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MIT Portugal Collaboration Successfully Tests Software That Could Improve Traffic Management
As part of the MIT Portugal Program, researchers from MIT and Portugal have made progress in developing traffic simulation software that could make it easier for traffic managers to analyze road conditions and ease congestion in real time.
DynaMIT, a dynamic simulator based on model-based data fusion software, enables traffic engineers to integrate and analyze data from the dizzying array of information sources that have become available as a result of the proliferation of information and communications technologies—including road sensors, electronic toll collection devices, automatic video processing, global positioning systems, mobile sensor networks and smart phones.
The software, which was developed at MIT's Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab (ITS), recently underwent a successful demonstration at Brisa, Portugal's largest toll road management company and an industry partner on the project. The demonstration involved data collected on a 25-km inter-urban section of highway between Lisbon and neighboring Cascais—a stretch that's often congested with commuters heading to Lisbon on weekday mornings. It was conducted by Jorge Lopes, a PhD student in MIT Portugal's Transportation Systems focus area and a Brisa employee.
Lopes used the DynaMIT software to predict travel time, speed, traffic intensity and density—information that Brisa's traffic management center may be able to use in coming years to predict recurrent and incident-based traffic conditions, as well as to devise real-time traffic management support strategies. In so doing, he demonstrated Dyna-MIT's usefulness as a data fusion "engine."
Lopes is currently designing an innovative open framework architecture for the dynamic integration of modeling and simulation services into traffic management and information systems. Translation: he is attempting to create a kind of "transportation time machine"—a means of using real-time traffic data to estimate and predict short- and medium-term traffic conditions.
The data fusion initiative is part of the CityMotion project, which is coordinated through MIT Portugal. CityMotion researchers are developing a knowledge infrastructure, computational models and user applications that draw from and integrate real-time, transportation-related information; one of the project's aims is to improve the traveler's experience in urban transportation systems, including those in Portugal.
In addition to the ITS Lab, the MIT team involved in CityMotion includes researchers from the SENSEable City Lab and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. The Portuguese team includes researchers from the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia-Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC), the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), the Instituto Superior Técnico/ Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST-UTL), and several industry partners. MIT faculty include Moshe Ben-Akiva, Assaf Biderman, Carlo Ratti and Christopher Zegras. Portugal faculty include João Abreu e Silva (IST), Carlos Lisboa Bento (Coimbra), Francisco C. Pereira (Coimbra) and Teresa Galvão (Porto).
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Hightap began her racing career at Fair Grounds in December, running second in her debut, before breaking through with a first win at the same venue on January 17. She added an allowance to her line next out, then shipped to Oaklawn Park to try her luck against stakes rivals in the Honeybee S. (G3). The gray miss ran seventh and last on that day, and returned here off the more than two-month break to earn her first black-type credit. With the winner's share, she's now banked $126,365 to go along with a 5-3-1-0 career mark.
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The creation of the NHS 111 telephone service seemed a good idea. Yet in practice it has become a disaster. The Government must now put it right, but more than that, it must learn from what has gone wrong. If it does not do so, then other important reforms may go the same way.
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The Shock and Awe Campaign of Greg Palasts Armed Madhouse: Whos Afraid of Osama Wolf?, The Scheme to Steal 08 and other Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Class War
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The soul, he reported, should never die ungodly in an armed madhouse.
- Greg Palast quoting Allen Ginsberg
SOMEWHERE IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT, 6/06/06: Clouds roll in across the hi-desert sky over Twentynine Palms, home to the countrys largest Marine base. The base is where fake Iraqi villages, manned partially by real Iraqis, and supplemented with local talent, await visits from grunts scheduled to ship out for Iraq. The training is to prepare them for what lies ahead, and ostensibly, to perhaps prevent more episodes like the slaughters in Haditha and elsewhere.
Some Marines at the base have already been to Iraq - for three tours of duty. And it looks like theyll be going back. Talk to their spouses. The tension is high, and barely under control in some who have already said goodbye several times to their loved ones. It seems the Marines tend to leave town under the cover of darkness, with little fanfare, while their returns are triumphantly broadcast on local radio so folks can welcome them home. I dont blame them for that - leaving their families for more than half a year of uncertainty and separation is a highly personal trial of endurance. They should have the chance to say goodbye in peace, and they should be welcomed home when they return.
In between goodbyes and welcome homes, the town seems pretty stoic about their comings and goings for the most part, having such a strong military presence locally for many years. The military culture is pervasive in town, from haircuts and tailors to tattoo shops and all the out of state license plates on new Mustangs driven by young men with little or no hair.
Then there is the ex-Marine I ran into at a local coffee shop referring to the Iraqis as sand niggers, while a prominent local businessman recounted his training day on base, where he gunned down hapless virtual Iraqi civilians while on patrol in a Humvee simulator. I dont think hed hurt anyone in real life.
On the other hand, there is the pastor and local peace activist who, at the risk of becoming utter pariahs in their own community, have continued to hold candlelight vigils to remember those lost in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over time, they have become more accepted and less controversial. They are less frequently, if ever, referred to as traitors, as they were when the war first began. Over time, the losses of Marines stationed at the base in 29 have grown, and the seriousness of their endeavor has become more apparent.
No short, straightforward old fashioned invasion in the Reagan tradition like in the original American Gulf War under the previous President Bush. Three years on, this is civil war with our troops stuck in the middle, with the reasons given for us being there showing transparently false.
Today, Greg Palasts new book, Armed Madhouse, hits the bookstores. For those who are not familiar with Palast, he is the best American investigative journalist working today. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the American corporate media, he is rarely seen here. Instead, he works for the BBC Television and the Guardian newspaper in Britain - where journalism continues to be practiced (imperfectly, but at a far higher standard than in the American media, where investigative journalism is mostly a lost, if not missed, art form). His last book, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, recounted his reporting on the stolen Florida election of 2000, and much more. While the American corporate media has chosen to ignore the manipulation of democratic elections in our republic in 2000 and 2004, the rest of the world learned about their theft via Palasts investigative work. From what Palast has to say in his new book about the millions of votes not counted in our last presidential election, you can look for the rigging of the 2008 elections to be even more impressive.
I am working my way through Palasts Armed Madhouse, and it is not for the faint of heart. The sheer amount of information gathered by Palast's investigative team (sometimes using admirably creative techniques to gather information), is bound to be intimidating for more timid readers. There will be some who will be overwhelmed by the details and the pace of the presentation of information devastating to any preconceived notions about American reality they may have previously held.
This is typical Palast. During the two interviews I have conducted with him over the years, I count myself lucky to have recorded them. He goes at blazing speeds with frequent asides and connections demanding further investigation, all whipped together with incredible anecdotes from his investigations that leave you incredulous. Without the recording, I'd be lost. With it, in a half-hour interview, I'd always have enough to write a book.
Armed Madhouse, is no different. Packed with incredible information and documents that the lazy, narcissistic American corporate media couldnt be bothered to hunt down and piece together, Palasts new book should be required reading for all citizens. Ditch the moronic partisan ideologies - read the real agendas behind Iraq and the mess weve gotten ourselves into there. Learn about the corporate connections and the plans to create in Iraq, the Chile of the Middle East. Read about the neocons vs. Big Oil, and how OPEC figures into the picture.
I dont want to give away too much, but to say that this book challenges all generally held public preconceptions about American involvement in Iraq, is an understatement. Palast's book is akin to jumping down the rabbit hole, into a warped world of intertwined and competing political and business plots and scams. Once youve gone down that hole, you'll be a lot wiser, but also a lot less trusting - of anything you hear or see in the American corporate media.
The truly frightening part for me is that Palast, a highly skilled and capable investigative journalist and researcher, has uncovered and presented an incredible amount of revelatory information in Armed Madhouse, and it isnt a work of his own bias and partisan political bent. Rather, its to the point, factual, and terrifying in its detail.
Palast isn't afraid to present facts that upset - or totally topple - notions of how things work in America. Its knowledge he thinks Americans should have access to, about how our government really functions. And with his level of research, everything from our true reasons for war, to our real agenda for public education, from the energy cartels to the rampant corruption that is beyond the imagination of most of us, you need to allot yourself time to read and re-read this book. Then you will need time to recover from the shock of having to pick up the pieces of your shattered assumptions about America, and go on with your life.
This is a must-read book for anyone who cares about their country and can stomach the fact that weve been played as patsies for a long time now. If you want to live on with the half-truths and lies of Limbaugh and the hate-mongering truly anti-American spew of Coulter, who also released a book today, then Armed Madhouse, may not be for you.
But if you want to know what is really going on, that knowing the truth of the matter, no matter how unpalatable it may be, is better than living and buying into a lie, then this is your book. Its a damned good book - a great book for those who deeply love America, and its an incredible ride at the same time. You get smacked up the side of the head with stunning revelations, whipped through twists and turns of plot at breakneck speed, introduced to the most villainous characters - and its all real.
To order Armed Madhouse, visit www.gregpalast.com.
Excerpt from The Con: Kerry Won. Now Get Over It, from Armed Madhouse.
First, consider CNNs Ohio exit polls broadcast just after midnight after the voting ended on Election Day. They show John Kerry defeated George Bush among women voters by 53% to 47%. And among men voters, Kerry defeated Bush 51% to 49%.
So heres your question, class: What third sex put George Bush over the top in Ohio and gave him the White House?
Answer: The Uncounted.
In Ohio, there were 153,237 ballots simply thrown away, more than the Bush victory margin. In New Mexico the uncounted vote was fives times the Bush alleged victory margin of 5,988. In Iowa, Bushs triumph of 13,498 was overwhelmed by 36,811 votes rejected. In all, over three million votes were cast but never counted in the 2004 presidential election. The official number is bad enough-1,855,827 ballots cast not counted, reported to the federal governments Elections Assistance Commission. But the feds are missing data from several cities and entire states too embarrassed to report the votes they failed to count. Correcting for the under-reporting of the undercount, the number of ballots cast but never counted goes to 3,600,380. And there are certainly more we couldnt locate to tote up.
Why doesnt your government tell you this? Hey, they do. Its right there in black-and-white on a U.S. Census Bureau announcement released seven months after the election-in a footnote to the report on voter turn-out. The Census tabulation of voters voting differs, from ballots tallied by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the 2004 presidential race by 3.4 million votes.


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It's been years since I bought a pair of shoes that really changed my life, so I had no choice but to put together a New Balance Minimus review for my pair of MX20's. They're also available in the female WX20 model.
My New Balance Minimus MX20's have stolen my heart. For serious. I can't believe I only bought a new pair of shoes now. It's been two years that I've been using the same damn pair of Nike SB skate shoes.
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If I remember correctly...there is a screw or 2 into the side of the shift lever...remove and pull up on the "t" handle maybe? I would look at my forester for you but..... 5Speed
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[Editor's Note: R J Keefe is a man who knows a thing or two about blogging, as he should; he's been doing it now for nearly four years and he keeps getting better and better. His website is www.dailyblague.com, and it scintillates with so much intellect, wit, and originality that I can't help but smile every time I visit. I am humbled that Mr. Keefe has shown an interest in this site and even more so that he has taken the time to send an email regarding my guest post plea about bookshops and booksellers. Here is an excerpt:]
The bookshop in
The bookshop in Marlborough, New Hampshire, that used to do, and perhaps still does, a very nice sideline in fine old linens—beautiful damask tablecloths and the like. Maybe the books are the sideline. I bought a fantastic (and fantastical) cookbook there, Meals for Males. I ought to send it to the guy who writes Mad Men—it's the same vintage. (Must remember to blog about this when the series resumes this weekend.)
And then of course there is the Traveler Restaurant in
I seem to have a food thing going on here. What's that about? My aunt and uncle bought a decrepit mansion in
And now that I am beginning my seventh decade, I'm obliged to prune to make room for new acquisitions, most of which tend to be new books. It's painful, because I long ago disposed of the marginal books. In fact, I have a storage unit here in
And why do I have them? Because I used to give away all or part of my library when I was young, in the Sixties and Seventies. More aesthetic disgust than anything else: I just wanted not to have so many things. I now know that books are not things. Usually, when you get rid of a thing, you don't want to see it again. Get rid of a book, and you'll be paying a fortune for it at Alibris ten years later. There's no way to tell, sadly, if you're going to want to have a book back.
To allay this anxiety, it's useful to give books to people who need them. In theory, you just might be able to wheedle them back. (I have never actually tried.) I had a good thing going with a young writer in
[Keefe closes his email with some sage advice regarding my BookSaga dilemma which I have taken to heart and also with a very high compliment that will send me onward. Most apprectiated, Mr. Keefe!—PF]


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this quick craft was born out of our need for more magnets to hold up the art on our fridge! bonus: a set of these makes for a lovely, personalized mother's day, father's day, or teacher appreciation gift!
N found some lovely, flat, lightweight rocks (sandstone) at the beach a few weeks ago which seemed like the perfect natural material for lovely magnets.
we got out our ink pads and N made some colorful thumbprints on the rocks.
i doodled a few different critters on the thumbprint with a sharpie after N ran off to play elsewhere, though in retrospect (yikes!) i really should have let her capable hands do this! momma couldn't resist – i love fingerprint art.
we used elmer's household cement to secure a little magnet to the backs of the rocks.
now our fridge is all kinds of fingerprint fancy!
oh, are you wondering about what the frog magnet says? it's to remind us of thich nhat hanh's concept of froglessness.


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Red Line
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The Red Line is an imaginary sphere enclosing a vessel which denotes the maximum safe limit for an FTL jump.[1] It is described in an early draft of the script for the Miniseries as follows:
And in the series bible[2] as follows:
This is the issue faced by Raptor 718 after it jumps away from its position near Earth, as they discover that they have jumped beyond the Red Line and are unable to jump back to their previous coordinates (The Face of the Enemy).
Jump limits are most likely the result of a combination of factors including:
It is possible to exceed this limit, but there is no guarantee as to the accuracy of jump plots beyond that point. A ship could easily materialize within a stellar body or end up far off course.
When attempting to escape the Cylons after their devastating attack on the Twelve Colonies, and with the future of 50,000 survivors on his hands, Commander Adama orders a jump "beyond the Red Line" to the Prolmar Sector. Given the nature of Colonial technology and vessels, it is probable this particular limit reflects the overall capabilities of the Fleet as a whole, and not just Galactica itself.
Cylon FTL jump technology is more advanced than Colonial technology. As such, an equivalent distance to the Colonial Red Line plotted with a Cylon navigational computer (from the small Raider to the gargantuan basestar) has a much smaller margin of error, enabling the Cylons to accurately plot jumps for much longer distances. While the actual distance between Kobol and Caprica is not specified, Kara Thrace is able to take a captured Raider from the vicinity of Kobol to Caprica in a single jump (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I).
The range advantage of the Cylon FTL systems however, does not lie within the drive units themselves, but the navigational computers used to calculate the jump plots. When installed aboard a Colonial Raptor, the computer from a captured Heavy Raider enables the vessel to increase its jump distance by a factor greater than ten (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I).


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During our comparative testing of the Radeon X1950 Pro and GeForce 7900 GS we used the following hardware platforms:
- AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 CPU (2x2.60GHz, 2x1MB L2)
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- ATI Catalyst 6.11
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The graphics card drivers were set up in such a way as to provide the highest possible quality of texture filtering.
ATI Catalyst:
- Catalyst A.I.: Standard
- Mipmap Detail Level: High Quality
- Wait for vertical refresh: Always off
- Adaptive antialiasing: Off
- Temporal antialiasing: Off
- High Quality AF: On
- Other settings: by default
Nvidia ForceWare:
- Texture Filtering: High quality
- Vertical sync: Off
- Trilinear optimization: Off
- Anisotropic optimization: Off
- Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
- Gamma correct antialiasing: On
- Transparency antialiasing: Off
- Other settings: by default
We selected the highest possible graphics quality level in each game. We didn't modify the games' configuration files. Performance was measured with the games' own tools or, if not available, manually with Fraps utility. We also measured the minimum speed of the cards where possible.
We tested the cards in three standard resolutions according to our testing methodology: 1280x1024, 1600x1200 and 1920x1200. Since PowerColor Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme belongs to high-end graphics cards, we only used FSAA 4x + Aniso 16x mode. We enabled FSAA and anisotropic filtering from the game's menu. If this was not possible, we forced them using the appropriate driver settings of ATI Catalyst and Nvidia ForceWare.
We ran the tests with disabled FSAA only for those games that do not support FSAA due to the specifics of their engine or use HDR (FP16). The thing is that the GeForce 7 family cannot perform FSAA together with floating-point HDR.
Besides the PowerColor Radeon X1950 Pro Extreme 256MB, we included the following graphics cards into this review:
- Radeon X1950 Pro (RV570, 575/1380MHz, 36pp, 8vp, 12tmu, 12rop, 256-bit, 256MB)
- Radeon X1900 GT (R580, 575/1200MHz, 36pp, 8vp, 12tmu, 12rop, 256-bit, 256MB)
- GeForce 7900 GS (G71, 450/1320MHz, 20pp, 7vp, 20tmu, 16rop, 256-bit, 256MB)
- GeForce 7600 GT (G73, 560/1400MHz, 12pp, 5vp, 12tmu, 8rop, 128-bit, 256MB)
We used the following games and benchmarks:
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- Battlefield 2
- Battlefield 2142
- Call of Duty 2
- Far Cry
- F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
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- Serious Sam 2
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- Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
- Tomb Raider: Legend
- Gothic 3
- Neverwinter Nights 2
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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- Pacific Fighters
- X3: Reunion
- Age of Empires 3: The War Chiefs
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|2014 Sochi Olympics Discussion
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|Feb 13 2014, 04:29 PM Post #21
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
Japan or Canada will get Gold in Men's Figure Skating....
Bad day for Canada, our first day with no medals...especially when we should have been able to obtain 3 (Team Luge, 1500 m Speed Skating and Women's Short Track 500m)
|Feb 13 2014, 11:13 PM Post #22
|i felt so bad for that russian skater to have withdrawn like that.
|Miss Rhi
|Feb 14 2014, 07:38 PM Post #23
|Men's figure skating was a bust for so many. I can't get into these Olympics like I have with others in the past.
|Feb 14 2014, 09:52 PM Post #24
|Yeah, the Men were not the greatest. I'm looking forward to the Ice Dance showdown between the Americans and Canadians. And looking forward to that 15 year old Russian Ladies figure skater.
|Feb 17 2014, 12:58 PM Post #25
|Watching the Ice Dance Final. Wow at Virtue and Moir's Free Skate. Just amazing. And it is a new World Record. What a great and likely final skate of their career. It is going to be a close race for Gold.
|Feb 17 2014, 01:56 PM Post #26
|The Americans won. They were beautiful as well. Two great legendary teams. It's sad that both will likely retire.
|Feb 18 2014, 01:51 PM Post #27
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
I am sorry, but the judging was PISS POOR....no way in hell do the Canadian deserve to finish that comp 5 pts back....the Short Program was utter bullshit judging.
No wonder it has sparked outrage in the figure skating community and up here in Canada.
|Feb 18 2014, 03:18 PM Post #28
95% of the outrage is coming from people who have no clue about Figure Skating. As much as I love Virtue & Moir, I would have put the American's first. They were both great performances, but Davis & White's performance is technically better than Virtue & Moir. As for the Short Program, Tessa screwed up on her twizzle which helped the Americans gain the lead.
|Feb 18 2014, 05:31 PM Post #29
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
They were docked points in the Short Program due to being given a Level 3 grade out of 4 on their Finnstep, which was utter crap.
When the inventor and master of the Finnstep is calling out the judges you know something is not right. The creator put the Canadian ahead after the Short Program and criticized the move by the judges to give the Canadians a 3 level on that move.
Again, I say piss poor judging!
I will agree that the Americans were technically sound and faster, but the Canadians were far better on the artistic side and skated just as cleanly.
Edited by Mitchapalooza, Feb 18 2014, 05:36 PM.
|Feb 19 2014, 06:55 AM Post #30
Captain Kirk
|I thought the pair that skated the Black Swan theme was flawless and was the best performance out of everyone. I didn't see the Short Program and don't "know" all the technical scoring marks and what not though.
|Feb 19 2014, 02:34 PM Post #31
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
CAN vs USA in Men's Hockey Semi-Final on Friday!
I will have no nails left after this one!
|Feb 19 2014, 02:57 PM Post #32
Captain Kirk
|When do the US and Canadian women play for the gold in hockey? Also looking forward to the figure skating tonight.
|Feb 19 2014, 04:07 PM Post #33
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
Gold medal game is tomorrow for the US/Canadian women hockey.
|Feb 20 2014, 03:22 PM Post #34
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
WHAT a game between US and Canada in Women's Hockey gold final....I thought the US totally had it in the bag when it was 2-0 with under 5 mins left in the game....and then when they almost got the empty netter, instead hitting the post, allowing Canada to come back and score the tying goal with under 1 min left.
Such a THRILLING game...wow...incredibly impressed with both sides. The US were the World leaders coming into the Olympics, so I am thrilled for Canada to be able to repeat as winners of the gold.
|Feb 20 2014, 04:05 PM Post #35
Captain Kirk
|Hopefully the men's game is another good one tomorrow.
|Feb 20 2014, 05:38 PM Post #36
Repeat as Back to Back to Back to Back Olympic Champions <3
And I totally did not agree with the winner of the Ladies' Figure Skating Results. I won't spoil it for you Kirk since NBC's coverage sucks. But I totally thought the Silver and Bronze medalist were far better.
|Feb 20 2014, 05:56 PM Post #37
Buh-Bye Tan of Our Lives
There apparently has been quite some comments made about this event.....I won't say anything either...but Figure Skating at this Olympics has seen some MAJOR wtf judging right across the board.
Edited by Mitchapalooza, Feb 20 2014, 06:12 PM.
|Miss Rhi
|Feb 20 2014, 07:32 PM Post #38
|I watched the Ladies' Figure Skating live this morning and didn't agree either. I was hoping the Bronze winner could have won Gold.
|Feb 20 2014, 10:21 PM Post #39
Captain Kirk
You can spoil it if you want. I forgot to DVR it and going out for drinks instead. I agree from what I have seen the judging has been questionable.
The women's hockey set a record for live streaming excluding Super Bowls. That's huge! I bet the men's game breaks that tomorrow though. Go USA.
|Feb 20 2014, 11:14 PM Post #40
|The Russian won (Not the 15 year old sourpuss face one, but the other one). It was also the second highest mark in the history of Ladies' Figure Skating. I thought Yuna Kim of South Korea and Carolina Kostner of Italy were much better. I kinda felt bad for Mao Asada whose Free Skate was AMAZING. It's a shame she had such a horrible short program.
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"Unlimited data" sounds great, right? Browse the Internet, stream videos, use GPS, even make video calls – all to your heart's content. But what if you bought an unlimited data plan and then weren't able to do all those things? That's what happened to some AT&T customers.
From 2007 until 2010, AT&T offered unlimited data plans for smartphones. Even after it stopped offering unlimited data, AT&T allowed customers who already had unlimited plans to renew them. Continue Reading >
Nothing like a hot cup of coffee and the morning paper to start the day, right? Well, for many subscribers and newspaper publishers across the country, bogus renewal notices are leaving a bitter taste.
Here's what's happening: You get a renewal notice in the mail for your newspaper. The notice tells you that your subscription is about to expire, but you can renew it by paying immediately. The problem is, the companies behind the invoices have no relationship with your newspaper publisher or billing department. These scammers are simply out to rip you off. Continue Reading >
Shopping for health insurance online? Before making your final purchase – read on. Health insurance scams have been preying on vulnerable consumers through websites selling medical discount plans. Continue Reading >
How low can scammers go? As low as stealing from older consumers to line their own pockets. The FTC says some scammers claimed to be calling on behalf of the government to verify information for a new Medicare card or Medicare-related package. In fact, it was a ruse to get people's bank account information to make unauthorized withdrawals from their accounts. Continue Reading >
You just bought the latest smartphone. You loaded all your favorite apps — online banking, GPS, even an app to track your health.
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The Federal Trade Commission works closely with legal services providers and consumer advocates to root out frauds affecting communities across the nation. Several of our partners have told us about an income scam that's targeting Latino organizations -- even churches. Here's how it works: Continue Reading >
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The FTC recently attended DEF CON 22, and challenged the tech-savvy to help us zap "Rachel from Cardholder Services" and her robocall buddies. How? The agency hosted a contest to see who could develop a cutting-edge robocall honeypot — an information system designed to attract robocallers, and help researchers and investigators understand and minimize illegal calls. Today, the FTC announced the winners, who will receive a combined total of $12,000 in prizes. Continue Reading >
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- Employee satisfaction as an important KPI tool in telemarketing
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- Kasim, Wasif
- Abstract
- This study attempts to establish employee satisfaction as an important KPI in telemarketing. A multi-method data collection was adopted to collect primary and secondary data for this study. Primary data was collected by the researcher as an employee of Company Y. This was done through informal talks with management and employees. Secondary data was collected through company questionnaires. The objectives of this study included the following: 1) to demonstrate the importance of employee satisfaction as a vital KPI tool in telemarketing, 2) to establish the relationship between employee-management relations through training, employee motivation, employee commitment, and employee satisfaction, 3) to measure these elements in Company Y, and 4) to provide recommendations on improving employee satisfaction levels within Company Y. Secondary data was collected from a sample of fifty-two questionnaires obtained from Company Y. The sample audience consisted of thirty-three men and nineteen women with a mean age of 21.42 years. Of the seventy-eight employees in the workforce, fiftytwo completed them, yielding a response rate of 66.7%. Participants were all current CSRs (Customer Service Representatives) in the month of February 2005. The external analysis consisted of an environmental scan, a competitive analysis, and a discussion of Company Y's opportunities and threats. The internal analysis included a discussion of Company Y's business profile, its management, and its strengths and weaknesses. Employee-management relations were established as the most important element behind employee satisfaction in Company Y. Recommendations were provided to improve employee-management relations as well as overall employee satisfaction.
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- Thesis (MBA Project)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Enterprise. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship
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- 2005
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- Employee satisfaction; Key performance indicators; KPIs; Telemarketing
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- Copyright © 2005 Wasif Kasim.
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- [Harchand Singh Thardi, Revathi Subramaniam]
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- [Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration, Swinburne University of Technology, October 2005.]
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At Ocean Song, Occidental, California
with Anais Szabo, Veronica Rosario & Liv Wheeler
The Ancestralization ritual is a process of helping our ancestors who are stuck in between realms to become healthy ancestors who we can call on for support in our lives. This can be a very tranformative ritual, not only for your ancestors but also for you in your daily life. It's said that what our ancestors feel we feel. So, if they're in a place of confusion, feeling lost or stuck, that potentially directly affects your life. The positive aspect being, that you might feel more clarity about your life, clear about your direction and more uplifted in general.
This is a 3 day ritual, Friday through Sunday. There will be an all night vigil the first night, around the fire, to support the ancestors' transition. We will be moving through the weekend as community, supporting each other, supporting our ancestors as community.. Here is the link for Ocean Song.. www.oceansong.org
The cost of this ritual is $450. $150 non-refundable deposit will reserve your space. Food and lodging is included in the cost.
We are looking forward to a really great gathering of people. The ancestors have been requesting this ritual in a very pronounced way and this is our way of telling them, we say yes. We say yes collectively and as community. They will hear this, no doubt, as a sign of the times changing in a very healthy way.. Come join us!
If you'd like to reserve your space, please email email@example.com or call 707- 484- 5107 . Please let me know if you want to set up some payment plan beyond the $150 non-refundable deposit. Paypal is also available!
Liv Wheeler
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The time has finally come to visit my other home sweet home… Sydney! It was the first time my boyfriend has visited Sydney, so I was very excited to be his personal tour guide with the help of my local family members.
Most people plan out an itinerary, being a big foodie I had a 'Food Itinerary' and unfortunately, we could not cover the whole list.
Our hotel was located near Chinatown. It was only a two minute walk to Market City, where Wednesdays to Sundays, Paddy's Markets are held on the bottom floor.
Entry to Chinatown
Oh what sweet childhood memories I have of this place…
Harry's Cafe De Wheels Haymarket
I would give anything to have Harry's Cafe De Wheels in Perth. The most perfect meal I can think of after a late night out. It opens till 4am on Fridays and Saturday nights!
WARNING: Bring a bib and handwipes… it gets very messy from here (drool included).
I asked "What does the 'Tiger' stand for?". The shop assistant said she's not exactly sure but we decided it's the concept of sauce, on top of mushies peas, on top of mash.
Harry's Cafe De Wheels Famour Curry Tiger $5.90
Their famous curry pie with mash, mushy peas and thick brown gravy.
Hot Dog De Wheels
Their famous hot dog, with chilli corn carne, garlic onions, mushy peas, yummy cheese sauce and chilli sauce.
Y2K Fish Ball Station
This dessert house is not only good for their variety of bubble tea flavours and desserts, but they also specialise in skewers. The skewers are perfect for snacking and my favourite is the 'Chilli Fish Balls'. The fish balls are boiling in a huge pot so the flavour is seeped in and it's steaming hot.
Chilli Fish Ball Skewer $3
These fishballs had a bite to it. It tasted like a chilli-curry sauce and it was very juicy.
Meetfresh is a new Taiwanese dessert shop. There is a line out the door no matter what time or day you come and with one taste you will know why. What sets them apart from the rest is they hand make their taro balls with the fresh ingredients and no added preservatives.
Taro balls are similar to sago balls in texture. Sago balls, also known as 'pearls', are a starchy chewy ball commonly seen in bubble tea.
I find that some people may be put off by the gooey textures of sago balls and jellies found in asian desserts and drinks if it's unfamiliar to them. It doesn't help that I joke that sago balls come out of sago worms.
Meetfresh Signature Herbal Dessert with extra Noodle $5.5o plus 50c extra toppings Available Hot or Cold
Grass jelly, taro balls, noodles.
Meetfresh Cafe Creme for all Grass Jelly Desserts
This on it's own did not taste like anything, but if desired when mixed through with the dessert gives a creamy taste.
Meetfresh Signature Herbal Dessert Innards
Mix it all together with the bottom layer of brown sugar ice, to create an amazing dessert. The flavour of the handmade taro balls are to die for and the grass jelly is the best I've ever tasted.
Emperor's Puff Window
This tiny window is home to a hard working employer who churns these custard puffs all day long.
Emperor's Puff Machine
And the machine.
Emperor's Puffs $3 for 12
Golden and crispy on the outside. On a small note, there are only 11 puffs not because they miscounted, but because one had been eaten before I could even get a picture.
Emperor's Puff Innards
Oozing hot custard innards. These are very addictive and you can't stop at one.
Oporto Haymarket
Not having any stores in Perth we had to try a burger from Oporto.
Oporto's Bondi Burger with Extra Chilli Sauce
A very good chicken burger with a very addictive sauce.
Crunchy tasty chips.
Greek Festival of Sydney Stalls
Shortly after our food adventures around chinatown, I showed my boyfriend around Darling Harbour where the Greek Festival of Sydney was being held.
Bougatsa $5
Crispy filo pastry with a custard center. Dusted with icing sugar.
Loukoumades and Elioplta Stand
Loukoumades are honey soaked greek doughnuts.
Crispy sweet doughnuts dusted with cinnamon.
Lamb Souvlakia with a Bread Roll $5
The bread roll is still warm and there is BBQ sauce so you can make your own Lamb Souvlakia roll if you wanted.
Tagged: bondi, bougatsa, burger, Chilli, chilli corn carne, chilli sauce, chinatown, curry tiger, custard puff, emperor's puff, fish balls, grass jelly, gravy, greek donuts, greek doughnuts, greek festival, harry's cafe de wheels, haymarket, herbal dessert, hot dog de wheels, lamb, loukoumades, market city, mash, meetfresh, mushy peas, oprto, paddys market, skewer, souvlakia, sydney, taro balls, Y2K


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As the team searches for a terrorist targeting the Navy, a bug is found in a probationary agent's tooth; Jimmy Palmer has a bachelor party.
An investigation into a fire on a Navy vessel leads to a discovery that elevates security at Navy facilities worldwide; Ziva and DiNozzo are called in when an explosive device is found on a ship in Italy.
Shaken by terrorism, the NCIS faces devastating surprises; the case impacts Jimmy Palmer's destination wedding.


text: Balkman is underrated, but I don't think D'Antoni likes guys without an outside shot. The one exception seems to be Jeffries, but I guess he likes Jeffries better because he intends to use him at the 5. Balkman is a SF. I think we got a trade exception in that deal. So maybe we can use it to get a decent SG or backup PG once a roster spot opens up. Other than that, the trade wasn't one of Walsh's best moments.


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Those of us who have kids know how annoying those children's songs can get, especially when they want to play them 400 times in a row. The Kids' Bop albums only made things worse, taking pop songs and recording them kid-style. But here's an album that you might want to buy your little one, if you're a rock fan. Too bad it's not for real.
This parody takes standard children's songs and redoes them in the styles of several popular rock performers. There's Pearl Jam singing Old McDonald Had a Farm to the tune of Evenflow, Metallica singing Bingo in the style of Enter Sandman, and much more.
All of the songs were good, but the bonus McDonald's commercial by Guns 'N Roses was stellar. It makes me want to go buy a Happy Meal.
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ABILENE, Texas — Steven Aragon led a 1-3-6 finish in javelin to highlight Eastern New Mexico University men's performances over the weekend in the Lone Star Conference track meet, hosted by Abilene Christian.
Abilene Christian captured men's and women's team titles in the six-school competition. The Wildcats have won the last 15 men's conference titles in the sport and 23 of 25 overall in women's competition.
ENMU finished sixth in both divisions, scoring 30 points in men's competition and 23 on the women's side.
Aragon, a sophomore from Los Lunas, threw a season-best 195-6 to give the Greyhounds their third LSC javelin title in the last four years. Zach Gerleve won the event in 2005 and 2006, then finished second last year.
Sophomore Robert Griego placed third with a season-best 182-3 for ENMU, while Texico freshman Justin Garrison was sixth with a season-best effort of 171-0. Javelin accounted for more than half of ENMU's points (17).
ENMU's women also earned three places in javelin, led by sophomore Deidra Brown with a season-best 137-4. Junior Hillaree Chavez was fifth (110-2) and Fort Sumner freshman Laurel Herrera sixth (103-6), both season bests.
Brown added a fifth-place finish in discus (a season-best 125-1), with Clovis freshman Lorena Garza (124-7) just behind her in sixth.
ENMU is waiting to see if it will qualify anyone for NCAA Division II national competition May 22-24 at Walnut Springs, Calif. Aragon, senior triple-jumper Kyle Harris and Brown (javelin) are potential qualifiers.


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First she whipped her hair back and forth, Now 11-year-old Willow Smith is sporting a tongue ring? What happened to just ear piercing? Not in Hollywood!
Keep reading for more on Willow Smith's new mouth accessory… after the jump!
Ahh the tangled webs we weave. Yesterday we told you about the BIG celebrity rumor that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith had separated and today, we learn that Marc Anthony might be wrapped up in this mess. Yeah, the same I-used-to-be-married-to-JLo-and-cheated Marc Anthony. Is there any truth to all this nonsense?
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Just when you thought they were one of the most solid couples in Tinseltown, news of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's possible separation had to go plant seeds of doubt in all our minds. After 13 years of marriage and two children, it looks like Will and Jada's relationship is on the rocks….
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Rumors can be so dumb, sometimes.
Over the weekend, a nasty rumor started that everyone's favorite summer action hero, Will Smith, had died.
Who would start such a vicious rumor? Why would someone start such a vicious rumor?
Find out… after the jump!
We first told you about Willow Smith back in September. You know who she is–that girl responsible for getting that catchy Whip My Hair track stuck in our heads. The 10-year-old singer is back with a followup single called 21st Century Girl. Does it live up to the hype?
Read on for more on Willow Smith and her new single!
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What a week it has been! So much excitement in the news! Now, its time to sit back and relax with a large popcorn and a movie!
But what to go see? The holidays are quickly approaching and that means tons of movie madness is headed your way.
Here's our picks:
What does "whip my hair" even mean? I have no idea, but it doesn't matter because Willow Smith, daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, has released it as her first single and it's getting major airtime nationwide after leaking two days ago. Recently signed to Jay-Z's label Roc Nation, 9-year-old Willow Smith is busy working. Does this girl sound like she is 9 years old? Anyway, Willow says she's serious about a career in music and will film the video for Whip My Hair later this month.Read More
Willow Smith, the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, just landed her first record deal at the ripe old age of nine. What did you ever do at age nine besides learn cursive and all 50 state capitals? The crooning cutie signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation Label. Her first single is titled "Whip My Hair" and is actually pretty catchy. I mean, her dad is The Fresh Prince, who graced the world with his lyrical masterpieces "Parent's Just Don't Understand," "Time To Chill," and "Boom! Shake The Room." Apparently mom Jada is also a singer - for a heavy metal rock band called Wicked Wisdom. Okaay...
Jay-Z and his petite protégé called in to "On-Air With Ryan Seacrest" to confirm that he had signed her to his Roc Nation label. Describing Willow's debut as "a hit," Jay-Z said on Thursday morning... Read More


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(St. Paul, MN) — Tonight will be the 1000th game of Matt Cullen's National Hockey League career. The Moorhead native will lead his Minnesota Wild team onto the Xcel Energy Center ice to welcome San Jose for a 7 p.m. game. Cullen says the game is an important one for the Wild, as the struggling club is trying to recover from a mid-season slump. He admits he has used the milestone game as a cause to reflect on his career. Cullen says he feels very fortunate to have played in this many NHL games and that he is living a dream.
>>Differing Paths
(St. Paul, MN) — Tonight's game between Minnesota and San Jose is a pairing of teams headed in opposite directions right now. San Jose is surging, having won four consecutive games in the early stages of calendar year 2012. Minnesota, meanwhile, has dropped 11 of its last 12 games and is in a much different spot in the standings than when these two teams last played. The Wild were leading the NHL in the point standings back on December 6th when they beat the Sharks in San Jose. Now, Minnesota is tied with Nashville for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Tonight will be Brent Burns first game in Minnesota since he was traded to the Sharks from the Wild in the offseason. San Jose and Minnesota are 1-and-1 this year against each other with both games being played in Northern California.
(Minneapolis, MN) — Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman says he might play star player Kevin Love a few minutes less tonight than he would in a normal game. Minnesota is playing for the third consecutive night when Chicago visits the Target Center. This is the first home game in the three-game stint, which included stops in Washington, DC and Toronto. Adelman says he thought it looked like Love lacked some energy in a 13-point, 14-rebound effort in last night's loss at Toronto. Tonight's game starts at 7 p.m.
>>Gophers At No. 8 Indiana
(Minneapolis, MN) — The Golden Gophers men's basketball team will visit eighth-ranked Indiana Thursday night. Minnesota has lost four straight games, including back-to-back home contests against Iowa and Purdue. Indiana has not lost a home game yet this season and is 15-and-1 overall. The Hoosiers boast the reigning Freshman of the Week in the Big Ten in center Cody Zeller, who has won the weekly citation five times this season. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
>>NSIC Award Winners
(Burnsville, MN) — The Northern Sun has named its weekly award winners in men's and women's basketball. Minnesota State-Mankato senior center Laura Weber of Eden Prairie is the women's Player of the Week. She helped the Mavericks to their sixth straight win over the weekend. The men's honoree is Minnesota-Crookston senior guard Jacolby Anderson of Lancaster, Texas. He average 28 points-per-game in two contests last week.
>>MIAC POWs
(St. Paul, MN) — The MIAC men's basketball Player of the Week is Saint John's sophomore forward Seth Marx of Maple Grove. The Benilde-St. Margaret's product averaged 13 points-per-game in a pair of tilts last week. The women's basketball Player of the Week is Carleton junior Akemi Arzouman of Irvine, California.
>>Swimming and Diving Honorees
(St. Paul, MN) — MIAC Swimming and Diving weekly award winners have been released for the week. Carleton junior Erik Klontz of Bethesda, Maryland is the men's winner, while Macalester sophomore diver Renee Jordan of Anchorage, Alaska is the women's honoree.
>>Where Or Where Will The Vikings Stadium Go?
(Minneapolis, MN) — A well-known analyst predicts Minneapolis will probably win the race for a new Vikings stadium, but Doug Grow with MinnPost says two "decidedly different factions" support sites at the opposite ends of downtown. Grow says Mayor R.T. Rybak and the president of the city council are "pushing like crazy" for the Metrodome site, while all sorts of other players prefer the Farmers Market or Linden Avenue. Backers of the Metrodome site argue it's the least expensive because infrastructure is already in. Supporters of Linden Avenue or the Farmer's Market say those sites would put the stadium next to the Twins ballpark, Target Center and the Hennepin Avenue entertainment district.
>>Racino Push Shaping Up
(St. Paul, MN) — Momentum appears to be building for passage of the racino bill in the upcoming legislative session. Many supporters of expanded gambling at the state's two racetracks want to put the revenue towards a new Vikings stadium. Racino spokesman Ron Rosenbaum says their official position is neutral. He says they are will to provide the state with 135 million dollars a year. But adds the legislature can use the money however they want. Rosenbaum admits they have a friend in racino sponsor and new Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem, but he says they also had a good relationship with ex-Majority Leader Amy Koch [[ Coke ]]. He believes the bill has a strong chance of passing this year.
>>DNR: Limited Gray Wolf Hunting Season
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>>Update For DNR's On-Line Reservation System
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All of those are racist terms to distinguish a goup of people set aside from their actual nationality
its as bad as calling some one colored
people arent a color
as a columbia graduate in the field of social work it was hammered into our mindsets to not think of a person as a color, but instead view them as a person from an area on earth. A hatian person is a far cry from an african person and we discriminate harshly but considering both of them the same because they are labeled as ( black )
you are going to use the sick reference of yellow to describe what an asian person ? meanwhile china, korea and japan are as different as saudi arabians, isrealis and canadians.
All white team
All Black team
all whatever team
there is no white there is no black.
my complexion is white, I Was adopted by an italian mother and german father, I am spanish.
I would never consider myself a white person though and if some one said i was white, I would say umm no i am spanish.


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|October 3, 2016
|Otakon 2017 LARP character signups are now open!
|August 25, 2016
|Reserve your hotel rooms for Otakon 2017!
|August 14, 2016
|Otakon 2016 has come to a close, and now Otakon 2017 would like to welcome Vic Mignogna!
|August 11, 2016
|YOSHIKI is very sorry to announce his personal appearance at OTAKON has been canceled due to a last minute production commitment. He will hold a LIVE Q&A from the recording studio via Skype. Panel time and giveaways remain the same.
|August 10, 2016
|Online registration has closed, but memberships will be available all weekend at the door!
|August 10, 2016
|Final Reminder: Online Registration closes at 10:00PM EDT on Wednesday, August 10th!
|August 9, 2016
|Otakon 2016 Guest Updates: Due to a medical issue, Jiro Ishii is unable to attend. Everyone here at Otakon wishes him a speedy recovery. Also, Masao Maruyama will be unable to attend due to last minute production commitments. While this is disappointing to everyone, guest appearances are always at risk to unanticipated conflicts. Please check schedules as they may have changed (or may be in the process of being updated).
|August 9, 2016
|Update: Yoshiki will be giving away ONE pair of tickets to the Visual Japan Summit 2016 (including airfare and hotel) and ONE pair of tickets for the premier of X JAPAN's documentary film WE ARE X ! during his Saturday panel at Otakon!
|August 9, 2016
|The Otakon 2016 Schedule is now available on GuideBook!
|August 8, 2016
|The live Otakon 2016 Schedule is now online!
|August 8, 2016
|If you would like to Volunteer at Otakon 2016, we still have a few Gofer spots available!
|August 6, 2016
|The Otakon 2016 Preview Schedule is now online! Note: there is a 100% chance it will change before Monday.
|August 5, 2016
|Reminder: Online Registration closes at 10:00PM EDT on Wednesday, August 10th!
|August 3, 2016
|Otakon's longtime friend Yoshiki is coming back to participate in a panel that will reveal the preview for the documentary film on X JAPAN, "We Are X!" He promises to give a high-five to everyone attending this panel and will be making a big announcement about his future plans.
|August 2, 2016
|Otakon 2016 welcomes back Michael Sinterniklaas!
|August 1, 2016
|Come dance to Charm City Stomp at Hiro's Lounge in the Hyatt on Saturday night at Otakon!
|August 1, 2016
|Update: MICHI will have a special half-time performance during Otakon's Masquerade!
|August 1, 2016
|Register to participate in the Self Dressing Kimono Workshop, presented by Otakon guest Kuniko Kanawa, Shinto Priestess, and Certified Kimono Consultant. While all are welcome to attend, participation is limited due to supplies. All registrants will be entered into a drawing to receive a special prize commemorating our final year in Baltimore.
|July 30, 2016
|Masquerade waiver forms have been posted!
|July 29, 2016
|P.A. Works will present their 15th Anniversary Exhibit in collaboration with TakaOtacraft at Otakon 2016!