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Runner Steven Davis with patient partner Stephen
Q: What is your name?
Steven Davis.
Q: Where are you from?
Londonderry, NH.
Q: Why did you choose to run the marathon for MassGeneral Hospital for Children?
There are several reasons. One came from a project I was working on with Kelly Clark of the Mass General Development Office. We somehow got talking about running, and she mentioned the marathon team. It caught my attention, but when she described the patient partner program, I knew this was something I wanted to do. The opportunity to help fight childhood cancer is such a direct and meaningful way was just amazing to me.
Q: What kind of experience do you have as a runner?
I have run for many years. When in college I was a Nordic skier on the University of New Hampshire ski team, and there was much running in the summer for training. (The skiing was much more fun!) I continued to run for recreation, and it became more enjoyable.
Q: What inspires you as a runner?
Just being outside and running in the countryside of New Hampshire is wonderful. It often clarifies things for me.
Q: What has been your most memorable moment preparing for the marathon?
Without a doubt it was my patient partner, Stephen Broderick, holding a large sign cheering me on in Natick during the 20-mile team run. I will never forget looking up and seeing him waving the sign. It wasn't even race day. How can one get anymore inspiration than that?!
Q: What have you learned about your patient partner and what makes him special?
He is just a delightful, bright boy with a quick sense of humor. We were both laughing soon after our first meeting. Stephen is also so optimistic and full of life. He wants to be a culinary chef, and I want to be first in line when he opens his restaurant!
Q: What are you most looking forward to about marathon day?
I cannot cite just one aspect, because this is one the most meaningful things I have ever done. So, I have to say it is THE entire day: socializing with the team prior to the start, the bus ride out, the start, the early easy part of the run, seeing my patient partner Stephen and his family and my family at Mile 20, and that final six miles to the finish. I can only imagine… but it already brings tears to my eyes.
Q: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
I would just like to thank Kelly, Amy and all the others who have gotten me involved with this activity. I am also running in memory of Ginger, my lovely wife of nearly 41 years. This has been a difficult year, but the Mass General marathon team has been a shining light of joy for me. It gave me a goal, and I have met so many wonderful, caring and totally dedicated people including my teammates. Thank you all!! I will never forget.
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BOX SCORE: Giants 2, Yankees 1
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"Every single year, if anybody had a chance to admire what they'd done, he'd be one of those guys," Rivera's manager for 12 years, Joe Torre, said of Rivera on Sunday. "Because it wasn't time to stop doing."
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BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors on Wednesday released more than 1,000 artworks found at the Munich apartment of a reclusive collector, days after he agreed to cooperate with authorities in determining which pieces were seized by the Nazis. However, works whose Nazi-era history is still being probed will remain in custody.
Officials seized some 1,400 items, including 1,280 artworks, from Cornelius Gurlitt's apartment in 2012 while investigating a tax case. Gurlitt's lawyers appealed the seizure, arguing that the art wasn't relevant as evidence for prosecutors' suspicions of import tax evasion. He also said that seizing the entire collection was disproportionate.
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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2013 fikle photo cars are parked outside the apartment building in Munich, Germany, where more than 1,400 artworks were found in the apartment of collector Cornelius Gurlitt. The Bavarian Justice Ministry, the federal culture minister's office and Gurlitt's representatives said in a joint statement Monday, April 7, 2014 that Gurlitt agreed to cooperate with authorities in their efforts to determine what works may have been seized by the Nazis. Gurlitt will be allowed his own representative on a task force investigating their origin.(AP Photo/dpa, Marc Mueller)
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MK Dons produced a major FA Cup shock with a 4-2 win at Queens Park Rangers
MK Dons produced a shock in their fourth round FA Cup tie at QPR with a 4-2 win over their Premier League opponents.
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The League One side got off to a flying start with Armand Traore putting through his own net after just four minutes and Ryan Lowe doubled the lead five minutes before the break.
Things got worse for QPR with Ryan Harley netting a third for MK Dons on 50 minutes and Darren Potter got in on the act six minutes later to pile the misery on Harry Redknapp's side.
Jay Bothroyd and Fabio da Silva netted two late goals to reduce the arrears, but it could not spoil MK Dons' day.
The hosts started the better in west London and found the back of the net after just 52 seconds, with Bothroyd setting up DJ Campbell to slot home.
That strike was ruled out for offside and QPR's bright start was soon brought to an abrupt end when Shaun Williams' fourth-minute corner to the near post was put into his own goal by Traore under pressure from Dean Lewington.
After that MK Dons were penned back and were reduced to hopeful efforts, with Dean Bowditch striking wide on a rare voyage forward, but QPR were made to pay for such generosity in front of goal five minutes from half-time.
A long ball from Anthony Kay caught QPR, namely Anton Ferdinand, napping and Lowe slotted past Rob Green to double the Dons' advantage.
Things got worse for QPR five minutes into the second half as MK Dons struck again as Lowe broke the offside trap and pulled back from the by-line for substitute Harley, who could not miss from close range.
Dave Martin palmed over an Alejandro Faurlin header, before the Dons amazingly made it 4-0 in the 56th minute when Potter curled home past Green.
In a bid to change things, Bobby Zamora came on for his first appearance since November 10. QPR captain Park Ji-sung was the man that made way and was jeered off the pitch by the home fans.
Bothroyd nodded home in the 83rd minute after Zamora's tee-up, and Fabio scored in stoppage time from a Bothroyd touch, but it proved just a consolation on a terrible day in the Hoops' recent history.


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Recently, a customer bought a K120 from eBay for for his guitar amp. He had the seller ship it directly to me for a restoration. This K120 was previously reconed with aftermarket parts, which is not surprising. What follows is the transition from corrosive Eastern Seaboard life, to the glorious rebirth in sunny Southern California, awaiting it's new home to the Pacific Northwest.
This was a labor of love. It wasn't free....But it deserved the Jim Lansing Heritage treatment. Hope you like it.


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Thanks to the stroker upgrade in part three, Modern Mouse was thumping out some serious power and torque. Our series began by subjecting the 5.3L to cylinder heads, cams, and an LSXR intake manifold. From there, we followed up with even wilder cams and a small dose of nitrous oxide.
Not content to leave well enough alone, we decided it was time for some additional displacement in the form of a 383 stroker assembly from Procomp Electronics and Probe Racing. In addition to a sizable increase in average power production, the forged crank, rods, and pistons also provided sufficient internal strength to allow us to safely subject the little rodent to boost. If you are looking to transform a good motor into a great performer, simply add boost! Whether it comes from a turbo or blower, boost acts as a multiplier for the existing normally aspirated combination. The better the normally aspirated power, the lower the boost required to achieve a desired power output. Adding boost to our (already healthy) 383 stroker pushed the power output up into the serious zone.
Given the popularity of the current small-block, it should come as no surprise that a number of options exist for LS enthusiasts looking to add boost. Each system offers its own benefits and limitations, but for our needs we chose a 2.9L, twin-screw supercharger from Whipple Industries. Not only does it help our Mouse make serious horsepower, but if you are running cathedral-port heads (like we are), you choices in a positive displacement supercharger are limited. This one fills the bill nicely.
As with our previous adventures with Modern Mouse, the object was not to maximize power production but rather to illustrate what is possible at reasonable (street) boost levels. Further illustrating this point was the fact that we never ran more than 9.2 psi of boost. The Whipple certainly had more to offer, and the motor would safely take more pressure (and power), but maximum output is not always the answer.
Super Chevy readers will remember that the stroker combination from part 3 consisted of a forged crank, rods, and pistons from Procomp Electronics and Probe Racing. Trick Flow Specialties supplied a set of CNC-ported Gen X 215 heads and a Track Max cam. The mild hydraulic roller offered 0.575 lift (both intake and exhaust), a 220/224-degree duration split (@ 0.050), and a 114-degree lobe separation angle. Run with a FAST LSXR intake, 102mm throttle body, and a set of 1-3/4-inch long-tube headers, the 383 produced 510 hp and 507 lb-ft of torque. While we appreciated the combination of power, torque, and idle quality, we couldn't help but marvel at the power numbers produced by Modern Mouse's wilder sibling, Mayhem Mouse (see part 3 of our series). We didn't want the elevated compression or wilder cam timing of that combination, but we decided to split the difference by subjecting Modern Mouse to yet another cam change. Out came the mild TrackMax grind and in went a slightly wilder profile from Comp Cams. The LSR cathedral-port grind increased the lift split to 0.617/0.624, the duration figures to 231/239 and the LSA to 113 degrees. Once again the factory hydraulic roller lifters were reused.
Naturally we had to reestablish a baseline in normally aspirated trim prior to the installation of the 2.9L Whipple twin-screw supercharger. It is important to remember that any gains offered in normally aspirated trim can be multiplied by the boost. The higher the normally aspirated power output, the lower the boost required to achieve a desired power output. The lower the boost, the lower the inlet air temperature, which further minimizes the chance of harmful detonation. The upshot of all this is that it is possible to run elevated power levels safely on pump gas.
Run once again with the new Comp LSR cam, FAST LSXR intake and TFS GenX 215 heads, Modern Mouse produced 541 hp at 6,100 rpm and 518 lb-ft at 4,700 rpm (peak gains of 31 hp and 10 lb-ft). Equipped with the new cam, the power was up from 3,000 rpm to redline from our previous test, always a good sign. The idle vacuum had dropped by just over 1 inch but was still more than acceptable for a daily driver. The 383 offered a broad, usable torque curve, with torque production exceeding 475 lb-ft from 3,800 rpm to 6,000 rpm. With our normally aspirated power output up by over 30 hp, it was time for some boost.
Since our 383 was no longer a simple 5.3L truck motor and lacked any of the accessories, including the manual water pump, Whipple decided to supply its 2.9L "Tuner" kit (lacking components like the flash tool, air filter, and misc. hardware). The highlight of the kit was obviously the 2.9L W175ax (front-feed) supercharger, but every bit as important was the integrated air-to-water intercooler core. Heat is a natural byproduct of compression, which is another way of saying that all forms of forced induction heat the inlet air supplied to the motor. The higher the boost, the higher the associated inlet air temperature. One of the tried and true methods of decreasing the heated inlet air temperature is to pass it through an intercooler. Whether air-to-air or air-to-water, intercoolers are designed to eliminate a portion of the unwanted heat. The Whipple system employed an air-to-water intercooler core positioned directly below the discharge of the supercharger in the lower intake manifold. Twin-screw superchargers are highly efficient, meaning they minimize the unwanted increase in air temperature, but that doesn't mean they won't benefit from intercooling. The only thing better than boost is intercooled boost.
As with all superchargers, the boost supplied by the Whipple was a function of two things, the normally aspirated power output and blower speed relative to engine speed. The blower speed was controlled by the drive ratio between the crank and blower pulleys. As the drive pulley, an increase in diameter of the crank pulley will increase boost pressure while the opposite was true of the blower (or driven) pulley.
Wanting some adjustability, we requested a variety of different blower pulleys to work with the supplied ATI crank pulley. Though it was likely overkill at this boost and power level, Whipple supplied a 10-rib pulley system to eliminate any chance of belt slippage. We may put them to the test at a later date with Modern Mouse, but for now it was nice to have a repeatable boost curve run after run. Whipple offers kits for a variety of different LS applications, ranging from trucks and SUVs to the LS3 Camaro. Our kit featured (or required) the water pump and pulley offset from a 2011 Camaro. A cool alternative would be the 2010 Camaro electric water pump offered by Meziere (see photo).
Initially the Whipple supercharger was set up with a 3.875-inch blower pulley. According to the company website, this pulley combination was designed to provide 10 psi of boost (at 6,500 rpm) to a stock 6.2L LS3 Camaro engine. On our modified 383 (6.27L) stroker, the pulley combination netted a peak boost pressure of 7.4 psi. Run with a pump-gas tune (18 degrees of timing and 11.5:1 air/fuel), the supercharged combination produced 671 hp and 598 lb-ft of torque. A splash of 100-octane allowed us to safely crank up the timing to 22 degrees, where the same pulley combination produced 718 hp and 626 lb-ft of torque.
The supercharged motor responded very well to additional ignition timing, but care must be taken not to get too greedy. The power output of a supercharged motor often continues to increase with ignition timing right up to the point where all the magic smoke comes out. Detonation is quick and decisive and can ruin a perfectly good combination regardless of the presence of forged internals. Running just 7.4 psi, the Whipple increased the power output of the normally aspirated 383 from 541 hp and 518 lb-ft of torque to 718 hp and 626 lb-ft.
The question now was who wouldn't be happy with a motor making over 700 hp? The answer was (obviously) a guy looking for 800 hp! Knowing there was more power to be had from this supercharged combination, we decided to do what all blower owners do—crank up the boost. In just a few short minutes, off came the 3.875-inch blower pulley and on went the smaller 3.625-inch pulley. The smaller blower pulley increased the peak boost pressure supplied by the Whipple to 9.6 psi and the power output right along with it. The supercharged 383 now produced 778 hp and 672 lb-ft of torque. Being so close to the 800hp mark, we decided to go for it. Rather than increase the boost, we decided to simply install a set of larger 1-7/8-inch headers from American Racing. Thinking that a motor exceeding 775 hp would benefit from additional exhaust flow, we installed the larger headers. We also added 1 degree of timing to the top of the curve. Our efforts were well rewarded as Modern Mouse thumped out 804 hp and 682 lb-ft of torque at a peak boost reading of just 9.2 psi. The increase in exhaust flow was responsible for the drop in boost pressure. There was obviously more boost and power available from the Whipple supercharger, but even at its present power level, any Ford going up against Modern Mouse will be totally screwed!


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If you can't park a car as small as a Fiat 500 Abarth, you just might be the worst parker in the world.
We concur with spotter Joshua Decker's rage:
Seriously people!?!? Smallest car in the world and you STILL can't manage to park it like a sane person?
God forbid this owner get behind the wheel of a minivan.
UPDATE: Check out the note Decker left on the little Abarth.
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Today's Tombstone Tuesday is about Thomas Rose (1777 – 1857). He is the son of William Rose (1746 – 1801) and Mary (nee Read) (1739 – 1785) and grandson of my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read.
In April 2000 I was lucky enough to visit Eythrope Park Farm in Buckinghamshire, home of the Rose family for many many years. I have mentioned a couple of times in this blog that I was also lucky enough to be shown the huge Rose Family Tree book and was able to get so much detail from that about many of my ancestors.
For Thomas Rose it was noted that: "Thomas Rose, unmarried, lodged for many years at the Angel Inn in Kingsbury, Aylesbury, then one of the foremost hotels in the town but it has now been moribund from some years". (This note was written in 1905).
Thomas is buried in the Private Chapel called Waddesdon Hill Chapel. I am showing some pics of the Chapel here too to share with my "new" cousins and particularly Judy who I found last week! This sign explains who and why it was built.
Here are a couple of photographs of the private Chapel built by my ancestor Francis Cox and where Thomas Rose and many others of the family are buried.
How I wish now that I had taken photos of all the other graves there, but at the time I did not know that many of my ancestors are at rest in the Chapel grounds!
If you look to the left of the Sign photograph and the left of the first photo of the Chapel you will see the wooden contraptions that were made (and are still there) so that anyone going to the chapel could tie their horses to it.


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Milpitas, Calif., November 4, 2010 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that SanDisk Chairman and CEO, Eli Harari, will lead the opening bell ceremony at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange on Monday, November 8, 2010, to mark SanDisk's fifteenth year as a NASDAQ listed company. A live video of the event can be viewed on NASDAQ's tower video and also available at http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx at approximately 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time.
In 1988, Harari founded SanDisk with Sanjay Mehrotra and Jack Yuan, building the company into a globally recognized brand with total annual revenues approaching $5 billion. SanDisk pioneered the development of flash memory cards that fueled the rapid growth of vast new markets while replacing existing technologies such as floppy disks, 35mm film and CDs. Today's milestone comes at a time when NAND flash memory enjoys unprecedented popularity among millions of consumers who own mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, USB flash drives and tablet computers.
"We always believed our revolutionary flash technology would change our world, and I am glad to say that SanDisk exceeded our best expectations," said Harari. "Thousands of our dedicated and talented employees made this journey possible, and SanDisk's success is a testament to their efforts. The rate of change is accelerating faster than ever, and we will continue innovating as we reach for the significant opportunities that lie before us."
During its 22-year history, SanDisk achieved a number of important milestones:
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SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards - from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/media.asp SanDisk's web site/home page address: www.sandisk.com
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This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for products, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: the market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or our products may not perform as expected and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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Dogs at Andrew Molera and Pfeiffer Big Sur State Parks
Where can I take my dog at Andrew Molera and Pfeiffer Big Sur State Parks?
At Andrew Molera SP, dogs are allowed on leash in the developed areas, which include the main parking lot and roadways to the adjacent historical buildings area Molera Ranch House, Ornithology Lab, and Molera Trail Rides complex. At Pfeiffer Big Sur SP (four miles south on Highway 1), dogs are allowed on leash in the developed campground and day use areas. Dogs are also allowed on United States Forest Service (USFS) property, including Pfeiffer Beach. In partnership with USFS, visitors accessing the USFS Ventana Wilderness via the Pine Ridge Trailhead at Big Sur Station may cross state park property with their dog on leash. Always inquire locally about specific regulations and changes.
Why do dogs have to be on leash in developed areas?
Dogs are required to be on a leash no longer than six feet and under the owner's immediate control. Loose, uncontrolled dogs can lead to wildlife disturbances, dog fights, and potential dog and/or human injury. Even well-behaved dogs can be unpredictable in an unfamiliar outdoor setting.
In the past, Andrew Molera SP allowed dogs on trails, Trail Camp, and the beach. Why the change?
Andrew Molera SP had been an exception to allowing dogs on leash outside of developed areas. This exception had evolved in conjunction with the opening of Trail Camp and the uncontrolled number of campers there. With the operational changes at Trail Camp to meet County Health mandated carrying capacity numbers for campers, there was an opportunity to better protect the park's resources and visitors in regards to dog regulations as well by applying the same California Code of Regulations to Andrew Molera. The park's resources are certainly as worthy of protection as other state parks.
I always keep my dog on a leash. Why am I being punished?
Wildlife viewing is one of the primary attractions for Andrew Molera SP visitors. The beach at Andrew Molera has been identified as a wintering location for the endangered snowy plover. Since wild animals consider dogs predators, their presence can startle other animals and disrupt their natural behavior. The canine scent of dogs is present whether the dog is on a leash or not.


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Tobi McNeil necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 273 diseños de 81 diseñadores freelance.
We are a partnership in the Black Mountain area of Kelowna, BC, Canada of two land developers. Our intent is to bring local awareness and once we have established ourselves locally we intend to market outside of our area. We want to "own our environment" for a number of reasons:
1. many different developments in the area use the same "Black Mountain" name.
2. the area of town is called "Rutland" and history portrays it as a "not to nice place to live". Our developments are located on the hills above Rutland and we have determined that a great deal of our customers move "up" from Rutland to Black Mountain. Rutland has a few rough areas but, overall the location is amazing, in the heart of the Okanagan Valley, with lakes, fruit trees, ski hills, and desert.
3. we are pleased to target the area of Rutland as the customer base is large and the area has all the ammenities of a large center.
4. off highway 33 just 30 minutes from "Big White" ski hill and we wish to be able to capitalize on the high rate of winter traffic
Melcor Lakeside Inc. owns "Black Mountain - golf-residences-community" website: blackmountain.ca (to be updated)
Melcor is publicly traded, in business for 85 years (please check company website at melcor.ca)
Prospectkelowna.com owns "Prospect at Black Mountain"
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Target market:
-active families and blue collar workers
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-active and outgoing
-$450,000+ price for lot and homes
-approximately 30+ years with Children
-anyone enjoy lake, valley, and golf course views
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-Elementary school within 2 minutes
-5 minutes from shopping
-30 minutes from ski hill
-10 minutes to university
-12 minutes from college
-Melcor golf course has a great liscenced clubhouse that allows children with one of the best patio's in town
-families with teenagers
One logo for "Communities of Black Mountain"
- uniting 2 different separate and distinct developments
- promoting one community
- advertising for print, billboards, websites, etc.
- tasteful
- modern
- fresh
- we are trying to find a way to emphasize "Black Mountain" without actually focussing on the blackness. Black isn't exactly a positive color.
We have provided our websites as well as the individual vision that "Prospect" has created. We will also attach brand new pictures of the "Melcor" Black Mountain Golf.Residences.Community.
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Tributes for Dec. 1
December 11, 2013
Kent Jones
April 28, 1937-Nov. 28, 2013
Age: 76
Residence: Evans
Kent Jones of Evans, passed away on Nov. 28, 2013, at Bonell Good Samaritan in Greeley. He was born April 28, 1937, in Hanford, Calif., to Walter and Hazel (Blount) Jones.
On April 8, 1956, he married Deanna Pinell. She passed away on June 14, 1966. He later married Barbara Danforth.
Kent is survived by his wife of 43 years, Barbara; children, Lorie (Dean) Coonts of Limon, Colo., Jeffrey(Karen) Jones of Rock Springs, Wyo., Glenda(Steve) Reed of Kersey, Colo., and Danna(Darren) Brown of Meeker, Colo.; grandchildren; Jason (Jill) Coonts, Corren (James) Lind, Nicole (Chris) Kollath, Matthew (Brittney) Coonts, Chaney Jones, Makinzie Jones, Kendall Reed, Colton Brown and Jordan Brown; 10 great-grandchildren; his brother, Randy (Janet) Jones of Delta, Colo.; sister, Marcille (Eldon) Quick of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 9-10 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, followed by a 10 a.m., funeral service at Adamson Chapel. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Colorado Springs .
Memorials may be made to "St. Jude's Children's Hospital," in care of Adamson Funeral & Cremation Services, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.
To extend condolences to the family go to http://www.adamsonchapels.com.
Susie Ruby Martinez
March 16, 1927-Nov. 27, 2013
Age: 86
Residence: Greeley
Susie Ruby Martinez, 86, of Greeley, entered into eternal rest with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, at North Colorado Medical Center. She was born on March 16, 1927, in Capulin, Colo., to Petro and Constancia (Solano) Lucero.
Susie attended school in Ojito, Colo. In her younger years, she worked for the family logging company. After relocating to Greeley in 1957, she did agricultural work, housekeeping, served cafeteria lunches for Weld County School District Six, and worked at local packing plants. Her greatest work was being a homemaker and caregiver for her 11 children. Susie was a woman of great faith and prayer. She attended church at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church and St. Peter Catholic Church in Greeley. Susie was a member of Los Ancianos at the Rodarte Center, the Our Lady of Peace Women's Group, and was also a Eucharistic Minister. Susie also served many meals for Our Lady of Peace parish members. Susie participated annually in the 16th of September Celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe. She made her Cursillo in the early 1990s.
Susie's greatest joy was spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed doing crafts, word search puzzles, traveling, dancing and music. Susie was an avid Bingo player, and always enjoyed spending time at the casinos. Susie had a good sense of humor, a wonderful laugh and a beautiful smile. She was very independent and well-known in the Greeley community. Susie was a great baker, she loved making tortillas, and her special cookies for all family events.
Susie is survived by her children, Priscilla Martinez of Evans, Martha (Delfino) Maldonado of Greeley, Joyce Sandoval of Greeley, Sally Martinez (Juan Perez) of Plainview, Texas, Barbara Martinez of Greeley, Frances Martinez (Robert Lopez) of Greeley, Manuel Orlando Martinez of Greeley, Jim (Juanita) Martinez of Greeley, Leroy (Pam) Martinez of Greeley, Arnold (Teresa) Martinez of Greeley and Casey (Caroline) Martinez of Greeley; two sisters, Maria Ida Sisneros of Thornton, and Clara Lucero of Monte Vista, Colo.; two step-sisters, Perfy Vargas of Monte Vista, and Angel Gomez of Capulin; one step-brother, Joe Martinez of Denver; 26 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her children, Evelyn Martinez and Leonard Martinez; sister, Elsie Rojas; half-brother, Joe Ortiz; granddaughter, Antoinette Maldonado; two great-grandsons, Amadeo Vasquez-Rizo and Gerardo De La Cruz.
Visitation will be held from 3-6 p.m., Wednesday, at Stoddard Funeral Home. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, American Lung Association and/or the American Heart Association, in care of Stoddard Funeral Home, 3205 West 28th St., Greeley, CO, 80634.
Please visit http://www.stoddardsunset.com to sign online guestbook.
Pamula Sue Olson
May 16, 1954-Nov. 27, 2013
Age: 59
Residence: Johnstown, Colo.
Pamula Sue Olson 59, of Johnstown, Colo., passed away Nov. 27, 2013, at the Hospice of Northern Colorado. She was born May 16, 1954, in Arkansas City, Kan., to Pete and Virginia King.
Her family later moved to McCook, Neb., where Pam met Randy Olson, her high school sweetheart. Pam and Randy married in 1974, and started their family in McCook, where She was a teacher. They moved to Fort Collins, Colo., in 1987, where she continued her work as an educator, until 1998.
Pam was a devoted wife and mother. Even while battling MS for 15 years, she always put her family first and found joy in spending her time with them. Those that knew her will remember her for her selfless compassion, steadfast devotion to family and friends, and her courageous and altruistic nature.
Pam is survived by her father, Pete King; her husband, Randy, and their three children, son, Tanner and wife, Jennifer, son, Chance, daughter, Ashley Johnston and husband, Casey; her four grandsons; her brother, Scott King and family; and her sister, Deborah Buckley and family.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Virginia; and her grandparents.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church, 1005 Stover St., Fort Collins, CO, and at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, at the Memorial Methodist Church in McCook, Neb.
Memorial contributions can be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, in care of Adamson Funeral and Cremation Services, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO, 80634.
To extend condolences to the family go to http://www.adamsonchapels.com.


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Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has rubbished suggestions the government's boat turn-back policy is breaching international law.
The UN's refugee agency claims the policy is in breach of the refugee convention and that the government has not responded to its request for information.
Under the convention, asylum seekers intercepted in territorial waters must be allowed to have their claims processed. But Mr Morrison disagrees, saying the UNHCR has always opposed the policy.
He cited as Australia's national shame the loss of almost 1200 people who died while making the voyage to Australia.
"That's the shame that all of those who had a part in advocating soft policies on Australia's borders have to take responsibility for," Mr Morrison told Sky News on Wednesday.
Labor's immigration spokesman Richard Marles said it was uncertain whether the government was engaged in the unauthorised movement of people because of the secretive nature of Operation Sovereign Borders.
"We don't know what is going on on the high seas," he said.
The government needed to make clear its actions fell squarely within the refugee convention.
Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young accused the government of snubbing its nose at the UN.
"At a time when the world is facing a humanitarian crisis we should be extending a hand to those in need, not locking the door and throwing away the key," she said.


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2014 CMS Summer Meeting
University of Manitoba, June 6 - 9, 2014
What is surprising is that for any $x_1$ and $x_1$ sufficiently close to $0$ and $\beta_1 \neq \beta_2$ sufficiently close to $1$ we can find a beta-expansion that is simultaneously a beta-expansion for $x_1$ in terms of $\beta_1$ and is a beta-expansion for $x_2$ in terms of $\beta_2$.
We will discuss the proof of this result, the generalization of this to higher numbers of simultaneous beta-expansions, and the limits of these techniques.
We obtain explicit formulas for $N(p)$, $U(p)$ for polynomials $p(z)$ of these types. In particular, we show that if $n+1$ is a prime number, then for each integer $k$, $0 \leq k \leq n-1$, there exists a Littlewood polynomial $p(z)$ of degree $n$ with $N(p)=k$ and $U(p)=0$. Furthermore, we describe some cases when the ratios $N(p)/n$ and $U(p)/n$ have limits as $n \to \infty$ and find the corresponding limit values.
Let $\phi$ be a sgn-normalized rank one Drinfeld $A$-module defined over
$\mathcal{O}$, the integral closure of $A$ in the Hilbert class field
of $A$. We prove an analogue of a conjecture of Erdos and Pomerance
for $\varphi$. Given any $0 \neq \alpha \in \mathcal{O}$ and an ideal
$\frak{M}$ in $\mathcal{O}$, let
$f_{\alpha}\left(\frak{M}\right) = \left\{f \in A \mid
\phi_{f}\left(\alpha\right) \equiv 0 \pmod{\frak{M}} \right\}$
be the ideal in $A$. We denote by
$\omega\big(f_\alpha\left(\frak{M}\right)\big)$ the number of
distinct prime ideal divisors of $f_\alpha\left(\frak{M}\right)$. If $q
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So, if the scheduled budget cuts called the sequester were to go into effect as scheduled, what would be the impact on the economy?
Macroeconomic Advisers says the result would be 700,000 job losses by the end of 2014. That would push the unemployment rate by a quarter-point, though the forecasting firm still sees the jobless rate shrinking to 7.4% by that point, from 7.9% currently.
"The macroeconomic impact of the sequestration is not catastrophic. Nevertheless, the indiscriminate fiscal restraint would come on the heels of tax increases in the first quarter that total nearly $200 billion, with the economy still struggling to overcome the legacy of the Great Recession, and when the FOMC is constrained in its ability to
offset the additional fiscal drag with a more accommodative monetary policy," the firm says.
The sequester would actually help 2014 growth (by a slender 0.1%), the firm reckons, because it would push the Federal Reserve to keep rates lower for longer.
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Shakti Sunfire necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 113 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
Synergy Firehoops
We're a collective of product designers who throw down in the hula hooping (hoop dance) industry - yup, that's right - hula hoops. Our most popular, internationally coveted item is the firehoop, so we're creating an ecommerce site with Shopify.com to encourage ease-of-use and up the 'sexy' in our brand.
Our 'old' website is http://www.kaivalyahoops.com and (just the store portion) http://www.cosmicfiredance.com/store so you can see where we're coming from.
Our target audience are firespinners, artists, and dancers of all ages - but here's the catch: we're over the 'hey this a hobby' mentality of most fire toy retailers out there and we're going pro. Our goal is to appeal to the masses and set the standard in tasteful, professional design on our new site. We want to be the Versace of fire toy retailers. Get it?
I've attached images to work off of and am sold on the icon, so no point wandering astray from it....
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In urgent need of a logo for a firehoop ecommerce site, more design work to come...
Attached is the image I'd like the logo/icon to be - exactly as is (crop circle). Because these are fire tools I thought having a little bit of a 'glow' effect would go over well. To that end I've attached some text I found that has depth and glow without falling into kitsch (luna soleil). I was imagining the icon to have the back-lit effect and the font treatment just being simple (perhaps charcoal) lines. The icon will also have to look good without color/effect. I'm open to suggestions - the main 'feel' for the brand is **high-end retail** so I want to err on the side of less is more... Super clean...
For colors, I'm imagining a flame blue with a touch of white/yellow (think a really hot blue flame - also attached an image here for color purposes ONLY - see Thomás). We want to stay away from cliche 'fire' colors - reds, oranges etc. The website background will either be white or charcoal and one of these last images (photography) will be used on the homepage so you get the gist.
The recap:
*Clean lines - think Apple
*Use of both the spiral icon (crop circle) and a type treatment
*Colors - flame blue, white, touch of yellow and charcoal
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text: Chris D 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2012 Hi folks, Brand new to the site and forum, which looked like the best place for a question like this. We are working on rebuilding an Olympic Torchbearer gas kiln that was purchased a couple of years ago in non-working condition. It's much like Olympic's current 28-inch offering, the Model 2831 G. One key item the kiln lacks is a floor. It fell out in pieces when the kiln was purchased. We've done enough homework to know what sort of brick, mortar, and techniques are required to remanufacture the kiln floor and have ordered an appropriate stainless steel floor/lid band from Olympic. The kiln came with a six-burner setup that looks like it is probably not even original to this kiln: You can see that there would be no way to position the holes in the kiln floor for the burners so that the burners weren't right at the edge of the floor. Olympic doesn't make any six-burner torchbearers anymore. We're planning to just cap two of the burners and reposition the remaining four to be closer to the center of the floor, more like this; ...only with four instead of two burners, of course. My first question is this: Would there be any advantage to maintaining the six-burner setup? I don't know enough about it to have an opinion, but once we decide on a certain number of burners, we're kind of stuck with that configuration after we cut the holes in the floor, and I would like to get it right the first time. We have a pyrometer that works (needs to be calibrated) and a Model K Kiln Sitter that needs some parts but should function just fine after minor repairs. The valves and gauges on the gas line are in pretty dubious condition and will have to be replaced. The kiln will eventually be connected to a home natural gas line. We've seen a dizzying array of valves, electronic wall-mounted controllers, and thermocouple devices that one can add between the cutoff gas cock on the kiln and the house line to regulate the gas flow to the kiln. Building codes will dictate part of what we include, but I'd like to hear people's opinions on what a minimal setup would include between the house line and the kiln. We're not looking to automate any processes that we don't need to. Thanks in advance for your help! Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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An Illinois athletic department spokesman denied Tuesday that a board of trustee member influenced or slowed the process in hiring a basketball coach.
CHAMPAIGN -- An Illinois athletic department spokesman denied Tuesday that a board of trustee member influenced or slowed the process in hiring a basketball coach.
Although Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas said no decision had been made on a coach, Ohio's John Groce remained the target following a day filled with suspense. An erroneous report of a press conference called and some back-and-forth between the athletic department and a trustee filled the day, when everyone would have rather met a coach to replace Bruce Weber, who was fired March 9.
"The story that anything done by the trustees to slow down the process is false,'' said athletic department spokesman Kent Brown said. "There was never a press conference called. There's a lot of misinformation out there.''
James Montgomery, one of two trustees who voted against the hiring of football coach Tim Beckman over the lack of minority hiring in football and men's basketball, suggested to a wire service for the school consider President Barack Obama's brother-in-law, Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, who is 27-45 in the Pac-12 in four seasons.
Illinois is one of three Big Ten schools that has never hired an African-American coach in either sport.
It's all in the family here with the orange and blue, where failed attempts to land mid-major stars Shaka Smart of VCU and Brad Stevens from Butler led Thomas to Groce, who guided the Bobcats to the Sweet 16 last week and the NCAA second round in 2010. His 34-30 record in the Mid-American Conference with finishes of ninth, ninth, fifth and third failed to create a buzz here.
ESPN reported Illinois and Groce were still negotiating.
The Champaign News-Gazette first reported a 3 p.m. news conference, then pulled the online story. A flight scheduled from Willard Airport in Savoy to Athens, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon was canceled.
Assembly Hall was readied for a press conference, Brown said, because the space isn't scheduled for use this week.
"We're going to have a press conference at some time,'' Brown said. "I hedged my bet to have the Hall go ahead and set up in preparation. It takes several hours to put the floor down and the video board up.''
There was no indication to stray the attention from Groce as the next coach, even if Illinois insisted nothing was official. Ohio went 29-8 and 11-5 in the MAC this season. With bonuses, Groce earned $350,000 this season, and his buyout is $200,000.
"Mike said there was no decision made,'' Brown said.
Groce, a former assistant at Ohio State, Xavier and Butler under Thad Matta, had support from former Buckeyes guard Evan Turner, a Westchester St. Joseph graduate and Big Ten player of the year.
"Coach Groce's offense is legit. Built for guards. The Big Ten is going to get even better in the future,'' he said on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Illini freshmen took to Twitter to campaign for Illinois assistant coach Jerrance Howard.
Groce is a native of Danville, Ind., on Indianapolis' west side. He built a reputation as an top recruiter when the Buckeyes landed Daequan Cook, Mike Conley and Greg Oden, three cornerstones to the team's NCAA title game appearance in 2007.
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As I wind down from the American Marketing Association Beyond Borders Summit, I wanted to let you know what all occurred.
I was lucky enough to have the chance to speak to a wonderful group of marketers, advertisers, researchers, communicators and more! The turnout for our Social Media related to marketing was amazing! We had a full room with some folks waiting in the doorway! So, thanks to everyone that was able to make it out and make this such a success. There were tons of great questions and feedback. The DFW AMA team was such a pleasure to work with and their excitement and eagerness to grow and enhance makes their organization a great opportunity for both the young professional or soon to be college grad, and the seasoned pro!
The best part about the summit was the opportunity to meet so many tremendous people. Having the chance to sit down and speak with great people like Rhonda Shasteen from Mary Kay, Xiaoyan from GfK Roper, and JoAnne Crist from Neiman Marcus was amazing. Another great thing about the summit was running into other young successful professionals like Michelle Williams, Wes Bates and Landon Sloan. Their dedication and passion for making a difference is definitely inspiring and encourages me to keep pressing forward to set new standards.
If you missed the Summit and are interested in seeing what AMA is all about, you're in luck!
The DFW AMA Market Research SIG is meeting on May 22! Paul Maynard from Zachry Associates is hosting the meeting and it will be a great opportunity for young professional and students to meet and talk with seasoned industry pros and hopefully everyone will learn something new! I am honored with the opportunity to speak to the group about market research and how social media and the web2.0 world can be applied.
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions and I will post more info about the meeting as soon as I receive the specifics!


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BRENTWOOD — Exeter Hospital is arguing that it can't be held liable for the criminal conduct of an employee who allegedly infected at least 32 patients with hepatitis C.
The hospital and three co-defendants are all denying that they bear any liability in connection with last year's hepatitis C outbreak, which has prompted more than two dozen malpractice lawsuits from former patients infected with the potentially fatal liver disease.
The hospital contends that it acted "reasonably and responsibly," and with "appropriate regard for the health and safety of its patients, and in compliance with applicable standards of care." In court documents, lawyers for Exeter Hospital placed blame for the viral outbreak at the feet of David Kwiatkowski, the former technologist accused of spreading hepatitis C to the infected patients.
Kwiatkowski, a traveling medical technician who was infected with the virus, worked in Exeter from April 2011 until the time of his departure last May amid growing concern about the hepatitis scare. He was arrested later in the year and charged with passing the disease to patients in the course of stealing and abusing hospital drugs.
In court documents filed earlier this month, the hospital's lawyers wrote that Kwiatkowski "surreptitiously stole drugs intended for patients, injected himself, and replaced the drug with saline liquid which was then injected into patients using the tainted syringe." The hospital has requested jury trials in the pending civil cases.
"The hospital denies liability and maintains that it is not responsible for Kwiatkowski's criminal actions," reads a summary statement filed by the hospital at the beginning of January through its attorneys at the law firm Nelson Kinder + Mosseau in Manchester.
A Rockingham County judge has thus far refused to let any organization that played a role in hiring Kwiatkowski off the hook.
Most recently, Judge Kenneth McHugh rejected a request from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) to be dismissed from some of the lawsuits to which it has been named as a party.
ARRT is a voluntary certification organization. It provided the necessary credential for Kwiatkowski to be hired as a radiologic technologist at Exeter Hospital.
Among those who are seeking compensation from ARRT are a 53-year-old grandmother who was infected with hepatitis C while being treated at Exeter Hospital and her husband.
The couple, identified in court documents as Jane B. Doe and John A. Doe, is being represented by the Manchester law firm Abramson, Brown & Dugan.
The plaintiffs have sued four entities they believe share responsibility for the hepatitis C outbreak: Exeter Hospital; ARRT; Triage Staffing; and AHSA, LLC.
Lawyers representing the couple have been unable to request documents from the four defendants or depose Exeter Hospital's employees as a result of a judicial order last year placing the process on hold.
The plaintiffs are suing ARRT for "negligent certification," and for failing to disclose information to employers about a previous incident involving Kwiatkowski in Arizona.
Kwiatkowski was fired by hospitals in Pennsylvania and Arizona due to problems with his conduct. In one instance in 2010, Kwiatkowski was found passed out inside a men's restroom while working at the Arizona Heart Hospital.
Springboard Staffing, which supplied Kwiatkowski to work at Arizona Heart Hospital, said it fired him immediately and notified a state radiology board and ARRT. The incident was never investigated by the state board because Kwiatkowski moved away and gave up his certification to work in Arizona.
Last year, ARRT responded to questions from Foster's by indicating the Arizona incident didn't meet its "standard of evidence enabling the organization to remove his [Kwiatkowski's] ARRT credential."
The group did seek information from Kwiatkowski and the Phoenix police, but the police department did not file criminal charges, according to ARRT. In addition, Kwiatkowski provided ARRT with a "plausible explanation" for the incident, as well as evidence he passed a drug test the day after it happened, according to the group.
In court filings, ARRT has denied all allegations of liability or negligence. The group's lawyers argue that any damage or injury sustained by victims of the hepatitis C outbreak came as a result of "negligence and/or fault of other persons, firms, or entities."
ARRT contends the lawsuits are based on a "bald and unsupportable" allegation that ARRT failed to investigate the 2010 incident in Arizona. Lawyers for the group also argue that under New Hampshire law, ARRT bore no legal responsibility to the infected patients.
ARRT is also drawing attention to the conduct of other defendants. In a summary statement, ARRT's lawyers noted that Exeter Hospital employees reportedly observed "suspicious conduct" by Kwiatkowski on multiple occasions prior to the hepatitis C outbreak. Despite that fact, his drug tampering wasn't uncovered and made public until his arrest over the summer.
"It is clear on the pleadings that there were several others directly involved in the tragic circumstances surrounding Plaintiffs' injuries," ARRT's summary statement reads. "ARRT, however, is not one of the them."
According to an FBI affidavit, employees at Exeter Hospital were suspicious of Kwiatkowski's behavior before the hepatitis C outbreak came to light.
He was allegedly observed leaving the catheterization laboratory during procedures, sweating profusely and attending procedures on his off-days.
One former co-worker who spoke with police remembered that Kwiatkowski appeared to be "on something," according to the affidavit. Another said he remembered seeing Kwiatkowski with "a red face, red eyes, and white foam around his mouth" while on duty.
Other employees recalled that the family of an Exeter Hospital patient found a syringe labeled "fentanyl" inside a public bathroom outside the cardiac catheterization laboratory where Kwiatkowski worked.
In response, hospital officials said they have found no report that any employee suspected Kwiatkowski of diverting medication from the hospital. They say all concerns raised by hospital staff were evaluated, and in each instance, Kwiatkowski provided plausible explanations related either to medical issues he had previously made claims about, or to family crises.
Through attorney Lisa Snow Wade, of Orr & Reno in Concord, ARRT asked a judge to dismiss the group from the lawsuits earlier this month.
Judge Kenneth McHugh recently rejected the group's request. He wrote that he understands why an organization such as ARRT would "seek to distance itself from the tragic events of these Hepatitis C cases here in New Hampshire," but that ARRT had agreed to protect a class of people — hospital patients — of which the plaintiff was a member. McHugh noted that the incident was reported to ARRT, and that the group did not seek to revoke Kwiatkowski's credentials due to lack of first-hand evidence.
"Clearly, there was an opportunity for investigation and action by ARRT," McHugh wrote. "Had ARRT determined that Kwiatkowski should have been decertified and was decertified it is reasonable to conclude that he would not have been employed by the Exeter Hospital."
Both Triage Staffing, which places medical workers at temporary assignments, and the American Healthcare Services Association, a national organization that arranges employment on behalf of hospitals, have also denied any liability.
Lawyers for Triage Staffing contend that Kwiatkowski's alleged drug thefts took place while he was a "borrowed servant" of Exeter Hospital, and that Triage is not "vicariously liable" for his conduct. They write that Exeter Hospital was solely responsible for Kwiatkowski's alleged actions.
AHSA contends that Kwiatkowski was at no time a direct employee. In court filings, AHSA's lawyers note that Triage Staffing provided AHSA with all of the supporting documentation to establish Kwiatkowski's credentials and background check.
"The ability of Mr. Kwiatkowski to pass those background checks was due to failure of other parties to appropriately safeguard the public and report Mr. Kwiatkowski's actions to the appropriate agencies" reads a special plea filed on behalf of AHSA by attorneys at McDonough, O'Shaughnessy, Whaland & Meagher.


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The Quantified Tube/
One of my (sadly neglected) side projects, code named Worldline, is to discover ways to automate the tracking of my daily activities and form an unfolding timeline scaffold of my life, both for personal retrospection as well as quantitative analysis. I track steps, heart rate, and sleep with a Fitbit, geolocation with Moves, driving with Automatic, iOS device usage with Moment, laptop activity with RescueTime, and some health metrics as well. The tracking of specific human activities -- like when and what I'm eating, when I'm showering or brushing my teeth, when I'm lying on my couch reading a book, or sitting in front of my TV watching a movie -- are more difficult to automate. A significant component of my project is to address that problem using RF proximity devices to provide implicit clues to discern what I'm up to: with strategically placed beacons throughout a dwelling, I can determine when I'm present in a particular room, or near a specific object.
Proximity info by itself, while giving finer brush strokes than geolocation tracking, does not provide enough fidelity to discern whether I'm reading a book or watching TV while I'm sitting on my couch. However, by folding in other tracking devices, such as motional data from a Fitbit, the whole concert of data streams becomes greater than the sum of the individual devices, revealing a finer-grained picture of what is going on. I recently acquired some new tools to add to the orchestral lifelogging lineup that make it relatively easy to track when and what I'm watching on TV.
With an Apple TV at the core of my entertainment system, you might think it would be straightforward to extract out my viewing history, but Apple doesn't provide this functionality. After a bit of research (thanks to @eramirez for the tip), I learned about trakt.tv from a Quantified Self presentation 'Tracking Media Consumption' by Ian Forrester (@cubicgarden). Trakt.tv is a 3rd party app that integrates with the FireCore aTV Flash Apple TV jailbreak mod, which automatically tracks (aka 'scrobbles') your viewing activity and links it into social networks. On the surface, it wasn't clear to me exactly what raw data is made available to the enduser, either through the trakt.tv API or paid VIP service (which unlocks an RSS feed).
Although trakt.tv seems worth exploring further, I decided to come up with a solution that can definitely satisfy my data needs (who doesn't like a good DIY project now and then?). My solution has three core pieces: (1) a Belkin WeMo Insight switch to detect when my TV is turned on or off, (2) IFTTT integration, and (3) the IMDB iPhone app.
I purchased the Belkin WeMo Insight switch from Amazon for $50, which was relatively straightforward to set up. When you plug it into an outlet, it broadcasts its own WiFi signal that you can connect your smart phone to. Then using the WeMo app on your phone, you configure the device and redirect it to connect to your home's WiFi network. I have found this process can be a bit temperamental (when your WiFi goes down, for example, you have to repeat the steps over from scratch). After setup, I then plugged my TV into the WeMo. For my purposes, the WeMo is always left on, letting me control my TV using the TV's remote as I normally would. When I switch my TV off, the WeMo transitions from an 'On' state to a 'Stand-by' mode (in contrast, switching the WeMo off puts it into the 'Off' state).
The WeMo app provides a direct route to integrate with IFTTT. Once you have registered your WeMo with IFTTT (assuming you already have an IFTTT account set up), you can then create recipes to capture the times when the WeMo enters any of the three states of 'On', 'Stand-by' or 'Off', and then react to each of those events. I set up recipes to record those events in a Google spreadsheet.
But as anyone knows who has played around with IFTTT, it's kind of addicting and so I decided to also set up recipes to send out tweets when my TV is turned on or off. For this I created a separate Twitter account: @jamieinfinityTV. Capturing data in a Google spreadsheet is useful, but being connected to Twitter opens up other possibilities, since nearly every site or app has Twitter integration.
This got me thinking: why not also try to capture the content of what I watch? IMDB has a smartphone app that lets you quickly search for movies and TV shows, and then tap a button that puts that show in your Watchlist. Using an IFTTT RSS recipe, you can then react to each of those events, i.e. if a new show is added to your IMDB Watchlist feed, then tweet the title and link for that show. I sometimes watch Vimeo videos as well, and Vimeo has an IFTTT channel, so I set up a recipe that when I 'like' a Vimeo video, then it tweets the title and link.
To summarize: when I turn my TV on or off, the WeMo/IFTTT mechanism automatically captures those times, in a Google spreadsheet and on Twitter. However, in order to capture what I'm actually watching, I need to manually search for the show in the IMDB app, and then add it to my Watchlist, which, while not automated, is still pretty effortless.
The next step is to write some Python and/or Javascript code to aggregate the @jamieinfinityTV twitter feed data and visualize it. My long-term goal is to integrate all of my various tracking feeds together into a more holistic picture of what I'm up to each day.


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Brett Lorenzo Favre (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/; born October 10, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons (1991), Green Bay Packers (1992–2007), New York Jets (2008) and Minnesota Vikings (2009–2010). Favre is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 70,000 yards, over 500 touchdowns, over 300 interceptions, and over 10,000 pass attempts. He officially retired on January 17, 2011.
Favre started at the quarterback position for the University of Southern Mississippi for four years before being selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by Atlanta (33rd overall). He was traded to Green Bay on February 10, 1992, for the 19th pick in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Favre became the Packers' starting quarterback in the fourth game of the 1992 season, and started every game through the 2007 season. He was traded to the New York Jets and started at quarterback for the 2008 season before signing with the Vikings on August 18, 2009 as their starting quarterback. He made an NFL record 297 consecutive starts (321 including playoffs).


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Adam Sandler Tops Forbes' Most Overpaid Actors List
Dec 10, 2013 1:05 PM EST
Talk about a backhanded compliment. Adam Sander has been named the most overpaid actor of 2013 by Forbes. Though Sandler still commands a fat paycheck, most of his recent films have been Razzie fodder and box office duds. The magazine… Read more