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Brendan Halpin is a very talented athlete with a big capacity for absorbing a training load, and his results have improved steadily. He had a very good 2011 campaign, and I have a feeling that 2012 will be a breakout year for him. I've known Brendan for the past five years and have had the pleasure of riding and swimming with him in the winter months in Tucson. I now also have the pleasure of coaching him. If you want to be a good coach, train a good athlete like Brendan. It will make your job a lot easier!
My contact with him has given me some insight into Brendan the athlete - both his strengths and weaknesses. Brendan can run a "three hour and small change" marathon in an Ironman consistently. He often is in the top three overall run splits at Ironman competitions, and I'm confident he'll break three hours this year. He's very solid on the bike and split a 4:50 this past season in an Ironman.
Brendan's swim is his weakest discipline, as he did not grow up as a high school and college swimmer; in fact, he has taught himself to swim. I waited on shore at Ironman WI for Brendan to come out of the water and thought perhaps I had missed him in the fray; he was over an hour and in the mix with a lot of other athletes. Brendan finished 6th that day, but he obviously could have done better if he hadn't given up so much time on the swim. After a recovery from the race, we needed a plan to get his swim time down.
When we swim together, I sneak peeks at his stroke under the water. More often than not, triathletes don't get over their stroke . . . that is to say they can't keep their elbows up and out, and therefore can't brace themselves in the water with their arms while moving their bodies over the brace. Brendan is long and lean, and while his slight upper body is great for the running and cycling legs of an Ironman, he doesn't have the upper body strength to swim efficiently. I correct myself - he didn't have the strength he needed. The quickest, most efficient way to lower his swim split was to increase his strength with the Compex.
I come from a swimming background, and I can tell you from personal experience that I swim faster when I am using the Compex on my upper body. Like most of the rest of us, I don't have time to train six muscle groups a day with the Compex as well as work, train, and be a family man (even in an empty nest). Like Brendan, I prioritize which muscle groups I train to enhance my swim, bike, and run. Three days a week it's the quads and gluteals, and three alternate days a week it's the lattissimus dorsi, triceps, and abdominals. I wish I had time for more because of the improved performance I enjoy. Unlike the aerobic adaptations that come from months and years of endurance training, I can feel a difference in two weeks with the Compex. I measure the improvements in watts while on the bike and the pace clock while in the pool. I merely feel the difference, particularly on the hills, while running.
Since Ironmans WI and Cozumel (between which Brendan saw a very significant drop in his swim splits), I've been back to Tucson to swim and ride with him. What is very noticeable to me now when I sneak that peek under the water at his swimming stroke is how he is finally able to get over his stroke. He's not just pulling his arms through the water anymore; now he is bracing himself on the water and moving his body over that brace. He has the strength to do it. He has the times to prove it. I can't tell you how good it is to see it.
Brendan continues to train with his Compex and is going to have a breakout year. Go Brendan, go! HN


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Isis mobile payment service hits snag, delays trial run
Isis was supposed to have turned on the mobile payment systems in two cities by the end of summer.
Isis won't be launching its mobile payment trials at the end of summer.
Isis, which is a joint venture between Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile USA, told CNET today that it was delaying the start of its trials, which were scheduled to start this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Austin, Texas.
Isis is one of several parties attempting to roll out a broader system of mobile payments, which would enable you to purchase goods and services by waving a smartphone at a cash register, subway turnstile, or inside a taxi. Unlike a higher profile launch of Google Wallet, which is out in select markets, Isis has chosen to take its time to ensure all of its pieces work together.
"Our focus has been on making sure when we launch we do it properly and do it right," said Ryan Hughes, head of marketing for Isis, in an interview.
Hughes declined to explain why the project was delayed, only saying Isis was going through a "punch list" of objectives and that the wait wouldn't be too long. He added he would be back in October with additional "market momentum news."
Isis isn't changing its plans to become a service provider that would allow banks, payment networks, and merchants run on top of its system, Hughes said. Rather than take a cut of each transaction, the business would charge a fee for use of the platform.
"The task we undertook was a fairly complex one," he said, adding, "we're not experiencing any major issues."
The idea of mobile payments has attracted large number of companies, from Visa to PayPal, all with their own take on how they should run. Many, although not all, have agreed upon a technology called NFC, which allows for the tap-and-pay function.
While a number of high-profile smartphones, including the
But the iPhone 5's lack of NFC isn't a setback, Hughes said. The carriers have the ability to release other phones with the technology. Isis is also working on a sleeve that allows users to bundle an NFC chip with the iPhone.
Hughes doesn't believe that the industry will turn to mobile payments overnight, and isn't concerned about one phone -- even as high-profile as the iPhone -- will change the adoption over the long term. Google Wallet, for the all the buzz that it enjoyed after its launch last year, has only seen slow user adoption.
"These things take time," he said.
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The Future of Digital Music
What is this MP3 that it should oust sex as the No. 1 Internet search term? Must be something, huh?
Bird's blowing confetti, but you don't hear him blow, dig? That's MP3 in a nutshell: The MP3 encoding process rids a track of biologically unnecessary sonic information, stuff we, just by the way we're built, would never hear anyway. It thereby reduces a standard digital audio track to about 1/12 of its original size, usually without any appreciable loss of sound quality. It's a tiny, tidy package, perfectly suited to our current Internet bandwidth limitations. You can upload or download MP3s as quickly and easily as you download a Flash movie: Start the download, grab a beer, read the headlines of the paper, return to your computer, and there it is-a CD-quality song occupying about 4 MB of disk space. And that's where the trouble begins.
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You've probably heard of, if not heard, MP3 by now, particularly given the furor it has raised among record company advocates. The lawsuits are flying, which is having an unin-tentional effect of spurring interest in MP3. In any case, MP3 owns the music-download scene. Although MP3 is both useful and legal, many do use it illegally.
MP3 stands for MPEG-1, Layer 3, and is but one of three bears you can sic on Goldilocks. MPEG-1 audio compression comes in three flavors, Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3. Each layer is based on the same encoding premise but is more sophisticated and feature-laden than its precedent. Layer 3 compression is the most complex: With its large set of compression tools, it yields the best quality audio at the smallest file size. Layer 1 and Layer 2 compression can and do yield CD-quality tracks, but those tracks occupy substantially more space on your hard disk than those produced by Layer 3 encoding.
But, well-known artists do release their albums in the MP3 format. Among the first was Frank Black and the Catholics' album Pistolero, which you could download back in early 1999 for $8.99 or you could pay $.99 a track and make your own compilation. Frank Black, as you may remember, used to go by Black Francis when he headed up one of the coolest and most innovative bands of all time, The Pixies. You can still download Pistolero, as well as a thousand other albums and tracks we've all heard of, over at www.emusic.com, for exactly the same price: It's still ninety-nine cents a track, and the whole thing remains $8.99 (see Figure 1).
Figure 1 This is Sleater-Kinney's page over at www.emusic.com. Here, you can download whatever track you like for ninety-nine cents or download the whole album for $8.99.
So it has happened that many of us have downloaded a bunch of cool MP3s to our hard disks and enjoyed them for many hours in front of our monitors, using jukebox software. And some of us have even made a bunch of MP3s from our CD collections and organized them into killer playlists on our PCs. The thing is, what we'd really like is to listen to these tracks and playlists far away from the din of our CPU. So what then? Easy answer: Burn them to CD. It's possible to decode an MP3 to a standard CD track. You can then burn these tracks and have a nice compilation to listen to on any CD player any-where. That's what we'll show you how to do in this chapter. If you've never heard of MP3 before, we'll even show you how to go about obtaining MP3 files.
We'll tell you it's perfectly legal to download MP3s if you have the assent of the copyright holder- you're guaranteed assent if you download from a legitimate music site such as www.rioport.com and www.mp3.com.
It's also legal to post MP3s to the Internet with the assent of the copyright holder. If your unsigned band cut a monster track and you want everyone to hear it, you can post it to the Internet with complete impunity.


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Two releases in recent days help shed light on the milk price and feed cost scene in the months ahead. USDA's monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and USDA's Crop Production were released earlier this week.
The WASDE report provided USDA's first look at 2011 milk supply, demand, and prices. Milk production for 2011 is forecast to go up as producers respond to improving returns. Cow numbers are expected to be lower than this year, according to the USDA, but the rate of decline is expected to slow. However, this prediction is interesting as cow numbers have been up slightly so far this year. Milk per cow, which has driven up total production this year, is expected to grow by about the same amount next year.
We could see declining stocks of dairy products as we move toward 2011, according to the agency. Both domestic and export demand should rise as economies here and abroad strengthen. However, we also might see a slight growth in imports
Class III prices are forecast to be higher than 2010. USDA forecasts a Class III midpoint for 2011 of $14.75 with a range of between $14.15 and $15.25. The midpoint forecast for the All-Milk Price in 2011 is $16.20 with a range of between $15.70 and $16.70.
Corn futures rose after USDA released forecasts of inventory levels. Tuesday, corn futures shot up nearly 7 cents a bushel to settle at nearly $3.70. According to the Wall Street Journal, traders at the CBOT were looking at greater corn demand for export as well as for ethanol production. However, the corn crop appears to be off to a great start. Eighty-one percent of the corn is in the ground and 39 percent is emerged. Last year at this time, only 13 percent was emerged and the five-year average is 21 percent emerged.


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Chances are good that if you read yesterday's post about that racing simulator, you're a fan of racing games. And, chances are also good that the racing games you play and love so damn much are first-person — basically, where you're looking out of — or over — the windshield. Let's meet the unsung German engineer who, way back in 1976, first developed the technology that's spawned everything from Forza Motorsport to Gran Turismo — Dr-Ing. Reiner Foerst.
Racing games have been around even before video games, but the type of racing game the good Doctor-Engineer came up with is the one that really defines the genre now. And he created it in an era when "video game" meant two lines whacking a square ball back and forth on a screen.
Early video racing games were invariably overhead-view perspective, like you were an angry god looking directly down at those silly humans running around in their cars. They were fun, but didn't really feel like driving. To do that, you'd need a first-person view, something that simulated the view out the windshield of the car (or from just above it). With 1970s computer technology, that seemed like a pipe dream.
Like any good Teutonic engineer, Dr. Foerst had no interest in games, as such. His interest was in simulators (and that's exactly what his company makes today). As he himself said:
"My invention of a driving simulator was not initiated by any interest in games, but rather an interest in Simulation theory and engineering."
However, to raise money, he planned on making an arcade version of his simulator first. He checked out BP's and Volkswagen's elaborate early driving simulators, which were projection-based for BP, and an amazing oscilloscope-based one for Volkswagen. Both were wildly complex and expensive. Foerst realized there was no way these technologies would scale down enough to make a viable game.
After some abortive attempts with light-bulb based displays, Foerst found his solution when he encountered a Pong machine in 1973. He acquired one, ripped it apart, and started designing his own TV-screen based driving simulator based on the nacent video game technology he found in Pong.
The result, like Pong, used no CPU (that is, no central "brain" like a modern computer uses), employing many discreet dedicated circuits for the game. And I mean many. The game, called Nurburgring 1, had an electronic brain with 28 separate cards mounted in a huge rack. For comparison, Pong used, let's count, one. The visuals were simple, but effective. The twisting roadway was defined by a series of rectangular white "posts" on either side. The background was just black, but the lower portion of the screen had a speedometer, mileage and other indicators. There was also an image of the hood of your car, but that was a vinyl applique and not electronically generated.
If you're thinking, "hey, this sounds an awful lot like Atari's Night Driver!" there's a good reason. When Dave Shepperd was given the assignment to program Night Driver in 1976 he
"...was given a piece of paper with a picture of a game cabinet that had a small portion of the screen visible. I don't recall if it was an actual flyer for the game or simply a Xerox of the front page of the flyer. I recall it being German or maybe I was just told it was a German game. I never saw the game play nor did I know what scoring was used on that game, only that there were a few little white squares showing. With that germ of an idea, out popped Night Driver."
"Germ of an idea" pretty much translates to "stealing the game", but, let's face it, pretty much every video game company was stealing from each other at that time. Atari was much better about making the game cheap to produce (using one board instead of almost 30 boards) so they, along with some other copycats, dominated the segment instead of our intrepid engineer.
Dr.Foerst, denied massive arcade successes because of the rampant copycats, remained undaunted, producing several other versions of the Nürburgring game series. Number two was motorcycle inspired (handlebars replaced steering wheel), three was full color with selectable backgrounds (mountains or rolling hills), but the real exciting ones stemmed from Foerst's interest in simulation. Nürburgring 3/Power-Slide and Nürbergring 3/Turn-Table were actually moving cabinets, with Power-Slide banking the driver's seat angle and Turn-Table rotating the entire cabinet to match the direction of steering. That beats the hell out of Out Run's vibrating steering wheel.
Today, Foerst's company makes some amazing simulators, but he's still largely unknown as the father of first-person driving games. That's what happens when your idea gets stolen and mass produced for cheap by everybody. So, let's change that, and raise a controller to this serious man who brought us all some serious fun.
(Thanks for the great reference information and images: Lance Carter, Christian Oliver, The Arcade Flyer Archive)


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DETROIT — Consumers looking for a used vehicle aren't shying away from GM models — even though more than 20 million GM cars and trucks have been recalled this year.
General Motors cars such as the Chevrolet Malibu have retained or increased in value, sometimes more than rival vehicles. And sales of new cars aren't slowing either, up 13 percent in May.
GM has issued 44 recalls in North America this year for parts ranging from ignition switches to air bags. The most serious is for ignition switches in 2.6 million small cars linked to more than 50 crashes and at least 13 deaths. Investigations into that recall have exposed GM as a company that was too slow to react to serious safety issues.
In the past, consumers punished automakers for big recalls. Those companies lost market share — Toyota's dropped 2 percentage points over 12 months when it recalled 14 million cars for unintended acceleration. Yet GM's has held fairly steady so far, around 18 percent.
GM has cautioned that an ongoing companywide safety review could produce even more recalls — just Monday it recalled another 3.4 million cars for a separate ignition switch issue — so consumers might still decide it's smarter to buy their wheels elsewhere.
But for now, experts say, GM has retained buyers' confidence by appearing to act quickly on safety matters — even though GM's internal investigation into the small-car switch recall showed that employees took years to realize they had a safety problem on their hands.
"People are associating that with being vigilant more than being careless," said Larry Dominique, president of ALG, formerly Automotive Lease Guide, whose data is used by dealers to set values of leased cars.
That could explain why the value of the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu rose almost 3 percent from February, when the recalls started, through May, according to ALG. That compares with midsize cars as a whole, which dropped in value by 1 percent. The Malibu has been part of five recalls this year.
The value of most other used GM cars also rose. The exception: the Chevrolet Cobalt, which is at the heart of the first ignition switch recall. About 1 million Cobalts are being recalled. Of the 13 deaths GM counts, nine occurred in Cobalts.
ALG says the value of 2010 Cobalts dropped 2.4 percent from February through May, but the compact car segment's value rose almost 3 percent. Falling values have triggered lawsuits from Cobalt owners.
That doesn't mean the cars won't sell. At L.A. Sales in Oyster Bay, New York, on Long Island, part-owner Andy Kaufman recently sold a 2005 Cobalt for just under the $5,000 he was asking. The buyer, he says, had no concerns once Kaufman showed him the switch had been replaced.
Experts say the volume of recalls has taken away some of the fear factor.
"I'm beginning to wonder if the consumer is almost numb to the next headline that comes out," says Ricky Beggs, a senior vice president of Black Book, which also monitors used car prices.
The GM headlines keep coming. On Monday, GM recalled older large cars for an ignition problem, although GM says the cause in this one is the key design. On June 6 the company said 15 people had been dismissed in relation to the findings of its internal investigation into the small-car switch problem. CEO Mary Barra has repeatedly apologized for the injuries and loss of life. She makes a return trip to testify on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
Even if consumers do become sensitive to the recalls, any new-car market share decline would be small, predicts Jesse Toprak, senior analyst with the Cars.com website.
"They can mitigate it with some targeted marketing efforts" and bigger discounts, Toprak says.
Consumers seemed more sensitive in the past. In the early 2000s, Firestone recalled more than 6 million defective tires on Ford SUVs, and the automaker replaced another 10 million. At least 271 people were reported killed and hundreds injured. Ford's share of the SUV market fell 5 percentage points.
One important difference is that the recalled GM small cars — the Cobalt, Saturn Ion and Sky, Pontiac G5 and Solstice, and Chevy HHR — are no longer made. And GM's newer cars score much higher in quality surveys. Also, people don't always associate General Motors with the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Lincoln brands, said Dominique.
Still, there is fallout.
Elise Palazzi of Hawthorne, N.J., near New York City, is still trying to sell a 2005 Cobalt that one of her daughters used to drive.
She first put the car on the market for $4,500 just before the recalls began. Palazzi told potential buyers that she had no problems with the ignition, but they were skittish, she says.
About a month ago, her local Chevrolet dealer replaced the switch. She didn't change the price, but revised her ad to show the switch has been repaired. Now she's optimistic about selling. But a man came to see the car last week and didn't buy it.
Kaufman, the Long Island dealer, is concerned about the large number of GM vehicles subject to recalls.
The federal government says there are no regulations preventing used car lots or individuals from selling recalled cars before they are fixed. But Kaufman says he won't sell any until repairs are done.
"You have a white elephant that you've just got to stick in the back of your lot and watch it depreciate," Kaufman said.
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This week, on a special edition of the SLHour, we revisit some of the conversations we've had from the time of the COVID Spring. We speak with a paramedic, a midwife, a rabbi, an adult programs coordinator, a priest who was sick with the virus and a Carmelite Sister who has a thing or two to say about self-isolation. These interviews were first featured on the Salt + Light TV series, Hope From Home. You can watch them and many more at saltandlighttv.org/hopefromhome. This SLHour program first aired on May 30, 2020.
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- Manny: He thinks the Dodgers will find a way to get him signed. Torre "loves" him and wants him.
- Pitching: The scout said that the Dodgers were looking to sign Andy Pettitte. Again, Torre "loves" the guy from their time together on the Yankees. Presumably, he'd take Lowe's slot in the rotation.
While these rumors have been circulating in the blogosphere over the past few days, I thought it was interesting to hear it substantiated by an actual Dodger insider. At least it made waiting in line marginally more tolerable.


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New 42nd Street Studios/The Duke Theater
Pentagram, New York, New York, 2000
The New 42nd Street Studios houses 10 floors of rehearsal space for various performing-arts groups, along with the Duke Theater. The rehearsal studios are very simple, understated spaces that the client wanted to counteract with very active corridors. Throughout the building, De Stijl-inspired graphics perform in the space. Identity and directional signage appears on the floors—an idea inspired by the tape marks put down on stages to indicate performers' positioning. In the elevators, the word "floor" appears inside the car, with the corresponding number positioned at the opening on each level. Doors are painted with strong, simple icons. Billboard-size graphics have moved in from Times Square and taken residence. Typography on the building directory—and in etched mirrored glass on the donor wall—reflects the activity of the building's performers along with the signage and crowds outside.
- Design firm
- Pentagram
- Art director
- Paula Scher
- Graphic designers
- Paula Scher, Dok Chon, Rion Byrd, Bob Stern, Tina Chang
- Print production
- Tina Chang
- Environmental production
- Rion Byrd, Bob Stern
- Architect
- Platt Byard Dovell Architects
- Photographer
- Peter Mauss/Esto
- Typefaces
- Bank Gothic, Agency, Renner Bold Architype, Bill Architype, Tschichold Architype
- Fabricators
- VGS (interior), Lettera Sign & Electric Co. (exterior), Dale Travis Associates (donor walls)
- Clients
- Cora Cahan, New 42nd Street Studios


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Dr. David Johnston's always there, on the volcano where he died. He was among the first geologists on the ground when Mount St. Helens woke up in March of 1980. He was a constant presence in the media. Dedicated and enthusiastic, bearded and grinning, completely at home with the hazards, he exemplified the ideal vulcanologist. Wes Hildreth, who had worked with him in the past, summed him up: "Dave's agility, nerve, patience, and determination around the jet-like summit fumaroles in the crater of Mt. Mageik were to me a spectacle of unforgettable beauty."
He had an enormous impact on the USGS. He'd only been working there for two years when he died, yet he'd already earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues. It shines through in so many places: the volcano observatory named for him, the dedication at the beginning of the USGS professional paper "The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens," and those unexpected tributes scattered through the literature. Robert Christiansen and Donald Peterson, in their "Chronology of the 1980 Eruptive Activity," devoted most of their acknowledgments section to him: "Among the many contributors of data, none was more essential to the systematic reconstruction of the events of 1980 at Mount St. Helens than David Johnston, to whose memory this report is dedicated. Dave, who was present through all of the activity up to the climactic eruption and who lost his life in that eruption, provided far more than data. His insights and his thoroughly scientific attitude were crucial to the entire effort; they still serve as a model for us all."
I will admit this: I cry. Every time. Every time I catch sight of the geologist he was, and realize anew what we lost that day, I tear up. He furthered our knowledge; he saved lives by being one of the voices saying that St. Helens was still dangerous even when she fell briefly quiet. He demonstrated an ability to bring science to the public as he spoke to the media regarding her antics. He was an amazing man, a hell of a geologist, and he'll never be forgotten: not just because he died on the mountain that day, but because he was so very good at what he did.
Dave wasn't the only geologist killed in the May 18th eruption.
PhD candidate James F. Fitzgerald, Jr was camped on Spud Mountain, a few miles northwest of the volcano. His friend Trixie Anders, a vulcanologist working on her PhD at University of Washington, had invited him to join her and her husband, Barry Johnston, at their campsite. He chose to stay there on the night of May 17th while Trixie and Barry stayed at a hotel in Toutle. He'd been doing fieldwork for his dissertation, and this must have been the opportunity of a lifetime for a vulcanologist on the verge of earning his doctorate. He had joined the AGU in 1978, becoming a student member of the Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology section. He was just 32 years old when the mountain blew. Trixie and Barry were on their way up to join him: they barely made it out ahead of the ash cloud. Jim's body was later recovered, and Trixie ensured a memorial was erected to him. He was awarded his PhD posthumously by the University of Idaho, and a scholarship is endowed in his name.
Robert "Bob" Kaseweter (spelled Kasewater in some reports) and Beverly Wetherald were amateur vulcanologists. Bob had a cabin at Spirit Lake, and he and Beverly were allowed to stay there, within the red zone. Marian T. Place, in her book Mount St. Helens: A Sleeping Volcano Awakes, described Bob as "a young Portland geologist." He "was permitted to remain in his A-frame cabin on the lakeshore because he had a battery-operated seismograph there and was shooting a timed series of photographs of the volcano." He kept the car ready for a quick escape, but when the north flank failed, the avalanche buried them both within moments. Bob was 39; Beverly was 35.
Dedication is a multi-faceted word. All four vulcanologists exemplified one of its meanings: they were dedicated to their work. They knew it was dangerous. They knew there was a possibility they could lose their lives. But they knew the work was important. They, along with many others, took the necessary risks to further our understanding of volcanoes. They died doing what they loved. And they will never be forgotten.
Their names are engraved on the memorial at Johnston Ridge Observatory.
This series is dedicated to them.
Next: Prelude to a Catastrophe: "The Current Quiet Interval Will Not Last…"


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Actros sound recording
106 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 3:45 PM
GREAT WORK SCS TEAM. I LOVE YOU :) WE WAİTİNG VOLVO SOUND ...ReplyDelete
Thats my favourite truck :D thanks scs :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 3:52 PM
We Need Only VOLVO Sound we have sound readyReplyDeleteReplies
And MAN, DAF, and IVECODelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 3:53 PM
Very goodReplyDelete
I am waiting Volvo sound,Man TGX V8 sound!!!and iveco stralis and daf xf105.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Please release in augustReplyDelete
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Sorry, i think thoose american-like trucks dont fit into game...Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 4:20 PM
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- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Apart form the odd one there aren't any Volvo VNs in Europe, Can you explain why SCS would bother putting a US truck into EURO Truck Sim. Simple answer is they wouldn't. Unless you are a complete retard you'd know this and stop posting such a pointelss question.Delete
The game will be pretty much finalised by now anyway so begging SCS to add anything in is a pontless exercise so can silly little pricks like you stop SPAMMING!!!!
I am a complete idiot because I want to abandon my profession to be a truck driver.Delete
Sorry for the post volvo vn780 really was not thinking.
And to finish my comment, stop anonymity. I'm not a coward.
´Apart form the odd one there aren't any Volvo VNs in Europe´Delete
Yes there is. van den Bosch in holland drives a VNL
and 1 stam from holland with a VNL
and no must not be in the game!!
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 10:33 PM
@Tiago Barroso: Awfully tempting to be an RL Trucker uh...Delete
As a kid that's what I wanted to do, but there where no openings in the trucking school where I lived, am 35 now and it's kinda nagging at me that I never forced on that dream...oh well, better luck next life. :P
- Ziland,Delete
Thanks for the advice. I will evaluate.
Great video right here! I want to ask you to post more news about ETS2 if possible and also I have to tell you that you have the sense of humor :).ReplyDelete
I'll also post about this on my site:
Have a nice day!
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Everytime SCS has some news, you all command more news.ReplyDelete
Go out and play, climb some trees, Get a life.
Thanks SCS.. Now get this great game done.Replies
I agree, get out, get yourself a driving licence and go make money doing trucking. Lol.Delete
Hear, hear, or, record some stuff of your own -- as in get yourself some memories! (c;Delete
Thanks for sharing the video, SCS, always interesting to see glimpses of the process that goes into making the finished product!
what abaout the new Actros? will it be in the game? or a future dlc?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 10:40 PM
Bah, give it a rest with that 'new' actros already, it's getting old!Delete
Just because there's a new truck and it's all shiny and stuff doesn't mean it's the best thing in the world, the grass is always greener. Just be happy with whatever you get, an extra truck isn't gonna make or break this game!
Great work, SCS!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 4:21 PM
In game Mercedes Actros MP4 is presented? If isn't present, DLC exit with Mercedes Actros MP4 is possible?ReplyDelete
Nice SCS ! .. Keep up !ReplyDelete
Great! :) Hope you will get Mercedes rights to use their name in game.ReplyDelete
Nice compilation, thanks for the video! ;DReplyDelete
But where is the banana this time? :O ;D
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 4:44 PM
I like your video scs.ReplyDelete
your working hard on your game to make it realistic, but it need some new features. you can not do it all so please make some of them, like:
- weight and tonnage for each truck and trailer
- dirt system
- realistic lights and light beams not like in this picture http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DmC9Qfvu9BM/T8nc0Cv6a6I/AAAAAAAAAyM/iqm-uXe07Zo/s1600/10.jpg
- police
- add at least two more countries
- no need for network but if you add it it will be awesome LAN is enough
- the additional light should have impact not only a prestige thing
- the brake have limited air pressure and when the truck lost that pressure truck lose it brakes
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- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 4:54 PM
you missed the heat and smoke from exhaust, especially with the added exhaust scs showed to us in truck customization.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 10:49 PM
-how about tire air pressure, punctures.Delete
-Waterplanning on big pools of water when it rains, and obviously water should make pools also.
-insects hitting the windshield and making disgusting splashes that you have to wash off!
-women on back of bikes showing us their boobs.
-deers crossing some roads.
-airplanes making emergency landings on straight highway lines sometimes!
-trains deralling on bridges from time to time!
-spots cars playing at passing under your trailler.
-bees inside your truck buzing around for hours!
I mean, if we're gonna go stupid, might as well go all out uh?
hey I know a great idea, if you want EVERYHING, go get your truck drivers license and start a new carreer as truck driverDelete
@Michael: you didn't understand the awesomeness that is @Ziland's post. That was one hell of a sarcastic comment, thumbs up for that!Delete
I did understand it -.-Delete
I LOVE YOU :) WE WAİTİNG VOLVO SOUND ... :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 5:04 PM
Great work, SCS!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 5:15 PM
It's the 150th ETS2 news for us!ReplyDelete
Thanks for all your hard work SCS!
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Dear SCS, hello!!! From themselves and from thousand your fans and admirers, VERY strongly we ask to make in ETS-2 so: that in game at the sight of from a cabin it was VISIBLE HANDS of the driver PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vlad565ReplyDelete
I hope SCS will make DLC (like RailWorks) on ETS2 website and allow us to download Mercedes Actros MP4, Volvo FM, DAF CF, new trailers and mods in near future, maybe for the christmas? It's important to keep game alive and players interested. DLC is perfect solution in many ways. For example DLC Classics would be also great with older trucks like Volvo FH12 or MAN TGA (I know players love them).ReplyDeleteReplies
I forgot to add Mercedes Axor, Scania P-series and maybe Iveco Trakker. I also think DLC could be good for SCS to develop map and we could download/buy new countries if that would be possible. My personal dream is if SCS could make Heavy Haulage Expansion Pack for ETS2 in the future, with 8x4 trucks and special trailers like Noteboom or Goldhofer. Maybe Tandem Trucks Expansion Pack? There are many possibilities, and I definitely would buy them.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 6:24 PM
But SCS slowcoaches. They will realize it 10 years and 100 times will transfer dates of releases.))))) Forget! Dreams, dreams...(((((Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 6:47 PM
You forget that SCS is relatively small company, so I you should STFUDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 7:23 PM
[QUOTE=Anonymous, July 10, 2012 6:47 PM]...so I you should STFU[/QUOTE]Delete
Close your mouth and piss off sucker!
This blog is for SCS to release information about their games, not I repeat not for name calling and abusive behavior, now please be nice from now on, after all we are all here for the trucking games that SCS is famous forDelete
Thank You
lol have they been on the vodka at the end xDReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 6:11 PM
Hi everybody,ReplyDelete
im not good with computers and such so i need a little help. Do you think this one would run ETS2 and Scania TDS smoothly without problems/lag?
Intel Core i5-3450 processor/3.1 GHz
Nvidia GT 630 graphics/2048 MB dedicated
6 GB RAM & 1000 GB hardware
4 cores
Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
Thank you :)Replies
With full setting no problem on full HD ;)Delete
I have a lower system then you and runs at 50+ fps.
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Ok, thank you for your reply =)Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 6:44 PM
What notebook is that? Lenovo?Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 6:44 PM
Thank You Scs Perfect Work :))) Turkey Fan www.eurotruck2.comReplyDelete
Great news, but a strange ending. ;PReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 7:47 PM
nice video scs u madeReplyDelete
i see that sum one broke the camra
at least we dont see any banana peel on the street
Thank you SCS I really enjoyed watching the latest installment of your sound recording adventures, I say adventures as it seems to me that the people actually their had a great time and really enjoy their work, I also think that they really tried to break the lense and it took them a few times to actually achieve their goal of breaking it, that part I really enjoyed make me chuckle for about 10mins.ReplyDelete
Please keep up the good work and above all ignore the few idiots who post anonymously on your blog using obscene language.
Keep up the good work SCS im looking forward to driving my MAN TGX in ETS2
Thank you
Yea and using some body elses name really makes you look grown up and mature dont it, you post anonymouse so nobody can know or even claim to know who you are, you post crap on here about a games company, which you most likely wont even buy just download the hacked version of the game and then come on here and moan some more about its a waste of moneyDelete
Plus I stated that anonymous people who post anonymously on your blog using obscene language which of course must be you, as you used it in your hacked reply to my comment, all i ask is peoeple to respect the blog and not abuse the users of it, i dont care if you post using a name or not, i said about the content of the language not the people posting anonymousDelete
So just repect the blog its simple
Now you are stupid. I have even bought 2 of STDS. One for me and my son. I love SCS and have ONLY written good things about them in here. I even translate the game for them and told them that I would not have the game and rather buy it. And so it went. Don't say that every anon is the same and you wíth your 'special' anon aswell name are more than us. Wow who is not mature here. LOLDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 9:59 PM
And YES I will post in here as ANON as long as SCS does not make a forum for us. We really need this forum so we can help each other and SCS.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Hey MADxMAX, instead of playing cop in here, go play the game. You have not been playing it for 3 days now, and you even still miss to play the 5 last missions in the competition. C'mon.Delete
Ive been playing the game all the time, i have been helping beta test the update patches ( and even my name is on the credits my real name not my user name from here ), and because ive been uninstalling and reinstalling the game updates ( which i might like to add are not just the patch but the complete game with the beta patch built in ) my games saves got corrupted more than once, so ive had to start replaying it again, 3 times hence my scores are low on the leaderboards, SCS are aware of the problem i have had with the files as i have sent them to them more than once for them to look into it, and again i only had a go at the anonymous users that come on here and actually use back language for the game, i never ever stated that all anonymous users are like this so please dont keep having a go at me over this, and also please stop using my user name on here thank youDelete
For those anonymous users that do not use fowl/swear words on this forum my comments where not ment for you, only the anonymous users that have been, there can and are a lot of children that use and read this blog for news updates on SCS games and updates and there is really no need to subject them to adult language, I know alot of children use these types of words ( having 5 kids and 1 grandchild plus another grandchild on the way I know what they can be like ) but if they see adults acting like this they will only copy these actions
so peace to anybody and everybody
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Apologise accepted..Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 9:15 PM
I hope SCS will make DLC (like RailWorks) on ETS2 website and allow us to download Mercedes Actros MP4, Volvo FM, DAF CF, new trailers and mods in near future, maybe for the christmas? It's important to keep game alive and players interested. DLC is perfect solution in many ways. For example DLC Classics would be also great with older trucks like Volvo FH12 or MAN TGA (I know players love them). also will we be able to get mods on ets 2.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Somehow I like this Idea.Delete
Since not all of Europe is covered they could simply release countries as DLCs. If the quality is good enough, why not. New Trucks, I think many people are willing to pay for that.
Question however is, whether or not this is actually financially profitable.
Might also raise some flags concerning the licenses and the conditions they got.
I could be a good idea, if SCS decided to go down this route, this way the player could decide which countries they would like to add extra compared the the standard SCS map, they could also include extra trucks/trailers and even loads, like farming simulator games have done on numerous occasions and have been very popular, they could even do heavy haul packs for the players that want to specialist heavy haulage, add more features, and addons for the trucks that are not included in the first release of the game, lets hope SCS will at least think about itDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Great job!!! Respect SCS team!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 10:03 PM
Hello ETS2 developer!
I have a simple question for you!
ETS2 will be user friendly (modding) or fucking hard and difficult such as STDS?!
Because this method is a huge own goal for you!
And so a lot of fans are going to lose!
I'm very disappointed and angry!!!
why, modding is still the same. you just have to download the modding pack from their official website and you can mod the same as beforeDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 10:56 PM
It's not true! His modding pack is a simple scs extractor, nothing else!Delete
thats what I mean, and then you can create mods like you did with the old games of scs. NOTHING CHANGEDDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 12:40 AM
Omg stop modding everything!!! What the fuck u want more from that game??? Its already fantastic thinking back to older games of SCS.Delete
If u want more trucks just w8 for ETS2!
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 3:28 PM
@Michael: I think he means that the modding tool forces him to actually have to work too hard to make a mod, he want's it dumbed down. Oddly, ppl expect modding to be 'easier' than actually doing the game. Go figure...Delete
PS: this one's not sarcastic ^^
the modding tool i mean is just something to extract the base.scs file so you can modify everything inside like all their gamesDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 7:51 PM
I know.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 11:08 PM
8x4 chassis ......ReplyDelete
8x4 ...... 8 x4 ..... ............
Very nice video. Many thanks SCS Software team. Keep up the excellent work.ReplyDelete
Good Working SCS Software :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Excellent work SCS! You guys really know how to do an all-round excellent job on a game! I'm so happy to hear that you guys are working on getting the sounds for more than just a few trucks! Yes I am deeply dissapointed at the fact that the game will take a few more months to come out, but I also realize that you need more time otherwise the game will be buggy. So, I'm not complaining really. Take all the time you need to make the best game you can make!ReplyDelete
Wow, really i like this Actros. And if this Mercedes Benz truck loaned to you, then you still have a chance to complete the license agreement to use the name of MB in ETS2.ReplyDelete
I'm happy for you, congratulations to all staff, and even the next ...
THE BİGGEST FUCK YOU MOPTHER FUCKERS YOU SOCKS NOOBS FCK YOU THE SLOWEST GAME MAKİNG COMPANY (Slow Central Socks) (SCS)ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 3:36 PM
hooouu, boooodiiibooo. WWWrrrhhhaaaWWWWrrrhhhaaa.Delete
Goozy goozy...GOOD BOYYY!.
Now roll over!
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Well, There goes the theory about anonymous is using bad language because the hide behind the anon selection. LOL. Nice going there boys. Now get the h... out of here and move on to the next blog.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Was a stupid theory to begin with. People don't need to 'hide' behind anything to behave the way they want to, ppl are what ppl are!Delete
LOL! Angry kid. XDDelete
learn english first, and then try againDelete
stupid kid
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 9:18 PM
angry kidDelete
I never said all anonymous users on here use bad language, I clearly stated for SCS to ignore the annonymous users who decide to act like Osem has done, and clearly me asking for people not to use this type of language for a game blog has gone on deaf ears ( or to the blind as its not actually heard but its a saying )Delete
As I have stated before this is a blog for SCS to release information on their new games and updates for existing game releases.
Not every anonymous user is using this type of language and not all people that use this blog are being polite...I mearly stated that there is no real need to use these types of words on a place that children can and often do use, I am also not stating what age group the people who do post like this are for all I know they could be 5yrs old or 50 there is no telling.
People keep asking SCS to create a forum instead of using the blog, but I am now no longer surprised that they have ignored this request when there are a few that spoil it for the many people who actually use this blog for its intended use and not to start arguments or for name calling etc etc
My theory might have been stupid as Ziland put it, but I did not mean that all "fowl language" users hide behind an anonymous post.
However I am really glad to see that NONE of the replys to Osem used the same type of language that he or she used in their post which I think is very polite, and thank you for not going down to his or her level.
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I'm sorry if me calling your theory stupid offended you, it wasn't my intent, was trying to lighten the mood set by your post...sorry.Delete
As for you trying to protect kids from reading foul language. This is the internet, only protection would be to cut off their access to it completely.
My personal opinion is that, if you want to change someone's behaviour, you gotta first speak in terms they can understand (as I did in my first response). Show em exactly how low you think such comments are. Basically you're not going to get anywhere with them speaking politely and eloquently, you're most likely ending up preaching to the choir.
But ya, I shouldn't have said it was stupid (forgot how hard it is to read ppl's intent on here), and for that, again, I'm sorry.
I do get it though, I think. You'd rather this blog remained (if it ever was) a place where one can voice ones ideas and suggestions to the makers of this game, in a constructive and polite manner, and I agree with that thinking, wish we could all behave. But then, if everyone behaved, I'd stick out like a sore thumb :P
There was no need for the apology I just worded the reply so people would know who's post I was referring too and I was not offended by any of your comments, but thank you for taking the time to do so.
I know my idea was maybe a bit stupid, and I was more likely to scoop the jackpot in the euromillions, but I felt I had to try, As a parent I try to stop my children from viewing/reading things on the internet that I deem inappropriate for my children, where I can block these items I have done via security on the computers that they use, but I can not actually do this to this blog as its for a game maker and is not the usual type of website I would block my filters and other means, but saying this I also thought it would be one of the few places that I did not have to police for content.
I have informed my children to ignore ( if they can ) the inappropriate language on here and just concentrate on the information posted by the users that feel that they do not need to use it
I'll get of my soap box now.
Some news about ETS 2? A sound recording isn`t any news :|, this is boring. I know how an Actros sounds, you could just said that you`ve recorded. Instead of posting some boring stuff you could post some real stuff, real news about the game such a tuning trailer or something. A trailer, a slide with some pictures about the map, or tuning or i don`t know, something about the game.ReplyDeleteReplies
be glad they even post stuff here oh and this IS about ETS2Delete
Bud this film IS real news and for ETS 2Delete
and maybe they want to surprise us with new things when we play the game!
And you don´t have to respont to al the news!
Michael and Chris, every developer evry now and then they release a trailer something to show us the comunity what thing are in the game, i didn`t see much about ETS 2.Delete
They showed long long time ago something, but that was like i said long long time ago. Chris, you don`t have to respond to all comments. :) Cheers!
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 7:07 PM
Well, Would you please then show me more info other than the one and only trailer there is for GTA V. Please show me that every developer update us now an then.Delete
No not all or rather no other than SCS keep us upto date with an upcommin release AS MUCH as they do.
^well said^Delete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 7:49 PM
@Anonymous: Got that right!Delete
Well said? Anonymous(kid), Rockstar aren`t a big company you know?Delete
With what SCS keep you up to date? With truck recordings? Really you will see real life in the game, real life graphics, i don`t think so.
MOH for examples, DICE released a few trailers and pictures ;), pictures from the game that is almost finished, SCS showed pictures and trailers from a game that is 40% finished :|. I don`t see a trailer or something about the game that probably now is 80% finished, i don`t see where are the trailers or at least THE TRAILER.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 12:56 AM
I really hope you did not mean it seriously that Rockstar ain't a big Company?Delete
Let me tell you that it's very very very big.
They has released all GTA series. Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne 3 and many many more titles.
10 Studios around the world.. They EAT DICE for lunch.
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 10:11 AM
@S7efan: Did you even read that peice just 20 odd days ago?Delete
They're going to show you more, don't be so impatient. And ya, rockstar IS big, you messed up big time there!
His work is incredibly professional. I am very anxious for the release of ETS 2. Good to see you got the license for Mercedes-Benz! Thanks Daimler!ReplyDelete
And best of luck with the game. I hope I can play it soon.
Rafael Brusque Toporowicz
São Mateus do Sul - Paraná - Brasil
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2012 at 6:18 PM
SCS make black wheels in custom mode! Trucks with black rims looks bad ass!ReplyDelete
When scs publish ETS2 will they do updates of more contrys like spain,porgugal and extentions of contrys that are already there like frane,italy and poland and when people mod the map will it have better feuteres then ets. And what about the AI traffic will behave better like at junctions. sorry for my englishReplyDelete
Actually, spotted some wierd AI behavior today. A few times cars stopped with indicator on like they wanted to change their lane, but they weren't moving anywhere and traffic behind them was being held. The first time it happend the car that's been holding everyone moved when lights became green, though it's been far from the junction and the car was pointing the other direction.ReplyDelete
Got some screens, won't post them now, but can if needed.
@ MArcoReplyDelete
SCS hpefully will inprove the behaviour of the AI traffic on what they have already accomplished in scania truck driver and should continue to inprove it over time
I have seen the same behaviour more than once, with cars/trucks and the vans just slamming on the breaks when the road in front is clear and there seems to be no reason for it plus they seem to change lanes at random as you have mentioned, I have informed SCS about this problem when I was testing the beta updates for STDS so hopefully they will be looking into it for us
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Hi scs are you going to publish some game on ouya console when it come out.ReplyDelete
I love the colors on Actros :))ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 13, 2012 at 2:56 PM
I have a sentence for SCS. If you have no time for the Actros MP4 model, use the foreign help. Already is good 3d exterior model. It is rather simple to buy and finish. It not site advertizing, is sensible idea.ReplyDelete
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Community Board Backs 'Occupy' Protesters; Asks Them To Quiet Down
The local community board for the part of Manhattan where the Occupy Wall Street protests are being held voted Tuesday night to bless the occupation "within certain parameters," The Village Voice reports.
Among the things that Community Board 1wants in exchange for its continued support: a two-hour daily limit on drum circles — the "sound of the Occupy Wall Street" protests that, as we wrote Tuesday, has also become a highly contentious issue among both the occupiers and the people who live and work in the neighborhood.
According to the Village Voice:
"Drumming was the big issue of the night again. The question of whether the drummers can drum for two or four hours has turned into an increasingly large albatross, dominating negotiations with the Community Board at a series of meetings over the last few weeks."
It isn't clear at all whether the drummers will go along with the board's request:
"Elijah Moses, a member of the drumming working group Pulse, said that 'there have been some problems with you guys trying to control the drummers.' He held a pair of drumsticks while he spoke.
"He later told the Voice that 'If you keep telling me two hours, I'll keep doing four.' "
Some Occupy protesters, as we said Tuesday, fear that if the drummers keep up the beat too long that may lead to calls for authorities to evict everyone from the park.
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By Connie Johnson, Ed.D., Chief Academic Officer
In August 2012, we launched Colorado Technical University's new Distinguished Lecturer Series with Amy Powell, Director of Operations for Starbucks Coffee Co. The CTU Distinguished Lecturer Series continued on February 21 with Dr. Marika Taishoff, Director of MBA programs at the International University of Monaco, who offered her insight on Going Global.
Dr. Taishoff has lectured in Turkey, Singapore, Russia, and more. She feels that in order to manage in today's competitive business world, you must be sensitive to differences in customers and operating procedures on a global scale. There are many benefits to going global – and she feels living abroad and doing business internationally is an important measure of success.
Obviously, it's comfortable to do business in your own environment. You're familiar with the language, the business customs, the customers' needs, and the legal system. However, there are enormous benefits to going global.
In her recent lecture, given as part of our Distinguished Lecture series, she covered the six reasons to go global, using the acronym ADDING.
- Add volume or growth to your company through global expansion: If something is selling very well in your home country, why not expand your sales by entering a new marketplace? Offering your product to new customers can generate continued repeat business and build your brand reputation on a global scale.
- Differentiate yourself by being a global player: If you differentiate yourself by becoming an in-demand product on an international scale, you may notice a difference in the willingness of customers to pay for your products. Creating something that sets you apart can increase desirability.
- Decrease costs by finding the most efficient ways to do business: You may find that one of your new international markets proves to be a source of cheaper labor or raw materials. The benefit of doing business globally is being able to find the pricing combination that works best for you, within a variety of locations.
- Improve bargaining power: As you grow in size, so does your bargaining power with your distribution channel and your suppliers. The sheer size of your international operation will mean you command more power and the ability to strike potentially more beneficial deals.
- Normalizing (or optimizing) shift in consumption patterns: In other words, don't put all your eggs in one basket. While the economic crisis is affecting developed countries, many undeveloped countries remain unaffected. They are still growing and want a variety of goods and services. Doing business in more countries can help normalize shifts in consumption patterns, such as the decreased market in developed countries due to economic crisis.
- Generating knowledge, and other resources and capabilities: Knowledge sources exist in every country – by going global, you can tap all of them, and gain the power that comes from knowing.
While there are many benefits to going global, you must also remember that every country is different - consider not just the size but also the composition of the market when expanding globally.
Connie Johnson, Ed.D., is the Chief Academic Officer/Provost working with both online and ground degree programs. Dr. Johnson is the leader of CTU Academics and Student Affairs and brings over 20 years of experience in academics. Connect with Dr. Johnson on Twitter @DrConnieJohnson


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Use at your own risk! Section 638:17 of the New Hampshire House Bill 495 highlights United States rules against wireless hacking. Attempting to and or gaining access to a network that you do not own or have permission to is STRICTLY forbidden. I am NOT responsible for ANYTHING you do with this information.
The purpose of this guide is to inform users about how a router can be exploited to temporarily reset WPS lockouts. This can be useful when using reaver to crack a WPS pin. Keep in mind that this does not work with every router. It largely depends on hardware. This attack uses MDK3, a set of tools by ASPj to overload the target AP with useless data, thus causing it to freeze and reset. Here is how it works. (Each of these commands are run in a separate terminal window) and I think you can figure out the variables here.
This floods the target AP with fake clients.Code:mdk3 monX a -a xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx -m
This causes Michael failure, stopping all wireless traffic. However, this only works if the target AP supports TKIP. (Can be AES+TKIP)Code:mdk3 monX m -t xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
This keeps a continuous deauth on the network. If this attack does not start, make a blank text document in your root folder named blacklist. Leave it empty as MDK3 automatically populates the list.Code:mdk3 monX d -b blacklist -c X
This floods a bunch of fake APs to any clients in range (only effective to windows clients and maybe some other devices, Macs are protected against this).Code:mdk3 monX b -t xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx -c X
You will know when the AP has reset either by checking with
or if the target shows channel -1 and MB shows -1 in airodump.Code:wash -i monX -C
Please do NOT use this on a network that is not yours or that you do not have permission to. If the owner finds out that it is you who is attacking their network, you may end up in serious legal trouble.
Visit ASPj's site as mentioned above for more information.
Preventing the attack
As of now, there is no way to prevent the attack except by disabling wireless, buying a high end router, or getting an AP that encrypts management packets. Deauthentication packets are management frames which are sent UNENCRYPTED unless you purchase an AP that supports MFP. You can read more about this here.
Downloads for useful programs: I will do my best to keep these updated
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A break? No. The man needs a knighthood!flord said:At some point we need to give @BooTheMightyHamster a break and have a cut off for new orders.
Also, thanks for doing this, man.
Americas : Hamley's Guards
Bricklover18 x 1
@SumoLego x 2
@Russell844 x 2
@gmonkey76 x 1
@flord x 1
@ravot x2
@kwkw x 2
@SeijiAmasawa x 1
@MegtheCat x 2
@vwong19 x 2
@norm103 x 3
@mdtvandy x 2
@jmeninno x 1
@minicoop4 x 2
@kiki180703 x 1
@M_boss x 1
Total: 30 Guards
Americas: : Lesters
@vwong19 x 1
@gmonkey76 x 1
@jmeninno x 1
@kiki180703 x 1
@mdtvandy x 1
@kwkw x 1
@Bricklover18 x 1
@SeijiAmasawa x 1
@M_Boss x 1
@minicoop4 x 2
Total: 13 Lesters
@SumoLego will make the necessary payment / distribution arrangements when the parcel reaches him.
For UK / Europe
UK / Europe : Hamley's Guards
@Muftak1 x 2
@TheFew x 2
@Speedman29 x 2
@alexwil x 1
@Kokkie20 x 3
@TommyF x 1
@Covi x 2
@stlux x 2
@Coolego x 2
@Legoboy x 2
@thebeermonkey x 2
@colay x 3
@HangedSanchez x 1
@rawbob x 1
@scottbw2010 x 1
Total: 33 Guards
UK / Europe : Lesters
@Muftak1 x 1
@scottbw2010 x 1
@alexwil x 1
Total: 3 Lester(s)
I'll be in touch with people later in the week for payment / delivery details. Paypal is preferred, but I'm sure we can work something out if you don't have an account.
For any future requests...
Lester's are pretty easy to get hold of. I can only buy 6 per visit, but I'm hoping that the staff are correct and the arbitrary limit will be lifted soon. They certainly have hundreds every time I go in.
@blade_guy mentioned that Hamleys were out of stock of the Guards a couple of days ago. Given that they're probably buying them from Lego for about 40p and selling them at £6, I doubt whether it'll be long before they're back in stock.
If you're starting a new list, please can I jump on? It was amazing that you already hauled a 'barrow full' the first time around but if you're going again...BooTheMightyHamster said:I shall start a new list!
My order got cancelled due to unforseen stock issues.Humdrum said:The Hamley's minifig is now available on their website: http://www.hamleys.com/lego-hamleys-exclusive-royal-guard-5005233.ir
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Test ID: IGFB3 Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 3, Serum
Reporting NameIGFBP-3, S
Useful For
Diagnosing growth disorders
Diagnosing adult growth hormone deficiency
Monitoring of recombinant human growth hormone treatment
As a possible adjunct to insulin-like growth factor 1 and growth hormone in the diagnosis and follow-up of acromegaly and gigantism
Clinical Information
Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) is a 264-amino acid peptide (molecular weight 29 kDa) produced by the liver. It is the most abundant of a group of IGFBPs that transport and control bioavailability and half-life of the insulin-like growth factors (IGF), in particular IGF-1, the major mediator of the anabolic- and growth-promoting effects of growth hormone (GH). Noncomplexed IGFBP-3 and IGF-1 have short half-lives (t1/2) of 30 to 90 minutes and 10 minutes, respectively, while the IGFBP-3/IGF-1 complex is cleared with a much slower t1/2 of 12 hours. In addition to its IGF-binding function, IGFBP-3 also exhibits intrinsic growth-regulating effects that are not yet fully understood but have evoked interest with regards to a possible role of IGFBP-3 as a prognostic tumor marker.
The secretion patterns of IGFBP-3 and IGF-1 mimic each other; their respective syntheses are primarily controlled by GH. Unlike GH secretion, which is pulsatile and demonstrates significant diurnal variation, IGFBP-3 and IGF-1 levels show only minor fluctuations. IGFBP-3 and IGF-1 serum levels therefore represent a stable and integrated measurement of GH production and tissue effect.
Low IGFBP-3 and IGF-1 levels are observed in GH deficiency or GH resistance. If acquired in childhood, these conditions result in short stature. Childhood GH deficiency can be an isolated abnormality or associated with deficiencies of other pituitary hormones. Some of the latter cases may be due to pituitary or hypothalamic tumors or result from cranial radiation or intrathecal chemotherapy for childhood malignancies. Most GH resistance in childhood is mild to moderate, with causes ranging from poor nutrition to severe systemic illness (eg, kidney failure). These individuals may have IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels within the reference range. Severe childhood GH resistance is rare and usually due to GH-receptor defects. Both GH deficiency and mild-to-moderate GH resistance can be treated with recombinant human GH (rhGH) injections. The prevalence and causes of adult GH resistance are uncertain, but adult GH deficiency is seen mainly in pituitary tumor patients. It is associated with decreased muscle bulk and increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but replacement therapy remains controversial.
Elevated serum IGFBP-3 and IGF-1 levels indicate a sustained overproduction of GH or excessive rhGH therapy. Endogenous GH excess is caused mostly by GH-secreting pituitary adenomas, resulting in gigantism, if acquired before epiphyseal closure, and in acromegaly thereafter. Both conditions are associated with generalized organomegaly, hypertension, diabetes, cardiomyopathy, osteoarthritis, compression neuropathies, a mild increase in cancer risk, and diminished longevity. It is plausible, but unproven, that long-term rhGH-overtreatment may result in similar adverse outcomes.
For all applications, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) measurement has generally been shown to have superior diagnostic sensitivity and specificity compared with insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3). IGFBP-3 testing should, therefore, usually be combined with IGF-1 testing. The combination of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 measurements appears superior to determining either analyte alone in the diagnosis of growth hormone (GH) deficiency and resistance and in the monitoring of recombinant human GH therapy. By contrast, in the diagnosis and follow-up of acromegaly and gigantism, IGFBP-3 measurement adds little if anything to IGF-1 testing.
IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels below the 2.5th percentile for age are consistent with GH deficiency or severe resistance, but patients with incomplete GH deficiency or mild-to-moderate GH resistance may have levels within the reference range. In GH deficiency, GH levels are also low and show suboptimal responses in stimulation tests (eg, exercise, clonidine, arginine, ghrelin, growth hormone-releasing hormone, insulin-induced hypoglycemia), while in severe GH resistance, GH levels are substantially elevated. However, dynamic GH testing is not always necessary for diagnosis. If it is undertaken, it should be performed and interpreted in endocrine testing centers under the supervision of an endocrinologist.
The aim of both pediatric and adult GH replacement therapy is to achieve IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels within the reference range, ideally within the middle to upper third. Higher levels are rarely associated with any further therapeutic gains but could potentially lead to long-term problems of GH excess.
Elevated IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels support the diagnosis of acromegaly or gigantism in individuals with appropriate symptoms or signs. In successfully treated patients, both levels should be within the normal range, ideally within the lower third. In both diagnosis and follow-up, IGF-1 levels correlate better with clinical disease activity than IGFBP-3 levels.
Report Available1 to 3 days
Day(s) Performed
Monday through Saturday
Clinical Reference
1. Boscato LM, Stuart MC. Heterophilic antibodies: a problem for all immunoassays. Clin Chem. 1988;34(1):27-33
2. Wetterau L, Cohen P. Role of insulin-like growth factor monitoring in optimizing growth hormone therapy. J Ped Endocrinol Metab. 2000;13 Suppl 6:1371-1376
3. Granada ML, Murillo J, Lucas A, et al. Diagnostic efficiency of serum IGF-1, IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), IGF/IGFBP-3 molar ratio and urinary GH measurements in the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency: importance of an appropriate reference population. Eur J Endocrinol. 2000;142(3):243-253
4. Parama C, Fluiters E, de la Fuente J, Andrade A, Garcia-Mayor RV. Monitoring of treatment success in patients with acromegaly: the value of serum insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 and serum leptin measurements in comparison to plasma insulin-like growth factor 1 determination. Metabolism. 2001;50(9):1117-1121
5. Monzavi R, Cohen P. IGFs and IGFBPs: role in health and disease. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002;16(3):433-447
6. Boquete HR, Sobrado PGV, Fideleff HL, et al: Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and IGF-binding protein-3 in growth hormone-deficient children and adults using ROC plot analysis. J Endocrinol Metab. 2003;88(10):4702-4708
7. Shen Y, Zhang J, Zhao Y, Yan Y, Liu Y, Cai J. Diagnostic value of serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 in growth hormone deficiency: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Eur J Pediatr. 2015;174(4):419-427
8. Inoue-Lima TH, Vasques GA, Nakaguma M, et al. A Bayesian Approach to Diagnose Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children: Insulin-Like Growth Factor Type 1 Is Valuable for Screening and IGF-Binding Protein Type 3 for Confirmation. Horm Res Paediatr. 2020;93(3):197-205
Method Name
Enzyme-Labeled Chemiluminescent Immunometric Assay
Specimen TypeSerum
Necessary Information
Indicate patient's age and sex.
Specimen Required
Patient Preparation: For 12 hours before specimen collection, do not take multivitamins or dietary supplements containing biotin (vitamin B7), which is commonly found in hair, skin, and nail supplements and multivitamins.
Collection Container/Tube:
Preferred: Red top
Acceptable: Serum gel
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial
Specimen Volume: 0.8 mL
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge promptly and aliquot serum into a plastic vial.
Specimen Minimum Volume
0.3 mL
Specimen Stability Information
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|Special Container
|Frozen (preferred)
|14 days
|72 hours
|72 hours
Reference Values
1-7 days: ≤0.7 mcg/mL
8-14 days: 0.5-1.4 mcg/mL
15 days-11 months: unavailable
1 year: 0.7-3.6 mcg/mL
2 years: 0.8-3.9 mcg/mL
3 years: 0.9-4.3 mcg/mL
4 years: 1.0-4.7 mcg/mL
5 years: 1.1-5.2 mcg/mL
6 years: 1.3-5.6 mcg/mL
7 years: 1.4-6.1 mcg/mL
8 years: 1.6-6.5 mcg/mL
9 years: 1.8-7.1 mcg/mL
10 years: 2.1-7.7 mcg/mL
11 years: 2.4-8.4 mcg/mL
12 years: 2.7-8.9 mcg/mL
13 years: 3.1-9.5 mcg/mL
14 years: 3.3-10 mcg/mL
15 years: 3.5-10 mcg/mL
16 years: 3.4-9.5 mcg/mL
17 years: 3.2-8.7 mcg/mL
18 years: 3.1-7.9 mcg/mL
19 years: 2.9-7.3 mcg/mL
20 years: 2.9-7.2 mcg/mL
21-25 years: 3.4-7.8 mcg/mL
26-30 years: 3.5-7.6 mcg/mL
31-35 years: 3.5-7.0 mcg/mL
36-40 years: 3.4-6.7 mcg/mL
41-45 years: 3.3-6.6 mcg/mL
46-50 years: 3.3-6.7 mcg/mL
51-55 years: 3.4-6.8 mcg/mL
56-60 years: 3.4-6.9 mcg/mL
61-65 years: 3.2-6.6 mcg/mL
66-70 years: 3.0-6.2 mcg/mL
71-75 years: 2.8-5.7 mcg/mL
76-80 years: 2.5-5.1 mcg/mL
81-85 years: 2.2-4.5 mcg/mL
Tanner Stages:
Stage I: 1.4-5.2 mcg/mL
Stage II: 2.3-6.3 mcg/mL
Stage III: 3.1-8.9 mcg/mL
Stage IV: 3.7-8.7 mcg/mL
Stage V: 2.6-8.6 mcg/mL
Stage I: 1.2-6.4 mcg/mL
Stage II: 2.8-6.9 mcg/mL
Stage III: 3.9-9.4 mcg/mL
Stage IV: 3.3-8.1 mcg/mL
Stage V: 2.7-9.1 mcg/mL
Note: Puberty onset, ie, the transition from Tanner stage I (prepubertal) to Tanner stage II (early pubertal), occurs for girls at a median age of 10.5 (±2) years and for boys at a median age of 11.5 (±2) years. There is evidence that it may occur up to 1 year earlier in girls who are obese and in African American girls. By contrast, for boys there is no definite proven relationship between puberty onset and body weight or ethnic origin. Progression through Tanner stages is variable. Tanner stage V (young adult) should be reached by age 18.
Test ClassificationThis test has been cleared, approved, or is exempt by the US Food and Drug Administration and is used per manufacturer's instructions. Performance characteristics were verified by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements.
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The Tunguska Impact--100 Years Later
The Tunguska Event
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June 30, 2008: The year is 1908, and it's just after seven in the morning. A man is sitting on the front porch of a trading post at Vanavara in Siberia. Little does he know, in a few moments, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire.
That's how the Tunguska event felt 40 miles from ground zero.
Today, June 30, 2008, is the 100th anniversary of that ferocious impact near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in remote Siberia--and after 100 years, scientists are still talking about it.
"If you want to start a conversation with anyone in the asteroid business all you have to say is Tunguska," says Don Yeomans, manager of the Near-Earth Object Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "It is the only entry of a large meteoroid we have in the modern era with first-hand accounts."
Above: Trees felled by the Tunguska explosion. Credit: the Leonid Kulik Expedition. [more]
While the impact occurred in '08, the first scientific expedition to the area would have to wait for 19 years. In 1921, Leonid Kulik, the chief curator for the meteorite collection of the St. Petersburg museum led an expedition to Tunguska. But the harsh conditions of the Siberian outback thwarted his team's attempt to reach the area of the blast. In 1927, a new expedition, again lead by Kulik, reached its goal.
"At first, the locals were reluctant to tell Kulik about the event," said Yeomans. "They believed the blast was a visitation by the god Ogdy, who had cursed the area by smashing trees and killing animals."
While testimonials may have at first been difficult to obtain, there was plenty of evidence lying around. Eight hundred square miles of remote forest had been ripped asunder. Eighty million trees were on their sides, lying in a radial pattern.
Such debranching requires fast moving shock waves that break off a tree's branches before the branches can transfer the impact momentum to the tree's stem. Thirty seven years after the Tunguska blast, branchless trees would be found at the site of another massive explosion – Hiroshima, Japan.
Kulik's expeditions (he traveled to Tunguska on three separate occasions) did finally get some of the locals to talk. One was the man based at the Vanara trading post who witnessed the heat blast as he was launched from his chair. His account:
Suddenly in the north sky… the sky was split in two, and high above the forest the whole northern part of the sky appeared covered with fire… At that moment there was a bang in the sky and a mighty crash… The crash was followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or of guns firing. The earth trembled.
Above: The location of the Tunguska impact.
"A century later some still debate the cause and come up with different scenarios that could have caused the explosion," said Yeomans. "But the generally agreed upon theory is that on the morning of June 30, 1908, a large space rock, about 120 feet across, entered the atmosphere of Siberia and then detonated in the sky."
It is estimated the asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere traveling at a speed of about 33,500 miles per hour. During its quick plunge, the 220-million-pound space rock heated the air surrounding it to 44,500 degrees Fahrenheit. At 7:17 a.m. (local Siberia time), at a height of about 28,000 feet, the combination of pressure and heat caused the asteroid to fragment and annihilate itself, producing a fireball and releasing energy equivalent to about 185 Hiroshima bombs.
"That is why there is no impact crater," said Yeomans. "The great majority of the asteroid is consumed in the explosion."
Yeomans and his colleagues at JPL's Near-Earth Object Office are tasked with plotting the orbits of present-day comets and asteroids that cross Earth's path, and could be potentially hazardous to our planet. Yeomans estimates that, on average, a Tunguska-sized asteroid will enter Earth's atmosphere once every 300 years.
"From a scientific point of view, I think about Tunguska all the time," he admits. Putting it all in perspective, however, "the thought of another Tunguska does not keep me up at night."
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please help convert me the really basic html layout to wordpress it does not have to be perfect. I know php but i never worked with wordpress so please help.
this is an elaborate process to describe on a thread post.
check http://themeshaper.com/2009/06/22/wordpress-themes-templates-tutorial/
Any particular reason you are using WordPress? It doesn't looks like a blog to me. (I know that's cheeky, as plenty of non-blog sites use WP, but I'm not sure why, as there are plenty of great CMSes better suited for regular websites like this.)
Anyhow, this may help also:
well im building a website for relatives and he wants to be done in wordpress
Byt "wants" isn't a reason. Find out what he really needs, then find out the best way to meet the need. I tell my doctor, my mechanic etc. what the problem seems to be, and let them decide how to fix it.
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EDMONTON, ALBERTA - Nearly a calendar year has passed since a one-for-one swap shook the worlds of Nick Schultz and Tom Gilbert.
The trade was the type rarely seen in the NHL -- two defensemen, the exact same age (29), each with two years left on his contract, making roughly the same money, simply changing locations between Minnesota and Edmonton.
Schultz is from western Canada. Gilbert is a born-and-bred Minnesotan.
That doesn't mean it was a simple adjustment for either.
Schultz, the second-ever draft pick by the Wild in 2000, played the most games (743) in team history. Gilbert, originally a Colorado draft pick, had played only for the Oilers. Walking into a foreign locker room, meeting new teammates and learning new systems aren't always easy when you've known only one thing.
Time has helped that initial jolt subside, but Thursday night when the Wild and Oilers meet for the first time since the Feb. 27, 2012, trade deadline, the emotions will return for both.
"Living in Minnesota for 10 years, it became my life, that was home," said Schultz. "All my kids were born there, my wife and I made great friends away from hockey. I was drafted there, built relationships with the players and the trainers there. Everything that kind of happened to me happened because of the Wild.
"So it's going to be strange seeing that jersey as the opposition."
Rarely does a locker room screech to a silence the way it was that February day when Wild players learned after practice that Schultz was traded.
Roommate Mikko Koivu didn't say a word. Kyle Brodziak yelled, "What?" Cal Clutterbuck literally stopped short for 10 seconds.
"He's what this city and this franchise is all about," Clutterbuck said at the time.
Schultz was respected so heartily by the organization that General Manager Chuck Fletcher ran from his office to the locker room because he felt he owed it to Schultz to inform him of the trade face-to-face.
"You're trading a guy that is a part of our identity and our culture and is highly respected and popular with his teammates and the fans," Fletcher said. "It's never easy trading players like that."
Different teams, different needs
It's easy to see what both teams were trying to accomplish.
The Wild needed a mobile, more offensive-minded defenseman that would help the team get out of its zone. After trading Brent Burns and Marek Zidlicky, Fletcher also needed a right-shot defenseman. The Wild also planned to pursue Zach Parise and Ryan Suter in free agency, so you can bet Gilbert's past history with both (Gilbert played youth hockey with Parise and is a Wisconsin alum like Suter) entered Fletcher's thinking.
The Oilers were looking for a veteran defensive defenseman that could help stabilize an up-and-coming team full of young, offensive-minded stars, so it wasn't a deal about contracts (Gilbert has a higher salary-cap hit but makes a shade less than Schultz's $3.6 million).
"You don't see these type of hockey trades very often," Fletcher said. "Nowadays, a lot of the trades you see are teams moving money or moving a veteran player for picks or prospects. In this case, two defensemen in the prime of their careers were traded for each other.
"It's a trade that's worked out well for both teams. Tom has played very, very well here. And from what I understand, Nick has played well in Edmonton. That's the way trades should work out. You trade quality for quality, and both teams got what they're looking for."
Schultz, partnered with offensive defenseman Justin Schultz, has one assist in 19 games averaging 19 minutes, 3 seconds a night.
"Nick has only been on the ice for a couple of goals in all his penalty-killing, and just the minutes he plays there shows his defensive foundation," Oilers coach Ralph Krueger said. "Five-on-five, he's a stabilizing factor period. ... He's exemplary in the room and everywhere else."
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Gilbert is the Wild's fifth-leading scorer with seven points, three of them goals, in 15 games. He has logged the second-most ice time on the team, averaging 23:09 a game.
"He started the year so good for us," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "It seems like he plays his best the more you get him out there. He's played upwards of 30 minutes some nights and does an unbelievable job. The thing I like is his compete, the details, none of it drops ever."
The transition has been made easier for Gilbert than Schultz because he is from Bloomington, where he starred at Jefferson High School.
"It's been great to be honest with you," said Gilbert, who recently got engaged to an Edmonton girl, Larissa. "It's just been great to be around my family. I just got a new nephew five months ago, so it's kind of cool to not miss those memories. And my parents bought season tickets pretty much the day I got traded."
Schultz and his two brothers idolized the Oilers growing up in Saskatchewan.
"It was neat walking into the locker room that first day and seeing the history -- the guys that have worn this sweater, the five Cups," Schultz said. "I'm honored to be an Oiler and to play here. It's a different experience playing for a Canadian team, in a Canadian market. It's fun and pressure-filled. It's something you want as a hockey player."


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Apr 23, 2009
COOKING: I Love Gadgets
I used it the other day and you know what? It does not do as good a job as when I toss them into a shallow pan in the oven drizzled with olive oil, salt and pepper or when they lie down in a saute pan with a bit of water, a squeeze of lemon and a lid over top.
I think this one may have to move on out so I can fill the space with something else...any suggestions?
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I'm with you on both things - love kitchen gadgets, prefer roasted asparagus. If I ever buy another house, the first thing I'll look for is a huge kitchen so I can buy more gadgets and display some of them! My son's friend used to call our house the "house of whisks". As for the steamer, us it to display dried flowers, or find a clear glass vase that fits inside and use it for fresh flowers. Or put a napkin inside and use it for breadsticks on a buffet table. I love using kitchen items for purposes other than what they were intended for.ReplyDelete
Sandi: You are brilliant. Those are great ideas.ReplyDelete
Do you have a Food Saver or other vacuum sealer??? If not, you need one of those!ReplyDelete
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I do have one. You can see my post about it here. You will have copy and paste I think because I can't get it to link.ReplyDelete
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