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SEATTLE — Ask around the Seattle Sounders locker room and they'll tell you: It's too early to make a statement.
After beating FC Dallas, who entered the match with MLS's best record and riding a-match unbeaten streak, with a 4-2 win on Saturday, though, the Sounders came pretty close.
"We couldn't have asked for a better team, who's been hot all year, to come here and really challenge us as a team and see where we are," forward Eddie Johnson said after the match. "Tonight we showed our true character."
Even before Blas Perez's questionable 73rd-minute red card essentially ended any hopes FCD had of completing their comeback and actually getting three points and despite the fact that the Sounders blew a two-goal lead, Seattle dominated the run of play. If not for some impressive work by FCD goalkeeper Raul Fernandez and a miraculous play by London Woodberry to clear a ball off the line, the scoreline could have been much worse as the Sounders repeatedly got behind the Dallas defense.
"That's what happens when you have quality players and are connecting," Sounders forward Lamar Neagle said after the match. "We have a few games together, we're clicking and our confidence is high. The chances are going to keep coming, no matter what team we play."
The chances definitely came. The Sounders had 16 shots, 11 of which hit the target. Both of Neagle's two shots were on goal, with one of them finding the back of the net. He also posted an assist. His front-running partner, Eddie Johnson, finished with two goals and an assist. And the third forward, Obafemi Martins, who subbed on in the 64th minute, notched a goal.
"I think our forwards are running off of each other really well," head coach Sigi Schmid said. "You see Neagle and Eddie up front, they are playing combinations off of each other. One is showing and one is going, and you know the other is getting back in there if the ball goes past them. Same thing when Oba comes in. The two forwards playing off each other, our defense knows they are going to run and so our defense now [can] stretch the defense and play balls in behind."
That's how Neagle got his goal in the 30th minute. Brad Evans slipped Neagle in behind the Dallas defense, who had stepped up on an offside trap, and Neagle calmly rounded Fernandez and finished in the empty goal to give the Sounders a 2-0 lead that they took into the halftime break.
But a few minutes after the break, Dallas had equalized through Kenny Cooper and Michel, who struck a magnificent, rare "Olimpico" goal. In the past, a collapse like this might have caused panic within the Sounders. Instead, they reclaimed the lead just moments later with Neagle feeding Johnson for the second of his two goals.
"We lost our mark on the first one and obviously Michel hits a great ball on the second and Michael [Gspurning] got tied up," Schmid said. "The timeliness of our third goal was really vital and we continued to get opportunities."
The Sounders have now struck for four goals in their last two games, an offensive explosion unseed in Seattle since the club joined MLS.
"It's two games, just two games," Schmid said. "Certainly I think with the emergence of Lamar right now, with Eddie playing as he's playing right now, with Obafemi coming in -- that's three goals in three games for him -- we're a handful up front. If you're center backs and you lose sight of our forwards for a second, they're going to be running behind you."
And that promises plenty more chances for the Sounders to make a statement.


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Prince wanted to have a relationship with Stevie. There's more dish here….
Stevie said, when she worked with Prince on her 'Stand Back' song, he wanted to start a relationship with her. She said no, for fear they would break up and never speak again. Prince came into the recording session for 'Stand Back', played the keyboard part on her song and left. FYI: Stand Back was inspired by Prince's "Little Red Corvette'.
During her 40's, Stevie felt she lost 8 years of her life. She was prescribed Klonapin after her stay in the Betty Ford Clinic, to kick her cocaine habit. The doctor who prescribed the Klonapin, kept doing so and even upped her dosage. She was hooked. Stevie said she thought the doctor wasa rock and roll groupie and loved hearing her behind the scenes stories.
What is her favorite current song? Katy Perry's 'E.T.'.
Stevie Nicks week…so excited for her. The new album 'In Your Dreams' is one of her best. It's her own 'Rumours', with a little of 'Buckingham Nicks' album mixed in.

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In his soon-to-be-released book, The Test of Our Times, Ridge claims that politics prompted the prodding he received from top-level Bush advisers to raise the terror-alert level in the days preceding the 2004 presidential election. Specifically, Ridge writes that Bush Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pointedly urged him to elevate the terror level in the wake of a videotaped message ostensibly released by al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. Ridge steadfastly refused to change the status of the terror-alert level, but the pressure he felt to do so further justified his decision to resign from the Bush administration post he was the first to occupy.
For his part, a spokesman for Donald Rumsfeld, Keith Urbahn, adamantly disagrees with Ridge's interpretation of the actions in question and told the New York Times: "Given those facts [the bin Laden message], it would seem reasonable for senior administration officials to discuss the threat level. Indeed, it would have been irresponsible had that discussion not taken place." Urbahn further suggests that Ridge's revelations of purported self-serving statements on the part of the former administration ironically may be exactly the fuel propelling the provocative charges he is now making just weeks before his book is published.
In addition to his sharp and scolding description of the Bush administration's questionable rationale for altering the terror-threat level, Tom Ridge takes a shot at the former president's personal decision-making skill with regard to the mishandling of the government's response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, a blunder that most have placed at the feet of Michael Brown, Bush's longtime friend and his personally selected head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Ridge relates that he lobbied unsuccessfully to replace Brown, but that President Bush would not be persuaded.
In fairness, Ridge isn't the only former Bush administration official to question the methods and motives of the previous occupants of the Oval Office. Scott McClellan wrote a scathing memoir about his time as the president's press secretary; Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism czar, wrote the tale of America's war on terror from an insider's point of view; and Paul O'Neill, former treasury secretary, chronicled his disillusionment with Bush's policies and procedures in his book, The Price of Loyalty.
In his book, set for release on September 1 from Thomas Dunne Books, Ridge argues that a threatening message "should not be the sole reason to elevate the threat level." Further, Ridge muses, "we weren't seeing any additional intelligence that justified it. In fact, we were incredulous. I wondered, 'Is this about security or politics?'" The 304 pages of ink that comprise the rest of the book purports to answer that question and the challenge set forth in the book's subtitle: "How We Can be Safe Again."


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Police opened fire on a hit-and-run suspect overnight in South Jersey.
Camden County Police-Metro Division say that they shot an unidentified suspect after he tried to ram officers at the intersection of N 35th Street and Pierce Avenue in Camden around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
According to police, officers were investigating a nearby crash where two pedestrians were struck. During the crash, the vehicle's license plate fell off.
Police used that plate to track the driver to a home. As they tried to pull him over the suspect took off -- trying to mow down officers, according to investigators.
Officers opened fire on the car -- striking the suspect inside.
The suspect was rushed to Cooper University Hospital in stable condition.
Police planned to charge the man once he is released.


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Stevens County seeks bids on $2.1M summer construction project
MORRIS – The Stevens County Highway Department will be occupied this summer with a 13 mile road reconstruction project on County Highway 13.
On Tuesday, the Stevens County Board of Commissioners authorized County Engineer Brian Giese to advertise for bids for the estimated $2.1 million project, which will be paid for using state aid funds.
The project estimate is higher than the amount of state aid money that Stevens County is allotted each year, so the county will be advancing about $518,000 from the 2014 allotment.
The mill and overlay project will start where CSAH 13 meets Highway 28 in Chokio and extend north to the Grant County line. If all goes as planned, construction should begin on June 10.


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How many animals do you have and what kind?
My family has a mini zoo lol. 5 cats (Rufus, Lola, B.W, Tom and Maisie) 2 dogs (Floyd and Leia) 2 guinea pigs (Coffee and Lily) a turtle (Soup) and a rat (Harley). All are adopted or rescue pets.
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by Gold Member on Apr. 11, 2012 at 10:50 AM
we have a male pitbull and a beta fish lol
One male yellow lab. No more for us.
by Silver Member on Apr. 11, 2012 at 10:51 AM
1 dog
2 cats
1 chinchilla
Some fish
2 cats
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Some fish
Us too. 2 dogs (large ones), a ninja kitty, 3 fish and 3 parakeets. We had a snake but she got out and we never found her. We had rabbits before we moved out of the house we owned and had to start renting. I would like goats and a couple of ponies but we are going to be moving a few more times so that's not going to happen.
1 female pit bull and 1 male. ( both fixed we don't breed, just rescue) we could not handle anymore than these two...but would like to get a large salt water tank in the future. :)
A toy schnauzer, Monet, and an imperial shih tzu, Titus. Nothing else is coming to live here if it has to be fed.
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This post is provided by guest contributor James Feuereisen, a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. Above photo courtesy of Lamont Abrams.
Kinecthesia, a belt-mounted navigation device for assisting the visually impaired, (see a demo) took first place and a $5,000 prize after besting 11 other finalists of the University of Pennsylvania's PennVention competition where a total of $20,000 in prizes was awarded.
Demo Kinecthesia: Philly Tech Week Signature Event
- WHAT: open bar and light appetizers, expo of locally-produced tech
- WHEN: Fri. April 27, 6-9 pm
- WHERE: Moore College
- RSVP $30 here
Forty-three student teams, a competition record, entered the first phase of the competition back in February, with a rigorous process to narrow the field to 12. The first place company was started by by junior computer engineering students Jeffrey Kiske and Eric Berdinis, who have been working on their product for nearly a year. PennVention is part of the Weiss Tech House, which hosts other entrepreneurial events throughout the year and houses an in-house fund for startups.
"After seeing the competition this year, I can't really say I was expecting to win," Kiske said after the event. "All of the teams were so well put together and presented very well."
Watch a demo video below.
In second place was Invisergy, which makes a solar powered window that is completely transparent and can be implemented into existing infrastructure. Invisergy has participated in other pitch competitions and is in the running for the MIT Clean Tech Competition.
Third was The Campus Rep, a tool for startups to easily access students to represent them on college campuses across the nation. They are already on the ground at several schools and are planning a large scale expansion.
A panel of nine judges, who selected the winners and the sponsored prizes, included Michael Aronson of MentorTech Ventures, serial entrepreneur Jay Tapper, and Jason Glickman and Bert Navarrete of the newly established TigerLabs incubator. The competition has been heating up over the years and companies have seen success after the competition. Last year's winner, uBeam has been featured in the All Things Dconference and one of its founders, Meredith Perry was one of Forbes 30 under 30 for 2011.
New this year was the automatic placement of two selected teams (Firefly and TouchMe) from the PennApps Hackathon in January to the final round. TouchMe was the winner of the hackathon and Firefly is a screen sharing software that can help companies improve the efficiency of their customer support.
Penn has seen a flurry of successful entrepreneurial ventures recently. Coursekit, the academic social network started last year by three Penn students, has since received six million of funding and now have a team of 12 in New York. See Technically Philly's coverage of the company here. One of the co-founders of Family Leaf is is a Penn student who has taken the year off to work on his company in Y-Combinator. Warby Parker started by MBA students a few years ago has disrupted the eyewear industry through its online collection of glasses.
Previous to the competition, Kinecthesia received $50,000 at the newly established Intel Innovator Award competition, which had over 100 applicants nationwide. In October the company won Google Zeitgeist, an invite only TED style event.
The winners this year included:
- 1st place-Kinecthesia: $5000
- 2nd place-Invisergy: $2500
- 3rd place-The Campus Rep: $1000
- Nursing Innovation Prize-BodyWars: $500
- Social Innovation Prize-The Global Latrine : $250
- Dr. Chris Mader Award for Information Technology-Firefly: $1,000
- Design Circle Inc Award-Kinecthesia : $3,000 in-kind
- RJ Metrics Business Software Award-SizeSeeker : $6,000 in-kind services
The finalists included:
- Graphene Frontiers-Production technology to make advanced graphene manufacturing cost effective. Richard Liu
- StudyHeist-A forum where students can exchange class materials with fellow students. Samuel Stern.
- SizeSeeker-Uses Kinnect technology to make clothing measurements in one's home in order to facilitate online fashion purchases. Mona Safabakhsh, Ian Campbell
- Ledao-Online marketplace to buy professional services intended for Chinese students. Yuanjiao Shen, Haoda Li, Yang Wei, Yanwei Lu, Qi Zhang
- Body Wars!-Board game to teach youth about healthy habits. Antonette Shaw, Mackenzie Mapes, Kristen van der Veen
- Urban Herb Garden-Home hydroponic system that uses less water and energy than current models. Gabrielle Pettinelli
- SmallSmall & The Global Latrine Project-A communal toilet design that can improve sanitation in impoverished regions across the world.
- Kinecthesia-A belt to help the visually impaired navigate that uses vibrations and senses to alter a wearer of objects in their pathway. Jerey Kiske, Eric Berdinis
- Inivsergy-Treatment to make solar powered windows that are transparent and can be implemented existing infrastructure. Ryan Marschang, John Foye, Rishabh Jain, Steven Shimizu
- The Campus Rep-Site that connects startups and brands with potential campus reps on college's across the country. Elizabeth Wessel, Andrew Harrington, Jason Mow, JJ Fliegelman, Kendall Haupt
- FireFly-Screen sharing software to help customer support agents save time that is all in-browser and HIPAA compliant. Patrick Leahy, Dan Shipper, Justin Meltzer
TouchMe-Uses sound vibrations to make any surface into a dynamic device. David Wang, Thomas Ly, Bezhou Feng, Eric O'Brien
James Feuereisen is a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania and was an organizer for the PennVention competition. He can be reached at email@example.com


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EXO Tops Weekly Charts with ′Sing For You′ for Second Consecutive Week
EXO′s winter special album Sing For You has topped album charts in Korea for the second week in a row.
The Korean and Chinese versions of Sing For You are ranked number one and two in album sales on Hanteo Chart, Synnara Records and Hottracks for the second consecutive week from December 14-20.EXO′s album is also ranked number one on Taiwan′s album sales site Five Music′s Korea-Japan Weekly Chart for the week of December 11 to 17, while the Korean version of the music video for Sing For You is number one on China′s video site iQiyi′s weekly chart in the Korean category for the second week in a row for the week of December 14 to 21.
EXO performed new song Unfair for the first time on last week′s KBS′ Music Bank, MBC′s Music Core and SBS′ Inkigayo, drawing attention with the use of chairs as part of their performance of the medium tempo song and bringing a cheerful energy to the stage.
Meanwhile, EXO took home the number one trophy on KBS′ Music Bank.


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Thankfully, I'm seeing an upward trend of cozy works of art masquerading as pet beds sure to inspire daydreams of catnip and tennis balls! These aren't the same standard issue round, fluffy thing you find at any ol' shop – so I've rounded up some favorite styles on
my North's wish list! For starters, this Domino black and white number ($84) looks comfy enough for even me to rest my head on!
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"They want emergency responders to be able to access the pipeline in a hurry if necessary without having to tear down a shed or a tree or something."
"I was serving as the area representative to the Forest Park Civic Association before I had even moved into my house. One of the people I had contacted in the area to ask some questions when I was buying my house told me about the opportunity to be the area representative and I decided to do it."
"We're going to reach out to the existing civic associations and to the areas that don't have one now. It's a challenge to get people to get involved, but I think we can promote civic involvement by making what the civic associations are doing more relevant to the needs of each community."
"The Morse Road SID was a bit different because the business community there was very involved. We can do the same thing along 161, but it's a way down the road."
"Those who came to the meeting were really excited about getting these block watches up and running again. We're starting to see more vandalism and burglary in the area, and a well-run block watch program can deter a lot of that kind of activity."


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Pune, Oct 5 (IANS) Striker Tuncay Sanli scored a brilliant brace as FC Pune City ousted arch-rivals Mumbai City FC 3-1 in the Maharashtra derby of the Indian Super League's (ISL) second season at the Balewadi Stadium here on Monday.
Sanli opened the scoring for the hosts in the 12th minute before the visitor's Frederic Piquionne levelled proceedings in the 34th minute. Sanli got his second after the break in the 56th minute which was followed by a third for the hosts courtesy Israil Gurung in 68th minute.
Pune's English coach David Platt used his experience to good effect as he fielded a 4-5-1 formation without some of his Indian players who are away on national duty.
On the other hand, Mumbai's marquee player-cum-manager Nicolas Anelka opted to bench himself and fielded Pratesh Shirodkar and Aguilera as the two playmakers with Andre Moritz, Sony Norde and Piquionne leading the attack.
The hosts started off with a positive mindset. Tuncay opened the scoring from a counter-attack when Lenny Rodrigues' pass found Shorey. The winger picked out Gurung whose inch perfect cross was headed in from close range at the far post by Tuncay.
Mumbai responded well with some attacking football and they levelled things up in the 34th minute, thanks to Piquionne. Ashutosh Mehta delivered a sublime cross for tghe former Monaco forward who finished with an accurate header into the bottom corner.
Just after the start of the second half, Andre Moritz had a great chance to put Mumbai in the lead, but he blasted the ball wide.
It was again the combination of Gurung and Sanli that found Pune's second goal as a sumptuous cross from the right found its way to the far post where the former Turkish international headed in again to make it 2-1 for the hosts.
Pune did not stop there as a speculative cross by Gurung in the 68th minute took a massive deflection off Juan Aguilera and the ball looped past the outstretched hands of Mumbai goalkeeper Albino Gomes to plonk itself in the corner of the net to give the home side a 3-1 lead.
With this win, Pune registered their second straight Maharashtra derby win.
Pune will next face NorthEast United FC on October 9 at home, while Mumbai will take on Kerala Blasters FC in Kochi on October 10.


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The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children raised more than $1.2 million last fall at its signature fundraiser, Treasure Street.
Among the more than 1,000 guests were the event chairs, Rep. Dan Branch and his wife, Stacey Branch, and the honorary chairs, Dee and Dodge Carter.
DJ Lucy Wrubel and country artist Stoney LaRue entertained, and Parigi, Perini Ranch Steakhouse, Matt's Rancho Martinez, 3015 at Trinity Groves, Sammy's BBQ, Balls Hamburgers, Blue Bell and Wayne Bartley provided food.
Major sponsors included:
$50,000: Central Market.
$25,000: William A. and Elizabeth B. Moncrief Foundation, Margot and Ross Perot, Sarah and Ross Perot Jr., Carolyn and Dr. Karl Rathjen, Reaves Asset Management, Harold Simmons Foundation, Thompson and Knight Foundation and Thompson and Knight LLP.
$15,000: Hilary L. Roberts and J. Baxter Brinkmann, Betsy and Richard Eiseman/Eiseman Jewels, Carol and Jeff Heller, Al G. Hill Jr., La Posada de Taos Inn/Sandy Nachman, Park Place Premier Collection, Victor E. Salvino, UnitedHealthcare, and Mary and Steven Watson.
$10,000: David H. Arrington Oil and Gas Inc., Bitsy and Harold Carter; Chefs' Produce Co., Crow Holdings, Graham Investments Inc., Denise and Bill Lindquist, Suzanne and Patrick McGee, The David B. Miller Family Foundation, B.K. and Mark Sloan, Tweedy, Browne Co. LLC and Westwood Trust.
$5,000: AT&T, Ben E. Keith Co., Della and Bob Best, Susan and Stephen Butt, Children's Medical Center, Serena and Tom Connelly, Millie and Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Maura and Tim Costello, Ebby Halliday Inc., The Eugene McDermott Foundation, The Gayden Family Foundation, Nancy Perot and Rod Jones, Urve and Matti Kiik, Mary and Larry Lange, Penny and Paul Loyd, Palo Verde Oil LP, Pioneer Wine Co., Chris Potestio, Katherine and Eric Reeves, Residences at the Stoneleigh, Mary and Mike Terry, Janet and Joe Tydlaska, Kristen Brent Venable and Winstead PC.
$2,500: Lydia and Bill Addy, The Ashmore Law Firm PC, Linda and Tom Barton, The Beck Group, Sue and Pryor Blackwell, Stephanie and Bennie Bray, Dee and Dodge Carter in honor of Nicole Carter, Denise and Alan Chamberlain, Cyberonics, Fischer and Co., Kammy and Andy Fleck, Joanne and John Hare, HKS Inc., Jackson Walker LLP, Joan and Marvin Lane, Lee Financial Corp., Millet The Printer, Lark and J.C. Montgomery Jr., Paul Page, Petro-Hunt LLC, Heidi and Mike Pickens, Sarah and Dr. Kurt Rathjen, The Rudman Foundation, Southwestern Medical Foundation/UT Southwestern Medical Center, Gene Stephens, Jane and Dr. Robert Viere, Pat and Robert L. Walker, Libby and Jeff Walter, Jean H. and John T. Walter Jr., WCS Oil & Gas Corp. and Pat and Pat Weber.
The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children treats pediatric orthopedic conditions and some neurological and learning disorders. Patients receive treatment regardless of the family's ability to pay.
To make a donation, call 214-559-5000 or 1-800-421-1121 or visit tsrhc.org.


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The U.S. State Department has begun issuing e-passports. These passports have radio frequency identification (RFID) chips embedded in the rear cover of the document. AFP reports that all previously issued passports will remain valid until they expire. Limited production of the e-passports began on December 30, 2005, with a pilot program issuing diplomatic and official passports, according to a State Department media note dated February 17, 2006.
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The RFID chips in the new passports contain electronic versions of the same information printed in the passport itself, according to AFP. In the future, biometric items such as fingerprints may be contained on the chips as well, but currently information on the chips is limited to:
- Name
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Place of birth
- Date of passport issuance
- Date of passport expiration
- Passport number
- Photographic image of the passport bearer.
The Department reported that they began phasing-in the issuance of these electronic passports in order to allow better international travel for U.S. citizens. Enhanced border security was also stated as a reason in deciding to issue these controversial passports.
The Department also reports that an anti-skimming device is integrated into the front cover of the passport, as well as the use of basic access control (BAC) technology to stop possible unauthorized reading of the information in the passport. AFP reports that these features make it more difficult to forge or even alter these official documents, as the information is verifiable with the information printed in the passport.
Concerns of remote reading and other eavesdropping activities voiced by privacy groups have fallen on deaf government ears, for the most part. A German computer security expert showed conference attendees earlier this month how to crack the RFID chip in the new passports and clone the official documents.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack defended the anti-skimming features in the front cover and spine of the passports, saying that remote scanning was not possible when the front cover is closed. A unique encryption key is also necessary to read the chip electronically. Each embedded RFID chip has an individual identification number that allows the tracking of any cloned or copied passports, in addition to other security features.
CNN Money reports that although the passports were issued to reduce human error on the part of immigration officials, safeguard against possible counterfeiting of the documents and speed the processing of visitors, the information is still available using radio receivers.
Israeli researchers at the University of Tel Aviv created a briefcase-sized skimmer using $110 worth of electronic hobbyist kits, in May 2006. Its 15-inch antenna had a read range of under a few feet. Back in 2005, a Cambridge researcher built a skimmer that that could access an RFID chip's information up to 160 feet away, according to CNN Money. Also in 2005, Dutch security researchers cracked the encryption on a mocked up RFID passport in two hours, using a desktop computer.
Futurist Bruce Sterling told CNN Money, âBasically, you've given everyone a little radio-frequency doodad that silently declares 'Hey, I'm a foreigner. If nobody bothers to listen, great. If people figure out they can listen to passport IDs, there will be a lot of strange and inventive ways to exploit that for criminal purposes.â
Security technologist Bruce Schneider continues in the same thought in CNN Money, "The basic problem with RFID is surreptitious access to ID. The odds are zero that RFID passport technology won't be hackable.â Schneider is an author and chief technology officer at the consultancy Counterpane Internet Security.
The State Department maintains all security concerns have been overstated. âWe wouldn't be issuing the passports to ourselves if we didn't think they're secure. We're our own test population,â according to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services Frank Moss, speaking to CNN Money.


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Toolbox netwox helps to find and solve network problems :
- sniff, spoof
- clients, servers
- scan, ping, traceroute
WWW: http://www.laurentconstantin.com/en/netw/netwox/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/netwox/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install netwox
cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/netwox/ && make install clean
pkg install netwox
PKGNAME: netwox
SHA256 (netwox-5.38.0-src.tgz) = 26369354291c23d9842f7da0083155ec24668d1c8a5f376bcaf3814c03f09ac8
SIZE (netwox-5.38.0-src.tgz) = 637266
SHA256 (netwox-5.38.0-doc_html.tgz) = 3cb279455df2b3e5d29cbb21015a0eaaa24b356cb20a5a49acccde2c91cfc010
SIZE (netwox-5.38.0-doc_html.tgz) = 116041
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
This port is required by:
===> The following configuration options are available for netwox-5.38.0:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
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Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories m, n, o, and p.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Remove $FreeBSD$ from patches files everywhere.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Cleanup DIST* variables.
When appropriate:
- Try to use DISTVERSION{SUF,PRE}FIX
- Replace PORTNAME-PORTVERSION by DISTNAME
- Convert MASTER_SITES to use macros
- Other light cleanup
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- Mark MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE: compilation fails with link errors here with -j8. Seems
to be a race between ranlib call and use of a static library
- Drop @dirrm* from plist
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- Add stage support
- Add DOCS option
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Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
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- Trim headers while I am here
- Clean up some trailing whitespace
- Respect CC
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- Get Rid MD5 support
- Update to 5.38.0
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- Update to 5.36.0
PR: ports/134317
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- Update to 5.35.0
PR: ports/105324
Submitted by: Janos Mohacsi (maintainer)
Approved by: miwi (mentor)
- Maintainer Update to net-mgmt/netwox to version 5.34.0
Original pakage changes:
- minot bugfixes
PR: ports/99875
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- Update to 5.30.0
PR: ports/87331
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- Update to 5.28.0
* The SMB share enumeration packet was not decoded if the number of
available shares was less than announced. The new 210 tool is a Web
spider limited to the requested directory. The new 211 tool converts
a Web spidered filename to its URL. The new 212 tool indicates where
a Web spider stored a URL. Traceroute tools have a new parameter
--resolve to resolve hostnames.
PR: ports/76042
Submitted by: maintainer
- Update to 5.27
PR: ports/75305
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- Update to 5.26.0
PR: ports/73710
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- Update to 5.25.0
PR: ports/72519
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PR: ports/71823
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Network Time Protocol (SNTP/NTP) has been implemented. Ten tools were
added, ranging from SMTP server to Web file size retrieval.
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The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch. The watch is in effect from Sunday evening through 7:00 p.m. Monday.
Locations that could be affected are Genesee, Erie and Livingston Counties.
They weather service said they are expecting heavy and wet snow with accumulations from 5.5 to 8 inches. Winds are expected to be 40-Miles per hour.
They are predicting downed trees and power lines likely causing power outages. Hazardous driving conditions could develop.
A winter storm watch means that heavy snow accumulations are possible if you are within the watch area. Weather conditions have the possibility of rapidly changing.


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Since the company start-up back in 2001, we, at CTI Corporation, has been manufacturing and selling to worldwide automotive filter wholesalers and retailers for auto aftermarket use. Recently, we are exporting more than million US dollars year by year to USA(Champion, Wix etc), Germany(Hengst, Mann hummel, HERTH BUSS, NIPPARTS, etc), Japan(Eiken etc), Russia(Prada etc) etc. Our company is mainly focused on auto filters for Japanese and Korean cars. With the proven track record, ISO14001 certification and patented automotive filter products and more than a million unit production capacity per model, the company now wants to expand its sales to share the company's quality products with more clients worldwide. CTI filters range from air filters, cabin air filters, fuel filters to dry cleaning filters as well. Especially, the cabin air filter is our flagship product featuring anti-bacterial and anti-fungal features.
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Bluetuna, thanks 4 posting another "Bck n d Gud Ole Days." Just as Texasstar7 stated: drinking different flavor of juices & chewing d wax afterwards. Dey still exist n some stores 2day (Shoe Show) 4 sure.
Cola bottle, yes but these? No - but they look far more exciting!
Of course, I remember those. Oops, does that date me?
Yes, so well! We'd chew the wax after we sipped out the juice! Thanks, I'd forgotten these. Great memories.


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The firm history began in 1950 when Mr. Glenn Berry opened his practice. Mr. Berry had a distinguished career as a fighter pilot in World War II. He served as an American volunteer with the Royal Air Force in one of their Eagle Squadrons. He later flew P-51 Mustangs for the Army Air Corp and was shot down over Europe.
Bill Scovill
Bill Scovill moved from his home state of Oklahoma to Florida in 1966, and after completing law school at the University of Florida. Bill joined Glenn Berry in practice in 1969. Prior to law school, Bill served as an Armor/JAG officer in the U.S. Army. Bill attained a degree in Finance and attended law school at Oklahoma University prior to transferring to the University of Florida. On April 14, 1972, Mr. Berry was tragically killed in a car accident, after which Bill Scovill took over the firm.
Bart Scovill
Bart Scovill joined his father in practice in 1993. Like both his predecessors, Bart served his country. Bart served four years as a Cavalry Scout in the U.S. Army during the Cold War, and like his father, he also attended the University of Florida College of Law after earning a BSBA in Marketing at the University of Florida.
In 2012, Bart opened his own office just south of University Avenue on North Lockwood Ridge Road in the beautiful Northwood Executive Suites. While Bill and Bart no longer practice out of the same office, they continue to work together closely as they have since 1993.


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Here you find the instruction manual of the Yongnuo YN460II speedlight. Like for the YN-460, it is not a book but a leaflet with English on one side and Chinese on the other. And that is almost more than is needed already: it is a manual mode flash unit and there is not much to learn. The only thing you won't be able to figure out immediately yourself is the meaning of the two slave modes "S1″ and "S2″, the rest is totally self explaining.
Please check also my specs page, the Yongnuo manuals are not always 100% up to date, e.g. when it comes to the negative tilt which is -10 degrees rather than -7 degrees e.g.
Part 1
Safety warnings, speedlite parts and their functions, control buttons, installing batteries, attaching to the camera, powering on
Part 2
M mode, S1/S2 mode, standby, output power fine-tuning, bounce flash, bounce card, wide angle diffuser, rear curtain synch, multiple flash operation, specifications, trouble shooting
YN-460 II Review
Here you find an in-depth review of the Yongnuo YN-460 II, the stronger brother of the YN460 which is the model that started the Yongnuo story.
Where to buy Yongnuo flash units
Yongnuo strobist flash units model YN-460 and YN-460-II on eBay


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Green documentary maker asks "What does sustainability mean?".. after failing to live it
"Young, creative, passionate college student wants to save the world…" Having been in this line of work for years now, I've received multiple emails that could've used some variation on those words for a subject line. So, when Caroline Savery first got in touch with me in 2008 about her Sust Enable project, a documentary series that would feature her efforts to live in a 100% sustainable manner, the usual two conflicting thoughts arose: "How inspiring!" and "Good luck with that…"
While the cynic on one shoulder got plenty of ammunition for his perspective — Caroline experienced many setbacks and challenges with her three-month living experience, which she wrote about on sustainablog — the optimist on the other shoulder has ultimately won out. Rather than giving up on her NO IMPACT MAN-like experiment with sustainable living, Caroline's reflected on both her successes and failures, and realized the story she wanted to tell wasn't about trying to live sustainably… but rather, what does that concept mean in the first place. In a letter to viewers on her website, she noted that the project was probably doomed from the start because she'd gone into it with flawed assumptions:
…the project [reinforced] certain cultural mythologies about the nature of sustainability–mythologies that I have grown to see as inherently harmful. For instance, the design behind the Sust–Enable series:
- suggests that global sustainability is a problem that merely needs to be "fixed"
- that individual gumption will "save the day"
- that there are universally "good," "better," and "best" ways to achieve "100% sustainability"
These flawed assumptions necessarily led to the failure of the project to reach its stated mission. I was not able to live in the 100% sustainable way that I had expected I could.
She now calls the project Sust Enable: The Metamentary, and plans to combine her original living experiments, her experiences since then in everything from bike repair to consensus-based organization, and ideas from "science, academia, environmental activism, and community organizing," into a work that explores the concept of sustainability, and the ways in which we thing about it.
You can help "kickstart" this sustainability documentary
Like many people with a bold idea, Caroline needs funding… and has set up a project on Kickstarter.com to solicit support. She's hoping raise $15,000 by October 23rd… and it's an all-or-nothing proposition: if she doesn't receive pledges for the entire amount, she gets nothing. Take a look at the extensive write-up of her project, and consider giving this young, creative, passionate filmmaker a hand…
Know of other bright young artists with big ideas for changing the world? We're always interested…
- We've still got all of Caroline's posts up at sustainablog…
- Want to cut your own resource footprint? Check out our current listings of Fuji road bikes.
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Ever wonder what the loved and cared for animals think about? They probably have nothing to worry about as long as they are loved. So here is a poem I wrote about the loved and cared animals out there and you owners who love and care for them! Good for you!
I'm loved and cared for,
Not a worry in the world.
I'm in someone's warm heart.
Beside heart's fire I am curled.
They feed me and let me play outdoors.
And let me sleep when I get bored.
They take me here,
They take me there.
They don't cut, curl, or beautify my hair.
They love me for who I am.
And they don't care what I look like to them.
I know if I stick with them,
I'll be happy forever.
And I'll be miserable?
So love me, or love me not.
I have a heart and feelings.
And I need to be liked a lot.
I hope all you owners that love your animals, or neglect them, heard this one!


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My external screen is messed up. It started happening like a week ago. When I have it closed and I hit the side key to check the time, it looks like everything has been stretched out and then ripped apart by each individual line. And then, on the far right, there is a bar that clearly shows, so it looks like it should, the red powering up screen. It is always there. Then, when I open it, the Verizon logo has also been spaced out, so there is a line in between all the color ones and it has also been stretched out. Any ideas on how to fox this?


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University of Texas Arlington
Library sponsors GIS Day events
Friday, November 14, 2008
Media Contact: Herb Booth, Office:817-272-7075, Cell:214-546-1082, email@example.com
ARLINGTON - The University of Texas at Arlington's Central Library plays host to GIS Day on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the library, 702 Planetarium Place. GIS stands for geographic information systems.
A student and faculty research showcase provides the Arlington community the opportunity to discover how GIS and its various applications are being used on the UT Arlington campus. The showcase is from 11 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Taner Ozdil will discuss "Informed Design and Planning: The Role of GIS in Landscape Architecture" at noon in the sixth floor parlor. He will explore the increasing use of GIS in contemporary landscape architecture education and research. Refreshments will be served his presentation.
A hands-on workshop for planning public transportation in Arlington is from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in room B20.
"The library enthusiastically supports the university's efforts to enhance and expand GIS education on campus," Library Dean Gerald Saxon said. "One way of doing this is by sponsoring GIS Day to showcase what the faculty and students are doing when they use GIS to capture, store, manage, analyze and model spatially referenced data."
The programs are free and open to the public. RSVP to Kevin Schuck at (817) 272-3313 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit http://library.uta.edu/gisday/ for more information.
The University of Texas at Arlington is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.


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Substitute Teacher Plan
Help take the stress out of substitute teaching. Having a substitute teacher plan before you walk into the classroom is one of the substitute teaching tips you may get. A good substitute teacher plan can help you immediately direct the children in any classroom, take a lot of the stress out of your job and make teaching fun. These plans are so helpful, that even if it is not a requirement for substitute teaching job applications, you should include a sample substitute teacher plan anytime you submit your substitute teacher resume for new job opportunities. When you submit a substitute teacher plan with your resume, you may demonstrate that you are expert in your field and clearly outline your experience and commitment to the job.


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Erlotinib Versus Gemcitabine/Carboplatin in Chemo-naive Stage IIIB/IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Exon 19 or 21 Mutation (ML20981)
This study has been completed.
Tongji University
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First Posted: April 2, 2009
Last Update Posted: September 25, 2014
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Zhou C, Wu YL, Chen G, Feng J, Liu XQ, Wang C, Zhang S, Wang J, Zhou S, Ren S, Lu S, Zhang L, Hu C, Hu C, Luo Y, Chen L, Ye M, Huang J, Zhi X, Zhang Y, Xiu Q, Ma J, Zhang L, You C. Final overall survival results from a randomised, phase III study of erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment of EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802). Ann Oncol. 2015 Sep;26(9):1877-83. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdv276. Epub 2015 Jul 3.
Zhou C, Wu YL, Chen G, Feng J, Liu XQ, Wang C, Zhang S, Wang J, Zhou S, Ren S, Lu S, Zhang L, Hu C, Hu C, Luo Y, Chen L, Ye M, Huang J, Zhi X, Zhang Y, Xiu Q, Ma J, Zhang L, You C. Erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study. Lancet Oncol. 2011 Aug;12(8):735-42. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70184-X. Epub 2011 Jul 23.


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I thought this was going to be a quiet and uneventful weekend. Life has been crazy lately and my husband and I were looking forward to having two days of unscheduled time. As it started, the weekend went according to plans. Friday night was a quiet night in with a healthy dinner and a glass of […]
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LOTAR Workshop in St. Simons Island, USA2016-10-19
The Engineering Analysis and Simulation (EAS) workgroup reached out to vendors of Computer-Aided...
Memorandum of Understanding between LOTAR EAS and NAFEMS2016-08-08
LOTAR International's Engineering Analysis and Simulation Working Group and NAFEMS have issued a...
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LOng Term Archiving and Retrieval - LOTAR
The objective of LOTAR International is to develop, test, publish and maintain standards for long-term archiving (LTA) of digital data, such as 3D CAD and PDM data. These standards will define auditable archiving and retrieval processes. Use of the standard series by other branches of industry such as the automotive or shipbuilding industry is possible. The results are harmonized with e.g. the Recommendation 4958 for long-term archiving of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and are based on the ISO 14721, Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model. The documents for the standard are published as the EN9300 series and, in cooperation with the AIA, also as the National Aerospace Standard (NAS).
LOTAR International is a project being conducted by leading OEMs and suppliers in the aerospace and defense industry under the joint auspices of ASD-STAN, AIA, PDES Inc. and the ProSTEP iViP Association.
Close cooperation with the PDES, Inc. / ProSTEP iViP CAx Implementor Forum ensures implementation reliability.
The LOTAR project consortium consists of user companies from around the world. Member companies include Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Dassault Aviation, EADS, Eurocopter, General Dynamics, Goodrich, IAI, Lockheed Martin, SAFRAN, Sandia, and Spirit.
Goals of the project include:
- Developing, publishing and maintaining a standard series for archiving and retrieval of product data
- Standardization of referred and needed methods, process modules and data models
- Providing methods, process modules and data model(s), to enable long-term archiving and retrieval of CAD and PDM data, but e.g. also for electrical, composite design data
- Development of recommendations for practical introduction of long-term archiving of relevant data at industry
- Enabling commercial solutions based on user requirements in cooperation with CAx-IF testing and funded pilot projects
The LOTAR development of a worldwide-accepted standard for long-term archiving of a 3D master and product structure is an international collaboration of the Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA) and the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe for Standardization (ASD-STAN), under the supervision of the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG).
The results of LOTAR will be released as EN 9300 and NAS 9300 series. Part of the series is already released.


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Guest Post: Unusual Activities in London during the Olympics
London as with many other capital cities plays host to a number of weird and wonderful experiences which are usually reserved for the locals 'in the know'. This guide will highlight some unusual activities you can experience in London during the Olympics games this summer.
Keep your cool
If you need to find shelter during the warmer summer weather, but still keep things sporty, then why not climb the Saab ice wall. Forget iced lattes, a fully functional wall of ice inside the Ellis Brigham climbing store in Covent Garden allows you to experience the 'big chill' in the heart of the capital.
Operated by Vertical Chill, the 8 metre wall of solid ice is frozen at a steady -7 degrees, meaning you will need to work hard to keep the blood flowing.
Stay in someone else's home
London based vacation rental company onefinestay are taking on the traditional hotel room, allowing you to rent a Londoner's home whilst they are out of town. The service works similarly to a hotel, in that you get fresh linens, fluffy towels and a concierge service, but with the added comfort and character of a real home. onefinestay even provide guest with an iPhone, loaded with tips for the local area, giving you an insight to the weird and wonderful activities in your locale.
Rely on your senses
For a sensory busting culinary experience, you can't go wrong with Dans le Noir in Clerkenwell, for something a little out of the ordinary. The restaurant idea, founded in Paris, sits diners around a table in complete darkness, where waiters serve a secret menu consisting mainly of French cuisine with a few 'twists' to alert the taste buds. Your servers are blind, so can find their way around the darkness without a hitch to assist you if needed. The set menu consists of a number of varied dishes to challenge your tasting skills, so make a reservation as space is limited.
For a good political debate
If you are in London over a Sunday, be sure to visit Hyde Park for Speaker's corner, where you will find lots of passionate people talking about politics, the government, their beliefs and everything in-between. In 1872, the British Parliament allowed public speaking in the corner of this Central London park, which was duly taken up by activists over the capital. Be sure to stop by and join in with the discussions.
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Courtney Landrum knows me well. She found me this morning and said "Did you hear the news?" I said "What news?" She said "Your man is performing at the Grammy's!" I let out a little girl scream because she was referring to Justin Timberlake!!!!
I am counting down the days until I get to see Justin perform!!!! I'm sure Brian and I will be watching TV in different rooms that night because he won't want to hear me go on and on and on and on about Justin!
Here's some more details:
The six-time GRAMMY Award winner is set to perform at the 55th annual GRAMMY Awards. His first time on the GRAMMY stage in four years and his first TV performance since the announcement of his upcoming album The 20/20 Experience, Justin joins the highly nominated roster of performers including Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert, The Black Keys, fun., the Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Jack White, as well as Elton John and current nominee Ed Sheeran.
We are happy to announce Justin Timberlake will make his return to the GRAMMY stage Feb. 10th on @cbstweet! #GRAMMYs #TheWorldIsListening
— The GRAMMYs (@TheGRAMMYs) January 30, 2013
Also added to the lineup of GRAMMY festivities is Gig of a Lifetime winner Within Reason. The Birmingham, Alabama-based band were selected after a nation-wide search for aspiring musicians. Bands from around the country were asked to submit a short video of themselves performing an original song. Within Reason beat out the other contenders with over 1.5 million votes cast. They'll perform for a live broadcast February 9th as part of GRAMMY Live in Los Angeles.
Join us in congratulating this year's Gig of a Lifetime Winner: @within_reason from Birmingham, AL bit.ly/ZUGNgf
— CBS Television (@CBS) January 30, 2013
The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards air February 10 on CBS. Want to be there? Enter here for your chance to win a trip to the GRAMMYs.
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Learn How Your Website Performs Under Various Load Conditions (1 messages)
SoftLogica has announced WAPT 5.0, the new version of its load, stress and performance testing tool for web sites, web servers and applications with web interfaces. In contrast to "800-pound gorilla" load testing tools, WAPT is designed to minimize the learning curve and give the user an ability to create a heavy load from a single regular workstation. You can create a basic test scenario and get meaningful information about your performance landscape in a matter of minutes. WAPT is able to generate up to 3000 simultaneously acting virtual users for an "average" test scenario using standard hardware configuration (Pentium 4 2GHz, 1GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet). WAPT creates a test workload which is virtually the same as the load experienced by a web site in the real world. Virtual users in each profile are fully customizable. They can have individual IP address (IP spoofing), user name and password, and persistent cookies, to name a few. Basic and Integrated Windows (NTLM) authentication methods are supported. Graphs and reports are shown in real-time at different levels of detail, thus helping to manage the testing process. You don't need to wait for the completion of the test to get results, so if you have already identified a problem, you can stop the test, fix the problem and start the test again to check for performance changes. The command line interface allows you to integrate WAPT into the existing development environment. Standard XML files are used to store test scenarios and can be modified by third party software. What's New in version 5.0: Tree-type Log Viewer: Comprehensive log viewer provides detailed representation of all requests, responses and errors that occur during the test run. This information is structured with the help of a tree view with several levels of details: profile, user, session and iteration. Using the tree view you can find any information easily without need to search through megabytes of log files. You can navigate to any particular request or browse errors one by one. Automatic Parameterization of Requests: WAPT can be configured to automatically find dynamic values in responses during recording. It creates corresponding variables and uses them when recording subsequent requests. This feature significantly simplifies the design of tests for pages with dynamic content. Server Resources Deallocation Testing: WAPT can emulate a new load type consisting of two phases repeating several times: one with low load level and one with high load level. You can specify the duration and the number of virtual users for each phase. This type of load is useful to make sure that web application allocates and frees server resources correctly. The detailed list of all 11 new features: http://www.loadtestingtool.com/version50.shtml Pricing and Availability: WAPT is designed for Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003. The 30-day trial version with full set of features limited to 20 concurrent virtual users can be downloaded at http://www.loadtestingtool.com/wapt.exe. The program is priced at $350 (USD) per license. Volume discounts are available. Free technical support is provided by e-mail (support at loadtestingtool dot com) and by phone (+7.383.3356692).
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Proposed motorsports park not getting bang for buck
Thursday, Mar 20, 2014 01:33 pm
Re: �Rockyview Motorsports Park one step closer to completion, March 13.�
Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to your article on new motorsports park northeast of Airdrie. Firstly, I just wanted to point out that I did vote no in your online poll but probably for different reasons that most do. I have to ask the question: Is this some form of politically correct facility that is meant to appease the general motorsports enthusiast? Where is the oval track?? Where is the 1/4 mile drag strip?
I have been involved with various forms of motorsports racing for close to 40 years in literally dozens of very high-end down to grassroots type of facilities. This would include road course, Indy, Nascar all the way down to your small town -mile dirt oval. I honestly don�t believe I have ever seen such a useless amount of money spent to get so little and solve so little. Why even bother?
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Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic masterpiece The Last of Us has topped the U.S. sales charts for the month of June 2013, the latest NPD data has confirmed.
Exact sales figures were not divulged, though the NPD's Liam Callahan confirmed that the PlayStation 3-exclusive adventure had the second highest first-month sales of any first-party PS3 title to date – topped only by 2010's God of War III.
Said Callahan: "The Last of Us was also the third highest game to launch during the month of June since NPD began tracking sales in 1995."
However, last month saw total spend dip by 15 per cent year-on-year, declining from $700.6 million in June 2012 to $593.3 million. Overall software sales sunk to $313.8 million; an overall decrease of 14 per cent.
In terms of hardware, Xbox 360 took the crown as the best-selling console with 140,000 units shifted. Note that the NPD tallies home platforms and handhelds separately, so even though 3DS technically sold the most out of any games system, 360 still bagged the top spot.
Once again, Sony is keeping mum as to how many PS3s and PS Vitas it managed to flog last month, though we assume The Last of Us contributed to a rise in uptake of the former.
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1. The Last of Us (PS3)
2 Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
3. Minecraft (X360)
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (PC, PS3, Wii U, X360)
5. NBA 2K13 (PC, PSP, PS3, Wii, Wii U, 360)
6. Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3, Wii U, X360)
7. Donkey Kong Country Returns (3DS, Wii)
8. Deadpool (PS3, X360)
9. Battlefield 3 (PC, PS3, X360)
10. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS)
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Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic masterpiece The Last of Us has topped the U.S. sales charts for the month of June 2013, the latest NPD data has confirmed.


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After almost an entire month of vacation I am finally home. We spent about 220 hours just on the road, and two full weeks in Florida at my parents' house. Even though we have done long road trips before, this was the first time we attempted to travel with a small baby. I didn't think it would be much different, and I planned as well as I knew how to. Turns out we still had a lot to learn about going on long trips. Here are a few things I found to be the most important:
If you have more than four hours of driving to do, break it up as much as possible. We tried to ease the boredom by driving in the early morning – around 4:00 AM – until about 10:00AM and then stop and spend a good amount of time doing something fun outside of the car. Check online before you leave for interesting things to do in the areas you'll be passing through. Then, after having had lunch and a few hours of recreation, we'd drive a couple more hours to the next town and then stop again for dinner. By doing this we were able to get a significant amount of driving done but still let the kids enjoy the day.
Be prepared for anything and everything. My family has adventures that are very similar to what you'd see on a National Lampoon's Vacation movie. Because of that, I tend to pack accordingly. At one point in our trip we actually got lost on a foggy morning, took a wrong turn and got stuck in the mud and stranded. It was really scary when we couldn't find a single tow truck company that would help us – for fear of getting stuck themselves. Thankfully I had plenty of water, baby supplies, food, towels, blankets, and toys to keep us satisfied until we could finally be rescued. It only took a couple of hours, but it could have been worse.
Sit in the back seat once in a while. If you have enough room in the car, have one of the adults sit with the kids for a while. I noticed that sometimes the baby would be fussy despite being fed, changed and recently napped. When I sat next to him and gave him some attention he immediately perked up. Sometimes the kids will be bored despite having an abundance of toys to play with and they just need some attention. Sitting closer to them helps comfort them and makes the ride a little easier for everyone.
People think I'm crazy, but even with all of bumps along the way I still prefer an old-fashioned road trip to an airplane getaway. I love seeing all of the different towns and exploring with my children. If you take it slow and enjoy the ride it will be a memorable experience for everyone.


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Marriage soon for gays and lesbians after Cameron gives his blessing
Gay and lesbian couples will be able to marry in England and Wales by 2015 under plans backed by the Prime Minister. David Cameron is said to be determined to see that the law is changed within this Parliament to give homosexual couples the same legal rights as heterosexuals.
The timetable will be laid out today by Lynne Featherstone, the Equalities Minister and Liberal Democrat. She will tell her party's annual conference that a formal consultation on how to make it possible for gay couples to marry will start in March next year.
She will say: "I will continue to push everyone, from allies to adversaries, to recognise what we know is true: that gay rights are human rights. No excuses, no exceptions, no compromises."


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NIS America hosting press event on February 13
Prepare for new game localization announcements.
NIS America will hold its annual spring press event on February 13 from 6:00 p.m. PST.
The event will play host to "new title announcements" from the publisher. It won't be live streamed, but the announcements usually come out as they're made.
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Maggie's war is a narrative of cameras
A believable central character sustains this lively novel about draft dodgers in the 1960s
An anti-Vietnam war draft protest in 1967. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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Once We Had a Country
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Few novels would appear to be as straightforward as Canadian Robert McGill's doggedly-crafted yet lively second novel. And to a point, it succeeds in actually being that simple. It's briskly plot-driven, even episodic, with the author setting out various narrative signposts to first arrive at and then move on from, as if establishing various little camps, ever inching towards a finishing line that eventually seems very open-ended. It is also as dense as only a good old-fashioned narrative can be.
The story, interestingly, relies almost completely on the various moods – not to mind the adventures – of a large cast of characters, some of whom are well-drawn, others mere cartoon creations. McGill enjoys writing dialogue and this is a novel of half-finished conversations, retorts, yearnings and some petulance. Above all, it is about the mistakes people tend to make and the pauses they then take while considering these errors before setting off to make some more.
It is an unpretentious, old-fashioned novel, and that is not meant as criticism, only an observation. Once We Had A Country, billed rather clumsily by the publishers as a re-imagining of the impact the Vietnam War had on the lives of the American draft dodgers and their wives and girlfriends, fails to confront the subject in any meaningful way.
Ironically, considering there is an important storyline that actually takes place in Vietnam running parallel to the central action, there is little real sense of the period. What does come through in an effectively understated way is the niggling unease that existed between Canada and the US at that time – and that to some extent persists.
McGill does not overplay it, and this makes it all the more convincing. At the heart of it all is neither Vietnam nor Canada, but Maggie, a young woman who realises that she is not a good teacher and who, having fled her father's obsessive attentions, has thrown in her lot with a ridiculous boyfriend, Fletcher. He wants to avoid the draft and can do so courtesy of one of his wealthy father's crazy projects, a sugar company to be run from Canada.
McGill writes a plain, unaffected prose that seldom strains for literary effect. There are no passages of lyrical beauty, few breathtaking images; instead he reaches for the human response, the chill moment of pained self-recognition, usually hot on the heels of delusion.
He could as easily have written this novel in a vaguely ironic first-person voice. It is never funny, yet it sustains a consistently light touch, at least in the Canadian sequences. The humans are often idiotically real, or at least their behaviour tends to be.
In marked contrast, to the extent that they seem almost to be part of another novel, the jungle interludes are tense, almost dream-like and disappointingly underdeveloped considering the amount of space McGill allows for the Canadian sequences.
Another writer, or more probably an American, would have treated the subject very differently and with far more pathos and anger. But McGill is Canadian, which perhaps explains his approach. One can only imagine how Russell Banks would have handled the same theme.
"Everything will be fine because they don't have anything to hide. That's what Fletcher has told her as they wait in line at the border. When he finally steers the camper van up to the booth, though, Maggie notices his hands trembling. The uniform of the guard is dark at the armpits, and the man looks miserable in the heat."
It is worth pointing out that Maggie notices how the weather is affecting the guard's uniform before she considers how the man wearing it is feeling. Maggie is like that. She thinks all the time, replaying it all in her head; taking action proves far more difficult for her.
The scene at the border is well done and sufficiently edgy. But McGill then begins to lighten the mood. Instead of watching committed idealists deciding to voice their disapproval of the war, he presents us with some hippies looking for an easy alternative.
Big subjects drift along on the sidelines as Maggie braces herself for fear that the other woman, Brid, who is joining them, may also be involved with Fletcher. Brid arrives with her little daughter in tow and is seething; Wale, the father of her child, appears to be half-hearted about everything, from serving in the army, to being her partner, to having fathered a child who owes her existence to, as he brutally puts it, a faulty condom.
Life in the new commune begins with cleaning the house, which is attractive if filthy and bears the signs of having been ransacked. The dense pages are heavy with detail, and the summer heat, as well as being full of talk, mostly banter. Brid is given a sharp tongue and some of the more barbed lines. The narrative tone evokes a world of flower power in transition.
Narrative powers along
None of the characters, with the exception of the all-too-human Maggie, are particularly likeable. Yet the narrative powers along like a ferry packed with passengers all shouting at the top of their voices. But McGill manages to keep his chattering characters on the controlled side of chaos. His very restrained novel reads as a clever screenplay-in-the-making and in time this good novel could be made into an even better movie.
Quiet Maggie is full of doubts, including some about her estrangement from her widowed father who had loved her younger self to the point of suffocating her. (There is a very impressive scene in which Maggie, having secretly prepared for her prom night, while ready and waiting for her escort's arrival, decides not to go.) She takes to making home movies. Silently she wanders about, filming everything, causing the reader to fear that Maggie may be crazier than we suspected.
Her film-making is a clever narrative device which also plays its part in Fletcher deciding to leave the commune. There is another reason, though – the draft has ended. Increasingly the novel becomes Maggie's story with the wily use of red herrings.
In addition to her all-seeing camera, there is the prominence of the TV set throughout the action. Maggie spends hours alone in the evening watching everything and when the soaps are over, "she resorts to watching a hockey game . . . the Canadians are playing the Russians in Moscow, the last game in a series she hasn't been watching . . . When one of the Canadian players scores, there's jubilation among his teammates, but Maggie isn't really paying attention to them; her eyes are on the thousands of Russians in the stands . . . the few times the camera shows them, their faces are unblinking and forlorn. They have the look of children at Christmas who were promised one thing and given another." It is one of the few vivid images in a novel that tends towards unadorned description.
Fact is all; even when McGill appears to be considering ambivalence, he chooses fact. It is a narrative of cameras. Maggie believes she has discovered the man her father was after seeing him in a documentary made following his death. (That part is implausible, as is her father's born-again campaign which results in his death.)
The narrative does flounder in the closing pages as McGill hurriedly attempts to tie up too many loose ends. The most obvious weakness is the inclusion of a Czech priest, complete with his wayward sibling, a sister, both of whom appear to have wandered in from a different novel. Readers of McGill's debut, The Mysteries (2004), may have been expecting a more cohesive work.
Once We Had A Country is far from perfect and frequently top-heavy, yet it is an engaging yarn which is almost, if not quite, held together, by Maggie, a bit of a dreamer, a bit of a busybody, but a very believable human who is intent on her life becoming that bit better.


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Net Work World
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The piracy, counterfeit and copyright battle has moved to the Super Bowl.
Speaking a National Football League press conference ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said special agents this week seized a total of 307 websites and snatched up 42,692 items of phony Super Bowl-related memorabilia along with other counterfeit items for a total take of more than $4.8 million – up from $3.72 million last year.
Sixteen of the sites the agency shut down during this operation known as Fake Sweep, were illegally streaming live sporting telecasts over the Internet, including NFL games. Two hundred ninety-one website domain names were illegally selling and distributing counterfeit merchandise, ICE stated.
More on high-tech crime: From Anonymous to Hackerazzi: The year in security mischief-making
This article was posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:11 am


text: Amar Lahiri Majumdar, a retired Banker, travelled extensively to different parts of India for conducting entrepreneurship development programmes; the whimsical writer in him published his work, say articles, just to share his feeling and his passion with others. One can say "jotting down of a few incoherent scratches in establishing a meaningless identity". Amar Lahiri Majumdar is not just an author but a collector; a collector of experiential learning, information and news. At the age of 72, the idea of penning down some words flashed when he read a news item on illegal electronic transfer for siphoning of fund in a reputed Bank; an old-time Banker, he felt uncomfortable with the modern system of electronic banking transactions and system. He opened his information store, organized his thoughts and started writing; Tanya, Raul and Christine turned out to be living characters. In this book, Master's Degree holder in Political Science and a Banker attempts to share his own psychic kick.


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The final word on stress
For more than 30 years, Professor James Campbell Quick has helped organizations effectively manage stressful situations using a two-step model that has been called a landmark in the field
Everyone faces stress. And everyone, it seems, has a theory about how to handle it. But not everyone becomes a nationally recognized authority on the subject. For that you need a prolific pen, an appetite for research and a well-timed suggestion from your younger brother.
"The thing I've seen the most in my 33 years of focus has been an explosion of awareness of how stress plays an important role in our sickness, disabilities and even premature death," says organizational behavior Professor James Campbell Quick. "That's important, because the way we react to stress is a major component of our health and vitality."
Dr. Quick is one of the world's leading experts on stress, having written or co-written more than 100 research papers, articles and well-received books on the subject in the last decade alone. But he didn't get started down the path to guru-ism without a push.
He gives substantial credit to his brother, Dr. Jonathan Quick. Although Jonathan is now a physician and president of Management Sciences for Health, when he was midway through his medical program, Jim was halfway through his doctorate in organizational behavior and clinical psychology.
Organizational behavior Professor James Campbell Quick believes that a certain amount of stress helps people accomplish tasks and, within reason, equates to creative tension. But too much can be harmful. "What's necessary is to provide both challenge and support for people," he says, "a balancing of the stress equation."
"My brother was studying public health notions of prevention and thought it should incorporate the organizational stress I was studying," UT Arlington's Quick recalls. "He predicted that we could become rich and famous with the combination."
Jim jokes that the "rich part" didn't happen, but the brothers have become two of the most commonly cited names in the stress arena—fame within a niche. In fact, Jim's extensive writings over the past three decades have become essential background that shows up in textbooks and as references in scholarly
Case Western Reserve University organizational behavior Professor Richard Boyatzis, himself a noted stress expert, says the problem with most books about executive health and stress is that they make the reader "feel guilty and worry." Not so with Quick's work, which, he says, "creates hope." That work includes books like Managing Executive Health, a lauded compilation of personal and corporate strategies for sustained success published in 2008. Or Stress and Strain, an overview of the psychophysiology of stress, now in its second edition, that has become a multi-language quick-study reference ("the Reader's Digest of the world of stress," Quick calls it).
Of Managing Executive Health, Paul Rosch, president of the American Institute for Health, makes his enthusiasm clear in a review: "This comprehensive analysis of the pitfalls and stresses associated with leadership explains why current conditions are contributing to an increase in these problems and their adverse fiscal and health effects. It contains numerous useful suggestions on how to prevent or minimize such complications so that executives can learn how to become more productive and less self-destructive."
In addition to working with his brother, Quick frequently collaborates with other authorities, principally Joanne Gavin, associate professor of management at Marist College, and Cary Cooper, a professor of organizational psychology at Lancaster University in England and editor of Who's Who in the Management Sciences.
Quick needs every bit of the knowledge he has gained over the years to tackle this subject. He says stress is complicated because a certain amount is essential for task accomplishment. Within reason, stress equates to creative tension.
"The artistic question is this: What is the right amount of stress in the work environment if we want to challenge people enough to bring out the best in them?" Quick asks. "But we also know that when stress is overdone, it can be harmful. What's necessary is to provide both challenge and support for people—a balancing of the stress equation."
And there's another complication: People don't react to stress in the same way. Tolerance varies wildly.
"Sure, there's a stereotypical response to stress that includes an increase in heart rate, respiration, accelerated blood pressure and heightened alertness, but there is an astonishing variation in terms of what different people do with stress-inspired energy. Some people fight. Some run. Some freeze. There's a lot of that—fight, flight or freeze—although the freeze part, that hunkering down thing, is the least understood. The stress response is a way to deal with threat that can be helpful if used properly."
The "used properly" aspect often doesn't work out, particularly in the high-pressure arena of corporate management. But the business world is steadily evolving in this area.
"Today's recessionary environment creates a real challenge because ultimately the leader's responsibility is for the whole organization—its well-being and survival," Quick says. "The realities of that necessity in a downsizing world often mean companies and corporations can't keep everybody they've got. That kind of dilemma does create real tension, but there are better and worse ways to terminate people."
Quick's strategies for dealing with stress in such situations have real-life applications. Corporations and the military have used the Preventive Management Model, which he and his brother developed.
It's a two-step process for stressful environments: Engage in surveillance to determine who's in emotional deep water, then engage in preventive intervention.
"Not all the problems in a highly stressful situation—say a corporate downsizing—are psychological," Quick notes. "There can also be financial problems or other issues, or a combination of problems. Those need
to be identified and worked through on an individual basis. Though this seems simple, it sends a huge message about how important every individual in an organization is."
Oklahoma State University Professor Debra Nelson, a frequent collaborator with Quick (they co-authored Organizational Behavior: Science, The Real World and You), terms the Quick brothers' stress model a landmark in the field.
"His and his brother's theory of preventive stress management, derived from public health, makes stress not an inevitable feature of work life but something that can be preventively managed," says Dr. Nelson, who earned her Ph.D. at UT Arlington.
She also credits Quick with making stress one of the most researched topics in organizational behavior.
"He has a knack for sharing his knowledge in a way that puts stress on the front burner," she says. "I also think what sets him apart is his generosity. He has partnered with so many and trained so many students, and he continues to operate with a servant's heart."
Quick is a retired colonel in the Air Force Reserve and was actively involved in managing the closure of Kelly Air Force Base several years ago—essentially an $8 billion business losing 13,000 employees, many
of them civilians. Utilizing the Preventive Management Model, he helped create an Organizational Health Center to minimize the potential mental health hazards of the shutdown.
"With 13,000 people, you have to anticipate that at least 300 to 400 will feel so stressed by the situation that severe behavior problems, including violence, could result," Quick says. "The high-risk population has to be identified and helped."
The outcome? Kelly recorded no stressrelated fatalities—no homicides, suicides or workplace violence. But a sister facility in California suffered 20 suicides and several incidents of workplace violence.
The reduced human suffering at Kelly—centering on identifying people with emotional difficulties and working with them—is difficult to value in human terms. But there's also a dollar impact. The intervention saved the Air Force an estimated $33 million in complaints and lawsuits that didn't happen.
While Quick's history in stress management is deep and extensive, he's far from wrapping up his career. Just this year he received UT Arlington's award for Distinguished Record of Research, and he was named to the University's Academy of Distinguished Teachers in 2008. He also is the John and Judy Goolsby Distinguished Professor in the College of Business.
He was a founding director and former executive director of the prestigious Goolsby Leadership Academy, which provides a select group of undergraduates with training in leadership and management skills. And he's a visiting professor at Lancaster University in England.
In late 2008 Defense Secretary Robert Gates appointed Quick to a Department of Defense psychological health subcommittee on how to treat the problems of soldiers returning from combat experience, the
most common being post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
Quick plans more books, more articles and more research. And, of course, more collaborations. These days he's interested in high-level corporate stress, particularly among CEOs. He's a frequent speaker on the topic, the operant title of the talk being "The Dark Side of Management."
"Executives at higher levels often feel isolation and loneliness," he says. "They have very limited ways to deal with their need for companionship and affiliation. It can lead to neurotic behavior. The good news is that only a small number of such CEOs are affected in this way."
Those CEOs can expect to hear from Quick soon enough, as he continues to research and write on the subject that has become his passion.


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Check out it out, kids, Harry Potter gets freaky deaky dark in the latest Potter flick, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", if this first trailer for the movie is any indication. This thing actually looks more like a teen horror movie than a kiddie franchise about teen wizards that fly around on brooms and try to get dates for the wizard prom. They have wizard proms in the movies, right? Anyhoo. Return to Hogwarts for some fun in the sun. Or not. Looks more like return to Hogwarts for some dark groping time in the dungeons, but maybe that's just me.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, Lord Voldemort wreaks havoc throughout Britain, and the pressure to defeat him grows stronger. Using an old Potions book which previously belonged to the "Half-Blood Prince," Harry is able to increase his magical knowledge and prepare for battle. First, however, he must help Dumbledore discover the secret to Voldemort's quest for immortality — the location of his Horcruxes. But the quest for the Horcruxes and the resulting battle at Hogwarts produce a tragic outcome — leading Harry to believe he must head out on his own to conquer the Dark Lord.
Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the Potter films, is only 19 years old, but I'll be damn if the kid doesn't look like he's 29 already. Wow. Methinks Harry Potter is going to look 50 by the time he hits the big 2-0. Committing your soul to a movie franchise sure ages you!
Grab your potter November 21.


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I'm so excited to show you this little video!
Last week we shot the photos for our upcoming catalog in August, and we had some very special models! Our August book will feature some wonderful doggies and kitties from the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, also known as PAWS, in the hopes of raising awareness of all the sweet animals in shelters around the country who need a loving home!
Since the catalog won't be coming out until August, our intrepid Graphic Designer Kevin was on the scene and made sure to interview some of our furry models! Almost all of these guys and gals are currently up for adoption, so if you see someone you'd like to meet, don't be afraid to contact PAWS and let them know! My kitty is from PAWS, and he has made me and my boyfriend so very happy since the moment we met him! It's totally worth it!
Wherever you live, if you are looking for a furry best friend, be sure to check out your local shelter. They are easily found on the web or in the yellow pages, and when you get your friend from the shelter, you really are also saving a life! I can't imagine life without my kitty Homer!
meet the dogs and cats of PAWS!
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>Gears and Wears>Running w/music & apps???
Just curious, for those of you who run half or full marathons, do you run a) listening to music, b) using a running app, or c) both?
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It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Yep, I listen to music sometimes. I make sure to get headphones that allow ambient sounds in.
mta: I don't generally carry my phone, though.
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Music, yes, for runs where traffic isn't a serious concern. Just be acutely aware of your surroundings. Also, never in races -- some races don't allow them, but for runs that do, I try not to get used to them (and crowd energy is worth feeding off of).
FWIW - get a pair of Yurbuds. They stay in really well, don't zap your ears when you build up static, and allow ambient noise in (as ultracassie suggested). I also just got a Sandisk Clip Sport player (they came out a few days ago) and it's ultra-light, does everything an MP3 player needs to, clips on, and sounds great.
Running app - no. I have a Garmin (FR 610), does everything a running app needs to.
I don't carry my phone either, it's one of those I'd rather not damage on a run, but I have a RoadID for emergencies.
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I pretty much carry my iPhone with my runkeeper app on every run including races.
I carry it in a race belt that works really well for me. Usually I run with my blue tooth headphones with one earbud in.
The runkeeper app will call out my time, distance, pace, HR, about anything I want to know, at about whatever interval I want it to, and during races I usually just have it giving out my audio cues and don't listen to music during races. It is VERY useful to me to keep me from running too fast at the start of the race. If you had a Garmin it would do the same thing, you would just need to look at your wrist.
Occasionally on a race with very few runners spread out over the course I will listen to music though.
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a) no
b) no
c) no
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
Just curious, for those of you who run half or full marathons, do you run a) listening to music, b) using a running app, or c) both?
no music no apps in races. normal/training runs, sometimes i will have music most of the time i don't
a. no, not during races. Only during some long training runs.
b. no apps, I do use a gps watch though which I guess could be considered be the same thing.c. no.
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I'll admit that I listen to music during races. During training runs I usually listen to podcasts because I can hear everything happening around me (particularly cars). I don't like running in the road with music. I never run with apps - I just use my Garmin. When I was in between Garmins, I tried using Runkeeper and found it incredibly annoying.
Apps? Never. I don't take my phone on runs. I have a Garmin 610 that serves the purpose any apps might fill.
Music: Never in races, including half and full marathons. There's so much to enjoy during a race that I don't understand the desire to block any of it out.
On training runs I'll often listen to mixes from PodRunner or various audio podcasts such as EscapePod, CarTalk, or NPR's WaitWaitDontTellMe. Sometimes I don't listen to anything. Depends on my mood.
In the past I used Sennheiser PMX680i headphones, more recently I've been using Kinvio BTH240 bluetooth headphones. Both specifically do NOT isolate outside sounds the way earbuds tend to do, so I retain an awareness of surroundings. I'm usually on sidewalks, the only roads I run on are residential 25mph streets where I'm facing traffic; and it's simple to pause any music if I need unimpeded situational awareness.
I never carry a mp3 player or phone during races. Once in a while, when I forget my GPS watch, I'll take my phone on a training run and use an app to give me distance and time. Once in a while I'll take my Nano for some music.
a) no
b) no
c) no
+1. That goes for all outdoor training runs too; all bets are off on the treadmill.
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old fashioned FM headphones for training.
Nothing for races
Channel surfing on the TV for treadmill
I'm also on Athlinks and Strava
Having only 1 marathon and 1 half under my belt, I may not be the experienced expert you are seeking with this question.
Yes, I listen to music. Quiet enough to hear ambient noise. My play list is specifically selected to be between 160 and 180 bpm (a divisor thereof) to keep pace with my running rhythm.I've used several running apps in the last couple of years. Currently using an iPhone. My wife uses Joglog, and really likes the mid-run pace notification options. The Achilles heel of most running apps for me is that I'm running in Alaska, and the cell and wifi signals that iphones like to supplement their gps data with are ..... spotty at best, and there are few apps that handle the occasional erroneous location data point of the iphone well. After testing out several app configurations, I landed on this:
MotionX - excellent map performance. Acceptable (though somewhat limited) options for mid-run pace notification. Pretty wonky review and export options.
RunMeter - I export gpx files to RunMeter for an in-depth look at how I'm doing, and for exporting to DailyMile.Dailymile has been pretty stale since they disabled their forums - I'll be uploading gpx files here for a bit to see if the data nerd in me finds the analytics here more compelling.
I'm currently using a iphone 4s, and the battery is getting kind of old. I'll either be replacing the battery, the phone, or using an external battery case for my next race.
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Apps - Runkeeper, but I don't have any of the audio cues turned on. I find it's not as accurate as my Garmin for giving me paces and distances. Really, the only reason I have it on is because I have an "Elite" subscription and I like the live tracking so my wife can find my carcass if the worst happens. When/if Garmin supports the 620 for Android (as far as their tracking feature goes), I may look at leaving Runkeeper.
Music - you betcha, from the phone. Spoken-word stuff, mostly. At least during long or easy runs, and warmups/cooldowns. For speedwork or tempo runs, I find I can focus better on breathing/cadence if I don't listen to anything.
I use Yurbuds so I can hear ambient noise. If it's a low light situation, I've got these Philips headphones with a plastic neckband that is reflective. They're "on-ear" headphones, so they let in plenty of ambient sound. If I'm running on a track, I like my Sony Walkman "Meb Edition" mp3 player-headphones.
Just Runkeeper, so my family can track me and know about where I am on the course. No music - races for me are rare, fun events, and I want to get my money's worth, including the sounds of the experience.
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