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NY RANGERS vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Saturday, Apr. 9, 12:30 p.m.
Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
Rangers: 43-33-5 (91 pts)
Devils: 37-38-5 (79 pts)
* All information through NHL games on Apr. 7
The Rangers will face-off against the New Jersey Devils tomorrow, Apr. 9, at Madison Square Garden (12:30 p.m.), in their 2010-11 regular season finale. The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and eighth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 43-33-5 (91 pts). The Rangers enter tomorrow's contest having been defeated by the Atlanta Thrashers, 3-0, on Thursday at Madison Square Garden, and are now 10-4-1 in their last 15 contests. New York is 5-1-1 in their last seven games at MSG. The Devils enter the contest with a 37-38-5 (79 pts) record to rank 12th in the Eastern Conference, and have won three of their last five games.
- TV: MSG Network
12:00 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show with Al Trautwig and Brian Leetch
12:30 p.m. – Rangers vs. Devils
Broadcasters: Sam Rosen (Play-By-Play), Joe Micheletti (Analyst), John Giannone (In-Game Reporter)
· Radio: 1050 ESPN Radio and www.newyorkrangers.com
12:00 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show
12:30 p.m. – Rangers vs. Devils
Broadcasters: Kenny Albert (Play-By-Play), Dave Maloney (Analyst)
RANGERS vs. DEVILS:
- All-Time: 97-82-27-5 overall (53-29-20-2 at home, 44-53-7-3 on the road)
- 2010-11: Today is the sixth and final meeting this season, and the third at Madison Square Garden. New York is 3-2-0 thus far, including a 1-1-0 mark at MSG. Four of their five meetings have been decided by two goals or less, including two that were separated by one.
- Last Season: New York was 3-2-1 overall and 1-1-1 at home. Five of their six meetings were decided by two goals or less, including two that required the shootout.
- The Rangers rank 22nd with a 19-17-4 (42 pts) record at home; the Devils rank 26th with a 16-22-2 (34 pts) mark on the road
- New York is 13-9-1 vs. the Atlantic Division; New Jersey is 11-11-1 against the Atlantic Division
- Henrik Lundqvist is 21-9-5 with a 1.84 goals against average and five shutouts in 35 career regular season games vs. the Devils; Chad Johnson has yet to face the Devils
- Vinny Prospal has registered a team-high, 21 assists and 32 points in 49 career regular season contests vs. New Jersey; Chris Drury leads the team with 13 goals in 41 career regular season games vs. the Devils
- New York lists no former Devils on their roster
- New Jersey lists no former Rangers on their roster
The Blueshirts have posted a plus-13 rating on special teams (PPG+SHG minus PPGA+SHGA) this season, which is tied for second in the league.
- Power Play: The Rangers did not tally a goal in four power play opportunities (5:44) on Thursday vs. Atlanta, and are now 14-72 (19.4%) in their last 20 games. New York ranks 18th overall (49-290, 16.9%) and 16th at home (28-151, 18.5%). The Rangers are 5-15 (12:41) in five-on-three situations (last – 4/3 at PHI), and 0-7 (8:42) when four-on-three (last – 4/3 at PHI). Shorthanded goals allowed (5): 11/20 at MIN (Cullen); 12/5 vs. OTT (Kelly); 1/2 at FLA (Weiss); 1/16 vs. PHI (Richards); 3/20 at PIT (Kunitz).
- Penalty Killing: The Blueshirts held the Thrashers scoreless in two shorthanded situations (1:44) on Thursday at MSG, and are now 18-20 (90.0%) on the penalty kill in the last 10 games. New York ranks ninth overall (215-257, 83.7%) and is tied for 14th at home (98-118, 83.0%). The Rangers are 7-10 (7:21) in three-on-five situations (last – 2/27 vs. TBL), and 4-6 (2:41) when three-on-four (last – 11/15 at PIT). Shorthanded goals for (11): 10/9 at BUF (Dubinsky); 11/5 at NJD (Dubinsky); 11/15 at PIT (Staal); 11/24 at TBL (Boyle); 11/26 at FLA (Prust); 12/5 vs. OTT (Prust); 12/12 vs. WSH (Staal); 12/16 vs. PHX (Prust); 1/7 at DAL (Fedotenko); 2/27 vs. TBL (Prust); 3/15 vs. NYI (Prust).
- Four-on-Four: New York did not tally/yield a goal in two, four-on-four situations (2:16) on Thursday vs. Atlanta, and are now plus-three in 66, four-on-four situations (132:41). The Rangers are even in one, three-on-three situation (2:00) this season (2/17 vs. LAK). Four-on-four goals for (7): 10/18 vs. COL (Frolov); 11/11 vs. BUF (Anisimov); 11/15 at PIT (Callahan); 12/12 vs. WSH (Callahan); 1/5 vs. CAR (Zuccarello); 3/4 at OTT (Stepan); 3/6 vs. PHI (Zuccarello). Four-on-four goals allowed (4): 10/15 vs. TOR (Kessel); 1/1 at TBL (Thompson); 3/15 vs. NYI (Moulson); 4/3 at PHI (Zherdev).
|(6) Montreal Canadiens*
43-30-8, 94 Pts. (ROW: 40)
|(7) Buffalo Sabres
41-29-10, 92 Pts. (ROW: 36)
|(8) New York Rangers
43-33-5, 91 Pts. (ROW: 34)
|(9) Carolina Hurricanes
38-30-11, 87 Pts. (ROW: 33)
|Apr. 9 at Maple Leafs
|Apr. 8 vs. Flyers
Apr. 9 at Blue Jackets
|Apr. 9 vs. Devils
|Apr. 8 at Thrashers
Apr. 9 vs. Lightning
* Clinched Playoff spot
+ Montreal, Buffalo and Carolina each own Head-to-Head tie-breaker vs. New York
The Rangers own a record of 16-7-2 vs. the Devils since the start of the 2007-08 season, including an 8-3-1 mark at Madison Square Garden during the stretch, dating back to a 2-0 win on Oct. 25, 2007. Henrik Lundqvist, who has started in each of the Rangers' last 30 meetings with the Devils, has registered a 2.11 goals against average, a .924 save percentage and five shutouts in the 25-game stretch.
Henrik Lundqvist has faced-off against Martin Brodeur in 29 career regular season contests, posting a record of 19-5-5 with a 1.81 goals against average, .932 save percentage and four shutouts over the span.
The Rangers competed in 18 back-to-back sets this season, posting a record of 10-7-1 (3-2-0 at home, 7-5-1 on the road) in the first game and 12-6-0 (5-2-0 at home, 7-4-0 on the road) in the second game of the set. New York out-scored their opponent, 50-35, in the second game. Over the last two seasons, New York is 21-8-2 in the back-end of back-to-back sets, including a 9-3-1 mark at MSG and 12-5-1 on the road over the span.
The Blueshirts are the only team in the NHL who are undefeated when leading after two periods, posting a record of 28-0-0 in those contests. The Rangers rank fourth in the league with a plus-21 goal differential in the third period (84 goals for, 63 goals against).
- The Rangers' 43 wins are tied for seventh most in franchise history, one win shy of moving into a tie for sixth
- The Blueshirts' plus-13 rating on special teams is tied for 15th in team history
- Henrik Lundqvist's 35 wins are tied for seventh in Rangers' history, one win shy of moving into a tie for sixth
Henrik Lundqvist was named the NHL's Third Star of the Week for the period ending Mar. 27 after posting a 2-0-1 record, 0.32 GAA, .987 Sv% and two shutouts in three games. On Mar. 26, Lundqvist stopped 26 shots in a 1-0 victory at Boston to establish a new career-high with his league leading, 11th shutout of the season, while appearing in his 400th career game. His 11 shutouts are tied for second in team history for most shutouts in a season, and are the most by a Ranger since John Ross Roach posted 13 shutouts in 1928-29. He is now one of two active goaltenders with at least two seasons of 10+ shutouts (M. Brodeur – 4). Lundqvist also posted his 30th win of the season on Mar. 18 vs. Montreal to extend his NHL record by recording 30 or more wins in six consecutive seasons to begin his career, and extend his franchise record by posting his sixth straight 30-win season. Lundqvist established a new career-high by appearing in his 22nd consecutive contest (dating back to Feb. 11) on Mar. 31 at Long Island. Lundqvist has appeared in 25 straight games entering tonight's contest.
New York won its 40th game of the season with a 1-0 victory vs. Florida on Mar. 22. It is the fifth time in the last six years the Rangers posted 40 or more wins in a season, marking only the second time in franchise history the team accomplished the feat (1968-69 – 1973-74). The Blueshirts are one of five Eastern Conference teams to have registered at least five seasons of 40+ wins since 2005-06 (Montreal, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh).
The Rangers have posted five more wins and five more points compared to last season through 81 games (38-33-10, 86 points in 2009-10), having tallied seven more goals (228 this season, 221 last season) while allowing 20 fewer goals against (196 this season, 216 last season). New York has also shown a six-goal improvement while shorthanded compared to 2009-10 (11 this season, five last season).
The Rangers lead the league in hits (2,293), rank fourth in blocked shots (1,287), are tied for second in shootout wins (nine) and number of players with at least one GWG (18), fourth in shorthanded goals (11) and road wins (24), sixth in goals against (196), and sixth with a plus-32 goal differential.
- Vinny Prospal has tallied 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in the last 20 games, including four points (three goals, one assist) in the last four contests
- Henrik Lundqvist is 10-4-1 with a 2.11 GAA, .930 Sv% and three shutouts in the last 15 games
- Marc Staal has tallied six assists in his last nine games
- Derek Boogaard (shoulder, 12/9) – 51
- Alex Frolov (knee, 1/8) – 38
- Chris Drury (knee, 2/4) – 27
- Martin Biron (collarbone, 2/28) – 17
- Ryan Callahan (ankle, 4/4) – 1
Total Man-Games Lost: 323
- Apr. 4 – Recalled forward Kris Newbury from Connecticut (AHL)
- Apr. 5 – Assigned forward Kris Newbury to Connecticut (AHL)
- Apr. 8 – Recalled forward Mats Zuccarello from Connecticut (AHL)


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Supercomputing cluster maker Appro is looking to midrange HPC shops for some new business in this tough economy. Just like rival Cray started doing last year.
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The future Xeon-based GreenBlade, which has not been assigned a product number yet, will have the same basic compute power, packing up to 10 blades, 20 processor chips, and 80 cores into a single chassis. Appro will not identify the chipset it is using, but it would be very surprising if it were not Intel's own "Tylersburg" chipset for two-socket Nehalem EP processors.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor is home from the hospital after being treated for a leg infection, another health ailment that brought the 93-year-old actress there for a hip replacement in July.
Gabor came home Saturday, husbandPrince Frederic von Anhalt toldCNN. He said doctors found no blood clots, unlike what paramedics had originally thought caused the pain when they examined her on Friday.
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Zsa Zsa is the last of the three glamorous Gabor sisters, all of whom had careers in show business. Magda, the eldest, died in 1997 at age 82. Eva, who starred in the 1960s CBS sitcom "Green Acres," died in 1995 at age 76.
Gabor's mother, Jolie, lived to be 101 years old.
Born Sari Gabor on Feb. 6, 1917, in Budapest, Hungary, she was unable to pronounce her first name as a child, calling herself Zsa Zsa instead. She was discovered by opera tenor Richard Tauber during a trip to Vienna in 1936 and was invited to perform in "Der Singende Traum," or "The Singing Dream." She arrived in the United States about 1941. In 1936, she won the Miss Hungary title, but was not able to participate in the Miss Europe pageant because she was underage.
By the early 1950s, she was appearing in films, including John Huston's version of "Moulin Rouge" and Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil."
She made headlines in 1989 when she was arrested for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer who pulled her over for a traffic violation and spent three days in jail.
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The NFL draft is tonight! And hoping to piggyback off that NFL buzz, the UFL—yes, it's another professional football league—just announced that they"ll be holding their own draft over Twitter. I'm not kidding, the head coaches will all tweet their selections from their respective Twitter accounts.
I mean I play in a fantasy football league with my friends and we're not allowed to do this. My league is freaking fake! But we all still have to show up in person to make our picks. We can't just tweet @ufl i want that rb num 20 and call it a day. How is this organized? What if a coach accidentally tweets his pick before his turn. Or re-tweets another coach if he really wants that player. Or can't fit a pick in 140 characters. Will players who get drafted get an @ mention or a DM? This is ridiculous!
You may have never heard of the UFL but it's not supposed to be this sort of amateur hour. The goal of the UFL was to serve as a pseudo-developmental league for players who couldn't cut it in the NFL and give people in smaller market cities a professional football team. They only have five teams but they have legit former NFL head coaches (Marty Schottenheimer, Dennis Green, Jim Fassel) coaching those teams and former NFL stars playing (Daunte Culpepper) too. Here's to hoping there's an epic Twitter fail whale during this draft. [UFL Football via @darrenrovell]


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In today's world, companies strive to remain focused on functions and activities that are close to their core competence and provide competitive advantages. But the complex marketplaces in which companies perform demand a host of other functions as well. This need opens the door of opportunities for providers of business services.
Business services can be defined as ancillary services provided by companies to other players in the market. It can also be called a tertiary sector. Hence, the main business of one company can be a business service for another. But given its unique nature, Zacks has classified the group as one of 16 sectors (the S&P has only 10 sectors and business services is part of its 'Industrials').
The business service sector is highly fragmented, with no single service provider showing market dominance. As per business reports, the top 50 companies of the sector contribute less than 25% of overall revenue of this sector.
This industry covers an array of services that include marketing, consulting, staffing, security, telecommunications, Internet services, logistics and waste handling. In its expanded sense, the US business services sector generates consolidated yearly revenue of about $620 billion, though many companies mentioned below do not strictly fall within the generally accepted definition of the industry.
Industries in the Business Service Sector
Advertising & Market Services and Direct Marketing plays a vital role in informing consumers about new products, eventually helping the producers to better penetrate the markets. The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. ( IPG - Analyst Report ) , Omnicom Group Inc. ( OMC - Analyst Report ) , Valassis Communications Inc. ( VCI - Snapshot Report ) , Harte-Hanks Inc. ( HHS ) and Vertis are important players in this sector.
Consulting Service providers offer expert advice in a given field for smoother functioning of the companies. Major companies in this arena include Accenture plc ( ACN ), Bain, Booz Allen, Deloitte Consulting (an affiliate of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) and IBM Global Services ( IBM - Analyst Report ) .
The Staffing business helps companies identify and recruit the right person for the right job. This sector is dominated by Insperity Inc. ( NSP - Snapshot Report ) , Kelly Services Inc. ( KELYB ) , ManpowerGroup ( MAN - Analyst Report ) , ADP TotalSource and the U.S. operations of Adecco.
Internet Service Providers and Telecommunication Services act as a bridge to connect knowledge, information and personnel across the globe. This sector is ruled by AOL Inc. ( AOL ), AT&T Inc. ( T ), Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ) and Comcast Corporation ( CMCSA ).
Surveillance, Investigation & Security Consulting Services providers offer specialized security services. This sector is dominated by FTI Consulting ( FCN ) and Kroll.
Waste Management service providers offer services such as collection, transport, processing, recycling, disposing and monitoring of waste. Waste Management Inc. ( wM ), Republic Services Inc . ( RSG - Analyst Report ) and Waste Connections Inc. ( WCN - Snapshot Report ) are the major players in this arena.
The U.S. and Europe are the largest markets for the business service sector. Some of the dominant players beyond the U.S. boundary include waste and remediation services provider Veolia Environnement ( VE - Snapshot Report ) (France), facilities support services provider Serco Group (UK), staffing services provider Adecco (Switzerland), travel agency service provider TUI Travel (UK), and security services provider G4S (UK). Other big names in the field are Rentokil Initial (UK) and ISS (Denmark).
The emerging economies such as India and China are also becoming important destinations for the business service sectors.
Earnings Review
Out of the 31 companies under the Zacks coverage universe of the Business Service industry, only 42% could beat earnings estimates in the last reported quarter. The average surprise was 37.7%. While the highest surprise came from SPS Commerce, Inc. ( SPSC ) (800%) the lowest was from Rentrak Corporation ( RENT ) (-150%).
The average earnings surprise from Advertising & Market Services and Consulting Service, the two major components of Business Service sector, failed to impress.
Of the 18 companies under our Consulting Industry coverage, Information Services Group, Inc. ( III ) delivered the highest surprise of 300%, with the lowest of -100% coming from Hill International, Inc. ( HIL ). However, most of the companies delivered a positive surprise in the last concluded quarter.
The average surprise from the Advertising & Market Services Industry (14 companies under our coverage) was a negative 24.6%, with less than 50% of the company delivering a positive earnings surprise.
The divergence further establishes the fragmented nature of the sector.
Labor Intensive: Given the nature of intangible products offered by the service sector, it is labor intensive. Labor, both skilled and unskilled, is essential for the smooth functioning of this sector. Being a labor-intensive sector, it offers immense employment opportunities.
Global Reach: Companies can reach its consumers or prospective buyers across the globe when Advertising & Market Services and Direct Marketers act on behalf of them in informing consumers about new products or added features of existing products. Thus, these service providers help in widening a company's customer base and/or maintaining a better retention ratio.
Cost Effective: All business operators prefer to minimize costs of operation and maximize margins. This sector offers cost effectiveness to the companies that opt for their services. Companies will have to incur higher costs if a company employs the services by themselves and does not take the help of the service providers.
Service providers specialize in particular services and reduce the operational cost of a company, eventually helping companies to limit overall costs. Notably, an increased number of companies opting for such specialized services would increase volumes for the service providers. As a result, they can offer services at a lower cost, which in turn further lower costs for companies.
Specialized Service: The industry offers specialized services based on the latest technologies. This is evident for the security and consulting services. To safeguard data, companies are compelled to engage security service providers, who need to have the latest and most efficient technologies in place to persuade their clients and win business contracts.
Also, with the increased number of mergers and acquisitions across the globe, the prospects for legal service providers look good. Consulting service is another wing of this industry that is gaining traction these days.
With business complexities on the rise, companies are opting for expert advice before entering into any new venture rather than risking losses due to trial and error. Hence, this service sector also looks promising as it is indispensable for companies that are fighting to survive in a competitive market.
Growth Tied to Health of Economy: One of the major factors that could impact the growth of the service sector is the overall health of the economy. The companies in the business service sector derive revenue by providing essential services to other companies. Spending by companies to avail services might reduce drastically if the pace of economic growth is slower than the expected level. This would naturally reduce the business of the service providers and affect their fundamentals.
Requires Continuous Spending for Research and Development: Importantly, consulting service providers need to remain abreast of the latest technologies through continuous spending on research and development. The performance of these providers can be hampered if they do not acclimatize and/or widen its services with ongoing developments.
Training, Maintaining Skilled Workforce: Since skilled workers are always in high demand, there remains a possibility of high turnover rate within the sector. The training of unskilled workers or taking in new skilled workers increases operational costs, thereby affecting margins. This sector needs to have a more skilled workforce to take advantage of the technology that develops at a relatively rapid pace.
Competition: Maintaining or increasing market share remains a challenge for business service providers. As discussed earlier, the main business of one company can be a business service for another company; hence target customers for both may be the same at times. Therefore, a business service provider is always required to be adequately equipped to win over customer demand. While larger providers bank on the broader variety of their service offerings and can effectively take up difficult ventures, the relatively smaller players compete in the industry backed by their specialized services.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the Business Service industry for 2013 lies between -$1.75 and $2.42 per share.
Zacks Industry Rank
The Zacks Industry Rank, which derives its predictive power from the time-tested Zacks Rank, helps us identify the industries that are expected to outperform others. The top 1/3rd of the Zacks Industry Rank qualifies as industries with 'Good' prospects, the bottom 1/3rd as those with 'Bad' prospects, and the middle 1/3rd as those that are 'Neutral.' Most of the constituent 'industries' in the business services sector fall in the top 1/3rd of the list.
Business Service, at Zacks Rank #45, is placed in the top 20% of the industries or in the top 1/3 of the total Zacks industry rank list. Most of these companies carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
The Consulting industry is currently at #26, which puts it in the top 10% of the industries. Of the 18 companies in the Consulting industry, 8 have Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), while only 3 have Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) or Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell). Companies like Towers Watson & Co. ( TW - Snapshot Report ) and CRA International Inc ( CRAI ) are Zacks Rank #1s while CoreLogic Inc ( CLGX ) has Zacks Rank #2.
Internet commerce, currently positioned as #60, has companies that mostly carry Zacks Rank #3. The industry has made its place within the top 25%.
Almost 80% of the companies, under the #95 ranked Advertising & Market Services Industry, including players like Interpublic Group, Omnicom and Harte-Hanks, carry a Zacks Rank #3.
The Financial Transaction Services industry, with players like Visa and Mastercard, is currently at #108, or in the middle 1/3 block.
To Conclude
A dearth of skilled labor in the business services sector can have an impact on future growth possibilities. Non-availability of quality workforce at a reasonable rate might increase overall operational costs.
However, due to the highly fragmented nature of the industry, it is difficult to set a distinct trend or predict a concrete future for the industry. The expected annual compounded growth rate for this sector is 4% from 2010 to 2015.
With population growing at an accelerated pace and economic turmoil being a constant drag, generating employment is a burning issue. This sector, being labor intensive, involves lower capital investments and confidently addresses this problem. Thus, we can safely say that despite all the hurdles, this industry is essential to business operations going forward.
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Where to begin..
My head is still reeling. So much sharing, so much learning, so much fabulous geekery! Expedition Everest wasn't the only rollercoaster I rode last week. During Innovate, from one moment to another I was up and down (and sometimes upside-down): energized from all the intense knowledge, camaraderie, and opportunities to learn (and gallons of caffeine!) then exhausted from all the over-stimulation and long days (and caffeine withdrawal); and then back around for another ride the next day.
So, now that I'm back on solid ground again, what did I take away?
I had no idea what I was getting into
… but it was fabulous madness. I'm sure I made a million newbie mistakes, but that just leaves me wanting to head back next year to get better at it. A few things I learned (which I'm sure every newbie before me figured out):
Always have business cards with you
.. even when you think you're just grabbing a nightcap on your way to bed. But don't despair if you get caught without.. just get creative and exchange info on drink receipts. :)
Keep a little notepad handy.
I tucked a notepad and pen into my badge holder and it came in handy for exchanging contact info, taking notes, drawing pictures, and soaking up spilled coffee.
Be a hero; bring an extra power cord.
I did. It saved someone. I felt like a hero. Not the kind they make movies about, but maybe the kind they write tiny footnotes about. ;)
Pace yourself.
Take brief mental breaks when you can. It takes energy to maintain focus and enthusiasm. It takes breaks to maintain energy. Despite what I felt Tuesday morning, it turns out there is life after Innovate.. unless you never escape the insanely-air-conditioned Expo (does it really need to feel arctic?) and wind up cryogenically frozen to your station.
Schedule time to connect.
The conference has so many great things going on and so many interesting people to talk to, that it's helpful to schedule a time connect with folks. It's also helpful if your cell phone has texting so you can connect on the fly.
Be ready to improvise.
You can plan all you want, but be prepared to go with the flow. I stuck to the script 0% of the time, but I learned something valuable from 100% of my interactions.
Anticipation of presenting is much worse than the presentation itself.
The nervousness leading up to my presentation (co-written with the lovely and talented Kelly Raposo), Smarter Documentation: Shedding Light on the Black Box of Reporting Data, seemed so silly after the fact because it was a really enjoyable experience. There was so much great audience participation and exchanging of ideas, and I got a lot of useful feedback on the subject of reporting documentation. Thanks to all who attended and helped in the preparation. Special thanks to Kelly, Arthur, and Jackie!
Read more about what we learned and our plans in my upcoming blog: Insights from Innovate 2013: Making Smarter Documentation Even Smarter
Personas work.
Personas help us understand our users. We had persona trading cards and posters that we ask people to comment on. I had a self-proclaimed Allison and a Marco and a Susan and a Tammy sitting across from me. I even had someone who wanted to get Tanuj's autograph.
I want to talk to our users all the time!
It's so energizing. The positive feedback is wonderful, and the negative feedback is empowering. Any time we can identify a problem, it's an opportunity to make something better, and when you talk to the person who's actually having the problem, you get to see how you can make this person's life better. That's pretty awesome. And we want to start or continue the conversation with all of our users.
The work we're doing on the Jazz Platform is valuable.
For our work on the evolution of the Jazz platform, we understand that people need to get at their data across their repositories and across their tools to help them get work done and make important decisions. People also need to have an easy way to share with others in their organization. We're excited and happy when we show someone early previews and they ask "When can we have this?"
Everyone needs reporting, and it needs to be easier and faster.
Not a shocking revelation (I've been working in reporting for quite a while), but I had the chance to talk to folks about specifics, and I plan to continue the conversation with a variety of folks who said they were willing. Look for more insights on querying and reporting on my upcoming blog: Insights from Innovate 2013: What we learned about querying and reporting.
Thank you, Steve Wozniak, for not just saying that you support the kids and education, but for living it. I was hanging around the Expo after hours Tuesday evening and wandered into the Code Rally room. Turns out that all the students who got a shout out during the morning's general session were doing their awesome, brainy thing, hacking and racing and having a great time. The room moderator told me that they'd all spent a couple hours with the Woz, and that despite a press agent tugging on his sleeve, Steve would not leave until he'd spoken to and taken pictures with every last kid. Rock on, Woz, rock on.
Dinosaurs never go out of style. Thank you for the reminder, Animal Kingdom.
Read more about this in my upcoming blog: Why dinosaurs will never be extinct -- Kidding!
The feeling of camaraderie, the sense of technology racing ahead and data accumulating at the speed of light, the impression that everyone you speak to (and don't get to speak to) has something really interesting to say, the spirit of support for education and our future… those things stuck with me. (The rainbow of ribbons I accumulated stuck with me too..until I went out in Tropical Storm Andrea, that is.)
I was personally inspired by the talks on innovation, disruptive and incremental. You can watch the General Sessions and other videos at Innovate 2013: The Technical Summit video library. From what I heard in the sessions, on the Expo floor, at the lunch table, over drinks.. we're all passionate about innovating. And we can't do it without you! Follow the blog and participate in the IBM Rational Design Community to learn more about how you can get involved and make Rational software work better for you!


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2011 Car Craft Summer Nationals Coverage and Videos
The 2011 Car Craft Summer Nationals presented by GM Performance Division fired to life today at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Our annual trip to St. Paul is always one of the biggest highlights in the Car Craft world and already the 2011 version is proving to be no let down.
No matter what type of motorhead you are, the CCSN is sure to get the proverbial juices flowing. The whole fairgrounds is a veritable mechanical buffet of sights, sounds, smells, and, yeah, even tastes of four-wheeled delights.
Yet, there's more to do at the CCSN than just look at cars and inhale funnel cakes. A host of vendors are here showing off their latest performance products and each one is itching to answer any question you may have. Seminars and hands-on workshops are going all day to help you get your projects rolling. The Performance Marketplace is lined with enough go-fast parts to make you wish you brought a shopping cart. The Real Street Eliminator Competition is back pitting three classes of cars to find out which driver's machine performs the best in braking, handling and horsepower generation.
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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#25 - Pause sometimes fails when rendering animation
Opened by Chris Cason (chrisc) - Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 02:50 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Saturday, 15 October 2016, 15:08 GMT
There is an issue where the pause button in POVWIN will sometimes not work during an animation (primarily where the frame rate is high), and furthermore, POVWIN can then get into a state where it's not possible to use the pause until it is re-started.
What is the status of this?
- Field changed: Due in Version ( → 3.70 release)
- Field changed: Percent Complete (0% → 90%)
The issue with unrecoverable state should be fixed as of RC7.
I have not yet addressed the pause button being hard to hit if the animation is hitting a few FPS; I've left this task at 90% due to this.
- Field changed: Status (Assigned → Tracked on GitHub)
- Field changed: Due in Version (3.70 release → Undecided)
- Field changed: Severity (High → Low)
- Field changed: Priority (High → Low)
Remnant of issue now tracked on github as #118.
Severity and priority lowered to low.


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #703
My Saviour's praises I will sing,
And all his love express;
Whose mercies each returning day
Proclaim his faithfulness.
"Ev'ry day will I bless thee!
Ev'ry day will I bless thee!
And I will praise will praise thy Name
For ever and ever!"
Redeemed by his almighty power,
My Saviour and my King;
My confidence in him I place,
To him my soul would cling.
On thee alone, my Saviour, God,
My steadfast hopes depend;
And to thy holy will my soul
Submissively would bend.
O grant thy Holy Spirit's grace,
And aid my feeble powers,
That gladly I may follow thee
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"Hollywood" comes to Lincoln at LCHS Red Carpet event
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Once your pet is registered, you will receive an ID Tag for your pet with your pet's personal identification number. Voluntary registration is free. However, if Animal Services picks up an unregistered pet, you will be charged a registration fee of $10 before the dog or cat is released from the Animal Shelter.
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When more than 1,300 paratroopers flew from Pope Air Field to Louisiana last month, they did something that no Fort Bragg unit had done for a decade.
The soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducted a forcible-entry exercise at Fort Polk as part of a month-long Joint Readiness Training Exercise.
The training represented a deviation from counter-insurgency, which has been a large part of Army training for the bulk of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Historically, the 82nd Airborne Division has filled the role as the nation's Global Response Force, which requires the brigade to be ready at all times to deploy within 18 hours of notification.
With the Iraq War over and the war in Afghanistan winding down, the 82nd Airborne's 2nd Brigade Combat Team will return to its role of first responder later this year.
"It's the old full-spectrum operation," said Maj. Keefe Savin, brigade spokesman.
Fort Polk training
During the exercises at Fort Polk, officials with the 82nd Airborne joined Army-wide leaders as the paratroopers jumped into Drop Zone Geronimo with all the food, water and ammunition they needed for their initial push into the training area.
Jumping into the rural Louisiana post was just the start for the paratroopers, who were joined by about 2,000 more soldiers who already were on site.
Throughout October, the paratroopers trained for a number of possibilities, from protecting a friendly nation from an aggressor to humanitarian relief, guerrilla warfare, stopping criminal enterprises and facing conventional forces.
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team -- known as the Falcon Brigade -- last served in the Global Response Force rotation in 2010, when it responded to relief efforts in Haiti following a devastating earthquake. Such humanitarian roles have been rare, but officials say the 82nd Airborne Division has planned for a number of scenarios that never materialized.
Ready for anything
In the post-Afghanistan Army, most brigade combat teams and divisions will be aligned regionally with combatant commands across the globe, officials said. But the 82nd Airborne Division will have to remain flexible.
In its upcoming role, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team will be tasked with being prepared for many circumstances very different from the nation's recent wars.
The shift is one that the 82nd Airborne Division knew was coming.
In Afghanistan earlier this year, then-division commander Maj. Gen. James L. Huggins said the 82nd would refocus on the Global Response Force upon its return to Fort Bragg.
While some units will see more time in Afghanistan -- the 4th Brigade Combat Team has a rotation coming in 2014 -- more of an emphasis will be placed on the Global Response Force, Huggins said at the time.
Maj. Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr. reiterated the renewed focus when he took command in early October, promoting the 82nd's "new mission."
"It's a mission we've had before and, indeed, to some extent, we've never lost," Nicholson said. "It's one we had for four decades prior to 9/11. That is the mission of the Global Response Force -- to be ready to deploy anytime, anywhere around the globe, by forcible entry if required, to accomplish our nation's objectives."
Lt. Col. Erik Berdy, commander of 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, said the Joint Readiness Training Center rotation was an opportunity to see his soldiers in action in an unfamiliar environment, and the final test after months of training.
"Do my guys have the mental and physical strength?" Berdy asked from Fort Bragg's Green Ramp in early October as he and his men waited to fly to Fort Polk.
The Falcon Brigade cut its teeth in the last decade with multiple deployments to Iraq. But in assuming the role of Global Response Force, the brigade is preparing for much different battles.
"This is significantly different (from Iraq)," Berdy said. "The desire is to give us a full spectrum of capabilities."
Berdy said one of the contingencies the brigade trained for was the evacuation of noncombatants from foreign countries.
They also trained for fighting conventional armies, something troops haven't done since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With those wars over or winding down, Berdy said, the aim is to be ready for whatever comes next.
"We have a new type of strategic threat and this division is a necessity," he said. "The significance of the 82nd goes without mentioning. Whether it's 18 hours or 96 hours, we're going to have trained and made ourselves ready to meet any requirements."
Savin said the return to more traditional training ahead of assuming the Global Response Force role will prove beneficial for young and experienced paratroopers alike.
For the young soldiers, it'll be a look at roles the Army hasn't had to fill in recent years, he said. For the more experienced soldiers, it's an opportunity to "knock off the dust."
"Iraq is closed out. The drawdown is starting in Afghanistan. We still have a responsibility to be ready, to go on a moment's notice," Savin said. "We'll make sure we are prepared to go anywhere in the world on short notice. It's a capability only we can provide."


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Good Samaritan? You have the right to remain silent...
Ever give someone a ride home from church after Mass? If you didn't stop to check their paperwork first, you might have been committing a crime.
At least, that's the argument over Alabama's controversial new immigration law. The law prohibits transportation or harboring of undocumented persons, and its definition of those terms is sufficiently vague enough that there is concern it could make simple acts of Christian charity result in a one-way trip to the slammer.
According to three bishops who filed a lawsuit (representing the local Catholic, Methodist and Episcopal churches) over the law, it criminalizes "God's command to be Good Samaritans."
Of course, the law's backers say that it has nothing to do with punishing Good Samaritans, just your routine "bad guys" like traffickers or employers who try to hire undocumented workers as a way to get around labor laws. But who the law was written for, and who is actually going to be prosecuted under it, is not really the point here.
In reality, this is the next step in the escalating battle between those who are trying to defend the humanity and dignity of all people–regardless of their documentation status–and those who have a more selective definition of "justice." The same type of standoff took place in Oklahoma a few years back when a similar law was passed, and church leaders were among its biggest opponents. The difference is that now, those opponents are going a step further by formally filing a lawsuit. (For a good take on the church's opposition to this type of law, check out this pastoral letter by Little Rock Bishop Anthony Taylor, who was on the frontlines of the Oklahoma legal battle.)
No one, including the church, is saying that people should be allowed to break the law without consequence, but those consequences should still include a certain level of respect and compassion, regardless of who the "lawbreaker" might be.
This latest fight shows that church leaders still have a long way to go in turning the tide of public opinion when it comes to how immigrants are viewed in our society. More importantly, it highlights the need for serious national immigration reform–something long supported by Catholic leaders that has seemingly fallen off the radar of Congress.
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Cool a t-shirt!!!! Think I'll order that one and get it personalized to say something like "you were punished for a teamkill"... LMAOROTF.Originally Posted by MousePotato
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I stumbled upon this postcard from a friend's artifacts and thought I would make it available. This post card was written and mailed 11 March 1924.
The thing I found interesting about the photo is that I had always understood that when the original American Falls Dam was completed in 1926, that it was the first dam on the Snake River in the area. Looking closer at the photo, you can see that is not the case. There is the weir across the back of the picture likely for the power plant you can see in the picture in front of the train bridge (which is still there). You can also see the Oneida Milling and Elevator Company's grain elevator in the background above the train bridge, which elevator today stands completely surrounded by water. The current water level is somewhere near the height of the train bridge in the picture. The power house and weir are also still there today but both have seriously deteriorated since this picture. The rest of the town you can see in the picture was moved up the hill so as to not be flooded. The postcard mentions the move of the town before the completion of the dam. The other thing that is curious is the date stamp for the 7th, which means this letter was likely mailed on the 7th (Friday) at some other location and made its way to the formal post office in American Falls, Power, Idaho on the 11th (Tuesday) to be properly stamped. Where was this card mailed from, or is there another explanation?
The back of the postcard is address to "Miss Agnes Fyfe" in "St anthony Ida." The writing says, "Please excuse this and Ill write against soon. Dearest Friend will drop you a card to let you know I am still alive would have wrote sooner but this is the first time I have stopped long enough Landed in american falls yesterday and I guess Bob will get a job here They are starting to move the town but are not doing a whole lot yet with Love DVA"
Some background on the sender and recipient of the postcard. Agnes Fyfe was born 25 April 1903 in Archer, Madison, Idaho and died 9 May 1994 in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho. Dale Vern Ashcraft was born 19 February 1899 in Lagos, Caribou, Idaho and died 4 August 1975 in Rupert. These two lovebirds married 23 December of 1924, later the year from this postcard. Were they engaged by this point? Both of them were buried in the Hilltop Cemetery in Nyssa, Malheur, Oregon. The other interesting part of this postcard is it provides the handwriting of Mr. Ashcraft.


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NEW YORK � June 10, 2008 � Bravo announced today the development of its new creative competition series "Top Chef Junior" (working title) and the eight episode pick-up of the docu-series, the untitled "Jean-Christophe Novelli Project." The announcements were made today by Frances Berwick, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Bravo Media.
"With 'Top Chef' as the number one food show on cable comes the natural expansion in our food domain," said Berwick. "With 'Top Chef Junior' we're reaching a growing market and are developing a series that will teach and test the skills of younger aspiring chefs and appeal to the whole family. We feel that Jean-Christophe Novelli's reputation, personality and expertise will prove incredibly enticing to our passionate core audience."
The love of food reaches all ages and teens today are continually expanding their culinary knowledge � from cooking classes to kids' cookbooks. "Top Chef Junior," which will be based on the Emmy-nominated hit culinary series "Top Chef," is an eight episode series where teens (likely ages 13 to 16) will compete to see if they have what it takes to become a junior "Top Chef." Season-to-date, Bravo's "Top Chef" ranks in the top 15 among kids/teens 2-17 in the Wed 10-11 p.m. time period (at No. 14) versus ad supported cable entertainment networks. Magical Elves ("Top Chef," "Project Runway,") will produce the series, with Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serving as executive producers.
The untitled "Jean-Christophe Novelli Project" is a docu-series that chronicles chef Novelli's move to Los Angeles as he opens a cooking school and trains professional chefs and those who aspire to cook like professionals. Voted "World's Sexiest Chef" by The New York Times, Novelli is a Michelin and 5AA Rosette award-winning chef with restaurants in London, France and South Africa. His Novelli Academy Cookery School in the UK has placed in the "Top 25 Cookery Schools in the World."
Novelli is hoping to expand that success to the United States and make this new business venture succeed. The series will follow Novelli as he moves to the United States, sets up the school and will chronicle as his students are tested and measured based on what they have learned. The untitled "Jean-Christophe Novelli Project" is produced by Mentorn USA ("Work Out, "Paradise Hotel") for Bravo, with Greg Johnston ("The Osbournes," "Newlyweds"), Hannah Wyatt and Dan Barraclough serving as executive producers.
Source: Nielsen Galaxy Explorer, 3/12/08-5/28/08, includes ad supported cable entertainment networks, Live + Same Day, P2-17 AA (000)
Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com.


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Pottery & Porcelain Marks – Words & Initials – M: From 1945 to 1952, during the Allied occupation after World War II, exports from Japan were marked "Occupied Japan" or "Made in Occupied Japan." Collectors today search for pieces with this time-specific mark. Nelson McCoy Pottery, founded in 1848, made many types of pottery. Do not confuse "McCoy" marks for the Nelson McCoy Co. with those for another company, Brush-McCoy, a common error.
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Have you ever stopped and wondered who it is that makes the dragons you breed, collect and fight in Dragon City?
Have you ever asked yourself who this person is? Where they come from? What they like are like? Or where they get their inspiration from?
Meet Julian del Rey.
Julian is Social Point's Art Director. He heads up the mega-talented team of men and women that create the characters for Social Point games. In his time here at Social Point, Julian has doodled, drawn, designed and delivered more than one hundred dragons.
We sat down with Julian to delve into the mind of a Chief Dragon Master and find out what lies behind Dragon City, the game.
Julian, where are you from and how did you end up at Social Point?
I'm from the Spanish city of Guadalajara, in the center of Spain. I've been working in the world of graphic design for the last 10 years and in Social Point for almost two now. I have also worked as a 2D artist at Pyro Studios artist performing 2D functions, as a graphic designer. So I have been around the block a bit in the worlds of design, layout, marketing, illustration.
How did you get into design?
I think it's a vocation. I've always loved drawing and creating stuff. I started out studying art history and slowly got interested in animation and special effects which led me to a Masters in Animation and Post-Production. And then I studied comics at the Escuela Superior de Dibujo Profesional, where we really got to grips with story-boarding, plot development, and characterization. So I guess my choices led me fairly inevitably to the world of gaming.
So what do you do at Social Point, Julian?
In an nutshell, it's my job to create the strategic, graphic identity of each of our games, ensuring that each one has its own personality and life.
Enter the Dragon… Julian breathing life into one of his creations.
You've been at Social Point for two years, how many dragons have you created?
I have lost count of the total number of dragons. But I'd say at least 100. And each one is different – with its own style, its own identity and something unique that defines it. When I started out in games, I had no idea I would end up making dragons! But it's amazingly rewarding and fun.
Creating dragons out of thin air must be a challenge, right? Where do you get the inspiration from?
Anywhere and everywhere. You can find inspiration in the simplest things, all around you and often when you least expect it. If I am looking for inspiration deliberately I usually find it in books or films. But you never know when a new dragon will suddenly come to life in your imagination.
You never know when an idea for a new dragon will just pop up!
You've worked in Dragon City since its launch. What do you love most about the game?
What's not to love? Dragon City is exactly as the name suggests – a city absolutely full of dragons. I love the variety of the dragons and the fact that there are so many of them to breed and collect. And although there are hundreds, and new ones being created all the time, each dragon has its own personality, its own life and its own unique character. It's a dragon universe!
So do you have a favorite dragon?
Ah it's so hard to choose. I love many of them for many different reasons. I've got a real soft spot for the Vampire Dragon. But I'd have to opt for the Star Dragon. For me, he is probably the cutest. And he is one of the most affectionate.
Star Dragon – "this little guy is the cutest dragon in Dragon City. " Would you like to hug the Star Dragon?
Julian, you're an old-school Social Pointer. What's life like in Social Point HQ?
Well, obviously it's fun because that's what we do. But what makes my job so rewarding is the company of my team and colleagues. The creativity in this company is amazing and endlessly surprising. You take an idea and present it to your work mates and within minutes you have something infinitely richer, more interesting, more fun. I learn from the people I work with all the time.
Our Art Team is growing all the time and we are always looking for talented people to join us at Social Point. Be sure to take a look at our current job offers and see if you find an interesting fit for you.


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Metal-Alloy Supplier Expands Capabilities
Rolled Alloys also has installed a 3⁄8 by 72-in. cut-to-length line from Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, IL. The line includes an in-line coil-stage and load system, dual stub uncoiler and peeler breaker designed to break the leading edge of heavy-gauge material. A shear-mounted drop stacker with an automatically lowering stack table helps ensure mark-free processing.
In addition, the company expanded its inventory of 2507 duplex-stainless-steel offerings by adding 11- and 12-gauge sheet to its existing inventory of plate and welding consumables. The alloy—25 Cr-7 Ni-4 Mo—offers good strength (80,000-psi minimum yield strength) and corrosion resistance. It's ideal for air-pollution-control equipment and for seawater applications.
Rolled Alloys, a supplier of heat- and corrosion-resistant alloys and titanium-alloy products, operates several U.S. facilities as well as facilities in Canada, China, Japan and throughout Europe.
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I would like to make corrections to my revue. The mathematics is in error. It should be 2^n instead of n! so the numbers of move required to solve the puzzle is much smaller. as follows. 5 rings: 2^5 = 32 moves. 6 rings 2^6 = 64 moves. 7 rings 2^7 = 128 moves. 9 rings 2^9 = 512 moves. 10 rings 2^10 = 1024 moves. My mistake I don't know why i thought the math is n!. Sorry for the wrong info. I apologize.
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This wire puzzle is a mathematical equivalent to the Tower of Hanoi which requires n!(factorial) nuber of moves to solve the puzzle. I can complete the 7 rings Catacombs in in around 5 minutes, which takes 7! that is 5040 moves without getting lost or confuse. The 9 rings Catacombs would require 9! or 362,880 moves, that take be theoretically 72 times as long without making a single mistake. Now a 10 rings Catacombs plus require 10! moves. You do the math.