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Will probably be depressed-ish for the next few months. Due to weather and personal issues. Suggestions on what I could do to get some happiness in?
No announcement yet.
What methods do you use to become happy?
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I go hang out with my horse for a few hours. She is a ham. She makes the best faces, plays in her water, snuggles, begs, gets into stuff. She never fails to make me laugh and laugh. Pets and animals can be seriously amusing for me. Even just watching a field of goats cracks me up.
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i think i'm going to be doing a good bit of yoga during our few cold winter times. I discovered Vinyasa (sp?) by lucky accident when a friend notified me of a groupon. It was awesome and i don't know how else i would have gotten thru the time during our condo remodel when we had to put all the bikes in storage.
now i found another place (w/ another groupon) that does hot yoga & it is interesting.
anyway - bottom line - i think it's good to mix my routine of biking and jogging w/ a little bit of yoga and i really do think it helps my outlook too. Calms my brain. I really like it.
Sometimes fake it 'til you make it works.
The body responds in some overt ways to sadness. Hunched shoulders, frowning, a lackluster walking gait. Sometimes if you reverse the physical response to sadness, you can make yourself feel better. So, pull back those shoulders, slap a smile on your face, and walk like you have somewhere wonderful to be. People think I'm crazy, but it works for me.
Now longterm hardship is a different story, and the above suggestions are great for that. Also, get some sun. More than usual. One thing I like is liquid Vit D. It makes me feel like I'm taking teaspoons of liquid sunshine. They have those lamps also; maybe they would help?
If all else fails, get bitchy, which feels a tad better than sad. Just remember that no matter how bad things are, some poor son of a bitch has it worse."Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
Who says back fat is a bad thing? Maybe on a hairy guy at the beach, but not on a crab.
I can't suggest anything for the long term, but faking it really works. During conversations, smile, laugh, act cheerful. It will boost your mood for the short term, if only artificially.F 28/5'4/100 lbs
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath; do your research."
+ 1 for pets and faking it. both are also great for releasing oxytocin, which can have an opposite effective to cortisol.
i can get a little glum in the winter months too. a couple years ago i tried taking up temporary hobbies to see if they would stick or not. it's a great way to try something new and stay focused. make some clothes for yourself, learn a language, card tricks...find something that makes you interested.
Positive self talk works wonders. Get up every morning and tell yourself it is going to be a great day, when people ask you how you are doing, tell them great or fantastic or wonderful. I did this about a year ago, and it really helped my mood. Vitamin D3 supplimentation helps too, especially if you aren't getting enough sun.
Taking up a hobby, or do something for just you...Male, 32y, 6'0" tall
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Yoga is very calming and centering.
Immerse yourself in any creative projects that take you out of yourself ... where you lose all sense of time passing.
Give less time to neg-heads who enjoy putting you down and those who take far more emotionally than they give. Remember - they need you far more than you need them, and you're not a charity.
Commune with nature more.
Try to develop a better awareness of any leisure activities and interests that you find fulfilling and make time to do more of them, e.g. spending more time with a friend or pet, watching films, reading, gardening, visiting museums and art galleries. Whatever lifts your mood and spirit. Try to recognise what you are doing through habit/having become stuck in a rut, and cut down or cut out completely those activities, as appropriate. One can feel especially positive about achieving that.
Use mostly candlelight after dark. Go with the seasons rather than attempting to fight them. But make extra effort to get out into the sunshine when you can, especially during the morning.
Learn to recognise when you're being hard on yourself - and stop doing that! Sometimes being selfish is necessary and will enable you to do more for others in the long run. Focus your time and effort only on those who are truly in need of it.
Foodwise, oily fish, vitamin D, green tea and a wide variety of fresh vegetables.F 5 ft 3. HW: 196 lbs. Primal SW (May 2011): 182 lbs (42% BF)... W June '12: 160 lbs (29% BF) (UK size 12, US size 8). GW: ~24% BF - have ditched the scales til I fit into a pair of UK size 10 bootcut jeans. Currently aligning towards 'The Perfect Health Diet' having swapped some fat for potatoes.
Recently, learning to play ukulele has been putting a lot of smiles on my face.
In general, planning out some sort of project on paper then building it with my hands is very satisfying and makes me happier. Most recently I've made myself a hammock stand (wood) and a reading stand for books and my iPad (cardboard; now I'm designing a fold-up plywood version). Last few years I've made things like wool/leather knee-height moccasins for wintertime (came out extremely ugly but very comfy) and a backpack for my dog. I just like to tinker and learn how to make things.
Also, spending time with my wife, family and friends. And reading. Lots of reading.
The main obstacle to my general health and happiness these days seems to be full-time employment. Fortunately we have escape plans in place and should soon be free.Today I will: Eat food, not poison. Plan for success, not settle for failure. Live my real life, not a virtual one. Move and grow, not sit and die.
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exercise always helps and lately, for me, lifting has been great for my mood!Check out my blog on nature and nurture!
For ne, there's nothing like a sweat-dripping-off-my-back cardio session to get me feeling like a warrior post-battle. I know primal advocates slow movement but goddamn the runner's high feels good.F 28/5'4/100 lbs
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath; do your research."
Years ago I just decided to be happy. Whenever I get irritated or depressed about something, I acknowledge the feeling and then decide not to feel that way. It doesn't work 100% of the time, but in general, just "deciding" to not feel the negative emotion works for me. I think a good part of it is acknowledging the negative emotion--once I recognize it, I find it easier to dismiss it.
I have a wonderful life now, but I haven't always. My original father was alcoholic and physically abusive, and my first husband was emotionally abusive and slept around with multiple women in the short time we were married. It was during this marriage that I decided I wasn't going to allow someone else to determine my mood, and I decided then that I wasn't going to be depressed about it. Sure, I had times when it was hard to deal with the emotions, but once I recognized them, I could change how I felt.
Everything is temporary. Let go of the negative things and the positive will replace it.


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Hello, I'm Cam. Please include all the details about your issue so I can accurately advise you. I cannot see your vehicle so please be detailed.
What is your gear ratio?
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Ok, the max trailer weight is around 7000# XXXXX that rear diff, is not very tough so I would stay under 5000 to avoid issues.

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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 8.0786. Saturday, 26 July 1997.
Date: Tuesday, 22 Jul 1997 10:04:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Shakespeare on Radio
In the new biography of Humphrey Bogart by A.M. Sperber and Eric Lax, a
brief discussion is given to the CBS Shakespeare Theater, a 1937 show
used to fill in as summer broadcasting in the days before taped
repeats. Although the show only lasted this one summer, it apparently
caused NBC to schedule John Barrymore in a competing series, turning
Mondays into "The Battle of the Bard." The CBS series was apparently
edited hours of Shakespeare, with some of the shows including Burgess
Meredith as Hamlet, Leslie Howard and Rosalind Russell in Much Ado,
Eddie Robinson in Shrew, and Tallulah Bankhead and Welles 12th Night.
Bogart joined Walter Huston and Brian Aherne in 1H4; Bogart was Hotspur,
but the other roles are not identified. The book reviews Bogart's
performance as adequate (he couldn't compete with Aherne or Huston's
delivery), but it does not the novel casting, especially at a time when
Bogie only played gangsters, and the authors note that this finally gave
the actor a death speech.
This discussion is on page 81 and immediately following.
Do any list members know more about this intriguing series or its
competitor, and are any tapes remaining?
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Alessandra, Ashley & Darren: Warner Post-Grammy Pals
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Victoria's Secret stunner Alessandra Ambrosio flashed some leg as she showed up at the swanky Chateau Marmont along with her longtime beau Jamie Mazur.
Young Hollywood hotties like Ashley Benson and Darren Criss also checked out the A-list action, both dressed to impress.
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by Mary Pride in Homeschool World 2008 You might be thinking, "Who cares how a bunch of rich snobs raise their kids?"The reason I brought all this up is that today's middle-class homeschooling (and other) parents are in the same boat as yesterday's Harvard parents.They knew that the right … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: Protecting The Sanctuary?
by Doug Wilson in his book "For a Glory and a Covering" page 48 "A husband must also be vigilant to protect his wife from spiritual harm. This is what Adam failed to do in the garden, and what Jesus faithfully did for us. A priest is one who guards and protects the sanctuary, and in this sense every Christian man is a priest in his home . . . The failure of Adam at this point was his fundamental failure, and it is the point where many of his male descendents find it far too easy to follow his example" Comments open belowQUOTING QUIVERFULL is a regular feature of NLQ – we present the actual words of noted Quiverfull leaders and ask our readers: What do you think? Agree? Disagree? This i … [Read more...]


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I have been using WLM in place of OE for a few weeks now and it is reasonably
good certainly better than Windows Mail in Vista. But there are a few points
where it could be improved, let me know your thoughts....
1)... Greater colour contrasts to show which email address (or news group
etc.) is selected in the Folder Pane.
2)... The Inline tool should embed the graphic file in its original size as
standard and only have resizing as an option.
3)... A 'White List' of sites where it is OK to show the images by default
would be fantastic - I get fedup have to click "Show Images" on every email I
get from a known safe souce.
4)... In the 'Message List' it would be helpful to show ONLY 'Todays mail',
with expandable top down panes for 'Previous Weeks Mail' and 'All Mail'. This
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UK Appliance Repair Questions? Ask a Technician for Answers ASAP
Hi, I'm Daniel and I'll be helping you today I've been repairing white goods for 20+ yrs. and currently work for a well-know manufacturer.
Have you checked the condenser vent to see if that's all blocked?
If not then remove the metal dryer chamber on the top and under there you will see a mesh filter going into the drum.
Give this a good clean out then refit the chamber and retry it on a dryer cycle and see how it goes from there.
Also have you checked the water valve coils as well?
As the dryer needs water to aid the drying so if the coil is open circuit it can cause it to cut out.
So check the resistance on the coils on the valve. They should read about 3.6 Kohms. If any are faulty then the water valve will need to be replaced.
Check them out and see what you find and let me know.
Hi Daniel.
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
The filter sounded the easiest so i have just tried that. It is running now, Ill let you know.
I haven't got a clue what the water valve coils are. The coil on the motor on top of the element chamber has continuity and a resistance of only 51 Ohms. I guess that's not what you were talking about.
Thanks again,
Ill let you know how this goes soon.
The water valve coils is on the water valve. If you look at the back were the fill hose goes to the washer this is the water valve. I think there should be 3 coils on there each with a wiring block going to it.
But as you have cleaned the mesh filter in the dryer chamber just see how it goes from there. Fingers crossed that will cure it.
If the filter was blocked then yes it stops the air flow and can cause the element to over heat and burn out just like it has.
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Chinese company Boyalife has revealed its plans to build the world's biggest cloning factory in Tianjin in partnership with Sooam Biotech, a South Korea firm. Boyalife said it will spend 200 million yuan ($31 million) on this project to meet fast increasing demand for beef in the country.
Tianjin is located about 100 miles from the Chinese capital and is the infamous site of chemical explosion that killed 165 people in August this year. The cloning facility will be built near the site where chemical explosion occurred.
Sooam Biotech is run by Seoul-based Hwang Woo-suk who was once dubbed the "king of cloning". In 2006, he was found guilty of gross ethical lapses in his cloning research and in methods of obtaining human eggs for the research work.
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"We are building something that has not existed in the past." Xu said.
"This is going to change our world and our lives."
For Xu Xiaochun, lack of public education is a matter of concern in this area.
"Clone technology is already around us." Mr. Xu said during a conference call with journalists on Thursday.
"It's just that not everyone knows about it."
Mr. Xu revealed that several varieties of bananas and strawberries currently available in Chinese supermarkets are being prepared using cloning technology.
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Despite Xu's enthusiasm, online reaction to new cloning facility has been overwhelmingly negative.
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"Please serve cloned beef to leaders first!" another user Xingchen Miaoyu wrote.
According to Mr. Xu, his company will first receive approval from concerned departments and ministries before introducing cloned beef to the market.


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Outdoors at corner of Park Ave. & Court St.
A celebration of food and fun for the family. Features a Soup Challenge where Fest goers will taste soups made by area churches, businesses and individuals and vote for their favorite. The afternoon will also include music by local musicians, an art show with creations from the kids at MAYA'S House and marketplace vendors. Space is still available for Soup Challenge teams and
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It's been 6 months since I've been to cons like the 11th Annual ToyCon 2012. Kept focusing on fashion and glamour photography to date, is why. There's a huge difference, I realize, between the two despite both having people as subject(s). One is very calculated, planned, orchestrated, well produced, controlled, and well directed. Photographing cosplay in cons will test how well you take action very fast from requesting the subject for a shot, to preparing your light, timing for when the subject makes their signature poses, establishing rapport and trust, and everything must happen at blinding speed because everybody's pressed for time. IMO, the best challenge (and the one I find most exciting) in taking cosplay photos in cons is to be able to come up with pictures where the subject can connect to the camera and, ultimately, the audience (context valid when motive of taking photos is to publish them in old media or online in blogs or your favorite social media sites).
Below are 29 photographs of 38 cosplayers from Day 3 (Sunday) of ToyCon. Some of the shots I've taken that day like that of Snow White with Lyron as Luffy and Ralph Villaluz as Raidou Kuzunoha are too blurred to save (so sorry, you guys! T_____T Will make it up to you next time, I promise). Gerard Sison's Superman shot below is also quite blurred but I have an alibi for sharing it, still: I believe nobody at the con brought a camera or lens that's faster than a speeding bullet ;) Gaaaaaaaaah, failed by taking just one shot of this (kicks self at the shins)!!! As for that Superman costume, I know I've already mentioned this in a previous blog post but I won't tire of sharing again Gerard's own words from last year's ToyCon:
"I was offered that Superman costume the night before the Toycon. It is a limited edition Christopher Reeve replica and there are only 10 in the world. It is made in Argentina and was sourced from all over the world. But I thought it was too much to spend for."
I'll upload these photos in facebook shortly. In the mean time, here are the snaps. If you can ID the untagged photos (characters and/or personalities), do tell at the comments section. Thanks!
The 11th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention or TOYCON 2012 is on its third and last day today (Sunday, Father's Day, June 17, 2012), brought to us by Collectibles Unlimited. Head on over to SM Megatrade Halls 1,2 , 3 & Conference Rms A & B, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong, Philippines for the country's longest running and biggest pop-culture event.
In store for today is the group cosplay competition where Alodia is poised to do an intermission number apart from being one its judges. We were also told that the Kamikazee band will perform onstage at around 2PM. From my experience during the second ToyCon day on Saturday (yesterday, June 16, 2012), although a good number of hobbyists, fans, collectors, and friends have spent what could be a big chunk of their mid-year bonuses on rares, collectibles, and novelty goods (toys, comics, memorabilia, and games) being mostly sold at discounted prices inside ToyCon, there are still a lot to be had and owned for those only planning Father's Day gift spending rampage on Sunday LOL.
As a long time anime fan and crazy action figure collector, the exhibit area located in Conference Rooms A & B could be either a blessing or my ultimate demise. I can observe at close proximity already released figs that I had been eyeing for a good part of the year and judge whether lusting over them is overrated or not. What's frightening is wanting to own other toy lines that I have no intention of ever collecting from what I have seen because drool worthy is what most of those amazingly detailed and expensive looking toys are. My friendly advise: let the faint in self-restraint beware LOL.
The exhibit area is where I spent most of Saturday, taking photos (shown below in the gallery) of huge sculpts (like the Sentinel), scale models (like FPJ as Panday), Hot Toys, dioramas, old and well maintained/loved collections, and even gashapons. A few meters away in the selling area is where you may find some of the not so rare toys from the exhibit.
As mentioned, the group cosplay competition happens on Sunday. I have only taken photos of two cosplayers today, those of my good friends Monique and Lyron. Both, if I may say, are still very passionate about their craft. I promise to take more photos of the better cosplays at ToyCon 2012 today.
Note from the organizers: cosplayers are encouraged to go in the venue and utilize the "six huge themed exhibit spaces: The Anime Planet, Superhero Stars, Movie Nebula, Toy Supernova, Gaming Galaxy and Kids Constellation, all of which make up the Cosplay Universe." From experience, photographers, the general public, and cosplayers engaging in photo ops in the corridors outside the Mega Trade Halls are being told by guards to vacate the area to minimize disruption of foot traffic flow.
The P100.00 entrance fee for ToyCon 2012 is so much worth the bargain, sights, and experience inside the event area. There's also a gaming booth by Amped where registered players may get a chance to win in-game rare items. Below's the activity schedule for June 17, 2012, ganked from the ToyCon PM website.
|Registration for COSPLAY UNIVERSE group competitions
|Toycon AVPs
|Emcees welcome & Sponsors acknowledgements
|Games – Bring Me /
|Sponsor segments – ABS CBN Publishing
|Panel discussion – GI Joe: 30 years (TS-118)
|Band Performance
|Film showing – Fan films
|Band Performance
|Games – Batman Trivia
|Panel – Angry Woebots
|Sponsor segments – SMART
|Games – Hero Up Daddy
|Panel discussions – Toys for the Big Boys: Statues, Hot Toys, Scale Models (Pinoy 1/6)
|Band Performance
|Sponsor segment – AMPed Fest
|Band Performance
|Sponsor Segment – ABS CBN Publishing
|COSPLAY UNIVERSE group competition
|Intermission – Alodia
|COSPLAY UNIVERSE group competition
|Sport That Dark Knight Look
|Band Performances
|Film Showing – Animation and Fan films
|Awarding of Cosplay and Contests
|Raffle draws and games
Dan Hostettler, Swiss "visualist," Europe's top notch Beauty and Glamour photographer, entrepreneur, and founder of (NSFW link) StudioPrague will be holding a 2-day, all-in, "Glamour & Nude Photography Workshop" in Manila on March 10-11, 2012. Limited to only
4 EDIT: 5 participants max at US$750 per person EDIT: PHP15,000, the workshop will showcase, foremost, Dan's flawless technique and years of experience in teaching and practicing glamour and nude photography, 2 models (who have graced Playboy Philippines, no less, I heard), 1 hair and make-up artist, studio equipment, venue, and food and snacks.
Hover on the image below for an NSFW version of the poster (may take a few seconds to load):
I had my slot reserved, despite my knee-jerk remorse with the course fee. Did so after visiting the StudioPrague website, looking at their (NSFW link) regular workshop courses and course outline, reading about Dan's credentials, seeing how carefully calculated and professional the nude shots looked, and after reading most of the (NSFW link) testimonials of past StudioPrague workshop participants the world over.
Think about it. In order for us to enroll into a semi-private masterclass of this caliber, we'd need to haul our collective arses to Europe or the US, spend for visa, airfare, lodging, living, and course fees (aaaaaaaaaaand tour packages and shopping expenditures, of course LOL). In Prague at the Czech Republic, a similar workshop at Dan Hostettler's StudioPrague costs €1,950 per participant. The discount on workshop fees alone makes attending the Manila Workshop a keeper (with already around US$1,900 savings, mind you). How much would attending an "open shoot" cost in Manila? 1,500 to 2,000 inclusive of lighting, model fees, and just some time to shoot the model shared with at least 10 other photographers (most of whom would get every opportunity to get as much time shooting than the rest). There can only be very little to no structured learning in such avenues (I've attended a couple, so I'd know). Now, compare that setup with a semi-private, four participants-max class with Dan Hostettler.
I just recently attended a Product Lighting workshop with Jo Avila and Cesar Caina last Sunday. For a maximum of 15 participants, workshop fee is P6,000 (was lucky enough that there were only three of us who registered for the workshop, at the same cost. Had a fun time learning that day). With PCCI (Philippine Center for Creative Imaging), Nudes and Glamour are taught in two 2-day courses that costs roughly P7,000 per course. Point is, photography classes will cost you and attending good quality, read tried and tested, classes will cost you more. The fewer the participants, the higher the cost.
Reading this from StudioPrague sealed my decision to sign up for the "Glamour & Nude Photography Workshop:"
An EduShoot is a learning workshop.
EduShoots are where the REAL learning begins!
EduShoots (known as "workshop") was created for the simple reason:
We have noticed over the past years, everyone offers so called "workshops". At these "workshops" there is little or no instruction going on, just people shooting models. We wanted to get away from that and establish the fact that at our workshops, there's actual education happening!
I'd pitch this 2-day course to hobbyists, advanced, and pro-photographers alike, if only to pick on Dan's mind, his European (photography) industry insider pro-tips, and know what it is that makes him take consistently good glamour (and of course nude) photographs. Heck, I'd even egg on fine arts students to go, if they have the means and the earnest interest to pursue glamour photography as a career after graduation. It'd also be quite snooty to claim "I've attended a StudioPrague Workshop" (better if it shows on your output, too, hehe, which is why we're taking the class)!
On a lookout for short courses to help enhance my skills at photography, I turned to a good friend Michael Sy Yu of iSnap Creatives for ideas and guidance. And guide me did! Thanks, Mike, for pitching the workshop idea to Dan and thanks, Dan, for giving us the rare chance to learn from of your genius.
To reserve for a slot and for sure participants, please contact Mike at 0917.8906053. Feel free to share this like to anyone who you think would be interested.
DISCLOSURE: This is not an advertorial. The author and site owner did not receive any form of compensation and neither free nor discounted training course fees for publishing this article. Header image and workshop poster taken from Dan's and StudioPrague's websiteContinue reading...
Prepare for an Alodia's Fantasy event photo avalanche! Hover on the pics for captions. I enjoyed the program immensely with friends Kring Elenzano, Winston Almendras, Faith Salazar, and Coy Caballes. The cosplay competition segment is the best that I have seen so far from among the cosplay competions I've attended through the years: schedule is tight but just right, sound accompanying the performances are all high quality BGMs, finalist line up are truly worthy to be called best in class, and the cosplayers gave it their all to justify their character portrayals. The event was held in the ICON at the Intercontinental Manila Hotel. Usually a bar and lounge for a CBD night out, it was for the night transformed to stage the live online show. I heard from Marcelle, the host for the evening alongside Alodia Gosiengfiao, that the number of online views for the program reached more than 10,000 and at one point, there were around 700+ simultaneous views. If broadband in the Philippines weren't so darn slow, I bet there would be a lot more people staying in their homes to watch the show. Still, amazing!
Below are photos of the cosplay participants during the show's competition. First up, the Male Cosplay Category.
Dennis Madarang playing Pyramid Head, a violent monster from the hit game Silent Hill 2, is the winner for the Male Cosplay Category. If you look at his skirt closely, you'll observe that he brought along his arcane posse. Talk about detail!
For non-otakus, Sajin Komamura is the captain of the 7th Division of Gokai 13 in Soul Society in the anime series Bleach (if the robe does not give that away yet lol).
Eddieson goes onto the stage with a folder covering his face. Put down, he reveals a cylindrical-ish Red Angry Bird mask and starts throwing birds to the audience as the Angry Birds theme played in the background. Then suddenly, he yanks away the pants, throws down the mask, and pulls off the black shirt to reveal Red Hawk. OutSTANDING in creativity!
I apologize to Rubinstein Ebuenga who played Kamen Rider Dark Kiva with the song number because my shots of you are all dark. Failure from my end, sorry. Plus I'm quite peeved by the color of the lighting in the venue. Too magenta for my liking and white balance presets. Again, I'm sorry.
Up next are the ladies from the Female Cosplay Category.
I have been taking photos of Monique in various cosplay conventions but it is only during Alodia's Fantasy that I have seen her do the geiko dance. It was nothing short of stunning: her facial expression show pride, control, and a calm vibe showing in her calculated and fluid movements that she must have perfected through years of cosplaying a geisha. Great job, Minique! Mighty proud of you, my friend! EDIT: So I found out that Monique was played the wrong background music for her number. Double the props to you, my friend for pulling that dance off like that with professional reserve. Shame shame on the audio people. Shame!
Myrtle Gail won in the female cosplay category by playing Grand Archer Rena from the MMORPG Elsword.
Apologies to Catrina Anne Lazaro who played Black Rock Shooter because my shots of your performance could not be salvaged owing to the erratic and magenta saturated lighting :( I'm so sorry!
Next up is the Mecha Cosplay Category.
From the rehearsals earlier Saturday, Don Robert came in a Stark jacket for the run through. Near the end, he did a back flip much to the surprise of everybody in the set. The question in my mind was will he do it during the actual competition with the Mark V on. He didn't. I must say the online audience just missed a singularly awesome moment in Philippine cosplay history.
Bolen Lareza playing Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn's MSN-06S Sinanju bagged the grand prize in the Mecha cosplay category. I suddenly remember something I heard from a friend during a con a loooooong time ago: "we are no match with chibis. They come out and they wow and make everyone swoon and gush with little or no effort." Haha. Bolen, however, really worked the stage. Her moves are in sync with the background music and sound effects. The mecha is also exquisitely made. My favorite detail is the etched insignia on the MSN-06S's left shoulder.
Richard Cheng's Zoids mecha is probably the biggest mecha I have EVER seen around. It's just HUGE! Just look at that photo where he's fighting with a human who looks like a mouse. Not in this picture is the tail detail of the mecha. It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG AND HUGE, TOO!
For the other things that happend that night, check out the following. click on the landscape oriented photos for the larger image.
Kel asked Gerard what his name is to which Gerard answered, "a friend." His answer brought the house down. Well played.
That's it. The Alodia's Fantasy program in photos. Great job flippish and everyone who made this event possible and the sponsors, of course. Thanks Kring and Chris Tan for the invite! Will there be an Alodia's Fantasy Encore any time soon? :)
PS: I apologize to the Haga Twins Miwha and Michiko, too. Looking at my photos at home, it appears I did not have a great shot of them other than what I took during the rehearsals. Bawi ako next time, I promise >.<Continue reading...
Wasn't able to drop by Day 1 but didn't let Day 2 of Cosplay Mania '11 just happen without me meekly (lol) requesting for photos from the better cosplayers of the day. Was told by Lyron Aquino last night that Kristel Lim will showcase something BIG for Day 2 (which also happens to be her birthday. Happy Birthday Kristel!). And in a great big armor she came! Saw a lot of familiar faces in the crowd the likes of Samantha De Guzman in armor, Jia Gold Bustamante doing Shaiya Light (a very wholesome rendition, mind you. I would not have thought it possible for anyone to put together until today), Lyron was of course around in his version of civilian clothes (lol), and Jayem Sison as a Black★Rock Shooter dude, complete with abdominal stitched-up lacerations, a badass katana, and bright blue right eye. And of course, abs.
Like you've read what I've written anyway. You just scrolled straight at the photos, didn't you? I do that all the time, too. Guilty as a death row inmate. Overall, Cosplay Mania '11 was pretty organized. Sure, there were three long lines moving at a snail's pace at the entrance but that was because the security folks were pretty thorough with the bag inspection of both participants and spectators. Security minus the irony. Great job! SMX was also pretty lax in letting cosplayers and photographers just hang around the lobby area of the Function Halls which is a first for the cosplay cons I've gone to in SMX, so far. The result was an event that is not as crowded, though I think there are more people who attended this year than last. I had so much fun that I could not be arsed to watch the TOrCH Finals, although I did buy tickets LOL.
Ok, on to the photos! Just like old times, left click to view the larger image. Feel free to grab and post on your facebook but please do not remove the watermark. Linking back to fritzified.com is not required but I'll love you more if you do lol. If you know the characters that I haven't named and the names of the cosplayrs featured here, do call me out on them by the comment area so I can properly label the photos in return for their indulgence (for graciously letting me take their photos). Great job for this year's con, guys! If I may say, participants are SERIOUSLY getting better and better each con!
EDIT: as this is too good to not share. Added Gerard Sison's cosplay of Superman. Know why that costume looks so finely detailed? Here's the story straight from Gerard:
"I was offered that Superman costume the night before the Toycon. It is a limited edition Christopher Reeve replica and there are only 10 in the world. It is made in Argentina and was sourced from all over the world. But I thought it was too much to spend for."
Before the grand showdown today, Sunday, October 2, 2011, of the Cosplay Tournament of Champions aka TOrCH II 2011, preliminaries were held in Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Davao, Cebu, and three other SM locations around Metro Manila. The winners from each of the locations get to compete against each other during the TOrCH II Grand Finals. The finals will be held at the SMX, SM Mall of Asia during Day 2, that's TODAY, of Cosplay Mania '11. The Grand Prize winners will only represent the Philippines in the AFA '11 Regional Cosplay Championships. Very VERY snooty.
A week ago, I was in SM Manila to watch the Manila preliminaries. Team Vostel who cosplayed Voltes V and Baizanga emerged victorious with Team Lion Rush who cosplayed Chun Li and Ryu coming in second with a fraction of a point difference in the score. That Voltes V cosplay sure looks like it jumped straight out of the animated series and everyone agrees. Contestants are asked to do a skit complete with sound bites from their chosen anime, manga, or game. How well shall Team Vostel and all other finalists fare in the Finals? Stay tuned for that and more on my update soon after the event.
See you at Cosplay Mania '11!


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My check engine light is on and my oil light keeps going on and off. I went to the mechanicand the codes p111f and p0070 came up on the computer. He asked me to research the significance of the codes, so here I am. What do they mean? Is it all related? How can he fix my issue?
My car is a 2004 330ci SMG.
Thank you!
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the p0070 stands for "Ambient Air Temperature Sensor Circuit" which is the sensor in ur front bumper that detects the outside temperature. it's either broken, malfunctioning or missing due to a bump on the road or something. it needs to be changed
as for the p111f, it's triggered when u have a bad or contaminated MAF sensor, try cleaning it with a CRC MAF cleaner.
once done with both, clear the codes and see what happens
Thanks heztheone! What about the oil light. Think that is related?
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- It's Time to Rebuild the US Supply Chain Network
- Rebuilding The National Supplier Network
Revitalizing the U.S. supply chain network will have a game-changing impact on procurement and empower U.S. manufacturers to compete globally.
Frank Russo, CEO, Fabricating.com
Manufacturing in the U.S. is a growing trend. After many years of offshoring, companies are taking a hard look at the benefits of manufacturing closer to their customer base and many are expanding or reshoring production to the U.S.
Additionally, the elevating cost and risk of offshoring production—due to rising offshore wages and complicated, unstable supply chains—has made manufacturing in the U.S. increasingly attractive to global companies and foreign investment. Chinese wages have been going up 15-18% a year and are now high enough for many products to be made more profitably here in America.
Manufacturers today are looking at more than just price when rethinking production locations. In a recent interview, Harry Moser, founder/president of the Reshoring Initiative, said companies must look at the total cost of manufacturing, such as quality, delivery, transportation, innovation and flexibility. These factors, coupled with abundant, low-cost U.S. energy, indicate that manufacturing in the U.S. makes good economic sense for both foreign and U.S. businesses.
According to a recent article in MONEYNEWS reporting on a segment featured on CNBC, Steve Forbes echoed Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's sentiment when he said, "The cheap natural gas is going to allow us to basically reshore manufacturing."
Shifting Supply Chain Perspectives
Companies are making strategic shifts to their supply chain models to take advantage of the benefits of manufacturing in the U.S. Companies are weighing the benefits of reshoring due to shifting perspectives on supply chain management and the realities of total landed cost.
An important benefit of sourcing in the U.S. is shorter, leaner supply chains as production moves closer to consumers. The U.S. is the world's largest market and having the flexibility to quickly respond to customers' changing demands is essential to companies' competitiveness.
By producing closer to consumers, manufacturers are able to eliminate the large-run production requirements and sizable inventories common to manufacturing offshore and shorten long, complicated supply chains. Contracting supply chains, removing intellectual property risks, and reaping the benefits of innovation, quality and flexibility are all motivating factors to putting American-made muscle behind sourcing decisions.
What Reshoring Means for Your Supply Chain
Due to the years of offshoring, U.S. supply chains have incurred structural damage. Some U.S. manufacturers have downsized operations or closed because their main client moved offshore. New U.S. supply chains must be rebuilt and managed.
Rebuilding a strong U.S. supplier network will be beneficial on many levels, including benefits to companies, jobs and the U.S. economy as a whole.
Benefits to Companies:
• Streamlined supply chains lead to less disruption.
• Time to market is faster.
• Hidden costs are reduced or eliminated.
• Intellectual property risks are eliminated.
• Companies are finding that when manufacturing and engineering are located near one another, they can improve design, eliminate waste, improve quality and increase productivity.
Creating Jobs:
• As companies expand production operations in the U.S., new employment opportunities will emerge across the U.S. economy.
• Current research shows that if companies use total cost of ownership to calculate their offshoring decisions, 25% of what has been offshored would come back, creating 1 million jobs.
• The manufacturing multiplier effect drives other sectors, creating jobs and investment in non-manufacturing sectors.
The American Economy:
• According to the results of the Grant Thornton Realities of Reshoring survey, as much as 5% overall U.S. procurement may come home. The huge numbers could dramatically impact U.S. trade balances, and should provide an enormous boost to domestic manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers/distributors and service providers


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BlackBerry 10 Launch Event to be Held January 30
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November 12, 2012 11:32 AM
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RIM loads its last bullets into the chamber
In what very well could be Research in Motion Ltd.'s (
) Alamo-esque final stand, the embattled Canadian smartphone maker will on January 30th announced finalized information about its operating system overhaul, BlackBerry 10.
in the testing stages
, the much-delayed
BlackBerry 10
looks to advance the BlackBerry experience, bringing more modern graphical niceties and features such as near field communications. The new operating system, based on the acquired QNX Unix-like operating system, is accompanied by
a major hardware overhaul
. The new lineup will feature a mix of full touch-screen and half-height touch-screen + keyboard devices, with
screen resolution
and processing power bumped.
Of course, most of the features RIM is adding will only bring it up to speed with rivals like Google Inc. (
) and Apple, Inc. (
), so it remains to be seen whether RIM can even achieve its modest goal of
being in third place
(by beating Microsoft Corp.'s (
) Windows Phone 8 platform).
In its
, RIM writes:
"In building BlackBerry 10, we set out to create a truly unique mobile computing experience that constantly adapts to your needs. Our team has been working tirelessly to bring our customers innovative features combined with a best in class browser, a rich application ecosystem, and cutting-edge multimedia capabilities. All of this will be integrated into a user experience – the BlackBerry Flow – that is unlike any smartphone on the market today," said Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of Research In Motion. "Thanks to our strong partnerships with global carriers and a growing ecosystem of developers, we believe our customers will have the best experience possible with BlackBerry 10. We are looking forward to getting BlackBerry 10 in the hands of our customers around the world."
It is unclear whether the launch at the end of January will be a hard launch (i.e. whether actual product will go on sale that week), or whether it will be a soft launch with a later launch date -- possibly March, as
analysts have predicted
RIM's greatest strength is its loyal legion of business consumers. In recent months it has suffered a number of
high profile defections
as government agencies and enterprise deployments have looked to ditch their BlackBerries for more popular rival devices.
Perhaps the most painful single piece of news was the
U.S. Department of Defense
's quiet announcement that it would be working to support iPhones and Android handsets, as
possible replacements to BlackBerries
. However, the good news for RIM is that the switch is not yet final; for now the DOD is still supporting BlackBerries.
It's do-or-die time for veteran RIM. [Image Source: BGR]
If RIM can convince its critics that it's keeping up with the times in terms of hardware, core apps, third party apps, and overall user interface design, perhaps it can win back some of these waivering supporters.
But RIM knows -- or
should know
, at least -- that BlackBerry 10 is a do-or-die release. If it fails to impress, RIM will almost certainly be
broken up and sold
, to preserve shareholder value. If it succeeds the veteran phonemaker may survive and live to fight another day.
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Michael Schumacher said he had mixed feelings after winning a US Grand Prix contested by just six drivers.
Fourteen drivers pulled out of the race in a safety row about tyres.
Tyre-maker Michelin said it couldn't guarantee the drivers' safety unless the course was made less dangerous, so teams using its tyres pulled out.
That left just Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi to contest the race. "Naturally my feelings are very mixed," said Schumacher, who drives for Ferrari.
His team-mate Rubens Barrichello came second, with Jordan's Tiago Monteiro in third.
Schumacher's first victory of the season saw him move to third place in the drivers' table, behind leader Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen.


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August 18, 2005
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Best-selling author Sena Jeter Naslund will speak in an open forum at Birmingham-Southern College Monday, August 29.
The forum, the first event in a year-long celebration of the college's Sesquicentennial, will be at 6 p.m. in the Norton Theatre of the Norton Campus Center. It is open to the public and admission is free.
Naslund, a 1964 BSC graduate, wrote the critically acclaimed Four Spirits and Ahab's Wife and four other books, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, received the Harper Lee Award, and was Alabama Writer of the Year in 2001. She also was recently appointed as Kentucky Poet Laureate. She is director of the M.F.A. in Writing program at Spalding University, distinguished teaching professor at the University of Louisville, and editor of The Louisville Review.
Four Spirits is a novel set in civil rights era Birmingham and takes its title from the Sept. 15, 1963, bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which killed four girls: Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley.
"When I was a college student in the early sixties in Birmingham, I promised myself that if I ever did become a novelist, I would write about the acts of courage and tragedy taking place in my city," Naslund said.
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Making political capital in Sydney
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Kim Beazley hopes to get some mileage out of having Sydney as his base, writes Shaun Carney.
No matter how you look at it, the world is getting smaller. Email, the internet, mobile phones, the sophistication of home computers with their ability to print documents and photographs, the reliability of modern cars and the improvements in the quality of the roads, the democratisation of air travel through budget fares - all of these things bring us closer together. Or they should.
Do they? A friend who spent several days in Perth late last month tells me that the city was in raptures about the imminent elevation of Kim Beazley to the Labor Party's federal leadership.
What a lot of people in Western Australia love most about Beazley isn't his avuncular, unthreatening demeanour or his extraordinary knowledge of military matters or even the fact that he is deemed acceptable by the US State Department. It's that he comes from where they come from. He's from Perth. That's good enough.
Over on the other side of the continent, this is a problem for Beazley. The view on the east coast is that, living over in Perth, he's too far away. He's out of touch. He's not "local" enough.
This is the assessment of a good deal of the political cognoscenti and especially several of Beazley's sponsors within the Labor Party who call Sydney home. So much for modern communications and transport overcoming the internal tyranny of distance and more than 100 years of Federation. More than ever, if you're not in Sydney, you're camping out.
Beazley's solution for this is to announce that he'll set up a second home in Sydney, so that he'll be closer to the action. The idea is said to run along these lines: if he's spending more time on the east coast, voters living in the outer suburbs of Sydney and Brisbane, who are proving increasingly resistant to the blandishments of the ALP at federal elections, could well look more favourably at what Labor is saying and offering.
The truth is that most voters wouldn't have the faintest idea where Beazley is hanging his hat of an evening. Nor would they have any interest.
Some Queensland and NSW voters will notice Beazley a bit more if he's more visible, with streetwalks and speaking engagements and other personal appearances. But the direct benefits for the ALP from this would be on the margins.
The genuine advantage - potentially, at least - in shifting his base to NSW is Beazley's implicit acknowledgement that Sydney is the real capital of Australia.
This is music to the ears of the media, which have their headquarters in Sydney. (Yes, that includes the Fairfax group, which owns The Age.) What a powerful signal Beazley has sent to Alan Jones, John Laws, the Nine network, the ABC: I'm here, with you, in the place where it's all happening.
Can he expect a better run from them as a result? Certainly, he'll be better able to, for example, swap banter about pop songs with Mel and Kochie on Seven's Sunrise in the network's new Sydney CBD studio rather than on a video link.
But it makes a joke of the notion of Canberra as the federal capital. John Howard dealt that concept a powerful blow in 1996 when he announced upon becoming Prime Minister that because his then still growing family needed stability, he would not live in the Lodge but would reside at Kirribilli House.
His children have since grown up but Howard continues to live at Kirribilli. He has shifted the capital to Sydney. Probably the only good reason for Howard to continue to stay there is that he actually comes from Sydney and represents a local constituency, but that is a very thin argument.
Beazley says that should he become prime minister, he would reside in Canberra at the Lodge. Howard's more likely successor, his Liberal Party deputy Peter Costello, who hails from Melbourne, has given a similar undertaking. But you have to wonder why, if Beazley is willing to live in Canberra as prime minister, he can't base himself there as Opposition Leader.
There is some substance to the claim that people in Melbourne are too self-conscious when it comes to comparisons with Sydney - there was even a reader's letter to that effect in this newspaper yesterday - but it's also true that people displaying signs of paranoia occasionally turn out to be justified.
If you look back at Labor leaders in the past quarter century, a theme emerges. Bill Hayden (1978-83) was from Brisbane. He got shafted by Bob Hawke (1983-91) with the help of Labor's NSW Right faction. Hawke held a Melbourne seat but during his prime ministership became an honorary Sydneysider and enthusiastic devotee of Kirribilli House.
Paul Keating (1991-96) was the man who coined the phrase: "If you're not in Sydney, you're just camping out." Beazley (1996-2001), like his mentor Hawke, relied solidly on the support of the NSW Right. Simon Crean (2001-03) was from Melbourne, and from the outset the NSW Right was determined to bring him down. Mark Latham (2003-only-just-05) was a Sydney boy but of the wrong type. He was a westie, aggressively so, and relied for much of his support on Melburnians such as Crean, Julia Gillard and Kim Carr.
Now, the reins of power within the federal ALP are back where they belong. In Sydney, Beazley can be sure he is among friends.
Shaun Carney is an associate editor of The Age.


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By Sean Roney
The King City Rustler, July 28, 2010
Nash was voted in and appointed to the Mee Memorial Hospital Board during their July 12 meeting. She said she had not joined any sub-committees yet, and has not served on the board before.
"I got a letter asking if I was interested," said Nash of how the process began. "My initial reaction was, I don't know if I know enough about what's going on to get involved but that's how you find out what is going on, by getting involved. I spent time talking with Lex Smith about the hospital and what's going on with the board. Then, I said yes I was interested."
Describing herself as having had about 25 years in health-related service, Nash said, "I think the community needs a hospital. It's very important for the community. In general if people are healthy and have a good education, they can live out whatever they set their minds to. Besides providing needed services, it's a major employer."
When asked why she felt her membership in the board was valuable, she said, "Boards are policy-setting and the hospital it still struggling out of their troubles mounted over the last ten years or so. I can help get out of there and help keep the hospital running. A lot is letting the community know the hospital is still here and good services are still provided."
In discussing her own experience that could help with her board service, Nash said, "I've got a lot of experience in the clinic management and billing. I can be objective. I try to listen to all sides. I've been on a few boards for a while. If I can help I'll do what I can."
This week Nash said she is going through an orientation to go through the materials to understand her duties, to understand the bylaws and policies of the board. "It gives you a perspective and lets you remember you're there not to run the place but to set policy and give ideas when possible," she said.
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Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ
Here Comes the Summer
Synonymous with summer and blushing with deep red, now is the time for strawberries. And Sean Santiago, general manager at Gyu-Kaku in Windward Mall, is excited to share them with you in the seasonal Homemade Strawberry Cream Pie ($6.50). "I've been waiting all year to bring it back," says Santiago. The non-baked pie has a…Continue »
Feed your sweeter side
Gyu-Kaku in Windward Mall puts its own spin on traditional desserts that will make everyone at the table a happy camper. Roasted Black Sesame Ice Cream ($4.75) with caramel is a heavenly mixture of salty and sweet. "There's sprinkled arashio (sea salt) on top, so it brings out the flavor of the sesame ice cream,"…Continue »
The Thrill of the Grill
Things are heating up at Windward Mall, thanks to Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, a relatively new hot spot to hit Kaneohe's dining scene since it opened its doors for business almost two years ago. Diners can't get enough of the thrill of the grill, as you cook your desired meats and vegetables over a stone grill,…Continue »
Fire up your grill at Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, known for its fun and delicious at-your-table yakiniku-style of dining. Gyu-Kaku perfectly blends traditional Japanese cooking with local tastes at prices you can afford. Those craving plenty of protein should aim for Meat Lovers Set ($10.95), which includes Kalbi Chuck Garlic, Yaki-Shabu Shio, Toro Beef Tare and…Continue »
A Barbecue Paradise On Earth
Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, known for its delicious at-your-table yakiniku-style of dining, has launched some new lunch specials for the new year. Starting this weekend, and available every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., is a new 10-course meal for $29.95 consisting of rice, miso soup, salad, a choice of one appetizer (Edamame,…Continue »
Gyu-Kaku Goes Big on Appetizers
Locating a good place for pupus is a mission worth taking part. How you decide which to patron is up to you and recommendations can come from anywhere. Even here, of all places. One sure way to eliminate some of the guess work is to follow the crowds. It's not scientific, but it works. One…Continue »
Diners Get Grill Happy at Gyu-Kaku
Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ provides diners with the ultimate eating experience, from the friendly, welcoming atmosphere to delicious food cooked fresh at the table, the total package is served up at the Windward Mall eatery. Regular and first-time patrons routinely flock to the Kaneohe location to experience the thrill of yakiniku cooking — the process of…Continue »


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Autodesk announce that the Android version of the Inventor Publisher Viewer is finally available on the Android Market.
Download the the Publisher Viewer app from the Android Market. Requires Andriod 2.1 +
Autodesk announce that the Android version of the Inventor Publisher Viewer is finally available on the Android Market.
Download the the Publisher Viewer app from the Android Market. Requires Andriod 2.1 +
Autodesk Manufacturing Technical Evangelist Rob Cohee dropped a bundle of video interviews with key people at Autodesk for the release of the Autodesk Product Design 2012 Suite. In a 12 part series, Rob tries to shed some light into what was planned for 2012, how it was put together, and what that means to you and I this year.
Buzz Kross, Vice President of Manufacturing Solutions Division discussed the Digital Prototyping focus this year
NVIDIA Quadro 5000M Review Intro and Specifications
A little while back I introduced the NVIDIA 5000M graphics card to you (housed in the Hewlett Packard EliteBook 8740w mobile workstation), and gave some background for the hardware and software that makes that awesome little package go. My question was, "Can I break the little bugger?" Well, I'm a bit sad to say, no.
Why sad? I can usually bog a graphics card's output with large selections, simulation, and rendering. I'd love nothing more than to say I broke it, and exactly where the breaking point was. Unfortunately, as of this time, I haven't reached the Quardo 5000M's limits. (I'm still hopeful though).
In order to explain how well the Quadro performed, I'll later refer to the SPECViewperf benchmark. Unfortunately, that score does little to convey a real feeling of what can be expected while using the graphics card. Therefore, I will occasionally reference the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M as a unit of comparison. In this way, more of you can get a tangible feel for what kind of improvements we are talking about. The Quadro FX 2700M is hosted by a Dell Precision M6400.
Throughout the testing process, I modeled various components to evaluate the stability and general feeling of how the Quadro 5000M would behave during normal everyday activities. I was also furnished with some more complex datasets, such as the multi-thousand component Industrial Machinery Mechatronics model, and the RC car model, which contained just shy of 300 components. These were the test subjects of numerous Stress Analysis (FEA), Simulation, and Rendering workflows.
First let me say that the overall feel of the graphics was smooth.
In terms of modeling performance, I couldn't identify an area where the Quadro 5000M was lacking when compared with any other graphics card I have experienced. While a graphics card isn't going to fix that slow CPU or limited RAM, it is interesting to note that the comparison Dell Mobile Workstation was equipped with a faster CPU than that of our subject HP 8740w. The NVIDIA Quadro 5000M still outperformed the comparison machine.
I'm trying to get ready to get on a plane Thanksgiving morning, that will take me to Las Vegas with time to spare for Autodesk University 2010. Before I can go however, I have to wade through the mire of projects that have to go out, emails for meetings at Autodesk University 2010, and of course the class preparations that are still being finalized for the Autodesk Inventor Publisher 2011 that I will be teaching.
John Evans – Wednesday, December 1st at 09:30 hours
I was editing my PowerPoint presentation and thought I'd write a quick note to all my attendees. I'll be giving a presentation and discussing various aspects of Publisher's use and implementation. Additionally I'll do some hands-on demos and give a feel for how easy the application is to use.
One thing that was evident was that the handout is a bit….large to say the least. Is it the largest I've ever seen? No, but it's big. I was kind of warned that it might be a problem, but I thought back on my experiences at AU. My favorite classes have always had REAL handouts, not just a scaled down basics, but Real, useful info that you can take back with you and use all year long. (There are two class handouts that I revisit twice a year when I need a tid-bit here and there. If you read my Autodesk University journals, you'd probably figure out who wrote those).
So I decided not to scale the handouts back. When people have a question about how Publisher does this or that, they'll know they have a resource to start with (and no, it's not waiting on the reseller).
Perhaps you have not made your mind up to use Publisher; You may not want to haul a large document while traveling; Following something comprehensive may be frustrating during a fast class. No Problem. The Presentation and my Demo will give you a good amount of info and things to think about, and all the recourses will be available online whenever you want them.
I was playing around with a demo a while back and thought I'd post a video to my YouTube Channel. It's just a test run, but give it a look see. There are a few tricks you can think about before the class.
Autodesk Inventor Publisher keeps components in check by remembering every detail of what was done in each Snapshot. It's like historical modeling, off the chart. I say that because EVERY Snapshot has its own history. When you initially figure this out, it seems cool. Later when you tried to back up and alter something, it no longer seemed so good, right? The Snapshots that follow aren't playing along with the change in plans. There is however a simple workflow to solve these kind of issues.
I was covering more preparation for the Autodesk University 2010 Class coming up, and thought this would be a good topic to discuss: Backing up and surgically removing Component modifications, while having the remainder of the Snapshots agree to follow suit.
In this example, I have decided that the Top plate move to the left was a bad arrangement.
One option is to delete the Snapshot where the change was made. That won't do it, for 2 reasons:
Publisher sees this as wanting the Snapshot removed, not the Component move, and since the Component placement exists in other Snapshots, Publisher will seek to protect that, by moving the instructions to the next Snapshot. It's kind of like the chicken and the egg scenario.
I needed a threaded hole for a drive shaft in the top plate of my carrier assembly, and was using it to show how well Update works in Autodesk Inventor Publisher now. I thought it would be nice to show you just how fast Autodesk Inventor Derived Components can make annoyances like having to return to edit Assembly components, simply evaporate.
Everything in the entire design was established using a base skeleton to get a solid foundation and then Deriving Components from that skeleton to make creating Assembly related features a breeze.
So I opened the top plate component that was derived from the base skeleton in the Assembly. A quick check of the Derived Skeleton reveals that no reference to the drive shaft exists in the part. No Problem. Continue Reading
Autodesk University 2010 will be awesome. Register for the Inventor Publisher and Inventor Top-Down Design class and Labs I will be involved in directly & help make this the best and busiest AU ever Continue Reading
Autodesk snuck in a Mid-cycle release R1 of Autodesk Inventor Publisher 2011. Check out the highlights and substantial changes that make this update a Full featured release. Continue Reading
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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
Form 720 is for all types of Federal Excise Taxes. This is not the same as state sales tax or income tax.
There are taxes on certain life insurance sold.
If you are the writer of insurance policy, you may have a tax on the sale of the policy. If you are merely a salesperson and earning a commission, this tax does not apply to you.
It applies to the Insurer.
It really only applies to foreign insurers because the US is not collecting its normal taxes on these policies.
Who must file. The person who pays the premium to the foreign insurer (or to any nonresident person such as a foreign broker) must pay the tax and file the return. Otherwise, any person who issued or sold the policy, or who is insured under the policy, is required to pay the tax and file the return
If this does not apply, then don't need to feel.
But the letter states I must file by 4/30/13, so won't I get fined if I don't file and should I contact the irs to ask them why this form is required?
Are you subject to this tax?
If not, there is no penalty for not filing a form that you do not need to file.
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Cheryl Jones Selected For Prestigious National Nurse FellowshipAugust 20, 2013 | In Education, Faculty, News Tags: Cheryl B Jones
Associate professor and chair of the Division of Health Care Environments Cheryl B. Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been named one of 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellows for 2013.
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Cheryl B. Jones Awarded Grant to Study Educational Transitions in NursingDecember 19, 2012 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research Tags: Cheryl B Jones
Dr. Cheryl Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN has received a grant from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing to study educational transitions in nurses' careers.
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Cheryl B. Jones named Faculty of the Year by UNC HospitalsApril 7, 2011 | In Faculty, News, Research Tags: Cheryl B Jones, UNC Hospitals, UNC Hospitals Faculty of the Year
UNC Hospitals emphasizes nurses engaging in research to address critical problems in practice, and Dr. Jones is working with its nursing Research Council to develop a research agenda that guides its nursing research efforts. She also mentors teams at the Hospitals that have research ideas or are developing ideas into research proposals.
"The nurses at UNC Hospitals are asking critical questions that have the potential to help us not only determine ways to change nursing practice and save money in health care organizations but, more importantly, to improve the lives of patients and their families," she says. "Answering these questions also can improve the nursing work environment, and the health care system at large."
She says that the award is very meaningful to her for several reasons, one of those being because it comes from practice. "As an academic, the fact that I have this incredible opportunity to make a contribution to service by doing something I enjoy so very much is a tremendous honor. Because this award comes from working with nurses on the front lines — who put themselves out there day in and day out and communicate to the world what nursing is all about — it is truly humbling."
Dr. Jones adds that working with nurses at UNC Hospitals has been one of the most personally and professionally satisfying experiences of her career because she learns as much from them as they do from her. "Using my academic training and experience I can help nurses learn about research and how to break questions and the process down into manageable pieces. I constantly learn from them about their work, their concerns, and their challenges. Along the way, we have fun and enjoy what we're doing…and hopefully break down the walls between academia and practice. For me, that's what it's all about."


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July 24, 2012
Still no timeline, no plan on Highway 63
EDMONTON, AB (July 24, 2012): The government continues to fall short on Highway 63 with still no commitment on a timeline for twinning the project and several of its own recommendations still up in the air waiting for implementation, the Wildrose Official Opposition said today. The government announced today that it will be implementing greater enforcement and education for Highway 63.
The PCs first announced that they would twin the highway in 2006 but as of today there are still no concrete timelines or financial commitments from the government that the residents of Fort McMurray deserve. Wildrose MLA Infrastructure Critic Drew Barnes commended the government for taking the lead on interim measures earlier proposed by the Wildrose, but without any firm commitments on the twinning of the highway, it is nothing more than a band-aid solution for a long-term problem. "How long does it take for this government to put together a plan? We've known for six years that this highway needs to be twinned and they still have no concrete plan to get the job done," Barnes said. "Instead we continue to have weak leadership from Premier Alison Redford that avoids any type of commitment on this important project." Wildrose MLA for Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills Shayne Saskiw said that continued inaction on Highway 63 twinning timelines is just another example of the government's inability to prioritize its spending. "The residents of Fort McMurray and the north are a major economic engine of the province, yet the government continues to move at a snail's pace while it spends billions on corporate welfare projects," Saskiw said. "The government cannot continue to accept massive dollar amounts in royalties, personal income tax and corporate taxes but treat northern Albertans like second-rate citizens by not making this key infrastructure project a priority."