text: As title suggests, this will introduce the idea of gem dust, which is used as a spellcasting resource, similar to the rune system in Runescape if you ever played it (don't tell me about how horrible it is and stuff, that's not the point of this reference) So the main idea is to give gems a new use, in the form of spell-resources. Each gem is crafted into 50 sets of dust, and each color/gem represents an element you saw this coming Amethyst -> Dark/Purple/Black Dust : Corruption/Darkness Topaz -> Yellow Dust : Lightning/Light Sapphire -> Blue Dust: Water Emerald -> Green Dust: Nature Ruby -> Red Dust: Fire Diamond -> White Dust: Everything (It works as every single element) (These dusts are used in addition to the mana that is consumed when you cast the spell.) Of course, the above would not be complete without a handy list of spell suggestions, eh? Dark Spells: Dark Smog Image: A Black Branch Mana Cost: None Uses 1 dark dust Animation: Black vile powder Effect: This spell extinguishes light sources (it will break torches, candeliers, and other lighting, turn lava into obsidian, kill a player's orb of light, and "absorb/destroy" light). If it hits a mob, it deals minor damage but doesn't do anything else. If it hits a player, his screen will turn black, then fade back to normal over 5 seconds. Summon Undead Image: A Skull Mana Cost: 20 Uses three dark dust Animation: Summons a zombie, a skeleton, and a cave bat randomly around the player. They are hostile Lightning Spells: Lightning Strike Image: A talisman shaped like a lightning bolt Mana Cost: 25 Uses 1 Yellow Dust Effect: A piercing, near instant lightning strike pierces through the targetted location and deals high damage to enemies that get hit, also knocking them back by a huge amount. Has a slow refire rate, cannot be used underground. Orb of Light Uses 1 Yellow Dust Sparkles Image: Light flares Mana cost: 50 Uses 5 Yellow Dust Effect: Fills the surroundings of the user, including in solid objects, with sparkles of light. They last for 20 seconds before disappearing, and reveal nearly the entire screen. In addition, they deal minor damage to mobs when touched, but does not knock them back. Water Spells: Water Bolt Uses 1 Blue Dust Mana Cost reduced Bubble Image: 3 bubbles Mana Cost: 20 Uses 3 Blue Dust Effect: Summons a bubble around the player's head. The bubble will provide air to the player even in water. Bubbles will slowly trickle out of the bubble. Lasts 30 seconds. Glacier Image: A chunk of ice Mana Cost: 50 Uses 5 Blue Dust Effect: Summons a giant frost barrier in front of the player, 10 blocks tall. The barrier is a solid object, blocks/kills enemy projectiles, and takes 8 molten hammer hits to destroy. It will melt on its own after 20 seconds. Nature Spells: Razorleaf (Sorry for being unoriginal) Image: A leaf? Mana Cost: 15 Uses 1 Green Dust Animation: Sends 5 leaves positioned around the character evenly flying at the target spot. Does not pierce, but the leaves will not knock back the enemy upon a successful hit. Slow refire rate Healing Aura Image: A sparkling herb Mana Cost: 100 Uses 3 Green Dust Animation: Summons a cloud of green smoke, 5 x 8 thick, which grants 10 health regen (half a heart) per second to everything standing within it. Lasts for 20 seconds. Heals enemies as well, so be careful where you use it! (Does not follow the user) Can be casted repeatedly for stacking effect if you have enough mana. Earth Spikes Image: A brown, roughly-edged shuriken-shaped talisman. Mana Cost: 30 Uses 3 Green Dust Animation: A number of dark, brown spikes protrude out of the surrounding dirt (up to 10 blocks radius away) at random, one every 0.5 seconds. Lasts 5 seconds, can protrude from the same tile multiple times. Fire Spells Flamethrower Image: A red tube Mana Cost: 20 Uses 1 Fire Dust Animation: Water sceptre, but firey and further range. Summon Meteor Image: A burning rock Mana Cost: 75 Uses 5 Fire Dust Animation: Causes a medium sized burning rock to fall out of the sky, similar to the starfury. At the impact location, it will explode, dealing AOE damage and leaving a single block of meteorite behind. Red Snail Image: A flaming shell Mana Cost: 10 Uses 1 Fire Dust Animation: A slow moving blob of fire travels along the ground in front of the user, leaving behind a path of burning fire for 3 seconds. It disappears after moving 5 blocks. Deals high damage when it directly touches an enemy, but the resultant burning path deals low damage. Please leave your feedback and thoughts!


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Radoslaw Czerkawski, the man arrested for the torture and maiming of a young female pit bull affectionately dubbed "Puppy Doe", appeared in Dedham District Court today for a pretrial conference. Defense Attorney John Gibbons told the judge he is filing motions to dismiss for both the larceny and animal abuse charges.
Czerkawski's defense team has been granted 30 days to file the motions and the prosecuting team has 30 days after that to respond to the motions. The next pretrial conference is scheduled for July 14, 2014. Czerkawski remains in custody.
Further, the Defense requested to try the larceny and animal abuse cases separately. The Prosecution did not object.
Sandra Lee, true crime writer and investigative journalist, was present for the pretrial conference and described Czerkawski as "slimmed down and shackled."
Czerkawski has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty in the Puppy Doe case. At the end of August, a pit bull mix puppy was found in Quincy, Mass. near death. After much investigation, it was discovered that the dog had been sold on Craigslist to Czerkawski and then endured three months of torture before being dumped at the Whitwell Street playground. Injuries included dislocated joints from being pulled, broken bones from repeated abuse, burns, stabbings, starvation and a tongue cut to look like a serpent's. Her horrific injuries were so extensive, she had to be euthanized.
Puppy Doe news:
Puppy Doe to be immortalized as a limited edition handmade figurine
Puppy Doe animal abuse case to be made into a documentary
Radoslaw Czerkawski to be held on no bail; Puppy Doe will see justice
Puppy Doe's abuser leaves behind a string of crimes
Radoslaw Czerkawski, Puppy Doe's abuser, indicted in Superior Court
In other news:
Rescued dog from Blackstone goes missing hours after surgery
Neglected senior dog returned to owner; Chelmsford woman faces charges
Missouri man killed by car trying to save dog

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Wreath Season Approach's At Jen's Wreaths
Wreath season is just around the corner, and the hustle and bustle in our household…
Looking for family holiday ideas? When planning to take the kids away, you'll want to choose somewhere with plenty to keep them occupied. The world is full of diverse destinations, where you can find a broad range of unusual and exciting activities.
Here are our picks of some of the best family holiday destinations:
Combine seaside fun with adventure in the Mediterranean island of Corsica. With the wealth of sandy white beaches there's already loads of activities for the family to enjoy, with the standard seaside sandcastle-building and water sports on offer.
But away from the beaches, there are a great many family friendly activities to add a touch of excitement to your break, from coastal train, boat and donkey rides for families with little ones to mountain biking and horse riding for older children.
Pyrenees Action
Families travelling to the Pyrenees nestled between Spain and France, will have no shortage of action and adventure.
From stunning walks around the beautiful Siscaro Lakes and the Incles Valley, to mountain biking through the Cortals Valley and downhill into Spain, and white-water rafting down Sort's world-class rivers, you'll get the adrenaline pumping and be sure to tire the kids out before bedtime.
Zulu Warriors & Wildlife in South Africa
The Zulu Warriors tour around the north eastern corner of South Africa, it suitable for all the family (over the age of six), and takes you round the many fascinating game reserves, including the Krueger National Park.
You will also visit the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre when you can get up close to some fascinating species, a crocodile farm, and Shaka's Kraal where you can experience Zulu culture first hand.
The tour begins in Johannesburg and ends on the sprawling white sands of Durban to top off your action-packed break with some well-deserved beach R&R.
America by Motorhome
If you can afford to take the time off, this is a really fantastic way of spending the summer holidays with your kids.
Motorhomes these days come with really great facilities, and though there's a lot of driving around involved, there's no shortage of scenery and plenty of space for the kids to play games or watch DVDs in the back.
Perhaps the most alluring aspect of this kind of holiday is the freedom. If you find a place that you and the kids love, stay for a bit longer and explore everything there is to see before moving on. You're free to go wherever you want.
Plus, there's no need to pack when you're ready to move on!
A Disney Cruise
Children love Disney, and on a fun-packed Disney cruise, there's a wealth of exciting activities to keep the whole family happy.
On a Disney cruise families can look forward to:
And whilst the kids are off being entertained by the excellent cruise staff and youth co-ordinators, parents are free to enjoy the fantastic spa facilities, heated pools, romantic restaurants and bars.
This article was contributed by Laura Moulden on behalf of Cheapcruises.com; visit their website for more information about the range of fantastic cruises on offer.
Disney is the one cruise I still want to do (I was undecided about a cruise, but have pretty much opted for nah, except the Disney Cruises) but they're sooo expensive! Maybe someday we'll do it though, perhaps when the grand gets old enough to enjoy it. 😉
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Conserving the Future
Here is a digital copy of Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation.
Below are some helpful tools to help spread the word on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's vision for the National Wildlife Refuge System!
Presentation (PowerPoint) – This presentation provides an overview of the vision and implementation. You can also view the presentation in SlideShare if you have a SlideShare account.
Friends Webinar Presentation (YouTube) - The vision implementation coordinator for Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation hosted three Friends webinars to inform and engage Friends of the National Wildlife Refuge System in the renewed vision process it began in 2011. This video offers an overview of the webinar for those who could not make the live webinars. There is also a PowerPoint Presentation on the Friends Webinar as well.
Fact Sheets
Conserving the Future Fact Sheet- Check out this new fact sheet that summarizes the vision process and implementation of the vision.
Friends Fact Sheet - Here is another new fact sheet on the role of Friends in the implementation process of Conserving the Future!
Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative Fact Sheet - A fact sheet on the Recommendation 13 in Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation
Hunting, Fishing, & Outdoor Recreation Fact Sheet - A fact sheet on Recommendations 17 and 18 in Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation.
Cover Image of Conserving the Future - Right click on the image to the left to download a copy of a graphic of the vision document's cover to use for the web or other publications to help promote Conserving the Future.
Vision Recommendations- Here is a list of the 24 Recommendations found within Conserving the Future.
Executive Summary - Here is a pull-out of the Executive Summary found in Conserving the Future for digital viewing or for printing on 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Download this version for a format you can use for 11″ x 17″ paper, double-sided for a single handout.
Video Montage – Click to view a video montage of quotes from the Conserving the Future Conference included in the vision document. Visit our YouTube Channel to view other videos.
Strategic Illustrations – Click to see the six visuals that were created at the Conserving the Future conference.
Digital Illustration – Click to see the final digital illustration that can be found in the back of Conserving the Future, or view the image in the Flickr slideshow on the right.
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After a very successful youth camp in the morning. We all, Israel and Turkey, headed together on one bus to Ashkelon Stadium to play our 2nd annual friendly between the two national teams. Israel came to Istanbul, Turkey on June 15 2012 and won the first annual 13-9. This year Israel scored 13 once again but we were only able to put 6 in the cage. Despite our second loss to Israel, I am forever proud of my boys.
The Turkey National team comprised of mostly 16-year-olds with roughly 2 years of lacrosse experience and very little actual game play. They stood firm and tall against Israel, who is comprised mostly of guys in their early twenties who have 10 plus years experience and most of them play ball either formerly or currently in NCAA Division I through III. My Turkish players learned a lot from the Israeli players during this game and also the entire trip.
Turkey and Israel decided in 2012 to play each other every year and traveling to each other's nations every other year. The 2014 game will be in Denver, Co right before the FIL World Lacrosse Championships at the University of Denver.
Photos were taken by Larry Palumbo and Gilda Haskell Rottman (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
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Initial reports are that at least one trailer has rolled on the Karara-Leyburn Rd, with many injured cattle in the process of being destroyed.
It is understood that the driver, employed by a Taroom-based company, is unhurt.
Volunteers are moving to the scene to assist with removing trapped cattle from trailers.
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Barbara Cooper-Jones serves as Senior Vice President of the Office of Enterprise Data & Technology Solutions. Joining Ginnie Mae in November 2011, Ms. Cooper-Jones brings to the team more than 25 years of experience in transforming information management environments and building long-term partnerships with business and technology stakeholders. In her current role, she is responsible for defining and developing enterprise-wide strategies to ensure the ongoing and future alignment of Ginnie Mae's operations and technology across the enterprise business model and all business operations. In addition, Ms. Cooper-Jones is working to define and develop strategies for all mortgage loan/MBS-related technology and data management-related design and development activities.
Prior to joining Ginnie Mae, Ms. Cooper-Jones was the Assistant Vice President of Enterprise Program Management in National IT at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond where she led large-scale program management review of the Reserve Banks' business and technology architectures. Ms. Cooper-Jones was also responsible for providing architectural direction in order to ensure that the Reserve Banks met National IT's technology standards. Her clients included many of the twelve Reserve Banks including the Financial Support Office, Cash Product Office, Office of Statistics and Reserves and Customer Relations Support Office.
Before her time at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Ms. Cooper-Jones served as Vice President of Enterprise Data Technology at Fannie Mae from 2004 to 2007. In this role, Ms. Cooper-Jones led long-range strategic planning and day-to-day activities for the corporation's Single and Multi-family data warehouse and marts in support of Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting and Research and Analytics. While at Fannie Mae, Ms. Cooper-Jones also defined and implemented the first generation data governance program and developed a Corporate Data Strategy. Prior to that, she led data integration and hardware, software and infrastructure operations as a director in the Data Warehouse Technology group. In addition, she has held numerous other leadership positions throughout her prestigious career at CSC (formerly DynCorp Viar), Credit Card Services Corporation, Potomac Electric Power Company and Arthur Andersen & Co.
Ms. Cooper-Jones received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Virginia State University. She has also completed a host of leadership development programs and executive coaching courses, and served as both a formal and informal mentor in the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Fannie Mae's Corporate Mentor Programs. In addition, she has been a featured speaker at Gartner and The Data Warehouse Institute conferences.
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I know it is hard to believe, but there are now just 35 days until the start of the 2010 hurricane season! If Drs. Gray and Klotzbach at Colorado State are correct... it will be a very active season. With their April 7th Forecast they predicted....
They also predicted a 45% chance of a major hurricane making landfall from the Florida panhandle to Texas! The historic average is just 34%.
Regardless of how many storms we end up seeing... it only takes 1 storm to devastate a community and the people who call it home. Remember hurricane Andrew in 1992? 1992 was a very quiet season statistically, but tell that to the folks in S. Florida.
Now is the time to prepare!! Now is the time to get ready to keep you, your family, and your property safe if a storm does threaten our coastline.
As a result, WJHG is doing a HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS TOUR in 4 area counties.
Although we are making just 4 stops... I hope you will consider coming to one of those stops even if you live in another county.
The exact list of speakers for each location is still being finalized, but I guarantee you that there will be plenty of new things for us to talk about and plenty of opportunties for you to ask the experts questions.
Plus... there will even be some door prizes!!! How can you not come now?!?!? :-)
So, I hope you will consider coming out to meet us, learn about what to expect this season, and find out what has changed since last year!!
I look forward to meeting you!
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For the second year, Omaha Performing Arts presents the beloved free summer series Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing. This dynamic outdoor concert series will run the six consecutive Thursdays following the Fourth of July, from July 7 to August 11, 2011 and is located in Turner Park, conveniently situated in the heart of Midtown Crossing.
Omaha's own seventeen-piece ensemble Omaha Big Band will present their classic Big Band, toe-tapping swing on Thursday, July 21. The group performs a variety of Big Band styles, from classic Glenn Miller to contemporary Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and everything in between. Under the direction of trombonist Chris Acker, the group includes five saxophonists, four trombonists, four trumpeters and four members of the rhythm section. Omaha Big Band supports the Omaha Musicians Association by performing concerts as part of clinics and master classes for students of all ages.
The high-energy Sugar Thieves return to Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing this year, playing their sultry blues and danceable grooves Thursday, July 28. One of Phoenix Valley's brightest up-and-coming bands, they won the Arizona Blues Competition two years in a row and were 2009 finalists in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. The Sugar Thieves have a fresh, new style, high-energy showmanship and a song list that brings together music enthusiasts of all ages.
With a mix of smooth jazz and urban funk melodies, Omaha-based Steve Raybine will play at Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing on Thursday, August 4. Described as a virtuoso vibraphonist, percussionist and composer/arranger, Raybine performs contemporary jazz music, which incorporates urban funk, rhythm and blues, pop and Latin music elements. Raybine has taught Jazz Studies and Percussion at universities for over 10 years, with lectures and performances featured on Nebraska Public Radio and Nebraska Educational Television. Raybine has played local festivals and venues in Nebraska, including the West Omaha Jazz and Gospel Festival and the Omaha Riverfront Jazz and Blues Festival.
The Thursday, August 11 finale will feature the boogie woogie swing sounds of Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums featuring Carmen Getit. The San Francisco Bay Area-based group has been called "instant crowd favorites" by the San Francisco Blues Festival and "consummate musicians and entertainers" by New York City's Lincoln Center. The group shines before a live audience, bringing an intense energy and sheer personal magnetism to the stage. They've earned a reputation as captivating entertainers with "superior musicianship" (Downbeat), engaging audiences at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Half Note Jazz Club in Athens, Greece, the San Francisco Blues Festival, as the house band at the Derby in Hollywood and hundreds of nightclubs, festivals and performing arts centers around the world.
Concerts for Omaha Performing Arts presents Jazz on the Green at Midtown Crossing are free to the public. No reservations or tickets are needed. The venue opens at 5:00 p.m. and performances start at 7:00 p.m.


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Remains of slain Arizona woman found in Texas
PRESCOTT, AZ - Authorities say the body of a woman last seen in Camp Verde five years ago has been found in Texas.
The Daily Courier reported Tuesday that Yavapai County Sheriff's detectives last week located the remains of 65-year-old Kristal Forest in the desert outside of El Paso, Texas.
Sheriff's officials say 60-year-old Robert Reed was indicted last year for killing Forest and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last month.
Authorities say he then told investigators where to find her body.
At the time of her March 2009 disappearance, Forest was in the process of moving from Cottonwood to Austin, Texas.
Reed allegedly was helping Forest with her move and her empty trailer was found at a Las Cruces, New Mexico storage yard in April 2009.


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Using color damages a Sister's realm. The damage is smaller per point if the color is poisonous to her, and bigger per point if it is a favored color. The implications for farming are clear: infuse trees with poisonous color to mitigate realm damage.
What about combat? Aside from realm damage, is the power of the colors affected as well? Do ten points of a favored color have the same amount of attack power as ten points of a nature-friendly, poisonous color? Does the duration of golems or other glyphs depend on color type as well as the amount used?


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April 17, 2006-- Home Textiles Today,
Greensboro, N.C. — David Wright has joined JLA Home Fabrics as chief operating officer, a new post.
Wright, formerly general manager of Sunham Home Fashions, reports to George Kerr, JLA Home Fabrics president. He is based here, but will spend half of his time in China, Kerr said. All operating personnel of JLA Home Fabrics in China report to Wright.
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That the family of this kid writes this below?:
Aaron's death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney's office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 years in prison, to punish an alleged crime that had no victims. Meanwhile, unlike JSTOR, MIT refused to stand up for Aaron and its own community's most cherished principles.
via Official Statement from the family and partner of Aaron Swartz – Remember Aaron Swartz.
But, yet, progressives still want and advocate for big Government. This just does not make any sense to me, at all. When will the progressives finally wake and realize that the Government, is not your friend at all. Most likely, when it is too late and ALL of our freedoms are taken from us.
Others: Associated Press, Firedoglake, GigaOM, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Guardian, Taylor Marsh, The Moderate Voice, Politico, Unhandled Exception, Wonkblog, BuzzMachine, Making Light, Boing Boing and TechCrunch, Crooks and Liars, The Adventures …, Mashable!, Blue Mass Group and The Moderate Voice


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Japan's economy is boosted by attempts to avoid a 3% tax rise, now expected to hurt appetite for goods in the current quarter.
07:03, UK, Thursday 15 May 2014
Japan's economy grew at its fastest rate for almost three years in the first quarter as firms and consumers rushed to beat the implementation of a sales tax rise.
Official figures showed GDP growth at an annualised rate of 5.9% - or 1.5% on the previous quarter.
Economists suggested the performance was mostly down to efforts to avoid extra tax.
Japan raised its sales tax to 8% from 5% on April 1 and the move is expected to have resulted in a quarter-on-quarter GDP contraction in the current quarter though a quick rebound is forecast for the second half of the year.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took office in 2012, has sought to get Japan's growth back on track through a combination of heavy government spending, ultra-loose monetary policy and economic reforms.
His so-called "Abenomics" formula is credited with boosting corporate profits and helping Japan escape from a long-time deflationary rut.
Price increases are slowly moving toward a 2% official inflation target, thanks to the flood of money in the economy and to higher costs for imports due to a weakening in the Japanese yen.
The recovery in the US and Europe may help Japan increase exports, so far an area that has lagged expectations as soaring import costs for energy, food and industrial components have outpaced increases in demand for Japanese products overseas.
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*"She's here," Joel said that crisp and sunny fall Saturday morning while sliding from behind the wheel of his family's brand new 1966 Dodge Dart. "She got here late last night. Y'all can see her this evening if y'all still want to." Of course, we wanted to see her. Andre and I agreed that Miss … Continue reading Steven Ivory: Miss Evans' Last (Spooky) Lesson
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*The words of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, infused hope and inspiration to the mixed masses in a most profound way. Now almost 50 years later the profundity of that speech remains a brilliant evergreen benchmark as we look around and still see the "flames of … Continue reading The Substance of a Speech, the Hope of a Dream


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This is my favorite time of year. It's the harvest season. Sandwiched in between a hotter-than hot record setting heat wave last week, and the triple-digit forecast for next week, LA is giving us a little taste of fall with rainy dark days and cool, crisp nights. It's this kind of weather that always causes me to move back into the kitchen and search for a good cookbook.
I love to go to the Farmers Market. LA has so many good, neighborhood farmers markets where you can buy fresh local (California-grown) produce. Just a couple of weeks ago, I got some delicious white-and-yellow corn that had been grown on fields in Encino! Who'd a thunk it?
I find myself wandering through the cookbook section of bookstores in October to find out what the newest recipes are. Check out "West Coast Cooking" by Greg Atkinson for the latest on how California cooks are still setting trends. We're more than just a gathering of food trucks.
If you love food but you'd rather spend a rainy day in front of the fire with a good book than in the kitchen, a great new read from Allegra Goodman called "The Cookbook Collector," may be just what you're looking for this harvest season. For Jane Austen-lovers, the book uses the framework of "Sense & Sensibility" to tell its gentle and engrossing tale.
And just in case you don't get the urge to be in the kitchen when the weather turns cold, I've got a suggestion for you -- "The I Hate To Cook Book." It's a vintage classic from the 1960s that's just been reissued. The author, Peg Bracken, will charm cooks and non-cooks alike with her wit and sarcasm.


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KILLEEN (August 20, 2014) A Killeen man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to robbing a Killeen bank in July 2013 and was set for sentencing.
Anthony Xavier Taylor, 31, pleaded guilty before 426th District Court Judge Fancy Jezek and the judge set him for sentencing on September 30.
Aggravated robbery is a first degree felony and is punishable by up to 99 years or life in prison.
An affidavit introduced in court says an armed man walked into the Broadway National Bank, at Fort Hood Street and Central Texas Expressway and demanded cash from three tellers.
The man, who was wearing gloves, a mask and sunglasses, fled the bank in a red Nissan pick up truck after stuffing an undetermined amount of money into a backpack.
A locator in the cash packet led police to the truck which was abandoned in a grocery store parking lot on Trimmier Road.
Taylor was arrested after a traffic stop when police found a glove matching one seen in surveillance video and a $20 bill that had a serial number matching one of those that was stolen from the bank.


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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Baha today. President Mubarak is on a one-day visit to the Kingdom.
The two leaders discussed the crises in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories and ways to stop the continuing Israeli aggression. They also reviewed other international issues as well as bilateral cooperation.
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I have $f_k(x)=kx-\lfloor kx \rfloor$, where $k\in \mathbb N$ and $x\in\{0,1\}$ and $x\in \mathbb Q$. When I plug in some numbers it seems obvious that $$ f_k(x)+f_k(1-x)=1 $$ for example $k=28, x=\frac{21}{38}$ gives $$ 28\frac{21}{38} - \lfloor 28\frac{21}{38} \rfloor + 28\frac{17}{38} - \lfloor 28\frac{17}{38} \rfloor = \frac{294}{19} - 15 + \frac{238}{19} - 12 = \frac{532}{19} -27=1 $$ but I have trouble to prove this in general. I get $$ (x+(1-x))k-\lfloor kx\rfloor - \lfloor k(1-x)\rfloor=k -\lfloor kx\rfloor- \lfloor k(1-x)\rfloor $$ How to continue?
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Continuing your calculation: \begin{align}k-\lfloor kx\rfloor-\lfloor k-kx\rfloor=k-\lfloor kx\rfloor-k-\lfloor-kx\rfloor=-\lfloor-kx\rfloor-\lfloor kx\rfloor=\lceil kx\rceil-\lfloor kx\rfloor\end{align} So it's $0$ if $kx\in\mathbb Z$, else it's $1$.
$f_k(x) = \{kx\}$. Then let $f_k(x) = a$. Note that $f_k(1-x) = \{k(1-x)\} = \{-kx\} = \{1-kx\}$ since $\{k\} = 0$ so the result follows.


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Back in July of 2013, we had the privilege of meeting with construction executives and many power users for the Trimble Buildings portfolio products like WinEst, Prolog, and Vico Office. It was a real pleasure spending the week in Vail, Colorado, discussing the new and better ways our software products, and more importantly, our Trimble company, can help make a difference in efficiency, mobility, and profitability. Our secluded setting really allowed us to listen to what customers had to say about our products and hear their suggestions on how we could improve them. The advisory board setting helped us develop some clever solutions that better serve our user community.
Case in point. The latest release of Vico Office, R4.7, incorporates three of the ideas from the wish list sessions with our power users. Here we'll explain just a few of the enhancements that our long-time users will recognize and appreciate!
Location copying. A key benefit of Vico Office is the ability to create location breakdowns for the 3D model to get quantities and costs per location. (#TrimbleTip: see the Costs per Location Report in Step 4 of the Cost Planner video training.) The locations are oftentimes repetitive, such as what you might find in an office building or apartment project. Prior to R4.7, users would create each location manually and replicate them again and again for each floor, which we heard was a bit of a repetitive and low-value task. So in R4.7 we added location copying to make this much easier. Now users can duplicate the LBS structure through many floor levels with a simple copy/paste action. After copying locations, a quick batch activation (introduced in R4.6) provides updated quantities for the tallest of buildings in the shortest amount of time. (For those of you who attended the Denver AGC BIMForum on prefabrication solutions, this is a tremendous time saver for repetitive buildings.)
Reference planes and document scaling. Document Controller users will love this drag and drop feature that connects the 2D document register to the 3D reference planes. (A #TrimbleTip is to use the project LBS for quick creation of the reference planes – see how to create the LBS in the Schedule Planner video tutorial.) Now, users can map all their 2D drawings to the correct reference plane with great ease and get right into comparing the 2D drawings and the 3D model. After all, we all know that the 2D documents are the contract and how important it is to ensure that our 3D model matches them for estimating, scheduling, and layout purposes.
Tags fields in Takeoff Manager. Customers have grown to love tags for creating all the additional data fields we can dream of to sort and report from our projects. Now, we can apply Tags to takeoff items for tracking information such as the LOD from our Model Progression Specification. Tags can now be used to automate the estimating and scheduling deliverables coming from Vico Office as we visually inspect our models with them. We've also added the ability to drag and drop the takeoff quantities directly into the cost plan once your done inspecting the model. Et voilà! Our downstream estimating and scheduling level of detail is in synch with the model level of detail. (A #TrimbleTip: review Step 5 – Creating Tags in Vico Office in the video training series!)
Check out the video below to see how it all works together...
Now as teams are coming back from the holiday break, we thought we would remind you to check with your License Administrator for the Vico Office 4.7 download link so you can get up and running with the latest functionality. If you need any assistance with the download link, just let us know – we are more than happy to help your team. You do not need a new license file – just the download link which was delivered to your license administrator – the Vico Office R4.0 license remains valid for all R4.x releases.
Each of our Trimble Buildings solutions are striving to meet your needs. This Vico Office release represents invaluable customer input, so please keep the great ideas coming.
Caption: Sometimes you gotta get down and dirty to come up with the best ideas. We can't wait for our next Executive Round Table and Customer Advisory Board meetings.
One of our colleagues here in the Trimble Salem office, Pete DiNardo, plays in a hockey league on the weekends. Inevitably at lunch, we'll hear the latest stories about the "thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." Then, after we've finished eating, we'll get the blow-by-blow of the latest gruesome injury on the team. (So, if you are eating or drinking something right now, just set it down to the side.)
Here's Pete's list of horrible injuries on the ice:
A high ankle break in the skate
A puck to the mouth and chicklets on the ice
One of his teammates accidentally swallowed his mouthguard (after the puck to the face, thank goodness he was wearing one!) and they had to do a tracheotomy on the ice to get him breathing
One guy was standing in the penalty box as another teammate was climbing in – the climber's skate found the void between the leg pad and knee pad. The first guy didn't even know he had been sliced until he tried to skate out
Most pucks come screaming at your face head on. One puck flew perpendicular to the teammate's face and sliced through his nose and cartilage creating a divot where his nose should have been
When the paramedics get to the rink they race to the fallen teammate and get him ready for transport to the hospital. They always ask the same question, "On a scale of 1 to 10, where would you rate your pain level?" You know as well as I do that all of these injuries rate a clear and resounding 11. But the injured guys try to brush it off. They don't want to call attention to it – they just want it taken care of so they can be home watching football later that afternoon.
Now we all agree with Pete's wife that he should find another sport to play. But doesn't this same thing happen out on the jobsite? We can always get a project done, but aren't some harder than others? Isn't the level of pain on some projects so much greater than others? And sometimes we can't even explain why. Was it good/bad plans, team, subs, pre-planning, coordination, layout, change order management, document control, as-builts, warranty. . .?
Trimble Buildings has a set of solutions for general contractors and construction managers that effectively ratchets down the pain on every project.
SketchUp makes it so easy to communicate the original idea into plans and models that each stakeholder can understand. In the early discussions, this helps the design team and GC focus on what the Owner is really after and gets everyone speaking the same language.
Tekla Structures is the de facto solution for firms who self-perform concrete and steel because it's the only modeling platform designed to go rebar-deep out to the gusset plates and bolts. And with Tekla BIMsight, all stakeholders can gather around the model to work on coordination. This certainly helps take a complex building process and helps us break it down into manageable chunks.
Laser scanning allows us to create construction documentation where there might not have been any available. Whether it is slicing through a 3D point cloud to create 2D drawings or modeling right on top of the point cloud, we can quickly fill a void and get to work.
Vico Office takes all these 3D inputs from SketchUp, Tekla, laser scanning, plus Revit and ArchiCAD, and compares them to the 2D contract drawings – literally sliding the drawing into the model! After the 2D and 3D are coordinated, we can do quantity takeoff which drives the 4D schedule and 5D estimate. Doesn't that take the project pain down a notch or two – having the drawings and models synched, having construction-caliber quantities by location, having a more predictable location-based schedule, and having a highly-visual cost plan integrated with the model?
PEs, Supers, and Crew Chiefs can plot critical points for sleeves, deck elevations, framing, hangers and bracings, pipe runs, slab edges, anchor bolts, embeds, etc. and shoot them onsite with the Robotic Total Station. This certainly alleviates the pain of waiting for another sub to fit us into their schedule, getting items installed in the correct location the first time, plus it gives us the flexibility to do quality checks on any location at any time with accurate as-builts.
WinEst alleviates project pain with a powerful estimating solution for construction firms. The robust database is hidden behind an easy-to-use Excel-like interface so estimators feel right at home. With WinEst your team can do manual and/or virtual quantity takeoff, examine work at any point in time, create what-if scenarios, summarize costs per category (including mark-ups and indirect costs), add default labor rates and equipment costs, and create project-type estimate templates to help standardize your department.
Prolog helps us manage the routing and commentary on all RFIs and Issues, even allowing us to supplement the discussion with photos and videos from the jobsite. Plus the cost controlling features help us manage cash in and out on a project. The pain level is always lower when we know we're above water.
Laser scanning the as-built conditions and quality checking the measurements is the last step in verifying that the design intent has been achieve on the site. And we can all breathe a sigh of relief that we've delivered the project as promised.
Think of Modelogix as an answer machine when it comes time to create new feasibility budgets and estimates for the next project. Simply look up all similar projects, normalize for geographic cost differences and inflation, and start building out your next estimate certain that you're not missing any scope.
We all know that the pain from projects can lead to turn over of critical employees, lost money/time/quality, and bitter relationships with other stakeholders including the owners, designers and subcontractors. Trimble Buildings take common project chokepoints and makes them easier to manage. After all, we're builders, too – so we know exactly where the pain is and designed our solutions to alleviate those flare-ups.
There's no need to put on a brave face and swallow the pain like Pete's teammates. Be honest and tell us, on a scale of 1 to 10, where's your level of pain? We can show you a targeted solution that helps make your projects fun again…just like playing hockey on the weekends.
You have probably seen our invitations for our Modelogix webinars. We believe it's an extraordinary complement to your estimating department and hope you'll download the recorded webinar learn more about it. Our customers use Modelogix to collect and organize all past project data to use on new feasibility budgets and bids. Consider being able to slice and dice estimating data from similar projects, normalize the data for inflation and geographic price differences, and then check scope and variances. Every great estimate starts with a great project in Modelogix.
If you haven't already signed up for the webinar, we really just have two questions for you:
1.) Is this how you archive your past project data?
2.) How's that working out for you?
Show us a contractor who's busy trying to win new work and deliver it for their clients and we'll find an organization who wishes they could easily access their ocean of past project data. Because until now, the filing cabinet has been holding all past estimates and completed project data.
Modelogix is the first solution that harnesses your past project data: what you've built; how you built it; where you built it; materials, labor, equipment; actual costs -- so you can leverage it on your next bid.
Modelogix is the linchpin of the Trimble Buildings construction solutions and we want to show you why.
My first car was a navy blue '72 Ford Maverick. (A lot of you are nodding, "Niiiiice – that's a good tank of a car for a teenager.")
Of course, my Mom insisted on the drivers' education class to get a discount on the car insurance. She also taught me how to jack up the car and change the tires. And we practiced how to use the jumper cables – she even made me write out a cheat sheet to have in the glove compartment. Remember that this was all in the time before cell phones – so these skills were clutch.
It's been almost 30 years since that Maverick. Now my car emails me when its own onboard computer system detects a glitch or we pass over a mileage milestone for service. A lot has changed. But with the snowy New England winter coming on, those basic skills like jumping a car and changing a flat still come inhandy.
That's how it is with construction software programs these days, too. We need the basic set-up skills so we can get to the cool stuff. In many cases, we were in such a rush to deploy the system that we skipped over some of the workflow set-up and now we're not sure how to go back and fix it.
This Fridays with Trimble webinar is that refresher course – that "under the hood" training that's so important. We go through basics like how to configure the Prolog dashboard with cool things like the project webcam and weather and basics like role-based security. We see how easy it is to add video to our Issues routing, but we'll also see how to set up that routing in the first place. And we see how easy it is to cull data from your project portfolio…if you set up your database correctly.
We know everyone loves using Prolog to keep projects organized and have all the information you need to know delivered directly to you. But for this episode of Fridays with Trimble, wel pop the hood and see how it's all connected. Download the recorded webinar and watch it at a time that's convenient for you.
And be sure to catch up with these other Prolog webinars, too:
Webinar: What's New in Prolog 9.7
Webinar: Collaboration at the Speed of Prolog
Webinar: The New Estimating Lifecycle (Modelogic, WinEst, and Prolog)
We hope everyone made it back safely from last week's BIMForum in Denver!
It was so great to meet everyone at the Trimble Welcome Reception on Monday night and then learn more about the conference theme of prefabrication and modularization in the sessions. In getting ready for the conference ourselves, we looked back on some of our favorite case studies, three of which have to do with our own headquarters in Westminster, CO. Please take a look at these four different case studies on the topic, plus a new MPS LOD Playbook:
Steel Case Study featuring Tekla Structures and the Robotic Total Station
Trimble's new four-story, 125,000 SF office building in Westminster, CO consisted of a structural steel design with concrete elevator and stair cores for bracing and seismic compliance. This prefabrication case study highlights the use of Tekla Structures and the Trimble Robotic Total Station (RTS) to achieve complete accuracy in the placement of anchor bolts and embeds. Also check out the great video featuring a column set in place with vertical plumb within 1/8 of true 90 degree vertical.
Concrete Case Study featuring Tekla Structures and the Robotic Total Station
The new Trimble Westminster campus was built with 29 different Trimble construction solutions. This case study examines the use of Tekla Structures and the Robotic Total Station (RTS) to speed the 100% accurate installation of concrete, rebar, and anchor bolts.
Exterior Framing and Glazing Case Study featuring SketchUp Pro
This prefabrication case study focuses on exterior framing and glazing on the new Trimble Westminster campus. The project team utilized SketchUp Pro, Tekla Structures, and the Robotic Total Station to aid in prefabrication andinstallation. All in all, 139 panels went up and fit within ¼" tolerance before the winter weather set in.
Virtual Mock-Up Study featuring Trimble VDC Services
The St. Joseph Mission Hospital project exemplifies teamwork. Starting with a virtual mock-up of a complicated steel, glass, and fireproofing material intersection, the team determined the best approach for the exoskeleton structure and saved $1.8M in prefabrication costs.
And finally, we created a new LOD Playbook featuring the primitives you'll need when deploying the MPS on a new construction project. The packet contains the 60+ page playbook, as well as a recorded webinar detailing how to use the primitives during modeling, scheduling, and estimating.
We can't wait to see everyone again in Boston for the Spring BIMForum!
Most folks at Trimble know that I like to run and I like to race even more. I wasn't born with speed, but I am tough as an ox and I like to think that I can "Orel Hershisher" my way into the top ten. (For those of you outside the US, Orel Hershisher was an amazing baseball pitcher, not known for the speed of the pitches, but rather for studying each and every batter's weakness and placing the ball exactly where they couldn't hit it. His smarts made his athletic abilities more dangerous.)
That being said, I like to over-study for big races. I used to print out the elevation profiles and then map out where the water stations would be, which ones I would stop at, etc. Then I got even smarter. I bought a treadmill with Google Maps so I could draw out the race course and run it several times before I raced it – the treadmill automatically responding to the elevation changes in the road with the added bonus of seeing the road from their street view technology. Now I know when I get past the gas station, the road turns up to the right with a 4.1% incline that lasts for 0.6 mile. That's exactly how I like it – zero surprises.
That's exactly how you would like it, too. If you had your druthers, every drawing set would come with clear annotations that the design team changed this, removed that, added these bits. But we know the FedEx guy comes at 4:30pm and drops off a new set of drawings with a thud and there is very little time to compare each and every drawing on the light table. Likewise, you get new models from subs or the design team and you need to know if the changes are significant enough to warrant getting the estimators involved, but do you really have enough time to interrogate all the geometry in the model?
We want to introduce you to Vico Office Document Controller so you are never surprised by design changes again. Document Controller organizes all the drawing sets and all the model versions with a simple color-coded system that alerts you to changes. You can discover the changes in 2D drawings and 3D models with Slider Mode and Highlight Mode turning new, deleted, and modified pieces different colors.
Even cooler, if you do believe a model has been changed enough to warrant an estimate update, you simply right-mouse click to activate it. And that activation means new construction-caliber quantities are generated and the changes ripple through the schedule and estimate like dominoes falling in a row.
What our beta testers can't get over, though, is the ability to compare the 2D drawing to the 3D model in a hybrid mode. We promise you have never seen anything like it before…
Caption: Here we see all of the slabs of the building with all the floorplans laid on top. It's 2D and 3D in perfect harmony!
Why do you want to compare 2D drawings and 3D models? 2D is the contract, but with 3D comes all the virtual design and construction efficiencies. Document Controller closes the gap between the two disciplines and makes certain that you are never surprised by a missed change again. Just like my fancy treadmill means I'll have no surprises out on the race course.
You'll never miss a costly change; you'll always know when to get the estimating team re-engaged; you'll be able to make final checks before releasing work for fabrication; and you will always be sure that the 2Dand 3D assets are in synch.
So take a look at the recorded webinar and let us know what you think!
You need Vico Office Document Controller on your team. No surprises in precon means your team wins in the field.
You already know Trimble for the yellow layout gear and laser scanners on the jobsite. But did you also know that Trimble has a new division specifically for construction hardware, software, and services called Trimble Buildings? This division is based on our heritage in the field but also includes new brands like SketchUp, Tekla, Vico, Meridian, and WinEst.
We are in the process of better understanding your needs for personnel tracking on the jobsite. Please consider sharing your experience with us through this survey. It should only take 5-10 minutes to complete the survey, yet it will give us great insight for employee tracking, jobsite access, and emergency protocols.
At Trimble we are always looking to our colleagues in construction to share insights, needs, and requirements to make your workday more productive and your construction projects more efficient. We would like to learn more about your requirements for securing a construction jobsite, tracking employees, security clearance and access, etc. Your answers will help us focus our efforts – so please forward this survey along to your Safety Managers and Superintendents.
Thank you!
What do you get when you invite Tekla customers, Trimble total station and laser scanning customers, along with all the Vico customers and then reach out to invite Prolog, WinEst, and Modelogix customers in the UK?
First you get a Trimble Buildings UK user group! Secondly, you get a great party!
So join our partners, Rapid 5D, Korec, and Tekla for the first Trimble Buildings UK Forum – a jam-packed day of case studies, best practices, and even speed dating to learn more about all the Trimble Buildings products.
When: September 9th, 2013 from 08:30-21:00
Cost: £175 ex VAT Per Delegate
Where: The Guoman - The Tower, St Katharine's Way, London, E1W 1LD
How: For more information or to book your place please visit http://www.rapid5d.com/trimble-buildings-gccm-bim-uk-forum-2013/
At the Trimble Buildings UK Forum you'll be able to meet representatives from these products:
Sketchup offers a fast, easy, intuitive user interface that brings 3D design capabilities to everyone connected to a project, allowing anyone to model in 3D quickly and accurately.
Tekla Structures brings steel and concrete modeling capabilities to contractors that self perform. Tekla BIMSight allows you to combine models, check for clashes, and share information with project participants.
Vico Office extends the basic 3D model with constructability analysis and coordination, 4D location-based scheduling and production control, and 5D estimating.
Prolog is the leading construction project management solution for contractors, providing all levels of the project organization - from the office to the field - with product information workflow, budget, and change management capabilities.
Trimble Field Solutions are ubiquitous on construction jobsites around the world. The hazard yellow rugged tablets and Robotic Total Stations are hard to miss. Installation points are exported to the field equipment forlayout slab edges, openings, and sleeve penetrations. Trimble also provides Laser Scanning hardware and software so your team can document the existing conditions to make certain the new design is compatible.
Wrap up your project with Modelogix to analyze project cost history and then leverage that data for new project early-phase budgeting and benchmarking.
Now that you've seen all the great advances the Trimble Buildings Team has made with WinEst, Modelogix, and new estimating workflow integrations on the Fridays with Trimble webinar series, are you ready for some new training classes?
The month of September is chock-full of opportunities to receive training on new features in WinEst and Modelogix!
Introduction to WinEst
September 12-13, Kent WA, $895(offered quarterly)
Introduction to Modelogix (first ever open enrollment class on Modelogix!)
September 24-25 (2x2 hrs), online, $295
WinEst Online University
October 14-18 (5x2 hrs), online, $795 (offered monthly)
Focus Sessions
offered to customers with active maintenance at no chargelog in with your WinEst Support Account credentials and click on Focus Sessions link
September 11: Intermediate Assemblies
October 2: On-Screen Takeoff Integrator
November 6: Database Maintenance
December 4: Virtual Takeoff
Caption: WinEst training classes in the Kent, WA offices.
Be sure to catch up on all these resources before heading to class!
Webinar: Sharpen Your Competitive Edge with WinEst
Webinar: Adding Modelogix to Your Estimating Arsenal
Webinar: The New Estimating Workflow (featuring WinEst, Prolog, and Modelogix)
FAQs: Frequently-Asked Questions about WinEst
FAQs: Frequently-Asked Questions about Modelogix
Trimble Buildings Integrations: WinEst, Prolog, and Modelogix for a Closed-Loop Estimate
How could Trimble Buildings follow-up the closed-loop integration with WinEst and Modelogix in Prolog 9.6? We simply upped our game with field access to Prolog 9.7!
Prolog is the leading construction project management solution, offering the most complete system of record for capturing and managing project information, from the field to the back office. Prolog customers with active customer support and maintenance agreements will receive this Prolog upgrade free of charge.
Prolog Converge has dramatically improved the Web Forms look-and-feel, making them easier to navigate and reducing load time. The Data Entry Grid in the Prolog Converge Web Client Forms has been replaced with new technology, dramatically reducing the time to load and work with records. Now users can load, filter, sort, adjust, and edit web grids with near instand results for even thousands of records. In addition to the Grid Replacement Project scross 70+ web forms and search windows, we also modernized the web client. Users will appreciate the dramatically improved web forms with their fresh, easy-to-navigate interface.
Caption: The new web forms load faster, react quicker on the ipad, and make it easier for colleagues in the field to capture up-to-date project information.
Prolog Mobile has also added new modules for daily field reporting that allows for faster creation of daily reports to enhance multiple Daily Work records across companies and crews.
Caption: Users can now enter the Daily Details and record multiple Daily Work records (for companies and crews) working on that day within a single form. With a single tap on the screen, the entire day can be copied to start the next day's entry.
We have also added the RFI Collaboration Tab to the ipad application making it easier to get more input from field colleagues; and simplified the data entry selection on Punch List areas.
See how these improvements all come together in the video below!
Video Caption: Superintendents can use Prolog Mobile to connect to the project when they are out on the jobsite, regardless of whether or not there's a wifi connection available. Using Plan View, the superintendent can tag locations with events, records, and updates. Most importantly, supers can access checklists and supplement their reports with photos and videos from the ipad. There are so many more features available in 9.7 including daily details, work journals, events, inspections and tests, punch lists, and so much more.
This video focuses on a Daily Field Report where users are able to capture weather conditions, visitors to the site, and reports for all the different subs and crews onsite that day, including labor, equipment, and rich audio/visual content. Teams at HQ can also push latest drawings and training videos, safety checklist, etc. out to the field. And the web client modernization features make that data easy to consume by supers.
For more information on Prolog 9.7, please utilize these resources:
Webinar: Project Workflows in Prolog 9.7
FAQs: Frequently-Asked Questions about Prolog
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If I stamped my passport for an international flight as we usually do before international departures and then I changed my mind for any reason, for example a family emergency reason. What's the process to cancel the stamp and leave the departure area?
The actual process would depend on your location and passport, but you can of course in principle be stamped back in.
You'd have technically left the country which stamped you out. Not departing, for whatever reason, would require you to, technically, enter the country again, with all due consequences.
You might have to purchase an (emergency?) visa on the spot. And I do suspect that some countries, notably countries that don't issue visas on the spot for passport holders of your country, might not have any procedure in place for an occurrence like you're describing. You might end up being forced to take your flight, be deported or be denied entry and be the next Terminal Man. :)


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When Erin Green lost her job as an office manager at a local non-profit she called Kimberly Dean, her former case manager, now on staff at the Abraham Lincoln Centre's Center for Working Families – that was on a Monday. By Wednesday, Ms. Dean was able to arrange for Ms. Green to interview at a doctor's office the same week. The following week Ms. Green was hired and for the past month she has been working as a part-time administrative assistant for a psychologist at Michael Reese Hospital.
Operating since the beginning of January and marking its grand opening March 2nd, the Abraham Lincoln Centre's Center for Working Families provides employment assistance and tax preparation services and is already producing results for Green and other residents like her in Chicago's North Kenwood, Oakland, Douglas, and Grand Boulevard neighborhoods.
Erin Green (left) got a job quickly thanks to Kimberly Dean and the new Center for Working Families at the Abraham Lincoln Centre.
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"The Center for Working Families is a tremendous resource for families in the Mid-South area looking to better their lives. It provides residents with the opportunity to find jobs, to move up the career ladder if they already are working, and to maximize the dollars they earn by applying for income tax credits and working with a financial counselor to save for the future." said Zirl Smith, CEO & President of the Abraham Lincoln Centre.
"Many people in our community are working hard to get ahead and provide for their families. The Abraham Lincoln Centre has long been a place where residents have looked for support – whether they need daycare services, after school programs, computer training or the like. We are excited that with the opening of the Center for Working Families, the community has access to a wide variety of employment and financial assistance programs supporting their efforts to achieve economic independence and professional advancement," said Alderman Toni Preckwinkle (4th Ward).
The Center for Working Families is at the Abraham Lincoln Centre, 3858 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
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The Abraham Lincoln Centre's Center for Working Families, located at 3858 S. Cottage Grove, offers a broad spectrum of employment assistance, including help with resume preparation, licensing, certification and training opportunities, job placement assistance, executive search services, career advancement coaching, adult education, and special employment services for young adults.
Working with its community partners, the Center is able to provide specialized programming. The non-profit Center for Economic Progress offers on-site tax preparation several nights a week during the tax season. Clean Slate, organized by the non-profit Cara Program, includes five weeks of classroom training in life skills and job readiness. Then program participants move into internships where they work for Clean Slate to carryout beautification and recycling activities within neighborhood business districts, on corridors such as Drexel Boulevard and Cottage Grove Avenue.
Meanwhile, a partnership with Jobs for Youth offers job readiness training, GED programs, and job placement designed specifically for young people between the ages of 17 and 24. Project Match, another partner of the Center, also provides technical assistance and ongoing data management oversight of the employment center. Beginning in the Spring, the Center will be staffed with a full-time financial coach to provide one-on-one counseling and money management assistance.
"It was partnerships – with funders, with other community service providers, with local employers, and with residents who are determined to improve their lives and their neighborhood – that were critical to the launching of this project and ensuring its early success," said Bernita Johnson-Gabriel, NCP Director, Quad Communities Development Commission (QCDC), a non-profit which is working to spur comprehensive community development in the Quad Communities.
So far, Abraham Lincoln Centre's Center for Working Families has officially enrolled forty clients, placing three in employment, three in Clean Slate internships, three in GED programs, and one person in community service.
The Center is funded with support from the Partnership for New Communities, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, LISC/Chicago, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
"The Quad Communities is a neighborhood in rapid flux and it is important to take steps – at this critical moment – to ensure that this change provides for a balanced and thriving community," said Maria Hibbs, Executive Director of the Partnership for New Communities. "Preparing residents for and helping them to secure good, long-term employment is fundamental to our continuing effort to build healthy neighborhoods and a strong city."
The Partnership for New Communities is a collaboration of businesses, foundations, universities, the faith community and government formed to support the transformation of Chicago's public housing and provide new economic opportunity for residents. To date, it has provided $1.4 million to improve CHA residents' access to economic and job opportunities, including support for the Clean Slate Cottage Grove corridor project.
"We applaud the efforts of local residents, like those who have taken part in the New Communities Program planning process, to identify the needs in the community and go about addressing those needs," said Andrew Mooney, Senior Program Director of LISC/Chicago. "QCDC and its partners are seeking out retail and commercial development, using arts and culture to strengthen ties and growth, encouraging innovative educational opportunities, and through the Center for Working Families – supporting economic self-sufficiency and achievement."
The Quad Communities Development Corporation is one of fourteen groups in sixteen neighborhoods undertaking comprehensive community development through the New Communities Program, a grassroots planning process organized by LISC/Chicago and supported by a major grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
"In order to compete in the global economy, Illinois residents must be able to reach their full professional potential and local companies must have the workers to grow their business. We are proud to support projects like the Center for Working Families that are providing a critical link between employees and employers and helping both contribute to the development and success of their communities," said Jack Lavin, Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, which provided funding support for the partnership between the Center and Jobs for Youth.
Abraham Lincoln Centre's Center for Working Families, located at 3858 South Cottage Grove, is open Monday through Thursday from 9:30am to 5:00 pm for drop-in appointments. For more info, call (773) 373-2445 or go online at: www.abelink.org.
The Abraham Lincoln Centre (ALC) was founded as a settlement house in 1905 under the auspices of the All Souls Church. The Centre quickly became the home to a variety of social, intellectual and cultural activities, currently with thirty programs at thirty sites, serving residents of North Kenwood, Oakland, Douglas, Grand Boulevard, and neighboring communities on Chicago's South Side.
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Flattened assessed property valuation and reduction in sales tax from construction projects should tighten general fund expenses in 2014
October 24, 2013 | Vol. 117 -- No. 27
Cheney's City Council began its 2014 budget deliberations Tuesday night with a look at general fund revenues and expenses and the departments funded through property taxes and other fees.
The city's property tax assessed valuation is expected to reach $510,239,897 next year, reflecting a relatively flat trend the past five years after a huge jump between 2009-2010 that increased valuations from the mid-$400 million mark to just over $500 million. The general property tax levy in 2014 is a proposed $1,206,497, reflecting a rate of $2.37 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
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Viewers are loving the show "Married at First Sight" and are trying to find updates on the couples. Cortney and Jason have been talking on social networks often. Jamie and Doug aren't shy about talking to each other either. Vaughn Copeland and Monet Bell are very quiet and have fans wondering what is going on. On Monday, Monet Bell did an interview with S2S Magazine that really did not let fans in on any clues.
In this interview, she simply talks about why she did the show. Monet never mentions if she is still with Vaughn or how they are doing together. This got fans starting to search for details on the marriage. On Monday, a fan e-mailed Examiner with some crazy news about this couple.
If you search the New York state court dockets for Vaughn Copeland his name shows up in a case. It is Vaughn Copeland vs. Angelica Bell. Monet is the name she goes by but Bell is her last name and it is easy to assume that Angelica is her real name. This all happened on March 24, 2014. If you search for the rest of the people on the show, their names do not show up at all.
This fact had fans wondering what was going on with Vaughn and Monet. Some even assumed it was an annulment. It was obvious that this couple did something different than the other two. Marriage licenses in New York are not public record.
Jamie Otis shared on Twitter that the weddings happened on March 23 and that they filmed for one month after this showing their relationships grow. This makes it look like whatever happened was the day after the wedding.
Examiner was able to contact FYI Network and find out the scoop. No this couple didn't get an annulment, but they won't share if they worked out. Here is what happened according to FYI Network, "Monet and Vaughn needed a waiver from a judge so they could get married the same day they got their license (March 24), due to their honeymoon travel schedule, and that is what this court record relates to. The other two couples didn't have the same time constraints so they didn't get waivers, and that is why their names don't turn up in court records."
Don't miss "Married at First Sight" on Tuesday nights on FYI. This show is a great one and if you aren't watching you have only missed two episodes so far. Make sure you watch and see how it all plays out.
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The 2014-15 season marks Mike Jolly's first as an assistant coach at his alma mater after spending the summer as the coach at the Tanterra Swim Club in Olney, Md. He was also a member of the coaching staff for Hydro-Sonic Tiburones in Rockville, Md.
During his tenure with the Tanterra Swim Club he set lineups, conducted practices and guided it to second in its division. He also organized swim clinics and gave private lessons to help swimmers improve their skills and techniques. He also spent time as the head coach of Seven Locks Pool during the summer of 2011 and '12.
Jolly was a four-year letterman at East Carolina from 2009-13. He finished his career with the fifth-fastest 200-yard backstroke time in school history. He was also a four-time Conference USA Championship meet participant. Jolly earned his bachelor's degree in recreation and leisure studies.


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TEMPE, Ariz. – The Arizona softball team endured its first loss of the 2007 season, dropping a 3-1, eight-inning decision to Florida in the second day of the Kajikawa Classic.
With two outs and the game tied 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Florida third baseman Melissa Zick clubbed a two-run, walk-off homer to give the Gators the victory.
The loss drops UA to 2-1 on the young campaign, while Florida improves to 3-0.
UA pitcher Taryne Mowatt (1-1) struck out 11 Gators while surrendering two earned runs on four hits in seven and two-thirds innings of work. Florida's Stacey Nelson (2-0) earned her second win of the year with the victory.
After a quiet first inning, the Wildcats manufactured one run in the second. Chelsie Mesa led off the frame with a base on balls and advanced to second on a Callista Balko single to right. In her first collegiate at-bat, Sarah Akamine advanced Mesa to third on a fly ball to right. One out later with runners on the corners, Cyndi Duran singled to center to give UA a 1-0 advantage.
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UF started its half of the eighth inning with Waleszonia placed on second base. Roussell sacrificed Waleszonia to third, putting the game-winning run just 60 feet away. Enea then fought off Mowatt's 1-2 offering with a tapper to Akamine at third, who fired home to Balko to retire Waleszonia and save the game for the time being. Two pitches later, Zick sent the ball over the center field wall to secure a victory for the Gators.Game Notes:
- For the third consecutive year, UA's first loss of the season came in extra innings.
- Caitlin Lowe extended her hitting streak to seven games, while Callista Balko's carry over streak from 2006 now stands at six contests.
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Few players can follow a Stanley Cup Playoff hat trick with a goal in a rookie tournament, but Jean-Gabriel Pageau of the Ottawa Senators did that Thursday.
Derek Grant scored twice, and Pageau and Troy Rutkowski each had a goal in a 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the prospects tournament being played in London, Ontario.
"I think it went well; it was our first game," Pageau told the Senators' website. "The pace was pretty high but I think our team stayed in the game plan, worked pretty hard, and good things happen when you work hard."
Pageau scored a hat trick in Game 3 of a first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens last season.
"I think [I have] a little bit more experience," Pageau said. "I just try to lead the way here on the ice and I hope that my leadership helped the other players."
Cody Sylvester scored a power-play goal for Pittsburgh.
Morgan Rielly and Tyler Biggs scored in the shootout to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks in the other round-robin game.
Rielly, a defenseman who was the fifth pick of the 2012 NHL Draft, created several scoring chances for the Maple Leafs, according to a CBC report.
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November 15, 2013
Each holiday season, the Dugoni School community focuses on giving to those in need, donating time, resources and goods to various charitable organizations. This year, the Pediatric Study Club has organized the second annual Toys for Tots toy drive. Starting Nov. 18, participants are encouraged to donate new, unwrapped toys to benefit underserved kids via the Toys for Tots Foundation.
"This is a great opportunity for us to positively impact the children of our community beyond providing them oral health care," said Dr. Jeff Wood, chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry.
Students from the study club will staff donation boxes during lunch breaks and help to increase awareness for the toy drive. Donation bins will also be available all day outside the Business Office located on the fifth floor.
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Red Raiders Close Spring With Wins Over Rice, DBU
The Red Raiders closed their spring slate with a 2-1 showing on Saturday at the Lone Star College Showcase.
April 21, 2014
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech volleyball team put the final touches on its spring slate Saturday with a 2-1 showing at the Lone Star College Showcase held at the Dallas Convention Center.
The Red Raiders wrapped the all-day event with two-set victories over Dallas Baptist (25-12, 25-15) and Rice (25-23, 25-20) before falling to North Texas (25-16, 25-16) in straight sets. The two victories improved Tech to 6-1-2 overall this spring.
"It was a good finish to the spring for this team," Tech head coach Don Flora said. "We improved in several areas and found other areas of development heading into this fall. I thought we played solid, good volleyball for most of the day and that's something as a staff we hoped to see in our final day of competition this spring."
The Red Raiders hit an impressive .324 against Dallas Baptist in the opener while holding the Patriots to just a .065 clip. Breeann David led Tech with seven kills in the match while Mikia Mills added six kills and a team-high .857 hitting percentage.
Lauren Douglass posted her best performance of the day against Rice, drilling eight kills to go along with a .571 hitting percentage against an Owls club that has already topped three Big 12 programs this spring in Texas, Baylor and Oklahoma.
Tech will open its 2014 season on Aug. 29 at a two-day tournament hosted by Cal State Fullerton. The full 2014 schedule will be released in the upcoming weeks.


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The 71st annual Golden Globe Awards took place on Jan. 12, 2014, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Here is what this Golden Globe winner said backstage in the Golden Globe Awards press room.
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Was your relationship with your former financial adviser Dana Giacchetto, who went to prison for fraud, your inspiration for doing "The Wolf of Wall Street"?
I certainly read, and the people like this and being in New York and spending so much time in New York. No, I wouldn't say that he was a direct influence. This came from spending time with Jordan [Belfort] and reading his novel and spending so much time on Wall Street and trying to put up on the screen as authentically as you possibly could, this culture, this world. I had been kind of obsessed with doing this project ever since 2008, really, after the economic crash.
I said this level of hedonism, this world needs to be portrayed authentically up on screen. In a lot of ways it was a reflection of the world around us. So this became an obsession of mine. So it was all in the research process of getting to know those people as much as I possibly could.
You have been coming to the Golden Globe since you were basically a kid. Where would you put this Jordan Belfort character — not just the win, but the character — in your career?
After having done five films with Marty [Scorsese] now, it has been an incredible collaboration. Not only that, I notice each time we do a film, it is a discovery process for both of us. In this film, we knew we weren't taking on precious American literature. We were trying to portray as best we could the very nature of who these people were. So for the both of us, this took its own shape in the reflection of the characters.
Plot was kind of irrelevant for him, and he encouraged all of us actors to improvise and re-improvise that improvisation and be free and really push the boundaries every single day. When you infuse that kind of attitude in your actors, I think you get a movie like this. I am just thankful that Martin Scorsese is still this punk rock, still this vital at 71 years old. There's no filmmakers left like this. This man's amazing. He's one of the greatest artists of our time.
Who are the Bob and Sandy you mentioned in your acceptance speech?
Those are my cousins, two partners that got married a couple months ago and we celebrated yesterday.
Is it all the more significant to win for "The Wolf of Wall Street" because you were so involved in it from the beginning?
The truth is there have only been two projects in my entire career that I really pushed as hard as I could to put up on the big screen, and they both took about eight to 10 years to actually come to fruition. One was "The Aviator," and I picked up a book about Howard Hughes when I was 21. And I developed that with Michael Mann and took 10 years to get up on the screen. Marty thankfully did that.
And then this was the other one. I kind of created a production company unto itself just to find material outside the studio system. I don't know that I am going to find something I am as passionate about again. This has great significance for me. I am just so proud to be able to have Marty be at the helm of it. There's no one better. I am incredibly honored.
You are one of the greatest actors. How easy is it to be going into a role and coming out of it? What helps you find the balance between the real you and the roles that you play?
It is an interesting question, one that I don't know if I have an answer to. Every role is different. This film in particular took on a life of its own. I stopped this film, and it was like a giant adrenaline dump. I haven't been able to work since, really. It was a phenomenal experience.
I suppose I have been doing this for a long period of time, but making movies is an interesting process. You put your life on hold, and these characters really do envelop you for better or worse. Thank God none of the attributes of this character rubbed off in my real life, because I probably wouldn't be standing here today.
It seems like your roles are becoming more and more complicated and also more morally questionable. What your next one is going to be?
I have no idea. I have no idea what my next role is going to be. What Marty does so well is portray the darker nature of humanity up on screen, and he does those characters. He's not didactic in his approach to filmmaking. That's a very rare occurrence. I can only hope to find out character that's like that.
It was the novel that was so honest, when Jordan tried to put in his book a time period where he went way too far and became consumed with the greed and wealth and power. So I have no idea if I am going to find something this interesting to do in the future. I can only cross my fingers and hope to.
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