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There's nothing like getting dressed after a day in the sun on a warm weather vacation. That post pool/beach break when you shower off the salt, sand and/or chlorine, you're a little bronzed and hopefully have time for a little nap so you feel rested and ready for food, drink and fun. That was my state of my mind in the photos you see before you. I also may have had a cocktail. Alas, why must vacations come to an end? [Read more…]
How To Mix Brights and Pastels for a Perfect Spring Palette (and How I Scored Marni for H&M Platforms)
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Windswept in a Maxi in Miami
I still have not managed to post all my favorite shots from my trip to Miami for Art Basel. Every year it's such a quick trip crammed with so much amazing art and super fun times that it takes me weeks to process it all. I have just one more installment I'm trying to give birth to, but in the meantime I thought I'd post an outfit photo. Just to sort of relieve the pressure a bit. I think I literally wore a maxi dress or skirt every single day that I spent in South Florida. And on that note thanks again to Mira Mira for getting me out of my rut
Maxi Dress: H&M
T-shirt: Forever 21
Belt: Antik Batik
Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell
Earrings: Anthropologie
Bag: Topshop
Glasses: Oliver Peoples
What to Wear to Art Basel Miami: It's a (Maybe Slightly Freaky) Art Fair, Not a Freak Show
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Chunky high heels, $150
Kenneth jay lane jewelry, €132
Antik Batik blue belt, €40
When dressing for Art Basel in Miami Beach, you want to get creative. It's a giant art fair, after all, surrounded by amazing parties. But you do not want to get too literally arty. Not like Mr. Crazy Suit Man at fashion week. But you do want something that might catch the eye of an interested style observer. This outfit has tulle, it has crystals, it has velvet, and it has a tribal touch. I think it strikes just the right note, what do you think?
The Upcoming H&M Plus Versace Collab Is Polyester-Free
I always get super excited about high-low collaborations at Target, H&M, or wherever, and the items are always tres covetable in the photos online. However, the fabric often mades me sad, typically because it's polyester. I have a Target + Erin Fetherston short version of the hippie wedding dress hanging in my closet unworn mainly because it's polyester, which always makes me think of reliance on foreign oil, not to mention the unavoidable stinky as the day or night wears on.
So I was pretty happy to learn from Refinery 29 that the dresses in the upcoming Versace collaboration with H&M contain no polyester! And from the looks of the sneak peaks, the styles range from micro-mini to knee-length (And is that a floral maxi in the photo above? Please let it be so!), and from shiny metallic to geometric to florals. Something for everyone, as they say. Sadly we have to wait until November 17 to check them out first hand.
Pondering Identity and DNA in Burgundy Velvet + Yellow Patent
SAN FRANCISCO — After the one-year-old's birthday party last Saturday, I had tickets to Peter Nachtrieb's play Litter at the Zeum theater (yes near the carousel at Yerba Buena, I didn't know there was a theater there either!). I felt like being a bit grown up sartorially since I'd dressed for a small child earlier in the day. The result was skinny jeans, a velvet jacket, and my sky-high Acne platform booties. The beautiful thing was that there was parking nearby, so I barely had to walk in those babies.
Regarding the play, I thought the beginning and the end were funny. There were some patches in between that I hate to say became somewhat tedious. But don't listen to me, I'm totally not qualified to opine about such things. For a review from a real theater critic, check out this write up at SFGate, which gives "Litter" the little man watching attentively. One thing I'm slightly more qualified to comment on is the subject matter for three reasons: I am adopted, I underwent fertility treatments, and I wrote about reproductive technology at Wired.com for several years. It turns out the "litter" is one of humans thanks to a fertility experiment gone wrong. The result is 12 siblings (the Framingham Dodecatuplets) who are now 18 and experiencing some angst. Early in the play, they discover [SPOILER ALERT!] that they are not actually genetically related. This results in [AGAIN, SPOILER ALERT!] two of them embarking on a romantic relationship, which to me as an adopted person was intolerably gross, despite being an only child. There is, however, [ONE MORE SPOILER ALERT!] a heartwarming reunion at the end, which bolstered my belief that you don't have to share DNA to be family.
That got surprisingly deep for an outfit post, no?
Scarf: H&M
Velvet jacket: Gap (ages ago)
Jeans: AG Adriano Goldschmeid
Shoes: Acne
Bag: Amerian Apparel
Happy Monday: Feeling Good Inside and Out
The awesome thing for me about getting older is the confidence that comes with it. When I was younger, I was insecure and wanted to blend in. In my mind I had style but I was afraid to wear it. The problem in my youth was that I didn't know if a double-take meant the onlooker thought I looked insane or awesome. The excellent thing about now is that, like the honey badger (Have I pushed this video enough yet? We've been quoting it around the house nonstop), I don't give a you-know-what. The other thing is that despite being in my 40s, I can't bring myself to swear on my blog because my mom reads it.
Leather jacket: Gar-de, purchased at Gilt
Scarf: H&M
Skirt: Weston Wear
Boots: Seychelles purchased at Therapy
Ring: Tre, purchased at KirnaZabete
Blue Bottle coffee, olive oil fried egg sandwich from Il Cane Rosso at the Ferry Building.
An Excellent San Francisco Morning: Dynamo Donuts, Four Barrel Coffee, Frida Kahlo and Doc Martens
Photo by Kourosh Karimkhany
I realize I look a bit somber here. I was trying to reflect Frida's mood. She's such an inspiration to me style-wise. Like the honey badger, she didn't give a you-know-what. She had her own style of dress, art, and life. I'm typically more smiley than Ms. Kahlo, so the serious face is not natural for me (not that I'm fooling anyone here). In any case, I was smiling broadly soon after this photo because we headed to Dynamo Donuts for a cornmeal rosemary cherry donut, a chocolate spice donut, and Four Barrel coffee. An auspicious way to start a Thursday.
Hat: Vintage Stetson purchased at Fly Boutique in Miami
Scarf: the previously referenced Coverse model purchased at Target
Rain jacket: Stella McCartney for H&M
Jeans: AG Adriano Goldschmeid
Boots: Dr. Martens purchased at Villains in the Haight.


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The Kiwis' Olympic Debut
(My weekend readership is different from my weekday readership, so if you're checking in for the first time, this is a blog about cheese, the New Zealand curling team, ketchup-flavored salty snacks and possibly biathlon. And if that seems odd to you, imagine what my editors must be thinking.)
I assume most of you were getting live scoring updates on the New Zealand-Sweden match this morning, especially those of you who chose Sean Becker as the skip of your fantasy curling team. If not, a summary will follow in an hour or two. The sad truth is, the Kiwis were bested, 6-3, done in by a disastrous fifth end. But bear in mind that Peja "Peter" Lindholm's Swedish rink has won three world championships and is a likely semifinalist here. The Swedish skip and his front end--lead Peter Narup and second Magnus Swartling--have been together since their teenage years. The most recent addition to the team, third Tomas Nordin, arrived in 1991. That was 15 years ago. So a loss to Sweden bears no shame. (Scarily, I think everything written in the above paragraph is actually true.)
Anyhow, a quick backtrack. I made it home from the soccer festivities last night around 1:30 a.m. (more on that in a bit). I woke up at 6:30 a.m. this morning to grab a bus to the curling venue, the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio.
"All I can say is, if you're doing this voluntarily, you're an idiot," said my loving roommate, Les.
The curling buzz was greater in the breakfast room, where I met another fellow from New Zealand's One Sport. (If, for some reason, you weren't checking this site constantly over the weekend, please go back and read yesterday's entries. Thanks.) This chap, of course, knew of me and my blog. I asked what my chances were of riding this train to fame and celebrity in New Zealand.
"Based on curling and Mainland cheese?" he replied. "Dodgy."
The matches started at 9 a.m. local time, and with a 45-minute ride to the venue, I figured the big media crush would arrive for the 8 a.m. bus. I was wrong. There were six of us in total. The bus seated 49.
Luckily, a Brit from Reuters had a manual that explained some curling terms and rules, and I'm now virtually an expert. Many of the terms have real world applications. For example, The "Hack" is both the rubber starting point on a curling sheet and the name of a collection of hotshot Syracuse journalism graduates. The "Hog Line" is both the point by which a curling stone must be released and the buffet scene in most college football press boxes.
At the venue I met Jim Henderson, the managing partner of "Sweep! Curling's Magazine." (The only subscriber-based magazine devoted to covering the news, views and insights about the sport of curling in the world.) I asked about the Kiwis' chances.
"They're subscribers to my magazine," he said, reluctant to comment. But he eventually opened up. He said our boys have "a very outside chance" of making the playoffs. (There are 10 men's teams here; they all play each other, and the top four then make the playoffs.) He said Canada, the U.S., Norway, Switzerland, Great Britain and Sweden were all clearly better than the underdog Kiwis. Even Finland, he said, was likely better. He said the Kiwis would do well to finish eighth. Seventh would be a triumph.
"They live all over the island, they don't practice together, and this is the summer there," Henderson explained. "They've got everything going against them. How do they make the playoffs? If they do, someone else played terrible. Hell, they're happy to be here."
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Community-led programs are proving successful in reducing pathways to youth violence in Victoria and the United States, according to a Deakin University health psychology professor.
Professor John Toumbourou is calling on the Victorian State Government to maintain support for programs, such as Communities That Care that has been successfully running in the Mornington Peninsula Shire.
"Funding communities to prevent youth violence and crime is an excellent investment, but requires long-term support," Professor Toumbourou said.
Professor Toumbourou has recently been involved in the evaluation of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Communities That Care process.
"Mornington Peninsula Shire has been successfully implementing the Communities That Care process since 2002," he said.
"Large youth survey reports were completed across the municipality in 2002 and then repeated in 2008. The results show that the community achieved reductions in a number of key risk factors that influence violence including lower alcohol and drug use and family conflict.
"Given adequate support this community is set to go against the current state-wide trend and reduce community rates of youth violence."
Mark Greenberg, Professor of Human Development and Psychology at Pennsylvania State University and the Director of the Prevention Research Center, is currently visiting Australia to speak on the success of the Communities That Care program in Pennsylvania in the United States.
The Communities That Care process in Pennsylvania achieved state-wide reductions in adolescent violence and crime by assisting professionals and community residents to work together to implement evidence-based child and adolescent prevention programs within local communities. An important feature of the Pennsylvania success was a state government funding scheme that rewarded communities where they developed strong community prevention coalitions and evidence-based prevention plans.
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STDs is a somewhat inaccurate term for STIs, or sexually transmitted infections, that transmit from one person to another through unprotected sexual intercourse; there are a lot of incorrect myths about STDs, so to counteract them, here are 5 facts about an STD you need to know.
- Secretive Symptoms: Not all STDs will have obvious symptoms like burning urine, pus, warts, itching or unusual odors. The HIV virus is virtually symptomless until its second stage, and even then, the symptoms are similar to the flu. Hepatitis is another secret agent STD that causes inflammation and scarring in your liver, and does not show symptoms until its late stages.
- Incurable and Annoying: The fact is, some STDs cannot be cured, and their outbreaks, while not fatal are definitely a hassle to deal with. Herpes and Gential Warts/HPV are both conditions that can be suppressed with medication, but will occasionally flare up with itchy, sensitive, pus-filled bumps and blisters around the genitals and anus. Unless they are having an outbreak, there is no way to tell if your partner has herpes or genital warts, but you can still catch it from them with unprotected sex.
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I have datura plant growing with tomato in a pot. Since all parts of datura is toxic, should I move this plant out? If I leave the plant is the tomatoes safe for use. If I transplant the datura now will it survive? Both tomato and datura has buds forming.
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I've heard of people growning Datura and Brugs among their herbs and vegetables. Also, don't tomato plants and Datura both belong to the deadly nightshade family? Yet tomato fruit are safe to eat. Even so, personally, I wouldn't eat those tomatoes; I'd get rid of the plant and keep the Datura. But that's just my opinion. |
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Both are nightshades. To my knowledge, the only plant whose poison seeps into the ground is monkshood. But I have not done extensive research on whether the toxins in datura can be transmitted into tomato fruits. I will suggest you don't use the tomato until someone can verify that it's safe to do so. I would remove either the tomato or datura, as it seems they are rather close and crowded. I would take the bud off the datura (if and when you transplant it). It should survive the transplant provided it gets shade and ample water the first few weeks. |
Yikes, never knew that of monkshood. The chemical leaching I mean. That's why I won't grow monkshood |
Hi all Thanks so much for the helpful advice. I have transplanted the datura and the plant is is looking good. Here is the plant with the bloom before transplant. http://www.flickr.com/photos/11037649@N06/4725644311/ thanks again |
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When the plant comes up again, please contact me. I am looking to purchase a datura plant, so it would be great if I could buy a division from you. My email address is email@example.com |
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Recent changes to the state election laws and a proposed amendment to the state constitution will affect the time for filing for office in the March primary election.
A county official who intends to run for a different office in the March primary election should not file as a candidate before Dec. 2, 2011 and until the state canvass of the constitutional amendment election has occurred.
As currently written, Article XVI, section 65 of the state constitution (known as the resign-to-run provision) forces a vacancy in office of a county officer who becomes a candidate for an office other than the one he or she currently holds when more than one year remains on the officer's current term of office. In the past, county officials have been able to avoid being forced to resign by delaying filing for office until Jan. 2 preceding the primary.
A recent change in the election code removes this option, however. Senate Bill 100, adopted during the last regular legislative session to accommodate federal laws related to overseas military voters, moved the filing deadline from Jan. 2 to the second Monday in December. This year, the deadline is Dec. 12. This earlier deadline would cause an officer seeking a different office to run afoul of the resign-to-run provision.
In an effort to overcome this problem, the Legislature has proposed an amendment to Article XVI, § 65. If adopted by the voters at the Nov. 8, 2011 constitutional amendment election, Proposition 10 (SJR 37) will extend the one-year "safe" period by an additional 30 days, enabling an officer to comply with the new December filing deadline without automatically resigning from office.
However, even if the voters approve this change to the constitution, the amendment will not become law until the returns of the election are canvassed by the governor. This year, the state canvass will occur between Nov. 23 and Dec. 8.
If Proposition 10 is approved and the governor canvasses the returns on or before Dec. 2, a county official may file for another office on Dec. 2 without triggering the resign-to-run provision. However, if the canvass occurs after Dec. 2, the officer should wait until the canvass to file for a place on the ballot.
Constitutional Amendment Election: Nov. 8, 2011 State canvassing period: Nov. 23, 2011 – Dec. 8, 2011 If canvass occurs on or before Dec. 2: Filing on or after Dec. 2, 2011 If canvass occurs after Dec. 2 Filing on or after canvass Last date for filing: Dec. 12, 2011


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I love the blue, too. As far as the console, I would leave it black since you have the tv which is also black. Did you say what your bed linens are? I think you may be able to find something that ties it all together. I wouldn't get too large a lamp since you have only 14" of depth. Maybe a smallish lamp sitting on a stack of books if necessary to raise it to a good height for reading. |
Cyn, thanks for the response. Never even thought about the tv being black also. And it's on the other side of the room. This is the new bedding. |
Pretty. I am responding here so others may see the blue color and the cream/white furniture. To go back to the lamp and respond here to your question on the other thread-if you have a 25"inch lamp, go ahead and try it. I find I really need to see something in place before I can really decide. If the lamp and its shade aren't too wide, it could definitely work on your console. A smaller lamp could work as well and if you feel it is too short, just sit it on several books. |
Thanks again Cyn for your help. Guess I should have put all the pics on one thread, as recommended by someone else. I didn't buy the taller lamp yet, I was just trying to get some opinions on what size to get. I do have one small cut glass lamp, approx. 10" high max. Needs a shade. I think I'll get the console first, get it in place and make sure I like it, then start on the lamp issue, haha. Good Lord, what a process this bedroom is for such a small room. It's definitely not like a lot of rooms I see on here, which is why I was hesitant to post mine. I saw the boxes below and also liked them for the shelf. |
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Glassware characterized by a series of facets, or patterns, cut into its surface. A marked pattern is roughed out on a glass object with a revolving abrasive wheel; the pattern is then smoothed by a sandstone wheel and polished in an acid bath. The Romans introduced a crude form of glass cutting in the 1st century AD. Modern glass cutting developed in Germany in the late 17th century with the production of a heavy, colourless crystal glass. After Bohemian glass became popular, English and Irish glassmakers adopted the technique. The prismatic styles of their products, notably Waterford glass, became popular in the U.S. after 1780.
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Public utility companies — and most any utility company for that matter — that don't field an occasional complaint from disgruntled customers are ... well, probably nonexistent.
The true measure, according to the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia, is not in how few or how many such complaints are received but in how they are handled.
That's the premise on which Cleveland Utilities has again been recognized by the local BBB chapter with a "Complaint Free" certificate, members of the Cleveland Board of Public Utilities learned in a recent formal gathering. In a report by Ken Webb, senior vice president and CFO who assumed the presidency and CEO duties on Oct. 1 following the retirement of Tom Wheeler, the local utility has again been honored by the consumer advocacy organization.
According to the certificate signed by James T. Winsett, president and CEO, and Gidget M. Knight, vice president of Operations, the "BBB Complaint Free" recognition means Cleveland Utilities has excelled in how it handles consumer concerns.
According to its wording, the "BBB Complaint Free" award is presented to BBB accredited businesses "... for maintaining a complaint free record with the Better Business Bureau serving Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia for the last 12 months." The period runs from Aug. 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013.
In his brief presentation to the utility board, Webb stressed the award does not mean Cleveland Utilities never receives a complaint from customers. It does. He said CU's distinction is that it has staff members in Customer Service whose role is to work closely with complaining customers in order to hear their concerns and respond in an immediate and professional manner.
"We deal with the problems," Webb told the board. He pointed to dedicated CU personnel who work customer issues until they are finalized to the satisfaction of the consumer.
Although Cleveland Utilities is never assured of receiving the favorable BBB recognition, the local utility provider has earned the advocacy group's accolades for several years in a row.
On hand to hear Webb's report were CU board Vice Chairman Eddie Cartwright, and board members Chari Buckner and Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland, the latter of whom represents the Cleveland City Council on the utility's governing body. Board chairman Aubrey Ector and board member Joe Cate could not attend the session.
In other developments, the utility board:
- Approved a purchase order with CSL Services Inc. in the amount of $84,000 for long-term flow monitoring which includes annual maintenance, data collection and reporting for 14 flow meters. Flow monitoring is a tool used to help determine where inflow is occurring and whether utilities are eliminating it. CU is under contract with CSL Services Inc. to provide flow monitoring services.
- Approved a purchase order with Sherman & Reilly Inc., c/o Yoder Sales Agency Inc., in the amount of $196,684 for a Trailer-Mounted Pulling Rig. This is a 12,000-pound pulling rig and will replace the existing 1973 model pulling rig. It will be used by the line crew to pull both overhead and underground distribution and transmission lines.
- Approved an agreement with Consolidated Technologies Inc. in the amount of $28,000 for engineering services which includes design, bidding and construction services as part of the improvements to Waterville Springs for compliance with the EPA-Cryptosporidium Rule. Craig Mullinax, vice president of the CU Water Division, explained that because Waterville Springs is an unfiltered source of water, CU is required by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation to provide secondary treatment for the protection of its customers.
- Approved an agreement with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in the amount of $46,500 for engineering services for the Distribution System Hydraulic Model Update and Verification.
- The Cleveland Board of Public Utilities will next meet in formal session on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in the Tom Wheeler Training Center.


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HOTH Memes is a new feature we'll be doing on the Houses Of The Hockey blog where we take internet memes (no matter how big or small) and put them into some sort of hockey context.
To say hockey is a little slow right now would be a bit of an understatement. Somewhere between Sidney Crosby still being concussed and someone still not buying the Phoenix Coyotes, Mike Comrie and Hilary Duff announced that they are expecting their first child via her Facebook page. Awww.
With two inexperienced baby makers taking on the responsibility of raising a child, and the HOTH blog with our recurring Meme feature, I thought it would be a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
From Know Your Meme:
These photos derived from instructions on how to take care of babies. The instructions have a good and bad side to them and they contain the general ideas of taking care of a baby.
We thought swapping out the characters faces for those of Mike and Hilary would both help them once their child arrives and also validate our use of "Dos And Don'ts Of Baby." Enjoy.
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As we previously reported, MSNBC host Melissa-Harris Perry had an unfortunate moment while making light of a Romney family Christmas photo, and she has since apologized for the "joke" that fell flat.
NewsBusters reports that MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry spent her Saturday delivering a heartfelt apology.The news anchor displayed a holiday family photo that included Kieran Romney, an adopted grandchild who happens to be African American, sitting on his grandfather's knee. It was the paneled comedians with her who made insensitive remarks that turned a light-hearted segment south quickly.
The apology transcript - courtesy of NewsBusters - is as follows:
MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: Good morning. I'm Melissa Harris-Perry. We have a lot of news and politics to discuss this morning. Before we get to that, I'm going to start with an apology.
Last Sunday, we invited a panel of comedians for a year in review program. It's what we call our look back in laughter. But in one of the segments, we looked at a number of photos that caught our attention over the course of the year. In that segment, I asked my guests to provide kind of off the cuff ideas for captions of the photos that we were seeing. Among the images we aired was one of the Romney family that showed Governor Mitt Romney's grandchildren, including his adopted grandson, who's African-American.
Now given my own family history, I identify with that picture and I intended to say positive and celebratory things about it, but whatever the intent was, the reality is that the segment proceeded in a way that was offensive. And showing the photo in that context, that segment, was poor judgment.
So without reservation or qualification, I apologize to the Romney family. Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy. But their families, and especially their children, should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly. My intention was not malicious, but I broke the ground rule that families are off-limits, and for that I am sorry.
Also, allow me to apologize to other families formed through transracial adoption, because I am deeply sorry that we suggested that interracial families are in any way funny or deserving of ridicule. On this program we are dedicated to advocating for a wide diversity of families. It is one of our core principles, and I am reminded that when we are doing so, it must always be with the utmost respect.
We're generally appreciative of everyone who offered serious criticisms of last Sunday's program, and I am reminded that our fiercest critics can sometimes be our best teachers.


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WDPassportExternal NTFS conflict/internal OS FAT32?
I'm pretty sure i'm in the right place to ask this question......
Will there be a conflict of some sort? I just got a western digital external passport. I don't know if ones are formatted differently but this one is formatted for FAT32 Link to the External Specifications: WD Support / Installation / My Passport / My Passport Essential Now that i think about it.... aren't all externals formatted as FAT32 or at least specific ones? I don't know much about the uses, pros, or cons of different formats, so i guess thats why i'm asking. My internal HDD (not sure what brand, the computer is intel) is formatted for NTFS. 1.) If I move and transfer large files of different format types at the same time, or a lot of little files with different formats, will i have problems? 2.) Is there anything that I need to watch out for? 3.) Should i format my OS drive/partition to work better with the external? 4.) If i'm a gamer, what would be the best format to use for my OS drive? Thanks for all responses!!!! |
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Not sure why externals may be FAT 32. Maybe so Mac or Linux users can use them?
Can't think of any overriding reason to not go NTFS on all drives if you are not a Mac or Linux type. If anything, you should make your external conform to your OS drive. Your OS drive should be and likely is NTFS. I'm not saying the external has to be NTFS, but I wonder why it should be FAT 32 for a PC user? There might be a reason---I don't know what it is. The so-called gurus say that NTFS is more stable and error-free. |
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Well, i've matched up the format of my external with everythign else and all is good. was even able to do it with the information still on the drive as it converted from FAT32 to NTFS
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The MICS4 pilot survey, carried out in Mombasa, Kenya, was completed on February 18, 2009. The main objective of the pilot survey was to field test the new MICS4 questionnaires and survey procedures. The pilot survey was carried out in collaboration with the UNICEF Kenya Country Office, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and the UNICEF Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa (see note below).
Fieldwork staff was trained over an eleven day period, practicing how to administer the questionnaire and learning to carry out anthropometric measurements, among other things. Data for the pilot survey were collected over a ten day period.
In order to gain understanding of the performance of the new questionnaires, interviews were observed and feedback sessions were held with interviewers. Analysis of the data collected will provide further evidence.
Based on the lessons from the pilot survey, the MICS4 questionnaires will be finalized and the MICS4 manual and other guidance tools will be developed.
The field testing of the new questionnaires was a unique opportunity to gather the UNICEF Regional MICS Coordinators and the UNICEF Headquarters MICS Team with the aim to develop a common understanding on the various methodological aspects related to survey implementation.
Other participants included staff members from: the UNICEF Headquarters Statistics and Monitoring Section and Early Childhood Development Section, the UNICEF Regional Offices in Nairobi and Amman and the Kenya and Somalia UNICEF Country Offices, as well as external consultants and staff members of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
Note: The site of the pilot survey was chosen following KNBS' earlier decision to organize a survey in Mombasa informal settlement areas using MICS tools and instruments. Following the completion of the pilot survey, KNBS initiated the fieldwork for the informal settlements survey. Combining the two initiatives allowed UNICEF to take advantage of the already established logistical and technical process to implement a MICS in Kenya, while giving the MICS Mombasa Informal Settlements Survey fieldwork staff the opportunity to be trained and gain further experience.


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Study Abroad Programs for English Majors
The study abroad programs listed below might interest English students. This list has been compiled as a starting point; do not confine your search to this list. Schedule an appointment with the Study Abroad Coordinator to learn about more study abroad program opportunities. Before applying to a program, all Creighton students must seek program approval through the Office of International Programs (OIP) and course approval through the applicable Deans Office.
*The ISEP programs listed might be ISEP Exchange (Multilateral) or ISEP Direct (Partner) programs. Please contact the Study Abroad Coordinator or visit the ISEP website for more information.
- Encuentro Dominicano
Creighton's Service-Learning Program in the DR - CU Faculty-Led Program
- Limerick, Ireland
University of Limerick Semeser Program (Affiliate)
- ISEP-Australia
La Trobe, Macquarie, & Western Sydney Universities
- ISEP-Belgium
Vesalius College
- ISEP-Bulgaria
American University of Bulgaria
- ISEP-Canada
Brock, & Laurentian, Thompson Rivers Universities
- ISEP-England
Bradford, Central Lancashire & Chester Universities
- ISEP-Fiji
Partner Program at University of the South Pacific
- ISEP-Finland
University of Helsinki
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Ajou, Ewha Woman's & Korea Universities
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Massey University
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University of Stellenbosch
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Linneaus, Lulea, & West Universities
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American University of Sharjah
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How to Block RDP Using Symantec Critical System Protection (SCSP) 5.2
Article:TECH115345 | | | Created: 2009-01-28 | | | Updated: 2009-01-18 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH115345 |
Which Policy do I use and how do I configure it?
Can't block RDP
This is in reference to the Policy ... "sym_win_protection_core_sbp v5.2.0 r386".
The global rules in the policy are processed after the"Local" and "Group" rules. RDP (3389), [Remote Desktop Protocol] is handled by the ServiceOptions/Core OS Service Options/Terminal Services (termsrv_ps) options. From here go to Advanced Options/Network Controls/Inbound/Components/inbound hosts list/termsrv inbound address list, (See Illustration Below).
Under the termsrv inbound address list is an "ANY" followed by the Global inbound hosts component.
This "ANY" is allowing the connection from any hosts to be accepted. Please "Remove" the "ANY" hosts component. This will then restrict the connections to only the hosts allowed in the global inbound address list,"component" .
If you need to really lock it down, remove the global incoming hosts list from the terminal services incoming hosts list and add just the addresses that are to be allowed.
Policy: sym_win_protection_core_sbp v5.2.0 r386
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Note: This is just a double battery sized hold down clamp. The batteries just sit on the floor of the original battery box but depending on the size of the Aux battery it may be necessary to rotate the main battery 90 degrees and make a spacer under the batteries due to the shape of the floor.
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This bug is eating the leaves of eggplants in central Georgia.
The photo shows a specimen about the size of a dime. Does anyone know what it this creature is called? Thanks! |
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A larva of colorado potato beetle perhaps? |
A larva of colorado potato beetle perhaps? |
With just one row of black dots along the side, I'm going to say that this is the larvae of the False Potato beetle. Colorado potato beetles have two parallel rows of dots. The FPB is relatively common in the southeast. |
Thanks, Rhizo_1 and Anitamo! I looked up False Potato Beetle and it matched my photo. |
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"For decades, pharmaceutical heroine was prescribed by doctors to patients who had become addicted after operations, particularly soldiers who had undergone battlefield surgery.They spent years on a legal supply: it did them no damage, and they led healthy, fruitful lives. Enid Bagnold, for example,who wrote National Velvet, was prescribed it after a hip operation and spent twelve years injecting up to 350 mg a day. Enid- as far as history records-never mugged a single person or sold her body on the streets, but died quietly in bed at the age of ninety-one. Until the American prohibitionists closed him down in the 1920s, Dr Willis Butler, ran a famous clinic in Shreveport, Louisiana, for some of these 'therapeutic addicts'. Amongst his patients, he included four doctors, two church ministers, two retired judges, an attorney, an architect, a newspaper editor, a musician from a symphony orchestra, a printer, two glass blowers and the mother of the commissioner of police. None of them showed any ill effect from the years they spent on Dr Butler's prescriptions. And, as Dr Butler later recalled, ' I never found one which we could give an overdose to, even if we had wanted to. I saw a man take twelve grains intravenously at one time. He stood up and said, " There, that's just fine", and went on about his business.' "
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This morning, Today Programme allowed the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) to peddle the link between processed meat, sausages, bacon, salami and ham, and colorectal cancer. You can listen to the interview here.
The link was made in the 2007 report of the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, with the title 'Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective'. It is a 537 page report with over 4,400 references. Its panel was chaired by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, UCL's professor of Epidemiology and Public Health.
Over a year ago, the Daily Telegraph reported it with this a scary headline " sausage a day can increase bowel cancer risk"
This morning, Lisa Cooney, the head of education at the WCRF, asserted " there is convincing scientific evidence linking the consumption of processed meat with an increased risk of bowel cancer". The hapless Evan Davis accepted this assertion and moved on.
There is a brilliant piece on precisely this topic on Professor David Colquhoun's blog, DC's Improbable Science
Ok, there's a lot of statistics in there, but my O level maths didn't let me down.
Colquhoun's piece starts with this challenge to the WCRF report.
..... there has never been a randomised trial to test the carcinogenicity of bacon, so it seems reasonable to ask how strong is the evidence that you shouldn't eat it? It turns out to be surprisingly flimsy.
He then asks the relevant question. Is there a causal link between the consumption of processed meat and colorectal cancer? If there is no such link, then why are the WCRF telling us not to eat bacon and sausages?
In the case of sausages and bacon, suppose that there is a correlation between eating them and developing colorectal cancer. How do we know that it was eating the bacon that caused the cancer – that the relationship is causal? The answer is that there is no way to be sure if we have simply observed the association. It could always be that the sort of people who eat bacon are also the sort of people who get colorectal cancer. But the question of causality is absolutely crucial, because if it is not causal, then stopping eating bacon won't reduce your risk of cancer. The recommendation to avoid all processed meat in the WCRF report (2007) is sensible only if the relationship is causal. Barker Bausell said
[Page39] "But why should non scientists care one iota about something as esoteric as causal inference? I believe that the answer to this question is because the making of causal inferences is part of our job description as Homo Sapiens."
That should be the mantra of every health journalist, and every newspaper reader.
Colquhoun then goes on to examine in detail the studies relied on by the WCRF paper and concludes.
After all this, we can return to the original question. Do sausages or bacon give you colorectal cancer? The answer, sadly, is that nobody really knows. I do know that, on the basis of the evidence, it seems to me to be an exaggeration to assert that "The evidence is convincing that processed meat is a cause of bowel cancer".
and finally
Sometimes I think we should say "I don't know" rather more often.
Hear, hear to that.
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Today, the Health Protection Agency announced a staggering 36% annual increase in the confirmed cases of measles. Since 1998, when the original, and now entirely discredited, work by Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues linked the triple MMR jab with autism and bowel disease, parents have failed to immunise their kids against these terrible diseases.
It is my view that in this extended broadcast Jeni exemplifies every single canard ever uttered by the antivaccination movement. "It's a conspiracy by the pharmaceutical industry." "Science always changes so you can believe what you like." "It's a debate and a controversy." "Measles was never that bad anyway." "Immune systems are damaged by being understimulated." "Immune systems are damaged by being overstimulated." And so on.
But worse was to come.
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Madeline Kara Neumann
Hundreds of thousands of Christian worshippers will be trooping into their churches this Sunday. Without exception they will acknowledge the existence of an invisible deity. A deity with absolute power over the world as we know it. A network of priests, bishops, archbishops, deacons, will be on hand to help the believers. No doubt they will emphasise the power of prayer to heal the sick, and that the "desire of the righteous to will be granted".
As this claptrap pours forth from thousands of pulpits, the worshippers should think of the an 11 year old girl,
Madeline Kara Neumann. Madeline died an horrific death....not much less painful that Christians used to inflict on non believers centuries ago. She was suffering from Diabetic ketoacidosis. The terminal symptoms include vomiting, severe abdominal pain, extreme weakness and air hunger. It is a condition that is relatively easy to treat. Madeline's parents, Dale and Leilani, held a blind belief that prayer would cure their child.
"We stayed fast in prayer.... We believed that she would recover. We saw signs that to us, it looked like she was recovering"...and of course she died.
Four cheers for James Randi here
We can easily say that Dale and Leilani Neumann were simply stupid. Perhaps so, but more importantly, they – and we – have been swindled by the priests, and society continues not only to tolerate them, but to support them by granting them exemptions from the regulations and ignoring their folly and arrogance.
An astonishingly, Madeline was not the only child to be allowed to die by god fearin' folk in the US.
A few days earlier 15 month old Ava Worthington died after her parents, with the same nonsensical belief in the power of prayer as the Neumanns, refused to administer a simple regime of antibiotics to their child. Ava was suffering from bronchial pneumonia.
Her parents have now been charged with manslaughter.
But the Wisconsin statute applicable to the Neumanns is interesting.
Wisconsin state statute 948.03(6), provides against failing to act to protect children from bodily harm. It contains an exemption for what it refers to as " Treatment through prayer." To wit: "A person is not guilty of an offense under this section solely because he or she provides a child with treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone for healing in accordance with the religious method of healing … in lieu of medical or surgical treatment."
It's difficult to see either a moral or ethical argument to support this parental behaviour. But surely the Wisconsin statute belongs to another age.......!
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I normally grumble when the Today Programme interrupts its current affairs with "Thought for the Day". But I listened to Rev. Dr. Allan Billings' contribution on 31st March with increasing interest.
He adopts the same position as I do. In a short paragraph below, he demolished the idea that Cardinal O'Brien and other members of the Catholic Church were peddling over Easter . They cannot discriminate between the few cells of an embryo and a mature human life.
"The objection to creating embryos is on the grounds that an embryo is a human life and should be accorded the same rights as mature human life. I find this unconvincing. To treat a microscopic bundle of cells as if it were a mature human being seems to me to be a failure in discrimination. An acorn may be a potential oak tree, but there is a difference between the two."
This is an important issue. But it seems that the debate is being conducted with little or no knowledge of what actually is being proposed- what those scientists at Newcastle University are up to.
The best starting point is the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEA) booklet " Hybrids and Chimeras available from their website here (in pdf 880kb).
Whatever your view, the idea that human/animal embryos will create "Frankenstein"or some other kind of monster is just plain nonsense. Within eight pages of the HFEA's booklet the science is described in fairly straightforward language. As a non-scientist, I even ended up with a basic understanding of the difference between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA!
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Today I read in the Daily Mail...no folks I don't buy the rag....an interview with David Cameron.
The Mail's headline is " Cameron: Cut the abortion limit to 21 weeks" The reason he gives for supporting this is:
"I would like to see a reduction in the current limit, as it is clear that, due to medical advancement, many babies are surviving at 24 weeks."
And the Mail with it's usual selective use of statistics on the issue of abortion continues by asserting
"Research at one of Britain's top neonatal units revealed the survival rate of babies born very prematurely has doubled in the past 20 years."
I suspect the research, both Cameron and the Mail are quoting, is from John Wyatt. He is the Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics at University College, London, and a member of the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF).
He gave evidence before the House of Commons Committee on Science and Technology last Autumn. Professor Wyatt failed to tell the Committee that he was a member of the CMF with an established position, on abortion, similar to that of the Daily Mail,.
Wyatt's research does indeed show that survival in births below the present limit if 24 weeks has doubled. But when you examine the data from the Epicure study, the picture is very different indeed. That study shows an increase in survival at 24 weeks but virtually none with births between 22 and 23 weeks. The idea punted by Cameron.
The next statistical analysis has been done brilliantly by Bad Science's Dr. Ben Goldacre. You can read his piece in full here. What Wyatt does is play around with figures.
Over to Dr. Ben.
For the next bit, you need to understand one simple piece of primary school maths, which is central to medical statistics. In the sum 3/20, 3 is the numerator and 20 is the denominator: 15% survive; 3 out of 20. For Epicure, the numerator is survival to discharge from hospital, and the denominator is all births where there is a sign of life, carefully defined: 3 out of 20.
I suspect you can see where this is going?
Back to Goldacre.
There are two ways you could get a higher survival percentage. One would be a genuine increase in the number of babies surviving, an increase in the numerator: 8 out of 20 live births survive, 40%. But you could also see an increase in the survival percentage by changing the denominator. Let's say, instead of counting as your denominator "all births where there is a sign of life in the delivery room" you counted "all babies admitted to neonatal intensive care". Now that's a different kettle of fish altogether. To be admitted to neonatal ICU, the doctors have to think you've got a chance. Often you have to be transferred from another hospital, in an ambulance, and for that you really do have to be more well. Therefore, if your denominator is "neonatal ICU admissions", your survival rates will be higher, but you are not comparing like with like. That may partly explain Prof Wyatt's figure for a very high survival rate in 23-week babies. But it's not clear.
He now examines the evidence Wyatt gave to the House of Commons Committee.
First in his written evidence he said that the data was from a "prospectively defined" study (where they say in advance what they plan to collect). Then he was asked in the committee, when giving his oral evidence: "What was the denominator for that? Was that ... 42% survival at 23 weeks of all babies showing signs of life in the delivery room, or was it a proportion of those admitted to neonatal intensive care directly or by transfer?" Prof Wyatt replied: "The denominator was all babies born alive in the labour ward in the hospital at UCL [University College London]." This, as later became clear, turned out not to be true. Then he was asked to send the reference for the claim. He did so. It was merely an abstract for an academic conference presentation three years ago. It did not contain the figures he was quoting. He then says he has done the raw figures on a spreadsheet, especially for the committee, bespoke, if you will, and sent them in. They are entered into the record as a memo, on October 18. They show new, different, although broadly comparable figures: 50% survive at 22 weeks, then down to 46% at 23 weeks, then up to 82% at 24 weeks, then down again to 77% at 25 weeks. (That bouncing around is because the raw numbers are so small that there is a lot of random noise).
Are you still with this? When asked about the denominator
Prof Wyatt is clear: "I have provided the numbers and percentage of infants born alive at University College London Hospitals who survived to one year of age." The committee asked for clarification of this. Finally, October 23, another memo arrived, from Prof Wyatt, entered into the record, for all to see. For the widely quoted 42% survival rate at 23 weeks, Prof Wyatt admitted that the denominator was all babies admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. But in his new special analysis, giving this new "46% survive at 23 weeks" figure, the figures in the previous paragraph, he claimed, the denominator was "all live births". Has he undone a prospectively designed study, and retrospectively re-designed it? Or is this now a completely different source of data to the original reference?
Like drawing teeth isn't it?
Goldacre's devastating conclusion follows
But science is about clarity and transparency, especially for public policy. You need to be very clear on things like: what do you define as a "live birth", how do you decide on what gestational age was, and so on. Even if this data stands up eventually, right now it is non-peer reviewed, non-published, utterly chaotic, personal communication of data, from 1996 to 2000, with no clear source, and with no information about how it was collected or analysed. That would be fine if it hadn't suddenly become central to the debate on abortion.
Cameron and his advisers have fallen headlong into the Daily Mail's statistical trap, Why on earth they didn't listen to the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists who have said they do not believe there is a case for changing the time limits for abortion.
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The link to the Observer MMR piece will, I'm afraid, no longer take you to the Observer archive. Never fear folks, you can reach it on the Googlecache here
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Last week I blogged about the, now infamous, MMR piece by Dennis Campbell in the Observer. Campbell's piece contained this.
"the MMR jab which babies receive at 12 to 15 months, might be partly to blame. Dr. Fiona Scott and Dr. Carol Stott both say it could be a factor in small numbers of children."
Dr Scott subsequently e-mailed Ben Goldacre. The e-mail contained the serious allegation that some of the stuff in the Observer piece had been "fabricated".
Sunday's Observer contained a pathetic/feeble piece by Stephen Pritchard to justify the article. He mumbles on about anything, but fails to put to Campbell-who's never mentioned by name-the serious allegation made in Scott's e-mail to Goldacre. Was the piece or any part of it fabricated?
An interesting comment appeared today on Prichard's defence. You can scroll down the list till you reach it at 11.31 a.m. today. But to save you from adding to your RSI I've copied it below.
July 16, 2007 11:31 AM
I feel, given that I was one of the two 'leaders in the field' (flattering, but rather an exaggeration) reported as linking MMR to the rise in autism, that I should quite clearly and firmly point out that I was never contacted by and had no communication whatsoever with the reporter who wrote the infamous Observer article. It is somewhat amazing that my 'private beliefs' can be presented without actually asking me what they are. What appeared in the article was a flagrant misrepresentation of my opinions - unsurprising given that they were published without my being spoken to.
It is outrageous that the article states that I link rising prevalence figures to use of the MMR. I have never held this opinion. I do not think the MMR jab 'might be partly to blame'. As for it being a factor in 'a small number of children', had the journalist checked with me it would have been clear that my view is in line with Vivienne Parry of the JCVI. The 'small number' was misrepresented by being linked inappropriately and inaccurately with 'rise in prevalence', leading readers to arguably infer that it is in fact NOT a small number!
I wholeheartedly agree with Prof Baron-Cohen, and many of the posts and responses received to date, that the article was irresponsible and misleading. Furthermore I reiterate that it was inappropriate in including views and comments attributed to me and presented as if I had input into the article when I had not (and still have not)ever been contacted by the journalist in question. I am taking the matter under advisement.
Assuming the Dr Fiona Scott is the Fiona Scott in question, things can't be clearer. The Observer journalist failed to contact the person whose "private beliefs" he quoted. He has fabricated that part of the piece.
The Observer has now had seven days to correct this. Although I'm no conspiracy theorist I note with interest that Goldacre's "Bad Science" column is missing from its regular spot in Saturday's Guardian! I do hope he's spending time writing, what my old boss would describe as "a blister", for his piece next Saturday.
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Originally too "punk" for the rockers, too "rock" for the punks and way too loud and heavy for the indie rock crowd, it took a while for The Valley's sound to rub off on Seattle.
After toying with the lineup for a few years, main man Dan Beloit and crew recorded their debut self-titled album at Egg Studios with producer Johnny Sangster (The Briefs, Mudhoney, The Makers) in 2004. The Valley was released in 2005 on Swingline records and quickly earned the band live radio slots on KEXP, KNDD and KISW. Their follow up, Purple Octopus EP, went to #1 on KEXP's variety chart in August of 2007 and was followed by a Bumbershoot performance in 2008.
The band toured through early 2010 and then took couple years off before returning to the scene in late 2012. Reformed with the original bass player Tim Basaraba, Mopper guitarist Doug Manis and Spinning Whips drummer Colin Fadis the Valley is now louder and heavier than ever. Their January 26 headlining gig at Barboza celebrates their new Halloween E.P., which has already been added to rotation at KEXP.
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The Thom Browne AW12 collection boasts some very eccentric silhouettes. From large protruding 'spikes' and oversize bows to billowing arms and elongated sleeves, the outfits have a futuristic aesthetic that would appeal to contemporary royals and experimental performers. As odd as some of the fits may be, there is a ladylike elegance to each ensemble that is hard to miss.
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Football Manager 2014 Announced
Today Sports Interactive officially announced Football Manager 2014, which will have more than 1000 enhancements from its predecessor. Alongside a statement, Sports Interactive released a slew of images of the game.
An official statement from Sports Interactive that: "In addition to enhanced gameplay, FM 2014 also delivers a range of technical innovations, with the game available on Linux for the first time and the introduction of 'cloud save' technology, which means that managers can now pursue a single career from any computer, anywhere in the world.
The FM experience is also more customisable than ever before, as the integration of Steam Workshop tools make it easy for managers to create and share customised FM content and experiences such as photo/logo packs, new and custom competitions and even tailor-made in-game challenges using the new Challenge Editor which has been incorporated into the free-to-download Pre-game Editor.
"Our unchanging goal in the development of the Football Manager series is to deliver the most authentic and immersive simulation of real-world football management wherever you may be in the world," says Sports Interactive's Studio Director Miles Jacobson. "Players can now take charge of their team anywhere they can access a home computer, and with huge improvements to existing features plus the addition of loads of new stuff, can have the best Football Manager experience to date while doing so."
Some significant FM 2014 highlights include:
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More details of these will be unveiled over the coming weeks through Sports Interactive's Facebook and Twitter account alongside the Studio Director Miles Jacobson's personal twitter account.
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