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Race to the Top is topic of talk
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- Ken Mitchell, superintendent of the South Orangetown school district in Rockland County, will give a presentation about the costs and consequences of the federal Race to the Top education policy from 4 to 5:15 p.m.� Jan. 30 at SUNY New Paltz.
The presentation will be in Room 108 of the Lecture Center.
Mitchell is the author of a discussion brief on the topic for the college's Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach, one of the sponsors of the event.
The time of the event has been changed from the original schedule.
Hyde Park school board meets today
HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- The Hyde Park Board of Education will meet at 7 this evening at Haviland Middle School, which is a change from the original time and date listed on the district calendar.
Students to work at Cary Institute
TOWN OF WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Ten undergraduate students will join the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies' research community this summer, the institute has announced.
The program allows students to work with ecologists and explore the social, political, intellectual and personal dimensions of being an ecologist through regional case studies.
Projects slated for 2013 include: urbanization and vectors of human disease; microbial processes in urban ecosystems; Lyme disease; ideas about ecosystems; the impact of synthetic compounds on stream ecosystem function; songbird behavior ecology; temperature effect on size-structure of zebra mussels; body size and the effects of ecosystem engineering by organisms; and Hudson River wetlands and climate change.
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Erik Hulse, AgTitan, gets straight to the point, "This is a story I will be telling for the rest of my life, a story I will never forget."
The story he's talking about – and will talk about for decades to come – begins on the soft, muddy bank of a Texas river. AgTitan and Kenny Wade, GeoGeex, hiked through a park on an early April geocaching adventure.
Their first obstacle would be little more than a slithering side note. AgTitan says, "The hike was several miles and the snakes were out in force. GeoGeex spotted the first snake of the twelve we saw that day. We both had several close calls, almost stepping on several snakes during the day, but thankfully we averted disaster with the snakes."
But an attempt to cross a river set the stage for a good deed that AgTitan could little imagine. He fell hard into the water. He says, "According to GeoGeex, the high pitched wail and spastic water dance was a sight to behold. We learned several things during the encounter… like… when your hand hits the muddy, clay-like material on bottom of a creek, Aggie rings easily slip off the finger!" AgTitan lost his beloved "Aggie ring." It's a Texas A&M University alumni ring. He says, "It sobered the mood the rest of the day."
But AgTitan put a call out for help. He posted the coordinates of his fall into the river on a local geocaching Facebook page, jokingly calling the location, "One Ring to Rule Them All."
Jeff Cruser, Z_Malloc, saw the post and reacted, "I knew that I could not let a fellow Aggie (Texas A&M Alumni) lose his ring without at least hunting for it! So I packed up my metal detector from work and loaded up the cachepack for a water trip."
But Z_Malloc wasn't prepared for the jumble of fallen trees when he reached the location where the ring was lost. He says "As I approached GZ (the coordinates) I saw that it was not just a simple narrow stream with a single log to search around, but it was to be a whole blockade of logs and other submerged debris with small rapids flowing by."
Z_Malloc says that time was crucial. Rains were expected later in the day which could wash the ring downriver. He says, "I made some logical guesses about where the mighty AgTitan may have fallen in and focused on the partially submerged log in the middle of the stream. I was really glad I was alone because I bet it was quite funny to see me bent over at the waist in thigh deep water running a metal detector in one hand and feeling the bottom with the other. But after about ten minutes, and on my third hit on the metal detector, my hand brushed something in the moderately packed clay on the bottom."
Z_Malloc pulled a silt covered ring from the water and kept his sense of humor intact. "I had the ring in my hand. So as I dragged the cache (ring) to the surface. I knew I was going to be FTF…..but NOOOOO the log (inscription) read Erik J. Hulse. All that work and to not get the FTF! So feeling all depressed, I tossed the ring back in the water for the next person to find and walked away. Just kidding."
Z_Malloc says he got a great story out of the adventure and helped a former Texas A&M alumni and geocacher.
AgTitan says that he only found out the ring was recovered when GeoGeex called hours later, "Kenny (geogeex) called me when I was at work because Jeff (Z_Malloc) posted on Facebook that he found my ring. I didn't believe Kenny at first, and kept asking him if he was joking with me. When I realized it was for real, I found Jeff's number and called thanking him."
AgTitan says he didn't just receive his ring back – he also earned a new respect for the geocaching community, "It is amazing what geocachers (and Aggies!) will do for one another, even when you hardly know someone. TFTR (Thanks for the ring!) Jeff!!"


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Justin Bieber has brushed off the home swatting prank that prompted police officials to raid his Los Angeles estate on Tuesday night (09Oct12), insisting he's just glad he wasn't home at the time.
Cops swarmed the compound after receiving a false report about a gun-toting trespasser, but quickly realised they were victims of another fake intruder alert prank, and determined the teen superstar had been targeted in an ongoing 'swatting' trend, in which a caller reports a bogus but serious crime to police.
The Bieber hoax follows reports of similar incidents at Ashton Kutcher and Miley Cyrus' properties in recent weeks.
The singer was on tour when the drama unfolded and now he has spoken out about it.
During an appearance on Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest's radio show on Friday morning (12Oct12), Bieber said, "Supposedly some people called someone and said there was some activity going on at my house. They said there was machine guns and everything. It was pretty crazy. But it's all good, nothing happened. It was all rumours."


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Lights dimmed around the world, tornadoes ripped through Texas and palm leaves fluttered at the hands of religious tradition. Check out the best of iReport this week:
Storms ripped through several parts of Texas this week, and Kelly Carrasco had her camera out as a tornado touched down in Forney, Texas. "As we looked right down the street, the funnel cloud started to spin and just dropped to the earth. We didn't know if it was headed our way or not," she said. Air traveler Eric Gould also captured a video of hail pinging his plane like popcorn as the storm passed over the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. "The noise of ice cubes hitting the aluminum exterior of a 757 was as deafening as it was frightening," he said.
Does racism still exist in America? Against the backdrop of Trayvon Martin's death and Anderson Cooper 360's year-long study on kids and race, iReporters pondered where racism starts and what can be done about it. Frequent commentator Omekongo Dibinga said America must engage in a "nationwide dialogue" if it wants to overcome racism.
April 2 was World Autism Awareness Day, and we asked families to share what it's like to live with the disorder. We received more than 250 submissions, including inspiring testimonials from high-functioning adults and heart-breaking footage from families who say there's nothing positive about this disease. Samantha Cotterill, from Niskayuna, New York, has autism, and her son has Asperger's Syndrome. She explains that sometimes she finds herself wearing two different hats when it comes to being a person with autism and also being a mother to a son with the disorder. "Sometimes the marriage of the two works beautifully, and at other times one hat can be forgotten for the other," she said.
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Michael Bloomberg has been the Mayor of New York City since January of 2002. One of the biggest domestic issues that Mayor Bloomberg has been dealing with is New York's role in preserving the environment, building rail, and renewable energy. Aside from motivating his own city, Mayor Bloomberg has been instrumental leading C-40 cities around the world and motivating a number of other large cities to make changes. For the Green Party, Bloomberg leads with deeds.
1) Extension of Compliance Deadline for Energy Benchmark Laws. Recently, Mayor Bloomberg created a new energy benchmark law whereby commercial and residential buildings that take up more than 50,000 square feet need to benchmark their total water and energy consumption. This is in an effort to see how much is used and how water consumption can be decreased and how buildings can become more energy efficient. There are penalties associated with the law if these buildings do not comply with these laws.


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FBI agents seized suspected gambling machines Tuesday from a South Pittsburg store owned by the town's former mayor, who also is the brother of East Tennessee's U.S. attorney.
James Michael "Mike" Killian is listed in property records as owner of the Lotto Mart at 519 E. 12th St., where FBI agents spent hours Tuesday and left with a truck loaded with equipment, witnesses said. Employees in the Marion County clerk's office said Killian also holds the business license for Lotto Mart Inc. at that address.
Killian could not be reached for comment Wednesday. Messages left at his other business, Killian's Fireworks, were not immediately returned, and his landline phone has been disconnected.
His brother is Bill Killian, who has served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee since 2010. A message left at his office Wednesday was not returned.
FBI spokesman Marshall Stone, in the Knoxville office, said Wednesday that agents were at the Lotto Mart for "probably a couple of hours," but he wouldn't say what kind of evidence was seized or give any details about the investigation.
South Pittsburg Police Chief Dale Winters and Marion County Mayor John Graham both said Wednesday they didn't know anything about the raid and no local officers were involved.
South Pittsburg residents, though, described agents loading video machines into a yellow Penske truck at the Lotto Mart.
The Lotto Mart was one of three businesses that FBI agents hit Tuesday. The others were the Lil Store, 3644 Valley View Highway in Sequatchie, Tenn., and Richard City Food Market, 308 19th St., in Richard City, Tenn.
State records show the Lil Store property is owned by Nancy Hasting, of Sequatchie. County records show she also holds the business license for the store.
Michael and Richard Massey hold the business license for the Richard City Food Market, which sits on a lot owned by Delores Massey, state and county records show. All the Masseys were listed as living in South Pittsburg.
Neither Hasting nor any of the Masseys could be reached Wednesday for comment.
Stone said the raiders were "following up on a criminal investigation going on for some time." He said no arrests were made and no other details would be released "until court documents are unsealed later." He said he didn't know when that would be, and the clerk for U.S. District Court in Chattanooga said no documents had been returned as of Wednesday afternoon.
Killian, who also owns a wholesale and retail fireworks business, was elected mayor of South Pittsburg in 2004 and served two terms. He did not seek re-election in November 2012.
He was elected to the Marion County Commission in 1980, at age 23, but lost his re-election bid in 1984. He ran again in 2002 and served one term as 1st District commissioner.


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Thinking back to the days of men's-only clubs in the United Kingdom.
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"No Grls Alod. Insept Mom."Notice attached to his bedroom door by my five-year-old grandson.
There are incidents in my life that I think of together—times when I was stopped suddenly short by blank, unexpected and obvious reminders of the disadvantages of my sex. The first was when I was a clever girl at a boarding school—perhaps fifteen years old—being taken out to tea by my father, a barrister, with another elegant lawyer who was his friend. We sat on upholstered chairs in a sunny drawing room in a grand hotel, and had tea from a silver teapot, and triangular sandwiches, and pretty sweet buns. I was asked to be mother and poured the tea.
I was shy and said little unless spoken to. My father's friend asked kindly what I was going to be when I grew up.
"An ambassador," I said. I was very good at languages, I loved them.
"You mean, an ambassador's wife," my father's friend corrected me, still kindly.
I was shocked. I said no, I meant an ambassador. I wanted to use my languages. I already had a horror of being defined as a wife.
"Women can't be ambassadors, I'm afraid," he said still kindly, but finally. I had led a sequestered life in a mostly female world. I was dreadfully shocked. I rearranged my suddenly limited horizons in my head with some distress.
I do not have a naturally political temperament. I went to Cambridge in the fifties. I knew that women undergraduates weren't admitted to the union, but I didn't want to go there. There was so much else to do and I had never cared for formal debating. I didn't think clearly enough.
My moment of pure feminist rage came when I was a very young academic wife in Durham in the early sixties. Durham University in those days was modelled on Oxford and Cambridge—with seven men's colleges and three for women. We lived in the grounds of one of these, up against the wall of the cathedral—which was also, of course, a predominantly male society. Durham Castle was a men's college, and there was an elegant union on the Palace Green between the cathedral and the castle. This was the students' union. It housed the bar and the meeting places of the university. Access was restricted to male students, who debated there as the ones in Cambridge had done. But it was the only place where the university had any social life, as a university. In those days, as one or two of the women I met said a little bitterly, there were no real meeting places in the town; mostly pubs for miners—who also would not have appreciated the presence of women. I protested to male students I met at college gatherings. They could not see what was worrying me. Were not the Oxford and Cambridge unions single-sex? The women could build and found their own union if they wanted one.
They were perfectly pleasant young men, but blandly unimaginative.
I taught at University College London for eleven years from 1972. I was pleased to be part of the first university in England to admit women students from its earliest days. Newnham, my college at Cambridge, had been an agnostic college. UCL, founded by Jeremy Bentham in 1826, was also agnostic, and, I imagined, politically forward-looking, rational, unprejudiced. I loved particularly the Housman Room, a staff common room and bar, large and airy, with a tree growing inside it, under a glass dome, and wonderful paintings by Slade graduates—a magnificent Stanley Spencer, a glorious Ivon Hitchens. There was a shiny modern bar, mirrored and elegant. There were other staff common rooms including the Margaret Murray Room—very small, with a teapot stand and chintzy covers on uncomfortable squat armchairs—and the Haldane Room, which I remember less well. Then I learned that until very recently these rooms had been the men's common room, the women's common room and the mixed common room. The Housman Room had, of course, been reserved for men.
I was told that my friend Isobel Armstrong had conducted a sit-in in the Housman Room in the sixties, and have always imagined her firmly and courteously refusing to leave. I have just asked her about it and she replies that she would not have had the courage to stage a sit-in but did, in her first teaching year, write a letter of complaint to the staff magazine. She later overheard a man at a Shakespeare dinner complaining that "Some WOMAN has written to the staff magazine saying that the men's common room should be abolished. Outrageous." She adds sadly that when she came back to London, as Professor at Birkbeck—having had chairs at Leicester and Southampton—she went into the Housman Room for the first time and was "astonished at its luxuriance and beauty." She adds, "The women's common room was a little hole with a high window."
I don't know when the segregation ended. But I do remember arguing fiercely at the Housman bar with an academic lawyer about the UCL Professors' Dining Club. This institution did not invite women professors. I—a lawyer's daughter—said this must be actionable. My interlocutor, witty and amused, said no, the Professors' Dining Club was analogous to the working men's clubs that were at the time being defended from being called discriminatory. No it wasn't, I said. If it was analogous it should at least be called the Male Professors' Dining Club. He lowered his voice slightly. He said, "You know, they drink a lot, and then they process round the table with a huge plaster-of-Paris penis. Women wouldn't like that. It wouldn't be the same."


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29 October 2013 at 7:25pm
Heck, your in-depth, knowledgeable and utterly "pro" review convinced me Jimmie. Off to buy UA 2 now.
30 October 2013 at 2:38pm
Hey Jimmie, it's not your English that's the problem, I think your English is fine. A review is supposed to be more than "gosh, it's great, I love it", though. That's merely an opinion; a review is supposed to be informative, which means that you should write about why and how you came to this conclusion. The only information I can glean from your "review" is that you like it - now why the hell would I need to know that? Sorry if this sounds personal, but I think that the KVR review section could be such a treasure trove of information, and yet it gets abused time and again. Maybe you should read the KVR guidelines for submitting reviews.
30 October 2013 at 6:02pm
Okay, that's fair enough. Sorry if I was a bit too harsh, I realize there was no bad intent. On the subject of UA2: I really wish it had been more awesome, because all they did was give it a makeover, instead of enhancing it and adding features. It is what it was... a nice synth that's been overtaken by the modern posse (Diva, Synth Squad, Monark, etc.)
29 October 2013 at 8:53pm
IMO, VA-2 sounds exactly the same as VA-1 (except for the new fx), that is not very analog at all.
It's a shame that, after all this time, they only refurbished the GUI and the fx, while leaving the synthesis engine out.
30 October 2013 at 9:25pm
Yes Sir..They did the same thing with Lounge Lizard too...They gave it a new GUI and a few FX,but it is essentially the same as the previous version...Not really an upgrade at all...Just a coat of paint :)
1 November 2013 at 6:23am
Does anyone know for a fact that Ultra Analog VA-2 and Lounge Lizard EP-4 are really just "re-treads"? It was my understanding AAS had been working on them a while, and made some improvements. Now, I'm starting to wonder.
Admittedly, now that I read the Website, it appears the "new" stuff is mostly the effects. The sounds themselves come from a "renewed factory library" for UA VA-2 and a "new" factory library for LL EP-4. Not really sure what that means, other than they got rid of some of the older, cheesier sounds for UA VA-2. LL EP-3 was okay (though not my "go-to" for EP sounds); I'm not sure how many "new" electric piano sounds you can model--or really need to, for that matter.
Ultimately, what's important here is that the two OPs were able to resolve an obvious misunderstanding. I've been guilty of doing a quick "opinion piece" when I should have written a review, too.
23 January 2014 at 9:49pm
The sound engines are exactly the same...All they did was add a few FX and a new GUI...They didn't gut the building...They just painted it on the outside :)
24 January 2014 at 2:11am
Nice analogy.
I downloaded the UA VA-2 demo, and while it doesn't seem that much different from what I had, it's not bad. I would have gotten it on sale, but I doubt I would have paid full price for what amounted to a "new coat of paint"...and some nice effects. ;)
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WASHINGTON (AP) ' Mitt Romney stepped out to an early lead over his Republican presidential rivals Saturday night in Washington state caucuses, a quiet prelude to 10 Super Tuesday contests next week in all regions of the country.
Returns from caucuses in 12 percent of the state's precincts showed the former Massachusetts governor with 31 percent of the vote, while Ron Paul had 27 percent and Rick Santorum had 24 percent. Newt Gingrich trailed with 14 percent.
There were 40 delegates at stake, and a likelihood that at least two of the contenders for the nomination to oppose President Barack Obama would add to their totals.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, had 173 delegates at the beginning of the day, according to an Associated Press count that includes party officials who will vote on the selection of a nominee but are not selected at primaries or caucuses. Santorum had 87, Gingrich 33 and Paul 20. It takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination at the Republican National Convention this summer in Tampa.
Romney, Santorum and Gingrich were all campaigning in Ohio ' the most intensely contested of the Super Tuesday states ' as the first caucus returns were reported.
Romney criticized Obama after a woman attending a campaign rally in Beavercreek said she had a daughter stationed in Afghanistan who believes the U.S. mission there is unclear. The woman also asked when Romney would bring the troops home.
"If your daughter is not familiar with the mission that she's on, how in the world can the commander in chief sleep at night, knowing that we have soldiers in harm's way that don't know exactly, precisely, what it is that they're doing there," the former Massachusetts governor said.
He said he'd bring troops home "as soon as humanly possible ' as soon as that mission is complete."
Romney also said he would seek the repeal of legislation that passed Congress in 2002 to tighten accounting standards in the wake of the collapse of Enron and an ensuing scandal that cost shareholders millions of dollars.
Santorum spent the day in Ohio, where he touted his plan to improve the nation's manufacturing base and said part of the effort must include a reduction in the number of children born out of wedlock. In Cincinnati, the former Pennsylvania senator said there's less freedom in neighborhoods "where there are no dads."
Gingrich also campaigned in Ohio and drew laughs when he recalled what a voter in Tennessee had told him recently about rising gasoline prices. He said the man had said Obama has his own version of former candidate Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan: "He wants us to pay $9.99 a gallon."
The former House speaker has said he must notch a Super Tuesday win in Georgia, where he launched his political career, but says he also has a chance to pick up delegates in Ohio.
Ron Paul was in Washington state as the caucuses began, searching for his first victory of the campaign.
It was a quirk in the campaign calendar that made Washington's caucuses the relatively low-key event that they were, sandwiched between a high-stakes clash between Romney and Santorum in Michigan and next-up primaries and caucuses in 10 states with 419 delegates at stake.
Of the 10, Ohio is the crown jewel, a big industrial state where Romney and Santorum maneuvered for their next showdown, and where Gingrich said he hopes to pick up a few delegates as well.
Apart from Ohio and Georgia, there also are primaries in Massachusetts, where Romney was governor, and Virginia, where Gingrich and Santorum failed to qualify for the ballot. Other primaries are in Tennessee, Oklahoma and Vermont.
Alaska, North Dakota and Idaho have caucuses.
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Florence, S.C. – Coker completed the Patriot Invitational Softball Tournament with a 3-1 win over the Braves of UNC-Pembroke. Pembroke was the first to strike with a run in the first inning, but Coker hurler, Sydney Greenwalt (Edwaredsville, IL) was able to keep the Braves hitters off balance for the remainder of the game, allowing the Lady Cobra hitters a chance to score some runs and win the game. Coker plated a pair of runs in the second and an insurance run in the seventh to take the win.
Greenwalt went 6.2 innings, allowing just one run on four hits, with a strikeout and 10 ground outs back to the pitcher picking up the win, while Pembroke Brittany Marsh took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits with four Ks in six innings of work.
Haleigh Rogers (Ward, SC) was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead the Lady Cobras at the plate, while Allie Bragg (Cassett, SC) was 2-for-4, with Anna Oswald (Lexington, SC) was 1-for-4 with an RBI and Julia Nelson-Abbott (Evans, GA) was 1-for-3 with a run scored.
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I found this site from Nick Peachey´s post. You cantransform sentences into images / a slideshow. It´s great for idiomatic expressions. Look at what I´ve created for the Life Feast blog.
February 25, 2008
Playing with ANIMOTO
I decided to try ANIMOTO after reading a post at Ronaldo´s blog about it. First I tried to upload my pictures but as it was taking too long I found out I had to resize my pictures. Asked Dr Google how to do that and went to shrinkpictures.com for that. Then uploading pictures happened in a flash. I selected the music I wanted and got the embed code. Watch and enjoy our pictures from last weekend at the farm trying to learn to drive a tractor. :)
February 22, 2008
FACES. Souls, experiences and famous quotes
Watch this beautiful slidecast and think about the phrases.
I´ve made my own second slidecast for beginner students to teach JOBS (vocabulary). You can watch it at http://www.slideshare.net/anamariacult/1-b-jobs
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February 20, 2008
Thanks, Gladys, for the hint. Odiogo is really something. It adds voice to the content of your blog. And how can you do that? Go to Odiogo and at the top of the screen add your blog URL, your e-mail and click on GO. They transform your blog posts into podcasts that can he heard as you read the posts or that can be downloaded as mp3 files. The ID Feed is sent to your e-mail in a few hours. When you have the ID Feed, go back to Odiogo , look for the part which says BLOGGERS and click on your blog host (Blogger, Wordpress ...). Then just follow the simple steps. Very easy and simple. I guess it´s very appropriate for blogs aiming at EFL, ESL learners.
February 13, 2008
A "manifesto" about our unique planet. I came across it this morning and couldn´t keep from writing about it. They say "Let´s build a ribbon around the whole world". The homepage of Planetfesto brings a beautiful presentation made of statements left from people all around the world proposing ways to improve and protect the planet. It´s wonderful to see so many people involved in this wonderful project. I left my statement too and now I invite you to do the same. To be part of the ribbon click on DO YOUR PIECE, select a picture and answer the questions.
February 11, 2008
The rain
I was having a look at slideshare to make a slidecast (pictures + sound) when I found this beautiful slidecast about the rain. It has been raining for days where I live and we end up complaining. It was great though to see the beauty of RAIN.
February 8, 2008
My TWITTER experience
Twitter is used for microblogging and what is that? People write what they are doing at the moment in a maximum of 140 words. Not only do people write what they´re doing but they post questions and even reply to their friends. I decided to record my trip to argentina in TWITTER as I travelled and I´ve been told that lots of people enjoyed following my adventure. Mary Hillis an e-colleague (have I coined a term? guess not) from Japan has done a survey in twitter recently and this is another usage people are discovering for twitter.
What I like about twitter?
- I like the speed.
- I like the fact that you´re not expected to write a masterpiece but only something short.
- I like the asynchronous interaction it establishes.
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February 4, 2008
Screencasting for the fist time
This is the first time I´ve tried to make a screencast.
- First I tried to use screencast-o-matic, but I couldn´t get the audio.
- Then I downloaded Jing and made the recording but the speed got too slow (didn´t like it)
Well, I still haven´t got what I wanted. I wanted to make a screencast with the speed of screencast-o-matic but WITH AUDIO! But it doesn´t work! I´m getting crazy!!!!!
- I´ve finally found a solution! I was working with the Firefox browser and the audio didn´t work but with Internet Explorer it did.
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Q. Do faculty or staff members need to comply with the Vehicle Registration Program?
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Q. I registered online but I never received my temporary parking permit. What do I do?
A. Temporary permits are e-mailed to your e-mail address along with your order confirmation. It appears at the top of the confirmation e-mail. BE CAREFUL, do not turn in your temporary permit with your payment at the Office of the Bursar. It also can appear in your bulk mail or spam. The e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com. A receipt that shows you applied online is not a temporary permit.
Q. I tried to register but I was notified that my records were not found. What do I do?
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Q. I tried to register, but I was unable to complete my order because I was told that I had an invalid address.
A. Not only do the student records get referenced to ensure that we are only accepting the registration of valid students, but also postal records are referenced to ensure that you will receive your permit once it is mailed. Your address must be entered properly.
Q. If I have a problem with the vehicle registration system whom should I call?
A. You should refer all questions regarding the registration process to Credentials Order Processing Services Inc. at 1.800.646.1858. All other questions can be directed to the Office of Public safety at 516.572.7100.
Q. If I am a visitor to the campus, will I have to pay for parking or register my car?
A. No, you will not have to register your vehicle or pay for parking, but you will have to obtain a parking pass from the Public Safety Office. For further information on visitor parking, please go to the VISITOR PARKING information on the NCC website.
Q. I am a Senior Observer. Will I have to register my vehicle?
A. Yes, all vehicles on campus must be registered. Senior Observer vehicle registration is handled through a different process than regularly attending students. Questions regarding the registration of a vehicle can be directed to Jessica Dillon at 516.572.7472 in the Office of Lifelong Learning located at 355 East Road.
Q. I am taking classes in the Lifelong Learning Program (Continuing and Professional Studies). Do I need to register my car?
A. Yes, all vehicles on campus must be registered. Life Long Learning is handled through a different process. Questions regarding the registration of a vehicle must be directed to Office of Lifelong Learning at 516.572.7472. The Office of Lifelong Learning is located at 355 East Road.
Q. I have registered my vehicle. Can I pay the fees at the College?
A. Yes, as indicated on the registration Web site, you can pay the registration fee at the Bursar's Office located on the Lower Level of the Administrative Tower.
Q. Do motorcycles have to be registered?
A. Yes, all motor vehicles that will be parked on campus must be registered.
Q. I don't have a car now. What if I get a car in the middle of the semester, will I have to pay for the entire semester?
A. Yes, there is no mechanism for pro-rating the fee. You may purchase either a semester or annual permit.
Q. What if I change cars? Can I transfer my registration?
A. No. The permit has your license plate number printed on its face. The permit must match the license plate number on the vehicle being parked on campus.
Q. I registered my car, but decided to take the bus. Can I get my money back?
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I have a client with a server running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. All staff log on to do their work from Windows PC's via RDP.
He needs to be able print locally from the server to the local Windows workstations. All the instructions I've found online seem to be about the reverse.
Any thoughts?
Set up the printers as network printers on the system, directly.
You will absolutely not be able to have whatever arbitrary print driver each client has installed on his or her own computer just work when they RDP into the Ubuntu server. It probably helps to understand HOW that works in Windows... even in Windows, when printing over RDP (hopefully) "just magically works", what's ACTUALLY happening behind the scenes is that a driver for that printer is installed quietly on the server to match. If the server does not already have an approved driver for that printer, then you get errors. (If the server DOES have a driver but there's a bug in it... guess what? YOUR RDS SERVER'S PRINT SPOOLER JUST CRASHED! yaaaaay!)
TL;DR if you can't just set up the client's printers as network printers and set them up on the server independently of RDP then you cannot print to them, sorry.
That lined up with our experiences, we're going to configure a VPN to allow for network printing to be supported.


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FARGO, N.D. – A red-hot shooting day gave Idaho its second win over a 2009 NCAA Tournament team in three games, as the Vandal men stormed into Fargo and left with an 81-69 victory over North Dakota State on Saturday.
"This was Vandal basketball tonight, they way I like it," Idaho head coach Don Verlin said. "We were tough and we competed, and I was really happy with the outcome."
Idaho (2-1) shot a blazing .571 (32-56) from the field – 16-of-28 in each half – and hit its long range shots at a .462 (6-13) clip. North Dakota State (1-2), by contrast, hit 32.9 percent of its shots and was just 5-of-23 (.217) from 3-point range.
"Obviously, by looking at the numbers, it was a good team effort," Verlin said. "Finally, we got clicking offensively and executed more like the Vandals should execute."
Senior guard Steffan Johnson showed why he was picked as the Western Athletic Conference's Preseason Newcomer of the Year, as he poured in a game-high 19 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-4 from long range, to go along with six assists, six rebounds and three steals and no turnovers.
Sophomore Luiz Toledo scored 18 on 8-of-11 shooting and snatched eight rebounds, while senior Mac Hopson dropped in 16 points and dished eight assists. Senior center Marvin Jefferson had nine rebounds, four points, one block and one assist, and red shirt freshman Kyle Barone grabbed seven rebounds in 12 minutes of play.
It was a strong effort across the board for Idaho, as the team had a season-high 18 assists, out-rebounded the Bison by a 41-38 margin, and got the transition game going with 18 fast break points, compared to just two for NDSU.
Verlin said he was still disappointed in Idaho's turnover numbers, because the Vandals gave it away 16 times, which led to 17 NDSU points. The Vandals also gave up 17 offensive rebounds, but only let the Bison convert those into 11 second-chance points.
"I thought we did a great job of making some adjustments at halftime," Verlin said. "Quite frankly, they kicked our tails on the boards in the first half. I'm really disappointed in our turnovers, but we played extremely hard, and we showed some toughness in the second half."
The Idaho defense came up big, too. NDSU's Michael Tveidt and Josh Vaughan entered the game averaging 21.0 and 18.0 points, respectively, on combined 30-of-61 (.492) shooting, but the duo scored just 29 total points and hit 9-of-32 (.281) from the field on Saturday.
"I challenged Kashif Watson and Shawn Henderson on guarding Tveidt," Verlin said. "Those guys have to be our lockdown defenders if we're going to make some noise in the WAC, and I thought both of them did a good job."
Verlin also said he was happy with the job Johnson and Marcus Lawrence did to slow down Vaughan.
Idaho exploded out of the gates in the second half with a 7-0 run to take a 46-36 lead at the 18:07 mark, then, after giving up back-to-back baskets, poured in seven more unanswered points, four of which came from Johnson on the fast break.
Idaho extended its lead to 13 points on three separate occasions before the Bison responded with a 7-0 run of their own, starting at the 12:46 mark. NDSU got within six points at 57-51 with just under 11 minutes remaining, then switched to the full-court pressure, but the Vandals broke the pressure with ease and held on to the lead.
Idaho's final big run of the game came after a Michael Tveidt jumper brought North Dakota State back within six at 61-55 and 8:10 left to play. A Hopson lay-up and a Johnson 3-pointer sandwiched between two Jefferson slams gave Idaho a 70-59 lead with 5:03 remaining and the Vandals didn't let the lead drop below eight from then on.
Kashif Watson's fast-break dunk with three seconds remaining put the exclamation point on Idaho's first win at Fargo in four tries. It also gave Idaho back-to-back wins for the first time in the series, after the Vandals 78-69 win last year at Memorial Gym.
Toledo led the way in the first half with 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting, while also grabbing three rebounds, but eight different Vandal players contributed in the scoring column in the opening stanza. Hopson was in top form, as he scored seven points and added five assists and one rebound.
The first five minutes of the game saw both teams exchange baskets, until the Bison went on a mini-run to take a 13-9 lead at the 14:50 mark. Idaho responded and tied it up at 16 on a Watson jumper with 10:36 remaining in the half.
A Hopson 3-pointer at the 8:12 mark gave Idaho the largest lead by either team of the first period, as the Vandals went up 23-18. The teams continued to trade baskets for the rest of the half, though, and Idaho went into the break with a 39-36 lead on the heels of a Hopson jumper with 23 seconds remaining.
Idaho will return to Moscow for its home opener next week, when the Vandals host Sacramento State (3-2), which upset Oregon State 65-63 at Corvallis on Saturday. The Vandals and Hornets will tip off at 7:05 p.m. at Memorial Gym on Tuesday.
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Jeffrey Rowe has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of industrial design, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing. On the publishing side, he has written well over 1,000 articles for CAD, CAM, CAE, and other technical publications, as well as consulting in many capacities in the … More »
Stratasys Reports Disappointing Q1 Financials
May 11th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
As exciting as the 3D printing/additive manufacturing (AM) space has been the past several, especially the last couple, its unbridled enthusiasm and expectations couldn't be expected to go on forever, and they're not. Stratasys reported less than anticipated financials for Q1 2015.
All was not doom and gloom for Stratasys, however, as the financials also include the following:
Stratasys Presents a 3D Printed Aircraft Interior at EuroMold 2014
Fred Fischer, Director of PolyJet and FDM Applications at Stratasys, presents an aircraft interior 3D printed using a unique combination additive manufacturing technologies. The presentation was filmed at Stratasys' aerospace-themed booth at EuroMold 2014 in Frankfurt.
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LiveWorx 2015: PTC Drives Home Its IoT Future – Part 1
May 7th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
So, you think that the Internet of Things (IoT) is a fad? Based on my experience at PTC's LiveWorx 2015 in Boston this week, IoT is a big part of the future, not only for PTC, but for all of us.
Still not convinced? Just the attendance figures alone from this year over last might help convince you – LiveWorx 2014 (~350 attendees); LiveWorx 2015 (>2,300 attendees). Numbers don't lie and that shows the growing interest in IoT.
Because of the amount of material covered in just a couple of days, and the major implications surrounding IoT and PTC, I'll be writing about some the major (and some minor) technology and business announcements, as well as how this all fits together and might shape PTC's strategy going forward, including:
LiveWorx 2015 Highlight Reel
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LiveWorx 2015: A New Chapter For PTC
May 4th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
We're in Boston's Back Bay this week for PTC's LiveWorx 2015 conference on the Internet of Things (IoT).
This event is a new one for us and one that largely foretells the future direction of PTC.
If you're here, let's talk. This is all brand new to me, and I'm on an educational mission. I'd like to hear your opinions on what's good, what's bad, and what might potentially be scary, as well as game-changing in this new foray for PTC.
Contact me at jeff@ibsystems or 719.221.1867.
Online Engineering Education: Many Options, Many Outcomes
April 30th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
I've been around design and engineering for many years. Well, you might say that I've been "around the block." I can accept that, but I also have realized for a long time, that to remain relevant, I have had to continuously re-educate myself through various channels to reinvent myself.
Just last autumn I took a computational physics course (Optics) at the University of Colorado Denver as background for a book I am in the process of writing on 3D scanning. To say it was a challenge is an understatement, and I had to dust off my old college math books, but I got a lot out of it and look forward to future college-level courses. Disclosure: I audited the course and did not receive a grade, but felt I kept up with the class, and missed only two classes during the 16 week semester.
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COFES 2015: Seeing The Bigger Picture
April 23rd, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
We just left Scottsdale, Arizona after a great weekend at the annual Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES) event.
Over the years I've attended probably 8-10 of these unique events, and they have all been a bit different, but I have always come away with new insights and perspectives on engineering software.
The keynotes are always thought provoking and the roundtable discussions and general conversations are stimulating, because they often provide food for thought and questions for further investigation rather than just simple answers.
This year's theme was "Taking a Step Back To See the Big Picture." As engineers and software professionals we are good at focusing on the thing at hand – the design challenge; the need for a new tool; our competitive situation. However, rarely do we consider the bigger world in which these issues reside.This year, COFES took a giant step backwards for broadening our view. In other words, to think about thinking about the bigger picture. The nature of our work requires that we spend the majority of our time getting things done, tightly focused on executing our tasks and plans. And while we do that, we are continuously faced with choices, big and small, along the way. Too often, we make decisions in the narrow context of what we have in front of us, unless some outside force pushes a broader context into our consciousness.
Book Review: Geometric Modeling by Nikolay Golovanov
April 16th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
What most of us take for granted when using CAD/CAM/CAE technologies had to come from somewhere, correct? By that I mean the mathematics that underlie and drive all CAx applications. From the basic math numerical models are derived as the output of systems. The output of these systems are geometric shape descriptions of modeled objects. As these systems were being developed a new branch of mathematics, known as geometric modeling, was created – and that's what the book, Geometric Modeling, is all about.
Fundamentally, geometric modeling studies the methods used to construct and control numerical geometric models of real and imaginary objects.
Geometric modeling is entirely dependent of several areas of mathematics, but primarily differential geometry (that employs differential and integral calculus and linear algebra for developing planes, curves, and surfaces in 3D Euclidean space) and numerical methods (to find numerical approximations – the more precise the approximation, the better the model).
How basic math becomes numerical modeling that becomes geometric modeling is the subject of a new book, Geometric Modeling, by Dr. Nikolay Golovanov. The book is based on the author's experience gained throughout his career, and especially during the development of the ASCON Group's C3D geometric kernel as a principal architect.
In a nutshell, the book outlines the methods of geometric modeling, including methods for constructing curves, surfaces, and solids. It describes the algorithms and data structures behind geometric objects. It also presents the principles of the interconnections between the elements of geometric models. Finally, the book examines some of the applications of geometric models, such as determining model physical characteristics, rendering, simulation, etc.
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SolidCAM: Solid Past, Solid Future
April 9th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
We talk with dozens of CAx vendors monthly and on an ongoing basis so we can (hope to) stay current with new features and capabilities. We have also noted for several years the ongoing consolidation of CAx vendors. When I blogged specifically a couple months ago about the CAM segment entitled, "CAM Consolidation 2015: The Circle Continues To Get Smaller," only one vendor challenged me that it was always independent and would remain so – SolidCAM. That statement piqued my interest, so I thought I better follow up to see how they would substantiate their insistence.
The following video demonstrates a 3D car model machined in C45 steel roughed with iMachining 3D technology, which SolidCAM claims saves >70% of machining time. The car model is finished using SolidCAM 5-Axis simultaneous – all integrated into SolidWorks.
SolidCAM iMachining & Simultaneous 5X-Milling of a Car Model
Shortly after SolidWorks World, I spoke with SolidCAM's founder and CEO, Emil Somekh, in a lively and candid conversation that set a number of things straight specifically about SolidCAM, as well as the CAM industry in general.
COFES 2015: Taking A Giant Step Backwards
April 2nd, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
If it's April, it's time for COFES (Congress On the Future of Engineering Software). This annual informal event, now in its 16th year, is the engineering software industry's only think tank/industry summit event that brings executives from design, engineering, architectural, development, and technology companies together to understand the role engineering technology will play in the future survival and success of business customers who also attend.
COFES is well-known for hosting leading keynote visionaries that bring a new perspective to the future of the industry.
The central theme for COFES 2015 is that as engineers and software professionals we are good at focusing on the thing at hand – the design challenge; the need for a new tool; our competitive situation. However, rarely do we consider the bigger world in which these issues reside.
This year, COFES takes a giant step backwards for broadening our view. In other words, to think about thinking about the bigger picture. The nature of our work requires that we spend the majority of our time getting things done, tightly focused on executing our tasks and plans. And while we do that, we are continuously faced with choices, big and small, along the way. Too often, we make decisions in the narrow context of what we have in front of us, unless some outside force pushes a broader context into our consciousness.
A quick blast from the COFES past — In 2008 Gartner declared Augmented Reality (AR) one of the Top Ten Disruptive Technologies for the next few years. While AR has arrived on mobile devices and digital cameras, it remains imprecise and far from disruptive. Are there changes in the wind? Although the video below is a couple of years old, during his COFES 2011 presentation Joseph Juhnke reviews the strengths and weaknesses of various types of Augmented Reality (hardware and software) technologies.
Practical applications for augmented reality – Joseph Juhnke – COFES 2011 Keynote Presentation
The CAx Cloud Becoming More Than Vapor
March 26th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
As much as I have tried to resist the temptation to gush all over myself, I've had a tough time restraining my enthusiasm for the myriad cloud-based computing and storage options that have come online in the recent past and their potential. OK, it's time for a reality check – facts, fallacies, myths, and risks.
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about a newcomer on the block, Onshape entitled Onshape: The Day After a New Dawn For 3D CAD.
Keep in mind, though, that Onshape is online only and always requires a Web connection to be functional. With connectivity so universally ubiquitous, this shouldn't pose a problem for a majority of prospective users. At this time, the company has no plans for making Onshape available offfline, so if this is an issue or concern, then Onshape may not be a design tool for you. However, that said, I'd encourage you to check out Onshape.
Also, I pointed out that as interesting Onshape is, it is by no means the first or only cloud-based technical/design/engineering software offering. As a matter of fact, it turns out there are quite a few, including:
Admittedly, this is not an exhaustive list, and is not meant to be. I just wanted to provide some of the cloud-based tools currently available. I also realize that the above have different features and capabilities, so it's not an "apples to apples" comparison.
While the following video is a few years old, and some of the technologies discussed have been superseded or retired, it provides a good overview for novices of what cloud computing is about.
Introduction to Cloud Computing
Hardware Review: Lenovo ThinkStation P300 SFF
March 19th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
Although it was first introduced in May 2014, we finally got around to reviewing the Lenovo ThinkStation P300. Lenovo positions this system as "entry level," but the build quality and performance proved to be anything but.
Ever since they first came on to the market several years ago, I've always been a fan of a small form factor (SFF) desktop workstation, and the P300 fits nicely in this category. Its metal enclosure with plastic front bezel measures 13.25"H x 14.5"D x 4'W. Like what many of its competitors are offering, entry into the chassis requires not tools to remove a side panel with access to the internals. The interior has a nice layout and PCI and memory slots are easy to access, even with fat fingers. That said, though, there is no wasted space and the airflow is efficient with air being drawn through the front grille.
Lenovo ThinkStation P Series Product Tour
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