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I got a problem for some days. My PC is rebooting (like when you cut the power off) randomly. By randomly i mean sometimes my pc is on for many hours and then suddently it reboots, sometimes it's 5 mins after powering on, sometimes only once, sometimes 3 or 4 times...
In the Event Viewer I have different errors like :
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first
Unloading the performance counter strings for service %1!s! (%2!s!) failed. The first DWORD in the Data section contains the error code.
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The performance strings in the Performance registry value is corrupted when process %1!s! extension counter provider. The BaseIndex value from the Performance registry is the first DWORD in the Data section, LastCounter value is the second DWORD in the Data section, and LastHelp value is the third DWORD in the Data section.
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I have no idea how to fix the problem... I think it's hardware but i've seen that sometimes it's bad drivers
Any help would be welcomed !
PC Specs :
CPU : i5 3570k
RAM : Corsair 2x4Go
Power supply : Corsair HX650
MB : Gigabyte Z77-D3H
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Let's hope for a clean race.
Forza Ferrari
Let's hope for a clean race.
Forza Ferrari
My guess is that Bottas is not gonna make same mistake that he did in Brazil. P3 is best what we can expect today, but it is racing, and anything is possible.
Should be a one stopper.
Finally a race I am able to watch, after having to miss the previous few due to the time being midnight here.
Hopefully we'll have a good one to conclude the season
Last race of the season..Hopefully we end this season on high although its look tough...FORZA FERRARI
#PrayforMH370 #KeepFightingSchumi
So the last race of the season will start in a few minutes. Let it be an interesting race with a Ferrari win at the end.
On supersofts: Hartley and the Saubers. All others on ultras
good move Ricci
and teh mercedeses start to dissapear into the distance
...the new SF71H looks amazing. Let's hope it's gonna be as FAST as it looks.
and now is the snooze fest fully ON
...the new SF71H looks amazing. Let's hope it's gonna be as FAST as it looks.
Kimi needs to get past dani ric quickly or max will get him
Snooze fest already
Kimi is so slow
those mercs are pumping in the fastest laps one after another.............our race pace is NO WHERE near their pace
...the new SF71H looks amazing. Let's hope it's gonna be as FAST as it looks.
Kimi told to speed things up, he is at 4 sec behind Ricciardo.
Cant understand how Grosjean is the representative of the drivers, he is always moaning and complaining
GRO schooling the STR
Stroll is awful
The top 12 all in the position they qualified forget how bad this track is
They need to go back to multiple pit stops, the only thing that can spice this borefest up
Kimi needs to pick up the pace now
Ocon might hold up max
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Oct. 21, 2005
Hanover, NH - The Yale men's tennis team began play today in the 2005 International Tennis Association Northeastern Regional hosted by Dartmouth University. The Bulldogs had an extremely successful first round of play. Brandon Wai '07 and Milosz Gudzowski `06 received byes to the next round. Mike Caldwell '09 and Rowan Reynolds `06 won their matches to advance to the next round of play. In doubles play, both Yale teams advanced to the next round, with Wai and Lederman combining to totally dominate over Holy Cross 8-1.
In singles action, No. 1 seed Wai received a bye and advances to play against No. 3 seed Luke Tedaldi of Brown at 8 am on Sat., Oct. 22. No. 23 seed Gudzowski also received a bye and will play Shrestha Raj of Dartmouth at 11:30 am on Sat. Caldwell slammed Alejandro Nery of St. Bonaventure. Caldwell defeated Nery in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. Caldwell will face off against No. 31 Jeff Schechtman of Dartmouth at 9:30 am on Sat. Jeff Dawson `09 played against Mike Crooks of Stonybrook. Crooks won the match 6-2, 6-3. Reynolds battled against Nate Nelms of Navy. After a heated battle, Reynolds emerged the winner, going 6-7(4),6-1, 6-4. Reynolds will play No. 20 Mark Clemente of Columbia at 2:30 pm on Sat.
In the qualifying open men's singles, No. 4 seeded Josh Lederman `09 was defeated by Jean-Francois Robitaille of Stony Brook. Robitaille won the match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.
In doubles play, No. 9 seed Wai and Lederman devastated Brian Kelly and A. Deaver of Holy Cross 8-0. The duo will play Barrett Wolfe and Jared Kobren of Boston University at 4 pm on Sat. No. 5 Reynolds and Green received a bye and will compete against James Michael and Malcolm Scatliffe of Penn State at 4 pm on Sat.
Report filed by Christie Yang '06, Yale Sports Publicity.


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Sea Launch Zenit rocket with Intelsat spacecraft fails at launch
A Ukrainian-Russian rocket carrying a US-made telecommunications satellite has plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch.
The Zenit-3SL rocket, which was being operated from a floating pad south of the Hawaiian islands, failed 40 seconds after the lift-off at 06:56 GMT.
The Intelsat-27 satellite was due to be positioned over the Atlantic to provide services to the Americas and Europe.
Officials say no-one was hurt as a result of the incident.
Staff from the Sea Launch company, which organised the launch, direct all missions from a support vessel that sits at a safe distance of about 6.5km uprange of the platform.
The firm said it would establish a review board to determine what went wrong.
"We are very disappointed with the outcome of the launch and offer our sincere regrets to our customer, Intelsat, and their spacecraft provider, Boeing," Kjell Karlsen, president of Sea Launch AG, said in a statement.
"The cause of the failure is unknown, but we are evaluating it and working closely with Intelsat, Boeing, Energia Logistics Ltd and our Zenit-3SL suppliers. We will do everything reasonably possible to recover from this unexpected and unfortunate event."
Sea Launch had not long returned from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
A spectacular rocket failure on its converted oil rig in 2007 forced the firm to restructure its finances as orders slowed and debts mounted.
It re-emerged in 2011 and had lofted four satellites successfully from the Odyssey platform before Friday's loss.
The rig-cum-pad and its command ship are based at Long Beach, California.
For a mission, the pair move south to the equator at 154 degrees West Longitude.
An equatorial launch location gives a rocket a boost from the Earth's rotation, meaning it can lift heavier payloads into orbit.
Sea Launch is owned now by a Russian-led consortium headed by Energia Overseas Ltd, and is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.
The commercial market for launching large geostationary telecommunications satellites is intensively competitive.
It has been dominated for several years by the European Ariane rocket, operated by Arianespace, and the Russian Proton vehicle, which is sold by International Launch Services (although the latter has experienced a number of failures of its own recently).
Once the cause of Friday's loss is identified and any necessary corrective action taken, Sea Launch will need to re-instil confidence in the market that its product is a good one.
The Ukrainian-Russian Zenit-3SL vehicle has a generally good reliability record.
A modified version, the Zenit-3SLB, is operated from land, flying out of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The most recent of these launches was at the end of 2011.
Launch contracts from the Luxembourg-based Intelsat company had been integral to Sea Launch's return to business after bankruptcy protection.
Intelsat-27, which weighed some 6.2 tonnes at launch, was to have provided direct-to-home TV services and mobile broadband connections.


text: Seller: theclampetts (7,627) 100%, Location: Orland, California, Ships to: Worldwide, Item: 112706039426 Antique 1920 Fruit Jar Dual Wrench Opener. Lot #16. Rare & Unusual! There are Two (2) Wrenches connected together with a plate. The Wrench with the Black Tape holds the jar in place while the other Wrench is used to remove the lid. The Connecting Plate between the Two Wrenches is marked: "PAT. APR.20.1920 OTHER PATS. PENDING C-M MFG. CO. WASHINGTONVILLE, O." There is wear to the green paint. One wrench head is wrapped with black tape. The handles on both wrenches are slightly bent. Some surface rust. The wrench opener needs to be cleaned. SEVERAL JAR WRENCHES are being offered at this time! Be sure to view all of all listings! We Combine Shipping! Approximate Measurements: 8.25". Condition: Used condition with wear consistent with age & use. Other conditions are listed above. Please look at photos for accurate account of condition. Use zoom feature to see flaws prior to bidding. WE ARE SELLING THE CONTENTS OF OUR ANTIQUE SHOP AFTER 50 YEARS IN BUSINESS. THIS WILL BE A YEAR LONG PROJECT; SO, KEEP CHECKING OUR LISTINGS AS WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES TO LIST! We describe all items the best we can; but at times may overlook some detail. If some detail has been omitted or clarification is needed, please ask questions. PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTOS CAREFULLY IN ORDER TO SEE ALL DETAILS. "PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS!" WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS IN AN AUCTION IF POSSIBLE. Most of the items listed are antique, collectible, &/or used; therefore, there will be the normal amount of wear to these items. The items are described to the best of our knowledge noting all problems as seen. If there is additional information needed, please ask questions. All items are "SOLD AS IS"! California residents must pay sales tax. Selling Vintage and Antique Disclaimer: We sell Antiques and Vintage items which come with dust, scratches, bumps, bruises and the like, i.e, they are not perfect items. We do not claim nor are we experts on most items we list. We do try our best to research each and every item we list and give the best description listing possible. If we are missing something important about an item or have made an error in the listing, please contact us for further information. If you purchase something from us and during the postal ride it is broken or not as described, please contact us so we can figure out a way to solve the problem. Leaving negative feedback without first attempting to tell us there is an issue is not kind. We work very hard to find, list and properly ship each and every item. We treat you the customer the same way we would want and expect to be treated. Please, try to do the same in return. **California Residents, we charge 7.75% Sales Tax. Shipping quotes are for shipping within the US ONLY but do not include Alaska or Hawaii. We do ship Internationally, please inquire for shipping costs. Condition: Used, Condition: Used condition with wear consistent with age & use. One wrench is wrapped with black tape. Green paint is worn. Handles are slightly bent. Needs to be cleaned. Please look at photos for accurate account of condition. Use zoom feature to see flaws prior to bidding., Country/Region of Manufacture: United States


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Make this cute Goodie TwoShoes soft felt doll as a gift for any little girl. This is a sweet, safe preschool toy to make and give.
Items needed:
- Printable t-shirt transfer paper
- Two 8 x 10 in. pieces of tan-color felt (or other desired color)
- Polyester filling
- Scissors
- Sewing Machine/ Needle & Thread
- Print Goodie image on transfer paper (follow transfer printing guide) Select the Goodie decal image in Activities section for image.
- Cut out image, leaving a small border.
- Print Doll pattern on paper and then pin pattern to felt pieces and cut out.
- Iron transfer onto one of the felt pieces following manufacturer's directions.
- Pin both felt doll pieces together, inside out. (transfer side on the inside)
- Using sewing machine, stitch ½ in. from all edges, except the bottom edge.
- Turn right side out, then stuff firmly with filling.
- Stitch bottom edge by hand with needle and thread.
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Jun 21, 2010
Coconut Cheesecake
The recipe calls for eight egg yolks. For some reason, all the eggs I bought at our local farmer's market were double-yolked, but the 16 yolks from eight eggs was almost precisely 150 grams.
As I mentioned, I had a little trouble finding the cream of coconut. Then I read Jennifer's comment about all the chemicals in it, which caused me to look at the label again. Hmmm. It does have a few extra syllables, doesn't it? I'm a little taken aback by the idea of a "Family Pina Colada"--just omit the rum. Is there a point to that?
Anyway, Rose says to mix up the cream of coconut in the food processor. Because Rose told me to do it, I did, but I think that you could probably successfully whisk it, and not have to get the processor dirty again.
And that's it! All that's left is baking it. Oh, but first--pour hot water around the springform pan which you've placed in a roasting pan, or whatever you have that's big enough to hold the cheesecake. Note to self: buy yourself a roasting pan before making the next cheesecake!
There's a little crack on one side of the cheesecake, but it's going to be covered with toasted coconut, so I don't care. I see that my cheesecake is quite lopsided, which tells me that I didn't do a very good job of straightening the springform pan in the silicone pan. I'm not concerned. Some of my best friends are lopsided.
This would be a perfect recipe for an Asian dinner of any kind--not authentic, maybe, but I think the flavors would be just right. If you don't want to wait until you make an Asian dinner, it would work with almost anything else.
Sean: "This is the best cheesecake I've ever had. If someone had told me the cheesecake in the lunchroom was from a really famous restaurant, I'd have no trouble believing it."
Ben" "Really delicious--thanks for bringing it in."
Jodie: "Is this a Rose recipe? Can I have it?"
Jim: "I love the cheesecake, but I could do without that stuff on top."
Karen: "This is a really delicious cheesecake. I'm sure it's not really light, but it seems light, and the coconut flavor is definite, but subtle."
28 comments:
- Lois B said...
I love the silicon wrap for your pan. I don't think I've ever had foil that didn't leak!
- June 21, 2010 at 12:18 AM
- evil cake lady said...
ha, i had to go back to the previous post to see what i had said about the chemicals in the cream of coconut! in warmer weather, whisking probably is easy to do, but in these here parts where "summer" seems a lot like "early march" the coconut oil was completely solid. ah well.
great post and cake as always!
- June 21, 2010 at 1:28 AM
- doughadear said...
Great cheesecake Marie! I can see myself dreaming of this cake mid afternnoon just when I'm ready for some tea.
- June 21, 2010 at 5:12 AM
- Jenn said...
Very nice cheesecake Marie. I hear you on the planning ahead, I should've looked for cream of coconut earlier. I couldn't find it, and so ended up making Gateau Breton.
- June 21, 2010 at 6:17 AM
- Vicki said...
It looks beautiful! Very pretty presentation. The silicone pan is genius. I'm going on a search for one. The foil wrap is nerve wracking. The ingredients on the coconut cream unnerved me, too. I would like to try the organic canned coconut milk at Whole Foods in a cheesecake. Rose,Woody, anyone? How would one adapt a recipe?
- June 21, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- Monica said...
I LOVE coconut, anything with coconut I'm first in line. I don't love cheesecake. But, as always Rose made a believer out of me with this one - yummy!
Marie, as always great post and tips.
- June 21, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- faithy, the baker said...
Your cheesecake looks great!
Hmm..usually for us in Asia, we use the real coconut cream..ie, buy from the market the grated coconut and squeeze out the first juice...which i think is the 'cream'. At least that's what i think it is when i cook curry or local desserts... There are various brands of can coconut cream in our supermarts too but usually people here still thinks freshly squeezed from the muslin cloth is better.
- June 21, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Your cake looks perfect. Love the idea of the silicone pan, but I haven't found one yet. I thought the combination of the Coco Lopez and the coconut essence to really lend themselves to magnificent flavor. I can't wait to bake this again in silicone bath protector.
- June 21, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Rachelino said...
Marie- looks great! I also used the Coco Lopez, but actually could not find a natural coconut essence or extract. It was coconut extract (the only one I could find) but in small letters on the bottle read the work "imitation". I forgot this part in my post because it didn't adversely affect the flavor of the cheesecake. I just used half a teaspoon instead of the full measure, and it was more than enough coconut flavor when combined with the Coco Lopez (which I did have to process, it still being solid in our mild weather near the Sf Bay). The flavor was out of this world.
- June 21, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- Katya said...
How beautiful. I just unmolded mine this morning at the bakery and put them out for sale (I made three 4-inch minis with 1/2 the recipe). Unfortunately, my camera is MIA so I am not sure what to do about pictures, so the post will probably be late. The filling that I licked off the side of the pans was delicious, though.
- June 21, 2010 at 2:04 PM
To anyone looking for the Lekue silicone layer cake/ pan liner, I've posted this on the forums, but will repeat here. They've been on ebay for about a month from chicagoliquidators--$5.00 including shipping. This is a great deal, and I picked up a couple for myself.
Marie, beautiful work on the cake (and the photos Jim)! That's so weird about the yolks, but they look great.
- June 21, 2010 at 2:41 PM
- Marie said...
The silicone cake pan/wrap may be the best use of silicone yet!
My coconut cream was about half liquid and half sort of gelatinous textured stuff--a whisk would have handled it easily, I think. When does your summer start?
Yes, it would be wonderful with afternoon tea!
Too bad--although you don't get too much sympathy since you got the Gateau Breton out of the deal.
- June 21, 2010 at 3:38 PM
- Marie said...
Faithy is right about making the cream of coconut with a coconut and muslin. I haven't tried either way, but you can also apparently soak regular grated coconut in cream and then squeeze out the coconut. To make cream of coconut from the coconut cream, you'd just add sugar.
I can see you experimenting with this!
You should have been our mentor on this! You could have taken detailed pictures about how to make the cream of coconut, and then we wouldn't have to use the chemical-ridden canned stuff.
- June 21, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- Mendy said...
The silicon pan is an interesting addition. I wonder what would happen if one used a cake strip in lieu of a water-bath for a cheesecake?
- June 21, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Jenn said...
Matthew, thanks for the tips on the Lekue pan. I just got 1 from Ebay. Can't beat $5.
I saw the exact same pan over the weekend at Sur La Table for $9 (sale from original price of $14). I almost bought it but hesitated. Glad I didn't :).
- June 21, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Hanaâ said...
Very fancy looking indeed, Marie. I'm glad it was a big hit, even with Jim. Love the toasted coconut on top. Very decorative!
- June 21, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Marie said...
See Matthew's comment above.
Me too--only the imitation extract, which I didn't want to use but also didn't want to hunt down any more. I was afraid I'd get some nasty artificial taste, but it worked out fine.
I'll bet your mini-cakes sold in a hurry. If I stopped in a bakery to pick up dessert and I saw one of these, I'm pretty sure it would be my choice.
Thanks for the tip--very thoughtful of you to let people know. Oddly, the next dozen eggs I bought from the same farmer had nary a double-yolked egg in the bunch.
We only have one cheesecake left, so it's up to you to experiment when we do the cranberry version. There are some people, including me, who would love to be able to omit that step.
What luck!
I agree--very nice finishing touch, with the added benefit of covering up any imperfections on top.
- June 21, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- cheesecake recipe said...
This is absolutely delicious, I already tried it! Well, it didn't turned out as perfect as yours (mine is a little lopsided, lol) but the dessicated coconut really hides all the cracks. I was apprehensive at first with the idea of coconut in the recipe but it turns out that the flavor is surprisingly subtle! I really loved it, and will surely make this a regular part of my dessert menu, :) Thanks for sharing this!
- June 22, 2010 at 4:59 AM
- Nicola said...
Your cheesecake looks sensational. I love that some of your closest friends are lopsided! I had an inkling that coconut hating Jim would actually like the coconut cheesecake. Rose is truly a cake missionary - she can convert anyone!
No cheesecakes baked here this weekend. I was a bit relieved I couldn't find neither the essence or the cream of coconut. My oven was busy enough baking tester cakes for upcoming wedding - four cakes and assorted icings. Although I do despair that my "free choice" list seems to get longer and longer and longer.
Now I wish there was cheesecake on my bench instead of all the other cakes.
- June 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Re: using a cake strip when baking a cheesecake, see this thread:
- June 22, 2010 at 11:42 AM
vicki, my husband hates coconut but loves beets (go figure)!
raymond: LOL about the "not being hit on the head with a falling coconut"!
mendy, the photo of you holding the girls with your loving baker's hands and the beautiful girls lovingly holding the poilane style bread is priceless.
everyone's cheesecake looks great!
- June 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Marie said...
Even Rose couldn't make Jim like the toasted coconut on top of the cheesecake, but any normal person would like it. Wedding test cakes! Compared to this coconut cheesecake, that sounds like real work.
Thanks again!
And yet there's no beet cheesecake recipe!
- June 22, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Debbie said...
Thats the most egg yolks I've ever seen! Just heard about your blog AND I just ordered the famous book!
- June 24, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Shirley said...
I love your silicone pan trick! Got to get one. I bought eggs a few times from this produce store and every yolk in the cartons was a double. We stopped buying eggs there, thinking they must be feeding super-hormones to the hens.
- July 4, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Is the recipe somewhere so I can make this cheesecake? I just had a coconut cheesecake in Ft. Lauderdale this weekend, and I am looking to create it. I would like to make it for Thanksgiving.
- November 23, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Marie said...
Sorry I can't give you the recipe, but the publishers request that people writing about the cakes give out a maximum of 3 recipes, and I've already used my 3.
I checked on-line, and couldn't see that anyone else has published the recipe either. Sorry I didn't get back to you before Thanksgiving.
- November 27, 2010 at 7:16 PM
Ah you build me up to break me down. I scrolled through all the comments and drooled on the pictures only to realize no recipe :P. Broke my heart.
- December 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Which book is this recipe in? Would like to try it!
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Alice Alpert, a graduate student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, studies what the chemistry of coral skeletons can tell us about the ocean in the past.
Before coming to WHOI, she worked in Antarctica as a lab technician. There she met poet Katharine Coles, whose visit was sponsored by the National Science Foundation as part of a program to bring artists and writers to the forbidding continent. Coles' book of poems based on that experience, The Earth Is Not Flat, was just published by Red Hen Press.
Here, Alpert reflects on the meeting of scientist, poet, and ice.
As an undergrad at Brown, I studied deep-sea sediments from 5 million years ago. And when I graduated I was thinking, what is this for? What am I doing? I didn't know what I wanted to do when I graduated. So I did the thing that I was most qualified for, which was work as a lab assistant. I had the opportunity to work at a station in Antarctica for two field seasons.
The whole time I was there, I was so frustrated because I couldn't describe it. Antarctica is such a crazy landscape that is so difficult to describe in words, and our language developed before anyone had ever seen Antarctica. Then in 2010 this poet, Katharine Coles, came to my station. She actually wrote a poem about an interaction she had with me. It's called 'To Alice, the Beast Appears.'
She had to write a proposal to NSF on what she was going to do, and one of her proposed poems was a bestiary, like fantastical things you might see in Antarctica. She talked about things like dragons that you might see. And I was out on the water one day collecting samples, and it was a really sunny day, so the little icebergs got melted a lot on top, and they got into these really crazy shapes. When I came back to the lab I was all excited—'Kate, I saw the dragon!' And so she wrote a poem about it.
I see this really interesting parallel between her and us as scientists, because in the end, we're all trying to describe this completely new world that humans don't know much about. For us, it's about counting cells, it's about measuring salinity, conductivity, temperature, and depth. For Kate, as a poet, she's all about capturing something with the fewest words possible. Some of her poems, it was like, 'Yes! That's it!'


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Clue (film)
1985 comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn
Clue is a 1985 U.S. comedy film based on the boardgame Clue (a.k.a. Cluedo). The film uses the characters and murder mystery premise of the boardgame as the basis for a quickfire farce.
- Directed by Jonathan Lynn. Written by John Landis and Jonathan Lynn.
Mr. GreenEdit
- [last line of the real ending] Okay, Chief. Take 'em away. I'm gonna go home and sleep with my wife.
- Col. Mustard: I prefer Kipling myself. "The female of the species is more deadly than the male." Do you like Kipling, Miss Scarlet?
- Miss Scarlet: Sure, I'll eat anything.
- Wadsworth: I'm merely a humble butler.
- Col. Mustard: What exactly do you do?
- Wadsworth: I buttle, sir.
- Wadsworth: Professor Plum, you were once a professor of psychiatry specializing in helping paranoid and homicidal lunatics suffering from delusions of grandeur.
- Professor Plum: Yes, but now I work for the United Nations.
- Wadsworth: So I see your work has not changed.
- Mrs. Peacock: Yvette, is there a little girls' room in the hall?
- Yvette: Oui, oui, madame.
- Mrs. Peacock: No, I just I wanna powder my nose.
- Mrs. White: I didn't kill him.
- Col. Mustard: Then why are you paying the blackmailer?
- Mrs. White: I don't want a scandal, do I? We had had a very humiliating public confrontation. He was deranged. A lunatic. He didn't actually seem to like me very much; he had threatened to kill me in public.
- Miss Scarlet: Why would he wanna kill you in public?
- Wadsworth: I think she meant he threatened, in public, to kill her.
- [after catching Mrs. Peacock in the second ending]
- Wadsworth: You see, like the Mounties. We always get our man!
- Mr. Green: Mrs. Peacock was a man?!
- [Colonel Mustard and Wadsworth each slap him]
- Wadsworth: Would anyone care for fruit or dessert?
- It's Not Just A Game Anymore.
- Murder, madness, mystery, and mayhem. More fun than you can imagine.
- Seven Suspects, Six Weapons, Five Bodies and Three Endings.
- Eileen Brennan - Mrs. Peacock
- Tim Curry - Wadsworth
- Madeline Kahn - Mrs. White
- Christopher Lloyd - Prof. Plum
- Michael McKean - Mr. Green
- Martin Mull - Col. Mustard
- Lesley Ann Warren - Miss Scarlet
- Colleen Camp - Yvette
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Denver Art Museum staff celebrates the upcoming community design event
The Denver Art Museum recently readied its response to the popular surge in DIY culture.
"Open for Design: A DAM Community Challenge" is part art, part public outreach — and what's not to enjoy about that interactive spirit?
First, the museum invites the public to submit "creative design solutions" meant to better their neighborhoods, then DAM takes those submissions and turns them into the museum's first exhibit populated entirely by community-generated works.


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Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) said Thursday it hit the one billion monthly active user mark in September, further cementing the social network's massive lead in this space.
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The announcement, which coincided with an appearance by CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on NBC's "Today Show," helped boost Facebook's languishing share price about 2%.
"Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life," Zuckerberg said in a blog post on Facebook.
Facebook's shares have struggled mightily since going public in May with a record-shattering initial public offering, crumbling to as low as $17.55 -- nearly half its $38 IPO price.
Zuckerberg addressed the stock plunge during his interview on Comcast's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBC, saying: "We're in a tough cycle now and that doesn't help morale, but people are focused on what they're building."
The one billion user mark occurred on September 14 and comes just over two years after Facebook reached 500 million users.
Similar to when Facebook hit that threshold, the social network said the top five countries where people connected from at the time of the milestone were the U.S., Brazil, India, Indonesia and Mexico. The median age of the user is 22, compared with 23 in July 2010 and 26 in August 2008.
Facebook also said it now has 600 million users on mobile, a key area the company is struggling to monetize.
The social network also laid out a number of other noteworthy feats achieved since launching in February 2004, including 1.13 trillion "likes," 140.3 billion friend connections, 219 billion photos currently on the site, 17 billion location-tagged posts and 62.6 million songs that have been played 22 billion times.
"I am committed to working every day to make Facebook better for you, and hopefully together one day we will be able to connect the rest of the world too," Zuckerberg said.
Shares of Facebook have rebounded over the past month, rallying about 18%. The company's shares were up 1.56% to $22.14 in recent trading Thursday morning.


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Video: The Contortionist
Eager to master the arm balance? Equinox's Briohny Smyth shows there's no limit to what the artfully honed yoga body can do.
Why are we all so terrified of-slash-mesmerized by-slash-obsessed with the yoga arm balance? What separates the student assuming child's pose from the one floating effortlessly (or seemingly so) into a handstand?
The first answer is easy: they're intoxicating. "It's a different type of exhilaration than anything else," says Allison English, an Equinox yoga instructor based in Chicago, "Arm balances are some of the most ancient positions in the yoga system. When the body is balancing on the hands, you actually activate several of the meridians or the nadis that directly relate to the brain. You get these rushes of energy that you just can't get any other way."
But elevating your practice from standard sun salutations to gravity-defying feats takes dedication. Dabbling in the occasional class means you'll likely hit your plateau at crow pose, since the teacher will most likely move on before you've had a chance to really push yourself. If you commit to a regular schedule, and repeat the same poses, you'll gradually add strength and, yes, air. "I see so many people just pop into yoga classes once in a while, but they never get anywhere — they could never get to the arm balance stage — because they don't do the work. You gotta do the work," says Lashaun Dale, national creative manager of group fitness for Equinox.
Equinox Yoga Instructor Briohny Smyth has been dedicated to yoga for over 15 years. We spent a morning with her at the Mondrian Hotel in Soho, where she took the athleticism, artistry and sensuality of arm balancing to a new level with a flow from her personal practice. Watch her make the magic happen in the video above.
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Kitty Pryde is a young girl working hard to gain respect with the X-Men, and Piotr Rasputin is a powerful, distinguished man that has set his sights on Shadowcat. With time, her adoration for him and his posessiveness only grows. How will this X-Men fair?
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Adapter to plug it into your computer (usb adapter is the cheapest and works the best) What you'll need to download: Win32-image-writer or WinImage WinRar to extract the IMG (image) file One of these images (Pick one) TWRP 2.1.8: Dev-Host - TWRP-2.1.8-bootable-SD-encore.zip - The Ultimate Free File Hosting / File Sharing Service CWM 184.108.40.206: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1426482&d=1351060922 These files can all be found at the bottom of the first post here and the description is in section A10: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25354258#post25354258 TWRP images use the touch screen instead of volume, power and "n" buttons and can do everything CWM (clockworkmod) recovery does. For more info go here: TeamWin Projects - TWRP 2.5 - | TeamWin Create your bootable sd card (Windows): Install WinImage trial version (or Win32 Image Writer) and WinRar, also a trial version. Right-click on the downloaded CWM/TWRP zip file and open the image with WinRar. Click the "test" button to make sure your file is good, then extract the image. Flashing with WinImage: WinImage is easiest to install, but more difficult to use. Plug your micro sd card in your computer, then open WinImage and choose "Restore virtual hard disk image" from the "Disk" menu. A list of available usb drives will pop up. Choose your sd card from the list and click "OK". A browse dialog will appear, prompting you choose your extracted image. From the drop-down menu just above the open & cancel buttons, choose "All files". The file should be named CWM-220.127.116.11-bootable_SD.img or TWRP-2.1.8-bootable-SD.img, depending on which one you downloaded. (You want the img files, not the original zip file you extracted it from.) Flashing with Win32-Image-Writer: Win32 Image Writer is easiest to use, but doesn't create a shortcut for your use. Nothing to install with this program, just extract the files and double-click the Win32DiskImager.exe file. Click the blue folder icon and browse for your CWM-22.214.171.124-bootable_SD.img or TWRP-2.1.8-bootable-SD.img, depending on which one you downloaded. Under Device, make sure you have your sdcard selected. If you only have one sdcard, this should be no problem. Click the "write" button to write the image. You should see a progress indicator while flashing your sd card, which will take several minutes. If the disk is in use, you will not be able to copy the image to the card. Close any Windows Explorer windows and try again. Always try to safely eject the card when done using it. You can right-click on the drive from My Computer or find the "Safely remove hardware" icon by the clock (looks like a usb plug). O/w your card could develop errors. To create your bootable sd card with a Mac computer: How to burn ISO disc images - Mac OS X Hints Sdcard adapters: Some people have had issues trying to flash the image from sdcard slots on their computer. A usb adapter usually works best. Now what can you do with your new bootable CWM/TWRP sd card? You can flash a rom. Plug it into your computer and copy your rom file to it You can backup your rom. (under "backup and restore" menu.) You can restore a recovery backup, should your new rom never boot. How to boot into your CWM/TWRP card? Power down your NC. Remove the existing sdcard from your NC. Insert your bootable sdcard and hold your power button until your NC powers on. If you boot into your rom instead of recovery, you didn't properly flash the sdcard. (Were there errors from WinZip?) How to navigate those CWM recovery menus: Up/down volume buttons are used to navigate up and down, press the power button to go back, and press the "n" button to do the highlighted task. How to create a CWM backup on the sdcard of your current (stock or custom) rom. This back will be saved to the sdcard and can only be restored after booting off the sdcard. Each backup will be about 1 gb, so might not fit on a 1 gb card. (Doesn't work with the current images, which are only 300 mb in size.) Boot from the bootable sdcard. Using the volume up/down buttons, choose "Backup/Restore", press "n". Choose "Backup", press "n". Watch for errors. It's normal to see "No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext". That is not an error. Eject the sdcard. Choose "reboot system now" and press "n". Your Nook should boot into the current rom How to restore a backup from your other sdcard while booting from the bootable sdcard? (This is known to work with the CWM sd card, but has not been tested with the TWRP card.) Boot from the bootable sdcard. Before doing anything else, remove the bootable sdcard and insert your normal sdcard (the one that contains your backup). Choose Backup/Restore and restore your backup. When done, choose reboot. There's no need to reinsert the bootable sdcard.


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Pining to get this year's Christmas tree?
"Having a little knowledge about Christmas tree varieties will make your quest for the 'perfect' tree an easy one," University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Ron Wolford Said in a news release.
Wolford provided the following descriptions of popular Christmas tree varieties:
Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) – short, flat, long-lasting needles that are rounded at the tip and are 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long; nice, dark green color with silvery cast and fragrant. Named for the balsam or resin found in blisters on bark.
Canaan fir (Abies balsamea var.phanerolepis) – soft, short, bluish to dark green needles, 1/2 to 1 1/4 inches long, needles silver on underside. Strong branches and open growing pattern. Good needle retention and fragrance.
Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) – good fragrance; holds blue to dark green; 1- to 1-1/2-inch needles; needles have one of the best aromas among Christmas trees when crushed; branches are spreading and drooping. After being cut, the Douglas fir will last three to four weeks.
Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) – dark green, flattened needles that are 1/2 to 1 inch long; good needle retention; nice scent; pyramid-shaped, strong branches that turn upward.
Grand fir (Adies grandis) – shiny, dark green needles about 1 to 1-1/2 inches long; the needles when crushed, give off a citrusy smell. Will last three to four weeks after being cut.
Noble fir (Abies procera) – 1-inch-long needles, bluish green with a silvery appearance; has short, stiff branches; great for heavier ornaments; keeps well; used to make wreaths, door swags and garland. With good care, the tree will last for six weeks after being cut.
Concolor fir (Abies concolor) – blue-green needles are 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long; nice shape and good aroma, a citrus scent; good needle retention.
Austrian fir (Pinus nigra) – dark green needles, 4 to 6 inches long; retains needles well; moderate fragrance.
Red pine (Pinus resinosa ) – dark green, 4- to 6-inch-long needles; big and bushy.
Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) – most common Christmas tree; stiff branches hold heavy ornaments well; stiff, dark green, 1-inch long needles; holds needles for four weeks; needles will stay on even when dry; has open appearance and more room for ornaments; will support heavy ornaments; keeps aroma throughout the season.
Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana) – dark green needles are 1-1/2 to 3 inches long in twisted pairs; strong branches enabling it to hold heavy ornaments; strong aromatic pine scent; a popular southern Christmas tree.
White pine (Pinus strobus) – soft, blue-green needles, 2- to 5-inch-long needles in bundles of five; retains needles throughout the holiday season; very full appearance; little or no fragrance; less allergic reactions as compared to more fragrant trees; doesn't hold heavy ornaments well.
Blue spruce (Picea pungens) – dark green to powdery blue; very stiff needles, 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long; good form; will drop needles in a warm room; symmetrical, but best among species for needle retention; branches are stiff and will support many heavy decorations.
Norway spruce (Picea abies) – needles 1/2 to 1 inch long; shiny, dark green. Needle retention is poor without proper care; strong fragrance; nice conical shape.
White spruce (Picea glauca) – needles 1/2 to 3/4 inch long; green to bluish green, short, stiff needles; crushed needles have an unpleasant odor; good needle retention, holds ornaments well.
Leyland cypress (Cupressus x leylandii) – dark green in color, no aroma, has a good shape, will not support large ornaments, very popular in the southeast United States.
"Whatever variety of Christmas tree you choose for your home, proper watering and keeping your house as moist and cool as possible will help lengthen enjoyment of your tree and safety," Wolford said in the release.
For more information, visit the "Christmas Trees and More" website at http://urbanext.illinois.edu/trees/.


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Dinner Tonight: Broccoli Rabe, Roasted Red Pepper, Mozzarella, and Arugula Sandwich Recipe
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Although I've had some incredibly good meatless sandwiches in my life, whenever I make them at home they tend to come out overstuffed, messy, and muddled. With the meat gone, I often add too many vegetables that don't play well together. I wanted a simple veggie sandwich but still one that would make me full. I thought back to one of my favorite sandwich shops in Brooklyn to see what combinations it used. I found Brooklyn Bread's menu online and came across this simple combination.
The components perfectly play off each other—the roasted red peppers add sweetness; the mozzarella, the creaminess; the broccoli rabe, a slight bitter note; and the argula, the kick of pepper. All that's needed is a drizzle of olive oil and salt to finish it off.
Although the title is long, the ingredients are few. And if you already have roasted red peppers, then all you have to cook is the broccoli rabe. I based the cooking of the broccoli rabe on Barabara Kafka's wonderful Vegetable Love. Otherwise, it is as easy as stacking ingredients on bread.
- 1/2 bunch broccoli rabe, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 red bell pepper, stem removed
- 2 ciabatta rolls, sliced in half
- Handful arugula
- 1 ball fresh mozzarella, sliced
- Salt
Pour 1 tablespoon of olive oil into a large skillet over medium heat. Toss in the garlic cloves and cook until they begin to color. Add the red pepper flakes and and broccoli rabe and cook until the broccoli rabe is bright green and the leaves have wilted, just a few minutes. Pour in 1/4 cup of water. Turn the heat to medium-low, cover, and braise for 8 minutes, or until the stems are very tender. Remove cover and let the water evaporate. Turn off the heat.
Meanwhile, preheat the broiler. Place the red pepper on a baking sheet and stick underneath the broiler. Turn every minute or so until the pepper is blackened on all sides and very tender. Place in a plastic bag and let steam for 15 minutes. Then rub off the blackened skin, remove the seeds, and slice into long strips.
Construct the sandwich. Place some of the roasted red pepper strips down first on the bottom slice of ciabatta, then a little handful of the broccoli rabe, a few slices of mozzarella, and finally a handful of arugula. Drizzle some good olive oil on top and season with a pinch of salt, and top other slice of ciabatta.
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The OpenXava team is pleased to inform you that OpenXava 5.4.1 is already available.
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It is a maintenance version with many bug fixes:
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- Fix: ClassCastException when an entity used in a CascadeType.REMOVE or ALL collection has a reference to itself.
- Fix: Properties with EMAIL_LIST stereotype are not validated.
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The GRAMMYs Add Dre And Dylan
Ten-time GRAMMY winner and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bob Dylan will perform with folk-rock band the Avett Brothers and current GRAMMY nominees Mumford & Sons in a special salute to acoustic music; and six-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Dr. Dre — in his first live television performance in more than a decade — will grace the GRAMMY stage for the first time, joining current 10-time nominee Eminem for a historic collaboration, along with Maroon 5 frontman and current GRAMMY nominee Adam Levine, at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards.
GRAMMY winner and current four-time nominee Zac Brown, actor Eva Longoria, actor/singer Jennifer Lopez, GRAMMY and three-time Latin GRAMMY winner Ricky Martin, Green Bay Packers linebacker and Super Bowl XLV champion Clay Matthews, actor/singer and current nominee Matthew Morrison, television and radio host Ryan Seacrest, actor Jason Segel, three-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Keith Urban, and seven-time GRAMMY winner will.i.am have been added as presenters to the music industry's premier event.
Avett Brothers, Dr. Dre, Dylan, Levine, and Mumford & Sons join previously announced performers and nominees Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Muse, Katy Perry, and Barbra Streisand; Yolanda Adams, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride and current nominee Florence Welch in a special Aretha Franklin segment; nominees Justin Bieber and Usher, with Jaden Smith; nominees B.o.B, Bruno Mars, and Janelle Monáe; nominees Drake and Rihanna; nominee Cee Lo Green, with Gwyneth Paltrow and the Jim Henson Company Puppets; Mick Jagger with Raphael Saadiq; and Esperanza Spalding performing with members of the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles and GRAMMY Camp.
Previously announced presenters include two-time GRAMMY and three-time Latin GRAMMY winner Marc Anthony, current three-time GRAMMY nominee Dierks Bentley, pop singer/actor Miley Cyrus, GRAMMY and Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, singer/actor Selena Gomez, two-time Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris, current nominee Jewel, nine-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Norah Jones, three-time GRAMMY winner Kris Kristofferson (who will introduce Streisand's performance), six-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee John Legend, two-time GRAMMY winner and actor LL Cool J, seven-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee John Mayer, current nominee Nicki Minaj, current nominee Paramore, actor Pauley Perrette, actor Seth Rogen, current nominee Blake Shelton, and actor/singer Donnie Wahlberg.
Arcade Fire, Avett Brothers, Bieber, B.o.B, Dr. Dre, Jagger, Lambert, Mars, Monáe, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Paltrow, Smith, Spalding, and Welch will be performing on the GRAMMY telecast for the first time. All five Album Of The Year nominees are set to perform on Music's Biggest Night: Arcade Fire, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, and Perry, as well as all five of the Best New Artist nominees: Bieber, Drake, Mumford & Sons, Spalding, and Welch.
Mumford & Sons have two nominations: Best New Artist and Best Rock Song for "Little Lion Man."
Dr. Dre and Levine each have one nod: Dr. Dre for Album Of The Year (as a producer on Eminem's Recovery); and Levine for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "Misery" (as a member of Maroon 5).
Additionally, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony will take place from 1–4 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will be streamed live internationally on GRAMMY.com and YouTube beginning at 1 p.m. PT. Well-attended by nominees and industry VIPs, current GRAMMY nominees Bobby McFerrin and Spalding will co-host the star-studded ceremony, which will feature performances by current nominees including Afro-Colombian hip-hop trio and Latin GRAMMY winners ChocQuibTown; blues musician and five-time GRAMMY winner Buddy Guy; singer/songwriter and GRAMMY winner Cyndi Lauper; American roots musician Maria Muldaur; contemporary blues artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd; trombone and trumpet player Trombone Shorty; legendary gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples; jazz musician Kirk Whalum; and R&B singer/songwriter and GRAMMY winner Betty Wright.
Presenting the first GRAMMY Awards of the night in approximately 98 categories will be current nominees, including performance artist Laurie Anderson, pop singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles, electronic/dance music artist and remixer BT, actor/comedian Kathy Griffin, and Latin Jazz musician Wayne Wallace. The live stream of the Pre-Telecast will remain on GRAMMY.com as video on demand for 30 days following the event.
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, Louis J. Horvitz is director, and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 13 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high definition and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio worldwide via Westwood One, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, and on YouTube. For GRAMMY coverage, updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook.


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2007-10-17 / Schools/Sports
St. Martin of Tours hosts spaghetti dinner to kick off school year
The Home School Association of St. Martin of Tours, Amityville, hosted a spaghetti dinner to kick off the start of a new school year. Many of the parents volunteer their time to keep St. Martin's school thriving; one such volunteer is Jean Dull.
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This Blog focuses on Ancestor Stories, both the stories themselves about my family's ancestors and discussions of where they come from and how to prepare and share them. These stories may be non-fiction or fiction – we will always tell which is which, of course. Also see my KINNICK blog and The HOMEPLACE Series Blog, left sidebar, scroll down.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Those Places Thursday - West Branch I
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We watched the first walk on the moon in that little house. Nancy was expecting Arrion.ReplyDelete
For sure. Great memories. ;-)ReplyDelete
This was the house that had the accordion doors somewhere in the house..wasn't it...I remember watching Wizard of Oz in that house for some reason! and those evil, mean monkeys!!ReplyDelete
oh..and yes..I am adorable in this picture :-)ReplyDelete
Double for sure, Allison. The accordian door was 'right down the middle' it seemed like. ;-)ReplyDelete


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Right now, the meetings world seems to be at a tipping point—a critical moment, when the business of planning and producing conferences, expos, and other functions is experiencing a dramatic change. The sweeping cost-cutting of the economic downturn has pushed planners to do more with less and to justify the value of such gatherings in a wider organizational context. At the same time, the spread of unconventional formats and the rapid growth of technology and social media have supplied a vast array of tools and tactics to experiment with.
Now companies are creating meetings that are not just cost-efficient, but cost-effective. The selection of mobile apps for exhibitors, attendees, and organizers is ever-evolving. Social media platforms can widen the conversation and are now a means to crowdsource content and feedback. Novel approaches to increase participation and engagement are being readily adopted. The green movement is making eco-friendly practices a standard part of operation for venues and suppliers, and pushing hosts and attendees to consider their meetings within a global context. And smart planners continue to find new solutions to old-school problems—either with high-tech tools or good old-fashioned creative thinking—like wooing far-flung attendees and keeping exhibitors happy.
When choosing the events to include, we looked at organizations that are pursuing these new avenues, and that are seeking long-term solutions beyond gimmicks and one-off experiments to build bigger brands and relationships with attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and other partners. With tangible results, each of the 14 gatherings highlighted demonstrate how such options are setting the stage for smarter, results-driven meetings. They also help prove the power of well-produced meetings, and their value in a larger business context.
Leading the Pack
TED Conferences
It's no secret that the Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) Conference has a strong following. The $6,000 tickets for the annual four-day gathering in Long Beach sell out a year in advance, and the speakers and attendees include politicians, entrepreneurs, activists, Nobel laureates, musicians, and Hollywood bigwigs. The brand has long been celebrated for its session style—where presenters speak about global issues, new technology, business, and scientific breakthroughs for no more than 18 minutes—and the engaging talks at its conference. In 2004, author Malcolm Gladwell famously related the invention of chunky spaghetti sauce to human nature at TED, and in 2009, Bill Gates made headlines for releasing mosquitoes whilst speaking about malaria.
But TED's identity has become larger than its original conference, and the big-name guests and captivating presentations are only part of the package. TED's other strengths lie in the innovative ideas publishing entrepreneur Chris Anderson has introduced since taking over the event from founder Richard Saul Wurman in 2001; he now operates it through his nonprofit the Sapling Foundation. Under Anderson's curatorship, the gathering, previously accused of being elitist, has turned outward, incorporating brand extensions and open-source formats to involve a larger audience.
For one, TED started distributing its content for free, posting videos of speakers (dubbed TEDTalks) on its site, iTunes, and YouTube. The viral expansion in 2006 increased the scope of the conference in a big way; to date, there are more than 700 TEDTalks available, which have been viewed more than 350 million times. Moreover, a program allowing volunteers to translate the talks into non-English languages has boosted viewership since launching in 2009. In its first year, traffic from outside the U.S. grew by 350 percent.
"TED's mission is to spread good thinking globally, and so it's high time we began reaching out to the 4.5 billion people on the planet who don't speak English," Anderson said when the project was introduced. "We're excited to be using a bottom-up, open-source approach that will in time allow all our talks to be translated into all the world's languages."
Making the talks accessible prompted a new branch of the brand, TEDx, a concept that enables anyone to host a TED-style gathering. This took the movement and popularity of the conference to a grassroots level.
"The TEDTalks really transformed the TED brand in that it moved it into this global sphere and was no longer just a conference. More and more people started coming to us, asking if they could hold an official TED conference," said Lara Stein, the organization's licensing director, who oversees TEDx. "So Chris and I started experimenting with what it would look like if we sort of gave away our brand in a very open-source way." For the nonprofit's small staff, allowing others to produce spin-offs using TED's concept lets the brand leverage its platform without tripling the workload. "The idea of doing more than two, maybe three conferences a year is about as far as we can take it for us internally producing," Stein says.
To pioneer the venture, TED partnered with the University of Southern California for TEDxUSC, held in March 2009 at a university auditorium. From the experience, Anderson and company were able to refine guidelines for TEDx events but still allow for local themes and speakers. Organizers of such gatherings require a free license and cannot promote any commercial, religious, or political agenda. Stein says the team is still refining rules concerning event programming, marketing, and sponsorship.
"A lot of what I do is listen to the community and try to figure out how to shape the guidelines based on what I hear. It has to be built with a great deal of flexibility, because it's a global program and what works in the slums of Kibera [in Nairobi] doesn't necessarily work in a 600-person venue in Amsterdam or Paris," she says.
A recent addition to the model is TEDxLive, where TEDx events can stream Webcasts. This was available during TEDWomen, the two-day, female-focused convention held in Washington in December, and TED2011, the flagship conference in Long Beach.
This is not the organization's first foray into simulcasting. TED-Active, which grew out of a satellite event in Aspen in 2008 and now takes place yearly in Palm Springs, offers a hybrid format, with live broadcasts of the sessions in Long Beach, as well as on-site activities. More informal than the main conference, TEDActive allows attendees to shape the content, suggesting ideas, hosting discussions, and participating in group workshops.
"Each year we've taken the participation component and really turned up the volume on it. We always try to provide a platform for attendees to organize things," explained TEDActive director Kelly Stoetzel, who is also content director at TED. "This year we're sponsoring a new initiative that takes things a step further, which is the 'Projects' initiative. We have six different themed projects, and attendees can sign on to do one of them." The idea is for attendees to take a theme—such as education, travel, or sustainability—identify a challenge around the topic, and brainstorm active steps that can be taken to meet the challenge.
"At TED we've become a little obsessed with this idea of openness," Anderson said during his presentation at TEDGlobal 2010. "We opened up our talks to the world, and suddenly there are millions of people out there helping spread our speakers' ideas, and thereby making it easier for us to recruit and motivate the next generation of speakers."
Building Attendee Engagement
Boston Scientific's Group Employee Meeting
Setting out to motivate its newly formed Cardiology, Rhythm, and Vascular division, Boston Scientific gathered 5,000 employees at the Minneapolis Convention Center for an interactive, participant-driven meeting in August. As the first time the workers—previously separated into two independent branches—had convened, the meeting was designed to communicate the vision and values of the new group, as well as build trust and confidence in the leadership team. To achieve this, an internal planning committee collaborated with a crew of vendors, led by producer Cheryl E. Kranz of Creative Events by Kranz, and integrated several components to facilitate an open, two-way conversation between employees and executives.
One important aspect was making senior management, including C.E.O. Ray Elliott, who'd been installed the year before, accessible and available to answer candid questions from employees. "Our executives were willing to listen. They knew this was a situation where we needed to consider new ways of doing [a meeting], and they were open to it," said the division's director of events and production, Kim Granger, who was part of the planning committee. Just as key was allowing employees to give feedback.
Before the meeting, Boston Scientific invited attendees to pose questions to the leadership team via an online system, queries Elliott and CRV president Hank Kucheman incorporated into their opening speeches. In the breakout session, town-hall-style forums let managers connect with their departments, employees could submit ideas at computer stations (and others could vote on them), individuals and groups could record video messages, facilitators helped lead conversations in fishbowl seating arrangements, and anyone could sign a "quality wall" to pledge their commitment to company values.
The organizers also planned activities to reinforce team spirit, including a treasure hunt that required attendees to go through all areas of the breakout space.
Boston Scientific was so pleased with the results—on-site surveys showed 73 percent of attendees were optimistic about the company's future—it decided to host yearly meetings for the group. "There were so many parts about it that were fun and that we tried that were different," said Granger. "We do want to hold it annually. It may not always be the same and may morph into different formats, but feedback will be an intentional component to see where we are and get that perspective."
Going Green—Long-Term
Oracle's OpenWorld
In 2006, business technology provider Oracle was concerned by the environmental impact of its largest user event, OpenWorld, and looked for ways to implement eco-friendly changes to reduce its footprint and mirror the company's own corporate citizenship commitments. Since then, the push has evolved into an ongoing program integrated into the planning process for the 41,000-person conference in San Francisco.
"We really wanted to create a big initiative that could go beyond just product leadership, to another kind of leadership—one where the practices we put in place...[could] make sustainable events a standard practice," said Paul Salinger, Oracle's vice president of marketing. As part of the team behind the conference, Salinger is responsible for driving the company's sustainability model and is the 2011-2012 president of the Green Meetings Industry Council.
Oracle's strategy for reducing waste at its meeting encompasses several areas, from the elimination of bottled water and use of recycled and recyclable materials to sourcing food from local providers, encouraging attendees to take mass transit, and working with partner hotels, suppliers, and exhibitors to incorporate greener techniques. OpenWorld's 2007 iteration—its first sustainable run—is used as a baseline, a reference point from which to build on year after year.
At the September 2010 event, 77 percent of menu ingredients were sourced within 100 miles of the conference venue. Fifty percent of the signage was printed in San Francisco. Fewer pages and smaller print runs lowered the show's daily paper volume by 76 percent, and 100 percent post-consumer recycled stock was used for collateral publications.
Even with those impressive statistics, Salinger admits there was initial resistance to the program. "We have worked hard to dispel the myth that green meetings cost more," said Salinger. Indeed, Oracle estimates that OpenWorld saved $800,000 in 2009.
Integrating Social Media
The Nonprofit Technology Network's conference—known as NTEN—operates as a kind of live-action demo for new meeting tech trends, from live-blogging to the use of mobile devices for processing donations. At the March 2010 conference, executive director Holly Ross focused on integrating social media into conference planning and execution.
NTEN built an online platform where the 1,900 attendees could register, peruse session proposals, and network. "We want the people to connect before they get to the show," Ross said. For 2012, Ross plans to link the platform with Facebook to give attendees another contact point. Agenda development is done now via crowd-sourcing: Anyone can submit a proposal for an education session, and prospective attendees can vote and comment on the options.
To drive people to the site, NTEN cut back on other forms of communication. The group also made concessions to the economy's effects on travel budgets. Members who can't attend in person can buy a remote pass to view sessions online, ask questions in real time, and contact other registrants.
Bridging Live and Online Conferences
SAP AG's Sapphire Now
After experimenting with a virtual component at its 2009 customer and partner conference in Orlando, German software company SAP AG rolled out a fully integrated hybrid platform for the May 2010 run. The new meeting, dubbed Sapphire Now, mixed simultaneous gatherings in Florida and Frankfurt, Germany, with an extensive Web-based environment and resulted in record attendance levels. SAP estimates that the 2010 conference drew a total of 50,000 attendees (up from 18,000 the previous year), with 10,500 and 5,000 in Orlando and Frankfurt, respectively, and 35,000 online.
"In 2009, we created a solid virtual event world, but it wasn't truly integrated into the fabric of the physical event. The virtual platform didn't serve the content the way people consume the content," explained SAP global chief marketing officer Marty Homlish, who led the conception and execution of Sapphire Now. "The transformation in 2010 was radical. We truly wanted to understand how people consumed the content first, and the reach was so much greater. We built a model where customers are talking with other customers, and allowed all attendees to create their own agenda and experience—both online and offline."
The centerpiece of the format was the construction of two high-definition broadcast centers on the show floors of both locations. Staffed with experienced news anchors, the studios provided interviews with keynotes, augmenting the session talks. Virtual attendees also could pose questions during a session via a facilitator, as well as participate in informal discussion rooms through the use of sound and video. And to incorporate the wider conversation, social media was built into the Web interface, linking Sapphire Now's Twitter feed, LinkedIn group, and Facebook page.
Those physically present at the conference could also connect to the online forums using touch-screen kiosks or access updates and tag content on their phones via a mobile platform.
And there are more upgrades coming. "In 2011, we're bringing Sapphire Now to even more audiences around the globe and throughout the year. We're adding Sapphire Now events in Beijing and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in November, and colocating these with SAP TechEd [a workshop and demo conference], for a 360-degree immersive SAP experience," Homlish said.
Curating Conference Content
BlogWorld & New Media Expo, an annual event that draws 3,000 bloggers to Las Vegas in October and streams to millions of online followers, believes in a divide-and-conquer approach to content organization. This means meeting bloggers in their own narrow slices of the digital universe: Vertical "community tracks" cater to insular crowds of medical bloggers, mommy bloggers, travel bloggers, food bloggers, and other niche markets.
"A lot don't get outside of their own particular community," says BlogWorld C.E.O. and co-founder Rick Calvert. Offering narrowly focused content is a more likely to draw them to the event. "Then, they get to the event and realize they're actually part of a bigger community." BlogWorld has roughly doubled its attendance since its inception in 2007. Calvert says, "Our mission is to help the whole industry of new media grow and foster a convergence," but that means rethinking traditional broad-brushstroke educational programming.
BlogWorld bucks one popular new media trend: It doesn't crowdsource content, although it does ask followers for input via Facebook, Twitter, and its blog. Instead, to come up with material for the 150 sessions that run over the three-day event, Calvert and his team comb the blogosphere, looking for popular writers and hot topics. Since bloggers are a vocal—and opinionated—lot by nature, Calvert says crowdsourcing could turn BlogWorld into a popularity contest.
Once Calvert's team has identified a viable niche, they contract with an outside expert—often a top blogger in the field—to coordinate a minimum of one day's worth of sessions and act as a liaison between the production team and attendees. These track leaders, as they're called, are paid a small stipend to help recruit speakers, develop content, determine the size of the track, and help market it. Since crack blogging skills don't always translate into dynamic speaking powers, Calvert has begun encouraging entrants to submit a video along with other materials to gauge their comfort level in front of an audience.
Depending on the leader's level of conference experience, BlogWorld's in-house team pitches in and offers guidance, tweaking topic suggestions or streamlining the schedule. For topics that are common across tracks, such as monetization, Calvert will often convene a panel, both to keep the education from being repetitive and to encourage cross-pollination between genres.
Managing Noise
Surf Expo
With activities like fashion shows, skateboarding competitions, and stand-up paddleboarding lessons, the Surf Expo could be a noisy place to conduct business, and that can upset exhibitors. However, organizers—serious about monitoring sound levels—at this year's run in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando in January used a free iPhone app Decibels by David Bannach to keep the din down. "We needed a simple, always accessible device to measure sound decibels," explained expo director of marketing Dan Darby. "At each sound check, we'd measure the decibels from our iPhone and then mark the level on the soundboard."
Integrating Mobile Technology
The Cable Show
When the National Cable & Telecommunications Association developed its first smartphone application for the 2010 iteration of the Cable Show, it wanted a platform that would improve, but not complicate, the experience for convention attendees and exhibitors. Working with developer Core-Apps, the association designed an interactive tool to provide show visitors—some 13,000 network C.E.O.s, Silicon Valley executives, and other media professionals—with access to the 152,000-square-foot floor plan, exhibitor materials, a Twitter feed, and information on sessions and speakers for the three-day convention in Los Angeles. In particular, the app hosted a detailed map of the industry exhibit, a 27,000-square-foot space modeled after a studio back lot that housed new consumer entertainment and communications technology in replicas of a home, park, gym, hotel, cinema, school, and sports bar.
"We see the app as not only making the show experience better, but from a practical standpoint, the more people download the app, the less need there is for paper," said Mark Manlove, the director of convention marketing for the Washington, D.C.-based association. He added that the platform will be upgraded for this year's expo in Chicago in June. "As everybody gets used to going to the show and having it all on their smartphone, it makes it more efficient on the production end for us."
With the popularity of the tool—more than 5,000 downloads of the mobile app and 19,000 requests for exhibitor information—the association will add new sponsor opportunities for exhibitors, such as banner ads and the ability to post video content.
Boosting Online Interaction
Cisco's Global Sales Experience
Cisco Systems built an entirely virtual platform for its September 2009 Global Sales Experience meeting—known as GSX—taking a 20-year-old in-person conference online. The move, which resulted in 90 percent cost savings and allowed the company to expand its reach to an audience of 19,000, brought its own set of challenges.
Recognizing that without face-to-face networking, the Web-based conference needed an interactive hook, senior manager of the global sales experience Angie Smith created an alternate-reality game with the help of virtual event provider InXpo, along with experiential marketing agency George P. Johnson.
"Understanding that sales is an inherently competitive world, we designed GSX from the ground up to tap into that behavior and create collaboration at the individual, team, and departmental level," Smith explained.
Launched three weeks before GSX, a game called "Threshold" succeeded in attracting more than 13,000 players. Styled like a James Bond thriller, the interface put participants through a virtual scavenger hunt, looking for clues hidden in videos, sound files, and even conference sessions to learn who stole a piece of Cisco technology. For the 2010 meeting, which followed hybrid model by combining physical events with online components, Smith scaled back the gaming tool so that it wouldn't detract from the sessions and still motivate the sales force. Participation didn't fall—with more than 21,000 attendees, last year's conference hosted nearly 18,000 unique visitors to its virtual platform.
Exhibition Layout
American Academy of Nursing Meeting
How do you convince attendees to linger at a conference? Make it cozy. Last September, Gale Quilter Guerrieri, meetings and event manager for the American Academy of Nursing, rethought the space that housed 40 exhibitors for the biennual Council for Advancement of Nursing Science. Guerrieri eschewed sharp angles in favor of round tables and cushy chairs, framed by fabric-draped walls underlit with blue lights for a tranquil effect. "[Exhibitors] said people were engaged... and that there was a sense of calm in the room so they could concentrate," Guerrieri said. The layout was such a hit that Guerrieri added sofas and end tables to the networking lounge at the AAN's annual conference two months later.
Connecting Buyers and Sellers
International Builders' Show
At this year's International Builders' Show in Orlando, the National Association of Home Builders tried a new promotion that offered discounts to attendees and generated leads for exhibitors. A month before the January expo, the association emailed offers from 10 participating companies to registered and potential showgoers, with each deal available for only 24 hours. The vouchers could then be printed and redeemed on the show floor. "So the good news for the exhibitors is, they've already locked in some very good leads before they ever got to the show," said Mark Pursell, the association's senior vice president of exhibition marketing and sales. "And we used it to promote registration for the show, because the only way you could take advantage of the deals was if you were registered."
Luring More Exhibitors
ABC Kids Expo
What started in 2003 as a trade show for mom-and-pop retailers of infant and child clothes, toys, and gear has grown to nearly a million square feet. Produced by All Baby & Child Inc., the ABC Kids Expo has grown from 489 exhibitors to 1,003 in 2010, and it's on track to surpass that this year, according to production and promotion manager Eric Seemann.
Seemann credits the show's growth with several strategic layout and programming decisions. "We broke it down by categories like furniture and bedding—made it more like a department store," he said. New exhibitors are grouped in a cluster near the main entrance to increase their exposure, while parts of the show floor are carved out for high-design and eco-friendly offerings—areas dubbed "modern child" and "naturally kids," respectively. Goods like Bugaboo strollers fill the former; the latter is reserved for vendors with a green focus.
Last year, ABC added an in-hall fashion show to complement the expo's new "maternity square" section. Models with prosthetic tummy bumps showed off maternity wear, diaper bags, and strollers. Seemann says all 100 seats were filled and that he plans to repeat the concept this year.
To cope with a slump brought about by the recession in 2009, ABC decided to extend its early-bird exhibitor pricing deadline by five months. In addition, recognizing that the nation was facing its biggest economic shock since the Great Depression, Seemann allowed some exhibitors to pay for their booth space in installments. Although the expo lost 263 booths, attendee numbers still grew, and the drop in exhibitor numbers reversed
itself by last year.
The show works to draw new audiences for its exhibitors, too. Until its fifth year, the show didn't allow buyers from big chain like Babies 'R Us in the doors, a decision it rethought after ABC staff found out chain buyers were creating fake names and credentials to gain access. Now, the first day of the show is reserved for independent retailers.
For 2011, the show is moving from its traditional Las Vegas home to the Louisville Convention Center in Kentucky, a move Seemann said was dictated by the available venues over the traditional dates for his rapidly growing expo.
Streamlining and Tracking Content
I.B.M.'s Lotusphere
With so many active Twitter users, blog updates, Facebook discussions, and Flickr posts, keeping track of the online conversations can be a complicated and time-consuming activity for conference attendees and organizers. To simplify this task at the January 30 through February 3 run of its Lotusphere conference, I.B.M. built a social media aggregator to pool the content of various forums into one online page.
"We really wanted to demonstrate how to integrate social applications into how you do business and to showcase our technology to attendees," says I.B.M. director of marketing Kathy Mandelstein, adding that the strategy also played this year's theme of "social business."
The single landing page also served as a place for the tech giant to broadcast videos of the conference's three keynote sessions and interviews with speakers. To augment this stream, the organizers crowdsourced audiovisual content from show-goers by lending them Flip video cameras to shoot any aspect of the event, snapshots that were later edited and posted to the aggregator site.
The experience wasn't entirely virtual: I.B.M. created five "social media cafés," each replete with small tables and a large, touch-screen monitor where visitors could access the aggregator and send the information directly to their email accounts. A custom program from media sponsor Gowalla encouraged attendees to move about the show floor, taking nine "trips" by checking in at more than 300 locations around the conference. Users could then post photos of these stops on Twitter and Facebook.
By the penultimate day of Lotusphere, the site had 34,000 views of the video channel and more than 20,000 tweets tagged with the #ls11 hashtag. Mandelstein said initial data showed the site was receiving more than half of its traffic from outside the U.S., giving the conference "much broader reach globally."
I.B.M. took a similarly clutter-free approach to reduce print-outs, utilizing Q.R. codes—square images embedded with data that can be read by a smartphone's camera—at all of its booths in the product showcase instead of distributing paper materials. Additionally, I.B.M. vice president Mike O'Rourke used a code during his presentation, supplying the audience with link to his session notes that could be saved and referenced later.
Sparking Online Content
In February, biannual apparel trade expo WWDMagic looked to generate more conversation among attendees and expand its audience beyond the show floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center by bringing 35 bloggers to an interactive lounge. To form the base, WWDMagic and partner Teen Vogue selected 15 Web writers, and then chose the rest through a contest hosted on FashionablyMarketing.Me and the event's Tumblr site. At the show, the bloggers not only provided daily commentary by reporting on trends, recording video segments, and participating in panel discussions, but also competed for prizes, including the opportunity to be the official correspondent for the show's August run. The new platform also contributed to Magic's online presence with the blog coverage aggregated on dedicated Tumblr and Whrrl channels.