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Sunday, March 25, 2012
my wardrobe: season-less essentials
And the accessories - same thing. They are my standby goodies, over and over again.
Both striped tops - L.L.Bean
bot tee shirts - Lands' End
both dresses - Lands' End
both pair of pants - Eddie Bauer
Scarves - Hermes Flacons, and Jardins des Metamorphoses
earrings - Cartier
Stone necklace - J. Jill
pearls - Etsy
gold penny loafers - Cole Haan
cross-body bag - Osgoode Marley
Tote bag - Tumi
If I were to pack the eight solid black garments I chose for my last wardrobe iteration, and take also these eight (and all 16 accessories), I would be set for any autumn/winter/early spring jaunt that might present itself...
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I really like the Hermes scarf! I will always like my black looks and never give them up.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 6:08 AM
It's amazing how far a few well fitted basics will go. We need much less than we believe (and are told).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 6:25 AM
Again, such an inspiration! You have become my morning go to (with a cup of coffee). I love it that the wardrobe is beautiful and from shops most of us can afford. Thank you, again. Susan (Mpls)ReplyDelete
This is great! I so look forward to your 'put togethers' definitely inspires me. SInce I am very warmed toned could I throw camel in the mix and would it seem as sophisticated?ReplyDelete
Well thought out basics and like you I love accessories...ReplyDelete
especially Hermes scarves!
I love my cashmere cardigan from Lands End and would pop that into my basics. In summer on a breezy evening slipping it over my shoulders makes all the difference.
I need to spend some time on your blog planning what to take with me on an upcoming trip. This looks like a great travel wardrobe to work with. I will start with some of my black basics and work my way out from there.
Thank goodness for your wonderful blog. I may actually impress my husband with my packing skills this time around. His poor back with be so happy!
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I echo anonymous #2. I search for you daily and am disappointed when your schedule doesn't permit you to post :)ReplyDelete
What style are those Eddie Bauer pants? They ship to Canada but I am curvy and unsure of the fit.Replies
The Eddie Bauer pants are Bremerton cut - no pockets, no waistband, and a side zip. They fit me tremendously well, and I wish they made them in more fabrics (they used to make corduroy pants in this cut, and I'm hoarding my pair!).Delete
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Gosh, that makes me think of my wardrobe differently and start putting things together differently. thanks for the tips and inspiration. Love your blog!!ReplyDelete
Your wardrobe is so very well coordinated. Was this a learning process or have you always been this organized? I am getting so many ideas here using pieces that are in my wadrobe which are mostly in neutrals (being from Europe, that is what we do). Thank you so much.ReplyDelete
OK, either your blizzard remark is tongue-in-cheek, or you moved to Chicago AFTER Feb. 2, 2011! As for me, I went through the Blizzard of 1967 in Chicagoland, which really dates me. BTW, I'm assembling a navy and yellow capsule based on your April in Paris ideas. Having trouble finding a moderately-priced print cardigan, though. Can't afford the Erdem, unfortunately!ReplyDeleteReplies
Actually, I remember that one well - we didn't even miss work the next day. I live downtown, and they clear the snow before it even lands; there's a huge paranoia about snow-removal in Chicago!Delete
And aren't those Erdem things gorgeous? Happily, I've seen similar sweaters at Garnet Hill and Talbot's, for those of us who live in the real world.
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Thanks, I'll check out those websites! Also meant to say I love the Jardin des Metamorphoses. I'm on the hunt for a gray/white scarf. I missed the L'Art de Temari in those colors, but I still hope to find something in the future. The neutral Hermes scarves seem to sell out fast! OT, Chicago mayors are paranoid about snow removal because one of them was removed himself for failing to get the job done quickly. I think it was Bilandic.ReplyDelete
Very practical wardrobe. Do you mind if I ask what kind of fabric the pants are made of? I have a hard time trying to find something between a jean and a dress pant. Something that can be worn casually, without looking too casual. I often dress too far the other way, and would love to find the happy medium.ReplyDeleteReplies
The pants are kind of a cotton twill blended with some synthetic - they shed wrinkles really well, and are relatively wearable out of the dryer, but still have a look and feel of the natural fiber which is the majority of the content. I've been wearing them for years...Delete
Eileen Fisher also makes an ankle pant that has a very narrow elastic waist, side zip, and a notched ankle that's very versatile and... I guess neutral would be a good description. Especially in the warm weather, when the shortish length and notched ankle is appropriate, they are good basics.
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I found your blog this weekend and I found it quite useful and inspiriting! Right away, I put together a mix and match wardrobe of my spring clothes. I plan to use your suggestions to pack for a long weekend trip to D.C. (attending a college graduation) this spring. How do you find the items you use as examples? Do you visit individual websites (J.Crew, APC, Net-a-Porter, etc.) or do you have a another means to quickly find pieces from so many different brands?ReplyDelete
p.s. I just bought my first Hermes scarf this year, and I am thrilled to see so many of your examples include a scarf.
So inspiring. I love grey and black as my neutrals. As always, your blog is wonderful.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Do bra straps show under the long sleeve t-shirts? Boatneck is flattering, so I tend to go for them & then have a hard time finding the right thing to go underneath. Adding little snaps to hold the bra strap isn't an option, though I guess I could the tailor at the dry cleaner's.ReplyDelete
Another thing I've fallen for is random tissue t-shirts. I grab them when find a deal, but then I don't have things that work work under or over. A t-shirt that's the right shape will have an edge on the neckline that clashes with the longer sleeve tissue I want to wear on top. Anyone have thoughts about this? Actually I should probably do a search on layering and foundation garments.
Thanks for this. And everything.Replies
I have to be a little bit aware of where my bra straps are when I wear the striped tops, but nothing terribly obsessive. And there are striped tops aplenty that have more of a round neckline, and less of the boat-neck thing...Delete
And I don't layer tee shirts. I think it's cute on some people, but it would only work (just as you seem to be finding) if I specifically bought the tops to wear together, and I just can't be bothered with having tee shirts that can only be worn in certain combinations. Plus, I'm very skeptical about how durable those tissue tees are going to be; I suspect that after a few times through the wash, they will start to develop those pernicious little holes that plague tee shirts...
thanks for being here!
- AnonymousMarch 29, 2012 at 4:41 PM
Thanks so much.Delete


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While I am not really at Maintenance yet, I did a 3 week vacation WITH NO WEIGHT GAIN! I stopped eating & PUSHED BACK FROM THE TABLE as soon as I was feeling full, satisfied, satiated! And even without counting calories (no access to computer most of the time) I did not gain weight! Wow!
The best exercise for losing weight is to push away from the table when full.
Never belong to the clean plate club. When you sit at the table and eat try to push yourself away from the table by leaving something on your plate and try to stop eating before you become stuffed and your body becomes uncomfortable.
Keeping my apartment clean, tidy and organized makes all the difference for me. I know that when my apartment is untidy and disorganized my eating habits also become unorganized.

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Not only did I go inside that house, but I live in the neighborhood. That house couldn't fetch 625k if it sat on the market for years. First off, it's not that big, and even worse - it only has THREE bedrooms. This is New Orleans where people tend to have 2, sometimes 3 kids or more. There's no room to add-on to the house for additional bedrooms either. The lot is small, and there's barely any yard. There are no next door neighbors at this point. The house was built on a lot that sat empty for at least a decade. It is surrounded by at least five more EMPTY lots. Who is to say WHAT will be built on either side of that house or behind it. Prospective buyers wouldn't dare buy it yet because of that problem. The inside of the house had a lot of nice touches. The windows and doors were nice quality, loved the pine floors and the brickwork inside, but they failed on several key things. One: no one needs TWO laundry rooms if they only have 3 bedrooms. Two: they mix-matched the high end appliances. Bosch fridge, dishwasher and microwave and a Thermidor stove. That's just tacky. Third: they have a WOODEN kitchen counter on the island where the SINK is located. Wood? Around a sink? Yeah, I don't care how high-quality that WOOD is, it's going to get wet and you know what happens then. Doesn't make any sense - they used granite across from it which again is mixy-matchy. Tacky. The upstairs bedrooms were TINY. I mean, severely. You could not put a queen size bed in there AND a dresser. No way. They didn't when they were showing it either as they knew it would look small. Lastly: The neighborhood in which the house is located does NOT have houses that go for that price. The highest priced homes in that immediate area: a house that has been for sale since BEFORE Katrina at the high 600s has sat, and sat with no offers. It's overpriced, and the owner knows it. That house is about twice the size as this one the lady one. It also boasts two kitchens and a pool, and has a view of the lake. It's high-end and it's not fetching high 600s, so nope this house isn't going to make it. The other house that's close in price just sold. It sat on the market for a few years in the high 500s, and finally sold at low 500s or high 400s. It's about twice the size of this house two, and has a much bigger lot. So who exactly appraised this winning house???? That house, in this market, and with the flaws it has could fetch MAYBE 450k. Best of luck to her in unloading that house. It's going to be a nightmare for her, and I'm not envious one bit.
According to irs.gov, Puerto Rico's contribution to the Federal Treasury was about 3.5 million in 2009, which is more than Vermont, but less than Wyoming. Surely you don't suggest the Federal Government isn't taking in money off of Puerto Rico when the IRS even says they are.
Technically it would be UNCONSTITUTIONAL for Puerto Ricans to pay federal income taxes. Why? Because they would fall under "taxation without representation" as they have NO representation in the U.S. Senate or the U.S. House of Representatives. They are in limbo as a territory. Make them a state and they will have the same rights, taxes, etc. as any other state in our country. Unfortunately, there is a large contingent of Puerto Ricans who want to be independent from the United States, and thus they would become their own country. That would put their citizens in limbo as they would be U.S. citizens still, but living in another country? What an immigration nightmare.
Great news!!! I'm looking forward to seeing it every day on my commute to/from work. Love the blue dog!!!!
Ok - let's take a poll:
Palin quit because:
a) She had to in order to avoid a huge scandal;
b) She wanted to focus on her presidential bid in 2012;
c) She is a quitter and couldn't even hack it as a governor; or
d) ALL OF THE ABOVE.
Of course it failed. This comes from the same state where wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle is OPTIONAL. Duh. They want the stupid people to die. Only stupid people smoke cigarettes. Only stupid people ride without a helmet. Its the stupid people tax!
Their house didn't flood. It says that their roof collapsed and everything inside was damaged.
Now, I'm thinking FOUR years later is plenty of time, they should have been able to move a bit faster. As long as people have the free trailer, they have no need to move faster.
The other posters are right. IF they have a mortgage, then they are required to have homeowner's insurance. What happened to THAT money????
Uh yeah. I've been "dehydrated" plenty of times, then I sought counseling through the 12-step program. Now, I no longer get uh "dehydrated".
Thanks George! You are doing that just for me, aren't you buddy? Love me some Tiffany the Blue Dog!
This will be fun, I promise. Let's all play "name the proper punishment" for this loser.
I'll go first:
Let the woman's husband get this guy alone in a room for 5 minutes while they videotape it (so she can watch it later for her amusement if she so wishes). I'd say let her at him, except she is preggers. Better let her husband take care of this scumbag for now. After the husband is threw with him THEN slap the guy with a minimum of 10 years in prison, and the order to share a small cell with the biggest dude there who wants to make him his biatch!
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How sick is this, Email article 903 comments, article about a child killed on our streets, 51 comments. I guess this shows what New Orleanians care about. Sick, Sick, Sick.
A child is killed on our streets EVERY DAY. Its not every day some politician's emails are spread across the WWW. Not only that, but the reason behind the RELEASE of said emails is the very core of most of America's problems. Racism.
Why are there so many typos in her simple, short, emails? Seriously. Is she texting while driving?
Seriously though, the problem I personally have with this is although the appeal court turned around and gave the ok to release the emails, did someone get the ok from the person at Baker Donelson to release the emails? Those are PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. My guess is no. My second guess is that Tracie Washington is going to have a huge lawsuit on her hands dealing with a large law firm going after her.
My sympathies to the owner of the black Nissan Titan truck.
My sympathies to the owner of the black Nissan Titan truck.
A bunch of FAIR-WEATHERED fans is what you see posting on here. Yes, it WAS a bad game. The coach knows that, Paul knows that, and the rest of the team know it. We sucked last night. Big deal.
The bigger issue here is HOW THE FANS "SUPPORT" their team after a devastating loss like this. Do they back them up and say "we lost this one, we can try harder next one" or "maybe next year" or do they bi@tch and moan like a bunch of babies and place blame on the coach, a few players, etc. If ANY of you posting on here were at the game last night, then you would KNOW how the guys took this loss. You could see it on their faces. The worse part though was seeing the arena nearly empty before the 4th quarter even started! I had 3rd row in the balcony seats for last night and we moved down to the front row on the floor (and eventually even snuck to the back of the courtside seating) because NO ONE was sitting there! What does this say about us as FANS? It says a lot. FAN UP or get the heck out. Not EVERY game is going to be a win. Not EVERY game is going to be a 'close call'. Sometimes you get your butts beat. This was our turn. Now FAN UP!
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Asking the executives to resign is not only acceptable, but its expected given the situation, however asking anyone to kill themselves, totally irresponsible and foolish.
First of all, the victim was not walking on I-10. It says clearly in the story (although the story was poorly written as many have already mentioned) that she was an acquaintance of the passenger of the vehicle, and did not know the driver, but they had offered her a ride.
The problem with today's society is that there is always a lot of doubt when a women states she has been raped. Look how many responses above accused her of lying, being a prostitute, etc. PATHETIC! They have the two men in custody, and IF she was raped, they will do a rape kit on her to prove it. Obviously her clothes would have been disshelved and not in a "heat of the moment" kind of way - but an aggravated, did NOT want to have sex kind of way. You people who point out that the VICTIM is lying without waiting further proof are the reason why so many rapes go unreported!
There is a special place in Hell for scumbags who rape and molest children. Their day will come, and when it does, PAYBACK WILL BE A BIATCH!!!!!!


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Maureen Hester is entering her third season as the women's basketball director of operations for the 2012-13 season under head coach Amy Waugh.
"Maureen knows this program very well, and was a great representative of Xavier as a player," Waugh commented. "I know she will be very enthusiastic in her work to grow the program, in particular in support of the athletic department's great marketing efforts."
Hester was a four-year letter winner as a member of the XU women's basketball team from 2006-10 and earned a bachelor's degree in sports administration with a business minor. She played in 82 career games, starting 34 times as a Musketeer.
"Xavier is a very special place to me and I am very grateful for this opportunity to start my career at my alma mater," said Hester. "I am incredibly excited to join coach Waugh's staff to help continue the tradition of excellence. I look forward to helping our student-athletes succeed both academically and athletically."
During the 2010-11 season, Hester served as an assistant girls basketball coach at Cincinnati's Turpin High School and also worked within the XU athletic department as a marketing staff intern. She graduated from Xavier in May 2011 with a master's degree in business administration.


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Was walking past the old East Side Company and saw a new Tiki themed bar in its place. Does anyone know anything about it?
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Tue 29-Mar-2011 11:37
Firstly sorry if this has been covered before.
So about a week ago I installed Sophos Endpoint Security and Control. The username and password for both the credentials and the auto updating are correct as of today - Tuesday 29/03/2011.
Upon installing it I commenced a full computer scan with no problems and it revealed nothing (new laptop). Now I have just got my wireless internet connected and all of a sudden the On-Access Scanning is Disabled.
The details are as follows:
Product Version -- 9.5
Operating System -- Windows 7 64 Bit
Update Version -- Unknown (presumably the latest as it allows updating)
I do not know what to do, any help would be greatly appreciated. If anyone needs any more details please ask.
Kind Regards
Tue 29-Mar-2011 13:06 - edited Tue 29-Mar-2011 13:07
Just a few extra details, don't know if they will help.
The blue Sophos shield has a small red X on it, and when I scroll over it it says the following;
Sophos Protection
Anti-virus and HIPS: service failure
Last checked for updates: 29/03/11
This is a screen shot of the Sophos Endpoint Security and Control window:
Tue 29-Mar-2011 13:12
Hello NickC,
please open the GUI. Top left you see the Status pane, from what you said the first line is On-access scanning: Disabled. In the same pane there's also Last updated - this should be fairly recent. The product details can be accessed via View product information under Help and information. Very likely the Last updated is different from the one in Status: The latter is the time of the last check, the former of the last change (i.e. when "something" has been downloaded). You should see at least the General, Anti-virus and HIPS, Auto update and System sections.
Go back to the Home view and View updating log - are there any erros like Failed to install ...?
Also from the Home view - can you access Configure anti-virus and HIPS under Anti-virus and HIPS?
BTW: Did you contact your site's IT-support?
Tue 29-Mar-2011 13:25
Probably the Sophos Anti-Virus service fails to start. Try to start it (using Computer->Manage or run services.msc) and if this fails check the event logs for the reason (eventvwr.msc).
Tue 29-Mar-2011 14:04
Thanks for replying.
I had a look at the Status and Last Updated correlates with the Last checked for updates time.
I had a look at the log and to be perfectly honest I am not sure what I am exactly looking for. I see some failed updates but that is expected as I didn't connect the internet til today at about 18:00 Hours.
I just looked under Product Information as you said and I found something weird. Under Anti-virus and HIPS>Software it says None?
Maybe this has something to do with it, or it could just be a result of another problem, as I said it worked when I first installed it, as I immediately ran a full system scan.
Kind Regards
Tue 29-Mar-2011 14:15
QC wrote:
Probably the Sophos Anti-Virus service fails to start. Try to start it (using Computer->Manage or run services.msc) and if this fails check the event logs for the reason (eventvwr.msc).
You will never believe it, I figured out why it was not working. I tried to start Sophos manually through Services and it failed naturally. I then went to check the Event Logger and realised it was disabled. As soon as I enabled it Sophos started without any issues.
I had previously disabled Windows Event Logger due to it interfering with another program and it seems that Sophos cannot operate correctly without the eventvwr.msc activated.
Geez that is a huge relief.
Thank you so much for you help if you hadn't suggested looking at the log I may never have found the solution.
Hopefully if anyone else encounters this issue they will come across this extremely simple solution.
Many many thanks
Sun 28-Aug-2011 22:58
Hi, I am getting exactly the same error shown in the screen shot above. Could you please explain how did you enable your event log?
Fri 24-Feb-2012 13:27
Enable event log service ::: Go to Start -> Run -> Services.msc -> enable/start "Windows Event Log service"


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The current population of Bay City Metro is 38,008 with the median age of 43. Bay City Metro's median household income is $57,591, and the average household net worth is $421,200. 29% of Bay City Metro's population are long term residents having lived in their homes for more than 5 years, while 18% of Bay City Metro's population have moved in the last year.
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|United States
|Median Household Income
|Average Household Net Worth
|Long-term Residents (5+ years)
|Annual Turnover
|Median Age
|43 years
|33 years
|37 years
Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Bay City Metro by age group. In Bay City Metro, the male-to-female ratio is 19,019:18,996, which is 2% higher than the ratio of Texas, which is 13,121,240:13,341,674. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Bay City Metro, has 27% less property crime than Texas, and is 11% below the nation's average. Bay City Metro, has 5% less personal crime than Texas and when compared to that of United States, Bay City Metro is 5% above the national average.
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Bay City Metro that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Bay City Metro, 73% of people are married and 27% of people are single. The percent of people married is 1% higher than the ratio of Texas, which is 72%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Bay City Metro income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Bay City Metro is $57,591, which is 11% higher than that of Texas ($51,696). Income data for Bay City Metro is sourced from census, 2015.
Education data represents the highest level of education attained by residents in Bay City Metro. In Bay City Metro, 21% of residents 18 and over graduated from high school and 16% completed a Bachelor's degree or higher, which is 11% lower than that of Texas. Education statistics is sourced from census, 2015.


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"China, Energy & U.S. Security" Symposium to Be Held at Pomona College
Pomona College will hold a symposium on "China, Energy and the U.S." on Thursday, March 2 from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The event is open to the public and will be held in the Pomona College Smith Campus Center (Edmunds Ballroom, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont). There is no charge to attend.
China's worldwide search for energy and industrial raw materials, driven by its huge industrial expansion and an expanding consumer economy, directly challenges America's long domination of the energy marketplace. Once an oil exporter, China is now responsible for almost one-third of the world's growth in oil demand. China's government-run oil search is turning to Iran, Venezuela, the Sudan, while China also extends its trade network in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Already Chinese energy needs are seriously competing with American energy demands. With energy consumption soaring in both countries, the conference organizers believe that it is imperative that the U.S. find ways of accommodating China's economic growth, without injuring our own.
The symposium will be chaired by Michael Armacost, a former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of the Philippines, who is currently at Stanford University's Institute for International Studies--Asia/Pacific Research Center. Armacost previously led the Brookings Institution.
Topics to be covered include:
- China's economic growth and her energy needs (9-10:30 a.m.), by David Fridley, leader of the China Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
- China's world energy quest (10:45 a.m.–noon), by Mikkal Herberg, director of the Asian Security Program, at the National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle;
- The U.S. and World Energy Markets (1:30–3 p.m.), by Edward Chow, a former fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. and currently a consultant on world energy availability;
- Issues for U.S. National Security (3:15-4:45 p.m.), by Minxin Pei, senior associate and director of the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Liang Congjie, founder of Friends of Nature, China, will give a luncheon presentation (noon-1:30 p.m.).
The symposium is organized by the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College in cooperation with the Pomona College Economics Department and the Pomona Student Union. For more information, call (909) 607-8065.
The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College is dedicated to expanding and enhancing comity and shared knowledge among the nations and cultures on the Pacific Ocean. Pomona College has been a leader in Asian Studies among American college and universities since the turn of the century.


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The X Factor
X Factor Winner Melanie Amaro Gushes About Her Co-Star Boyfriend and How She Plans to Spend the $5 Million
Just seconds after Sunrise, Florida native Melanie Amaro was declared the winner of The X Factor, the boyfriend she met on the FOX reality show shared her joy by rushing onstage to give her a hug.
Rumors have flown that the 19-year-old songbird has been dating former X Factor contestant Trace Kennedy, whose band Stereo Hogzz was eliminated early in the competition. The couple recently tweeted a picture of them together, but Melanie hasn't talked about her guy to reporters.
After she beat out Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene for the X Factor championship, reporters coaxed Melanie into talking a little bit about how Trace shared her joy. Melanie said Trace's hug onstage after she won "felt amazing. He is a great guy."
She also revealed Trace was so happy for her. "He was like, 'I am so proud of you man, I am so proud.'"
In fact, the musician was beaming and wouldn't leave Melanie's side on the stage. "He was like, 'I want to give her another hug, man,'" she laughed. And the singer said she and Trace would be celebrating her victory Thursday night with other friends and family members. "He's a wonderful person," she added coyly.
Meanwhile, she did open up about how surreal it was to win the first season of X Factor. "It has not sunken in yet. I am still working on helping that get in my head. It's still … wow. I'm sorry, I just can't get it that I just won," she told reporters.
"I need to clean my ears more often. It was like, 'What did he say? What?' It was like, 'Did he say me? Oh, he said my name?' I was so shocked, but I was so happy."
Melanie was so overcome with emotion she forgot the words to the song she was supposed to sing to end the show. "To think I have sung 'Listen' about a million times and for me to get up there and not remember any of the words … I couldn't remember anything as I was so overwhelmed and struck with this big thing. It was such a surprise to me. It was like walking into a room full of people and them all yelling 'Surprise!' You're like, 'OK.' So for me to have won was big. I feel blessed and I feel happy and feel I have worked so hard to get here and I truly deserve this."
The singer, who won a $5 million recording contract, said her immediate plans were to splurge on "a good foot massage, because these heels are killing my feet." She knows the money will change her life. "I mean, the most I've ever had is like $200, if I was lucky. I think I want to buy my mommy a house, I think she deserves that. I'm going to buy a new house because the one we live in right now sucks. And I want to buy a lifetime supply of chicken. I can't live without chicken. It's my favorite food and you can cook it any way and I'll eat it."
When asked by Wetpaint Entertainment what kind of record she wants to make, Melanie said, "You know, I'm not telling anyone right now. I think I'm going to surprise everybody and when they hear it they'll say, 'Is that Melanie Amaro on the radio? No!'"
"I want to surprise everybody because everybody thinks I just do these humongous ballads, and don't get me wrong I can do those and do a good job at them — I don't know if you agree — and I like the ballads but I want to show people that is more to me and that I can do anything if I put my mind to it, which I think I have proved already and that's good."
She's determined to stay true to herself and not let others decide things for her: "I can hold my own. God has brought me this far and I am guaranteeing he is going to hold my hand and continue to guide me."
Her relationship with mentor and judge Simon Cowell was a lot of push-pull, she revealed. "I had to be able to stand up and say, 'I don't know if I like that very much.' There were many times we went back and forth but then I would sing things and think, 'This doesn't sound all that bad. Wow, this sounds good,' I guess I'm going to sing this one then. It's a process and we have to have our back-and-forth about singing things or not."
"He said to always believe in myself and I could go anywhere."
The turning point for Melanie came when Simon, who had eliminated her, then took her back on the show: "He apologized. He made a mistake, everyone does, it was a stupid mistake but … I forgave and I forgot and continued to believe in myself."
Melanie said she told runner-up Josh, "You have nothing to worry about, you have gone far. [And] to be honest tonight if his name was going to be called and not mine I would've been completely fine with that. He is an amazing person and an amazing artist and an amazing friend and an all-around amazing guy. He's worked just as hard as I have. I respect him and I would love to work with him, I would love to."
The young girl with the huge voice plans now plans to "catch up on some sleep."
"You can't see the bags under my eyes, thank God. Makeup works wonders. But at this moment I am taking what is thrown at me and working with what I have and trying to move forward with my life."


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LONG BEACH, Calif. - Seniors Theo Edwards and Kevin McKniff combined for 31 of Cal State Northridge's 53 kills as the second-ranked Matadors swept No. 9 Long Beach State 30-26, 30-23, 30-27 for their fifth straight win Friday at the Walter Pyramid.
Northridge (5-0, 2-0 MPSF) was paced by Edwards who knocked down 17 kills while hitting .395 to go with six digs. McKniff added 14 kills, hitting .619 while fellow senior Jacek Ratzjczak chipped in nine kills (.636) and four blocks. Setter Matt Stork registered his second double-double of 2010 (fifth career) with 41 assists and 10 digs and libero Ali'i Keohohou dug 12 49er attacks.
As a team, the Matadors hit .366 (53-12-112), served four aces (with just nine errors) and had 38 digs and 9.5 blocks to just 3.0 for the Beach.
Long Beach State (2-3, 1-1 MPSF) was paced by Dean Bittner's match-high 19 kills (.351). Antwain Aguillard added eight kills (.899) (8-0-9) while Conor Eaton finished with 44 assists as the 49ers hit .272 as a team.
The two teams battled back and forth in the first game with the Matadors taking an early lead by The Beach battling back to tie it at 18. Cal State Northridge then went on a run getting eight of the next 10 points to take a 26-20 lead. Long Beach cut the lead to 26-22 and would ultimately pull within 27-25 but a McKniff kill followed by an Edwards-Drew Staker block on set point gave Northridge the set 30-26.
Northridge, which jumped out to an early 11-6 lead in set two, never trailed in the frame. The Matadors took their biggest lead of the set (20-12) after a Stork ace and Northridge never looked back taking a 2-0 lead in the match with a 30-23 win. The Matadors hit a blistering .471 in the set while LBSU struggled to a .211 clip.
Long Beach held the lead for much of set three, building a three-point cushion at 24-21 following a Bittner kill. But the Matadors rallied scoring the next three points to tie it at 24. A 49er setting error put Northridge on top 26-25 and the Matadors would never relinquish the lead. With the score knotted at 27-27, the Matadors got kills from Edwards and Gaudino followed by an Edwards solo block on match point to take the 30-27 win.
Cal State Northridge returns home to open a two-match homestand next Wednesday, Jan. 20 as the Matadors host UC Irvine at 7 p.m. in The Matadome.


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The company will expand operations with a $1.5 million investment. It will hire 25 additional workers and almost double in size, adding 34,000 square feet to the existing 38,000 square foot facility in the John L. Marshall Technology Park off Pittman Center Road.
"They have had continued success and they needed to add on to their existing facility," said David Wear, assistant director, Sevier County Economic Development Council. "It's going to allow for them to pick up more contracts for their services. They're doing it to get new business."
The group provides warehousing, quality inspection, packaging and fulfillment to the military and to the automotive and medical industries. The company also provides businesses with lean manufacturing, custom-built crates and pallets, dunnage washing and more.
Allen Newton, executive director of the Sevier County Economic Development Council, said construction of the additional space is just a few weeks away from completion. Once it's finished, the company will conduct light manufacturing in the new space.
"That space will probably be used more for like the crates and things they build," Newton said.
The company's president, Tom Burns, discussed its decision to expand in-state.
"QSG decided to expand our current building instead of going out of state because Tennessee has been very business-friendly and the workforce is excellent," Burns said in prepared remarks. "We have been able to expand the business because of the opportunities in this growing area and with the help of the business communities around eastern Tennessee."
Wear said the additional jobs benefit the general community by bolstering a different kind of industry than usual.
"This is a different type of job that we usually have here. The manufacturing industry here is not very large, so this gives Sevier Countians another option as far as career path and opportunities for employment," Wear said. "There's an impact there that I think is significant."
Newton said it's a good thing any time a business expands and makes additional hires.
"Those are 25 full-time jobs," he said. "That's good for our economy and our families. It's good overall. That's one of our goals, to help create as many jobs as we can for the people here in Sevier County."
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A 29-year-old preschool teacher who lost most of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing left the hospital Monday, saying she was excited to head home to the Baltimore area so she could hug loved ones, eat steamed crabs and spend time with her students.
"I just want to sit on the floor with them and read them a story," Erika Brannock said of students at Trinity Episcopal Children's Center in Towson, Md.
The teacher said she'd already sent a video of herself to her students "to kind of introduce them to my new body."
Brannock had her left leg amputated above her knee, suffered severe bone and tissue damage to her right leg and also sustained hearing damage. She's had 11 surgeries and may need more, one of her doctors said before she left Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for a flight home.
Hospital officials said Brannock was the last of the 24 patients who came to the hospital on the day of the bombings to be discharged. She is one of a number of bombing victims who face rehab and a long road to recovery.
"She will have a long course ahead," Dr. Edward Rodriguez said of her rehab, which includes learning to walk again.
Brannock's fight to survive began after the first bomb exploded near the marathon's finish line. She remembers seeing flashes of orange and yellow and falling back slowly. She also heard screaming and soon realized something was wrong with her body.
Brannock said a fellow race spectator who identified herself as "Joan from California" took her hand and helped her with a tourniquet before rescuers got her on a stretcher and into an ambulance. She never saw the woman again, but credits that stranger with helping save her life.
Brannock's sister, Nicole Gross, a 31-year-old personal fitness trainer from North Carolina, spent about a month in a different hospital after the bombing left her with a broken leg and nearly severed an Achilles tendon. Gross' 32-year-old husband Michael also suffered burns, cuts and bruises in the attack.
They were at the April 15 race because the sisters' mother, Carol Downing, was running in the race. The 57-year-old was less than a half-mile from the finish line when the bombs exploded, killing three people and leaving her three family members among more than 260 people with injuries.
Downing said Monday that her family isn't sure what their "new normal" will look like, but that she plans to run next year's marathon for some closure.
Brannock, who will continue her recovery at her mother's home in Monkton, Md., plans to return to teaching in the fall and finish her master's degree. In the short term, she's hoping to be at a graduation for some of the students at her school later this week.
"Today is 50 days and I think it just shows that it was a really long road, for not just me, for a lot of other people," Brannock said.
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While I'm crazybusy getting ready for my maternity leave, a few fantastic bloggers have agreed to do some guest posts here on the Penelope site. I'm so grateful for the help.
Today, a heartfelt rumination on effective list-making brought to us by Alexis Anne from Clean, Smart, Simple, Style.
I am list obsessed- always have been, probably always will be, it's just in my nature.
Making a list is a necessary part of my life when I am trying to accomplish something. But I have to confess: sometimes lists stress me out. A list with no check marks is the worst kind of visual reminder of everything that you haven't accomplished.
I used to make lists all of the time, but over the last few months I noticed that I wasn't making lists very often, and I finally figured out why. I couldn't stand making a list in the morning and seeing it without any check marks at the end of the day. The things that I wanted "To Do" weren't translating very well into a "To Do List" because I was confusing goals with tasks.
I've been dreaming about big things, and setting lofty goals. But sometimes even after several hours of work towards a goal, I don't "finish" anything, and I can't cross anything off of my list. I get frustrated, and in the moment I feel like I will never reach my goal.
I've always been easily frustrated and impatient. As a kid, if it didn't come easily to me, I generally wasn't interested. But when I started playing the piano at age 5, it came easily enough that I stuck with it. No one expects perfection from a 5 year old.
As I grew older though, the work became harder. Songs would take weeks, if not months, to learn. Luckily, my teacher never expected that I would learn something overnight. Every morning I would practice at the piano for 30 minutes and slowly work my way through my lesson for the week- piecing together the notes to my new song. Not surprisingly, I'd often become impatient with my progress and race hastily toward the end, fumbling over notes until the melody was nearly unrecognizable.
Without fail, my Dad's voice would chime from the other room, "Stop. Go Back. Break it down. Try it again." He was a stickler for reminding me to learn it line by line until I got it right. Perfection never happened over night, but if I worked hard enough, I eventually reached my goal..
Today, as I find myself trying to move full speed ahead to my goals, impatiently wanting them to happen overnight, I find myself remembering the 30 min of practice a day approach, and the Xs that my piano teacher would mark at the end of the line in my sheet music as the visual reminder that I was not required (or allowed) to do it all at once.
I hear my Dad's voice reminding me:
Stop. Break it down. Try again. One line at a time.
Even away from the piano, I need to break things down and tackle them one line at a time because when I make a list, I now know that I need to cross things off regularly.
I'm learning that you can't just write what you want to do. You have to think about exactly how you're going to do it, and THAT'S the part that you have to write down. You have to break it down into manageable pieces and devote a tiny increment of time to these task every day.
- Work on X for 30 min
- Research Y for 15 minutes
- Contact 2 people about Z
Move through the list line by line, and then less than an hour later you've earned the right to put a check in the boxes next to X, Y, and Z. No more blank "To Do Lists" taunting you with what you haven't accomplished, just visual proof of the steps that you've taken towards your goal.
It's good to have goals. It's great to write them down. But from one Penelope to another…what's the point of making a list if you can't check some stuff off today?
In addition to dreaming big and making lists, Alexis Anne shares ideas and inspiration for home organizing and design at her blog Clean, Smart, Simple, Style.
- Couldn't be more excited: my first guest post You can't see me, but I'm doing my Happy Dance....
- Sometimes making something pretty is the push you need I just heard from a reader who was excited that...
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After two or more Fibre Channel adapters are installed but only one is connected to a single set of disks, no problems occur. However, after another set of disks is attached to the second adapter, you may receive Stop 0xA error message with the following parameters:
BugCheckCode . . . . .0x0000000a
BugCheckParameter1 . .0x00000218
BugCheckParameter2 . .0x00000002
BugCheckParameter3 . .0x00000001
BugCheckParameter4 . .0x80420bb2
ExceptionCode. . . . .0x80000003
ExceptionFlags . . . .0x00000001
ExceptionAddress . . .0x8046617f
This error also occurs if any of the following devices from SCM are connected to the system:
1. Sandisk USB CF reader
2. Microtech USB Cameramate
3. Microtech ZIO-MMC (Multimedia card) reader
4. Zio-SD (Secure Digital) reader
5. USB-Smartmedia reader
This problem can occur after you apply the hotfix that is documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
259545After the IRP is allocated, the thread information is not set.
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/259545/EN-US/ )Windows 2000 Starts Slowly After Modifying SMART Drive Parameter
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ )How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
Date Time Version Size File name ------------------------------------------------------- 10/24/2000 09:09p 5.0:2195.2557 29,072 Ntoskrnl.exe
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ )Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
Article ID: 276409 - Last Review: March 26, 2012 - Revision: 4.0
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Ravens prevail in 'championship' game
Flacco: 'We came ready to play today"
The Ravens already were in the playoffs going into Sunday, but they didn't play like a team that was content.
They played hungry, desperate to end a three-game losing streak and prove they are a legitimate threat to make a run for a championship.
In routing the New York Giants 33-14 to win the AFC North and securing a home playoff game, they accomplished at least some of that.
"This was a championship game for us," running back Ray Rice said. "Solidify the home playoff game, back-to-back division champs. That's huge around here."
Quarterback Joe Flacco posted his most complete performance since Week 10, throwing for 309 yards, 2 touchdowns and not committing a turnover at M&T Bank Stadium.
Flacco engineered the no-huddle offense, which had been on hiatus under coordinator Cam Cameron who was fired two weeks ago, in near perfect fashion. He got the Ravens (10-6) out to a 14-0 lead by scoring on their first two drives.
After having six turnovers, two in each of the three-game losing streak, Flacco didn't have one Sunday. He completed 25-for-36 passes in a balanced attack.
"It turned out well. I don't know what to say besides that," said Flacco, who has set a single-season career record with 3,783 yards passing. "We operated pretty quickly, so if I had to pick one that, it would probably be that."
The Ravens had a pair of 100-yard rushers for the first time this season as rookie Bernard Pierce led the way with 123 on 14 carries and Rice added 107 on 24.
Anquan Boldin caught all 7 targets from Flacco, leading the receivers with 93 yards. Torrey Smith had 5 catches for 88 and a TD. Rice had 6 catches for 51 and a TD. Dennis Pitta had 4 for 56 yards.
There were more quick-hitting plays, including on a 5-yard toss to Torrey Smith on 3rd-and-goal, as coordinator Jim Caldwell mixed up the offense in his second game as the play-caller.
Rice had his first receiving TD of the season, taking a slant route 27 yards to put the Ravens ahead 24-7 going into halftime.
"We probably haven't seen as much of that with Ray. That's a route we run a lot. That's one of our base routes," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "It's nothing new to what we're doing, but obviously we got the ball to the middle of the field more today which was a good thing for us."
In a 34-17 loss to the Denver Broncos last week, the Ravens fell behind early on two turnovers by Flacco and couldn't get in sync on offense. Peyton Manning held the ball for 38 minutes.
They turned the tables vs. the Giants, winning the time-of-possession battle 39 to 21 minutes. After converting just 1 of 12 third downs last week, the Ravens made good on 11 of 18 and had 25 first downs.
A defense that has been burdened with injuries produced 3 sacks of Eli Manning, who only had been taken down 15 times all season. Haloti Ngata, Brendon Ayanbadejo and rookie Omar Brown did the honors for Baltimore.
"We couldn't get anything going. The Ravens did a very good job on defense," Manning said. "They put a lot of pressure on me and they gave us a lot of different looks. They made it hard for us. It's one thing to lose … but we didn't even give ourselves a chance today. We had no momentum. No spark."
Flacco got going just in time going into next week's regular-season finale at the Cincinnati Bengals that has no postseason implications. After completing only 55% of his passes during the losing streak, he at least has some breathing room.
"The quarterback position is a position that is going to be looked at and ripped apart the most and blow up the most," Flacco said. "It's not my job to really listen to it. … I believe in myself. I believe in this team."


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"We are very proud of the tremendous work that these two programs accomplish," said Winkenwerder. "They are programs that support our overall transformation efforts by advancing our capabilities to work collaboratively with other federal agencies and by helping to retain and grow the talent of our federal workforce."
TIMPO, which provides the military health system with computing and communications infrastructure, was selected for its Lab Interoperability Project with the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA), a project that demonstrated innovative and creative strategies resulting in streamlined business practices and greatly reduced costs.
The project provides the framework for the electronic transfer of medical information between the two agencies, thereby improving healthcare for veterans, active duty military personnel, retirees and family members. This information technology solution has the capacity and features necessary to become the national solution for sharing secure encrypted data between the VA and DoD for all interagency sharing agreements.
CAP, which provides assistive technology and services to people with disabilities within the federal government, was selected for its utilization of technology to quickly and easily fill the requests for accommodations equipment. CAP previously received these requests via mail and fax and would provide needs assessments during regular business hours. With its newly designed and greatly improved Web site, persons with disabilities can now complete the CAP accommodation process online.
This online submission allows the customer to conduct his/her own needs assessment and view a wide range of assistive technology solutions. It also assists in decreasing the time it takes to receive, enter and process the request. Since its inception, CAP has filled more than 30,000 requests for accommodations for individuals with visual, hearing, dexterity and cognitive disabilities for DoD and 53 other federal agencies.
"These two programs continue to leverage advances in technology to increase their ability to better serve the military health system, the Defense Department and the federal government," said James Reardon, chief information officer of the military health system. "We are pleased that they have been honored today."
Members of the TIMPO program office and CAP will be recognized at the Management of Change Conference, May 19-21, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, New Orleans, La.


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Topic: Charleroi vs Genk
Charleroi in seventh place. Have 4-2-1 so far at home.
Genk have 11-4-0 so far this season, and are playing good football. Two players are out on suspension for the visitors, who have three defeats in a row in similar meetings in previous seasons here.
Could end in a draw.


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NxtGenUG Fest07 is pleased to announce that Rafal Lukawiecki will be speaking at the event on the 23rd May 2007 in Microsoft Campus TVP in Reading.
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Richard Costall
Fest07 Keynote
What a crazy 12 months it has been for the NxtGenUG boys. Richard, Dave and John talk through the highlights of the first year of NxtGenUG. Launched on Good Friday, 14th April 2006, the guys have already rolled out over 20 podcasts, presented at conferences including TechED in Barcelona, interviewed some of the Microsoft greats and consumed far too much pizza...
Rafal Lukawiecki
Vista Security
Most up-to-date developers would readily recognise such attractive and visually innovative aspects of Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista as the Aero interface with Glass effects. It is very interesting to see that the deeper and more hidden aspects of this operating system contain an equal, if not greater amount of innovation and clever design – in a large part related to security. This session will give you a good overview of all of the new security features of Windows Vista stressing, where appropriate (e.g. UAC), any impact they may have on developers. As there are so many new features to mention, do not expect this session to go too hard in-depth on any but instead to be very fast paced and overflowing with content. If you are not familiar with this area, we promise that you will come out with a good understanding of why Windows Vista is most likely going to be Microsoft's most secure operating system yet, and, perhaps, one of the most secure systems around.
Mike Taulty
Mike Taulty on LINQ
In this session we'll take an interactive look at the new language features that are coming in C# V3.0 in order to bring querying into the language as a first class concept under the banner of "Language Integrated Query (LINQ)".
LINQ is the headline feature of the forthcoming Visual Studio codename "Orcas" and is going to have an impact on every developer of managed code post "Orcas" making it such a hot topic that we've devoted two presenters to leading you through what it is that LINQ gives you and how it works.
Daniel Moth
Daniel Moth on LINQ
In this session we'll take an interactive look at the new language features that are coming in C# V3.0 in order to bring querying into the language as a first class concept under the banner of "Language Integrated Query (LINQ)".
LINQ is the headline feature of the forthcoming Visual Studio codename "Orcas" and is going to have an impact on every developer of managed code post "Orcas" making it such a hot topic that we've devoted two presenters to leading you through what it is that LINQ gives you and how it works.
Rafal Lukawiecki
Software Development Paradigms
The concept of the session is to show the "big picture" of what we have achieved and where we are going. Starting with a brief look of the achievements of the 20th century (OO, Components, Modularity), Rafal will talk about the present model strongly lead by Microsoft's .NET Fx 3.0, that is Workflows, Connectivity and Security. From that, he will look at the near-term future of Service Brokers. Finally, he will develop the vision of the query-based development, suggesting that most software of the future is likely to be a managed function of a "super-search", or, in fact, where we all started in 1960s, lambda-calculus and declarative programming, closing another great cycle.
Lorna Brown
New Concepts for the Home
Lorna Brown of Microsoft Research Cambridge will be taking a look at what the future has in store for us in our homes ... The Socio-Digital Systems Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge is an interdisciplinary group, which brings together psychology, sociology, design, computer science and hardware engineering to address the problem of designing technology to support people in everyday life. In this we want to go beyond simple metaphors (such as bringing the desktop onto your computer screen) and instead exploit our familiarity and facility with the everyday world - the physical world and the social world - to inform the design of new technologies. One area of particular interest to this group is how technology can be used in the home.
In this talk I will present a number of new concepts for the home that we are currently exploring. These include the following concepts, along with many more (come along to find out about all the other exciting research we are doing)!:
Bubbleboard, a visual answering machine that enables people to see at a glance how many messages they have, who they were from and when they were left.
Digital Postcard: A display in the home which can receive and display MMS messages, allowing people to "push" images and text to different rooms in a house from outside the home. Messages can also be sent back via the postcard device.
TimeMill: a digitally augmented mirror and image display device, used to explore how visual image capture, tactile input, and aesthetically controlled image replay can provide a basis for reflection, evocation of place, and aesthetic wonder in a home setting.
Text-It-Notes: This paper-based text messaging system combines hand writing recognition software with some novel hardware to allow users to send text messages by simply writing them directly onto conventional Post-it Notes; the message itself is then converted into text automatically, and the recipient identified with a final stroke of the pen. Incoming SMS messages can also be printed onto small paper labels.
Oliver Sturm
Dynamic Languages and .NET
Last year Microsoft announced their future plans for dynamic language support in the .NET CLR, and existing projects like IronPython and PowerShell provide some insight into the application of dynamic principles to the .NET environment. In theory the distinction between static and dynamic languages is clear, but in today's programming world the lines are often blurred. Do we want to be Dynamic? Why? And what is it that Microsoft is going to do for us in that regard? The session shows practical examples and explains the status quo as well as the future plans.
Dave McMahon
Swaggily Fortunes
To end the day, can only mean one thing... A NxtGenUG Game Show! Dave and Rich come up with another unique (not) idea for a game show, which includes quiz questions and the usual off-loading of SWAG!
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