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"This is still early, early days for OS X 10.9, and Mavericks will likely change and shift much more before it's released this fall. It's clearly not going to be the total aesthetic overhaul iOS 7 is, though, and that's okay. It's a simple, familiar operating system, even less of a change than Mountain Lion, just with nips and tucks and a whole lot fewer sheets of weirdly torn paper. It has its bugs, sure, but it's also corrected a number of bugs that somehow made it into the final version of Mountain Lion, and even at this early stage is impressively stable and fast. It's gotten rid of a lot of the design issues that plagued many Mountain Lion apps (except for Game Center, which is still hideous), in favor of a cleaner, softer look that is far easier on the eyes." Hard to complain, really.


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Old advertising: it makes you wonder how we ever got beyond those days of black and white ads and simple artwork. But you must admit, there was something special about the simplicity of those days.
It also makes you wonder about the products that were developed at the HVACR industry's beginnings. We know efficiency was not where it is today, but you still can marvel at ingenuity and innovation in every decade, for a variety of applications.
As we celebrate our 70th Anniversary in 2014, CB wanted to provide a look back at HVACR advertising in the waning days of World War II. These ads are from 1945, our second year of publishing.
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For the first time since America first tested a nuclear weapon 65 years ago, the government has disclosed how many nuclear weapons are in our active stockpile. It is long overdue.
The good news is that this action enhances U.S. credibility as President Obama presses to reduce all nuclear arsenals and move towards their eventual elimination. "You can't get anywhere towards disarmament unless you are going to be transparent about how many weapons you have," Sharon Squassoni, a nuclear analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the Associated Press.
The bad news is that we now know for certain that we have 5,113 hydrogen bombs ready to use. One alone can destroy a city. Why so many? And why was this secret in the first place?
Nuclear Secrets
Nuclear programs are profoundly undemocratic. No one voted on making or using the first bomb. Almost all information about the nuclear arsenal is secret, making it difficult for the public to have informed judgments or hold our leaders accountable.
Secrets were the name of the game during the Cold War, as both the United States and the Soviet Union kept the size of their arsenals hidden. Secrecy was justified, in part, by claims that it would keep the other side from being sure that they had enough nukes to take out all of the other country's weapons first. Meanwhile, both countries competed blindly to finish first in an arms race.
We now know that the United States' stockpile peaked at over 31,000 nuclear bombs in 1967. The Soviets also raced to build more bombs and, by 1987, we had over 68,000 nuclear weapons between us. Maybe part of the reason these numbers were secret at the time was to spare officials the embarrassment of explaining exactly why it was necessary to have enough weapons to destroy the world hundreds of times over.
Previous Disclosures
Most of the previous disclosures about nuclear stockpiles have been the result of treaties with Russia. Both sides verified the number of missiles they were destroying under the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty. The START treaties required both countries to count and verify the total number of strategic nuclear weapons, as does the New START treaty now under consideration by the Senate.
This is the first time, however, the government has publicly declared the size of the current active stockpile. Analysts have estimated the size of the U.S. arsenal for years. Turns out, they were pretty accurate.
Robert Norris of the Natural Resources Defense Committee and Hans Kristensen at the Federation of American Scientists had estimated that the active stockpile was 5,100 weapons, just 13 shy of the actual. Kristensen says he and others have "long advocated disclosure and argued that keeping the size of the nuclear arsenal secret serves no real national security purpose in the post-Cold War era." The U.S. still has more room for openness. Norris and Kristensen estimate there are an additional 4,200 weapons in storage awaiting dismantlement. There are hints that the government will release precise information on this "inactive" stockpile later this year.
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So, geek satisfaction aside, what's to gain from finally revealing our nuclear numbers? A lot, it turns out.
A little openness in our nuclear numbers could go a long way in building confidence that the U.S. is in fact disarming. This in turn increases the willingness of other states to fulfill their obligation to prevent the spread of these weapons.
This is precisely the effort now underway at the United Nations as 189 nations gather to discuss how to strengthen the 40-year-old nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This pact is the central barrier to the spread of these weapons.
Ten years ago, the members to the NPT specifically agreed on increased transparency in nuclear arsenals and disarmament efforts as part of their thirteen practical steps toward complete nuclear disarmament. A decade later, the U.S. is now finally delivering on that pledge.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking before the United Nations at the start of the NPT review conference, said, "For those who doubt that the United States will do its part on disarmament, this is our record, these are our commitments. And they send a clear, unmistakable signal."
She's right. This is a major step forward and an important part of efforts to restore U.S. credibility and legitimacy so badly damaged over the past ten years.
Video: Joseph Cirincione says we are at a tipping point in the struggle for nuclear abolition.
Sarah van Gelder interviews former Secretary of State George Shultz.


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Biology Professor Receives Granskou Award
Dr. Carrie Hall, assistant biology professor, has been awarded the 2013 Granskou award. The grant goes to support the career goals of either a member of the Augustana faculty or administration.
Kightlinger's Film to Be Screened at International Film Festival
Paper People, a film by Andrew Kightlinger '08, has been selected to be screened at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, one of the largest showcases of short films in North America, set for June 18-24. Paper People was filmed entirely during the spring of 2012 in Pierre, S.D.
Students Named to Spring 2013 Dean's List
Augustana has announced the students who have been named to the Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. The Dean's list recognizes high achieving, full-time students.
Student Researchers Honored at Science Festival
Research done by 2012 graduate Sarah Zokaites and senior Matt Anderson took first and second place in the undergraduate poster session at the second annual "It's All About Science" festival held Saturday, June 8, at the Sanford Center in Sioux Falls.
JazzFest T-shirt to Feature Design by Augustana Student Artist
A design by Augustana junior Aimée Fisher, a native of Montgomery, Minn., has been selected by Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues as the winner of its annual JazzFest T-shirt design contest. Jazzfest is set for July 18-20 at Yankton Trail Park.
Augustana Grad Studies Icefish in Antarctica
Earlier this spring, alumnus Braeden McCluskey spent time conducting research in Antarctica, as a part of his Ph.D. program at the University of Oregon. The 2009 grad studied icefish, concentrating on their bone loss and its relation to ailments like osteoporosis in humans.
Burkart Receives Physics Leadership Award
Audrey Burkart, a junior physics major from Monument, Colo., has been awarded a $2,000 Society of Physics Students (SPS) Leadership Scholarship for her academic performance, continued scholastic development in physics, and active participation in SPS programs.
Cathro Awarded Travel Grant
Sophomore Dillon Cathro, a double major in French and Spanish and a native of Omaha, Neb., has been awarded a Benjamin Franklin Travel Grant, an award of up to $1,500 to pursue academic studies or internships in France.
Commencement 2013 Videos
View the live stream videos from Saturday's Commencement featuring remarks by President Oliver, Dr. Peter Schotten's address, "A Birthright of Freedom," "Making a Place," by Molly Kokesh and the surprise lightsaber "knighting" of graduating senior Aaron Munce.
Class of 2013 Celebrates Commencement
Introducing: The Augustana Class of 2013 – 413 men and women who are the artists, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, writers, religion scholars, doctors, philosophers, nurses, journalists and musicians of tomorrow. See photos from Commencement on Saturday!


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Big inning backs dominant Duffy to clinch series
CHICAGO -- By all accounts, Danny Duffy put together a strong outing on Saturday in Chicago.
Home or away, night or day, April or September, seven scoreless innings is seven scoreless innings. But Saturday's successful outing meant more than that to Duffy, who had a negative memory weighing on his mind. Using excellent command and his full arsenal of pitches, Duffy obliterated any lingering doubts caused by what happened the last time he pitched here.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- By all accounts, Danny Duffy put together a strong outing on Saturday in Chicago.
Home or away, night or day, April or September, seven scoreless innings is seven scoreless innings. But Saturday's successful outing meant more than that to Duffy, who had a negative memory weighing on his mind. Using excellent command and his full arsenal of pitches, Duffy obliterated any lingering doubts caused by what happened the last time he pitched here.View Full Game Coverage
Duffy's start Saturday was his first at U.S. Cellular Field since May 13, 2012, when he sustained an elbow injury that led to Tommy John surgery. His triumphant return to the South Side vaulted the red-hot Royals to their sixth consecutive win, a 9-1 victory over the White Sox before 24,527 fans.
"I was definitely thinking about it, because this is something that I've been waiting to come back here for a long time," Duffy said. "And not necessarily against any anybody, it's just nice to get out there and do my job in this city and in this setting. Personally, there was a little bit more to it for me, but we're just happy that we're hot right now.
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Saturday's start is the latest in a string of three straight impressive outings by Duffy after he suffered through a dead-arm period. He surrendered 10 earned runs in 10 innings over his final two starts of May, but on Saturday, he lowered his ERA in three June starts to 1.45. Duffy's WHIP in those starts is an impressive 0.86, and he has 18 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings.
"Danny's been throwing the ball outstanding the last couple outings. It's really fun to see him kind of develop into a starting pitcher," said first baseman Eric Hosmer. "Early on, he's got great stuff and he would go out there first couple innings putting up 96, 97 [mph], not really knowing where it's going. And now he's consistently 93, 94 the whole game, spotting up, throwing offspeed pitches for strikes. When he's throwing strikes, he's getting ahead in the counts, he's tough to face."
Duffy scattered five five hits, at no point allowing back-to-back hits, and the one walk he issued came with two outs in the first inning. After Paul Konerko singled with two outs in the fourth, Duffy surrendered his only extra-base hit of the day, a double by Moises Sierra. He retired Tyler Flowers on a grounder to short, a play Hosmer completed with a nice pick on Alcides Escobar's throw in the dirt.
"He just did a great job. His stuff is so good," Royals manager Ned Yost said of Duffy. "He had everything working. His fastball, his breaking ball, he had a good changeup and he had a really, really good defense behind him. Moose [Mike Moustakas] made some great plays.
"The play that really kind of goes unnoticed is Hos' pick at first base. That probably saved two runs for us there."
Meanwhile, the Royals offense was opportunistic. It took advantage of a key error by third baseman Leury Garcia in the fourth that opened the gates for three unearned runs. The five-run outburst in that frame backed Duffy, who tied a career high with nine strikeouts.
Billy Butler walked, and Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez followed with singles to load the bases with nobody out opening up the fourth. Lorenzo Cain then chopped a grounder to third that went between the legs of Garcia, scoring two runs.
Moustakas drove home a run with a bloop single to left that the wind blew toward the infield and out of the reach of a diving Dayan Viciedo. He scored two batters later on Nori Aoki's double play grounder, and Omar Infante capped the scoring with an RBI single.
"When we got to the fourth, to be able to put five runs on the board was big, and we've had a couple of big innings the last week or 10 days," Yost said. "Earlier in the year, we'd get something going and we'd get one or two out of it. Now, when we're swinging the bats better, we're getting four or five."
Every hitter in Kansas City's lineup except Cain picked up a hit, six had two hits and Moustakas topped the group with three. Moustakas, in particular, has been hitting lately and seems rejuvenated since he was recalled from Triple-A Omaha on June 1.
With two outs in the eighth, Moustakas clobbered a fastball from Scott Downs into the seats in right for his sixth homer and a 6-0 Royals lead. He's hit safely in five of his last six games, during which he's batted .364 (8-for-22) with two home runs and five RBIs.
"I've felt pretty good the past couple of weeks. Been hitting the ball hard; just because a couple balls fell doesn't mean I felt any better," Moustakas said. "I'm seeing the ball good, hitting the ball hard and that's all I can do."
Kansas City wasn't done, as it added three more off the White Sox bullpen in the ninth. Hosmer drove an RBI double to the gap in left-center, then Butler followed with a two-run blast to extend the lead to 9-0.
The Royals have been clicking in all facets of the game over their last 15 games, going 11-4. Kansas City has averaged 4.67 runs in that span, while Duffy's start extended the recent string of strong starting pitching, as he improved Royals starters to 7-2 with a 2.76 ERA in June. The defense and bullpen, meanwhile, have stayed rock-solid.
"It's always fun when you're winning and got some big innings put together, some big innings lately," Hosmer said. "The way the starters have been pitching, and we're finally playing complete games right now. This team's dangerous when its firing on all cylinders."
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — As students, faculty and alumni process their feelings of shock, sadness and betrayal over a child-sex abuse scandal in the school's legendary football program, the Penn State University community is beginning to ask: What comes next?
A week after allegations of child-sex abuse by a former assistant football coach, head football coach Joe Paterno, one of the most beloved figures in college athletics, and the university's longtime president, Graham Spanier, are gone.
Prosecutors are building their case against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who's charged with sexually abusing at least eight boys over a 15-year period. The alleged victims were from disadvantaged backgrounds and participated in a charity program Sandusky founded.
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Penn State regularly ranks among the nation's top universities in football revenues, and Paterno was a major fundraiser for the school. The State College region, nestled among rolling hills in central Pennsylvania, is nicknamed "Happy Valley" for its collegiate atmosphere.
"It's hard to earn a good reputation, and it's hard to lose it," said Scott Kretchmar, a professor of sport science at Penn State who's written about ethics in college sports.
But student leaders and elected officials said Thursday that justice for the victims should come first, and that the student anger that spilled into the streets over the dismissal of Paterno doesn't represent the university.
"We are full of questions. We are eager for answers. And we will not stop until we get them. But we cannot allow our anger to dominate," said student body president TJ Bard.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett called those who rioted Wednesday night "knuckleheads."
Student leaders now plan a candlelight vigil Friday in honor of at least eight young men who allegedly were victimized by Jerry Sandusky. They're also encouraging students to wear blue at Saturday's game against Nebraska to call attention to child sexual abuse.
"If there's any place in the world where we're supposed to be standing up for kids, it's here," Kretchmar said.
Students said they hadn't even begun to contemplate what the scandal means for them.
"I'm not sure its historical importance has sunk in, but I think for now it's important we stay focused on the victims," said Dan Florencio, president of Penn State's interfraternity council.
The school's troubles cast more negative light on intercollegiate athletics in a year that's seen a variety of scandals from Miami to North Carolina to Ohio and cost coaches and administrators their jobs. But unlike those scandals, which involved gifts, cars, tattoos and prostitutes, the Penn State problems take college sports scandals to a new level.
"What's the tipping point?" asked John Thelin, a University of Kentucky professor who's written extensively about college sports scandals. "When is enough enough?"
National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark Emmert said Thursday that the NCAA would investigate what happened at Penn State.
"The NCAA will defer in the immediate term to law enforcement officials since this situation involved alleged crimes," Emmert said in a statement. "As the facts are established through the justice system, we will determine whether association bylaws have been violated and act accordingly. To be clear, civil and criminal law will always take precedence over association rules."
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, which met in Washington last month, said it would review the latest scandals and issue a new set of recommendations to the NCAA.
Thelin called the Penn State scandals "sobering and a shame," but he said incidents at other schools could come to light.
"If this can happen at a place that is known to be pretty above board, it shows the likelihood that presidents aren't in complete control," he said. "These problems could surface anywhere, and could surface more and more."
The Penn State scandal has drawn Washington's attention, too.
On Wednesday, hours before the university board of trustees unanimously fired Paterno and Spanier, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said his department would investigate whether Penn State violated the Clery Act, which requires university officials to report sexual assaults that take place on campus.
Thursday, the state's two U.S. senators, Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Pat Toomey, announced they were withdrawing their support for the nomination of Paterno for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Paterno faces no charges, but he may have failed to report an alleged sexual assault by Sandusky on a young boy.
"In light of the recent events in State College, we are rescinding our support for the nomination of Joe Paterno for the Presidential Medal of Freedom," they said in a joint statement. "We should turn our attention to the victims of these atrocious crimes and ensure they get the help they need. Our hearts and prayers go out to them and their families."
Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., a Penn State graduate whose district includes State College, said that Sandusky's alleged victims and the students of the university were more important to worry about.
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The White House also weighed in Thursday.
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Advocates of major reforms in college sports hope that rather than creating a lot of feel-good talk by well-meaning university leaders, the Penn State story will spur real action.
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Penn State administrators and faculty leaders declined to return calls Thursday about the scandal's potential impact.
For their part, Penn State student leaders said they know there may be more bad news for the school, but they'll stick by it no matter what.
"Whatever happens, I know that Penn State students love this school and are going to be united in supporting it," said Brendan McNally, the student representative on the State College borough council.
(Cliff White of the Centre Daily Times contributed to this report.)
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Apple 'Kill Switch' Appears to Reduce iPhone Robberies
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An Apple Inc. "kill switch" to disable stolen iPhones appears to be reducing thefts, law-enforcement officials in New York and California said. Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are following Apple's lead, planning to put similar technology into devices using their software.
In New York City, robberies and grand larcenies from a person involving Apple products dropped 19% and 29%, respectively, in the first five months of this year, compared with a year earlier. In San Francisco, iPhone robberies declined 38%. In...


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Passwords Overview
Applies To: Windows Server (Semi-Annual Channel), Windows Server 2016
This topic for the IT professional describes passwords as used in the Windows operating systems, and links to documentation and discussions about the use of passwords in a credential management strategy.
Feature description
Operating systems and applications today are architected around passwords and even if you use smart cards or biometric systems, all accounts still have passwords and they can still be used in some circumstances. Some accounts, notably accounts used to run services, cannot even use smart cards and biometric tokens and therefore must use a password to authenticate. Windows protects passwords using cryptographic hashes.
For more information about Windows passwords, see Passwords Technical Overview.
Practical applications
In Windows and many other operating systems, the most common method for authenticating a user's identity is to use a secret passphrase or password. Securing your network environment requires that strong passwords be used by all users. This helps avoid the threat of a malicious user guessing a weak password, whether through manual methods or by using tools, to acquire the credentials of a compromised user account. This is especially true for administrative accounts. When you change a complex password regularly, it reduces the likelihood of a password attack compromising that account.
New and changed functionality
In Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, picture passwords are new. Picture passwords are a combination of a user selected image coupled with a series of gestures. Picture password functionality is disabled on domain-joined computers. Links to more information about picture passwords are listed in See Also below.
There has been no change to password functionality in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. No new Group Policy settings have been added. However, improvements and enhancements have been made in credential (and password) management, such as with picture passwords, Credential Locker and signing in to Windows 8 with a Microsoft account, formerly known as a Windows Live ID.
Deprecated functionality
No password functionality has been deprecated in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.
Software requirements
In enterprise environments, passwords are typically managed with Active Directory Domain Services. Passwords can also be managed on the local computer using the settings in local Security Settings, Account Policies, Password Policy.
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This table lists additional resources for password features, technology and credential management.
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|Find out when your Password Expires - Active Directory PowerShell Blog
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|Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server on the Microsoft Download Center
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I have a lot of products hanging around (not complaining) and I do try hard to finish products before I open new ones! The products I get through quickly (in this order) are: Hair Conditioner, Shampoo, Shower Gel, Eye Make Up Remover, Face Cleanser and then the rest.
Sometimes though I get bored, or distracted, or something just doesn't seem to suit me in which case I always pass it on to someone else.
This week I have cracked open a few new products to use!
1. Decleor Double Radiance Face Cream and Neroli Essential Serum
My skin is SO dry at the moment that only oil is helping and I have been dying to use these Decleor products anyway so I've opened them. The double radiance cream is interesting as there's two sides to it, one is a white cream and the other is a yellowish serum but they mix together when you pump it. The oil is used under the face cream.
2. Dr Organics Rose Otto Face Scrub
I am always being told that I need to exfoliate properly to avoid blocked pores and I want to but need something that is gentle enough to use regularly. This face scrub is great; it has the right mixture of scrubby and soft, and it doesnt leave the skin too dry.
3. Schwarzkopf Sena High Scalp Comfort Shampoo and Conditioner
I go through Shampoo and Conditioner very quickly! I grabbed the nearest one to me this time which is this scalp comfort range. The shampoo is clear and isn't too foamy. It does contain SLS which made me very dubious but it's is pretty amazing – my scalp feels really comfortable afterwards with no itching at all. Amazing!
4. E45 Junior Hand and Body Wash
Once again the dry weather is making my skin really dry and sensitive. This E45 Junior wash is cool – it's clear, unscented but has these fun little balls in them. They don't do anything but they just look kinda cute!! I know, so childish of me! It's also a great wash for delicate skin.
I'll get round to doing full reviews of these products in time!
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- The Frog Queen said...
That is an outstanding photo.
- January 13, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Jeano Roid said...
Nice.. Looks like an old top-hat blow mold jumbo jack.. Walmart sold a bunch of copies of that last year with different teeth. I have a nice collection of traditional scary BM jumbo jacks... The attic is filled with em - every shade of fading orange (and white) you can imagine..
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6 Things We Learned from the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Avalanche lost its second game in 24 hours Wednesday night, but nobody — from the coach down to the captain — was making any excuses.
The Avs fell 5-4 to the Jets in overtime when Blake Wheeler outwaited seemingly everybody in putting the winner past Reto Berra 1:42 into the extra frame.
The loss, which dropped the Avs to 44-21-5, came on the heels of a 6-3 defeat in Montreal on Tuesday, but captain Gabe Landeskog said too many people make too big a deal about the travel schedule.
"I got my eight hours of sleep, so I can't complain," Landeskog said. "For being a back- to-back, it's certainly a tough trip. A three-hour flight isn't what you're used to on a back-to-back. But we're trying to eliminate all excuses. We can't look at those things. Every team is playing a tough schedule. March and April are going to be tough for everybody."
Coach Patrick Roy felt the same way. He said he and his troops addressed their travel before the game, but they haven't looked for excuses all season long and they weren't going to start now.
"We wanted to make sure we had a good start, and we did. We scored on our first shift. I thought our guys had good legs. (Thursday) we'll rest, and we need to be ready for the Bruins on Friday night," he said.
The back-and-forth affair featured five different one-goal leads. Wheeler, who had been scoreless in his previous 10 games, looked for pretty much anybody else wearing a Jets jersey before firing home the winner.
"It's been a tough go for me scoring goals. I kept holding on to it and waiting for something to open up. On that little pump fake to Postie (defenseman Paul Postma), (Berra ) slid over and I looked up and saw that I had the net," Wheeler said.
Roy said he was happy with the play of his goaltender, who was starting his first game with the Avalanche. The native of Switzerland previously played for the Calgary Flames.
"Wheeler made a great play and scored a nice goal. It was a nice individual effort. He showed great patience," Roy said. "I think (Berra) got beat on nice shots. You could tell he was a little bit nervous. When the game was on the line at 4-4, he made some good saves for us. For a first game, he did a good job. He didn't make a lot of big saves but he didn't let any softies in either. They scored on nice shots."
Despite the loss, the coach wasn't about to hang his head about his team's performance against the Jets.
"We picked up eight points out of 10 against Winnipeg. We haven't lost in regulation time, which is something we're very happy with in our season against the Jets," he said.


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Back in February 2006, I posted an entry on the "controversy" surrounding a bunch of cartoons published in a Danish newspaper: Islam has got to go.
Now South Park has stirred up the bees nest that is radical Islam and are receiving death threats.
We, of course, can't lump all Muslims into the same pile. Much like we cannot blame all Catholics for the sexual abuse of children by priests, we can't blame all Muslims for the evil perpetrated by radicals. But if some bizarre Catholic cult tried to ban any image of Jesus under the threat of death, you can be damned sure that everyone, including other Catholics, would condemn such evil. Not so the Muslim community. Have you heard from any stating the the Comedy Channel in the US should air the 200th and 201st episode of South Park uncensored? Have you heard any mainstream condemnation of the death threats? Nope.
Reason #23 why Islam is a stain on society, as is any belief system, religious or otherwise, that denigrates its own adherents and threatens those that don't believe as they do (this includes radical Atheist, who are as bad, if not worse, than religious nut jobs).


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Orchestration Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Cor Anglais, 2 Clarinets in A or Bb, Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, Contra Bassoon, 4 Horns in F, 4 Trumpets in C or Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion [2 or 3 players] (Bass drum, Cymbals, Tam-tam, Tambourine, Jingles [sleigh bells], Xylophone, Celeste), HarpStrings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)Holst wrote a comic opera "The Perfect Fool" in 1918-22. It begins with a ballet which is danced by Spirits of Earth, Water and Fire. It starts with a wizard (who sounds like Uranus the Magician from Holst's Planets) who summons the Spirits of the Earth with a trombone. Later, a solo viola calls up the calmer Spirits of the Water. The third section is the dance of the Spirits of Fire.This edition is faithful to Holst's original; he indicated that the following instruments were optional - 2nd Flute, 2nd oboe, Bass clarinet, Contra bassoon, Trumpets 3 and 4, Xylophone and Celeste. Additional cues have been provided to cover the absence of a Cor Anglais - but it just wouldn't sound as good would it?Duration: 10½ minutesA PACK comprises an A4 sized full score plus a complete set of parts including strings 4/4/3/4/2.
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Thank you for being you.
"Sometimes we all feel a little taken for granted. Gratitude is the simplest, most effective remedy. Helping us reduce stressful thoughts, strengthen relationships and give ourselves a little self kindness. We all deserve to feel appreciated."
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I'm Riccardo Paolo Bestetti, a software developer, a musician and occasionally even more. You can find more information about me on the About page.
What I think defines me the most is my obsessive curiosity: whenever I see something I feel the urge to deconstruct it and understand how the parts works together to give act to the thing itself.
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I'm currently studying Computer Science at Università del Piemonte Orientale.
The Projects section of the website contains some of my present and past personal projects.
The website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. You can find it here.
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How does a criminal court judge decide whether a given defendant is likely to commit another crime or become violent if released? Mostly by a combination of guess work and criminal histories, according to former New Jersey attorney general Anne Milgram, who was shocked to find out no tool was available to make an objective risk assessment of such cases when she joined the office in 2007.
"We were essentially trying to fight crime with yellow Post-It Notes," said Milgram, in a January TED Talks presentation. So she helped lead an effort to "let judges understand in a scientific and objective way what the risk was posed by someone in front of them."
To do so, Milgram formed a team of data scientists, researchers and statisticians who collected 1.5 million court cases from around the country — "the largest pretrial data set in the U.S.," she said. From that database, the researchers extracted 900 risk factors from which they identified a handful of data points that were most predictive of risk.
Those data factors, including whether a defendant had committed an act of violence when released before, formed the basis of a "universal risk-assessment tool," a dashboard that, "every single judge can use because it's been created on a universal data set," according to Milgram, who subsequently joined the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, which developed the tool that became called the Public Safety Assessment-Court (PSA-Court).
"Giving judges data-driven, analytic tools to assist them in making pretrial decisions can create safer communities, save taxpayer dollars and make our criminal justice system fairer," said Milgram in announcing the tool.
In a research brief, Developing a National Model for Pretrial Risk Assessment, the foundation reported that jurisdictions that use data-driven pretrial risk assessments (less than 10 percent of jurisdictions) spend less on pretrial incarceration and enhance public safety.
Using data analytics, New Jersey has been able to take Camden off the list as the most dangerous city in America, reducing the homicide rate by 41 percent and crime in the city by 26 percent, said Milgram. The city also changed the way it conducted prosecutions, shifting the focus from low-level drug crimes to a greater focus on crimes of statewide importance, such as prosecuting street gangs, gun and drug trafficking and political corruption, she said.
Elsewhere, prisons are using data analytics in parole decisions to help determine if an inmate is likely to commit a crime when released. At least 15 states now require prison systems to use some sort of risk-assessment tool to evaluate inmates for parole.
Police officers are starting to use data analytics to both solve and prevent crimes. But the ever-increasing amount of data available, including that from social media networks, video footage and geographic profiles, increases the complexity of gathering and integrating data so it can be analyzed.
That's why training the legal and law enforcement communities to use the tools remains essential. "New analytic technologies will be most effective if used within a force that has structured itself to exploit technological benefits, trained its officers in how to use the technology and provided appropriate tools for them to access the technology when on the move," noted InformationWeek's columnist Wai-Ming Yu.
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What's the difference between 4K Ultra HD, HDR, and Xbox One X Enhanced games?
Xbox One X opens a window onto several visual enhancements that target the latest UHD (ultra-high-definition) TVs. As you shop for Xbox games, you'll see these terms in various combination, depending on the game: 4K Ultra HD, HDR, and Xbox One X Enhanced. Here's a breakdown on each.
4K refers to image resolution, or the number of pixels used for each image. Games described as being 4K offer a resolution of 3840 pixels × 2160 lines, offering substantially higher resolution of 1080p HD. To view 4K games at their native resolution, your TV must be 4K-capable.
HDR (high dynamic range)
Visual dynamic range refers to the difference between the darkest and brightest information a game can show. As suggested by the term HDR, or high dynamic range, some games offer darker darks and brighter brights than others, depending on the screen you view them on. HDR on Xbox has a 10-bit color range, or wide color gamut, which uses more colors for a richer, more detailed image. On Xbox, this feature also goes by the name Dolby Vision, which is used by some video apps.
Enable 4K HDR on your Xbox One X or Xbox One S to get the visual benefit of games and apps that support HDR. To see HDR visuals, your TV must be HDR-certified and support either the HDR10 or the latest Dolby Vision standard. This means it must have a display range that skews toward either extra brightness (peak brightness over 1000 cd/m2 and black level below 0.05 cd/m2, for a contrast ratio of at least 20,000:1) or extra darkness (peak brightness over 540 cd/m2 and black level less than 0.0005 cd/m2, for a contrast ratio of at least 1,080,000:1).
Most TVs that support Dolby Vision will also support HDR10, so for the best HDR experience, enable both on your Xbox. However, if your TV supports Dolby Vision but not HDR10, you'll get HDR from your Xbox only while viewing apps that use Dolby Vision.
To see if your TV supports Dolby Vision on Xbox, check your console's 4K TV Details (Settings > General > TV & display options > 4K TV details), or check the list from Dolby.
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Xbox One X Enhanced
Games that are said to be Xbox One X Enhanced offer one or more of the following benefits over non-Enhanced editions:
- Graphic enhancements
- Additional visual effects
- Higher framerate
- Higher resolution (up to 4K, depending on your TV)
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BAE Systems announced the launch of its TeraStar system, a data storage solution engineered to meet next-generation government and military big data storage requirements as well as the cost and size needs of small- to medium-sized businesses and cloud storage providers.
The TeraStar storage transfer and archive repository lets organizations manage, access and store large volumes of data at a fraction of the cost, size, weight and power requirements of traditional storage systems, the company said in its announcement.
Because the TeraStar system's design requires less physical space and power than traditional big data storage systems, it can store immense volumes of data at minimal expense. The system's scalable, ultra-dense storage capacity also delivers a competitive advantage to cloud-based storage providers, the company says, by reducing the overall cost per terabyte of storage capacity.
In addition, the TeraStar system's design is compatible with a wide variety of storage media devices, providing substantial storage flexibility, BAE Systems added.
TeraStar is based on an internally developed solution that supports sensors such as ARGUS, the gigapixel-plus wide-area persistent surveillance sensor that BAE Systems created for federal government.
"We originally developed the TeraStar data storage system to fit the government's strict cost, size, weight and capacity requirements that legacy commercial products were not designed to meet," said Andrew Russette, product manager at BAE Systems.
The three-rack unit system provides more than 128 terabytes of data storage, with major advantages over alternative solutions. It is now available for organizations facing increasing space and infrastructure constraints.
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The team at Image-Line would like to thank you for your custom over the last year. We really appreciate your decision to support the Image-Line software user community by buying the software you use. Stuff as many plugins as you like in your basket, this one is just for you.
We are looking forward to 2012 and bringing you some great new features in FL Studio and cool new plugins. Our best wishes for 2012!
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If you have friends who are always around your place sponging of your FL Studio installation, perhaps they would appreciate the link above. The offer applies to any edition of FL Studio.
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We added 9 videos in the 'Groove Machine Series', click above to see them all. Groove Machine is a virtual groove box designed with live performance in mind, or use it as a synthesizer/drum-machine combination.
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Sleeve gastrectomy is an effective form of bariatric surgery and should no longer be considered investigational, according to updated guidelines cosponsored by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.
Since the last update in 2008, studies have shown sleeve gastrectomy to be comparable to other bariatric procedures, with similar weight loss as is achieved with gastric banding and gastric bypass, Adrienne Youdim, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Weight Loss Center in Los Angeles, and colleagues wrote in the updated guideline, which was published in the March issue of Obesity.
Action Points
- Note that these new bariatric surgery guidelines should lead to increased use of gastric sleeves.
- In addition, the guidelines suggest that bariatric surgery can be entertained in those with a BMI 30 to 35 if they have type 2 diabetes, which would greatly expand the number of potentially eligible patients.
Sleeve gastrectomy has "historically been used in patients who are too high risk for gastric bypass, but as more data have been collected on outcomes with sleeve gastrectomy, it has become clear that this surgery is effective in its own right," Youdim told MedPage Today.
Jeffrey Mechanick, MD, of Mount Sinai in New York City, a co-author of the guidelines and president-elect of AACE, said the guidelines were in need of an update because "there's a lot of new information that's relevant to clinical practice."
But the guidelines still steer away from recommending one procedure over another.
"We were reluctant to give clear-cut recommendations on which procedure to use, because it depends on regional expertise," Mechanick told MedPage Today.
The writers did note, however, that clinicians should use more caution with the more aggressive biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, and although they "don't dissuade people from using the band, it's clear in the discussion that the results one sees with the band might be shorter-lived and of lesser dimension in terms of weight loss."
The recommendations pin the gastric sleeve procedure between banding and bypass in terms of weight loss, Mechanick said.
What makes a good candidate for any of the procedures is another area covered in the guidelines, and Youdim said there's more evidence for using bariatric surgery as "metabolic" surgery to treat cardiometabolic complications such as type 2 diabetes, although, she noted, questions remain, particularly about long-term outcomes for safety and diabetes remission rates.
The new guidelines suggest that patients with a BMI of 30 to just under 35 who have type 2 diabetes may be offered bariatric surgery, Youdim said, with the caveat that the evidence is limited.
The FDA approved gastric banding for this patient population in 2011.
Other controversial candidates include patients with mild or moderate obesity, as well as those at "extremes of age" -- typically adolescents at one end and much older patients at the other.
Research has been done in these groups but there aren't sufficient data to make recommendations on these populations, the researchers wrote.
The two groups of patients for whom there is the strongest evidence that bariatric surgery is safe and effective are still patients with a BMI of 40 and above, and those with a BMI of 35 and above plus comorbidities.
Overall mortality has also improved since the 2008 guideline was issued, the researchers said, with one large Swedish study showing about a 30% reduced risk of death over the 10 years following bariatric surgery, along with a cohort study showing about a 50% reduced risk of death over 20 years.
Youdim added that the guideline addresses a broad range of perioperative factors such as pre- and postoperative nutrient screening, assessment of comorbidities such as sleep apnea, and the need for psychosocial and behavioral evaluations before and after surgery.
For instance, since 2008, more studies have looked at alcohol use before and after surgery, with some finding an increased prevalence of problem drinking after weight loss.
The new guideline also includes updated evidence for counseling women of reproductive age about an increased risk of pregnancy after surgery, and it's recommended that they refrain from trying to get pregnant for one year after surgery, Youdim said.
Many of the recommendations from 2008 are "now backed by a higher level of evidence," she said. "The current document has level I or level II evidence for up to 40% of the recommendations, compared with only 16% in the prior document."
Mechanick added that the guidelines emphasize a team approach to bariatric surgery in order to prevent and treat complications such as metabolic disease that may arise.
Guideline authors reported relationships with Abbott Nutrition, Allurion, Merck, Daiichi Sankyo, Vivus, Alkermes, LipoScience, Tethys Bioscience, Amylin, Weight Watchers, Baxter Healthcare, EnteroMedics, GI Dynamics, Allergan, Bariatric Advantage, OPTIFAST, Nestle, iNova Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Novo Nordisk, Takeda, Santarus, Boehringer Ingelheim, Lexicon, Ethicon EndoSurgery, BaroNova, and Galderma.


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In Italy, "Miele" (honey), is classified as compulsively as cheeses and olive oil – by area of origins, type of flower, and depending on whether pieces of honeycomb were included… we have strawberry-tree (corbezzolo) and Eucalyptus honeys from Sardinia, chestnut honey from Piedmont, millefiori (thousand flowers) from Tuscany, orange blossom from Sicily, acacia from the Pre-Alps, and many more. Every fall, I take a trip to Zebar's or Eataly where I stress out about which kind will grace my cake this Rosh HaShana!
Rather than blaming this on my all-Italian obsession with ingredients, you should try for yourselves! After all, when the Almighty promised our forefathers that they would be freed from Egyptian bondage, the Promised Land was described as "a land flowing with milk and honey" (Exodus. 3: 17, etc.) – and not with "milk and sugar"!
In this cake, the orange balances out any excessive sweetness of the honey.
- 4 medium/large eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup oil (canola oil or 1/2 light olive 1/2 almond oil)
- about 300 gr (3/4 a medium/large jar) liquid honey
- 1/2 cup potato starch
- 1 1/2 cup 00 or all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp orange liqueur (like triple sec) or brandy
- zest of one organic orange
- 1/4 cup of the orange juice
- 1 package (16 g) baking powder
- a pinch of salt
Using a hand mixer, beat the yolks with the honey until frothy and thick (about 3 minutes). Very slowly add the oil, and beat until creamy. Add the honey, the potato starch, orange zest and the liqueur. Now add the flour (mixed with the baking powder) a bit at a time, alternating it with the orange juice.
In a separate, clean and degreased bowl, or in your stand mixer, beat the whites with a pinch of salt until stiff. Now combine the egg whites with the batter, with the help of a spatula, using upward movements.
Pour into a 9.5″ or 10″ Savarin or bundt pan (well greased and dusted with flour). Since honey cakes tend to darken more than sugar-based ones, I prefer these cake pans, with a hole, because the inside will cook faster, before the outside has time to darken. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 F for about 30-35 minutes, or until done when tested with a toothpick. To keep the color lighter, you can cover with aluminium foil for the last 10 minutes of baking.


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Craig Stadler is ready for "a very, very cool" experience at this week's Masters where he and his son Kevin will become the first father-son duo to compete together in the season's opening major.
Kevin Stadler made it all possible when he won his maiden PGA Tour title at the Phoenix Open in February, and just in time with his father planning to make his final appearance at Augusta National in this year's edition.
"I can't think of a better way to do it (make his Masters swansong) than playing with your son in the same tournament," former champion Craig Stadler told reporters at a rain-drenched Augusta National on Monday with his son sitting by his side.
"It's awesome. This is a very, very cool thing, and thanks to Kev here, I got back to the (interview) room for the first time in about 20 years. I haven't been here since it was built, I don't think."
The elder Stadler, who won the 1982 Masters along with 12 other titles on the PGA Tour, has taken great satisfaction from watching his son develop into a champion golfer on the U.S. circuit.
"I'm so proud of the way he's played the last three, four years," said the 60-year-old, who is affectionately nicknamed "The Walrus" because of his portly build and fulsome moustache.
"He has been close (to winning) a zillion times and finally got it done, so this will be a very special week. I'm just going to be out there slashing around, trying to make the cut, and he's going to be trying to win the golf tournament. It's going to be a wonderful week for us."
Kevin, popularly known on the PGA Tour as "The Smallrus," relishes the prospect of competing in his first Masters along with his father.
"I'm incredibly excited to be here and to play, and it's going to be really, really fun to be on the inside of the ropes," grinned the 34-year-old. "I feel like I know this place pretty well but I've never, ever played it (in competition). So it's going to be a blast. Just don't really know what I'm getting myself into but it's going to be really enjoyable."
Asked when he first realised the significance of his father's Masters victory, the younger Stadler replied: "I was two years old when he won it, so he was always Masters champion when I was a kid.
"It was just kind of a tag line that he earned when I was too young to recognise it. And obviously it was cool (for him) to be able to come here and play for as long as he wants the rest of his life, that's pretty special."
Kevin Stadler, who won the European Tour's Johnnie Walker Classic in Australia in 2006 and four titles on the lower-tier Nationwide Tour, has fond memories of watching his father compete at Augusta National.
"It was great for me to be able to tag along and walk around here," he said. "I couldn't wait for April every year, when I was a kid, to come out here and just run rampant around the golf course. It was what I got the most enjoyment out of when I was a kid."


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The story behind Iowa's famous fluffy cows
Iowa cows are getting a lot of attention online these days.
Sadie and her herd are show cows.
"She's won seven shows," said Ashtyn Danker, Sadie's stylist.
But it was a photo posted to the website reddit.com that took this cow from popular to world-wide sensation.
Lautner Farms in Adel had the original photo on their website and before they knew it, fluffy went viral.
"It happens quick no doubt about it," said Pete Burmeister, Lautner Farms spokesman.
For Sadie's stylist, Ashtyn Danker, the whole beauty queen bit is just a 4H project.
"I think it's pretty crazy that it just started from farm kids showing cattle," said Danker.
The cows get washed about once a week and then with soap. Other days they get a rinse to keep the fluffy look.
The Lautner Farm has a Facebook page called "Fluffy Cows R Us." It was started about two weeks ago and by Wednesday morning has more than 20,000 likes.


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Mark in his simple yet vivid style thrusts us back into the early days of the preaching of Jesus when he was still a mystery even to those who knew him, but a rather simple mystery. The mystery would only deepen with time, but eventually no one asked him any more who he thought he was. It had become clear that he thought he was someone extraordinary, special unique, like the prophet we hear in the first reading, but even more special. Even today we try to put labels on him, to claim him for our side, but it doesn't work. He continues to be utterly transparent and yet utterly mysterious. Take the mystery out of Jesus and what remains, however impressive, is not Jesus any more.
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Once back in the nineteen forties there was this very popular and very intelligent priest who presided over a certain suburban parish. The people loved him because he was urbane and sympathetic and kind and preached a fine sermon, as the homily was called in those days. He was quite famous nationally too because he was the head of a band of crackpots who wanted the Mass in English and facing the people with lay people actually reading the epistle (in those days there were only two readings). His fellow priests dismissed him as likeable but a little mad. These crazy ideas were a bit of an embarrassment to his people, but somehow they fit with his slightly quirky(as they saw it) character. Priests and people, however, agreed that nothing would ever come from his odd ideas. Some folks said he was a little ahead of his time, maybe a hundred years. But they knew him very well, so in his own diocese and his own parish and among his own people, no one thought him a prophet. In fact they kind of laughed at him behind his back. As it was, he lived to see all his ideas become reality. He laughed a lot too. Moral: listen to your crazy monsignors, they may be prophets
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There were oh-so-many startups filling the hall at this week's TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, all of them doing their best to attract attention, from hiring mimes to giving away cotton candy and cupcakes. And while we didn't get to see every single one, some did catch our eye.
Gyft: One of the finalists for the conference's TechCrunch Disrupt Cup, it's the latest mobile app to tackle the problem with gift cards — that is, the billions of dollars in gift cards that consumers don't get around to spending.
Often, that's because consumers just don't have the gift cards with them when they have an opportunity to buy something. With San Francisco's Gyft, consumers upload their gift cards into the app so that they're always carrying their gift cards. Retailers such as Target and Sephora accept the gift cards by scanning a bar code on the app.
UberConference: Technically, the Pleasanton startup won the conference's cup in New York in May, but it was at the conference this week to demo and open up its service to the public.
Developed by the folks who created GrandCentral, which Google acquired and turned into Google Voice, UberConference tackles pesky conference calls.
Through UberConference, a leader organizes a conference call, inviting people to join. When they dial in, UberConference recognizes them so that they don't have to enter a pass code. Through LinkedIn, it also displays their name and photo when it's their turn to talk.
LumoBack: There's been a wealth of health accessories that have been introduced that work with a smartphone to help people get fit and get enough sleep.
Palo Alto's LumoBack is the latest health app, this time to help with back pain. One of the culprits of back pain is bad posture. With LumoBack, consumers wear a belt around their waist, which vibrates to remind the user to stand up or sit up straight. Connected wireless to the phone, the app tracks and monitors the person's movement and posture, too.
A Kickstarter campaign already raised more than $200,000 over the summer and it plans to start shipping early copies later this year.


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How to Play CDs in the Windows 8 Media Player
As long as you insert the CD in the CD drive correctly (usually label-side up), playing a music CD is one of Windows Media Player's easiest tasks. You drop it into your CD drive, and the player jumps to the screen to play it, usually identifying the CD and its musicians immediately. In many cases, it even tosses a picture of the cover art on the screen.
The controls along the bottom let you jump from track to track, adjust the volume, and fine-tune your listening experience.
If for some odd reason Windows Media Player doesn't start playing your CD, look at the Library item in Windows Media Player's Navigation Pane, along the left side of the window. You should spot either the CD's name or the words Unknown Album. When you spot the listing, click it and then click the Play button to start listening.
Press F7 to mute Windows Media Player's sound and pick up that phone call. Pressing Ctrl+P toggles the pause/play mode.
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.


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Vidor Police investigate suspicious person at Junior High
Three Vidor Police vehicles were parked near a wooded area adjacent to the Vidor Junior High on the Interstate 10 West access road in Vidor early Monday morning at approximately 8:45 a.m. after receiving a report of a suspicious person. Chief Dave Shows said multiple officers were dispatched to the school due to the report but no one was discovered yet in the woods next to the facility. Police continued to comb the area in search of a trespasser.
"We take every precaution, especially when it comes to our schools," Shows said regarding the incident.


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Cheating on Your Spouse May Put Your Company Out of Business [POLL]
Cheating on your significant other may affect your company's bottom line.
A new survey of 4,000 people has found that philanderers cost their companies a total of $17 million a day. That's because these adulterers spend a lot of time at work contacting their illicit lovers online – on average, cheaters spend about 1.17 hours a day on matters related to their adulterous ways.
How much time do cheaters spend online at work talking to their lovers?
- 38% - 30 minutes
- 25% - 1 hour
- 19% - 1-2 hours
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A few weeks ago I bought a nutribullet that I've been using to make morning smoothies. I used it to make a super easy sauce that I could eat like a soup. So. I blended 2 tomatoes, a handful of baby carrots and a handful of spinach. In a saucepan I sautéed a chopped onion and 5 cloves of chopped garlic with a little beef stock for 5 minutes, then added 1 tablespoon of tomatoe paste. For a minute I stirred the paste with onion mixture until I got a nice color on the bottom of the pan. I poured 1/4 cup beef stock, a pinch of salt & pepper, and the tomato sauce into the pan and boiled for 10 minutes and added 2 diced tomatoes and cooked down for another 5 minutes.
While I made the sauce I poached some chicken breasts. Low & slow for about 15 minutes & it was perfectly tender.
For the cabbage I sliced it so it had a spaghetti like quality and boiled it for bairly a minute. Actually this dinner was a big hit! The sauce was one of the best I've made, so in the end it all worked out.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter says the city will borrow $50 million to ensure that schools can open on time next month.
Nutter's announcement on Thursday comes a day before a fiscal deadline set by school officials.
The struggling district has laid off about 20 percent of its staff to close a $304 million deficit.
Superintendent William Hite said he needed $50 million by Friday to rehire enough employees to open schools safely on Sept. 9.
Hite thanked the mayor Thursday for pledging the money, saying it will restore critical positions and programs.
Several members of City Council later expressed opposition to the mayor's plan. They prefer to generate the needed funds through the sale of surplus school buildings.
Hite has not yet publicly responded to that proposal.


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