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In fact, it looks a lot like most urban college apartments.
Comfy couches and chairs surround a chic coffee table and a flat-screen television.
Retro movie posters fill a void on a golden-yellow wall.
A pool table anchors a corner in the back, and a refrigerator stocked with beverages anchors the corner in the front.
But that's exactly the image the regional pizza purveyor and its founder, Scott Gittrich, want to present: Toppers Pizza isn't like the chain pizza places; it's the pizza place with an edge�a hip, left-of-center edge.
"We just let ourselves be ourselves," Gittrich said.
And it's that image and a loyal following that have catapulted the Whitewater-based company to the top of the highly competitive pizza industry�even as an economic downturn has threatened to rattle the big pizza chains. Toppers has grown from 13 stores in three states in 2007 to 26 stores in six states today.
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Gittrich, 46, a native of central Illinois, got his start in the pizza business as a delivery driver, pizza maker and manager at Domino's while he attended the University of Illinois in Champaign.
He worked for the national chain for 7 1/2 years until he hatched a plan to open a different kind of pizza place.
Gittrich set out to create a company that was unlike Domino's, which dominated the market while offering just two sizes and 10 toppings, and unlike Pizza Hut, which had just started delivering, and unlike Papa John's, which was practically unknown.
The Toppers brand was built on good pizza, good service and a unique atmosphere, he said. But the Toppers brand mushroomed because of the loyalty of its customers who, by and large, are college students who stay up late, have a good time and eat good pizza, he said.
"It was kind of an accident," he said. "That was just what we did. We opened in college towns, we stayed open really late, we made pizzas with crazy toppings."
But Gittrich, who was 28 when he founded the company, was just being himself.
"That's who I was," he said.
Branching out
Toppers still holds tight to the original business model, but the company has started to branch out, opening stores in suburban areas and catering to young professionals and middle-class families.
Some might consider it a risk. Others, such as Gittrich, consider it an adventure.
"We were worried about it like any business move we make, but people lined up outside and waited for our store to open," he said of a suburban Milwaukee store that opened four years ago. "That was a really big turn-on for us. It meant our brand meant something bigger than the region and the small state schools."
Gittrich said Toppers fanatics eat the pizza and breadsticks while they're in college, and the food becomes forever linked to nights spent cramming for an exam, chowing down after a house party or tailgating before the football game. He said that association never goes away.
"When we show up in a new market, a certain number of people recognize us. They remember us fondly," he said. "We're associated with burning the candle at both ends, partying and having a good time."
Gittrich said that reputation is a big part of the company's unique position in the highly competitive pizza industry. Domino's, Pizza Hut and Papa John's, for example, are all about providing a meal. Toppers, on the other hand, is all about providing a one-of-a-kind experience that centers on a meal.
"I realized when I started in this business that we were just going to slug it out in this tough industry, and I said if we could be even 1 percent better, that's how we would survive in this business," he said. "And we accidentally built this brand that customers perceived as distinct. There's not a national chain that has that perception in the market. The big guys � hey can't beat what we do."
'A cool spot'
Toppers opened its Whitewater store at 230 E. Milwaukee St. in 1993, its first store in Wisconsin and second store overall.
Gittrich got a call from a friend, who told him the Domino's stores in Whitewater, Janesville and Rockford, Ill., had gone out of business and suggested he check out the area.
"I never heard of Whitewater," he said, "but I drove up and saw there was nobody here. There were two local pizza places, a Pizza Hut and the former Domino's. I was convinced. It looked competition-free to tell you the truth."
Gittrich moved to the area in 1995. He ran the company out of his house in Jefferson for several years and then out of a small, two-room office in downtown Whitewater for several more years.
Toppers continued to grow, and the company needed more room to entertain prospective franchisees, to train employees and to brainstorm. Gittrich more than three years ago bought a bigger building downtown and remodeled it.
"We wanted a place that reflected our image better," he said. "I wanted it to be that somebody walks in the door and feels like, 'Wow! Toppers, this is a cool spot.' � And as each decision came up, we allowed ourselves to be comfortable."
That idea carried over to the rest of the company, too.
Toppers workers don't wear the fast-food standard polo shirts. They wear casual, button-down shirts.
Toppers stores don't look like sit-down restaurants with vinyl booths and Formica tables. They look like urban cafes with couches and coffee tables, bar tables and flat-screen TVs.
And, Toppers ads don't sound like most pizza ads. They sound like a conversation between friends�irreverent, witty and fun.
"It feels like we're just being ourselves," Gittrich said. "We know we're doing it a lot different than the other guys. It's distinctive, but it's an easy way to execute a strategy."
Toppers in 2006 moved its world headquarters to 333 W. Center St., and in March its Whitewater store moved to 325 W. Center St.�just a couple doors down in the same building.
"This has been an absolutely awesome pizza market for us. Even though we started in Illinois, we're a Wisconsin company. This is where we made it."
Lofty goals
Business is booming for Toppers Pizza, but Gittrich is only whetting his appetite.
Sales have climbed more than 150 percent in the five years, he said, and sales are expected to increase more than 30 percent this year, despite the downturn in the economy. About eight stores are opening a year, he said, and that growth is expected to continue.
Gittrich has lofty goals: He wants to have 100 stores by 2013 and 500 stores by 2020.
"It's very doable, even if we're just keeping up the pace we're at now," he said. "Just because the economy has troubles doesn't mean everyone is having problems. There are a lot of good reasons to expand. People are still eating out. It's not like they've quit eating pizza."
Gittrich said the market for pizza eaters�and potential Toppers fanatics�is huge.
"People are not committed to those chain places. People don't say, 'I'm a big Domino's person,'" he said. "We feel like we're competing with Walmart sometimes. We're getting the business because people love to hate 'em."
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Religious freedom won a victory this week with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case. Though it came in a split decision that reflects the great philosophical divide in our nation today. The justices ruled that the federal government cannot force private companies to pay for employee health insurance policies that conflict with the religious beliefs of owners. The dissenters adamantly believe that corporations can�t be treated as individuals and have no grounds to impose their views on those in their employ. It�s a serious disagreement and sometimes a bitter one. But as Americans we understand that all have the right to praise or question the court�s decision.
It�s a never ending battle and debate that amplifies the importance of the freedoms Americans have long held dear but often take for granted. That leads to concern about the creeping limits that government places on freedom.
Consider the headlines of the past year.
The Internal Revenue Service, with the kinds of powers so feared by the Founders, singled out and denied non-profit status to organizations simply because they disagreed with the president�s political views on everything from the economy to matters of faith.
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The Justice Department spied on reporters and editors of the Associated Press and other news organizations, secretly collecting their telephone records and tracking their whereabouts.
Freedom of the Press. Quashed by government.
The ability to freely and responsibly gather information and to disseminate that information to the public is central to preserving Americans� freedom, as the Founders understood. That is why they so wisely guaranteed freedom of the press in the First Amendment. If journalists are hindered in their job to keep an eye on government and to keep the citizenry informed, then the government is free to abuse its power.
And how does new technology threaten our freedom?
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For what purpose? Now or in the future?
How is the government using its power to intrude on your privacy?
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For a few days now screenshots of two players from the Ninjas In Pyjamas team using racist and anti-Semitic language have been circulating on various social media outlets. In one NiP's support player Alfonso "mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez uses a racial epithet and in the other Erlend "Nukeduck" Vĺtevik Holm makes reference to gassing Jewish people. Naturally the community who have seen the offending screenshots have reacted with outrage.
The screenshots themselves were originally posted in a Reddit thread where it the temperament of the players was being discussed. They were used as examples of their typical solo-queue behaviour. However, the screenshots themselves do not come from solo-queue but rather from private games where the players had invited those who wanted to take part. The players have said privately that the screenshots were simply "a joke", an extreme example of vulgar behaviour that was meant to parody the typical solo-queue competitor. They have also expressed their disappointment that someone would have leaked screenshots of private conversations into the public domain.
This hasn't spared them an internal backlash. Their management team, who had already gone through a tumultuous time of late with other controversy and the changing of their CEO Niklas Fischier, have moved quickly to discipline the pair. They released the following statement:
"We feel that the screenshots, taken out of a custom game, have been blown out of proportion and were posted with malicious intent towards the players in question. However we in Ninjas in Pyjamas do not condone such behaviour from our players and they have been reprimanded accordingly. We expect our players to behave like the pillars of the professional community that they should strive to be."
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That said, I think that they did the same and got a rise out of Nukeduck as well. The entire conversation log isn't posted. Who knows what they said first to piss him off? This is like only getting one side of the story.
the only reason the fine should stand is because they can't prove the context undoubtely, but assuming they could it's not racists.
It's even worse if they do it to subs, because it's most likely on a stream in front of hundreds of people. That affects the look of the league pro scene and the league community. Racism deserves to be made a fuss over.this happens to me in every game... why should riot discipline them? wasn't it just a custom game between probably subscribers etc? i think people should take a step back and stop making so much fuss out of nothing. riot should fix euw and not bother about this at all.


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In July, as financial sector layoffs mounted[1], a top executive search firm estimated as many as 80,000 jobs might go in this coming round of financial layoffs.
"This is kind of like the beginning of a tsunami," said Richard Stein of Caldwell Partners. "You don't get it in one go — it comes in sort of short shock waves."
Well, those shock waves have kept coming — with today's brutal announcement from HSBC (NYSE:HBC[2]) that by 2013 it will cut an additional 25,000 jobs on top of 5,000 posts already being eliminated.
Financial sector layoffs have reached a fever pitch as bank earnings have rolled out. Just a few of the announcements include:
That's a staggering total, and it doesn't include layoffs we haven't had confirmed or had leaked to the press yet. And, if you haven't noticed, most of those big banks are abroad.
So the nagging question is not whether Wall Street will take a similar hit, but when.
For instance, struggling financial stock Bank of America (NYSE:BAC[10]) surely cannot sustain its work force of nearly 290,000 for much longer. Revenue is stagnant, the company just posted an ugly loss of 90 cents per share in July, and the stock is trading under $10 pre-market and is approaching a new 52-week low.
What's more, consolidation has been the name of the game for the better part of two years, and that creates redundancies. Even the healthier banks like First Niagara (NASDAQ:FNFG[11]) will see jobs vanish because of recent acquisitions — including a move by FNFG this week to buy 195 retail branches from HSBC, on top of previous buyouts of National City Bank and Harleysville National. First Niagara has made these moves to achieve reach and economies of scale, both of which come with the benefit of streamlined operations.
The icing on the cake is many experts think the financial sector didn't cut deep enough in 2009 and has resumed hiring too quickly. As Wall Street Journal columnist David Weidner noted a few weeks ago[12], "The securities industry still employs about 800,000 people nationwide, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. That is only 7.8% fewer than the all-time high, and roughly the same as in 2006, when Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. still roamed the earth." In short, the financial sector is staffed much like it was before the crash.
If recent headlines are any indication, the financial sector is looking to change that fact in a hurry.
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It says that the operational improvement plan has failed to rectify problems with CS2. In October 2009 the National Audit Office (NAO) identified more than 1,000 reported problems. Some 400 of these, which are responsible for new cases getting "stuck", have no known resolution.
The NAO has put the cost of managing each case at £967, compared to £312 per case if administered through IT systems.
CMEC had told the committee that it is procuring a new IT system, which will use commercial off the shelf software packages already widely used in the financial service industry.
Although the committee welcomed this development, its report points out that it is often the process of making different software packages work together that creates IT problems.
Terry Rooney, chair of the committee, asked CMEC to deliver the successor Work and Pensions Committee, formed after the general election, with six monthly progress reports on the development of the new IT system.
"We are concerned that it (CMEC) is struggling with an ever increasing number of cases that cannot be managed by its IT systems," said Rooney. "The committee is concerned that the extra costs of clerical administration will place too heavy a burden on the organisation as it prepares to launch the new child maintenance scheme."
Chris Pennell, senior analyst at Kable, said: "CMEC is in a rare position of being able to draw a line in the sand with regard to legacy systems, but there is an awful lot riding on CMEC being able to deliver a working system for the new child maintenance benefit.
"Even though the organisation is using off the shelf software from Tata Consulting Services, BaNCS, there is still some £10m worth of integration work to be undertaken to make the system usable for CMEC, as well as integrating the case management system."
This article was originally published at Kable.
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Paris Hilton's parents approve of her new boyfriend, Las Vegas nightclub owner Cy Waits, and they all recently went for a meal together.
Paris Hilton's parents approve of her new boyfriend.
The hotel heiress started dating Las Vegas nightclub owner Cy Waits last month and the pair's romance is said to be getting so serious that they recently enjoyed a meal out with her mother and father, who already know Cy.
A source told x17Online: "Cy has never been happier, he truly loves and cares about her.
"Her parents have known Cy for years and really like him. Wednesday (18.08.10) they flew to Vegas to celebrate her father's birthday and they all had a great night together."
Paris - who had been single since splitting from 'The Hills' star Doug Reinhardt earlier this year - and Cy couldn't keep their hands off each other when Paris recently shot a new commercial for Devassa Beer in Long Beach, California, and one onlooker noted: "They are clearly enjoying every minute of their new relationship and aren't afraid to show their feelings and affection for one another."
The blonde beauty, who has previously dated Benji Madden, Rick Salomon, and model Jason Shaw, recently revealed she doesn't want a famous boyfriend and is on the lookout for a more low-key romance.
She said: "It's really hard in my position just being in a relationship, because so much goes along with it.
"The media are constantly making up stories and it's just hard to know if you can trust a guy who has fame.
"I'd rather be with someone who's not in the public eye - I think it just makes it easier, and I don't know there's so much that comes along with it. I'd rather be with someone who's not in this world."
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Kevin Hart: Comedian and Actor Kevin Hart Bowls during the 5th Annual Chris Paul PBA All-Stars Invitational Hosted by Five-Time NBA All-Star Chris Paul.
5-time NBA All-Star/LA Clippers point guard Chris Paul hosted a sold-out 5th annual Chris Paul PBA All-Stars Invitational at Lucky Strike LA Live, his annual charity bowling tournament with celebs and PBA stars knocking down pins to compete for this year's trophy. Participants included comedian/actor Kevin Hart, Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams, LA Clippers/NBA All-Star Blake Griffin, former NFL All-Pro Terrell Owens, Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro LaMarr Woodley, actor Quinton Aaron, and a host of PBA stars Norm Duke, Chris Barnes, Missy Parkin and more. Tune In to ESPN on Super Bowl Sunday (February 3rd, 4 pm EST) to see Paul, Griffin, Hart and others in action to find out who was declared the winner and captured the trophy this year.
C Chris Paul PBA League All-Stars Past Winners
2012 – Pete Weber/Jerry Ferrara/Blake Griffin
2011 – Jason Belmonte/Chris Paul
2010 – Jason Belmonte/Chris Paul
2009 – Jason Couch/LeBron James
In 2005, Chris established the CP3 Foundation, in honor of his late grandfather to provide scholarships for kids to attend Wake Forest University. Chris' emphasis on community involvement has won the CP3 Foundation the NBA's Community Assist Award three times. The foundation's initiatives include partnerships with Feed The Children, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Boys & Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity and LA's Best. The foundation also sponsors and supports literacy initiatives, youth basketball clinics and court refurbishments. In 2010 Chris partnered with Chase Bank to launch the CP3 Afterschool Zone in New Orleans, to provide an enriching afterschool environment for youth. To learn more about the CP3 Foundation, go to www.cp3foundation.org.


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If Obama Really Has an iPad, Why Won't He Just Show Us the RECEIPT?
Is that Obama's iPad?! Look, he's made a few vague references about possibly owning an iPad (he's the president, man). And since we're making him prove the authenticity of everything right now, I WANT TO SEE A RECEIPT, DAMMIT.


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The Effects of Social Security on Private Savings: A Reappraisal of the Time Series Evidence
Section I reviews some of the important contributions using time series evidence to estimate Social Security's impact on private savings. Essential to these studies is the use of a "Social Security Wealth" (SSW) variable, created by Martin Feldstein (1974), which defines the present value of future discounted Social Security benefits for the entire population under the assumption that each working person retires at the normal retirement age. Section II updates this Social Security Wealth series using both an approximation of Martin Feldstein's original algorithm and two additional methods suggested by Dean Leimer and Selig Lesnoy (1982). The methodology and assumptions are updated to better account for the richer types of data available today. Section III provides details on the regression specifications and data to be used. Section IV follows with the empirical results of these regression specifications and the point estimates of Social Security's effect on personal savings. Finally, in Section V provides an analysis of the effectiveness of these estimation techniques. This study finds some support that Social Security Wealth creates an adverse effect for private savings, as private savings is reduced by about half when using the most realistic assumptions for estimating Social Security Wealth, but the results are not robust across different types of specifications.
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Zayn Malik Girlfriend Tattoo (PHOTO): One Direction Star Gets Perrie Edwards Face Tattoo on His Arm
Zayn Malik has had a tattoo of his girlfriend, Perrie Edwards, inked on his arm, shocking many of his fans who wonder whether the One Direction star will come to regret being so hasty in putting the permanent mark of his girlfriend on his body.
The Zayn Malik tattoo is in fact of Perrie Edwards face, which has surprised even more people.
Malik and Edwards were seen out recently at the Teen Choice Awards 2013, and OMG! was able to speak to Edwards to find out how she felt about the tattoo of her.
She insisted that she was flattered that he had gotten the tattoo of her.
She said: "It must be love to be honest. When I'm away from him, I guess he can just take a look at his arm and remind him of me. So it's a lovely compliment really. I love it, it's lovely."
Edwards herself is also a musician, being part of the band Little Mix. She accompanied Malik to the Teen Choice Awards at the weekend.
The event was an eventful one with Malik's One Direction band mate, Harry Styles, gaining a lot of attention for twerking it on camera. However, Malik and Edwards also attracted a lot of attention at the event.


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Your marriage is fine, right? Sure, there are showdowns over who unloads more dishes, and some simmering discontent over who drives more car pools, cleans more dust bunnies, and keeps the social wheels of your existence greased. The sex is good, though you can't remember when you last had it. Come to think of it, you're plagued by a nagging sense that marriage used to be so much more fun. Marriage can be a mysterious, often irrational business. But the key,… (more)
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Symposium on "Mathematical Practice and Cognition II", 2-4 July 2012, Birmingham (U.K.)
This is a sequel to the Symposium on Mathematical Practice and Cognition held at the AISB 2010 convention at de Montfort University, Leicester, UK. The Symposium on Mathematical Practice and Cognition II (http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/apease/aisb12/home.html) will be one of several forming the AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 (http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/), in honour of Alan Turing. The Congress serves both as the year's AISB Convention and the year's IACAP conference. The Congress has been inspired by a desire to honour Alan Turing, and by the broad and deep significance of Turing's work to AI, to the philosophical ramifications of computing, and to philosophy and computing more generally. The Congress is one of the events forming the Alan Turing Year (http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/turing2012/). The intent of the Congress is to stimulate a particularly rich interchange between AI and Philosophy on any areas of mutual interest, whether directly addressing Turing's own research output or not. The Congress will consist mainly of a number of collocated Symposia on specific research areas, interspersed with Congress-wide refreshment breaks, social events and invited Plenary Talks. All papers other than the invited Plenaries will be given within symposia. The Symposium on Mathematical Practice and Cognition II will take place over three days during the AISB/IACAP period (2-4th July). We will start after lunch on Monday 2nd and end before lunch on Wednesday 4th. Plenary speakers http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/invited.php Colin Allen: Provost Professor of Cognitive Science and of History & Philosophy of Science Department of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Luciano Floridi: Research Chair in Philosophy of Information and UNESCO Chair of Information and Computer Ethics University of Hertfordshire, UK Director, Information Ethics Research Group and Fellow of St Cross College University of Oxford, UK Aaron Sloman: Honorary Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK Sir John Dermot Turing: Honorary President of the Turing Centenary Advisory Committee, 12th Baronet of Foveran; Partner, Clifford Chance, London; son of Sir John Turing, and nephew of Alan Turing Stephen Wolfram: Founder and CEO, Wolfram Research, Inc. Champaign, IL, USA Proceedings There will be a separate proceedings for each symposium, produced before the Congress. Each delegate at the Congress will receive, on arrival, a memory stick containing the proceedings of all symposia. (Some copies of the proceedings of each symposium will be printed for various purposes.) Call for papers At the AISB convention 2010 in Leicester, the multidisciplinary symposium Mathematical Practice and Cognition welcomed researchers into mathematical practice from cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, computational linguistics and robotics. The aim of this symposium is to continue this work, with particular (but not exclusive) emphasis on cognitive science and the role of computers in mathematical practice. We invite researchers from these disciplines and beyond to present their latest work. We especially encourage interdisciplinary submissions that link previously unassociated fields. The following list of topics is intended to be suggestive rather than exclusive: - Mathematics 2.0: collaboration on the internet - Automated theorem finders and theorem checkers - Embodied cognition and mathematics - Computational models of axiom, entity, counterexample, concept, conjecture, and proof generation and evaluation in mathematics - Visual and diagrammatic reasoning - Analogies and metaphors in mathematics - Mathematics on the neurological level - Philosophy of mathematics/informal mathematics - Sociology of mathematics - Anthropology of mathematics - Mathematics and language (natural and formal) - Cognitive science of mathematics - Psychology of mathematics - Psychology of mathematics education - Difficulties in the mathematical brain - studies of dyscalculia, acalculia etc. - How mathematical competences relate to abilities to deal creatively with complex spatial environments - How biological evolution produced mathematicians (and the implications for developmental robotics) Turing-themed session 2012 is the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, and his life and scientific impact are being celebrated as the Alan Turing Year. In honour of this, the symposium will include a Turing-themed session. We invite submissions on such topics as: - Would a Turing test for computer mathematicians be a good way of evaluating systems? - Is there any mathematics that could never be carried out on a computer? - Are there any computer-aided developments in mathematics directly related to Turing's work? Key dates Submission deadline: 1st February, 2012 Notification: 1st March, 2012 Camera-ready version: 30th March, 2012 The symposium: 2 - 4th July, 2012. AISB/IACAP Congress: 2nd - 6th July, 2012. http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/apease/aisb12/home.html


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Energy monitoring in real-time to conserve electricity.
The Energy UFO application for iPad provides visual feedback of electricity consumption and its cost as determined by information received from our family of Wi-Fi enabled products, such as the UFO Power Center, a four outlet smart power-strip. The UFO Power Center, as shown in the application is currently available from our website www.energyufo.com.
The application works both on the home network as well as over the Internet.
The Visible Energy smart-outlet products are electrical outlet of new conception and the Energy UFO for iPad is the interface to all the Visible Energy products. The energy used by an electrical outlet is measured and logged during usage. The products communicate using Wi-Fi to an iPad and a home network gateway. An individual outlet can be programmed to turn on and off according to a daily schedule and directly from the application.
Aggregate as well as individual outlet consumption and cost over the last month is visualized in the Energy UFO application.
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John Lackey looked great on the mound for the Sox in the second game of the World Series, but couldn't hold on to a 2-1 lead through the seventh.
Gresh & Zo recapped the Game 2 Red Sox loss. The Red Sox made plays in the seventh inning that proved to be costly in the end.
The Red Sox and Cardinals are now even at one apiece as the series moves out to St. Louis for three games. The guys preview the next few games and discuss potential changes to the Sox lineup.


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Bright colors fill Kellyann Ranieri's art class these days.
Globes, streamers and an assortment of faux sea creatures have taken up residence in the nooks and crannies of her Rehoboth Elementary art room.
The colors and shapes are reminiscent of contemporary artist Dale Chihuly who shapes glass into spheres, towers, sealife, plants and depictions of other organic life.
Attending one of Chihuly's shows in Nashville, Ranieri said she watched children fascinated by the show, and she couldn't wait to share it with her students.
Ranieri said her classes started learning about Chihuly in mid-October, when she showed videos of his art exhibits across the country to help students understand how massive and colorful his displays are.
"I thought these kids would love it," she said.
Eleven-year-old Katie Knarr, for one, did.
"It's cool how he does glass," the fifth-grade student said. "I like the colors and the shapes – towers and spheres."
Katie and her classmates used pieces of clear overhead transparency paper to make the original sphere. They wrapped pieces around a balloon to shape the sphere, popping and removing the balloon after its shape was set. Students then used a variety of paints to add color.
Using a drip type of paint, Emily Monigle, 10, put the finishing touches on her globe.
"I've always liked yellow and pink together because they pop," she said.
Emily said she would probably hang up her globe in her room or place it on her dresser when it's finished.
Her classmate, Griffin Joseph, 10, said he wants to put a light inside his globe and hang it from the ceiling.
While fifth-graders worked on perfecting globes, other students created different types of Chihuly-inpsired artwork.
Kindergartners used coffee filters, starch and water colors to create macchias – bowl-like structures. First- and second-graders explored with paint to create abstract artwork; third-graders used transparency film to mimic Chihuly sculpture; and fourth-graders tried their hands at free-form sculpture.
Together, Ranieri said, she and her students decided what kinds of materials would work best and what color combinations are most like Chihulhy's.
On the night of a recent school art show, Ranieri said she put battery-operated candles in the globes and placed them outside for people to see as they entered the building.
The pièce de résistance possibly was a 6-by-8-foot creation, made with the help of a parent who put together a supporting armature.
"It's like a giant Chihuly sculpture," Ranieri said.
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I decided to shoot wide open at iso 800 this morning, after wishing I had more shutter speed on my eagles. Turns out I caught a mating sequence! This Chickadee seemed like a good test subject.
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Great stuff, folks. Commented on flickr where I felt like I had something I could say.
Here's my first shot with my newest lens - last one for a while, unless I replace my 70-200mm f/2.8 with the new f/4. The nature center at White Clay Creek State Park in northern Delaware.
D800 - PC-E 45mm f/2.8D - f/5.6 - ISO 50 - 1/125sec
@Rifqi - WOW, hypnotising!!!
@mike - good job, again and again :)
This is with the 135 F2 DC lens I just got. I would think this would be sharper with more/better bokeh at the setting.
Anyone has a comment, I will appreciate.
D90 F2.8 I didn't set the "defocus" because that appears to blur even the subject.
vinopaul22: I just bought the same lens used and also felt it should be sharper so I pinned a red ribbon to a wood landscaping wall, stood at about a 20 degree angle from the wall, focused on the ribbon and shot some images. When I examined them at 100% on my monitor I could see that the lens was focusing in front of the red ribbon. So I set up a focus fine tune subject using a box 90 degrees to the camera as my focal point and a yardstick angled as in inclined plain pointed towards the camera set beside the box. I noted the inch marking which was in the same plain as the flat side of the box, focused on a target taped to the box and then examined the markings on the ruler to see where the zone of focusing was on that yardstick when the camera had focused on the target. I found I had to use the Autofocus fine tune adjustment set to +19 to get the lens to focus exactly on the target and not in front of it. If you look at the photo of the vases I just posted in PAD you see the 135 DC lens focused on a pitcher. You can judge sharpness and bokeh at f2.8.
You will find more discussion of "front focusing" in this thread. http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=15698 My 85mm lens also was "front focusing" on my D600 body which causes me some concern. Maybe the focus module in that body is in need of calibration? I will have to check other prime lenses.
I found it difficult to get striking pictures of the Indian Summer. here is my favorite for this fall season.
Great shots all and also last month. Our daughter and getting ready for a new job have been keeping me super busy. Hopefully I can get some pictures in the next couple of weeks.
Thank all, for your previous comments. Everyone is offering such excellent work.
D7000 ; 100mm Zeiss Makro-Planar T* ZF.2 @ f/18 ; 1/160sec ; ISO 400. A touch of Topaz Effects
Great contributions everyone. My share is a historic location going back to 1200's AD
Nikkor 18-200mm at 100mm
I'm a newbie here. Hope this is entertaining.
A rim of light in a slot canyon in Arizona
Nikon D7000 12-24mm (22mm, ISO 100, F/22, 2.5" min)
Thanks everyone for the comments !! .....
@SilenceBroken : it's gonna be busy !!! ........ :)
@Yatz : nicely done ..
@Meinrad: that one is AMAZING !
@Rifqi : beautiful shot
Though not as amazing as Coastal's birds ....... I'm posting one of my own Eagles .... This one is a Steppe Eagle (Juvenile) ...... the bird was far away and light was kind of harsh ....
Just on a tangent .... if anyone hasn't heard/seen/experienced an eagle swooping down a hillside ..... they won't believe me when I say it is as loud as a Jet engine !!! ...... I was actually looking up at the sky to spot the plane before I saw the Eagle come downhill after a crow !! ...
@Yatz - nice picture, excellent exposure, though I would chop the top 10-15% off to get the V more visible. also will clean up the sensor, as at least how it looks for me You have some dirt on it (look at the lighter part created between V)
as pictures show more than words, here's what I would do with it:
I've cleaned up the light part, added some structure and colours to the right part of the picture, added some structure to the left part. Cropped to 16:9 format.
I guess I will post the same subject as the last one...but a much different snapshot.
D4, 85mm f/1.8 G Nikkor, 1/160 sec, f/11, Elinchrom 400 ws D-Lite units stacked on left, one over the camera all with the soft box attached. I believe the units were about half power. A few light modifier panels were used to control background illumination.
Foolin' around at a local church while the music ministry was practicing - I run the sound system there sometimes, and that involves getting there a couple hours early, making sure everyone is happy with their monitors, and then plenty of sitting around.
D800 - AF-S 85mm f/1.8G - f/2 - ISO 3200 - 1/200sec
Been away since Friday and have peeped in at ALL the amazing images. This forum has such talented contributors...everyone should be mentioned. Thx.
Nikon D7000 Nikkor 10-24 f/3.5-4.5 1/1252f/4.5 ISO800
Special thanks to Rifqi who has been giving me assistance with a few of his processing tips lately. Another cracker there.
Work has been intense the last few weeks and I've been quite inactive as a result. This weekend though I treated myself to a trip to the Lake District. I had hoped for more snow but I'd trade for the perfect weather we had over 2 days instead.
This one is from my trip to the zoo yesterday
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Christmas comes early to 26 county groups, organizations
Enhance Henry County Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $88,000 to 26 county organizations. The top grant was $15,000 to Main Street Mt. Pleasant for holiday decorations.
Other recipients include:
WACO Community School District: Quiz Bowl Team buzzer system—$1,500
The Rec Center LTD: electronic door openers—$5,750
Mt. Pleasant Music Boosters: percussion equipment—$2,000
Mt. Pleasant Chorale: concert expenses—$1,000
Midwest Old Threshers: upgrade to major buildings—$10,000
Salem Elementary PTA: 4 ELMO TT-02s Teacher's Tools—$2,500
Healthy Henry County Communities: stock the "Nest" with baby supplies—$2,500
Healthy Henry County Communities: New Iowans Center expenses—$2,500
Healthy Henry County Communities: Wellness Journey programs—$5,000
Dover Historical Society: roof painting—$4,000
City of Wayland Museum: repair roof and interior ceiling—$1,500
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra: Guest Artist-in-Residence project—$1,500
Iowa Wesleyan College: campus lighting system—$10,000
Young House Family Services: in-home services scholarships—$4,000
Winfield Historical Society: military display case—$2,500
Swedish Heritage Society: three new signs—$1,500
The Fellowship Cup: community kitchen—$4,500
Community Action of Southeast Iowa: prescription needs—$3,750
Wayland Economic Development Corporation: building improvements—$6,000
Mt. Pleasant 4th of July Committee: Independence Day Celebration—$1,000
The checks were given to the organizations at a special ceremony at Iowa Wesleyan College on Dec. 20. Besides giving away money at the ceremony, there were also two announcements of the foundation receiving money.
Kiley Miller, Mt. Pleasant Chamber Alliance executive vice president, announced that the Mt. Pleasant Area Development Commission will be giving a $1,000 contribution to the foundation. This contribution is made possible by an award from the Iowa Area Development Group. Earlier this year, Access Energy Cooperative nominated the commission for the IADG's silver shovel award, celebrating its 25th anniversary. The commission received the award, which allowed the group to choose a nonprofit organization to receive a $1,000 contribution.
For more on this story, see the December 21 issue of the Mt. Pleasant News.


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Treatment of IgE Associated Eczema With Omega-3 Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Infancy and the Development of Bronchial Asthma in Childhood (Omega-Treat)
This study is enrolling participants by invitation only.
Ostergotland County Council, Sweden
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Alice Grossman was born in 1909 to Louis and Ida Grossman. She had three sisters, Dora, Molly, and Anna. During World War II, Alice served in the U.S. Women's Armed Forces and after the war she found work as a secretary with the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., where she remained for 30 years. She and her sisters Dora and Molly moved to San Francisco, where sister Anna was already living, in the 1970s. All the Grossman sisters were active members of the Balboa Group of the San Francisco Chapter of Hadassah and Congregation Ner Tamid.
The collection consists of some biographical materials, Alice Grossman's personal documents, including her World War II service discharge documents, a scrapbook with original letters and photographs, a small amount of correspondence, and a loose photograph. The scrapbook documents the time Grossman spent working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. In it are photographs of and letters from Israeli political figures, including Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin.


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Receiver Sam Hurd had two catches and 47 yards in Thursday night's preseason finale against Miami, 43 of which came on a touchdown pass from Stephen McGee. Dolphins cornerback Sean Smith was burned by Hurd on the play, but, afterward, Miami head coach Tony Sparano wasn't mad with Smith--he was impressed, with Hurd.
Indeed, judging by Sparano's remarks after the game, Hurd might have a ready suitor, if it turns out his performance Thursday wasn't enough to keep him in Dallas.
"I know that receiver on the other side that caught the ball over Sean's head," said Sparano, who served as the Cowboys' offensive line coach from 2003-2007, per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "I know what he is capable of. You would tell me he's a backup but I know what that guy is all about."
Hurd has said in the past that he wants to remain with Dallas, but he also wants to make more of a contribution as a wide receiver. And if Hurd found opportunities on offense hard to come by in 2009, the first round selection of Dez Bryant and the development of other, younger receivers, won't help his cause much this season.
All of which makes the idea of him being with the Cowboys after five PM on Saturday--the deadline for the team to trim its roster to 53--an increasingly unlikely one. But Hurd knows that the decision is ultimately out of his hands.
"I feel like I have been trying to pursue my dream of being a wide receiver," Hurd said. "I have been working hard. But none of it boils down to how I feel. It's all on the coaches. If I have showed them, I have. If I havent, I will keep working. I'm not one of those people who worry. I have a family, a wife and God in my life. There is so much more to worry about. The decision is going to be made regardless of whether I like it or not. I can't sit there and stress over it."
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Since skin is the largest body organ, we take particular pride in our mission – "We Care About Your Skin". Our physicians are specialists in treatment of skin conditions as well as prevention of skin cancer. We believe that healthy skin is a major factor in a person's overall health and well being.
The Dermatology Group of Arkansas, P.A. was founded in 1978, by Renie E. Bressinck, M.D. The practice has grown to 6 physicians – 5 Dermatologists, and 1 Dermatopathologist. All of our physicians are Board Certified by the American Academy of Dermatology. These physicians provide medical procedures and treatments in the main office on the Baptist Health Hospital campus and in satellite clinics in Benton, Clinton, and Pine Bluff. We believe in sending our physicians to the satellite offices to serve the people who live in small towns, communities, and rural areas to make it more convenient for them.
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland is bracing for another small round of snow.
Bob Turk reports it will come in two batches.
The first batch of very light snow showers moved through early Tuesday morning.
The second batch will come Tuesday night around 7 p.m. to midnight.
The first batch brought light accumulations across extreme northern areas of Central Maryland. But the second batch may actually affect central Maryland equally with a dusting.
Later in the week, when the cold air from Wednesday leaves, much warmer air will come in for the end of the week.
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While Demon Kiss may be sexy (in the most vulgar way, at least) the supernatural shenanigans on display are hardly thrilling, and not frightening at all. Confusion and boredom are by far the most prominent reactions of this reviewer, which is hardly what the producers could have intended when they stuffed as many naked prostitutes into the film as they could.
The story revolves around Amanda (Jessica T. Perez), a young prostitute who makes her hookups via the internet, and imagines herself to be a direct descendant (and perhaps the reincarnation) of Mary Magdalene, supposedly the greatest prostitute of all time. This connection keeps pulling her back into the sex trade, even though she would prefer to leave it. From time to time, she visits Dr. Lacey (Sally Mullins), a psychologist and author who specializes in prostitutes, and was one herself in her youth. Dr. Lacey is called in by the police to consult on a murder. A prostitute has stabbed her john in the eye, while herself handcuffed to him. What the police don't know is that a demon has possessed the young lady, and begins jumping from person to person in his search for Amanda, whose soul he wants to devour (or some such) to prevent her from meeting up with Jesus, who has returned to earth and is preaching again. (No, really.)
The demon spends most of his time inside Lt. Smith (Jamie Macek), who relentlessly pursues every lead in his search for Amanda, and kills a fair number of scantily clad (or totally unclad) prostitutes in the meantime. This greatly frustrates his rookie partner Det. Gonzales (Sebastian Gonzales), to whom it appears that Smith has simply gone loopy. (He doesn't know about the dead prostitutes.) Dr. Lacey gets more involved, and inadvertently leads the demon to Amanda, resulting in a climactic showdown, complete with a reluctant priest and decapitations.
If all of this sounds exciting or thrilling, do not be deceived. It is not. The plotting, dialogue and characterizations are all amateurish. Jamie Macek as Smith does a decent job as the out of control, possessed cop, but only in flashes, and the rest of the cast is wooden and unappealing. There are a lot of attractive young women on full display. Indeed, the producers never miss an opportunity to show us yards of naked flesh. They even force in short, nearly pointless scenes to do so. For instance, at one point Dr. Lacey walks into an apartment to warn two friends of Amanda's that they might be in danger. They are sitting on the sofa, totally naked of course, chatting, and don't take it amiss that Lacey barges in with barely a knock at the door. This happens a lot in this film. At the beginning, Gonzales walks into Lacey's office while she is with a patient (Amanda) to ask her to consult. Dr. Lacey enters another young woman's house when no one answers the door, only to find the girl in the shower. Smith actually jimmies the lock of Lacey's apartment (he at least has the excuse of being possessed by a demon) and Lacey barely acts surprised. These are just a few examples, and no one seems to think this odd behavior.
There are some moderately cool kills, most notably a hand punched through the back of the head and exiting through the mouth, a la Dead Alive, and some fun arterial spray, but that's about it as far it goes for positives in the film. (Unless you count naked women covered in blood as a positive, and perhaps you do.) The dialogue is dull and vapid, when it's not downright silly. At one point, a young woman (read prostitute) says, "We all have things about us that make us who we are. Me, I'm good in bed and I can see things that other people can't." David Mamet would be rolling over in his grave if he were dead.
When it comes down to it, the whole point of Demon Kiss is to look at big breasted women, preferably without any clothes and spattered with blood. If that's your thing, you'll get it here by the bucket full. If not, stay far, far away.
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Uecker eyes early June for booth return
Uecker eyes early June for booth return
That timetable would beat the original estimate -- that Uecker would miss 10 to 12 weeks of games -- but is reasonable, according to Uecker's doctors, Alfred Nicolosi and Jim Kleczka of Milwaukee's Froedtert Hospital, who were alongside Uecker on Friday for the 75-year-old's first public appearance since his surgery.
Uecker underwent a six-hour procedure on April 30 to replace his aortic valve, aortic root and part of his ascending aorta, along with a coronary bypass of one vessel. His next checkup with Kleczka is in early June, and Kleczka doesn't expect Uecker to resume working home games until at least six weeks postsurgery, which would be approximately June 11. That's right in the middle of a weeklong homestand against the Cubs and Rangers.
"It could be less," Uecker said.
"Well, we'll talk about it," Kleczka quickly countered. "He's been pretty persistent about wanting to get back. But hopefully you go through this once and you're done with it. We have to let him recover right so there aren't any problems that develop. So far things have gone fantastically."
Added Nicolosi, who performed the surgery: "There are some people, you just can't hold them down, and you have to."
Uecker said that he is already walking "several miles" every day, and as soon as his incision heals, he will be cleared to get back into the pool. Before his surgery, Uecker was swimming every day, often in the resistance pool at Miller Park.
Uecker's sense of humor hasn't suffered, but after welcoming reporters to "another session of Hearts Anonymous," he got serious for a moment and thanked fans from around the world for their outpouring of support. He also praised Nicolosi and Kleczka for the "unbelievable care" he received at Froedtert.
"I don't want to go through it again, but they made it as easy and as pleasant [as possible]," Uecker said. "Hopefully, I'll be back in the booth before too long, which is what I really want to do."
But soon enough his funny bone took over again.
"I feel good," said Uecker. "I started driving in my garage -- just to get the feel for it again. But I feel really good."
He said there was one loose end from surgery: "I'm trying to get Topps to pay for it."
A Brewers spokesperson said this week that Uecker's on-air partner, Cory Provus, will continue calling games in Uecker's absence, with Fox Sports Wisconsin's Davey Nelson providing color analysis.
Provus had been in touch with Uecker since the day after the surgery. Friday was Provus' first opportunity to see his booth-mate in person.
"He looks incredible. Unbelievable," Provus said. "He sounds good. He looks good. He put on a brave face through this whole thing, but all of us were scared. This is an unbelievable man.
"I know his doctors gave him a timetable, but I think he's going to be back sooner than people think. This is part of him. Being back at the ballpark is going to be part of his therapy."
Uecker said he has been there, in a way. He's watched and listened to Brewers games the whole time he's been in recovery and said that he's not particularly happy about how the team's been playing, but is nowhere near giving up hope that they can turn it around.
"I will do my best to resume a full schedule as quickly as I can, depending on what they tell me," he said. "I know there's still a lot that can happen. I'm not antsy. I want to be there. ... I'm involved in the game. I don't like it when we lose. I get over it. But I'm not happy when we lose, whether I'm there or not."
As for the rest of his career, Uecker said that he's not ready to quit anytime soon but would not try to stay on the job longer than he thought necessary.
"I'm asked that a lot of times, about cutting back a little bit," he said. "I'll know when it's time for me to cut back. I will. I'm not hanging around here to win any medals or anything. It's all I know how to do. Nobody's going to have to tell me when it's time to pack it in. I'll know."
The beloved Milwaukee icon known as "Ueck" wrapped up a 20-minute news conference with a sentiment that a lot of his fans can agree with after seeing him back in good health and good spirits.
"When you get to a certain point in your life," he said, "every day is a blessing."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Doug Miller is a national writer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.