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Get a leg up on the competition and leverage your professional development by attending SCALEX. Developed as a local version of SCALE: The ASID National Student Summit, SCALEX is a full day event, designed to bring innovative topics and discussions from renowned speakers directly to you.
SCALEX is an opportunity to hear from experts on topics that expand on what you're currently learning in the classroom. With real-life scenarios and expert-led panels, SCALEX will prepare you for a career in design.
SCALEX is for interior design students and educators who believe in the impact of design to transform lives. By attending SCALEX, students will prepared to take on their first professional role.
Get inspired by ways to make a difference in the human experience.
Advance yourself as an individual, present yourself as a leader.
Hear from the pros about real-life design projects.
Learn business skills that will impress first job managers.
Mark your calendars and register today. You canNOT afford to miss this opportunity.
All SCALEX attendees will receive a $49 credit to attend 2019 SCALE: The ASID National Student Summit or (2018) The Leadership Experience: Presented by ASID in Washington, D.C.
8 – 8:30 a.m. | Networking Breakfast
Breakfast provided
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | Welcoming Message
Speakers: Jon Strassner, LEED AP, director of Workplace Strategy, Humanscale; Khoi Vo, Allied ASID, LEED AP, professor and head of the Department of Interior Architecture, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Susan Wiggins, Senior Strategic Advisor, ASID
Kick off your SCALE X experience with a welcome from your hosts followed by the event keynote.
9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | SCALEX Keynote: : The Evolving Role of Designers
Speaker: Todd Bracher, Strategic Product Design + Advisory, Todd Bracher Studio
An investigation into how designers' roles have evolved, and why good design, beyond aesthetics and function, needs to be strategic and make good business sense.
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Break
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Impact of Design Breakouts
Attendees select one breakout seminar from the following options.
Material Transparency and Net Positive Impact
Speaker: Jane Abernathy, Sustainability Officer, Humanscale
As designers, the choices you make will have a significant impact on the world. Manufacturers respond and adapt to design requirements and the end user lives with the decisions every day. In this session, we will explore what makes a product sustainable and how to go about making optimal choices when evaluating product.
The Story of Bureo, Making Plastic from Fishing Nets
Speaker: David Stover, co-founder, Bureo
Explore Bureo's design process in which a source of waste was identified and leveraged to create positive solutions. Using disruptive innovation to put value into a previously discarded material, attendees will be given a detailed look into how an emerging company is aiming to inspire the next generation. Pushing the limits of sustainable design, Bureo will showcase examples for the new generation of products having a true positive impact on the environment.
Design for Humans – Workplace Functionality
Speaker: Johnathan Puleio, managing director, Humanscale Consulting
Designers cannot afford to ignore the ergonomics of workplace design. Employees are exposed to a multitude of musculoskeletal issues when they work in conditions that are not properly designed. Whether it is lighting levels, appropriate task seating solutions, or attention to work height, the human factor must be carefully considered in any workplace. Employees cannot safely work all day long on lounge seating or sofas. Effective workstations must be carefully planned and designed. Jonathan Puleio, a certified ergonomist with over 20 years of experience, will take seminar attendees on a carefully curated tour of effective workplace design through an ergonomic lens.
The Living Building Challenge: The Future of Healthy, High Performing Workplaces
Speaker: James Connelly, LEED AP, vice president, Products and Strategic Growth, International Living Future Institute
Companies and organizations are increasingly embracing the regenerative design principles within the Living Building Challenge to achieve healthy, high performing spaces. Attendees will learn about the Living Building Challenge and explore how the program can improve occupant health and well-being. Case studies of key certified Living Building projects will be provided including Etsy Brooklyn HQ, Google Chicago, and Glumac Shanghai.
11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m. | Lunch on Your Own
1 – 2 p.m. | Leadership Development Breakouts
Attendees select one breakout seminar from the following options.
Experience of an Emerging Designer
Speakers: Jon Strassner, LEED AP, director of Workplace Strategy, Humanscale; and Abi Spear, designer, Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC
Learn what it was like to acclimate from design school student to professional designer for Abi Spear, a 2011 graduate of Leeds Metropolitan University, as she is interviewed by Jon Strassner, a 22 year veteran of the industry. Abi will answer questions about her biggest adjustment, most frustrating moment, most rewarding experience, and what she would have done differently in design school to better prepare her for the real world. Gain insight from Abi's experience as she answers these questions and many more to help you prepare for your first professional role.
Mentorship: Opportunities for Growth
Speaker: Khoi Vo, Allied ASID, LEED AP, professor and head of the Department of Interior Architecture, UNCG>
Mentorship is a key factor in success. In the current marketplace, too many young professionals fail to realize the importance of mentorship, or that mentorship is a two-way street. In a rapid race to achieve one's career goals we forget that it is not a solo journey to professional success, but one that is achieved through the support of many who may serve as mentors. While it is important to seek out the right mentor(s) throughout your career, it is paramount to understand that as a mentee you have to deliver tremendous value to your mentor as well. The presentation will explore strategies to identify opportunities to establish lifelong relationships between mentor and mentee.
The Road to Leadership
Speaker: Kerri McGovern, MPP, CAE, director, Membership, ASID
Why are associations important? How will they support you as an interior design student and in your career? Discover your leadership path and how you can advance yourself as a design professional through ASID.
An Integrated Design Process – How to Work with Stakeholders
Speaker: Bill Bouchey, principal and director of Interiors, HOK
Learn how to harness your thinking, creativity, and voice as a designer to achieve clarity, excitement, and connection to concepts and solutions. A designer's individual personality, attitude, and passion are key ingredients to learning to lead and oversee the design process. Exploring when these ingredients are "knowingly" married to ideas and solutions can provide elevated collaboration within teams and with clients. Attendees will learn how to apply one's own story, practice visioning work, and be nimble during unanticipated changes.
2 – 2:15 p.m. | Break
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Practice of Design Breakouts
Attendees select one breakout seminar from the following options.
An Evidence-Based Design Approach
Speaker: Caren Martin, Ph.D., FASID, principal, Martin & Guerin Design Research, LLC
Design impacts people, society, and the environment in many ways. Evidence-based design (EBD) is increasingly discussed in design practice as a design process approach to determine a design solution that is based in "evidence." The hiring of design consultants frequently rests on their ability to provide evidence that a design solution will have pre-determined outcomes. However, how does the design practitioner 'prove' that the design of the new office can increase productivity, biophilic elements accelerate discharge rates from the hospital, or the design of classrooms increase student learning? An EBD-approach provides a way to identify and implement evidence-based design criteria into the design solution to result in specific, measurable outcomes. Learn to define and understand EBD principles, identify EBD tools, and explore the advantages and disadvantages of EBD as a process as compared to the current "best practices" design process approach. A brief exercise will enable you to experience an EBD-approach to the design process. Sources for additional exploration of EBD will be provided.
Designing Process - From Concept to Production
Speaker: Mesve Vardar, director, Industrial Design, Humanscale
Great design is more than just good aesthetics. It is often only recognized after experiencing and interacting with a product. While design philosophies may differ, going from concept to mass production is universal and a structural and repeatable approach is needed. Students will be introduced to the tools and techniques used throughout the different phases of the design process that, together, make up the arc of product development. Learn how sustainable design affects the decision-making process, and the importance of adopting a "life cycle" approach.
Color + Design Vision 2018
Speaker: Royce Epstein, A&D design Director, Mohawk Group
Mankind is in flux today, living between the past and the future, and the natural and digital worlds. This dichotomy is causing major shifts in human behavior and design is following suit. We call this Designkind, where a new generation of post-digital nomads is pushed to the limits, experiencing life on demand, and rethinking the value of what's important. This will create a new design language focusing on the clash between city and country, new and old, virtual and real. Join Royce Epstein from Mohawk Group as she shares the 2017-2018 Color + Design Vision, exploring these relevant cultural themes and trends affecting design today. We will examine today's design trends across multiple disciplines to see how they create new visual expression. By looking at these themes, we will also share the 2017-2018 color forecast while giving examples of how culture influences color and design direction.
Healthy Walls: Choosing Sustainable Wallcoverings
Speaker: Mary Holt, executive vice president, Creative, Carnegie Textiles
Walls make a big impact in any environment. Learn the sustainability facts and myths of high performance wall coverings. Discover the critical differences that make a fabric truly "green" and leave with a clear understanding of available options.
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Break
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Business of Design: Resume and Portfolio Review
Students will have the unique opportunity to have proven professionals review their portfolios and resumes and provide constructive feedback. Your interview skills and overall knowledge will be instantly enhanced by these productive interactions.
4:30 – 5 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Speaker: Susan Wiggins, senior strategic advisor, ASID
Wrap up SCALEX with a recap on the day's experiences and how to apply them to your first professional role.
5 – 6 p.m. | Reception
Sustainability Officer, Humanscale
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Principal and Director of Interiors, HOK
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Strategic Product Design + Advisory, Todd Bracher Studio
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As the Sustainability Officer, Jane develops the strategic vision for sustainability at Humanscale, which has taken the ambitious goal of having a Net Positive impact. Jane implements this vision by guiding the R&D effort to create the most sustainable products possible; and by working with the manufacturing facilities to instill sustainability as a fundamental way of operating. Last year our main production facility used captured rainwater for 100% of production, on-site solar energy for 90% of electricity, and achieved the highest recycling rates for manufacturing in New Jersey. Humanscale has been recognized as the first manufacturer to achieve the complete Living Product Challenge, is a founding member of the Net Positive Project, and a founding member of the NextWave initiative.
Bill Bouchey brings over 25 years as a thought leader in workplace, showroom, and lifestyle & Hospitality environments, emphasizing innovation and brand presence. As Director of Design, Bill guides clients collaboratively in creating a sense of place and a commitment to concept-based design excellence. His design sense is driven by the belief that interior design empowers people and transforms organizations. To that note, he focuses on discovery and visioning in solutions to create a place that can support, and enhance a client's business and experience objectives. Recognized as one of the industry's relevant designers his work has received numerous honors and appeared in many media outlets and design publications, including speaking engagements and editorial blogs. His work with teams has appeared in Interior Design magazine, Contract Magazine, The New York Times among others. Bill serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Contract Magazine, and The Advisory Board of Palette App, and is a graduate of The Fashion Institute of Technology.
Todd Bracher is an Industrial Designer and Design Strategist who has guided some of the world's leading brands to realize strategic differentiation through design, including 3M, Jaguar, Herman Miller, Humanscale, and Cappellini.
With over 75 products in the market, two dozen patents, and numerous global awards, including Top 100 Global Design Influencer by Wallpaper* Magazine and two-time International Designer of the Year, Todd Bracher is recognized as the preeminent voice in American contract furniture design.
The studio, founded in 1999 and based in New York City, draws upon an international experience and expert network that Todd built over 10 years while living and working in Copenhagen, Milan, London, and Paris.
VP Products and Strategic Growth, International Living Future Institute
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A&D Design Director, Mohawk Group
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Executive Vice President, Creative
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A GreenBiz 30 under 30 sustainable business leader, James Connelly is the vice president of Product and Strategic Growth at the International Living Future Institute. James provides strategic leadership for the Institute's corporate and manufacturing initiatives, leads the Institute's strategic consulting for corporations, and consults for high profile Living Building Challenge projects both in the U.S. and internationally.
Prior to joining the Institute in 2012, James received a Fulbright fellowship to conduct research on green building rating systems in China. He is a frequent national and international speaker on regenerative design, sustainable business, ecological manufacturing, and affordable housing.
Royce Epstein is the A&D Design Director for Mohawk Group. As the face to A&D, Royce shares her passion and vision for design, cultural trends, and the meaning of materials in a broad context. Her role is to evolve and share Mohawk Group's Design Vision with the A&D community, and to leverage product design with what A&D desires. Constantly on the watch for new trends in all aspects of culture, Royce feeds this insight to our industry's touch points. A veteran materials and product specialist, Royce spent two decades working in A&D firms before Mohawk. She is based in Philadelphia.
As a product designer with over 30 years of experience, Mary Holt is passionate about solution-driven design, and ethical & sustainable developments. She is a graduate of Montclair State University with a degree in fine arts, concentrating in hand weaving and fiber arts.
She began her career at Arc Com Fabrics and at the age of 28 she became the Director of Design. During her tenure, she shaped the product offering and developed a business unit which fostered collaboration with large corporations, hospitals & universities to develop branded products.
In 1999 Holt began her distinguished career at Carnegie as Executive Vice President of Creative where she enjoys collaborating with designers around the world. Her work has won many awards including best of Neocon, Metropolis likes, and HIP.
Martin & Guerin Design Research, LLC
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Director, Membership, American Society of Interior Designers
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Managing Director, Humanscale
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Caren S. Martin, PhD, FASID, IDEC, is an associate professor emeritus of the University of Minnesota. Her scholarship addresses evidence-based design and the relationship between research and practice which has been published in the Journal of Interior Design and Health Environments Research & Design Journal, among others. Martin is principal of Martin & Guerin Design Research and a co-creator of InformeDesign®. She has co-authored studies that define the interior design profession's body of knowledge and has co-edited The State of the Interior Design Profession. Martin has received Presidential Citations from ASID and IDEC, CIDQ's Louis Tregre Award, and ASID's Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award. She serves as a director on the CIDQ board.
Kerri joined ASID in July 2016 as the director of Membership. In this role, she takes a creative, yet data-driven approach to engaging ASID members and prospective members. Kerri oversees membership reporting, transactional/renewal communication, and database system applications. She helps develop and implement an annual membership strategy to achieve the Society's strategic membership goals. Kerri manages the ASID customer and chapter services staff for smooth operations and excellent execution of recruitment and retention tactics, to ensure outstanding customer service for ASID members.
Jonathan Puleio is a board-certified professional ergonomist who holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in human factors and ergonomics from Cornell University. As Managing Director of Humanscale Consulting, Jonathan is responsible for leading an international team of ergonomists. Jonathan has extensive experience in the areas of ergonomic program development, occupational health & safety, musculoskeletal injury prevention, and workplace design. He has worked with the International Standards Organization (ISO) on the development of international ergonomic standards for office environments and holds several U.S. patents for the design of ergonomic products. He is an adjunct professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering where he teaches the undergraduate course Human Factors in Engineering Design. Jonathan is based in New York City and has worked with Humanscale Consulting since 2002.
Interior Designer, Hasting Architecture Associates, LLC
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Co-Founder, Bureo Inc.
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Director of Workplace Strategy, Humanscale
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Abi Spear is a 27-year-old British Interior Designer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to the US she worked in London, where she began her specialization in leisure and commercial design. She currently works for Hastings Architecture Associates for clients such as Microsoft, Mars and Asurion. She has been a practicing interior designer for six years.
David Stover is a Co-Founder of Bureo Inc, an emerging company focused on developing innovative solutions to prevent ocean plastic pollution. An avid surfer and environmental enthusiast, David left behind a career in corporate finance when his global travels led him to the issues facing our ocean today. Currently residing in Ventura California, David splits time between Chile and the US and is actively involved in the global fight to prevent ocean plastic pollution.
Jon has been with Humanscale since 1996 and has enjoyed being a part of the company's progression as an industry leader in people, productivity, and workstation functionality. In his 20 years with Humanscale, Jon has served as Canadian Sales Director and North American Director of A&D. In his current role, as Director of Workplace Strategy, Jon works to ensure the Humanscale brand remains top of mind and relevant. His deep involvement in the design industry informs the company's understanding of industry trends, salient conversations, and inspiring stories.
A LEED Accredited Professional, Jon is passionate about the role Humanscale can play in the Net Positive Movement and in creating healthy and restorative places to work and live.
Director of Industrial Design, Humanscale
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Professor and Head of the Department of Interior Architecture at UNCG
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Senior Strategic Advisor, American Society of Interior Designers
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Mesve Vardar is the Director of Industrial Design at Humanscale. With over a decade of Humanscale experience behind her, Mesve has been a key contributor to a number of celebrated Humanscale products, including the Red Dot award-winning T7 Mobile Technology Cart. She joined the company in 2006 as a designer, after earning a Master of Arts in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute. Before accepting the role of Design Director, Vardar worked as a Senior Industrial Designer and Researcher. In this capacity she worked on product development and research across categories, including seating, monitor arms, healthcare and lighting.
Khoi Vo holds the position of head of the Department of Interior Architecture at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. During the past seven years, while serving as the chair of Interior Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Professor Vo led the department to its No. 1 ranking by DesignIntelligence of both the undergraduate (2012-2016) and graduate (2012-2014, 2016) programs.
After receiving his M.Arch. degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Vo practiced at numerous award-winning firms specializing in high-end residential, hospitality, institutional, and retail design. He then went on to establish Khoi Vo Design, a boutique firm dedicated to historical renovations and new developments in commercial and residential design. He is active with the Council of Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) as a site visitor.
Vo's ASID involvement includes serving as a student advisory council member, as a National Board member, and as host of the ASID National Student Summit in 2016.
A strategic leader, relationship builder, mentor, coach and speaker, Susan was brought on board in January 2016 as a strategic advisor to ASID and its leadership.
With over twenty-five years as an association professional, Susan has successfully advanced multiple professional non-profit organizations throughout her career. The past fifteen years of her career was spent first as executive director of the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) and then as the CEO of Interior Designers of Canada (IDC). Susan has become an expert consultant in strategic planning, programming, and advocacy efforts. She is well known in the interior design community for her passion, presence, and commitment to advancing the profession of interior design in meaningful and impactful ways.
In her current role as senior strategic advisor to ASID, Susan shares her expertise with the ASID leadership team on development and implementation of the strategic plan and the development of new and innovative programs and services. Her ultimate goal is to promote the organization's value proposition and its impact on the industry and the profession. Supporting CEO Randy Fiser and the ASID National Board of Directors to advance the Society's vision and strategic plan is the foundation for Susan's work.
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Conrail crews studied reported signal problems at a New Jersey railroad bridge the day before a train derailment that caused a toxic chemical leak, federal investigators said Sunday.
More than 100 people remained out of their homes while crews hoped to start removing the hazardous material, vinyl chloride, from a ruptured tanker.
The National Transportation Safety Board cannot examine the scene until the chemicals are removed. But the agency has begun reviewing records with a focus on both the signal problems reported recently and a 2009 train derailment on the same bridge.
Conrail regularly moves tons of hazardous material over the low bridge, which was originally built in 1873. The bridge straddles Mantua Creek, a tributary near the Delaware River in the industrial town of Paulsboro. The bridge operates like a garden fence, with a section that swings sideways to open for boat traffic, then closes and locks into place for freight trains.
The NTSB expects to focus its probe on that locking mechanism along with the signal devices, which are triggered by sensors on the bridge, not by dispatchers.
"This is a very complex (bridge) operation," Hersman said at a news conference Sunday. "There is a lot of tonnage that goes over this bridge and a lot of hazardous materials."
Conrail crews in recent days and weeks had been reporting problems with the signal, and the rail company had been looking into the problem only the day before, she said.
The veteran two-person crew was familiar with the route and had run it on the three previous nights. They had started their shift at 3 a.m. Friday and were surprised to get a yellow signal when they approached the bridge at about 7 a.m. They used a keypad device, similar to a garage door opener, to try to get a green light, but were unsuccessful. The pair stopped the train for several minutes, examined the tracks, and then got permission from a dispatcher to proceed, Hersman said.
The two locomotives and five cars made it across before the crew looked back to see the bridge "collapse" and a pileup of cars in the creek. The one that ruptured had been damaged by another tanker, Hersman said.
Recordings of various data so far support the crew's account, investigators said. However, authorities are not yet sure whether the bridge deck actually collapsed or shifted.
A team of NTSB investigators arrived in the region Saturday with scanners and other equipment to study the wreckage site, but they cannot get to the scene until the vinyl chloride is removed. The Coast Guard and other authorities were coordinating the cleanup.
The NTSB also plans to review how the bridge was rebuilt after the coal train derailed there in 2009.
Investigators also want to learn if the tidal surge or debris from Superstorm Sandy may have caused problems at the bridge, although the area was not among those hardest hit by the storm.
About 100 people are staying in motels due to the 12-block evacuation, while an unknown number are with friends and family, said state Assemblyman John Burzichelli, a former mayor of Paulsboro.
The bridge usually supports at least three major trains each day serving refineries and other customers in the area. The August 2009 derailment was believed to have been caused by a bridge misalignment.
The tanker that ruptured Friday contained 25,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, some of which spewed into the air, sickening dozens of people. About 70 people went to a nearby hospital complaining of respiratory problems and eye irritation. None of the injuries was believed to be serious.
The remaining gas in the tanker had turned into a solid and settled at the bottom of the tanker.
The removal of the vinyl chloride and the seven wrecked rail cars is expected to be a delicate operation. A huge crane was brought in from New York Harbor to pick up the tanker cars.

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British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was a phenomenon: a Jewish girl from a London suburb with a retro beehive, a devil-may-care attitude and a voice that channeled Aretha Franklin and Ruth Brown. Music industry figures on both sides of the Atlantic hung their hopes on her, and her breakout album, "Back to Black," did not disappoint, selling millions of copies.
Less than a decade after her emergence as an original talent, she was more likely to be mentioned in the company of pop music's tragedies -- artists like Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix, whose self-destructive habits led to their deaths at the age of 27.
Winehouse, a five-time Grammy winner whose distinctive fusion of jazz and soul influenced other young artists, was found dead in her London home Saturday. Like Cobain and the others, she was 27.
The cause of death was not immediately known, but she had sought treatment, as recently as last month, for health problems that have been reported to include drug and alcohol abuse and early-stage emphysema.
"We are all heartbroken and saddened beyond words," her publicist, Tracey Miller, said Saturday in confirming Winehouse's death.
Outside her home in the Camden district of London, scores of fans gathered, some bearing flowers and other scrawling emotional messages on the sidewalk. Tributes flowed on Twitter and other media from celebrities who included actress Demi Moore and the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood, who said he planned to dedicate Saturday's reunion performance of his band The Faces to Winehouse.
Her death was not a surprise to many followers of her career. In recent years her musical achievements were overshadowed by reports of run-ins with the police, missed or aborted shows and struggles with addictions. She appeared gaunt and ill-kempt in photos. In early June she had been in a London clinic known for treating psychiatric, drug and alcohol problems. A few weeks ago, after a disastrous performance in Belgrade, she canceled a 12-city European tour.
Called a soul revivalist by critics, Winehouse became an international star with "Back to Black," released in the U.K. in 2006 and in the U.S. in 2007. With more than 2 million albums sold in the U.S., it eventually hit No. 2 on the Billboard album chart and went double platinum.
Driven by the success of "Back to Black," recording companies scoured Britain for young female soul singers. Winehouse's influence became apparent in the work of Duffy, Estelle, Leona Lewis, Lily Allen and others. Singer Adele, who has the bestselling album of 2011, is the most prominent British soul singer to acknowledge Winehouse's influence.
Neil Portnow, president and chief executive of the Recording Academy, which awards the Grammys, said Winehouse's "rich, soulful and unique voice reflected her honest songwriting and earned her a devoted fan following, critical acclaim and the genuine respect and admiration of her musical peers."
Winehouse was born in a London suburb on Sept. 14, 1983. Her father, a cab driver, and her mother, a pharmacist, broke up when Winehouse was 9. She remained especially close to her father, who loved jazz. She grew up listening to Julie London, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Thelonius Monk.
Her interest in music led her to enroll at London's famous Sylvia Young Theatre School, but she was expelled after two years for piercing her nose. She moved to an all-girls school where she learned to play piano. Though she was immersed in jazz she gradually developed other tastes. She was fond of the artists TLC and Salt-N-Pepa. She also was infatuated with old '60s girl bands, particularly the Shangri-Las.
In 2002, when a friend promoted her talent to his manager, she landed at the Brilliant 19 management agency. The next year, she signed a contract at Island Records. She was 20.
In 2003 Island released her first album, "Frank," inspired by her love of Sinatra. But she displayed an independence that went beyond Sinatra, combining jazz, R&B; and hip-hop. Writing in the Times of London, Dan Cairns described her voice as "one of the most extraordinary to be heard in pop music for years. A cracked, racked husk that will one moment coo at the object of her affection, the next emit a caustic rasp at the target of her scorn."
She hit a slump, broke up with her boyfriend and admitted that she had writer's block. In 2006, her beloved grandmother died, reportedly the only family member who could tame her wilder impulses.
Her problems with drink and drugs escalated to the point that her managers urged her to enter treatment. Her answer was the song "Rehab," named song and record of the year at the 2008 Grammy Awards and featured on "Back to Black." Its insistent refrain: "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said 'no, no, no.' "
Stardom apparently held little allure for Winehouse. To her managers' dismay, she disparaged the machinery of celebrity, once sniping, "I don't care about all that pop stuff, and I couldn't go to the Smash Hits poll winners' party without bringing a gun." She showed up drunk in public so often that British tabloids nicknamed her "Amy Wino."
She canceled appearances and some of her gaffes became viral videos, such as when she was taped singing racist lyrics to a children's song. She later apologized.
The signs of impending disaster seemed all too obvious to those around her. Earlier this month, after she recorded a song with Tony Bennett for a new album of duets, he expressed concern about her to a London newspaper. "Of all the contemporary artists I know," Bennett told the Guardian, "she has the most natural jazz voice, but I'm worried about her and I'm praying for her. She'd help everyone by sobering up and cleaning up her spirituality."
In June, she went on stage in Belgrade for the first stop on her European tour. Apparently drunk, she mumbled, meandered and fell on stage and struggled to remember the words to her songs. The crowd pelted her with paper cups and booed.
A brief marriage ended in divorce in 2009. Her survivors include her parents and a brother.
Times staff writers Randall Roberts, Randy Lewis and Todd Martens contributed to this report.
'Back to Black'
Although Amy Winehouse's debut "Frank" was released in 2003, her breakout came in 2007 with her acclaimed sophomore -- and final -- effort, "Back to Black."
* Released in the United States on March 17, 2007.
* Peak Billboard magazine position: No. 2 on March 1, 2008
* Total U.S. sales: 2,296,000
* Seven singles were released from the album, including: "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good," and "Love Is a Losing Game."
* Winehouse and the album won five Grammys in 2008, including Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Rehab"). Producer Mark Ronson earned the Grammy for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
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The S207's capability for continuous machining reduces the need for secondary operations or reconfiguring the work zone during production of complex-geometry parts.
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Considering how far Swiss-type lathes have evolved from the first models adopted to complement cam-operated screw machines, one could argue that the term "lathe" is a misnomer. With synchronized sub-spindles, live tooling, attachments for thread whirling and broaching, and other such developments pushing this platform beyond its initial limitations, the modern Swiss-type might be more aptly described as a variety of multitasking machining center.
Capability for continuous B-axis machining on Tsugami's S207 is one example of a Swiss-type builder unveiling incremental—yet significant—developments that help customers manufacture increasingly complex parts without secondary operations. Available in the United States from REM Sales (Windsor, Connecticut), the 20-mm, gang-tooled machine enables users to produce complex, sculpted shapes on both the main and sub-spindles.
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The machine accomplishes this via a servo-driven, B-axis tool post that can move vertically and swivel in a 135-degree range around the part being machined. Featuring a control resolution of 0.001 mm, the B axis works in conjunction with C-axis rotation to enable continuous cutting across virtually any area of the protruding barstock. In addition to machining highly contoured geometry, users can perform angled drilling and tapping without attachments. The B-axis tool post accommodates six 5,000-rpm live tools, three on the front for operations on barstock gripped in the main spindle and three on the back for operations on the sub-spindle.
Jeff Boulden, marketing manager at REM Sales, says demand for B-axis cutting capability on a Swiss-type is driven by a trend toward more complex-geometry parts in lower volumes. That calls for flexibility. "Shops are always looking for new ways to produce parts complete on one platform," he notes. "In fact, we've found that anywhere between 18 and 25 percent of our customers who buy a Swiss-type in any given year have never used one before."
In addition to producing complete components, the contouring B axis helps avoid the need to spend an inordinate amount of time reconfiguring the tool zone to accommodate a different part or particular machined feature. The capability is especially useful in the medical industry, where the increasing prevalence of sculpted, low-volume parts is particularly pronounced, Mr. Boulden adds. Medical shops can also benefit from the ability to seamlessly incorporate attachments for thread whirling, broaching and other specialty operations into the B-axis tool post.
He is quick to point out, however, that continuous B-axis cutting isn't the only feature of the S207 that adds flexibility. The machine also comes with a conversion kit that enables users to remove the guide bushing and operate it like a fixed-headstock lathe. In addition to providing a more effective means of producing parts with length-to-diameter ratios of less than about 3:1, this enables users to perform separate roughing and finishing operations, as opposed to taking a full-depth cut. It also eliminates the need to use expensive, ground barstock. Costs are further reduced because without a guide bushing, the machine can access more of the bar and leave shorter remnants. Mr. Boulden says the S207 can be fully converted to "chucker mode" in less than half an hour.
Like many Tsugami models, the S207 also features modular tooling, which enables users to quickly move tools from one position to another according to their individual application requirements. Each toolholder is secured by four socket-head cap screws and features an identical, rectangular tang that mates with the drive shaft housing unit. In a matter of minutes, an operator can move a live spindle to a different location, replace face-oriented live tools with cross tools, convert a tool position from live to static (or vice versa), and so on.
However, Mr. Boulden points out that not all of the tool posts are modular, only those for which this capability is beneficial. For example, specific cross, face or other specialty tooling is not necessary on the swiveling B axis, which replaces what would otherwise be the tool post for the main spindle. Nonetheless, the orientation of the B axis somewhat limits its motion around parts gripped in the subspindle compared to the main spindle, so the traditional back tool post is still used to access some areas of workpieces gripped there. As such, the ability to quickly change those tools helps users adjust to new job requirements that much faster.


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Because I'm on deadline on another article, and because each post typically takes a couple of hours of research, I want to save some time and instead use today's post to respond to the several good questions that have come in via the blog site and by email during the last few days. In no particular order:
In response to my reminder that Obama ran behind most Senate Democrats and Republicans in the 2008 elections, Jack Goodman wonders whether that is still relevant since Obama's approval ratings are very high right now. I've touched on the topic of presidential approval ratings before, but a couple of points bear repeating: First, national approval ratings, although much hyped by the press as a barometer of presidential performance, actually are driven by factors that have almost nothing to do with the president's performance. I'll elaborate on this in a more complete post, but as evidence, note that Obama is still experiencing the presidential honeymoon, the period in which approval ratings are artificially inflated. All presidents go through this. More importantly, however, the point of my post is to remind you that Senators don't much care what Obama's national approval ratings are – they care what the voters in their state think about him. And in most of the 34 states that voted for a Senator in 2008, the Senate candidate was more popular than Obama. That's why Republican Senators in particular feel little hesitation in voting against the stimulus bill. The key point here is that national approval ratings are not a very good indicator of presidential strength in Congress, media reports to the contrary notwithstanding. And we know that Obama's rating will go down over time – not up.
Both Conor and Jack caution that it is very early in Obama's term, and that there is still room for Obama to exercise bipartisanship on other issues. Their points are a useful reminder that some significant pieces of legislation – think Clinton's support of NAFTA, or Bush's No Child Left Behind and prescription drug reform – have passed Congress with bipartisan support. So we shouldn't preclude any possibility of bipartisan action on other legislation that does not map onto the fault line separating Republicans and Democrats as neatly as the stimulus bill did. Nonetheless, I can't help thinking that given the magnitude of the stimulus bill, and the fact that it was the first major piece of legislation to pass Congress, Obama missed a golden opportunity to fulfill his campaign promise to be an agent of change. Of course, the political scientist in me has always been skeptical, given the composition of Congress, that Obama would be any more successful than Bush or Clinton at toning down the politics of polarization. As a citizen, however, I am disappointed that he has started out as a "divider, not a uniter" (keeping in mind that we can't blame the divisions in Congress solely on him.)
Regarding Senators staying in office longer than Obama – I'm not suggesting that Obama will be a one-term president. But even if he serves out two terms, most Senators will outlast him in office, given that the average Senator serves about two terms, or 12 years, in office.
As for Frank Rich! If I thought it would serve any useful purpose, someday I'd like to devote a post in which I take quotes from a particular columnist and use them to argue against that same columnist's argument in another column. In the case of the stimulus bill, it is deliciously ironic to hear columnists on the Left like Rich throwing a hissy fit over Republican opposition to the stimulus bill. "It's all about politics," they fume. "Republicans are willing to see the nation's economy get wrecked just so Obama will be voted out of office." The problem, of course, is that many of these same columnists on the Left were urging the Democrats in Congress to block the bank bailout bill pushed by Bush (and later Obama) because it was a handout to the Wall St. fat cats! If I paid any attention to pundits like Rich, I might be mildly offended by the blatant hypocrisy in accusing Republicans of rank partisan demagoguery when they oppose government efforts to help the economy while defending Democrats' opposition to government efforts to bail out the economy as principled. One could defend both positions on the merits of the argument, of course. But I'm hardpressed to see how pundits on the Left like Rich are so certain about the sordid motives behind the Republican opposition. It's just a reminder of a point I've made often in previous posts regarding the Pundit's Creed: "My motives are pure, my opponents are venal opportunists." It's columns like Rich's that help contribute to the polarized attmosphere that Obama is finding so difficult to change. Of course as most of you know by reading my previous posts, the punditocracy's primary purpose for me is to serve as a foil so I can present political science research. Otherwise I wouldn't read any of them – Left or Right. And neither should you if you actually want to understand politics. They mostly make stuff up and call it an argument. It's useful only for the entertainment value – not as a source of insight into presidential politics. For that, you come here!
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An aging Karate instructor -- a master at that -- called his senior students together to discuss a grave problem. "Our enrollment is declining," he reported. "I have called you together to discuss what we can do. I have also asked a business consultant to sit in our meeting."
Various suggestions were made by the senior instructors but the consensus was that having fewer students was actually better in that more time could be spent with each student. Quality was preferable to quantity.
The instructor looked disappointed and asked the business consultant for his opinion.
"Well, I have observed your dojo for several weeks. You have an excellent product. Your Karate is top rate. In fact, that is the problem. Your standards are too high and you are too tough on students. That is why so many students quit after only a few weeks."
"So what are you saying?" asked the instructor?
"Cut your standards in half and you will double your enrollment and your retention rate."
The seniors erupted in outrage! It got so bad that the instructor had to ask them to leave the room. Finally he was alone with the business consultant.
"Let me get this right. We cut our standards in half and we double our enrollment?"
"What if we cut our standards by 90%?" asked the instructor.
"Why then your enrollment will increase tenfold and hardly any students will quit before they earn their black belt, which you could offer after just 6 months of training, for a hefty fee, of course."
"But what about the seniors? They would never go for this."
"Fire them all. Expel them from the dojo and promote lower black belts to higher ranks. They will be happy and won't know any better. Of course, you can charge them hefty fees too."
"Let me get this straight," said the instructor, "the more I lower my standards the more successful I will be?"
"Exactly right. And you can charge higher tuition and belt fees too. People like to feel like they are improving. You will be helping them to do that."
So what do you think that the instructor did?
This is just a story, thank goodness! What would you do in this situation?
Many years ago, one of my good friends was encouraged by other instructors to increase his tuition. He promptly cut his tuition in half!
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One of the Wachau district's most attractive villages is Durnstein, where the ruins of a castle - the Kuenringerburg - high up on a hill commands a superb view of the Danube as it winds through the valley. Stroll among the ruins and soak in the historic atmosphere of the castle where King Richard I of England was incarcerated in 1192. And after your journey into the past rejoin the 21st century and sample some of the splendid local wines in one of the local taverns.
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As america is getting stuck on the ukraine case they are now trying to make the issue more complicated. After rest of the world Russia China and others completely understood what they are they now cant convince anyone against Iran with whatever excuse. Even the nuclear talks are on the run these sanctions are unexplainable but an item of provacation.
This time it seems they want to go to target directly. They want Iran to react to sanctions and finish the nuclear dialogue transparency etc. this way they will create the excuse for more sanctions and even war.
It is better for Iran to keep the current nuclear policy and do not cut off the nuclear dialogue. Russia is also sanctioned by west and Iran can turn to Russia for trade along with South American countries in food exports for example that Russia put sanctions to eu countries and many other fields. This way non american controlled countries can form a block within themselves and gradually obtain self sufficiency as a trade and security bloc.
Also after getting stuck everywhere Syria Iraq(not totally they should thank to isis) and ukraine they are more dangerous now. since the guys are war criminals as was seen on the ghouta chemical attack case every harm can come from them.
Countries Iran and also Pakistan need to possess second strike capability. There should be sufficient capability of chemical and biological mrbms to be launched from warships in case of Pakistan nuclear mrbms. Also I think submersible ballistic missile erector launcher platforms can be designed which can be lifted up by a submarine(by pumping air etc.) and lock to its place to erect and launch above water in the abscence of submarine underwater launched ballistic missile capability. This way preemptive nuclear strike option will fade away from the criminal minds as well.


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Food Tips
"Eat five different kinds of fruits and vegetables every day to recapture the disease-preventing phytochemicals missing in the American diet." - Dr. James Duke, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Concentrate on the outside aisles of grocery stores and in natural foods sections where the freshest whole foods are generally found.
Organize your shopping list by categories and, preferably, by aisles in the store.
Be flexible and take advantage of seasonal vegetables and fruits.
"Vitamin and mineral supplements are no substitute for a variety of foods. ...Fruits, vegetables and grains contain a synergistic mix of micronutrients that haven't been duplicated in pills or capsules. Eating a wide range of foods from the plant kingdom is considered better than relying on supplements." - Dietary Guidelines for Americans, USDA
"The key that opens the door to variety and moderation is balance." - Stephanie Belling, M.D., Author of Power Foods
A simple formula for dietary improvement:
Follow these inexpensive, simple rules to improve your diet.
Consume the following:
- One fruit at each meal or snack
- One vegetable at lunch, dinner, and as a snack
- One whole grain or starchy vegetable at every meal
- One serving of beans or legumes per day
- Use seeds and nuts as a healthy garnish
When you buy packaged and prepared foods, read the labels carefully and consider the impact of that particular food on your day's food plan.
Avoid those products loaded with ingredients high in saturated fats and hydrogenated oils.
When the recipe calls for sugar, think about cutting back or substituting fruit.
Make your own substitution or alternatives list. For example, when the recipe calls for cream, substitute with evaporated skim milk. When your chili recipe calls for ground beef, you might think about substituting bulghur wheat or a meat substitute.
Substitute cooking methods when there is a more desirable way. For instance, there is no need to use a deep frying method to produce crisp flavorful potatoes; you can bake them at a high temperature instead. There is no need to thicken soups with cream; you can use pureed white beans, starch vegetables, or tofu instead.
Try new combinations or varieties of foods. Jerusalem artichokes or broccoli make wonderful low-fat dips or spreads when pureed with the herbs of your choosing.
Experiment with one new food a week to expand your horizons. Think about one of the less common grains, like quinoa or an exotic vegetable like radicchio or kohlrabi.
Try ways to make vegetables or legumes your main course for some of your meals.
When eating out, don't think you are necessarily limited to the choices on the menu. Many chefs are happy to make changes and substitutions when you make a request.
Diet improvements for heart disease might include:
- Eating beans and legumes as substitutes for meat.
- Eating more garlic, along with its relatives: onions, leeks, and scallions.
- Food high in antioxidants: yellow, orange and dark green vegetables, and fruits.
- Increasing fiber consumption by eating whole grains, beans, and legumes.
- Reducing overall fat intake, while making monounsaturated fats, like olive oil, canola oil, and walnuts your main source of oil.
Diet improvements for hypertension might include foods high in potassium and magnesium, such as:
- Certain fruits, like apricots, bananas, berries, and melons.
- Legumes and vegetables, like broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, and spinach.
Good bets:
These foods represent good general choices for people without known food allergies or dietary restrictions. You should always check with your doctor or a dietician when planning changes in your diet.
- Whole grain or multigrain
- Less than 3 grams of fat per serving
- Breads with added bran, wheat germ or fiber
- Popcorn without added fat
- Rice cakes
- Whole grain, low-fat chips (baked)
- Unsalted pretzels
- Dried fruits
- Whole fruits
- Trail mixes
- Cereals
- Low-fat yogurt
- Dark green, yellow, or orange colored fresh vegetables
- Locally grown and in-season vegetables and fruits
- Crisp vegetables and fruits without bruises
- Frozen vegetables (packed at the peak of their freshness and equal to fresh)
- Avoid frozen vegetables with high-fat sauces
- Tropical varieties of fruits
- Fat-free and low-fat varieties
- Cheeses with less than 3 grams of fat per serving
- Labeled extra-lean
- Labeled lean
- Kept well-iced or frozen
- Moist flesh, bright eyes, no dried edges
- Choose fresh, un-cracked, refrigerated eggs
- Special branded eggs that don't raise cholesterol (rich in vitamin E)
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- Frozen meals with less than 400 calories and 15 grams of fat.
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Well I have been THE junior developer in a small team for several years. Now, there is a new fresh graduate so I have become the not-so-junior-developer and have been asked to mentor him.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Wonderful White Wednesday
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Simple elegance ~ You have such a lovely gift.ReplyDelete
What gorgeous treasures you've shared for White Wednesday! I just adore your style! You add the most elegant details to each and every work of art! Have a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
Best Wishes and Blessings,
...so lovely!ReplyDelete
~ but oh, the salty sea....
soon (next weekend) I will visit again:) and perhaps I will see a beautious la mer such as yours, sunning on the rocks!
xo, Rosemary
I love all that you post. I especially am appreciating your pillow with the image of the two women like I used on my project. Very nice, and thanks for sending me over to danielle's blog for the pay it forward. I am in and excited about it!ReplyDelete
Hi Michelle. I truly enjoy looking at your lovely creations. They're so feminine and soft! Hope you're having a wonderful White Wednesday.ReplyDelete
Dear Michelle- I love the : When this you see...... and your beautifull tags, and white ,and brown spring-items- the lavender sachets-are beautifull,too.ReplyDelete
I'm loving your new tags! Great stuff!ReplyDelete
A visit to your blog always perks me up, Michelle. Just love all your 'le printemps' creations and your pretties on display. The rose printed ribbon is gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your sweet comment on PIF. I really like this idea of spreading some blog love. :)
- Susan
Just gorgeous Michelle, I love it ALL!! I would love to see your studio, so pretty, I am loving my little bottle that I bought recently from your Etsy shop!! ♥ReplyDelete
I always love to see what you have to share for White Wednesday...and every day!
I hope you are having a wonderful week!!
I love all your white Wednesday stuff!!ReplyDelete
You have so many delightful things here it just cheers my soul!ReplyDelete
Michelle your blog always has a calming effect on me! So much beauty in one place! sigh....ReplyDelete
hugs Lynn
OOOoo I just love those cards. I will have to head over to your shop to see if you have them.ReplyDelete
Your collections are just gorgeous!!!
Hi Michelle,ReplyDelete
Oh gosh, I'm swooning..it's all so gorgeous!!! Beyond words!!!
I truly believe that you and your blog are one of the reasons it's so wonderful. I just can't wait to see what you are going to share each week.ReplyDelete
Thanks for being a part of it.
Your whites are always superb...ReplyDelete
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You are so very talented in so many ways. Your art and your gift of photography. Every time I enter your blog I swoon!!! ~~Sherry~~ReplyDelete
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A wonderful collection of your images to keep me smiling through the day.
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Barley ends lower on sluggish industrial demand
Barley prices closed lower by 0.27 per cent on Friday at the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) as the investors booked profits at the higher on account of the weak physical markets and also due to the fall in the demand from beer and cattle-feed makers. At the NCDEX, barley futures for June 2014 contract closed at Rs. 1,127 per quintal, down by 0.27 per cent, after opening at Rs. 1,128 against the previous closing price of Rs. 1,130. It touched the intra-day low of Rs. 1,127.
Sentiment weakened further on account of a surge in the arrivals of the commodity along with the sluggish demand on higher levels.
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Well I've been promising this long enough – An XBMC Addon that will download TV Shows automatically.
I've actually been working on this on-and-off for a few months now, but I have so little free time these days, progress has been extremely slow.
The project pulls *very* heavily from my experience with Sickbeard. The target here is to put together a system that 'just works', and doesn't require continuous tweaks as Sickbeard does. To this end, the plan is currently:
- Only free, open, feeders ('providers' in SB terminology).
- Multiple different types of sources: Currently only torrents are implemented, but I've put in the basics for other types also (e.g. Video-On-Demand sites, like iPlayer, Hulu, etc. and download sites like icefilms.info).
- An integrated torrent client. Using libtorrent in Gotham is proving quite difficult, so I'm relying on Transmission for now. I'll fix this in time.
- Low resource usage. Sickbeard did a *lot* of background downloading, refreshing, updating etc.. I have eliminated all of that here. There will be a small cost in terms of what we can display (e.g. banners and schedules and such), but I think it's worth it. XBMC has many many addons which do a far better job of this kind of thing.
- Take out much of the functionality that doesn't-quite-work (or isn't really needed) in Sickbeard: e.g. Season pack downloads. Backlog. Notifications. Metadata downloads. Mass updates. (Most) Post-Processing.
(Note: I do plan to implement Backlog in the future, but using a very different technique. *cough* dns *cough* Everything else I've taken out is handled better by other XBMC addons)
- Scraping. Anyone who uses my fork of sickbeard will know that I've removed any instance of it that I can. I'll be completely avoiding it here.
- Automatic fixing of 'Scene' numbering. Don't get me wrong, Scene numbering is great, and it makes a *lot* more sense than thetvdb.com numbering. But XBMC (for the most part) uses thetvdb numbering, so we're stuck with it. The addon will automatically convert between the two.
If you're curious, have a look at the github link above. You can even install it and try it out if you like.
Please note that this is currently Pre-Alpha. It has bad bugs (which will occasionally require a restart of XBMC to fix), and some significant missing functionality. Of course we are delighted when anyone tries this out, but for the present the target market is developers and people who don't mind poking around in logs and code.
Installation Instructions:
- Download the latest service.tvtumbler zip from http://repo.tvtumbler.com/service.tvtumbler/.
- In XBMC: System → Settings → Addons → Install from zip file, and browse for the zip file you've just downloaded.
- Install transmission (this is a temporary requirement until libtorrent is implemented). Set it up so that it puts completed downloads somewhere that XBMC can access them (this means a network share if it's not running on the XBMC machine), and so that it stops seeding when it reaches a specific ratio (typically I recommend >1.1).
- In the Addon settings → Feeders: Enable at least one.
- In the Addon settings → Transmission: Enable it, and set all required settings. The Download Dir is where XMBC will look for completed downloads.
- Open the Addon through either 'Video Addons' or 'Programs'. Select the 'Shows' button, and follow some shows (use the context menu to select quality).
- And read the notes here: they're likely to be much more current than the above.
Please post any issues on the github issue tracker, and include an XBMC debug log.
Want to help out?
- Can you code? Have a look at the XBMC code on github (especially the XBMC gui, this needs a lot of work), or perhaps the (soon to be released) web interface. If you can do either, the XBMC gui is the priority (as I have little or no XBMC gui experience, and I can do web in my sleep). But drop me a line before you do anything, as there are extensive dev changes afoot (the addon will soon be split into 3).
- The system has ongoing maintenance and hosting costs (yes, there's a considerable server component to this). All contributions are welcome. Bitcoin: 15Vh5ZiQpXuymRf46JAELnZPNbLaTKLduc.


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dup, dup2 − duplicate a file descriptor
#include <unistd.h>
int dup(int oldfd);
int dup2(int oldfd, int newfd);
dup() and dup2() create a copy of the file descriptor oldfd.
After a successful return from dup() or dup2(), the old and new file descriptors may be used interchangeably. They refer to the same open file description (see open(2)) and thus share file offset and file status flags; for example, if the file offset is modified by using lseek(2) on one of the descriptors, the offset is also changed for the other.
The two descriptors do not share file descriptor flags (the close-on-exec flag). The close-on-exec flag (FD_CLOEXEC; see fcntl(2)) for the duplicate descriptor is off.
dup() uses the lowest-numbered unused descriptor for the new descriptor.
dup2() makes newfd be the copy of oldfd, closing newfd first if necessary.
dup() and dup2() return the new descriptor, or −1 if an error occurred (in which case, errno is set appropriately).
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(Linux only) This may be returned by dup2() during a race condition with open() and dup().
The dup2() call was interrupted by a signal.
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The error returned by dup2() is different from that returned by fcntl(..., F_DUPFD, ...) when newfd is out of range. On some systems dup2() also sometimes returns EINVAL like F_DUPFD.
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SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
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MILWAUKEE – Abbott Laboratories, a major Illinois-based maker of drugs and medical products, unlawfully fired a 30-year employee because of his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges in a complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee.
According to the EEOC's suit, John Ziegler, then 54, a sales representative working for Abbott in Wisconsin, was subjected to age bias and stereotypes in regard to his performance, and was terminated and replaced by a younger employee with less education and less experience. The EEOC said Ziegler was willfully fired because of his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The case, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abbott Laboratories , Case No. 10-C-0833 (E.D. Wis.), has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Randa. It will be litigated by attorneys in the EEOC's Milwaukee Area Office.
"Smart employers know that—even in difficult economic times—they cannot balance their books on the backs of older workers and attempt to cover up age discrimination by saying they need employees with more 'energy' or 'excitement,' said John Hendrickson, regional attorney for the Chicago District Office, which oversees the agency's Milwaukee operation. "We hope this case will make clear that workers who are doing their jobs cannot be dumped just because somebody mistakenly believes that age bias will work as a management technique. It's not going to fly."
Jean P. Kamp, EEOC associate regional attorney, added, "Today's work force has a lot of experienced people in it. In the ADEA, Congress guaranteed those older workers that so long as they are performing, they cannot be put on the street merely because of their age. That's what today's lawsuit is all about."
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I'm back with another paint sketch!
This design takes inspiration from the reprap tuga (Scott-Russell linkage) and various polar printers.
The two grey carriages move up and down a single linear rail. The height of the end effector is equal to the height of the lower carriage. The forward travel of the end effector is equal to the distance between the two carriages.The yellow box shows the build area. The blue and violet arms form a parallelogram. The orange arm is not strictly necessary.
The polar axis is not illustrated here. A turntable can be added to the build area, or the whole tower can be made to rotate similar to a scara arm.
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Transluminal event query for physicists : Celebrating Independence Day on Zargol VII
I hope Dr. Dobb's CodeTalk readers can help me understand a recent text message from a friend visiting the distant planet Zargol VII. She claims to have seen there a wave propagate at transluminal speed ...
The inhabitants of Zargol VII are very planetriotic, so every Independence Day they set off a visual display that can't be beat.
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The computerized control for each the satellite is synchronized to sidereal time as viewed from ground control.
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Physicists reading this account: Should I believe my friend? Or is her analysis of the event she witnessed flawed?


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The Broncos were upset with Magid's handling of the contract re-negotiations and his inability to get them a timely decision from Dumervil on Friday.
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BEST FIT: Where should Dumervil sign?
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team is not publicizing their plans.
"We are taking a day to recharge," the person said.
But Dumervil could be part of the Broncos' future plans, which also include looking at available free agent pass rushers Dwight Freeney and Osi Umenyiora.
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It sounds as if Dumervil, who eventually verbally agreed to a reduced base salary of $8 million for this upcoming season, as well as an injury guarantee of $3.5 million on a $10.5 million base salary in 2014, will give Denver the first shot to bring him back.
Dumervil's next agent and the team will probably have to find a new structure for his next contract. The Broncos have less than $8 million in salary-cap space because of accelerated dead money after the release of Dumervil.
Magid told USA TODAY Sports on Saturday that he will waive the five-day waiting period for Dumervil to sign with a new agent so that Dumervil can begin negotiating with teams sooner than the middle of next week.
USA TODAY Sports' Lindsay Jones contributed to this report.
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