ESPN.com reports: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has decided that Wade Phillips will return as coach next season despite Dallas’ 34-3 loss Sunday to the Vikings, a high-ranking team source said.
Jones had indicated in recent weeks that Phillips was likely to return but remained non-committal after Sunday’s lopsided loss.
Under Phillips, the Cowboys have won two NFC East titles in three seasons.
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We are scarcely two weeks into 2010 and we may have already witnessed the most surprising news item of the year. Out of nowhere and via the TamsPalm blog, New Zealand based ruggedized handheld specialist Aceeca has unofficially confirmed that they are readying not one but two new Palm OS Garnet handheld PDAs for release. These new Garnet machines will be based upon shared hardware architecture with a pair of new Windows CE 5.0 handhelds.
Officially, Aceeca remains one of Access’ final remaining Palm OS licensees, so the news is not totally out of left field. While Aceeca has remained rather quiet as of late, the firm has remained committed to supporting their existing stable of Palm OS devices.
As seen before, personalizing the looks of your iPhone can be quite a pain. Luckily, Winterboard comes into play! Winterboard is a great little app that lets you customize the springboard (the place where you can select and start your apps) of your iPhone.
Winterboard allows you to change your icons, customize applications, add or change graphics in the status bar and dock, install themes, and change the wallpaper of your iphone’s springboard. It has quite some possibilities as you can see.
Winterboard works for 2.x+ iPhones and iPods, but needs you to jailbreak your iPhone/iPod to install Cydia.
Now, for this article, we’re going to limit ourselves to changing the springboard background of your iPhone with Winterboard.
First, you need to open Cydia, and select the “Sections” tab on the bottom.
Here you will see the “System” menu, enter that, and locate Winterboard.
Select Winterboard, and in the next screen, choose “Install” on the top right, and confirm that. This will download and install Winterboard on your iPhone, but needs a reboot of your phone to finish the install.
Once your iPhone has rebooted, you will see Winterboard happily sitting in your springboard next to the other apps.
Start up Winterboard to get an overview of all the available customizations.
Select “User Wallpaper” to select and change the wallpaper of the springboard to that of your choice. This will overwrite the current background or the theme background if you have any installed.
Select “Dim Wallpaper” if you want your background to dim a bit, so that your icons stand out more. Can be useful on very busy or colorful backgrounds.
Select “User Lock Background” to select and change the wallpaper of the lock screen to that of your choice. This can also be done the way Apple intended it to: Changing your iPhone’s background
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The Orlando Sentinel reports: Former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz says the profession has taken a turn for the worse since he was walking the sidelines in South Bend and elsewhere.
“You didn’t feel threatened by everybody,” said Holtz, who coached the Irish from 1986-96.
“Most I ever made was $135,000. It wasn’t about money. You just enjoyed what you were doing and you had a security about what you were doing. You didn’t have the Internet and everybody getting fired and offensive. On Friday night after we put the team down, we’d go have drinks with the media … It’s changed, and it hasn’t changed for the better.”
On the player-mistreatment charges involving Mike Leach at Texas Tech and Jim Leavitt at South Florida, Holtz said: “I grabbed a facemask on a player because I wanted to make sure I had his undivided attention. He had done something to a player that wasn’t reflective of the game we teach … I probably shouldn’t have done that.”
Get the full story: OrlandoSentinel.com
Photo: Lou Holtz on why he never drinks water: “It has no taste, and if it does, it’s not good for you.” (Annie McQuary/Ap)
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There’s nothing jaw dropping about Prada’s Fall/Winter 2010 line, but that’s what makes the collection work. There are its moments with wild prints and playful colorful camo, but its the more toned down styles that give us a better view of Prada’s vision for men. From the beginning we get a sense of a new kind of luxury with camel sportscoats and tan colored pieces. The color story that follows, enters a fascinating take on knits mixed with a variety of hues. The suits work well with the knits, and this is the big plus side of Prada for fall. Then from the colorful, we take a turn to the dark with jet black overcoats and jackets, seemingly mixing with the tan colors that started the collection – appropriately bringing the collection around full circle.
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Source: GQ
Don’t worry… I’m not going Sci-Fi on you. I’m talking about reaction forces. What do I mean by reaction forces? Well, when there is a relative motion between a solid object and a surrounding fluid, a force will be placed on the solid due to the pressure variation over the surface of the solid. This force is caused by the change in speed and direction of the fluid. For example, we see reaction forces in action when water flows through a pump.
Reaction forces on a rear-wing of an Indy race car. Image courtesy of Voxdale.
Now predicting force or pressure distribution on a surface should be a key design decision factor in the design of any system in which a moving fluid can cause product reliability, stability and usability issues (I’m including safety under this category because unless it is safe to use, it isn’t really usable now is it?). Force prediction can be used to optimize the geometry or to determine what’s required to support the said structure.
Several methods have been used by manufacturers for predicting pressure forces but I always say the one that offers the best combination of speed, affordability and accuracy is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software. CFD has proven its efficacy for handling these kinds of problems – there are plenty of application stories and customer testimonials out there. For example, a team at Watts Industries Netherlands deals with design issues relating to backflow prevention devices and automatic control valves for domestic, commercial and industrial uses of water. They need to be extremely careful because contamination of drinking water could prove disastrous. So they use CFD software to test their designs. And to further verify the results, they create and test physical prototypes. They have been able to obtain exactly the same results from their chosen CFD software as their test rig; thus allowing them to deploy their products to the field with increased confidence. According to Rene Aarntzen, the R&D Engineering Manager at Watts Industries, “For the past year we have found exactly the same results from FloEFD and our test rig. That’s important because maybe in a few years, after we’ve built an extensive library of results, then we won’t need to build and test physical prototypes anymore.” Personally as a manager, I find any opportunity to save cost without sacrificing quality, safety or purpose a tall cool drink of water on a hot summer day!
If you are interested in learning more about how to harness reaction forces or to optimize your designs, I would suggest your attending our upcoming online presentation titled: Simulating and Optimizing Reaction Forces. The presenter, Nate Hanlon, is one of our consultant engineers based in the States and he has a background in the design of fans, blowers and impellers. So feel free to ask him a few questions. I’m sure he’s got some sage words of advice for everyone. And before I forget, as with all online presentations, anyone who registers for the event will be sent a link to the archived version so even if you can’t attend the meeting at the specified time, you will be able to access the presentation at your convenience after the event.
Lastly, if you like to read more about Mr. Aarntzen’s experience at Watts Industries, please feel free to click here.
Hope to see you at the meeting (now if I could only get the stormtrooper music out of my head, we’d be golden).
Until next time,
Nazita
The St. Petersburg Times reports: Gaines Adams, the Bears’ defensive end who died of cardiac arrest Sunday at age 26, is being remembered by his former Tampa Bay teammates as an elite athlete who was humble, gentle and easy-going.
“He was one of the most genuine people I’ve ever met,” said defensive tackle Chris Hovan, whose locker next to Adams’ in Tampa.
“He was this gentle, free spirit. He could be friends with anybody. He was always happy, always grateful for his life.”
Adams struggled with the expectations of being taken with the fourth pick in the 2007 draft.
“When you’re the fourth pick in the draft, you’re going to be the face of the franchise,” Hovan said.
“It was tough on him at first because he was so young. But he understood. And he came out with the mind-set that he was going to get better.”
Get the full story: TampaBay.com
Photo: Gaines Adams struggled with high expectations in Tampa. (Rick Stewart/AP)
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In the past decade, few design trends for electronic devices have had such a seismic impact as the revolution of smallness. It’s not just that the sizes of devices have shrunk; the mindsets of designers and the whole culture of design have shifted toward all things Lilliputian.
I’ve been an industrial designer for many years, and recently, while I was attending a medical device conference, I began to think about downsized designs and the effect that they’ve had on designers and device users. While medical device developers, as well as some others, have largely continued to observe the “form-follows-function” mantra of yesterday, I am spending most of my time focused on the mantra of smallness. Many of us designers are now dealing with problems that scale down to one-tenth of a millimeter, and our clients are, too.
Great skill at design and development of diminutive things is seen as a novelty by some, but is in fact rare — and in high demand. The types of decision-making and talents required to do effective design of small things differ quite widely from norms in the overall design field. Increasingly, these talents are differentiating the design leaders from the losers.
To get a sense of how companies and designers alike are affected by this trend, consider, for example, a design problem involving integrating electronics, batteries, an antenna and other components into the slimmest possible product possible. Is this just an engineering task? No, it’s a company-wide problem to solve, affecting product branding and more. Designers must develop the best possible relationships with clients and employers to solve such problems in a holistic way.
Here are some bottom-up ideas for designers and those who work with them to consider, especially when optimizing work done at the small scale:
These days, device designers are used to hearing the annoying refrain that “This device is going to be bigger than the iPhone.” More likely than not, if a product really is going to be that big, it’s because shrewd people were thinking about small things.
Gadi Amit is president of NewDealDesign.
In-post image courtesy of Sling Media, thumbnail of Glide TV.
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The latest edition of The China Analyst hits on the hot topic of rare earth metals, and includes an excellent interview with Chinese professor Fu Zhongde, a scientist deeply involved in the country’s advancement of this industry. (via MineWeb)
Will the Chinese government encourage domestic rare earths companies to ‘go global’?
I am afraid the government will not do so. If, on the one hand, the Chinese government regulates the industry and limits rare earth exports, while on the other hand encouraging REE companies to go global, it would be contradictory and unfair. I do not think the government will do this.
What is currently the status of Chinese rare earth processing technology compared to the rest of the world? How advanced is it exactly? Will China require technological assistance from overseas?
Rare earth processing technology in China is highly advanced and can be regarded as filling an important gap in the world. China can supply REE products as pure as 99.9999%, while for example French companies can only produce 99.999% pure products and Japanese firms generally produce 99.9% purity products. In addition to the purity, Chinese technology now uses low energy consumption, creates no pollution, and utilises a zero discharge process. So in terms of rare earths processing technology, China definitely leads the world and is certainly very competitive. I can attest to that myself, being the owner of a few patents in the field of ion exchange technology.
The full interview and more is found in the report below.
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Good old Steve just put up a great graphic detailing all of the possible rumors about whatever the heck Apple is releasing whenever it will release it. Rumors include the “glowing Apple logo” as well as a “touch sensitive case.” I think the iSlate will also give worms to ex-girlfriends.
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United States Agribusiness Report Q1 2010 – new report releasedPR-inside.com (press release)Ethanol production in the US has boomed over the past decade, driven by high oil prices and government policy to support biofuel production. …and more &r…
Details are scarce, and, as with most Apple grumblings, the rumor factor is sky high on the rumor Richter scale. The Chinese paper Commercial Times is reporting that Apple has signed a deal with Korean company Sintek Photronic to provide touch panels for a 22-inch, full touch screen iMac. The Times also cites a deal with long time partner Quanta for production of the new product, predicted to be released in 2010. Now, none of this has been substantiated, but we’re happy to report on an Apple rumor that doesn’t involve the word “tablet.” Hopefully we’ll find out on or around January 27th!
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As expected, Apple is holding a “special event” on Jan. 27 to “come see our latest creation,” with invitations being sent out JUST SECONDS AGO. 10am PST, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.
Let’s take a closer look at the invite, which is, again, to “come see our latest creation.” Using the word “creation” is telling in both its vagueness and its specificity: It says it’s something new. Apple likes playing with words, too—remember the “something’s in the air” tagline for the event they introduced the MacBook Air, their latest truly new product?
At the same time, it’s interestingly far less weighty than the tagline for the Macworld where Apple introduced the iPhone, which indicated that it would be the beginning of something huge: “The first 30 years were just the beginning.” It’s a light and fluffy blurb, not the one you might expect for something that some people think could be the beginning of a brand new kind kind of personal computing, previously only depicted in movies.
It’s also splattered with paint. Maybe they’re being playful. Maybe there’s a (finger)painting application. Maybe we’re reading too much into a jpeg. Either way, we’ll be there, live.
Panasonic still believes in plasma. The company, which owns the biggest plasma panel plant in the world and is the global leader in this segment, today announced [JP] the VIERA G2 series, which consists of a total of three new plasma TVs. And as Panasonic sells these devices in the US, too, chances are the new line-up will find its way outside Japan in the future as well.
The main selling point of the G2 TVs is the native contrast ratio, which stands at an impressive 5,000,000:1, the highest for a plasma TV so far (according to Panasonic). By way of comparison: The $6,000 Panasonic Z1 only had a contrast ratio of 40,000:1.
Buyers will be able to choose between three sizes: 42, 46 and 50-inches. Needless to say, all TVs are full HD, and Panasonic claims they reduced power consumption by 30% (compared to the G1 series introduced last year). To be more concrete, power consumption stands at 398W for the biggest model, at 365W for the 46-incher and at 335W for the 42-inch VIERA.
The new TVs will hit Japanese stores next month. Prices: $2,400 for the 42-inch model, $2,700 for the 46-inch model and $3,500 for the 50-incher.
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Depending on who you ask, Cash for Clunkers was either a spectacular success, or a spectacular failure.
These are the facts though. Cash for Clunkers helped sell 690,000 car sales in 30 days, at the cost $3 billion to taxpayers. While overall auto sales are down in 2009 compared to 2008, December was a strong finish for almost every brand. In the four months since the program, car sales have also been up as a whole. Chrysler and General Motors are out of bankruptcy. 2010 is looking like a much better year for car buyers.
Still, the question lingers. Are we going to get a second round of Cash for Clunkers?
Now we know why Verizon decided to double our FiOS cancellation fees. They have unveiled new bundle options that deliver up to 35Mbps upstream and downstream and 90 or more HD channels.
New Bundles Packed With Speed and HD
New double-, triple- and quad-play bundles are available with a 24-month service agreement that guarantees the customer’s rate will not change for two years. FiOS bundles are also available in month-to-month plans that do not require a minimum term agreement. To explore Verizon’s many bundle options and order service, visit www.verizon.com/bundles or call Verizon at 1-888-GET-FIOS.
New triple-play bundle options with a service agreement are:
•Ultimate: FiOS TV Ultimate HD includes 90 or more HD channels; premium content from EPIX, Showtime, TMC, Flix and the NFL RedZone; FiOS Internet service with an ultra-fast, symmetrical connection speed of up to 35/35 Mbps; and FiOS voice service – all available for $139.99 a month. In the New York City area this bundle also includes HBO/Cinemax and other premium channels, for a total of 125 or more HD channels, and is available for $149.99 a month.
•Extreme: FiOS TV Extreme HD includes 65 or more HD channels; FiOS Internet service with an ultra-fast, symmetrical connection speed of up to 25/25 Mbps; and FiOS voice service – available for $124.99 a month. In the New York City area this bundle also includes Showtime, TMC and Flix, for a total of 80 or more HD channels, and is available for $119.99 a month.
•Prime: FiOS TV Prime HD includes 40 or more HD channels; FiOS Internet service with a connection speed of up to 15/5 Mbps; and FiOS voice service – available for $109.99 a month. In the New York City area this bundle includes all of the TV content offered with FiOS TV Extreme HD, for a total of more than 65 HD channels.
The Ultimate and Extreme triple-play bundles – as well as the Prime triple-play bundle in the New York City market area – include free access to thousands of Wi-Fi hot spots across the U.S. Customers also have access to Verizon’s leading FiOS TV video-on-demand service, with more than 18,000 monthly titles – including 2,800 in HD – and FiOS TV’s advanced interactive media guide, with access to social-networking, news and entertainment widgets and more.
Verizon is also offering a limited time promotion that gives you 12-months of Prime, Extreme and Ultimate for $90, $115 and $130 respectively ($90, $100 and $130 in the NYC area). Of course, with cancellations fees that high, you had better think long and hard about it. [PR Newswire]
Like many African-Americans of his generation, Abraham Bolden used to have a large portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert Kennedy displayed prominently, reverently in his living room.
But unlike many blacks of his generation, Bolden, who is 74 and has lived in the same Auburn-Gresham bungalow for 47 years, had a special relationship with each of the men. How he met the Kennedy brothers and wound up writing a letter to King is a remarkable story that begins this way:
In April 1961, Bolden was working as a Secret Service agent based in Chicago when President Kennedy arrived for a political event at McCormick Place. Bolden was assigned to guard a restroom that had been cordoned off exclusively for the president.
“My colleagues kidded me about having bathroom detail,” Bolden said. “Most agents liked to be shoulder to shoulder with the president. But as fate would have it, when the president arrived that morning, he had to use the washroom.”
Bolden said the president stopped at the door of the restroom to ask Bolden if he was a Secret Service agent or a Chicago policeman. Bolden told him that he was an agent.
“The president said, ‘Mr. Bolden has there ever been a Negro Secret Service agent on White House detail in Washington, D.C.?’ ” Bolden said. “I told him, ‘Not to my knowledge, Mr. President.’ And he asked me if I would like to be the first, and I told him, ‘Yes, sir, Mr. President.’ ”
Two months later, Bolden, who was 26 at the time and married, was in Washington for the Secret Service’s customary 30-day stint. It would become — as the president alluded one day while Bolden was guarding the Oval Office — his Jackie Robinson moment.
“Being the first at that time, I ran into some harsh racism,” Bolden said. “The country was a hotbed of racism, and resentment against men like Kennedy and Dr. King had infiltrated itself among the agents.”
Bolden said he was shocked by how lax Kennedy’s security was in D.C. and the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., where he met Robert Kennedy. Bolden said many agents got drunk on duty, womanized and spoke openly of their disdain for the president.
He said he complained to superiors, and that is when he became a target.
“I told the chief of the United States Secret Service that if an assassination attempt was ever made on Kennedy, it would be successful because either the agents wouldn’t respond or would be slow to respond,” Bolden said. “The chief told me he would look into it.
“But time passed and after the president was assassinated (on Nov. 22, 1963), I kept ringing the bell.” His criticisms made headlines.
Bolden went to D.C. for a special training session in May 1964. While there, he said he’d planned to try to talk to someone on the Warren Commission investigating the assassination.
But the Secret Service suddenly escorted him back to Chicago, where he was charged with soliciting a $50,000 bribe from the boss of a ring of counterfeiters. Bolden said he believes he was set up by racist agents who wanted to silence his criticisms. His trial began July 6, 1964, before U.S. District Judge Joseph Sam Perry.
According to court transcripts, when the jury was deadlocked 11-1 in favor of conviction, Perry amazingly told the jury that in his opinion, Bolden was guilty. Still, the lone holdout didn’t change her vote, and that trial ended in a mistrial.
Bolden was convicted after a second trial with the help of testimony from a counterfeiter who would later admit to having perjured himself. Bolden was sentenced to six years in a federal prison.
“Shortly after my conviction, I wrote a letter to Dr. King saying that if this miscarriage of justice could happen to me, it could happen to him or anyone else,” said Bolden, who’s unsure if his letter ever reached King.
Bolden was in prison when King was assassinated. The entire prison was on lockdown. A year later, he left prison, returning to his wife and three children. Two times he asked President Richard Nixon for a pardon, and both times he was denied. He worked as an automotive quality control supervisor before retiring in 2001.
These days Bolden travels the country, dressed in his trademark bow ties and fez hats, telling his story and promoting his memoir, “The Echo From Dealey Plaza” (where Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas).
“There were people who wanted to change the country through great force rather than the constitutional process,” Bolden said. The Kennedys and King “were revered by many Americans, not just blacks, because they stood for a hope and justice that sometimes still feels hard to come by.”
Dawn Turner Trice
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