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Hello all, excited to finally start a "from scratch" planned home theater room using our garage space (24'x22'). Nicest thing about this space is only one wall is connected to the house and we live on 3 acres, so no worries about disturbing neighbors! There's plenty I still need to research (HVAC, sound proofing, etc.), but trying to get basic dimensions/layout figured out first. I've been looking through threads on this forum, but thought I would also post my own thread (seems to be the trend) and ask for some advice. I have created my current plan in 3D and have attached some renders.
Here's a rough overview of current plan -
1) Uses false side walls so I can have access for wiring and any future changes.
2) Columns for acoustical damping..cool looking as well.
3) Leaving speakers visible...doesn't bother me.
4) Whole floor built on small wood riser to enhance bass vibrations. Additional riser height for rear seating.
5) TV and Projector - Our current bonus room-turned-home theater has both a 70" TV and a projector with retractable screen. Having the TV for video games and regular TV watching works out great and saves projector bulb life, so planning on having the same setup in new theater room. Planned for 70-73" television with 150" retractable cinemascope screen.
6) Outdoor veranda theme with DIY fiber optic starfield ceiling.
1) Raised floor - My current theater room is in a bonus room over the garage. I really like having the wood foundation and feeling the sub vibrations in the floor. Moving the theater room to the garage will result in a concrete foundaton, so I would like to build a wood riser for the whole floor. Is there a ideal height to raise the floor for the purpose of enhancing bass vibrations? My current plans uses a 3" tall base riser, with an additonal 14" height for second row seating. Available ceiling height is 9'3", so trying to keep the wood riser as short as possible.
2) Wall height - I'm using a room dimension calculator (Terry Montlick Labs) to figure out ideal room dimensions. For wall height, do I calcualte a average wall height based on the different heights that result from having risers in the room? As currently planned, half the room has 8'9" ceilings. The other half has a mix of 8'2" and 7'7" ceilings (see top down image). Using the dimension calculator, my planned room dimensions ride a fine line and easily come out unacceptable depending on which ceiling height I use.
3) Ceiling- I really like the idea of having the fiber optic starfield ceiling, but cannot afford to buy premade panels. I've researched the DIY approach and feel confident I can do it, but have limited available ceiling height. I think using a suspended ceiling will take up too much height, so considering installing 1 1/2" furring strips to the ceiling joists and then attaching panels (Cinetile or something similar) directly to strips. Has anyone used Cinetile with fiberoptic stars? If so, is the material rigid enough to drill clean holes for the fiber optics? Any other suggestions appreciated.
4) Bar- Looking at other theater room designs, I saw someone installed a bar as a rear row and really like this idea. Reminds me of the local Alamo Drafthouse cinemas where you can eat while watching a movie. Question is, will having a bar behind the main seating wreak havoc on acoustics? You can see the proposed bar location in my 3D renders.
Suggestions/advice greatly appreciated!!
Thanks, I'm sure I will do a good bit of the work myself. When I say "start" I mean planning/design. This room is part of a phased house remodel...have to build a external garage first, so may be 1-2 years before the home theater building starts. We have a designer starting on the rest of the house remodel plans next week, but he is not very familar with home theater design, so figuring out the basics of this room myself...may have a professional help out with final design.
I also wouldn't worry too much about those wonderful room calculators. They're generally too simplistic and made bad assumptions.
I'm using Lightwave to model and render. A bit high end and pricey for a hobbyist, but I work as a 3D artist in the entertainment industry.
Thanks, I did a little research on these sub-floors, but could not find much on using them to enhance bass vibrations. So, having a base layer of Delta-FL with plywood and carpet on top should give similar bass vibrations as building a wood riser?
I don't know why it wouldn't offer a similar effect, but I haven't gotten quite that far in my build yet to be able to confirm it for you.
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If my quick calculations are right: 150" scope (assuming diagonal) = 138" wide. At 10 feet back -- less than one screen width -- that's a 60 degree horizontal viewing angle which is really wide. I think THX considers 40 degrees the top end of their recommended range. 12 feet would get you to 50 degrees (which is what I'm thinking about for my own build). It would take around 15 feet to reach 40 degrees.
If 150" is the width of the screen then the distances increase.
I really like having the wood foundation and feeling the sub vibrations in the floor.
You should look into Buttkickers or other tactile transducers. It will give a lot more feeling without having to actually shake the floor to do it.
If my quick calculations are right: 150" scope (assuming diagonal) = 138" wide. At 10 feet back -- less than one screen width -- that's a 60 degree horizontal viewing angle which is really wide. I think THX considers 40 degrees the top end of their recommended range. 12 feet would get you to 50 degrees (which is what I'm thinking about for my own build). It would take around 15 feet to reach 40 degrees.
If 150" is the width of the screen then the distances increase.
Thanks for the reality check on screen size vs. viewing distance. It does seem a bit crazy to have a 150" (diagonal) screen and sit 10' from it. I currently have a 110" cinemascope and sit 11' from it. I feel the screen could be bigger at that distance, but 40" would probably be too much...probably feel like the time I sat on the front row at IMAX! I could probably go with a 50 degree viewing angle myself.
Now that I'm realizing proposed screen is too large for viewing distance, speakers will be moving away from the corners a bit. Can't resist trying to squeeze in biggest screen possible!
Easy to do
Do you have any equipment yet?
Tip - spend $600 and get a pro layout from Dennis Erskine, that way you know you'll get it all perfect and they'll advise on what type of gear you need for the room, not some crap from a dealer that has NFI. It'll save you time and money in the long run.
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I have decent equipment in my current theater room, but nothing too extravagant...hoping some of it can carry over to this new room.
The speakers shown in the renderings are my current ones - Atlantic Technology 350's for front, center, and side surrounds with 4200SR's for rear surround. For my sub I have a DIY HSU 12va clone made from 24" sonotube (my favorite component) powered by a 250w HSU amp. I also have a HSU TN1220 sub sitting around that just needs a amp. I have a Marantz SR6300 and using it for power (minus sub), know I would definitely need to move to external amps.
Also have a Panasonic PT-AE3000U projector with a 110" cinemascope screen. Of course, I want to increase the screen size in the new room and not really sure the Panasonic will be bright enough.
Thanks for the tip!
Dennis Erskine
List of major changes -
1) Switched to fixed screen mounted on false wall. Idea of TV behind retractable screen is now out.
2) Front speakers on sand filled stage and behind false wall.
3) Soundproofing walls and ceiling using whisper clips, double drywall and Green Glue.
4) Audio equipment isolated in closet area.
Equipment/supplies purchased so far -
1) SMX 2.37:1 150" diagonal procurv screen (2K screen material)
2) Atlantic Technology 8200e speakers - 3 fronts, 4 surrounds and 2 642e subs
3) Danley DTS-10 DIY subwoofer and Behringer EP4000 amp to run it along with miniDSP for EQ/tuning.
4) Lutron Grafik Eye 3000
5) Green Glue, Silenseal caulk and whisper clips
6) 10 and 12 AWG speaker cable from blue jeans cable
Purchasing soon -
1) Marantz AV7005 preamp
2) Emotiva XPA-5 and XPA-2 amps
3) Anamorphic Lens
Using from existing media room -
1) Panasonic AE3000U projector...at least for the time being if bright enough.
2) Playstation 3
3) Logitech Harmony One remote
In the first two images you can see the new detached garage. I wanted the home theater room to be detached instead of the garage, but my wife did not like the idea of having to use a breezeway to access the room.
I made a Quicktime movie that has a camera flying around the 3D room I created. Still images from movie also posted since most will not want to download a large file.
Movie link (right click and choose 'Save Target As...')
I noticed you said you were leaving the right hand side accessible to get to wiring then having the rack in the left hand side... which would have most of the wiring. Personally, with the space you have there I would put the rack into the right hand side which is larger and build it so you can close the door on it completely. That way there are no lights or fans to disturb your movies. At the same time you could probably fit a decent amount of shelf space for DVDs and Blu-Rays next to the rack there. At that point the left hand side would be empty so you could widen the whole space and probably fit some more seating in.
Food for thought and I look forward to seeing your progress.
I didn't see an anamorphic lens listed? If you're using a curved screen, you should also use an anamorphic lens, or the curve will just create image barrel distortion (the curve is there to correct lens induced pincushion distortion). You may already know that, and just forgot to list the lens - but just in case.
Yes, I just missed adding the lens to the list. However, have not done much research on which to buy...on the 'to do' list.
When I read the first few posts and understood you wanted the TV as well as the projector and the speakers out front I was a little disappointed - but now you're going for the complete AT screen and the full sound-proofing route I can't wait to see this one started!
I noticed you said you were leaving the right hand side accessible to get to wiring then having the rack in the left hand side... which would have most of the wiring. Personally, with the space you have there I would put the rack into the right hand side which is larger and build it so you can close the door on it completely. That way there are no lights or fans to disturb your movies. At the same time you could probably fit a decent amount of shelf space for DVDs and Blu-Rays next to the rack there. At that point the left hand side would be empty so you could widen the whole space and probably fit some more seating in.
Food for thought and I look forward to seeing your progress.
I agree and actually have the equipment closet on the right side now in my latest renders...see red arrow below. I still have to leave the left hand space because the hot water heater is in a closet space on that wall along with the fuse panel for the house. Having the space also will help with noise since this will effectively give me a double stud wall...left side is wall connected to rest of the house.
I noticed in the last set of renders, you eliminated the Faux roof corbels from your soffit design.
IMHO they went a long way towards helping to create the illusion of an open night sky.
Was the change necessary due to size/height constraints?
"I've cut that piece 3 times and its still too short..."
Pros and cons either way I guess - ours was/is a conversion of 1/2 of a detached garage, so no attached option to choose. Advantage: less concerns about sound transmission; disadvantage: if its raining, won't get used - no breezeway (but doesn't rain often where I live, so not a big deal).
Edit: oh, also forgot to mention, nice to see another garage HT builder - renders look great, looking forward to watching the project take shape!
Looks like a great space to work with. Congratulations.
I noticed in the last set of renders, you eliminated the Faux roof corbels from your soffit design.
IMHO they went a long way towards helping to create the illusion of an open night sky.
Was the change necessary due to size/height constraints?
Good observation on the missing roof corbels. I've been indecisive about whether to keep them and the latest renders were to test how I feel about not having them included. I'm also not sure I can get the blue rope light going around the ceiling to work with the corbels. It will probably come down to one or the other. I do like them and think they add to outdoor look I'm going for. They'll probably make a comeback.
What are you planning on doing with the garage door - remove and frame it in, or frame behind it and make it still look like garage from the outside? I've seen both done - for example, Sandman kept the garage door on the outside; I got rid of mine, and replaced with an entry door:
I remember looking at your thread while doing research over the past few months. Great build and indeed good to see other garage conversions going on.
The garage door is going to be framed and covered with rock. The existing garage door was moved to the new detached garage and a side entry door has been added coming from the utility room to the breezeway/new garage. See image below. Drywall is being removed in old garage, so maybe this is getting ready to finally happen.
That's what I said my last post back on June 20th. Not much has happened since then because my contractor only shows up to work 1-2 days a week and there are still other house remodeling issues that are finishing up. I would gladly work on the room myself if I wasn't already working 12 hr days at work.
Here's what has been done since my last post -
1) Interior wall framed in.
2) Hat channel/whisper clips installed on walls, but not ceiling. Contractor actually did install ceiling clips, but did it wrong as well as the walls the first time. All the clips/channels had to be removed and started again.
3) New AC for room installed. However, ducts cannot be installed until soffits are built. Of course, contractor did not inform AC subcontractors about this and they improperly ran the ducts outside the wall. Ducts will have to be taken down and redone.
New equipment purchased since last post that sits around waiting for the room to build itself -
1) a second DIY Danley DTS 10 subwoofer kit
2) a second Behringer EP4000 amp for the additional DTS 10
The ceiling clip/channel installation turns out to be very tricky due to uneven spacing on my garage celing trusses. I have had to measure and model out the ceiling trusses in 3D so I could figure out where additional 2x4 blocking needs to be added to the ceiling to accomodate proper clip placement. Another issue I have is my ceiling will have additional weight with the added masonite board added for the fiber optic starfield ceiling and soffit. This requires my hat channel spacing to be every 16" instead of the standard 24". I will say that Ted from the soundproofing company has been very responsive in assisting me with figuring these issues out. Below are the images I have generated from my 3D models to guide ceiling clip/channel placement.
This one shows the existing ceiling trusses (gray) and 2x4 blocking (white) that needs to be added to support the additional clips.
This one shows the trusses with clips (yellow), hat channel (green), soffit (darker blue) and wall thckness (lighter blue). Clip spacing dimensions callouts have not been added to this image yet.
Images below showing room as it currently looks.
This one is taken standing at screen wall looking towards back of room. you can see the AC ducts that are improperly installed on either side.
This one is taken from entrance door at back of room.
I also had some issues with insulation resting against some of the hat channel. I installed some wire bracing to solve the issue. See images below.
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I want to comment briefly on the recent dustup in the blogging and polling world caused by DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas' accusation that "the weekly Research 2000 State of the Nation poll we ran the past year and a half was likely bunk." Markos links to an independent analysis he sponsored that points to anomalies in the Research 2000 survey results and strongly suggests the results had to be manipulated. He goes on to say, "I hereby renounce any post we've written based exclusively on Research 2000 polling."
Research 2000 had been hired by Kos more than a year ago to provide polling in races that weren't often surveyed by mainstream pollsters, and to provide national tracking results as well. Some websites, like RealClearPolitics initially avoided using Research 2000 results presumably because they feared the results would be driven by DailyKos' ideological leanings. Others, like TalkingPointsMemo and fivethirtyeight.com incorporated Research 2000 results into their composite tracking polls and other analyses. Presumably they will now drop Research 2000 from their websites until these charges are resolved.
I don't know if Markos' charges are true. We will certainly know more after other analysts begin sifting the polling results and the independent analysis. In any case, this is clearly going to result in lawsuits on both sides. Markos is going to charge Research 2000 with fraud, and the polling firm will likely countersue for libel.
Mark Blumenthal here and Charles Franklin here have good discussions of the controversy from a polling perspective. For my purposes, however, there is a broader point to be made – one that I've argued before when discussing opinionated blogging sites such as Markos' DailyKos. Because they have such a strong world view, these are wonderful sites to visit when you need to commune with like-minded people. But you shouldn't go there for objective analysis! They are churches that nurture the soul – they are not intended to give you an unvarnished take on the political world.
The problem on these sites becomes separating out spin, or opinion, from fact-based analysis. I don't mind the opinion – it is often provocative and entertaining. But the Research 2000 polling results were presented as fact, not opinion. In acknowledging that the surveys that figured prominently on the DailyKos website for almost two years were possibly fraudulent, Markos' defends himself by noting, "I want to feel stupid for being defrauded, but fact is Research 2000 had a good reputation in political circles." He then lists some of Research 2000 clients.
This is a weak defense. The reality is that it was quite clear to anyone who had an open mind that Research 2000 survey results of individual races were often off the mark in a particular direction, and that their national tracking polls consistently showed higher approval ratings for Obama than did other polls. But there was no indication that this bothered anyone at the DailyKos website, because the results typically slanted toward what they wanted to believe! Now they are shocked – shocked! – that Research 2000 might have been skewing the polling results.
In looking over their results during the last year, I did not have access to the internal sampling data on which Research 2000 based its analyses. But it became clear to me, when I compared its results to multiple others polls, that they were often outliers in one direction and after a while I simply discounted their results. Consider, for example, the recent Arkansas Democrat primary between Blanche Lincoln and Bill Halter. Research 2000 posted the last survey there, and they had Halter up 4%. Here's what I wrote on this blog on election night: "Finally, one thing to keep in mind when we look at the polling in Arkansas, which shows Lincoln losing to Halter: most of those polls are by Research 2000, a polling firm closely tied to the Daily Kos website which has come out strongly for Halter. Unfortunately, Research 2000 polls have been very inaccurate, in large part because their voter sample over represents younger voters." Later that night, in analyzing returns, I wrote: "I just took another look at the final Research 2000 Arkansas poll – it had Halter up over Lincoln by 49-45%. With a 4% margin of error, and the additional bias built into the Research 2000 survey, I think that means Lincoln goes into this with a very slight lead."
Lincoln, as you know, went on to win comfortably. And it appears that I may have been too charitable to Research2000, if Kos is to be believed – it wasn't simply that they oversampled younger voters.
My point here is not to tout my own forecasting skills (anyone remember my Scott Brown-Martha Coakley prediction one week before that special election?) It is to remind you – particularly my students who frequent websites like Kos, or DailyDish, or Michele Malkin – not to confuse advocacy with analysis. The great danger of lurking on a site with a uniform perspective is the echo chamber effect; you begin to substitute the prevailing world view for fact-based analysis.
Let me be clear: no analyst is bias free. But some at least try to discipline their analysis by sticking with the facts and noting when their analysis strays from the data into the realm of conjecture. Kos and his followers are clear that their views skew Left. That's fine. But I think that the strength and uniformity of the DailyKos world view made posters and readers there susceptible to accepting the data manipulation that they now accuse Research2000 of engaging in. They wanted to believe, and Research 2000 fed into those preconceptions.
And that's my worry about the blogosphere: that students will gravitate to those sites that reinforce their ideological or political predispositions, and accept uncritically what passes for fact-based analysis there. It is important to maintain a healthy skepticism when entering these sites. Your role model should be Ronald Reagan.
Reagan, in presenting an arms agreement he had negotiated with Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev, noted that he acted according to this Russian proverb, which he translated as, "Trust but verify." Gorbachev responded, "You repeat that at every meeting!"
And with good reason.
I'm not saying you should not visit sites like DailyKos, or their counterparts on the Right. When you do, however, remember Reagan's "Russian" proverb. Had Kos done so, he might not have found himself in the current predicament.


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Anthony Radke
Anthony James Radke, 33, of Ramona died Saturday south of Hope as a result of an accident. He was born April 24, 1980, in Las Vegas, Nev.
He was a finish carpenter for J.D. Construction, working at Fort Riley, and a member of Nemesis M.C. at Woodbine.
He married Amanda M. (Littler) Jones on March 23, 2006, at the United Methodist Church in Herington in a ceremony officiated by his father, the Rev. Russell Radke.
He is survived by his wife, Amanda, of the home; his father, Russell; five children, Sabrina Jones, Troy Jones, Nathan Jones, Joshua Radke, and Dylan Radke; and two brothers, Ronnie and Matthew.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lewis Cemetery, Ramona. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Herington Chapel.
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Eugenics in Latin America
Alexandra Minna Stern
Eugenics emerged in Latin America in the early 20th century on the intellectual foundations of 19th-century social Darwinism and positivism, and expanded in contexts influenced by Catholicism, nationalism, and transnational scientific exchange. Although the extent and objectives of eugenic policies, practices, and organizations varied across the region, Latin American eugenicists tended to subscribe to neo-Lamarckian principles of environmental modification, foreground puericulture or infant and maternal care, and support new techniques of human measurement associated with biotypology. Overall, eugenics in Latin America was less extreme than in Anglo and Nordic countries, rarely resulting in sanctioned policies of compulsory sterilization or euthanasia. It was an integral component of programs designed to combat infectious ailments, especially sexually transmitted diseases, and to ameliorate national health indicators. This overlap meant that eugenics sometimes was less visible as a stand-alone movement, and that its tenets were absorbed with little friction into public health and social welfare infrastructures and campaigns. At the same time, eugenic racism was expressed in calls for immigration restriction that reverberated across Latin America, most notably in the 1910s and 1920s. In retrospect, eugenics in Latin America contributed both to exclusionary policies that stigmatized certain social groups and to overarching campaigns for health and wellness that were backed by a diverse political spectrum that could include feminists, Socialists, and military leaders.


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2008: Honorable mention All-Ivy selection... Led team in goals with four despite being limited to six games because of an injury... All four of his goals came in Ivy play... Tied for third in the league in goals scored in Ivy games despite playing in only five games... Scored twice in victory over Columbia... Had the game-winning goal at Brown.
2007: Tied for second on the team in goals... First career goal helped Yale earn a 2-2 tie with Central Connecticut... Also scored in the victory at Columbia... Made his first career start against Sacred Heart.
Before Yale: A four-year starter at South Eugene High School... Named the Southwest Conference Player of the Year as a senior after scoring 23 goals in 14 games... First team all-state selection... Scored 16 goals and earned honorable mention all-state and first team all-league recognition as a junior.... South Eugene was undefeated in league play in his four years and reached the quarterfinals of the state tournament three times... Played club soccer for two years with the Westside Metros Storm, who were league champions and state runner-up in 2006 and state champions in 2007... Spent three years in the Oregon ODP.
Says Coach Tompkins: "Aden was troubled by injuries last fall but still managed to score several important goals. His game savvy and clinical finishing will make him a key player this year."


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Skye Sweetnam grew up in the tiny Toronto suburb of Bolton, where she studied singing and dancing from a young age. By her early teens she'd moved on to songwriting, and recorded a demo with the help of a local Bolton music school. A combination of luck and marketability brought the demo to the attention of Canadian label execs, who hooked Sweetnam up with a local producer and instrumentalist named James Robertson. Together, Robertson and Sweetnam hammered out the structure of what would become Noise from the Basement, her Capitol Records debut. The single "Billy S." appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the Mandy Moore vehicle How to Deal; the song's sassy popternative sound proved quite popular, making some waves in the U.S. and hitting the top spot on Canada's Disney Channel-style offering, YTV. Sweetnam supported the single with a tour of summer camps. She also began downplaying the comparisons to Avril Lavigne to whoever would listen, though the reference seemed valid based on their similar upbringing and sculpted, rock-based sound. The year 2004 began promisingly for Sweetnam, with the announcement of a March issue date for Noise from the Basement and a new single in "Tangled Up in Me"; she also landed the opening spot on Britney's Onyx Hotel tour, which stretched into spring. After a year of delays, the singer's sophomore album, Sound Soldier, which featured production and writing from Avril's selfsame Matrix team, was finally released in the fall of 2007. ~ Johnny Loftus
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A Providence police officer has been fired for having sex on duty with an alleged victim of a domestic assault.
Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare and Chief of Police Hugh Clements on Wednesday announced that Officer Khatchig M. Kazandjian was fired Jan. 24 after a disciplinary hearing.
Police say Kazandjian acknowledged that he had sex with the woman on May 8, 2012, when he took her back to her apartment following a violent fight with her boyfriend. There, he found drug paraphernalia, and police say he said the woman offered him sex.
She later reported being raped, but a grand jury declined to bring charges.
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Friday 19 April 2019, 12:00pm - 01:00pm
Contact Charlie Skinner
this is a great class for beginners and is actually run by students that originally started tai chi after being referred as patients.
The atmosphere is fun and friendly.... Just ask for Charlie
12-1pm Beginners - Friends Meeting House, Colmore Road, Kings Heath. B14 7PE
Location Friends Meeting House, Colmore Road, Kings Heath. B14 7PE
Charlie originally came to tai chi as a patient and features on the NHS DVD 'Tai Chi for a Healthy Heart'


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Happy New Year's Eve! Can you believe this is the last day of 2008? It seems like it went by so quickly, but really once past elementary, junior high and high school it all goes by quickly. Well, at least to me it does.
Instead of looking back on this past year, I am going to write about next year. Yes, I know it doesn't start until tomorrow. However, I have always been a 'list person.' I don't usually make very concrete New Year's Resolutions though.
Have you ever heard of a Vision Board? I made one last year, but I didn't really practice the art of the Law of Attraction with it. This year my plan is to make a great vision board that I will put in my room next to my computer. That way I will be able to see it often and really focus on drawing those things to me.
Here are some things I will include on it:
• Spark People – I want to use this more and really stay on track with my diet and exercise.
• Art – I enjoy painting, drawing and other various forms of art. I want to do more of this than I have been doing (which is almost none).
• Writing – I enjoy writing. I have enjoyed it since I was in jr. high school. However, after I graduated from high school I just stopped. College took over and I haven't had much desire to do much creative writing. I want this to change.
• Blogging – I want to Blog as much as I can about whatever I can.
• Paranormal Investigator – I love being a paranormal investigator. I hope to go on more cases and learn as much as I can about this field.
• New Job – I really need a new job. I also really hope it is something I love to do.
• Read More – I love to read. I love books. As I've posted before I'm a little bit neurotic about my books even. I'd like to read at least a few books per month.
• Messy House – I need to get back working on cleaning up this messy house! My mom and I signed the "Clean up your messy house pledge" from Oprah.com – now we need to get back on track!
• Embrace Me – I want to really love being me. Sounds cheesy, but I want to be able to not apologize for being a dork, smart, blonde, have slight OCD, my neurotic tendencies, whatever. I want to just be me with no apologizes. Might be hard to find a picture to put on the vision board for this. I guess a picture of me will do?
My plan for tomorrow is to gather up all of the stuff for the vision board and make one for 2009! What a better time to make one than on the 1st day of the year! Also, by making it I also get in my 1st art project of the year. When I get this finished, I will more than likely post a picture of it!
I hope everyone has a safe night tonight and has tons of fun! Let me know what you did and if you are making some new year's resolutions or even a vision board for yourself!


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A Vending Machine—for Bikes
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It's easy to see why Bicycling magazine named Minneapolis "Best Bicycling City" last year. The City of Lakes is also a bike-friendly urban landscape.
The most popular route for cyclists and pedestrians is the Midtown Greenway, which now has a handy self-service bike repair kiosk thanks to local inventors Chad DeBaker and Alex Anderson.
The Bike Fixtation kiosk at the Greenway transit shelter, open from 6 a.m. to midnight, offers an elevated repair stand equipped with eight essential tools, a free air compressor, and a vending machine stocked with energy drinks, snacks, bike accessories, patch kits, and even hand warmers for chilly rides. The kiosk also has tutorials for the novice mechanic on how to use the tools to fix a flat.
The inventors plan to open a second kiosk, and eventually hope to sell Bike Fixtation kiosks in other cities, keeping cyclists across the country cruising after a breakdown.
How snowy Minneapolis beat out Portland for the title of best bike city in America.
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Europe likely to stay on sidelines when U.S. ships arms to Syria rebels
When the Obama administration begins arming Syrian rebels through the CIA, something news reports say will happen within the next month, it probably it will be acting without help from its European allies.
Despite the end of the European Union's embargo on supplying weapons to the rebels, which expired May 30, experts see little will or appetite among European nations for adding more weapons to the bloody Syrian civil war. Not even the British, who were pressing just weeks ago for arming the rebels, are likely to do so.
In part, that sentiment is based on a deep concern that not enough is known about the groups that make up the rebel forces. In particular, the prominence of the Nusra Front, with strong ties to al Qaida and the al Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, raises concerns that any weapons sent into that conflict might be used eventually against international troops or interests, either in Syria or elsewhere.
"There is a sense of guilt in Europe at seeing the Russians and Iranians continue to supply the regime," said Dominique Moisi, a security expert at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris. "But there is no enthusiasm for getting involved."
The vast majority of European nations strongly supported keeping the arms embargo in effect. But because EU decisions must be unanimous, the refusal of Britain and France to renew it meant it was allowed to expire. That may say more about the notion of a single European foreign policy than it does about sentiment to arm the rebels.
Experts think Britain and France were motivated by the hope that the threat of sending weapons would pressure Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime to slow its attacks on the rebels and would dissuade Russia and Iran from continuing to arm the regime. But there's no belief that France or Britain will provide the arms.
"Those who are against sending weapons are passionately against it. Those in favor are timidly in favor of sending weapons," Moisi said.
Patrick Keller, a security expert at Berlin's Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, a foreign policy research center, said, "The EU as a foreign policy actor is weakened. But the way the embargo ended makes sense. Only Britain and France among members feel a global responsibility."
The general notion in Europe is that if the so-called Big 3 – France, Germany and the United Kingdom – agree on a policy direction, they have the ability to get other nations to fall in line. In this case, Germany was strongly against the expiration of the embargo and it remains opposed to any arms sales in the region.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that Germany won't be arming anyone involved in the conflict. The Austrians, Belgians, Greeks and Irish have made similar statements.
Keller noted that France and Britain can operate unilaterally. "There really isn't anything stopping them," except "they've shown no public desire" to do so.
"There really isn't a European security policy to speak of," Keller said. "It's all unilateral."
David Butter, a security expert at London's Chatham House research center, said that while Britain and France had issued statements backing up the assertion that Assad's force had used chemical weapons – the rationale for the Obama administration's arming of the rebels – the government of neither country had shown the will to get more involved.
"Before any weapons were actually shipped to the rebels, the government would have to get a vote through Parliament," he said. "There are no signs of that happening."
The rebels battling to topple Assad are badly divided, and their sources of armaments are uncertain. The United States and its allies have agreed that all weapons should move through the Supreme Military Council, a group that's led by a defected Syrian general, Salim Idriss. But Idriss' group has little direct control over rebel forces and the most militarily effective rebels, the Nusra Front and Ahrar al Sham, aren't affiliated with it.
Current weapons supplies are thought to have come through looting of government stocks, the black market or from Qatar and Saudi Arabia. News reports have said U.S. weapons most likely will be funneled through Jordan.
What experts think is certain, however, is that Europe isn't likely to be sending any lethal supplies.
Butter said it was wrong for Americans to assume that the pattern of European military cooperation with U.S. goals would follow previous conflicts.
"We want to compare what could happen in Syria to what happened in Iraq and Libya," he said. "But the mistakes made in Syria will not be those made elsewhere. They will be brand-new ones."
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Bird mimicry lets hustlers keep cheating
Drongos borrow other species' warning sounds and freshen up their fraud
Courtesy of T. Flower
Real-life masters of the art of false alarms don't keep crying wolf. Shrieking multiple fake danger signals lets a bird keep its scams going.
When food gets scarce, African birds called fork-tailed drongos (Dicrurus adsimilis) watch for a meerkat or other forager to find desirable prey such as a plump grub. The drongo calls out an alarm as if a predator were approaching. The forager often drops its prize and dashes for cover. Then the drongo swoops in and steals lunch.
If drongos fake an alarm too often, victims could learn to ignore it, says Tom Flower of the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Drongos get around this liars' dilemma by borrowing other species' alarm sounds and varying what noise they make in the scam, Flower and his colleagues report in the May 2 Science.
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TAMPA, Fla. - After another big offensive night, Steven Stamkos gave the credit for the Tampa Bay Lightning's latest win to goalie Ben Bishop.
Stamkos had two goals and Bishop made 38 saves, helping the Lightning beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Thursday night for their sixth win in seven games.
"He's the reason why we won," Stamkos said of Bishop. "I'm not very happy with the way we played. If it wasn't for Bish, it's not a win for us. We didn't deserve the win."
Bishop (10-2-0) made saves on first-period breakaway shots by Mark Arcobello and Taylor Hall.
"Best player on the ice. ... hands down," Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. "Don't need to comment on it anymore."
Stamkos, who extended his goal-scoring streak to five games, has 13 goals this season.
Tampa Bay was outshot 40-26.
"Absolutely. Boy, it's a crazy game," Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said. "There's been games this season where you've won the game and maybe you didn't think you deserved it, and you're upset with your play. And there's been games that we've lost where we've been disgusted with ourselves as a group. And then tonight, it's one of those nights where ... I loved the way we played. And I thought we played with passion and we competed hard."
Taylor Fedun and Hall scored for the Oilers, who have lost six of seven. Fedun, playing in his second game, also scored in his NHL debut Tuesday night at Florida.
Hall, the first overall pick in the 2010 draft, returned after missing seven games due to a knee injury. His in-close power-play goal got Edmonton within 3-2 midway through the third.
"As far as my game goes, it's just tough when you lose the game," Hall said. "That's the main thing. We're searching for wins right now, and whatever anyone can do is huge."
Stamkos put the Lightning up 1-0 when he beat Devan Dubnyk from the high slot 7:37 into the game. The centre has eight goals and 12 points during a seven-game point streak.
After Fedun scored at 10:11, Stamkos gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 advantage on a wraparound goal with 52.7 seconds left in the first.
Bishop turned aside all 15 shots he faced in the second. Tampa Bay got the lone goal during the period to go up 3-1 when Tyler Johnson scored from the low shot at 18:33.
"You're not always going to be pretty," Bishop said. "You've got find ways to win when you're not at your best."
Valtteri Filppula added an empty-net goal for Tampa Bay with 1:05 to play.
The Lightning are 6-0-0 against Western Conference teams this season.
"You can never be disappointed after a win," Cooper said. "I'm glad for the two points. Just a little rattled about the way we ended up coming out with them."
NOTES: Tampa Bay starts a three-game road trip against Atlantic Division foes Saturday at Detroit. The Lightning will also play at Boston and Montreal. "I think it will be a big test," Stamkos said. ... Edmonton LW Jesse Joensuu (back), D Anton Belov (lower back) and D Justin Schultz (groin) are all practicing. LW David Perron (neck) could soon resume practicing with the team. ... Oilers LW Linus Omark played after being recalled from Oklahoma City of the AHL on Wednesday. ... As part of Military Appreciation Night, the Lightning wore camouflage jerseys during the pregame skate. .... Tampa Bay D Matt Carle was plus-4 for the game. ... Edmonton RW Nail Yakupov played just 11:08 and is minus-14 this season, including minus-1 Thursday.


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Sooo, what's happening to the habs these days? Well, they lose, they lose and they lose. They get badly outshot every night, and the defense is seriously awful. But, apparently, all is not lost. They came back three times against the rangers last night, and never gave up (yeah, it's not exactly a good sign the rangers were able to take the lead 3 times at the bell center, but shut up, I'm trying to be positive here!). Also, Price was great, once again. He is turning back into the goalie everyone wants him to be, and this is crucial for the habs.
I don't really know what to think, to be honest. The habs are still in the hunt, and their play is apparently improving, so I guess there's still hope. But at the same time, they haven't been able to get many points during this important stretch of home games. So far, Gainey is 1-1-2 as a coach. This is not a good enough pace. If they want to make the playoffs, and make some noise there, they'd better get some points now. Because if they have to face the bruins or the devils in the first round, the postseason could be short and ugly.
So anyway, instead of focusing too much on the habs results, let's speak about something else for a while: Gainey's split personality problems.
At night, the good GM Gainey secretly turns into evil coach Bob
Few people seem to have noticed the dangerous transformation of our good old friend Bob Gainey over the last few days. Since Guy Carbonneau was fired, Bob Gainey took charge of the team, in addition of his GM duties. Those two jobs are obviously very demanding, and this got me wondering how Bob would cope with this extra pressure. As you know, I'm assisted by a team of devoted scientists, using the most cutting edge technology to analyze hockey. The Soft European research team, always attentive to small details, worked on the tapes of the most recent press conferences given by Gainey. A careful frame by frame examination of these tapes brought a very worrying phenomenon to our attention. I'm afraid Bob Gainey is in the process of splitting into two completely different persons.
Exhibit A
GM Gainey: "hockey is a mind game". Coach Bob: "what's wrong? who's talking inside my head?! Stop it!"
Exhibit B
GM Gainey: "Unfortunately for us, the Devils forechecking system was really efficient tonight." Coach Bob: "Devils, what Devils? I AM the Devil! Why are you staring at me like that?! Stop it, or I'll jump you!!"
As you can see, this is a very unusual, and pretty difficult situation. His double occupation is slowly taking its toll on Bob's personality, and I think he should REALLY consider hiring a coach at the end of this season, because I'm afraid he will go nuts at some point if this carries on for too long!


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Just a heads up, THIS WEDNESDAY, FEB 15th, AT 12 NOON (PACIFIC TIME) we will be releasing a new batch of Alex Pardee's Hand painted limited edition "AWFUL/RESILIENT" Art Books. This batch is what Alex is calling a "black & brown" batch. Meaning that there is less color than the previous batches, but way more fun detailed drawings.
So set an alarm since the last 2 batches sold out in 3 MINUTES! It's crazy.
Check back only on ZEROFRIENDS this Weds! See you invisibly online!
Here are a few examples of what Alex is referring to as his "Black & Brown" Covers.


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- Remus Lupin: "A fight broke out, [the Death Eaters] scattered and we gave chase. One of them, Gibbon, broke away and headed up the tower stairs —"
- Harry Potter: "To set off the Mark?"
- Remus Lupin: "He must have done, yes, they must have arranged that before they left the Room of Requirement. But I don't think Gibbon liked the idea of waiting up there alone for Dumbledore, because he came running back downstairs to rejoin the fight and was hit by a Killing Curse that just missed me."
- — Remus Lupin and Harry Potter shortly after the Battle of the Astronomy Tower[src]
Gibbon (d. 30 June, 1997[1]) was a Dark wizard and one of Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters. He fought in the Second Wizarding War, including the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in 1997. During the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Gibbon set the Dark Mark above the Astronomy Tower. He was accidentally killed by fellow Death Eater Thorfinn Rowle, when he was hit by a stray Killing Curse.
Second Wizarding War
It is unknown if Gibbon had fought in the First War, and if he was imprisoned or he managed to avoid Azkaban. It is most likely that he was among the Death Eaters who did not search for Voldemort after his downfall.
Battle of the Astronomy Tower and death
- "We were in trouble, we were losing. Gibbon was down, but the rest of the Death Eaters seemed ready to fight to the death. Neville had been hurt, Bill had been savaged by Greyback… It was all dark… curses flying everywhere…"
- —Nymphadora Tonks conveys details of the battle to Harry Potter[src]
On 30 June 1997, Gibbon fought in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, along with fellow Death Eaters Alecto and Amycus Carrow, Corban Yaxley, Thorfinn Rowle, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, and Fenrir Greyback. Gibbon was the Death Eater who set the Dark Mark above the Astronomy Tower. It is supposed that he did not like the idea of staying at the tower and waiting for Albus Dumbledore alone, so he ran downstairs. He died shortly afterwards, when a stray Killing Curse cast by Thorfinn Rowle that missed Remus Lupin struck Gibbon instead. It is unknown what happened to his body after the battle.
Personality and traits
Almost nothing is known about Gibbon's personality, except the fact that he feared Albus Dumbledore and that he did not want to stay at the Astronomy Tower and wait for him alone. Although with him being a seemingly loyal and committed Death Eater, it can be assumed he was sadistic and malevolent, who most likely enjoyed torturing enemies of the Dark Lord, including Muggles and Muggle-borns.
Magical abilities and skills
- Dark Arts: Being a Death Eater, Gibbon would have been proficient in dark magic, including the casting of dark spells and charms and most likely the Unforgivable Curses. Gibbon was capable of creating the Dark Mark above Hogwarts, during a battle, something that only a skilled and experienced dark wizard could create, according to Arthur Weasley.
- Duelling: He was most likely been a skilled duellist being a Death Eater, as he was said to be fighting against the Order of the Phoenix and escaping in order to go to the Astronomy Tower, meaning he had some skill in martial magic.
A "gibbon" is a type of primate. Gibbon is also a 15th century diminuative form of Gilbert. [1] [2] [3] [4]. See Gilbert Wimple and Eleanor Sarah Gibbs for further details.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Possible appearance, unidentified)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Most likely)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 29 (The Phoenix Lament)
- ↑ http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html 30 July, 2007 Web Chat


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Hi guys,
This is a great discussion and I won't be the first to say that I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this oddity.
To contribute my story
Riding background
I've been riding for approximately 4 years (periods of hiatus for a few months)
I generally commute to work every day, approximately 40-45 kms per day
Weekends rides, my local loops will varying, from a 50-60 to 120 kms
I've had three attacks this year
Was in Bright, Victoria for a short away trip with the fiancée. During one of our hikes, as we started to descend down Mount Buffalo, I started to experience pain in my left leg, particularly around my upper thigh quad region. The more I stepped down, the pain continue to exacerbate to the point it was debilitating I had stop for a few minutes, I had to endure it until I got to the base (slowlest decent in my entire lol).
It felt like somebody was stabbing my leg and it was incredibly difficult to flex, bend and stretch. After that experience I avoided any further hikes/climbs for the rest of the trip.
Morning commute, about a few minutes into the ride my left thigh/quad started to seize up, the continuous pedalling made it worse to the point I could only pedal with the my right leg and then had to eventually get off the bike.
Similar symptoms as first attack
Stabbing/burning sensation around the quad, not localized it changes time to time above knee, outer or inner thigh.
As a result I was unable to walk, I was limping to take the weight impact off my leg for a few days.
I visited the physio, and he concluded I may have mild quad strain and muscle weakness. He suggested/recommended leg strength conditioning workouts, i.e. squats, leg curls and lunges and use a foam roller. About a week later the issues went away.
So as of Monday morning, I experienced a similar attack as above, leg seized up becoming too painful to cycle and walk.
Going for a walk, both my quads flare up in pain, the pain seems to circulate around my quads. It can be above the knee, outer or inner thigh and sometimes just below my hips.
I end up limping around by trying to not put too much weight on my left leg (it's more problematic than my right)
Sitting down or standing for a few minutes the pain will go away, but as soon as I start moving the quads flare up in pain again.
The situation hasn't improved since Monday and if I squeeze my quads, I can feel they're quite tender/sore.
I have a physio appointment booked tomorrow. So I'll see how I go and share any feedback with you all.


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Pro-Gun Voters Put Heat on Democratic Senators
Democrats in the West and South who have long embraced gun-owners' rights are facing angry constituents, on edge over a renewed call for a ban on assault weapons from liberal lawmakers in Washington D.C.
Bereau of Land Management Releases Plan for Eastern Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released its draft plan for managing 2.7 million surface acres and 11 million mineral acres in eastern Montana.
Montana Man Kills Sportsman Channel Host Then Himself
The Sportsman Channel says it's deeply saddened by the death of one of its TV hosts who traveled the world in search of big game and shared his adventures on his program "A Rifleman's Journal."
Montana Parents Hope For Obama Administration's Help With Their Son's Death In Singapore
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The parents of a software engineer whose body was found last June hanging in his Singapore apartment are calling for the U.S. to take over the investigation.
Missoula Police Officer Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Female Officer
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A Missoula police detective who investigates Internet sex crimes has filed a lawsuit against the police department alleging a female officer sexually harassed him.
Death Penalty Considered in Triple Slaying Near Montana Border
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) - The death penalty is one option prosecutors are considering pursuing against two teens suspected of killing three people in Clark, Wyo., near the Montana border.
Oops! GOP Budget Surpasses Governor Bullock's In Spending
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana legislative staffers say the Republican-led budget committees have so far surpassed the Democratic governor's main budget in proposed spending.
Montana House changes Mind Again on Automatic School Suspension Gun Bill
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The House is again changing its mind on a measure dealing with guns at school, essentially leaving the law as it currently stands.
Montana State Athletics is Asking for $1.1 Million From the School
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - The Montana State University's athletic department is facing a budget crunch that has it raising ticket prices and asking the school for another $1.1 million to replace aging equipment, buy new exercise machines and stabilize the department's budget.
Montanans Arrested in Nevada for Possession of Meth and Armor Piercing Bullets
MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) - Police in Mesquite, Nev., say they've arrested three people from Montana and one from California after finding drugs, stolen guns and armor-piercing rounds in the SUV they were riding in.
House Republicans Back Insure Montana Plan Which Helps Subsidize Small Business's Insuranc…
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - House Republicans are announcing a plan to extend the state's health insurance subsidy program for small businesses.
Montana House Advances Gun-Rights Measures – Calls for Silencers Allowed on Rifles While H…
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Montana House is advancing gun-rights measures that include a plan to push back against potential federal restrictions on assault rifles.


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Mobile CRM Gets Gamified
Oct 2, 2012 5:00 AM PT
CRM is a mature software category with a decades-plus history of development and evolution. Still, one important problem remains unsolved: A lot of employees, especially sales staff, just can't be bothered with it.
Corporate "solutions" have ranged from bribing to arm-twisting to appeals to corporate loyalty. None, though, have worked so well as building gamification features -- or even an entire game-oriented user interface -- into the system. This summer, as one example, Zurmo released a beta version of open source CRM based on gamification.
Now this trend is filtering down to mobile CRM apps.
Not Just Playing Games
While gamification might evoke visions of teenaged gamers whiling away the hours in a basement room, this is, in fact, a serious trend for serious companies, Chris Lynch, director of product marketing for Badgeville, told CRM Buyer. For example, Deloitte is one company that has leveraged gamification for mobile.
"With its 182,000 consultants worldwide, Deloitte wanted to move their employees out of email and share knowledge more openly in their social intranet powered by Yammer," said Lynch, "but since some employees were resistant to share their activities initially, they needed a way to encourage people sharing their activities more openly."
So Deloitte developed the Who-What-Where moble app, leveraging Game Mechanics from Badgeville, Lynch explained. The Who-What-Where app asks questions such as "Who are you meeting with?" and "What did you discuss?" and "Where did it take place?"
"As employees share this information," Lynch said, "they're given rewards that map to their particular area of expertise."
Motivation, Incentivizing
The most popular way to use gamification, though, is with sales staff -- that employee group that is stereotypically most resistant to using CRM in the first place.
Software company eMee offers a gamification suite for enterprises, providing interesting applications for motivating and incentivizing the mobile sales force, explained Siddhesh Bhobe, associate vice president at Persistent Systems.
"eMee's gamification mechanics and leaderboards motivate sales representatives by rewarding points and badges for closing deals, and also rewards them for updating information in the CRM database -- an activity that is normally associated with drudgery and frequently ignored or procrastinated," he told CRM Buyer.
Sales team members are rewarded points not just for winning opportunities, but for activities like adding contact information and adding meeting details, Bhobe said. "Leaderboards provide excellent visibility to the sales force, and help incentivize them to take actions in line with desirable behavior."
Such gamified applications are configured to encourage adoption -- not to fool employees into thinking they are having fun, Barry Givens, director of product management for CRM at Avanade, told CRM Buyer.
"Gamification techniques are valuable tools for measuring employee activities and providing feedback to them on their performance," he said, adding that they are "best leveraged with a rewards system in place that ties back to goals and performance management."
One Way or Another
Not surprisingly, this trend has caught the attention of Gartner, which predicts that more than 70 percent of Global 2000 organizations will have at least one gamified application by 2014.
The degree to which these application are gamified, though, will vary from company to company.
Neolane's Events App includes gamification in the sense that there is an "In-Booth Interactive Experience" that uses innovative augmented reality technology, explained Mathieu Hannouz, senior product marketing manager at Neolane.
"Users can learn more about Neolane by scanning different graphics on the booth," he told CRM Buyer. "For instance, product icons trigger demo videos, while customer logos trigger case studies."
The app fundamentally is a serious one, though, allowing attendees at Neolane events to view session details, build a customized agenda, and register to receive push notification reminders. The In-Booth feature, is "capturing leads while having fun," Hannouz said, which, ultimately is the point.


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A house at 3066 Oak Knob Road caught on fire sometime around 3:25 a.m. on Friday morning, February 8, with the flames consuming the structure and its contents.
Neighbors reported the fire at the residential family dwelling, but the two story vinyl sided home was fully involved when members of the Lafayette Fire Department arrived at the scene with one engine, a tanker and Truck 5.
Chief Scruggs said the house was owned by Carmela Sallee but was occupied by Butch Sallee II.
The cause of the fire has not been determined, and unfortunately the firefighters weren't able to salvage anything inside the residence.
The Red Cross was contacted to aid the Sallee family.
Those responding to the scene were the Lafayette Fire Department, Macon County Emergency Medical Services, Macon County Sheriffs Department, and the Macon County Chronicle.
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Top Democrat wants quick deal on 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat in Congress called Wednesday for a quick solution to Washington's "fiscal cliff" in an upcoming post-election session of Congress.
At the same time, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that asking wealthier people to pay higher taxes needs to be part of any solution to the government's budget woes.
The Nevada Democrat told reporters in Washington he's "not for kicking the can down the road" and that any solution should include higher taxes on "the richest of the rich."
The fiscal cliff is the one-two punch of expiring Bush-era tax cuts and across-the-board spending cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs that could total $800 billion next year, based on Congressional Budget Office estimates.
It's is the most immediate item confronting President Barack Obama and a divided Congress in a post-election lame duck session. Economists say it threatens to push the economy back into recession if Obama and Republicans can't forge a deal to prevent it.
"The vast majority of the American people – rich, poor, everybody agrees – the richest of the rich have to help a little bit," Reid said.
The election victory has given Obama new leverage in the upcoming showdown with House Republicans controlling over fiscal issues.
But a rejuvenated Obama still confronts a re-elected House GOP majority that stands in powerful opposition to his promise to raise tax rates on upper-bracket earners, although House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has left the door open for other forms of new revenue as part of a deal to tackle the spiraling national debt.
"The American people have also made clear that there is no mandate for raising tax rates," Boehner said Tuesday night. "What Americans want are solutions that will ease the burden on small businesses, bring jobs home, and let our economy grow. We stand ready to work with any willing partner – Republican, Democrat, or otherwise – who shares a commitment to getting these things done."
The Ohio Republican is scheduled to address the issue Wednesday afternoon.
Reid also said he anticipates addressing the need to increase the government's borrowing cap early next year and not in the post-election session of Congress.


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"Scrooge & Marley" tweaks Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol" with a gay sensibility, according to a press release from producers Sam I Am Movies. The indie film will begin shooting here in May and is based on an original script by Ellen Stoneking, Richard Knight, Jr. and the late Tim Imse. It will be directed by Knight and Peter Neville.
Other actors tentatively signed to the project include Megan Cavanagh ("A League of Their Own," "Robin Hood: Men in Tights"), Rusty Schwimmer ("North Country," "Perfect Storm," "Drop Dead Diva") and Chicago vocalist Becca Kaufman. Actor, model and activist Kroell has starred in "Eating Out: Drama Camp" and "Into the Lion's Den."
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Calgary real estate directory stands at the point where the vast Canadian prairie meets the jagged, snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Its young, glittering skyscrapers rise out of older suburban neighbourhoods and seem oddly superimposed on this breathtakingly diverse western landscape, as though dropped from the sky onto the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers. Accordingly, the land is never far from the minds of the people of Calgary.
Many have likened the Calgary Alberta of today to a Canadian Dallas, a comparison that is not without merit. Like Dallas, Calgary is a confident, often-brash cowboy town that grew wealthy on oil, where they play country and western music in noisy taverns and eat thick and juicy steaks in the restaurants. As an image, however, this captures only a small part of what the city and its people are actually like. Calgary is also a city of diverse and vibrant neighbourhoods, where its citizens relax in cafés, stroll the scenic streets or take in the opera, although they are just as likely to head off to the great outdoors. Its technology industries have grown immensely, diversifying the economy and making it less of a one-horse cowboy town and more of a 21st-century city.Calgary
Calgary is well-known as a destination for winter sports and ecotourism with a number of major mountain resorts near the city and metropolitan area. Economic activity in Calgary is mostly centred on the petroleum industry; however, agriculture, tourism, and high-tech industries also contribute to the city's fast economic growth. Calgary holds many major annual festivals which include the Calgary Stampede, the Folk Music Festival, the Lilac Festival, Wordfest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival, One World Festival (GlobalFest), and the second largest Caribbean festival in the country (Carifest). In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Olympic Winter Games, and one of the fastest ice skating rinks in the world was built at the University of Calgary to accommodate these games.


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Few legal substances are as addicting and therapeutic as popping bubble wrap. It's catnip, eucalyptus leaves, coca leaves, maple syrup, honey and coconut water combined into a transparent, air filled plastic sheet. Humans lose hours to get the quick fix of popping every last air bubble. It turns out animals, like this raccoon, do the same. I think seeing this video makes me hate raccoons a little less.
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Whether it be the façade of the Centre Pompidou, the entrance to the Arts et Métiers metro station or the bustling esplanade of the Eiffel Tower, Guadalupe Laiz roams the landscapes of France and Europe in search of locations that have not yet been captured by her lens. For the ?Travel? series, she frequented each tourist site and constantly retraced her steps in order to take photos at different hours of the day and obtain a scrambled effect through contrasting colours and lighting. The artist makes very little use of retouching software. This blurred effect is therefore produced by manually juxtaposing the shots that were taken within an interval of a few hours, or by slightly shifting her camera?s tripod for each shooting session. The vibrations that punctuate the photographs give an impression of frenzy that stems from the density of population and activities in the urban area.Read more Read less
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It's finally the last minutes of 2011 and what a year (again)! I'm just so thankful to all my friends & family who have supported me throughout the year...Without them, I would not have the courage and confidence to pursue new ventures! And of course, a special thanks to all my followers for the continuous feedbacks!
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Hope College has appointed two current faculty members to new endowed professorships beginning with the start of the coming school year.
Dr. Stacy L. Jackson has been appointed the Kenneth J. Weller Professor of Management, and Dr. Anne R. Larsen has been appointed the Lavern '39 and Betty De Pree '41 Van Kley Professor of French.
The two new endowments reflect the college's emphasis on adding more of the professorships to recognize outstanding faculty members, along with providing them with funding for summer research projects as well as some salary support. The college now has a total of 20 endowed chairs for faculty and three endowed administrative positions, and is seeking to establish more.
"An endowed professorship represents an advanced stamp of approval on professors who have proven their worth to the academy," said Dr. James E. Bultman, president of Hope College. "A major initiative at Hope has been to secure more endowed professorships that will reward, recognize and retain some of our most distinguished professors."
Bultman noted that the college is grateful to those who, as through the Weller and Van Kley professorships, help provide an exceptional education for students by supporting talented and dedicated faculty. "It's a very visionary act and generous act for a couple or person to establish an endowed professorship that will ensure long-term quality teaching, scholarship and attentiveness to the mission of the institution," he said.
The Ken Weller Endowed Professorship honors distinguished teaching in management. It was established through a lead gift by Jim Jurries, who is a former student, and Virginia Jurries of Holland to recognize Weller for his impact at Hope as faculty mentor. Weller, who is a 1948 Hope graduate, was a member of the Hope economics and business administration faculty from 1949 to 1969. He subsequently served as president of Central College in Pella, Iowa, from 1969 until retiring in 1990.
Weller has received a variety of awards in recognition of his career, including decoration by the Queen of the Netherlands as a knight in the Order of Orange Nassau and recognition in 1988 as one of the top 100 college presidents in the nation. From Hope, he received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1971 and an honorary degree in 1983, and the "Hope for Humanity" Award from the college's alumni H-Club in 2008. He and his wife, Shirely, established the college's "Vanderbush-Weller Development Fund" award, first presented in 2000, in honor of longtime Hope professor and football coach Alvin Vanderbush, who retired in 1972 and died on Feb. 20, 2005.
The Lavern and Betty De Pree Van Kley Endowed Professorship was established by the Van Kleys to recognize an outstanding teacher-scholar who exemplifies in personal and professional life the Christian values which have marked the Hope experience since the college's founding. The professorship is open to faculty from any department, with appointment for a four-year term.
Raised in Zeeland, Lavern and Betty Van Kley each attended Hope for a year, with Lavern going on to Loyola School of Dentistry and a career in dentistry. They have been active in the life of the college for many years, and provided a leadership gift for the Van Kley Museum in the college's A. Paul Schaap Science Center, a biology museum that is a resource for the college in addition to being popular with school groups and children attending science camps at the college. In recognition of their involvement in the life of the college, they received theannual Second Century President's Award from Hope.
Jackson has been a member of the Hope faculty since 2007. His teaching responsibilities include the courses "Perspectives on Management" and "Management Seminar." His research focuses on strategy, structure, leadership and executive team development primarily within firms that aspire to integrate specific value priorities in competitive markets. He also focuses on the role of power and politics in the effectiveness of leaders in creating organizational change.
He began his career at NASA in Houston, Texas, as an internal organization development consultant. His subsequent consulting experience includes serving as a senior manager for Ernst & Young Management Consulting and as a practice leader for Hewitt Associates. His academic roles have included serving as assistant dean and professor of organizational behavior at Washington University in St. Louis' Olin School of Business and as professor of management at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. In addition to teaching at Hope, is currently a visiting professor of management and organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Jackson has received numerous teaching awards as well as recognition in "Business Week's" review of outstanding faculty in top-25 business programs. His views have been citied in media sources such as "Business Week," "MBA Jungle" and "The Wall Street Journal." He published a variety of articles in professional journals and various book chapters, and is completing his first book.
He is active in consulting and executive education in North America, Europe and Asia regarding topics of strategy, structure, leadership, executive team development and organizational effectiveness. He works regularly with public, private and non-profit firms who manage the difficulties of focusing on strategic growth while maintaining values they consider sacrosanct. He is a frequent speaker in leadership development programs, annual officers' meetings and academic conferences. His clients have included organizations such as AB InBev, Bunge, Emerson, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Herman Miller, Occidental, Southwest Airlines, Texas Instruments, Time Warner & WellPoint.
Jackson graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in 1989. He completed his M.A. and Ph.D. at RiceUniversity in 1993 and 1998 respectively.
Larsen has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1984. Her teaching interests include intermediate French language and culture; the myth and reality of Paris; French and Francophone drama; Francophone literature of Algeria, West Africa and the Caribbean; literary theory; early modern French society; and writings by French women intellectuals. Her research interests include French Renaissance and 17th-century women writers, and early modern French drama.
She is the editor of multiple books, including four collections of articles on early modern women writers and four volumes featuring works by Madeleine and Catherine des Roches, a mother and daughter who wrote in multiple genres in addressing issues of the day in 16th century Poitiers, France. She has also published many scholarly articles and book chapters, and more than 50 book reviews.
Larsen has presented papers at national and international conferences in Canada, France and the Netherlands as well as in the United States. She is active in professional associations including the American Association of Teachers of French; Société française des Etudes du Seizième Siècle; SIEFAR (Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime), of which she is the U.S.-Canada treasurer; Renaissance Society of America; Women in French; Society for the Study of Early Modern Women; and Sixteenth Century Society and Conference. She is also currently on the editorial board of Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature.
National recognition of her work has included two year-long fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of her research, 1997-98 and 2004-05, an NEH Summer Stipend, as well as several NEH and American Philosophical Society travel grants to archives in France. She has also attended five NEH Summer Seminars and an NEH Summer Institute for college teachers. She received the 2008 "Roland Bainton Prize for Reference Works" from the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference for the book "Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England," which she co-edited, and the 2007 "Translation or Teaching Edition Award" from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women" for her book "From Mother and Daughter: Poems, Dialogues, and Letters of Les Dames des Roches." She has spent sabbatical leaves at Notre Dame, Harvard and UCLA.
She graduated from Hope with a French major and a Spanish minor in 1970, and completed her M.A. and Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1971 and 1975 respectively. Prior to returning to Hope to teach, she taught for more than a decade at Colgate University and the University of Tulsa.