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Skip to comments.Liberals Want Good Teachers
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A hot-button issue among educators appears to be equitable access to effective teachers, a buzzword at a recent event at the Center for American Progress (CAP). There was a brief introductory presentation of CAPs research, in conjunction with the American Institutes of Research (AIR), on how to broaden minority student access to effective and high-quality teachers.
AIRs director of the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, Angela Minnici, called for more data collection and plans on the state and district level. She pointed out that Data is very important in this conversation and said that weve been talking about this for a long time. Although it isnt sexy, it is not a silver bullet, and it is not simple, she believed it was the solution that teachers needed. She observed, States often dont have the data that they need to identify solutions going forward, and urged everyone to help states build their data capacity and storage to deal with changing times.
The following panel discussion, featured Jesus Aguirre, D.C. Superintendent of Education, Lauren Beckham, a project coordinator at Louisianas Calcasieu Parish, Kenneth Haines, president of the Prince Georges County Education Association in Maryland, and Bryan Hassel, co-director of Public Impact.
Aguirre admitted that Washington, D.C. has a lot of work to do and is still looking for ways to devise better plans and preparation for their teachers, since we still have significant achievement gaps even after receiving Race to the Top grants. Aguirre pointed out that funding isnt the only issue, because other elements of teachers jobs come into play, such as providing more than just the academic stuff. He said, 40% of our students are in charter schools and charter schools have, on some level, [an] easier job of attracting teachers, because they can institute a culture and show what their school is about. They sell that to teachers even if they dont pay as much as D.C.s public schools. He could only conclude that we have a pretty good idea of what works and what does not, yet weve got to do a better job of informing parents and communities about their schools and teacher effectiveness.
It apparently never occurred to him that charter schools just do a better job, period.
Can't have that while running the profession like a Teamsters union hall from the 1950's.
Teach them reading, writing and arithmetic. Use effective teaching methods (phonics, rote memorization for basic stuff, etc). That works pretty well.
You could have the best and brightest teachers available, and stick them in D.C. public schools, but they would still not achieve the results they are looking for. Student achievement would still be lagging behind their goals, and behind national norms.
Why? Political correctness forbids a discussion of why this is. But, the student body of Washington, D.C. public schools has critical masses of students who are not eager to learn, and who don't get support at home that education is important. But we can't talk certain things or else be accused of racism.
So, instead, we have this effort to get high quality teachers into inner city schools, and hope it makes the difference. It may help but won't solve the real problems of such schools.
Dual tracking. Those that want to learn can go to one school and learn reading, writing and arithmetic. Those that don't want to learn can go to pre-prison day care.
I agree with you. But then Obama and others have talked about the school to prison pipeline.
Well, good luck to them with all of this, but I think that D.C. public schools have some severe problems which won't be dealt with just by getting them a group of better quality teachers.
The article is just another boring exercise in avoiding the real issues. Better teachers won't solve the problems of DC schools.
"Better teachers" is a buzz phrase for "more government money"
Of course.
We heard this with the TSA unionization - they'll be more professional if they're unionized.
I'm sure that's what is meant as well - unionized teachers getting paid a LOT of taxpayer money. This somehow will make the bottom 15% of SAT scoring college students "better teachers".
It amazes me sometimes, that ordinary citizens see glaring problems, but the alleged experts focus on some side issue such as the quality teacher program. They think somehow getting quality teachers will solve their problems. Agreed that they are avoiding the real issues. Probably because they are liberal and politically correct, they aren't seeing or have to ignore some of those issues.
Agreed. The culture makes change almost impossible. Kinda like the southern planters that wanted their plantations to never change - slave labor forever...
They need DATA? Really? This is smoke and mirrors. Data is often cooked, especially when it is filtered through teachers unions, administrators and government hippies. Don't be fooled, very few in the administration ranks of teaching (State, Federal and local) are interested in making kids smarter. Their first loyalty is the teaching profession (their jobs). Measuring success is actually VERY simple. So why does it seem so complicated?
(This might get long now that I think about it)
I have observed, the effect of great leadership and effective management across several industries (Construction, Real estate, Retail and Manufacturing). I have also been amazed at the detrimental affects of poor management and leadership. Actually, I am more amazed that failures are not weeded out of the positions of management sooner or at all. But I have identified a credible reason why and how this happens. This is only observations based on my own experience.
Organizational Mediocrity becomes and infestation and spreads like a virus through organizations. From here it only gets worse as incompetence fails to recognize incompetence. The side affects are excuses and absurd rationalizations. In government there is no fix because their is no accountability or consequences for failure or success. When just a couple (or handful based on the size of any organization) folks are promoted to executive level management positions that are not qualified to manage others, they often take on an insecure persona. Insecurity breeds animosity towards high performers. Management feels threatened. As more and more mediocre middle managers take up positions and a bureaucracy grows, a bench mark for expectations and success fades to gray and becomes obscured by some status quo. As the failures mounts, the mediocre middle managers close ranks to protect against accountability and the focus will change to their own preservation.
In the education system, mediocrity prevails as a result of teachers unions where teacher performance means very little. It's so bad, they can't even fathom a way to measure teacher performance (its the students fault, its the system, there's not enough money, we don't pay enough). Because greatness can't be measured or rewarded, there is little aspiration to excel or even exceed any expectation. Passionate professional teachers (of which there are many) are demoralized by "a system" that is so concerned with the general incompetence that they have to enact "zero tolerance" rules, regulate who and when parents should be contacted, submit discipline issues to a discipline board, etc.
In all other industries, good managers and leaders have their pulse on the individuals that are accountable and responsible for delivering results. They make sure all know what they are accountable for and what is expected of them. Their work ethic, character and performance are measured in objective AND subjective ways. If a high performer routinely pisses off customers, a good manager intervenes to correct the problem or reallocate that company resource. WE do not have leadership or strong management in our educations system (generally speaking across the nation).
Obvious Solutions that nobody has the guts to talk about:
1) Make teachers unions (actually all government worker unions) illegal. There is nobody to collectively bargain against.
2) Abolish the Department of Education and all associated state funding and let the states manage their own schools.
3) States should hire a CEO of education, pay them well and let them run the state's education system per an annual budget. This person should be appointed by the Governor as the Governor is an elected official.
4) The CEO compensation is performance based relative to test scores (or changes year to year) and budget targets.
Alternatively, the states could privatize and make all schools "for profit" under contract with the states that are also incentive based.
Sorry for the long post.
Liberals prattle about higher pay "attracting better teachers" but even if they tripled the pay, that money would simply go to the teachers they have now who aren't leaving if they get a raise, and aren't made "better" teachers by virtue of a pay raise, and aren't being shown the door in favor of better teachers because the union protects the bad ones from being fired!
This has always been about much higher pay for the teachers in place now. Besides, the Democrats will lose their voter base if education actually teaches kids to read and think.
Liberals want good programmers. It's what leftism is all about, getting minds when they are young and brainwashing them all the way to the grave. Schools are the first line of the leftist assault on thinking, and they are backed up by news and information medias, the entertainment industry, pop culture, and government. Any real education that gets through the leftist immersion process is incidental, if not an anomaly. Take your kids out of the matrix, and give them the gift of reason and individuality. Take responsibility for your kid's education, home school.
A few years ago, a principle and a teacher were going door to door in my neighborhood soliciting support for a ballot initiative to raise property taxes for local schools. They wanted me to vote to have my property taxes raised from $1,900 per year to over $3,000 dollars per year. I was polite at first as I had just lost my job. The money was to go toward teacher benefits and BONUSES with a little bit toward busses. They kept saying, "It's for the kids." At first, they didn't know I had the list of salaries for the local teachers and administrators that had been leaked by an insider. I went and retrieved it and showed them. The sheet showed teachers how the tax initiative would affect their compensation and benefits. It was no wander they had teachers volunteer to go door to door. The principle tried to explain, "The Bonuses column is deceiving because that is really just the added contribution to health insurance." ... to the tune of an additional $18,000 dollars FOR HER alone. She was making $90K at the time and the "bonus" shown was for $18K. She got the obligatory eye-roll from me. They were offended that I referred to them (politely of course) as "government workers." In fact they objected to that title. But they couldn't refute it.
After a lengthy and mostly polite debate on why I wouldn't support their pay raise when I couldn't go to my neighbors asking them for money to compensate my job loss, I finally asked, "Do you believe that more money has ever made one child smarter?" "Why, after all these years of tripling and quadrupling education budgets and spending, have our kids been on a constant decline; why are they getting stupider with each passing year?" No Response, conversation over.
" They need DATA? Really? This is smoke and mirrors. Data is often cooked, especially when it is filtered through teachers unions, administrators and government hippies."
Exactly. What they actually mean is they need more money to FABRICATE data to justify what they already have decided to do, ala global warmists.
I'm not sure. The DC schools have about the highest per student expenditures in the US. I sort of scanned the article, but got the impression that they couldn't plausibly claim more money would solve the problems again, so they switched their excuse to a cry for better teachers.
Anything but a realistic look at the home life and culture the students come from, and what behavior they engage in at school.
Teachers' Unions hate technology. The best teachers can already be accessed on a computer. The content is freely available. Motivation and discipline are lacking.
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摘要:Natural halogens (Cl, Br, I), emitted from the ocean, influence the oxidizing capacity of the global marine atmosphere, along with the stratosphere; however, their impact on the air quality of coastal cities is currently unknown. In this talk, an overview of the role of halogens in the atmosphere will be given, including the very recent modelling efforts devoted to assess the role of marine halogens on the urban atmosphere of coastal megacities. This will include results from global and regional models and a case study conducted with a set of high-resolution simulations performed using the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) regional model, to assess the impact of ocean emissions and combined chemical processes of halogens (iodine, bromine and chlorine) on air quality levels of Los Angeles and South Coast Air Basin.
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|Isaac Djerassi
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|Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (43), Classifications (11)
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United States Patent Djerassi *July 1, 1975 APPARATUS FOR 3,014,48l l2/l96l Rumble et al. 128/214 F FILTRATION LEUKOPHERESIS FOR glarkk. 1.
, wan SEPARATION AND CONCENTRATION OF 3,462,361 8/1969 Greenwalt et al. 210/23 HUMAN GRANULOCYTES 3,648,694 3 1972 Mogos et a1 1. 128/214 F [76] Inventor: Isaac Djerassi, 2034 Delancey FL,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 1 Notice: h p i of the term of this Germany l28/DIG. I2
patent subsequent to Apr. 9, 1991, has been d'sclalmed' Primary ExaminerDalton L. Truluck [22] Fil d; A 2, 1973 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Zachary T. Wobensmith,
2 d;Z h T.W 'th,]] 21 Appl. No.: 346,729 ac wens I [52] US. Cl. 128/214 R; 128/276 [57] ABSTRACT [5 1) Int. Cl Afilm 01/03 [58] Field Search 128/2131 214 F1 Apparatus ofsimple character is provided for continu- 28/214 B1 214 C1 2l4-21 278; ous withdrawal of blood from a human donor, forced 23/2585? 210/23 extracorporeal circulation of blood of the donor with separation of granulocytes, and return by gravity of [56] References cued the leukocyte-poor whole blood to the donor.
UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,876,769 3/1959 Cordova 23/2585 8 Claims, 2 Drawing Figures n lI APPARATUS FOR FlLTRATION-LEUKOPIIERESIS FOR SEPARATION AND CONCENTRATION OF HUMAN GRANULOCYTES BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to apparatus for filtrationleukopheresis for separation and concentration of large amounts of normal human granulocytes.
2. Description of the Prior Art It has heretofore been proposed to extract blood from a human donor for use as whole blood, for separation of plasma, for separation of granulocytes or other blood components primarily for the purpose of transfusion to individuals in need of such components.
Blood removal and collection apparatus has taken various forms and reference may be had to the U.S. Pat. Nos. to Strumia, 2,845,929, Gewecke et al., 2,757,669, Welch, Jr., 2,982,286, Rieutord et al., 2,757,375, Poitras, 2,784,932 Erikson, 2,597,715, and Judson et al., 3,489,145.
The delivery of blood plasma and the like to a patient for transfusion can be effected by gravity or by applied pressure as shown in the U.S. Pat. No. to Rundhaug, 2,842,123.
The harvesting of normal granulocytes with special continuous flow centrifugation (Freirach, E. J., et al., Separation and collection of leukocytes. Cancer Res. 1516-1520 1965) is inefficient and impractical for widespread use.
The batch treating of whole blood to remove leukocytes with a filter is shown in the US. Pat. No. to Greenwalt, 3,462,361.
It has heretofore been undertaken to withdraw blood from a donor, in a plastic bag with saline solution and a mixture of heparin, saline and sodium citrate selectively delivered to the plastic bag and then transferring the fluid through two leukocyte filters and then advance the blood by manual manipulation to another plastic bag for return through a tube to the donor, a second source of saline solution being connected to the return tube. The respective tubes were controlled by hemostats for manual regulation and the entire procedure was manual.
Very close supervision and control by trained personnel has been required and the time for the filtrationleukopheresis has required about some 4 hours or more with each individual donor.
In my prior application for US. Letters Pat. filed May 18, 1972, Ser. No. 254,609, now US. Pat. No. 3,802,432 issued Apr. 9, 1974, there is described apparatus for separation and retention of human granulocytes with which the weight of the blood in intermediate receptacles in its circuit from and to the body of the donor is utilized to control the flow.
In my prior application for US. Letters Pat. filed Dec. 20, 1972, Ser. No. 317,057, improved apparatus is shown.
The present invention comprises simplified apparatus utilizing in one embodiment constant volume of blood from the donor and to and through the granulocyte separating filter and in another embodiment constant pressure of the blood from the donor to and through the filter in both instances for effecting the flow through the apparatus to a receptacle for gravity return of leukocyte-poor whole blood to the donor.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention apparatus is provided for harvesting granulocytes from a single donor and within a relatively short period of time and which includes a filter connected to a vented blood return receptacle, the blood being delivered to and through the filter to the return receptacle either by constant volume or by constant pressure delivery to the filter.
It is the principal object of the invention to provide apparatus for harvesting granulocytes from human blood of a donor with return of the leukocyte-poor blood to the donor which is of simplified construction, which requires a minimum of attention and which will permit of rapid cycling and attendant short period of retention of the donor.
It is a further object of the invention to provide apparatus of the character aforesaid in which the filter and the blood return receptacle and associated tubing may be supplied as a disposable unit for connection to a permanently installed withdrawal and delivery apparatus.
It is a further object of the invention to provide apparatus of the character aforesaid in which the withdrawal and delivery apparatus may selectively be such as to effect a constant volume or a constant pressure transfer of the blood from the donor.
Other objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the description and claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The nature and characteristic features of the inven tion will be more readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a preferred form of apparatus in accordance with the invention utilizing constant pressure for blood delivery; and
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view of another preferred form of apparatus in accordance with the invention, utlizing constant volume for blood delivery.
It should, of course, be understood that the description and drawings herein are illustrative merely and that various modifications and changes can be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now more particularly to FIG. I of the drawings, a fluid connection 10 of flexible tubing, has a needle (not shown) of well known type, and preferably of 15 gauge, on its free end for insertion into a vein in one arm A1 of the donor for withdrawing blood.
The fluid connection 19 preferably extends to branch connections 11 and 12 of flexible tubing and past inlet control valves 13 and I4, which may be non-return valves or positively positioned valves. The valves 13 and 14 preferably act externally of and are adapted to pinch or release the tubes 11 and 12. The pipes 11 and 12 extend to flexible blood receiving receptacles I5 and 16, preferably of inert transparent or translucent synthetic plastic, suspended from fixed brackets 17 and 18 in rigid enclosing cylinders 19 and 20. The cylinders l9 and 20 are preferably transparent for observation of the receptacles l and 16 and each has its interior alternately placed under vacuum and under pressure and phased so that when cylinder 19 is under vacuum cylinder 20 is under pressure.
Vacuum pipes 23 and 24, connected to a suitable source of vacuum VP and connected to the cylinders 19 and 2.0 through control valves 25 and 26 and pressure supply pipes 27 and 28, connected to a suitable source of pressure PP through control valves 29 and 30, permit alternate pressure and vacuum application in cylinders l9 and 20.
The receptacles l5 and 16 are connected by fluid delivery connections 33 and 34, of flexible tubing, past control valves 35 and 36, which may be non-return valves or positively positioned valves. The valves 35 and 36 preferably act externally of and are adapted to pinch or release the tubes 33 and 34. The pipes 33 and 34 extend to a pipe 37 which is connected to a filter 38 which delivers blood either directly to pipe 44 or through pipe 39 to and through a transparent chamber 40 in which the flow of blood can be observed directly. The filter 38 can be of any suitable type which separates and retains granulocytes and permits the passage of leukocyte-poor whole blood for return to the donor. Filters identified as LeukoPak Leukocyte Filter available from Fenwal Laboratories, Division of Travenol Laboratories, lnc., Morton Grove, Illinois, and which utilize nylon fibers for adherence thereto of the granulocytes, have been found satisfactory.
The unit comprising the pendant filter 38 and chamber 40, if used, are preferably supported by a stand 41 having a hook 42 for detachable engagement by a ring 43 on the bag 37.
The filter assembly 38 and 40 is connected by a pipe 44 to the lower part of a vented blood return receptacle 45.
The receptacle 45 is preferably supported on the stand 41 by a hook 47 for detachable engagement by a ring 48 on the receptacle 45.
The receptacle 45 has an air vent tube 49 extending upwardly to close to the top of the receptacle 45 to prevent pressure build-up within the receptacle 45.
The receptable 45 is connected through a transparent sight tube 53 by a flexible tube 52 which has a needle (not shown) of well known type and preferably of 15 gauge on its free end for insertion into a vein in the other arm A2 of the donor for return, by gravity of granulocyte-poor whole blood to the donor.
The structure, irreversibly connected, comprising the fluid connection 10, tubes 11 and 12, receptacles l5 and I6, pipes 33 and 34, pipe 37, filter 38 with or without chamber 40, pipe 44, vented receptacle 45 and pipe 52 with its sight tube 53 can be made as a single use unit one for each donor pre-sterilized and in a sealed protective package. The necessity for breaking sterile points of connection at the time of usage will thus be avoided. Quick removal and replacement can be effected.
Referring now to FIG. 2 of the drawings, a fluid connection 10 of flexible tubing is provided, as before, to a needle for withdrawing blood from a vein in one arm A1 of the donor.
The fluid connection 10 is connected to the inlet side of a variable speed positive displacement liquid pump 60. The pump 60, as a positive displacement pump, will have a constant volume delivery per revolution irrespective of the speed of rotation and can have a revolution counter 61 connected thereto and calibrated, if desired, in accordance with the liquid volume delivery of the pump 60.
The delivery side of the pump is connected by a flexible pipe 62 to a filter 38, of the type previously described, for delivery to a vented blood return receptacle 45.
The receptacle 45 is connected by a flexible tube 52 for return by gravity, of granulocyte-poor whole blood to a needle in a vein in the arm A2 of the donor.
When suction of the blood through filter 38 by the pump is preferred, the pump is located to apply its action on pipe 44. In this case pipe 44 may be of special material with increased resiliency such as siliconized rubber or plastic.
The structure, irreversibly connected, comprising the pipe 62, filter 38, with or without chamber 40, pipe 44, vented receptacle 45, and pipe 52 with or without a transparent chamber, can be made as a single use unit similar to that previously described.
In the form of the invention shown in FlG. l, the blood is withdrawn from a vein in the arm A1 of the donor by the suction alternately created in the cylinders l9 and 20 and therein on the flexible receptacles l5 and 16 and therefrom in the fluid connection 10. The blood in the receptacles l5 and 16 is then alternately delivered under pressure through the pipe 37, through the filter 38 under pressure and through the pipe 39 and chamber 40 under pressure which pressure by reason of the alternating delivery from the receptacles l5 and 16 is substantially constant.
In the filter 38 the granulocytes are separated from the whole blood, and collected in the filter 38 for subsequent recovery, the leukocyte-poor whole blood still under pressure being delivered to the vented receptacle 45.
The leukocyte-poor blood is then returned by gravity to a vein in the arm A2 of the donor through the return pipe 52, the height of the receptacle 45 being such as to insure adequate rate of return of the blood and the receptacle 45 providing the desired storage capacity for continuous return of blood.
In the form of the invention shown in FIG. 2, the blood is withdrawn from a vein in the arm A1 of the donor by the suction of the pump 60 and continuously delivered with constant volume through the pipe 62 to the filter 38.
The blood is delivered to and through the filter 38 under pressure or by suction through the filter 38 by the continuity of flow and to the vented receptacle 45, as before.
The granulocytepoor whole blood in the receptacle 45 is returned by gravity to a vein of the donor as previously explained.
The quantity of blood delivered by the pump 60, can be measured by the counter 61 which functions as a volume meter.
I claim:
1. Apparatus for filtration-leukopheresis comprising a venous blood supply connection adapted to be connected to a donor,
a venous blood return connection adapted to be connected to the donor,
a leukocyte separating and retaining filter interposed in series with said connections and in fluid communication therewith for extracting leukocytes from blood passing therethrough.
a permanently vented receptacle in continuous communication with the atmosphere interposed in series between said filter and said return connection and in fluid communication therewith.
fixedly mounted detachable supporting members for said filter and said vented receptacle. and
power driven pump means upstream of said receptacle for continuously delivering blood from said supply connection to and through said filter and to said vented receptacle.
2. The combination defined in claim 1 in which said last mentioned means includes members for impelling said blood under constant positive air pressure.
3. The combination defined in claim I in which said last mentioned means includes a plurality of flexible receptacles for alternate receipt and delivery of blood from the donor. and pressure and vacuum applying means for activating said flexible receptacles. 4. The combination defined in claim 1 in which said last mentioned means includes a constant volume continuous impelling menber. 5. The combination defined in claim 4 in which said impelling member is a constant volume pump. 6. The combination defined in claim 5 in which said pump has a counter actuated thereby. 7. The combination defined in claim 1 in which said filter and said receptacle are interconnected and have supply and delivery connections to provide a replaceable unit for individual use by a donor. 8. A replaceable unit as defined in claim 7 in which said supply pipe has a plurality of flexible blood receiving receptacles interposed therein.
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I have a friend with bringing over a mac with a dying hard disk. Usually if it's a windows PC I just use my USB to SATA/IDE tool and a Hirens boot disc to rip off the data but I am less familiar with the mac file system. I was thinking I can format a spare WD Passport to FAT32 and copy the contents there. Can anyone recommend anything else?
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May 13, 2012 at 1:03 UTC
Assuming its not OS9 then you can use a Linux distro to read it and copy the data.
Same thing, pull the disk, plug it into an external reader and boot something up to read the data off of it.
Since most Linux dist's won't write to NTFS probably need 2 USB's, one for the source and one to copy to.
Fat32 is fine, the Mac will read that when you go to put the data back.
The question is, does the Mac boot up and work? If so just Time Machine it to the external USB drive, replace the drive, and Time Machine it back.
May 13, 2012 at 1:10 UTC
its about 5 years old so it's not a newer mac OS and I don't think it boots.It's being dropped off later so I have not had a chance to look at it yet. Does time machine have a boot disc?
May 13, 2012 at 1:15 UTC
its about 5 years old so it's not a newer mac OS and I don't think it boots.It's being dropped off later so I have not had a chance to look at it yet. Does time machine have a boot disc?
OK unless its 10+ years old then it is at least OSX which is Linux based so your good there.
Time Machine won't matter if it won't boot unless he has a Time Machine backup, and if not he should.
If you have a Time Machine backup you can put in a new HD, reload OSX and use this to restore http:/
Otherwise now that I think about it the easiest thing to do is, put in a new HD. Reload OSX onto that HD and then just plug in the bad HD via the same USB HD Reader, they are universal and you can copy the data straight across, much easier.
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- Get a new hard drive (larger than the original).
- Remove old hard drive from the Mac (torx driver will likely be needed)
- Put the old dying hard drive into a USB or Firewire hard drive enclosure.
- Install Mac OS X from the original install disks.
- Attached the old drive to the Mac
- After install and after the installer reboots, wait for the migration assistant screen (see below "transfer.png")
- Select transfer "from another volume on this Mac"
- Choose to move all files, folders, and users
- Wait the requisite hours to transfer, reboot, and all ought be well
May 14, 2012 at 7:49 UTC
My advice is to stop thinking of Macs as any different than Windows PCs. That just causes more confusion and is leading you to ask questions you don't need to.
May 14, 2012 at 10:17 UTC
RoguePacket, Of course they did not have the original discs so I just used raw copy to image it to another drive and that worked. The drive wasn't completely shot.Thanks for the suggestions.
May 14, 2012 at 12:33 UTC
^ Heh. One can dream, no? May help to build a library of OS X (retail) install disks. Retail disks are preferred as original machine shipped disks can be machine specific. OS X Lion (v10.7) does not come on disk, but a usb stick is available & many guides exist to build such a install disk.
SuperDuper and CarbonCopy Cloner are good for Mac OS copying. Both free, but donations are helpful:
/ www.bombich.com
/ www.shirt-pocket.com/ SuperDuper/ SuperDuperDescription.html
- Either tends to work best from a Mac with the source HDD & destination HDD attached -- i.e., not copying the boot drive
My advice is to stop thinking of Macs as any different than Windows PCs. That just causes more confusion and is leading you to ask questions you don't need to.
True. Or, think of OS X as a linux distro.
Apple has done a brilliant job at what the FOSS/linux has yet to succeed -- that is, bringing "linux" to the masses. Related, Apple has shown the value of usability and design which others seek to emulate unsuccessfully.
May 14, 2012 at 12:37 UTC
I'm just not as familiar with the file system as NTFS etc. so to me, they are different.
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A Nice Educational Event: Smarter Commerce Global Summit- Sept 19-21
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IBM is hosting the Smarter Commerce Global Summit in San Diego from Sept 19 to 21st. Click here for more details on the event.
This event will be very educational with deep dives into:
There is a strong track for those interested in the supply chain. But, IBM is strong in other new areas that eventually (if not already) will impact the supply chain. For example, companies need to react to the proliferation of data on customers, the consumers greater user of smart phones, and the rising importance of social media. These topics will all eventually impact managers in the supply chain. This event will help you understand and get out in front of these trends.
If you are planning on attending, let us know. We have a team of folks from the ILOG supply chain group who will be there. We would like to hear from you.
LogicNet Plus XE Public Training Available August 16 -18
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A public training class for LogicNet Plus XE will run from August 16-18 in Chicago. We have limited seating, so please sign up early.
Forbes Magazine Article on Why You Need More Optimization in Your Business
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  ilog optimization 4,166 Views
David F. Carr of Forbes Magazine recently wrote an article based on an interview with Steve Sashihara, the author of the new book called "The Optimization Edge: Reinventing Decision Making to Optimize all of Your Company's Assets".
The article does a great job of explaining how firms need to embed mathematical optimization deep into their organizations to really take advantage of their investment in IT and data.
The article mentions that IBM and IBM's ILOG CPLEX have the ability to address the need for more automated optimization. This article confirms the value we've seen in Optimization:
And the list could go on. We are finding that firms who push optimization deep into their organizations see significant returns on their investment.
As a complement to the Forbes article, we have just released a short educational video to explain the value of mathematical optimization to business leaders. Click here for a link to that video.
Lean and Supply Chain Optimization
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  lean optimization ilog 2,643 Views
We were recently interviewed by Tom Andel, Editor-in-Chief for Material Handling & Logistics magazine for their edition on how the concepts of 'Lean' apply to the warehouse. We were quoted in the Editor's Note on page 4.
Lean techniques started with Toyota's manufacturing system and have moved into many other types of operations over the last two decades.
Often, though, it is difficult to take the concepts of 'Lean' and apply them to operations that do not look much like Toyota. Often, these efforts will just focus on waste reduction. However, a careful study of the fundamentals of lean reveals the importance of creating optimal (and minimal) buffers to protect against variability. This is where optimization can come in. Optimization can often reveal new strategies for minimizing the buffers you have in your supply chain. For example, the article quotes:
"Of course, another great way to reduce inventory at the warehouse is if the product just skips the warehouse entirely. That requires determining which products should touch every warehouse, which should bypass the warehouses, and which should be cross-docked."
Mathematical Optimization For Business Explained in a 3-Minute Video
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  optimization supply_chain_optimization ilog 3,527 Views
IBM just released a nice video introducing the concepts of mathematical optimization to business. This is a great video to help you convince others in your organization of the value of optimization. Click here to view the video.
One example of this type of optimization is strategic network design. To get more information on this, click here for a video on this technology.
In addition, within IBM this all fits under our umbrella of Smarter Commerce. Smarter Commerce, in part, is about taking advantage of new data about customers and the market and creating new processes throughout your business to better meet customer demand. Click here for a video introduction or go to this website for an overview of Smarter Commerce.
Minimizing the Impact of New Hours of Service Rules
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  analytics optimization ilog network_optimization 2,698 Views
The new "hours of service" rules were discussed In a recent Wall Street Journal article. The article mentioned that the hours a truck can drive in a day is proposed to be dropped from 11 to 10. The final decision is expected to be made in October.
This represents a potential 9% decrease in the number of miles that can be covered in a day by a truck. This obviously has a large impact for the supply chain. Some orders that could be met within a day will now be two days. You may have to shorten routes or change modes. And, this will drive up your transportation costs.
To mitigate the increase in transportation cost, you should re-evaluate the structure of your supply chain to make sure you have the right number and location of your warehouses, to make sure you are making products in the right locations, and to make sure your routes and modes are correct. By re-optimizing your supply chain, you may be able to offset much of the cost of the new rules.
Although the new rules are not yet in place, it is a good idea to get ahead of the situation so you are ready if they are enacted. Even if the rules are not enacted, the supply chain optimization scenario may yield other savings.
Preparing for Australia's New Carbon Tax
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  carbon_modeling ilog optimization 2,586 Views
The new supply chain news aggregation site OpRules, reported on on an article about Australia's new carbon tax. According to the article,
"Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday announced a $23 dollar per tonne price on carbon emissions to be paid by about 500 of the country's biggest polluters from July 1, 2012."
Supply chain optimization can help firms help minimize the impact of this tax and reduce carbon. For example, with this tax, it may make sense to change the number of warehouse locations, manufacture or procure products from different locations, develop different routes for the trucks, switch transportation modes, and evaluate different inventory policies.
By re-analyzing the supply chain to include this new tax, firms should be able to find strategies that dramatically decrease the total cost of the carbon tax by developing new strategies in other areas of the supply chain.
Join Us for a Proof of Technology Workshop in Cologne, Germany Sept 19-20
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  logicnet_plus_xe ilog 2,397 Views
We are hosting a 2-day Proof of Technology workshop in Cologne, Germany on September 19th and 20th. The meeting will be held in our local IBM office.
This proof of technology workshop enables participants to understand the potential of supply chain optimization tools.
The workshop emphasizes hands-on experience with the product and will highlight various ways these products can help you run a smarter supply chain.
If you are interested in the session, please contact us or your local IBM representative.
Reducing "Out of Stocks:" Videocast and SCDigest Editorial
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  ilog cpg inventory_optimization 2,227 Views
The Supply Chain Digest's editorial staff recently wrote an editorial on the "Out of Stock" problem faced by Consumer Goods companies. They noted:
"In fact, inventory levels in consumer goods manufacturers stayed flat throughout most of the 2000s, and out-of-stock levels at the shelf have also been resistant to improvement. A well-publicized 2007 study by Dr. Thomas Gruen of the University of Colorado and Dr. Daniel Corsten of the IE Business School Madrid, based on funding from Procter & Gamble, estimated that manufacturers lose something close to $100 billion in sales annually due to out-of-stocks at the shelf.
The editorial discusses areas where IBM is helping firms solve this problem by better optimizing inventory.
"In fact, according to Remzi Ural, a supply chain lead in IBM's global consumer packaged goods practice, one beverage company IBM recently worked with was able to increase its sales by 12.3 million cases by significantly reducing its out of stocks, in this case throughout its distribution network that served local stores "
This was based on a videocast we did with SCDigest.
Ahold USA and IBM to Talk About Network Analysis with Strategic Souring, Inventory Optimizaiton, and Route Optimization
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Joseph Shaw from Ahold USA and Alex Scott from IBM will speak at the 2011 Material Handling and Logistics Conference. The conference is Sept 18-21 in Park City Utah.
Ahold is an international retailing group based in the Netherlands. Ahold had revenues of 29.5B Euros in 2010. Ahold USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ahold. Ahold USA operates Stop & Shop, Giant, and Giant Martin's stores as well as the on-line grocer Peapods.
The title of the talk is "Beyond the Traditional Network Analysis."
"So you are challenged with managing a large portfolio of products and a complex set of vendors, customers and distribution locations. How do you make sense of this all and streamline your supply chain? This session takes you beyond the pin-on-a-map network analysis and examines factors such as sourcing strategies, inventory optimization, route planning and more. We will also review a grocery case study that involved the analysis of sourcing effectiveness, evaluation of DC investment opportunities, and relocation of legacy facilities to get the most out of their supply chain network. "Click here for the link to the conference tracks and a full bio of each speaker. This talk is in Track 3, Session 2 at 10:15 AM on Monday.
New Release of IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst Now Available
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  optimization transportation_analyst transportation ilog 3,273 Views
We have a new release of IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst.
This is a major release for this product. It has a new interface, improved run time performance, additional constraints and settings, and enhanced optimization capabilities. The product embeds IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimizer. Specifically, the optimization engine takes advantage of our powerful constraint programming engine which is well suited to these types of problems. All of this allows you to more easily solve larger problems and address other routing problems.
IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst is a strategic tool that allows you to determine the best routes, size your fleet, determine best backhauls, determine how to best use hubs, and make mode selection choices between private fleet, commercial carriers, multit-stop routes, and LTL.
This product is a nice complement to IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE. When designing a network, it is often important to understand the implications to routes, fleet sizes, hubs, and modes. The product also complements Sterling TMS by providing a strategic complement for doing what-if analysis.
The Dow Chemical Co. Saves $5M with Global Supply Chain Optimization
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  logicnet_plus_xe optimization ilog 3,189 Views
At the May 2011 Manufacturing Leadership Summit, The Dow Chemical Co. won a Supply Network Mastery award for their global supply chain optimization initiatives.
The award sited a few examples of the type of work they did:
"One Pacific-area team used a Network Optimization Work Process to evaluate tank usage. Optimizing tank usage for multiple products cut costs, improved service levels, and reduced GHG emissions; the latter has become a key performance metric in the Network Optimization Work Process. Each network project looks not only at cost and customer service, but also provides key carbon footprint data to reveal opportunities for GHG reduction.
After the April 2009 acquisition of Rohm and Haas, D&MSC Work Processes helped teams capitalize on synergy opportunities and optimize the company's Europe warehouse network. The evaluation identified savings through consolidation of shipments to warehouses and reductions in freight and warehousing costs. "
The award mentioned that these projects and others saved the firm $5 million during 2009-2010.
The article mentions that LogicNet Plus was part of the toolkit. For the a link to the full article, click here.
IBM's Inventory Optimization Solution
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  consumer_products ilog inventory_optimization 3,359 Views
Consumer Products companies (and others) face pressure to reduce costs, have customers demanding better availability, and have an ever-expanding global supply chain. In this environment, managing inventory is difficult. However, by optimizing inventory by determining the best buffers, the location of the push/pull boundaries, and the correct amount of inventory and safety stock at each location for each SKU.
To address these needs, IBM has pulled together a solution to help firms optimize inventory on an on-going basis. This solution pulls together IBM's optimization technology (IBM ILOG Inventory and Product Flow Analyst), our expertise in inventory optimization, our expertise in integration to ERP systems, and other capabilities such as SPSS's predictive analytics. Click here for a paper on this solution.
The benefits of inventory optimization can be significant:
LogicNet Plus XE Public Training Available May 24-26
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A public training class for LogicNet Plus XE will run from May 24-26 in Chicago. We have limited seating, so please sign up early.
Click here to enroll.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Where to Locate Your Factories: A Return to Local Markets?
MichaelWatson 270002K5FS Tags:  supply_chain network_design ilog production_sourcing 3,604 Views
Deciding where to locate your manufacturing plants or where to make a product can have significant impact on your overall cost and your ability to serve your customers. However, this is not a trivial decision and depends on many factors.
Over the last several years, the press has reported on the move of manufacturing from the US to China. However, two recent in articles in The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek, show that the issue is much more complex.
Both articles point out that rising wages in China erode the labor cost advantage. And, the rising cost of commodities and especially oil, tip the scales even further. Both articles indicate that there will be a speed up in new manufacturing capacity being built in the U.S.
Certainly, moving production to China was not the answer for many firms. The Wall Street Journal article points out that rising productivity has allowed US manufacturing output to actually double from four decades ago. And, many firms chose to keep manufacturing in the U.S. to protect intellectual property, to be closer to the market, or to minimize inventory investments.
At the same time, over just the last five to ten years, we have seen firms build manufacturing capacity in China for the China market. So, as consumer demand increases in China, more manufacturing capacity is needed to service these markets. This new demand must be accounted for in decisions on where to locate manufacturing capacity.
Deciding where to locate manufacturing capacity becomes even tougher when you factor in the impact of taxes, inventory, and risk.
So, how should you determine where to locate your manufacturing capacity? The answer is not simple, but should consider the following:
This type of analysis is not a one-time event. You have a chance to mold your strategy everytime you make a capital investment in your supply chain. And, the more facilities you have, the more opportunities you have to adjust your supply chain when market conditions change.
IBM ILOG and Sterling Named to The Top 100 Logistics IT Providers by Inbound Logistics
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IBM's ILOG and Sterling supply chain teams have been named to the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers for 2011 by Inbound Logistics.
This echos the comment from last year from SupplyChainDigest that" Somewhat quietly, IBM is building a formidable portfolio of supply chain software solutions that has the potential to shake up the existing market."
IBM ILOG SCM Virtual User Group - Join us on LinkedIn!
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Join our monthly IBM ILOG Supply Chain Management Virtual User Group (VUG) sessions. These 1-hour meetings are a quick way to brush up on your IBM ILOG supply chain modeling skills, meet other people using the products, ask questions to the community, and learn about what's new. These sessions will be led by our experts and have plenty of time for discussions and Q&A.
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Topic: "Applying Supply Chain Analytics: Benefits of a Central Group"
This talk addresses the value firms can achieve by deploying advanced supply chain analytics and how a group should be structured. We will use case studies and recent events to highlight the value from business analytics such as network and inventory optimization. We will discuss how 3M Corporation is organized to deploy this capability.
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May 17th Videocast: Solve the "Out-of-Stock" Scenario for CPG Supply Chains
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Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Fulfilling the Three A's: Adaptability, Agility and Alignment
In the recent years, we have seen a transformation in consumer behavior. The use of social media allows consumers to exchange thoughts; the migration from controlled media and monitored media. Easy information access combined with more educated consumers is making promotion planning more important. Finally, the chase for "value" is not only changing the timing of purchases but also location and brand. All these changes on the demand side are forcing consumer products companies to think about supply side in terms of: Demand Driven Supply Networks.
The supply chains are being transformed into complex supply networks with the introduction of co-packers, co-manufacturers and service providers. Commodity price increases and fluctuations are adding to volatility and margin pressures. Overall, changing consumer behavior, and increases in complexity, globalization and cost reduction pressures all force consumer products supply chains to fulfill the three A's: Adaptability, Agility and Alignment.
The crux of these strategies relies upon the application of Business Analytics to help close the gap between planning and execution. In this case, Closed-Loop Dynamic Inventory Optimization is leveraged to set appropriate inventory targets throughout the global supply chain and ensure that the right products are positioned in front of the right customers at the right time.
Closed-Loop Dynamic Inventory Optimization is a core process that regularly tunes policies across the supply chain to keep inventory closely aligned with changing conditions. But, the organizational value of such an approach goes beyond the more obvious metrics of improving service levels, order lead times, and inventory positioning. For example:
The application of Business Analytics on top of traditional supply chain planning and execution solutions gives CP Manufacturers the unprecedented ability to continuously improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the customer experience.
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DC Velocity Videocast: IBM Cloud Computing Optimization and Analytics in the Transportation Industry
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Question: What is IBM Cloud Computing Optimization and Analytics?
IBM Watson Answer: Learn how companies are dealing with transformative events in their logistics network and managing uncertainty in a turbulent market.
Despite the turmoil of the transportation market there are advanced technologies to help steward firms through rate hikes, oil prices, driver shortage, congestion, and capacity constraints while managing today's network complexities.
The imperative for companies who want to outpace competitors is to reconsider how they apply optimization to take advantage of limited resources. Executives are looking to technology solutions to provide the tools they need for daily execution and long term strategic transportation decisions.
Executives Walter Heil and Dan Vanden Brink will discuss how the application of business analytics in conjunction with "as a Service" (SaaS) Transportation Management Systems helps optimize distribution and logistics decisions capabilities to:
This webcast was recorded on the show floor at ProMat 2011.
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Inbound Transportation Management Webinar - April 26 at 2:00 PM EDT | 11:00 AM PDT | 6:00 PM GMT
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On April 26th, Sterling Commerce, an IBM Company is sponsoring an Aberdeen Group webinar on Inbound Transportation Management: The Convergence of Planning, Optimization, and Dynamic Execution. Register today!
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Inbound Transportation Focus –
· WalMart's Inbound supply chain collaboration initiative is one additional factor driving change- (Kelly Abney, WalMart VP Corporate Transportation presented a keynotes on this initiative during Aberdeen's 2010 and 2011 Supply Chain Summit).
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· Organizations lacking inbound control are blind to shipment details within the transportation pipeline.
Learn how leading companies (those with highest percentages of Inbound Freight under control) are focusing on new Inbound Technologies to address challenges and take action. They are:
· 2.8 to 5.8 –times as likely to leverage enhanced planning optimization –leading companies are converging planning processes with robust automation to support on-the-fly decision-making
· 1.2 to 2.5 –times as likely to automate dynamic optimization and near real-time visibility with optimization of execution within their processes.
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Baker: No connection apparent between Orlando shooter, marathon bombers
BOSTON >> Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday highlighted steps being taken by law enforcement to increase security around Massachusetts and downplayed any connection between the attacker responsible for this weekend's mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub and the brothers who carried out the 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old who opened fire at gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday morning, killing 49 and injuring 53 others, referred to the Tsarnaev brothers as his "homeboys" during one of three 911 calls during the attack, according to the FBI, which also said "all evidence
collected to date shows no connection between Mateen and the Tsarnaev brothers."
Baker said the reference to the marathon bombings had been addressed at the top of a call Sunday night with national security officials.
"At this point in time, there's no reason to believe that there's much to that other than he referenced it as something that had happened. It doesn't appear that he had any direct connection to that at all," Baker said.
Joined by Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Public Safety Secretary Daniel Bennett, Baker spoke to the media late Monday morning, conveying his sympathy for the victims of an attack that he said hit "particularly close to home for me" because of his gay brother.
After speaking with his brother and other gay friends on Sunday, Baker said they felt that just as acceptance of members of the LGBT community appears to be improving in the country, something happens to the community spurred by hatred.
"There's no room for that here in the commonwealth or anywhere in society, and we should of course do all we can to resist that," Baker said.
Baker said his administration has reached out to organizers of Pride Month activities to offer security or the assistance for upcoming events.
Bennett said he has a conference call planned Monday afternoon with the Gay Officers Action League and major-city chiefs of police to discuss ways state law enforcement can work with them without "making it in any way an uncomfortable experience."
"I think this guy, based on early reports, hated with extreme prejudice people who are a part of the LGBT community," Baker said, rejecting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's use of the tragedy to repeat calls for a ban on Muslims entering the country.
Asked specifically about Trump's comments blaming President Barack Obama for weakness and suggesting that there's "something going on" with Obama because he won't use the term "radical Islamic terrorism," Baker rejected the politicization of the attack and any jump to conclusions about what motivated Mateen apart from homophobia.
In a statement on Monday, MassEquality Executive Director Deborah Shields said, "We are horrified that the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history took place in a gay nightclub during Pride month — a time when the LGBTQ community and its allies join together to celebrate our history and look ahead to a future when we hope everyone can live free from discrimination and violence. The fact that those who were killed and wounded were at the club on Latin night painfully highlights the racist violence faced by so many members of our community."
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Review by tpage3
"A Great Game, That Has Its Flaws"
This game is great!
Don't let any kind of negative press dissuade you, Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a wonderful game but it is not free from some basic flaws.
First off, the story is fantastic and it really helps establish you as Adam Jensen (the protagonist) and oddly enough you end up caring about him and you want to help not only Eric Sarif but also Jensen as you undergo his trials and tribulations. The story throws enough twists and turns at you to make you WANT to keep searching for your own enjoyment, not just because the game is forcing you to.
And the game is certainly a pleasure to play. The gameplay really does allow you to play how you want. While the developers might have over-hyped the "freedom" of every mission, they definitely told a semi-true story. Every mission really does have a stealth path and a combat path, but that's pretty much it. There aren't numerous divergent paths in every level. Mostly, it boils down to did you talk to the right person, OR do you want to stealth or fight your way through a mission. There isn't a distinct advantage to either path however, which does make the element of choice realistic. Both fighting and stealthing will yield the same overall rewards in terms of building your character.
The overall look of the game is fantastic, delivering a very unique view of the world which seems to be hauntingly possible at the same time. For every cyborg-armed civilian you encounter, you will also recognize something that doesn't seem that far off in our own world, which really helps make the overall setting a little more haunting.
As far as sound, the game falls a little short. The main characters are voiced extremely well, with the gruff Jensen encapsulating his role perfectly. Other characters like Sarif really shine as pure theatrical characters. However, the background dialogue is very repetitive and the sound effects feel too loud compared to the rest of the game. Seriously. Play the game a normal volume where everything sounds great and then shoot your gun. It's a bit unbalanced. Other than this minor gripe the sound overall is fairly good. The guns sound real, and when Adam takes down an enemy it feels visceral and real.
Overall, the gameplay falls a bit short of the story and graphics, and doesn't fully deliver on the lofty promises made with the game. The advertisements and the hype set this game up to be GOTY, yet sadly a few persistent errors keep it from being such.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 09/06/11
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These ornaments took a bit of imagination, I cut most of the pieces free-hand. The only stencil I used was for the gingerbread man body and I used the same stencil for the santa body.
I cut out 2 bodies for each of them and added the other pieces from there. Make sure to cut out everything before you start stitching.
Next, stitch all of the smaller pieces onto the front and back first. (the gloves, buttons, faces, hats, etc.)
Then, start at the top, leave a few inches of your yarn or floss and stitch around the edges of the body.
Before you get all the way to the top, stuff the body with your filling. (I used my felt scraps instead of batting)
Finish stitching the top, and leave the same amount of extra yarn as you did when you started. Tie those two together at the bottom, and tie together at the top.
Now you are prepared with gifts or this year's ornaments. Another idea is to stitch the year on the back and maybe your name or initials. Have fun!
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YouTube Costume: Love It or Leave It?
I absolutely love this geek chic Halloween costume idea—and there's no skimpy outfit required! Take a few pieces of white bristol board, cut a whole in a the top and get busy with the markers to become an actual YouTube page! Featured on Core77, this costume requires little preparation and allows you to 'think outside the box' so to speak with your video title. This guy is definitely having fun in his YouTube "OMG! Awesome Party Guy Vid." Too bad he only has one and a half stars. Do you love this costume as much as me? Let me know below! Thanks for passing this along Calamari!


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"For 75 years NYSRPS has been the best professional membership organization for park, recreation and therapeutic recreation professionals across New York State. What makes this possible is adherence to the founding documents that allow NYSRPS to serve its constituents in a meaningful manner. Please visit the Articles of Incorporation and NYSRPS Constitution to see the tentants upon which NYSRPS was built. The Strategic Plan formulates how the orginal objectives will be accomplished and the Annual Report is a snapshot of how well we are meeting these goals.
NYSRPS would not exist without its membership and the dedicated volunteers who serve to preserve the Society's mission. It is with the belief The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts that we as a body can speak with one voice for the park, recreation and therapeutic recreation professional. If you would like to be a part of something bigger than yourself, join us and consider serving in the many ways available."
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Jorge Alarcon Ochoa (Rensselaer Polytechnic University; undergraduate student; physics)
Project Title: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cosolvent Effects on Protein Stability
Research Advisor: Angel Garcia, Department of Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic University
One of the main issues in molecular modeling is the inability of force fields to properly reproduce experimentally determined thermodynamics and conformations of biomolecules. For example, current force fields fail to reproduce the radius of gyration of proteins in their unfolded states, showing more compact states. This may be the result of overestimation of protein-protein interactions. We can remedy this discrepancy by modifying the interactions between amino acid cosolvents and proteins.
Through Molecular Dynamics simulations we will study cosolvent-protein interactions, and parameterize the force fields utilized for this work by matching extensive experimental data, including osmotic pressure and preferential interaction coefficients.


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These awards recognize outstanding families from across Ontario who best represent the values of the family farm within their rural communities. The awards will show appreciation for the contributions each of these families make to the further growth of the agricultural community. The awards program was created to promote a renewed urban-rural relationship and to recognize outstanding Ontario farm families who best typify the value of the family farmer to our society. The program, specifically, focuses on recognizing the contribution these families make to the enhancement of quality of life in their agricultural communities. Families nominated must be active in primary agriculture, have agriculture as the main source of income and have members residing on the farm. They do not have to be members of the Ontario Plowmen's Association (OPA).
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Pacman Jones celebrates four months of no bar assaults with strip club frenzy in Detroit
DETROIT, MI - The Cincinnati Bengals celebrated not only a win over the Detroit Lions this week, but another milestone as well. Bengal defensive back Adam PacMan Jones marked the passing of four months free from bar assaults. This occasion led to a celebratory Detroit strip club frenzy.
Jones and friends went from strip club to strip club, celebrating with great abandon. "I know I haven't always had the best luck with the strip clubs," said Jones. "But, obviously, after four months of clean living with no bar assaults that became public, it's a new day and time to celebrate. I really don't see myself punching anyone tonight. Unless it's someone who let's me do and promises to stay quiet in exchange for a crisp dollar bill."
The night went by without incident, despite some pretty rowdy behavior from Jones and his entourage. "Yeah, they were kind of out of control," said Detroit stripper Candy Lapp. "But then again, they were the only people we'd seen for weeks who actually had dollar bills. Most of our customers tip in quarters, if we get any at all. This is Detroit, you know."
The party was scheduled to head across the border to Windsor, Ontario Canada. However, the Canadian government has banned all members of the Cincinnati Bengals from stepping foot on Canadian land. The ban was a special clause in the North American Free Trade Act the Canadian government insisted on before signing.
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