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Parishes building new churches struggle to find the right marriage of bricks and mortar to house the body of Christ.
On the last Sunday of every month, Father John Jamnicky gets on a scale. Within moments his weight loss is posted on a big chart in the fellowship room of his church. "At 65, I have probably lost and gained more weight than the whole parish combined!" says Jamnicky, laughing.
So far, he's lost 36 of the 100 pounds he's promised to shed for the "Building a Church, Pound by Pound" capital campaign for the new St. Raphael the Archangel Church in Old Mill City, Illinois. Parishioners have pledged money for every pound their pastor loses. Some have begun dieting themselves and collecting additional pledges. With that money, matched by a donor, St. Raphael's stands to raise at least $110,000 and get healthier, too.
"Everything about the church we are building is unique," Jamnicky says of the new structure, which will incorporate the exterior and interior of two closed churches (see sidebar, page 15). "And everything we're doing to raise funds is unique, too."
Despite difficult economic realities, parishes continue to undertake church building programs, whether it is to renovate and repair old buildings, build a new home for consolidated parishes, or open a new church in a growing community. And these building projects are typically the largest a parish will ever undertake.
In addition to the nuts and bolts of construction and renovation, the demands of liturgy, aesthetics, education, and funding call for multiple layers of decision-making and coordination.
Such projects rely on the clear vision of the parish and the efforts of community members who feel called to this challenging but ultimately satisfying ministry. Above all, building a new church is an occasion of grace, one that invites the entire community to renew its faith along with its place of worship.
Foundation work
A church is a community—and not just one building—composed of spaces that support assembly, worship, administration, education, and fellowship. Good design happens from the inside out, so before breaking out the tool belts, a parish has to put on its thinking cap and reflect on its ritual, devotional, and hospitality needs—and understand how these spaces relate to each other.
"My first advice is to help a community understand that this is a time of renewal for the parish, both spiritual and liturgical," says Franciscan Father Gil Ostdiek, a professor of liturgy at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. "By asking themselves, 'Who are we as a people of God? What do we do when we gather?' the community can free itself to think more expansively.
"Of all the languages of liturgy, space is the most subtle and least attended to, and yet provides a powerful symbolic communal identity," Ostdiek says. "Many of the spaces we have inherited are out of alignment with the shape of the rite and its performance, but people are reluctant to change [these spaces] because they are basic identity symbols."
Guided discussions about liturgy and its architectural implications can help parishioners grasp what goes into creating sacred space. Practical conversations about the design and construction process will help the community select the right architects, liturgical designers, and contractors, as well as evaluate design schemes and budgets.
"With our pastor, Father Francis Peffley, the building committee visited 28 churches to see what we liked, what worked, what didn't. We spoke to pastors and parish administrators, and learned from others' experiences," says Betty Childers, who with her husband, Kevin, headed up the capital campaign for Holy Trinity Church, a 1,200-seat church serving 3,800 families in Gainesville, Virginia. These observations shaped a requirements document that was sent to potential architects.
Typically, a parish figures out what it can realistically afford and then finds an architect who can work within its budget. "I wouldn't distinguish between a client with a limited budget from one with a huge budget. In some ways, a limited budget encourages creativity," says architect Craig Rafferty of Rafferty Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke, a firm that has designed dozens of churches.
This sentiment is echoed by Jesuit Father Gilbert Sunghera, who consults on church design through the University of Detroit Mercy. He helped an immigrant parish envision what was possible and within their means. "We simply found an architect who knew how to work creatively on a tight budget," he says.
Budget isn't the only thing to think about when deciding on an architect. "We interviewed seven or eight architects, but only one stood out as a man of faith, and everything in our church reflects that," Childers says of Jim O'Brien of O'Brien and Keane, designers of Holy Trinity.
On the other hand, "Non-Catholic architects come in with a lot of questions that help us explore the issues in new ways," Sunghera says.
Building codes
Church law gives the final decisions about architects to the local bishop. Some bishops work only with certain architects, while others "have firm ideas . . . making it more difficult for a parish to request something different," says Rafferty.
American churches also must conform to guidelines set forth in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' "Built of Living Stones: Art and Architecture for Worship"
"Many dioceses and archdioceses have their own guidelines and policies. Local customs should not be overlooked," says Father Richard S. Vosko, a design consultant for 40 years.
Many dioceses require parishes to hire liturgical consultants to lead planning and coordinate between parishioners, project committees, and design teams. Vosko says that a liturgical consultant engages the parish in the planning process by asking questions and worshiping with them.
"You browse around offices and classrooms to learn about their programs. You observe traffic patterns—both auto and human—and reactions to colors, textures, smells, and silence. You ask them to describe what they are expecting when they go to Mass."
Parish leadership is critical. Successful projects rely on building and finance committees made up of individuals of diverse skills who can work well together as well as inspire the larger community. The diocesan review committee often asks the pastor for input from the parish.
"I train the building committee to talk to other parishioners, the Sunday school, the Knights of Columbus, women's clubs," says liturgical consultant Carol Frenning. "Helping them become experts in their own parishes builds ownership of the project."
Money matters
While everyone is eager to build the church itself, it can be more cost-effective to focus first on the school, parking, hospitality rooms, and other facilities that are needed to expand the parish and its financial base.
St. Henry Church in Nashville completed a major renovation and expansion of its campus in two phases, starting with its school. "If we couldn't afford something right away, we made certain that it could be accommodated in the future," says St. Henry's parishioner Bob Loedding, who served on the project's building and finance committees.
"We learned some good lessons in the first phase that helped us in the second one," Loedding adds. The parish retained the original contractor but found a new architect and liturgical consultant who were more sensitive to St. Henry's culture. They also adopted a "soft sell" method for raising money.
"We weren't contacting parishioners individually and putting pressure on them. We received pledges of $6 million, which exceeded the $5 million we thought we might raise," he says.
Holy Trinity's capital campaign was the parish's first, and the first in the diocese of Arlington, Virginia. Headed by parishioners Betty and Kevin Childers, who had never raised money before, the campaign had an initial goal of $2 million—but $5 million in pledges was raised in 16 weeks.
"When Father Peffley asked for our help, I had just been laid off," says Betty, who once worked in corporate business development. "That window of time, when we were running the capital campaign, was the best of my life. It was challenging, but from a spiritual perspective, there was incredible growth."
Does it match?
Unlike most buildings, churches provide the rare opportunity to pause and look closely at the materials, lighting, and construction of a structure. While the scope of projects varies, the altar, ambo (lectern), baptismal font, and the tabernacle with its stand are the key objects in a church.
"These four components must speak to each other in terms of their materials, details, and finishes," says Martin Rambusch, principal of the Rambusch Company, one of the oldest private liturgical design companies in the country. The firm designs as well as builds church interiors and furnishings. "The design-build approach allows a project to succeed liturgically, visually, and economically because the thread of design is carried from start to completion."
Creative solutions to furnishing a church can be found in unlikely places. Architectural firm Gray Organschi wanted to salvage a diseased beech tree on the wooded site of the Jesuit Community Center in Fairfield, Connecticut. Because the firm has a woodworking specialty, they were "equipped to transform the tree trunk into a stunning altar and ambo for the chapel," says Sunghera, who oversaw the project.
Inevitable project delays can also offer unexpected grace. When the long-awaited crucifix for Sts. Anne and Joachim Church in Fargo, North Dakota arrived, it was so large that it was laid temporarily in the apse. After Mass, the community was invited to come to the altar area. "Allowing our children to touch the crucifix was meaningful," remembers parishioner Roxane Salonen. "To be that close and see it in a way we never would again was compelling."
Art appreciation
While the marriage of art and faith has long been an uneasy one, the church has sought to reform and refine its understanding of sacred art over the centuries. The Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum concilium, calls for art that is "truly worthy, becoming, and beautiful," and its approval by those "who are especially expert." Historically art has been an integral part of a church's transformative power.
The quality of most religious art continues to plummet, however, dragged down by the easy availability of ersatz reproductions from catalogs and the general lack of art literacy. Exacerbating the situation is the perception that original art is expensive and a fear that less traditional work will cause controversy.
"When people ask me what kind of sculpture I make, I tell them I make statues that old ladies kiss, sparing me the contemporary-versus-traditional art argument," says liturgical artist Anthony Visco, who understands his work as a vocation. He created an extensive art program for the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin in collaboration with Duncan Stroik and River Architects, designers of the shrine complex. "We've lost a sense of metaphor, our powerful signs and symbols," Visco says.
To increase familiarity and comfort with the process of selecting art, liturgical consultant Carol Frenning conducts retreats for building committees that include a discussion of art and ritual. "Lacking professional training in the visual arts, most people base their judgments on a 'feeling,' " she says, "yet people are hungry for ways to talk about art and make decisions about it." Once a parish understands its needs, it can more easily find art that fits with its cultural identity—the art in a suburban church of young families is going to express a different spirituality, for instance, than an inner-city parish dedicated to social justice.
This includes art that will be visible from outside the church. "Art tells your story to the world and can invite passersby into the church," Frenning notes. "You can use art as a tool of evangelization."
One example is the monumental Christ the Good Shepherd sculpture, a 30-foot-long, 8-foot-tall bronze by John Collier that stands outside the bishop's offices in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The work depicts Jesus, who is holding a lamb and walking his sheep, being confronted by a wolf. Figures of Abel, David, and Moses, shepherds from the Old Testament, follow Jesus and hold crosiers.
The sculpture is located at the intersection of a busy thoroughfare—where it can't be missed—and provides an arresting but comforting reminder that the church's role is to protect and nurture Christ's people.
That's dedication
When a church is at last completed, its dedication is an occasion of celebration, acknowledging the community's spiritual renewal, commitment, and hard work. The dedication rite is a living proclamation of faith. "The ritual is really about the dedication or re-dedication of the people of the church," Vosko says.
"Everything was a first—the first candle lit, the first incense burned, the first Mass said," says Roxane Salonen of the dedication of Sts. Anne and Joachim, constructed over 15 years. As the three-hour ceremony unfolded, she noticed how the sawdust smell of new construction gradually mingled with the scent of candles and incense. "At the end, it smelled like a church. A transformation had happened."
This article appeared in the April 2011 issue of U.S. Catholic magazine (Vol. 76, No. 4, pages 12-17).
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Kehinde Wiley is an American artist who is best-known for his brilliant naturalistic paintings of people with black and brown skin in heroic poses. This amazing New York-based artist use Old Masters paintings for the pose of the figure. Wiley's paintings often blur the boundaries between traditional and contemporary modes of representation. Rendered in a realistic mode—while making references to specific Old Master paintings—Wiley creates a fusion of period styles, ranging from French Rococo, Islamic architecture and West African textile design to urban hip hop and the "Sea Foam Green" of a Martha Stewart Interiors color swatch. Wiley's slightly larger than life size figures are depicted in a heroic manner, as their poses connote power and spiritual awakening. Wiley's portrayal of masculinity is filtered through these poses of power and spirituality.
Kehinde Wiley art is quite popular among art lovers, art enthusiasts and art collectors. He has truly unique artistic approach, that leaves many viewers breathless. His art is both conceptually and aesthetically amazing. By representing African-American women and men using the conventions of traditional European portraiture, the artist actually deals with the politics of representation and the position of African-Americans in contemporary American society, as well as with the position of African-Americans in cultural and historical narratives. His recent exhibition at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in Fort Worth, Texas that was entitled Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic presented some of the artist's best-known works. As we mentioned, the works by Kehinde Wiley are very popular – not only within the circle of art lovers, but also within the art collectors' circles. Scroll down, and find out what works by Kehinde Wiley you should know.
Passing/Posing from Coronation of the Virgin could be understood as a paradigm of Kehinde Wiley's approach, style and technique. Depicting African-American figure with classical and even renaissance style as a background, the artist questions the representation of African-Americans within contemporary art mainstream circles.
This piece was estimated at $40,000-$60,000; however, it was sold for a price exceeding its high estimate – at Christie's New York, this piece was sold for $97,000.
Featured Image:Kehinde Wiley - Passing/Posing from Coronation of the Virgin
Kehinde Wiley transcends the boundaries between what is considered high culture and hip-hop culture, contemporary and traditional representation. Support the Army and Look After the People, 2007 is a piece from the artist's series The World Stage: China. Renowned for his compelling portraits of African American male youth in contemporary urban fashion positioned in the tradition of eighteenth and nineteenth century European painting, Wiley advances his oeuvre, bringing his subjects to the "World Stage" with projects in Brazil, Lagos-Dakar, and China.
This piece was sold for $104,500 at Phillips, De Pury & Luxembourg New York. For more information about the artwork, click here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley - Support the Army and Look After the People, detail
Saint Andrew grinds his crotch against a wooden cross. This is quite provocative piece, since it's questioning the complex relationship between church, African-Americans, popular culture and urban culture.
The painting was sold for $106,250 at Sotheby's New York in 2013. For more information, please click here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley – St. Andrews, detail (courtesy of artfixdaily.com)
By collapsing history and style into a unique contemporary vision, Wiley interrogates the notion of master painter, "making it at once critical and complicit." Vividly colorful and often adorned with ornate gilded frames, Wiley's large-scale figurative paintings, which are illuminated with a barrage of baroque or rococo decorative patterns, posit young black men, fashioned in urban attire, within the field of power reminiscent of Renaissance artists such as Tiepolo and Titian. This feature of Wiley's art is quite recognizable at his work Fall.
This piece was sold for $104,500 at Phillips, De Pury & Luxembourg. Click here for more information!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley - Fall, detail
Although it is a portrait of a young black man, there is nothing traditional about its composition or treatment. The pink and blue flowers of the wallpaper invade the foreground as "real blossoms", adding to the sense of disorientation imposed by the upside-down stare of the subject lying across white sheets in a state of partial undress. It is not clear - from his fixed gaze - if he is alive or dead. At the very least he appears to be compromised by a dangerous substance, all the strength drained out of him. The flowers reinforce the "funereal" atmosphere.
The piece was sold for $110,500 at Christie's New York in 2011. For more information, please click here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley - Femme Piquée Par Un Serpent II, detail
For this piece, Kehinde Wiley said: The status and class and social anxiety and perhaps social code are all released when you look at paintings of powerful individuals from the past. However, there's something to be mined and gained by looking at them in a new way. What happens when you see black bodies that have not previously been celebrated on the walls of the most important institutions in the world?...They start to read differently. It becomes a question of "How do we code the body?"
The piece was sold for $118,750. More info on the artworks you can find here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley- The Dead Christ in the Tomb
This piece is typical for Kehinde Wiley's art. His portraits are based on photographs of young men who Wiley sees on the street. He painted men from Harlem's 125th Street, then South Central neighborhood where he was born. Dressed in street clothes, his models were asked to assume poses from the paintings of Renaissance masters, such as Tiziano Vecellio and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
This piece was sold for $116,021 at Phillips, De Pury & Luxembourg London in 2010. For more info about the artwork, please click here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley - Learn from Comrade Wang Guofu!, detail
Wiley chooses to examine physical excellence. By removing the usual background detail such as that of a landscape or a public forum, Wiley is highlighting and forcing our attention to the subject's physical body and musculature. Furthermore, instead of depicting the body pierced with arrows and weakened by pain as it is traditionally shown in portraits of Saint Sebastian, we see the body alternatively penetrated by ink in tattoos. Wiley uses this type of penetration as a tool to highlight further the physical detail of the muscle and strength of the subject's body.
This amazing piece was sold for $132,500 at Phillips, De Pury & Luxembourg New York in 2011. For more info about the sale, click here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley - St. Sebastian II (Columbus)
Kehinde Wiley describes his approach as "interrogating the notion of the master painter, at once critical and complicit." Wiley's figurative paintings "quote historical sources and position young black men within that field of power." In this manner, Wiley's paintings fuse history and style in a unique and contemporary manner.
The piece Defend and Develop the Island Together was sold for $125,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2015. For more info on the sale, please, click here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley - Defend and Develop the Island Together
Charles I and Henrietta Maria (After Anthony Van Dyck) is the most expensive Kehinde Wiley's work ever sold. Created in the artist's recognizable technique and style, the piece was sold at Sotheby's New York. Charles I and Henrietta Maria (After Anthony Van Dyck) is a typical Wiley's artwork, a piece where he uses motifs, techniques and styles that are recognizable in almost all of his works.
Charles I and Henrietta Maria (After Anthony Van Dyck) was sold for $143,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2014. For more info on the sale, please click here!
Featured Image: Kehinde Wiley - Charles I and Henrietta Maria (After Anthony Van Dyck), detail. All Images used for illustrative purposes only.

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Nondenominational band to perform
Father Don and The Holy Rollers will perform a concert at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at Pope John Paul II Catholic Church, 353 South Pagosa Blvd. in Pagosa Springs.
The band is nondenominational and was formed in 2004.
The band provides praise and worship concerts to all Christian faiths. The members are Lloyd Garduno, Elizabeth Forest, Randy Stanko, Sue Warren, Ellen Engebretsen and Michael McMahon. Attendees may purchase a light meal after Mass and desserts at intermission.
Beverages will be provided. There will be a free-will offering with proceeds going to Pagosa Pregnancy Center and Parish Stewardship Ministry.
For more information, call 731-5744.
Heavens Connection to visit church
Pine River Baptist Church will present Heavens Connection at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 2 at 11942 Colorado Highway 172.
Virgil Taylor and others from Heavens Connection will speak.
For more information, call 749-9851.
Cowboys for Christ to perform Sunday
Durangos Cowboys for Christ will lead a short fellowship service with live music from 8 to 8:45 a.m. Sunday in front of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot, 479 Main Ave. This fellowship is part of the True West Railfest celebration.
For more information, call Jon Beranek at 749-7443 or Sam Noble at 759-8906.
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About bnewbold
Hi! I'm an undergraduate physics major who also loves robotics and machine vision. I'm working on project for work using an Elphel camera right now, but i'm also very interested in implementing visual recognition and artistic filters on the Spartan FPGA for real time video art fun! My website is at http://bryannewbold.com
SCINI Project
SCINI is a submersible robot i'm helping develop that will probably use an Elphel video camera for control video and static imaging. See Research#SCINI:_Submersible_Capable_of_under_Ice_Navigation_and_Imaging and http://scini.mlml.calstate.edu for more information about the project. This space will track some of my experiences with the camera, questions i've got, etc. Feel free to copy anything from this page into other sections of the wiki if you find it useful and I haven't copied it over yet.
12v Conversion
We want to run the camera off of 12v DC eventually, so we're trying to convert our POE 10353 revision C board to 12v. We were able to get a 12v to 3.3v DC/DC converter of the same footprint/model from P-Duke because nobody else sold the part in small quantities; they mailed us a few but it didn't sound like they did small orders regularly. The part number was FKC08-12S33.
Linux Setup
Running the liveCD was a great way to see if everything was working, but the performance was unacceptable, so we installed ubuntu on a laptop and are using that. Both ubuntu and knoppix are debian based, and once I installed enough development packages on ubuntu I was able to install the elphel programs.
The netcamconfig script needed some small tweaks (remove knoppix references).
Performance of of the cgi camera control through firefox is still pretty slow, even when tested from a higher performance desktop: the bottle neck is probably the Elphel webserver sending full image photos in between accepting configuration commands. I'm thinking of writing a quick python/wxWidgets utility to change exposure and frame size settings faster; is anybody working on something similar? It could either drive ccam.cgi, the forthcoming PHP interface, or I could hack ccam.cgi to accept a non-HTTP TCP connection (much smaller packets hopefully. maybe use Twisted on the control side?), or reimplement ccam.cgi in python (probably a bad idea to keep an extra python namespace running on the camera).
On our ubuntu laptop I tried recompiling mplayer to accept huge RTP packets using the given patch from elphel@sourceforge as well as the ubuntu standard patch set, but it isn't all quite working yet. It took a long time to get all the required development tools installed on ubuntu (damn binary based distributions!) and I think I messed up the flag for sdp somewhere along the line. I was able to capture a few clips with mencoder.
Plain old VLC has been working great though, it can easily handle half resolution video at 12-15fps. With full resolution it throws some errors about long packets and the video comes out looking like this (note: it is video and the contents of the stripes change):
I don't know if that's because of:
- packet data is being lost
- vlc can't handle the pixel count
- elphel is throwing up
- something else
We're looking for a small, wide angle lens that will mount onto the sensor board and still fit inside our forward looking dome. Water acts as a magnifier, so we need at least 90 degrees FOV.


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Did you guys catch the Top Gear USA episode several months ago where the guys attempted to travel into the wilderness with a plethora of camping equipment? Well, here are the cliff notes: It didn't work out. The terrain was just too tough for their camping equipment to survive. Luckily for us common folks, there is a solution!
On eBay right now, is "The ultimate concept car. It is like having an ultimate 4×4 with a tent trailer built into the top."
No, this is not a psychedelic dream, this is real life. You may think I'm being sarcastic, but I'm not. This thing really is quite cool. First off, it's yellow, so when you are lost in the jungle, surrounded by sasquatch…es, helicopters can locate and save you. Secondly, it has super low mileage, and a manual transmission. Win. Lastly, the roof flips over and pops up into a tent. What else could you possibly want in a truck? Pop. Up. Tent. People. POP-UP!
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LG LM9600 55-inch Cinema 3D Smart TV - Full Assault!
Design & Features
Floating Form
LG has cooked up a number of marketing terms for their latest LM9600 display, such as 'ultra-slim escutcheon' and 'floating form' to describe their Cinema Screen design. Fancy as they are, there is an element of truth to the TV's impressive form factor. The Ribbon stand (found on series LM9600 to LM6700 as seen in the photos below) does help create the impression that the TV is elevated, or 'floating' of sorts. Comparatively, we find the Ribbon stand to be more stable than Samsung's U-shaped alternative, such as the one found on the new ES8000. LG's Ribbon stand swivels as well, thanks to its special joint. Note that this feature isn't present in Samsung's U-shaped base either. The other complimenting aspect is unlike conventional TVs with relatively thick borders, LG's LM9600's metallic bezel appears more like a slim outline around the 55-inch panel, thus giving the LM9600 a "window-esque" feel especially with the display turned on. Upon closer inspection, however, there appears to be a misalignment of the bezel at the bottom right corner (see picture). We'll check with LG soon to determine if this is a manufacturing flaw or simply part of its design. As for the screen itself, the TV's glass face is extremely glossy making it impractical for use under bright ambient lighting conditions.
Things are equally interesting on the back of the TV too. Instead of awkward rear-facing inlets, LG has positioned the ports sideways or downwards to make it more convenient to wall-mount the LM9600. The side panel carries four HDMI slots (ARC is enabled on HDMI 1) and three USB terminals, while the lower tier holds most of the analog ports and Ethernet socket. To preserve the TV's slimness, a breakout cable is required for the composite and component jacks. The bundled Magic remote is another anticipated component of the LM9600. LG's secondary remote now touts a scroll-wheel situated within the D-pad itself. This is to facilitate the scrolling of app pages and web pages. The point-and-click wand also harbors a dedicated 3D and My Apps button. The latter enables you to fire up the My Apps 'docking bar' on the TV's user interface. Although it's more ergonomic than last year's design, LG's Magic remote has unfortunately been stripped of its voice features for the local release. According to LG, getting their voice controls to work flawlessly with Singaporeans' diverse languages and accents can be a tricky endeavor. And it's a risk LG isn't prepared to take. The same model sold in some of the overseas markets will have voice activated controls enabled.
Welcome To The New Home Dashboard 2.0
Before you get to enjoy the Cinema 3D TV, you'll be prompted to set certain things in place first, such as the TV's language selection, calibration for the Magic remote, network settings, and so forth. That said, let's take a quick peek at the new Home Dashboard. Visibly, LG has performed a complete overhaul of its Smart TV interface. And what we have now is a more polished interface which makes the previous version look somewhat dated. On the upper row, there's a row of tiles consisting of categories like Premium, 3D World, Smart World, and Smart Share Plus. To navigate from page to page, simply point the Magic remote to the extreme ends, and click on the arrow "button". The LM9600 also features an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) icon found on the My Apps docking bar below. However, we can't put this feature to the test since we are unable to receive any digital broadcast channels at our test lab.
Featured apps on the LG App Store can be found on the Smart World tile, while Smart Share Plus enables you to grab screen content from your mobile device. The opposite is also possible (streaming TV's content to smartphone or tablet) via Wi-Fi Direct or WiDi. Unlike DLNA, these two standards offer direct wireless connectivity without requiring the devices to be connected to the same home network. Moving on, a quick check confirms that LG's App Store carries both paid and free apps. However, loading times for the web store were a little too sluggish for our liking. The same applies to the 3D World portal, which carries a combination of educational and infotainment 3D clips. Content is still lacking in our opinion. On the other hand, the new web browser is a tad more responsive, and it also features a PiP (picture-in-picture) function as well. Picture presets for the LM9600 include the following - Intelligent Sensor, Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Game, Expert 1, and Expert 2. To tune the TV's advanced settings, we'd advice you to select either the Expert 1 or 2 presets which feature ISFccc calibration attributes like color gamut and luminance settings.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Death row inmate Randall Deviney will get a new trial in the murder of Delores Futrell.
According to a Florida Supreme Court ruling, the high court came down hard on the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for coercing his confession, saying it was given after he invoked his right to remain silent.
The high court found JSO "wore down" his free will, and that his confession was the "product of compulsion and improper influences," according to the ruling.
The ruling also throws out his confession, which can't be used in a retrial.
"I am reviewing the Court's decision and how the interrogation was conducted," Sheriff John Rutherford said in a statement. "From what I've been told, I know the suspect was given his Miranda warning and never asked for an attorney. But I want to study both the case and the decision closely, and confer with (State Attorney) Ms. (Angela) Corey because from what I know at this time, I don't believe the State Supreme Court got this one right and an appeal may be appropriate. If we are in agreement they did not, we may need to ask another court for their opinion."
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Written by Bertolt Brecht
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Featuring music written by Luther students, the show follows legendary astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei in the later part of his life, and his struggle to prove the theory of a heliocentric universe. In a time of religious rule, Galileo's avant-garde ideas made him very unpopular with the law—his belief and teachings of a sun-centered solar system had him sent to the Vatican of Rome to be interrogated for heresy.
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GeoPolitical Forecasts
Forecasts of international political events
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I'm going to start with an easy one. Egyptian General Sisi has been promoted to Field Marshal, an empty title given to Egyptian generals who are about to retire. The Supreme Council of the military has given its permission for Sisi to run for president. The recent cabinet reshuffle seems to have left him with fewer job titles, making it easier for him to resign from the interim government. And sources close to Sisi say that he is just waiting for the election law to be finalized before announcing. So I'm forecasting he will officially announce his candidacy before 1 May.
Turkey will not open new chapters of the aquis (the procedure for joining the EU) before 1 May. Cyprus is blocking the two chapters than Turkey wants to open, due to conflict between Cyprus (the government) and Turkey over the partition of Cyprus (the island). Talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots are underway and could resolve the differences with Turkey, but not before 1 May.
There will be no breakthrough in the TPP talks before 1 May. Domestic politics in the US and Japan will ensure that neither will give ground on Japan's agricultural tariffs in the immediate future.
Iran will install no new centrifuges before the end of the current agreement with the P5+1. With the exception of a few extreme hardliners and the people associated with Ahmadinejad, most of the hardliners in Tehran support pursuing negotiations.
On the other hand, Iran will not let the IAEA inspect the Parchin military base during the term of the current agreement. In fact, I don't expect the IEAE to get access in Parchin at all unless it's negotiated at the political level, i.e. as part of the P5+1 negotiations. Iran considers this to be outside the scope of the IEAE's charter and won't negotiate it during the technical negotiations with the IAEA. They've given the IAEA access before, the IAEA found no evidence of nuclear weapons research or testing, and Iran considers this to be more of a political issue than a compliance issue. The widely held view that the head of the IAEA is biased towards the US doesn't improve the odds of an inspection.
Iran will not test a ballistic missile with a range of 2,500 kilometers or greater in the next six months. Iran has missiles that can reach its primary military targets, but there's a low chance that they would actually strike their targets. Iran's primary focus right now is developing missiles with reasonable accuracy and the ability to evade missile defenses. It is close to developing 2,500 km missiles , but that's not a top priority right now.
Yanukovych will eventually be tried before the International Criminal Court, as Ukraine's parliament has requested. Ukraine's constitution spells out an impeachment process that involves the Constitutional Court, with is packed with Yanukovych's people. If the new government replaces the judges, the new judges will be perceived as biased against Yanukovych. The ICC is the best bet for an impartial trial, something any new government will need to compensate for the fact that Yanukovych's removal from office was unconstitutional. Yanukovych is being accused of mass murder, which is something the ICC handles. The surprisingly orderly nature of the revolution in Kiev means that a lot of evidence has been preserved.
The loan agreement between Russia and Ukraine is dead. Russia won't be buying any more Ukrainian government bonds. The loan agreement was always a means to pull Ukraine into Putin's proposed customs union. The new government is determined to pursue closer ties with the EU. Russia still has more leverage over Ukraine than any other country, due to trade ties and gas supplies. Ukraine desperately needs the money, but Putin gains no leverage by making the loans and loses no leverage if he doesn't make them.
I'm still expecting the Thai government to renew the State of Emergency, but I'm less sure of it. The Thai courts have placed restrictions on the powers that the government can exercise under an SoE, which makes it less useful for the government. The government's primary goal is to carry out by-elections in order to elect enough parliament members to make a quorum and form a new government. Even with the current SoE, the government hasn't been able to do that, and the Election Commission has delayed new elections, possible beyond the limit of a renewed SoE. Still, the situation certainly justifies a SoE, and I think the government will want whatever powers the courts will allow it to exercise, and will renew the SoE.
If the corruption case against the Thai prime minister causes her to be removed from power, the UDD/red shirts will view it as a coup and will hit the streets in enough numbers to raise the level of crisis considerably, which would increase the odds of a renewed SoE.


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Google is taking on Baidu in China by launching its own music search site—except this one will only point users to music that is free and legal to distribute. The site, located at google.cn/music and only accessible by Chinese Internet users, allows users to search by singer and song title. The search results will point to songs hosted by Top100.cn, a Chinese music site with financial backing from basketball star Yao Ming. Google's music site will be ad-supported, and the company says that ad revenue will be shared with Top100.cn and its music partners.
Google's music search appears to be a direct response to the popular Chinese search engine Baidu, which has made a name for itself by providing deep links to seemingly unlimited quantities of illegal music. In fact, Baidu has finally come under fire for its MP3 deep-linking policies, as the Music Copyright Society of China and the IFPI have both filed lawsuits against the search engine for enabling rampant copyright infringement. The three labels represented by the IFPI are seeking maximum damages of 500,000 yuan (roughly US$71,000) per track on at least 127 tracks, totaling 63,500,000 yuan (US$9 million) in damages. That could just be the minimum, too, as the IFPI says Baidu may face damages in the billions.
Clearly, Chinese Internet users love music as much as the rest of the world, and there would be quite an uproar if Baidu were to shut down or stop deep linking MP3s. Google China believes that things don't have to be this way, though. "The Internet industry should by no means stand in the opposite camp against the music industry," Google China President Kai-fu Lee said in a statement to Reuters. "Google always believes profoundly that mutual interest, rather than monopoly, is the key to sustainable growth."
Because Google's Chinese music search isn't accessible from the US, we were unable to test it out firsthand. However, Music 2.0 has a few screenshots after taking the site for a spin, and claims that it's more impressive than similar international offerings like We7 and Spiral Frog due to the DRM-free nature of the MP3s. The downside to Google's offering over Baidu, though, is obviously that its selection is still quite limited—Top100.cn has yet to obtain licensing rights to most music, whereas Baidu makes it all (illegally) available.
Still, this is a small step against music piracy in China. By working with Top100 and Google to make music freely available and sharing in ad revenue, the labels are showing a commitment to compete with illegal distribution—while still making money. The next challenge will be to help grow Top100's and Google's catalog so that users will actually have a reason to make the switch from Baidu.
Update: Google contacted us about the revenue sharing situation in order to clarify some points. "Google does not share in the revenue generated by advertising in connection with its Music Onebox product in China," a Google spokesperson told Ars. "All ads visible on the product in connection with the product run on Top100's website and revenues from those ads are shared between Top100 and its music label and publisher partners."


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What's deep today may surface tomorrow
Even as we write, things are changing. Google has already partnered with existing library database providers to provide a searchable database of books in libraries. Take a look at the tutorials on Google Books if you want to know more.
But it will be a long, long, time (if ever) before a search engine can provide access to all the deep Web information out there. Savvy students understand that they can't find everything using Google or any other search engine. Most of the really good stuff is buried deep, and the library's databases are your gateway.


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Casey's Pizza Truck Hits the Road
Pop-up locations, rigged pizza decks, and tricky pizza-cooking conditions are old hat for Casey Crynes, who is taking pizza to the streets of San Francisco today in his rad new pizza truck. Casey has made pies in modified Webers about town, set up shop in bars with a counter-top Baker's Pride Electrical oven, as well as made due with whatever home oven challenges he encountered during catered pizza parties in clients homes. It's only natural that he would be the pioneer behind the city's first pizza truck.
The brick-lined Marsal MB 60 oven on board weighs in at nearly a ton and gets up to temperatures of about 700°F. Casey will be churning out the classics, as well as offering changing specials.
According to Twitter the first stop for San Francisco's only oven-decked, pizza-making truck of its kind is 246 Ritch Street (map from the hours of 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Get over there Slice'rs and report back!
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I love to preach. I love everything about preaching: the preparation, anticipation, delivery, and follow-up. I love it because of what preaching is, not because I am good at it or because it is easy, or because I never mess up. I recognize that this love for preaching is a wonderful gift of grace given to me and, in turn, to the church. It is a gift for which I am responsible.
Preaching is a distinct form of communication with a distinct authority. It is not to be confused with teaching or evangelizing. Three different words are used in the original Greek for these three forms of communication. There is some overlap in them, for there is teaching involved in both preaching and evangelizing, and there should be evangelizing done in our teaching and preaching. Still, the words are not used synonymously in the New Testament (see 2 Timothy 1:11).
The words for "preach," "preacher," and "preaching" basically belong to one word group in Greek. This group in New Testament times meant "to herald," "a herald," and "the message heralded." A herald was a messenger vested with authority as an official representative of a king (or public official) who conveyed the sender's official messages. When the Holy Spirit inspired the writers of Scripture to use this Greek word in describing a preacher and his preaching, a clearly understood description was given. When hearing these words used, the people of the Mediterranean world immediately knew that a preacher was one chosen, qualified, and endowed with the right to represent Christ and proclaim his Word. Unfortunately, far too few preachers and hearers today understand this background.
Every duly authorized preacher should view himself as Christ's official herald. And those who hear him should so regard him. The Bible-based words he speaks ought to be embraced as from the King of kings and Lord of lords. They are to be submitted to and thoroughly applied.
The people's response should not be determined by how that message of Christ is delivered. It is what the herald says that is essential, not how he says it. It is a common sin among us to critique the message from God in ways far different from the example set by the noble Bereans, who "received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true" (Acts 17:11).
If you have your Bibles with you and opened during the preaching, you can follow the Bereans' example. Once they ascertained that Paul's message was biblical, they received it. Few today hear the heralded message with that ready acceptance and submission. I shudder when I see sleepy, inattentive, careless hearers of God's Word. These words are life and deaththey are always relevant because they are the words of the One to whom all authority in heaven and earth has been given!
I try to remind my hearers in many of my introductions that they are about to hear the words of their Master. And he expects them to listen and obey. Our people are far better served by such sober introductions than by the clever and often amusing openings that so often lead in to sermons. Can you imagine a herald of Caesar needing to get the people ready to hear Caesar's edict by telling a casual joke or a witty anecdote?
When I teach homiletics to seminary students, I do not allow them to critique each other. That is what I am getting paid to do. The practice of student critiquing is often harmful to them and the speaker, as well as sometimes to their relationship with the speaker. Seminarians need to learn how to hear the Word proclaimedin a deeply sensitive, humbling, and practical way. They should learn to be "quick to listen" and "slow to speak" about the Word of God (James 1:19, which is addressing how we hear and comment on the Wordsee vss. 18-21). This will help them far more in the long run, in my opinion, than making hasty judgments of each other. I could speak also of some of the trifling criticisms I have heard after a stirring message by a candidate for ordination during our presbytery meetings, but I'll relent.
Jesus is our Lord and Redeemer. Paul summarized this relationship to Christ well when he referred to "the God whose I am and whom I serve" (Acts 27:23). We belong to Christ, and therefore we must serve him. When we are conquered by the truth that we belong to Jesus, our lives are utterly changed and we are constrained to serve Jesus. It is Christ's church that I serve. It is Christ's world in which I live. It is Christ's Word that I herald. It is Christ's grace that keeps me living. It is Christ's Spirit that strengthens me. Christ's herald must stay very close to him.
When we preach, it is Christ we are thinking most about. Paul said, "We do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ" (2 Cor. 4:5). He would not invalidate even wrongly motivated preaching, as long as Christ was proclaimed (Phil. 1:15-18).
For Paul, living was simply Christ (Phil. 1 :21). He understood that Jesus, alone, has authority to reign. Every other kingdom is a counterfeit, a usurpationand is doomed to defeat. I, too, should speak as one who knows these things. I should live as one who practices these things. Whatever I do, whether in word or deed, I should do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him (Col. 3:17).
Preachers who forget that they are heralds of Jesus Christ are certain to get off track often. They will be filled with anxiety, intimidation, and weakness at the very moment when they should be bold and powerful. They will search for personally fulfilling ministries, and yet come away empty because a herald is given peace only when he faithfully proclaims the message he was given to proclaim.
We must never forget that a Christ-centered and Christ-empowered message is not produced in a vacuum, out of nothing. To be a herald in whose mind's eye is the sovereign Commissioner, one must live during the week under the same conviction. And that takes faith. We need faith because we are by nature so weak, so hesitant, so fearful of people. May God give each pastor the faith he needs to be Christ's ambassador, an epistle to be read by all. And may he grant all of us faith to hear Christ speaking whenever we hear our pastor herald his Word.
Pastors are commissioned to "preach [herald] the Word" (2 Tim. 4:2). Does this mean that all we should do is repeat the very words sent by God? If preaching were just that, only prophesying or reading Scripture would be true preaching. But there is much called preaching in the New Testament that is not simply repeating the exact words of God. Even the verse just quoted goes on to describe when, where, and how the message is to be heralded: "Be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encouragewith great patience and careful instruction." This description of heralding (and that given throughout the New Testament) means that the preacher is to preach often, being ready and willing to do so at a moment's notice.
Are you ready for this? I am afraid that the way most of us preachers prepare for our messages is largely wrong. I think it is even unbiblical. We spend far too much time in certain areas of study and far too little time in others. Overall, I think we spend far too much time in our academic preparation for preaching. We say we believe in the sufficiency of Scripture. But do we really believe it in reference to the preparation and delivery of our messages? How much time did Jesus, the apostles, Philip, Timothy, and Titus spend in formal sermon preparation?
How much of preparation is prayer? The ministry of prayer was a major part of the apostles' ministries (Acts 6:4). How much of preparation is application? How can a minister preach powerfully on a text he studied the day before? How much of that text has settled down into his own heart and life? How much of preparation is doing the Word? How much of preparation is brokenness and repentance before a God who knows us completely? How much of preparation to preach is the preacher declaring the good news to someone perishing in sin that very week? How much of preaching is, instead, trying to impress others and carrying on a tradition?
I know these questions are weighty and perilous. That is why it takes a whole course in homiletics to probe them. Some are ready to declare what the true form of preaching is. I am not. I wonder if they have gone to the Scriptures and analyzed the many different forms of preaching represented there. Once they do that, they will not be so dogmatic that there is only one proper form of preaching (whether it be the expository, textual, topical, or some other form.)
Certain things characterize all forms of good preaching. The most important requirement is that the message be Bible-based and Christ-centered. Otherwise, it is not a heralding of Christ's Word. Every point should be established from the Word and should point to the Savior. To what degree one broadens out from the Word in application and further examination is not an issue to me, as long as it is relevant to the hearers.
It is vital that we remember why we are preaching. We are preaching in order to save the hearers from sin and to drive them to Christ. We are trying to do them eternal good and preserve them from mortal danger. How can we do so without prayer, passion, and a plan? How can we suppose we are succeeding if our hearers are not held accountable following the message? Christ commissioned us to teach them to obey all that he has commanded (Matt. 28:20). Well, are they observing Christ's commands? What are we doing to help them to that end?
How are we countering the deadening influences of today's culture, which teach Christ's flock not to take our message seriously? What strategies are we employing to make Christ's message more easily remembered? How are we feeding the whole flock, including covenant children? How are we feeding our own families?
In seeking to answer these questions for myself, I have been aided primarily by the Spirit speaking through the Word. But I have found several books very useful as well, some of which I recommend to all preachers:
Dr. Gross is the pastor of Gwynedd Valley OPC in Gwynedd, Pa., and has taught practical theology at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pa. Reprinted from New Horizons, March 1997.


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I know that it is maybe too broad question but please give me at least some guidance. What is the average team size for mobile games like in https://play.google.com/store/apps/category/BRAIN?feature=category-nav
There are quite different by size and complexity games but I just need examples like: Game X was developed by N programmers for M months (or at least "It seems to me that game X will need N programmers for 5 months to be completed").
By "Team size" I mean mostly programmers (but I will really appreciate more info about other specialists that are needed for such project).
To put some context: I am freelance Android and PHP developer working mainly on intranet and b2b systems that are consisted by both android app(s) and server back end. Although I really like this area sometimes it is hard to find new projects. At the same time, every now and then, I receive inquires like "Can you create clone of game X and how long will it take" or "I have this idea for a board/puzzle game, how long it will take?". So far I stay away from such projects but I am really tempted to start/join such project and I will appreciate any helpful information.


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Friday, June 21, makes summer official. Here are a few reminders for folks who work outdoors:
You probably know sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) radiation that causes premature aging of the skin, wrinkles, cataracts, and skin cancer. What are you doing to protect yourself? Four reminders:
Summer heat and humidity can cause heat illness, which is a serious health threat and a safety risk. Take it easy on your first days of work in the heat. Make sure your worksite has potable water and a clean way to dispense it.
Start drinking fluids before you get thirsty. Wear loose-fitting, lightweight clothing and eat light meals before you do strenuous work. If you take medications for a health condition, check with your health-care provider to make sure that you are able to work in higher temperatures.
Take frequent rest breaks when you work in the heat. Rest in the shade – at least five minutes – when you need to cool down. Prolonged work makes it harder to concentrate on what you are doing, which can increase the risk of an accident.
In Oregon, poison oak grows primarily in the western part of the state along roadsides, in uncultivated fields, in wood lots, and in recreation areas. The plant can be a shrub from three to 10 feet high or a woody vine that clings to trees and other shrubs. The leaves look like oak leaves in groups of three on a common stem.
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As soon as you know you are exposed, thoroughly wash the exposed skin with soap and lots of cold water, followed by rubbing alcohol or a solution of water and alcohol in equal proportions to remove unabsorbed urushiol. Don't bathe to remove urushiol because you will contaminate more of your body. Wash contaminated clothing separately. Never burn poison oak; burning transports the oil on smoke particles, which cause severe reparatory irritation.
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In my Crimson Romance, Shot Through the Heart Laramie and Derrick have not only a bad guy to contend with—her brother Lawrence is stalking them, and he's also set a forest fire to try and kill them.
The trail into the valley wasn't nearly as frightening as the Big Misty side, but it still wound down a narrow and steep path. Laramie's sore body screamed to collapse by the time they reached the bottom. Derrick led the way to a copse of aspens on the higher western side, dismounted, and before she could get down, moved to lift her off the paint.
Legs shaking, Laramie held onto the horse's mane determined not to show weakness. Derrick kept his hands on her middle, for which she was grateful. Her shirt had ridden up a little on her left side, and his palm warmed her bare skin.
He led her to a fallen log and helped her sit. "Rest while I unsaddle Apache. I'll make camp in a bit." Laramie wished she had the strength to help, but all she could manage was a nod.
He un-tacked the paint and laid their meager supplies near her. "Are you warm enough?"
She shook her head.
Rummaging through the stuff on the packsaddle, he found a denim shirt and helped her slip it on. "Wear this."
Tears welled in her eyes at his kindness. He had to be bone-weary, too. Yet, he took time to tend to her. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. I need to block the trail. Don't worry, I won't be long." He mounted the gray and rode back the way they'd come.
Laramie watched him ride through the valley like some hero out of an old western movie. But this was no movie, this was all too real. Clouds still obliterated the sun—although the rain had stopped—and a dark cloud of smoke blew across the valley. Just enough light filtered through so Laramie could see her surroundings.
As Derrick promised, the valley was about the size of two football fields, rimmed on all sides by sheer, red cliffs. Deep grass and white-barked aspens offered shelter along the west side. The valley made an ideal corral for the cattle. A waterfall filled a big lake.
A tranquil setting.
I will give one e-copy of Shot Through the Heart to a commenter!
Falling in love with romance novels the summer before sixth grade, D'Ann Lindun never thought about writing one until many years later when she took a how-to class at her local college. She was hooked! She began writing and never looked back. Romance appeals to her because there's just something so satisfying about writing a book guaranteed to have a happy ending. D'Ann's particular favorites usually feature cowboys and the women who love them. This is probably because she draws inspiration from the area where she lives, Western Colorado, her husband of twenty-nine years and their daughter. Composites of their small farm, herd of horses, five Australian shepherds, a Queensland heeler, ten ducks and cats of every shape and color often show up in her stories!
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Trying to Define the Opportunity for Commerce on Facebook
Earlier this week, we wrote about how Payvment had launched a Facebook Mall, where consumers can shop among 50,000 retailers and add items to a single shopping cart.
The day the mall went live, Payvment said its customers' sales quadrupled, compared to sales when they were limited to a shopping tab on their individual fan pages.
Now, Payvment's competitor, Adgregate Markets, which also helps brands build storefronts on Facebook, is releasing data that helps define the size of the opportunity for e-commerce on Facebook.
In a study commissioned by Adgregate and conducted with the help of Webtrends, Adgregate looked at the impact of Facebook fan pages on traditional e-commerce sites.
To be sure, the idea of social commerce is so new, it's difficult to give too much weight to early studies like these, but because everything on the topic is unknown, it's worth taking the data into consideration.
Generally, what Adgregate found was that Facebook was generating a ton of visits to brands' Facebook pages, providing an opportunity to convert the traffic into sales, especially as brands see visits to their traditional web sites shrink.
The study highlighted one example. Delta Airlines recently enabled customers to book tickets directly on its Facebook page. While traffic to Delta's site lost more than a million unique visitors over a three month period, its Facebook page gained more than a 1,000 new fans.
The study analyzed the unique visits to the websites of the Fortune 100 as well as their Facebook fan pages.
- From Adgregate's customer base, the study makes a number of conclusions:
• Following the launch of a Facebook store, wall posts generate on average 1,673 percent spikes in store traffic.
• Facebook stores on average generate a 17 percent social engagement rate (merchandise "likes" and "shares" per visitor).
• Facebook stores generated on average 5.9 pages views per visit.
• Facebook commerce conversion rates range from 2 to 4 percent, which is on par with e-Commerce websites.
• Average order value of $104 with 24 percent growth month-over-month (although this largely is dependent upon retail vertical).


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Obama's address on Afghanistan was a notable political success. The tone was terse and confident. The plan calls for faster force reductions than the military wants, but slower than much of the country would like--a position that is easy to cast as a responsible middle way. And the president is keeping the promise he made when announcing the surge at the end of 2009, with the withdrawal of the 33,000 extra troops starting now, and complete not just by the end of 2012 but in time for the election.
The underlying philosophy outline in the address also strikes me as right.
[T]onight, we take comfort in knowing that the tide of war is receding. Fewer of our sons and daughters are serving in harm's way. We've ended our combat mission in Iraq, with 100,000 American troops already out of that country. And even as there will be dark days ahead in Afghanistan, the light of a secure peace can be seen in the distance. These long wars will come to a responsible end.
As they do, we must learn their lessons. Already this decade of war has caused many to question the nature of America's engagement around the world. Some would have America retreat from our responsibility as an anchor of global security, and embrace an isolation that ignores the very real threats that we face. Others would have America over-extended, confronting every evil that can be found abroad.
We must chart a more centered course. Like generations before, we must embrace America's singular role in the course of human events. But we must be as pragmatic as we are passionate; as strategic as we are resolute. When threatened, we must respond with force -- but when that force can be targeted, we need not deploy large armies overseas. When innocents are being slaughtered and global security endangered, we don't have to choose between standing idly by or acting on our own. Instead, we must rally international action, which we're doing in Libya, where we do not have a single soldier on the ground, but are supporting allies in protecting the Libyan people and giving them the chance to determine their own destiny.
"...as pragmatic as we are passionate." A difficult balance to strike, obviously, but right nonetheless. The characteristic emphasis on pragmatism--on balancing ends and means--is surely correct.
Politics and underlying approach aside, however, I question the wisdom of the details on Afghanistan.
Completing the withdrawal of the surge forces by September 2012 will undermine US and allied effectiveness in that summer's fighting season. It would have made a big difference to delay that phase of the withdrawal until the end of the year. It would be disappointing, though not very surprising, if electoral timing had settled that discussion.
More generally, there is still a lack of clarity over the administration's goals in Afghanistan. The two contending strategies--counterinsurgency and counterterrorism--involve very different outcomes. Does the administration think that by time time US forces are drawn all the way down, the counterinsurgency mission will be accomplished? Or is it pivoting to a counterterrorism strategy regardless? Perhaps even a sustained and amply resourced COIN was doomed to fail in any event: reasonable people can disagree about that. Perhaps CT with its far more limited goals was the better approach all along. But going forward, which is it? As Anthony Cordesman and Adam Mausner say:
The United States should not promote a comprehensive COIN strategy and then under resource it. Nor should U.S. leaders enact a CT strategy and expect all the results that only a COIN strategy can achieve.
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Squirrels Dancing to Michael Jackson Is Why the Internet Was Invented [VIDEO]
Michael Jackson has been dead for over two years, but his amazing legacy of song and dance lives on in this video of squirrels boogie-ing to the King of Pop's all-time party-starting jam 'Don't Stop Tll You Get Enough.'
Yes, this video is heavily edited. So much so that we are surprised none of the squirrels has been digitally altered to wear a white glove or parachute pants.
Still, that doesn't take away from the fact that squirrels dancing to Michael Jackson makes the world a better place. Check it out below, and remember what the SOPA protesters are fighting for.
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Liverpool edge Swansea in 7 goal thriller
Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson scored two goals apiece as Liverpool registered...
Chandler Catanzaro hit a 37-yard field goal as time expired as No. 14 Clemson Tigers took a thrilling 25-24 win over ninth-ranked LSU Tigers in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Tajh Boyd guided Clemson (11-2) to three scoring drives in the fourth quarter,
including a 10-play, 60 yard drive with 1:39 left in the game. He went 35-
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DeAndre Hopkins had both touchdown catches and gained 190 yards on 13 catches,
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Clemson moved to 17-18 in bowl matchups.
Jeremy Hill had touchdown runs in the first minute of the first and third
quarter and totaled 125 yards on 12 carries for LSU (10-3), which has lost its
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Zach Mettenberger was 14-for-23 for 109 yards, one touchdown and one
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Floor vote protects measure to restore COLA benefits from filibuster
By a 94-0 vote, the U.S. Senate moved forward in passing legislation that would restore cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) benefits that were stripped from military retirees by a bill that Congress passed in December.
The vote taken on S. 1963, introduced by Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., makes the measure eligible for a floor vote in the Senate and protects it against filibusters.
The U.S. Senate took advantage of an excellent opportunity to show its support for America's military retirees, American Legion National Commander Daniel M. Dellinger said. Lawmakers showed strong solidarity in moving forward on the bill, which would repeal military pension cuts set to be imposed over the next decade after a congressional budget compromise was struck just before the Christmas holidays.
If enacted, S. 1963, would repeal Section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. This section reduces COLA benefits for military retirees under age 62, at a rate of 1 percent annually over a decade.
Dellinger said he understood why the Senate overwhelmingly approved Pryor's bill. "It's a very succinct piece of legislation that can eliminate these unfair and ill-conceived COLA cuts. Both parties created this problem, and both parties demonstrated today that they are capable of decisive, bipartisan action when it comes to honoring its promises to America's veterans."
The measure gives the Senate a chance to act separately on the military COLA cuts, rather than deal with them as one of many issues included in a more comprehensive bill (S.1982) introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. "While The American Legion is greatly pleased by the Senate's actions today, we are going to hold Congress to its word on this matter," Dellinger said. "Anything less than a full repeal is a breach of faith with our military servicemembers, retirees and their families


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THE Sydney socialite Oliver Peter Curtis was charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit insider trading, two years after his former best friend John Hartman pleaded guilty to insider trading offences that led to a prison sentence.
The charges relate to an alleged agreement between the two where Mr Curtis allegedly traded on the basis of inside information Hartman possessed about the trading intentions of his employer, Orion Asset Management.
According to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in return for providing the insider information, it is alleged Mr Curtis provided Hartman with a share of the profits in the form of cash and "by using the funds to purchase items for Mr Hartman".
Mr Curtis is the son of the Sydney businessman Nick Curtis, a founder of Sino Resources and the executive chairman of the rare earths miner Lynas Corp.
Mr Curtis works with his father at a corporate advisory firm, Riverstone Advisory.
Hartman, the son of the prominent Sydney obstetrician Keith Hartman, was sentenced to three years' jail after pleading guilty to related, and unrelated, insider trading offences in April 2010.
Hartman, who had previously enjoyed luxury cars and gambling trips to Las Vegas, was sent to jail in a form of protective custody for volunteering to give evidence against Mr Curtis.
ASIC alleges that Mr Curtis traded on 45 separate occasions between May 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, making a total profit of $1 million.
According to a release from ASIC on Tuesday, Mr Curtis was granted bail "on a number of conditions" and the matter will return to court on March 26.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of five years' jail.
In sentencing Hartman, Justice Peter McClellan wrote plainly about Mr Curtis's involvement in receiving inside information, then trading in a financial product called contracts for difference.
"[Hartman] communicated this inside information for the purpose of Mr Curtis using the information to acquire and thereafter dispose of … CFDs [contracts for difference]," Justice McClellan wrote.
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Did you know that one in four Canadians are living with diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes or pre-diabetes? That's a finding of the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA). And, according to the same organization, by 2020, one in three Canadians will be living with diabetes.
In Ontario, as of 2013, roughly 1.3 million people have been diagnosed with this complex chronic illness (the CDA thinks this number could rise to 1.9 million by 2020), which is estimated to cost the health-care system millions annually.
Nurses have a key role to play in the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes. Management of the disease is especially important because diabetes can lead to numerous complications, including kidney, eye and nerve issues.
One of the more troubling complications of this disease is the risk of developing a foot ulcer. In fact, more than 10 per cent of people living with diabetes are likely to face this fate if their condition is left unchecked.
Foot ulcers are sores below the ankle that don't heal on their own and that increase the risk of infection. If they are left not treated, foot ulcers may lead to amputations. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), diabetes was linked to more than 2,000 foot amputations from 2011-12, many of which "could have been avoided if proper wound care management and prevention had been in place."
Complications such as amputations, in turn, lead to lost income, longer hospital stays, and the need for special therapy. Compromised wounds are also burdensome to the health-care system, CIHI says.
RNAO recognizes this as an area for action, and has developed two best practice guidelines (BPG) related to improving care for those with the chronic illness: Assessment and Management of Pressure Injuries for the Interprofessional Team (currently in its third edition) and Reducing Foot Complications for People with Diabetes, which was revised in 2011.
In 2012, Assessment and Management of Foot Ulcers for People with Diabetes was adopted by the Council of the Federation (CoF), which is comprised of Canada's premiers and territorial leaders. The CoF, acting on advice contained in a report from its Health-Care Innovation Working Group, agreed to implement the guideline across the country. The working group agreed that ulcers and amputations can be prevented with education, monitoring and early treatment.
Consistent care is also vital. To help pave the way for standardized diabetic foot ulcer care, organizations such as St. Joseph's Health Care Hamilton, Red Cross Care Partners, Kingston's Hotel Dieu Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, Richmond Hill's Mackenzie Health, and Mississauga's Trillium Health Partners have implemented one (or both) of the BPGs.
Other RNAO guidelines that deal directly with diabetes care include: Assessment and Management of Venous Leg Ulcers, Best Practice Guideline for the Subcutaneous Administration of Insulin in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers and Strategies to Support Self-Management in Chronic Conditions: Collaboration with Clients.
RNAO believes RNs and other health-care professionals can help lower the number of Canadians living with this chronic disease by arming themselves with up-to-date, reliable information and notifying their patients on how to manage their condition with evidence-based care and know how.


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I suppose that's one way to promote donations to wildlife care? Honestly I love animals but your odd tactics kinda make me want to throw a bunch of plastic 6-pack holders into the water for animals to get caught in just to spite you. That makes me sad and angry. You're actions are making me a shitty person, thanks a bunch.
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Earlier this week, we shared breaking news about Seagate selling 1,800 Trojan-horse-infected Maxtor hard drives at retail. I checked in with the company to learn the details, and see if they busted the perp. The official word:
The internal investigation by the contract manufacturer determined that the virus was accidentally transferred by one of its employees and not a malicious act.
But accident, schmaccident: Seagate is taking some severe prevention measures to keep this from happening again, including extra anti-virus software—and metal detectors. The situation was more widespread than we originally knew, and anyone with a Maxtor Basics drive should probably read on.
Reuters reported that it was a Seagate disk discovered in Taiwan, but the truth is, the Maxtor Basics 3200 (aka PS 3200) is available all over the world, and the infected lot made its way to many regions including China, Russia and the Middle East. Our source confirmed that the problem was discovered internally almost two months ago, and only boiled over last week when the Taiwanese government got mad at China:
In late September, Seagate discovered that a virus had been introduced to one of our retail products from one contract manufacturer. Seagate put an immediate stop to the production line and quarantined the facility until we could confirm that all drives leaving the factory were free of the virus.
People who bought PS 3200s can download a free version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 on the Seagate PS3200 support page.
Maxtor explains that the extent of damage of the Chinese-made Trojan-horse was minor:
Investigation…showed it was a threat to gaming passwords only and that a virus scan…would rid the drive—and any system attached to it—of the virus. Also, there have been some references to the virus deleting MP3s. Although it is a minor inaccuracy, this is also incorrect. The original suspicion out of Kaspersky Labs was that MP3s were being deleted by the virus, but tests have since proved that it does not.
As I mentioned, Seagate is claiming that the whole thing was an accident, and wasn't the deliberate act of someone who really really wanted Chinese gaming passwords. Nevertheless, the company has share with us its new prevention measures, which seem likely to keep the genuinely malicious from pulling off a virtual heist in the future:
• Test software verifies that each PS 3200 unit contains no files in the root directory and no files are hidden in the system files. The PS 3200 product line does not ship with any software.
• The PS 3200 test procedure has been updated to run each unit through three separate anti-virus software applications (Norton, McAfee, and Kaspersky Labs). Previously testing was conducted with one anti-virus application.
• Seagate has strictly limited employees access to the test PCs; all employees must now pass through metal detectors.
Metal detectors sound pretty hardcore, but I for one am satisfied. Hopefully other companies with similar manufacturing vulnerabilities will learn from Seagate's little misadventure. [Maxtor Basics 3200]