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Review - Just Dance 4 (Wii U)
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Peter Nelis
25 November, 2012
Ubisoft's party dancer gets a fresh outing on Nintendo's new flagship system.
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Despite the fact that the series is little over here years old, Just Dance has proven to be a runaway success for Ubisoft, capturing the imagination of audiences across the globe and providing the catalyst to kick start countless parties in the process. The formula hasn't changed much in those three years, and even though we've seen an astonishing fifteen titles released to date (including spin-offs like The Black Eyed Peas Experience and ABBA: You Can Dance) players still look to have an almost insatiable appetite for not only the franchise, but also the dance genre in general. While Just Dance 4 was originally released earlier this year for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, the launch of the Wii U has ushered in a Wii U version of the title – but is it different enough to convince gamers to part with their hard earned cash for a title they may already own?
For the most part, Just Dance 4 on Wii U is essentially identical to other versions. Players are tasked with following a series of dance moves in time with the music in order to increase their score and beat predetermined objectives. The action is set to a broad range of contemporary and classic pop music, with specially choreographed dance routines for each. That's pretty much your lot for the actual gameplay mechanics, but it's the extras where the Wii U port looks to stand out.
For the first time in the series, five players can now take part simultaneously, with four strutting their stuff on the dance floor and a fifth pulling the strings via the GamePad's touch screen interface. It's this Puppet Master Mode that really differentiates this version of the game from all the others, and it sees the player in charge of the GamePad choosing the choreography for the players in real time, completely on the fly. It's a nice touch, particularly as it helps to create a custom difficulty curve that's tailored to the skills (or lack thereof) of the dancers. With a choice of four options at a time, there's enough range here to make it an enjoyable addition to the franchise.
Another feature which makes use of the Wii U GamePad include Light Painting, which lets you draw on the GamePad using your stylus and have the results displayed on the TV for your dancing friends to see – depending on which side of the fence you find yourself on, this can be excellent for either offering friendly support, or griefing the crap out of your uncoordinated buddies.
The game also offers Karaoke Mode, which displays the lyrics to the current song on the GamePad's screen for anyone who wants to sing along, and Stand-Alone Mode which removes the need for you to use your TV and instead allows you to play as normal with the Wii U GamePad as your main display – perfect for those times you feel the need for a dance but can't wrestle control of the TV.
The rest of the game is pretty much "as you were" when compared to earlier Just Dance 4 releases. New features like Sweat Session, which allows you to work out to your favourite songs for 10, 25 or 45 minutes at a time (a great way to burn off those holiday pounds), Dance Quests which offer you specific objectives for both single-player and multiplayer gameplay for each song and Battle Mode, a new competitive multiplayer mode.
Like previous games in the series, there's definitely a solid target audience for Just Dance 4. If you're not a fan of dancing around your living room, then this probably isn't for you, while those who are willing and able to let it all go and dance like nobody's watching will get a huge amount of enjoyment from the game thanks to an impressive track list, numerous game modes and, of course, the party-starting multiplayer modes.
If you're still undecided, here's the Wii U version's track list in full:
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (1987)
"Ain't No Other Man" (cover version) originally by Christina (2006) – Wii U exclusive
"Asereje (The Ketchup Song)" by Las Ketchup (2002)
"Beauty and a Beat" by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj (2012)
"Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" by Panjabi MC (1998)
"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen (2012)
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (cover version) originally by Boys Town Gang (1982)
"Cercavo Amore" by Emma (2012)
"Crazy Little Thing" by Anja (2012)
"Crucified" by Army of Lovers (1991)
"Diggin' in the Dirt" by Stefanie Heinzmann (2012) – PAL exclusive
"Disturbia" by Rihanna (2008)
"Domino" by Jessie J (2011) – Wii U exclusive
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (cover version) originally by The Blues Brothers(1980)
"Good Feeling (Alice Version)" by Flo Rida (2011)
"Good Girl" by Carrie Underwood (2012) – North America exclusive
"Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" by Blu Cantrell (2001)
"Hot For Me" by A.K.A (2012)
"I Like It" by The Blackout All-Stars (1994)
"Istanbul" by They Might Be Giants (1990)
"Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley (1957)
"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin (1999)
"Love You Like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez & The Scene (2011)
"Make the Party (Don't Stop)" by Bunny Beatz (2012)
"Maneater" by Nelly Furtado (2006)
"Mas Que Nada" by Sergio Mendes & The Black Eyed Peas (2006)
"Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera (2011)
"Mr. Saxobeat" by Alexandra Stan (2011)
"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (1987)
"Oh No!" by Marina & the Diamonds (2010)
"On The Floor" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull (2011)
"Oops!… I Did It Again (cover version)" originally by Britney Spears (2000)
"Rock N' Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain)" by Skrillex (2010)
"Rock Lobster" by The B-52′s (1979)
"Run The Show" by Kat DeLuna featuring Busta Rhymes (2008)
"So What" by P!nk (2008)
"Some Catchin' Up to Do" by Sammy (2012)
"Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj (2011)
"Superstition by Stevie Wonder (1972)
The Final Countdown by Europe (1986)
"Time Warp (cover version)" originally by Cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975)
"Tribal Dance" by 2 Unlimited (1993)
"Umbrella" by Rihanna (2007)
"Want U Back" by Cher Lloyd featuring Astro (2012) – Wii U exclusive
"We No Speak Americano (cover version)" originally by Yolanda Be Cool featuring DCUP (2011)
"What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction (2011)
"Wild Wild West" by Will Smith (1999)
"You're The First, The Last, My Everything" by Barry White (1975)
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Effective Use of Forms on Websites
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Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-I) in Hemodialysis Patients
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|Kidney Failure, Chronic
|Drug: Glucose-infusion Drug: Glucose-insulin infusion
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-I) in Hemodialysis Patients
- Effect of glucose and glucose-insulin infusion on plasma IGF-I and IGFBP-1 during hemodialysis [ Time Frame: From 2 h prior to start of hemodialysis to 2 h after end of hemodialysis ]All patients are randomly assigned to a hemodialysis session with either i) no infusion, ii) a continuous iv infusion of glucose, and iii) a continuous iv infusion of glucose and shortacting insulin. Each dialysis session will be separated by 2 weeks of wash-out
- Relationship between inflammatory markers and plasma concentrations of IGF-I and IGFBP-1 during hemodialysis [ Time Frame: From 2 h prior to start of hemodialysis to 2 h after end of hemodialysis ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|No Intervention: No treatment
Active Comparator: Glukose-infusion
Glucose-infusion during hemodialysis
Drug: Glucose-infusion
Continuous iv infusion of glucose
Other Name: Glukose
Active Comparator: Glucose-insulin infusion
Glucose-insulin infusion during hemodialysis
Drug: Glucose-insulin infusion
Continuous iv infusion of glucose and shortlasting
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Nutritional markers such as lean body mass and serum albumin are strong predictors of the mortality and morbidity in patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) on maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Maintenance HD is considered to contribute to the malnutrition of patients with ESRF, but the exact mechanism has remained unknown. However, we have recently shown that the bioactivity of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is reduced by 50% during HD. Furthermore, we showed that the reduction in the bioactivity of IGF-I is directly linked to an up-regulation of IGF-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1), the only acutely regulated IGFBP, which increased by 6-fold during HD. IGFBP-1 is produced in the liver, primarily under the control of insulin, which promptly inhibits the hepatic production of IGFBP-1. As plasma insulin remains fairly low during a maintenance HD, the increase in IGFBP-1 may be explained by the absence of insulin.
The finding that HD acutely down-regulates the bioactivity of IGF-I by an up-regulation of IGFBP-1 may not only explain the catabolic mechanisms of HD per se, it also opens for a new treatment strategy of ESRF patients undergoing maintenance HD. Thus, on the basis of our previous study we hypothesize that treatment of ERSF patients with high doses of insulin during maintenance HD may counter-act the HD-induced stimulation of IGFBP-1, making it possible to preserve the bioactivity of IGF-I, and thereby abolishing the catabolic impact of HD.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- > 18 years
- stable patients on maintenance hemodialysis for > 3 months
- well-functioning arteriovenous (AV) shunt with recirculation < 5%
- informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- diabetes mellitus
- body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2 or > 30 kg/m2
- malnutrition (subjective global assessment (SGA) score C)
- malignancy
- use of immunosuppressive drugs including glucocorticosteroids
- severe infectious disease < 4 weeks
- pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria during the study:
- myocardial infarction or arrythmia with hemodynamic derangements
- permanent thrombosis in the arteriovenous (AV) shunt
- severe infectious disease
- renal transplantation
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01209403
|Department of Nephrology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
|Aarhus, Denmark, 8200 N
|Study Director:
|Per Ivarsen, MD, PhD
|Department of Nephrology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
|Study Director:
|Jan Frystyk, MD,PhD,DMSc
|Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital
|Study Director:
|Bente Jespersen, MD, DMSc
|Department of Nephrology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
|Principal Investigator:
|Mark Reinhard, MD
|Department of Nephrology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|University of Aarhus
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01209403 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2010-020114-29 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|September 17, 2010
|Last Updated:
|September 29, 2011
Keywords provided by University of Aarhus:
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Renal Insufficiency
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Insulin, Globin Zinc
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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[3] http://www.mumzworld.com/en/
[4] http://www.albawaba.com/business/are-menas-corporate-women-breaking-global-glass-ceiling-515037
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Well well well, the Winter Meetings have come and gone, and San Diego Padres' GM Josh Byrnes was about as active as a rainfall meter in the Sahara. That's not to say that he did anything wrong–after all, scarcely anything happened at the Meetings for any team. We're left with the impression that the most exciting news to come out of Nashville was Tommy Lasorda singing karaoke.
Still, there is a sense of disappointment. No effort to go after a big-name free agent pitcher. No trades. Their one and only move was to re-sign starting pitcher Jason Marquis to a one-year, $3M contract. Nothing against Marquis; he did a fairly solid job last season, going 6-7 with a 4.04 ERA in 15 starts. But…
Did you see that? This photo is what Padre players and fans want. And no, I don't mean another division title for the San Francisco Giants. So the question is, if the Padres' roster is basically the same in 2013 as the 2012 version, do they stand a chance in the competitive NL West? Can they go toe-to-toe with the Giants, LA Dodgers, and Arizona Diamondbacks?
Obviously, there is still plenty of time in the offseason for one or more new fish to be lured to San Diego. We already know they are only going after starters, and who can blame them after their dramatic improvement in the second half of 2012? From July 1 to the end of the season, the Padres offense scored the fifth most runs in the National League. As Bud Black put it, "Position players are set."
Can they compete in the NL West? What if cleanup hitter Carlos Quentin hadn't missed the first two months of 2012? What if they had not gotten off to a horrendous start and bottomed out at 25 games under .500? With fewer injuries, especially to key players, and a better start, where would they have ended up?
They finished 18 games behind the Giants, so it's not likely that even with everything clicking at optimum levels, they would have challenged for the division title. How about a wild card? The second wild card team, the St. Louis Cardinals, finished 12 games in front of San Diego. It seems safe enough to surmise that, sans all the injuries, and with a solid start, the San Diego Boys could have been right there in the thick of the playoff chase.
If the Cardinals lose their ace starter, Kyle Lohse, to free agency, and the Padres land one more reliable starter, who knows what could happen in 2013? As for winning the West…let's save that topic for another day.Tags: Arizona, Baseball, Bud Black, Carlos Quentin, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Josh Byrnes, Kyle Lohse, MLB, San Diego, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tommy Lasorda


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Bucks County Council's Health and Adult Social Care select committee meets next Tuesday to evaluate 2012's reconfiguration of acute hospital services – which included the closure of A&E at Wycombe Hospital.
Council chiefs will also look at the changes made by Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust after it was one of 11 trusts put in to special measures following Sir Bruce Keogh's review in to mortality rates in July.
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OMAHA, Neb. - For all that has been said about UCLA's pitching depth this season, what seems to be lost is the fact that John Savage has not one, but two closers.
He has Dan Klein for the end of games, to close out a win, always available for that final pitch.
And he has Rob Rasmussen.
Rasmussen doesn't just close out games, he closes out entire series.
If Gerrit Cole is the Bruins' heart and Trevor Bauer is the team's mind, Rasmussen is the right foot, stomping on an opponent's throat on Sunday afternoons.
He has put the foot down 11 times this season and released the grip just twice, losing only to Arizona and Arizona State as a junior, before being selected in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft.
UCLA will need Rasmussen to close out one more team, with Savage picking the Pasadena Poly product to start today's College World Series rematch with TCU over Bauer.
"There wasn't a thought to go with anyone else," said Savage, whose Bruins beat the Horned Frogs, 6-3, Monday. "We won the game Monday night, and we said, `We're gonna go with Ras.' We have the luxury of Bauer on Saturday if we do lose, and then Cole (on) Monday. There was really no discussion, or serious discussion, of pitching Bauer tomorrow night. I know the players felt he's the guy we should go with."
In sticking with Rasmussen, Savage knows the drop off won't be drastic.
Yes, Bauer and Cole are among the nation's elite right-handed pitchers, one power, one control, ranking second and third in the nation in strikeouts, respectively.
But the lefty was a second-
round pick for a reason.
After a remarkable high school career - a 38-2 record with a 1.04 ERA and 492 strikeouts in 248<MD+,%30,%55,%70>2/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>3 innings - Rasmussen was below-average in his first two seasons at UCLA, a 6.21 ERA ballooned by 77 hits in 62<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>3 innings.
This year, though, Rasmussen sports a 2.73 ERA to go along with that 11-2 record, with 117 strikeouts in 99 innings.
He was at his best in the Bruins' 8-1 win over Cal State Fullerton on June 13, with the win sending the guys to Omaha.
On that night at Jackie Robinson Stadium he was just about untouchable, allowing just two hits while fanning nine.
Now he has to face a TCU squad coming off an incredible win over Florida State on Wednesday, when the Horned Frogs scored eight runs in the eighth inning to take out the Seminoles, 11-7.
"(Rasmussen) has come into his own," Savage said. "When he pitches with confidence, he's as good as we've got. We have a bunch of trust in Rob. We thought long and hard before the season that we might put him between the two guys, that we might go right-left-right. That changes the weekend. Cole, a different look in Ras, and here comes Bauer. We decided against that, but Ras is one of the best left-handed pitchers in college baseball."
The best is across the dugout.
Rasmussen will duel with remarkable TCU freshman Matt Purke, 15-0 with a 3.03 ERA and 140 strikeouts in 110 innings.
But Savage has confidence in his lefty, confidence that Rasmussen will close out TCU and Bracket One and advance to its first CWS championship series.
"We want to take care of business (today)," Savage said. "It's a big game for us in the bracket. Whenever you're up two games, you have the momentum. We know TCU is very, very competitive. They're coming off a huge win, a big comeback win against FSU. We're counting on Ras to step up and be Ras."


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Hits and Misses: Envision gala worth your time
February 4, 2013
One of the best-kept treasures of Weld County is the Envision program, which serves the developmentally disabled from its office in Evans. The organization provides residential and counseling services, employment services and a variety of other programs to help the developmentally disabled lead productive and fulfilling lives in Weld.
Envision also sponsors an art program for many of its clients, and the best work will be on display tonight at a closing gala and silent auction from 6-9 p.m. at the Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave.
About 30 Envision clients participate in the adult art program. Their best work on display at tonight's event falls under the theme "A World of Love," which is based on participant Tammy Selleck's piece showing a world encircled by a heart.
This event is worth your time if you're looking for something to do on a Friday night. The artists will be honored that residents took the time to honor their work.
Alonzo Marquez is one of the artists and has the nickname "Skittles" because he likes to paint with all the colors of the rainbow. Alonzo laughed giddily during an interview with a Tribune reporter at the mention of his sister driving up from Denver for the event.
"This is our happy place," said Lori Arthur, the Envision development and communications coordinator.
We say thanks to Envision for giving Greeley a happy place for the developmentally disabled.
Eight businesses Disappoint us
Eight businesses in Greeley sold alcohol to minors during a recent police sting operation, according to Greeley police.
In two cases, the undercover investigator was served alcohol without being asked for an ID. In the other cases, the investigator showed an underage ID, and was still sold alcohol. That disappoints us.
The problems associated with underage drinking have been well documented. Teens who begin drinking at that age are also more likely to become alcoholics later in life, and excess alcohol consumption, of course, makes teens more likely to engage in other risky behavior.
We know most Greeley businesses understand this and do a good job of making sure that they don't serve anyone who is underage. In fact, the Greeley Police Department and the Colorado Department of Revenue Liquor Enforcement Division visited 26 liquor retailers as part of the undercover investigation, and 18 business weren't cited, which means they did everything right.
We hope the other eight businesses will fix the problems that led to the citations.
Colorado Farm show a success
The 2013 Colorado Farm Show drew to a close Thursday afternoon, and once again it was nothing short of a success. This annual event brings thousands of people from near and far to Greeley for all things ag.
We don't have official attendance figures for this year yet, but the event brings about 30,000 people to town each year. Officials expect a similar turnout this year.
Organizers rallied dozens of speakers to converge at Island Grove Events Center for three days to discuss important issues ranging from drought to animal welfare and the economic outlook. Some attendees traveled hundreds of miles just to check out what the show had to offer. And nearly 300 vendors set up camp to showcase their products and services.
We're thankful for everyone involved in pulling this huge event off without a hitch each year, and we're thankful for the roughly $700,000 in economic activity the event generates in Greeley.
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From: Elroy Davis <>
Subject: Re: [TGF] introduction and thoughts from a young genealogist!
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 13:45:27 -0400
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I'm actually curious about this sort of information as well. I'm one of
those folks who was interested in genealogy at an early age (I still have
some reply letters from people who responded to inquiries from my 10
year-old self), but hasn't started getting "serious" until recently (just
sent in my first lesson for the NGS Home-Study Course a couple of weeks
Seems like this list would be a good place to start such a survey.
In addition to all of the reasons other have stated about groups, I also
find that my research, and therefore access to repositories, is limited to
the hours that I'm not working my "real job". It's difficult to get to the
town clerk's office when you work till 6:00, then have kids to feed, etc.
When I was in my 20's, I may have taken a different path in life if I had,
at the time, thought of genealogy as a viable employment option. At the
time, though, I still considered it a hobby, not realizing that there could
be more to it.
-Elroy (also a long-time list lurker)
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Bethany Waterbury <
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> At the very least I would love to see a employment survey done by APG (or
> another organization) that breaks down the various areas genealogists are
> earning income - not just "research" but what kind of research? Probate?
> Mineral Rights? Lineage Societies? What are the average hourly rates,
> especially when stratified with years of experience and whether or not the
> researcher has a CG or other credential or educational level? Who is the
> average client? How many hours is the average project? Are there
> commercial clients - are people doing "business genealogies"? If so, how
> are they marketing their services and getting those clients?
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OK, I know that grumble. Data-Center-Grunt is the adopted language of SysAdmins – a non-verbal sign language and vocalizations that communincate the speakers' disillusion with the technology they love, fatalism about the ways in which it will eventually let them down and a feeling about both humans and managers that goes beyond disgruntlement to a kind of anti-gruntlement that explodes violently when brought into direct contact with positively charged gruntle particles, which are still theoretical even in quantum mechanics and entirely extinct within the data center.
Often mistaken for the vibration of huge machines or the sound of the gates of hell grinding slowly open, the SysAdmin grumble is the only constant presence in a data center except the Imminent Catastrophic Failure that will inevitably escape from the prison in which the grumble confines it and attack the one piece of equipment for which there is no immediate replacement.
The Imminent Catastrophic Failure watches invisibly from cover for the worst time to emerge, but the SysAdmin Grumble expands to fill the available space in the data center, leaving a microscopically thin coating of threat on the surface of every machine as protection from the miasma of chaos exhaled by manager and as a warning to the equipment that it is being watched too closely to indulge its wish to commit ritual suicide at the worst possible moment in accordance with Murphy's Law – the single religious law followed by all inanimate things.
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The grumble thinks open minds are for people whose brains are still being assembled, skepticism is for those who don't pay enough attention to become properly cynical and the main benefit of a Better Future Through Information Technology is the possibility of a good lunch at a nice restaurant billed to the tab of the salesweasel who sent the flyer marked A Better Future Through Information Technology.
The grumble does not do Hallmark Moments, or group hugs, or events that involve standing up and singing at a co-worker, although if someone else brings in a sheet cake, it will make an effort to be sociable if it can get a corner or edge piece with lots of frosting.
There are too many accounts to fix, disks to mount, physical machines to virtualize, virtual machines to physicalize and humans making annoying requests to ignore because they violate precepts of "Advice to employees on the proper use of the System Administrator's valuable time," which are passed out to all employees regularly whenever a morning goes badly enough that the servers are inaudible over the grumble. No one pays attention.
System Administrators do not do "SysAdmin's Day!" with the exclamation point on it. They do, however, realize the value of conserving resources, setting priorities and following through on opportunities like the chance to call it a day early and slide out of the building gracefully before the Imminent Catastrophic Failure escapes.
So, in case it hasn't yet, the grumble should take SysAdmin's Day for what it is: the opportunity for co-workers to make themselves feel better by praising work they don't understand and applaud the high technical standards of their technical guru. (Professional slogan: "Try not to let it catch fire.")
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Study: 6 million youths idle, stuck in cycle
WASHINGTON — Almost 6 million young people are neither in school nor working, according to a study released on Monday.
That's almost 15 percent of those ages 16 to 24 who have neither desk nor job, according to The Opportunity Nation coalition, which wrote the report.
Other studies have shown that idle young adults are missing out on a window to build skills they will need later in life or use the knowledge they acquired in college. Without those experiences, they are less likely to command higher salaries and more likely to be an economic drain on their communities.
Changing the dynamic won't be easy.
The coalition finds that 49 states had an increase in the number of families living in poverty, and 45 had household median incomes fall in the past year.
A young person's community is often closely tied to his or her success. The Opportunity Nation report tracked 16 factors — Internet access, college graduation rates, income inequality and public safety among them — and identified states that were doing well for its young people.
Topping the list of supportive states are Vermont, Minnesota and North Dakota. At the bottom? Nevada, Mississippi and New Mexico.
"Their destiny is too often determined by their ZIP code," said Charlie Mangiardi, who works with Year Up, a nonprofit that trains young adults for careers and helps them find jobs.
Just look at some of the nation's largest cities. Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Riverside, Calif., all have more than 100,000 idle youths, the Opportunity Nation report found.
"Often times, they lack the social capital in life," Mangiardi said.
In Mississippi and West Virginia, 1 in 5 young people are idle — higher than their older neighbors. Mississippi has an overall unemployment rate of 8 percent, while West Virginia posts about 7 percent. Like most states, their unemployment rates have fallen since 2011, but researchers caution that shift could result from fewer residents looking for work and from more who had simply given up their search for jobs.


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New information-sharing powers for public service bosses will mean federal government workers face more scrutiny of their behaviour, attendance and even web browsing.
Looming public sector legal reform will allow senior management to share workers' personal information across agencies for use in misconduct investigations and hiring decisions.
The new powers are part of a suite of changes to the Public Service Act that will give the bureaucracy a much tougher disciplinary edge from July 1.
Under the new rules, an agency head may use personal information where the use is ''necessary or relevant'' to the exercise of the agency head's power as an employer, a considerable widening of the scope of the rules.
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Bosses would have to prove a genuine link between the worker's job and their behaviour before any punishment could take place.
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President Obama makes large sacrifice
December 27, 2012
President Obama ordered the cabinet to cut $100 million from the $3.5 trillion federal budget.
I'm so impressed by this sacrifice that I have decided to do the same thing with my personal monthly budget of approximately $2,000 for groceries, household expenses, medicine, utilities, etc., so I'm taking an axe to my expenses and cutting back.
I'm going to cut my spending at exactly the same ratio (1/35,000) of my total budget as the president did. After doing the math, it looks like instead of spending $4,000 a month, I'm going to have to cut that number by 12 cents. Yes, I'm going to have to sacrifice and get by with only $3,999.88.
Did this president actually think no one would do the math? Please share this with others so they will understand how idiotic a $100 million cut is in a $3.5 trillion budget. In addition, the budget automatically is increased by 8 percent every year. We taxpayers/voters must stop this vicious spiral to bankruptcy and demand reforms and real-time spending cuts!
Claudia Taylor
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21-year-old Wakes From Coma, Stuns Doctors
December 23, 2011 by staff
21-year-old Wakes From Coma, Stuns Doctors, Sam Schmid, an Arizona college student believed to be brain dead and poised to be an organ donor, miraculously recovered just hours before doctors were considering taking him off life support.
Schmid, a junior and business major at the University of Arizona, was critically wounded in an Oct. 19 five-car accident in Tucson.
The 21-year-old's brain injuries were so severe that the local hospital could not treat him. He was airlifted to the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Phoenix, where specialists performed surgery for a life-threatening aneurysm.
As hospital officials began palliative care and broached the subject of organ donation with his family, Schmid began to respond, holding up two fingers on command. Today he is walking with the aid of a walker, and his speech, although slow, has improved.
Doctors say he will likely have a complete recovery. He even hopes to get a day pass from the hospital to celebrate the holidays with his large extended family.
"Nobody could ever give me a better Christmas present than this — ever, ever, ever," said his mother, Susan Regan, who is vice-president of the insurance company Lovitt-Touche.
"I tell everyone, if they want to call it a modern-day miracle, this is a miracle," said Regan, 59, and a Catholic. "I have friends who are atheists who have called me and said, 'I am going back to church.'"
Schmid's doctor, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Spetzler, agreed that his recovery was miraculous.
"I am dumb-founded with his incredible recovery in such a short time," said Spetzler. "His recovery was really remarkable considering the extent of his lethal injuries."
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Induction motors fed through variable speed drives (VSD) are widely used in different industrial processes. Nowadays, the industry demands the integration of smart sensors to improve the fault detection in order to reduce cost, maintenance and power consumption. Induction motors can develop one or more faults at the same time that can be produce severe damages. The combined fault identification in induction motors is a demanding task, but it has been rarely considered in spite of being a common situation, because it is difficult to identify two or more faults simultaneously. This work presents a smart sensor for online detection of simple and multiple-combined faults in induction motors fed through a VSD in a wide frequency range covering low frequencies from 3 Hz and high frequencies up to 60 Hz based on a primary sensor being a commercially available current clamp or a hall-effect sensor. The proposed smart sensor implements a methodology based on the fast Fourier transform (FFT), RMS calculation and artificial neural networks (ANN), which are processed online using digital hardware signal processing based on field programmable gate array (FPGA).
Induction motors are widely used in industry due to their robustness, low cost, easy maintenance and versatility; representing 85% of power consumption worldwide. Thus, when induction motors start developing incipient faults [
A number of vibration and current analysis-based techniques exist for identifying specific faults in induction motors. Regrettably, most of the condition-monitoring techniques for early fault detection focus on the detection of single specific faults. Broken rotor bar condition is one of the most difficult faults to detect because the induction motor works normally without perceivable anomalies, making this fault one of the most studied in research literature. For instance, in [
From the technological point of view, smart sensors can be used to overcome the monitoring system demands due to their versatility and ability to work in environments where the access for field workers is limited, and their features in communication and data processing functionalities [
The contribution of this work is the development of a smart sensor for on-line detection of single or multiple-combined faults in induction motors connected through a VSD over a wide frequency range, covering low frequencies from 3 Hz and high frequencies up to 60 Hz, extending previously reported frequency ranges. The proposed smart sensor can use a commercially available current clamp or a Hall-effect sensor as the only primary sensor required, contrary to other works that use two or more sensors to identify a fault. The use of a current clamp as primary sensor provides additional benefits in portability, allowing one to perform the fault diagnosis in different motors without interrupting their operation. Another contribution of this work is the methodology, due to its simplicity and the theoretical foundation to analyze the frequencies of interest excited by the failure; this methodology is based on FFT fused with artificial neural networks, which is implemented into an FPGA due to its high-performance computational capabilities. In the proposed methodology, FFT provides the induction motor current spectrum normalized at steady-state, which allows covering motors with different power capabilities and a wide load range; then, specific frequency components are selected to compute their RMS to be inputs of the artificial neural network, which gives an online identification of single or combined faulty conditions. In this paper, three different faults in an induction motor: BRB, UNB, MAL and their combinations are investigated. Results confirm the potentiality of the smart sensor as an instrument for single and multiple-combined faults online detection.
This article focuses on three different induction motor faults and their combinations: broken rotor bars (BRB), unbalance (UNB), and misalignment (MAL). The presence of BRB in induction motors produces several problems, such as power quality degradation [
The detection of a broken bar fault can be done by the observation of the space harmonics
The unbalance condition is presented when the mechanical load in the induction motor is not uniformly distributed, taking the center of mass out of the motor shaft. Unbalance in induction machines creates air-gap eccentricities, which change the frequency spectrum of the supply current [
The misalignment in induction motors occurs when the motor and the load pulleys are not aligned. The misalignment condition, like unbalance, creates air-gap eccentricities changing the frequency spectrum of the supply current [
Artificial neural networks (ANN) are computational models that simulate the neurological structure of the human brain and its capability to learn and solve problems through pattern recognition. There are different ANN architectures, such as multilayer feed-forward networks (MFN), recurrent networks, feedback networks, radial basis function networks, and Kohonen self-organizing map networks. The most popular architecture for ANN is the MFN that has an input layer, an output layer and one or more hidden layers. In this ANN architecture the data moves in only one direction, from the input neurons through the hidden neurons to the output neurons, as shown in
In industry the operation of induction motors through variable speed drives (VSDs) is very common, since it allows controlling their rotational speed, extending their useful life, and saving energy [
This section shows the proposed methodology for the smart sensor development, the configuration and the block diagram of the FPGA-based smart processor. First, the general structure of the smart sensor is discussed, then the smart processor architecture with the processing stages and finally, the proposed ANN.
The block diagram of
The block diagram of the FPGA-based smart processor internal structure to determine the condition of the motor is shown in
The proposed ANN implements an MFN with two input nodes that receive the RMS value of the left and right sideband components (
In this section, the experimental setup and the results are presented for validation the proposed smart sensor. The online fault detection was performed during the steady-state of the induction motor.
The experimental setup consists in using the steady-state current signal provided by a VSD (model WEG CFW08) to the motor under test for detecting the multiple-combined faults and to classify the conditions of the induction motor. The VSD has an operation range from 0 Hz up to 100 Hz using a frequency resolution of 0.01 Hz.
To produce an artificial broken rotor bar condition it was necessary to drill a 2.0 mm diameter hole in a bar of the rotor without harming the rotor shaft.
The multiple-combined fault conditions were obtained by mixing each single fault with one or two of the remaining faults as shown in
The ANN is trained with the back-propagation algorithm to identify single or multiple-combined faults in induction motors. Forty trials are carried out under each motor condition for each study frequency. The training set was obtained with 1,000 random synthetic values for each study frequency within the range [
Three different frequency cases are studied in order to fulfill a range from low to high frequencies: 3 Hz, 30 Hz and 60 Hz. Results of the smart sensor with the motor running at 3 Hz show an effectiveness of 100% in health motor (HLT), unbalance (UNB), misalignment (MAL), the combination of unbalance and misalignment (UNB-MAL) and the combination of broken bars with unbalance and misalignment (BRB-UNB-MAL); the results for broken rotor bars (BRB), broken rotor bars in combination of unbalance (BRB-UNB) and broken rotor bars combined with misalignment (BRB-MAL) present an effectiveness over 80%. Due to the fact the sideband frequencies at 3 Hz were closer to the fundamental frequency, the conditions with broken bars were more difficult to diagnose. On the other hand, with the motor running at 30 Hz the smart sensor shows an effectiveness of 100% with the exception of BRB-UNB-MAL which presented an 80% effectiveness. Finally, at 60 Hz of the VSD, the smart sensor presents an effectiveness of 100% with the exception of HLT and BRB-UNB-MAL with effectiveness over 80%. A significant characteristic of the proposed smart sensor is the detection of single and multiple-combined faults in VSD-fed induction motors in an automatic way with only a primary sensor, different from the reviewed literature where the results are from single faults or multiple-combined faults interpreted offline by the user from current of the power supply or vibration signals of the induction motor with two or more primary sensors.
This work proposes a new smart sensor for online detection of multiple-combined faults in VSD-fed induction motors using only a Hall-effect current sensor as primary sensor in one-phase of the induction motor, which results in a high portability. The proposed methodology is based on the FFT and an ANN classifier in order to determine the motor condition according to the motor operation frequency controlled by the VSD, the simplicity of this methodology allows analyzing the frequencies of interest excited by the different failures. The FFT spectrum is normalized in order to cover different power motor capabilities and a wide load range. The functionality of the smart sensor was successfully tested in forty tests of each category of the faults and their combinations. Results demonstrate that the proposed smart sensor is highly efficient in effecting a diagnosis of the induction motor operating over a wide frequency range of the VSD (3, 30 and 60 Hz), different from other works [
This project was partially supported by CONACyT scholarship (229736), FOFIUAQ-2012, SEP-PIFI (Integral Program of Institutional Support—Universidad de Guanajuato) 2011, and SEP-CONACyT 84723 projects.
Left and right sideband components. (
Air-gap eccentricities. (
Multilayer feed-forward network architecture.
Block diagram of the fault detector smart sensor.
Block diagram of the FPGA-based smart processor.
Smart processing flow up.
Proposed ANN.
Combination for multiple-combined fault analysis.
Resource usage of the FPGA.
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|638/29,504 (2%)
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Effectiveness of the proposed smart sensor on identifying the induction motor condition with one or multiple combined faults.
Comparison between proposed smart sensor (PSS) and reviewed literature.


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Aziz Akrish
Sanity (Rap Song) - Poem by Aziz Akrish
Why I'm on Earth, I should die, but before that, I have to make everyone acknowledge me, its me, fucking Toby, thats it TOBY..
[Verse 1]
I am dejected, many people I have affected, and did mistakes because the fucker erected, I was neglected, yet I did not care if anyone detected, my sadness I hide, people never suspect it, they ask me if I'm ok or contended, I guess I wasn't able to hide my depression anymore it is the only thing I protected, yet now I am a loser who writes rhymes just to be fucking respected, just because my heart is nice don't think I cannot be a monster, it is expected, take that to your arm inject it, but is that life really is, heroin, drinking, and unwanted mistakes, if you're not ready to accept the consequences then press on the brakes, otherwise stop making these errors for I am only here to awake, guide you in the darkness for the sake, of god, so if your blind, truth is the thing I will help you find, even though my heart is kind, don't push me but bear in mind, through these rhymes I refined, to send you a message that you can rewind, I am here to remind, but first lets take a journey through the sanity I lost, worry not because I designed, to send you a clear messages through my rhymes.
[Verse 2]
Through my text you'd think I'm sad, truth is I am just mad, at people like my dad, I really don't wish the life you've had, even though mine is shit there are many worse than that, is there anything to this story you want to add? , as Mos Def said 'If you you wanna know how to rhyme you better learn how to add', maybe you can please me and make me glad, but through time I am sane, I have done actions in vain, but I follow them up with actions to gain, hear me now your attention I will attain, every time I feel pain, I go and rap because it is my cocaine, I started to sniff it inhale it and smoke it, can never abstain, I am loyal to this rap game, my bars are not plain, they go faster than a train, I am in this campaign, to explain, what I said in the first place, I am not gonna complain, because that is the main, thing I wanted not to constrain, once you entered my sanity you have lost the part of you that is humane, you have been detained, but thats where you'll walk the one lane, I have shown you the way to the truth you've been when you journeyed in my brain.
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Target Selection
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Well, it's off to the range to check out a new target idea. I was at Family Farm and Home and found this Osmundson 1/4 "Ducksfoot S-tine Sweep OK-4. I figured to drive two steel posts in to the ground about 2-feet apart and hang the tine center with para-cord.
It should work like the gongs, but at a much lower price. I paid $.99 for each post, $5.00 for the para-cord, and $2.99 for the tine. Since the tine is 1/4" steel it could be used for a very long time.
I needed mine to be removeable so I've a 7' wrought iron Shepards Hook bird feeder ($10). I'm hanging one of those small self healing plastic orange things ($25), with a foot of chain ($3), and a couple of chain linking things ($2), for a reactive target. I wish I thought about visiting 'Tractor Supply'.
Yours beats mine by $30!
I don't how cast is different from rolled. Let us (me) know how it works.
Here it is: I went to the range and set up shop to shoot the 4595TS Hi Point carbine at the Ducksfoot S-tine Sweep. As predicted the ParaCord did not hold. While smacking the Sweep around with .45 FMJ bullets the sharp edges around the mounting hole cut the ParaCord.
Some sort of link and length of chain will be designed. I was shooting at 25 and 30 yards and the Sweep only had splatter marks. No bullet went thru nor did the Sweep crack.
The Sweep was hung between two 5/16" iron fence poles, 24-inches apart, 2-feet off the ground, with the shaped spade angle down and towards the rear for deflection.
No ricochets back towards the shooting bench was experienced. It was a good, safe shoot; I am going to get a few more to use, but a little larger ones.
Ranger-6: I like the idea If you check with some of the farmers in your area and ask nicely they may let you have the old ones they have replaced on the implements for free or little of nothing
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Police Seek Two For Armed Robbery In Home
Syracuse Police are looking for a pair of black males armed with a gun who robbed an elderly male of an $80.00 check.
Officers say they learned a 77-year-old male awoke in his North Salina Street residence to find two black males armed with a gun who demanded money. The victim said he had no money, so the robbers forced him to write them a check for $80.00. The pair fled on foot. The victim was not injured.


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Man Overboard - Acoustic Covers - Volume 1
In our several year existence, Man Overboard has been a machine as far as releasing material. After the release of our Self-Titled album in September 2011 we devoted more time than ever before to touring the world.... America, Canada, UK, Europe, Russia, etc etc. With that being said, we are hard at work on a brand new album, but want to offer you a little something until that comes out.
Zac recorded two acoustic covers at his home in New Jersey for your listening pleasure. Each download comes with a discount code (in an jpeg with the mp3's) incase you decide to come back to the store and purchase a physical product.
1. Jellyhead (originally by Crush)
2. Misery (originally by Soul Asylum)
Cover photo by Allison Newbold. www.allynewbold.com