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Feedback from those early adopters has guided a host of design improvements and the result is the new GoPad mini and GoPad Maxi.
Watching the musical portion of the video demonstrates why the new GoPad is a powerful tool for both business and personal use. The scene in which a "golfer" morphs into a "delivery man" shows how seamlessly a GoPad can switch between play and work activities.
The video ends with a tired old inventor lying in bed while composing emails and reading an eBook. Anyone who's tried doing either of those tasks while hand-holding a full-sized tablet will understand GoPad's unique ergonomic advantage: it's a new kind of wearable device because it gives tablet users an extra pair of hands!
First-generation GoPads used a pair of aluminum clamps and silicone pads to grip the tablet and while that mounting system worked quite well, it required a different version of GoPad for each new tablet. That design was therefore unsuitable for fitting the wide variety of new tablets entering the market.
The New GoPad has a more elegant and versatile mounting solution. It uses 3M Dual Lock™ Reclosable Fastener to grip the tablet and with over 10 square inches of contact area, it forms a tight bond with more than enough strength for this mission-critical joining task.
3M Dual-Lock is essentially a 2-dimensional zipper, so once the GoPad and tablet are joined, they can be easily separated. Applying pressure at a strategically located point initiates progressive separation across the whole fastener (see video). The two parts snap back together like Lego blocks and if the user ever decides to upgrade their GoPad with a new tablet, the Dual-Lock tape on the old tablet can be peeled off without leaving any residue.
The beauty of using Dual-Lock is that it enables the new GoPad mini and GoPad Maxi to fit a wide variety of tablet sizes. An included template facilitates fast, precise installation onto most tablets. A turnkey GoPad "Omni" is planned that will be factory installed onto an OEM tablet.
A related improvement that early-adopters requested was that the neckstrap be made removable. Detaching it prevents the neckstrap from cluttering their desk while the stand is being used.
The swingarm extensions now has cord-slots which permit the neckstrap to be easily and securely attached or detached as needed.
All tablet owners fear dropping and breaking their precious cargo so to deal with that concern, the new GoPad has 7 tablet protection features.
Wearing Mode 1
The elastic belt is unspooled from storage on the swingarm so its free end can be passed around the user's waist and Velcroed back onto it. This firmly secures the GoPad to their torso so wearing it feels like wearing a buttoned shirt. This wearing mode enables the tablet to be carried comfortably during vigorous work or play yet it's instantly available for hands-free use.
Wearing Mode 2
The swingarm mechanism is snapped opened so whether the user is sitting, standing or in motion, they always have ergonomic access to the touchscreen. If they are moving about vigorously, the GoBelt can be worn to prevent the tablet from swinging.
By default, the neckstrap cords are routed directly to the swingarm (as shown in the video). Alternatively (as shown above), the two cords can be easily routed under the front of the tablet for optimal side access to the screen. Two adhesive friction dots are supplied which prevent the cords from inadvertently slipping off.
Pushbutton length adjusters enable the neckstrap to hold the touchscreen at any height or viewing angle.
Wearing Mode 3
The GoBelt is stored by spooling it around the opened swingarm and then closing it to capture the belt against the tablet. The GoPad can then be shoulder-carried as shown above (also see FAQ #11)
The video demonstrates the ease and speed with which the swingarm can be locked into its four operational positions. To actuate the mechanism, the user simply pulls out on the spring-loaded arms to release two rotational locks. Gravity causes the tablet to swing so the user can simply release the arms to re-lock the tablet as reaches the desired position.
Learning how to actuate this mechanism takes only a minute. Once the trick has been mastered, performing it is a tactile experience that many early adopters have called "addictive". This instruction video demonstrates proper technique.
Most tablet stands must be carried separately. Very few stands are integrated with the tablet so the stands that are most comparable to GoPad's are Apple's "smartcover" and the "kickstand" built into Microsoft's Surface.
Below are comparisons between those three competitive stand designs:
Since it's impossible to get 100% accuracy, using Voice Recognition to dictate long documents has been restricted to a desktop computing environment where a keyboard, mouse and large screen make it easier to spot and correct the inevitable errors.
Due to the smartphone's tiny touchscreen, mobile VR has been restricted to simple voice commands. GoPad extends the productive use of mobile VR because now the tablet's large virtual keyboard makes it easier to correct VR errors.
Large portions of this FAQ were dictated into a GoPad mini while walking about in an office. Occasionally, VR errors were noted and corrected using the iPad's virtual keyboard; that level of productivity would not have been feasible using a smartphone.
Developing a single device that provides both the mobility of a smartphone and the productivity of a laptop has become the Holy Grail of computing.
This recent Crowdfunding project illustrates the industry-wide quest for "convergence". To achieve convergence, the Ubuntu Edge proposed building an ultra high-performance smartphone with the internal computing power of a desktop PC. This new smartphone would of course be highly mobile because (like all smartphones) it's wearable (by virtue of being carried in a pocket or purse). To compensate for the tiny touchscreen's inherently poor productivity, the Ubuntu Edge would dock wirelessly to a keyboard, mouse and large-screen monitor, thereby transforming it into a desktop PC. Docking is a reasonable strategy for converging mobility with productivity and it's already being implemented by major smartphone manufacturers.
The GoPad uses a very different strategy for converging mobility with productivity. It's essentially a mechanical prosthesis that equips mobile users with the extra pair of hands they need for productive use of a large touchscreen. It's a much simpler strategy that has a fundamental advantage over docking a high-tech smartphone with desktop peripherals. No matter where a GoPad user goes and no matter what they do; they will always have access to their much larger touchscreen.
The GoPad also profits from docking with desktop peripherals
For many mobile users; even though their relatively large GoPad is somewhat less mobile than a smartphone, having hands-free, access to its big touchscreen makes it a good trade-off.
Wearing a device such as Google's Glass or Samsung's Gear can compensate for the smartphone's tiny touchscreen, however each of those "wearable peripherals" has its own ergonomic drawbacks and functional trade-offs that limit overall effectiveness.
Samsung's Gear and Google's Glass are examples of wrist-mounting design and face-mounting strategies (as opposed to GoPad's torso-mounted strategy). Those three possible wearing strategies invite comparison so below are the advantages and disadvantages inherent to each location on the body.
The wrist-mounted "smartwatch" is Bluetooth-tethered to a conventional smartphone that's worn somewhere else on the user's body. The smartwatch's extremely small screen size limits it to displaying sparse real-time data such as the name of an incoming caller. It's really a display accessory that increases the convenience of wearing a smartphone however it can't serve as into an all-purpose "converged" device
Google's Glass has much greater potential for improving the productivity of mobile computing. The two main advantages of its tethered Heads Up Display are: compactness and the fact that both of the user's hands remain free.
The disadvantage of displaying a virtual image is that there can be no direct tactile interaction withan HUD. Touchscreens remains the gold-standard for user interaction with data. Glass users are forced to rely mainly on Voice Recognition and VR makes mistakes, particularly in noisy social settings. To improve control of the Glass HUD, tactile inputs have been added in the form of a head-tilt sensor and a one-dimensional scrolling sensor formed into one of the sidearms. This sensor configuration has ergonomic shortcomings that are illustrated by three common usage scenarios:
The musical portion of GoPad's video demonstrates how video conferencing enhances the intimacy of a person-to-person call. In order for two Glass users to have a Skype or Face Time call, both of them would have to be standing in front of mirrors so they could see each other's facial expressions. They would be better served by simply talking with each other on their smartphones using a Bluetooth earpiece.
Web surfing is the quintessential internet activity however the need to use a combination of voice commands, head-tilting commands, earpiece tapping gestures and earpiece scrolling gestures make web surfing on Glass far less intuitive than when it's done on a touchscreen. Touchscreens are in perfect harmony with exquisitely developed hand/eye coordination and no amount of high-tech development can alter that evolutionary fact.
Much concern has been expressed about Glass users walking about with a video camera recording whatever is happening in front of them. While there's merit to that privacy concern, it pales in comparison to the social problem caused by Glass' need for voice input to drive the face-mounted UI. Simply stated: people don't want to blurt out their private thoughts in public! We like to keep our thoughts to ourselves and that's why smartphone users everywhere are seen texting messages to people who they could very easily talk to using the same device.
All of the drawbacks associated with wrist-mounting and face-mounting are eliminated by the GoPad's much simpler, torso-mounted design strategy.
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"It looks geeky!" was the first comment many people had upon seeing a first-generation GoPad. That fashion stigma has been hard to shake, even after industrial users praised it as an invention with many workplace applications (see FAQ #2).
Its "geeky" appearance was a serious obstacle to GoPad gaining acceptance among fashion-conscious young people. Below are images showing how that marketing problem is being addressed.
This photo shows a prototype of the new "GoBag" and below are CAD renderings that show why production versions will look quite fashionable.
The production GoBag will have this larger shape to conceal both the tablet and the swingarm. Its fashion goal is to hide the GoPad behind a relatively attractive shoulder-bag. Its more practical goals are to protect the tablet and to provide extra cargo-carrying capacity.
This GoBag uses Velcro straps to secure it onto the GoPad's backplate.
The new GoBag is made of a special neoprene material that has a Velcro loop finish. This transforms it into a shoulder-carried "bulletin board" to which virtually anything can be attached. As modeled above, small items that have an adhesive Velcro hook patch on them can be very conveniently stored.
This CAD simulation demonstrates how the ability to Velcro objects onto the GoBag's surface improves both appearance and practicality. Optional "Cargo Pockets" can be attached onto the GoBag for carrying items such as a lunch, a make-up kit, a battery charger, sunglasses, etc.
This image shows how user-printed graphics can be stuck onto it. ("Printable synthetic paper" is ideal for creating these impromptu graphics). For students, the detachable graphic might be a picture of their beloved canine friend. For their parents: the stick-on graphic might be a family photo or an enlarged version of their business card. Whatever they do: their GoPad makes a personal fashion statement.
The effectiveness of GoPad's convergence strategy will benefit from advancing technology (see FAQ #9). On the desktop productivity side of that duality: the latest IOS, Android and Win8 tablets already provide good performance. Every year, tablets become increasingly viable as full laptop replacements so GoPad's integrated desktop stand function will become increasingly useful.
The main strength of GoPad's convergence strategy is the increased mobility that it gives to large tablets and that too will benefit from advancing technology. Improved voice command software will enable a wearable tablet to perform a wider variety of tasks while on the go. Another noteworthy advance is that Bluetooth 4.0 extends headset range out to 80 feet, thereby enabling the "base-station" concept shown in the video to be even more useful for communication within a typical home or office environment.
Another important benefit of advancing technology is that, by making best use of VOIP, GoPad owners can significantly reduce their monthly wireless costs.
For example: most people spend much of their time within Wi-Fi range and for some of them; simply using software such as Skype or GoogleTalk can provide an adequate level of phone service over their tablet that's virtually free. If the user needs to receive calls at a local phone number, then service providers (such as this one) offer full-featured VOIP telephony for less than $5/mo.
If the user also needs to have continuous mobile phone service in between Wi-Fi hot-spots, some wireless carriers now offer data-only plans for tablets that can be used to fill in the VOIP coverage gaps. Monthly data plans in Canada (such as this one or this one) start at just $5/mo so if a mobile GoPad user talks sparingly while they are outside of Wi-Fi range they can still have excellent mobile phone service for about $10/mo (far less than current typical wireless bills).
For people on tight budgets, those cost savings are significant enough that using their tablet for voice communications, instead of a smartphone, is a trade-off that makes good economic sense. Of course any tablet could be used with VOIP to reduce wireless costs, but carrying the big tablet around all the time would be too inconvenient. It's the GoPad's ability to make the tablet easy to carry and use while mobile that makes it a viable alternative to using a smartphone for voice communications.


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Wheelabrator sold to private equity firm for $1.9 billion
Waste Management has agreed to sell Wheelabrator Technologies, which owns two trash-to-energy plants in Connecticut, to a New Jersey-based private equity firm for $1.94 billion.
Energy Capital Partners will purchase the 17 waste-to-energy facilities, including those in Bridgeport and Lisbon, and four power plants in the U.S. owned or operated by Wheelabrator. The transaction is subject to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval and is expected to close later this year.
Wheelabrator, which generated approximately $845 million in revenue last year, also has four ash monofill landfills, three transfer stations and an ongoing development and construction project in the United Kingdom.
Waste Management will continue to supply waste to certain Wheelabrator facilities.
"This transaction aligns with our goal of driving shareholder value by maximizing our focus on our core business and reducing earnings volatility related to electricity sales," David P. Steiner, president and CEO of Waste Management, said in a statement. "We look forward to a long-term partnership with ECP through our waste supply agreement."
In 2007, Waste Management sold most of its Connecticut trash-hauling business, including its trucks and customer accounts in western Connecticut. The Houston-based company sold its New Milford waste-hauling location to Enfield-based USA Hauling Recycling.
Last summer, Wheelabrator's Bridgeport plant celebrated its silver anniversary. Each day, that plant processes up to 2,250 tons of municipal solid waste, while the Lisbon plant processes 500 tons a day.
Over the last 25 years, the Bridgeport plant has processed 18.5 million tons of waste -- enough to fill tractor-trailer trucks lined up from Bridgeport to Honolulu -- and generated 13 million megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 2 million Xbox gaming systems for a year.
"ECP is excited about our acquisition of Wheelabrator given its excellent operating track record of critical assets, and talented and entrepreneurial employees," said Tyler Reeder, a partner in Energy Capital Partners, which is based in Short Hills, N.J. "Waste Management's strong waste supply capabilities well-complement ECP's deep experience in power generation; and we look forward to continuing to provide Wheelabrator customers and partners with the same continued excellent service they have enjoyed under Waste Management's ownership."
According to the press release, Waste Management plans to use the proceeds from the sale to "drive incremental shareholder value by acquiring assets related to the core business and repurchasing shares, while maintaining a strong balance sheet."
More InformationThe site is also a boon for the city's tax rolls, topping the top taxpayer list each year with a property assessment of $282 million, not including personal property. And it employs many Bridgeport residents, including Rullan.
Plans are in the works to expand the business' scope in the city by using the heat left over after the trash is converted to energy to heat homes and businesses downtown. Around 250 degrees, the heat is released as steam from the company's tall stacks.


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The United States has launched a new strategy for Afghanistan's economic development, aimed at making the war-torn country a hub of commerce rather than of religious extremism and strife. The plan is visionary, but turning it into reality will require political will that it's not clear the United States, or Afghanistan's neighbors, are willing to show.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rolled out the new plan, called the New Silk Road Initiative, last month. In the U.S. vision, she said: "Turkmen gas fields could help meet both Pakistan's and India's growing energy needs and provide significant transit revenues for both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Tajik cotton could be turned into Indian linens. Furniture and fruit from Afghanistan could find its way to the markets of Astana or Mumbai and beyond."
The metaphor of a "New Silk Road" has become a trope of Central Asia policy ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union gave these countries their independence, and the opportunities to forge their own foreign and trade policies. But this particular vision originated with S. Frederick Starr, a Washington-based scholar of the region and chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University. The plan was picked up by officers at U.S. Central Command, led then by Gen. David Petraeus, who saw it as a way to build long-term stability in Afghanistan. The plan also dovetails nicely with a broader U.S. project to wean these countries away from their economic and political ties to Russia. The United States has already sponsored projects to tie the electricity networks in Central Asia to those in South Asia, and in a bureaucratic but pointed move, reorganized the regional bureaus in the State Department so that Central Asia was grouped with South Asia, rather than with Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union.Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month.
The vision is ambitious, but what can the United States do to bring it about? So far, the plan has been light on specifics, but State Department officials have said that it will partially entail new infrastructure like highways, railroads, electricity networks and pipelines – the so-called "hardware" portion of the plan – and partly reducing legal barriers to trade, by getting the countries surrounding Afghanistan to reduce customs duties and ease onerous border crossings, the "software."
But Starr cautioned that the State Department's version of the plan, as he saw it so far, needed to focus more closely on the "software" rather than hardware and to develop a plan for short-, medium- and long-term projects. He proposed starting with relatively easy to implement but high-profile projects like truck convoys along a few key corridors. "Skeptics abound," he said. "We must prove to them that the U.S. can deliver tangible results that positively affect peoples' lives, and do so in the short term."
In their public statements on the plan, U.S. officials have cited a handful of current or potential projects that the New Silk Road would build on, including an Afghanistan-Pakistan free trade agreement, a U.S. government sponsored project to transmit electricity from hydropower plants in Central Asia to Afghanistan, and a pipeline that would ship natural gas from Turkmenistan to India via Afghanistan and Pakistan. In total, the U.S. government has identified 30 to 40 infrastructure projects that it sees as potential elements of the New Silk Road.
But those are hardly firm foundations on which to build Afghanistan's economic future. The Turkmenistan-India pipeline, known as TAPI, along with similar proposals, have been discussed for years, but have never reached fruition. That's in part because of political difficulties between India and Pakistan, but also in part because no large company with the capacity to build such a pipeline wants to take the risk of operating in Afghanistan for the next several decades it would take to make the pipeline profitable. With the U.S. starting to withdraw from Afghanistan, that problem will only become more intimidating.


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Pictured: Chris O'Donnell (Special Agent G. Callen), LL COOL J (Special Agent Sam Hanna) and David Bickford. A distraught widow is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding her Marine husband's last battle and Sam and Callen help to determine if there has been a cover-up. Meanwhile, Hetty summons Operational Psychologist Nate Getz to be her "pawn" while the rest of the NCIS: LA team sense another evaluation on the horizon. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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sing (someone's or something's) praises
To speak very highly of something or someone; to enthusiastically endorse someone or something; to extol the virtues, benefits, or good qualities of someone or something. Our manager has been singing the new developers' praises. I hope they're up to the job! Jeff sang his phone's praises right up until it froze on him all of a sudden last night.
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Commend someone, especially to others, as in They were singing her praises to the entire community. [Mid-1500s] Also see praise to the skies.


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CSB's dynamic duo
Basketball coaches on verge of 600 wins together
January 23, 2014
By Mike Killeen
If Mike Durbin and Denny Johnson taped their initial meeting and tried to sell it to a TV network as a basis for a reality series, they might have been rejected on the spot.
After all, they couldn't have been more different. Durbin, a native of Ohio, was rigid, structured and to the point. Johnson, from St. Cloud, Minn., was more laid back, kind of a go-with-the-flow sort of person.
But somehow, someway, these two different personalities came together and formed a successful coaching tandem that continues today for the College of Saint Benedict basketball team. They've proven that opposites do attract.
Durbin, the Blazers' head coach, and Johnson, his assistant coach, have been together for 28 seasons. They won their 600th game as a coaching tandem with a 68-58 victory over Hamline Jan. 29 in St. Paul.
They've come long ways from that first meeting at a St. Cloud-area restaurant.
"I think we were there for a couple of hours, just talking about basketball," Johnson said. "It was interesting, because Mike and I were — at the time — two totally opposite people."
"I didn't get much in, edge-wise. Denny pretty much was in control of the conversation," Durbin said, smiling. "But it was clear to me, even at that point, Denny loved basketball, and knew a lot about basketball.
"The interesting thing is, over time, we've both come closer to the middle," Durbin said. "And I think that has allowed both of us to co-exist, because if we both would have stayed in that mode, it would have been difficult to move forward. But I think because we both were able to come to the middle, it has made for a tremendous combination, and certainly it has put us in a position where the program would not be where it's at without Denny."
Valued input
Durbin allows Johnson and fellow assistants Steve Howe-Veenstra and Barry Peterson plenty of input regarding coaching decisions with the Blazers. When CSB leaves the court at halftime of a game, Durbin forms a quick huddle with his assistants, who offer advice and strategy for the second half. But the final decision always rests with Durbin.
"They (the players) want us to do our best job, just as we want them to do theirs," Johnson said. "It has been interesting how things have developed and we've figured out our roles. Both of us recognize the strengths and weaknesses of each other. But I go back to this — the bottom line is, I'm still the assistant coach. My role is to support the head coach."
"If I were to describe Denny, Denny has never been like a 'yes' assistant coach — just falling in line without providing another option or area of consideration, and that's made me a better head coach," said Durbin, who won his 600th career game Jan. 8 against Macalester College. "He didn't always say 'Yeah, I agree.' But once a decision was made, he was totally on board and there was total agreement with it.
"He has always been unbelievably supportive of how the decision was made and the rationale of the decision. He has also been extraordinarily loyal — all of those things that you are looking for in an assistant coach. I don't know where the program would be if Denny was just a 'yes' guy. He has, all along and still to this day, provided other opinions and options that need to be considered. He's really good at that," Durbin said.
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Both said they have appreciated the opportunity CSB has given them.
"I think the bottom line is, we both love what we do, and really enjoy the College of Saint Benedict," said Johnson, who coached the CSB softball team to 522 career wins from 1987-2012 (he remains an assistant coach for softball coach Rachael Click). "It has been good to both of us. Both of us have had careers, I have two daughters who have graduated from CSB, and Mike's daughter is starting here next fall, and it has been a wonderful place to be. I think we both look back and just appreciate the opportunity that the school has given us."
While Durbin understands fans fascination with coaches hitting milestone wins, he's more proud of two accomplishments.
"Being at a place for 28 years, having a job at such a wonderful place for 28 years, has been great," Durbin said. "More important are the 300-plus alumnae that have played in the program. The relationships that we have with players from that first season, and the relationships we have with athletes from last year, truly does span three decades. There's a lot of satisfaction when you see student-athletes raise their families and move to another place in their lives."
Just like Mike Durbin and Denny Johnson did 28 years ago.
"He (Johnson) became somebody who was an acquaintance 28 years to someone who is a dear friend," Durbin said.
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Banking and Financial Services Law: Cases, Materials, and Problems
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The latest edition of this casebook on banking and financial services regulation takes a problem-oriented approach to the subject. With its focus on the interactions and crossovers within the financial services industry, it gives students and professors an opportunity to explore the issues that are defining regulation in this area. Malloy covers supervision and regulation of the full range of the depository institutions industry — commercial banks, savings associations, and credit unions — as well as the intersection of this industry with securities and insurance.The book contains over 300 detailed problems and notes that are accessible yet challenging. The problems and notes have beeb repeatedly tested and refined over the course of twenty years of intensive teaching at five different schools.Malloy has included an extensive bibliography keyed to the subject matter of each chapter. The book works extremely well as a casebook for a standard course in financial services regulation and as a basic reading and resource text for an advanced seminar. Available Supplements: Banking and Financial Services Law, Second Edition, Supplement 2005, 270 pp, paper, ISBN 1-59460-131-3 $25.00
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Turn on the TV any given night and you're bound to find some program that deals with some sort of makeover.
It might be ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Grab the remote and move along the dial to TLC (The Learning Channel), and you'll find Stacy and Clinton of What Not to Wear fame trying desperately to take their subjects from frumpy to fabulous. NBC's The Biggest Loser is an effort to help the weight-challenged change their eating habits and lifestyles.
Last but not least, one of the most bizarre makeover-type shows out there has to do with the addiction to stuff: hoarding. TLC's Hoarding: Buried Alive is an attempt to make over the lives of folks who are literally putting themselves in jeopardy because they can't bare to part with anything and end up, well, as the show's title indicates, just about burying themselves alive.
None of these so-called "reality TV" programs are all that bad, content-wise. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is actually on the Parents TV Council's family-friendly list, and the show is dedicated to helping families facing serious challenges, usually of a financial nature.
What Not to Wear does a great job of helping people put their best foot — or should I say "shoes" — forward fashion-wise. There is nothing wrong with dressing nicely and in a professional manner. And helping people lose weight and get back on track physically is also a fine effort, as is helping a relative or friend come out from under their mountain of clutter.
But do you notice a pattern here? All these makeover shows only deal with externals: the home, the wardrobe, the scale and piles and pile of junk.
I have yet to see even one episode of any of these programs address what's on the inside.
What we really need is Extreme Makeover: Catholic Edition. After all, given the long list of social ills that seems to keep getting worse, thanks to the very toxic and slippery slope we've been on, who couldn't use a spiritual makeover?
That said, don't hold your breath. It's highly doubtful that one of the major broadcast networks or cable channels would spend the time, money and effort to develop a program that deals with issues that go well beyond the surface.
First of all, it's not "sexy" enough or bizarre enough for prime time. Secondly, and even more importantly, in my humble opinion, as someone who came back into the Church kicking and screaming along the way, real self-examination, real change is very hard work.
It's painful to take a good, long look at your life. In today's instant-gratification-and-all-about-me culture, not too many of us want to go deeper. Instead, we often opt for the quick fix. It's very challenging, after all, to admit your mistakes and humble yourself before God and ask forgiveness. Your first inclination is to stay right where you're at and maybe just do a few minor "makeovers" that you hope will get you far enough in the Lord's eyes to land that ticket into heaven. Again, I am speaking from personal experience.
The old saying "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know" is very true when it comes to the idea of total abandonment to God, and especially within the Catholic Church.
For years I had one foot in the secular world and one foot in the Christian world, trying to convince myself that as long as I became a little better at living up to the minimum requirements of my faith then everything would be just fine — and, for the most part, I could still do things my way.
Like so many others out there in TV fantasy land, I was looking for a quick fix. A little sprucing up spiritually, or so I thought, would be just fine, thank you. Boy, was I wrong.
If we can learn anything from any or all of the current extreme-makeover shows, it's that we are continually in need of our own extreme spiritual makeover. Even if we are practicing our faith to the best of our ability, as long as we are alive God is not through with us. He doesn't just come into our lives with a paint brush or a treadmill and temporarily "make over" our situation. He's in it with us for the long haul. Once we come to accept and embrace this reality, we find true fulfillment that lasts much longer than the new clothes or remodeled home. That's because we worship the ultimate makeover artist.
Teresa Tomeo is an author, journalist and radio and TV host.
Her latest book is Extreme Makeover: Women Transformed by Christ, Not Conformed to the Culture.
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Sept. 25, 2009 -- The FDA today approved a new biologic drug called Stelara for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults.
Plaque psoriasis is an immune system disorder that results in the rapid overproduction of skin cells. According to the FDA, about 6 million people in the U.S. have plaque psoriasis, which is characterized by thickened patches of inflamed, red skin, often covered with silvery scales.
Stelara is given by injection. After the first shot, patients get another shot four weeks later, and then a shot every 12 weeks.
An FDA advisory panel recommended the drug for FDA approval in June 2008. At the time, Stelara was referred to by the name of its active ingredient, ustekinumab.
"This approval provides an alternative treatment for people with plaque psoriasis, which can cause significant physical discomfort from pain and itching and result in poor self-image for people who are self-conscious about their appearance," Julie Beitz, MD, director of the Office of Drug Evaluation III in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, says in a news release.
Stelara is a monoclonal antibody, a lab-made molecule that mimics the body's own antibodies that are produced as part of the immune system. Stelara treats psoriasis by blocking the action of two proteins that contribute to the overproduction of skin cells and inflammation.
The FDA approved Stelara based on three studies of 2,266 patients who either got shots of Stelara or a placebo. Patients who got Stelara were more likely to achieve the studies' benchmark for reduction in psoriasis, according to Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc., which makes Stelara.
In a news release, the FDA notes that because Stelara reduces the immune system's ability to fight infections, the product poses a risk of infection. "Serious infections have been reported in patients receiving the product and some of them have led to hospitalization. These infections were caused by viruses, fungi, or bacteria that have spread throughout the body. There may also be an increased risk of developing cancer," the FDA states.
The FDA is requiring a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for Stelara that includes a communication plan targeted to health care providers and a medication guide for patients.


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My Newph is getting married in Dec., and I was wondering if someone out there could make some type of kit for it. He is computer, game and all around nerd. His bride to be is a gaming, and all around nerd too. I think something nerdy for a wedding album would be perfect for them. I would like it to be something nice. I know they are looking at a Mario and Princess Peach wedding cake. Can anyone out there help me out. I would like a whole kit, not just a few pages.
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Previous: Inserting deadline/schedule, Up: Deadlines and scheduling
Some tasks need to be repeated again and again. Org mode helps to organize
such tasks using a so-called repeater in a
or plain timestamp. In the following example
** TODO Pay the rent DEADLINE: <2005-10-01 Sat +1m>
+1m is a repeater; the intended interpretation is that the task
has a deadline on <2005-10-01> and repeats itself every (one) month starting
from that time. You can use yearly, monthly, weekly, daily and hourly repeat
cookies by using the
y/w/m/d/h letters. If you need both a repeater
and a special warning period in a deadline entry, the repeater should come
first and the warning period last:
DEADLINE: <2005-10-01 Sat +1m -3d>.
Deadlines and scheduled items produce entries in the agenda when they are
over-due, so it is important to be able to mark such an entry as completed
once you have done so. When you mark a
DEADLINE or a
with the TODO keyword DONE, it will no longer produce entries in the agenda.
The problem with this is, however, that then also the next instance of
the repeated entry will not be active. Org mode deals with this in the
following way: When you try to mark such an entry DONE (using C-c C-t),
it will shift the base date of the repeating timestamp by the repeater
interval, and immediately set the entry state back to TODO1. In the example above, setting the state to DONE would
actually switch the date like this:
** TODO Pay the rent DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue +1m>
To mark a task with a repeater as
DONE, use C-- 1 C-c C-t
org-todo with a numeric prefix argument of -1.)
A timestamp2 will be added under the deadline, to keep a record that you actually acted on the previous instance of this deadline.
As a consequence of shifting the base date, this entry will no longer be visible in the agenda when checking past dates, but all future instances will be visible.
With the '+1m' cookie, the date shift will always be exactly one month. So if you have not paid the rent for three months, marking this entry DONE will still keep it as an overdue deadline. Depending on the task, this may not be the best way to handle it. For example, if you forgot to call your father for 3 weeks, it does not make sense to call him 3 times in a single day to make up for it. Finally, there are tasks like changing batteries which should always repeat a certain time after the last time you did it. For these tasks, Org mode has special repeaters '++' and '.+'. For example:
** TODO Call Father DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w> Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week, but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called and marked it done on Saturday. ** TODO Empty kitchen trash DEADLINE: <2008-02-08 Fri 20:00 ++1d> Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one day, and also by as many days as it takes to get the timestamp into the future. Since there is a time in the timestamp, the next deadline in the future will be on today's date if you complete the task before 20:00. ** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m> Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after today.
You may have both scheduling and deadline information for a specific task.
If the repeater is set for the scheduling information only, you probably want
the repeater to be ignored after the deadline. If so, set the variable
org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown to
repeated-after-deadline. However, any scheduling information without
a repeater is no longer relevant once the task is done, and thus, removed
upon repeating the task. If you want both scheduling and deadline
information to repeat after the same interval, set the same repeater for both
An alternative to using a repeater is to create a number of copies of a task subtree, with dates shifted in each copy. The command C-c C-x c was created for this purpose, it is described in Structure editing.
[1] In fact,
the target state is taken from, in this sequence, the
property or the variable
org-todo-repeat-to-state. If neither of
these is specified, the target state defaults to the first state of the TODO
state sequence.
[2] You can change this using the option
org-log-repeat, or the
#+STARTUP options
lognoterepeat, and
nologrepeat. With
lognoterepeat, you
will also be prompted for a note.


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- "exploit uses the ROP technique to bypass the ASLR and DEP" - ZDnet/Kasperky
- "it's so scary I ran away screaming" - anonymous
Is that PDF so scary? I don't think so.
DEP is an hardware feature that prevents execution of data, it obviously works if software sets the execution flag only on memory pages containing code.
If you VirtualAlloc all of your memory with PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE DEP can't help.
If you opt-out, it can't help.
If you disable it system-wide.. guess what.
Is "directly executing injected data" the only way to get "arbitrary code execution"? Answer is: nope.
It is possible to get "arbitrary code execution" by taking advantage of the call/return mechanism of x86. This was called ret2libc more than ten years ago and it works by injecting fake stack frames instead of code. The return addresses of those stack frames are used to jump to code already in memory that belongs to main executable or libraries. By chaining stack frames, if enough functions are present in memory, you can achieve "arbitrary code execution".
Since windows is pretty happy to give you memory with write and execution permissions and there are even a few api to programmatically disable DEP, there's no really need to use ret2libc to implement the entire shellcode. Instead you use it to call just a couple of functions or "pieces of functions"(gadgets) to ask for +RWX memory, copy the shellcode there, jump to it. All you need is the addresses of those functions/gadgets.
Is that a DEP bypass? nope. but it's smart and convenient, isn't it?
Is it something new, at least in the wild? nope.
ret2what? ret2libc, but cool guys now call it ROP.
ASLR is a software feature that randomizes memory allocations and should stop ret2libc because it makes hard to guess the location of a piece of code. It works if software does not give the attacker too much control over memory allocations.
If software does leak pointers ASLR can't help.
If you don't opt-in, it can't help.
How that scary exploit works? It uses heap-spray to fill the memory with fake stack frames and ret2libc to "bypass" DEP as describe above, the addresses of functions/gadgets used to put the shellcode in an +rwx area come from a DLL that does not opt-in to ASLR.
Is that an ASLR bypass? nope, it's sounds to me like bypassing ASLR when ASLR is disabled.


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Emulsified Body Scrubs
After much time and toil, I finally concocted the my ideal body scrub.
A week or two of tweaking and experimenting with proportions and ingredients led to a body scrub I can get behind. I used to sauna and shed my skin on a regular basis in Minnesota. Where we live now, I have just a few minuet to shower before all the hot water disappears. As you can obviously see, I am suffering an exfoliating deficiency, and this body scrub is my gateway to the land of everyday luxuries.


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Oracle's Direction in Cloud Computing
There has been much speculation in recent months about Oracle's future direction following an acquisition of Sun Microsystems and Founder Larry Ellison's remarks about cloud computing. Chairman Ellison has made widely-reported, disparaging comments about cloud computing. Because the Sun acquisition recently received European regulators' approval, Sun's goal of offering open cloud services is likely to end under Oracle ownership.
Oracle has decided not to join the competition in the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) space. But those offering Software-as-a-Services (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), such as Microsoft Azure and Salesforce.com, will likely see more competition from Oracle in the future. First, Oracle has a broad spectrum of BPM, ERP and CRM suites. Second, the Sun acquisition adds Java, Glassfish and MySQL to the cornucopia of technologies that boost PaaS credentials.
Oracle is also releasing a cloud-based version of the OpenOffice suite. Cloud Office will put Oracle in competition with online office suites from Microsoft and Google. Oracle has announced that going forward it will continue to support the Linux and Solaris operating systems.


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The Packers are a different offense than the first time they played the 49ers.
And that may actually help the 49ers this time through.
As Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee points out, because Green Bay spent much of the opener spreading the field with four wide receivers, the 49ers fourth cornerback, Perish Cox, played more snaps than Pro Bowl middle linebacker Patrick Willis.
Willis and fellow inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman rotated quite a bit during that game, as the spent the majority of the day in dime defense.
But Cox played 51 of the 68 snaps against the Packers (he averaged 7.3 snaps a game in the other 15), while Willis played 46 snaps and Bowman 56.
Those two normally play nearly every snap, much of the reason the 49ers defense is so good.
Of course, the 49ers held the Packers in check fairly well in that matchup, limiting them to 324 total yards, with 279 of them through the air.
Only 138 of those yards (112 passing, 24 rushing) came in the first half, as a late rally made the Packers numbers look better than they actually were. But with the Packers getting more from their run game of late, they may not elect to take Willis off the field as much as they did the first time.


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Frank's International N.V. Schedules Third Quarter 2016 Earnings Release and Conference Call
Participants may join the conference call by dialing (888) 771-4371 or (847) 585-4405. The conference call ID number is 43595337. To listen via live webcast, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, www.franksinternational.com.
An audio replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call. The audio replay will remain available for seven days by dialing (888) 843-7419 or (630) 652-3042. The conference call audio replay access code is 43595337. The audio replay will also be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and remain available for a period of approximately 90 days.
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'Lola's Secret' is the latest novel from bestselling international author Monica McInerney. It is a sequel to Monica's 2003 release 'The Alphabet Sister's' and is set in the searing heat of Christmas in the Clare Valley region of South Australia. This is a charming, witty novel in which Monica's assured writing sparkles and which, when you reach the end, will leave you feeling like you've been given a huge, warm hug.
Lola Quinlan, the central character, is brilliantly observed and immensely enjoyable to read. She's certainly not your usual eighty-four-year-old woman; dressing flamboyantly, preferring a G&T to a cup of tea and spending her spare time surfing the internet. She also doesn't hold back when dishing out advice to her family members – advice which her squabbling granddaughters Carrie and Bett seek constantly.
In addition to the usual issues and dramas experienced among families, Lola and her family are also trying to come to terms with the death of her third granddaughter, Anna, the person who Lola always turns to for help in her own hour of need.
As Christmas looms, Lola encourages her extended family to head off and leave her 'home alone' in the sweltering heat at the Valley View Motel. But her protestations that she will be perfectly fine on her own are not strictly true. In secret, she uses her time on the internet at the local charity shop she volunteers at, to advertise a Christmas break at the motel. The bookings she receives are not entirely straightforward however and as Christmas gets closer, Lola, her family and her intended guests come to realise that Christmas really is a time for families to be together – whatever emotional obstacles or distances have to be overcome to get there.
Monica McInerney deals with a number of themes in 'Lola's Secret' – grief, sibling rivalry, depression, ageing, motherhood and empty-nest syndrome. Her dialogue is witty and touching in equal measures, her characters are richly drawn and the plot moves smoothly and assuredly between Lola and her family and the lives of the guests who are intending to travel to her motel.
It is only towards the latter stages of the novel that we are introduced to Alex, a man who Lola once loved and hasn't seen or heard of for many, many years. This is a wonderful, and unexpected, sub-plot and pulls the entire novel together to a moving and satisfying conclusion.
Ideally, this is a novel to be read sitting out on a verandah, sipping a G&T and overlooking the stunning Clare Valley vineyards. If that's a little too far to travel, curl up on the sofa, pour a glass of red and escape to the heat of an Australian Christmas while the rain lashes at the windows and the wind howls outside.
Some novels are simply very special. This is one of those novels.
I spoke to Monica about her writing career and about 'Lola's Secret'.
'Lola's Secret' is the sequel to your previous best-selling novel 'The Alphabet Sisters'. What was is like revisiting your previous characters?
It was great fun. I wrote 'The Alphabet Sisters' in 2003, but the family at the centre of it, the Quinlans, has always stayed in my mind, especially Lola, the elderly, eccentric Irish grandmother. As a reader, I often wonder after I've finished a book where the characters might be in five or ten years time, how their lives might have changed. Writing 'Lola's Secret' allowed me to find out what had been happening to the Quinlans – the only catch being I had to write the book before I could read it!
How long does it take to write a novel like 'Lola's Secret'?
I usually take more than a year to write each of my books, but 'Lola's Secret' took just over six months from idea to final edit. I had the idea out of the blue while I was in Australia on a book tour last October for my previous novel 'At Home with the Templetons'. A missed flight meant I unexpectedly found myself in a motel in the Clare Valley of South Australia, my home town and the setting for 'The Alphabet Sisters'. I went to sleep thinking about that book and the Quinlan family, and woke up at 5 am with the entire plot of 'Lola's Secret' in my head. When I got back home to Dublin a fortnight later, I immediately started writing it, working seven days a week. It seemed to pour out of me. I also developed insomnia midway through the writing, which proved very helpful deadline-wise – I was able to get up and write during the night as well as the day.
Apart from unscheduled stopovers in motels, where do you get your ideas and inspiration?!
From every person I meet. I write family comedy-dramas and the wonderful thing is every person I talk to has a unique treasure trove of family memories and experiences. I've never met a person who hasn't had one extraordinary story to tell from their family history, be it an adventurous ancestor, a dark secret, wonderful times or moments of great sadness.
Lola is such a brilliantly observed character – is she entirely fictional, or based on a real person?!
On behalf of Lola, thank you very much! I really loved writing Lola's scenes and dialogue – she's so much fun, so forthright, loyal and loving, but also, as an 84 year old, fearless with her opinions. I didn't know my own grandmother Maude, my mother's mother, but I grew up hearing many stories about her – she was very social, a bit eccentric and apparently also threw great poker parties. I'm sure she was the starting point for Lola, and also a way for me to invent my own fictional ideal grandmother. I'd love to have a real Lola in my life.
Coming from a large family yourself, are you naturally drawn to writing about family drama?
I know that all my books spring from my own family background. I'm the middle of seven and there was always so much going on in our house – comedy, drama, lively arguments, lots of laughter, constant visitors, teenage angst, broken hearts, just so much noise and action alongside the good times and sad times that fill everyone's lives. We grew up in a rambling house in a small country town where we knew everybody and everybody knew us, so we were also able to roam free. We made our own entertainment, put on plays and concerts, produced an annual family magazine, spent hours playing on the roof of our house, had a menagerie of animals and generally ran amok. I like to include that sense of fun and adventure in my books too.
What three words would you use to describe your style of writing?
Which other authors do you admire and which book would you most love to have written?
I admire every author, because I know how difficult it is to write a book and fight through the despair and self-doubt that comes alongside the great writing days. I'd love to have written the Harry Potter novels, not for the fame or sales, but because it's so clear how much fun JK Rowling had letting her imagination run wild.
What are you reading at the moment?
I'm re-reading 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' by Roddy Doyle and loving it as much as I did the first time I read it, nearly 20 years ago.
What can we look forward to next from you?
I'm a quarter way into my next novel, which features a blended family, a step-brother and two step-sisters. I'm very interested in how different those relationships can be compared to a 'traditional' family, and especially how family members who have not grown up together cope in the wake of a tragedy.
Monica McInerney grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley wine region of South Australia. She has worked in children's television, arts marketing, the music industry, public relations and book publishing, and lived all aroundAustralia, and in Ireland and England. She is the author of eight previous novels, including, most recently, At Home with the Templetons, Those Faraday Girls andFamily Baggage. Those Faraday Girls was the winner of the General Fiction Book of the Year at the 200 Australian Book Industry Awards. Lola's Secret is the sequel to The Alphabet Sisters. Monica and her Irish husband currently live in Dublin.
You can follow Monica on her Facebook page and her website www.monicamcinerney.com
'Lola's Secret' is published by Pan MacMillan.


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Florence Irene Dimock, 89, died in Pasadena, California on April 7, 2013.
Born Florence Pleiser on May 24, 1923, in Tampa, Kan., she moved to Los Angeles during World War II and worked the swing shift at Douglas Aircraft where she met her husband, Ted.
Florence resided in Hawthorne for over 60 years where she was a loving mother and homemaker. Florence was an active community member volunteering for St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Hawthorne High School Band and AFS Intercultural Programs.
She is survived by her sister, Lucy Hughes of Newton, Kan.; her children, Sandra Leavitt of Inglewood, Calif., Susan Lucas of Malvern, Pa., John Dimock of Studio City, Calif., and Jennifer Waldron of Oak Park, Calif.; as well as her 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Florence was preceded in death by her husband Ted; her sisters, Margaret, Mary, and Bernadine; and her brothers, Paul and John.
Services will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Hawthorne on Friday, April 19, at 12:30 p.m.


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Not all metal halide lamps are create equal.
When they first hit the market, traditional metal halide (MH) lights were considered revolutionary because their high efficiency produced significant energy savings. Pulse start MH lights took the revolution one step further, increasing lamp life and light output through the life of the lamp. But, they used pinched body arc tube designs to generate the light. Formed body arc tubes take the revolution yet another step forward.
Compared to pinched body arc tube lamps, formed body arc tube lamps have improved lamp-to-lamp color consistency, higher lamp efficacy, and faster warm-up. If you use formed body arc tube lamps with pulse start technology, you get all of the benefits mentioned. Let's see why this is.
Shape = Performance. The part of the lamp that emits the light is the arc tube. In the design of the arc tube, shape is critical to performance. The pinched body arc tube is made from a cylindrical quartz tube with roughly straight walls, while the formed body quartz tube is produced with walls that are curved to follow the profile of the light-producing electric arc. To close the cylindrical tube, manufacturers pinch the ends, which gives the technology its name.
Arc tube geometry is a major factor in controlling thermal characteristics of the lamp. Pinching, or closing the ends of, a large cylindrical tube is very limiting from a lamp design standpoint. But a formed body arc tube allows the lamp designer to optimize the thermal profile of the arc tube to achieve the desired lamp performance characteristics (See Figure).
An MH lamp designer strives to create an arc tube that will heat the metal halides to the highest possible temperature without exceeding the thermal limits of the arc tube materials. Formed body arc tubes with hotter end regions accomplish this better than cylindrical arc tubes do. These formed body arc tubes optimize lamp performance by controlling temperature, which, in turn, increases efficacy and improves color uniformity. The result is a high quantity and quality of light from the lamp.
Benefits of formed body arc tubes. Formed body arc tubes also provide better repeatability of geometry, or lamp-to-lamp performance consistency. In applications where consistency of light output and color are paramount, this kind of lamp gives you a distinct performance edge.
The small end chambers of the formed body arc tube reduce end heat losses and, consequently, increase lamp efficacy. That means a significant energy savings for you—typically 28% over traditional MH technology.
Geometric inconsistencies are reduced even more in the lower wattage (300W and 320W) pulse start lamps recently introduced to the market. This is due to the formed body arc tube's tipless design. This design is possible because of a manufacturing process that injects the halides and gases through the end of the arc tube, thus eliminating the need for an exhaust tube. The halides distribute evenly along the arc tube wall, resulting in further improvement in color quality.
Cost. With all of the benefits of pulse start MH lamps, especially those that use formed arc tube lamps, why do almost half of new lighting installation systems use traditional MH lamps? Often, the decision-maker chooses to install traditional MH lamps because the initial cost is less than that of a pulse start system. In an owner-tenant relationship, it's often easier to pass these costs along to the tenant than to invest in further energy savings. However, start up costs can be misleading to owners because while traditional MH systems may be cheaper to install, they actually cost more to maintain than pulse start systems do. When you're looking at lamp-life and replacement cycles, don't forget to consider the interruption in operations that relamping may introduce. The energy cost to operate a traditional 400W MH lamp for a year is typically $216. You can achieve the same maintained light level with a 300W formed body pulse start lamp for only $155 per year. Over the 3-year average life of the lamp, that's a savings of $183 in electricity usage, which is far more than the cost adder of the pulse start system.
One issue in moving to pulse start MH lamps is stocking. If you already stock traditional MH lamps as replacements, you must add another set of items to your database and provide shelf space for them, begging the question, Why are you stocking the older lamps? Make sure your reasons make sense for your operations and your revenue per square foot requirements.
Service contracts offer an advantage for contractors who specify traditional MH lamps. The lower price of the older lamps means the lamp replacement contractor can charge less to do the job, but that results in higher costs of ownership for the end user.
The real benefit of efficient lighting is to the person paying the energy bill. A contractor who has the interests of the customer in mind will provide the facts and let the customer decide whether or not to make the investment in the more advanced technology. If you're the facility manager, you need to make that decision and review your specifications accordingly.
Harding is the vice president of engineering at Venture Lighting, Cleveland.


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Braking produces gases, and cross drilling gives the gases a way to escape, thereby increasing contact pressure. In addition, a cross-drilled rotor now has more surface area, and thus cools down more quickly.
Each hole is countersunk for a smooth linear transition at the edge. To reduce the stress and prevent cracking, the holes are also uniquely chamfered to the minimum thickness for exceptional rotor life.
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Phone: 202-334-1201, Email: Museum Communications Officer
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Diseases caused by unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation are among the world's most serious public health threats, accounting for nearly 80 percent of illnesses in developing countries and killing millions of people – mostly children – each year.
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Global Health and Education Foundation are joining more than 125 science, engineering, and medical academies around the world to take action on the global drinking water crisis by launching the Web site, "Safe Drinking Water Is Essential," www.drinking-water.org.
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Former Playboy pin-up Holly Madison is engaged to be married after her boyfriend proposed in Las Vegas on Sunday.
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1961 Born in Osaka.
1984 Graduates from Kanazawa College of Art
1986 Completes graduate course at Kanazawa College of Art
1986 Wins prestigious sculpture prize in Osaka
1995 Attended philosophy lecture at Osaka University presented by the Department of Literature
1997 Stayed in Italy and created the "ninguen" series
Studied at the Signori Foundation
1998 Exhibited in an International Sculpture Exhibition in Italy
2012 Exhibition ' Sphere ' in Ippodo Gallery New York
2013 11 works from the Ninguen Series are inducted into the collection of
Jack Lenoir Larsen's Longhouse Reserve.
2013 Received the Grand Prize at the 25th UBE Biennale
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Greetings and welcome to my little corner of Renderosity. I am a hobby artist with dreams of being better and someday being published. I have loved art and for as long as I could remember but it wasn't until I found digital media that I truly fell in love. I received my Associates degree in Information Technology, Applied Science (graphics design), Primarily worked with 3d Max during my tenure. Found Poser 4 was my first program that I felt comfortable using and as of recent, have been learning Vue 8.
Being a single father takes up most of my time so I have been slacking on my artwork as of late. Just changed times that I work though so should be able to do a little more and get a few more things uploaded soon.
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Full many a glorious morning have I seen, flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, kissing with golden face the meadows green, gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy…
This pattern was originally released as part of the 2012 Shakespeare in Lace club.
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Liverpool are being linked with a shock January raid on Manchester United midfield target Sandro, according to reports.
The Metro claims Kenny Dalglish has highlighted the Brazilian as a possible replacement for Lucas Leiva, who is set to miss the rest of the season after picking up an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the Carling Cup.
Sandro has fallen down the pecking order at Spurs following the arrival of Scott Parker in the summer transfer window, and agent Luiz Paulo Chignall admits nothing can be ruled out at the present time.
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Legendary East Carolina track and field coach Bill Carson, who also served in numerous capacities within USA Track & Field, passed away in his sleep early Monday morning at his home in Winterville, N.C. Carson was 75.
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Bismarck State College has partnered with Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) and the Connecticut Community College System (CCCS) to establish an agreement offering online Electric Power Technology (ELPW) classes to students enrolled in the Connecticut Community College System (CCCS).
This fall, BSC began offering Connecticut students 22 credits from the ELPW program online, while CCCS offers additional classroom-based curriculum toward an associate degree in Technology Studies. Fourteen CCCS students are currently enrolled in three classes. Qualified candidates will be prepared for a career as an electric power utility line mechanic or cable splicer.
The agreement will help fill a high demand for skilled employees in the energy industry in Connecticut. Northeast Utilities, the parent company of CL&P and a major energy employer in Connecticut, initiated the connection with BSC.
"Our goal is to have a program that provides a solid educational background coupled with the hands-on training that prepares students for the realities of working in the utility industry," said Tom Burns, director of training for Northeast Utilities. "The fact that Bismarck's curriculum is constantly reviewed by industry experts and directly aligns with our apprenticeship program makes this an ideal partnership."
The program features academic courses at any of Connecticut's 12 community colleges, online courses through Bismarck State College, hands-on training at CL&P's Training Center, and summer and winter field internship experiences at a CL&P's work centers.
The agreement was facilitated through the support of the Energy Providers Coalition for Education (EPCE), a group of industry representatives that develops, sponsors and promotes industry-driven, standardized, quality online learning programs to meet the workforce needs of the energy industry. Both BSC and Northeast Utilities are EPCE members.
"We've been working closely with Northeast Utilities and CCCS over the past 18 months and it's exciting to see the partnership come to fruition," said Bruce Emmil, associate vice president, BSC National Energy Center of Excellence. "Having industry involved from day one has been a key component to this partnership, and we look forward to seeing additional students and colleges within the Connecticut Community College System partake in this partnership."
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This 1" plastic wheel is made specifically for the Solarbotics GM10 Geared Pager Motor. Each wheel comes with two small black rubber bands: the tire and a spare.
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The GM10W wheel is made to match the Solarbotics GM10 Geared Pager Motor. This small plastic robot wheel is molded from ABS, and it measures just under 1" across by 0.22" wide. With the included rubber bands, the total wheel diameter is 1".
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I have both Photoshop as well as Paint Shop Pro. Working with architects, I get a lot of AutoCAD drawings sent to me via email. Is there a way that a file with a .dwg extension can be converted so I can open it in either Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro? Since I don't have a CAD program, I can't open any of these files and am hoping I can do something or add in some kind of plugin so that I'll be able to view the drawings using one of these programs.
Paint Shop Pro 7 sometimes can handle dwg files, however the viewing isn't that great, and I think the same goes for Photoshop, since neither of them are vector-based programs.
But, I found this freeware cad editor http://www.tucows.com/preview/284939.html that might help you at least viewing the drawings.
But, I found this freeware cad editor http://www.tucows.com/preview/284939.html that might help you at least viewing the drawings.
Thank You Jaci
I'll go download the program right now. Appreciate it!
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Can I get a great job if I take AutoCad classes? There is a local community college that offers a 8 week long course to teach AutoCad. I already have my Business Management bacholors degree but haven't had much success finding a good --------. I'm planning on going back to school this fall to get my Civil Engineering degree. But for now will this AutoCad class open up new -------- options?
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What CAD systems are they teaching in colleges today? My company will be upgrading our CAD system this year. We have been using AutoCad since the early 90s. I was wondering what they are teaching in the engineering schools these days.
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Gauguin, like van Gogh and Cézanne, moved painting further away from its traditional representational foundations. He rejected the naturalistic conventions that had been part of Western painting since the Renaissance, and substituted a simplification of form and colour aimed at creating a newer and, according to him, purer and more personal vision of the world. Even subjects such as the Crucifixion, which had become standardised over centuries of representation, were rethought by Gauguin.
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How would you split up the 12 months of the year between these places?