Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Buffalo's AirStation AC1300/N450 4-Port Gigabit Dual Band Wireless Ethernet Bridge WLI-H4-D1300
Buffalo's AirStation AC1300/N450 4-Port Gigabit Dual Band Wireless Ethernet Bridge WLI-H4-D1300 ($180, list) is currently the only device that can take advantage of the higher speeds of 802.11ac. Of course, 802.11ac has yet to be ratified so the device is still in draft 802.11ac, which the device's packaging acknowledges. The media bridge is meant to be a companion device to the Buffalo AirStation AC1300/N900 Gigabit Dual Band WZR-D1800H Router, the company's first draft 802.11ac router.
A media bridge makes devices that are wired to it accessible wirelessly; typically you'd use it for hardware such as NAS devices, gaming consoles, and set-top boxes. While you can't wire your iPad or notebook to the media bridge and expect 1300 Mbps wireless performance if you also deploy Buffalo's 11ac router, the media bridge does offer a performance boost when used in conjunction with the D1800H. Performance gains are more noticeable when doing throughput-demanding tasks such as streaming high-definition video or copying large files across the network.
Although the biggest advantages of the device come when pairing it with the D1800H router, you can use it to connect to any AOSS or WPS enabled router. It's a well-made device for expanding wireless connectivity to wired devices, and if you are looking to leverage the performance boosts of Buffalo's 11ac router to the max right now, than the media bridge is a needed addition since there are no 11ac adapters currently available.
Specs and Setup
The D1300 is dual-band, supporting up to 1300 Mbps on the 5-GHz band and 450 Mbps on 2.4-GHz. The device is identical in design to the D1800H except the front panel has less LEDs. On the front is an AOSS button (AOSS is Buffalo's proprietary WPS "Wireless Protected Setup). When pushed, the media bridge syncs up with the D1800H and joins the wireless network.
The rear panel features four Gigabit Ethernet ports, a button to enable or disable 5-GHz, and a power on/off button.
The media bridge offers absolutely simple setup. There's no software or drivers to install. With the D1800H powered up and configured, I plugged in the media bridge and powered it on. To pair the router and bridge together is only a matter of pressing the AOSS button on the bridge and then the AOSS button on the D1800H. Pairing is complete when the wireless LED on both devices stop blinking. It's a solid setup process.
Performance
The media bridge does exactly what it's supposed to do; it allows wired devices to be accessed from a wireless network. I did want to see if I got any performance boost connecting a NAS to the bridge and wirelessly uploading a large file. I did. I connected Synology's DS712+ router to one of the LAN ports on the bridge and upload a 1.5GB file wirelessly. Connected to the bridge, my upload was about two minutes faster than with the NAS only connected to a router.
That may not sound like a lot, but the performance gain could make for better video streaming and gaming.
There's a management interface you can access via a browser on the device. It provides some network setting control, but there isn't a heck of a lot to manage with a bridge and most users will never have to access the interface.
A Bridge to 802.11ac
At the moment, the D1300 is the only way to take advantage of 802.11ac and that only in unison with Buffalo's D1800H 11ac router. On its own, it's an excellent media bridge and can work with non-Buffalo WPS?supported devices. With setup only requiring a push of a button, it's a four star earner for networking hardware. My single criticism is that unless you purchase the D1800H and want to get the gains of 11ac, the D1300 is pricey for a dual-band media bridge, when perfectly good non 802.11ac media bridges are available for $120 or less.?
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NYC Arts Picks | Theatre | Arts & Entertainment | Epoch Times
Created: May 20, 2012 Last Updated: May 28, 2012
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This scene from ?La Bayadere,? titled ?The Kingdom of the Shades,? is among the most celebrated in ballet. American Ballet Theatre is performing the classical ballet through May 28 at the Metropolitan Opera House. (Rosalie O?Connor)
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?La Bayadere??American Ballet Theatre
First performed by Russia?s Imperial Ballet in 1877, this Indian tale follows the tormented love between temple dancer Nikiya and the warrior Solor. The gods? justice ultimately prevails. A scene in the ballet, ?The Kingdom of the Shades,? is among the most celebrated in classical ballet. Music by Ludwig Minkus, and choreography by Natalia Makarova. Approximately 2 hours and 42 minutes.?
The Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center
Now through May 28, times vary
Tickets: $20?$230
www.abt.org
Sergey Khachatryan. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Montblanc)
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Violinist Sergey Khachatryan
This young Armenian virtuoso will perform Beethoven?s Violin Sonata in A major (?Kreutzer?) and Bach?s Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin. Khachatryan won first prize in the VIII International Jean Sibelius competition in Helsinki in 2000, at the age of only 15, becoming the youngest person to ever do so. He is accompanied by his sister, pianist Lusine Khachatryan.
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A major (?Kreutzer?)
Bach: Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Wednesday May 23, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $45$?77
www.lincolncenter.org/
Mozart?s Masterwork at St. Patrick?s Cathedral
Amid the sublime setting of St. Patrick?s Cathedral, the cathedral?s choir and orchestra will provide a secular concert, performing Mozart?s masterwork, Mass in C Minor, K. 427. The choir has performed for many heads of state and the secretary-general of the United Nations. Dr. Jennifer Pascual conducts.
St. Patrick?s Cathedral, 460 Madison Ave.
Thursday, May 24, 7 p.m.
Tickets: $20?$30
www.saintpatrickscathedral.org
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Schubert, Bartok, and Dvorak ? NY Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic will perform Dvorak?s ?Carnival Overture,? Bartok?s Violin Concerto No. 1, and Tchaikovsky?s Symphony No. 4. Alan Gilbert conducts and Glenn Dicterow is featured on violin.?
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Saturday, May 26, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $31.00?$118.00
Nyphil.org
New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra
Noted for showcasing emerging young conductors, soloists, and composers, the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra will perform Mozart?s Symphony No. 36 (?Linz?) and Borodin?s ?In the Steppes of Central Asia.?
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space
Thursday, May 31, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $20, children $12
www.symphonyspace.org
FINE ARTS
Art of Stephen Scott Young
Forty of the exquisite watercolor paintings of living master Stephen Scott Young will be on view and sale at Christie?s. His acclaimed realist works capture in detail the spirit of the Bahamas, Florida, and coastal South Carolina through their people, landscape, and architecture.
Christie?s Private Sales Galleries, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, 20th floor
Exhibition: Now through June 11
This event is free
www.christies.com
North Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo?
Called a jewel among Italian museums, the Accademia Carrara is closed for renovation, an unintended boon for New Yorkers. Because of the closure, the museum has been able to lend New York 15 masterpieces by Venetian and north Italian painters of the 15th and 16th centuries, including works by Bellini, Titian, and Lorenzo Lotto.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
May 15?Sept. 3
Tickets: $25, Children under 12 free
www.metmuseum.org
A Window on Nature: Art of Asuka Hishiki
These 35 watercolors depict plants and insects in superb detail and refreshing style. Artist Asuka Hishiki takes her inspiration from 18th century naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian. Hishiki writes, ?I love to share the beauty and the simple and quiet moments.?
The Arsenal (in Central Park) 830 Fifth Ave.,
Now through June 6
Weekdays only, 9 a.m.?5 p.m.
Free
www.nycgovparks.org
Beauties of the Gilded Age: Peter Mari??s Miniatures of Society Women
These nearly 300 watercolor-on-ivory miniatures are portraits of women believed epitomize female beauty. They were commissioned by New York socialite Peter Mari?, between 1889 and 1903, amid the rapid development and luxury of America?s Gilded Age. The fragile and rarely exhibited portraits will be displayed in four-month rotations.
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West
Now through July 8
Admission:$15, kids 7?13 $5, under 7 free
www.nyhistory.org
Patricia Watwood: Myths and Individuals
Patricia Watwood?s contemporary classic paintings, many of them masterful lifelike portraits, are on display at The Forbes Galleries. Watwood writes, ?I chase what artists in the past have also chased?a celebration of the human form, a passion for and humility before nature, a belief that metaphor and narrative can help us puzzle out the mysteries of our time here on earth, and a belief in the emotional power of the common visual language of representation.?
The Forbes Galleries, 62 Fifth Ave.,
Now through June 9, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m.?4 p.m.
Admission is free
www.forbesgalleries.com
Renaissance Venice: Drawings from the Morgan
Visit the Golden Age of Venice and its territories during the 16th century. This exhibit features drawings, books, maps, and letters dating back 500 years. Great masters featured include Paris Bordone, Vittore Carpaccio, Lorenzo Lotto, Jacopo Tintoretto, Titian, and Paolo Veronese.
The Morgan Museum and Library, 225 Madison Ave.,
Now through September 23.
Adults: $15.?
Children under 12: Free
www.themorgan.org
FAMILY
Shipshape: Nautical Scale Models
From a ship in a bottle to a massive World War II warship, this exhibit explores the art and craft of shipbuilding with variations. Drawn from the Intrepid Museum?s collection and loans from other institutions and collectors, the exhibit includes large-scale models of USS Constitution and USS New Jersey, a modeler?s workbench, and World War II nautical toys.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 12th Avenue and 46th Street
Now through July 8
Tickets: $24, $19 (ages 7?17), $12 (ages 3?6)
www.intrepidmuseum.org
?Monkey King?: A Story from China
A children?s exhibit exploring the classic Chinese tale of the ?Monkey King.? The mischievous supernatural monkey decides to mend his ways by embarking on an epic journey across China to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures from India. For ages 4 and up.
Children?s Museum of Manhattan, The Tisch Building at 212 W. 83rd St.,
Ongoing, Tuesday?Sunday 10 a.m.?5 p.m., Saturday until 7 p.m.
Admission: $11 for everyone over 12 months old
www.cmom.org
Astrograss. (Lara Weschler)
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Governors Island Family Festival
Get off the mainland and take your kids to Governors Island, where they can enjoy music, theater, dance, arts and crafts, face painting, and maritime education. Featured performers include local kid friendly bluegrass band Astrograss as well as The Maybelles and Arm of the Sea Theater.
Nolan Park, Governors Island, ferry located near Staten Island Ferry
Saturday May 26, 12 p.m.-4 p.m.
Free
www.nycgovparks.org
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People smile when they are frustrated, and the computer knows the difference
ScienceDaily (May 28, 2012) ? Do you smile when you're frustrated? Most people think they don't -- but they actually do, a new study from MIT has found. What's more, it turns out that computers programmed with the latest information from this research do a better job of differentiating smiles of delight and frustration than human observers do.
The research could pave the way for computers that better assess the emotional states of their users and respond accordingly. It could also help train those who have difficulty interpreting expressions, such as people with autism, to more accurately gauge the expressions they see.
"The goal is to help people with face-to-face communication," says Ehsan Hoque, a graduate student in the Affective Computing Group of MIT's Media Lab who is lead author of a paper just published in the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. Hoque's co-authors are Rosalind Picard, a professor of media arts and sciences, and Media Lab graduate student Daniel McDuff.
In experiments conducted at the Media Lab, people were first asked to act out expressions of delight or frustration, as webcams recorded their expressions. Then, they were either asked to fill out an online form designed to cause frustration or invited to watch a video designed to elicit a delighted response -- also while being recorded.
When asked to feign frustration, Hoque says, 90 percent of subjects did not smile. But when presented with a task that caused genuine frustration -- filling out a detailed online form, only to then find the information deleted after pressing the "submit" button -- 90 percent of them did smile, he says. Still images showed little difference between these frustrated smiles and the delighted smiles elicited by a video of a cute baby, but video analysis showed that the progression of the two kinds of smiles was quite different: Often, the happy smiles built up gradually, while frustrated smiles appeared quickly but faded fast.
In such experiments, researchers usually rely on acted expressions of emotion, Hoque says, which may provide misleading results. "The acted data was much easier to classify accurately" than the real responses, he says. But when trying to interpret images of real responses, people performed no better than chance, assessing these correctly only about 50 percent of the time.
Understanding the subtleties that reveal underlying emotions is a major goal of this research, Hoque says. "People with autism are taught that a smile means someone is happy," he says, but research shows that it's not that simple.
While people may not know exactly what cues they are responding to, timing does have a lot to do with how people interpret expressions, he says, For example, former British prime minister Gordon Brown was widely seen as having a phony smile, largely because of the unnatural timing of his grin, Hoque says. Similarly, a campaign commercial for former presidential candidate Herman Cain featured a smile that developed so slowly -- it took nine seconds to appear -- that it was widely parodied, including a spoof by comedian Stephen Colbert. "Getting the timing right is very crucial if you want to be perceived as sincere and genuine with your smiles," Hoque says.
Jeffrey Cohn, a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh who was not involved in this research, says this work "breaks new ground with its focus on frustration, a fundamental human experience. While pain researchers have identified smiling in the context of expressions of pain, the MIT group may be the first to implicate smiles in expressions of negative emotion."
Cohn adds, "This is very exciting work in computational behavioral science that integrates psychology, computer vision, speech processing and machine learning to generate new knowledge ? with clinical implications." He says this "is an important reminder that not all smiles are positive. There has been a tendency to 'read' enjoyment whenever smiles are found. For human-computer interaction, among other fields and applications, a more nuanced view is needed."
In addition to providing training for people who have difficulty with expressions, the findings may be of interest to marketers, Hoque says. "Just because a customer is smiling, that doesn't necessarily mean they're satisfied," he says. And knowing the difference could be important in gauging how best to respond to the customer, he says: "The underlying meaning behind the smile is crucial."
The analysis could also be useful in creating computers that respond in ways appropriate to the moods of their users. One goal of the research of Affective Computing Group is to "make a computer that's more intelligent and respectful," Hoque says.
The work was supported by Media Lab consortium sponsors and by Procter & Gamble Co.
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- Mohammed E. Hoque, Daniel J. McDuff, Rosalind W. Picard. Exploring Temporal Patterns in Classifying Frustrated and Delighted Smiles. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 2012; : 1 DOI: 10.1109/T-AFFC.2012.11
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Detroit woman gives birth, days after fire attack
DETROIT (AP) ? Police say a Detroit woman whose ex-boyfriend allegedly tried to have her killed to prevent her from having his child has given birth to a boy.
Warren deputy police commissioner Louis Galasso says Latonya Bowman's son was delivered via an emergency cesarean section early Tuesday. He didn't know if the C-section was needed because of Saturday's attack.
The child's father and another man are expected to be arraigned later Tuesday on attempted murder charges.
Police say the second man abducted the 22-year-old Bowman while she was dropping her ex-boyfriend off after a night out. They say the man bound her in tape, doused her in lighter fluid and set her on fire. They say he then shot her and fled while she played dead.
Bowman is expected to recover.
Associated Press