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Since it first appeared on our screens in 1994, Riverdance has broken all sorts of records. This July, in Dublin City, they're at it again
The Gathering Ireland 2013 has a bit of everything. It's cute and quirky with red hair conventions and left handed festivals. And it's big, with the Fleadh Cheoil and the largest Gallagher gathering ever.
As for dancing - Riverdance: The Gathering has us covered.
After travelling the world, enchanting audiences and making us all fall in love with Irish dancing all over again, Riverdance are coming back to Dublin this July.
As part of Riverdance: The Gathering, the troupe will be in Dublin's Fair City for July 20 and 22 for a festival of dance and music. Along with attempting a world record for the longest Dance line (keep reading to find out more and click here if you always dreamt about being a Riverdancer), Riverdance will host a super family-friendly day in Merrion Square park. As well as plenty for the kids with face painting and music workshops, you'll have the chance to learn those Riverdance steps that put goosebumps on your neck. Of course, nothing will beat the real thing, and for that there will be a unique show at the Gaeity Theatre in Dublin where highlights from the past nineteen years of the show will be introduced by the First Lady of Riverdance, Jean Butler and Moya Doherty among others.
Riverdance has certainly come a long way since that Eurovision night back in 1994. It may be some time ago, but there's no chance that we'll ever forget it.
"Hear my cry, In my hungering search for you, Taste my breath on the wind, See the sky as it mirrors my colours, Hints and whispers begin."
And boy did it begin. Cue drums, choirs, lustful glances, glittering silk shirts, amber ringlets, over one hundred simultaneously tapping feet. Then wait for the baited breath, not only from us at home, but the entire live audience.
When that last tap hits the floor of the Dublin stage, there's a brief pause from the audience. You can almost feel them thinking: "What…just…happened?"
What happened was the birth of a phenomenon.
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The River Liffey has seen it all. From the bustle of Heuston Station, all the way past O'Connell Bridge, sneaking peeks of Temple Bar and grabbing views of the the Customs House before meeting the Irish Sea. On 21 July 2013, the Anna Livia (as the Liffey is also known) is about to witness a first. We hope.
Right now, the world record for a single line of Riverdance participants rests on 652. Slap bang in the middle of The Gathering Ireland, Riverdance aims to top that and they've chosen the Liffey as their set.
Will they…won't they? If it's anything like the spectacle performed on that April day in 1994, we'll definitely be there to find out. Will you?
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A sell-off on Wall Street gained momentum Wednesday, with the Dow falling below 13,000 for the first time in two months, as investors focused on how President Obama plans to avoid the fiscal cliff after he won re-election Tuesday night.
A weak outlook for economic growth in Europe and European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's warning of a slowdown in Germany also weighed on the market.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 313 points, or 2.4%, logging its worst daily decline since November 2011.
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Shirts Feature Iconic Images of MLB Legends Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle
SEATTLE, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tommy Bahama and Major League Baseball Properties celebrate two of baseball's greatest players, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle, with the release of the 2013 "Collector's Edition" series of premium, collectible apparel for the true baseball fan.
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To launch the 2013 baseball season, Tommy Bahama has created two remarkable new shirts that feature iconic photographs of baseball legends Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. The classic images have been incorporated into dramatic custom designed artwork that wraps around the shirt and includes the player's name, team logo, key stats and landmarks of his home team. Only a limited number of shirts will be produced and each one will be numbered.
As part of the launch, Tommy Bahama in association with Major League Baseball will host a special event "Tommy Bahama Presents an Evening with Willie Mays," on March 7th in Scottsdale, Arizona. An intimate group of 75 lucky guests will have the chance to meet baseball legend Willie Mays and hear him speak about his life in baseball. Guests will also have their photo taken with Willie, receive an autographed Rawlings baseball in a commemorative case and will be able pre-order the "Collector's Edition" shirt before it is officially released in early April. The event will be held at the Tommy Bahama Restaurant, Bar and Store at Kierland Commons in Scottsdale, Arizona. Tickets for this once in a lifetime event are $395 and are available now through March 7th by calling Tommy Bahama Guest Services at (866) 986-8282 (Monday-Friday, 5am-8pm PST and Sat-Sun, 6am-6pm PST).
"Tommy Bahama is proud to work with MLB to honor baseball legends Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle," said Terry Pillow, CEO of Tommy Bahama. "Our long-standing relationship the MLB has given us the opportunity to offer our customers special items like the 2013 'Collector's Edition' shirts, which are truly works of art."
"As Major League Baseball looks towards the start of the 2013 Baseball season, we are excited that Tommy Bahama is offering fans the exclusive 2013 'Collector's Edition' series that pays homage to two of the most iconic players ever to have been apart of the game," said Howard Smith, Senior Vice President, Licensing Major League Baseball. "Our relationship with Tommy Bahama continues to grow season after season and we are proud that it is creating unique and creative designs and offerings that our fans have come to expect from this great partnership."
The San Francisco Giants with Willie Mays and New York Yankees with Mickey Mantle shirts are part of Tommy Bahama's "Collector's Edition" series. In early April, the shirts will be available exclusively at http://www.tommybahama.com/TBG/Men/MLB_Shop.jsp, select Tommy Bahama stores and in the New York Yankees' and San Francisco Giants' stadium shops. The "Collector's Edition" shirts will retail for $250.
Tommy Bahama will also offer a variety of camp shirts and knits with different MLB team logos for the 2013 baseball season, along with Spring Training shirts for the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues. These products will be sold at http://www.tommybahama.com/TBG/Men/MLB_Shop.jsp, select Tommy Bahama retail locations and some team shops.
Tommy Bahama's relationship with Major League Baseball Properties began in 2009 with the first "Collector's Edition" shirt to celebrate the World Series, followed by the launch of the collection of shirts for the 2010 baseball season. This complements an established array of Tommy Bahama lifestyle products, which include apparel, accessories, home furnishings, restaurants & bars, and retail stores. The relationship between Tommy Bahama and MLB epitomizes the natural affinity that exists between these two lifestyle brands. Legions of baseball players and fans alike embrace Tommy Bahama products as well as the company philosophy to Make Life One Long Weekend."
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Tommy Bahama is part of the Tommy Bahama Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxford Industries, Inc. (NYSE:OXM). Established in August 1992, with corporate headquarters in Seattle, Tommy Bahama is an island-inspired lifestyle brand that defines relaxed, sophisticated style in men's and women's sportswear, swimwear, accessories, footwear and a complete home furnishings collection. The company owns and operates over 100 Tommy Bahama stores worldwide, with 14 of those locations offering a Tommy Bahama restaurant & bar. Tommy Bahama products are also available at the country's finest retailers, including Nordstrom and other specialty retailers and TommyBahama.com ships to over 100 countries. Additional stores will be opening this year. More information, please visit www.tommybahama.com.
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Qualifying for the 26.2 in Boston means dedicated training, in good weather and not-so-good weather. The women's adidas Boston Marathon Half-Zip Fleece Jacket is made with breathable climawarm™ for colder days. The running jacket is made from 100 percent polar fleece and features a half zip and a stand-up collar.
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by Mishi Adidas ClimaCool is Warm Too!
I bought this item for the significance of the event in my heart. Though I was not directly affected by the bombings at the 117 Boston Marathon, it is my home town and my heart cried that day.
About the product itself - fabulous! The breathability of the ClimaCool line is always a selling point for me. But I also work in an office that keeps the temps sub-zero no matter the time of year. This fleece, with it's little thumb-holes, is helping me battle the chill that begins at about 1pm and continues until I leave the office!
April 26, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Run Support Team Great Light Weight Top
I bought this in Boston on Sunday and wore it today in NJ for a round of golf. It was extremely comfortable in high 60's weather. It is stretchy enough for sports activity.
I am petite (5'1") and am wearing a size Small. The sleeve were barely too long and the top length was perfect for me. I would take that into consideration if you are tall.
April 17, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5Â by Chicago runner Okay for the Boston logo
I found the "jacket" to be very lite for something called a jacket. It is more for 40 degree running than anything less. The medium was not a true medium, runs small. Glad for the Boston logo but that's about it. I guess the price was for the logo not the "jacket".
January 25, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5Â by GrkRun Thin material
This item was a lot thinner than I expected. I was excited for a nice, warm item to have while training for the Boston Marathon. Unfortunately it was thinner than expected and not really worth the price. The item did seem true to size. I was not looking to use this item to run in and I definitely wouldn't with the type of material.
February 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Jubester great top
Loved the fabric. It is well made and I am proud to wear it around after completing the Boston Marathon for the first time.
May 13, 2013
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Will be perfect for running when the weather is a little cooler. Runs a little small
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SPOTTING A BLACK BEAR or a Grizzly can be what makes your trip to Yellowstone Country. It can also be what breaks it – if you're not prepared, a surprise run-in can go quickly awry. Last week, Jim Holstein of Yellowstone Tour Guides came to talk to Big Sky employees about being bear aware. He shared some pretty heady stories – getting bluff charged by grizzlies, encountering crowds of people just feet away from a mama bear and cubs – and tips on how to keep bear sightings in the realm of wondrous instead of dangerous. Here's what we took away: 1) Always carry bear spray, and keep it readily at hand – bear spray is only as good as your ability to use it quickly. 2) Know how to use that bear spray (just don't practice on your friend during a morning trail run) 3) Follow the Four or More rule – hike with a buddy, or better yet, buddies at all times. 4) Be on the lookout for telltale bear signs: poop and prints. Animal carcasses are also a good indicator that hungry bears may be nearby. 5) Make noise as you travel – use a bear bell, talk loudly with your fellow hikers, yell things like "Hey, Bear!" at the top of your lungs. 6) Cook any meals at least 100 yards from any backcountry campsites 7) Store any food or game carcasses (!), at least 100 yards from any backcountry campsites. 8) Don't sleep in the same clothes you cook in – stash them with your food for the night. During my trail adventures around Big Sky, I've crossed paths with plenty of wildlife, from almost literally running smack dab into a moose, to taking a pleasant jog with Big Sky's resident fox. Bears are no exception, and I've encountered the furry beasts on many occasions without incident. But that doesn't stop me from wearing a bear bell, running with my iPod on speaker mode, and carrying bear spray in-hand. I may look a little over-the-top decked out, but no one can say I'm not bear aware.
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The 18 Journey To Excellence evaluation criteria are grouped in 5 categories: Finances; Membership; Program; Unit Service; and Leadership and Governance. The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council's status in each of the 18 criteria is discussed below.
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1. | Fiscal Management | -0.01 | |
This criteria evaluates the overall financial health of the Council's operating fund by comparing operating assets to annual operating expenses. Due to prior years' negative budgets, we began 2012 with a negative $147,000 unrestricted operating assets after improving by $17,000 last year. We greatly reduced this negative amount by $131,000 in 2012 to negative $16,000 attaining a Bronze JTE status due to the improvement. Our long-range plan is to achieve a positive operating asset position by the end of 2013. |
2. | Fundraising | -3.53% | No Score |
This criteria evaluates the Council's generation of operating income through its Friends Of Scouting campaign, Special Events, Project Sales and Foundation support. The current year's fundraising performance is evaluated against the prior year. We fell $9,223 short of the 2011 end of year amount, primarily due to below budget performance in FOS campaigns and Special events such as the Distinguished Citizens Award Dinner. |
3. | Endowment | 0.71% | |
This criteria evaluates the Council's ability to increase restricted assets in its endowment fund as compared to the operating expenses of the council. We received $8,000 in new gifts in 2012, mostly through James West Fellowships. |
4. | Market Share (Density) | 8.9% | |
This is the percentage of all registered youth members compared to all of the youth within the council's defined geographic territory that could be members. We dropped 0.63 percentage points in 2012. |
5. | Membership Growth | -1.58% | No Score |
This is the percentage increase or decrease in the number of traditional youth members (Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers and Explorers) in the council as compared to prior year. The NEPA Council, like most councils in the northeastern United States, has experienced membership declines for many years. Our current traditional membership is 4,089 (66 less than 2011). Although there was a decline, this was a small loss and we believe indicates we are nearing the end of the membership loss trend in NEPA. |
6. | Youth Retention | 75.58% | |
This is the percentage of registered youth members that remain as members one year later. We are 0.50% ahead of prior year's 75.08%. |
7. | Cub Scout Advancement | 81.71% | |
This is the percentage of Cub Scouts who have advanced one rank. We achieved the gold benchmark for the second consecutive year |
8. | Boy Scout Advancement | 45.30% | |
This is the percentage of Boy Scouts who have advanced one rank. This is a 2.12 percentage point increase from 2011. |
9. | Cub Scout Camping | 45.80% | |
This is the percentage of Cub Scouts registered on June 30th who attend Day Camp, Family Camp or Resident Camp. We increased our percentage of Cub Scouts camping, in 2012 to 45.8% as compared to 44.0% in 2011. |
10. | Boy Scout Camping | 69.60 | |
This is the percentage of Boy Scouts registered on June 30th who attend long-term summer camp, high adventure base or jamboree. |
11. | Community Service | 7.57 hours | |
This is the number of community service hours logged into the JTE website divided by the number of registered youth members. We had an increase of 9,807 hours of service compared to 2011 with a total of 30,954 hours. |
12. | Youth Serving Executives | 0 Change | No Score |
This criteria measures the number of Youth Serving Executives as compared to the Total Available Youth within the council's geographic territory. |
13. | Commissioner Service | 2.96 units per commissioner | |
This criteria measures the number of units per registered District Commissioners in the council. |
14. | Unit Visitations | 37.58% | |
This is the percentage of units that have received at least 6 visits from unit commissioners in the year. | |||
15. | Voice of the Scout | ||
This is a new "Bonus" Item in 2012. We have a 78.67% email saturation rate and achieved a 54% Net Promoter Score – both well above the respective gold benchmarks of 60% and 45% We were recognized as one of the 18 "Elite"councils by the BSA in their analysis of the spring 2012 VOS results. |
16. | Council Leadership | 3 items | |
We have completed all three items required for Gold level. |
17. | District Leadership | 38 members | |
We have an average of 38 members on each of our District Committees which is well above the gold standard of 30 and among the leading councils in the nation. |
18. | Unit Leadership | 47.05% | |
This criteria measures the percentage of direct contact leaders (e.g. Cubmasters, Den Leaders, Scoutmasters, etc.) who are trained for their position in scouting. We improved 0.77% above prior year. |
A Boy Scout is taught to always "Do Your Best" and the Boy Scout Program encourages personal growth. As a Council, we believe that we should set the example by constantly striving to improve the council.
The BSA National Council has provided a measuring tool that provides guidance for our improvement called Journey To Excellence ("JTE"). All 295 Councils in the Boy Scouts of America are evaluated monthly in 18 criteria and may be classified as gold, silver, bronze or below standard in each of the 18 criteria as well as an overall council score.
We will provide a periodic update here as to our progress towards becoming one of the best small councils in the Boy Scouts of America. Please choose the Journey to Excellence page to see a detailed discussion of where we are in each category.
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I just finished a very simplified layman's intro to the IoT, and I wish I could ...
According to an earlier EE Times article by Clive Maxfield, 7/7/11, the example ...
The intangible assets of the Internet of Things
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The Internet addressing system conceived in 1977 at the U.S. Department of Defense by Vint Cerf, today chief Internet evangelist at Google, used 32-bit Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to connect people to people, providing more than 4.3 billion unique hosts for trusted user accounts. As the Internet began to be dominated by M2M connections, a revised, 128-bit scheme (IPv6) was adopted to allow for 18 billion billion hosts, accommodating more than 300 trillion trillion trillion secure devices.
Now there is more than enough address space, along with Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), to accommodate the universe of cloud-ready devices that IBM Corp. last year predicted would surpass 1 trillion nodes by 2015.
With its Smarter Planet Initiative, IBM anticipates the endgame for the Internet of Things (IoT). Its researchers envision a global electronic nervous system, with trillions of individual sensors monitoring the status of everything of interest to humans and streaming the resultant exabytes of data to cloud-based cluster supercomputers that extract the ultimate value from the data using analytics software modeled on the human mind.
Picture the Watson AI that last year beat human champions at "Jeopardy," but on a planetary scale.
"The emergence of the Internet of Things has created such a flood of data that only state-of-the-art information technology can gather, filter, order and interrogate the resulting, massive data set, generically called Big Data, " said Bernie Meyerson, an IBM fellow and vice president of innovation at IBM Research. "The ability to then employ analytics on Big Data in a given field—be that health care, transportation, energy or other Smarter Planet endeavors—promises new insights and routes to optimization benefiting everyone."
Past technological revolutions have been based on timely innovations; the invention of the steam engine, for example, fueled the Industrial Revolution. But the Internet of Things isn't based on a breakthrough technology; rather, it leverages micro- and nanoscale versions of established devices.
The engineering hurdles to the IoT center on solving the tough problems in security, standardization, network integration, ultralow-power devices, energy harvesting and, perhaps most important of all, perceived network reliability, so that people will rest assured the planet's emerging electronic nervous system has their best interests at heart.
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The Internet-of-Things threatens to dwarf the Internet-of-People, as machine-to-machine interactions dominate even our personal spaces. Right now I am writing this comment on my iPad-3 while viewing the ballgame on my iPad-2 and keeping track of my upcoming appointments on my smartphone--all of which are linked together via WiFi and up to the cloud for auto-synchronization with Ethernet to my broadband cable modem. Already the bandwidth used by my keystrokes dwarfs the bandwidth used my machines all talking to each other and the cloud. In the future, nearly everything electronic will have an IP address, thanks to chips sets that are already poised to dip below $1, and with IPv6 in place, there is plenty of space avialable for more. One pet peeve of mine that I hope will be cured by the Internet of things is weather prediction. With realtime sensor network input from around the globe combined with cloud-based analytics running on cluster supercomputers, can't we at least get tomorrow's weather right! But perhaps Aristotle said it best: Hope is a waking daydream.
Do you think that cloud-based analytics will be able to distinguish between cirrus and cumulus?
I think you are right Colin, accurate, local weather prediction should be available soon if the sensor density is large enough...will government deliver that service or woudl provide companies provide it (presummably for a fee)...Kris
@iniewski: much of the weather data belongs to the USGS and/or the local governments that have installed the monitoring stations. I have come across a couple of startups that are trying to provide access to these real time data using cloud model.
I recognize what is installed in the weather stations may not have the granularity and the communication interfaces that consumers expect to access. I am not sure where the investments are going to come from given the challenging times we are in!
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Will the world really have enough IP address for all things? I can't imagine how many IP address will be needed if your coffee cup also has a unique address!
According to an earlier EE Times article by Clive Maxfield, 7/7/11, the example stated for IPv6 addresses comes to mind:
"Well, as one simple example, according to calculations and estimations performed by the folks at the University of Hawaii (who obviously have far too much time on their hands), if we account for all of the beaches around the world, together they contain around 7.5 x 1018 grains of sand. Thus, the addressing space of IPv6 is sufficient to give each grain of sand its own unique IP address – and to do this for approximately 5 x 1019 Earthlike worlds – so I don't think we're going to run out of IPv6 addresses in the foreseeable future."
In my opinion , this Internet of things is going to create such a huge amount of data in real time that just collecting, analyzing and disseminating the results of the analysis in real time to the right place is going to be a gigantic activity requiring mammoth data centers in multiple clouds.
and you bet 90% of this all activity will churn out trash - like the thousands of useless emails of each person being preserved on those email servers for free!
One approach being proposed by IBM and Intel is to only send exceptional data up to the cloud. By using smart local analytics, 99 percent of the raw data can be discarded, and only the one percent that makes a difference being networked. That said, with trillions of network edge devices out there, this will still be a deluge.
@R_Colin_Johnson: the selective storage & use of data depends on the application. Elsewhere on EETimes I gave the example of Brazil Tags which monitors cars moving thru toll gates (electronic license plates, hard to follow for thieves if there is no license plate number in the car!!). It is supposed to be collecting several gigabytes of data in a day from one city alone. This can add up to terabytes in a few months and with all cities reporting, may reach many hellabytes in a couple of years!
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That could be true @prabhakar, it is very likely that 90% of the data will be useless, quite possibly 99%...let's take security sensors, most of the time they will report nothing, everything is OK...the same with patient monitoring devices or bridge sensors...for others like weather sensors the data point will be used once when weather forecast is updated...but all of that should not matter, the remaining 10% or 1% (or maybe 0.1%) will be valuable, possibly very valuable and the infrastructure to handle all that data will be build as it will be a profitable business...Kris
10K nodes in a Zigbee network. Maybe in the marketing copy, but not in real life. I have personal experience with this stuff. Please, do your own research before you believe this fluff piece.
The maximum number of nodes depends on the number of layers, children and routers in you application. The formula by which you can calculate the maximum is given in the following article, whcih gives examples iwth 861 and 55,000 nodes. The 10,000 number was just a ballpark. To calculate the maximum number in your application, see this article:
if 10k is not the right number what is the practical number of devices that can be connected in a Zigbee network @dougwithau? Kris
In existing networks a number like 12 is a practical network. Maybe they are referencing the newer 2.0 stuff that is not out yet.
The issue is routing, a device has to know about all other devices on the network. That is in conflict with Zigbee being a protocol for small, memory constrained devices.
Theory is great, but real world can be different.
Colin, I'm glad to see you dig into the link between the Internet-of-Things and Big Data. However, candidly at KORE Telematics we have a slightly different take on it. It is easy to assume that trillions of sensors monitoring the status of everything will result in exabytes of data to process, but there's actually a touch of fallacy in that assumption, in my opinion. We've done some fairly extensive analysis of the applications running on our dedicated M2M network and found that about 90 percent of cellular-connected M2M applications in the world today probably move less than one MB of data, collectively, in a month. Why? Because majority of actionable information to be garnered from the Internet-of-Things is "exception based" The last thing we need is to have our systems bombarded with information telling us everything is fine. When you discount for that data, the equation becomes drastically altered. We blog about it here: http://blog.koretelematics.com/2012/01/more-m2m-devices-obviously-means-more-data-to-process-right-not-so-fast.html
Interesting data point @ssoelberg, 1Mb is shocking low (I suspect it was low as per my post earlier but not that low)...BTW, would you be interested in presenting those findings at emerging technologies conference in Vancouver I am chairing? (www.cmoset.com), email@example.com
Transmitting exception data or changes has the potential to substantially reduce data transmissions as well as the need for storage at the receiving end. It also makes a lot of sense. At most, a brief signal could be sent indicating "monitoring successfully" to rule out the possibility that the sensor is off-line or failed. We've all been deluged at one time or another with floods of unnecessary data that essentially told us "no problem".
The practical data for M2M system may be much less: I did a sewage signal system last year and the real practical data is discharge volume at 12:00 am every day, and accident report, which seldom happen.
However the system send status report to the sewage treatment plan every 20-30 sec. Those data carry a lot of information about the system. i.e. the pump on vs. flow rate will be an indication of the worn and tear of the pumps, while changes of pump on time vs. discharge volume will be an indication of the pipe resistance change.
"And Edmonton, Alberta, is using IBM cloud-based analytics to optimize traffic management, leveraging existing infrastructure to track traffic flow in real-time."
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I just finished a very simplified layman's intro to the IoT, and I wish I could pull it to include many of the quotations in this excellent piece. Congratulations on a job well done.


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3 | $435 |
4 | $520 |
5 | $605 |
6 | $690 |
7 | $775 |
8 | $860 |
9 | $945 |
10 | $1,030 |
11 | $1,115 |
12 | $1,200 |
13 | $1,285 |
14 | $1,370 |
15 or more | $1,455 |
Effective Spring Semester 2013, students enrolling in most technical certificates of credit and all diploma and associate degree programs of study will pay semester tuition at the rate of $85 per credit hour. The college also assesses all students a $30 student activity fee, a $39 registration fee, a $6 accident insurance fee, a $50 institutional fee, and a $55 instructional and technology support fee.
Students enrolling in the Commercial Truck Driving Program pay a total of $1,385 in tuition and fees; they also pay a fuel surcharge of $185 per semester. The HOPE Grant will not cover the fuel surcharge.
International Students-Students who were not born in the United States or who are not naturalized citizens of the United States shall pay tuition at a rate four times the rate paid by Georgia residents. All fees, including registration, student activity, supply, accident insurance and instructional and technology support, are the same as for in-state residents. International students may enroll in classes for which space is available and may not displace students desiring to enroll who are residents of the state.
International students who, in accordance with the federal Title IV definition, are permanent residents of the United States and hold a permanent resident card (I-551) or a conditional permanent resident card (I-551C) are classified as eligible non-citizens for tuition purposes. Also classified as eligible non-citizens are holders of an arrival departure record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland Security showing any one of the following designations: refugee, asylum granted, parolee (I-94 confirms paroled for a minimum of one year and the status has not expired), or Cuban-Haitian entrant.
Eligible non-citizens may be extended the same considerations as citizens of the United States in determining whether they qualify as Georgia residents and thus for in-state tuition. Persons with an F1 or F2 student visa, a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, or a G series visa do not meet the definition of eligible non-citizens.
Out-of-state Students-Students who are legal residents of the United States will be charged tuition at a rate two times the rate paid by Georgia residents. All fees, including registration, student activity, supply, accident insurance, and instructional and technology support are the same as for in-state residents. United States citizens include legal residents of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands. Athens Technical College exists primarily to serve Georgia citizens; therefore, non-resident students may enroll in classes on a space-available basis. They shall not displace students desiring to enroll who are legal, permanent residents of the state.
Georgia Residents 62 Years of Age or Older - Georgia residents who are 62 years of age or older who meet requirements for enrollment into academic courses may attend on a space-available basis without paying tuition. Georgia residents 62 years of age or older who want to guarantee enrollment in a course must pay tuition and all applicable fees. Once they elect to guarantee enrollment, they are not eligible to change to a space-available basis at a later date. Georgia residents 62 years of age or older are ineligible to receive financial aid through the HOPE program once tuition is waived. HOPE does not cover fees or books. Please note the following registration requirements:
- Georgia residents 62 years of age or older who choose to pay tuition and fees themselves to guarantee enrollment
(These students may register online during returning student registration if they are returning students or during new student registration if they are new students.) - Georgia residents 62 years of age or older who are seeking to have their tuition waived
(These students must register in person in the Office of Registration and Records during the official Drop/Add period.)
Other Expenses
It is mandatory that students purchase the books, supplies, tools, and equipment required by their instructors. Textbooks and other supplies are available in the campus bookstore. Costs will vary depending on the course.
Students registering for certain courses will be charged a supply fee to cover the cost of materials students use in the courses. The HOPE Grant and Scholarship programs will not cover any fees; therefore, students are expected to make payment with cash, check, money order, or credit card to cover these fees. They may also authorize the college to deduct these fees from their federal financial aid benefits (see Electronic Authorization of Federal Financial Aid Funds). Supply fees are listed in the applicable course descriptions (see Course Descriptions or Prerequisites Quick Reference Guide). Students should also review the Curriculum section for information on program-specific expenses.
Students may also be responsible for using personal funds to pay these additional fees:
Application fee | $20 |
Change of Major processing fee | $10 |
COMPASS AND ASSET retest | $15 per section |
Diploma replacement | $25 |
Exemption test fee | 25 percent of tuition |
Graduation fee | $35 |
ID card replacement | $5 |
Late application fee | $20 |
Late registration fee | $45 |
Malpractice insurance | $11 per year |
Parking decal replacement | $5 |
Parking fee | $15 |
Parking tickets | $10 per ticket |
Program change | $10 |
Readmission fee | $10 |
Return check fee | $30 |
SAT exam | $60 |
Smoking violations | $50 |
Transcript fee | $5 per copy |
On-Demand Service | $25 plus any cost incurred to ship overnight |
Georgia Resident Defined
The director of admissions or designee will classify every person accepted by the college as an in-state, out-of-state, or international student. Determining a student's residency status must be based on the existence of surrounding objective circumstances that indicate a student's intent to maintain a permanent presence in the State of Georgia. No single factor is conclusive. Similarly, there is no predetermined number of factors to be met. The following indicators may be considered when documenting residency status of an individual, but this is not an exhaustive list:
- Location of employment
- Location of voter registration
- Location of property, including home purchases and taxes paid thereon
- State for which the individual filed and paid state income taxes
- Address and other information on federal and state income tax returns
- State where the person's automobile title is registered and where the payment of property taxes thereon is made
- Address on driver's license and the state in which the driver's license was issued
- Address on the Georgia Driver's License Bureau ID
- Reason for initially coming to Georgia
- State in which business, professional, or other licenses were issued
- Location of checking, savings, or other banking accounts
Citizenship Requirements
Students meet citizenship requirements if they are born in the United States, are naturalized citizens of the United States, or are classified as eligible non-citizens according to the federal Title IV definition. To qualify for in-state tuition, students who meet the citizenship requirements must establish and maintain legal, permanent residency in Georgia for a period of at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the first day of classes of the academic term for which they seek in-state tuition.
Verification of Lawful Presence in the United States
All students applying for in-state tuition must provide validation of lawful presence in the United States. The following documents will serve as proof of lawful presence in the United States and documentation will be required before students are eligible for consideration of in-state tuition:
- A current driver's license issued by the State of Georgia after January 1, 2008
- A current photo identification card issued by the State of Georgia after January 1, 2008
- A current driver's license or photo identification issued by a state that verifies immigration status and only issues to persons lawfully present in the United States
- A certified U.S. birth certificate showing the student was born in the United States or United States territory (photocopies are not acceptable)
- A completed and approved Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
- A current, valid permanent resident card (USCIS form 1-151 or 1-551)
- A U.S. Certificate of Birth Abroad issued by the U.S. Department of State (DS-1350) or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240)
- A current U.S. passport
- A U.S. Certificate of Citizenship (USCIS form N-560 or N-561)
- A U.S. Certificate of Naturalization (USCIS form N-550 or N-570)
Students who cannot be verified as lawfully present in the United States are not eligible to be considered for in-state tuition regardless of how long they have lived in Georgia. In addition to being lawfully present in the United States, students must meet the in-state tuition requirements as outlined in this section. Students that are initially classified as out-of-state residents and successfully petition to have their residency changed to in-state also meet the verification requirement.
Dependent Students
Dependent students are defined as individuals under the age of 24 who receive financial support from parents or United States court-appointed legal guardians whose federal or state tax returns list the individuals as dependents. Dependent students meet the Georgia residency requirement if their parents have established and maintained legal, permanent residency in the State of Georgia for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the first day of classes of the academic term for which they are seeking in-state tuition and provided that the dependent students graduated from an eligible high school located in the State of Georgia or if their parents claimed them as dependents on the parents' most recent federal income tax returns. Dependent students also meet the Georgia residence requirements if their United States court-appointed legal guardians have established and maintained legal, permanent residency in the State of Georgia for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the first day of classes of the academic term for which they seek in-state tuition and provided that the appointment was not made in order to avoid the payment of out-of-state tuition.
An eligible high school is defined as any private or public secondary educational institution in the State of Georgia that is authorized to grant high school diplomas and is on the list of accreditation agencies approved by the Technical College System of Georgia.
Independent Students
Independent students are defined as individuals who are not claimed as dependents on the federal or state income tax returns of their parents or United States court-appointed legal guardians who have ceased to provide support and right to the individuals' care, custody, and earnings. Independent students meet the Georgia residency requirements if they have established and maintained legal, permanent residency in the State of Georgia for at least 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the first day of classes of the academic term for which they seek in-state tuition. It is presumed that independent students did not gain or acquire legal, permanent residency in the State of Georgia while attending Athens Technical College or any member institution of the Technical College System of Georgia without clear evidence of having established legal, permanent residency in the State of Georgia for purposes other than attending Athens Technical College or any member institution of the Technical College System of Georgia.
Retaining Georgia Residency
Dependent students shall continue to retain their status as Georgia residents if their parents or United States court-appointed guardian established legal, permanent residency outside the State of Georgia provided the dependent students remain continuously enrolled at Athens Technical College. Individuals are classified as continuously enrolled students if they are making satisfactory academic progress toward completing an associate degree, diploma, or technical certificate of credit and are without a break in enrollment of more than one traditional academic term (see Satisfactory Academic Progress in the Financial Aid section). Individuals who are not enrolled for two or more consecutive academic terms are not classified as continuously enrolled students. Participation in eligible alternative study programs which require travel outside of Georgia but inside the United States are not considered breaks in enrollment.
Independent students who temporarily relocate outside the State of Georgia for a period of less than 12 months shall retain their status as Georgia residents for tuition purposes.
Eligibility for In-State Tuition Waivers
Students in the following classifications are eligible for in-state tuition waivers. These waivers do not affect students' eligibility for HOPE Scholarships or Grants, except for waivers for military personnel and their dependents as provided for in the Georgia Student Finance Commission regulations. The classifications include:
- Employees and their children who move to Georgia for employment with a new or expanding industry as defined in Georgia Code §20-4-40
- Full-time employees of the Technical College System of Georgia and their spouses and dependent children
- Full-time teachers in the public schools, military bases, or at public postsecondary colleges in Georgia and their spouses and dependent children
- United States military personnel stationed in Georgia and on active duty and their dependents living in Georgia
- United States military personnel and their dependents who are legal residents of Georgia but are stationed outside the state
- Students who are legal residents of out-of-state counties bordering on Georgia counties and who are enrolled in a technical college when there is a local reciprocity agreement in place
- Career counselor officers and their dependents who are citizens of the foreign nation which their consular office represents and who are living in Georgia under orders of their respective governments
(This waiver applies only to those consular officers whose nations operate on the principle of educational reciprocity with the United States.)
Notwithstanding any provision in the residency policy, individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States are not eligible for any waiver of the tuition differential.
Misrepresentation of facts to qualify for residency status will expose students to civil liability for back-due tuition and disciplinary action including suspension or permanent exclusion from all technical colleges. Moreover, the college may criminally prosecute students.
Electronic Authorizations of Financial Aid
Students may authorize the college to use federal financial aid funds (Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and Academic Competitive Grant) to pay most fees, including late registration fees, NLN testing fees, SAT testing fees, standardized health program placement examination testing fees, and graduation fees. The authorization allows the college to apply federal financial aid funds to cover fees for the entire period students are enrolled at the college. Students may change or modify an authorization at any time. Students should verify that their financial aid benefits are sufficient to cover the fees; otherwise, they run the risk of being administratively withdrawn from their classes because they owe money to the college at the Tuition/Fee Payment Deadline as listed in the Academic Calendar (see Academic Calendar).
General Accident Insurance - The college requires all students to purchase state-mandated accident insurance at registration. This coverage protects students while they are engaged in college activities during the entire semester. In case of accidents, students are responsible for any expenses not paid by this accident insurance. Accident insurance provides partial (supplemental) coverage for medical expenses related to accidents (accidental injuries or accidental death or dismemberment) as specified below:
- All activities sponsored and supervised by Athens Technical College, including travel with a group in connection with such activities
- Travel directly and without delay to or from the insured person's residence and the site of such activities
Except when they need emergency care, students who are injured should go to the Business Office on the Athens Campus, the Student Affairs Office on the Elbert County Campus, the Director's Office at the Greene County Campus, or the Director's Office on the Walton County Campus to obtain claim forms prior to going to their doctors or a hospital. College staff members will verify student enrollment for that academic term. Students must submit the claim forms to their doctors or a hospital. If they need emergency care, students should go directly to a hospital. They should inform hospital personnel that they have coverage under a college accident insurance policy and have the hospital contact the Business Office at (706) 355-5116 for further instructions.
Malpractice Insurance - Students enrolled in the Cosmetology, Dental Assisting, Dental Hygiene, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Early Childhood Care and Education, Emergency Medical Technician, Medical Assisting, Nursing, Paramedic Technology, Patient Care Assisting, Phlebotomy Technician, Practical Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant, Radiography, Surgical Technology, and Veterinary Technology programs must have malpractice insurance, and they must purchase this insurance from the college's cashier. The group policy runs from July 1 through June 30 regardless of the date of payment by students. The insurance company does not prorate student payments.
Students may be required to submit payment receipts to their program chair to verify coverage.
Tuition/Fees Payment Deadlines
Students must pay all tuition, fees, and other charges by cash, checks, credit cards, debit cards, money orders, or through financial aid procedures by the Tuition/Fee Payment Deadline as noted in the Academic Calendar (see Academic Calendar). The Financial Aid staff will automatically cover tuition and fee charges of students eligible and approved to receive these benefits. Students not eligible and approved to receive financial aid benefits must complete the registration process and pay all fees before attending classes.
Students who owe money to the college after the Tuition/Fee Payment Deadline will be removed from classes. Failure to pay an instruction and technology support fee, supply fee, malpractice insurance, graduation fee, radiation badge fee, fuel surcharge, or any other fee or charge not covered by financial aid will result in students being removed from their classes. Students who are removed from classes will have to pay a $45 late fee to re-register for classes during the official Drop/Add period.
Students who have paid their tuition and fees with personal funds or who receive financial aid benefits must complete the formal withdrawal process if they later decide not to attend classes (see Withdrawing From Classes Before the Midpoint of the Semester for procedures). Withdrawing from classes prior to the start of the academic term will not affect academic progress and the withdrawal will not be reflected on academic transcripts.
Personal Check Policy
The Business Office accepts personal checks for the amount of tuition and fees. Students paying by check must provide proper identification. Proper identification includes the following information for the account holder: current address, driver's license number, date of birth, and gender. It is unlawful to issue bad checks. When banks return checks for any reason, the Business Office will notify students by mail to appear in person to make cash payment; the college will also require a $30 returned check fee to clear returned checks.
Not attending classes does not relieve students from the responsibility of paying for bad checks. If the matter is not resolved within 10 days, the Business Office will refer the matter to the Clarke County Magistrate's Court for collection. Students are responsible for all court costs. The Business Office does not accept checks from students who previously issued bad checks to the college. The executive director of registration and records will not release records until students satisfy financial obligations to the college.
Students will receive full refunds of tuition and fees (excluding the mandatory application fee) if they formally withdraw from the college by the last day to withdraw from classes without academic or financial penalties as listed in the Academic Calendar (see Academic Calendar and Withdrawing Before the Semester Midpoint). Reductions that result in a schedule of 15 or more credit hours are not eligible for a refund. The college will not issue refunds to students who withdraw from some or all classes after the last day to withdraw from classes without academic or financial penalties. Furthermore, the college will not issue refunds to students who stop attending classes and do not complete the formal withdrawal process (see Withdrawing Before the Semester Midpoint and Withdrawing from the College).
If the executive director of registration and records administratively withdraws students because classes are canceled, because students fail prerequisite courses the previous semester, or because students are academically dismissed at the conclusion of the previous semester, the college will refund the original tuition if the reduction changes their enrollment from full-time (12 or more hours) to part-time status (less than 12 hours). If the administrative withdrawal results in students being withdrawn completely for the semester, the college will refund 100 percent of the tuition and fees (excluding the mandatory application fee and late registration fees). The college will refund 100 percent of the tuition and fees (excluding the mandatory application fee and late registration fee) paid by students who are reported as "No Shows" by their instructors (see No Show Policy).


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If it's March, it must be an effects-driven dud. Nearly a year after Disney's "John Carter" crashed to earth, bringing an executive down with it, a different fantasy-heavy film fell mightily at the box office this weekend.
Nominally based on the myth of "Jack and the Giant Beanstalk," Bryan Singer's "Jack the Giant Slayer" was more like an errant weed this weekend. The film, starring Nicholas Hoult, grossed a paltry $28 million for the studio that released it, Warner Bros., and the division that produced it, New Line, despite costing nearly $200 million to make.
Like "John Carter," there were once high hopes for "Jack" -- expensive effects, proven director, rich myth. So what went wrong? Five lessons from this weekend's bombitude.
VIDEO REVIEW: Nothing magic about 'Jack the Giant Slayer'
Marketing mush. It's not impossible to simultaneously lure preadolescent boys and teen and twentysomething males. But it's not easy either. "Jack the Giant Slayer" had several elements -- mythical creatures, valiant youthful heroes -- that middle-school boys often respond to. But a violence-heavy trailer and a PG-13 rating appears to have turned off some parents. Warner Bros. not only missed an opportunity to reach its target audience but packaged the film for an older audience that was less inclined to see it.
Bryan Singer blues. Is there a stranger career than Singer's? Sure, filmmakers can make the transition from Sundance darling to superhero maestro (See under: Christopher Nolan). But the evolution has to feel natural to work. The reinvention of Singer from the man behind lower-budget gems "Public Access" and "The Usual Suspects" to the splashy but still complex world of "X-Men" to, now, the muddled mythology and kitchen-sink action of "Jack" plays away from the storytelling strengths that made us like his work in the first place.
Chain of title. There's certainly no magic formula when it comes to naming a movie, and often titles with the least formulaic qualities have the most resonance. But if "John Carter" was too generic, "Jack the Giant Slayer" was too specific. First you had to know Jack, then you had to know that these were evil giants, then care that he slayed them. Also, contrary to the title's non-hyphenated suggestion, it helped to know that the name was conveying that Jack slayed giants instead of simply being a big ol' slayer. Rocket science it's not, but the title might have been a little too muddled for distracted multiplex-goers.
Dating woes. Studios in the last few years seem to like releasing a big-budget action movie in early March. There's less competition than in the spring or summer, and a film that might get walloped in a more competitive season can seem, well, giant-like in these days of late winter. That's the thinking, anyway. The problem is that we don't tend to flock to movies of this sort in early March, at least not in the numbers required to justify this investment, as a series of flops in recent years -- "Mars Needs Moms," "Watchmen," "John Carter" -- have demonstrated. Turns out there's a reason studio executives have traditionally stayed away from releasing tentpole-sized action movies in non-tentpole seasons.
Airy-fairy. "Red Riding Hood, "Beastly," "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters," now "Jack The Giant Slayer." Can we finally proclaim the fairy-tale moment over? Basing a movie on a centuries-old bit of children's folklore may seem like a good idea to studio executives, who don't have to pay for underlying rights and get some nice free branding out of the deal. And sure, an occasional "Snow White" spinoff will do OK enough. But on balance we don't want to see movies that make the implicit boast they can do better than our childhood imaginations.
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The USM Enactus team won its seventh Enactus Regional Championship during their visit to New York City in spring 2013. The team will now move on to Kansas City, MO, for the Enactus USA National Exposition on May 21-23.
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The 2012 Donald Hardigree Memorial Outstanding Paper Award has been given to Dr. Dana Kerr for his article "Exploring the Role of Pseudodeductibles in Auto Insurance Claims Reporting," which appeared in the Journal of Insurance Issues.
Posted October 29, 2012
The University of Southern Maine's School of Business is 'the best choice for Portland-area professionals,' according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2013 edition of its annual guidebook "The Best 296 Business Schools."
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