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SportsJobWatch.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 142 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
this is an employment website - a job listing board exclusively for sports jobs. all front office and operations. the visitors to the site will be extremely sports minded. AND - they are very serious about starting a career. so don't think bats and balls think about young executives looking for a job.
upon completion I will want all files associated with ths contest - particularly the psd file.
after seeing a few contest entries, I like the way a flag design works with the text.
New Sports Employment website. target audience 22-35 M/F
all text on one line... USASportsCareers.com
Try to be creative with the text. I am seeing a lot of excellent entries with a strong image (like a flag or a globe or an eagle) next to the text name that is over-powering the name. the name of the website is equally important as the image next to it or part of it (if you have one in your design).
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Rovers romp to points at Preston
David Syers scored inside the opening minute to set Doncaster on their way to back-to-back victories as they continued their promotion push with a comfortable 3-0 win at struggling Preston.
Syers struck in stoppage-time to defeat Oldham on Boxing Day and he was at it again after just 58 seconds at Deepdale to put the visitors ahead.
David Cotterill doubled Doncaster's advantage with a long-range free-kick after 30 minutes before Billy Paynter sealed the win from the penalty spot in the second half to leave Preston without a win in eight npower League One games.
Rovers took the lead when Cotterill's low corner was hooked in via the crossbar by Syers at the near post.
It was 2-0 on the half-hour mark when Cotterill's free-kick from wide on the left evaded everyone and nestled in Thorsten Stuckmann's net.
Will Hayhurst and substitute Anthony Elding both shot wide before Hayhurst was penalised for bringing down Kyle Bennett in the area and Paynter sent Stuckmann the wrong way from the penalty spot after 76 minutes to seal the win.
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Review From The House
Summerworks 2012: Jackie Mack's Festival Picks
Summerworks 2012: Jackie Mack's Festival Picks
Toronto's Summerworks 2012 Festival Picks
By Guest Reviewer: Jackie Mack
This summer's attendance at Summerworks, unlike previous years where I was watching colleagues work, was dedicated entirely to reviewing what was seen. Thus rather than arranging my picks in an order of attendance, the following reviews have been arranged in my ascending order of preference.
The Fever by Wallace Shawn. Directed by Rose Plotek
When choosing pieces to see, I was delighted to discover that one of my favourite plays, The Fever, written by Wallace Shawn, was on the roster. A one-woman piece about a privileged American/European who encounters the world's inequalities, and does nothing to change it, was, as I remember it, entirely moving. I was careful, when inviting a friend to join me, to mention that I had no foreknowledge of this particular production, but that the script was so rich, it would be worth a trip to the theatre. While the production was disappointing, this still holds true. The play is beautifully crafted, artistically written and contains a universal and timely theme.
Sadly, this particular production left my friend and I feeling like we had been preached at for an hour. It is important to note that Julie Fox's set, a white carpet on black floor with one wood chair and an overhead fan of a similar wood, was perfectly symbolic of the ideas and setting of the written script. Oddly, there was a buzzing sound audible throughout the performance and this gave a nice atmospheric feel to the set. In addition the lights (Rebecca Picherack), which gradually moved their focus from the audience to light the sole actress (Katie Swift) from the front, top, and back, created magnificent images of an interrogation, an electric chair and creeping animals.
This was made possible by the collaboration of Ms. Swift's only movement, which was from her two arms; these were raised up and down from the elbow at times in synchronicity, at times alternatively. While this created the aforementioned shadows, the moves were done to no other artistic affect. A larger problem than the dulling rhythm of the arms was the monotone quality of the actress's voice. While trained, and easily heard, her voice was unfortunately stuck in her mid resonators and so her good work in analyzing the script failed to intrigue. Cicero once wrote that the job of the orator is not to make his audience hear, but rather to allow them to see the images one speaks. Unfortunately, the rich concepts of this piece were pushed at us rather than floating over around and through us.
Willow Bunch. Written and directed by Rona Waddington
I chose to see this play in part because it is a new Canadian work, in part because it takes place on the prairies, but mostly because it is an historical mystery, one of my favourite storytelling forms. As a whole, this was not an unpleasant evening's entertainment, although it was not a great Summerworks find. The script itself is quite delightful. Rona Waddington writes her characters' dialogues well, and allows them lovely historical idioms like: "you are filled with tumult" and "prompt to excitement." The audience's favourite such line was a description of the U.S. 'wild west' as being "habitually criminal." While carefully structured, the script does appear to fall apart near the end. As the direction of this production was its weakest link, I am inclined to think it was the staging and not the written word that caused the difficulties.
Unfortunately, the direction, also by Rona Waddington, did not do this lovely new piece justice. David Ring's symbolic set of five white curtains and five white buckets was never used to any effect. The actors played in only three stage areas and moved painfully little, reminding one of a high school production, without the charm of youth. This lack of vision was most clearly evident when, near the end of the story, after a blackout, four of the five actors stood on the edge of the stage, facing the audience. With such positioning it is natural that the audience began to applaud; however no one bowed, and eventually the playwright came running down the stairs to inform us that there was still an epilogue to go. I trust this embarrassment will be corrected for further shows and I hope that any remount will reconsider the presently confusing overlapping scenes.
As with the set, the cast of experienced actors were never used to their potential. Despite the men's too-modern shoes, each actor's costume (Alex Aminis) was true to the period and descriptive of the characters. While inhibited by the staging, each of the actor's voices did create their roles. Lou (Jane Johanson) was playful and clear; Clara (Tal Gottfried) was alternatively loving and desperate; Emily (Kate Besworth) had both a solid base and a British accent; and Rylatt (Jonathan Purdon) was complex yet loveable. In all, the finest acting was by Matthew Edison who played Arden with the clear conscience and articulation of a "Due South" Mountie.
Rona Waddington has a little gem of a piece here; perhaps if she can give the directing reins over to another, her writing will find its just expression.
Extinction Song. Written by Ron Jenkins. Performed by Ron Pederson
I attended this piece for two reasons. First, it is about a child's imaginative way of dealing with his father's alcoholism; as I have two young friends dealing with that issue, it was topical. I am also fascinated by solo performances and wanted to see as many as I could. This production did not disappoint.
The play, winner of the 2008/09 Sterling Award for Best New Play, is outstanding. It gives us insight into the mind of a child and is both poetic and funny. The ending was moving and shocking so I won't give it away, but it alone would make the piece a must-see for anyone surrounded by alcoholism. What is wonderful is that this production equaled the writing. While Narda McCarroll's set, costumes and lights were a little predictable, they were nonetheless successful representations of place, character and mood. Happily, the sound and direction were a bit more imaginative. The choice of "Peter and the Wolf" and "Bare Necessities" as the pre-show music set the right tone and the show sound, composed and designed by Dave Clarke, beautifully created space, time and mood. The direction, always a challenge with only one actor on stage, used the space fully, created significant images, and challenged our imaginations. Most particularly, it did what all good directing ought to do, it focused us on the story.
And this story was fully lived and shared with us by Ron Pederson. His work here approaches some of the best solo performances I have seen. While I found his raised shoulders for the child problematic, his confidence switching to other characters, including wolves, showed a true storytelling gift. In particular, his physically and vocally succinct representation of the father was both true and deeply touching. Fully connected to the child's trauma, he is open enough to let the audience live through the terrors with him. He engaged us so well, that the scene in the frozen car and the next one with a gun, kept me on the edge of the seat. This show is difficult to watch, but it is a "good difficult" and I highly recommend it.
Medicine Boy by Waawaate Fobisher. Directed by Tara Beagan
We are told, in the Prophesy of the Seven Generations of the Anishnaabe that there will a come a time when we must chose how to live on this earth. Both Native and Non-Native will be shown the spiritual path and we will have to decide whether to live in a good way, or not. This ancient truth has found its newest artistic expression in Medicine Boy.
Thankfully, the work on this production is of the highest quality. All three actors clearly performed multiple characters. With subtle changes, Jonathan Fisher's loving and solid Grandfather became a casino smoking woman, a beer loving card player or a keen yogi. PJ Prudat was a terrifying monster and then played an abused young girl with true childhood energy and a mother with the tired gentleness of illness come too soon. Garret C. Smith had the daunting task, as Mukukee, of guiding the audience through the confusion of the character's "between worlds" state. His lightness with language and his solidity of physical expression kept us both intrigued by his journey and engaged in the outcome.
The costumes, by Erika A. Iserhoff, were superb and carefully accentuated the theme each character embodied. Andy Moro's design of the set and the lights were both exquisite. The images projected on the upstage wall at first challenged our complacency about Canada's history and then inspired us to see beyond this land and this world. At these I gasped in wonder more than once. The leafless trees, symbolic of our generation, were also visible in the one set piece, a couch, which became the most interestingly used divan I have ever seen. All these visions were held together by a sacred fire and haunting music. Importantly, Tara Beagan's direction guided the audience through a multi-layered script with clarity and imagination. She also brought out the best in all her fellow artists.
It is good this work was so strong as it stood in service of an important play. Set in the real/dream time/space of ceremony, overlapping realities come together when Mukukee realized his path in this, the Seventh Generation. Filled with the witty sarcastic humour of the Anishnaabe, the play contains both a story and a teaching. Each time his grandson awakes from his sleep, Daebaujimod says, with 'elder humour,' hard to ignore: "Look who decided to wake up." Half way through it becomes evident that the waking from a nap is not enough and Mukaukee is being guided to a spiritual awakening. And as he remembers his ancestors and their teachings he can, with Tobacco in hand, begin his and their healing.
Like most traditional stories, this play begins and ends in the same place. It starts with the audience being welcomed and invited, although to what remains a mystery. By the last, the audience can see that we too are being welcomed to the healing and are now invited 'to wake up'.
The play is an entertaining reminder of the traditional teachings and a look at the power they can hold in our time. Unlike Puck's epilogue, these visions, this dream will not yield. Meegwetch Gemnido *
Note: * Ojibway for Thank God


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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Leading by 25.5 points heading into the finals of the Western Maine Class A Regional wrestling tournament, Marshwood High School already had enough points to win the title. But that didn't prevent them from doing even better in the finals as the Hawks tacked enough points to win the overall title by 40.5 points, accumulating a total of 237.5 points to second-place Noble's 197.
Massabesic was third with 157 points followed by Sanford with 98.5 and Bonny Eagle with 94. Biddeford finished sixth with 63 points followed by Kennebunk (58), Portland (58), Deering 33 and Cheverus (31).
Both Marshwood and Noble qualified 12 wrestlers for next week's state meet to be held in Augusta, but six of Marshwood's wrestlers placed first and three placed second. Two others finished third and another placed fourth.
Marshwood defended its regional title and will now look to defend its state title.
Only two Noble wrestlers captured championships and three placed second. Two other Knight wrestlers finished third and five finished in fourth place.
"We needed to send as many to the states with high finishes as we could because one of the teams we will face is Skowhegan, said to be one of the top teams in the state," said Marshwood coach Matt Rix. "So we were very pleased that we were able to send nine kids to the finals today with six of them coming away as champions."
Taking firsts for the Hawks were Tyler Davidson at 120 pounds, Nick Janes (138), Jackson Howarth (145), Cody Hughes (152), Terrence O'Brien (160) and Brett Gerry (182).
Placing second for the Hawks were Elliot Allen (113), Trevor Smith (132) and Luke Howarth (170). Taking thirds were Darren LaPointe (106) and 126-pound William Bellottie (126). Eric Pratt, wrestling at 220, rounded out the 12 wrestlers heading for the state meet.
Noble's two champions were Bill Gagner 113 and Jacob Guimond at 195. Placing second for Noble were Otto Keisker (145), Jon Badger (160), and Robert Worell (220).
"We're a young squad and have been improving as the season progressed," said Noble coach Kip DeVoll. "Marshwood beat us badly a couple of times during the season so felt we improved in that respect since we did better against them today than in the past."
DeVoll was also pleased with the showing against Massabesic. "We lost to Massabesic in a recent meet, but I was happy to see us finish ahead of them today," said DeVoll. "I feel good overall about the team but we have some certain individuals that we need to get more out of next week."
Other Noble wrestlers heading for the states next week are Wyley Lessard (132), Jesse McNally (138) and Joe Grenier (152), who finished third Saturday, along with fourth-place finishers Joe Langley (106), Devin Bourque (160), Zac Schluntz (1700) and Jacob Zenga (285).
Marshwood's Davidson is heading to the states for the fourth time in as many years. He won championships in each of his three previous years and a win next week will put him in an elite group of Maine wrestlers who have won state titles in each of their four years.
On Saturday, he defeated Massabesic's Lucas Dion 7-3 in the championship finals.
"I was especially pleased to win especially since Dion had defeated me twice this year," said Davidson. "To prepare for today, I focused on mistakes I made against him in the two previous matches and my game plan was to not make the same mistakes this time. I knew if I pushed hard enough I could beat him.
Davidson, a senior, will attend U.S. Navy Prep School in Newport Rhode Island following graduation with hopes of eventually attending the Naval Academy.
Also taking championships Saturday were Portland's Kidayer Aljubyly at 106, Kennebunk's Evan Fecko (170), Massabesic's Josh Andrews (220) and Tyler Everett (126), and Biddeford's Dominick Day (132).


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Don't be too surprised if you see a dog wearing a No. 7 Michael Vick Eagles jersey, because the NFL is allowing the sale of the customized pooch pullovers on their Web site.
The Vick jerseys weren't being openly promoted by the NFL (like Vick jerseys for humans were being promoted), but can be obtained by filling out the customizable pet jersey form on NFL.com and asking for "VICK" to be put on the back of the shirt, the New York Daily News discovered.
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But is it right that people can dress their pets in the jersey of a man who served time for cruelty done to dogs?
The NFL for their part explained the sale of the jerseys.
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Just a couple miles off the coast of Takehara, Japan, lies a small island with a dark history, wild parks and a large population of rabbits eager for tourist attention.
Okunoshima, which is nicknamed Rabbit Island, has a circumference of just 2.5 miles and attracts thousands of tourists a year. Visitors flock to the tiny Inland Sea destination for its natural beauty and historic significance, but mostly to feed and pet the hundreds of bunnies that call the island home.
But before Okunoshima was a giant petting zoo, it served as the base for the Imperial Army's lethal gas operation. From 1929 to 1945, more than 6,000 tons of poison gas were manufactured on the remote island, and the program was shrouded in secrecy.
For 16 years, Okunoshima was omitted from maps, and workers who produced the five types of poison gas — which were mostly used in warfare in China — were told to keep the factories a secret.
While the husks of factories and other long-abandoned buildings remain on the island, nature has reclaimed them. Today, vines snake over crumbling walls and floppy-eared critters seek shelter from the elements.
According to some sources, the rabbits were brought to Okunoshima to test the effects of the poison and released by workers when World War II ended. Others sources say that a group of schoolchildren on a field trip released eight of the animals in 1971.
Regardless of how the island got its nickname, the first generation of bunnies did what rabbits do best, and the predator-free island is now home to more than 300 of the animals.
The poison gas factory ruins located on Okunoshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. (Photo: Sveagal/Wikimedia Commons)
Although they're wild, the rabbits are accustomed to humans and will approach tourists in search of a snack, especially during winter months when natural food sources are scarce. In fact, the island's fluffy inhabitants have been known to hop right into visitors' laps. The long-eared critters enjoy treats of carrots and cabbage, but they won't turn down rabbit feed, which is sold at several locations.
The resort has experienced a steep increase in visitors since knowledge of the island's furry residents spread on the Internet. Animal lovers who frequent Japan's cat cafes and dog-rental shops have found another place to get their cute fix, and travel company Rakuten has taken advantage of the sudden interest by offering a "Let's Play With Rabbits!" tour in Japanese and English.
Today the island is better known for its wildlife and natural beauty than its military history; however, Rabbit Island's poison gas legacy isn't over. In addition to its parks and nature museum, Okunoshima is also home to the Poison Gas Museum — and lingering chemical contamination.
In 1996, the water supply was found to contain arsenic, and in 2005 the Environment Ministry reported arsenic levels 49 times the environmental standard at one Okunoshima location.
The Japan Times reports that 6,500 workers were employed at dozens of buildings on the island from 1929 to 1945 and although no official statistics exist, many workers became ill or suffered respiratory problems. Some workers were also involved in accidents and "became horribly disfigured when the arsenic in the mustard gas penetrated their bodies and created bubbles under the skin."
Although the island is said to be safe for tourists, Masayuki Yamauchi, a volunteer who gives tours of Okunoshima's crumbling factories, says there are 11 sealed locations on the island where workers reportedly buried gas when the war ended.
To learn more about Rabbit Island, visit the Kyukamura Okunoshima hotel website. You can watch a video of the island's friendly furry inhabitants below.
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On Campus: Week 5 Revelations
Philadelphia, PA – Two weeks ago featured more than a few powerhouses taking on FCS foes and the results were less than thrilling in terms of entertainment value.
That certainly changed this past weekend, as lines were drawn in the sand in conference play. One high profile coach lost his job and the BCS picture became a little more focused, as the elite started to separate themselves from the field.
BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE: The marquee matchups in week four lived up to all the hype and began to paint the BCS picture, albeit with large strokes. Alabama was supposed to have a tough matchup with Top 25 foe Ole Miss, but all that happened was the Crimson Tide showed their dominance once again in a shutout victory at home (25-0).
The Oklahoma Sooners finally got over the proverbial hump with a rare decisive victory over Notre Dame. Coupled with a stunning upset loss by Oklahoma State to West Virginia, Oklahoma looks to be the cream of the crop in the Big 12 heading into the second half of the season.
Other games of note included Ohio State's 31-24 victory over Wisconsin and Georgia's 44-41 shootout against LSU.
The Buckeyes and Badgers went toe-to-toe at Ohio Stadium and when the dust settled, Urban Meyer was still undefeated with his team, as Ohio State is a perfect 17-0 under his watchful eye. There is little doubt now, if there was any coming into the weekend, that the Big Ten title goes through Columbus.
The SEC matchup in Athens has to be the game of the week though, as LSU and Georgia exchanged blows to the bitter end, with the Bulldogs edging out the Tigers, 44-41. The loss was the first on the season for LSU, which must bounce back in a hurry with a gauntlet of SEC powers remaining on the schedule. Georgia's schedule isn't void of pitfalls, but it is a much more manageable run to the SEC East title, than LSU's obstacle course in the SEC West.
ONLY A MATTER OF TIME: Coming into 2013, it seemed as though it was more "when" than "if" Lane Kiffin would be shown the door. Well, the "when" came this past weekend, as USC had finally had enough following a 62-41 loss to Arizona State, firing Kiffin shortly after the game.
Wether you like him or not, the polarizing Kiffin was dealt a bit of a raw deal, as he was left to clean up the mess that Pete Carroll left behind. Despite dealing with NCAA restrictions, including a postseason ban, there is no doubt that Kiffin faltered and did much less than expected of him.
USC is a football power, plain and simple, and mediocrity isn't accepted. Therein lies the problem with Kiffin, whose overall record at the school was 28-15. A downward spiral that saw the team lose seven of its last 11 games and start 2013 at a mere 3-2 overall and 0-2 in Pac-12 play, was too much to take, as USC Athletic Director Pat Haden informed Kiffin of his termination early Sunday morning following the loss in Tempe, which was the last straw according to Haden.
"Yes but this has been brewing for a while," said Haden. "I have been thinking about it since the Hawaii game. We didn't feel consistency there. We realize that our history has been great and we need it to be great again."
Assistant Ed Orgeron will take over as interim head coach, but has his hands full going forward, with opponents like Arizona, Notre Dame, Oregon State, Stanford and UCLA still left on the schedule.
PITCH AND CATCH: This is another year in which the FBS is deluged with quality quarterbacks, who enjoy slinging the ball around the field. The household names of Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel, Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater, Oregon's Marcus Mariota, Clemson's Tahj Boyd, Alabama's AJ McCarron, UCLA's Brett Hundley and Ohio State's Braxton Miller are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of quality play under center. Lesser known talents like veterans David Fales (San Jose State), Derek Carr (Fresno State) and Cody Fajardo (Nevada) and youngsters like Jameis Winston (Florida State) and Bryce Petty (Baylor) have made their case for being among the top of the QB class as well.
However, it is Oregon State's Sean Mannion who has really opened eyes with his play in the Pacific Northwest. Mannion lost his job in 2012, but regained it and doesn't look like he will relinquish it anytime soon. Five games into the season and it is the 6-foot-5 Mannion that leads the nation in passing, throwing for an impressive 2,018 yards thus far. The junior has also thrown for 21 touchdowns with just two interceptions. The Beavers dropped their season opener to FCS power Eastern Washington, but have won all four games since and look to be a real threat in the Pac-12.
The biggest beneficiary of Mannion's poise in the pocket has been 5-10 junior wideout Brandin Cooks, who has already caught a whopping 52 balls this season, turning them into 807 yards and nine touchdowns.
They aren't the most glamorous duo in the nation, but stopping them from putting up numbers at a record pace has been next to impossible.
The second half of the season will tell the tale for this pair, as ranked conference foes Stanford, Arizona State, Washington and Oregon are all on the docket. Still, early returns suggest that both Mannion and Cooks will get theirs win, lose or draw.
COMING OF AGE: Staying with the quarterback chatter, LSU's Zach Mettenberger made it known against Georgia that he isn't just a caretaker in Baton Rouge, but rather, a quarterback on the rise. Despite losing a classic shootout with the Bulldogs (44-41) this past weekend on the road, Mettenberger more than held his own, completing 23-of-37 passes, for a career-high 372 yards and three TDs in a mano-a-mano showdown with Georgia's Aaron Murray.
The two teams combined for 943 yards and 85 points in one of the best games this season and the play of Mettenberger was certainly front and center. The 6-5 senior made big play after big play, although coming up just short in the end.
On the season, Mettenberger has completed a healthy 64.1 percent of his passes, for 1,398 yards, with 13 touchdown passes against just one interception. That kind of poise under center will surely be needed in the second half of the season against teams like Florida, Ole Miss, Alabama and Texas A&M.
Mettenberger's performance against the Bulldogs though, may just be the momentum he needs to catapult himself to the next level.
It was East Carolina's Shane Carden and Oregon State's Sean Mannion that set the bar for quarterback play this week. Carden was too much for North Carolina, throwing for 376 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for three more scores in a rout of the Tar Heels. Meanwhile, Mannion continued his strong play by throwing for 414 yards and six touchdowns in a lopsided win over Colorado.
Other quarterbacks with big weeks included Nevada's Cody Fajardo (389 yards, passing 3 TDs, 81 yards rushing 2 TDs), LSU's Zach Mettenberger (372 yards, 3 TDs), North Carolina's Bryn Renner (366 yards, 3 TDs), Texas-El Paso's Jameill Showers (365 yards, 5 TDs), UCF's Blake Bortles (358 yards, 2 TDs), Arizona State's Taylor Kelly (351 yards, 3 TDs), Florida State's Jameis Winston (335 yards passing, 4 TDs, 77 yards rushing), Vanderbilt's Austyn Carta-Samuels (334 yards, 3 TDs), Duke's Brandon Connette (324 yards passing, 3 TDs, 55 yards rushing and 2 TDs), Fresno State's Derek Carr (324 yards, 3 TDs), Houston's John O'Korn (312 yards, 4 TDs), Hawaii's Sean Schroeder (321 yards, 3 TDs), Colorado State's (307 yards, 3 TDs), Georgia's Aaron Murray (298 yards, 5 TDs), Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase (278 yards, 5 TDs), BYU's Taysom Hill (177 yards passing, 165 yards rushing and 2 TDs) and Air Force's Karson Roberts (55 yards passing, 1 TD, 161 yards rushing, 2 TDs).
He is the most under-publicized running back in the country, but Western Kentucky's Antonio Andrews filled the stat sheet once again this week, rumbling for 182 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Navy.
Other running backs of note this week include New Mexico's Kasey Carrier (192 yards, 1 TD), East Carolina's Vintavious Cooper (186 yards), UNLV's Tim Cornett (179 yards, 3 TDs), Tennessee's Rajion Neal (169 yards, 1 TD), South Carolina's Mike Davis (167 yards, 3 TDs), San Diego State's Donnel Pumphrey (167 yards, 3 TDs), Washington's Bishop Sankey (161 yards, 1 TD), Boston College's Andre Williams (159 yards), Kent State's Trayion Durham (154 yards, 2 TDs), Colorado State's Kapri Bibbs (147 yards, 3 TDs), Iowa's Mark Weisman (147 yards), Bowling Green's Travis Greene (142 yards, 1 TD) and Texas State's Robert Lowe (138 yards, 3 TDs).
Oregon State's Brandin Cooks was once again the top receiver in the country, hauling in nine balls, for 168 yards and two touchdowns against Colorado.
Other pass catchers that gave Cooks a run for his money included UNLV's Devante Davis (10 catches, 164 yards, 3 TDs), SMU's Jeremy Johnson (11 catches, 159 yards, 1 TD), Colorado State's Rashard Higgins (6 catches, 156 yards, 2 TDs), Houston's Deontay Greenberry (9 catches, 149 yards, 1 TD), Duke's Jamison Crowder (7 catches, 149 yards, 1 TD), NC State's Bryan Underwood (5 catches, 148 yards, 1 TD), Toledo's Alonzo Russell (9 catches, 147 yards, 1 TD), Nevada's Aaron Bradley (11 catches, 135 yards, 1 TD) and Nevada's Brandon Wimberly (15 catches, 134 yards, one TD).
SNEAK PEEK: Three Top 25 matchups kickoff play in the month of October, highlighted by the Pac-12 showdown between 15th-ranked Washington and fifth- ranked Stanford. No rest for the weary in the Big Ten, as No. 4 Ohio State faces its second straight ranked opponent with a road trip to No. 16 Northwestern. Finally, newcomer to the poll, 25th-ranked Maryland will see if it deserves its spot in the poll with a tough matchup with eighth-ranked Florida State in Tallahassee.
Other games of interest include No. 12 UCLA at Utah (Thursday night), Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami-Florida, No. 6 Georgia at Tennessee and No. 22 Arizona State at Notre Dame.


text: Around the globe, many nations are realizing that the potential for bioterrorism isn't just about the U.S., officials say. And because an intentional introduction of bacteria, a virus or a toxin could happen anywhere, the World Organization for Animal Health is issuing a paper aimed at prevention. "Any emerging country that is beginning to think about maintaining international trade needs to be aware of the potential for bioterrorism," said Dr. Neville Clarke, special assistant to the Texas A&M University System's vice chancellor of agriculture. Clarke is lead author of "Bioterrorism: intentional introduction of animal disease," which appears in the animal health organization's journal Scientific and Technical Review this month. Preventing bioterrorism worldwide Around the globe, many nations are realizing that the potential for bioterrorism isn't just about the U.S., officials say. See full story here. First off, bioterrorism is not new. The intentional introduction of animal disease dates to the Middle Ages when "diseased carcasses and bodies were catapulted over enemy walls in attempts to induce sickness in humans or animals," Clarke wrote with co-author Jennifer L. Rinderknecht, Texas AgriLife Research assistant. Throughout time, similar practices ensued until 1975, when more than 160 countries at the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention agreed to prohibit biological warfare programs, the article noted. But, the authors say, evidence around the world indicates that the "development of biological agents continues in some countries." Clarke said that those farthest away from being prepared are the developing nations such as in Sub-Saharan Africa and Indonesia. He said the article would be helpful for nations that are wanting to protect their markets as they grow globally. The article discusses potential perpetrators and their methods, priority diseases, modern biology, trade and regulatory restraints as listed by the World Organization for Animal Health, which is headquartered in Paris and known as OIE for Office International des Epizooties. Clarke pointed to the live animal and fresh meat restrictions on imports from Brazil that are in place because there are still pockets of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in that South American country. "That impairs their ability to export to the U.S.," he said. "Trade restriction is one of the most important underlying issues that face countries. That makes bioterrorism everyone's business." While the article deals specifically with intentional introductions, Clarke said the "clean up and control is same" for either type event. "The only difference is in attribution," he said. "If an act is intentional, then the focus goes to finding out who did it." Source: Kathleen Phillips Texas A&M AgriLife Communications


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On the MakeUseOf site there's a recent post showing how you can create the "perfect PHP development environment" on your Android-based device. Obviously, it's much more useful on a tablet, but in theory it could be used on a smartphone.
It turns out you can actually code on Android productively. For the longest time, it has been accepted that whilst computers are for productivity and creativity, Tablets exist purely to allow the passive consumption of content. I believed that as well. I'm a software developer by trade, and I use a 13" Macbook Pro to write all my code. I wouldn't have it any other way. OS X comes with everything I need to be productive as a developer, and I've built my workflow around that. Android on the other hand? I've never really thought about writing code on Android. [...] But then I bought a decent Bluetooth keyboard, and everything changed. I've now built a PHP development environment around my 2012 Nexus 7 tablet, and I love it.
He breaks it down and shows some of the tools he uses for his development including the use of VIM Touch for editing and the Palapa Web Server for local hosting of his applications. Screenshots of the setup and configuration are also included.


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I love going through the photos in my cell phone! Why? Because I realize there are reviews I forgot to do! So today - from last month - it's Old Spaghetti Factory in Fairfield.
I've been dying for Olive Garden - still haven't gotten it - I know it's chainville and not "real" Italian food - but it's where me and my bestie back home would always go in my pre-Food Hussy days - so I have a special place in my heart for the OG. But we were not near one and came across OSF and decided to give it a try.
And for my friend @madasbirds - they have Gluten Free pasta!!!
It was okay but he didn't like it too much - he thought there would be more of a sauce. I liked it okay - but again - there wasn't much to it - tasted like buttered spaghetti with mushrooms and a little cheese.
Why Should You Go? Well - it's no OG! :-) But it's pretty good. I mean - we didn't love what we got - but the food was tasty and the service was good. If you're in Fairfield - it's a decent option for pasta.


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In 1880, the Pullman Palace Car Company opened a new factory on a patch of tallgrass prairie near Lake Calumet along the Illinois Central Rail Road. Here the company would manufacture its world-renowned sleeping cars, railcars outfitted with beds, lounges, and restaurants to make long-distance train travel not only comfortable but luxurious. The site was rather remote, some twelve miles south of downtown Chicago where most manufacturers had established their firms. But for George Mortimer Pullman, the company's founder, president, and namesake, the location was ideal. For upon this isolated and unsettled landscape, Pullman hoped not only to manufacture sleeping cars, but also a community. From the factory, Pullman hoped to establish a town that would not only be physically distant from Chicago, but also embody a more profound cultural difference from modern city life. To Pullman, the violent labor conflicts that racked the nation's cities over the last decades stemmed from the squalid conditions and immoral influences of city life. If working people could only live in refined, sanitary homes away from the temptations of dance halls, saloons, and labor unions, he believed, then they would not only be content but also morally improved. Pullman therefore situated his factory at the center of a town that bore his name, providing his workers with not only homes, but also stores, a school, and even a church.
But George Pullman's vision tells only part of the story of the neighborhood that continues to bear his name. The women and men who lived in Pullman's homes, worked in Pullman's shops, or were employed on Pullman's trains brought their own visions and expectations to this model town. Both collectively and individually, they refused to adhere to the company's vision of a quiescent worker, and many even challenged the company's more paternalistic attempts to control their lives. Factory workers organized unions and argued that Pullman's decision to offer his employees housing did not release him from paying a living wage. Pullman Porters, the attendants Pullman hired to wait upon the company's sleeping car passengers, also organized to challenge the company's prejudiced, and overbearing working conditions. A position that Pullman almost universally reserved for African Americans, Pullman Porters were never given the opportunity to live in the company's town. It was not until the town itself became embedded in the larger changes that transformed south Chicago throughout the twentieth century that African Americans moved to the community for the first time.
In the summer of 2011, the Scholl Center hosted two, one-week National Endowment for the Humanities' Landmarks in American History and Culture Workshops for community college faculty. The workshops were led by Janice L. Reiff, a former Scholl Center member and currently Associate Professor of History at the University of California at Los Angeles, and used Pullman's history as a window through which to explore the role of race, labor and urban development in the history of industrial America. In addition to visits to the Pullman community, the workshops also spent time in the Newberry's archives. The library's holdings of midwestern railroad companies is one of the Newberry's many strengths, and in addition to the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railraod, the Illinois Central Railroad, the Newberry is also the repository for the Pullman Company Archives. In fact, Reiff was instrumental in bringing Pullman's records to the library.
The Scholl Center digitized a number of Pullman Company records for the workshop and we're pleased to announce the publication of Pullman: Labor, Race, and the Urban Landscape in a Company Town, a web exhibit that tells Pullman's story in all its complexity. Through photographs, manuscripts, illustrations, and photos, the exhibit illuminates Pullman as the company town from which is began to the urban neighborhood it remains today. Along the way, it situates Pullman within the broader history of industrial America, exploring the ways in which both the town and the company highlight the imporance of race, labor, and urban development in American life. The exhibit is the first of its kind to consider the entirety of Pullman's history, featuring nearly three hundred items form the Newberry's collections.
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I didn't expect that much, but her new/first CD is lovely. I played it over and over this morning. If you followed her trajectory from frumpy spinster to exhausted Instant Celebrity, you may wonder if the fuss was worth it. I think the CD is great.
So do the more than 150,000 people who pre-ordered it.
Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times:
The selections blur the line between sacred and secular, as Ms. Boyle invests torch songs ("Cry Me a River," "The End of the World") and hymns ("How Great Thou Art" "Amazing Grace" and "Silent Night") with the same attitude of faithful perseverance against the odds. The closest thing to an uptempo number is a slowed-down rendition of the Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer."
In the most striking cut Ms. Boyle turns the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" into a starkly beautiful declaration of tenacity and resolution. Her "Cry Me a River," the least vengeful version I've heard, makes this gloating crow of emotional payback a reflection on cosmic balance. Or as Ms. Boyle puts it in her footnote: "a release of tension and a greater insight into the human condition." Madonna's hit "You'll See" is about much the same thing; in Ms. Boyle's words: "My way of getting rid of the labels which have been unfair."
The hushed mood of it all recalls Celine Dion's blockbuster hit "My Heart Will Go On," without the Celtic inflections and drier eyes. On an album without humor or melodrama, a devotional spirit reigns.


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1860-O $1 MS65+ Certification #22049628, PCGS #6950
Owner's Comments
The Rudolf specimen - one of the finest known. Superb rolling cartwheel luster with frosty cameo devices.
Expert Comments
Q. David BowersThe following narrative, with minor editing, is from my "Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia" (Wolfeboro, NH: Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc., 1993).
Coinage Context
Another export dollar: The 1860-O dollar was probably intended primarily for the export trade, which at the time was active through New Orleans (among other ports). Most were used in this way, although probably several tens of thousands were held domestically.
Numismatic Information
1860-O circulated grades: Examples in grades from Very Fine to About Uncirculated exist in fairly large numbers. See commentary under 1859-O for more information.
Availability of Mint State grades: It is believed by Walter H. Breen that 6,000 coins were released by the Treasury during the 1962-1964 distribution, although other opinions as to the quantity vary widely.
(Ron Severa in "Liberty Seated Dollars-Scarcity/Availability," Gobrecht Journal, March 1977, thought that just. 1,000 were released. Other estimates have ranged from 2,000 to 6,000.)
Nearly all of these coins were heavily bagmarked and today fall in the MS-60 or slightly finer category. In my opinion, the grading services have loosened their standards, for many 1859-O and 1860-O dollars that should have been graded MS-60 are found in slabs marked with slightly higher grades. Bruce Amspacher wrote this: "The average BU 1860-O dollar earned the nickname of 'Quaker Oats dollar,' because it looks like it was shot from guns." (Article, "Liberty Seated Dollars," in the Monthly Summary, Coin Dealer Newsletter, July-August, 1982.)
I have never seen an MS-64 or MS-65 coin from the Treasury hoard. When such higher graded coins come on the market they are usually from cabinets formed years earlier. See commentary under 1859-O for more information.
John W. Highfill's Comprehensive U.S. Silver Dollar Encyclopedia quotes John Love's recollection that he once had a bag of 1,000 Uncirculated pieces. In the same vein, John W. Dannreuther's commentary on a distribution was given as follows:
A bank in a small town in Arkansas wanted to give away a silver dollar as a promotion (opening a new account), so they ordered a bag of silver dollars from the New Orleans Federal Reserve. One of the Arkansas bank's officers happened to walk by one of the tellers and glanced in the cashier's drawer and said, "What are these?" The teller's response was, "Those are the dollars we are giving out in our promotion." The officer quickly stopped that promotion, but supposedly over half the bag had already been dispersed. A local customer of mine started buying them from the bank and eventually ended up with about a hundred or so of them. It is a great story and it is probably true.
Harry Forman in an interview with the author reported finding about 300 Mint State coins in a bag with about 700 1859-Os, although the "grapevine" long held that Harry had handled thousands of coins. John Love recalled handling 1,000 pieces (see above), and estimated that about 500 were distributed in Arkansas.
Dealer Steve Estes related the following: (Letter to the author, April 2, 1992.)
"A fellow by the name of Kent Oram was working in a bank in Las Vegas in 1964, and he discovered a bag of 1860-O dollars in a shipment from the Federal Reserve. He was smart enough to grab it .... From then until about 1967 he was in the coin business, and sold off the dollars."
Bruce Amspacher related this concerning 1860-O dollars released by the Treasury in the early 1960s: (Letter to the author, June 24,1992.)
When I went to coin shows in Oklahoma in the 1960s, Don Willis of Marlow, Oklahoma was always there and he always had a group of 1860-O dollars for sale. He even sold one for a huge price-$85. "It is really a nice one," he said, almost apologetically. I asked him about the coins at the June 1992 Long Beach show. He said that he and his then partner, Albert Stone, had purchased about 10 rolls in Arkansas in the late 1960s. Then, each year for the next several years, they bought 20 or 30 more coins each time they went to a certain pawnshop in Fort Smith. There was supposed to have been an "original bag" that broke there plus some rolls of 1859-O dollars that were found in a bag of Morgans. All of the coins were Uncirculated; most were heavily bagmarked.
My own experience is that 1860-O dollars were more often seen than 1859-Os in the 1960s. I believe that 1860-O is considerably the more plentiful of the two. PCGS data suggest that about 60 Mint State 1859-O dollars have been certified for every 100 1860-Os.
My estimate is that as it is fairly certain that 3,000 or more 1859-O dollars were released (see 1859-O above), and that the proportion of Mint State 1859-O to 1860-O today seems to be about 6 to 10, at least 5,000 1860-O dollars were released.
Circulation strikes:
1. Heavy Numerals: Breen-5464. Obverse: With heavy numerals in the date. Among those with "heavy" obverse numerals are found examples from a hoard believed to have been six bags of 1,000 coins each, or 6,000 coins totally, released by the Treasury Department in 1962-1964.
2. Light (or "thin") Numerals: Breen-5465. Obverse with light numerals in the date, from the logo-type not being punched deeply in the die. Reverse with heavy O mintmark.
3. Light (or "thin") Numerals: Breen-5466. Obverse with light numerals in the date. Reverse with light 0 mintmark.
Dies prepared: Obverse: Unknown; Reverse: Unknown
Circulation strike mintage: 515,000
Estimated quantity melted: Unknown
Characteristics of striking: Usually fairly well struck. Satiny rather than deeply frosty lustre; fields usually prooflike, especially on non-hoard coins.
Known hoards of Mint State coins: An estimated 6,000 Mint State coins plus an unknown quantity of worn coins were in the Treasury release of 1962-1964; nearly all of the Mint State pieces are heavily bagmarked.
The 1860-O is the most plentiful Liberty Seated dollar in Mint State, due to the availability of hoard coins.
Additional Information
Mint Sources of Silver
A retrospective commentary in the Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, 1867 (sic), noted, that the fiscal year ended June 30, 1860 represented the first time that Nevada silver had been deposited in any of the United States mints, during which year $102,540.57 worth was paid in. Much must have come from the Comstock Lode.
Prior to this, the main source of domestic silver had been in parting the metal from gold, rather than from specific silver deposits. It was not until fiscal year 1858 that silver deposits on their own came from elsewhere, during which year $15,623 was deposited in the mints from the Lake Superior district, followed in 1859 by $30,122.13 from the same source. 1859 also saw the first deposits of silver from North Carolina, amounting to $23,398.
1860, the first year of the Nevada silver deposit, was also the first year of deposit of silver from Arizona, ($135,357) and New Mexico ($1,200). This does not include silver parted from gold in any of these regions.
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- Business momentum continues with 13% revenue increase over the first quarter of last year, on a constant currency basis
- Declares dividend of NIS 0.78 (approximately US$0.204) per share
Givat Shmuel, Israel, – May 17th, 2012– Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ and TASE: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM software solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2012.
Highlights of Cimatron's results for this period include the following:
Record first quarter non-GAAP operating and net profit of $1.1M and $1.0M, respectively
- $0.11 non-GAAP earnings per share
- 69% year-over-year non-GAAP operating profit increase in Q1 2012
- 17% year-over-year new license revenue growth in Q1 2012, on a constant currency basis
- $2.4M positive cash flow from operating activities
Concurrently with the announcement of its results, Cimatron today also declared a cash dividend of NIS 0.78 (approximately US$0.204) per share on outstanding ordinary shares, representing a total dividend payment of approximately $1.9 million.
The dividend is payable on June 25, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 4, 2012.
Commenting on the results, Danny Haran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cimatron, noted "We are happy to report another strong quarter. As global manufacturing activity continues to expand, we are able to grow our business in all territories and across all product lines. While we remain cautious in light of the recent political developments in Europe, we are happy to see strong business in our key European markets, namely Germany and Italy, as well as in North America and Asia."
"We believe the strong year-over-year growth of license sales reflects our strong competitive position in our target markets, and our ability to translate product innovation into new business. Moreover, we were able to convert the revenue growth into strong cash flow and strong operating profit growth, making this quarter the best-ever Q1 in terms of non-GAAP operating and net profit." concluded Mr. Haran.
The following provides details on Cimatron's GAAP and non-GAAP results for the first quarter of 2012:
Revenues for the first quarter of 2012 increased by 11% to $9.9 million, from $8.9 million recorded in the first quarter of 2011.
Gross Profit for the first quarter of 2012 was $8.5 million as compared to $7.5 million in the same quarter of 2011. Gross margin in the first quarter of 2012 constituted 86% of revenues, compared to 85% in the same quarter of 2011.
Operating profit increased by 110% in the first quarter of 2012, to $0.9 million, from $0.4 million in the first quarter of 2011.
Net Profit for the first quarter of 2012 was $0.8 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, compared to a net profit of $0.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, recorded in the same quarter of 2011.
Revenues for the first quarter of 2012 increased by 11% to $9.9 million, from $8.9 million recorded in the first quarter of 2011.
Gross Profit for the first quarter of 2012 was $8.6 million, as compared to $7.7 million in the corresponding quarter of 2011. Gross margin in the first quarter of 2012 constituted 87% of revenues, the same as in the first quarter of 2011.
Operating Profit increased by 69% in the first quarter of 2012 to $1.1 million, from $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2011.
Net profit for the first quarter of 2012 was $1.0 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared to a net profit of $0.8 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, recorded in the same quarter of 2011.
Conference Call
Cimatron's management will host a conference call today, May 17th, 2012 at 9:00 EDT, 16:00 Israel time. On the call, management will review and discuss the results, and will answer questions by investors.
To participate, please call one of the following teleconferencing numbers. Please begin placing your call at least 5 minutes before the conference call commences.
International: +972-3-9180644
Israel: 03-9180644
For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay of the call will be available from the day after the call at the investor relations section of Cimatron's website, at: www.cimatron.com
Reconciliation between results on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis is provided in a table immediately following the Consolidated Statements of Income included herein. Non-GAAP financial measures consist of GAAP financial measures adjusted to include recognition of deferred revenues of acquired companies and to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets and deferred income tax, as well as certain business combination and other accounting entries. The purpose of such adjustments is to give an indication of our performance exclusive of non-cash charges and other items that are considered by management to be outside of our core operating results. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures, and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Our management regularly uses our supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions. We believe that these non-GAAP measures help investors to understand our current and future operating performance, especially as our two most recent acquisitions have resulted in amortization and
non-cash items that have had a material impact on our GAAP results. These non-GAAP financial measures may differ materially from the non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.
About Cimatron
With 30 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM software solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with software solutions for mold design, die design, electrode design, 2.5 to 5 Axis milling, wire EDM, turn, Mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron's shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange and the TASE under the symbol CIMT. For more information, please visit Cimatron's web site at: http://www.cimatron.com
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This press release includes forward looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements may relate to Cimatron's plans, objectives and expected financial and operating results. The words "may," "could," "would," "will," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," and similar expressions or variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Cimatron's ability to control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward looking statements include, but are not limited to: currency fluctuations, global economic and political conditions, market demand for Cimatron products and services, long sales cycles, new product development, assimilating future acquisitions, maintaining relationships with customers and partners, and increased competition. For more details about the risks and uncertainties related to Cimatron's business, refer to Cimatron's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cimatron cannot assess the impact of or the extent to which any single factor or risk, or combination of them, may cause. Cimatron undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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I have recently connected a Telstra Gen 2 modem to the NBN and it works great, however with a double brick house wifi was poor so I purchased a Gen 2 Booster. I followed the included setup guide and I cannot pair the booster (red light). If I use a LAN cable I can get a blue light, but when LAN removed, I get a red light even when the Booster is next to the modem. I tried pairing with LAN and without LAN, no success. However, if I connect the Booster to a LAN in another room, the light is blue, but the modem SSID is not extended, but I can see the Booster as a seperate SSID "TelstraWIFI-xxxxxx".
I've spent hours trying to get the Gen 2 Booster to work, appreciate any tips otherwise I will return it and get a traditional wifi extender.
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Hi Basa1 - I apologise in advance if you have already done this. As I understand it and just to clarify your configuration, is the Wi-Fi Booster 1 (WB1) LAN Port connected to Smart Modem LAN Port permanently. WB1 becomes your Master Booster Controller and supervises all remote WBs. The second remote Wi-Fi Booster 2 (WB2) unit is supervised by WB1 and registers its existence with WB1 (not sure if through Wi-Fi or Powerline). After pairing WB2 to WB1, you should see the Wi-Fi Booster Network - as you have indicated and then if you wish for convenience, change its SSID and password to the same as the Telstra Smart Modem so that all devices in your network can connect without reregistration.
If you have done this and not getting any synchronisation between WB1 and WB2, can you try a different power point in case communication between these units is using the electricity cables, like Ethernet Powerline Adapters do. Hope this helps.
Hi 343GuiltySpark - thanks for clarifying the control functionality with the Smart Modem 2 and the Wi-Fi Boosters arrangement - learning all the time. Wi-Fi Boosters, Extenders and Repeaters seem somewhat similar - in this case it appears that the setup sets the Wi-Fi Boosters as Repeaters under control of the Smart Modem 2. A LAN interconnect therefore should be more effective and stable if feasible. Given the alternative radio inter communication between the SM2 and the WB, in some environments, would Beamforming activated in the Smart Modem 2 misalign with the remote WB Repeaters? Cheers
Thanks for the additional information. I think its clearer now and hopefully I have understood the status quo properly. I got confused with the previous generation of Telstra Smart Wi-Fi Boosters ( assume Disks) which were always shipped in pairs, one WB had to be LAN cable connected to the Modem. The same condition applies with the Smart Wi-Fi Boosters Gen 2 (rectangular) if they are connected to the Telstra Smart Modem Gen1 or Telstra Frontier Modem only.
As you say in your post and reading the Telstra web pages, it appears that the Smart Wi-Fi Boosters Gen 2 don't require one WB dedicated to LAN connection and work in unison under the control of the Smart Modem 2 (Arcadyan only at this stage with Technicolor to follow with firmware update) in mesh architecture.
If current Telstra web information is accurate, it seems customers will receive two new Smart Wi-Fi Boosters Gen 2 units for $192 even if they only need one and Telstra is happy for the customer to have both. Good to have as spare or expansion. Thanks again for your feedback. Appreciated.
So Telstra are selling a product to customers knowing it will not work?????
Glad I saw this. I was about to order one of these WIFI extenders. Now I know it won't work with my Technicolour Gen 2 I'll get something from Officeworks that I know will work.
My apology to anyone who had the misfortune of stumbling across reading my above response. It seems that the formatting of my paragraphs was lost in the pasting of the text into the web page. Sorry.
Yes - I agree with you. The web site should be dynamically adjusted to currently limit you to the Arcadyan Modem and then introduce the Technicolor version when it passes testing. One never knows if the Technicolor version originally worked, then became a recent victim of an undocumented firmware upgrade conflict or feature - these things happen with software. I also like to re-use kit and think that the majority of simple home Wi-Fi networks can be extended with existing redundant routers people have in their homes. Everyone will have different requirements. As we transition to the NBN, I shudder to think of the millions of ADSL and HFC routers that are being displaced all around Australia.There will be 15 M Modem/Routers in service on completion of the NBN; some people have also received multiple new units from carriers for various reasons. Where spare equipment is not employed as Wi-Fi Access Points or LAN Switching, these unrequired redundant ones should, by Government policy, be recycled by carriers for overseas underdeveloped countries as the majority of them have no fault and work fine. Otherwise most of them will end up in land fill. All the best.
This is not really good enough is it?
I bought one of these last week and jut thought I had a faulty one until I found this thread.
The only advertised qualifier is the requirement for a Gen 2 Smart Modem, not a particular brand of Gen 2 Smart Modem. This product should not have been released until it was fit for purpose.
A situation best described as ordinary.
I have the same issue. has this been rectified??
Advice direct from the office of ....never mind.
A firmware update to enable compatibility of the Telstra Smart WiFi Booster 2 (M35H-MAP) with the Technicolor DJA0231TLS Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 with Voice Backup will be available on Tuesday 11 June 2019.
To ensure an automatic update make sure your modem is left on overnight.
Started getting deployed on Friday. Update will be 18.1.c.0347-950-RC
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I'm still on 18.1.c.0283-950-RA
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Stanford scientists aboard an icebreaker in the Arctic's remote Chukchi Sea have discovered a massive bloom of the microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton beneath the sea ice—a discovery that could affect the life of every seagoing creature in the Arctic, they reported Thursday.
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Those are fun games to watch, and this was the first game all year where everyone could sit back and enjoy the ride instead of worrying about how the Cubs would close it out. Scott Feldman got plenty of run support in this one as the Cubs exploded for nine runs, their largest output of the season. Feldman will gladly take the run support but really didn't need it, he was brilliant for the second straight outing, and has really been a pleasant surprise all year-long. Tonight was a preview of what the Cubs want to be every night, solid at bats, deep counts, using the whole field, and solid starting pitching. The trick is doing this consistently, it's not there yet, but I think it's heading in the right direction. The Cubs were holding a tenuous 1-0 lead into the fourth inning when they exploded for five runs en route to a 9-2 victory, and a delayed series win over the Rangers..
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Three months after Ashton Kutcher filed for divorce, Demi Moore is firing back with her own response.
On Thursday, the 50-year-old actress filed her own papers in Los Angeles Superior Court, and while that's not particularly shocking, the fact that she's seeking money from him is.
In the official documents, Moore has checked the boxes asking for the petitioner, Kutcher, to pay her legal fees as well as spousal support.
Her request to have him pay up is interesting considering that she's believed to be worth far more than the 35-year-old actor. But although she has barely worked in the past few years (her 2012 movie with Miley Cyrus, "LOL," made fans do exactly that -- it went straight to DVD), Kutcher, of course, is one of the highest-paid TV stars, earning $24 million a year on CBS' "Two and a Half Men." And lucky for Moore, he joined the show before they split in November 2011 after six years of marriage.
So what does it all mean? Los Angeles attorney Marlo Van Oorschot tells omg! that according to Moore's filing, she "has not made an official request for the court to determine spousal support at this time. Rather, she has set forth in her Response to the Petition a request for spousal support as a way to preserve her rights to formally seek support during or at the conclusion of the divorce. Whether or not Moore will actually receive support will be dependent upon both parties' financial conditions ... There are many factors to be take into account in determining the ultimate issue of spousal support."
Moore and Kutcher have traveled separate paths since she ended their relationship, following reports that he had cheated with a college student. Almost immediately, Kutcher began seeing writer-director Lorene Scafaria and even spent the holidays with her in Italy. In January 2012, Moore was hospitalized following what was reportedly an incident with drugs, and she subsequently entered rehab.
Although Moore seemed to be back on a healthy track, Kutcher's very public romance with his former "That '70s Show" co-star, Mila Kunis, reportedly sent Moore back into a downward spiral. In early December, she was seen partying hard at Art Basel in Miami, and embarrassing photos surfaced of the mother of three appearing out-of-it and dancing wildly. Two weeks later, Kutcher filed for divorce.
Since then, she's been linked to Lindsay Lohan's former boyfriend, Pink Taco restaurant owner Harry Morton, 31.
So, do you think Moore is right to ask Kutcher to pay up?
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