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It's hard to receive an award for service. There are a lot of great acts of goodness out there; so, it's downright impossible to get noticed if you don't enter the contest, isn't it?
Perhaps, but not so for New Jersey's Millburn High School Key Club, winner of the state's Community Food Bank's Division 5 food-collecting contest. The thing is: No one in the Key Club entered the contest. You can read about the club's surprise award in the June/July 2013 Kiwanis magazine.
President Marlee Birnberg also answered Kiwanis magazine's questions about how her club organized their award-winning, hurricane-harassed project and about the students' goal to build a Kiwanis club.
Kiwanis magazine (KM): Describe your club's food-collection project.
Marlee Birnberg: Every year, Millburn's Key Club hosts a Thanksgiving food drive to donate food and money to the Hillside Branch of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. Committee heads Meghna Patny, Grace Jing, Ashley Rose Lynn and Bhavitha Kotha, along with Editor Sylvia Levy and myself, began planning our annual food drive almost as soon as the school year began.
In October, the committee heads, officers and our advisors, Mr. Neil Cooperman and Mrs. Bridgette Nevola, already were spending several hours meeting to discuss plans. However, Hurricane Sandy hit the area in late October, leaving the town almost entirely without power for weeks.
Having no easy way to communicate severely delayed the food drive planning. On the other hand, experiencing the natural disaster's destruction and lack of resources may have taught us something that gave a boost to our food drive. We were able to grasp what it felt like to be deprived, and we knew there were a large number of people who needed support even when we got our power and daily life back. When we finally came back to school in early November, we finished our plan of a two-part collection process: in school and at local supermarkets.
In school, we partnered with another club's fundraiser to encourage students to bring food and money into their homerooms. SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) held their second annual Battle of the Classes, where the grades competed in coin collecting and physical activities. The advisor of SADD, Mrs. Jennifer Manis, suggested that they incorporate the results of our food drive into the scoring for the Battle of the Classes. Certain points would be awarded toward the grade for each dollar and each pound of food donated. Additionally, we offered doughnuts to the homerooms in each grade that brought in the most food. We wanted to motivate the students by providing an incentive in addition to the rewarding feeling of helping those in need.
After a club meeting in early November, volunteers created and distributed boxes that had been donated by the Chatham Moving and Storage Company to all 77 homerooms to start the collection. The committee heads and officers took another step forward and helped the Key Club's class representatives to organize and assign a "food drive ambassador" to every homeroom. The ambassadors spoke about our cause, explained about the food drive and the rules, and encouraged their fellow homeroom students to donate. Some homerooms were incredibly enthusiastic, requesting additional cardboard boxes to hold more than 70 pounds of food items. A few weeks passed by, and we ended the collection as Thanksgiving was rapidly approaching. Key Clubbers helped weigh the food and count the money. We collected more than 1,000 pounds of food and US$319.47 in school.
Meanwhile, our first weekend at ShopRite in early November was successful despite the chilly weather. We raised $1,356.59 and several thousand pounds of food. Although satisfied with our work, we felt like we could do more. Thus, our Thanksgiving food drive turned into a holiday food drive. We headed back to the supermarkets the last weekend of December during school's winter break. Although we had to cancel one of the dates because of the severely cold weather and the snowstorm, several members stood outside the store for hours asking the shoppers for donations. Once again, we acquired another few thousand pounds of food and $174.08.
Our success would not be possible without such dedicated club members and support from the school and community. It's nice to know that our hard work paid off, and we were able to help so many people.
KM: What's your next project?
Marlee: After a few years with an increasingly inactive, and then disbanded, sponsoring Kiwanis club, we decided that it was time to take matters into our own hands. Mr. Cooperman spoke with the Key Club officers about building a Kiwanis club at the beginning of the service year.
We chose committee heads Sonisha Sanju and Ashley Rose Lynn to help with this seemingly impossible task. Sonisha, in particular, has spent countless hours working toward our goal: Kiwanis Re-Creation. Between meetings, writing letters, and posting fliers around town, her actions have been invaluable.
Sonisha and Ashley compiled the list of names and addresses of community leaders and wrote our invitation letters. Our vice president, Chaerin Ahn, created our posters and designed our "reminder" postcards. In general, all of our officers and several members made every effort to be as helpful as possible. And, in support of our goal, members of the Livingston Kiwanis Club, our temporary adoptive parent, advised us on some of these activities.
We know that a Kiwanis club would not only benefit the Key Club, but also the community in general, and we are spreading our message and passion. Our first Kiwanis meeting was on March 18 at Millburn High School, where Key Clubbers, their parents, business owners and other community and school leaders were in attendance. Mr. Cooperman, Sonisha, Immediate Past President Helen He, Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor Mr. Michael Pollack and I spoke at the meeting.
We were pleased with the audience's demonstrated interest, and we invited everyone back to the high school for our second Kiwanis meeting.
Kiwanis celebrates 50 years in Europe.


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*Despite filming it's entire second season, the plug has been pulled for BET's "Reed Between the Lines."
The show's star, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, confirmed the network's decision to not air the sophomore season in an email to AccessAtlanta.com.
"There's really not much to say about 'Reed Between The Lines," the actor wrote. "BET decided not the air the second season, even though it was shot. As a result, there's really nothing to say about the show."
A BET spokeswoman did not answer questions concerning the status of "Reed Between the Lines" or the reason behind the cancellation, AccessAtlanta noted.
"None of us were happy to hear [the cancellation.] They had their reasons, a lot of which I don't understand," Warner expressed to the site during a follow-up interview. "I thought it was a great execution of dealing with a guy who thought he had a perfect family and marriage only to find out there were issues along the way."
News of the cancellation officially puts the cap on "Reed Between the Lines." The series, which also starred Tracee Ellis Ross centered around a happily married couple (Warner and Ross) and their children. Although it featured two TV veterans, "Reed Between the Lines failed to become a certified hit as it averaged
about 1 million viewers.
Things further went downhill after Ross decided to leave the show after the first season aired in 2012. Ross' departure did not prevent BE from greenlighting the shooting of the entire second season in the fall of that year. Without Ross, the show went in a new direction with Felicia D. Henderson being brought in as the new executive producer. Henderson's vision for "Reed Between the Lines" included a long-distance marriage where Warner's character Alex taking care of the children after Ross' character moved to California to take a new job.
In September 2012, Henderson revealed to AccessAtlanta that she wanted to portray Alex as a good role model as a single dad and caregiver, in addition to having Alex leave the house and start teaching on location, rather than be an online professor.
Henderson also expressed a desire to focus on three generations of men who are "interesting, intelligent, positive but flawed men" with the inclusion of Alex's father, played by Charles Robinson and two childhood friends, which included a character played by Tony Rock.
BET's passing on the second season of "Reed Between the Lines" doesn't signal the end of Warner's time on the small screen. This past Monday, the entertainer guest starred on an episode of "Major Crimes" on TNT.

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Benton golf takes first
The Benton boys and girls golf team earned a sweep over Lake Hamilton Tuesday at Longhills Golf Course.
Junior Grace Lile earned medalist after shooting a 42 over nine holes to lead the Lady Panthers to a 138 to 141 win.
"They played really well," new coach Chad Pitts said. "I was proud of the way they played, especially this early in the season and with as young as we are."
Sophomore Karli Lipinski shot a 47 and Kaylen Presnall shot a 49.
"I was really proud of the way they played," Pitts said. "If we shoot a 138 on nine holes every time than we should be able to compete for a state title.
"I was really surprised with some of our scores."
Braxton Chumley shot a 54, Drew Melton a 63, Jenna Jameson a 56, Kayla Payne a 52, Daphne Bono a 54, and Lauren Manis a 68.
The boys team defeated Lake Hamilton 317 to 321 over 18 holes.
Junior Austin Eoff earned medalist with a 67 to lead the team.
"Our boys played well," Pitts said. "Nate Smith wasn't able to play [Tuesday] due to illness and he is usually our number two golfer.
"I was really proud of Cameron Treece. He stepped up and had a great round." Keith Hammer shot a 84 and Treece shot a 76. Colton Lee shot a 93 and Matthew Perry shot a 90.
"Austin had a tremendous round," Pitts said.
The junior varsity boys team played 15 holes and defeated Lake Hamilton 300 to 330. Josh Pittman led the squad with a 68.
Luke Jamison had a 79, Reed Yarberry had a 75 and Justin Lee had a 78.
Benton will play El Dorado on Tuesday at Longhills with an expected start at 3:30 p.m.


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A Safety and Tolerability Study of 42037788 (Referred to as CNTO 0007) Compared With Placebo in Patients Who Have Experienced Ischemic Cerebral Infarction (Also Known as Stroke)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01273467
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 10, 2011
Last Update Posted : March 18, 2014
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|January 7, 2011
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|December 2010
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|A Safety and Tolerability Study of 42037788 (Referred to as CNTO 0007) Compared With Placebo in Patients Who Have Experienced Ischemic Cerebral Infarction (Also Known as Stroke)
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|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Ascending Single-Dose Study of the Intravenous Infusion of CNTO 0007 in Subjects Who Have Experienced Ischemic Cerebral Infarction
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|The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 42037788 (CNTO 0007) in patients who have suffered a stroke. The study is not designed to establish efficacy, although preliminary explorations will be conducted.
|Detailed Description
|This is a first-in-human (FIH) study of 42037788 (referred to as CNTO 0007), a cell therapy being tested to see if it may be useful in treating patients with ischemic cerebral infarction also known as stroke. Patients will be randomized (assigned by chance) to receive a single dose of CNTO 0007 or placebo (identical in appearance to CNTO 0007 but does not contain cells) by intravenous (IV) infusion (injection directly into a vein). Patients and study staff will not know if patients are assigned CNTO 0007 or the placebo. The study will be conducted in 2 stages (Stage A and Stage B). In Stage A, the highest dose of CNTO 0007 that does not cause unacceptable side effects, referred to as the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) will be determined to and administered to patients in Stage B of the study. In Stage A, 5 (up to 7) cohorts (groups) of 4-8 patients each will be administered a single IV infusion of CNTO 0007 or placebo 1-5 days (depending on cohort) after stroke (the first cohort of patients will receive the lowest dose of CNTO 0007 or placebo and each subsequent cohort will be administered a higher dose of CNTO 0007 or placebo until the MTD is determined). In Stage B, patients will be administered a single IV infusion of the MTD within a specified number of days after stroke.
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Cigarette prices are apparently on the rise. I know my local 7-Eleven is urging customers to buy before April 1 when new federal taxes take effect, a new state tax is also in place.
Last pack I bought was $4.50. But I've heard tales of smokes going for between $6 and $7 bucks a pack. What are you paying? Looks like smokers are balancing the budget, paying for the stimulus and fun times in Sacramento.


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Hughes Institute Awards $1.3-Million Grant
August 06, 2008
Aware of growing concerns among U.S. leaders that the country's global leadership in the sciences may be waning, Lewis & Clark faculty members are finding ways to attract more students into the sciences, strengthen the relationships between science fields, and prepare educators to teach K-12 science more effectively.
This spring, the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) endorsed Lewis & Clark's interdisciplinary approach to the sciences by awarding the college a landmark $1.3-million grant. Lewis & Clark was the only liberal arts institution in Oregon–and one of only six institutions on the West Coast–to receive an HHMI grant during this round of competition.
"If the United States wants to stay competitive in the global market and be a leader in solving some of the biggest science questions of our time, it is critical that we improve our science education system," says Deborah Lycan, professor of biology and program director for the HHMI-funded project.
Lewis & Clark's project will enhance an interdisciplinary approach among the sciences and expand the pipeline of students heading into the field through a comprehensive series of programs and partnerships with Portland-area educational institutions. The project is designed to:
- Develop curricula in interdisciplinary science, with special attention to bioinformatics, biophysics, and neuroscience.
- Broaden access to research opportunities for undergraduate students, who will work in laboratories at Lewis & Clark and, through a collaborative arrangement, at Oregon Health & Science University.
- Develop innovative interdisciplinary science courses for nonscience majors.
- Launch a K-12 outreach program for science education in collaboration with Lewis & Clark's Graduate School of Education and Counseling.
- Establish an international outreach program for science education, with special attention to collaboration with institutions in East Africa.
- Host a teaching postdoctoral fellows program in the sciences.
"Ultimately, we hope to provide a prototype for how science education can be made more relevant and more attractive to students," says Lycan, "so they can see how to put their intellectual skill sets to work to solve problems they care passionately about."


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Tony McCoy after equaling Martin Pipe's record yesterday
Tony McCoy equalled Martin Pipe's career tally of 4,191 winners with a typically powerful ride to get On The Record home first at Uttoxeter.
Pipe's record was achieved as a trainer, while McCoy's is as a jockey.
The record-breaking jump jockey drove the evens favourite over the line first in the 32Red On The App Store Handicap Hurdle, but only after a tough tussle with Bangkok Pete.
The 25-1 outsider pushed On the Record all the way and the race could have gone either way from the final flight.
However, McCoy got the Jonjo O'Neill-trained six-year-old, owned by his boss J P McManus, home by a neck much to the delight of his supporters.
"I made hard work of it. I was a bit conscious we went steady. Down the back I thought I'd better get him a bit closer because he's not a quick horse," McCoy told At The Races.
"Then he just started to wander about and have a look and was probably going to win over the last but decided to stop and it was only when a horse came by him that I got him going again in time thankfully. It's nice that he won.
"I've had a few steering jobs and I was hoping one would win and this horse was appropriately named. It's nice that it's one of Jonjo's and one of JP's.
"The thing with me and Mr Pipe is that it's just a personal thing. We've a lot of friends and there's been a lot of banter for a long time.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he went to Newmarket for a trainer's course. I hope I've driven him mad!"
On The Record was McCoy's second ride of the afternoon at the Staffordshire track after Zip Wire had failed to trouble the judge in the 32Red Casino Novices' Hurdle won by Nathans Pride.
McCoy recorded his fastest-ever 50 last month at Worcester and the 19-times champion is pushing towards 300 winners this season having recorded 289 victories in 2001-2.
McCoy has been targeting Pipe's all-time tally since chalking up his 4,000th winner at Towcester in November.
The record-breaking rider was formerly Pipe's stable jockey but has been retained by owner J P McManus since 2004.
Pipe was champion trainer 15 times until he handed over the reins to his son David in April 2006.
The latter tweeted: "Could there be a more appropriate way for @AP_McCoy to join my father in the 4191 club than success aboard On The Record?!"
McCoy could not overtake Pipe with his last ride at Uttoxeter as his mount Dashing Over faded out of contention behind Bumble Bay (12-1) in the £10 Free Bet At 32RedSport.com Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race.
He then left the track by helicopter for Worcester's evening meeting where he has four chances to surpass his former boss.
McCoy has to wait a little longer to beat Pipe's total after he drew a blank at Worcester's evening meeting.
The closest he came was when finishing second on Old Pals Act for the McManus/O'Neill combination in the Tonbrie Construction Handicap Chase.
He was third on My Nosy Rosy in the Green Lighting D-Lux Led Dimmable Downlights Mares' Maiden Hurdle, unplaced on Crannaghmore Boy in the Lifeboats Saving Lifes At Sea Selling Handicap Hurdle and last of four on Think Out Loud in the Green Lighting P-Lux Led Lantern Handicap Hurdle.


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That game rig is 22ft high and 64ft wide and took 3 days to set up... It had to be taken down in just a couple of hours!!
Coming from the Big Brother House Jessie "Young Gunz" will be giving you the play by play on whats hott and ALL THE DIRT up in this piece.
First ever Big Bro HOH to ever tweet to the peeps!
Big Bro sayz this s only one way jose...too bad
First off!?! IM BACK WHATCHU THINK ABOUT THAT!!!
I would like to give a shout out to all the friends, family, fans, and past house guests of mine and of course other respected seasons.
(also just to give a heads up to all... I am NOT an english major... I know I am horrible @ spelling!!)
500,000k money in the banKKK!!! Now to the nitty griddy, coming in as the first HOH the bitter-sweet consequences follow,
granted not having to worry about food to support my 200lb frame 18.5" Guns! But also having to come up with the...
two competitors to place up on the block. Making it sleepless nights and as you might all guess makes for me being tired. HAHA!!
Don't worry as does BB have some surprises for us INSIDE the house... I have some surprises for everyone when the time comes too!!!
To show its me when I step away from this twitter session and walk back into the house I'll give ya a "BERRRRRRRRRRRP!"
Young Gunz back on the sweet tweet!! Trying to finish my sandwich
So much to do so much to DO, but wanted to say what I wanted to last night before my time was up
letting all know about a life long dream which would be SWEEEEEET!!!!
that I have been recently pursuing...in SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT!!! For those that would like to see me in the WWE!!! Rally up!!!
Now have to talk to the camera. The young MAN is ALWAYS in demand!!! OUT
I am back, as expected things are heating up!!! Few actually realized how intense and personal things get so quickly.
I will CONTINUOUSLY strive for excellence in life and throughout the remainder of this game.
Glad that the power is in the hands of the Athletes! Where I believe it needs to staY!!
Want to give another shout out to everyone near and dear to me! Budder! What are you doing kid!?! BG! Along w/Flap Jack!
Love my mom and dad, all the new Florida beach buddies, and of course ALL MY FANS!!!! OHHHH YEAHHHH BERRRRRRRRRRRRRP!!!
I WILL make this summer better than the last if is my demise! With every intention of making it to the 500,000K
Only thing I'm worried about is my Ring name hows this...MR. PEC-tacular!!! AHHHH THEN the crowd goes wild yeah I know its fresh!
This concludes our time for right now I'll be walking out the DR and screaming out a BUNZZZZZIIIIIIIII!!!!
Wish we'd had time to show how crazy the HGs got before the Have & Have Not Comp when they found out they all had to pack their bags!
They freaked out!
Hello!?! Well a complete week inside the big brother house season 11!!! Days feel like those of a Vegas Vacation. Everyday here is doubled..
(Vegas) staying out all night...sleeping for a few hrs..then making your way down to the pool to mingle
and find out where...to go out the next night. A weekend in Vegas almost feels like 4-5 days due to lack of sleep!!!
Inside the BB house same thing
feels like I've been here for 2 weeks!!! But loving every minute of this AWESOME OPPORTUNITY!!!! I cant thank everyone enough!
Hopefully the loyal fans of BB are happy campers I'm back inside the house...HAHA! and for those that aren't...I'm sorry.. BUT..
"I LOVE SOME MORE ME, DOING ME!!!" (T.O.) Hopefully my fan sites are on and popping be sure to check them out!
Thank you to the lovely ladies, along w/Dann and Steven. W/my myspace pages too!!! Thank you Bunky for the support and Nick S. Michelle BB10
Today was also the Veto Meeting...it was one for the ages! Or was it!?! BB11 Season So Nice they Named us first...TWICE!!! OHHHHHHHH!!!
Love all my family, Friends, New and Old Fans! You guys are the Best BB is the BOMB!!! you stay classy my fellow twitters!!
In closing, I'll give you a rip the shirt off helicopter when I step outside the DR!!! Mr. PEC-tacular...OVER-N-OUT!!! until next time..
Be sure to follow @bigbrotherscoop for the latest inside scoop from #BB11 production!
The veto competition took 8 hours to set up in the BB backyard!
Wow Today was crazy...there was a band playing, monkeys swinging from the walls, crazy unpredictable events throughout the entire day.
Wait no no... that was my dream sorry. I continued to train for my dream of becoming a part of the Sports Entertainment world..
Don't know if any to all of the fans have noticed I actually reached 206lbs. over the course of the year my heaviest ever!!!
Although right now sitting between 190-195lbs @ 5'9". With the Young Gunz being 18.2" 19" when PumPed!!! Crazy I know!!! ALL NATURAL
In the Sports Entertainment world I believe I could play a vital role and contribute with my "Elite Physique" if you will...
also bring to the table my overzealous personality, leading by EXAMPLE that it is possible to have a Appealing Natural Physique
Through polygraph and urinalysis tested numerous times through the WNBF World Natural Bodybuilding Federation the most prestigious World..
but Bodybuilders alike, Fitness models, along with being successful enough to grace a Cover of a National magazine too!!! And of COURSE the
BIG CHEESE Being on our Beloved all time favorite TV Show BIG BROTHER... back-to-back seasons 10/11!!!
of the fans in the WWE...would be a DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With more moves to come from inside the house watch the feeds!!
Lydia and I were talking this afternoon before a nap and she wanted to team up with the Athletes although..
She needed to pass initiation test which was whether we could both take a nap together. Verdict is in were golden!!!
Only one girl inside the house.. I might possibly... have a soft spot for...I'll leave it at that..
If you took the time to read this, thank you, send love to all my family, friends, and fans, I keep you in all my prayers! GOD BLESS!!!
Haha now I will strip to my posing trunks and pose my way to the HOH room likka robot! well then sprint cuz ppl w/b like what the HECK!?!
There were 46 zits to pop during the veto competition!
204 letters were inside all the zits!
It took only 4 hours to clean up the whole mess following the veto competition.
Hey, it's Ronnie the HGIC (Head Geek In Charge)!! I cant believe all of the drama that has gone down already this week.
I want to say hello to my friends and family. I love and miss all of you so much!!! I can't believe I am in the BB house living my dream!!
Shell - I miss you like CRAZY!!! You never know how much someone truly means to you until they are not around anymore...
I will end with this - PSHS 4N6 Rules.... we don't just forensicate....we DOMINATE!!!
P.S. I am a rather unpredictable person and I promise if I have my way this house will be upside down before the week is over.
When I get out of the Diary Room I am going straight to my HoH room to play games with my modeling clay!
Hey, it's me... Ronnie !!!! Wow this game is really turning out to be more difficult than I thought it would be.
I am so absolutely grateful for this once in a lifetime experience!! I hope all of America is enjoying watching the show.
Hopefully everything that I have planned will work out well this week. If not, then I will have to roll the dice on the next HoH.
Playing this game is WAY more difficult than playing any video game...EVER!!
In a video game you have control over so many aspects, whereas in this game you can only control yourself.
I would have to say that it is much easier to slay a cartoon dragon than evict a real person... Unless it is Russell!
I am cherishing every second I have in this house. This has been a dream of mine for a long time!
The BB game is unique. It incorporates the strategy elements of chess, the bluff skills of poker, and the creativity of an RPG. I love it !
I just hope and pray that my friends and family are proud of me. I am trying to do the best I can under this difficult situation.
There are some people in here I would love to stay friends with possibly. However it is still a game to me.
As you will soon see, hint hint, I definitely am not afraid to put personal feelings aside in my strategy!
My t-shirts are special to me. I am a wacky crazy guy and a tad unpredictable. I still have a few you guys havent seen yet!! >8-)
The Bomont High School Athletics shirt is a very special gift to me. The entire administration and student body of PSHS are amazing!
In closing, Shell you are my best friend and I will never take you for granted!! Ok..I am leaving DR and I am going to do a booty shake !!
FYI - there was over $50 thousand dollars in change in the BB Backyard for the Veto Comp!
40min before the Live Show, trying to escape a rouge butterfly, Natalie leapt fully clothed into the pool!!
Ronnie continued hiding out in the HOH room for almost 2 ½ days!
HELLOOOOOO!!!! AGAIN BB Tweeters!!! Its Jessie the Super Star from BB10 regardless of what some may think...
or SuperNatural, Mr. Pec-Tacular, Young Gunz is BACKKK!!!
Yes, it is I, again the HOH of the House, kinda doesnt feel right inside the house unless I'm in that room to be completely honest..
Having more fun than ever up in this house this year, plan on staying for a bit so hopefully all attempts at doing so are successful.
Granted I truly didnt want to exactly win HOH this week although I would have been kicking myself for not winning when I know I should have
If that would have been my down fall in the house I would of not of been able to live it down for the rest of my days.
So to my friends, family, and Fans!!! I know I know I shouldn't be drawing such a HUGE BILLBOARD SIGN ON MY BACK!!!
But again what is done is done, I have people in mind to put up and with that I'm trying to think two to three moves ahead as best as I can!
More fun is yet to come, stay tuned hope you have enjoyed the season thus far, fans from last year, new ones from this year, THANK YOU ALL!
Wishing all the best God Bless, Jessie Love you Mom, Dad, Fam, Friends, and Fans!!!
When I walk up out of the DR I'll give you fans the shooter! ;*)
Oh, too late. You already did.
Quote Oh, too late. You already did. LOL...
In the Flying Pigs Veto Comp, Casey threw away two 7s, an 8 and a 9 while trying to find prizes!
Special Pigs are used in France to sniff out underground truffles, which are a type of edible fungus, like a mushroom
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Nice boat
"I am certain there will always be hope in the world" - Speranza Guellfi.
Eh? Nandatte?
Probably a little more of that.
But I don't know. I haven't read the novels to this point. I just want everyone to realize they're friends with eachother. -__-
woof woof whats for lunch lol
I think people are missing the obvious match-up here ... (includes episode 11 spoilers)
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It's obviously going to be Yozora x Sena yuri ending.
After Kodaka running out on Sena's proposal, and due to his general indecisiveness and 'nandatte's, both Yozora and Sena get fed up with men. There's already plenty of foreshadowing for this ending. Most obvious is Sena's obsession with Yozora, such as the stalker picture collection, and the smelling of Yozora's wig. Then you have Sena's games where she's romantically pursuing other women. On Yozora's side, particularly in the past, but also in the present, Yozora prefers men's clothing, which shows she is more comfortable with a non-standard gender identity; that alone doesn't necessarily mean anything, but with the more heavy foreshadowing on Sena's side, I think it can be counted as a hint. I'd say this is the most reasonable possible ending.
Just in case anyone can't tell, yes, I am joking
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I've seen, read and heard a lot of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, what seemed to be an interesting anime took a turn that left me breathless and leaving me to want more!
So, I ask you, how do you picture Haganai will end? (Though, it's early to say he he)
My thoughts on how it will end will be mostly likely this!
What say you?
So you're saying... that those two girls are going to eat a lot of unhealthy stuff and maybe not exercise so much, and get fatter? I can see that happening. Hell I can see Kodaka getting fat too. You only see him from the back in that photo, so I'm guessing he also gained some weight.
He'll end up with Aoi Yusa, obviously. Or maybe Kate. Yukimura is a bit more of a long shot.
I hope he ends up with Sena!!! He probably wont end up with anyone and they'll all stay best friends but I love Sena and hope he returns her feelings!! Won't be holding my breath though.
They'll become obese together and have one of those polygamy marriages XD
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|Administrator Help - RC v3.3
Chapter - 9.2 RSS Feeds Reader
Click on "RSS Feeds" in admin tasks. Here you may create RSS feeds references and display them at the site. You are not actually creating feeds but rather caching existed feeds (converted to human readable form by RSS reader) from any web site (possibly including your own) into Rapid Classified database for further display at the site.
Create first feed entry. All you need to start with, is a valid RSS feed URL link. As an example go to http://www.cnet.com find an RSS link at the bottom and choose any feed. Alternatively, if you have enough ads at posted at classified, just go to rss_feeds.asp page, click any RSS icon and copy resulted URL link. Paste a valid link to Valid RSS Feed field in RSS manager, specify RSS Feed Name and click "Create New Feed" button.
Do not worry about the rest of the settings for now. You can always modify settings later on (except RSS Feed Name). The feed name used for internal identification, must be unique and configured as a single word in English. References for the rest of the settings provided in chapter 9.3.
Once you created a new feed, you may:
Click on "Edit" link for newly created feed. Scroll to the bottom at the following page. The feed displayed in an iframe. You can change feed output configurations and save changes. You may alternate preview mode by clicking "Preview" or "Preview as Portal" to see the formatted feed output.
Note: After selecting different options but before saving feed configuration, you may click "Preview" or "Preview as Portal" to see the result of amended configurations. Initially, when you click "Edit" at the Feeds list page and jump to edit page, the preview displays cached feed from database. However, when you click"Preview" or "Preview as Portal" button, the feed preview becoming "Live" - meaning you see the live feed from the source (actual feed URL) formatted by an RSS Reader. You may change settings and click preview buttons as many times as you would like until satisfied with output. Changes at this point are not saved in database but the live preview would reflect them. When satisfied with changes, click "Save Feed" to save the feed in database.
9.2.1 Displaying Feeds
Now it's a good time to decide where exactly on the RC pages you would like to display your feeds. There are 2 ways to display feeds. While on Admin Feeds management or on Feeds edit page you may see 2 text boxes for each feed - Page Insertion string and Template insertion string.
Manually inserting feed strings (Page Insertion)
The Feed string would look something like:
This method can also be used to insert an RSS feed into "True" Content pages and Header/Footer Inclusive pages at Content Management.
Inserting feed into Page Content Templates (Template Insertion)
The Feed string would look something like :RSS=Feed_Name:
Displaying feed in portal bars (via Custom1-6 templates) requires a careful consideration. Do the feed "Preview as Portal" at edit page to see if the feed well fitted at the page and does not stretch the portal out of bound. The feed content cannot be predicted. Although there are variety of ways to fit it optimally in portal (such as turning off a large feed logo, decreasing font size, removing certain attributes), the feed may contain HTML code in description. Make sure you display a well known and well formatted feeds. Note: RC feed writer creates a neat feeds which can be well fitted into portal bars.
TIP: When including RSS feed string into the default Content_News template, the feed would scroll. The best output would be presented if you disable items description ("Show Items Description") but enable images ("Show Items Enclosure") restricting image size to 50 to 60 px) as well as setting "Custom Feed Title" to have more control over the feed. Do experiment until achieved the best presentable output.
9.2.2 Creating Menus
There is a sample Menu page (rss_menu.asp), which can create available feeds menu in portal bars.
To enable Menu:
Selected portal box from now on would display clickable list of all available feeds. While clicked on any feed link in the menu, the special feeds display page would open and display a corresponding feed content.
Note: If you intended to utilize a particular feed in Menu, then make sure to specify a "Custom Feed Title" in feed properties. This title would be used to create menu entry for this feed. If the "Custom Feed Title" not specified, then the "RSS Feed Name" would be used instead.
Edit menu style by modifying rss_menu.asp directly.
As oppose to the menu, you may use rss_exchange.asp page to display all available feeds on a single page. This page should not be included into any other page. Great for links exchange with other RC classifieds. It is recommended to create separate feeds, set number of items in the feed to 1-2 and set "Include in Menu" to Yes. All feeds would display with 1-2 latest feed items at this page.
9.2.3 Caching Feed. Why?
The feeds, which displayed at classified are not live feeds. Every RSS feed in RSS manager is actually cached to database and refreshed every "N" minutes. "N" could be set on Feeds Edit page - "Cache Every" configuration. Cache created to prevent remote site query every time feed displayed at classified pages. In addition it ensures uninterrupted display even if the remote site goes down, unavailable or unreachable (images might still be unavailable in this case). It is recommended to keep cache time above 30 minutes.
Cache refreshed only when it is due for update at the time it being pulled from database for the display at the site.
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UNStudio has designed the new UIC Building, which will be called 'V on Shenton' along Shenton Way, Singapore, in the heart of the Central Business District. This dual aspect pair of conjoined towers comprises a 23-storey office building which remains in line with its neighbours and a soaring 53-storey pillar of residential units which has been conceptualised to 'distinguish itself' from the surrounding buildings. A third sky lobby in this residential community marks a change to the internal layout with a split core.
'V on Shenton' will comprise part of a major redevelopment of the former UIC Building, which dominated the skyline as Singapore's tallest building for many years since its completion in 1973. The facades take the basic shape of a hexagon, which is used to create patterns that increase the performance of the facades with angles and shading devices that are responsive to the climatic conditions of Singapore. Along with systematic material variations, these geometric panels add texture and cohesion to the building, whilst reflecting light and shade.
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Blackhoof got some extended working hours last night. (The wife didn't feeling like playing.) So I returned to the marsh and recovered his body. Collected a few more spores sacs, rounding out to 20 again, and then I returned to Fahssn, the Sporeggar who is trying to protect their young by enlisting passersby. Turning those sacs in, and the Bog Giant tendrils as well, Fahssn indicated Blackhoof had pleased his race well enough that it was time to go visit them personally. Cowman in Mushroom Land. I checked out the quartermaster's offerings, sold some of the garbage Blackhoof had been holding on to, and then set out for more adventure.
The first mission was to kill a wasp called Blacksting for a troll in Swamprat Post. Something about big stingers impressing the ladies. *What* was the troll talking about? Heh. That was an easy enough task since this named wasp wasn't elite.
Next, while I was in that corner of the swamp, I turned to go visit the Lost Ones of Umbrafen (Shadow Swamp) Village. And slay a lot them. For a Broken back in the Cenarian Refuge. He'd do it himself, but he's old and/or tired. (Slacker!) These Umbrafen Lost Ones were a bit of relief. I felt strong again fighting these. I pretty much cut a swath through their huts to where their leader resided. About this time two Night Elves show up. A Warrior and a Druid. I don't make note of their levels but the Warrior is wearing his full Valor gear. We move in together, the Warrior and I, with the Druid hanging back in caster form. Kataru, both our targets apparently waited upstairs. The Warrior indicated that I should go first, (I had reached the house first. This guy was certainly polite!), so I did and he took out the Witchdoctor. Kataru is a rather easy kill. I sit down to drink some water and wait around so I could assist the Warrior when Kataru returned with another Witchdoctor. But then I saw the Druid was level 70, he was 62, they were in the same guild, and she was probably just healing him and not grouped with him to maximize his xp. I stood, waved, they waved, and made my way out. I was looking for a few more Witchdoctors when I saw a lonely looking Tauren woman sitting in one of the huts. Ah ha! A damsel in distress. Gentleman that I am, I ask if I could help her in any way. Of course I can. Escort her back to Cenarian Refuge. I'm actually done with my appointed task there so I agree. We make our way back to the road and only encounter two or three pair of Lost Ones trying to stop us. They die just as quickly as she helps too. We make our way back to the Refuge and she thanks me. There was even a reward for that, either a nice caster type necklace (what I should have taken, maybe) and a nice one-handed mace (what I did take). The mace had 48 DPS versus the 40 my axe that I was using had, an easy enough trade-off.
But, the title of this post alludes to something more than knocking out little quests. Let me get to that.
I figure I had all night, so why not try the Looking for Group tool? I haven't heard good things about it, but what did I have to lose. I picked Hellfire Ramparts, and two of the three group quests I had left in Hellfire Peninsula. A Troll Mage joined my party almost immediately. Level 62. "Sup" he says. "Hey." With me in Earthfury, we got some healing. With him we've got DPS and crowd control. Then Anaz, a Warrior, whispers me "Can you use a Fury Warrior?" "Do you have a shield?" "Of course." So I invite him. Level 62 Orc Warrior. Things are looking up. This tool works. Then I'm whispered by a Paladin. (Old School Horde thinking: "WTF? Pally?") Level 65 Blood Elf Paladin. "Kuljit said you could use some help?" I'm thinking tanking, and healing. "You bet." I invite him. Now things are really looking up. A Shaman whispers me but I'm thinking two Shamans... maybe we'd best hold out for a priest. "Alright." he says.
We're individually working on stuff while we wait for our 5th. Then my friend Nachmahd logs on and asks "What's up?" "Trip to Hellfire Ramparts. Want to go?" "Yep." Alright, in the case of friends and guildmates I'll make exceptions. ;)
A level 62 Mage, a 62 Fury Warrior, a 65 Ret/Holy Paladin, a 63 Resto Shaman, and me, a level 62 Enhancement Shaman with some decent healing gear.
And it starts out well. We sheep for crowd control and generally melt faces. The Paladin topped the DPS at 300+. The Fury Warrior came next with +240 or so. The Mage was below that. I was doing a mix of healing and casting and Nachmahd stuck to healing. He had the Warrior and I had the Paladin as our charges. We worked our way through to the first boss, Watchkeeper Gargolmar. They call that a fight?
He dropped some blue mail leggings, socketed. No Hunters in our group, and nice for an Enhancement Shaman, but with +Int that a Restoration Shaman might consider. Nachmahd told me to take them since I'm Enhancement. "You sure? We can roll on it." "Buy me a beer," he whispers. "Sure." Nice. My first socketed item.
But, bad news. The Mage has got to go. Roh roh. "Invite Doomrogg," says Anaz. That was the Shaman who whispered me earlier. Hell. Why not. We're doing pretty good.
No crowd control though. Two Enhancement Shamans (one with decent healing gear), a Resto Shaman, a Fury Warrior, and a Paladin. Do you think we quit? Nope.
It was sweet. We worked our way to Omor the Unscarred. This was an easy fight. And, in general, we weren't missing crowd control at all making our way through the mobs. And Omor drops this nice Caster staff. No mages, no priests. Hmm. Well, I've seen the Crystalfire Staff before. It's a nice looking staff. But I've got my Staff of Dominance still, from my Molten Core days, and that's got a +55 Healing enchant on it. It's still, I think, a slight improvement on the Crystalfire Staff, so I wasn't going to need it. Doomrogg was Enhancement, so he shouldn't have needed it if Nachmahd, fully Restoration, wanted it. (Nachmahd kept Anaz Earthshielded most of the time.) Doomrogg said he didn't need it, and Nachmahd said he didn't either (WHAT?!?!) and they started rolling on it. WTF? So I rolled on it, and won. Grats, Kadaj, the Paladin said, and the group moved on. Sheeyet. Nachmahd, my friend in real life, has been in back healing with a Cold Forged Hammer in one hand (which has some +Int and +Mana Regen) and his Immoveable Object in the other. "You need that. Take it." I start running towards the group. Nachmahd turns around and loots it. It's a wild upgrade for him if he's going to be healing. Kadaj asked "Did Nachmahd loot that?" I said "Yeah, he should have needed that." "Ah."
So now we've gotten to the last bosses, Vazruden, the rider, and Nazan, the dragon.
Well, the Paladin knows what we need to do. He's explained all the fights well. But we still wipe. Twice.
Three Shaman = three wipe recoveries. And a Fire Resistance Totem = Fire Resistance Aura. They don't stack, but we can have complimentary stuff up.
Anyway, first time, Nachmahd is standing in flames and he's trying to keep healing, but he's burnt to death. I'm hopping around like a jumping bean and healing, but those bosses aren't going down.
Oh, yeah, one thing I found funny. We're standing in back. And I see that Nachmahd still has his Hammer and Shield in hand. I whisper him "Why don't you have that staff equipped." "I'm in defensive mode." I'm taken a bit aback. "Huh? You aren't being hit." ... "If you're in back healing like this, go ahead and equip that staff. If you're out soloing than the shield might be fine." It takes a little bit but then that staff comes out. It's a damn nice looking staff too. I love the stuff that's got glowing auras all over it. The Staff of Dominance glows *and* includes the occasional lightning flash. The low rumble of thunder from a chain heal... this game rocks. (And now I'm wondering, as I'm writing this, where did he leave his Landslide Buckler? He's still got that, right??)
Third fight. Vazruden drops like he's been slipped some Rohypnol. And we're working on Nazan. We're avoiding the flames, but still... we lose the Warrior. We lose Nachmahd. We lose our Paladin. Roh roh. I see Doomrogg there, Nazan is really low on health, and then, booyah, he's dead. The dragon is dead. Anyway, third times a charm. A defensive plate item and a defense necklace are in the chest. Both go to Anaz. But, hot damn, we did it. Hellfire Ramparts. 3 Shamans, Warrior, and a Paladin.
Later, recovering in Thrallmar, I comment to Nachmahd that he's gotten a nice staff. And to keep the shield for soloing. "I'm a healer! I'm not soloing anymore." Heh. Blackhoof saluted him and he logged off. Blackhoof rode back out to where Anaz was and helped him with some Ravagers, and then we started working on the Giant Collosii. After the 2nd dies (Warrior+Shaman. Not bad.) we start on a 3rd. I've got adds and I can't heal as well, and he says "CRAP, I've got to go," and he dies and I die. He never came back.
I return to Thrallmar and decided it was a good night. Nachmahd's got a point. If you can party with someone, and you create some synergy with DPS+Healing, etc., do it.
And Shamans: If you're Enhancement, carry some healing gear. And if you're Restoration, carry some fighting gear. I've got like 7 points in Restoration, and all the rest in Enhancement. But my gear lets me heal real good. If you're Elemental then your +mana regen and +spell/healing is going to work either way.


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The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Northeast Asia, a network of civil society organizations working for peace and dialogue in the region, wholeheartedly congratulates the leaders of the DPRK and the ROK, as well as the Korean people, for the historic achievement of the "Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula".
The report, which is officially launched at the Royal United Services Institute in London, is a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last 17 years. Measuring 163 countries and covering 99.7% of the world's population, one of the principle aims of the Global Terrorism Index is to help us to understand the global, regional and local impact of terrorism. With this understanding we can inform a positive practical debate about the future of terrorism and importantly, how we respond.
Find out more about the Global Terrorism Index 2017 and read the full report here.
This year's priority theme for the 62nd Session of the CSW is "Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls." The review theme is "Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women."
The new and global Women, Peace and Security Index, developed by PRIO and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security , launched at the United Nations during the 17th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 in New York.
The WPS Index is a major innovation that will bridge insights from gender and development with peace and security indices. It captures both peace and security and women's inclusion and justice for the first time. The first report, structured around three basic dimensions of women's well-being (inclusion, justice and security), ranks 153 countries and covers more than 98 percent of the world's population. It will be updated every two years.
The study commissioned by the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS) in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa (CSDEA) is a contribution to the global progress study on youth's positive contribution to peace processes and conflict resolution. The objective of the study was to document the role of youth-led and youth-focused conflict and extremism prevention approaches that are dynamic and promote peacebuilding.
Hold Your Peace highlights how responses to terrorism have, in practice, squeezed women's rights organisations and their defenders between terror and counter-terror. As a direct and indirect result of these rules, women activists are increasingly facing NGO restrictions, have lost critical access to resources, as well as the ability to fully use banking facilities; all of which circumscribe how, where, and in some cases, even if, they can undertake their core work on mobilizing human rights, gender equality, and advancing peace in their communities.
This joint study on the prevention of violent conflict — a first in the history of our institutions — was initiated in 2016 and conducted by a team of staff members from the United Nations and the World Bank Group, in a spirit of fostering closer collaboration to deliver at the country level. It reflects a process of research and intense global consultation aimed at providing ideas on how development approaches can better interact with other tools to prevent violent conflict.
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NASA's spacecraft Cassini took this amazing colorful picture of a Saturn storm that resembles a hurricane on Earth. The center eye of the storm on Saturn is about 1,250 miles wide. That's 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth, that's the distance between Dallas and Washington, DC.
Usually, hurricanes on Earth have a small eye and much larger outer bands. But incredibly on Saturn 1,250 miles is the distance of the center eye only. The entire storm could be several thousand miles more.
As for the wind speed in the storm, usually in hurricanes the strongest wind is in the center of the storm around what is called "the eye wall" of the hurricane, and tends to get weaker as you get to the edge of the hurricane. The wind speed on the outer edge of the cloud band of Saturn's hurricane is 330 mph and the winds in the center eye are four times faster than some of the strongest hurricanes on Earth. To compare Saturn's storm to hurricanes that affected the U.S., the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. was Camille in 1969 with winds of 190 mph.
One of the interesting facts is that usual hurricanes on Earth feed off the water vapor from the warm ocean water. That gives it the needed energy for the hurricane to develop. But on Saturn there is no body of water nearby for this storm to feed off. Instead it is feeding off of small amounts of water vapor in Saturn's hydrogen atmosphere.
Another interesting fact: Hurricanes on Earth form usually in the tropical latitudes and move north due to the forces acting on them. But Saturn's storm is located at the planet's north pole that has made it stationary with nowhere further north to go. Because of this discovery, NASA scientists believe that it could have been there for years.
Only in 2009 sun began reaching the northern Hemisphere allowing Cassini spacecraft to capture these images. This is because Saturn's seasons last nine years each, therefore their north pole is dark nine years at a time. So when the space craft first reached Saturn in 2004, the north pole was in the middle of winter.
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Just how original can you make your character look in Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer? You'll likely be surprised to find out just how far Treyarch is going to create a truly personalized experience:
Call of Duty: Black Ops is being developed for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows PCs, and Nintendo Wii. The game is set to ship on November 9.
Sharkey says: I like what Treyarch is cooking. And I have a feeling we'll be seeing plenty of those Crow look-alikes running around online come November. What do you think of Treyarch's efforts to personalize Black Ops?


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Barack Obama keeps claiming that he wants a "balanced" approach to deficit reform, but the editors of the Washington Post have a little difficulty trying to figure out what he means by "balanced" — since his proposals have had a 4:1 ratio of tax hikes to spending cuts. The Post also notes that Obama has backed away from even the inadequate entitlement reforms he's previously embraced. Why, the Post's editors suggest, Obama may not really be serious about this whole deficit-reform idea.
You think?
Since the election last month, a few modest proposals have been floated to slow the growth in entitlement spending. None of these would fix the problem, but they would at least acknowledge that a problem exists. One by one, the ostensible advocates of balance have shot them down, portraying each in turn as a mortal threat to the poor or the aged.
Nudging the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67, which President Obama supported last year? Unconscionable. Changing the way cost-of-living adjustments are calculated, which Mr. Obama also supported? Brutally unfair to veterans and seniors. Reform of Medicaid provider taxes, which liberal Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) only days ago described as a "charade" used by states to jack up funding from Washington? Unthinkable,the White House now says:In fact, with the Supreme Court having struck down a facet of Mr. Obama's Affordable Care Actinvolving Medicaid, nothing in that program can be touched. And, while they're at it, put Social Security off the table, too. We're asked to accept the mythology that, though the pension and disability program is facing ever-widening shortfalls, it isn't contributing to the overall deficit. …
There are better and worse ways to bend the entitlement curve. Raise the Medicare age, but shield the neediest seniors. If you think Republicans are proposing the wrong way to adjust the cost-of-living index, finance expert Robert C. Pozen has proposed a progressive alternative.
But there's no way to fix America's problem without doing something on entitlements. If the Democrats — and Mr. Obama, in particular — don't get more seriously into that discussion, they have no standing to complain about the Republicans' lack of balance.
Balance … balance … hmmm:
It's clear that the White House isn't interested in balance. They're not interested in fixing the budget deficits, either. They are interested in punishing success and maintaining the ability to redirect funds for their own political benefit. That's unbalanced, and not just in the ledger sense, either.


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The GRL Germany are continuing to rock events out of Open Design City, following on from their activities at the Cognitive Cities Conference.
As a part of the Street Lab meets Berlin festival, you can join in the following activities. They are busy as ever though with even more happening over the course of the event, so follow the link for details.
In the opening night of the festival GRL Germany will present their new laser tagging tool blitzTag at the grounds of Prinzessinnengarten within a stone throw away from Open Design City.
Like earlier versions of laser tagging apps such as LaserTag, blitzTag is tracking a laser point across the face of a building and generating graphics based on the laser's position which then get projected back onto the building with a high power projector.
Fri, 11th of March, 10 pm - midnight
Venue: Prinzessinnengarten / Moritzplatz
At Saturday we will open ODC for visitors from noon. At that time, people can try-out bombIR, or ask any questions about the evening before (blitzTag).
1:00-1:45 pm GRL Germany will give a talk which will be an introduction to GRL background and philosophy, with a behind-the-scenes look at some of our open-source tools, such as blitzTag and bombIR.
This will be followed by an LED-Throwie workshop by Sid (Shine in Decay) at 2 pm. We are going to make a whole lot of LED's which will be installed the same evening in cooperation with another part of the festival.
A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together.
Sat, 12th of March
ODC opening time: 12am - 6pm
GRL Germany talk: 1pm
LED-Throwie Workshop: 2pm - 5pm
Venue: Open Design City / Betahaus


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VATICAN CITY — As a participant in Villanova University's Vatican internship program, I had the opportunity to be a part of a groundbreaking project.
This Monday, in celebration of the feast of the dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Vatican website launched a state-of-the-art virtual tour of the basilica.
The tour of St. John Lateran is only a small part of a monumental project in which a team of Villanova University professors and students photographed the Sistine Chapel, the newly resorted Pauline Chapel, the Basilica of St. Mary Major and the Necropolis of St. Rosa.
Having labored long and hard on the virtual reality tour, the launch is a sort of personal triumph for me.
To allow the Villanova team to photograph everything in peace, officials kept the public out of the buildings, except at St. John Lateran. The Villanova interns and I worked as the photographer's personal police squad. We made sure no curious tourists or aspiring models got in the way of the cameras. This was particularly difficult because people in St. John Lateran had no qualms about walking right up to the lens and inspecting the state-of-the-art equipment.
I was assigned to help Villanova Digital Media Coordinator Chad Fahs photograph the front entrance of the basilica. Shooting the outside of the basilica had a different set of challenges; the open space and large crowds make crowd control more difficult. It seemed as though every time Chad was about to begin the shooting process a large herd of tourists was walking right in front of the camera on their way into the basilica.
The highlight of the photo shoot was Paul Wilson's face after he finished the apse. Paul is the director of the Villanova University's Vatican project. He is a seasoned veteran who has more than 40 years of experience in photography. After the shoot, he was physically unable to suppress the huge smile on his face. The only words he could let out were, "We got it."
"It's monumental. Michelangelo and other artists created these masterpieces and we are showing them to the world." Paul's words capture the work he and the team of Villanova students and professors are doing to create virtual tours of important sites throughout the Vatican.
Wilson was, right we got it. The Villanova team captured what it is like to be inside the basilica. Save the motion-sensitive controls that could cause some headaches and nausea before you get accustomed to them, the virtual tour is quite impressive. The photographs are crystal clear and the people actually add perspective to the basilica's size.
The launch of the tour of St. John Lateran is not the end of the story. One can't help but think how impressive the virtual tours of the Sistine Chapel, the Pauline Chapel, St. Mary Major and the Necropolis of St. Rosa will turn out.
(Gustavo Solis currently works as an intern in the CNS Rome bureau.)


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Leonardo DiCaprio & Toni Garrn Are Still Going Strong, Hold Hands in New York!
Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Toni Garrn show a rare public display of affection while holding hands on a stroll with friends on Thursday afternoon (June 26) in New York City.
The 39-year-old actor and the 21-year-old model are showing that they are still going strong just days after the husband of a woman he was seen flirting with committed suicide.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Leonardo DiCaprio
Leo was seen mingling with model Katie Cleary while partying it up in Cannes last month and just days ago, her estranged husband Andrew Stern shot himself to death at a shooting range. Reports said that he had been battling with depression for a long time and the couple had already separated before her trip to Cannes.


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Two senior execs leave Orrstown Bank
Two senior executives at Orrstown Bank have resigned, the Shippensburg-based bank said today in a regulatory filing.
Chief credit officer Michael Moore resigned Friday, Orrstown said in a statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Terry Miller, director of Orrstown's Special Assets Group, resigned June 29, the bank said.
"Both individuals resigned from the Bank to pursue other business opportunities," the statement said.
Orrstown, which reported losses of $32 million for 2011, is operating under enforcement orders with federal and state regulators requiring the bank to strengthen its board and management and improve the quality of its loan portfolio.
Shares of its holding company, Orrstown Financial Services Inc., trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ORRF.


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Tired of the NSA reading your personal emails? Want to keep pictures of your ex on your computer? Need to exfiltrate data innocuously? Then this steganography course is for you! We will explore steganography well beyond the common Least Significant Bit techniques. Want to learn about jpeg hiding? We'll hide it many ways. Want to listen to a CD with megabytes of other data? We do the wave with you. Executables, video, and bitmaps too.
We'll learn about and apply steganalysis to demonstrate detection as well. This course introduces you to the concepts required for comprehending steganography such as data compression, information theory and entropy, human perception, digital imaging and audializaiton, and basic least significant bit hiding/detection techniques. Then it showcases more advanced steganographic and steganalytic techniques such as bit-plane complexity segmentation, high-capacity jpeg hiding, F5, and statistical hiding in audio and video along with corresponding detection techniques and malware applications. Emphaiss is on practical applications and implementation rather than "theory." Visual Cryptography is demonstrated as well. Scattered throughout are hands-on exercises with custom steganographic and steganalytic programs (including source code) that illustrate the various techniques and effectiveness of detection.
YOU can decide the effectiveness for yourself. Can you see it? Can you hear it? We shall see … or not!
Anyone interested in more advanced steganographic techniques and the underlying concepts.
Basic knowledge of computers and digital imaging.
A laptop with Windows XP or greater or a Windows virtual machine.
Printed copy of course slides and a CD with the various demo programs included.
John Ortiz is currently a senior computer engineering consultant for Crucial Security Inc. doing reverse engineering of exploit analysis. For two years, he provided cyber security services to the U.S. Air Force researching innovative network security protection techniques. Prior to working at Crucial, he spent five years at SRA International and five years at General Dynamics developing various defense related software, researching data hiding techniques, and analyzing malware.
In a second role, Mr. Ortiz developed and teaches a steganography course for the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). It covers a broad spectrum of data hiding techniques in both the spatial and transform domains including least significant bit, discrete cosine transform, echo hiding, hiding in executables, and hiding in network protocols. For the course, Mr. Ortiz developed several steganographic programs for testing and analysis.
Mr. Ortiz holds two master's degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology, one in Electrical Engineering and one in Computer Engineering and a BSEE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.


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Barnes vs. Clay: A scandal before its time
Mexico residents didn't realize then but they were ahead of their time. If it happened today, social media outlets would go into overload trying to learn the details while the national news media talking heads would discuss every angle, every possibility, and every piece of evidence as it became known. It has all the drama and intrigue, the tragedy and heartbreak, the name-calling and courtroom dramatics so familiar with today's shocking events.
'It' is the Thursday July 10, 1902 gunfight on Promenade between two prominent Mexico residents that resulted in the death of one combatant, and sparked what several current residents refer to as "the scandal of the century" which in turn led to "Mexico's trial of the century." The resulting scandal divided the town then and still fascinates Mexico residents today.
"Why would people in Mexico today consider this event still important, or even relevant?" asks Mexico resident Jim Dye. "This is our history and we need to remember our history and learn from it."
Mary Littrell, Mexico resident, echoes the sentiment. "We want to honor our past. Some of our history is triumphant, but some of it is tragic. This is one of those tragedies."
During Elmwood Cemetery's third annual 'Voices of the Past' Historical Walking Tour on Oct. 13, Robin Lightfoot and Gary Littrell portrayed Clarence Barnes and Rhodes Clay respectively in a dramatization of the incident. This was the second time the duo has dealt with the incident within the last three years.
The backstory reads like a movie script. Barnes and Clay were in their 20s, from influential families, and both were successful practicing attorneys. Clay was Audrain County's representative to the Missouri General Assembly. They were rivals in everything: business, politics, and, according to some (but never substantiated), for the affections of z young woman. The relationship was a second-generation rivalry in that their fathers were rivals as well.
There were previous altercations between the two, including a fistfight in June of that same year over a lawsuit and its subsequent related news articles. Both were arrested but not charged. Up until the July 10 incident, no firearms were involved.
Some say it began as a harmless quarrel over a business deal that escalated from harsh words to drawn and brandished weapons where one accidentally discharged, setting off the gunfight. Others say it was premeditated in retaliation for earlier incidents.
There are few agreed upon details concerning the incident. On the evening of the day, at around 5 p.m., the two met at the Mexico Post Office. Both walked in the same general direction toward Promenade. No record exists of any conversation while walking, but witnesses recall hearing two shots fired as they reached Promenade. However, as it was close after the July 4 celebrations, most ignored them thinking they were firecrackers.
As the rattle of gunfire continued, people turned to see the two facing each other with guns firing. Ten shots were fired in total. Barnes was struck twice in the arm; Clay was struck three times – in the arm, in the back, and the fatal wound to the right lung. Barnes would recover from his wounds. Clay would die from the wounds within the next hour.
The outpouring of grief for Clay's death was tremendous. Accolades and tributes came in from state dignitaries and other persons of renown. The heartbreak of the moment was even captured in the elegiac poem entitled "In Memory of Rhodes Clay, The Brilliant Young Representative of Audrain Co., who was slain July 10th, 1902" by Lily E.G. Hendrix and included in her book "Gleanings: A Book of Poems."
In the aftermath, Barnes claimed that he fired only in self-defense since Clay had been the aggressor due to being drunk. Clay's family countered that statement by accusing Barnes of plotting the entire episode.
The resulting preliminary trial under Squire L. N. Bass resulted in Barnes being bound over for trial and placed under a $10,000 bond. The trial itself began Oct. 19, 1907, fifteen months after the incident, due to three changes in the presiding judge, and a change in venue to Troy in Lincoln County.
The trial lasted for five full days. Six different lawyers represented Barnes and seven lawyers, including prosecutors from Audrain and Lincoln Counties, represented Clay. As Barnes was pleading self-defense, the jury was instructed to render the verdict of either murder or acquittal, no other judgments were to be considered.
Barnes was accompanied to the courtroom each day by his new wife, the former Ruth Lakenan. Her presence, and the marriage itself, was condemned by Green Clay, the brother of Rhodes Clay, as a sham to create a "spectacular sympathetic array in the courtroom." Spectators, stories tell, came not to witness the actual proceedings, but rather to see what the new Mrs. Barnes wore in court as she was considered a refined and impeccably dressed woman.
The jury deliberated for 48 minutes before returning an acquittal verdict with a statement that "they could not bring back life to the dead man and saw no use of punishing the living."
As expected, the Clay family was outraged, alleging bribery, witness tampering, jury manipulation, perjury, and trying to suppress the press. However, the case was never returned to trial. The reasons why are not known but provide material for further speculation.
"Mexico was trying to show that it was cultivated, civilized" Lightfoot said. "They wouldn't have wanted news of the incident to spread."
Littrell echoed "The city fathers didn't want Mexico to get a 'wild west town' reputation."


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One of the most popular and favorite shutter styles for any home is the plantation shutter. This is a classic wooden shutter that blocks most of the light from entering the home. It also stops much of the heat from the sun from entering the home, so you always have a cool room at the end of the day. To see more about the plantation shutter, please visit Danmer Custom Shutters online.


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Tomorrow is National Coffee Day. In honor of this major holiday, I thought I'd take an informal poll to see where I fall on the mom caffeine spectrum (she said, sipping a giant steaming Styrofoam cup from Dunkin Donuts).
I'm not obsessed with caffeine, per se, but I love coffee (skim milk, no sugar), iced lattes (same way), unsweetened iced tea (with lemon) and the occasional diet coke—preferably fountain, especially if I'm fuzzy-headed from a cold or, um, too-much wine the night before. I am not a tired person in general—I clock plenty of zzzs on most nights—but I'd be lying if I said I didn't love the energy boost I get from my daily drinks. Still, when it comes to coffee that's not really what it's about for me (she said, sipping a giant steaming Styrofoam cup of caffeine). With coffee, I'm into the ritual, the routine, the anticipation, even. I saw one of those ecards on facebook the other day that read:
"Sometimes I look forward to going to bed at night because when I wake up, I get coffee."
I am totally guilty of this (and if I know that coffee will be paired with an everything bagel with scallion cream cheese, I will go to bed at 9:30 just so I can get to the morning faster). I'm not a five-cup-a-day kinda person, but I love coffee. I love the flavor of it, the smell of it, the feel of a hot cup in my hands. And I love my mug, the one I've been using for over eight years (it's from Daisy Dog Studio, which used to be in Tribeca near my old apartment—gorgeous stuff!). Only I don't love the coffee in my house, which gets tricky. We switched to a Keurig a few years ago and I'm so over it. It's not just that the K cups we buy are weak and bitter, it's that the coffee never seems to come out hot enough so my mug goes right from the Keurig to the microwave. Ugh. We could probably clean it out and get it working better but, for now, I choke it down or I sneak out for store-bought whenever I can. And we all know how that adds up (I actually started feeling so guilty that I took a loose change jar into my car and only allow myself to purchase coffee with quarters and dimes and nickels—classy!). But I think we're ready to go back to the old fashioned pot-o-coffee. I work from home afterall, so there's no need for speed. And I had an eye-opening (no pun intended) coffee pot experience this summer.
During our August week in New Hampshire, we had to bring our own grinds to the condo we'd rented (they had the maker there). A few weeks earlier I had gotten some Gevalia coffee sent to the house—one of the many perks of being a freelance writer is samples of fun things often show up on my doorstep. Gevalia is a Swedish brand (available in stores here and online) with pretty packaging but I had never tried it before. When we loaded up the car, I tossed in the little bag of regular for me, and the decaf for my mom. We loved it. And drinking hot, bold-but-not bitter coffee every morning on vacation made me realize I'd been short-changing myself back home. Is there anything better than waking up and two-handing a mug of (damn good) coffee out on a deck overlooking a lake? Then topping your mug off with a little more? I had brought up some zucchini bread I'd made from our garden and the combination was to die for. Of course it helped that my mom had the pot brewing before I even woke up, but still, I felt like I could have been in one of those cheesy/earnest/tear-jerking coffee commercials (if I'd put on a bra and brushed my hair).
I think moms in particular love their coffee, right? Especially in the sleep-deprived early days it can be a life-saver. I have one friend who didn't even drink coffee until she had a kid. Now she cherishes her morning (and afternoon) cup. I also have mom friends who don't drink coffee, which baffles me--less for the caffeine thing (I get why you might not want the heart palpitations) but how can they pass up the flavor and the ritual? I generally have one cup of coffee in the morning (I try to get mediums if I'm buying them out because a large, while delish, is just too much of a jolt) and then with lunch I may have an iced tea or a DC. Or water, usually. I try not to overdo it with the caffeine but sometimes it happens. If I'm in the city for meetings, I totally OD and will eventually opt for decaf, especially if I start talking crazy-fast, which happens after a few too many. But I'm curious to see where I fall on the caffeine spectrum. How much do you drink? What's your form? Are you happy with your current coffee situation? Do you make it at home or pick it up out? In honor of National Coffee Day tomorrow, we will be setting up our old-fashioned coffee maker first thing. Can't wait! Happy Friday, everyone! And Happy Coffee Day!


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10 Secrets you Shouldn't Keep from your Partner
The Secrets
Trust is the biggest factor that carries a relationship forward, and everything can come crashing down if there is no trust in a relationship. A lie is the end of a relationship and it pretty much puts everything at risk. There are things that should be told and things that should not be told, and in between all of that you have to work things out. Here is a list of things that you should clear about in a relationship, secrets that should never be hidden.
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Why no Sex
Your partner deserves to know why you do not want to have sex with him or her, because intimacy is very important in a relationship. Therefore, you will do good if you furnish the reason for your disinterest. Your partner deserves to know, keep no secret! Only when you speak, will things get resolved.
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A Bad Experience
It is very neccessary that you tell your partner about any bad experience that you might have had. This is because such experiences could come back to haunt you in your present and therefore you would not want to surprise your partner. Any experience that may have left you very scared and deserted should be mentioned up front.
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Any Diseases
It is very important that you inform your partner regarding any disease that you might be having. Diseases could be communicable and there is all possibilty for the disease to spread to your partner. Hence, you should tell your partner about it and get treated for it. There is nothng worse than hiding a serious illness which could affect your loved one.
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Don't Like the Friends
There is all possibilty that you do not like your partner's friends, or a particular friend. It is best that you let your lover know this, because there is nothing as bad as pretending to like his or her friends! It is very important for every individual to have his or her friends and family acknowledged, and if that person repels you then say it out loud.
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About Relationship
This is one secret that cannot be kept with you. You ought to tell your partner if there is something that is bothering you about the relationship. If you dislike something, then say it, if something bothers you then say it. You need to tell your partner because it urgently needs to be worked upon. Only then will your relationship movie forward and become fruitful.
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Ask for Help
This one is especially for women. If you think that your partner is not being considerable and is not helping you out with day to day activities then you will need to say so. You have to let it out and ask your partner to help you with your household chores. Keeping this secret will take you nowhere and only make you sad. So all secrets aside, ask for help!
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The Loveless Feeling
If you feel uncared for and feel very loveless then there is a chance that things might turn for the worse and you may end up breaking up. Therefore whenever you feel out of love, you need to speak up. Tell your partner that you have had some feeling of lovelessness and work things out, you will make it worse if you keep it within you.
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Once a Cheat
If you have ever cheated on your partner during your relationship then please come clean, do not avoid the situation. This is most true for those who are going through a very good phase currently. When you look at your happy partner do you feel like leting this whole thing slide by? You should by all means make sure that you come clean, you will be appreciated for your honesty.
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Contacting Ex
If you have ever contacted your ex behind your partner's back then it is your duty to confess. There is nothing wrong in meeting your ex for a friendly coffee, but you have to let your partner know about it. If you have had such an encounter behind his or her back then you must come clean about it and come out with the secret.
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The Count
If ever you have had the talk regarding the number of people you have slept with then it is very important that you do so. You need to make sure that you give a close count and not some random number that would keep your partner happy. Be careful what you say!
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ROCK FALLS – Just about everyone in the Rock Falls wrestling family walked out of Tabor Gymnasium happy Wednesday night after a pair of comfortable dual meet victories.
Rockets head coach Derrick Cox was not among them. He saw plenty of things he wasn't too pleased with after his team dispatched North Boone 60-10 and Dixon 53-15.
"We were a little sloppy," Cox said. "We let guys hang in the match way too long. We should have pushed the issue a little bit more. I guess wrestling 15 duals in the first 2 1/2 weeks may do that to you.
"Now we've got a little bit of time to go back to the practice room. I wasn't overly pleased with the effort and aggressiveness of some of our guys, but in the end, we did what we had to do."
Rock Falls (15-0) had 90 points in the bag before it even took the mat in the form of nine forfeits received from North Boone and six more from Dixon.
As a result, many of the team's heavy hitters didn't take off their warmups.
There were just three matches contested against North Boone, and the Vikings won two of those. The lone win from the Rockets came from Matt Mammosser at 182 pounds, where he gained a 10-4 decision over Nathan Bodey.
Against Dixon, coming out on top were Konner Smith (120), Roberto Arellano (145), Zac Muntean (160), Lucas Newburgh (182) and Josiah Torres (285).
Smith and Torres had to sweat out their wins a bit. Smith scored the first points of a match against Dixon's Brandon Hey with 1 minute, 35 seconds remaining, then finished it off with three back points in the closing seconds.
Torres scored a takedown to tie up the Dukes' Josh Musgrove 4-4 with a minute to go in their 285-pound bout. Torres then scored a takedown early in overtime to pull out a 6-4 decision.
Dixon (1-14) gained its first dual victory of the season with a 42-11 decision against North Boone. The Dukes' lone bout winner was Connor Sperling, who pinned Nathan Bodey in 5:34. Dixon received six forfeits.
The Dukes also had a pair of pins in the match against Rock Falls. Jakob Johnson finished off Tristan Dudley in 5:12 at 113 pounds, while 132-pounder Calvin Jensen pinned Chip Devers in 4:12.
Dixon's Kylian Lally accounted for Dixon's remaining team points with a 4-1 decision against Tibs Cervantes at 138 pounds.
Up next: Dixon at Geneseo, 6 p.m. today; Rock Falls at Riverdale Invite, 9 a.m. Saturday


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Sustainable production help: Rockwell Automation, Aberdeen offer assessment
Sustainable manufacturing, like anything else, has to be measured to be improved. Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Co. (NYSE: HHS) offers an online sustainable manufacturing assessment tool for Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK). The tool uses data collected and analyzed from more than two hundred manufacturing organizations participating in Aberdeen's primary research in sustainable production.
Aberdeen began its Assessment Tool Series in 2004. This is the first tool to specifically target business processes for manufacturers in managing sustainability across production operations.
"Increased regulatory, social responsibility and cost pressures are all creating a very challenging business climate for the manufacturing industry," said Marcia Walker, global manager of sustainable production for Rockwell Automation. "We are excited to make this interactive diagnostic tool available to manufacturers and hope they can benefit directly from seeing how their organizations stack up against top performers and what they can do to improve."
The assessment tool uses the Aberdeen PACE (Pressures, Actions, Capabilities & Enablers) research model to learn:
– How their organization compares to industry peers;
– Quickly identify key capabilities and technologies used by companies with top performance;
"We evaluate and classify manufacturers based on a variety of important performance indicators such as OEE, energy-use reductions, and corporate profitability," said Matthew Littlefield, a senior research analyst with the Aberdeen Group's Global Manufacturing Practice. "By taking an enterprise-wide approach across manufacturing operations, corporate performance and energy intensity, this new assessment helps manufacturers understand the value of sustainability investments to the entire organization."
"We are also able to correlate performance in these metrics against the use of specific technology enablers and make specific recommendations to manufacturers for improved visibility and overall performance," adds Mehul Shah, research analyst with the Global Manufacturing Practice. "The report that is provided at the end of the assessment will allow manufacturers the ability to see where they fall in comparison to top-ranked companies, build a business case for new initiatives or investment, and map out an action plan to improve."
Also see from Control Engineering :
– System integration: Model-based design tools write control software for industrial equipment
– Manufacturing energy management best practice identified ;
– Sustainability news and products .
– Edited by Mark T. Hoske, editor in chief, Control Engineering , www.controleng.com.


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