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Please welcome award winning author Elizabeth Chadwick to the virtual offices today! Elizabeth's latest historical release is Shadows and Strongholds. After we chat about her book, you can enter for a chance to win a copy!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Elizabeth Chadwick] A time traveler who loves the Middle Ages, chocolate, chatting, her husband and her dogs. Oh, and the Marshal men!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Shadows and Strongholds?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Certainly. It's a coming of age story based on a family history that was written down in the 13th century. It's set in England, on the Welsh borders, and is about a boy, Brunin FitzWarin, who is sent to be a squire at the great castle of Ludlow in the hopes that it will be the making of him after he's had a difficult time at home. The lord he is sent to serve, Joscelin de Dinan, has two daughters. The younger one, Hawise, is something of a tomboy with a bright, forthright nature, and like no one Brunin has ever met before. There is also his lord's ward, Marion de la Bruere, a pretty, dainty girl, who has her eye on Brunin as future husband material. It's the story of how Brunin finds out just who he is amid the harsh realities of 12th century England with different factions fighting for the crown, and how Hawise and Marion learn their own often hard lessons as they mature during fraught times. It's a historical novel that deals with events that actually happened, and has a fair share of swash-buckling, dramatic tension, well-seasoned with romance.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] I found them in a medieval chronicle from the 13th century called The Romance of Fouke FitzWaryn. So this is based on the history of what really happened. Brunin FitzWarin and Hawise de Dinan did really exist, and this is the story of how they faced up to their challenges.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Brunin?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Deep, smouldering, courageous
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Hawise is never without.
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Her determination
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Hawise's bedroom?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Small silver bells (read the novel and find out why not!), Brunin's grandmother, Ernalt de Lylse's hawking gauntlet.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Brunin's greatest regret?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Not getting to hang out with his father as man to man.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Pictures of artifacts from the Middle Ages, chocolate in all its forms, and heavy metal music.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Time enough in the day to do it, copious amounts of tea, thinking space.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] How Far Back do you want to go? The Silver Brumby by Elyne Mitchell. That was the book that moved me on from elementary to more detailed reading.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] I go for long walks with my husband and dogs, I take photographs, I read, listen to music and I cross stitch if I get a moment.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Elizabeth Chadwick] They can drop me a line at email@example.com. Or connect at Twitter or Facebook, details at my website www.elizabethchadwick.com
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
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A medieval tale of pride and strife, of coming-of-age in a world where chivalry is a luxury seldom afforded, especially by men of power.
England, 1148—ten-year-old Brunin FitzWarin is an awkward misfit in his own family. A quiet child, he is tormented by his brothers and loathed by his powerful and autocratic grandmother. In an attempt to encourage Brunin's development, his father sends him to be fostered in the household of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Here Brunin will learn knightly arts, but before he can succeed, he must overcome the deep-seated doubts that hold him back.
Hawise, the youngest daughter of Lord Joscelin, soon forms a strong friendship with Brunin. Family loyalties mean that her father, with the young Brunin as his squire, must aid Prince Henry of Anjou in his battle with King Stephen for the English crown. Meanwhile, Ludlow itself comes under threat from Joscelin's rival, Gilbert de Lacy. As the war for the crown rages, and de Lacy becomes more assertive in his claims for Ludlow, Brunin and Hawise are drawn into each other's arms.
Now Brunin must defeat the shadows of his childhood and put to use all that he has learned. As the pressure on Ludlow intensifies and a new Welsh threat emerges against his own family's lands, Brunin must confront the future head on, or fail on all counts….


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Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska
Master of Arts, The University of Belgrade-Serbia
Bachelor of Arts, The University of Belgrade-Serbia
Office: Aquinas Hall 50-COffice Hours: T 4-5:30 pm, W 2 - 3:30 pmPhone: 856-569-3898Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
CIT 3210: Distributed Learning
CIT 3710: Managing Technology Resources
CIT 1052 OL: Online Computer Literacy
CIT 1052: Computer Literacy
Bojan Lazarevic's educational background is in general
pedagogy/adult education with a media and distance learning
emphasis. He received a PhD in instructional technology from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Prior to coming to Mount Saint Mary College, Professor Lazarevic
worked as an instructor at the University of Belgrade-Serbia for
eight years, where he taught courses such as Media and Education,
Pedagogy of Communication, and Methodology of Adult Elementary
Education. He also taught the Instructional Technology course for
pre-service teachers at the University of Nebraska for three
His research interest is in instructional design, cognition and
technology, production of multimedia, online learning as well as
open source software, Web 2.0 applications and mobile learning.
To date, he has published two books and a number of papers in
both journals and proceedings.
Instructional Design
Web 2.0 Technolgy
Online Learning
Multimedia Production
Emerging Technology
Innovative Pedagogy
Lazarevic, B. (2011). Being a Teacher in Online Instruction:
Promoting Teaching Presence through Video Technology, Saarbrücken,
Lambert Academic Publishing. (ISBN: 978-3-8443-9936-3)
Lazarevic, B. (2007). Through Education to Recreation, Belgrade,
Adult Education Society & The Institute for International
Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV
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Bentz, D., Lazarevic, B. (2015). Online Learning Challenges:
Need for Evolving Models. European Scientific Journal. Vol.2,
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instructional technologies: Exploring the extent of faculty use of
Web 2.0 tools at a Midwestern community college. TechTrends.
Yengin, I., & Lazarevic, B. (2013). The DiaCog: A Prototype
Tool for Visualizing Online Dialog Games' Interactions. Proceedings
from the 11th International Conference on Education. Honolulu,
McNulty, A., & Lazarevic, B. (2012). Best practices in using
video technology to promote second language acquisition. Teaching
English with Technology, 12 (3), 49-61.
Scepanovic, D., Lazarevic, B., & Wassenmiller, A. (2011).
Reform in progress: Current trends and concerns in developing
education management information systems in the South East European
countries. Proceedings from the 35th Annual European Studies
Conference. Omaha, USA: University of Nebraska.
Lazarevic, B., & Bentz, D. (2010). Web 2.0 audio tools for
online language learning: Teaching method issues. Proceedings from
the International Conference "ICT in Language Learning" 3rd Edition
(pp.1-6), Firenze, Italy: Pixel.
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online instruction: Implications for teaching presence and
student's motivation. Proceedings from the International Symposium
on Open and Distance Learning & International Council for
Educational Media (IODL & ICEM) Conference, (pp.511-527),
Eskisehir, Turkey: Anadolu Universitesi.
Lazarevic, B., Bentz, D., & Scepanovic, D. (2010). An in
depth case analysis of two language teachers coping with online
instruction. Proceedings from eChallenges e-2010
Conference.(pp.1-9), Warszawa, Poland: IIMC International
Information Management Corporation.
Bentz, D., Lazarevic, B., Scepanovic, D., & Haines, C.
(2010). Exploring teaching presence in both online and face-to-face
learning environments. Proceedings from eChallenges e-2010
Conference (pp.1-7), Warszawa, Poland: IIMC International
Information Management Corporation.
Lazarevic, B., Scepanovic, D., & Wassenmiller, A. (2010).
Cognitive assumptions of designing an audio enhanced slide
presentation. Proceedings from 6th International Conference on
Education. (pp.115-122) Samos, Greece: Research and Training
Institute of East Aegean.
Wassenmiller, A., Lazarevic, B., & Scepanovic, D. (2010).
Internet Use Among Children And Adolescents: Threats and
Safeguards. Proceedings from 6th International Conference on
Education, (pp.123-123). Samos, Greece: Research and Training
Institute of East Aegean.
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delivering distance courses: The instructional value of audio.
eLearning and Software for Education Journal, Proceedings from: 6th
International Scientific Conference eLSE - eLearning and Software
for Education, (pp. 293-300). Bucharest, Romania.
Wassenmiller, A., Lazarevic, B. & Scepanovic, D. (2010).
E-Portfolios for performance assessment: Best practices and new
directions. eLearning and Software for Education Journal,
Prceedings from: 6th International Scientific Conference eLSE -
eLearning and Software for Education (pp.321-328). Bucharest,
Lazarevic, B. (2007). Transactional distance in online learning
environment. In D. Solnesa, (Ed.), The Fourth International
Conference on Informatics, Educational Technology and New Media in
Education: Conference Proceedings (pp.180-187). Sombor: Faculty of
Education in Sombor - University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
Lazarevic, B. (2007). eLearning and online course development -
Andragogy of Communication and Media. In D. Scepanovic, (Ed.),
eLearning Toward Effective Education and Training in the
Information Society: Conference Proceedings (pp.91-96). Belgrade:
Bajcetic, M. & Lazarevic, B. (2007). Online education – New
teachers skills. In J. Vuco (Ed.), New Tendency in Language and
Literature Teaching: Conference Proceedings (pp.218-223). Belgrade:
American Councils for International Education & University of
Belgrade, (in Serbian language).
Lazarevic, B. (2007). Communication and interaction in online
learning environment – Types and characteristics. In A. Pejatovic
(Ed.), Andragogy in the Beginning of Third Millennium: Conference
Proceedings (pp.197-209). Belgrade: Institute for Pedagogy and
Andragogy - UB, (in Serbian language).
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the system for educational support in modern educational
institutions. In D. Solesa (Ed.), Modern Electronic and Educational
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Over Vick and Sanchez, yes.
Yes! The man can run an Offense suitable for a GROUND & POUND team! Smith makes few errors and is a winner! I want Suckchez GONE!
Definitely. Compare his completion percentages and passer rating with Sanchez over the past 4 years and Smith is clearly miles ahead. Would be a big upgrade at the QB position.
He;a big upgrade over what we have, thats for sure. But i would prefer if we went after Matt Flynn, more upside, not a mental weakling like Sanchez
If we brought him in to be a 1-2 year stopgap, while we draft a franchise QB in 2014. I'm fine with that.
What i don't want to hear is we're bringing him in to be "the guy" for the long haul.
He'd be an upgrade over what we have, but that's not really saying much.
Depends on what we'd have to give up
No. He is a Mark Sanchez 2.0
No. But if had to choose between him and Sanchez, yes.
As a 1-2 year stop gap? Absolutely. He's 10x the QB Sanchez is for the lone reasons of accuracy to his own team as well as the lack of turnovers.
Gamble knows best...on whether he should bring in Smith. Can the Jets financially afford a Smith contract, when Jets are stuck with an albatross Sanchez one? IMO...Smith is looking for a multi year contract at good pay.
Smith is certainly not a TO machine. That in itself gives the Jets a better chance to win. But...
Both the Jets and the 49er offenses, get poor receiving production in the passing game, from their WR positions. Alex Smith relies on a strong running game, and then he mostly utilizes Davis at TE and the RBs, for success with the passing game. His arm is limited. And the 49er offense was geared to work within his limitations. Kaepernik is more talented..both with his arm and his legs. And that's why Jim Harbaugh made the permanent change to Kaepernik, when Smith was injured.
Smith is a serviceable bridge to the Jets future franchise QB. But I would also accept a cheaper version for caretaker QB. Like a Hasselbeck or a Moore.
The CAP is a mess that's going to limit Gamble's decisions on the 2013 changes needed. He's going to need to make tough decisions on where to use the limited CAP resources that's at his disposal.
Who is Gamble going to cut or keep for 2013...goes a long ways to figuring out what he has in mind for the QB position.
Jets need to make changes at some OL positions. And RB upgrades on offense too. Gamble may put more of his resources there. Then go for the cheaper then Smith alternatives at QB.
Make a successful trade to rid Sanchez and his contract...would give Gamble a lot more wiggle at QB...and everywhere else. Same may apply to Revis too. Gamble could try and move Darelle, and give the Jets more flexibilty to make other moves.
Right now...I have no idea what Gamble's gonna do. Maybe his Tuesday presser will give us all a clearer picture of his vision, and the course of actions he wants to take.
Yes, he's a big upgrade over suckchez. We can win with him as qb.
Anybody who says he is not that much of an upgrade over Sanchez needs to get their head examined.
He might not be worth trading for or signing b.c we don't want to give up draft picks or spend what little $$$ we have b.c it looks like the 2014 draft might have some QBs. That position I can understand.
But he is head and shoulders better than Sanchez. He is better than Sanchez in every single aspect.
anyone but sanchez but dont think smith is the long term answer.
Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, et al are rare finds...odds are we will never get one. We can win a championship with a good, solid quarterback who doesn't turn the ball over, can complete more than 50% of his passes, and who is motivated to show the league that San Fran made a mistake in how the used them, and in letting them go.
I'll take him as a longer term option over an unproven entity (be it a Flynn, or a draft pick) any day. I'm sick of crossing my fingers and hoping someone is going to develop into something halfway decent.
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Graham: Arsenal won't win another title under Wenger
Arsenal legend George Graham has claimed his former club will never win another Premier League title unless the current transfer policy is changed.
Graham has slammed the financial prudence manager Arsene Wenger and his board have demonstrated in recent years, and suggested they have fallen too far behind the genuine trophy contenders.
"I don't think Arsenal are ever going to compete with Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United," he told the Sun. "I thought they could have competed with United because they don't spend the money the other two do, but Arsenal are not going to compete with them either.
"They have got a structure at the club on transfers and wages. They are very strict on those. They have more or less said to fans that is the way they are going to run the club. They can still pick up cups and qualify for Europe, but will they win the Premier League title again? I can't see it.
"In the past Arsene's teams have played some of the best football I have ever seen. It was breathtaking, but the quality of players there now is inferior to the players he used to have and I don't care how good a coach or manager you are, you need good players to win things."
Graham's words will rattle Arsenal fans who are still reeling from their Capital One Cup exit at the hands of League Two side Bradford on Tuesday night, and the bad news continues to flow for the Gunners as it seems increasingly likely that Theo Walcott will quit the club in January.
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St. Marys native Kara O'Dell Mulvany is preparing to embark on a career of advocating for others as a social worker. She graduated from Bethany College in 2008 with a B.S. in Psychology and is currently in her last semester at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. In December, she will graduate with an M.S. in Social Work and will then take a licensure test to become a Licensed Social Worker. Mulvany is currently employed at the Three Rivers Center for Independent Living (TRCIL) as a Service Coordinator. "At TRCIL, I work with adults with physical disabilities on the Obra, Independence and CommCare Waiver, to coordinate in-home and community-based services, where without these services they would more than likely have to be in a nursing facility," Mulvany said. This past July, she also attended a national conference in Washington, D.C. for work. While there, she participated in a march on the Capitol and also met with U.S. Representative Tim Murphy's staff to advocate for the rights of individuals with a disability. "Prior to working at TRCIL, I worked for several agencies that provide services to adults with a variety of disabilities. While in college, I worked during the summers for Dickinson Mental Health Center," Mulvany said. "It was while working with these individuals that I discovered that I wanted to go into the social service field so that I could have a positive impact on the lives of those who have a disability. It is my hope to continue to work with the disability community once I have my MSW. "I enjoy working in this field because no two days are ever the same. It is also satisfying to know that I am able to make a difference in a person's life."Mulvany is the daughter of Barbara and Dennis "Digger" O'Dell. Her brother, Eric, recently married his wife, Kim. Mulvany is herself a newlywed, having married her husband, Doug, in March in Las Vegas. They currently reside in Greensburg. A 2004 graduate of Elk County Catholic High School, Mulvany has always enjoyed athletics and was a member of the school's girls' soccer, basketball and softball teams. She prowess on the softball field gave her the opportunity to play on her college team as well."My softball coach, Dr. Joseph Coroso, and my dad played a huge role in me continuing on to play college softball at Bethany College in West Virginia," Mulvany said. "My dad and I spent countless hours in the basement practicing my swing. My dad was one of those parents who made playing a sport fun. I never felt like I had to go practice-- I was always the one dragging him downstairs so I could practice. "As a result of all of the practice, I was able to be a four-year starter for Bethany College." While at Bethany, Mulvany was a three-time First Team All-Conference selection in softball, and in her senior year was named to ESPN The Magazine's 1st Academic All-District Team. Her team won the conference championship in 2008. "As a result of winning the conference, we played in the NCAA Tournament in Ithaca, N.Y., and placed third in the Regional Tournament," Mulvany said. "I am still ranked seventh all-time in RBI, and fifth all-time in doubles at Bethany."Mulvany said her parents have always given her a great deal of support and inspiration in whatever she has chosen to undertake. "Both of my parents have had a major influence in my life. Their love and guidance have made me the person I am today," Mulvany said. "They have always taught me to live my life to the fullest and to have confidence in everything that I do. It is because of this that I was not afraid to spread my wings and move away from the comfort of St. Marys and pursue the life I have always envisioned."That life includes living closer to a more metropolitan area, and Mulvany said Greensburg fits the bill. "Living in Greensburg, which is less than an hour away from Pittsburgh, has allowed my husband and I to enjoy all the things the city has to offer without having to travel a great distance," Mulvany said. "My husband and I try and make it to several sporting events in the city as well as several plays and concerts. We are going to see "Wicked" at the end of September. I have always enjoyed going to these events while I lived in St. Marys, but being in Greensburg it is a lot more convenient." Mulvany said in previous years, the women in her family would travel to Erie for the weekend to shop for Christmas, but now that she lives in Greensburg, they come to stay with her for the the annual event.Greensburg has a lot to offer in terms of shopping and other types of entertainment. It is also nice to have this type of tradition with my family," Mulvany said.Mulvany said she enjoys when her family visits and also tries to get back to St. Marys to visit as often as she can. "It has been difficult for me to get back due to the demands at work and with school. I definitely get back around the holidays and for as many events as I can," Mulvany said. "I always enjoy visiting St. Marys and getting to see my family and friends who are still in the area. Whenever I come home, it feels like I never left." She said many of her best memories are of sitting around a campfire with family and friends and just talking. "Where my husband and I live, we are not able to have a fire, so that is definitely one of the things I miss most," Mulvany said. Something else she said she misses are the delicacies that may be found at a local eatery."The one place that I have to visit every time I am in St. Marys is DD's Bakery," Mulvany said. "I brought my friends from Greensburg some baked goods from there, and now every time I tell them I am going to St. Marys, they always ask me to bring stuff back for them. The peanut butter-filled doughnuts are always on that list."


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I have been using Pinnacle 14 HD Ultimate for about 6 months now. I tried Vegas, Corell, thought about FCP and have decided to go with Media Composer 6 for my editing software. So... of course I have to build a new computer, Avid has some minimum specs such as these:
Computer: Avid-qualified Windows-based computer or laptop2 (see details) OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor or faster Memory: 4 GB of RAM (6+ GB of RAM recommended)Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro FX family3 (FX 560 or higher) 1 GB of dedicated mem on video card...Internal Hard Drive: Minimum 80 GB 7200 rpm hard disk
It seems that I keep reading that Nvidia is the preferred one with this software, however on a computer building forum, Tom's I was shared this config and for what appears to be a better deal for price and size. Is the way to go....
BIG QUESTION? Will this Video card Jibe with MC-6? HD 6950 ATI:
I am considering going with this config and wanted to know if there are any pitfalls or compatability issues with this hardware and MC 6 software?
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CPU - i5-2500k - $220 - 3.3ghzMotherboard - Gigabyte Z68 - RAM - CT2KIT51264BA1339 - - 8 gb of ramVideo Card - HD 6950 - - 2Gb of dedicated RAM for video cardSSD - Crucial M4 64GB -HD - 1TB from not-Hitachi - PSU - XFX 650w - Case - HAF 912 - Extra 120/140 mm fans - Internal Wireless Card -for if and when my net goes go down I can hop onto my Droid for temp
Thanks in advance for your help
I think the only thing I would need is an I/O for an HDMI out right?
Avid specifies nVidia cards for a reason - their code is opimized for it. If you are building a new computer from scratch for editing, then my honest opinion is that it would be foolish to deviate from the hardware that Avid specifies.
Also, make sure your internal drives are 7200RPM.
Finally, if budget allows, I would spring for an i7 chip as opposed to an i5. Avid is an intensive program and the more processor power and memory you have, the better off you will be editing.
My 2 cents.
Thank you for your direction, I too think an I7 is the way to go but to compare the video card I was told this:
HD 6950 is an ATI (and/or AMD) video card that competes with the 560ti.
The HD 6970 is the one that competes with the GTX 570.
As for the HD 6950 not being enough to handle the Studio 6 program,
the FX 580 is a 1GB card with 40w TDP video card with 128 bits of
bandwidth and 32 cores.
The HD 6950 has a 256 bit interface, about 225w TDP, 2GBs of RAM, vs 1408 stream processors.
A nvidia core is worth about 5 stream processors, so that is 32 vs ~280 for the AMD.
Unless the Studio 6 program only works with Quadro cards, which I
doubt, the AMD should be able to do the same thing as about 10 Quadro
Who has the answer to the Code written for these Video cards?
I have an older system with a 4850.
Works fine there,
It should be better to go with 560ti.
This is what I would do or I will do at the future,
However Avid only supports Quadro.
It doesn't matter what is faster.
More like what MC is written and tested on.
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Unless the Studio 6 program only works with Quadro cards, which I
doubt, the AMD should be able to do the same thing as about 10 Quadro
Who has the answer to the Code written for these Video cards?
Unless the Studio 6 program only works with Quadro cards, which I
doubt, the AMD should be able to do the same thing as about 10 Quadro
It is not about specs. Avid has written some of the features, including Full Screen Playback and 3D FX based on NVidia's implementation of OpenGL.
You will likely disable certain functionalities if you go with AMD.
Thanks for letting me know about the support end of it.
If you want some better guidlines to follow for building a video editing system you would be better off reading the DIY article on the Videoguys.com web site. Toms Hardware is geared more toward gaming rigs and things than video editing and they are two different beast. Videoguys has some new recomended builds and outline them using the various chipset that would make a good guide for you to use. You would be well served to stay away from the AMD card on the windows side of MC since it is optimised for the Quadro cards. MC is a very picky piece of software when it comes to the hardware it likes and you are far better off following the guidlines given by Avid than trying to experment with what "you" think may work best. Avid will disable certain features when it does not detect a qualified video card and you could find yourself with a new computer banging your head against the wall trying to get MC to run properly... YOu can build yourself a very nice editing station following Avid's guidlines, there is no reason to try and experment. Do not think a great gaming system will make a great editing system... It most likely will not...
Good Luck to you and I would suggest since you have the resource avaiable that you run your system specs by the members of this forum first before building the system. There are a LOT of expeerienced useers on here running the full spectrum of hardware that will share their experience and thoughts with you...
It's not black or white only.
at least my 4850 and FSP works fine.
I discovered I came out cheaper going to HP's website and locating a refurbished z400 3.33 GHz 6MB RAM that matched AVID's z400 specs from their business outlet. Added a Quadro FX 2000 and the whole deal was around $2500.
I was going to custom build a system, but it wound up pricing out $1000 higher than going the refurbished route.
netcommercial:I am considering going with this config and wanted to know if there are any pitfalls or compatability issues with this hardware and MC 6 software?
Dom Q. Silverio:It is not about specs. Avid has written some of the features, including Full Screen Playback and 3D FX based on NVidia's implementation of OpenGL.
You will likely disable certain functionalities if you go with AMD.
George Angeludis:It's not black or white only.
at least my 4850 and FSP works fine.
This discussion is one which comes up a lot, and I think the answer comes down to which type of user you (generic "you", not anyone specific) are.
If you're a freelance or staff editor and you're buying this system for work, and you need it to run like a Swiss watch all day every day because every hour you spend tweaking drivers or troubleshooting display problems is an hour you're not making any money, then buy a system that meets the system requirements and go on your merry way safe in the knowledge your machine will work.
If you're a hobbyist or an editor who is also really good at system configuration, and you enjoy solving problems that may arise from using untested configurations, and it's not the end of the world if you have to spend a few days sorting out drivers and whatnot, then listen to the advice being given here and then pick the components you want. Understand, though, that nobody can tell you for certain that a particular configuration will work unless they're running the exact same setup already. Understand also if you run into a problem you can't solve with a system that doesn't meet the system requirements, you may be out of luck getting support for it directly from Avid, as they only qualify & test a certain number of components.
Hope that helps.
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this would be totally true if the supported devices have had no problems.
But this is not the case.
A VGA is just a device that SHOWS something on a monitor.
It doesn't affect the editing per se.
I have had zero problems with all the Geforces and at the ATI card.
But if you want or need support from Avid which is doing this to be as sure as possible
-and this is a very professional thing they do- for their customers then you should go by the book.
I say all of those because I don't like people getting afraid of trying Media Composer
if they don't have the right setup. And for that only.
Just take a small taste of MC and then try to understand what's bad or good for it,
as it will be growing inside you.
But first try it and see why this is the best NLE in the world.
Because it is.
And it is progressing...
Netcommerical:Keep in mind that if you have a computer and you're wondering whether or not Media Composer will run on it properly, you can always download the 30 day free trial version and take it for a test drive. Then, after 30 days of testing, you'll have your answer.
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Senior Editor
The Pentagon Channel
Hi George,
George Angeludis:this would be totally true if the supported devices have had no problems.
But this is not the case.
Yes, there are problems even with supported systems, but if someone needs immediate help with a problem on a supported system because otherwise they're losing money, they can call Avid Support and get it. If they're on a non-supported system, they're on their own. This is why I made a distinction between people who need the system to run all day every day and people who can afford a few days of down time.
George Angeludis:I have had zero problems with all the Geforces and at the ATI card.
I know, but you're the type of editor who is good at tweaking video cards to trick a system into thinking a GeForce is a Quadro FX, and solving driver problems, and you seem to enjoy that sort of testing and troubleshooting. That's great, but that doesn't mean I'd advise someone who doesn't like that sort of thing or isn't good at it to get an ATI card.
In other words, not all users have the same level of technical competence and tolerance for risk. Each person has to decide how important following the system requirements is vs. going off on their own for themselves.
George Angeludis:I say all of those because I don't like people getting afraid of trying Media Composer if they don't have the right setup. And for that only.
Sure, but the OP in this case is about to shell out a considerable sum of money and time buying and configuring a computer. If he asks, "Is an ATI card ok?" it would be irresponsible of us to say, "Yeah! Go ahead!" without explaining system requirements and Open GL implementation and all of that stuff so he can make an informed decision.
No need to argue.
We all made our points.
I think the OP has a spherical idea of what is going on.
P.S. And that he will have our support about anything he will select.
George Angeludis:P.S. And that he will have our support about anything he will select.
I hope so, because if he has any trouble with his ATI card, I'm going to tell him to call you.
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Everyone carries a tune at National Jewish Health's Cocktails & Karaoke
Yes, for every guy or gal who could sing like the angels there was someone else who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.
But that's what's so great about Cocktails & Karaoke, the annual songfest that for 11 years now has put the "fun" in fundraising for National Jewish Health.
Tuneful or tune-challenged, nearly everyone's willing to give it a go for a cause they hold dear: Kunsberg School, located on the NJH campus in Denver.
The school provides a safe, friendly and health environment for youngsters with respiratory and immune system disorders that include severe asthma, allergies, sickle cell anemia, diabetes and HIV/AIDS. They eat nutritious meals, exercise and practice positive social interaction so that when they graduate they have the skills to lead healthy, productive, meaningful and active lives.
The $50,000 that was raised this year will be used to purchase medical supplies, uniforms and other items needed for the 90 kindergarten through eighth graders who attend the tuition-free Kunsberg School. Many of the students are from families living at or below the poverty level.
Hadley Cox, vice president at CBRE Group, and Andrew Duke, associate vice president at ANB Bank, chaired Cocktails & Karaoke 2012. It was emceed by Heidi McGuire of 321 Media Productions and held at Casselman's Bar and Venue.


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Several of "The Jersey Girls," who were widowed in the 9/11 attacks, have issued a statement in response to the Bin Laden audiotape released last week which excoriated Bush for his failure and apparent disinterest --- "I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him ... I truly am not that concerned about him." --- in hunting him down "dead or alive", as he once acted like he was promising.
Further, they criticize him for having "sanctioned the torture of individuals, breached constitutional safeguards regarding the privacy rights of U.S. citizens and started an illegal war in Iraq."
Not to mention their enumeration of the various 9/11 Commission recommendations that Bush has all but ignored to this day, some four years and four months since the deaths of their husbands.
This graf however, in particular, caught my eye:
While we agree with the general sentiment, we have just one quibble: Bush should resign now for his unprecedented Constitutional transgressions. There is no reason to wait for the next attack, and indeed it would be insane to do so. Especially as this rubber-stamp Congress will do everything in their power to avoid an impeachment --- as appropriate as would be right now --- in deference to their Political Party's "Commander-in-Chief".
Bush would never have the courage or fortitude or integrity or simple manliness to stand up and face down any impeachment proceeding. He'd go running away with his tail between his legs like the chickenhawk he is, once it became clear that virtually any such impeachment proceedings would have him dead to rights.
So why not show some sense of honor and dignity now, Mr. Bush, by leaving the office which you have tainted and stained beyond even Bill Clinton's wildest wet-dreams?
It's time for Bush, and his criminal co-conspirator Dick Cheney, to resign from office immediately in order to save this country from one more day of inexcusable exposure to attack from terrorists, but even more so, for Bush/Cheney's demonstrated and unmitigated loathing of American Values, their unapologetic failure to uphold their oaths of office to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States", and, once and for all, to put an end to the metastized cancer of the unprecedented Executive Shame they have brought to the great United States of America.


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Little Shop of Horrors didn't always have the happy ending you may remember if you only saw the 1986 movie. Originally, the movie had the same ending as the stage musical. Spoiler: Basically, everybody dies. Everybody. Test audiences felt that ending was too depressing and the studio rushed to shoot a new, happier finale.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - See Heo Moon and the women's golf team will try to make it a perfect three-for-three this weekend as they travel to Penn State's Nittany Lion Invitational in State College. Moon has taken individual titles and posted the low score in both of her first two collegiate tournaments (the Princeton Invitational and the Yale Women's Intercollegiate), and her teammates have backed her up, as the Bulldogs, too, have earned championships in both tournaments so far this season.
The Nittany Lion Invitational should mark a step up in competition for Yale, as the 17-team field in State College will consist of the likes of Bucknell, the College of Charleston, Lehigh, Rutgers, Richmond and William and Mary. Also taking to the par-72, 6,231 yard course at Penn State will be Yale's Ancient Eight rivals Columbia and Harvard.
The Bulldogs will need big performances not only out of Moon, but the rest of the squad this weekend as the tournament will score the top four of five scores from each team after 54 holes. Yale will certainly have plenty of players vying for a place in those top four, as last week Harriet Owers-Bradley, Callie Kemmer, and captain Alyssa Roland all tied for seventh overall with matching 54-hole scores of 223. Lily Boettcher and Joy Kim tied for 19th overall.
Yale will tee off against the rest of the Nittany Lion Invitational field starting at 8:30 Saturday morning for 36 holes Saturday, followed by one, 18-hole round Sunday morning beginning at 9.
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Air Traffic Control and Radar
Every day tens of thousands of people board airplanes to travel from one place to another. These flights, thousands of which take off and land daily, are among the safest forms of travel. Although airplane crashes are tragic and headline grabbing, the fact is the sky is a very safe place to be. But how, with so many airplanes in the air, does air travel maintain such a good safety record? The answer is, in large part, air traffic control, the complex system of directing planes and telling them how high or low to fly, and when and where to land safely.
Air traffic control systems rely heavily on radar. Radar first made a huge impact during World War II when it was largely developed for use by battling nations. After the war the civil (that is, non-military) aviation community began to apply radar techniques developed during the war to civil aviation guidance and surveillance. The first use of this technology involved using radar to aid landing.
In 1943 U.S Air Force air traffic controllers began routinely using Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) equipment to help military pilots land safely in poor visibility. GCA employed a pair of oscillating radar antennas with narrow "pencil beams," one scanning side to side (azimuth), the other up and down (elevation). A controller observed the precise angle returns from these azimuth and elevation radars and radioed landing guidance to the pilot. GCA also included a 360-degree rotating radar for surveillance of the entire terminal area. This radar used a "fan" beam (narrow in azimuth and tall in elevation) that detected planes out to about 20 miles from the airport and up to altitudes of about 3000 meters (10,000 feet).
Civil controllers first used military GCA equipment at LaGuardia Airport in 1945, where it helped triple the landing rate to 15 planes per hour. GCA experienced occasional problems, but it worked well enough so that by 1952 it was being used at many airports. By the mid-1950s, however, GCA landing guidance components were being replaced by a new landing aid called the Instrument Landing System (ILS). ILS uses similar course guidance principles, but uses receivers in aircraft that display course deviation directly to the cockpit.
While it's crucial that planes land safely, it is equally important that they be safe during flight. Thus, as ILS replaced the GCA scanning pencil beams, improved rotating radars with faster scan rates and larger coverage areas also replaced the GCA terminal area surveillance radars. As air traffic continued to grow it also became important to track planes in high-altitude airspace. Accordingly, the coverage of air traffic radar surveillance grew throughout the 1960s as long-range radars were deployed along important air routes. Initially, these aircraft surveillance radars had no automatic tracking capability. Controllers pushed plastic markers called "shrimp boats" around the screen to track the movement of an aircraft. By the 1960s radar surveillance of civil aircraft routinely included automatic aircraft tracking. Air traffic control radars now track both aircraft and hazardous weather. Modern air traffic control radars use the Doppler effect to discriminate moving aircraft from stationary targets and to measure storm velocities.
Another system developed during World War II, and which had great impact on civil aviation, was the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system. IFF depended on special radar receiver/transmitter units located in friendly aircraft. These radar "transponders" responded to coded radar "interrogations" with coded replies to indicate that they were not hostile aircraft.
In the late 1950s it was proposed that IFF technology be used for surveillance of civil aircraft. The use of transponders increases the detection range of the radar, eliminates clutter interference from other reflectors, and provides a means of aircraft identification and altitude reporting. In the early 1960s the U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a national standard for air traffic control interrogators and transponders. By the end of the decade over 200 ground-based interrogators were in use in the U. S and the FAA made it mandatory to equip aircraft with transponders before they could operate in positive controlled airspace at high altitudes and near major airports.
In the 1970s the FAA enlisted the aid of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory to upgrade the original air traffic control radar beacon system to improve its surveillance performance in dense airspace and to expand its coded transmissions to transmit air traffic control data between the ground and individual aircraft. This "discrete addressed" beacon system uses ground sensors and airborne transponders that are interoperable with the original beacon system, but which achieve surveillance accuracy, capacity, and reliability that is adequate to support automatic safety warning functions for controllers and pilots.
In the 1980s the FAA developed an airborne collision avoidance system based on air-to-air surveillance of the same air traffic control transponders used for surveillance from the ground. Today the use of this collision avoidance system is required on all air carrier aircraft operating in the United States and Europe.
The last part of the air traffic control system to benefit from radar surveillance was the airport runways and taxi-ways. Radar surveillance to assure safety of aircraft on the airport surface is difficult because of reflections from the ground and from airport structures and service vehicles. Although several generations of airport surface detection radars have been deployed since the 1990s, and surface surveillance performance has improved, reflections continue to cause unreliable tracking.
As with other radar environments, surveillance quality on the airport surface can be improved by the use of transponders. Unfortunately, the resolution of the beacon system used for airspace surveillance is inadequate to distinguish between closely spaced aircraft at airports. However, high-resolution surface surveillance can be achieved with multiple receivers on the airport surface that estimate transponder locations by comparing arrival times of replies from conventional transponders. Systems that combine this "multilateration" technique with primary radar surveillance can now achieve surveillance accuracies and reliabilities that are good enough to input to automatic safety warning devices on the airport surface.
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The writer-philosopher Hannah Arendt, who pounced on the opportunity to cover the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, resulting in her controversial pronouncement about the disparity between "the mediocrity of the man" and "the horror of the deeds," is brought to life by a mesmerizing Barbara Sukowa in a new film by Margarethe von Trotta. Despite all of its scenes about ideas thrashed out at cocktail parties and in the office of New Yorker editor William Shawn (a droll Nicolas Woodson), and barnburner lectures at the New School, where Arendt taught, Hannah Arendt mostly forestalls any complaints of talkiness, and it avoids the static portrayal of writers at work. (There is still too much smoking-while-thinking.) Squaring your own past with reporting duties is a theme — Arendt, a Jew, was a detention-camp survivor — and ur-woman's director von Trotta, in a thirty-year creative partnership with Sukowa, adds smart, grown-up girl talk about men, marriage and careers with Arendt's loyal friend, Mary McCarthy (a zingy Janet McTeer). Good, because Arendt meets painful opposition from other lifelong colleagues when she declares Eichmann to be merely obedient, incapable of envisioning the next horrendous step in his bureaucratic duties constructing the Holocaust. Historical footage of the twitchy Eichmann in his protective glass cage echoes the film's dark reenactment of his kidnapping from Argentina, mirrored later as Israeli secret forces track down Arendt on an early-morning walk, trying to strong-arm her into suppressing Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. It's the one time that the courageous Arendt, here more quicksilver than arrogant (as she is reported to have occasionally been), looks scared.
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DMA Makes Second Net Trade Group Acquisition
The two groups expect their combined clout will help them track the "overwhelming flood" of proposed state and federal legislation, a task that has become so time consuming for the Internet Alliance over the last year that it has slowed plans to expand overseas, said Jeff Richards, the Alliance's executive director.
"What we used to face was the problem of disbelief - the idea that [the Internet] would never come to anything," Richards said. "Now we're faced with the challenges of success. Those are not going to go away, so whether it's content-control, privacy or e-mail issues, we must operate from a position of coordination and strength."
The combination of the two associations doesn't involve any money changing hands. Employees of the Alliance, Washington, become DMA staff members, and the New York-based DMA gains the alliance's liabilities and assets, including intellectual property. DMA's members include more than 4,500 businesses in interactive and database marketing from the United States and 53 other countries, while the alliance has 140 member companies.
The acquisition is the DMA's second of an e-commerce advocacy group since October, when it absorbed the Association for Interactive Marketing, Washington. The two additions make the DMA the largest organization dedicated to electronic commerce.
"We've taken this step because the business world has, we think, been awaiting the creation of a strong, industrywide advocate," said DMA President/CEO H. Robert Wientzen. "This acquisition is symbolic of what's going on across the entire Internet industry. Acquisitions … are fueling remarkable growth and innovation."
Generally, the Alliance's membership includes larger companies and more mature businesses, as well as firms whose interests extend beyond e-commerce. The DMA foresees the Alliance taking the role of developing legislative and regulatory policies, while AIM focuses more on helping Net startups and entrepreneurs with education and networking.
Ben Isaacson, acting executive director of AIM, said he doesn't expect the lines to blur between AIM and the Alliance, both of which will operate as independent subsidiaries. The Alliance originally was established in 1982 as the Interactive Services Association and was reorganized last year as the Internet Alliance.
"The IA has been involved with policy for 16 years," Isaacson said. "They're a very old organization. They have relationships on Capitol Hill and, more importantly, on the state level." In contrast, AIM has little or no lobbying experience with individual states, he said.
Executives did not outline specific plans on managing the swelling tide of proposed Net laws and regulations. The DMA first worked with the Alliance two years ago to develop its Online Privacy Principles, a set of guidelines on safeguarding customers' personal information that is designed to promote public confidence in shopping online.
Privacy is a growing concern among Netizens, with 18 percent of Web consumers listing it as their single greatest deterrent to shopping online, up from 9 percent in 1998, according to a study from community site Talk City and conference management firm eMarketWorld LLC, Richmond, VA.
The alliance's board of directors will act as an advisory board for the larger organization.


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Jenkins defeats Sclhingensiepen in U.S. House race
November 7, 2012
Enjoying large advantages in money and voter registration, U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, on Tuesday was winning a third term in Congress over political newcomer Tobias Schlingensiepen.
Jenkins held a 55 percent to 39 percent lead over Schlingensiepen, a Topeka minister, with almost all precincts counted. Libertarian Dennis Hawver, an attorney from Ozawkie, had 6 percent.
The new wrinkle thrown into the race was the order by three federal judges in June that placed all of Lawrence and Douglas County into the 2nd District. For the previous 10 years, Lawrence had been divided between the 2nd and Johnson County-based 3rd districts.
But even with Democratic-leaning Douglas County wholly in the 2nd, Jenkins enjoyed a nearly 10 percentage-point advantage in Republican registered voters in the district that includes most of eastern Kansas, stretching from the state's borders with Nebraska to Oklahoma.
In campaign finance, Jenkins reported having $1.4 million in cash on hand in the final month of the campaign, while Schlingensiepen's warchest was at $50,420.
During the race, Schlingensiepen said lobbyist wining and dining and special interest campaign contributions were corrupting Congress, and he said Jenkins was part of that problem.
He noted that she took hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from banks, insurance and financial companies while voting against regulations of those interests that he said were aimed at safeguarding consumers.
But Jenkins, a former state legislator and state treasurer, said she voted against regulations that hurt small banks in the district.
She touted her record of voting against President Barack Obama's proposals, including a vote to repeal Obamacare.
"They believe government can solve our problems, while I believe that in many cases, government is the problem," she said of Democrats.
On the issue of Medicare, Schlingensiepen said the proposed overhaul that Jenkins voted for would have increased the cost of health care by more than $6,000 per senior citizen, but Jenkins said the plan was necessary to keep Medicare from going bankrupt.
The two also disagreed on funding to Public Broadcasting. Schlingensiepen defended the relatively small amount of government dollars, while Jenkins said she would pull the plug.
Jenkins said after the election she believed Congress would work on an overhaul of the tax system in a way to lower rates and eliminate loopholes.
Schlingensiepen had survived a three-candidate primary, defeating runner-up Bob Eye, an attorney from Lawrence.
Last year, Schlingensiepen, a minister at First Congregational Church, helped form a coalition to fight Brownback when the Republican governor proposed shutting down the Kansas Neurological Institute, which is a state hospital that serves those with profound disabilities. KNI remains open.
Jenkins, a certified public accountant, defeated former GOP Rep. Jim Ryun in the 2008 primary and then Democratic incumbent Nancy Boyda, who had unseated Ryun two years earlier.
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The legend of the escape from Alcatraz has always held that Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin would return for the 50th anniversary of their famed 1962 prison breakout. Tuesday was that anniversary. And while the men, who would now be in their 80s, haven't been heard from in half a century, family members went to the island for the first time to wait — along with U.S. Marshals — just in case.
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And yet, here you are, along with many other Jets fans, hoping and rooting to beat the Pats every year, despite your perception that all of the odds are already against you right of the gate. This is why the WWE is successful. You always believe there is a chance, no?
Sanchez just came out and said the Jets brought on "Tebowmania" and could have prevented it, and it put him in a bad spot. I remember you telling this board throughout training camp that it was all ESPN's fault, the Jets did nothing to invite publicity. Well, Sanchez has come out and said otherwise. What say you?
Ahh the quick change of the subject to get the negative discussion off of your precious Pats...
I thought what Sanchez said was good for him, he needs to develop a spine, it's his biggest handicap, I still think he has it in him to bounce back and I'm rooting for him.
As for the media obsession with the Jets, Tebow didn't start that, it existed well before Tebow, and it starts with the jackasses covering the team.
Great post CPA, and really great to see an open mind from reasonable people that were understandably skeptical of everything Jets, after being let down these last two years. Just like the recent thread about meeting Rex Ryan and finding out that he was a good guy, and dedicated to the team, and not the clown he's made out to be. This team is not far removed, and even now not for from further contention. Anyone with reason, can see that a QB, and a pass rush will put us right back in the mix. Anyone that says otherwise is buying the wishful thinking of haters, and defeatists. The Pats are not long for the center stage, and the stage they had was always tarnished to begin with. You trolls know that as well as anyone, and that's why you protest so emphatically. Your entire organization is questionable at best, and, you'll always be known as a low point in NFL history. The really sad part (for you) is that it's already been long enough since you've won to be considered history. Hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you can tell your kids about it while looking them in the eye.
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Holiday World and Splashin' Safari Mentioned on the Today Show
This morning, I saw a tweet from Holiday World mentioning that they were going to be featured on the Today Show. Conde Nast Travel, a travel magazine, named Holiday World and Splashin' Safari's Mammoth in the top water slide rides around the country ranking it with places like Disney World. Check out the video from today's Today Show below.
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Changing of the Guard
D.C. Schools has revamped its entire foodservice program and found that students, once again, will eat school meals.
In Washington D.C., "change" is not only a word associated with President Obama's campaign, but also with the District of Columbia Public Schools. In many ways, the 46,000-student district is mirroring the transformation currently underway at the White House. The district is under the direction of a new chancellor, Michelle Rhee, who has promised to bring the under-performing district to the top of national rankings. Within the district, the foodservice department, which had a $14-million debt for the 2007-2008 school year, has turned to Chartwells to revitalize its program. For a department plagued by money woes, less than stellar programs and options and dwindling participation rates, David Goodman, executive director, is confident that the department can do an about-face, stop the financial bleeding and entice students, once again, to dine in the schools' cafeterias.
"The schools had been neglected for so long," Goodman says. "When I came here in September 2007, [the program] was completely broken. The food was terrible. We were hardly serving any kids." In one high school, only 200 of the 1,100 students were participating daily. In another 800-student high school, fewer than 80 meals were served each day. Goodman attributes the low participation rates to poor food quality and choices. He says that cars from local restaurants would line up outside one high school, to sell items to the students. "One place was offering two slices of pizza and a soda for $6, so we knew the students had the money to spend," he says. "They just weren't spending it in our cafeteria."
Small steps: Goodman believed that if the quality of the food and programs increased, more students would participate. To test his theory, Goodman started pilots in two high schools during the 2007-2008 school year. Because of his background working for management companies, Goodman decided the best pilot would be one that had the same components of what a contract company would do if it were to take over the district. In the pilot schools, the menus and facilities were upgraded. The schools also received a makeover in their marketing schemes, staff uniforms and training. "What we found was that participation went through the roof," Goodman says. "For example, one high school that had 800 students was feeding about 100 kids a day. When we upgraded the food, we went to serving 500 meals a day and we went from collecting $80 a day in à la carte sales to more than $1,000 a day in three days."
This turnaround was a wake-up call for Goodman. "This put us on the notion that we had to find a way to redo all these schools as quickly as possible," he says. "We knew it would take a lot of money to redo these schools. We knew we didn't have the funds internally to do this and sustain it. We didn't have the funds because we had lost $14 million. We weren't selling food. We had the most baseline operation you could imagine. I had a high school with 1,100 students and needed only two employees to run the operation because no one ate there."
Goodman decided hiring a management company was the best way to get the project off the ground.
So last June, Chartwells took over the district. Goodman remains with the district as executive director and is the contract liaison. With the exception of a couple of administrative staff, the other 400 employees have been transferred to Chartwells. "We run like a contract administration office now instead of a foodservice office," he adds. "We watch what they do and make sure that they do everything according to the contract. They guaranteed to reduce our debt to $6 million, so that's an $8-million savings to the district in the first year.
"I think even Chartwells was a little shocked at how bad things were," Goodman says about the transition. "Chartwells has made a $4.3-million investment in the district for equipment and renovations. I think we will need $10 million just to get the equipment up to date in all the schools."
Menu changes: Based on the success of the pilots before Chartwells took over, Goodman knew that the food was the key to getting more students to participate. One of the reasons Goodman says the food was such an issue was the district's procurement process. "We couldn't just go out and buy from a normal purveyor," Goodman says. "It was a very rigid procurement system that wouldn't allow you to buy like a restaurant, where you could look at your menus and what your students wanted and then adjust your orders accordingly." Goodman says the district was forced to follow the federal government's procurement rules, meaning he had to decide before the school year which products and how much of each product the district would need. This meant that changing the menu halfway through a semester was nearly impossible.
To address this problem, Goodman created a "mini district within the district." Two schools started purchasing items from outside the district's regular procurement system. "We locked those two schools into the bids for other area school districts," he says. "We saw an immediate positive result. In one 900-student high school we were serving 60 to 80 meals a day. That went up to between 600 and 700 a day, and à la carte sales went from $15 a day to $600. We knew that this was just a test and that we couldn't sustain it for the entire district, but we wanted to show what could be done."
Goodman says the food quality and lack of variety were also huge issues. "Before I got here, there was a single entrée available for lunch. Now there are at least four or five entrée choices each day, and the food is better than the food a lot of these kids get at home."
Since taking over, Chartwells has done much to revamp the menus. All the high school menus have changed and five of the 80 elementary schools have moved from premade, prepackaged, frozen meals, to fresh cooking. Goodman hopes to change the remaining schools to fresh-made soon. With the move to more fresh cooking at all the schools, culinary training has become a priority.
In the year since upgrading the menus, participation rates have increased significantly. For example, elementary school breakfast participation is up 25%; middle school lunch participation has increased 13%; and high school lunch participation is up 99%.
Changing the environment: Goodman and Chartwells knew that altering the food was a major step in the right direction, but they also knew that the serveries were in dire need of repairs and upgrades.
The first school to get a major facelift was Duke Ellington School of the Arts. This 800-student high school was the site where cars from local restaurants sold food to students. In October, the cafeteria received a $600,000 redesign to include what Chartwells calls "environments," or serving stations. The environments are: Play Bowl, offering traditional favorites such as casseroles, roasted meats and hot vegetables, and theme bar days such as a pasta or Mexican bar; Ready Set Deli, which serves cold deli sandwiches; Crust & Stuff, with pizza selections; Wild Greens, with made-to-order salads; Grab a Stack, which has hot sandwiches, grill items and other specials; and Outtakes, which offers snacks and drinks from the Balanced Choices program—Chartwells' healthy selection program—and prepackaged sandwiches, salads and wraps. With six different serving stations, the students now have as many as six entrée choices daily, as opposed to the one offered before Chartwells took over.
The food wasn't the only thing to change at Duke Ellington. The servery was redesigned to add more lighting, bright colors and signage. The servery's highlight is the stage area, which has a lounge feel with sofas for seating. The focal point of the stage is an ivory piano on which Duke Ellington, the legendary jazz player, once played.
Since the redesign, Duke Ellington's lunch participation has increased 226%. "We're like a phoenix rising from the ashes," Goodman says about the foodservice department's transformation.
The next school to get a makeover was 1,100-student Anacostia Senior High School. This $400,000 renovation was done primarily during the holiday break in December and was similar to the one done at Duke Ellington. The cafeteria has the same environments and signage, but Goodman says one of the biggest—and simplest—changes was more lighting. "We had maybe 30 lights in here before and now we have 80," he says. Sconces were hung throughout the servery, adding an upscale element to the previously dull walls. Seating in the cafeteria includes four-top tables, high tables with bar stools and a lounge area with sofas.
All the stations are located together, with the exception of the deli because the speed of service for made-to-order sandwiches is slower than at the other stations and Goodman didn't want the longer lines to disrupt the traffic flow at the other stations. The redesigned cafeteria opened Jan. 7, in a ceremony attended by district personnel, Chartwells' employees and students.
"The kids have been so excited about the renovations and that the district would do this for them," Goodman says. "Now our main problem is the crowds. We have kids who actually want to eat with us. Some schools only have one lunch period, so we've had to set up more points of service so get the kids served quicker."
Goodman says the way the stations are set up at Anacostia will help with traffic flow because a students can go to any line and order an entrée from any of the stations, with the exception of the deli. The stations are set up so that an employee from the Play Bowl station can pass an entrée to an employee at the Crust & Stuff station.
Even though all of the district's 121 serving sites have not received extensive renovation like the ones done at Duke Ellington and Anacostia, Goodman says all of the schools have received some updates. He adds that even if Chartwells doesn't renovate all of the schools, he believes all of the schools will eventually receive a renovation with funds from the district. "A lot of big, inner-city school districts don't see the nutrition department as being that important," he adds. "But the new chancellor has made it a priority and really partnered with foodservices."
Other changes: Goodman says getting free and reduced applications turned in was another issue the department was having. "We had a 57% free- and reduced-percentage rate, but that number wasn't right because the applications had not been collected correctly," Goodman says. This fall the district ran a campaign to increase the number of applications it collected. Applications were put in immunization clinics and other places where parents often visited. A media campaign was also started to get the word out. Goodman says they received a 90% return rate, and the district's free- and reduced-percentage rate is now 70%.
Goodman also got all of the schools on Provision II breakfast, meaning all students eat for free. A breakfast in the classroom program also started this school year. Forty-five schools now offer this service. He is working to get selected schools on Provision II lunch as well.
A POS system was also installed in the district, to the tune of $1.1 million—$600,000 of which was spent to train the staff. Goodman says this has increased the speed of service and accountability for the free and reduced program.
Up next for Goodman and the district is to continue culinary training by bringing employees to work in the renovated cafeterias at Anacostia and Duke Ellington.
"We've come a long way, Kelly from Chartwells says. "We still have a long way to go, but I'm excited about that."


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These guys monitor supply chains, and they include tables with PCs, which gives their top spot to Apple, the next to HP, and Lenovo comes in third:
http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/2012-will-bring-new-world-record-pc-shipments [canalys.com]
The reality is that what they put out is total bullshit. They should only list manufactures, re-badgers should be totally ignored or put up as a completely separate listing. Who cares how many plastic stick on badges HP versus how many computers Lenovo made especially when HP didn't even make the stick on badges. So goes for Apple and all the rest of the re-badgers. So what are the real numbers, where does ACER, ASUS and even Foxcon et al actual come it.
It's about time the lies were dropped about reselle
As somebody pointed out, they're both really lousy at PCs and sell predominantly to corporate clients. They both use Chinese/Taiwanese components cobbled together in Chinese Factories and then ship them over here. One owns the rights to the old IBM brand and the other owns the rights to the old Compaq and DEC brands, so what's the difference?
Now if only Lenovo would hire Carly Fiorina as CEO, then we'd see a real battle.. Meg vs. Carly and we could host it on pay per view in the Octagon!
As somebody pointed out, they're both really lousy at PCs and sell predominantly to corporate clients. They both use Chinese/Taiwanese components cobbled together in Chinese Factories and then ship them over here. One owns the rights to the old IBM brand and the other owns the rights to the old Compaq and DEC brands, so what's the difference?
Completely anecdotal, but I think there's quite a difference. Between my wife and I, we've gone through 8 ThinkPads over the years--IBM and Lenovo. My father-in-law has probably used/owned at least a dozen as an employee and self-employed consultant. Other in-laws, too many to count.
Why so many? First, we're spoiled Americans and like to upgrade every 2 or 3 years. Second, we've found them to have decent resale value. And third, we keep going back to IBM/Lenovo because we rarely have issues with them.
And third, we keep going back to IBM/Lenovo because we rarely have issues with them. To borrow a phrase, they just work.
I've owned an HP (more than ten years ago), a T42 Thinkpad from the time that Lenovo was taking over, and a new T520. The HP was OK, if a bit fragile. The T42, as you say, just plain works. Damn near bulletproof, never a problem -- and it's been in heavy use for seven years.
The kindest thing I can say about the T520 is that it's flaky. Cores randomly, sometimes before it's done POSTing. The wireless networking is up and down, up and down -- unless it's just plain down. It's the kind of intermittent be
And third, we keep going back to IBM/Lenovo because we rarely have issues with them. To borrow a phrase, they just work.
I've owned an HP (more than ten years ago), a T42 Thinkpad from the time that Lenovo was taking over, and a new T520. The HP was OK, if a bit fragile. The T42, as you say, just plain works. Damn near bulletproof, never a problem -- and it's been in heavy use for seven years.
The kindest thing I can say about the T520 is that it's flaky. Cores randomly, sometimes before it's done POSTing. The wireless networking is up and down, up and down -- unless it's just plain down. It's the kind of intermittent behavior that you can't get warranty service for because it never reproduces when the technician tests it.
I bought the T42 because I knew literally hundreds of engineers from semiconductor companies who put hundreds of thousands of miles on theirs every year and they did, indeed, just plain work. And that's just what it did for me until it got too long in the tooth to handle the current workload. But if I could get a halfway modern laptop with the quality of that T42, I'd scrap this Lenovo POS for it in a hartbeat.
I disagree that you can't get warranty service. I've had many warranty calls where I say it's an intermittent issue, and they send me a prepaid warranty box and say "Check the intermittent box on the form and send it in". Even if it passes their pre-tests, they replace the motherboard anyway. One time, we even sent in the wrong laptop which had NOTHING wrong with it, and they STILL replace the motherboard because we checked the "intermittent" box on the form! Try it and see, I've had nothing but good exp
I'll second the notion that Lenovo's are NOT IBM.
I worked for a company that was a warranty self maintainer for IBM, and then Lenovo Products. The difference was night and day. IBM spent stupid amounts of money to make sure that their laptops could take abuse after abuse after abuse. I've seen anything from candle wax spills to systems run over by cars that would still boot. Lenovo's QA went downhill somewhere around the T400
I agree with you mostly, but the Lenovo W and T series is pretty solid. It may not be as solid as the T600 and T4x line, their T4xx and W5xx line is really good and blows away anything HP or Dell has to offer.
I've used thinkpads exclusively for small business and personal use since the early noughties. In this time I've bought roughly 30 machines every three years, so three or four generations. The ones I had the most problems with were T40-T42, still practically from the IBM stable, but compared to anything else (NEC, Acer, HP) I encountered they were literally streets ahead. The current generation we have is X200-220 and T400 series. I wouldn't touch anything that's Lenovo by Lenovo like the L or W series. Of
Servers were mostly IBM's rebadged to Lenovo
Meanwhile lots of IBM servers have been rebadged from other people, like MSI...
Yeah, I'm slow getting to this thread, but I had to reply to this one. Beating on Lenovo because it's not IBM misses some of the spectacular disasters that IBM put out in the last year or so before they sold the ThinkPad brand to Lenovo. We were an all-ThinkPad shop at that time and had great luck with T2x and T3x models. Then we got some T50s They all died within a year due to bad capacitors on the boards. That was at the same time that IBM hard drives were known as DeathStars...
Lenovo, of course, wan
They both use Chinese/Taiwanese components
You realize Lenovo is a Chinese company right?
That is in the top 10 'manufacturers'. While everybody has cut corners over the years HP, Dell, and others went too far. With falling prices in the lat 15 years even the poor can afford top quality systems. People are realizing that Dell and now HP are shipping crap. IBM/Lenovo has been going downhill all along although the difference is the company has made sure to release slightly better quality products than the rest. So it is no wonder people are going Lenovo.
Personally I would not buy Lenovo. They ship
I automatically nuke/pave/clean install every machine I buy or work on for relatives.
It's fast, it's easy, and I don't have to care about what was on it out of the box.
I just bought my first bilingual keyboard laptop and it is driving me nuts. I'm getting used to the Enter key placement, but that shift key is a pain. I came across this program which lets you remap the bottom-left backslash to shift.
http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/ [charter.net]
It isn't perfect. It works well when typing words and paragraphs, but doesn't work for highlighting or some other functions.
So don't install the whole HP printer suite. Go download just the print driver and be done with it. Best best is to get a printer with an ethernet port that support tcpip printing which doesn't force you to have usb-only drivers. Uninstall all the crapware they install, or better yet nuke and reinstall from known good sources so you don't even have to worry if it came pre-rooted.
Personally, bragging that you are elitist about what brands of computers you'll help your family makes you seem like an ass. S
I occassionally help some cow-orkers and friends out with their personal computers as well. Usually the problem isn't the pre-installed trialware or hardware faults. It's virus and toolbars, etc. Sometimes I'll take the time to clean it up, and sometimes I tell them just to copy off their data and then restore it with the recovery CD or partition (assuming it has one). When they ask my advice on what to buy, I usually steer towards a decent brand and if possible to buy a few steps up from the bottom of
I've bought many laptops, and thinkpads, even recent ones, are still clearly the best laptops on the market.
Great build, great keyboard.
Pricey, but has all the best hardware possible, and it works well on linux.
Everything a demanding software engineer might need.
I dont have mod points, so let me just repeat that, "Great Keyboard!". They simple have best tactile feedback I have seen.
All of them. They remain useful until they are completely broken, thrashed, just worn the fuck out dead.
That's why they are doing well. I pay a lot for mine, run them hard, and when they are behind the curve, they get cycled home for various things, until they finally just don't work, and that process is generally painless too.
I like the matte black finish. It's not sexy, but it endures way better than the shiny, "please don't scratch it" finishes on so many machines do. Maybe starting out a little less sexy has it's advantages. Black is damn cool in my book, and there is always that little brightly colored something on the machines, sort of like a great tie on an otherwise boring business suit. Perfect.
The keyboards are a bit noisy, but I like that too. Always have. I can type and type and type until the buttons are all worn, and they just keep going great, no worries.
Heavy little buggers, if you buy the more powerful ones. If I need to clock somebody with my laptop, Lenovo is there! No worries, and I can probably post to Facebook after doing it too.
Linux is well supported across most of the machines. I love that. A Think Pad was the first machine I ran OS X on too. Worked amazingly well, and was faster than the Mac I ended up getting soon after. Gotta admit, the touch pad on the Mac is better tho, but not by much. Some Think Pad touch pads need to be worn in. Once that has happened, they work much better. Weird.
By and large, I leave most of the value added software on the machines. It works well. HP is noisy, Dell just horrible, etc.... I get a competent disc burning kit, defrag tools, etc... Nice package that actually has some real value. On my latest machine they even tossed in the nVidia 3D licenses. Didn't know that, until I connected up to a new TV for some 3D CAD tests. Nice!! That's $14.99 for most of you out there.
Funny thing is I was not a fan early on. One ended up at the house, and I started using it. By the time I got it, the machine was a bit dated, but damn if it wasn't just great to use. When it outlasted some HP thing or other, I was sold. Typically, I get a top machine for work purposes. Need big RAM / CPU, nVidia, etc... Once it's done, it goes home for micro-controller related projects. Long life cycle on these. Worth it.
And... matte finish displays that are typically nice, bright, with fine dot pitches. They've wavered a bit on these on some models as of late. Gotta be a bit picky about that, but so has everybody else. Get the better display they offer, and it's no worry.
The few times I've ordered replacement things under warranty, they shipped 'em, the work wasn't hard. Once the machine ends up at home, I find I can service it much easier than I can the HP machines, which incorporate all manner of fiddly components, glue, buttons that fail, etc... Ugh. Dell sometimes does better, and is in my mind, competitive on this front. Apple? Difficult, but then their stuff works a long time too. Fair game they are playing, but HP is just losing big on this front. Get an HP, and you better hope it works, or service might be very difficult no matter who does it.
I expected some of this to fade when IBM let go to Lenovo. Very pleased to see they've kept the bar high so far. Hoping they continue.
One day they're at the top, the next day they say they're getting out of the PC business, then they say they were just kidding about that and they're back in the PC business. If I were purchasing equipment for my company, there's no way in Hell I'd buy HP. I'm not buying computers from a company that can't decide whether or not they want to be in the business of selling me computers.
I saw Apple mentioned above so I'll touch on my feelings about them. They've made it very clear the last few years that the
Absolutely right about HP. I wouldn't buy anything from them until they decide what kind of company they want to be and start showing us some of the great products they used to make but somehow lost their way.
As for Apple I can't quite figure out what they are doing with their laptops these days. I've got a MacBook Pro that's about 4 years old (still running Snow Leopard) and it's hands down the best laptop I have ever owned. But you know what? I don't want to buy a new one. They are nice machines but you c
I had a business-class HP 17", an EliteBook no less. It had the QuadroFX die bonding failure. In spite of it having a replaceable video card, HP had no replacement. (If you design a machine with an MXM slot, you are a stupid fuck. What a waste of money. Put the GPU onboard.) HP sent out a contract tech twice. Failed to fix it the first time, machine wouldn't even boot after his second visit. Took over 24 hours on the phone total to get a replacement machine. They sent me a significantly upgraded machine. I
A lot of verbiage to say something simple. Lenovo controls a slightly smaller percentage of the market, but their shipments increased 10% while HP's decreased 16% (info somewhat from memory, read an article about this earlier today). So make your own conclusions. This "not so fast... this other guy says..." nonsense is just silly.
Marvelous! The super-user's going to boot me! What a finely tuned response to the situation!


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The ladies are serving it up again. This time the ladies are in the midst of holiday preparations and planning the Sunday school's Christmas program.
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