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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Gro Baby: Parent Tested, Parent Approved!
This award was not only given to the Gro Baby One Size Diapering System, but also to the company's shells, soaker pads and boosters. The PTPA Media Awards honor products only after they are vigorously tested by parents. Only products that pass muster are given the PTPA award.
Gro Baby has also announced their Gro Baby BioSoakers are officially U.S. Patent Pending. BioSoakers are disposable pads that line your baby's cloth diapers (the backside of the BioSoaker is sticky, so it stays in place inside your diaper's shell). Gro Baby BioSoakers are biodegradable, compostable, plastic and chlorine free... and now, patent-pending!
Let your little grow with Grow Baby!
9 comments:
- Ada said...
Congratulations to GroBaby!
- March 5, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- erinmcpatrick said...
I love Gro Baby! They are my favorite (and we have tried a lot!)
- March 5, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- simplymerry said...
...people *really* like these diapers, it seems. I'll have to try one.
- March 6, 2010 at 2:55 AM
- Wade&Sarah said...
Congrats... I won a gro baby and we love it so far!!!
- March 6, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- dbassett said...
Congratulations GroBaby!! Maybe I'll have to try one...people seem to love them!
- March 8, 2010 at 1:06 AM
- Rules said...
I want to try Grobaby.. do they make their covers in snaps? They have cute prints!!
- March 8, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Huppie Mama said...
Just started using them, and I am quite pleased thus far :-)
- March 10, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- DonniesMom said...
I really like the bio-soakers because they actually do hold in messes! The one frustration I have though is that the bio-soaker sticky part is way too sticky and it leaves behind sticky on the gro-baby cover. Anyone else have this trouble and what do you do about it?
- March 12, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- The Clothspring said...
I really want to try these out!
- August 6, 2010 at 2:39 PM


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Boston police clamp down on slam dancing
BOSTON (AP) - Add slam dancing to activities banned in Boston.
Police recently cited a city club for allowing violent mosh pit dancing and vowed a crackdown on what they called "dangerous behavior" and a "public safety hazard."
The Boston Herald reports that police cited the House of Blues for a license violation because of a mosh pit that broke out during a Feb. 21 show by Flogging Molly.
Police say 60 concertgoers engaged in slam dancing.
Police say the dance violated safety rules and the club was cited because security did not intervene. The club has agreed to put up signs that say mosh pits are banned.
Brian Fair, vocalist for Boston band Shadows Fall, called the clampdown "ridiculous." Musicians say slam dancing is part of the metal and hardcore culture.

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MasonicGamer.com: So it's come to this, has it? Another discussion about the PlayStation Vita and its less-than-stellar sales figures. I just can't help it; I'm getting genuinely worried here. It seems that for the last year, the only news concerning Sony's fantastic little portable is about the disappointingly low amount that have been purchased. We hear about low sales, lowered expectations, and calls for a price drop, but why? Why is the Vita selling so poorly?
First, I'd like to get one thing straight: Before I'm accused of flaming or trolling, you should know that I've owned every Sony system and purchased my PS2, PSP, and Vita all on launch day.
Pretty simple logic; lack of good games (until recently) and that $249 price. I am very curious to see how the PS Vita does next week with all of these $199 PS Vita bundles. We also have Persona 4 Golden and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale releasing next week.
From there on out not much is known, but I'm guessing Sony is banking on PS+ for the PS Vita releasing next week and the amazing list of free games that includes will tide people over until early next year.
Furthermore, Sony Bend must be working on something Vita related and surely there are at least a handful of games Sony is waiting to announce...
2 words, Software & Price.
Needs more quality software
In fact it has plenty of games that are very pleasant to play. It has a lot of good games.
I think if it lacks something it has more to do with the press/zines covers
This console is too hardcore for mainstream gamers or iPhone or android gamers. And of course it's not always designed for kids, therefore you can forget the excuse : "ok this game is average, we have played it 500 times, but it designed for kids so it's cool" relayed by a lot of reviewers that don't know anything about gaming and are just reproducing what everyone does.
Yes i think zines and media in general don't do their job as they should, they don't play and finished the games before they writes their articles and furthermore they have already in mind what they should write before beginning their reviews. And of course they don't review all the games taht are released on Vita.
This console is one of the best handheld ever, i think people who have one, just know it's a fact.
I guess price in uk is pretty decent. But you do have to shop around online and find the best deal that suits you.
The games selection isn't too bad, but I understand that people buying the system will only find one game they actually like.
You could get a 250GB X360 with forza4 and skyrim, but what about people that already own a 360 or PS3.
Sony just needs a better PR team, they need to make people think that everyone has/wants that system. then people would start buying because its popular.
Lack of advertising of good games you mean.
it should be no more than $200. $50 and you can get a wiiU.
It might be hard for them to do it but at $175 it would make a killing.
The Wii U costs $300 minimum. Yes, I agree the Vita needs to be dropped to $199 retail, but you're getting a portable console with the Vita. The Wii U is a slight upgrade to the current-gen consoles.
It could be multiple reasons.
A) Marketing
B) Price
C) Software
D) Competition
E) Desire and need
F) Identity crisis
There's a whole slew of reasons why it may not be selling as well as hoped. My own opinion is Sony has marketed Vita as a partnership with the PS3. So what you have is a smaller market to sell to since many PS3 owners don't really see a need to get a Vita just yet. Promoting PS+ is a start.
I saw about 7-8 Vita related ads within 2 hours of Smackdown last night (Black Ops Declassified and AC3L), so they're catching up in that department
Lack of numerous often realeased titles. You can't have months where nothing is coming out. Vita had a large launch but software has been few AND far between ever since.
Based off confirmed and rumored upcoming titles, this is unlikely to change anytime soon.
The 3ds has several titles that perform well (different titles throughout different regions) and aid the system that recieve no advertisement.
But that's after the fact of the 3DS's popularity.
It's the lack of games. And also the fact that the games that have scored well aren't what I would call system sellers or are too similar to console games.
There are very few games above a 8 or 9 in most reviews. The games that have a good score happen to be found on other consoles like Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Little Big Planet, and Plants Vs. Zombies or are very niche.
Above all the Vita needs its own games that set it apart from other consoles and handhelds. PS3 has Uncharted, Xbox has Halo, Wii has Zelda and Mario, and the DS has Pokemon. When I look at the Vita all I see are remasters, niche games, and portable versions of console games (Most Wanted, Call of Duty).
It doesn't have a Proper Phone app!
Give it Cell Phone Service and watch the sales take off!
You can thank me later......Sony!
We have smartphones for a reason... why the hell would someone buy a Vita to use as a phone, instead of for the awesome games? Doesn't make sense, so I don't think Sony will ever be needing to thank you.
as much as i dont agree with some of your posts i think your spot on here. yes it has skype but if it had cell phone capabilities it would fly off the shelves. i already have 3 games consoles this gen so splashing out for a games machine only is a steep call. im in need for a new phone , if vita could give me that function id buy it now. as it stands i have to wait to it gets cheaper.and i am a sony fan not fanboy.
im still waiting on the red vita i know i saw some images while back and i liked it so yeah
Unless you live in Japan, that is the only region they are releasing the blue and red system in. Unless we get a God Of War or an infamous on the Vita next year, here in the States or anywhere outside of Japan.
true well i do have a god of war red psp, but yeah i think they should release more colours i have no problem waiting longer if i must it can only be a good thing for me
Could always just get 1 of the many skins available online. Lots of nice red ones.
"First, I'd like to get one thing straight: Before I'm accused of flaming or trolling, you should know that I've owned every Sony system and purchased my PS2, PSP, and Vita all on launch day"
I don't like that people have to say this stuff to avoid being bashed just for talking about sales or analyzing any problems that the hardware faces.
Yeah, me too, but I've posted slightly negative sales articles before and been hounded by commenters who accuse me of trying to start a flame war.
At least this way it's clear that this isn't a Microsoft fanboy who's glad the Vita is doing poorly, but a genuinely concerned gamer who just can't help but admit the truth.
" but a genuinely concerned gamer who just can't help but admit the truth."
the truth is: the system may be struggling, but as for being worried about its viability in the market is pretty moot. the reasons are very freaking simple.
Sony's not going to pull the PSVita!
the reason is once again very simple:
WiiU is a connteted tablet controller to a game console Hub.
Microsoft surface is a tablet controller connected to a game Hub.
Apple Iphone,Ipad,Ipod touch can be a controller connected to Apple TV as a game Hub.
Android Smartphones and Tablets connected to a smart TV as a game hub.
notice a freaking theme here people?
Sony has had the PSP with remoter access to the PS3 , the PSVita has cross platform play and remote access. now PS+ will work both on the PS3 and PSVita at the same time only one account needed for both. do you think for one sec.
That The PSVita is not going to be put into the box shipped with the PS3 as one package in the future for one low price?
"Take Your Game on the Go"
cross play
cross buy
playstation Mobile
are people just not getting it?
worrying about the PSVita's ability to stay into the market as a viable game handheld is pretty freaking Moot, one the price for production goes down a PS3+PSV SYSTEM BUNDLE WILL GET RELEASED IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME ITS NOT IF IT WILL ITS ONLY A MATTER OF WHEN IT WILL, WHY BECAUSE THAT IS THE TREND'S OF THE Gaming MARKET GOING FORWARD! many say Nintendo sets the trends right?
if Sony tablet controller connected to a gaming hub is a new trend right? Nintendo starts trends everyone else copy's right?
ITS SO GOOD an IDEA NOW THAT MICROSOFT IS GOING TO OFFER xboxlive ON WINDOWS SURFACE AND WINDOWS PHONE.
You do not think Sony will pass up another chance to copy Nintendo right just like they did with the Wiimote, right?
Sadly, the nature of the internet means you have to cater to the lowest common denominator. You can't post "Hey, the system sales are low" without someone calling you a hater and a troll, just like you can't give a game a 7/10 without people erupting in rage at your "bias" and "ignorance".
On topic: I hope the system sales pick up, and that some more high-quality games come out for it.
As a VITA owner I have to say that the price of games is a real hard pill for me to swallow. The market is different now thanks to phone games and I think Sony and Nintendo need to price games accordingly.
So how much should a Vita game sell for, in your opinion?
all vita games should be priced at 29.99$ i also have a vita
The likes of Black Ops and Assassin's Creed are at least €/$10 too expensive.
Ideally (from a business standpoint) the price of the downloadable versions of retail games should be low enough to remove (or at least reduce) the temptation to buy a used copy.
If the downloadable games were half price then used game retailers would have a much harder time making a profit on used game sales and the volume of digital game sales would significantly increase.
When you consider that downloadable games turn a much better profit than retail games, because there are less costs involved and you can't trade them, it's madness that this business model hasn't been adopted.
The fact that I, an unemployed 23 year old with no real qualifications can see this says a lot about the people who are fixing the prices right now. They're a bunch of greedy fossils living in the past.
Games over the £29.99 point are putting me off at the moment, I just don't feel like splashing that much on a handheld device.
I also think the PSN games are too expensive. Especially after spending £50+ on a 32GB card
heres a couple of examples comparing PSN to amazon...
SFxT... £39.99; £29.99
Fifa13... £39.99; £34.99
Modnation... £5.99; £15.66
Ben10.. £13.99; £19.95
f1... £15.99; £21.32
Ok the last four games were discounted 50% off on the PSN and most of them are cheaper than amazon which is quite a feature. Sony should do these great deals every so often.
There's simply no room for the Vita in today's market imo. The boundary between the Smartphone market and the handheld gaming market becomes more occluded by the day, so the PS Vitas fortunes aren't going to turn around anytime soon I don't think.
Also, I don't think people want to play in-depth console-style games like Uncharted on the go. Portable gaming is for Mario and Pokemon type games and simple smartphone apps. Besides, judging from the reviews of some of the games (like CoD Vita) it doesn't seem like the Vita is actually a great console for gaming in general. :/
Anyway, I don't think the Vita has a place in today's market and I think it will sell under 20m units. It may even be discontinued In the next year as Sony cannot afford to bleed money on funding a console consumers don't want. I hope for Sonys sake I'm wrong though...
Hopefully, I am still waiting for IPs such as Metal Gear to be released for the system.
Black Ops Declassified is just a horrible game. It has nothing to do with the Vita as there are plenty of fantastic games for the system.
Just give me Lumines 1 and 2 on Vita and you have me sold, Sony.
well they already have a lumines game on the thing and its a rip off at 40$.
I really shake my head at some of the pricing on the vita games. Its almost as if sony wants people to thnik its a horrible value compared to phone games or even ps3-psn, xBLA or steam when they look at some of those game's prices on the VITA store. Sony needs to keep up with their own MSRP better on the digital games and police third parties to make sure they are not overcharging for crap that should be $10/15 max.
Too expensive and requires memory card since the Vita doesn't come with one and lacks internal memory. So it's going to cost you more than the initial $249.99.
Buy a bundle.
Oh I'm not interested in the Vita. Also, Vita bundles weren't always available. I'm just posting the reason I think it may be doing bad in sales.
What are you talking about ?
PSV bundles that include a memory card has been out since release date ...
Seems some ppl are just dumb or something like that , also that probably do not even have a psv!
It was called "PSV First Edition Bundle" ( notice the word "bundle" in its name?!) it included a memory card so try harder!
The graph is kinda bad... What is the timeline?? Debut week of Vita?? Also it seems that console sales as a whole has gone down and vita's been about 10% since it was released.
When I see some strategy RPGs like Tactics Ogre and some big beautiful turn based RPGs I'll buy a second Vita. Don't like to jump around or shoot things and I want a good story. Persona 4 will hold me for a while but I don't know of anything coming after that.
Because it's been not even a fucking year since the thing has been out.
How about we all focus on the fact the entire gaming industry is struggling and losing money right now, not just the Vita sure it's getting the shittier end of the stick but everyone is in the same boat.
Even Nintendo now believe it or not they are losing tons of money and I bet this year won't prove to be much more promising even with Wii U sales.
You can blame people for being so uneducated and being so obsessed with smart phone games and tablet games, cheap pathetic games people love so dearly.
Why do you think everyone has be focusing on competing with the smart phone and tablet market cause it's killing everyone in electronics right now, it really is.
That is all idiots care about is smart phones and tablets.. Oh IPAD 4 OMG!! What just released 7 months after the last one! Who gives a shit take my money Apple..!!
That is todays society, they could careless about what is actually the best as to why the Vita hurts so badly they only care about what is trendy and what everyone else has which are tablets and smart phones.
Lack of games. Knowing Sony though, that should change.
It's competition is 80 dollars cheaper than it's entry model. That simple.
Why the Bad Selling?
Look at the line-up...
Where is the Japaneses Killer-aps?
The 3DS Winn the Japan Market With Capcom/Namco/Square
Monster Hunter exclusive, "Tales of" Best-of PS2-based in World release (the PS Vita as medium DS-based tales of
in Japan only release), Dragon Quest exclusive, Kingdom Heart exclusive, Bravely Defaut...All million-sellers.
Wheres is the Square Enix Games on Vita?
Where is EU/US Namco-RPG?
Where is monster Hunter?
Sony espect sell the PS-Vita in Japan with Crapy Activision-shooters?
Or peraps whith only RPG (good but no populars) made by NiS/Ghust?
Or Online based Games for use the PS-Vita only beside a modem? (3G is not usefull for online gaming).
Vita can Win With populares Japanese AAA, not with poor copy of PS/360 Online-Shooters.
Sony has no games for a portable system. It is that easy.
Uncharted, Resistance, Assassin's Creed, CoD are their big titles for the system and they were not able to sell hardware. Those are console games you play at home and not on the go.
Look, I am a hardcore Halo fan, but even I would not like the idea of having Halo on my portable device. On my portable devices I play games like Angry Birds, Ninja Chicken or Diversion. When I am home, I will play Halo 4, Gears of War or Skyrim. So even I as a hardcore gamer don't want a hardcore experience on the go.
Nintendo has Pokemon, Mario, Mario Kart, Nintendogs and a couple of other games you can jump in, play and turn them off 5 minutes later.
Combine that with the rise of smartphones, the rise of tablets and the price tag and you get an idea, why the PS Vita is selling shitty. It is a huge failure and probably dead in the next 12 months or Sony needs to accept major losses with it.
I would like to know why Gameloft isn't all over the Vita. Their Modern Combat series could utilize the analog sticks. Even though they are knockoff masters, some of their titles are pretty to look at, and could use real controls.
I'm an advocate for that.
MC3FN looks better than COD and IMO has better campaign.. not to mention MP for 12! for 5 DOLLARS!
Even if they charge 20 bucks on the VITA I bet it would still sell well.
Have you seen Modern Combat 4?!
It's not like the hardware's completely different too.. Isn't the VITA an ARM device with similar specs to the ipad 2-3 (albeit slower clockspeed from the rumors)?
I blame memory card prices. They really need to get that shit together.
Hmmm could it be possible that all these negative 'doom & gloom' articles are actually being a detriment to consumers. We have the regular casual consumer looking at websites for knowledge of what the Vita is & can do. However when they see all these articles they think the system is bad & not worth it.
We know that hardcore gamers like many of us are really do not need any extra info but casuals will need that extra 'homework' by going to websites to justify a viable purchase.
I have not seen many sites really informing consumers what the system can do & the many games it already has. Where are all the articles about the PS suite games available currently?, there are a lot of high quality games (yes not as popular as Nintendo's 1st party games) but there are very good games available.
Look is it really what everyone wants is to have Nintendo the ONLY option in the handheld market? Does it not everyone say that competition is good for the market & industry when talking about consoles but when it comes to the handheld market it doesn't matter?
Give the Vita on-board memory with 16GB, 32GB & 64GB models and keep the ability to buy external memory with lower memory card prices. That alone would make more gamers buy into it since they know they don't have to spend over $250 just to buy a Vita.
As for most other casual gamers, they'd see it as a plus since they have the choice of the 3DS, multipurpose Tablets and cell phones which most come with memory built in.
The Vita is definitely my favorite handheld gaming device, but I can see very clearly why it isn't doing very well.
I'd jizz my pants with internal memory for (16 GB for 200 bucks).. but how will that work with Sony's DRM (locking accounts with storage)?
Well the fantastic part would be that they could allow for multiple accounts on the Vita with this, like the PS3.
And they could give you the option to lock account information to external storage for security, or to free up space on the main internal storage.
I think the next iteration of the Vita needs to have this. Which I'm sure we'll see in the next year or two (just like the PSP or PS3).
Many people just don't feel like having one is necessary.
Simple, their's barely any great games for it.
It needs a full-scale final fantasy game!!!!
Don't want to cost hate, but could it just possibly be crazy to say that the Vita doesn't sell because hardcore gamers don't like it?
I hate portables, all the hardcore friends I know do to, and pretty much I never see hardcore "looking" gamers walk around with a psp/vita. The DS is the only portable I sometimes see, and its mostly used by casuals from what I see.
Portables seem rather "weak" when i think about them. Whenever i'm on the move and need video games, theres my Iphone and laptop. And of course my laptop beats the living crap outta every game the vita has.
Maybe lack of UMD port? This is the reason i dont get a Vita because i dont feel like spending extra money for games i already own. The natural step would be upgrade to Vita but the lack of this port makes people reluctant to get one.
My two cents aniways.
It could be the case but i read that a program to transfer UMD games is impossible due to the many loop-holes & licensing problems that said system will have. If you have seen in Japan when Sony had this program to transfer games the list of games available were pretty poor cause of 3rd party not willing to commit to transfer their games in digital form from UMD.
Sony can do it for their first party games but eventually people will complain that 3rd party games are not available. Still since the piracy killed the support on the PSP there weren't a lot of 1st party games on the system. Even Sony admitted for not supporting the PSP as well as they should have.
Also the use of UMDs were a poor choice in the first place by Sony, but i understand the reason they tried that format. The possibility of a higher storage medium for larger games & a cheaper format was at the time the right choice. If the PSP were to use solid state format like SD cards than this wouldn't be an issue.
I still stand by my argument is that the Vita is being unfairly treated by the gaming media.
The only two things I dislike of Vita is those expensive memory cards and how nasty it is to copy content with CMA, changing cards, account locks, etc. It's just a pain in the ass...
Apart from that Vita is an amazing device.
Not having a free memory card (even the smallest capacity one) can put a possible customer off. The memory card is an important piece of the device needing to put out extra cash just to have one can be seen as a hidden cost. I think a lot of people can forgive the price of the Vita right now since everyone knows that in the console industry the price goes down eventually but buying a memory card instead of an extra. That can be a turn off.
Also the sales of the Vita in Japan seems to be worse than in the west this is because Sony is still supporting the PSP in the Land of the Rising Sun. So the 3rd party developers does not have any incentives to move their games to the newer device. The Vita does not even have any multiplatform games that is popular in Japan but the PSP still has them. Sony should just really come out and stop supporting the PSP because its clearly hurting the Vita.
As long as Sony cannot sell the Vita in the number 1 market for mobile gaming devices then its going to struggle. The ball is in Sony's court the gamers are just waiting for them to make the right move.
I don't mean to sound like a fanboy and I never owned any N systems other than the family computer and GBA.. but here's another answer to the article's question:
Because 3DS has better value.. in the eyes of majority of the consumers.
Anwser is quite simple. There's hardly any demand for it.
It never ceases to amaze me how, pre-launch, the price tag was being lauded as amazing due to being the same price as the 3DS and then, once Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS, the Vita suddenly became overpriced.... I mean, what sense does that make?
I think that people see both having almost the same entertainment value, so they go with the significantly cheaper platform.
(Imagine something similar; the Nexus 7 undercutting almost anything near it of similar Android devices)
I'm afraid that even if they drop the price to 179.99 for the core system itself, people'd still be complaining about the cards.
It's an uphill battle for Sony right now.


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From the rooftop of Los Angeles' old Maxwell House coffee plant, dancers in tuxedos joined others wearing horse heads to reenact Psy's "Gentleman," which is the year's top music video on YouTube.
The troupe featured YouTube stars little known to the mainstream but dear to millions of the world's teenagers and young adults — and to the advertisers who covet them.
The resulting YouTube Rewind video, which is to be posted on the site just after midnight Wednesday, commemorates the most popular videos of the year.
"Gentleman" and other top YouTube videos were watched billions of times on the Internet's dominant site, which along with the streaming film and TV service Netflix now accounts for more than 50% of Internet download traffic in North America.
YouTube's video advertising is on the rise — up 75% this year compared with 2012. Companies in the consumer packaged goods space, such as the conglomerate Unilever, whose brands include Axe, Dove, Ben & Jerry's and Skippy, have increased their spending on display advertising on YouTube by more than 75% in the last two years, according to corporate parent Google Inc.
"There are a lot of claims that YouTube and Facebook reach the same amount of people as television does," said Ian Schafer, chief executive of Deep Focus, a digital ad agency. "The people responsible for buying those commercials are paying more attention and buying more online video."
In a move that could speed the shift of ad dollars from television to online, Google recently agreed to let Nielsen place measurement tags on the ads that appear on YouTube. These tags let marketers see how many people watch an ad, along with some demographic information Nielsen gleans, in part, through a partnership with Facebook.
To be sure, TV ad spending dwarfs the money advertisers spend on digital online video.
For the first six months of the year, marketers spent about $1.3 billion on digital video, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Internet Advertising Revenue Report. Marketers spent $36.4 billion on television over that same period, according to the broadcast industry trade group TVB.
"YouTube is similar to Facebook in that it generates billions of views, but despite the tremendous interest, advertisers have not yet learned how to value the power of that reach," said Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey.
But the value of online advertising to consumers is clear. Three of YouTube's top 10 trending videos of the year were, in fact, commercials.
In one, 1990s martial arts star Jean-Claude Van Damme does the splits while straddling two Volvo trucks driving in reverse down a highway — to the soothing tones of Enya's 2000 hit "Only Time." The video has been viewed 60 million times, and inspired parodies including one from actor Channing Tatum.
Another depicts adults dancing before mirrored images of themselves as infants to a remix of the hip-hop anthem "Here Comes the Hotstepper." The Evian water promotion generated 20 million views in two days, and has been seen more than 67 million times.
The "Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise" uses a hidden camera and some Hollywood sleight-of-hand to dupe coffeehouse customers into believing that a young woman has supernatural powers. The video, in which she appears to levitate a male stranger, move furniture and cause pictures to fly off the walls, is a promotion for this year's remake of the horror film "Carrie," and has been seen 50 million times.
"Brands are breaking away from the 30-second commercial and creating videos that feel more like content on YouTube and less like ads," said Suzie Reider, YouTube's managing director of brand. "By tapping into the rhythm of the community on YouTube, brands are having major impact and engaging their customers, and finding new ones."
YouTube's promotional reenactment of "Gentleman" featured an unusual assemblage of comedians Kassem G and GloZell Green, fitness personality Cassey Ho, the dance crew I.aM.mE. and Thousand Oaks elementary school dance phenom Kaycee Rice.
The YouTube Rewind video pays playful homage to several top videos of the year.
The site's 25 most popular music videos — which include Psy's follow-up to last year's hit "Gangnam Style," Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" and Katy Perry's "Roar" — garnered a total of 4.9 billion views, according to the site.
The top 10 trending videos, which include the Norwegian comedic duo Ylvis' "The Fox," and the viral dance craze "Harlem Shake," attracted a total of 850 million views.


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Release Date: July 3, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Megan Whalen was slightly apprehensive about starting an internship at engineering firm Cobham this summer.
Cobham, after all, designs and builds some of the world's most sophisticated pressurized gas systems for NASA, Boeing, the U.S. Navy and others.
Whalen, a mechanical engineering student at the University at Buffalo, found comfort in her first assignment: using SolidWorks, a computer-aided design program, to test a nitrogen inerting system designed for unmanned aerial vehicles.
"I'm familiar with that program because I took a class on it at UB," said Whalen, of Marilla, who returns to UB this fall for her senior year.
Like many of Buffalo Niagara's leading engineering firms, Cobham has strong ties to UB, particularly the university's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. UB engineers have been working at Cobham since the company formed as Carleton Aviation in East Aurora during the 1950s.
Fueled by the success of making oxygen regulators for Boeing 707s, the company expanded in the 1960s by providing a similar product for NASA's first human spaceflight program, Project Mercury.
"Every astronaut since John Glenn has breathed in outer space using our equipment," said Jeff Ehret, Cobham senior business development manager, while gesturing to a case containing the regulator used by the famous astronaut.
The company also developed pressure suit controllers that military members use to keep cool when encountering dangerous heat; oxygen valves for submarines; and components for NASA's space shuttle program.
In 1987, British manufacturing company Cobham bought Carleton. Officially called Cobham Mission Systems Division, it operates in a 100,000-square-foot facility in Orchard Park that employs roughly 275. It continues to work with many of the same government agencies and private industry that it did as Carleton Aviation.
At Cobham in early June, Whalen worked on the nitrogen inverting system. She used SolidWorks, the computer program, to show how a handle that clamps down part of the system is supposed to react to stress. She refined the handle's design to make it stronger.
The work is a minor but important task on just one of the dozens of life support projects that Cobham engineers are engaged in, Ehret said.
Whalen, who grew up loving art class, said she was drawn to mechanical engineering because it has many different applications.
That's true, said Dean Millar, director of UB's Engineering Career Institute. He noted that Whalen is among dozens of engineering students who have interned this past academic year with one of Buffalo Niagara's leading firms. The companies make everything from medical devices and aerospace components to working with high-pressure gas systems and advanced materials.
Cobham has offered paid internships to UB students since 2006, according to Tama Gresco-Sauers, Cobham's human resources director in Orchard Park. Additionally, the company annually provides one student, in this case Whalen, a $2,000 scholarship.
The internship program, she said, has been remarkably successful.
"Most do so well that we often hire them to work part time in the fall during the school year. And some we've hired full time upon graduation," Gresco-Sauers said.
That's something Whalen, who has a few more weeks left on her internship, is interested in.
"I love it here," she said before turning her attention back to the nitrogen inverting system.
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I have a tried and true cookie/biscuit recipe that my family loves and I make over and over in many different ways. The recipe- Foaming (or as my husband remembers) Cat Biscuits came from my Mother-In-Laws handwritten recipe book and she credited her Mother with giving it to her. It can be made plain or lots of things added to it.
For this version I simply rolled them in a mixture of brown sugar and the ever popular Cinnamon, squashed them with a fork and baked them.
In herbal medicine cinnamon is warming and stimulating. One drop of the essential oil in a tablespoon of water can be used as a mouth wash for gum infections and bad breath and the powder is used to help improve circulation and relieve discomfort or issues in the abdomen.
There are records of Cinnamon being imported into Egypt as early as 2000 BC and the Christian Bible lists it as one of the holy spices.
Native to Sri Lanka Cinnamomum verum (synonym Cinnamomum zeylanicum) is the only one of the dozen or so varieties that is cultivated there. Other varieties are commercially grown in Kerala in southern India, Bangladesh, Java, Sumatra, the West Indies, Brazil, Vietnam, Madagascar, Zanzibar, China and Egypt.
Cinnamon Foaming Biscuits or Cat Biscuits.
4 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk or water
1 teaspoon bi-carb soda (In USA it is called baking soda not baking powder)
1 tablespoon hot water.
Rolling mixture
2 cups of dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1. Put the butter and flour into the food processor or rub the butter into the flour if you don't have a food processor.
2. Put the flour and butter mixture into a bowl. You can't leave it in the food processor trust me.
3. Place the milk and sugar into a pot and stir over a low heat until the sugar melts.
4. Dissolve the bi-carb soda in the hot water and add to the pot of sugar and milk.
5. Quickly pour it into the dry ingredients and mix it until it is smooth. It will look runny but will thicken up as it cools.
6.Roll the cooled mixture into 2 cm thick logs. Cut the logs into 2 cm bits and roll them into balls Chill in fridge or freezer until firm.
7. Roll the balls in the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture.
8. Place on trays that have been greased and floured or on trays lined with baking paper. Squash with a fork or leave them as the ball.
The ball shape cooks into a nice dome shaped cookie. Bake at 180 degrees C until golden about 10 - 15 minutes. Cool on a rack and then store in an airtight container.
Substitutes -
Any flours including gluten free, nut or coconut flours work in this recipe.
Water, fruit juices, soy, rice or nut milks can be used instead of cows milk.
Margarine can replace the butter. I haven't used an oil instead of margarine or butter so I don't know if that would work. Usually I would replace a cup or butter with 180 mls of oil so that might work but I am not making any promises there.
Herbal medicine and Essential Oils are not to be taken lightly. If you have a medical condition consult your health practitioner. Herbal and contemporary medicines do not always mix well.
Essential oils can be toxic if ingested - always store them out of reach of children and


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Seeing on Twitter tonight that according to Sly's fan club we will open on the road followed by weeks 2 and 3 at home and week 4 away.
With Dallas opening at NYG on Weds. Nite there is speculation we could play Denver for the Sunday nite opener.
Going to try and get some confirmation on this.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Mar 2012 21:23 UTC
This past week and this weekend I've finally found the time to enter into the colorful world of custom Android ROMs. After figuring out just how insanely great and awesome ClockWorkMod Recovery is, I set about to figure out what the best Ice Cream Sandwich ROM is for the Galaxy SII. While the answer to that question became clear quite quickly, this answer also gave rise to a whole bunch of other questions.
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CyanogenMod Founder Joined Samsung back in August 2011
by VenomousGecko on Sun 18th Mar 2012 22:00 UTC
Back in August there was an announcement that Steve Kondik, the founder of CyanogenMod, had joined Samsung. You may just get your wish after all, Thom.
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A day after three Atlanta radio hosts were fired for mocking Steve Gleason's battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the former New Orleans Saints player issued a response, accepting the apology of the men responsible for the skit.
A day after three Atlanta radio hosts were fired for mocking Steve Gleason's battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the former New Orleans Saints player issued a response, accepting the apology of the men responsible for the skit.
Steak Shapiro, Chris Dimino and Nick Cellini all were fired less than 24 hours after the skit aired on their show Mayhem in the AM on 790 The Zone in Atlanta.
On Tuesday, Team Gleason posted a statement on its Facebook wall, thanking those who defended him publicly.
"…I would like to thank the public for their support," the statement read. " 'Defend Team Gleason' now has been officially redefined. Additionally, the DJs have provided genuine apology. Received and accepted. We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are."
It went on.
"I think everyone can learn from this event. It's clear to me that, on a national and global scale, ALS is not understood, which is part of why it's under-funded and largely ignored. In the past 36 hours lots of people have been talking. Let's talk about this... There are zero treatments for ALS. If you take any action as a result of this event, I prefer it to be action to end ALS. See what we are doing to change that @ teamgleason.org. SG"
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurological disease that causes muscle weakness and disability. It eventually affects the person's ability to eat, walk, talk and breathe.
The story caught fire after a thread was started on LSU fan message board TigerDroppings.com decrying the segment.
The outrage quickly grew to Twitter and Facebook, where those angered by the treatment of someone suffering from a debilitating disease had an easy avenue to voice their opinion.
Gleason, the former Saints special-teams standout best known for blocking a punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the re-opening of the Superdome a year after Hurricane Katrina, uses a computer program to speak due to the advancement of ALS.
In the audio clip, obtained by New Orleans radio station 106.1 The Ticket, the Atlanta radio hosts begin by welcoming their version of Steve Gleason to the show. The computer-generated voice responds by asking a couple of questions about the hosts' families before breaking into three knock-knock jokes.
Two of the jokes delved into the real Gleason's battle with ALS, one of which ended with 790 The Zone's radio-generated voice asking for the hosts to "smother" him.


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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Hires VP of Finance
Denver - December 1, 2011 - The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has named Edward "Ed" Scholz as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations. Scholz will provide leadership for Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, Technology and Visitor and Volunteer Services at the Museum.
"This is an exciting time for our organization and the community we serve," said George Sparks, President and CEO of the Museum. "We are implementing an aggressive strategic plan-complete with construction projects, new exhibitions, and programmatic initiatives for our visitors-and Ed's extensive financial background and leadership will contribute to the Museum's continued success."
Scholz recently served as Deputy CFO for the City and County of Denver, where he was a member of the executive management team. Prior to this role he served as Budget Director, where he prepared and managed a $1.8 billion annual budget covering citywide operations, capital planning, debt financing, grants and utility enterprises.
Before entering financial management in municipal government with both the cities of Denver and Broomfield, Scholz managed operations in the banking industry and managed events and volunteers for public television. He holds a BS in Finance and an MBA focused on non-profit management.
Media Contact: Heather Hope Public Relations Manager Denver Museum of Nature & Science[email protected]
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About the Denver Museum of Nature & Science The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain Region's leading resource for informal science education. A variety of engaging exhibits, discussions, and activities help Museum visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe. The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum, check www.dmns.org, or call 303-370-6000.
Many of the Museum's educational programs and exhibits are made possible in part by generous funding from the citizens of the seven-county metro area through the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District.


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Sophomore biotech major lands internship at National Instittues of Health
Joe Bannister confers with Dr. Louise Temple in the biotechnology lab.
How does a bike-riding, snowboard-toting sophomore get offered a summer internship at one of the most prestigious and competitive research agencies in the nation?
It takes a lot of hard work, a few undergraduate research experiences and some support and encouragement from professors.
Honors student Joseph Bannister, a biotechnology major, is spending a good bit of his summer working as an intern at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., performing research in the Laboratory for Cell and Molecular Biology directed by Dr. Deborah Hinton. The NIH internship program is so competitive that in 2013, only 1,000 of 6,300 applicants were offered the opportunity.
Bannister is focusing on investigating how Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough, expresses its virulence genes at a molecular level. Understanding this process could provide a better basis for improving drug and vaccine design.
Bannister became interested in biology while growing up on a Shenandoah Valley farm. "I feel like growing up on a farm enabled me to be more aware of the environment and the processes that go on there," he said, noting that at an early age he began questioning how plants grow, why apples grow on trees and what helps them grow.
He began studying viruses his freshman year at JMU when he took a viral discovery class. "In viral discovery you have the opportunity to learn techniques and make mistakes in an environment where you can learn from those mistakes and that gives you confidence in the upper level classes," said Bannister.
With his confidence growing, Bannister started working in Dr. Louise Temple's lab researching Bordetella avium, a cousin of Bordetella pertussis. Although students can't work directly with the pertussis pathogen in Temple's lab, having the opportunity to participate in undergraduate research and learn how a lab is run helped Bannister gain valuable hands-on experience that enabled him to land the internship position at NIH.
Joe Bannister (right) stands with JMU President Jonathan Alger and another Relay For Life participant.
Both Temple and Dr. Elizabeth Doyle, a lecturer in biology, recommended Bannister for the position.
"[Joe] is the genuine article, loves science, loves to think and talk, loves to do stuff. He will have a great summer at NIH. I'm quite sure it will be a life-changing experience for him," said Temple.
Temple hopes Bannister will continue working in her Bordetella avium vaccine development lab following his internship. "The work here will be quite synergistic with his summer work, which is a real advantage to everyone, as his broader experience at NIH will inform his work here over the next two years," she said.
Just as important as gaining experience, Bannister said he wants to set a good example of the kind of work JMU students are capable of and to develop a lasting relationship between NIH and JMU. He looks forward to learning new techniques and skills that can be shared with classmates. "Being able to bring some of that back to JMU is important because JMU has given me so much," he said.
As for the future, Bannister said he is trying to decide whether he wants to pursue a degree as a medical doctor or get a Ph.D. and do research, or a joint program. "I want to see if full-time research is something I'm interested in. I like what I do during the semester, but I'm not fully submerged in it 8 hours a day. I will be this summer."
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After several unsuccessful attempts pitching a revival of the Ecco the Dolphin series to Sega, the original developers have banded together on a Kickstarter project to bring a completely new game with the same essence of the original Ecco games to modern devices.
That is awesome... Ecco was one of my favorite Genesis games, I am most definitely going to support this!
Chakan The Forever Man, wow I forgot about that game, it was awesome, I LOVED it as a child, as well as Echo The Dolphin
The Concept sounds really cool, I hope plenty of people back it
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future on PS2 still looks better! It's in 3D!


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Maternity leave is over. Five mornings out of seven, I get up at six, feed Jimmy his milk and banana, wash and dress while he's still eating and leave, shutting the door behind me; by 7.30 at the latest.
I don't think about him at work. I even try not to think about work when I'm with him. I just concentrate on doing one thing at a time, to the best of my ability. It's easy because I enjoy almost everything I do. I live a good life. A man's life really. I shut the door behind me and go off to argue with tribunal judges, write training materials on the bedroom tax, talk to other adults and eat lunch while reading the paper.
I enjoy the security and pleasure of a family life without any cost to my career or my sense of self.
I reckon if I was a stay at home mum, I'd want a husband like me. One, who helps in the mornings, gets home for the bedtime routine and still does a hand's turn around the kitchen. Nick doesn't always agree. There are certain things around the house that neither of us has taken responsibility for. It's not clear whose job they are and they cause little arguments and resentment every time they need doing.
I contemplate career progression and speculate aloud about going for promotion. Not yet of course, some time far in the future, when Jimmy's at secondary school and doesn't need me about so much.
Nick is amazed at this. "No Man would think like that" he says and I consider things from another angle. I'm the bread winner now. Perhaps that's a responsibility worth taking seriously as well.
2 days out of 5, I play fun weekend mum. I take Jimmy to soft play, to the library, to the swimming pool. We sit in little Italian cafes so he can eat pieces of penne off my saucer and charm the waiters into tolerating our mess.
"Is he old enough for the zoo yet?" I wonder aloud and Nick says "No, not quite. Perhaps in another 6 months" I don't know these things anymore. I have to ask.
Jimmy's eyes light up when he sees Nick enter the room and he does that delighted little baby squeak. Nick holds him close and I see how easy they are with each other now.
"I love to see you two together like that" I tell Nick; "It's a real reassurance to me to know, he's being cared for so well, while I'm away at work"
Apparently this is also something a man would never say, which surprises me. As a good Marxist, I always assume material conditions determine consciousness. Living this husband's life- I imagined my concerns would be similar to any of the fathers at my work.
"Oh no, Men don't have that sense of responsibility. We see children as competition if anything."
My husband is not one of those men who would describe themselves as a feminist.
He's something better than that. A man who is willing to let me in on what men are really like- instead of always trying to convince me of how different he is from the others.
I know what he says is true. How else to account for the increased risk of domestic violence when women are pregnant or have recently given birth? It would be a mistake to assume violent men are the aberrations. Every heterosexual relationship plays out in the shadow of those same power relations.
On some deep level I have known this already. That deep pleasure I feel when I see them getting on together. I can name it. It is relief.


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"Don't confuse this with a quantum computer those have yet to be realized (if ever)."
You are right, it's possible that they won't pan out. I suppose even if we're thinking of conventional transistors though, this development of single atom transistors might make future computers fast enough to render today's cryptographic systems vulnerable to brute force attacks. Does anyone know just how fast this single atom transistor is compared to those in 32nm CPUs? That would give us a much better idea of just how future-proof current cryptographic schemes are.
Algorithms like RSA and elliptic curves can naturally be extended to any bit length desired (although most implementations have an upper limit of 4096 bits).
Unfortunately, most symmetric ciphers are only defined for limited block sizes as a matter of standardization and offer no standardized way to extend them. For example, AES is hard coded to 128bit blocks, with key sizes limited to 256bits. Most of the time making the key size larger is trivial even if non-standard, and one could easily project the new parameters. For example, the number of rounds for AES-128 is 11, AES-192 is 13, AES-256 is 15, so we might project AES-384 to be 17 rounds and AES-512 to be 19 rounds, but the fact that it's non-standard is a problem. Unfortunately increasing the AES block size from 128bit would require a whole new algorithm since it's integral to the AES function.
Mind you this is all just fun cryptographic theory, I don't see a very compelling need for larger AES key or block lengths today.
BLOWFISH, by comparison, supports key sizes up to 448bits, but has a smaller block size of 64bits. In my opinion, this small block size is too small for comfort. In theory, even without cracking the 448 bit key (which is unfathomable using conventional means), one might begin to map out 64bit blocks directly. Given 1GB of data, there's a 0.02% chance a block will be reused and become cryptographically weak. Each additional GB increases the odds of a collision: for 2GB,3GB,4GB,5GB it goes to 0.08%,0.19%,0.34%,0.53% respectively.
The information leaked may be rare and of little value, but it could facilitate a meet in the middle attack against the key function, which if successful would decrypt the entire stream. For this reason, I think AES is better despite it's smaller key size.


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A few weeks ago I blogged about the situation of Palm posing as an iPod on iTunes. I called this a gray area, with no easy answer. In fact, I found that debating the original situation was a waste of time because both companies had good reasons to do what they do (although I was personally mostly siding with Palm with this).
A few weeks later Apple closed the door for Palm with an iTunes fix, and yesterday Palm bit back with another fix to re-enable iTunes support for the Pre. However, it's this last "fix" that now made me side with Apple. You see, Palm now uses a device ID that belongs to Apple. In other words, Palm is now presenting their product as an Apple one. Palm should have not done that because it's not ethical to claim that you're someone else. Palm overstepped some boundaries with their latest update: "Unauthorized use of assigned or unassigned USB Vendor ID Numbers and associated Product ID Numbers are strictly prohibited", the USB-IF states.
Instead, Palm should have done one of the following:
1. Sue Apple on grounds of abusing monopoly. Just like we spent 4 years watching Microsoft and its IE getting dragged to the court about being anti-competitive, that's what should happen to Apple too. Don't forget that originally iTunes was an open player, it could even work with third party plugins and devices. It was only later, when the iPod got successful that Apple "closed down" iTunes in order to control their success even more. Given that in the US iTunes and iPods have around 80% (or more) of the market share, Palm could sue. Although, now that Palm spoofs as an Apple product, Apple could counter-sue (bad move on Palm's part).
2. Forget about iTunes, and go help these poor guys in San Francisco (in all intents and purposes down the road from Palm's offices), the Songbird team. This player will be almost feature-complete compared to iTunes by year's end. If Palm could either finance them, or send 1-2 engineers to help them out, everyone would win: Songbird would be a real multi-platform OSS alternative to iTunes, and Palm and ANY other manufacturer would have an iTunes-like alternative that works. They could also partner with the Amazon Store to include an Amazon mp3 plugin as an alternative to iTunes Store (the Android phones do that, and it works mighty fine).
I guess, what I am saying here is that Palm did have options instead of spoofing their product as an Apple one. Maybe not immediate options for their consumers (although don't forget that the Pre can be also used as a USB drive for mp3 uploading), but options nonetheless.
I hope that Palm gets with the program, forgets iTunes, and goes with Songbird. This way, everyone wins: Palm, the customers, the rest of the cell/mp3 manufacturers, OSS, and even Apple, who wants to play all by itself in the corner.


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An early planting and growing season typically improves a wheat crop's potential. And by all accounts, the 2012 U.S. wheat crop across the country is progressing far ahead of schedule in most areas.
Overall, winter wheat is ahead of schedule and in better condition than last year. In USDA's Crop Progress report for the week ending April 8, 61 percent of the winter wheat crop across the country is in good to excellent condition, compared to 36 percent at this time last year.
Even better, only 10 percent of the winter wheat crop is rated poor to very poor, compared to 36 percent last year.
State by state, winter wheat is ahead of schedule by varying degrees. In areas of Texas, typically the first HRW growing area to harvest, inadequate soil moisture continues to stress the wheat crop.
The crop is still progressing faster than normal, with 35 percent of the wheat headed out compared to the five-year average of 15 percent.
In Oklahoma, USDA reported that 41 percent of the HRW wheat crop is already headed out, compared to just 6 percent last year at this time. Mike Schulte, executive director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission, reported that wheat is two to three weeks ahead of normal, projecting harvest to be toward the second or third week of May in the southwest corner of the state, although some producers are predicting even sooner.
"In southwest Oklahoma, I had a producer tell me that he felt they would be cutting wheat in as early as mid-to-late May," Schulte said. "Overall, crop conditions as of right now look favorable just as long as we can dodge future possible hail and tornado damage."
Kansas outlook
In Kansas, 79 percent of the wheat is jointed, compared to the five-year average of 32 percent and 30 percent at this time last year. Additionally, 65 percent of the wheat is rated good to excellent. According to Nebraska Wheat, Nebraska's winter wheat crop is also about two weeks ahead of schedule with 10 percent of the wheat jointed.
In the Pacific Northwest, mixed weather across Idaho has resulted in a good-looking crop overall. According to USDA, 86 percent of Idaho's winter wheat is rated good to excellent with 11 percent rated fair. Despite good conditions, however, Tereasa Waterman, information and education manager with the Idaho Wheat Commission, reported that winter wheat acres may be plowed under to plant other crops like potatoes or sugar beets.
Further west in Wyoming, Keith Kennedy, executive director of the Wyoming Wheat Marketing Commission, said wheat farmers could easily start harvest as early as July 1, two to three weeks ahead of normal. He added that while there is sufficient moisture at the moment, the crop will need some significant moisture soon.
Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee President Tom Neira, who farms in central Colorado near Bennett, would also welcome additional moisture in coming weeks.
He reported, "Wheat in our area still looks good, as it had a good start last fall, but it will need a drink soon."
Dan Anderson, who farms in far northeastern Colorado near Haxtun, reported his wheat is two weeks ahead of schedule and looking good, but agreed that it could use some moisture soon. That is on par with USDA's report that 18 percent of the wheat in Colorado is jointed compared to 10 percent for the five-year average at this time.
The SRW crop is also progressing faster than normal.
In Ohio, winter wheat was 13 percent jointed, ahead of both last year and the five-year average.
Maryland a week ahead
In Maryland, Jason Scott, who farms in the Delmarva peninsula near Stevensville, said his wheat is about a week ahead of schedule, but cooler weather this week slowed crop progress a little.
Spring wheat planting is also ahead of schedule in most areas, with producers taking advantage of mild weather conditions to get their wheat in the ground.
According to USDA's April 8 Crop Progress report, 21 percent of the crop has been planted, compared to 3 percent last year and the five-year average of 5 percent.
In North Dakota, 8 percent of durum and 17 percent of spring wheat has been planted. Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat Commission, said producers are planting spring wheat and durum at least a month earlier than last year, when wet conditions delayed and prevented planting.
Farmers are also ahead of the five-year averages in both South Dakota, where 52 percent of spring wheat is seeded, and Minnesota, where 25 percent is seeded. In a normal year, farmers in both states would just be starting planting.
In contrast to most areas, farmers in northern Idaho and eastern Washington have seen greater precipitation that has slowed spring wheat planting. Scott Yates, director of communications for the Washington Grain Commission, reported that farmers were initially worried about a drought this year, but now are so water logged they may be late getting into their fields.
USDA reports that farmers have planted 15 percent of their spring wheat in Idaho and 26 percent in Washington, behind the five-year averages of 23 and 37 percent, respectively.
While the crop is mostly ahead of schedule, farmers across the country acknowledge that weather in coming weeks could have a large effect on the harvested crop.
A late frost, too little moisture or damaging storms could still hurt the wheat crop. But, for now, they are relatively optimistic.


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Look & Linger: 10 Stylish Hallways
When I posted a Before & After of my hallway recently, I realized that this pass-through offers one of my favorite vantage points in my house. While I suppose one could say that a hallway's not a room per se, it's just as worthy of decorating attention. Here are 10 you'd want to walk through daily.
Given how many times I walk through my hallway, I'm very happy with all the choices I made. I opted to bring in color with runners and artwork, but paint, wallpaper, and bookcases (where space permits) can all make hallways a place you'll look and linger.
1. Lonny
2. Design*Sponge
3. Leila & Buff's Beautiful Beach Abode
4. Steven Gambrel via Little Green Notebook
5. Allison & Luke's Comfortable Eclectic Apartment
6. Country Living via Tilton Fenwick
7. Lori & Monti's Fun California Modernism
8. Lonny
9. Somerset House via Despoke
10. Young House Love
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Rochester Institute of Technology kicks off its 128th annual commencement weekend at 2 p.m. Friday, May 17, with its Academic Convocation.
RIT President Bill Destler will confer more than 3,500 undergraduate and graduate degrees at this campus-wide ceremony, which takes place in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center.
Alex Kipman, a 2001 RIT graduate, now a Microsoft executive credited with inventing the Kinect system for Xbox 360 video game and Windows PCs, will deliver the keynote address. Kipman, honored this year by RIT as one of nine Distinguished Alumni, was named Inventor of the Year in 2012 by the nonprofit Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation.
Other highlights of Academic Convocation include recognition of students graduating with honors and faculty members who won outstanding teaching awards. Individual college ceremonies, where each graduate is presented his or her diploma, follow Friday's Academic Convocation and continue through Saturday.
The schedule of ceremonies is as follows:
For more information on RIT's 128th commencement activities, including a link to a live video stream of Friday's Academic Convocation, visit the university's commencement website.


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QUESTION OF THE WEEK- What can't you recycle, but would like to recycle?
Victor Balta: "Styrofoam. You never know what to do with it, but you can tell that it's not good to keep around anywhere."
Pat Hunter: "I live in Decatur, Georgia, and the advantage I have living there is that I can pretty much put anything that I can imagine in the recycling bin and put it on the street, and they pick it up once a week. I don't even have to separate it."
Lucille Payne: "You know the old flower pots, the clay pots? You can't recycle them because there's nowhere to put them. So I'm having a whole lot of trouble trying to find some help, either to get somebody to come pick them up or throw them in the trash for me."
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I would like to be able to recycle the florescent light bulbs that we are now being encouraged to use.
McIntire Recycling Center began accepting flourescent light bulbs this year.
Old paint. No idea wha to do with it
Look up any hard to recycle items in Better World Betty's directory for the Charlottesvilel area. www.betterworldbetty.org
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April 5, 2007
In the first start of his collegiate career, right-hander, Matt Bowling, gave the Bisons just the performance they needed, as Lipscomb beat Tennessee-Martin 5-3, on Wednesday, April 4.
The Skyhawks struck first with two runs in the first.
The Bisons pulled to within one with a run in the fifth. Ben Williams led off with a double down the left field line, before advancing to third on a fly ball off the bat of Allen Bolden. Caleb Joseph followed with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Williams for the Bisons first run of the game.
The Skyhawks added another run in the sixth to increase their lead to 3-1.
However, the Bisons bounced back, scoring four in the seventh, to take their first lead of the game. With one out, Williams reached on a bunt single to third base. Bolden followed with a single to left but advanced to second as the throw came into third, putting two runners in scoring position for Joseph who came through with an RBI single. Wilkins and Justin Sanders added an RBI in the inning. Another run scored on an error to complete the scoring, and give the Bisons a 5-3 lead.
Bowling lasted six innings giving up just three runs on six hits while striking out four.
Right-hander, Chris Burnett threw 2.2 scoreless innings to earn the win, his first of the season.
Williams led the Bisons on offense with three hits. Joseph added a hit and two RBIs to raise his average to .348.
The Bisons are on the road this weekend, when they travel to Macon, Georgia, to take on Mercer University in a conference series on April 6-7.


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Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium
Friday, September 27, 2013, 2:30 pm to 4 pm
Room 224 Mathematical & Microbiological Sciences Bldg
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Speaker: Dr. Gexin Yu, College of William and Mary
Title: Permutations as product of parallel transpositions
Topic: Discrete Math
Meet-and-Greet: 2:30 p.m. in Room 222 MM
Talk: 3:00 p.m. in Room 224 MM
Host: Dr. Xiangqian Zhou
Speaker's Bio: Dr. Yu is an associate professor at the College of William and Mary. He got his Ph.D degree at UIUC in 2006. His research area is graph theory. He has published over forty articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research has been supported by NSA and NSF.
Further information about the Math & Statistics Colloquia series can be found at: the department website.


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Ted (US - BD RA)
Jonathan checks out Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's directorial debut..
John Bennet (Mark Wahlberg) is a grown man whose cherished teddy bear came to life as the result of a childhood wish... and hasn't left his side since. Can John's relationship with longtime girlfriend, Lori (Mila Kunis), move forward with his lovably profane buddy in the picture? (From the Universal synopsis)
I imagine my experience with Seth MacFarlane's work isn't that uncommon. I was really into Family Guy back when it first came on the air. It's hard to believe that was in 1999. I was 12 when the show first aired, so that could already explain why I loved its irreverent humor and relentless jabbing at popular culture. It started to lose me around season 5 or 6, and its difficult to tell if it overstayed its welcome or if I just grew tired of it, though I'm inclined to lean toward the former. I still have friends that watch it regularly, and I find myself involuntarily quoting old episodes from time to time. I've never cared for American Dad and I haven't even tried watching The Cleveland Show. Regardless of my disinterest in his shows, Seth MacFarlane has always come across as a charismatic, friendly fellow in his television appearances and interviews. Plus I can't deny that there was a time when his work brought me great joy. Making the transition to directing a live action film seemed like a good opportunity for MacFarlane to stretch his legs and try something different, and I went in with great optimism.
Ted starts off having a go at the holiday miracle movie cliches. A young boy with no friends makes a magic wish to bring his teddy bear to life. When he introduces it to his parents, instead of being stunned they freak out, start cursing and hop up on the counter. It is an enjoyable parody. From there the character of Ted becomes a child star, and one of the movie's cooler special effects shows Ted making an appearance on Johnny Carson. Flash forward to John Bennet's adult years, and Ted transforms into a stoner/buddy comedy. This is much more familiar territory for MacFarlane, who resorts to his usual immature sense of humor. Ted is now a cursing, bong-smoking teddy bear that crashes on John's couch. It sounds like it would get old fast, but Mark Wahlberg's John Bennet keeps the movie grounded and his changing personal life keeps the plot moving along. When he starts dating Lori (Mila Kunis), he realizes he can't hang on to her and Ted at the same time. A predictable bromance versus romance conflict ensues, but even when the story beats are familiar MacFarlane keeps the film lively with a decent amount of laughs and a couple very enjoyable sequences.
One highlight of the film for me was the series of Flash Gordon references. John and Ted grow up watching the 1980 film, and later in the movie they party with Flash Gordon himself, Sam Jones. The joke is really stretched out, but anybody who saw the movie at a young age will get some enjoyment out of it. I have to admit, I really like Mark Wahlberg in comedic roles. I first got a taste of how funny he could be in David O. Russel's I Heart Huckabees. He stole most of the scenes he was in. He demonstrated that he wasn't afraid of playing a goofy, stupid cop in The Other Guys, where he was often much funnier than co-star Will Ferrel. Wahlberg's dedication to the silliness of Ted absolutely makes the movie. My favorite sequence, by far, is an all-out fist fight between John and Ted. They trash a hotel room, hurling objects and throwing each other into things. It is so silly yet so brutal at the same time, and it is surprisingly well choreographed. It fondly reminded me of Bruce Campbell battling his hand in Evil Dead 2. Giovanni Ribisi steals a couple of scenes as Donny. He's a strange stalker who has been obsessed with Ted since his childhood years and wants to kidnap him so his son can play with him. Seeing him dancing and singing to Tiffany's 'I Think We're Alone Now' in his living room is hilariously off-putting.
While I find myself happy with Ted overall, most of my joy comes from individual sequences in the movie that work great on their own accord. A lot of the jokes were a complete miss for me. Lazy pop culture references (Justin Bieber and Taylor Lautner jabs) and humor designed to shock without any real creativity leave many scenes falling flat. It is in these moments that the movie closely resembles MacFarlane's television work, which I was hoping he would break away from. I don't take issue with immature humor in general, but there is a random, forced nature to much of MacFarlane's joke choices that feels desperate. Finding humor in his characters and the lives he has written for them would have far more lasting appeal than the random riffs that Ted goes off on. Perhaps I'm just burned out on his delivery. When Ted speaks in the movie, I just hear a Brian the dog or Peter Griffin joke. When the movie contains a joke about how Ted sounds like Peter Griffin, it feels dreadfully corny and just makes it that much worse. Like most comedy, this is really more a matter of personal preference than legitimate criticism, and I do have to give a lot of credit to the charming leads. They do a lot to make some unfunny material come off as endearing. I'm sure dedicated MacFarlane fans will get exactly what they want out of Ted.
Universal brings Ted to Blu-ray with a very strong 1080p transfer. It was shot on the Panavision Genesis HD Camera, which as the same device Captain America: The First Avenger was filmed on. It has a very similar motion to that film. Things move in a manner that looks much smoother than film, and closer to something you would see on a HD television sitcom. The transfer looks extremely clean and detail is very strong. You can see all the small clusters of fur that make up Ted's coat. Digital noise is still very much present, but mostly sticks to the darker areas of the picture where it is not a major distraction. Colors look absolutely fantastic. The green grass and lush trees when Ted and John walk through the park are especially eye popping. Like most modern comedies, the film mostly has a warm hue to it that makes reds looks very vibrant. Aside from the digital noise, I didn't see any signs of artefacting or ugly compression side effects. This is a great looking disc.
The solid video presentation is matched by a delightful DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix. Ted may be a quaint buddy comedy at heart, but it has a budget behind it, and you can tell they put some time and effort into a quality sound mix. Directional effects aren't much of a priority, and the rear channels really only serve the purpose ambient noise or the occasional passing vehicle. The LFE channel is also used with subtlety. Norah Jones provides a delightful theme song for the film, which most of the score is derived from. It is very much a light, sitcom style of music. But the instruments still sound rich and explore the sound space nicely. The mix really comes to life during the wild party scene where Ted and John meet Sam Jones. Plenty of noise and commotion spreads across the room. There's a bit where the party is spiraling out of control and the camera zips around the room in circles. The accompanying audio effects are trippy and awesome. Dialogue sounds very clean. MacFarlane's lines as Ted always feel like they belong in the environment on screen. It fits with every other voice in a scene, and never "Banes" its way above the rest of the audio.
Extras kick off with a Commentary with Seth MacFarlane & Alec Sulkin & Mark Wahlberg. This is a very casual commentary track. Wahlberg doesn't stay for the entirety, but when he is present for the first 25 minutes, he seems to be very proud of the film. The three commentators have a great rapport with one another. There is a lot of reminiscing, and MacFarlane names all of the cameos and supporting roles. They also spend a lot of time complementing each other's work. You won't get much technical knowledge out of this track, but it is a leisurely, enjoyable listen that MacFarlane fans will like.
There are fifteen Deleted Scenes (HD, 14:43), most of which are alternative or additional jokes. They aren't very funny, so I'm glad they ended up getting cut from the movie. Main segments include more footage of the young John Bennet, some additional scenes with John's co-workers, some more of Lori's work environment, and a little more party footage. The good deleted scenes were likely what made it into the Unrated cut of the film on this Blu-ray release. There is a separate feature labeled Alternate Takes (HD, 10:32). These scenes are rapid fire, usually lasting a few seconds. The feature plays out more like a line-o-rama extra that you'd find on an Apatow produced comedy. Special effects are inconsistent here. Some feature a fully animated Ted, while others have stand-in props.
Next up is a Gag Reel (HD, 06:25). There isn't anything particularly noteworthy here. It's your typical gag reel, but fans of the cast members will likely get a kick out of seeing them goof around on set. This is followed by Ted: The Making of (HD, 24:43). This is a quick-moving look behind the scenes that is told in three parts. The first part, 'A Guy, a Girl and a Teddy Bear', is a general look at the idea behind the film and the storyline. The second part, 'Doing it Live' focuses on how Seth MacFarlane was on set in a mocap suit, recording his audio on location during each take. When you see a shot in the film of John and Ted walking down a sidewalk talking, somewhere off to the side MacFarlane is being recorded in a mocap suit, reading and riffing lines. It's actually a really cool and innovative process. The last segment, 'A MacFarlane Set', is a short set of interviews with the cast members talking about working on set. Overall its a great little making of feature that will really make you appreciate the technology that went into the film making.
Teddy Bear Scuffle (HD, 05:38) is the feature I was praying would be on this Blu-ray disc. When I saw the fight scene in the movie, all I could think about was Mark Wahlberg tripping around a hotel room pretending like he was being punched by an invisible bear. This feature gives me access to that footage, as well as a nice look into the preparation and shooting process that made the scene possible. Excellent feature for an excellent scene.
A lot of the jokes in Ted fell flat for me, but I still found it a relatively enjoyable experience. The leads manage to be charming even when the material feels uninspired, and MacFarlane showcases some great directing chops. Fans should be delighted with this Blu-ray release and its brilliant AV presentation. There are some very fun special features, including a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at John and Ted's awesome fistfight.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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This is a very funny film indeed and I loved every minute of it!
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Disc Details
Release Date: 11th December 2002
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Spanish, DTS 5.1 French,
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Extras: Theatrical and Unrated Versions of the Film, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Takes, Teddy Bear Scuffle, Gag Real, Feature Commentary with Seth MacFarlane & Alec Sulkin & Mark Wahlberg, The Making Of, DVD Copy, Digital Copy, Ultraviolet Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane
Genre: Comedy and Fantasy
Length: 107 minutes
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Gouda Tater Tots
This grown-up version of a childhood favorite stars as a side. These tater tots are stuffed with gouda cheese - a slight twist, but still keeping the American heritage. They make a great go-along to steaks, poultry and seafood.
3 large russet potatoes
3 oz. smoked cheddar cheese
3 oz. Gouda cheese, shredded
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
Vegetable oil
Cornstarch for dredging
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Roast potatoes with skin on for 25 min. (they will still be hard in the middle). While hot, peel potatoes and shred into a bowl; cool slightly.
- Mix warm potatoes with both cheeses; season with salt and pepper. Form into 1/2-oz. cylinders, 1 1/2-in. tall and 1-in. round; reserve in refrigerator.
- For service, heat several inches of oil to 350°F in large pot. Just before serving, dredge tater tots in cornstarch and fry until golden brown. Serve immediately.


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Aceso Completes Install of Hospital TV Network at Swedish Health Services, Issaquah Campus
Premier healthcare software/technology solutions company's digital media integrated video network will engage patients and visitors with educational information and profiles of healthcare providers for one of the top hospitals in the nation
Jan 31, 2014, 08:35 ET
BOSTON, Jan. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based Aceso™ Interactive has completed the installation of its Hospital TV Network, ("HTV"), at Swedish Health Services, Issaquah, Washington Campus. Aceso's network of digital screens enables patients and visitors to experience HTV's relevant and timely content in common areas, waiting rooms and lobbies. Aceso's engaging and efficient audiovisual solution communicates a caring experience across the entire hospital enterprise to bring patients, visitors and staff closer together.
Aceso and Issaquah collaborated to re-purpose a total of twenty-four high-definition display screens into an interactive digital network, integrating screens in Cafe 1910, the main elevator lobbies, and screens in public waiting areas as well as a new display application for presentation at the 12-screen feature wall in the main lobby. The digital media content platform will engage patients and visitors by allowing participants to interact with screens in real time using their smartphone, but without application software, ("app"). The technology utilizes unique barcodes that provide interactive tools to deploy, monitor, and measure local messaging promoting specific services within the Issaquah facility.
A primary factor in switching to Aceso's HTV solution was the ability to allow hospital staff to easily change and update screen content on their own. The content ranges from physician biographical information to patient educational videos or marketing promotional content on any display screen within the network. This mobile integration adds a new dimension of communication while presenting credible programming from trusted sources that invite patients and visitors into a memorable video experience from multiple distribution platforms. Aceso's cloud-based digital media solution offers a full range of creative options so Issaquah providers can create and manage local messages supporting interactive experiences that bridge digital screens and smartphones.
"The Aceso HTV deployment will provide educational information around services we provide to patients and the skill sets of the providers who offer these services," remarked Chuck Salmon, Issaquah's Chief Executive. "This fully integrated network will provide information on patient safety and quality in the video presentations and deliver a better service to our patients because it gives them more information and a better understanding of our offerings while they are in our facility. HTV content can now direct users to mobile landing pages that contain much more information and interactivity than can be afforded on static screens. By providing information to our patients, we will better serve them when they make a request for a service based on their needs."
"With the installation of the Aceso HTV digital signage solution we now have a dynamic communications channel to deliver timely information to our patients and visitors, eliminating the need for paper materials throughout the facility, especially in our Conference Center," commented Chelsea Westcott, Sr. Finance and Business Development Analyst. "We're especially pleased that we can now make changes and monitor the system anytime, anywhere."
Geoff Fiedler, one of Aceso's Co-Founders and President, remarked about Aceso's HTV Network introduction of mobile technology in a healthcare environment: "The ability for patients and visitors to access our client's content on their mobile device is a critical step in realizing our vision of enabling people to better manage their health whether they are at a health system facility or on the go."
About Swedish-Issaquah:
In its first year of eligibility Swedish Medical Center's Issaquah campus has earned the distinction as one of the 'Top Hospitals' in the nation at providing the highest quality of patient care, according to The Leapfrog Group's annual survey of more than 1,300 hospitals. The designation was awarded to only two hospitals in Washington State. Swedish Issaquah, which opened in 2012, is one of only 55 urban hospitals named as a 'Top Hospital' by Leapfrog, which also recognized 22 top rural hospitals and 13 top children's hospitals. Widely cited as the nation's most competitive hospital quality award, the Top Hospitals designation recognizes hospitals that deliver the highest quality care by preventing medical errors, reducing mortality for high-risk procedures and reducing readmissions for patients. Swedish is affiliated with Providence Health & Services, which is a Catholic, not-for-profit organization founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1856 with 27 hospitals, 214 physician clinics and almost 53,000 employees across five states. For more information, visit www.providence.org.
About Aceso:
Aceso provides the nation's premier interactive patient care and digital media solutions, UpCare™/ UpTech™, delivering patient-specific educational content, top entertainment and bedside assistance to enhance recovery, ease staff workload and improve outcomes. Aceso's interactive eCareBoard™ technology engages patients and families in their care by automatically displaying meaningful information on a digital display panel within the patient room. The eCareBoard is an innovative tool for patients, staff and families enabling them to become actively involved in their care and better coordinate education and patient care. Hospital Television Network, ("HTV"), Aceso's digital network of display screens, enables patients and visitors to experience personally relevant and timely content in common, waiting and treatment areas. Established in 2009, Aceso advances patient care for some of the nation's leading hospital networks, from the bedside up. Please visit www.aceso.com for more information.
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