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The Hennesey Venom GT is what happens when you combine a proper British sports car with a simply brutish American powerplant and, after all the teasing, it was spied completely uncovered testing just days before its big reveal. Video below.
The Venom GT was spotted by the ever-watchful readers of Pistonheads and, while it shows off the entire car, we still lack the details of what an LS9 stuffed into a reportedly 2,400 pound car is actually capable of doing. Come back Monday to find out.

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congratulations to miss brazil and miss paraguay for winning special awards at the gandang ricky reyes special show for group 2 held in angono rizal. this is a special competition which has no bearing on the actual scores but is a great addition to the amazing collection of unforgettable memories of miss earth 2014 candidates.
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Bisons Game With Campbell Called Due To Rain
Lipscomb's baseball game with Campbell, the first of a doubleheader, was suspended due to wet ground conditions. The game was cut short and will be called a complete game. Campbell was leading the game 7-3 in the 8th inning and is credited with the win.
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MacDonald scored a touchdown from his fullback position and forced a fumble to spearhead a strong defensive effort in Vets' 35-20 upset victory over Westerly on Friday night. The 'Canes are now 3-2, tied for second in Division II-A.
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The Denver-based U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal of U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby's December 2013 ruling that struck down Utah's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. The decision marks the first time that a federal appeals court has ruled that bans on same-sex marriage violate the U.S. Constitution.
The court's ruling affects not only Utah, but other states within its jurisdiction, including Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico, where gay marriage is already legal. However, the court's panel immediately stayed its 2-1 decision, pending further legal challenges that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Utah Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday that it plans to file a legal petition asking the nation's highest court to review the case.
"Although the Court's split 2-1 decision does not favor the State, we are pleased that the ruling has been issued and takes us one step closer to reaching certainty and finality for all Utahns on such an important issue with a decision from the highest court," the AG's Office said in a statement.
Gov. Gary Herbert said he's grateful for the stay, which gives his office and other appellants more time to review the ruling, as well as their options going forward. He said the state will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court and may also ask the full 10th Circuit Court to hear the case.
But the governor called the ruling itself a disappointment.
"I believe states have the right to determine their own laws regarding marriage," he said in a statement.
Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin countered that the state's 2004 ban on same-sex marriage does nothing to strengthen or protect anyone's marriage.
"Instead, it singles out thousands of loving Utah families for unfair treatment simply because of who they are," Griffin said in a statement.
Two of the three judges on the court's panel agreed. They found that the 14th Amendment protects the fundamental due process and equal protection rights to marry, establish and raise a family and enjoy the full protection of a state's marriage laws.
"A state may not deny issuance of a marriage license to two persons, or refuse to recognize their marriage, based solely upon the sex of the persons in the marriage union," the court said in its majority opinion.
There can be little doubt, the court said, that the right to marry is a fundamental liberty.
The majority opinion went on to cite a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which found that the U.S. Constitution protects the right to privacy:
"[Marriage is] older than the Bill of Rights — older than our political parties, older than our school system. Marriage is a coming together for better or worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. It is an association that promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects."
In his dissenting opinion, Judge Paul J. Kelly, Jr., said the U.S. Constitution is silent when it comes to the regulation of marriage. Instead, that power is left to the states, as long as it's consistent with federal constitutional guarantees, he said.
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10 Green Gifts for the Home Renovator
The Holidays are all about Home. Kitchens filled with family recipes and helping hands; dining rooms stuffed with musical chairs. For some of us, Home is in front of the fireplace, on our parents' saggy couches from the 80s, and we wouldn't dream of changing a thing. (Well, maybe those drafty windows…) For others, Home is always evolving — constantly changing to reflect who we are becoming as people and as a society.
Whether your household projects are geared towards preserving memories or embracing change — or if you're carefully constructing your very first Home — here are some gift ideas for you and your loved ones:
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1. Energy Star Certified Power Tools ($499): For intensive remodelers, a reliable set of power tools, including a circular saw and a drill, is a must. Even better, make them Energy Star certified!
2. Green Remodeling: Your Start Toward an Eco-Friendly Home ($17): This great reference book covers the basics of green home renovation and is appropriate for newbies or pros.
3. Green Home Makeover ($99): For those who don't have the time, energy, or interest in getting their hands dirty, a 1-hour in-home consultation will provide custom tips for easy green upgrades.
4. Dual-Flush Toilet Adapter ($60): If nothing else, this gift will spark lively conversation amongst house guests. But don't laugh too hard — these easy-to-install retrofits can save a family of four about 17,000 gallons of water per year.
5. Super Tool ($70): For small jobs, big jobs, and everything in between, this all-in-one hand tool is a perennial favorite.
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6. Smart Meter with Google Power Meter ($240): A smart meter compatible with Google Power Meter is easy-to-install and will let you track and manage your electricity use live and over time, as well as compare your usage to others — even remotely! It's a priceless new technology that will give the gift of low utility bills all year long. (Note: Google Power Meter is not available everywhere yet!)
7. Building a Home with My Husband ($17): At the end of a long day of green projects, curl up and enjoy a touching story about the renovation of Life and Home.
8. Green Depot Gift Card ($10-$500): Don't want to give your beloved hobbyist a can of Low-VOC paint with a bow? A Green Depot gift card will let them get what they need — when they need it — to make their Green Dream Home a reality.
9. Sample Library (free): If you're low on cash this year (aren't we all?), or if you prefer to give a gift of time rather than a gift of money, try compiling a small sample library of sustainable materials (carpet, flooring, tile, paint, etc) for your favorite green home renovator to use as inspiration. Producers will often provide samples for free or for the cost of shipping. Start here:
10. Charitable Donation (any price): A charitable donation on behalf of a loved one is always a thoughtful gift — especially when the chosen cause is close to the recipient's heart. For a person who truly values Home, help make sure everyone has a place to lay their head this holiday season. Try Architecture for Humanity or Habitat for Humanity, or search "housing" on GlobalGiving or Modest Needs.
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Washington – The U.S. Marshals Service added alleged murderer and kidnapper Wesnel Isaac to its 15 Most Wanted fugitive list today.
A documented gang member and alleged enforcer for the Haitian street gang Zoe Pound, Isaac is wanted by the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida for multiple violent offenses including triple homicide, attempted homicide, kidnapping, home invasion and felon in possession of a firearm. The Lee County Sheriff's Office requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force and in addition to the local warrants, a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was issued in the Middle District of Florida.
Isaac has a violent reputation and many members of the community have been unwilling to cooperate with law enforcement in locating the fugitive. He is considered a dangerous fugitive and a threat to the community. A co-defendant, Loubert Jules, in the 2007 triple homicide investigation was sentenced in August 2010 to three life terms by the 20th Judicial Circuit Court in Lee County, Florida.
"The 15 Most Wanted list exists to focus the full investigate resources of the United States Marshals Service on locating and apprehending violent fugitives such as Isaac," said U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia A. Hylton. "His alleged crimes represent a clear threat to the community and immediate danger to anyone who might come into contact with him. It is imperative we immediately locate and arrest Isaac."
Authorities believe Isaac may have fled to Haiti in October 2007 to stay with family members. However, recent information indicates Isaac may have returned to the United States in 2010 after the major earthquake in Haiti.
Isaac has an extensive criminal history dating back to 2003, to include 34 prior arrests for burglary/larceny, narcotics, failure to appear, probation violation, resisting arrest and DUI. Given his criminal background and the offenses he is wanted for, Isaac should be considered armed and dangerous.
A reward of up to $25,000 is offered for information leading directly to Isaac's arrest. Anyone with information is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals office or the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102.
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WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- After sonar revealed what appeared to be a shipwreck 1,900 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA scientists sent their remotely operated vehicle, Deep Discoverer (D2), to explore. But instead of buried treasure, NOAA and D2 happened upon giant rock structures resembling flowers.
But scientists quickly learned that they hadn't quite found rocks formations either; they'd discovered an asphalt volcano, a geologic formation that's spotted with little frequency.
Asphalt volcanos aren't traditional volcanoes, in that they don't spew molten lava like Mount St. Helens. They are the product of the same volcanic forces that push oil to the surface of the Earth, only in this case, it happens on the surface of the ocean floor -- causing the oil-like ooze to solidify.
As NOAA explains it, the tarry ooze expelled from asphalt volcanoes is like what one finds in oil refineries, "the gooey residue that remains after extraction of gasoline." On dry land, this residue is often mixed with sand and a less viscous oil, then its heated and used pave roads -- voilà, asphalt.
But when the same gooey residue -- the more volatile components of the deep Earth oil having been evaporated -- is squeezed through a hole in the ocean floor and mixed with cold salt water, the result is a giant asphalt flower.
In addition to asphalt flowers, NOOA's D2 also spotted corals, barnacles, anemones and fish. Bacteria along the ocean floor has found a way to use the oil as food, enabling "a sulfur-based food chain."


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It was a hot day in Baltimore in the early '90s. Rob Zabrecky was on tour as the frontman for post-punk band Possum Dixon. He'd spent his off hours seeking out filming locations from John Waters' movies. But the heat was getting to him. He opened the door to a magic shop, hoping to cool off.
Little did he know that he was embarking on a new path, that magic would steadily draw him in over the next years, that he'd leave his music career behind.
He bought a vanishing handkerchief trick. But he knew the old-fashioned illusion might not play well before an audience of Baltimore hipsters. On stage, he set aside his bass and unwrapped a condom instead. He made it disappear. The crowd went wild. "I fell in love with the culture of magic," Zabrecky says.
For the last two years of Possum Dixon's successful, decade-long run, Zabrecky admits he was more interested in performing magic. "We were making a record with Ric Ocasek from The Cars, and all I was doing in the studio was tricks. It didn't make him very happy." Slowly, Zabrecky found that he had given up on wanting to write songs. "I was just becoming more of a fan of music at that point."
Despite his history in rock, he's not a high-voltage bad boy of the magic world, Criss Angel-style. Zabrecky's work is eerie, slow-paced and beautiful.
Though he keeps his magic off YouTube for fear of idea theft, there is one telling clip. Against a black background, he wears a black suit, which emphasizes the white of his cuffs and collar. His long fingers fan out a deck of cards. As a kind of shuffling organ and oboe song plays, he gradually shrinks the deck of cards. He never speaks, but there's something about his long, mortician's face and dark eyes. The sleight of hand-based trick takes about two and a half minutes, and somehow, the simple routine is captivating throughout.
"I fell in love with the culture of magic"
Rob Zabrecky
The Alibi got to speak with Zabrecky—named the Stage Magician of the Year in 2012 by the Academy of Magical Arts—about the art of his stage show.
How does magic relate to acting or performing as a frontman in a band?
They have everything in common. All the arts do. With magic you can write, produce, direct and act your material. It's just an art form. I don't know that everybody sees it like that, because magic has a bad rap in the public eye unlike other art forms. Most people think of purple jumpsuits. There's so much more to it that a lot of magic is overlooked.
Do you develop your own tricks?
Yes. A lot of tricks already exist, just like chords already exist in music, or words exist, and you take them and develop your own ways to present them. Then you have your own presentation based on classic methods and classic tricks. Several of the routines I present in the show are based on mentalism. They're difficult to perform because a lot of it's procedural. "OK, think of a number. Multiply by two. Put it in this envelope. Stand over here. Think of this. Think of that." To make that interesting and captivating is hard to do.
Do you believe in clairvoyance and telepathy?
I do. I think there are certain levels of clairvoyance that every person has that they can choose to develop or not. Intuition has been a big part of my life and part of people's lives that I know and respect.
Were you embraced by other magicians right away? Or did it take a while for them to understand what you're up to?
I slowly crept into the magic world, and I just took my time meeting people that I thought were interesting and watching a lot of performances. For the most part, people were warm. Not everybody, but the people that I eventually wound up being friends with were interested in what I was doing and welcomed me in.
You performed a show for Michael Jackson and his kids a couple of months before Jackson died. What was that like?
It was an incredible experience. He was somebody I was always interested in. To get to perform for him was a huge deal. He was very nice and so were his kids.
You're also an auctioneer, right? How did that happen?
I regularly call bids at art auctions and events in L.A. I learned how to do it 10 years ago and kind of had a lucky streak with it. I performed it on "The Mentalist," "Brothers & Sisters," "Keeping up with the Kardashians" and other disposable TV shows. I fell into it when I got out of music. I needed something to do, so I started to work at an auction house. It's a great skill set to have. It certainly keeps things interesting.
Have you had any mundane jobs?
[Laughs] From 15 to 20, I had a lot. Not since then, no.


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In order to strengthen the core competencies of the University and thus to further the university's aspiration to become a regional institution of national quality, the President and Provost invited individual faculty members, faculty teams, and directors to submit academic Flagship Program proposals for select undergraduate or graduate programs.
Programs are selected for Flagship status in general because of their excellence in the scholarly accomplishments of their faculty and the demonstrable potential of those faculty to sustain a trajectory toward scholarly distinction; their potential to produce particularly compelling or exceptional educational outcomes for students; and their power to link the quality of education at UNF to a range of civic needs in the region. For this reason, Flagship Programs are selected to receive significant budgetary support for a period of five years (with the possibility of further, albeit reduced, support), during which time they are ideally expected to become self-sustaining or to have generated external funding support.
The School of Nursing was selected as the first Flagship Program at UNF in July 2005, because of its response to an identified need in nursing education through the development of a nationally distinctive community-based and population-focused undergraduate nursing curriculum.
The Department of Nutrition & Dietetics was selected as the sixth Flaghship Program in June 2011, in the most recent call for proposals. The program has a strong commitment to community based transformational learning at the undergraduate and graduate level, and has plans to develop a Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition, only the second such program in the country.
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OLATHE — The Heat 14U softball team, which has players from Newton, Hesston, Halstead and surrounding communities, placed fourth at the Heartland ASA Class C World Series July 25 through 28 in Olathe.
In pool play, the Heat beat 5 Tool Rumble 7-0, lost to Orange Juice 10-1, beat the CherryBombz 6-0 and beat the Franklin County Adrenaline 9-0.
In blue bracket play, the Heat beat the Power 5-3, lost in the second round to the Blue Flames 5-2, beat Odyssey Fastpitch Black 4-2, beat Mokan Elite 6-4 and lost in the consolation quarterfinals to KC Elite 9-8.
The Heat is hosting tryouts today for its 10U and 12U team (pitchers and catchers at 10 a.m., and all others at 11 a.m.). Tryouts for the 14U through 18U teams will be Sunday (pitchers and catchers at 1:30 p.m., all others at 2:30 p.m.).
Tryouts will be at Centennial Park.
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It's been about a week since I last posted. I haven't felt the urge to write anything for the past few days. Nothing much has changed since the last post I wrote, just been plodding through each day trying to escape from the urges to self harm (and worse).
Yesterday however I saw new CPN again. We chatted about all the usual shit, I updated her on the status of my housing transfer application and told her I have probably annoyed the fuck out of the housing admin woman because I've been emailing her nearly every day telling her how bloody crazy this flat makes me feel. The housing admin woman said she needs to speak to my social worker and I left a message asking my social worker to call her but new CPN said she picked up the message and called. However the housing admin woman wasn't there and so she could only leave a message. I would rather my social worker speak to her, she has known me a lot longer than new CPN. So really there is nothing to report about the housing transfer, hopefully next week the relevant conversations will take place and I will get another update and see if I can be awarded any more points.
New CPN was asking again yesterday about the future. "What do you want to change MCBL?" she asked. I told her I want everything to change, she told me that everything was impossible to do at once so instead to think of one thing I'd like to change. I said I hate the sight of myself, I want to lose weight. She asked if I'd ever tried before. I told her that yes, about 7 years ago I lost around 4 and a half stone (around 60lbs) by doing the Atkins diet. No/Low carb diets are frowned upon by many people but due to having PCOS and fucked up insulin it is a very effective diet for people like me. It only took me about 6 months to lose all that weight. I kept it off for about 3 years and then slowly packed it all back on again.
My body disgusts me. Rolls of fat everywhere, scars all over it, psoriasis dotted all over me, words and phrases permanently scarred on me about satan and Lucifer. The thought of anyone seeing me naked both sickens and terrifies me.
Anyway, new CPN said something which surprised me – "your determination frightens me". I was confused and asked why. She said I have achieved so much in the past simply by really putting my mind to it and psyching myself up that she worries I could really do myself some damage if I put that same amount of effort into hurting myself. I was still a bit confused so she continued, "you have the ability to become very strong minded about a particular task, you have achieved really big things because of having that personality trait MCBL, you lost a massive amount of weight, you breezed your way through exams at school and college, you studied at degree level twice, when it has been something that you really want to do then you have let nothing stand in your way" then she stopped for a minute and then carried on to say "you have a very good personality trait there for getting things done when you find the motivation and desire to do it but that personality trait can also be very dangerous when it comes to self harm thoughts or suicidal ones" and that was why she said it frightens her.
I don't know if any of that makes sense, it kinda did to me but then I thought if that were true then I would have overcome my agoraphobia a long time ago because I want so much to be free to travel anywhere I want again. But then I also realised that due to the intense fear and anxiety I feel when travelling I never have got to a place where I have been truly focused and psyched up to overcome it. It's always terrified me too much. Losing weight didn't scare me it excited me and with every pound lost I gained more motivation not less. Going to Uni and doing a degree level course didn't scare me, it also excited me about what I could achieve for myself. But the agoraphobia – I can't get excited about the end result because I'm so fucking scared of the panic attacks it brings.
Anyway we had a good chat for about an hour about the good and the bad things going on. She said she really wants me to turn a negative in my life into a positive. So I finally decided that losing weight, overcoming the agoraphobia and doing something that got me out of the house for a little while each day would all be positive things I could focus upon. Trying to lose weight doesn't scare me but leaving the house and travelling anywhere do. I need to get out the house to exercise to lose weight, so I feel a bit stuck there. However I am getting better at going out and about locally and so we talked again about me seeing if there is anything starting at the small local college in August that I might like to do. And that was pretty much our entire session, I see her again next Thursday, the 31st.
I left my appointment and went straight to my parents house. I finally took my Dad's birthday present up (only 25 days late) and lay out in their back garden sunbathing (in jeans and a long sleeved top?) and chatting to my brother for a while. Then Mum and I decided to go and get an ice cream and take the dogs to the beach. It was SO hot yesterday the dogs were constantly panting and drinking water so taking them to the beach so they could get in the cool sea water for a swim seemed to cool them down and tire them out.
After the beach Mum and I went to the local college and had a chat with the assistant manager about my situation and how I really want to try and gain a qualification as my CPN really wants me to focus on recovery. So I told the college woman that I am not 100% better but I think that having some sort of routine would help push me in the right direction and having a course to go to would help me focus my thoughts and attention on it rather than the negatives in my life all the time. I told her I would one day like to be able to work with young people affected by mental health issues and she recommended a 15 week short course called Working in the Community where you all work as a group to plan an event in your local community – it could be a fundraising event or an event to get a group of people together who all share an interest, something like that. It's only for 15 weeks so I'm not committing to anything that's a year long and upon completion of it you can start the year long course in youth work. So I am going to check with my local benefits office that I can do a short course without it affecting the benefits I receive, from what I have read online it looks like it should be OK but I want to double check.
There is also a year long course I could do called towards a career in childcare where you are in college two days a week and on a placement two days a week. The placement would be in a nursery or primary school and that course leads on to child development where I could either go down the route of becoming a nursery nurse or alternatively I could go down the route of becoming a special needs teacher which also interests me.
I asked if my mental health problems would affect my ability to be on a placement and she said it would be at the discretion of the course tutor once they have spoken to someone from my care team and received a clear disclosure certificate (which I will get as I have never been in trouble with the police). So I have two courses to think about and that was my 'homework' done for new CPN – I think she will be happy with me for going and finding out about all my options. It was also nice to spend some time with Mum again.
And that's all my news. That was actually a longgg post considering I had nothing much to say at the beginning! It is another lovely day outside so I need to go for a cool shower and then try and get these dogs out, thankfully they are both still fast asleep as I took them out around 4am this morning. The self harm urges are still very much here, Lucifer is still chattering away, but I'm plodding along determined to get through the weekend with no trips to a&e.


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ICC Printer Profile Download
By popular request, Costco UK have produced .icc files for every warehouse. These help professional photographers make the best use of our very high quality silver halide printers.
If you are not already familiar with colour management, don't worry - just ignore this page and continue to place your orders with the photolab as usual and our photolabs will automatically optimise your photos for you.
This page and the profiles are only relevant to photographers who:
This is a very specialist field. Regrettably, it is not practical to train our lab staff to the level that they are in effect training photographers without increasing the costs of our services - which we do not want to do! If you have any questions, please lookup some of the many tutorials available on the internet, get a book on the topic, or purchase a training package from a specialist such as www.ColourConfidence.com in the UK.
Please do NOT ask warehouse staff to help you as unfortunatley they are not able to. Colour management is one of the topics where if you don't know how to use it, you probably don't need to be using it.
If your computer monitor is not already correctly calibrated, then everything that appears on it is inaccurate - and there is no point considering the output printers ICC profile unless this is first correct. There are many monitor calibration systems out there - again, Colour Confidence are a good source.3. Have appropriate PC/Mac and supporting software
Not every application supports ICC profiles - you will need to consult with your software provider's information. Common software which does however includes Photoshop, Gimp, InDesign etc.
Key Facts
If you have read (1), (2), and (3) above and think "yes - that's me", then here are some key facts to assist:
- Our profiles have been professionally created and daily checks are made on the mini-labs to ensure their calibration remains consistent.
- The profiles are distributed to help professional photographers understand the gamut of each mini-lab and to ensure that their images exclusively contain colours within the mini-lab's colour space.
- Our mini-labs operate in the sRGB colour space. Work should therefore be submitted only in sRGB colourspace - NOT CMYK or Adobe RGB.
- Please do not embed profiles in the file you submit - silver halide mini-labs discard these. Please supply the files in standard sRGB only.
- The best format to supply work for printing at is as a 300dpi JPG, saved with 100% quality. Some photographers default to supplying work at several thousand DPI, as uncompressed .tif files. In 'real world' terms, this is unnecessary for a professional silver halide process - feel free to print one image each way and see what we mean.
- http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/color_spaces.htm
- http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/resources.htm
- http://www.color.org/info_profiles2.xalter
Download the profile:
Click here to download a zip file containing all Costco Photo profiles
Example use in Photoshop - intended as a reminder, not a tutorial:
- Mac OS/OS X:/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
- Windows 10/8.1/7: Right click on the .icc file and click 'install profile'
- Windows XP/2000:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color
Do all this work in a standard working colour space - we recommend sRGB. Do NOT try to use a specific output profile - you are currently working on an image that can be sent for printing to any printer.
Then copy your source, original image somwhere to separate it from the image you are intending to print at Costco.
Optionally, you can preview using "Proof view" within photoshop before conversion. This helps you confirm how the output image will look, and that there are no colours "out of gamut". To do this, go to View > Proof Setup > Custom within Photoshop. You should select the Costco profile for the lab you are printing at in the "device to simulate" menu, and select "Rendering Intent: Relative Colorimetric" with "Black point Compensation" on. "Preserve RGB Numbers" should be off.
To do the colour conversion, go to:
- Image/Mode/Convert to Profile (for Photoshop 7 or CS) or
- Edit/Convert to Profile (for Photoshop CS2)
- Then select the destination profile (make sure you select the lab you are sending the work to) and ensure "Intent > Relative Colorimetric" is set.
- Save the work as sRGB JPG without any embedded profiles.
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Oct. 18, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite a furious charge by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy during the final three minutes of regulation, the MIT men's soccer team held on for a 2-1 victory in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest on Saturday. The Engineers, ranked fifth in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) New England poll, improved to 13-1-1 on the year and 4-0-0 in conference action while the Bears dropped to 7-6-0 overall and 2-2-0 in the NEWMAC.
The early stages of the game were a defensive battle as numerous scoring opportunities were turned away on both sides. MIT eventually broke through in the 31st minute courtesy of a free kick. Kevin Chou's service from the near side was barely punched out by Coast Guard goalie Tim Olah but the ball caromed off David Nole's head and into the upper right corner of the net.
The Bears had two quality chances to register the equalizer during the last eight minutes off the half. Nate Wojcik found himself in a one-on-one situation with MIT netminder Dylan Rankin but Wojcik was unable to get his right foot completely on the ball. Five minutes later, David O'Brien sent a dangerous throughball down the near sideline, unfortunately Coast Guard was unable to corral the ball for a shot.
MIT wasted little time in the second half as it extended its lead to 2-0 after three minutes elapsed. On a throw-in by Neil Zimmerman, the ball landed in front of the net and was surrounded by several players. Andrew Bishara managed to redirect the ball for his first goal of the season. The Bears nearly cut their deficit in half on a point-blank header by Thomas Cameron in the 58th minute that was smothered by Rankin. Coast Guard continued to attack and denied the Engineers their ninth shutout of the season in the 79th minute. Wojcik gathered a feed from Jacob Larsen on the near side and sent the ball to the far left corner.
The intensity from both sides increased down the stretch, resulting in six fouls, five shots, and four corner kicks. With five minutes to go, Zachary Kabelac dribbled around three defenders in front of the goal but he couldn't raise MIT's margin. The Bears earned a pair of free kicks inside the final three minutes, however both opportunities were thwarted.
In net, Rankin collected six saves for the Engineers while Olah made eight stops for Coast Guard.
Both squads will return to non-conference play next week. MIT will host Johnson & Wales University on Tuesday, Oct. 21 while Coast Guard will have a home match-up with Albertus Magnus College on Wednesday, Oct. 22.


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For anyone new to the blog, I do have my traditions and eggnog is a big one.
Each year I share this recipe for Bert's Eggnog with readers. This stuff is the nectar of the gods. You need to prepare it the night before in order to let the flavors come together.
Those who were raised on eggnog from a carton won't like it. Those who despise eggnog because they think real eggnog tastes like that from a carton will be shocked–in a good way. I've made many an eggnog convert with this amazing recipe. The story of how it came to be part of our holiday tradition is on the document.
Also, I'm throwing in my favorite gingersnap recipe. I no longer eat wheat flour, but this was a staple for years. Enjoy these recipes and get your eggnog ready!


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GEISHA at The Bathhouse - Friday 27th June
Geisha Electronica @ The Bathhouse
7- 8 Bishopsgate Churchyard London EC2M 3TJ
Friday 27th August
Lottie, Suze Rosser, Kath Harding, Natalie Coleman, Sophie Lloyd
11pm - 4am
£5 before 12 / £7 after
£5 concessions guest list
Geisha this month holds it's party at a new found amazing underground hidden club, The Bathhouse.
Nestled in the shadows of the City, The Bathhouse sits within Bishopsgate Churchyard, a surviving treasure from Victorian East London. Harking back to the near-forgotten days of inequity and indulgence, Stepping into the 19th century Kiosk with it's deceptively small exterior is like entering another era all together. The Bathhouse is an undiscovered beauty only seconds away from Liverpool St Station. It is an experience that is not to be missed!
Ladies to join the Geisha residents Lottie, Suze Rosser and Sophie Lloyd this time, are arguably two of London's most committed and talented DJ's and promoters, Kath Harding of Wish and Natalie Coleman of Mooch.
Kath Harding has a unique intuitive dj style and an ability to read and surprise any crowd. Her style is a brave collage of trend-led techno, groovy minimal and silky undertones of early house. She has played alongside Chloé, Jennifer Cardini, Fra Soler, Raymundo Rodriguez, Mlle Caro, Tim Sheridan, Reset Robot, Rebekah, Kate Lawler, Mistress De Funk, Nicole Moudaber amongst others. Kath has also taken her sound to some of London's finest including Jaded, Fabric, Egg, Mooch and more recently blowing the roof off Nouveau Casino at WISH's debut in Paris.
Over the past year or so Natalie Coleman has been on the flyer of almost every London party worth its salt. Nat's technical prowess and ability to work a crowd has taken her to some of London's elite venues including T-Bar, Koko, Public life, Cable, Horse & Groom, Cargo, Herbal, The Lightbox, Corisca Studios. Residency at Terry Hart's Redlight Afterhours has given her a platform on which to build a reputation for consistently delivering the goods. Adding to this with a slot at Booka Shade's Album Launch, Jaded and regular appearances for Genius, HouseFM and other London underground parties, she has cemented her place as one of London's rapidly rising stars.
Expect an amazing array of music which will take you on a journey from slow driven cool hot disco beats to twisted funk driven techno, as a host of up and coming and established successful female talent step into the Giant Golden Birdcage DJ Booth.....
We invite you to step onto the floor of the dancers
If attending please let us know through RA:
GEISHA at The Bathhouse
7- 8 Bishopsgate Churchyard London EC2M 3TJ
Friday 27th August
Lottie, Suze Rosser, Kath Harding, Natalie Coleman, Sophie Lloyd
£5 on door before 10pm / £7 after
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How FACT Works
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Scanning and Reporting
FACT scans a subnet by logging in to the management ports of many switches, finding the master Subnet Manager (or the host Subnet Manager if the host is listed as a managed node), and interrogating it through the CLI. FACT then constructs a view of the network topology and saves it to a file to answer later queries. If presented with a network with no Subnet Managers or with several master Subnet Managers, FACT has reduced function, but it can report the location of the master and standby Subnet Managers. For more information about the Subnet Manager, see the "Understanding the Subnet Manager" section.
FACT has a set of queries to scan the fabric, similar to those in the Subnet Manager, where it can show which switches are in the network, which ports are active, how they are connected, and so on. By reporting this information, FACT differentiates itself from the Subnet Manager show commands because it reports both at the chip level (InfiniBand nodes and ports) and at the chassis level (chassis, slots, and external ports).
Along with scanning the fabric for information about connectivity, FACT can perform a thorough technical-support scan, in which it collects voluminous diagnostic information from every SFS OS switch, collecting information that Cisco TAC or engineering can use to diagnose problems remotely. For more information about scans, see Scanning.
All information that FACT collects is stored in its repository, which is a directory in the file system. The FACT repository contains the following items:
- Results of all scans
- A log of analysis errors
- Transcripts of all switch CLI sessions
- A "last-known neighbor" map used to remember neighbor relationships after links go down
- A pointer to the current scan
The repository also maintains the notion of a "current scan." Because queries are always performed against the current scan, the repository has a history mechanism that allows the current scan to be rolled back to an earlier version. For more information about the repository, see Maintaining the Repository.
The scanning function requires that FACT be able to log in to each switch in the network. Also, if you are using HSM, FACT must be able to log in to each host that is running the High-Performance Subnet Manager (HSM). FACT has a variety of ways to connect:
- Using SSH to connect to a switch management port
- Using SSH to log in to a host running HSM and starting the HSM CLI
- Using SSH to log in to a host running HSM and running the HSM CLI directly as a subprocess if HSM and FACT are on the same host
The credential files control which mechanisms FACT uses for each managed node. For more information about credentials files, see About Credentials Files.
Network Maintenance
FACT can display the firmware versions on switches in a network and perform firmware updates, either on individual switches or on multiple switches simultaneously. FACT can also control ports. FACT can enable or disable one or several ports, individually, and change their width and speed. Using this port-control capability is more desirable than using the existing switch CLI because FACT is a single point of control. FACT allows the port to be specified by either the chassis or the chip location.
Hardware and Software Compatibility
FACT runs on a Linux host and requires the following supported software distributions:
- RedHat Enterprise Linux, Version 4 or 5, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Distribution, Version 9 or 10
- Python, Version 2.3 or later
FACT can log in to Cisco Server Fabric Switches that run Cisco SFS OS, to OEM switches (Cisco SFS 7012 and Cisco SFS 7024), and to Unix/Linux-based hosts, including those that run the host-based Subnet Manager. FACT can also monitor and control unmanaged switches to a limited extent by using in-band InfiniBand messages. FACT uses the ibspark tool to upgrade firmware on unmanaged switches. FACT uses the ibportstate tool to control ports. These tools must be installed and available on a Linux host that is directly connected to the InfiniBand network and that FACT can log in to through SSH. FACT performs all other operations through IP to the management ports on a device, so it can run on any network-connected host. FACT can optionally use configurations that map node GUIDs and system image GUIDs to user-specified names. This option is especially useful when working with unmanaged switches because unmanaged switches do not have IP addresses or other identifiers; their only identifiers are their node GUIDs. However, GUID names can be used for any switch or channel adapter.
Understanding the Subnet Manager
FACT works closely with the Subnet Manager to understand the network fabric because the Subnet Manager configures and maintains fabric operations. The Subnet Manager is the central repository of all information that is required to set up and bring up the InfiniBand fabric. The master Subnet Manager does the following:
- Discovers the fabric topology
- Discovers end nodes
- Configures switches and end nodes with their parameters, such as the following:
- LIDs
- GUIDs
- Partition Keys (P_Keys)
- Configures switch forwarding tables
- Receives traps from Subnet Management Agents (SMAs)
- Sweeps the subnet, discovering topology changes and managing changes as nodes are added and deleted
A network may contain multiple Subnet Managers acting as standbys, but it may contain only one master Subnet Manager.
Understanding Secure Shell
Secure Shell (SSH) is a network protocol that provides a secure remote access connection to network devices. Cisco FACT uses SSH to provide secure communication from network computers to the Cisco SFS OS CLI.


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CRMC Unveils New Emergency Department
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center on Monday unveiled a new 39,000 square foot Emergency Department which is scheduled to officially open on October 28.
The new facility will include a mental health pod with four rooms, an acute care pod with 12 rooms and a critical care pod with 4 bays for adult traumas. Other features include a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Room for victims of sexual assault, new family rooms to allow for privacy and several other rooms for medical examinations, equipment and treatment of mass casualties in case of disaster.
Tracy Garcia, the hospital's Clinical Director of Trauma and Emergency Services, says the new department should allow for quicker treatment of patients and less wait time for treatment. The new department cost $25 million to build, with equipment and furnishings costing roughly another $3 million.


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Panoramic photo shows Valley as it was
ANSONIA -- A panoramic photograph showing the Valley before major developments in the 1960s has been donated to the city by a married couple.
The enormous black-and-white aerial photograph measures at least 3-feet high and 8-feet wide. It was given to the city's Historical Commission Thursday night by Frank and Sheri Parda, former Hill Street residents who have moved to Derby.
"We always thought it should be shared with everyone," Frank Parda said.
Parda said he bought the photograph at Antiques Alley downtown in 1998 and kept it in his real estate office at his home.
"Anytime someone came to visit, the conversation would always revert to this photo," he said.
The photograph, encased under ultraviolet protective glass, was hung in the Erlinghauser Room on the second floor of City Hall.
"This is a wonderful donation," Mayor James Della Volpe said. "It shows a lot of history."
The photograph shows much of an undeveloped and wooded Shelton, Seymour and Oxford as well as most of Ansonia and Derby.
Randy Carroll, commission chairman, said officials are trying to date the photograph and are seeking information on the city's website -- www.cityofansonia.com.
Eugene Sharkey, a lifelong resident and amateur historian, believes the photograph was taken sometime between 1959 and 1968.
"It shows the Blake Bus company and that burned down in May 1968," said Sharkey, a longtime volunteer firefighter in the city.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in July but the unemployment rate rose one tick to 8.3 percent anyway, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
The employment situation report said 163,000 jobs were added to the economy in the month, better than the 100,000 expected.
The department said the jobless rate was "essentially unchanged," as it crept from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent, a figure bound to plague the Obama administration this election year. The increase was because more job seekers entered the work force.
"This morning, we learned that our businesses created 172,000 new jobs in the month of July. That means that we've now created 4.5 million new jobs over the last 29 months and 1.1 million new jobs so far this year," U.S. President Barack Obama said. "But let's acknowledge, we've still got too many folks out there who are looking for work."
Obama said more must be done "not only to reclaim all the jobs that were lost during the recession but also to reclaim the kind of financial security that too many Americans have felt was slipping away from them for too long."
While the economic recovery would take time, Obama said, "We also knew that if we were persistent, if we kept at it and kept working, that we'd gradually get to where we need to be."
The report also indicates "growth remains slow in the third quarter -- likely in the range of 2.5 percent," economics Professor Peter Morici at the University of Maryland said in a statement.
Markit economist Chris Williamson said the report, along with drops in retail sales and factory orders in the second quarter, "plus the lowest manufacturing purchasing managers index for three years in July, suggest that the U.S. economy has lost considerable growth momentum so far this summer."
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney called the uptick a "hammer blow to struggling middle-class families."
"President Obama doesn't have a plan and he believes the private sector is 'doing fine.' Obviously, that is not the case," Romney said in a statement.
The Labor Department indicated growth was steady. This year, "employment growth has averaged 151,000 per month, about the same as the average gain of 153,000 in 2011," the situation report said.
The government said professional and business service jobs increased 49,000 in the month, while computer systems design jobs gained 7,000.
Restaurants and bars added 29,000 jobs in July -- adding to a gain of 292,000 over the past 12 months.
Healthcare added 12,000 jobs, while manufacturing added 25,000.
"Within durable goods, the motor vehicles and parts industry had fewer seasonal layoffs than is typical for July, contributing to a seasonally adjusted employment increase of 13,000," the report said.
The average workweek was unchanged in the month, holding at 34.5 hours. Hourly earnings, on average, gained 2 cents to $23.52.
May's gain in jobs was revised higher, from 77,000 to 87,000, the figure for June was lowered from 80,000 to 64,000.


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text: Share: Comments Print May 8, 2014 at 10:59 PM Mariners 1, Royals 0 — Hisashi Iwakuma masterful in first home start Posted by Adam Jude The Mariners cheer starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma when he comes out of the game after having just retired the top of the 8th inning. In just his 2nd start of the season, Iwakuma scattered four hits over 8 innings, with no runs scored, and lowering his ERA to 2.45. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times) Hisashi Iwakuma wasn't able to complete a brilliant start in his return to Safeco Field. His return to form, though, gives the Mariners' rotation more of a complete — and much more dangerous — look as they inch their way toward the top of the AL West. Iwakuma threw eight shutout innings in his first home start of the year, allowing just four singles and striking out seven, and Corey Hart delivered a two-out single to drive in the Mariners' only run in a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on a chilly Thursday night before 12,577 at Safeco. It was the first shutout of the season for the Mariners (18-16), who have won six of seven and 11 of 14. Iwakuma (2-0) had missed all of April while recovering from a strained finger tendon in his throwing hand. He allowed allowed four runs in 6-2/3 innings in his first start of the season last Saturday at Houston. He was dominant against the Royals, throwing 93 pitches without a walk, and no Kansas City runner advanced past first base. "Today was very close to 100 percent," the Japanese right-hander said through an interpreter. "As the game got deeper, I was able to command all my pitches, and all my pitches were working really well today." Iwakuma told manager Lloyd McClendon that he was done after eight innings, giving way to closer Fernando Rodney for another dramatic ninth inning. But after walking two batters, Rodney struck out Billy Butler swinging and got Salvador Perez to ground into a fielder's choice to end it for his 10th save. Dating to last September, the Mariners have shut out the Royals in three consecutive games. And Iwakuma has a streak of 48-2/3 scoreless innings against the AL Central. (Orel Hershiser, with 55 innings against the NL West in 1998, is the only pitcher dating back to 1974 with a longer scoreless streak against one division.) Iwakuma, who finished third in the AL Cy Young voting last year, was back in his 2013 form Thursday night, giving what McClendon said is a legitimate No. 1 and No. 2 starters, along with ace Felix Hernandez, atop a rotation that has absorbed several injury hits this year. "When you have a legit No. 1 … and a legit No. 2, it gives you a sense of who you are," McClendon said. "It certainly slides everyone else (in the rotation) back down to where they need to be. It's like an electric warming blanket — you feel good when it's on. And I feel good when they're out there." There's a lot to feel good about with these Mariners lately. They returned home from a nine-game trip to New York, Houston and Oakland with a 7-2 record in that stretch, and Thursday's win brought them within 1.5 games of the idle A's in the AL West. "Our guys are grinders," McClendon said. "I think they've proved that they know how to get back up off the ground, so to speak. This has been a tough month and a half in a lot of different ways, and I think when it's all said and done, maybe we're not as bad as people thought we were." The Seattle offense didn't generate much against Royals left-hander Danny Duffy, managing just two hits all night. Duffy allowed one run in six-plus innings, with four strikeouts and three walks. "He threw well," Hart said, "but our guy threw better." The Mariners got their only hits and scored their only run in the third inning. Mike Zunino hit Duffy's first pitch of the inning, a 92 mph fastball, off the wall in left-center for a stand-up double. Michael Saunders followed with a sacrificed bunt to move Zunino to third. After Stefen Romero struck out, the Royals intentionally walked Robinson Cano — in a lefty-lefty match up — to bring up the Mariners' cleanup hitter, right-handed hitter Corey Hart. Hart then came through with a sharp, two-out single to score Zunino, giving the Mariners the only run they would need. Hart said he was surprised Royals manager Ned Yost — Hart's former manager in Milwaukee — had elected to walk Cano in that situation. Standing at first base, Hart pointed toward the Royals' dugout in celebration. "I liked the RBI," Hart said, smiling, "but I liked doing against old managers (more)." Comments


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Born from the talents of local musicians and propelled by his community's financial support, the 31-year-old banjo-playing singer-songwriter just released his debut solo album called "Running Clear."


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Justices ponder 'straw purchasers' gun law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated whether a Virginia man who bought a gun for a relative in Pennsylvania can be considered an illegal straw purchaser when both men were legally eligible to purchase firearms.
The justices heard an appeal from Bruce James Abramski, Jr., a former police officer. Abramski bought a Glock 19 handgun in Collinsville, Va., in 2009 and transferred it to his uncle in Easton, Pa., who paid him $400.
Abramski was arrested after police thought he was involved in a bank robbery in Rocky Mount, Va. No charges were ever filed on the bank robbery, but officials charged him with making false statements about the purchase of the gun.
Abramski answered "yes" on a federal form asking "Are you the actual transferee buyer of the firearm(s) listed on this form? Warning: You are not the actual buyer if you are acquiring the firearm(s) on behalf of another person. If you are not the actual buyer, the dealer cannot transfer the firearm(s) to you."
Abramski's lawyers told the high court that since both he and his uncle were legally allowed to own guns, the law shouldn't have applied to him. "The only thing the straw purchaser doctrine in this case really accomplishes is to prohibit law-abiding citizens from buying guns for other law-abiding citizens, and that's something that Congress expressly chose not to do," said lawyer Richard D. Dietz.
The law's purpose of being able to trace firearms would be undercut if the only record was of the straw purchaser, Justice Samuel Alito said. "This legislation, the way Congress designed it, is not focused on sort of the end point," said Dietz. "It's not concerned about where a gun is actually going, who's ultimately going to receive it. What Congress was concerned about was the starting point."
For example, a gun buyer can purchase a weapon, walk out of a store and then immediately legally resell the weapon to a stranger without a background check, Dietz said. "And Congress understood that that's how the process would work and that was part of the compromise. What Congress wanted was accurate information about the initial person who acquires the firearm so at least they can try to do that trace," he said.
If true, Alito said, that makes Congress's gun background check law meaningless. "What you're saying is they did a meaningless thing. That was the compromise. They would do something that's utterly meaningless," Alito said.
Justice Department lawyer Joseph R. Palmore said accepting Abramski's defense "would greatly impair the ability of ATF to trace firearms and to have an accurate record of who that first purchaser of the firearm was."
The true buyer's "name is clearly being asked because Congress cared very much about preventing anonymous sales of firearms. It cared very much about having a record of who that first buyer was," he said.
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Today was Day One of Q Practices with Eugene Peterson, and it was an honor to be there with 98 others from around the country to learn from Peterson, a seasoned pastor and prolific author.
Peterson is most well known for his translation/paraphrase of the entire Bible (called The Message), and he's written several other books on a wide range of topics, though mostly in the areas pastoral work and spiritual theology.
Q is a fantastic organization founded by Gabe Lyons, author of the terrific book The Next Christians (I'm currently reading it). I'm really grateful for Q's work in forging a new way for Christians to think about culture and engagement with the world. I scour the Q website regularly to learn from some really thoughtful Christians.
The relatively small group of us (99 – most conferences I have attended are at least 300) had a chance to hear Peterson's reflections on his life, Sabbath-keeping, Simplicity, and Prayer, mostly by way of interview by Lyons.
Here are some of my reflections from today.
1) There is Much to Learn from Age – As a relatively young pastor in my 30s, there's much to learn from people who are older. There's a depth that I personally experience listening to an older sage like Peterson, a man who seems to have pressed more deeply into God and Scripture as he's aged. There is something uniquely profound listening to someone who has practiced "a long obedience in the same direction." Peterson could be talking about the difference between blue and red M & Ms and he'd have my rapt attention as a result.
I once heard Richard Rohr once say, "there are many elderly people, but very few elders." That phrase has stayed with me since I heard it, mostly because I long to be an elder, not simply one who grows old.
To be an elder, I've learned, one must be willing to learn from elders.
Peterson, through his writing and today, has been a tremendous elder to learn from.
2) Peterson's Values are so Counter-Cultural to the Western Church – I know, this is a pretty strong statement, but I'll explain why I believe this to be generally true.
I think the Western Church tends to inordinately celebrate fast-growing, numerically large churches. I don't think this is the fault of any person or church – I think we simply live in a culture which values big things (hence, this is not a critique of mega-churches – I actually really like megachurches!). Big events, big crowds, big buildings, Big Macs.
Most conferences and learning opportunities for pastors err this way too – celebrating and offering platforms for large church leaders and their churches.
Whether intentional or not, big churches with big budgets and big programs are highlighted and uplifted more than other churches.
Again, this is not a critique – it's simply an observation.
There have been many times in my brief ministry career when I've been swept up into this thirst for "big" too, and I think as much as I might say it's to "reach more people" (which really is true), I think there's also been some mixed motives of wanting to be "known" as somebody, too.
But the values that Peterson highlighted today – Sabbath-keeping, simplicity, and prayer – are really counter to growth, expansion, and becoming widely known.
In fact, Sabbath, simplicity, and prayer are all practices that lend one toward more obscurity and scaling down, not up.
In this respect, these values run counter to the Western Church.
I was moved when Eugene spoke of his visit to Israel a couple of years ago. He walked through different areas of Judea, and he noticed the non-descript desert where the Patriarchs walked and the smallish size of towns around Galilee where Jesus grew up and did most of his ministry.
In comparison, the Egyptians had their spectacular pyramids and Herod had his grand palaces.
You see, God works in small, obscure places too.
For every large, miraculous moment in Scripture like the Pentecost (which seemed pretty mega to me), there are also small, obscure practices of retreat, solitude, and obscurity in the life of Jesus.
Peterson's trying to counterbalance the overwhelming tilt toward bigger, larger, and more… to remember the values of mustard seed living.
Sidenote: Throughout today, I kept thinking of Pete Scazzero as a mini-me of Eugene Peterson. They talk about so many of the same topics! I'm fortunate to have learned, taught, and implemented many similar principles of Sabbath-keeping, prayer, and simplicity, throughout the years, and Pete has certainly had a big hand in that. Pete would be another great voice for Q, I think.
This is not to say that I'm an expert by any means – I'm simply very fortunate to have been exposed to these principles early in my ministry career.
Laura Speiller was also the first to introduce me to many Contemplative Prayer Practices that I use to this day.
As you can see, New Life has been a key part of my formation as a practitioner and a leader, and I pray that Hope Church NYC can share similar values.
3) I'm Really Diggin Q – I love what Gabe's doing, and what many other Christians are doing in being culturally relevant yet counter-cultural. Very cool.
As for this event in particular, the organizers have done a great job and actually got a Sweetery NYC food truck to be stationed outside the venue where we're gathering. We get unlimited goods from the food truck whenever we want. Holla!
4) It's Been Fun Hangin' with my buddy Jared Howard – I didn't think I'd know anyone here, but when I heard Jared was coming, I was ecstatic. Fun times raiding the Sweetery truck together, Jared.
5) I'd be Remiss if I Didn't Mention the Participants – I've met some really cool people here, and I have tons of respect for the fellow pastors and leaders that I've met. I even had a chance to meet some leaders from Reality Santa Barbara, a church movement in California that I've visited once and absolutely loved!
Another interesting observation, though, is that the participants here are largely white and male. I think I expected this, but not in terms of the volume I've experienced.
It's fairly easy to do percentages because there are 99 participants, and I'd guesstimate that 80-85 of the participants are white males.
I'm saddened by this because I know so many other women and minority leaders in NYC (and beyond) who would benefit from this event and have much to contribute to the discussion.
Maybe next time!
6) All in all, it's such an extraordinary gift to be here. I also love that Q Practices is happening in our own backyard in NYC, IMHO the best city in the world.
Lastly, I think I'm going to ask Eugene Peterson what he thinks about Linsanity.


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Virtual Reality (VR) has long been expected but, for many years, underdeveloped. Now, times have changed. Many tech powerhouses are heavily invested in reaping the potential the technology has to offer. VR technology is increasingly accessible and available for consumers, with manufacturers having already released household sets and continuing to do so. While all applications of VR are still not entirely clear, Silicon Valley's elite, as well as the giants in the gaming industry, are now engaged in the race for market share and supremacy as they invest heavily in both software and hardware.
Manufacturers and developers are shaping Virtual Reality for the coming years, from developing highly accessible and affordable sets that utilize smartphone technology to systems that cost thousands of dollars. Judging from this year's technology shows and events, certainly all eyes are on this emerging technology, yet there is no certainty as to what iteration will be most adopted by consumers. Currently there is strong focus on consumer gaming and entertainment, but VR applications are moving beyond household entertainment into many business sectors.
Interest, investments and funding are not scarce for companies eager to spearhead the VR industry. Funding was reaching $2.8 billion in 2016 and totaling $8.8 billion since 20121. Some predict the virtual reality hardware and software market will reach the $70 billion mark by 20202.
The business applications of VR are as varied as the industries the technology could impact; Virtual Reality as a means of business communication both internally and externally has long been envisioned and predicted. The applications can range from "face-to-face" meetings to mass participation through "Virtual Conventions." Enterprise adoption of VR would also mean the introduction of a massive opportunity for Communication providers.
Virtual Reality, in one iteration or another, has long been used by the aerospace and defense industry, be it for product design or for simulations/training. The technology will no doubt further evolve in this industry as well as translate to industrial manufacturers, where equipment is expensive and training is costly. Beyond the benefits to manufacturers using the technology for product design, utilizing Virtual Reality for training can have immediate effects and be extremely cost-effective.
The potential opportunities Virtual Reality offers to the media and entertainment industry is notable; albeit in an experimental capacity. The technology has the potential to define not only the experience of sporting events and music concerts, but also span to the film industry and television broadcasts, by providing an immersive experience for the user that might also find favor with advertisers, especially with the potential of eye tracking technology being incorporated.
Automotive companies are experimenting with creating virtual "test drives" that demonstrate the experience of driving one of their cars through an immersive experience. Similarly, retailers are finding VR helpful to enable shoppers to experience products they typically require viewing in person for "fit and feel" from the comfort of their home.
In seemingly every industry, enterprises can find benefits from VR, from enhancing communication to more effective training and product development, to improving the customer experience. For example, marketing departments might benefit from the tracking data and analytics the technology could provide. Marketers and advertisers can utilize Virtual Reality for purposes of brand loyalty and awareness by building immersive experiences directed at consumers. Furthermore, VR applications to help in big data visualization across the enterprise are already being developed.
1 https://www.superdataresearch.com/market-data/virtual-reality-industry-report/
While still in its infancy, many factors are propelling VR into greater business application.
While using similar advances in technology and easily adaptable hardware, Augmented Reality (a form of blending Virtual Reality with the real world, rather than an immersive experience) has experienced a recent surge in gaming and will certainly advance alongside Virtual Reality, forming a combined industry that is predicted to be worth $120 billion 20203.
While tech giants are racing to bring Virtual Reality to the consumer's home, prices are currently high and adoption is relatively encapsulated within a niche of gaming enthusiasts and early adopters. All indicators point to the eventual fall in prices as the technology moves away from early iterations and first generation products towards maturity. This lower price point can spur expansion in both consumer and business interest.
Mobile device manufacturers are also looking to incorporate Virtual Reality technology through mobile handsets, as an alternate to stand-alone devices. This advancement would certainly help the proliferation of the technology.
As with the onset of any new technology, many variables are still unknown. What experts agree on, however, is that the technology is not going to be the flop experienced in VR in the early '90s, when computational power was nowhere near the current state. Today's advancements in every complementary technology make for a much higher likelihood of success. With many Silicon Valley startups building around VR technology both for consumer/entertainment and business applications, VR is likely to result in new opportunity for industry newcomers and established mainstays.
Technology moves rather rapidly, and there is a very strong case for the business application of Virtual Reality. Industries such as communications, retail, Enterprise Service Providers, engineering, healthcare, education, media and entertainment should look to leverage this new technology to stay ahead of the game.
3 Digicapital https://www.digi-capital.com/news/2016/01/augmentedvirtual-reality-revenue-forecast-revised-to-hit-120-billion-by-2020/#.V7aQBCMrJ1N


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When Silicon Valley wizard John Hanke developed Google Earth a little more than a decade ago, he put advanced, interactive mapping technology in the hands of consumers.
It was a major breakthrough, but Hanke has moved on since then. As director of Google's Niantic Labs, he masterminded Field Trip, an app that provides real-time, location-based information about shops, buildings and services. It's available for smartphones and tablets.
When used used in conjunction with Google Glass, expected to be released by the end of the year, the Field Trip app will be accessible to by voice-activated, futuristic spectacles, thereby freeing users' hands. Recently, we explored with Hanke what this means to travelers.
How does Field Trip improve on traditional travel guides?
Field Trip is a tool for people who want to experience the best of the world no matter where they are. It allows you to be more spontaneous. You can't always plan everything in advance. How many times have you rushed out on a trip only to realize that you haven't done as much research as you wished? Or found yourself on a business trip with extra time and no itinerary?
Field Trip steps in to tell you about the best, most interesting stuff that's been written about by leading curators on the Web, based on where you are right at that moment. You don't have to plan or search in advance. Just look at the Field Trip cards as they pop up or browse the "nearby" list. You'll find options for dining, shopping and just plain exploring. It's very freeing. You can just go, and Field Trip will keep you on track.
Can anyone master it?
Yes. You just read the cards. You can flag the ones you like and tailor the list of publications to your taste. But the basic user interface is very, very simple.
What about the effect of Field Trip on personal discovery? In a sense, couldn't it obviate the need to travel?
Well, there is nothing wrong with armchair travel. I've spent many hours exploring the peaks of the Himalayas and the rivers of the Amazon using Google Earth. But Field Trip is about being there. It's like having big signs pointing out the best, most interesting places everywhere you go.
So it's more about helping people get the most out of their real travel, not a virtual substitute.
What role does it play — good or bad — in globalization?
I think of Field Trip as the antidote to globalization in the sense that it frees you from having to make safe choices about what to do and where to go based on recognized brands. It turns you on to the secret places only locals know about and is eager to tell you about lore and history. It's a way to truly appreciate where you are, whether it's your hometown or some place new. To me, that's the opposite of globalization. Maybe it's a tool for localization.
What will Google Glass add to the mix?
We've all had the experience of missing out on something amazing because we were messing around with our phones instead of paying attention. It's a problem if your goal is to connect with what's around you. And we definitely want to connect you in a deeper way with the real physical world.
We are pushing current technology as hard as we can by giving automatic notifications that pop up without users having to stop, take phones out of their pockets or purses, open an app and press some buttons on a user interface.
We read the Field Trip cards to you audibly so you don't even have to look at your phone to get the info. With headphones or Bluetooth, the phone can stay in your pocket and your eyes can stay open and focused on what's around you.
What's the next step?
The hardware will get out of the way even more. Google Glass is a vision for what can be. We are building apps with that future in mind.
What else are you working on at the cutting edge of mapping technology?
Everything we do uses cutting-edge mapping technology. The first wave was re-creating the world digitally via Google Earth. The second wave is using that map to very precisely find your location when you want to access information from your mobile device.
GPS is a start, but it's not the complete answer. Google has invested in other technologies that can make that location fix even more accurate and extend it to places GPS can't reach, such as inside of buildings.