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Holy Space Jesus, the Engineers in Ridley Scott's Prometheus are ripped. Those milky abs, goodness — they look like they came from Planet Albino Crossfit. Get a good hard look at all the rippled Engineer flesh in these amazing behind-the-scenes photos from Prosthetics Supervisor Connor O'Sullivan. We've got shots of their thighs, their super space suits, their sleeping forms, and a creepy "Elder" Engineer that didn't appear on screen. There is no explanation for who or what the Elder is, so we assume it's just that other guy's trainer.
Spoilers ahead...
Plus check out the high-res shots of Guy Pearce's old man face. If you're still curious as to why Guy Pearce was cast to play an old man, and never the actual infinitely more youthful version he currently is, we got the answers right here in this massive article about the design of Prometheus.
All images are from Connor O'Sullivan's Facebook page (which has even more hot Engineer action). Now there's only one thing left to ponder: Where are the Engineer ladies, and why aren't they allowed to work with the other bald, presumably male, Engineers?
Thanks for the tip Eldee Smith!


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2009 Men's Lacrosse Season Recap
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's lacrosse team finished the year with an overall record of 6-10 and held a 2-3 record in the Skyline Conference. The Rams won their last two conference games, earning the #4 seed and final spot in the Skyline playoffs. They fell on the road in the semifinal round to top-seed Montclair State.
Freshman attack Erick Thomson was named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week 5-out of-9 weeks this season. He led the team and conference in assists per game (2.21), led the team in points (63), was second in the conference in points per game (4.36) and scored 31 goals. Senior attack Sean Maxwell and freshman defender Chris JapNgie started all 16 games for Farmingdale. Maxwell scored 27 goals and had 16 assists; while JapNgie led the team with 28 caused turnovers and had 51 ground balls.
Senior midfielder Mike Maxwell scored a team-high 33 goals this season and sophomore midfielder Joe Stroessenreuther scored 25 goals, had 17 assists, and picked up 63 ground balls for the Rams. Senior Teddy Leone and freshman Patrick Delventhal split time in goal this season for Farmingdale. Leone started 11 games in goal, allowing 11.5 goals per game and held a .502 save percentage, while Delventhal started four games and held a .519 save percentage.

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text: Loyola ranks in top 7% of U.S. universities for return on investment March 27, 2014 | By Nick Alexopulos Loyola University Maryland students in the DeChiaro College Center. (Photo by Scott Suchman) Loyola University Maryland is ranked in the top 7 percent of more than 1,300 U.S. colleges and universities for return on investment in PayScale.com's 2014 College ROI Report. With financial aid included, Loyola is in the top 6 percent. PayScale is an online compensation database that has released a college ROI report annually for the last several years. Loyola's overall ranking for 2014 is based on the net income a graduate will earn 20 years after graduation after subtracting both what they would have earned as a high school graduate and the cost of college. Based on that formula, PayScale found the 20-year ROI for a Loyola graduate to be just under $500,000; the ROI for the top 1 percent of schools starts at just under $700,000. "With numerous examples of alumni who are achieving professional success and contributing in positive ways throughout the world, we don't need rankings to know that a Loyola University Maryland education is worth the investment," said Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J., Loyola's president. "However, external acknowledgment is particularly welcome for our students and their families who not only believe in the value of a Loyola education, but are also making the sacrifices with confidence that the investment is—and will be—worth it." Loyola also ranked No. 49 of nearly 500 private not-for-profit universities on PayScale's list and in the top 10 percent for business majors. Loyola's ROI is No. 3 among all Maryland schools and No. 2 when the average amount of financial aid awarded to students is considered. In addition, Loyola is in the top 3 percent of PayScale's "Best Religious Schools" for ROI and top 8 percent for "Best Schools for Sports Fans." PayScale generated the rankings using data collected from employees who successfully completed a PayScale survey. Only graduates who are employed full-time and paid with either an hourly wage or an annual salary were included in the report. Also, only employees who possess a bachelor's degree and no higher degrees were included. Loyola moved up in PayScale's rankings compared to last year, from No. 157 to No. 83 overall. Loyola's full profile for 2014 is available at payscale.com.


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SHOWTIME UNVEILS SECOND SEASON OF Dexter Early Cuts AT COMIC-CON
Dark Echo Web Series Illustrated By Bill Sienkiewicz ("The Dark Knight") Will Premiere on SHO.com in October
NEW YORK, NY (July 22, 2010) � This evening, SHOWTIME unveiled a preview for the second season of its animated webisode series Dexter Early Cuts: Dark Echo, to a standing room only crowd at San Diego Comic-Con. The web series, drawn by award-winning illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz (Batman, Superman and X-Men comics/"The Dark Knight") and voiced by series star and executive producer Michael C. Hall, gives DEXTER(TM) fans an early look at the life of America's favorite serial killer with storylines that predate the show. DARK ECHO will be available in six chapters this October on sho.com/earlycuts. For a sneak peek, go to*:
Last fall, Showtime launched Dexter Early CutS on sho.com, Showtime On Demand, You Tube and iTunes, to over 2.5 million views across multiple platforms. The 12-part series told the story of three murders that Dexter Morgan committed before the show's origins, each brought to life by a different illustrator. Fans of the show were able to dig deeper into the series by learning more about Dexter's story, including why he bought his "kill outfit," how he bought his boat, and why he collects blood slides.
For the second installment of DEXTER Early Cuts, premiering in October, the story, illustrations and animation style will be even more compelling. Each chapter of Dexter Early Cuts: Dark Echo will be drawn by Emmy(R) Award nominee and Eisner Award-winning illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz. Sienkiewicz has worked on some of the most famous comic franchises in history including Batman, Superman and X-Men, among others. In the mid 1980s, he was known for revamping comics with his impressionist-influenced style. More recently, he was hired by Warner Brothers to sketch and concept the makeup and wardrobe for Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in "The Dark Knight," as well as the upcoming film "Green Lantern" starring Ryan Reynolds.
Dexter Early Cuts: Dark Echo will be comprised of one long-form story with a script by Dexter Co-Executive Producer Tim Schlattmann. In DARK ECHO, Dexter Morgan is challenged by a copy-cat killer who does not follow any sort of code. The story opens immediately after his father Harry's death, with Dexter in his early twenties and his sister Debra is still in high school. Dexter is enrolled in medical school where he's studying anatomy to improve his "craft." During a routine kill, Dexter realizes that another student has been spying on him and knows that he is a serial killer. He confronts the student after he begins to commit murders in Dexter's style and the two clash over the ethics of their situations. Dexter's faceoff with his 'Dark Echo' represents the first time his code is tested since his father's death, and the incident helps reinforce the importance of Harry Morgan's code.
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Paddle: HARD is a one hour bootcamp designed specifically for aquatic athletes that paddle for their sport. We meet twice per week at Elysium Fitness at 117 West 72nd St. 2nd Floor. Wednesday night's class is at 6:30 pm and Friday night's class is at 7pm. The class begins with a movement preparation routine that warms up all the muscles and stretches tight areas.
It is followed by a core section that trains abs and low back muscles specifically needed for surfers (most famously and the part of the class with the most groaning is the "swim and pop" – 5 repetitions of simulated surf paddling followed by the all important "pop up" that every surfer needs to master to get in position quickly and efficiently).
We then play the "pushup game" using a medicine ball to challenge core and upper body strength.
The most challenging part of the class is a circuit that focuses on conditioning the pulling muscles needed for your paddle sports. There is simulated rowing, simulated surf paddling, and general conditioning to get you into great shape so that you can be more competitive in your sport, last longer in the water, and have more fun.
We finish with a cool down and stretch. The class costs $30 per session and you can reserve your spot by calling 212-721-1010. You must call to reserve before each class since there is room for only 8 athletes.
The class is taught by Jason White, CSCS a veteran New York Personal Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach. He regularly surfs Long Island and is focused on helping as many people as he can to become better athletes and more competitive in their chosen sport.


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Vince Neil to Host Air Force Salute in Las Vegas
Vince Neil is supporting the troops in his own special way.
The Motley Crue frontman will "salute the brave men and women of the U.S. Air Force" on Sept. 1 by inviting 100 soldiers from the nearby Nellis base to his Tatuado Cantina for a private pre-show reception, followed by a trip to see the Raiding the Rock Vault show at the LVH Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.
Purporting to tell "the story of classic rock" with "members from some of the greatest rock bands in history," Raiding the Rock Vault features a band that includes Tracii Guns, former Survivor vocalist Robin McAuley, ex-Heart guitarist Howard Leese and former Asia bassist John Payne -- along with special guests such as Bobby Kimball (ex-Toto), Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Deep Purple) and Starship's Mickey Thomas. The show is currently midway through a scheduled yearlong engagement at LVH.
"Vince has been a long time supporter and admirer of those who defend us from the skies," reads a press release announcing the event. "[He] wanted to take this opportunity to give back to those brave aviators who protect and defend our freedom in the air every day."


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I don't profess to be an expert in NFL contracts, but I've wondered for the last 7 years or so, how much is enough? Carson Palmer recently threatened to retire if he was not traded, and came right out and said he had $80,000,000.00 (that's a lot of 0's) in the bank. Now, the last time you were asked to name the top 5 quarterbacks in the NFL, did Carson Palmer immediately jump into your mind? We'll get back to Carson later, because this really is about Peyton Manning.
I don't know him, never interviewed him, but I've been around the "aura" of Manning for years. The Colts used to train in my home town, and I've spent my share of hours around the team. And you would think that the only thing left for Manning to do is win more super bowls. Now, maybe he has the intention of leaving a lasting legacy of this current lawsuit to all future players, that I can see. When you are 65 years old and being interviewed for sportscenter on ESPN36000 ... it would be nice to say you changed the game on the field and off the field. If so, my hat's off to you Mr. Manning.
But when the courts are done and the votes are in and the caps are decided and the contracts are ready to be signed, I would hope Manning would stop just one second and ask, "How much is enough?" I've sat here and reported on countless players over the years who have cried and whined about their contracts, demanding trades or new contracts simply because they want to be the highest paid player at their position. Now, some players who have cried and whined deserved new deals ... it's the ones who only care about $$$ are the ones who I hate. Ego and $$$.
Now, I just don't see Manning as that kind of person. Indeed, I could be wrong ... but no matter what he signs for ... in just a few seasons someone will blow his contract out of the water. So for a few minutes, he can say he's the highest paid player in NFL history. I don't buy it. What I do buy is that Manning should not want to start drawing his retirement pay knowing that Tom Brady has more Super Bowl rings that he has. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. These names are always going to be linked together. Back a few years ago, if memory serves me right, Manning was making about $17 Mil and Brady $10 Mil. If I'm a GM, I think I can make good use of that $7,000,000.00 (those damn 0's again). You can buy a lot good starters and even more quality back-ups with that amount of money. And New England did. And New England won. And Tom Brady has more rings than Peyton. And that statement will follow Peyton Manning the rest of his life.
Which brings me back to Carson Palmer and his $80.000.000.00 If Peyton has the highest "Q" rating in sports, does the most commercials, has the most endorsement contracts, and has been in the league a little longer than Palmer, and at one time had the first or second highest contract in the NFL ...How much money does Manning have in the bank and how much more does he need?
How much is enough, Mr. Manning?


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No kids, one kid, four kids: There's no end to the debate over why people decide on a certain number.
But is one family configuration more scrutinized than another? Lauren Sandler thinks so.
She delves into the myths and misconceptions about singletons in a new book, "One and Only," out this month from Simon & Schuster. And she feels strongly about the subject, as a journalist and an only child raising an only child with her photographer husband, who's one of two.
The choice of one, the Brooklyn mom said, is often demonized and the pull to have more is strong at times. Based on scores of interviews with academics and only children, the book wasn't intended as memoir, though Sandler's family — her "lean team" of three — is woven throughout.
While she's content and confident her 5-year-old daughter is doing great, Sandler hasn't escaped the conflict. Her reaction when her husband suggests he get a vasectomy drives home the turmoil.
"I burst into tears, run up to our bedroom, and throw myself onto the pillows like a heartsick teenager," she writes.
"Despite all the rational information that supports my reluctance to have another kid, all the research demonstrating that only children are fine, all the data suggesting the additional sacrifices another kid would require, making the choice not to have another child is still fraught with conflict. It's an emotional struggle that, it turns out, no set of numbers and analysis can erase."
A conversation with Lauren Sandler:
AP: How has research on raising only children changed in recent years?
Sandler: I don't think it's really changed. What keeps happening is people keep retesting, saying, 'Oh, how could it possibly be true that all of these studies from all of these years ago have said that only children are just fine.' And so they retest and then they find out, 'Oh yeah, only children are fine.'
AP: So where does the notion come from that only children are lonely, selfish and maladjusted?
Sandler: I've been puzzling over this for three years, and the best I can come up with is this sort of three-pronged answer.
No. 1, it was a story that needed to develop in an evolutionary biology sense, that in order to thrive as a species we had to have more of us, so that was important. And then we were an agrarian society, and in an agrarian society children were a work force and a life insurance policy, and if you wanted your family to thrive you needed to have a bigger one.
But then the Industrial Revolution came around, then the women's movement came around. We didn't really come to terms with what women's freedom looks like, and we didn't really come to terms with how much society had changed, and so we kept telling this story. I've talked to researchers who think that it's a story that people need to tell because having more kids is hard and you need to feel like there's a reason behind it.
AP: Is there an underlying discrimination in the culture against only children?
Sandler: I was having a conversation with an only child I met and she was telling me that about 10 years ago she was in a job interview and her lack of siblings came up, and the person she was interviewing with, the boss of this company, said, 'I'm sorry, I don't hire only children.' And that was that.
Can you imagine if she was any other group? I'm sure it's illegal but I'm sure that no one even thinks about it in terms of being illegal because we're not a race. We're not any standard minority group. We just happen to be this group of people that the world has decided is a certain way even though hundreds of studies and decades and decades of research have shown that we just aren't all that different.
AP: What drives that nagging pull to have more?
Sandler: I think that as parents we want our kids to be happy and to thrive. We want our families to be happy, and we have society telling us if you have one kid, your kid's going to be really unhappy. You're going to have a miserable misfit of a child, but if you give your child a sibling you will have a happy family.
The data tells us that most people have their first child for themselves and the second child for the benefit of their first. I feel like if you want two kids, three kids, five kids, no kids, great. Do what your heart tells you but don't do what society is whispering in your ear, especially when it's based on such fallacy.
AP: When you're raising only one, everyone seems to want a say. As an only yourself who is raising an only do you feel you're under a spotlight in that respect?
Sandler: If you choose not to have a child, like many people I know, then society may mumble and grumble about how you're not fully a woman, you're a selfish person, and you're going to mess up a 'defenseless child' by not giving them a sibling.
I think that that feeling, that you are making a bad call and it's going to hurt a child, is enough so that people feel like they can go from beaming at your adorable child in the subway or in the supermarket line to shaking their head and saying they wouldn't do that to their child, which is a line that I've heard a lot.
AP: In light of all the positives you've rounded up on the benefits of having an only child, including the financial benefits, you seem to remain conflicted about it. Can you explain that a bit?
Sandler: I know my daughter would be a great big sister and I love babies, and I love being a parent more than I ever thought that I would. I love the delicious closeness that you have with a small child, and you know, my kid's 5. I know that type of delicious intensity with a small kid is eroding. I know that that's going to come to an end. That makes me feel like, 'All right, I'm pretty sure that this is what's going to be the best choice for the three of us,' but I'm always open to the idea of change, or the notion that the heart can swerve.


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HOUSTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Matt Schaub completed 11-for-14 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown Saturday in the Houston Texans' 20-9 win over San Francisco.
Andre Johnson made two grabs for 49 yards, while Arian Foster rushed the ball 10 times for 46 yards.
San Francisco signal-caller Alex Smith went 5-of-9 through the air for 49 yards.
Randy Moss made three catches for 24 yards for the 49ers.


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Prized for their natural beauty, our hardwood floors come in countless colors, styles and species to help you transform your home. Armstrong® Flooring is crafted from the finest American, imported and exotic hardwoods, for durability you can depend on for a lifetime.
Choosing a hardwood floor may feel like a big decision, but it's really a handful of small ones. Understanding these four factors will simplify your search for the perfect floor.
Beneath its protective finish, solid hardwood flooring is exactly that: solid hardwood through and through. Solid hardwood floors tend to be the most sought-after floors. They're known for durability and timeless beauty, but can also be visually versatile. You can keep a look for life, or on many of our floors sand and refinish again and again. At Armstrong Flooring, our solid hardwood is always made in the USA with domestically sourced lumber, a naturally sustainable resource.
Engineered wood flooring has a layered structure: wood top and backing with a strong, stable core made from cross layers of pressed plywood. This structure makes engineered wood flooring a great choice for basements, over concrete subfloors and over radiant heating systems. Depending on top layer thickness, some engineered floors can be sanded and refinished.
Both solid hardwood and engineered wood are available in a variety of wood species. You won't find every type of wood in every color or style, so if you have a species preference, start your search there. There are two ways species could play into your final floor-buying decision:
Natural wood characteristics vary depending on which species you select, giving you plenty of stylish options to choose from.
Harder wood species, such as Oak, Maple and Hickory, are more resistant to dents and scratches than softer species like Walnut, Birch and Cherry.
Color and style have a major impact on your finished project. With endless design options, figuring out which features are most important to you will help guide your decision. As you narrow down your search, consider the following:
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Choose between smooth traditional hardwood, distressed-look hardwood, or something in between.
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The natural character of hardwood varies between species and collections. Some collections have more even-looking planks that create a uniform look on the overall floor. Other collections are full of character, with plank-to-plank variations in color, streaks and filled knots and splits.
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Diabetics not only have a greater risk of cancer, those who get breast or colon cancer have a higher risk of dying from the diseases, Dutch researchers say.
Dr. Kirstin De Bruijn, a doctoral student in the surgery department at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 20 trials that had taken place between 2007-12, involving more than 1.9 million patients with breast or colon cancer, with or without diabetes.
The researchers found patients with diabetes had a 23 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer and a 38 percent increased risk of dying from the disease compared with non-diabetic patients.
Diabetics had a 26 percent increased risk of developing colon cancer and a 30 percent increased risk of dying from it compared with non-diabetic patients, the study said.
"The results for breast and colon cancer incidence in patients with diabetes are consistent with other meta-analyses," De Bruijn said in a statement.
Furthermore, this meta-analysis showed a higher risk and a stronger association between diabetes and death from breast and colon cancer than previously reported, De Bruijn said.
"Cancer patients who are obese and diabetic are an already more vulnerable group of individuals when it comes to surgery, as they have an increased risk of developing complications both during and after surgery," De Bruijn said.
"Studies have already highlighted the increased risk of developing cancer for diabetics. Our meta-analysis, provides stronger evidence for the association between diabetes and the risk of developing and dying from these cancers."
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Okay, so you've got your website. And your blog. You've got a Facebook and a MySpace page. Maybe you even Twitter--I just joined Twitter for those who want to see what I had for lunch.
You're pretty web-savvy. Congrats. People can find you on the Internet.
But once they find you, how easy do you make it for them to buy your books?
I drone on incessantly about things you can do to attract traffic. But once people show up, it's obviously in your best interest to direct that traffic to somewhere your books are sold. The easier, the better.
The smart folks over at AdaptiveBlue.com have got it covered. Author Kristy Kiernan turned me on to a widget that considers this other end of the spectrum, and is pretty cool to boot. You'll notice in my sidebar (and also on my website) there's a list of my five Jack Daniels novels, plus the These Guns For Hire anthology I've edited. If you click on one of the covers, something neat happens. A window opens that lets you find a myriad of places on the net that sell and/or refer to that book. These links are instant, well organized, and current. Go ahead and play with it. I'll wait...
All done? Pretty wild, huh? I liked it so much I contacted the company that makes it, wondering how much they charged for this service. Fraser Kelton, director of business development responded:
Fraser: We love when authors contact us about our free widgets. Yep, they're free :) In fact, we'll create a free widget for any author that contacts firstname.lastname@example.com and says that they found us through this blog.
The widgets can be easily installed onto your various websites, blogs, and some social network pages. Unfortunately at this time we're unable to support MySpace pages.
The widgets help support your online marketing and promotion - they allow fans to buy the book directly from their preferred store, they can save the book to book social networks such as Shelfari or LibraryThing. Additionally fans can find out more information about you via the widget.
JA: So how can you do this for free? Don't you need to make money somehow?
Fraser: We make money via affiliate revenue - each book within the widget contains links to a large number of online retailers. By default all affiliate IDs are ours. If the individual who installs the widget wants to enter their own affiliate information they can, and they enjoy 100% of all affiliate revenue generated from that ID.
Additionally, we work with publishers and media companies to provide them with the technology (i.e.
http://ug.oreilly.com/promote/bookwidgets.csp/ and http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html/)
Through these methods we're able to provide the technology for free to authors, bloggers, and book groups.
JA: I checked out the Adaptiveblue.com website, and the term "Semantic Web" is used. Can you give me a quick definition of what this is?
Fraser: Right now the web is built around 'dumb' pages and neither the computer nor the browser knows what the user is looking at. It's up to us to infer that we're looking at a specific book, a particular music album, or any other item. The semantic web is about introducing meaning and understanding to the current web so that the computer and browser recognize what you are looking at.
JA: What are SmartLinks, and how do they enhance a web surfing experience? (These are the little squares you see next to These Guns and Kristy's name.)
Fraser: SmartLinks recognize the unique object - the noun - that the user is interacting with. Once recognized, a SmartLink presents a list of the most relevant links - the verbs - for interacting with the unique object. When it's a movie you can read reviews, rent it, watch a preview. When it's a book the verbs are different and the SmartLinks accommodate for that. By presenting all of the relevant "next steps" in a contextual way, the user experience is great.
JA: With so many websites trying to attract (and keep) visitors, what is the advantage to making it easier for people to leave your site and go someplace else?
Fraser: You mentioned the benefit to authors - to sell books from online stores. But for other websites the benefits are just as strong. People are savvy enough to know that there is other content out there on the web, content that can compliment what's on the current page. By not linking directly to it you're limiting the experience that people have on your site. You're forcing them to go find the information on their own. By linking to relevant information, sites provide a positive experience and strengthen the relationship with the readers. They'll be inclined to return to your site because they know that you'll not only provide good content but you'll compliment it with links when they want more information.
JA: What are some of your other popular widgets?
Fraser: The book widgets are our most popular widgets. Hundreds of authors, publishers, and book groups are using them to highlight and promote their books on the web. We offer a Netflix Widget that is popular as well. Individuals can highlight their personal queue on their site in a widget - and it updates automatically. Also popular is our Amazon Wishlist widget.
JA: I'll be honest here. I love playing around with widgets, and the only thing I like about Vista is that I've got widgets on my desktop that make things a lot easier. But your widget is the coolest I've found, and I really can't see why any author with books for sale wouldn't want to use it. I probably sound like a paid endorsement here, but I expect to see this popping up on many author websites and blogs, especially since you folks have kindly offered to create the widget for us. One final question: If people wanted to add some custom links to the widget, or edit some of those you've provided, is there a tutorial?
Fraser: In the current release of the product only the top title link and corresponding thumbnail image are editable. These can point to any page that you would like. This pair of links are one of the most frequently clicked link in the group (people like to click on images). In future releases of the product we're exploring a way to make it easy to customize and configure the links.
JA: Thanks for letting me pick your brain, and thanks for the widget. And a reminder to those reading this: It's free, and they'll create it for you. Tell 'em JA sent you.
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This group, founded by Chris M.(USA), is an extension of the Moleskine Exchange. This blog will follow the adventure of a group of artists around the world, in a Japanese fold Moleskine sketchbook exchange.
Each artist will set off with a small Japanese (accordian) folded Moleskine. Creating a drawing, collage, or painting, then send on to the next artist. Each artist will draw on a couple of spreads (3-4 pages) then send it on to the next artist. When the artists book is filled, it will be returned to the owner with images created by artist around the world. Each artist has a month to make an entry. The outcome will be a pleasant and surprising adventure, as artists are encouraged to interact and merge their art with others.
The concept:
1. The artists start with the Japanese fold Moleskine - Name, address, email address written in book.
2. Each artist gets 1 month to make a sketchbook entry, and mail it to the next person. The order is listed to the right.
3. Each artist will do 3-4 pages each round.
4. Artists are encouraged to interact with other images in the book. Please be respectful.
5. When the book is full, when one side of the unfolded book is filled, the book will be sent back to its original owner. That artist may continue by buying a new book and sending it to the next person.
6. If a person decides not to continue, she will simply keep her book when it comes back to her. She should email all of the participants to say she is not going to continue. We will decide, then, if we want to find a new person.
7. Please communicate regularly via email. Let each person know that you have received/sent the book. The goal is to have a dialogue. Any comments and questions are welcome.
This moly_x_project was begun by Marty Harris, Minnesota, USA.
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5 comments:
- Lady Orlando said...
I feel so happy to work with such amazing artists.
This will be an interesting adventure :D
- June 24, 2008 at 8:10 PM
- Marty Harris said...
What a great group.
- June 25, 2008 at 7:04 AM
- Chensio said...
otra vez con esta señorita ¿!?...
es broma ! encantadisimo de tener otro dibujo tuyo! :)
great great group ! want to start now !!
- June 25, 2008 at 8:10 AM
- Ramires said...
Great that is my first time in that creative and wonderfull project, I'm so pround to participate in that great artists group. Lets go people :-))
Muchas gracias
Thank you all
- June 25, 2008 at 9:57 AM
- Lady Orlando said...
Hey Chensio, soy tu peor pesadilla!!! jajajaja :P
- June 26, 2008 at 6:53 PM
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St. Cloud State goaltender Mike Lee is forgoing his senior season at SCSU after signing a 3-year entry level contract with the Phoenix Coyotes. He was drafted by the Coyotes in the 3rd round in 2009. Financial considerations were not disclosed. Lee had a record of 8-6-2 with a 2.23 goals against average and a .930 save percentage in 16 games this season at SCSU.
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Offshoring – Anger or Fear?
January 6th, 2012 by Jeff Rowe
Whenever the topic of outsourcing manufacturing to overseas companies or facilities is brought up these days, a fact of business life called offshoring, you usually get one of two reactions anger or fear. Sometimes you get a little of both. Is North American manufacturing headed down the road to oblivion with little ability to stem or reverse the descent? We need to view all of this from an historical perspective.
What is happening to North American manufacturing today in terms of gross numbers of employees is hardly unprecedented. Historically, probably the best analogy to what is taking place in manufacturing today with regard to reduced numbers and overall effect is agricultural farming. In the U.S, between the years 1890 and 1960, the percentage of the job market that was directly tied to the farming sector dropped from about 45 percent to less than two percent. Automation on the farm did not just make the jobs flee to other countries; it made them completely disappear. Even with much lower employment numbers, the farming sector thrived in terms of productivity. Automation helped make farming more productive than it ever was when it was strictly the province of human hands and manual labor and today we enjoy surpluses that allow us to usually export huge amounts of farm goods. When jobs vanished on the farm, people turned to the emerging industrial sector for employment and a new way of life in cities.
Just as industrial manufacturing replaced farming, today in the world economy, services are replacing manufacturing.
There are major differences, however, between how offshoring has affected and will continue to affect both manufacturing and service jobs. Offshoring of manufacturing jobs affects primarily blue-collar jobs in certain industries, whereas offshoring of services affects primarily white-collar jobs across potentially all industries.
Luckily, not all manufacturing or service jobs can be outsourced or offshored because several criteria must be met, including:
So, while some consider offshoring a necessary evil to North American manufacturing and service workers, their employers are discovering that an the opposite force, known as reshoring, is an essential component of helping their businesses not only thrive, but in many cases, survive.
Because it is such an important emerging movement, reshoring will be the topic of an MCADCafe blog post in the very near future.
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SALT LAKE CITY — A defamation lawsuit filed by a former UTOPIA executive against the company, West Valley City, Mayor Mike Winder and Deseret Digital Media was dismissed by a federal judge Monday.
In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart found that an article Winder wrote under a fake name and published on KSL.com about Chris Hogan, who served as the vice president of marketing, sales and business development of the fiber-optic network until March 2011, did not constitute defamation, false light invasion of privacy, civil conspiracy or intentional infliction of emotional distress.
"Obviously we're very elated with the court's ruling," Deseret Digital attorney Jeff Hunt said Monday. "The court looked at this in a very considered and thoughtful manner and concluded that the KSL article — which was the crux of Mr. Hogan's case — was not defamatory. What the court found was that the statements in the KSL article consisted of expressions of opinion, which are constitutionally protected or were not defamatory as a matter of law."
Hogan claimed he was fired after expressing concerns over alleged bid rigging at UTOPIA, which he said prompted the company to accuse him of extortion. According to the lawsuit filed in January, the company, and Winder, decided to "use the media to handle any negative publicity." UTOPIA allegedly turned over unsealed court documents to Winder, who used the fake name Richard Burwash to write an article, the lawsuit stated. Winder later said he was only given the documents after they were unsealed.
Winder, using the fake name and profile, submitted the article to Deseret Connect, a freelance contributor network through which stories are submitted to its media partners.
The Burwash article was published on KSL.com, which is owned by DDM, under the headline: "Former UTOPIA contractor accused of extortion." The lawsuit stated that the article reported that Hogan was fired for "performance issues" and had "exhibited erratic behavior."
Hogan claimed the article "achieved its desired effect" and said his name and reputation were tainted.
But Stewart said he found no evidence of a conspiracy between the various UTOPIA executives, attorneys and Winder. The judge also determined that they did not use the power of their positions to get the article published. The fact that Winder used the fabricated Burwash identity only further distanced himself from his position and West Valley City.
"Winder clearly intended to divorce himself from, not brandish, his government power by posing as a private citizen when writing the article," Stewart wrote.
Stewart found the statements about "performance issues" and "erratic behavior" were merely opinions of those quoted in the article. He determined that if the article and its headline had implied that Hogan was facing formal extortion charges or that he was an extortionist, it could potentially be defamatory. But the judge's view was that there was no such implication in the article.
"The article clearly communicates that the extortion statements were made in the context of heated civil litigation," Stewart wrote. "Given this context, the court finds that reasonable readers would 'have perceived that the word (extortion) was not more than rhetorical hyperbole, a vigorous epithet used by those who considered (Hogan's) negotiating position extremely unreasonable,' rather than reference to charged criminal conduct."
"Throughout this process, we have acted responsibly," said Matt Sanders, general manager of Deseret Connect, Deseret Digital Media. "We are pleased with the judge's decision."
Hunt, who often handles First Amendment, access and media-related cases, said the judge's ruling will help in future cases in that it differentiates between fact and opinion. He said it provided some precedent about the differences between the two types of speech while also guaranteeing the rights of the press.
"I think it does have some broader impact in the state because it makes clear that the news media can report the positions of parties in heated legal battles and other disputes without fear of incurring defamation liability," he said.
Winder said the ruling was a welcome end to what has been a difficult year. From the death of his mother last September, to the controversial announcement about the Burwash pseudonym to an unsuccessful bid for county mayor, he said this year has been the toughest of his life.
"It's been quite the year," he said. "I feel like we're moving forward and today's court decision is part of that."
He said that he is grateful for West Valley City, its residents and the opportunity he has to serve as its mayor.
"I want people to know I do feel bad for the problems I caused for DDM and others and hope that today is the day we move forward," he said.
Hogan's attorney, Steve Christensen, said his client plans to appeal Stewart's decision to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. A notice of appeal was filed Monday.
"Mr. Hogan's contention is that he has stated a claim on various different legal theories, including defamation false light and other issues that have caused him damage and he believes the evidence has supported his claims," Christensen said. "We think that it is a case that needs to be reviewed by the appellate court."
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Great free tool which enables the collaborative building of mind maps.
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Great free tool which enables the collaborative building of mind maps.
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There are exciting possibilities here for any level book club. With a first and foremost love for the written word, we need to be coming together virtually to have book discussions on a regular basis.
Sandra Carswell's curator insight, May 28, 2014 12:30 AM
Nice post detailing how-to conduct an online book club.
Lou Salza's curator insight, May 21, 2014 1:23 PM
I worry that young children who are encountering print obstacles need to have access to high quality information to develop their conceptual breadth and vocabulary.---Lou
Mark Hoffman's comment, May 21, 2014 3:51 PM
Hi everyone, today Brainfeed was featured in Apple's iTunes Newsletter. "iTunes Education Spotlight" Thank you Apple! We are very proud. Enjoy exploring Brainfeed!
Krysta Hammond's curator insight, May 21, 2014 7:36 PM
Great resource for adding a visual component to your lessons, or as as app on your classroom iPad!
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All these are completely relevant to the current Scratch programming class I am teaching online. Glad I instinctively incorporated each element into the class!
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Examples of Using Google Forms in education.
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Différentes façons d'utiliser google form : des idées très intéressantes à utiliser.
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Muito bom para quem usa formulários do Google ou quer aprender a usar.
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it is important that the very basics in literacy and maths to begin with are assessed individually then resources/apps be available to address common problems children have. It is so easy to get carried away and forget that focus is important, not random tries with very attractive apps that keep students occupied and entertained.
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This deserves a hoot. All free books are now tablet friendly! Great site.
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Especialmente dedicados à Geografia, deixo aqui uma lista de 10 jogos especialmente recomendada pela National Geographic, disponíves para uso em diferentes plataformas: pc, mac, browser, nintendo ds e wii e ainda no facebook.
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Useful looking tool for creating student eportfolios.
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This would be a great app for buddy reading a group games.
Alfredo Corell's curator insight, March 23, 2014 12:57 PM
Integrating video projects into the classroom can be as simple or complex as you want. Just grab a phone, digital camera or tablet and your students are on their way.
Here are some video project ideas, divided into ideas for any classroom and ideas for specific subject areas:
Monica S Mcfeeters's curator insight, May 1, 2014 9:12 AM
These look like great ideas to encourage media literacy as well. You have to understand media from the inside to create media. Nothing makes you more media literate then learning to create it.
KB...Konnected's curator insight, October 17, 2013 1:45 PM
Students can play this using ther deduction skills. 4 levels of play.
BookChook's curator insight, November 8, 2013 9:56 PM
Free web-based game for players 8+, Quandary engages students in ethical decision-making, develops skills to help them recognize ethical issues and deal with challenging situations in their own lives.
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Free web-based game for players 8+, Quandary engages students in ethical decision-making, develops skills to help them recognize ethical issues and deal with challenging situations in their own lives.
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Lots of fun online learning games. Great for parents and teachers working with young learners.


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For each game you also have the option to enter the forum, or the chat room dedicated specifically to that game, and a link to visit its official web or one that offers the best information about the game. Just use the [forum], [chat] or [web] links under the game name.
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IT Degree Program/ iCASA Research Organization, March 22, 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., March 22, 2001 -- A new interdisciplinary research organization at New Mexico Tech is creating an alliance among academia, government, and private businesses -- a collaborative partnership which promises to solve problems and develop new technologies in the burgeoning fields of critical systems management, information networks, and large-scale infrastructures.
The state-supported research university is now home to the Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis (iCASA), which is tasked with conducting basic and applied research, as well as
training and education, in complex additive systems such as computer-linked information networks, international financial markets, and national power grids and other infrastructures.
In accordance with iCASA's strategic goals, as well as with the university's own strategic plan, New Mexico Tech also has begun developing an undergraduate degree program in information technology (IT), with specific emphases available in systems and network security, multimedia, telecommunications, and information economics.
"I'm genuinely excited about the opportunities being made available for students here at Tech with the university's participation in this latest research project," says Peter Gerity, Tech's vice president for academic affairs. "In addition to allowing us to introduce the IT curriculum and begin developing the IT degree program, iCASA will also provide opportunities for Tech students to work on real-world problems. . . . It's an excellent fit here at Tech.
"The new IT program -- courses are being offered this coming fall semester -- will broaden our base of offerings and will be complementary to other areas of study here at Tech," Gerity adds.
With the establishment of its IT program, New Mexico Tech will join the ranks of an elite group of universities offering a curriculum which deals specifically with the protection and surety of intricately complex layers of computer-driven systems and networks, some of which, like the Internet, reside in cyberspace.
"Although there are hundreds of so-called IT programs currently available, there are only about half a dozen throughout the country that are like this one," Gerity says. "There are some colleges and universities offering IT programs that run the gamut from journalism to biotechnology to computer design, but our program is not one of those. . . . In fact, we're hoping New Mexico Tech's IT program will soon become officially recognized by the federal government as a member of that elite cluster of prestigious institutions offering this type of specific IT curriculum."
Under the iCASA research umbrella, the departments of computer science, engineering, and management at New Mexico Tech have pooled their resources--faculty, classes, and research facilities--to form the core curriculum of Tech's IT program.
"In addition to developing leadin g-edge research and applications, iCASA will provide several internship opportunities for Tech students, especially IT majors," says Andrew H. Sung, Chairman of the Tech computer science department and one of the two Coordinators assigned to head the IT program.
"Right now, we already have an ongoing project, which was made available through iCASA, that recently hired two of our graduate students to participate in its research," Sung relates, "and the IT program hasn't yet officially started.
"As iCASA attracts more partners and customers, we expect more internship and cooperative employment opportunities will develop for our students, particularly in the private sector and with federal agencies," he adds.
Both Sung and Gerity point out that the new IT program will broaden New Mexico Tech's overall curricula offerings, benefitting not only computer science, engineering, and management majors at the university, but offering something for all Tech students.
"Another possible effect adding the IT program might have on the Tech campus is the potential for an influx of more female students," Gerity says. "National surveys show that IT curricula attract a high proportion of female students."
New Mexico Tech's vice president for academic affairs also points out that iCASA stands to augment the university's financial and human resources--particularly by providing additional research opportunities for prospective faculty members and researchers.
"iCASA is a tremendous resource at New Mexico Tech," Gerity says. "The added lure of working on projects in cutting-edge disciplines allows us to more easily recruit researchers for our other research programs and much-needed faculty for our academic departments."
"What we're doing here with our IT program is adopting a more general approach to IT education, and that fits in really well with what we're doing in the management department," says Peter Anselmo, Associate Professor of Management at New Mexico Tech and the other coordinator of Tech's IT program.
"Although most of the IT program's core curriculum is derived from computer science-based classes, the social systems and human-computer interface modeling components are cutting-edge
topics in management these days," Anselmo notes.
"What this interdisciplinary collaboration with iCASA means for our IT students is that once they graduate they'll be able to do more than just write slick programs," Anselmo adds. "They'll
graduate with an insider's view of systems management and will have a firmer grasp of the overall organization involved with these types of systems. . . . They'll be able to clearly see the bigger picture; and that will give our graduates a competitive advantage in the marketplace."
In addition to the beneficial contributions to research and education at New Mexico Tech that iCASA brings, having established the research organization on the university's campus is certain to provide economic benefits to Socorro, as well as the State of New Mexico, Anselmo asserts.
"In the short term, we're hoping to at least see spin-off companies locate in Tech's Research Park and throughout Socorro County and the rest of the state because of iCASA," he says.
iCASA is intended to eventually evolve into a national security asset, as well, one which will work to protect the U.S.A.'s critical information infrastructures and to educate and train members of the private and public sector workforce.
"Through Tech's IT program, we can develop a college- educated, technically competent workforce," Anselmo adds. "And, if we have the workforce and the capabilities in place, businesses will come to New Mexico, not because of tax breaks, but because of the people who are here."
"Information security and information assurance affect our lives in every way," Sung relates, "from the highest levels of our national security, to corporations that are safeguarding proprietary information, even down to giving out your credit card number to purchase airline tickets on the Internet, or sending out a secure e-mail message. Therefore, we are all very fortunate to be a part of iCASA and this new IT program. It's really a fantastic opportunity and exciting time for all of us to work together toward a common goal."
The formation of iCASA was initiated by the Tech Board of Regents and a $350,000 appropriation from a bill enacted by the New Mexico State Legislature. A $5 million appropriation recently was secured by U. S. Senator Pete Domenici and U. S. Representative Joe Skeen for iCASA in the Fiscal Year 2001 Defense Appropriations Act.
Besides New Mexico Tech, so far, the collaborative research effort also involves New Mexico State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Technical Design, Inc. from Los Alamos, the U. S. Department of Defense, Science Applications International Corporation, and Laguna Pueblo. New Mexico Tech administers iCASA under a contract with the Department of Defense.


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Earlier research by outside scientists using satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) conducted over a decadal time scale indicated that the Karakorum fault and the Karakax segment of the Altyn Tagh fault in western Tibet are essentially inactive.
But Livermore scientists Rick Ryerson, Marie-Luce Chevalier (a visiting student from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris), and Bob Finkel, along with colleagues in France and China, studied Karakorum movement along a single strand of the fault system over a millennial time scale and found the slip to be 10 times larger than that of the slip rate across the entire fault from the InSAR data.
Karakorum is the main right-lateral motion fault north of the Himalayas and is in the same area as the earthquakes that caused the tsunami in Asia. Both areas are located on the northern edge of the Indian plate where northward motion has caused earthquakes and the growth of the Tibetan plateau.
"Determining the past and present movement along the Karakorum fault is crucial in understanding the movement of the entire Asian continent," Ryerson said. "It's the collision of the India continental material and the Asian continental material that has caused the uplift of the Himalayas and Tibet."
The research appears in the Jan. 21 edition of the journal Science.
Livermore researchers measured the mid- to late-Pleistocene (from two million to 11,000 years ago) slip rate on the southern stretch of the fault by dating two moraine crests displaced by the fault at the end of the Manikala glacial valley. A moraine is an accumulation of boulders, stones or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier. The dating method is based upon the accumulation of isotopes produced when cosmic-rays hit the earth's surface.
From dating the two moraines, they determined that they become younger from east to west, which is consistent with the right-lateral motion on the fault.
"Ultimately this research should lead to the development of new models that accommodate and explain the different slip rates," Ryerson said.
The researchers further concluded that the rate of movement between southwestern Tibet and the western Himalayas should be greater than 10 millimeters per year because movement on the main fault (Altyn Tagh) along with slip from other active faults in the region need to be taken into account.
Researchers from Laboratoire de Tectonique, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and Total Exploration China also contributed to the report.
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Icons II
"Birdhouse" - 3/4 front view
"Birdhouse" - 3/4 rear view
I posted an article back in April 2007 about "Icons + Altars", a fundraising exhibition at the New Art Center in Newton, MA. (You can see it here). I like to participate when I have time because I can stretch out artistically and try new approaches, usually in three dimensions. (I have a latent need to build things). And it's always fun to create something within inherently broad parameters. So this article is about the two most recent pieces I did for the show.
Detail - front
Detail - back
Detail - right
My concept for "Birdhouse" loosely relates to a book called Alex & Me by Irene M. Pepperberg. In it, the author makes a compelling case that birds and other animals have much more intelligence and "emotional depth" than we have given them credit for. She trained an African gray parrot that had a vocabulary of 100 words, could add numbers and sound out words and understood concepts like bigger, smaller, more, fewer and none.
Detail - roof, left side
Detail - roof, right side
I used an actual book as the roof of the house to symbolize knowledge. The bird house is covered with pages from a book, inside and out. The two illustrations on the roof combine the elements of books and birds. The right side of the roof opens and the nesting material is shredded pages from a book. There are also two plastic birds that chirp, one poking its head out the front and another inside.
Birdhouse at sunset
This next piece was for last year's 15th Annual Exhibit. I wanted to do something that incorporated the number 15 in it. As I was playing around with my materials, I thought that I could also turn the work into a tribute to one of my favorite artists, Jim Dine. The objects are nestled in the cut-out pages of a book. I wonder what's up with the book theme the last two years. How either of these projects relates to icons or altars, ummm, you have to use your imagination. I guess you could say books are iconic! So if you happen to be in the Boston area on Friday, November 13th, you're invited to the opening.
"Artifacts-15: Tribute to Jim Dine"
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Hamas' campaign to subject the Gaza Strip to strict Sharia Law is moving forward, with little or no interference from an international community that continues to insist that Israel turn over full control of much of the region to such groups.
For years already Hamas has been cracking down on certain types of social behavior in Gaza. For instance, women cannot smoke in public and there is a ban on music that does not comply with Islamic norms.
The latest crackdown is on young men who dare to wear their hair in a style not acceptable to Hamas. Human rights groups and at least two young Palestinians told the Associated Press that many young Gazan men had recently been grabbed on the streets and had their hair shorn.
Young men wearing tight or low-waist pants have also been beaten in public.
One of the young men who bravely opened up to the AP said all he wants is to get out of Gaza. "I don't know what they are going to do next."
Also this week, Hamas ruled that schools in Gaza can no longer have both male and female students in the same classrooms past the age of nine. Girls will start to attend schools aimed as "feminizing" them, which in Hamas' vocabulary means donning full Islamic garb and taking a fully submissive role in society.
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CAS DataLoggers Automated System Intelligently Tracks Inventory for JIT
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CAS DataLoggers recently worked with a large consumer products company that produces toothpaste in one of its plants. At the moment they were in the process of setting up a vendor-managed just-in-time (JIT) inventory control system. The goal was to continually monitor usage of one of the key components in the toothpaste and send an alert email directly to the supplier whenever replenishment was required. Their existing setup already had an electronic scale connected to the storage tanks for this material which was tied into their existing process control PLC. Management wanted a single system to automate this process and which could be easily configured for fast implementation.
CAS DataLoggers Applications Specialists suggested a dataTaker DT80 intelligent data logger which was soon installed and tied into the electronic scales to track the ingredient level in the storage tank. Analog and digital channels, high-speed counter inputs, phase encoder inputs and programmable serial sensor channels allowed the DT80 to easily connect to most sensors and data measurement sources, while its Dual Channel concept allows up to 10 isolated or 15 common referenced analog inputs to be used in many combinations. This allowed the manufacturer to accurately track their product usage by simply downloading and charting the level each day.
The dataTaker's flexible communications options allowed Ethernet, USB, or RS-232 communication with the plant PCs. Connections could be established locally, remotely or over the Internet, with support for multiple SDI-12 sensor networks, internal web and FTP servers.
The plant made use of automated software on the PC to send regular emails to their supplier which provided regular information on the current inventory level. Users also set up alarms based on usage rate and resupply time to automatically email the supplier when the level dropped to a point that a delivery was required to keep from interrupting production under their JIT model. Since the dataTaker was connected to the plant's computer network, any company computer could login and view the data through the company's ISP (Internet Service Provider).
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The plant's new storage tank tracking setup helped significantly to streamline their JIT model. This custom dataTaker DT80 system was designed to be fully independent so that all of the measurements and communications were done automatically, eliminating the once-constant need to manually read and record the tank level and call/email the supplier that yet another delivery was needed. Now all this monitoring and reporting/alarming data is now managed and organized entirely by the self-contained dataTaker using its powerful alarming and programming capabilities, and the included dEX graphical interface software was easy for users to learn and program.
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The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) recognized 28 Penn State Abington student-athletes last week for their academic prowess during the 2012-13 academic year. The NEAC Scholar Athletes achieved a combined grade-point average of at least 3.4 for the fall and spring semesters.
There were at least two NEAC Scholar Athletes from each of the 13 varsity sports teams fielded at Abington. Softball and men's cross-country led with four recipients each, followed by women's tennis and lacrosse with three each.
The NEAC honored these Abington students: Mohannad Abdulrahman, Dylan Amin, Leah Brown, Sandy Cao, Mike Colacci, Christopher Cothran, Melissa Craig, William Erskine, Cara Fiala, Sascha Gidron, Desirae Holmes, Jacqualyn Horbury, Alex Kane, Tori Kimberly and Harry Kohn.
Jessica McGarrity, Alexandra Murianka, Ahmad Mustafa, Maria Narodetsky, Lori Phillips, Carly Powell, Jessica Schmidt, Ted Smallwood, Sarah Snyder-Kamen, Dan Steinberg, Faith Sykes, Ken Watson and Carly Wenderlich also were named.
The Scholar Athletes hail from Spain, Texas, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
The NEAC acknowledged a total of 513 students from its 16 member institutions who represent 26 states and 17 countries for the 2012-13 academic year.
Last year, 22 Abington students earned the NEAC Scholar Athlete designation. Abington fields 13 varsity teams including baseball, golf, softball, and women's lacrosse and volleyball. Men's and women's teams compete in basketball, cross-country, soccer and tennis. For more information about Abington athletics, go to www.abingtonsports.com.


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Anyone around to play tennis this afternoon? I can play at 4pm in ABQ. I'm coming from downtown and live near uptown so somewhere near there would be great. Also, can play sometime this weekend. I'm a 3.5 - 4.0 (sometimes) player.
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Monday would be great. Could you play in the morning?
How about 8am on Monday at Aztec tennis courts? (I don't care where we play -- I don't know ABQ courts that well but I live near San Pedro and Candelaria). Thanks!
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Picking the lieutenant governor is a tough decision to make. It's like getting married. —Gov. Gary Herbert
SALT LAKE CITY — The questions for Rep. Spencer Cox, Gov. Gary Herbert's pick for lieutenant governor, at his confirmation hearing Tuesday ranged from whether there was anything embarrassing in his background to his favorite bassist.
Members of the Senate Government Operations Confirmation Committee clearly liked the answers they heard from the Fairview Republican and voted unanimously to recommend he be confirmed Wednesday by the full Senate.
No one testified against the choice of Cox as the state's No. 2 during the hearing, which lasted less than an hour. The governor appeared before the committee to talk about his decision, which came as a surprise to many last week.
"Picking the lieutenant governor is a tough decision to make. It's like getting married," Herbert said, describing this search as even more difficult than his first effort to find a lieutenant governor four years ago.
The governor's choice then, Lt. Gov. Greg Bell, announced recently he was stepping down so he could earn more money to meet some financial obligations and get ready for retirement.
Herbert said this time he looked "throughout the state to find and interview people" before selecting Cox, 38, a freshman lawmaker who had served as a councilman and mayor in his hometown of Fairview.
The governor said he met Cox's father, Eddie Cox, when he was a Utah County Commissioner, and Eddie Cox, now a member of the state Transportation Commission, was a Sanpete County Commissioner.
Herbert said he appreciated the Cox family's work ethic. Both father and son remain part of the rural community, and both hold top positions with CentraCom, an area telecommunications company.
The governor said he ultimately chose the candidate who fit with his administration and shares his political philosophy as a right-of-center conservative.
"I believe Spencer fits the bill very well for what we need," Herbert said.
Cox, who was joined Tuesday by his parents and his wife, told the committee he recognized he was not at the top of anybody's list for the position. He said accepting it is a big sacrifice for his young family, who will remain in Fairview.
During the hearing, the graduate of the Washington and Lee law school in Virginia easily fielded questions from the same lawmakers he served with since his election to the Utah Legislature in 2012.
A simple "no" was Cox's response when asked by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, about whether there was anything in his background that would embarrass his new boss or the state.
Cox, whose resume includes playing bass guitar in a band, took longer to answer the musical question. He settled on Travis Osmond, a member of the famed family of performers and his brother-in-law, who taught him to play.
Other issues raised by committee members included Cox's controversial blog posting earlier this year calling for the House to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General John Swallow.
Cox acknowledged that the posting could be seen as affecting his impartiality in the ongoing investigation into alleged election law violations by Swallow and said he needed to consider how to respond to those concerns.
The investigation, one of several still pending against Swallow, is being handled by an outside firm hired by the state that will report its findings to the elections office, overseen by the lieutenant governor.
Cox also avoided taking a stand on the Count My Vote initiative to change the way political parties nominate candidates from the current caucus and convention system to a direct primary.
"My personal feelings are irrelevant at this point," Cox said of the initiative, opposed by the state GOP but backed by prominent Republicans including former Gov. Mike Leavitt.
After being pressed for a more specific answer to that question, as well as his feelings on allowing the gathering of electronic signatures, Cox said he supported greater participation in the political process and fewer unnecessary barriers.
His nomination will go to the full Senate on Wednesday for confirmation, and he is expected to be sworn in afterward. A replacement for Cox in the Legislature will be selected at an upcoming meeting of GOP delegates in House District 58.
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The gig: Mary Micucci, 63, is the owner of Along Came Mary Events, one of Hollywood's leading catering and special events businesses. Often called the "caterer to the stars," Micucci has handled more than 400 movie premieres, from "Titanic" in 1997 to "The Hangover Part III" earlier this month, as well as numerous Grammy, Emmy and Academy Awards parties. She has also catered events for numerous celebrities, including Barbra Streisand's wedding to actor James Brolin in 1998.
The food business wasn't an obvious career path for Micucci, a former flight attendant who also worked as a cocktail waitress while she was a student at Cal State L.A., where she got her degree in psychology and communications. Months after graduating in 1975, she founded the company, initially as an all-women bartending and waitress service at a time when women were discouraged from working behind the bar.
"L.A. was exploding," she said. "It was in the middle of the women's movement. There was a whole food revolution here in L.A. and wonderful restaurants were starting to open."
When a friend suggested that she provide food as well as drinks for a wealthy client's party, Micucci was uncertain. "I said, 'Are you kidding?' I come from a great line of Italian American chefs, but I'm not a cook." So Micucci turned to her brother, a Cordon Bleu-trained chef, for help. He gave her a three-week crash course on how to cook and run a kitchen. Micucci, however, soon realized it was best to hire her own cooks so she could run the business. Her current chef has been with her for 20 years.
Thanks to Popeye: Her first big Hollywood job was catering Paramount Pictures' premiere party for the 1980 movie "Popeye." The party was for 1,000 people in a parking lot next to the former Grauman's Chinese Theatre. "I walked into the tent and I started to cry because I thought, 'How am I going to pull that off?' " The event, which included a buffet with spinach pies and other dishes themed to the movie, was a success and soon led to other studio jobs. Micucci expanded her services to not only cater food, but also include lighting, decor and entertainment.
Best advice: "You're only as good as the people you surround yourself with," Micucci said. "That really has held through the years. I'm very devoted and loyal to my vendors. I don't bid out my jobs to a billion people. I know who I like and that's who I use. We all care for and respect each other."
Most ambitious event: In February, Micucci and her team had to prepare meals and entertainment for about 5,000 Grammy Awards guests at the Los Angeles Convention Center. They had less than two weeks to prepare for the Bollywood-themed event, which included Indian dancers and dishes.
Family is king: Micucci grew up in an Italian American family in Queens, N.Y., where her father ran a butcher shop and left her with a keen appreciation of quality food. She still remembers the "delicious steaks" he cooked on Saturdays. "I came from a family that loved movies, musicals and the most amazing food in the world. It was embedded in me. Even though I was never a cook I was always passionate about food. "
Weathering the Great Recession: Like many entertainment service companies, Along Came Mary was hurt by the recession, which caused studios to drastically cut back their spending on lavish events and movie premieres. The migration of production outside of California also has reduced the number of premiere parties, more of which have moved to such cities as New York and London. Although Micucci doesn't expect a return to the "glory days," when studios would fork out $750,000 or more to throw premiere parties, orders have picked up. "Business has bounced back," she said. "We're doing really good this year. This business has been very good to me. It's turned this company into a legacy, which I'm very proud of."
Micucci is know for her charity work, donating unserved food to numerous charitable groups, such as Upward Bound House and Union Rescue Mission, that provide services to homeless families and children. "We have a responsibility to our community and since we're in the food business, we have to share what we have with our community," she said.
Getting personal: Micucci said she's too "crazy busy" to have a hobby, but one of her favorite pastimes is collecting vintage silverware, glasses and antiques that adorn her house in Hancock Park. "I love my home," she says. "It has that back-East feel to it."


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Piano Theory
Level 1 (A Programmed Text). Composed by Mary Elizabeth Clark and David Carr Glover. Method/Instruction; Piano - Glover Library; Theory. David Carr Glover Piano Library. Book. 32 pages. Belwin Music #00-FDL00317. Published by Belwin Music (AP.FDL00317).
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The Theory Books of the DAVID CARR GLOVER PIANO LIBRARY are written in "programmed instruction" style, one of the most effective means of learning in modern education. Programmed instruction is based on three generally accepted principles: 1. The material is presented in small steps called "frames." 2. The student makes an immediate written response to each frame so that his learning is constantly checked. 3. The student knows if his answer is correct. The Theory Books are written for the Preparatory Age piano student. However, the fundamentals of music are presented in a logical order making the books useful for any beginner. The Theory books are correlated to the DAVID CARR GLOVER PIANO LIBRARY, but can be used with any course on music of this level of advancement.