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Ndamukong Suh told the media that his kick to Matt Schaub's groin was unintentional. Mike Florio wonders why he couldn't at least apologize to Schaub if he didn't mean to kick him below the belt.
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Maurice Jones-Drew hopes to return to practice on Friday
Last Friday, Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew said he would "definitely" play in Week 15 after injuring his hamstring in Thursday night's victory over the Texans.
The weekend seems to have clouded the outlook up a little bit. Hays Carlyon of the Florida Times-Union reports that Jones-Drew said Monday that he hopes to return to practice on Friday, which is a schedule for the week that lends itself to a questionable designation more than a definite one.
Jones-Drew would surely like to close out the year healthy and on the field in order to make the strongest possible case for himself heading into free agency. Ending the year with injury limitations is the surest way to remind potential suitors that 30 is right around the corner and that's not going to do much for contract offers.
Having a healthy Jones-Drew would also improve the Jaguars' chances of finishing the year riding the same wave that has made them winners in four of their last five contests. That won't erase the way things started, but it would be a hopeful ending note for Gus Bradley's first year as the man in charge in Jacksonville.
Tyrann Mathieu suffers torn ACL and LCL
You didn't need to see Cardinals rookie Tyrann Mathieu go down to know it was bad.
Tests have confirmed it's perhaps worse than it looked.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Mathieu tore both the ACL and the LCL in yesterday's ugly collision.
Tearing multiple ligaments complicates any recovery, so it might not be as simple as assuming he'll be well when the Cardinals start back next summer.
Mathieu was blossoming into a playmaker for the Cardinals, justifying the third-round draft pick, as be could play safety and cover slot receivers.
PFT Live: Redskins talk with Rich Tandler, Patriots talk with Tom Curran
The Redskins and Patriots had very different results on Sunday, but both teams are facing questions about their future on Monday.
Washington got blown out at their rapidly emptying home stadium by the Chiefs a few hours after a report about coach Mike Shanahan's dissatisfaction with the relationship between quarterback Robert Griffin III and team owner Dan Snyder came to light. Shanahan didn't deny the report or say much of anything else after the game, so Mike Florio will welcome Rich Tandler of CSN Washington to PFT Live to discuss what's going on in D.C.
The questions about the Patriots future are more localized than the ones the Redskins face after this mess of a season. Tight end Rob Gronkowski's season is done because of a torn ACL, leaving the Patriots to forge on without their most productive receiver in the postseason once again. Tom Curran of CSN New England will let us know how the Patriots will move on in the wake of Gronkowski's injury.
You can watch it all live at noon ET by clicking right here.
Jamaal Charles is getting better as the year goes
Yesterday's weather conditions made a mess of many game plans.
But for the Chiefs, the sorrier the conditions, the better things are looking for Jamaal Charles.
"Jamaal continues to be the best," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, via Randy Covitz of the Kansas City Star. "He's as good as they come."
Charles had 19 carries for 151 yards yesterday against the Redskins, the latest in a series of strong performances as the weather gets colder. He's averaging 7.3 yards per carry over the last three games.
"I knew I was going to get the ball the whole day, because of the type of weather that was outside," Charles said. "I knew everyone was saying, 'It's your type of day.' But it doesn't matter what type of day, . . . it's every day for me. No matter what kind of weather conditions, I love to get the ball anyway."
"I've been playing in Kansas City for six years, so I'm kind of used to it. You've got to suck it up. It's football right here, and you've got to out there and play, no matter what the conditions outside, . . . sleet, snow, you got to go."
While Charles isn't a power running per se, his ability to make one decisive move and go is huge for the Chiefs, and can only help them the later in the year they go.
Lions lead NFC North, but Jim Schwartz's seat is getting warm
For a coach whose team is in first place with three weeks left, Detroit's Jim Schwartz can't feel great about his job security right now.
The Lions' loss on Sunday to the Eagles puts the pressure on: If they win their next three games, they win the NFC North. But if the Lions lose any of their next three, there's a good chance they'll lose the division to either the Bears or the Packers (who play each other in Week 17).
And that raises a question: How could Lions owner William Clay Ford justify keeping Schwartz if the Lions don't win the division in a year like this? If the Lions can't win the division in a year when the Packers and Bears were both devastated by injuries and the Vikings totally melted down, when could they ever win the division?
The good news for Schwartz's job security is that Ford is a very patient man. This is, after all, the man who sat through year after year of "Fire Millen" chants raining down on him before finally firing Matt Millen. But with Schwartz currently sitting on a 29-49 record in his fifth year as the Lions' coach, it's difficult to see how Ford could stomach a late-season collapse.
Detroit is favored to win its next game, at home against Baltimore a week from tonight, and the Lions will be favored to win their final two, home against the Giants and at Minnesota, as well. So there's a good chance that Schwartz will lead his team to a three-game winning streak to end the season, and that the Lions will host their first playoff game in 20 years.
But if that doesn't happen, it may be time for Ford to show Schwartz the door.
Brady: Pats have to "find a different formula" without Gronk
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was talking before word was out about Rob Gronkowski's season-ending knee injury.
But you don't have to be a doctor to know the Patriots are going to have to do business differently — yet again — without their star tight end.
"You just have to find a different formula. That's the important part," Brady said during his weekly appearance on WEEI, via Jeff Howe of the Boston Herald. "Gronk provides a certain margin of error because of how talented a player he is. The other guys play different roles for us. Those roles are going to have to just shift, kind of what we did on the last two drives of the game. We ended up going four wide receivers at points. [At] different points, we had more with [James] Develin and [Matthew] Mulligan on the field. We're going to have to make due. Whatever the combinations are, if Gronk's not out there, then we have to try to figure those out.
"We're going to go down to Miami with confidence that we're going to win the game, I know that — confidence in our game plan, confidence in what we're doing and what we're asking all the players to do. It may be different than what the game plan was with Gronk in there, but we're just going to have to try to figure it out."
Of course, getting through a game with the Dolphins is one thing.
How successful they'll be able to be without Gronkowski (considering the season-long state of their passing targets) remains to be seen.
"That's perfect for you guys to talk about all day, but that's not something that we engage in or talk about those types of things," Brady replied when asked if they can win the Super Bowl without Gronkowski. "However it ends up playing out — I don't know anything about the injury or severity of it — but we've got a talented group of players that are playing. Every team has players that they wish were out there every down, and if they're not out there every down you've still got to find a way to win."
While no one's going to feel sorry for them as long as they have Brady, the procession of stars on IR — which includes Vince Wilfork, Jerod Mayo and soon Gronkowski — certainly presents a tremendous challenge to overcome.
MRI confirms torn ACL, MCL for Gronkowski
As expected, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski suffered a torn ACL when hit low by Browns safety T.J. Ward on Sunday.
Per a league source, an MRI confirmed the damage. Gronkowski will miss the rest of the season. Surgery and rehab will affect his preparation for 2014.
The MRI also shows damage to the MCL. Surgical repair might not be needed of the MCL.
If so, that provides a bit of a silver lining. In 2008, Tom Brady tore an ACL and an MCL, and surgical tinkering with the MCL reportedly resulted in an infection.
For Gronkowski, who battled an infection following forearm surgery earlier this year, the prospect of future complications looms over the ACL repair.
"After the third [forearm] surgery, Robbie said, 'I'm never doing this again,'" his mother said in October, amid questions that his return from forearm and back surgery was taking too long. "And weeks later, he's back in for the fourth one. So he doesn't want to go back where he was and start all over again. It wasn't fun. It was so discouraging."
The current situation will be discouraging for Gronkowski, the Patriots, and their fans. From his return in Week Seven through Week 13, the Patriots had the highest-scoring offense in the NFL.
Without Gronkowski, the task of getting back to the Super Bowl becomes a lot more challenging.
Colts sign Tashard Choice
Running back Tashard Choice got pink slipped in Buffalo last week, but he wasn't out of work long.
The Colts announced Monday morning that they have signed Choice while placing Chris Rainey on injured reserve. Rainey joins Ahmad Bradshaw, Vick Ballard and Daniel Herron as Colts running backs to see their seasons come to a premature end this season.
Choice was the third back with the Bills and should slide into the same role with the Colts. Donald Brown and Trent Richardson will continue in the top two rungs as the Colts try to get back on track in the final weeks of the season. They clinched the division on Sunday while getting knocked around by the Bengals, but they won't be able to back into anything once the playoffs roll around.
Choice probably won't have much to do with that effort, especially since Rainey was only playing a special teams role, but he'll be there all the same.
T.J. Ward: If I hit Rob Gronkowski high, I would have been fined
Browns safety T.J. Ward hit Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski in the knee on Sunday, causing Gronkowski to be carted off the field with what is feared to be a torn ACL. After the game, Ward said he felt bad about it, but hitting Gronkowski low is what the NFL wants.
"If I would've hit him up high, there's a chance I was going to get a fine," Ward said, via the Boston Globe.
Ward says NFL defensive backs are put in a tough position by the league office.
"It's kind of being caught between a rock and a hard place," he said. "It's a decision you have to make, but you have to follow the rules at the same time. When they set the rule, everyone knew what was going to happen. This can happen if you have those types of situations. It's pretty much inevitable, and they forced our hand with this one."
Ward said he prayed for Gronkowski, but he doesn't think he did anything wrong.
"But I've got to play football, man. I've got to play football," Ward said.
And the way the NFL wants defensive backs to play football is to hit low.
Steelers lament latest near-miss of a loss
For all the frantic finishes yesterday, the Steelers might have topped them all, if Antonio Brown's left foot hadn't been just out of bounds.
The wide receiver's foot on the line killed a five-lateral play that passed through six sets of hands with no time left on the clock, what would have set up a game-winning extra point against the Dolphins.
"I thought I had it clean," Brown said, via Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I thought I separated really well getting to the sidelines, but it didn't seem quite enough."
It was close, however.
On their own 21-yard line with three seconds left on the clock, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed to Emmanuel Sanders at their 46, and the fun began.
Sanders tossed it to Jerricho Cotchery, who then gave it to Le'Veon Bell. Bell pitched it to tackle Marcus Gilbert, who had the good sense to get it back to Roethlisberger. After a few yards, the quarterback chunked it back to Brown, who had space.
Brown made Dolphins safety Reshad Jones miss, and appeared to be clear of Chris Clemons, but his left foot hit the white line around the 12-yard line.
What he really could have used was coach Mike Tomlin standing there to force him inside.
Instead, the Steelers were left to lament their eighth loss of the season, caused by a pile of problems bigger than Brown's left foot.
"When you put yourself in a position where you are banking on Marcus Gilbert handling the ball for you to win the game," safety Ryan Clark said. "That means you haven't done what you were supposed to do earlier."
It's a familiar refrain for the year, and one they can think about in what's almost certain to be an offseason that begins in three weeks.
Charles Woodson: We looked like the Bad News Bears
The Jets came into Sunday's game against the Raiders having scored 20 points in their previous three games, all of which were losses, and started a quarterback who hadn't thrown a touchdown pass since late October.
So it was only natural that Geno Smith threw a touchdown and the Jets rang up 37 points in a 37-27 victory that kept their playoff hopes flickering a little while longer. Safety Charles Woodson was not happy to be part of a Raiders defense that allowed Smith, who was benched against the Dolphins in Week 13, "to be sort of great" and said that the unit bore the blame for the loss.
"I don't want to sit here and make excuses about anything. We've played well at times and we haven't played well and today is as bad as we've played this whole season," Woodson said, via the Bay Area News Group. "It's really embarrassing to be a part of it. We were like the Bad News Bears out there today. In saying that, I do want to give credit to our offense. They just kept fighting today and really gave us a chance to still be in the game. Defensively we went out there and basically peed down our legs."
Plenty of people predicted a gloomy finish for the Raiders this season, so their 4-9 record doesn't come as any great shock. The fact that they've gone from 3-4 to 4-9 may make it feel worse, but the holes were always there to be exploited by the opposition and the Raiders will have to work hard to fill them this offseason if they want to avoid further soiling of their uniform pants.
Silence from Snyder, Allen become deafening
In nearly 24 hours since a report emerged that Redskins coach Mike Shanahan packed up his office and nearly quit in January 2013 before a playoff game, Shanahan has spoken about the situation (even if he really didn't say much). Robert Griffin III has spoken about the situation (even if he really didn't say anything).
Owner Daniel Snyder has said nothing. Neither has G.M. Bruce Allen, whose title and circumstances of hiring in early 2010 suggest he is Shanahan's boss (even if Allen really isn't).
One day removed from the eruption, the silence becomes deafening. How can Snyder and Allen not react to Shanahan apparently leaking the report, knowing it would hit only hours before a game and then not denying it (and in fact sort of confirming it) during a post-game press conference in which Shanahan made it clear he has every intention of being the head coach through the rest of the current season?
There's a chance that the team's power structure has opted to fight off-the-record fire with off-the-record fire, getting their point across without attaching their names to it. Citing unnamed sources, the Washington Post reports that management is "angry" about the report.
"Some Redskins officials questioned the timing and motivation behind those sentiments becoming public, the people with knowledge of the situation said, with some suggesting Shanahan — or someone close to him — was behind the story," Mark Maske of the Post wrote. "The Redskins officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said a parting of the ways between the team and Shanahan was increasingly likely."
So why not do it now? The Redskins just finished a disastrous three-game home stand, capped by a 45-10 loss to the Chiefs before the smallest crowd for any non-preseason game since FedEx Field opened in 1997.
It could be that the notoriously litigious Snyder has decided to huddle with his battalion of lawyers and formulate a plan before proceeding. And that plan could include stiffing Shanahan, like the late Al Davis once did.
The organizational dysfunction has been lingering for months. It's quite possible that enough stuff has happened behind the scenes to give Snyder enough ammunition to make a straight-faced argument that Shanahan shouldn't get his $7 million salary for 2014.
With Shanahan's fingerprints firmly affixed to Sunday's report and with the eventual decision being made by Commissioner Roger Goodell, it would hardly be the most frivolous legal claim Snyder has ever made. Regardless, Snyder needs to say or do something, at some point soon.
Shanahan has made look Snyder look bad, and with each passing hour of silence Snyder is looking worse.
Broncos first NFL team to have four players with at least 10 touchdowns
The Broncos put on another offensive exhibition in Sunday's win over the Titans, giving quarterback Peyton Manning a pretty good argument against those who have decided he can't play in cold weather.
During the course of the 51-28 victory, the Broncos got touchdowns from tight end Julius Thomas, running back Knowshon Moreno and wide receivers Wes Welker and Demaryius Thomas. For Welker, it was his 10th touchdown of the season which meant that he joined the other three players in double digits on touchdowns for the season.
According to the NFL, that makes the Broncos the first team to have four players with 10 or more touchdowns in the same season. It was one of several records set by the Broncos on Sunday as Manning became the first quarterback with seven four-touchdown games in one season and Matt Prater broke the record for longest field goal by hitting from 64 yards.
Wide receiver Eric Decker also scored on Sunday, giving him eight touchdowns on the year. If he also gets to 10 on the season, it's probably a good bet that Manning will wind up breaking Tom Brady's record for the most touchdown passes in a season. Since he's just five away from the mark of 50 with three games left to play, Manning's got a pretty good chance at it even if Decker doesn't get to join the double digit fun.
Monday morning one-liners
S Jairus Byrd moved into 10th place in Bills history with his 22nd career interception.
Dolphins RB Daniel Thomas had 105 rushing yards two weeks after his season was thought to be over because of an ankle injury.
CB Kyle Arrington worried that the ball had not gone 10 yards before he recovered the onside kick that put the Patriots in position to win on Sunday.
S Ed Reed made his first big play since joining the Jets.
RB Ray Rice made a big contribution to the Ravens victory.
The Bengals offensive players did what they were supposed to do against the Colts.
After a quiet 57 minutes or so, Browns DB Leon McFadden's day got busy in a hurry.
Steelers WR Antonio Brown came within an inch or two of one of the most memorable game-ending touchdowns in history.
Former Texans coach Gary Kubiak bought a newspaper ad to thank the team and its fans.
What do the Colts need to fix before heading to the playoffs?
Where do the Jaguars rank among all teams that started seasons 0-8?
The Titans defense fell flat after the team took a 21-10 lead.
Matt Prater's record-setting field goal helped spur the Broncos to better play in the second half.
QB Alex Smith didn't think the weather had much of an impact on the Chiefs on Sunday.
Raiders RB Marcel Reece ensured there was no longing for injured backs against the Jets.
Running backs Ryan Mathews and Danny Woodhead made for a potent combo for the Chargers.
Defensive line coach Rod Marinelli uses a variety of avenues to communicate with his Cowboys charges.
Giants WR Hakeem Nicks thought he caught a Hail Mary for a touchdown at the end of the first half, but he was actually several yards short of the end zone.
The Eagles offensive line played snow plow on Sunday.
Is effort to blame for the Redskins' special teams incompetence?
The Bears are coming off one of their best pass rushing days of the season.
Lions RB Joique Bell raked himself over the coals for a pair of fumbles.
CB Jarrett Bush and the Packers defense came up big against the Falcons.
RB Adrian Peterson wasn't the only Vikings player dismayed by the officiating on Sunday.
Some young members of the Falcons had a rough time in Week 14.
Sunday night did not go well for the Panthers secondary.
Saints coach Sean Payton credited his team's energy with pushing them to victory.
Buccaneers LB Lavonte David is wrapping up an excellent season.
Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald became the ninth player in history to score at least 10 touchdowns in at least five seasons.
The Rams offense doesn't get high marks for their work on Sunday.
CB Eric Wright returned from a knee to the head to seal the 49ers win with an interception.
Penalties were a big problem for the Seahawks on Sunday.
Josh Gordon completes historic quartet of games
Browns receiver Josh Gordon was planning to make more plays than Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib on Sunday.
And Gordon did.
Following a franchise-record 261 receiving yards in Week 13, Gordon added 151 receiving yards against New England. It gives Gordon 774 receiving yards in the last four games, which is the highest total generated by any player over a four-game stretch.
Earlier this year, Calvin Johnson generated 746 yards in a four-game span, which included 329 against the Cowboys, the highest production in any non-overtime game.
Gordon's brilliance nevertheless has been wasted. The Browns have lost each of the last four games, all of which came after the bye.
Still, the second-year wideout's performance provides hope for the future. If — and only if — the man believed to be in Stage Three of the substance-abuse program for the rest of his career can avoid another violation of the policy, which would get him banished for at least one year.


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SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla., Oct. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a September 12 speech*, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to continue attacking Americans on their own soil in order to "bleed" the U.S. economy.
"To keep up the hemorrhage in America's security and military spending, we need to keep the United States on a constant state of alert about where and when the next strike will blow," Zawahri said. "Keeping America on its guards only requires from us scattered strikes here and there."
While Zawahri's message focused primarily on promoting so-called "lone wolf" attacks, he also urged more strikes on the level of Sept. 11, which he called a punishment for "the U.S. continuous war on Islam and Muslims."
Author Daniel Perkins spent countless hours researching terrorist groups during the preparation of his thriller The Brotherhood of the Red Nile, A Terrorist Perspective, and says that Zawahri's speech further reiterates key messages throughout the fiction novel.
"When Americans read it, I want them to understand how vulnerable we still are to additional terrorist attacks; some may be lone wolf attacks but others may have greater impact than even 9/11," said Perkins. "Though my book is fiction, it's realistic fiction, and many readers have commented on the difficulty they have keeping that in perspective while reading it."
Perkins indicates in the forward of his book, "If this isn't one of the best thrillers you have read in the last five years I'll be surprised."
The Brotherhood of the Red Nile, A Terrorist Perspective is available from your local bookseller and on Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com, and for all e-reader formats you can go to Smashwords.com. Amazon ratings on Dan's book are 4.7 out of 5 stars.
One reader cautioned, "Don't start reading Dan's Book after 9 PM because if you do you will be up all night."
You can find more information on Dan and his books at www.danperkinsatsanibel.com.
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Qt Software from Nokia has kept its promise and released Qt to the community. A roadmap shows the direction the project is heading.
One of the biggest criticisms of Qt, next to its licensing policy, was the trouble Trolltech (now Qt Software, a part of Nokia) went through to develop its code with little input from the community. But now that Qt is under LPGL since version 4.5, Nokia's toolkit daughter has opened up its repositories. The current developer branch is now ready for inspection and development in http://qt.gitorious.org. The opportunities ambitious developers could have with the software are described in a Contribute to Qt webpage.
Next to Qt itself, the project plans to host further projects, such as the Qt Creator integrated development environment (IDE). Launch of the source code repositories is also concurrent with a roadmap that Qt Software issued to preview the upcoming Qt versions, planned features and development projects. Here, too, the community is strongly encouraged to participate.
Qt Jambi 4.5.0_01, which is also under LGPL, is the last version to feature Qt bindings to the Java programming language. However, Qt Software still offers a year of maintenance for Jambi and the source code is available on http://qt.gitorious.org for further community development.
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Stuffed Squid
November 23, 2011 As an Italian-American, Amy Santoriello's celebrates Christmas Eve with the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Since her grandmother's death, she has taken over cooking the holiday meal. Preparing this meal reminds her that she is connected to many women who have handed the tradition down.
German Apple Pastry
November 23, 2011 Linda Mueller's family doesn't know the correct spelling of this dish because her Grandma never wrote it on paper. Muldoshin is how it is pronounced phonetically. It is an egg pastry filled with apple slices and honey, rolled up and baked.
November 22, 2011 Every Christmas Eve Emily Farthing's grandmother pulls an old cast iron aebleskiver pan and fills the whole house with the smell of these Scandinavian pancakes. Her family eats them for dinner, and the taste, she says, reminds her of the anticipation of Christmas morning.
Sweet Potato Fluff
November 22, 2011 Orange glaze is just one reason this dish is beloved in Lisa Comforty's family. Her mother discovered sweet potato fluff in 1954 when she 23 and determined to cook her way out of her immigrant neighborhood. Sweet potato fluff was new and American. It was subversive — and delicious.
Pickled Peaches
November 22, 2011 Pickled peaches are a traditional holiday dish in Kristen Burkholder's family. It's served at both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sweet, spicy and tart all at once, the dish goes with both turkey and roast beef, she says.
November 22, 2011 Gruetze is like scrapple but without the cornmeal. Made of pork, liver and barley, it's fried until crispy. This recipe was passed down by Bonnie Fullerton's German family. She says her father would pick the meat from a cooked hog's head for the holiday gruetze.
November 22, 2011 Shab-e-Yalda, the night of the winter solstice, is a celebration for Iranians. Traditional peasant food is perfect for winter. Abgoosht, a lamb and vegetable stew simmered for hours, first becomes delicious broth, and for the next course, a dip for fresh bread.
Ethel's Stuffing Balls
November 22, 2011 Molly D'Esopo's grandmother, Ethel Grace Burgan, died at 96 in April. She presided over a large and gregarious Irish-American family. This Thanksgiving, they will miss her terribly, D'Esopo says, and will savor every bit of her famous stuffing ball dish at the meal.
November 22, 2011 It's a Norwegian Christmas pudding that cooks all day. It's the first thing Christine Bielke's mother puts on the stove for any holiday meal. It's basically a cream pudding served warm with butter, cinnamon and sugar. It sounds like a dessert but Bielke's family eats it as an appetizer.
November 22, 2011 Wyatt Gordan's grandmother is the daughter of Czech immigrants and grew up on a large farm outside Petersburg, Va., in an area called New Bohemia. She still bakes bublanina, a Czech cherry cobbler, which she shares with her family every Christmas.
Tomato Pudding
November 22, 2011 Tomato Pudding? Yes, you heard right. Heather MacDonald says TP — as her family calls it — is sweet and tangy "straight-up, old-school Midwestern holiday fare." Nutritional benefits are minimal at best, she says, but who cares? You eat it only twice a year. Here, her family's TP recipe.
Turkey Tamales
November 22, 2011 Turkey tamales? That's right! According to Liliana Tovar, the dish is representative of having acculturated to the best of both worlds. Thanksgiving is spent eating a traditional meal, and then the leftover turkey is shredded in preparation for making tamales on Christmas Eve.
November 22, 2011 Christmas mornings in Lauren Jabusch's family were always punctuated with making mochi, a Japanese rice treat. A traditional New Year's food made of pounded rice, it was essential for the holidays. It was a family event and everyone had a role.
Escalloped Oysters
November 22, 2011 This dish evokes the happy times Christina Crawford spent making it with her grandmother. "I remember smashing the saltine crackers into crumbs when I was little and enjoying each other's company as we prepared a dish she made with her own grandma back in the 1910s," she writes.
Flambeed Sweet Potatoes
November 22, 2011 Marisa Lanning's father created this dish because he hated candied yams. Just before serving the holiday dish, she remembers, he would toss in brandy or rum, light it, and everyone would get an amazing show of blue flames licking up the sides of their food. Here is the recipe.


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Ergonomics: Controlling Risk Factors and Potential Stressors (Part 3)
Meryl B. Brutman, MPH
EDNF Board Member and Founder of Chicagoland Branch. Meryl has EDS type III. Reprinted from Loose Connections Volume XII, Number 1
This is the third and last of a three-part article on ergonomics and the recognition, evaluation, and control of potential risk factors and stressors that can lead to increased injury, discomfort, and/or fatigue. Part 1 introduced guidelines to recognize and evaluate each of the seven potential risk factors or stressors. Part 2, presented in the last issue of Loose Connections, explored a sampling of control methods available to reduce, eliminate, or avoid potential risk factors and stressors such as awkward postures, mechanical stress, and poorly fitting or poorly chosen gloves. Part 3, presented below, explores control measures for repetitive motions, forceful exertions, vibration, and extreme temperatures in the home, workplace, and school.
Recall that control measures can be divided into 2 main types: administrative and engineering controls. Administrative controls require someone's conscious decision. Examples are: increasing the frequency or duration of rest breaks, altering shift/break schedules, job (task) rotation, job enrichment or enlargement, exercise, and training.
Engineering controls usually involve redesign of the job, tool, or workspace and are built into the product or system. Little additional effort is required by users thereby increasing the likelihood the control measure will be effective. For this reason, engineering controls are preferred over administrative controls. However, these controls are often very costly and time consuming to implement. It is not always feasible to design all potential risks and stressors out of every situation. In these cases, administrative controls can be quite effective. They can also be used as interim control measures while engineering plans are being implemented.
For ease of discussion, examples of general control measures for each risk factor will be discussed first. Please keep in mind there is no such thing as just a repetitive motion or forceful exertion control. Many of these control measures overlap. The ideal is to choose a method that eliminates or reduces as many risk factors as possible. Remember, creativity counts. It doesn't matter what the modification looks like as long as it accomplishes the goal of reducing risk. As an example, the task of assembling a desk often involves screwing nails into pieces of wood. This job contains several risk factors, including repetitive motions, awkward postures, forceful exertions, and mechanical stress. Yet, with one simple control measure â switching from a manual screwdriver to a powered one â all four of these risk factors can be reduced. But beware! Before making any modifications, weigh the pros and cons of switching methods or tools. Sometimes, a control measure can actually add an additional stressor while eliminating or reducing other stressors. In the example above, switching to a power screwdriver reduces many risk factors. However, if the wrong tool is chosen, vibration can become a new risk factor. Of course, trading 4 risk factors for 1 is a pretty good deal. Just use your common sense. There are no right or wrong answers.
Repetitive Motion Controls
The ideal control measure for highly repetitive tasks is automation. Unfortunately, many jobs cannot be automated due to monetary or technological limitations. Household tasks and hobbies by nature are usually repetitive and difficult, if not impossible, to automate. In these situations, administrative controls can be very effective. The more repetitive the task, the more rest breaks should be taken. These do not have to be more than a few minutes. When typing at the computer or writing, take breaks at least every 30 minutes. (If you tend to get completely absorbed in your work and lose track of time, you may want to set an alarm clock to remind you). Use this time to stretch, change positions, and focus your eyes on an object at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds (20/20 rule). If your body is protesting and doesn't want to type anymore, try switching to an alternate task which uses different muscle groups. For example, returning phone calls, talking to a colleague or coworker, running (driving, walking, power or manual wheelchair) errands, doing laundry or some other light housework. If you are completely fatigued, do not push yourself. Take a longer break and consider taking a nap.
Another effective control measure for repetition is called job enlargement or enrichment. This concept is similar to job rotation and involves making the task larger. Thus, instead of sewing the same stitch on the same part of clothing for several hours, a group of people will sew an entire garment. Likewise, in the automotive industry, employees used to work at the same task all the time. Not only was the job monotonous, but it overworked the same muscle groups day after day. Now, several manufacturers use job enrichment and allow a team of workers to assemble an entire car. Each person in the team gets to do every task. I know what you are thinking!! I'm not a seamstress in a factory or an automotive worker on an assembly line, so this doesn't apply to me. That may be so, but many people have similar setups in their own homes, doing their own tasks.
Letâs say you are planning an EDS support group meeting and want to send letters to EDSers, Doctors, and Hospitals in your region. You have a mailing list of 100 people and organizations. Each envelope must contain a two page letter folded in thirds and stapled. They must be in the mail the next day or else... Nobody is around to help, so you must do it yourself. First, ask yourself if 2 pages are really necessary? Can I get my message across with fewer words? How about using the other side? The next task is to try to rearrange the job, so less work is required. Organize the task to avoid excess motions. Ensure that objects are easy to reach. Set up an ergonomic workstation. (See Awkward Posture Controls in the last issue of Loose Connections for more details) Now you are ready to begin your task. Many people would choose to address all the envelopes first, staple all the letters, fold all the letters, and finally stuff all the envelopes. In essence, one task is done repetitively for an extended period of time before switching to another repetitive task. Much like a seamstress who uses one stitch on one type of garment. To lessen the repetitiveness on the same tendons, ligaments, etc. vary the job. Don't do all the folding in one sitting without doing other tasks.
Are there other ways to lessen the stressors? Yes. A great deal of technology exists to make this job easier. For most people, money could be a limiting factor. If you were lucky enough to win the lottery, (miracles do happen), you could pay someone to do the work. Or, if you would like to do it yourself, make things easier by obtaining/using an electric stapler, an automatic folding machine, a computer, software to make labels, a printer, etc. Even using only one of these items will significantly reduce the amount of repetition. As one of the most common stressors, repetitive motions are usually impossible to avoid. Fortunately, they are relatively easy and inexpensive to control. The bullet points below summarize the control methods discussed above and provide general concepts used to reduce the risk of repetitive motions.
Enlarge/Enrich Job.
Rest/Break Schedules. More repetition means more breaks are needed.
Reduce Amount Done at One Time.
Power Tools instead of Manual Tools. Electric Stapler. Automatic Folding Machine. Powered Screwdriver.
Rotate to Tasks with Different Risk Factors.
Use Ergonomic Tools and Assistive Devices.
Reduce or Eliminate other Risk Factors.
Forceful Exertion Controls
Reducing the amount of force necessary to perform a particular task is not as difficult as it may seem. Many different control methods are available. A good place to start is with modifying bad habits. If you like to take frustration out on keyboards, you are only hurting yourself. Newer keyboards are designed with good, tactile, feedback, so it only takes a few ounces of force to depress the keys. If you use more than that, you are increasing the amount of force used to a potentially unhealthy level. So don't bang on keyboards. If you have a very old keyboard or one that had its share of drinks spilled on it, you may find it increasingly difficult to operate. This may be the time to consider purchasing a new keyboard. There are many types to choose from ranging in price from, about $30 for a standard keyboard to $750 for a completely adjustable split keyboard that allows a wide range of postures.
Many forceful control measures overlap with those of the other potential risk factors. Still others are just common sense. For example, always use the lightest possible tool that can do the job properly. If the tool is very heavy, try using an articulating arm, balancer, or jig. Articulating arms are adjustable and significantly lessen the amount of force necessary to use the tool. Purchase spring-loaded tools whenever possible. They require much less effort to operate. Ensure all tools are maintained properly and that blades are kept sharp. It's amazing how many people use dull knives and cutting tools and don't realize how much extra force is required. Having difficulty opening bottles and jars? Many people with arthritis, including people with EDS, have trouble with this type of task. For those who just need some minor assistance, increasing the friction between your hand and the lid usually works just fine. I'm sure many of you already use those rubber, grippy things. While they are quite effective, many people simply need more help. The next step is to purchase an easily adjustable manual jar opener with an easy grip handle. They provide excellent leverage while still allowing a person to use their own muscles. If hands are very weak or have nerve damage, it may be necessary to use a powered jar opener in conjunction with some type of holding device.
For those of you students out there, writing can be a very forceful exertion and quite painful and debilitating. Pens and pencils are relatively thin and require a pinch grip to hold, so right away you're at a disadvantage. If the pen doesn't write smoothly, even more force will be required. Fortunately, you can purchase items to make the pens thicker and easy to grip. Many pens now have built in soft grips or have much larger circumferences to make them easier to hold. Good quality pens can roll across the paper without too much effort. The ink flows smoothly and easily. For some people, writing may still be difficult. Typing is easier on some people and can provide an alternative. Recording lectures is yet another option.
Opening doors with keys can be quite challenging, even to healthy people. It requires a pinch grip, while at the same time, the wrist is in an awkward posture. Key holders are an inexpensive solution. They are easy to grip and provide leverage to open doors with little effort. If you still need more assistance, electronic/remote systems are available. To summarize forceful exertion control methods:
Reduce Weight of Tools or Parts. Use Balancers, Articulating Arms, Jigs. Choose spring-loaded tools.
Maintain tools properly; keep all blades sharp.
Use Power Tools whenever possible.
Reduce Torque.
Increase Friction of surfaces.
Distribute forces over as wide an area as possible.
Use Power Grip instead of Pinch Grip.
Use Large muscles instead of small ones.
Vibration Controls
In the past, few manufacturers paid much attention to the potential health effects of vibration exposure from their products. Today, there is a wide range of tools and products that are specifically designed to reduce the amount of vibration. Many have built in vibration protection or dampening qualities. If budget is a concern and newer anti-vibration tools are not an option, other methods are available to minimize vibration exposure.
If possible, vibration should be controlled at the source first. Good maintenance of tools and engines is a good start. Most newer trucks have air ride seats which helps to minimize vibration exposure to the driver. Dampening materials and anti-vibration covers and wraps are inexpensive and provide a layer of protection. In addition, these materials also make it easier to grip the tools, thus providing some forceful exertion control as well.
If vibration covers aren't available, can't be used for some reason, or don't provide enough protection, anti-vibration gloves can be worn. These are similar to weight lifting and bicycle gloves and usually have ample padding in the palm. They come with and without finger protection. Many people prefer having their fingers uncovered to get a better grip or feeling. While this can help reduce the amount of force used, it does not adequately protect the fingers from vibration. Recall that fingers are one of the most sensitive body parts with respect to vibration.
Each body part has its own resonance frequency. If a tool happens to be at the same frequency, there is a greater potential for discomfort or injury. Without getting into the complexities of characterizing vibration, here is a story which demonstrates the danger of resonant frequencies. Most people consider bridges to be stable and stationary, but they do sway and move. There was a time when this movement was not factored into bridge construction. Thus, if something caused the bridge to sway at a certain resonance frequency, the entire bridge could collapse. One day a group of soldiers marching in perfect unison started across the bridge. Before long, the bridge started swaying wildly and eventually collapsed. Today, soldiers and marching bands are taught to march out of step on bridges to prevent a possible catastrophe, even though engineers now factor resonance frequencies into their bridge designs. Vibration control methods are summarized below.
Maintain tools in good working condition.
Use Balancers, isolators, and dampening materials.
Use Vibration covers/wraps.
Avoid operating tools at resonance frequencies.
Use anti-vibration gloves.
Eliminate use of high vibration tools.
Choose anti-vibration tools.
Extreme Temperature Controls
Cold exposure usually comes from 2 different sources. The temperature/weather is the most common cause of cold, but it can also occur when power tools are not properly maintained and cold air leaks onto the operator's hands. Dressing appropriately for the outside or inside temperature can lessen the impact of cold exposure. There are many new fabrics on the market that are extremely lightweight, yet provide superior warmth protection. These are ideal for people who need to move around and use their extremities, but cannot afford to be bundled up to the point they lose joint range of motion. If a power tool is causing the cold exposure, maintenance should be informed immediately and the tool taken out of service until it is repaired. If this is not practical, protect the person's hands from the exhaust as much as possible. Gloves can be used or the leaky air can be diverted away from the hands or blocked somewhat with tape, tool wraps, cloth, etc. Just ensure the tool can still function properly and the modifications don't cause other problems, such as creating pinch points or the cloth getting caught in the tool.
Heat exposure is common in many industries, schools and homes where there is inadequate air circulation, air conditioning doesn't operate properly or is often broken, or no air conditioning exists at all. Many plants can easily reach over 120 degrees inside. Cooking over a hot stove all day can also cause significant heat exposure. In these situations, especially when combined with humid conditions, water should be readily available and people should take more frequent rest/cool breaks. In some offices, plants, and homes, there may be a cool room where people can go during breaks. Since this is not always practical, other measures must be taken to keep people cool. The cheapest and easiest way to stay cool is to place a cool, wet, bandanna around your neck or forehead. You can even purchase special bandannas that have built-in cooling crystals to keep the water cool for up to 2 full days.
When working in really extreme heat and high humidity, cooling bandannas, more frequent rest breaks, and a constant supply of cold water may not be sufficient enough to keep people from falling prey to heat cramps, exhaustion, or even heat stroke. It may be necessary to wait until the area cools down to work. Another solution would involve wearing a cooling vest.
While they are quite effective in keeping people comfortable temperature-wise, they are heavy and cumbersome to wear and are probably not appropriate for most people with EhlersâDanlos Syndrome (EDS). Extreme temperature controls are summarized below:
Eliminate cold exhaust air leaks from power tools.
Provide fluid and increased rest breaks in extreme heat.
Provide proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
Cooling Bandannas and Vests.
Proper clothing and choice of gloves.
Wow. We made it. As you can see there are many ways to reduce, eliminate, or avoid potential risk factors or stressors in the home, workplace, and at school. There is an infinite amount of control measures limited only by one's imagination. While it is impossible to eliminate all risk factors and stressors, we should strive to reduce as many of them as possible within financial and technological limitations and constraints.
Ergonomics is a multidisciplinary science that is gaining in popularity at a rapid pace. More and more products are claiming they are ergonomically correct or designed ergonomically. This three part series was meant to serve as an introduction to this fascinating (okay, so I'm biased) subject. Needless to say, I had a very difficult time deciding what topics should be covered and in how much depth. Usually, I present this type of material in person so that I can perform demonstrations and introduce some ergonomic products. With the blessing of the EDNF Board, I do plan on giving this lecture in person at one of the upcoming educational seminars held during our national conferences (to be announced at a future date), but I didn't want to wait to provide you with this valuable information. Thus, I chose to begin with the basics and providing a general overview of the risk factors and some possible control measures. Some of you may have found these articles too general or too scientific, too basic or too advanced, or perhaps missing certain topics you would like to have seen discussed.
I urge you to let me know (via the EDNF office) what ergonomic topics interest you. What subjects, if any, would you like to see covered in more detail? Do you have any specific questions, concerns, or problems you would like to see answered by an ergonomist? I welcome all your feedback including constructive criticism. In the future, if there is enough interest, I would be happy to write additional ergonomic articles based on your responses and requests. I hope you were all able to learn something new from this 3 part series on ergonomics.
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ergonomics: The Study of Work, 1991, pp. 1-19.
Vern Putz-Anderson, Cumulative Trauma Disorders: A Manual for Musculoskeletal Diseases of the Upper Limbs, 1988, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1-25.
Thomas J. Armstrong, "Ergonomics and Cumulative Trauma Disorders", Hand Clinics, Vol. 2, No. 3, August 1986, pp. 553-565.
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ergonomics Program Management Guidelines for Meatpacking Plants, 1990, pp. 1-10.
Stephan Konz, Work Design: Industrial Ergonomics, 1990, Publishing Horizons, Inc., pp. 109-509.
Eastman Kodak Co. (1983) Ergonomic Design for People at Work, Vol. 1, Lifetime Learning Publications
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The first commercial MicroModal Edelweiss products went on show at this weekend's Interfilière in Paris when Swiss spinner Hermann Bühler AG showed a range of yarns made from Lenzing's new eco fibre. Collaborating partner company Arula Textile Solution from Austria also showed a range of circular knitted fabrics which were made from the same yarns.
Lenzing presented its latest eco fibre, MicroModal Edelweiss, which is made from European beech wood using eco manufacturing processes, for the first time at the spring trade fairs in Paris during February this year.
According to Lenzing, MicroModal Edelweiss is produced in an eco-friendly process known as Edelweiss, and that a particularly fine and luxurious micro fibre is produced. The name Edelweiss or 'noble white' when translated from German, is said to refer to the 100% oxygen based bleaching which the company employs in the fibre's production.
"The sustainable recovery of raw materials, eco-friendly production of the optimized Edelweiss technology, and the heavenly softness of the fibre itself are all significant benefits of the new Lenzing eco fibre," Lenzing said in an Interfilière press communication.
Both Bühler and Arula have had MicroModal in their product portfolios for years. "Bühler spins it into the very finest of yarns and Arula transforms it into super-soft luxurious fabrics for dreamy lingerie," Lenzing says.
"Both Hermann Bühler AG and Arula Textile Solution are known for the excellent quality of their products and for their environmental focus. Meet Bühler and Arula at the Lenzing booth at Interfilière and let the advantages of the Edelweiss fibre convince you."
Arula has decades of experience circular knitted fabrics - in body widths as well as open widths in a wide range of fibres. The company also offer a great variety of finishing techniques for tubular and open-width fabrics, which are also available as contract finishing.
Swiss cotton spinner Hermann Bühler is celebrating 200 years in business this year. The Zurich canton based company, founded in 1812 was recently granted a licence from Rieter for its ComforJet yarns technology, the yarn from which goes into circular knitting.
Eco production technology
At a spring press conference in Paris, Lenzing's Dieter Eichinger, General Manager Business Unit Textile Fibers explained to attendees that Edelweiss in fact meets the highest environmental standards.
"Lenzing's latest accomplishment in environmental fibre technology is known as Edelweiss. Edelweiss-technology is based on oxygen-based chemistry which is more eco-friendly than the conventional one. Thus Lenzing Modal Edelweiss is the only Modal fibre which satisfies the highest environmental standards and is even CO2-neutral," Mr Eichinger said.
Lenzing says it can look back at a long history of environmental technology. As early as 1963, the very first steps were taken to recover the chemicals used in pulp production. This was followed by further accomplishments such as the recovery of acetic acid and furfural from the substances contained in timber as well as the recovery of chemicals in fibre production.
Today Lenzing claims a recovery rate of more than 95% and is respected in the field of organic wood refinery.
Further reading:
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Republican candidate Pete Hoekstra has been a frontrunner in the polls and this week received endorsements from Mitt Romney, a former governor, and Dr. James Dobson, among others.
Hoekstra brought his campaign to the U.P. Saturday evening with a stop in Harvey at Wahlstrom's Restaurant. Hoekstra used the town hall meeting to address concerns and answer questions from constituents.
"I want to bring Michigan together," says Hoekstra. "There's concern about east versus west, the Lower Peninsula versus the Upper Peninsula. I'm going to be a governor for all of the state--not a part of the state--a governor that represents and understands the interests, the opportunities, and the challenge of the entire state."
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Posted by: | CommentsWhen you review IOS apps you tend to experience a sense of deja vu in that so much of what you see has already been done, and done, and done… So finding new and exciting apps to share with the Current Photographer readers becomes progressively more difficult as time goes on, and so much of what I see is just a different twist on something that has already been done–and sometimes overdone. After all, my goal in writing these reviews is to share with readers apps that I actually use. And frankly, I don't use seventeen apps that do the same thing. I select my favorite and use it.
WordFoto is not the first app of its kind that I saw. There are others out there, but I was not satisfied with them enough to actually use them for my own photos. But finding another such app ultimately led me to WordFoto.
WordFoto allows you to take or select a photo, add one or more words, and it works its magic by combining the words and photos in an attractive format. Here is a photo that I took in the app while writing this article. Yes, I stopped just now and took it, cropped it within the app, and uploaded it to Dropbox from my iPhone 4. Then I went into the "Words" menu in WordFoto and added a new word set that contains the words, "Zeke", "cat", and "meow". I selected that set then went to the "Style" menu. For this photo I selected "Classic Color" and it is ready to export to the camera roll. Read More→
Foap IOS App: Sell Stock Photos on Your iPhone
Posted by: | CommentsIf you are a photographer it is likely that you have at least considered signing on with a microstock agency to sell your stock photos. Some photographers make a very good living selling stock photos. But how many of us make a living selling stock photos from our iPhones? Me either. But is is possible to generate some income from photos taken on your iPhone or other smart phone?
The folks at Foap say they can make that happen. The concept is simple. Download the Foap app and sign up for an account. Then upload your photos through the app. Once your photos are approved they will be added to the Foap website where they may be purchased for $10 per download. You get $5 per purchase and Foap keeps $5. It's pretty much that simple.
So are you ready to strike it rich by selling photos on your iPhone? My guess is that you will not. But could you generate some extra income for your iPhone photos? Perhaps. My job is not to critique the concept, but to review the application.
Discover the World From Your IOS Device with Trover
Posted by: | CommentsI love looking at photos. Places, people, still life, abstract…I enjoy seeing how others see the world through their camera lens. Perhaps that's why I enjoy Instagram so much. Where else can you discover the world from the comfort of your own home? That's why I also like Trover.
With Trover, you can discover new places everyday, and post your favorite photos from the places you have been. I am just discovering this great app, but have had a good time seeing new places and recognizing photos from places that I have been.
When you post a photo, or a discovery as they call it, you may do so either by taking it from your camera or choosing from your photo library. For instance, the photo at right is one that I took out my window at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. I was able to select the location from a list. Had my location not been listed, I could have added my own. You may also add details, tips or tags to help others enjoy your discovery. You are then taken to a screen where you may post your discovery to Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr. Once you do that, the photo is posted on Trover for others to see.
The main menu includes the following items: Home, Your Feed, Post a Discovery, Notifications, and Invites & Settings. At the home button, you will see the Newsfeed, Friend's Discoveries, Nearby Discoveries, What's Hot, What's New, Featured Discoveries, Featured Trovers, Featured Lists, Places, and Search. There is so much to discover in this app that you will find so many new places that you will want to visit. Read More→
Turn Your Photo Into a Work of Art with ArtinPhoto IOS App
Posted by: | CommentsSo much of what we see in the "New and Noteworthy" in iTunes seems to be more of the same. So it's nice to run across something unique in the App Store. Such is the case for the ArtinPhoto IOS app. This 99 cent app allows you to add a black and white sketch within your existing photo or photo taken from your IOS device. There is a free, ad-supported version also.
It's very easy to use and, aside from the annoying photos of random hands that hold many of the available frames, it produces some very nice results. You simply choose or take a photo. Make your selection of sketch frame, sketch type, and sketch brush. Press the "Play" button, and the app does all the work for you. You can then save your photo or share it via email. Read More→
MagicHour IOS App: Awesome FX with Ease
Posted by: | CommentsIf you have kept up with many of my reviews you probably know that I really like vintage effects. And I have reviewed a large number of apps that provide effects. When I had almost given up on finding something new and different, I ran across MagicHour.
While I can't say that there is anything earth-shattering about the filters in MagicHour, I simply like the way it works. Like most of the others, you may either take a photo within the app or use a photo from your camera roll. Once you select a photo (this is one I took this afternoon as a storm blew through), you go to a screen where you can move, scale, flip or rotate your photo within a square frame. Once you finalize that step you are taken to the filter section.
Here's the neat part. You may select from lots of filters under categories of "Favorites", "Preset", "My Filters", and "Download". Not only can you use filters that are included in the app, you may also create your own filter sets and download filters from The Filter Market. Okay, so they give you a cheap app and get your dough by charging you for all the good filters? No! The Filter Market is free, as is the "Create Your Own Filter". Let's take a look at that feature. Read More→
Don't Have a Personal Assistant? Check Out VOT Free.
Posted by: | CommentsAs soon as Siri was released it seems that a number of app developers came out with similar products for older iPhones. Though I have looked at a number of them for my iPhone 4, I really haven't found anything that works very well. Until I discovered VOT Free.
Keep in mind that we are really comparing apples and oranges (no pun intended), because VOT Free only does one thing. But that's okay so long as it does it well. And in my experience, it does.
So what does it do? You press the button and tell it what to remind you to do. Then you tell it when to remind you. That can be 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30 minutes or 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, or 18 hours. Or you can choose "Tomorrow" or a custom setting where you set the date and time. Simple as that! When it's time for the alert, it will pop up with your reminder. You simply play back the audio recording as your reminder. Read More→
Tamron Lenses and How-To IOS App Provides a Wealth of Info.
Posted by: | CommentsI usually do not review apps that are basically advertisements for a particular company, except when the app contains useful content. Such is the case with the Tamron App. So if you were a lens company what would you include in your app? Don't waste your time thinking about it because you won't think of everything that Tamron included. Here's the rundown:
- Tamron Products – This is the one you should expect. Select from menus for All-in-One Zooms, Fast Zooms, Wide & Tele Lenses, and Macro Lenses.
- Local Events – Shows events in which Tamron participates.
- How To Videos – This section includes a good number of videos regarding shooting with Tamron lenses.
- How To Articles – Likewise, this section contains a good selection of articles on anything from "Shooting an Outdoor Concert" to "Using Lenses for Video".
- Photo Contest – Includes details for any contests that Tamron is running at the time.
- Get Social – Provides links to Tamron on Facebook, Twitter, Tamron Blog, My Photo Exhibits, and Flickr.
- Get ENews – Where you can sign up for the Tamron E-News.
- Find A Dealer – Gives you the opportunity to find a dealer using Google Maps.
- Rebates – Shows current rebate offers.
- Scan – This is a surprising one. A QR Code reader is included as part of the app.
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InstaCollage Free IOS App Gives You More, More, More.
Posted by: | Comments"Please sir, I want some more." Even though he had a great British accent, and the whole play was named after him, that question didn't get Oliver anything but trouble. But your luck is going to be much different when you download InstaCollage Free.
There are a lot of frame and collage tools out there. Take your pick. There are some good ones. But this one comes with what our neighbors in Louisiana call lagniappe–a little something extra. So here is what you get!
First of all, you get a number of collage frames. At the top are 22 collage choices and at the bottom are 22 frame choices. Once you have selected an arrangement and frame you may select your photos by simply clicking on the empty frame and selecting your photos. Once this is done, you can adjust the look of the frames with the "Style" menu. You can add text using the "Text" menu and add a number of stickers using the "Stick" menu. If that were not enough, you may click on the "Effect" menu to select from 8 effects, including sharpen, blue, polaroid, bright, and others.
Finally, you may share your photos by saving to the camera roll, sending via email, or posting to Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
So there is a lot here to like. The only thing that I didn't like is that the developers did not pass up the opportunity to try to sell you the InstaCollage Pro version, which includes 60+ photo frames, 45+ frame layouts, 140 stickers, etc. Yes, I saw it so many times I have that part memorized. Okay, it's not that bad, but they do put on a pretty hard sell. Read More→
InstaCC Photo Challenges and Calendar View are Winners!
Posted by: | CommentsBy now everyone has heard the news that Facebook has purchased Instagram for a cool billion dollars. While I have not heeded the call of the Facebook sirens (al a Homer's Odyssey), I have slurped the cool sugary nectar that is Instagram. Okay, I am piling it on a bit thick, but that's only because I am paid by the word (or not).
Back on topic. I do enjoy Instagram. Where else can you vicariously live the life of a complete stranger through a series of photos the size of a… Well, the size of a 1 and 7/8 inch square. Okay, you can't really live their life, but you can look at photos of what they are having for dinner and see what the wing of the airplane they are on looks like out the window. Yes, we have ALL taken that picture.
So now that we have taken the picture of the wing of our plane or what we are having for dinner, what do we do with it? I have reviewed dozens of great apps for making your iPhone photos look even cooler than ever before. But InstaCC is a bit unique as it displays your photos in a camera view and prompts you to participate in photo challenges daily.
Here's how it works. You log in with your Instagram username and password and allow InstaCC to have access to Instagram. You can post photos using the built in camera feature in the app. If you are working through a photo challenge, you will be given a choice whether to take a snapshot or to take a photo for the photo challenge. If you take the photo challenge your photo will be automatically hashtagged, which is important when you start to look at challenges. Read More→
Merge Colors and Shapes with Photo Mates IOS App
Posted by: | CommentsWe all have our favorite photo effects applications; and I have reviewed a number of them here. Recently I ran across an app that works a little differently than most. Photo Mates for IOS lets you merge the shape of one photo with the colors of another. It is not simply an overlay, but works much better than you might expect.
The app is simple to use. You simply choose a photo for its shape (either from the camera or camera roll) and serve a photo for its colors (again from the camera or camera roll). The app does the rest. Your only option for output is to send it to the camera roll, and there is no way to make adjustments.
The app is free and ad supported. You may choose to remove ads through an in-app purchase.
The key to its use is to find a photo with a simple shape and another with vibrant colors. Using a busy photo for a shape will make it look overdone, as will using a photo with lots of colors. The app can be a bit frustrating in that you cannot select or sample the colors that you wish to use. So you might have a picture with a clear blue sky and the app samples a darker area in the shadows.


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Nvidia has announced its first OpenCL-capable driver. Not only that: Linux users will get it at the same time as the Windows package, which complies with OpenCL's platform-independent concept.
The Open Computing Language initially developed by Apple is a platform- and manufacturer-independent language for graphics chips that goes beyond graphics. OpenCL is now available for Windows and Linux after its initial offering with Mac OS X 10.6. Nvidia is the first to present an OpenCL-capable driver, with ATI probably soon to follow. Prerequisite is a CUDA-enabled Nvidia GPU from at least the Geforce 8000 series. Nvidia, apart from the OpenGL-capable Linux driver in version 190.29, also offers an OpenGL SDK for all platforms, sample code and an OpenGL Visual Profiler to help optimize programs. The Nvidia developer website includes downloads.
Although Apple was instrumental in its development, responsibility for OpenCL lies with the Khronos Group, whose server is unfortunately currently not available because of demand following the Nvidia announcement. Next to Apple, AMD/ATI and Nvidia, 30 other firms belong to the group, among them IBM, Intel, ARM, Freescale, Texas Instruments, STM, S3, 3DLABS, QNX, Qualcomm, Nokia, Samsun and Toshiba, as well as some popular gamers like Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts.
There is now finally a standard that programmers can rely upon to run on heterogeneous platforms and graphics chips. It should give a big boost to the use of graphics chips for application acceleration. Previously programmers had to depend on proprietary technology such as Nvidia's Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) and AMD/ATI's FireStream or use OpenGL or the DirectX Shader (GPGPU). In the latter case, because the GPU shader was primarily developed for graphics, realization of normal computer processing via Shader was rather tedious, with often less than optimum results, depending on algorithm and implementation, in that it didn't use the full processing potential of the graphics chip. OpenCL should change all that. It should be easy to program and spare programmers the tedious job of optimizing the code to the particulars of the graphics chip. A short primer on OpenCL can be found on Apple's homepage.
Because few programmers and software firms were willing to write tedious code that runs on a specific graphics chip only, the introduction of OpenCL is a breath of fresh air. As it is, the market for graphics chips is distributed as 49.7% Intel, 31.1% Nvidia, 17.1% AMD/ATI and 2.1% other. OpenCL runs not only on graphics chips (Intel has also recently announced OpenCL support for its upcoming Larabee), but also on normal CPUs, DSPs and the Cell processor found in the fastest supercomputers and Playstation 3. In the end, or so the theory goes, almost all hardware should run on OpenCL.
The processing power of modern graphics chips already lends itself quite well to computational tasks, among them for video and audio encoding, video effect, raytracing, cryptography, physics and liquids simulation, 2D graphics filter computations, sound synthesis and audio effects.
OpenCL is truly a benefit for Linux, as are OpenGL for graphics and OpenAL for sound: code is simply portable between these worlds and requires no adjustment. Meanwhile Microsoft has been somewhat asleep at the wheel, with its proprietary alternative to OpenCL, DirectX Compute Shader, released end of July with DirectX 11 SP2 for its only moderately popular Windows Vista. The developer community's attention is clearly directed more toward OpenCL.
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Comic impressario Norman Lear makes his directorial debut with this farce about an entire town who tries to give up smoking in order to win $25 million. Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart and Tom Poston star.
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