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The Washington Nationals recently traded Henry Rodriguez to the Cubs because he was not developing in the way they thought he would. Specifically, he struggled with control issues. His trade value was limited due to "bouts of wildness." He had a power arm, but often had no idea where his pitches would wind up. "He flashed otherworldly stuff but often followed up with pitches to the backstops and walks."
The Nationals finally gave up and shipped him up to Chicago one week ago. Rodriguez was added to the 25-man active roster on Friday but only made his first appearance for the Cubs tonight. Care to guess what the first words out of the booth were?
"Got that good lively arm—control has been a big problem for him throughout his career."
He immediately made good on that scouting report with a 99-mph fastball to the ump's shin and then hit Carlos Beltran on the very next pitch.


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Fifth- and sixth-grade students at the Waitsfield Elementary School raised $700 for the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's Nongame Wildlife Fund to support research and conservation of Vermont's bat populations. The students presented the money to director of wildlife Mark Scott and to wildlife technician Alyssa Bennett in an all-school assembly on Friday, December 7.
The students were inspired to raise money for bats after Bennett gave a presentation last spring on the massive die-offs that threaten several of Vermont's bat species with localized extinction. The die-offs have occurred during the last five years due to white-nose syndrome, a fungus that has affected bat colonies in the Northeast.
"At a time when Vermont's bats continue to struggle, we are incredibly thankful to these students and teachers for reaching out to their community, sharing their knowledge and raising financial support for bats," said Bennett. "Vermont has been a leader in bat conservation since white-nose syndrome began to devastate the bat population. Our conservation efforts depend on the citizen reporting and community support we receive to be successful."
After learning about the threats facing Vermont's bats, the students were inspired to embark on a service learning project to help save them. The students built four-chambered bat boxes and sold them to raise money to donate to the Nongame Wildlife Fund. They also filmed public service announcements for their local TV station, composed a brochure on bat conservation and created a children's book on bats for their school library.
"The beauty of this project was the organic development of student-generated projects that directly supported habitat restoration for bats in Vermont," said Waitsfield Elementary teacher Lee Van Dine. "This project engaged students, staff and community members to raise awareness and support."
Bats generate an estimated $3.7 billion a year in benefits to North American agriculture through insect pest control and crop pollination, according to the Journal of Science. Vermont is home to nine bat species. White-nose syndrome has caused a 90 percent decline in Vermont's two formerly most common bat species, the little brown bat and the northern long-eared bat, and it threatens fragile populations of the small-footed bat and Indiana bat.
Find out how to build a bat box, how to report a bat colony, and other ways to help Vermont's bats at www.vtfishandwildlife.com/wildlife_bats.cfm.

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|There are 16 sections of this class
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Learn To Swim Saxon Fees: $80.00 (Required)
Applicable discounts not applied and Taxes included in price.
What is Starfish Swimmingģ?
Westchester County Parks is an independent authorized provider of Starfish Swimming. Starfish Swimming is a nationally recognized swim instruction curriculum developed by the Starfish Aquatics Institute (SAI). Learn more about SAI at www.starfishaquatics.org
The Starfish Swimming curriculum is designed for students ages 6-months to adult. Benchmarks are established at each stage in the program that combine both swimming and safety skills. Students participate in experiential learning activities that allow them to explore the water in a creative and comfortable environment. Correct swimming techniques are taught from the very beginning.
But remember: supervision is a must! While swimming lessons are one layer of protection, nothing beats supervision. Keep your eyes on your child whenever you are in, on, or near the water!
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The purpose of this course is to foster in very young children a high comfort level in the water while at the same time training parents and caregivers in water safety and drowning prevention. This course does not teach children to become accomplished swimmers or to survive in the water; it does provide a confidence-building, fun, and loving experience.
Starfish Swim Schoolģ (Learn to Swim)
Students work toward development of the five core swimming competencies and receive color stage awards for each achievement. The color stages are used to divide students into broad ability groups. Children progress at individual rates with the opportunity to learn the core swimming skills and progress to advanced strokes. Learning is self-paced but challenging.
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Robert Griffin III complained this week that the Rams took cheap shots at him in their victory over the Redskins. But the league office didn't see it that way.
Although several Rams defenders did hit Griffin on Sunday, Mike Sando of ESPN points out that not a single one of them was fined. The NFL reviews every single questionable play and fines the cheap shots, which means the NFL didn't think the shots Griffin took were cheap.
At least seven players on the Rams' defense — Jo-Lonn Dunbar, Quintin Mikell, Robert Quinn, William Hayes, Cortland Finnegan, Kendall Langford and Craig Dahl — had hits on Griffin during Sunday's game. But as the Rams have been eager to remind Griffin since his public complaint, there's no rule against hitting a quarterback. And the NFL apparently believes that all the times the Rams hit Griffin were well within the confines of the rules.
Two Rams defenders, Quinn and Janoris Jenkins, were fined for hits during the Redskins game. But neither of those fines were for hits on Griffin. So to the extent that the Redskins have anything to complain about, Griffin probably isn't the one who should be doing the complaining.


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What advice would you give to a mom who wants to start couponing?
When you are just getting started, couponing can be overwhelming. If you are just starting out, choose an coupon organization method that works for you (envelope system, three-ring binder, ect). Knowing where to find your coupons quickly and easily is essential in avoiding frustration.
Know your coupon resources! You can find coupons everywhere - in your Sunday paper, online (Coupons.com, Coupon Network, Red Plum and Smart Source), in store circulars, ect. Some of the best coupons are online so a newspaper subscription is not always necessary.
Couponing has become so much easier since I originally started. Your best bet is to find a blog that features coupon matchups for your local store. You will find a list of all the items on sale and which coupons match up to those sale items. I recommend creating your shopping list at home so that you can have all your coupons ready to go at the store, allowing you to get in and out quickly.


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This is Katy Perry blah blah blah doing something for the Dream Foundation blah blah blah and this is the outfit that she wore. I know that we're supposed to be all impressed and focused on the fact that Katy is doing something wonderful with her spare time and with her money, and honestly, I am quite impressed, because it's nice that Katy's not just another pretty face doing pretty things with her pretty finances, but that's just not what I want to talk about this evening.
No, what I want to talk about is what in the world kind of face is Katy making in this picture? And yeah, I can get past it, because Those Earrings, Damn, and yes, she does look just lovely despite the weird, constipated face.
Better yet, though, let's talk about this dress. Because I love it. I need it, I want it, I crave it. I wouldn't even need to own it, just trying it on once or twice would be enough for me. Honestly, take a good, hard look at this thing:
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Heijden, Hans van der; Sangsted Sørensen, Lotte (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6443
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Beyond the Business CaseHolck, Jesper; Kühn Pedersen, Mogens; Holm Larsen, Michael (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Lately we have seen a growing interest from both public and private organisations to adopt Open Source Software (OSS), not only for a few, specific applications but also on a more general level throughout the organisation. As a consequence, the organisations' decisions on adoption of OSS are becoming increasingly more important and complex. We present three perspectives organisations can employ in their decisions: seeing OSS acquisition as a business case, as COTS acquisition, and as architectural change within a governance framework. We present case studies of decisions on OSS adoption, and categorise the decision criteria we have found. Our results indicate that for large-scale adoption of OSS, focus will be on architectural considerations: enterprise-wide architectures will at first be a barrier, but in the long term OSS's support of open standards can be a major enabler for OSS adoption. In contrast, in smaller organisations and in small-scale adoption of OSS, the cheap price of OSS is a major enabler, as it provides a good opportunity for experiments and short-term economic benefits. For small organisations these experiments can lead to development of a common IT-architecture, and in larger organisations OSS can be adopted in niche-areas, without significantly violating an existing IT-architecture. Keywords: open source, COTS, IT architecture, governance URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6471
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Implications for the Government PolicyKühn Pedersen, Mogens; Fomin, Vladislav V. (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Literature review URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6489
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Considering systems risk from the offender's perspectiveWillison, Robert; Backhouse, James (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Systems risk refers to the likelihood that an IS is inadequately guarded against certain types of damage or loss. While risks are posed by acts of God, hackers and viruses, consideration should also be given to the 'insider' threat of dishonest employees, intent on undertaking some form of computer abuse. Against this backdrop, a number of researchers have addressed the extent to which security managers are cognizant of the very nature of systems risk. In particular, they note how security practitioners' knowledge of local threats, which form part of such risk, is often fragmented. This contributes to situations where risk reducing efforts are often less than effective. Security efforts are further complicated given that the task of managing systems risk requires input from a number of departments including, for example, HR, compliance, IS/IT and physical security. In a bid to complement existing research, but also offer a fresh perspective, this paper addresses systems risk from the offender's perspective. If systems risk entails the likelihood that an IS is inadequately protected, this text considers those conditions, within the organisational context, which offer a criminal opportunity for the offender. To achieve this goal a model known as the 'Crime Specific Opportunity Structure' is advanced. Focussing on the opportunities for computer abuse, the model addresses the nature of such opportunities with regards to the organisational context and the threats posed by rogue employees. Drawing on a number of criminological theories, it is believed the model may help inform managers about local threats and, by so doing, enhance safeguard implementation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6453
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Busquets, Javier (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This thesis is about innovation and power. Human nature has always been expressed by our capacity to innovate and adapt to almost any environment (Bowlby, 1962; Giddens, 1991). In the 20th century, the primary function of business organisations was to invent, produce and commercialise their products and services in different markets. As a matter of fact, business organisations in the last century proved to be the best way of disseminating innovation (Schön, 1971). Currently in the 21st century, there is a call to better understand how new ideas, technology and sources of knowledge are managed, based on the premise that novelty can unfold anywhere and that innovation cannot be considered a linear process consisting of a chain of activities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8164
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reducing employee computer crime through Situational Crime PreventionWillison, Robert; Siponen, Mikko (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Employee computer crime represents a substantial threat for organisations. Yet information security researchers and practitioners currently lack a clear understanding of how these crimes are perpetrated, which, as a consequence, hinders security efforts. We argue that recent developments in criminology can assist in addressing the insider threat. More specifically, we demonstrate how an approach, entitled Situational Crime Prevention, can not only enhance an understanding of employee computer crime, but also strengthen security practices which are designed to address this problem. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6456
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Clemmensen, Torkil; Roese, Kerstin (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the concept of human-computer interaction in cultural and national contexts. Building and extending upon the framework for understanding research in usability and culture by Honold [3], we give an overview of publications in culture and HCI between 1998 and 2008, with a narrow focus on high-level journal publications only. The purpose is to review current practice in how cultural HCI issues are studied, and to analyse problems with the measures and interpretation of this studies. We find that Hofstede's cultural dimensions has been the dominating model of culture, participants have been picked because they could speak English, and most studies have been large scale quantitative studies. In order to balance this situation, we recommend that more researchers and practitioners do qualitative, empirical work studies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7948
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Sammenfatning og perspektiverViborg Andersen, Kim (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Brugerne af de danske uddannelsesinstitutionernes hjemmesider er slet ikke tilfredse. Bedst på Nettet har gennem de sidste fem år placeret institutionernes hjemmesider nederst, når det kom til både brugervenlighed og kvaliteten af betjeningen. Alligevel viser en helt ny undersøgelse fra CBS, at lederne af de selv samme institutioner endog er meget optimistiske og tilfredse, når de skal evaluere medarbejdernes it-kompetencer og anvendelsen af dem. "Det er et meget tankevækkende paradoks, som undersøgelsen viser, når vi sammenligner den med brugernes hårde dom de sidste 5 år. Noget kunne tyde på, at der er store udfordringer for lederne med at koble brugernes oplevelse af hjemmesiderne og de kompetencer som medarbejderne har sammen. Det entydigt positive billede af it-kompetencerne som vores undersøgelse afdækker kan tolkes positivt; at der er håb forude, men også negativt; at der mangler informationskanaler til lederne, der hjælpe dem med at vurdere, hvordan det står til med medarbejdernes reele it-kompetencer," fastslår professor Kim Viborg Andersen, der er ophavsmand til undersøgelsen. Der har medvirket over 700 ledere fra folkeskolerne, erhvervsskolerne og de videregående uddannelsesinstitutioner i undersøgelsen. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6472
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A Delphi StudySudhanshu, Rai (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Though this paper is in a very preliminary stage, I use the data gathered using the Delphi process to discuss some policy instruments that could be of use for emerging economies to create an environment of innovation. I acknowledge fiscal instruments to be an important driver but I choose not to focus on fiscal enablers of innovation rather focusing on how the lack of fiscal incentives can help create a sustainable environment for innovation. I use the early Indian experience and contrast it with later fiscal activism shown by the government to illustrate that perhaps the government need to focus on the supply side of knowledge and let the demand for knowledge and innovation be led by the firms at the local level. I argue this strategy to be the most sustainable in the long run. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8259
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Tools, techniques and methods for developmentNielsen, Janni; Nielsen, Lene; Jespersen, Mikkel; Smith-Hansen, Ole (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The project on Personalisation of Self-service Solutions across On-line Platforms (POSS ON-LINE) focuses on users, clients, and self-service solutions. It is based on the understanding that clients and users are different and have different goals, and that self-service takes place in different contexts, on different platforms, and within different applications and this requires development of complementary approaches and solutions. Traditionally the tools used to predict user behaviour build on users leaving traces of their actions. However, new application and developments for existing applications do not gather traces, and new ways of profiling the user is needed. To digitalise e.g. public services such as TOLD & SKAT to meet citizen's needs is a huge challenge because the user's context has to be taken into account. As the tracking tools are not sufficiently refined (1,4,14) pushing of information to users with the aim of increasing sales, e.g. AMAZON, still leaves much to be wished for. Despite the fact that the user profile, which the system generates, is continuously updated through user's interaction with the system (15), e.g. myyahoo.com. Personalised application may both service the client and the user. The system gathers data about the user, which enables the client to push information to the user. Personalisation enables graphic user interface design that is personalised and relevant to the individual user and invites the user to get access to information with less strain. Personalisation of self-service solutions is promising and IT companies are experiencing an increase in the clients' demands. At the same time the development of solutions moves within a shorter and shorter time span. Hence the process of innovations is paced and there is an increasing need of new ways of looking at the process of development. However, we lack methods to predict user behaviour without having to deal with huge amounts of data and data from both quantitative data as well as life world observations are required. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6476
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Clemmensen, Torkil; Nielsen, Lene (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Copenhagen Business School is happy to host the 5th Danish Human Computer Interaction Research Symposium. The aim of the symposium is to stimulate interaction between researchers from academia and industry through oral presentations and a keynote presentation. We received 17 paper contributions for the symposium, of which 14 were presented orally in four panel sessions. Previously the symposium has been held at University of Aarhus 2001, University of Copenhagen 2002, Roskilde University Center 2003, Aalborg University 2004. Torkil Clemmensen & Lene Nielsen Copenhagen, November 2005 CONTENT INTRODUCTION DHRS 2005 – CONFERENCE PROGRAM ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER EMOTION AS A CONSTRUCT IN HCI Pradeep Yammiyavar DESIGNING GAMES – BALANCING FUN AND SERIOUSNESS Anne Marie Kanstrup & Ellen Christiansen TRAPS & TRIGGERS -DESIGN FOR DISCUSSION Rune Nielsen EARLY EXPERIENCES FROM AN INSPIRATION CARD WORKSHOP Kim Halskov Madsen & Peter Dalsgård FASTTRACK SCROLLING: A FASTER AND MORE SATISFYING SCROLLING INTERFACE FOR WEB BROWSERS Søren Jakobsen USING PERSONAS TO GUIDE ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT Anders Toxboe "THEN THE PICTURE COMES IN YOUR MIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN ON TV" – A STUDY OF PERSONAS DESCRIPTIONS AND USE Lene Nielsen DEALING WITH REALITY - IN THEORY Gitte Skou Petersen A NEW IFIP WORKING GROUP – HUMAN WORK INTERACTION DESIGN Rikke Ørngreen, Torkil Clemmensen & Annelise Mark-Pejtersen CLASSIFICATION OF DESCRIPTIONS USED IN SOFTWARE AND INTERACTION DESIGN Georg Strøm OBSTACLES TO DESIGN IN VOLUNTEER BASED ORGANISATIONS Olav W. Bertelsen & Pär-Ola Zander PROCESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION E-LEARNING – A NEW RESEARCH AREA Karin Tweddell Levinsen FROM HANDICRAFT SCHOOL TO DESIGN UNIVERSITY Eva Brandt THE USE PROJECT: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN USABILITY EVALUATION AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Als, B., Frøkjær, E., Hornbæk, K. , Høegh, R., Jensen, J., Nørgaard, M., Skov, M., Stage, J. & Uldall-Espersen, T. BRIDGING BETWEEN IT AND THE ILLITERATE WORLD - RETHINKING HCI Janni Nielsen URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6509
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Holm Larsen, Michael; Klischewski, Ralf (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6492
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Theory and ExamplesClemmensen, Torkil (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this chapter, I will review current approaches to online sociability and present and exemplify a psychological theory, the Social Reality theory, of online sociability. By analyzing sociability in a virtual world based university course, I will present and analyze examples on how to understand the students' design of the conditions for sociability as communication about cultural symbols, such as avatars and virtual landscapes, and the social reality of perceived groups of people. The analysis results will be used to illustrate different kinds of online sociability: superficial, convivial, and negative sociability. The chapter suggests solutions and recommendations to designers and researchers with a focus on online communities and networked communication. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6440
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Economic and political rationalityZinner Henriksen, Helle; Mahnke, Volker; Meiland Hansen, Jens (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6480
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Proccedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIS), 19-20 August 2010, Copenhagen, DenmarkClemmensen, Torkil (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper draws from Frederic Bartlett's notion that aspects of culture may influence the development of science and technology. Combining additional works from Bloor and research from cultural psychology, we discuss several case (historical and contemporary) studies that illustrate how culture and human-computer interaction are interrelated. These results illustrate how usability problems are tied with global cultures. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8234
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Kühn Pedersen, Mogens; Holm Larsen, Michael (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In globalizing competitive markets knowledge exchange between business organizations requires incentive mechanisms to ensure tactical purposes while strategic purposes are subject to joint organization and other forms of contractual obligations. Where property of knowledge (e.g. patents and copyrights) and contractbased knowledge exchange do not obtain network effectiveness because of prohibitive transaction costs in reducing uncertainty, we suggest a robust model for peer produced knowledge within a distributed setting. The peer produced knowledge exchange model relies upon a double loop knowledge conversion with symmetric incentives in a network since the production of actor specific knowledge makes any knowledge appropriation by use of property rights by the actors irrelevant. Without property rights in knowledge the actor network generates opportunity for incentive symmetry over a period of time. The model merges specific knowledge with knowledge from other actors into a decision support system specific for each actor in the network in recognition of actor role differences. The article suggests a set of 9 static and 5 dynamic propositions for the model to maintain symmetric incentives between different actor networks. The model is proposed for business networks. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6487
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an architecture for an integrated airline rostering frameworkDoerner, Karl; Kotsis, Gabriele; Strauss, Christine (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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A new point of view in the IS reference discipline discussionKjærgaard, Annemette; Vendelø, Morten Thanning (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Information Systems scholars continuously debate about the nature of the IS discipline. Recently a series of articles have discussed whether the IS field has reached the status of a reference discipline. We address this issue by examining the application of the theory of sensemaking in IS research. Our findings show that the prospects for IS as a reference discipline are not promising. Based on these findings we suggest that IS scholars hallucinate when they a) assume that to become a 'real' academic discipline, IS has to become a reference discipline, and b) believe that IS will become a reference discipline in time. Hence, we describe the IS reference discipline discussion as a misconception, which should be abandoned in the pursuit of a stronger IS discipline. Academic legitimacy, information systems research, reference disciplines, theory application, theory of sensemaking URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6452
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Madsen, Dorte (, 2010)[More information][Less information]
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Blanco expected to catch Dickey's next start
TORONTO -- Henry Blanco is expected to get the start behind the plate when R.A. Dickey makes his next appearance against Boston on Sunday.
J.P. Arencibia got the call for Dickey's outing on Opening Night, but the duties will now change. Blanco previously caught Dickey with the Mets in 2010 and will now receive another opportunity to work with the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner.
Arencibia was charged with three passed balls on Tuesday night, but manager John Gibbons said the performance didn't have much of an impact on his decision on who will catch Dickey next time out.
"Not necessarily because of last night," Gibbons said. "I want to get them all in there as soon as possible. J.P. will catch until then."
Arencibia's three passed balls broke a club record but the struggles behind the plate weren't entirely unexpected considering it was his first experience with a knuckleballer in a Major League game.
Mets catcher Josh Thole had similar issues last season, when he was charged with three passed balls in one game while he also had a pair of games when he was charged with two.
Despite that, Gibbons has opted to make a change, but he declined to state whether Dickey would receive a personal catcher in the future. The Blue Jays intend to mix it up depending on when Arencibia needs a day of rest and how badly the club needs his bat in the lineup.
"We'll see how it goes," Gibbons said. "We said during Spring Training, when J.P. did a solid job with it, we want his bat in the lineup on certain nights. We'll see how it all plays out. I don't want to get all caught up in that right now. We'll see how it all develops."


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Martin Luther University College
Martin Luther University College (Luther) provides for the scholarly study of the Christian faith and ministry in an interdenominational setting, especially in its Lutheran expression and within the Canadian context. Such education includes dialogue between theology and ministry and other academic and professional disciplines, and seeks to help students develop an integrated theology that activates a meaningful engagement with the world.
Martin Luther University College is an institution of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The primary task is to serve as a resource for the Eastern Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the church at large. In pursuit of this task, it educates men and women in and for ordained and lay Christian ministry, and helps them effectively exercise their ministry in the church and the world. Programs include basic and advanced theological study, interdisciplinary studies, supervised contextual experiences and continuing education opportunities for both academic and non-academic credit. To carry out these objectives and as appropriate, the Luther faculty and staff teach and support students, conduct research, engage in ministerial activity and attend to administrative duties.
For more information: luther.wlu.ca
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As a federated college of Wilfrid Laurier University and a member of the university Graduate Faculty Council, Martin Luther University College (Luther) maintains close ties, especially with the Department of Religion and Culture and the Faculty of Social Work. These ties are maintained through co-operation between Luther and religion and culture faculty members, and through the sharing of a common pool of graduate courses with the Department of Religion and Culture. This means that Martin Luther University College and Wilfrid Laurier University graduate students take courses with faculty based in both Waterloo Lutheran University College and the Department of Religion and Culture. The ties with the Faculty of Social Work are maintained through the offering of a joint MDiv-MSW degree program.
The close relationship between Martin Luther University College and Wilfrid Laurier University also offers other advantages. All the facilities and academic, social, athletic and cultural programs of the university are available to Luther students. Moreover, such students may take additional courses in the university to make up possible deficiencies in pre-theological training or to enrich their program of theological studies.
Martin Luther University College is a fully accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools.
Eligible candidates for programs offered by Martin Luther University College (Luther) are admitted upon the approval of the Principal-Dean. The requirements for admission to any Luther program in normally include a bachelor's degree from a recognized accredited university or university college. Normally, endorsement by their church is required of students preparing for the ordained ministry. Students who do not meet requirements for admission should contact the Martin Luther University College Admissions Coordinator to pursue special admission options.
Students applying to the MDiv or MA programs who lack no more than two courses towards the bachelor's degree may be admitted by special action of the Luther Faculty if their past performance allows the conclusion that they will be able to complete the bachelor's requirements by the end of the first year.
Students with considerable life experience who wish to prepare for the parish ministry and who have been recommended by their church, may be admitted without a completed pre-seminary education by special action of the Luther Faculty. The total number of such students admitted without a bachelor's degree normally may not exceed 10 percent of the student body. With reference to pre-seminary education, the student should have studied in various disciplines such as science, the humanities and religion.
Applications to the master's and doctoral degree programs are submitted online. An application fee of $100 for master's programs, $125 for the doctoral program, and $250 for the joint MSW programs, is required.
Applications to the diploma and general graduate studies program are available on the Martin Luther University College website. Application instructions and supporting documentation required for each area of studies available here. Upon receipt of these documents the applicant will be informed by Martin Luther University College concerning admissibility.
Applicants whose language of instruction for an undergraduate degree was other than English must furnish evidence of proficiency in English usage prior to admission. Consult the Graduate studies website for details on English language proficiency.
Admission to the General graduate student program (GGS) requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent. General graduate students take up to five graduate courses for credit but are not enrolled in a Luther degree program. Students who obtain credits in this category and subsequently decide to apply to a degree program must meet both the admission requirements and pay fees according to their category at that time. Course credit from GGS courses may be approved by the Academic Administrative Committee as credit toward the subsequent degree.
As far as possible, each program attempts to provide a full range of core courses and electives. However, every course listed in this Calendar is not available in every session or every year.
Students are encouraged to consult the program/department to inquire about course offerings each year.
Permission to receive advanced credit toward a diploma, masters or doctoral degree in Martin Luther University College (Luther) for courses taken previously at another institution on the same academic level as corresponding Luther courses will be granted to transfer students at the discretion of the Academic Administrative Committee in consultation with the Luther Faculty. However, students wishing to graduate from Luther must register as full-time students for at least one academic year or the equivalent thereof. Courses that have been credited toward a degree at WLU or any other institution cannot normally be counted again toward a Luther diploma or degree. Students who hold a masters degree in divinity or theology from a theological college accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada may petition the Academic Administrative Committee to receive advanced standing for up to eight introductory courses in biblical studies, church history and systematic theology toward the Master of Arts in Theology degree. Students who have completed graduate work directly related to their field of specialization may petition. Courses taken at the undergraduate level or as "audit" will not be considered for advanced standing or transfer credit.
Students who are already enrolled in a Luther program may take courses at another institution for credit towards their degree or diploma providing that permission is obtained from Luther and the host institution prior to course registration. In such cases the appropriate forms are available from the Luther Office. Courses taken by Luther students in another institution or program are the financial responsibility of the student.
Persons who wish to continue their education but do not care to earn academic credit may be eligible to audit courses. Courses taken as an audit will not count towards a degree. Audit students are not eligible to enrol in doctoral-level courses.
Persons not currently registered at Martin Luther University College (Luther) or Wilfrid Laurier University who wish to audit Luther courses may apply for admission as a General Graduate Student, which includes providing transcripts of all previous post-secondary education, including degrees not completed. In all cases, an application fee of $50 will apply. Admission normally is limited to those persons with evidence of undergraduate courses completed to the equivalent of one year's work. Exceptions may be presented to the Academic Administrative Committee for consideration.
Audit students must have the permission of the instructor, and registration will normally be limited to 25 percent of the total enrolment for each particular course. Regular attendance, full preparation and participation in class are expected.
Audit courses will be included in the course weight limits for degree program students.
Students may petition for a leave of absence (to a maximum of three consecutive terms) at a time when circumstances prevent them from working on either their course work or their thesis. Students are normally permitted only one leave of absence. Students receiving a leave of absence must re-register for the term immediately following the end of their leave of absence. Failure to re-register for that term will be considered an act of withdrawal from Martin Luther University College.
Terms spent on leave of absence are not included in the calculation of the time to completion.
A student whose work or attendance is considered to be unsatisfactory as determined by the Martin Luther University College (Luther) faculty may be required by the principal-dean to withdraw at any time from particular courses, from a particular program, or from Luther. Failure to maintain continuous registration will be considered an act of withdrawal from Luther.
For a variety of reasons, such as personal, financial, academic or vocational, a student may choose to withdraw from studies at Martin Luther University College (Luther). The student is requested to contact the principal-dean to discuss formal withdrawal. The failure of a student to remain registered as a full-time, part-time, leave of absence or research fee student will be considered an act of withdrawal. Should students desire later to resume studies after having withdrawn, they must reapply for admission to Luther.
Students who withdraw from Luther at any time retain the final grades in courses completed prior to the date of their withdrawal.
Students who withdraw after the final date for withdrawing without failure will have the courses in their program recorded as a failure.
Students holding scholarships, loans or other indebtedness related to their tenure as Luther students, must bear responsibility for meeting obligations in returning or repaying funds.
Contextual education is an integral component of Martin Luther University College (Luther) programs which prepares students for the ordained ministry. The objective of contextual education is to provide both the context and the process wherein personal and professional growth in ministry is fostered through the student's active involvement in a local parish setting, or, as is sometimes possible and desirable, in a social service setting. This involvement is drawn into the classroom dimension of the Luther programs through the four courses in contextual ministry. Each of these courses focuses on a different aspect of student involvement and growth in the ministry setting to which they are assigned by the supervisor of contextual education.
To facilitate the student's growth in contextual education, it is expected that a learning covenant will be formulated at the commencement of the school year and in conjunction with courses in contextual ministry. This learning covenant explicitly delineates expectations, paths towards expectation fulfilment and means for evaluation.
To provide a maximum of experience, normally students will not be placed in their home congregation or in the same setting for a second year, except where such placement may be deemed absolutely essential to the growth and development of the student.
The supervisor of contextual education supervises the processes of contextual education in accord with the Luther faculty's educational policies and in co-operation with churches and agencies in the field.
Contextual education does not involve financial remuneration. It is, however, possible for a congregation and/or agency to offer a student an honorarium; when such is the case, the honorarium is not to exceed $400 for the school year.
By action of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the successful completion of a 9-12 month internship (or its equivalent) is required of all ELCIC candidates studying for the ministry. This 12-month period may include the basic quarter of SPE required by Martin Luther University College (Luther). Internship is normally a graduation requirement for the contextual stream of the MDiv degree.
Internship is in a parish setting, although, subject to Luther Faculty approval, specialized internships in non-parish settings may be permitted. In such instances, a parish component is a normal feature. Usually internship follows the third year of Luther courses.
Luther is normally responsible for the placement and supervision of all interns through the supervisor of contextual education. Luther, however, recognizes and respects the authority of the pastor supervisor in the congregation.
Placements of interns are made by Luther after consultation with the students, pastor supervisors and church officials. Student placement takes into consideration the student's abilities, need for experience, needs of the congregation and the particular skills and personality of the pastor supervisor.
Supervision of interns by the pastor supervisor includes establishing with the student a learning covenant and setting aside regular weekly conferences for reflection-interaction. Emphasis in these sessions should focus upon ministry, relationships and evaluation of performance objectives. An internship committee comprised of representative lay people from the congregation is required.
In the process of intern placements, the supervisor of contextual education will have received from each potential intern a written application by November 30th and from each potential congregation a written application by November 30th. (These application forms are available from the supervisor. The submission of a written application guarantees neither a placement nor obtaining an intern.) The finalization of internships is usually accomplished towards the latter part of March.
In the placement of interns, Luther co-operates actively with the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Saskatoon and with Lutheran seminaries in the USA.
The internship support package includes a basic stipend, housing, travel and other incidentals.
The Supervisor of Contextual Education meets with each lay internship committee once per year. Final placements are made by the Internship Placement Committee and reported to the faculty.
Students doing internships are required to have successfully completed their Supervised Pastoral Education (SPE).
Martin Luther University College (Luther) students enrolled in the MDiv program are required to complete successfully a minimum of 12 weeks of supervised (clinical) pastoral education at an agency or institution approved by CAPPE or ACPE, under a supervising chaplain holding the status of supervisor or acting supervisor within CAPPE or ACPE. The Luther Faculty reserves the right to approve a student's placement. The majority of students complete this requirement in "clinical centres" in southwestern Ontario. However, other centres in Canada and the United States may be selected if approved by the Luther Faculty. SPE should be taken by students normally after the completion of their first or second year at Luther.
The responsibility of financing this course rests with each student. Bursaries may be available.
The programs are not limited to those who wish to prepare for full-time service in the Lutheran church. The programs of study are sufficiently broad to be of interest and value for students from many denominations, whether or not they plan to enter full-time service in the church.
A Luther student is a person who has been admitted by Martin Luther University College (Luther) to one of the following: Master of Divinity; Master of Arts in theology Master of Divinity/Master of Social Work; Doctor of Philosophy in Human Relationships; Diploma in Multifaith Spiritual Care and Counselling; General Graduate Student in Theology.
Graduation from Martin Luther University College does not automatically imply ordination.
Academic Standards
The academic year is divided into fall, winter and spring terms, with a reduced set of course offerings available in the spring term. All courses involve 36 hours of instructional class time. The average workload for students is 2-3 hours of work outside of class per hour of class time.
All courses are subject to marks within the following grade and point range as specified in each program.
Normally, students can take no more than one directed study course per semester to a maximum of three in any degree program, of which no more than two are in any curricular area. Students may take no more than one directed study course in any one term. All directed study courses require approval of the Academic Administrative Committee Students who desire to take directed studies should complete the appropriate forms from the website.
In those instances where a student is proposing to enrol in courses offered at other institutions, the Academic Administrative Committee must approve the course of study.
Normally a student registers for no more than 5 courses per term. Martin Luther University College (Luther) masters students in a degree program who obtain a grade lower than B- in a course will be required to withdraw from their program unless they receive permission from the Academic Administrative Committee to repeat the course in question or its equivalent. Luther doctoral students who obtain a grade lower than B in a course will be required to withdraw from their program unless they receive permission from the Academic Administrative Committee to repeat the course in question or its equivalent.
Course Completion and Extension
Martin Luther University College courses are subject to the same Completion of Coursework policy as Wilfrid Laurier University graduate students.
Repeating a Course
Martin Luther University College (Luther) students in a master's program who obtain a grade lower than B- in a course, and students in the doctoral program who obtain a grade lower than B in a course, will be required to withdraw from their program unless they receive permission from the Admissions Administrative Committee to repeat the course in question or its equivalent. Where such permission is granted, the student will be on probationary status until a satisfactory course credit is obtained. Students will not be allowed to repeat any course more than once or repeat more than three courses during their program of studies.
The Academic Administrative Committee of the Martin Luther University College (Luther) Faculty functions as the first level of appeal for students enrolled in its programs. The second level of appeal is the Graduate Student Appeals Committee (GSAC) of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Upon submission of an appeal to the GSAC, the procedures governing the appeal will be as outlined in the Graduate Calendar.
Luther students may petition for exceptions from academic policies and/or decisions by submitting a written request to the appropriate petitions committee through the principal-dean of Martin Luther University College.
Since ancient times, serving others has been an important diaconal ministry of the church. Martin Luther University College (Luther) is committed to the preparation of non-ordained people to serve as diaconal ministers to address the new challenges in our world whether it is addressing the justice needs for development internationally, the spiritual care and counselling needs of local communities, or the needs of agencies that provide for the essential needs of people. Normally those wishing to serve as diaconal ministers in their churches are encouraged at Luther to complete the Public Faith and Spirituality field of the Master of Arts in Theology program. Luther works closely with the ELCIC and other church certification bodies in providing the requirements to diaconal endorsement. For further information contact the Principal-Dean.
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Senate committee takes up immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters and opponents of sweeping immigration legislation faced off Thursday as a Senate committee began considering hundreds of amendments that could improve the bill's chances of eventual passage through Congress, or doom it to failure.
In opening remarks in the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, the panel's senior Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, charged that the landmark bill backed by President Barack Obama does little more than repeat mistakes of the past.
"It falls short of what I want to see in a strong immigration reform bill, so you will hear me say many times that we shouldn't make the same mistakes that we made in 1986," the last time Congress passed a major immigration overhaul bill, Grassley said. "You'll hear me say many times that we ought to move ahead with a bill that does it right this time."
A lead author of the bill, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, countered that the legislation represents the country's best hope for immigration reform and a chance to break through the partisanship that's riven Congress and the country.
"We have come up with a fair bill where no one gets everything they want, but at the end of the day, it will mean dramatic improvement for the American economy, the American people, and will make our immigration policy much more in sync with what is good for jobs and America," Schumer said.
The 844-page legislation crafted in months of closed-door negotiations by four Democratic and four Republican senators would toughen border security, remake legal immigration to allow tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers into the country, require all employers to check their workers' legal status, and create a 13-year path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants already in the U.S. illegally.
Senators on the Judiciary Committee have filed some 300 amendments on a wide range of issues including border security and workplace enforcement, along with Democratic-authored measures to make the legislation more welcoming to immigrant families.
A focus throughout the committee session, expected to last about two weeks, will be on whether the four committee members among the so-called Gang of Eight senators who authored the legislation can stick together to protect against efforts to chip away at the bill's core provisions.
In addition to Schumer, those lawmakers are Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Jeff Flake of Arizona.
Although the bill allows citizenship to go forward only after certain border security goals have been met, those "triggers" haven't proven convincing enough for many GOP lawmakers. Amendments expected to be offered Thursday were likely to focus on that issue, according to the schedule laid out by Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
Even one of the bill's authors, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has said border measures need to be stronger, so some changes are likely to be accepted as the authors work to show they are open to alterations that could attract additional support for the bill.
But measures offered by some Republican senators would dramatically change the bill's delicately crafted compromises in a way its authors are unlikely to accept.
For example, Grassley has filed an amendment to prohibit anyone from obtaining legal status until the Homeland Security Department has maintained "effective control" of the border for six months — a potentially arduous standard to reach, depending upon how it is defined.
Rubio conceded in a broadcast interview Thursday that some amendments could be seen as attempts to thwart the legislation, but said he thought most were intended to refine and improve it, saying "that's the way the process is supposed to work."
He called the work of the Gang of Eight "an excellent starting point" and said there is overwhelming support among the American people, including social conservatives, for immigration changes as long as they tighten border security. Rubio said in an interview on "CBS This Morning" that the public wants legislation that would ensure that "this illegal immigration wave doesn't happen again."
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Platform-as-a-service provider Longjump announced this week that its on-demand Business Applications Platform can now be licensed and used within a customer's four walls.
"Now we are shifting gears. We've found that some large companies are not ready to push all their information into the cloud," said Pankaj Malviya, founder and CEO of Longjump. "We are trying to solve this problem."
So customers and ISVs can now opt to license the software and install it in-house to create so-called private clouds. Malviya explained that the Business Applications Platform lets IT and business collaborate to create applications that business users, in turn, can easily customize. Longjump also provides a unified interface to integrate business data and create transactional applications, according to the company.
By installing the software in-house, IT shops can take control of otherwise hosted functions, such as multi-tenancy, application delivery, and portability, Malviya added. Likewise, ISVs and SaaS providers can use Longjump's Business Applications Platform to add more features and capabilities to existing services, he said.
This has been a busy week for cloud computing. Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday unwrapped Cloud Assure products and services to improve the availability, performance, and security of cloud-based resources. And on Monday, a number of vendors, including Longjump, published the Open Cloud Manifesto.


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I know you must have seen the video lesson I submitted on chibi Gir right? Well, before I go ahead and upload the step by step tutorial on chibi Gir, I thought I would first show you guys "how to draw chibi Zim", step by step. Zim is by far one of my favorite characters from the Invader Zim series. Not only is he freakishly adorable, he also has one of the best personalities for an animated character in a cartoon series. I had so much fun drawing, and making this lesson on chibi Zim. So much so I wanted to say thank you to all the members that requested I do a tutorial on what we know as a version of Zim that we have never seen before, just imagined. He came out super cute, and he still managed to keep his original form and character characteristics. His green colored skin, black slick hairstyle, and his big pinkish colored bug eyes all remain the same even though you will draw Zim in a chibi state. I guess he looks so awesome because his character is already created to be a small figure. I think you will enjoy learning "how to draw chibi Zim" because I know I did tremendously. Keep a look out for the video lesson coming your way either today or sometime tomorrow. Have fun guys, and remember to keep practicing because as you know "practice makes perect".
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With thanks to Alison Diamond for the following concerning proposed changes to the Scottish Register of Tartans:
The Keeper of the Tartan Register is proposing to seek an amendment of the Statutory Instrument setting the Tartan Register fees to clarify the exclusion of VAT (where applicable). He also proposes to change the point at which payment for Tartan Register services is made. The consultation period will last until 20th December 2011.
The Scottish Register of Tartans, established by the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 (hereafter the Act) (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/7/contents), has now been operational for two years and alterations need to be made to the payment system to enable the Register to be efficient, to avoid waste of resources and to operate according to standard commercial practice.
1. Clarifying the fact that VAT (where applicable) is excluded from the fees set out in The Scottish Register of Tartans Fees Order 2009 (SSI 2009 No.6 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/6/contents/made).
The current Scottish Statutory Instrument specifying the Tartan Register fees does not clarify whether VAT (where applicable) is included or excluded. This omission means that the Tartan Register has to absorb the VAT on sales where it is applicable. It is proposed therefore to specify in a revised SSI that the fees stated exclude VAT where applicable.
It should be noted that as a result of this clarification, the cost of registering a tartan for EU customers will rise from £70 to £84, and the cost of requesting the amendment an entry will rise from £40 to £48.
2. Changing the point at which payment for services offered by the Scottish Register of Tartans is taken from customers.
Since the Scottish Register of Tartans commenced business on 5th February 2009, payment for the registration of a tartan and to amend an entry on the Register has not been taken until processing has been successfully completed. Unsuccessful applications to register or amend tartans have incurred no fee, despite the resources expended in checking and processing the applications.
It is therefore proposed that payment for registration or amendment should be made by customers at the point when they first s_ubmit an application to register a tartan or request an amendment. This change will bring the administration of the Register into line with the Act.
The Act does not require the Keeper to refund a customer except in the instance of the reconsideration of a previously refused application (SRTA Section 8). It is proposed, however, to offer a refund of £30.00 + VAT (from the £70 + VAT registration fee) to a customer whose application to register a tartan is unsuccessful. This represents an element of the staff costs required to assess the application. It is not proposed to offer a refund from the £40 + VAT fee for requesting an amendment.
The Keeper proposes that these changes, if approved, will be implemented from 1st April 2012.
Tartan Register users are invited to comment on these proposals before 20th December 2011. Please send comments by email to: firstname.lastname@example.com, or by post to:
Scottish Register of Tartans
National Records of Scotland
HM General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh EH1 3YY
Thank you for your interest and support.
Mrs Alison Diamond
Administrator, Scottish Register of Tartans
National Records of Scotland
HM General Register House
2 Princes Street
Tartan helpline: 0131 535 1388
Email: email@example.com


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Come join us this weekend at Mesa Arts Center's Guitars and Handlebars Season Kickoff Festival. Along with all of the great activities and live music, Gangplank Jr and Building Bonanza will be there hosting Lego events from 10am-4pm on Saturday and 10am-2pm on Sunday.
If you are already a part of the Gangplank Jr First Lego League, we will be unveiling this season's mat and challenges. From 10am-12pm on Saturday, we will assemble the boards for this year and discuss the various tactics we can use to achieve the missions. There will also be a Sumo bot challenge (2-4pm), a large master building session with Building Bonanza and a free robotics build to handle various challenges (12-2pm).
Sunday will start off with First Lego League information for this year's challenges and a chasis build competition, followed by another master build session from the guys at Building Bonanza.
As if all of that wasn't enough to excite you, a full size replica of a Harley Davidson will be built from Legos by certified Lego artist Nathan Sawaya over the course of the two days. Don't miss out on the family fun at this great event.


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To protect the privacy of your data on GoodSync Connect devices, GoodSync can encrypt that data with a custom key that you create. That key never leaves your device and is never shared with anyone ensuring that only you can gain access to that data.
Both the body of the files and files names are encrypted.
You don't need a license to try this. You can download and run a free fully-functional trial for 30 days.
You can also access encrypted files remotely with GoodSync Explorer.
Follow these simple steps to protect your data:
1) If you haven't already, download and install GoodSync.
2) In the Job menu, select "New" or click the "New Job Button" in the toolbar.
3) In the New GoodSync Job prompt:
- Enter the name for your new Job.
- Select Backup or Synchronize as your Job type.
Next, we must select the endpoints for our job.
4) Select the left side and navigate to the location of the data that you would like to encrypt and backup. Note: in our example, we will use a local folder, for all supported services please click here.
5) If you need to configure your GoodSync Connect account please click here.
6) Next, select the right side and navigate to the GoodSync Connect location that you would like to back up to.
7) Within Job Options, select "Right Side" and check the box labeled "Encrypt File Bodies and Names."
8) Enter a password that GoodSync will use to encrypt your data. GoodSync will save that password in job settings, but you will have to remember it (write it down or use a password manager, e.g. RoboForm, to record it) in order to access that data from other devices or to allow other people to access that data.
9) To begin synchronization, the encrypted folder has to either contain no files or only contain files previously encrypted by GoodSync with the same password that you have entered. If that folder contains any other files, click on the "Empty Sync Folder" to remove its contents and prepare for synchronization.
10) Click "Test Encryption" to confirm the entered passwords match. If that folder already contains files that have been previously encrypted by GoodSync, GoodSync will attempt to decrypt them with the key you specified.
11) Click "Save" to commit changes.
12) Next, click "Analyze" and "Sync" to run the sync.
Example of unencrypted data (left) and encrypted data (right):
Note: to configure the job with automation or other settings please click here.


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D10: How Aaron Sorkin Tells Stories in a Digital World
Above: Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin
At the AllThingsD conference this morning, Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and writer of The Social Network, talked about the process of screenwriting in the digital age. He is working on an upcoming HBO series called The Newsroom and is also adapting Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.
"When I sit down and write something, I don't try to guess what most people want and then give it to them," Sorkin said. "I try to write what I'd like and what I think my friends would like, and then keep my fingers crossed and hope I can make a living."
Sorkin is still in the very early stages of the Steve Jobs biopic, which he said would look to the untrained eye a lot like watching ESPN. It is very difficult to shape the cradle to grave process of a biography, so Sorkin is more likely to pick a point of friction and dramatize that.
Initially, Sorkin was skeptical to write about Jobs because, like the Beatles, so many people know so much about him and admire him. "I saw a minefield of disappointment," he said.
Anytime you are at the movies and see "based on a true story," he said, "you should think of it as a painting and not a photograph."
Sorkin's characters often talk very quickly and he explained, "by and large, I write about people who are considerably smarter than I am." Growing up in a family of many lawyers, he "fell in love with the sound of a really good argument." The actor for the movie hasn't yet been selected, but will have to be smart, he said.
People have a much more passive relationship with television than with movies or a play, Sorkin believes. People are used to watching television while doing other things. This nature of the digital age has been a challenge for him because his work doesn't perform well as background; the audience must pay attention to the story.
With HBO, it is less of an issue because its audience knows it needs to give a show attention. He loves the HBOGo mobile platforms, but it isn't quite the relationship he'd like viewers to have with the show because it is smaller.
He admitted that people watching his shows are probably multitasking. The only solution he has is to write the best show he can.
The Newsroom takes place in a cable newsroom (not meant to be any specific network), and spans 18 months, starting about two years ago. Digital media plays a large role in the show, as Dev Patel plays someone who believes in the technology, particularly as it impacts the Arab Spring movement.
Sorkin continues to write "the same way the guys did on I Love Lucy." He has all the digital equipment everyone else has, though he mostly uses his computer as a word processor. Humans have been telling stories for thousands of years and "what makes a good story hasn't changed much," he said.
One of the things the Internet has brought us is really short stories, such as five minute videos. His 11-year-old daughter is crazy about making movies on her laptop and showing them on an iPhone. Digital filmmaking may be becoming the new indie film, but once everyone can do something, how do we distinguish between what's good and what's not?
Sorkin wrote The Farnsworth Invention, a play about television patents, and although his father was a patent lawyer, he doesn't have a strong position on them. However, he is always flattered when others use his material in mashups.
It's lucky to find great actors, Sorkin said, and that often leads to "the writer's Darwinism," a phenomenon of using the same actors over and over again. The actress who played Donna on The West Wing (Janel Moloney) originally only had one line in the pilot. Falling 20 seconds short, he wrote another line for her, and this in turn led to her character becoming a regular on the show.
Aristotle laid out the rules for what drama is thousands of years ago and he believes those rules hold true even in today's digital age. Writers are always nervous about the next show.
While he generally likes to write about heroes, not antiheroes, The Social Network was an exception. The Newsroom will feature people reaching unrealistically high, but trying to do their best. When asked how that preference would apply to Steve Jobs, he said that he was "an extremely complicated guy." The same was true of Mark Zuckerberg, he added. For any character, "you want to write the character as if you were making the case to God as to why they should enter heaven," he said.
"What captured the public's attention about Steve Jobs," Sorkin said, is that "he made things." Too often, we are told our future is in service, but the people in the digital industry and in Hollywood still make things.
Overall, he is less interested in the difference between good and evil, and much more interested in the difference "between good and great."


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Caleb Porter has called in three more players to the ongoing U-23 US national team camp in Carson, Calif.
Goalkeepers Matt Lampson (Columbus Crew) and Brian Perk (LA Galaxy) will join the team at The Home Depot Center, while Stuttgarter Kickers defender Royal-Dominique Fennell has also been added to the squad.
Additionally, goalkeeper David Bingham and defender Gale Agbossoumonde, both of whom were part of the original 22-man squad, will not attend due to injury.
Lampson and Perk were each called up for the first time by Porter. Fennell has participated in both of the previous two U-23 camps in Germany and Florida.
The current gathering consists of 11 days of training at the HDC unti Jan. 18 before the U-23s travel to Costa Rica to play against two local club teams. The camp marks the third gathering of this group, as the team prepares for the March 22-26 Olympic qualifiers against Canada, El Salvador and Cuba at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn.
GOALKEEPERS (3): Matt Lampson (Columbus Crew), Brian Perk (LA Galaxy), Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union)
DEFENDERS (7): Royal-Dominique Fennell (Stuttgarter Kickers, Germany), Sebastien Ibeagha (Duke Univ.), Kofi Sarkodie (Houston Dynamo), Zarek Valentin (Montreal Impact), Jorge Villafaña (Chivas USA), Andrew Wenger (Duke Univ.), Sheanon Williams (Philadelphia Union)
MIDFIELDERS (9): Isaac Acuña (Mérida, Mexico), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana, Mexico), Mikkel Diskerud (Stabæk, Norway), Dilly Duka (Columbus Crew), Jared Jeffrey (Mainz, Germany), Sebastian Lletget (West Ham United, England), Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union), Kelyn Rowe (UCLA), Michael Stephens (LA Galaxy)
FORWARDS (4): Freddy Adu (Philadelphia Union), Josh Gatt (Molde, Norway), Jack McInerney (Philadelphia Union), Tony Taylor (Atlético Clube de Portugal)


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MIAMI, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Drinking diet soft drinks on a daily basis might increase the risk stroke, heart attack and vascular death, U.S. researchers said.
Hannah Gardener and colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center in New York also found regular soft drink consumption and a more moderate intake of diet soft drinks do not appear to be linked to a higher risk of vascular events.
Gardener and her research team analyzed data from 2,564 participants in the National Institute of Health funded Northern Manhattan Study, which was designed to determine stroke incidence, risk factors and prognosis in a multi-ethnic urban population.
The study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found those who drank diet soft drinks daily were 43 percent more likely than those who drank none to have suffered a vascular event, after taking into account pre-existing vascular conditions such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes and high blood pressure.
However, light diet soft drink users -- those who drink between one a month and six a week -- and those who chose regular soft drinks were not more likely to suffer vascular events, the study found.
"Our results suggest a potential association between daily diet soft drink consumption and vascular outcomes," Gardener said in a statement. "However, the mechanisms by which soft drinks may affect vascular events are unclear. There is a need for further research before any conclusions can be drawn regarding the potential health consequences of diet soft drink consumption."
The American Beverage Association noted the study did not "show that consuming diet soft drinks can cause adverse health effects. It simply shows a correlation, which is easily explained by other factors in the study -- most notably age. Importantly, medical experts, including the American Dietetic Association, recommend diet soft drinks as a weight management tool, particularly for people at risk for vascular events or stroke."


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The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray).
This is the legacy Bug Tracking System for the POV-Ray project. Bugs listed here are being migrated to our github issue tracker. Please refer to that for new reports or updates to existing ones on this system.
FS#222 - incorrect render of CSG merge with radiosity
Opened by Nikita Kipriyanov (merlin-rterm) - Monday, 03 October 2011, 12:25 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Sunday, 22 January 2017, 14:58 GMT
The problem arises when I am trying to trace a radiosity scene without conventional lighting that has a GSG merge object. There are a coincident surfaces, but these surfaces are first merged, then the texture applied. The texture is a simple solig color non-transfluent pigment, default normal, default finish etc..
Problem consists when adding antialiasing, changing resolution, changing camera view-point etc.; when I replace merge with union, the problem disappeared.
The scene was checked on two different machines with different versions of POV-Ray:
(scene has been adapted slightly to be rendered with 3.6, the adaptation was to change "emission" with "ambient" and replace gamma "srgb" with "2.2")
Both machines generate similar images.
The attachment is an archive containing sources of minimal scenes with these problems, and sample pictures I generated from them on my machines.
The root cause of this is totally unrelated to radiosity. The underlying problem is that POV-Ray fails to properly "see" the coincident surfaces of the merge. This is due to the way intersection testing with a merge object is currently implemented, which makes it even more susceptible to coincident surface issues: Intersections with one member object that lie inside any other member object are ignored in order to suppress inner surfaces; when two members A and B have coincident surfaces, due to rounding an intersection with A may be considered inside B and vice versa.
While this is indeed a kind of bug, it won't be fixed in 3.70 release proper, as it would require more changes to the intersection testing code than would be prudent in the Release Candidate phase. We hope to find a general solution to the whole class of coincident surface problems in some future version though.
- Field changed: Status (Unconfirmed → Tracked on GitHub)
Now tracked on github as issue #209.


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The trials and tribulations that cause tension in our lives are personal problems, yet they often fall into larger categories of common anxiety triggers. These universal stress points -- money, relationships, work, time constraints -- are often painfully obvious to everyone involved. Other times, however, they can hide behind our own excuses and denials, while we blame others for our problems and overlook the true causes.
Keeping a stress journal for a period of one or two weeks can help you better identify the specific sources of turbulence in your life, while these common stressors may highlight areas that need special attention.
Financial stress is nothing new, but in recent years it's skyrocketed to the top of our worry list: In the American Psychological Association's 2009 Stress in America report, it was the number one issue reported, with 71 percent of those surveyed saying that money was a significant or very significant source of stress in their lives. The economy was mentioned by 63 percent of respondents, and housing costs by 47 percent.
Americans are also feeling the health fallout of the economic downturn in myriad ways, from being unable to sleep at night to losing their health coverage or retirement funds. Worrying about these things will only make them worse -- but you can try to use your stress as motivation to improve the areas you can still change.
In today's world of smartphones, laptops, and telecommuting, work and play have become strange bedfellows -- and not only because you occasionally fall asleep next to your laptop. The boundaries separating labor from leisure have all but dissolved: You might be at dinner or even on a beach somewhere, but if you're responding to an email from your boss, are you really there?
This doesn't mean you're doomed to 24/7 enslavement, however; you just need to figure out new ways to manage your work-life balance and set boundaries between your job and your free time.
We all aspire to find joy in our careers, but during times of economic stress, loving what you do can be a luxury. The emptiness of a monotonous job can be a slow poison, and your performance can suffer. Still, you may feel it's hard to complain at a time when so many people are unemployed.
The key to surviving a go-nowhere job is to revise your perception of what you do. You may not have a lot of control over your work life now, but you have total control over your attitude.
In close relationships, there are fights -- and then there are fights. Some spring from watershed issues: how to save or spend money, how to raise the kids, how to honor religious beliefs. But this isn't what couples fight about most of the time. Instead, we argue over loading the dishwasher properly, cutting toenails on the coffee table, and cleaning the cat box when it's your turn.
While the offenses may seem minor enough, these garden-variety arguments can cause tremendous stress, contributing to general wear and tear on a relationship. But when you stop reacting and start responding with compassion, you can defuse silly squabbles and help strengthen your bond.
It's bad enough when you get sick yourself, but if you're the caregiver to a parent, a child, or a sick spouse, you have even more to worry about.
In 2009's Stress in America Survey, "personal health problems" and "health problems affecting my family" were each cited by 47 percent of participants as a significant or very significant source of stress. (Only financial and relationship issues ranked higher.)
If you're fighting your own health concerns, remember to address your emotional needs as well as your physical ones. And if you're caring for someone else with a chronic illness, you'll need self-care strategies to keep yourself healthy.
The pressure of holiday travel, shopping, parties, and family gatherings can sometimes make the season more stressful than joyous. (The same goes for planning a vacation any time of year: By the time you get everything booked, paid for, and taken care of, you're already dreading the work that you'll inevitably come back to!)
It's important to look past the stress and to appreciate these times of year, however. Whether you celebrate with friends, with family, or with your own personal rituals, these special occasions can provide a much-needed break from our day-to-day lives.
There are lots of reasons we struggle with telling other people "no," even if we're already overloaded or it's against our best interests to give them a hand. Some people feel bound by obligation, or by fear of hurting someone's feelings. Others believe they really can do it all -- and hate to pass up the opportunity to try.
But think about it: Almost every misplaced "yes" is really a "no" to yourself -- and may be putting you on the fast track to a meltdown.
Finding time for yourself isn't a luxury; it's essential for protecting your health. Some people recharge by spending time alone or writing in a journal. For many women, however, hanging out with close pals is the best medicine for stress.
Research shows that women's proclivity to "tend and befriend" during times of stress may be due to the release of oxytocin, a hormone that's also secreted during childbirth. If we don't get enough time to ourselves -- and quality time with friends -- we can burn ourselves out quickly with no outlet for stress.
Your meticulous nature and Type-A personality may be the source of much of your success -- but if the thought of making even a tiny mistake paralyzes you with fear, your perfectionism could be doing more harm than good.
Instead of focusing on everything that could go wrong, free yourself from the unrealistic expectations you've set for yourself (or those you've let others set for you) and move your life forward -- one healthy achievement at a time.
We often lose sight of activities that bring us delight in the blur of day-to-day responsibilities. Preoccupied with our jam-packed schedules and never-ending to-do lists, we rarely experience the rich, soulful emotion of passion -- those moments when we feel awestruck, inspired, brought to tears, utterly moved.
Instead, we go through the motions of life, but we constantly feel like something is missing. Taking time to find your true passion can not only help you better manage stress, but it will enhance every aspect of your life.
Clutter can prevent us from letting anything new into our lives, says life coach Cheryl Richardson. Think about a disorganized home, a messy desk, or an overflowing inbox: Not only is excess baggage physically in the way, but it can slow down your productivity and keep you focused on things in the past.
In time, our lives get so filled with the debris of the past -- from dried-up tubes of Krazy Glue to old grudges -- that it's a wonder we can get up in the morning, never mind go to work, or even just put one foot in front of the other. Gail Blanke, author of "Throw Out Fifty Things," suggests a room-by-room clean-out of your house... and your life.


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|Authored By: California Dried Plum Board
|Your guests won't suspect this moist bread is low fat!
|Diet Types: Dairy Free, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Vegetarian
|Serves: 16
|Cooking Time: Over one hour
|Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 inch loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside. In large bowl, blend Dried Plum Puree with sugars. DRIED PLUM PUREE: 2/3 cup pitted dried plums blended with 3 tablespoons HOT water. Beat in eggs and pumpkin just to blend. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Add to dried plum mixture, mixing just until moistened. Spread batter in pans; dividing equally. Bake in center of oven about 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn onto rack to cool completely. Bread can be wrapped tightly in foil and frozen up to 1 month, so make a double batch!
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