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Brand managers require both general and specialist skills
How a product is presented to the public can have a dramatic effect on its popularity.
As individuals' purchasing power and the availability of every product imaginable increases, consumers' expectations also rise and therefore effective branding strategies and creative promotions must be utilised for a product to stand out from its challengers.
"Our profession plays an important role in the success of a product," says Sharon Pang, brand manager at Neonlite Electronic and Lighting (Hong Kong) Limited, which carries Megaman Energy Saving Lamp products globally.
An essential part of Ms Pang's job is to assist in designing concepts and implementing branding strategies to promote the company's products to the public. "This is what branding is all about — creating an innovative concept to effectively promote our product. This first step is essential, because once an impression is created it is extremely difficult to change it," she notes.
Required skills
When Ms Pang began her career with Neonlite she was responsible for a range of duties in customer service, human resources and marketing. "The company was in its infancy and I had the opportunity to rotate between departments and understand their functions. As our scope of business began to expand, the departments became more diversified and new members were required to take on the various extra positions," she recalls. She then became more focused, specialising in the branding for the company's products, but the experience she gained in the other departments has been invaluable in her role as brand manager. "Being familiar with the products is one thing but understanding your company and your customers' needs are the real prerequisites for successful branding," she adds.
Besides that, Ms Pang believes brand managers ought to master certain skills. "Communication skills are one of the absolute essentials. Every day I interact with people from different backgrounds as our clientele spans across more than 80 countries worldwide."
To complement deft communication, Ms Pang says leadership and management skills are also needed. "In marketing we lead through concept development, always staying ahead of the curve. Also within the general office environment, it is my duty to ensure our team is performing according to the company's business strategies, which are essential for achieving our goals," she stresses.
Key concepts
A brand manager spends a lot of time cooperating with public relations and promotion companies to create brand awareness in an industry or among a wider audience such as the general public. Ms Pang says this includes arranging advertisements, commercials and press conferences. "The public relations agencies are a great help when it comes to marketing our products and their side of it seems very glamorous. However, the strategic direction of branding is mainly planned by us and we are the ones to carry out most of the project, which usually means a lot of hard work."
This hard work involves dealing with several of the company's internal departments to increase her team's product knowledge. Ms Pang also consults customers to understand their impressions of the company's products and areas they would like to see improved. "Understanding our customers and their needs can effectively help to improve our next marketing campaign," she notes.
Ms Pang is currently involved with marketing Neonlite's new dimmable series — DIMMERABLE Megaman lamps. "For the first time ever we have energy saving lamps that can be adjusted through a dimmable range of 10 to 100 per cent," she says. "This product has the technology to break new ground in the industry. With effective marketing and branding strategies, we hope to alter the traditional belief that energy saving light bulbs are unattractive and bulky."
Dedication certainly sheds light on Ms Pang's career but she emphasises that a great passion is all it takes to go the extra mile. She often finds herself thinking about how to enhance the company's business even when she is not at work. "I am an extremely inquisitive person who enjoys observing my surroundings and I believe this is important for a brand manager. When a product is capable of demonstrating its unique personality, leaving a profound impression with the public, then we have achieved our goal," Ms Pang says.
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Today's roundup of annotated green news from around the web.
- One plus — freezing temps kill Burmese pythons… Will Florida's Pythons Slither to Rest of the U.S.? – npr
- Goodbye Cyber Monday – Hello 'Giving Tuesday' – ecorazzi
- This really isn't good news… Study: Alaska's Iconic Columbia Glacier Expected to Stop Retreating in 2020 – sciencedaily
- Rapidly melting polar ice creates new shipping routes… Gas Tanker Ob River Attempts First Arctic Winter Crossing – bbc
- One problem – a little thing called evidence… 'Bigfoot' is Part Human, Dubious DNA Study Claims – livescience
- Rebounding from Ice Age glaciers… Gaining Ground: Nordic Land Rising Faster Than Sea Level – nbcnews
- Going to the beach just got a little healthier… EPA Updates Recreational Water Quality Standards – enn
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For the 20 years that I have used email, I have been a fool. I never called foul when burly dudes from places like Pittsburgh bid me email adieu with the vaguely British "Cheers!" I never batted an eye at the hundreds of "XOXO" email goodbyes from people I'd never met, much less hugged or kissed. When one of my best friends recently ended an email to me by using the priggish signoff, "Always," I just rolled with it.
But everyone has a breaking point. For me, it was the ridiculous variations on "Regards" I received over the past holiday season. My transition from signoff submissive to signoff subversive began when a former colleague ended an email to me with "Warmest regards."
Were these scalding hot regards superior to the ordinary "Regards" I had been receiving on a near-daily basis? Obviously, they were better than the merely "Warm regards" I got from a co-worker the following week. Then I received "Best regards" in a solicitation email from The New Republic. Apparently when urging me to attend a panel discussion, the good people at The New Republic were regarding me in a way that simply could not be topped.
After 10 or 15 more "Regards" of varying magnitudes, I could take no more. I finally realized the ridiculousness of spending even one second thinking about the totally unnecessary words that we tack on to the end of emails. And I came to the following conclusion: It's time to eliminate email signoffs completely. Henceforth, I do not want — nay, I will not accept — any manner of regards. Nor will I offer any. And I urge you to do the same.
Think about it. Email signoffs are holdovers from a bygone era when letter writing — the kind that required ink and paper — was a major means of communication. The handwritten letters people sent included information of great import and sometimes functioned as the only communication with loved ones for months. A formal signoff was entirely called for. If you were, say, a Boston resident writing to his mother back home in Ireland in the late 19th century, then ending a correspondence with "I remain your ever fond son in Christ Our Lord J.C.," as James Chamberlain did in 1891, was entirely reasonable and appropriate.
Those times have long since passed. So has the era when individuals sought to win the favor of the king via dedication letters and love notes ending with "Your majesty's Most bounden and devoted," "Fare thee as well as I fare" or "Your Majesty's humble servant and vassal, who would kiss the royal feet and hands."
But in 2013, when bots outnumber benefactors by a wide margin, the continued and consistent use of antiquated signoffs in email is impossible to justify. At this stage of the game, we should be able to interact with one another in ways that reflect the precise manner of communication being employed, rather than harkening to old standbys popular during the age of the Pony Express.
I am not an important person. Nonetheless, each week, on average, I receive more than 300 emails. I send out about 500. These messages do not contain the stuff of old-timey letters. They're about the pizza I had for lunch (horrendous) and must-see videos of corgis dressed in sweaters (delightful). I'm trading thoughts on various work-related matters with people who know me and don't need to be "Best"-ed. Emails, over time, have become more like text messages than handwritten letters. And no one in their right mind uses signoffs in text messages.
I realize that, at first, this new, message-minimalist fashion may feel unnatural, but we can do this — together. You see, up until this point, I have been far worse than your average offender when it comes to sign-off stupidity.
I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but my go-to email signoff has always been: "My very best." There's no beating around the bush here: That's awful. I intended it as shorthand for something like, "Until next time, I wish you my very best." But by beginning the signoff with a word that references me, it comes off as rather self-centered — the exact opposite of what I intended.
That's all over now. Things will be different for me from here on out — especially if you join me in slaying the email signoff.
So let's do this. I'll go first.
A few days ago, I emailed this piece to my editor as an attachment. It felt good to write: "Here's the piece on how email signoffs are the worst and why we should get rid of them for good. I hope you like it." There was nothing more. No "Hello," no "Take care," or, heaven forbid, "My very best." A few hours later, I received the following response: "Looks good. I think you're onto something here. More soon."
For that moment at least, all was right with the world.
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While economic conditions are improving the financial situation of many Americans remains fragile. Recent changes to the tax code, along with continuing economic uncertainty, make this a challenging year for many consumers and investors. The FINRA Investor Education Foundation has put together 5 tips that can help Americans successfully navigate changing conditions and avoid a personal financial cliff.
Lower your tax burden by saving to the 401(k) max. No matter what your tax rate is, saving for retirement in a 401(k) can help you save money on taxes and boost your retirement security. Contributions to a traditional 401(k) are not subject to income tax withholding and are not included in your taxable wages—and earnings on Roth 401(k) contributions are tax-free. The good news for savers is that in 2013, 401(k) limits go up to $17,500 and employees aged 50 or over can contribute an additional $5,500 for a total of $23,000. FINRA's new 401(k) Save the Max Calculator does the math for you and helps you determine whether you are doing all you can to reduce your tax burden by saving for retirement.
A rainy day fund can lead to greater financial security. Building up a rainy day fund may be one of the most important things you can do to maintain solid financial footing. Set aside at least one month of your current salary (and work your way up to three months) in a federally insured savings account. Start small if you find saving daunting. If you started saving just 10 dollars a week, by this time next year you will have a rainy day fund of over $500. A rainy day fund will give you a cushion to handle a short-term job loss, a surprise car repair or other financial emergency.
HARP can help you refinance your mortgage. While current home mortgage rates are at an all-time low, many Americans have seen the value of their home decline. If you haven't fallen behind on your mortgage payments, but have been unable to get traditional refinancing because the value of your home has declined, you may be eligible to refinance through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). HARP refinance loans require a loan application and underwriting process, and refinance fees will apply. More information is available at MakingHomeAffordable.gov, an official program of the Departments of Treasury & Housing and Urban Development.
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OverviewThe Pizzo Gaglianera is located in the center of the Lepontine Alps, on the border between north Tessin and Graubunden cantons.
The Pizzo Gaglianera, together with Pizzo Valdraus(3086m) and Pizzo Vial (3183m) close by the North a unique ambient of the Tessin canton: the Greina Area. Greina is very similar to the artic tundra: small rivers, small pools, musks, flowers. A really wodnerfull place.
Mountains sourrounding this Area (as well Pizzo Medel) some years ago were covered by extended glacers, now severely damaged by the heat of the last few summers.
Raccomanded for nice haking on mountians far from civilisation
Getting ThereFrom Bellinzona (Tessin canton) follw the Highway in direction Gottardo pass.
Then about 10 km northern of Bellinzona, get out the highway in BIASCA and follow the indication to Lucomagno Pass, Olivone and Campo Blenio.
Drive streight ahead on the main road: You will pass many small villages untill Olivone. There follw the road to Lucomagno but just outside the center look for the right deviation to CAMPO BLENIO.
Once arrived on Campo Blenio, pay a bit of attention: the road turn on right in direction of Luzzone Lake. Instead the road to arrive to Pian Geirett is on the left and not very clear.
In the summer (end of June, beginning of september) the cars are not allowed to arrive to Pian Geirett. So you have to park somewherne and with 2 hours walkong you reach Pian Geirett. From there in about 30 min go to Capanna Scaletta, a very confrotable lodge.
From Pian Geirett follow a wide path all along the morrain crossing several small rivers and then hike to Capanna Scaletta (about 35 min). Once arrived there go ahead in direction of Greina: you can choose between two way : the white/red/white path or the faster white/blue/white (racomanded). The last one path pass through a small canyon. walking by you can recognise a roacky arch (arco della greina), just few meters after look for a wading to cross the river (you will find a white/black/white pole). Once crossed the river, it is hard to suggest a way sicne no clear path is availeable. Go in north direction: you have a very steeped grassy slop in fornt of you: around 2500 meters you will reach a large morrain (once there was the glacers of Valdraus and Pizzo Gaglianera)
Once on the morrain the Pizzo gaglianera is the conic pyramid on your right side: move progressivelly on that direction, look for a passage to the ridge closing the morrain on the right side and once reached the edge, just follow it to the top.
Be carefull: it is a climbing between rocks and moving stones. Few passage of I/II. Very intuitive.
No signs along the way
Red TapeClassic equipment for mountains hicking. There are no glacers left anyway you can find hard snow so rope, axe and cramponse can be usefull sometimes.
Since the indication are very rare, a topographic map may be usefull


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Business & Accounting department awarded grant
PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Business and Accounting Department was recently awarded a grant for a new and innovative project, "Improving Academic Success in Introductory Accounting: A Technology-Enhanced Approach."
The program proposal, submitted by Business and Accounting Chair Margaret Karsten and Professor Steven Becker, is based on a Brigham Young University accounting principles course taught by using compact discs. Course material is presented in a video lecture format and includes graphics displays, sample problems, homework assignments and solutions.
According to research by Karsten and Becker, the Brigham Young program has significantly improved the success rate of students enrolled in the accounting principles course and has increased the number of students majoring in accounting.
The UW-Platteville Foundation Opportunity Fund, which awarded nearly $45,000 for 15 grants this year, provided partial funding; the Accounting Development Fund provided other funding.
The project will be evaluated on the percent of students who pass a UWP financial accounting class with a grade of C or better in the experimental section, compared to the percent who achieve the same success in the traditionally taught sections.
Anticipated benefits of the project include improvement in the student success rate in the financial accounting course, savings in textbook costs and a possible increase in accounting major students.
The UW-Platteville Foundation initiated the fund program in 1998-99, and the total number of grants thus far is 86, with a total monetary value of $411,000.
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IT LOOKS like the bat mobile and has a price tag that would make even Bruce Wayne wince, but this Lamborghini is expected to be one of most hotly contested items at a luxury car auction tonight.
The brand new Lamborghini Gallardo, with only 100km on the clock, is expected to fetch $400,000 a comparative bargain compared to its recommended retail price of nearly $600,000.
The Italian supercar, which is being sold by a financial organisation after it repossessed the vehicle when Sydney Lamborghini dealership went into receivership late last year, is just one of almost 90 cars set to go under the hammer at the Pickles Auction at Moore Park tonight.
Auctioneer Steve Allen said the collection of cars, which also included an Audi R8, Porsche GT2 and a limited edition Mustang, was the strongest since the GFC tore through the top end of town.
"During the GFC we saw more vehicles, but in terms of the quality of the cars this is the equivalent,'' Mr Allen said.
"There must a bit of a clean out at the top end of the market because its more than just a coincidence to see so many high-end luxury cars.''
Most of the cars up for grabs had been repossessed from business and individuals who had fallen on hard times or were being sold after their lease had expired, he said.
While the European supercars will attract the most attention, there's also good news for people whose wallets aren't lined with gold.
Mr Allen said some cars, such as an Audi A1 and several Golf GTIs, would sell for not much more than $20,000.
Up to a 1000 prospective buyers are expected to pack into the Royal Hall of Industries in the Entertainment Quarter at Moore Park on Monday night to try and snap up some cut-price metal, with more bidding online from home.
"A lot of people will just come down to the action to try and get something they might not usually be able to afford,'' he said.
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Kim Kardashian who? Jennifer Lopez, the original queen of curves, looked like she had never even heard of, well, you know who, as she took to the streets of New York in this sizzling Max Mara jumpsuit on Wednesday.
The mom of two, 43, paired her sexy suit with a matching pair of tan Louboutin platforms, a teensy clutch and a sleek pair of sunnies.
And once again the world is reminded: you can't out-J.Lo J.Lo.
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Guiding light for optical circuits
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Cornell professor Michal Lipson heads a research group of a dozen EEs pursuing nanoscale photonics. The team has created silicon photonic chips that confine light in very small cavities that can slow down, enhance and otherwise manipulate the optical properties of light. These pioneering nanostructures enhance the light-matter interaction in silicon by orders of magnitude, Lipson claims, enabling a material's optical properties to be controlled externally either electrically or with another optical signal.
Lipson aims to provide the basic building blocks for electro-optical and all-optical circuits that include all necessary passive and active photonic components on a single CMOS chip.
The daughter of two U.S. physicists, Lipson speaks English with a charming accent that reflects her upbringing in Brazil and Israel. She spoke recently with EE Times contributor R. Colin Johnson.
EE Times: Your group is working on several all-optical chip projects. Is there a rollout plan?
Michal Lipson: We are gradually progressing from individual centimeter-size photonic devices to integrated submicron-scale on-chip devices. Several photonic devices on-chip geared toward different applications are being developed in our lab, ranging from optical interconnects to all-optical networks to on-chip sensing. Several of our designs are silicon-based, such as our all-optical modulator for all-optical networks. All of our photonic devices are based on the principle of strong optical confinement. This confinement enables functionalities to be demonstrated in submicron-sized devices. For example, we have made a silicon biosensor that can sense a single nanoscale particle, because of the optical confinement. And we have made the first silicon all-optical modulator. We also have other optical efforts ongoing that are not based on silicon.
EET: Your all-optical ring modulator was the first silicon circuit to switch optical signals. It works by changing the index of refraction of a nanoscale optical cavity using optical confinement.
Lipson: Yes, we use optical confinement, which is based on confining photons in an optical cavity that is smaller than [the photon's] wavelength. [See www.eet.com/ article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=51201471.] For modulation, the problem with silicon is that it does not have enough optical nonlinearities. The way we beat this problem is to confine light so strongly that we effectively enhance the very small nonlinearities that silicon does have. The optical properties of the material remain the same, but their effect on the transmission is amplified.
EET: What hurdles must be cleared to enable silicon optical chips?
Lipson: The most important goal of this field is to demonstrate integrated systems that have significant advantages over standard electronics for example, lower power dissipation, higher reliability and low latency. These aspects limit the scaling of current electronic chips and the performance of electronic technologies [such as high-data-rate interconnects]. The devices demonstrated today by ourselves and other groups at MIT, Caltech and Columbia indicate that optics could have significant advantages, especially for high-data-rate transmission systems. However, demonstrations of complete optical systems-on-chip still need to be done.
Our group and others, such as Stanford's and IBM's, are working on low-power systems using optics on-chip. There are also technological issues that need to be overcome at the devices level. These include, for example, overcoming the losses from free carriers in the material. Also, thermal stability is another problem that needs to be tackled, especially when light confinement is concerned. When you confine light to such a small area, the transmission properties become very sensitive to temperature. We and other research groups, such as the University of Rochester's, are trying to come up with ways of minimizing this effect.
EET: One advantage of commercial silicon chips is the wide temperature range they can tolerate.
Lipson: Yes, you are right. But there are several approaches that could solve this problem. For instance, one way is to create a structure in the silicon that reacts to temperature in a complementary manner so that it cancels out the overall temperature effect.
EET: Would that be a structure in the silicon architecture?
Lipson: Yes, it would. And all of what we are doing is compatible with standard CMOS processing techniques.
EET: Intel's reversed-biased devices for controlling carrier concentration in waveguides also are compatible with CMOS.
Lipson: Intel's is a very important breakthrough. Research groups worldwide for many many years have had this goal of achieving a silicon laser. The fact that Intel finally got it to lase is very encouraging. To get its silicon optical cavity to lase, Intel's laser uses another light source to pump it. One could use such a laser as Intel's, for instance, as nonlinear devices, such as a wavelength converter on an all-optical chip for example in all-optical networks, where Intel's laser could have a big impact.
EET: Is your group trying to make a silicon laser too?
Lipson: We are currently not working on making a silicon laser, and there are several reasons for it. I know it's an important hope, but I don't think the lack of a silicon laser is a stumbling block for the field. Think of it as an optical battery you don't expect an electronic battery to be on an electronic chip, and it's the same way here. We don't expect our optical battery to be on the all-optical chip, and we shouldn't expect it to be. A single source outside the all-optical chip distributes the power better.
EET: Which optical silicon functions will appear in chips first?
Lipson: The first will definitely be passive silicon optical components, such as waveguides, filters, bends and so on, because they have been worked on the most extensively. For almost two decades they have been researched in the laboratory, and now chips are being made that show very low losses with very efficient designs.
EET: Have passive silicon optical chips matured enough to be made commercially?
Lipson: Yes, definitely. Then the next step will be to introduce active devices that interconnect, so we can externally control the flow of the light where is the light going. And here is where modulators like ours will be introduced.
EET: And switches too?
Lipson: Yes, yes switches and modulators. We might need amplifiers as well. And the next step will be for all-optical circuits, like optical networks, where you will definitely want to do some logic steps, for example, in decoding routers.
EET: How far off are all-optical chips that perform logic functions?
Lipson: Now that we have demonstrated optical switches the building blocks it is really just a matter of engineering solutions.
EET: Can you give us a timetable?
Lipson: Today, networks from 1 to 10 km long are more economical if made all optical. So it will really depend on distance from that last kilometer on down. For instance, for the distance from rack to rack, it is predicted that in about two to five years it will become more economical to make rack-to-rack communications optical. These of course will not be silicon at first, but they will be optical.
EET: So, you think nonsilicon optical devices will work their way down to the backplane, with more-economical silicon replacements coming up right behind them?
Lipson: Well, for the shorter distance from board to board or from chip to chip, that will still be electrical for at least the next 10 years. And what really determines if and when optics will be introduced or not is how much the existing copper can satisfy user demand for more bandwidth, and how low the cost of optics can go. If we can make the optics on silicon, then it would make a stronger case for replacing copper with optics.
EET: What's the next step for you?
Lipson: We are working on demonstrating high-performance devices, at the submicron scale, as building blocks for on-chip optical integrated systems. We have several ongoing efforts in the lab, all based on strong optical confinement. We are developing new types of optical light-confinement structures that are extremely small so that we have better control over the optical properties. With such high confinements we will be able to achieve optical elements on-chip with unprecedented bandwidth, low power and high speed.


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Restaurants in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico, searchable by cuisine and location, with ratings and reviews. Get educated before you eat!
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When the weather gets colder, it bears remembering that carbs keep a body warm from the inside. Not that you need any more justification to indulge in some pizza or pasta from one of the many quality Italian eateries in the city. You'll get some of Il Vicino's fantastic wood oven pizza or any of the goodies from Saratori's Pastry Shop if you're wise. Beach body season is long gone, my friend. Now is the time for hibernation body. Embrace it.
Firenze Pizzeria
Full review: Firenze serves up a mean pie if you can find it (3/3/2016)
This hidden Downtown gem serves up simple, delicious pizza. Additionally, they have a few salads and desserts avaliable for consumption. They cater and are able to drag around a wood burning stove with them wherever they go so you never have to worry about lost quality if you see them around town. They also offer delivery for those who are within a 1.5 mile radius of their location! The Salisiccia pizza is insanely savory. (Alibi Staff, June 25, 2014)
Il Vicino
(505) 266-7855www.ilvicino.com
Sun-Thu: 11am-11pm Fri- Sat: 11am-midnight (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Pizza, Deli/Sandwiches, Brewery, Italian
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Craft Beer • Wine • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio
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Il Vicino's thin-crusted, gourmet-topped pizzas are perennial favorites among (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Mon-Fri: 7am-5pm Sat-Sun: 8am-5pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Italian, Coffee/Tea/Espresso, Bakery/Sweets
Full review: Limonata Italian Street Food Caffe (12/6/2012)
This sunny café occupies the sweet spot in The Village at Silver and Wellesley. Limonata offers killer espresso and teas, paired with a large array of mouth-watering Italian treats. Try the prosciutto panini, the (Alibi Staff, December 10, 2012)
Paisano's Cuisine
1935 Eubank Blvd NENortheast Heights)
Albuquerque NM 87112
Albuquerque NM 87112
(505) 298-7541www.paisanosabq.com
Lunch: Mon-Fri: 11am-2:30pm Dinner: Mon-Sun: 5-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Nearby Theater: High Ridge (See Film Times)
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Full review: Housemade pasta, presto lunch (10/12/2006)
This restaurant has been around for 35 years for a darn good reason—fresh pasta made and cooked to order. Owner Rick Camuglia carries on a fine Sicilian tradition of fresh ingredients, a cozy atmosphere like grandma's kitchen, and pizzas and calzones made with fresh dough. Forget the cheesy chains with Chianti bottle drip candles and come in for the "presto" lunch, linger over the ossobuco (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Saratori's Pastry Shop
(505) 255-5370www.tullysitaliandeli.com/P…
Mon-Fri 9am-5:30 Sat 9am-5pm Sun Closed (hours can change without notice)
Nearby Theater: Century 14 Downtown (See Film Times)
Cuisine: Bakery/Sweets, Italian, Specialty Food Store
Full review: Just desserts from two new bakeries (3/6/2008)
Combining his daughters' names—Sara and Tori—Tully's owner Johnny Camuglia came up with Saratori's, then put to use a wealth of family Italian baking recipes. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Scalo Northern Italian Grill
(505) 255-8781www.scalonobhill.com
Sun: 11am–2:30pm & 5pm–9pm Mon–Tues: 11:30am–2:30pm & 5pm–9pm Wed–Fri: 11:30am–2:30pm & 5pm–10pm Sat: 11am-2:30pm & 5pm-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Italian, Fine Dining
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Wine • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
Full review: Scalo Northern Italian Grill (6/6/2013)
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The surprising thing about Scalo is that it's simultaneously more fancy and less expensive than you'd think. It's just as breezy and classy as ever in its high-ceilinged dining room. All of the bottles on the wine list are half-price on Monday nights, and there's free, live music in the bar. Try their Bloody Mary bar on the weekends or their Sunday brunch. There's plenty of fresh-pressed espresso to sip with it. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
5500 Academy Rd NEFar Northeast Heights)
Albuquerque NM 87109
Albuquerque NM 87109
(505) 821-1885www.scarpaspizza.com
Sun-Thu: 11am-9pm Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Nearby Theater: Movies 8 (See Film Times)
Cuisine: Pizza, Italian, Deli/Sandwiches
Brick-oven pizza may have come to us from California, but they do it pretty well here in New Mexico. The chicken Caesar pizza is genius with white cream sauce and a salad right on top of the pie. And if the pizzas don't get you going, there's homemade pasta, yummy minestrone and a lineup of excellent beer. Perhaps the best thing on the menu is the torta dessert—a mountain of puff pastry, baked apples and cinnamon ice cream. Dive in with a demitasse of fresh espresso. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Tia Betty Blue's
(505) 268-1955tiabettyblues.com
Mon-Fri 7am-2pm Sat-Sun 8am-2pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: New Mexican, Organic/Locally Grown, Deli/Sandwiches, American
$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet
Full review: Your own aunt couldn't do this good (8/18/2016)
Tía B's baked, canoe-shaped waffles are made with organic New Mexico blue corn and come two ways: sweet (fruit-filled and topped with a choice of flavored whipped creams, including lavender) or savory (stuffed with eggs, chile and cheese). The posole is thick with hefty pork chunks and shards of red chile pods, and the Chimayó red sauce is hot enough to humiliate out-of-towners. The many sandwich options—including a New Mexico po'boy (carne adovada, pickled jalapeños and Fritos) and a vegan sammy (homemade hummus and fantastic grilled asparagus)—can be served as salads instead. There's also a serious collection of root beers and out-there soda flavors like black pepper and PB&J. (Alibi Staff, June 21, 2012)
Trombino's Bistro Italiano
5415 Academy Rd NEFar Northeast Heights)
Albuquerque NM 87109
Albuquerque NM 87109
(505) 821-5974www.bistroitaliano.com
Mon-Thurs: 4pm-10pm Fri: 4pm-10:30pm Sat: 3pm-10:30pm Sun: 3pm-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Nearby Theater: Movies 8 (See Film Times)
Cuisine: Italian
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Catering • Take Out / To-Go
Trombino's Bistro Italiano has been an institution of family-style Italian dining in the Heights for more than 30 years. It houses an impressively fat menu that includes a full bar, espresso drinks and an ample wine list. The service is quicker than a Hollywood marriage, and the waitstaff seems particularly knowledgeable about the food and wines. Gravitate to the more rustic Italian fare—lemon-basil chicken salad, grilled homemade Italian sausage, prosciutto-wrapped asparagus and manicotti--all are amply portioned and tasty. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)
Tully's Italian Deli
(505) 255-5370www.tullysitaliandelishop.com
Mon-Fri 9 am-5:30 pm Sat 9 am-5 pm Closed Sunday (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Deli/Sandwiches, Italian, Specialty Food Store
This small Italian delicatessen is jam-packed with enough imported and domestic meats, cheeses and specialty items to turn any kitchen into an authentic cucina italiana. Step over to the lunch counter for a quick Italian snack made with ingredients you know are top-notch. (Alibi Staff, August 11, 2010)


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Our literary calendar includes loads of holiday fun and seasonal cheer. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page.
Chris Van Allsburg and his classic children's book, The Polar Express will be at Barnes & Noble for an author event on Friday, December 10th at 7pm. (New York, NY)
The last session of the In The Flesh reading series features a burlesque dancer, erotic readings, and free cupcakes. Hit the Happy Ending Lounge on Thursday, December 16th at 7:30pm. (New York, NY)
Housing Works will host a marathon reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with more than 15 writers participating. Head to the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on Sunday, December 19th at 1pm. (New York, NY)


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A Skills beyond School Review of Austria
The insight that education is valuable both to individuals and to countries is not new. Using continuously improving data and statistical tools, we have come to understand and appreciate the magnitude of education's impact on employment, income, health and life opportunities in general.
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In some countries, an increasing number of young people are neither in employment, nor in education or training (NEET). A high proportion of NEETs is an indicator of a difficult transition between school and work.
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The higher the level of education, the higher the salary cost of teachers per student. In Belgium (Flemish Community), France and Spain, the difference in the annual salary cost between the primary and upper secondary levels of education exceeds USD 1 800 in 2010.
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This second volume presents information on Data Analysis and National Experiences.
A lo largo de los últimos 50 años, la educación superior de los países de la OCDE se ha caracterizado por los fenómenos de expansión y diversificación. Chile no es una excepción a esta tendencia: se ha experimentado un aumento espectacular en el número de alumnos, así como de la oferta de nuevas instituciones y carreras.
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Colombia es una de las principales economías de la región de América Latina y el Caribe y el gobierno tiene planes ambiciosos para su desarrollo social y económico, para lo que es crucial el fortalecimiento del capital humano.
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In Colombia, the beginning of a new century has brought with it a palpable feeling of optimism. Colombians and visitors sense that the country's considerable potential can be realised, and education is rightly seen as crucial to this process. As opportunities expand, Colombians will need new and better skills to respond to new challenges and prospects.
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On average across 15 OECD countries, a 30-year-old man tertiary graduate can expect to live another 51 years, while a 30 year-old man who has not completed upper secondary education can expect to live an additional 43 years. A similar comparison between women in the two educational groups reveals less of a difference than that among men.
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ASHBURN, Va. -- Before the Washington Redskins put themselves in position to draft Robert Griffin III, they wanted another quarterback: Peyton Manning. And Manning was interested enough in them that he scheduled a meeting with coach Mike Shanahan.
But, two years later, Shanahan knows it was probably a long shot. With brother Eli Manning playing for the New York Giants, Shanahan knew it would be tough. It was a notion suggested at the time; it's one that Shanahan says was true -- at least after talking to Peyton Manning.
"I really had a strong feeling after talking to Peyton," Shanahan said. "Any time you have a brother within the same division that wasn't going to happen. And so even though I enjoyed spending time with him, my gut was understanding from a family standpoint it would be very tough to come within the same division."
It also became irrelevant after the Redskins traded for the No. 2 pick in the draft, putting them in position to select Griffin.
"That sort of changed things," Manning said.
Still, the two sides met in Denver the weekend after they made that trade.
"That was early in the process and I wouldn't have met with them had I not been kind of considering a number of options," Manning said. "I've known Coach Shanahan for quite some time so I enjoyed that visit with him and [offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan]. I was very impressed with Kyle Shanahan and, like I said, Mike and I have had somewhat of a relationship for quite some time."
But Manning said he liked the chance to talk with Shanahan, who coached him at the Pro Bowl. Shanahan has talked in the past about getting to know Manning during that week. Manning said it was fun for him, too.
"In that time, I really felt like you can see why he's been so successful as a coach," Manning said. "The way he operates, just the schedule, the meetings and you get to talk a little bit of football with him as well so I definitely enjoyed that week."


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BY eight o'clock tomorrow morning there will likely be about 150 people queuing up outside Love Music Glasgow, ready to take their pick from 500 limited releases being distributed for the tenth Record Store Day.
Shop owner Sandy McLean said that if it wasn't for the success of Record Store Day over the last decade, and its role in what he calls the "great vinyl revival" his business would not have survived.
The event was launched in 2007 in the US to celebrate independent music shops who faced the huge threat of the emerging ecommerce market, which was beginning to dominate sales of compact discs (CD).
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It quickly became a global success, a celebration of the very culture of buying music, and each year collectors eagerly await the limited releases distributed specifically to independent shops.
"Without Record Store Day I don't think we'd be here," said Mr McLean. "It came along at a very good time and it is a very big part of getting the vinyl revival going. It made people appreciate collectability and taught a new generation the excitement of coloured vinyl or a picture disc."
Love Music is one of 200 shops across the UK officially involved with the event, but it is not just retailers which have benefitted. East Renfrewshire-based hi-fi business Linn has sold £8.5m worth of record players in the last three years.
The company's managing director, Gilad Tiefenbrun, said this is the highest sales volume the company has ever seen from record players.
Mr Tiefenbrun's father Ivor is celebrated around the world for the creation of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable.
Having initially launched in 1973, Linn has already sold £250,000 worth of LP12 players in its current financial year.
And thanks to the recent upsurge in popularity of vinyl, turntables now account for more than 20 per cent of Linn's global revenues, the highest level for 30 years.
According to figures from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), 3.2 million vinyl records were sold in the UK last year, up 53 per cent on 2015. It was the highest number in 25 years.
Back at Love Music, Mr McLean is getting preparing for what is comfortably the shop's busiest day of the year.
He is expecting high interest in a 7" single from The Beatles, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever double A side; and three new releases from David Bowie.
But Mr McLean said that while major record labels and their artists had embraced Record Store Day 75 per cent of the limited releases came from independent record labels.
When asked what was behind the vinyl revival, Mr McLean said: "MP3s have zero presence, literally. There's no sexiness and you can't look at someone's MP3 collection. The whole physicality of vinyl has been tremendous at opening people's eyes."
Last year the first person in the Love Music Glasgow queue arrived at 6am on the Friday morning, a full 26 hours before the doors opened.
"We went through 1,500 carrier bags last year, which tells you how busy it is," said Mr McLean. "There are five of us serving constantly until the queue goes down, which won't be until around 2pm."


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Heavy-Hitter: Little League Graduate Julian Vandervelde Grows from World Series Slugger to NFL Draft Pick
Heavy-Hitter: Little League Graduate Julian Vandervelde Grows from World Series Slugger to NFL Draft Pick
At 12 years old, Julian Vandervelde was a power-hitting first baseman for Davenport (Iowa) East Little League in the 2000 Little League Baseball World Series. Now, Julian is on the verge of playing in the National Football league (NFL) following his selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of league's amateur player draft.
A three-year starter for the University of Iowa football team, Julian entered the NFL draft as the 18th ranked offensive guard out of 158 participating at the NFL Combine. He was selected 161st overall.
In 2010, Julian started at left guard and was selected as a second-team All-Big Ten player by Big Ten Conference coaches and media. An Academic All-Big Ten student-athlete for the fourth-straight year, Julian was a semifinalist for William V. Campbell Trophy and Forest Evashevski Scholastic Achievement Awards.
Despite his youth, growing up around sports and excelling athletically and academically, this young man has developed a keen understanding and appreciation for the slim margin separating failure from success.
Playing in the final World Series before the tournament expanded from eight to 16 teams, Julian was aware even then of how special an accomplishment it was to be playing against Little League's elite teams.
"The Little League World Series was a special experience that taught me about perseverance," Julian, now 6-foot-3, 301-pounds, said in an interview with Little League International in 2007. "When I look at my old baseball glove that I wore in the World Series, I have the same sense of pride that I get now when I am putting on my Hawkeye football helmet and jersey."
Julian Vandervelde, middle, played in the 2000 Little League Baseball World Series for Davenport East Little League from Iowa. At 12 years of age, Julian stood 6-foot-2 and weighed 231 pounds, making him one of the largest players to participate in the World Series. Julian (No. 63), a 6-foot-3, 301-pound offensive guard attended the University of Iowa. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2011 National Football League (NFL) amateur draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
During Davenport East's run to the World Series Julian learned about camaraderie and what Little League can mean to a town. From the parents traveling to practices and games, to the excitement when the team won, he became aware of what it means to strive for a common goal.
Representing the Central Region, the common goal for the Davenport East team was to win the World Series. What Vandervelde said his team learned from the experience is, it's more about the journey and the challenges faced and overcome in getting there, than actually winning the world championship.
"When I was a kid, it was a strange feeling playing at the World Series in front of thousands of people after playing the same game a few weeks earlier in front of just my family and other moms and dads," Julian said. "Now that I am playing football on Saturdays in front of thousands of fans, it's the same type of feeling."
At 6-foot-2 and 231 pounds, Julian was an imposing figure when he helped the Davenport East Little League team go 20-4 in the summer of 2000. In the 54th Little League World Series, the Central Region champions posted a 2-2 record, losing 8-0, to the South Region champion from Bellaire, Texas, in the United States championship game.
In the Series, Julian hit .417 (5-for-12), with a home run, two runs batted in, one stolen base, and three runs scored.
Like many of the teams that reach the World Series, the road to Williamsport is often as thrilling as the games. Equally exciting is meeting players from different parts of the world.
For Julian and his teammates, sharing moments with the team from Musachi Fuchu Little League in Tokyo, Japan, were special.
"Our team and the Japanese kids got along really well," Julian said. "When we played Texas, they were cheering for us. They kept yelling something in Japanese. We found out later they were saying, 'fight on, fight on.' "
Japan lost the International final that year, but before both teams went home they played a "friendship game."
Julian still has some mementos from his World Series experience. In a case in his room at home he has the home run ball he hit in his first World Series game. He also still has his World Series jersey. His parents, John and Cynthia, have a collection of pictures from their visit to Williamsport.
In the 2000 Little League Baseball World Series, Julian Vandervelde played first base for the Central Region champions from Davenport (Iowa) East Little League. He hit .417, with a home run, two runs batted in, three runs scored and a stolen base.
After graduating from the Little League program he wrestled, played baseball and football, and was a member of the track and field team through middle school and high school. In his senior year at Davenport's Central High, Julian was voted captain of the football team and earned first-team all-state honors. In his junior and senior years he also was the Iowa Class 4A state shot put champion.
Earning three varsity letters as an offensive and defensive lineman on the Central High School football team, Julian was recruited by several colleges and universities, including Michigan and Stanford. He decided to stay in-state and play for the Hawkeyes on a full athletic scholarship.
"After Little League, I was dead set on playing baseball in high school," Julian said. "My mother got me into Little League and I played from Tee Ball until I was 12. When I got into middle school and high school, I decided I wanted to play as many sports as I could."
"This year we caught some of the Little League World Series games on ESPN," Julian said. "Playing in the Little League World Series still gives me inspiration to always do my best, and while watching the games I'd share some stories with my current teammates.
"That team and the World Series experience is something I'll always hold dear," he said.


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"Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement! God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped."
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Tess Vigeland: You know that game show: Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Naturally we all think we are. But ask yourself this: Are Wall Street's whiz kids smarter than a second grader? The answer in at least one case is no. In 2005, investment advisor Allan Roth embarked on an experiment with his then 8-year-old son Kevin. Could Allan teach Kevin about the markets and maybe even make a buck or two in the process? The result is Roth's new book, out this week, "How A Second Grader Beats Wall Street." Kevin's portfolio beat the S&P 500 by 4 percent annually over two years. I asked him how dad first approached the idea.
Kevin Roth: Actually, first I didn't even know what he was talking about, so I just kind of took a chance.
Vigeland: Had you ever heard the word portfolio?
Kevin Roth: I didn't even know there was a word portfolio.
Vigeland: So, how did you convince Kevin that this was something you guys should do together?
Allan Roth: Well, we just started talking about simple rules, and those were rules that he had already learned. You know, as far as not putting eggs in one basket, not playing a game he couldn't win. You know, we ate at McDonald's, we shopped at Wal-Mart, so he knew those were companies. Then I just kind of explained to him how those companies get financing -- that we all own stock in them -- and then explained the concept of funds that own the stocks.
Vigeland: Did you actually open a brokerage account?
Allan Roth: Yes, we opened a brokerage account. Kevin got some money from his grandparents.
Vigeland: How much money are we talking?
Allan Roth: I've been asked this question a lot. We're not telling how much money he got from grandma and grandpa.
Vigeland: Fair enough. Kevin, tell us about your portfolio.
Kevin Roth: I actually invested in three mutual funds. A a total U.S. stock index.
Vigeland: OK.
Kevin Roth: A total international stock index.
Kevin Roth: And a total bonds index.
Allan Roth: Kevin has a very long investment horizon. So he went 60 percent into the U.S., 30 percent international and 10 percent in the bond.
Vigeland: So he was 90 percent equities?
Allan Roth: Ninety percent equities. And again, with those simple lessons of not putting all your eggs in one basket so he couldn't have just owned a couple of stocks because I explained to him, you know, certain airline stocks that were really big -- like Pan Am and Eastern Airlines -- when I was a kid, aren't around anymore. So Kevin, do you know what the next hot stock is going to be?
Kevin Roth: No.
Allan Roth: So, rather than pick a few , Kevin wants to own the entire U.S. We spun the globe and I asked him, what do you think the next hot country's going to be? And Kevin's answer was "I don't know." And that's the advantage Kevin has over most of Wall Street. He knows he doesn't know.
Vigeland: Is it possible for us to take lessons from the second-grader portfolio?
Kevin Roth: I think it is. If a second grader can do it, you can do it.
Allan Roth: Kev, do you want to explain kind of the Macy's example of what us adults do?
Kevin Roth: Yeah. Well, let's say Macy's had a "We doubled our prices" sale, and people lined up from midnight to 6 a.m. just waiting to buy.
Allan Roth: And if you think it's what us adults do, in October of '07, when the market's hitting all sorts of highs, we feel fearless and we get into the market. And low and behold the market plummets and our fear returns and overcomes our greed, and we panic and sell. It's kind of like showing up at Macy's to but at double the price and then returning it when they have a half-price sale.
Vigeland: You know, if we're not young enough to be putting 90 percent of our money in stocks and 10 percent in bonds, how do we take a lesson from, perhaps not that allocation, but the philosophy behind it, Allan?
Allan Roth: I think some of the lessons are, you know, No. 1, don't' bet your lunch money. You know, when the market was hitting new highs, a lot of people took risks that they didn't need to on money that they needed in the near future. Another philosophy is make sure you can understand what you're doing and understand it well enough to explain it to any second grader. Even Kevin knew not to lend money to people who couldn't pay it back.
Vigeland: Kevin, I wondered if you could read a little bit from your postscript to the book? You talk about how you're still going to do what you did before everything got so bad.
Allan Roth: Go ahead, Kev.
Kevin Roth: I don't want to worry about what's going to happen because I think it will get better. After a while, it always does. So I hope everybody won't worry and get scared and sell. Because they'll lose their money that way. Let's all just do nothing together.
Vigeland: Well Al, what do you think? Kevin's advice is "Let's just all do nothing together."
Allan Roth: Yeah, I know that he's right. He's got a huge advantage being a kid. I mean, I'm looking at the stock market 10, 20 times a day, and feeling a heck of a lot of pain right now, and Kevin thinks I'm just obsessing and I shouldn't be doing it. He's right.
Vigeland: Well it's been really fun to talk to both of you. Allan Roth, Kevin Roth, best of luck with the book and thanks for all the advice.
Allan Roth: Tess, thanks so much. It's been a lot of fun.
Kevin Roth: Thanks.


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ROME, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A mineral making up much of Earth's upper mantle has been detected on the surface of the asteroid Vesta, but not where it was expected, Italian researchers say.
Planetary scientists at the Institute for Astrophysics and Space Planetology in Rome, writing in the journal Nature, said the mineral olivine has been spotted, not in Vesta's deep southern impact basins -- which are thought to host excavated mantle rocks -- but mixed with a common surface rock type in the asteroid's northern hemisphere.
The researchers said the finding came from data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which orbited Vesta in 2011 and 2012.
"We were searching for olivine since the beginning of Dawn's orbital phase, because we know how important olivine is to understanding the differentiation processes of early bodies of the solar system," study author Maria Cristina De Sanctis told SPACE.com.
Vesta, often considered a protoplanet, retained much of its interior heat at its birth, allowing lighter molten rock to float outward while denser rock sank inward -- resulting in a layered interior like that of Earth, with an outer crust, an inner core with a mantle layer in between.
Astronomers had assumed olivine, a major ingredient of Earth's upper mantle, would also be in Vesta's mantle and thus would be found on its surface only in place where large impacts have unearthed deeply buried rocks.
The possibility olivine might exist within Vesta's crust instead of deeper within its mantle poses a puzzle for models of Vesta's evolutionary history, the researchers said.


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Cleveland Wallace visited Oregon State all day Monday and spent a good amount of time with defensive backs Keith Heyward. One day later, the San Jose (Calif.) Oak Grove prospect returned home and decided playing for the Beavers was right for him.
Wallace, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound prospect recruited to play cornerback, committed and becomes Oregon State's first pledge in its 2012 class.
"They actually contacted my coach a few months ago so they've been recruiting me for a while," Wallace said.
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"I went down there and everything was nice. It was a nice town. When I spoke to the coaches and when I was around the players it was a family atmosphere and I really liked that. They had a plan for me outside of football as far as school. That was good, too. That was the right place, the right fit."
Wallace was used all over the place in his junior season catching 29 passes for 512 yards and nine touchdowns and rushing for 532 yards and six scores. He was also used as a defensive back, his future spot with the Beavers.
Boise State, San Jose State, Washington, UCLA and Oregon were also showing interest in Wallace, who said what really stood out about his time in Corvallis was the family atmosphere. That was one big reason why he decided to make his commitment.
"What really stood out was they made it feel like it was a family," Wallace said. "You weren't just another player coming in.
"It was like you were another person coming into their family. They had great coaches and their DBs coach, coach Heyward, was great. I sat in on the meetings with him and he made sure the players knew what they were doing and if they didn't they could ask questions. It was just a great visit there."


text: Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > See bug #133795, is there any policy regarding how the word lists are > supposed to be sorted? If I do what the submitter wants, look will > break with LANG != n[nbo]_NO, so I am somewhat reluctant to do it. > I reported a similar bug for look with french (see #109364). The french wordlist is sorted and look breaks. The intresting fact is that the maintainer used examples using the NO wordlist, which seems to be the only one working :) I have the feeling that look doesn't work well with 8859-1 characters. Nico. -- Nicolas SABOURET LIMSI-CNRS, BP133, 91403 Orsay, France http://www.limsi.fr/Individu/nico


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10 Patriots That Cannot Get Injured
The Patriots have been perhaps the most consistent team in the NFL over the past 10 seasons, but since Feb. 6, 2005, seven different teams have won championships, none of whom reside in Foxborough. Another promising year in 2013 came to an abrupt halt in the AFC Championship, as key players Rob Gronkowski, Vince Wilfork, and Jerod Mayo could only watch their Patriots succumb to the Broncos in a rout that wasn't as close as the final score of 26-16 would indicate.
With the regular season kickoff now less than a week away, here's a rundown of the top-10 players the Pats can ill-afford to lose if they wish to end the year with blue and red confetti falling at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1.
10. Shane Vereen
In the Patriots' pass-first offense that will continue to do the same in 2014, Shane Vereen will return as one of Tom Brady's best options to move the chains. Vereen had a huge Week 1 of the 2013 season, combining for 159 total yards, but then missed more than two months recovering from a broken wrist he suffered in the contest. He returned on Nov. 18 against the Panthers and was solid the rest of the way for the Patriots, ending the year with 208 rushing yards and 427 receiving yards.
Vereen's talent was on full display in the Pats preseason game against the Panthers, catching five passes for 57 yards and two touchdowns, including one that he caught on a check down from Brady and ran almost 40 yards into the end zone. If he suffers another serious injury, however, it would leave one less reliable weapon for the quarterback looking for that elusive fourth Super Bowl ring.
9. Rob Ninkovich
While also taking reps at long snapper during the preseason, Ninkovich will be quite valuable to the Pats defensive line that looks to do big things in 2014. Paired with fellow defensive end Chandler Jones, Ninkovich had 91 combined tackles in 2013 to along with eight sacks, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries, making this defensive end combo a force to be reckoned with that will only get better this season.
That is, of course, if Ninkovich doesn't end up on the injured list, say getting bowled over after snapping the ball on an all-but-meaningless extra point attempt, which would leave the Pats weak on one side of the D-line, a hole that opposing offenses could exploit.
8. Sebastian Vollmer
With Logan Mankins now in Tampa, Vollmer becomes the rock on the offensive line that has the most important job on the field: protect Tom Brady. Vollmer joined the growing list of Pats players to suffer season-ending injuries in 2013, as he broke his leg against the Dolphins on Oct. 27 and was placed on the IR two days later.
The Globe's Ben Volin reported on Aug. 30 that the Patriots are considering moving Vollmer to left guard formally occupied by Mankins, an interesting proposition for the 6-8, 320-pounder that has done a heck of a job cementing the outside of the line. Either way, if Vollmer goes down again, things could get perilous for the guy slinging the pigskin.
7. Darrelle Revis
Sure, he hasn't actually played a meaningful snap for the Pats yet, but a defense without Revis on the field is little better than what they have been sending out there for the past few years. Revis is a game changer, which he proved in the preseason when you could count on one hand how many times opposing quarterbacks even attempted a pass in his direction.
With the increase in passing offenses throughout the league, Bill Belichick knew he needed someone like Revis in his secondary, someone who could completely take away half the field, and he went out and shelled out the big bucks to get him. Now it's time for Revis to show what he can do when it counts; otherwise, how is this Pats secondary much better than the one that got shredded by Peyton Manning last January?
6. Vince Wilfork
Simply put, there is no replacing Vince Wilfork. The Patriots Pro Bowl tackle is the best at what he does when he is healthy: doing the job that it normally takes two linemen to accomplish. Things never seemed right for Wilfork last year, as it appeared he must have had something going on health-wise through the first few weeks of the season. That suspicion was confirmed Week 4 against the Falcons, when Wilfork's right Achilles' tendon gave way, forcing him out for the rest of the season.
Joe Vellano and Chris Jones filled in valiantly at tackle for Wilfork and Tommy Kelly, but the Pats defense was not the same, as the combination of Vellano and Jones could not replicate the pressure of a healthy Wilfork.
5. Julian Edelman
After Wes Welker left for the Rocky Mountains, someone had to fill the void as Tom Brady's favorite target. As Danny Amendola proved to have a disappointing season as Welker's replacement, Julian Edelman had a breakout season as the most reliable arrow in Brady's receiving quiver. In his fifth season in New England, Edelman played all 16 games for the first time in his career, catching 105 balls for 1,056 yards and six touchdowns, while also showing off his flexibility as the team's primary punt returner.
Young pass catchers Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins will undoubtedly have better years than their first seasons in Foxborough, while newcomer Brandon LaFell will add another threat and Amendola should improve, but it will be a tall hill to climb if Brady has to find a third favorite target in as many seasons.
4. Jerod Mayo
Just like the Patriots offense began to stall with the loss of Gronkowski, the absence of Mayo directing the defense gave the Pats little hope of slowing down opposing offensive attacks, most notably the Denver Broncos, who did whatever they felt like in their AFC Championship dismantling of the Boys of Belichick. Mayo didn't play a snap during the preseason, but once the games start for real, Pats fans had better hope that their Pro Bowl linebacker in on the field calling the shots.
3. Chandler Jones
Yes, you read that right: Chandler Jones is No. 3 on this list. The third year defensive end has the potential for a monster year, coming off a sophomore season where he recorded 79 combined tackles, 11.5 sacks, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and even scored a defensive touchdown.
In the Pats' preseason "dress rehearsal'' against the Panthers on Aug. 22, Jones was all over Carolina quarterback Cam Newton, tackling the quick QB three times on third down, including two sacks, to force a punt. He finished the game with six tackles. Jones showed great speed and could be the key, along with fellow defensive end Rob Ninkovich, to a well-rounded defensive line, and there is no one on the Pats roster that would be able to replace what Jones brings to the table in the new-look New England defense.
2. Rob Gronkowski
The Patriots have showed that they can survive without arguably the most dangerous tight end in the game, but if they can't count on Gronk for the playoffs, again, then they won't be hosting the Lombardi Trophy come February . After missing the first six games of the 2013 season while recovering from arm and back surgeries, Gronk went right back to being Gronk, tearing it up for seven games before yet another devastating injury saw a promising season cut short before the final whistle.
Gronkowski's 90-catch, 1,300-yard, 17 touchdown campaign of 2011 seems eons ago, and with how the Pats struggled in the red zone without him last season, it could be another bitter New England winter in if the Gronk Show gets put on hiatus… again.
1. Tom Brady
To (mis)quote the great Reggie Jackson and say that Tom Brady is the "straw that stirs the drink'' for the Patriots would be an understatement. With all due respect to Matt Cassel, who led the Pats to an 11-5 record in 2008, this team doesn't go anywhere without Brady, and it's no coincidence that the last time the Patriots missed the playoffs was after Brady suffered a torn ACL in Week 1 of that season.
In the preseason, Jimmy Garappolo may have shown glimpses that he could one day take over the reins of the New England offense, fans can kiss their Super Bowl dreams "goodbye'' if an injury forces Brady to watch from the sidelines.


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i have a hp sw5311uk. i only bought it recently but bought second hand. now when i turn it on it will only go as far as blue hp screen wit boot f11 ect on it & will not go any further. what i did notice is on the front of the tower unit itself, next to the blue wifi light theres another light which i think is orange (i'm colourblind so could be green ha) but its a light which looks like 3 discs. it flashes a couple of times & then stops flashing. as far as i know, when it was working that light used to flash all the time. does anyone have any idea what the problem might be please?
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The Led by the three discs is probably the Hard Drive activity indicator so it may be that the drive has failed. See if you can access the bios and try the following.
Shutdown the notebook. Tap away at f10 as you start the notebook to enter the bios menu. If you are able to access this menu, under the Advanced or Diagnostic tab you should find the facility to run tests on both the Hard Drive and Memory. Post back with the details of any error messages.
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Fall is a great time to get out and enjoy hiking and camping outdoors but it's also the start of hunting season so it's important to stay safe on the trail. NewHampshire.com posted a good article this weekend with some safety tips to keep in mind when hiking during hunting season and I thought I'd reiterate some points here.
1. Stick to the trail. Most hunters avoid areas near popular hiking trails since humans tend to scare deer and other wildlife away so if you're on a trail you're generally safe. Stray away from the trail and you just might walk into someone's hunting area – not a good idea during hunting season.
2. Wear brightly colored clothing. Dressing in orange is your best bet for autumn hikes since this makes you stand out from brown deer and turkeys in the eyes of distant hunters. The article mentions that white clothing, while bright, is not a good choice since some hunters may mistake a flash of white for a white tail deer. I'm thinking purple or blue would be pretty safe too but I won't take my chances – orange it is.
3. Hike during the middle of the day. Many animals like deer appear around dawn and dusk hours and that's when hunters are likely to be out in full force. Fortunately for us hikers mid-day is the warmest part of the day and a great time for a hike.
4. Stick to wilderness areas or National Parks where hunting is prohibited. If you're super scared of encountering a hunter while hiking, eliminate your chances of an encounter by sticking to areas where hunters aren't allowed to hunt. This also means avoiding the most popular hunting spots like designated hunting land. A little common sense goes a long way when it comes to avoiding hunters…
I was tempted to add a fifth tip recommending talking loudly to let hunters know you're in the area but I've used that one myself with mixed results. It's probably a good idea to fit your dog with a "bear bell" if he or she is prone to wandering during a hike but sometimes hunters can become angry with hikers who scare off local game. Once while I was on a trail I yelled out to a friend who was following behind only to hear a loud shotgun blast just above my head. I looked up to see a hunter in a stand above, clearly upset that I had ruined his spot. At least he saw me (but good thing he didn't aim AT me!).
There's no need to worry about hiking during hunting season as long as you use some common sense and follow these simple tips. See you on the trail!


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Will having register remembering each pixel color will have significant increase in performance
So, I attempt to use 96 8-bit register / d latch to allow consistent display,
I still want to know if I can obtain "higher" framerate for smoother animation if I do it this way.
all of 8 input of registers will share the same 8 output from Arduino.
You could however theoretically use 48 TLC5940's
The maximum number of cascading TLC5940 devices depends on the application system and is in the range of 40 devices.
Are you planning to do PWM as well, or is this just a 6 color + black variant?
QuoteI still want to know if I can obtain "higher" framerate for smoother animation if I do it this way.Not particularly, you will have a big problem just working out what part of the image to update, it is much easier to refresh it all.
You can't really control the colors with those registers, you will only be able to make them red, yellow, green, blue, violet, cyan, white, and off.You could however theoretically use 48 TLC5940's, but that will be expensive (100,- if you order them in china), and you will need a LOT of decoupling. I'm currently building a big board with 256 warm white leds to light my room, and with only 4 TLC's I already had to decouple a lot, but it could be possible.
Make it modular with one controller per board and one more chip to distribute data. 8x8 RGB (PWM-ed) is known to work with shift registers (done that) and it certainly works very well with LED drivers. If you want to force everything into one micro it will be pretty busy and probably won't have much time left for other stuff (user interaction).
I think architecturally, I would run 12 groups of 8 shift registers in series, with each group having its own SlaveSelect line, and then update a group using eight SPI.transfer commands. Cuts way down on the number of parts, your data could be stored as 96 bytes in an array, and just update the section that changed.Or arrange other ways: 4 groups of 4x4 with 4 SS lines, update each group as something changed.16 groups of 2x2. Whatever.
Ok, I miscounted. 16 x 16 x 3 for RGB = 768 bytes.SPI runs at 4 MHz.4,000,000 / 8 = 500,000 bytes/second / 768 byte = 650 frames/secondThrow in loss for other stuff going on, you can still hit 30 frames/second easy.Get a chip with more memory, '328 with 2K of memory and storing your image in 768 bytes of it could be an issue.Like a '1284 with 16K of RAM.16 x 16 x RGB is really more like 48 x 16, I'd go multiplexing route with 48 anode drivers and 16 cathode current sinks using >1A transistors (48 x 0.02A)
I don't see how that works unless you add a diode as well to prevent the drive line from just discharging the cap as soon as the the charge line turns off.Might as well go with a bank of 12 7219/7221's to control 64 LEDs each.8 SPI.transfer()s to each to update the display. Techone just bought 70 of them for 50 cents each.


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Scenes from adult league basketball
After getting blanked by the Tigers 3-0 last Thursday, the Spreckels Park major division A's rebounded from their first loss of the Little League season with an 11-0 shelling of the Angels Saturday at Brock Elliot School.
The Dodgers relied on five runs in the first inning to take control of the game against the Yankees to eventually claim a 19-6 minor division victory in Northgate Little League play.
I don't know many bass fishermen that aren't excited about going fishing with the weather we've been having this week. All the lakes and rivers should have fish up shallow either spawning or looking to spawn. The hardest decision I have, is deciding where I want to fish! We're truly lucky to live around so many great fisheries. Last month while sitting in Jiffy Lube I overheard two gentlemen talking about fishing and living in Manteca. They both agreed that there are very few places that offer great weather and great fishing like the central valley ...
Eighty years ago, on April 4, 1930, the Hughson Union High nine nosed out the local Manteca High Buffaloes and won the third C.I.F. game of the season by a 12 to 11 game in Hughson. The Hughson boys were hitting the ball quite regularly, getting six runs off Fred Theiler and six off Joe Abreu, who pitched for the Mantecans. They pitched fairly good ball but were given little support in the field. In the sixth frame, the Mantecans started a rally and scored eight runs before they could be stopped. Theiler and Joe Bettencourt got three ...
I told a former student that it's important to be passionate about something other than your career, so in case work goes bad, or the exuberance with which you jumped into said career wanes, you're not left with nothing.
Seventy years ago, on March 28, 1940, in a wild and wooly game that saw both nines score at will, the Manteca High hickory stickers finally came through with a close 12-11 win over their rivals from Tracy High. The lead changed hands several times at the outset of the game and both pitchers were hit unmercifully. "Frenchy" Guisto poked out a pair of four-ply swats besides gathering a triple and two singles for a perfect day at the plate. It was the only sporting event that came to a head over the past week. All other scheduled events were ...
It may sound odd, but 19-year-old Mantecan Jake Commeau's ultimate goal is to play Division-I ice hockey for a four-year university.
As the water temperatures continue to rise, local fishing is only going to continue to get better.
Though I didn't have a plan, there was little doubt I would end up spending Saturday fly-casting.
Fifty years ago, on March 25, 1960, Manteca High, for the second time this season, knocked a club out of the unbeaten ranks by knocking off the powerful St. Mary's High Rams 8-1. It was the Rams' first loss in six games. Walt McDonald pitched the first six frames for the Buffaloes and was credited with the win. McDonald and reliever Wes Holbrook limited the Rams to two base hits. Tim Brumley, with a double and a home run and Wade Richards with two singles, led the locals in the hitting column.
The entire buzz this week has been about the 18.11-pound bass that was recently caught and released by Kyle Gentry of Oakdale.
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The Ripon Knights junior varsity was edged by the visiting Patterson Ravens 21-14 Saturday in Trans-Valley Youth Football League action.
Five plays, five touchdowns. Not a bad way to start a game.
Dallas Kaleimamahu hit Dylan DePrater for the lone Manteca Jr. Buffaloes varsity touchdown in a 42-8 Cen-Cal loss to the Ceres Seahawks on Saturday at ...
Lyon Colon tallied four touchdowns on just six carries for the Lathrop Spartans varsity Saturday in a 50-6 shellacking of the Manteca Chargers in Delta ...
Alijah Cota led the Manteca Jr. Timberwolves junior varsity to a 26-14 Northern California Youth Football and Cheer win over the Tracy Buccaneers on Saturday.
The Ripon Knights dominated the visiting Mariposa Bears on Saturday with a 40-0 thumping in Trans Valley Youth Football League action.
Nicolas Schatmeier returned an interception 65 yards for a Manteca Jr. Buffaloes touchdown in a 42-14 loss Saturday to the Merced Bears in Cen-Cal varsity ...
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Pakistan is slowly advancing on Taliban
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Residents fleeing a 6-day-old Pakistani Army offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border reported yesterday that the insurgents are digging in for a fight and travel the roads freely.
Tired and dusty refugees arriving in this northwestern town yesterday from different parts of South Waziristan reported intense army bombing by jets and helicopters but said they had seen no ground troops.
The accounts by a dozen refugees are a sign of just how much fighting remains before the military can even hope to clear the area, which in recent years has become a major global hub for Al Qaeda and other extremist groups that carry out attacks against US troops in Afghanistan.
The militants were believed to control about 1,275 square miles before the offensive began. That portion covers about half of South Waziristan, which itself is slightly larger than Delaware.
The military say its troops are progressing steadily and retaking land on three fronts. But officers have made it clear that the campaign will be long and bloody and acknowledged resistance is tough.
As the army presses into their heartland, the militants are trying to bring the war to the rest of Pakistan.
Over the past 20 days, they have killed more than 170 people in a series of suicide bombings and raids on Western, civilian, and security force targets across the country.
In the latest attack, suspected insurgents on a motorbike shot and killed a senior army officer and a soldier yesterday in a residential part of the capital, Islamabad.
The slain officer, Ahmed Moinuddin, was on leave from his job as deputy commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan.
The attack was carried out despite ramped-up security nationwide.


text: On Oct 17, 2012, at 3:35 AM, Justin Paston-Cooper <paston.cooper at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the informative replies. SBV seems the simplest solution right now, and speed isn't too much of an issue here. Anything under 20 seconds per solution should be bearable. I'm happy to announce the SMT based linear equation solver library: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/linearEqSolver You can use it get solutions over Integers only, or over Rationals if so needed. Functions are provided to extract one solution, or all possible solutions (as a lazy list). The latter variant is useful for underspecified systems. Regarding performance: SMT solvers are very good at solving such equations, so aside from the overhead of calling out to an external program, it should be fairly fast. I'd expect no practical instance to come to anywhere near the 20 second limit you've mentioned. For most practical instances, the process switch overhead would dominate computation time, which should be negligible. Let me know if you find otherwise. -Levent. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/attachments/20121021/ff9f71dc/attachment.htm>


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