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Welcome to Day 3 of our Thanksgiving Survival Guide! By now, you've learned some turkey roasting basics, so you chose a technique to initially protect the turkey from the dry heat; it is in the oven roasting beautifully, and you are basting away diligently – this is great! Now comes the second step towards a moist, juicy bird – don't overcook it!
Turkey Roasting Basics, Part 3
First, use each basting as an opportunity to keep an eye on the browning. If the skin becomes too brown – too soon before the bird has cooked through, you can prevent over browning or burning, simply by shielding the skin. You do this with a piece of aluminum foil, shiny side up, that you crease from side-to-side across the center to form a tent shape. Place this tent very loosely over the top of the turkey. Be sure to leave at least 2 to 3 inches open between the bottom of the foil and the top of the roasting pan, to avoid trapping moisture or steam under the tent (remember, dry heat). If at this point the bird is already as brown as you would like, use the foil shield through the remainder of the cooking, and continue to baste as usual.
Otherwise, take the foil off at the beginning of the last hour of your cooking range to allow the bird to continue browning and the skin to 'crisp' again. If after that, the skin has browned to your liking, and the bird has still not finished cooking; just put a tent back over the turkey and leave it until the bird does finish cooking. In either case, it is very important to continue basting as usual.
Are we there yet?
Even when equipped with a guideline and good intuitive timing, a quick read or instant read meat thermometer is an indispensable little tool for determining when your bird has finished roasting. These are not the same meat thermometers that protrude out of the breast throughout roasting. Quick read thermometers have a slender sensor that you push into the meat to take the temperature
reading, and then remove. Once found only in professional kitchens, these great little tools are widely available for home use, and handy for testing the temperatures of other types of meat as well.
Schools of Thought
Some recipes will tell you to test the internal temperature at the thigh and others at the breast, and there is a broad range of suggested internal temperatures to choose from, as well as the USDA's recommendation that the overall internal temperature of the bird be at 165° degrees F. There are lots of variables from oven to oven as well as bird to bird, so what works well with one bird may not be as perfect with the next. To help you choose a method, first know that to test the temperature of your bird, push the point of the thermometer deep into the thickest, meatiest part of the breast or the thigh, down to the bone, without coming to rest on the bone. It is also a good idea to check both sides of the bird. In a matter of a few seconds the needle will rise, at first quickly and then slowing, and then stopping at the internal temperature.
Next when deciding, keep in mind that the ideal final internal temperature is 165° degrees F, and that the bird continues to cook and the internal temperature rises about another 5 to 10 degrees as the bird rests. Also, remember that the breast will cook faster than the thigh. Whichever method you use, taking the bird out when you get a reading of 160° degrees F is a passive way to safely reach 165° degrees F at the testing site of your choice. Use this link to our next article to find out what to do once you are ready to take the turkey out of the oven.
1) If you see that your bird is browning unevenly, it may be due in part to uneven heat zones in your oven. Don't be afraid to spin the bird around in the oven once or twice during the roasting process to give all parts of the bird exposure to the varying heat. This should help even it out. However, especially in this instance, be sure to test internal temperature on both sides of the bird for doneness.
2) When roasting an unstuffed bird, and using an x-shaped rack, many cooks will start with the breast down, for the first one-third of the cooking time. This increases the rate at which the thighs cook, which will help achieve a more consistent temperature throughout the bird.
1) When you remove the turkey legs, if you find that the meat around the thigh joint is still too pink, just cut the drumsticks from the thighs, and put the thighs in a shallow pan in a 450° degrees F oven until no longer pink, 10 to 15 minutes should do the trick. Having to do this is still better than drying out the entire bird.


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G.I. Joe is turning 50. The birthday of what's called the world's first action figure is being celebrated this month by collectors and the toy maker that introduced it just before the nation plunged into the quagmire that would become the Vietnam War - a storm it seems to have weathered pretty well. Since Hasbro brought it to the world's attention at the annual toy fair in New York City in early 1964, G.I. Joe has undergone many changes, some the result of shifts in public sentiment for military-themed toys, others dictated by the marketplace. Still, whether it's the original 'movable fighting man' decked out in the uniforms of the four branches of the U.S. military, or today's scaled-down products, G.I. Joe remains a popular brand. 'Joe stood for everything that was meant to be good: fighting evil, doing what's right for people,' said Alan Hassenfeld, the 65-year-old former CEO for Pawtucket, R.I.-based Hasbro Inc., whose father, Merrill, oversaw G.I. Joe's development in 1963. But it's Don Levine, then the company's head of research and development, who is often referred to as the 'father' of G.I. Joe for shepherding the toy through design and development. Levine and his team came up with an 11½-inch articulated figure with 21 moving parts, and since the company's employees included many military veterans, it was decided to outfit the toy in the uniforms of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, with such accessories as guns, helmets and vehicles. Levine, who served in the Army in Korea, said he got the idea for the moveable figure as a way to honor veterans. But he and his team knew the product wasn't in Hasbro's usual mold, and it took years of pitches before Merrill Hassenfeld gave it the company's full backing. 'Most boys in the '60s had a father or a relative who was or had been in the military,' said Patricia Hogan, curator at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, home to the National Toy Hall of Fame. 'Once you've bought Joe, you need to buy all the accessories and play sets and add-ons, which was great for business.' G.I. Joe hit the shelves in time for the 1964 Christmas shopping season and soon became a big seller at $4 apiece. It remained popular until the late 1960s, as opposition to Vietnam intensified and parents shied away from military-related toys. Hasbro countered in 1970 by introducing 'Adventure Team' G.I. Joes that played down the military connection. Into the '70s, G.I. Joes featured 'lifelike hair' and 'kung-fu grip' and were outfitted with scuba gear to save the oceans and explorer's clothing for discovering mummies. Hasbro discontinued production later that decade. In the early 1980s, Hasbro shrank Joe to 3¾ inches, the same size as figures made popular by 'Star Wars.' It has stuck to that size, with the occasional issue of larger special editions. Over the decades, G.I. Joe has spawned comic books, cartoons, two movies starring Channing Tatum, and a G.I. Joe Collector's Club and its annual convention - GIJoeCon - held in Dallas in April. But for many G.I. Joe fans of a certain age, the newer products hold no appeal. The exact date of G.I. Joe's introduction remains hazy. Ashby and others, including Hasbro, believe it was in February 1964 - but American International Toy Fair organizers say it was held in March that year. Hasbro said it intends to announce details of its 50th anniversary plans during this year's fair in New York on Feb. 16-19.
Happy 50th birthday, GI Joe
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Asked if he had ever thought he would be a politician, Khrystian King bristled in his chair. "Call me a representative," he said. Mr. King is 42 years old, an elected representative of the state's union for human service workers, a social worker and a Quinsigamond Village homeowner.
Editor's note:The second in a series profiling the candidates for state representative in the 16th Worcester District.
Asked if he had ever thought he would be a politician, Khrystian King bristled in his chair.
"Call me a representative," he said.
Mr. King is 42 years old, an elected representative of the state's union for human service workers, a social worker and a Quinsigamond Village homeowner.
He is one of five men vying for the Democratic nomination in the race against Republican Carol Claros to fill John P. Fresolo's seat in the House of Representatives for the 16th Worcester District. The primary will be held Aug. 13, with the election Sept. 10.
Mr. King said he differs from the other candidates through his experiences as a social worker, a union leader and union member.
"I'm quite confident in saying that there hasn't been a candidate that is as well rounded in this position for a very long time," he said.
Mr. King said that if elected, he would support bills that would invest more money in schools and infrastructure.
"The No. 1 overall priority is to make sure our education is funded," he said. An important part of that is also making sure funding continues for art and music education, he said.
Mr. King also wants to increase funding for the Enhanced Community Options Program for seniors, which supports seniors living independently in their homes. The program has been cut more than 11 percent since 2002. He also said the Meals on Wheels program "needs to be fully funded."
Mr. King noted that his father has been hospitalized at the Kindred Hospital Park View in Rochdale since February. He said it is important to improve access for seniors to affordable medication and health care.
Mr. King said he supports gay marriage, and would back legislation to encourage first-time home buyers though agencies and programs that are already in place to help them.
"We're Democrats. There's a lot of issues we hold in common," he said. "Issues with seniors are a priority ... public safety. I'm aligning myself with issues that will shape the lives of children, families and working people."
In the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, Mr. King, who is black, said, "This campaign is on the precipice of history."
"I've been told that a candidate with my profile will not win in this district. I exponentially disagree with that statement," he said.
Mr. King said he is no stranger to working to get things accomplished at the state capital through his union work. He said he has picketed for different causes many times, both in and out of Service Employees International Union Local 509.
"I'm known for standing up for workers' rights," he said. "That's what we need on Beacon Hill. We have plenty of attorneys, career politicians; we need more people who put working people first."
Referring to a comment Democratic rival Daniel M. Donahue made during a forum about working with unions, Mr. King said, "There's a difference between being around the table and being at the table.
"If you look at the Statehouse, the champions of labor are those who came through the ranks."
Mr. King has been endorsed by state Rep. James J. O'Day, D-West Boylston, with whom he worked as a union representative and a social worker over the years.
As of his July 24 campaign finance report filed with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, Mr. King's campaign had received $500 in donations from SEIU Local 509.
Mr. Donahue has strong ties to the carpenters' union through his father, Jack Donahue, and has so far received $1,750 from unions. His campaign finance report was filed July 22.
Taking another shot at the mayor's aide, as well as 19-year-old candidate Joshua Perro, whose family owns Perro's Flowers, Mr King said he is standing on his own feet.
"I'm not running because of who I'm related to. I'm not running because of who I know," he said.
Mr. King's parents immigrated to Worcester from Bermuda. He has two brothers, one a major in the U.S. Army and the other a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia. He said his father was a small-business owner and his mother was a teacher and a substance abuse counselor.
For the past 18 years, Mr. King has run the summer basketball league at Crompton Park.
He said the sport is a passion for him. A star point guard in high school, he went on to play at Wheaton College and has coached for Quinsigamond Community College, Becker College and St. Peter-Marian Central Catholic Junior/Senior High School.
During his time as the league director, Mr. King said, he has worked with public safety officials to curb gang violence in the area.
In 2007, he was in the news for a controversial decision to kick two squads out of the summer league after a fight involving 40 of the players.
When asked about that decision, Mr. King became emotional and said it was "one of the most difficult situations I had to deal with."
He said his choice was to ensure the public safety of the league and send a message to the young men involved that they needed to change their behavior.
Mr. King said he would make the same decision today, and pointed to it as a time when he stood up to political pressure, as others urged him to ban only a few players.
For the past 15 years, Mr. King has worked for the state Department of Children and Families as a social worker. He said that although the job can be challenging, it gave him a view of the community that other candidates have not had.
He said he is running for state representative to make an even bigger impact on the district.
"It's about helping my neighbor," he said.
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The unique feature of this course is that you will get all this practical knowledge from experts from the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, EU Commission, European Court of Auditors and Member States, directly involved in the preparations of the next programming period.
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Get ready for baby No. 2! After Mario Lopez and wife Courtney Mazza announced Feb. 19 that they're expecting their second child together, the couple hit the red carpet together at the National Hispanic Media Coalition's 16th annual Impact Awards Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Feb. 22.
Lopez, 39, posed for photographers on the red carpet by placing his hand on his wife's small baby bump. The Extra and X-Factor host, who wed actress Mazza on Dec. 1 of last year, told Us Weekly at the event that he's hoping it's a little boy who will be joining daughter Gia.
"I already have a girl, so if we have a boy that would be nice," he told Us. "But I won't be disappointed if we don't."
The second-time parents-to-be, however, have decided to keep the sex of their baby a secret. "We're going to keep it old school," Lopez said.
Showing off her pregnancy curves in a little black dress, Mazza, who is due at the end of summer, told Us that she's ready to have her second child.
"I do feel prepared in a way," she said, "although I'm hoping it's like riding a bike and that I'll just remember what I did with Gia because now all the newborn stuff she obviously doesn't need anymore. So I try to think what did I use for this and how did I know that," Mazza explained. "Hopefully it'll come back to me."
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After dinner with my wife and parents tonight, my dad and I were discussing the profession of long snapping. We did some very questionable math to determine that a long snapper essentially makes (earns is probably a bit generous) in the neighborhood of $30,000…per minute played. We reasoned thusly: 8 plays per game (which assumes 3-5 punts and 3-5 field goals/XPs), 8 seconds per play, 16 games per year (assuming one playoff game) and a $500,000 salary. Again, I know this estimate is not scientific but it's probably not too far off.
This led me to think a bit more about long snapping and the possibility of getting my son involved in this profession early on. In fact, I came across an article that has positively inspired me.
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JWoww and the rest of the "Jersey Shore" holdouts will join Snooki and The Situation for a third season of hot tubs and fist-pumping on MTV, the network confirmed on Tuesday.
"MTV is pleased that the Jersey Shore cast are returning to Seaside Heights to continue production on Season 3," MTV said in a statement. "Not only have they become a part of the MTV family, but fans worldwide have fallen in love with them."
With Season 2 set to premiere next week, production on future "Shore" episodes reportedly stalled over the weekend when the cast went on strike in the hopes winning higher pay.
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Today, the WGBH Educational Foundation and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), together with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), have invited hundreds of female students from all over Massachusetts to celebrate the launch of Dot Diva, a new initiative to create a positive image of computing for high school girls. The launch event is being held at the Microsoft New England Research & Development center and includes an interactive fashion show, high tech music demos, an artbotics art installation, and local college fair. The Dot Diva initiative, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is intended to increase the number of college-bound girls who recognize the power and potential of computing and computer science to achieve fulfilling career opportunities.
Dot Diva's mission is to create an exciting and positive image of computing for high school girls. New Image for Computing (NIC, a nonprofit managed by WGBH, conducted a nationwide survey in 2008, which revealed that not only do the majority of girls think of computing as "boring" and "hard," but they believe it fails to deliver two crucial benefits: "working with others" and "making a difference in other people's lives." The ultimate goal of Dot Diva is to transform this negative perception, and instill in young women a belief "in the potential of computing to build a better world."


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1957 Chrysler Imperial Le Baron - The Imperial Charter
Every worthwhile journey starts with a charter, an idea that defines its purpose. It's the philosophy that threads its way through the entire project and ultimately holds the thing together. Ben Exworthy had a charter that guided the construction of his '57 Chrysler Imperial Le Baron: Frank Sinatra. And demolition derbies.
"All my friends ran derbies in the summer, and the most coveted car to find was the Imperial. You could run one for several years before it was so dilapidated that you had to retire it, so I ended up with a healthy respect for Imperials through that experience. Then as I started going to car shows I started getting a real appreciation for cars with fins. Coupled with my fascination with Imperials, I started looking at the '57-59s as so stylish and cool."
But a stock one wouldn't quite do; a Forward Look Chrysler is a barge (Forward Look was a design theme employed by Virgil Exner in styling the '55-61 Chrysler Corporation vehicles).
The torsion-bar suspension is mushy and bias-ply tires wriggle around under cars that heavy. Given today's speeds, their three-speed transmissions are limited and drum brakes had a hard time when interstates were new curiosities.
Given the car's stature, neither would a radical one. "When I started this project I didn't want a hot rod," he continued. "I didn't want flames and the clichs. I just wanted something that had pure class.
"Part of it was that in the last ten years of his life I really started to bond with my grandfather. He had some similarities to Frank Sinatra; he wasn't overly verbose and he had this sort of classiness and masculine stylishness. So those things sort of coupled and brought me to that car."
Luck, in fact, brought him to this particular car. For starters, '57-59 Imperials aren't common; Chrysler made only 36,000 of 'em in '57. And of those, the highly-appointed 1,729 Le Baron sedans like the one Ben stumbled upon are the third-rarest production models that year. So buyers can't necessarily be choosy. "I bought the car sight unseen from this rockabilly guy in LA," he explained. "He'd done some things. Like it was flat black and he'd done some upholstery with a black-and-white flame motif and installed a couple skulls here and there."
Then there was getting it home. Electing to drive it to Seattle, Ben enlisted a buddy with mechanical skills. Along the 1,200-mile journey, they endured, among other things, a generator that burned out in pitch darkness on a mountain pass with no shoulders. What's more, a brake line developed such a bad leak that duct tape actually helped.
Finding a builder wasn't easy, either; Ben's plan required equal parts restoration and modification, and to this day the two worlds seem at odds with one another. It wasn't until Ben bumped into Greg Parsley, owner of Retro Rods Inc. that he found a party not only capable but willing to build something so unorthodox. But not even delivery went without a hitch; the slowly failing brakes went out altogether with Greg at the helm and the car rolling toward the paint booth.
Over the course of roughly three years, Greg and his right-hand man, Sig Schott, literally reduced the car to its elements and rebuilt it in a modern image. They clipped its frame for an aftermarket front stub and replaced great swaths of sheetmetal, including the entire rear quarters. Mike Reeves took the most powerful engine of its era, the 392 Chrysler, and multiplied its output by close to half. The additional gear in the overdrive transmission behind it means this 2 1/2-ton land yacht will launch like a jackrabbit and stride like a cheetah. A scratch-built performance-tuned suspension means it'll handle like a touring sedan and the air springs make it ride like the luxury car it was intended to be.
Purists surely cringe at some of the modifications, yet Chrysler historians may not even notice some of the others. Whatever the case, even a die-hard restorer would be obliged to recognize the craftsmanship. Working by Ben's input, Greg and Sig gave the car New Millennium function without altering a shred of its Mid-Century form.
"I made obviously more modern modifications and a little bit of craziness with the wheels, but overall I wanted something that my grandpa would drive and feel classy in," Ben emphasized. "So that really tempered a lot of the wackiness that some people do. Like I was thinking suicide doors at one point, but then I thought, 'Frank Sinatra wouldn't drive a car like that. '"
Chrysler's designers pledged their '57 Imperial Le Baron to be the finest of its class. It just took their grandkids' generation to fulfill that promise.
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Throughout much of World Poker Tour Season X, Will Failla was the Player of the Year leader, a position he held since winning the Legends of Poker event at the start of the season. It wasn't until the end of the season that Joe Serock, who made back-to-back final tables in San Jose and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., surpassed him.
The second-to-last event of the season was the BestBet Open in Jacksonville, Fla. It was uncertain whether Failla would even play. He'd flown to Monte Carlo to play in the European Poker Tour Grand Final, and if he went deep in that event, he wouldn't be available to play in Jacksonville. But Failla busted early in Monte Carlo and hopped the first flight to Florida. He finished Day 1B with over four times his starting stack, continued to accumulate chips and entered the final table in third place.
Serock's P.O.Y. lead had lasted all of eight days.
Not only did Failla retake the lead by making the final table, but he positioned himself to become the first player to win multiple WPT events in the same season since Season 3. The opportunity for a landmark accomplishment was huge for Failla … and I had every intention of ruining it.
I found myself sitting on Failla's immediate left at the final table with the fourth-largest stack, and he was my principal target going in because of my stack size and our history. In the day leading up to the final table, we had traded pots back and forth, but because I had position, I was able to re-raise him frequently and force him to play bloated pots out of position.
Failla doesn't four-bet often, preferring to call and go to the flop. That's precisely what he did in our first major hand together at the final table. The stack sizes were still mostly unchanged, and I had around 1.1 million to Failla's 1.3 million. The blinds were 15,000-30,000, and Failla raised to 60,000 on the cutoff holding 7s 6s. I was on the button holding 10s 10d and re-raised to 150,000. Failla began chattering immediately, saying, "That's what I wanted!" He called.
The flop came Ks 7c Qd. Both of us checked.
The turn was the 6d, and when Failla bet 125,000, I called because I believed there were numerous draws he could be betting with, or hands that held a pair and a draw. Above all, I believed Failla would call me with a very wide range pre-flop. I couldn't fold to one small bet post-flop just because there were two overcards out.
The river was the 4d. Failla checked. I checked behind.
He had two pair but announced only a pair of sixes. I told him it was no good, tabled my 10s, and he lifted his cards to give them one last look, then tossed them face down toward the muck. Had he simply flipped over his hand, the pot containing 625,000 was all his.
It was a crucial mistake, one that has since been replayed on YouTube thousands of times. But at the time, neither of us realized what had happened. It wasn't until later that we realized he had the better hand.
Failla's descent continued, and he busted in sixth place. I finished fifth.
Two weeks later, Serock finished 10th in the final event of the year, the WPT Championship. In doing so, he barely surpassed Failla to become Player of the Year.
Tony Dunst is a pro poker and host of "Raw Deal" on World Poker Telecasts. Catch him every Sunday night on FSN.


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|For the traditional triathlon events in GTA V, see Triathlon.
Triathlons are multi-leg, multi-vehicle checkpoint races introduced to Luis after the mission This Ain't Checkers in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Triathlons are multi-vehicle races comprised of 3 stages; Sky diving, powerboat and street racing. The races are marked on the map by a checkered flag in BOABO, Charge Island and Normandy. Upon walking through the starting sign, the player will immediately be airlifted into the sky, given a Parachute, and instructed to jump from the helicopter. Once the player parachutes to the ground, boats will be waiting in the sea or river below, and the racers will attempt to land in them. The boats are raced to a beach on the island, where there are supercars loaded with tanks of nitrous oxide waiting. The cars are then raced to the finish line.
Unlike Beat the Cock! in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, completing the triathlons is required for 100% Completion.
Available vehicles are :
- Outstanding wanted levels will be erased at the start of the race.
- Each race has three opponents. They all jump out of your airlift before you.
- Players can use any of the vehicles prepared for them, but once one is selected, you cannot switch it for another prepared vehicle or traffic vehicle.
- Players have 10 seconds to return to their vehicle, should they leave it before the finish line or the vehicle switch point.
- Players may sabotage other vehicles (popping tires, denting in wheels, so on), but the other vehicles cannot be destroyed.
- Players will be disqualified if they kill the other racers, or destroy their vehicle.
First prize grants the player $1,000. The game will also be saved and the player will be shown their time to completion. Triathlons can be repeated endlessly.
- In the beginning, freefall past the other contestants, then pull your parachute. This will give you an early lead.
- Also, you can choose to not pull your parachute and instead land straight in the water which gives an even greater advantage. Be careful not to plummet onto one of the boats by accident, though, as it will kill you instantly. This tactic is also useful if you want to save your parachute.
- It's best to build up a very big lead on both freefall and the boat race because the cars have a high chance of fishtailing.
- You can use the exploding shotgun shells to mangle the opponents' vehicles to drastically reduce their handling.
- There is a glitch in the Charge Island race which will cause the player to dangle indefinitely while inside the helicopter. It does not always happen.
- When driving the set cars in the triathlons, if you'll hit the brakes while driving any of the cars in the triathlon, the brake discs will glow bright red, similar to high performance vehicles in real life. Although, once you complete the triathlon, the brake discs won't glow anymore when you brake, as they're only scripted for the said activity.
Video Walkthrough
See also
- Beat the Cock!, traditional triathlon events in GTA San Andreas.
- Triathlon (GTA V), traditional triathlon events in GTA V.
- Land Sea and Air Ace, a vehicular-based triathlon event in GTA Vice City Stories.
- Hyman Memorial O.D.T., a vehicular-based triathlon event in GTA Vice City Stories.


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Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM software solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, announced today that it will collaborate with Gardner Publications' Modern Machine Shop to present a free webinar at 14:00 EST (11:00 PST) on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, called "Using Tombstone Management to Increase Your Productivity". Registration information and system requirements are on the Modern Machine Shop webinar page at: http://gc.gibbscam.com/tmswebinar
This webinar will explain the basics of Tombstone Management, demonstrating how this technology can greatly reduce set-up time and improve productivity, resulting in increased profitability. Attendees will see how quickly a user can go from programming a single part to the creation a multi-part program for a fully loaded Tombstone style fixture, ready for volume production. Also addressed will be changes in machining strategy, creation of stock and fixtures, and using machine simulation to verify toolpath created by the part program, eliminating costly errors at the physical machine.
Topics to be covered in this webinar include:
- The goal of using Tombstone Management System (TMS)
- Typical machines that benefit from TMS
- TMS workflow
- Benefits of using TMS and Machine Simulation
A demonstration of GibbsCAM's Tombstone Machining option will illustrate to attendees how quick and easy it is to implement this productivity-enhancing capability.
About Gibbs and Associates and GibbsCAM
For over thirty years, Gibbs and Associates has been a leader in providing cutting edge CAD/CAM technology, while maintaining its signature ease-of-use and productivity. Powerfully Simple, Simply Powerful is the guiding philosophy at Gibbs. Gibbs believes in empowering the NC programmer, machinist, and manufacturing engineer, not eliminating them. Gibbs' goal is to introduce manufacturers to new technologies and new ways of working that makes their machining easier and their businesses more profitable. To achieve this goal, Gibbs creates tools that are naturally intuitive, graphically interactive, extremely visual, associative, and just plain enjoyable to use. Gibbs provides a total quality solution with the service and support that successful customers require.
The current GibbsCAM product line supports 2- through 5-axis milling, turning, mill/turning, multi-task simultaneous machining and wire-EDM. GibbsCAM also provides fully integrated manufacturing modeling capabilities that include 2D, 2.5D, 3D wireframe, surface, and solid modeling. GibbsCAM is Compatible with Windows 7, Windows 8 and Certified for Windows Vista. GibbsCAM's data exchange capabilities are able to access the broadest range of native and industry standard CAD data formats. GibbsCAM is certified under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Program, is a Siemens Solution Partner Program-PLM for Solid Edge product, is a Gold Tier Partner within the PTC Partner Advantage Program, and is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Product. GibbsCAM is either offered or endorsed by a number of leading worldwide control and machine tool manufacturers, including GE Fanuc, Infimatic, Siemens, Doosan Infracore, DMG MORI, Haas, Index, MAG, Mazak, Mitsubishi, Okuma and Tornos. Gibbs and Associates distributes its products worldwide through a network of international resellers.
In January 2008, Gibbs and Associates merged with Cimatron Ltd., and is now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary. For more information about Gibbs and Associates and its CAM software packages, visit http://www.GibbsCAM.com or call 1-800-654-9399 (outside of North America, call +1-805-523-0004).
About Cimatron
With over 30 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron Ltd., or Cimatron, is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM software solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrode design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron's shares are traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CIMT. For more information, visit http://www.cimatron.com.
The Gibbs logo, GibbsCAM, GibbsCAM logo, Virtual Gibbs, and "Powerfully Simple. Simply Powerful." are either trademark(s) or registered trademark(s) of Gibbs and Associates in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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For more information, contact:
Ilan Erez
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Cimatron Ltd.
Phone: +972-73-237-0114
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MarCom Manager
Gibbs and Associates
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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz: The Full D7 Session (Unexpurgated!)
Yes, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz did indeed drop the F-bomb on BoomTown quite expertly in an onstage interview at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference recently–and, yes, it was both expected and enjoyable.
(In this picture above, she is clearly trying to hypnotize Kara with her stare.)
But that's not all the voluble leader of the long-troubled Internet company said in what was a sassy, funny and very lively session at D7.
Discussing the future prospects for Yahoo (YHOO), her reasons for taking the top job at the company, the state of the advertising market, what she thought about Yahoo's relationships with Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT), and more, Bartz's colorful personality was on full display.
She even managed to tease News Corp. (NWS) head Rupert Murdoch, who was sitting in the front row during the interview (News Corp. owns Dow Jones, which owns this site).
And whether one thinks about whether Bartz can save the Silicon Valley icon or not–although she disputed the notion that Yahoo needs saving in the interview–and revive its innovative spirit, it will certainly be interesting watching her try.
Here's the full video of the session:


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The week in review
Best chance to glimpse Janet Jackson's right breast: The Super Bowl halftime show, when Justin Timberlake rips off her top in what he calls a "wardrobe malfunction."
Most unusual breast accessory: Jackson sports a silver sun over her nipple.
Worst mug shot: Arrested and charged with domestic violence, Godfather of Soul James Brown is photographed January 28 with his famed coif in disarray.
Worst potential for child endangerment: Snow closes Albemarle County schools four days in one week and again on February 3, and parents teeter dangerously close to the brink.
Worst forecast: Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, assuring another six weeks of winter. Parents teeter dangerously close to mayhem.
Worst loss of a beloved children's television star: Captain Kangaroo– Bob Keeshan– dies January 23 at age 76.
Best indication that the 200 abortion rights activists who show up for the Virginia Pro-Choice Alliance lobby day January 28 in Richmond have little effect: That same day, the House of Delegates passes a bill that holds abortion clinics to the same standards as ambulatory surgery centers, which will require upgrades estimated at $500,000 to $1 million for each clinic.
Best name for a bill– suggested to Delegate Rob Bell by Sheriff Ed Robb– requiring regional jail boards to be headed by a sheriff: The "keep-your-sheriff-happy bill," reports Bob Gibson in the Daily Progress. The bill has been shelved after facing opposition that includes regional jail boards and the Virginia Municipal League.
Best source of news about Albemarle School Board meetings since Gary Grant's Constituents Report ceased: New at-large member Brian Wheeler sends email accounts of meetings to his SchoolMatters subscribers, lists.bnsi.net/mailman/listinfo/schoolmatters.
Worst news for Belmont homeowners: Real estate assessments leap an average 40 percent higher, compared to an 11.8 percent average increase across the rest of the city.
Best continuing saga: In this week's installment of the ongoing travails of Louisa Police Chief John Wilson, who was arrested for the assault and battery of one of his officers January 22, the Progress' Braxton Williams reports that Wilson had problems during a six-week stint as police chief in Shenandoah in 1995, and that the chief filed a $1 million lawsuit against Newport News and one of its officers after Wilson was arrested for disorderly conduct.
Best crime solving in Culpeper: The perps of the cow carcass dumping in the parking lot of the county administration building turn themselves in January 28. Cousins Josh and Wyatt Colvin 'fess up to the deed.
Best politickin' by a best-selling author: John Grisham heads to South Carolina to campaign for John Kerry.
Best formal recognition of a local band: The NAACP taps the Dave Matthews Band for its Chairman's Award because of the band's devotion to environmental and social causes and its "dignified representation of people of color."
Best informal recognition: New figures released by Pollstar magazine indicate that Dave Matthews (minus the band) may be almost as big a draw as his super-selling band. The Pollstar numbers show that Dave Matthews & Friends (with Trey Anastasio and Emmylou Harris) is placing #5 with an average box office gross of about $750,000 per city. Simon & Garfunkel, the reunited (again) 1960s duo, comfortably topped the list with over $2.4 million per city, followed by Shania Twain, Aerosmith/Kiss, and Bette Midler.
Best cautionary tale for those contemplating running discriminatory rental ads: The Louisville Eccentric Observer settles for $5,000 complaints that classifieds worded "ideal for single, older person" are discriminatory toward families.
Best subliminal headline/photograph juxtaposition in the Progress : "Abortion clinic bill passes" tops a fetal-like picture of a girl buried in womb-like snow in the January 29 paper.
Second best: February 3's page-one's "Delegates mull illegal alien bill" is illustrated with a bunch of 60-something males playing basketball.


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December 16, 1773: On this day in 1773, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships moored in Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water.
Now known as the "Boston Tea Party," the midnight raid was a protest of the Tea Act of 1773, a bill enacted by the British parliament to save the faltering British East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. The low tax allowed the company to sell its tea even more cheaply than that smuggled into America by Dutch traders. Many colonists viewed the act as yet another example of Britain's taxation tyranny.
In most American ports, the resistance group known as the Sons of Liberty scared off British tea-carrying ships by threatening their captains with tarring, feathering or worse. However, when three tea ships, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver, arrived in Boston Harbor and the colonists demanded that the tea be returned to England, Thomas Hutchinson, the British-appointed governor of Massachusetts, refused to permit the ships to leave. Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the now-famous "tea party" with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty. The British tea dumped into Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was worth more than $700,000 in today's currency.
Parliament, outraged by the blatant destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, called the "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America, and required colonists to quarter British troops. The colonists subsequently called the first Continental Congress to consider a united American resistance to the British.
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You get only one chance to make a first impression.
In your first class meeting:
- Introduce yourself to the students and the students to each other.
- Answer students' questions and calm their anxieties about the course.
- Provide a sample of the course content.
Use the entire class period to accomplish these things. Begin on time and don't dismiss early—your class is important. Be prepared and be enthusiastic!
See Establish Your Classroom Culture for ideas on how to build on the success of your first day.
7 Common Concerns for the First Day
1. How do I begin?
The best way is also the easiest. Cheerfully greet your students as they enter the room and engage them in friendly conversation. If possible, be prepared (projector on, notes set) at least 10 minutes early so you can focus on your students.
Introductions are also good way to set the tone of the classroom for the rest of the semester.
- Introduce yourself at the beginning of class. Include not only your academic background and interests, but also personal interests or hobbies that students can identify with.
- It's more effective to have students form small groups and have them introduce themselves to each other. Going around the room holds very little interest for students.
Use this time to check the accuracy of enrollment rosters.
2. How can I learn my students' names?
Students are more motivated by teachers who know their students' names. Begin learning names on the first day, even if you have a poor memory for names. Below are a few strategies.
- Ask students to bring in photos (with names clearly inscribed).
- Take photos of groups of students on the first day. Make a key from the class roster and quiz yourself.
- Ask students to choose a permanent seat so you can make a seating chart. If they object, explain it's to help you learn their names.
- Divide and conquer. Learn names of students in small groups.
For more ideas about how to remember names, and other ways to help students feel part of a learning community instead of an anonymous face, see Learning Students' Names.
3. How can I get to know my students?
The more you learn about your students—their strengths and weaknesses, their skills and interests—the better you can teach them.
- If your class is small, you can make appointments with each student during the first week or two of class to interview them about their skills, interests and needs.
- Give the class a non-graded pre-test on prerequisite topics and include some questions about topics you don't expect them to know now, but that you'll cover in the course. You'll be able to see how much remediation is needed, and how familiar they are with course content.
- Ask students to write a non-graded essay on some aspect of the course about which you assume they know something. Their essays will provide a quick measure of their knowledge and of their writing skills.
4. How do I communicate my expectations to students?
Come to class prepared with a well-developed syllabus and a plan to present it to your students. You should anticipate common student concerns, such as:
- How will the final grade be determined?
- How much weight will be given to assignments and exams?
- What will the exams be like?
- What are the required readings? Where are they available?
- What are your policies on attendance, missed or late work, academic integrity, extra credit, etc.?
- How will you communicate with students outside of class?
- What are your office hours?
Show students copies of the textbook, manuals, and other materials. After students obtain books, take time to orient them to the kind of information you expect them to glean.
5. How do I present a course overview?
Provide a brief outline of the material to be presented in the course. Explain how this course complements the rest of the curriculum. Highlight those topics that are most interesting to you, and ask your students what topics pique their interests. Plan an activity by which students learn about the nature and scope of questions the course is intended to answer. For example:
- A short presentation or a discussion on a course topic that students should know something about
- Show a short film related to course content followed by a discussion
6. How do I deal with registration problems?
Don't take class time to resolve registration problems. Talk to those students after class. If applicable, invite affected students to attend classes until registration problems
If your section is closed, decide ahead of time whether you want to sign Permission to Enter Closed Course forms.
7. How do I motivate students?
If you want students to work to their full potential, you need to think of ways to enhance their motivation for learning, which depends on three interrelated factors:
- Appreciation of the value of the learning experience— ("What's in it for me?" or "How can I use this information?")
- Expectation of success—("Will I be able to learn the skills in this course?" or "Will I be able to make the grade I want in this course?")
- Belief that performance is related to rewards—("How much work will I have to do to get what I want from this course?")
As you do this, remember to show, not tell. For example, illustrate the ways students will directly benefit from mastering the course material. Provide specific examples of how the course material will be useful for different majors, their general education, or in their future careers.
By drawing attention to your reasonable criteria and fair procedures for earning course grades, you can show students they can succeed with a reasonable amount of work on their part—that rewards will be meaningfully related to performance.
If you address these issues in the first class meeting, you'll be off to a good start and both you and your students will benefit. Now continue to establish your classroom culture.


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To Whom It May Concern:
Greetings! My name is Crystal Buckneberg and I am currently working on a project for Technical Writing (A college level class I am currently taking at Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, SD USA) that is comparing MS Office, OpenOffice and LibreOffice and then making a recommendation to a client on which one to use. I have a few questions that will help me to pull this document together if you have a few minutes of time.
I will need an answer on or before 28-Nov-2016 so I have time to integrate your information into the report.
1.) What is your official title within the Apache Software Foundation organization?
2.) Approximately how many users of OpenOffice are there worldwide?
3.) Do you have an estimate as to how many of those users are in the United States?
4.) On average per year, how many times does OpenOffice release an update/patch?
Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope to hear from you soon.
Crystal Buckneberg
Computer Programming Student
Southeast Tech AITP Webmaster


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Business Card Composer 5 takes the hassle out of creating pro-quality business cards.
Tedious work like sizing is done for you, so you can enjoy putting your designs together without worrying whether they're correctly configured when you come to print them out.
There are print templates for more than a hundred types of ready-made business card stationery from a dozen top manufacturers, as well as facilities for exporting your layouts or printing at home. This app offers at least 740 ready-made cards for you to play around with and customise.
Or you can start from scratch, using your own clip art and backgrounds or those bundled with the program. A range of card formats are catered for, including landscape, portrait, folding, double-sided and even business card-sized recordable CDs.
The app as a whole is beautifully Maclike, and brilliantly integrated with OS X. Version 5 isn't a great leap forward from its predecessor, but it offers some useful new features.
Business Card Composer 5 integrates with Google Maps, enabling you to print a small street map on your card marking your premises' location.
2D barcodes encoded with details such as your address, URL and more can be produced and presented on your card for reading by a range of devices, and it integrates with iPhoto '09 and Aperture, including support for iPhoto events.
Existing users can upgrade to Business Card Composer 5 for $20, or free if bought after 1 August 2009.
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Google has released a new tool for app developers that makes it easier to build and deploy the backend infrastructure for Android applications. Called Mobile Backend Starter, the "one-click deployable" cloud service reduces code-writing requirements for developers who need to set up cloud storage, messaging, push notifications, continuous server queries, and authentication.
The backend service stores data on the Google App Engine platform-as-a-service cloud, comes with a client library and sample Android app, and integrates with Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) for Android and Google Authentication.
Google described Mobile Backend Starter's features yesterday on the Android Developers Blog:
- Cloud data storage: Users change devices and increasingly use multiple devices. Store any amount of data per user in the cloud to be accessed from anywhere.
- Pub/Sub messaging: Send messages from one device to any or all other devices. You can easily use 1:1 and 1:many messaging as well as broadcasting. This feature is useful for various applications including social apps, forums, chat, gaming, and group collaborations.
- Push notifications: Data updated on one device is automatically available on all devices with GCM for Android.
- Continuous queries: Create queries that run continuously on the server, automatically feeding updates to the client. These queries are powered by Prospective Search.
- Google authentication and authorization: Keep data isolated per user or shared among users.
- Free to get started, scales with your needs: You can start by handling hundreds of users for free, then grow to any scale.
Developers can begin from the Google Cloud Console or can download the Mobile Backend Starter source code from GitHub and modify it to their own needs.
The service builds on top of Google's already extensive library of development tools. At the Google I/O conference last month, the company expanded App Engine to support applications written in PHP, opened its Cloud Datastore to applications running in any cloud, and made Google Compute Engine generally available.
For a more detailed look at Mobile Backend Starter, check out this session from Google I/O:


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Exposure experiments installed outside International Space Station
A suite of ESA experiments, some of which could help understand how life originated on Earth, was installed on the outside of the Russian segment of the International Space Station during a spacewalk yesterday.
The nine experiments are part of the Expose-R payload that was attached outside the Russian Zvezda module during the 4-hour and 49-minute spacewalk performed by International Space Station (ISS) crewmembers Mike Fincke and Yury Lonchakov.
Expose-R is equipped with three trays. Each tray is loaded with a variety of biological samples including plant seeds and spores of bacteria, fungi and ferns that will be exposed to the harsh space environment for about one and a half years.
Away from Earth's protective atmosphere, the organisms will be exposed to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, vacuum, cosmic rays and extreme temperature variations as the ISS repeatedly passes between areas of direct sunlight and the cold darkness of Earth's shadow.
At the end of the exposure period, the Expose-R trays will be retrieved from their location outside the Station and returned to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. From the landing site in Kazakhstan, the trays will be returned via Moscow to the Microgravity User Support Centre (MUSC) in Cologne, Germany. From there the samples will be distributed to scientists for further analysis in the laboratory.
Expose-R accompanies Expose-E, a similar, complementary set of trays filled with terrestrial organisms that was installed on the outside of the European Columbus laboratory in February 2008 as one of the nine scientific payloads of EuTEF, the European Technology Exposure Facility.
The Expose-R and -E experiments are part of ESA's astrobiology research activities - studying the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the Universe. Some Expose experiments investigate to what extent particular terrestrial organisms are able cope with extra-terrestrial environmental conditions. Others test how organic molecules react when subjected for a prolonged period of time to unfiltered solar light.
Expose-E and Expose-R are part of the European Programme for Life and Physical Sciences (ELIPS) within ESA's Directorate of Human Spaceflight.
After installing Expose-R, the spacewalkers also removed some unnecessary straps near a docking target and photographed the ISS exterior. This was the 120th spacewalk in support of ISS assembly and maintenance.