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Trying to understand basic electrical concepts, how was this possible?
I am a newer homeowner and a I am trying to learn more about electrical work so I can do some projects around the house. I understand some core concepts of electricity in general but I quickly found when dealing with home wiring there is a lot of new and unknown considerations. I understand pos/nov, circuits, fuses, grounding, wire types and gauges, etc. Now when working with my home wiring I have discovered called a "neutral" wire. I understand hot/ground but I have no idea why this wiring is necessary.
I obviously have a lot to learn. Does anyone know of any good books that where I can learn more about electrical theory and it's PRACTICAL applications. I am more looking for a practical book than anything. Something that will be useful when doing projects around the house.
Some questions... I was wiring up some light kits for my ceiling fans this past weekend. I installed one of them no problem. The next one I had some trouble. After much trouble shooting I found out that the blue hot wire in the ceiling fan was not tied into the ceiling connection when I thought it was. Here is the weird part. Before I knew this I was testing the wires with a multimeter one on the blue wire and the white wire in the fan that is for the light kit. Even though the blue wire was disconnected in the ceiling it was still showing voltage?!? How is this possible. In fact it did not matter which wire I tried as pos they both showed voltage. If the blue wire was disconnected shouldn't this not complete the circuit and there would be no voltage? This really confused me.
Another weird thing I noticed is that I had initially hooked up the light kit and tested the wires with a non-contact voltage tester. Even though the blue wire was disconnected in the ceiling it was showing voltage but only ABOVE the wire nut connection to the light kit on the blue wire. HUH? When I pulled the chain for the light switch it would be gone completely. I'm baffled at this. Why would it stop at the wire nut or better yet why show voltage at all when the blue wire was disconnected.
Any info and advice would be appreciated. I'm sure there are explanations for all of this. Thanks for helping a newbie!
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When wiring up household electrical circuits, we always connect up hot and neutral for carrying the power. Ground is connected only to the metal framework of fixtures and appliances. In a sense, for 120 volt circuits you can, if you insist, think of hot (black or red or blue) as "positive" and neutral (correctly must be white) as "negative".
In automotive wiring typically red is hot or positive and black is ground or negative although in some cases negative is not grounded and positive is grounded.
If you connect up the hot wire for the light and forgot to connect the fan/light shared neutral and hot wire for the fan then you can measure voltage at the end of the fan hot wire. This is because enough current can flow fron the light hot wire through the light to the neutral and up through the fan and out the fan hot wire to show up on the meter although not turn on the light. If neutral for the fan unit is connected to the house neutral (cable in the ceiling) then no voltage should be measured on the loose blue wire coming out of the fan unit.
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Don't feel bad....we were ALL there at some point in our lives.....at least your honest about your abilities...
Plenty of info in the web and plenty of books out there....you might want to pick up a home wiring guide at one of the big box stores.
First off, there is not + or minus in your home wiring. It's all AC....instead you have hot and neutral.
A few quick basics....
Black is always hot (or should be)
White is always neutral. By this I mean it is referenced to earth ground...or should be. In other words, if you grab this wire, you 'should not' get shocked...but don't go doing it to find out. If you look at your standard wall socket, of the two slots, one is longer....that 'should' be your neutral.
If your house is like most houses, you have 3 wires comeing in from the pole. 2 Hots and one neutral. Each hot is 120Vac (give or take a couple of volts). The neutral should be tied to the earth ground in your load center (meter, circuit breaker box).
Important point here...those 2 120Vac lines are 180 deg out of phase with each other. In other words, if you measure from neutral to ether hot...you get 120Vac...but if you measure between the two, you get 240Vac. Inside your load center, each hot get connected to one side of the bus bar. Assuming you have 2 rows of breakers....as you go down each breaker, each one will catch one hot or the other....so if you have a double breaker (one with a rod between the two handles), one side is one of the 120's, the other is the other 120vac....so together, they supply 240Vac...to say your oven. If one side trips, it drags the handle of the other breaker with it.
You will frequently hear the term "Back Stab". This typically is refering to an outlet where the wires are stabbed into the back of it using the spring loaded fingers inside. You will frequently hear us saying "don't do this"...we always prefer to use the side screws.
Now....just a quick note on your lights....
Depending on how your house was wired, your lights could be done one of two ways.....
1. The hot and neutral was ran to the fixture...from there, a back and white are ran down to the light switch. The advantage of this method is that you can run power to a ceiling fan (turn the fan on and off with the pull chain) and still control the lights from the wall.
2. Hot and neut go to the switch...then from the switch up to the fixture....this is nice in that if you want to install occupancy sensor, you have a neut in the switch box....but, if you install a ceiling fan, there is no power for the fan unless the wall switch is on...or you run another hot and neut up there.
Your ceiling fan is going to have 3 wires besides the ground....light, fan and neutral. Unless you have more wires installed, your light and fan wires are going to be connected together.
Now....about that voltage detector.....don't trust them 100%....if it says there is nothing....good chance there is not...but if it says there is? Could be induced voltage....i'm old fashioned....I turn off breakers and use a real volt meter.
Even if you are on the right track, you will still get run over if you just sit there.
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Wow thanks for your replies thus far especially yours ddawg16. I love how you explained the entire process of home wiring as it comes in from the pole to the breaker box. I had no idea that 2 120 lines came in from outside, go figure.
One thing you mentioned about the "back stab" outlets. I have replaced several outlets and GFCI's in my home already using these types of connections because they are so easy. I got them at home depot. I have seen the screw down ones as well. Why are these considered an issue? I have no had a problem with them yet. Is it a safety concern?
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Not to confuse you but to add to DDawgs - "White is always neutral."
Be careful here. It's better to say "the neutral is always white." White can be used in a "switch loop" situation as in his example #1.
In that case, the white wire is being used as a "hot" - it should be marked at both ends black, and then the (real) black used as a switched hot, back to the light.
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I'm not saying your going to have issues....but, when you consider that a majority of your outlets are inline with other outlets....it goes something like this....
You have a romex (that is the sheathed cable that contains the black, white and bare ground) coming from your load center to the first outlet. This romex should be 12-2 (that means 2 12Awg conductors (black & white), not including the ground). This is rated for 20 amps and should be connected to a 20a breaker. 14-2 is rated for 15amps.
From that breaker it goes to the first outlet....so one set of b&w goes on the outlet. You then have another romex connected to the other set of contacts that then goes on to the next outlet....same thing at that outlet....then on to the next.
Now....those back stab connections are only rated for 15A....if you have 12g wire, you should have had a hard time getting those wires in. If it was easy, then you might have 14g wire....make sure the breaker is a 15A breaker.
Lets assume your last outlet on the string has a hair dryer plugged in....and someone else plugs in a vacuum on the next outlet...total load might be less than 20a....not enough to trip the breaker....but, guess what? All of that current is going through the first outlet....those back stab contacts are not really up to a 20A load....you basically have a flat spring loaded blade making contact with a round wire....the surface area of contact is not very large...the tyipcal result is that it starts getting hot....and in some cases starts a fire.
It's a bit hard to explain here....you really need to see a few pics....but I prefer to use a pigtail...that is where I wirenut the connections in the back of the box and have a pigtail coming off that bundle that actually connects to the outlet. The circuit load current bypasses the outlet and it's easier to move the outlet around on a single pigtial versus two sets of 12-2 wire.
Even if you are on the right track, you will still get run over if you just sit there.
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So far as books, I picked one for you. This book, from the description, sounds like it would explain the basics. So look for a book with a similar description or get this one...
Then I found that book at the following bookstore in the electrical area. There are zillions of books, however many are quite advanced and cover specific things. But here is the link to that...
Alternating Current...
Direct Current...
Then get a "digital multimeter" AND an "analog multimeter".
Search google.com for the words...
How to use a multimeter
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On the subject of automotive current, I'll speak to Ford since that's what I worked on. The specifics vary by manufacturer, but as far as I know in the late '50's it was standard practice to use 12 volt systems with negative ground in automotive. Up to and including model year 1954, the Ford electrical system in use was a 6 volt system with a positive ground.
Going way beyond what's needed to understand for someone interested in household wiring, 6 volt batteries for cars are a specialty item so it's common to convert to 12 volts. Up to 1954 there wasn't much electronics, so mostly it's a matter of changing light bulbs, the same ignition coil usually is fine you just need to add a ballast resistor, the generator doesn't really need to be changed but the voltage regulator does, and the 6 volt starters usually work fine on 12 volts - better actually since it'll turn the motor over faster for starts. For the radio, where equipped, you need to change the tube that converts DC to AC. The vacuum tube radios actually use AC, which is converted internally from the battery DC.
Anyway, the difference between AC and DC is that DC is generally a constant voltage while AC is actually a wave which viewed on an oscilloscope can be seen to go up and down from a positive to negative voltage.
So with DC electricity, you have a battery that provides basicly a voltage, and you can add more batteries in series to increase the voltage. So if I had 2 6 volt batteries and wanted 12 volts, I connect them in series.
With AC it's not exactly as simple, and this is relevant for the electrical coming into the house and understanding the meaning of neutral and ground. If you operate an appliance plugged into a 120V AC hot and neutral it will get 120 V. You also have appliances such as electric dryers which opperate on 120V AC, and they achieve this voltage by connecting to two 120 V AC hots which are 180 degrees out of phase, so each hot individually is 120 V relative to neutral, but because at a particular moment one has 120 V positive and the other has 120 V negative, together they provide 240 V.
To understand exactly what neutral means, one way of understanding is by explaining how a transformer works. Basicly, the power company has high voltage lines and they connect to one side of a transformer where the high voltage is transformed to the 240 volts that comes into your house. Transformers work by having wire coils which magnetically induce current in another set of wire coils. On the high voltage side, the wire might wrap around 250 times while on the low voltage side it wraps around 10 times. (I might have that backwards, for the sake of illustration let's just go with it. The ratio is 25:1 if the high voltage wire was at 6000 volts and the output is 240 volts.
The neutral basicly connects at the middle of the 240 volt coil, so if there was 10 loops it would connect on the 5th loop.
In theory the ideal state is that half of your house's electrical load is going to be on one of the 120 V phases and the other half is on the opposite phase.
If you think of a clock where the hand rotates once per second, then that's about what the voltage does - where a 120 V hot starts at 120 V positive when it's at 12 o'clock, goes to zero at 3 o'clock, then to negative 120 V at 6 o'clock, then zero at 9 o'clock, then back to positive 120 V at 12 o'clock. That would be one cycle. Household power in America comes in at 60 Hertz (Hz) meaning it cycles 60 times per minute.
So in the ideal state where the two 120 V hots are balanced, the neutral at your outlets is completing the path for the other outlets that are connected to the 120 V hot wire on the opposite phase, and basicly the electricity going into the neutral is cancelling out eachother so there might be zero voltage in the neutral.
At the point where the wires come into the house, neutral and ground are actually connected together. Ground is basicly a safety measure so that if something becomes electrified that is not supposed to, the electricity will return to the transformer through the ground circuit instead of through something that will cause injury or fire.
I've always looked at DC as being more straightforward for understanding it, whether that's just because I learned about it first or because it actually is more straightforward I could not say.
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Another thing to note as well, i have seen on service calls in the past where half of the house does not work...turns out one of the lines coming from the poco (power company) was dead. Like the poster above me said you will have two 120v lines one of each side of your load center.
When you connect the neutral to the ground it is called "bonding", and you main panel should always be bonded (just a connection between the ground and neutral).
In many old houses you will find the old wiring doesn't even have a ground.
What you were seeing on your meter when testing between the blue wire and the neutral is what another poster mentioned induced voltage, sometimes also referred to as phantom voltage.
Also, you should get in a good practice of testing voltage with ground and not the neutral. Granted they are supposed to be bonded together but i've found many times where i would just get random readings on my meter...
If your ground and neutral is not bonded you will get what is commonly referred to as a "floating neutral".
I've had cabinets installed on DOT projects with floating neutrals where some equipment would work and others wouldn't even turn on.
Somewhere down the line neutral and ground must be bonded. I've had times where my guys ran a hot, neutral, and ground for our power service, all the poco does it bond them as well.
Few things to remember...
If you're unsure about something, ask someone on here...there are plenty of knowledgeable people on here who would love to help with something to you seems very difficult but could be very simple to someone else.
Black -> Gold
White -> Silver
Ground -> Green
Panels are not always labeled correctly! Test with a tweeter or multimeter to make sure the power is off.
If you install a GFI make sure you have your load and line correct.
Kitchens, bathrooms, and GFIs are 12ga wire. Lights can be ran in 14ga.
I'm sure they've come up with a bunch of new codes to drive electricians nuts but that's my basic overview from what i remember back when i was a residential electrician.
Once you get a good understanding of everything it's actually pretty easy and simple when you think about it...it's just the codes that make everything difficult (yeah yeah i know the NEC is there for a reason)
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Digital meters and non contact testers can give eronious readings,
Dont rely solely on any one of these.
Use a anologue meter or a good old fashioned test lamp
to double test any thing before you touch it !
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For household wiring, connect a low wattage incandescent test lamp across the same two points where you are touching the meter probes simulataneously and a digital meter will give an accurate reading. Admittedly it can be cumbersome holding everything in place but wires with alligator clips on the ends (can be bought at Radio Shack) can come in handy.
A test light jig with two 120 volt lamps in series will work for both 120 and 240 volt circuits.
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Re: Trying to understand basic electrical concepts, how was this possible?
I wanted to update everyone on this post...5 years later.
You will all be happy to know that back in 2011 I took your advice and found a practical DVD video course on electrical and home wiring in general. It's called "The basics of household wiring". It's a great professionally produced series that focuses on getting you up to speed to tackle projects around the house and how to do it safely.
I now understand all the concepts needed to finish anything I need to do in the house. I even trenched to my small outbuilding and ran a multiwire circuit and now I have lights, switches, plenty of receptacles for my tools, my little window unit A/C, etc. Best of all is that I saved thousands of dollars in having to hire an electrician because now I have the knowledge and the confidence to do the work SAFELY and to code. It's amazing how far I have come and how little I knew and what I can accomplish now.
Thanks everyone.
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With The Swapper's launch looming less than a week away we're happy to share this promo artwork by the amazing Sakke Soini. Our Steam page is also now live! Enjoy!
The Swapper artwork
The Swapper releasing May 30th, New Trailer!
Well, we've done it. The long wait is over. The Swapper is officially coming to Steam (and other TBA outlets) on May 30th! Scroll below for the trailer.
Mark your calendars! Tell your friends and family. Staple flyers to telephone poles and graffiti building sides. Use a megaphone to yell at strangers on the streets. This is serious news.
We understand you might be feeling apprehensive that the launch date is so soon and that you have not properly prepared. Don't worry! With our help, in just 2 short weeks you too can be ready to play The Swapper.
We recommend you take the following steps*:
- Isolate yourself for long periods of time. This will acclimate you to your new, desolate environment and help ward off space dementia.
- Practice solving puzzles by pushing all buttons, levers, blocks and switches you come across in your day to day. If this causes trouble, just swap to one of your clones and leave the old one behind!
- Oh, be sure to start cloning yourself. That part is also important.
- Wear your space suit daily, including during rigorous physical exercise, sleeping and eating. You need to be familiar and nimble with your equipment on.
And remember, those voices you're hearing are all perfectly normal. It's an indication that your preparations are working!
Congratulations! Now you're on your way to successfully experiencing The Swapper!
For additional study materials please view this new gameplay trailer and read Part 1 of Tom's narrative retrospective.
Happy Swapping and thanks for the support everyone!
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*We accept no personal liability for possible side effects of extreme isolation, button pushing, graffiti, human cloning experiments or existential crisis brought about by recommended preparations.
Designing Narrative to Fit the Gameplay Part 1: Controlling Idea
Hello. My name is Tom, and I've been narrative designer-ing The Swapper on and off for the last eleven months. When I've not been doing that I've been making things like FTL and Ir/rational Investigator, studying philosophy, and lending a hand with other word-like tasks, the latter of which brings me here.
Today I'm being brought to you with my narrative designer's hat on. That's going to prove necessary, because somehow I have to explain to you all that's happened to The Swapper's narrative over the last eleven months, without actually giving any of it away (and it's very much that sort of game, you know). I have to try to explain the thought that went into decisions like silent protagonist and the general goals of the writing, without actually explaining exactly what happens. Wish me luck.
We should start where my first writing tutor assured me you should always start – at the beginning. Olli contacted me May last year. He'd played Penumbra, and needed some help with a '2001: A Space Odyssey meets atmospheric puzzle solving' game. He had a synopsis of the basic story structure, but was open to new ideas. It was to be a few weeks' work on a minimalist, text-only 3,000-word script.
Eleven months later it's fair to say that while the script has expanded only a little (we're at around 5,000 words as we hit text lock) the workload has ballooned. Thanks partly to an extensive post-IGF plot revision and constant on the fly iteration, I've spent around 8 full-time weeks on the game in total. Here's the breakdown:
7 days – Initial plot pitches and story docs
4 days – Converting story docs into a functional narrative design and planning out every narrative element in the game
8 days – Extensive plot and narrative design revision + new character designs
7 days – First draft of complete in-game script
8 days – Playtesting and script redrafts
3 days – Voice over auditions and direction
Discounting the week or so we killed by overhauling the plot it's still fair to say I've spent more hours per word on this game than any other. That's exactly what excited me about the project in the first place – with such a minimal script, and the convenience of playtesting the game, there's no excuse for every word not being precisely where it should be. I hope the attention we've paid them pays off in the end.
So just what have we been working on? Here I'll briefly discuss the direction the gameplay imposed on the narrative, and in the next post I'll go into more detail on how that informed the various changes we made.
The Swapper as the 'Controlling Idea'
Starting work on any game with a relatively open narrative landscape is a different task to writing a novel, or a play, or just about anything else, in so far as the gameplay provides and imposes unique restrictions on what it makes sense to do with the story. The Controlling Idea is the core concept that moves the entire narrative.
The story in The Swapper could only ever have been about one thing. What the titular device actually does, and what it means for us. When I came onboard the focus was on the cloning aspect; we kinda know where that goes. As we developed ideas about how the device could be used in the key story beats it became clear that the really interesting thing wasn't so much the cloning as it was the transferring of consciousness around different bodies.
What exactly is consciousness? Is there something like a soul that we can actually identify separately from the physical machinations of the brain itself? What constitutes what it is to be you?
These questions will sound pretentious to some, but they are the focus of cutting edge scientific and philosophical research into the brain, and remain more or less open to well-reasoned discussion. While it's true – as my non-gamer flatmate likes to point out to me – that I've learnt a lot more about these subjects from essays than I'll be able to raise in the game, it's my cautious hope that it won't defeat the point of putting them in there. A game in which you screw with your brain but aren't encouraged to think about it would seem to have a thematic gap between its gameplay and its story.
This commitment underpins everything that occurs in the narrative. These are difficult questions to answer, and what you think about them will depend on your intuitions more likely than not. Every move you make in The Swapper we hope will give you pause to question them.
Next time: non-spoilerific details on some of those questions, and what we think their answers might be.
"Marching squares"
New trailer + Steam!
Today is a big step towards release for us. We have a release platform and a brand new trailer for you that – with any luck – shows off how far the game has come so far.
You can read the full press release and watch the trailer below. (I'm just a lazy copypaster and I should be packing for Facepalm's PAX + GDC tour).
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Indie Fund-backed The Swapper coming to Steam, releases new trailer
HELSINKI, FINLAND – 19th March 2013 – Facepalm Games announces today that The Swapper will be launching on Steam
in April Spring 2013, and marks the occasion with an all-new trailer.
The Swapper is an atmospheric, 2D puzzle-platformer whose accolades include IndieCade's Special Recognition Award, and selection for the PAX10 2012. It uses handmade art to render an explorable space station in unique detail, while gameplay sees players swap between different bodies to access long-hidden parts of the station, discover what brought them here, and whether or not it will let them leave. The game is backed by Indie Fund.
The announcement coincides with the release of the first official footage of the game since May 2011. The new trailer offers a glimpse of the story and atmosphere of the finished title.
Facepalm's Olli Harjola, along with narrative designer, Tom Jubert, will be demoing the game in the Indie Megabooth at PAX East this weekend, and attending GDC the following week.
For more information please visit http://theswappergame.com.
About Facepalm Games
Facepalm Games is a two-man studio in Helsinki, Finland. The Swapper will be their first release.
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Press kit
The Swapper is going to be in the INDIE MEGABOOTH at PAX EAST + meet us at GDC!
PAX East 2013 is next week and we're super happy to let you know that The Swapper will be playable at booth #876 which is part of the enormous Indie Megabooth!
I (Olli) am going to be there with Tom (The Swapper's narrative designer). We'll have three stations for the game as a reaction to the queues we had during the PAX10 showcase last fall. Come meet us and check out the game!
We're also going to be at San Francisco with Tom during the GDC so let us know if you're interested in hearing more about the game or grabbing a few beers with us.
Penumbra's Tom Jubert hired for narrative design on The Swapper
HELSINKI, FINLAND – 31st July 2012 – Facepalm Games today announced that it has hired Tom Jubert – whose credits include Penumbra, Driver: San Francisco and FTL – to lead narrative development on The Swapper.
The Swapper is an atmospheric, 2D puzzle-platformer, and was announced recently as one of the PAX10 – the group of indies selected by Penny Arcade's group of experts for exhibition at PAX Prime on 31st August 2012. It's also one of the seven games backed by Indie Fund.
Facepalm's founder, Olli Harjola, explains:
"We were already familiar with Tom's work and blog, and when we started looking for a writer who could deliver on the themes we were tackling he was a natural choice. Luckily he seemed to really get onboard with the premise and was keen to start work."
"Since then Tom's worked closely with us, developing the plotting, planning out the dialogue and even helping us write our press releases!"
Jubert, who is also known for being the inventor of sliced bread, said,
"It's great to be behind the wheel of a thoughtful indie game. In The Swapper we've got this great opportunity to broach some really interesting topics: do I have a soul, am I just a bunch of neurons, what makes you conscious, and what does it mean if you are?"
Nathan Vella, of Indie Fund and Capy Games, commented,
"We're all fans of Tom's work, and obviously we believe in what Facepalm is doing with The Swapper. Seeing them come together, and playing a tiny role in it, is really exciting & gratifying for us at Indie Fund."
The Swapper features a unique art style that uses real-world clay-models and found objects to create an explorable space station realised in unique detail; gameplay sees players swap between different bodies to achieve otherwise impossible tasks. The game has won awards from IndieCade, Develop and Freeplay, and been a finalist in many more. The Swapper is due 2013. For more information please visit http://facepalmgames.com/the-swapper/.
About Facepalm Games
Facepalm Games is a two-man studio in Helsinki, Finland. The Swapper will be their first release.
About Tom Jubert
Tom Jubert is a freelance games writer and narrative designer, based in London, UK, and represented by Sidelines games writing agency. He makes indie games and AAA games. He also operates the narrative design blog and resource, 'Plot is Gameplay's Bitch'.
The Swapper is a PAX 10 selection
The Swapper was selected as one of the ten games in PAX 10! The games are going to be showcased at Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle August 31-September 2.
To celebrate that Jukio "Kozilek" Kallio aka guy who makes Vlambeer music also gave the game's website a makeover.
We also have something else to announce in the next few weeks. Watch this space.
Nominations, nominations..
We're continuing our tradition of super interesting nomination announcements!
It was lately announced that The Swapper is a finalist in Nordic Game Indie Night, an event curated by Copenhagen Game Collective and part of the Nordic Game 2012 conference.
Already sort of old news – but still worth mentioning – The Swapper was also nominated for the Grand Prize at 2012 Independent Propeller Awards.


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What's most interesting about this is that it's not made explicitly clear whether his powers come from above or below, both are given as possibilities. And certainly his dark side was a result of his overdedication (or claims thereof) to piety. This episode was aired several years before Jerry Falwell's rise to fame and the foundation of the Moral Majority, but the episodes undertones ("Who do you work for?") remind me of this. Supernatural powers, demon summoning.
A young man describes extraordinary, Kreskin-like powers which he explains were given to him by God. Though his gifts are great, he has a bit of a temper and he uses his powers for devious deeds. He becomes darker and darker until everything falls apart.
Religiosity and powers vs. Carnal and subconscious motivations. A heavy and ultimately dark tale.
Following the death of his girlfriend, a young man prays for special powers to prevent future pain and suffering in the world. But as his faith weakens, his desire to use the powers grows. Scardino carries a somewhat weak script with his stellar performance.
Malcolm Hughes
An orphaned young man named Joseph claims to have mysterious powers that come from his patron saint, St. Joseph. Telling this as a hitchhiker to a trucker who's picked him up for a ride, the trucker pulls over and tells the young man to get out, saying "I'm a Christian, I don't put up with stuff like that." (Kind of like the religious people in the story of the Good Samaritan?) However, as the trucker pulls away we hear Joseph pray "Lord, make him see the error of his ways." (We then hear a tire blow and tires squealing.) We come to understand that Joseph is equally pious and deeply troubled, even sinister. After the young man lands at his uncle's house and goes to work doing a fortune telling/mind reading act as his uncle's night club, we learn the young man might not be above hurting someone, or worse. When a girl Joseph seems to fall in love with realizes this even though the young man says he's doing the Lord's work, the girl replies "But He didn't want this. He was all about love." After the girl disappears before the two were to get married, the uncle invites a priest to visit Joseph. The young man asks "are you here to laugh at me, too?" The priest replies "I'm here to help you." The young man is appreciative. He tells the priest how his mother taught him to worship Jesus and St. Joseph, and taught him the ability to call upon the power of the latter to do miraculous things. He says most people shunned him, including his father, and that later "my father was taken from me...I saw the light, and heard the blessed voice of St. Joseph". The priest questions this, saying there are forces of good and evil constantly at work in the world and that sometimes it's tough to tell which is which. He says that maybe the voice Joseph heard wasn't coming from Heaven. Joseph is shocked...he can't seem to believe that evil may be coming from him. (We later learn he seems to worship Satan as equally as he does Jesus and St. Joseph, and the results go accordingly.)
Jessa Z.
A young man spend his life getting in touch with himself and his special saint who he seeks to emulate. He learns to develop special powers of telekenesis, telepathy, etc. He finds himself alone save for an uncle he knew when he was young and goes to live with him. His piety clashes with the uncle's profession: club owner where men come to gamble and drink. THe uncle convinces the young man to do demonstrations of his power as a night club act and he agrees reluctantly. What will happen when he starts using his powers ofr things other than what God intended?
Ceasar Montano
Absolutely one of my top 5 favorite episodes. \"The Horror Within\" is a fantastic God-centric episode that had an appropriate ending. I witness on a daily basis those whose every word and action they claim is God influenced. I also witness these same people full selfish motives and, dare I say, sin. I had to admire Joe\'s faithfulness become a little illatease at his consequent downfall. Great episode--5 stars.
Where did Joe's powers come from? Even from the story it could've been either from what I could see. I guess we do see that power corrupts. I was curious if he may have caused the deaths of his parents as well, but that wasn't spoken about in the story. Then again, during his last act he mentions memory tricks, so it's possible that he had no powers at all, just good observational skills and memory (like the BBCs Sherlock).
I can't believe no one is stating the most profound thing about this eposide: The actor playing the main character in this sounds EXACTLY like Johnny Depp. It's positively uncanny. I could hardly pay attention to the story. Every time the guy speaks, it's like... wtf.
Dan Williams
Don Scardino sounds nothing like Johnny Depp to me. Today he looks like a cross between Jerry Springer & Philip Seymour Hoffman, and he's a director (Two Broke Girls, 30 Rock).
Aside from rest room and food breaks, this intriguing episode and kept me gripped to my seat with it's entertaining performances from all vocalists. Must concur with previous commentator of this story; the voice over thespian portraying Joseph did resemble actor, Johnny Depp's voice to my listening ears. Beautiful script and great background sounds and music too.
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The Core i7 and X58 represent a marked change from previous architectures.
Memory Controller
First and foremost, Intel has moved the memory controller off the Northbridge and onto the processor itself. This is not a new concept; AMD first did this on its K8 architecture quite a while back and successfully demonstrated the wondrous effects this had on memory performance, especially latencies.
Like the X48, the X58 uses only DDR3 memory. Of greater interest, however, is that the X58 supports triple-channel operation, which requires three sticks of similar memory to function. With this new development, we will likely see memory showing up in stores in threes instead of the current pairs.
Note that it is still possible to use only two sticks of DDR3 memory in an X58 board, the drawback is a fall back to dual-channel operation. This could be useful for upgraders and users wanting to use their older pairs in the interim.
Triple SLi and CrossfireX Support
The X58 now supports flexible PCI-Express lane configurations, which also means that all X58 boards now support both Nvidia's (triple) SLI and ATI's (quad) Crossfire modes. After all those debacles with the nForce chipset involving data corruption and driver instability, some might be relieved to know that an alternative now exists without having to resort to driver hacking.
Quickpath Interface
The last important change is that the front-side bus that previously connected the CPU with the Northbridge has been replaced. In its place is a new bus known as the Quickpath Interface. It runs at extremely high frequencies and boasts a much higher bandwidth. Quickpath appears to be Intel's answer to the Hypertransport bus found in AMD chips.
Socket B (LGA1366)
With the switch to a new architecture came a new socket. Intel dropped the LGA775 (Socket T) in favor of LGA1366 (Socket B), shown below. Subsequent processors will use either LGA1366 or LGA1160.
Those who have a penchant for mounting enormous coolers will also be pleased to know that Socket B has a metal backplate as a standard feature to prevent warping of the motherboard.
The ICH10 Southbridge is nothing new. The variant on the motherboards we are looking at today is the ICH10R, which supports RAID 0,1,5 and JBOD as well as Intel Matrix RAID.


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John Eger -- who was telecom advisor to the Nixon White House and visited China in that capacity following Nixon's ground-breaking meeting with Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong in 1972 -- recently returned from a 17-day, nine-city tour of China. Eger, a frequent contributor to Government Technology and Public CIO, is president of The World Foundation for Smart Communities and holds the Endowed Van Deerlin Chair in Communications and Public Policy at San Diego State University.
At one point in Chairman Mao's long rein, he launched a short-lived campaign to appease the "intellectuals" and assure them that changes he was implementing were good for the future of China. Called "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom," the campaign was designed to encourage dissent and dialogue throughout the country. It did, in fact, result in dissent and even protest. Although the so-called elite never seriously entertained the propaganda program, it ended soon and dissent was squelched.
Now China has made it clear over the last several weeks that they are not going to be simply a manufacturing center or sub-assembly and processing factory for other multi-national corporations. Rather, it is staking out new ground as an "Innovation Economy" -- one that makes its money generating new inventions and innovations to existing products, not merely assembling products for others.
To accomplish its goals, the Chinese government will authorize over 70 billion Yuan, or $8.5 billion, for investment in science and technology next year, and every year thereafter. This itself represents an increase of nearly 20 percent annually. The Chinese, however, have more in mind than R&D spending. A huge propaganda campaign is planned to educate the Chinese masses, to include online discussions and the formation of an "innovation demonstration team" to tour the country and promote the idea. The government is also talking of the need to reform the financial and tax systems to provide incentives for the growth of cutting-edge industries.
Not surprisingly, China wants creativity to "bloom" again, as creativity is the key to innovation. This, however, calls for a climate where freedom and openness are commonplace. Ironically -- despite its continuing efforts to intimidate foreign news organizations, and agreements with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to block access to certain Web sites -- China is now looking for ways to encourage creativity and innovation.
Factory 798, just outside of Beijing, for example, is unique because it is the only corner of Beijing to be "transformed by artists," according to the China Daily, an official English-language publication of the Chinese government. "798 could become a model for the alternative way to develop cities," said the publication.
The Factory was originally designed to turn out subassembly and other strategic electronic components. It is now evolving into a hub of cultural and artistic activities and attracting cultural and urban elites from virtually every point on the planet. Some galleries even poke fun at the damage that Mao created with his so-called "cultural revolution."
One painting on the wall makes clear that the pen is mightier than the sword and says in effect "there can be no innovative, creative economy without art." Elsewhere artists and gallery owners make clear that art can only survive in an environment of freedom. It is clear in Factory 798 and other galleries -- and importantly, at universities throughout China -- that there cannot be an innovative economy unless there are significant changes in China's attitude toward the cultural and creative side of life.
In cities across China there is hope again that the repressive measures of the past are completely gone -- and that new policies will allow a greater freedom for all to enjoy art and culture and life itself. It is not at all clear, however, that China can have both a rigid policy for controlling the creative human spirit and a so-called "innovative" economy.


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Chili-Rubbed Shrimp over an Avocado-Corn Cocktail
- Servings: 4
- 12 jumbo shrimp (about 1 pound), shelled and deveined
- 1 tablespoon ancho chile powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- Avocado-Corn Salsa, for serving
How to make this recipe
In a large bowl, sprinkle the shrimp with the chile powder, garlic salt, coriander, oregano, cumin, pepper and cinnamon. Toss to coat. Stir in the olive oil and let marinate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Set up your grill for direct grilling and preheat to high. Brush and oil the grill. Arrange the shrimp on the grill. Grill until cooked, 1 to 3 minutes. (When cooked, the shrimp will be pinkish white and firm to the touch.)
Spoon the Avocado-Corn Salsa into martini glasses or bowls. Drape the hot shrimp over the rims of the martini glasses or bowls, 4 to a glass, and serve at once.
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If you prefer cold shrimp cocktail, let the grilled shrimp cool to room temperature, then refrigerate. Steven Raichlen likes the temperature contrast of hot shrimp and cool salsa.


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Thomas and Richard Brush were the founders of two distinct lines of the Brush family. It has been speculated that they were the sons of John Brush abt 1600, England. That information is included within this file as speculation only. I know of no proof at this time. Thomas Brush was in Southold, Long Island, probably as early as 1650 or 1651. Richard Brush was in Cambridge, Mass., in the spring of 1658. He was in Long Island waters by the summer of that year. Soon therafter they owned adjoining lands in Huntington, Long Island. Though early town and land records mention both Thomas and Richard Brush many times, and their children and grandchildren were prominent in the town for a hundred years, no hint of the relationship existing between the two has been found. The intimacy between their families is so apparent in the records it may be assumed they were brothers or perhaps cousins. There is much evidence to show that a father and son relationship did not exist; a relationship frequently stated in print as a fact. It is indicated they were both Englishmen.
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I want to have user uploads, but they have to login (maybe make it synced with the forums (mybb) so one login to rule all logins lol).
I would have to approve them of course, but each download would be on a new page with comments, rate, screenshots, etc much like here on themeforest.
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to Agile global development-the creation of a team culture that transcends local culture. The wiki will reflect values that global partners will pick up on. For example, Macadamian values include:
- Encouraging questions
- Dealing with work blockages: making your best guess, moving on to other things, asking for help
- Responding to changes to the plan
- Being wrong isn't fatal-better to take initiative and fail than to sit on your butt, afraid to move ahead
Making a team culture isn't easy, and it probably won't happen quickly. It's a long-term goal. Companies have typically outsourced well-defined projects, so global developers are used to being told what to do and how to do it, and aren't used to taking initiative.
The wiki is only the start-you, as project manager, have to live those same values out front, where global developers can see you. That includes not hiding your own mistakes (Oh, come on, you know you've made some whoppers.), praising people for taking initiative, deferring decisions to other people when their kung fu is better than yours, and publicly asking for help yourself when you need it.
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Yeah, but documentation represents safety-you tell global developers what to do and they do it. Can you really expect global developers to create a version 1.0 product from a napkin sketch? Will they even know where to start? It's just plain easier to do a monolithic design document up front.
Not to mention that bootstrapping a global team is a challenge: you don't know all the issues that might come up. So many things are out of your control, including the hardware and software environments.
Yep, it's going to be harder if the project is a 1.0 initiative. When you're working on a revision of an existing product, you're going to start with a working project and you'll just have to concentrate on not breaking it.
To do that, we use a highly iterative working style with goals defined for each week, and code "patches" (A patch is a delta of changes that the developer has made.) submitted to an online mailing list for peer review every day.
We're big believers in putting code through peer review before it's added to the source control. We use a peer review process that evolved from our open source experiences, and if I went into the details of that here it would take a while and this article would just get out of hand. So I will just say this: find a way to review all code for bugs before you add it to the source control. (Contact me if you want to hear more about our peer review system.)
The small iterations and peer reviews let you keep an eye on things and correct them before they go off into the ditch-but the goal is not for the project lead to maintain control. Instead, you want to get the developers to the point where they start to police themselves, so they find bugs in each other's code.
Ah, you say, "he's avoiding the version 1.0 issue." Nope, I've got stuff to say about that, too.
If the project is highly technical and it needs to get ramped up fast, consider assigning an architect for the short-term to create the stubs and put the framework in place. While the architect is doing that, your team can work on getting up to speed.
Now I'm going to bow down at the altar of wiki again: use your wiki to create the "just enough" documentation that the project needs. Instead of a massive design


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This ALL NEW event is the third installment of the free breakfast workshops, hosted by Cornerstone University Enacus. We will be teaching non-profit organizations advanced tools for social media strategy, featuring a live walk-through on real sites. In this advanced session, you will learn about SEO and SMO tactics as well as social media planning strategies for your organization.
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Race is a social construct, an ephemeral one that cannot be defined and does not truly identify a person – and yet the concept wields so much power over so many in the United States and around the world.
To plant the seed of this idea at the beginning of his presentation in the President's Distinguished Speakers Series on Wednesday, Nov. 28, Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. showed images of celebrities and regular folks and asked the audience what they presumed to be a simple question: "Is this person black or white?"
Regarding tennis champion Andre Agassi and actor Brad Pitt, a few audience members ventured to guess white. Pitts said that many would agree with them – but not long ago, most Americans would have said Agassi's Armenian heritage and Pitt's Native American and Scots-Irish ethnicity would have branded them not white or "an inferior brand of white." And what about the South African-born Charlize Theron or Idris Elba, a British actor who launched his career as a drug dealer on HBO's "The Wire"? For Elba, "We'd have to call him African-British," Pitts says, while Theron's birthright is the "very definition of African-American and [she] probably deserves that term much more than me."
Pitts then shifted the exercise to defining men who appear to be the epitome of the "white gentleman." When the faces of Gregory Howard Williams, a law school dean, and Walter White, the head of the NAACP from 1931-55, appeared on the screen, Pitts explained that although both men looked "white," having black fathers consigned them as inferior to whites.
"I'm here to tell you tonight that race is the single dumbest idea in all of history," Pitts said.
He was not asserting that race is not real, but that it is only an idea – a social construct that has profoundly impacted the way humans interact and has shaped the world as we know it.
"Race has started wars and genocides. Race has moved entire populations from one side of the planet to another. Race has justified rape, oppression, exploitation, and kidnap, robbery and murder," said Pitts, who earlier in the day led a master class for journalism students.
"In our very own enlightened nation, here in the second decade of the 21st century, race is why somebody can't get a job and somebody else can't get home without seeing police flashers in the rearview mirror," Pitts said. "Race is why somebody can't get a cab in Times Square and somebody else doesn't get the aggressive medical treatment that might save his or her life. Race is why somebody can't get a loan to start a small business, and it is why somebody else is denied the right to vote because he was arrested with a joint in his pocket 10 years ago."
Invoking persisting media coverage of Arizona's controversial immigration laws, the Birther Movement surrounding the presidential campaign and a homicide that gripped the nation, Pitts continued:
"Race is why the citizens of Arizona, certain citizens of Arizona at least, can be required to show their papers to prove they have a right to be there and the President of the United States can be required to do the exact same thing for the exact same reason. Race is why a boy walking through a neighborhood, armed with nothing more dangerous than Skittles and a can of iced tea, can be mistaken for a threat and shot to death. Race is why the man who shot him can be questioned by police and then released."
That race has no basis in scientific fact was deduced by the scientists who mapped the human genome, according to Pitts. In fact, he contends that humans did not have a concept of race until it became profitable. This can be observed particularly with the advent of America, when it became financially attractive to dispossess a people and find other people to work the land, he says.
"Race became the mechanism that justified this outrage," Pitts said. "It became the thing which allowed one human being to inflict terrible damage on another human being, to behave in ways religion and morality wouldn't allow. To do things that would shock the conscience and yet still be able to feel good about himself or herself because the person you were doing all these things to was not quite human like you."
So when such a powerful concept has such prevalent influence, what can be done to assuage it, especially when talking about it causes feelings of anger, guilt and frustration? Some say the solution is to stop talking about race and the problem will disappear – but that's "criminally naïve," Pitts says. The more people talk and get to know one another, he says, the more you realize you are the same.
American issues should not be divided as white problems or black problems but united behind as American problems, he says.
"I am not interested in defining black or becoming white," Pitts said. "I am interested in ending the myopia that afflicts so many of us in this country. I am interested in untangling the problems and inequities that give black and white their power. And I know that this will be a long process with benefits that I will not see nor my children will see."
To Pitts, the restoration of balance and equity will take at least two generations to unfold.
"I have a granddaughter – she's 3 years old – who imagines herself a princess and a superhero," he told the engrossed audience. "And I want something better for her. And I know the process will take a long time. But the fact that it will take a long time is not an excuse not to begin it. It is rather a spur to begin it as soon as possible. If we do that then someday maybe my granddaughter and yours will sit in a space like this and somebody will give a test like the one that I just gave, flashing pictures of famous people and asking, 'What race is this person?' And our granddaughters will look at each other in confusion because the answer will be obvious to them each time: Human."


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The Alcatel OT-880 One Touch Xtra is a sleek smartphone with an ergonomic design and palm-pleasing curves. The sliding mechanism smoothly reveals the full QWERTY keypad that makes email and text messaging easy. Messages and web pages are displayed clearly on the 2.4 inch TFT resistive touchscreen.
Web browsing is fast with GPRS/EDGE technology and with social network integration you will never miss a Facebook update or Tweet again. The Opera Mini browser supports xHTML and HTML for a more familiar browsing experience.
The 2 megapixel camera with video recording capability lets you capture the moment and the internal memory can be expanded up to 8GB with a MicroSD card to let you carry those great moments with you.
Entertainment on the move is provided by the music player that supports all popular file formats and a FM radio with RDS is also included. The 3.5mm audio jack allows you to use headphones of your choosing to enhance the listening experience further.
The OT-880 is dual band for international roaming within Europe and Bluetooth and USB connectivity options are also included. Message options are SMS, MMS, Email and Instant Messaging.
Standard features include 1000 contact phonebook, organiser and video player. The battery is rated for up to 450 hours of standby time, 35 hours of music playback and up to 9 hours of talktime. The phone weighs 120g and measures 106 x 57 x 16.5mm.
- 3.5 mm Audio jack
- Bluetooth
- Built-in handsfree
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera
- Dual Band
- EDGE for high speed data access
- FM Radio
- Full keyboard
- Game
- Instant messaging
- Internet
- Java compatible
- Memory expandable via MicroSD card
- Micro USB
- MP3 Player
- MP3 Ringtone
- Multimedia Service MMS
- Organiser
- Slide phone
- SMS - text messages
- Touch sensitive
- Vibra alert
- Video player
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Publisher: Sound Ideas
Language: English | Number of Pages: | Format: Audio CD
Isbn-10: 0671317032 | Isbn-13: 9780671317034 | Publish date: 01/01/2000
Also available as: Paperback , Hardcover , Audio Cassette
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Stephen R. Covey, author of the runaway bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, tells us how to apply these principles to the problems we face every day. Drawing on his 25 years of teaching and consulting experience, Dr. Covey shows us how to avoid the pitfalls of ineffective people, and at the same time how to meet the goals of all strong business leaders: quality, productivity, profitability and establishing win-win relationships.
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Splitting the Chairman and CEO Roles
U.S. boards typically combine the roles of chairman and chief executive officer, a majority practice among the Standard & Poor's 1500 composite index even today. Among the companies that do so, it is also common to appoint an outside independent director to serve as lead director. In Britain, where boards historically have had fewer independent directors than their American counterparts, a different practice arose: that of appointing an outside, independent director as nonexecutive chair. The question of whether U.S. companies should adopt the British model of separating chairman and CEO roles surfaces every time a corporate crisis erupts in America, most recently in the controversy over Countrywide Financial (CFC), where institutional investors called for splitting the combined roles held by Angelo Mozilo.
Institutional Shareholder Services' latest survey, released in September, 2007, noted that 36% of U.S. institutional investors favored the separation, although 50% found appointment of a lead director entirely satisfactory when the chairman and CEO roles are combined. Does separating the roles really provide better governance, or is it simply window-dressing for shareholders with little impact on board effectiveness? Before deciding what's best for your board, here are some practical implications to consider:
In 2004, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) convened a blue ribbon commission comprised of 50 experienced board members, CEOs, and institutional investors to study the issue. Among the commission's findings:
• One-third had a strong preference for separating the chairman and CEO roles, expressing concerns about the leader of the board (as chairman) also being the employee of the board (as CEO), and advocated the model of a nonexecutive chair as a best practice;
• One-third had strong reservations about separating the roles and advocated maintaining the current practice of combining them but appointing an outside, independent director as lead director;
• One-third felt it made little difference if independent board leadership was provided by a lead director or a nonexecutive chair. In this group's view, it was the effectiveness of the individual who provided leadership that mattered, and whether that person carried the title of nonexecutive chair or lead director didn't matter in the least.
The NACD endorsed the last view above as "best practice."
Recent surveys show that more than 70% of the Fortune 1000 now have lead directors. While some U.S. boards have appointed nonexecutive chairs, this practice has been adopted almost routinely at companies that have been through crises such as Tyco (TYC), Marsh & McLennan (MMC), AIG (AIG), Fannie Mae (FNM), and Walt Disney (DIS), which tout the separation of the roles as proof of a renewed commitment to good corporate governance. But is it? Or is the U.S. model—that is, appointing a lead director and leaving the chairman/CEO roles combined—actually a more effective system of board leadership?
I began my career working with boards in Canada 12 years ago, a country where chairman and CEO roles are nearly always separated. Over the past dozen years, I've worked with nearly 80 boards in both the U.S. and Canada, gaining perspective on the practical implications of each model, in particular some of the downsides inherent in splitting the chairman and CEO roles.
Managing Performance
While I've had the privilege of working with some truly outstanding nonexecutive chairs, I have found that one of the biggest headaches in Canadian corporate governance is this: It's very hard to get rid of a bad nonexecutive chair. Who takes him or her out? It can't be the CEO. While there have been instances of a palace coup launched by other directors in circumstances where the nonexecutive chair was a true disaster (such departures are almost always couched in the context of "other commitments") they are few and far between.
Underperforming or problematic nonexecutive chairs are most typically allowed to continue underperforming until they reach mandatory retirement age simply because no one else on the board is in a position to put the bell on the cat.
Problems of managing the performance of nonexecutive chairs seem equally prevalent in Britain. In 1998, the Hampel Report alluded to this situation by recommending that British boards name a senior independent director who could ride herd on the nonexecutive chair. Hampel's recommendation would hardly have been necessary unless there were performance issues in that country, too.
Whether a nonexecutive chair or a lead director is your model of choice, to help better manage performance be sure to incorporate questions on board leadership into your annual board assessment and ensure that another committee chair (of the audit or compensation committee, perhaps) is given responsibility for collecting and delivering this feedback so that you don't create a situation where the board leader is conducting his or her own performance evaluation.
Performance issues among nonexecutive chairs in Canada and Britain are sometimes compounded by another practice common in both countries, namely recruiting a chairman who has not previously served as a member of the board. Lead directors, on the other hand, are typically chosen by their peers from among the current board members; the advantage being that it's known how this individual interfaces with fellow directors and the CEO. The position of lead director tends to be a rotational one. While U.S. practice on terms for lead directors is still evolving, a term of three to five years seems prevalent, and most continue to serve on the board after stepping down. Those recruited to be chairman typically serve in this role until they reach mandatory retirement age—often after a tenure of 10 years or more—and then leave the board.
Nonexecutive Chairs John Pepper and Stephen Ashley each receive $500,000 a year in chairman's fees (compared with annual board retainers for other directors of $65,000 at Disney and $100,000 at Fannie Mae). Lead directors Ralph Larsen and James McNerney are paid no more than any board members. The only material difference between the job of a nonexecutive chair and lead director is presiding at board meetings. Is this worth a half-million dollars a year to shareholders? Might this level of compensation not actually counter the very rationale behind splitting the roles in the first place, that of providing independent leadership to the board? How truly independent is a nonexecutive chairman who is pulling down $500,000 a year?
There are many highly effective nonexecutive chairs providing outstanding leadership to boards in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. There are lead directors doing so as well. It comes down to the effectiveness of the individual. Separating chairman and CEO roles not only provides no guarantee of better leadership, it can result in some downsides that U.S. boards and institutional investors should consider carefully before making this decision.


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The PIttsburgh Tribune-Review reported Tuesday that Clairton HIgh senior receiver Terrish Webb has verbally commited to play football at Kent State.
The story said Webb selected the Godlen Flashes over Toledo, Arkansas State and Temple and said he had also redevied interest from nearby Pitt and Connecticut.
"When I first went up there, it felt like it was someplace I could be for the next four years," Webb told the Trib. "It felt like another home. I was comfortable up there."
Last season, the 6-foot, 170-pound Webb hauled in 27 passes for 776 yards and nine touchdowns to help Clairton win its fourth consecutive WPIAL Class A championship and its third state title in as many years.


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Funky Pigeon offers a range of personalised bears and cuddly animals which come with either a personalised jumper or hoodie. Simply choose your teddy bear, select either a jumper or hoodie colour, an embroidery colour then type in your personalised message which will be embroidered onto the teddy bear's jumper or hoodie. You can even add a personalised gift message which will be sent with your personalised teddy.
We also offer a range of personalised teddy bears which come with t-shirts. You can either upload your favourite photo, or choose from one of our text personalised teddy bears and customise your message which will be printed onto the bear's t-shirt.
As well as a comprehensive selection of teddy bears, you will also find a range of other soft toys at Funky Pigeon. From zoo animals such as lions, giraffes, monkeys and penguins to cats, dogs and bunny rabbits, you'll find the perfect soft toy from our collection.
Looking for your favourite cuddly character? Funky Pigeon has a wide range of personalised branded teddy bears and soft toys including Shaun the Sheep, the Cookie Monster, Garfield, Peter Rabbit and so much more!
We also offer a range of personalised baby comforters which you can personalise with an embroidered message. Our baby comforters will make a great gift for a new baby or even to send as a present for a birthday, Christmas, christening or any other occasion.
You can choose to send your personalised teddy directly to your recipient or back to yourself if you prefer to hand deliver it. So check out our range of personalised teddy bears and soft toys today.
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Boxing News
Manfredo, Remillard headline
World class professional boxing hits the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday, January 29th as TKO Boxing Promotions presents two world title bouts featuring longtime New England fan favorites, Peter "The Pride of Providence" Manfredo Jr. and Matt "The Sharp Shooter" Remillard.
Tickets priced at $80.00, $50.00 and $35.00 are now on sale at the Mohegan Sun Casino Box Office and through Ticketmaster (ticketmaster.com, phone 1-800-745-3000). Doors on the evening of the event will open at 6:30pm with the first bell at 7:30 p.m. . . . Click here for more


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Release Date: July 28th, 2004
DVD Release Date: December 28th, 2004
R|1 hr 49 min
Plot Summary
After many years away, television bit part actor Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his small home town in New Jersey to attend his mother's funeral. There he is confronted by various aspects of the life he left behind, including his overbearing father (Ian Holm). Largeman also meets compulsive liar and amateur musician Sam (Natalie Portman), with whom he feels an immediate connection. Together with several other figures from his past, Largeman heals old wounds and forges new friendships.
Cast: Zach Braff, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman, Method Man , Natalie Portman, Ann Dowd, Denis O'Hare, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Zach Braff
Genres: Dark comedy
Production Co: Jersey Films, Large's Ark Productions, Camelot Pictures


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The Japanese arrival of Tales of Hearts R is getting closer and closer, and Namco Bandai has another quick snippet of footage showing off the remake. This time the focus is on the Soma Build system, which has been revamped for the Vita version.
As characters level up, Soma Build Points can be allotted to different parameters to increase stats. Somas can then be evolved and modified into different forms to develop characters further and help them learn new battle skills.
Tales of Hearts R hits PS Vita in Japan on March 7.
Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter at @Moldilox.


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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said on Tuesday he planned to emphasize the need for a stronger Chinese yuan when he visits Beijing next week, amid some recent speculation that the country could relax its exchange-rate regime.
Current efforts to reform financial regulation are "cosmetic" and won't prevent another crisis, economist Nouriel Roubini said Tuesday.
Investors worried about the euro zone's proliferating debt crisis have found safety across the Atlantic on Wall Street, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Twenty EU-based companies that have a high percentage of their revenues from regions outside Europe are likely to benefit from a weaker euro, according to analysts.
While Europe's precarious financial state continues to haunt investors, there are still reasons to be optimistic, and the resulting recovery will play out like a "tug-of-war," Bob doll, chief equity strategist at Blackrock, told CNBC Monday.
The European Cental Bank's bailout package is just a $1 trillion fig leaf covering the problem and a better move would have been to arrange for Greece and Portugal to leave the European Union.
The European debt crisis has left markets vulnerable to any sovereign debt rating reports and ratings agencies have seen their influence mushroom in Europe.
Last Thursday's intraday volatility, which saw the Dow plummeting nearly 1000 points, has left European investors tentative about Wall Street, according to market participants.
The new UK government may have to appeal to the "special relationship" Britain has with the United States for something more than international politics.
The great recovery is an illusion, and the banking crisis is likely to be very costly for the world economy, according to economist Jamie Dannhauser at Lombard Street Research.


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2003 vw gti 1.8T 3D HB
Car is clean inside and out!!!
Car has been well maintained
128k miles
exterior color: black magic
interior color : black
Recaro seats
R32 rims
6 speed transmission
Replaced timing belt and water pump at 111k
Replaced clutch at 122k
Replaced all spark plugs and Coil Packs
Replaced tires recently, they dont even have 1,000 miles on them yet
A couple of modifications valued in for $2500
-GHL Turbo-Back Exhaust system
-Carbonio Intake
-Full Window Tint
-Stewart Warner Boost Guage
-APR Fully Loaded Software Stage 2
I also have a set of steel rims with good tires for winter
and have some extra tires as well for the summer rims
The Car is going to go FAST!!!!!
I have a picture but can't figure out how to put it on so if your interested send me a message and ill email it to you


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5 Christmas Gift Ideas for the Indianapolis Colts Fan on Your List
Have a Colts fan on your list, but don't want to get them another hat or t-shirt? Here are five ideas for gifts that I'm willing to bet they don't have.
Have a Colts fan on your list, but don't want to get them another hat or t-shirt? Here are five ideas for gifts that I'm willing to bet they don't have.
I did some online sleuthing and I have found the pink bunny PJs and a few suitable alternatives as well, just in time for Christmas!
When trying to find a great gift for everyone on your list and trying to maintain your budget, a little DIY can go a long way! A great gift idea for the tea or coffee drinker on your list is a personalized mug!
Need a Christmas gift for someone who has everything? I bet they don't have one of these.
Considering we live in lower part of Indiana, it's pretty safe to say that while you yourself may not be an Indianapolis Colts fan, somewhere on that Christmas list of yours is someone who is. As a fan myself, I have a several knick-knacks featuring the team's logo including shot glasses, golf balls, and even a plaque haning on my office wall that features an actual piece of turf used in the old RCA Dome before they tore it down to make way for Lucas Oil Stadium. Here's few unique gift ideas I stumbled across from around the web.
My daughter is fascinated by anything with mustaches on it! Imagine my surprise when I ran across a DIY video for how to make a CHEAP and EASY mustache mug!
According to Gamershub.net, "The new Handheld, known as SupaBoy, is designed to mimic the controller from the SNES with an additional 3.5 inch LCD screen. This means that the controls are exactly the same as in any ordinary SNES game. It's party piece? It can play original SNES cartridges due to a top loading port. It also has 2 front loading ports that allow you to connect your full size SNES controllers, and a Audio.Video out that allows you to play on a TV screen"..HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!


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A Fjallraven classic from 1968, the Greenland No. 1 is a long light padded parka made with G-1000 Eco. The parka features 2 bellow chest pockets and leather details with the NEW ADDITION of 2 lower slit pockets.
Fjällräven's most classic jacket, here in its original design after founder Åke Nordin sewed the first jacket using a durable tent fabric at home in Örnsköldsvik in 1968. This simple early version was created for climbers and has two breast pockets. (The side pockets on the Greenland Jacket were added in a later version after the jacket grew in popularity among a wider outdoor public in the 1970s.) Fixed hood, zipper with flap in the front and buttoned adjustments in the sleeve cuffs. The fabric is the durable, wind and water resistant G-1000 Eco that breathes well and can be infused with wax for extra protection from the wind and rain.
Sizes and details
Sizes: XS-XXL
Weight: 511 g in size M
Consumer Material: G-1000
Material: G-1000® Eco, 65% rec. polyeser, 35% org. cotton
Environment and production
Environmental-info: Infused with Greenland Wax for eco-friendly wind and water resistance


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question about Masonite exterior doors sold at home depot
Im looking to replace a couple garage doors. they are the exterior doors on the side of the garage that go from outside into the garage.
Looking at home depot website, I see this prehung door
in their description they state that the door is a Sta Tru plus door.
looking at masonites product comparison I see the Sta Tru door line and it looks pretty good. here is a link to that comparison of their lines of steel doors.
my problem is that Utility grade door on masonites comparison page. Even though home depot is saying Sta Tru on their description, I wonder if it is really a utility grade door. I tried searching Masonite website for the manufactures model number that home depot gives in their description, but it turns up no search results.
I'm installong one door that looks like a standard fit, but the other door I am having a carpenter install, because there is some structural modifications thatneed to be made with the header, and one of the sides that has water damage. He is the one who said check out the doors at home depot, but wasnts to charge $1000 for the work, and he is paying for the door.
any input on this? I need to make a decision pretty fast.
-thank you
Masonite bought out Stanley doors, Sta-tru was one of Stanleys trade names, so Masonite kept it. I don't know if their products have suffered due to mass selling to big box stores. My experience is that big box offerings tend to be low end products. They do have quality products and they are priced accordingly. I prefer to buy things from my local lumberyards. Nearly always better quality and usually better pricing, and the big plus, they know what they are selling.
My choice for an exterior door would be Therma-tru.
Without seeing the existing door frame with the damage and other repairs needed, your contractor may have it correct. $1000 is a little steep compared to what our contractors quote, but depending what the door needs to be rated for can alter the price. I understand you are in need of a commercial grade door. Home depot is good, I would say to check Lowes also. Depending on your purpose for the door, solid hard wood doors are very durable and last a long time. Shop around a little if you have time.
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Hi guys, I found out my heater core connector is leaking coolant. When the engine is running, a light nudge on the connector would leak much more.
Question is how do you remove this connector to check if I need to replace it? Is this a quick connection type as I tried to pull out without any luck.
Hope I can fix this leak myself before sending to the stealership. Thanks in advance.


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i smell a ban....
na i dont ban kids for being assholes. i try to be fair. hes deff. on my shit list tho.
true if he did i woulda been outta here in 06
haha assholes are a way of life. you cant ban someone just because they are an asshole or there would be no one here.
but, lets say someone gets a pm hurassing them, and its out of control in my eyes, i can ban them then. (hint hint)
word that wasnt directed at you atest, good job on killin squinty on that battle (NO FUCKING HATE) i thought it was gona be close fo sho
yo i just read that 2 pages of bullshit, all i want to know is, will the turney be running or not? if not why not? ..bring in some more mods..just a suggestion, and yeh i have no life ok lol so dont try and get on my shit!
since you have "breaking bad" in your av, ill answer your question. IM BUSY. but if you guys want to run it, i dont mind approving. a battle like this is hard to run because it depends on the participation of everyone.
I am up for it.
I'm in too as always
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'cause we ain't playin up here in New York
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Rihanna's Smokin' Terry Richardson Shoot
Sharing some sexy extra shots from the recent Rolling Stone photoshoot, Terry Richardson posted pics of Rihanna on his website on Monday (February 4).
The "Diamonds" singer struck a variety of sultry poses in skimpy outfits while she smoked away on a cigarette.
In the latest issue of the magazine, the 24-year-old singer opened up about her controversial relationship with Chris Brown.
Explaining how things have changed, Rih-Rih says, "When you add up the pieces from the outside, it's not the cutest puzzle in the world. You see us walking somewhere, driving somewhere, in the studio, in the club, and you think you know. But it's different now. We don't have those types of arguments anymore. We talk about s***. We value each other. We know exactly what we have now, and we don't want to lose that."
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Who we are and what we do
Who we are
We are the regulator for all health and social care services in England.
A regulator is an organisation that checks services meet the government's standards or rules about care.
We check that people get good, safe care from:
- hospitals
- dentists
- ambulances
- care homes
- services that support them in their own home or in other places
We also look after the rights of people who need extra support to stay safe.
This includes people who are kept in care under a law called the Mental Health Act.
What we check
The government's standards cover all areas of care.
These rules are about things like:
- respecting people and treating them in the way we all expect to be treated.
- making sure people receive the food and drink they need.
- giving people care in clean, safe buildings.
- managing services and having the right staff.
We put care services on our register if they meet the standards, or act quickly if they do not.
How we check services
We continue to use different information to find out as much as we can about services.
Information from the public about their experiences of care is very important to us.
We also work with local groups and people who use services to find out what's working well and what's working badly in health and social care services in their area.
Whistleblowing is when people who work (or used to work) at a care service tell us that people are being harmed, or could be harmed, there.
Our inspectors check services all over England to make sure they meet the rules for good, safe care.
Other places we get information
Care services, and other organisations like the NHS, also give us information about certain things that happen.
For example, we will check a service if more people are dying there than usual.
How we make sure people stick to the rules
We act quickly to stop unsafe services or bad ways of working.
We say what needs to change and go back to check things are better.
We can:
- fine services (make them pay money).
- give services a public warning.
- stop the service caring for any new people.
- stop a service from caring for people while we find out what is happening.
- close services.
On this website you can find out more information about:
- the rules for good, safe care.
- how we involve people who use services.
- the services we check.
- the way we check services.
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