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Hi Charles thanks for posting.
Those gold nuggets are really tiny.
What settings were you using.
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Fire Fighter 43
I find it funny that the longest thread in a while on the XP forum is about a non XP detector. It seems like the XP diehards feel threatened by a new machine. Personally I hope the Equanox blows the XP out of the water. That just means all the other manufacturers will have to up their game. A win win for all of us. I'm not loyal to any one company I just want to use the best equipment for the conditions I'm hunting. I have had the CTX since it came out and IMHO it is close to the best coin machine in modern trash on the market. I would say only the Etrac slightly beats it, but the CTX has some more advantages that make it my choice for coins. I hope the Equanox is just as good or better than the CTX and Etrac and if that is the case the CTX will be gone. I've had the Deus for about a year and it is now my go to machine for field and relic hunting. IMHO it can't be beat in iron. Also, the light weight gives this seasoned guy the ability to swing it all day. I have a trip planned to the U.K. In the spring and the XP will be my machine of choice.
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I remember once, many moons ago, there was a brand new metal detector coming out called the AT Pro. Months before the detector was even released, people were lining up to buy and early orders were brisk. The metal detecting forums lit up like fireworks on the 4th of July. People were debating, arguing, even screaming at one another over the abilities of this detector, and mind you, the machine had not even been released yet. It was almost comic the levels of hysteria some people were willing to go to over a detector they had not used a single time.
I am starting to get the same feeling about the Equinox. Some have started grumbling. Others are shoving. Weapons are being chosen. Alliances made. I can already hear the sound of trenches being dug.

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Why do some policies succeed so well while others, in the same sector or country, fail dramatically? The aim of this book is to answer this question and provide systematic research on the nature, sources and consequences of policy failure. The expert contributors analyse and evaluate the success and failure of four policy areas (Steel, Health Care, Finance, HIV and the Blood Supply) in six European countries, namely France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain and Sweden. The book is therefore able to compare success and failure across countries as well as policy areas, enabling a test of a variety of theoretical assumptions about policy making and government.
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Brian Dunn took the reins of Best Buy in June 2009 and was tasked with turning things around.
He didn't. Not even close.
"Many retailers have struggled to make the transition; some have fallen on their swords along the way," said Larry Downes in a Forbes column that eviscerated Dunn and Best Buy. "So far, Best Buy fails on every measure."
Yes it has. Here's a bunch of things that happened under Dunn's watch that didn't work:
Dunn's massive turnaround plan is focused on cost-cutting and isn't a cure-all
Best Buy is in the middle of a $800 million cost-cutting plan that including the closure of 50 big box stores in the U.S., and it has gotten slammed for it, whether it's working or not. Laura Heller at Forbes makes the most important point. Cutting costs is fine, but it's not the real problem:
"Sometimes the bigger thing to do is go small, but a retailer still has to sell more stuff, not just jettison the people and locations that are supposed to help it do just that."
There was a refusal to focus on customer service
Best Buy is notorious for the way it treats customers, and nothing was done to revamp its reputation. In fact, under Dunn, things were as bad as they've ever been.
Take the Christmas debacle for example, when Best Buy bungled its handling of a major PR crisis that alienated thousands of customers.
Best Buy's big-box model didn't work abroad, but Best Buy tried to make it work anyway
Best Buy opened up a bunch of big-box stores in China and Europe, but customers never warmed up to them. The result was an embarrassing decision to close most of these stores and completely change its strategy. It entered the UK in 2010, and moved its big-box stores out of the market just a few months later. If the company had done its market research, it would have known that those customers prefer smaller stores.
There's still no reason to go to BestBuy.com
Even as customers started gravitating to Amazon, and Walmart started revamping its online strategy, Best Buy's online pricing the same — and that completely killed its competitiveness, especially during major seasons for retailers, like the holidays.
But it's not only about price. The back-end wasn't adapted well enough either, and it's completely outclassed in by Amazon in its inventory management, which again affects customer service.
He refused to change course
In a blog post that lashed out against his critics, Dunn said, "there are those who question the validity of Best Buy's business model. This misguided perspective is especially troubling for me, because it blatantly and recklessly ignores overwhelming evidence to the contrary."
And yet, the company's abysmal performance suggested otherwise.
He was unable to stand up to the company's founder
Best Buy founder Richard M. Schulze runs the board (and owns 18% of the company) at Best Buy, and he did whatever he wanted throughout Dunn's tenure.
Schulze has been described as still having "an iron grip" on Best Buy, hampering Dunn's flexibility.


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LastPass - My New Password Manager
As part of my job, I'm constantly connecting with new and different Web sites, many of which require some kind of registration. I'm way worse than the average user as far as collecting passwords. Over the past five years or so I've saved over 200 passwords in RoboForm. That kind of collection creates a huge inertial drag against changing to any other utility. That is, unless the utility is like LastPass, which handily imported all of my RoboForm passwords without a single glitch. And when I rounded up all of the competition for comparison it beat them hands down. LastPass is my new password manager.
In the process of comparing these products I wound up creating a rough table of about 40 significant features. LastPass included almost 90% of the collected features, while RoboForm came a distant second with just over 60%. Yes, LastPass does almost everything any of its competition can do and manages to do it for free.
How can they give it away? Joe Siegrist, one of LastPass's founders explained. "LastPass isn't only offering service to consumers, we're headed toward the enterprise software space, where we've done well in the past. We're also offering a premium service at a very fair price."
RoboForm fans may gripe that the RoboForm 6.0 review is rather old. That's because RoboForm hasn't had a serious full-point revision in a number of years. In the roundup I did account for a few features that were slipstreamed into the product along the way (it's now at version 6.9). Version 7 was promised for the third quarter of 2008, but its release has been pushed back month after month to the point where I don't actually have an estimated release date. Rest assured that I'll give it a good hard look when it finally appears.
LastPass is different from all the rest in one major way - it stores your highly-encrypted login data online. That means you can use it to log in even when you're not at your own home computer. It also brings up the worry that your important passwords are stored on someone else's server. But after looking over the system they've put into place I concluded it's safe. The data is never decrypted except on your local computer, using a master password that only you have. Of course this master password, the "last password you'll ever need", had darn well better be a strong one!


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Arrests of children in England and Wales have fallen by more than two-thirds since the start of the decade, new figures show.
The number fell from nearly a quarter of a million in 2010 to just under 80,000 last year, research by the Howard League for Penal Reform found.
Also in crime: A child is caught carrying a knife in school in Yorkshire every single week
Each of the four police forces in Yorkshire and the Humber followed the national trend by reducing their child arrest numbers, with North Yorkshire Police recording the lowest total number.
The charity welcomed the decreases, saying that keeping children out of the criminal justice system helps prevent crime.
Frances Crook, the chief executive of the Howard League, said: "This is the seventh year in a row that we have seen a significant reduction. It is a phenomenal achievement by the police and the Howard League, and it means that tens of thousands of children will have a brighter future without their life chances being blighted by unnecessary police contact and criminal records."
Statistics compiled from police data show there were 79,012 child arrests in 2017 – equivalent to one every seven minutes.
The number was down by 68 per cent compared with 2010, when there were 245,763.
It found recorded arrests of girls – of which there were 12,495 last year – have fallen at a faster rate than for boys since 2010.
The paper said there were 616 arrests of primary school-age children in 2017, a reduction of 12 per cent from the previous year.
Read more: Police and crime commissioner issues warning over criminal gangs using children
The charity's study found West Yorkshire, Humberside and North Yorkshire recorded falls in child arrests of 69, 76 and 77 per cent respectively over the eight years measured.
In West Yorkshire there were 3,953 arrests in 2017 compared to 12,947 in 2010, and the number in Humberside fell from 5,751 to 1,385.
The number of child arrests recorded in North Yorkshire last year stood at 1,034 last year, down from 4,525 in 2010.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "These figures are excellent news for the force, and are testament to our efforts to keep the number of child arrests to a minimum.
"Our positive approach, highlighted by the Howard League, includes the restorative justice opportunities available to victims of youth crime, and our work with partners to divert young people away from a life of crime to become responsible members of society."
Read more: Your child's at risk of joining a gang, Sheffield parents told as 'notices of concern' issued
South Yorkshire's reduction stood at 79 per cent when it moved to a new crime recording system at the start of December.
There had been 1,302 child arrests in the year up to that point, compared to 6,235 in 2010.
While welcoming the decrease, the Howard League flagged up areas where further progress could be achieved.
The report said: "In particular, the criminalisation of children in residential care, the criminalisation of children who are being exploited by county lines gangs and the disproportionate levels of criminalisation of children from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are key areas that all forces should be aware of and be actively seeking to address in order to further reduce the numbers of child arrests and the unnecessary criminalisation of children."
County lines refers to a drug distribution model which typically involves city gangs branching out into county or coastal towns to sell heroin and crack cocaine.


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Aggers, CMJ, Simon Hughes, Jim Maxwell
Vaughan, Boycott, Vic Marks, Ian Chappell (Adelaide, Melbourne), Slater (Brisbane, Perth, Sydney)
Looking good. The only one there I don't like is Vaughan, and maybe he will grow on me. I'm glad they've got Slater, I really liked him in 2005.


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SugaryCBClientServer Description
SugaryCBClientServer 1.0 beta is a package of a SugarCRM module "SugaryCBClient" and a Joomla plugin "SugaryCB Server", these two parts are used in a one way integration from SugarCRM to Joomla and they work with Community Builder and SugaryCB extensions to accomplish this integration.
The CB fields are mapped with SugarCRM Lead/Contact fields using SugaryCB. When a contact or a lead is created in SugarCRM a new user is created based in the mapped information saved in the SugarCRM module, when a record is updated in SugarCRM the associated user is updated in CB, when a lead is converted to a contact the CB user associated with this lead will be associated with this new contact and when a record is deleted the associated user is deleted.
SugaryCBClientServer allows you also to export existing records to Joomla (CB) user table.
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Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth takes mesmerizing photographs that express his belief in photography as "a tool of scientific origin for psychological exploration." He began taking pictures in 1976, influenced by his studies with three of the most important contemporary German artists of the time—painter and mixed media artist Gerhard Richter and photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. After his early black-and-white series of deadpan views of cityscapes eerily devoid of any signs of urban life, in 1989, Struth began work on his best-known cycle, the "Museum Photographs." In these large-format, color-saturated photographs, Struth captures individuals and crowds looking at famous works of Western art in the world's most popular museums. While looking at the "Museum Photographs," viewers are confronted with the act of looking itself and the social complexities of seeing and being seen.
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As with every year, this weekend's Fremont Fair and Saturday's Solstice Parade, in particular, appeared to swell from the year before.
There were more naked bike riders, more puppets, and a flood of onlookers. Some of this might be due to the fact that the Fair added big-time headliners to its main music stages—the biggest change from years' past—but more than likely, the people came to the Center of the Universe to bask in the brilliant summer sun that washed over the neighborhood for the duration of the weekend.
We were there to capture the spirit of the Solstice Parade, from burlesque dancers trading in the nightclub lights for that big ball of light in the sky to brassy and blurting marching bands to, yes, those nude cyclists screaming down the street, welcoming in the summer with style, and a lot of company.
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BANNER ELK, N.C. -- The dates have been set for the 2009 Lees-McRae Boys' and Girls' Tennis Camp. The camp will be held August 3rd -7th from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Participants may choose a half-day option from 9 a.m. through 12 p.m. as well.
"I am excited to announce the date of camp for summer 2009 and
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"Once again, I am happy to be involved and give my expertise to the Lees-McRae Tennis Camps, and I am really excited about working with Paul Goode and his staff and the campers," camp Coordinator Chris Whalley said. "Along with the facilities mentioned, we have a talented coaching staff and a great camp leader in Paul. Paul has made the tennis program into one of the finest in the country, and I am proud to work alongside him."
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The non-degree Art History Program at School of Visual Arts offers the practitioner a chance to understand the influence that historical perspective has on art—and studio practice in particular.
- Knowing the history of art is very important to the artist's development
- There's no better place to study art history than in New York City with its abundant museums and contemporary art world
- Review all art—from the dawn of civilization through the MTV generation
Request information at firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more about art history college classes at SVA.
SVA offers a non-degree art history program that is geared for the practicing artist, not the scholar. In addition to the benefit of taking Art History classes in New York City, SVA students have access to a faculty of more than 60 instructors who are artists, curators and critics.
You might ask, why study the old when the artist's work is the new? Well, for one thing, art history is a chance to learn that you haven't reinvented the wheel.
Studying the vast image bank across time and space will show you that nothing under the ancient eye of the sun is truly "new," that movements beget movements, which beget movements, which...and here you are, toiling happily away on the great cultural continuum.
For sheer inspiration alone, you can't do much better than a survey of the visual image down through history. Doing it at SVA, with all the cultural resources of New York City at hand, is to be able to get close enough to a Vermeer to see his colored lights in the shadows, close enough to ancient Egyptian statuary to see the original paint (close enough maybe to get a warning from a museum guard). Many of your courses will take you to museum and gallery exhibitions (we are in the contemporary art bull's-eye: Chelsea); others will inspire you to visit on your own, with a sketch pad or just a hungry eye.
SVA teaches art history for the practitioner, not the scholar, emphasizing the influence historical perspective has on studio practice. Our faculty of more than 60 instructors is the largest of any independent arts college, made up of artists, curators and critics who will reveal and explain the miracle of visual creativity, from cave paintings to the Web. How did the image transform itself over millennia, and why? To see the trajectory of history can be an energizing catalyst for your own work, putting you in the big picture as an expression of all that's come before.
If art history has seemed to be all about "What happened before Andy Warhol," you'll be pleased to know that we look at work of the 21st century, too. There is no cultural snobbery at SVA. Courses like Art and Popular Culture study the relationship between high art and aspects of mainstream culture such as comic books and the music of the MTV generation. Introduction to Visual Culture challenges the very definition of "culture," using the mall, Madonna, Disneyland, drag balls and sports as case studies.
We offer the artist who has chosen college the chance to learn research methods, whether the source is traditional text, Internet content, or even exhibitions or symposia. Regardless of your discipline, being able to cull what you need from a body of information is a skill that will last a lifetime.
The archival study of creativity is another way of knowing yourself; a chance to find your own identity in the historical record. Once you see and understand the process of artistic discovery, you will have greater appreciation for what your work means. No matter the size of your studio or the dimensions of your canvas, you're into something big now.
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Creative Chemistry 102once, twice, thrice & again (again)
Many of the techniques in this class took trial-and-error to get the effect I believed I was trying for - good thing I was making 4 of everything from the outset. For posterity, I've kept each attempt here; you will see that some are better than others. As a side note some went well the first time and I had difficulty replicating it, and some it took till the fourth (colour pallet) tag to feel a sense of mastery (the ability to replicate it again).
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This tag is inspired by Tim's May Tag Challenge showcasing tiled embellishments. The theme for this piece comes via the man in my life. He is my co-adventurers and partner in crime (reads like a pirate to me), this is "All About Him" and the [vintage] journey we share.
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Jayco Inc. announced the initial results from its industry-leading EcoAdvantage sustainability program — the company's long-term commitment to environmentally-sensitive use of resources.
According to a press release, through the companywide sustainability initiative Jayco and its three operating divisions – Jayco Inc., Starcraft RV Inc. and Entegra Coach Inc. – are "creating better ways to build better RVs using fewer or renewable natural resources."
The EcoAdvantage program is a collaborative effort launched in 2011 among Jayco employees and suppliers, and it has produced measurable results. During 2011, Jayco conserved:
• Enough electricity to power 980 homes in a year.
• Enough landfill space to accommodate the disposal needs of a community of 31,330 Americans for a year.
• Enough water to fill 111,020 kiddie pools.
• Enough gas to make 21.4 trips around the earth in a car.
Additionally, through aggressive recycling efforts, Jayco saved 41,217 trees.
The 44-year-old company also cited the initiative's long-term prospects. Among its sustainability goals over the next five years, Jayco has pledged to:
• Be 100% landfill free by the year 2015 by eliminating or recycling all manufacturing and office waste.
• Significantly reduce fresh water use in product testing and other processes around the complex by increasing use of reclaimed rainwater.
• Conserve energy with a 40% reduction of utility use by 2014.
• Improve overall efficiency by streamlining. administrative paperwork, production processes and construction methods.
• Remain the sustainability leader within the RV industry.
Wilbur Bontrager, Jayco chairman and CEO noted, "At Jayco, sustainability means meeting our current manufacturing and resource needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. We build products that allow our customers to enjoy the outdoors, so it only makes sense that we should strive to be a good corporate citizen and a good steward of the environment."


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- Summary
This roasting rack has generously-sized handles, so you can easily lift and transfer your roast from the pan to a carving board or serving platter. After use, the rack disassembles and folds up for compact storage.
- Handles allow for transferring roast from pan to platter.
- Removable pin allows you to easily tranfer turkey to a platter.
- Nonstick-coated wire construction for easy clean up.
- Holds up to a 25-lb. turkey or roast.
- Fits a standard 16" x 13" roasting pan.
- Large handles make room for oven mitts.
- Removable pin to disassemble rack for storage.
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- 12 3/4" x 14 3/4" x 7 1/4" high.
- Made in China.
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- Hand-wash recommended.
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You may remember friend of SP Mean Asian Girl from her previous guest post, The Fantasy of Being White. We loved that post so much that we asked her to weigh in on that most vexing of seemingly innocuous little internet games: the Facebook celebrity twin meme. Thanks, MAG! — Sweet Machine
Oh? No!
Or, Why I didn't participate in the Facebook doppelganger meme
By Mean Asian Girl
(with a little help from the SP crew)
When I first heard about the Facebook celebrity doppelganger meme, my first thought was, "Where do I find a picture of [Asian woman most recently and/or frequently seen by whomever I'm speaking to]?"
See, because I've been told I look like several different people, the most recent being Sandra Oh. Most of you don't know what I look like, but suffice it to say, not like Sandra Oh. My friend Charles, who is black*, and happens to think Sandra Oh is hot, doesn't see any resemblance at all. Then again, Charles' opinion of Oh may be in the minority.
OK, let me digress for a moment. I googled Sandra Oh, expecting the first thing to pop up would be her IMDB profile. Before I finished typing, the first suggestion that popped up was "Sandra Oh ugly." Which was where I found that Asian Bite website. So maybe the whole idea of anyone trying to pay me a compliment is not the case. I am tempted to start a discussion of whether people think Oh's very Korean-ness is what makes her ugly. Maybe some other time. I'm a bit too stunned at the moment.
But anyway, years and years ago, someone told me I looked just like the girl in "Karate Kid II," who, if you notice, does not look very much like Sandra Oh. In fairness, I probably look more like Sandra Oh than like Tamlyn Tomita.
As it turned out, the very cool women here at Shapely Prose were having their own discussion of the racial/ethnic-fail aspects of the doppelganger meme and were kind enough to invite me to join in.
Eventually, we touched on how Janet Jackson and Kristy McNichol have the same face, Elvin from the Cosby Show, the appropriate celebrity doppelganger for Kate's husband Al, and a staged reading of The Big Lebowski, but prior to that, we made some more serious observations about white privilege and doppelgangers.
And first, we agreed that I look nothing like Sandra Oh.
"This seems like one of those Facebook exercises that's mostly about a certain kind of girl getting to wank about how hot she is without looking conceited," Kate said. But fair enough, I guess. If someone told you you looked like Anne Hathaway, or Blake Lively, or, for that matter, Penelope Cruz or Halle Berry, wouldn't you want to tell people?
Problem is, if we're talking about Hollywood stars, or even prominent women known by most U.S. residents in general, the pool gets awfully shallow if you're not white. Kate told me, "I can think of like four Asian-American actresses off the top of my head, and none of them, except possibly Keiko Agena**, have characteristics I could see as part of a recipe for you."
Part of a recipe. Sure. But we can't do collage profile pictures. Or at least I can't. So I have to settle for what other people think. Because, really, what most people see when they look at me is that I'm Asian, I have epicanthic folds over my eyelids, flattish face, black hair, etc. And what do you know? Sandra Oh also has epicanthic eyelids, a flattish face and black hair! So does Tamlyn Tomita! Though, actually, based on the Tamlyn Tomita comparison, they're not even paying particularly close attention to my hair.
At some level, it's a version of the "All you [insert racial/ethnic group here] look alike." I once worked at a news service with two African-American women, Robin and Debbie. Robin was probably 5-2, close-cropped hair, round face and very loud and outgoing. Debbie was 5-6, longer hair, thin face and quiet. They did not start working there anywhere near the same time, nor did they cover the same beat. Yet, they constantly got called each other's names. I guess they did have similar skin tones. Any of you who do not have similar stories have either never worked with more than one minority or have worked in remarkably enlightened workplaces.
Of course, it's not just about skin color and ethnicity. Kate knows a couple of dark-haired fat women who wanted to go as Pat Benatar for Halloween, but didn't because everyone would assume they were Beth Ditto. I mean, you're fat, you're a rock chick … duh. Fillyjonk mentioned how people told her she looked like Kate Winslet when Winslet was in her relatively fat*** state
I am in no way saying there was malicious intent behind the doppelganger meme, and clearly, as oppression goes, it ain't exactly Jim Crow. I'm just saying, well, maybe I should point you all to Sepia Mutiny for a little more perspective. If I may digress a bit, the line "If only you weren't so dark, you'd be so pretty," is horrifying. But maybe I'm still hung up on the "Ugly Sandra Oh" issue.
If you don't feel like reading through that whole post, try Fillyjonk, who puts the matter pretty succinctly for a privileged white girl:
"Getting told you look like someone who has nothing in common with you besides skin color and body type is bad enough," she said. "But getting told you look like someone who has nothing in common with you besides skin color, period, elides your actual features even more."
To take that a step further, when someone – inevitably white — says, "I don't see race," if much of society sees you only as race, then they don't see you.
*I mention this for no reason other than to wonder if perhaps this is a white thing. I'm not sure any person of color has told me I look like Sandra Oh, including, obviously, anyone Asian.
**Though I had seen "Gilmore Girls" once or twice, I had no idea who Keiko Agena was until Kate mentioned her. I am old compared to the SP crew, esp. when you consider that I saw "Karate Kid II" when it came out in theaters.
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Yo daaaawg, I thought you support England....
Originally Posted by aussie
Yo daaaawg, I thought you support England....
Zinedine Zidane is the greatest footballer ever !
Richard Dickinson - you little beauty !!!!
Barring injury Australia should be unchanged.
Supported XI
Tamim Iqbal, JA Burns, UT Khawaja, *SPD Smith, Mahmudullah, C de Grandhomme, +AT Carey, PJ Cummins, Rashid Khan, Mustafizur Rahman, JP Behrendorff.
RIP Fardin. RIP Craigos. RIP Prince.
What about England?
Bring in Joyce perhaps? Ad is there much point in Flintoff playing considering his injury and that he hasn't really been performing so would they miss him as much? It won't happen though but it is an interesting question.
Stuart MacGill will have consider himself pretty stiff not to play in the place (for arguements sake) Brett Lee. Horses for courses and he would be the one to drop out if they went that way. It won't happen though (save Fuller from lampooning me).
Lee did fine in Melbourne and has really been pretty good since the second innings in Adelaide, and MacGill hasn't exactly made himself an automatic selection, so I doubt there'd be any consideration of changing the side. Symonds will be in the side and bowl spin as needed.
It's cold on the outside they say
But the cold leaves you clear while the heat leaves a haze
Given his 150-odd now does that Symonds is still an automatic now for Australia in Tests or will we have to wait to see if this was a one-off innings?
Australia only have one test between now and next summer, so we'll have to wait and see. I imagine the call will be Symonds against Watson, and it'll be made based on one day form and so on, particularly with the ball. If Watson's bowling as well as he has been in a year he'll surely be picked ahead of Symonds.Originally Posted by Craig
Yeah, 11 months away, it's really not going to matter how well Symonds has done in these last two Tests, it'll come down to the One Dayers as Fuller said.
Same team obviously for Australia, England as well. Read kept well and didn't get out in the second innings plus Mahmood got 4, so he won't be dropped either.
Rest In Peace Craigos
Geez I love the SCG. Went there for the Test match in 1999 (Aust v Eng). The atmosphere is unique - very intimate. It really feels like a cricket ground.
Yes the S.C.G. is nice for cricket.
The M.C.G. is much better as a football ground.(It's main job.)
I have not been to the GABBA since it has been re-developed for the footy.
IMO it now looks more like a stadiam than a cricket ground,which I don't really like.
I like the Gabba, good view where ever you go to sit.
I am really, honestly starting to feel for England here. No team and it's fans deserve to be thrashed like this!
Was rooting for Australia all along because with India poor ODI form recently, I couldn't bare anymore disappointments and wanted my team to win for a change... but now I want England to destroy the Aussies this match.
Or at least make it competitive. I don't care who wins unless it is a good contest with both teams having a chance.
Indeed. Want to make it as humiliating as possible.
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Suzuki Cervo Mode (CN21S/CN22S/CN31S/CN32S). 1990–8 (prod. n/a). 3- and 5-door sedan. F/F, F/A, 657 cm³ (I3 OHC), 658 cm³ (I4 DOHC). Cervo becomes a hatchback sedan range, with no coupé variant, and now called Cervo Mode. Emphasis more on quality and luxury over practicality and efficiency. Hot hatch SR Four model appeared in this range. Spun off the Maruti Suzuki Zen. Shared platform with Suzuki Wagon R (CT21S). Cervo C (1996–8) retro-grilled model based on this generation. Production ended in September 1998.
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MODERN FAMILY – 9:00PM (ABC) I thought last week's episode was something of a masterpiece, and the stretch that contained the PB&J joke and the "Sondheimized" joke was downright historic. Isn't it kind of awesome that this is one of the most popular comedies on television? We're always complaining about what should be popular and what shouldn't be, and lo and behold here is a show that has the audience it so richly deserves. Shouldn't that make everyone feel good about themselves? Way to go, us! WE FINALLY HAVE SOME TASTE! ANTICIPATION: HIGH!
SAVING PELICAN 895 – 9:00PM (HBO) Surely you remember the heartbreaking images of oil-drenched birds from last year's BP oil spill in the Gulf region. Well, tonight this HBO documentary looks at one such bird, a brown pelican, and local efforts to clean the bird and prepare the bird for re-entry into the wild. He's the Private Ryan of pelicans, if you will. And chances are, this could be one of the most poignant TV shows you see all year. Once the media cycle moves off a tragedy and the months go by, the real stories begin to bubble to the surface. ANTICIPATION: SAD!
JESUS: THE LOST 40 DAYS – 9:00PM (History Channel) This History Channel special takes a look at the time elapsed between the resurrection of Christ and his ascension to the heavens, a span of 40 days that gets a shockingly small amount of coverage in the Bible. You'd think that would take up a pretty large chunk of the text. It's not every day that the son of God returns from the dead and hangs around for 40 days. Did He play billiards? Did He go on vacation? He must have done something cool. ANTICIPATION: LOST WEEKEND!
AMERICAN IDOL – 8:00PM (FOX) The remaining contestants have to sing songs from the 21st century. OMG! They're singing songs from THE FUTURE! What's that? That's THIS century? Oh right. I always get that confused. Anyway, watch as the kids sing songs they were actually meant to sing. ANTICIPATION: GAGA!
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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Promote BancFirst services through cross selling banking products to new and existing clientele, minimum goals and sales incentive will apply
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Kids II has issued a recall on its Oball Rattles in pink, blue, green and orange with model number 81031 printed on the inner surface of one of the plastic discs and on the packaging.
The balls have 28 finger holes and measure four inches in diameter. Embedded in the rattles are a clear plastic disc with all orange beads and two clear plastic discs with beads of varying colors on the perimeter.
Only rattles with date codes T0486, T1456, T2316, T2856 and T3065 located on a small triangle on the inner surface of the rattle are included in the recall. The first three numbers represent the day of the year and the last digit represents the year of production.
42 reports of the plastic disc breaking releasing small beads including two reports of beads found in children's mouths and three reports of gagging.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately take these recalled rattles away from young children and contact the firm to receive a full refund.
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Target, Walgreens, Walmart and other retailers nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Babyhaven.com, Diapers.com, ToysRUs.com, Walgreens.com and other online retailers from January 2016 through February 2017 for between $5 and $7.
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I wasn't even aware this existed in the first place. I'm a Windows noob who rarely does anything in the shell these days.
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Gamasutra has a nice five page interview up with David DeMartini of EA Partners, the Electronic Arts division that has released games like Rock Band, Crysis, The Orange Box, and, uh, Hellgate: London in the past year. It's a pretty wide ranging chat, from discussions of the challenges the come with working with Japanese studios, to acquiring new titles, to the relative disaster of Hellgate:
We're certainly sad with the results for Flagship and what's happened with Hellgate, because at the time we signed it, we were trying to get involved in a very complicated relationship between Namco and Flagship. We were coming late to the party, and trying to do whatever we could to sprinkle the game magic on the project and get it headed in the right direction. I think that's an example where all three parties had the best interest of the game in mind, and sometimes the game doesn't work out. Hellgate is still an incredible concept. The guys who worked on it spent thousands of hours trying to make that concept work, and sometimes we just don't see something. Sometimes, we just didn't take enough time. Sometimes, things don't work out the way you expect. It's kind of like a film with all big stars — on the script, it should be successful, but the movie doesn't turn out as good as everybody hoped. That's why EAP takes a portfolio approach with its games. You have to place a lot of bets, and hope for a lot of hits.
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2003 Acura MDX Reviews and Ratings
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Acura MDX offers an outstanding V6 powertrain, seven-passenger seating, and a standard four-wheel-drive system that prevents skids almost before they happen. Neat styling, attention to detail, and excellent crash protection adds to the attraction of the MDX.
Introduced in 2001, MDX was named North American Truck of the Year by a group of 50 independent automotive journalists. Improvements for 2002 brought an even quieter ride.
For 2003, Acura has further refined MDX, with significant upgrades to the engine, driveline, body, suspension, and steering. Acura's "Next Generation" V6 boosts horsepower from 240 to 260 and reduces emissions while maintaining the same EPA-rated fuel economy. An all-new, more compact five-speed automatic transmission shifts even more smoothly than before. A new drive-by-wire throttle helps reduce shift shock and incorporates cruise control functions. And MDX's standard VTM-4 four-wheel drive system has been remapped to work seamlessly with a new Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) system to improve performance on low-traction surfaces, and to enhance stability in all conditions.
The already sturdy body of the MDX is 35 percent stiffer in torsion for 2003; this has allowed the suspension to be re-tuned for an even smoother ride. Refinements to the steering mechanism enhance feel and reduce kickback, while new dual-piston front brake calipers boost stopping power. Acura has updated MDX's optional navigation system with voice recognition, enhanced graphics, an expanded U.S. database and a rearview camera that engages when the transmission is in reverse. A DVD entertainment system with wireless infrared headphones is now available.
Safety improvements include dual-stage, dual-threshold front airbags and additional front airbag sensors with new system control logic.
Acura offers the MDX in a single trim level, powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine mated to a five-speed automatic transmission. Refinements for 2003 make the MDX the first SUV to meet rigorous ULEV-2 emissions standards.
MDX ($35,700) comes standard with a long list of luxury and convenience features: leather seating surfaces and leather door inserts; wood-patterned trim; keyless remote entry; power windows, door locks and mirrors; power tilt-and-slide moonroof; cruise control; seven-speaker AM/FM/cassette stereo with in-dash CD player; power adjustable front seats; alloy wheels and a multi-function digital trip computer.
An optional Touring package ($2600) adds a killer 200-watt, eight-speaker Acura/Bose music system with in-dash six-disc CD changer; a keyless remote linked to the two-position driver's seat and mirror memory system; eight-way adjustable passenger seat; roof rack; an outside mirror that tilts to track progress while backing up; rain-sensing windshield wipers; and special alloy wheels.
Acura DVD Entertainment System ($1500) for rear-seat passengers adds a seven-inch widescreen display that flips down from the ceiling at the push of a button. The system comes complete with two infrared (IR) wireless headphones and a wireless remote control.
The opional Navigation System ($2200) needs only one disc to cover the entire continental U.S. Enhancements for 2003 include voice recognition and upgraded graphics. A rearview camera has been added that transmits pictures from behind the vehicle onto the navigation screen when the MDX is in reverse gear.
Acura MDX does not draw a gasp for unique design or beauty of line. It looks sturdy and stable with a wider, firmer stance than its competitors. Limited overhang gives it a dense, compact demeanor. Large taillights add to the straightforward sense of a strong presence.
Minor appearance changes for 2003 include a new alloy wheel design and splashguards for the rear wheels.
What isn't obvious except in a body-off view is the duality of the construction of the MDX. It is both unibody and body on frame. This Centaur-like approach gives uncommon rigidity and strength gained from the longitudinal rails with eight box-section cross members. This is the thinking engineers' path to making a car/truck both a car AND a truck, whichever is appropriate to the occasion. A vent tube for the differential keeps out water when sitting in 18 inches of water.
Acura MDX offers space and cargo flexibility superior to the class.
Airy, perforated leather adorns the seats, side panels, steering wheel and shift knob. There is nothing swoopy or eye-popping about the instrument panel, just easily read instruments with an unobstructed view. Simple, large knobs are easy to operate whether that hand is wearing mittens or has long fingernails. The overall sense is the serenity of simplicity.
The air bag fits flat into the passenger-side dash. Sun visors have extensions for those sharp shafts of sun angling low at dawn and dusk. And then there's the added touch of elegance makes you say to yourself, "If they thought of this they must have thought of everything": That's the roof-mounted grab handles that don't go CLUNK against the ceiling when released; they whisper their dampened way back into place.
New for 2003 are automatic headlights and an auto-up feature for the driver's window.
Third-row seats are easier to get into than those, say, of the Volvo Cross Country wagon. Every seat in the house has a shoulder harness as well as a lap belt. (Many SUVs do not come with a shoulder belt in the rear center position.) And there are anchors for child seats seemingly everywhere. Lots of cup holders, too.
An impressive feature is the split air-conditioning system. Not only can those in back have a different temperature than the front-seat riders, but one zone can get heat while another gets air conditioning.
When not in use, the third row folds to disappear completely into the floor, leaving a flat surface with no protrusions to scratch your luggage. They split as well for a varied mix of people and stuff.
We like the navigation system for its intuitive simplicity. The database has been expanded even further for 2003. So if you want to pick up some cash, make a stop at the nearest Chinese take-out and then locate an emergency room for your over-indulgence, it is all at your beck. A novel capability, and one uniquely appropriate for a vehicle equipped to seek out uncharted outbacks, is a feature that leaves electronic bread crumbs on screen. No road visible under the little wedge-shaped marker that represents your vehicle? Not to worry. Acura's navigation system leaves a line that you can easily retrace back to where there be no more dragons.
Acura MDX offers a superb balance of car and truck attributes. Its highway manners are excellent. It corners well, though without the keen turn-in of the BMW X5. MDX feels extremely stable and as untippable as a rhino.
Its 3.5-liter VTEC V6 engine generates 260 horsepower and 250 pounds-feet of torque available from 3500 to 5000 rpm. A five-speed automatic transmission features gear ratios spaced to match SUV requirements.
MDX can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 9 seconds, a full second faster than the nearest competitor. A mesa-shaped torque curve means responsive acceleration for merging and passing at any speed.
The brakes are absolute standouts, responsive and secure.
Acura says that MDX can tow a 4500-boat, or a 3500-pound trailer with a tongue weight of 450 pounds. That kind of towing capability is normally considered truck trait.
Off road, MDX makes up for the absence of a transfer case and a granny gear with a regular low gear that is extra low. Venturing onto badly rutted forest service roads or trails leading to fishing sites and trailheads will not overtax the MDX.
It comes with a unique four-wheel-drive system. Most of the time, the MDX runs in front-wheel-drive mode for good fuel economy. Some all-wheel-drive systems normally cruise in front-wheel drive, engaging the rear wheels when sensors detect front wheel spin. Not so the MDX. Slippage, the Acura engineers reason, can only occur under acceleration. And so the MDX engages the rear wheels as well as the front wheels whenever the driver calls for acceleration, without waiting for slippage to occur. Acura has always been good at taming and avoiding torque steer, the curse of powerful front-wheel-drive vehicles, and this system cuts it off before it can start.
Acura provides an "unstuck" button on the dash (that's what it says) that locks the differential progressively to get out of really tough situations.
Though safety and clean emissions do not figure in how a car drives they do figure in how you feel about driving it. Two safety points: Acura expects a five-star federal crash rating (the best) on the MDX. And Acura claims the MDX can be hit from behind by a vehicle going 35 mph without the third row of seats being breached. As for "greenness," all MDX models sold nationwide meet strict ULEV-2 emissions standards.
Acura MDX combines most of the virtues of the SUV genre and diminishes or eliminates most of its vices. Anyone seeking comfort, performance, spaciousness, flexibility, proven safety features, environmental awareness and driving pleasure in a value-loaded package must have a look at the MDX.


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For me it is most software that works well with a keyboard. Examples being:
Opera - fully configurable with keyboard shortcuts - no mousing required.
Spotify - easy to tab and type music - no mousing required
Picasa - arrow swipe gestures between pictures work well.
Windows XP (I find Windows 7 more cumbersome for keyboard use ie no keyboard favorites etc)
Anyone else found that a particular piece of software works like a dream with their device?


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Survivor - Snap #402
We are weak. Unprepared for the elements. Our claws are manicured. Our muscles are for show... But somehow, when everything is on the line, we flip the switch. On the next Snap Judgment, from PRX and NPR, we proudly present... "Survivor."
Not a Drop to Drink
Lydia Bird's father is her hero, her rock, the man who keeps their shaky, tumultuous family together. So when he is lost at sea after a fishing expedition gone awry, who will take care of her?
Lydia Bird lives in Alameda, California. She is currently working on a book entitled, Ezekiel: A Memoir of Families.
Producer: Stephanie Foo
Last Dog Standing
Musician Ethan Daniel Davidson spent a year living in Wiseman, Alaska, a tiny community of less than 25 people. One cold winter day, his good friend Sep and his team of sled dogs were attacked by a bear, and Ethan was called on to help.
Please, check out Ethan's awesome album at http://www.silvertoothmusic.com. You'll love it.
Producer: Stephanie Foo
Fighting to Survive
Rudy Mancini grew up during the Great Depression, and that meant he was constantly fighting to survive. First he fought over scraps of metal at the junkyard, then in the boxing ring. But could Rudy's fists help him survive the violence of war?
Rudy currently owns the beautiful Mancini Vineyards in Calistoga, CA and is working on a book of his memoirs.
Producers: Stephanie Foo and Renzo Gorrio
Guardians of the Gate
For 25 years, Ken Hopper and Kerry Davis have been part of a team that maintains the structure of San Francisco's most iconic monument: The Golden Gate Bridge. Their workplace is a destination for tourists, but also for more desperate visitors who have made the Golden Gate Bridge one of the world's leading suicide locations.
At StoryCorps, Hopper and Davis talk about how their work involves a lot more than just making repairs.
Big thanks to StoryCorps for that story.
Before Graduation
Fontezia Walker knew she wanted a high school diploma, she just didn't know if it would be possible.
Check out the amazing storytelling program, The Monti.
Producers: Fontezia Walker, with Anna Sussman and Mark Ristich
Bottomless Raft
Mike Kunz and his friend Andy show us how fighting to survive in the Arctic strips us down to our most basic desires...
Producer: Julia DeWitt


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The match went to the full five games. In the end, Kamahl, Pit Fighter stepped up to bat for Farid Meraghni, and Jens Thoren's green-white deck was ill-equipped to remove it. He made a game of it, Overrunning with Thaumatog in play. He blew up all his land in a desperate try, but Meraghni turned over Moment's Peace to take the Championship. Meraghni, of France, is touted by its pros as "The Next Big Thing", and practices Magic almost constantly. Well, his hard work paid off this weekend, giving him the big upset win over the established Thoren. Congratulations to Farid Meraghni, Pro Tour San Diego 2002 Champion!
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I've posted this picture before, but since it's one of my favorites, I thought I would post it again as part of the 15th Edition of Smile for the Camera's "They Worked Hard For the Family." This is my great-great-grandfather, Lovell Hugh Pemberton, in front of his blacksmith shop in Anchorville, Michigan, in 1896. He is the one on the left kneeling in front of the wagon wheel using the hammer. Lovell followed in his father's footsteps as a blacksmith. I wonder if one of the other men is his father. This picture is courtesy of cousin Tami, Lovell's great-granddaughter, who received a copy from her father. This picture was passed from Lovell's sister to his daughter to his granddaughter to his grandson to his great-granddaughter to his great-great-granddaughter (me). Phew!
This is also a picture of Lovell in front of another blacksmith shop. He is the one on the far right with the X on his pants. I believe this was taken about 1905-1910, probably in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Lovell moved to Mount Clemens sometime between 1905 and 1908, when my great-grandfather, John Vital Pemberton, was born. I know from Mount Clemens city directories that Lovell worked for a man named Vital DeKeyser. According to the census records, Vital was also a blacksmith. I have a feeling that Vital may be the man in the middle. It appears that Lovell named my great-grandfather after his employer. This photo is courtesy of cousin Steve, Lovell's grandson.
This is my maternal grandfather, John Peter Pemberton, with his working buddies. He began as a fireman with the Grand Trunk Railroad in Port Huron, Michigan, in 1950. By the time of his death in 1970, he was an engineer with the same railroad. John Peter is the one in the window of the train. My grandmother, before she passed away, told me that the young boy was a child of one of the other guys that he worked with.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
They Worked Hard for the Family: Engineers and Blacksmiths
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Wonderful photos and great story of your family history! You are so lucky to have these images. Nice job and I enjoyed reading your work.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your photos. Last year, when we toured the pioneer village at Grey Roots (Owen Sound, Ontario), the blacksmith told us that he played an important role in the community. He was also considered a good catch as he had steady work but indeed it would have been hard work working over the fires.ReplyDelete
I can understand why you love that picture - it's great! And I love the ladies with the bicycles...is one of them holding a bicycle built for two? Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Great photos! Thanks for sharing them!ReplyDelete
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CAD to Go29 Nov, 2010 By: Nancy Spurling Johnson,Ron LaFon
Cadalyst Labs Report: The newest mobile workstation technology meets the processing, graphics, and memory demands of AEC, manufacturing, and GIS users.
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Summer 2010 issue of Cadalyst.
Today's mobile workstations truly have become desktop workstation replacements. For dramatic proof of this claim, look no further than the performance figures of the GoBOXX 1640 system. This new mobile workstation, which BOXX Technologies describes as a mid-range system, set a new performance record for any workstation — mobile or desktop — reviewed by Cadalyst Labs to date.
Mobile workstations take users above and beyond the laptop, providing the processor and mobile graphics card performance, RAM, and software certification required for demanding modeling, analysis, and visualization applications in CAD, engineering, digital-content creation (DCC), and geospatial information systems (GIS).
For a firsthand look at mobile workstation developments of today — and tomorrow — we interviewed representatives of several system developers. And in the sidebar "By the Numbers," senior analyst Alex Herrera of Jon Peddie Research discusses how mobile workstations are faring against their desktop counterparts in today's market. We round out this issue's cover story with a sampling of several notable mobile workstations that have hit the market in recent months, as well as First Look reviews of two new systems that illustrate the latest advances in mobile workstation technology: a Lenovo ThinkPad W510 that offers a terrific price-to-performance ratio and the aforementioned BOXX Technologies GoBOXX 1640, which delivers speed that is literally off the chart.
Now, we take a closer look at mobile workstation technology with the help of the players in the market.
What are the greatest technological leaps in the current generation of mobile workstations?
On par with their desktop counterparts, mobile systems today are typically equipped with high-performance quad-core and six-core chips, with the six-core Intel Xeon processor offering the best performance. Also like their desktop counterparts, mobile workstations are making a steady migration to 64-bit operating systems and applications, specifically Microsoft Windows 7 x64, as well as high-performance graphics technology such as the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M, NVIDIA geForce 480M, and the ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards, in single or dual (SLI or Crossfire) configurations. An increasing number of applications take advantage of multithreading, which offers better software performance and productivity than have previously been available.
Jeff Witt, director of product communications at Lenovo, said, "Mobile workstations are experiencing the leap into parallel processing, where the advantage of using the GPU [graphics processing unit] to process complex computations is taken advantage of. This is done through both open architecture such as OpenGL and specific code from the graphics manufacturer."
High-capacity memory also is playing a role in untethering the workstation from the workplace. Six gigabytes of RAM seems to be the norm today, but 16 GB to 24 GB and beyond is possible. RAID 5/10 storage, with an internal battery for data protection, is another driving force.
Mobile workstation displays are growing too, pushing past the 17" norm. HP introduced its EliteBook 8740w, which boasts a billion-color DreamColor display, the first of its kind on a mobile device.
Chris Convertito, worldwide category manager for HP Mobile Workstations, added that connectivity technologies such as eSATA and USB 3.0 provide mobile users with many high-speed options for working with large files and data sets.
What drove the major advances in systems we have today?
User demands as well as vendor-driven efforts are the foundation for new mobile workstation features. Witt at Lenovo observed, "The user communities have been driving to more real-time, interactive, computer-intensive applications and are less and less willing to accept interruptions or slow system response times." He added, "Due to the amazing power inside these portable machines, users are now taking a second, and very serious look at mobile workstations as their platform of choice — some as their only workstation — because the mobile workstation can act as a desktop (with additional large screens) and as a mobile unit."
Mano Gialusis, senior product manager, Dell Precision Mobile Workstations, said that in addition to technological advances and user/application needs, "the advances in our systems are driven by requirements and requests we gather directly through customer interactions. This ongoing customer feedback informs our product adjustments and development to ensure we are developing products that satisfy our customers' needs."
Mark Bialic, president of Eurocom, offered another perspective: "It's up to technology developers to drive technology forward in an intelligent, functional way and inform people about how it can improve their lives."
Convertito said HP's developing products incorporate "a combination of customer feedback, R&D investment in new technologies like DreamColor display technology, and industry-standard technologies. We also make heavy investments in our industrial design," so systems look good but can also withstand the rigors of travel.
The vendors strive to make prospective customers aware that there has been a sea change in computing technology, particularly where mobile workstations are concerned. A common mindset views mobile workstations as underpowered substitutes for "real" workstations, rather than as capable replacements. Eurocom's Bialic spoke of an "Aha!" moment when users learn about all these capabilities in a mobile system and realize how it opens a world of possibilities.
What's in development for the CAD market?
We realize vendors can't say much regarding activity behind the closed doors of R&D departments — so we especially appreciate the following tidbits of insight.
When looking into the future of mobile systems for users in the CAD, engineering, and DCC fields, Lenovo hinted at a focus on improved graphics for visuals as well as computing itself. Dell reported that new materials are in development that will increase system durability and decrease weight, resulting in increased portability.
At Eurocom, Bialic noted, "We're seeing the increasing importance of virtualization driving hardware advances across the entire system." Virtualization, he explained, is the process of running one or more virtual systems from within one physical system. For example, you could run Windows 7 64-bit with a number of applications, and at the same time run a virtual Windows XP 32-bit machine with its own set of applications. The XP virtual machine simply appears as another window on your Windows 7 desktop. "This can enable you to easily run software that perhaps isn't Windows 7–compatible, on a Windows 7 machine, without having to install Windows XP as a second operating system. And, of course, you can virtualize practically any OS, even more than one at once."
Do the requirements of users in manufacturing, AEC, and GIS influence hardware development?
Users in all corners of the manufacturing, AEC, and GIS communities continue to push the envelope in terms of required processing power, graphics power, memory capacity, and display technologies to create and visualize models.
Gialusis at Dell noted, "These are unique vertical markets, but we do see some parallels. Namely, the demand on the workstation continues to grow as professional applications are written and updated to take advantage of greater technology thresholds. One hand washes the other, because our workstations are also predominant software development and test platforms. We have also seen a movement to mobile workstation solutions from traditional desktops as the need for mobility and greater collaboration meets capacity and performance gains on these platforms."
Eurocom is observing an increasing demand for high-performance computing with professional graphics capability in a
number of notebook form factors — especially with companies such as NVIDIA pushing multipurpose computing on its GPU.
Eurocom's Bialic added, "There is also a need, especially with GIS, for very fast, high-capacity, redundant storage. To address that, we've developed systems with up to four 2.5" drives and RAID 5/10, which can offer well over one terabyte of storage, while being both fast and redundant."
"In terms of unique trends in each field," Bialic continued, "there aren't any that we can easily pick up on. A decade or so ago, they would all be running very specialized hardware with very specialized capabilities, but things have developed to the point where most high-end, workstation-class computer hardware is capable enough to do the job."
Dell's Gialusis observed that GIS users generally require increased processing, graphics, and memory; product development is usually more graphics-intensive; and the broad number of applications that support AEC use graphics and memory with processing power for common workloads such as rendering and analysis.
In the end, said Convertito at HP, users configure their mobile workstations according to their workloads. "We see a range of configurations where users invest in different levels of performance in each subsystem. For example, users may opt for higher CPU frequencies and lower GPU performance (or vice versa), depending on what applications they are using."
Where do you see mobile workstations a year from now? Five years? Ten?
It's always intriguing to have a look into the crystal ball to try to determine where and how things will progress. The further into the future we look, the foggier the picture tends to become, but some exciting ideas and insightful commentary hint about developments that will likely shape mobile computing in the near — and not-so-near — future.
Lenovo is seeing mobile workstation adoption today in areas such as video (movie sites, real-time scene editing); multiple video output (Dual Link, for example); and design, engineering, and DCC. Looking beyond the next year, the company speculates that many user communities will be drawn to mobile workstation technologies in increasing numbers, including medical and engineering users who clearly perceive a need for on-site workstation power. Other fields, such as color management and finance, will recognize the advantage of on-site use as well as the benefit of size that a mobile workstation offers.
Dell foresees a proliferation of mobile workstations and believes that, further down the road, mobile workstations will power multiple large displays, will have 3D stereoscopic capabilities, and will be increasingly thinner and lighter.
Convertito at HP predicted that, "Technologies will continue to improve in areas like processing power and graphics capabilities as well as power management. This will help keep form factors reasonably small and travel-friendly relative to their processing capabilities. The need for workstation users to be mobile will continue to grow in the coming years, as companies continue to explore alternatives to traditional office environments. Mobile workstations will provide CAD/engineering users the flexibility to work in a variety of environments, which could range from virtual collaboration to traditional office settings."
Eurocom envisions two phases of mobile workstation advances in the coming years. Phase 1 — comprising the next one to three years — will see limited deployment of mobile workstations for specific projects or workgroups. Phase 2 — the next three to five years — should see the migration to a mobile workstation client on an organization-wide basis, as well as development of an all-portable workstation strategy.
Eurocom expects to facilitate the portable workgroup of the future, or what it has labeled the RED (Rapid Engineering Deployment) Team Concept — in which an entire engineering team can be dispatched to a remote site with all the necessary hardware, software, and data to complete a project. Placing all essential personnel on site avoids the need for multiple — and costly — trips back and forth to complete a project. Accordingly, Eurocom foresees development of several categories of mobile workstations. A full-function system would be configured depending on a user's job function. A limited-function system would support users who don't require a full software and hardware implementation. Joining these systems would be ones that have light traveling configurations, and rounding out this picture would be mobile servers complete with built-in uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to avoid data loss from the unreliable power sources that often are a fact of life at remote sites.
Future Is Now
Yes, there's much to anticipate in the future of mobile workstation technology, both on the near and far horizons. But the fact is, some of the future has already arrived in today's mobile systems. As users become more aware of the advances in mobile workstations currently available, the popularity of these portable powerhouses only will increase.


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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wager Super Bowl
The most important story line of Super Bowl XLVIII is not whether quarterback Peyton Manning and the Broncos high-powered receivers can put up points on the Seattle Seahawks "Legion of Boom" secondary, led by cornerback Richard Sherman.
It's all about the wager between the mayors of these two cities.
(Pause: OK, it's really one of the weaker story lines of the Super Bowl, but hey, this is a political blog, people.)
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Monday bet a tasty sampling of the city's green chile and a pair of handmade skis from Denver's locally grown Icelantic Skis. While Seattle's newly elected Mayor Ed Murray wagered salmon, dungeness crab and a bike from Rodriguez Bicycles.
The losing mayor also plans to auction off an item from his city, with the proceeds going to a charity in the winning city.
Throughout the playoffs Hancock has bet green chile and says it's been good luck. Just ask Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and interim San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria.


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Point Blank sent an email to Andre Rufener, Niederreiter's Switzerland-based agent, in hopes of finding out why the smile came off Nino's face and how this week's episode could come to an end.
Rufener politely declined.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not making any comments at this point on the Niederreiter trade request," responded Rufener. He added that he hoped we understood his position. We wish we could understand it.
Among our questions for Ruefener that weren't answered:
[sny-box]- Are there other reasons for the trade request, besides the Islanders not having him at camp earlier this month? If so, could you explain?
- Are you at all concerned about the effect this week's news could have on Nino's reputation?
- If the Islanders do not trade Nino by the upcoming offseason, what are your next steps?
- If the Islanders call up Nino this season to play in the NHL and give him a chance, will all be forgiven?
- Do you not agree that the NYI gave Nino a fair chance last season (and paid him NHL money), and that they really want him to develop in the AHL for a year?
- Is there anything else that you would like Islanders fans to understand about this situation?[/sny-box]
A source close to the situation has confirmed to Point Blank that Niederreiter, although feeling awkward about how this saga played out, stands 100 percent behind Rufener and his decision to request a trade. He knew the request was going to be made and agreed with it. We also know that GM Garth Snow -- short of being blown away (unlikely at this juncture of the season and Nino's young, down-and-up career) -- will not trade the promising power forward.
Hopefully Andre Rufener will explain himself via the North America media outlet of his choice (he did an interview with a Swiss outlet earlier this week but has declined to provide further detail to Newsday, ESPN, IPB and others on this side of the Atlantic). More importantly, the agent should clear the air with Islanders management as soon as possible. Niederreiter is too talented, and too fine a young man, to have this hanging over him. Rufener does not want to answer any questions, which is his right. Hopefully he knows what he's doing.