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The adjustable knot is simply a static knot through which the bracelet cords move. It pinches the bracelet cords together and keeps them firmly in place.
To open the adjustable knot simply pull apart on the two 8mm end beads (silver in this photo). The bracelets cords will travel through the static knot and the circumference of the bracelet will increase. ALWAYS pull on the beads closest to the knot to open the bracelet.
To close the knot after putting the bracelet on your wrist simply pull apart on the two beads on the ends of the dangling bracelet cords. The cords will travel through the static knot and the bracelet will close on your wrist.


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scenariusz, reżyseria, montaż, postprodukcja/
/ script, direction, edit, postproduction: Kijek/Adamski
projekty kostiumów / costume design: Andrzej Sobolewski (+ Elwira Rutkowska)
zdjęcia / d.o.p.: Tomasz Nowak
elementy scenografii / scenography: Natalia Kacper Mleczak
asystentka stylistów / stylists assistant: Sara Milczarek
oświetlenie / light: Dariusz Lisowski
wózkarz / dolly grip: Jacek 'Kotlet' Tokarski
podziękowania / thanks to: Joanna Kijek, Kacper Rączkowski, Katarzyna Wiechowska
Whole concept of the video bases on specificity of the place that have just disappeared from the map of Warsaw yelding to new archictectural structures.
So called "Fair Europe" was a hudge market filled with hundreds of self made stalls hiding mostly cheap clothing. This area was also famous for tiny bars dishing Vietnamese cousine (since there was large population of Vietnemese immigrants working at the market).
Brodka's song is about a peculiar custom that was alive until the very last days of market's existence. People frequented Vietnamese bars hidden in the labyrinth of looking alike lanes to finish all night party with the famous pho soup. The video shows this habit twisted by imperfect memory of the place already being mythologized.
All the materials incorporated into Brodka's costume (trainers, textiles, chopsticks, bags, etc) were essentials for the market scenery.
The whole video was shot in one night.
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Leshan City is a renowned tourist resort as it boasts the 'No.1 Buddha under Heaven' - Leshan Giant Buddha.There are many Buddhist temples in these scenic areas. Lingyun Temple is on Lingyun Mountain,This is a Buddha Museum.
Sichuan Province, the "River"or "Shu", the provincial capital of Chengdu, located in southwest China, the Yangtze River, in longitude 97 ° 21 '~ 108 ° 31', latitude 26 ° 03 '~ 34 ° 19' between. To benefits, benefit, Azusa, Kui four named, the province of the total area of 48.5 square kilometers. Brief plateau phase the west, east of the Three Gorges Xianfeng overlap, north of Qinling Bashan barriers surround the south Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the formation of a famous Sichuan Basin. Sichuan Province, vast land and has a long history since ancient times to enjoy the "Land of Abundance"reputation.


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Dr. R. Richard Ray Jr., who is the dean for the social sciences and a professor of kinesiology at Hope College, will receive the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association Golden Pinnacle Award on Friday, March 12, during the GLATA Winter Meeting being held in Detroit.
Dr. R. Richard Ray Jr., who is the dean for the social sciences and a professor of kinesiology at Hope College, will receive the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association Golden Pinnacle Award on Friday, March 12, during the GLATA Winter Meeting being held in Detroit.
Ray has been extensively involved in the discipline of athletic training at the regional and national level. He was co-chair of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Education Task Force, was president of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association (GLATA) from 1990 to 1992, and is also a member and former president of the Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society. He is former editor of the professional journal "Athletic Therapy Today" and served as associate editor of the "Journal of Athletic Training."
He has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1982, and has been dean for the social sciences since 2008. For several years, he was the college's head athletic trainer and developed the academic program in athletic training at Hope.
Under his leadership, the college's athletic training program grew into a full major. Hope was one of the first Michigan colleges to have its athletic training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
Ray has received multiple honors through the years in recognition of his service to his profession and teaching. In June 2006, he was elected to the NATA Hall of Fame, the highest honor in the athletic training profession. In March 2004, he received an "Outstanding Educator Award" from GLATA, from which he had also received a "Distinguished Service Award" in March 2002. In June 2001, he received the "Sayers 'Bud' Miller Distinguished Educator Award" from NATA. In May of 1999, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society, which had presented him with its "Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award" in 1995. In September 2009, he received the Career Achievement Award from the Kinesiology Alumni Society of the University of Michigan.
Ray has a wide range of research interests, and has received several grants to support his work. He is the editor or author of the books "Management Strategies in Athletic Training" (2005, 2000, 1994), "Counseling in Sports Medicine" (1999) and "Case Studies in Athletic Training Administration" (1995), all published by Human Kinetics.
Ray is a 1979 graduate of the University of Michigan and completed his master's and doctorate from Western Michigan University in 1980 and 1990 respectively.
GLATA includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The association represents approximately 22 percent of the total membership of the national association. Members serve in settings including high schools, colleges and universities, professional sports organizations, physician offices, rehabilitation clinics and industrial work sites.


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It used to be that there was this top down content pyramid in operation (operated by traditional media and the big online players), where the quantity and quality of news / content was controlled by relatively fewer organisations.
This is changing rapidly, becoming flatter and more diverse (we're not really interested in the why's right now), which can either be seen as an opportunity or a threat. Organisations that embrace this change are going to benefit (think Murdoch buying MySpace), so the question then becomes how one capitalises on the opportunity…
Let's look at some of the key strategic issues to consider.
Diversify your content delivery channels to provide choice to the user…
As we become a society increasingly inundated with information overload, the sheer amount of information that is available to consume is overwhelming and it doesn't look like it's going to be getting easier anytime soon.
Many people are starting to move away from the method of browsing multiple content streams to get their content / information fix for the day, to aggregating content in a way which makes sense to them (think Sky+ and RSS).
As a business, are you offering multiple channels for users to consume your content, and then tracking the effectiveness of each one so that you can make informed decisions regarding the use, consumption and growth of your content in the future?
Understand which side of the content platform you're on…
Are you going to be offering content, or do you provide a place for user to generate their own content (buzzword alert: user generated content) and then share it?
Either way, because there is this shift away from massive monolithic portals offering anything to everyone, to niched choice driven content, it's vital that you understand what you're offering and how it's delivered.
Very few people are doing both well at the same time, so unless you can innovate in that space, it's probably wiser to start off doing one first, rather than both.
Monitor what people are saying about you and your offering so you see the wood for the trees…
As a business it's becoming increasingly important to stay abreast of what people are saying about you, and not only through the regular trade press channels, but also online.
Are you listening to what people are saying online as well as in the traditional press? Do you have radars set up that listen for your brand and the key players in your organisation?
The crowds are wiser than you are…
Offering compelling content, or allowing people to manage their own content, is a better value proposition for the user when they are able to interact and converse with other users. Allowing interaction creates an arena where anyone can add their 2 pence – if something is grossly wrong, incorrect or undesirable, the chances are higher that users will pick up on this and make it known to you.
Are you giving people the opportunity to interact with you not only via telephone but also via the web, mobile and TV?
Are you taking the time and making the effort to understand what content people are consuming and how?
Most importantly, when you do have data from your users, are you acting on it?
Extracting value is paramount if you're going to survive…
The next generation of the web is still primarily about page views (and more recently, RSS impressions), except that this time around, the internet has aged somewhat and the sheer choice anyone has means that it's probably harder to make a good ROI than it was pre-2000. .
The problem is that as any kind of content publisher, you have to make ROI. This ROI is usually generated when you provide some sort of payoff for the consumer, either because you're providing them something that they use on a regular basis, or they're learning something from you that they wouldn't otherwise be able to. This value has to be real, otherwise users will go elsewhere, and all your hard work will be for nought.
Moving forward…
Now the focus is on content niches and owning people's data, in return for which you own their eyeballs for a short amount of time.
As a business, are you offering content that is different, niched, useful, provocative and relevant to your consumers? If you're not, then you're probably already losing ground to those that are, but more importantly it's going to be harder to regain that ground in the future.
The consensus seems to be that there are many opportunities to be capitalised on; where vertical niches seem to make the most sense from a content provision and delivery point of view.
If you extrapolate that further, operationally the two key ingredients to achieving that elusive ROI are being able to execute on opportunities quickly, and being agile enough to react to what your users are saying.


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Equinix to Host Annual Gigabit Peering Forum in Sydney Featuring Content and VoIP Peering Experts
Sydney, Australia — November 8, 2006 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services, today announced that it is hosting an all day peering forum in Sydney as part of the company's ongoing Peering Forum series. Following up on the success of previous years' Sydney Peering Forums in Australia, the 2006 forum will feature informative sessions from experts on technical best practices as well as network and content peering methodologies and strategies.
Speakers for this year's Sydney Peering Forum include: Denver Maddux, Director of Peering of Limelight Networks; Christian Nielsen, Network Manager of Microsoft; John Lindsay, Carrier Relations Manager for Internode; Shara Evans, CEO of Market Clarity; Elly Tawhai, Internet Resource Analyst of APNIC, and; Rene Sugo, Director of Symbio Networks. The topics this year include peering strategies and deployments as well as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) peering.
Shara Evans from Market Clarity will profile the Australian market for VoIP and explore market demands. She will discuss the work of the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) VoIP Working Group in setting standards for the technology in Australia and examine the issues associated with VoIP peering.
In addition, Bill Norton, recognized peering authority and chief technical liaison for Equinix, will present his latest research findings on "The Next Wave of Internet Peering".. He will examine international interconnection strategies, peering dynamics in the region that seem counter intuitive, and �lessons learned' from previous deployments. Bill Norton is a frequent speaker at leading global technical forums including the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG), the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT), Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE) and ISPCON/Service Networks.
Peering is a fundamental element of the Internet's infrastructure that improves the performance of the Internet for all users by enabling data to pass from one network to another without intermediary networks or bottlenecks. Increasingly, as pressure builds to lower costs while improving network performance, peering has become an essential element of most network strategies. As new demands are placed on the internet by an increasing amount of rich media content and more recently, by the explosive use of VoIP, networks are exploring ways to improve their customer experience while keeping costs in check.
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Katie Holmes, Naomi Watts, and More Celebrate Coach's Carnival for a Cause
High above the traffic speeding down the West Side Highway, Naomi Watts (in Chloe), Katie Holmes (in Chloe), Connie Britton (in Karen Zambos), and Anna Kendrick gathered at The High Line in Chelsea for Coach's Third Annual Summer Party. The public park was transformed into a carnival for the Coach takeover, featuring games, fortune tellers, jugglers, and magicians. And it was all for a good cause: Coach celebrated its announcement to give $5 million to support construction of the High Line and help insure its future. "I'm excited to be here tonight because I think it's great when a company like Coach does an event like this that helps the city," Holmes, a resident New Yorker, told reporters before she made her way through the park-turned-carnival. Watts agreed: "I'd do anything to support it, to celebrate it." Learn more about the park by heading to the highline.org.
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Link Your CAD/CAM System to CNC Punching Machines
In today's competitive business environment, producing parts more quickly and less costly gives sheetmetal fabricators an edge. Many businesses are trying to get the most out of the machines on their shop floor by purchasing automated material-handling equipment such as sheet loaders/ unloaders, as well as investing in new machines that can rapidly cycle hits and change tools.
While new equipment may increase productivity, if businesses are still programming their machines with their outdated or original OEM manufacturer's software, they are not getting the full benefits from their machines. Recent advancements in software capabilities make it possible to automate the steps required to develop part designs and nests, and generate the required NC coding for plasma- and laser-cutting machines as well as CNC punch presses. This level of automation reduces manual data entry, which then reduces the required amount of manpower while increasing the accuracy of the CAD/CAM process.
To fully explain how automation can be integrated into the punching process, let's first take a look at the individual steps involved and how each step can be improved upon.
MRP Integration
A good place to start this journey is at the beginning—incoming orders. Orders typically are received and entered into the business system using manufacturing-resource-planning (MRP) software. At most companies, this begins with printing out the orders and sending them to the sheetmetal-nesting department. At this point, the programmer performing the nesting typically sorts the orders into different piles by material type and thickness, and due date. He then locates and manually imports the required CAD files, including adding the material type, thickness, quantity and due dates. This process can take several hours, depending on the number of orders being processed.
Now, due to new developments in nesting software, the order-entry process can easily be automated, thanks to a database transaction that sends data from the MRP system to the nesting software. By automating this step, the nesting operator can receive the data in minutes, including updated information on any changes made to due dates or to the quantities of each part order, or to react to orders put on hold. When orders are received, the data can be linked to existing engineering data to enable automatic importing of the CAD data.
Fabricators should implement standards for creating the geometry of formed features such as louvers and embosses in a 2D CAD file, to ensure the features are handled by the nesting software.
Before moving on to CAD data, however, we need to first focus on inventory. Inventory records found in the MRP system must match the data in the nesting system in order to gain full advantage of the integration. Then, with the system properly set up and as material arrives at the plant and is entered into the MRP system, the inventory will automatically appear in the nesting system. As the material is consumed and remnants are created, the MRP system automatically receives those updates without manual intervention. Otherwise, the nesting system and the business system can result in a mess.
The CAD File
Regardless of where the CAD file originates—a vendor or the internal engineering department—it is important to use good engineering practices. This may require working with the engineering department creating the CAD file to agree on and maintain good engineering practices. DXF files should follow sound drafting rules, including how title blocks, dimension and other information breaks down into layer information. Because DXF files typically are 2D CAD files, they should include text strings to pull material type, thickness and other information from the file. In addition, fabricators should implement standards for creating the geometry of formed features such as louvers and embosses in a 2D CAD file, to ensure the features are handled by the nesting software.
Often, solid models can be easier to use, since the design intent is captured inside the solid model. The importing configuration can be designed to have material type and thickness data pulled directly from the model upon import, and at the same time have certain features removed. In any case, maintaining consistent engineering standards will ease the import process from any CAD system, and ultimately save the company from unnecessary duplication of effort.
The Nesting Process
At this point, much of the mundane, duplicated chores have been removed from the nesting process. Now the real fun begins.
One of the biggest challenges a user faces when nesting is selecting which parts to include in the nest. Nesting parts too early in relation to their due date can create problems, should the order change or get cancelled. Storage also can be a problem when making parts well in advance of the due date. Of course, nesting too late and not having the parts finished in time also creates headaches. So how can a fabricator keep part orders prioritized and on track?
|Drawing from a greater number of components, nesting software has a better chance to arrange parts for maximum material utilization. Filler parts, or those demanded frequently, may be able to fill the remainder of a sheet when necessary.
State-of-the-art nesting software can communicate directly with the scheduling software, and label past-due parts as higher priority than those due in a week or more. Unfortunately, as many programmers know, schedules can change quickly. A last-minute job can disrupt a well-planned time-table, and even cause material waste when it forces a fabricator to rush to complete the job. For this reason, software can nest a day or more in advance. Drawing from a greater number of components, nesting software has a better chance to arrange parts for maximum material utilization. Filler parts, or those demanded frequently, may be able to fill the remainder of a sheet when necessary.
A caveat: Nesting should not look too far ahead or run too many filler parts, as this could flood the shop floor with work in process. Programmers must balance maximum material utilization with downstream production needs. Getting the most out of a sheet means little if a welder must sit idle awaiting a component that was not nested because it didn't fit neatly onto a sheet. While fitting the component onto the nest might produce a little more scrap, the cost is negligible compared with the expense of a highly skilled welder sitting idle.
Tooling the Parts
The traditional method for adding tooling to parts—to tool each part and save it to a library, and then recall these parts as required for nesting—presents a few disadvantages. Should a revision be created, the fabricator will have to retool. Or, the tool assigned to the part may no longer be available. Also, if multiple parts are nested with conflicting tool stations, changes must be made that will delay moving the nest to the shop floor.
An ideal nesting system offers both—the traditional method and an option to tool parts quickly as they are nested. This system uses the available tools, minimizes tool setup and changes, and quickly makes nests available to the shop floor. All of this keeps those expensive punching machines running, and maximizes profitability.
Completing the Process
Toward the end of the nesting process, the programmer sends the part nest to the shop floor. What happens if the all of the parts are not included in the nest, which can be caused by a variety of issues including incorrect tool changes or a power outage? In this case, the operator must make a notation on the paperwork and request an immediate, updated nest from the programmer.
With a more integrated software system, communication between programmer and machine operator becomes more effective and productive. An operator can reject a part using the software installed at the machine.
Businesses also can apply rules that require the operator to state a reason for a rejection, to allow proper tracking of downtime and engineering changes. Once rejected, the information is automatically sent back to the nesting system as a high-priority part. Then a new nest can be developed and the part can be combined on a nest that contains any newer parts that require the same material type and thickness.The end result: Less hassle, better material utilization, and a more accurate tracking of stock. MF
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AP names Tom Berman as Central regional editor
CHICAGO (AP) — The Associated Press has named Tom Berman as Central regional editor. Berman, who has led AP newsrooms and strategic initiatives in the United States and Europe, will oversee AP's coverage and operations across 14 states stretching from Texas to the upper Midwest.
The appointment was announced Wednesday by Brian Carovillano, vice president and managing editor for U.S. news.
"Tom is the ideal person to build on the great foundation that we've built in the region," Carovillano said. "He's an exceptionally smart and ambitious journalist. He is an excellent talent scout and mentor to all kinds of journalists. And he has a brilliant mind for looking at how we do what we do and thinking of ways to do it better. I'm really pleased to be adding him to an already great leadership team for U.S. news."
Berman, 48, will be based at the regional desk in Chicago, where he has been serving as deputy editor and acting regional editor since June. He succeeds David Scott, who is now AP's politics editor in Washington.
Berman previously served as deputy Europe editor, based in London. There, he helped lead journalists in more than 50 nations in Europe and North Africa, working with reporters and editors in all formats on stories including the unrest in Ukraine and Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.
A native of New York City and a 1994 graduate of New York University, Berman joined the AP in 1997 in the Boston bureau after working for several years as a reporter at newspapers in New York and Massachusetts. In Boston, he worked as a supervising editor, helping to direct coverage of the EgyptAir 990 crash and death of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Berman later served as Pennsylvania news editor, overseeing coverage of such stories as the crash of Flight 93 in the Sept. 11 attacks. From 2003 to 2010, he was the AP's director of state news for the eastern United States, a role in which he worked with bureau chiefs and news editors to strengthen the cooperative's state news reports and on the restructuring of the AP in the United States along regional lines. He was the overall state news leader for two years before moving to London in 2012.
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I did a little work on my French Braid - one of my PhD requirements. I have read and seen in pictures how many of you spread your quilts out on the floor to baste them together. That just makes my knees and back hurt to think about it. So I thought I would just show how I do mine.
The first step is to brew a pot of coffee. That is how I start off most of my quilting projects. I'll take a little hazelnut creamer in mine, please.
Then I layer my quilt sandwich on my cutting table making sure that I have the layers centered. Using binder clips I clip the quilt to the table, making sure that all wrinkles are smoothed out.
Then for my all time favorite tool to use in pin basting. I don't know what this little gadget is called, but it is a finger saver for sure. If you don't have one, you need to get yourself one. I think I found this one on a clearance table for $1. Didn't even know what it was for - just thought it interesting. Then I saw someone using hers, and bingo...I have loved it ever since.
I pin baste when I am going to machine quilt and thread baste when I will be hand quilting. I have often thought about contacting a long arm quilter and seeing if they would just baste a quilt together for me to do the quilting on it - have any of you ever done that? Just wondered if professional long arm quilters do that.
Soon I can show you how I set up my work space to quilt a monster quilt like this. For now, I am going to enjoy another cup of coffee and read some blogs.


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Quote from: Ook on October 14, 2005, 12:23 PMI don't remember that from the novelization. The original plan for Obi-Wan and Yoda's entrance into the Jedi Temple is what made it into the novelization, I think. Long story short, the Clones are disguised as Jedi so when any "fugitive" Jedi show up, the Clones could lure them in (or something). Obi-Wan shows up in a disguise as an old man carrying a baby and tells the Clone Jedi that he found one or something. The Clone looks at the "ugliest baby he'd ever seen" and asks how the man knows its a Jedi. Then Yoda comes out with:"My lightsaber, the first clue it would be, hmmm?"Death ensues. I assume that this bit the dust when it was decided to just have Obi-Wan and Yoda kick 501st ass instead of go through the cloak and dagger charade.
I don't remember that from the novelization.
Well you know who it is. The worst part of being GL is that people tend to think they know more about the SW universe that himself, the creator.It has to suck...
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Over at the American Spectator, Reid Smith and Jamie Weinstein (so much for that "I before E" rule, right?), debate whether Rand Paul is the future of the Republican Party.
Smith takes the pro-Paul position in his part, "A New Age of Liberty," in which he touts the libertarian scion's innovative tactics and positions and success in just three years in the Senate. Weinstein takes the anti-Paul side, under the head "GOP Less Libertarian Thank You Think," using more concrete examples, but making less sense doing it.
Weinstein's main point against Rand Paul is ideological, and no surprise, focuses on the area where he differs most sharply with party leadership: foreign policy. He argues that while Paul turned heads with his drone filibuster and then helped defeat the authorization of force in Syria resolution, the Syria result was an exception, and the continued support for military action against Iranian nuclear capability is the rule. Paul didn't tilt the party more isolationist, Weinstein claims, people just didn't like the options in Syria. While a convincing argument, we have another data point now with which we can test this theory: Ukraine.
Followingly less than a year after the Syria debate, 56% of Americans say we should "not get too involved" in Russia's annexation of Ukraine either. And while 67% of Republicans disapprove of President Obama's handling of the situation so far, 50% say it's important we don't get involved.


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Special Note : If you have registered for this course and have not received your course registration information, please contact Matthew Ladzinski (matthew.ladzinski (at) nafems.org).
Note: Once you register for the course using the "order" button (look right), you will receive the course attendee packet mentioned in the description below. Please click here to view the FAQ section, or if you need to contact NAFEMS about this course.
Many problems facing designers and engineers are dynamic in nature. The response of a structure cannot be simply assessed using static assumptions.
The nature of the problem may be to understand the resonant frequencies of your design, so that key driving frequencies such as equipment rotational speed, acoustic or external pressure frequencies, ground motion frequency content or vehicle passing frequency.
Your design may face external driving forces from adjacent components; cams, push rods, pistons or from vehicle input sources such as a bumpy road, wave loading, air pressure or inertial forces.
Whatever the nature of the challenge, this objective of this course is to break down the dynamic problem into clearly defined steps, give an overview of the physics involved and show how to successfully implement practical solutions using Finite Element Analysis.
This course is completely code independent. No software is required.
Each topic in the class is treated as a building block and is presented using an overview of the physics and theory involved. The math is kept simple and the emphasis is on practical examples from real life to illustrate the topic. The mapping to Finite Element analysis techniques is shown with numerous workshops. The tutor will be running analysis interactively and involving the students in the process via Q and A periods during each session, follow up emails and a Course Bulletin Board
Students are shown the various approximation methods and how to judge which are acceptable and appropriate for solving a wide range of practical problems. Practical considerations of loadings, boundary conditions, damping and structural details are shown by numerous examples.
Of equal importance is the assessment and interpretation of results. This starts with ensuring the modal frequencies and mode shapes are feasible and accurate. Techniques are shown to confirm this and to make sure the basic modal response of a design is fully understood. Comparison against test or hand calculations is shown. A range of hints and tips are shown for producing subsequent efficient and accurate response analyses.
Interaction is encouraged throughout the course, with the planning and design of complete FEA projects. Options for mass and stiffness modeling, damping, loads and boundary conditions and solution methods are discussed interactively with the students. The tutor then runs the analyses using this input and the results are investigated. Using this approach, classic errors are shown and corrected in a real world scenario.
The session covers a wide range of application techniques available and shows typical applications and best practices across industry. The objective is to show students how to assess the nature of the dynamic environment and what tools can be used, together with the scope of the various solutions.
Students are welcome to send in problems from Industry and these will be discussed as time permits.
Full notes are provided for the students, together with personal passwords for e-learning backup material, bulletin board access, etc.
Students will join the audio portion of the meetings by utilizing the VoIP (i.e. headset connected to the computer via headphone and microphone jacks) or by calling into a standard toll line. If you are interested in additional pricing to call-in using a toll-free line, please send an email to: e-learning @ nafems.org .
This course is aimed at practicing engineers who wish to learn more about how to apply finite element techniques to dynamic analysis in the most effective manner. Ideally a student should have some experience of FEA analysis, but this is not essential. The material that is presented is independent of any particular software package, making it ideally suited to current and potential users of all commercial finite element software systems. This course is a must for all engineers aiming to use FEA as a reliable predictive tool for dynamic analysis.
E-learning classes are ideal for companies with a group of engineers requiring training. E-learning classes can be provided to suit your needs and timescale. Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Note: This is a six-week course. Each session represents one 2-hour session each week.
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Telephony surcharges may apply for attendees who are located outside of North America, South America and Europe. These surcharges are related to individuals who join the audio portion of the web-meeting by calling in to the provided toll/toll-free teleconferencing lines. We have made a VoIP option available so anyone attending the class can join using a headset (headphones w/ microphone) connected to the computer. There is no associated surcharge to utilize the VoIP option, and is actually encouraged to ensure NAFEMS is able to keep the e-Learning course fees as low as possible. Please send an email to the e-Learning coordinator (e-learning @ nafems.org ) to determine if these surcharges may apply to your specific case.
Review NAFEMS "Introductory Dynamic FE Analysis " webinar. Presentation given by Tony Abbey on April 2nd, 2009. The purpose of this webinar is to provide some technical content to the NAFEMS community, and to introduce the Dynamic FE Analysis e-Learning course listed on this page.
For more information, please email e-learning @ nafems.org .
Tony Abbey has created and taught a wide range of FEA based training classes over the past 15 years. He has developed a reputation for providing the student with an experience that is full of insight gained from his extensive experience, but which also challenges and motivates. Tony has been working with FEA for over 30 years, both in Industry and for FEA software providers in the UK and the US. He currently runs his own FEA consultancy company, FETraining.com.
His informal and interactive presentation style allows the key concepts to be taught in a manner which involves participants fully in the course material. Tony presents papers at NAFEMS and other conferences on a regular basis and has been involved with NAFEMS since its formation
Why an e-Learning Class?
In the current climate travel and training budgets are tight. To help you still meet your training needs the following e-learning course has been developed to complement the live class. The e-learning course runs over a six week period with a single two hour session per week.
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"My dream has always been to attract the best talent the world has to offer to Cirque, and that dream is still alive. I hope that the studio continues to become a home to creative people all over the world. Each of them is essential to what we do. They deserve all the credit in the world."
Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil.
International Headquarters
Cirque du Soleil International Headquarters, located in Montreal, is a laboratory of creativity, where the world's best creative minds, craftspeople, experts in various domains, and artists can collaborate on creative projects. By assuming the roles of catalyst and unifier, Cirque du Soleil is able to reinvent itself with each new chapter of its history. Several local offices worldwide also provide direct support to our employees on-site.
Performance Studio
More than office spaces, this wing of the International Headquarters, includes three acrobatic training rooms, a dance studio, a studio-theater, and a gym. After being recruited by our casting department, all artists who join Cirque du Soleil for a new creation are required to come here for preparatory training before joining a show's cast. Training can last anywhere from a few weeks to a few months.
The mandate of the performance studio's creative team goes beyond training Cirque du Soleil acrobats, dancers, and actors. It's also the development center for new equipment and acrobatic techniques for all of the company's projects, where ongoing research is conducted by an experienced team of trainers and riggers. When needed, the performance studio hires engineers and advanced technology specialists to assist in research and development.
Urban renewal and sustainability
The Cirque du Soleil International Headquarters stands proudly in the underprivileged Montreal borough of Saint-Michel, on the site of the former Miron sandpit and the Montreal Waste Treatment and Disposal Centre. Its 1997 construction was part of a larger Saint-Michel initiative: an urban development program where Cirque du Soleil embodies the cultural center of the borough's Environmental Complex.
The landscape surrounding the International Headquarters was also conceived in an original way. In keeping with Cirque du Soleil's creative philosophy, the food garden and other gardens on the property transform and evolve with the seasons. Complementing shrubs, apple trees and rose bushes, International Headquarters' gardeners have established a space to grow vegetables and herbs right next to the building. Food from the garden is used to prepare employee meals, with surplus garden food shared among them.


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DEVENS -- Shriver Job Corps celebrated 50 years of workforce training on Wednesday, when state officials piled into a packed auditorium at the Devens site to congratulate the center.
The site is one of 125 federally funded Job Corps centers nationwide that offers vocational training to youth in a variety of programs. The program was founded in 1964 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty.
The Devens site is named after Sargent Shriver, who led the Office of Economic Opportunity that created the program, and has been running since 1996.
The students, many of whom live on the Devens campus, can earn certificates in programs such as office administration, carpentry, or other hands-on classes. Those who did not graduate high school can even complete their General Educational Development requirements.
In the world of Job Corps programs, the Devens operation stands out -- Shriver Director Tamer Koheil said that last year, Shriver ranked 10th nationwide out of all 125 sites.
Shriver is kicking off the start of the 2014 program year with a ranking of third best in the country, he said.
State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton, said the communities he represents are the direct beneficiaries of the center's work.
"In many of the communities I represent, especially in communities like Shirley, Ayer, Littleton and Harvard, projects that you have done often serving the less fortunate in the district that I represent really makes a tremendous difference for so many people," he said.
Eldridge said it's important to note that at a time when there is so much conversation on inequality in America, often the greatest way to reduce it is through this program.
"When I think about the legacy of the war on poverty, I really think that the Shriver Job Corps program is a key example of the legacy -- that action, commitment and its success."
State Rep. Stephen DiNatale, D-Fitchburg, said one of the most significant challenges for the region, state and country is finding a well-trained workforce. He said Shriver provides just that.
"We should all take the lead at the state level and federal level. What you're doing and what Shriver does works," he said. "We need to duplicate that and maintain it."
Job Corps' 50th anniversary comes just after Shriver announced its ability to take in 58 more students, bumping enrollment back up to the 300 spots previously available before budget cuts.
Students also packed the bleachers of the auditorium and enjoyed a break from classes to celebrate.
For Chene Marrow, 23, Shriver is her second Job Corps site. She's been at Devens for five months learning math skills, business communication and interviewing skills.
Marrow is studying in the Transportation Communications Union program and wants to eventually work for the freight company CSX. She said she liked being at Shriver Job Corps.
"We'll get hired faster because we're more hands-on," she said. "And jobs like that."
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Pope My Ride [OPINION]
From the credit where credit is due department, Pope Francis is practicing what he preaches. He has ditched the luxury cars favored by his predecessors, and has been traveling in a Ford Focus.
Francis has also decided against spending the summer in the luxury of the Papal summer home and called for the world's religious leaders to live more austere lives. While he isn't exactly living the meager life of simple monk, he can hardly be expected to sell off all the church's assets and give the proceeds to the poor. Even these small acts of humility are a refreshing change and a step in the right direction.
It seems that it is having an impact too, as a Columbian priest has answered the Pope's call and decided to get rid of his expensive ride.
Don't hold your breath waiting for the leaders of the local mega-church or televangelists like Pat Robertson to follow suit. These are the people who insist on a literal reading of the story of Noah but apparently can't figure out how to interpret "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven".
Maybe Pope Francis can ring old Pat up at his 11,000 square foot second home and explain that passage to him.
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Hollywood starlets brave the streets with bare faces.
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90210's Shenae Grimes rocks some specs in Hollywood on August 20, 2009.
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Miley Cyrus looks comfy and clean in Toluca Lake, California on April 14, 2009.
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Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester looks laid-back off the set in NYC on March 9, 2010.
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Jessica Alba, with daughter Honor Warren, stops for food in West Hollywood, California on April 11, 2009.
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Kim Kardashian looks super sporty on January 26, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Katie Holmes is spotted at SoulCycle in NYC's Tribeca neighborhood on December 19, 2010.
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Mischa Barton goes au natural while traveling on May 18, 2011 for the Cannes Film Festival.
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Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo leaves the gym in L.A. on August 18, 2010.
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Janice Dickinson is all smiles leaving the gym in L.A. with her former boyfriend on December 31, 2009.
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The always-in-shape Madonna goes makeup free on a trip to the gym in London on April 11, 2008.
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Eva Mendes can't disguise herself or her natural beauty with those shades. The actress is spotted leaving the gym in L.A. on July 7, 2010.
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Beyonce tries to hide from photographers on April 24, 2011 in Paris, France.
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Amanda Seyfried, who hits the gym with celeb trainer Harley Pasternak, looks refreshed after a sweat session on May 18, 2010 in Hollywood.
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The Green Lantern's Blake Lively is sighted in Paris on March 7, 2011.
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90210 star Annalynne McCord looks summer-ready in Las Vegas on April 23, 2011.
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Cougar Town's Busy Philipps ditches her makeup at Coachella on April 12, 2011 in Thermal, California.
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Actress Isabel Lucas goes barefaced on November 10, 2008 in Westwood, California.
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Molly Sims looks stunning whether she is working the runway in a bikini or out on the town, spotted here in NYC's West Village on November 12, 2008.
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Sienna Miller has the kind of skin that begs to be bare. The actress is spotted at LAX airport on March 31, 2009 in L.A.
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British songstress Lily Allen keeps is casual in NYC on April 20, 2009.
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The ever-evolving Kelly Osbourne (Check out her amazing total-body transformation here) is spotted in L.A. on April 28, 2009.
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Kristen Stewart can't escape the paparazzi. Twilight's leading lady is sighted in L.A. on June 16, 2009.
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Natalie Portman covers her makeup-free face in West Hollywood on June 23, 2009.
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Vegan actress Olivia Wilde is on the move at LAX airport in L.A. on October 4, 2009.
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Jessica Simpson looks fresh-faced and relaxed in L.A. on January 6, 2010.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt ditches her makeup in favor of running shoes for the Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in L.A. on October 24, 2010.


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- It's the unlikeliest of tech trends: Deactivating from Facebook and social media sites
- Some are leaving Facebook in favor of more "real" communication, free time
- One study found that Facebook could make users more dissatisfied with their lives
- Facebook defectors say they miss out on some events but are, overall, happier
A bad breakup: Nothing can be as emotionally tumultuous for a young heart.
Except maybe finding out via your Facebook newsfeed that your college ex is dating someone from your fraternity.
That was the defining moment that eventually led Brolin Walters, 24, to ultimately break up with something else: Facebook.
"I didn't want to see what was going on with them," said Walters. "So I deactivated my account."
With a website that boasts 901 million active users and is launching an IPO on Friday, it seems unlikely that once you get on Facebook, you'd ever leave. But deactivating from the social networking site is not that unusual. Close to half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll.
More and more people are stepping away from the technological realm and de-teching. There are even sites where they can pledge to delete their Facebook accounts. And tech writer Paul Miller from The Verge decided to leave the Internet for a year to reassess his relationship with it.
We asked whether any of you had left Facebook, and the responses urged in. From privacy issues to a need for more face time, the reasons for choosing to live without Facebook ran deep.
Maintaining a professional image
Although Walters, now a consultant, initially left Facebook for social reasons, he says he was also thinking about his career.
"You don't want a future employer to find something that they would deem questionable," he said.
Job prospects and personal privacy compelled high school student Alexander Clark, 18, to deactivate his Facebook account as well. Ever since he can remember, Clark has wanted to join the Air Force. Now, as he comes closer to making that dream a reality, he says he wants to maintain a professional image.
"There are things on Facebook that I don't want my employer to see, and what I was told was 'what's on Facebook stays on Facebook.' "
Despite leaving the site for privacy reasons, Clark considers Facebook to be a pioneering company.
"I would totally buy their IPOs if I had the money, but I'm just not [as] into Facebook as I used to be, and I think it is from the life decisions I have made," he said.
Focusing on "real" communication
Putting in the effort to make a phone call: That's what Shiela O'Dea does now after deleting her Facebook account.
O'Dea's move off Facebook was gradual and started when she found the site went from being fun to being habitual. "I was literally on it all the time," she said. "When I first logged off for good, I would think about getting back on. But the more I stayed away from it, the more I realized I didn't need it."
O'Dea says after deactivating from the site, she makes a greater effort to socially engage with others. "It's funny, it's called a social networking site, but we are sort of disconnecting," she said. "It is mass communicating, but we are losing something -- we are losing our interpersonal skills."
Chris Andrus says he started feeling the content on Facebook became impersonal and irrelevant to his life. So he and his wife deactivated their accounts after five years on the site. He says their social lives improved after leaving Facebook because now they focus on more in-person connections.
"We feel like we have strengthened relationships with close friends and family that are truly important to us, and not concerned ourselves with the other hundreds of 'friends' that really aren't important," he said.
Shedding an emotional burden
A study from Utah Valley University says there is a direct correlation between the amount of time spent on Facebook and the way people perceive their lives. Users that spent more time on the site reportedly thought their Facebook friends had better lives than themselves.
That definitely rings a bell for Andrea F. (who didn't want her last name used). She says Facebook made her perceive herself differently, and she felt pressured to be a certain way. The 28-year-old deleted her account 10 months ago when she realized how self-conscious Facebook made her feel. She started caring too much about what people she barely even knew thought about her profile and status updates, she explained.
"To make myself feel important, I made up exaggerated posts to garner attention from friends," she remembers. "Does that make sense ... no, but maybe I was not aware that I was unconsciously doing that until I got off [the site]."
Avoiding a time-waster
The average Facebook user spends more than six hours a week on the site. For some, that's just too much time.
As a young mother, Evelyn Bateman, 30, said Facebook transformed into a time-waster for her.
"I would sit on the computer, logged onto Facebook, looking at photos of my high school friends' baby pictures and I would think to myself, 'Wow I haven't talked to these people -- there are people I haven't spoken to in 10 years," she said.
After deactivating her account, Bateman found time to sit down with classic novels and spend more them with her young children. "It is so easy to lose an hour of time on Facebook," she said.
Bateman's friends and even her husband are still on the site. After deactivating from Facebook, she now notices that people are not as engaged with their real lives because they are so entranced with their cyberlives.
"My husband would get these updates of his friends at a bar, and they would be updating their Facebook with photos and he said, 'I wonder what it must be like to hang out with someone that is constantly updating,' " she said.
Maintaining personal privacy
Privacy was the biggest reason behind Tom Martin's deactivation from Facebook in 2011. The 23-year-old says that although the site is free to use, people are paying a price by providing their personal information. He says Facebook is swiftly making profiles more public, and he does not want to compromise his privacy.
"I do not want to be a part of this apparent mission to alter the norms of society," Martin said. "Facebook has frequently changed its privacy settings in the past and will do so again, always in favor of less privacy."
Despite his adamant stance on maintaining his deactivation from Facebook, Martin admits to missing the occasional social outing or party by not being a member of the site.
"There is somewhat of a social price to be paid for rebelling against the trend," he says, but he believes the people who really care about him will make the extra effort to stay in touch.
A downside to de-teching?
Although de-teching is emerging as a trend, some people noticed a negative stigma attached to not having a Facebook account.
O'Dea says people usually can't believe it when she tells them she is not on the site. "They are shocked that I no longer communicate using Facebook, almost like there is something seriously wrong with me," she said.
Martin highlights similar experiences when people discover he is not on the social networking site. "Once in a while a person will respond as if you've attacked their religion and indignantly start defending the site and trying to convince me how great it is and why I should use it," he said.
Walters says he gets the "I can't believe you're not on Facebook" remark often. But he prefers face-to-face conversations much more than the digital, fleeting responses he would get via Facebook.
Even though he has noticed his social life change after Facebook, he says overall he is happy with his decision to deactivate.
"My network is smaller but stronger," he says.


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Mike Boyd spends most days hustling around a Wall Street trading floor, but this week he and two other securities traders were hustling around a kitchen serving up salad and ziti to about 60 homeless men, including veterans.
Boyd, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and chief compliance officer for New York-based Academy Securities, is looking to raise awareness and money to help veterans find jobs and financial stability long after they've been discharged.
"We're here today as part of outreach and because there is an issue with homeless veterans that's going to become worse as more veterans return," Boyd said as he helped at Shelter for the Homeless on Pacific Street in Stamford's South End.
Unemployment among veterans is double the national average, Boyd said.
When he graduated in 1994, Boyd said he had no experience and interviewing for work was difficult. Though Boyd was eventually hired at a financial institution and worked his way up, he said that's not really feasible nowadays.
Boyd was joined by co-workers Tim Coughlin of Darien and Terry Goodwin of Greenwich in reaching out to veterans. Their firm is disabled veteran owned and beyond returning dividends for investors, it focuses on helping veterans.
Marie Johnson, who works with veterans at the shelter, said there are about 230,000 veterans in the state and 450 of them are homeless. She said one-third of the adult homeless population is veterans, including women.
Leroy Jordan, who does community outreach for the shelter, said of the 93 men currently staying there, about eight of them are veterans. He said their ages vary.
Johnson said they provide intense case management for the veterans and some financial support, such as money for a security deposit. Right now, she's working with six veterans.
"This is brand new," she said. "It really kicked off late last year."
Many of the homeless veterans left their homes in a "precarious situation," Johnson said. They come back from duty with post-traumatic stress disorder, behavioral issues or problems dealing with life and children, she said.
In addition, the caseworkers said that many of the veterans living on the streets don't know about the services available to them and they have to deal with the high cost of living in the area and the ongoing lack of jobs.
"There weren't jobs for them," Johnson said. "How many jobs do you know where you have to drive a tank?"
Another issue, not mentioned by the caseworkers, seems to be alcohol and drug use. Two homeless veterans at the shelter, who agreed to speak, were both dealing with substance abuse.
Dave, 50, who didn't want his last name published, said he was in the Army during the Persian Gulf War and was discharged for bad conduct. While in the Army, he was arrested for drunken driving and possession of a controlled substance.
"I struggled with substance abuse for years," he said.
The veteran said he's now working a security job for $10 an hour, taking part in a recovery program, trying to obtain health and housing benefits, and saving money for a rent.
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Raymond Bell, 62, served in the Army during the Vietnam War and was released in 1971 on a less than honorable discharge for a fight. Through the years, he's worked numerous jobs and fathered children with several women.
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Taste tests of cheap regional beer pop up all over the internet every so often, but a blind tasting doesn't factor in the nostalgia element: sometimes a beer fits in with a certain setting, whether you've road tripped to your childhood home or flown to your college town for a reunion.
When I'm back home in the Pacific Northwest, I'm always kind of happy to see cheap Rainier on the menu, even if I wouldn't rate it highly on taste alone. I know midwesterners with warm feelings for Stag, Baltimoreans whose college experience wouldn't have been the same without Natty Boh, and more than a few bearded dudes who are convinced that Olympia could be the next PBR.
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I'm of Generation X, a term that has never come with positive connotations. And now New York Times columnist A.O. Scott reports that Gen X is having a midlife crisis. Great.
Scott writes: "How can a generation whose cultural trademark is a refusal to grow up have a midlife crisis?" The answer is: Quite easily. Just like anyone can! With the added bonus of feeling lost, not completely relating to previous generations, and not sure what the future holds. But if I am having a midlife crisis, it is even worse than Scott's, because there are no female role models for me to look to. Scott mentions Ben Stiller's character in Greenberg and John Cusack and the other dudes of Hot Tub Time Machine, and even writes the frightening sentence "give or take a few details, Hot Tub Time Machine is the story of my life." Dude. At least you have a major motion picture that is "the story of your life." Try being a black Gen X woman brought up on Prince, Anais Nin, The Cosby Show, Hello Kitty, Moonlighting and Molly Ringwald. That movie is never hitting theaters. Cue my midlife crisis.
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The Bears' Devin Hester estimates he plays video games just about every day. He said it's due in part to the free time he has and the fact that he feels he can't go out in public much. His wife doesn't mind — after all, it means he's home — except when they have family over.
That's when she pulls out her secret weapon.
"She'll send my son down to the basement," said Hester, who was promoting the first-person shooter "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3," in stores Tuesday, over the phone last week. "She knows he won't let me play games in peace. He'll grab the controller and start pushing buttons and mess up the game. That does make me come (upstairs)."
Still, Hester insisted he isn't the biggest gamer on the Bears. That award goes to tight end Kellen Davis. "He stays up all night playing even if we've got practice the next day," Hester said. Both players have been known to team up together on previous "Call of Duty" games, along with teammates Matt Forte, Johnny Knox, Earl Bennett and Henry Melton, among others.
Sometimes they have players from opposing NFL squads join them, including the Denver Broncos' Eddie Royal and the Minnesota Vikings' Joe Webb.
"Two of us will be online and we'll call this person who will call another person," Hester said. "There could be as many as 12 of us on the same team. It's a fun group activity. … Every now and then I might get one kid who asks (if we're Bears players). They'll see our screen names and put it together."
Does Hester talk trash when he's playing? "When I do good, yeah," said Hester. And when he's not doing so hot? "I'm quiet," he said. "I hate getting shot."
It wasn't that long ago that Hester nearly found himself on the cover of another popular video game. He said his agent received a call saying he was under consideration for the cover of "Madden NFL 08." Many players who appear on the cover of "Madden" have gone on to struggle during the season (that's how the "Madden curse" started), but Hester said he would gladly become the game's cover man if given the opportunity.
"I think it's a great honor to be on the cover," said Hester, adding that he doesn't believe in the curse. "I don't think you should turn that down."
Heads up: Hester will sign autographs at Lake Barrington Field House in Lake Barrington December 9. The signing will benefit Operation Support Our Troops. Call 815-529-3447 for tickets. ... Knox and teammate Lance Louis will host Johnny's Opportunity Knox -- which benefits families in New Orleans and children in Africa -- at Brunswick Zone XL in Algonquin December 5. Over 20 Bears players are expected to attend. Call 815-529-3447 to reserve a bowling lane.
On the record: "We need something new, and I'm trying. But if, God forbid, I ever become a corny old man, I hope there's a kid who's going to call me out on it and say 'Hey, mother******, you were good back in the day, but your schtick ain't working now.' I want the kids in this business to strive to be creative and, eventually, push me out the door." - WWE Superstar CM Punk in the November issue of Maxim
About this week: If you missed last week's "Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story" screenings, the documentary will be playing again Wednesday and Thursday around Illinois. Click here for showtimes. And if you do see the film, look for the article I did on Jay during my early days as a Tribune soccer reporter. They show the print version of the article in the movie.
Sightings: Bulls legend Scottie Pippen and the Bears' Lance Briggs had dinner with former Bear Jerry Azumah at Hub 51 Friday. Fellow Bears Hester and Johnny Knox opted for dinner with their families at Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab that night. … NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman had dinner at Chicago Cut Steakhouse Thursday. He had lunch at Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse in Rosemont Friday and visited N9NE Steakhouse later that night. … Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau dined at Chicago Cut Steakhouse Wednesday. … Snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White launched his 2012 "White Collection" line Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods in Schaumburg and dined with friends at Japonais later that night. … Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer attended Evening at The Palm -- a benefit hosted by the Cubs' Ryan Dempster -- at The Palm Thursday. The event raised over $28,000 for The Dempster Family Foundation. ... The Blackhawks' Patrick Sharp had dinner at Fulton's on the River Saturday.