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SolidWorks has been helping engineers and designers all around the world develop new and innovative products since 1993. In fact, more than 2 million engineers are currently using SolidWorks to help them design their new products. The latest installment, SolidWorks 2014, is looking to provide users with a more simple and intuitive product to help increase their productivity and efficiency.
The main changes implemented in the new version are features that make drawing and analyzing complex shapes easier. For example, a very convenient and useful new feature is the ability to smooth out splines. Previously, users may have created splines, which may have looked good and smooth, but applying the special technique of zebra stripes to it would quickly show that it may not have the most optimal curvature. That said, the new spline tool can be used to take that existing spline and optimize its geometry to create a more perfect product.
In addition, there is also a scaling tool included. After finishing a design or working your way through a design, you can add a dimension to any part of the object and the tool will automatically resize the entire drawing for you. Added dimensioning features also include better functionality for angular dimensions, along with the ability to add "running dimensions" to angular parts. This is a functionality that was previously only available with linear dimensions.
Other new features include a "lasso" selection, which allows a user to outline a set of parts and pick only the pieces within the selection. A new smart mate mechanism is available, which will allow parts to be moved around more easily without snapping to every possible location. For instance, previously, moving a part around in a drawing while holding the alt key may have resulted in that part trying to snap into locations, which it determined were suitable. However, in the new version the part will not snap into place until it has remained in the area for a sufficient amount of time. This will surely make working with complex drawings much simpler. Another little nuisance that has been resolved in the new version is default mates. In past versions, SolidWorks would always try to make edge-to-edge pieces coincident. Now, when beginning to line up two edges, if coincident cannot be done it will default to parallel.
There are also additional mating features for an improved user experience. These include a quick mate toolbar, and increased slot mate functionality. Beginning with the toolbar, it will allow you to line up two parts and easily place them together. They may be concentric or coincident, but the software will automatically choose the most logical part to connect. If for some reason you disagree with the part in which to connect, it can be manually chosen. As for the slot mate functionality, screws and pieces with an axis can now be seamlessly placed together and adjusted to the right position. This can be done with radial, cylindrical, or linear slots. Additionally, a whole separate piece with a slot of its own can be mated to a slot on another object. This too can also be moved and adjusted until it is in its suitable location.
Many other new features also exist in the new SolidWorks release. These include updates to Circuitworks, sheet metal designs, and simulations. The sheet metal design feature has included additional control over stiffening ribs on designs. It also has more accurate and controllable corner treatments. Therefore, it will include accurate information on the bending that a piece of sheet metal may be expected to tolerate.
Circuitworks has a feature now that will let designers examine the thermal properties of a PCB before manufacturing. The thermal properties are displayed in a color-coded manner and will simulate power being dissipated through all the components. It is not 100 percent clear how much power it is simulating through each component, but I would believe that the simulation is running with the maximum power through each component. A flow simulation is also available for mechanical designs. This simulation will allow engineers to test pre-stress and residual stress within their designs. In doing so the designer will be able to see how the model will cope with these situations and make sure everything is functioning properly.
Overall, the new version is chock full of new features. Most of these features were made to create a better user experience. Eliminating the annoying features such as a bolt trying to snap into every possible location makes the product much easier to work with. One last additional feature, which will make developing much more recordable, is a history feature. This will allow users to track who has manipulated what part, and when it was done. This will always be available through a tab and will constantly be keeping track of changes made to drawings.
While the software may not include any major overhauls, it will make designing more convenient for engineers. I am not sure if this will be enough for companies to make the purchase and upgrade to the new software package -- that will most likely depend on how much an engineer may utilize those new features. However, with 20 years gone by, it's good to see SolidWorks striving for perfection and an improved product.
Hopefully, I can get my hands on SolidWorks 2014 and take the new features for a spin in real-world designing.
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Last month SanDisk announced the world's fastest microSDHC mobile memory card and we just had to get our hands on one to see what it was all about. The SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I card is rated at 95 MB/s read and 90 MB/s write, so this card is going to be fast. SanDisk made this card for smartphone and tablet users who want to boost their device's storage capacity while enjoying the fastest mobile experience. We have some of the fastest hardware in the world sitting on our test bench, so we figured we'd take a look at this memory card to see what it is all about.
The SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I card is available in two capacities a modest 8GB card for $59.99 and a larger 16GB card for $99.99. The card that we were sent to review was the 16GB version that is sold under part number SDSDQXP-016G-A11. This card is class 10 and UHS Speed Class 1 rated (UHS-104). With a read speed of 95 MB/sec it means that this card is speed rated at 633x for those looking for CompactFlash IDE emulation speed numbers. The write speed isn't much slower at 90 MB/sec or 600x. These are impressive ratings and this card should be able to easily handle full HD video and blazing data transfer speeds.
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The SanDisk Extreme Pro card is compatible with any microSDHC-slotted device, so you can us it on thousands of microSDHC devices without any issues. If you use it on older devices you might be speed limited by the host device, but one is usually always limiting the other.
Flipping the SanDisk Extreme Pro micro-SDHC UHS-I card over you can see some of the trace routes on the black PCB and then the eight pins needed for operation. As we already mentioned this is a Ultra-High Speed (USH) memory card. We were told by SanDisk that this UHS-I card UHS-104 interface, which means it supports a clock frequency of 208MHz and should be able to transfer around 104 MB/s! Down the road we will see UHS-II cards that further raise the data transfer rate to a theoretical maximum of 312MB/s, so don't think SDHC memory cards are going to be hitting a speed wall any time soon!
We tried the the SanDisk Extreme Pro micro-SDHC UHS-I card in a number of devices and had no issues on any tablet or smartphone. It worked just fine in the Motorola Atrix that came out in February 2011 as well as the Samsung Galaxy S III that just came out last month. You can see the Extreme Pro micro-SDHC being inserted into the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone in the image above.
Installation is a breeze and the Android 4.0 OS detected the card instantly and we instantly had 16GB of extra storage space to do with what we pleased.
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The next time a major natural disaster strikes in the Asia-Pacific region, the first responders may not be local aid workers or civilian volunteers — they might be American and Japanese combat troops.
Think of it as practicing for battle.
"Disaster assistance is an effective way for the United States and Japan security alliance to demonstrate our dedication to peace, safety, security and the welfare of the region. It is also a great way for us to learn how to work together to better integrate U.S. and Japanese operations," says retired Lt. Gen. Wallace "Chip" Gregson, former commander of the Okinawa-based III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Aid agencies are calling for the U.S.-Japan alliance to play a greater role in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations throughout the Asia-Pacific region. They predict a dramatic increase in the toll from earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters as a result of global warming and rapid population growth, particularly in urban and coastal areas.
Few organizations have the manpower, equipment or training that the military can muster in the immediate aftermath of such events. In the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, for example, more than 100,000 Japanese troops and 20,000 U.S. servicemen and women rushed to the region. Scores of warships assembled off the stricken coast and military aircraft were vital in establishing an air bridge for aid workers and supplies.
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More than 20,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. In the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, 230,000 were killed and countless were left without food, water or shelter.
"About 50 percent of all natural disasters happen in the Asia-Pacific region, and people turn to Japan and the U.S. for help, so we have to strengthen our preparedness and response," says Charles Aanenson, chief executive officer of Peace Winds America, which is pushing for a greater military role in disaster response.
"There already is an extremely effective communication between the Japan Self Defense Forces and U.S. Forces-Japan, and what we envision is expanding that throughout the region," Aanenson says.
That's seems to be fine with military leaders. Though outwardly benign, disaster relief missions can provide critical, real-world training opportunities. That's particularly important now. The U.S. defense budget is shrinking and Japan's armed services operate under strict constitutional restraints, even as China's military grows rapidly in strength and assertiveness.
The 2011 disaster provided important lessons for U.S. and Japanese troops.
Joint headquarters were established in Tokyo and liaison officers were assigned to major units in the field. The Americans rushed specialized troops and equipment to re-open the Sendai airport — a critical transportation hub buried under six feet of mud and debris — and used Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles to shuttle victims, aid workers and supplies from ship to shore.
The Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) took the lead in searching for victims, restoring ground transportation and providing food, water and shelter for survivors. American and Japanese troops often worked side by side in tough winter conditions.
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Shortcomings were revealed. Japan's air, ground and maritime self-defense forces discovered they had little knowledge of sister services' equipment, capabilities or organizational structure — a glaring deficiency in relief work, or war.
"It may seem tenuous, but the benefits of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations for potential combat capabilities are very real. Logistics, communication and intelligence cooperation and coordination are the basis for successful combat operations, and those are the core of HA/DR operations, as well," says Garren Mulloy, a former British Army officer who now teaches international relations at Tokyo's Daito Bunka University.
The overall success of the operation was not lost on the Japanese public, or leaders. The approval rating for the JSDF climbed to 91 percent, a post-war high. Eighty-two percent of Japanese described having "friendly feelings" toward the United States, also a record high.
Under Japan's pacifist constitution, HA/DR has long been a primary domestic mission for the JSDF. But increasingly leaders view overseas missions, particularly in partnership with the Americans, as a way to provide troops with real-world experience without generating fear of renewed Japanese militarism.
"Disaster relief cooperation is benign and harmless. This is a good way to engage the region in pursuing improved relations," says retired Lt. Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi, former head of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force's Research and Development Command.
Maybe so, but uniformed foreigners are not always welcome, even when they mean well. Indonesia gratefully accepted American help following the 2004 tsunami, but refused to allow Navy or Marine helicopters to remain ashore overnight. Instead, those aircraft were required to fly back to U.S. warships offshore; the ships themselves were required to remain outside Indonesia's 12-mile territorial limit.
China, too, was quick to accept Japan's offer of a civilian search and rescue team and $60 million worth of relief supplies after the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province. But Chinese authorities insisted the team and supplies arrive by private charter plane rather than Japanese military aircraft.
Mulloy says that any increase in cooperation between U.S. and Japanese military forces in disaster relief — no matter how well-intentioned — will be viewed by at least one neighbor as a veiled attempt to bolster Japan's military.
"China will see a hidden agenda," says Mulloy. "No matter how innocuous it might appear, HA/DR cooperation, particularly in East Asia, is seen as part of the broader security context."
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Anyone who has seen The Battle of the Beatle Bands Contest at a Fest For Beatles Fans can attest that some of the most popular contestants are the groups made up of kids. The four young lads of Stockwood won the contest on a couple occasions, not only because of their age, but because they were really good. Stockwood now performs as a Beatles tribute band on a regular basis.
Hope Fuller is the 12-year old younger sister of Stockwood member J.D. Fuller (he plays Paul) and she's a budding musician/actress in her own right. She plays saxophone in the school band, has performed in school plays, and is a huge fan of Taylor Swift. Unfortunately, Hope was diagnosed earlier this year with Stage 4 Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, which is an aggressive brain tumor. She's a fighter who has gone through chemotherapy, but she and her family need emotional and financial support.
We Will Always Have Hope, a benefit for Hope Fuller, will take place on January 16th at The Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin. The Center is located at 45 Symphony Way. Tickets are $45 for the main floor, and $40 for the balcony. The concert starts at 7:00PM, and doors will open at 5:30PM.
The event has landed an impressive headliner in Liverpool Legends. Regarded as one of the best Beatles tribute bands, they are managed by George Harrison's sister Louise. Their busy, nationwide schedule includes regular gigs in Branson, Missouri, and it's always a treat when they come back to their home state of Illinois. Louise Harrison is also slated to make an appearance at We Will Always Have Hope.
Street Corner Blue, a veteran R&B band that's known for its eclectic selection of cover material, will serve as the opening act. The six-piece band is currently working on its third CD. This Is This, a local trio that performs melodic, highly polished original rock music (see profile under Elevated Observations), will perform in the lobby, starting at 5:45PM. I can't tell for sure from searching the web if or when Stockwood will be playing at this benefit.
100% of the proceeds will go to the Hope Fuller Medical Fund. There will also be a silent auction to raise money. Donations can be mailed to the Fuller Medical Fund at Golden Eagle Community Bank, P.O. Box 1930, Woodstock, IL 60098. I'm guessing Hope wouldn't mind receiving some encouraging greeting cards as well.
Thanks to Terri Hemmert, who mentioned this event on her WXRT Breakfast With The Beatles radio show on Sunday, January, 10th.


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Could someone please give me a layman's explanation of "MIDI Instruments," what they are, and how to play them in Scratch? I've always noticed that the "set instrument" block seems not to work, and the sound always stays the same even if you pick a new instrument. I saw the blog post that mentions "support for MIDI general instruments", and this thread in the forum:
So I took that to mean that "set instrument" would now work. However, I just tried a fresh Jessie install and tried using "play note" with different instruments, but nothing changed. Am I missing something?


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It's been more than a few years since MLS fans have had a weekly TV show to call their own. But the wait is over.
This Friday, June 21, MLS Insider, a new weekly show, will debut on the NBC Sports Network.
Produced by Hock Films, which is headed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Hock, MLS Insider will air on Friday at 7:30PM ET on the NBC Sports Network and at 2:00PM ET on the TSN networks in Canada.
Hock, who has won eight Emmy Awards and made three critically acclaimed documentaries for ESPN Films' 30 for 30 series, says that MLS Insider is not going to be your typical weekly sports show.
"The depth of passion within MLS culture is unlike anything else in America and Canada," he said. "We aim to immerse the viewer in very human stories – the good, the bad, the heroes, the villains – the whole range. Don't expect a highlight show."
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This Friday's premiere episode includes in-depth features on New York Red Bulls midfielder Tim Cahill and LA Galaxy midfielder Robbie Rogers. It also features a behind-the-scenes look at the Philadelphia Union supporters group, the Sons of Ben, put together by Nick and Colin Barnicle's Prospect Productions, which created a recent 30 for 30 Short titled Holy Grail: The T206 Honus Wagner about the famous baseball card.
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Cervical cancer vaccine causing confusion
The public 'recruitment' campaign promoting the new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has done little to educate adolescent girls about the cause of the cancer, University of Sydney researchers Kellie Burns and Kate Russell have found.
Dr Burns and Dr Russell, both lecturers in health education in the Faculty of Education and Social Work, have followed the rollout of the vaccine in two girls' schools over the last 12 months.
They found a significant lack of understanding among high school girls and their parents about the causes of cervical cancer, and that the campaign had missed an opportunity to properly inform girls about preventative sexual health.
Dr Burns said that "the key information missing in the pamphlets and the advertising is about human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes the cancer. The girls receiving the inoculation are also ill informed about HPV's link to sexual activity or health."
The vaccine is voluntary in Australia, and while this gives individuals choice and control over their health decisions, Dr Burns said that "choice without information is the problem."
Dr Burns and Dr Russell support the vaccination program, but believe young women and their parents need to have all the available information, including discussions of the possible risks and side effects, to make their decisions. Without this the effectiveness of the program's aims is compromised and the importance of ongoing cervical screening, supported by research, could be overlooked.
The study looked at the students' knowledge about the spread and nature of HPV. Dr Burns said: "The girls knew very little, but had plenty of questions; they hadn't talked much about it."
"The parents in particular were trusting the school to provide information without knowing what advice their daughters were getting.
"The schools were very supportive of the vaccine program and we found that some teachers included the HPV vaccine in their health education classes, an ideal environment for these discussions to take place in. Other teachers were less inclined to discuss it."
"What we've been getting back from principals is that there is no difference in terms of how the school is involved in the rollout with the cervical cancer vaccine compared to, for example the hepatitis B or chickenpox vaccines," Dr Burns said. "They want to maintain the sense of normalcy around the vaccine."
"That is a positive message for normalising a program that relates to sexual health but the negative side is that an opportunity for students to learn about HPV and its relationship, not only to cervical cancer but to broad sexual health practices, is being missed."


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I am a Sydney-born swimmer who has swum in the many cities I have lived: Melbourne, London, Paris and San Francisco. Some people judge a nation by the way it treats its zoo animals; I head straight to the pool because you can tell a lot about a city by the way it swims. It's the most accurate social barometer for a place and its people I've found.
I left the comfort of my suburban Sydney backyard pool for Melbourne in 1988. My pool of choice became the macabre-named Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre. When I first dipped my toes in, I was stunned by the politeness of its patrons. Not a word of disagreement about lane sharing, just a brisk nod with your fellow goggle wearers, but no hellos. It was emblematic of my year there; nice-enough people – they just weren't too friendly (to a Sydneysider, at least.) Perhaps they were all too polite to pose the most glaringly obvious question: isn't it poor taste to name a swimming pool after a prime minister who drowned?
By the early 1990s, I was doing the backpacker thing, living with six in a two-bedroom London flat. The most striking thing about London indoor swimming complexes was how warm they were: heated to a balmy 30 degrees. My locals were the Archway swim centre and the Highbury Pool, both of which felt like swimming in thick pea soup.
It was here I first met with the rigidity of northern hemisphere rules: you must have a shower before you dive in, and swimming caps were strongly advised. I do recall, too, the Poms were quite prudish in the change rooms and the water was on the unclean side. (stray old Band-Aids are my least-favourite swimming companions.) There were also many complaining patrons.
"Guvna, could you turn the heat up?" they would ask the long- suffering attendant when the temperature dropped below 28 degrees. "Hey guvna, could you ask that swim class to move?" Does that make London swimmers a bunch of prudish, unhygienic whingers? Sometimes you see social stereotypes more clearly when people are stripped down to bare skin and budgie smugglers.
In Paris, where I moved in 1992, I had to shop around to find my pool of preference. I first tried the Les Halles underground swim centre. Here, lunchtime laps were a nightmare; we were often six to a single lane and again the mandatory swim cap rule. So then I tried the art deco Pontoise pool in the Latin Quarter. I recognised it immediately as the pool where Juliette Binoche tried to swim away her grief in Blue, the first of the Kristof Kieslowski Three Colours trilogy. However famous the pool, it was far too austere, like a character in an impressionist painting; it was a pretty pool but with no personality.
Then I discovered Piscine Deligny, the swimming pool that was a floating barge in the Seine. When I rang to tell my parents I was swimming in the Seine, my father responded with standard Aussie-swimmer-in-France-joke No. 1: "Are you insane?"
To which I would reply with standard Aussie-swimmer-in-France-joke No. 2: "It's funny how the French word for swimming pool – piscine – is what Australian kids do in them." I quite liked the Deligny pool; crowds were friendly and not too numerous. So I was devastated to learn (from a telephone call from my father) that it was swept away and sunk in a storm in July 1993. It made the news in Australia, even.
By this stage, I was living near the Canal St-Martin, and discovered my local, Piscine George Hermant, was everything I could want for in a swim spot. For a start, it was an Olympic-size 50 metres (so many in Europe are not) and in summer the roof came off. It was a mecca for all shapes and sizes and a multicultural melting pot, with many immigrant communities meeting there to lounge and picnic between swims (bien sur, this is Paris – of course we bring food to the pool.) And they were very relaxed about being naked in the change-rooms, unlike the Brits.
We shared lanes not only with old and young lap swimmers, but also the local scuba class in the deep end – and the "enfants" swimming class down the shallow end. It was packed but we all seemed to swim well together in happy coexistence. I came about the closest I've come to communism in practice in this Parisian pool (which is Paris to a T – even pools can be politicised.)
But nothing could prepare me for the shock of US swimmers when I moved to California in 1999. Here's a tip for swimming in San Francisco: don't. It's too cold. Instead, head across the Golden Gate Bridge where the North Bay temperatures on land and in pool are a good 10 degrees warmer.
In public pools, all must be negotiated with your fellow patrons before you dive in: do we swim in a circular fashion on the right of the lane like driving on the right side of the road? Or do we split the lane – you on the left and me on the right?
You get the impression that if you slip out of line, you'll be hearing from their lawyers.
My pool of preference in California was the Finley Park Aquatic Centre, right next to my workplace in the Sonoma wine country. It was a grassy outdoor Olympic pool that was like a trip down memory lane to the Sydney swimming carnivals of my childhood. Even the pool manager was Australian.
Once I dived in with abandon, swam furiously to the end of the pool, then suddenly a tap came on my shoulder.
"Excuse me," my fellow swimmer said in her unmistakable New York twang. "I don't quite know how to tell you this …" Had I dropped my bikini top?
"But you're just not fast enough for the fast lane."
Now, I'm no Dawn Fraser, but I'm no slouch in the chlorine, either: I'm a graduate of the Forbes Carlisle swim school and have the odd school carnival victory up my speedoed sleeve. I've kept up with the lane Nazis of North Sydney and the squad trainers at Leichhardt. But you can be sure you would have never seen me swim so fast on that day ; I was down and back the length of the pool in a New York minute.
I've seen nothing like the lane rage in California; it's the gene pool in action and the ultimate in Darwin's survival of the fittest. It truly is a sink-or-swim nation.
I'm back in Sydney and a regular at the Coogee Ladies Baths. When I ply the lengths of this saltwater oasis, I often reflect on the pools of my past, and how glad I am to be no longer living life in the fast lane.
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I laughed and laughed at The Campaign this afternoon…which is really no surprise.
What made me laugh was.
I expected Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis to be funny. Their take on two candidates for a US Senate seat in North Carolina was over-the-top and out-of-control. No issue was off-limits. No person, place or thing (translation: animal) was safe if their misuse provided a potential positive bump in the polls.
But for me, the surprises kept this movie from being your standard comedy. Things the trailer didn't reveal. Cameos it didn't spoil (and I won't either). The promos even used some alternative footage so that the real punch lines weren't given away before you sat down in the theatre.
What a novel idea.
Probably my biggest 'aha' in The Campaign is how much I enjoyed the performance of Dylan McDermott as Galifianakis' evil campaign manager. I don't think of him as a comedic actor, but McDermott stole every frame he appeared in.
The ending was also unexpected. And I will surprise you now by not giving it away, except to say —
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Many people returned from the long holiday weekend with a tan, but Kelly Ripa went back to work with something a little more permanent: a new 'do!
On Tuesday's episode of Live! with Kelly and Michael, the TV host debuted a sleek new bob. "Back in the saddle........with a new cut," Ripa tweeted Tuesday.
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Officials in New York are reportedly eyeing a recently-closed prison as temporary housing for people displaced by superstorm Sandy and this week's nor'easter.
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"Our facilities staff have to go through it to determine what it would take to get it up and running for such a purpose," Peter Cutler, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections, told the newspaper. "Of course, the challenge is the fact that it was closed a year ago and all of the major infrastructure components, such as boilers and wastewater system, were deactivated."
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Microsoft is to issue four critical security fixes for this month's Patch Tuesday. Three of these affect either Windows Vista or Internet Explorer 7, which the software maker holds out as a paragon of its conversion to secure computing. In all, Microsoft will push six high-priority updates this Tuesday, the company announced today.
Of the four critical patches, two plug holes in Vista and earlier versions of the operating system, Microsoft said in an advisory. A third patch will fix a vulnerability in IE 7 and its predecessors while the fourth concerns Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2.
Two additional patches, one in Visio 2002 and Visio 2003 and the other in Vista, are rated important and moderate respectively.
Today's advisory is the first to implement a change Microsoft is making in the way it communicates plans for high-priority updates. Under the change, the software maker will issue a bulletin on the first Thursday of each month that gives some details about the updates planned for the following Tuesday. The additional information is designed to better help administrators prepare for the deployment and testing of the updates.
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Reply to Sharnett's Post "New to Vegweb"
I am unable to reply directly to your post because the site wants me to type in a word form that isn't even showing. So I will post here and hope you see it.
Hi Sharnett! Welcome! I must warn you up front that the forums here have been very quiet over the last year. I have been checking in from time to time and I know a few others respond here and there. At any rate, congratulations on the decision to become vegan! It can seem daunting if you are starting from scratch but it's a very doable goal. Even if you start slowly and replace one or two meals a day with all plant based food, or do a few days a week all vegetarian or vegan, that is a good start. Some good resources to check out for nutrition and how to get started are (I can't provide direct links as the system won't let me post if I do):
Vegan Outreach...their website has a "starter guide" section with some great tips on transitioning to vegan and you can download their free starter kit booklet as a PDF file or request that they send you a copy in the mail for free. I like that kit because it gives a basic overall explanation of nutrition for vegans, food substitutes, and suggestions for meals as well as a few recipes.
When I first went vegan (just over 2 1/2 years ago) I found the book "Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet" by Brenda Davis, R.D., extremely helpful. She goes into great detail about vegan nutrition and uses science based evidence, and she also provides sample menus for adults, children, elderly, athletes, etc. Extremely informative and helpful. You can get her book through Amazon.com used for cheap or you might be able to find it at the public library.
The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is also an excellent online resource (they also publish the Vegetarian Journal which is actually all vegan and you can find it at Barnes and Noble bookstores). Go to their website and click on the vegan info tab and you will get a wealth of information. I love that group because they do a lot of research and provide information for mainstream people who like to eat out or can't afford exotic or unusual foods. They provide basic nutrition information and economical but healthful recipes for vegans as well as information about eating out as a vegan with specific information about vegan fare at chain restaurants. They really do a lot of work for you in figuring out what is vegan and what isn't at restaurants. They have a book called "Meatless Meals for Working People" which provides not only quick and simple but healthful recipes (which is nice when you are first learning how to cook as a vegan) but they list a lot of common commercial products and brands that are vegan or vegetarian (such as frozen burritos, canned soups, salad dressings, gravy mixes etc). In fact I have a copy and have been looking for the right person to give it to so if you want a free copy just let me know. I have mailed books and other materials to fellow vegans online before and it is no problem. :)
On a personal level, I went vegan overnight (not only as far as food but also nonfood products etc) from omnivore, but it was easy for me because I was intolerant to dairy and did not eat a lot of meat anyway and I loved bean dishes and plant based milks already. I was also fortunate to receive a small inheritence at the same time (though sad that I lost my Grandma) which helped me replace a lot of things right away. What helped on a smaller scale though was listing some of my favorite foods that were already naturally vegan friendly and using those as a base and then branching out from there. For example I liked oatmeal , fresh fruits, beans on toast, that sort of thing for breakfast. I liked spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce, or split pea soup (vegetarian style), or burritos with refried bean filling and veggies, or baked beans with sauces and gravies on top and brocoli on the side. So I would make a menu of what to eat each day for a week with what I already knew and had on hand as plant based. I based my protein concentration (and still do) on beans/legumes, nuts and seeds, whole grains like whole wheat bread, bulgur, brown or wild rice, quinoa, buckwheat and tempeh and tofu. I learned that I could get my calcium needs met with leafy greens like kale, bok choy, collard greens, and brocoli as well as sesame seeds, molasses, and plant based milks and soy or coconut milk based yogurts. Leafy greens and molasses as well as most beans are also excellent sources of iron. I also did a LOT of browsing through Vegweb and I will tell you honestly that I relied HEAVILY on this site in the early days when I was learning to transition all my recipes to vegan versions (as well as find new ones). There are just so many recipes on here it is insane. I have a three ring binder notebook loaded with recipes from here. And there is such a variety, from all raw to comfort food to foreign fare. I would find recipes I had the ingredients for and use those. I have since branched waaaay out and my repetoire is vastly more than it ever was when I was an omnivore. Once you get the hang of it you will not be deprived! Just make sure to eat enough. This is the biggest problem for new vegans. They cut out the meat and dairy but do not replace those calories and then feel week and tired. I learned I needed to increase the volume of what I ate because I relied more on vegetables and fruits and high fiber foods than before, but I also needed to include healthy fats like nuts or nut butters, avocados, coconut, seeds, that sort of thing for satiety. I used to make my own bread for a long time because vegan commercial breads are sometimes difficult to find, but I do on occasion use Ezekiel brand or Food for Life bread or Rudys. I also discovered a local bakery that makes all vegan bread. But whole wheat seeded bread was also a lifesaver in the early days for satiety. And sweet potatoes are awesome too.
Sometimes you can find local vegan or vegetarian groups in your area through "meetup.com". Meeting with vegans in person is an awesome experience and provides support and lots of knowledge and experience. There are also some alternative health food stores that offer plant based cooking classes so if there is something like this in your area check out their classes. If not, do not be discouraged, you are not alone! While veganism and plant based eating is getting more mainstream, we are still in the minority and at times it can be lonely. But as far as food and cookbooks and so on there are tons more options now than ever before. Another favorite recipe book I have is "Forks Over Knives". The recipes in there are fairly simple, economical, and very healhful. That book concentrates on not using oils and does go heavy on tofu which I unfortunately can not tolerate (I can tolerate all other soy just not tofu for whatever reason). different vegan cookbooks have different focuses. Most vegan cookbooks however, have introduction sections that help you stock your pantry with vegan pantry essentials (think nutritional yeast, plant milks, earth balance vegan butter spread, cider vinegar, cornstarch, flax meal or seed, etc). And they have tips on substituting for eggs, dairy, meat etc. so don't overlook recipe books as a resource.
I could go on and on but I don't want to overwhelm you too much. I hope this helps! Feel free to ask questions any time. Welcome again!
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Salvia Plant
Salvias are a large group of garden plants that includes annuals, biennials, perennials, and shrubs. The perennial salvias are mainstays of the midsummer garden border. Another common name is sage.
About This Plant
A relative of the familiar kitchen sage, flowering salvias produce spikes of small, densely packed flowers atop aromatic foliage. These heat- and drought-tolerant beauties bloom from early to late summer in shades of blue, violet, red, pink, and white. Plants grow 18 inches to 5 feet tall, depending on the variety. Use care when choosing salvias, because not all plants are hardy in all regions.
Special Features
- Easy care/low maintenance
- Good for cut flowers
- Attracts hummingbirds
- Tolerates dry soil
Site Selection
Select a site with full sun and very well-drained soil.
Planting Instructions
Plant in spring, spacing plants 1 to 3 feet apart, depending on the variety. Prepare the garden bed by using a garden fork or tiller to loosen the soil to a depth of 12 to 15 inches, then mix in a 2- to 4-inch layer of compost. Dig a hole twice the diameter of the pot the plant is in. Carefully remove the plant from its container and place it in the hole so the top of the root ball is level with the soil surface. Carefully fill in around the root ball and firm the soil gently. Water thoroughly.
Apply a thin layer of compost each spring, followed by a 2-inch layer of mulch to retain moisture and control weeds. Water plants during the summer if rainfall is less than 1 inch per week. Some types can be sheared back after flowering to induce a second flush of flowers in fall. After the first killing frost, cut stems back to an inch or two above soil line. Divide plants every 3 to 4 years as new growth begins in the spring, lifting plants and dividing them into clumps.


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Hollywood goddess Blake Lively is famous for her golden locks, fashion sense and role on the hit-TV show "Gossip Girl," but she also has a knack for pulling off dazzling beauty looks like sparkly shadow during the daytime. Here's how to pull off Lively's go-to eyeshadow look:
Ditch the eyeliner
When using shimmery shadow, there's no need to use heavy eyeliner. Instead, apply the shadow to your lids and then dust a little underneath your lower lashes. Finish off the look with some black mascara to make your eyes pop and you'll have a California-girl glow just like Lively.
Don't go overboard
Too much shimmer on your face can give the effect of looking like Bella Swan in the sun (after becoming a vampire, of course), so if you're going to use shimmery eyeshadow, make sure that's the only place you sparkle. Stick to matte foundation and light pink lips when wearing this type of shadow during the day.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sitting down for an on-camera interview when an aide handed her a smartphone with some exciting news: Moammar Gadhafi had been captured.
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Rate My Professor - just look for your college and then look for a particular professor and see how former students grade them and what they have to say.
Personally I don't really have any horror stories about professors - most of mine have been great and the ones that weren't were at least "ok". But I do know a lot of students who have had their whole semester ruined (let alone a class they needed for credits) by just one bad professor - who are by usually either incompetent, boring or dictatorial. Like I said I haven't experienced that first hand but if it weren't for all the great professors who have lent me help, support and the benefit of their time I don't know how I could have made it through 5 years of undergraduate school. Now that I'm a Graduate student, choosing the right professors and the right classes are even more important because the classes are so demanding and the work is that much harder.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - To catch a cheat or to prevent cheating. Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in To catch a cheat or to prevent cheating. Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Latin America Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message leslieJoined: 08 Feb 2003Posts: 235 Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:51 am Post subject: To catch a cheat or to prevent cheating. I already posted this on the Mexico forum, but someone suggested that I also post it here for more ideas. Here goes. Okay, so I'm having problems with cheating in my classes this semester. They are really good, at cheating that is. Accordians, switching papers, etc. I've caught quite a few, but I'm thinking that for every student I catch, there's gotta be more who aren't caught. I want to minimize the opportunity to cheat. My classes are approx. 25 students with indiv. desks - kind of crowded. Some of the things I've tried to prevent cheating are: 1. a vacant seat between each student 2. two different exams that look alike, but the answers are jumbled (showed that cheating was happening) 3. write name at the beginning of exam or you get 0% (discourages switching papers) 4. write in pen only 5. No questions during exams In the future, I'm also going to make them put their napsacks in the back of the room so when they leave they aren't passing by other students. Any other ideas from you teachers out there? Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:06 am Post subject: Re: To catch a cheat or to prevent cheating. What do you mean by accordians? Could you get more teachers in the room to help you invigilate the exam? I always have my students leave once they're done. No cell phones. Check their desks to make sure there are no answers written there. Back to top leslieJoined: 08 Feb 2003Posts: 235 Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:34 pm Post subject: accordians Accordians are just paper that is folded like an accordian or "fan", then hidden in their pocket... oh teacher that was just for studying before the exam. The Mexican teachers call them accordians, but I call them cheat sheets. Thanks for the ideas naturegirl. I've gotten a few from other teachers I know and here on the eslcafe site. Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:10 am Post subject: Re: accordians leslie wrote: Accordians are just paper that is folded like an accordian or "fan", then hidden in their pocket... oh teacher that was just for studying before the exam. The Mexican teachers call them accordians, but I call them cheat sheets. Thanks for the ideas naturegirl. I've gotten a few from other teachers I know and here on the eslcafe site. Wow, that fan accordian idea is good I've seen some students hide papers with answer in their pens. Back to top MotherFJoined: 07 Jun 2010Posts: 1450Location: 17°48'N 97°46'W Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:18 pm Post subject: I always assumed that was a play on words with acordarse--but I could be wrong. You said your room was really crowded, but I also find that walking around the classroom--in hard sole shoes--during the exam helped. So many local teachers just seem complacent about cheating. The students are used to the teacher sitting in the corner reading a magazine or sending text messages while they take their exam. We also recently had a group of students use smart phones to cheat, and with students now using cell phones to tell the time instead of wearing a watch, we don't allow cell phones in the exam room and make sure there is a clock in sight, if not periodically write the time on the board so they won't need to check their phone for the time. Back to top just_a_mirageJoined: 11 Nov 2008Posts: 169Location: ecuador Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:38 pm Post subject: I try to avoid cheating by having very few one-answer questions. For example, not many true/false or circle the correct answer. Have them answer questions in the tests where they have to draw on their knowledge of the subject and answer in a couple of sentences, or a paragraph. That ways, cheating is very obvious, and its a lot harder to stare at someone´s paper long enough to copy a three sentence answer. 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Imagine a day when the buildings that we work and live in actually generate more energy than they use. It's not as far into the future as you might think, thanks to the work of Ulrike Passe, an assistant professor in architecture at Iowa State University.
Ulrike Passe has been researching the relationship between building science, design and human behavior in existing structures in Iowa. One structure she is working with is the Interlock House. It's a solar-powered home designed and constructed by Iowa State students to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon.
The house successfully produced more energy than it used during the competition in Washington, D.C. Afterwards, it was reassembled by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in Honey Creek Resort State Park to help professors track and evaluate its performance in Iowa's climate. Passe believes the information that has been gathered from the house could be a model of energy efficiency in Iowa and the world.
All over Iowa State University, you'll find professors like Passe, who are researching and developing world-changing ideas. Whether it's inventing a sewer pipe made of recycled plastic, creating a new conductor of heat through spider silk or making buildings more energy efficient, our professors are changing the world with their ideas. So we won't have to imagine it. We'll be living it.
More information about the Interlock House.
Ulrike Passe's current research is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number EPS-1101284. More information.


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anybody can confirm me if VG-STC2000 camera works in my old C8000 TV?
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Re: vg-STC2000 in C8000
have you read this entire post?
If it doesn't work on C67xx it wont't work on C80xx and vice versazeqineja wrote:OK, here's the news: STC2000 definitely doesn't work on C series. Sent it back to Amazon, got a STC1100 that works perfectly!zeqineja wrote:anyone using the samsung new STC2000 webcam with UExxC6700? I read some reports on older STC1100 working OK. I got a STC2000 but can't get it recognized by Skype on my UE40C6700 (set as C6800 to enable PVR). Upgraded firmware up to latest T-VALDEUC-3015.0, but it won't work. Any thought?
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Facebook's big stock offering on Wall Street must be followed by an intensive debate on Main Street about social media's powerful impact on children, an expert on the topic says.
Jim Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media, a San Francisco think tank focusing on media and families, said the technology that Facebook represents is having "an enormous impact" on youngsters, families and schools worldwide.
"We need to have a big national, if not global conversation about the pros and cons of that," Steyer, a father of four who is also a civil rights lawyer and Stanford University professor, told AFP in an interview.
While social media such as Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter offer "extraordinary possibilities" in such areas as education, he said, "there are also real downsides in a social, emotional and cogitative development way."
"Hopefully, after the flurry of the IPO and after the valuation of Facebook is done, then we can have a very serious ongoing discussion of what this means," he said.
Steyer was in Washington to promote his just-published book "Talking Back to Facebook: The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age," which argues for greater parental involvement in their children's online lives.
"Whether we like it or not, kids are now spending far more time with media and technology than they are with their families or in school," -- as much as eight hours a day on average in the United States alone, he wrote.
Children face the triple peril of what Steyer calls RAP -- relationship issues, attention and addiction problems, and privacy issues -- as well as cyberbullying, online pornography and, for girls, body image fears.
Steyer is particularly critical of Silicon Valley tycoons -- he knows many on a first-name basis -- who, unbridled by government regulation, insist that privacy no longer matters in an increasingly interconnected world.
"This extraordinary revolution in digital media has been driven by young (software) engineers, many of whom are not parents, many of whom are somewhat socially awkward and many of whom have not really thought through the social and emotional consequences" of their products, he said.
"There is an arms race for data, and to build things as fast as possible ... but that's not a great strategy when you're talking about kids," he said, accusing tech outfits for "not respecting the concept of privacy."
Earlier this week, a Consumer Reports survey found nearly 13 million US Facebook users -- out of 157 million, and 900 million worldwide -- do not use, or are not aware of, the site's privacy controls.
Girls are especially vulnerable, Steyer said, with studies indicating that many body-conscious teens are photoshopping images of themselves so as to look thinner and score more "likes" among their friends.
By way of advice to parents, he recommended "personal technology time-outs" and banning smartphones at the dinner table. "Meal time should not be tech time," he said.
Children must also be taught to reflect before hitting the "send" button on something they might later regret, refrain from anonymous comments, and not to believe everything they read or see online.
On a governmental level, Steyer suggested the United States follow Europe's lead in privacy regulation and introduce an "eraser button" enabling users to wipe off anything they might have posted in the past.
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Gentle Cleanser ($15.99): Sometime I feel like a broken record when I go on and on about how crazy I am about all things minty. Maybe it's because minty stuff smells like Christmas time. I don't know what my problem is but it's very rare that I don't fall absolutely in love with minty skin care. Let this be no exception. This cleanser uses sugar (I might as well mention how much I love sugar too) to remove dead skin cells and gunkity gunk in your pores. Mint stimulates circulation as well as your senses and the oats and rice provide the TLC of vitamins F, E and A. It's quite a refreshing experience. It's products like these that make me look forward to washing my face in the morning and at night.
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For a bit of fun: This product is shaped like a lemon which is quirky and cute. There's a lemon on my bathroom counter and I'm probably the only who knows it's not edible. 🙂
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Great post! I am ordering a bunch of samples online so I can try everything. I'm starting to by cruelty-free but it's hard finding good stuff that's still affordable!! lol


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As you may have read, I have strong feelings about the value of a diversified reading list. In the interest of accountability, at the end of the year (see 2013 here) I look back and make sure that I didn't only read novels by 27-year-old white women, for example, (though this year I did read White Girls, which is by a 54-year-old queer black man). Nothing wrong with white girl novels, but I think reading is basically the biggest empathy-building exercise there is, so I want to make sure I'm building empathy bridges with lots of different perspectives.
Also, while there is a particular magic to an author describing exactly how I feel, I generally already know how I feel so it's often more interesting to read how someone else, someone with a totally different life experience, might interpret the world.
In short, this year I read even more books by women (tipped the scales heavily towards ladies, actually, from about 50/50 in 2013 to 62/38 in 2014… may need to scale that back), way more books by authors of color (from 24% last year to 37% this year) and even more non-fiction. The non-fiction thing is unrelated to diversity of experience, per se, but it's just an interest marker of my changing tastes.
So what were my favorites? The very first book I read in 2014, Flamethrowers, is still one of the most fascinating and unique reads of my year. Jesmyn Ward's memoir Men We Reaped was gorgeous and tragic and I cried the whole time. I also went back and read her Salvage the Bones and loved that even more if only because it was slightly less sad for being brutal fiction instead of brutal truth. The strangest collection of short stories I read this year, Karen Russell's A Vampire in the Lemon Grove, included one in which American presidents are resurrected as horses and it was amazing. Most poetic prose goes to Kevin Powers for his spare, harsh, terrible war novel, The Yellow Birds. Eric Liu's exploration of Chinese American identity and his own family history, A Chinaman's Chance, has stuck with me and opened up whole areas of American history I knew nothing about. I would be remiss to not include Roxane Gay's An Untamed State, but it comes with the biggest trigger warning ever. It was by far the hardest book I've ever read, and it's a testament to the author's skill with plot that I didn't stop when the going got emotionally treacherous. For cleverest world-building in the sci-fi genre, I'll recommend China Mieville's The City and the City, which has added a dimension of whimsy to the way I navigate my own urban jungle.
And drumroll… It was written more than fifteen years ago, but my favorite book I read this year was hands down Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down about the Hmong community of Merced, California, and cross-cultural miscommunication in the most dire of circumstances.
What should I make sure not to miss in 2015?