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NYC to Use Scanners to Find People Carrying Guns
New York City is looking towards high-tech scanners to find people who are carrying guns on the city streets.
The New York Daily News reports that in his State of the NYPD speech on Tuesday, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the department wants to use technology similar to infrared imaging that detects radiation coming from a person's body.
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Because the energy cannot travel through metal, a concealed gun can be detected from the image captured by the lens of the detector, Kelly said.
The only problem is that right now the scanner can only be used from three to four feet away from a person.
"This can be done from a short range," Kelly said. "We want a distance of at least 25 meters."
The NYPD and the defense department are currently testing the technology. Kelly said he hopes to install it on police cars sometime in the near future.

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The Case of The Purloined Picasso
by Dorothy Ackroyd
Series: Nick & Norton Series (#1)
Published: 10 May 2017
Nick and Norton, SF art gallery owners and men about town, are pulled in to solve the mystery of a purloined Picasso painting. Norton's sister has been accused of stealing the painting from her estranged husband. Nick and Norton know that she couldn't have done it. The suspects range from a jealous painter, to a sleazy art dealer, to a security consultant with a disreputable past.
Nick Callas and Norton Lathrop, noted gay couple in San Francisco society, own and operate a San Francisco art gallery. Using their contacts in high and low places, along with their military intelligence experience, they investigate the theft of a noted Picasso painting they sold to the victim.
Taking place in the San Francisco art world, the quick paced story is an homage - with a gay twist - to Dashiell Hammett's Thin Man novel and the popular series of movies from the '30s and '40s. Nick and Norton's investigation takes them from suburban strip malls to run down rural estates. They won't rest until Norton's sister is exonerated.
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Suikoden 2 Viktor's Fort Flik
Highland Youth Brigade
As you start off with your friend Jowy you will be prompted to go out, but you might as well just go to bed. You will be ambushed at night, run east and then you'll consult with Jowy and decide to go back to camp. Back there you'll see Rowd your leader with Luca Blight.
Just run north and you'll be at a meeting spot you'll remember much later. A battle ensues with Rowd and some highland soldiers but just use Riou and Jowy's unite attack to win the battle and then jump off the cliff to escape.
Viktor's Warriors Fort
You'll be saved by Viktor and Flik of the state arm. You'll recognize them if you've played Suikoden I. Now you have to do some chores for them while you're here, like pushing boxes against a while and picking up Rope. Then this guy who is telling you to do this stuff, Pohl, will ask you to get some Flint, Boots and Flour. Get 3 Flint and 3 Boots and then try to go upstairs and get the Flour but there won't be any. Return to Pohl and he'll talk to Leona. Afterwards you can go upstairs and talk to her to get Gengen and Tuta in your party to go to Ryube and get that flour.
It's a short walk northeast, you shouldn't have a problem getting there and to the item shop. Ask for Flour and take it back to Pohl.
The next day at the Warrior's Camp you'll be wiping up oil spills. There are a few on the first level and then one on each floor above, but also another in Flik's room of command. After talk to Pohl and another night passes.
Jowy comes to save you but you two can't make it out, and end up having to tell about how highland faked the attack on the state. Viktor and Flik are curious about this news to say the least. At night Jowy uses a spoon to get out of your cell. Jowy then uses the flint to light the rag on fire to divert the guards, and then run up the stairs and south to the balcony area outside. The rope gets you down and you can leave. The two decide to go to Kyaro Town.
First go to Ryube Town and see the circus show. You can move or not during it, will not matter much. Rina, Eilie and Bolgan join you for a bit afterwards.
North Sparrow Pass
Go north of Ryube Town to find North Sparrow Pass. Rina will perform a favor for the guards that wouldn't let you past previously. The battles around here can be difficult at first. Use your unite to dominate any enemy group. Take the left path as you head north for a Flaming Wall treasure and an HP / MP bath. Head east to continue of course.
Take the east fork again for an Escape Talisman and then north to go to the next screen. Here you'll have another east / west fork, with the east leading to a Brass Armor and the west having the path that leads to the next screen. The enemies around here get tougher, with Bees and Bandits.
In the next screen you'll be at your first Journeyman's Crystal so save and heal up. Up north is the Mist Shade. Use your unites when you can, and then Rina's Flaming Arrow fire rune magic. You'll also probably have some available attack items at your disposal should this get even harder. Kindness Drops are dropped by Mist Shade. Afterwards return back and save and then continue north, taking the east exit for a Feathered Hat and the opposite path out of the North Sparrow Pass.
In Kyaro town you'll split up with Eilie, Rina and Bolgan. Seems you are being looked for so go to your house to the west. Actually first take the north path leading to the big tree by itself. Search it as you face up three times and Riou will walk around the tree and Mukumuku will be recruited. Most people forget to recruit mukumuku but he is a valuable addition. Now go to your house to the west, and then go left and south upon entering. Search the desk for ? book and then north to exit and for some scenes with Nanami your sister.
As Riou and Nanami leave your house, the house of Genkaku, you are taken away by Rowd your former commander. Then a scene with Jowy being disowned by his dad. More scenes as you and Jowy are saved from death by Viktor and Flik, and then you all go save Mukumuku and Nanami. Run out and town and through North Sparrow Pass back to Viktor's Fort. You can then get recruits.
Talk to Rikimaru and pay for his Inn tab of 3000 Potch. That's expensive right now. Talk to the frantic girl in the northeast, Millie, and agree to help her find Bonaparte in the forest.
First go northwest and put the baby bird in the nest. Then go south and work your way east. This boss battle against Bonaparte can be hard. Just use attacks, thats all you have probably. After Millie is recruited go west back to where the bird was and Shiro and Kinnison will be here. Allow them to join, they have a unite and Shiro is great.
That's the end of the recruits for Ryube so go north and then veer west instead of east towards North Sparrow Mountain. This will lead to a new village, Toto. Enter the Inn to recruit Zamza assuming Nanami is with. Get that ? book appraised to see it is the Old Book Volume 1. You can try to visit the north house, this is where Pilika lives but she isn't home. Sometimes she's here already but if not go to the Warrior's Fort and rest and then come back, that should do it.
Pilika and her family took Jowy in when he fell off the cliff. Pilika now wants to get a Wooden Amulet. Go west out of Toto and then northwest to Muse City. This city is huge, you may want to use the rune shop. West in Muse leads to the item shop with the Wooden Amulet for 500 potch. Buy it and return to Toto to see it is burned down.
Pilika will be the only one alive, crying for a bit. Then Apple walks in, the same Apple from Suikoden I. You'll exit Toto but go right back in to recruit Hanna. Hurry back to Viktor's Fortress. Apple, Flik and Viktor reunite and talk about Matthiu from Suikoden I and the Toran Republic.
After that scene Jowy and Riou will be downstairs with Pilika pondering the future. Leona requests their presence above. Flik and Viktor want you to go to the forest in Ryube and recruit Tsai to use the fire spears and you're given 2000 potch for this.
In ryube go to the forest and take the northwest path through where you got Shiro and Kinnison. Take the left fork for a Gauntlet and Leather Cape and east to Tsai's place. After talking he'll help you for free and then you can leave.
Back in Ryube, highland will be slaughtering the villagers. Luca Blight is a pretty sick guy.
Viktor's Fort
Return to Viktor's Fort and challenge Flik to a duel so that you can fight along side them. You don't need to defeat him, just hit him a few times to show you are a formidable opponent.
Downstairs you'll be talking to Jowy about the company name, so choose one. Pohl will start screaming shortly after and highland is here. Outside for some talking and then a battle commences. Just use the Fire Spear here in your first battle, against Solon Jhee, Seed and Culgan. Should be an easy victory and they will retreat. Unfortunately Kiba and Solon Jhee are here to battle you. Luca Blight will send his army right afterwards and you will be in a bad way. Inside the fortress Jowy and Riou will want to find Pilika. So go inside through the front and go upstairs into the main room, using the Buddy Attack on the highlands to get by. Watch in the command room at Pohl gets sliced by Luca, and then some scenes with Pilika and Luca saying some things that turn out to be ironic much later on. You are saved by Flik and Viktor and then are to go to Muse.
Your party is comprised of a random assortment of the characters you've recruited so far. If you get a grouping you don't like, you can keep reset and reloading your quest (save before the 2nd fight at Viktor's Fort). (Millie, Gengen and Kinnison are particularly pathetic, while some of the more desirable characters include Shiro (especially with a Double Beat Rune), Zamza (for his magic ability) and Mukumuku (a personal favorite with decent attack power).
Head to Toto and you'll be in a shrine. Leknaat appears and Jowy and Riou acquired the Black Sword Rune and Bright Shield Rune respectively. You can go to Coronet to get level 5 weapons or to Muse to find out you can't get in. Backtrack to the White Deer Inn.
White Deer Inn
You've probably seen this before, southeast of Muse. Go inside for some scenes with Alex and Hilda, and then the next morning Alex makes a proposal and you can go in Muse afterwards. First you must help him hunt down Sindar Treasure.
Go east and north to get there after he joins, he'll open it all up for you.
Sindar Ruins
Go west at the fork for a Stone of Magic and Mega Medicine, and then take the other path and go north. The enemies here are tough just for reference, you'll soon find out yourself. Take the first east path and then south for an Angry Blow spell. Return back and go north and east to continue onward. Take the north path for a Gauntlet and then south, west, and north under the bridge into a new area.
You'll see a door you can't open so go past it and move the statue into it's proper place. This opens a door leading to a Shoulder Pads and a Round iron plate. Use the Round plate at the door you saw that was closed and it'll open. You are now in a room with a two headed snake statue. Go left all the way across the bridge to get to a half shut door that you can walk through, leading to a Fire Lizard Crystal. Return back to the previous chamber and go north to get the Triangle Plate.
Return to the central area with the snake and go north and then east to put the Triangle Plate in. You just stopped the water. Go straight north from the previous intersection and you'll get a Chain Mail. Return south a little and go west and south now that the path is opened up. Go south all the way until you see a treasure on a ramp to your left. It is a Water Rune. Return north and take the next west for the square plate! Return back and go all the way north as the other west paths lead to dead ends. Return to the first snake statue and go east to get a bunch of goodies. Actually just Old Book Volume 2 and the Magic Drain crystal.
Go back to the first snake statue and go north and then west to get to the Save Point. Rest up and equip the best stuff you have, a boss battle looms.
The Double Head is not easy. Use the Black Sword Rune specifically Piercing One. Continue to use your best spells and hopefully you equipped healing items. Great Blessing does a good job of this too. Just keep at it and Double Head will go down and you can continue north for your 'treasure'. A Spark Rune is your reward for the battle. Use an Escape Talisman to get out, if you have one. Alex will discard the healing herb from sindar ruins.
Back at the White Deer Inn, Hilda will be sick. When you get a chance go get the Healing Herbs Alex discarded and this will heal Hilda. All is well now and you get Alex's Muse pass.
As you go to Muse you'll have to make up a story to get in. It doesn't work. But you are bailed out but your buddies Flik and Viktor. At least you got in Muse.
Go to Leona to dump off Pilika and then go to the northeast to meet Elza. She'll give you two packages and then Clive comes by. Tell him you haven't seen her and then return to the front of Muse to give her the packages back, and she gives you Sound Set #1. They run out of there and there isn't anything you can do with them for later. The Clive / Elza sidequest needs to be completed within 20 hours, which means you basically have to beat the game in 20 hours by speeding through everything. More on this quest later.
Go to the town hall now so Viktor can show you to Anabelle. Go east and north to talk to Jess afterwards about sneaking into highland. Search the northeast shelf for ? book and then go to the bar.
Buy some antitoxin and come back. Anita is here and she wants you to do random things for her. After you do one thing you have to exit Muse and come back to do another. After three or four she'll join you. You can do this now or much later, so just get this out of the way now, she's pretty good. Tuta is outside and north of the Inn, talk to him to recruit him and meet Huan. Talk to Huan a few times to get recipe 3.
Note that at this point, you can go through Toto and back to Viktor's Mercenary Fort for another recruit. You will see Templton being ushered out of Viktor's Fort, and then go to Toto. As you head north through the village take the second left to see Templeton looking at a burned down house. Templton joins your army and hands you the Suiko Map.
Leave and go north to the Muse / Matilda gate and then you'll get to go east through the forest. Generally you head north to get to the enemy camp but if you go directly east for a while you'll get a Circuret. Before camp Jowy and Riou change to highland clothes. Go to the northeast to look at the provisions, and then when Rowd sees you go get the Fire Sealing Crystal to the east and then run into Jillia's tent. After some scenes you'll leave but Rowd will have been waiting. Just keeping killing highlanders until Jowy tells you to run, so do so. You'll have to fight more battles with your other party members, so do that and keep running.
Back in Muse go to the north building to see Jess but he's busy so go to the Inn. Back to Jess and Anabelle's building and Viktor breaks in and confronts Jess. Back at the Inn Nanami chooses to wait outside. Go talk to her and then go back to the Inn. Jowy will come back at night time. Strange.
The next day go to the Jowston Hilltop Conference and Flik gets you in. You'll meet all the big shots from the City State like Gorudo from Matilda, Teresa from Greenhill, Makai from Two Rivers and a few more. They are all in disagreement but they'll hear that highland is coming to attack Muse right this minute.
Muse War Battle
Anabelle asks Viktor to spare a few days to hold the highlanders back. Talk to Viktor and the battle starts. Do some damage to Gilbert and he'll join you (it's likely Flik will do it with Fire Spear). This battle will go on for quite a while, and you'll get Miklotov's help until Camus tells him to retreat.
Talk to Nanami at night and Jowy will be talking to Kage in the other room. The next day go to Anabelle. Talk to her for a sec and then return to the Inn. Speak with Nanami and then go to the city building to see Jowy and Kage talking outside. Talk to Jowy about it and then it'll be nighttime.
Viktor and Anabelle will share a drink for a bit. When you regain control take Nanami and Riou to Anabelle's but you'll find Jowy beat you to the punch. You're going to see something…interesting here, with Jowy and Anabelle. After these dramatic scenes go to the Inn to get Pilika. Get Pilika there and Leona will tell you to go south to Coronet and eventually South Window.
You'll be very close to this town. Go to the southwest part of it to try to get on a boat, to no avail. Return to the top part of the Inn to meet Rina, Eilie and Bolgan again.


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When I was first exposed to the new wave of Real-Time Operational BI solutions coming online, my initial reaction was, "Oh man, here we go again! Fighting the BI vendors' 'sizzle sell' and the "EDW heresy' that comes along with them selling direct connects to the operational support systems and the propagation of independent Data Marts."
But, I owed it to myself to get a better appreciation for the solution. The Operational BI I'm referring to is the real-time connection to federated sources (Operational Support Systems) through web service agents and the direct updates of "twinkling" Operational Dashboard measures. The end-users have control over the setting of performance thresholds and alerting schemes, dynamically, as needed to quickly react to blips in the operational metrics. This is a nice fit for specialized applications such as a Command and Control Center.
What about the metrics that get accumulated throughout the day? Push & persist them to the Enterprise Data Warehouse. This provides a history of these R/T metrics enabling more strategic trending and data mining functions.
Operational BI has a home in the overall Enterprise Information Management architecture. But is your enterprise ready for r/t Operational BI? Is the business prepared to react and evolve in real-time mode in response to r/t changes? The technologies are ready to enable and the vendors are ready to sell.
It's a paradigm shift. But hey every paradigm needs a nudge once in awhile!
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I was a judge on three of this year's TDWI 2007 Best Practices award categories, and recently took some time to review some of the other winners. This year TDWI added the "Radical BI" category. I didn't judge this category but was nevertheless intrigued by some of the entries.
The Radical BI winner was Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In a nutshell, LLNL is the organization responsible for ensuring that nuclear weapons in the United States stay safe and effective through advances in science and technology. That's a big job. I happened to have one of their managers, Dave Biggers, in my "BI From Both Sides" class in Boston, and he added some wise context to some of the best practices we cover in that class.
LLNL's data warehouse goes back to 1985, the same year I started working in data warehousing. (No, don't start doing any math in your head. Stop it!) The philosophy behind their data warehouse, called ASSIST, was that it would be built on a modular architecture that supports both batch and on-demand queries; that it allowed users to create their own "virtual dimensions" to better support intuitive analytics; that desktop data integration would close the loop between user-defined Excel spreadsheets and corporate data; and that an open and loosely-coupled architecture could support myriad business needs.
The evolution of the original ASSIST system has been continuous, arguably even one step ahead of the prevailing technology trends. But when you ask Dave Biggers why LLNL won the award, he keeps it simple. "I'm sure our philosophy of enabling users and embracing direct access and tools such as Excel had a bearing on TDWI's selection," he says modestly. "The essence of our approach has been modularity, data stewardship, virtual dimensions, and openness."
What's Radical BI, anyway? Well, judging from the Livermore application, it's about meeting end-users where they are, and providing them with the tools and data they need in order to do their jobs—and doing it flexibly without a lot of dogma. And amid a lot of vendor spin, futures predictions, and market-ecture, that's radical indeed!
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It seems that the best practice for selecting a solution is starting at a new point of origin. It used to be that when you looked at vendors you started with a needs analysis and proceeded from there. With all of the mergers and acquisitions in the marketplace these past couple months choosing what type of vendor to go with is now part of the challenge. Do you want best of breed or do you want an end to end solution?
Earlier today I spoke with a BPM vendor that offers performance management in an on-demand platform. They do it well and focus on the financial planning, forecasting and consolidation space. They don't however offer a database, or specialized ETL tools or even data quality or integration. They have marquee clients and have been in the space for years.
I understand that existing architecture drives some of the decision but I am curious as to what else comes into play. Is it always price and feature driven? Can you still get an economically solid deal from a company with the end to end solution? Does your personal like or dislike of SAP or Oracle stop you from including OutlookSoft or Hyperion in your RFP and what about office politics?
I'd like to hear your thoughts please comment below and share with our readers your feelings on what drives the decisions and where your budget fits in with needs and solutions.
Also, thank you for visiting the site and the blog. As a Co-founder of the Business Intelligence Network I am pleased and proud of this site and especially happy to be working with our partner TDWI to provide this resource to the community. Please visit often and we look forward to you participating and sharing your thoughts on best practices.
Shawn Rogers
Co-founder and Executive Vice President
Business Intelligence Network
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I find it interesting that at this week's inaugural launch of TDWI's BI Best Practices web site, there are numerous articles on Return on Investment (ROI) for business intelligence applications.
If you are feeling a little left out because you have not calculated your project's ROI, you are not alone. Survey after survey, including the latest in my upcoming book, shows that few calculate the ROI for their BI application. It might be used as a way of securing project funding but rarely as a way of measuring success or determining if the project achieved what was intended.
In judging the TDWI applications, we don't look at ROI … much. We do, however, look at specific business benefits though – savings of N million dollars, X increase in campaign effectiveness, Y lift in revenues, and so on. We try hard not to let the big numbers sway us. If someone claims they saved $4 million dollars and they have not provided an ROI, I look at what percentage is that $4 million in respect to the size of the company and the capital budget. In some cases that $4 million savings is still a big deal; in others, it's small change.
The reality is that ROI is a very precise number, with wildy imprecise inputs. Can anyone accurately say how much a 10% increase in revenues is attributable to the BI project? No. Cost is pretty much the only accurate component. The numerator is a guestimate. In that regard, do the ROI, even if it's just a quick calculation on the back of an envelope. It's a wonderful promotional tool when convincing business users of the value of business intelligence.
Cindi Howson, founder BIScorecard.
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It is encouraging to see Business Intelligence implementations that are making a real impact on the bottom line. Ten years ago data warehouses were rare, hard to rationalize and difficult to cost-justify. Now-a-days, it is a rate situation if your enterprise does not have some form of data warehousing or business intelligence implementation in place. As ubiquitous as data warehousing has become these days, still only a select few are really making significant impact on the operational bottom line. If the submissions for predictive analytics we reviewed this year are any indication of industry trends, we will see a renewed focus on data warehousing and business intelligence solutions. Finally we're not just providing online "green bar" reports. We're implementing foundational components that enable an organization's ability to achieve market superiority.
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It was exciting to see this year's candidates utilizing some new best practices along with some of the ones we have seen work successfully for many years. It is great to see these sound data warehouse techniques work on different projects in different industries - practices such as:
1 - Comprehensive Data Governance framework providing guidance in Data Classification, Information Security, and Industry Data Sharing policies
2 - Metrics Cascade and Cause and Effect metrics maps
3 - Collaborating with vendors and clients on the direction of the data warehouse
4 - Revenue-generating products developed from the data warehouse
5 - Preconditioned customer contact groups (selection groups)
6 - Use of a Data Derivation Engine by the business users without necessary IT involvement to enable daily updates of data to provide Contextual Customer Dialog
7 - Off-the-shelf (preconditioned) contact groups
8 - Data evaluated and standardized to the extent possible prior to project
9 - SMEs and specialists leveraged
10 - Business project sponsor involvement during project
11 - Data quality considered to be one of the major decision drivers
I look forward to seeing the innovative ideas in next year's competition!
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I was recently professor at Konstfack (University of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm, and director of PhD studies, mainly engaged in the Art, technology and design doctoral programme that Konstfack runs together with KTH. I now supervise a doctoral candidate.
My research has focus on the design processes, methods and approaches that designers can work with in order to create proposals for products, services and systems that will be regarded as meaningful by future users and other stakeholders. I am committed to narrowing the gap between cutting-edge research and current professional practice, and am especially interested in co-design and participatory
design approaches, where designers, prospective users, and other stakeholders collaboratively create knowledge and imagine proposals.
I have created some publications and videos on co-operative design approaches (one is here below).
Reality based video prototyping from Bo Westerlund on Vimeo.
My background is in industrial design. I hold a PhD from KTH and I graduated with a MFA in Industrial Design 1985 at Konstfack. Together with Peter Johansson I ran the design consultancy Industridesignbyrån in Stockholm from 1985 until 1997.
I was recently professor in Industrial design here at Konstfack (2011-2018), and earlier professor in design at the School of Design at the Linnæus University, (Lnu) in the south east of Sweden.
1996-2009 I worked as a researcher at the multi-disciplinary research centre CID that operated for ten years at HCI, CSC, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm). One great co-operative design research projects I was engaged in was interLiving. The interLiving project's aims were to, together with families, create understanding and to develop innovative artefacts that supported needs of co-located and distributed families. This was three great years of EU-funded research. Some other projects were the EU funded projects NEPOMUK and MonAmi, the K-project, Garden of Knowledge, and Daphne. During these years I ran quite a few co-design workshops which is one foundation for my PhD thesis, Design Space Exploration.
1993-2001 I was a Senior Lecturer in graphic technology at Konstfack in Stockholm, the department for Graphic Design & Illustration.
Feel free to contact me by email at bosse [at] bowesterlund.se.
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There's a report on the web tonight if you want to end it all with your Facebook page it can be easily be done by going to Seppukoo.com.
The Los Angeles Times published a story claiming "the site, Seppukoo.com, offers ritual suicide for Facebook users' virtual profiles by deactivating your account. And it doesn't stop there. If you're willing to end it all, the site will feature a RIP memorial page on its site and sends the page to all your Facebook friends."
Newton's Third Law of Motion appears to apply here, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."
Local news from across Southern California
This reporter has not tried to kill his Facebook page using Seppukoo.com.


text: Ok here you go! Another installment in the super exciting and aptly titled "Interlude" segment here on Infinity Day Weekend. Things have been pretty busy here at Infinity Day Weekend world headquarters in space. I somehow find myself hand painting a seemingly endless stream of ukeleles for internationally renowned popular music group Evelyn Evelyn as part of their CD release shenanigans. If you haven't ordered yours yet you may be out of luck as I was just told there will only be a total of 50 ("only") and there have already been 45 orders.


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Ice hockey is big business. But it lags behind other professional sports - soccer, football, baseball, and basketball. As with all industries, the key to growth is innovation. Equipment manufacturers such as Reebok are taking this seriously with the creation of the Hockey Research and Innovation Center. In this month's LAB, we will focus on the equipment side of hockey, specifically on: the hockey stick.
Hockey has been around a long time with evidence of its origins dating to the sixteenth century. The first organized indoor game was played in 1875. Since then, many innovations have been introduced. Let's see how a systematic, corporate innovation method can be applied to drive new sales opportunities.
I used the Attribute Dependency template of Systematic Inventive Thinking. Attribute Dependency differs from the other templates in that it uses attributes (variables) of the situation rather than components. Start with an attribute list, then construct a 2 x 2 matrix of these, pairing each against the others. Each cell represents a potential dependency (or potential break in an existing dependency) that forms a Virtual Product. Using Function Follows Form, we work backwards and envision a potential benefit or problem that this hypothetical solution solves.
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For some reason even if i have levelled smithing skill i cant click the order button on making metal sheets. It says i dont have the skills or the materials, even if i have it.
What skill level is needed to make it?
I do not know if this is a server issue, I do not know if the server i play on has made the hotfix ( http://ecoforum.strangeloopgames.com:4567/topic/227/server-hotfix-strongly-advised ) or if its a totally different bug.


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I like cycling. I cycle to work every day. I cycle home from work most days, except when I'm at that stage of drinking when I'm drunk enough not to be safe on two wheels, but sober enough to realise. I enjoy not talking the tube, getting places in my own sweet time, and getting a bit of exercise. My cycling commute has gone in several stages. These are:
1. Stoke Newington – Holborn: cycling to uni because I couldn't afford the bus.
2. Herne Hill – King's Cross: cycling to work. Sadly this was one time only as I got lost, stopped by the police and then got a flat tyre on the way home and had to push my bike the last 3 miles.
3. Herne Hill – Vauxhall: cycling to work. This was super easy and about 4 times quicker than taking public transport. Probably the best commute ever.
4. Dulwich – Old Street: current cycle to work. This journey incorporates 4 of the most dangerous junctions in London and involves going through Bank, home of the angry pedestrian.
This is the bike I currently use:
I have recently bought a road bike, and will be posting more about it soon…


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Published: 13 February, 2018
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The first quarter will see a dedicate focus on the TS007 standard, this standard has been developed in response to concerns over cylinder attacks. It is characterised by a 3 star rating system, which and can be achieved by combining a 1 star cylinder with 2 star security door furniture or using a stand-alone 3 star cylinder. The Yale AS Platinum Euro Profile Cylinder is approved to the TS007 3 star standard and does not require any additional security furniture, providing superior protection for homeowners.
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When the second machine, the 904, came to LTE, Siemens had changed its strategy. The started building EuroRunner locomotives ahead of actual orders, so there would be always some units already available for new customers. As Siemens expected that it would sell more EuroRunners to Veolia-NOB, two machines that were in stock were painted in the NOB corporate colours, waiting for things to come in Munich-Allach. One of them however, originally designated as DE2000-05, was finally sold to LTE in February 2007. That month the machine was refitted and repainted, joining the LTE fleet as 2016 904. Both locomotives are property of LTE Logistik- und Transport GmbH.
On 16.05.2010 a third LTE EuroRunner was delivered to the operator, designated 2016 909. It comes from stock production, which Siemens has outsourced to the Arriva workshops in Neustrelitz.
- RTC ES 64 F4-007 has been repainted in the blue zebra-livery in Kassel.
- Captrain 185 550 now has the Captrain livery too.
- New logos for the LTE EuroRunner locomotives.
- Hector Rail ES 64 U2-017 is in Linz. Its black livery is replaced with orange and grey
- More Akiem 37000s re-appear in a neutral silver livery; 37013, 37016 and 37017.
At the end of January 2005, NVR-numbering was added: 93 81 2016 903-3. Also the equipment for Zugsammelschiene was removed in order to get the loco also approved for Slovakia, where such system is not allowed because it could causes interruptions in signalling systems. When all this was done the loco was used for Petrolkoks-services Burghausen in Germany and Ziar nad Hronom in Slovakia. All this was done in March; on 18.03.2005. Finally the 2016 903 was transported to the OBB workshops in Linz for some blue paint and a larger fuel tank. In Vienna it got it's vynils and on 06.04.2005 then the loco was officially presented carrying LTE, DHL and European Bulls logos. Next to that the loco also got a name: Maria.
It was completed in October 2006 and already painted in blue, yellow and white, the NOB corporate colours. For unknown reasons, Veolia, at that moment, did not purchase the DE2000.05 and so it became available to LTE. The DE2000-05 was transported to Linz at the end of January 2007 and repainted in silver and blue in the workshops of Linz. After that the machine, built as standard EuroRunner, like the 903, needed refitting for freight service. This was done in February and March. On March 7th, the 904 emerged again. Unlike the 903, it carries large LTE logos, and the European Bulls vinyls have lost some size.


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The "fab four" were at it again last night,this time a spectacular Seven Years War battle involving the Prussians against the Russians with a brigade of Austrians thrown in for good measure.
Brian and I controlled the Russians,whilst Dave and Paul took on the role of Prussians.
Dave's out-flanking troops about to assault my poor Russians,who couldn't react to this move until move number two-we were trying some different movement rules for the Prussians,giving them a massive bonus,which was good for the Prussians,but not so good for the Russians-I was "swamped",but had to find a way out of the problem!!
I have finally turned my flank troops to meet Dave's grand attack,but he is moving troops through the woods,and I haven't got enough troops to match him,until the Austrian contingent arrive.
Meanwhile,on Brian's centre and flank,an almighty attack is developing!!-our artillery was worse than useless,so it was down to the infantry and masses of cuirassiers on the far flank,to win the day-Brian was severely "berated" for not leaving gaps between his regiments,but blamed the terrain!!
The Austrians have arrived,and the flank is,for the time being,fairly stable,but I have taken a lot of casualties from the Prussians,and now Paul is adding to my discomfort,by bringing a brigade across to help Dave!In the centre Brian is holding his own(!!!!) and Paul is having to commit his reserve brigade of Hanoverians.
The "final straw"-Dave's cavalry are chasing mine off the table,leaving my Russian and Austrian infantry exposed-my flank is lost-woe is me!!
How's Brian doing???
Quite well actually!-he has stemmed Paul's forward movement in the woods,and his cavalry are winning melees on the far flank,but,with my flank gone,it can only be a matter of time before the weight of numbers begins to tell.
Brian's cavalry are doing brilliantly,and it was decided that the Prussians had won the battle,tactically,but that the Russian would be able to withdraw,protected by the cavalry-in any body's language,that's a draw-hurrah!!
This was a very enjoyable game,and after all we are still trying to get used to the tactics etc. of this fascinating period of history,roll on Thursday-an Ancients game being fought over the same terrain,but using Brian's Caesarian legion against his German tribes.
Monday, 10 November 2014
Battle of the Toon 1757
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In its 2014 Trafficking in Persons report released June 20, the U.S. State Department downgraded Malaysia to its lowest Tier 3 status. The downgrade puts Malaysia at risk of American economic and diplomatic penalties. Thailand, recently in the news for its reliance on slave labor in its seafood industry, was also downgraded to Tier 3, as were Venezuela and Gambia. These four countries join North Korea, Iran, Zimbabwe and 16 other countries as those doing the least to combat human trafficking.
The government of Malaysia has been quick to protest, charging that the downgrade was based on flawed information. Malaysia's robust economy is a magnet for migrants from poorer neighboring countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar. The evidence suggests Malaysia remains more concerned about managing immigration flows and helping employers than it is about the welfare of trafficked persons.
The State Department report cites victims of human trafficking among the estimated two million documented foreign workers in Malaysia and the additional two million or more undocumented foreign workers in the country. Men, women and children are routinely conscripted for forced labor and for the commercial sex trade. Desperate Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority group fleeing persecution in Myanmar, are especially vulnerable to trafficking in Malaysia. Unscrupulous employers, recruiters and criminal syndicates operate with near impunity, while trafficking victims are criminalized.
The government of Malaysia protests that it has launched an amnesty program for undocumented workers — and that it has agreed to share information about migrant workers with six countries, including the United States. These steps are potentially helpful, but they focus on managing illegal migrants rather than on helping trafficking victims. The State Department report cites fewer prosecutions for trafficking violations in Malaysia in 2013 than in 2012, and no investigations, prosecutions or convictions of government employees or recruiters complicit in human trafficking. Traffickers, unethical employers and corrupt officials in Malaysia have little to risk and much to gain from exploiting trafficking victims, and they know it.
For Malaysia to restore its credibility on human trafficking, it must abandon its blame-the-victim approach. Malaysia needs to change its policies to allow illegal migrants to travel, work and live outside detention facilities. Trafficking victims must not be afraid to come forward to seek help. And Malaysia should move swiftly and forcefully to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of human trafficking at every level.


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It is hard to find a more divisive topic in the aerospace world than the Lockheed Martin F-35. Aviation Week Pentagon Editor Lara Seligman sat down with two industry veterans who hold opposite views on the fighter: Marine Corps Lt. Col. (ret.) Dave Berke, a former Top Gun instructor, has flown the F-35, F-22, F-16 and F-18; and Pierre Sprey, of "Fighter Mafia" fame, helped conceptualize designs for the A-10 and F-16. Excerpts follow. Listen to their debate in full at ...
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Hyundai Steel, Hyundai Group
Dr. Goo is leading a team of "Advanced Reaserch" in Hyundai-Steel Company. He received a B.S. and M.S. degree in Metallurgy from The Hanyang University and Dr.rer.nat in materials science from the University of Stuttgart. He has been active in the area of physical metallurgy based alloy design and steel microstructure characterization. For over 12 years and has been a reserach engineer at POSCO and Hyundai-Steel. At there he has developed high performance electrical steels , bake hardening steel for auto outer panel, and 3rd gen, advanced high strength steel His international experience includes researcher in Max-Planck Institute for Metals Reserach of Germany. His current research involves study of the machine learning framework for alloy design and innovative steel microstructure development.


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Nicki Minaj for Mitt Romney? See Her Transformation
More stars are getting political as we get closer to November's presidential election: Nicki Minaj raps "I'm a Republican, votin' for Mitt Romney" on Lil' Wayne's newest mixtape Dedication 4, which he released on Labor Day. Is she being literal or satirical? The controversy rages, but she keeps mum. There's no question that actress Ashley Judd supports Barack Obama, though. She made that clear in an open letter last week, and she'll also be appearing at the Democratic National Convention. Do think celebrities should voice support for political candidates? Tell us in the comments! Plus, see Nicki Minaj's transformation in the gallery below!
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- One-page printed petition completed in manuscript, submitted by John McLean of Liberty County [Georgia] for payment from Joseph Law for a female slave who he had "converted to his own proper use and involvement to the damage of the petitioner." Signed by Howly [probably Richard Howly] and Benj'n [Benjamin] Andrew.
- Two documents on one page in two hands. On top, a bill of sale of "a female negro slave named Kate" from Nicholas Dudley [probably of Exeter, New Hampshire] to his son-in-law and daughter, Sarah and Josiah Robinson. On bottom, bill for cost of materials purchased by Capt. Josiah Robinson for the funeral of Nicholas Dudley from Daniel and Jacob Tilton.
- One leaf containing two separately signed documents, both dated February 19, 1803. At top, birth certificate of of Ann Maria Stevenson, born to 'the wife of a free black by the name of Joseph Stevenson' belonging to New York City physician Joshua E. R. Birch. At bottom, certificate indicating Birch's intention to 'abandon' his rights to the child. Addressed to Tunis Wortman, Esq., Clerk of the City and County of New York.
- Bill of sale for "a certain negro man named Harry" from Archibald D. Murphy and George Clancy of Orange County, North Carolina, to Wiliam Kirkland, of the same town. The slave, Harry, was part of the estate of John S. Kirk. Signed by witnesses G. M. Johnston and James O'Daniel. On back of first page, three additional statements in three hands, all confirming sale of the slave, Harry.
- Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Steam Boat Phoenix [i.e., Phenix?] of Alexandria from the port of Alexandria [Virginia] to Washington. Includes names of ship's Master James Gay, Jr., shipper Joseph Bruin, and collector Edward S. Hough. Names shipping company Bruin & Hill. Lists 6 slaves as well as 1 infant.
- Four-page inventory of Bartholomew Gartman of Jefferson County, Georgia, regarding his estate at the time of his death. Identifies two slaves, "1 negro man named Limbrick [?]; 1 negro girl nam'd Peggy," among livestock and household goods. Signed on last page by administrators of the estate, Solomon Hood, Charly Higdon, and Shomake Holden. Made official and signed by Jas. [James] Bozeman.


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Sarajevos Catholics Seek Minority Rights
Catholic News Service (16 May 2012)
OXFORD, England (CNS) — Sarajevo Catholic
officials say the citys Muslim-dominated government is not protecting minority rights, but the mayor said his city is committed to providing a home for all religious faiths.
Catholic-Muslim Dialogue
Catholic News Service (16 July 2012)
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Participants in the 13th
annual West Coast Muslim-Catholic Dialogue compared
and contrasted the qualities of the believer in Islam and
Catholicism during a recent meeting in Orange, Calif.
Aid Reaches Violence-stricken Region in India
Catholic News Service (30 July 2012)
GUWAHATI, India (CNS) — Relief began
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Refugee Camps in Violence-stricken Region of India
Catholic News Service (7 August 2012)
NEW DELHI (CNS) — Medical officials in
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people displaced by ethnic violence in Assam state.
Religious Strife in India
Catholic News Service (24 August 2012)
BANGALORE, India (CNS) — The government
of Assam state has sought church support to help victims
of the conflict between ethnic Bodos and Muslim
migrants that has left at least 80 dead and more than
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Catholic News Service (27 September 2012)
Benedictine Father William Skudlarek shares lessons he learned from Muslims about prayer.
Catholic Relief for Muslim Refugees in India
Catholic News Service (21 November 2012)
KOKRAJHAR, India (CNS) — Besides her family, the most valuable things Majoni Bibi has these days are a few clothes, medicated mosquito nets, cooking utensils, water storage buckets and sleeping mats.
Muslim Leaders Hopeful for Better Relations with Catholics
Catholic News Service (18 March 2013)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Muslims leaders expressed hopes the new pope would help improve relations between Muslims and Catholics.
Faith Inspires Priest's Passion for Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Catholic News Service (3 April 2013)
CAIRO (CNS) — On a recent afternoon in Cairo, Comboni Father Giuseppe Scattolin was delving into 13th-century Sufi poems at his desk in the single room he inhabits, on an upper floor of a building that also houses an Arabic language school and its related administrative offices.
Sectarian Strife Scaring Away Egypt's Christians
Catholic News Service (11 April 2013)
CAIRO (CNS) — Mounting sectarian violence in Egypt is pushing tens of thousands of Egyptian Christians to look for security abroad, say Christian community members, church leaders and aid workers.
Cardinal: Muslims, Christians Work for Peace in War Zones
Catholic News Service (21 July 2014)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians and Muslims should work together to bring peace and reconciliation, especially where the two communities face "the horror of war," said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.
Committee Says Church Remains Committed to Dialogue With Muslims, Others
Catholic News Service (20 August 2014)
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs said the Catholic Church remains committed to dialogue with leaders of other religions and Muslims in particular.
Christian, Muslim Leaders Vow to 'Walk Hand in Hand'
Catholic News Service (5 December 2014)
ROME (CNS) — Catholic, Anglican, Sunni and Shiite leaders vowed to do all they can to combat "ugly and hideous" distortions of religion, and to involve more women — often the first victims of violence — in official interreligious dialogues.
After Terrorism Conference at Al Azhar, Archbishop Optimistic
Catholic News Service (10 December 2014)
BEIRUT (CNS) — A Lebanese archbishop expressed optimism regarding the outcome of an international conference on terrorism and extremism, but said it could take decades to see results.
Bishops Urge Arab, Muslim Countries to Preserve Christian Presence
Catholic News Service (16 March 2015)
BEIRUT (CNS) — Maronite Catholic bishops urged Arab and Muslim countries to combat terrorism in order to preserve the Christian presence in the Middle East.
Muslim Leader Praises 50-Year-Old Church Document on Religious Dialogue
Catholic News Service (21 May 2015)
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic Church leaders and scholars are not the only ones praising the 50-year-old church document "Nostra Aetate" ("In Our Time"), the Second Vatican Council's declaration on relations with non-Christian religions.
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It started when my wife asked me an awkward question.
You know the kind of question. Sure you do. The kind of question that makes your mouth go dry; the sort of question that prods you in the stomach like an unseen fist. The sort of question that demands a carefully weighed response; the type of response that has consequences.
"Why", she asked, did I "need so much shaving soap"? The question was delivered with italic emphasis too.
Now, perhaps I flatter myself when I think that I am of average intelligence, but I feel that that sort of deep question should be submitted in writing and in advance. It's only fair. In fact, I should have been given the opportunity to sit down, gather my thoughts and then, answer.
To you a bunch of fine shaving soap. To me a moral dilemma. Part of my soap hoard.
Well, one possible answer to that question is, of course, I don't need the variety and quantities of soap that I own. Well, not in same way that I need to breathe and eat. So, I decided not to attempt to justify a need. I also passed on the opportunity to discuss the materialistic and accumulative nature of our culture.
My only real alternative was to do what we have always done: blame someone else.
I blamed the soap makers. Yes, wonderful artisan soap makers, I blame you Wickham Soap Company; Wet the Face; Cold River Soap Works I accuse you.
There, I've said it. I am not accountable for my purchasing decisions when faced with such fine shaving soap. I mean, if these people keep producing such fine soaps, what's a man to do?
We can take heart, the state of the wetshaving world is healthy, judging by the wide range of excellent soaps produced. Not just in the USA and Europe; my friends at River Valley Trading sent me some superb soap from South Africa too. So, potentially, all over the globe, men could be having uncomfortable conversations about their soap hoards.
Of course, shaving soap is an essential for #real wetshaving, although some prefer oil or, some other concoction. Soap, provides, slide, glide and smoothness. Particularly for a straight razor shaver. You may have a lovely Wade & Butcher, a Filarmonica or a Mappin & Webb; poor soap, or great soap, badly prepared and applied, can spoil a shave. A bad straight razor shave could ruin your entire day.
I started wetshaving in the 1980s with what was easily available: sticks of soap.
These were the products my grandfather used. It seemed natural to do the same. The method he employed and I copied was to rub the shaving brush in a circular motion round the tip of the soap, building up the lather in the bristles.
These are, by the way, fine soaps. If you want to shave well on a budget, these soaps are perfect. It's just amazing that today there are so many fine soaps being produced to suit all tastes.
It's also amazing that today's soap makers are making soap to an exemplary standard. So, even though they are to blame for feeding your addiction, support them.
When it comes to fine shaving soap: explore, share, tell. Don't feel guilty if you get shtick for a shtikl soap.
Fine soaps from fine makers. Check them out!
What are your favourites? What was your first soap? Why not comment below?