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System requirements
Running the installation
Installing distributed rendering
Note: detailed installation instructions are included in the installation PDF guide.
Double-click on the installation file and follow the instructions. Note that the 64-bit installation of V-Ray will run only under a 64-bit operating system. The 32-bit installation will run under both 32- and 64-bit OSes. During the installation process you will be prompted for the root directory of 3ds Max, a directory where to install the V-Ray plugin files and a folder where to install additional files required by V-Ray.
Refer to the licensing section for information on how to set up your license once the installation is complete.
Please check the installation PDF guide for detailed installation instructions and troubleshooting.
You don't need to set up the render client, since it automatically takes part in the DR. For the render servers, follow the steps below. For more detailed instructions and trouble-shooting, please check the installation PDF guide.
1. If you have created a fresh install of 3ds Max on some of the machines that you want to use as DR servers, you will need run at least one Backburner job with these machines as a server, before you can use them for distributed rendering with V-Ray.
2. Install V-Ray on all the render servers you want to use for DR.
3. While render slaves do not require a separate license in order to render, you must tell V-Ray where to look for the V-Ray license server. You can do this either from the 3ds Max interface, or with the small external program setvrlserviceXX.exe, which can be accessed from the Start menu (Start menu > Programs > Chaos Group > V-Ray for 3dsmax > Licensing > Administration > Change V-Ray client license settings). See the licensing section for more information on how to set up the license for render slaves.
4. If you are using Autodesk VIZ for rendering, you need to create a file vrayspawner.ini in the root folder of Viz on each render server and add the following text in it:
AppName=<path to the 3dsviz.exe file>
Replace the text in brackets <> with the full path to the file 3dsviz.exe, for example C:\Program files\Autodesk\Viz2006\3dsviz.exe
5. On each render server, start the file vrayspawnerXX.exe (where XX is 60 ). The V-Ray installer creates a shortcut to this file in the Start menu (Start menu > Programs > Chaos Group > V-Ray for 3dsmax > Distributed rendering > Launch V-Ray DR spawner.
That concludes the installation of V-Ray DR on the render slaves. You don't need to start the vrayspawnerXX.exe file on the client machine, since it automatically takes part in the distributed rendering.
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Objectives One of the prevalent problems in children with autism spectrum disorder is that they face problem related to social initiation and initiation in questions asking. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the Pivotal Response Treatment on the degree of question-asking of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Methods The research population included all children with autism spectrum disorder who were referred to the Omid Bavar Institute for Counseling and Treatment of Autism in Tehran. Accordingly, three children below 6 years were selected as the sample using purposive sampling. The research method was a single subject with an A-B design. To conduct the research, after the position of baseline, intervention started and during 12 sessions, training "how to ask" was presented to the subjects using Pivotal Response Treatment . The dependent variable (improving Question-Asking) was measured attentively by two observers.
Results After visual analysis of the charts of data, the intervention in the three subjects was found to be effective. The percentage non-coverage data in the two situations of baseline and intervention was 83%, 100% and 67% respectively.
Conclusion Regarding the significance of initiation in Question-Asking, it is suggested that this method should be applied in treatment centers for children with autism spectrum disorder.

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Virgin Galactic has been promising space tourism for the better part of a decade.
And in that time, rivals like SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin have flourished. The former even signed up its first ever civilian passenger for a trip around the moon in 2023.
But Virgin boss Richard Branson has come out with some bullish words on Galactic's progress. He told CNBC that the company will be flying in space 'within weeks'.
'We should be in space within weeks, not months. And then we will be in space with myself in months and not years,' he said.
'We will be in space with people not too long after that so we have got a very, very exciting couple of months ahead.'
Virgin Galactic currently has about 800 passengers on its roster, all of whom have paid around $250,000 (£190,000) for a return trip to space.
But so far – despite many promises to launch – the company is still in the testing phase.
Branson even dished out some health advice for fellow billionaire Elon Musk, who runs SpaceX and has been in a firestorm of controversy over the last six months.
'You know, it's important he's got to find time for himself,' the 68-year-old said.
'He's got to find time for his health and for his family.
'And you know he's a wonderfully creative person. He shouldn't be getting very little sleep,' Branson said.
'He should find a fantastic team of people around him and still jump in on all the major issues. And you know, I think the reason that I've had such an enjoyable life and a long life has been finding wonderful people to run our companies.'
'I think that learning the art of delegation better would be his one flaw.'
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Once Upon A Time
There was a girl named Ella.
Ella's Mum sadly passed away when she was little and when her beloved Dad also died, poor Ella was forced to live with his spoiled new wife and her 2 daughters who splashed his inheritance around like water and gave none of it to her. Taking advantage of her grief-stricken state, Ella was treated like a dogsbody and left to do all the chores.
After a couple of months feeling very sad and sorry for herself, Ella, who had been brought up right by her Mum and Dad remembered that she was a strong, capable woman and that anything she dared to dream – she could do.
Doing the chores had actually been very cathartic for her and given her something to focus on…. an idea formed.
After the fog of grief lifted, Ella decided to put her new-found housekeeping skills to good use and opened her very own cleaning company called Ella's Helpers. She thought about the name Cinderella briefly but then decided it was a tad derogatory so ditched it.
Not only did Ella slay the business world with her amazing entrepreneurial skills but she hired herself a lawyer and got her inheritance back at the same time.
Then she bought a kick-ass designer dress, some amazing new shoes and went to the Royal Ball, just for the lol's. She didn't fancy the Prince, handsome though he is, but she's having fun looking for her Mr. Right.
She lost a shoe dancing so hard and having had just a touch too much champagne but not to worry, plenty more where that came from….
The moral of the story is; it doesn't matter what hand life deals you girls.
You have everything you need inside of you and don't ever, EVER, let anyone tell you otherwise…


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Happy Birthday As the Apple Turns!
On the rainy night of September 20, 1997, a Performa 6400 checked in to Massachusetts General Hospital with contractions just 0.000000005 seconds apart. After 18 hours of intense painful labor, the Performa and its lover Jack Miller welcomed a new baby into their home. As the Apple Turns was born.
Growing up in impoverished times, with Uncle Gil having wasted precious little cash on a nasty telethon habit, As the Apple Turns beat the odds to win an unheard of 5-Star rating on iReview. Smarts, style, sass, and an obsession with Buffy brought millions of viewers.
Old age has not been kind to As the Apple Turns. As Jack tended more to his other children, As the Apple Turns grew distant. Risky behavior--including the fathering of the illegitimate love child you're reading now--led As the Apple Turns to fall into a coma on October 12, 2005.
Still, we salute thee, As the Apple Turns. Without you, our lives would be filled with sorrow. That or we'd watch a lot of Smallville and stuff...


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Regular members in good standing are businesses or representatives of businesses within the East Village Business Improvement District (BID) boundary who have paid the City of San Diego's Business License Tax and BID's annual assessment.
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Dining at The Mutiny Hotel & Coconut Grove
The Mutiny Hotel's signature restaurant, Atchana's East/West Kitchen, located in Coconut Grove, blends the Thai flavors you love with contemporary Western tastes and techniques. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, our Coconut Grove Miami restaurant offers a variety of dishes ranging from traditional Asian fare to hamburgers and continental sandwiches. A favorite among guests, Atchana's provides a unique and memorable dining experience. Visit our Coconut Grove restaurant's page at www.atchanas.com
Experience a diversity of flavors from various restaurants and cafes located throughout Coconut Grove. With a selection of casual sidewalk eateries and award-winning restaurants, The Grove's extensive variety of dining options are sure to satisfy your appetite and craving for new tastes.
The village's attractive nightlife revolves around the swanky bars and nightclubs dotting the energized streets of Coconut Grove, spanning all the way to nearby Miami and South Beach. Get out and experience the warm vibes and energetic late nights of The Grove!
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Straight out of Cape Breton, Còig took Trails Tales Tunes 2016 by storm, lighting up the main stage at the Norris Point town hall two nights in a row with their high-energy celtic traditional tunes.
On Saturday morning, Reg Williams was kind enough to let us use his gorgeous grand piano to set up and film this session with Còig. Huge thanks to Reg, and to Shirley, Pat, Terry, and Wayne for helping us coordinate!
The tunes that Còig play in this set are:
Bathroom, Bar, and the Parking Meter – Darren McMullen
Nóra Críonna – traditional
Muineira de Casu – traditional
Ellen O'Grady – traditional
The Last Mile – Mark Stewart
Roddy MacDonald's Fancy – Donald McLeod
Find out more about Còig at coig.ca.
Recorded live during Trails Tales Tune 2016 in Norris Point, NL. Trails Tales Tunes will return to Norris Point May 19 – 28, 2017. Find out more about the festival at trailstalestunes.ca.


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About Carlisle Technology
Our Roots
In 1985, with a background in designing and implementing complex industrial weighing solutions and control systems for the steel industry, as well as InMotion weighing solutions of railroad cars, John deVries and Paul Delaney founded what would become Carlisle Technology Inc.
After much success at building integrated hardware and software solutions and many installations, Carlisle Technology started providing food industry solutions in the early 1990s. Our first solutions allowed meat processors to apply UCC-128 barcodes to production cartons in order to comply with downstream demands from their customers. Due to the value derived from these systems, customers also sought out Carlisle for additional solutions such as:
- Mixed case product weighing and labelling
- Giveaway management
- In-motion, unattended weighing and labelling
- Touch-screen workstations for the plant floor
- Centralized data collection and production management
- True serialized carton/pallet inventory management
- Centralized label management
- Carcass weighing and cooler yield tracking
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Over the years, Carlisle Technology has steadily responded to the needs of the food industry by adding product features, application configurability, scalability, and ERP System integration. Today, Carlisle's focus is on full featured, plant wide, integrated software and hardware solutions that meet the needs of the Food Processing Industry from receiving to shipping and order fullfillment.
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Quote by Cyrus Avery, a businessman from Tulsa, Oklahoma who is credited with creating the identity of Route 66. He was the chairman of the State Highway Commission. Mr Avery proposed a highway from Chicago to Los Angeles that was approved and designated U.S. 66 in 1926 which subsequently was coined the route's nickname, "Main Street of America."
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Sacramento, Calif., utility plans smart meters to let consumers track energy use; improved use of renewable energy.
As editor of a technology magazine, I spend most of my time writing or reading about IT deployments. But this one hits close to home.
Our cover story looks at a smart-grid initiative recently launched by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), which is the publicly owned utility that provides electric power to Sacramento, Calif., and its surrounding communities. And by 2011, SMUD expects to roll out smart electric meters to its 600,000 ratepayers. Some 75,000 of these meters already are installed as part of an initial test, and one of them is attached to the side of my house.
So far, it hasn't meant much. I received a letter from SMUD telling me I'd be getting the new device, and shortly after, it showed up. I'm told that soon I'll be able to log on to my online utility account and view yesterday's power consumption. And eventually, I'll be able to track energy use by individual appliances and program them to operate for optimum efficiency.
The question is: Will I take advantage of these new capabilities? I canceled my Netflix account because it was too much trouble to manage the queue of DVD movies waiting to appear in my mailbox. My LinkedIn page is a train wreck of unreturned connection requests. Will I really take a more active role in managing my electricity use? Will my 600,000 fellow ratepayers?
Well, maybe ... if I can shave a few dollars from my monthly utility bill by paying more attention to my power use. Luckily for me, SMUD has a reputation for being well managed and offers some of the area's lowest utility rates. But extra money in my pocket will be a motivator, and SMUD's betting that many of its customers will feel the same way. If enough electricity consumers change their behavior, it could eliminate the need to build costly new power generation plants.
Beyond the smart meters, SMUD's smart-grid initiative -- funded by a $128 million federal stimulus grant -- will help the utility upgrade its power transmission infrastructure to make better use of renewable energy sources like solar and wind. In sunny Sacramento, for instance, it's hard to drive through a neighborhood without spotting solar panels atop several rooftops. Through smart-grid technology, SMUD would be able to buy excess power from those homeowners, essentially adding them to its power generation capacity.
As I write this, thousands of barrels of oil continue to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Deepwater Horizon well blowout. It's a stark reminder of the price we pay for our dependence on fossil fuels.
If efforts like the one taking place in my hometown are a step toward energy independence, then perhaps they deserve my support. And if SMUD is handing me tools to cut my power consumption, I think I'd better use them.


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Japan's parliament yesterday started a session dedicated to breaking up the massive post office after the landslide election victory of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, whose popularity keeps on rising.
Parliament re-elected the reform-minded populist as premier along party lines as it began its 42-day special session.
"As we saw the election results, our house decided to appoint Mr. Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister," Speaker Yohei Kono told the lower house as Koizumi stood up and bowed several times to newly elected lawmakers.
Koizumi has said he will keep all of his current Cabinet members during the special session, but a reshuffle is expected after parliament finishes the session on Nov. 1.
Koizumi, 63, has been in office since April 2001, making him the longest-serving Japanese premier in two decades.
He can serve until the lower house is again dissolved, but he has repeatedly said he will step down next September when his term ends as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, rejecting calls to stay longer and seize on his mandate.
The parliamentary session follows a historic victory by Koizumi, who captured a more than two-thirds majority in the Sept. 11 election.
Koizumi called the early lower house election after the previous legislature defeated bills to privatize the post office, a cherished plan for which he has campaigned for decades.
Dissidents within the ruling party had worked to protect the current post office, which is effectively the world's biggest financial institution with US$3 trillion in savings and insurance assets.
The postal bills had been approved before the election by the lower house but were rejected in the upper house, where the government enjoys a slimmer margin and which cannot be dissolved for snap polls.
Koizumi's two-thirds majority means the lower house can now override the upper house, where some dissidents have said they have changed their mind and will back postal reform.
The premier cast postal privatization as a litmus test for reform during the election campaign, in which he enlisted celebrity candidates to defeat rivals purged from the ruling party.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which was crushed in the election, is set to file an alternative plan to privatize the post office.
The opposition party on Saturday elected as its new president Seiji Maehara, a 43-year-old security expert.
The snap election was a gamble. Many in Koizumi's party warned that voters cared little about his plan to privatize the post office, which the premier contends will revitalize the economy and clean up public finances.
But Koizumi is now basking in political success with massive public support for his determination.
In a survey published yesterday by the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Koizumi Cabinet's approval rating soared to 62.0 percent, up 14.3 points from last month's poll.


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An anonymous donor is giving Gordon College $25 million.
The gift, to be made in five annual installments, will add $20 million to the college's endowment, which is currently $42 million. This will increase the endowment by about 50 percent, further enabling the College to provide scholarships including a new four-year honors program. The remaining $5 million (of the overall $25 million) will serve to initiate the design and construction of a new building and cover smaller initiatives and institutional priorities.
"It will go down as, certainly, one of the most significant milestone moments of the history of Gordon College," President D. Michael Lindsay said in an interview with the Tartan.
Board of Trustees member Lisa Forkner announced the news to the Gordon community during today's Chapel. Lindsay shared the news with faculty and staff earlier this morning.
"This is the largest irrevocable gift commitment in the history of the college and four times larger than any previous gift in Gordon's history," Forkner said. "It's also one of the largest gifts received by a Christian institution of higher education in the past five years."
This is, in other words, likely to be Gordon College's favorite Valentine's Day ever.
College endowments consist of funds that are invested. Typically, a portion of the proceeds of those investments is used each year while the principle remains untouched and grows with new gifts and the unspent portion of each year's returns.
The anonymous donor behind the $25 million has stipulated how the gift, both the $5 million available for immediate spending and the return on the $20 million that will be invested, will be used. Vice President of Marketing and External Relations Rick Sweeney said, "It's important to not to think that someone is just giving us a huge, blank check. It doesn't change our budgets and the need to be good stewards of our Source. That is still a priority."
Lindsay added in the interview: "It's really about a long-term financial foundation for the college."
In light of the longevity of this donation, student Luan Cadahia '19 said, "It is a weird in-between feeling, just because students don't tend to think long term, and they are putting it all into the long term. So, we aren't going to see any of the benefits now, which is disappointing. But looking ahead, it is going to be super awesome that someone truly wanted to invest in the students of Gordon and that is amazing."
Lindsay said the college received the gift because "the donor is very impressed with the quality of a Gordon education and sees the future direction of the college as the most promising of any Christian institution."
With this money, the donor "wanted to try and help us to continue in our attempt to keep a Gordon education affordable and, at the same, to make sure that Gordon had a strong financial foundation for the future," Lindsay said.
The first initiative funded by the investment earnings produced by the new funds will be a new Global Honors Institute, which will be led by alumnus Dr. William Barker, the current Center of Faith and Inquiry director. Barker said that the donation is an "enormous act of generosity that is instructive for all of us." The Institute will bring together existing honors programs such as departmental honors, PIKE and JAF as well as a new, four-year honors' program called the Global Honors Scholar Program.
Led by Barker, the program will be the "first scholarship that is fully funded by endowment dollars," said Lindsay. The preliminary cohort,12 students, will have a combination of of curricular and co-curricular opportunities.
"The scholarship will support students' tuition, as well as a U.S. vision trip for the students after their freshman year. The scholarship will also support a missions experience somewhere in the world after students' sophomore year," Lindsay said during chapel, according to a copy of his prepared remarks provided to the Tartan.
Barker said the foundation of the program is to teach students the Christian understanding of what honor is–to lead a life based on sacrifice and service to Christ and others. In addition to this foundation, the program is built on two pillars, says Barker. The first pillar is global engagement, since "our God is a global god." The second pillar is having an "entrepreneurial mind-set," that is, to encourage "creative and persistent attempts of finding solutions for the world," says Barker. "It is a matter of thinking out of the box, which requires a great amount of persistence."
Professor Paul Brink said that the new Institute overall is an exciting development" and "tremendous boost for faculty efforts." Brink said this will "affect the whole student body" as there will be more "excellent students" in classrooms.
Another faculty member, long-time Biblical Studies professor Marv Wilson, commented on the gift, saying, "Hallelujah, praise the Lord. That is a marvelous lesson to the college that can't be really put into words. It is incredible. When you realize what can be done with that for this group here now and for years to come."
To pilot the ideas of innovation planned for this scholarship, the AJ Gordon Scholars will be the "first cohort of students that will be housed under that program" beginning Fall 2017. This will be jointly led by Chris Carlson and Barker. Lindsay noted that while they will not be the first recipients of this scholarship, they will be part of the program.
The hope is that by Fall 2018, the finalized program will be two, separate initiatives under the Institute honors opportunity. The first will be the 12 Global Gordon Honors Scholars, that will be funded by this gift, and the 18 AJ Gordon Fellows.
The final initiative is to erect a new building that will be called the Center for Leadership and the Arts. The Center will provide performance and public lecture space that seats 250 to 300 audience members. Sweeney said the space will be bigger than Phillips Recital Hall, which seats 175, but smaller than A.J. Memorial Chapel, which seats 1,500. The scope and location of this new Center have yet to be determined.
"The gift provides the amount money that they need for the design and planning of the entire building, and to fund Phase I. There will be two other phases, II and III, that will require additional fundraising so we will begin the process of fundraising funds for those additional phases in the future," said Lindsay.
In addition to the three main areas this gift will reach, it was announced during the community meeting for all faculty and staff this morning that employees will receive a gift of gratitude from the College including extra time off and funding for academic initiatives.
Today's historic announcement was made in three parts:
President Lindsay invited all faculty and staff members to convene at 8 a.m. for a community meeting where the announcement was made by the Board of Trustees.
A conference call was led by members of the Cabinet and Board with more than 100 donors, parents and other supporters around the world.
And finally, what most students witnessed, a brief overview of the gift and it's impact on the College was explained to those who attended chapel by Forkner and President Lindsay.
Chan Yoon '17 said, "It's going to open up a lot more opportunities for Gordon in the future. It gives us tremendous financial stability and at the same time, it's a donation that Gordon very much needed and it will be an opportunity for more donations to open up. For us, it won't have an immediate effect for the seniors and the juniors, but at the same time, for the future students, it will have more impact. I hope that more of our class members will do the same in the future."


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It's been a whirlwind of cleaning and packing and cleaning some more these past few days (with wedding planning and the making of save the date cards thrown in for variety's sake). I got a phone call from our landlord yesterday that led to– you guessed it– more packing and more cleaning.
Our landlords set up an appointment to show our place to prospective tenants at 9 a.m. this morning, which meant a couple of things for me:
– The possible new tenants may not appreciate a 13-pound greeter at the door who would likely follow them around jumping on the backs of their legs. And our landlord probably wouldn't like having Molly spill the beans ("The dryer broke the other night, I wake up cold four out of seven mornings and Mom had to shower at their place when we were left without water. So, when do you move in?") So the Peekapoo is at work with me today.
– I'm not usually out of the house by 9 a.m. So I had an early morning that involved not only my regular routine, but little touches like sponging down the sink and opening all the blinds to make the place look bigger than the interior of a minivan. But I'm proud to say that I got out the door this morning with Molly, 10 pounds of her accessories, my laptop and purse by 8:45 a.m.
– Our place wasn't exactly in showcase condition, leading to the aforementioned cleaning and packing and cleaning some more. As I was on my fifth hour of cleaning last night and sweeping up dirt in the kitchen, the Pretend Husband asked from the couch, "Are you trying to make up for a year of not cleaning in one night?" And I punched him in the head to make sure he'll never ask that again. The End.
Actually, I didn't punch him in the head, but let's just say he's a very lucky man that I was able to restrain myself from using the broom in some of the creative ways that ran through my head. We talked about his little gem of a comment last night before bed and he promised to never pick on my awesome cleaning and organizational skills again. Or, at the least, not to laugh when I claim to have them.
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Geosyntec is a national leader in sediment management, assessment, and remediation. After multiple requests from our clients and colleagues, we have developed this series of sediment-related presentations.
- A Sea Change in Sediment Site Remediation -- It Isn't Just Dredging Anymore
- Robust Delineation of Contamination for Remedial Design Planning to Minimize Project Execution Uncertainties and Project Costs (Don't be Penny Wise and Ton Foolish)
- Environmental Modeling: Advanced Techniques for Your Litigation Projects
- Helping Mother Nature - Reducing Costs for Managing Contaminated Sediments with Monitored Natural Recovery and In Situ Treatment
- Four Simple Environmental Forensics Methods That Help Clients Target Their Equitable Share of Clean-up Costs
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Longstanding and Emerging Challenges
- In Situ Stabilization/Solidification (ISS) for Sediments: A Primer for Client Education
- "When Are You From?" Sediment Coring, Geochronology, and Natural Recovery Can Turn Back the Clock
- Chemical Availability in Sediment -- Are the Right Tools in Your Toolbox?
A Sea Change in Sediment Site Remediation -- It Isn't Just Dredging Anymore
Greg Gibbons, P.E. and Christopher Robb, P.E.
Sediment remediation through dredging and disposal can cost in excess of $500 per cubic yard of material removed, driving the cost for remediation of many sites into the tens or hundreds of millions. Additionally, experience has shown that in many cases, dredging alone does little to reduce risk. New and innovative options are available to successfully reduce risk at impacted sediment sites that are less costly than dredging.
This presentation will provide an overview of four technical approaches that focus on mitigating risk while leaving or treating impacted sediment in place and one administrative option (available in the Great Lakes Region); the technologies include: active capping, in situ stabilization/solidification (ISS), monitored natural recover (MNR), and enhanced monitored natural recover (EMNR). The administrative option is germane to sites along the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Legacy Act (GLLA) created a cost-share program where non-federal entities can remediate sites collaboratively with the EPA Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO), with the federal government paying for up to 65% of the cost of the remediation. Additionally, working collaboratively with EPA in this program has reduced the dredging and disposal costs to an average of $200 per cubic yard total cost for the sites completed to date.
Robust Delineation of Contamination for Remedial Design Planning to Minimize Project Execution Uncertainties and Project Costs (Don't be Penny Wise and Ton Foolish)
Howard Cumberland
The costs of contaminated sediment projects can rapidly escalate if the site conditions or the sediment characteristics are uncertain. The extent of additional investigations is often minimized after the initial scoping investigation results are reviewed, and projects move ahead to remedial design and implementation, typically before enough facts are known. This tendency of attempting to save money upfront can place the project success in jeopardy because of increased uncertainties. While the highest chance of project failure lies in the remedial action execution phase, there is ample opportunity in the planning, investigation and design phases to reduce uncertainties with the operations and reduce risk of failure during remedial activities.
This presentation will provide examples of how additional delineation would have, or has, improved the volume estimation approaches, remedial technology selection, design and implementation of past projects. In the life-cycle of a sediment remedial project, the highest costs fall into remedial design and implementation. Understanding the extent of contamination within the sediment prism is crucial for project success. These costs can rapidly escalate if the sediment characteristics are uncertain and not understood prior to remedial activities.
Environmental Modeling: Advanced Techniques for Your Litigation Projects
Rob Annear, Ph.D., P.E.
Numerical models are increasingly being used to solve environmental problems, resolve conflicts in litigation, develop compliance solutions, and allocate liability in clean-up activities.
Models can be complex tools in litigation related projects and can be used to:
- Settle water rights disputes with hydrology models;
- Develop conceptual site models for CERLCA or RCRA sites;
- Evaluate feasibility alternatives or remedial designs for CERCLA sites using hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and chemical fate and transport models;
- Allocate liability among potentially responsible parties.
This presentation will focus on key aspects of litigation related projects and how numerical modeling can support the projects, including how to work with modelers and get the most out of them, conducting model peer reviews, and challenging numerical models and the modeling results put forth by opposing parties. Numerical models and the experts behind them can be a critical part of a legal defense team.
Helping Mother Nature - Reducing Costs for Managing Contaminated Sediments with Monitored Natural Recovery and In Situ Treatment
Tom Krug, P.E., Dave Himmelheber, Ph.D., P.E., and Matt Vanderkooy
Conventional dredging and isolation capping remedies that are often used to address sediment contamination are expensive and can cause the release of contamination during implementation. Monitored natural recovery (MNR) processes can reduce bioavailability and potential risks associated with chemicals at a fraction of the costs of more active remedies. When MNR alone is not sufficient to reduce risks to acceptable levels in required time frames, adding amendments directly to sediment or as a component of a thin-layer cap for in situ treatment can accelerate achieving risk-reduction. This process is known as Enhanced MNR or EMNR.
The use of amendments for in situ treatment as a component of EMNR is rapidly gaining acceptance amongst regulators and other stakeholders. Gaining acceptance for MNR or in situ treatment requires that the physical, biological and chemical processes that reduce the bioavailability or degrade contaminants be well understood, demonstrated and quantified.
This presentation will discuss the types of sites where MNR and EMNR may be applicable, the scientific basis for risk reduction that can be achieved with MNR and the use of sediment amendments and the steps involved in developing arguments to support the use of these lower cost, environmentally beneficial approaches. EMNR has the potential to provide equal or better environmental benefits to dredging and isolation caps at significantly lower cost.
Four Simple Environmental Forensics Methods That Help Clients Target Their Equitable Share of Clean-up Costs
Dogus Meric, Ph.D., and Jennifer Wilkie, Ph.D., P.E.
Each sediment site has a unique history of contamination, discharges, pollutants, and potentially responsible party (PRP) dynamics. As the clean-up costs at currently active sediment mega sites reach into the billions, equitable allocation of these costs among the PRPs has important implications regarding the magnitude of each party's financial liability. Experience has shown that working hand-in-hand with our clients and their legal counsel, and providing advanced forensic lines of evidence to support the legal strategy, often results in early settlements and more equitable clean-up costs.
This presentation will provide an overview of applications, benefits, and limitations of four well-established and scientifically defensible forensic methods that can reveal trends and information previously "hidden" in the existing data, such as fingerprint analysis, advanced statistical analysis, geochronology, and hindcast simulations. Recent case studies will be presented where our use of these forensic methods have reduced our clients' financial liabilities.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls: Longstanding and Emerging Challenges
Amanda Hughes, Ph.D.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are an anthropogenic group of 209 uniquely structured molecules. Because each molecule is unique, it behaves differently in the environment and the human body. Together these molecules, termed congeners, pose a range of mild to severe human health and ecological risks. The presence of PCB congeners tends to drive clean-ups at many Superfund sites and legal arguments among potentially responsible parties.
In this presentation, the practical challenges that slow or impede PCB clean-ups will be discussed. Such challenges include regulatory and analytical issues, as well as Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulatory policies that permit continued inadvertent creation and subsequent release of PCBs to the environment. Finally, these issues will be considered in the context of site-specific PCB forensic analyses.
In Situ Stabilization/Solidification (ISS) for Sediments: A Primer for Client Education
Christopher Robb, P.E.
In Situ stabilization/solidification (ISS) is an innovative and cost-effective alternative for sediment remediation beyond traditional dredging, disposal, and capping. ISS involves solidifying or physically stabilizing an environmental medium (e.g., adding cement to sediment) to encapsulate and immobile contaminants. ISS is an accepted remediation technology for upland sites and is now being adapted as a technique for sediment remediation.
This presentation will discuss what you as a client advocate need to know to intelligently present sediment ISS as an innovative sediment remedial alternative. Topics include an overview of ISS for remediation of contaminated sediments; when, where, and why ISS may be more effective at some sites than dredging, disposal, capping, or monitored natural attenuation; costs associated with ISS; risk management with ISS; and how ISS can be used to supplement traditional remedies.
"When Are You From?" Sediment Coring, Geochronology, and Natural Recovery Can Turn Back the Clock
Peter de Haven, P.E., and Jedidah Sirk, P.E.
Investigations at contaminated sediment sites often generate large quantities of data over lateral and depth extents, thus fulfilling the requirement of delineating contaminant nature and extent and informing the conceptual site model. However, many investigations require additional information related to a fourth dimension – time – typically provided in the form of sediment deposition rates, ages of key historical events, or temporal records of contaminant presence. Defensible, time-related data are an essential line of evidence used in multiple phases of investigation and remediation from site characterization to allocation of responsibility. These uses can include assessing sediment transport processes, supporting assessments of natural recovery, aiding in the calibration and validation of fate and transport models, and providing a timeline of contamination events. Many investigations utilize high-resolution sediment sampling and geochronological analysis to generate these needed data.
This webinar will discuss means and methods of investigations that aid in characterization of sediment deposition history and natural recovery, including the value of careful planning and development of data collection approaches and field equipment, the evaluation of laboratory analytical approaches, and data interpretation methods.
Chemical Availability in Sediment -- Are the Right Tools in Your Toolbox?
Jason Conder, Ph.D.
Aquatic sediment is a complex environmental matrix composed of a diverse mixture of solids such as minerals, organic matter, and the liquid (sediment porewater) that is present between sediment particles. Both sediment composition and aquatic environmental factors greatly affect the fate of sediment-associated chemicals, which is the conceptual focus of contaminated sediment assessment and management. For example, sediment composition and site-specific conditions often greatly limit the portion of sediment-associated chemicals that are available for uptake by an organism or which are able to dissolve into surface water. Understanding these available portions is not possible by simple chemical extractions that report the "total" concentration of a chemical in sediment, and it has been shown that total concentration analyses greatly overestimate environmental risks and lead to unnecessary or overly-protective sediment management actions.
This presentation will highlight traditional and state-of-the-science approaches for measuring chemical availability in sediment. In addition to presenting the technical details, the approaches will be compared in terms of accuracy and effectiveness, acceptance among regulators and stakeholders, and applicability in risk-based decision-making at contaminated sediment sites.


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Marty Robbins' El Paso is the perfect gunfighter ballad to wrap up one of the finest shows on television. A tip of the pork pie hat to Vince Gilligan and crew.
And if you don't need yet another place to talk about Breaking Bad, we can just enjoy this song with a glass full of Dimple Pinch and reminisce about what a fantastic ride that was. Thanks, Breaking Bad.


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The cyber security industry is facing an unprecedented amount of risks and threats today and as it looks to the future. Leadership teams understand that the digital transformation organizations are going through require more than ever the strengthening of business resilience, as evidenced lately in the news.
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The Executive Alliance "Security Leaders Summit New York" was held on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at the Hilton Midtown, Avenue of the Americas. The New York energy spilled over into the conference as the Summit was packed with great session content and highly engaging interaction from attendees throughout the day. The Summit Hosts, represented companies across a diversity of industries and sizes, and shared their insights and knowledge with the distinguished group of attendees through their presentations, interviews and breakout roundtable discussions.
"If there was only one industry event I would attend in a given year, it would without a doubt be an Executive Alliance Summit."
In today's digital world, information security leaders are the new stewards of the wide open spaces as they work to tame this frontier. With savviness, passion, and sophisticated leadership skills they face the daunting task of protecting some of the world's largest brands. Where the lawmen of the mid-1800's were symbols of protection, so today are the executives that contributed to "There's A New Sheriff In Town."
It's like having a who's who of security at your beck and call. Many of these contributors have the knowledge to draft a book of their own, but combined with each contribution from their field of expertise -it makes this book a must-have for any serious security executive.
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Dipping Profits Shouldn't Keep You Away From This Stock
The drop inDuPont's (NYS: DD) fourth-quarter profits didn't really come as a surprise, since the company had sounded the warning bells last month. Also, on an operating basis, profits more than doubled compared to the prior-year quarter.
Looking beyond the short-term pain, the company looks poised to reap rich benefits from its expanding chemical business and the well-timed acquisition of enzyme and specialty food ingredients company Danisco.
A lucrative agribusiness
DuPont is betting big on the growth of its agribusiness, given the rising demand for food from a growing population. In fact, agribusiness was the only segment where volumes grew during the fourth quarter. The Danisco acquisition is doing the trick for DuPont. After the acquisition, the share of agriculture and nutrition and health segments in DuPont's top line has moved up significantly.
DuPont's seed business, Pioneer Hi-Bred, is already gaining a bigger share in the North American market. Pioneer will also commercially launch two new corn insect-protection products this year, which should boost sales. DuPont is capitalizing on emerging-market opportunities, too. Seed sales from the Latin American region were up by more than 40% in the last two quarters alone. DuPont's focus on Latin America is easy to understand given the significant economic as well as population growth in the region.
The company seems to have caught the rising agriculture business cycle and has positioned itself sweetly to gain from the boom.
Strong core business
Besides the agribusiness, the company is deeply focused on its core business of chemicals. DuPont is one of the few companies expanding its titanium dioxide (TiO2) capacity. In the fourth quarter, its performance chemicals segment sales climbed 12% from the comparable period last year as a result of higher TiO2 prices.
DuPont is investing in a new facility in Mexico, while upgrading five existing plants in various sites to generate higher volumes. I think it's a great move and should keep it ahead in the chemical race.
No worries here!
While DuPont's electronics segment was the dampener, the company believes it is a temporary phase and expects sales to bounce back by midyear. In the fourth quarter, sales in the segment fell 18% largely due to destocking, particularly by solar industry customers.
DuPont's net profit slipped to $373 million from $376 million a year ago. But if we exclude the tax gain of $152 million in the prior-year period, the results weren't bad at all. In line, DuPont left its previously announced full-year earnings outlook untouched on the back of rapid growth in emerging nations and a strong presence in the TiO2 market. (DuPont is the world's largest TiO2 producer.)
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Originally from Ontario, I was first introduced to British Columbia during my high school years which were spent in North Vancouver. I then went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Victoria and completed my Doctor of Chiropractic degree at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, graduating Cum Laude in 2006.
A desire to live overseas quickly landed me in the southern hemisphere where I spent nine years in a Perth, Australia clinic gaining significant experience treating both adults and children with a wide variety of health conditions such back and neck pain, headaches, and sports injuries. With a passion for teaching, I also spent six of these years at a local university as a clinical supervisor teaching diagnostic and treatment skills to final year chiropractic students. More recently, I have taken an additional interest in helping those suffering chronic pain, and am currently finishing a Master of Science in Pain Management from the University of Sydney, Australia and I am a diplomate of the Canadian Academy of Pain Management. With these qualifications I look forward to being of assistance to the residents of Kelowna, along with the rest of the Active Living team, in chronic pain prevention and recovery.
Whether you are suffering pain or are in need of an opinion on your joints, nerves and muscles, my approach to chiropractic emphasizes care that is in your best needs and aligned with your health goals. In addition to chiropractic manipulative techniques, I have completed the ART® and Graston® courses, and use rehabilitation and pain science education to help you feel better as soon as possible.
Outside of the clinic, in my spare time, I enjoy playing hockey, tennis and golf. Also, a new interest in hiking sees me exploring the numerous local mountain trails. Should you have any questions regarding how chiropractic can be helpful for you, please feel free to contact me at the clinic.


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Nantucket Distributing is recalling about 45,200 chairs sold with Bimini patio sets.
The fabric seat on the chairs can tear, posing a fall hazard to the user.
The firm has received six reports of the fabric on the folding chair ripping or tearing, including one report of a hand and back injury.
The recall includes Nantucket Distributing folding chairs sold with the Bimini patio set. The set includes four brown powder coated steel and fabric folding chairs, a square glass table, and an umbrella.
The folding chairs, table, and umbrella were sold with hang tags with model number HYS0120.
The chairs, manufactured in China, were sold at Christmas Tree Shops, andThat!, and Christmas Tree Shops andThat! stores nationwide from February 2015, to May 2017, for about $100 for the entire set.
What to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled folding chairs and return the set or chairs to any Christmas Tree Shops, andThat!, or Christmas Tree Shops andThat! store to receive a full refund for items returned.
Consumer may contact Christmas Tree Shops toll-free at 888-287-3232 anytime or online at www.christmastreeshops.com and click on "Product Recalls" at the bottom of the page for more information.
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Toronto, Ontario (January 27, 2009) - First Capital Realty Inc. ("First Capital Realty") (TSX:FCR)invites you to participate at its live conference call with senior management announcing our 2008 yearend results on Friday, March 6, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. E.S.T.
Year end financial results will be released prior to the call and made available on First Capital Realty's website in the Pressroom section. The Supplemental Package link will be on our Home Page atwww.firstcapitalrealty.ca or click on Investor Relations, investor downloads.
You may participate in the live conference toll free at 866-299-6657 or at 416-641-6135. To ensure your participation, please call five minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. The call will be archived through March 13, 2009 and can be accessed by dialing toll free 800-408-3053 or 416-695-5800 with access code 3281870.
To access the webcast, go to First Capital Realty's website at www.firstcapitalrealty.ca, and click on the link for the webcast at the bottom of our Home Page. The webcast will be archived on our Home Page for 30 days and can be accessed, thereafter, in our Conference Calls section of our website.Management's presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. To ask a question, press (1) followed by (4) on a touch-tone phone. The conference call coordinator is immediately notified of all requests in the order in which they are made, and will introduce each questioner. To cancel your request, press (1) followed by (3). If you hang up, you can reconnect by dialing 866-299-6657 or 416-641-6135. For assistance at any point during the call, press (*0).
First Capital Realty is Canada's leading owner, developer and operator of supermarket and drugstore anchored neighbourhood and community shopping centres, located predominantly in growing metropolitan areas. The Company currently owns interests in 171 properties, including ten underdevelopment, totalling approximately 19.6 million square feet of gross leasable area and six land sites in the planning stage for future retail development. In addition, the Company owns 14.0 million shares ofEquity One (approximately 18%), one of the largest shopping centre REITS in the southern U.S., that trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EQY. Including its investment in EquityOne, the Company has interests in 329 properties totalling approximately 35.6 million square feet of gross leasable area.
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Irish fashion designer John Rocha steps down from the catwalk
Top Irish fashion designer John Rocha today announced he is stepping away from the catwalk – but not from the world of design.
The 60-year-old Hong Kong-born, Dublin-based designer has confirmed that he is retiring from London Fashion Week.
Rocha, who was named British Designer of the year in 1993 is moving away from high end, luxurious women's clothing but intends to continue with his many lifestyle licensing deals, collaborating with Waterford Crystal, high Street store Debenhams and eyewear retailers specsavers.
The internationally feted designer steps away from the volatile world of ready-to-wear fashion on a high.
His Autumn Winter 2014 collection - memorable for its georgette and chiffon - ruffles was critically acclaimed when John showed it at London Fashion Week three months ago.
It was a eulogy to romance and ruffles with lush velvets and diaphanous georgettes, inspired by dark Icelandic skies and the canvases of Pierre Soulages and since February, celebrities, like Lady Gaga, have rushed to wear it.
John Rocha's announcement means that the AW14 collection - including his final catwalk dress, John's favourite, which comprised of a network of oval medallions of black patent leather crocheted together - will become collectors items …that is, if you can manage to buy them.
The rush by fashionistas to archive his pieces - loved because of his textural, surface detail and use of fabrics - starts in earnest today following John's announcement that he is biding au revoir to the catwork.
However London Fashion Week will have the continued presence of a Rocha on their schedule as John's 27-year-old designer daughter Simone continues to prove that while she may be a chip off the old block, this second generation Rocha has a very original, modern fashion tale to tell.
John who first moved to Ireland in 1978 and turned 60 last August with a party at his French home in St Jean Cap Ferrat said today "it is almost 30 years since I first showed my collection at London Fashion Week. It has been an amazing journey for me, one for which I am truly grateful, grateful for the opportunity to present my vision and to follow my dreams.
"But now is time for me to explore new challenges. And so I have decided that from September, I will no longer present a collection at London Fashion Week, and that even though I am so happy with the wonderful response to my Autumn Winter 2014 collection, sadly it will be my last."
The father–of-three who splits his working week between Dublin and London works with his wife and muse and they have two grown up children, Simone and Max. John has an older daughter, Zoe, from his first marriage to designer Eily Doolan. He has worked on a number of architectural/interiors design projects including the launch of the Morrisson Hotel in Dublin and designing a glass chapel for Paddy McKillen's Château La Coste in Provence.
Paying tribute to his staff - none of whom will lose their jobs in his company, Three Moon Design in Dublin, because of his transition away from a catwalk collection, Rocha said that calling time on the catwalk collection "has been a huge decision for me, and one to which I have given a great deal of thought, a decision filled with a mixture of sadness and anticipation.
"However, I feel this is the right time, both professionally and personally, for me to move on to new things, to begin a new journey.
A look from John Rocha's final catwalk collection AW14
"The John Rocha business remains strong and I am delighted to continue to work with wonderful partners on the high street and in crystal and interiors. We remain committed and excited by the opportunities in the UK and beyond.
"I would like to sincerely thank all those who have supported and continue to support me, and who I have had the pleasure of working with over the past thirty years. I am blessed to have had such a wonderful team to help steer the business in the past, and I look forward to continuing to work with them, as we set out on the next phase of our journey.
I look forward to the future and the new challenges it may bring.''
In an interview with Vogue, John said "if I stay, I want to have something to say and I always want to keep the standard high. The last couple of collections I looked back on and I thought to myself, 'that is really the best work I can do'," he says contentedly. "For the last few years I can see lots of talented people and designers coming up and with so much young talent you have to work so much harder, and I'm not going to do it until I drop!"
* Read Bairbre Power's exclusive interview with John Rocha in tomorrow's Irish Independent
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LeBron's "Decision" Spectacle Gives Big To Charities
Watching LeBron James' "The Decision" last summer turned many people against the 2 time MVP, & not just in Cleveland. The uneasiness with LeBron's buildup to his decision as to who to sign with leapt across the board, regardless of team affiliation, age, interest level, or sense of tact. Nobody thought "The Decision" was a good idea. Even if it did produce some hilarious results.
One good thing did come out of it though. The program raised more than $2 million for various Boys & Girls Clubs, and nearly half a million dollars has been sent to clubs in Northeast Ohio -- site of James' former home of Akron, and the NBA domain of his former Cleveland Cavaliers club.
Mark Gillespie of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer has the breakdown:
A contribution of nearly $60,000 repaired a leaky roof, refurbished a dingy gymnasium and will pay for a new playground at the Mount Pleasant club on East 131st Street. And the Slavic Village club on Broadway received $70,000, which was used to install a new gym floor and purchase bleachers. The club also is waiting on delivery of 20 new computers.
Both clubs also received a video sports training system and $2,500 worth of sports gear.
In addition to the $2 million cash contribution, James arranged for the donation of $500,000 in computers from Hewlett-Packard and $500,000 in gear from Nike. Fifty-nine Boys & Girls Clubs across the country are receiving help from James.
News like this helps "The Decision" go down a little easier as the focus on James turns more to basketball, and less on the look-at-me production that he sent our way last July. And, as the waves from "The Decision's" wake shrink smaller and smaller as the months move on, hopefully most of you will start to once again regard LeBron James as a basketball player, and not the guy who made a simple mistake.
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Sturdy metal casing. Very slim. Bright screen. Supports Audible and lossless compression. Very good sound quality. Cool new search feature. Excellent software integration. Gapless playback. Long battery life.
No integrated FM tuner, voice recorder, or video playback. Nonremovable battery.
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Bottom Line
This is the finest flash player out there in terms of look and feel. Other players have the iPod beat in terms of features, but I like the iPod's lossless compression and Audible support, as well as the cool new search feature.
editor's note: apple has released ipod nano software 1.0.2 on 9/27/06, which fixes the bug (noted in my review) that caused problems when scrubbing through long vbr-encoded mp3 files. in addition, the review has been updated with our battery rundown test results.
amid all the hooplah at apple's september 12 press event, the company released the second generation of its wildly popular ipod nano. thanks to its new anodized aluminum casing, the new model looks much like the now-defunct ipod mini, but much, much slimmer. improvements over the first-gen nano include a brighter screen, longer battery life, and my personal favoritegapless playback. the 2gb model comes in silver only while the 4gb model comes in silver, green, blue, or pink. and the 8gb model comes in black only (the 1gb model has been dropped). this revamped nano still lacks an fm tuner, a voice recorder, and video playback, so other premium flash players such as the popular sandisk sansa e200 series still have the ipod trumped on features. but then, the sansa e200 doesn't do gapless, support lossless compression, or support audible audiobooks. and the nano syncs with your microsoft outlook (2003 or later) contacts. one major difference between this generation of the nano and its predecessor is that the new model has picked up the optional recording capability of its full-size sibling; using an optional microphone adapter from belkin (and soon others), you can create voice or line-in recordings on the ipod nano. now that the player comes in an 8gb capacity, this is a significant new feature. it's a good bet that this will be apple's most popular ipod yet, and with good reason.
my test unit is an 8gb model (which i ordered online the day it was announced and received the very next morning!), so it has a matte black finish, which picks up tons of fingerprints. measuring 0.3 by 3.5 by 1.6 inches and weighing 1.4 ounces, the tiny player feels slightly smaller in the hand than the previous nano, partly because of the ipod-like rounded sides. the lcd screen is still the same size and resolution as the old nano (1.5 inches diagonal, 176 by 132 pixels), but apple says it is 40 percent brighter. i looked at the new model's screen next to my old 4gb nano, and it does indeed look significantly brighter. the click wheel hasn't changed except that the center select button is now slightly concave. the hold switch is still on top, and the dock connector and headphones jack are still on the bottom.
the new nano comes with new packaging, a tiny clear-plastic box, and new earbuds, which are still white, but slightly smaller and more traditional looking. there's also a dock adapter and a usb charge/sync cable in the box. conspicuously missing is any type of case or sleeve, though apple did the same thing with the first-gen nano until enough customers complained about it.
the ipod's navigation system is still the best in the business (i guess creative's patent on the interface was worth it after all), and menus and scrolling work smoothly. one thing i really like is that you can customize the main menu, though this is neither new nor unique. apple did add one cool new feature: search. by choosing search from the music menu, you can search for content by first letter or by keyword. when you select a letter, artists, albums, and tracks all show up in the same list (artists and albums are denoted by icons next to them) so you can easily find what you're looking forespecially handy on the 8gb model. the games menu still contains the same four games as before, so if you were hoping the new games announced for the full-size ipod would work with the nano, you're out of luck.
as with all ipods, the new nano works only with itunes on both macs and pcs. you're able to load data on it via drag and drop, but music, photos, and audiobooks must be loaded using itunes. thankfully, itunes is an excellent piece of software, though be aware that there have been some reports that new itunes 7 not working properly. (i've installed and used it on two pcs and two macs without incident.) when you plug your ipod in for the first time, you'll probably be prompted to update the firmware; this is now done from within itunes instead of via a standalone updater utility, as is the factory restore function.
i did find one significant glitch in the nano's firmware (which i updated to the most current version as soon as i got it), when it comes to mp3 files encoded at variable bit rates. when a song is playing and you press the center button to go into scrub mode, which lets you smoothly fast-forward and rewind through tracks using the click wheel, the nano's track time indicator goes haywire. i tested with tracks of varying length, and the problem seems to be more common on tracks longer than 6 minutes; some 3-minute tracks i tried worked fine, while others did not.
basically, when you scrub to the end of a long track, the nano will play content from much earlier in the track than the time you scrubbed to, and when the track reaches the end, the timer shows 0:00 left until the song actually ends. also, if you scrub near the end of some tracks (say, to 14 minutes into a 16-minute track), the nano will stop playing that song and simply skip to the next one. note that this does not affect the normal playback mode (if you don't go into scrub mode). i also tested this using my old 4gb nano, which i reloaded via itunes 7 to eliminate the software as the source of the problem, and i did not experience the glitch. note that aac, apple lossless, wav, and constant bit-rate mp3s are not affected by this glitch.
the ipod nano supports aac, protected aac, apple lossless, mp3, aiff, wav, and audible formats. it also supports jpeg, bmp, tiff, png, and gif photos, as well as psd files (mac only), all of which are optimized in itunes before they are transferred to the ipod nano.
the ipod's ability to create and save multiple playlists directly on the device is something i find very handy, though it would be even nicer to be able to rename and edit playlists you've saved without connecting to a pc. as do previous ipods, the nano goes into pause mode if the headphones are removed during playback. next: new nano a mano


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Onslaught South Asia Series no 2
Anger, nostalgia, evocative eroticism and amorphous love for the universal characterise this collection. In the short and bilingual poems the poetry comes into its element of play with words, rhythms, images, sensuousness and games of hide and seek. Compassion, concurrence, and creativity are hallmarks of the poetry of Waqas Khwaja, as it ranges, sometimes bilingually, from his native Pakistan to a new home in America and the world that includes not only Emily Dickinson and centaurs dancing, but also Islamophobia and the blinding effects of living in the land of the Cyclopes.


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i kind of like this.
...which is a completely random title not associated or attached to this poem.
Another one will do the trick.
Another one will spur addiction,
incur the ego's predilection
for self subordinating shit...shit!
What's the word for a need so crucial,
so inseperable from identity
that the only way to express it
is to drag your sorry ass
then pour your soul out
(so it can be sold)
and make your way to that gutter
which leads to a hell
so devoid of hope, so detached
from light and truth and second chances
that expression becomes meaningless
and only at the final moment of remission
is communication then abandoned??
(That hell is inside you.)
How do you say that
so people will listen?
and so it won't have to be dumbed down
and the people babied through their meal
like capricious two-yearolds?
How can anyone become or hope to be
forewarned of such disjunction?
How can you say what requires
removal and scrutiny to say,
yet defies and prohibits any such effort?
The eye remains blind to itself
while sleep dust gathers,
and the fly ignorant
to the pestilence
it carries
Last edited by shampoo; 09-02-2010 at 02:25 PM.
i kind of like this.
loud black girls - wait what
india songs
"hell is other people" - the same guy who said "kissing a man without a mustache is like eating an egg without salt."
"hell is also yourself." - r. crumb
man the ending was the part i liked best. the part i didn't like was - the 2nd half of the 2nd paragraph confused the shit out of me. i feel like i got a gist of something but i'm equally sure it's right and wrong at the same time. the ending is good, just that part is really confusing.
yeah i realize that's the bulk of the point of the poem. haha. i still love the ending.
also. just make a thread to put all these in. it's so much easier to read without having to click back and click another thread. plus you get more views... apparently. make a thread title like 'PUSSY POEMS POEMS ABOUT SHITPUNKROCKGUTBUCKETS PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY' and people will come.
loud black girls - wait what
india songs
"hell is other people" - the same guy who said "kissing a man without a mustache is like eating an egg without salt."
"hell is also yourself." - r. crumb
I was shivering near the window
looking in at the warmth I wanted,
the very life that I had wanted
since I had first begun to want.
But no matter how I shouted
the person inside would not turn;
nothing could alert that man -
strange to his own reality
lurking beyond a dreamed up portal
that really wasn't a portal at all
but more a glimpse at igorance.
Bullets land where they fall,
babes as far as the cord stretches
and then some
after that is cut--
it's all really just
a matter of simple physics.
If you wan't to know why
such things happen,
and I really mean why,
not how,
it's not in the science books.
They can't help you.
I can't help you.
If you can't help you,
you're screwed.
Haven't you grown tired of
stretching your face out,
stretching your tits out,
stretching the hair over your head,
squeezing out one pathetic drop
after the next
rather than drawing deep
from the pitcher
and satisfying your self
(the one you got to pick,
unless you gave that option up
from day one)?
The life wears thin
when you stretch and squeeze;
the end comes ill at ease.
Pull, pull
with all your mighty might--
you've got to be
got to be
got to be
But what's right
and what's real
and what's really right?
Reality is here
(points to head)
and here
(points out, spanning surroundings)
but really in between.
Can't tell you
where right is,
it never stays still...
...but keep pulling--
maybe your righteous muscles
will get bigger!
People make rules,
and the rules make people.
Then people break rules,
and the people are...torn.
No amount of word once worn
would cover all reality,
but still we stretch our logos out
and wince when something snaps.
Last edited by shampoo; 01-27-2010 at 06:02 PM.
Oh shit,
that's phallic.
Maybe I'm gay...
Last edited by shampoo; 01-29-2010 at 12:30 PM.
Where the fuck are the lights in here?
And what the hell is everyone doing,
just sitting around?
Why's it so god damned noisy?
Can't hear myself think!
Why aren't you listening?
What's the point talking to you people?
You don't care!
Well, I don't care either!
I don't need you,
and you don't need me,
but I don't need you more.
Get the fuck out of my head,
and deal with your own problems,
you god forsaken hemhorroid
on the asshole of my brain!
I swear,
you just don't understand...
Last edited by shampoo; 01-28-2010 at 08:00 PM.
Fuck this shit.
When's recess?
inquires little Tommy the genius.
Teacher sends him to timeout
to learn how to be normal.
Last edited by shampoo; 01-28-2010 at 08:00 PM.
Once I dreamed
of placing the largest wad
of sticky, adhesive gum
on the back of that bitch's head
who sat in front of me
babbling on about
how great her fucking boyfriend was
while the words of great men and women
passed by
like debris flittering
through the filthy street...
But I'm not sexist--
I wanted to punch that
motherfucker's jaw, too
(the boyfriend).
This means nothing,
but I'm sure if you tried
hard enough
you could make something of it.
Have at it!
If you won't listen
then I will make you
with words flowing
and overflowing
till tidal waves come crashing
and you can't help
but swallow the salt of it all
disagree with nearly all of it
vomit and purge yourself
of all this nonsense.
The telephone is a bad call
The paper is old news
The television is blind
And conversation
Is damn near hollow.
Thank God
There's the internet.
We can cum-municate
Our passions!!1!
Last edited by shampoo; 01-29-2010 at 09:34 AM.
The snow never comes
at the right moment,
but always, instead,
just after school
on Friday before
the weekend.
rock my shit like an avalanche,
which ain't sayin' much--
5'10 and WASPier
than a spit out paper nest...
but while I dream,
they can be the best
since the best have nothing left
to dream for
Why is it
that in this age
of advanced technology
and the sobriety of mistake
it's still the people who make
who get to decide
for the rest of the boys
whether we will
continue blindly??...
Time is oddly kind to the blind,
but only has truth for the mute,
or so it seems;
and though we try with all our might
our eyes remain now closed up tight,
intoxicated by avarice dreams.
Last edited by shampoo; 01-30-2010 at 11:21 PM.
No breathing till it's over
And now I find myself screaming
like a scarlet-cheeked toddler
lacking what he wants
and the oxygen needed
to continue his angry strike for long
against the big bad grown ups
who never seem to provide
anything but the means of imitating
the anger painted on their own faces.
Last edited by shampoo; 01-31-2010 at 11:15 AM.
Let's start the morning off right this time
and get out of bed bright and early
to a wonderful breakfast and the chirping of birds
and sunshine creeping over
like the warm blanket we left behind moments ago...
...FUCK, it's already 2 pm.
So maybe not morning then,
but a damn fine afternoon
with last nights leftovers thrown on toast
and the sound of a chain of cars
clanking against the mindless asphalt
(which almost sounds like birds
if we travel back to the Cretacious)
and there's always the sun
(except for when the clouds are out)...
fuck this.
I'm going back to bed.
Give me something to believe--
I just wanna live,
but I don't wanna dream
when dreaming means
perpetual sleep
and nothing is achieved.
Give me something to believe--
I just wanna rest,
I just wanna breathe
this very eve,
exhale the things I cannot grieve,
beleaguered and besieged.
Give me something to believe--
I just want something more than to need
and just need something more than to want
forever more these things.
Forever more these things,
these evansecent things.
I just need something more than to want
forevermore these things.
There are certain people
you can't get too close to
without their image blurring,
kinda like with televisions.
stepping back
won't always kill the headache.
19 down
and not a comment.
I'm starting to wonder
whether you all
take this seriously
or not...
Off with your head
I'm gonna take it for a spin
around the world and back again
then back to you, my headless friend.
Heedless, more like it.
That neck of yours
is surely sore
supporting dumbed down dead weight.
Allow me to lighten your load,
ease your anxieties,
tune up your thought,
fill 'er up
and drop 'er off
better than before,
unless, of course,
you feel no need
to heed another's hortatory...
what's that you say?
There's nothing here can help you?
Not so.
Lend me your ears
along with the head
and learn to see things differently.
Maybe then you'll appreciate,
but if you don't, don't hate my way.
Last edited by shampoo; 09-02-2010 at 02:30 PM.
Trapped inside these techno walls,
never knowing if the voices around
are the parroting of imbeciles
or merely the echo of this very fool
who writes for you now,
he never will understand
where the noise truly originates,
be it his mind
or the world surrounding
offering up,
no, mandating what be said
and what be heard.
He'd break the walls
if not for fear
of the entire mechanism
electrifying him
in one supercharged mass,
self induced lobotomy.
In a place that knows no snow but some
that seldom comes and passes swiftly,
not even the animals suspect
a certain traveler following
the freshly frozen tracks, entact and telling,
and thus the traveler trails behind,
sometimes cold and others weary
but never demoralized while winter's weather
works its wonders welcomed warmly
and the tracks unfold a dazzling path
through which romantic moments find
the wandering mind we all would wish for
if we could ever lose the old one.
Last edited by shampoo; 10-03-2012 at 08:50 PM.


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Good-looking Web 2.0 design. Cool "presence" features let followers know your exact location. Easy to stream content to your blog.
Posts get their own pages but can be only 100 characters max. Very limited cell-phone support. IM-posting support very limited. Posting via text requires a European number.
Bottom Line
Jaiku is a Twitter microblogging site that looks good and works well, but the number of phones it works with is too limited, and some of the design choices seem contradictory.
this twitter-style microblogging, moblogging site is a study in contradictions. it claims to be about letting your friends or coworkers know not only what you're doing but also where you are (your "presence") via its mobile componentyet phone support is pretty limited. and though posts have a smaller size limit than twitter, jaiku more closely resembles a real blog site in that posts get their own pages, where comments can be added.
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jaiku's interface looks a bit more polished and more "web 2.0" than twitter's, but in many ways the two are nearly identical. standout differences in addition to the post page and comments: it lets you add rss feeds from your blog or photo site and has some nifty location capabilities (if your phone works with it).
getting going with jaiku involves three main steps: creating your "mini-blog," adding contacts, and setting up your mobile phone. if you just want to see all public posts without even signing up, click on explore from the menu at the top of the jaiku home page.
when you sign up for an account, the screen name you choose will be used for your jaiku url in the form name.jaiku.com. right from the first sign-up screen, you can choose whether to make your jaiku mini-blog visible to the public or hide it. if you choose to hide, only your accepted contacts will see your posts. it's all or nothing: you can't choose to have some posts public and others private.
next you add a portrait of yourselfyou can either upload your own, which can be any sizejaiku will resize and crop itor choose one of the animal heads provided by jaiku to represent yourself. oddly, at setup, you're not asked for your location, only at the top of a right-hand sidebar for your main page. and you can change it at any time.
then you're asked for your mobile number. at this stage in the setup, you don't get a next choice, but only a "send your activation message." i'd have liked an additional choice to skip this and start adding contacts. mobile setup is further complicated by jaiku's being based in helsinki. u.s. users need a nokia s60 series phone, a java smartphone (not common for u.s. phones), or a mobile web browser. if none of these are available to you, there's a european phone number you can text your jaikus to after activating your mobile number. i can't imagine many u.s. users are going to want to pay for international text messaging just for this service. at least twitter has a u.s. text number.next: what can jaiku do?


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