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Pavel Bure wrote:shmenguin wrote:Baseball was never more entertaining in my lifetime than during the steroid era.
True story. The whole homerun race that dominated not just the sports pages but the FRONT PAGES of newspapers everywhere was the best time baseball has ever had. It was never more popular.
'Cause you grew up with video games.
Just lower the mound, bring in the fences, allow the drugs and just play home run derby. I'm sure 12-11 games where records are broken every day will make your life even more rewarding.
I'm sure that Lebron palming the ball, then pushing a guy out of the way and taking 14 steps and dunking is the best basketball play in the history of the sport, too.
If we can get life more like video games it will be so much better.


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The Dallas Cowboys have issues on the offensive line, but center Phil Costa will have a chance to help solve those problems.
The team announced Saturday that Costa has signed a two-year contract. As a restricted free agent, he would have netted $1.323 million this season, so the deal allows Dallas to craft a more cap-friendly arrangement.
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"I can see going with Costa at center for several years," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said at last week's NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Costa, 25, barely played last season after back pain and a dislocated ankle limited him to three starts. He made every start for the Cowboys in 2011, and the offense definitely is a better unit when he's playing.
When Costa played against the Baltimore Ravens in October, the Cowboys rumbled for 227 yards (the most the Ravens have ever allowed on the ground) and was graded out as the Cowboys' best lineman on the field.
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My middle son, Luke, is playing football this year, and it's his first year with pads and a helmet. It's also his first year with practice four nights a week. That makes for a pretty crazy evening at my house, and is giving me baseball season flashbacks! He eats a healthy snack, like a banana and granola bar, when he gets home from school, but can't eat dinner until he gets home from practice around 8:00. So the trick these days is to make a meal that my other two sons can eat while Luke's at practice, and that the football player and his dad can have when they get home. The slow cooker is perfect for this kind of meal, and sandwiches are a natural.
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Brown the meat in a large skillet with the onion soup mix. Drain any fat. Transfer cooked meat into a slow cooker treated with non-stick spray, or (even better) fitted with a disposable liner. Cut the Velveeta into cubes and mix it into the meat. Cook on low, stirring occasionally, until the cheese is melted. Turn slow cooker to the "warm" setting, stirring occasionally, and eat whenever you're ready!
We ate this right up on little wheat cocktail buns. Leftovers would be great in nachos, or as stuffing for baked potatoes. This would also be an easy dish to take to a potluck dinner or for tailgating at the football game! Enjoy!


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Wear Behaviour of Ductile Irons in Continuous Sliding Motion
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This Master of Science thesis is carried out for Componenta Ltd. Componenta is one of the largest cast component suppliers in Europe. The thesis is also part of the DEMAPP research program launched by FIMECC Ltd. DEMAPP program develops novel breakthrough materials with improved performance for applications in demanding operational and service environments.Ductile irons are considered to be ideal materials for a wide range of wear applications, especially frictional wear under both dry and lubricated conditions. However, the discussion of wear resistance of ductile irons is mostly limited to general level due to the large variety of test methods, with each test concentrating to a specific set of conditions. The aim of this Master of Science thesis is to study the wear of different ductile iron grades in continuous sliding motion against steel. The main goal is to get comparable information on wear resistance and wear behaviour of selected ductile irons under specific conditions.The theoretical part is discussing the properties of the studied materials and wear phenomena. The general wear mechanisms and variables influencing wear are presented along with the existing knowledge on the wear of ductile irons on the basis of literature review.The experimental work consists of sample preparation and sample holder design, preliminary and actual wear tests and of the analysis of worn samples. The wear tests are run in VTT Otaniemi with a pin-on-disc tribotester using special sample geometry. The studied ductile irons are used as disc material and steel wire as pin material. The total number of 10 different EN-standard ductile iron grades are used in the wear tests, including austempered and solution strengthened grades. The tests are carried out under dry and lubricated conditions using constant test parameters. According to the wear test results, austempered grades seem to wear much slower than the others. In fact, the wear rate was found to be negative, indicating that there is more material transferred into the surface of ADI discs than has been worn off. This is understandable, as the pin wear was increased along with the hardness of the disc. The novel high silicon ductile iron grades also showed promising wear results both under dry and lubricated sliding conditions. There was also an intention to study the actual wear mechanisms with SEM, but due to a lack of time this will be carried out as an additional study. /KIr11


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It's not clear who to thank, Sony, Activision, or Harmonix, but a great thing has happened. Hidden in the patch that fixes compatibility in the downloadable PAX pack for Rock Band is a great feature that has been missing from the PS3 since launch: your Guitar Hero controllers will now work with Rock Band on the PS3.
The 360 controllers, pictured above, have played nice since launch. Gamers will be happy to have their PS3 version finally catch up. This confirmation comes from Matt, an OT reader, who sent me the following note.
Well, last night, they put out an update for Rock Band, I guess, and it fixed the songs. But even better, my GH3 guitar now works! I'm pretty stoked.. just finished playing through a song with my housemate on two guitars for the first time ever on my PS3.
Sony has claimed that it was working on a fix to all the conflicting plastic instruments, and it's awesome to see something finally come of it. This was a rumored feature of this latest patch for a while now, so we're happy to hear the games are now compatible. Now let's focus on making sure the ION drums work perfectly with World Tour.


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Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSAndrew Kratz Apr 5, 2011 10:07 AM (in response to ashleysokal)1 person found this helpful
We are a big sharepoint shop as well. Currently on SP 2007 moving to 2010. However 2010 does not compare at all to Jive on its own. We did the analysis almost 9 months ago so my memory is fading. I recall that thei rmicrobloggin functionality was very poor. It was a one and done sort of thing where you could not reply to a thread...it was just not very good. It also required a lot more technical expertise to make it usable whereas Jive adds value right out of the shrink-wrap. Sharepoint has better success when they partner with Newsgator or other third parties...but the costs start to mount there as well. We do plan on using SP connector at some point, but right now focused on our Jive internal launch and we'll work on that in the next phase.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSOosthuar Apr 5, 2011 11:00 PM (in response to Andrew Kratz)
Andrew, I would really like to see what criteria was used in the comparison between the two, and did you compare SP10 or SP07 to Jive?
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Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSDGarber Apr 6, 2011 10:57 AM (in response to Oosthuar)
We used a pretty comprehensive set of platform and business criteria to evaluate Jive against SharePoint and Saba.
Contact me directly and I'll be happy to share that with you.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbfolmer Apr 8, 2011 7:57 AM (in response to DGarber)
I was tasked to compare Jive and SharePoint 2010, I see that you have done a similar comparison. Would you be able to share your information with me?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSDGarber Apr 11, 2011 10:29 AM (in response to bfolmer)
Attaching our criteria spreadsheet here.
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Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSTim Gray Apr 15, 2011 11:05 AM (in response to DGarber)
The criteria list is pretty decent as a check list. But the devil is in the details. For example tagging in SharePoint 2010 is there, but has major issues eg: can't tag a discussion thread (and there are others) My suggestion would be to develop use cases such as 'locate expertise' and 'collaborate on the creation of a document', and score the sucess of the platform in fulfilling the use cases.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbiingojo Apr 18, 2011 3:36 AM (in response to DGarber)
We are jive and saba partners. At this moment our approach is Saba (with Saba Live) as a social learning solution mainly for internal communities and jive like a really social solution with a broader scope (external communities, social media marketing) and higher integration capabilities with other social networks (Open Social).
Do you agree or do you think at this moment Saba is a real competitor for jive and a mature solution?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSpearlgm Apr 18, 2011 6:11 AM (in response to biingojo)
Personally, I don't. I think there is a big risk for point solutions trying to get into the social game because if organizations aren't careful, they will develop "islands of socialness". I'm much more an advocate of going with Jive as an enterprise solution, and then working with integration capabilities to extend social collaboration where it adds value.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSKristen.Ritter Apr 6, 2011 10:33 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
We had the same situation. We did a POC with SharePoint 2010...since our existing site was highly customized Sharepoint 2007 and was at the end of its useful life. Similar to Andrew, we found many areas where Sharepoint would require some work to get it to where we needed. I know alerts remained at the page level on 2010....as well as the microblogging not being as strong. Further, with going SaaS with Jive, we got a solid product with a roadmap. With a very small team and only 2 developers max, Sharepoint wasn't a viable option for us...it would require far more investment...so that is what formed the basis of our decision (1) feature set and roadmap with level of resource and (2) total cost of ownership
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSrwilsker Apr 8, 2011 9:13 AM (in response to ashleysokal)1 person found this helpful
We do use the SP connector to tie our Jive implementation to our corporate SP based portal.
In terms of SP vs. Jive, here's the basic comparison we did about a year ago.
(This is for your use, but not for attibution or replication):
SharePoint Jive Point in time readiness At best, SP 2010 catches up to competitors Best of breed application Ability to innovate
Slow innovation rate - major releases every 3-4 years
New features often tied to other Microsoft products
Rapid development cycles
Continually working to incorporate latest successful business networking capabilities
While improved over SP2007, still clunky
Users love simple, intuitive user interface
External Communities
Completely separate from internal communities
External communities integrate flexibly with internal communities
IT Support Requirements
Will require continual programming and infrastructure efforts to support application
Will need third party products such as NewGator
Hosted application which has needed almost no IT support
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSwsmiller Apr 18, 2011 8:56 AM (in response to rwilsker)
Using mind maps to associate and manage loosely coupled social networks. The specific software MindManager from MindJet.com. MindManager automatically maps SharePoint sites for ease of navigation.
Context mind map
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdisaacs May 19, 2011 9:18 AM (in response to wsmiller)
I like your mind map. Actually, I was building a map or decision matrix to visually show the tie with our social media tools. Explain by definition the Learner and the Aggregator. I believe I have an understanding of what you mean...but could you explain further. Also, should there be any "output" arrows pointing from the Learner back into the community?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSwsmiller May 19, 2011 1:14 PM (in response to disaacs)
With regard to MS SharePoint have a look at http://mindjet.com/products/mindmanager-extensions/mindmanager-explorer-for-sharepoint/overview
Here are some sites that show learning aggregation:
The learner is in a recursive relation with other learners.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSTim Gray Apr 15, 2011 10:59 AM (in response to ashleysokal)1 person found this helpful
I pretty well agree with everything Roy Wilsker has said in the previous post.
We have one small instance of Jive running (hosted) and are a big SharePoint shop and are engaged in a nauseatingly exhaustive evaluation of Jive and SharePoint 2010 - we currently have WSS 2003 and are evaluating the possibility of upgrading to 2010 Server. In a nutshell: SharePoint 2010 is simply not competitive with Jive as a social platform - but SP2010 may be strategic to you for other reasons - content management and it's abilities as a 'development light' platform. Having said that, the combination of SharePoint 2010 and the NewsGator plugin - which is what we are evaluating - makes it much more difficult to choose between the 2 based strictly on features and functionality. The major gap we see in Jive is lack of wiki functionality and the inability to manage nested document structures - but we haven't ruled out both SP and Jive and Jive has a pretty decent SP integration. For SharePoint the issue is mostly usability (partially fixable by way of a development effort - but we have a tough time assessing the scope of this) and some pretty clunky functionality (eg: can't comment on a document) - but NewsGator is doing a good job of filling these gaps. The slow Microsoft release cycle is mitigated by the speed with which NewsGator adds new features.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbg2dot0 Apr 15, 2011 11:05 AM (in response to Tim Gray)
so have you actually done the Sharepoint 2010 integration with Jive? If so, I would like to hear more about that. thanks
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSTim Gray Apr 15, 2011 11:36 AM (in response to bg2dot0)
Unfortunately not beyond the demonstrations from Jive. That would be part of a detailed architectural assessment and would follow the completion of our functional review.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbg2dot0 Dec 30, 2011 12:20 PM (in response to Tim Gray)
I will update you after.
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Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSnlopez Apr 18, 2011 11:31 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
Hey Ashley!
We have SharePoint 2007 and Jive 4.5 with the SharePoint Connector. Now that we have Jive it is effecting the SharePoint instance (i.e. how it's organized, the features we enable/disable, etc.). For example, SharePoint has MySites and Jive has Profiles...do we keep both? Sync them? Disable one? Where do we tell users to upload content SharePoint or Jive or both depending on the type of content? The plan of attack is to identify feature overlap...what features do each system share and which system does that task better? Add to that, of course, our user's needs so we can clean things up and remove unnecessary clutter and overcomplicated features that aren't needed. We're developing a user survey to find out what users and site owners heavily use in SharePoint. We will analyze the findings and create a plan for our SharePoint instance keeping in mind the user needs and our plans with Jive. We will also look at the survey findings to see if upgrading SharePoint to 2010 is needed, or not. I'm happy to discuss our plan if you're interested.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBScrossman Apr 18, 2011 1:06 PM (in response to nlopez)
That's interesting, Natalie. I'd like to see those results. When we did a SharePoint upgrade we specifically disabled MySites for just this reason (since we already have similar functionality in Jive).
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSnlopez Apr 18, 2011 1:14 PM (in response to crossman)
Hey Kevin, I think we'll do the same. Jive profiles are so much more dynamic. Overall I'm trying to trim down the footprint of SharePoint and focus on its key features around content management (i.e. doc libs, lists, workflow, calendar). There are some hunches I have about how this all should be done but I def need to backup my plans with solid evidence from my userbase. This should be interesting...
Would love to hear what you've done. Sounds like you have a similar setup. Are you game for a chat?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBScrossman Apr 18, 2011 2:57 PM (in response to nlopez)
That was basically our use case, too ("(i.e. doc libs, lists, workflow, calendar)").
I've enabled my email address to "friends" on the Jive Community, so send me a note about chatting.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbg2dot0 Apr 18, 2011 1:16 PM (in response to crossman)
so kevin, maybe we talked about this alrady - but di you actuall implement SP2010 with Jive using the connector? You eliminated Mysites - what about SP team sites - so you use them at all or strictly used Jive spaces and groups?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSyolandab Apr 18, 2011 2:03 PM (in response to crossman)
We are looking to use Sharepoint 2010 with Jive for our intranet. We found that we needed to have more control over documents and permissions within departments that we weren't able to do with Jive also to customize per department more.
We just had this discussion about using Jive for the Profiles and not MySites. Jive seems to be better on the people aspect. What other items did you find that you either turned off in Sharepoint or found it work better in Jive?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdisaacs Jun 10, 2011 12:35 PM (in response to crossman)
We had disabled MySites long before Jive....and we don't have these issues. So disabling MySites could be the answer.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbg2dot0 Apr 18, 2011 1:28 PM (in response to nlopez)
that sort of mirrors our plan, We have SP2007 and are getting ready for a POC with Jive and SP2010 - so we have similar issues with team sites vs spaces etc. I was hoping to talk tosomeone who has completed this integration
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Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSashleysokal Apr 18, 2011 1:33 PM (in response to ashleysokal)
I appreciate the great discussion that is happening in this thread! My organization is just getting started on SharePoint, though there were separate pockets here and there in the past, IT has just installed SP 2010 and has a few departments using it who had been pushing for it; and we are just over a year into our Jive implementation.
While I understand the push for SharePoint from an IT perspective (Microsoft shop, , it sounds like it may not necessarily provide all the features that we use and enjoy in Jive, and if technically SP "can" do them, it will be resource intensive and likely costly if we don't have the in-house know-how to replicate and implement that functionality in SharePoint. I also can't see being able to replicate Jive features with the capabilities of SharePoint Foundation 2010 (the free version).
We too like the idea of the document and content management capabilities in SharePoint which we find with Jive are not as strong as we perhaps need, but there is lots to do in my organization around investigating SP and how we want to use it - and what problems users are wanting to solve with SharePoint.
It's the ease of use with Jive that I think would get lost if we were to completely dive into SharePoint and stop using Jive, and I fear unless we put a lot of work and money into SP to replicate that ease of use, the strides we have achieved in gaining adoption and increasing collaboration over the last year piloting Jive will be lost.
Thanks everyone for great input and thoughts on this subject! Feel free to keep it going!!
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSgjagai Apr 18, 2011 1:41 PM (in response to ashleysokal)
We did a reivew of Jive 4.x, SharePoint 2010 and Saba Social, before ultimately choosing Jive 4.x. Note our company still uses SharePoint 2007 and Saba Learning. My takeaways:
- I did not review NewsGator + SP2010. But I think you could make that solution work if your requirements for user experience are not high.
- At the time I felt Saba Social was not quite ready to compete with Jive 4.x. Though this was 8 months ago and Saba may have improved since then.
- SharePoint 2007/2010 has certain features that make it a complelling solution in the enterprise, as long as you are willing to customize and improve the out-of-box experience.
- I felt that Jive 4.x was a better match for our needs than SharePoint 2010 out of the box.
The attached ppt is how I've been thinking of SP vs Jive. Depending on your own company requirements, there is a case for both platforms. We also have the Jive SharePoint connector and after a rough start with the integration, it works well for search integration.
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Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBStrishaliu Apr 18, 2011 1:56 PM (in response to gjagai)
Gian, I am a huge fan of your presentations! Great use of imagery to tell a clear story. Thank you!
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSgjagai Apr 18, 2011 2:05 PM (in response to trishaliu)
Thanks Trisha. You're welcome!
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSOosthuar Apr 19, 2011 3:57 AM (in response to gjagai)
Thank you all for this great discussion. We currently have Livelink communities and are exploring Sharepoint and Jive – we also have many questions and are getting many of them answered here.
The overarching use case for my BU is "knowledge capturing and sharing to continuously improve business and competency building of individuals and groups". (the same system can be used in projects or team work collaboration but then the next level use case/criteria will (or might) be different)
To build on the "use cases"… this is my view on what a user wants " a day in the life of a knowledge worker" …
Ideal end state for me: users want to work in "one single enterprise system" in which they can find ALL the knowledge containing items relating to a topic/tag, that is:
· They are able to search or navigate to the community portal most likely to have this knowledge, or
o Perform a search across (or within) a community and retrieve ALL the items relating to the key words. Most popular knowledge containing artifacts are: discussions, blogs, documents, wiki pages, links, people / experts.
· Why one system:
o Can use native search and not add additional indexing or searching across other applications
o Single permission and access groups – we have many users excluded from content due to bad group/permission management
o One license gives you access to ALL knowledge
o If NOT in single system
§ permissions must be in sync
§ all users must have access/license to interact fully with content
§ one needs a Google type search/indexing across all content
§ Social islands / pockets of knowledge
· ALL knowledge artifacts:
o People find answers in the content or can contact writer or expert (via profile search) to discuss mater further
The Fluor have successfully split their environment into a "Projects Online" system to "work in/deliver on their work outputs /transactions" and "Knowledge Online" to capture, share and safeguard their knowledge. They were successful in splitting their "transactional" environment from their "knowledge environment".
In our BU, we have the following use cases / business needs for Knowledge Sharing (competency building and support):
· Content create, share and build via Wiki pages – very popular in R&D
· Content create, share and build via Documents – check in / out / commenting
· Content create, share and build via Blogs – mostly small builds and commenting
· Ask questions, and discuss, brainstorm issues via Forums
· We have need for very formal document management i.e. approved policies, procedures and process models
· Find topic experts based on their content produced or their personal profile info
· Blog / forums posts (new and replies) must be created from email address in Outlook. Users mostly "work" in Outlook, thus important for them to create content (ideas / suggestions ) by mailing forum / blog address. They only spend time on the site when they are LOOKING for stuff.
· They must be able to follow and subscribe to content in the following ways:
o Follow/subscribe to community (all content)
o Follow/subscribe to single item changes (document, forum, wiki, etc)
o Follow/subscribe to a person's contributions
· They must be able to bookmark their favorite content
I strongly support only one system, if not possible, then two systems with duplicate functionalities switched off (where possible).
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSnlopez Apr 19, 2011 10:56 AM (in response to Oosthuar)
Hi Armand,
I have similar reqs and they are all met with Jive and SharePoint. I'm still working out the kinks but all in all I believe I have the right applications to meet the needs of my users. The SharePoint Connector for Jive is key here where it allows you to take advantage of SharePoint features (i.e. workflow, doc mgmt.) and pulls docs into Jive for the collaboration piece (i.e. doc rating and commenting). Jive search allows users to find all of the information from Jive and SharePoint. It also allows you to find people based on what they're talking about/contributing to the community.
I'm happy to discuss with you what we're doing, if you'd like.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdisaacs Apr 27, 2011 12:42 PM (in response to nlopez)
We are approaching this in a very similar method. We have deployed the SharePoint Connector and it works very well. Our company is a SharePoint culture, but to be honest the vast majority of our population use SharePoint as a glorified storage space. They will use the versioning features and some use the workflow processes with SharePoint. However, only a very small portion of our workforce use SharePoint as a collaboration or social media tool. We made the choice in January 2011 to implement Jive. This is how I explain it to the community: SharePoint is the workroom - this is where we roll up our sleeves to build documents, spreadsheets, and charts. Jive (FlightDeck) is the conference room - this is where we meet virtually to connect, communicate, collaborate and create ideas. One is not going to replace the other - we will use them as partners. At this point, people are accepting the connection.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbg2dot0 Apr 27, 2011 12:55 PM (in response to disaacs)
I would love to discuss your implementation offline - if that is ok with you. Let me know
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSJJSchultz Apr 27, 2011 1:11 PM (in response to disaacs)
Love the way you explain the difference (workroom vs. conference room). Are you open to chatting about your SP connector implementation journey offline?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSnbussard Jul 26, 2011 9:56 AM (in response to JJSchultz)
Hi all,
We are using SharePoint 2010 internally and Jive hosted. We will be implementing the SharePoint Connector, and I would love to talk with others who have done so already.
When we evaluated social tools, we listed out the features we were looking for, but also the use cases for those features. This allowed us to better assess whether the tool actually met our needs (as someone pointed out, the devil is in the details). In addition,most VPs and C-level people aren't anxious to fork over money for "tagging, rating, and microblogging," so it was important to add the business reasoning for each. I've attached a blank version of our spreadsheet, which we used to evaluate about 7 vendors. We also had a set of criteria related to cost, market leadership, penetration, etc.
Another consideration is the Swiss Army Knife versus chef's knife issue (an analogy that I have used often as well, so I think it's a good one). To take that analogy a bit further, we all know that once you start cooking, depending on what types of food you eat, you are going to want more than just a chef's knife. A paring knife, a bread knife, or other tools for special uses may be essential. If I were doing this process again, I would look for a social platform that allowed you to scale easily, the same way you would build your collection of cooking knives. The iPhone did this famously through apps, and Jive is following this same approach. SharePoint has a version of it in web parts, but these are much less plug-and-play than the apps appear to be. IMO, the apps approach is going to replace the Swiss Army Knife/one size fits all software paradigm in the near future.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdisaacs Jan 12, 2012 1:59 PM (in response to JJSchultz)
Geez, talk about late to a party. Somehow I have missed your request. I would be more than happy to talk offline or within this group about our journey with Jive and integrating SharePoint. We have a long ways to go, but we are finding ways to use these two platforms as partners.
- I did not review NewsGator + SP2010. But I think you could make that solution work if your requirements for user experience are not high.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSgialyons Jul 28, 2011 2:13 PM (in response to ashleysokal)
Here is a related discussion, for those interested in replacing SharePoint vs co-existing with it (both are good!): What systems/apps have you replaced with Jive?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSnoreenp Aug 3, 2011 9:56 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
One option we used while I was at Kaiser was to use SharePoint as the repository of choice and primarily for the check-in and check-out features as well as the better calendaring and project management tools set. We used the Jive SharePoint connector and continued to use Jive as the Social engagement vehicle.
Hope that helps.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Aug 4, 2011 5:30 PM (in response to ashleysokal)
My company (ThreeWill) is in the middle of writing a white paper on a this subject (with help from Jive and some of the customers who have deployed the SharePoint Connector) - look for a follow up response from me in a couple of weeks with the update on this. The white paper is due for completion at the end of August. I'll definitely post a link to the white paper on this thread.
We cover everything from a comparision of SharePoint vs Jive to pro/cons of options to make SharePoint more social (including the SharePoint Connector/Jive, Newsgator, Yammer, Chatter, and (heaven forbid) building the social functionality into SharePoint yourself). Which option you go with really depends on a number of factors that we try to spell out...we're hoping that this white paper can bring a lot of clarity to this subject since we are talking to people about this every day. And the Jive + SharePoint story has incredible momentum for companies that have mature viewpoints of both products.
Also, we've created a SharePoint Lists app for the new Jive Apps Market (part of Jive Five). Keep an eye on this as a lightweight option for SharePoint integration with Jive. More info on this - http://threewill.com/sharepoint-lists-for-jive/
If I can help anyone in the meantime with this subject, just let me know...
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSKSedbrook Aug 5, 2011 9:21 AM (in response to dannyryan)
I think your white paper would be great to look at. My company is looking into the pro/cons of SP2010 and the connector tool and how it integrates with Jive 5.0, as we are still on the 4.0 platform.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Aug 8, 2011 11:44 AM (in response to KSedbrook)
Sounds great - I'll make sure that you get a copy when available. Let me know if you need my help before then.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBShbakel Aug 31, 2011 5:02 AM (in response to dannyryan)
Hi Danny,
is the white paper on Jive vs. Sharepoint available yet?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Sep 1, 2011 6:52 AM (in response to hbakel)
Not yet - we've made some good progress recently, but it's not in a publishable format yet. We are still targeting September - with the cat herding I'm doing to get input I think that end of the month is probably the date to plan on). Would you be interested in being a reviewer (so you can get early access)? All that I ask is that you actually read the paper in entirety, provide at least 3 ways to improve or suggestions, and are willing to be listed as a reviewer. Let me know (others reading this as well, feel free to DM me or add a reply if interested).
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSRyan Rutan Sep 1, 2011 6:57 AM (in response to dannyryan)
I'd be willing to read and provide feedback. I just wrote an article "3 Seashells" of Notification Management in Jive 5, Demystified! by Ryan Rutan of National Instruments which I think illustrates one of my biggest piece of feedback regarding Jive and any other platform out there ... this includes all variations of Sharepoint. Let me know if you still need reviewers. =)
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSnbussard Sep 1, 2011 7:45 AM (in response to Ryan Rutan)
Hi Danny,
I'd be interested in being a reviewer as well. I was the manager of our SharePoint portal for 4 years and am now overseeing our Jive implementation, so I have a lot of interest in this topic.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBShbakel Sep 1, 2011 10:35 AM (in response to dannyryan)
Hi Danny,
yes I am very interested to be a reviewer.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Sep 1, 2011 1:42 PM (in response to dannyryan)
Thanks everyone for the willingness to get involved in this...I'm going to go after getting a space set up for this and invite you into this to give folks a way to review and contribute to the content. I'm excited to get everyone's thoughts on this important subject.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSKSedbrook Sep 1, 2011 1:55 PM (in response to dannyryan)
Great idea... count me in
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Sep 7, 2011 3:35 PM (in response to dannyryan)
We've got a secret group provisioned (thanks Ryan Rutan and Deirdre Walsh) will start sending out invites later this week/early next week. Look forward to getting everyone's input on what is covered. It's an important topic so I want to cover it thoroughly and thoughtfully. Thanks in advance to those of you who have volunteered to be a reviewer and help with the effort!
My main deadline is JiveWorld (first week of October) and this has reached the top of my priority stack...so for folks just looking for the final product please be patient for just a little while longer.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Oct 3, 2011 4:39 PM (in response to dannyryan)Here's the first version of the white paper...please drop by the ThreeWill booth at JiveWorld this week to share your input on this... two of the authors will be there - TommyRyan and Kirk Liemohn. We'll be writing a 2.0 version of this so let us know if you'd like to get involved. Thanks!View more documents from ThreeWill
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSBrad.Fitzgerald Oct 4, 2011 10:00 AM (in response to dannyryan)
Great whitepaper! I'm definitely sharing with my IT team.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Oct 4, 2011 10:21 AM (in response to Brad.Fitzgerald)
Thanks Brad - be sure and drop by the ThreeWill booth if you are at JiveWorld this week...
Have a great week.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Aug 11, 2011 11:11 AM (in response to dannyryan)
Here's a brief video on the SharePoint Lists App for Jive 5 that we're working on...would love to hear your thoughts on our direction.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdeirdrewalsh Sep 2, 2011 2:25 PM (in response to dannyryan)
Hi! I'm on the social team at Jive and was wondering if you needed a group for this unique project. If so, let me know and I would be happy to create one.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSfuadb Nov 15, 2011 3:12 PM (in response to dannyryan)
dannyryan Do you have a copy of your White paper about the Sharept connector?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Nov 16, 2011 6:50 AM (in response to fuadb)
http://www.slideshare.net/threewill/making-sharepoint-social-white-paper - you can download a copy from there. I'm tracking who has downloaded so I have some way of notifying when future versions are published. Enjoy and let me know what you think. Also, if you want to be a reviewer/contributor in future version let me know as well.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSErinYamaoka Feb 22, 2012 8:35 AM (in response to dannyryan)
Hi Danny,
Great paper, thank you so much for sharing! Do you have an more insight on the feature and functionality comparison of Newsgator+SP and Jive? Or at a high level why you would recommend Jive over Newsgator to an organization that is already leveraging SP?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Feb 22, 2012 3:26 PM (in response to ErinYamaoka)
Check out page 40 for our high level answer to this...
It's still SharePoint, just a "dressed-‐up" version of SharePoint. It may make it a little more fun to use, but it's pretty much the same tool.
Another excerpt addressing this...
Purpose built social platforms like Jive are designed to engage people. SharePoint has to serve many masters, so to keep pace with what customers expect and need for a highly adopted social solution, you are handicapped with a bolt-‐on approach.
Does this help?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSaolofstam Mar 20, 2012 5:21 AM (in response to dannyryan)
Danny Ryan The whitepaper is a great read ! I wanted to contribute with my thoughts around it in this document. Trying to add some additionals around the usage of SharePoint and why it can't be social without tampering with the core architecture.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Mar 26, 2012 9:48 AM (in response to aolofstam)
Glad you enjoyed and thank you for sharing your thoughts - I'll take a read. Stay tuned to this thread - we should be doing an update later this year and I'll like you to help out if you're interested.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Sep 6, 2011 5:45 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
Deirdre Walsh - could you set this up for me today? I'd like the ability to invite others to the space and if you could set this up a secret space that would work well for our purposes. Feel free to ask questions and guide me through this (haven't done this yet).
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSRyan Rutan Sep 6, 2011 7:41 AM (in response to dannyryan)
Hey Deirdre...I'll go ahead and set this up now....since I now know I have the ability to do so.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdeirdrewalsh Sep 6, 2011 8:06 AM (in response to Ryan Rutan)
Hey, Ryan. I actually got it setup and Danny is an admin, but THANK YOU!
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSaolofstam Oct 3, 2011 12:02 AM (in response to ashleysokal)1 person found this helpful
These are all some great discussions here, so I figured I'll just add my document I did last year comparing the two.
I've been working as a developer and architect with SharePoint for a few years, and I think the 2010 version of SharePoint makes more sense now from a content management perspective now, than the 2007. People tend to forget that SharePoint is an application platform (the out-of-the-box part of sharepoint would be the high resolution permission and version handling) rather than en off-the-shelve product (I've built patient/journal systems/logistics and tracking systems as well as regular intranets), and focus end up on the different site definitions deployed as a part of the SharePoint package (I like the glorified storage space comment :-)).
With Jive, the "big discussion" becomes supported. The one not tied to the specific project or the specific organization, but the one derived based out of interest or need rather than an assigned task. So difficult to compare, they both can be implemented in so many ways. According to me, you can bend and modify SharePoint a whole lot more (since you start from scratch basically :=), but Jive is a more appealing and user friendly experience from the beginning.
And, the most important part I guess. Jive enables a way to transform the way you do business, in that sense that you can collaborate around a process by utilizing the "social flavor" that Jive has. Regardless if it is getting all the right stakeholders and roles in insurance claim and collaborate around that, to peer2peer networking and crowdsourcing in a high-tech external communities.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSdannyryan Nov 16, 2011 6:58 AM (in response to aolofstam)
Ashley Sokal - nice job with this analysis. Would you be interested in helping out with the next version of http://www.slideshare.net/threewill/making-sharepoint-social-white-paper ? We'd love to have you as a contributor.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSfuadb Dec 7, 2011 4:17 PM (in response to dannyryan)
Danny.. Thanx for sharing.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbabate Apr 28, 2014 11:08 AM (in response to aolofstam)
Do you have any thoughts about Sharepoint 2013?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSmax.calderon May 1, 2014 4:10 PM (in response to babate)
Hi Bianca, sorry been relatively heads down for the past few days building to the cisco partnership announcement and hadn't had time to respond to this.
We actually have a few customers who are working with integrations to or highlight content from SP2013. Mor Avital and Sandi Stretch can talk to this pretty well
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSmavital May 4, 2014 3:41 AM (in response to babate)
Hi Bianca, it looks like Luis Folgoso did a review of Jive and SP 2013 with the analysis attached here: Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBS. Internally we've put together lots of documentation about Jive and SP as separate entities and how they compare, as well as how they work alongside each other. If you let me know what you're specifically interested in, I'd be happy to share more info with you.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbabate May 5, 2014 9:38 PM (in response to mavital)
Hi Mor, can you please send me that documentation - i have a stakeholder meeting this Wednesday to discuss the differences between Jive and Sharepoint 2013. I want to use Luis' spreadhseet, but will need to be able to explain the scores - in reference to his spreadsheet... does supported mean "out of the box?"
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSallison.doherty May 6, 2014 5:25 AM (in response to mavital)
Hi Mor,
I would love to see this too. We are currently investigating the future of sharepoint at DB (we are on 2007) and this would be very useful to us.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSMiguelAngel Feb 23, 2012 3:46 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
Thank you all!
(it took me an hour to reviewall the content but it was worthwhile)
We are starting to deploy Jive (cloud) meanwhile we have "offcial collaboration" with SPS2007. I'm very interested in technical integration and functional overlaping concerns
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSasimoni Mar 5, 2012 8:12 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
We are a Sharepoint Shop. We have been running it since WSS 2.0 and now I just released MOSS 2010. I am also in the process of evaluating Jive to see if this will meet the needs of the user community for -micro-blogging and social networking. It will be interesting to see how these two play together. Once I have some testing done, I'll let you all know.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive firstname.lastname@example.com Feb 6, 2013 1:18 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
Do you have same for Sharepoint 2013, many customer starting to talking Sharepoint 2013 has everything and no need new Social Business Solution jike jive or top of Sharepoint.
Is there any new comparison list Jive vs SP 2013
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSTim Gray Feb 6, 2013 9:12 AM (in response to email@example.com)
We looked at SP2010 (with Newsgtor). A glaring shortcoming (and I suspect this persists in 2013) is the inability to associate comments/discussions with documents.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSluisfolgoso Mar 15, 2013 7:33 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
I want to share a benchmark between Jive and Sharepoint 2013. You can select the importance of every feature for the customer and get a global result.
Enjoy! ;-)
RE: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSoudi.antebi Mar 15, 2013 11:49 AM (in response to luisfolgoso)
This is really awesome Luis Folgoso !! can I share internally with Jivers?
Re: RE: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSluisfolgoso Mar 18, 2013 3:26 AM (in response to oudi.antebi)
Absolutely Oudi Antebi, feel free to share...
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBScgrassi Mar 21, 2013 7:59 AM (in response to luisfolgoso)
very good spreadsheet!
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSEric.Paul May 31, 2013 8:38 AM (in response to luisfolgoso)
Just came across your spreadsheet Luis Folgoso very impressive piece of work! We are evaluating SharePoint 2013 currently (already a 2010 shop) and your spreadsheet provides some excellent insight with regard to the 2 platforms.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSbabate May 2, 2014 9:27 AM (in response to luisfolgoso)
HI Luis, I love this spreadsheet! When you say "supported" - does it mean that it is an Out of the Box feature?
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSluisfolgoso May 6, 2014 8:35 AM (in response to babate)
Hi Bianca Richman,
Yes, supported is an out-of-the-box feature...
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBScrossman May 6, 2014 8:40 AM (in response to luisfolgoso)
Honestly, I don't think the ratings for both Jive and SharePoint 2013 are particularly accurate. I see many where I would rate SharePoint much higher (especially for doc oriented features).
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSrwilsker May 6, 2014 9:05 AM (in response to ashleysokal)
I'm seeing Microsoft position a combination of Yammer and SharePoint as their competition to Jive. Yammer acts both as a standalone IM client and as a widget within SharePoint sites.
Has anyone evaluated this combination? I'd be interested in:
- How well the parts work together from an end user POV
- How much effort is needed to maintain the combined technologies
- How the combination compares to Jive.
Re: Sharepoint 2010 vs Jive SBSmack_torres May 6, 2014 3:40 PM (in response to rwilsker)
It might be important to note that SharePoint is not doing anything further in regards to Social and the strategy from Microsoft will be around Yammer moving forward which is only Cloud based. Here is an article where the General Manager of Enterprise Social at Microsoft lays out what to do in regards to the two: Work like a network! Enterprise social and the future of work | Office Blogs
Here he is quoted as saying:
What about SharePoint social? We shipped basic social features with SharePoint Server 2013, and over the last year and a half I've had many people ask me whether they should implement SharePoint social or Yammer. My guidance has been clear and consistent: Go Yammer! While we're committed to another on-premises release of SharePoint Server—and we'll maintain its social capabilities—we don't plan on adding new social features. Our investments in social will be focused on Yammer and Office 365, so that we can innovate quickly and take advantage of the viral user adoption that is so important to the natural network effect that makes social so powerful. We recognize that many of our SharePoint customers will continue to have large on-premises deployments for many years, but we're investing to help customers easily manage hybrid environments so that they can connect their on-premises farms to their in-the-cloud social network.
It might be a more important question to ask how does Yammer and Office 365 compare with Jive moving forward?


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Hello, first post here, but I've been reading many, many topics in this forum.
I'm asking if you can help me understanding the active eq section of this old Peavey preamp, the Raxx, version for bass...I thought that it could be interesting for some DIY projects maybe.
There are 3 controls, "bottom", "body" and "edge", which are basically bass, mid and treble....as you can see from the schematic, they are those 3 pots just after the "post-gain" pot (the master volume).
I really don't understand how to calculate the central frequencies of boost/cut for each control of this active eq section...from some readings here and there, they should be shelving type for bass and treble, and notch for the mids control...
http://www.steamingaudio.myzen.co.uk/do ... ircuit.pdf
Can you help me?
Thank you very much in advance, and sorry for my English...!


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No deal on huge Antarctic marine reserves
International talks on establishing huge marine reserves in Antarctica have failed to reach a consensus.
Russia blocked attempts by western countries to set up the protected areas in the Ross Sea and Eastern Antarctica.
The Russian representative challenged the legal basis that would allow for the creation of such reserves, according to organisations at the talks in Germany.
The proposal was previously scuppered when governments met in 2012.
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is made up of countries with an interest in the Southern Ocean, and includes Australia, the US, the UK, China and Russia among its members. Any decisions taken require consensus among all parties.
This meeting in Bremerhaven has been called to deal specifically with proposals for the establishment of reserves that would ban fishing and protect species including seals and penguins. If successful the plans would more than double the area of the world's oceans that are protected.
Parties met in Hobart, Australia, last October, but failed to reach a deal because of opposition by China and Russia, supported by Ukraine, which said restrictions on fishing were too onerous.
As a result, they agreed to an exceptional meeting this July. It was only the second time that the CCAMLR has met outside its annual gathering.
The fate of the proposed marine sanctuaries now lies in the next annual meeting of CCAMLR in Hobart, which runs from 23 October-1 November.
Andrea Kavanagh, director of The Pew Charitable Trusts' Southern Ocean sanctuaries project, said: "The actions of the Russian delegation have put international cooperation and goodwill at risk, the two key ingredients needed for global marine conservation.
"That we missed a critical opportunity to protect some of the most pristine ocean areas on Earth is a loss for the ecosystem and the international community. We urge world leaders to appeal to Russia to work with other countries, and it is imperative that countries send their delegates back to the table in three months to find consensus to protect Antarctic waters."
The US and New Zealand were again backing a proposal to create a marine protected zone in the Ross Sea with a total area of 2.3 million sq km, making it the biggest in the world.
Another proposal from Australia, France and the European Union would have created protected areas in East Antarctica covering around 1.63 million sq km.
The Antarctic Ocean Alliance, which is also campaigning for the reserves, described the failure to reach a deal as "the loss of an extraordinary opportunity".
"After two years of preparation, including this meeting, which Russia requested to settle the scientific case for the Ross Sea and East Antarctic proposals, we leave with nothing," said Steve Campbell, Director of the AOA.
Fishing has been a major sticking point in the talks, with species like krill and patagonian toothfish proving highly lucrative for boats from a range of countries, including South Korea, Norway and Japan.
The tiny shrimp like Antarctic krill are a key element of the ecosystem, as they are part of the diet of whales, penguins, seals and sea birds.
However demand for krill has risen sharply in recent years thanks to growing interest in Omega-3 dietary supplements.


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Actually, recently in a fit of spring cleaning, I did part with quite a few issues. I kept only the ones that with lots of recipes I want to make, or had really pretty pictures... Yes I know I can look up old recipes online, but it's way more fun to grab a cold drink and flip through a stack of magazines. Thank goodness I still had my Jun/July 2008 issue, because it was chock full of great blueberry recipes. I remembered there were several recipes in that issue that I wanted to make. I had dogeared the page to this recipe a long time ago and I decided now was the time to put that hoarded issue to good use!
Blueberry Lime Pound Cake
Source: Fine Cooking: (adapted)
Printable Recipe
For the cake:
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking power
scant 1/2 teaspoon salt
1-3/4 cups granulated sugar
2 tsp. finely grated lime zest
*6 oz. mascarpone or cream cheese, softened
4 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
1 pint blueberries, room temperature, not cold from the refrigerator
For the glaze:
4 oz. (1 cup) confectioners' sugar
2 Tbs. fresh lime juice; more as needed
1/2 tsp. lime zest
*Note: I used mascarpone because I had it and didn't have any cream cheese on hand. It was delicious in this cake!
Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
Make the cake: Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl. Stir the lime zest into the sifted flour mixture.
With a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer, beat the butter and mascarpone or cream cheese in a large bowl on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the sugar mixture and beat on medium until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. With the mixer still running, add the whole eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition and stopping the mixer to scrape the bowl twice. Beat in the egg yolk. Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture. Stop the mixer one last time to scrape the bowl and then beat at medium speed until the batter is smooth and light, about 20 seconds. With a rubber spatula, gently fold the blueberries into the batter.
Pour the batter into the bundt pan, spreading it evenly with the spatula. Lightly tap the pan against the counter to eliminate any air pockets. Bake until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes and then invert onto the rack, remove the pan, and let cool completely.
Glaze the cake: In a small bowl, whisk the confectioners' sugar, lime zest, and lime juice together until smooth. The glaze should be thin enough to pour. If not, add more lime juice, 1 tsp. at a time. Put a baking sheet under the rack to catch drips and drizzle the glaze over the top and sides of the cake. Let the glaze set before transferring to a cake plate.
|Or you can add the glaze right on the cake plate, like I did!
Other blueberry recipes you might like:
Low Fat Blueberry Oat Loaf Cake
Fresh Blueberry Pie
Orange Blueberry Muffins
Blueberry Ice Cream
Blueberry Barbecue Sauce


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1/28/2019: Oh, heartless mothers, it is for your lust and debauchery, lack of love, charity, lack of fear of God, that so many innocents are dying
Save Your Soul!!! Pray the Rosary Daily
Our Lady of Anguera Prophecies
Lily of the Holy Face of Jesus
Luz De Maria Messages and Prophecies
Jesus of Nazareth's Prophecies
Prophecies of Marjorie Sampair
1/28/2019: Oh, heartless mothers, it is for your lust and debauchery, lack of love, charity, lack of fear of God, that so many innocents are dying
Pope Francis give out a new Canon Law to make changes in the liturgy of the Mass to go into effect on October 1st
9/4/2017: Pray for your ancestors and deceased ones, so that both you and they will be liberated from all these curses and bondages
5/29/2019: The sin of abortion makes Heaven cry and it is leading thousands of young people and couples to their condemnation
Chapter 26: Who will listen to the voice of Christ who says: «Come to Me and I will give you freely the water of life?
8/29/2017: Once again, I say to you [lay children]: you are not worthy to touch me, Noli me tangere! Do not touch Me
7/11/2019: Heaven only allows surgeries, implants and other modifications made to your body, when they relate to health problems
2/2/2015: If there is something that I judge with the full weight of my Justice, it is the blood shed by my innocent ones
11/27/2018: All those who pray my Holy Rosary and say at the end of each Mystery: O Mary, conceived without sin... will receive an extraordinary Plenary...
Message of God the Father: "My son, Listen and write. I recommend (translation) that this message be communicated to everyone and everywhere that you have preached in United States and in Canada. Remember the night when Padre Pio brought you into Heaven to see the Holy Family. It was a teaching for you and for the people who have heard you. It was also a sign to recall the night when my Beloved Son Jesus was born into the world. Remember how my Evangelist Matthew wrote by the divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit how the star stopped over the place where My Baby Son Jesus was born. It was a sign for the Wise men. Today, it is a sign for you and for all Christians and for all the nations. The Holy Family is a sign for every family, and we should model ourselves after them. I recommend (translation) that every family, who receives this message, should have a representation of the Holy Family in their home. It can be an Icon or a statue of the Holy Family, or a permanent Manger in a center place in the home. The representation must be blessed and consecrated by a priest. As the star, followed by the Wise men, stopped over the Manger, the chastisement from the sky will not hit the Christians families devoted and protected by the Holy Family. The fire from the sky is a chastisement for the horrible crime of abortion and the culture of death, the sexual perversion, and the cupidity (lust) regarding the identity of man and woman. My children seek their perverted sins more than Eternal life. The increasing blasphemies and persecution of my just people offend Me. The Arm of my Justice will come now. They do not hear my Divine Mercy. I must now let many plagues happen in order to save the most people that I can from the slavery of Satan. Send this message to everyone. I have given Saint Joseph, My representative on earth, as a protector of the Holy Family, the authority to protect the Church which is the body of Christ. He will be the protector during the trials of this time. The Immaculate Heart of My daughter Mary and the Sacred Heart of my Beloved Son Jesus, with the Chaste and Pure Heart of Saint Joseph, will be the shield of your home, your family, and your Refuge during the events to come. My Words are my blessing over all of you. Whoever will act according to my Will, will be safe. The powerful love of the Holy Family will be manifested to all." —Tuesday, October 30, 2018 (Fr. Michel Rodrigue message)
I AM your Father, These words are Mine!"
Just pray if you are in doubt or you do not understand what happened to Pope Benedict and the role of Pope Francis (he is pope even if you may not see him as such) and the confusion in the Catholic Church and in the world. The enemies of the Church: the children of darkness are smarter than the children of Light, they want to destroy what Jesus created. Do not help them by criticizing the actual Pope and the Consecrated ones, be careful about what you read in the news or on Internet. Pray, Pray, Pray, with sincere heart for discernment to understand the hidden side of the unfolding events in these end times. Ask God and the Blessed Mother to help you know the truth and to be at peace. Pay attention to the words of the Consecration, during Mass. The one (it can be a Pope, a Cardinal, a Bishop, a Priest), who changes those words has embraced heresy and Jesus is not present on the altar. Leave that church and look for a traditional Priest. Do not let satan and his demons fool you. The next pope will serve the antichrist.
"Children of My Heart, the Peace of the Lord be with you all. My little ones, many blasphemies are being committed with the Holy Eucharist. My Son is reviled in His Divinity through the impure and unworthy hands of My lay children. As mother of the son of God and Mother of humanity, I ask My beloved children, to put an end to this abomination! No more of extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, no more of Communions in the hand! The Body and Blood of my Son, are outraged by many lay people who give themselves tasks that belong only to priests and other consecrated Ministers such as: the Pope, the Cardinals and Bishops. No hand that has not been consecrated through the ministerial Priesthood, can touch My Son...
Little children, it is impressive the amount of Eucharistic violations that are committed by those defined in this way: Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. Many of my lay children with the complacency of the Priest, exercise the Ministry of the Eucharist in many churches; their pride is common in many of them and it is reaching the point where many of the decisions that are taken by the priest, are being delegated to the laity. What a suffering I feel in My Heart, in seeing that many of My lay children desecrate sacred objects, taking from the Tabernacles, with their unworthy hands, the Cup where the consecrated hosts are present. I say to you: Only the consecrated hands of My beloved ones can touch the Chalice with the Consecrated Hosts, and only their hands may distribute Communion!
I beseech you beloved Children (the Priest): do not delegate anymore this sacred Ministry to My lay sons; do not make them guilty of sinning. Leave your conveniences and fulfill the Ministerial Priesthood that has been conferred on you! I ask my beloved ones: what are you going to respond tomorrow to My Father, for all the abuses and the outrages that many of you are committing with the Divinity of His Son? Heaven is crying with Me, in seeing how outraged and disfigured Jesus is in the Blessed Sacrament in many of His Houses.
My opponent enjoys any desecration that My Son receives. Many Consecrated Hosts get lost to end up into satanic churches for the celebration of black masses. My opponent has infiltrated in many of my Son's Houses, many extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist that betray Him by stealing consecrated hosts which are used to perform satanic cults. Thousands of Consecrated Hosts are sold and depending on the Minister of the Church who consecrated Them, in order to determine their price. A Consecrated Host by the Pope, by a Cardinal or by a Bishop, is sold at a high price and with these, they make a satanic special rite to cause damage to the Eucharistic Body of my Son, represented in His Church.
Satanists are destroying religious and priestly communities, with these Hosts Consecrated by the high rank Ministers of the Church. My beloved ones, I ask you to stop this outrage to the Divinity of My Son that is being carried out by my lay children. Every insult and desecration that My Son receives is a sword piercing My Heart. Many of my favorites lie in hell who in life have allowed these abuses to the Divinity of My Son, and with them many lay people, extraordinary ministers, whose spiritual pride did not allow them to repair and to ask for forgiveness from God for such a vile abuse. As Mother of the consecrated souls in my dedication as Mystic Rose, I ask you with all My Heart, My beloved children, to stop as soon as possible this abuse and outrage that is being committed against my Son's Divinity, because tomorrow you do not have to lament from it. Little children, no more Communion in the hand, no more lay to distribute the Communion, because this sacrilege is causing the loss of many souls! Your Mother, Maria the Mystic Rose."
Appeals of Mary the Mystical Rose to Her beloved children and to God's people —January 27 2016
"The church is God's house. It is forbidden for men to enter here with bare arms and wearing shorts. It is forbidden for women to enter wearing trousers, bare headed, with short, low-necked or sleeveless dresses —St. Father Pio."
Go to have a Confession, cleanse your soul. Save your soul! No need to live with the big rock of your sins tormenting you all your life. It is easy: see a Catholic priest. Give yourself a new beginning before it is too late.
"Parents, be very attentive of your children as my adversary wants to destroy families. Be very careful with what your children see, read, listen and play. I tell you this because the instruments of Evil, are using technology to slowly poisoning young souls through games, music, movies, videos, TV shows and literature loaded with subliminal messages that are driving many to spiritual and even physical death"
"Parents, correct the ways if your family, have much dialogue with your children, make time to listen to them as many homes are being lost due to lack of love, dialogue, understanding and most specially for not inviting God. Take God back into your homes, pray my Holy Rosary, as the family that prays together stays together."
"My children, to tattoo your bodies is a pagan practice that goes against God's Holy Word which reads: Do not lacerate your bodies for the dead, and do not tattoo yourselves (Leviticus 19,28). Remember that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit and you should not defile, destroy or burn it. I remind you that all those body markings come from my adversary and are evil instruments that only seek to defile God's creation and take you away from the path of salvation." —Mary Mother of Jesus
"My children, playing ghosts, charlie – charlie, or scissors and spiral notepad are the same as playing ouija. It is same as opening your soul's doors so that my adversary and his demons can enter and possess you. NO game where one requests information from the afterlife is good. Don't think that by invoking the souls of your departed loved ones it will be them who will come responding to your call. I tell you that by doing this what you are opening are the doors of Hell. You know very well that my adversary is astute and disguises as an Angel of light to mislead you in order to take your soul. Many children and young adults are being trapped by my adversary by playing games where they request information and assistance form occult sources. My little children, when playing those apparently innocent games what you are really doing is opening your soul to my adversary so that he may possess you." —Mary Mother of Jesus
"My little children, when playing those apparently innocent games what you are really doing is opening your soul to my adversary so that he may possess you. Parents, pay much attention to the video games that your children play as many of them are filled with occult rituals and actions with the sole purpose of opening the minds of your children and youth to violence, trespassing, sex, drugs, homosexuality, prostitution and murder." —Mary Mother of Jesus
"[Parents] control the cartoons that your children watch as many are loaded with subliminal messages of violence, sex and all other sins of the flesh that will lead your children to lose their moral and spiritual values, and the saddest of all: the distancing from God and family. Awaken from your passiveness parents! Don't continue to be so permissive with your children. Remember that you are living in times of darkness and must be attentive with all that your children see, play read and listen. This so that tomorrow you won't regret their misbehavior, and worse losing their souls!." —Mary Mother of Jesus
Act of Consecration
to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
O Sacred Heart of Jesus
who made known to St. Margaret Mary
Your great desire to reign over Christian families
we are gathered here today
to proclaim Your complete dominion over our family.
From now on we promise to lead a Christlike life:
we will strive to develop in our home
all the virtues which bring with them the peace that You promised
and we will not compromise with the spirit of secularism
which You have so strongly denounced.
You will rule over our minds through our deep and living faith.
You will be King of our hearts by our generous love for You;
and we will cultivate this love
by the frequent reception of You in Holy Communion.
Divine Heart of Jesus,
preside over our family gatherings;
bless all our family undertakings, both spiritual and temporal.
Sanctify our joys and comfort us in our sorrows.
If any member of our family should have the misfortune to offend You seriously,
please remind him, O Sacred Heart of Jesus,
of Your infinite love and mercy for the penitent sinner.
And when the hour of separation comes,
when death brings its sorrows into our family,
whether we go or whether we stay,
we humbly accept Your divine will.
At the same time we will console and comfort ourselves with the thought
that the time will come when our whole family
will be united lovingly with You in heaven forever.
There we shall sing a hymn of praise
to the infinite mercy and love of Your Sacred Heart.
We ask the Immaculate Heart of Mary and our glorious protector,
St. Joseph, to offer You this family consecration of ours.
May the memory of this consecration be with us always.
We will say one
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be
for the intentions of the Holy Father
and for absent members, living and dead.
Act of Consecration
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
0 Virgin Mary, most powerful Mother of Mercy,
Queen of Heaven and earth,
in accordance with your wish made known at Fatima,
I consecrate myself today to your Immaculate Heart.
To you I entrust all that I have, all that I am.
Reign over me, dearest Mother,
that I may be yours in prosperity,
in adversity, in joy and in sorrow,
in health and in sickness, in life and in death.
Most compassionate Heart of Mary,
Queen of Virgins, watch over my mind and heart
and preserve me from the deluge of impurity
which you lamented so sorrowfully at Fatima.
I want to be pure like you.
I want to atone for the many crimes committed against Jesus and you.
I want to call down upon this country
and the whole world the peace of God in justice and charity.
Mindful of this consecration,
I now promise to strive to imitate you
by the practice of the Christian virtues
without regard for human respect.
I resolve to receive Holy Communion
on the first Saturday of every month when possible,
and to offer daily five decades of the Rosary,
with all my sacrifices in the spirit of penance and reparation. Amen.
I, . . ., a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in thy Heart,
O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism;
I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works;
and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ,
the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life,
and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary,
in the presence of all the heavenly court,
I choose thee this day for my Mother and Mistress.
I deliver and consecrate to thee, and to thy Immaculate Heart,
as thy child and slave of love, my body and soul,
my goods, both interior and exterior,
and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future;
leaving to thee the entire and full right of disposing of me,
and all that belongs to me,
without exception, according to thy good pleasure,
for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity. Amen.
Mother Mary, "Refuge of Holy Love" pray for us
Mother Mary, "Protectress of the Faith" protect my faith


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Netanyahu's deliberate choice of words on Gaza cease-fire
In his reaction to the cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas faction in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose his words very carefully, deciding to position himself as reluctant about the truce that went into effect today.}
An official announcement from Netanyahu's office said that in his latest telephone conversation with President Obama, the prime minister "acceded to his recommendation to give the Egyptian cease-fire proposal a chance."
Netanyahu's choice of words is largely due to his genuine skepticism that the terms of the truce will hold. But also, he is trying to be as friendly as possible with the recently re-elected President Obama. Israel will likely need Mr. Obama's support in 2013, when the simmering crisis over Iran's nuclear program is likely to come to a head - either through diplomacy or military action.
In addition, Netanyahu himself hopes to be re-elected in the Israeli election on January 22. The military clash with Hamas, during the past week, gave him an opportunity to portray himself as a tough leader whose first priority is the security of Israelis who were concerned about the threat of rockets from Gaza.
At an official announcement in Jerusalem, Netanyahu and other senior officials pointed to accomplishments scored by Israel in the past week: killing many Hamas "terrorist leaders" in Gaza and destroying hundreds of missiles before they could be launched at Israel.}
Netanyahu thanked Israeli soldiers, notably tens of thousands of reservists who left their jobs and families to get ready near the Gaza border, as well as Israeli intelligence services that were able to provide targeting information. His remarks in Hebrew were followed up by Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who heads his own small political party, and by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, whose party has temporarily merged with Netanyahu's Likud Party for this election campaign.
The prime minister also thanked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her personal involvement. She left Mr. Obama's tour of Southeast Asia to rush to Jerusalem and had three meetings with Netanyahu. She also went to nearby Ramallah, in the West Bank, to confer with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority.
Netanyahu said many Israeli people were expecting even more military action - referring to the possibility of a ground invasion of Gaza, something that Israel did do in late 2008. More than 1,000 Palestinian deaths and 13 Israeli deaths occurred in that brief war. In this past week, according to health officials, more than 130 Palestinians - up to one-third of them children - and 5 Israelis were killed.
Netanyahu said it still is possible, with many missiles provided by Iran still in the hands of Hamas, that Israel will find a need for further military strikes. But one reason for accepting the truce, however reluctantly, is that Israeli citizens living in the south of their country deserve some peace and quiet.
He is deeply skeptical that the Islamic radicals of Hamas will adhere to a ceasefire, and there is also the problem that other factions inside the Gaza Strip have frequently fired rockets and mortar shells into Israel in order to stir up trouble or act as heroes.
Israel will face a dilemma - whether to respond to such attacks - if they do occur and don't seem definitely linked with Hamas, the faction that has ruled Gaza for most of the years since Israel pulled out its troops and Jewish settlers in 2005.
At the Jerusalem announcement, Netanyahu said that, above all, he was thanking the Israeli people - concluding: "I am proud to be your prime minister."
At about the same time, Hamas was celebrating what its leaders see as major strides ahead in the past week: challenging Israeli military power, suffering significant casualties in Gaza while holding together support for Hamas, making the rival Fatah faction in the West Bank look irrelevant, and achieving recognition when Egyptian and other foreign officials came to Gaza to show solidarity.
There is fear, in the Middle East, that eventually the Israelis and the Palestinians of Gaza will fight each other again. Some diplomats are wondering what the United States might do to make Secretary of State Clinton's statement - that the ceasefire deal can be a step to "move us toward a comprehensive peace for all the people of the region" - more than a rhetorical hope.


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Another Penn State home football season is in the books. Equipment has been moved to other campus facilities, and the team has shifted its plays — and replays — indoors. This team's roster of special, less well-known players delivers behind-the-scenes technical innovations that enhance the game-day experience at Beaver Stadium and beyond.
From directing the electronic ribbon encircling the middle of the stadium to running the twin Jumbotrons playing sound effects and showing replays and stats overhead, recap a typical fall Saturday with Athletics' information technology team.
6:30 a.m. - The Huddle
In the pre-dawn light, Penn State Athletics' IT Manager Rand Allison and Senior Systems Analyst Phil Mansfield, his second-in-command, sit at a table on the fourth level of Beaver Stadium, talking animatedly with staff from security, ticketing, broadcasting, customer service, emergency operations and maintenance. It's game day, and representatives are strategizing what will unfold over the next eight hours — ensuring that every aspect of technology in the stadium will deliver and uphold what has been dubbed "the greatest show in college sports."
The unit managers issue orders in quiet voices, as the morning light begins to hit the conference room window overlooking the field. Many have been doing this for years — and they know each other's routines like well choreographed dance partners.
Allison double checks his list, then signals to his team. It's time for the technology crew to go into action.
8 a.m. - The Snap
Allison and Mansfield sip coffee in their tiny office one level down on the east side of the stadium. Rather than taking in the view of the broad, well-manicured field 60 feet down, they intently monitor a large display screen and its graphical map of IT connection signals. Each line on the map pulses with color, indicating phone, Internet, broadcast and television capabilities in every part of Beaver Stadium and across University Park.
This is one of the seven days each year when State College swells to more than three times its size with thousands of fans surging into town, creating one of the largest temporary cities in Pennsylvania. But in the stadium itself, Allison's IT team is managing a city of its own, tackling a host of technology needs and guaranteeing enthusiasts both here, and across the nation, can see a show unlike any other.
"We'd like to think we have it down to a science," Allison says, closely scrutinizing the monitor. "But until you pack that stadium full of 100,000-plus people, and you get 200 or 300 media people in there, and you have student bookstore kiosks and credit card scanners cranked up — you can't really test for the actual game."
Allison's crew is a lean group of five who manage not just the IT needs in the stadium, but also oversee technology for all Penn State Athletics events, including baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, rugby, squash and hockey games, plus tennis, fencing, boxing and wrestling matches — in such venues as the Bryce Jordan Center, the new Pegula Ice Arena and Rec Hall.
They also serve as the technical staff for more than 350 Athletics employees throughout University Park.
9:30 a.m. - The Rush
Few might guess the bleachers of Beaver Stadium hide a high-bandwidth highway of cabling that wraps around the entire complex, providing network access to vendors, photographers, security personnel and reporters. Supporting these networks are 16 telecommunications closets located throughout the facility, the largest of which connects to the newly renovated athletics control center in the adjacent Bryce Jordan Center via 48 pairs of fiber-optic cable, and houses AT&T's Wi-Fi services hub.
Allison's team monitors all these IT centers, ensuring the systems are humming quietly and ready to support players, officials, coaches, journalists, speakers, band members and a slew of television crews from around the eastern U.S.
After a minute or two, several more team members join Allison and Mansfield in the upstairs office. They study the graphical display a bit more, searching for any blinking red lights that signal connection errors, before quickly filtering out to make the rounds.
On level two, Mansfield opens the door of a small tech closet and leans inside to check the connections.
"For all that we have to do and support, we're running a very trim organization," he stresses while inspecting the wires. "Each of us in the unit supports about 80 individuals and their technology."
Allison adds that their work with other programs keeps the team extraordinarily busy. "Truth is, we rarely take advantage of our vacation perks," he says, with a grin.
11 a.m. - The Tackle
Allison's cell phone rings loudly, surprising everyone. It's the Command Center, requesting immediate tech help. He and Patrick Daniels, an IT support specialist with Penn State Athletics, race up the stairs to the top level of the stadium.
Shrouded in a wall of glass, Penn State's Operations Command Center houses University Public Safety personnel and State Police, who monitor security through the use of 60 400mm cameras spread around the stadium and the region. Some cameras are located on the roadways coming into campus, enabling security personnel to monitor the safety of fans as they arrive.
An array of 25 monitors can switch between video feeds and radio equipment, allowing for rapid communication in the event of an emergency.
The center's cameras are capable of zooming into such details as an eyelash on the face of a fan 200 yards away in the stands.
Moments earlier, one of the center's critical displays went down, so Daniels reconfigures it just in time for the image of a fan, struggling with her broken wheelchair in an adjacent parking lot, to pop up on the screen.
"They'll have medics to that parking lot in seconds," Allison says. "The response time is instantaneous from up here — every part of the stadium, the surrounding fields, parking lots and the east side of campus can be monitored by police and emergency personnel."
12:30 p.m. - Line of Scrimmage
Seconds later, Allison's beeper crackles and he radios downstairs to Jeff Nelson, assistant athletic director for communications.
"It's press box time," he says, ushering everyone into the elevator.
Perched atop the southwestern edge of stadium, Penn State's press box is a pivotal point from which 300 reporters from all over the mid-Atlantic take in the Nittany Lion skirmishes. Extending nearly the entire length of the third floor, journalists sit in long, parallel rows, intently typing on iPhones, tablets and laptops — and captivating fans with timeless descriptions of the clashes on the field.
"Many of these writers are blogging or writing live to websites that are updated by the minute," Allison says. "If any of their wireless or hardline connections go down, the game effectively stops for those readers, so keeping their connections alive is vital."
Adjacent to the press box, a team of statisticians watches the game through binoculars, calling out plays and player numbers and making calculations with the same frenzied enthusiasm.
Thirty-three-year stat crew veteran John Dixon explains it's imperative the team sends yard coverage and other stats to officials, reporters and broadcasters instantly via the stadium statistics broadcasting software.
"We're working continuously to get the data into the system, he says. "Every 15 minutes new stat sheets are issued to all the reporters in the rows up here — and simultaneously they're posted to each of the large displays in the room and television crews upstairs. It's kind of amazing how it all happens so smoothly."
2 p.m. - The Blitz
Mansfield reappears and pulls Allison and Daniels into a hushed discussion just outside the press box door. Mansfield gestures downstairs and Allison nods, looking at his watch.
Allison explains that the crowd-pleasing visual and sound effects during Penn State's games are coordinated in a small booth on the second level of the press box. Mansfield waves to Allison, then heads toward the elevator to make the rounds.
In this realm, two consultant engineers are the wizards behind the curtain for the games. The electronic ribbon, a narrow digital banner that wraps around the entire stadium, is on yet another dedicated Athletics network.
"There are six lines that run out to a server rack from here, linking to the banners that are on two fiber lines," explains P.J. Mullen, the engineer who manages the stadium's audio. "They need to be fast; we need to have immediate response times for everything."
While the electronic ribbon is instantly responsive, the sound effects used during games often require more planning. "A lot of the animation we show on the scoreboards is scripted," he adds. "We have to time it just right so that it responds to the game. This is especially true when they need to be synchronized with events on the field below."
One particular effect requires the engineers to play lyrics on top of music played live by the Penn State Blue Band. So, if their timing isn't perfect, the sound will be messy. "It can be intense, but it's really exciting work," Mullen says. "If we're not supporting the crowd or supporting the team, then our production is counterproductive."
Another feature is the sound technology that works with Penn State's two Jumbotrons to deliver thunderous musical mixes and rhythmic cheers.
"All of the sound effects are essential," Mullen says, "but the most electrifying sound we can deliver to the fans from up here is the Nittany Lion's roar."
He pulls a silver lever, sending the iconic growl reverberating through the stands.
4:30 p.m. - The Hail Mary Pass
As the afternoon sun starts to cast shadows in the stands, Allison and Mansfield are back in the press box, checking hardwire connections.
The mood in the stadium is exuberant at the end of the fourth quarter. Penn State has just squeezed in a touchdown, and it looks like the game will go into a nail-biting overtime.
Moments later, Sam Ficken splits the uprights from 48 yards away.
But, aside from the soft sound of typing, the room is strangely silent as the crowd roars in the distance.
Allison smiles. "Cheering really never happens in the press box," he says, "as professional courtesy to the reporters. It's always been this way."
He and Mansfield are excited as they begin to retrace their steps toward the tech office, discussing how well a new Distributed Antenna System cellular call network has been working for fans this fall — and their plans for tweaking the new Gameday app — already helping users find the nearest bathroom, post stats and watch exclusive video recaps from inside the stadium.
"Technology is an awe-inspiring, ever-expanding field in sports," Allison says, "and everywhere today. Just like the game on the field, we get those deeply felt, truly magical moments, with the dedication, drive and passion we put into it."
6 p.m. - The End Zone
Back on the third level, the field looks well-lit, trampled and full of life outside the tech office window, as the last rays of the sun dip below the horizon. Penn State has won the battle in overtime, and students and alumni spill onto the field.
Mansfield turns off the computers, the blinking map of connections and each of the lights in the office one by one. Tech crewmembers gather, warmly shaking hands with one another and with officials and coaches, as they emerge from the assortment of offices next door.
The team's collaborative magic has worked well today.
Allison checks his watch and chuckles.
"Now it's time to pack up and get ready for the volleyball game tonight."
For more information technology stories at Penn State, visit http://current.it.psu.edu.


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shoe(redirected from be in shoes)
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Related to be in shoes: Sports shoes
a foot covering; see horseshoeing.
shoe covers
protective coverings for shoes worn by surgical personnel working in a sterile environment in order to minimize contamination.
Patient discussion about shoe
Q. Why should people with diabetes wear shoes all the time? Earlier today I read an article about shoes and the different problems with different kinds of shoes. I can't find it anymore, which is why I didn't post the link. But in the article, it said that someone with diabetes or would likely eventually get diabetes should never go without shoes; whether inside or outside their house. Why would that be?
A. Many people with diabetes have decreased circulation, which means slower healing time. Adding to this, many also have neuropathy (nerve damage) in their feet. I have seen many diabetics that have decreased sensation in their feet and didn't even know it. If you can't feel it when you injure your foot, and it doesn't heal, it can lead to infection and amputation. Shoes protect feet from injury, that is why we recommend wearing them at all times. For this reason, it is also recommended that diabetics inspect their feet each day.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Q. The cobbler's shoes are never fixed A bit philosophical/ethical question: do you think it's a appropriate to an alternative therapist to treat people with disease he or she has and can't cure himself?
A. Even dietitian can suffer from depression and eat too much, or a gym coach that suffers from injury that prevents him or her from exercising. The knowledge and capabilities are not dependent on the specific situation of the therapist, not to mention the many explanations for such cases.More discussions about shoe
However, I do agree it may seem a bit suspicious…
However, I do agree it may seem a bit suspicious…


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Baker Park and Burton Memorial Libraries
Contact: City of Burton
Phone: (810) 743-1500
Beecher Rison Library
Contact: Beecher Community School District
Phone: (810) 591-9201
Clio Area Library
Contact: Vienna Township
Phone: (810) 686-7580
Davison Area Library
Contact: City of Davison
Phone: (810) 653-2191
Fenton Winegarden Library
Contact: City of Fenton
Phone: (810) 629-2261
Flint Township McCarty Library
Contact: Flint Township
Phone: (810) 732-1350
Flushing Area Library
Contact: City of Flushing
Phone: (810) 659-3130
Forest Township Library
Contact: Forest Township
Phone: (810) 631-6040
Gaines Station Library
Contact: Village of Gaines
Phone: (989) 271-8386
Genesee Township Johnson Library
Contact: Genesee Township
Phone: (810) 640-2000
Genesee Valley Center Library
Contact: Genesee District Library
Phone: (810) 732-5570
Goodrich Library
Contact: Atlas Township
Phone: (810) 636-2548
Grand Blanc McFarlen Library
Contact: City of Grand Blanc
Phone: (810) 694-1118
Donate to the Grand Blanc McFarlen Library Building Fund:
Headquarters Library
Contact: Genesee District Library
Phone: (810) 732-5570
Linden Library
Contact: City of Linden
Phone: (810) 735-7980
Montrose Jennings Library
Contact: City of Montrose
Phone: (810) 639-6168
Mt. Morris Library
Contact: City of Mt. Morris
Phone: (810) 686-2160
Swartz Creek Perkins Library
Contact: City of Swartz Creek
Phone: (810) 635-4464