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Below you will find a checklist of the items needed for your Unified Carrier Registration, USDOT Numbers, and/or Indiana Operating Authority.
New interstate carriers (crossing the state lines), brokers, leasing companies, and freight forwarders:
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Liv Tyler and Dakota Johnson took a flight together. That could have been fun. Well, I would have made it fun.
Michelle Dockery continues to promote Downton Abbey.
Leonardo DiCaprio had a party for his foundation and Petra Nemcova was there with Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne.
Leo gave some tips on playing guitar to Bono.
Robin Thicke grabbed Toni Garrn's butt.
Jared Leto and
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It is the goal of the CAP Initiative to increase student engagement with career and academic planning early in their stay at Pitt Community College.
Student career planning and academic advising play a critical role in student persistence and completion. Studies show that students who declare a degree intention have higher success rates for degree achievement. By enhancing advising and career counseling services, PCC can increase student success by helping students understand their educational options and form a clear path from education to a career. In addition, it is important that the faculty provide consistent and caring advising not only for the full-time day students, but also for the part-time student.
Current Activities
Elements of the CAP
A brief description of all Quality Enhancement Plan Initiatives
CAP Newsletters
Updated posting describing the initiative, and progress made.
CAP Team Leaders
Leaders who are developing, and implementing the initiatives.
Description of results, and outcomes as a result of the QEP.
See the Career and Academic Planning Initiative document (PDF)
"I fully support the expansion of Career Planning and Academic Advising. In my personal experience, the most important factor that encouraged my success as a student was having a clear goal to achieve. I took it upon myself to take a career aptitude and career personality test and then to research various career options based on those results. Now that I have a concrete objective to reach I am able to examine all of my choices and make an informed decision on which choice will get me closer to my desired result. Earlier in my academic career I took a haphazard course, and I failed. I was able to realize where my deficiencies lie and turn things around on my own (after several years away from academia). I feel strongly that other students would benefit from this sort of guidance so that they can enjoy their successes earlier in life that I have." -PCC Student


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- You need to be using a rtmpdump/librtmp 2.4+ for the streams to playback. I think the current nightly builds of xbmc include librtmp 2.4.
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- It is still pretty basic but much better then before. It has 3 options. Movies, TV Shows, and HDTV Shows.
The Movies is a cached list of all prime movies. It has 2170 movies currently.
The TV Shows currently is cached list of all show seasons available. HDTV is just the HD content. HD and SD are listed together in TV Shows. It has 689 seasons of television shows.
I workings on adding genre, studios, actor, and director information to the databases. It will enable me to list the content in many more ways. I also plan to add movie plot and show description. It already has movie posters, show images, and full meta data for tv episodes though.
I am also changing the way TV Shows are listed by listing shows and then seasons sub directories. I didn't realize a master show list was available when I wrote the other code. It changes the way I want to do TV list cache.
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The HD content is streamed at 720p h264/aac @ 2500kpbs. It goes all the way down to 384kbps though. You can set your default bitrate in the settings. It also has an Ask option which will present a list of bitrate options to you.
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Hi All,
Firstly quick intro, I'm Brendan Chaplin, a strength and conditioning coach from the Leeds area. I work with a fair few local fighters and after speaking with the guys I train and following requests from quite a few people I have decided to start running S&C sessions for fighters.
From the 14th of September I am going to be opening up the Leeds Met Carnegie gym for strength and conditioning sessions for fighters and people who want to train athletically. The sessions will be focussed on building strength, power, endurance as well as injury prevention and flexibility etc.
Sessions are £6 each or £9 for both (there are two each day) and will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays initially. The monthly unlimited training price is £40.
Your first session is free so come and check it out, I have everything you could want to become the best athlete you can be including barbells and dumbells, kettlebells, lifting platforms, sleds, tyres, and loads of other stuff!
Ill also be running training camps for teams and individual fighters on weekends which are 2 hour sessions consisting of extended versions of all the above! These are £12 per person but team and group discounts are available, drop me an email through the site.
All the guys I have worked with I think have benefitted from the training both on the mat and most importantly in the cage.
You can check out loads of clips on my website www.athletesunlimited.co.uk as well as all the info about the sessions and myself! I also have a strength and conditioning blog on www.brendanchaplin.co.uk which will also give you a flavour of where I'm coming from.
The sessions will be tough but hopefully they'll be good fun too!
Anyway to over dramatise the whole occasion........the countdown has begun!!
Hope to see people down the gym!


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LONG BEACH — A Long Beach Water Department official said sound management was the reason for a large chunk of an operating reserve criticized in a recent audit.
Almost a quarter of the reserve, calculated at $43.3 million at the end of the 2011 fiscal year, came from selling a surplus property for $10 million two years ago, LBWD General Manager Kevin Wattier told the City Council on Tuesday.
Another $3.2 million was generated by refinancing existing debt the same year, added Wattier, who did acknowledge problems with capital improvement budgeting found in the report issued by City Auditor Laura Doud in October.
"We accept that and we've agreed to make appropriate changes to our budget process," said Wattier.
According to Doud's audit, LBWD cash reserves grew by 566 percent in recent years and was expected to grow to $48 million by the end of the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
At the same time, water rates rose by 15 percent in 2009 and 16 percent in 2010. Prices have remained stable since then.
Sewer bills were hiked 20 percent in 2009, 22 percent in 2010, 9 percent in 2011 and 5 percent in 2012. No raise is slated for 2013.
The audit tied the growing reserve fund to capital improvement projects that were not completed. In fiscal year 2009 to 2011, water projects spent only 57 percent of the amount budgeted, while sewer projects spent 25 percent of estimated costs, a total of $33.3 million under budget.
The LBWD has attributed the discrepancy in part to engineering design holdups, senior staff turnover, holdups in the permitting process and stalled customer-driven projects.
Councilmembers, while ordering water officials to report to Doud within nine months on the status of the report's recommendations, were largely complimentary toward Wattier Tuesday night, praising the LBWD for keeping water rates stable during the last three years even while costs increase.
The estimated average monthly water and sewer bill for a typical single-family residence in Long Beach is $64.06, according to a benchmark rate study.
The Los Angeles County Average is $68.25 per month this year.
Combined monthly rates in Los Angeles are $76.71, $72.95 in Sacramento, $96.81 in Oakland and $159.17 in San Francisco, the study says.
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske said the LBWD has a long history of responsibly conducting its business.
"It sounds as if they will be taken care of," Schipske said of the issues identified by the audit.
The audit's recommendations include establishing a reserve that reflects actual operational needs and potential risks if the department's current 90-day policy is insufficient, refining capital improvement program budgeting, ensuring funds for projects are allotted during the budget year they begin and exercising increased scrutiny when considering rate hikes, and after a raise is implemented.
Water deal struck with Lakewood
The LBWD also announced Tuesday that it had accepted the first deliveries of surplus water from Lakewood under a five-year agreement expected to save between $20,000 and $50,000 per month.
Lakewood has experienced reduced water demand recently, leading the city to sell surplus water rights to Long Beach through a deal approved by the parties in September.
Long Beach will pay Lakewood $524 per acre-foot of water in the first year of the deal, with future purchases adjusted by a consumer price index.
Currently, the LBWD imports its water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for about $800 per acre-foot.
Additional savings will be realized when the MWD increases its water rates to $847 per acre-foot in 2013 and $890 per acre-foot in 2014, officials said.
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Just one night before the Oscars take over town, stars flocked to the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards on the Santa Monica Beach on Saturday (February 21).
Stepping out for a fun-filled evening Berenice Marlohe and Courteney Cox showed up in Beverly Hills for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival LA Kickoff Reception on Monday night (March 17).
Making the most of their evening, Stacy Keibler and Berenice Marlohe showed up at the grand opening of the Escada flagship store in Berlin, Germany last night (March 19).
Miss Marlohe had all the boys drooling in her sexy semi-see-through black getup as she worked her magic for the cameras.
The lovely Berenice Marlohe made her way over to London's O2 Arena for the 2013 BRIT Awards earlier tonight (February 20).
The "Skyfall" star was more than happy to pose for the paparazzi and chat with the press prior to heading inside to prepare for the exciting evening ahead.
Beverly Hills was rife with movie and television stars last night (January 13) thanks to the 70th Golden Globe Awards, and afterwards InStyle and Warner Bros invited all the famous folks to party late into the evening.
Ben Affleck proudly displayed his Best Director award as he waltzed into the Oasis Courtyard at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, sporting a black tuxedo and a well-groomed beard.
It's no secret that the box office numbers for "Skyfall" have been impressive, but now the 23rd James Bond flick has hit a new milestone.
According to reports, Daniel Craig's latest masterpiece has topped $151.8 million in the UK after just 40 days, beating out "Avatar's" $151.3 million in UK sales.
Her career has received a major boost thanks to her role in the new James Bond flick "Skyfall," and Berenice Marlohe is featured in a new ad campaign for 007's favorite watch brand.
The French beauty shows off her fabulous form in Omega's latest series of print ads, revealing her impressive range as a model.
Showing some love to her Japanese fans, Berenice Marlohe showed up at the Tokyo premiere of her new flick "Skyfall" today (November 19).
The beautiful Bond girl schmoozed with President and Representative Director of Omega Brands Christophe Savioz as she posed for the photographers at Toho Cinemas Nichigeki.


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Listen to Incubus' New Single 'Nimble Bastard' | World Premiere
Incubus is preparing to release their new album sometime this year -- which would be their first since 2011's If Not Now, When? -- and is sharing the first single from the record called "Nimble Bastard." The band has been teasing fans that new music is coming, and now, it's finally here.
"Nimble Bastard" is the first new single from Incubus since "Absolution Calling," from their Island debut EP, and is an up-tempo tune featuring some powerhouse guitar riffs, as lead vocalist Brandon Boyd belts out in the song's chorus "You're a nimble bastard."
Basically, this preview from Michael Einziger was extremely accurate:
#nimblebastard by @michaeleinziger @IncubusBand #nimblebastardsoundsawesomewhenyousing #welooooovemikeeinziger #wewantMoreNimbleBastard pic.twitter.com/z2sIVNNFFf— Incubus Update (@IncubusUpdate) February 15, 2017
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Incubus' first major label album, and will be releasing their eighth full-length studio album -- aptly titled 8 -- sometime in the spring of this year via Island Records. The band has been working with producer Dave Sardy on their new music. Dave has worked with artists and bands including Marilyn Manson, Oasis, Fall Out Boy, and LCD Soundsystem, among others.
In addition to releasing their new album, the band is also expected to go on tour, as they've been teasing on social media.
Listen to Incubus' new single "Nimble Bastard" above!


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How to get good traffic from Social website such as Google+, FB and twitter ?
Tips to get traffic from social media sites:1) quality and unique content2) make use of images and videos to gain user attention3) use keywords on which you want to gain traffic4) launch contests yo increase user participation5) answer user's queries6) timely update your site
Different ways for get the traffic from the social sites.Few tips for generatingtraffic using social media websites are here...Try to make maximum number of followersPosting meaningful & unique content regularlyProvides background information on profile page....
Sorry - I'm not quite sure what you mean by that question. Are you asking how to get good traffic for your social website page, or good traffic from your social page to your own website?
Sorry - I'm not quite sure what you mean by that question. Are you asking how to get good traffic for your social website page, or good traffic from your social page to your own website?
You can get traffic by sharing new ideas, images, keep up to date and quick response on the user query.
you can get traffic by posting relevant and understandable content about your site, videos and good package of information about the site..
I think he's talking about how to get traffic from social page to his own website. He wants traffic from social media sites I guess..
You must have a lot of followers in order to get good traffic.. And you must post interesting content and not just sharing links to the others.
Hey icrayonsYou asked question which has different directions to approach. Here are some ideas which will surely help you in getting good traffic1. Content is the prime and most essential feature to get traffic.2. Headlines of the articles should be a summarized line of whole article to get attention of users.3. Work on researching new and updated happenings in all field of life which attract people4. Post discussions topic of all trades and also include burning issues of the world.5. Sharp and fascinating images should also be included in articles.6. Try to integrate all social media platforms with each other.
Check this one out for good ideas: http://tweakyourbiz.com/marketing/2012/08/08/100-guerilla-marketing-ideas-grow-sales-with-zero-budget/
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My question is:
"How to get good traffic from social page to own website?
You can create some interesting activities like creating a poll and inviting users to participate in that poll or events , these type of activities keeps you alive on social networks easily and it will act as a mediator among you and your users and most importantly don't irritate your users by sharing only about your site/blog provide them authentic and niche related resources or news and try to entertain ith the normal post too.
Attractive , page relevant. worth-full unique content just post regularly in the various social media sites. Join the group discussion and try to meaningful reply of every comments or any how manage your link.
Yes, social media sites help a lot. Why don't you start sharing your website or your site's articles on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.
With social media sites its important to post engaging content,1. Post quality images related to the niche- might be funny, memes, quotes etc.2. Post high quality videos3. Post informative content in the form of tips, how to's etc.4. Reply to comments, create brand awareness in order to build a good brand5. Keeping the account active, being consistent at posting engaging content.6. Cross posting across different social media sites to engage with audience on all social media sites is also important.
Sorry, but this is far too vague a question, and as you can see from the answers you've received, a simple search would have sufficed to answer the question. Please search (both the forums and via your favorite search engine), and if you've still got SPECIFIC questions, please feel free to repost.
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The Battle Above Seattle
As I left the bowling alley, shouting a goodbye to Tommy, rain clouds began to form in the skies. Tommy's a alright guy. He usually lets me hang out in the bowling alley after it closes, I think he might suspect that I'm a vampire. I couldn't frickin' care less, if he did know, I just like talking to him, because he reminds me of my brother Tori.
I don't for one minute regret my decision to leave Forks, I probably would have gone frickin' insane, if I had stayed there. Or probably killed Gary Stewart, and gone on a blood lust rage. It was quiet tonight, too quiet. Walking through the cold rainy streets of Seattle, I knew something was up. Some dumbass had been stalking me for three blocks. I couldn't give a crap who or what they are, but if they don't get lost, I'll have to tear them a new one. Outside a bakery, some guy landed in front of me - ironic since I nearly got killed behind a bakery by the assholes that murdered my family back in Forks. He wore sunglasses, but I could see the puzzled expression on his face.
"Hey kid, want a new life?" he asked. He was clearly a vampire. I could tell, because I couldn't smell the sweet scent of blood.
"Pass, Asshole. I can just about tolerate this one," I informed him.
He lunged at me, trying to grab me, but I dodged out of his way, and punched him right in the face, sending him flying half way across the street. I smirked at him, as I let my human image fade away.
"You're one of them...." he accused.
I couldn't give a crap who he was talking about, I turned away, and began running through the streets. The asshole pounced at me, sending me flying into an abandoned store front. I got up, and crouched in the attack stance. This asshole was soo frickin' asking for an ass kicking. I leaped at him, aiming a kick at his head, he stumbled back, probably not expecting it. I climbed up a lamppost, crouching at the top, as the dumbass did the same thing on the opposite side of the road.
I glared at him. He probably glared back at me, it's frickin' hard to tell, through those sunglasses. As I jumped up onto a nearby building, I heard him come after me. The frickin' asshole was so getting that ass-kicking, once I could get away from any humans that could get hurt. There was a apartment block nearby, so I jumped over onto a balcony, to make my way to the roof. The dumbass grabbed my ankle, when I reached the fifth floor. I kicked him in the face with my other foot, making him fall down to a balcony below us. I'll have to remember to send the people that live in this building an apology gift or something, for wrecking a couple of balconies.
For a couple of seconds, I thought I was in the clear, when I reached the tenth floor balcony, but no such frickin' luck. He caught up with me, and he'd brought someone with him. Both of them caught up with me on the roof, I was out numbered. That was, until someone jumped over from a nearby apartment building. This person I knew, Sakura, I met her on my first day in Seattle. She was out hunting, and had mistaken me for a human. When she realised that I wasn't, she let me stay in her apartment with her. Our apartment, was in the building she just came from.
"I'll distract the short guy," Sakura said, casting a quick glance at me.
"Good, because I've staked a claim on Blondie," I replied.
Both me and my stalker leaped at each other, and crashed into each other in the air. He landed on me, smacking my head into the roof. Yep, another frickin' apology gift to buy. I threw him off me, and jumped after him. Because of the rain, we both slipped, and plummeted down the side of the building, landing on a multi-storey carpark. I jumped up onto my feet, to find the asshole was gone. I knew he was still there, I could hear him. There was a noise, near a black BMW, so I ran towards it. He jumped out from behind it, and jumped at me, colliding against me, with that much force that my head smashed a big crack along the tarmac.
I kicked him off me again, and made a run for it, I stopped for a few seconds to pick up a chunk of tarmac, and threw it at him, to make sure he followed. The gap from the carpark to the next building was pretty big, I just about made it, when I grabbed hold of the fire escape. Dumbass chased me, right across the rooftops of the city, from time to time, I'd stop, to let him get closer to toy with him. Our chase ended at the docks. I stood there, facing him. We ran towards each other, trying to throttle each other, because of the puddles, we both slipped and plunged into the water.
That's where I lost him. When I surfaced, I noticed that the sun was starting to raise, and he was nowhere in sight. Sakura was waiting for me, when I climbed out of the water, up onto the docks.
"Cody, you alright?" Sakura asked, sounding concerned.
"Yeah, Asshole didn't do any damage to me," I replied.
"Did you manage to get any blood last night?" Sakura asked, as we began our run back to the apartment.
"No. I was about to head out to the mountains, when that Asshole attacked," I told her.
"I think you still got a couple of flasks of deer blood in the fridge," Sakura said, trying to remember.
"Good, 'cause I ain't frickin' drinking human blood," I replied.
"What is so bad about human blood anyway? It's so good."
"You don't want to know," was all I could say.
I never did tell Sakura what happened in Forks, or why I had to leave the way I did. As far as Sakura knew, I stayed in Forks for a while, then moved on. She didn't even know that I was considered a new born vampire.


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Biomass Group to Work with Military
|Dallas Hanks
|Center for Agronomic and Woody Biofuels director
|Phone: (801) 468-3184
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|Casey Saxton
|Utah State University Extension public relations assistant
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USU Extension Educators Discuss Army Land Use with Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
TOOELE ARMY DEPOT, UT – Two Utah State University Extension educators met with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the United States Military, on Aug. 17 at the Tooele Army Depot. Dallas Hanks, director of the Center for Agronomic and Woody Biofuels, and Chuck Gay, associate vice president for USU Extension, met with Gen. Dempsey and gave him a report that detailed information about the potential of growing biofuel feedstock on U.S. Army ground.
"It was one of the most important meetings the center has ever had," said Hanks. "This was an extremely significant event for us to be a part of."
Gen. Dempsey was briefed by Hanks about his project of working to utilize Army land to grow biofuel feedstock, specifically on the land managed by the Tooele Army Depot. Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and the environment, Grace Bochenek, chief technology officer for the Army and Col. Christopher Mohan, commander of the Tooele Army Depot, were also present for the report.
According to Hanks, great progress was made in the meeting toward furthering the discussion between the U.S. Army, the Tooele Army Depot, USU Extension and the Louis Berger Group about the biofuels project. These organizations would work together should the project be approved.
Five-thousand acres, under the management of the Tooele Army Depot, would be used to grow oil seed crops that would be harvested and used to create biofuels. The project would phase in over a three-year period, beginning by planting 500 acres of oil seed crops the first year.
The final outcome of what the fuel would be used for has yet to be determined, but Hanks and officials at the Tooele Army Depot would like to see the biofuels be used to fuel military operations since energy is a source of national security.
"It would assist the Toole Army Depot in offsetting their fuel costs for vehicles and other equipment using land that is currently idle," said Gay.
Hanks envisions the Army using the biofuels grown on their lands as part of filling their mandate to make 50 percent of the energy they use be from renewable energy sources by 2022.
"What we want to do is develop a model that looks at these lands as resources rather than problems or simply training areas," said Hanks. "It's not just a new project; it will be a new way of doing business for the Army."
The meeting allowed USU Extension to showcase their biofuels program and foster a relationship with the U.S. Army, according to Gay.
Gen. Dempsey was also shown USU Extension's Gasifier Experimenter's Kit (GEK), a mobile gasification unit that takes energy out of wood to make electricity.
A video of the meeting is available to view at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpbPokR4FVc.
- Documents and/or Photos available for this release:
Dallas Hanks (left) briefed Gen. Martin Dempsey (right), Katherine Hammack (center right) and Col. Christopher Mohan (center left) about the benefits of growing biofuel feedstock on Army land.
Gen. Martin Dempsey (left) and Katherine Hammack (right) were shown USU Extension's "Dragon Wagon," a mobile gasification experimentation unit that turns wood into electricity.
To view supporting documents and/or photos, go to www.enr-corp.com/pressroom and enter Release ID: 337330


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25th January 2012 09:56 AM #1
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When did you find out you were expecting twins?
I was only 6.5 weeks pregnant when we found out we were expecting twins but that is because I had 2 previous miscarrages and my doctor wanted to make sure I didn't have an ectopic pregnancy so he set up an early ultrasound. I had been on a very low dose of clomid for about 3 cycles so I knew the chance of conceiving twins was greater than someone not on fertility medication but I honestly didn't think it would happen -- but I'm so glad it did
I know many twin mums that were much further along when they found out.
How far a long were you?
Did you suspect something was different or were you surprised?
6th February 2012 12:51 AM #2
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I do not have any twins. I do have a friend who did not find out for sure she was having twins until 38 weeks though! She had a feeling the whole time, but it was not confirmed until that point. Twins are so sweet <3
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Wow! That seems so late to find out but what an exciting thing to be told! Yes, twins are awesome! I am so thankful to have my fun, sweet, smart, busy boys


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A Tough Week, But Obama's Agenda Isn't Dead
President Obama didn't take the bait when a reporter asked how he felt about the comparison some of his critics were making about the scandals in his administration with those that happened when Richard Nixon was in the White House. The question capped a weeklong orgy of rhetoric with Republicans assailing abuses of power at the IRS and Justice Department, and the media all but writing off Obama's second term as a colossal management failure.
Obama didn't protest "I'm not Nixon," which would have echoed the former president who once famously said in response to a question, "I'm not a crook." He replied in the measured way that is his trademark, "You can go ahead and read the history, I think, and draw your own conclusions." For the record, Nixon headed what can fairly be called a criminal conspiracy; some 40 people in his administration went to jail and did hard time.
The fact that a trio of scandals hitting roughly at the same time took on the aura of Watergate says more about the way our media work today than about any corrosive lapses in the White House or personality flaws in the president. "It's fine to take a pounding for a couple of news cycles to figure out what you're going to do," says Chris Lehane, an alumnus of the Clinton White House, who says the president with his remarks Thursday afternoon in the Rose Garden is "out of the bunker" and has made "the pivot" to where it will be harder for the Republicans to use the scandals to thwart his agenda.
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Tags: advocacy, health imperatives, sexual assault
Here is the link to information about a sexual assault advocate training put on by Health Imperatives and A New Day Trainings and Workshops.
Attend all the sessions at a discounted rate of $250.00 or choose individual sessions at the rate of $35.00 each. The schedule is listed in the link given above and sessions span from August 20th-August 24th.
Participants who complete the entire week will earn a certificate that qualifies them to work at a Massachusetts Department of Public Health Certified Sexual Assault Program.


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This workshop will focus on slab, hand-building, and mold-making techniques, which can be used to create plates, bowls, platters, tiles, and other flatware. Students will have an opportunity to design and make their own molds using clay, wood, and plaster. In addition to designing their own custom molds and tools, students will also have the opportunity to use existing molds and tools to create their own work. The goal of the workshop is for the student to leave well-equipped and motivated to expand his or her body of ceramic work with a variety of shallow forms.Click on the workshop title to learn more, and click here to view the entire 2013 catalog. For 25% campus lodging discount type EarlyBird2013 when signing up. Discount will be applied on final invoice.
Joseph Delphia lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he creates wood-fired functional pottery. He makes work for everyday use, and hopes that his pots become objects that spend more time in the hand than on a shelf. Joseph is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he studied arts education, ceramics, and sculpture. He is a member of the cooperative clay studio at the Union Project, and is a faculty member in the art department at the Community College of Allegheny County, where he teaches studio art courses, including ceramics and sculpture.
Joseph Delphia workshop from May 17 to 19 at Touchstone
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Touchstone Center for Crafts is near Farmington, PA in the beautiful Laurel Highlands of Southwestern Pennsylvania about 60 miles from Pittsburgh. Click here for directions from the various metropolitan areas in our vicinity. Thanks!
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I am a Software Developer, i have to do some modification in one website, but it is rejecting all new URL. i.e all new url going to 404 Error page, Then i find out that this project using a crawlTack system, the all exixsting URLs are in "crawlt_page" table. But it is rejecting the new URLs which not in that "crawlt_page" table, I have the user id and password for crawlTrack Administration part. But i don't know how to add new URLs and about other configuration?
crawlt_page table is only used to collect visit statistics, no link to any protection system.
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But thanks for reading
But thanks for reading
Thanks Hannah
If my fast reading is okay, I remember that you are talking about cracking WPA/WPA2 by dictionary. The video is just telling you that WPA/WPA2 can be cracked without dictionary with suitable hardwares.
If your readers think that WPA/WPA2 can only be cracked by dictionary, they will not so eager to change their habbit.
Anyway, your tutorial is great.
Actually i dont talk about WPA/WPA2 being cracked only with dictionaries. I talked about 3 methods of cracking WPA Aircrack and Pyrit use dictionary and Reaver which exploits a flaw in WPS. So i dont really understand what ur talking about, u either can't read (since your telling that u read) or you didn't read at all
Quote from page 54 :
Quote from the second post :Alright, Iâve been telling you to use WPA and still it got hacked. However it would take ages to hack a good PSK with a HUGE dictionary. So always use a strong password.
I am just response your second post and telling you that there is another method of cracking a WPA/WPA2 password, that is without dictionary.If anyone reads the paper give me some feedback please. Thanks
May be my English is not good enough to understand your second post and the comment at page 54 of the tutorial.
Never mind, if you dislike it, please ignore it. Sorry for making nuisance to you.
It's alright. I just don't say anywhere in my paper that the ONLY way to hack WPA is with dictionay. Particulary because i show how to use REAVER which breaks wep/wpa without dictionaries. Thanks for reading though
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We should have Gossip Genied this. Maybe we still can. Miley Cyrus is in Miami for Art Basel. She performed on Wednesday night. Click here for a refresher. She and Patrick Schwarzenegger were by the pool yesterday and smoking joints on the balcony. Full Story
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Robert Pattinson gave us a good look at his haircut last night at the GOGO Gala in Beverly Hills. He shaved too. And from the front, it's not bad. That's the best suit I've seen on him in a long time, no sign of any mothering hip action at all. He even seems young and more English again. Full Story
Robert Pattinson's Friday night plans
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FKA twigs performed in New York last night. Her boyfriend, Robert Pattinson, was with her, hiding his new haircut underneath a ball cap. The sides appear to be shaved with a clump hanging out the back. Someone needs to knock that hat off his head so we can see. Many of you have remarked how often Pattinson is papped now that he's with twigs as opposed to his demeanor with respect to the paps when he was with Kristen Stewart. Full Story
Robert Pattinson loses one but not the girl
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A smiling Robert Pattinson was photographed in Toronto yesterday just as news broke that production on Idol's Eye, his new film (with Robert De Niro, scheduled to start shooting this month), had been shut down because they couldn't get the funding together. Pattinson will be fine. But it'll suck for those below the line. Full Story
In that "phase" with Robert Pattinson & FKA twigs
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Robert Pattinson and girlfriend FKA twigs were in Paris the other day. He's joined her on tour. And yesterday they went shopping. I've attached photos but the video is better for insight. Two videos are embedded below. Let's play Video Assumption. I don't even think it's Assumption. Full Story
Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs holding hands
A few weeks ago, Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs were papped in New York together. Click here for a refresher. Then US Weekly reported that they're definitely dating. I wondered if that just meant that they're f-cking. They're young, they're hot. Full Story
Hair back
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Robert Pattison looked good last night. I think the hair has a lot to do with it. This hair reminds me of the early days of Twilight. Here he is at the premiere of Maps To The Stars which was the gala at Roy Thomson Hall. I was across the street at the Mommy screening at Princess of Wales. For what it's worth, the hysteria over Benedict Cumberbatch was a lot louder a couple of hours before. Full Story
Robert Pattinson dating FKA twigs
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The girl Robert Pattinson was photographed with last week? Musician Tahliah Debrett Barnett, aka FKA twigs. US Weekly is reporting that he's dating her. Apparently she thinks he's "unbelievably handsome". Full Story
Festival Cara
Cara Delevingne was hanging out in New York yesterday. Next week? She'll be in Toronto. She's in a film called The Face Of An Angel screening at TIFF. Festival Cara. Film festivals are about movies, of course. And red carpets, always. And…the parties. As we've seen, this girl knows how to party. Full Story


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Alwyn is forced to marry Fulk, after the king kills her father for being a traitor, and gives the Baroncy and castle Morlaix to Fulk. He is a knight at heart and is rarely at home. He also doesn't believe the child Alwyn has is his. He distrust her but can't get enough of her. After he is held as a captive by Alwyn's cousin, whom says he loves, he gets ransomed and she pays for him with everything Morlaix has. She also defends the castle from the Earl of...
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In Dagger's of Gold, a sequel to Blood Red Roses (be sure to read Amethyst Crown the 3rd in the series), follows the story of Simon de Bocage, a fierce Knight back from the Crusades, and cousin to Gilbert, son of Fulk de Jobourg (hero in Blood Red Roses). Simon is charged with delivering Ingrith, a saxon beauty to Prince Henry as a bribe, along with carrying a secret mission to help overthrown the King. Simon has long thought he was in love with Gilbe...
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secluded rear garden has uninterrupted views of Snowdonia and the
Lleyn peninsula, and is accessed only from the dining room,
Included in the rental price is the use of children's stair gates,
playpen and high chair, as well as garden furniture. These items are
usually stored away but will be provided on request at the time of
Also provided in the rental price on a weekly basis is fresh bed linen
and one hand towel and one bath towel per person per week; it is
requested that the towels are not used for the beach etc.
All rooms are heated by a modern oil-fired combi central heating
system making Hen Weithdy ideal for out-of-season holidays - short
breaks and weekends can be arranged subject to availability - oil and
electricity are included in the rental.
Hen Weithdy has been tastefully furnished and fitted to combine the
convenience of modern life with the atmosphere and features of
another era, and we look forward to welcoming you as guests - once
you have stayed here we are sure you will return.
A deposit of £75.00 per week is required to secure a booking, and
you will be contacted approximately four weeks prior to the start of
your holiday with a request for the outstanding balance.
Once a receipt has been issued, you will not be entitled to a refund
unless we can re-book that period.
An additional £50 security deposit is requested and provided the
cottage is left in a clean and tidy condition with no breakages or
damage this will be returned.
Hen Weithdy will be available for you from 3.00 PM on your day of
arrival, and you are asked to vacate by 10.00 am on your day of
You are requested to inform us of any problems or breakages or
damage immediately so we can rectify promptly and enable your stay
to be as comfortable as possible.
Mrs Joan Wheeler-Lilley
Carreg Onnen
Bodorgan, Anglesey LL62 5DB
Tel : (01407) 840-695
* THIS IS A NO SMOKING PROPERTY * Children welcome from any age.
Directions provided when booking or on request.
- Children welcome
- Telephone
- Radio
- Television
- Ironing facilities
- Private parking
- Garden
- Central heating
- Freezer
- Microwave cooker
- Linen provided
- Fishing
- Pony trekking/horse-riding
- Golf available (onsite or nearby)
- Foodshop/mobile foodshop
- Dogs/pets accepted by arrangement
- DVD player
- CD player
- High chairs available
- Drying facilities
* THIS IS A NO SMOKING PROPERTY * Children welcome from any age.
Self-Assessed Accessibility Details
- Parking for Single unit properties:
- Parking space provided
- Within 50 metres approx. of entrance
- Parking for Multiple unit properties:
- Drop-off point for guests outside entrance
- Surface of the car park and pathway leading to entrance:
- Solid ie tarmac / concrete etc
- Gravel
- Route from the parking area to the entrance:
- Flat (i.e. without steps)
- Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift to:
- Toilet and bathroom
- One or more bedrooms
- Lounge
- Kitchen
- Dining room
- Good contrast between the floor and walls
Bed/ Bathrooms
- Bedrooms available with no fitted carpets
- Bathrooms available with:
- Separate shower unit
- Bath
- Entrance is well lit
- Seating available in kitchen
Hen Weithdy Access Statement General There is one ground floor bedroom at Hen Weithdy, which has a single bed. There is also a bathroom (with shower, toilet and hand basin) available on the ground floor. On the first floor, there are two rooms with a double and a twin beds available. The cottage has an audible smoke detection system only. If specific requirements are needed in the event of an emergency, please discuss this with us prior to, or on your arrival. The most reliable mobile-phone networks in this area are Vodafone. Any information supplied by the proprietors of Hen Weithdy can be produced in large print if required. Assistance dogs are welcome. Please ask for details on wheelchair accessible public transport, which we will be happy to supply you with. Parking Parking is available directly outside the cottage on a level surface. The surface of the parking area is a rough cut gravel, however, it is a short distance to the flagstone path which leads directly up to the cottage. There is a gate to get to the pathway which has a latch handle to open and close. The parking area may be a little dark after daylight hours but a sensor light is fitted above the garage; a torch is available in the kitchen. Main Entrance The main entrance door has a width of 770mm and the threshold is 60mm in height. The door has a lever handle and a glass viewing panel. Kitchen There is reasonable manoeuvrability within the kitchen and lighting is good. The sink has twist operated taps and a mixer spout. The kettle is cordless. The height of the worktops is 900mm and the kitchen appliances are either located on the floor or at worktop height; none of them are wall mounted. The dining area is located within the kitchen area. There are no seats with arm rests and there is standard cutlery and glassware available. Lounge The flooring is wood and there are no rugs present. Manoeuvrability is reasonable and furniture is moveable, so may be rearranged t o suit. The television is located on a floor stand and has a remote control and Teletext facilities. Some of the seating has arm rests and reasonably firm back support. Lighting is good, with a large center light and two moveable lamps. Ground Floor Bedroom This room has a single bed at a height of 620mm. There is limited space within the room and manoeuvrability may be restricted. Lighting is reasonable within the room. Ground Floor Bathroom There is a shower and no bath available in this bathroom. The door has a latch handle. The height of the shower tray is 240mm. The shower controls are at a height of approx 1500mm and there is a dial to operate the temperature and flow. The shower head is fixed and not height adjustable. There is no shower seat available. The height of the toilet seat is 440mm. The height of the shaving point is 1750mm. The flooring is wood with bath mats available. Lighting is good within the bathroom. The sink has separate twist taps. There is minimal use of mirrors. There are no grabrails anywhere within the bathroom. Stairs There are a total of 10 steps to get to the first floor. The step dimensions are, height: 200mm; width: 690mm (minimum); depth: 270mm (minimum); the steps vary as the staircase curves towards its base. There is a handrail on one side of the stairs on the right side ascending; this applies to the upper part of the staircase only as there are several steps at the base of the staircase which do not have the use of a handrail. First Floor Bedrooms The height of the double and twin beds is 600mm. There is limited space within the rooms and manoeuvrability may be restricted. The doors have latch handles. Lighting is reasonable within the rooms. There is a security gate on the landing of the first floor to control access to the stairs. Storage is available in the form of a wardrobe in each room. First Floor Bathroom The bathroom suite is colour contrasted to its sur roundings. There is no shower available in this bathroom. The rim of the bath is at a height of 500mm. The height of the toilet seat is 400mm. There is no shaver point available. The flooring is carpet with bath mats available. Lighting is good. The sink has separate twist taps. There is minimal use of mirrors. There are no grabrails anywhere within the bathroom. We have tried to make this access statement as comprehensive as possible, however, if there is anything that has not been covered and you would like further information on, please contact us on 01407 840695 to discuss your requirements with us directly.


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Wearing a
World War II flight suit, Mount Saint Mary College history major
James Lellis leads tours for school children.
At the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, NY,
where he is employed, he teaches them about different wars.
The Hall of Honor commemorates the extraordinary sacrifices of
America's servicemen and servicewomen who were killed or wounded in
combat, through collecting and preserving stories of Purple Heart
recipients from all branches of service and across generations.
Lellis (right), a social sciences student seeking education
certification, will put this experience to good use someday when
teaching in his own classroom.
"I guide tours with mainly kids in school, ranging from third
graders to high school students involved in ROTC," said the
Washingtonville, NY resident.
Lellis said he "loved the student teaching he did during his
senior year at the Mount because it was the true "litmus test" of
whether or not I wanted to teach. Getting first-hand experience in
a classroom reinforced my love for teaching students."
Although his role at the Hall of Honor involves historical
research in preparation for leading tour groups, Lellis said he
"prefers the psychology of history."
"I love to learn about what set the stage for conflicts, how
wars were fought, what psychology was involved, and what alternate
realities could have happened if one pivotal event did or did not
occur," Lellis noted.
He thoroughly enjoyed a class on the Cold War taught by Thuy
Linh Nguyen, who he named as a favorite Mount professor.
Lellis also cites history professors Stanley Pycior and Glenn
Reynolds as his top two instructors.
"They are both well spoken and intelligent," commented
"Pycior's expertise" translates well to reaching students at
their level, he added.
"He's the kind of teacher who I take part of my teaching style
from," said Lellis. "When you can make students comfortable with
you, that's half the battle of letting their potential shine in the
faculty Susan Vorsanger, Charles Giardina, Lawrence Force, and Sr.
Peggy Murphy are human services major Zakiya Abdus-Salaam's
Abdus-Salaam (right) worked closely with Dr. Force in the Center
on Aging and Policy (CAP), a strategic initiative of Mount Saint
Mary College. Promoting an interdisciplinary perspective, CAP is
dedicated to excellence in research and scholarship in the field of
Abdus-Salaam was also president of the Aging United student
organization, which hosted outreach events for the elderly in the
Abdus-Salaam said the Mount gave her ample opportunity to "seize
leadership roles."
"My dream is to have my own business and open a traveling beauty
salon for the elderly," said Abdus-Salaam, adding that she's
"always felt called to work with seniors."
A New York City resident, she plans to obtain an MBA degree
next, and her license in cosmetology.
Her internship at Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc.,
gave her first hand experience dealing with the elderly and the
"Working alongside the director in the Newburgh office," said
Abdus-Salaam, "I learned the meaning of life and how to help the
families of those who were losing the battle to a fatal
The social sciences at Mount Saint Mary College include majors
in history, history/political science, psychology, human services,
and sociology.
Students receive a strong foundation in theories, research
techniques, and analytical skills using statistical software to
complete quantitative research, a highly marketable skill. In the
psychology lab students gain hands-on experience that a
psychologist uses in practice.
Alumni include Tiffany Reis Russell, assistant corporation
counsel for City of Newburgh, NY; Lisa Neer '97, school
psychologist, Highland Public Schools; Andrew O'Grady '88, director
of case management, Mental Health Association in Dutchess County;
and Kara Boivin '06, senior client manager at Dutchess County
Community Action Program.
Abdus-Salaam's education at the Mount provided her with a sense
of confidence.
"I'm prepared to take on all of life's opportunities," said
Abdus-Salaam. "Going into the work arena, I am equipped with
knowledge and a positive attitude that will get me far in
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ByAdam Najberg
It has been a busy two weeks for game reviewers, with the Sony PlayStation 4 out last week and the Microsoft Xbox One due out Friday.
I wrote last week that I liked the PS4 and would consider buying it when more game titles are available. I've spent the last few days road-testing the Xbox One and found it to be a vastly different devices in both form and function from both the box it's succeeding, the Xbox 360, as well as the rival PS4.
There are dozens of things you'll discover about the Xbox One — if and when you buy one — but here are the top five things I think you should know about Microsoft's next-generation console.
1. This is not your older brother's Xbox. The Xbox One looks like and acts as much like an audio-visual component as it does a gaming console. It was designed to lie horizontally in a TV cabinet. But like most things Microsoft mass-produces, "elegance" is not a word that comes to mind. There are no batwing swoops or elegant design flourishes, though the Xbox One is not nearly as ugly or unfashionable as the original Xbox. I do like the easy "on/off" virtual button. Just touch the Xbox logo on the front right of the console, and you're good to go. Touch it again, and it shuts down, no PhD required, if old-school controls are for you.
The Xbox One is a black, rectangular box, partially matte, partially fingerprint-magnet glossy. It comes with a clunky power brick that you'll want to hide behind the cabinet, just as you'll probably want to wedge the Xbox One, itself, between your sleek Nakamishi equalizer and menacing-looking Onkyo receiver.
Though it packs a fast processor, a lot of RAM, storage and a GPU, the Xbox One is not just a gaming console. With an HDMI-in jack, the device was designed to deliver music, TV channel menus and live TV from your set-top cable or satellite box's digital feed, in addition to the other Xbox Live entertainment stuff you've grown used to, like watching ESPN, accessing your Hulu, Amazon or Netflix accounts for TV or movies or viewing clips from various video providers.
2. The Xbox One is not a PS4. If you're a hardcore gamer and dream about doing nothing else but gaming on your next-generation console, stop reading now and go out and buy a PS4. Both consoles have eight-core processors, eight gigabytes of RAM and 500GB of storage. But the PS4's RAM is better, and its GPU performance is superior to the Xbox One's. Games designed specifically for the PS4 could potentially offer slightly better-looking or smoother-moving games.
Let's be real, here, though. Most of us can't even tell the difference between 720 and 1080 resolutions, and with both boxes featuring games running at 1080, you'd have to have an eagle-eye to really pick one over the other. I certainly couldn't. For games that run on both consoles, I wouldn't expect developers to spend too much time making one version look natively better than the other. After all, 60 bucks is 60 bucks for a game title, whether it's PS4 or Xbox One. And, at least one hi-res game reportedly does better on the Xbox One than the PS4.
At 13.1 inches wide, 3.1 inches high, 10.8 inches long and weighing in at seven pounds, the Xbox One is bigger and heavier than the PS4 (comparable stats are 10.8"x2.1"x12" and 6.1 pounds), but you probably won't notice unless you're carrying it around.
After laying hands on both consoles, though, I can see where Microsoft and Sony have diverging views of the future and what role your living room will play in it.
Sony has coalesced around the gaming community, trying to grab gamers in an even tighter embrace than ever before.
Microsoft is looking to breed total dependence for games, social media, communications and entertainment through one device. The hope is that gamers who cut their teeth on the Xbox 360 will still gravitate toward the Xbox One and its enhanced multiplayer gaming. Now, though, there's a whole new, younger and more-easily-distracted generation of gamers coming online, the kids with their smartphones or iPad Minis in their lap as they play, chatting, listening to music or watching a video. With Xbox One, Microsoft is hoping to move their second screen onto the first screen.
And while that box is taking up space in the gamer's living room, why not also make it easy and intuitive enough for other family members to turn on, log on and use Skype or other apps on the TV or just watch a show or movie or listen to favorite songs.
Microsoft has made wrong bets on trends and market-behavior before, like offering an add-on HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360 — akin to having picked eight-track over the cassette — but I think it has split the difference enough to broaden audience for the Xbox One at a time when an increasing number of people are looking for a converged digital experience.
At the very least, Microsoft has at least seven or eight years to experiment and make the Xbox One a "must-have" living-room appliance.
3. The Xbox One's user interface is pretty revolutionary, especially for Microsoft. But it also wouldn't be Microsoft if initial setup wasn't a pain and if things didn't install properly on the first try, despite detailed instructions. Setup was listed as a process that "should take you less than 30 minutes." Mine took me well over an hour.
It wasn't as if anything went majorly wrong, but I had to fiddle a few times with things like network connections and the new Kinect sensor that comes with the console. Everything worked fine in the end, but just not as smoothly as I'd hoped.
You'll have to choose between a LAN or wireless connection the first time you log on, and if you want updates or to download games from the cloud, you'll have to be online. On my first go, neither the LAN nor my wireless router connected for me, and I was disappointed that I didn't get a chance, as I did with the PS4, to select a proxy that would let me access content outside my region.
Anyway, once you connect, you're prompted to update the operating system, then set up the Kinect's camera and audio.
Sony spent a lot of time rethinking the PS4's UI. The result was a radically different look and feel from the PS3's menu muddle, but one that still isn't that clear or intuitive to use. The Xbox One's UI isn't majorly different from the Xbox 360's, but it has been improved and simplified, and it's very easy to understand and navigate around. It has big Windows 8-like tiles that are either clearly labeled (Xbox Music, Xbox Video, TV, etc) or are the box artwork for videos or games. I was impressed at how quickly I was able to find what I wanted.
But it was with voice commands issued through the Kinect where things started to get very interesting for me. You can actually talk to the Xbox One, and it understands you and performs the functions you want. If you have the power settings on "instant-on," you can wake the Xbox up and put it to sleep with your voice.
My biggest issue with talking to the Xbox is, well, it's a bit strange to be issuing voice commands to a device before we've even really developed a formal relationship. But the more I thought about it, it's exactly what a 21st-century game console should have as a control option. "Xbox go home" is easy to remember to go to the main menu, as are "Xbox on" and "Xbox turn off." From there, your overloaded brain may start to fry.
Microsoft spends a lot of time telling you how easy it is to use voice controls. Anything that requires a paper cheat sheet, an on-screen call-up of commands (if you can remember to bark out, "Xbox select") and green-highlighted on-screen text, isn't that simple.
Once you figure them out, the voice commands are pretty comprehensive. You can launch your cable or satellite TV from set-top box, get the guide up on-screen and start specific games, TV shows or apps. You can also control the volume of your TV, record clips of games you play, initiate or answer Skype calls and fully control the forward and backward movement of media like video clips or music.
You can use gestures to control the Xbox One, but there, you have to be either a Madden Football aficionado or have studied up on your Kinect gesturing before it works consistently and properly.
There's a "snap" option to multitask. It's extremely cool. You can watch TV and play a game at the same time, or listen to music and browse the Web simultaneously. You can "unsnap" at any time. You can also "pin" your favorite apps to your home screen with a voice command or a couple clicks on the controller.
4. The Xbox One is About the Cloud, Community and Content. Everyone wants you on his servers these days, and Microsoft is no exception.
It was a bit strange to initially not have any discs to pop into the Xbox One when I began my testing. Instead, I redeemed download codes for games or demos that came in my reviewer's kit. After doing that a couple of times, I have to say I really appreciated the instant-gratification of buying and downloading a game immediately, though the theory is still better than the practice, unless you have a blazing-fast Internet connection.
Microsoft makes it simple to use your Xbox Live account or to enter a code to buy or redeem games. One way is to use a coupon with a QR code your Kinect scans when you're around two feet away from the camera. And, boom, the game starts to install. Scanning worked four out of the five times I tried it.
Both Sony and Microsoft have long made it possible for you to download games, but when I saw the wealth of TV and movie titles available with a couple of clicks or voice commands via the Xbox Live store and my Netflix, Hulu and Amazon accounts — all downloadable via my Xbox One — I started to feel, for the first time, that I was really doing things on the cloud and maybe didn't need any physical media for games.
It's psychological, but very important, if you hope to wean gamers off of discs and into a virtual, digital environment.
Now, a word about games — the most-important content for a gaming console. Game publishers always want to be brides, never bridesmaids. They want to trumpet their own titles, not be seen as a sideshow to console launches. That has pretty much ensured reviewers of the launch of the Xbox One (and PS4 last week) don't have much to write about, games-wise.
That said, I've dabbled with versions of Ryse: Son of Rome, Forza 5, LocoCycle and Crimson Dragon. I won't review them here, but I will say that the publishers who agreed to early launches of their titles for the new consoles all seem to be channeling their inner Sidney Lumets and given us 15-minute-long cinematic openings, most of them unskippable. They're eye-popping, but they slow down the whole loading and playing process.
Apart from a dearth of titles — the Xbox One is launching with 23 games — my main beef with the Xbox One is that games take longer than I want to download, because of their large size and my relatively slow 30 Mbps Internet connection.
Thankfully, games let you start playing well before they're fully downloaded, and keep downloading in the background until they're done. And there aren't enough games that allow you to skip over cinematic scenes. I'm hoping developers and publishers get less self-impressed and let us get to the gameplay faster as fascination with the new consoles' capabilities diminishes.
Much was written about Microsoft's early missteps on digital rights management and persistent Internet connections, but none of that was an issue while I tried out the Xbox One.
The Xbox One online store isn't fully open yet, but in terms of free games and downloadable content, Microsoft has a lot of ground to make up on Sony and its PlayStation Plus subscription service. Sony has always shone here, and if Microsoft wants to keep gamers in the Xbox One environment for longer, it will have to similarly entice them.
I'm also hoping Microsoft reverses itself on backward compatibility and lets me use my extensive Xbox 360 games collections in the Xbox One, if not actually, then at least virtually, via a streaming or emulation option.
Integration of community and social/sharing into the Xbox One's UI is well-done, starting with the ease of calling up Skype at any time to make or receive a call. There's, of course, a voice command ("Xbox, go to friends") to enter the social activities hub on the Xbox One, and you can see what your friends are doing by snapping their activity to your screen, whatever you're doing. You'll see a friend feed, where you can classify your favorites, and add followers or friends-of-friends.
Xbox Live has always been pretty good for online multiplayer gaming. There's an app for that now. The Party app lets you launch a session from inside the "Friends" tile or from inside a game. You can generate private sessions and invite others to join. Now, when you go to a new game, the game invites everyone to play the new game or stay in the old game, while still keeping contact with the overall group.
You can record and upload great moments in your gaming career with a voice command and upload immediately or do post-production on the clips, such as voice-overs, picture-in-picture commentary or other features. You can upload those and share with the Xbox Live community.
You can, as always, show off and share your accomplishments, but in-game challenges now add to those accomplishments. You'll face more time-based challenges you or your community will have to meet or exceed to earn rewards and make leader boards.
If you get tired of waiting in gaming lobbies — a frequent gripe I had with Xbox Live on the 360 — Microsoft claims the Xbox One's new "Smart Match" will do a better job matching you up with other players more closely aligned with your skill and reputation. You can do something else while waiting for a match-up, but rest assured you won't miss a game invite, which will come to you, whatever you're up to on the Xbox One.
5. Peripherals have moved front and center for the Xbox One. The Kinect was a sometimes "nice-to-have" add-on for the Xbox 360. It's a must-have for the Xbox One, as you've probably gleaned by now, and is included in the box. That's partly why the Xbox One costs $100 more than the PS4, at a retail price of $499.
The entire new UI experience depends on the new Kinect, which is blockier and slightly smaller than its predecessor. It is much more-reliable than the original peripheral and has a lot more functionality coded in. I had some pretty horrible experiences with the original Kinect, including an unpleasant time spent with one Xbox 360 game that required its use. That game flopped.
This new Kinect is smarter and better, more-gracefully interwoven into the user experience. For example, the device "recognizes" you and allows for easy sign in once the camera has identified you. The Kinect also recognizes up to six gamers in a multiplayer setting.
With the relatively small number of games I sampled for the Xbox One, it's hard for me to say where and how the Kinect fits into the gaming experience. I know Microsoft is hoping developers take advantage of the Kinect API and build games that integrate the Kinect's capabilities as a controller. We had a taste of that functionality on the Xbox 360 with the ability to call audibles via voice with Madden Football.
The Xbox One console also comes with one tweaked controller that now has vibrations in the triggers to let you more-accurately "feel" game action, but otherwise looks similar to the last-generation, very-acceptable controller. This time around, the console also ships with a headset that plugs and snaps into the bottom of the controller. It works for chatting and issuing commands in a noisier setting.
So, if your real question is should you get an Xbox One or a PS4 , I'm going to defer judgment for the moment and ask you to consider what you really want in your living room. If it's pure gaming, with some entertainment thrown in, I'd lean toward the PS4. But if you're willing to go for a several-year ride with Microsoft as it works out kinks and experiments as it tries to take everything you do digitally onto the Cloud, you'll be intrigued by the Xbox One.
Trying to change consumer behavior is a risky , but potentially very lucrative , proposition. I've not only heard, but also written, that the battle between the PS4 and Xbox One would be decided on which console had more exclusive or better games. After several days with the Xbox One and experiencing its broad multimedia capabilities, I actually think the Xbox One has a chance of being successful, even if it's not the first choice of hardcore gamers.
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Mandatory International Undergraduate Student Orientation Fall 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (MDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
In order to ensure a successful start to your academic career at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD), all new international students in F or J visa classification, including immigration transfers from other institutions within the US, are required to attend the mandatory Orientation and check in that begins at 8am and ends at 5pm. You are required to attend the entire session. Lunch will be served at 12pm.
The orientation is designed to facilitate your successful start at CU Denver! We want to use this time to welcome you, to get to know you, and to share with you some essential information. This orientation is separate from the main general New Student Orientation and also separate from any orientation provided by specific academic departments.
FRESHMEN (no college credits after high school graduation) ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND AN ADDITIONAL ORIENTATION. PLEASE GO TO http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/orientation/freshmen/Pages/default.aspx FOR MORE INFORMATION.
During the orientation, ISSS staff will be collecting documents and information from you that are required in order to report critical information to the US Department of Homeland Security regarding your arrival and your program of study. In addition, the session is designed to educate new students regarding immigration regulations that relate to their period of stay in the US. Also, students will be provided with information about campus services, how to obtain US social security cards and driver's licenses, cultural adjustment issues, health services and insurance, and more.
Please remember to bring with you to the orientation the check-in form(s) available on the ISSS Web site at http://international.ucdenver.edu/checkin. You must present the check-in form(s) in order to enter the session. We also ask that you arrive promptly at the start time of 8am and stay the entire day until 5pm.
Orientation continues on Friday, June 16 with a Welcome Session at 10:30 followed by Convocation at 12 pm and a BBQ party to follow that.
Failure to attend orientation or otherwise failing to check in with ISSS prior to the start of your academic program may result in the loss of your legal status in the United States.
When & Where
University of Colorado Denver
North Classroom 1130
Thursday, August 15, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (MDT)
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