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Eyes are glued to the track this week as Olympic runners like Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards-Ross and Tyler Gay push to the finish line. But it's not just the heart-thumping heats that have captured our attention. Who can ignore that flourescent footwear?
The technical name for the neon shade of green being seared into your retinas is "Volt," and it's the uniform shade Nike is using for its track and field shoes at the London 2012 Games.
Because they're impossible to miss on the ruddy red track, the fluorescent Volt kicks—which come in a variety of editions specific to sprinting, distance, field and marathon performance—are quite literally the most brilliant, if somewhat unsubtle, nugget of branding to emerge at the Summer Games.
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Nike media relations director KeJuan Wilkins, who's currently in London for the Olympics, says that while technology and performance is the fundamental priority, Nike also wanted to make a "bold statement" with their Olympic sneakers.
"That color is something that has become more of a signature to Nike," says Wilkins. "So even if you don't see the swoosh, you see a color like that, and there's such a connection to Nike that people identify it with us."
Nike has plenty of experience when it comes to making splashy statements on the field. "It was something we did during the World Cup two years ago in South Africa, with an orange soccer boot," Wilkins explains.
He says this year's florescent green hue is actually "one of the most visible colors to the eye itself"—making it an even more effective attention grabber.
While Wilkins declined to comment on the shoes' retail performance, he says noticeable buzz is building around the neon shade.
"There's a lot of energy around that color right now for consumers," he says.
New York's Nike flagship already stocks training and racing versions of the track and field shoes, and no doubt we'll be seeing more shock-green gear trickling into stores in the weeks to come.
Olympic demand has also affected Olympic sponsor Adidas and its range of red and navy adiZero kicks for the U.K. team. Surprisingly, the adiZero racing spikes—which press director Caitlin Albaugh says were "designed to be the lightest track spikes ever made"—aren't carried at the brand's Manhattan store on Broadway, although a sales associate said "everybody has been asking for them."
Meanwhile, Puma—which outfits the indomitable Jamaican track team—has stocked its New York flagship store in Union Square with various editions of the Olympic "Bolt" (not to be confused with "Volt") running shoes. Of course, if the world's fastest man smashes any more records this week, expect to put up a fight for your size.


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People around the globe are accessing the web via their smartphones more often than ever. So far in 2013, 17.4% of web traffic has come through mobile, representing more than a 6% increase since 2012 when 11.1% of traffic came from mobile.
Statista's chart below shows the increase in mobile web traffic over the last year, broken down by continent.
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Mobile web traffic more than doubled in South America, the continent with the largest growth rate, where web access via mobile leaped from 3.2% to 6.8%.
Asia and Africa lead the planet as the two continents with the most-mobile web users, with 26.6% and 23.7%, respectively, of web traffic coming from mobile devices.
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Finnish driver Toomas Heikkinen was involved in this practice crash at the X Games on Friday, in which he was trying to clear a 50-foot gap on the RallyCross course. He cleared about 45 feet of it.
Heikkinen was surprisingly unhurt, suffering only a broken ankle and some abdominal bruising. That's testament to the safety systems in these rally cars, and an entire sport that's designed for crashes, but not fatalities.
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Winter may be officially over, but there is a very vibrant, energetic group of people still skiing and they will be until the lifts are turned off. Okemo Mountain Resort has always been one of my favorite places to ski, they groom to let you zoom and when mother nature doesn't deliver on the snow, the team at Okemo always does. From an alpine fashion standpoint, the sophisticates who make the quick trek up from the greater New York area always makes it a treat. The best people watching and style scouting can be found in the Jackson Gore area, where I always see the most interesting on-mountain looks. Once the aprés action starts, the Jackson Gore Lodge is teeming with well dressed people and I believe owner and fashion fan Diane Mueller must have had that in mind when she and husband Tim expanded Okemo and built this lodge. Here are some of my favorite looks from the always outstanding Okemo:
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Where's the party? Bet he knows! From his K2 special edition Rolling Stones Side Show skis, to his multi color gridlock print outwear by Sessions, this gentleman hit the hill ready to rock and roll. Mick Jagger said "Don't you think it's sometimes wise not to grow up?" Mick was right and everybody who skis and rides isn't completely grown up when they play in the snow at Okemo. Just ask this guy…if you can catch him.[/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]ROCK STAR / BOARDER / BADASS
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Hello! I have a problem with ADCR and can't solve it alone.
I installed Netwrix AD Auditor, configured domain admin Account for AD auditing, install SQL Server, Created ReportServer and Netwrix_Auditor_Active_Directory databases, configured long-term archive. Configured schedule and finally got my daily report after initial log collection in my domain. All worked fine couple of weeks, after that Netwrix stops to send reports. I tryed to find a problem with Email send, but in netwrix auditor AD reporter there was no data, and Netwrix_Auditor_Active_Directory had no audit data too.
I start to dig deeper and find C:\Program Files (x86)\Netwrix Auditor\Active Directory Auditing\Tracing\ADCR-domainName.txt file.
File starts with lines like "ADCR.exe Information: 0 :" but next, file have some error:
"ADCR.exe Error: 0 : [TID: 1, Time: 15.01.2018 10:49:44] Unable to obtain previous value for change e5add9b8-9583-470d-a0ca-64dc596e53ca. The error is: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
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EclipseLink/UserGuide/JPA/Basic JPA Development/Caching/Coordination
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Clustering and Cache Coordination
An application cluster is a set of middle tier server machines or VMs servicing requests for a single application, or set of applications. Multiple servers are used to increase the scalability of the application and/or to provide fault tolerance and high availability. Typically the same application will be deployed to all of the servers in the cluster and application requests will be load balanced across the set of servers. The application cluster will access a single database, or a database cluster. An application cluster may allow new servers to be added to increase scalability, and for servers to be removed such as for updates and servicing.
Application clusters can consist of Java EE servers, web containers, or Java server applications.
EclipseLink can function in any clustered environment. The main issue in a clustered environment is utilizing a shared persistence unit (L2) cache. If you are using a shared cache (enabled by default in EclipseLink), then each server will maintain its own cache, and each caches data can get out of sync with the other servers and the database.
EclipseLink provides cache coordination in a clustered environment to ensure the servers caches are is sync.
There are also many other solutions to caching in a clustered environment, including:
- Disable the shared cache (through setting
@Cacheable(false), or
- Only cache read-only objects.
- Set a cache invalidation timeout to reduce stale data.
- Use refreshing on objects/queries when fresh data is required.
- Use optimistic locking to ensure write consistency (writes on stale data will fail, and will automatically invalidate the cache).
- Use a distributed cache (such as Oracle TopLink Grid's integration of EclipseLink with Oracle Coherence).
- Use database events to invalidate changed data in the cache (such as EclipseLink's support for Oracle DCN/QCN).
Cache coordination enables a set of persistence units deployed to different servers in the cluster (or on the same server) to synchronize their changes. Cache coordination works by each persistence unit on each server in the cluster being able to broadcast notification of transactional object changes to the other persistence units in the cluster. EclipseLink supports cache coordination over RMI and JMS. The cache coordination framework is also extensible so other options could be developed.
Cache coordination works by broadcasting changes for each transaction to the other servers in the cluster. Each other server will receive the change notification, and either invalidate the changed objects in their cache, or update the cached objects state with the changes. Cache coordination occurs after the database commit, so only committed changes are broadcast.
Cache coordination greatly reduces to chance of an application getting stale data, but does not eliminate the possibility. Optimistic locking should still be used to ensure data integrity. Even in a single server application stale data is still possible within a persistence context unless pessimistic locking is used. Optimistic (or pessimistic) locking is always required to ensure data integrity in any multi-user system.
Configuring Cache Coordination
Cache coordination is configured using persistence unit properties. The following cache coordination properties are supported:
|Enable cache coordination using the communication protocol:
|no coordination
|Sets the channel for cache coordination. All persistence units using the same channel will be coordinated.
|Configures if changes are broadcast using a separate thread. If set to false the transaction will wait for all servers to be notified before returning.
Note that JMS is always asynchronous.
|Set if a connection should be removed if a communication error occurs when coordinating with it.
This is normally used for RMI coordination in case a server goes down (it will reconnect when it comes back up).
|Set the naming service to use to look-up and register the cache coordination service, either:
|Set the application server user name to connect to JNDI with. This is only required if JNDI requires authentication.
|no authentication
|Set the application server user password to connect to JNDI with. This is only required if JNDI requires authentication.
This is normally not required if connecting to a local service.
|no authentication
|Only required by RMI cache coordination. Sets the URL of the host server. This is the URL that other cluster members should use to connect to this host. This may not be required in a clustered environment where JNDI is replicated. This can also be set as a System property or using a SessionCustomizer to avoid a separate persistence.xml per server.
|Only used for RMI coordination. Sets the multicast socket group address. The multicast group is used to find other members of the cluster.
|Only used for RMI coordination. Sets the multicast socket group port. The multicast group is used to find other members of the cluster.
|Only used for RMI coordination. Sets the number of milliseconds to wait for announcements from other cluster members on start-up.
|Only used for RMI coordination. Sets the multicast socket packet time to live. The multicast group is used to find other members of the cluster. Set the number of hops the data packets of the session announcement will take before expiring. The default is 2, a hub and an interface card to prevent the data packets from leaving the local network.
Note that if sessions are hosted on different LANs that are part of WAN, the announcement sending by one session may not reach other sessions. In this case, consult your network administrator for the right time-to-live value or test your network by increase the value until sessions receive announcement sent by others.


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Futures were down all night long but sprang back to life this morning and are now basically flat. We have entered a time where we have two turn dates clustered inside a week of time – one today and another on the 28th. I am uncertain how that will play out, sometimes when turns are grouped together they act as a single turn, or it could be that we go higher for a few days and then start another leg down… that adds to the uncertainty in this case.
The number of people filing unemployment claims rose to the highest amount since 1982, the figure jumping to 586,000 for the week. How do you fire up an economy that's losing jobs at that pace? Answer is you don't. The economy must work through the misallocations; it will take time, lots of it.
Here's more not-so-good news:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In a troubling sign that consumers are retrenching this holiday season, consumer spending and orders for durable goods fell further in November, according to government reports released Wednesday.
A Commerce Department report showed spending by individuals fell 0.6% last month, after falling 1% in October. It was the fifth consecutive monthly decrease. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had forecast a 0.8% drop.
Personal income fell 0.2% in November, following a 0.2% rise in the previous month. Economists had forecast no change.
The report also included the so-called core PCE deflator - a key reading closely watched by the Federal Reserve that measures prices paid by consumers for goods and services other than food and energy. It showed a 1.9% rise from year-earlier levels, below the 2% posted in October.
A separate report released by the Census Bureau showed orders for durable manufactured goods declined a seasonally adjusted 1% to $1.9 billion in November. Last month's decline was narrower than the revised 6.9% drop in October and the 3.1% drop forecast by economists.
Spending down? That makes perfect sense with macro debt saturation and ramping unemployment. Falling wages? Remember, you don't get inflation from falling wages…
Technically, we had 5 down days in a row, albeit small ones. The stochastic on the short time frames indicate a rally or sideways action is needed and today is a turn day. Also, the number of stocks above their 5 day moving average is almost zero (3%) which is usually a place where bounces occur from (although it's also where large oversold sell offs come from). I am currently market neutral until after the holidays.
I think the Bloomberg article carrying talk of Japanese debt forgiveness is a sign of things to come. That's simply a polite way to say default. Why would Bloomberg even carry such a piece? Perhaps it's a stab back at Paulson who will not release information on the way TARP money (your money) is being spent. Our government does indeed need to lock Paulson and crowd behind bars – this crisis will NOT subside until debts are cleared and an honest/transparent form of government is substituted in its place.
On that light note, this is my last update until after Christmas. It's snowing again in the great Northwest. I hope you have a happy, safe, and pleasant holiday and we'll be back at the markets' edge again soon.
Ho, ho, ho – Merry Christmas!


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Clubs and bars have long bet on the special flair of lounge sofas. They are comfortable, invite you to stay and offer enough space. Now, however, this comfortable seating has become a feature we see in homes or businesses. The CURACAO is particularly stylish. You will immediately like the unusual design and high-quality imitation leather. The sofa stands on a thin but very robust tubular steel structure. Create your own chill-out area in the living room or a cosy reception area in your office. A number of combinations are possible with the CURACAO! Of course, you can combine it with other lounge furniture from our range and put together veritable relaxation zones.
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MUSICAL CHAIRS: The retail scene in Tokyo's Roppongi district is bracing for a major shake-up come this spring. Rival shopping and residential/office complexes Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown are both renovating and changing up their roster of stores.
In at least one case, a high-profile luxury brand is jumping ship from one development only to open at the other. Bottega Veneta is preparing to shutter its Tokyo Midtown location only to open around the corner at Roppongi Hills, a few weeks later. A Bottega Veneta spokesman declined to comment on the logic behind the move.
Roppongi Hills, which first opened in 2003, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this April. The development's owner, Mori Building, has planned several commemorative events to take place throughout the year and is bringing in about 40 new tenants this spring including Issa London, Burberry, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and several Japanese brands.
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I just submitted a ticket as well. Having the same problem. My account has a commercial block on it. I installed Teamviewer 12 for personal use a month ago and now the application displays a message telling me that the trial period has expired.
I uninstalled and reinstalled Teamviewer, deleted my account, created a new one with the same email, then with a different one, replaced it with a Teamviewer 11 install for private use, but it continues to say that the trial period has expired.
I am using it strictly for personal use. Please help me out so I can use the plain version. Thank you.
Hi Sashaa.
You must have patience and wait for the answer to your ticket.
Sadly this did not fix the issue for me :(
I'm attempting to download files from an older computer using an up-to-date Teamviewer 12. However, the session keeps closing saying it has timed out.
On both the sending and receiving computers, "Extras->Options->Advanced->Timing out inactive session" is set to off. Is there anything else I should be doing, or is this an error?
Hi, it seems that by mistake i installed TeamViewer for commercial use, now it's blocked and even if i reinstalled it again, the same message will appear, i have already submited a ticket with and without log files in different dates.
My tickets are: 2920084(without log files) and 2911051(with log files).
I hope someone can help me.
(english a bit sloppy because its not my native language)
Hi CARLOS,
Thanks for your post!
I can confirm that your ticket has been recieved and is awaiting review. I apologise for the delay. As we recieve a large number of these tickets and also need to provide priority support to our paid users, there has been a longer wait time over the holiday period but we will get to it ASAP.
Hi. I have this happening. But it is with the OSX version. Is there a link for the proper host for OSX free version? Thanks.
TeamViewer website -> Download -> Mac -> Download Host
And vor v11:
TeamViewer website -> Download -> Zu den älteren Versionen -> macOS (v11.0.66595): TeamViewer Host
Thank you! The host works. What do I use then if from that Mac, I want to access another computer? Do I download the standard program? v.11? v. 12? Thanks.
Yes, use the main program. You have all options that Host has and more ...
As you are using the free Version, you can update all installations to v12 but be aware, that v11 can not connect to v12.
Thank you. If I switch to v 12 do I have to have a separate host or else it will warn me I only have 5 minutes because it is the free version? Once I get all this answered I will stop bugging you! Thx!
I don't understand what you do mean with "separate host"? I always install the full TV app and update it as soon as updates are available and never had a time limit
If you have only 5 minutes, then you are not using the free version. Looks more like you have used a trial of the commercial version or less likely your type of usage is suspicious as commercial use. The free version lacks a lot of business functions, but has no time limit. V12 will not solve this.
What do you see at the bottom of the main TV window?
Hello together,
I am using Teamviewer Premium License. Most of my custumors have the teamviewer installed as commercial use. They don't work with it except for remote session for me.
One customer tried to use Teamviewer for its own to connect to another computer. A trial perod starts. Since that the computer displays the message "Trial period expired".
I told the custumor that he has to buy a license if he wants to use it. He only used it once an has no need for own use. Bit still the message is displayed. Is it possible to remove the message?
Thanx for your help
I own 5 personal computers and I fix and maintain about 10 family members and close friends computers, I am not using Teamviewer for commercial use or monetary gain but the program now thinks that I am?
I've been using Teamviewer for many years and hope to continue.
I have encountered the same problem.
an employee at one of my clients used to use teamviewer to connect to his machine at home. Since I have added his computer to my profile with unattended access, he is no longer able to connect to his home machine, as he gets a message that the trial period has expired.
I have also advised him to buy a license, but was reminded that Teamviewer is free for personal use.
He is obviously now a bit frustrated with me since he no longer can connect to his home PC.
Today I have received a message showing that I'm using Team Viewer under commercial use. But I believe I'm the very typical personal user who only have two PCs.
I really don't get it why my use is miss-understood as commercial use.
How can I get it back to normal?
I like Team Viewer a lot, so I don't mind paying for my personal use.
But 500 USD is absolutely not proper for personal use.
I'm just wondering how many connections and how much time together, amounted your connection between the two PCs in the past two weeks ?
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Thank a lot for your reply.
I have 4 devices total: 2 PCs, 1 iPhone and 1 iPad.
The connection time is very short, which is about 1-2 minutes one time. Because one of my PC is in the living room, so I use the other PC in my bedroom to remote it if I'm at home.
The main usage is monitoring a software which needs to run 24*7.
Hi - My trial subscription expires, but I am not a business
How do I get the free version?
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The main usage is monitoring a software which needs to run 24*7.
It seams that this is your main problem.
It looks like this is a very important for you ?
How much ? Why you need 24*7 for personal use ?
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Thank you. There's no reason my use should even appear potentially suspicious, so I will assume I have the wrong version and re-install!
I am having the same problem. I have submitted a trouble ticket and send multiple messages requesting a follow up. I called the sales department who could not help me because I didn't have a license. This is a good product and we appreciate the free version. It would be great if the response to a trouble ticket could be improved.
I called in to Team Viewer because I accidentally chose the 'commercial version' on installation and didn't think anything of it until now-- the trial has expired, and I can't start a session any more. My agent told me to post my ID here: [ID removed]. She said you would get it straightened out again for private use.
When I downloaded TeamViewer a few weeks ago I accidentally selected business instead of personal use. Now the trial is up and it will not let me proceed with use unless I purchase a license. I will only be using this for personal use. How do I get this switched so I can keep using the program?
Having the same problem with no response so far from tech support.
I'm using Version 11 on MacOS.
I have the same problem! There is no help from Teamviewer? :smileyfrustrated:
i installed incorrectly, i need to be reset to private use as well.
Thanks a lot :-)
Reyhan - Salvation details?
Thank you :-)
My license shows as free in the Management box, but I still can't use my TeamViewer as the Expiration message keeps blocking me.
Hello! My ID is aamber69 and email is [email-address removed]
I have my license showing as "Free" in my account management area, but I must have done something wrong, as I can't access my computers remotely. I am using them ONLY for personal use. Thank you so much!!
Same problem, with chrome app i can use as free trial. but the desktop app tell me trial expired when i always use tv as non-business user
I made the misstake of installing Teamviewer as company/commercial user eventhough I only have it for personal use. I now tried uninstalling it and install again as personal user but still Teamviewer reports as trial license expired.
How can this be solved ?
thanks and regards
I am having issue after several years of Teamviewer usage. It seems I accidentally hit Commerical when I upgraded to version 12 sometime back and now the trial has expired and I'm being forced to contact sales or extend trial.
Problem is, I am a personal user and I don't need commercial license. So can you please convert my email id back to personal user so that when I start Teamviewer it wouldn't say Trial License Expired and show me mercy as a 'Free User'.
My email id associated with Teamviewer is [emailaddress removed]
Thank you!
I think you need to uninstall, make sure the settings are removed, and reinstall.
Is there an admin in this community that can help us?
I uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times with no such luck.
hi , im a private user but today im getting trial expired message am i right in saying its free for personal use and if so what do i have to do now ?? ty
I am having the same problem. Please keep me posted as to your success!
Trial version expired.... commercial use ... ??????
Have tried to uninstall, settings erased, reinstall but always same problem.
This computer is the computer of my wife. No commercial use. The computers are at home. We don't work. We are retired. Don't understand Teamviewer have determined it's a commercial use. What can we do with that kind of problem ?
Having this message is on the computer of my wife. Have tried to uninstall app, removing settings, reinstall but always same problem.
This computer is the one used used by my wife. No commercial use. We don't work. We are retired. She needs occasionnal informatic support. Don't understand Teamviewer have determined it's a commercial use. What can we do with that kind of problem ?
Question: for personal family usage do the best is create just one Teamviewer account and put all computers in the group or create one account for each one (wife, me, my son) and group contacts to support them ?
Mine has not expired yet but says I have 7 days left and no amount of cleaning the system and registry gets rid of it on fresh installs. My username is Charles and email is [Email-address removed]
I don't know what computer id you need to reset or do whatever it is you do. If you want my computer id it is croll
Dear all,
Thank you for your post.
The "trial expired" status is not something that can be resolved in the Community. The Community is a place where we can give advice for best practices and how to get the most out of TeamViewer.
Therefore, I would kindly ask you to read this Knowledge Base article to get help regarding the expired trial through a contact form to reach dedicated TeamViewer staff members.
*IMPORTANT: Never post your ID or other personal information in the Community!
Thank you for your understanding and have a nice day.
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I have the same problem. My email is [Email-address removed]
Hi all,
here the solution, if you received the "trial expired" notification.
Please see for further information here
Hi sbasuval,
Please see the following post in regards to "trial expired" messages https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/TeamViewer-11/Your-trial-period-has-expired/m-p/2988/highlight/t...
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Just when you thought phablets couldn't get any bigger, Samsung has super-sized… no make that Mega-sized its Galaxy lineup with two more devices that straddle the line between smartphones and tablets.
On Thursday, the electronics maker announced the Galaxy Mega family, featuring 5.8-inch and 6.3-inch models. The 5.8-inch Mega is just a smidge bigger than the 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II, while the Mega 6.3 is getting awfully close to Nexus 7 territory for something you're supposed to use a phone.
Even Samsung appears worried it may be pushing this whole phablet concept a little too far; the company plans to roll out the new Mega devices slowly. The new phablets will hit Europe and Russia in May, then fan out across the globe after that. There's no official U.S. launch date, but if you're excited about the prospect of using a phone that's around one and a half Hershey bars wide, here are the details.
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Both handsets come with Android 4.2, Google's latest flavor of Jelly Bean, as well as a few Samsung niceties we've seen in other Galaxy devices.
Group Play connects up to eight devices on a local network for content sharing. Samsung WatchOn turns the Mega tablet into a TV remote using the device's built-in IR blaster, and you can also stream photos and video to your TV with just a few taps using Samsung Link. Mega devices do not appear to include the Samsung S Pen that ships standard with the Galaxy Note lineup.
The biggest Galaxy Mega features a 6.3-inch HD TFT display, with no word on the exact display resolution. The device also has a 1.7GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB RAM, 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, USB 2.0, and NFC. Wi-Fi options include 802.11a/b/g/n, as well as the newer 802.11ac standard. You also get Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, HSPA+, and LTE. The Mega 6.3 features your choice of 8GB or 16GB onboard memory plus a microSD slot that supports up to 64GB, for a maximum storage size of 80GB. The Mega 6.3 weighs in at close to half a pound and comes with a 3,200 mAh Li-ion battery.
If that's a bit too much phablet for you, the more moderately-sized Mega features a 5.8-inch qHD (960-by-540) TFT display. The device is also rocking a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, and similar cameras to the Mega 6.3,but only comes with 8GB internal memory paired with a a microSD slot. It also lacks its bigger brother's 802.11ac and LTE support. The Mega 5.8 and its 2,600 mAh Li-ion battery tips the scales 0.40 pounds.
Pricing was not announced for the two devices. The coming calendar year is certainly shaping up to be an interesting year for tablet convergence. While Microsoft is reportedly trying to cram Windows into a 7-inch tablet, Samsung is expanding smartphones into mini tablets that are getting progressively larger with every new model.
This story, "Samsung Mega-sizes the phablet with a 6.3-inch display " was originally published by TechHive.


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It's hot. It's extraordinarily hot. The hottest, and driest, summer in recent memory. The students are aware of this, naturally, and yet they continue to dig.
And talk. Not only is it hot, and loud, but school kids and tourists and neighbors and rangers and curators and press and colleagues and just about everyone else in the area is dropping by to talk. They all ask the same thing: "what have you found?" Each day the answer changes. The basic sentiment, however, never varies. By experiencing archaeology first-hand, the students have found satisfaction.
Faculty at Indiana University South Bend are working this summer with students in two archaeology excavations, both with significant public components. The properties (described below) are owned by public institutions, the public is invited to participate fully in the experience, and the results will be publicly and widely distributed.
In 1848, Havilah Beardsley and Rachel, his wife, built the first brick house in Elkhart, now known as the Havilah Beardsley House. The Beardsleys and their children would have an immense impact on the community and in some cases, well beyond. The house remains a part of the Elkhart community, serving as one of the museums on the Ruthmere campus.
Now within the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, the Bailly Homestead contains the remains of the trading post established in 1822 by Honore Gratien Joseph Bailly de Messein (1774-1835). His home was an early center of culture and civilization in a backwoods wilderness, providing a meeting place for both Indians and whites as well as being a stopping place for travellers and missionaries.
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It's a hot late-summer afternoon and I'm geared up, crouching down protecting myself from the cold briny spray from the wind and rough waters of the mighty St. Lawrence. Although I've been whale watching many times at home on the West Coast, it's seemingly always more exhilarating on the East Coast with the vast array of marine mammals in the area. I caught my high-powered zodiac (another reason I'm soaked!) at the dock on Tadoussac Bay, one of the best known areas for whale watching in the Quebec Maritime region, where the icy fresh water from the famed Saguenay Fjord meets the brine of the St. Lawrence estuary.
The day is a disappointment to a few of my fellow passengers, some having travelling from across the pond from Europe as well from the southern states, as they were hoping to catch a sighting of a cetacean, from the gargantuan Blues and massive Humpbacks but I was still pleased at seeing pods of pristine white belugas with their perfectly arched backs diving in their native wild surroundings. Afterwards, its home to warm our chilled bodies in our rustic rooms at the historic Tadoussac Hotel which for the past 70 years has become an important landmark with the building's distinguished red roofs. I find out later, that many of the waterfront homes situated on my visit have red roofs as they were also used as land markers long before today's modern GPS era.
I've only been in Quebec for a few days and I'm already enthralled by the sheer beauty of the landscape and the variety of La Belle Province's agriculture and dairy farms, from the Charlevoix's award-winning cheeses to the famed aromatic blueberries of Saguenay. Although I've visited Montreal and Quebec City numerous times, upon arrival I sped up 138, past the majestic Montmorency Falls and the farm-rich IIe d'Orleans (famed for their aromatic strawberries an cideries!) onward to Charlevoix and Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean.
Unfortunately, my flight, arriving a tad late, I missed experiencing one of Quebec's newest rail routes, The Train of Le Massif de Charlevoix. Owned by Le Massif Ski Resort, the successful conglomerate have opened a year round holiday operation with the most scenic rail excursion in Eastern Canada, offering stunning vistas of the Charlevoix coast. Beating the two-hour rail cruise, I arrive to the charming art-gallery-filled township of Baie Saint-Paul and to Le Massif's stunning new Hotel La Ferme which opened in July 2012. A well-executed contemporary design, La Ferme is situated on an footprint where the largest free-standing wooden barn once stood. The hotel complex, comprising several small free-standing buildings, includes 145 rooms and lofts; a railway station; a public square showcasing rotating art exhibits; the Spa du Verger, a Nordic-inspired spa; all amid beautiful natural and farmland landscapes.
The main building also features the hotel's open-kitchen Les Labours Restaurant, and its wonderful culinary wizardry of Quebec-City-native chef David Forbes. The seasonal and daily menus constantly change based on items available from local farms and purveyors. My meal opened with a glorious warm wild mushroom salad with kale, chèvre and multi-hued radishes and included a main featuring a superbly seared wild striped bass set over a succotash of delicate favas, snow peas, golden beets, chanterelles and pea tendrils, ending with a fromage frais soufflé garnished with Charlevoix blueberries and shards of fragrant honeycomb. It can't get more local than this!
A 15-minute drive south along the coastline brings you dockside for a short ferry ride to Isle-aux-Coudres, a popular haven for cyclists, and tourists looking for a remote retreat or to visit some of the island's renowned historic sites. A 26-km road encircles the island and makes for excellent sightseeing with its countless views of the St Lawrence. Along the way, you can stop for superb cider at the family owned Ciderie et Vergers Pedneault (apple ecomuseum) or the island's historic wheat and buckwheat watermill, Les Moulins de I'Isle-aux-Coudres, built in 1836.
Leaving Baie-Saint-Paul I head up the coast to the waterfront town of La Malbaie, but along the way, I discover some of Charlevoix's Flavour Trail (Routes des Saveur), a distinguished list of over 40 regional farmers and producers from cideries, artisan microbreweries, bakers, cheeses, foie gras to chocolates. Some highlights included the Boulangerie La Rémy, a 19th-century working watermill where local organic wheat is still milled and used in the bakery's wonderful breads and pastries and La Ferme Basque, a duck farm that produces foie gras in the traditional Basque method, demonstrating that gavage doesn't have to be cruel or stressful to the animals. And it wouldn't be a visit to Quebec without a tour of a fromagerie such as the Laiterie Charlevoix Ecomuseum that makes superb cheeses as well as carrying out a project to save certain cow species from extinction and the award-winning Maison d'Affinage Maurice Dufour with its excellent blue vein to delicate washed bries.
Onward to LaMalbaie, a quaint town where the Malbaie and St. Lawrence meet. When Samuel de Champlain visited in 1608, he couldn't find suitable anchorage for his ships so he named it Malle Baye (archaic French for "a poor bay"). As bad as the bay was for the early explorer, it's become quite the happening town today. To cater for the growing popularity of sport fishing as well as relaxing in the natural surroundings, the original Manoir Richelieu Hotel was built in 1899, featuring 250 rooms atop the cliff of Pointe-au-Pic, overlooking the majestic St. Lawrence. After a disastrous fire brought the luxurious building to ashes in the autumn of 1928, a new French Chateaux-styled hotel was built months later and reopened in June 1929 with an award-winning 27-hole championship golf course. After an impressive $140-million renovation and expansion of a casino, sport centre, guest rooms and a ballroom, it reopened in 1999 as an addition to the renowned Fairmont properties. Although, the hotel is up to date with modern facilities, this extensive property still retains the old-world charm from stone fireplaces, soaring vaulted ceiling public spaces to stunning manicured gardens and a grand promenade overlooking the mighty river.
It's the start of autumn, one of the most beautiful times to be in Quebec with the stunning and vibrant autumn colours. It's the perfect time for the splendid cornucopia of the autumn harvest and what better place than Quebec City and the bounty of the Charlevoix region.


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Police in the UK are looking for three men accused of pelting England winger Theo Walcott with coins during an Arsenal v Tottenham match.
The 24-year-old came under a shower of missiles as he was carried off on a stretcher after injuring his knee during the north London derby at the Emirates Stadium on January 4.
Stewards and St John Ambulance staff were also hit by the coins, in a confrontation that saw Walcott make a "2-0" gesture with his hands in retaliation, referring to the scoreline in the FA Cup third-round tie.
His knee injury means he will be out of action for six months and will miss out on the World Cup in Brazil with England.
Today, Scotland Yard released grainy pictures of the three men suspected of throwing coins.
The force said: "During the match, an Arsenal player on a stretcher, medical staff carrying him and stewards were struck by coins and other missiles thrown at them from a section of the crowd occupied by Tottenham fans.
"The player and stewards received minor injuries as a result. Officers from the Metropolitan Police launched an investigation and have now identified three men they would like to contact."
Anyone with information can call the Public Order Crime Investigation Team on 07769 241315.
In the days after the match, the Football Association confirmed that it had contacted Arsenal and Spurs over the missile-throwing and would back the harshest punishments possible, including life bans.
Police are also investigating anti-Semitic tweets, that referred to the Holocaust, that were posted after the match.


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Thinking back to a quote from George Orwell's Animal Farm, I sometimes tell parents of a child with ADHD: "All children are created equal, but some children are more equal than others." I am referring to the fact that some parents get to sail through life raising a child who is an easy baby who sleeps and eats well. Some of those children go on to be very easy to raise and require minimal parenting. These children often grow up to be successful, competent and wonderful family members.
Then there are the children who hit the world screaming and yelling, with lots of problems in the newborn period. They are not sleepers. They often have feeding problems. They are in crisis mode from the get-go. These kids are incredibly hard to parent. In fact, no matter what is done to try to control the situation of parenting, it always seems as if the child is in control. Most of the time, that concept is the truth. A child with ADHD may be the controlling aspect of the parent-child bond from day one. So what to do?
I cannot stress enough that a parent with a child who has ADHD must get help, whether from counseling, parenting classes, or ADHD support groups. The help should not come from the parent's parent or grandparents. That source of help is always going to be ready and available to tell you what to do or exactly what you have done wrong. My best advice is not to listen to family members unless the family is telling you to get professional help. The technique of parenting a difficult child is much different than random parenting -- and the rewards and sense of control can be so crucial to the well-being of the child and the entire family.
Try these helpful techniques:
1. Educate yourself about ADHD. Become familiar with the traits of ADHD. Once you understand the complexity of the personality of one with ADHD, you will be more capable of parenting a child with the condition.
2. Build positive self-esteem in your child. Stay away from constantly criticizing your child, or saying such statements as "No," " Stop that," "Don't," "You're being bad," "You are stupid!" If you find yourself continually being negative in your speech or attitude about your child, your child's self-confidence has nowhere to go except down. Identify the behavior you want to correct and point the behavior out to the child. For example, you might say "You are being hyper. Calm your body down." Other examples are "That was an impulsive act. You are not thinking of the consequences of your action. Please stop." "You are denying your mistake and blaming another." Try to separate your child's "goodness" or "badness" from the action he or she is performing. This allows the child to develop awareness that the action is unacceptable, rather than the child is "unacceptable".
3. Do not set up your child to fail. Avoid putting your child in a situation that he or she can't handle. For example, avoid restaurants with long waits, or adult gatherings where a child should remain quiet. Sitting still, being quiet, waiting a turn is something that a child with ADHD will take time to develop. If the child is not to the point of having the kind of control needed for an event or experience, avoid taking the child into that situation whenever possible.
4. Be your child's advocate. A child with ADHD will encounter many negative experiences where others react adversely to the child. Other children will get aggravated or annoyed with the ADHD child. Teachers will be impatient and continually correct the child. If the parent is not giving the child the sense of love, acceptance, guidance and compassion, then understandably no one will be doing so. As hard as it may be sometimes, the parent should be the biggest fan of the child.
5. Give the child the opportunity to shine. Help the child find one thing she is good at. Support the child and help facilitate the skill to become a passion. The skill could be in music, sports, art, cooking, building, etc. Paying careful attention to the child will give clues to her likes and interests, and will lead to the development of pleasure and passion that can be present the rest of the child's life.
With some parenting skills, good ideas and lots of love, parenting children with ADHD can be successful and rewarding. Let me know about your experience.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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I've been highly critical of and already disappointed in World War Z for like, three years now. I've called it a nightmare, I've been harsh on Brad Pitt's responsibilities and decision-making regarding this project, and I'm not optimistic for the film's chances at the box office. Like The Lone Ranger, the hole WWZ is sitting in is so deep they're going to have make a metric ton of cash to break even and while WWZ opens against Monsters University, which isn't direct competition, it follows one week after Man of Steel, which I'm expecting to have tremendous word of mouth carrying it into a strong second weekend. If WWZ were placed in August I'd feel a lot better about its chances. Apparently Brad Pitt and Paramount are sweating it, too, because Pitt's on the cover of Vanity Fair for a feature called "Brad's Big Bet" that's all about the troubled making of WWZ.
So this is the angle now, is it? Painting Pitt as the guy who loved the project so much he shepherded it through a tumultuous pre-production period and hellish film shoot (that included forgetting to pay millions of dollars in cast and crew expenses in Malta, which is disorganization on a grand scale), and reshooting the ending of the movie as some kind of heroic maneuver instead of calling it what it is: a f*ck up. When you reshoot the entire third act of a movie, it's not a fix-it, it's a f*ck up. You're only in that position because you've f*cked up. Having Damon Lindelof wax rhapsodic about the Paramount executives having the stones to choose the harder "road two" of completely re-writing and reshooting the ending doesn't suddenly make it a story of bravery and commitment. It's just a story about a colossal f*ck up.
What baffles me is Lindelof's statement that as they started working on the script, "a lot of stuff had to fall away for the story to come together". I'm not exaggerating when I say the industry-wide opinion of WWZ's script as drafted by JM Straczynski—replaced by Pitt & Co. by Matt Carnahan, writer of preachy political thrillers like State of Play—was Oscar good. It was the closest thing to a sure bet a movie can ever be. It seemed impossible to screw up. So I'm not sure what Pitt and Lindelof thought needed to "fall away". It had the geopolitical angle Pitt loved, it had shady government figures and corruption and cover-ups. So why did it need extensive re-writes not once but twice?
I don't doubt that Pitt loved the book. After all, he engaged in a bitter and expensive bidding war with Leonardo DiCaprio for the rights. But I really wonder what Pitt thought he was buying. Did he really think he was getting a PG-13 summer tent pole out of it? WWZ is DARK. It's not family friendly. I don't know who looked at it and thought "summer action movie romp!" And I don't love that Pitt is being portrayed as a savior when the project was actually in good shape all the way back in 2009, only to get dismantled by Pitt & Co.
This was not an "unfilmable" film, no matter how dense the book. They had a script, it was great, and yet somewhere along the way it devolved into Attack of the Killer Ant Zombies. The question VF should be asking isn't "how did you make this difficult movie" but "how did you blow a no-brainer?" The answers to the second question are less about Pitt the Savior and a lot more about money and fear.
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Lost Labs: Missing dogs fan theft fears
Damie, Louie, and Luna are missing. These happy-go-lucky Labrador retrievers disappeared within days of each other, and at least two of the owners are convinced someone nabbed their pets.
Damie was last seen the evening of February 6. He was on a walk in Advance Mills when he slipped his collar and went "gallivanting off to the woods," says owner Chris Clark. That didn't alarm Clark because Damie liked to run through the woods and fields, and in the past, when the five-year-old black Lab had taken off, he'd always been back by 2 or 3am.
Ten days later, Clark has run classified ads, posted 200 to 300 flyers, offered a reward, and visited the SPCA repeatedly, as well as called shelters in surrounding counties. And still no sign of Damie.
"This dog's not a loner," says Clark. "Somebody's got him. I really feel somebody's got him."
Clark calls the loss of Damie "pure hell. I can't concentrate. All I do is look for him."
Louie disappeared February 9 from his home near Woodlands Road. "Our gut feeling from day one was he was stolen," says Dana Wangensteen, Louie's owner.
She'd noticed an odd vehicle with three men in the driveway a day earlier. "I didn't think that much about it," she says, until Louie went missing. "The next day, I said, 'Wait a minute.'"
Louie is neutered and was raised with three other dogs. One of the dogs, arriving home without Louie, seemed "very nervous," says Wangensteen.
Her worst fear is that Louie may have been kidnapped to be used as a bait animal to train pit bulls.
The SPCA's Laura Sharp is reassuring on that point– at least for Labrador owners. "They don't usually use Labs because they're too big," she explains. "A Lab would do too much damage. They usually use cats or smaller dogs like terriers."
Michael Bullock doesn't buy into the conspiracy theory, but he thinks it's very odd that his black Lab, Luna, would so totally disappear. He'd taken the one-and-a-half-year-old Luna and her littermate, a yellow Lab, for a walk around noon on February 10. Because the invisible fence people were coming to adjust the dogs' collars, he'd taken them off.
The yellow Lab returned about three hours later. "She was going nuts," says Bullock. "She was barking like crazy, like something had gone wrong."
Bullock lives near the Ivy Landfill, where there's plenty of land for a dog to roam. He's distributed around 1,000 flyers and received word of Lab sightings, but none have been of Luna.
"She could have easily been disoriented or come across other Labs," Bullock says. "I have this sneaking suspicion Louie and Luna are having a little vacation."
His worst fear is that she's hurt and in the woods. "She's my baby girl, like my daughter," he says. "I've been pretty distraught."
Laura Sharp sees nothing nefarious about all the missing black Labs. "It's the most common dog breed," she points out, and black is the dominant Labrador color.
"What is strange is all these responsible owners actively looking for their dogs," she adds.
"Often a friendly dog shows up at someone's house, and they'll keep it because they don't want to take it to the shelter– even though that's why we're here, to reunite dogs with their owners," says Sharp.
She offers suggestions to humans who've lost their dogs. Of course a pet should always have a tag with a phone number on it, but Sharp admits that even she's had a dog slip out of its collar.
Because dogs can wander 10 miles, Sharp says to post flyers in a far wider radius than you'd think. She also suggests talking to mail carriers. "They're very cognizant of dogs. They see everything," she says.
Check the shelter every three to four days, "like clockwork," she says. And if you find a dog, take it to the shelter in the county where you found it. "If you lost your wallet in Wal-Mart, are you going to look for it at the Wal-Mart in the next county?" she asks.
And the SPCA encourages owners to neuter their pets. "People who steal dogs don't steal altered animals," says Sharp. "They're useless to them."
As for the likelihood of theft, Sharp says in her 3-1/2 years working at the Charlottesville shelter, she's never seen a proven case, but concedes, "It's hard to prove."
Albemarle animal control officer Sharon Tate says it's extremely common for lost-dog owners to jump to the conclusion their dog was stolen. "They say, my dog was taken for medical research or to fight pit bulls," she says.
(And no, the now-suspended Life Saving Techniques Lab at UVA med school, which was recently in the news for using live dogs for medical training, did not buy its dogs off the street. The animals were purchased from a company called Covance in Princeton, New Jersey, according to UVA spokeswoman Marguerite Beck.)
Tate describes the typical lost dog as not neutered or spayed and having no collar or tags. "In the springtime with females coming into heat, they can smell a female for miles," says Tate. "Love is in the air." And even neutered males find that hard to resist.
Dog theft may be rare, but tell that to Chris Dougherty. She's posted at $1,500 reward for the return of her English bulldog, Gordon.
She returned to her Cismont home on February 8 to find a door open and Gordon nowhere to be found. "I figured he was asleep, because that's what he does," she says.
From her 1,800 flyers and radio and newspaper ads, she's gotten lots of calls from well wishers, those with horror stories, and those who claim to have seen Gordon in circumstances she can't imagine, such as running with a pack of dogs. "If he had a choice of sitting on the sofa or following stray dogs," says Dougherty, "he'd be sitting on the sofa."
She's convinced he's been stolen: "You can't see my house from the road, and we've had a lot of construction work done over the past year. And I've had a lot of people say they want my dog," she says.
That's why she's offering a $1,500 reward, "so if somebody wanted a bulldog, they could go buy their own damn dog."
A rash of missing Labs has left a string of brokenhearted families.


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The story starts back in 1999 when Mark Boon, then a partner at a respected regional insurance broker, realised that too many creative and innovative organisations were buying insurance policies that were the wrong shape, the wrong size and the wrong price.
A musician himself, Mark had carved out a niche insuring music and arts organisations, professional musicians and media companies. Together with colleague Matt Mullee, who worked with affluent individuals insuring high value homes, fine art, antiques and jewellery, he set up La Playa to support clients with truly specialist policies, expert advice and genuinely personal service. It started in Mark's spare room, then upgraded to his barn, moved to a beautiful farm in Cambridge's Silicon Fen, and then to the neighbourhood of global innovation hub Cambridge Science Park – as well as London and midtown New York. All hotbeds of creativity. Our private client portfolio includes many musicians, writers, creative folk who run our client businesses - and people who just live life to the full!
Why 'La Playa'? It's Spanish for "The Beach", of course – and Mark has a passion for all things Spanish (Andalucia is something of a spiritual heartland!) We started at "Silicon Fen" in Waterbeach, and our general philosophy is that life's a beach!
La Playa is all about relationships - "people like you like us" means we work with people we respect and trust (both clients and insurers); clients self-select and bring their friends - and once they're with us, we tend to stick together. The better we know and understand you, you better we can serve you. One size doesn't fit all in insurance - a little fine tuning can make all the difference: streamlining cover where you're not really at risk, strengthening cover where you're exposed, presenting a realistic picture of the risk to the underwriters to achieve the best possible terms. And underwriters trust our in-depth understanding of our clients - they trust us to help you manage that risk well and reward us with great rates.
Anyway, we digress; pretty soon our media clients took us into technology as the digital age took hold, and we brought in experts like Matt Clark, one of the most experienced technology brokers on the International scene, to look after innovators from app developers and social media ninjas to the geniuses who bring us new medical devices like pain-free injections.
In 2010 we became concerned about sparky clients who were starting to work in the USA. They just weren't getting the specialist insurance they needed - so we decided to go with them, providing a bridge to London, the "cradle" of insurance. We opened our New York office just as the frenzy of digital media was taking off on the East Coast, a heady time of VC activity, fast-moving innovation, privacy paranoia and patent wars!
As our client base became more international, their needs became more complex. Insuring homes and businesses, art collections and boats across several territories requires some serious expertise and advice. In 2011 Mike Taylor-West joined us, bringing yacht and superyacht insurance into our Private Client offering, creating holistic wraparound insurance for international Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) individuals and families, and raising our profile in the family office and trusts environment. Private jet insurance was an obvious next step, with aviation expert Helen Hollins coming on board. And in 2017 we launched a dedicated Fine Art practice with Jane Byde.
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I give Lewis Hamilton a lot of flack. He's a damn good driver, but I've always found him to be a bit of a prima donna. But that doesn't stop me from loving his Michael Jackson helmet. Shamon now.
Drivers make special helmets for a few races every year, and for some reason Lewis decided that Austin, which has absolutely no connection to Michael Jackson or the Jackson family, was the place to pay tribute to the late King of Pop.
The helmet, that he unveiled on Twitter (Lewis is one of those people I follow just because his tweets mostly make me angry), ditches Lewis's traditional yellow for red, and has a 1980s era picture of the original Smooth Criminal on the top. Very cool.
As I normally expect Lewis to have something diamond encrusted and garish, this is a pleasant surprise. Shamon Lewis. Shamon.


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Crowdsourcing Social Innovation, or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Open Up GlobalGiving
At GlobalGiving, we've been effectively crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and crowdevaluating social innovation for years. From early experiments with prediction markets, to collaboration with The Case Foundation and Network for Good on America's Giving Challenge, to working with GOOD and Pepsi on design and implementation of the Pepsi Refresh Project, we've woven experiences into the core mission of GlobalGiving – creating open access to philanthropic markets for small and large organizations worldwide.
We just wrapped up our largest Global Open Challenge ever, an initiative started in 2008 which has become the primary way we find and qualify new organizations for the GlobalGiving marketplace. Over 230 organizations headquartered in 38 countries serving beneficiaries in 55 countries participated and collectively raised $569,536. Each organization, in order to secure a spot in the GlobalGiving marketplace, was required to raise $4,000 from at least 50 donors during the month-long challenge. Over 75 organizations achieved this goal by mobilizing supporters to vouch for them with their donations.
This is not a public voting contest to determine which organization receives a grant, though every donation is a vote. This is not simply crowdfunding a specific project, though specific projects get funded. This is not a matching campaign, though there are modest financial incentives. Using a design thinking approach, we fuse elements of voting, crowdfunding, and matching to identify and qualify organizations for participation in the GlobalGiving marketplace. We're using components of all four crowdsourcing models Beth Kanter describes in her recent post: Creating Collective Knowledge or Wisdom, Crowd Creation, Crowd Voting, and Crowd Funding.
Why would organizations put themselves through this? Every day, we receive online requests to be part of GlobalGiving, and our goal is to accept as many as can qualify. We don't want to turn away innovative, but unproven organizations. Many of these applications are from individuals or organizations with questionable motivation and capacity. Many of these applications are from great organizations that need exactly the kinds of tools and services that GlobalGiving provides – a safe, transparent and tax deductible way for donors to give, a set of donor management tools, ongoing trainings, and the possibility of connecting with new donors. From the applications, it's hard to tell the difference.
Intead of sorting through applications and having our team decide which organizations gain access, we throw the decision out to the crowd. We invite every organization that passes our rigorous due diligence process to participate in a Global Open Challenge. If an organization can mobilize enough funding from enough donors, it's a good indication that they can use our platform productively and that their idea has support. It's hard to get 50 people to give money to a really bad or fraudulent idea. We've gotten pretty good at predicting which organizations will succeed, but there are always big surprises.
This model has the added benefit of sustaining itself. The transaction fees generated during this process support the large amount of due diligence, training, support, outreach, and disbursement work that goes into throwing a challenge of this magnitude. We do not charge organizations a fee to participate. We feel strongly that any organization working towards social change should have a shot at articulating its work and raising philanthropic funds to support its growth. Manmeet Mehta heads up this initiative at GlobalGiving and has continually enhanced the strategy, the incentives, the processes, and the support to make this an effective and sustainable program for GlobalGiving.
How do organizations hear about GlobalGiving in the first place? A quick Wordle of all responses to the question, "How did you hear about GlobalGiving?" reveals the interplay of offline and online networks that drive participation. "Friend" and "Internet" figure most prominently:
I'm proud of the continuous experimentation that has resulted in this method of opening GlobalGiving's doors as widely as possible. We've tripled the number of organizations using GlobalGiving, and we've kept disbursements per organization steady. Our marketplace is becoming richer in feedback and more self-sustaining. 2010 is already GlobalGiving's biggest year ever, with over $10,400,000 in donations.


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Zoiks! As Illinois gets ready for medical marijuana, get ready for stoned dogs.
That's what has happened in states that have approved medicinal weed. Fido and Rover bust into prescription stash and get all Scooby-Doo. Rooby-rooo!
Meanwhile, a growing contingent of pet owners and veterinarians are advocating the use of medical marijuana for animals. So, as Illinois doctors prepare to start prescribing medical marijuana to people, maybe impending dispensaries ought to think ahead and install doggy dogs, too.
Think that sounds crazy? Look west, young pot-head.
In Arizona, media are reporting skyrocketing veterinary-clinic reports of people bringing in pets — mostly dogs — who have ingested medical marijuana. The increase — once a rarity, now two dozen a month at one clinic — comes 16 months after Arizona opened its first dispensary.
The same thing happened after Colorado first allowed medical maryjane, in 2000. Now, in the wake of recreational weed's legalization there on Jan. 1, Colorado vet clinics again are seeing a boost in what some media call "stoner dogs." Pooches are especially fond of pot-infused confections. As one vet told the CBS station in Denver, "What we are seeing is dogs getting into the baked products."
Baked products, baked dogs. Wow, man.
Now, you might be wondering, "Why is it mostly dogs?" For one, and this is just my guess, dogs are stupid, especially where their stomachs are concerned. Whereas cats are finicky, dogs eat anything.
Further, stoners also are stupid. They're not always attuned to where their pot — or their future, or their lives — are at. If they leave out their weed, their dogs get nosey — then stoned. Plus, I'd bet more than one Shaggy-like dog owner might gleefully share his stash, lest a canine pal disparage him as a bogart. Because, for sure, stoners listen to their dogs.
(By the way, before anyone starts scrawling hate mail, I realize medical-marijuana users aren't what we typically deem as "stoners." Plus, if Rx pot is expensive and strong — like, seriously and medicinally good bud — is anyone going to waste it on a dog? No way. That's what cheap beer is for.)
Here's a big question: is it dangerous for pets to ingest pot? Studies differ, according to multiple mainstream media reports. An Associated Press story quoted a respected West Coast veterinarian as saying that many dogs don't take well to marijuana: "hallucinogenic reactions may make dogs wobbly on their legs, raise their pulse and cause dribbly urine." In other words, they act just like many pot-heads.
Others call marijuana a wonder drug for pets. According to the AP, advocates in the pot-for-pets movement say old or ailing pets who take cannabis usually experience an immediate boost in appetite and relief from pain. In Denver, Jessica LeRoux of Twirling Hippy Confections — yes, for real — told the AP that she made custom treats that helped extend the life of her last service dog, a black Lab-border collie mix named Thor.
"I got the 15th year out of that relationship because of the product I made for him," she said.
So, what can Illinois expect? Good question. The medical-marijuana law strictly spells out uses for only certain diseases, and none for dogs or other pets. In other words, vets cannot write prescriptions here — yet. But there's a growing discussion about the possibility.
"We certainly are hearing the questions about whether this is something that can be used in veterinary medicine," says David Kirkpatrick, spokesman for the American Veterinary Medical Association, based in Schaumburg. "And we are talking about it. But as yet, we have no official position on this."
Still, the AVMA, which has 84,000 members nationwide, is open to hearing more about the idea.
"We certainly would welcome any study — any scientific study — that would determine the efficacy in medical marijuana," Kirkpatrick says. "There are certainly veterinarians who are urging it to be studied."
For the most part, he says, the discussion has centered on using pot to aid dogs. Why? My guess — not his — is that people see dogs as human, far more than, say, a cat. Thus, dog owners might be more willing to try their own un-scientific studies by feeding weed to their sick hounds. Plus, if a cat gets stoned, how can you tell? What will it do, stare intently for hours on end? You mean, like always?
Still, some cat owners nationally — along with a few horse owners — claim their animals have benefited from marijuana. But, that's pretty much the scope as far as pot-for-pets goes; it's not as if, for example, gerbils are getting high.
"I haven't heard of the pocket pets being treated with medical marijuana," Kirkpatrick says.
He says the AVMA is keenly aware of the upswing in weed ingestion by dogs in other states after medical-marijuana dispensaries started operation. Pet owners need to be vigilant.
"We certainly are concerned about what that means for the pet," Kirkpatrick says. "Whenever there is access to pharmaceuticals, and when you have a dog in the house that gets his nose into everything, that's bound to happen."
Indeed, if curiosity killed the cat, it certainly might get dogs stoned.
"From what I understand, (marijuana) is quite aromatic," Kirkpatrick says. "So it probably would attract a dog."
PHIL LUCIANO is a Journal Star columnist. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, facebook.com/philluciano, 686-3155 or (800) 225- 5757, Ext. 3155. Follow him on Twitter @LucianoPhil.
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It's no secret that a high-fat diet isn't healthy. Now researchers have discovered a molecular clue as to precisely why that is.
Writing in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, the Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine and director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues, describe that mice lacking a gene-expression-controlling enzyme fed a high-fat diet experience rapid thickening of the heart muscle and heart failure. This molecular link between fat intake and an enzyme tasked with regulating gene expression at least in mice has implications for people on so-called Western diets and combating heart disease. Modulating the enzyme's activity could be a new pharmaceutical target.
The team found that the engineered mice without the enzyme HDAC3 tended to underexpress genes important in fat metabolism and energy production. Essentially, when fed a high-fat diet, these animals' hearts cannot generate enough energy and thus cannot pump blood efficiently.
These same mice tolerate a normal diet as well as non-mutant, normal animals. "HDAC3 is an intermediary that normally protects mice from the ravages of a high-fat diet," says Lazar.
HDAC enzymes control gene expression by regulating the accessibility of chromatin - the DNA and protein structure in which genes reside. Within chromatin, DNA is wound around proteins called histones. Genes in tightly wound chromatin areas are generally inaccessible and suppressed, whereas those in loosely packed areas can be activated.
When an animal eats, its metabolism changes, but food doesn't change a cell's genome. Instead, food modulates the "epigenome," molecular markers on the chromatin that influence gene expression by affecting how tightly DNA is wrapped around its protein scaffolding.
Previously, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center showed that if HDAC3 were deleted in heart tissue in the middle of embryonic development, the animals developed severe thickening of the heart walls (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) that reduces the organ's pumping efficiency. These animals usually died within months of birth.
Lazar and his team wanted to know what would happen if the gene was inactivated in heart tissue after birth. To their surprise, they found that these animals were essentially normal.
On a diet of regular chow, the engineered mice lived as long as their normal littermates, although they did tend to accumulate fat in their heart tissue. On a high-fat diet, however, these animals deteriorated rapidly, dying within a few months of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
To understand why, Lazar's team compared the gene expression patterns of young mutant mice to their normal siblings. They found that the mutant mice tended to underexpress genes important in fat metabolism and energy production. Essentially, on a high-fat diet, these animals' hearts cannot generate enough energy and thus cannot pump blood efficiently.
According to Lazar, this study identifies an "interesting and dramatic example" of the link between diet and epigenetics. Now his team is working to identify the molecular nature of that link. They are also investigating whether the same pathway and interaction occurs in humans since it may contribute to the increased heart disease associated with Western diets.
Whatever the outcome of those studies, says Lazar, there is one sure-fire intervention people can always use to stave off the ravages of over-nutrition: Changing your diet. "We don't want to forget that that's still a noble thing to strive for," he says.
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It's the Eve of St. Patrick's Day. Are you St. Patrick's Day plans set? Hosting a party or heading to the parades? Whatever you decide to do, no St. Patrick's Day is complete without Irish Soda Bread ( a gluten free version of course!)
Irish Soda Bread
Great for breakfast or a snack! Various forms of soda bread are popular throughout Ireland. Soda breads are made using either wholemeal or white flour. In Ulster, the wholemeal variety is usually known as wheaten bread and normally sweetened, while the term "soda bread" is restricted to the white savoury form. In more southern parts of Ireland, the wholemeal variety is usually known as brown soda and is almost identical to the Ulster wheaten (with a very slight difference).
- 2 cups gluten-free flour (such as Bob's Red Mill or Better Batter)
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon xanthum gum (only if using Bob's Red Mill)
- 1 egg
- 1 cup buttermilk or buttermilk substitute
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 tablespoon vegan butter, melted
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Lightly oil an 8-inch cast-iron pot or 8-inch bread pan.
- Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and xanthum gum in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg and buttermilk. Add the egg and buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon until the dry ingredients are moistened. The dough should be moist, but not so sticky that it is hard to handle. Fold in the raisins.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly. Mound the dough into a dome shape, about 6-8 inches across depending on the size of your pot. Place the dough into a seasoned cast-iron pot or bread pan. Score a cross in the batter approximately 1/2 inch deep.
- Bake 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and brush with melted butter.
- Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pot and allow to cool completely. Store at room temperature in an airtight container or tightly wrapped in foil.
I hope you enjoy! This tasty bread can be made not just for St. Patrick's Day but for any day you want to bake up a special sweet bread!
Kwegyirba Croffie is a freelance Associate Producer at News 12 Connecticut and a Special Events/Event Planning and Social Media Intern at College Lifestyles (TM). She is a Quinnipiac University alumni and a sister of Alpha Delta Pi. She enjoy cupcakes,Broadway musicals, Forever 21 ,giraffes, peacock feathers, orchids, lillies and anything Disney.


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Falcon is owned and operated by Tore Martin from his base in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.
Tore is a master modeller from way back, and a founding member of the local chapter of IPMS. From the original line of vacuum moulded aircraft kitsets and conversions, he found a niche in the production of 'Clear-Vax' canopies to replace the often optically challenged and sometimes inaccurate canopies in mainstream injection moulded kitsets. These replacement canopies are sold in sets to reduce production and marketing costs, and are often separated and swapped by modellers – in fact, one of the reasons for producing this web site was to make instructions available to people who are the recipients of such canopies.
Falcon also produce canopies under contract for the manufacturers of limited-run kits, such as Ventura, and there is also a long-standing arrangement with Squadron Mail Order to manufacture canopies under their 'Crystal Clear' label.
Falcon's vacuum formed canopies have a reputation for quality, but the secret is straightforward – the mould is kept scrupulously clean to eliminate defects due to dust particles, and then each individual canopy is examined carefully to see whether it is up to standard or not. This is why you will see extra canopies included with sets; look carefully, and you will see at least one imperfection somwhere in the original.
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