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Windows Shadow Volumes
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Volume Shadow Copy Service
Windows has included the Volume Shadow Copy Service in it's releases since Windows XP. The Shadow Copy Service creates differential backups periodically to create restore points for the user. Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions include tools to work with and manage the Volume Shadow Copy Service, including the ability to mount shadow volumes on disk images.
In Windows 8 the shadow volumes seem to have been superseded by File History. For now it looks like it uses similar structures as its predecessors.
Also see
External Links
How to analyze Shadow Volumes
- VISTA and Windows 7 Shadow Volume Forensics, by Rob Lee, October 2008
- Accessing Volume Shadow Copies, by Harlan Carvey, January 2011
- A Little Help with Volume Shadow Copies, by Corey Harrell, April 2011
- Volume Shadow Copy with ProDiscover, May 2011
- Shadow Timelines And Other VolumeShadowCopy Digital Forensics Techniques with the Sleuthkit on Windows, by Rob Lee, September 2011
- Examining Volume Shadow Copies – The Easy Way!, by Simon Key, June 2012
- Getting Ready for a Shadow Volume Exam, by Jimmy Weg, June 2012
- Mounting Shadow Volumes, by Jimmy Weg, July 2012
- Examining the Shadow Volumes with X-Ways Forensics, by Jimmy Weg, July 2012
- "Weg, I'm afraid that I don't have VMware. How do I Examime Shadow Volumes?", by Jimmy Weg, August 2012
Shadow Volumes in depth
- Reliably recovering evidential data from Volume Shadow Copies in Windows Vista and Windows 7, by James Crabtree and James Crabtree, 2010
- Into The Shadows and Presentation, by Lee Whitfield, April 2010
- Volume Shadow Snapshot format, by the libvshadow projects, March 2011
- File History Services, by Kenneth Johnson, June 2012
VSC Toolset
- More VSCs, by Harlan Carvey, January 2011
- HowTo: Mount and Access VSCs, by Harlan Carvey, September 2011
- Ripping Volume Shadow Copies – Introduction, by Corey Harrell, January 2012
- Ripping VSCs – Practitioner Method, by Corey Harrell, February 2012
- Ripping VSCs – Practitioner Examples, by Corey Harrell, February 2012
- Ripping VSCs – Developer Method, by Corey Harrell, February 2012
- Ripping VSCs – Developer Examples, by Corey Harrell, February 2012
- Examining VSCs with GUI Tools, by Corey Harrell, February 2012
- VSC Toolset: A GUI Tool for Shadow Copies, by Jason Hale, March 2012
- EnCase with VSS Examiner Enscript (available from the downloads section of the GSI Support Portal)
- libvshadow
- ProDiscover
- ShadowExplorer
- VSC Toolset
- X-Ways Forensics


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Tonight's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Victorino, cf; Utlley, 2b; Howard, 1b; Burrell, lf; Werth, rf; Feliz, 3b; Ruiz, c; Hamels, p.
Close is fine in horseshoes but not baseball. Fell behind too far last night but this team keeps battling and had a chance to tie or win in the last of the ninth.
Six games left before the All-Star break and we need to kick in gear. We're really scuffling at Citizens Bank Park, having lost 8 of the last 10. Fan support is awesome and the passion is felt every day but right now we can't seem to put things together.
Phillies Tradition
Chase Utley is going to continue the tradition of having a Phillies player in the State Farm Home Run Derby next Monday night in Yankee Stadium. Jim Thome, Bobby Abreu and Ryan Howard (twice) have been involved since 2004.
Notice all are left-handed hitters. Yankee Stadium's right field foul pole is 314 feet which could be to Chase's advantage.
Pressure isn't on Chase, it is on catching instructor Mick Billmeyer, who is replacing Ramon Henderson as the pitcher for the Phillies. Ramon had done the previous four and done ii well.
If you haven't read Ken Mandel's HR Derby story on this site:
Backing Burrell
We've started a campaign to get Pat Burrell elected to the All-Star team. Some of the details are covered in Mandel's story:
In addition, the Cira Center in Philadelphia is illuminating Pat's #5 tonight and tomorrow night, PECO Crown Lights will encourage voting, Ballgirls will visit center city workers during the lunch hour, Publicist John Brazer is doing a radio station blitz, eight digital billboards in the area are promoting voting today through Thursday, t-shirts will be given to fans in the first row of the left field stands today, tomorrow and Thursday, e-mails are being distributed constantly, the Phillies minor league clubs are promoting "Go To Bat For Pat" and all Phillies employees were allowed a 15-minute break from their chores this afternoon to vote.
If you called during that break and I didn't answer, you why.
Visitor Von
Von Hayes stopped by Citizens Bank Park last night with his son, Connor. Von is the manager of the Lancaster Barnstormers in the independent Atlantic League. Rick Wise is his pitching coach. The Barnstomers had a night off.
Roster changes are frequent in that league. One day, Von was down to nine position players. So, he placed himself on the active roster, but never played that night. "I'm the only manager ever to sign himself and release himself," Von laughed.
When things didn't go well for the Phillies in the first inning, there were some boos. "I know what that sound sounds like," he said.
National TV
ESPN tomorrow night for those fans around the country (CSN in Philly area).
Myers Report
"Decent outing that seemed to help his confidence. Used his fastball (89-94) more, especially early and pitched inside well with it. Third and fourth time thru the order used his curve more which showed sharp action," Rod Nichols, LV pitching coach after Brett's second start last night.
Myers' next start is Saturday night in Reading.
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Well I have been voting like crazy for Pat the last several days and put multiple links on my blog for people to vote; although, I still think he should have been in there to begin with! Really looking forward seeing Chase in the Home Run Derby! I will be there (my first time going!), camera in hand, snapping away :o) I hope Chase has some fun with it!

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Urge Congress to demand the Nuclear Regulatory Commission enforce its fire safety regulations and establish a clear, realistic timeline for compliance by all nuclear power reactors.
Nuclear Power
From our blog
- Some pretty good work by Congress on missile defense this year September 18, 2019
- "More Nukes" Will Not Make Anyone Safer August 26, 2019
- Why Did the Pentagon Conduct a Treaty-Violating Test? August 21, 2019
What's at Stake
The Fukushima disaster of 2011 showed what can happen when a nuclear power plant's safety systems fail. The US nuclear industry responded with familiar reassurances that it can't happen here.
We know better. Nuclear accidents can happen here—but they don't have to.
Enforcing fire and earthquake regulations, addressing flood risks, and safer storage for nuclear waste are just a few of the ways we can help prevent nuclear accidents.
Since its founding in 1969, UCS has served as a nuclear safety watchdog. We focus on ensuring that existing reactors meet current safety standards set by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and that the NRC enforces those standards.
You can help. Check out our action alerts, visit our citizen resource center, and speak up for better-regulated nuclear power in the United States. Together we can make this important low-carbon energy source as safe as possible.
Safety Issues
While the probability of a nuclear power accident may be small, the human and environmental consequences of a radiation release can be catastrophic.
Nuclear accidents happen
Floods, fires, and earthquakes can combine with aging facilities and error-prone humans in devastating ways. Adequate understanding of these issues, along with significant safety upgrades and consistent oversight, can help safeguard the US public.
Learn more about preventing nuclear accidents >
Waste should be safely stored
Nuclear fuel emits radiation long after it's done powering a reactor. Securing a long-term waste repository—and transferring fuel currently held in cooling pools to dry casks—is essential for long-term public safety.
Learn more about handling nuclear waste >
Security matters
Reactors and waste storage facilities make inviting targets for terrorists—but adopting robust security measures could help prevent an attack.
Learn more about nuclear power security >
The NRC must do more
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is charged with regulating commercial nuclear power in the United States. UCS has been advocating for better NRC enforcement of safety regulations for decades—but more must be done to make nuclear power safer.
Learn more about the NRC and other safety actors >
Boiling water with fission
The basic principle behind a nuclear reactor is simple: the heat produced by a controlled nuclear reaction is used to create steam pressure that drives a power-generating turbine.
But the technology required to implement this principle efficiently and safely is enormously complex. The fission chain reaction must be maintained at the correct rate and quickly adjusted or stopped when necessary. Water temperature and pressure must be carefully controlled. And elaborate, redundant cooling systems are needed to prevent nuclear fuel from overheating, which can lead to a meltdown.
Learn more about how nuclear power works >
PWR vs BWR
Different reactor designs approach these requirements in different ways. About two-thirds of operating US reactors are pressurized water reactors (PWRs); the rest are boiling water reactors (BWRs). Both BWRs and PWRs heat ordinary water with nuclear fuel, driving turbines that generate power.
New designs
Several new reactor designs have been proposed in the United States and elsewhere. These include "small modular reactors" which proponents claim are safer and more cost-effective, but which introduce their own issues. Thorium-fueled reactors have also been proposed, though they lack clear overall advantages.
Regional Work
Concerned about nuclear safety in your neighborhood? Assembled by experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists, our interactive nuclear power database details the safety record of every commercial nuclear reactor in the United States. You can find comprehensive, up-to-date information on fire protection problems, flooding and earthquake risks, recent near-misses, and other nuclear safety issues affecting individual plants and reactors near your community—or view how these issues affect the nuclear fleet as a whole.
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Celebrating One Hundred Years of Collecting Asian Art
One hundred years ago, in 1913, the noted collector Charles Lang Freer made gifts of the first Asian artworks to enter the collection of the Smith College Museum of Art. This exhibition commemorates this centennial anniversary by highlighting the Museum's holdings of Asian art. It also announces SCMA's renewed commitment to developing this important part of its collection, recognizing Smith College's increasingly international scope and growing strength in Asian studies.
The collection of Asian art that has taken shape over the past century reflects the evolving aspirations for Smith's museum as well as the engagement of the College and its alumnae and friends with Asia's diverse countries and their rich cultures and history. Built largely through gifts, it is in many ways a collection of collections, telling the stories of the passion and experience of numerous collectors and their commitment to providing Smith students with the opportunity to study and learn directly from original works of art. The Museum's renewed focus on non-Western art in the last ten years and recent gifts, particularly of Asian art created since the 1950s, have significantly enriched the collection. This history of institutional collecting is examined in a new catalogue of highlights from the Asian collection.
Catalogue Introduction by Jessica Nicoll, SCMA Director and Louise Ines Doyle '34 Chief Curator
This project is made possible by the generous support of the Louisa Stude Sarofim 1995 Charitable Trust and The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, both through the initiative of Louisa Stude Sarofim '58, and the General Art Fund. Additional support for educational programming is provided by the Carlyn Steiner '67 and George Steiner Endowed Fund, in honor of Joan Smith Koch.
Collecting Art of Asia is installed in galleries located on three floors of the Museum and includes Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and South and Southeast Asian art from the permanent collection,
as well as promised gifts.
Image: Sopheap Pich. Born Cambodia, 1971. Seated Buddha—Abhaya Mudra. 2012. Bamboo, rattan, wire, plywood. Purchased with the Dorothy C. Miller, class of 1925, Fund. Photograph by Sopheap Pich.


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People who conduct a lot of dealings online know the following conundrum quite well: building up a good reputation on one service doesn't mean that anyone will care once you buy or sell something on a different site. And what about services that don't have feedback ratings built in—how are you supposed to know that the person you're buying from is trustworthy? That's a problem that a new startup wants to address with the public beta of its web site rolled out this week, called TrustPlus.
TrustPlus acts as a centralized feedback service that allows users to create profiles and enter all relevant contact information for different services—eBay, Facebook, LinkedIn, various e-mail addresses, Backpage, and gumtree, to name a few. The service will then allow other Internet users to read and leave feedback by searching for any of those identifiers. "We believe reputation is something that needs to be horizontal," TrustPlus CEO Shawn Broderick told the Associated Press. "If I'm a good buyer on eBay, that should be reflected when I'm on Craigslist."
Users can also invite their friends and family members to join, which then forms an "inner circle of trust" that somehow gets calculated into their trust scores. "By leveraging the collective wisdom of the community and its six-degrees-of-separation, TrustPlus provides each individual with customized information about who to trust in any given scenario," says the company.
Broderick represents TrustPlus as a revolutionary and centralized source for building an online reputation, but the service has a long way to go before growing into those shoes. For one, it's entirely dependent upon... well, people actually using it. Until TrustPlus builds some momentum and a larger online presence, the majority of people on eBay and Craigslist aren't going to know to go there. It's also not integrated into any of these services and doesn't appear to pull feedback left on other sites—instead, it allows people to search for your TrustPlus reputation score based on your identifiers from various services. If they want to actually read the feedback left for you on eBay (and not TrustPlus), they must go to eBay.
Like most new web services, TrustPlus won't be anything to anyone without a lot of people using it. One way to gain that audience would be to partner up with a large commerce site—like eBay—to offer TrustPlus ratings alongside eBay ratings. Unless one of the major players in consumer-to-consumer e-commerce decides that it wants in on TrustPlus, that "inner circle of trust" is likely to remain mighty small.


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Jasmine Hoffman has been awarded the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Georgia Chapter's Champion award in recognition of her outstanding volunteer work.
The award recognizes a member who has significantly contributed to the chapter's success and is given monthly or when appropriate. Hoffman was presented with a certificate and inscribed pen at the chapter's monthly meeting recently.
"I've been a PRSA member for more than eight years, and I can tell you that it has been the single most valuable resource for networking and professional development in my career," Hoffman said.
Hoffman is the director of communications for Emory University's School of Nursing, where she leads external and internal communications for the top-ranked nursing school in Georgia. Prior to joining Emory, she was the public relations manager for the University of Pittsburgh's $2 billion fundraising campaign. She earned a B.A. in public relations from the University of Alabama and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and received her APR (Accredited in Public Relations designation) in 2010.
Hoffman has participated on the Real World PR Speaker Recruitment Team for the past three years and is serving as the team leader this year. Previously, she served on the Awards Celebration-Silent Auction Committee and as an APR instructor for the University of Georgia's entry-level accreditation program.


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The last person I spoke to before Kellyanne Conway took the stage was Tom from NC
A bit later I spoke to Martin and Peyton (at least that what the names sounded like to me on the video) from Hillsdale College
As you can tell this interview was before I interviewed the young people before the president's speech
DaTechGuy at CPAC 2017 (all videos not blogged about yet here). Be aware that due to the sheer volume of videos to upload if I interviewed you it might be days before you see it here
Voices of CPAC 2017 Kid with Lid and Paris on DaTechGuy's Midnight Court Parts 1 & 2
Voices of CPAC 2017 Jen from WA and Jeff from PA
Voices of CPAC 2017 Patrick Howley on DaTechGuy's Midnight Court
Voices of CPAC 2017 Michelle from PA and Carla from PA
Voices of CPAC 2017 Susan from Dallas , Robert from MD and Donna Marie Fred from Ohio on DaTechGuy's Midnight Court
Voices of CPAC 2017 Phil from VA and Michelle from VA
Voices at CPAC 2017 Niger Innis and Donald Scoggins at the Roy Innis Luncheon
Voices of CPAC 2017 Amelia Hamilton, Andrew Langer & GOP candidate
Voices of CPAC 2017 Paul, Fawad and the point the left is missing (with Stacy McCain)
Voices of CPAC 2017 Justin & Connor & How DaTechGuy's Midnight Court Came About (It involves Stacy McCain & Beer)
A Historic CPAC Catholic 1st Exactly when I needed it
Voices at CPAC 2017 Two Rons and a Patricia
Voices of the Cannoli deprived at CPAC 2017 Scottie Neil Hughes
Voices at CPAC 2017 Evan Sayet A Deplorable Mind before and after
DaTechguy Meets Students TBS & Fake news at Donald Trump's CPAC 2017 Speech
Voices of CPAC 2017 Author Matt Margolis On DaTechGuy's Midnight Court
Voices of CPAC 2017 Tom Wenzel of EWTN & Alberto Calamaro of Radio Maria
The Media Narrative Hunt at CPAC
Voices of CPAC 2017 Donald Trump Single lines from CPAC speech as he makes them
Voices of CPAC 2017 the Indefatigable Kira Innis
Voices of Cpac 2017 Steve & Shen, Ed Morrissey of Hotair and a Kellyanne Conway Cannoli Story
Voices of CPAC 2017 Radio Row Sharon Angle & Rick Trader Daria Novak & Frank Vernuccio
CPAC 2017 Photos & Brief videos from the Sean Hannity Taping
Voices at CPAC 2017 Advocates: Melissa of Able Americans, Matt of American Majority
Voices at CPAC 2017 Yvonne (from almost #NeverTrump to Evangelical Coordinator) & Michael
Voices of CPAC 2017 Joe on Life behind the Berlin Wall
Voices at CPAC 2017 Liz a Cook County Republican (and Kasich delegate)
CPAC 2017 First Interviews Theresa an Attendee and Rob Eno of Conservative Review
Some Quick pre-cpac video and thoughts
There is plenty more from CPAC coming over the next couple of weeks, but what is also going to be coming are a lot of hospital bills and debt from work that both my wife and I are going to be missing because of the complications from her "routine" surgery.
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Mark James will take a two shot lead into the final round of the ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship after battling the elements at De Vere Slaley Hall in Northumberland.
The 1999 Ryder Cup Captain carded a level par 72 for a five under par total of 139, but he will face a stern challenge from defending champion Andrew Oldcorn, who conjured a magnificent three under par 69 to join Swede Anders Forsbrand in second place on three under.
Heavy rain on Friday, which returned intermittently during Saturday's play, had caused the Championship to be reduced to 54 holes, and it made playing conditions extremely challenging on the Hunting Course, forcing James to use all of his experience to plot his way around.
The 58 year old, chasing his first European Senior Tour title in three years, opened with a birdie on the second hole but gave that shot back with a bogey on the third. After a steady run of pars before the turn he then birdied the 11th and 13th holes to briefly move to seven under par and open up a four stroke lead over the field.
However the 18-time European Tour winner struggled with the water-affected greens on the way in and three-putted both the 14th and 18th from long range to drop back to five under par.
"It was a shame to three-putt the last, but it was so difficult out there today so 72 is a really good score," said James. "I played reasonably. It's so difficult hitting the ball off sodden fairways and putting off sodden greens. You don't know what is going to happen. There is a lot of guesswork going on.
"You really are guessing how a ball is going to come off a fairway, or what it will do on a long putt. You actually don't know what will happen.
"I found a nice dry bit on the second and felt quite confident, then I found a wet bit on the third and had a difficult chip on to a waterlogged green. It was like that all day really, so the conditions were difficult.
"I don't think I could do much better than 72 in these conditions."
Oldcorn completed a PGA double last year when he added the PGA Seniors Championship to the PGA Championship he won on The European Tour ten years previously and the Scot boosted his chances of defending the title with a superb round.
A bogey on the ninth, his closing hole, was the only blemish of the day for Oldcorn, who won by nine shots 12 months ago. He will start two shot behind James this time, but is firmly in contention after the lowest round of the day.
"I think that round was pretty exceptional," said Oldcorn. "I hit it beautifully on the range, and I knew it was going to be a tough day for everybody but I played really well. I still felt as though I left a few out there.
"I took the decision to change my putter and I still missed one or two but I had 31 putts. I was disappointed to miss the six footer on the last, but overall I played great.
"I can't do any more than I did today. I've put myself in a good position to retain the title. If I play as well as I did today I have got a chance. I've put myself right back in the tournament and it will be nice to put a bit of pressure on Mark tomorrow."
Forsbrand, the six-time European Tour Champion, fired three birdies and two bogeys in a one under par round of 71 as he chases a maiden Senior Tour title.
Meanwhile Peter Fowler, the 2011 Senior Tour Order of Merit winner, is one shot further back on two under par 142 following a round of 70. The Australian, who celebrated his 53rd birthday today, had played 12 holes of his second round and picked up a shot on the fourth hole – his 13th – immediately after the restart, but double bogeyed the seventh to lie in fourth place.
"It was a really good start when you have been hanging around, waiting to play for so long," ," said Fowler, who had two knee operations prior to the start of the season.. "I would have been happy to have kept on going yesterday but they have done a fantastic job with the course to make it playable after so much rain.
"It was a bit frustrating then after the birdie on four to double seven, which is one of the easier holes on the course. I'm happy with the way I played though – I'm not too disappointed."
Englishman Andrew Murray made a blistering start to his round with a birdie on the tenth followed by an eagle on the 11th and was four under par with two holes to play, but a double bogey on the eighth meant he signed for a 71 and slipped back to a share of fifth position on one under par.
|Player name
|WESSELINGH, Paul
|FORSBRAND, Anders
|OLDCORN, Andrew
|JAMES, Mark
|CIPA, Steve
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Visually Intriguing Modern Addition for 18th Century Farmhouse
Have a look at this intriguing architectural combo defining a residence in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. Implemented by Philadelphia-based studio Wyant Architecture, the project consists of a modern design addition to an existing 18th century farmhouse. According to the official press release, "the existing house, with its wide plank wood flooring, rustic hearths and intimately scaled rooms was appealing to its new inhabitants, but it lacked the modern spaces and amenities they desired to support a contemporary lifestyle, and offered few connections to the beautiful setting". The new residence meets these objectives by remodeling the existing structures and transforming them into home offices and bedrooms for children. The addition itself accommodates a generous family room and master suite, while acting as a "bridge", directing the inhabitants towards the new outdoor patio. Abounding in natural light and displaying a variety of materials, each room of the house inspires an overall cozy feel.


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Use Geotargeting to Boost ROI on Search Advertising Campaigns
Everyone knows we're in a recession. When companies cut spending, one of the first things to go is often advertising dollars. According to ZenithOptimedia, overall ad spending is expected to decline 8.5 percent this year.
Internet advertising is defying the trend, though, and is expected to increase by more than 10 percent in 2009. And much of that money is being spent in PPC based Search Advertising.
With more advertisers jumping on the Search Advertising bandwagon, it's becoming more difficult to maintain market share online. Search engine marketing, and PPC Search Advertising is perceived as a highly effective use of advertising dollars due to its high ROI, trackability, and ease of entry. As a result, more money is moving from traditional channels to Online Advertising
While that's great for the SEM industry, it means more competition — and sometimes translates into a tougher market for PPC advertisers. Combine the increased competition with low consumer confidence and spending levels, and it often leads to higher cost-per-conversion for advertisers.
Paradoxically, another outcome of the recession is a reduction in search volume, especially in certain verticals such as travel. Fewer consumers searching for products and services means fewer prospects for advertisers.
With more advertiser competition for fewer prospects, it's critical to get creative in finding new pockets of opportunity for online dollars without blowing the metrics out of the water. One such way is by making extensive use of geo-targeted PPC campaigns.
Geo-targeting is an obvious choice for local or regional advertisers who can't, or don't want to, serve a national audience. However, geo-targeting can also be a great choice for national advertisers who want to expand their reach.
Geo-target PPC Campaigns to Key Feeder Markets
Travel clients, in particular, can find success with this by drawing the most, or best, customers. One of the great things about geo-targeting is the ability to bid on general terms that you can't afford on a national basis.
For instance, buying the term "Las Vegas Hotel" on a national scale is pricey, and the ROI may not be all that great. But buying "Las Vegas Hotel" in a three-state region around Vegas can work very well, because those searchers are more likely than average to convert.
Supplement Offline Advertising Campaigns
This is another effective use of geo-targeted PPC. Syncing up an online message with TV, radio, and outdoor campaigns, which are often regional in nature, and repeating the message as closely as possible online in those broadcast markets, is a great way to build brand awareness and help with message recall.
This method works especially well for e-commerce marketers who want to capture searchers early on in the search funnel. General keywords can be used, as well as phrases from the offline creative — many of which would be expensive and/or ineffective on a national basis, but are very targeted on a geo-level.
Promote Online Contests and Giveaways through Geo-targeting
As you can imagine, bidding on "free coupons" and "sweepstakes" nationally costs a fortune. However, bidding on these terms in a single designated marketing area is surprisingly affordable.
Better still, geo-targeting provides a great source of leads for the client from individuals looking for freebies who probably weren't initially seeking out the advertiser's product or service. If you're looking to build an e-mail database of prospects in an inexpensive way, running a geo-targeted online contest that requires an e-mail address to enter can be a very effective way to add to your e-mail database.
Geo-targeted ads also tend to get good quality scores, resulting in lower click costs than can be had on national campaigns. Lower CPCs translates to lower cost per conversion and higher ROI.
If you're faced with a limited PPC budget or want to get in on the action earlier in the search funnel by bidding on general phrases without blowing your budget, consider geo-targeting. All three major PPC engines offer it, and it can definitely be a worthwhile source of PPC leads.


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Steven Frank Pahler
Feb. 6, 1970-Oct. 19, 2011
Livermore, California
Steven Frank Pahler, who taught thousands of Tri-Valley young people and adults to drive through his Precision Driving School, died Oct. 19, 2011 at the age of 41. Steve owned Precision Driving School for 11 years. His family recalled how effectively he worked with students who were scared about learning to drive. He also taught a number of non-English-speaking adults. ?He was so patient when he was teaching,? said his brother, Ryan. ?Although, he did tell us about the times he had to grab the steering wheel on the freeway and take over.? Steve loved to cook, whether it was his specialty, prime rib, or on the barbecue. He always prepared the turkey for Thanksgiving. An avid Oakland Raider fan, his apartment is loaded with Raider memorabilia, including a football autographed by Coach John Madden as well as helmet signed by all of the members of the 2002 Super Bowl squad. In his spare time, he loved to ride his Harley as well as camp and hike. His favorite vacation destination was Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Born Feb. 6, 1970 in Fullerton, CA, Steve moved to Pleasanton in 1984. He was a varsity swimmer and graduated from Foothill High School. He earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He attended Las Positas College and graduated from the Police Academy at Modesto Community College. He is survived by his son, Austin, of Livermore; his mother, Karen Pahler of Pleasanton; his brothers, Ryan Pahler (Kathy) of San Diego and Matt Pahler of Pleasanton; and three nephews, Jakob, Dylan and Luca, of San Diego. His father, Frank Pahler, died in 1993.
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Brian and I go to an Italian conversation group on Sunday nights and tonight is the last class for this session. I wanted to take something to hand out to everyone and I figured what better then these Pignoli - Italian pine nut and almond cookies. Brian loves these cookies and I even love them, and I'm not much of a cookie person at all. These are very light and have no egg yolk or butter in them. And you can't believe how great they are with an espresso until you try them.
For a printer friendly recipe click here
makes about 35 - 40 cookies, depending on the size you make them
- 1-1/4 cups pine nuts (plus more for garnish)
- 1 cup whole raw almonds (not roasted)
- 1/2 cup sugar (8 tablespoons, divided)
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large egg whites, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spread 1-1/4 pine nuts and the almonds on a baking sheet. Toast about 8 minutes. Let cool.
Grind nuts in a food processor with 6 tablespoons sugar until finely ground. Transfer to a large bowl. Add orange zest and salt. Mix thoroughly.
Beat 2 egg whites until fluffy. Gradually add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and the vanila and beat until stiff peaks form. Fold into nut mixture.
Line baking sheets with either Silpat or parchment. Form cookies into balls, about 2 teaspoons each. I use a melon baller and dip it in water when it gets sticky. Flatten cookies slightly. Brush with the last egg white and press a few pine nuts in the top for garnish.
Bake until slightly golden about 14-15 minutes.


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At 148 m high, Commercial Bank Plaza is the ninth tallest building in Qatar. This building is located in the heart of the business area in West Bay. The Servcorp offices occupy the 14th and 15th floors offering great views over the sea and corniche as well as a large reception area, impressive boardrooms and a coworking space.
Commercial Bank Plaza has a stunning blue glass façade and consists of 26 floors providing office space, a prestigious bank branch, restaurant on the 3rd floor, basement parking level and leisure facilities. The tower is equipped with 7 passenger elevators and a service lift.
15 minutes by car from the Doha International Airport.
Ask if they have unique-password, rocket-fast WiFi – For your security.
Ask to be connected to the internet – How long does it take?
Ask if the provider is Tier-1.
Ask to be allowed to check download speeds.
Ask to speak to IT support: Are they in-house or a third party? Are they even in the country?
Ask to be given a phone number so you can try the service before you buy.
Ask for a phone rate card.
Ask to meet your dedicated receptionist. The receptionist is the front line of your business.
Ask about disaster transfer.
Ask if your phone extension can roam at no cost to other locations.
Ask if the wireless internet is secure.
Ask what kind of firewall can be set up for your network.
Ask to see the transparency code of the provider.
Ask if incoming callers can dial '1' for voicemail to mobile.
Ask if you can get free calls equal to your connection amount.
Ask if your phone bill is 20% lower than telco rate.
Within 5 minutes walking distance:
Recommended lunch places:
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My Country Right Or Wrong
September 11th
R. Elsis
Published October 22, 2001
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A Minute By Minute Timeline Of 911
911 Stand Down Math
Censorship In America
one year before he was assassinated,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. summed up what
many feel provoked the September 11th attacks:
The greatest purveyor of violence on the planet,
my own government.
time comes when silence is betrayal.
Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do
not easily assume the task of opposing their government's
policy, especially in time of war.
Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty
against all the apathy of conformist thought within one's
own bosom and in the surrounding world.
The Inner Truth
by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Riverside Church, New York City, April 4th, 1967
I start with the list of questions regarding Tuesday,
September 11, 2001, let me begin by going over a few of
the most obvious points. First, the top 2 cities where
terrorists would most likely strike in the United States
were and still are New York City and Washington D.C. The
top terrorist targets in New York City were the World
Trade Center, and still are the Statue of Liberty, the
Empire State Building and the United Nations. In Washington
D.C. the top targets are the Capital building, the White
House, the Pentagon and the Supreme Court. One thing is
for certain, by going after the capitalistic, political
and military centers you can surely and quickly evoke
a very strong sense of patriotism.
for the real truth, by far the most devastating targets
in the United States are the 103 commercial nuclear plants
that are online today. The number one terrorist target
is Indian Point and its 3 nuclear power plants, 2 of which
are online. What makes Indian Point by far the number
one threat in the United States? First of all, put together,
these 3 nuclear plants have accumulated 65 years worth
of stockpiled highly radioactive waste, which is quite
vulnerably stored. Then factor in the proximity of Indian
Point to New York City. It is only 24 miles north of the
New York City border. Indian Point is surrounded by the
densest concentration of population in the United States,
the northeast corridor.
this, if 1, 2 or maybe 3 of those 4 hijacked Boeing 757
and / or 767 airliners that were full with fuel had hit
Indian Point there would have been approximately 20 million
people contaminated with deadly radiation. Thousands of
square miles of our beautiful Earth would have been poisoned
by the radiation and would be lost forever. With the prevailing
winds west to east, the whole northeast corridor from
New York City to Boston would have been history within
a few hours. By the way, there are 101 other commercial
nuclear power plants like Indian Point that are still
online across the United States today.
Department of Energy has many other nuclear facilities
all across the United States, and is responsible for the
nation's nuclear weapons complexes. This includes almost
60 tons of plutonium in various forms and an unknown amount
of other highly dangerous radioactive wastes. Another
simple mathematical equation for a place in the United
States that is most susceptible to a terrorist attack
via airliner would be the Pantex Nuclear Weapons complex
near Amarillo, Texas.
because the Pantex Nuclear Weapons complex has stockpiled
more than 30 tons of deadly plutonium. This is 50% of
all the plutonium that is stored in the United States.
The plutonium is stored in 1940's, 1950's and 1960's designed
above ground bunkers, which are quite vulnerable to an
attack by a large airliner or airliners that are full
of fuel. By the way, the Pantex Nuclear Weapons complex
is only five miles from the Amarillo International Airport.
Department of Energy analyzes and tests the security of
its own nuclear weapons facilities by conducting simulations
and mock force-on-force exercises, often using United
States military forces as adversaries. According to experts
who have conducted these tests in the past, the government
fails to protect against these attacks more than 50 percent
of the time, although the exact figure is classified.
103 of the United States nuclear power plants that are
online and producing electricity should be shut down today.
Through energy efficiencies we could quickly absorb the
18% of the electricity that is derived from these 103
nuclear plants. We should also shut down every Department
Of Energy facility that deals with nuclear energy. These
nuclear plants and facilities should be guarded at our
highest level of alert.
the way, if we wanted to put our minds to it, within three
years we could be making back that 18% of electricity
by generating it with the cheapest and cleanest way to
create electricity, wind turbines. From start to finish
a huge wind farm can be up and generating electricity
within a year. Shouldn't we be investing in the cheapest
to produce, fastest to market and a renewable source of
energy, on land or offshore, wind turbine farms?
other major targets would be Fort Detrick in Maryland
and Camp 12 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. These
two military complexes are where the United States secretly
stores most of its own biochemical warfare agents.
please keep these 3 very important pieces of information
in mind when you read Questioning September 11th:
the United States will spend more on the military in fiscal
year 2003 than the next 25 biggest countries combined.
The United States will spend at least 396 billion in 2003.
This is more than the second through twenty-sixth countries,
all put together.
the United States government has the highest per capita
incarceration rate of any country in the world. At 2.1
million citizens behind bars, we proportionately have
more of our fellow Americans imprisoned than any other
country on Earth.
the United States Air Force ( USAF ) is by far and away
the most technologically advanced and dominate military
force ever known to man. The USAF simply rules all of
the high ground and if Star Wars isn't stop, or used for
the peaceful purpose of protection from deadly asteroids,
they will also rule the ultimate high ground, the heavens.
forget that everything
Hitler did in Germany was legal.
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that
is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular;
but one must take it because it is right.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The NORAD Press Release of September
19, 2001 is the Smoking Gun
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Avanir Pharmaceuticals Submits European Marketing Authorization Application for NUEDEXTA
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNR) announced today that it has submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) seeking marketing authorization for NUEDEXTA® (dextromethorphan HBr and quinidine sulfate) for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA).
NUEDEXTA was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2010 for the treatment of PBA, a neurologic condition which is characterized by frequent outbursts of involuntary crying or laughing.
The marketing authorization application (MAA) is based on comprehensive clinical data from Avanir's phase 3 studies of NUEDEXTA in patients with PBA, plus data from the company's longer-term safety studies. The MAA filing triggers the initiation of EMA's validation process which is expected to be completed in November. Once the MAA has passed validation, the scientific assessment and opinion review period will take a minimum of 210 days.
"The regulatory submission announced today represents another significant accomplishment for Avanir," said Joao Siffert, MD, senior vice president research and development at Avanir. "PBA affects millions of people across the globe and imposes a significant health burden on those suffering from this condition. The filing of this application with the EMA is an important step toward making NUEDEXTA available for PBA patients in Europe. The European medical community is looking forward to the day when they can offer the only therapeutic specifically approved for treating patients with PBA."
Financial Update
Based on preliminary results for the fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011, Avanir estimates gross revenue for NUEDEXTA of $4.3 million. This represents an approximate increase of 95% over the gross revenue for NUEDEXTA of $2.2 million in the third fiscal quarter of 2011.
In addition, based on preliminary results for the fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011, Avanir estimates that net cash used in operating activities for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2011 was between $13.5 million and $14.5 million, and total operating expenses for the fourth fiscal quarter were between $22.5 million and $23.5 million. Total operating expenses includes start-up costs related to the PRIME study of approximately $1.6 million and non-cash items such as stock-based compensation and depreciation.
As of September 30, 2011, Avanir had cash, cash equivalents and investments in securities totaling approximately $81.8 million, including cash and cash equivalents of approximately $79.5 million and restricted investments in securities of approximately $2.3 million.
Clinical Update
The company remains on track for enrolling the first patient into the PRIME study (Safety and Efficacy of AVP-923 in the Treatment of Central Neuropathic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis) before the end of calendar 2011. Avanir expects to enroll approximately 400 patients both in the U.S. and internationally. In recent weeks, more than 10 U.S. investigator sites have been activated and screening of prospective study patients is currently underway. The company anticipates activating European and other international study sites early in calendar 2012. Full details on the PRIME study can be found at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/.
Corporate Update
The Company announced that William Sibold, chief commercial officer, has, for personal reasons, tendered his resignation.
"Since starting at Avanir in the beginning of the year, Bill has been commuting from Boston to Southern California. The commute has taken a significant toll on Bill and his family," said Keith Katkin, president and CEO of Avanir. "Bill's inability to relocate and his desire to spend more time with his family in addition to the opportunity to assume a leadership role at one of the world's largest biopharmaceutical companies led to his decision. I would like to thank Bill for his contributions and wish him luck in his new role."
"Avanir and NUEDEXTA rival the best of the companies and products that I have worked with in my career. I have every confidence in the long term success of both," said Bill Sibold. "The impact of NUEDEXTA on PBA can be truly remarkable. Significant progress has been made in setting the foundation for future growth and a great commercial team is in place. Leaving is a very difficult decision but I needed to make my family a priority. I congratulate the entire Avanir team for their accomplishments to date and wish them the best of luck."
Bill's last day with the company will be November 25, 2011.
About PBA
Patients suffering from existing neurological disease or brain injury may also suffer the added burden of pseudobulbar affect, or PBA. PBA occurs secondary to a variety of otherwise unrelated neurological conditions, and is characterized by involuntary, sudden, and frequent episodes of laughing and/or crying. PBA episodes typically occur out of proportion or incongruent to the patient's underlying emotional state. PBA outbursts result from a "short circuit" in the brain caused by another neurologic condition--such as multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or Lou Gehrig's disease), stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease or dementias including Alzheimer's. PBA can have a debilitating impact on the lives of patients, caregivers and loved ones. For more information about PBA, please visit http://www.pbainfo.org/.
About NUEDEXTA
NUEDEXTA® is the first and only FDA-approved treatment for pseudobulbar affect (PBA). NUEDEXTA is an innovative combination of two well-characterized components; dextromethorphan hydrobromide (20 mg), the ingredient active in the central nervous system, and quinidine sulfate (10 mg), a metabolic inhibitor enabling therapeutic dextromethorphan concentrations. NUEDEXTA acts on sigma-1 and NMDA receptors in the brain, although the mechanism by which NUEDEXTA exerts therapeutic effects in patients with PBA is unknown.
NUEDEXTA is indicated for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA). PBA occurs secondary to a variety of otherwise unrelated neurological conditions, and is characterized by involuntary, sudden, and frequent episodes of laughing and/or crying. PBA episodes typically occur out of proportion or incongruent to the patient's underlying emotional state. Studies to support the effectiveness of NUEDEXTA were performed in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS). NUEDEXTA has not been shown to be safe and effective in other types of emotional lability that can commonly occur, for example, in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The primary outcome measure, laughing and crying episodes, was significantly lower in the NUEDEXTA arm compared to placebo. The secondary outcome measure, the Center for Neurologic Studies Lability Scale (CNS-LS), demonstrated a significantly greater mean decrease in CNS-LS score from baseline for the NUEDEXTA arm compared to placebo.
NUEDEXTA Important Safety Information
NUEDEXTA can interact with other medications causing significant changes in blood levels of those medications and/or NUEDEXTA. NUEDEXTA is contraindicated in patients receiving drugs that both prolong QT interval and are metabolized by CYP2D6 (e.g., thioridazine and pimozide) and should not be used concomitantly with other drugs containing quinidine, quinine, or mefloquine. NUEDEXTA is contraindicated in patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) or in patients who have taken MAOIs within the preceding 14 days. NUEDEXTA is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to its components.
NUEDEXTA may cause serious side effects, including possible changes in heart rhythm. NUEDEXTA is contraindicated in patients with a prolonged QT interval, congenital long QT syndrome or a history suggestive of torsades de pointes, in patients with heart failure as well as patients with, or at risk of, complete atrioventricular (AV) block, unless the patient has an implanted pacemaker.
NUEDEXTA causes dose-dependent QTc prolongation. When initiating NUEDEXTA in patients at risk of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes, electrocardiographic (ECG) evaluation of QT interval should be conducted at baseline and 3-4 hours after the first dose.
The most common adverse reactions in patients taking NUEDEXTA are diarrhea, dizziness, cough, vomiting, weakness, swelling of feet and ankles, urinary tract infection, flu, elevated liver enzymes, and flatulence.
NUEDEXTA may cause dizziness. Precautions to reduce the risk of falls should be taken, particularly for patients with motor impairment affecting gait or a history of falls.
Patients should take NUEDEXTA exactly as prescribed. Patients should not take more than 2 capsules in a 24-hour period, make sure that there is an approximate 12-hour interval between doses, and not take a double dose after they miss a dose.
These are not all the risks from use of NUEDEXTA. For additional important safety information about NUEDEXTA, please see the full Prescribing Information at www.NUEDEXTA.com.
About Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative medicines to patients with central nervous system disorders of high unmet medical need. As part of our commitment, we have extensively invested in our pipeline and are dedicated to advancing medicines that can substantially improve the lives of patients and their loved ones. For more information about Avanir, please visit www.avanir.com.
AVANIR™ is a trademark owned by Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners
©2011 Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Forward Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements regarding Avanir's plans, potential opportunities, financial or other expectations, projections, goals objectives, milestones, strategies, market growth, timelines, legal matters, product pipeline, clinical studies, product development and the potential benefits of its commercialized products and products under development are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated future results, including the risks and uncertainties associated with Avanir's future operating performance and financial position, the market demand for and acceptance of Avanir's products domestically and internationally, research, development and commercialization of new products domestically and internationally, obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals domestically and internationally, including, but not limited to potential regulatory delays or rejections in the filing or acceptance of the Marketing Authorization Application, uncertainty regarding use of the data package which served as the basis for the U.S. FDA approval, uncertainty of the filing, review and approval process under a centralized procedure, risks associated with meeting the objectives of the PRIME study, including, but not limited to, delays or failures in enrollment, and the occurrence of adverse safety events, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents subsequently filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on current information that may change and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the issuance of this press release.
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A lecture by Professor Margaret Lock , author of The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging and a Marjorie Bronfman Professor in Social Studies of Medicine, Emerita, Dept. of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, will be taking place on October 24th.
This lecture has been convened by Dr Sahra Gibbon to form part of UCL's Festival of Ageing and is supported by UCL Science Medicine and Society Network and UCL Anthropology.
The event is free (you can register here) and will be taking place from 6:00-7:30 PM in Gordon Square, London. For more details about the event itself, click here or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Alzheimer's disease is increasingly described today as an epidemic, with estimates of 115 million cases worldwide by 2050. Less visible are the ongoing epistemological arguments in the medical world about the observed entanglements of AD type dementia with "normal" aging, and the repeated efforts to delineate what exactly constitutes this elusive yet devastating condition. In early 2011 official statements appeared in relevant medical journals about a so-called paradigm shift involving a move towards a preventative approach to AD in which the detection of biomarkers indicative of prodromal Alzheimer's disease is central. In this talk I will discuss the significance of risk predictions associated with such biomarkers, and the irresolvable uncertainties such information raises for involved individuals and families.


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General fund budget cuts met with virtual receptionist.
San Carlos, California's general fund budget cuts meant losing a receptionist at City Hall. Under similar circumstances, said Assistant City Manager Brian Moura, many cities might opt for volunteers to staff the reception desk. But Senior Systems Analyst Jasmine Frost had a different idea. Why not take a hosted Web-site avatar, and put it on a public access computer at reception? A bit of programming, a $20/month fee to sitepal.com and Voila! Carly was born.
Carly, named after the town by City Manager Mark Weiss, appears in the center of a monopoly-board type menu of city departments and services on the reception desk computer. Visitors can mouse over the computer menu and click for more information on a service or department. "But then there's this avatar," said Moura, "and if you click on it, it starts talking and explaining what services are on the first floor and the second floor, and what services the city provides."
Moura said the city isn't suggesting an avatar can replace a real live receptionist and city officials hope to have the general fund cuts restored and return a live receptionist to the front desk. But in the meantime, Carly is substituting for a $90,000/year funding cut, and visitors appear to like her.


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A visit to this year's Milan Furniture Fair highlights how architects are using furniture design to complement their building projects, writes Rakesh Ramchurn
It's a drizzly Tuesday evening in Milan when I find myself seated for a novelty tasting menu in a small studio just outside the fashionable district of Brera. The occasion is the launch of a new dinner table set by Michaelis Boyd Studio, which has decided to allow festival-goers to experience its products 'in action'.
Although the architecture practice has made bespoke furniture for clients as part of larger building projects, this is the first time they have made furniture for sale.
As Ben Masterson-Smith, associate of the practice and lead designer of the products, says: 'We were our own clients for the project, so that in itself provides a certain freedom. We came from the starting point of being able to do whatever we wanted.'
Furniture created by architects can be found all over Milan during the fair, both at the official exhibition grounds at Rho, 14km from the city centre, and in pop-up events and curated shows across the city. A notable event sees the launch of an ultra-sleek furniture collection by Rem Koolhaas, including motorised chairs and tables, all height-adjusted at the touch of a sinister red button.
Meanwhile, Daniel Libeskind has created a desk lamp for Artemide that looks just like a skyscraper – in fact, dare I say it? – just like his unrealised proposal for Freedom Tower in New York, with added functionality gained through an ominous collapsible frame.
There are many reasons why architects choose to encompass furniture design into their practices' work. Financially, the profit margins are better as furniture takes less resources to design and can be mass-produced. There are also the aesthetic arguments: creating objects that complement architects' buildings; finding new ways of influencing the spaces we use; even the opportunity to create a 'whole' product, with less of the compromises inherent in designing buildings. But it's also clear that excursions into furniture design can harvest new ideas that can later be applied to building projects.
At SaloneSatelite, the part of the fair devoted to emerging designers, I meet Nina Alexandra Gunnell, interior architect and designer at Barberini and Gunnell, who describes how furniture design has helped her and partner Francesco Barberini with their building work.
'We're a little bit more playful now, thanks to our experiments with different shapes, sizes and materials in furniture design,' says Gunnell. 'We've found out a lot more about how to use furniture and how it fits into its context. And as we also design the context of furniture through our buildings and interiors, we are better able to make everything fit together.'
Through their furniture work, Barberini and Gunnell have also discovered techniques that they hope to transfer directly to buildings. Their Origami tables are formed from CNC milled glass elements and – perhaps belying architects' interest in structure – each of the 'legs' is angled off-vertical, unable to stand but for the support of an adjoining and precarious sheet of glass.
'If we hadn't made the Origami table, we wouldn't know how strong the glass was,' says Gunnell. 'We plan to take this technique and apply it to a stairway or handrail in a future building.'
Abraham Thomas, curator at the V&A, explains how furniture design gives architects the freedom to explore new avenues in creativity: 'Furniture on a smaller scale can offer room for experimentation that may not be possible on a larger building scale, especially when it comes to materials, prototyping techniques and fabrication skills.'
Thomas also speaks of how architects can use furniture to relay much of their design ethos to potential clients. 'Furniture offers this amazing opportunity to present a mission statement for design thinking,' he says. 'Many architects use furniture as a kind of calling card to indicate future areas of development and new directions for wider thinking within the studio.'
This is certainly the case with Zaha Hadid, whose furniture products Thomas describes as 'having a very close connection both visually and texturally' to her building projects, citing the Aqua Table and the Aquatic Centre as an example of furniture product and building project sharing a distinct design language. 'The Aqua Table was released a few years before the Aquatic Centre opened, but it was a way of expressing some of the design thinking for the building project.'
Zaha Hadid has a large presence at this year's fair, centred on a crumbling former bronze foundry in the quiet district of Isola where she unveiled Array, a new theatre seating system, alongside the previously released Zephyr sofa and Liquid Glacial Table.
However, despite a rich tradition of architects indulging in product and furniture design, the separation between the disciplines is far stronger in the UK – aided by an education system that encourages specialisation – than elsewhere on the continent, where design subjects are more intertwined.
Over at Euroluce, the fair's biennial lighting show, I meet Nigel Coates, who created Crocco and Illuminati, two decorative lighting ranges for Italian manufacturer Slamp. Comparing the UK to Italy, he speaks of the 'artificial' division between architecture and furniture design that exists in the UK.
'All the famous Italian designers are actually architects, while in England, we've got this division between the two,' he says. 'In the continental education system, until very recently, there wasn't such a thing as industrial design. Design was part of architecture. There is more crossover [in Italy] and more incentive for crossover, as the opportunities for architectural projects are fewer in Italy, whereas in England, we have a great big service industry that designs hotels and office blocks across the world, but less of a manufacturing base.'
And the next trend to move from furniture making to building projects? The last few years have seen design festivals buzz with new developments in 3D printing and rapid prototyping, pioneered in industrial design and already used to create whole items of furniture.
The techniques are growing in scale to create architectural elements and even whole buildings. In 2009, architect Andrea Morgante created a 3m-high pavilion using the world's largest 3D printer. This was followed by the announcements in January this year that Dutch practice Universe Architecture was planning to 3D-print the parts to build an entire house, while Foster + Partners, taking the technique to new heights, has designed a space station which would be constructed using 3D-printed lunar soil. It seems furniture making and building design are coming full circle.
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That's why we created SeyfarthLean®, our proprietary, value-driven client service model, which combines the core principles of Lean Six Sigma process improvement with project management and tailored technology solutions. For almost ten years, SeyfarthLean has been unique to the legal profession and a contemporary approach to providing, delivering and managing client and legal services.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
About Action Research
Teachers look for professional development opportunities that can make a difference in their practice, connect to their lives as teachers, and ultimately improve learning and instruction in their own classroom. But how can they do this, particularly given the time pressures and other demands of teaching?
One answer is to conduct action research. The goal of action research is to investigate a self-selected issue in your own classroom to effect positive changes in your teaching and in your students' learning. In this way, you have the opportunity to extend existing professional development experiences to meet your individual needs and the needs of your students.
During the course of this workshop, you will have the opportunity to design one action research project of your choosing across any of the workshop session topics. If you are taking this workshop for credit, you may be required to complete an action research project. Check with your facilitator or credit-granting institution for more information.
The Benefits of Action Research
Although conducting research is not something that most teachers feel prepared to do, teaching is, in actuality, a research activity. This is because research is already a part of what teachers do on a daily basis as they plan, deliver, and monitor instruction and learning. Teachers are well positioned to conduct research in their own classrooms because they continually ask questions about their teaching and seek answers to instructional issues through various forms of evidence (for example, student work samples, formative assessments, observations, etc.). The benefit of action research is that it provides a framework for systematic inquiry into your own practice.
Action research is local and focuses directly on issues surrounding a teacher's school, classroom, and students. In this way, the questions posed by an action research project and the findings it reveals are anchored in the specific circumstances of one teacher's class or one school's foreign language program. The personalized nature of action research means that it is not appropriate to generalize research findings to larger populations of students, as would be the case with formal experimental studies in laboratory settings.
The Process of Action Research
So what does an action research project look like? It begins with you selecting any issue that you would like to investigate in your classroom. You might begin by observing an existing aspect of your teaching or of your students' learning. For example, you could look at the kinds of strategies that your students use to interpret authentic texts. Action research can also be used to investigate how a change in your practice might affect students' learning, participation, and motivation. For example, you could look at how a change in your feedback techniques affects student performance and which feedback techniques work best for particular communication goals.
Once you have selected what you would like to investigate, you will pose a research question. In action research, the goal is to describe a situation so as to improve upon it. Therefore, research questions should be framed using question words like "How," "What," and "What if." Once the research question has been established, you will design a plan for carrying out your investigation, determine how you will organize the data that you gather, and then use the information you gathered to reflect on and improve your teaching practice.
An Example of Action Research
The following is a sample action research project conducted by Sherri Blose, who prepared it while earning her Master of Arts degree in teaching from the University of Pittsburgh:
Applying Action Research
Although the principles of action research are applicable to many academic subjects, the Teaching Foreign Languages K-12 Workshop uses a four-step approach specifically designed for foreign language instruction. The four steps are as follows:
Each workshop session includes an Action Research Project section that provides questions and examples to help you frame your thinking and shape your project. Please remember to focus clearly on the issue or problem you are trying to address and to explain how your research project will provide new data regarding this issue. If you are taking this workshop for credit, see Course Credit for information on assignment requirements for the action research project.
Note: The four-step action research project model was developed by Professor Richard Donato of the University of Pittsburgh.
ResourcesFor more information on action research, check out these additional Web and print resources:
Web Resources:
Action Research: Reseeing Learning and Rethinking Practice in the LOTE Classroom
This paper by Richard Donato reports on a professional development project for Texas teachers that was initiated by the Languages Other Than English Center for Educator Development (LOTE CED) at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin, Texas, and includes summaries of several of the teachers' action research projects.
Networks: An On-line Journal for Teacher Research
This site provides a forum for teachers from preschool to the university level to share their classroom research with one another.
Research: Holding Up a Mirror (PDF)
This article from Education Week describes one teacher's introduction to educational research, and how she eventually changed professional development at her school with the concept of teacher research.
Teacher Research: Action Research
This site from the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University features a wealth of resources about the action research process, including links to relevant articles and other action research Web sites.
Print Resources:
Burnaford, G., J. Fischer, and D. Hobson, eds. Teachers Doing Research: The Power of Action Through Inquiry. 2nd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.
Burns, A. Collaborative Action Research for English Language Teachers. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Cochran-Smith, M., and S. L. Lytle. Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993.
Freeman, D. Doing Teacher Research: From Inquiry to Understanding. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1998.
Hopkins, D. A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Research. 2nd ed. Buckingham, England: Open University Press, 1993.
Kemmis, S., and R. McTaggart. The Action Research Planner. Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1988.
Mills, G. E. Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2003.
Stringer, E. Action Research: A Handbook for Practitioners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996.
Wallace, M. J. Action Research for Language Teachers. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Wednesday September 12, 2012 at 12pm
- Join curator Andrew Kear and learn more about the WAG's 100-year history.
- Architectural Walking Tour
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm Sunday, October 14, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm
- Learn more about the iconic WAG building and Winnipeg's modernist heritage by taking one of our architectural tours. WAG architectural tours are offered in partnership with the Winnipeg Architectural Foundation.
- Preview—The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Thursday, September 20, 2012 from 11am to 5pm
- Get a tour of The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture with Bob Stafford and Darlene Coward Wight, WAG Curator of Inuit Art.
- Winnipeg Design Festival: 10X20X20
Friday September 21, 2012 at 8pm
- Artists from Winnipeg Now will each present 20 slides lasting 20 seconds each
- Curator's Tour--The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Wednesday September 26, 2012 at 12pm
- Join Darlene Coward Wight, Curator of Inuit Art, and collector Bob Stafford for a tour of this exhibition featuring work from his collection of Inuit sculpture which he recently donated to the WAG.
- Gallery Ball Auction
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 to Thursday, October 18, 2012
- Online auction showcasing some of Winnipeg's great artists and experiences, in support of WAG Youth Programs.
- Preview—Winnipeg Now
Thursday, September 27, 2012 from 5pm to 7pm
- One of the perks of membership. The chance to see Winnipeg Now before anyone else.
- Super Lecture + Iron Dragon Super Mash-Up
Friday September 28, 2012 at 8pm
- Cheer on intrepid designers as they push their imaginations and graphic talents to the limit in a live battle!
Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 6pm to 6am
- Running from 6pm to 6am the next day, this free art and entertainment festival features the contemporary exhibition Winnipeg Now.
- Centennial Birthday Party
Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 11am to 6pm
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- Free Public Opening: Winnipeg Now
Saturday September 29, 2012 at 7pm
- Feel the pulse of the city. New works by 13 Winnipeg artists created especially for this exciting exhibition.
- Winnipeg Now Artists' Panel: Part 1
Saturday September 29, 2012 at 8pm
- Join us for a lively panel discussion featuring artists from Winnipeg Now.
- Guy Maddin Film Screening
Saturday September 29, 2012 at 10pm Saturday September 29, 2012 at 11pm Sunday September 30, 2012 at 12am Sunday September 30, 2012 at 1am Sunday September 30, 2012 at 1pm Sunday September 30, 2012 at 2pm Sunday September 30, 2012 at 3pm Thursday October 4, 2012 at 1pm Thursday October 4, 2012 at 2pm Thursday October 4, 2012 at 3pm Thursday October 4, 2012 at 4pm Friday October 5, 2012 at 5pm Friday October 5, 2012 at 6pm Friday October 5, 2012 at 7pm Friday October 5, 2012 at 8pm
- Come and watch noted Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin shoot scenes for his latest film in the galleries.
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Monday, October 1, 2012 from 7pm to 8:30pm
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- The WAG Century
Saturday, August 25, 2012 to Sunday, August 11, 2013
- The story of the WAG's first 100 years through archival materials, videos, photographs, architectural blueprints, and works of art.
- The Stafford Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Saturday, August 25, 2012 to Sunday, November 18, 2012
- This recent donation of Inuit sculpture spans the 1980s to the 2000s.
- Green ... Grass ... Dot ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012 to Saturday, September 15, 2012
- Artist Ewa Tarsai greens up the WAG with her living artworks.
- Snapshot: Selections from the WAG's Photography Collection
Saturday, June 23, 2012 to Saturday, February 9, 2013
- A tantalizing taste of the WAG's photography collection.
- Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination
Friday, June 15, 2012 to Sunday, September 2, 2012
- Created by contemporary artists from around the world, the hybrid creatures in this exhibition symbolize life's mysteries, desires, and fears.
- Highlights of Inuit Sculpture
- Tuesday, May 4, 2010 to Sunday, March 15, 2020
- An exhibition featuring some of the outstanding Inuit sculptures in the WAG collection.
- Modernist Traditions: 1900-1950
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 to Wednesday, November 5, 2014
- The invention of photography had a lasting impact on how artists in the latter-half of the 19th century came to view the world as shown by these works from the WAG's collection.
- The Academic Tradition in Europe & Canada, 1700-1900
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 to Sunday, March 25, 2018
- From Rome to Utrecht, European artists in the 17th and early 18th century created the emotionally charged work of the Baroque era. In reaction to the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church strove to entice believers back to the fold with gripping and beautiful vignettes of biblical drama
- European Renaissance and Baroque Art: 1500-1700
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 to Sunday, March 25, 2018
- From the WAG's collection, art produced between the 16th and 18th centuries, originating from the leading artistic centres of Europe.This period is marked by important social and political changes, and art itself underwent a major transformation
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Long after the bombs stopped falling from NATO planes in Libya last fall, and Qaddafi was killed, questions over where his huge stockpiles of weapons went to lingered — until now.
David Fulghum and Robert Wall at Aviation Week report that "at least some" of the 480 state-of-the-art Russian SA-24 "Grinch" shoulder launched missiles are in the hands of Hamas and Hezbollah.
An Israeli official told Aviation Week "They are in the Gaza Strip. I don't know in what numbers. They are also in Lebanon."
Though the Grinch is one of the most sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons in the world, AvWeek notes that Western forces have developed ways to neutralize them in helicopters like the Apache even without infrared countermeasures.
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A winner was selected from 40 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Lion and Mouse
We are preparing to launch a nonprofit that enables people to make micro-charitable donations with the "change" generated by retail transactions. Shoppers, young and old, wealthy and poor, will see our logo and simply tell the retailers to round up the bill and share the change. Retailers will collect the change, and our organization will distribute the funds based on a fully transparent and democratic process.
Typically making a contribution requires choosing the charity, writing a check, and taking other physical actions. But, simply rounding up the bill in retailers is a friction-less and simple way for everyone to be a philanthropist.
We want to create a process diagram that describes how the program works.
The name of our organization is based on the concept of a children's fable called "The Lion and The Mouse". The fable's moral is: No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. We chose this name (Lion and Mouse) because the moral of the story rings true to our beliefs. We think that even the smallest act of kindness can effect change in the world. Our goal is to unlock millions of small acts of kindness that can easily occur on a daily basis – by way of donating spare change.
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• Show large amounts of money being collected from small donations.
• Customers receiving a receipt from the retailer useful for tax purposes.
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According to Manhattan Research, more than 60% of physicians now use either the iPad, iPhone, or iPod and 30% have used one of these devices on the job. It's not a surprise that physicians seek to leverage these mobile devices to become untethered from their desks. In particular, practices in the solo to ten-physician range have been very vocal about how they want mobility to improve their practices' communications and help optimize medical outcomes, including getting data and inputting data to Electronic Health Records (EHR's).
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10 Ideas For Valentines Day We have collected ten ideas for you who would like to celebrate Valentines Day – either with a girlfriend, with your girlfriend or maybe alone. Watch here!
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2. Make a delicious dinner and invite girlfriends or girlfriend about. Remember the candles and maybe a little hearts on the table, so there are a Valentines atmosphere. Find delicious recipes here. Happy Valentine Day
3. Should you just relax for the day, then write some sweet Valentines cards to those you love. Write to your best friends, your lover, parents or grandparents. They are max happy they sweet words from you.
4. Valentines Day is all about pampering, so why not treat yourself? Grab a foot bath, try a treatment, practice to lay the perfect eye makeup or slip a trip to the hairdresser.
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8. Check if there is something interesting in the vicinity of where you live. It's winter, so maybe it today, you need to take your loved one for an exciting museum, a concert or perhaps a cozy shopping sprees.
9. Would not it be super romantic to get a girlfriend on Valentine's Day? Grab your phone and send a cute text message to him, you love. See how you score on SMS.
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Trace Adkins Admits He Does His Best Acting When Trying to Convince People He Can Act
On a break from filming an upcoming movie called 'Mom's Night Out,' Trace Adkins admitted that he's working on improving his acting chops just in case his voice ever goes out. But acting doesn't come quite as easily to him as singing does just yet. Adkins says he does his best work on the set when he's acting like he can act.
"The best acting job I do is when I get to the set and the first couple days I'm on the set, convicing the director I know what I'm doing," he he told AL.com on a break from filming a scene for the movie. "That's the best acting job that I do. Once I pull that one off, the rest of it's easy."
Adkins added --jokingly, we think-- that he wants to beef up his acting career just in case his singing voice ever goes out.
'Mom's Night Out' (starring 'Grey's Anatomy' actress Sarah Drew and Sean Astin from 'Lord of the Rings') tells the story of a mom who just needs a night away from her energetic brood of kiddos. Things go awry when she ends up in the slammer...and her baby goes missing. Adkins plays the role of a tough but tender-hearted man named Bones, who steps in to help locate the missing child.
Dressed up like a tall, buff guy with lots of tattoos--who also happens to be compassionate enough to help a scared mother--Adkins gets to play a role that is very similar to who he is every day.
"I just like that dichotomy, the contrast between the tough guy and the sappy old drooling teddy bear," he said. "It's really not a stretch."
During his stint filming in Birmingham, Adkins plans to keep his singing and songwriting skills as sharp as a tack. The 'Watch the World End' hitmaker has found that working on movies "stimulates songwriting." He wrote two songs while filming a western in Canada, and he brought his band to Alabama from Nashville to record one of them at Bates Brothers Recording in Hueytown.
"Singing is the way that I feed my family, so I have to keep that at the top of the priority list for now," he said.
An upcoming Christmas album is one way that Adkins is keeping music at the top of his priority list. He also took time away from acting long enough to light up the stage at the 2013 Taste of Country Music Festival in early June.


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