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Daewoo-Mangalia Naval Yards must become most important in Europe.
Minister of Economy Constantin Nita wants the Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries Naval Yards to become the most important on the Black Sea and in Europe, according to a release of the Ministry of Economy. 'Even if we are minority shareholders, we have a duty to help the company become the most (...)
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Upgraded from WordPress 2.1.3 to 2.2 convinced that everything would be successful, and so it was ... or almost!
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A web tool that facilitates the creation of sitemap is definitely XML-Sitemaps.com that with a simple click allows you to create your sitemap.
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A face written robots.txt file, just save it in the root directory of the site and the bot will learn not to browse more on our website!
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You insert the URL of the site that you want to change and you find yourself immediately place in front of the CSS written ... then you can speak with disarming simplicity of all that created and then continue the style sheet with sempici click! This software greatly simplifies the work of the webmaster for every change is displayed in real time in the preview screen (especially useful when working on the margin and on the various containers posizionamente 'div');
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Two on-the-bubble freshmen series received very different news today. ABC ordered more episodes for one but halted production on the other. Care to make any guesses?
If you picked Selfie as the one who received bad news, you get a gold star. The alphabet network ruled out buying more episodes beyond its initial order of 13. Though ABC hasn't made it official, Selfie is essentially canceled.
No word on whether ABC plans to air the remaining episodes or simply burn them off online as the network has previously done before. Personally, I enjoyed the show and think it fell victim to the Cougar Town syndrome. Good sitcom hindered by a polarizing title.
As if Olivia Pope's life wasn't tumultuous enough. Her terrorist mother returns to cause more trouble on the Scandal midseason finale, airing November 20.
Khandi Alexander reprises her role as the deliciously evil Maya Pope. She was last seen in the Season 3 finale being held captive by Papa Pope in the hole. Both Fitz and Olivia believed she was dead (again). Details on her return are being kept under wraps, as per usual with the show.
Her return couldn't have come at a better time if you ask me. I love Scandal, but the show seems to have lost its OMG mojo during Season 4. Perhaps Shonda Rhimes is too busy with How To Get Away With Murder? Whatever the reason, it's just not the same.
Also, I might be in the minority, but I prefer Olivia (Kerry Washington) with Jake Ballard (Scott Foley) than Fitz (Tony Goldwyn). Anyone else Team Jake?
Excited for Alexander's return? Who do you think Olivia's true soulmate is? Sound off below.
Some of you might be surprised to know I love my country music. Especially hits from yesteryear. Who doesn't love an old school Dolly Parton number, right?
After Dancing With The Stars, ABC aired a special hosted by Robin Roberts leading up to the network's telecast of the Country Music Awards. Countdown to the CMA Awards: 15 Songs That Changed Country Music spanned decades, highlighting some beloved classics and a couple of relatively modern smashes. Surprisingly, Taylor Swift made the cut, alongside Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Garth Brooks and Martina McBride. You might be surprised to learn which song took the top spot.
During the countdown, several of today's biggest country acts honored the country music legends who have shaped their careers by covering their hits. Lady Antebellum performed the Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers mega-hit, "Islands in the Stream." Hunter Hayes performed Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," Kacey Musgraves performed Patsy Cline's "Crazy" and Martina McBride sang the Tammy Wynette classic "Stand By Your Man." Check them all out below, along with the Top 15 Songs That Changed Country Music.
"Sometimes the best man for the job…. is a woman." How outdated and cheesy is that tagline? I suppose the retro mentality is fitting for the period-set Marvel's Agent Carter. ABC unveiled the first teaser for it's new Marvel offering during the most recent episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"When old acquaintance Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) finds himself being framed for unleashing his deadliest weapons to anyone willing to pony up the cash, he contacts Peggy — the only person he can trust — to track down those responsible, dispose of the weapons and clear his name." – ABC Description
The idea of committing to another television program from Marvel is a tad unappealing, especially given how disappointing S.H.I.E.L.D. has been. Thankfully, Agent Carter is only an eight-part miniseries. At least that's what the alphabet network is saying. However, I'm sure if this is a ratings smash, network execs will figure out a way to bring it back.
Marvel's Agent Carter premieres in January 2015 with Hayley Atwell reprising her role from Captain America: The First Avenger. The series takes place immediately following the events of that movie. Check out the first teaser trailer below.
There's no happily ever after for Manhattan Love Story. It took exceptionally much longer this year to happen, but the axe has finally fallen.
The ABC romantic comedy is the first causality of the new television season. The most recent episode attracted only 2.62 million viewers and a paltry 0.7 rating in the coveted 18-to-49 demographic. I saw the first episode but it didn't really do anything for me even though I like the leads played by ANTM alum Analeigh Tipton and Jake McDorman.
ABC was also the first network to cancel a show last year. However, the axe fell on Lucky on October 4. CBS' Made In Jersey and NBC's The Playboy Club earned the dishonorable distinction on Oct. 10, 2012 and Oct. 4, 2011 respectively. Typically, networks have been swift and fast getting rid of dead weight but this year they've been taking their time. Will more shows follow suit now that the first casualty has occurred?
In other ABC-related news, the alphabet network gave good news to seven of its shows by ordering more episodes. Find out which shows will air less repeats below.
Fridays are generally considered a television graveyard where networks put their series to die. Not only has Shark Tank survived six seasons, but it's thrived.
It's grown from an average of 4.81 million viewers during its first season to 7+ million for its current. The hit show celebrates its milestone 100th episode next month. Wisely, ABC has finally decided to take advantage of its sleeper hit and is investing more in the investment series.
Shark Tank, based on the Japanese Dragon's Den format, features moneyed investors such as Marc Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, and Barbara Corcoran taking on potential ventures. My favorite part of every episode is when they give updates on some of the businesses they've invested in.
Beyond The Tank will give a deeper and detailed look at what happens when a shark partners up with an entrepreneur. Mark Burnett who executive produces Shark Tank will also helm the spinoff. ABC hasn't revealed when it'll air the ten episodes. Read a detailed description of the new show below.
Developing television shows based on films from yesteryear is all the rage in Hollywood these days. Especially ones starring Tom Hanks. FOX recently nabbed a comedy event series based on Big from Enlisted exec producers Kevin Biegel and Mike Royce. Now it's ABC's turn to dig through Hanks' movie vault.
Have any guesses? Sleepless In Seattle? Cast Away? Forrest Gump? Find out which film below.
You can't keep a good bitch down ;) Although she proclaimed last year's Most Fascinating People special was the last, Barbara Walters returns to ABC this Winter with a 2014 edition.
While I enjoy the special, I thought last year's supposed final list was fitting. Walters began the annual telecast years ago with Hillary Rodham Clinton as her 'Most Fascinating Person.' Fittingly, Barbara chose the former First Lady as her last. I'm sensing that the legendary 85-year-old journalist's retirement will echo Cher's numerous farewell tours ;)
ABC has already released some names who've made the 2014 list. Find out who made the cut below.


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Saint Louis now 6-0 on the road, 15-2 overall with win at Dayton
Jan 11, 2014, 1:28 PM EST
For all the talk about UMass and VCU this season, might the Atlantic 10 title still run through St. Louis?
It certainly looked like it on Saturday afternoon, as the Billikens went into Dayton and smacked around the Flyers, winning 67-59 in a game that where Jim Crews' club had a double-digit lead for much of the second half.
Dwayne Evans was fantastic as usual, finishing with 22 points and nine boards on 9-for-11 shooting from the floor. Jordair Jett added 12 points and five assists while Austin McBroom chipped in with 17 off the bench, but as always, the story of this game was on the defensive end of the floor.
Dayton shot 30.6% from the floor. Devin Oliver, Dayton's second-leading scorer, was 0-for-12 from the field and didn't score a single points.
You see, there isn't a team in the country as good as Saint Louis at taking teams out of what they want to do offensively. They don't bring full-court pressure and they're not really the kind of a defense that will trap you to death, but they are disciplined, they rotate extremely well and they know how to play to the scouting report.
That's part of the reason the Billikens are so tough on the road. They will win games even when they don't play well offensively. That's why they are a nation's best 6-0 on the road this season.
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Bayer Plans Stock Market Flotation for Chemicals ActivitiesOctober 31, 2003 7:00 pm | News | Comments
Following its reorganization, the Bayer Group intends to maintain its focus on its core businesses and, in the future, concentrate on health care, nutrition and innovative materials. For this reason, Bayer Chemicals (excluding H.C.
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Tripos announced a collaboration with Critical Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI), a privately held biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing therapies for critical-care medicine.
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A list of Premium Technology Providers was released by the Audit Repository Center. ARC is a clearing-house for standardized industry evaluations of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software and hardware products used by firms engaged in FDA-regulated industries.
Media Cybernetics Partners With the Smithsonian InstitutionOctober 31, 2003 7:00 pm | News | Comments
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LION bioscience and DeltaSoft, Inc. announced a multiyear preferred reseller agreement for LION to distribute DeltaSoft's products as well as a collaboration to develop new solutions that integrate public and proprietary data repositories and workflows across bioinformatics and cheminformatics.
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NEC Solutions (America), Inc. and Lenel Systems International, Inc. have signed a joint agreement designed to increase the availability of computer servers supporting many of the United States' public and private security systems.
IBM's Blue Gene Makes Top 500 Supercomputer ListOctober 31, 2003 7:00 pm | News | Comments
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New Zealand have been frustrated by the rain since they arrived in Sri Lanka, but having lost the second ODI via Duckworth-Lewis, they will now feel somewhat cheated by it
Andrew Fernando in Pallekele
November 4, 2012
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New Zealand have been frustrated by the rain since they arrived in Sri Lanka, but having lost the second ODI to Sri Lanka by 14 runs via Duckworth-Lewis, they will now feel somewhat cheated by it.
Sri Lanka were not struggling by any means - in fact for most of their innings, they were cruising - but the pitch had begun to slow down markedly, and New Zealand were two wickets away from exposing a middle order that has at times proven brittle.
They will feel particularly aggrieved by the weather because they had batted so well, and in doing so, had charted out a blueprint for success, not only to break out of their present rut, but also for an ODI future which allows only four men in the deep at any point.
The visitors' batting has become almost synonymous with collapse in recent times, but their approach in Pallekele was untouched by the impetuosity that has often been their downfall.
Rob Nicol began with uncharacteristic caution, resisting the urge to counter-attack during a fearsome Lasith Malinga opening spell, and opting instead to weather it out behind a series of defensive prods - most of which were unsuccessful in their ambitions of making contact with the ball. Still, despite edging past slip on four and almost being run out soon after, Nicol parried panic with patience, and was content to concede the early exchanges to the fast men.
BJ Watling batted at No. 3 as a stop-gap for Brendon McCullum, who sat out with back stiffness, and proceeded with as much caution as Nicol, unflustered by a run rate that was well below three at his arrival. Sri Lanka's bowlers were not darting the ball about as viciously as they had done in the Twenty20 on Tuesday, but New Zealand were not tempted to take them on. In the first 15 overs of their partnership, Nicol and Watling hit only five fours between them, defended well and often, and made most of their runs in risk-free singles. Their 83-run stand for the second wicket provided the middle order with the kind of platform they have not often been afforded.
When Ross Taylor arrived at the crease, the top order had blunted the worst of the movement, and he was clear to capitalise on their defence with a belligerent innings that exploited the stricter rules on field placings. Mahela Jayawardene used his extra man in the circle as a catcher for much of the innings, and was rewarded with the wicket of Watling who was caught at short midwicket, but he rarely placed more than one deep fielder square on either side, opting instead to give his bowlers cover at third man and down the ground. This meant Taylor could target the square boundaries with little fear. Sixty of his 72 runs came square of the wicket, including all but one of seven fours, and both sixes.
With the two new balls ensuring swing bowlers remain a threat for longer in the innings, and fewer fielders outside the circle during the middle overs, New Zealand have seemingly deduced that the new laws have tilted the game towards top order conservatism, particularly on a seaming pitch. If strokemakers can remain at the crease until the new balls have lost their venom, slow starts can quickly become rapid progress towards large totals.
"250 was above par," New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said afterwards. "It is the highest score New Zealand have got against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, and I think a par score would have been 230 or 240. BJ Watling and Rob Nicol played really nicely for us after losing a wicket early, and with the ball swinging for about 20 to 23 overs, they hung in there really well and set the game up for us."
Sri Lanka's innings was more evenly paced, as they stayed around 5 runs an over throughout, perhaps faced with less testing new-ball bowling - though they did also lose more wickets. With Jayawardene batting beautifully at 42 from 46 balls, and a revised target meaning only 96 were needed from 20.1 overs, the hosts deserved a victory more than New Zealand did when the rains came, but the result was far from a certain had match had been allowed to continue.
"Sri Lanka are pretty top heavy. We got rid of two out of three of their big guns in the first 20 overs so we were pretty confident we were going to have a good crack at it," Hesson said.
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- November 24, 2014
Knights Boast Fifth-Best GPA in Division III, Earn Team Academic Award
For the 14th consecutive year, the Carleton College women's soccer team earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's (NSCAA) Team Academic Award after posting a team cumulative GPA of 3.58 for the 2013-14 academic year. The Knights have earned this honor every year since 2001.
- November 13, 2014
Women's Soccer Sees Five Earn All-MIAC Recognition
Five members of the Carleton College women's soccer team received recognition as the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) handed out its all-conference awards. That figure is tied for most in the MIAC. Junior goalkeeper Mikayla Coulombe and sophomore midfielder Ava Lewis were named to the All-MIAC First Team while seniors Courtney Jones, Bailey Ulbricht, and Ellie Wilson were tabbed All-MIAC Honorable Mention.
- November 5, 2014
After Semifinal Draw, Cobbers Advance Past Knights in Shootout
In what has become a regular occurrence, the Carleton College women's soccer team matched up against Concordia College in the MIAC Playoffs. This year's semifinal meeting saw the team's battle back-and-forth for 110 minutes with neither defense cracking. The game ended in a scores two-overtime draw, with Concordia advancing in a shootout, 3-0.
- November 4, 2014
Lewis, Wilson Lead Knights Past Bethel and Into MIAC Semifinals
A strong offensive display, particularly a pair of first-half goals by sophomore Ava Lewis, led to the Carleton College women' soccer team to a 3-1 win over Bethel University in the quarterfinal round of the MIAC Playoffs.
- November 1, 2014
Wilson, Knights Close Regular-Season With Win over St. Olaf
Senior Ellie Wilson scored a pair of first-half goals to propel the Carleton College women's soccer team to a 3-0 triumph at rival St. Olaf College. The victory means that the Knights (10-4-3, 7-1-3 MIAC) will open next week's MIAC Playoff at home with a quarterfinal matchup against Bethel University on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
- October 29, 2014
Knights and Tommies Play to Scoreless Draw
Despite out-shooting their hosts by a 17-8 margin, the Carleton College women's soccer team was forced to accept the result of a second consecutive scoreless draw, this one coming at the University of St. Thomas.
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"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17 (NIV)
"God never has a bad day. He doesn't wake up grumpy. He's not moody. He doesn't get up on the wrong side of the bed. He's consistent and faithful. "
You can count on God. He's dependable, reliable. He is worthy of your trust.
Some of you know fathers who are unpredictable, unreliable, or fickle. They're always changing, depending on the mood they're in. Inconsistent fathers produce insecure children.
But the Scripture says God never has a bad day. He doesn't wake up grumpy. He's not moody. He doesn't get up on the wrong side of the bed. He's consistent and faithful.
2 Timothy 2:13 says, "If we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for He cannot disown Himself." Even when I'm unfaithful, God is faithful. Even when I'm inconsistent, God is consistent. Even when I'm unreliable, God is reliable. No matter what else is changing in the world, there is one thing I can count on: God always acts the same way toward me. He is loving and He is consistent regardless of my mood. He loves me just as much on my bad days as on my good days.
God says it himself in Malachi 3:6, "I, the Lord, do not change." (NIV) That is good news!
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France hooker Benjamin Kayser has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations, after suffering a serious knee injury in the Top 14 clash between his club Clermont and Grenoble on Friday.
The 29-year-old - capped 24-times - partially ruptured a ligament in his right knee, according to Clermont, during the 13-16 loss to Grenoble.
The news will not please France head coach Philippe Saint-Andre, who had pleaded with the clubs not to field players who had started both the 26-24 win over England then the 30-10 victory over Italy.
Several clubs were not happy with the request but Kayser was not one of the players implicated as although he started the win over England he was a replacement for the Italian match.
"Injured at the end of the Grenoble match, Benjamin Kayser suffered a partial rupture of the internal ligament of his right knee," said Clermont in a statement.
"The injury will see him ruled out of action for between five to six weeks and bring to a premature end his interest in the Six Nations."
Among those who could be called up to replace him are Perpignan's Guilhem Guirado, capped 18 times, the uncapped Brice Mach from French champions Castres and Toulouse youngster Christopher Tolofua, capped twice.
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The dancers were competing for the Carnival champion title, with the Sao Clemente samba school opening with a homage to Brazil's most popular soaps - so the fun included a float featuring a giant TV set.
The last day of the Carnival followed 15 days of 700 street parties, but events officially began last Friday when Mayor Eduardo Paes handed the legendary King Momo a giant key to the city.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA), a leading developer of human interface solutions, today announced it is the first to achieve compliance for Windows 8.1, the latest update to the Microsoft Windows 8 OS, across its portfolio of industry-leading touchscreen and TouchPad™ solutions. As a lead co-engineering partner with Microsoft in support of Windows 8.1, Synaptics is continuing its commitment to driving the "touch-first" experience brought to consumers via the unique Microsoft Windows 8.1 interface.
With this latest certification, Synaptics technology and drivers are digitally signed and accepted by the Windows 8.1 OS for optimum performance and ease of use. Synaptics will work closely with device manufacturers, host processor providers and sensor partners to create reference designs and solutions that maximize fast, fluid and intuitive multi-touch user experiences on their next-generation Windows 8.1-based designs.
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"With Windows 8.1 Microsoft continues to usher in an intuitive user experience, with a sound emphasis on touch input," said Godfrey Cheng, vice president of marketing, Synaptics Human Interface Systems Design (HISD) division. "As the leader in human interface and touch technology, Synaptics continues to support Microsoft to drive this touch-first experience for consumers, and we are proud to become the first touch technology provider to become Windows 8.1 certified."
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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Cultural, regulatory, environmental, political and economic (CREPE) conditions over the past decade are creating cross-industry solution spaces that require processes and technologies from both the Internet of Things (IoT), and Data Management and Analytics (DMA). These solution spaces are evolving into Sensor Analytics Ecosystems (SAE) that represent significant new opportunities for organizations of all types. Public Utilities throughout the world, providing electricity, natural gas and water, are pursuing SmartGrid initiatives that represent one of the more mature examples of SAE. We have s...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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How do APIs and IoT relate? The answer is not as simple as merely adding an API on top of a dumb device, but rather about understanding the architectural patterns for implementing an IoT fabric. There are typically two or three trends: Exposing the device to a management framework Exposing that management framework to a business centric logic Exposing that business layer and data to end users. This last trend is the IoT stack, which involves a new shift in the separation of what stuff happens, where data lives and where the interface lies. For instance, it's a mix of architectural styles ...
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The Internet of Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp. When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Scott, Director of Enterprise Strategy & Architecture at MapR Technologies, discussed single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data. By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center, he will use OpenTSDB as an example t...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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The Internet of Things will greatly expand the opportunities for data collection and new business models driven off of that data. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Esmeralda Swartz, CMO of MetraTech, discussed how for this to be effective you not only need to have infrastructure and operational models capable of utilizing this new phenomenon, but increasingly service providers will need to convince a skeptical public to participate. Get ready to show them the money!
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The Internet of Things will put IT to its ultimate test by creating infinite new opportunities to digitize products and services, generate and analyze new data to improve customer satisfaction, and discover new ways to gain a competitive advantage across nearly every industry. In order to help corporate business units to capitalize on the rapidly evolving IoT opportunities, IT must stand up to a new set of challenges. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, will examine why IT must finally fulfill its role in support of its SBUs or face a new round of...
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One of the biggest challenges when developing connected devices is identifying user value and delivering it through successful user experiences. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Mike Kuniavsky, Principal Scientist, Innovation Services at PARC, described an IoT-specific approach to user experience design that combines approaches from interaction design, industrial design and service design to create experiences that go beyond simple connected gadgets to create lasting, multi-device experiences grounded in people's real needs and desires.
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Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
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The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
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Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
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Connected devices and the Internet of Things are getting significant momentum in 2014. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist at Greenwave Systems, examined three key elements that together will drive mass adoption of the IoT before the end of 2015. The first element is the recent advent of robust open source protocols (like AllJoyn and WebRTC) that facilitate M2M communication. The second is broad availability of flexible, cost-effective storage designed to handle the massive surge in back-end data in a world where timely analytics is e...
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We are reaching the end of the beginning with WebRTC, and real systems using this technology have begun to appear. One challenge that faces every WebRTC deployment (in some form or another) is identity management. For example, if you have an existing service – possibly built on a variety of different PaaS/SaaS offerings – and you want to add real-time communications you are faced with a challenge relating to user management, authentication, authorization, and validation. Service providers will want to use their existing identities, but these will have credentials already that are (hopefully) i...
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"Matrix is an ambitious open standard and implementation that's set up to break down the fragmentation problems that exist in IP messaging and VoIP communication," explained John Woolf, Technical Evangelist at Matrix, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash, will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services ...
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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After a week of brewing up condiment-based sauces — not that we don't love ketchup and mustard with all our hearts — I thought I'd take classic American barbecue sauce recipe back to its pre-squeeze bottle roots: the actual tomato. Kansas City-style barbecue sauce isn't swirled together in a little bowl at the last minute, it's slow-cooked to bring out the flavors of the onions and tomatoes. Exceptionally tasty brushed on a rack of ribs during the last few minutes of cooking, this is a sauce that's impressive to make at home and, without a doubt, worth the extra effort.
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In this mindfulness meditation training we will learn to cultivate the foundations for a life of greater presence, reverence, and ease of being. There will be Jewish stories and teachings woven into the meditations elucidating the universal competencies that we will be developing. Through this progressive training we will learn meditations to deepen into our bodies, minds, hearts, and to the Nameless.
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As described in the Strange Music boss' recent video announcement, Tech N9ne's recent decision to sign Booth fave Rittz was motivated as much by his personal respect for the ATL rhymesayer's mic skills as it was by his business savvy. Likewise, Rittz had long been a fan of Tech's dating back to the first time he heard the Kansas City underground mainstay on Gang Related soundtrack inclusion Questions (Rough Draft). Thus, it could hardly be more appropriate that the White Jesus rapper celebrates the beginning of their working relationship with a reimagining of the aforementioned joint. Making its world premiere right here in the Booth, Questions 2012 finds the emcee lacing QDIII's original boardwork with a quick verse describing some of his least favorite listener queries. While this dope homage is just a one-off release, those digging it can stay tuned for all the latest as the Booth fave settles into his new home.
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Shia LaBeouf will support U.S.VETS by racing in the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday March, 21. The Wall Street 2 actor will join thousands of L.A. joggers to help bring attention to the nation's lead nonprofit organization providing services to veterans in need. The race begins at Dodgers Stadium and winds for 26.2 miles through…
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This "Eyes Wide Open" benefit concert will also serve as a Toy Drive and fundraiser for The Star of Hope Mission. The event will also feature Trishae Williams and teen host Enzo McFly, as well as other young artists, prizes, giveaways and more. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Hey a ding! Communication is not the best way to liberty?
Submitted by mrmikemrmike on Fri, 01/18/2013 - 01:43. Permalink
A ding and no comment. I take it this person prefers the smell blood, feces and rotting flesh to that of simple human interaction communicating under freewill. Because that's what you get with war, the smell of death.
Sad, then what are you here for if not to communicate?
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Facebook Changes Contest Rules
In the past, Facebook required businesses and organizations to use a third-party app to operate contests or promotions on their Facebook pages. If you wanted, for example, to post a trivia question to your Facebook page and ask your followers to try answer that question in the comments to the post, you were only operating within Facebook's terms of service if you did not offer any prize. If you wanted to offer any prize, no matter how small, you had to use a third-party Facebook app run your contest.
Now Facebook has changed their terms of service, so you can run a contest or promotion on your Facebook page without using a third-party app.You can now:
Collect entries by having users post on the Page or comment/like a Page post
Collect entries by having users message the Page
Utilize likes as a voting mechanism
You can only do these things on a Facebook Page. Running contests on a personal Facebook profile is still prohibited. Facebook also still has some restrictions for how you run contests on your page (see their announcement for more), but it is definitely much easier to run a contest now.
If you do choose to run a contest on your Facebook page, make sure you have a good plan for how you are going to receive entries, what qualifies as an entry, how you are going to contact the winner and how you are going distribute the prize. You can really hurt your social reputation by running a contest that is disorganized or that people perceive as being unfair.
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Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-7381
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Add a Portlet to the Left Side of Your Ag CMS Site
There's a little trick you need to do when adding a portlet to the left side of your website in Ag CMS. It's a best practice to make sure the navigation is at the top of your site. To do this, you need to hide the existing navigation portlet and re-add it, along with your new portlet. Then you can go in and move the position of each portlet. See this video to learn how (4:39):
Sonja Fuchs, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-6403
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Beware! Facebook Page Verification Scam
If you are a Facebook Page owner or admin, you might receive a message about the "Facebook Page Verification Program." It is touted as a new security feature, but it is NOT real. This hoax is designed to phish for your personal information.
The message will read something like:
"Dear Facebook User,
You are receiving this message to notify you about the new security feature from Facebook called "Fan Page Verification Program".
After many Fan Pages have been stolen lately leaving us no choice but Deleting them forever, we had to come up with an original solution about the Fan Page's Security..."
If you receive a message like this one, don't open any links or attachments.
Sophos has more information about this hoax in the article, Phishers try flattery with Facebook Page owners.
Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-7381
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Some Ag CMS Portlets To Be Removed
Portlets are pre-programmed, templated tools that allow you to dynamically or creatively display content in the left and right side columns, as well as above and below content in Ag CMS desktop view. In mobile Ag CMS, portlets appear below the content.
There are currently 19 portlets available on the Ag Content Management System (Ag CMS), but some of those portlets offer little or no value or are not being used. In an effort to simplify the management of portlets, our Ag CMS team will be making some portlets unavailable beginning on May 24, 2013.
Read our post, "Ag CMS Portlets To Be Made Unavailable," for a full list of the portlets being removed and more information on the process.
Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-7381
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Use Ag Info Center to Share Files
The Ag Info Center is NDSU Agriculture's password-protected Intranet that includes the Ag calendar, Extension Quarterly Program Reports, FeedList, a file transfer system and more. Similar to tools such as DropBox, the Ag Info Center file transfer system can store large files and can be accessed by anyone in NDSU Agriculture who logs in.
For example, rather than mailing out DVDs, Bruce Sundeen was asked to upload several horticulture videos so staff could load them onto their laptops while in the office to have them available when they didn't have Internet access to play the YouTube versions. Other examples of long-term downloads include several train-the-trainer facilitator guides and PowerPoints on a variety of topics, 2012 Crop and Pest Reports, Consumer Choices judging classes and much more.
If you've forgotten your Ag Info Center password, call the ITS help desk at 231-8685.
If you want to create a folder to have your materials grouped and shared with staff, contact Roger Egeberg.
Becky Koch, Ag Communication Director, (701) 231-7875
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Talking About Digital Badges
On March 25 at 1 p.m. (Central) I'll be moderating a conversation about digital badges in Cooperative Extension. The eXtension Network Literacy Community of Practice is presenting "Critical Conversations: Digital Badges" to introduce digital badges as a way of recognizing achievements, successes and experience.
Guests Tony Cook of Alabama Cooperative Extension, Brett Bixler of Penn State University and I will discuss how digital badges might be used to recognize learning people gain with the help of Extension, how digital badges could change the way we view credentials, and how badging might impact social and informal learning.
Brett Bixler works with the "latest educational technologies and learning theories to produce learner-centered active and collaborative learning environments."
Tony Cook leads the For Youth, For Life Learning Network project, leveraging the power of online networks for youth learning. Last year, the project won $150,000 in the Badges for Lifelong Learning competition.
I interviewed Dr. Cook for the "Working Differently in Extension" podcast. Check out that podcast and join us for the Critical Conversation on March 25.
Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-7381
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Use Google Maps in Ag CMS
You can insert Google Maps into Ag CMS pages, events and news items, making it easy for people to find county offices and events. Check out this How-To on YouTube (3:02).
By the way, if you need to get screenshots or do quick recordings (less than 5 minutes long) like this, you can download Jing for free. It's easy to use. Download Jing
Sonja Fuchs, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 241-6403
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If CRAAP Doesn't Work for You, Try SMELL
In my recent post, "Think Before Hitting 'Share'," I suggested using the CRAAP test (currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose) to evaluate online content before sharing it.
John McManus offers another useful tool for testing online information in his post, "Don't Be Fooled: Use the SMELL Test To Separate Fact from Fiction Online." Here's the SMELL test.
S stands for Source. Who is providing the information?
M is for Motivation. Why are they telling me this?
E represents Evidence. What evidence is provided for generalizations?
L is for Logic. Do the facts logically compel the conclusions?
L is for Left out. What's missing that might change our interpretation of the information?
Whether you use the CRAAP test, the SMELL test or both. Make sure you take the time to see if something stinks before sharing content online.
Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-7381
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Think Before Hitting "Share"
Almost every day I see at least one post on Facebook that makes me think, "Is that for real?" Images like the one below about U.S. soldiers being denied breakfast are great at getting people motivated to click the "Share" button, but are they true?
Like most inaccurate content, the letter in the photo below has a tiny grain of truth in it, but on the whole is untrue.
When you are active on social media, whether personally or professionally, it is important to be able to distinguish content that can be trusted from rumor. Often a quick search will tell you if there is evidence to support the content being shared.
Before you retweet or share something on social media, take a moment to assess the reliability of the info. One quick way to test information for reliability is to use the CRAAP test. CRAAP is an acronym that stands for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. Ask questions like:
- Is the information current?
- Who is the author or publisher?
- What are their qualifications?Is the information supported by evidence?
- Can you verify the information from another source?
- What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?
If you want to learn more, Steve Judd of the Network Literacy Community of Practice has a helpful blog post, "Is that so? - Assessing the reliability of online information".
Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-7381
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Hangouts On Air Pilot
Google+ (Google's social networking tool) Hangouts allow users to easily invite up to nine other users at a time into a high-quality video conferencing environment. I am a member of the Network Literacy Community of Practice (CoP), and we have used Google+ Hangouts along with Google Drive (formerly called Google Docs) to create content collaboratively in real time. It's a pretty great tool.
Google has taken Hangouts to another level by allowing them to be broadcast via YouTube. You can have a Hangout with up to 10 people who are able to share their video and voice, and share that Hangout with the world. These Hangouts are called Hangouts On Air, and I think they can be a great tool for education. They are broadcast live and remain archived on YouTube.
I have participated as a contributor in a couple of Hangouts On Air sponsored by eXtension and the Network Literacy CoP. Here's one I moderated on personal vs. professional online identity (youtu.be/bVIbvHzcV0M).
Ag Comm Web Services is looking for teams of collaborators who would like to pilot Google+ Hangouts On Air. If you have a team of six or more people who share an educational goal, and you can commit to the time and training required to produce six Hangouts On Air in 2013, we would love to work with you.
Sonja and I will provide training, assist with setting up required accounts, help with technical troubleshooting and do whatever we can to make your experience with this new tool a success.
If you have a team that is interested or you'd like to talk more about this project, please contact us.
Bob Bertsch, Web Technology Specialist, (701) 231-7381
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Stars: Robin Wright, Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn
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Plot: A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.
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Release: 2013
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Release: 2011
Director: Clay Jeter
Stars: Marie Coleman, Donald R. Fleming, Sarah Hagan
Plot: A series of vignettes involving memories of companionship and sexual awakening shared by two second cousins.
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Vote: (33 votes)
Release: 2013
Director: Doug Campbell
Plot: When a high school senior discovers her teacher is seducing her boyfriend, events turn deadly after the teacher tries to cover it up.
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Release: 2012
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The Little Island
By Margaret Wise Brown; Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)
(Dragonfly Books, Paperback, 9780440408307, 48pp.)
Publication Date: October 1, 1993
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Once there was a little island in the ocean. That little island changes as the seasons come and go. The storm and the day and night change it. So do the lobsters and seals and gulls that stop by. Then one day a kitten visits the little island and learns a secret that every child will enjoy.
Margaret Wise Brown, who also wrote under the pseudonym of Golden MacDonald, published more than 100 books for children.
Leonard Weisgard illustrated more than 100 children's books.