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He works in the same department you do and makes the same salary, so you figure that he's lost a distant but wealthy relative or got a bonus that really should've gone to you. All possibilities, but odds are your cubemate learned the secret of buying an car that belies his socioeconomic status. We're here to help you gain the same skill by Autopia's "5 Best Bang for Your Buck" cars. Let's get one thing straight: These cars aren't meant to blow your budget, and they're not meant to fool anyone into thinking you hit the lottery. No, these five cars say absolutely nothing about your income. No beaten '91 Lexus LS 400 with a salvage title, 200K on the odometer and ripped leather here, my friend. Nor will you find a deeply discounted brand-new Escalade for a poseur who remortgaged his house to pay for it. Vote for your favorite or tell us what we missed. And remember this is all in fun -- we know none of you would ever make assumptions about people based on their cars. Our winner in the New Car category is the Toyota Prius. Starting at $21,500, the Prius can be had for less than the decidedly less chic Taurus SEL, Altima 2.5 S, or well-equipped Malibu -- none of which would garner a valet spot out front at a Kimpton. Gas mileage, environmental impact and performance aside, what other car can you probably afford that Prince Charles and Will Ferrell also own? Photo: julycgarcia/Flickr Our best-in-class for Certified Pre Owned is the Ford Mustang, simply because of its timeless appeal and wide range of option packages. There are a plethora of certified, in-warranty Mustangs out there, and you can snag a new body style 2005 for less than $13,000. Nobody has to know that you have cloth seats and a V6. Plus, you'll be getting close to 30 mpg. We just beg you not to slap on decals to make the car look like a Saleen, or even a GT. Photo: pappyrb/Flickr Our Luxury Used Car pick is the 1995-1997 Jaguar XJ6, some of the best cars that ever came out of Browns Lane. To the untrained eye, it might as well be a 2003. To the thrifty used-car shopper, it's a curvaceous wood-and-leather beauty fit for a Prime Minister. The secret to this pick is that it suffers from the Jaguar reputation for truly unreliable cars, which drives the resale value down to less than 8% of the original purchase price. The '95 through '97 -- post-Lucas, pre-Nikasil -- are surprisingly reliable and get great mileage for a full-size car. For less than $4000, you can pick up a '95 with less than 100K on the hand-finished wooden dashboard. Photo: Wired.com The hands-down Beater winner is the Volvo 240/740/940 series, a car that practically screams "tenured professor." Thanks to their, um, timeless looks and legendary longevity, for $750 and an hour on Craigslist you can pick up an early-'90s survivor with heated leather seats, a crank-open sunroof and a bulletproof B230 engine. The best part is, the sort of people who make such assumptions will assume that you could be driving a better car, but that you just have better things on which to spend your money. If you really want to make the car your own, get as many high-mileage medallions as your car deserves. Photo: sol2498/Flickr Finally, our Country Club pick is the Mercedes-Benz 300SDL. It'll set you back more than a Volvo, but you'll feel like the villain in Beverly Hills Cop. A lot of these cars are still driven by their now-octagenarian original owners, thrifty-Yankee-types with an "if it ain't broke" mentality about their transportation. If your nosy coworkers give you a hard time about your Benz, you can simply tell the guy who just spent $30,000 on a brand-new SUV that you're just an average Joe or Jane who happened to buy a 25-year-old car. The 300 gets bonus points if it's converted to biodiesel. Photo: axshunj/Flickr Main photo: Foto Bocch/Flickr Your turn: Vote for your favorite, and tell us which one we missed. poll by twiigs.com Blog.Wired.Com Impress for Less With These 5 Rides {new window}   Blog.Wired.Com - So your co-worker has just pulled into the company lot in a shiny new car that isn't a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. He works in the same department you do and makes the same salary, so you figure that he's lost a distant but wealthy relative or got a bonus that really should've gone to you. All possibilities, but odds are your cubemate learned the secret of buying an car that belies his socioeconomic status. We're here to help you gain the same skill by Autopia's "5 Best Bang for Your Buck" cars. Let's get one thing straight: These cars aren't meant to blow your budget, and they're not meant to fool anyone into thinking you hit the lottery. No, these five cars say absolutely nothing about your income. No beaten '91 Lexus LS 400 with a salvage title, 200K on the odometer and ripped leather here, my friend. Nor will you find a deeply discounted brand-new Escalade for a poseur who remortgaged his house to pay for it. Vote for your favorite or tell us what we missed. And remember this is all in fun -- we know none of you would ever make assumptions about people based on their cars. Our winner in the New Car category is the Toyota Prius. Starting at $21,500, the Prius can be had for less than the decidedly less chic Taurus SEL, Altima 2.5 S, or well-equipped Malibu -- none of which would garner a valet spot out front at a Kimpton. Gas mileage, environmental impact and performance aside, what other car can you probably afford that Prince Charles and Will Ferrell also own? Photo: julycgarcia/Flickr Our best-in-class for Certified Pre Owned is the Ford Mustang, simply because of its timeless appeal and wide range of option packages. There are a plethora of certified, in-warranty Mustangs out there, and you can snag a new body style 2005 for less than $13,000. Nobody has to know that you have cloth seats and a V6. Plus, you'll be getting close to 30 mpg. We just beg you not to slap on decals to make the car look like a Saleen, or even a GT. Photo: pappyrb/Flickr Our Luxury Used Car pick is the 1995-1997 Jaguar XJ6, some of the best cars that ever came out of Browns Lane. To the untrained eye, it might as well be a 2003. To the thrifty used-car shopper, it's a curvaceous wood-and-leather beauty fit for a Prime Minister. The secret to this pick is that it suffers from the Jaguar reputation for truly unreliable cars, which drives the resale value down to less than 8% of the original purchase price. The '95 through '97 -- post-Lucas, pre-Nikasil -- are surprisingly reliable and get great mileage for a full-size car. For less than $4000, you can pick up a '95 with less than 100K on the hand-finished wooden dashboard. Photo: Wired.com The hands-down Beater winner is the Volvo 240/740/940 series, a car that practically screams "tenured professor." Thanks to their, um, timeless looks and legendary longevity, for $750 and an hour on Craigslist you can pick up an early-'90s survivor with heated leather seats, a crank-open sunroof and a bulletproof B230 engine. The best part is, the sort of people who make such assumptions will assume that you could be driving a better car, but that you just have better things on which to spend your money. If you really want to make the car your own, get as many high-mileage medallions as your car deserves. Photo: sol2498/Flickr Finally, our Country Club pick is the Mercedes-Benz 300SDL. It'll set you back more than a Volvo, but you'll feel like the villain in Beverly Hills Cop. A lot of these cars are still driven by their now-octagenarian original owners, thrifty-Yankee-types with an "if it ain't broke" mentality about their transportation. If your nosy coworkers give you a hard time about your Benz, you can simply tell the guy who just spent $30,000 on a brand-new SUV that you're just an average Joe or Jane who happened to buy a 25-year-old car. The 300 gets bonus points if it's converted to biodiesel. Photo: axshunj/Flickr Main photo: Foto Bocch/Flickr Your turn: Vote for your favorite, and tell us which one we missed. poll by twiigs.com
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]]> Recreation > Autos > Magazines and E-zines {AUTOS > MAGAZINES AND E-ZINES} - Impress for Less With These 5 Rides http://articles.world-of-newave.info/recreation/autos/magazines-and-e_zines/impress-for-less-with-these-5-rides-20080852823.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/recreation/autos/magazines-and-e_zines/impress-for-less-with-these-5-rides-20080852823.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:38:12 GMT So your co-worker has just pulled into the company lot in a shiny new car that isn't a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. He works in the same department you do and makes the same salary, so you figure that he's lost a distant but wealthy relative or got a bonus that really should've gone to you. All possibilities, but odds are your cubemate learned the secret of buying an car that belies his socioeconomic status. We're here to help you gain the same skill by Autopia's "5 Best Bang for Your Buck" cars. Let's get one thing straight: These cars aren't meant to blow your budget, and they're not meant to fool anyone into thinking you hit the lottery. No, these five cars say absolutely nothing about your income. No beaten '91 Lexus LS 400 with a salvage title, 200K on the odometer and ripped leather here, my friend. Nor will you find a deeply discounted brand-new Escalade for a poseur who remortgaged his house to pay for it. Vote for your favorite or tell us what we missed. And remember this is all in fun -- we know none of you would ever make assumptions about people based on their cars. Our winner in the New Car category is the Toyota Prius. Starting at $21,500, the Prius can be had for less than the decidedly less chic Taurus SEL, Altima 2.5 S, or well-equipped Malibu -- none of which would garner a valet spot out front at a Kimpton. Gas mileage, environmental impact and performance aside, what other car can you probably afford that Prince Charles and Will Ferrell also own? Photo: julycgarcia/Flickr Our best-in-class for Certified Pre Owned is the Ford Mustang, simply because of its timeless appeal and wide range of option packages. There are a plethora of certified, in-warranty Mustangs out there, and you can snag a new body style 2005 for less than $13,000. Nobody has to know that you have cloth seats and a V6. Plus, you'll be getting close to 30 mpg. We just beg you not to slap on decals to make the car look like a Saleen, or even a GT. Photo: pappyrb/Flickr Our Luxury Used Car pick is the 1995-1997 Jaguar XJ6, some of the best cars that ever came out of Browns Lane. To the untrained eye, it might as well be a 2003. To the thrifty used-car shopper, it's a curvaceous wood-and-leather beauty fit for a Prime Minister. The secret to this pick is that it suffers from the Jaguar reputation for truly unreliable cars, which drives the resale value down to less than 8% of the original purchase price. The '95 through '97 -- post-Lucas, pre-Nikasil -- are surprisingly reliable and get great mileage for a full-size car. For less than $4000, you can pick up a '95 with less than 100K on the hand-finished wooden dashboard. Photo: Wired.com The hands-down Beater winner is the Volvo 240/740/940 series, a car that practically screams "tenured professor." Thanks to their, um, timeless looks and legendary longevity, for $750 and an hour on Craigslist you can pick up an early-'90s survivor with heated leather seats, a crank-open sunroof and a bulletproof B230 engine. The best part is, the sort of people who make such assumptions will assume that you could be driving a better car, but that you just have better things on which to spend your money. If you really want to make the car your own, get as many high-mileage medallions as your car deserves. Photo: sol2498/Flickr Finally, our Country Club pick is the Mercedes-Benz 300SDL. It'll set you back more than a Volvo, but you'll feel like the villain in Beverly Hills Cop. A lot of these cars are still driven by their now-octagenarian original owners, thrifty-Yankee-types with an "if it ain't broke" mentality about their transportation. If your nosy coworkers give you a hard time about your Benz, you can simply tell the guy who just spent $30,000 on a brand-new SUV that you're just an average Joe or Jane who happened to buy a 25-year-old car. The 300 gets bonus points if it's converted to biodiesel. Photo: axshunj/Flickr Main photo: Foto Bocch/Flickr Your turn: Vote for your favorite, and tell us which one we missed. poll by twiigs.com Blog.Wired.Com Impress for Less With These 5 Rides {new window}   Blog.Wired.Com - So your co-worker has just pulled into the company lot in a shiny new car that isn't a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord. He works in the same department you do and makes the same salary, so you figure that he's lost a distant but wealthy relative or got a bonus that really should've gone to you. All possibilities, but odds are your cubemate learned the secret of buying an car that belies his socioeconomic status. We're here to help you gain the same skill by Autopia's "5 Best Bang for Your Buck" cars. Let's get one thing straight: These cars aren't meant to blow your budget, and they're not meant to fool anyone into thinking you hit the lottery. No, these five cars say absolutely nothing about your income. No beaten '91 Lexus LS 400 with a salvage title, 200K on the odometer and ripped leather here, my friend. Nor will you find a deeply discounted brand-new Escalade for a poseur who remortgaged his house to pay for it. Vote for your favorite or tell us what we missed. And remember this is all in fun -- we know none of you would ever make assumptions about people based on their cars. Our winner in the New Car category is the Toyota Prius. Starting at $21,500, the Prius can be had for less than the decidedly less chic Taurus SEL, Altima 2.5 S, or well-equipped Malibu -- none of which would garner a valet spot out front at a Kimpton. Gas mileage, environmental impact and performance aside, what other car can you probably afford that Prince Charles and Will Ferrell also own? Photo: julycgarcia/Flickr Our best-in-class for Certified Pre Owned is the Ford Mustang, simply because of its timeless appeal and wide range of option packages. There are a plethora of certified, in-warranty Mustangs out there, and you can snag a new body style 2005 for less than $13,000. Nobody has to know that you have cloth seats and a V6. Plus, you'll be getting close to 30 mpg. We just beg you not to slap on decals to make the car look like a Saleen, or even a GT. Photo: pappyrb/Flickr Our Luxury Used Car pick is the 1995-1997 Jaguar XJ6, some of the best cars that ever came out of Browns Lane. To the untrained eye, it might as well be a 2003. To the thrifty used-car shopper, it's a curvaceous wood-and-leather beauty fit for a Prime Minister. The secret to this pick is that it suffers from the Jaguar reputation for truly unreliable cars, which drives the resale value down to less than 8% of the original purchase price. The '95 through '97 -- post-Lucas, pre-Nikasil -- are surprisingly reliable and get great mileage for a full-size car. For less than $4000, you can pick up a '95 with less than 100K on the hand-finished wooden dashboard. Photo: Wired.com The hands-down Beater winner is the Volvo 240/740/940 series, a car that practically screams "tenured professor." Thanks to their, um, timeless looks and legendary longevity, for $750 and an hour on Craigslist you can pick up an early-'90s survivor with heated leather seats, a crank-open sunroof and a bulletproof B230 engine. The best part is, the sort of people who make such assumptions will assume that you could be driving a better car, but that you just have better things on which to spend your money. If you really want to make the car your own, get as many high-mileage medallions as your car deserves. Photo: sol2498/Flickr Finally, our Country Club pick is the Mercedes-Benz 300SDL. It'll set you back more than a Volvo, but you'll feel like the villain in Beverly Hills Cop. A lot of these cars are still driven by their now-octagenarian original owners, thrifty-Yankee-types with an "if it ain't broke" mentality about their transportation. If your nosy coworkers give you a hard time about your Benz, you can simply tell the guy who just spent $30,000 on a brand-new SUV that you're just an average Joe or Jane who happened to buy a 25-year-old car. The 300 gets bonus points if it's converted to biodiesel. Photo: axshunj/Flickr Main photo: Foto Bocch/Flickr Your turn: Vote for your favorite, and tell us which one we missed. poll by twiigs.com
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]]> Recreation > Autos > Magazines and E-zines {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - Marriott's Desert Spring Villas *** SUPER RESORT *** 5 STAR CONDO !!!!!!!!!!! (Palm Desert, CA (Palm Springs Area)) 1bd http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/marriott-s-desert-spring-villas-super-resort-5-star-20080827125.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/marriott-s-desert-spring-villas-super-resort-5-star-20080827125.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:35 GMT Marriott’s Desert Spring Villas I & II1091 Pinehurst LanePalm Desert, CA 92260   1 BEDROOM / 1 BATHROOM VILLA   *** PROVIDE YOUR TRAVEL DATES        NAME & PHONE FOR PRICE ** ONLY $895 per WEEK **   (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday checkin's for seven night stays)   Resort Site (Villas I): http://www.vacationclub.com/resorts/de/default.jsp   Resort Site (Villas II):http://www.vacationclub.com/resorts/ds/default.jsp   Imagine the perfection of incomparable desert nights and unsurpassed sunny days. Imagine a strikingly beautiful Southern California villa to call home—one flanked by the snow-capped peaks of the San Jacinto, Santa Rosa and San Gorgonio Mountains. Everything you want in a vacation is here, at Marriott's Shadow Ridge. Adjacent to 36 holes of championship golf and 19 tennis courts, this resort places you in easy reach of the best the valley has to offer—from hot-air ballooning to jeep rides across the desert. Add a European spa where you can allow yourself to be pampered and you have an incredible paradise! *** PROVIDE YOUR TRAVEL DATES        NAME & PHONE FOR PRICE   modified to deal with specific types of stimulus thus there are many different types of sensory receptors in the body The neuron is the primary component of the nervous system which transmits messages from sensory receptors all over the body The public is permitted to see such authorizations and licensees are required to give the public access to those documents The engine of the i as seen in cutaway behind the rear seats and under the floor of the rear hatch storage area just ahead of the rear axle src The departure of Engelmann one of the band's main songwriters and singers was a drastic change for the band A few months later Cinninger disbanded Ali Baba's Tahini to join Hong Kong First Division League 1999-00 Hong Kong First Division League 1998-99 Hong Kong First Division League 2000-01 1999 2000 Double Flower Extra time Football (soccer) Happy Valley AA Hong Kong First Division League Hong Kong First Division League 1971-72 Each member of the group designed their own part of the area and its buildings In the middle 1960s a modern garden city was built which brought world-wide fame for Finnish Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Marriott's Desert Spring Villas *** SUPER RESORT *** 5 STAR CONDO !!!!!!!!!!! (Palm Desert, CA (Palm Springs Area)) 1bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Marriott’s Desert Spring Villas I & II1091 Pinehurst LanePalm Desert, CA 92260   1 BEDROOM / 1 BATHROOM VILLA   *** PROVIDE YOUR TRAVEL DATES        NAME & PHONE FOR PRICE ** ONLY $895 per WEEK **   (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday checkin's for seven night stays)   Resort Site (Villas I): http://www.vacationclub.com/resorts/de/default.jsp   Resort Site (Villas II):http://www.vacationclub.com/resorts/ds/default.jsp   Imagine the perfection of incomparable desert nights and unsurpassed sunny days. Imagine a strikingly beautiful Southern California villa to call home—one flanked by the snow-capped peaks of the San Jacinto, Santa Rosa and San Gorgonio Mountains. Everything you want in a vacation is here, at Marriott's Shadow Ridge. Adjacent to 36 holes of championship golf and 19 tennis courts, this resort places you in easy reach of the best the valley has to offer—from hot-air ballooning to jeep rides across the desert. Add a European spa where you can allow yourself to be pampered and you have an incredible paradise! *** PROVIDE YOUR TRAVEL DATES        NAME & PHONE FOR PRICE   modified to deal with specific types of stimulus thus there are many different types of sensory receptors in the body The neuron is the primary component of the nervous system which transmits messages from sensory receptors all over the body The public is permitted to see such authorizations and licensees are required to give the public access to those documents The engine of the i as seen in cutaway behind the rear seats and under the floor of the rear hatch storage area just ahead of the rear axle src The departure of Engelmann one of the band's main songwriters and singers was a drastic change for the band A few months later Cinninger disbanded Ali Baba's Tahini to join Hong Kong First Division League 1999-00 Hong Kong First Division League 1998-99 Hong Kong First Division League 2000-01 1999 2000 Double Flower Extra time Football (soccer) Happy Valley AA Hong Kong First Division League Hong Kong First Division League 1971-72 Each member of the group designed their own part of the area and its buildings In the middle 1960s a modern garden city was built which brought world-wide fame for Finnish
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Travel and Tourism > Lodging {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - Jeff Han: We're Just Scratching the Surface of Multitouch http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/jeff-han-we-re-just-scratching-the-surface-of-multitouch-20080827832.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/jeff-han-we-re-just-scratching-the-surface-of-multitouch-20080827832.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:30:00 GMT SAN JOSE, California -- Jeff Han has some simple advice for companies thinking about how to integrate the latest interface technology into their products: Start over. "It's like Yoda said, you must unlearn what you've learned," he says, referring to the 40 years that the mouse and keyboard have dictated how we interact with computers. Admittedly, that's no easy task, so the multitouch pioneer and his company, Perceptive Pixel, have devoted the better part of two years to building an entirely new multitouch framework from the ground up. Instead of simply mapping multitouch technology to familiar interfaces and devices, Han's goal is far more sweeping: To use the technology as a foundation for an entirely new operating system. That would be an ambitious goal for anyone, but it might be within reach for Han, who until two years ago was virtually unknown outside of academia. His demonstration of a multitouch display, which was sensitive not just to one finger (or a stylus) but to each of a user's ten digits, wowed the crowd at TED in 2006 and put multitouch on the map. Since then, Han's company has put multitouch screens on CNN and the Democratic National Convention, among other places. Microsoft's multitouch-enabled table, the Surface, has been showing up in Las Vegas casinos. And Apple's iPhone has shown that multitouch can be wildly popular, leading many other companies to try adding multitouch and other innovative interfaces to their own products. Wired.com caught up with Han shortly after he joined Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang onstage at the inaugural Nvision visual-computing conference on Monday. Wired.com: You mentioned it in your TED talk two years ago and you brought it up again today: We've been tethered to the keyboard and mouse for close to 40 years. So how far has multitouch technology really come over the past couple years? And is it any closer to freeing us from the tyranny of the mouse and keyboard? Jeff Han: Well, the reason why multitouch is really exciting is because ? we realized immediately it's really an undiscovered country. We knew there was a lot of mileage to be had by entering this field. So, really, on a high level, I can honestly tell you we're just scratching the surface with multitouch. The progress we've been making, and the progress other research groups and companies out there have been making, that's still seminal stuff. There's a lot more we have to figure out. Some of the really trivial things -- like taking two fingers and zooming into a picture -- that's done. But the kind of stuff we really think will unlock this technology is not just simple extensions to the keyboard and mouse stuff. I see companies out there starting to do some multitouch stuff -- and all they do is remap to the standard way we interact with computers. Wired.com: Yeah, it seems like today multitouch is really more of a technology that's just slapped on top of the normal interfaces we're all accustomed to. Han: Well, there are two reasons for that. One, it's really hard to unlearn the mouse. When you've grown up and have been living and breathing the GUI and the WIMP (window, icon, menu, pointing) interface, it's actually really hard to think differently. Two -- and this is why our company has been spending a lot of time and energy on the software side of things -- it turns out that no operating system right now really understands multitouch at a fundamental level. What we've been really spending our energy on is this framework. We even have to throw away the traditional event model ? and dispense with some of that lower-level machinery and pull it out. Right now, no operating system will work that way except in a graft-on format. What we've done is essentially rebuilt that entire stack. We did it because there was enough stuff to actually pull out. We didn't want to. Frankly, nobody really wants to rebuild something like that, but we knew there would be some payoffs. It took a lot of time, but since the TED 2006 talk, that's what we've been doing -- just the fundamental behind-the-scenes stuff, the foundational work. Wired.com: During your demos, you tend to use pretty beefy screens. You also talk a lot about how multitouch is also fundamentally about being multi-user. For the types of interfaces and user experiences you envision, are these bigger screens going to be a necessity? Han: The thing to keep in mind with all of our work is that we're not really advocating replacements. Multitouch is natural and useful for different modes [of computing] that may be inappropriate for the keyboard and the mouse. But there's always going to be things that the keyboard and mouse excel at. That said, we really see multitouch's potential being unlocked when you make it large. When you think of multitouch as "ubiquitous" or "pervasive" computing -- words that have been thrown around a lot in the past ten years -- ironically, there are really two ways to do such computing: Giant wall displays and personal ones that you carry with you all the time. [They are] totally different spectrums though. Wired.com: At the time of your 2006 TED talk, you said there was very little investment flowing into multitouch. We now have a hugely successful product that has captured the attention of consumers and the tech industry alike. How does the multitouch landscape evolve from here? Han: I think there's going to be an ecosystem out there. I don't think there's going to be one dominant player. There's a danger, however, in that it's a bit of a gold rush land grab at the moment. It took a long time to make a GUI out of the elements of a mouse: The dropdown menus, the buttons, the dialogue box and everything else associated with it. It's going to be dangerous having multiple parties all doing this with multitouch on their own, saying we think this three-point gesture should be interpreted this way, and so on. Wired.com: We've actually already explored whether there could be a coming patent battle over multitouch gestures as the technology gets more pervasive. So, based on those dangers you just highlighted, do you yourself patent your own gestures? Han: A lot of our research is coming up with gestures or manipulation metaphors. We have a general framework that a lot of the stuff shakes out of, actually. In terms of patents, as a small company, it's very important for us to protect our IP. So we do actively file patents both on hardware and software sides. Wired.com: But for the technology to become truly pervasive isn't it important to have, say, a universal series of gestures that everyone can agree on? Han: That's a great question. In order for this ecosystem to survive, there's going to have to be some standards bodies that say even though we're competitors, let's agree on some terminology, let's agree on some sub-gestures that none of us technically own. The problem is, multitouch is such a hyped field right now, it's very, very tempting for companies to start saying: Oh, we have multitouch, too. Now multitouch is starting to have all these different meanings that all of us don't necessarily agree on. Our definition of multitouch -- and we're starting to use the term true multitouch -- means an arbitrary number of finger points at the same time, or styluses, or any other object really. But there are other companies that take a more constrained view. Multi means more than one in English, right? So there's a two-touch system that is out there. And they're calling it multitouch. That's terrible because those are the kind of unsynchronized efforts by different players that can really cause a lot of harm for the rest of the industry. Wired.com: So if we're just scratching the surface with multitouch, where do you see things going? Obviously we have one very popular multitouch device: the iPhone. But the technology is also migrating to the desktop, although multitouch capable PCs seem like awkward hybrid devices. They seem sort of gimmicky. Han: One of the things that makes us a little different from the other players out there is that we're not trying to go right to the home. Because there's still so much unknown stuff in the multitouch space, we're trying to figure out how this technology is useful for things like productivity first -- how is it useful in specialized markets. And then we hopefully learn a lot there and see how it's applicable to the rest of the consumer market. I actually think it's very important to start using these systems not as gimmicks or for doing things like, say, ordering drinks at a restaurant. Instead, let's see how useful this will be for helping collaboration in a creative company or for info visualization or presentation. Wired.com: Like the "Magic Wall" you built for CNN. Han: Right. But stuff where the technology really impacts a lot of people. Honestly, those are the application areas that we're learning the most from. How does a CAD designer manipulate multiple parts of a building or engine with only his hands? Those are the tough questions. That's why we chose to go after those markets for now. Plus, by the time we get to the consumer, we won't be experimenting anymore. We'll know that this is the way to do things. Wired.com So, aside from building a new multitouch OS from the ground up, what else have you been working on? And long term, will multitouch simply give way to multi-gesture, as in Minority Report? Han: One of the things we're working on that we're really excited about is the fact that our devices use pressure information. They actually know how hard you're pressing on them with each of your fingers. So there's a neat thing we're going to show off in a couple months where we're using the pressure information to actually help you manage those 2D objects on the screen. You'll be able to push things and slip things underneath each other. It's extremely elegant and it actually works on single touch too. The answer to the second question is: I hate Minority Report. I hate pure gestural interfaces because they actually work very poorly. It's been proven. The human body really needs that kind of tactile feedback. However, combining it with touch, I do believe that for a future far out there, integrating the two together may actually be more successful that each one on its own. Wired.Com Jeff Han: We're Just Scratching the Surface of Multitouch {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - SAN JOSE, California -- Jeff Han has some simple advice for companies thinking about how to integrate the latest interface technology into their products: Start over. "It's like Yoda said, you must unlearn what you've learned," he says, referring to the 40 years that the mouse and keyboard have dictated how we interact with computers. Admittedly, that's no easy task, so the multitouch pioneer and his company, Perceptive Pixel, have devoted the better part of two years to building an entirely new multitouch framework from the ground up. Instead of simply mapping multitouch technology to familiar interfaces and devices, Han's goal is far more sweeping: To use the technology as a foundation for an entirely new operating system. That would be an ambitious goal for anyone, but it might be within reach for Han, who until two years ago was virtually unknown outside of academia. His demonstration of a multitouch display, which was sensitive not just to one finger (or a stylus) but to each of a user's ten digits, wowed the crowd at TED in 2006 and put multitouch on the map. Since then, Han's company has put multitouch screens on CNN and the Democratic National Convention, among other places. Microsoft's multitouch-enabled table, the Surface, has been showing up in Las Vegas casinos. And Apple's iPhone has shown that multitouch can be wildly popular, leading many other companies to try adding multitouch and other innovative interfaces to their own products. Wired.com caught up with Han shortly after he joined Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang onstage at the inaugural Nvision visual-computing conference on Monday. Wired.com: You mentioned it in your TED talk two years ago and you brought it up again today: We've been tethered to the keyboard and mouse for close to 40 years. So how far has multitouch technology really come over the past couple years? And is it any closer to freeing us from the tyranny of the mouse and keyboard? Jeff Han: Well, the reason why multitouch is really exciting is because ? we realized immediately it's really an undiscovered country. We knew there was a lot of mileage to be had by entering this field. So, really, on a high level, I can honestly tell you we're just scratching the surface with multitouch. The progress we've been making, and the progress other research groups and companies out there have been making, that's still seminal stuff. There's a lot more we have to figure out. Some of the really trivial things -- like taking two fingers and zooming into a picture -- that's done. But the kind of stuff we really think will unlock this technology is not just simple extensions to the keyboard and mouse stuff. I see companies out there starting to do some multitouch stuff -- and all they do is remap to the standard way we interact with computers. Wired.com: Yeah, it seems like today multitouch is really more of a technology that's just slapped on top of the normal interfaces we're all accustomed to. Han: Well, there are two reasons for that. One, it's really hard to unlearn the mouse. When you've grown up and have been living and breathing the GUI and the WIMP (window, icon, menu, pointing) interface, it's actually really hard to think differently. Two -- and this is why our company has been spending a lot of time and energy on the software side of things -- it turns out that no operating system right now really understands multitouch at a fundamental level. What we've been really spending our energy on is this framework. We even have to throw away the traditional event model ? and dispense with some of that lower-level machinery and pull it out. Right now, no operating system will work that way except in a graft-on format. What we've done is essentially rebuilt that entire stack. We did it because there was enough stuff to actually pull out. We didn't want to. Frankly, nobody really wants to rebuild something like that, but we knew there would be some payoffs. It took a lot of time, but since the TED 2006 talk, that's what we've been doing -- just the fundamental behind-the-scenes stuff, the foundational work. Wired.com: During your demos, you tend to use pretty beefy screens. You also talk a lot about how multitouch is also fundamentally about being multi-user. For the types of interfaces and user experiences you envision, are these bigger screens going to be a necessity? Han: The thing to keep in mind with all of our work is that we're not really advocating replacements. Multitouch is natural and useful for different modes [of computing] that may be inappropriate for the keyboard and the mouse. But there's always going to be things that the keyboard and mouse excel at. That said, we really see multitouch's potential being unlocked when you make it large. When you think of multitouch as "ubiquitous" or "pervasive" computing -- words that have been thrown around a lot in the past ten years -- ironically, there are really two ways to do such computing: Giant wall displays and personal ones that you carry with you all the time. [They are] totally different spectrums though. Wired.com: At the time of your 2006 TED talk, you said there was very little investment flowing into multitouch. We now have a hugely successful product that has captured the attention of consumers and the tech industry alike. How does the multitouch landscape evolve from here? Han: I think there's going to be an ecosystem out there. I don't think there's going to be one dominant player. There's a danger, however, in that it's a bit of a gold rush land grab at the moment. It took a long time to make a GUI out of the elements of a mouse: The dropdown menus, the buttons, the dialogue box and everything else associated with it. It's going to be dangerous having multiple parties all doing this with multitouch on their own, saying we think this three-point gesture should be interpreted this way, and so on. Wired.com: We've actually already explored whether there could be a coming patent battle over multitouch gestures as the technology gets more pervasive. So, based on those dangers you just highlighted, do you yourself patent your own gestures? Han: A lot of our research is coming up with gestures or manipulation metaphors. We have a general framework that a lot of the stuff shakes out of, actually. In terms of patents, as a small company, it's very important for us to protect our IP. So we do actively file patents both on hardware and software sides. Wired.com: But for the technology to become truly pervasive isn't it important to have, say, a universal series of gestures that everyone can agree on? Han: That's a great question. In order for this ecosystem to survive, there's going to have to be some standards bodies that say even though we're competitors, let's agree on some terminology, let's agree on some sub-gestures that none of us technically own. The problem is, multitouch is such a hyped field right now, it's very, very tempting for companies to start saying: Oh, we have multitouch, too. Now multitouch is starting to have all these different meanings that all of us don't necessarily agree on. Our definition of multitouch -- and we're starting to use the term true multitouch -- means an arbitrary number of finger points at the same time, or styluses, or any other object really. But there are other companies that take a more constrained view. Multi means more than one in English, right? So there's a two-touch system that is out there. And they're calling it multitouch. That's terrible because those are the kind of unsynchronized efforts by different players that can really cause a lot of harm for the rest of the industry. Wired.com: So if we're just scratching the surface with multitouch, where do you see things going? Obviously we have one very popular multitouch device: the iPhone. But the technology is also migrating to the desktop, although multitouch capable PCs seem like awkward hybrid devices. They seem sort of gimmicky. Han: One of the things that makes us a little different from the other players out there is that we're not trying to go right to the home. Because there's still so much unknown stuff in the multitouch space, we're trying to figure out how this technology is useful for things like productivity first -- how is it useful in specialized markets. And then we hopefully learn a lot there and see how it's applicable to the rest of the consumer market. I actually think it's very important to start using these systems not as gimmicks or for doing things like, say, ordering drinks at a restaurant. Instead, let's see how useful this will be for helping collaboration in a creative company or for info visualization or presentation. Wired.com: Like the "Magic Wall" you built for CNN. Han: Right. But stuff where the technology really impacts a lot of people. Honestly, those are the application areas that we're learning the most from. How does a CAD designer manipulate multiple parts of a building or engine with only his hands? Those are the tough questions. That's why we chose to go after those markets for now. Plus, by the time we get to the consumer, we won't be experimenting anymore. We'll know that this is the way to do things. Wired.com So, aside from building a new multitouch OS from the ground up, what else have you been working on? And long term, will multitouch simply give way to multi-gesture, as in Minority Report? Han: One of the things we're working on that we're really excited about is the fact that our devices use pressure information. They actually know how hard you're pressing on them with each of your fingers. So there's a neat thing we're going to show off in a couple months where we're using the pressure information to actually help you manage those 2D objects on the screen. You'll be able to push things and slip things underneath each other. It's extremely elegant and it actually works on single touch too. The answer to the second question is: I hate Minority Report. I hate pure gestural interfaces because they actually work very poorly. It's been proven. The human body really needs that kind of tactile feedback. However, combining it with touch, I do believe that for a future far out there, integrating the two together may actually be more successful that each one on its own.
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]]> News > Breaking News {BY SUBJECT > INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY} - Video Game Helps Young Cancer Patients Take Meds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/by-subject/information-technology/video-game-helps-young-cancer-patients-take-meds-2008085027.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/by-subject/information-technology/video-game-helps-young-cancer-patients-take-meds-2008085027.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:31:00 GMT Cancer patients stick to their medication regimen thanks to Re-Mission, a specially designed video game that teaches adherence to treatment plans. Re-Mission players control a tiny robot called Roxxi who moves around in a 3-D environment representing the inside of the body of a young cancer patient. Players can use Roxxi to blast cancer cells and control side effects, and winning the game requires taking chemotherapy drugs and antibiotics, using relaxation techniques, eating food, and keeping up with other types of self-care. - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Playing a specially designed video game can help adolescents and young adult cancer patients adhere more closely to their prescribed treatment, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics. quot;Targeted video games can help improve the lives of young people with... Eweek.Com Video Game Helps Young Cancer Patients Take Meds {new window}   Www.Eweek.Com - Cancer patients stick to their medication regimen thanks to Re-Mission, a specially designed video game that teaches adherence to treatment plans. Re-Mission players control a tiny robot called Roxxi who moves around in a 3-D environment representing the inside of the body of a young cancer patient. Players can use Roxxi to blast cancer cells and control side effects, and winning the game requires taking chemotherapy drugs and antibiotics, using relaxation techniques, eating food, and keeping up with other types of self-care. - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Playing a specially designed video game can help adolescents and young adult cancer patients adhere more closely to their prescribed treatment, according to a report in the journal Pediatrics. quot;Targeted video games can help improve the lives of young people with...
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]]> News > By Subject > Information Technology {NORTH AMERICA > REAL ESTATE} - Beautiful office(s) in downtown Santa Cruz (santa cruz) 330sqft http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/beautiful-office-s-in-downtown-santa-cruz-santa-20080780539.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/beautiful-office-s-in-downtown-santa-cruz-santa-20080780539.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:54:42 GMT 2 separate offices available to rent part-time or full-time. They are both spacious with windows and share a nicely furnished waiting room and bathroom. Can be rented by the hour, day, half-day, month or year. They could serve nicely for various professions and types of businesses including therapists, body workers and healers. 1 office is 330 sqft and has two entrances. It is nicely furnished with a couch and two chairs and a desk. 1 office is 220 sqft and has two large desks and a small sitting area. It may be possible to rent the suite (both offices), furnished or unfurnished, at some point in the future. Call (831) 466-0464 Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Beautiful office(s) in downtown Santa Cruz (santa cruz) 330sqft {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - 2 separate offices available to rent part-time or full-time. They are both spacious with windows and share a nicely furnished waiting room and bathroom. Can be rented by the hour, day, half-day, month or year. They could serve nicely for various professions and types of businesses including therapists, body workers and healers. 1 office is 330 sqft and has two entrances. It is nicely furnished with a couch and two chairs and a desk. 1 office is 220 sqft and has two large desks and a small sitting area. It may be possible to rent the suite (both offices), furnished or unfurnished, at some point in the future. Call (831) 466-0464
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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - July 25: Four Women Who Made a Difference http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/july-25-four-women-who-made-a-difference-20080719124.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/july-25-four-women-who-made-a-difference-20080719124.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT July 25: In science and technology, spheres of society where women are woefully underrepresented, this day in history offers a bountiful exception. Here are the milestones: In 1865, "James Barry," the first woman physician in modern times, compelled to disguise herself as a man in order to practice her profession, dies. In 1920, Rosalind Franklin, the unheralded co-discoverer of DNA, is born. In 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, is born. In 1984, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to walk in space. James Barry Barry, whose actual identity remains unknown, was born somewhere around 1795. After finishing medical school (at the age of 13, and already in disguise), "James Barry" waited a few years before joining the British army in 1813, where "he" served with distinction in a number of colonial postings, including India, South Africa and Canada. While in South Africa, Barry became the first doctor-surgeon in the British Empire to perform a Caesarean section in which both the mother and child survived. Prior to that, C-sections were generally performed only when the mother was dead or dying. Barry rose to the rank of inspector general in the army, but also worked with the Royal Navy, while stationed in Malta and Corfu, to improve the harsh conditions for sailors at sea. It wasn't until Barry died in 1865 that it was discovered at the autopsy that "he" was really a "she." Somehow, Barry had managed to conceal her actual sex (and to give birth to a child herself) for more than 40 years. She was also the first woman to receive a medical degree, although the dons had no idea they were handing their sheepskin to a woman. The first woman to earn a medical degree when her sex was known was Elizabeth Blackwell, who received her diploma barely two months after Barry died. Rosalind Franklin In April 1962, three men -- James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins -- shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery a decade earlier of the structure of DNA. Rosalind Franklin, a chemist whose X-ray diffusion photographs of DNA molecules showed their essential structure and paved the way for the trio's work, received nothing. The extent to which Franklin was dismissed by her peers varies in the telling, although it was real enough: In his memoir, Watson wrote unflatteringly of her and downplayed her role in the discovery. Wilkins, a colleague of Franklin's who disliked her feminist attitudes, was equally critical. He'd also provided Watson, without Franklin's knowledge, with her key photograph, which showed -- for the first time -- the double-helix shape that underlies the structure of DNA. The photograph caused Watson to remark later: "The instant I saw the picture, my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race." Crick was far more gracious, crediting Franklin with having done "the key experimental work." He also said that Franklin's early critique of their theoretical work caused them to rethink things, helping to set them on the right path. The most recent scholarship, a 2002 biography (Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, by Brenda Maddox), paints Franklin neither as a feminist hero nor a spurned woman. Her role in helping to solve the mystery of DNA is unquestioned, and her place in science history is secure. Unhappily, Franklin died of cancer in 1958, only 37 years old. This has been cited as the reason she was not included with the others: The Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously. Louise Joy Brown Today is Brown's 30th birthday. Brown, a British postal worker, is married and the mother of a 19-month-old boy. She is also the first person ever to be conceived by in vitro fertilization: the world's first test-tube baby. Louise is the daughter of John and Lesley Brown, who had tried for nine years to conceive, before an infertility expert referred them to Patrick Steptoe, a gynecologist. Steptoe, working with physiologist Robert Edwards, had also been trying -- and failing -- to conceive a child since 1966. The difference, of course, is that Messrs. Steptoe and Edwards were hoping to conceive theirs in a laboratory petri dish. ("Test-tube baby" was a media invention, but as long as it's in glass, it's in vitro.) They did succeed, however, in developing the method for fertilizing an egg outside a woman's body, which gave them hope. Enter Lesley Brown, whose fallopian tubes were blocked, a condition that makes it impossible to become pregnant through sexual intercourse. Steptoe surgically removed an egg from one of her ovaries on Nov. 10, 1977, fertilized it in his laboratory and returned two nights later (after a dinner party for his wife's birthday) to find that the egg had evolved into an eight-cell embryo. Steptoe implanted the embryo into Lesley Brown's uterus and hoped for the best. For nearly four years, every attempt at in vitro fertilization had failed, a fact the physicians didn't bother mentioning to the Browns during their interview. But in December, they were able to confirm that their patient was pregnant. The most difficult part of Lesley Brown's pregnancy was dealing with the British tabloid press, which hounded the prospective mother and father unmercifully until the Browns wised up and sold the exclusive rights to their story to one of the jackals. Louise Joy Brown was delivered by Caesarean section at 11:47 p.m. July 25. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces: small, but not exceptionally so. As Steptoe described it: "I laid her down, all pink and furious, and saw at once that she was externally perfect and beautiful." Steptoe died when Louise was 10, but Edwards attended her wedding. She told the Daily Mail earlier this month, "It's nice to have a close relationship. He's like a granddad to me." Svetlana Savitskaya Cosmonaut Savitskaya carried on the socialist egalitarian tradition by becoming the first woman to walk in space. She accomplished this while serving as flight engineer aboard the Soyuz T-12 mission to the Salyut 7 space station. Her EVA, or extravehicular activity, came 19 years after cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave an orbiting spacecraft, and she beat American astronaut Kathryn Sullivan out the door by three months. Comrade Savitskaya was, simply, born to be a cosmonaut. Her father was a fighter pilot during World War II, later becoming deputy commander of the Soviet Air Defense, and was twice named a Hero of the Soviet Union. Without her father's knowledge, Savitskaya, who took an avid interest in flying from childhood, learned to parachute. She made 450 jumps by her 17th birthday. She applied to pilot school at age 16, but was rejected because of her age. At 17, after jumping from 46,750 feet and free-falling more than eight miles before deploying her chute -- a record at the time -- Savitskaya began training as a pilot. By the time she was 24, Savitskaya was licensed to fly 20 different types of aircraft, including the MiG-21, which she piloted to a speed of 1,667 mph. Savitskaya became a cosmonaut in 1980 and was the second woman to go into space, preceded only by fellow cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Savitskaya was accompanied in her 1984 EVA by cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov. The pair performed external experiments on the Salyut station and remained outside their Soyuz capsule for more than three-and-a-half hours. Following her return, Savitskaya was selected to command an all-female Soyuz crew for a visit to Salyut 7, in observance of National Women's Day. The mission had to be scrubbed, however, because of problems aboard the space station. Source: Various Wired.Com July 25: Four Women Who Made a Difference {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - July 25: In science and technology, spheres of society where women are woefully underrepresented, this day in history offers a bountiful exception. Here are the milestones: In 1865, "James Barry," the first woman physician in modern times, compelled to disguise herself as a man in order to practice her profession, dies. In 1920, Rosalind Franklin, the unheralded co-discoverer of DNA, is born. In 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, is born. In 1984, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to walk in space. James Barry Barry, whose actual identity remains unknown, was born somewhere around 1795. After finishing medical school (at the age of 13, and already in disguise), "James Barry" waited a few years before joining the British army in 1813, where "he" served with distinction in a number of colonial postings, including India, South Africa and Canada. While in South Africa, Barry became the first doctor-surgeon in the British Empire to perform a Caesarean section in which both the mother and child survived. Prior to that, C-sections were generally performed only when the mother was dead or dying. Barry rose to the rank of inspector general in the army, but also worked with the Royal Navy, while stationed in Malta and Corfu, to improve the harsh conditions for sailors at sea. It wasn't until Barry died in 1865 that it was discovered at the autopsy that "he" was really a "she." Somehow, Barry had managed to conceal her actual sex (and to give birth to a child herself) for more than 40 years. She was also the first woman to receive a medical degree, although the dons had no idea they were handing their sheepskin to a woman. The first woman to earn a medical degree when her sex was known was Elizabeth Blackwell, who received her diploma barely two months after Barry died. Rosalind Franklin In April 1962, three men -- James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins -- shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery a decade earlier of the structure of DNA. Rosalind Franklin, a chemist whose X-ray diffusion photographs of DNA molecules showed their essential structure and paved the way for the trio's work, received nothing. The extent to which Franklin was dismissed by her peers varies in the telling, although it was real enough: In his memoir, Watson wrote unflatteringly of her and downplayed her role in the discovery. Wilkins, a colleague of Franklin's who disliked her feminist attitudes, was equally critical. He'd also provided Watson, without Franklin's knowledge, with her key photograph, which showed -- for the first time -- the double-helix shape that underlies the structure of DNA. The photograph caused Watson to remark later: "The instant I saw the picture, my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race." Crick was far more gracious, crediting Franklin with having done "the key experimental work." He also said that Franklin's early critique of their theoretical work caused them to rethink things, helping to set them on the right path. The most recent scholarship, a 2002 biography (Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, by Brenda Maddox), paints Franklin neither as a feminist hero nor a spurned woman. Her role in helping to solve the mystery of DNA is unquestioned, and her place in science history is secure. Unhappily, Franklin died of cancer in 1958, only 37 years old. This has been cited as the reason she was not included with the others: The Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously. Louise Joy Brown Today is Brown's 30th birthday. Brown, a British postal worker, is married and the mother of a 19-month-old boy. She is also the first person ever to be conceived by in vitro fertilization: the world's first test-tube baby. Louise is the daughter of John and Lesley Brown, who had tried for nine years to conceive, before an infertility expert referred them to Patrick Steptoe, a gynecologist. Steptoe, working with physiologist Robert Edwards, had also been trying -- and failing -- to conceive a child since 1966. The difference, of course, is that Messrs. Steptoe and Edwards were hoping to conceive theirs in a laboratory petri dish. ("Test-tube baby" was a media invention, but as long as it's in glass, it's in vitro.) They did succeed, however, in developing the method for fertilizing an egg outside a woman's body, which gave them hope. Enter Lesley Brown, whose fallopian tubes were blocked, a condition that makes it impossible to become pregnant through sexual intercourse. Steptoe surgically removed an egg from one of her ovaries on Nov. 10, 1977, fertilized it in his laboratory and returned two nights later (after a dinner party for his wife's birthday) to find that the egg had evolved into an eight-cell embryo. Steptoe implanted the embryo into Lesley Brown's uterus and hoped for the best. For nearly four years, every attempt at in vitro fertilization had failed, a fact the physicians didn't bother mentioning to the Browns during their interview. But in December, they were able to confirm that their patient was pregnant. The most difficult part of Lesley Brown's pregnancy was dealing with the British tabloid press, which hounded the prospective mother and father unmercifully until the Browns wised up and sold the exclusive rights to their story to one of the jackals. Louise Joy Brown was delivered by Caesarean section at 11:47 p.m. July 25. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces: small, but not exceptionally so. As Steptoe described it: "I laid her down, all pink and furious, and saw at once that she was externally perfect and beautiful." Steptoe died when Louise was 10, but Edwards attended her wedding. She told the Daily Mail earlier this month, "It's nice to have a close relationship. He's like a granddad to me." Svetlana Savitskaya Cosmonaut Savitskaya carried on the socialist egalitarian tradition by becoming the first woman to walk in space. She accomplished this while serving as flight engineer aboard the Soyuz T-12 mission to the Salyut 7 space station. Her EVA, or extravehicular activity, came 19 years after cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave an orbiting spacecraft, and she beat American astronaut Kathryn Sullivan out the door by three months. Comrade Savitskaya was, simply, born to be a cosmonaut. Her father was a fighter pilot during World War II, later becoming deputy commander of the Soviet Air Defense, and was twice named a Hero of the Soviet Union. Without her father's knowledge, Savitskaya, who took an avid interest in flying from childhood, learned to parachute. She made 450 jumps by her 17th birthday. She applied to pilot school at age 16, but was rejected because of her age. At 17, after jumping from 46,750 feet and free-falling more than eight miles before deploying her chute -- a record at the time -- Savitskaya began training as a pilot. By the time she was 24, Savitskaya was licensed to fly 20 different types of aircraft, including the MiG-21, which she piloted to a speed of 1,667 mph. Savitskaya became a cosmonaut in 1980 and was the second woman to go into space, preceded only by fellow cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Savitskaya was accompanied in her 1984 EVA by cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov. The pair performed external experiments on the Salyut station and remained outside their Soyuz capsule for more than three-and-a-half hours. Following her return, Savitskaya was selected to command an all-female Soyuz crew for a visit to Salyut 7, in observance of National Women's Day. The mission had to be scrubbed, however, because of problems aboard the space station. Source: Various
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]]> News > Breaking News {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Huge Room with Private Bath (noe valley) $1050 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/huge-room-with-private-bath-noe-valley-1050-2008077449.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/huge-room-with-private-bath-noe-valley-1050-2008077449.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:53:31 GMT We are looking for a clean and fun roomie to rent the master bedroom in our 3 bedroom, 2 bath flat in Noe Valley. The room is huge, as well as very private, has its own full bath, and overlooks the peaceful backyard. We occupy the other 2 rooms and share the second bath between us. All utilities (excluding PG&E) are $50 per person ,each month, and are paid by the landlord. *Includes: Water/Trash/Cable/Internet The house is located just blocks away from the Noe Valley scene on 24th street and could not be any more ideal of a location. We also have our own serparate washer/dryer and dishwasher...yeah! About us: We are 23 and 25, and a 5 year old mutt named Harley. We are both working professionals, who like to go out and have fun on occasion, but do not want to live in a party house. We enjoy being outside, checking out all that The City has to offer, and are definitely not the home-body-types. We both stay busy and have a lot going n seperately (boyfriends, work, friends) but like hanging out when we can. We hope to find someone who is around the same age and shares similar interests, doesn't mind sharing cleaning duties, and is somewhat relaxed during the work week, since we both get up early. No drugs/drama please, and dog lovers a plus! Must have a reliable source of income and sorry no more pets allowed (but Harley is willing to share his love) Move in date is July 15th ideally. We just got the place and we know it's short notice so, August 1st move in is negotiable. July rent/utilities would be pro-rated at $550 (since rent will usually be due on the 1st of each month.) If you are interested, please email a bit about yourself. Myspace/Facebook appreciated. Thanks and good luck with your search! Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Huge Room with Private Bath (noe valley) $1050 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - We are looking for a clean and fun roomie to rent the master bedroom in our 3 bedroom, 2 bath flat in Noe Valley. The room is huge, as well as very private, has its own full bath, and overlooks the peaceful backyard. We occupy the other 2 rooms and share the second bath between us. All utilities (excluding PG&E) are $50 per person ,each month, and are paid by the landlord. *Includes: Water/Trash/Cable/Internet The house is located just blocks away from the Noe Valley scene on 24th street and could not be any more ideal of a location. We also have our own serparate washer/dryer and dishwasher...yeah! About us: We are 23 and 25, and a 5 year old mutt named Harley. We are both working professionals, who like to go out and have fun on occasion, but do not want to live in a party house. We enjoy being outside, checking out all that The City has to offer, and are definitely not the home-body-types. We both stay busy and have a lot going n seperately (boyfriends, work, friends) but like hanging out when we can. We hope to find someone who is around the same age and shares similar interests, doesn't mind sharing cleaning duties, and is somewhat relaxed during the work week, since we both get up early. No drugs/drama please, and dog lovers a plus! Must have a reliable source of income and sorry no more pets allowed (but Harley is willing to share his love) Move in date is July 15th ideally. We just got the place and we know it's short notice so, August 1st move in is negotiable. July rent/utilities would be pro-rated at $550 (since rent will usually be due on the 1st of each month.) If you are interested, please email a bit about yourself. Myspace/Facebook appreciated. Thanks and good luck with your search!
Huge Room with Private Bath {...}
Published: July 10, 2008, 6:53 am - Indexed: July 10, 2008, 9:08 am - Page Size: 6KB
Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals

]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {NORTH AMERICA > REAL ESTATE} - $1100-$1600/Home Office Space Available in Scenic Mid Peninsula $1100 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/1100-1600-home-office-space-available-in-scenic-2008092726.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/1100-1600-home-office-space-available-in-scenic-2008092726.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:25:52 GMT Unique home used for office location. Be around other creative types in the arts and entertainment industry. Perfect for designers, professional managers, agents, bookkeepers, web designers, public relations persons, sales reps, writers and other one or two person operations. If it's time for you to find a homey place away from home, this is it! Private office space includes central full kitchen, large room for meetings, wifi in all rooms, desk in each room, central printer, deck with skyline view, garden patio, hardwood floors. Perfect for entertaining clients. Easy parking, safe and quiet location. Some storage available. Other office tenants are involved in web design, graphics, and artist management entrepreneurs. Beginning as soon as Nov 1, 2008 Conveniently located 30 minutes south of San Francisco, 30 minutes north of San Jose, 20-30 minutes from three International airports and 20 minutes from the Pacific Ocean and redwood forests. Nestled in the oaks and pines, located in a safe, quiet cul de sac with plenty of parking and dramatic sunset views. One mile from shopping, great restaurants, trails for walking and between two major freeways allowing you easy access to anywhere you need to be. Includes Utilities, Cable broadband. First, Last months required plus refundable cleaning deposit. Sorry, no pets, no smoking indoors. Please call 650 759 0380 for more information. Sfbay.Craigslist.Org $1100-$1600/Home Office Space Available in Scenic Mid Peninsula $1100 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Unique home used for office location. Be around other creative types in the arts and entertainment industry. Perfect for designers, professional managers, agents, bookkeepers, web designers, public relations persons, sales reps, writers and other one or two person operations. If it's time for you to find a homey place away from home, this is it! Private office space includes central full kitchen, large room for meetings, wifi in all rooms, desk in each room, central printer, deck with skyline view, garden patio, hardwood floors. Perfect for entertaining clients. Easy parking, safe and quiet location. Some storage available. Other office tenants are involved in web design, graphics, and artist management entrepreneurs. Beginning as soon as Nov 1, 2008 Conveniently located 30 minutes south of San Francisco, 30 minutes north of San Jose, 20-30 minutes from three International airports and 20 minutes from the Pacific Ocean and redwood forests. Nestled in the oaks and pines, located in a safe, quiet cul de sac with plenty of parking and dramatic sunset views. One mile from shopping, great restaurants, trails for walking and between two major freeways allowing you easy access to anywhere you need to be. Includes Utilities, Cable broadband. First, Last months required plus refundable cleaning deposit. Sorry, no pets, no smoking indoors. Please call 650 759 0380 for more information.
$1100-$1600/Home Office Space Available in Scenic Mid Peninsula {...}
Published: September 6, 2008, 10:25 pm - Indexed: September 7, 2008, 10:06 am - Page Size: 5KB
Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate

]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate {NORTH AMERICA > REAL ESTATE} - Photography studio/office share available now (san rafael) $475 1300sqft http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/photography-studio-office-share-available-now-20080972511.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/photography-studio-office-share-available-now-20080972511.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:44:26 GMT Photography studio and office space available for share in downtown San Rafael on 4th St. Light, bright, modern space perfect for photographers and creative types. We have rented one spot already and are looking for one more person to fill the other spot. Please read attached jpeg (It previews small on CL, so I can email you a full size version). Call or email us to come and see the space. Serious inquiries only please. 6 mo commitment/agreement required. Contact Lisa @ 415-272-5511 for more information Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Photography studio/office share available now (san rafael) $475 1300sqft {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Photography studio and office space available for share in downtown San Rafael on 4th St. Light, bright, modern space perfect for photographers and creative types. We have rented one spot already and are looking for one more person to fill the other spot. Please read attached jpeg (It previews small on CL, so I can email you a full size version). Call or email us to come and see the space. Serious inquiries only please. 6 mo commitment/agreement required. Contact Lisa @ 415-272-5511 for more information
Photography studio/office share available now {...}
Published: September 4, 2008, 6:44 pm - Indexed: September 4, 2008, 8:57 pm - Page Size: 4KB
Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate

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