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3 Number of maiden overs in IPL 2014. These were bowled by Pragyan Ojha, Varun Aaron and Ishwar Pandey – one each.
9 Number of four-wicket hauls taken by Chennai Super Kings bowlers in the IPL – most for any side.
12 Number of stumped dismissals off Harbhajan Singh. Only Amit Mishra has more such dismissals in the IPL.
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The former St. Johns city commissioner accused of stealing more than a quarter of a million dollars from Osgood Funeral Home is facing more charges.
David Hudgens is now facing a total of seven counts of embezzlement.
Prosecutors say he stole the money over a six-year period.
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Worthington Steel Expanding Monterrey Joint-Venture Plant
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Worthington Industries, Inc., Columbus, OH, announced plans to add a pickling line to its joint-venture facility (with Serviacero) in Monterrey, Mexico. The 160,000-sq.-ft. expansion with have the capacity to process 500,000 tons/yr. for tolling and direct customers.
In addition to the Monterrey facility, the joint venture (Serviacero Worthington, S.A. de C.V.) operates service centers in Leon and Queretaro. Serviacero Worthington offers services such as slitting, multiblanking and cutting-to-length to customers in a variety of industries including automotive, appliance, electronics and heavy equipment.
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klinky wrote:Also finding a card that captures realtime uncompressed would be hard, though huffYUV is a option.
I've been able to capture uncompressed video with my All-In-Wonder Radeon, the big problem is hard disk bandwidth. Even 7200RPM drives have only a sustained transfer rate around 30MB/s which usually is just barely enough to keep up with a YUV stream. Though I dont' see any advantage to capturing it uncompressed when there's huffyuv.
Still any filters present on the DVD player are not enough insentive to capture the video in this manner.


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Cavaliers rookie Tristan Thompson wants to be on the court in the final minutes with games on the line. And right now that's not an issue in late April with the team eliminated from the playoff race.
The 21-year-old center had another good game Monday night in a 109-101 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Thompson contributed 12 points, nine rebounds and four blocks against a big, physical opponent.
But in the closing minutes he and fellow rookie Kyrie Irving combined to miss five of six free throws as part of an 11-3 Grizzlies' run to close the game. Irving is an 88 percent free throw shooter so his two misses with the Cavaliers trailing by two points were a rarity. Not so for Thompson, who's converting at a 54.7 percent clip. He had made five of his first six attempts before missing three of his last four.
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Avatech Tricks: Efficiently Create Production Drawings with Autodesk Inventor 11
7 Aug, 2006 By: Eric RobbAutodesk incorporates helpful enhancements in its new release.
In its latest release of Inventor, Autodesk has enhanced the production drawing environment in order to provide a more efficient means of creating IDW production drawings. This tutorial will briefly outline a few new capabilities in Autodesk Inventor 11.
Now you can place all model dimensions in a view when placing it into your drawing -- a powerful capability (figure 1). The process of cleaning up those dimensions or placing new dimensions in-line with existing dimensions is made easier with the ability to scrub over an existing dimension and track back to place the current dimension in-line with the scrubbed dimension.
Figure 1. Model dimensions are now available. |
A temporary center line is now visible while placing the dimension as well as placeing the dimension text value. Adding centerlines is as simple as right-clicking on a view and selecting automated centerlines. This feature alone saves lots of little minutes -- little minutes that over a long period of time add up to a lot.
Editing Dimensions
Autodesk also enhanced the Edit Dimension dialog box adding the text fields, tolerances and the inspection dimension tab (figure 2). While in the Text tab, look at all the symbols you can now pull into the text value field. Autodesk synchronized this list of symbols with the Microsoft set of symbols. You can add model properties, drawing properties and parameters as well as custom fields into the text value field.
Figure 2. The Edit Dimension dialog box. |
Moving dimensions from one view to another is another addition to Inventor 11, as is the ability to flip the dimension arrowheads on the fly or turn the dimension into a leader. Another feature brought over from AutoCAD is the ability to dimension to an apparent intersection. In addition, you could use a chamfer note (figure 3).
Figure 3. An example with chamfer notes, hole notes in side views, leadered dimensions and intelligent tables. |
Styles and Tables
You also can place hole notes in side views and globally change the way they are read using the Styles editor. For example, you could make a global change to the style that would add a quantity note to the beginning of the note with the quantity as the number of like holes in that same view.
The program also includes enhanced hole tables. There are now more than 15 new columns that provide detailed information regarding the hole form, fit and function. The ability to add a generic table of information or a table that is associated with a view is also a new function. With the associated table, you can list multiple iterations of that particular component.
One last addition that I would like to mention is the ability to window select in an ordinate dimension set. In previous releases you had to manually pick the entities that make up an ordinate dimension set individually. If you'll notice in the current release, you are able to select entities with a window and/or crossing method as well as the original individual method, which saves lots of time. No right-click or anything extra necessary. The functionality just exists now.
Figure 4. The Hole table property dialog now offers 15 columns for detailed information. |
Hopefully one or more of these tips will simplify your day-to-day detailing inside Autodesk Inventor.
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Our friends at LateNiteSoft sent word that they've updated Sketches, one of the first iPhone apps I ever picked up, to version 2.0. The app has been released [iTunes link] as an entirely new download, so even upgraders from version 1 will have to pay the current price of $1.99. LateNiteSoft tells us that upgrade price is temporary -- they plan to keep the original app on the store as "Sketches Classic" for 99 cents, and eventually the price of the new version will go up a few more bucks. If you want to upgrade, go grab Sketches 2 as soon as you can.
Tthe new app offers a number of improvements, including a completely revamped UI designed to quickly run through large collections. The new UI also keeps tools handy, but out of the way, as you use them. As you can see in the screen shots above, all the tools are stashed at the bottom of the screen instead of covering up your picture while you're working on it. Sketches 2 now lets you paint using brushes, which makes for some nice choices in terms of marking pictures, canvas, maps, or whatever else you choose as a background in the app. The zoom functionality has been updated, with new gestures and a smoother shape adjustment interface. As with the original Sketches app, you can share and export your work however you like. You can use the app to create a masterpiece and then tweet about it, or just mark some notes on a map and send it off to a friend.
Sketches 1 was a bargain back when I picked it up for $7 in the earliest days of the App Store, and this new version adds even more features at less than half the price. If you have any inkling about making some art on your iPhone, it's a solid buy.


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First of all, THE HELL?? I never thought I would see the day that Dipped in Cream's Dark Loverman, Trent Reznor would take over an entire episode of Austin City Limits, did you? Just hold onto your muh-fuh'n hats and watch this heated-up performance of "Sanctified".
Wait just one second…is that?? Is that REALLY Lisa Fischer singing with Trent? THE LISA FISCHER?? Why, yes. Yes it is. Lisa is the Diva of all back-up singers (a term that actually doesn't do her justice). She is THE voice behind The Rolling Stones, the late, great Luther Vandross. If you haven't seen the Academy Award Winning Documentary "20 Feet From Stardom", make an effort.
"Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. In his compelling new film TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, award-winning director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought shape and style to popular music and a reflection on the conflicts, sacrifices and rewards of a career spent harmonizing with others.
These gifted artists span a range of styles, genres and eras of popular music, but each has a uniquely fascinating and personal story to share of life spent in the shadows of superstardom. Along with rare archival footage and a peerless soundtrack, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM boasts intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting to name just a few. However, these world-famous figures take a backseat to the diverse array of backup singers whose lives and stories take center stage in the film."
This incredible documentary now on Netflix…it's mesmerizing.
ANYWAY. I'm kind of losing my mind because I will wake up on Sunday and find the airing of Nine Inch Nails on Austin City Limits…and it's KIND of a big deal. It'll be my birthday!
Thank you, Trent. Lovely timing.


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August is my month for our Sew Beautiful Bee. I've loved this group. Everyone does fabulous work, and I've been excited for my month. I've gone through dozens of ideas for my block and finally decided on wonky log cabin/ improv blocks. I'm giving everyone a lot of freedom in what they create. I've put together a few ideas in a Flickr gallery. Each member will get a stack of black and white fabrics with prints in one accent color.
Everyone will be getting one of these stacks.
Here's a sample block I put together with one stack.
I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. These packages will go in the mail in the next day or two.
July was Megan's month. I just finished up her block and will send it out with her package of fabric.


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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
House Dems Press GOP To Announce Whether They'll Accept Government Health Care
To wit: "Not later than 15 days after taking the oath of office, a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall notify the Clerk of whether that Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner elects to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program."
Republicans voted it down -- historically, they've been better than Democrats at voting party line against all minority procedural gambits. But for all the pitfalls of the minority, the Dems will have some fun the next two years. They've got a lot to work with.


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.NET is the new distributed computing platform developed by Microsoft and ASP.NET is its programming model for web development. Advertisements on Web pages typically take the form of ad banners — .gif files or similar images — that when clicked redirect the user to the advertisers' Web pages. In order to generate ads on your Web page you will need the image files and accompanying URLs. The intent of this article is to get a good experience in developing using the AdRotator web server control for beginners. This application will teach you how to develop a website with an ad management system. This uses XML to change ads in the web page.
The AdRotator web server control cycles through a series of clickable ad banners, and allows some ads to be weighted more heavily than others. Ads can either be linked to the control using an XML file with a predefined schema or by creating your own custom logic. Use the AdRotator control to retrieve and display ads with one of two methods:
One method of storing ad banner image locations, URLs for redirection, and associated properties is to put the detailed information in an XML file. By using the XML file format, you can create and maintain a list of advertisements without having to change the other code inside your application when a change is made to an advertisement. The XML file can be created using the Ad Rotator Schedule File template in the XML designer or manually by the developer.
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.AdRotator AdRotator; protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.PlaceHolder PlaceHolder1;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Drawing; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
In the XML file, we can filter the ads by the keywords we declared for each ad. First you add the AdRotator control to a page, and then link it to the ads you wish to display. Link ads to the control either by using a separate XML file containing the ad information or by linking the ads to the control within an event handler at run time.
Adding the AdRotator web server control to your web application: first, select the AdRotator and drag and drop the control to your web form. Map the XML file which contains the details about each and every ad.
// XML CODE THAT AS THE DETAILS ABOUT THE ADS <Advertisements> <Ad> <ImageUrl>D:\Viv_B-Practice\AdRotator_VT\www.asp.net.gif</ImageUrl> <NavigateUrl>http://www.asp.net</NavigateUrl> <AlternateText>ASP.NET Logo</AlternateText> <Keyword>A</Keyword> <Impressions>Technology</Impressions>
This is the caption for Ad#1
 </Ad> <Ad> <ImageUrl>D:\Viv_B-Practice\AdRotator_VT\www.sulekha.com.gif</ImageUrl> <NavigateUrl>http://www.sulekha.net</NavigateUrl> <AlternateText>www.Sulekha.net</AlternateText> <Keyword>S</Keyword> <Impressions>Web Site</Impressions>
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 </Ad> <Ad> <ImageUrl>D:\Viv_B-Practice\AdRotator_VT\FlashFile.swf</ImageUrl> <NavigateUrl>AdRotator.aspx?ad=Widgets &target=http://msdn.microsoft.com/widgets/</NavigateUrl> <AlternateText>www.neostream.net</AlternateText> <Keyword>S</Keyword> <Impressions>Flash Site</Impressions>
This is the caption for Ad#2
 </Ad> </Advertisements>
The above shown is the XML code. The above XML template contains the details about each ad that is going to be placed in the web application. You can create an ad list for the AdRotator control in the XML designer using the Ad Rotator Schedule File as the target schema.
Basically, the actual AdRotator class only provides a limited set of properties:
<asp:AdRotator id="controlName" runat="server" AdvertisementFile="ads.xml" Target="_self"> </asp:AdRotator>
Here we can see how a placeholder control creates the ad rotator control at runtime dynamically and how it works. The PlaceHolder control enables you to place an empty container control in the page and then dynamically add child elements to it at run time.
// Create an AdRotator control. AdRotator rotator = new AdRotator(); // Set the control's properties. rotator.AdvertisementFile = "AdRotatorFiles.xml"; // Add the control to the Controls collection of a // PlaceHolder control. PlaceHolder1.Controls.Add(rotator);
The PlaceHolder web server control enables you to place an empty container control within the page and then dynamically add, remove, or loop through child elements at run time. The control only renders its child elements; it has no HTML-based output of its own. As an example, you might want to have a variable number of buttons appear on a web page, depending on options selected by users. That way, users are not confronted with potentially confusing choices that are either unavailable or not relevant to their individual needs.
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I have a database that contains dynamic and static data. The static data is historical data that never changes, and I wish to move these tables and their indices to a ReadOnly Filegroup. The rest of the data is dynamic and changes frequently.
I would like to be able to do a one-time full backup (all filegroups) and after that I just want to backup the dynamic portion. Is this possible?
I case of catastrophic failure, what would the restore process entail?


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Celeb Math Whizzes
By Rebecca Silverstein
Celebs aren't just pretty faces. In fact, some of them are pretty smart! So in celebration of Pi Day (3.14, get it?), we decided to round up some of the brainiest math whizzes in Hollywood. Keep clicking to see stars who would put your high school algebra teacher to shame.
Danica McKellar
By now Danica is probably equally as known in the math world as she is in the entertainment world. In 1998, the former "Wonder Years" star went on to graduate summa cum laude from UCLA with a departmental honors degree in mathematics. As a student, she coauthored a scientific paper with a professor and fellow student, the results of which termed the "Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem." But that's not all Danica's written: Since 2007, she's penned three New York Times children's best-selling books -- "Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail," "Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss" and "Hot X: Algebra Exposed!" -- all of which encourage middle school girls to succeed at math.
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In the recent case, Philip Morris USA v. Williams, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the corporate giant in a punitive damage suit. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we will discuss the power of the tobacco industry and big business, the Supreme Court justices and this controversial ruling. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi turn to the experts, Michael Gerhardt, professor of law at UNC School of Law, J. David Prince, professor of law at the William Mitchell College of Law and Mark Gottlieb, Executive Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, to discuss this ruling. Don't miss it!


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PFW Cardinals correspondent Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic reported Friday evening that the Cardinals had traded CB A.J. Jefferson to the Vikings for undisclosed draft compensation.
Jefferson, 24, is entering his third NFL season. He moved into the starting lineup for the Cardinals last season, starting seven games and finished with 66 tackles, 12 passes defensed and one interception.
He signed a one-year deal with Arizona in March that included a base salary of $540,000 and a small workout bonus.
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Contact: Cassandra BoscoWashington, DC September 5, 2003 - The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today commends the Department of Transportation Inspector General on the release of the Department's latest report, "Safety, Cost, and Operational Metrics of the Federal Aviation Administration's Visual Flight Rule Towers." The report, released yesterday, clearly identifies the safety and cost benefits of the FAA's Contract Tower Program.
"We commend the Department's Inspector General Ken Mead on his thorough, independent analysis of the contract tower program," stated NBAA's president Shelley A. Longmuir. "The results contained in this unbiased report show unequivocally the safety benefits to the aviation community and the cost savings to the American public," continued Longmuir.
NBAA Members, based at airports with contract towers, report favorable and consistent service from the contract towers.
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- In FY 2002, contract towers had 8 operational errors/deviations, which was a rate of 0.49 incidents per million operations handled while the
71 FAA-staffed VFR towers had 38 operational errors/deviations, which was a rate of 2.70 incidents per million operations handled.
- In FY 2002, the average cost to operate a full-funded contract VFR tower was $365,608, while the average cost to operate an FAA-staffed VFR tower was $1,741,935.
"Based on these facts, NBAA believes safety will be maintained while costs are reduced through expansion of the contract tower
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NBAA represents the aviation interests of more than 7,300 companies that own or operate general aviation aircraft as an aid to the conduct of their business, or are involved with business aviation. NBAA Member Companies earn annual revenues approaching $5 trillion — a number that is about half the gross domestic product — and employ more than 19 million people worldwide. The NBAA Annual Meeting & Convention is the world's largest display of civil aviation products and services.
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Bad Times Can Be Good for B-Schools
It may sound counterintuitive, but with the R word—recession—increasingly being bandied about by economic forecasters, business schools could soon be seeing the highest application volume they've seen since the burst of the dot-com bubble. If that happens, it would fit into the counter-cyclical trend of business-school applications, where students initially flock to business schools when the economy shows signs of faltering.
The Graduate Management Admission Council reported last month that applications to B-schools are surging (BusinessWeek.com, 8/15/07). And while they aren't yet at record highs, admissions officers say that could change if actions such as the Sept. 18 Federal Reserve rate cut fail to keep the economy growing and potential business school students in the workforce.
"We've seen trends that indicate that when there's a downturn in the economy—especially if people are laid off—that people always consider that a good time to go back for more education," says Debbie Berechman, executive director of the MBA program at MIT's Sloan School of Management. "But it's not clear exactly what that means now, and it depends on how much of a downturn there is."
Recent History
The most recent example of economic factors influencing business-school application volume is the burst of the tech bubble in the late 1990s and early 2000. As the bubble deflated, the job market tightened and workers began losing jobs; as a result, more people chose to pursue an MBA. The number of GMAT test takers surged, and the number of business-school applications submitted reached an all-time high. Many schools, including Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management, saw record application volume during that period. "If things are not necessarily going well, especially in the financial market, it might be a good time to take a year or two out, especially if you're intending to get an MBA," says John Roeder, director of admissions at Owen.
However, the initial surge leveled off as household income began to decline and the unemployment rate stayed flat, says Rachel Edgington, director of market research and analysis at the GMAC, which oversees the GMAT test. Around 2002, a hiring freeze was put in place at many companies, with many midlevel managers eliminated and few new job openings.
Many prospective applicants took a wait-and-see approach to business school during that time, ultimately leading to a decline in B-school applications in 2003 and 2004. Application volume has since recovered.
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School shoppers, meanwhile, remain out in force. Attendance was up 15% to 40% at two recent MBA fairs in California, according to the MBA Tour, an organization that sponsors MBA events in 28 countries. Attendance at such events was also up in cities, including New York and Boston. "The economy has not had any effect on our increase this year. You just don't hear about it," says Peter von Loesecke, managing director of the MBA Tour.
That's not to say that applicants aren't taking note of recent economic events and trying to gauge how they will affect plans. For example, at the Sept. 15 MBA Tour event in New York, attendees packed a lecture given by a mathematics professor on how to interpret the effect of the subprime mortgage meltdown on the banking industry. "We had a packed class from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on a Saturday night. So, I don't know if it was math driving them there, or if there was some intrigue as to how to decipher how this is really going to affect the banking industry," von Loesecke says.
Meanwhile, one of the key factors driving business-school admissions—demand from recruiters—is expected to continue to be strong this year, in some cases even dramatically increasing, the GMAC's Edgington says. "The things that are happening in the economy aren't impacting the companies," Edgington says. "It's only at this point impacting individuals. When it really gets to the point that recruiters aren't hiring anymore, that's when you start worrying about applications."


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Daodejing, ( Chinese: "Classic of the Way of Power") Wade-Giles romanization Tao-te Ching, classic of Chinese philosophical literature. The name was first used during the Han dynasty (206 bc–ad 220); it had previously been called Laozi in the belief that it was written by Laozi, identified by the historian Sima Qian as a 6th-century-bc curator of the imperial Chinese archives. Laozi, however, is better known as the reputed founder of Daoism, a way of life (the Chinese word dao means "way") that, among many competing "Ways," alone became known as the Dao school, or Daoism. The long tradition that Laozi ... (100 of 373 words)


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Friday, March 22, 2013
When Michigan and Michigan State take the floor at The Palace of Auburn Hills in back-to-back NCAA tournament games Saturday, they will be playing for two different things.
For the Wolverines, it's to gain respect. For the Spartans, it's to maintain it.
This is a departure. Usually, comparisons between the programs aren't much of an issue. March is MSU's time of the year. Michigan has forced its way into the party, sharing the spotlight, literally, with the Spartans on college basketball's biggest stage.
While the Spartans have won their share of Big Ten titles down through the years, their cache has come mostly from appearing in the Final Four six times since 1999, and winning the Big Ten's last NCAA championship in 2000. Michigan hasn't been to the Final Four since the Fab Five era, which has lost much of its luster because of the Ed Martin scandal.
When MSU opened the NCAA tournament by thumping Valparasio Thursday, it brought a shrug of shoulders. How often do the Spartans get beaten in the opening round of the tournament? It's as if the minimal expectation for MSU is two wins. It's like the NCAA tournament doesn't begin in earnest for the Spartans until the Sweet 16.
Simply winning an NCAA tournament game, such as Thursday's rout of South Dakota State, still qualifies as an accomplishment for Michigan. It was just the third time since 1998 Michigan has won an NCAA tournament game, only their fourth since 1994, which was the last time the Wolverines moved by the Round of 32.
This is not to say if Michigan State were to lose Saturday against Memphis, it wouldn't be devastating. Yet, it would be for far different reasons than if Michigan is ousted by Virginia Commonwealth University.
The Spartans have won dozens of NCAA tournament games since 1994. The idea isn't to get to the top - there are few programs that have maintained the level of success of the Spartans under Tom Izzo. It's staying at the top. Michigan, even though it earned a No.1 poll ranking this regular season with a 16-0 start, hasn't gotten there yet.
It's simple: Until the Wolverines have done it in the NCAA tournament, they haven't really done it.
If they lose Saturday to VCU, especially if MSU wins in the game afterward at The Palace, the Wolverines will definitely be carrying a stigma.
And Michigan is facing a more difficult challenge today than MSU.
VCU demolished Akron, a solid Mid-American Conference entry, by 46 points Thursday. The Atlantic 10 is a strong conference, and this is not unfamiliar territory for VCU and its coach Shaka Smart. VCU went to the Final Four in 2011. The Rams were knocked out of the tournament in the Round of 32 last year by Indiana - a two-point loss. VCU is a much more proven NCAA tournament commodity than Michigan.
Conversely, Memphis, although very athletic, plays in a weak conference, and has been known for its NCAA tournament failures since the Derrick Rose era.
The NCAA tournament has been, and forever will be, unpredictable. But there is little question MSU possesses a confidence Michigan does not.
The Spartans have been there and done it often in the recent past. Michigan has not.
Will either program change course?
It's a compelling question that will be answered at The Palace.
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President Trump, his fossil fuel administration, and anti-conservationists in Congress are attacking America's public lands! Donate today and help save America the beautiful. Your gift today could be what stands between our public lands and Big Oil's drills.
Until March 30, the Bureau of Land Management will accept public comments in support or against mining in Washington's Methow Valley.
Almost exactly a month before Americans are scheduled to convene in Washington DC and demand climate action, President Trump served up a resounding notice that he will do the exact opposite.
The Trump administration opens the doors to new coal leasing on public lands, unraveling progress in policies to fight against climate change and stop taxpayer abuse.
In a war on public lands, Congress repeals a rule that stopped polluters from calling the shots.
President Trump and Congress are working together to roll back environmental protections and dismantle smart energy policies that benefit all Americans so that oil, gas and coal executives can continue to profit.
Just over a month into his presidency, President Trump is expected to roll back Obama-era reforms aimed at ending coal company sweetheart deals and decreasing pollution from dirty coal production associated with the federal coal program.
Right now, the best way to fight the fossil fuel agenda is to fight it in our anti-conservation Congress and show them we are watching their every move.
Black History Month is a time to remember and honor the many groups and individuals who contributed to the success and achievements of this country as well as to advancement for African Americans as a people.
Emboldened by the new Trump administration, anti-conservationists in Congress moved forward to repeal an Obama rule to stop the rampant waste from oil and gas operations on public lands.
The most anticipated outdoor recreation event of the year just finished in Salt Lake City, Utah, where hundreds of outdoor brands from small business outfitters to industry pioneers like Patagonia and Black Diamond Equipment gathered to witness the cutting-edge in outdoor gear.
Trump is already checking off the oil and gas industry's wish list and now his anti-conservation partners in Congress are following in kind. Stand up to them!


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Mouth Meets Mouse
When it comes to building buzz, social media turbocharges word of mouth. So what's the role of a "like" in engagement? By Jeff Koyen Posted November 22, 2011 Adweek Is the mouse mightier than the mouth? That's the debate that's taking place in word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing circles. On the one hand, social media has altered the landscape of WOM, helping spread buzz faster and more efficiently than face-to-face communications. On the other, most conversations about products and brands still take place away from the Internet. Word-of-mouth marketing is based on the simple premise that a recommendation from a friend carries more weight than an ad message. But social media has blurred what that means. Is a "like" on Facebook as valuable as an unsolicited recommendation shared in person or on
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Measuring Offline Vs. Online Word-of-Mouth Marketing
The Daily Dose by Mikal E. Belicove The now commonly held notion that social media-related marketing is a requirement for business success may not carry as much water as once thought. Despite all the technological advances in recent years, especially in the realm of social media, a recent study suggests that the vast majority of public discussion about products, brands and services occur in everyday word-of-mouth encounters with others, not online. A yearlong study from the New Brunswick, N.J.-based research firm the Keller Fay Group, which included more than 32,000 participants, found that 91 percent of respondents' information about brands came as a result of face-to-face conversations or over the phone. Just seven percent of word-of-mouth conversations about brands occurs online. The report shows that a well-rounded approach to word-of-mouth marketing
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P&G Unit Debunks 'Social' Influence, Finds Offline Overwhelmingly Dominates Brand Conversations
MediaDailyNews Posted November 17, 2011 by Steve McClellan When it comes to word-of-mouth recommendations for brands, it appears that good, old-fashioned in-person and on-the-phone conversations still rule the day — at least according to research conducted by Tremor and the Keller Fay Group. Tremor, the Procter & Gamble marketing unit that focuses on the so-called "influencer" segment of the consumer base, and word-of-mouth agency Keller Fay unveiled research this week that shows that over 90% of conversations about brands occur in person or on the phone. The results were first disclosed in an article penned by Tremor CEO Chris Laird for Forbes that posted on the publication's Web site Nov. 15. Laird and Brad Fay elaborated on the study's findings at the Word-of-Mouth Marketing Association's Conference in Las Vegas the following
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Are you Maximing Your Word of Mouth at Retail? Lessons from Apple
By Ed Keller In Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson talks about the seven industries that Steve Jobs revolutionized: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, digital publishing, and retailing. As we approach Thanksgiving and "Black Friday," the most important day in retail, let's consider how the Apple Stores changed business retail, which is the topic of Chapter 29 in the Jobs biography. It's easy to forget how dismissive experts were when Apple decided to enter the retail business in 2001. "Maybe it's time for Steve Jobs to stop thinking quite so differently," wrote Business Week. Of course, the Apple Stores went on to achieve record breaking success, despite such doubts, because they had a mission that was about more than providing a place for transactions with customers. Jobs envisioned the
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Pursway Announces Strategic Alliance with the Keller Fay Group
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) Pursway, Ltd., the pioneer in Influencer Marketing Management and the Keller Fay Group, a leading firm in word of mouth research and consulting, today announced at the 2011 Word of Mouth Marketing Association's annual summit a strategic alliance to combine and deliver the expertise of the Keller Fay Group's Word of Mouth (WOM) Marketing and Pursway's Influencer Marketing Management (IMM) software platform. "We are very excited about this alliance," said Ran Shaul, Executive Vice President and co-Founder of Pursway "to be able to offer the marketing expertise and consulting resources of the Keller Fay Group to customers in the U.S. and Europe will significantly enhance our value proposition in the marketplace. The alliance represents an important strategic move for Pursway as it continues to grow its
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Why Digital Still Can't Beat Word Of Mouth In Sharing Brand Messages
Forbes.com 11/15/2011. This article is by Chris Laird, who has marketed some of Procter & Gamble's most well-known brands including Tide, Olay and Gillette. He is currently the CEO of Tremor, the WOM marketing division of P&G, offering online and offline WOM marketing services for brands inside and outside P&G using its Vocalpoint network of more than 600,000 women. When I recall my stint as a brand manager for Procter & Gamble's Bounty brand six long years ago, I wax nostalgic at how relatively one-dimensional and easy-to-measure our plans were: TV, print and coupons, with some CRM and digital thrown in as below-the-line afterthoughts. Now with the consumer's attention infinitely fragmented and technology enabling participation and real-time connections, the work of marketers requires much more agility, integrative thinking and, frankly,
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3 Billion Word of Mouth Impressions About Brands Each Week in UK, According to Keller Fay Research
– Over 90% of Brand Conversations Take Place Offline; Mostly Face to Face – – Tesco, Sky and Apple are Most Talked About Brands in UK – 8 November, 2011. London. The average UK adult talks about brands 78 times per week, which translates into 3.4 billion brand impressions each week that come via word of mouth. And, 94% of those brand conversations take place offline, primarily face to face, while only 6% are online. These are among the major findings from an ongoing study of word of mouth by the Keller Fay Group, revealed today at its WOM Everywhere conference in London. The conference featured new, just released information from Keller Fay's TalkTrack Britain study, an ongoing research programme that tracks word of mouth in the UK on a
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Traditional Media Is Social's "Rock in the Pond"
By Ed Keller Imagine you have an important marketing investment decision to make, and you have what you think is clear and compelling evidence. Then, you subsequently learn that in fact you are overestimating the impact of your investment by as much as 40%. You'd be pretty upset. This is what may be happening today as marketers seek to understand and quantify the impact of their social media investments, according to a new analysis by MarketShare. It is one of several thought provoking points put forth by Pat LaPointe, EVP at MarketShare, in a recent piece in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR) about the relationship between "traditional" and "social" media. Business investment in social media is on the rise, a statistic most recently reinforced by a survey released recently
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New Research and Infographic: Igniting Word-of-Mouth Among Influential Audiences
Microsoft Advertising Blog by Natasha Hritzuk – MSFT Posted Tue, Aug 02 2011 For marketers, the rise of social media has helped crystallize the importance of word-of-mouth. But lately, "social" has become synonymous with a platform, when in reality it's a fundamental human behavior. In fact, 90% of consumer conversations happen offline, far away from what we currently think of when we say "social media." Every day, people talk to each other, providing guidance on which experiences to embrace and which to avoid. It's no wonder that nearly 50% of consumers are likely to purchase products as a result of word-of-mouth*. So, as a marketer, how do you influence those conversations? Sure, digital channels work for sparking conversations that your target consumers can continue online or take offline. But how
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Sometimes 'like' just ain't enough
research-live.com 26 October 2011 | By Steve Thomson What was the last brand you really liked? I mean liked as in clicking the Facebook 'Like' button on the brand's fan page, which immediately shares that information with your friends. Perhaps they liked it too. Depending how many friends you have on Facebook, and how many friends your friends have, those two actions have the potential to reach hundreds of people. Little wonder brand owners have taken to referring to social media as 'word-of-mouth on steroids'. Even without the social media boost, the power of WOM and its importance to brand owners have been demonstrated over and over again. Most recently the Gunn Report from the IPA noted that "buzz is strongly linked to [advertising] effectiveness", and it's free – so
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Word-Of-Mouth Marketing Doesn't Always Match Social Media, Online Results
Word-of-mouth/offline marketing doesn't always ...What do Palmolive, Corona, RCA and PayPal have in Common? They are All "Social Misfits" According to a New Report from Engagement Labs
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations announced Thursday the arrests of 638 gang members across the country, with more than 110 of those coming from North Texas alone.
Says ICE spokesman Carl Rusnock, the arrestees had at least 17 different gang affiliations, but most were members of the Sureños (or Sur 13), the Aryan Brotherhood, MS-13 or Tango Blast, which is very much in keeping with the Texas Department of Public Safety's latest gang assessment, which ID'd the affiliations of some 100,000 (and growing) gang members statewide.
Thirty-five of those arrested during ICE's month-long Project Southbound, which began in March, came from Fort Worth; another 24 were rounded up in Dallas, with another nine coming from Mesquite and six more from Carrollton. But they were from all over Dallas-Fort Worth, from Addison to Richardson, says Rusnok. Forty others without known gang ties were also arrested on state warrants.
ICE officials say they seized guns, drugs, cash and cars during the round-up, which was primarily aimed at the Sureños, with roots in Southern California.
"This gang now has more than 30,000 members in the United States, and their numbers are growing," said ICE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas S. Winkowski in a statement released today. "Targeting transnational gangs like the Sureños is a top priority for ICE, and we will continue to disrupt and dismantle the violence and criminal activities that they inflict upon our neighborhoods."
Among those neighborhoods: East Dallas -- specifically, the El Capri Night Club on Columbia Avenue near Munger Boulevard, where some of the arrests took place, according to the video provided by ICE.
ICE isn't providing the names of all those arrested, but does mention one man who wound up in cuffs in Dallas: 27-year-old Cesar Lisandro Anaya, an El Salvadoran national who authorities say is also a member of the 18th Street gang, which has its roots in Los Angeles. Anaya was arrested on immigration-related charges, says Rusnok, but he will be sent back to El Salvador, where he's wanted for aggravated homicide, extortion and other gang-related activities.


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Street Food Revolution: Paris' Most Popular Food Trucks
October 6, 2014
Le Réfectoire
It's been three years since Paris food truck forerunner Le Camion Qui Fume hit the cobblestones of Europe's culinary capital. Since then, the city of gourmet cuisine has experienced a revolution. More and more food trucks have joined the parade along the streets of Paris, invading the city with bistronomique burgers, kebabs, and bagels reminiscent of those in New York.
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Just before lunchtime, these camions assemble at neighborhood markets to await hungry Parisians who are happy (or at least willing) to wait in line for a burger from Le Réfectoire or empañadas and helados from Clasico Argentina. Here are a few tried-and-true Parisian favorites to be enjoyed year-round.
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Police: 3 dead, 4 wounded in Wis. spa shooting
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin searched Sunday for a man suspected of killing three people and wounding four others in a shooting at a spa in suburban Milwaukee.
Police identified the suspect as Radcliffe Franklin Haughton, 45, of Brown Deer. Brookfield Police Chief Dan Tushaus said Haughton's car had been found, but he was still at large.
The shooting happened about 11 a.m. at the Azana Day Spa, a two-story, 9,000-square-foot building across from a major shopping mall in a middle- to upper-class community west of Milwaukee.
An improved explosive device was found at the spa, and a bomb squad was investigating, Tushaus said. Spokesmen for the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said their agencies also had agents participating in the investigation.
The mall, a country club adjacent to the spa, a nearby hospital and other buildings were locked down as police searched for Haughton, local media reported.
Tushaus described the situation as "fluid and ongoing," saying officers were initially focused on reaching and helping the victims.
Online court records showed a temporary restraining order was issued against Haughton in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Oct. 8 because of a domestic abuse complaint.
Beth Strohbusch, a spokeswoman for Froedtert Memorial Hospital — the hospital that was locked down — said four shooting victims were taken there, none in critical condition.
It was the second mass shooting in Wisconsin this year. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran and white supremacist, killed six people and injured three others before fatally shooting himself Aug. 5 at a Sikh temple south of Milwaukee.
The shooting at the mall took place less than a mile from where seven people were killed and four wounded on March 12, 2005, when a gunman opened fire at a Living Church of God service held at a hotel.


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Nanotechnology aids large-area solar cell
NETANYA, Israel A scientist at Israel's Bar-Ilan University claims that he has managed to create a solar cell 100 times bigger than a typical solar cell, using nanotechnology methods. Professor Arie Zaban, head of Bar-Ilan University's Nanotechnology Institute, is an expert in photovoltaics. In a recently patented technique, Professor Zaban demonstrated how metallic wires mounted on conductive glass can form the basis of solar cells with efficiency similar to that of conventional, silicon-based cells, but that are much cheaper to produce.
While Professor Zaban's earlier efforts produced photovoltaic cells one square centimeter in size, he has now achieved a cell measuring 10 centimeters by 10 centimeters, which he claimed would boost the technique's usefulness in producing commercial amounts of solar power. "Initially, we created linked arrays of very small cells, which led to a loss of efficiency because the sunlight hitting the space between the cells was not converted to electricity," Professor Zaban said. Professor Zaban said the cell is now a practical choice for solar energy production. "We've found a way to produce platinum nanodots tiny crystals measuring only a few nanometers in diameter," Professor Zaban said, adding that this highly reactive metal is an important part of his solar cell's operation. "Thanks to this technique now under consideration for a patent we reduce the amount of platinum needed by a factor of 40." In previous research, Professor Zaban developed a low-cost method of depositing semiconductor material in a sponge-like array on top of flexible plastic sheets. Key to his system is the use of an organic dye that allows the semiconductor, transparent in its natural form, to absorb light.
"Cost is an important factor in the success of any solar technology," Professor Zaban said. "To become widely adopted, solar cells must generate electricity at lower cost than what we now spend on fossil fuels. At the same time, we have to make the basic infrastructure extremely affordable because the third-world countries that stand to reap the most benefit from solar power usually lack the money to invest in it. By making cells more efficient and keeping material costs down, nano-based techniques are moving us closer to that goal." Professor Zaban serves as an advisor to Orion Solar, a Jerusalem-based company that has entered into partnership with Bar-Ilan University and is developing commercial applications for inexpensive, dye-based photovoltaics based on his work. "Given the state of the technology, I believe that the new solar cells will be available commercially within the next five years," he said.


text: Google Has Officially Started Censoring the Pirate Bay In Search ResultsMario Aguilar9/10/12 5:03pmFiled to: PiracyGooglePirate BayCensorship76EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkBack in January, Google bowed down to corporate monoliths and started censoring "piracy-related searches" containing terms like BitTorrent, torrent, RapidShare, etc, so that they won't appear on Google's autocomplete and instant search results. Looks like The Pirate Bay is the latest to be added to the list. TorrentFreak points out what you can see in the screecap above: "Piratebay" no longer returns quick results related to the embattled service's domain. [TorrentFreak via The Next Web]Reply76 repliesLeave a reply


text: Haha, Kim Dotcom Wants to Build an Underwater Broadband PipelineLeslie Horn11/05/12 1:09pmFiled to: Kim DotcommegauploadPacific fibreCore32EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Kim Dotcom is trying to build an undersea broadband pipeline that connects Australia, New Zealand, and Los Angeles. Translation: the Megaupload founder is trying to resurrect a project that is seriously never going to happen. The project, called Pacific Fibre, is something Dotcom's tried before. But it never got off the ground because Dotcom wasn't able to raise the $400 million investment needed for a 6,500 cable. On top of that, he would probably have to have U.S. approval, and he's not exactly in a position to get that, considering current and past legal woes with the feds. Plus, a pipeline that aids people in pirating probably isn't the most welcome idea in L.A., home to Hollywood and the music industry, of course. Dotcom might be relaunching Megaupload in early 2013, but Pacific Fibre some insane plan that is never going to be a real thing. [Venture Beat] Reply32 repliesLeave a reply


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text: Abbas KiarostamiKiarostami, Abbas, 1940–, Iranian filmmaker. Early in his career he was a commercial artist and directed television commercials. In 1969 he founded a film division for a Tehran institute, which became a leading film studio; there he made his first film, the lyrical short Bread and Alley (1970). Kiarostami directed his first feature film in 1977. In the late 1980s his films began to be shown outside Iran, and he attracted major critical attention with Close-Up (1990), about a fraud. The film blurs the lines between the real and the fictional, an approach he often employs; he also often mixes actors with non-actors. Other films include the Earthquake Trilogy (1987, 1992, 1994), Taste of Cherry (1997), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), and the experimental Shirin (2008). The enigmatic Certified Copy (2011), in which a cultivated European couple may just have met or may be long married, was his first feature made outside Iran. Kiarostami has written screenplays, most famously for The White Balloon (1995), and also is a photographer and a poet. See studies by M. Saeed-Vafa and J. Rosenbaum (2003) and A. Elena (2005). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. See more Encyclopedia articles on: Film and Television: Biographies |


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A view from the cliffs to the east of Aberdour harbour encompassing the harbour the Golden Sands and the Firth of Forth.
The old pier in the distance was once used by ferries to Edinburgh. One of the adjacent houses was a hotel owned by the ferry company.