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text: The Fed and How It Got That Way Here is a quick history of the Federal Reserve and an overview of what it does. Share | Have A Question About This Topic? Name Email Address Question Thank you! Oops! Related Contents Events on Wall Street Can successful investors predict changes in the markets? Some can but others miss the market's signals. Inflation & Your Money It's important to understand how inflation is reported and how it can affect investments. Keys to Investing for Retirement There are some key concepts to understand when investing for retirement.


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Effective at keeping out malware. Remote monitoring and repair over network. SiteAdvisor identifies safe sites and links. Good antispam accuracy. Includes easy backup/restore.
Firewall's default settings are too trusting. Only fair at cleaning out malware. Parental control easily avoided. Porn image blocking is erratic. Many "bonus features" only marginally useful.
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McAfee Total Protection 2008 definitely has more features than any of its competition, but essential features like firewall and antispyware don't measure up to the best. If you like the many bonus features go ahead and use the suite; me, I prefer a stronger focus on the essentials.
Antivirus Good; Antispyware OK
McAfee's VirusScan is certified by both West Coast Labs and ICSA Labs for virus detection and cleaningWCL adds checkmark certification for Trojans, spyware, and general malware. VirusScan received the VB100% award from Virus Bulletin in all their recent tests. AV-Comparatives rated it ADVANCED (their second-highest rating) in their most recent tests both of signature-based protection and of proactive (non-signature) protection. It's a mature and functional antivirus, with spyware protection completely integrated.
The antivirus scans files on access, on demand, and on schedule. It comes configured to run a full scan once a week; you can specify the time and select more than one day of the week, but those are your only scheduling options. It does scan e-mail attachments, both inbound and outbound, and also scans files received through popular instant messaging services (AOL, Yahoo!, and Microsoft). If you start a full-screen game or even a kiosk-mode full-screen Internet Explorer session, the scan pauses automatically as soon as it notices; however, it only checks for full-screen activity every five minutes.
I installed MTP on ten systems infested with various kinds of malware including adware, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, and rogue antispyware programs. The installation, though lengthy, went smoothlya relief after my recent traumatic experience installing Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2008 (TIS 2008). One of the malware samples actively tries to prevent installation of security products, but MTP breezed right past it. Another system crashed repeatedly with a blue screen of death on each reboot, but when I forced it into Safe Mode, the MTP installation finished without incident.
One system hit a big snag, however. After installation of MTP, the system would blue-screen about five minutes after booting, even in Safe Mode. I asked McAfee what tech support would tell Joe User if he contacted them with this problem. They initially responded that since the malware was present before installation of MTP, Joe would have to use McAfee's fee-based Virus Removal Services. That's $29.95 to have an expert put his system back in a usable state. I know health insurers often won't cover pre-existing conditions, but I never heard of a security suite with that policy! Yet the technician was very clear about it.
The next day I got a different response to the problem. Joe would have gotten free phone support and the support techs would escalate the problem as high as necessary to get the problem solved. McAfee is also instituting a new policy (perhaps based on my incredulity at the original suggestion) that a customer with an active subscription can get the same virus removal services free if the product itself doesn't do the job. This new policy definitely earns McAfee more points than the old one didespecially since they were able to help me. McAfee technicians identified the problem as a clash between the malware and MTP's update process (which launched five minutes after Windows startupaha!). And they supplied simple instructions to remove the offending malware.
The product's real-time protection is seriously lame when confronted with entrenched malware. During many of the installations and also during manual scan it popped up reporting discovery of a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP, or spyware in McAfee-speak). Even though I chose to remove the PUP, the same message about the same program appeared again and again ad nauseam. This repeated failure won't give the user much confidence.
The full virus and spyware scan took around 24 minutes on my standard clean test system. That's about the same as TIS 2008 and BitDefender 2008, and quite a bit faster than NIS 2008 (which took an hour). A couple of the unstable malware-infested systems crashed during scanning, but I just switched them into Safe Mode and scanned successfully. Do note that you absolutely must review the results when McAfee finishes and actively choose to remove any found PUPs. By default it only removes viruses, and a great many threats that I consider quite nasty fell into the PUP category and weren't removed by default; instead MTP prompts you me to choose "Trust" or "Remove."
MTP recognized all but a couple of the samples but didn't fully remove everything it found. I give it credit for full removal if it deletes all the executable files, even if data files and Registry elements are left behind. If anything executable is left it only gets half credit. On that basis MTP scored 7.6 out of 10. That's not totally dismal, but all of the other major suites did better. On the same test TIS 2008 and CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008 scored 9.0, Norton Internet Security (NIS) got 9.3, and Panda Internet Security 2008 swept the field for 10 of 10. Clearly malware removal isn't MTP's strong point.
In a parallel test using commercial keyloggers, MTP scored a paltry 4.5. It recognized the majority of the samples but couldn't prevent most of them from installing. In several cases it blocked the keystroke logging function but left the program monitoring URLs visited, clipboard contents, programs launchedeven snapping screenshots. Panda did even worse in this test, with 2.1 of 10 points; this time Norton was the top scorer with 10 of 10. If you've got a commercial keylogger on your system, someone has physically invaded your office to install it, so you've got problems beyond what software can handle. That's why I give this test less weight.
MTP turns out to be a lot better at protecting an already-clean system than it is at cleaning up an existing mess. Its first line of defense is SiteAdvisor, which will warn you against downloading from known bad sites. I tried re-downloading my entire collection of malware samples. Many of the URLs were no longer available, but, of those that remained, SiteAdvisor gave one a yellow warning rating and red-flagged all the rest. When I brought out my folder full of already-downloaded samples the real-time protection immediately kicked in. It identified a bit under a third of the samples as Trojans and deleted them immediately. For another two-thirds it asked if I wanted to remove a PUP. I chose remove in each case and, this time, with the threat not already running in memory, removal was successful. I was left with just a couple threats to test. MTP scored 9.3 on this test, the same score Norton got, but Panda beat them both with a perfect 10.
Here again I ran a parallel test using commercial keyloggers instead of malware samples. MTP wiped out a couple of them on sight but totally missed several others. And of those it tried to block, several managed to install regardless. MTP scored 4.5 of 10 in this test, which is better than Panda's 3.6. But true success is clearly possibleNorton got 10 of 10.
For each threat identified on sight I tried another test using a modified version of the threat. I thoroughly renamed each sample, changed some non-executable bytes, and appended nulls to change the file size. It still identified about four fifths of the modified samples. Of those not deleted on sight, it tried to block them all during installation and succeeded with all but one. Given that these are one-of-a-kind variants, not found anywhere but in my lab, that's still pretty good.
MTP's spyware protection significantly bettered last year's poor performance. However, it announces PUPs over and over again when scanning infested systems and fails to remove them. And its full scan didn't clean up infested systems as well as any of the other big suites. At least it proved effective at keeping malware off a clean system. But, short of installing it on a newly formatted system there's no way a potential user can guarantee that his machine is clean at install.Next: Guarding the System


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Lets just get this out in the open, I am not a Trekie. The closest I have ever been to a Trekie was the Movie Star Trek 4 - The Voyage Home. In that one, they save the whales, and I have always been fascinated with whales. So maybe I liked the movie because of George and Gracie (The two humpbacks in the movie) instead of Star Trek.
The series has gotten stale and lame. There are too many spinoffs and too many notes...
Ok enough with that. The real thing here is about Star Trek the movie. The rebooted series directed by J.J. Abrams. The movie follows young Captain James Tiberious Kirk and Spock as they join the Star Fleet. We also meet the other Star Trek regulars for the first time like Scotty and Chekov and Harold from Harold and Kumar. Too bad they couldn't have put Kumar in this film, they could have snuck in some doobies on the SS Enterprise.
Anyway, the bad guy this time is Nero played by Eric Bana. He gets pissed off and beats a Buki in space to re leave his stress. Mean while, a giant butt hole ...er...black hole opens up in space and sucks all the cast members clothes off. This scene is pretty funny and Nyota Uhura is hot. In the end, they all play a game of ball warz to decide who will get command of the space shit.
Actually none, of that happens except for the giant butthole in space. I actually got into this movie more than I did Angels and Demons, especially the first part of the movie. Somewhere, half way through, this became a Star Trek movie and I began to loose interest. It was overall entertaining though. The acting was surprisingly good, even for Captain Kirk who plays a hot head who likes poon. I was expecting him to be the weakest link but he actually pulls this off. The directing was ok but the story was kind of stu. There were some plot holes I noticed that never quite got explained. We never figure out if Spock and Uhura get it on.
I give this movie 3.6 stars out of 5. I don't know why it has a 95% on the tomatometer but it is a refreshing reboot to a series that I never really cared for to begin with. I guess you have to be a Trekie to fully understand this movie. Hea.
In this movie, the past meets the future, and Kirk gets it on with the chick.
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Hi Guys! When it comes to hot summer days, it seems like all we want to do is lay by the pool while sipping cold, refreshing wine-tails and nibbling on quick and easy to prepare bites. Who wants to slave away in the kitchen over a hot stove all day? Not us! So, today we have a couple of easy and delicious appetizer recipes that are great to enjoy while lounging by the pool or anytime you have a snack attack.
The first dish we have is grilled watermelon and queso blanco skewers. We know that watermelon and feta cheese are usually paired together in this type of appetizer, but because we infused the watermelon cubes with the crisp flavor of Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio, we thought the more mild and creamy queso blanco (very similar to a more firm, part-skim mozzarella) was a better alternative. While you're cooking, it's important to only allow the skewers to "kiss" the grill on each side for about 15 to 20 seconds. This ensures that your cheese starts to get a little melty but doesn't turn into stringy mess. You can always swap the queso blanco for a foolproof grilling cheese such as halumi.
Staying with the theme of wine soaked fruits, our second appetizer is a wine soaked cherry and whipped burrata crostini. If there were only one thing we could eat all summer, it would probably be this cherry and burrata dish. The wine infusion draws out some of the natural sweetness of the fruit and adds an unexpected but pleasant tang to the cherries. We also love the anise flavor that the tarragon adds and how it offsets a little bit of the creaminess from the whipped burrata. If you can't get ahold of burrata, a whole milk ricotta cheese is a great alternative but you will lose some of the richness
One of our favorite things about preparing these appetizers is that the reserved fruit soaked wine is the PERFECT base for some simple and tasty wine-tails. All you need is a splash of tonic water or club soda and lots of ice, then you have yourself delicious wine-tails to sip on while you nosh on grilled watermelon and queso blanco skewers and cherry and whipped burrata crostini! Enjoy!
Grilled Watermelon and Queso Blanco Skewers
Makes 20 pieces
20 (1 inch) cubes watermelon (about 2 cups)
1/2 (750ml) bottle Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio
10 ounces queso blanco (or part skim mozzarella), cut into 1-inch cubes
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
20 small bamboo skewers
micro greens
warm honey, optional
1. Soak skewers in water for about 30 minutes.
2. Place watermelon cubes in a nonreactive bowl and top with Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio. Allow watermelon to soak for 10 minutes.
3. Drain watermelon (chill reserved liquid, add a splash of tonic water and enjoy as a simple watermelon infused spritzer) and line on paper towels to remove excess liquid.
4. Pierce a piece of watermelon and a piece of cheese onto each skewer until all the food has been used.
5. Heat a grill or grill pan over medium-high heat and brush with a small amount of oil. Once the surface is hot add watermelon and cheese skewers, in batches, only allowing the skewers to kiss the surface for about 15 to 30 seconds before flipping (to make sure the cheese doesn't melt too much). Quickly remove from heat and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
6. Drizzle skewers with a small amount of honey, if using, and top with micro greens. Serve.
Fresh Cherry and Whipped Burrata Crostini
Serves 8 to 10
1/2 (750 ml) bottle Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio
1/2 pound bing cherries, pitted and quartered
2 sprigs tarragon
whipped burrata:
1 (6 ounce) ball burrata cheese
2 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons minced thyme
1 teaspoon minced oregano
1 teaspoon minced mint
salt and pepper to taste
1 French or sourdough baguette, thinly sliced and lightly toasted
1. Place cherry quarters in a nonreactive bowl and top with Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio. Allow cherries to soak for 15 minutes.
2. Drain watermelon (chill reserved liquid, add a splash of tonic water and enjoy as a simple cherry infused spritzer) and line on paper towels to remove excess liquid.
3. Remove leaves from tarragon sprigs and place into a bowl. Add cherries, lightly season with salt and pepper and toss together.
4. For burrata: Place all ingredients into a food processor and process for about 1 minute until burrata is fluffy and smooth (if you don't have a food processor, place all ingredients into a bowl and beat together with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy).
5. To assemble: Spread a small amount of whipped burrata onto each crostini and top with a scoop of the soaked cherries. Lightly season with salt and pepper and serve.


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CompTIA: Telecom, Solution Provider Partnerships Drive Revenue
[April 09, 2012]
Study shows IT solution providers show significant sales boosts from teaming with telecoms.Read More...
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Gartner Trims Global IT Spending Forecast for 2012
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Researcher predicts worldwide IT spending at a 3.7 percent increase, revising earlier forecast of 4.6 percent growth.Read More...
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Gartner: Global 2011 IT Spending To Reach $3.6 Trillion, Up 5.1 Percent
[January 14, 2011] Researcher raises earlier worldwide IT spending outlook, points to expected IT investments amid sluggish recovery but cautions IT spending could slip owing to unpredictable global economy. Read More...
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FCC Gives Nod to Frontier's $8 Billion Verizon Deal For Rural Telephone Lines
[May 27, 2010] Commission says Frontier pledges to extend broadband, deploy fiber to hospitals and libraries, and create jobs. Read More...
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[February 23, 2009] The ADvantage Partner Program includes three levels of participation with varying levels of support. Read More...
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[February 23, 2009] Avaya BusinessPartner Program benefits include access to a channel manager, a secure portal, newsletters, sales and technical training, Avaya Professional Certification, technical support, Avaya Financial Services, a co-op marketing program and advertising support. Read More...
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Another Mighty Telecom Failure
[January 28, 2009] Nortel's bankruptcy stings Canada, but it benefits rivals Cisco and Juniper. Read More...
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VoIP Training Grows for VARs As Small Businesses Get Interested
[August 22, 2008] Vendors are devoting more resources to training VARs in VoIP technology as the market matures and small and medium businsses become more interested. One vendor, FreedomVoice, just offered a "boot camp" for channel partners involved in VoIP sales. Read More...
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The Future Oriented Thinking Index
A Case Study of the Czech Republic, Greece, Moldova and Switzerland
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to discuss some key factors in sustainable development and prosperity. One of the most commonly used indicators is Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which measures the economic performance of a country. It is often misinterpreted as an indicator of well-being and the quality of life in a country. The concept of the Future Oriented Thinking Index (FOTI) was first discussed in the journal Foresight (Nováček, 2014). The following shows the calculations for the FOTI of four European countries with different histories and at various stages of economic development. The FOTI is also intended to be drawn up for selected non-European countries, in particular for developing countries. Computation of the Future Oriented Thinking Index can provide an improved insight into why some communities and nations are prosperous and some less so. FOTI might be the main key to prosperity and success.
If future-oriented thinking is an important factor in prosperity, we need an instrument to measure it. The FOTI is closely affiliated with the State of the Future Index (SOFI), developed by Theodore J. Gordon and the Millennium Project. Instead of assessing the "state of the future" – whether the future will improve or deteriorate, as the SOFI does – the FOTI focuses on identifying the ability to take into account future challenges and act accordingly. There are 28 indicators suggested for the FOTI computation.
May 26, 2017
How to Cite
MACHÁČEK, Jan et al. The Future Oriented Thinking Index. Development, Environment and Foresight, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 5-19, may 2017. ISSN 2336-6621. Available at: <http://def-journal.eu/index.php/def/article/view/40>. Date accessed: 12 dec. 2019.
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Belkin has announced two new ways to keep your USB powered devices fully charged. USB has been a powerful technology when it comes to the interoperability of devices with computers. In the last few years the standard has also been one used to power and recharge mobile devices as well.
That's why Belkin has announced the Micro Auto Charger and the Dual Auto Charger. The Micro Auto Charger comes with a single USB port that can be plugged into your car's power outlet. It is designed to sit flush with a car's dashboard so you don't have anything sticking out of your car's power outlet. The Micro Auto Charger retails for US$14.99 and is available with a 3ft charge sync cable for an iPhone or iPod for US$19.99. The Micro Auto Charger is expected to be available next month.
The Dual Auto Charger, which is currently available, comes with two USB ports. One port charges at 1 amp for a device like an iPhone while the second port charges at 500 milliamps which supports iPod devices and some mobile phones including BlackBerry handhelds. The Dual Auto Charger retails for US$29.99.
I can't imagine it won't be too much longer before we start seeing cars coming with USB ports in their dash to power USB-based devices. It's kind of funny that the cigarette car lighter has become a power port in cars. Now the USB port in computers is transforming into a car power port as well.
Read more from the Belkin press release.


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Thursday, November 5, 2015
I Thought You Were A Dandy Fellow
Unfortunately due to the unpopularity and controversy surrounding my gender variances I do not feel comfortable revealing what I am actually employed in doing, which sucks when you think about it! Anywho.... I work with a large and varied clientele and there are also many different levels of workers at my job. I am somewhat higher up in the ranks due primarily to my education level and the amount of experience I have in my field.
I also am a bit different than the other workers. Obviously! I mean if you have been reading my blog for any length of time you know that I present in a very gender non-conforming manner. Some may say that it is an androgynous presentation, but I take that to mean that people are confused as to my gender. Nope, they are not. Everyone takes me to be a male, but a male that clearly does things that other males do not do. Thus, I prefer the phrase gender non-conforming, as opposed to androgynous.
Okay... maybe a bit long of an intro, but I wanted to try and intro the scene first.
I walked out of my office one day and an older gentleman who I have worked around for several years approached me. I live in a very rural community surrounded mostly by farmers and ranchers. While this gentleman works at my job site and is many years older than me, he is far lower down the ladder. I think he used to be a farmer; which would make sense as part of his duties is to upkeep the onsite garden that we have here.
So.... he walks up to me and says "You know when I first met you I thought that you were a dandy kind of fellow, if you know what I mean by that." Which I did not! I figured that maybe he was insinuating that he thought that I was gay. Which I don't care if people think or not, that is their choice. He continued "Well I figured that with all of your fanciness, you were a real dandy, but I want you to know that I read you wrong, and I think that you are a hard worker, and that you are alright."
I laughed, thanked him, and the two of us walked our separate ways. While I was a bit unsure of what exactly he meant by thinking that I was a dandy, I knew that he was offering me a sincere complement. I was not raised on a ranch or a farm, but what I do know about ranchers and farmers is that they respect one thing, hard workers. So while this older gentleman may have at first been kind of taken aback by many of my gender non-conforming behaviors, through being able to observe the work that I do, I was able to change his opinion of me. Thus I was able to prove that I deserve his respect, which is HUGE!
And I was proud of myself for being willing to be me and show the world who I am. And I was proud of him for being willing to observe, reflect, change his opinion, and be open and honest with me about where he was and how he changed his thoughts.
What a refreshing world we live in!
Love you!
Love yourself!
Love others for they are human as well!
Posted by Nadine Spirit at 8:30 AM
Labels: acceptance, gender non-conforming, society
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good for the older gentleman
- AnonymousNovember 6, 2015 at 5:12 AM
One step at a time.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousNovember 7, 2015 at 6:35 PM
You are a great person and when people get to know you they can easily see that. Glad to hear he shared his thoughts with you. One day at a time, one person at a time.ReplyDelete
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Vegetable Match
Submitted by AmyCut out pairs of different vegetables. Paste one of the vegetables on manila folders. Let your children match the vegetables by color, size, type, etc.
Classroom Vegetable Garden
Submitted by JenniSet up a garden in your classroom and let your children pretend to grow vegetables.
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It's not easy envisioning the perfect government, as the people at Evan Weissman's Warm Cookies and Milk of the Revolution discussion at Buntport last night learned. And even when you manage to attract people to a "civic health club" where they can discuss differing views in a positive environment, someone outside is always throwing stones...or chocolate chips.
See also: - Evan Weissman on why Warm Cookies and Milk of the Revolution is good for your civic health. - The arts in Denver: Ten people to watch in 2013 - Warm Cookies of the Revolution invites you to share food for thought in Denver tonight
Reading about the event prompted Cognitive_Dissident to offer this.
All they're probably missing is cannabutter.
But Evan Weissman cadn take such quips in strike As he told Susan Froyd:
I think what we're trying to do with this event, and with Warm Cookies of the Revolution as a whole -- the idea of a civic health club -- is make it feel like participation in the decisions that affect our lives is both necessary and fun. We do need to think about new ways of governing, that's how progress happens, but if we get bogged down in the details or believe that it doesn't matter or that we can't make a difference, well then we've lost. I'm not saying we can make our civic life as exciting and popular as a Broncos game, but I'm also not convinced that we can't. I love me some football, don't get me wrong, but rethinking and envisioning our entire political structure, playing with LEGOS and eating warm cookies and milk sounds pretty damn fun too!
Have you been to one of the monthly Warm Cookies and Milk events? What do you think of the "civic health club"?
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Recommended Reading
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Excellent book suggestions! It's been ages since i've read Kitchen Confidential - I need to read that again soon. =)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Amy. Kitchen Confidential is one of those books you can't put down. I'm pretty sure I gave my book to someone after telling them they had to read it.Delete
Love your choices I had not heard of Kris Carr's books so I am certainly going to check them out. Steph, I'm wishing you a very blessed Thanksgiving. It's been a blessing getting to know you this year.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! You would love Kris Carr's books. She stresses the importance of clean eating. Something that is great for everyone. Hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving. I'm sure there will be some wonderful food at your house:) It has been a blessing getting to know you. Please give me a ring if you are ever in SA. Happy Thanksgiving to your family!Delete
Wonderful recs! I read Kitchen Confidential way back when and nearly died laughing along the way. I should get my copy out and re-read it. And I've been meaning to pick up Grant's book. I've heard it's a great read from so many people and now from you too. Hope you and your family had a terrific Thanksgiving!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Shelley. In Grant's book, you see his perseverance as a chef as well as a human being. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.Delete
Kitchen Confidential, oddly enough, was the book that got me reading all the others. Without it, I'd never have read MFK Fisher, Steingarten, Laurie Colwin, Child, Pepin, or any of the others by whom I've been influenced. I haven't read the others, but now I'm on a mission! lolReplyDelete
I couldn't agree more with your selection!ReplyDelete
This is really chic finds, love the suggestions definitely checking them out. Got my eye on your next posts.ReplyDelete
Life on the Line really stood out to me, and I went to Amazon to read more about it. I usually just cook to satisfy my husband - if it weren't for him, I would never cook again ;) - but this book is one I think I would be very interested in reading. His passion, his drive, and his interruption in the form of cancer is something that I think I could learn a lot from reading about. Thanks for calling this book to my attention.ReplyDelete


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Head-mounted displays with dense pixel arrays used for virtual reality applications require high frame rates and low latency rendering. This forms a challenging use case for any rendering approach. In addition to its ability of generating realistic images, ray tracing offers a number of distinct advantages, but has been held back mainly by its performance. In this paper, we present an approach that significantly improves image generation performance of ray tracing. This is done by combining foveated rendering based on eye tracking with reprojection rendering using previous frames in order to drastically reduce the number of new image samples per frame. To reproject samples a coarse geometry is reconstructed from a G-Buffer. Possible errors introduced by this reprojection as well as parts that are critical to the perception are scheduled for resampling. Additionally, a coarse color buffer is used to provide an initial image, refined smoothly by more samples were needed. Evaluations and user tests show that our method achieves real-time frame rates, while visual differences compared to fully rendered images are hardly perceivable. As a result, we can ray trace non-trivial static scenes for the Oculus DK2 HMD at 1182 × 1464 per eye within the the VSync limits without perceived visual differences.
We propose a high-performance GPU implementation of Ray Histogram Fusion (RHF), a denoising method for stochastic global illumination rendering. Based on the CPU implementation of the original algorithm, we present a naive GPU implementation and the necessary optimization steps. Eventually, we show that our optimizations increase the performance of RHF by two orders of magnitude when compared to the original CPU implementation and one order of magnitude compared to the naive GPU implementation. We show how the quality for identical rendering times relates to unfiltered path tracing and how much time is needed to achieve identical quality when compared to an unfiltered path traced result. Finally, we summarize our work and describe possible future applications and research based on this.
We present a system which allows for guiding the image quality in global illumination (GI) methods by user-specified regions of interest (ROIs). This is done with either a tracked interaction device or a mouse-based method, making it possible to create a visualization with varying convergence rates throughout one image towards a GI solution. To achieve this, we introduce a scheduling approach based on Sparse Matrix Compression (SMC) for efficient generation and distribution of rendering tasks on the GPU that allows for altering the sampling density over the image plane. Moreover, we present a prototypical approach for filtering the newly, possibly sparse samples to a final image. Finally, we show how large-scale display systems can benefit from rendering with ROIs.
This work presents the analysis of data recorded by an eye tracking device in the course of evaluating a foveated rendering approach for head-mounted displays (HMDs). Foveated rendering methods adapt the image synthesis process to the user's gaze and exploiting the human visual system's limitations to increase rendering performance. Especially, foveated rendering has great potential when certain requirements have to be fulfilled, like low-latency rendering to cope with high display refresh rates. This is crucial for virtual reality (VR), as a high level of immersion, which can only be achieved with high rendering performance and also helps to reduce nausea, is an important factor in this field. We put things in context by first providing basic information about our rendering system, followed by a description of the user study and the collected data. This data stems from fixation tasks that subjects had to perform while being shown fly-through sequences of virtual scenes on an HMD. These fixation tasks consisted of a combination of various scenes and fixation modes. Besides static fixation targets, moving tar- gets on randomized paths as well as a free focus mode were tested. Using this data, we estimate the precision of the utilized eye tracker and analyze the participants' accuracy in focusing the displayed fixation targets. Here, we also take a look at eccentricity-dependent quality ratings. Comparing this information with the users' quality ratings given for the displayed sequences then reveals an interesting connection between fixation modes, fixation accuracy and quality ratings.
We present an analysis of eye tracking data produced during a quality-focused user study of our own foveated ray tracing method. Generally, foveated rendering serves the purpose of adapting actual rendering methods to a user's gaze. This leads to performance improvements which also allow for the use of methods like ray tracing, which would be computationally too expensive otherwise, in fields like virtual reality (VR), where high rendering performance is important to achieve immersion, or fields like scientific and information visualization, where large amounts of data may hinder real-time rendering capabilities. We provide an overview of our rendering system itself as well as information about the data we collected during the user study, based on fixation tasks to be fulfilled during flights through virtual scenes displayed on a head-mounted display (HMD). We analyze the tracking data regarding its precision and take a closer look at the accuracy achieved by participants when focusing the fixation targets. This information is then put into context with the quality ratings given by the users, leading to a surprising relation between fixation accuracy and quality ratings.
Real-Time Simulation of Camera Errors and Their Effect on Some Basic Robotic Vision Algorithms (2013)
We present a real-time approximate simulation of some camera errors and the effects these errors have on some common computer vision algorithms for robots. The simulation uses a software framework for real-time post processing of image data. We analyse the performance of some basic algorithms for robotic vision when adding modifications to images due to camera errors. The result of each algorithm / error combination is presented. This simulation is useful to tune robotic algorithms to make them more robust to imperfections of real cameras.


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|McIntosh C220 Stereo Preamplifier
|Friday, 01 June 2007
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Ask someone who was into audio in the early days of high end for the names of their favorite high-end audio brands and McIntosh is bound to be mentioned in their first breath. McIntosh has been an icon in the high-end audio world for over 50 years. McIntosh components have long been recognizable by their elegant black glass faceplates, silver trimmed knobs and blue back-lighting. McIntosh's newest and least expensive preamplifier, the C220, combines the Old World luxury McIntosh is so well known for with modern performance features, all without breaking the bank.
The C220 is a full-featured, tube-based stereo preamplifier that retails for a reasonable $3,300. Some may categorize the C220 as a purist design, as it makes no accommodations for multi-channel or home theater integration as most $3,000 preamps do. However, to consider the C220 a simple stereo preamplifier would be to severely underestimate it. As you will see below, the C220 is full of high-tech features to help it obtain its straightforward and lofty goal.
Upon receiving and unpacking the C220, I immediately noticed that it was a substantial component, weighing 21 pounds, measuring 17-and-a-half inches wide, six inches high and 18 inches deep. The C220 chassis felt solid, and it was obvious that the bottom plate was extremely solid, with good vibration-dampening qualities above the four substantial rubber feet. The sides and top of the preamplifier are made out of perforated steel. The back panel is surprisingly full, with seven pairs of line level and single-ended inputs, one moving magnet phono input, two pairs of balanced inputs, four pairs of single-ended outputs, including one tape output, and a pair of balanced outputs. In addition to all of the signal connections, the rear panel features numerous data and control connections, including 12-volt triggers and an IR receiver. Build quality is extremely good, befitting a luxury item. I saved the best for last. The C220's front panel is black glass in the tradition of classic McIntosh products. The backlit glass has all of the writing etched on the backside to prevent any visible wear. The glass front panel is flanked by brushed silver vertical corner trim, with the center of the panel dominated by a large window with blue LCD readout. The LCD window is flanked by four silver trimmed knobs, with treble and bass on the left and input and volume to the right, with a row of black rocker switches below. In line with the switches, to the left is a headphone jack and to the right a red power switch. The front panel has a simple, classic look, yet provides easy access to the C220's many features.
The C220 is a tube-based preamplifier with four 12 AX7A tubes, two each for the line and phono stages. Despite the balanced connectors found on the back panel of the C220, the circuitry inside is not balanced. McIntosh claims that the majority of the benefit of a balanced system in the intended price range of the C220 is obtained by the use of balanced connections and notes that the C220 has 40 dB of noise rejection.
A variety of performance and convenience features provide the welcome combination of ease of use and exceptional sound quality. Variable Rate Volume minimizes wear, keeps the channels matched within 1/10 of a dB and makes both large and small volume adjustments simple with dual speeds. The volume control interfaces with the audio circuit at two points, the tube output and at the source input. This arrangement keeps the tubes operating in their sweet spot through a much wider volume range than is possible with a traditional volume control. Each of the inputs are customizable and can be named. In addition to the naming of each input, one can set trim, tone and trigger choices as well. The power supplies are fully regulated and the transformer utilizes McIntosh's special R-Core technology, which is said to reduce both mechanical and signal noise; the latter is assisted by the R-Core transformer's low heat design, which minimizes thermal noise. All switching is performed within sealed, glass-filled cylinders, which are located adjacent to the rear panel jacks, thus both minimizing the signal path length and the need to clean contacts.
The C220 was placed on the top shelf of my rack and connected to Classe's CDP-202 CD player and Krell's Theater Amplifier Standard by Cardas' Golden Presence balanced interconnects. Monster Cable's 5100 MKII power conditioner provided all the necessary power filtration. I used both Krell LAT-2000s and Martin Logan Summits, connected by Monster Cable's Sigma speaker cables and Cardas' Golden Presence speaker cables, respectively. Shortly after I began my critical listening of the C220, the Krell speakers went back to Krell to be replaced by newer models, so the majority of my critical listening was done with the Martin Logan Summits.
I appreciated the flexibility of the customizable inputs. Being able to change the input names made it easier for my wife to select the proper input. The tone and trigger controls were set the same for each input, but there was a significant variation in trim levels. I changed the title of the phono input to "off," which activates the McIntosh's tube-saver circuit. This prevents wear of the phono tubes when the phono stage is not being utilized. Whenever one wants to use the phono stage, simply retitle the input, activating the circuit, and your fresh tubes will be ready to go.
The C220 was placed on the top shelf of my equipment stand to ensure proper ventilation. The perforated steel chassis of the C220 never got hot to the touch – warm, but never hot. I would be careful not to place the C220 in a tight, unventilated spot, but it should be fine in most reasonably ventilated cabinets.


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UPDATE: Actual numbers are in, boosting Obsessed's weekend total to $28.6 million. Meanwhile, both 17 Again and Fighting were overestimated, only grossing $11.5 million and $11 million, while Earth was underestimated. Disney's nature documentary actually pulled in $8.8 million over the three-day frame.
EARLIER: After Friday's impressive debut, Sony's Screen Gems' Obsessed took the top spot at the box office this weekend, racking up an estimated $28.5 million. The movie gave Beyonce her best opening for a starring role (her second best first weekend overall, beaten only by Austin Powers in Goldmember's $73 million debut). It's the second-best opening for Sony Pictures' genre division, Screen Gems, beaten only by The Exorcism of Emily Rose, which debuted to $30.1 million in September 2005. Obsessed also scored an impressive per-theater average of $11,337 from 2,514 locations.
In second place, despite taking a predicted 50% drop, was Zac Efron's 17 Again with $11.7 million. The rest of the top 5 was all new movies, with Rogue Pictures' Fighting beating expectations to gross $11.4 million for a third place finish. Paramount's The Soloist finished fourth, performing below expectations and only pulling in $9.7 million.
Disney's Earth may have performed below our box office experts' predictions, grossing just $8.5 million, but that's the third best opening ever for a documentary and the best for a nature film.
Interestingly, Fighting, The Soloist and Earth all had roughly the same per-theater averages: $4,955, $4,800 and $4,742. But each movie played in a different number of theaters: Fighting was in 2,309, The Soloist was in 2,024 and Earth was in 1,804. So, it's likely the number of theaters each movie was playing in had a big impact on how well each movie did.
Summer movie season starts next week with Wolverine and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, so don't expect any of these movies to stick around at the top of the box office for long.
All box office data from Box Office Mojo.


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Do you wake with a dry mouth or sore throat, or suffer from morning headaches? Are you excessively tired during the day, or irritable? You may be suffering from a form of sleep apnea.
According to the American Sleep Apnea Association, there are 22 million Americans afflicted with Sleep Apnea, and 80% with moderate sleep apnea go undiagnosed altogether. When left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to high blood pressure, chronic heart failure, atrial fibrillation, stroke, and other cardiovascular problems.
If you have been diagnosed by a physician with a partially or fully obstructed airway, a dental appliance may be reasonable a treatment option. The dental devices may be an option for patients with mild to moderate sleep apnea, or for patients who cannot tolerate their CPAP machine.
Worn only during sleep, an oral appliance fits like a sports mouth guard or an orthodontic retainer. It supports the jaw in a forward position to help maintain an open upper airway.Research shows that oral appliance therapy is an effective treatment option for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Amy Urban is certified to practice Dental Sleep Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.


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Singapore: Sembcorp Marine Starts Construction of Integrated New Yard Facility
Sembcorp Marine marked a major milestone in its growth and expansion strategy today with the ground-breaking of its Integrated New Yard Facility at Tuas View Extension.
Representing Singapore's first integrated yard facility, this landmark development will further reinforce Sembcorp Marine's competitive edge, enabling the Group to respond effectively to customers' requirements and future challenges.
The ground-breaking ceremony, held to mark the commencement of the New Yard's first phase of construction works, was officiated by Guest-of-Honour Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Trade and Industry.
Harnessing Sembcorp Marine's 47 years of proven expertise and track record in marine and offshore engineering and construction, the state-of-the-art new yard facility is designed to maximize operational synergy, production efficiency and critical mass with optimized docking and berthing facilities, an improved dock and quay ratio, a centralized work-efficient layout, and integrated facilities. When fully completed, the 206-hectare custom-designed, purpose-built yard will boost Sembcorp Marine's total dock capacity by 62 per cent to 3,075,000 dwt.
The New Yard's strategic location along major sea lanes in the west of Singapore enables it to tap on the vibrant market for ship repair and conversion and to serve large volumes of vessels trading in the region.
The 206-hectare Integrated New Yard Facility will be built in 3 phases. The 73.3-hectare S$750 million Phase I New Yard Development will focus on ship repair & conversion activities and is scheduled to be completed by end 2013 with partial operations commencing in the second half of 2012. Phase I will feature 4 Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) drydocks totaling 1,550,000 deadweight tonnes, a 3,408-metre quay as well as workshops totaling 68,300 sqm for hull and fitting works, a blasting and painting chamber, warehouse and craneage facilities. It will also house a 1,925 sqm Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Centre along with medical clinic facilities, a training centre of 2,725 sqm, owners' offices of 4,125 sqm and a 40,639 sqm multistorey dormitory for staff and the workforce.
Designed as a centralized and integrated "one-stop solutions" hub for ship repair & conversion, shipbuilding, rig building and offshore engineering & construction, the new yard facility is well-equipped to serve a wide range of vessels including VLCCs, new generations of mega containerships, LNG carriers and passenger ships as well as meet new regulatory requirements and environmental standards.
Mr Goh Geok Ling, Chairman of Sembcorp Marine said "The ground-breaking of our Phase I Integrated New Yard Facility marks a defining moment in our history and a significant leap forward as we forge ahead into our next phase of growth. With its innovative work-efficient design, the state-of-the-art yard development will further bolster our home-base capabilities to deliver value-added cost-competitive solutions to our customer partners. The New Yard will be an invaluable asset which will be a key catalyst in sharpening Sembcorp Marine's competitive edge for long-term sustainable growth."
About Sembcorp Marine
Sembcorp Marine is a leading global marine and offshore engineering group specializing in a full spectrum of integrated solutions ranging from ship repair, shipbuilding, rig building to topsides fabrication and offshore engineering & construction. As one of the largest marine and offshore engineering leaders in Asia, the Group has a global network spanning six strategic hubs – Singapore, China, India, USA, Middle East and Brazil.
Sembcorp Marine's Singapore hub consists of Jurong Shipyard, Sembawang Shipyard, PPL Shipyard, SMOE and Jurong SML, supported by P.T. Karimun Shipyard and P.T. SMOE (Batam) in Indonesia.
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A 3m³ mini skip is not 3m long, 3m high or even 3m wide. Cubic metres are used to measure volume. A 3m³ mini skip is a good size for small amounts of rubbish removal, if you're not 100% sure this is what you need, then call our team so we can assist you with choosing the right bin size.
Our 3m³ mini skip hire options are a bit taller then our 2m³ mini skip options, so if you have rubbish to get rid of that is higher then 920mm this is a good option for you. Like all our skip bins we are unable to take your rubbish if the bin is filled above the height, this is a safety regulation when we are on the roads and why we designed our 3m³ mini skip to have more height then our 2m³. The bin itself is the same length and width as a 2m³ bin so it is still easy to have the bin placed in a driveway to avoid needing a council permit. Because the bin has more height if you are planning on getting rid of heavy rubbish it will be harder again to lift this rubbish over the sides of the bin. If you think the rubbish is to heavy we do recommend getting a 4m³ walk in bin as this will allow you to easily load your waste without as much stress on your body.
The same scenarios that applied to our 2m³ mini skips will apply to our 3m³ mini skip hire options. The main difference is the height, so if you are getting rid of old vanity units that wouldn't fit in a 2m³ mini skip then the 3m³ gives you that extra height. Don't forget you can always think about breaking up some of your rubbish to bring the height down. The extra cubic metre means a lot of extra space so if you're not confident you can fit all your rubbish into a 2m³ or you might be able to get rid of some more with the extra m³ then take the extra metre. It's not much of a price different and you might be able to clear some space in your garage at the same time as finishing your project. If you're on a construction site and just need to do a bit of a cleanup, you may only need a mini skip. Again just think about the weight of your rubbish as its going to be a lot faster and easier to walk rubbish in rather then lift rubbish over the sides. It's also easier to stack rubbish in a walk in bin.


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Albums with Gunner: Quit the Curse by Anna Burch
Anna Burch's Quit The Curse album took me by surprise as being one of my favorite albums of 2018 so far, possibly because it is one of the few albums I've listened to that I enjoyed. The indie-artist's debut comes to life with the vintage sounds provided by the use of reverb and guitars.
Quit the Curse brings me summer vibes, with the joyous guitar strings and the energetic drums. I keep imagining 1960's aesthetics with each song and I am in no way complaining because I love all things vintage. One of my favorites include "Belle Isle", mostly because of the play on guitars which have a poppy melody that gives listeners an imagery of paradise. The opening of "In Your Dreams" had me swaying my head back forth on the beat of each drum. And of course, the angelic guitar intro was amazing. (If you can't already tell, I love guitars). There were a few songs that lost my interest, possibly because of the monotone presence Burch displays in her songs. In the songs that I liked, her voice was paired perfectly with the instruments, which made me favor them more.
The entire album is composed of lyrics in which Anna Burch expresses her romantic disasters. The entire album gives off a Lana Del Rey sound, with Burch possibly taking inspiration from the mainstream-alt artist, as well as working with the her sound engineer. I listened to this album imaging myself standing up in a vintage car, with my hair blowing in the breeze on the California coast. I would definitely listen to this album again, for aesthetic purposes of course.
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The knowledge of materials of the historical objects, as well as materials used for their conservation and restoration, is one of the most important aims that the Faculty of Restoration emphasizes. The main aktivity of the Department of the Chemical Technology is, besides the general education in natural sciences, the close cooperation with other departments of the Faculty as well as with the scientific institutions within the European Union.
The classes can be divided into various areas. The first introductory part deals with the general chemistry. It is followed by the technological part that is specialised according to the appropriate field of study. It is devoted to the historical materials and materials for the restoration and conservation. The students are taught in the chemical behaviour, aging mechanisms or the procedures of the preparation of these materials. Additionally, the natural scientific methods of research of materials and technological principles of the main conservation processes are included into the teaching schedule. The supervision of some theoretical bachelors' and masters' thesis is also a part of the department duties.
Cooperation with other departments is conducted especially in the form of the chemical analyses, research and/or assisting in the selection of the appropriate materials and methods for the conservative treatment.
The Department of Chemical Technology has participated in a variety of national and international projects, such as the NAMO (project focused on the research of mortars of Nabatean culture, which was carried out under the precedent Institute of
Restoration and Conservation Techniques), ROCEM (project focused on the traditional historical binder - roman cement), STONECORE (use of lime nanosuspensions for consolidation of porous calcareous materials), ROCARE (use of the roman cement in a cultural heritage conservation) and FUNCTIONAL UV PROTECTIVE PAINT SYSTEMS projects (protective coatings with higher stability towards the UV radiation).


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Stephany Ortega is a classical and modern singer (soprano), choir conductor and pianist. She graduated with distinction with a Bachelor of Arts in voice performance from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels; a Prix Supérieur in voice as well as a Premier Prix in piano from the Conservatory of Luxembourg. Originally from the Dominican Republic, she also graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor in Music Education from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.
As a soloist she sang throughout France, Germany, Canada, Dominican Republic, Belgium and Luxembourg, especially with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg (OPL) conducted by Gast Waltzing. Furthermore, she performed at the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen and at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg alongside the Oscar-winner Maximilian Schell. Her repertoire goes from classical (opera, Lied, oratorio and contemporary music) to modern singing (pop music, musicals, improvisation).
In 2011 she won a bronze medal at the European Competition "Jeunes Solistes". This year, she has been awarded by the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with the "Prix Lerminieux" and the "Prix Vindelinck" in classical singing, as well as the "Prix Servais" awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Belgium. She is co-founder of many chamber music ensembles: "Niù Trio", "Voice & Marimba", "Wedding Duo" and the "Duo Rosa".
She currently works as a teacher of classic and modern singing at the Conservatory of the North in Luxembourg and as a choir conductor at the European Institute of Choral Singing (INECC) and at the Union Grand-Duc Adolphe (UGDA). At the present time she is studying a Master in voice performance at the Conservatory of Brussels.


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Access Technology takes great pride in helping our clients be more productive. Whether it is a computer problem at the office or at home, it is frustrating when things aren't working the way they should. Our certified techs will get your computer working again quickly so that you can get back to work. No matter the size of your business or if you need computer support at home, we are here to help 24/7/365. The support we offer makes you more productive.
Access Technology was originally launched as Miller Systems in 1994. Jason Miller relaunched the tech support company as Access. In the past two decades, Access Technology has become one of Michigan's premier technology companies, providing networking solutions to corporations, small businesses, organizations and the home technology user. We offer IT Solutions, hardware repair, Web design/build, online reputation management, customized database creation, and social media marketing for businesses of all sizes in the Metro Detroit area and for home computer use.
Access Technology is a premier source of information technology (IT), computer tech support, web design and build, and social media marketing. Conveniently located on Maple Road just east of Orchard Lake Road in the heart of West Bloomfield (Metro Detroit, Michigan), Access Technology specializes in providing fast, reliable solutions for businesses, organizations and individuals in today's fast-pace technology world. Whether it's computer help for a hardware problem or your company needs a new website or social media strategy, the tech pros at Access Technology will respond quickly and help you be more successful.
We support both businesses and residential clients, offering same day support in your office or home (PC or Mac computers). Whether you're in West Bloomfield, Birmingham, Farmington Hills, Southfield, Detroit, Novi, Commerce, White Lake, Berkley, Oak Park, Bloomfield Hills, Brighton, Flint, Walled Lake, Waterford, Dearborn or any other Metro Detroit suburb, contact Access Technology today at 248-804-7005.
Our Team
Jason A. Miller, President
Jason Miller became President of Access Technology in August 2010. In that time he has grown Access Technology into a full-scale technology firm that provides social media marketing consulting and web design in addition to IT support. Known on the Web as "The Techie Rabbi," Jason is an ordained rabbi who is a frequent presenter and writer on the topic of Judaism and Technology. With a wide Internet reach, Jason is a popular blogger, social media expert, educator and entrepreneur. Rabbi Jason's projects include The Mitzvah Rabbi, Celebrate Jewish, Rabbi for Weddings and PopJewish.
His blog has over 1 million pageviews and he's connected to hundreds of thousands through social media. The Detroit Free Press called him "the most tech-savvy Jewish leader," and both the Huffington Post and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency ranked him among the top ten Jewish Twitter users in the world. He writes the "Jewish Techs" blog and the "Jews in the Digital Age" column for the Detroit Jewish News. Jason won the 2012 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce and is one of the winners of a Jewish Influencer award from the National Jewish Outreach Program.
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Jay Snelling started working for Access Technology in 2007 and was promoted to Vice President of the company in August 2010. An expert in computer hardware repair, Jay has spent his entire adult life building computers. A master coder, he has built close to 200 websites for Access Technology and specializes in Responsive Design coding on the WordPress platform.
An avid musician, Jay plays bass guitar for his band, All Hands Lost. In addition to being a loyal Detroit Tigers fan, he enjoys camping and fishing.
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Elissa Miller joined Access Technology in January 2011. She holds a Master's Degree in education from Bank Street College in Manhattan and a degree in psychology from Michigan State University. Elissa specializes in creating relevant social media posts for a plethora of clients in different industries. She draws on pop culture and current events to make these posts interesting and topical.
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Galaxy members will face FC Bayern Munich August 6 in Portland
CARSON, Calif. (Wednesday, July 16, 2014) – LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer announced today that Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez have been named to the MLS Fan XI that will face German-champions FC Bayern Munich in the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game. The match will kick off at 6:30 p.m. PT August 6 at Providence Park in Portland and be broadcast live on ESPN2, UniMas, and in Canada on TSN and RDS.
This is Donovan's MLS-record 14th consecutive All-Star selection dating back to 2001, his first season in the league. The all-time leader in goals and assists for the Galaxy, Donovan has scored three times and added four assists while making 13 appearances in the league this season. With 137 career MLS goals, he is also the all-time leading scorer in MLS history, surpassing Jeff Cunningham earlier this year.
Gonzalez' selection marks the fourth time the defender has been named an MLS All-Star. Drafted third overall by the Galaxy in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, he has been named MLS Rookie of the Year (2009), Defender of the Year (2011) and to three MLS Best XI's (2010, 2011, 2013), while helping the Galaxy win two MLS Cups (2011, 2012) and two Supporters' Shields (2010, 2011). In addition to his six appearances for the Galaxy this year, Gonzalez also was a member of U.S. Men's National Team in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The Fan XI received the most votes at their respective positions from combined fan voting on two platforms – online at MLSsoccer.com and via Twitter. The ballot consisted of eight players from each club, as chosen by the media.
Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders) earned his place on the Fan XI through the innovative AT&T/EA SPORTS MLS All-Star 'More Than a Vote' Challenge. Fans scored more than one million goals with Martins in FIFA 14, with one goal equaling one vote. Other players who finished in the top five of 'More Than a Vote' Challenge were Eddie Johnson (D.C. United), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls) and Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy).
A 3-4-3 formation was selected for this year's Fan XI:
2014 MLS All-Star Fan XI
Goalkeeper: Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
Defenders: Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)
Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
Forwards: Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls), Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders FC – AT&T/EA SPORTS "More than a Vote" Challenge winner)
The Fan XI are not necessarily included on the game day roster. MLS All-Star coach Caleb Porter will select the roster based on player availability and tactical considerations, but all Fan XI players are All-Stars.
Two selections by MLS Commissioner Don Garber, and Porter's complete 20-man game day roster, will be announced on Saturday, July 19 during ESPN2's broadcast of Sporting Kansas City vs. LA Galaxy.
Under the CBA, a total of 32 players will be named All-Stars. After the game day roster, the remaining players receiving the All-Star honor will come from voting among MLS players.


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David Wise of Reno, Nevada, became the first Olympian to win the gold medal in the men's halfpipe skiing event, a sport that was debuted at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Wise became a legend overnight and introduced the world to the gravity-defying sport, where the skiier drops into a massive two-story-deep snow ravine, flies up into the air to performs several flips and twists, and continues to do this throughout the halfpipe until he lands in the snow.
X Games commentators described Wise, the AFP reigning champion, as "the epitome of perfection." He's won no less than five X Games medals (including three golds), won second in the 2012 AFP World Tour, and has remained the reigning world champion since 2013.
Wise stands out though, not solely because he is a world-class athlete, but also because he is a committed Christian, husband and father. In 2014 he told Crossmap that,
I definitely get singled out because I don't live the same lifestyle. I go to the parties, but I'm not there from bell to bell. I get a little heat for it from the industry, but my thing from the beginning was that I'm not going to let this sport change who I am. I'm going to do the best I can to be a big part of the sport, but who I am is who I am.
His teammates look up to him though, news reports reveal. And they know that Wise faces the pressure of competing because of his Christian faith. Wise told the Denver Post that it's his faith that grounds him while he is flying through the air. In his interview with Crossmap, he explained,
When you ski into a halfpipe, the first thing anybody says is 'Wow, this thing is huge.' When you see it on television it doesn't quite give you the perspective, but when you stand in the middle and there's a 22-foot wall in front of you, and you realize people are flying up out of that, it's pretty intimidating.Faith plays a huge role because it enables me to be confident. I don't have to worry about what's happening or the outside influences as much because I feel like I can trust God, and he's going to see me through. I can look back on my path and realize that God had a pretty significant part in taking care of me. It takes the pressure off and I can enjoy it.
In-between sporting events, training, and competitions Wise shares his faith with others and offers encouragement to fellow Christian athletes, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). He said:
FCA is a cool thing. I think that a lot of athletes feel isolated and feel that there aren't a lot of Christians in sports. It's cool to see an organization like FCA bringing us all together, and you realize that there are actually a lot of Christians in these sports. I do my part as best I can. I go and speak at schools around Reno that have FCA.
Now 27, and a father of two children, Wise will attempt to defend his gold medal in the halfpipe at PyeongChang.
Watch David Wise compete in the freeski halfpipe qualifying run on February 19 and the final on February 21. Follow him on Twitter at @MrDavidWise.
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Sunday, 6 January 2013
They have been manufactured by Tando and are available already from The Craft Barn HERE and also from other Tando stockists.
So, without further ado, I'd love to introduce my "babies" to you.......
12 comments:
- Kate said...
Neil! I'm so excited for you. They look great and I'm particularly drawn to the squiggly string one, I like abstract ones.
** Kate **
- 6 January 2013 at 15:19
- Von said...
Great designs Neil :) I too like the squiggly one
- 6 January 2013 at 16:37
- Julia said...
Congratulations, these are great. I particularly like those wonky houses.
- 6 January 2013 at 16:49
- ionabunny said...
Neil I spotted these earlier today at The Craft Barn and have added them to my list of things I need. I liked the fish and the wonky houses so hope to add one or both to my next order. Love the style and the detail.
- 6 January 2013 at 19:13
- Lisa said...
Congratulations! They look fab.
BTW- What's up with the Anon. spamming? So annoying... I had to do the same. =(
- 6 January 2013 at 19:31
- okienurse said...
Congrats on the masks they are awesome. Is there some place in the states handling them? I think I would buy them all! Awesome houses and I love the fish. I can see the art journal pages looking up!
- 6 January 2013 at 20:11
- Nan G said...
Congrats! These are so cool!! Love the wonky houses! Will have to look for them here in the States! Yea for you, you got the jump on the big guys too!! LOL
- 6 January 2013 at 22:17
- Francesca said...
Congratulations, is been a long time coming...They are great. Love francesca
- 6 January 2013 at 23:25
- Karen said...
ooo I have been holding in my excitement for you Neil!!! But now I can say something hahaha! Mine are on their way in my Tando box :D Fabulous designs and for anyone who is wavering.....the Tando stencils are VERY good quality!!! Shame you won't be at the CHA - we could have had a catch up! x
- 7 January 2013 at 13:13
- Li'l Pidge said...
Congratulations, love them. Especially the fish....I am thinking I could dye fabric with colorwash and the stencil and embroider over the 'white spaces' (fish, seaweed etc).
- 8 January 2013 at 06:16
- mark gould said...
Great to see them done Neil, Saw them on the Craft Barns web page earlier today. Im sure they will do well.
- 8 January 2013 at 21:15
- Myrto said...
So happy for you Neil! These look fantastic!
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It turns out $30,000 worth of Nikon DSLR camera equipment can do a lot more than take beautiful photos. It can also create beautiful music.
Benjamin Von Wong, a 26-year-old professional freelance photographer in Canada, had an idea after seeing a Canon shutter sound video back in May and after recently visiting Nikon's Special Services team in Toronto.
"I had the idea of taking it one step further and composing a piece," Von Wong told ABC News. He gave his friend Andrew Kesler, a composer and recording engineer, a call and the two got to planning.
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Planning Air Travel over the Fourth? Know your rights, says Ralph.
I consider whole body scanning to be an unacceptable invasion of privacy. It's good to know there's an alternative choice, unpleasant as it may be:
(R) Senators vote no in Unemployment benefits
I employ all Americans to calls the senators on the following list. These are the senators that voted NO to extend employment benefits for 1.2 million amaericans. Please instill the fear of God into these people and let them know they have something to fear in the fall elections, unemployment for them. All of the following info can be found at OPENCONGRESS.com.
Thom ... is it not time to send heavy polluting industries
into at lest ; a stable L.E.O ( low earth orbit )...
In response to failure of real banking regulation legislation
Since Hammurabi's time and perhaps before that, there was a concept that there should be a legal limit on interest charges. Exceeding legal interest rates was called usury. The interest rate cap varied in different cultures and in different centuries, but the Greeks, Romans, Holy Roman Empire the English monarchs, and the infant United States of America all had restraints on what moneylenders could charge borrowers. It was understood that gouging was bad for commerce and bad for economic growth and prosperity.
Exxon Mobil and US Highway 12
Sen. Butch Otter, the Idaho Department of Transportation and Exxon Mobil have been planing for sometime now to move refining equipment from Korea, to the port of Lewiston, Idaho (the furthest inland sea port in the world), along US HW 12, going over Lolo Pass and the Bitteroot mountain range, and then up into Alberta Canada to the tar sands. This has been years in the making, yet Idahoans have been kept in the dark until about 4 months ago. Why did good old Butch and the DOT keep this in the dark for so long?
Energy "Experts" Ignore Economic Realities
I heard a progressive talk show host interviewing another energy "expert." Anyone listening to progressive radio will on a regular basis be encouraged, implored, preached to, cajoled, advised, informed, and otherwise told that all we have to do is to switch to renewable energy, and all our problems will be solved.
It as if if global warming and alternative energy is the full extent of being a progressive. This is the only progressive issue in existence, apparently.
Force, Law, Religion, Culture, and Money
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Can our magical planet get its life back?
Just a reminder: As President, Obama reversed his campaign rhetoric opposing new offshore drilling by saying, "In the short term, as we transition to cleaner energy sources, we'll have to make tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development in ways that protect communities and coastlines."
Clearly, Tony Hayward is not the only guy who wants to get his life back. Wouldn't we all love to get back the life of clean oceans and an abundant, healthy, living planet?
Off with their heads.
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Mein Gott! it is really hard to post even one comment. Why don't you make things easier?
Why don't Thom and Bernie just come out and say we are living under a form of fascism? The G20 meeting is in Toronto, and according to the Amy Goodman show and people she interviewed, there is a strong fence surrounding the "bigwigs" and 20,000 policemen or something like that. No one in main media covered the social forum in Detroit. In Toronto, they're using sound machines on protesters.


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Here is the wikipedia web page on project governance
Listings: Governance and criteria
Free Improvisation Listing located within this site will at some point has issues re criteria and eledgability,for example, modern jazz or industrial noise do they qualify.
A medium term topic that will need to be addressed.
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==> GURU GOBIND SINGH JI (1666-1708), tenth Patshah of
the Sikh faith, was born on Saturday, Dec. 22, 1666 at Patna
Sahib to father Guru Tegh Bahadhur Patshah and Matta Gujri.
On, Nov. 11, 1675, he assumed Guruship at Anandpur Sahib.
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Since early childhood, Guru Sahib was keen on weapons and
their use. It is for this reason, that Guru Sahib became a
scholar on weapons and mastered their usage, at a very early
age. Guru Sahib continually emphasized scholarly works throughout
his life. As a results, scholars around the world traveled
long distances to participate and receive honors in his courts.
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Sahib's objective was to translate all scholarly works in
Gurmukhi and commissioned several such translations. His vision
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institutions in the world.
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tradition of Amrit during Vaisakhi diwan of sunmat 1756 at
KeshGadh Sahib. Further he established a communion of Amritdharis
(who received Amrit) and called it "Khalsa". Guru
Sahib, himself was the sixth member of the Khalsa order. Witnessing
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hill rulers felt threatened. Without understanding either
his message or appreciating his objectives, these rulers suddenly
turned enemies and attacked on several occasions. Each time
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subsequent events. Once Guru Sahib was out of Anandpur Sahib,
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52 poets, accumulated over the years, along with several commissioned
translations was burned by the enemies of knowledge. However,
Guru Sahib patiently but bravely faced the enemy and escaped
into the neighboring forest. Here with his influence, Guru
Sahib turned this ghost land into Saint land and the forest
into civilized Malwa. With his message of patience and valor,
Guru Sahib preached the importance of sacrifice and true knowledge.
He had four sons from Mata Jeeto and Sundari, namely, Baba
Ajit Singh, Baba Zujar Singh, Baba Zorawar Singh, and Baba
Fateh Singh Ji. All four sacrificed their lives to protect
and further the growth of the institutional plant sown by
Guru Sahib.
After bestowing Guruship to Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Sahib
left this earth on Oct. 7, 1708, near the banks of Godawari
river in Nanded, Guru Gobind Singh bravely fulfilled the responsibilities
of Guruship and guided the Sikh Panth for 32 years, 10 months,
and 26 days. He spent a total of 41 years, 9 months, and 15
days during his visit to this earth.
-Ref. Mahan Kosh