than you'll get from a car. If you are biking, make sure your tires resist punctures, as all manner of plants with thorns and spines grow in the park.

The short trails to the sites along the loop road can be visited in street shoes, but hiking boots are a good idea if you're planning on visiting any of the more remote areas described under "Do." Some but not all of the sites are wheelchair-accessible, as is one of the campsites at the park campground.

There's no night life at the park; that's why it's there. The nearest town with any night life is Farmington. Note that alcoholic beverages in any form are prohibited within Navajo Nation, which occupies the area immediately west of the park.

The nearest hotels and motels are in Farmington, about 60 miles north, and in communities along Interstate highway 40 (e.g. Gallup and Grants), a similar distance south.

The park includes a single, rudimentary campground. Fee $10/site/night ($5 with NPS Park Pass). There is no potable water, but bottled water may be purchased at the nearby visitor center. Vehicles (RVs, trailers) must be no longer than 30 feet.

No backcountry camping/backpacking is permitted within the park.

Stay safe

There are no significant safety issues with the park itself (usual warnings about wildlife, sunscreen, etc.), but its remoteness means that you may want to pay a little extra attention to road safety while getting there and back. Northern New Mexico is notorious for problems with drunk drivers. Areas near Navajo Nation, as Chaco is, are particularly worrisome around payday (Thursday or Friday), as the prohibition of alcohol on the reservation drives alcoholic residents, of whom there are too many, to drive into Farmington or Gallup to indulge. Terrible accidents have happened involving Navajo Nation citizens on the way home after an evening of drinking; be extra cautious at such times.

Be alert also for livestock on the roads, particularly sheep. It's wise to fill your gas tank in Farmington or Gallup (or Grants or Thoreau) before heading for the park, as services are sparse indeed once you get off the main roads.

Get out

  • Navajo Nation lies just west of the park, with numerous related attractions. If you happen to be there on a Friday, a Navajo rug auction at Crownpoint combines well with a visit to Chaco; inquire locally about schedule or follow the link on the Navajo Nation page.
  • Aztec Ruins National Monument is another NPS unit full of historical, cultural and archaeological interest; near the town of Aztec just east of Farmington.

External links Park home page

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