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We also participate in standardisation work within the field of luminaires via our membership of the Swedish Electrical Commission team TK34 and TK89.
At the international level we are represented in the team WG1 LUMEX within the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission). This team discusses proposals for amendments to testing standards.
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If you're the kind of person who finds themselves switching between multiple Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents, you'll probably find the fact Office insists on opening every single document in its own window quite tiresome. Windows 7's new Taskbar is a definite improvement on previous versions, but it's still a fiddly process having to roll the mouse over a program icon, wait for the preview windows to appear and then locate the right one before clicking it.
It's a problem that plagues most office applications – only Lotus Symphony has found a workable solution, opening all documents in their own tabs within a single program window.
Thankfully there's a free add-on that can do something similar in Office, and this is it. Office Tabs, as the name suggests, basically adds a tab bar below the menu bar (Office 2003) or ribbon (Office 2007-2010) – once installed, all documents are opened within the same window, accessible through tabs, making it much easier to switch between them.
On its own this feature is enough to recommend Office Tabs, but it doesn't stop there. The tabs themselves are customisable to the nth degree: choose where to place them (top, bottom, left or right), change their shape and appearance, enable drag-and-drop reordering, add keyboard shortcuts… You name it, it's here.
There are some other useful features too, such as being able to create a new document simply by double-clicking the empty portion of the tab bar. Right-click a tab and you'll see lots more potentially useful options too, but be warned: many of them are marked with an asterisk, and that's because their functionality isn't available in this Free Edition.
If you'd like to be able to rename a file simply by right-clicking its tab, or add the option to save and close all open documents with a single click, you'll need to upgrade to the Professional edition for the princely sum of $25. You'll also find there's an Enterprise Edition available too for $10 more – this extends Office Tab's functionality to Microsoft Project and Visio too.
This is the 64-bit edition, and works with 64-bit versions of Microsoft Office only.
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Deep Impact Mission Status Report
The burn further refined the spacecraft's trajectory, or flight path, and also moved forward the expected time of the Independence Day comet encounter so impact would be visible by ground- and space- based observatories.
The 95-second burn – the longest remaining firing of the spacecraft's motors prior to comet encounter -- was executed on May 4. It changed Deep Impact's speed by 18.2 kilometers per hour (11.3 miles per hour).
"Spacecraft performance has been excellent, and this burn was no different," said Rick Grammier, Deep Impact project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "It was a textbook maneuver that placed us right on the money."
Right on the money is where Deep Impact has to be to place a 1-meter- long (39-inch) impactor spacecraft in the path of a comet about as big as the island of Manhattan that is bearing down on it at 37,100 kilometers per hour (6.3 miles per second). At the same time, from a very comet-intimate distance of 500 kilometers (310 miles), a flyby spacecraft will be monitoring the event. This all occurs in the wee hours of July 4 – at 1:52 am Eastern time (July 3, 10:52 p.m. Pacific time) -- at a distance of 133.6-million kilometers (83- million miles) from Earth.
"With this maneuver our friends working the Hubble Space Telescope are assured a ringside seat," said Deep Impact Principal Investigator Dr. Michael A'Hearn of the University of Maryland, College Park. "Their observations, along with space telescopes Chandra and Spitzer and numerous ground-based observatories, will provide us with the most scientific bang for our buck with Deep Impact."
Deep Impact is comprised of two parts, a "flyby" spacecraft and a smaller "impactor." The impactor will be released into the comet's path before a planned high-speed collision on July 4. The crater produced by the impact could range in size from the width of a large house up to the size of a football stadium, and from 2 to 14 stories deep. Ice and dust debris will be ejected from the crater, revealing the material beneath.
The Deep Impact spacecraft has four data collectors to observe the effects of the collision. A camera and infrared spectrometer, which comprise the High Resolution Instrument, are carried on the flyby spacecraft, along with a Medium Resolution Instrument. A duplicate of the Medium Resolution Instrument on the impactor will record the vehicle's final moments before it is run over by comet Tempel 1 at a speed of about 37,100 kilometers per hour (23,000 miles per hour).
The overall Deep Impact mission management for this Discovery class program is conducted by the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. Deep Impact project management is handled by JPL. The spacecraft was built for NASA by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colo.
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One of the books I'm currently reading is a new publication from the Alban Institute entitled Welcome to Theological Field Education. It is edited by Matthew Floding, and has 11 helpful chapters from various practitioners in the area of practical/contextual theological education.
One chapter I found particularly evocative was written by Dr. Charlene Jin Lee of San Francisco Theological Seminary. Lee writes:
"For one year before beginning grammar school, my parents sent me to a piano conservatory every day. The first words I learned to read and write were terms from music theory. I practiced running my fingers through Hanon's scale exercises and checked off the boxes the teacher had drawn to indicate the number of times I was to practice the exercises. During lessons, the teacher would sit on a chair at one end of the piano and watch me. Many hours of my childhood were spent on the piano bench, often with a metronome ticking above, where I learned the techniques of maneuvering my fingers according to the printed music notes. Obediently following the dizzying array of black dots on paper, I matriculated over time from beginning level books to more technically challenging pieces.
"Many years later I realized that the formation of a piano virtuoso was about far more than training. One teacher, instead of simply watching me practice, allowed me to watch her practice. Before I learned a new piece, she would bring her own copy of the music, which was full of penciled notations, the edges of the sheets rolled and frayed. She would sit at the center of the piano bench and begin to play the piece. Sometimes her eyes were closed as if she were in a dream, sometimes her eyes focused intensely at the measures of the printed music. Her body would sway as if to dance, and her face expressed something inward she could not hide. I watched my teacher interact with the text of the music; she would then watch as I tried out my own interactions with the text. I discovered and rediscovered that the activity of pressing wooden keys with my fingers was more than merely this. It was remembering the composition, creating sound, and evoking interpretation."
Dr. Lee continues: "While good technique is valuable, ministry is about more than skills...."
One of my hopes for each of you on internship is that you are able to "watch the teacher interact with the ministry" as well as practice the skills, much as Dr. Lee did with her piano teacher. That is an essential part of the supervisor/mentor relationship with you as a student/learner/practitioner.
When that happens, delightful things tend to emerge. At the risk of mixing metaphors, Dr. Lee also uses poetry as an image for pastoral formation. Elsewhere in her chapter, she references a haiku by Bill Maroon, which she says "conveys the constructive activity of teaching and the experience of formation that a supervisor-mentor and intern encounter together during an internship year:
"We meet awkwardlyI invite you to walk.I find you dancing."
In the midst of all that you are called on to do, may you experience the dance.
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First Annual Open Learning Analytics Hackathon
From research to delivery, building production worthy dashboards
The Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) and the Apereo Learning Analytics Initiative are pleased to announce a two day hackathon which will be held on the preconference days, March 16-17th, ahead of the 2015 Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK) conference.
This event will bring together the learning analytics researcher, software developer and practitioner communities as means to share expertise and collaborate on a clear higher education need: the development of open-source scalable dashboard that works across systems, uses emerging standards, and supports an Open Learning Analytics Framework. This work will build on the OpenDashboard project which was recently released through the Apereo Learning Analytics Initiative.
Context & Objectives
In order to facilitate the scalability of learning analytics endeavors, and to allow learning analytics researchers and practitioners alike to focus on the innovative as opposed to the common requirements of their projects, the current hackathon is aimed at converging on an open source reusable dashboard core that provides the basic functionality that most, if not all, learning analytics projects have in common. This dashboard core is envisaged as an environment capable of hosting project or feature specific widgets (or cards) through which users interact with the underlying analytics and infrastructure. In this way, dashboards may provide insights in domains of Student Learning that are particularly in the interest of researchers in Learning Analytics, course instructors, students, and university management responsible for the quality of learning and teaching with minimal duplication of effort. In working on developing dashboards to accommodate these interests, we distinguish four types of functionality -
- Functionality that is deemed obligatory for any foreseeable application of the dashboard;
- Functionality that might at times need to be disabled but should be part of the dashboard core because those times form the exception rather than the rule, and
- Functionality that is needed for widgets to be embedded in and interact with the dashboards;
- Functionality that is widget specific (e.g., specific to particular learning analytics applications and/or projects).
We therefore propose the establishment of requirements for a Dashboard Core and modular learning analytics visualization widgets that can be hosted from that core, with an aim of building a reusable learning analytics dashboard. We will share with the participants the discussions, insights and outcomes, in the format of a 'mind-map', from a series of local hackathons organized towards this aim.
A key objective of the hackathon is gathering requirements for and building an open, easily extensible "reference" dashboard that works across systems, uses emerging standards, and supports an Open Learning Analytics Framework (e.g. OpenDashboard).
Another objective is to validate the requirements of proposed widgets that can be implemented for a reusable dashboard.
Any software artifacts and documentation generated will be preserved for future hackathons and wider dissemination. We are also encouraging joint efforts on future research papers in follow up or indeed a consortium to extend the OpenDashboard.
Two Day Agenda
- Day One (March 16th) - The morning will be dedicated primarily to orientation activities with the afternoon focusing on baseline problems as means to further orient participants and to stimulate thinking around technical requirements and solutions.
- Day Two (March 17th) - The second day will primarily be a coding day with reporting out and discussion of next steps taking place in the late afternoon.
Participation Expectations
Although the event is open to everyone and we hope for diverse participation, it is important that those who register are aware of the following expectations:
- Commit to Two Day Event - Given that knowledge and collaboration will be developed over the two day event it will not be easy for people to "jump in" once it begins.
- Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills - We will be assuming that participants have either software development, data analysis, data mining, design (UX) experience and/or knowledge of learning analytics. Please contact us (see below) if you have questions.
- Be Prepared to Contribute and Collaborate - This will be an active and dynamic two-day event during which participants will be expected to engage in real work and collaborate with others closely.
- Registration Fee - We will be charging a nominal fee of $130 for both days to cover some of the costs associated with running the event.
You will be able to register for the hackathon when you register for the conference (or you can return and register later). Please note that space is limited and thus registration will be on a "first come, first served" basis.
If you are interesting in assisting with organizing and running the hackathon or simply have initial questions, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Infrastructure details.
The infrastructure represents a subset of a realistic campus wide deployment.The infrastructure is based on the Apereo Learning Analytics Initiative, including Sakai LMS connected via the xAPI standard to a Learning Record Store (OpenLRS) and to the OpenDashboard project.
Note: We will explain the infrastructure, the data collected and the related standards during the first half day of the hackathon.
Attendees, please find the Hackathon Environment set up instructions enabling you to have a head start for your local development. If you don't have time to do this prior to the hackathon (or run into trouble setting up the development environment), don't worry - we will help you get it set up onsite.
Communication Channels
We have set a slack collaboration room as a single point of communication accross and with in teams. The participants can create sub chat channels, share code snippets, google docs etc. which can be useful. We would like to keep track of the collaboration among attendees st and beyond the hackathon. Please check your inbox for an invite from email@example.com .
Please sign up for Slack. www.slack.com
Slack room : lak15hackathon.slack.com
Apereo Google drive
The google drive has access to the presentations, data extracts for hackathon. Please also create and commit artifacts into this drive.
Also use github to keep track of the code developed/changes. Teams leaders create a github repository for your team. Towards the end of the hackathon we will include this repos into Apereo LAI github.
Hackathon Environment requirements
Java 7+ (JDK)
Feel free to use either the Oracle JDK or OpenJDK.
Oracle JDK Download and Installation
OpenJDK Download and Installation
Feel free to use any git client that you are comfortable with. We'll provide details on the repository, which branch to use, etc at the hackathon.
Maven 3
We'll be using Maven 3 as our build and dependency management tool.
Maven 3 Download and Installation
We'll be using MongoDB as our default backend data store.
MongoDB Download and Installation
Use any source code editor that you are comfortable with. If you don't already have a source code editor or IDE here are some options:
Spring Tool Suite (based on Eclipse)
Once you have all of the required software and tools listed above installed you can clone the OpenDashboard project from github. View project on github - note we will not be using the master branch for the hackathon; branches will be created for each hackathon team.
- Create a new directory that will contain the OpenDashboard project source code
- Navigate to your newly created directory
- Issue the following git commands (or perform the equivalent commands from your git client)
- git init
- git clone https://github.com/Apereo-Learning-Analytics-Initiative/OpenDashboard.git
Hackathon Facilitators
Alan Berg - LAK15 Practitioner Track Chair, Community Officer (Apereo Learning Analytics Initiative)
Sandeep Jayaprakash - Learning Analytics Specialist, Marist College
The hackathon organizers would like to thank Unicon for their support with the infrastructure.
Unicon (https://www.unicon.net) is an IT consulting, technology services and open source support company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive education technologies capabilities across a variety industries, and provides an innovative support program for open source projects. Unicon has been delivering scalable and dependable integrated technology solutions for over 20 years, and considers this to be its greatest strength: "large company abilities, small company values."


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HUB-Robeson Center to host 'Topping Out' Ceremony April 29 and 30
The Penn State community will have the chance next week to make its mark on the HUB-Robeson Center. Students, alumni, faculty and staff can stop by the first floor of the HUB from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on April 29 and 30 to sign two 21-foot beams that will be used as part of the ongoing expansion and renovation project for the building.
The beams from this "topping out" ceremony will then be installed in the new meeting room area near Alumni Hall in mid-May. The placement represents the completion of phase one of the steel installation for the multi-year project.
"We're excited to be able to include the Penn State community in the commemoration of the expansion of the student-centered building," said Mary G. Edgington, senior director of union and student activities. "Once completed, the expansion will provide much-needed space for student programming needs, student organizations and individual students."
Steel "topping out" ceremonies originated in Scandinavia as a religious practice involving the placement of a tree on top of buildings to honor the tree-dwelling spirits of Scandinavian ancestors. Current "topping out" practices commemorate the completion of steel erection during construction and often involve the erection of beams that have been signed by the project team, building occupants and the public, marking a piece of history in the building.
Staff will be available to answer questions about the project and cake and cookies will be distributed from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the days the beams are on display. Steel erection for the entire HUB-Robeson Center expansion and renovation project is slated for completion in June 2014. Project construction began in May 2013 and will be completed in May 2015.
The proposed addition to and renovation of the building includes new seating and lounge space, additional meeting and multi-purpose rooms, a new THON merchandise store and a renovated Penn State Bookstore and Food Court. Retail venues including the id+ Office, PNC Bank, Penn State Federal Credit Union and Copy Central will be relocated. Updates can be found on the Union and Student Activities website, Facebook page and Twitter account.


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Senior art students to present work in practicum exhibit
PLAINVIEW – Boasting two unique styles and themes, the newest exhibit in the Abraham Art Gallery at Wayland Baptist University features the work of two graduating seniors. The show runs through May 5.
Tim Fisher, an art and theatre major from Denver, Colo., and Luciana Rempel Barror, an art major from Seminole, present the exhibit in fulfillment of their art practicum required for graduation. Fisher has titled his exhibit "V-Effekt," while Rempel's is called "Pedestrian."
"If the soul of art is the meaning of life, then the search for ultimate reason is the pursuit of artists. Lucy Barror and Tim Fisher are two young artists whose explorations in the purest sense are in search of meaning," said Dr. Candace Keller, professor of art and curator for the gallery. "I recognize their quest, and applaud it."
Barror said her love for the visual arts came after high school, and she decided to study art at Wayland early in her college career. She found inspiration and pleasure in the world around her, noting that "vacations to various mountain regions impressed on me an appreciation for nature and opened my eyes to the beauty that can be found in West Texas."
As an artist, Barror enjoys working with pastels and clay sculpture, preferring themes from nature and using her natural surroundings as resources. With a heavy interest in environmental conservation, Barror enjoys using organic materials in her artwork as well. In one particular series titled "Individual Interaction," Barror used clay sculptures and the "trash-can" firing technique to achieve various results.
"Things I am experiencing often find their way into my pieces," Barror said. "When I'm trying to make a particular statement I have found working three-dimensionally to be most successful. I make a list of key concepts and associated words, then focus on the ones I feel I can best convey visually."
After graduation, Barror plans to continue her education abroad, preferring Latin America. She would like to work in education and conservation. She is the daughter of Abe and Lena Rempel of Seminole.
"Luciana deals directly with expressions of her observed concerns about the world, making visual comments with selected natural objects juxtaposed with the castoff elements of consumer society. Her work speaks to environmental issues, and presents considered outcomes and alternatives to the waste and artificiality which permeates our culture," Keller said.
Fisher, son of Tom and Kelly Fisher of San Antonio, considers himself a quiet thinker, noting "there isn't much to my life that I consider momentous or commanding, yet I understand Nietzsche to mean that all life is just that."
A self-described "exceedingly withdrawn" person, Fisher's work features collages and colorful pieces meant to lure the viewer into the same contemplative state he enjoys. His artwork reflects much of his thoughts, emotions and life experiences in the same contemplative manner.
"A contemplative observer, Tim's works visualize strong personal convictions and yet offer them to the viewer in a cool and analytical manner, creating a visual tension. His works present concepts and situations, leaving the viewers to ponder their own conclusions regarding the meaning," Keller noted.
"Tim is a strong colorist painter, confidently working with dramatic and unexpected combinations which add intensity to his figurative works, and sometimes create surreal or dreamlike atmosphere. Both Tim and Lucy have unique artistic voices, and I know they will continue to interpret the visual world and translate it into their works in original and meaningful ways."
A reception for the artists is scheduled for Friday, April 20 from 6-8 p.m. in the gallery and atrium. The public is invited to attend.
The exhibit may be viewed in the gallery, located in the lower level of the Mabee Learning Resources Center, during regular hours: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday 2-5 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 291-3710.


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For December, we decided once again to go with festive photos. I'm delighted to announce the winner for December's roundup is Wendy of a Wee Bit of Cooking with this lovely photo entitled Wee Bird. Congratulations to Wendy who also won last year's festive photo challenge.
I will be hosting the next edition of No Croutons Required. The challenge for January is to make a soup or salad inspired by Thai cuisine. You have until the 20th of this month to submit your entries. For a recap of the rules, go here.
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How to fix NVIDIA blurry or fuzzy screen or text caused by driver installation
I don't know what's sadder, the fact that I still have to go through this workaround to get my NVIDIA graphics card to display the correct color range to my HDTV over HDMI, or that this page of essential instructions has been lost to the internet. I have grabbed the text from The Wayback Machine and am reposting it in case others could use the help.
The following text originally appeared on the following webpage (I will gladly give attribution if the proper owner is identified):
How to fix NVIDIA blurry or fuzzy screen or text caused by driver installation
You install the NVIDIA drivers and your screen or text becomes kind of "fuzzy" or "blury".
Kind of "washed-out", but not quite.
It might look almost as if it was not displaying in 32-bit color, even though it is.
If you put your mouse cursor over a blue background, you see a ghosted image of your mouse pointer next to it.
This "ghosting" happens, not when moving fast like LCD screen ghosting, but just when the mouse is sitting still.
The ghosting occurs with all objects, not just the mouse — including window borders, etc, and it's mostly in the vertical orientation.
When you UNINSTALL the drivers, it returns to normal. When you INSTALL the drivers, the problem re-appears.
The problem can occur on many different hardware and software platforms, including WinXP, WinVista, Win7, Linux;
… including many different NVIDIA GeForce cards;
… including many different monitors (both LCD and CRT & both 4:3 and widescreen aspect ratios).
This is nothing new. NVIDIA has been aware of this problem for YEARS, and has done nothing. They do not officially recognize this as a problem. Yet search in google for "nvidia blurry screen" or "nvidia blurry text" and you will clearly see hundreds of people asking for help with this problem. If you havn't experienced it yet, consider yourself one of the lucky majority. But do not doubt that it is a real annoying problem for many many others.
The problem is simply that a registry key is missing from the NVIDIA installer .inf file. We must find that file and add the appropriate line of text, before running the setup. Here is the step-by-step instructions to do it:
Part I – Get the drivers
- If you have not done so, go to nvidia.com and download the drivers for your card.
- Run the driver executable. A wizard will come up, asking you where it should extract the files, and you will have to click a checkbox that says something on the order of "I agree" and click next a few times.
- Eventually, it will pop up a different wizard — a NVIDIA-decorated one that looks like the following screenshot. When you see it, cancel the wizard, and of course tell it that "you're sure" that you want to cancel, etc.
- Ok, now navigate to the folder that you told it to extract to in the above wizard. There is a file in there called nv_disp.inf or it could be something else (depending on your driver version), like nv4_disp.inf ornv_disp_win7.inf. The path should look something like this:c:\NVIDIA\<your OS>\<your driver version number>\<your language>\nv_disp.inf
- Open that file up with notepad.
- Ok minimize this file. We're going to set it off to the side for now, but we will come back to it in a minute and add a line or two of text in it.
Part II – Find your monitor's unique EDID
The EDID is different for every type of monitor. You need to find it by doing this:
- First, you need to use an EDID editor to find your monitor's unique line. To do that, download this utility, unzip, and run it.
http://www.tucows.com/preview/329441 (Alternate download: Phoenix_1_3.zip)
- Ok when it's open, click New.
- Click Extract Registry EDID.
- This box will pop up. Make sure you click on the row, before clicking the Extract EDID button.
- Now all the info will be filled in the boxes. Click the Byte Viewer button.
- This screen with all the numbers will appear. The numbers you need are in Row 00, Columns 08 thru 0B
Part III – Prepare the line that we will need to stick in the .inf file
As I said previously, the problem is the lack of a registry key in the installer .inf file. Basically, when it installs without this registry key, it doesn't know the details about your monitor that it needs to make a sharp picture. So all we have to do is supply it with the right info in the form of this line.
- Most of the line is the same for everyone:HKR,,OverrideEdidFlags0,%REG_BINARY%,XX,XX,XX,XX,00,00,FF,FF,04,00,00,00,7E,01,00
- The XX,XX,XX,XX is the four bytes you got from the EDID in the previous part (circled in red in the screenshot above). Again, they are different for each monitor.
Part IV – Putting the line you made into the right spots within the .inf file
- Go into the .inf file that you set aside in Part I.
- Hit CTRL+F to pull up the Find box and look for any or all of the following sections:[nv_SoftwareDeviceSettings]
Or something else similar. I can't be too much more specific because depending on what driver you download for whichever graphics card series you have, will determine what sections there are.
- For my specific system, I added it (the bold line) to these two sections:[nv_commonBase_addreg]
HKLM,"Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Hybrid",AddDeviceSequence,%REG_DWORD%,1
HKLM,"Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Hybrid",AddDeviceSequence,%REG_DWORD%,1
HKLM,"Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer",PhysXInstall,%REG_DWORD%,1
HKR,,UserModeDriverName,%REG_SZ_APPEND%,"nvwgf2um.dll "
- After you added your unique line to the proper places, save the .inf file and close it. Proceed to Part V.
Part V – Finishing
- Go to control panel & uninstall your current video drivers.
- Go to the folder and click setup.exe to install the drivers with the modified .inf file.
- There will be a message asking if you're sure you want to install the driver b/c its not trusted or something like that. That's just b/c you modified the .inf file and the checksum didn't add up. Click OK to install anyway.
- Everything should be good now, if you did it right. If not, then you did all this for nothing b/c you obviously had some other problem from the one I am talking about in this How-To. Good luck!
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"A few suggestions for breaking through event boundaries, on behalf of NewsFeed: mentally repeat the decision or action as you enter the room, announce what you're about to do, or move to a one-room apartment."
"I know I came in here for something, but I can't remember what it is …"
If you've ever said something like this, you've probably experienced an "event boundary." Many, if not all, of us have had the experience of walking into a room and forgetting exactly what it is we came in there to do.
(PHOTOS: A Camera Helps an Amnesia Patient Access Her Memory)
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana recently conducted a study on this phenomenon, concluding that walking through doorways causes memory to lapse. As researcher Gabriel Radvansky explained: "Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an 'event boundary' in the mind, which separates episodes of activity and files them away."
That means that by the time you're staring blankly at the kitchen counter, your brain has already moved on from the thought that led you in there, and you can't…
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MLS Leads the Way
In addition, MLS has given up on relying on the better angels of players' nature to stop the diving and simulation American audiences so abhor. If a player tumbles to the ground without contact or feigns injury without being touched, he'll be forced to write a check. If that action results in a goal or card that shows up in the box score, a suspension is likely as well.
Major League Soccer in the United States is taking a hard stance on diving. This is wonderful.
via MLS vs. the world: League takes unprecedented stand against diving, vicious tackles – SOCCER – Sporting News.
Here's the Video and PDF I used to build my homemade HDTV antenna. Still works great.
Inventing on Principle
This is a little long, but it is brilliant. Bret Victor gives a presentation that not only demos some insanely cool software development tools, but with a worthwhile underlying message. If you have the time, take a look (and make sure to hit that full screen button).
(Via Coding Horror)
Dilbert: The One that Didn't Get Published
I'm not a logo designer, but I play one on the internet. I'll just leave this here.
"60 Seems Like Nothin' Now"
This girl rocks. 9 years old and grabbing the bull by the horns.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Yee
From last night's tornado in Dexter, Michigan, this amazing tidbit buried in a AnnArbor.com story.
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Yee was the first officer on the scene in Dexter.
Yee approached one destroyed home Thursday, and saw a hand sticking out of the rubble. He pulled out an elderly man, who was shaken but walked away.
"That's the best part," Yee said. "Every place I went to, I would have thought I would have found somebody laying there — deceased or whatever. But, knock on wood, everybody was OK."
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Legislature full of candidates
ST. PAUL - Next year's Minnesota Legislature should be interesting, given that many key lawmakers want to make the jump to governor - or at least are considering it.
Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, opted to leave his job as minority leader even if he just "kicks the tires" for a gubernatorial run. He said it would not be fair to the 47 House Republicans if he were forced to split his time between leading them and running for governor.
Another House leader soon may face the same situation, but pretty much no one expects her to step out of her high-profile role. Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, is expected to enter an already crowded Democratic contest.
Seifert would not say Kelliher needs to resign as speaker if she runs for governor, but did say: "My announcement today may put some interesting pressure on her."
There are another dozen leaders and committee chairmen looking at running, a situation that often leads to more rhetoric than work in sessions. On the other hand, candidates may be eager to hit the campaign trail and not want to be in session very long, leaving Minnesota with a short session.
Most pundits probably would bet on the former.
No Pawlenty
Gov. Tim Pawlenty admits he is not well known across the country, which means he would need to do a lot of work if he were to run for president in 2012.
As if to drive that point home, a CNN poll did not even mention the Minnesota Republican.
However, since the survey showed there is no clear front runner, it leaves Pawlenty with a chance.
CNN reported that 22 percent of Republicans likely would support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in at 21 percent each.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich trailed at 13 percent, with just 6 percent backing ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Independence candidates?
Independence Party Chairman Jack Uldrich says that not only will Republican and Democratic-Farmer-Labor party politicians run for governor, but someone will emerge from his party as well.
Apparently considering running are former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny, former short-time U.S. Sen. Dean Barkley and Stephen Williams, who ran for the Senate last year.
Time to celebrate
Al Franken says it is time to party.
But a June 25 Minneapolis gathering is more than a celebration; it is a fund-raiser. Tickets run anywhere from $50 to $5,000.
The Democrat's U.S. Senate campaign says he has made it through three of the five C's - campaign, count and court. This party will be the celebration, with the final C - Capitol - left.
In a letter to supporters, Franken said he continues to need contributions: "Although I'm confident that our victory will withstand any continuing legal challenges from national Republicans, our talented legal team is still hard at work protecting our win, which means I still need your help."
Franken was locked in an expensive court battle with opponent Norm Coleman.
Money for borer
Minnesota should receive $771,250 in federal funds to fight the emerald ash borer that is spreading across the state.
Most of that goes to keeping track of the borer's spread, with some being made available to cut infected down trees.
"With the recent discovery of emerald ash borer, it is vital that we do everything possible to stop the spread of this potentially devastating infestation," U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said. "The quick approval of federal help is critical to our efforts to stop this fast-spreading bug."
Opening joke
They say speeches should begin with a joke, so Tim Pawlenty did just that when announcing he would not run for a third term as Minnesota governor.
"Thanks for coming to the announcement that, in light of the Brett Favre situation and its unsettling impact on the people of Minnesota, I am signing an executive order requiring St. Paul native Joe Mauer, in addition to catching for the Twins, to also play quarterback for the Vikings," Pawlenty deadpanned. "These are tough times, Joe, and everybody has to dig deep."
Observers may have walked away with at least observation: Pawlenty will not "unretire" like the famous quarterback.
Within hours, Pawlenty was in demand on the national news channel scene. But apparently no one asked him to repeat his opening joke. Most of the talk was about running for president.


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I burst out laughing when I walked past this shop window for the first time last week. It sits on Calle Mallorca, sandwiched between the brassy credit-card-maxing designer boutiques on Passeig de Gràcia and the slightly more genteel antique and art shops of Calle de Pau Claris.
It was love at first sight – An entire shop dedicated to sex furniture. Mobiliario erótico!
Sleek leather recliner/chaise lounge hybrids, variously shaped floor cushions which probably need user manuals, and the pièce de résistance, a convulsing white bed in a pool of soft focus light.
In keeping with my carefully cultivated blasé city slicker attitude, I ran home and told everybody. I even threw in some enthusiastic pumping arm movements by way of illustration, but my (truly blasé) friends remained unimpressed.
A lesser journalist would have abandoned the story by now, but not me. Somewhere in this city there was a lonely unappreciated bed convulsing obscenely in a window, and by god people were going to know about it!
So I walked by yesterday, equipped with my phone camera on video mode, but as I rounded the corner I saw a couple of workers taping up a giant bed sized cardboard box on the pavement. Did someone buy the bed? No. Much worse. There were more cardboard boxes, brown paper blocking out the windows, and written in big scary pink letters across both windows – liquidación!
Oh hell! The damn recession claimes another victim. Civilization is in serious trouble when erotic frolicking takes a hit. Is nothing sacred anymore?
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Jennifer Hudson to sing at Nobel Peace Prize Concert
JENNIFER HUDSON and SEAL have been unveiled as the star performers at this year's (12) Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
The pair will take to the stage in Oslo, Norway a day after the prestigious award is bestowed upon the European Union next month (Dec12).
Hudson has spoken of her pride at landing the gig, telling her Twitter.com followers, "I am honored to be performing at the 19th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on Dec 11 in Oslo, Norway!"
Geir Lundestad of the Norwegian Nobel Committee says, "Through music, they will help celebrate and promote peace, informing audiences of the extraordinary contributions of the Nobel laureate."


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Former All-American Justin Pickham returns to the sideline as graduate assistant coach for the second season.
Selected the 2010 ITA Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year, Pickham will aid in all aspects of the tennis program. He will be involved in on the court coaching as well as recruiting.
"Pickham's high level playing background and knowledge in strength and conditioning makes him an excellent asset to the Bobcat tennis program," said head coach Barsby.
An All-American his senior year, Pickham went 13-4 including 6-0 in Peach Belt Conference (PBC) play in singles competition. He finished the season ranked No. 15 in the nation mainly playing at second singles.
Pickham and Erick Siqueira came one win away from the ITA Fall National Title and compiled a 16-3 mark in the spring. The duo was also a perfect 6-0 in PBC matches, adding three wins over Nationally-ranked teams.


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Concerned about the lack of fresh drinking water in the developing world, designer Gabriele Diamanti began working on a solution to desalinate water that would be readily available to households. His solution is nothing short of remarkable. Meet the Eliodomestico which, according to gizmag.com, operates like an "upside down coffee percolator."
The design of the Eliodomestico consists largely of two ceramic pieces that sit on top of each other. Inside the top piece is a black container that salt water is poured into. The sun will then heat the container, turning the salt water into steam. When the pressure builds, the steam is forced down a tube into a container in the lower piece. Once inside, it condenses against the lid and collects in the basin of the container. The bottom of the container is designed to be carried on the head, which is a common practice in developing countries.
Perhaps the most remarkable part is its simplicity. The Eliodomestico, which collects about five liters of fresh water per day, would cost an estimated $50 to build with no operating costs.
With this invention, those in the developing world will be able to desalinate their own water instead of having to rely on centralized desalination plants.
This innovative design received special mention at the Well-Tech Award 2012 and was the pro winner of the Core77 Design Awards 2012 in the social impact category.


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Time does not seem to be on our side. The population is aging but then I guess that is better than the alternative!
Walter Wagner, Jr. was the guest of honor for his 80th birthday at a dinner hosted by Jody Zimmerman and Glenn Price, held at their lovely home on Village Drive. The house is a 1920's stunner that has been lovingly restored and is in pristine condition. Dinner was delicious.
Everyone was happy to see Mary Margaret Phelps and Ed Buchart, who is almost always at his home in Florida. Carl and Roberta Fischer would have helped with the celebration but Carl was under the weather.
The evening also served as a going away party for Tom Blencoe who is leaving the public relations business in Louisville for a management position with Godiva Chocolates. He will be spending a good bit of time at the corporate office in Belgium when he is not at his domestic office in Florida. How neat!
Michael Judd was the guest of honor at a 65th birthday dinner given by Lois Louis and David Ratterman, at their treasure house on Napanee Road. It is filled with family collections that are fascinating and interesting. Lois has a large collection of paintings by an artist in New Orleans who loves to paint crocodiles in unique backgrounds! They are funny and most unusual.
H. J. Redmon, Sally Abell, Corky Sachs, Jack Roby, Gene Jaegers and Ben Small were among those happy to help Michael grow old so gracefully.
Big Catch
Susan and Andrew Donovan are out west in the Teutons at Jackson Hole and Yellowstone Lake with their children, Robert, Jackson and Caroline.
They are hiking and fishing. Susan won the family prize for the catch of the largest Big Mouth Bass! Since Susan is the daughter of Peggy Lou and Don Duane, she is an authority on Big Mouths.
The picture of her holding the fish is her only souvenir of the event as it is a catch and release lake.
Gin Gelato
Ghyslain on Market will be offering a toast to the 2012 Olympic host city with gin and tonic flavored gelato. YUMMMM! It features flavors of juniper berry, lemon juice and lemon zest.
New Chef
The Brown Hotel's GM, Brad Walker, has announced the addition of Richard Mills as chef de cuisine at the Four-Diamond restaurant, the English Grill. He comes to the luxury hotel from Ravello at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, where he served as sous chef.
After a devastating flood in 2010, Mills worked to revitalize Ravello by helping its team reopen the doors and develop a hand-crafted menu of Southern favorites fused with classic Italian techniques. He specialized in butchering, curing artisanal meats and cultivating the wine selection.
Mark your calendars: on Friday, Sept. 14, the Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner at The Brown Hotel will showcase the culinary talent of 16 nationally celebrated Louisville chefs who are contributing their time and talent to raise funds for the James beard Foundation and Sullivan University's National Center for Hospitality Foundation. The seven-course dinner will begin with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and the courses will follow at 7.
Tickets are $150 per person for James Beard Foundation members and $175 for non-members. A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible. To make reservations, call 502.583.1234.
The lineup will be hosted by Chef Geroli of the Brown and Chef Castro of Winston's. Participants are Julian Van Winkle, Mike Cunha, Agostino Gabriele, J. J. Kingery, John Varanese, Peng Looi, Shawn Ward, Anthony Lamas, Anoosh Shariat, Kathy Cary, Dean Corbett, Joe Castro, John Castro, Jim Gerhardt, Dallas McGarity, Laurent Geroli and Ghyslain Maurais.
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Your trip to the mill, or the elevator, could soon change. But if you want shorter waiting lines at the scale, prepare to get "tagged." Mandatory radio frequency tracking will be the price of entry for anyone who wants to use new grain- and fertilizer-handling facilities that have invested in automation, comprehensive computer databases and wireless identification systems.
Commodity Resource Corporation (CRC) based in Caledonia, NY, is one of a growing number of operations that are working to bring bulk commodity handling into the 21st century. Les Cole, president and founder of CRC, refers to his company as a service provider to agribusiness. "We never own any of the commodities that move through our facility," Cole says. "Instead, we provide a highly automated system that moves and mixes bulk ag materials very quickly and accurately. Our services spread the cost of high-tech equipment amongst co-op customers who generally cannot afford to upgrade to the latest technology."
As in most areas of the country, small and medium-sized farm co-ops in the region have had a tough go over the past few years. With small facilities unable to afford new equipment and technology, the trend has been toward consolidation, shutting down locations and often forcing farmers to travel greater distances. Even with consolidation, most agribusinesses manage their bulk materials with decades-old technology. Cole believes that modern systems like those at CRC will help bridge the gap. With more automation, bulk materials can be moved out as quickly as they come in. You could call it a "hot potato" philosophy of bulk commodity handling.
CRC's two-acre grain, feed and fertilizer distribution center may be the most highly automated farm commodity distribution center in the U.S. With only five employees, the facility can custom blend up to a million tons of feed and a million tons of fertilizer each year. Grain comes in from many small and medium-sized regional co-ops. Bulk materials arrive on railcars. Although the facility has dry storage for feed and fertilizer ingredients, a significant volume of materials is loaded directly from railcars. Custom mixes go out on trucks at rates as high as 300 tons/hr. for fertilizer and 250 tons/hr. for feed.
Fast processing
Fertilizer and feed can be mixed and moved faster at CRC partly because the facility is laid out as a large flat mill with high-speed conveyor belts, rather than a traditional vertical mill. Ingredients are simultaneously dispensed and measured via a volumetric blending system for fertilizer and a loss-of-weight system for feed. It's all monitored and controlled by computer and a well-organized data storage system.
"Ten years ago, computer processors just weren't fast enough to handle a loss-of-weight system for complete formula mixing," Cole says. "Loss of weight was traditionally used to drop in micronutrients and other small-volume ingredients, one at a time. But thanks to today's faster data processing, we can add up to 30 ingredients at the same time — everything from bulk soybean meal to micronutrients, even down to a few grams of vitamin E. The system can adjust ratios of ingredients as often as every 15 seconds or less."
Tag, you're it
"No matter how much we invest in our processes, we can be only as efficient as our slowest customer," Cole says. "So we want every truck that comes through to be tagged with a radio frequency device, either with a temporary credit-card-style tag that goes in the truck cab, or a more permanent tag mounted to the trailer."
Getting a truck tagged means farmers can move over the scale and through the system faster, but it also requires some changes in how they haul grain to market or pick up feed. For example, 95% of customer orders are logged on to CRC's Web site, long before the truck arrives. When it does, an unobtrusive radio transmitter, slightly larger than a credit card, automatically identifies the customer and the order before the trailer rolls over the 80-ft. certified scale.
The radio signal, which can be read from about 35 ft. away, transmits the customer account number to a radio receiver at the scale. The account's data and pending orders reside in the CRC database.
The concept of using radio signals to track shipments and vehicles has been around for several years. Known as RFID, which stands for radio frequency identification, the signal conveys customer or product information much the same way as a retailer's zebra-striped bar code does, only without the need for a direct line of sight. In fact, retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target are in the process of replacing product bar codes with chip-sized RFID product tags.
Retailers are a distant second to the transportation industry in the race toward RFID.
Passenger trains around the world use the technology. Highway tollbooths increasingly use RFID "smart-pass" cards to speed traffic and relieve highway congestion. Office workers are often given RF cards in place of building keys. And more to the purposes of agriculture, each of the 270,000 railcars that haul grain in the U.S. already has a radio frequency tag and a number that corresponds to a computerized online database.
A partnership between the Swedish company TagMaster and automated scale manufacturer CompuWeigh Corporation has gone a long way toward spreading the use of RFID technology to agriculture. CompuWeigh introduced its SmartRead RF tag automatic identification system for grain railcars in 1996. A sister product, the SmartCar database, contains data on all the grain cars in North America, allowing CompuWeigh to automatically calculate the optimum amount to load into each railcar. Grain terminal managers can monitor the database through a Microsoft Windows interface. With virtually every railcar in America now tagged, the next move is to get more grain trucks equipped with the tags. The goal is to move railcars and trucks through the system faster, while maintaining better records and accuracy in mixing loads.
The AgMark rail terminal in Concordia, KS, is another example of highly automated grain-handling facilities that use CompuWeigh scales to improve efficiency. AgMark's terminal manager Mark Paul speaks positively about the facility's grain management system (GMS). "I've been very comfortable with the functioning of the GMS," Paul says. "It provides us with good inventory control and excellent on-the-go blending capabilities. The GMS is basically tied to our inbound scale system, but it controls the movement and handling of grain from the time the truck arrives for weigh-in to rail load out."
At the AgMark facility, truck receiving is designed so that the driver remains in the truck at all times except to open the truck gates at the receiving pit. After weighing, the GMS automatically prints the scale ticket at the scale, so the driver doesn't need to return to the control room. Testing is handled remotely as well. Guided by closed-circuit TV, the operator takes a sample and sends it to the control room for grading via a pneumatic tube, similar to the way a drive-through bank works. All loading, unloading and grade data are referenced by account number and kept in a database called the AGRIS grain accounting system.
Price of admission
At CRC, customers must pay $35 for each credit-card-sized RFID transmitter and attach it somewhere on the trailer. Cole admits that not every customer is happy about this requirement, but most come around when they realize how much time the technology can save them. "We can't be the only ones to improve efficiency," Cole says. "If they want the benefits of improved efficiency, our customers have to improve too."
The $35 per tag is more of a deposit than a purchase price. Each permanent tag has a battery life of around six years. When the battery wears out, a customer can turn in his tag for a new one.
Robin Sax, CEO of CompuWeigh, says about 2,000 grain-handling facilities currently use a CompuWeigh system, accounting for more than 60% of all grain handled in the U.S. For many of these customers, using the CompuWeigh system is synonymous with RF tracking. CompuWeigh recently purchased 20 RF readers from Swedish company TagMaster, making CompuWeigh the largest distributor of RF readers in the grain industry.
"Increasingly, managers at these locations are telling customers that if they want to use their facilities, they will have to get RF tags on their trucks," Sax says. "In other cases, RF tagged trucks might get preferred customer status, resulting in shorter waits at the scale. In either case, RF tracking makes it easier and faster to get each load fairly graded and weighed."
Sax notes that radio tags are really just a way to transfer data more seamlessly between railcars, trucks and a database. That makes the database more useful for inventory management and automated handling systems. In some cases, he says, the data in grain inventory management systems also includes grain that is still on the farm. A significant portion of ADM's inventory, for example, is actually in farmers' bins.
As wireless technology, the Internet and in-bin grain monitoring tools improve, it doesn't take much imagination to envision comprehensive grain inventory databases that would include every grain bin in America. With that leap, farmers might be compelled to streamline on-farm grain management by acquiring their own on-farm RF tracking systems.
RFID wireless potential
The concept of automatic data entry into a database via an RF signal provides an answer to one of the biggest stumbling blocks to keeping any kind of useful database: If a busy farmer has to enter the data by hand, it often won't get entered accurately, if at all.
Wireless inventory systems can eliminate human data input errors and reduce loading over weight in the field, providing significant benefits for grain farmers. Moreover, identify-preserved grain and other specialty crops could be tracked and recorded more accurately in a low-maintenance database. Containerized specialty grain would lend itself especially well to RF tracking systems. Each container could have its own RF tag.
It's even possible that specially designed tracking tags could be released within the flowing grain itself. By 2005, the USDA plans to complete an evaluation of the feasibility of RFID technology for identity preservation in grain. According to a preliminary USDA proposal, the study will include "aspects of costs, practicality and methods to deploy, read and retrieve tags at critical points."
Livestock operators can use similar systems to closely monitor and record feed and ration data in real time, as the actual ration is fed. And consumer groups' calls for country of origin labeling (COOL) have compelled several companies to invent RF tracking tags that embed under an animal's skin.
Almost anything that requires measurement and tracking, such as fuel consumption of tractors, could lend itself to RF tracking. Even manure hauling and spreading might be managed according to weight and nutrient content with conservation guidelines and crop nutrient needs in mind.
For American farmers, the wireless revolution has already begun.


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JT Foxx is committed to helping protect entrepreneurs and small businesses from harm. To further this end, he has launched an extensive online and in-person training program to educate people on the potential hazards of conducting business in today's litigious landscape.
His latest efforts include a special JT Foxx Lawsuits website, geared towards educating entrepreneurs and small business owners as to some of the hazards they can encounter, from frivolous lawsuits to online slander.
These online efforts are part of a larger initiative to help protect the entrepreneurial community from harm. At all live events, including the upcoming Mega Partnering VI, JT Foxx will be teaching entrepreneurs exactly how to protect their brand through effective marketing and strategic thinking, denouncing those who abuse the legal system.
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JT Foxx started investing with nothing more than a rusted out Ford pick-up truck, $974 dollars and 1 cheap suit. Now just 6 years later, he has acquired and sold over 500 properties, closed over $40 million in real estate deals. He is a serial entrepreneur and started several multi-million dollar companies all over the world, became one the most sought after motivational speakers and recognized as one of the top wealth coaches in the world all by mastering the Art of partnering, branding, networking, and marketing.


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With the 2019 NFL Draft fast approaching we take a look at some lesser-known options for the Denver Broncos at the 10th pick and beyond as we update our big board.
Andre B. Simone, was born in Boulder, Colorado raised in Milan, Italy and is the draft and film analyst for BSNDenver.com. Education: Graduated in communications with an emphasis in media, and double minored in journalism and philosophy at Western State University of Colorado. Career: I got back into media and worked briefly for the NPR affiliate up in Crested Butte, CO. I then starter working on a podcast for an Italian website on American sports which eventually became three weekly shows. We soon became the only podcast that featured player interviews, had prospect endorsements for our draft podcast, and am sure I was the only international media member credentialed at various pro-days I attended. In that period I became one of two media members from Italy to become part of the FWAA. At BSN Denver I started doing film rooms which have since caught on in several sports and got picked up by Bleacher Report and the Denver Broncos website. Our draft coverage has quickly become the standard bearer for the area. I was tasked with launching BSN ATS, in short time ironing out two metrics that have been close to identical to the methodology Las Vegas uses to generate their weekly NFL spreads. I covered the Colorado Rapids' magical run to the Western Conference playoffs in 2016 after adding maybe the greatest American soccer player of all time in Tim Howard. My career highlight is probably following the Colorado Buffaloes magical 2016 "Rise" to Pac-12 south champions, attending their final five home-games, and following their top NFL prospects throughout the process. That offseason I also discovered Austin Ekeler one of the best stories of that draft and a true revelation as an NFL standout. I was the only media member to go out on a limb and say he was a legitimate NFL prospect, he's proved me right in a short amount of time. Most memorable sports moment: Seeing the greatest comeback in Nebraska football history in Lincoln while cheering from the visitors side for Ohio State in 2011. The atmosphere in that stadium was beyond anything I've ever felt, including European soccer rivalries that can be pretty intense. The finest sports book I've ever read: This might have to be a tie between Terry Frei's '77: Denver, The Broncos, and a Coming of Age. and Our Adrian Dater's 'Blood Feud…' Both books have been crucial in my career path, AD's book actually planted the seed for me doing this. Those 77 Broncos are an unbelievable team, I love that story and how it connects to the roots of the city. I read both books in a really important developmental period personally, they hold a special place in my heart. One sports movie that I can't live without: Growing up in Italy any American sports movies in our house where true gold. Remember The Titans, Space Jam, Angles in the Outfield, and Jerry McGuire all were played in the VHS without end at different periods. But I'm not a fiction guy, my favorite sports movies are almost all documentaries now, my favorite being "Once Brothers" the 30-for-30 on Drazen Petrovic's rise as Yugoslavia fell. It gets me every time as it's just my movie; with 90's hoops, Euro basketball, and the right amount of nostalgia. Most memorable experience as a reporter: Sitting down with Austin Ekeler, hearing his journey and knowing right then and there the kind of story I had uncovered was a pretty exhilarating experience. He'd never done that kind of thing before so he was an open book, we talked for an hour, he gave all sorts of insights, we related on many levels, it was a treat to meet someone who loves football that much. The sport that started it all: I played soccer and tennis growing up always following sports obsessively. What really took things to the next level was basketball which I picked up starting high school, I practiced all the time, joined the team, and played all four years. We were terrible but a great group of friends who are still close today. I struggled reading as a youngster and Slam magazine is where my love for reading really took off too. Maybe more than any basket I ever mad that's the greatest thing hoops gave me


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Nice music. Great to see this mod still being developed!
SimMars is a mod for SimCity 4 taking the game to Mars. It will bring new buildings, transportation systems, user-interface and music and will replace the Maxis SimCity 4 content as far as possible, giving you the feeling to play a colony on Mars. The mod is still at beta stage. Beta 3 was released in October 2010.
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Should Carmelo Anthony Win the MVP Award? — Sports Survey of the Day
Carmelo Anthony has been on an absolute tear lately, the main reason his New York Knicks have now won 10 games in a row. Is he getting closer to winning his first Most Valuable Player award?
On Wednesday night, Anthony and the Knicks beat the Hawks, 95-82. After scoring 50 points the night before, he dropped 40 on an overmatched Atlanta defense.
New York is proving itself a real contender, and a lot of that is thanks to Carmelo Anthony. Right now they are second in the Eastern Conference, behind only the Miami Heat. With the way Anthony is leading the team, they are poised to make a big run in the playoffs—with a half-decent shot at the franchise's first championship since 1973.


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I swiped a branch and tacked it to the wall. Then I made paper ball ornaments that are all over Pinterest, and with my SIL's help (and beads) added string to them. I took red wired ribbon in about 3 yard lengths, pulled out one side of the wire on that length, and then gathered the ribbon into a spiral. I hot glued the spiral to a cardboard circle, and POOF!
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Have a question about Forza Horizon 3? Check here for answers to common questions.
When you purchase an Xbox Play Anywhere game digitally, it's yours to play on both Xbox and Windows 10. You only need to purchase the game once via Microsoft Store on your Xbox or Windows 10 device and it'll appear in your game library wherever you sign in.
If you purchased the game on Xbox and want to play it on Windows 10, sign in on your Windows 10 device. If the game is already installed on your device, it'll appear in your list of apps. Otherwise, you can install it by opening the Store and selecting My library.
If you purchased the game on Windows 10 and want to play it on your Xbox console, sign in on your console and go to My games & apps. If the game is already installed, it'll appear in your game list. Otherwise, you can find it in the Ready to install section.
To learn more about Xbox Play Anywhere, and to see which games are supported, visit the Xbox Play Anywhere website. You can also see Troubleshoot problems with Xbox Play Anywhere games if you're having any problems finding Forza Horizon 3 or content on your Xbox One or Windows 10 device.
To download and install Forza Horizon 3 on Windows 10, you need a device running version 1607, 14393.102 or later.
Additionally, your device must be running a 64-bit version of Windows 10. If you have a 32-bit version, you won't be able to play Forza Horizon 3.
To check if you're running an appropriate version of Windows on your device, see How to find out if a game will work on your Windows device.
Yes, you need to have DirectX 12 or later installed to play Forza Horizon 3. To check which version of DirectX is installed on your device, see How to find out if a game will work on your Windows device.
The hardware requirements for Forza Horizon 3 will vary depending on whether you're playing on Xbox or Windows 10. Visit the product detail page for each platform to determine the size of the game, the system requirements (particularly for Windows 10 devices), as well as any additional info about the game.
Note As this is an Xbox Play Anywhere game, you can purchase it digitally on either Xbox or Windows 10 and own both versions of the game. The product detail pages give specifications for each platform for info only; you don't need to purchase the game twice.
To view the installation requirements for Xbox, visit the Forza Horizon 3 product detail page.
To check if your Xbox has enough available disk space, see How to find out if a game will work on your Windows 10 device.
Windows 10
To view the system requirements for Windows 10, visit the Forza Horizon 3 product detail page.
To check if your Windows 10 device has enough available disk space, find out which graphics card is installed, and view other important details about your device, see How to find out if a game will work on your Windows 10 device.
We recommend that you check the device specifications first to make sure your device meets the minimum requirements. For more info, see How to find out if a game will work on your Windows 10 device.
If you've already downloaded the game, you can try adjusting the in-game graphics options in the game settings. Here's how:
For a full list of tips and tricks to improve your in-game performance, visit the Forza Motorsport website.
The download time can vary depending on the speed of your Internet connection. On average, it takes about 3 hours to download 30 GB over a 20-Mbps connection.
The table below represents estimated download times based on current download speed.
Note This info is intended as a guide only, not an actual representation of download time. Bandwidth will be constrained and download time will increase during activities such as streaming content, playing games, or game streaming from your Xbox One to a Windows 10 PC.
Current download speed
30-GB file
40-GB file
50-GB file
60-GB file
70-GB file
2 Mb/s
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44.4 hours
55.6 hours
66.7 hours
77.8 hours
5 Mb/s
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17.8 hours
22.2 hours
26.7 hours
31.1 hours
10 Mb/s
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13.3 hours
15.6 hours
20 Mb/s
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6.7 hours
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50 Mb/s
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200 Mb/s
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0.6 hours
0.7 hours
0.8 hours
If you're installing a 40 GB file and it's 25 percent downloaded (30 GB remaining) and your connection speed is 10 Mb/s, it should take about 4.4 hours for the download to complete. (This assumes that the download speed stays the same.)
While you're downloading the game, do not cancel the download or shut down your computer. The Forza Horizon 3 icon will appear in the Installed Apps section of the Start menu on Xbox, and in My Library on your Windows 10 device.
Note You may be subject to additional Internet fees while you download the game.
If you believe you're experiencing a slow download of the game, visit Troubleshoot slow game or app downloads on Xbox One or Fix Network Connection issues in Windows 10 for additional troubleshooting steps.
You can use a mouse and keyboard or a game controller (Xbox One or Xbox 360 controller is recommended). If you use an Xbox One controller with your Windows 10 device, you'll need either a USB cable to connect it or an Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows.
Forza Horizon 3 supports a wide variety of popular racing wheels. All Xbox One wheels are supported. For a full list of PC supported wheels, as well as racing wheel tips and tricks, see the Forza Motorsport forum support page.
Yes, you'll need a Microsoft account to play Forza Horizon 3. If you already play games on Xbox One or Xbox 360, you can use the same account you use for those games to also play on Windows 10. For more details, see the Microsoft account FAQ page.
If you're planning to be in an area with no online coverage, such as a long-distance flight or a sailing excursion, you can prepare your Windows 10 device to allow you to play Forza Horizon 3 offline.
For details on how to configure your Windows 10 device for offline play, visit Play games offline on Windows 10 using Offline mode.
The following in-game modes are supported while playing offline:
The following in-game modes require an online connection:
If you play offline, some features, such as the ability to purchase additional items from Microsoft Store, will not be available. Additionally, any leaderboards will be unavailable while you're offline.
If you earn any achievements while playing offline, they will sync to your account the next time you sign in to Xbox Live on your device. Your game save progress will also sync when you sign in to Xbox Live.
You also won't be able to use the benefits of Xbox Live while offline. See Why should I sign in to Xbox Live with a Microsoft account? below for details.
On Xbox, you can install Forza Horizon 3 and play offline on your home console. You can also install and play on your friends' consoles, as long as you sign in to Xbox Live and remain online.
On Windows 10, you can install Forza Horizon 3 and play offline on your main device (usually the first device you install the game on). You can also install and play on other Windows 10 devices, as long as you sign in to Xbox Live and remain online.
You can only be signed in at one place at a time while playing Forza Horizon 3, or any other title that supports Xbox Play Anywhere.
When you connect Forza Horizon 3 to the Xbox Live service, you get the following benefits while you play on your Xbox or Windows 10 device.
Note You must connect to Xbox Live through the Xbox app to launch Forza Horizon 3 on Windows 10. See Do I need to be online or connected to the Internet to play Forza Horizon 3 on a Windows 10 device? above.
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text: Michael Cart talks about the vagaries of (his, and maybe my and your) memory Eileen O'SheaFeb 23, 2011 In this podcast, Infopeople book maven Michael Cart wonders what a reviewer is to do when he can no longer remember the book he's read (Don't laugh. Your day will come, too!) He cites a New York Times Book Review article by James Collins that you can read here. [more]


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Some continue to question the effectiveness of match-grade ammunition for big game hunting. But are these concerns unwarranted?
Designed to print small groups in paper at long range, match-grade ammo is generally not recommended for use in hunting applications by manufacturers. But I can't figure out why, since the stuff kills deer so fast and so humanely it could be marketed as some kind of super hunting bullet.
Yet the debate rages on. Some have reported that match ammo has exhibited extremely effective terminal ballistics on game.
Others say it yields unpredictable results and question whether it's ethical to use for hunting — whether it can produce quick kills.
The late Ian McMurchy, a long-time Gun Digest contributor and noted authority on long-range hunting, defended its use.
"I use match bullets for some of my hunts because I believe they do a better job than most hunting bullets," McMurchy wrote. "Could I use a hunting bullet successfully? Absolutely, but I want the accuracy edge and long-range ballistic performance I get with match bullets." (source: North American Hunting Club)
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While there is some match ammo out there that is widely accepted for use in hunting (Hornady's TAP ammo with A-MAX bullet comes to mind), I was primarily concerned with the Sierra MatchKing (SMK) bullet.
The most defining feature of this is the boattail hollow-point (BTHP) bullet itself, which is an "open tip match" or OTM design. Federal's Gold Medal Match is essentially the same as the military's M118LR (Long Range), although considered to be of better quality; that is, it exhibits less standard deviation shot to shot.
Unlike a traditional "hunting bullet," open tips aren't designed to retain weight and stay together. When they encounter resistance they can come apart (due to a thin jacket) in a dramatic fashion. That puts game down unlike anything you've ever seen. Next Page
I came to that conclusion after testing it during a recent deer hunt. Three whitetails were shot using Federal MatchKing 175 gr .308 ammo (featuring the Sierra MatchKing bullet). All shots were under 100 yards.
The ammo's performance definitely instilled a great deal of confidence. The first to drop, a buck, was taken through the lungs. How he ever managed to make the two or three leaps he did before piling up face-first I'll never understand.
The round zapped him like a lightning bolt and you could drive a Mack truck through the wound channel.
Next, two does got similar treatment, and again the match bullet literally turned them inside out. The wounds were cavernous but little meat was lost due to taking them through the hamburger region in the front-lower shoulder. Not much was left of the vitals.
As Gun Digest author Wayne van Zwoll tells us in his Technical Rifleman blog, new concept hunting bullets that disintegrate into tiny particles are being tested and developed by specialty firms.
"We've found they kill better than deep-driving softpoints," says Dustin Worrell, who runs Dynamic Research Technologies (DRT). "In fact, we've used them on nilgai."
While all of my shots were close, McMurchy noted that the match bullets actually performed better at extended ranges on deer. He relates the details of a 685-yard shot:
"Glen's rifle barked, and his 175-grain bullet traveled in a 10 1/2-foot arc toward the deer. It simultaneously drifted more than 3 feet to the right before penetrating the chest of the bedded doe. Her head dropped and she was still. The other two deer jumped to their feet … Another factory loaded 175-grain Sierra Match King sailed across the valley on its deadly mission. The buck dropped with a broken spine."
Certainly there is no shortage of great hunting bullets on the market today. And most will perform splendidly at the short and medium ranges at which deer hunters tend to take shots.
But if you're hunting a field edge or the wide, open spaces of the West, and need an effective long-range hunting cartridge, take it from a guy who filled his freezer with fresh venison: match ammo is absolutely up to the task.
I recommend you check out the new Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Rifles.
You'll learn about:
– Rifle history
– American and European Rifles
– Rifle Ammunition and Ballistics
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Avaire tile through entire main floor
Author: Jennifer
Date: 3/13/2008 10:45 am EDT
I am just wondering what the largest sq ft area that you have heard of so far? We purchased 400 sq ft of avaire tile to install on the main level of our home (excluding only the living room). This entails an entry hall, dining room, kitchen, back hall and 1/2 bath. Althought this cost us about $800 more than traditional tile we decided on this product because it can go over the lenolium (sp?). The main floor has an open flow concept and would have been difficult with wall lines and transitions to make a cut off of the tile so we are doing it all. We are going over the existing flooring which we believe to be the original (28+ yrs old). Because of its large area we plan to do it in sections. Would you advise doing all the tile laying throughout this entire area first and then grout OR do sections at a time, grout and then move to the next area?
The reason I am concerned about this is because you cannot get to any other areas of the house without stepping on this area in the front entry hall where we are laying tile. I am curious on your recommendations.
I am also very glad to see how involved you are in responding to customers and their issues. We to were concerned about spending $2,500 on a floor that the technology is so new. Would you like before and after pics of our floor?
Author: Jonathan
Date: 3/14/2008 9:25 am EDT
First, thank you for purchasing Avaire! Second, we sincerely want our customers to have a delightful experience with our product - providing support to our customers through the phone or through this forum can help them be successful with their installation.
We've seen a number of jobs much larger than 400 sf, but that is a good sized floor! We have Avaire in our offices - about 1100 sf.
Regarding your grouting question, you can either wait until the entire floor is installed before grouting, or install and grout sections at a time. However, given a choice, I would recommend installing the entire floor first and then grouting because you might find that part-way through the install, you want to change the orientation. If you've already grouted part of the floor, it makes disassembly more difficult. If you haven't grouted, you simply dis-assemble and reconfigure.
If you wait a while before grouting, double check a few items before you grout:
1) Make sure the "fine alignment" is still good. You might need to realign some of the groutlines.
2) Debris can accumulate quickly in the unfilled groutlines. Please clean thoroughly before grouting.
3) Ensure that none of the tiles decoupled. While not expected, if you were to go several weeks between install and grout (and you can), it is possible with ordinary usage to "catch an edge" and decouple some tiles. Once the floor is grouted, both the alignment and coupling is locked in place and no longer an issue.
You can still grout in sections. Perhaps save the high-traffic area for a time when you can minimize usage for day or two.
Please send us pictures when you're done!
Author: Jennifer
Date: 3/14/2008 4:43 pm EDT
Thank you so much for replying quickly. My husband was impressed when I told him about the message board on your site. What he was even more impressed by was that I asked you exactly the question he would have asked (he just types too slow). That is really what we had planned was to install tile one day and grout the next. The day they grout we will just make sure that the kids and I stay out of the house so they can get it done without interuptions. We will definately take before and after pics and email them to you.
Thanks again!!
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With his 15th goal on the season last night, Blake Wheeler extended his career point total to 54 - good enough to tie him for 33rd in league scoring.
Maybe it's not that significant that Wheeler is 33rd in the league, but the fact that he is tied with the likes of Corey Perry (33 goals, 21 assists) and Henrik Zetterberg (15 goals, 39 assists) puts him into some very highly esteemed company (not to mention Wheeler's 39 assists is good enough for 12th place tie with Martin St. Louis, Ray Whitney, Eric Staal, and Zetterberg)
Even if he stumbles in an interview with TSN's Sara Orlesky after the game, Wheeler has shown on-ice maturity that has started to take hold in the Jets room.
"I like the fact we didn't get demoralized when we gave up a goal with thirty-five (35) seconds left in the second period." Claude Noel said in his post-game press conference last night.
"That was good. We were very resilient coming back into the third period and just playing." (Winnipeg Free Press, 03/05/2012)
Ask any Jet earlier in the season what the room and mood was like after a late period goal or any late deflating goal and the answer would probably be more negative than positive.
Not to be outdone, the maturity reforming the Jets lineup has let to consistency.
Now to take the consistency out onto the road.
"We did a great job of taking advantage of this homestand." stated Bryan Little, who collected three assists Monday night.
"We did a great job of getting points we needed. We didn't play easy teams. Tonight was an especially hard game and we found a way to get the two points. Hopefully we can take that on the road with us." (Winnipeg Free Press, 03/05/2012)
Handfuls of Jets are having career seasons - showing the maturing process first hand.
Evander Kane has posted a career high in goals so far with 26, Wheeler keeps on adding to his career year point total, while Dustin Byfuglien is operating around a .80 point per game clip this season.
Not to be outdone, Andrew Ladd is showing that last year's 29 goals was not a mistake, Ondrej Pavelec has been solid with a career year in wins, and Little is finally showing signs of the player who scored 31 goals three seasons ago.
"They did a really good job of pouring everything into the game and to me it's evident, the passion that they are playing with and we're getting rewarded for that." commented Noel about the Jets resurgence in the third period and throughout the latter half of the season. (WinnipegJets.com, 03/05/2012)
As for the recent young teams to capture Stanley Cups in Pittsburgh and Chicago, the growing years were the most painful - as evidenced in Atlanta.
Now, in Winnipeg, in their first year in the MTS Centre, that youth and raw skill is slowly turning into confidence and consistency that shows great signs and paths for the future.


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Back Alley Brawl/Script
The following article is the mission script for the mission Back Alley Brawl for lawyer Ken Rosenberg in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Ken Rosenberg: Ah! Well, I hope you're having a good time. Because I'm going out of my mind with worry here. What did you find out?
Tommy Vercetti: That there are more criminals in this town than in prison. We need a lead from the streets...
Ken Rosenberg: Ok, let me think, let me think, let me think - AH! I've got it! Ok, There's this limey, some music industry slimeball, goes by the name of Kent Paul. Anyway, he's got his nose so far up most of Vice City's ass that if anybody knows the whereabouts of 20 keys of coke, it's this guy, all right? He's always at The Malibu.
Tommy Vercetti: I'll go pay him a visit.
Ken Rosenberg: Take it easy now.
(Tommy drives to the Malibu Club where he meets Kent Paul)
Kent Paul: Where'd you pop up from? I've been looking for a bird like you for ages, mate...
Tommy Vercetti: I'm looking for some English guy...
Kent Paul: Kent Paul, mate. Yeah, I'm the governor 'round here. I sort things out, you know what I mean? I'll treat you. Whatever you want, I'll get you, girl. Don't you worry about a thing, mate.
Tommy Vercetti: Get lost, honey.
Kent Paul: Oi oi oi oi oi!
Tommy Vercetti: You Kent Paul? I'm a friend of Rosenberg's...
Kent Paul: Rosenberg...Rosenberg...Oh, that bonkers ambulance chaser! That guy could defend an innocent man all the way to death row! Give us another drink, bruv.
Tommy Vercetti: Everybody's a comedian. Listen to me, I'm missing twenty keys and a lot of cash...
Kent Paul: Drugs, mate? It's a mug's game.
Tommy Vercetti: What do you know about it?
Kent Paul: Oi oi! What I was coming to was, there's some chef-cum-trumpetshifter who deals out of a hotel kitchen on Ocean Drive. He's been looking real pleased with himself lately. You could go and check him out...?
Tommy Vercetti: I will - and I'll be seeing you around.
Kent Paul: Yeah, that's right. Go on - walk away, you mug. I'll knock you spark out! Give me a drink - and where's that slut?
(Tommy drives to the alleyway in Ocean Drive)
Leo Teal: Hey, whatchoo lookin' at?
Tommy Vercetti: You better start talking...
Leo Teal: Hey, make me, you prick!
(Tommy kills Leo Teal and Lance Vance shows up)
Lance Vance: Oh, way to go, tough guy. Beat him to a pulp. That should make him real chatty.
Tommy Vercetti: You want some, too?
Lance Vance: Hey, chill. I want what you want, brother.
Tommy Vercetti: Oh, yeah? And what's that?
Lance Vance: Your green - and my dead brother's white lady. Unfortunately, you just silenced our lead.
Tommy Vercetti: Accidents happen. Get lost.
Lance Vance: Hey, hey, whoa. No need to go all 'Lone Ranger' on my ass. The way I see it - we two hombres in a strange town. We need to watch each other's back.
Tommy Vercetti: My back's just fine, brother...
Lance Vance: You sure about that? Here, take this. Follow me!
Lance Vance: This way!
(Tommy and Lance retreat to Lance's Infernus, driving to Ammu-Nation)
Lance Vance: One thing you gotta realize about this town. You gotta pack some heat. C'mon, the local gun shop's a couple of blocks away.
(Tommy and Lance go to the Ocean View Hotel)
Lance Vance: I'm going to see what I can dig up. I'll be watching you, Tommy!
Post-mission phone call
Caller: Hey Leo, I think we got a buyer for Diaz's merchandise. You gotta give him a ring, man, set up the deal, you know?
Tommy Vercetti: Where are you now?
Caller: You OK Leo? You sound kinda different.
Tommy Vercetti: Just tell me where you are.
Caller: Who the hell is this? Put Leo on, man!
Tommy Vercetti: Leo's gone away for a while, he left me in charge.
Caller: Screw you, man!