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Student Organizations
All art majors are encouraged to get involved with one or more of our art student organizations. Your involvement is a way to get to know other art students, to have input on student activities, and to sell your work at one of the student art sales
Clay Guild
The ESU Clay Guild is a club for those students interested in working in clay and interested in helping the clay program expand.
Glass Guild
The ESU Glass Guild is a club for those students interested in working in glass and interested in helping the glass program expand.
Active Arts Society
Active Arts Society (AAS) promotes the advancement of art on the campus and in the community through the promotion, protection, and production of art. In its endeavors, AAS hosts numerous art-related events for its members, students, and community members.
Student Chapter NAEA (National Art Education Association)
Emporia State University's Student National Art Educational Association is an organization open to all ESU students, especially art education candidates. The SNEA is a student chapter affiliated with the Kansas and National Art Education Associations. Membership in these organizations include K-12 teachers, art administrators, museum educators, arts council staff, university professors and students throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad; a network of nearly 18,000 art educators speaking the same language, sharing the same concerns, and promoting a common mission:
To advance art education through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge, and leadership.
SNEA activities include:
1) Social activities that strengthen networking among art majors;
2) Special workshops that go beyond the experiences of regular class experiences;
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Fraser and Corddry are joining Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson as the vocal talents in the 3D animated comedy Escape from Planet Earth, according to a release sent out by the studio. Callan Brunker, storyboard artist on Despicable Me and the underrated Horton Hears a Who!, is graduating to the director's chair where he'll tell the story of admired astronaut Scorch Supernova (Fraser) who embarks on a dangerous mission and is compromised, forcing his nerdy sibling, Gary (Corddry), to step up and be the hero.
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How To Play Spider Solitaire on a Windows Computer
Windows provides many games such as Spider Solitaire that you can play for fun. You play Windows Spider Solitaire like you might play real solitaire, by arranging cards in order on-screen.
1Choose Start→Games, then double-click Spider Solitaire.
The Spider Solitaire window appears, and the cards are dealt in the opening tableau.
If you've never played the game before, the Select Difficulty window appears. Click your comfort level: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced.
2Drag cards to arrange them in descending order (King to Ace) by suit.
You can also click the card you want to move, then click the card you want to place it on top of, to move cards without dragging.
You can place any card in an empty slot, and not just Kings.
3Continue playing until you win or get stuck.
As you arrange cards in one of the columns from King to Ace in the same suit, they are automatically removed. Your goal is to remove all the cards from the table in this way.
When you move a card off a stack, the card underneath is flipped over. When you run out of moves and all the empty slots are filled, click the pile of cards at the bottom of the screen to deal one card to the bottom of each column.
Stuck for a move? Try choosing Game→Hint. Various combinations of cards are highlighted in sequence to suggest a likely next step in the game. If you're not stuck but just bored with the appearance of the game, choose Game→Change Appearance and select another desk and background style.
4If desired, change the game options by choosing Game→Options.
Select the default difficulty level; the level controls the number of suits you play with. Other options mainly affect how (or whether) you save games and when sounds play. Click OK and choose whether to apply these settings now.
5To close Spider Solitaire, click the Close button.
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That is almost exactly what I was thinking. That way you could have an upper, lower, and core workout saved. You may want to change a few exercises or weights but you wouldn't have to go through the entire thing. Please let us know when you do that because I will be very interested.
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text: Mary... I've been looking into this issue in a related way. One of the biggest opportunities for the Neo will be writing mobile oriented data retreval and sync applications using gps/GPRS. For example, imagine an application that uses GPS location information to determine your car's proximity to your favorite grocery store on your way home. When you get to within 5 miles of the store, your Neo uses the GPRS to access a personal website page where your spouse keeps a grocery list. If there are any items on the list, the application downloads the and alerts you via your bluetooth earbud. Unfortunatly, It looks to me like T-Mobile is currently not interested in letting its pre-paid customers use GPRS to go anywhere outside their Silly T-Zones walled garden. If anyone has any insight into T-Mobile's awareness of the Neo and if they realize that they have a terrific opportunity ahead to network enable this amazing phone, I'd sure like to hear about it. Yes, and I'm one of those people that believe that "Contracts are for Suckers!" Alan McSwain Alan at rotorgraphics.com Original Message: ----------------- From: mstovel at comcast.net Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:03:00 +0000 To: community at lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re:T-Mobile finagling advice? I have T-mobile prepaid, but went into Cingular yesterday to get my 'free phone', which I use on their prepaid plan. T-mobile's prepaid is better, by the way. I am in US. Cingular/AT&T's TDMA service is being discontinued end of march in this area. Cingular wants us to switch to GSM. The 'free phone' with rebate offered as bait to TDMA customers. The free phone is a Motorola. I do have a Nokia with my T-Mobile that can be unlocked. I plan to unlock my Nokia and try the Cingular SIM in it. I now have a SIM for both Cingular and T-Mobile...ready to try in the Neo. If I brought in an unlocked phone, I was told by the Cingular rep., that I could get the SIM without having to purchase a phone, but that only the calling function would work on the unlocked phone...none of their other functions. Not really sure what that means other that I could only call out and receive call in. I am guessing that with the open Neo, it would not matter...Right? Mary _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community at lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE


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Jenny Ayers necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 169 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Ayers Eye Care
My name is Jennifer Ayers. I am 31 years old and have been a practicing optometrist (eye doctor) for 4 years. I am currently starting my own business. As an optometrist I prescribe an fit glasses and contacts as well as diagnosing and treating eye diseases (as an optometrist I do not perform surgery like ophthalmologists). The eye health of all of my patients is my primary concern. In my practice I will use the latest eye care technology and sell everything from economically priced glasses to designer glasses.
My practice will be in the Kenosha, WI area.
My target audience is anyone with an eye(s). I want to attract men and women equally as well as every age range from children to the geriatric population. I want my target audience to understand that I will give family practice type care in a relaxed and friendly environment. I would like my patients to get a sense that I am a younger doctor who will bring newer technology into my practice to meet and exceed their eye care needs.
I am looking for a logo to represent my optometry practice- Ayers Eye Care
A few things I have in mind:
1.I am mainly looking for an eyeball design, but would be open to a pair of eyes if done well.
2. I do not want the design to look like a cartoon or clip art.
3. I do not want a design that is so overdone that you can no longer tell it's an eyeball.
4. I would like something modern and artsy that will look good in color as well as in black and white (for stationary/business card purposes).
5. I do not want the logo to look like a women's eye with makeup on, I have
seen this everywhere.
6. I would like to stay away from anything scary looking, meaning no blood vessels in the eyeball.
7. I like the logo Dr. John Warren has at the top left hand corner of his website at http://www.warreneyecarecenter.com.
The files I will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Thank you in advance! I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Dr. Jennifer Ayers
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Do more than 200,000 computer users worldwide make any sound if they can't connect to the Internet? Apparently not – or not much, anyway.
Despite a slew of hyperbolic headlines proclaiming Sunday at midnight to be an "Internet doomsday," the clock struck 12 and … there was no massive digital meltdown. (Although there may have been some emotional outcries that carried only as far as home-office walls.)
At least one cybersecurity executive is hailing the lack of resulting drama Monday as a "victory of shared collective intelligence."
The non-catastrophe unfolded when, as expected, computer servers that for eight months had supplied malware-infected computers worldwide with a temporary Internet connection, were finally shut down Sunday night following a federal judge's order.
During those eight months, Google, Facebook, the FBI, Internet service providers (ISPs), and others had bombarded some 4 million computer users worldwide with e-mails and other notices warning them that their machines were infected with a nasty trojan called the DNSChanger.
Apparently that public information campaigned worked pretty well. By late last month, just 250,000 computers worldwide remained infected with DNSChanger, the creation of a cybergang bent on defrauding Internet advertisers.
Even so, as of Sunday night just before the cutoff, 210,851 computers and routers worldwide still remained infected with DNSChanger, among them 41,557 computers and routers in the US. All seemed bound to have the plug pulled on their Internet service.
But, while some users doubtless felt the axe fall – others saw their ISPs step into the breach after the FBI cut off access. Spokesmen for AT&T and Verizon both told PCWorld magazine the companies had stepped in to keep on supplying service – the former through the end of the year, the latter through the end of July – giving infected-computer users yet another break.
Instead of returning home from work Monday to discover they cannot update Facebook or download cute puppy videos, many users of the 41,000 affected US computers will as a result still be able to connect to the Internet for a while longer – another chance to clean up their infected machines.
For cybersecurity experts and the FBI, though, the muted sound is bliss – it means that most of the problem had been cleaned up in advance without a major implosion.
"We've seen a kind of a victory of shared collective intelligence in this case," says Rod Rasmussen, president of Tacoma, Wash.-based Internet Identity, a cybersecurity firm that is part of the law-enforcement-backed DNSChanger Working Group consortium. "A lot has been learned by law enforcement and private companies about how to work together to bring down these criminal enterprises – but also how to remediate the problem over time, rather putting a lot of people in the dark all at once."
It also represents, he and others say, a sign that government and law enforcement – supported by technicians in private industry – are increasingly able to initiate complex international cybercriminal investigations that span international borders.
"There's definitely a trend with government more willing to get involved to fight botnets like the DNSChanger and other malware – in addition to using the legal system to take down servers used by criminals," says Brett Stone-Gross, a senior security researcher with Dell SecureWorks.
In a parallel example earlier this year, the FBI along with private industry worked to notify thousands of computer users whose machines were infected with the Coreflood trojan, a piece of malware that stole proprietary information from personal computers worldwide and enslaved them into a giant botnet.
As part of that trend, takedowns of botnets have been occurring with growing speed in the US, Britain, Spain, and a handful of other countries, Mr. Stone-Gross says.
Still, some Internet wags were already comparing the DNSChanger trojan takedown to the Y2K hyperbole – noting that not much has really happened after all.
But that is not really correct, these experts say, since a very real effect – if not a very loud one – can be seen by security researchers: namely, more than 200,000 machines worldwide infected with the DNSChanger now dropping off the Internet.
One reason researchers can observe the infected machines at all is that the very servers that had been supplying Internet addresses to the infected machines – were not actually shut down Sunday night at all, but only instructed not to respond to the infected machines anymore. In the interest of learning, researchers are now observing the remaining DNSChanger-infected machines worldwide try to connect, fail, try again – and then stop communicating.
One odd tidbit. Some machines running older versions of the Windows operating system had a backup feature that allow those machines to try to connect to the Internet using a backup system. It's not clear yet how many of those machines will be able to resurrect themselves. For most owners of infected computers, however, the only recourse after getting cut off will be to take their machines into a shop for repair.
"So far the pattern is what we expected, a big drop off in connection attempts," Mr. Rasmussen says. "Some machines are still trying and failing to connect to the servers. We've instructed the servers not to respond. It's tough love, I guess. Tonight, just before midnight, we will actually, finally pull the plug."


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A sloppy first half for the North Central College football team was washed away on Saturday, as the Cardinals used a lengthy weather delay to its advantage and came out firing on all cylinders in the second half to defeat Elmhurst College, 31-14, at Langhorst Field.
Fourth-ranked North Central (4-0, 1-0 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin) entered the halftime break deadlocked in a 14-14 tie after committing nine penalties and two turnovers. Immediately after the second-half kickoff, the stadium was cleared due to heavy rain and lightning, and more than 90 minutes elapsed before the teams were permitted to return to the field.
The Cardinals seized control of the contest soon thereafter, scoring two touchdowns in a span of less than two minutes and limiting Elmhurst to just 44 total yards and one first down the rest of the way. The victory is North Central's 15th straight over the Bluejays, including all 12 encounters under the tutelage of head coach John Thorne.
After punting away the game's first possession, the Cardinals stuffed a fourth-down conversion attempt near midfield. Elmhurst, however, got the ball back one play later, as Spencer Stanek's pass was tipped before falling into the hands of Bluejay linebacker George DeMaria. The hosts were able to set up a 30-yard field goal attempt, but the kick sailed wide.
Taking over at its own 20, North Central embarked on its first scoring drive of the day. Stanek completed five straight passes, including three to Ryne Rezac, before calling his own number on a seven-yard option run for the game's first touchdown. Elmhurst countered with an 80-yard drive of its own in the second period, highlighted by a 41-yard run by tailback Josh Williams. Backed up to its own one-yard line, the Cardinal defense held its ground until fourth down, when Williams extended a play to the left sideline and eluded the North Central pressure for a two-yard TD run.
The Bluejays (1-4, 0-1) followed by attempting an onside kick, but were flagged for touching the ball before it had traveled 10 yards. North Central wound up taking possession at the Elmhurst 44, and Stanek got the Cardinals back into the end zone after three passes. He found Chad O'Kane in the end zone near the left sideline with 3:34 on the clock, restoring the visitors' lead to 14-7.
North Central made one last attempt to score before halftime, driving just past midfield before a costly error. An errant snap from center was tipped into the air, then snagged by Bluejay safety Stephen Ritter, who raced 47 yards to the end zone to tie the score with just 12 seconds on the clock.
Right after the Cardinals' second-half kickoff to Elmhurst, the skies opened up and the stadium was evacuated. After resuming play, North Central promptly forced a punt and began the 14-play, 68-yard drive which would give it the lead for good.Oshayne Brown kept the drive alive with a three-yard run on fourth down, then later rambled 12 yards to leave the Cardinals just a yard from the goal line. Stanek was sacked for a six-yard loss on the next play, but two plays later lofted a seven-yard TD pass to Peter Sorenson.
Cardinal safety Shane Dierking stepped up on the next series and intercepted a third-down pass, returning it 29 yards to the Elmhurst 16. Stanek fired his third scoring pass on the next play, a 16-yard strike to Rezac, and gave North Central a 28-14 cushion with 6:24 left in the third quarter.
Dierking set up the final score of the day with his second interception, which he returned 21 yards to the Elmhurst 26. Five plays later, kicker Nick Dace came on to convert a 25-yard field goal attempt, making him the first in North Central history to connect on 40 career field goals. Dierking, meanwhile, now has 12 career interceptions, tying him with Timm Bellazzini '07 and Tyler Venier '09 for third all-time.
The Cardinals wound up totaling 412 yards of offense, while the defense established a season best by limiting Elmhurst to 205. The Bluejays' 27 passing yards are the fifth-fewest recorded by a North Central opponent.
Stanek completed 16 of 27 passes for 201 yards, throwing seven times to Sorenson for 106. Sorenson now has 34 receptions after four games, more than he had all of last season. Ryan Kent ran for a game-high 98 yards on 14 carries, while Brown gained a career-high 76 yards on 13 rushes.
Nick Slezak led North Central in tackles for the fourth straight game (12), also recording three tackles for loss, while Nick Samuelson made seven stops and Dierking and Brian Wilson each had six.
Williams and quarterback Logan Stelzriede shared Elmhurst's rushing lead with 72 yards each. Charlie Roberts led the Bluejay defense with 13 tackles, three tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks.
The Cardinals return home Saturday, hosting Millikin University (1-4, 0-1) at 6 p.m. The Big Blue opened CCIW play with a 35-21 loss to Illinois Wesleyan University.
North Central Rides Storm Out, Beats Elmhurst
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Install lib32-elfutils from the [[AUR]]. If you just have the standard gcc package, this will require replacing it with gcc-multilib
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===Software Install===
===Software Install===
Revision as of 02:14, 9 December 2013
ChipKit is a Microprocessor platform produced by Digilent Inc. which provides an Arduino like environment and a physically compatible board, but runs the much quicker and more powerful PIC32 series of Processors.
There are two boards, the Uno32 which has 128k of Flash and 16k of RAM, and the Max32 which has 512k of Flash and 128k of RAM. Both boards run at 80Mhz. Prices are $27 and $50 respectively, so comparable with standard and advanced Arduinos.
This install was for a 64-bit machine and an Uno32. I do not have a Max32 or a 32-bit machine, but the process should be identical for the hardware change, and simpler for the software change. However, the 32 bit install has not been verified.
At the time of installation I was running Java 7 and Kernel 3.0.1
Requirements (all architectures)
Install rxtx from the AUR.
At the time of writing, it is necessary to edit the PKGBUILD which refers to kernel26-headers so it refers to linux-headers.
Install binutils-avr from the repositories.
This is required only because the ChipKit software needs the program avr-size. It comes with the rest of its own software. If you use Arduino on Arch you will know there is a nasty bug which means the current gcc-avr and binutils-avr do not work correctly. In that case do not install the new binutils-avr but use these PKGBUILDs here (untar them in /var/abs/local) which produce versions that do work correctly. You will need to add gcc-avr and binutils-avr to IgnorePkg = in /etc/pacman.conf to stop pacman upgrading them.
Requirements (32 bit versions)
libusb and libusb-compat are required, but may well be installed by default.
Requirements (64 bit versions)
For mpide to communicate with the microprocessor board via USB, install the required USB packages.
$ sudo pacman -S libusb-compat libusbx
Then install the packages required by mpide:
$ sudo pacman -S java-rxtx avrdude avr-binutils avr-gcc avr-gdb avr-lib libusb-compat libusbx
Software Install
Download the current Linux install from here. This was tested using file mpide-0022-chipkit-linux32-20110619.tgz
Untar the file in an appropriate location, I was using /aux. Note the use of the 'p' to preserve the flags for the file.
cd /aux tar xzvfp mpide-0022-chipkit-linux32-20110619.tgz
Running the IDE
You can run the ChipKit environment by changing to that directory and running mpide
cd /aux/mpide-0022-chipkit-linux32-20110619 ./mpide
This brings up the familiar Arduino IDE. You can set the Board Type to Uno32 or Max32 as you would when selecting a different Arduino board. The simplest way to test it is by using Example Blinky and changing the delay times so the LED is on for only 200ms (for example).
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: gnu/io/CommPortIdentifier
MPIDE ships only with a 64 bit version of librxtxSerial.so, if you're on 32 bit, copy the librxtxSerial.so from the official arduino IDE into your lib/ folder, or obtain it from the rxtx website. Do not use the rxtx AUR packages, they are all utterly broken (require kernel 2.6) and even if you get them to work, mpide will not find the .so files installed by them.


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My brother, Steve, is moving today after a five-month stay at the Hancock Park Skilled Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Quincy. He'll be living at Newbridge in Dedham, a long-term-care facility that is part of Hebrew Senior Life. It has been seven months since his massive stroke, and his recovery continues.
I don't know how many articles I've written over the years about choosing a long-term-care facility. At least 10. They've all been similar: tips on how to organize your search, what to look for, questions to ask, resources to use.
Once again, real life has intervened in the neat, orderly presentations I've laid out on paper. I've had to conduct my own search for my brother, Steve.
Today marks the start of a new phase in his recovery from the massive stroke he suffered in June. It has been more than seven months, and he has made a remarkable comeback. He has completed six months of rehabilitation, five at the Hancock Park Skilled Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Quincy, and is moving to Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham, part of Hebrew Senior Life.
Steve, who uses a wheelchair, lost the use of most of the left side of his body and will continue to need skilled nursing care. Newbridge offers a residential setting and emphasizes a sense of community with individual choice. He will have a private room, and his floor, called a "neighborhood," will have a few other men his own age. On Feb. 7, he turns 71.
His team at Hancock Park has brought him so far in his efforts to become more independent.
"He's in tough shape," a physical therapist said when he was admitted. "We will do what we can for him."
They've all done much more, making extra efforts with creativity, patience and humor. Steve had to learn new ways of doing things; with their encouragement, he did.
The entire staff – doctors, nurses, nursing assistants and people in the dietary, recreation, housekeeping and maintenance departments – was helpful. Many took pride in his accomplishments. Thank you all so much.
The highlight of his day was therapy. As he gained skills and confidence, more of his old personality emerged: a smart man who can be funny, fussy, charming, cranky, generous, polite and impatient. The former teacher and soccer referee is "a sports nut," he loves word play and he always knows your name.
Before Christmas, he hit a plateau. Short-term rehab was no longer the place to be.
The move is a huge step. We looked for a nontraditional nursing center with the "greenhouse" philosophy and an emphasis on resident choice. Also high on the list were a private room and location. Another issue: did they participate in Medicaid? Steve has private funds, but he may live a long time and they could eventually run out.
I wanted it to be his decision as well, so we took a wheelchair van to see Newbridge, which has a beautiful campus. It's a continuing care community with many options, including the nursing center, assisted living, apartments and cottages. He liked it, so I went back and sat down with the social worker and nurse manager on his prospective floor.
I had a few questions: how many aides are on each shift, since they provide so much of the hands-on care? Would I have round-the-clock access to visit him? I wanted to tell them more about what he is like and give them a chance to ask me questions. Both reassured me that they understand and deal all the time with the challenging behavior of a younger, post-stroke patient like Steve.
Yesterday, the fondness the Hancock Park staff has for him was evident as they came to say goodbye, wish him well and give him a hug. He seemed sad but hopeful that someday he will advance to assisted living or even his own place.
In our search, I turned to Rita Evans, RN-case manager, and Tom Clougherty, certified elder law attorney with United Senior Advisors in Braintree. I needed objective guidance from professionals who know the whole field. Rita suggested Newbridge as the skilled-nursing facility in this area that is "most like assisted living." We also looked at another fine facility, the Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea.
Even with "a pro" at your side and checklists in hand, this is a daunting process. You have to handle your own emotions. The "sticker price" – from $300 to more than $500 a day – can be a shock.
To anyone else going through this, I suggest: Take your time if you can, and don't be afraid to ask questions. Know your rights and those of your family member. The Medicare website and your local elder services agency can help.
Remember, you can be your loved one's best advocate.
Reach Sue Scheible at firstname.lastname@example.com, 617-786-7044, or The Patriot Ledger, P.O. Box 699159, Quincy 02269-9159. Read her Good Age blog on our website. READ MORE Good Age columns.


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Unique Design UK necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Metro Investments Ltd
Metro Investments are a UK based investment company who specialise in the purchase of unenforceable debt.
Metro Investments require a new logo that will convey strength, trust and confidence perhaps with a 'legal twist'.
Metro Investments logo will appear on the companies contracts and correspondence as well as on electronic media, including web site.
The target audience will include financial institutions and members of the legal profession as well as clients (individuals and companies).
The logo should be effective in full colors as well as in black and white and emphasize intelligence, knowledge, trustworthiness and professionalisation.
1. No Cartoons - we want it to be playful but not cheap or childlike
2. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out. Don't be too fancy with the typeface.
3. The logo should convey speed, strength, reliability and legal integrity
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
The company logo icon needs good typeface work - not eurostile, myriad, trajan pro, and no use of the common free fonts.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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The process used to select a Bar-code Scanning System can determine how well the solution meets the needs of a business.
Modern Material Handling published a list of the Top 20 North American 3PL Warehouses for 2013 that includes insights into the number of warehouses and square footage managed by each. We are pleased to be able to say that the names of some Robocom customers appear in the list.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Transportation & Logistics is looking to address supply chain profession's chronic shortage of talent. MIT is the process of creating a new virtual classroom is called SCMx which will have the scale and flexibility required to educate huge numbers of individuals worldwide in a single sequence of courses.
With razor thin margins, warehouse operational efficiency is critical to wholesalers and distributors.
According to Voice Information Associates' 2013 Voice Technology in the Supply Chain (VSC) Market Report, the use of Voice Technology in distribution center operations is on the rise.


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Serenity Jane necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 212 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Serenity Jane
In order to live in accordance with my personality, e.g communicate with people, develop nice and deep relathionships, meet interesting and high level people, have a very positive impact on people's life, take the time to explore my artistic side, I decided to create Serenity Jane, a lifestyle management club specially dedicated to women leaders, in order to help them enhance and balance their professional and private life, but also achieve their personal dreams now. Serenity Jane is a time and serenity provider, women's best friend.
Our main target audience : women leaders (30-50 years old), entrepreneurs or those working for a company at a medium to high level, but always with very good earnings, willing to get a personal assistant to help them save time and gain serenity. They are also looking for a personalized, customized, discrete and professional service on which they can rely on whenever they have a task to delegate.
In order to give a strong identity to Serenity Jane, I would like a design for:
- the logo ( the baseline is: Women's time & serenity Provider.)
- the business card
- the letterhead & enveloppe (clean, simple and tasteful)
- the membership card: dark colors (black, grey, silver with the logo colors. Add: "Just make a wish and consider it done" and the holder name on the card) and a mini-pocket where to keep the biz card and the membership card.
For the stationery, I would like you to add these following key words in the background:
Home care, Family care, Personal shopper, Home delivery service, Wellness & Spas & Fitness, Life coaching, Wedding planner, Catering&Events, Leisure&Trips.
- powerpoint template only
- the flyer "Be sure to please young mums for real!" see attached file for further details) baby but elegant atmosphere...
- a clean & simple advertisement page that will be included in a book talking about women leadership (A4 format) : message above the page: "For most of women leaders it is tough to achieve work-life balance " "But now they have Serenity Jane! " And then: "Think of us as your personal time & serenity Provider. Simply by handing over your "To Do List" and making it ours, we can give you the solution to an easier and the opportunity to make your secret dreams come true". In the middle, two illustrations: without Serenity Jane (a very tired and unhappy woman face)/with Serenity Jane (a happy, young and smiling woman face); the women should be dressed professionally. And in the middle this conclusion sentence: "We give you the opportunity to try us out for free. Sign up today for a trial membership and make three requests for free!" Below the page, on the right side, our logo, baseline and contact details. Any other ideas are welcome if relevant!
Key words are:
Elegant & Smart
Private Club oriented
Darkness prohibited
Should be fresh &
Very attractive
Make an immediate good impression
Colors that women like best but not too girly
I am quite open to all innovative design. Just be CREATIVE with ELEGANCE!
Good luck designers!
Dear all,
In order to make it easier for everybody, please note the following rules:
1- Step one: The first week of my contest will be exclusively dedidated to the logo design. Those who are not eliminated and have 4 or 5 stars, will be allowed to join step two.
2- Step two: stationery design will last the second week of the contest for selected logo designers. New candidates will not be considered unless they show their whole design work in one go.
The idea is to award the designer who will think the Serenity Jane project globally!
Good luck :-)


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Earlier in October, we heard about the Sony's new upcoming flagship device codenamed as 'Odin'. Recently, a Japanese tech site posted a leaked shot of a Sony phone, and they claimed it that it's the Sony S650X Odin, though we still need some more solid evidence. Now according to Sony Veit the image below is the official render image of the Sony Odin.
It's rumored that it will feature a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro and a 1080p screen, 13 MP camera on the back, 2 GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage, so with such bells and whistles under the hood, I am sure this device will give some hard time to all the competitors.
Though what we heard is that it will be launched somewhere in 2013, but let's wait for Sony to come out with the official words. By the way, I am really interested in this 'sexy' device, what about you? Tell us about it in the comment box below.
Via: GSMArena


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Hannay Reels is the leading manufacturer of durable hose and cable reels for both OEM and aftermarket applications, offering thousands of standard models along with a wide range of custom design capabilities. Hannay's superior manufacturing techniques, consistent quality, outstanding service and unmatched value result in the most dependable, best-engineered reels in the business. This formula has solidified Hannay's reputation for helping companies around the world improve the productivity, efficiency and safety of their operations since 1933. Hannay's industry-specific expertise comes from decades of experience with a variety of markets, including audio/visual, aviation, firefighting, industrial, processing, and transportation.


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Work from a research team led by Pierre Vanderhaeghen (Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), WELBIO investigator at the Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM – Faculty of Medicine) and ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI)) opens new perspectives on brain development and stem cell neurobiology by discovering a gene called BCL6 as a key factor in the generation of cortical neurons during embryonic brain development.
This study is published online this 18th November in Nature Neuroscience.
Drs Luca Tiberi and Jelle van den Ameele (FNRS Fellows at IRIBHM, ULB), identified BCL6 by searching for factors that can modulate the production of nerve cells in a model of neural differentiation from mouse embryonic stem cells. They found that overexpression of BCL6 resulted in a massive transformation of neural stem cells into cortical neurons that were well differentiated and functional.
This discovery was surprising because BCL6 is in fact a well known oncogene, responsible for various blood cell cancers called lymphomas. However, nothing was known about this gene in brain development. To verify their intriguing observations, the scientists then examined a transgenic mouse model where the BCL6 gene was disrupted. They found that in these mutant mice, the cerebral cortex was significantly smaller and contained less nerve cells. These data thus indicate that BCL6 is actually required during normal brain development for the proper production of cortical neurons. They went on to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms and showed that BCL6 acts together with a gene called Sirt1 to repress actors of the Notch pathway that are involved in the self-renewal of neural stem cells. This repression phenomenon is "epigenetic" and drives neural stem cells irreversibly towards differentiation into cortical neurons.
This basic work opens many questions and perspectives, not only for developmental and stem cell neurobiology, but also for cancer biology. Firstly, it identifies a key factor for the production of cortical nerve cells, some of the most important cells in our brain that are also frequently affected by neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. Secondly, it elucidates a novel molecular mechanism of differentiation, with important implications for our general understanding of what controls the differentiation vs. self-renewal of neural stem cells. Finally, it brings together three major players involved in a myriad of normal and pathological processes: BCL6, an oncogene responsible for blood cell cancer; Sirt1, involved in aging, Alzheimer's disease, metabolism and diabetes; and the Notch pathway, crucial for many processes like brain and heart development or oncogenesis. These genes were not previously shown to interact with each other but might well do in any of these contexts, thus opening a new door to a better understanding of the biology and pathology and the potential development of new therapies.
This work was funded thanks to support of the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Fondation Médicale Reine Elisabeth, the Walloon Region (WELBIO et Programme d'Excellence CIBLES), Belgian Federal Funds (IUAP/SSTC), The Foundation Clerdent, The Foundation de Spoelberch, and European Marie Curie et EMBO Fellowships.


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The first three mini-courses incorporate foundational elements of Wyckoff's teaching and are designed to allow you to immediately apply standalone concepts in each to your own trading. For students who want to integrate these elements more deeply, Mr. Bogomazov will teach how to create a Wyckoff trading plan in the 4th mini-course. Because the last mini-course relies heavily on the materials in the other three, participation will be limited to students who have attended at least two of the previous mini-courses.
Using filters to improve selection of stocks or options to trade
Relative strength filters
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Using multiple filters to pinpoint the best trades and times to open positions
Market Analysis as a Filter – timing entries in sync with the market
Using Wyckoff's concepts to create a trading plan
Backtesting your trading plan with a pre-formatted Excel template – key variables to track
Trading tactics for your Wyckoff trading plan: entries, position management, and exits
Exercises and home assignments
Pre-requisite: Attendance of all 3 AWTC courses
Course Duration: 4 online sessions
Dates: April 4, 11, 18 and 25
Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m. PST
Cost: $400 for new students, $250 for AWTC alumni and free to yearly AWTC membership holders
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Distance, Inc. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 112 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Deal Garden
Deal Garden is a new group buying website (think Groupon or LivingSocial) that needs a simple, fresh, and fun logo that conveys themes similar to, but not necessarily the same as (we could use some help here as well ) some or all of the following themes and slogans geared towards consumers and/or merchants:
· Garden variety deals (& then some)… Deal Garden
· Cultivate your savings with Deal Garden
· Organically grown deals.
· Deal Garden… Where dollars/bargains/savings grow wild
· Grow your business with Deal Garden
We're open to any design and any color, but we share a bias towards simplicity and an organic look, as well as the following colors, but we're still open if you have something stronger:
· Green (Red 145, Green 210, Blue 80) (#91D250)
· Yellow (Red 255, Green 255, Blue 155) (#FFFF9B)
· Red (Red 255, Green 55, Blue 55) (#FF3737)
· Blue (Red 85, Green 145, Blue 225) (#5591E1)
Deal Garden targets male and female consumers who like to save money, and businesses/merchants who like customers. Our primary target markets are in younger markets, so a fresh, fun look is preferred.
We are extremely open, and look forward to seeing your designs. We would like to see a simple, yet strong design, with very few colors. We would prefer that the logo include a garden element taken a bit literally. No rows of corn, but an organic look would be a step in the right direction.
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Obama Signs Web Radio Royalty Bill
Internet radio stations got a second chance to hammer out a royalty agreement with copyright holders Tuesday when President Obama signed the Webcasters Settlement Act.
The bill gives both sides 30 days to come to an agreement over how much Web radio stations should pay to stream their music. A similar bill signed by President Bush last year set a deadline of Feb. 15, 2009 but a deal was not reached.
The debate dates back to March 2007 when the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) - a government body within the Library of Congress - handed down royalty rate fees that Internet radio claimed would put them out of business. The two sides battled back and forth for ages, finally agreeing to the Webcasters Settlement Act, which vacates the CRB's decision if the two sides agree on a deal.
Check back in 30 days to see if that becomes a reality.Originally posted to AppScout.


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Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian artist (who later took on New Zealand citizenship). Born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna, he became one of the best-known contemporary Austrian artists, although controversial, by the end of the 20th century.
Hundertwasser's father Ernst Stowasser died three months after Hundertwasser's first birthday. The Second World War was a hard time for Hundertwasser and his mother Elsa, as she was Jewish. They avoided persecution by posing as Christians, a credible ruse because Hundertwasser's father had been a Catholic. To remain inconspicuous, Hundertwasser joined the Hitler Youth.
Hundertwasser developed artistic skills very early. After the war, he spent three months at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. At this time he began to sign his art as Hundertwasser instead of Stowasser. He left to travel, using a small set of paints he carried at all times to sketch anything that caught his eye. In Florence he met the young French painter René Brô for the first time; they became lifelong friends. Hundertwasser's first commercial painting success was in 1952-3 with an exhibition in Vienna.
His adopted surname is based on the translation of "sto" (the Slavic word for "one hundred") into German. The name Friedensreich has a double meaning as "Peaceland" or "Peacerich" (in the sense of "peaceful"). The other names he chose for himself, Regentag and Dunkelbunt, translate to "Rainy day" and "Darkly multicoloured". His name Friedensreich Hundertwasser means, "Peace-Kingdom Hundred-Water".
Hundertwasser married Herta Leitner in 1958 but they divorced two years later. He married again in 1962 to the Japanese artist Yuko Ikewada but she divorced him in 1966. By this point he was very popular with his art.
He moved into architecture from the early 1950s. Hundertwasser also worked in the field of applied art, creating flags, stamps, coins, and posters. His most famous flag is the Koru Flag. As well as postage stamps for the Austrian Post Office, he also designed stamps for the Cape Verde islands and for the United Nations postal administration in Geneva on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Hundertwasser was buried in New Zealand after his death at sea on the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2000, at the age of 71.
Artistic style and themes
Hundertwasser's original and unruly artistic vision expressed itself in pictorial art, environmentalism, philosophy, and design of facades, postage stamps, flags, and clothing (among other areas). The common themes in his work utilised bright colours, organic forms, a reconciliation of humans with nature, and a strong individualism, rejecting straight lines.
He remains sui generis, although his architectural work is comparable to Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) in its use of biomorphic forms and the use of tile. He was also inspired by the art of the Vienna Secession, and by the Austrian painters Egon Schiele (1890–1918) and Gustav Klimt (1862–1918).
He was fascinated by spirals, and called straight lines "the devil's tools". He called his theory of art "transautomatism", based on Surrealist automatism, but focusing on the experience of the viewer, rather than the artist. This was encapsulated by his design of a new flag for New Zealand, which incorporated the image of the Koru a spiral shape based on the image of a new unfurling silver fern frond and symbolizing new life, growth, strength and peace according to the Māori people.
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The run-up to the Oscars is always a good time for movie lovers, with lots of chances to get caught up on great movies that may have otherwise flown under the radar. Of course, the discussion is still mostly dominated by the big contenders — "Argo," "Lincoln," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Les Miserables" — but it's still a good chance to discover some amazing hidden gems down the ticket a bit.
Case in point, "Paperman," Disney Animation's entry in the best animated short category:
This is absolutely lovely, and it's a pleasure to watch just how fluidly it all moves. Clearly, Disney's balance sheet won't likely budge much on the win or loss of a minor Oscar, much as losing best actress won't really do Anne Hathaway or Jennifer Lawrence any real harm. But the less-hyped awards can boost artists who aren't yet household names, and can definitely reward real artistry in filmmaking.
And this short film is definitely a work of art. (Victor D. Infante)


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Sun, Surf ... Salt at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
Traveling to destinations around this great country of ours, vacationers are always seeking the little edge that pushes the family toward a great spot. The perfect family getaway, if you will.
Found it ... and not because of the usual amenities.
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island is that location. Simple to get to, The Ritz-
Carlton is just north of Jacksonville, Fla., on the Atlantic coast.
This is no ordinary destination. Yes, it has golf, tennis and a spa, not to
mention the warmth of the Sunshine state and the waves of the Atlantic Ocean,
the usual creature comforts.
What it does have is Salt.
Salt, you say.
That's right, Salt is the name of the culinary masterpiece of The Ritz-Carlton,
Amelia Island.
Far from humdrum, Salt is the centerpiece of dining at the resort. Simple, but
elegant. Unique, yet casual. A wonderful balance of nature, from salads,
Hawaiian Blue Marlin and White Asparagus Soup to Beef Tenderloin, Maine Lobster
and Lamb T-Bones. Let's not forget the fare from the sea, complete with Alaskan
Halibut, local Snapper and Tasmanian Trout.
But, it's where the restaurant gets its handle that heightens this succulent
excitement at Salt.
The basis for the cuisine is as simple as its name, seasoning the "elements
from the earth and sea." Not only is there a menu for incredible delicacies,
but there's a listing of natural and infused salts. The menu is far more
extensive than the fare ... and rightfully so. From Fleur de Sel, known as
the "caviar" of salts to Salish, a smoked sea salt, or Cyprus Black Lava from
the Mediterranean and activated with charcoal, just to name a few. Can you
imagine, salts from around the globe, from Peru to Italy, from the Himalayan
Mountains to the Hawaiian Coast, and everything in between. There's no
question, this makes the meal.
Before making reservations for dinner, a visit to the Salt Shop for the Salt
Infusion Class is a must. Here you'll learn all about the previously mentioned
salts and best of all ... you get to taste and buy them!
We return to the original reason for your stay at The Ritz Carlton, Amelia
Island, the warmth and relaxation of Florida.
With an average year-round daytime temperature of 78, how can you go wrong.
Even if the temps dip under 60 at night, beach bonfires are available.
Golf on the championship layout is forgiving, yet challenging. So much so, that
Conde Nast Traveler called it one of the Top Golf Resorts in the country.
Not long by today's standards, the Golf Club of Amelia Island features a slope
of 140, stretches to just over 6,700 yards and boasts 11 holes guarded by
water. Although there's plenty of danger, the course is a women-friendly
layout, featuring four sets of tees under 6,000 yards.
Touring the Fernandina Beach is another sure thing. Whether it's by bike, kayak
or foot, Amelia Island has it all, for the nature lover, fitness enthusiast or
history buff. The Fort Clinch and Fort George tours are outstanding, especially
when navigated with the incredibly knowledgeable Ritz Carlton staff. You'll be
stunned by how much you learn.
If it's a spa that strikes your fancy, go no further than The Ritz-Carlton Spa,
Amelia Island.
Over 27,000 square feet of relaxation and luxury with 26 treatment rooms,
indoor and outdoor pools, steam room, sauna and a fitness center. Massages,
facials, pedicures, wraps, exfoliations and more ... get the picture? If not,
try the Amelia Island Honey Butter Wrap, as that will send you over the top.
Although you don't have to leave the resort proper, let's not forget the
Atlantic Ocean that sits just 100 yards away. The views from your suite are
breathtaking. All of the water activities you'd expect are at your disposal, so
You're on vacation.
So there you have it. Did I miss anything? I don't think so.
For years, friends and family have raved about the resort, and rightfully so.
This is not a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You'll want to return over and
Trust me. Sun, Surf and Salt, what more you could ask for.


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Sen. Marco Rubio will give bilingual GOP response to State of the Union speech
Marco Rubio won't just give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.
The Florida Senator will give two.
One in English. Otro en Español.
It's the first time such a high-profile speech will be given in two languages by the same person, and it's a sign of how crucial the Rubio has become in the GOP efforts to draw more Hispanic support and rebrand the party.
"I'm honored to have this opportunity to discuss how limited government and free enterprise have helped make my family's dreams come true in America," Rubio said in a statement.
"Limited government and free enterprise are the very foundation of what makes America special and separates us from the world, particularly through our strong middle-class," he said. "I look forward to laying out the Republican case of how our ideas can help people close the gap between their dreams and the opportunities to realize them."
For the Miami-born son of exiles, giving a bilingual speech is nothing new. He'll give the English-language rebuttal live. The Spanish-language rebuttal will be pre-recorded.
Rubio's emphasis on the middle-class is nothing new, although the Republican Party is embracing it more after Mitt Romney's loss to Obama in November.
Republican Party insiders, pollsters and pundits said Romney seemed too out of touch compared with Obama.
Romney also struggled with Hispanic voters in particular, thanks in part to his positions on immigration that, critics said, had an anti-Hispanic tone. But Democrats say Republicans are struggling because of their tone as well as their ideas.
The liberal group Planned Parenthood, for instance, criticized Rubio for opposing the Violence Against Women Act. Rubio said he supports the act as written, but opposes the new measure over the way it directs states to spend domestic violence-prevention money.
As for immigration reform, Rubio has said, no single issue will bring Hispanics to the Republican Party. But, he said, the nation's broken immigration system needs to be fixed.
Rubio belongs to a bipartisan Senate group trying to hammer out an immigration accord. Their plans resemble ones outlined by Obama in 2011, but neither one has produced legislation.
Rubio announced he supports a limited pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants as long as they pay a penalty, they don't jump ahead of legal immigrants and the borders are secured.
Miami Rep. Joe Garcia, a Democrat, said on MSNBC that Rubio has "moved greatly on this." And, he said, Republicans have started to change their tune. "They've evolved," he said.


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- Someone buys your application
- They decrypt your application binary
- They redistribute it
In other words: once your application is compromised you can expect, right as rain, that any future release will also be compromised.
Enough With Yo Jibba Jabba.. Gimme the Code
Okay, as I mentioned before there are a few approaches to detecting a compromise at runtime. If you downloaded your cracked IPA from somewhere like RapidShare then you'll notice that the timestamps of Info.plist and your application binary are different.
Today, we'll look at Info.plist modifications. There are a few easy checks that you can perform at runtime to see if your Info.plist has been modified after you've built a distribution release:
- Check the size of Info.plist. You know the size of the file after it's been built so hardcode a check into your application, rebuild for distribution, and push to the App Store.
- Check if Info.plist is plaintext XML. The distribution copy is converted to a binary .plist and most IPA cracks convert this file back to either UTF-8 or ASCII. Again, do this check in your application before pushing it to the App Store.
- Why the hell are they modifying Info.plist anyway? Well... the cracker added the key-pair {SignerIdentity, Apple iPhone OS Application Signing} to this file. Check for this modification at runtime -- it shouldn't be there!
The third and last point is what I'll expand on below.
{SignerIdentity, Apple iPhone OS Application Signing}
Well what the hell is that doing in your Info.plist? It's not part of the XCode template and it's definitely not something that you put in there.
This key-value pair basically tells the application loader that the application is decrypted and can be trusted. Consider it to be a skeleton key that lets you run any application on the iPhone.
I'm not sure of the implementation details of the application loader so don't bother asking me.
The one thing for certain is that THIS KEY-VALUE PAIR SHOULD NOT BE IN ANY APP STORE APPLICATION. If you do find it during runtime then you know your application has been compromised.
Below is some rudimentary code that checks if this key-value pair is present in your application bundle's Info.plist.
Now you're going to say, how come you're not checking for the value of the key-value pair? Well, I say, you don't need to. If you didn't put that key-value pair into your Info.plist then you definitely didn't put that key in.
NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSDictionary *info = [bundle infoDictionary];
if ([info objectForKey: @"SignerIdentity"] != nil)
/* do something */
Well, you say, what do I do now?
So, I say, wait for my next posting on strategies that App Store developers can employ if they've detected that their application bundle has been compromised.


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TiPb Nation, Comicon finally hit Montreal so Rene and I hit Comicon to find out just which mobile device -- iPhone, BlackBerry or Android reigns supreme with geeks and nerds, cosplayers and booth babes alike! From Batman to Electra, Greedo to Garfield, I asked them all which cell phone they used, and the answers may surprise you! (Especially how many didn't use one at all -- what's up with that, data rates on Krypton just to high?)
So sit back, grab your popcorn, hit play, and see if the iPhone is strong at Comicon!


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What do you use for your disc golf tournament awards?
Do you give ribbons or trophies which collect dust and end up in a box? Why not give prizes that are truly USEFUL that the recipients will hold on to for years?
Our customers love customizing bottle openers and carabiner keychains with laser engraving – with placements and the tournament name! Here are a few examples:
We can laser the individual, personalized places on the disc golf awards – we normally charge $0.60 each for this personalizing service, in addition to the price of the item. We can group by color/style as well, whatever your needs are. Click on the links above for some ideas, or check out all our custom shaped bottle openers, carabiner keychains or other custom awards.
What is the best disc golf award you have given out or received? Share in the comment box below!


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Middle GA SCCA RallyCross #5
SCCA - Middle Georgia Region
Registration closed August 17, 2018 11:59 PM on August 17, 2018 11:59 PM EDT Registration ends August 17, 2018 11:59 PM on August 17, 2018 11:59 PM EDT Registration opens May 19, 2018 12:00 AM on May 19, 2018 12:00 AM EDT Registration runs from May 19, 2018 12:00 AM to August 17, 2018 11:59 PM
Event Schedule
Please arrive onsite no later than 9:00AM, the earlier the better. Novices, you should give yourself even more time; best to arrive no later than 8:30AM.
7:30AM - 8:30AM || Event setup
8:30AM - 9:30AM || Registration and Tech Inspection Open
8:45AM - 9:45AM || Course open for driver walk-through
9:45AM - 10:00AM || Drivers Meeting
10:00AM || Drivers to cars, competition begins
Event Format
We do our best to have ~50 second courses, and still give each driver 8 runs every event. This may need to be changed on an event by event basis, but normally this is accomplished with 4 runs both before and after lunch. All runs count toward a cumulative time, which is used to determine class winners.
Group 1 Drives/Group 2 Works
Group 2 Drives/Group 1 Works
Lunch Break (30-45 minutes, time dependent)
Group 1 Drives/Group 2 Works
Group 2 Drives/Group 1 Works
Fee Structure
Get pre-registered now and avoid paying a $5 onsite registration fee!
SCCA Member Price || $35 ($40 Onsite)
Non-SCCA Member Price || $55 ($60 Onsite)
There is no fee for spectators and non-participants. Single passengers are allowed unless special event rules dictate otherwise. Passengers must wear helmets. Registration is for drivers only.