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Pending final line-up announcements from Force India and Caterham, there will be at least three new faces on the F1 grid for 2013. They add a second Mexican name, another young Briton and the latest flying Finn to the multi-national talents on display.
Esteban Gutierrez: 'This Is The Start Of The Real Challenge'
With Sergio Perez gone to potential glory with McLaren and Kamui Kobayashi simply gone, Sauber start 2013 with an all-new driver pairing. Alongside rising German star Nico Hülkenberg will be another Mexican in the form of 21-year-old Esteban Gutiérrez.
Gutiérrez has been on the Swiss outfit's radar for three years and was their test and reserve driver in 2011 and 2012. "I feel very grateful for all the attention I have received from everyone in the team and for all their input, which has allowed me to develop into a Formula One driver in a very progressive way," he said when his signing as replacement for Perez was announced.
His pedigree is well-nigh impeccable: runner-up in Formula BMW USA in 2007, he moved to Europe to win the Formula BMW title there in 2008. By 2010 he was champion in the new category called GP3, taking five race wins in the process.
Gutiérrez then completed two seasons in GP2, finishing third overall in 2012 with Lotus GP and taking three race wins at Silverstone, Valencia and Budapest. His first F1 test with Sauber came as far back as 2009, his most recent at the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi last November. As he says, "This is the start of the real challenge…"
Valtteri Bottas: 'Business As Usual'
Heikki Kovalainen may be gone, but Finland still has two F1 players as 23-year-old 'Vale' continues his development with one of the oldest names in the sport. Like Gutiérrez at Sauber, Bottas has been three years in the making at Williams after a superb apprenticeship in single-seater racing cars.
A long grounding in karts led to the Formula Renault two-litre class in 2007 and 2008, where he took no fewer than 17 wins from 28 starts before moving up to the F3 Euroseries with the highly-regarded ART team in 2009.
He spent two years in that class and won the F3 Masters in both seasons, being named as the Williams test driver (in succession to Nico Hülkenberg) for 2010. He combined that role with GP3 in 2011, when he duly won the championship, starting slowly but coming home with four race wins in the second part of the season.
In 2012 Bottas opted not to race but to focus on his apprenticeship with Williams, taking part in 15 Friday F1 practice sessions. In fact Albert Park will be one of just five venues where he has not been in the car already, which is why he is unfazed by what lies ahead.
"I've been racing constantly since a very young age," he said, "so when the lights go out in Australia it will be business as usual." The pugnacious-looking Finn is a keen triathlon competitor and has been described by Sir Frank himself as "quite simply one of the most talented young drivers I have come across".
Max Chilton: 'Already Up To Speed'
Britain's fourth representative on the 2013 grid may not have quite the stellar background that Gutiérrez and Bottas can claim, but he brings solid, race-winning GP2 experience with him as he replaces Charles Pic at Marussia.
The 21-year-old from Reigate in Surrey is from a comfortable background but has worked hard to establish his own reputation as a racer.
His career started in earnest in 2007 in Formula 3 and began to take off when he joined fabled racing stable Carlin Motorsport in 2009.
In 2010 he graduated to GP2 in the Asian series to begin with, then moved to Ocean Racing Technology in the main game. He stayed in that category in 2011 but was back at Carlin as they also made their first foray into the series.
But it wasn't until 2012 that Chilton came to the fore, winning the Budapest feature race in a late-season burst of form that saw him finish fourth overall.
By that time Marussia had named him their official test driver in time for the Japanese Grand Prix, and his first proper taste of F1 (he had done the Young Driver Test with Force India in 2011) came with a run in the first Friday free practice session in Abu Dhabi.
Chilton insists he has a handle on things after his promotion late in 2012. "Instead of a standing start, I am already up to speed and at ease with the people, the culture, the systems," he says – but his could be the steepest learning-curve of all the three rookies on the 2013 grid.


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Big day for us ANTHER pick up.I like the upside of what he can do.
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Big day for us ANTHER pick up.I like the upside of what he can do.
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I just don't see how "inheriting" Herm's players is a knock on Pioli. He kept the good ones, many of whom didn't develop until after Herm was gone, and he has added more good players. Some of the more recent draftees will need two or three years to develop, but we are moving in the right direction.
PEOPLE need to stop the blind hate for him. By your logic of guys being horrible The Colts gm was HORRIBLE for picking Manning, The packers gm who traded for Farve was TERRIBLE, the 49ers gm who brought in Steve Young WORST GM EVER.
Speaking of Brady Quinn--I think I saw his name in the thread title somewhere--KCChiefs.com is reporting that the Chiefs have agreed to terms with Quinn. Undisclosed. Now, nobody can tell me he is not worth THAT!
10 TDs, 9 INTs....
Brady Quinn, QB for the Denver Broncos at NFL.com
So, in "Herms players first three seasons, they tanked it down to 2-14.
But now that they are entering their primes, you want to compare them to "Piolis players" who are in their first three seasons?
Any chance that you might take a look around to see if you could find some logic for that?
It must be pretty entertaining to see you talk Royals baseball.
Only MMO complains more than you. And I am certain that he is just a parody of somebody.
McCluster did pretty well in 2011. Especially for a guy who was drafted to play WR, and did for his first season.
He is not JC, but he averaged 4.5 YPC, which, by team ranking, would rank seventh in The NFL.
NFL Stats: by Team Category
And Moeaki broke a Chiefs record for catches for a TE. Arenas has been exceptional in his role with the team.
Jackson has grown into a monster, rather you know what that means, or not.
McCluster has done more in his first two seasons than Charles did.
Asamoah may well be our best starting O-lineman.
Hudson has looked very good as well.
And, of course, Eric Berry.
It's pretty easy to show the positives for one group, and not mention the positives of the other, then say "see? My group is better.", isn't it?

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Gallery: The People's Meeting Dome Deconstructs the Geodesic Dome's Sac...
The project was commissioned by BL, Denmark Public Housing, for this year's People Meeting held on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, a manifestation dedicated to generating debate on the future of housing. The Meeting Dome had a dual role within this context – besides providing an attractive physical space for the debate, the project itself is a comment on it. The introvert geometry of the conventional dome is restructured to respond more constructively to the architectural conditions of the contemporary city. The structure becomes more flexible and responsive to its surroundings, as its extruded segments assume different positions within a specific location.
The logic of the extrusions consists in consistent treatment of different elements: the curved surfaces are closed, while the perpendicular ones are left transparent. This enables greater control over the amount of light that penetrates the interior and ultimately, the organization of the space. For the Peoples Meeting, the dome contained a stage placed in a niche and the stands situated in the central area. According to the architects, this "created additional focus on the stage and a great sense of intimacy".
The project is a complex lattice structure that can be assembled to fit different parameters. The printed nodes from the 3D model are laser cut and robot welded. The nodes are designed as steel shoes that are open in one dimension and two inches in the other, so they can accommodate the family of standard rafters. The Meeting Dome used 2×4 inches and 2×6 inches construction timber and same size plywood-beams. The building envelope consisted of translucent greenhouse membranes on the spherical surfaces and transparent PVC film as windows on the perpendicular surfaces.
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bthinker September 25, 2012 at 10:12 pm
@rmonie I designed it better, not constructed as of yet though. Arched aluminum Ibeams, Keystone, Aircraft cable suspension, use of both expansion and compression springs. The whole is translucent lightweight nonoxidizing, and makes use of shape for heat distribution. The keystone locks into the Ibeams and a central truss pillar running into the basement when it mounts. The key is force absorbtion and space without much in the way of divider, low material, high strength, high space. Decompartmentalization.
rmonie September 25, 2012 at 3:29 pm
The Randomes that housed radar equipment have proven themselves by withstanding winds of up to 200 miles per hour even though constructed of thin walls, and many domes have come through severe earthquakes with minimal damage. Intershelter domes has a thin shell model on Mt. Valdez in Alaska that has held up well under repeated wind and snow storms. If "deconstructing" a dome means reducing the strength and disaster resistance of the structure, then no matter how interesting the changes may be visually, they are a trivial and only childishly clever distraction from the real work necessary to improve domes and make them affordable and popular. Dave South of Monolithic domes has begun to use basalt roving in some of his models as an abundant non-oxidizing way replacement steel rebar. Now that is a genuine constructive advance. Another advance would be to apply magnesium oxide boards or other strong, breathable, fire-resistant materials to dome design to replace the plywood boards that are often used. The clever Danish designers might also try a monolithic dome using breathable, sustainable shotcrete made of magnesium-based material. Such material was used in the construction of some Chinese buildings that are still standing and functional after 1000 years. Domes do not need to be deconstructed. They need to be constructed better.
bthinker September 24, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Very beautiful design. The geodesic dome was more aimed around structural integrity though, earthquake, wind, impact resistance and maximizing space/material ratio. This is still way superior to anything rectangular or square. Just a note: A wide vertical turbine in the top middle would catch a lot of crosswinds.
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You may have used the expression "once in a blue moon" at some point or another, but do you actually know what it means? This phrase refers to something that is uncommon, or in some cases, rare. The term blue moon comes from the Farmers' Almanac. The Farmers' Almanac defined each season as having three full moons. If four moons occurred within one season, they referred to it as a blue moon.
Such is the case in August this year, when two full moons appear within the same calendar month. And don't be fooled; the moon isn't actually blue! On the first of the month, the initial full moon occurred. Friday marks the second and last chance to see a blue moon until 2015.
The reason a blue moon occurs is because the length of each month does not accurately line up with the moon's orbit. It takes the moon approximately 29.5 days to go from full, to new and back to full again. Most months, with the exception of February, are longer than 29.5 days. This means when the timing is right, you have the chance to see two full moons in one month!
Ever heard the phrase "twice in a blue moon?" An event even rarer than just one blue moon is two happening within the same calendar year. It has been more than 12 years since two blue moons have occurred. The next time the sky will deliver two blue moons will be in 2018, when they fall within January and March.


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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - A.J. Ellis hit a three-run homer and Bobby Abreu added a bases-clearing double to fuel a six-run fifth inning as Los Angeles finished off a sweep of Colorado with an 11-5 victory at Dodger Stadium.
Ellis drove in four, while Scott Van Slyke posted two RBI for the Dodgers, winners of four straight and six of eight. One player who was not around for the finish was center fielder Matt Kemp, who departed in the fourth inning with an irritated left hamstring.
Ted Lilly (5-0) gave up five runs -- four earned -- on six hits and three walks over 6 1/3 innings but was bailed out by the LA offense.
Carlos Gonzalez drove in a pair of runs and Marco Scutaro picked up two hits, an RBI and scored twice for the Rockies, who skidded to their eighth loss in nine contests.
Alex White (0-2) was rocked for five hits and six runs over 4 1/3 frames.
"Embarrassing. We did everything to set the stage for them to beat us," said Rockies manager Jim Tracy. "You walk nine guys from the fifth inning on, you're going to lose."
Down 4-2, the hosts stole momentum back and took the lead for good in the fifth.
Abreu scored three with his go-ahead, bases-loaded double to right, ending White's day. Matt Reynolds came on and threw a wild pitch that advanced Abreu to third, then fanned Ethier -- who was ejected, along with manager Don Mattingly -- for arguing the call.
James Loney walked and Ellis cleared the wall in left to make it 8-4.
"I had to get a pitch up in the zone. It did come up and I attacked it," said Ellis of his third homer of the season.
A Gonzalez groundout pulled the Rox within three in the seventh, but the Dodgers countered in the home half on an Adam Kennedy squeeze bunt to score Van Slyke, then hit double digits in the eighth on Van Slyke's two-run double.
Colorado got to Lilly for three in the first thanks to RBI singles from Gonzalez and Michael Cuddyer plus a Ramon Hernandez groundout.
Kemp's grounder to short scored Tony Gwynn Jr. in the home half.
Ellis singled home Loney in the second but the Rockies got the run back in the fourth as Dexter Fowler walked with one out and eventually came in to score on a Scutaro base hit.
"Going into the first inning, I felt good. I was pretty confident we were going to come back and score runs," Lilly said. "I enjoyed the way we swung the bats. We're just doing things necessary to win games."
Los Angeles improved to 26-13 vs. Colorado at Chavez Ravine since 2008...The Dodgers have won seven of their last eight series at home...LA has recorded four sweeps of at least three games this season, after doing so just three times last year...Lilly improved to 10-2 lifetime against the Rockies...Fowler left the game in the fifth with blurred vision.


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We're in a bad spot if we're taking Eifert at 12.
Even if he is not re-signed, a #1 WR is still a far greater need for the Miami Dolphins rather than a TE assuming we don't address this in free agency. Even if we do, I'd rather have Patterson at #12 over Eifert. Eifert is a nice player...but he's not worth the #12 overall pick and nothing he does at the combine will make him worth the #12 pick overall. The draft is all about getting value. There isn't any value in Eifert at #12.
I would rather sign a veteran like Finley who can help us in game #1. Combined with Fasano, we will have one of the best TE duo's in the league. Throw in Clay, and maybe Egnew can surprise. We are more than solid.
With the first pick we need to address DE. Our defense will have the ability to get the Brady scoring machine off the field with intense pressure from the ends and Starks and Co cleaning up the middle. Picking a De is not sexy, but it is the right pick this year.
In the 2nd -3rd round we should go after 2 WR's that have speed/leaping ability/hands(think randy moss type), and another guy that has size/good speed/great hands(think B marshall type), and 1 corner that can cover man to man if those guys are there.
In the late 3rd, we should address the OG position(or RT position if Long departs)
If we can hit on 3-4 players with these 5 picks, Ireland will be a genius and the rest of the draft will be BPA gravy and depth and potential upgrades at RB, OLB, OL, and Safety.


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Rumors of the death of the mom-and-pop store might be greatly exaggerated — at least in Bethesda, where small independent retailers continue to show signs of life.
In the past few months, several small businesses in Bethesda have shut down — Zelaya Shoes on St. Elmo Avenue, Kae Robin in the Bradley Shopping Center on Arlington Road and Just Cakes, which closed its brick-and-mortar shop on Rugby Avenue and now is open only online.
But are the closings emblematic of tough times, or just the natural ebb and flow of small businesses?
The standard narrative goes something like this: Big-box stores, online retailers and a bad economy all contribute to the demise of the small business.
Magazines, newspapers and books have described this phenomenon. The Atlantic Monthly ran an article in January titled "Hoboken Passing: Photographing the Last Mom-and-Pop Shops," and Alex Marshall warned in his 2001 book "How Cities Work" of the possible end of the small retailer. "The general trend has been bigger wholesalers and retailers gobbling up or displacing smaller ones," Marshall wrote, "until we arrive at our present era of OfficeMaxes, CompUSAs and Home Depots."
But is it really true?
While there is a Home Depot behind Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Chuck Kelley, manager at Strosnider's Hardware, said it has little effect on the small family-owned hardware store chain.
"They're really not our competition," Kelley said. "We're a small, intimate store with enough employees that really help the customer."
Prices might be a bit higher at Strosnider's, Kelley said, but the excellent customer service has fostered a customer loyalty that helps secure its success.
It's a message that several small business owners repeated.
"Customer loyalty is what's going to keep everything from turning into big-box stores," said Linda Ridenour, one of the owners of Bruce Variety. "It's a matter of relationship with customers."
The beloved Bethesda institution's January closing caused such an outcry, the owners decided to reopen the store somewhere else. The move, into a retail space with less expensive rent, has allowed Bruce Variety to expand its offerings, Ridenour said, and to keep prices competitive.
Bruce Variety will reopen March 30 at its new location at 8011 Woodmont Ave., and a sidewalk sale is planned for Easter Sunday.
Linda Siou, who has been with Bradley CARE Pharmacy in the Bradley Shopping Center for 13 years, agreed that loyalty keeps people coming back to the drugstore. The small business is directly across Arlington Road from a CVS Pharmacy, part of a large chain.
Justin McIreny, the buyer and manager of Capital Beer and Wine, which opened on Norfolk Avenue in March 2011, said operating a small business is always challenging. You need to do the math, he said, and have a good business plan. After that, it comes down to good-quality products and knowledgeable service, which breed customer loyalty.
Those sentiments support what Ron S. Jarmin, an economist with the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau, and two other authors found in a research paper published in 2009 called "Mom-and-Pop Meet Big-Box: Complements or Substitutes?" The study examined the effects of chain retailers within the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. They found that small businesses that weren't both nearby and in direct competition with a big-box store did not suffer.
Most new businesses are small businesses, Jarmin said, and while it's a volatile sector, small businesses are not going the way of the dial-up connection.
"In a place like Bethesda," Jarmin said, "I don't think there's any evidence to say they've decreased over time."
But for those who have shuttered a small business — whether because of the economy, competition or just the vagaries of customer taste — the experience can be painful.
Tony Zelaya recently shut down his namesake shoe store after 10 years in Bethesda.
"I think it's a sad situation. Everyone shops big-box stores and online," Zelaya said.
In a "if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-'em" move, the Bethesda native recently moved to Dubai, where he accepted a job as buyer for what he described as the "Zappos of the Middle East," referring to a large online shoe and clothing company.
"I loved my store for a long time," Zelaya said. "But when it comes to shoes, they go to DSW and then wonder why small stores can't make it."


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During Ana's meteoric rise in 2007, the tale of how she met and started a professional relationship with Swiss businessman Dan Holzmann became a story in itself. The 41-year-old first met Ana when she was 14 and was immediately impressed with her credentials.
Ana was in need of financial assistance as she chased her goal of becoming a professional. Dan, who is the chief executive of NSA AG, a licence holder of Juice PLUS + ®, the world's biggest-selling nutritional supplement in capsule form, invited Ana and her family to meet him in Basel.
"I asked Ana what she wanted from life," recalls Dan about their first meeting. "She looked me in the eye and replied, 'I want to be No.1 in the world.' I was smitten at that moment. I took a quick decision that I would help her reach her goal."
Dan fondly remembers attending his first tournament since he started working with Ana. "She lost in the first round and she was crying. She didn't come out of the changing room for four hours, she thought I was going to end our agreement!"
Ana recalls with a smile: "I remember that tournament. I played terribly! I was worried he would leave, but then I quickly understood how much he believed in me, and that gave me extra confidence."
Over the next few years Dan, who has several business interests in addition to Juice PLUS + ®, funded Ana's development as a tennis player by covering coaching and travel expenses. It was an investment that totaled $500,000.
According to the terms of their agreement, Ana paid back every cent after signing endorsement deals with adidas and Wilson and earning over $500,000 in prize money during her first full year on tour.
"It's not a normal player-manager relationship," explains Ana. "It's more like a friend-friend relationship. We discuss things but we are also great friends and we have a lot of fun together. One of the most enjoyable things for me to do at a tournament is go out to dinner when Dan and the rest of the team is there."
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In Munchkin Zombies, the Grabby Guts card says "You have one extra Hand", but in the bottom right corner, it says "-1 Hand". Shouldn't it say "+1 Hand" in the corner?
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It's a little counter-intuitive, but "-1 Hand" is actually correct. You aren't allowed to use more than 2 hands-worth of items; to check this, you can add up the number of "hands" on all your used items.
If you have two 1-hand items, "1 hand" + "1 hand" = "2 hands".
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This is a simple, if slightly morbid, way to make use of the patches of soil that are visible before your herbs have sprouted. It also provides attractive labels for the herbs once they are fully grown.
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The idea for this project came from a discussion with TangerineBadger many weeks ago. Thanks for the idea, TB!
Step 1: A long blather about methods
Depending on your resources and technical ability, not all of these will be possible. I appreciate that not everybody has access to a laser cutter or a 3D printer or the software experience required to design vector files for use with these machines. I chose to use a laser cutter to make my gravestones because:
- (a) I had access to one,
- (b) I believed it would give a result with a very high level of detail with minimal effort on my part, and
- (c) it meant they would be reproducible so that I could refine the process or make more to give away as gifts.
I also believe that excellent results could be achieved using cheaper and more accessible methods, but possibly at the expense of time and effort. For example, you could quite easily sculpt little gravestones out of Sculpey, but it would likely take hours of carving and a very steady hand to get the fine details right. If you're more inclined toward woodwork, the same applies.
If you're comfortable using graphic design software but don't have access to a laser cutter, then I'd suggest one of two routes:
- Option 1) Design the gravestones you want, then print out templates that you can use to hand-cut layers of a thin material such as wood or art foam. This way you can build up a single gravestone from multiple layers, much as I did. Bear in mind that this method will add material to your gravestone with each layer, rather than subtract it like a laser cutter will.
- Option 2) Design the gravestones on your computer, then use an online fabrication service such as Ponoko or Shapeways to turn them into actual objects. This might seem extravagant, but there are now many competing services aimed at providing cheap 3D fabrication to the consumer market. All you have to do is send them your image files and choose your materials and they'll send you the finished item in the mail. Yes, we're living in the future. You think of stuff and strangers make it appear. That's the kind of crazy world we live in. Get used to this, because soon kids will think it's normal.
If you're going for Option 2, then you could choose either to print out layers of thin material (as in Option 1) or to print out an entire 3D object. The latter would require you to design the object in a 3D modeling program, which sounds scary but is not nearly as hard as you might think. Really, if you're comfortable designing 2D images using vector graphics, then it's only a small step to learn how to extrude those 2D images into simple 3D meshes.
The rest of this Instructable will deal with how to make gravestones using a laser cutter and acrylic sheets.
Suitable Software
For 2D design, I recommend using a vector-based program rather than a raster-based one:
- Free: Inkscape
- Not free: Adobe Illustrator, AutoCAD (Hi guys!), Corel Draw (what I used for my laser etching)
- Free: Blender (complicated, but extremely powerful), 123D (simple, but specifically designed with 3D printing in mind)
- Not free: Maya, 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Rhino 3D. And boy, some of these are very not free.
Before anyone points it out, I realize that several of these software packages are made by Autodesk, the new parent corporation of Instructables. Have they asked me to actively advertise them? No. Am I more inclined to suggest their software because there's been so much talk about them here at Instructables recently? Maybe. Do they make a lot of very useful 3D design software? Definitely.
You're getting a lot of attention on gardening related Facebook pages and blogs. Nicely done. I hope you, or someone, markets something like this.
these are amazing! I just saw the photo floating around on Facebook and am so glad I google searched and was able to figure out how you made them. Thank you for sharing.
Here is a thought... after making your complete set, use casting silicone to make a mold... then crank out a bunch using ALUMILITE. You can pre-paint the mold, pour in the alumilite... and in 90 seconds have a complete set.
Might be a way for you to make some money. (I may actually do this and sell them here in Texas at the craft fairs... but I'll make my own designs so as not to infringe on yours.)
Very creative and excellent idea!!!
Alumilite: http://www.alumilite.com/
Here is the process you would use... a simple one piece mold. http://www.alumilite.com/HowTos/OnePieceMold.cfm
I'm definitely going to try to make these, sans laser cutter. :)
Let me know how yours turn out!
With a little explanations this allows to let friends and relatives to design by their own.
Me it reminds of stinking bugs.
It just occurred to me that these gravestones could also be used to mark the passing of favorite pets, such as a hamster or even a fox.
It just occurred to me that these gravestones could also be used to mark the passing of favorite pets, such as a hamster or even a fox.
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Im fed up with all the negativity with some fin fans. I like the majority never thought with a rookie HC & QB, 2 new co-ordinators, losing our best WR & CB that we would ever realistically be in with a shout of posting 7 wins. A lot, had us up for no.1 pick in 2013!
I know a lot has to do with Jeff Ireland, but the last 2-3 years I have been impressed with the talent he has brought to roster. IMO he seems to have a good working relationship with Philbin and I think that is essential in moving forward, so time to forget about past.
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Finish the Sibset!
I thought it might be interesting to see what names Berries think make a sibset! Post two names and then leave a blank for the third. The next poster fills it in with a name, and then provides 2 names & a blank for the person after them.
-- You can use names for either gender (if using a unisex name, please indicate which gender you're intending it to be for), thereby having all boys, all girls, or some combination of each.
-- You can pick 2 names that you feel that "just go together"... or 2 that might not, and make your fellow Berries work to try to tie the sibset together. Heck, make something kooky! Anything goes.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2003JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 2, 2003) - East Tennessee State University's Emily Chaney was named the Southern Conference Athlete of the Week, Tuesday, for her performance at last weekends 2003 Adidas Raleigh Relays, hosted by N.C. State. The junior from Maryville, Tenn. finished second in her heat and sixth overall in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase. Chaney's time of 11:14.71 was a lifetime best and broke her own school record. Her time places her atop this week's Southern Conference outdoor rankings by more than 32 seconds. "We are really proud of Emily", said Buccaneer head coach Dave Walker. "She has worked extremely hard and has improved each year, it is nice to see her get the recognition." Chaney and the Buccaneer track and field teams will return to action this Friday as they travel to Liberty University for the Liberty Open Invitational.


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Twenty-five Lafayette FFA students competed in the North West FFA Federation competition at Northwest Mississippi Community College on Feb. 25. Students came away with awards in fields including public speaking, cabinet making and tool identification. First- and second-place winners competed at the North District Competition this past Friday, which was held at the Oxford-Lafayette School of Applied Technology. (March 16, 2010, Page 1B)


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Facing falling information technology revenues — like many other government contractors — Maryland's largest company is seeking voluntary layoffs among mid-level managers in its Information Systems & Global Solutions segment.
Military and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin expects to reduce its workforce in the unit, which is in Gaithersburg, by about 300 employees, or 1 percent of the division, Nettie Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Bethesda company, said this week.
"It's an affordability initiative," Johnson said. "We want to reduce costs to pass the savings on to our customers."
Lockheed hopes to have the moves completed by March 22. Johnson said she did not know how many managers would be affected in Maryland.
Lockheed's information systems unit was the only one among the company's five business segments to see a drop in net sales and operating profit last year. Sales in 2012 dropped 6 percent from 2011 to $8.9 billion, while profit declined 8 percent to $808 million, according to Lockheed's latest earnings report.
The decline in information revenue was expected, CFO Bruce L. Tanner said in a recent conference call, "reflecting both the overall decline in the federal IT budget and the effects of the continuing resolution (of the fiscal cliff issue) in the fourth quarter."
There was a lower volume on numerous programs, primarily the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical; Information Technology Agency Enterprise Transport Management; Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications; and Hanford Mission Support.
Lockheed has seen increased activity in some programs, including federal cybersecurity.
"We are very excited about the cyber activity," Tanner said. "We've had some very successful wins, including taking some business away from some of our competitors within cyber. I believe we are the largest federal cyber provider in the industry. And that work is very valued."
Linda Gooden, executive vice president of the information systems division, is retiring after more than 32 years with Lockheed, effective April 1. Sondra Barbour, now senior vice president of Enterprise Business Services, will succeed her.
Lockheed reorganized its electronic systems division in December, slashing 200 jobs, mostly in Orlando, Fla. The company also consolidated several corporate functions in Bethesda. Other buyouts and layoffs have been completed in the past couple of years, including cutting 740 employees from its mission systems sector last year.
The company now has about 120,000 employees worldwide, down some 26,000 from December 2008, according to recent annual reports and news releases.
Despite the loss in information systems revenues, overall sales at Lockheed still grew last year by 1.5 percent to $47.2 billion from 2011. Lockheed has the highest revenues by far of any Maryland company.
Lockheed had about 8,000 employees in Maryland as of late last year, down from 9,000 in 2011 and 10,000 in 2007, according to annual surveys by the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.
Other military contractors are seeing overall reduced sales and also are cutting employees, including in their information technology units.
Northrop Grumman of Arlington, Va., which has about 10,000 employees in Maryland, saw overall sales drop by 5 percent in 2012 to $25.2 billion. Northrop's information systems sales last year fell 7 percent to $7.4 billion.
Northrop's electronics systems saw sales drop 6 percent last year, and several hundred people in Maryland were cut, as that unit is in Linthicum.
General Dynamics of Falls Church, Va., saw total revenues decline by 4 percent last year to $31.5 billion. Information systems sales dropped 11 percent last year to $10 billion.
General Dynamics executives announced recently the company is cutting 84 employees in Charlottesville, Va., due to losing an Army IT contract.


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I got a new MM211 about 6 months ago, all smiles except for the first weld after the machine has not been used. Always the first weld of the day starts without any shield (for a split second), then it works just fine.
I use CO2 on the little migs, I have never noticed this before with any other Miller mig's. I will try 75/25 next time to see if it gets any better.
It seems that some preflow would be good for the first weld but would suck for the fast tacks and the occasional bumping the trigger welds.
I noticed that my Victor flow-meter on my tig has a big surge on the first weld, maybe that is the answer because the supplied Smith regulator has no surge of shield at the start.
I have to say I like the auto-set on the 211 with both .030 and .035 wire, it turns the mig into a one knob machine. Only thing is I can't set it on 1/4 when I weld 1/4, It has to be set much lower on all welds than the panel voltage says.
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Protecting Your Children: Advice from Child Molesters
Established in 1982 by Steven H. Jensen, CBI provides comprehensive treatment for sex offenders mandated to receive treatment within a community setting. Placing community safety as their first priority, CBI has become one of the largest and most respected community based sex offender treatment programs in the United States.
Child molestation usually begins with a sex offender gaining a child's trust and friendship. The offender then begins "testing" the child's ability to protect themselves by telling sexual jokes, engaging in horseplay, back rubs, kissing or sexual games. If the child appears comfortable with or curious about this type of behavior, (and most healthy, normal children are) the offender will slowly increase the amount and type of touching to include more direct sexual touching. Child sexual abuse can include exposing, fondling, masturbation, oral sex, intercourse and pornography. Many children do not understand that what is happening is sexual or wrong. Most offenders know that if they physically harm a child while molesting them, the child is more likely to tell. They are also clever enough to make the child feel as if they are equally responsible for the contact. Children become trapped and are unable to tell anyone what is happening. Research has demonstrated that most of our school based child abuse prevention programs do not prevent children from being abused and have little impact on reporting. The reason for the lack of impact on abuse is that children are not in a good position to protect themselves from adults, especially if the adult offender is a parent or caretaker. Given the way child molesters operate, it is imperative that adults, not children become educated about child abuse, supervise their children more closely and take action if they suspect someone of abusing a child. Parents, schools, churches and community groups must also work together to develop prevention programs that incorporate parent training into prevention programs and encourage reporting. The information in this pamphlet was compiled and written by several sex offenders in treatment with CBI. We hope that this pamphlet will help protect children by better education community members about child sexual abuse.
Because each child is unique, symptoms of sexual abuse vary and can be hard to identify in some cases. Here are some things to watch for:
Remember, if your child demonstrates any abrupt change in behavior, he or she may have something they need to talk about. Repeated inquiries and supportive information may be necessary. If a child molester has begun isolating and manipulating your child, he or she may feel very confused about telling. The child may believe that if they tell, they will be the one in trouble or that they will lose their "friend" or parent.
Research indicates that 25% of children are sexually abused prior to their 18th birthday. Most children are molested by someone they are related to, or know very well, like relatives, neighbors, or family friends. One study indicated that one out of every 10 men has molested a child. Despite the high rate of child sexual abuse, only 16% of child victims are able to tell someone that they are being abused and only 3% of sex offenders are caught and prosecuted. Most offenders are able to "get away with" molesting children for years before they are reported to law enforcement.
What these facts tell us is that all parents, caretakers and community members must educate themselves about sexual abuse and child molesters in order to I prove their ability to protect children. It is important for people to understand how "normal" child molesters look and how easily they can gain access to children, isolate them and manipulate them into thinking that the abuse is "ok". Offenders also make children feel guilty and responsible for the abuse. These dynamics make it very hard for children to tell anyone what is happening to them. We hope this brochure will help you protect children from people who molest and abuse children.
Who is the typical child molester?
Parents can defeat me if they work together. Educate yourself, your family and your community.
It is very easy to gain access to your child.
Remember, once I start, I will do everything possible to continue molesting your child. I am sexually turned on by kids and I enjoy being sexual with them. If I have had a lot of practice, I can become very skilled at offending. I will not stop on my own. I am very selfish and do not care if my behavior is hurting your child.
After I've begun molesting your child, I maintain their cooperation and silence through guilt, shame, fear and sometimes "love":
Don't feel that your child is safe from me! At least one out of every four children will be molested by the age of eighteen. Here are some ways to protect children from me.
Sexual abuse is a crime. If you believe I have molested your child, don't try to handle it yourself! I will always promise you that it was the first time and that I will never do it again. I will be lying and I'm good at it. Call the police. The best thing you can do for your child and my past and potential victims are to report me to the authorities. If I molested your child, I'll do it to someone else's child unless you stop me!
Please contact:
· Law Enforcement
· Services to Children and Families
· Your county mental health department
· Your local child abuse hotline:
Clackamas County 503-657-2112Clark County 360-993-7901Marion County 503-378-6704Multnomah County 503-731-3100Washington County 503-648-8951Yamhill County 503-472-4634
This information was developed and written by child molesters in treatment at the Center for Behavioral Intervention. Used with permission.


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"Here's a simple cheese sauce to spread over tortilla chips. Add some jalapenos to spice things up a bit."
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This recipe is not for a fancy cheese dip which includes gourmet cheeses and special ingredients. There are a thousand recipes for that. This particular recipe is for that fake tasting NACHO CHEESE that we all love. The cheese that we get poured over chips at a ballgame or at the movies. I repeat...this is NACHO CHEESE... as clearly mentioned in the name of the recipe. I am a nacho connoisseur and i take offense when people confuse nacho cheese with cheese sauce or simple melted cheese. Anyways, I made this cheese, and it gets my stamp of approval as homemade nacho cheese- ESPECIALLY since you can't get nacho cheese tasting nacho cheese from the grocery store- only Costco. Not even velveeta tastes like it. Get to know your nacho cheese, and you;ll understand what i'm talking about- Chef Boyar-G
I only give this three stars because it had a nice consistency, but it really only deserves two because it had no flavor. I even used the sharp cheddar singles. I had to throw in green chilies and taco seasoning to try and give it some life. I think I will stick to Mexican Velveeta.
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This is a good "standard cheese sauce" recipe. My kids said it was not cheesy enough, but would eat it again if I made it. For Nachos I added a small can of chopped green chilis, it gave it a little kick with out making it too hot. My kids would not go near a jalapeno if their life depended on it! My kids said the version with green chilis was like the version they eat at school.
I have been looking for a good cheese sauce for a long time and I have finally found it. This sauce was so good served over broccoli. The whole family loved it. Thanks for the recipe!
This is one of the best nacho cheeses i've ever had! A bit of mustard gives more zing and colouring the cheese is fun
DELICIOUS. I have been looking for a nacho cheese recipe similar to Velveeta, because here in Australia they eat nachos only with grated cheese, and this recipe is perfect. Love it!
This is wonderful! I needed a cheese sauce for a recipe. It deosn't need the salt. I love mixing it with rice and brocoli then baking it.
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This sauce was very easy and quick to make. This is one of the best cheese sauces that I have ever tasted for nachos and jalapenos!
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Talking With Your Friends [1]
Key Messages:
- Cancer may affect your relationships with your friends. Some relationships may grow stronger, and others may fade.
- During your cancer experience, you may make new friends as you encounter new opportunities and meet others facing the same challenge.
- Tell your friends about your cancer, how you are feeling, what activities you can still participate in, and how they can help you to make communication easier.
How your friends may act
Often, young adults may have little or no experience with a life-threatening illness such as cancer and may not know how to act around you. A cancer diagnosis may also frighten some of your friends because it is a reminder that cancer can happen to anyone, even a young adult.
- If your friends are avoiding you, they may not know what to say [3] and may worry about saying the wrong thing.
- If they avoid mentioning your cancer, they may be afraid of upsetting you.
- If they aren't calling you, it may be because they think you won't feel like talking.
- If they aren't inviting you to be a part of activities, they may think you won't be able to go or they may feel guilty about having fun when you're sick.
- If they aren't visiting you, they may think you don't want visitors or worry about any potentially awkward moments during the visit.
Don't be afraid to take the lead and call your friends or invite them over. Plan activities that you feel comfortable doing so your friends can get a better understanding of what you're able to do with them.
Talking with your friends
It may be necessary for you to put your friends at ease and talk about your cancer diagnosis. Because your friends probably don't know much about cancer, you can help by explaining your cancer and treatment. Start by deciding what you want your friends to know. You may consider sharing more information with close friends and less information with acquaintances. Remember that you are in charge of what you tell people, so you don't have to tell anyone until you're ready, and you don't have to say more than you want to.
Accepting help from your friends
Your friends will want to help you, but they may not know how. Be honest about what you need and what your friends can do to help.
- Let friends know that they can speak openly and directly with you about your cancer experience.
- Ask them to keep calling you, even if you don't always feel like talking.
- If you can't see your friends, ask them to keep in touch through texting, instant messaging, e-mail, letters, or phone calls.
- Tell your friends that sometimes all you need is for them to listen.
- Remind friends that even though you may look different on the outside, you're still the same on the inside.
- Ask them to keep inviting you to things. Even if you can't always go, you'll go when you can.
- If you can't go out, ask some friends over to watch a movie or just hang out together.
- Ask friends to help you in specific ways, such as with meal preparation, errands, transportation, shopping, or hospital visits.
- Ask a close friend to accompany you to doctors' visits and chemotherapy treatments.
- Encourage your friends to share their feelings with you.
Accepting changes
Your friendships are likely to change, but many changes will be positive. You may be closer to some of your friends and find it easier to talk about important things. You may also find that the experience of cancer changes you somewhat—you may have a different perspective on life, and you may make new friends whose interests are more like yours.
Despite your efforts, some friendships will fade. It may be difficult for some people to understand your experiences with cancer. It's important to focus on friends who are able to support and listen to you. Talking with other young adults who share your experiences can be extremely helpful. Consider joining a support group [4] for young adults with cancer.
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LIM College Student Competes for $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarship
Develops "Ava & Alex" brand for scholarship competition
LIM College senior Samantha Rego is one of only 28 students from colleges across the country competing for a chance to win one of four $25,000 merit scholarships provided by the Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) and the Geoffrey Beene Foundation.
Samantha's quest began in the fall of 2008, when she became one of five LIM College students chosen, based on GPA, to compete for a $5,000 FSF scholarship. That competition required her to create a store concept for launch in New York City, Miami, and Chicago, as well as submit a personal essay. Upon winning the $5,000 scholarship in March 2009 (along with fellow LIM College student Kristin LaRocca), Samantha and Kristin were each asked to write a paper on what steps retailers should take during these tough economic times. After evaluation by a group of LIM College faculty members, it was decided that Samantha would go on to represent LIM College in the quest for a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Scholarship.
To try and win this award, Samantha was asked to develop an apparel brand aimed at 18-30 year old that would be profitable and realistic in the current economy. After much research, Samantha developed "Ava & Alex." To be sold in Macy's and targeted at young adults who have just graduated from college, Samantha positioned Ava & Alex as a fashion-forward private label with a moderate price point.
Samantha, who is a Fashion Merchandising major from Hooksett, New Hampshire, intends to pursue a career in licensing after graduating from LIM College. She says, "I'm very excited to be in this scholarship competition. It's been a wonderful opportunity and has given me the chance to apply all of the skills I've learned at LIM College."
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From The Mom 100 Cookbook, Katie Workman
This salad happens to be my older son's favorite part of dinner at any Japanese restaurant. It's a great change of pace from the usual vinaigrette and a perfect companion to any Asian dish. The thick dressing also makes a great topping for steamed or roasted veggies like broccoli, asparagus, sugar snap peas, green beans, or cauliflower and is a nice dunk for raw veggies, too. You might sauté some tofu or chicken, mound it on hot rice, and spoon the dressing on top—that to me is comfort food.
3 medium-size carrots, peeled and cut into about 1-inch chunks
Make the Japanese carrot–ginger dressing: Place the carrot chunks, ginger, shallot or onion, rice vinegar, canola oil, sesame oil, and sugar in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulse until well combined. Add the miso and mirin, if using, and 1/4 cup of water and puree until nicely blended and fairly smooth. If you want your dressing a little thinner, you can add another tablespoon or two of water and puree again.
Make the salad: Place the lettuce, shredded carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, and broccoli, if using, in a large serving bowl and drizzle about 1⁄2 cup of the dressing on top, or more if desired. Toss the salad and serve.
Yield: Serves 4 to 6; with about 2 cups of dressing, there's enough for a few more salads
Make Ahead: The Japanese carrot-ginger dressing lasts in the fridge for at least a week, so that's why this is a recipe for a big batch, more than double what you would use for a salad for a family of four or so. Might as well make it worthwhile to rev up the food processor, right? The salad part is just a suggestion—use whatever lettuce and veggies your family is into.
What the Kids Can Do: Did you know you can peel ginger with a teaspoon? It's true—the skin is very thin, and if you take a teaspoon and turn the bowl part in toward the ginger and scrape away with the edge of the spoon, it will take the skin right off quickly. A spoon can get into those creases and crevices of the ginger better than a regular vegetable peeler. This task can safely keep a young sous chef busy for a while. Kids can also measure and dump things for the dressing into the food processor. And they can assemble the salad.
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Electronic cigarettes could save lives — or hook a new generation on nicotine
"Vapers or Smokers?" Is the question Spike Babaian, the owner of VapeNY, an electronic-cigarette store on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, asks the stream of new customers who walk through the door. A former gender-and-sexuality professor with a smoker's throaty voice and a spiked black leather collar tight around her neck, Babaian, like most early adopters of electronic cigarettes, is a little eccentric. But the customers in her busy store are all kinds of people—two sisters in their late 50s, a mother with her husband and children in tow, a young Asian woman in a silk blouse and a French freelance journalist in his 30s.
There are roughly 44 million smokers in the U.S., and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 5 of them has tried electronic cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes appeal to anyone who wants the look and feel of smoking but wants to be able to do it indoors and when they go out with friends—without the stigma, the smell and the yellow teeth. For pack-a-day smokers who switch entirely, the e-cigarette is cheaper. They hope that, without smoke and tar, it is healthier too.


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I used the numbers from ESPN.com and I know how to add. I went week to week through last season's results. Now if another source has 24, then one of them is obviously incorrect.Originally posted by zachseau13
1st of all your numbers are wrong!
2nd 8 games you allowed 24 sacks, not 21.
You also had fewer passing attempts. A more accurate statistic would be sacks per attempt which went from 9.43% (30/318) in the first 8 games to 8.22% (24/292) in the 2nd 8 games.
A small improvement.
Still a pathetic performance.
Miami allowed 25 sacks, for the entire year (1.56 per game), on 455 attempts for a ratio of 5.5%.


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Université de Montréal uses network to help faculty, students, and researchers work better together.
Business Challenge
Located in the heart of beautiful Montreal, the Université de Montréal is the third largest research institute in Canada and ranks among the Top 100 universities around the globe, according to the Times Higher Education Supplement. With 55,000 students and a research budget of CAD$450 million each year, the University is exploring new areas in fields such as science, physics, health, pharmaceuticals, and law. Technology plays a critical role in enabling academic collaboration at this world-class institution.
"Having a good network and advanced communications services is critical to our ability to attract the best teachers and researchers," says Michel L'Heureux, director of telecommunications, Université de Montréal.
However, providing the right technology can be challenging, because each department has distinct requirements for working with colleagues and groups, both inside and outside the University. For example, private researchers working with the University might have specific security requirements to safeguard intellectual property on their networks. The University must also comply with regulatory requirements, such as the need to preserve the confidentiality of patient records on health research networks. To separately lay out different networks, each with its own set of technologies, would be both complex and expensive.
"In the past, adding researchers to the network with the right authentication, bandwidth, and security policies was a complicated and time-intensive process," says L'Heureux.
Network reliability is also a top concern for the Université de Montréal. Some simulations and calculations running over the network can take days, and even a few seconds of downtime can have a serious impact on research efforts.
To build on its reputation as a leader in academic research, the University needed a network solution that would provide secure connectivity for approximately 25 buildings on its main campus, as well as facilities at its campus in Ste. Hyacinthe, Quebec. The solution would have to provide the performance that faculty expected, as well as flexibility to support collaboration with a wide range of research groups. And the new network would have to be dependable, yet easy to manage and maintain.
Network Solution
To deliver the power and versatility that students and faculty expected, the Université de Montréal initiated a complete upgrade of its voice and data network. At the heart of the solution is a Cisco ® network featuring a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) architecture, which lets organizations deliver a wide variety of advanced,
value-added services over a single, intelligent infrastructure.
value-added services over a single, intelligent infrastructure.
"There has always been a need for specialized networks inside our institution for research or network services," says Ghilaine Roquet, vice-rectoress for information technology at Université de Montréal. "The Cisco Catalyst 6500 VSS solution makes it much easier for us to support these services, and MPLS gives us a great deal more flexibility in the network than we used to have."
In the network core, the University installed high-performance Cisco Catalyst ® 6509 Series Switches, running the Virtual Switching System (VSS). VSS technology lets organizations combine multiple Cisco switches into one virtual switch for enhanced bandwidth, efficiency, and nonstop communications. The new solution lets the University expand its network backbone to 10 Gbps, for world-class scalability and performance throughout the institution.
The University has also deployed an identity-based 802.1X access solution for its wired and wireless networks. This standards-based technology was chosen because of its flexibility, simple hardware requirements, and compatibility between multiple hardware platforms. Each user's identity determines the level of access that students, faculty, and researchers receive. The solution is connection- and location-independent, and provides the appropriate level of user access, no matter how and where a user logs in. By combining identity with VLAN and Virtual Routing and Forwarding instances to connect the users to the MPLS core, the University has designed a secure and flexible end-to-end solution.
A Cisco Secure Access Control Server lets the University define and implement a comprehensive access policy that supports multiple profiles for network access. And the Cisco Network Admission Control Profiler dynamically identifies all of the University's endpoint devices and intelligently manages them based on predefined security policies.
"All of the user authentication uses Cisco Identity-based Networking Services on the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches," says L'Heureux. "If a user is not registered, they don't have an account, so the system is secure. And if they do have an account, they can access their own network privileges and resources."
In the wiring closets, Cisco Catalyst 4506E Series Switches with Cisco 4500 Supervisor Engines 6-E also provide support for the University's access solution with a built-in rich Identity-Based Networking Services (IBNS) feature set such as IEEE 802.1X and extensions, MAC authentication bypass, and customizable web-based authentication that provide flexible authentication options for various types of users and endpoint devices. The Cisco identity extensions such as multidomain authentication and Cisco Discovery Protocol host disconnect notification allow smooth secure integration with existing IP telephony deployment with authentication of IP phones and users behind the phones.
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches were selected as the primary access platform for most of the University's wiring closets. The compatibility and consistency of identity features with their existing Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switch network were important selection criteria. In addition, the redundant power supply capabilities of a chassis-based solution help ensure higher availability for the Power over Ethernet attached devices.
Built for high performance, Cisco Catalyst 4506E Series Switches enable the University to deliver 1 Gbps access, with Power over Ethernet, to every seat on campus. This capability encompasses approximately 33,000 ports in the current design, with several thousand more to be added over the coming years. This dramatic boost in scalability and bandwidth lets the University support demanding applications, such as video streaming and real-time collaboration, with other universities around the world.
"The new Cisco network lets us offer real-time access from our veterinary medicine faculty to our campuses in Ste. Hyacinthe, Québec," says L'Heureux. "Veterinary medicine students can exchange data, images, and video content over the network."
To extend its network services throughout the campus community, the University is installing Cisco Aironet ® 1250 and 1142 Series wireless access points. These enterprise-class access points use 802.11n technology for up to nine times the throughput of 802.11a/b/g networks. Powering and managing these access points was simple with the Power Over Ethernet capabilities of the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches.
"Our students were asking for better access that would let them connect to the network from anywhere," says L'Heureux. "We installed 2000 access points throughout campus, which lets us provide high-speed service with ten times greater coverage than we used to have."
To further safeguard sensitive information, L'Heureux and his team installed Cisco Firewall Services Modules and Cisco 4270 Intrusion Prevention System Sensors.
The University has also replaced its aging private branch exchange phone system with a converged IP solution based on Cisco Unified Communications. Running voice services over its IP network, powered by the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches, lets the institution enjoy a wide range of advanced features, without requiring a separate vendor or network administrator to support the phones. The University has also deployed Cisco Unified Contact Center Express on its Montreal and Ste. Hyacinthe campuses.
To keep the entire solution running smoothly, the Université de Montréal chose a Cisco SMARTnet support plan. Cisco SMARTnet Service is an award-winning technical support service that offers direct, anytime access to Cisco engineers, plus access to an extensive range of technical resources.
Business Results
Migrating to the new Cisco infrastructure has enabled the Université de Montréal to support more diverse, innovative networks, or tailor bandwidth to certain groups, while keeping costs in check. The key to this versatility is the MPLS architecture, which lets the University provision network services for faculty and researchers with very specific needs. As a result, more research groups are interested in peering with the Université de Montréal research network.
"Our new network is more secure, and we can do a better job by giving more specialized service to people," says L'Heureux. "We can easily tailor service for a research group or specialized lab with high-bandwidth applications peering with other groups."
The University's identity-based security solution has eased collaboration by enabling researchers from outside institutions to easily connect to the network using their own credentials.
"We are members of a program called Eduroam, which is based on 802.1X authentication," says L'Heureux. "Anyone from a participating institution can visit our campus and connect a PC, or use one of our public PCs, with their own username and password. Instead of spending time setting up a guest account, we can give the user the appropriate level of access using their own credentials."
The new network also helps faculty and researchers work more efficiently, because it lets users easily switch from one network environment to another. For example, a professor could easily move from a general network for course scheduling or administrative tasks, to a restricted research network.
Managing the network is easier than before, because a single infrastructure can support all of the University's varied academic needs. Researchers need no longer build their own separate networks, because the University can quickly provision the services that they require. And by running voice and data over the same network, the University can save time on administrative tasks like line moves, adds, and changes.
"The solution definitely provides mobility for users that we could not offer before, except at very high cost," says L'Heureux. "Now if someone is taking his phone from one building to another, we know that it is going to work."
The availability of the network has also improved, which further contributes to the satisfaction of faculty and researchers.
"People have very high expectations of the network," says L'Heureux. "Our faculty are pleased with the reliability of the new system, and welcome our ability to help ensure them improved service continuity."
Next Steps
The Université de Montréal wanted a network that could not only meet its immediate needs, but could scale to accommodate new applications in the future. L'Heureux and his team are confident that the Cisco solution can support its network for years to come.
"We have the capacity of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in our network now, and we actually consider our organization an ISP," says L'Heureux. "The Cisco solution lets us fulfill our mission to deliver communications services to connect people, and treat their laboratories as though they are autonomous systems."
With its versatile new infrastructure in place, the Université de Montréal is boldly moving forward into the 21st century, while continuing its rich tradition of research and innovation.
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