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Use NFPA 3 to coordinate fire and life safety projects
NFPA 3 takes a contemporary approach to construction and focuses on commissioning the fire and life safety systems throughout a project, rather than at the end.
When NFPA released the 2012 edition of NFPA 3: Recommended Practice on Commissioning and Integrated Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems, a much-needed comprehensive commissioning document for the fire protection industry was made available. Without the use of NFPA 3 as a guideline, projects with complex system arrangements and testing requirements risk portions of their interface being overlooked by both the design team and the installation contractors.
Such complexities of the fire and life safety system interactions are often the reason for scope gap, causing stakeholders to remain unaware of issues until the project is near completion—a course of action that can generate chaos when the contractor is attempting to turn over the project to the owner and meet the scheduled project deadline. Rather than waiting until the end of the project to begin coordination of testing procedures, projects should use preplanned and fully coordinated fire and life safety commissioning plans.
Most codes are vague or even silent on the coordination of the various trades and disciplines, especially as it pertains to integrated system testing and confirming that the fire protection systems function as intended by the owner and design team. These codes do an excellent job of covering individual sub-system testing requirements but can often lead to conflicts between the testing requirements of the integrated system.
Failing to coordinate fire and life safety commissioning activities can raise the following questions:
- How does the double interlock pre-action system operate with the fire alarm system during testing, and will both systems be ready for testing at the same time?
- What is an acceptable test result specific to the project with complex requirements?
- How does the clean-agent gaseous suppression system operate with the fire alarm system?
- How is the integrity test for the room with gaseous suppression conducted?
- How does the smoke control system react to the fire sprinkler system flow switch, and what type of annunciation is chosen?
- Is the flow switch on the standpipe system to generate a supervisory or alarm signal?
- Where does drainage occur when testing fire sprinkler systems?
- What disruptions occur after occupancy during future testing, and how has this been coordinated?
- What are the proper metrics for current and future testing of the systems?
- At what stage of construction will the testing occur, and does the schedule support this goal?
Existing methods and tools
Jurisdictions such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York City, as well as the U.S. government have vast experience with large and/or complex facilities. Similar jurisdictions regularly use the fire and life safety report option to address unique scenarios. The purpose of the fire and life safety report is to designate one person or organization responsible for illustrating how the different fire protection features interrelate to provide the appropriate level of protection for the facility. In addition, the report is intended to address any aspects of the fire protection strategy that are unique to the facility or that may contradict base code requirements. The ultimate goal is to gather consensus from the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) and the design professionals prior to the construction phase because doing so allows the overall design concepts of each discipline to operate cohesively. However, the missing step is gathering these same important pieces of the puzzle and incorporating them throughout the construction phase, commissioning phase, and the entire lifecycle of the building.
Many large projects require the development, documentation, and implementation of testing procedures. Reports generated during this activity provide the owner and maintenance entity with testing requirements that are unique to the property. Specific codes are addressed, but so are requirements that fall in a grey area not truly addressed by codes. Often this testing document is developed in isolation from the other disciplines, which can cause the testing procedure to become an afterthought. Instead, a commissioning plan established early in the project scope development can be tracked to anticipate and resolve conflicts before they occur.
Documents such as the Unified Facilities Criteria 3-600-01 used by the U.S. Dept. of Defense and the General Services Administration (GSA) P100 document clearly recognize the need for a fire protection engineer and a fire and life safety report to align all aspects of fire protection on a project. The P100 document takes an additional step in section 7.17 by directly addressing "Commissioning Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems" through the use of the GSA Building Commissioning Guide. The GSA commissioning guide requires much of the same documentation prescribed by NFPA 3. However, the NFPA 3 document provides a detailed guide to meet the requirements of a comprehensive and well-planned commissioning scheme for various jurisdictions, rather than just those of the GSA. Furthermore, the NFPA 3 document sets basic requirements, standardizing the appearance of the report. For these reasons, the development of this document by the NFPA will be more readily adopted by local authorities and provide more flexibility for project specifics.
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I eat these first and then dive in.
Friday, May 04, 2012
Pierre Herme Rhum Baba
I eat these first and then dive in.
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I'm about to go out for dinner with friends.ReplyDelete
Thanks to you, Carol, I've just had dessert.
Very tasty post.Replies
the awful power of suggestion
I was so 'Good' today and then a commenter mentioned FG's cookie supply.
Previously untouched, now severely diminished...
Ah, le Baba au rhum. A favorite French pastry of mine. Great shots, Carol. Nobody should resist a beautiful Baba. There is always time for laps in the pool or leg kicks later, right? Even though- I must admit. You went straight for Baba AND Macarons in one dessert. Could not decide, could you? Glad you're having fun in Paris. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDeleteReplies
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Really I'm a devotee of PHerme's Mogador.
The 'M' word always gets me.
Passion Fruit!
No one does it better :)
Oh my goodness - I just gained 5 pounds looking at the pictures! Glad you're splurging on some treats. (Love that Dutch still life setup.)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes isn't it a brilliant way to show exquisit desserts?Delete
Nothing is left to chance.
It has belatedly occurred to moi that those Parisians must be eating a heck of a lot of parties....your shots are always full of so many beauties and I'm sure they only last a day or so. Do they donate the leftovers to soup kitchens? Do they have soup kitchens?ReplyDeleteReplies
There are NO LEFTOVERS.Delete
Wonder into P Herme at 6:55 pm and you will ge aghast to find almost zip left.
Ya gotta be kidding J.!
You could be stealing the secrets of the cakes!ReplyDelete
Great photos worth the risk.
Lorraine xx
You have become very bold with your camera, and sneaky, too. Pardon me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard.ReplyDelete
Just added Pierre Herme to the places I must go when I arrive in Paris next week....I can't wait!!! I will be dreaming of macarons on top of a Mogador Baba the entire plane ride!!!ReplyDelete
So very tempting!! and you are crazy funny! (((:ReplyDelete
Do those kicks and those laps and eat that delish cake please!
hugs Z
Lurve the little Paris chien today..ReplyDelete
Hi, you are so brave to take photos in there! Good for you. Great photos. I tried to take photos at Laduree in both NEw York and London at Harrods and they didn't allow it. Maybe I will try again next time :). Those cakes look so delicious!ReplyDeleteReplies
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They have SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHY' guards to keep watch.
I got caught there too.
Best to just keep smiling and shooting.
Anyways what can they do?
Once a guard asked me to 'eraser'my photos.
I pretended not to understand and ran away :)
So varied their pastries..photo mops everywhere..you have made me so aware that a tiny spy camera could be great fun..will need the dexterity too though:)ReplyDelete
Beauty and decadence, indeed - eat it all up!ReplyDelete
Hi Carol!ReplyDelete
Rhum Baba is one of my very favorite desserts!!!!Of course it is also almost impossible to find on menus in the US. Thanks for the Look..... I'm definitely going there next trip across the pond..... Maryanne xo
Beauty of the highest order... but of course! xvReplyDelete
- Germaine7:15 PM
I lost my camera on a recent return flight from DisneyWorld (I inquired twice, no luck) and must buy a new one for my trip to Paris with friends the end of Sept., overlap to Oct.ReplyDelete
Could you please tell me what kind of camera you use? I'm not at all a die-hard, knowledgeable photographer, taking pictures mainly to capture scenes and memories to paint at another time but would like a decent "small" one. I will understand if you cannot or wish not to share this information.
Always look forward to more "Paris Breakfast"
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I think it's in my sidebar from amazon...Delete
no secret Germaine
I have a Canon S90...
now they have the s95
Love it!
and love Canon customer care.
They tell you how to open the box..
I'm not kidding!
Luscious, and a true feast for the eyes! I know where I will head to when I get to Paris!ReplyDelete
(I took me a whole day to scratch my molten self off the chair and type this from the Martini glass I am now residing until I get myself firm again.)
PH is also to launch a collection of tarts, I'am eager to try them !ReplyDelete


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Gov't reaffirms plans to sell lab island off NY
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government's move to reaffirm its planned sale of Plum Island, an 843-acre animal disease research site off Long Island, does not mean the sale should go forward or that it will, environmental groups and others said Friday.
The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security issued what's called a record of decision Thursday night on Plum Island. The document marks one of the last steps before a sale.
But critics say most of the island should be turned into a nature preserve with limited development.
"While a sale is not yet imminent, this latest news serves as a reminder of the critical need for federal legislation to preserve this unique, priceless natural treasure," U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said in a statement. "Once this pristine open space is lost to development, it can never be reclaimed."
Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Timothy Bishop, a Democrat from Long Island, have introduced a proposal to stop the sale altogether. Bishop's district director, Brian Beedenbender, said Friday that "it remains foolish to sell off an environmental treasure."
Congress voted in 2009 to close the laboratory, which opened on the island 100 miles east of New York City in 1954. Plum Island scientists research pathogens like foot-and-mouth disease, which is highly contagious to livestock and could cause catastrophic economic losses and imperil the nation's food supply. Sale proceeds would go toward moving the research to Kansas State University.
A GSA environmental study in June suggested homes might be built on Plum Island, but there has been no estimated sale price for the island.
The two federal agencies said in a statement they issued the record of decision after considering "all the factors discovered and analyzed" during the National Environmental Policy Act process.
When the timeframe for the laboratory's relocation is known, the agencies said, they will re-examine the environmental impact statement "specifically for the purpose of ensuring that it reflects the then current knowledge of the conditions on the property."
Environmentalists have sounded alarms that selling the island would jeopardize endangered terns, seals and other wildlife, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency raised some red flags earlier this month. The island provides "important habitat for a number of species," and the GSA hadn't done a detailed enough evaluation of selling the island, regional EPA administrator Judith Enck said.
In 2007, the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation said there appeared to be no existing environmental threats on the island, noting that hundreds of tons of contaminated soil had been removed from landfills and other areas there.
But Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said concerns over contamination would likely affect the island's potential sale.
"It's most like riddled with contamination, and a thorough investigation needs to occur," Esposito said. "You can't just sell an island that was used in secret for 50 years."
The local town board approved new zoning laws Tuesday that would prevent any significant development of the island. Under the zoning rules approved unanimously by the Southold Town Board, the bulk of the island would be preserved as a conservation district while laboratory research would be allowed on part of it.
Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said Friday that his first choice would be to keep Plum Island open and providing jobs to area residents, but the zoning regulations should at least restrict future development.
"You will see no Plum Island Estates on Plum Island," Russell said.


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Use in fiction
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The Laureus World Sports Awards is the only annual global award program to honour the best sportsmen and women for their performances across all sport disciplines. The winners are selected by a prestigious jury – the 46 members of the Laureus World Sports Academy. The awards ceremony takes place each year in the presence of international guests from the worlds of sport, entertainment, business, and society.
The Laureus World Sports Awards were established in 1999 by Daimler AG and Richemont. The organisation's global partners are Mercedes-Benz, which is part of Daimler, and IWC Schaffhausen, which belongs to Richemont. Vodafone became a Laureus global partner in 2008.
The process for selecting the Laureus World Sports Awards winners is in two stages. First, a selection panel of leading sport editors, writers and broadcasters from more than 120 countries nominates six individuals (or teams) in each category. After that, the members of the Laureus World Sports Academy vote by secret ballot to select the winners. The Academy is made up of 46 legendary athletes from around the world and is chaired by former athletics great, Edwin Moses.
There are five categories voted on by the international panel and the Academy: Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, Laureus World Team of the Year, Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year and Laureus World Comeback of the Year.
Specialist panels select the winners in two additional categories: the Laureus World Alternative Sportsperson of the Year (chosen by a jury of the world's leading journalists for alternative sports) and the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability (determined by the Executive Committee of the International Paralympic Committee).
There are two further honours bestowed by the Laureus founders and the Academy: the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Laureus Sport for Good Award, which is presented to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to society.


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I'm new to SBCL and Common Lisp in general, and I recently ran into a bit of a problem and have struggled(gooogled) for hours to find a good solution or even explanation, to no avail.
The program I'm writing currently creates ~12 threads which run concurrently, and I expected that between them all they'd be able to occupy all 4 CPU cores in my system, but it appears as though only one core is seeing any activity from them.
The SBCL manual here: http://www.sbcl.org/manual/Threading.html#Threading specifically says that threads can take advantage of hardware multiprocessing. Am I missing/misunderstanding something? Is there something I'm likely to be doing wrong?


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Thanks for the certification! Oh yeah... HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! 2004 is going to be a great year no matter what happens. I believe that 2004 will see alot of great discoveries that will benefit humankind.
I'll be going back to school just to purchase some notes/books today. School starts on Monday and I'll be learning Basic Electronics(Theoretical I think...), AutoCAD, Practical Electronics and more.
My website should be completed by the end of today(Friday).
I've never written in diaries before...
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When New Bern walked off a wet field last season with a 34-33 victory over Havelock, it may have well set the stage for what was to come for both teams � a pair of state championships.
When New Bern walked off a wet field last season with a 34-33 victory over Havelock, it may have well set the stage for what was to come for both teams � a pair of state championships.
Now, the two teams are scheduled to renew their Craven County rivalry at 7:30 p.m. Friday in New Bern.
�It�s a rivalry game with two defending state champions going at it,� Havelock coach Jim Bob Bryant said. �It�s going to be a fun game to coach in and a fun game to play in. It�s going to be a fun game for the fans.�
New Bern won last year�s 4A state championship with a 16-0 record, while Havelock won the 3A state championship at 15-1, the lone loss being that one-point setback to the Bears.
�There�s three schools in our county and two of them were state champions last year,� Bryant said. �That speaks to the level of football played in Craven County.�
And Bryant expects a high level of football Friday from the Bears, who are coming off a 27-24 overtime loss to Durham Hillside in last week�s opener.
�They�re good as usual,� Bryant said of New Bern. �They�re well-coached, have a lot of athletes and have good size. They�re not one of the best teams in the state because they don�t have players. They�ve got some real good players and some real good coaches.�
New Bern quarterback Michael Hughes ran for 152 yards against Hillside last week, rushing for a touchdown and throwing for two more. He threw for 146 as the Bears totaled 329 yards.
New Bern will face a Havelock defense that surrendered 270 yards in last week�s 28-6 victory over Washington. The Rams also came up with an interception and two sacks.
Despite the victory, Havelock did struggle offensively. The Rams mustered just 57 yards rushing in the contest.
�We have to move the chains better than we did the other night,� Bryant said. �I think we punted more the other night than in the first six games of last year. We�ve got to move the chains and get first downs, and keep their offense off the field.�
He said the contest could come down to the kicking game, which it did last year when a poor snap on a wet field led to a blocked extra point that could have tied the game for the Rams in the closing seconds.
�Special teams are going to play a big part,� said Bryant, whose team had a punt blocked last week against Washington. �I think both of us offensively and defensively are going to be pretty good, but special teams will help create or eliminate field position, so I think big plays and the kicking game are going to be two big things in this game.
�Both offenses are explosive, so which team limits the other team�s offensive production more, and big plays and special teams I think will be the difference.�
New Bern holds a 22-20-1 lead in the series. Bryant is 3-2 in games against the Bears, who have won two of the last three meetings. Havelock won 51-28 in 2011, the last time the game was played in New Bern.
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Ethics Panel Reverses Itself on Travel Finance Disclosure Rule
WASHINGTON–The House Ethics Committee on Thursday reversed its earlier decision to streamline lawmakers' disclosure of privately-financed travel information after the change ignited a flurry of criticism on Capitol Hill this week.
Lawmakers had denounced the panel's Tuesday action as a move away from transparency after the committee quietly ended a requirement that members of Congress and their aides list on yearly financial disclosure forms trips paid for by companies and nonprofits. Officials are already required to make detailed information public about their trips within 15 days of the trip's conclusion.
The committee defended its rationale Thursday in a two-page news release and five pages answering frequently-asked questions. The change to eliminate the "duplicative" reporting had been made at the recommendation of its nonpartisan, professional staff and didn't change any of the rules regarding what types of private travel are permitted, the panel noted.
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It be Thursday…
Leigh is joined by Tory and Brian, and wonders if he can disown Ali. Clothes shopping is one of the WORST pass-times for a bloke, and yet Ali FORCED Leigh to go shopping for clothes for while he is going on strike.
"Back to school" gear are already in the shops, even though the children have JUST broken up from school for summer break… Tad rude! Meanwhile, why are tourists so stupid? They get in the way with everything, then wonder why you get miffed off with their stupidity.
Leigh explains why he has decided to purchase a Samsung Galaxy S3 – then big debate about why he want's the "older" model.
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Study Breaks and Snacks!
Research suggests that you should take frequent breaks while you study. For example, some experts claim that the average person can only concentrate for about 50 minutes. After that, your abiliy to learn and retain information declines. For every hour that you study, you should treat yourself to a 10 minute break. We're here to help (with events sponsored by the SBA and ISBA)...
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Spring U-Pass Distribution
All day division students who are considered full-time for the spring 2006 semester will receive a U-Pass, which provides unlimited rides on the CTA from January 22 - May 18, 2006. Status as a full-time student is determined by your official division status, and not be the number of credit hours you take in a particular semester. If you qualify for a U-Pass and want to obtain it during the first available distribution, you must be registered for spring classes by 5:00pm on December 15, 2006.
Spring U-Pass distribution will begin a few days prior to the start of spring semester classes. The exact times and locations for Spring U-Pass Distribution will be announced in the Record and an email sent during Winter Break. Students will only be permitted to pick up their own U-Pass cards.
If you are not registered as a full-time, day division student by December 15, 2006, you have a financial hold on your account on that date, or you do not have an ID picture on file in the Registrar's Office by that date, you will not receive a U-Pass during the initial distribution period. Students who qualify for the U-Pass after December 16 or were not included in the initial spring U-Pass request sent to CTA will have passes ordered for them in January.
Fall U-Pass Activation Period
Fall '05 U-Pass cards will remain valid through December 21, 2006, the last day of final exams. If y ou have problems with your pass before this date, please see Frequently Asked Questions about the U-Pass or the CTA U-Pass website.
Spring Health Insurance Enrollment Period
If you were not enrolled in student health insurance this fall, you can now enroll for the spring. Spring health insurance costs $529 for the coverage period of January 14 - August 14, 2007. This cost will be added to your spring semester fees. Please submit an online enrollment form by January 26, 2007. (The spring enrollment form should be put online this week.) Please save a copy of the enrollment form confirmation for your records. For more information about the student health insurance plan, please visit IIT's Student Health Center website or the Health Insurance FAQ. Students can also enroll in student health insurance by emailing Melody Jack at email@example.com. When emailing Ms. Jack, please include your CWID.
Waiving/Canceling Health Insurance for the Spring
Any student (day or evening division) enrolled for 12 or more credits in the spring, will be automatically enrolled in student health insurance. If you have your own insurance coverage, you can waive student health insurance by completing the online waiver form by January 26, 2007. If you previously waived student health insurance, the waiver will remain on your account indefefinitely unless you re-enrolled in the plan after you submitted that waiver. If you are on a F1 or J1 visa, you cannot waive student health insurance.
If you were enrolled in student health insurance in the fall and no longer want the coverage either because you have another insurance plan or are now registered for less than 12 credits, you can cancel student health insurance for the spring by contacting Melody Jack at email@example.com by January 26, 2007. You will receive a refund on your account for the spring.
Rescheduled Illinois Bar Examiner Visit for 3L/4L Students
Representatives from the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar will be at the Law School on January 23, 2007 from 12:00-1:00pm for day students and 5:00-5:50pm for evening students. The Bar Examiners will provide information and answer questions from students in their final year of school concerning the completion of the bar application process and the character and fitness process.
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Federal and state officials are investigating whether healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente violated patient privacy in its work with an Indio couple who stored nearly 300,000 confidential hospital records for the company.
The California Department of Public Health has already determined that Kaiser "failed to safeguard all patients' medical records" at one Southern California hospital by giving files to Stephan and Liza Dean for about seven months without a contract. The couple's document storage firm kept those patient records at a warehouse in Indio that they shared with another man's party rental business and his Ford Mustang until 2010.
Until this week, the Deans also had emails from Kaiser and other files listing thousands of patients' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and treatment information stored on their home computers.
The state agency said it was awaiting more information from Kaiser on its "plan of correction" before considering any penalties.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began looking into Kaiser's conduct last year after receiving a complaint from the Deans about the healthcare provider's handling of patient data, letters from the agency show. Kaiser said it hadn't been contacted by federal regulators, and a Health and Human Services spokesman declined to comment.


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LG has failed to cause a great excitement over its latest rumored Verizon device, the LG Lucid. Previously known as the LG Cayman, it is not the greatest device, but surely another option to consider if you are getting a new Verizon phone soon.
This leaked render image has just hit the web, and it gives us a preview of what the device could look like. The Lucid appears to be a much sleeker version of the LG Revolution with a different back style. The device does not look great, but that is a personal preference. It just might be your style.
LG Lucid Rumored Specifications
- 4-inch NOVA display (non-IPS)
- 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
- 1 GB of RAM
- Android 2.3
- 5 MP camera (1080p recording)
- 16 GB of internal storage
- 4G LTE connectivity
As you can see, the specs are not bad, but also not special. On paper, it looks like most devices we have seen being released lately. And the fact that it is not being released with Android 4.0 is rather disappointing. But the device won't be too expensive.
According to the latest rumors, the LG Lucid will hit the stores come March 29th with a suggesting a price tag lower than $200. This is very affordable, considering that this is a new 4G LTE device. Such smartphones usually come with an initial price of at least $250.
If you are into this one, stay tuned for the end of the month. Don't forget to take all of this information with a grain of salt, as none of it is official. The device might be much better (or worse), but we will have to wait and find out. Would you guys consider buying a device with these specs? We know LG isn't exactly our readers' favorite manufacturer.


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"BlackBerry 10 is completely different from previous BlackBerry operating systems—with good reason. Its core assets come from a company named QNX, which Research In Motion acquired in 2010. Blackberry 10 features include 'live tiles' that dynamically refresh with new information, as well as a revamped keyboard and security upgrades. But what really makes or breaks a phone is the quality (and quantity) of its third-party apps. So what we'll do here is look at the programming API. That will give us a good grip on what app developers can do with the platform."


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While Taylor has been enjoying the Tegra 2 powered LG Optimus 2X, I have been treated to a little surprise of my own. This afternoon, the FedEx guy dropped off a package from HTC. Since AT&T finally unveiled their launch details for the HTC Inspire 4G just yesterday, it's was fairly easy to assume what was inside the package.
I've only had about an hour to play around with the HTC Inspire 4G, but it's fairly safe to say that it's certainly the best HTC handset I have used in a while (the HTC Thunderbolt doesn't count since Verizon has not yet sent me one to test out). Now that AT&T has lost it's exclusivity deal with Apple's iPhone, it's clear that they will be stepping up their Android offerings over the next few months in an effort to retain customers.
Over the past year, AT&T has received a lot of bad press over how they have managed their Android phones. One hottest issues has been AT&T's lock-down on application installation. As of now, all phones available on AT&T are only able to install applications from the official Android Market. Fortunately, I'm happy to report that the HTC Inspire 4G is the first phone on AT&T that allows users to install applications from the SD card and other sources. I'm not 100% sure if this feature will carry over once the phone goes on sale, but the phone I have in my hands certainly has no issues with the apps I installed from Gmail and my memory card.
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From Russia with Love (UK - BD)
Scott McKenzie checks out the Blu-ray release of the second Bond movie...
In his second screen outing, James Bond's mission is to travel to Istanbul and try to recover a cypher machine from a defecting Russian agent. Little does he know that the situation he finds himself in is cleverly set up by SPECTRE to unbalance the world powers. With SPECTRE agents Red Grant and Rosa Klebb on his trail, he must work out who they are working for and face a final confrontation onboard the Orient Express.
After the success of Dr. No, director Terence Young found himself with a larger budget and more ideas coming from the producers for the second Bond movie in the series. As a result, the finished article of From Russia with Love is closer to the formula we've become used to down the years. The pre-credits sequence, theme song, Q's gadgets and final confrontation when you think the movie is over are all here. This truly is classic Bond, and even includes the first appearance of his arch-nemesis Blofeld.
The pre-credits sequence where Red Grant (Robert Shaw) 'kills' James Bond is a great teaser for the rest of the movie and it's right that this has formed part of the formula ever since, even if some of them (e.g. For Your Eyes Only) are completely unnecessary. However, watching the movie for this review, it's the first time I noticed that Bond takes a hell of a long time to show up. Aside from the opening sequence where it isn't really him anyway, it's almost twenty minutes before we get an appearance from our hero. I can't imagine a modern Bond film lasting two minutes before his big entrance.
The globe-trotting angle that has become another Bond staple is in evidence here as well. We take in Istanbul, Venice, Belgrade and Zagreb, with the plot focusing on our heroes' journey on the Orient Express in the second half of the movie. Going back to Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes, trains have long given filmmakers a place to set intriguing spy stories, although it's hard to see how the fight between Red Grant and James Bond here will be topped. Their punch-up is long and brutal and free from the slapstick that dogged Roger Moore's time as 007. For once in the series, Bond is up against his equal (physically, if not intellectually) and it makes for an exciting battle.
Since this is just the second Bond movie, the storyline is pretty close to that of the original novel, certainly more so than some of the Roger Moore movies, which took only the title and not much else. There are a couple of changes, like the addition of SPECTRE instead of having SMERSH as the bad guys but the guts of the story are still there. As a big James Bond fan, this is one of the movies that I haven't seen quite as much as the others. This is a good thing because it felt more like a new movie to me than some of the others, which I've seen countless times, but it's also a bad thing because it's clearly one of the best of the whole series and I'm hanging my head in shame a little for watching Moonraker non-stop when I was growing up when I could have been watching this bona fide classic.
Given that this movie is over forty years old, I didn't hold out much hope that the presentation quality would challenge today's modern blockbusters, but I was pleasantly surprised. No doubt coming from the same master copy as the remastered DVDs that were released a couple of years ago, there is very little here to detract from your viewing pleasure. Only some external establishing shots seemed to be damaged or dirty enough for it to be noticeable, but these are very rare. The picture in general is bright and colourful, with a decent level of detail available. Is it a significant improvement over the DVDs? Maybe not, but this is definitely the best presentation of this movie in a very long time. Check out the un-remastered trailers and TV spots in the extras section of the disc to get an idea just how much better this movie looks now compared to what we were used to on VHS.
The audio is presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, which is mastered from the original mono track. The producers of this disc haven't gone overboard to mix everything up with heavy use of directional sound but there are some subtle changes that are welcome. The classic music is the highlight of the track, with the Bond theme sounding strong and clear. The dialogue does sound a little fuzzy at times, but not so much as to be off-putting. The balance of effects, music and dialogue is pitched at the right level in what is quite a loud track and I'm pleased to say that along with the video quality, it's a lot better than I was expecting.
The commentary track is chaired by a chap from the Ian Fleming Foundation and consists of interviews with members of the cast and crew. As Gabe stated in his review of the identical US release (which I've been trying not to completely rip off), it's the equivalent of reading a behind the scenes novel. The interviews and anecdotes are well-timed to the action on screen so while it may not be a laugh riot, this is certainly one of the most informative commentaries I've listed to in a long time.
As is the case with all the other Bond movies on Blu-ray, the extras are grouped together in sections. First up we get the 'MI6 Vault' that contains archive material. There are two featurettes involving Ian Fleming. The first is an interview with him that was originally broadcast shortly after his death, where he discusses his views on his success, espionage and language in his books. The second is a conversation between Fleming and Raymond Chandler. They obviously have a lot of respect for each other's work and they share a lot with each other about their characters and how they write. Finally we get an 'animated storyboard' of the boat chase sequence that technically isn't animated.
'007 Mission Control' allows the viewer to jump directly to character-specific scenes in the movie. 'Mission Dossier' contains a couple of longer documentaries. 'Inside From Russia with Love' is the making-of documentary that looks at all aspects of the novel and the movie, including its rise to prominence when it was reported as one of John F Kennedy's favourite novels. We also see the work that went into the fight on the train and it's interesting to note that the chess moves in the early scene were a recreation of a classic match. 'Harry Saltzman: Showman' focuses on one of the producers of the early Bond movies and looks back at is history of bringing stage plays to the big screen.
'Ministry of Propaganda' is an archive of trailers and advertisements from cinema, television and radio. The Image Database contains some animated slideshows of stills from the production. However, with my Blu-ray taking ages to load these up, I think it took longer to load than to watch them. It's worth noting that from time to time when the disc was dropping back from the extras to the menu, the background animation would appear but the menu itself wouldn't. This meant I had to take the disc out and put it back in again, which started to become pretty frustrating. This is also an issue with the other Bond discs I'm reviewing. I assume I need to update the firmware on my player but if this happens to you as well, take comfort in the knowledge that you're not alone.
From Russia with Love is undoubtedly one of the best Bond movies and went some way to creating the formula that was rehashed every few years until the tiring series needed a reboot with Casino Royale. On this Blu-ray disc the movie looks and sounds great and it's difficult to imagine how the presentation could be improved. The extras (especially the audio commentary) complement the movie to make this a disc worth picking up whether you're a big fan of 007 or just a newcomer to his adventures.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Scott McKenzie
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I have to say, all the retail Bond Blu-rays that are reviewed on this site as having mono do NOT have mono on them. I bought Live and Let Die and it only has the English DTS on it.
Perhaps you guys got the uncoded Region A discs (which do have the mono sound on, annoyingly).
Perhaps you guys got the uncoded Region A discs (which do have the mono sound on, annoyingly).
General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Disc Details
Release Date: 20th October 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Mono English, Dolby Digital Mono Spanish, Dolby Digital Mono French
Subtitles: English HoH, English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish
Extras: Audio Commentary, Ian Fleming Interview, Ian Fleming & Raymond Chandler, Animated Storyboard, Inside From Russia With Love, Harry Saltzman: Showman, Trailers, Photo Gallery.
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Shaw, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell
Genre: Action and Adventure
Length: 122 minutes
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CORBIN, Ky. (WKYT) - It's been described as an explosion, an earthquake, a thunder roll, or even as small as a car crash. Some say there was one tremor, others say two, one resident said they felt three violent shakes, and yet some say they didn't feel anything at all.
While the reports vary, the reality is something rattled Corbin around midday on Wednesday.
"Just a couple of seconds, it didn't last long," described Christopher Day, "I thought it was thunder and I looked up in the sky and, of course, it was sunny and cold out. It couldn't be thunder."
But Day wasn't the only one to feel it, Deanna Rains said dishes began falling into her sink.
"I actually had my coffee pot break from my refrigerator," said Rains, "I was thinking oh my god, is my trailer going to fall apart? Or is the ground going to split open or something? I mean it was horrible!"
The Whitley County 911 Call Center made a map estimating the locations of callers to 911 centers in their county as well as in Laurel, Knox and McCreary counties. The tremors were that widespread.
"We've yet to determine what this was. It sounded like a minor earthquake, but we can't get it verified," answered Sheriff Colan Harrell.
So, was it an earthquake? If anyone would know it'd be the UK Geological Survey.
"I took a look through our records and so far I haven't seen anything that does not look uncharacteristic. There's a of activity but that's normal," explained Seth Carpenter, adding he believes it was likely a mine blast on the surface level, and did not register on their seismology readouts.
So was it an explosion?
I called several mining companies to see if they were blasting in the area that could explain the shaking. They all denied it, saying their blasts are typically smaller and kept to a mile-wide radius.
Danny Moses, the Whitley County Emergency Management Director, said he began trying to solve the mystery as soon as it happened. He checked every possible blasting site, and said he still had not found the answer.
So the mystery continues.
"There could also be something else going on," estimated Carpenter.
"I still have no idea. It was definitely something," stated Day.
Moses said he has not found any major damage to the area. Still, those who felt the tremors want answers, but for now they'll have to wait.


text: Google just announced the Open Patent Non-Assertion (OPN) Pledge, a new initiative whereby the company has promised not to sue developers, distributors, and users of open source software utilizing Mountain View's patents "unless first attacked." In introducing the good faith effort, Google is reiterating its passion and support for all things open. "Open-source software has been at the root of many innovations in cloud computing, the mobile web, and the Internet generally," writes Duane Valz, Google's senior patent counsel. "We remain committed to an open Internet — one that protects real innovation and continues to deliver great products and services."


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NBC re-airing Martin Luther King Jr. interview
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC News says it will rebroadcast a 1963 "Meet the Press" interview with Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of the March on Washington's 50th anniversary next week.
King appeared on the news program three days before his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech at the Aug. 28, 1963, civil rights march.
″'Meet the Press' Special Edition: Remembering the Dream" will air Sunday on 10 NBC-owned stations and on New England Cable News and a number of NBC affiliates. Most stations will air it immediately before or after the regularly scheduled episode of "Meet the Press" (check local listings).
The half-hour interview with King and NAACP leader Roy Wilkins will air in full, a half-century to the day after its original showing. It will be available online afterward.


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Motorola has scheduled an event on September 10th at the GigaOM Mobilize 09 conference. We know Motorola will make some Android announcements, but no official word has been given on which phones will appear. Some sites are speculating the Motorola Sholes will be absent because Verizon is not participating on that day. I have a different take on the event and I'm going to try and convince you otherwise.
The following is a short list of reasons I think the Motorola Sholes (and Android 2.0) will be unveiled on September 10th, 2009.
1. During Motorola's earnings call last month, CEO Sanjay Jha responded with the following when asked about potential advertising for new Android phones.
"In terms of when you will see ads, well, let me tell you, around mid September timeframe we hope to be able to let you play with these devices more and get your feedback as to where you think it fits into the marketplace."
Devices is plural.
2. When GigaOM sent an email to Motorola PR last week, they responded with the following.
Motorola Mobile Devices CEO Sanjay Jha will be making an announcement regarding the company's Android portfolio during his keynote that day at GigaOM's Mobilize conference.
Portfolio implies more than one Android device.
3. I was recently talking with an inside source at Motorola about the September 10th event. When I asked about which phones would be present they responded, "Morrison definitely, Sholes maybe." If Sholes was not going to make an appearance, I think I would have been told "no" by now.
4. I've seen internal Motorla documents that discuss the Sholes features. They had a release date of September 10th, 2009. Obviously this is not the date the phone is going on sale, but I believe it was referring to the date when Sholes would be revealed.
5. Andy Rubin, the father of Android, is a speaker at the Mobilize 09 event. Google has been working closely with Motorola and I think Mr. Rubin will finally announce that Android 2.0 will debut on the Motorola Sholes.
If anyone has evidence to the contrary, we would love to hear what you have to say.


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Figure B. Gonorrhea — Women — Rates by State, United States and Outlying Areas, 2012
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NOTE: The total gonorrhea infection rate among women in the United States and outlying areas (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands) was 107.5 per 100,000 female population.
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After a solid month of beta testing Madfinger Games has released the final version of their highly anticipated multiplayer shooter Shadowgun: Deadzone. The game is free to play, but you will need a newish Android device to experience the console quality graphics.
I spent a couple hours playing the beta and it was the best multiplayer shooter I have ever played on a mobile device. Up to 12 players can battle on various maps with 10 different playable characters. Gamepads are fully supported and Madfinger worked with Ericsson to develope an exclusive voice chat feature.
Like previous titles from Madfinger games, the developer plans to support the game long after it is released. "We plan to add new items, gadgets, maps and game modes," confirmed Marek Rabas, CEO at Madfinger Games.
Even though the game is free to play, users can take advantage of in-app purchases (IAP) to speed up their progress in the game. "It has nothing to do with a 'Pay to Win' system. We've been very careful about spending money in the game. Neither IAP nor the premium account gives you any advantages in gameplay," pointed out Marek Rabas.
Highlights of Shadowgun: Deadzone include:
- Experience intense tactical multiplayer combat with up to 12 players connected online.
- Choose from two popular game modes — Deathmatch and Zone Control, various maps and from 10 playable characters
- As a character's ranking increases, new elements will be unlocked and available during gameplay
- New control elements such as sprint and roll have been implemented into gameplay
- A wide ranging arsenal offers Assault Rifles, Machine guns, Plasma Rifles, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Rocket Launcher and many more, all of which are upgradable
- Various items including Medi Kit, Ammo Kit, Flash Grenades, EMP Grenades, Frag Grenades, Sentry Guns and Mines
- Talk to your friends in real time! Enjoy entirely new service — multiplayer voice chat — exclusively developed and provided by Ericsson.
The full game requires Android 3.0 and at least 512 MB RAM, so be sure to visit the Google Play Store and see if your device is supported.


text: In the technology world, the only constant is change. Digital transformation and disruption are all around in the shape of new technologies or in the way we get things done. It can be a real struggle for businesses to keep pace. That's why today's IT leader needs to be more than a good technologist; they need to be an evangelist for IT and an educator as well. CIO.com's Rich Hein interviewed CIOs and IT leaders on the importance of being diligent about educating your IT teams, your business people and C-level leadership.


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Antiarrhythmic medicines may be used to return an irregular
heartbeat (arrhythmia) to its normal rhythm, prevent an arrhythmia, or control
the heartbeat during an arrhythmia. These drugs work mostly by slowing the
heart rate or by helping the heart muscle tissue become stable.
Many antiarrhythmic medicines have side effects, and many interact with
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During the ADD/DROP period, students in the College of Arts and Sciences & Sawyer Business School may adjust their schedule without any additional charges incurred. In the Law School and Dual Degree Programs, drop or withdrawal must be completed prior to the first day of classes to avoid any tuition charges.
After the ADD/DROP period, dropping (or withdrawing) from a course or all courses will result in a pro-rated tuition charges based on the time of the withdrawal.
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Please click on the left panel to view the dates and tuition liability for each specific academic area.
- Keep in mind that financial aid awards may be reduced or cancelled due to course withdrawal or taking a leave of absence. Any outstanding balance would then become responsibility of the student to pay. For more information on determining potential financial liability, please contact your Financial Aid Office.
- Students are responsible for notifying the University if they plan to withdraw. Non-attendance or non-payment does not constitute official withdrawal or dropping a course.
- If you are a returning student and need to withdraw or take a leave of absence from the University, you need to complete an official withdrawal or leave of absence form from the Office of Student Affairs. Calculation of tuition charges will be based upon the date that the form is received.
- Law students need to contact the Office of the Registrar to file a withdrawal or leave of absence.
- If you are an incoming student and wish to withdraw, contact the appropriate admissions office.
- Remember to check your account summary for your remaining tuition balance and adjustments to your financial aid award, if any, after your leave of absence or withdrawal form has been processed
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Why you need to permanently delete files from your computerWhen you delete files from your computer and even empty the Recycle Bin, Windows only deletes references to the files from the file system table but the contents of all deleted files remain on the disk that gives an opportunity to restore files to their original location. Deleted files can be restored even if you format your hard drive. Everything from your private documents to your Internet history, emails, movies and music you downloaded - all information can be easily recovered.
To prevent unauthorized restore of deleted files, you can use special software that enables you to permanently delete individual files and folder as well as wipe the whole drive, wipe free space and wipe the Recycle bin.
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Night Moves | 10/16/12
We're happy to announce that Night Moves' debut album Colored Emotions is out today! Pick it up from the Domino Mart, your local indie record store, any fine digital retailer, or from the band's merch table!
The band are currently on the road with Lord Huron and will play a sold out hometown release show tonight at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. Full dates below.
Listen to 'Country Queen' below:
Here's what some fine folks have had to say about the album:
"The five-piece plays countrified rock with a freak-folk vocal style, and their organ and string arrangements spin their songs into mini-epics." New Yorker
"cosmically expansive and yet twangily intimate" Spin
"The album's poppier tracks are woven together with songs that explore the band's capacity for atmosphere and mood, and the entire record sets one remarkably cohesive, hallucinatory tone." MPR's the Current
"has a psychedelic twist and controlled exuberance that shows off why Night Moves is an interesting band to keep on your radar. Guitars and synth soar to cosmic heights, but the vocals somehow remain down to earth" Magnet
Tour dates
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
10-18 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
10-19 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
10-20 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
10-21 Seattle, WA - Barboza *
10-22 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
10-24 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
10-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Satellite
10-26 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10-27 Phoenix, AZ - Sail Inn
10-30 Lawrence, KS- Replay Lounge ^
* supporting Lord Huron
^ Young Prisms


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Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, New Releases, Cinematical
Despite spending years in the spotlight -- or, more often, the long lens of a camera whose owner is eager to catch him doing some beach side sit-ups -- Matthew McConaughey seems like someone whose Southern mama raised him right. Even when, for instance, this reporter's recorder entered its death throes near the end of our phone interview, McConaughey remained easygoing and cool, humming to himself while I fumbled for extra batteries.
McConaughey's character in 'The Lincoln Lawyer,' Mick Haller, is also pretty cool, but in a far shadier sort of way. As a defense attorney whose office is basically the back seat of his car, Haller works the seedier side of Los Angeles, and his livelihood -- and sometimes his safety -- depends on his ability to smooth-talk and grease the right palms. This is no less true when he finds himself representing a very rich and seemingly clean-cut young man accused of viciously attacking a prostitute. Haller has to use everything at his disposal to find out if his client, played by Ryan Phillippe, is as innocent as he says he is.
Although McConaughey started college with hopes of becoming a criminal defense attorney at the University of Texas, his interests turned towards writing and more creative work by his junior year. "I woke up scared, going, 'Oh my gosh, what about my twenties? What about my twenties? I don't want to just go get educated for my twenties. I want to go get some practical experience with whatever I'm going to do,'" the actor says.
His worries were for naught, as he's now been in well over 35 movies since starting his acting career in the early '90s. Now he admits, "I really like playing an attorney. I like playing an attorney more than I like attorneys."
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The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is here, allowing you to have a play with some to the new features before the final version of Windows 8 arrives later in the year.
As with Windows 7, Microsoft has allowed users interested and keen to review the new OS themselves the chance to download a preview of the operating system. But should you bother? We've been playing with the new OS to find out, before we bring you our Windows 8 review later in the year.
Setting up Windows 8
Before you reach for the download button you'll need to make sure of a couple of things. The biggest one to remember is that while Microsoft is calling it a Consumer Preview, what that really means is that it is a beta for you to try and therefore it is likely to crash, have bugs, be unstable and act like it isn't a finished product.
Depending on how you view beta trials - virtually every Google product is still in one - will dictate whether you want to download the Windows 8 Consumer Preview to your main computer. Bear in mind that the phrase, "But sir, Windows 8 ate my homework" probably isn't going to wash in the real world.
That dilemma out of the way, you'll also need to make sure your machine is capable of running the software. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview should run on the same hardware that powers Windows 7 today says Microsoft. In particular the specs you are looking for are:
- 1GHz or faster processor
- 1GB RAM (32-bit) or 2GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20GB (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher drive
- 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
That's all fine and dandy, but if you really want to experience the full power of the new OS you will need a couple of other bits too.
In order to use the Snap feature, you need a PC with a 1366 x 768 resolution or higher and most importantly if you want to use touch, you'll need a multitouch-capable laptop, tablet, or display.
Oh and of course you'll need the Internet if you want to download it, but seeing as you are reading this we'll take that as a given.
Install and personalise
Once you've downloaded the 2.5-3.5GB setup file, the install is incredibly simple. The install process asks you a number of questions, lets you add your Microsoft account if you've already got one and joins your Wi-Fi network to help you join the dots.
In our case we've got a fair bit of information already stored in the "Microsoft cloud" from our time with Windows Phone 7 and that meant that SkyDrive photos and files, contacts, calendar details and other bits and bobs were installed automatically on our computer for us to get started straight away. Don't worry, adding other cloud-based services like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, and Google is easy.
Lock screen
Like Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 now has a lock screen that will protect your computer when not in use, but also relay some information such as key calendar appointments, the time, date, whether you are wirelessly connected, if you have the power cable plugged in and other messages and notifications.
It is more for the Windows 8 tablet user, but is still handy for desktop users too and can be dismissed quickly with a tap of the space bar.
Start page
The biggest change to Windows 8 centres around the Start button, or lack of it, and the new app home page where everything looks very different to the desktop you are used to.
Like Windows Phone 7 and the Xbox 360, Windows 8 is all about the Metro design. Apps are now tiles with live elements to them, all jumping and jostling for your attention. These can be organised, arranged, and managed very simply by dragging them around the screen and assembling them into groups that you can call whatever you like: work, office, play, games, anything you fancy.
Scrolling left to right reveals more, if there are more, and you can also zoom out to get a bigger overview of your apps and app groups. The best way to think about the whole experience is like gliding from left to right through an iPad or Android tablet. The only real difference is that, instead of a grid of app icons, there is a grid of boxes with names or information streaming through. Unlike Android and iOS you can group the apps in sections that are easy to spot and easy to see, but they aren't hidden in a smaller folder that is hard to see.
Hot corners
Embracing the Apple trick of Hot Corners and taking it one step further, Windows 8 uses the corners of your screen combined with a mouse and keyboard to engage key tasks in the OS.
Move your mouse to the bottom left corner of the screen and the start bar that you thought had been ditched appears out of nowhere for you to click on (you can just press the Windows key of course).
Likewise you can move your mouse pointer to the top left corner and that reveals the apps that you currently have open (like pressing alt+tab), allowing you to grab and drag the window on to the screen to access it. Zipping over to the right top or bottom corners reveals something Microsoft is calling the Charm bar where you can quickly share things within apps or access settings, devices you have connected or start a search for something on your computer.
If you are using a mouse and keyboard (the interface is very touch focused) pushing your pointer off the top of the screen allows you to grab the app you are using (even the desktop) and either close the app by dragging it off the bottom of the screen, or move it into the spilt screen mode.
Gestures and commands
Because Windows 8 is touch focused for tablet use, there is a plethora of gestures and moves that you can make with your fingers on screen if your computer supports it.
Zooming in and out and shifting from app to app by grabbing them from the side of the screen is all possible. You can see influences from Apple's iOS and OS X operating systems as well as Android and the BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 operating system.
Using Windows 8 feels like you've seen lots of it before, just on different devices, and if the desktop element wasn't there, this really would be just a tablet operating system.
Those who like their keyboard shortcuts will be pleased to see they are still here. Windows+Z brings up the options menu within an app, while Windows+C reveals the Charm menu. Windows+Tab lets you quickly scroll through the apps you have open. Other commands and options are opened via a right click on your mouse.
Windows Store and Apps
Just like your phone, Windows 8 is going to be about apps and lots of them. That's not to say you can't just run software on the desktop as you always have done. But even more so than Apple's OS X Lion and soon to be released OS X Mountain Lion operating system, apps take centre stage on Windows 8.
Windows 8 comes pre-loaded with stacks of new apps. Some we were able to test and others we weren't because of lack of availability in the UK and then you can get more from Microsoft's Windows Store.
In the Windows 8 Consumer Preview there are plenty of Windows 8 apps to try and Microsoft has said that for the duration of the preview the apps will all be free, so you can check out what's available and get used to downloading and using them without worry. Like the numerous app stores you've probably already used, just find the one you want, click on the download button and moments later a tile appears for you to access and rearrange.
The Windows Store is easy to navigate with the ability to view apps via new releases, top paid (even though they are all free at the moment), and top free. It isn't obvious, but you can search the store. It is a hidden feature accessed by loading up the Charms menu and using the search button. The Store is also where you will manage your updates.
Like Apple and it's OS, Microsoft is moving towards including more and more apps to get you started. That ensures you've got plenty of new apps that fit in with the user interface and lots to try out.
In the case of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview there is Mail, Finance, Weather, Messaging, Reader, Maps, People, Music, and Video, as well as many others.
These are accessible in the usual way via shortcuts from the desktop, or you can also quickly find any app by simply typing its name when you are in the Windows 8 start page. A right-hand panel then appears and delivers the details.
All the apps are incredibly clean looking, if not slightly over-simplifed. The Mail app is a good example of this. It is cleaner than the iPad email app for example and, working full screen, a bit in-your-face if you are using a 27-inch monitor on your desk. That said we like it a lot.
The app is broken down into panels with your accounts in one column, your received mail in a second and the email itself in a third. If you have only the one account you can minimise that column completely, or switch it out to be a folders column.
Getting emails into the Mail app is also really easy. To set up a Google account all we needed was our email and password. Our hotmail account was already added following the "personalised" setup at the very start.
Faster, quicker and easy to use, Internet Explorer 10 adds several new features including full screen browsing with minimal extras. In a strange move the URL bar moves to the bottom of the screen while tabs appear at the top only revealed when you ask.
The People app works like the People Hub on Windows Phone 7 and is really your contacts book, pulling in data from your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Exchange and Google accounts.
Like WP7 there is a Me page that lets you know all the latest that is going on in relation to you - Likes on Facebook, mentions on Twitter, as well as pulling in photos of yourself where you've uploaded them or tagged them.
What's new tracks all the people you are following. The design doesn't really work in our mind in landscape view, but is perfect for the split app view feature.
Other apps are just as easy to set-up. Weather merely needs to ask you if you mind giving it your location based on where your Wi-Fi network is, and the Finance app streams in pre-chosen stock market figures to get you started.
Messaging allows you to chat with friends via MSN Messenger or Facebook. Again it is like the Messaging app on WP7 and Messages on OS X Mountain Lion, but full screen. Here you can quickly jump between friends, having different chats with them, and we suspect Skype will be added to the mix as well before final release.
The Bing maps app is a similar experience to the website, or one that you would get on your phone, but an app in its own right on Windows 8. Finding things will never be so easy and we can see this is going to be really handy when you need to find the directions for something or just check traffic in your area before you go home. Zooming in and out is a case of just scrolling with your mouse wheel.
The weather app is beautiful and again simplistic. You get a big pretty picture of the weather in your area, hourly breakdowns of what the weather will be like over the next 18 hours as well as giving you a 10-day forecast. Scrolling to the right gives you even more data, such as access to maps and historical weather reports. Intense.
SkyDrive is a big focus for Microsoft and that's why it features heavily in Windows 8. Here you get access to all your mobile uploads, your documents, and everything else you've put up into the cloud - all accessible at a click of a mouse button.
Windows 8 automatically loads in your calendar from Hotmail to start with, but also allows you to view it quickly in day, week, and month views, adding appointments when needed. Like everything else in Metro, it is clean and easy to view.
As you can imagine, there are loads of apps available - either in the Windows Store or ones that you've already got on your computer. Installing those apps adds a quick shortcut icon to your Windows 8 start page, and we are sure that as more and more take advantage of the Live Tile functionality your desktop will become jam packed with details and information. That's going to be great to serve you with a quick glance of what is going on, but will be something you will have to bear in mind if you are on a data package.
Yep, like Mountain Lion or Growl for the Mac, Windows 8 brings with it notifications so you know what is going on elsewhere on your computer.
These notifications can be localised to certain apps and can be controlled as to how in-your-face they really are.
Spilt screen app tiling
One of Windows 7's best features is the snap tile feature on the desktop when you want to work on two apps or windows at the same time. Windows 8 takes this a step further with the abilty to run two apps while in full screen mode at the same time. If you are scratching your head thinking that you can already do that and more in Windows 7 or OS X, stop and hear us out.
The idea is that you can have your People app, or messages, or your email inbox running in a thin panel down the side of the screen - completely independent of what's running in the main area of the screen.
It sounds simple, but it is very clever and one feature we really like, and because Windows 8 treats the Desktop as an app you can have your email neatly opened to the right or left of the screen with the Desktop left alone to run other windows knowing the two will never overlap.
Xbox and entertainment
Xbox games, movies, music: it is all here in a very Xbox 360 experience with movies, TV shows, and music ready to be downloaded at the click of a mouse. The marketplace is filled with Microsoft's ever expanding catalogue of content, while for gamers you can access your achievements, see your leaderboards, and check out what comes with the latest Xbox games.
Sadly for us we couldn't get the Xbox 360 avatar and account details to work, because Microsoft hasn't turned the feature on in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview in the UK at time of writing.
What is rather cool is that Microsoft has included the Xbox Companion app found on Windows Phone 7 here for users to control their Xbox via their PC.
Touch vs keyboard
Microsoft has done its best to create an environment that works with both a mouse and keyboard, as well as a touch interface for tablets. We've been using Windows 8 on a couple of different devices and it is clear that the touch approach is the one Microsoft wants you to use when it comes to the Windows 8 Start page.
However the Windows 8 team has done its best to make sure that desktop users aren't left out. It is certainly something to get used to and it will no doubt flummox Windows 7 users who try it for the first time. We felt we had a headstart, having used Hot Corners on OS X for the last couple of years, but still struggled to begin with, and traditional Windows users won't have had that joy.
Picture password
Taking password protection to the next level, Windows 8 will allow you to opt to unlock your computer by doing a series of actions on a photo that only you know, instead of typing a password. The setup is really simple. Find a picture, make three gestures on it, repeat, then save. Whether that's drawing a face on your face, or drawing a line, all is possible. There isn't any way others are going to guess it.
Refresh and reset
Another borrow from the smartphone world is the ability to refresh or reset your PC when you want to move on.
In the settings panel Microsoft details "Refresh your PC" as a way of refreshing it without losing your photos, music, videos, and other personal files. Or if you are selling or recycling your PC you can Reset it and start over with the option giving you a completely clean slate. Nice.
It is very early days for Windows 8, but so far we like what we see. This is a very tablet-focused experience and one that makes the desktop take a back seat. Microsoft has managed to break away from the desktop in a way that Apple wants to, but has so far failed to manage in such a successful way as seen here. That might be too much for some users, but there is almost a sigh when the app you've loaded doesn't fit the rest of the Metro design, and that isn't something we expected to feel.
Likewise, as admittedly a fan of Windows Phone 7, we love the Live Tile experience on the Windows 8 Start page. For the moment it is fun and looks good - far better than Mission Control on OS X - but it will be interesting to see whether it gets over cluttered over time.
What Microsoft has achieved with Windows 8 is a very fresh look at how we are supposed to work at our computers. Gone are the Windows, and replacing it is a very full-screen experience that is bright and clean. Microsoft would be better to call this Tiles instead of Windows. At times those tiles are a little too bright and a little too clean, but compared to previous operating system outings from the Redmond company this is refreshing stuff.
If you've got an Xbox 360, this is very much the work version of the interface you've already started using. For some, the old guard perhaps, the change will be too much. The way Microsoft has created Windows 8 you won't be able to just hide in the desktop environment avoiding Metro all together. But for those willing to embrace change and embrace a new, more interactive, way of computing, this is very much the future.


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Before and After: A Glam Goth Chandelier
An outdated light fixture is given a luxe, new look, thanks to a little inspiration and the meticulously skilled hands of a DIY super-couple...
Getting down and dirty with home renovations is nothing new to Walt and Morgan Cullen. Since buying their first home together in Austin, TX a little over a year ago, the two have amassed an impressive amount of DIY achievements - all documented on their charming and inspirational blog, CasaCullen.
This week the Cullen's unveiled a recent dining room makeover that includes a jazzy update to the old-fashioned crystal chandelier they inherited from a previous homeowner. They loved the look of this Schonbek chandelier, but (like most of us) balked at its $5,000 price tag. So, armed with a few cans of spray paint, their insane eyes for detail and a whole lot of patience, the Cullens set out to transform their out-of-date light fixture from Gram-to-glam. When looking at the results, it's hard to believe the final product was achieved for under $8.00!
Head over to CasaCullen to read their in-depth step-by-step on how they achieved this look, and take a scroll through their many adventures and anecdotes in home projects. I give special props to the Cullens for safely and effectively scraping off the popcorn ceilings in every room as they go along!
Images courtesy of CasaCullen