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An early Christian writer whose name is lost to us wrote these words in a homily to describe the meaning of this silent day of transition:
Rise, let us leave this place, for you are in me and I am in you; together we form only one person and we cannot be separated.
After the drama of trauma there is the long aftermath of ordinariness. It is like a powerful wave of the sea that hit the land with great force and is now being sucked back into the ocean. You even wonder if the great crash ever happened at all, so quiet and empty and mundane everything seems.
As we accept the uneventfulness and the untimed waiting, however, something emerges. It transpires through the immeasurable emptiness that is all that is left. A sense grows of union with what we will not ever again see in the same way. A mutual inwelling and presence to one another in a greater presence that contains everything. Even in the residual grief of the loss a new kind of peace also shows in an awareness that this new union is as definitive and permanent as the very loss that lies behind it.
So even when nothing is happening – as we learn in the emptiness of meditation where we experience death and resurrection daily – new life has begun to emerge. In the mind of Christ we see that there are two creations, both beautiful and terrible. The first is marked by mortality, the horizon beyond which we can see nothing. The new creation is known by those who awaken to their being one person with the one person who comes back to us over that horizon. By Fr Laurence Freeman


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If you were lucky enough to unwrap an iPad 2 this holiday season, we've got all the information you need to turn yourself from iPad novice to ninja before the turn of the New Year.
Before we get started with the really fun stuff, let's go through some of the basics of the getting started checklist.
Update or download iTunes
If you are already an iOS device (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) or Mac owner, this will all likely be familiar to you so feel free to skip on ahead a little bit. But if you are new to Apple products in general, you'll want to make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes on your computer which you can download from Apple directly. iTunes is the command center of all things iOS, through which you will manage the media and apps on your iPad.
Plug it in
Once you have iTunes up and running and have signed up for an Apple ID, go ahead and plug your iPad 2 into the USB port of your computer to sync it with iTunes and kick this process into high gear.
Clean sync
Within iTunes, you'll see your new iPad show up in the left column. Clicking on your iPad will take you to its command center where you will sync the device and add any content you wish to have on it. I always recommend a clean sync before trying to sync any music, movies or apps to make sure the process goes smoothly the first time around and everything is set up properly.
Register your new iPad
While you're in setup mode (and before you are distracted by the boatload of apps about to own your attention), go ahead and follow these simple steps to register your iPad with Apple. Registration is useful to allow Apple to keep you in step with system updates and product announcements as well as in the unfortunate case your iPad is lost or stolen. Once you've taken these simple steps, it's time to get back to the good stuff.
Fill it up
Back to iTunes. Go ahead and choose the music, photos, and other media that you want to sync from your computer to the iPad along with any apps that have struck your fancy in the App Store (quick tip: look for iPad optimized apps that are either "universal" across all iOS devices or developed specifically for the iPad) and sync again to move all that content over to your iPad.
Time to go hands-on
Let's leave iTunes behind us now and get to know the iPad itself. Luckily, our crack staff here at Digital Trends has already pulled together a great overview of Apple iOS 5 for you to learn about the newest features within Apple's mobile operating system. One of the most important new features being the integration of Apple's iCloud service. Sign in, and iCloud transparently takes care of syncing music, video, pictures, email, calendars, contacts, and more between your devices. Here's a deeper dive into the benefits of iCloud and some things to consider before using it. Here's a link to Apple's quick guide to setting up iCloud for the first time.
Set up the necessities
Once you've familiarized yourself with the device and the operating system, you'll want to go ahead and set up your email, contacts, and calendars — much of which is taken care of as you set up iCloud for the first time. Apple's support site also has some great tutorials on how to easily set up email calendar, and contacts on your new iOS devices.
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So you're nearly fully operational — now we just need to appify (that has to be a word these days, right?) and accessorize your new go-to gadget. Once again the crack Digital Trends mobile staff has already done the heavy lifting for you.
- Looking for the best accessories to "pimp your iPad"? Look no further, as we've already scoured the Internet on your behalf.
- Need the perfect case? Don't be afraid to hit up Etsy for something unique or follow our lead once more.
- Of course no iPad is complete without the best library of apps you can find. Hit up the Digital Trends Buying Guide to get the best games, media, music & video, utilities or sports apps we could unearth in the Best iPad Apps Guide.
- And don't think for one second that your new iPad is truly yours, especially if you have kids. My girls had their hands on my new iPad within the hour after I opened it. Trust me, you better have queued up some content for them — what better way than our Best iPad Apps for Kids list?
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Bones Review: We RememberMiranda Wicker at .
Is it just me... or did this not feel like the same Bones we've been watching for the past several episodes? Because this didn't feel like the same show. In fact, this felt like a return to the old Bones, pre-Christine maybe.
While "The Patriot in Purgatory" didn't do anything in the way of advancing the plot for this season, it was moving and engaging in a way the past few weeks haven't been, leaving me hopeful for what's to come.
I have to admit that I went into tonight's episode a bit skeptical. Cam's preparation of the squinterns and the five of them practically tripping over one another to figure out the mystery of the remains on the table set a tone of silliness that was perpetuated by Bones channeling her inner basketball coach.
As we covered last week, Fisher isn't my favorite, and I anticipated another episode centering not on our main duo, but on the peripheral characters who flesh out the cast. Bones as "coach" felt out of character and borderline ridiculous, particularly when she handed out butt-slaps after assigning the squinterns the task of identifying the as-yet unidentified remains.
I understand the need for comic relief in the midst of tragedy, and I know that was the purpose of the basketball coach imitation, but after viewing the episode and looking at it as a whole, the comedic moments tonight felt unnecessary because of how purpose-driven this episode was with regards to uncovering both the identity of the man and how he died.
To me, this hour didn't feel like a tragedy. It felt like a tribute both to an infamous day in our nation's history and to the characters we know and love.
This was a perfect balance of the motivations of both the main and supporting cast. We were able to understand what inspired each of them to seek the identity of the homeless man and solve his death.
Booth saw a fellow soldier who deserved dignity, a man who died a hero. Brennan and the squinterns felt compelled to use their science to help those bones find rest. Cam was in New York on 9/11 and witnessed that horror firsthand. Angela is a sweet spirit and gentle soul who sees the dead as the people they were instead of bones on a table. Hodgins, who would ordinarily have a conspiracy theory at the ready, had none.
Booth's desire to carry out the mission of Tim Murphy was compelling, as was Bones' desire to give Booth what she knew he neede: -closure for a man whom he saw as a fellow soldier. This gave us that connection between Booth and Bones that seems to have been missing in the past few weeks.
As the squinterns had their heated moments and shared their stories of where they'd been, I found myself rapt and invested in hearing their tales. None of the characters tonight felt like caricatures. They all felt like friends.
Despite the fact that I'm a television reviewer, I'm also a spoiler-phobe. I usually go into episodes knowing only what's been released to the public.
I knew that tonight would be about September 11th, but I didn't know how much the episode would affect me. How it would gently force me to remember where I was and what I was doing that morning in 2001 when planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
Many shows have tried to pay homage to 9/11 and few, I think, have done it in a way as nice as Bones did tonight. Bravo, Bones.
Did you think "The Patriot in Purgatory" was as well done as I did?
Miranda Wicker is a Staff Writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter.


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ScienceDaily (July 30, 2012) — Ingesting the hormone oxytocin via nasal spray improves the ability to read people's facial expressions. These findings hold great promise for treatment of mental health disorders and drug addiction.
An instrument was used to measure dilation of the pupils and how test subjects focused their gaze while solving tasks on a computer screen in front of them. (Credit: Olga Chelnokova)
In other contexts, oxytocin is already well-known as the "bliss hormone." The hormone is secreted upon stimulation by touch and is known to result in a feeling of calm and physical relaxation. It is also used to induce labour in childbirth and as an aid for women experiencing difficulties in breastfeeding.
Oxytocin has also been referred to as a "mindreading" hormone. Recent research findings show that there may be some truth to these claims — although the mindreading component may have a more down-to-earth explanation.
Angry people seemed angrier
As part of a research project carried out by Siri Leknes, a research fellow at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo, 40 healthy students were administered nasal spray containing a dose of either saltwater or oxytocin. They were subsequently shown photographs of faces displaying angry, happy or neutral expressions. Some of the photos showed individuals displaying more "hidden" emotional expressions which tend to be picked up at a more subconscious level.
"We found that oxytocin intensified test subjects' awareness of the emotions present in the photos. Faces expressing anger stood out as angrier and less happy, and correspondingly, faces expressing happiness were happier," explains Dr Leknes.
"We know that people express feelings in other ways than through facial expression alone, for example, by means of body language and vocalisation. We presume that our findings also apply for these modes of expression," she adds.
The study receives funding under the Research Council of Norway's Alcohol and Drug Research Programme (RUSMIDDEL).
Greatest effect on those who need it the most
There were two rounds to the experiment to ensure that all student subjects were tested using both salt water and oxytocin — without letting them know which dose they would be receiving each time.
"It turns out that those with the lowest aptitude for judging emotional expression properly — that is, those with the poorest scores during the saltwater round — were the ones who showed the greatest improvement using oxytocin. This is really fascinating; the people who need it the most are thus the ones who get the most out of using the hormone," Dr Leknes points out.
Based on previous research along with her own findings, Dr Leknes believes in oxytocin's potential as a supplementary treatment for people suffering from mental health disorders or drug-dependency. In fact, nearly all mental health disorders involve a diminished ability to recognise the feelings of others. The same applies for drug abusers.
"Oxytocin will not be a cure-all for mental illness or drug addiction, but it may be of use as a supplementary treatment. It may make individuals better equipped to interpret the signals of others around them, which may improve how they function in social settings," Dr Leknes explains.
Testing for treatment of drug abuse up next
Oxytocin nasal spray is available via prescription and is relatively safe when used as directed. Side effects are extremely rare. According to Dr Leknes, doctors are already allowed to prescribe oxytocin for the treatment of various problems associated with social functionality such as autism.
"In such cases, however, it's a matter of isolated treatments which are not evaluated as a whole. It is important that we research this to gain greater insight into the effect," she points out.
Siri Leknes and her colleagues are now hoping to take their efforts a step further and examine how well oxytocin works as a supplementary treatment for drug abusers.
"If it turns out that our assumptions are correct, then we may be able to come up with a simple treatment that would mean a great deal for people who find it difficult to pick up on the social cues of their peers," says Dr Leknes.
The Research Council of Norway (2012, July 30). Mindreading hormone? A better judge of character with nasal spray?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 31, 2012, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2012/07/120730094909.htm


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1. The bigness of the lie. Adolf Hitler said: "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." William Hazlitt said, "the greater the lie, the more enthusiastically it is believed and greedily swallowed." And Hannah Arendt said:
This doubt of people concerning themselves and the reality of their own experience only reveals what the Nazis have always known: that men determined to commit crimes will find it expedient to organize them on the vastest, most improbable scale. Not only because this renders all punishments provided by the legal system inadequate and absurd; but because the very immensity of the crimes guarantees that the murderers who proclaim their innocence with all manner of lies will be more readily believed than the victims who tell the truth. (The Portable Hannah Arendt; pg. 120).
2. Mythical archetype of Osama Bin Laden and Islamic terrorists. Osama Bin Laden's iconic image and the creed of Islamic jihad against Western civilization is exciting historical material. It makes for a good Hollywood script. People are captivated and scared at the thought of Muslims rising against their oppressors, striking at the heart of the West and destroying America's two biggest cultural artifacts, the Pentagon and World Trade Center. But it is fiction, not reality.
The imperial masters of fiction crafted the Osama Bin Laden myth to symbolically represent the new spirit of the times and the changing nature of the global order in the post-Soviet Union collapse.
How do you lead a disoriented and leaderless mob? The Neocons, CIA, Mossad, and MI6 know the trick. You put your own manufactured revolutionary figurehead in front of the mob to mislead it and misdirect it towards violence and vengeance. In this case that figurehead is Bin Laden. This trick works the same in every society and in every age. Getting in front of the mob with a flag and a simplistic creed to follow is one of the ancient tricks of statecraft.
3. Most people are children who are easily controlled by fear and mentally guided by authoritative rhetoric. They will believe any absurdity if voices of authority tell them it is true. Authority is their father, and government is their mother. The State is infallible to them. They are psychologically incapable of mental rebellion and of questioning government stories and government statements.
4. Peer pressure, and the fear of mockery and ridicule. A lot of people, especially on the left, are afraid of being called a kook and a conspiracy theorist so they don't ever go out on a limb and tell the truth as they know it. They believe it is insane to question the foundations of the official 9/11 story so they don't even bother to examine the facts and evidence that serves as the bedrock of the 9/11 truth movement. The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance.
5. Terrorism is regarded as a mysterious, hidden and arcane phenomena, and by showing proof that the CIA, Mossad and MI6 are behind terror attacks in the West we give people the knowledge to re-examine their beliefs and to act.
The idea that false flag terrorism can be explained by examining historical data (Operation Gladio in Europe, Pearl Harbor Attack, Gulf of Tonkin, U.S.S. Liberty) and by researching all the evidence complied by average citizens is an idea that discomforts a lot of people. They are put on the spot, because suddenly their false perception of the 9/11 events and terrorism in general unravels and shatters.
6. The financial-terrorism-media-military-industrial-Zionist-congressional complex is a beast of prey that puts out propaganda everyday to create a culture of disinformation and myth. This beast controls the most sacred opinions of the people.
As a result of the government-media war against the public mind the truth is mistaken for a product of insanity whilethe lie is cherished and protected. In this state most people are like fish in the water, they have no grasp that they are living and breathing in an ocean of lies.
7. Mass social, cultural, and political brainwashing. Western society is controlled by totalitarian governments and a totalitarian media system that includes television, print media, publishing companies, films, music, and other aspects of the culture industry. Conformity is preached and uniformity of thought is encouraged. A radical diversity of opinion about the war on terrorism, 9/11, and other government myths is not allowed.
8. A lack of knowledge of history. A lot of people are unaware of Operation Gladio, the U.S.S. Liberty attack, and the reality of false flag terrorism.
9. A lack of skepticism, curiosity and a sense of wonder. 9/11 truth deniers believe all knowledge about terrorism is settled, and that the government has a monopoly on truth. So they feel free to give up their mental independence on the question of 9/11 and go with the flow instead of using their analytical skills to dig deeper.
10. A lack of humility to admit ignorance. 9/11 truth deniers have a very high opinion of themselves and a low opinion of 9/11 truth-tellers. Why? Because they are arrogant, fearful and close-minded individuals.
11. The 9/11 lie is sacred. To question the lie and say the shadow governments of the United States and Israel were behind the attacks is sacrilegious and blasphemes. Questioning the lie threatens not just an entire worldview, but civilization as we know it. The individual's sense of well-being is based on the lie being real, and he/she undergoes the terror of psychological transformation when coming to face to face with the monstrous truth about 9/11.
The lie is a psychological attack on the community, the individual, and nature. The criminal conspirators behind the attacks and the cover-up want to destroy not just the truth and the dark history of that day, but the very idea of truth itself.
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England Rugby 2015 (ER 2015), the tournament organiser for Rugby World Cup 2015, has today announced the long list of 17 potential match venues for consideration to host the 48 Rugby World Cup 2015 matches. The venues selected comprise some of sport's most iconic stadia with the best facilities from 15 different cities across England and Wales.
Confirmation comes after approval from the Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) Board and follows an extensive and thorough evaluation process, undertaken by ER 2015 in collaboration with tournament owners RWCL, host broadcaster ITV and commercial stakeholders.
The selection procedure for the venues took into account a geographical spread across the country, sporting and facilities criteria, levels of support from candidate host cities and capacity requirements for the successful delivery of a Rugby World Cup that will see approximately 2.9 million tickets being made available to fans, and upwards of 400,000 international fans visiting England from more than 100 countries.
In order to undertake the next stage in the venue selection process, ER 2015 will continue to hold positive discussions with the venues in collaboration with their respective city councils, regional authorities and other stakeholders, including the Premier League and Football League.
The Pool Allocation Draw for Rugby World Cup 2015 is taking place in London on December 3 2012, after which ER 2015 and RWCL will be in a position to work through the fixture schedule with all stakeholders to select a final list of up to 12 venues, which will be concluded by the end of the first quarter next year.
Following the selection of match venues, ER 2015 will also subsequently be selecting a range of training and team base camps at locations throughout the country, as well as numerous locations for fan zones, in order to deliver a sporting and cultural celebration that will bring together the British sporting community across the length and breadth of the country, and the global Rugby family, for a festival of world-class sport, culture and hospitality.
Rugby World Cup 2015 will involve 48 matches and will take place over a six-week period from September 18 to October 31 2015.
The long list of venues selected by ER 2015 and approved by the RWCL Board is as follows:
1. Villa Park, Birmingham
2. Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton
3. Ashton Gate, Bristol
4. Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
5. Coventry Stadium, Coventry
6. Pride Park, Derby
7. Kingsholm, Gloucester
8. Elland Road, Leeds
9. Leicester City Stadium, Leicester
10. Olympic Stadium, London
11. Twickenham Stadium, London
12. Wembley Stadium, London
13. Old Trafford, Manchester
14. Stadiummk, Milton KeynesMbr> 15. St James' Park, Newcastle
16. St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
17. Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Andy Cosslett, England Rugby 2015 Chairman, commented: "The selection of the long list of potential venues represents an exciting milestone for Rugby World Cup 2015, when fans up and down the country can begin to get excited about the prospect of one of sport's greatest events coming to their local city or town."
"Our vision for Rugby World Cup 2015 is to ensure that we take this prestigious tournament to as many parts of the country as possible and we believe that the geographical spread of venues selected will enable us to maximise the reach of the tournament. In addition, we will be selecting further venues for training and team base camps that will ensure that the rugby community is at the very heart of Rugby World Cup 2015."
"We will now continue to work extremely closely with the venues, cities and stakeholders, including the Premier League and Football League, to plan the scheduling of matches and city hosting programmes to select a final list of up to 12 venues, which will be agreed by the early part of next year."
"We are confident that with the venues selected we will be able to reach our target of having up to 2.9 million tickets available, opening up the tournament to more people than ever before and in turn delivering the biggest and best Rugby World Cup that there has ever been."
"The process of choosing the long list of venues was very competitive and we would like to thank the venues and cities who we have met for their full co-operation, including the venues not selected, all of whom provided us with their fulsome assistance and information required to make our selection."
Bernard Lapasset, Rugby World Cup Limited Chairman, said: "Rugby World Cup Limited is delighted with the range of locations and iconic stadia, steeped in sporting folklore, that have been selected as potential Rugby World Cup 2015 match venues. We are very fortunate that England possesses some of the finest sporting venues in the world."
"We have developed a strong working partnership with ER 2015 and planning and preparation continues to advance ahead of schedule. We are sure that this selection of sporting venues will capture the imagination of rugby and sport fans not just in England but all over the world. It is a testament to the strength of the Rugby World Cup brand that there has been such strong interest from a wide range of English cities and venues to host and be a part of one of the world's largest sporting events."
"Indeed, with a little under three years to go until the world's best players and their fans gather in England, we are confident that the eighth chapter in the remarkable Rugby World Cup story will be a wonderful success, and an event that England and the global Rugby family will be proud of."


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Crude Protein, minimum 28.0%
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Phosphorus (P), minimum 1.0%
Zinc, minimum 200 ppm
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Vitamin E, minimum 150 IU/kg
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, min 0.5%*
Omega-6 Fatty Acids, min 3.3%*
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile.
Chicken, chicken meal, oatmeal, whole grain brown rice, corn gluten meal, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), dried beet pulp, flaxseed, dried egg product, natural chicken flavor, fish meal, brewers dried yeast, dicalcium phosphate, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (source of vitamin K activity), riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.
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Minimum acceptable meat content, use of low quality and controversial fillers.
The first two ingredients in the food are named meat products. However, the first is chicken inclusive of water content (about 80%) and once that is removed it is likely that this ingredient would be more accurately placed somewhat further down the ingredient list (ingredients are listed in order of weight). There is a further meat meal ingredient in the food (fish meal) 11th on the ingredient list, though this is too far down to make up a substantial portion of the food. We note that the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
The main grain are oatmeal and brown rice, which are decent quality grains. This is followed by corn gluten meal. Corn in any form is a problematic grain that is difficult for dogs to digest and thought to be the cause of a great many allergy and yeast infection problems. The AAFCO definition of corn gluten meal is the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm. In plain English, that which remains after all the nutritious bits have been removed
Beet pulp is a low quality ingredient and filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product.
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I uninstalled Boom 2 from my Mac. I found after several adjustments that I preferred my Focal Elears as they are. The necessary boost in the higher frequencies ended up being tiring, so I reduced it, basically getting back to the sound signature that I have. Alas, nothing gained.
Downloaded Sonarworks' program, and it appears from a quick try to be much better. These are my observations (having my Elears directly attached to my iMac):
( ) Without the True-Fi enabled the Elears appear muffled.
( ) The soundstage is wider and the sound is more forward leaning.
( ) The balance is better.
( ) The "Adjustment for Age" works well giving a good boost in the higher frequencies.
( ) The user interface is easier to work with than Boom.
I would suggest that you try it out - there is a 10-day free trial period.


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Animal News Desk / Cathy Kangas
It is International Assistance Dogs Week (www.assistancedogweek.org) and I applaud the work of Canine Companions for Independence, which provides highly trained assistance dogs at no charge to hundreds of people across the country.
Ken Johnson is a retired English teacher from Waterford who was diagnosed with ALS in 2008. Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, this progressive illness has left Ken with no movement in his upper body. He applied for an assistance dog from Canine Companions, but stipulated that if there were soldiers or children looking for a dog, they should be taken care of first. So it took three years for him to get a dog.
"As a teacher for 35 years, I recognize good teaching," Ken said. "I was so impressed with Canine Companions' two-week training program. The instructors were knowledgeable and knew immediately what each of us needed from our dog." In his case, the dog would be his arms and hands. He welcomed Reeves, a black Lab/golden retriever mixed breed last February.
"The tone of my life changed when I got Reeves," Ken said. "I had lost my appetite and suddenly I felt like eating again. I laugh a lot more now. Reeves has the personality of an eighth-grader. He is spunky and fun-loving."
While Ken uses a mouth stick, foot mouse and voice activated software around the house, he depends on Reeves to help him retrieve objects, open doors and help him when he is unsteady on his feet. "Psychologically, emotionally and practically, Reeves has changed my life," he said.
All the good work Canine Companions does is threatened by a recent rash of people purchasing service dog vests for their dogs so that they can take the dog to restaurants and other public places that ban pet dogs. This is a serious problem, and Canine Companions wants the Justice Department to step in and stop the sale of service dog apparel online unless it is for a dog who has received certification from Canine Companions or another reputable organization.
For more information, visit www.cci.org/stopfraud.
If you would like to join bestselling author Dean Koontz and others as a supporter of Canine Companions, visit the website at cci.org. You will be providing a more fulfilling life to a child, a soldier or anyone with a disability.
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Three RDF data models for archival collections
Listed and illustrated here are three examples of RDF data models for archival collections. It is interesting to literally see the complexity or thoroughness of each model, depending on your perspective.
This one was designed by Aaron Rubinstein. I don't know whether or not it was ever put into practice.
This is the model used in Project LOACH by the Archives Hub.
This final model — OAD — is being implemented in a project called ReLoad.
There are other ontologies of interest to cultural heritage institutions, but these three seem to be the most apropos to archivists.
This work is a part of a yet-to-be published book called the LiAM Guidebook, a text intended for archivists and computer technologists interested in the application of linked data to archival description.


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2011 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting
April 25, 2011
April 29, 2011
San Francisco, CA
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Each year, MRS holds two international meetings, one in Boston in the fall and the other in San Francisco in the spring. The NISE Net participates in these meetings in a variety of ways, holding workshops, professional development sessions, outreach activities, and bringing new scientists into the network.
Special educational events at the Spring 2011 Materials Research Society meeting include: For general information regarding the meeting: • Click here
Science Education and Outreach Events: • Public Outreach Center Professional Development Opportunities: • Tutorial SS: Developing Materials Science Activities for Everyone Monday, April 25 1:30-5:00 pm Room 2009, Moscone West Convention Center The tutorial is designed to teach participants how to create and present materials science education activities. Paul Doherty and Dan Steinberg will demonstrate the meaning of "hands-on" and "inquiry-based" to show why they're not just buzz words. Participants will work in small groups to develop or modify an activity and present it to the larger group. The instructors will help to establish clear goals for each activity and provide tips to achieve objectives that ensure the impact of the activity. Doherty will demonstrate materials science, nanoscience, and engineering activities in the first half of the tutorial. He will give tips on engaging audiences effectively. He will discuss how he has developed hundreds of successful activities at the Exploratorium and then guide the participants through the process of creating new activities that are relevant to their research. Steinberg will give a brief overview of the MRSEC education network, discussing successful strategies that have worked for MRSEC outreach events and presenting education activities that have been successful for MRSEC materials scientists and engineers. He will give tips on how research scientists and engineers can utilize their strengths for successful presentations to young audiences. The concluding segment will take participants through the creative process of developing a new activity, highlighting effective presentation techniques and tools to develop new activities. At the end of the session, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the process, making it meaningful for their own education outreach broader impact efforts. Instructors: Dan Steinberg, Princeton University and Paul Doherty, Exploratorium


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ROBOTC 3.54 Update Now Available!
The ROBOTC development team is happy to announce the release of ROBOTC 3.54. This new version adds a number of new features and numerous bug fixes from user reports. Existing ROBOTC 3.xx users can download a free update from inside of the ROBOTC software (Help – Check for Updates) or from the ROBOTC.net website.
In addition to ROBOTC 3.54, the ROBOTC Development team is excited to announce support for PID with the VEX Cortex system (using motors with integrated motor encoders). The new VEX PID functionality will be available in a public BETA to be released in the very near future.
The latest update to ROBOTC also includes a number of new features for Robot Virtual Worlds. The new update includes new support many more motors, encoders and sensors. Look for an update for your favorite virtual worlds in the near future to take advantage of this great new functionality.
A summary of the major changes are below:
- Support for MATRIX Robotics "Move to Encoder" in NXT firmware using the nMotorEncoderTarget functionality.
- Fix TETRIX motor control. "Move to encoder position" functionality was not working correctly.
- New functionality for I2C test program to optionally create message log traces for I2C 'write' and 'read'.
- TETRIX user defined servo names were not being properly setup by compiler. Fixed.
- nxtDisplayRicFile intrinsic was broken. Auto downloading of files from PC was disabled. Both are fixed.
- Xander's 3rd Party Sensor Drivers (from BotBench.com) are now updated and compatible with ROBOTC 3.54. The new driver are included in the NXT Sample Program's directory.
VEX Cortex/PIC:
- Fix bug related to 'char *' and 'string'. It was introduced with fix for "playSoundFile" not working. "playSoundFile" is now working for the Cortex.
General ROBOTC:
- Support for "Classic Mode" – This mode will disable the "variable stack" and treat all variable as "Global Variables" like ROBOTC used to before version 3.50. This setting is under "view – preferences".
- Enhance directories for "Sound" files. There are now three possible choices — "common files" directory, "platform specific" directory and "user specified" directory. Implemented separate "Preferences" tab for "sounds".
- Add new "Motors and Sensors Property Page" to configure size of "datalog" and "debug stream" buffers. Applicable to super user level only.
- Clear highlighted execution line when "Debugger" closes. Previously the line of current execution was left highlighted.
- Add support for "mouse wheel" with "Debug Stream Window".
- Add command to "compile all source files in specified directory. Add separate pane to retain the new "multi-file compilation" errors. The normal error window is erased on next compile and you'll likely want the multi-file results to hang around.
- Support for multiple user defined directories for compiler include files. Split "Detailed Preferences" into multiple property sheets when not menu basic and multiple tabs to display.
- Instead of hiding command for invalid debugger pane during Emulator/Virtual Worlds, the command is shown – When opened a message box will display indicating that window is not supported under emulator/virtual worlds.
ROBOTC Compiler and Other Fixes:
- Incorrect calculation of expression type of form <condition> ? true : false. Expression type was incorrectly calculated as a "integer type" rather than a "boolean type". Fixed.
- Fix type in calculating binary expression numeric type.
- Fix incorrect calculation of expression types involving float constants. They were being set to "integer" type.
- Changed a few intrinsic procedure parameters from 'int' to 'short'.
- Incorrect calculation of compile time constant code was resulting in unnecessary code generation for a complex, but constant value, expression.
- "Terminate expression parsing priority" comparison was effectively ">=" instead of ">". Priority was being screwed up so that expressions "A + B – C" was generating code for "A – (B + C)"
- A few cases of "compile time constant" expressions values were not detected by compiler resulting in run-time code calculation for constant expressions. Specifically "0 / XX" is always zero regardless of 'XX' value. Also, constant expression of form AA = <numeric one> – <numeric two>" was generating code for run-time calculation even though could be calculated at compile time. Fixed.
- VM opcode uses 16-bit unsigned constant. But compiler was checking if 16-bit SIGNED value was in range.
- Incorrect compiler error message about array index out of bounds is possible when index is expression like "<constantVar> + numeric constant>". The code for checking array bound range was only looking at "<constantVar>" and not including the <numeric constant>". This is fixed.
- Fixed an error that did not mark precompiled headers as invalid if the precompiled source file had any errors from the previous compile attempt.
- Created separate Sample Program Root folders when in Virtual Worlds mode.
- Benign. Better support for type checking "void" and "void *" expressions to eliminate incorrect compiler warnings.
- Fix code generation for 'string' types. There were issues with "const string" variables having improper memory allocated. Improve code generation for assignment of "&" (address of) operator to avoid an unnecessary temporary.
- Eliminate legacy code that re-ordered syntax tress to optimize code generation for numeric. This was not "standard C" compliant because it re-ordered the order of how expressions were evaluated. Code generation is nearly as optimal except something like "X = 5 + y +6″ will separately generate instructions to add '5' and '6' rather than a single add of '11'
- Better implementation of "type checking on string expressions". Old implementation was occasionally generating incorrect compiler errors.
- Add support (in emulator only) for invalid pointer calculation in "get address of parameter" opcodes. It performs a range check to ensure calculated values are in range. This is not a complete check for invalid pointers but will catch many occurrences of unassigned pointers.
- Code generation for "large constants" (i.e. doesn't fit in two bytes) was broken. Fixed.
- Incorrect calculation of "assign "&' value to variable". Bug recently introduced with string fixes.
- Improve code generation for 'char string constants'.
- Add error message when no parameter is specified for nMotorEncoder/Motor/SensorValue/etc.
- Fix a few small issues in Licensing System for oft-used cases.
- Add compiler error message when no "main task" is defined.
- Add compiler error message that "&" is snot supported as part of a 'cast' qualifier. This is a C++ feature and not found in ANSI C.
- Fix bug in code generation for "goto XXX;" statement. Compiler optimization may not emit the unconditional branch and code generation was not handling the case of a NULL pointer that resulted.
- Fix code generation problem with large constants (i.e. >16 bits) assigned to long variable. Compiler was incorrectly trying to generate code for optimized short forms (i.e. 16-bits or smaller parm index).
- "Events" no long work. Delete the sample program that illustrates them.
- Incorrect calculation of operator parsing priority for "&" (address of unary op) which should be '3'. Instead it was using the priority for '&' (bit and) which is priority '10'.
- Fix incorrect code generation when assigning 'float' expressions to 'int' (char, short or long) variables.
- Fix compiler code generation for expressions using pointer subtraction — "<pointer> – <pointer". also fix "<pointer> – <number>"
- Fixing an issue when a license is in the "clock rolled back" state and needs to be reset using a 30-day reset key – previously was not updating the "clock rolled back" state.
- Compiler does not handle 'const string kConfigName = "FTCConfig.txt";' properly. Changed to 'string kConfigName = "FTCConfig.txt";'.
- Fix recent bug where "*" in declaration of type "typedef OBJ *POBJ" was being discarded. Extend typedef parsing to support declaration like "typedef unsigned char ubyte, *PUbyte"; i.e. change single declaration to a comma separated list.
- Debugger window for NXT Remote Screen in emulator was not properly recognizing the remote buttons. The message sent to emulator should have been a mask of buttons and instead was a index of a single button. Fixed.
- NULL char in middle of char string constant — e.g. "abc\0def" — resulted in incorrect storage by compiler into constant pool. Only the chars up to the NULL were being stored. Fixed.
- Char arrays whose array dimensions were initialized with empty bounds were incorrectly assigned one byte too large. The trailing NULL on the end of the char string constant was being included in the array dimension.
- Token scanner was not properly handling '\ddd' special chars where 'd' is octal digit. This is now fixed and the standardized format for hex digits of '\xhh' is also accepted.
- Complete implementation of new registry toggle to optionally automatically close start page on first user compiler. Also added as a command to the menu "View -> Preferences -> Close Start Page on First Compile".
- Compiler was not parsing postfix "++" and "–" properly when they followed an expression. It worked fine on expressions with simple variables — "structVar.NN++" or "pStructVar->NN++" but didn't work for more complicated expressions like "((TStruct *) &strucVar)->NN++". It now handles the complicated expressions.
- Fix incorrect calculation of "useless expressions" for binary opcodes. Compiler detects 'useless' expressions and does not generate code for these. It was incorrectly flagging binary "+", "-", … operations as useless which is incorrect if one of the parameters has side effects like being a procedure call or an expression like "++" or an expression containing a "=" operator.
- Compiler crash when "++" or "==" were to expressions that didn't immediately resolve to a symbol. e.g. "++((&g_obj)->n2);".
- Fix code generation for expression like "(&OBJ)->n1″. Was throwing compiler error and generating incorrect code.
- Clear Debugger "Local Variables" pane when user program is finished or executing (vs suspended). When executing, don't know which local variables (on stack) are valid.
- Expanded declaration support for statements like "int A, * B, *C, D;" where A and D are "int" and B and C are "int *"
- Signed / Unsigned type fixes for pointer variables. Allow "const string" procedure parameters to be matched by char constants (e.g. "ABC").
- Fix issue with compiler indicating reference variables are only "read" but not "written".
- Compiler was incorrectly assigning the 'signed' type of pointer variables to "unsigned" (i.e. the signed value of a pointer) rather than the desired type. Formatting routine for this was also broken.
- Ignore "find best procedure fit" parameter array checking when "void *". "Void *" will match any pointer regardless of arrays.
- Improved calculation of expression result types for binary opcodes.
- Intermediate expressions were always converted to 'signed'. Now if both operands (e.g. A + B" are unsigned then the expression result is also unsigned.
- Calculating best fit procedure was not checking array bounds of parameters for matching indices when the parameter was a pointer variable and an array variable. Fixed.
- "cast" operator now preserves signed type of typedefs that it references. Previously this information was lost.
- 'signed' and 'unsigned' now work properly when used in a "cast".
- 'char strings' when used as arguments to 'sprintf' were broken. Fixed.
- Eliminate some overly aggressive warning messages about mixed expressions of numeric and 'enums'. Standard C does not perform this level of checking and allows much more liberal mixed mode without warnings/errors.
- Better support for arrays. Allow variable to be declared with arrays that is based on a typedef that also specifies arrays. Previously arrays could only be declared in one "item". Array bounds were not checked for integrity (i.e. the bounds match) when validating procedure parameters and calculating best fit procedure when multiple procedure overloads.
- Improved generation of "&" (address of) code.
- Improved type checking to allow equivalent but differently declared operand types to match. Previously had to be exact match.
- Generate compiler error for '&' operator applied to a "property" (motor, servo, encoder, sensor) variable.
- Generate compiler error for '&' operator applied to a numeric constant.
- Fix code generation for expressions like "char *ptr2 = buffer;" where 'buffer' is a implied pointer (e.g. a array of char). Previously code generation was assigning the contents of the first element of the array to "ptr2″ rather than the address of "buffer".
- If the previous line triggered an "indent" — like a "if (xxx)" or "else" statement then next line was auto indented and when "{" is entered want to "undent" the auto indent. Add check for this case.
- Minor bug in calculation constant expression with unary '-' with a constant numeric parm. Fixed.
- Code optimization for conditional branches with trinary opcodes where the trinary condition is a compile time constant.


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Yay! It's a 2nd runner-up EDUBLOG
'Oscar' to SLENZ Project Team
'Phenomenal' result for team from Aotearoa/New Zealand
The SLENZ Project Team at work … the final 2009 meeting. Key players, Terry Neal and
Aaron Griffiths at the head of the table, and Dr Clare Atkins, in black, left.
A chance meeting in Second Life three years ago between Dr Clare Atkins (SL: Arwenna Stardust), of the Nelson-Marlborough Institute of Technology, and education-online tools developer and Second Life builder Aaron Griffiths (SL: Isa Goodman) came to a climax this week with a second runner-up place for the SLENZ Project in the prestigious, international EDUBLOG 2009 awards in the "best educational use of a virtual world" category.
The placing for the the team from New Zealand was greeted with elation by SLENZ Project team members – "the best Christmas present ever "- and seen by independent educators, academics and education institution administrators as "fantastic", "phenomenal" and "unprecedented."
The New Zealand team won its second runner-up place in a competition which pitted it against 14 of the world's best "virtual world" education organisations. The winner of the title was Virtual Graduation at the University of Edinburgh; the first runner-up, Virtual Round Table Conference; with the SLENZ Project sharing second runner-up status with ISTE's Second Life island.
'Set a benchmark'
"I think this is just phenomenal," said Scott Diener, one of the world leaders in Second Life education and associate director, IT services, Academic Services, at The University of Auckland, in a message to the team. "The SLENZ team has truly set a benchmark against which other developments should measure. I hope I can say 'I am so proud of you' without it sounding pretentious…because I am so proud of you."
Tony Gray, the chief executive of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology which hosted the SLENZ Project initially on its island of Koru in Second Life, said in a message to Atkins on hearing the news: "This is a fantastic outcome and significantly achieved through your passion and commitment to the project. I am very proud that NMIT should have first of all taken a lead and secondly that we can show a peer-reviewed achievement as a result."
The SLENZ Project grew out of that first meeting between Atkins and Griffths who both dreamed of seeing "students interacting with each other and their international peers, with the Second Life environment, with teachers, domain experts, inspirational speakers from all over the "real" world". The project was funded by the New Zealand Government's Tertiary Education Commission. It has been completely developed under Creative Commons license with all builds freely available for use or acquisition by anyone with "full permissions."
The EDUBLOG placings were chosen by public vote.
The SLENZ Project creations – 1. The Otago Polytechnic's Birthing Unit during
a Jokaydia un-conference presentation
The SLENZ Project creations – 2. The Kowhai Island arrival pad.
The SLENZ Project creations – 3. Manukau Institute of Technology's
Foundation (Bridging) Learning Pilot Programme
"I don't think either of us ever really imagined that only three years later we would have been part of a team that had not only helped to realise that dream but had succeeded beyond our wildest hopes," Atkins said today commenting on the award to the NZ$500,00 project . It was designed to determine whether there were benefits from providing education in a virtual world and, if so, how those benefits could best be harnessed.
'Brave decision'
'Lil, happy dance'
Aaron Griffths Second Life alter ego, Isa Goodman, "smiled and did a lil, happy dance" inside Second Life, on hearing the news, according to Griffiths, the SLENZ Project's lead developer.
Griffiths added, "This is a great achievement and I think all the team should be proud of what we have accomplished. It is wonderful to have peer recognition that we have done something right in our attempt to explore the educational possibilities of virtual worlds and I hope that New Zealand will not now drop the ball as this award, I believe. recognises, we are up there with the best.
"On a personal level I am very proud to have produced builds that have been received so well," he said. "I believe it gives some credence to the methodologies used in them and in particular to the Foundation Studies build, which was deliberately designed to capture some of the elements of play that an environment like Second Life allows.
"It showed I think a possible pathway for developing learning that can engage and be fun and still have a positive outcome in terms of student achievement."
The core SLENZ team members who worked on the project, besides Neal, Atkins and Griffiths, included from time to time, Merle Lemon, Sarah Stewart, Todd Cochrane, Leigh Blackall, Ben Salt, Henry Work and John Waugh.
The SLENZ Project's final fling – the Koru Xmas Party 2009
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May 30,2014(ISN) – ANAPA, Russia – Kacie MacTavish and Caleigh Whitaker, both of Sharon, Ont.,
equalled their best result this season on the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball
circuit on Friday with a ninth place finish.
The 13th seed Canadians went 2-1 in round robin action to place second in their
pool. In the first playoff match held Friday morning MacTavish and Whitaker
defeated 17th seeds Cindy Treland and Janne Pedersen of Norway 21-17-24-22.
Their run ended in the second round against number-two seeds Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi
of China 23-21, 19-21, 15-11.
"Kacie and I are happy with our second top-10 finish this season and that we are
developing more consistent results," said Whitaker. "We are continually striving
to attain even better finishes this season."
Victoria Cowley of Toronto and Kerri Smit of Shubenacadie, N.S., were also in the
main draw and went 0-3 in the round robin.
On the men's side, Sam Pedlow of Barrie, Ont., and Grant O'Gorman of Toronto were
1-2 in the round robin while Mike Plantinga of Langley, B.C., and Cameron Wheelan of
Barrie were 0-3. Both teams finished fourth in their respective pools and did not


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IBT DC 7 Daniel Bloch and Rome Aloise, Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and President of Teamsters Joint Council 7 Attack Solidarity Picket With Gaza
IBT DC 7 Daniel Bloch and Rome Aloise, Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and President of Teamsters Joint Council 7 Attack Solidarity Picket With Gaza
Protest-stalled ship at Port of Oakland finally unloaded, sails away
By Harry Harris and Natalie Neysa AlundOakland Tribune
Oakland Tribune
OAKLAND -- A container ship delayed by protests at the Port of Oakland for four days was unloaded by longshore workers overnight and sailed away early Wednesday, officials said.
Offloading of cargo on the Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. vessel Piraeus, operated by an Israeli company, had been delayed by Block the Boat activists protesting recent Israeli military actions in Gaza.
The ship was eventually unloaded, starting late Tuesday night, at Berth 22 in the area known as Ports America Outer Harbor, Port spokesman Robert Bernardo said.
The Piraeus had initially docked over the weekend at the Oakland International Container Terminal. Protesters responded, with demonstrations involving hundreds, at times, monitored by large contingents of Oakland police, sheriff's deputies and CHP officers. Longshore workers, concerned for safety reasons, didn't cross picket lines at the terminal, union officials said.
But after four days sitting idle at the terminal, the Piraeus briefly sailed away Tuesday evening and then returned, docking at the different berth.
Because only a small number of protesters and police presence remained, longshore workers "determined that the atmosphere did not pose a threat to their safety," allowing them to safely enter and work the vessel, ILWU Local 10 said in a news release.
Jennifer Sargent, a union spokeswoman, said Wednesday that after some delays, 30 longshore workers began unloading the ship at 10 p.m. Tuesday and finished at 4 a.m. Wednesday. The ship left the port later that morning.
The ship's cargo included sparkling wine and ceramic tiles from Spain, cheese and long-grain rice from Italy, and organic red lentils and marble from Turkey. Commodities also included irrigation equipment, solar heaters for swimming pools, and tires, according to the ship's cargo list.
Even though the ship was eventually unloaded, Block the Boat called the four-day delay a "historic victory."
The delay sparked concerns from another union, the Teamsters Joint Council 7, which represents about 100 truckers and warehouse workers at the Port of Oakland, said Teamsters spokesman Doug Bloch.
During the protest, the Teamsters had issued a statement calling on longshore workers to "immediately unload the ship" and said their issue was not the Gaza conflict, but the impact the protests have on local jobs.
"Our members haul containers from the Port of Oakland by truck and rail and anything that hurts commerce hurts our members and damages the economy of the Bay Area," said Rome Aloise, Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and President of Teamsters Joint Council 7.
"Our position has not changed," Bloch said Wednesday. "If any of the truck drivers get blocked from going in and out, they don't get paid. And more than 90 percent of them are independently contracted. They only get paid if they pick up and drop off containers. That's just one example of the impact."
Mohamed Shehk, a spokesman for Block the Boat, said Wednesday that the ship was "blocked for the longest time it has ever been in history. The losses from the delay were enormous financially."
Neither Port officials nor union representatives could estimate the amount of financial losses posed by the delay.
Shehk said Block the Boat hopes to build on the momentum in Oakland for future actions. Organizers are already coordinating with activists in Tacoma, Seattle, Los Angeles and Vancouver to continue to block the ship across the West Coast.
David Goodstone, spokesman for the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, said the protesters' actions have little effect on Israel.
"It is the people of Oakland and California who will suffer as a consequence of this deliberate attempt to prevent commerce and jeopardize jobs, and compromise the healthy future of the Oakland Port," he said Wednesday.
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A photo an Australian man posted of a Subway foot-long sandwich that was actually 11 inches earlier this week is getting a lot of attention online and prompting a lot of people to question whether the name truly reflects the sandwich.
The $5 Footlong fallout began on Tuesday, when a man in Australia posted a photo of the sandwich next to measuring tape. It was 11-inches long and the man asked: "subway pls respond."
In just two days, that one post has generated almost 6,000 comments, with varying responses.
Gawker apparently saw the post and posted the article "Angry Sandwich Lovers Demand to Know Why Subway's Footlong is Shorter Than Advertised."
NBC Connecticut reached out to the Milford-Connecticut-based company on Wednesday and received the following response.
"As you know, all of our sandwiches are made to order, and our bread is baked daily in every one of our more than 38,000 restaurants in 100 countries worldwide. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that our products are consistent and have the same great taste no matter which Subway restaurant you visit.
"We have seen the photo you referenced of a Subway sandwich that looks like it doesn't meet our standards. We always strive for our customers to have the most positive experience possible, and we believe this was an isolated case in which the bread preparation procedures were unfortunately not followed."
The company said its social media team has responded to the customer and the company is taking steps to remind franchisees and staff of "the importance of serving beautiful bread."


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Seemingly endless Wis. election cycle eases to end
Many residents voted six times this year
MILWAUKEE — For the past two years, Wisconsin seemed to be the state where elections never ended.
Following the state's tumultuous 2010 election season came multiple recall elections targeting the governor, his lieutenant governor and several state senators.
There was a surprisingly heated state Supreme Court race, recounts in some elections, then the primaries ahead of Tuesday's presidential and congressional elections.
All those races resulted in a seemingly endless stream of political ads, robocalls and glossy political mail from candidates begging for votes or money.
Now, Wisconsin residents are finally getting a break.
Voters say they'll start answering their phones again. Local advertisers have back premium television spots that had been dominated by campaign ads.
And campaign volunteers who devoted much of their week to various causes suddenly have free time.


text: Hi folks. JR, from Lone Wolf Distributing, contacted me recently about a new series of Glock polymer receivers they are producing. He asked if we would like to have this new product announced here on GT first. This is the first big product release ever announced first on our site and I am excited about this product. I can't wait to get my hands on one. At any rate, there isn't much info available on the receiver yet, but JR sent me a screen capture of a catalog page on the receiver that will be released soon. Here it is: To make the picture bigger, click on the image and then click on the '+' symbol, in the upper left corner of the viewing window, to enlarge it. EP Here is the text deswcription, from the catalog page:


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Amanda Harris is a management development specialist with more than 15 years of industry experience, including 13 years as a personal trainer. She has presented at trade shows for both the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association and Medical Fitness Association. Currently, she is a faculty member of the Esquerre Fitness Group and is vice president of fitness and wellness at ACAC Fitness & Wellness Centers, based in Virginia. She can be reached at [email protected].
As a manager, would you rather be known as proactive or reactive? Most of us would choose the former, as it implies we're on the ball and making things happen. But do your hiring practices reflect that? It wasn't long ago that I could honestly say ours did not. I had so many other things on my plate that hiring took a back seat until I needed someone. Then suddenly, the human resources department and I would furiously scramble to sift through résumés I hadn't had time to look at, only to find that most of the good candidates had taken other jobs. I was forced to try to plug holes, take the best of a bad bunch, or deal with being short staffed until I could find the right candidate. Sound familiar? You're not alone. However, you can be proactive in your hiring practices, and that can help you find and keep your best people. In addition, it will save you money and increase your profits.
Proactive vs. Reactive
Proactive hiring practices mean you are always recruiting. If you are always on the lookout for great talent, you may find great employees before you are in dire need. The interview process can be more thoughtful and more careful, so that if you do decide to hire, you'll have a better chance that these people are not only a good fit for your organization, but your club is a good fit for them, too. It gives you the opportunity to be selective. Being selective may mean bringing people on before you really need them. In that case, proactive managers must determine how they can fit in. Is there anyone who needs to move up or move on? You may need to get creative to incorporate this new talent without busting your payroll budget.
These practices are in stark contrast to the more common reactive hiring process, where résumés come in almost by accident and no deliberate recruitment occurs until there is a need. Reactive hiring can leave managers with a narrow pool of candidates. Unless your club is well-known as a great place to work, you will probably not get great employees this way. The trouble with mediocre or worse candidates is the temptation to hire the best of a bad bunch. That employee can wreak havoc on an otherwise good staff. Here's an image: the new hire does enough to barely get by. Your star performers see this, and it annoys them. You continue to let it happen (because you really need the guy) and your star performers start wondering why they're working so hard. Before long, you have a de-motivated, disenfranchised staff, doing just enough to get by. Before long, some of those (former) star performers start to leave, but they are the ones that have built great relationships with your members. Do you see where this is going?
In "IHRSA's 2007 Guide to Membership Retention," John McCarthy, former executive director of the association, states, "Every person employed by a club either strengthens or weakens a culture that either supports or depletes a club's initiatives aimed at improving membership retention." Just think: You could improve your club's profit margin by getting the right people on board and keeping them on board. Those people can act as strong "glue" to keep your members coming back month after month, year after year.
Qualities of a Fitness Professional
You want your employees to be true professionals who can be assets to your club. Those assets must be able to manage the club's members—your other great assets. Gone are the days you could afford to place a "gym rat" on your fitness floor to sit behind a desk and talk to his girlfriend on the phone. You are no longer looking for the person who is the most comfortable around a weight room. You now need certified, competent professionals who are capable of delivering a superior member experience. These professionals must be able to lead members in exercise instruction and make them feel welcomed and valued every time they come in. They must possess a high degree of emotional intelligence and be skilled in conflict resolution, coaching and sales. They need to have a strong commitment to your club, which goes way beyond any personal training clients they may have. Their primary role is to take care of your members and keep them coming back to your club.
Dollars and Cents
How does this translate to dollars? Let's say that you have recruited Mary Smith as a fitness professional to manage the member experience on your fitness floor, making members feel welcome and comfortable, providing instruction and encouragement as needed. She works eight hours a day, five days a week. In those eight hours, she has a positive contact with 10 members per day. She's a diligent professional and is great with people. She makes new members feel welcome and long-term members feel appreciated. Let's say you pay her $25,000 per year. Now let's say you charge $75 per month for membership. Suddenly, Mary is affecting $900 per year, per person. If those are 10 different members per day, and she works 50 weeks a year, she is now affecting $187,500 in revenue per year. Not a bad return. Obviously, Mary doesn't work alone. Consider what having 20 people like Mary on staff could do for you. It could turn that $187,500 into $3,750,000. This is just an example of the kind of revenue you trust your team to influence every day — and that's without adding the peripheral services that Mary and her colleagues can refer members to or deliver themselves.
The bonus is that with great people like Mary, your members will want to refer their friends and family to your club. That equates to even more revenue in both dues and peripheral sales. After all, who wouldn't love to work out with Mary? Great employees are worth their weight in gold. Doesn't a return like that warrant more attention to your hiring process? Put recruiting and selecting great talent at the top of your management to-do list, and watch your profitability grow.


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Product ID: S251BPU313
- Create portable external storage for a 2.5" SSD/HDD with USB 3.1 Gen 2 high speed performance
- Tool-free design and lightweight enclosure for easy portability
- USB A to Micro B cable for easy compatibility
- Supports SATA I, II and III (up to 6 Gbps)
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Engineered with a durable and lightweight housing, the enclosure tucks easily into a laptop bag or carrying case for portable storage. It's completely tool-free so you can install your drives quickly on the fly.
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USB 3.1 Gen 2 gives you greater bandwidth and speed with file transfer rates of up to 10 Gbps – twice the speed of USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen 1) technology. It lets you leverage the high performance of the latest SSDs and hard drives, while alleviating bottlenecks in your data transfer.
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The enclosure connects easily to a host computer, with no external power required. It comes with a USB A to Micro B cable, providing backward compatibility with existing USB ports or hardware. It also provides UASP support for enhanced performance.
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- Take advantage of new laptops and desktops with ultra-fast USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) connectivity
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- Share large files between computers quickly and securely without a network
- Retrieve data from old SATA drive, or turn the unused drive into additional external storage space
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Technical Specifications
|Warranty Information
|2 Years
|Bus Type
|USB 3.1 Gen 2
|Chipset ID
|ASMedia - ASM1351
|Compatible Drive Types
|Drive Installation
|Drive Size
|USB 3.1 Gen 2
|Number of Drives
|4Kn Support
|Max Drive Capacity
|Currently tested with hard drives up to 2TB at 7200 RPM
|Maximum Data Transfer Rate
|10 Gbps
|TRIM Support
|Type and Rate
|USB 3.1 Gen 2 - 10 Gbit/s
|SATA III (6 Gbps)
|UASP Support
|Drive Connectors
|1 - SATA Data & Power Combo (7+15 pin) Female
|Host Connectors
|1 - USB 3.1 USB Type Micro-B (10 pin, Gen 2, 10 Gbps) Female
|OS Compatibility
|OS independent; No software or drivers required
|Special Notes / Requirements
|Windows 7 and earlier Windows versions do not support TRIM with USB to SATA devices.
|LED Indicators
|1 - Power & Activity
|Power Source
|Operation Humidity: 10% ~ 90% RH
Storage Humidity: 5% ~ 95% RH
|Operating Temperature
|0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-10°C to 65°C (14°F to 149°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Max Drive Height
|0.4 in [9.5 mm]
|Product Height
|0.6 in [1.5 cm]
|Product Length
|5.2 in [13.2 cm]
|Product Width
|3.5 in [88 mm]
|Weight of Product
|2.6 oz [74 g]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
|1.7 in [44 mm]
|Package Length
|5.2 in [13.3 cm]
|Package Width
|7 in [17.8 cm]
|Shipping (Package) Weight
|6.9 oz [195 g]
|What's in the Box
|Included in Package
|1 - USB 3.1 to 2.5" SATA HDD enclosure
|1 - USB 3.1 A to Micro B cable - 23 inches
|1 - drive cushion
|1 - quick start guide
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Hard drive enclosures require power from your system's USB port. Although you can plug in any standard SATA drive, USB ports only supply a limited amount of power and are not able to power all of the hard drives plugged into the system.
The power capabilities of the USB port combined with the power requirements of the attached hard drive will determine if the hard drive enclosure will work in your setup. The power (in mA) supplied by the USB port must be greater than the requirements of the hard drive.
A USB 2.0 port can supply a maximum of 500 mA (0.5 A), and a USB 3.0 port can supply a maximum of 900 mA (0.9 A).
You can usually find the power requirements of your hard drive in the technical specifications on the label of the hard drive or on the manufacturer's website.
Yes, this device supports the TRIM command. If the OS issues a TRIM command, the command will be passed to the connected device.
To determine if your hard drive will work in this enclosure, on the product page, click the Technical Specifications tab, and do the following:
- Make sure that the enclosure supports the storage size of your hard drive. If the storage size of your hard drive is larger than what the enclosure was tested with, the hard drive will likely still work with the enclosure.
- Confirm that your hard drive uses the same interface type as the enclosure. For example, IDE, SATA, or M.2.
- Make sure that the enclosure supports the physical size of your hard drive, such as 2.5 inches or 3.5 inches.
- Make sure that the enclosure supports the height of your hard drive. For example, 9 mm or 15 mm.
- Verify that the power consumption of your hard drive doesn't exceed the power output of the enclosure. If you're using multiple hard drives, make sure that the combined power consumption of all of the hard drives doesn't exceed the power output of the enclosure.
USB 3.1 is the most recent version of the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard for connecting computers and electronic devices. It is capable of data transfer speeds up to 10Gbps, and while it can use the USB-C connector type, it can also use a variety of other connector types. To achieve USB 3.1 transfer speeds, your USB host connection, cables, and device must all support USB 3.1. USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps).
USB 3.0 is capable of data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps. USB 3.0 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps).
USB 3.1 is backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, except in the following scenarios:
- USB-B 3.1 cables are not compatible with USB-B 2.0 ports.
- Unless you use an adapter, USB-C ports or cables will not work with USB-A or USB-B ports or cables.
- Devices that require USB 3.1 transfer speeds of 10Gbps might not work with USB 3.0 or USB 2.0, or you might experience lower transfer speeds and impacted performance.
- Bus-powered USB devices that requires more power than what USB 2.0 can provide are not compatible with USB 2.0.
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To transfer data at speeds of 10Gbps, you need to confirm that the following components in your setup support USB 3.1:
- The USB host connection
- The USB cable
- The USB device and any subcomponents (for example, a hard drive docking station and the hard drives in the docking station)
Note: USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps). Devices that support USB 3.1 should have the USB 3.1 symbol on them. If the USB 3.1 symbol does not appear on your USB source or device, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer to confirm whether the USB source or device support USB 3.1.
The included USB cable for this USB 3.1 Gen 2 device has been tested and verified to perform at USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds of 10Gbps.
When you troubleshoot issues with a hard drive enclosure, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
- Cables
- Hard drives
- Hard drive enclosure
To test your setup components, try the following:
- Use the cables, hard drives, and hard drive enclosure in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
- Use a different cable, hard drive, and hard drive enclosure in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test the hard drive and hard drive enclosure, it is recommended that you do the following:
- To check Disk Management, press the Windows key + R, type diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter. Check to see if your hard drive is listed.
- If the hard drive is listed with unallocated space, the hard drive needs to be reformatted. Right-click unallocated and click New Simple Volume. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the reformatting.
Note: Formatting a hard drive erases all of the data on it. Make sure that you back up all of your data before you reformat the hard drive.
- If the hard drive is listed as healthy but does not have a drive letter, for example, C:, right-click healthy and click Change Drive Letter and Paths. Click Add, assign a drive letter, and click OK.
Note: A formatted hard drive will not show up in Computer or My Computer until it has a drive letter assigned to it.
If your setup components support USB 3.1 but you are experiencing slower transfer speeds than you expected, consider the following:
- A USB host connection with multiple USB 3.1 ports might not be able to support 10Gbps on each port simultaneously.
- The type of port on a device does not determine whether the device is capable of USB 3.1 speeds. A USB-C port might not support USB 3.1 speeds, while USB-A and USB-B ports might support USB 3.1 speeds.
- Any other devices that you include in your setup, such as an older hard drive in a USB 3.1 enclosure, might create a point of congestion and slow down transfer speeds.
To confirm the functionality of your USB host connection, its ports, and any other devices in your setup, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer.
Note: USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps). Devices that support USB 3.1 should have the USB 3.1 symbol on them. If the USB 3.1 symbol does not appear on your USB source or device, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer to confirm whether the USB source or device support USB 3.1.
You should not upgrade your device's firmware if you do not have any issues with the functionality of your device. The only time you should consider an upgrade is if you are experiencing a problem with the device, and you have confirmed that the firmware addresses this problem. You can confirm this is the case by reviewing the documentation included with the firmware or by consulting with our Technical Support team. Incorrectly upgrading firmware can result in diminished performance so it is best to contact StarTech.com if you would like to perform this operation.
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Windows 10
Before you can access a new or formatted drive in your operating system, you need to initialize it first and then create a partition on the drive. A partition defines an area of the drive to use for storing data. The partition uses a file system (for example, ex-FAT, NTFS, and so on).
Initialize a drive
Note: You typically only need to initialize a drive if the drive is new. If you cannot find an uninitialized drive in Disk Management, skip the following steps and try to partition your device.
Press the Windows key + R, type compmgmt.msc, and click Run to open Computer Management.
Navigate to Disk Management.
When prompted to, initialize your disk(s). If you are running Windows® 7 or later and are using a drive larger than 2TB, initialize the disk(s) with GPT. If you are running an earlier version of Windows, initialize the disk(s) with MBR. For more information, visit the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/support/faqs/technical-support?topic=hard-drives#mbr-vs-gpt.
Click OK.
Create a partition in a drive
Note: The following steps create an NTFS partition that uses the entire drive space. To use a different file system, select a different option in step 6.
Right-click Unallocated or RAW volume, and select New Simple Volume.
In the New Partition Wizard, click Next.
Select Primary partition.
Leave the partition size set to default, and click Next.
Assign a drive letter or leave it set to the default, and click Next.
Enter the following settings to format the partition:
- In the File System field, enter NTFS.
- Set the Allocation unit size to Default.
- In the Volume label field, enter <your name/reference>.
- Select the Perform a quick format check box.
- Clear the Enable file and folder compression check box.
- Click Next > Finish.
The new drive should appear in Windows Explorer.
Mac OS
Before you can access a new or formatted drive in your operating system, you need to initialize it first and then create a partition on the drive. A partition defines an area of the drive to use for storing data. The partition uses a file system (for example, HFS+, ex-FAT, NTFS, and so on).
Initialize a drive
Mac OSX detects a drive that needs to be initialized and automatically prompts you to initialize the drive. If you are prompted to initialize the drive, click Initialize. If you are not prompted to initialize the drive and you cannot find the drive in Finder, you will need to create a partition on the drive.
Create a partition on a drive
Note: The following steps create an HFS+ (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)) partition that uses the entire drive space.
To create a partition on a new drive, complete the following:
Open Finder.
Navigate to Applications and click Utilities.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the new drive and click the Partition tab.
Click Options and verify that it is set to GUID Partition Table.
Enter a name for the partition.
Click Partition.
The drive should now be accessible in Finder.
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