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Your faith journey and your prayer life are personal. We know that.
But if you need advice, help or simply a prayer, we can help—whatever your beliefs and whatever your need.
Our new E-Chaplain ministry is for those who stay at our hospitals and those who don't. It's our way of "Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ" to everyone we serve. And this is not simply a prayer line. We're here to help with any theological inquiry or faith question you may have.
Once a prayer or inquiry of any kind is submitted, the E-Chaplain will respond and provide counseling, answer questions or give simple encouragement. If you'd like us to following up with a phone call, please let us know. If desired, an Adventist Health Care at Home chaplain can also make a home visit.This spiritual care service is also offered in Spanish.
While this is a major extension of spiritual care into our community, it is not a professional counseling service. We can provide a list of professional counselors if needed.
From a spiritual perspective, some of the typical issues we deal with include bereavement, loss, stress, loneliness, health issues, and relationship issues.


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Wackamole is an interesting application that helps with making a cluster highly available. It runs a service using multiple DNS RR records without the worry of one of the machines crashing — if the machine crashes, the virtual IP addresses it was responsible for will be managed by the remaining machines in the cluster. Wackamole is quite unique in that it operates in a completely peer-to-peer mode within the cluster. From the project home page:
Wackamole is an application that helps with making a cluster highly available. It manages a bunch of virtual IPs, that should be available to the outside world at all times. Wackamole ensures that a single machine within a cluster is listening on each virtual IP address that Wackamole manages. If it discovers that particular machines within the cluster are not alive, it will almost immediately ensure that other machines acquire these public IPs. At no time will more than one machine listen on any virtual IP. Wackamole also works toward achieving a balanced distribution of number IPs on the machine within the cluster it manages.
Download wackamole software
Visit the wackamole project:
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Google will settle a nearly two year probe for by the Federal Trade Commission that will see the search giant loosen restrictions on its patents, but will not noticeably change the way Google presents competitors web pages on its search results to its customers.
The FTC had conducted a two part investigation that examined allegations, mostly by competitors, that Google used patents to stifle competition. The FTC was also investigating allegations, by such competitors as reviews site Yelp, that Google was unfairly tampering with search results to benefit Google's own web properties — but has closed the inquiry.
Chairman Jon Leibowitz said the FTC's settlement and decisions — which were based on the examination of more than nine million documents from Google — will allow more relief to competition and consumers, and create a fairer playing field in internet search and advertising.
Leibowitz said the patent settlement now requires Google to offer "fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory" terms to any company that wants to licence patents — which the Mountain View-based company inherited when it bought Motorola Mobility in 2011. "These essential patents are the cornerstone of interoperability of wireless internet devices can talk to one another," Leibowitz said. "We stopped that abuse."
In a recent interview Andy Rubin, Google's senior vice president of the Android operating system and mobile content, perhaps ironically, told the Chronicle, "You know (the patent system) is broken when people start using it to crush competition…. If you're trying to make it so consumers don't have a choice in products, through patent law, something has to change."
Google chief legal officer, David Drummond, has voiced similar sentiments in the past.
The FTC also closed the investigation into Google tampering with search results by unanimous vote (though it can reopen it any time). Google will now give websites the option to opt-out of "web scraping" and display on Google's webpages. However, for most internet users, web discovery happens through search and Google is still the unquestioned dominant search engine. Such a move by a business would hamper the ability to be found on the web.
Otherwise Leibowitz said the body felt Google "didn't violate American antitrust laws." (Google is also under investigation for anticompetitive behavior by the European Union.)
The investigation did not examine the Google algorithm — one of the most secret pieces of software in the world. Google tinkers with this algorithm almost daily.
"We recognize this is a dynamic industry," Leibowitz said. "We wanted to be careful before applying sanctions."
An advocacy group representing tech giants like Oracle, Expedia, Kayak and Microsoft, called FairSearch, derided the FTC's conclusions "disappointing and premature."
A second advocacy group, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, which, among other tech giants, is made up of Google and, oddly, Microsoft, called it "the right call."
This is not the first time Google has raised the FTC concerns. The company paid $22.5 million to settle allegations that it bypassed the Safari web browser's privacy settings to target advertisements.
That the FTC will not do anything significant about Google's search practices is surely bad news to competitors. Microsoft, no stranger to antitrust investigations itself, and one of Google's biggest competitors, has taken a particular interest in the case. The company's general counsel, Dave Heiner, applauded the FTC's efforts and said Google's practices are an issue for all business, not just Microsoft.
One of Microsoft's other big issues with Google, Heiner noted, was that despite government scrutiny, Google hampers access to YouTube on Windows phones.
"Just last month we learned from YouTube that senior executives at Google told them not to enable a first-class YouTube experience on Windows Phones," he wrote. "Google dismisses these concerns as little more than sour grapes by one of its competitors."


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Product Upgrades & Recalls
phil&teds takes product safety and safe use seriously. We take the utmost care in designing products to meet or exceed safety standards all over the world. We are extremely proud of our safety record, and our proactive approach to product management. Sometimes, new concerns arise outside the testing and production framework that require immediate attention. We are proud to make positive, pro-active product improvement measures and if we consider it necessary, then we will recall a product. This is a good thing. Most recalls are "to repair", so most likely if we recall a product, you need simply register online & be sent the new part, for you to fit in your home. We know that your convenience & continued use of the product is important.
At phil&teds safety comes first that's why we pride ourselves on attaining relevant standards for all our products and keeping up to date with legislation in all our markets. The main worldwide recognised standards are the British/European (BSEN), Australian/New Zealand (AS/NZS) and American (ASTM). It is quite a challenge for us to meet or exceed product safety standards in all 50 countries that we operate in.
The following products have required such action:
|TS26 (Travel System 26 Car Seat Adaptors) - free replacement
|Early-model explorer and hammerhead buggies - free frame swap
|Frame swap
|metoo highchairs - table clamp sheaths
|Retro-fit kit
|sport v2 / classic v1 - hinge cover
|tott carseat - belt lock size (safety advisory)
|dash inline buggy - handle mechanism (certain models manufactured in 2008)
|e3 sport v1 - hinge cover
TS26 (Travel System 26 Car Seat Adaptors) – FREE REPLACEMENT
The TS26 Car Seat Adaptors attaches a Maxi Cosi, Cybex, phil&teds Alpha and Mountain Buggy Protect infant car seats to phil&teds hammerhead, black classic, explorer, dot, navigator and navigator with auto stop strollers.
Consistent with our commitment to safety we are making available to all TS26 customers a free replacement TS26.
Our continuous improvement process suggests that the TS26 is brittle at very low temperatures, and could break or crack. We wish to avoid any such incident.
Consumers should CEASE using their TS26 car seat adaptors and register online for a free replacement.
Note: problems with this form on mobile devices?
We suggest using a desktop/laptop or trying an alternative web browser.
Only the TS26 travel system is affected and is identifiable by an identification label on the right side adaptor. New and replacement TS26 have an updated label (TS26 2.0) PLUS an additional max load label on both left and right adaptor.
Any queries please contact our trained customer services representatives by email:
[email protected]
help & support
Webshop Support
Webshop FAQs - Webshop returns - Replacement parts - Shipping
Instructional Manuals
Video and Printable PDF guide manuals
Compatibility - what fits what?
Travel system matrix
Stroller accessory compatibility
Product questions? / How To's
Use the search to find a topic
Upgrades & Recalls
Read about important product upgrades
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We Sing Pop! delivers catchy tunes for the Nintendo Wii (review)
An exclusive title to the Nintendo Wii, We Sing Pop! is a classic karaoke game with new pop songs. The game includes two microphones and its is gameplay simple — it scores on how well you can keep a tune.
The game is difficult to watch. I like the concept of using and implementing the music videos, but they are intensely pixelated on screen and not-so-easy on the eyes. I would have felt better if the videos were smaller. Granted, the standard Wii does not output at the high definition that we're used to on most big-screen TVs, but the creators should have built the game knowing that.
I'm not a fan of the song selection, which includes Pussycat Dolls and Lady Gaga (see the full list below). And it's hard when you're not a fan of a lot of the music; if you like those songs, the game is spectacular, but if you hate them, you won't enjoy it. The songs vary, but mostly consist of just newer titles. I recommend parents the check the songs listed, as some may not be appropriate for children, like Kelis' "Milkshake."


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Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
Commentary: More fun with secession and states rights
Trying to lend one of his 2008 campaign speeches a little literary heft, Barack Obama borrowed a phrase from William Faulkner: "The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past." Four years later, the president may be considering himself, however ruefully, a prophet. For it looks like much of his second term may be framed by one of America's oldest, most persistent political debates — the one over states' rights.
The most direct, most publicized and least likely to succeed challenge to federal authority is, amusingly, the result of a White House public-relations misfire. The Obama administration, in a fit of populist preening, set up a website called We the People that encourages Americans to exercise "the right to petition your government" and promises an official response to any petition that gets 25,000 signatures.
The result: petitions to secede from the union filed from all 50 states. By early this week, seven had reached the White House's 25,000-signature threshold, including Florida's. Imagine the thrill of a referendum in which Florida's statehood was on the ballot! Between hanging chads, butterfly ballots and ballot brokers, we'd probably wind up accidentally voting ourselves into Czechoslovakia, even though it doesn't exist anymore, or maybe especially because it doesn't exist anymore.
Video from around the world
The secession petitions have several hundred thousand signatures, which sounds like a lot until you consider that about 118 million people turned out for the election a couple of weeks ago. Nonetheless, the petitions have provoked frenzied accusations of racism and even treason from progressives, who've conveniently forgotten that they were the ones talking about leaving the union after John Kerry's decisive defeat in 2004.
Redrawn maps of America ricocheted around the Internet, showing Democratic strongholds on the coasts joined in something called The "United States of Canada" while those that went for George W. Bush were consigned to "Jesusland" or "Redneckistan." In a distraught television appearance, Lawrence O'Donnell (who soon after would get his own show on MSNBC), predicted "a serious discussion of secession over the next 20 years" because "the segment of the country that pays for the federal government is now being governed by the people who don't pay for the federal government." (Now you know where Mitt Romney got the idea for his famous "47 percent" rap.)
Curiously, nobody called O'Donnell's statement treasonous. That's because it wasn't. The Constitution doesn't contain a single word about secession, one way or the other. But many of the Founding Fathers (including James Madison and John Marshall, whose opinions as chief justice created the foundation of constitutional law) believed it a right. Even Abraham Lincoln, who went to war to block Southern secession in 1861, was of two minds on the subject; he applauded the decision of a substantial portion of Virginians to break away from their own state and spearheaded their entry into the union as West Virginia.
Ultimately, just as its liberal counterpart did a decade ago, the conservative movement for secession will fizzle out, even in Texas where it's strongest. (If Texans really want to mess with Obama, they have a much more potent tool. The 1845 agreement by which Texas gave up its status as an independent nation to join the United States contains a provision giving Texans the unilateral right to divide themselves into up to five states. Add eight Republicans to the U.S. Senate and the president's entire second-term agenda is dead on arrival.) But there are more serious states' rights threats to the White House lurking out there, and not all of them come from the right.
Voters in four states — Alabama, Missouri, Montana and Wyoming — approved referendums blocking enforcement of various provisions of Obama's healthcare law. If their state officials honor voters' wishes, they can delay Obamacare's implementation for years with legal wrangling and foot-dragging. And the more successful they are, the more company they're likely to have; despite the Democratic triumphalism, Republicans still control the governor's office in 30 states and the legislature in 27.
Even more potentially threatening are the votes in Washington and Colorado to legalize marijuana. Obama has been a relentless foe of any challenge to harsh federal drug laws, authorizing scores of Justice Department raids on medical-marijuana dispensaries in states that have approved them. But the voters in Washington and Colorado (and their governors, who've pledged their support for the laws) are basically his own supporters.
So is California Gov. Jerry Brown, who — anticipating a similar vote soon in his state — last week said Obama and his Justice Department minions must "recognize the sovereignty of the states" and stop trying to "nullify a reasonable state regulation." A speech on nullification from a governor of California in 2012! The past isn't dead, it doesn't even need Viagra.


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Basic Scrapbook Supplies
Receive 15% OFF the highest priced item in your cart at www.PaperWishes.com.
Use coupon code SB101 at checkout.
This is a special one-time offer for your first purchase.
Scrapbooking doesn't require a huge investment. You'll need an album with sheet protectors, straight-edge scissors, adhesive, plain and patterned papers, a black pen or a computer and printer for journaling, and your photos. (Remember, all materials should be acid-free and lignin-free in order to safely preserve your photographs.) You provide the most important part—your memories.
Although there's a lot of product to choose from, here are some suggestions:
Scrapbook Albums and sheet protectors
Scrapbook albums come in 12"x12" and 8"x"8, the pages come with sheet protectors and you can add or remove pages from the album itself depending on how many pages you want your album to have.
Scissors or paper trimmer
All you really need is a pair of good scissors, yet many scrappers find they're lost without their paper trimmer. It allows you to cut straight lines quickly, easily and without the hassle.
There are many kinds of adhesive. A good basic is a glue stick, which is inexpensive and easy to use. I use the glue stick for embellishments and to glue journaling to the page. Zots™ are super stick dots used to attach 3-D embellishments like buttons, flowers and ribbons to a page. Simply press the embellishment onto the Zot™ and place it on your page. Foam squares give you added dimension. Simply use one layer for a little pop off the page or layer to give your tags or embellishments lots of lift. The only requirement is that adhesive should be acid-free. Do not use rubber cement.
A piece of paper will be the foundation of your scrapbook page. You might choose a patterned paper to convey the theme or story of your page (rose-patterned paper for a wedding, for example). Scrapbook paper comes in 12"x12", 8 ½"x11" or 8"x8"; your paper size depends on the size of album you are going to make. Paper can be sold by the sheet (also called bulk paper), or in coordinated collections like paper packs, which have 12 sheets, or books which have 24-36 sheets.
Journaling tools
A black pen is really all you need to journal. If you don't like your handwriting, or if you have a lot of journaling to write, you might try typing your story on a computer and printing it out, then adding it to your page. With computer journaling, you miss out on the handwritten aspect, but you can play with different fonts and sizes, and for those who like the spell-check feature, it may be invaluable! Just be sure that you print your journaling onto acid-free paper.
Your photos
Start small so you don't get overwhelmed! Begin with your most recent photos and work backward.
Now to get started... Visit How to build a scrapbook page!


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Conference to focus on creating bold future for Nebraska, Great Plains
Globalization and other factors are rapidly changing the world. To create a successful future, people in rural America must anticipate and manage this ever-changing environment.
With that in mind, the University of Nebraska will host the inaugural Rural Futures Conference May 8-10 at The Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln. The theme of the conference is "Connecting Innovation" -- a challenge to participants to interact and think boldly about the future of rural Nebraska and the Great Plains.
The conference is open to anyone, especially those interested in ensuring a strong future for rural areas for the benefit of all of Nebraska and the region. Registration for the conference is open until April 30. Cost is $120, which includes all conference events, materials and meals.
"The conference is designed to implant the seeds for a new culture of innovation around the role of higher education in supporting positive rural futures," said Ronnie Green, vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Nebraska and Harlan vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Frans Johansson, a New York entrepreneur and author of "The Medici Effect," will deliver the keynote address, titled "Creating Breakthrough Innovations." Encouraging conference participants to live and work at "the Intersection," where ideas from different fields and cultures meet and collide, Johansson's talk will emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in ensuring success in rural areas. Johansson has spoken to audiences around the world and his book is an international best seller.
Other speakers and panelists include: Joel Sartore, National Geographic photographer; Nebraska native Jay Keasling, CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California at Berkeley; and Jim Cavaye, associate professor of rural development at the University of Queensland in Australia.
Green and Gov. Dave Heineman will make welcoming remarks for the conference, and NU President James B. Milliken, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman and University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen are among the other university leaders who will make remarks.
The third day of the conference, May 10, will be a working session that allows participants to interact and discuss topics related to the future of rural Nebraska, the Great Plains and the world. The day will include a moderated "open space session" so participants can learn from their peers and tackle questions related to the formation of a University of Nebraska Rural Futures Institute.
"This conference is truly designed to excite faculty, staff, students, partners and stakeholders to provide feedback and a setting to build robust partnerships to address potential objectives of an institute focused on positive rural futures," Green said.
Members of the media are welcome to attend any part of the conference at no charge. Speakers will be available for interviews upon request; please contact the conference planning team at ruralfutures.nebraska.edu to set up an interview.
More information is at http://ruralfutures.nebraska.edu. Follow the Rural Futures Conference on Twitter (hashtag #RFC2012) and Facebook for the most up-to-date conference details.
Contact: Ronnie D. Green, NU vice president of agriculture and natural resources and IANR Harlan vice chancellor, 402-472-2808, firstname.lastname@example.com
Melissa Lee
Director of Communications,
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2 lbs blood oranges, peeled and sliced horizontally
3 lbs navel oranges (I used a mixture of Cara Cara and regular), peeled and sliced horizontally
1 red onion, sliced very thinly (use a mandoline)
2 bulbs fennel, sliced very thinly (use a mandoline)
1 1/2 oz freshly squeezed orange juice*
1 1/2 oz sherry vinegar
1/2 oz olive oil
1/4 teaspoon fennel pollen
freshly ground black pepper
Toss together the oranges, fennel and onion. In a jar or dressing container, shake together the dressing ingredients.
*I squeezed the juice from the flesh left on the skin from peeling the oranges with a knife.


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24 Oras Weekend January 19 2020
SHOW DESCRIPTION: Before the launch of the weekend edition, it occasionally appeared on weekends during special coverages and the weekend before the elections instead of airing GMA Weekend Report. Notable guest anchors (once appeared) for the special edition were Saksi anchors Arnold Clavio and Vicky Morales.
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The Mississippi Legislature wants to be the sole government body that controls its buffets, barbecue and sweet tea.
To that end, the people who govern the state with the highest rate of obesity in the nation have passed a bill saying that any law that might restrict what Mississippians eat or drink has to go through them — barring federal regulations.
That means that cities or counties cannot enact rules limiting soda size, salt content, shortening in cookies, toys in fast-food meals for children, how a menu is written or just about any other aspect of the daily dining experience in Mississippi.
The bill, which is on the desk of Gov. Phil Bryant and is likely to get a swift signature, is unique not only in its approach to managing the state's diet but also in its timing.
Informally, legislators are calling it the anti-Bloomberg bill, a reference to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, whose attempt to limit the size of sugar-laced drinks was shot down by a state judge this week.
It is easy to view the new Mississippi law with an ironic eye. As Representative Omeria Scott, a Democrat, pointed out during the debate on the bill, "Mississippi is the fattest and most unhealthy state in the U.S.A."
But the legislation is the latest and most sweeping expression of a nationwide battle in which some government officials, public health leaders and food supply reformers are pitted against those who would prefer the government quit trying to control what people eat.
"I can't defend what the statistics show about obesity," said Senator Tony Smith, the owner of Stonewall's Barbecue in Picayune, Miss., who introduced the bill after being approached by the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association. "But this is about personal responsibility. When I go out to eat with my three daughters they get waters. I don't need the government to tell me to do that."
Also signing on to the bill were associations that represent sellers of soft drinks and owners of convenience stores, as well as the farm bureau and the Mississippi Poultry Association.
The Food and Drug Administration is working on a new national menu labeling law that would require calorie counts on restaurant menus, vending machines and products from other retailers that sell prepared food.
The law was approved in 2010 but has proved difficult to actually implement. Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, the F.D.A. commissioner, said in a recent interview with The Associated Press that writing a new menu labeling law "has gotten extremely thorny."
Some states are saying that is plenty of regulation, and have designed laws to prevent more. Ohio passed a bill similar to Mississippi's in 2011 after toys in fast-food meals were banned in San Francisco and Santa Clara County and Los Angeles restricted the sale of fast food in specific neighborhoods.
States including Florida, Arizona and Alabama have similarly restricted local governments from regulating the restaurant industry.
But Mississippi's law appears to be the broadest in scope. Cities and counties cannot limit portion sizes or require calorie counts on menus or restrict the sale of food based on how it was grown, which would protect food made with genetically modified grain, a growing concern among some consumers, as well as the way livestock is raised.
Similarly, only the state can control zoning laws that would restrict some restaurants and favor others or mandate labeling of seeds that would force what proponents of the bill call "an organic agenda."
Mike Cashion, the director of the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association, said the point of the bill was to avoid having a patchwork of regulations that would be difficult to enforce and put a burden on small-business owners.
"We see the writing on the wall with what's happened in other parts of the country and we want to make sure we stay one step ahead of the process," he said.
Still, discussion as the bill made its way through the Legislature was often more about food and health than concerns over regulations.
In its government blog, The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson recorded this exchange between lawmakers:
"We've got an obesity problem in the state of Mississippi, haven't we? Of major proportions. Childhood obesity especially. Do you think that immoderate use of a Coca-Cola is good for a man?" asked Representative Steve Holland, a Democrat who voted for the bill.
"I don't see where it would kill him," answered Representative Gregory Holloway, a Democrat who fought for the bill by arguing that "if you want to go eat 20 Big Macs, you can eat 20 Big Macs."
"All right, what about the excessive use of a Coca-Cola? If you drink 10, 15 a day?" Mr. Holland countered.
"Probably would have some effect on your kidneys," Mr. Holloway answered.
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Below you will find many useful and featured sample applications created using InduSoft Web Studio or CEView. These applications were created using various versions of InduSoft Web Studio. Note: Earlier versions of applications will run on later versions of InduSoft Web Studio.
Feel free to download the applications and use them for ideas for your own projects and as an understanding of how the features work within the InduSoft product family. If you have any problems with these apps, please email us at email@example.com
Need help getting your project communicating to your PLC, controller, or other device? Click here to see the list of Communication Driver Demo App Example downloads.
Need more ideas? Click here to see our Forum Topic with lots more Sample and Demo Projects submitted by our great community!
Also, don't forget that we continually create new articles and topics on a wide variety of InduSoft Web Studio functionalities. Click here to go to our Corporate Blog and type your topic of interest into the Search Field on the page to see if we already have a blog on it!
Click on the application name or the thumbnail to download.
Shows how to create a 3D wireframe using the trend control object
Example communications using Ethernet t communicate to a MicroLogix PLC
Shows how to use the three InduSoft ActiveX functions in the MS Calendar object
This small application demonstrates how to create a custom pen selection dialog for a trend object. It also explores some of the advanced features of the trend object.
Shows different ways to use the Alarm/Event Control object
Alarm/Event Control object configuration
Transfering Alarm and Events with a CSV file
Demonstrates how to play alarm messages as audio (text-to-speech)
Shows how to play .WAV files whenever a new alarm is activated
Demonstrates how to prompt the user to select a reason for the alarm (from a pre-defined list of options) when acknowledging the alarm
Shows the functionality of how to delete files via script
BACNet test application presented in the Using BacNET for Building Automation and Control Applications Webinar
To use the symbol, specify the tag name, min and max values of the engineering unit range for the tag, the limit point for the caution value (i.e., when to start drawing the bar graph in yellow), and the limit point for the warning value (i.e., when to start drawing the bar graph in red). If you only want two colors then make the caution and warning limit values the same value. The project includes a screen called "main" that includes the TriColorBarGraph symbol that uses the tag called "Second". It also includes an exploded, unlinked version of the symbol showing how it works.
Demonstrates how to display on Thin Clients a custom list of files from a specific directory from the server.
Here is a sample application using the Internet Explorer ActiveX object functionality in your project, which includes navigation backwards and forwards. No scripting is necessary.
Click here for the forum posting about this Sample Application
This demo was designed with a flexible architecture, so it can be used as a template for real-world applications. Depending on the requirements, the customizations can be done mainly by changing values in a database (Building.mdb MS Access file, stored in the root directory of the application).
Compares files from two different directories (folders) and generates a CSV report with the characteristics of the files from each folder.
Demonstrates how to copy all members and array positions from a class tag into another with a simple function call
Demonstrates how to export data from a CSV file into a SQL Relational Database
Custom interface to select trend pens dynamically during the runtime
Gives some examples of:
Demonstrates how to use the TreeView custom widget from the product library, allowing the user to:
Demonstrates how to use the WebBrowser custom widget from the product library, allowing the user to:
This application was used in the Custom Properties in InduSoft Web Studio Webinar.
This application uses an ActiveX control (gr.finger) from "Griaule Biometrics" (http://www.griaulebiometrics.com).
Display an Excel file in a Grid object with the option to add new rows to the Excel file.
Brand: Software Toolbox
Demonstrates how to easily fill the area under trends with solid colors, color patterns or even bitmaps.
View the blog post for this sample application here.
This application uses a function defined in the main procedures called GetSSID. It is created using various VBScript Class Objects and their Properties which returns name of the wiress network that your computer is connected to in a MessageBox. If your computer is not connected to a wireless network, the MessageBox is blank. The function is called from a script in a button object on a popup screen.
Click here for the forum post related to this application.
Handling Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) in MS SQL Server Using the InduSoft Web Studio Database Gateway (StADOSvr.exe)
Here's a pre-built Hour Meter Linked Symbol for InduSoft Web Studio that you can add to your SCADA or HMI application. The Hour Meters in the application display elapsed time in 1/100 Hour increments (36 Seconds) up to 99999 Hours (around 11 ½ years) and the symbols have a "running" indicator.
Click here for the blog post related to this application.
The Hour Meter Linked Symbols for this application are here.
The InduSoft Web Studio IC104 driver is used for IEC-60870-5-104 communications for telecontrol (supervisory control and data acquisition, or SCADA) in electrical engineering and power system automation applications, with the IEC-104 subsection of the standard being suitable for data transfer over Ethernet. Additionally, the control field data of IEC-104 contains various types of mechanisms for effective handling of network data synchronization.
Click here for the Blog post about this Sample Application
*The IEC104 driver used in this application is an extra purchase. For more information contact email@example.com
This application demonstrates the basic features of the Custom Widget library included with v8.1 + SP1.It shows the PieChart, ImageList, Browser, Calendar, and TreeView Custom Widgets
This template was developed to give machine builders a "head start" when using InduSoft Web Studio to create an HMI for their machine.
How to open a generic faceplate screen and use a mnemonics file to configure it.Click here to see a demonstration video.
Three sample applications showing Multi-Monitor use with InduSoft Web Studio. These applications are discussed in detail in the Tech Note,"Using Multiple Monitors with InduSoft Web Studio".
Performance Management System Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Demo. Dashboard showing Availability, Performance, Quality and OEE percentages. Includes trend, treeview, up time, down time, and actual vs. target performance.
The instructions to run this application are:
Application Features: Runs on a PC or Server Platform Win 7, 8, Server 2008, 2012. PCDemo application is modified to display all screens in 1280 x 1024 (or 5:4 Aspect Ratio). Packaging and Conveyance added to Industries showing factory animation and modeling. Sample reports demonstrate Dream Report (optional). Production Line Cameras display line operations and simulations; speed up and slow down with the ramping/setpoint controls. Modifications cannot be used on Windows Compact 7 or 8 Embedded. Application will not display completely in SMA (Studio Mobile Access approved HTML5) Platforms (ActiveX not supported).Click here to see a demonstration video.
State demo for PackML
PackML is a SubWorkgroup within the Packaging Workgroup of OMAC.
For more information visit thier web site OMAC.org
PC Demo 8.0+SP1 Application
PC Demo v7.1 Application
The Pie Chart Application demonstrates how the Pie Chart and Legend symbols work.
Download the Pie Chart Symbols used in the application here
This application demonstrates the functionality of exchanging queried data between Active Objects, Data Objects, a database and a CSV file. It demonstrates the use of Combo Boxes and Grid Objects to make database queries and selectively populate the objects. Grid Object capability of selecting one row and placing results into an arrayed tag is also shown, as well as the Grid Object capability of outputting the entire grid contents into an arrayed class tag. This application runs in InduSoft Web Studio v7.1 + SP2 and above. For more information click here.
Built-in Recipe Management interface
This example saves history data into a MDB file in order to provide a self-contained comprehensive example. In a real-world application, it is strongly recommend to modify the Connection String (Startup Script) to link the project to a database with higher capacity, such as Microsoft SQL Server.
Shows how to use a database to store and retrieve recipe information. This sample application uses a Microsoft Access database, but it could just as well be Microsoft SQL Server or any other SQL database. Create new recipes, Save As, Load and Delete are some of the functions highlighted in this application.
This example project provides a way to do simple RFID Badge Management to a database.
This application shows how a Ship's Heading Indicator can be built using InduSoft Web Studio. The example uses a ship as the stationary point on the indicator with the dial rotating around it, indicating where "North" is, which direction the ship is actually headed, and what direction it is being steered. A video of this application running can be seen here. You can also view the blog post here.
Save Recipes as .XML Files in InduSoft Web Studio. For more information, view the blog post here.
The application demonstrates the use of various user and group security management functions.
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This application features a Solar Panel Positioning Controller Simulation and Animation showing Azuimuth and Elevation, Global Positioning Selector, UTC Global offset list and selector, and Studio Mobile Access (approved HTML5) Platforms using IWS version 7.1.3 and above.Click here to see a demonstration video.
Requires installation of 'ProEssentials v5 ActiveX'
This project demonstrates the use of manual SQL Queries and some display methods. On the opening screen, Boolean and analog alarm data can be generated which is written into the "ProjectDB.mdb", where it can be viewed and deleted, and on the second screen, data can be manually (ad hoc) queried from a portion of the MS Access test database "Northwind.mdb" or the "ProjectDB.mdb. The connection strings use the "Jet OLEDB 4" MS Office components driver/provider which is compatible with the Access .mdb files, and the connection string also uses the embedded function {$GetAppPath{)} to point to the databases in the project root folder. The Jet 4 driver/provider should already be on your machine if Office components have been installed. Other databases such as Access ".accdb" files using the Jet 12 driver, SQL Server Express, or MySQL can be used if the compatible driver/provider is installed on the machine and the connection strings are changed to use the new driver/provider. A blog with instructions for using application demonstrating the Jet 12 driver and .accdb files is located here: http://www.indusoft.com/blog/2013/06/18/how-to-create-an-ad-hoc-sql-query-in-indusoft-web-studio/
This application shows how to use X, Y, and Z Axis Control and Display in InduSoft Web Studio. A video of this application running can be seen here.
PC Demo including a demonstration for the Sugar Cane Industrty.
This is the application that was shown at the 2014 Fenasucro Trade Show in Brazil. The application is bilingual (Portuguese and English) which can be selected by selecting either flag in the footer. Screens are selected by pressing the desired button. OEE information will be blank until the "Refresh OEE Data" button on that screen is pressed, generating new sample OEE data. The OEE Signage will reflect whatever tier is selected in the OEE treeview control.
Demonstrates Hot/Stand-by redundancy for HMI/SCADA Servers, Thin Clients, and Controllers (PLCs)
To view the associated webinar video click here System Redundancy Webinar
Demonstrates how to execute a generic script that sets random values to all project tags continuously, so you can conduct "stress tests" with your project
This example allows 2 players to play a game of Tic-Tac-Toe (computer player is not supported). Some of the concepts used in this example:The use of multiple linked pictures, Array Tags, Web/Remote (2 players can be on the server or Mobile Access clients), Conditional logic
Demonstrates how to translate the application to different languages during the runtime
Shows how to insert comments (annotations) to the pens displayed in the Trend control. Click here to see a demonstration video.
Demonstrates how to display a label at the intersection of the pen with cursor, showing the cursor value for the respective pen.
Demonstrates how to export Trend History data from Microsoft SQL Server into a CSV file
Demonstrates how to save, edit, and delete profiles for the Trend control during the runtime, even from Thin Clients.
It is possible to create ToolTip displays that will enhance the Trend Object as they are using it, while maintaining the flexibility that the InduSoft Web Studio Trend object enjoys. Click here to see a demonstration video.
Retrieves Weather Information from third-party Web Service.
The demo application contains support for the Wind Rose Linked Symbol that parses the text-based data file (the Nov 2015 WeatherCat monthly log file for the example below) and creates the encoded data string. Users wanting to use the Wind Rose Symbol will need to create their own individual routines to encode their wind data. Details and examples are discussed below and also in the comments of the subroutine in the demo app.
Download the Wind Rose Symbol used in the application here
These symbols can be used when a zero-centered scale meter is needed. The bow and stern angle symbols were built using a linked picture for the scale. These pictures are included in the .zipped folder, however they have been embedded into the symbols. The other symbols have been built using native InduSoft Web Studio drawing objects. The value displays have been configured to show only positive values (for angles).
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Demonstrates how to display a picture or blueprint, move it, zoom in on it, and rotate it.
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Several recent studies suggest Bikram yoga may be effective
at improving numerous aspects of mental and physical health, including improved
sleep, physical fitness, mindfulness, and reductions in perceived stress.
Bikram yoga refers to the practice established by Bikram Choudhury, renowned
for its 105-108 degree environment and trademarked 26-pose sequence.
The first study, conducted by researchers at the Colorado
State University, investigated the impact of Bikram yoga on
physical fitness in young, healthy adults. Twenty-one participants were
randomized to yoga training or a no-treatment control group. The yoga training,
offered 24 times over eight weeks, was comprised of the standardized Bikram
sequence: 90 minutes of supervised postures performed in a heated, humidified
yoga studio. Yoga participants exhibited improved strength, lower back,
hamstring, and shoulder flexibility, and modestly decreased body fat in
comparison to control subjects. In contrast to other research, no changes in
handgrip strength were observed. In congruence with existent studies, the yoga
group showed no improvement on cardiovascular measures, or maximal aerobic fitness.
While interesting, this study had a very modest number of participants,
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The second study, a pilot evaluation of Bikram
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sleep on days where yoga was practiced compared to days yoga was not practiced.
The subjects' caffeine and alcohol intake, other exercise, naps, and yoga
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headband sleep monitors and diary reports. While they found standard measures
of sleep to be unaffected by yoga, they found yoga to be associated with a
significantly faster return to sleep following nocturnal awakenings. In other
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Wishing Stars™ is an iPhone-powered game you play at Disneyland (and coming soon, Walt Disney World, too.) Think "scavenger hunt." It's a real-life adventure that unfolds as you find clues, solve puzzles, and explore the furthest reaches of the park... maybe even some places that you didn't know existed!
"If you don't own an iPhone, then borrow one... yep, this app is that much fun. Wishing Stars is a must-have app if you're visiting Disneyland."
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The hidden "Wishing Stars" are recorded as secret GPS coordinates that your iPhone will uncover during your search. Clues lead to more clues, which lead to discovery of the Wishing Stars. Along the way, you'll unlock more Quests that will test your knowledge of Disneyland to its limit!
But Wishing Stars isn't just about running around the parks: some of the Quests take place in the queues (waiting lines) at the parks' most popular attractions, so you can spend your time looking for clues in the attraction environment. Bored while waiting in line for The Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean? Wishing Stars gives you a fun way to pass the time!
Wishing Stars is not affiliated with The Walt Disney Company in any way. It's simply a game built by someone who loves the Disney parks and is looking for new ways to enjoy them.
Click here to watch a demo of Wishing Stars!
"Wishing Stars" is a trademark of The Future of Pinball, LLC.
"A Disney-quality experience...
it kind of makes you wonder why Disney didn't do something like this themselves."
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Union Pacific Corporation Announces 15 Percent Dividend Increase for First Quarter 2014 and a $3.9 Billion Capital Plan for 2014
Omaha, Neb., February 06, 2014
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) announced that its Board of Directors voted today to increase the quarterly dividend on the company's common shares by 15 percent, or 12 cents, to 91 cents per share. The increased dividend is payable April 1, 2014, to shareholders of record on February 28, 2014. Union Pacific has paid dividends on its common stock for 115 consecutive years.
The Board also approved the Company's 2014 capital spending plan of approximately $3.9 billion, up about $300 million versus 2013, driven primarily by the acquisition of 200 locomotives compared to 100 locomotives purchased in 2013, and somewhat higher capacity investments. Spending on Positive Train Control is also expected to increase to $450 million, versus $420 million in 2013.
"This dividend increase demonstrates our confidence in Union Pacific's continued ability to generate growing cash returns on our diverse franchise opportunities," said Rob Knight, Union Pacific chief financial officer. "Our capital investments serve a critical role in supporting future cash generation and returns. The increased capital spending plan for 2014 also highlights our expectation of future volume growth across a wide range of markets in 2014 and beyond."
About Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP). One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain. From 2007-2013, Union Pacific invested more than $21.6 billion in its network and operations to support America's transportation infrastructure. The railroad's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000 customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
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The number of visitors to this year's Open House in Gosheim was overwhelming. On Friday alone, Hermle AG welcomed more than 1000 visitors to Gosheim. In total, roughly 2800 visitors from 1200 companies came to learn about the latest development trends in milling, turning and generative production.
The event also attracted an increased number of guests from overseas. Hermle AG welcomed more than 800 international visitors during the four-day Open House event. The largest delegations came from the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Denmark and Turkey. Good interest was also shown by attendees from Japan, India, the USA and many other European countries who used the Open House to discover more information about Hermle's latest innovations.
More than 20 interesting components from various sectors illustrated quite clearly the outstanding performance of the German company's products. For example, a ship's propeller, motorcycle rims, engine components and various tool and mould making dies were milled. Visitors were also able to marvel at traditional show highlights such as a sink machined precisely from a 260 kg block of aluminium and weighing just 40 kg once finished, the machining of a titanium blisk from an aeroplane engine measuring 800 mm in diameter and an intricate fan impeller which was re-manufactured for a 1959 Porsche Junior tractor.
The largest machining centre in the Hermle portfolio, the C 62 U / C 62 U MT (mill/turn version), which can machine workpieces weighing up to 2500 kg and cuts an imposing figure in the Technology and Training Centre, was showcased as a re-engineered version.
The guided factory tours gave visitors the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the state-of-the-art production and assembly facilities, the Hermle training department and Hermle's automation subsidiary Hermle-Leibinger Systemtechnik. Numerous lectures dealt with various issues from the world of milling and offered attendees very useful and practical information about the latest trends.
A special show featuring over 60 exhibitors from the fields of tool making, CAD/CAM, measurement engineering, software and control engineering was also well received.
Hermle service competence was demonstrated in a separate area at two machining centres. Extensive diagnostic and service tools showed users how quickly and competently Hermle Service can be on the scene to solve the problem at hand. The Hermle training department's presentation of training concepts was also a very popular exhibit.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 16, 2010) – The current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Feb. 16 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas, player information, Volley-Tweets, trivia questions and much more.
For the complete PDF version including a complete list of players training at the team's facility at American Sports Centers in Anaheim, the U.S. international transfer list, 2009 season stats and other fan interaction sections, click here.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. To what country has USA Volleyball processed the most female international transfers to compete in foreign leagues in 2009-2010? 2. Which player led the U.S. in hitting efficiency on the recent trip to China (two scrimmages and one exhibition)? 3. Which player led the U.S. in points and kills on the recent trip to China (two scrimmages and one exhibition)? Answers can be found on page four in the full PDF version (click here) of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS: With the Puerto Rico Super League starting on Feb. 12, several U.S. Women's National Team players and other Americans have completed international transfer paperwork to compete in the league. Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.) and Jennifer Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) are competing for Llaneras Toa Baja, the reigning Puerto Rico Super League champions. Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) and Airial Salvo (Farmington, Utah), both products of University of Washington, are playing for Lancheras de Catano. Katie Kimmich (Lakeside, Calif.) is competing for Mets de Guaynabo. Katie Olsovsky (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) is playing for Gigantes de Carolina along with fellow American Jessica Jones. Other American players who have recently completed their international transfer paperwork to play in Puerto Rico include Greichaly Cepero with Nuevas Indias de Mayaguez, Erica Lott with Valencianas de Juncos and Christal Morrison with Vaqueras de Bayamon. All told, 19 Americans are playing in Puerto Rico including Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.), who completed her paperwork a few weeks ago. Other recent international transfers processed by USA Volleyball include Justine Burkhardt with Austria's UVF Hagebau Schuberth Melk and Roberta Holehouse with Spain's CVRH Las Palmas. USA Volleyball has processed female player international transfers to 26 foreign countries in the 2009-2010 professional club season. For a full listing of the 146 international transfer, visit the full PDF version of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update.
MUSIC TO COLLYMORE'S EARS: Jane Collymore (Seattle) has built up a solid resume on the volleyball court, including time spent with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team since May 2005. However, her resume has been bridging into more areas than just on the volleyball court in recent years. Collymore is a three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American while playing at the University of Florida. As a senior in 2005, she was named AVCA All-America First Team and repeated her junior accomplishment of being named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. By the time she ended her career with the Gators, she had over 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs and ranked among the top 10 in 51 different statistical categories in Florida's records book. After her collegiate career, Collymore donned the red, white and blue of Team USA and played in three tournaments in 2006 including the Pan American Cup, FIVB World Grand Prix and TV Azteca Cup in Mexico. She totaled 10 points versus Brazil during the Pan American Cup, then added nine points in a second meeting against Brazil during the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix. Collymore was the prime American offensive threat at the TV Azteca Cup, where she was the second leading scorer among all players in the tournament with 77 points, including double-figure scoring in all five matches and a 23-point effort against Peru. Collymore's life made a dramatic shift in 2007 when she took a hiatus from the sport of volleyball and left the U.S. Women's National Team. Thereafter, she began pursuing a professional music career, along with time spent in front of the camera modeling for print ads and television commercials. For the complete feature, click here.
UPDATE TO SECOND TRAINING SESSION ROSTER: A total of 17 players are currently training with the U.S. Women's National Team during its second winter training block that ends April 9. The team training sessions, held at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif., are open to the public. Training times are generally Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., while Fridays often vary on times. Middle blockers include Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.), Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Cheryl Weaver (Washington, D.C.), Mekana Barnes (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Brittnee Cooper (Houston). Outside hitters/opposite include Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.), Katie Wilkins Kimmich (Lakeside, Calif.), Brittany Moore (Orange, Calif.) and Jill Collymore (Bellevue, Wash.). The setters training include Bryn Kehoe (North Bend, Ohio) and Nicole Vargas (Seal Beach, Calif.). The libero position has Jessica Fine (Tarzana, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) training with the U.S. Women's National Team. Further, Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), and Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) have joined the training session. Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) and Ellen Herman (Toledo, Ohio), who were part of the U.S. trip to China at the beginning of February, have return to Penn State and Ohio University to continue their educations. Some players could leave for pro opportunities or other circumstances, while the training group could expand at the end February following the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts set for Feb. 19-21 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
NATIONAL TEAM OPEN TRYOUTS ROSTER: USA Volleyball will hold its largest-ever single tryout for the U.S. Women's National Team held Feb. 19-21 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Open Tryout has 46 middle blockers, 42 outside hitters, 39 liberos, 31 setters and 19 opposites for a total of 177 athletes participating. A total of 81 colleges are represented among the tryout participants. Hugh McCutcheon, the U.S. Women's National Team head coach, will lead the evaluation process for the tryout. Karch Kiraly (U.S. Women's National Team) and Jamie Morrison (U.S. Women's National Team) will also take part in the player evaluations. As part of the tryout, athletes will compete for spots on the U.S. Women's Volleyball National Team program and the U.S. Women's Senior A2 teams. The U.S. Women's National Team program is open to athletes who have concluded their college eligibility and who wish to train full-time. This program could begin as early as February 2010, or when an athlete's scholastic or professional club season has concluded. Athletes who will have remaining collegiate eligibility may still participate in the program with participation beginning May 2010 or when their scholastic calendar ends. Athletes in college with collegiate eligibility remaining for the 2010 season and not selected to the USA Women's National Team may be invited to participate in the USA Senior A2 Team. This program is tentatively scheduled to take place in Phoenix from May 24 through June 2. A projected 24 athletes will be invited to participate in the program, which will include training and competition in the 2010 USA Adult Open Championships in the Open Division from May 29-June 1. USA Volleyball considers the event as the National Championship for the sport of volleyball in the United States. The U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout is the only path for a collegiate volleyball player with remaining eligibility to access the U.S. National Team and have an opportunity to be named to the 2010 FIVB World Championship to be played Oct. 29-Nov. 14. For the complete press release, click here.
METCALF PROVIDE OFFENSE IN BRAZIL: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Games roster, is in Brazil playing for Usiminas/Minas of the Brazilian Superliga. Metcalf chalked up 25 points in leading her squad to a 26-24, 25-20, 18-25, 25-17 victory over third-place Unilever on Feb. 11. She managed 23 kills on 53 swings to go with a block and kill in the victory. Now 2-0 in the second phase and 9-5 overall in the Brazilian Superliga, Usiminas plays Pauta on Feb. 17 and Cativa on Feb. 19 in its next league matches.
BERG PUSHING ITALIAN TEAM TO TOP: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), a setter on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team which won the silver medal in Beijing, is playing for MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese of the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. Berg helped Villa Cortese to a 25-15, 25-20, 20-25, 25-23 victory over Asystel Volley Novara on Feb. 14. With Berg setting, Villa Cortese converted 39 percent of its attacks into kills with a .256 hitting efficiency. Villa Cortese continues to rank second in the Serie A standings with a 12-4 record and 35 points. It faces fifth-place Chateau d'Ax Urbino Volley on Feb. 21 in the next regular season match. To follow Berg throughout the season, check out her blog at lindseyberg.blogspot.com.
BOWN COMPETING FOR JESI: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda,Calif.), a three-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi in the Italian Serie A professional league. Jesi dropped a 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 25-21 match to 11th-place RebecchiLupa Piancenza on Feb. 14. Bown contributed 10 kills on 18 swings with just two errors to go with an ace for 11 points in the loss. She held a .444 hitting efficiency in the contest. Jesi, now 10-6 on the season and in fourth place with 30 points, plays eighth-place Asystel Volley Novara on Feb. 21 in its next match.
TOM, ASYSTEL VOLLEY NOVARA: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time Olympian and member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medal roster, is competing for Asystel Volley Novara in the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. In a four-set loss to MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese on Feb. 14, Tom scored a team-high 20 points with 16 kills on 39 attempts and just four errors in hitting .308 for the match. Novara, currently 8-8 on the season and in eighth place in the Serie A standings, plays fourth-place Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi on Feb. 21 in its next Serie A match. Before its return to the Serie A action, Novara concludes its home-and-home CEV Indesit Champions League Playoff 12 round match with Poland's Enion Energia Dabrowa Gornicza on Feb. 16. Novara won the first match in five sets.
BARBOZA WITH TORAY IN JAPAN: Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team and alternate on both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games rosters, is playing in her first professional volleyball season in Japan V-League with Toray. Barboza helped Toray to consecutive five-set victories this past weekend. She scored 10 kills on 19 swings to go with a block for 11 points in a 19-25, 18-25, 25-13, 25-23, 15-12 come-from-behind victory over second-place Hisamitsu on Feb. 13. Barboza charted 12 kills on 25 attempts along with two aces for 14 points in a 22-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11 victory over third-place Denso on Feb. 14. For the weekend, she tallied 22 kills on 44 swings with just four errors for a .409 hitting efficiency. Toray, now 12-6 on the season and in third place, travels to Ehime on Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 for matches against sixth-place NEC and fifth-place Okayama.
NNAMANI, GLASS PACING PROSTEJOV IN CZECH REPUBLIC: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) and Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) continue to lead their Czech Republic professional team Prostejov. The squad concluded its regular season with a 20-0 record. During the regular season, Nnamani converted 49 percent of her attacks into kills with a .365 hitting efficiency. She added 12 blocks and 13 aces for 189 points. Glass chipped in a similar 49 kill percent with a .369 hitting efficiency. She contributed 13 blocks and nine aces for 104 points in 29 sets. Glass also held a 70 percent positive reception on 123 attempts. In CEV Indesit Champions League Playoff 12 round action, Prostejov lost a tough four-set match to Italy's Scavolini Pesaro 30-28, 19-25, 25-22, 26-24 on Feb. 11. Nnamani scored a team-high 22 points in the loss as she piled up 16 kills on 36 attacks, five blocks and an ace from her opposite position. Glass added 11 points via 10 kills on 29 attempts and one block. She was credited with a 76 positive percent on 41 service receptions. Prestojov has the home-and-home rematch with Pesaro on Feb. 18.
RICHARDS, SYKORA HELPING OMICHKA TO RUSSIAN FOREFRONT: Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), an outside hitter and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, and three-time U.S. Olympian Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) are playing in the Russia Super League with Omichka in Omsk. Omichka won its second match in a row with a 25-17, 25-18, 25-21 victory over University-Technolog of Belgorod on Feb. 15. Richards totaled 15 points with 11 kills on 22 attempts, three blocks and an ace. Sykora passed at a 82 percent perfect mark and had 16 digs. The victory maintains Omichka's second-place spot in the Russian Super League standings with a 12-4 record and 28 points. Omichka faces fifth-place Dinamo-Krasnodar in its next match on Feb. 21.
FAWCETT SCORING IN RUSSIA: Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), a U.S. Women's National Team player, continues to pay dividends for Dinamo-Yantar after joining the team in mid-season. Fawcett scored a team-high 13 points with 10 kills on 28 swings, two aces and a block against Avtodor-Metar on Feb. 14, but it was not enough in a 25-19, 25-22, 25-17 loss. Dinamo-Yantar, now 7-9 on the season, looks to rebound on Feb. 20 against Uralochka-NTMK in a battle of teams tied for seventh place in the Russian Super League standings.
LARSON PUSHING DINAMO KAZAN TO NEW HEIGHTS: Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) is playing in her first professional season of her career in the Russia Superliga with Dinamo Kazan. Her squad lost a 25-14, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20 match to fifth-place Dinamo Krasnodar on Feb. 14. Dinamo Kazan is now 8-8 on the season with 24 points for sixth-place in the league standings. It challenges league-leader and undefeated Dinamo Moscow on Feb. 21 in the 17th round of the league's regular season.
JOINES TAMAS, BUSSE WITH TOA BAJA: Jen Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) and Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), both members of the U.S. Women's National Team, are playing for 2009 Puerto Rico League champion Toa Baja in 2010. In its first match of the season, Toa Baja lost to Catano 18-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-20 on Feb. 12. Busse collected 14 points with 10 kills, three blocks and an ace. Joines Tamas added 10 points with eight kills and two aces. The Llaneras rebounded to defeat Ponce 25-17, 25-23, 19-25, 25-15 on Feb. 14. Joines Tamas produced eight points, while Busse chipped in six points. Canadian Stacy Gordon, who plays for Toa Baja and was a co-AVCA National Player of the Year in 2004 playing at Ohio State, had a match-high 26 points with 19 digs.
THOMPSON, SALVO WITH CATANO: Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.), a setter with the U.S. Women's National Team, and Airial Salvo (Farmington, Utah) are playing for Catano de Lancheras of the Puerto Rico Superliga. In the league's season-opening match, Thompson helped Catano to a 18-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-20 victory over defending league champion Toa Baja on Feb. 12. She scored two aces, nine assists and 20 digs in running the Lancheras offense in its first-ever match. Catano secured its second victory in as many matches as it defeated Caguas 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 on Feb. 15. Thompson had five assists and a block in driving the offense to victory. Salvo totaled 12 kills and eight digs in the victory.
SPICER WITH PONCE: Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.), a setter with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Ponce of the Puerto Rico Superliga in 2010. She recorded 12 assists, three blocks and eight digs in a three-set loss to Bayamon on Feb. 13 to open the league season. Spicer tallied seven points with four kills, two blocks and an ace in a four-set loss to Toa Baja on Feb. 14. She added 10 assists and 14 digs in the match in a near triple-double performance.
WILKINS WITH GUAYNABO: Katie Wilkins (Lakeside, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for the Mets of Guaynabo in the Puerto Rico Superliga. She tallied a team-high 14 points in a four-set loss to Caguas on Feb. 13. Guaynabo rebounded to edge Corozal in a five-set victory on Feb. 14.
OTHER AMERICAN HIGHLIGHTS IN PUERTO RICO: Christal Morrison pocketed a match-high 15 points in a three-set Bayamon victory over Ponce on Feb. 13. Bayamon teammate Erin Moore added 13 points. Playing in her professional debut, Sarah Ammerman scored a team-high 12 points for Ponce in the match against Bayamon…Jessica Jones tallied 24 points for Carolina, but it was not enough as her team lost in five sets to Mayaguez on Feb. 13. Katie Olsovsky, who has played for the U.S. Women's National Team in the past, tallied 10 points in the match for Carolina…Erin Moore totaled 21 points and Christal Morrison added 15 in Bayamon's five-set win over Juncos on Feb. 14. On the opposite side of the net, Kelly Wing scored 20 points for Juncos and Erica Lott tallied 10 points…Kristee Porter produced 13 points and Kaitlin Sather hammered down 11 points as her Corozal team swept Mayaguez…Jessica Jones and Katie Olsovsky had matching team-high 19 points in leading Carolina to a four-set victory over Juncos on Feb. 14. Juncos was led by Kelly Wing's match-high 23 points and Erica Lott's 19 points…Sarah Ammerman tallied 17 points and 12 digs in Ponce's four-set loss to defending champion Toa Baja on Feb. 14.
COLLEGE COACH DAY IN ANAHEIM: The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team coaching staff has initiated a new program called Coaching Outreach Program (COP) to promote the exchange of coaching ideas between the U.S. Women's National Team and college community. The U.S. Women's National Team coaching staff of head coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand), assistant coach Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) and assistant coach/technical coordinator Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.) developed the foundation of the COP program last summer with several goals in mind. The intentions of the program are three-fold: 1. Develop professionally as a group; 2. Build bridges and improve lines of communication between the U.S. National Team staff and the college coaching community; and 3. Catalyze discussion about best practices in teaching and learning. After the first session held Feb. 9-10 attracted 20 coaches, the second session that started on Feb. 15 at the USA National Team Center located in the American Sports Centers in Anaheim brought in an additional 10 college coaches. For more information on the COP program, click here.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. USA Volleyball has process 22 female player international transfers to Spain in 2009-2010. 2. Tracy Stalls hit .454 with 12 kills on 22 swings with two errors. 3. Megan Hodge had 33 kills (.382 hitting efficiency on 68 swings) and four blocks for 37 points (second was Jill Collymore with 28 kills and 35 points).


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