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This is a basic run through of USB devices connecting for Debian on an PPC LinkStation. The USB hard drive is USB 2.0 at 3Mb/s (on a laptop HD). NB. This was based on using the original kernel #990 conversion of the LS 1 and not the Freelink project. It has been updated for use with Freelink 1.11 but requires run-throughs by others to check. USB and hotplug was/is a little flakey on 2.4 kernels in recognising devices. A reboot while the device is in should make things work. The 2.6 debian kernel is highly recommended if hot-swapping of usb devices might occur.
Scanner Setup
For scanner I originally used xsane -this can test if your scanner actually works. Confident people might go straight to sane.
apt-get install xsane
It worked and found the scanner first time through a vnc link as root -before I did ./MAKEDEV or mknod etc. If xsane works this is a good start.
There is a good way of networking your scanner -this is pretty impossible in windows except with a corporate commercial program I saw. You need to install sane on the LS as per:
apt-get install sane sane-utils
I used versions 1.0.15-10, a newer version is now current. sane-utils sets up a 'saned' user and group which are the safe ways to access instead of root as xsane used. Best to check this is in /etc/group.
The main difficulty is giving your scanner access to non-root. There's a number of tricks depending on hardware (mine an Epson CX3200 printer/scanner). This is how I (downlalaway) did it: As root do scanimage -L this should find a scanner - if not reboot and reboot/replug scanner. Hopefully a found scanner is id'd and uses libusb. Try as a non-root user - it probably won't find it yet.
Note: the following script was unnnecessary when using udev on 2.6.16 experimetning on a debian Linksys NSLU2, and is expected to be the same with udev on a linkststation.
So to get non-root access to the scanner I had to add a small script to automatically give the scanner group as 'scanner' -details from: http://www.freecolormanagement.com/sane/libusb.html And the relevant section: Save the script as /etc/hotplug/usb/epson_scanner and make it executable.
#!/bin/bash if [ "${ACTION}" = "add" ] && [ -f "${DEVICE}" ] then chown root "${DEVICE}" chgrp scanner "${DEVICE}" chmod 660 "${DEVICE}" fi
Check in /etc/group there's a group 'scanner' and add any usernames you want access and the saned user.
Reboot the scanner and LS to update group list. Now we need to log in as saned and check saned access. As root type:
linkstation#su -s /bin/sh - saned saned@linkstation$scanimage -L
This should find your scanner again if its all worked -try some rebooting/repluggin first if not and check root still finds it. So it works for non-root locally now to get networked follow the advice at: http://penguin-breeder.org/sane/saned/
The steps are: ->1. Setup up inetd (or xinetd) with /etc/inetd.conf to start saned on a request ->2. Check /etc/services (should be default ok) ->3. Set inetd to start at boot (Webmin..system..bootup and shutdown.. tick the inetd entry and press button to start on boot)
To access from a Windows box use sanetwain (its great!):
EDIT: More details in our own article http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php/USB_devices_including_CUPS_printing%2C_scanners%2C_and_webcams#Scanner_Sharing andre
It will allow Twain integration easily into any windows programs including work etc as though it were directly connected (NB check your firewalls to allow access). You may have to delete the Devices line in the C:\Windows\sanetwain.ini file before connecting. I don't know a good solution yet, but it is caused by sanetwain recording the last good libusb connection number, but it changes the next time the scanner is turned on. You could also use XSane (for Win or Linux) and other Linux derivatives -Kooka etc.
Enjoy and please carefully comment if it doesn't work or changes needed.


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Game for cancer patients gets mobile app
Cigna is promoting the video game Re-Mission 2, the latest version of a simulation that puts young cancer patients at the center of their own treatment plans.
The insurer, which also distributed the original Re-Mission game on CD and DVD to young people with cancer in 2007, said that the latest iteration, partly available as a free mobile app, has been designed by HopeLab based on research showing how game play drives behavior.
As of August 21, the app had been downloaded 2,000 times and 10,000 game levels have been completed. Genentech, through its foundation, confirmed that it is providing a grant to support development of the next version of the game, which will be distributed to pediatric cancer institutes.
Both games were created by HopeLab, a non-profit started by Pam Omidyar, wife of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. In the late 80s, Omidyar would relax after work as a cancer researcher by playing video games. It didn't take long before she thought about combining work and play: creating a video game that actually helps kids fight cancer. Years later, her vision was realized when in 2006, the first iteration of the game Re-Mission was completed with help from game developer Real Time Association.
It puts players inside the body to fight against cancer with real-world treatments like chemotherapy, antibiotics and the body's own defenses. "The first game was a third-person shooter type of game with 20 levels; it was the kind of game you might buy or rent at Blockbuster," recalled Richard Tate, VP of marketing & communications for HopeLab.
Researchers, reporting in a study which ran in PLOS ONE, did fMRI scans on subjects playing the original Re-Mission and found that "participatory engagement in game play (interactivity)" was activating the reward-related neural circuits in patients. Moreover, an hour of game play was just as effective as completing the game.
Armed with that knowledge, Re-Mission 2 became a different type of experience than its more serious predecessor, said Tate. "Not every person who is diagnosed with cancer is necessarily a gamer," he pointed out. "Re-Mission 2 represents an evolution of Pam's vision to take advantage of mini games and small mobile games—the way most people are currently playing."
That evolution was partly spurred by players themselves. HopeLab worked with over a dozen hospitals and 120 young cancer patients to create Re-Mission 2. Brooke Jaffe, a 21-year-old college student who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer (it was successfully removed), told MM&M: "The gameplay in Re-Mission 2 is much easier to figure out for people who might be gamers already—it's much more akin to Angry Birds or Temple Run." HopeLab didn't have the luxury of distributing its first game through Blockbuster. It did, however, have the backing of Cigna, which helped get the game into the right hands.
Joe Mondy, director of public relations at Cigna, told MM&M, "We handed out enough games, so that it statistically speaking touched every kid who had contracted cancer in 2007. One of the big challenges oncologists and pediatricians have is that you're trying to treat teenagers who sometimes naturally resist learning things and following the regime you've laid out for them. This game educates them without them realizing it."
At the time however, it was still unknown what exactly the impact was on patients. HopeLabs funded a study, results of which were published in Pediatrics in 2008, showing that patients who played Re-Mission were more adherent to their treatment and had better self-efficacy. (Self-efficacy is a concept found in psychology that measures how well people believe they can complete their own goals.)
"It's not a magic bullet," said Tate, "but the games support them in doing their part. If you're 13 and you're diagnosed with cancer, you're out of control and told all these [things] you're supposed to do, some of which you understand and some of which you don't. Anything that can give you information, and more importantly, a 'sense of agency' is a powerful tool in getting young people to engage in their care."
Tate's comment about a "sense of agency," another psychological term that, roughly translated, refers to a sense of ownership over one's actions, echoes an earlier statement by Katrina Firlik, chief medical officer and co-founder of HealthPrize Technologies: "When we enjoy what we do, we are better at being human. The doctor-patient relationship then is more open to becoming two equal humans working together to improve the human condition. Gamification promotes enjoyment which, in turn, promotes engagement, success and health."
After evaluating the game's impact, HopeLabs wanted to know what it is about the game that drives behavior. That desire became the basis of the PLOS ONE study. As researchers showed, "An hour of game play or less was the same as playing through all 21 levels," said Tate. "It wasn't just that kids were learning more, but the experience of controlling the gameplay scenario was shifting their attitudes and boosting self-efficacy. The study used fMRI machines on people playing the game vs. those watching someone playing the game. The passive viewing of information was not as effective as active game playing."All games are available at re-mission2.org.

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Director of General Chemistry Labs
Willis Weigand
Chemistry & Biochemistry
LocationFondren-Jones 354
Areas of Expertise
Chemistry of copper, cobalt and some of the main group elements; Cement and concrete chemistry and the additives used in those products; Reuse and recycling of waste materials and intellectual property issues.
Dr. Weigand started teaching at Southwestern in 1994, and after a few years at Penn State Altoona, and working at an intellectual property firm, came back to teach full-time at Southwestern. Prior to his academic career, he was an industrial chemist at W.R. Grace and Halliburton Services working in product development and technical service and with Radian Corporation, an environmental consulting firm.
PhD, University of Arkansas 1982
BS, Southwestern Oklahoma State University 1977
Associate Professor and Director of General Chemistry Laboratories
Southwestern University
August 01, 1994 - present
Dr. Weigand was an industrial chemist from 1982 to 1994 at which time he started in academics. He has taught at Southwestern University and Penn State Altoona.
The synthesis and structure of copper (I) and cobalt (II) compounds and their interactions with DNA. The compounds may provide useful cancer treatments.
The environmental fate and clean-up of heavy metals.
Main group chemistry
Dorris, M. (SU undergraduate), Weigand, W.A., "Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Diacetato bis(N,N'-dibenzylethane-1,2-diamine)copper(II)," American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 28, 2011, Anaheim, CA, Undergraduate Poster Session.
Weigand, W., Salazar, T. (SU undergraduate), Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Bis-(N,N'-dibenzylethane-1,2-diamine) cobalt(II) acetate, Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2010, 40, 1040-1043.
Poster presentation at Texas Academy of Sciences, March 2, 2007, Chemistry Connections, In fulfillment of a grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles through the Associated Colleges of the South.
Spring 2000 CONFCHEM: The Role and Nature of Research by Undergraduates in Chemistry, April 3 to May 5, 2000, organized by Tim Champion and Willis Weigand. On-line conference under the auspices of the ACS Division of Chemical Education's Committee on Computers in Chemical Education.
Weigand, W.A., Determining the EDTA Content in a Consumer Shower Cleaner, J. Chem. Ed., 2000, 77, 1334.
Weigand, W. A., Using Discovery-Based Laboratories in an Introductory Chemistry Class, ACS 31st Central Regional Meeting, The Ohio State University, June 21-23, 1999.
Weigand, W.A., "Progress Toward a Standard Procedure for Point- Counting the Phases in Cement Clinker with Reflected Light Microscopy," Petrography of Cementitious Materials Symposium, Atlanta, GA, June 1993. ASTM STP 1215.
Weigand, W.A., J.A. Salter, "Use of Shell Slag in Cement Manufacture," Portland Cement Association Symposium, Chicago, IL, March 1993.
Weigand, W.A., A.G. Eklund, D. Golden, "Use of Advanced SO2 Control By-Products Technologies in Road Construction," Air and Waste Management Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, KS, June 1992.
Weigand, W.A., A.G. Eklund, M. McLearn, Isolation and Containment of Advanced SO2 Control Wastes, Air and Waste Management Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, KS, June 1992.
Weigand, W.A., A.G. Eklund, M. McLearn, "Chemisorptive Liners for Isolation and Containment of Spray Dryer and AFBC By-Products," Presented at Eighth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, October 14-18, 1991.
Weigand, W.A., A.W. Cordes, W. T. Pennington, J. T. Shore, "Structure of Tetra-tert-butylcyclotetraphosphane Monosulfide (C4H9P)4S," Acta. Cryst. C45, 89-91, 1989.
Weigand, W.A., W.J. Caveny, "Use Cement Microscopy to Quickly Check Product Quality," World Oil, 79-82, October 5, 1985.
Weigand, W.A, W.J. Caveny, "Practical Oilwell Cement Microscopy," Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cement Microscopy, March 1985.
Weigand, W.A., W.J. Caveny, D.E. Bailey, "Microscopic Method Helps Assess Cement Performance," Oil and Gas Journal, 90-92, September 26, 1983.
Weigand, W.A., A.W. Cordes, P.N. Swepston, "Tetrakis(t-butyl) cyclotetraphosphane (PC4H9)4," Acta. Cryst. B37, 1631-1634, 1981.
Honors and Awards
Phillips Petroleum Fellowship, University of Arkansas
American Chemical Society


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BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE: BMC) sells software that helps IT departments run more efficiently by automating database and systems management tasks. These software products proactively monitor the performance and stability of computer systems and other networked devices. They also cut down on repetitive, manual tasks such as applying updates. The company makes most of its money by charging license and maintenance fees for its software products. BSM also offers consulting services to help clients implement these products.[1]
Once focused exclusively on mainframe systems, BMC entered the distributed systems management market in the 1990s with the introduction of its Business Service Management Strategy (BSM). Distributed systems take advantage of the growth of the internet and networking by connecting a number of computers together to perform the same task. BSM approaches IT management from a business standpoint by finding the most cost-effective method of running an IT department; as many tasks as possible are automated to decrease the cost of hiring operators. BMC software not only monitors IT systems to decrease downtime but also uses predictive intelligence to help clients decide which systems are redundant or need upgrading. The shift towards BSM, combined with cost cutting measures, has more than doubled the company's operating margins. [2]
Despite the company's efforts to diversify, however, its mainframe business still represents almost half of its total operating income.[3] Mainframe systems are losing ground to distributed computing systems and smaller servers. The pace at which BMC is able to continue to grow BSM will determine whether or not this trend is a boon or detriment to the company in the future. The company also faces increased competition from companies such as IBM and HP. These companies are able to offer bundled hardware and software products and can also take advantage of their installed customer bases to cross-sell their software products.
In 2010, BMC generated a net income of $406.1 million on revenues of $1.91 billion. This represents a 70.6% increase in net income and a 2.1% increase in revenues from 2009, when the company earned $238.1 million on $1.87 billion in revenues.
BMC operates through two software business segments:
Approximately 43 percent of BMC's 2009 revenue was related to the mainframe market. BMC expects this segment to flat despite the growth of the IT management sector.[7] Mainframes, which are large data processing systems, are being replaced by distributed computing networks, in which different parts of a program are run simultaneously on many computers connected over a network. Revenue in BMC's mainframe division has not increased for the last couple of years. BMC also faces competition in the mainframe market with CA and Compuware (CPWR), both of which also rely on their mainframe businesses for nearly half of their revenue. BMC's focus on BSM, however, will help it transition to newer technologies.
BMC's BSM strategy was specifically designed to take advantage of the complexity of distributed computing as companies will seek to automate as many tasks as possible. IT Departments will also rely more and more on monitoring programs such as the ones offered by BMC since technicians will not be able to monitor each individual component of the network all at once. BMC expects BSM adoption to increase globally as companies transition to distributed computing systems.[8]
The growing acceptance of open-source software is both a challenge and an opportunity for BMC. The company has already incorporated some open source software into their products, thereby enhancing products without additional research and development charges. However, as open source software become more widespread, it will directly compete with BMC's proprietary software offerings. BMC acknowledges that this competition will cut into revenue and operating margins if customers turn to open-source solutions, which can often be downloaded for free.[9]
Companies such as IBM and HP sell both hardware and IT management software. These companies have been aggressively promoting bundled offerings to their clients while BMC relies on other companies to provide the hardware to implement its software. IBM, especially, has been using its mainframe installation base to offer clients software and consulting services. Bundling also makes it costly to switch companies due to hardware and software compatibility and high training costs.
BMC faces competition from large, diversified technology companies such as IBM and HP, other IT management companies such as CA and Accenture, and niche companies such as EMC and Symantec.


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Five More Xbox One Backwards Compatible Games Now Available
Microsoft expands its list of Xbox 360 games that can be played on Xbox One with an Assassin's Creed title and more.
Microsoft expands its list of Xbox 360 games that can be played on Xbox One with an Assassin's Creed title and more.
Get as many as nine games for $15, or a handful for as little as $1.
The Ezio Collection has arrive, alongside a patch; PS4 Pro support and bug fixes included.
It looks like the Assassin's Creed Ezio Collection could release this year on PS4 and Xbox One.
It seems as if we could get Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood, and Revelations on PS4 and Xbox One.
Amazon currently offering a hefty discount on EA's 2006 first-person shooter; you can also get Assassin's Creed III for $5 today.
The setting of Assassin's Creed Unity was alluded to at the end of Brotherhood. Did you register the nod at the time? We didn't.
Martin picks out the places he wants to travel to in the next Assassin's Creed.
Danny stabs his way through history without the need of a memory machine in Escape From Mount Stupid's history of the Assassin's Creed series.
How the latest game in the Assassin's Creed series has affected one fan's hopes for its future.
You can now play demos of popular games instantly through GameSpot UK's new partnership with cloud gaming service OnLive.
The threat from outer space gets quirky this week, thanks to Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
French publisher narrows release window for Driver 3DS as April-June revenues come in at $146 million.
In this special GameSpot Asia feature, we look at the game companies that call Singapore home, as well as find out what the future has in store for development in ...
Sony updates virtual storefront with new content for Rockstar's game and full version of Ubisoft's stealth action title; Catherine demo now live.
Ubisoft Motion Pictures already planning trio of live-action projects based on games; Rabbids animated series also in the works.
French publisher posts 19% revenue growth during fiscal 2011 to $1.87 billion; reveal of online title in "top gamer franchise" coming in days.
French publisher unveils studio to make TV programs and films based on video game properties.
Ubisoft's Facebook page urges gamers to "spread the word to reveal the next Assassin's Creed game"--and may have prematurely revealed its title.
This week on PC, we take a look at Public Transport Simulator and your downloads of the week.
Following January order, Canada court grants French publisher's additional request to prevent further poaching after Assassin's Creed creative director's departure.
Publisher looking to hire a writer with a thorough knowledge of stealth action series and spin-offs to work on a franchise encyclopedia; no previous experience necessary.
New release slate championed by Crytek's multiplatform shooter, TT Games' latest block game, and Square Enix's fighting game; The Sims Medieval, Ghostbusters: SOS, Tomb Raider, Splinter Cell Trilogies, and Assassin's ...
Heavy Rain proves a critical favourite, picking up three British Academy awards; Mass Effect 2 wins the Best Game prize; Peter Molyneux awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement.
A future warzone, a blast to the past in feudal Japan, and zombie-killing in Kamurocho populate this week's release.
THQ brings the battle to the 'burbs this week.
Sony's virtual marketplace updated with trial for upcoming fighting game, new add-on content for Ubisoft's assassin game and BioWare's Dragon Age II; Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters demo ...
New wares for Microsoft's download spot include Runic Games action RPG, add-ons packs for BioWare's latest and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood; Games on Demand gets Kane & Lynch 2, Surf's Up, ...
GDC 2011: Rockstar San Diego's Western triumphs at Game Developers Conference's annual ceremony; Mass Effect 2, Limbo, Minecraft, also honored; full video inside.
Ezio investigates another mystery in this upcoming downloadable add-on.
PC edition of acclaimed action-adventure arrives on Windows systems next month--without a need for a constant Internet connection; system requirements inside.
Latest Call of Duty battles back to the number one spot as sales treble; Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds brawls into second place, TDU2 slips back to ...
Sinking hardware, software sales send overall stateside revenues sliding; Just Dance 2, Dead Space 2, Little Big Planet 2, Zumba Fitness make top 10.
The Da Vinci Disappearance updates Brotherhood with new single-, multiplayer content on Xbox 360, PS3 next month for $10.
Ubisoft confirms it is readying another entry in its award-winning action adventure series; more details due in May.
Brisk sales of action adventure helps Ubisoft beat guidance; 10.5 million dance games, 2 million Kinect games shipped.
Ubisoft's action-adventure beats out Fallout, God of War III, Prince of Persia, Singularity, and Force Unleashed II; organization defends process that excluded Red Dead, Mass Effect 2.
Latest Call of Duty title grabs most unique users in first week to claim throne; Halo: Reach takes second spot.
PlayStation Store Update: BioWare's space RPG hits Sony's download hub as 12GB download alongside Spare Parts, and Modern Combat: Domination; PSOne Classics add Metal Slug X, Mega Man; 7 NeoGeo ...
Record-breaking performance for shooter can't pull gaming industry to end the year on a high note; Kinect leads accessory sales to best month ever.
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No. 9 Florida upsets No. 7 Auburn
Beisel, Cieslak lead Gators with three wins to upset Tigers
Auburn vs. Florida Meet Results
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The No. 13 Gator men's swimming and diving team and No. 9 women's squad sent their senior swimmers off in style, as they each nabbed victories over No. 7/7 Auburn in front of a full house Saturday afternoon at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium.
"There were real quality performances by all of our swimmers today," said head coach Gregg Troy. "I am really proud of how every one of our swimmers raced the whole way throughout the meet today. With it being set up in a long course format, it was a little bit different, a little bit more tough, but it gave swimmers with National aspirations to see where they stand.
It was a thrilling finish as the men's 153-147 victory all came down to the final race: the 400 freestyle relay. With the help of Brad deBorde, Dan Wallace, Matt Norton and Matt Curby the Gators were able to clinch the W and knock off the No. 7 Tigers. A comfortable 162-136 advantage allowed the Gator women to dish the Tigers just their second loss of the season.
The Gator men remain undefeated on the year with a 5-0-1 record and 2-0-1 tally in the SEC, with the women improving to a 7-1 dual meet record (3-1 SEC), with their lone loss of the year to No. 1 Georgia.
"Anytime you have the opportunity to swim against a program like Auburn, its great. They have quality athletes that are extremely well coached, and no matter when we face them, it's always a great opportunity to race against them," explained Troy.
The Gators combined to win 17 events, and sweep four races as sophomores Elizabeth Beisel and Marcin Cieslak led Florida with three wins apiece.
Beisel swept both back events when she stopped the clock in 1:03.16 in the 100 and 2:12.79 in the 200, and added her final win in the 200 IM with a sizzling time of 2:17.59 -- four seconds ahead of teammate Teresa Crippen who touched in 2:21.81, and also backed her U.S. National Teammate in the 200 back (2:16.46), for a pair of second place finishes
Additionally, Crippen added an individual victory in her final home meet as a Gator when she finished the 200 fly in 2:13.44, nearly five seconds ahead of the remaining competition.
Beisel's counterpart, Cieslak also accounted for an event sweep when he took the 100 (54.86) and 200 (2:01.18) fly titles. His speedy finish in the 200 fly was followed by teammates Wallace and Cameron Martin (Clearwater, Fla.) for a complete Gator, first-through-third, finish.
While he didn't lead the team in wins, it was freshman Carlos Omana who turned the meet in favor of the Gators, not once, but twice in their hard fought battle against Auburn.
He accomplished the feat first when he won the 800 free in 8:22.22 to give the Gators a lead that they wouldn't relinquish until halfway through the meet. Then again, at a pivotal moment when the Gators trailed by seven points with just four races remaining, Omana pushed into the pad at 4:03.68 in the 400 free to give Florida a two-point advantage in the meet.
It wasn't until the 200 free, the third race of the day, that the women gained the advantage as a trio of Gator swimmers in Ellese Zalewski -- with an Olympic Trial Qualifying cut, Jamie Bohunicky and Natasha Fung finished one-two-three in the event clocking in at 2:01.96, 2:03.26 and 2:03.45, respectively.
The ladies' lead was immediately followed when three members of the men's squad in: Wallace, Connor Signorin and Scott Heil combined to sweep the event. Signorin and Heil followed with times of 1:55.91 and 1:57.40, respectively, to close out the one-two punch for Florida.
Four other Gators combined for six individual wins and two event sweeps.
Four-time SEC Freshman of the week Matt Elliott continued his dominance in the breaststroke as he went on to claim the 100 (1:04.23) and 200 (2:20.98) title, while Hilda Luthersdottir accomplished the same feat for the women's squad. Luthersdottir, touched in Olympic Qualifying Trial cuts in both the 100 and 200 breast in 1:10.89 and 2:33.44, respectively.
Senior Sarah Bateman continued her stellar senior campaign, and remained undefeated in the 50 free when she captured the title in a nail-biting race which saw her touch the wall in 25.61, just before Auburn's Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (25.83) – the leading 50 freestyler in the SEC. Bateman also added a pair of second-place finishes in the 100 free (57.71) and 100 fly (1:01.41).
Gainesville native Jamie Bohunicky notched the top-spot in the 400 free when she clocked in a Trials Cut 4:17.60.
Both the women's and men's 200 medley relay teams opened the meet with second-place performances. The women's group of Beisel, Luthersdottir, Zalewski and Bateman finished in 1:56.28 for the points, with the men's quartet of Christian Homer, Elliott, Cieslak and deBorde timing in at 1:44.38.
The final event of the day, the women's 400 freestyle relay, was simply the dotting of the I and the crossing of the T for Florida's victory over Auburn, as Zalewski, Fung, Crippen and Bohunicky combined to touch the wall in 3:49.97 for second.
Troy explained that despite the fulfilling victory, "I can't really say that we are exactly where we want to be right now, because we're not, but it was good enough for today."
On the boards, senior Kaylee Doback secured points for the Gators in both the 3- (310.05) and 1-meter competition (258.45) for second and third finishes, respectively.
Junior Sean Saley followed his career-meet last weekend against FAU, with another stellar performance against Auburn to keep Florida in the hunt for the win. Saley posted a score of 359.03 off the 1-meter boards and totaled 327.83 points in 3-meter competition. Teammate Chris Jones also contributed with a second-place finish off the 3-meter springboard (335.55).
The Florida Gators will close out dual competition next weekend, when they travel to SEC opponent Tennessee over the weekend. The undefeated men's squad will take on the No. 21 Volunteers on Friday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m., while the Women will face the No. 14 Lady Volunteers on Saturday for a matinee performance at noon. Both meets will be held at the Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn.


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Six teams to compete Friday in Gothenburg Invitational
One of the team goals for the Gothenburg wrestlers at the Lexington Duals Invite was to maximize what the team could do with the numbers it had.
The Swedes gave up 18 points with three open weightclasses in each dual leading to a 1-4 record Friday.
The Swedes faced really tough competition, head coach Tom Scott said.
"We wrestled in duals against two Class A schools and three district opponents," Scott said. "Those district duals we wrestled with blood and guts. The results were about 50-50 winning or losing close matches."
In its first dual, Gothenburg was defeated by Lexington 70-12. Bryce Larson and Skyler Kottwitz were the only Swedes to record victories over Minutemen wrestlers.
Against Gering, the Swedes won a close match 39-33 that was a complete team effort, Scott said.
Both teams had three wrestling classes open and Scott said this was a team, numbers wise, they could beat and they did.
The match came down to Larson in the 106-pound class. He pinned Garret Allbaugh in 1:16 and clinched a victory for the Swedes.
"There were huge matches in that dual that helped us win," Scott said.
Jayden Miller had a 10-8 overtime win, Tyler Alvarez and Tyson Miller earned pins, contributing to the Gothenburg effort.
However, a dominating performance wouldn't continue against Chadron, North Platte and Kearney to end the day as the Swedes fell 54-20, 72-12 and 72-10, respectively.
Scott said the Swedes wrestled well against Chadron collecting huge wins like Talbot Buchholz' 11-10 decision, but the point differential couldn't be made up in the end.
Gothenburg's Kottwitz and Tyson Miller recorded victories against the Bulldogs and Bearcats. Both earned victory by forfiet against North Platte but won decisions over Kearney grapplers. Kottwitz won by major decision 9-0 and Miller won when his injured opponent was forced to forfeit.
Overall, Scott said he was pleased with the intensity and aggression the Swedes wrestled with and the team's conditioning has really shown.
Conditioning will be an important factor in Gothenburg Friday as the Swedes host the Gothenburg Invite which includes teams from Ainsworth, Broken Bow, North Platte St. Pat's, Sargent/Burwell and High Plains. The action starts at 2 p.m.
Scott feels confident in Gothenburg's ability to compete for the title.
"We're in the mix to win it," he said. "I feel it's us and two other teams gunning for the championship."
He added his wrestlers are beginning to use skills learned in practice that have led to positive outcomes for Gothenburg in big matches.
Lexington 70 Gothenburg 12
Gothenburg 39 Gering 33
Chadron 54 Gothenburg 20
North Platte 72 Gothenburg 12
Kearney 72 Gothenburg 10
106—Bryce Larson pinned Jesse Ramirez (Lexington), 1:24; pinned Garret Albaugh (Gering), 1:16; lost 3-2 decision to Daniel Goings (Chadron).
126—Tyler Alvarez was pinned by Henry Gonzalez (Lexington), 1:28; pinned Deven DelosSantos (Gering), 0:55; lost 5-2 decision to Kane Wellnitz (Chadron); was pinned by Aaron Houser (North Platte), 1:24.
138—Talbot Buchholz was pinned by Dakota Hernandez (Lexington), 2:00; was pinned by Kelsey Hutson (Gering), 3:45; won 11-10 decision over Isaac Brodrick (Chadron); was pinned by Colton Thompson (North Platte), 1:27; was pinned by Trevar Bigelow (Kearney), 2:44.
145—Seth Portiner was pinned by Wesley Winter (Lexington), 3:20; was pinned by Damian Hort (Gering), 4:38; was pinned by Tyler Reitz (Chadron), 2:29; was pinned by Derek Berumen (Kearney), 1:05.
152—Jayden Miller was pinned by Mario Barraza (Lexington), 4:15; won 10-8 overtime decision over Quintin Timblin (Gering); pinned Tate Cullers (Chadron), 0:49; was pinned by Austin Matthews (North Platte), 1:25; was pinned by Mason Merritt (Kearney), 1:29.
160—Keyan Anderson was pinned by Moises Garcia (Lexington), 1:01; was pinned by Elijiah Timblin (Gering), 0:30; was pinned by Willy Cogdill (Chadron), 2:58; was pinned by James Chamberlain (Kearney), 0:43.
170—Skyler Kottwitz pinned Junior Munoz (Lexington), 1:38; won unopposed; won unopposed; won unopposed; won 9-0 major decision over Camerson Schlender (Kearney).
182—Tyson Miller lost 17-6 major decision to Logan Farrell (Lexington); pinned Blake Rains (Gering), 1:04; pinned Curtis McMann (Chadron), 3:17; won unopposed; won forfeit over injured Tim DuBry (Kearney), 2:27.
195—Tyler Miller was pinned by Edwin Perdomo (Lexington), 3:15; lost 7-0 decision to Josh Ybarra (Gering); was pinned by Cooper Cogdill (Chadron), 1:51; was pinned by Bradan Hengen (North Platte), 5:01; was pinned by Jake Culey (Kearney), 2:27.
220—Chad Schmiett was pinned by Josue Ayala (Lexington), 1:33; won unopposed; was pinned by Tanner Kickland (Chadron), 1:08; was pinned by Tyler DuBry (North Platte), 1:02; was pinned by Aaron Griffith (Kearney), 0:54.
285—Luke Ferguson was pinned by Oscar Ramirez (Lexington), 2:44; won unopposed; was pinned by Alex Fritzler (Chadron), 1:12; was pinned by Alex Morales (North Platte), 0:32.


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Nov 7 2010, 12:08 AM
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Its time to Improve your Skills, You May Post Your Tutorial in Wpc - Chill Zone and after approval , we shall move it here in this Thread. You can make a Tutorial for any Software you use for graphic manipulation Photoshop, Gimp etc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif) , The Tutorial must include images with written instructions (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif) Thanks for your contribution and help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) It will assist our friends to learn more about the softwares and Improve their skills in Wpc !
How to Make A Shadow
1. open adobe photoshop
2.creat a new page with any resolution (i am going with 640 X 480 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif) )
3.now open an image for the background.
4. Now add any man, woman or any character image to it.
i am going with the girl image (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
5. Now select the girl layer, right click on and duplicate the layer
6. Select the duplicated layer.
7.Go to image>>> Adjustments>>>>>Exposure .
8.Make the exposure value to -20.00.
so it will be look like below.
9.Selct the duplicate layer by presst Ctrl+T , than made the position of the shadow in any angle.
10. Now got to Filter >>>>>> Blur >>>>> Motion Blur.
11. Give the value as like this.
-Angel = 0
- Disttance = 20.
it would be like this
12. Now make the capacity to 50%.
and it would be look like this.
13.thats it..
this is just the simple way hot to make a shadow..
This post has been edited by kewlone: Nov 7 2010, 12:05 PM
Nov 8 2010, 03:38 PM
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How To Create A Black And White Sketch
This Is The Stock I Used
Jul 6 2011, 06:13 PM
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Well Here is a small tutorial about how to make a signature (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Just follow these steps !
1. Open PS
2. Create a new Document with the dimention 600 x 300 with Transparent Background.
3. When you created the new document than selec Rounded rectangular tool .
4. and creat a shape like this.
5. Now go double click on the layer and go to blending option .
for this i am using some pattern, you can use any pattern or gradient ovely (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .
in pattern, select your fav pattern,
than apply this.
blend mode Luminosty
Opacity 100
Scale 33
6... and the result is like this
7... now select your fav character, like cars, food, anime, any thing you like, i am going for a 3D girl (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)
8......Bring your character to the main document and place it any where you like like this
9....Double Click on the character layer and go to Blending option
10.....click on Drop shadow] and give the give the values, i will go for the followin
[b]Distance = 5
Spread = 3
Size = 5
11...... Now make two small boxes as we have done in Step 4 and 5 .
12.....At last you have to write your name, gallery, profile etc..
.And here is your signature. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Also you can add any thing.
Feb 23 2012, 10:12 PM
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Creative Tips (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lightbulb.gif)
When it comes to designing a wallpaper, there are myriad ways one could use to achieve a desired result. Our WPC designers use techniques they are most confident as well as comfortable with, which is great because it's always useful to peek into the workflow of our colleagues and learn new design approaches. So share your techniques and tricks which you have learned from your experiences.
The host of this thread is Srimunna aka Sri/munna. I hope you will enjoy sharing your thoughts, experiences about Designing, kindly keep this thread neat, not for chatting purposes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
Feb 24 2012, 01:24 AM
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Well, thanks enna and munna bhai to invite me to share my techniques.
ths is really great thread and i think it will be useful for everyone.
and i wish that ths thread get success.
And i'll share my tips and techniques one by one.
Feb 24 2012, 02:07 AM
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(IMG:http://www.thefriendsadda.com/file/pic/emoticon/default/az.gif) Great idia .... munna bhai . . . . thanks for invite me .
i am not too good in but i will share my small idia with you all surely . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/byebye.gif)
Feb 24 2012, 03:19 AM
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Great idea, but my English does not give possibility to share the knowledge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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Feb 24 2012, 03:22 AM
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nice thread we can learn much about designing... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
Feb 24 2012, 06:08 AM
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WOW! A fantastic thread to learn and make others learn! Sri I will be always with in all means regarding this thread! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
Feb 24 2012, 07:07 AM
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enna - thanks for your quick response to open this new thread
aleena - we need your tips maha, u r great at everything i saw your suggestions from past few weeks so i got this idea asked enna about this so i should say thanks for your 1st.
sagar - no matter sagar just we want your hand in this thread.
galina - it's doesn't matter dear even am not perfect in english, i will wait for your tips
vino - thank u & be waiting for tips bro.
sar - it's ok.
raja - it will be my pleasure to share with you naanba, i will be waiting for your tips.
Feb 24 2012, 07:48 AM
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Great thread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wow.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wow.gif) Thanks enna & Sri (IMG:style_emoticons/default/notworthy.gif)
Feb 24 2012, 08:13 AM
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I'm glad to see your response guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) and hope you will add some nice tips and tricks that will help everyone to learn new stuff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/notworthy.gif)
I will share my tips too for animation (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Feb 24 2012, 10:17 AM
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First to introduce some shortcut keys, I often use to create my wallies is Photoshop! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)
Here they are....
Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for windows!
This is for the beginners to save your time! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)
Shortcut keys Action
Edit Menu shortcuts
Ctrl+Z To undo/redo the last changes
Alt+Ctrl+Z Go to one step backward
Shift+Ctrl+Z Go to one step forward
Ctrl+X or F2 Used to cut the selected area
Ctrl+C or F3 Used to copy the selected area
Ctrl+V or F4 Used to Paste the copied value
Image Menu shortcuts
Ctrl+L To adjust the color levels
Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L To adjust the auto Contrast
Ctrl+B Used to adjust the Color and Tone balance
Ctrl+U Used to adjust the Hue/Saturation
Ctrl+Alt+X Used to Extract the selected area
Ctrl+I Used to Invert
Layer Menu Shortcuts
Ctrl+N Used to insert new Layer
Ctrl+J Used to move Layer via copy
Ctrl+Shift+J Used to move Layer via cut
Ctrl+G To create the Group of layers
Shift+Ctrl+G To create the ungroup of layers
Ctrl+E Used to Merge the Layers
Ctrl+Shift+E Used to Merge Visible
Select Menu Shortcuts
Ctrl+A Used to select all
Ctrl+D Used to deselect all
Alt+Ctrl+A Used to select all layers
Shift+Ctrl+D Used to reselect
Filter Menu Shortcuts
Alt+Ctrl+X Used to extract the selected image
Shift+Ctrl+X Used to Liquify the selected image
Alt+Shift+Ctrl+X To create the Pattern Preview
Ctrl+F Used to view the last Filter
Filter Menu Shortcuts
Ctrl++ or Ctrl+= Used to apply Zoom in
Ctrl(+)------ Used to apply Zoom out
Ctrl+0 Used to view as Fit on screen
Ctrl+R Used to display the Rulers
F9 Used to display the Actions panel
F5 Used to display the Brushes panel
F6 Used to display the Color panel
In Detail
1. Caps Lock switches your cursor to Plus sign for precision, while working with painting or editing tools.
2. To draw a straight line, click where you want the line to start, then go to the point where you want the line to end, hold Shift and Click.
3. Holding Ctrl will change you current tool to Move Tool, temporarily.
4. Holding Spacebar will change you current tool to Hand Tool, temporarily.
5. Holding Alt will change you current tool to Eyedropper Tool, temporarily if you are working with a painting tool.
6. Ctrl + Alt + Click and drag the image, it will create a duplication of the current image image or selection and make an overlay on top.
7. If you hold down Alt while using Burn or Dodge Tool, it switches the tool functions in between them.
8. When you are done typing with any text tool, press Ctrl+Enter, Photoshop will understand you are done.
9. Alt + Mouse Scroll changes the zoom level
10. While using Magnetic Lasso Tool, pressing Delete button will remove the previous anchor point.
11. While working with Zoom Tool, Ctrl + Spacebar = zooms in, Alt + Spacebar = zooms out.
12. Eyedropper Tool to captures foreground color, hold Alt and click, it will capture the color for background.
13. When drawing a line with Measure Tool, if you hold Alt and draw another line from the end of the first line, it will also measure the angle.
14. When using Marquee Tools, hold down Alt and it will make the click point as the center point of the selection.When using Brush Tool, or other Paint Tools, pressing the numbers on the numeral pad will alter the transparency. ([4=40%] or [press 4 then 5 will get 45%])
15. Hold Shift and press "+" or "-" it will change the layer and painting modes:
N = Normal
I = Dissolve
M = Multiply
S = Screen
O = Overlay
F = Soft Light
H = Hard Light
D = Color Dodge
B = Color Burn
K = Darken
G = Lighten
E = Difference
X = Exclusion
U = Hue
T = Saturation
C = Color
Y = Luminosity
Q = Behind 1
L = Threshold 2
R = Clear 3
W = Shadow 4
V = Midtones 4
Z = Highlights 4
16. When you double click the gray background area, the "Open" command will run. (Works when no file is opened)
17. Double clicking on the title of any panel will minimize or maximize it.
18. All "Cancel" buttons in every Photoshop windows and tables, will be transformed into a "Reset" button by just holding Alt.
19. Pressing Tab will hide toolbar and panels, while Shift + Tab will only hide panels. This is one the most used trick in Photoshop.
20. Let's have some fun, wanna change the grey background color outside the opened file, select Paint Bucket tool, hold shift and click. Voila! (works only when a file is opened)
21. Open a file and press F button, it switches among the 3 different screen modes so you can easily choose the best workspace for your current task.
22. Ctrl + Backspace and Alt + Backspace will fill in the whole image area with foreground color or background colors.
23. Pressing Shift + Backspace will pop-up the option window, Alt + Shift + Backspace and Ctrl + Shift + Backspace, will fill the image with foreground or background color but will not change the values in of the areas of alpha.
24. Ctrl+J makes a duplicate layer.
25. Ctrl + D to deselect everything, and Ctrl+Shift+D to reselect what you deselected.
26. You can show or hide a path by pressing Ctrl+shift+H
27. Pressing Ctrl+Tab allows you to toggles between opened image files.
28. Alt drag a step from a serial action can copy it to another action.
29. If you want to import an object from Illustrator to Photoshop, just Copy and Paste. Photoshop will ask you whether to import it as a vector or bitmap.
30. Double clicking the Hand Tool will provide you the largest full image preview possible.
31. Double clicking the Zoom Tool sets the zoom level to 100%.
32. Pressing X will swap the foreground and background colors.
33. Pressing D will reset the foreground and background colors to default (mostly Black and White)
34. Ctrl+Shift+N opens the new layer with a dialog box, Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N creates a new layer, no questions asked.
35. Ctrl+E Merges Layers
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Feb 24 2012, 02:56 PM
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Magnificent Job Manju (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap.gif)
Feb 24 2012, 04:53 PM
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@ munna bhai: thanks .i'll try to give whatever i know and i love to.
@ manju bro wow so many shortcut keys,awesome bro.
@ Enna thankyou so much dear for ths wonderful thread,i too was thinking to write a tutorial on animation,many peoples asking me to teach animation,shall i add it here.i ve to prepare for it.
now i just add some tip.
which ths week soumya bro had some lil problem in his wally,
how to tackle with blurry picture.
First thing dnt use cut tool instead use layermask .
2.Use sharp tool in that blury area.
3. u can also make a duplicate layer of that blurry area to make it lil darker.
4.Or paint that blurry area alone in a new layer and change the blending options..
ths r the things i'll do with blurry areas.
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This newly revised third edition (which includes a CD-ROM) provides you with tools you can use in your practice to implement and evaluate alternative billing methods, including real case studies of lawyers and firms successfully using alternative billing to deliver value to both the client and the lawyer.
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From Santa Fe's historic heart and the adobe-walled buildings of the tourist-centered plaza to the city's increasingly contemporary fringes, this place is the utmost in earthy undertones and simple sophistication.
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Tango Junction is a group of dancers dedicated to the building of a Tango Community in the Grand Valley. We meet regularly on Monday evenings. All levels are welcome.
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Competition Part of BACARDÍ 150TH Anniversary Celebrations
Michael Hepworth
LONDON (Spiritsman) – 2/23/12 – Shingo Gokan from the USA is the winner of the 2012 BACARDÍ Global Legacy Cocktail Competition (BGLCC). Gokan from New York won with his drink 'Speak Low'. Gokan was chosen from eight finalists from around the world after a spectacular finale which took place at the BACARDÍ distillery near San Juan, Puerto Rico, "this is the best week I've ever had, this is the best night I ever had, thank you so much," said Gokan.
Gokan was the final competitor of the night and he left the audience in tears as he shared his personal story of not being able to return to his friends and family at home in Japan when the earthquake struck in 2011. His drink and its presentation were inspired by his grandmother's Japanese tea ceremony.
"It was everything about Shingo, the simplicity of the drink, his abilities behind the bar and his emotional connection with the audience, he made us all cry," said BACARDÍ Global brand ambassador David Cordoba.
Gokan only just completed his cocktail in the allocated ten minutes, his fellow competitors leapt up to help him clear his bar so he wouldn't be penalized for exceeding the time limit. As part of his prize Gokan will visit the BACARDÍ distillery in Mexico as well as travel to five different countries to present his drink.
The competition was judged by an international panel of the industry's most influential including two BACARDÍ master blenders, Maestro de Ron, Jose Sanchez Gavito and Maestro de Ron, Luis Planas. They were joined by BACARDÍ Global Brand Ambassador David Cordoba, 'Ambassador of Aloha' Stanislav Vdrna and 2011 BGLCC winner, Marc Bonneton of France.
'Speak Low', Gokan's legacy cocktail, will now sit alongside some truly iconic drinks like the Original BACARDÍ Cuba Libre, Original BACARDÍ Daiquirí and the Authentic BACARDÍ Mojito Cocktail. Winning the BGLCC is the chance of a lifetime for the bartender. Last year's winner Marc Bonneton of France understands more than anyone the significance of being the best from thousands of entries, " it's a big competition and it means a lot to win," said Bonneton.
The eight were whittled down from a group of 26 truly talented bartenders who spent the past week in Puerto Rico learning about the history of BACARDÍ rum, visiting the distillery in Cataño where it is crafted, sharing their skills and techniques with fellow mixologists, and learning bartending philosophies and expertise from some of the industry's most influential tastemakers.
This year's competition is part of global celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Bacardi and its legendary BACARDÍ rum. Throughout 2012, the family-owned company will commemorate this historical landmark with a series of one-of-a-kind parties and special promotions.
Bacardi Heritage – Celebrating 150 Years
After years of experimenting, Bacardi Don Facundo Bacardí Massó revolutionized the spirits industry with the smooth, light-bodied spirit he created, as opposed to the harsh "fire water" of the time. He used techniques never before used in rum-making including using high quality sugarcane molasses, isolating a special strain of yeast (still used today) for controlled fermentation, filtering multiple times, mellowing his rums in American white oak barrels, and then blending them to create the perfect taste of BACARDI rum. This new mixable spirit helped usher in a cocktail culture that thrives today. The artful BACARDI Maestros de Ron continue today to follow the same exacting and artful standards set forth by Don Facundo.
'Speak Low'
1oz BACARDÍ Superior Rum
1oz BACARDÍ Solera Rum
½ oz Osborne Pedro Ximinez Sherry
1tsp Matcha and zest of yuzu
Mix the BACARDÍ Superior and Matcha with a chasen Matcha whisk in a glass tumbler. Strain into a shaker and add BACARDÍ Solera and the sherry. Hard Shake and double strain into old fashioned glass and spray of yuzu zest on the top.
Michael Hepworth
287 S.Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211


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60. Re: Keyless entry experience?jaclyn Jan 22, 2012 2:25 PM (in response to kingfisher)
Can someone help me with the ResortLock? After reading all the above, I decided to do it, so ordered it and finally seem to have it properly installed. The problem is, I can't seem to get it to lock. It appears the directions say a User Code has to be entered first, which I think I did. Now what is the procedure for locking the door? I've tried entering the User Code and then # sign, but nothing has happened. I can't find anything in the installation or instruction booklet saying how to lock the door. If you can help, THANKS!
61. Re: Keyless entry experience?lauraps97 Jan 22, 2012 2:37 PM (in response to jaclyn)
Actually all you have to do is hit the "schlage" button. You should hear the click. Turn the lock. That's it! No code is needed if the lock is the "open" position.
62. Re: Keyless entry experience?sunbound Jan 22, 2012 2:49 PM (in response to jaclyn)
Another tip; do not use the battery that's included in the package (Erental lock), it died after not even 3 months. This required a trip down south to reprogram.... I suggested to ERental lock to tell clients to NOT USE the battery it comes with and buy a brand new one. It's supposed to last a year. Other than that it's really easy to use. Good luck
63. Re: Keyless entry experience?jaclyn Jan 22, 2012 2:50 PM (in response to lauraps97)
Thanks, Laura, but what do you mean by the "schlage" button? This is not the Schlage keyless sytem, so would I have that? I'll keep trying with the "programming" functions and see if anything seems to work, but so far no luck and we won't be able to lock up tonight if can't get this figured out!
64. Re: Keyless entry experience?jaclyn Jan 22, 2012 2:52 PM (in response to sunbound)
Thanks for the tip, but mine didn't come with batteries, so maybe ResortLock figured that out. As I've read several times above about batteries dying, I've got it on the list to replace them every year when we come here.
65. Re: Keyless entry experience?jaclyn Jan 22, 2012 3:00 PM (in response to jaclyn)
Actually, I'm a little frustrated overall with the very simplified instructions that ResortLock has in their booklet. They must be meant for professionals who can remember all the things that need to be checked as you go along, but it's taken me about 10 hours to get this installed (yesterday and now today), because it didn't remind me of things like being sure that the rubber flange wasn't slightly off before tightening screws or not to let the door close before I was finished as it is locked before you put the outside key in, so we got locked in last night.
Now, the QUICK START GUIDE says **Important: Your lock will not lock until a valid User Code is programmed and used on the lock...User Codes are the codes you will use to unlock and lock your door." Well, the door is unlocked and it seems I need to lock it with the user code, but the guide doesn't tell me what steps to take to lock the door... Frustrating!
66. Re: Keyless entry experience?lauraps97 Jan 22, 2012 3:01 PM (in response to jaclyn)
You got this from eRental Lock, right? The one I received (and the ones on their website) are reprogrammed Shlage units. You should have a Shlage button above the number keys...do you not have that?
67. Re: Keyless entry experience?lauraps97 Jan 22, 2012 3:04 PM (in response to jaclyn)
sorry, I misread your post thinking you had a lock from eRental Lock, not Resort Lock. I don't have that unit. If you don't end up having good luck with the resort lock, I highly recommend the eRentalLock as it is an actual Shlage unit which is a high quality unit...one of the one's I have has had the battery for two years. The battery is only used to disengage the lock - you have to physically turn the lock yourself to unlock the door which saves a ton of battery juice.
Anyway...good luck!
68. Re: Keyless entry experience?sttt Jan 22, 2012 3:13 PM (in response to jaclyn)
Resort lock has two modes, I think thy are called classroom or stotehouse.
Storehouse locks at each entry and classroom stays unlocked after the
teacher arrives so the students can come and go. Sounds like yours is set
for classroom. I don't know how to change it without the softwate. If it's
critical call the emergency# and on on-call person should call you back in
a fee. Of not critical call in the am. Mountain time.
69. Re: Keyless entry experience?jaclyn Jan 22, 2012 3:13 PM (in response to lauraps97)
I got it! Just kept trying things that seemed logical until finally it did the beeping and locked. Probably when I tell them they need to add that to the booklet, they'll point out to me exactly where it says it, but I've been over and over this booklet and sure don't see it... What a relief!
70. Re: Keyless entry experience?jaclyn Jan 22, 2012 3:16 PM (in response to sttt)
Thanks, but you'll see I got it! However, the two stages are in the guide and they are Storehouse and Passage. Which do you use on a regular basis? Seems like Storehouse, so when would Passage be used? Thanks!
71. Re: Keyless entry experience?sunbound Jan 22, 2012 9:22 PM (in response to jaclyn)
This is funny; my husband was re-programming the lock (had to fly down to change expired batteries), he forgot to close the balcony door and slam! he locked himself out WITHOUT the key! Luckily our neighbour was home and let him in to use her computer. He had to re-issue a new code. Usually we do this together and one of us always has a key.
72. Re: Keyless entry experience?sunbound Jan 22, 2012 9:24 PM (in response to lauraps97)
Yes we do. It works great but we learned our lesson and left a key behind "just in case". Our place was being rented out "big time" behind our backs and that's why we installed the keyless system (we also changed property managers).
73. Re: Keyless entry experience?jaclyn Jan 22, 2012 11:26 PM (in response to kingfisher)
Wow! Now that I've figured out my ResortLock and run several tests of it as if a renter coming in late at night, including changing the code to something that's easy for me to remember (3 digits), it looks like this is going to work great. Wish I'd known about it four years ago when first renting this property. Instead, I've been paying a prop mgmt co about $3400 a year. Terminated them last week when I placed the order for the ResortLock and have been praying that it would work as promised. I believe it's going to and so now maybe we'll get closer to at least breaking even on this fiasco I got us into. What a relief!
Thanks, also, to everyone who offered their help to get me setup right. I couldn't believe it when the responses came so quickly! Love you all!
74. Re: Keyless entry experience?locksmithmyrtlebeach Feb 4, 2012 8:44 AM (in response to jaclyn)
Passage mode is like it says,an example would be that you have contractors at yoru place and they go in and out all day long, Passage mode allows the lock to stay unlocked until placed back into storehouse or classroom.
As for batteries once a year should be the standard time to change them, in my opioion that every brand of lock. Manufactures say theyll last longer than a year and up to 3 years or 100k cycles etc, but theres a lot of factors that wear batteries down, cold, heat, amount of usage etc. if your using a name brand battery not a cheap brand battery. The cheep batteries can actually almost damage the electronics, plus they dont last as long. ive found that the cheap brand batteries actually put out more voltage than normal, which puts more stress on the electronics, and by putting out a little more voltage than normal the battery dies quicker as well . Use the normal energizer,duracell etc and it will be more than fine for a year.


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This article is reprinted with permission from the April 4, 2012 edition of The Recorder.
In an effort to be perceived as the best among all, firms and law schools often lose sight of how to become better than they are, suggests UC Hastings dean, Frank H. Wu.
The other day, I was chatting with a few talented lawyers who had recently opened up a new office in town. As we discussed how the past several years had brought about profound changes within our profession, I ventured a statement with which they did not disagree. I said that if I had a dispute for, say, $100,000 — which for me would be an enormous sum of money — I was not sure I'd be able to find a good lawyer to handle it. By that, I mean that the very capable lawyers whom I would consider would charge such high billing rates that I could not expect to resolve the matter in a reasonable manner.
That problem doesn't even take into account the other party spending similarly. The ethical members of the bar might decline to represent me. They would know that they could not make the arrangement work out economically for both attorney and client.
An observer, perhaps a cynic who enjoyed the irony of a law school dean lamenting such a situation, might comment that part of the problem is law schools. They would say, "given tuition rates and accompanying debt burdens, it would be mighty difficult for a decent attorney in a major city to charge at a level that would allow ordinary folks to afford her as she struggled to pay off her own loans."
I'd like to offer a hypothesis for our consideration.
There is no specific individual at fault here; rather, this is a set of classic collective-action problems. The term refers to those dilemmas in which each person could do not only what is best for herself, but also the group, except the incentives are set up so that she cannot do it alone. If she is the only person who behaves as we all would hope each of us would, she will be punished by the eventual outcome.
The standard example of the tragedy of the commons, as it is called, is taught in the first year of law school. Each individual who owns livestock believes she should allow them to graze freely on the pasture that belongs to the public. And each person is right, more or less. But taken together, there are too many animals to be sustained on the limited resources that are available.
As a consequence, each person doing what is perfectly rational from her own perspective contributes to results that are in the aggregate disastrous. The land ends up ruined.
So too with law firms — I will turn to law schools as well. A generation ago (to be fair, perhaps two generations ago), there were many more firms that enjoyed a great reputation doing a range of interesting work.
Associates had a fair chance to become a partner. Both associates and partners made a better than middle-class living. They worked hours that allowed them to raise families.
None of this is to romanticize the past unduly. Fancy firms were open to people of only certain racial backgrounds, one gender, and not a tremendous range of socioeconomic origins. They were segregated by religion. They did not advance social change.
Yet perhaps the most important point for our purposes is that there was a prevailing culture at the majority of these establishments. Simply put, it would be unseemly to walk across the street to a competing firm, leaving behind actual friends, for a few dollars more. If one partner had a lackluster year, he would be carried for at least a bit, if not by explicit agreement then on the implicit thought that he would reciprocate eventually. You left money on the table when bargaining with peers, because that was the right thing to do and the expectation shared by all stakeholders.
There were no laws that enforced these understandings. They were just given as the norm.
Needless to say, today it is quite different in what has been dubbed a "free agent" culture. If you and I were professional partners, and I told you I had an opportunity elsewhere that would offer better compensation, you would consider me a fool for not leaving posthaste.
Clients hold beauty contests. Rainmakers with a portable book of business threaten to depart as quickly as they arrive. People who call themselves "partners" may not in fact be acquainted with one another. Their compensation varies by over an order of magnitude.
The results are well known. There are the spectacular endings of multiple firms that brought on too many lateral prospects, while dismissing entire practice groups that were profitable but not quite enough. Others leased too much prime real estate. Some made speculative bets that they could break into the handful of top firms commanding premiums for "bet the company" work.
Those who have continued to achieve material success have fared only marginally better. For there are the prestigious firms filled with smart people who have found that making partner only worsens the demands on them in an environment where each individual is judged by the ethos of "eat what you kill" and "what have you done for me lately."
These behaviors reflect normal human nature, not intentional wrongdoing. The desire to identify a culprit is misguided.
People suffer from optimism bias. Everyone believes they are among the best, because, after all, they have been told just that all along. To alleviate the pain of college graduates who were honors students finding that once in law school, half of them must be in the bottom half of the class, we inflate the grade curve to protect them with an illusion. Years later, those same people, leading profit-making firms, convince themselves by the same world view that growth will be endless and they can capture an ever-increasing share of it.
Everything depends on mutuality. In a prisoner's dilemma, another name for the collective action problem, as soon as any individual begins to behave badly, everyone else responds likewise. They have no reason to do otherwise. Together we ratchet downward in a zero-sum game, blaming one another along the way. Computer simulations that model how we react perform identically.
Law schools are identical to law firms despite the myth that academe is somehow a separate sphere. We like to blame rankings for our bad practices. But rankings only have a hold on us because we invest them with more meaning than they are worth.
Applicants want to attend "the best" school they can, mistaking a set of credentials for actual merit. They can't be faulted. Studies show that institutional rank matters for initial employment prospects.
Then schools want "the best" students they can attract. Their administrators use policies to assess them that exaggerate the predictive value of standardized test scores, along with dubious means to attract them such as scholarships that are guaranteed if a certain grade point average is maintained under a grade curve policy that ensures significant numbers of students will lose their funding. Their leaders are faced with alumni clamoring for improvement in rankings. Their graduates want their earlier investment to appreciate and so promise to support the school solely on that condition.
Thus schools, like firms, want to recruit stars. They offer renowned professors higher compensation, lighter workloads, or both.
The hidden problem is that people don't really want what they believe they want. They say, of course, they would like a school to become better. The trouble is that by trying to become better by the metrics currently used, an institution spends more money and hence charges more tuition. It concentrates, for example, on improving the reputation of faculty as scholars (not teachers), albeit by a standard that is divorced from what the bench and the bar commonly regard as useful.
None of these trends are unique to law. "Keeping up with the Joneses," in the colloquial phrase, has become the dominant attitude in all aspects of our lives. Our homes, for example, have become supersized, without making us much happier. Our forebears in this nation, and our peers around the world, lived and reside in apartments half the size of what we would accept, with more comfort than shame. In 1950, the average new house in the United States had fewer than a thousand square feet; in 2000, that figure had doubled.
I should be clear. I am all in favor of accountability, metrics, competition, and, yes, even rankings. The argument is not to give up self-interest. It is, instead, to pursue principled self-interest by perceiving the overall context.
My friends who started their firm have a model that I would bet on. They intend to deliver superior service at better rates. Law schools also should adapt. There is opportunity for those who offer innovation.
My concern is that we choose the right factors to measure and we understand in advance the consequences of the hierarchies we create. We control our circumstances much more than we imagine, as a society and as individuals.
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Ellen Whitt has been named executive director of The Exchange, a new Marian University initiative that will improve students' opportunities for success by connecting them with community organizations throughout their academic career.
Whitt comes to Marian University from state government, where she held a number of positions during Mitch Daniels' two terms as governor. Whitt most recently served in 2012 as assistant commissioner for the Indiana State Department of Health. She also served as director of INShape Indiana, director of the State Health Department's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, senior advisor for Health Improvement, and deputy chief of staff to the governor. Prior to joining the Daniels Administration, Whitt worked for U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and Secretary of State Sue Anne Gilroy. Whitt also has experience in higher education, having served as director of the pre-law program at Butler University, where she also taught political science.
The Exchange is a new initiative at Marian University which integrates real world experience into the curriculum. Students will be required to interact with businesses, not-for-profits, government agencies, research labs, and other community partners through internships, community service initiatives, and academic projects. The intention is to help students determine what they want to do while developing a path that will lead them to career success. The Exchange is funded in part through a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.
"The success of The Exchange is dependent upon Marian University's ability to connect our students to a variety of community partners," Marian University President Dan Elsener said. "Because of her experience and extensive network across Indiana, Ellen Whitt is the ideal person to lead this bold, new initiative. She will undoubtedly craft and uncover new opportunities for experiential learning for Marian University students, creating a win-win for the students and the community."
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Asphalt & Rubber is pleased to announce that John Boyed will now be a regular contributing author to our daily news mix. John will cover general motorcycle news with a focus on the rising electric motorcycle scene. John has been a long time motorcycle enthusiast, and spends "far too much time digging around on the internet." He has followed the electric motorcycle scene closely, and has a particular interest in the niche markets that occur in our sport. Our kind of guy for sure.
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For two weeks, Whitey Bulger had been playing it cool at his trial in the courthouse named after his old neighbor Joe Moakley.
When prosecutor Brian Kelly described him as a vile gangster who murdered hoodlums and innocent women alike, Whitey stared straight ahead.
When Johnny Martorano, murderer turned snitch, sat an arm's length away from Whitey, implicating him in no less than 11 murders, Whitey resisted the urge to reach out and touch him.
And when Diane Sussman de Tennen tearfully recalled how Whitey was part of the hit team that shot up the wrong car, leaving her friend Michael Milano dead and her boyfriend Louis Lapiana paralyzed, some jurors cried, but Whitey was a study in stoicism.
Alas, Whitey's infamous temper returned with a vengeance on Thursday, as he listened to the testimony of John Morris, the corrupt FBI supervisor who gave up Whitey as an informant. Morris was the final, authoritative confirmation for The Boston Globe Spotlight Team's bombshell in 1988 that Whitey had avoided prison because he was a protected FBI informant.
Morris insists he did so because he had been corrupted by Whitey and his partner in crime, Steve Flemmi, who had showered Morris with expensive wine and short money. Morris figured that if the Globe outed Whitey, the FBI would be forced to close him out as an informant.
Whitey has a different opinion. He believes Morris was trying to get him murdered by other gangsters who don't take kindly to informants.
As it turns out, the FBI denied the Globe report, and Whitey told his FBI handlers not to worry, that the wiseguys wouldn't believe the story, that they'd see it as just the Globe trying to smear his politician brother Billy.
Whitey was right about that. Wiseguys tend to lean right — hey, they're small government types, right? — and they didn't believe the "ultraliberal" Globe. Whitey continued to shake down drug dealers, amassing a fortune, and the FBI, rather than put their prized snitch in the Witness Protection Program, left Whitey on the street.
But for all the arrogance Whitey and the FBI showed in the aftermath of his outing by the Globe, he was furious at Morris and remains murderously hostile to him.
"You're a [expletive] liar!" Whitey hissed at Morris Thursday.
Some people in the courtroom heard him. Some, including Judge Denise Casper, did not. But Kelly, the prosecutor, filled her in as soon as the jury left for a recess.
"Mr. Bulger has got a Sixth Amendment right to confront his accusers, but he doesn't have the right to sit at defense table and say to the witness, 'You're an [expletive] liar' when the witness testifies," Kelly said, struggling to control his anger. "Now, I know he spent his whole life trying to intimidate people, including 15-year-old boys in South Boston, but he should not be doing that here in federal court."
It may have been Kelly's finest moment since this trial began, showing Whitey for the venal bully he is, and Kelly's righteous indignation was fueled by the prior testimony of a man named Paul McGonagle.
When Paul McGonagle was 14 years old, Whitey allegedly killed his father, Paulie McGonagle, and buried his body under the sand at Tenean Beach in Dorchester.
Paul McGonagle was just a kid, and in the years after his dad disappeared he carried a photo of him around, hoping he'd bump into him and recognize him. He lives with the pain that his favorite aunt, Cathy Greig, sheltered his father's alleged killer.
A year after he allegedly killed Paulie McGonagle, Whitey Bulger rolled up on young Paul in his blue Chevy, his blue eyes hidden behind aviator sunglasses. Whitey told the boy he had taken care of the guys who had taken care of his father.
Whitey's self-serving lies to the son of a man he allegedly killed was cynical beyond belief, the act of an evil person. It captured Whitey Bulger's essence. It was the most devastating evidence against him to date.Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at email@example.com.