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SC12 AMD, a company that knows a thing or two about building powerful graphics processors, has whipped out a card that has more flops than either Nvidia's K20 high-end GPUs or Intel's x86-based Xeon Phi coprocessors.
That's one sure way to cut through all the noise that Nvidia and Intel are making about their just-released offerings: performance.
Like other double-whammy products out there, whether they're CPUs or GPUs, the FirePro S10000 has to gear back the clock speeds on the "Graphics Core Next" GCN) GPUs on the card so it doesn't overheat or cause the server or workstation into which it is lovingly slipped to burst into flame.
FirePro, indeed.
In the Radeon HD 7870 and 7850 cards introduced in March, the GCN GPUs are clocked at 1GHz and 860MHz, respectively. The FirePro S10000 card sports two of AMD's high-end "Tahiti" GPUs spinning at 825MHz.
Each Tahiti GPU has 1,792 stream processors, just like in the single Tahiti GPU used in the existing FirePro S9000 card. But that single-GPU card runs the cores at 900MHz and the GDDR5 graphics memory at 5.5GHz to deliver its 3.23 teraflops of single-precision and 806 gigaflops of double-precision floating point performance.
With the FirePro S10000, not only is the GPU geared down to 825MHz, but the memory is similarly downshifted to 5GHz. The memory interface is 384-bit wide on each GPU, with two blocks of GDDR5 memory yielding a total of 6GB. (This could be a little skinny on the memory for some HPC workloads, given that the S9000 card has 6GB of memory for one Tahiti GPU.) Each GPU can access 240GB/sec of memory bandwidth linking to each 3GB chunk of GDDR5 memory.
Because the card is double-stuffed, it can deliver a very impressive 5.91 teraflops SP and 1.48 teraflops DP in peak floating point oomph.
The FirePro S10000 dual-GPU card
By doubling up the GPUs on the card, the thermal design point goes up to 375 watts, compared to 225 watts for the single-GPU S9000, and if you are trying to cram as much floppage as you can get into a server or workstation, this is a good tradeoff.
The S9000 costs $2,499 at list price while the S10000 costs $3,599, and if you do the math the S10000 delivers $6.48 per DP teraflops per watt, while a pair of S9000s will give you $6.89 per DP teraflops per watt.
That's not much of an improvement, mind you, but recall that the S10000 takes up only one x16 slot in a server or workstation, and two S9000s will eat up two slots.
The cost of each SP or DP flops is a bit lower with the S10000, too – to be precise, 21.3 per cent. So for companies wanting to build GPU-goosed clusters or workstations, the S10000 is going to be preferred over the S9000 because it eats up less space and delivers better value.
The S10000 is not just a compute engine for OpenCL applications; it's also a video card if you want to use it for visualization. (Or, for some workloads, you might use a bunch of these for compute and then shift over to visualization when the number-crunching is done.)
The S10000 has one DVI port and four Mini DisplayPorts. The card supports AMD's Eyefinity multiple-display feature, but does not support its CrossFire feature, which allows the ganging up of multiple GPUs to drive a single display two, three, or four times faster if you add that many cards. (If you do that, you either don't have children or you are the coolest dad in the neighborhood.)
You have to have a pretty fat power supply to use an S10000, of course, and the question then becomes how many of these FirePro S10000s can you cram into the workstation or the server before the fire marshall comes around.
AMD says that you need a PCI-Express 2.0 or 3.0 x16 slot to use this card, and a 3.0-generation slot is preferable to get the best performance. That means you need a workstation or a server using the Xeon E3-1200 v2 or Xeon E5 processor from Intel, since these are the only machines that support PCI-Express 3.0 at the moment.
You need a box with a 750 watt or higher power supply with two 150 watt PCI-Express AUX 8-pin power connectors. And with three fans needed to cool the card itself, you might want to have a pretty powerful cooling system for your chassis, as well.
Your server or workstation needs to have 2GB of system memory, and you need to be running Linux or Windows Vista, 7, 8, or Server 2008 R2 SP1.
And yes, it can play Crysis. ®


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Advice for Americans Traveling to France
Editor's Note: This letter read on-air was sent to us by Patti McGuire. We don't know where she found it, or who the original author is. Hey, we'd give credit if we did, so back off! And if you know the original source, drop us a line.
Dear Tom and Ray,
A friend of mine forwarded this travel advisory to me. I thought you would appreciate it, knowing what francophiles you are (no offense).
Au revoir!
Patti McGuire (not French)
"The following advisory for American travelers heading for France was compiled from information provided by the U.S. State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and some very expensive spy satellites that the French don't know about. It is intended as a guide for American travelers only. No guarantee of accuracy is ensured or intended.
"General Overview: France is a medium-sized foreign country situated in the continent of Europe. It is an important member of the world community, though not nearly as important as it thinks. It is bounded by Germany, Spain, Switzerland and some smaller nations of no particular consequence and with not very good shopping.
"France is a very old country with many treasures, such as the Louvre and EuroDisney. Among its contributions to western civilization are champagne, Camembert cheese and the guillotine. Although France likes to think of itself as a modern nation, air conditioning is little used, and it is next to impossible to get decent Mexican food. One continuing exasperation for American visitors is that the people willfully persist in speaking French, though many will speak English if shouted at. As in any foreign country, watch your change at all times.
"The People: France has a population of 54 million people, most of whom drink and smoke a great deal, drive like lunatics, are dangerously oversexed and have no concept of standing patiently in line. The French people are in general gloomy, temperamental, proud, arrogant, aloof and undisciplined--and those are their good points. Most French citizens are Roman Catholic, though you would hardly guess it from their behavior. Many people are communists, and topless sunbathing is common. Men sometimes have girls' names like Marie, and they kiss each other when they hand out medals.
"American travelers are advised to travel in groups and to wear baseball caps and colorful trousers for easier mutual recognition.
"Safety: In general, France is a safe destination, though travelers are advised that, from time to time, it is invaded by Germany. By tradition, the French surrender more or less at once and, apart from a temporary shortage of Scotch whiskey and increased difficulty in getting baseball scores and stock market prices, life for the visitor generally goes on much as before. A tunnel connecting France to Britain beneath the English Channel has been opened in recent years to make it easier for the government to flee to London.
"History: France was discovered by Charlemagne in the Dark Ages. Other important historical figures are Louis XIV, the Huguenots, Joan of Arc, Jacques Cousteau and Charles de Gaulle, who was president for many years and is now an airport.
"Government: The French form of government is democratic but noisy. Elections are held more or less continuously and always result in a runoff. For administrative purposes, the country is divided into regions, departments, districts, municipalities, cantons, communes, villages, cafes, booths and floor tiles.
"Parliament consists of two chambers, the Upper and Lower (though, confusingly, they are both on the ground floor), whose members are either Gaullists or communists, neither of whom are to be trusted, frankly. Parliament's principal preoccupations are setting off atomic bombs in the South Pacific and acting indignant when anyone complains.
"According to the most current State Department intelligence, the president now is someone named Jacques. Further information is not available at this time.
"Culture: The French pride themselves on their culture, though it is not easy to see why. All their songs sound the same, and they have hardly ever made a movie that you would want to watch for anything but the nude scenes. And nothing, of course, is more boring than a French novel (except, perhaps, an evening with a French family).
"Cuisine: Let's face it, no matter how much garlic you put on it, a snail is just a slug with a shell on its back. Croissants, on the other hand, are excellent, though it is impossible for most Americans to pronounce this word. In general, travelers are advised to stick to cheeseburgers at leading hotels such as Sheraton and Holiday Inn.
"Economy: France has a large and diversified economy, second only to Germany's in Europe, which is surprising because people hardly work at all. If they are not spending four hours dawdling over lunch, they are on strike and blocking the roads with their lorries and tractors. France's principal exports, in order of importance to the economy, are wine, nuclear weapons, perfume, guided missiles, champagne, high-caliber weaponry, grenade launchers, land mines, tanks, attack aircraft, miscellaneous armaments and cheese.
"Public Holidays: France has more holidays than any other nation in the world. Among its 361 national holidays are 197 saints' days, 37 National Liberation Days, 16 Declaration of Republic Days, 54 Return of Charles de Gaulle in Triumph as if He Won the War Single-Handed Days, 18 Napoleon Sent into Exile Days, 17 Napoleon Called Back from Exile Days and 112 France Is Great and the Rest of the World Is Rubbish Days. Other important holidays are National Nuclear Bomb Day (January 12), the Feast of Ste. Brigitte Bardot Day (March 1) and National Guillotine Day (November 12).
"Conclusion: France enjoys a rich history, a picturesque and varied landscape, and a temperate climate. In short, it would be a very nice country if it weren't inhabited by French people. The best thing that can be said for it is that it is not Germany.
"A Word of Warning: The consular services of the United States government are intended solely for the promotion of the interests of American businesses such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut and the Coca-Cola Corporation. In the event that you are the victim of a crime or serious injury involving at least the loss of a limb, report to the American Embassy between the hours of 5:l5 a.m. and 5:20 a.m. on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and a consular official who is supremely indifferent to your plight will give you a list of qualified dentists or something similarly useless. Remember, no one ordered you to go abroad. Personally, we always take our holidays at Miami Beach, and you are advised to as well.
"Thank you and good luck."

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The WMF 1 is a coffee pad/pod/whatever-based single-serve coffee machine, which integrates your cup into its minimalist cubic design that's not much bigger than a couple of books. The cliche Mac-whiteness can be livened up with your choice of four colors for the lining. Exciting, I know. After dumping in the water and pressing a button, it only takes a minute to brew your coffee.
Personally, I prefer a French press, which is equally minimalist and probably brews better coffee, if you know what you're doing. No price for the WMF 1 yet, but minimalist + white = not cheap.
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NEA President Dennis Van Roekel: shared sacrifice is the right call
President Obama's deficit reduction plan would put country on road to economic recovery
WASHINGTON - September 19, 2011 -
President Barack Obama today released his much-awaited deficit reduction plan, which includes a combination of targeted spending cuts and tax increases. A key component of the proposal is the "Buffett Rule" calling on millionaires to pay their fair share in taxes. The plan comes on the heels of the president's proposal, the American Jobs Act, which would get more Americans working again by modernizing the nation's aging schools and putting teachers and support staff back to work.
"President Obama's plan is welcome news for millions of families struggling around the country," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "As Congress and the Obama administration tackle the deficit, we hope they will keep the safety net to protect millions of vulnerable families, including the one third of America's children who get their health coverage through Medicaid."
"The president is making the tough choices to get our nation's fiscal house in order," noted Van Roekel. "We welcome his timely call for shared sacrifice, especially among the wealthiest Americans. We applaud his effort to ensure that working families aren't taking the brunt of our country's economic crisis."
"The president's debt reduction plan creates the right framework for long-term economic growth," said Van Roekel. His bold American Jobs Act would put hundreds of thousands of educators back in schools and classrooms instead of on the unemployment line. Most importantly, his economic vision will help kids and families in poverty, put people back to work, and put the country on the road to economic prosperity again."
"Now more than ever, we need politicians to work together to strike the right balance and demand shared sacrifice from all of us. Not doing anything about the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression is not an option," concluded Van Roekel.
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The Board's meetings, which are open to the public, are held every two months in Washington, DC. At least one meeting every year is held outside the Washington area and is structured as a town meeting. The Board's bylaws provide that Board meetings be held on the Wednesday following the second Tuesday of every other month. The meeting dates for future committee and Board meetings are listed below. The first day listed is a Monday in the event there is a need for a three-day Board meeting. Under its fragrance-free policy, the Board requests that all participants refrain from wearing perfume, cologne and other fragrances, and use unscented personal care products in order to promote a fragrance-free environment at its meetings and other public events.
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Ralph Bass of Wagner Kia and Tonny Bonilla of Herb Chambers yesterday teamed up in a promotion for alternative fuel vehicles, but neither man was about to abandon his competitive side, which all serious car salesmen must cultivate and nurture to survive in the business.
At issue was which car had the best fuel efficiency, the Kia Optima hybrid, a new kid on the block when it comes to hybrid cars, or the Toyota Prius Plug-in.
Mr. Bass pointed out that two drivers had set a Guinness World Record of 64.55 miles per gallon driving the Kia Optima Hybrid.
Mr. Bonilla, noting that the Prius Plug-in gets about 95 mpg equivalent in its electric mode and 50 mpg operating as a regular hybrid, took umbrage that Kia Optima was more fuel efficient than his cars.
He suggested that the Kia Optima World Record drivers must have employed a number of shenanigans, such as driving downhill with their engines off.
What is important here, however, is not which car has the better fuel efficiency, but that both cars are offering fuel efficiency significantly higher than what was available only five years ago.
That was when President George Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Among other provisions, the law set a mandatory renewable fuel standard, requiring fuel producers to use at least 36 billion gallons of biofuel in 2022. It also set a national fuel economy standard of 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
The act provided up to $3,400 in tax credits for most efficient hybrid cars, and $4,000 for compressed natural gas vehicles.
While most of those tax credits expired as of December 2010, the government is now offering up to $7,500 in tax credits for electric cars and plug-in hybrids such as the Prius.
In addition to hybrid cars, a number of automakers are also investing in clean diesel technology.
Speaking recently at the Automotive News World Congress, Roland Hwang of National Resources Defense Council noted the turnaround automakers have made in embracing rather than fighting fuel efficiency legislation.
�No longer is there a huge gulf between environmentalists and the auto industry,� he said.
That might be the case, but another gulf appears to be opening between some members of Congress on just how much should be spent on spurring clean energy technology.
President Barack Obama, who is pushing for greater investment in this area, earlier this year issued new standards that will require automakers to further increase the average fuel efficiency of their vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
Mr. Obama contends that the move will help reduce oil consumption by 12 billion barrels.
Some members of Congress and groups such as the Alliance of Automobile Manufactures, however, say the standards might adversely impact consumers, �who will be asked to buy and drive vehicles our government is potentially demanding the car companies build.�
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney calls the increased fuel efficiency standards �extreme.�
A recent New York Times article noted that Mr. Romney has committed to increasing drilling for oil and gas inland and on the coastline, to transporting oil from Canada to the United States, to end wind and solar subsidies and to scale back regulations that discourage the burning of coal for electricity.
But even without federal subsidies, the growth in alternative fuel technology will likely continue, according to Dan Morin, director of the automotive technology program at Quinsigamond Community College, and who organized the promotional event.
It was part of the National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey, an annual event designed to educate the public on the importance of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles. A WRTA hybrid bus and a BMW ActiveHybrid 3 were also on display.
�The technology is wonderful and it is here, people just haven�t accepted it yet,� Mr. Morin said.
Mr. Morin, who will be offering an automotive course in alternative fuel technology this spring, is right.
Hybrid car sales represent about 3 percent of new car sales, but that could also be changing.
Sales of plug-in hybrids such as the Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius, for example, have jumped 381 percent to more than 13,000 cars in the first half of this year, according to some consumer reports.
It is possible that the growth in alternative fuel technology can survive without government assistance, but it would be a national disgrace if it were to be sabotaged by politicians who are still wedded to big oil.


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Submitted by David Grant on
There are a couple sources of information out there on how to do this:
- petroleumjelliffe.com describes how to "Make Outlook Work Like GMail" however it does not explain how to get sent messages to go into the inbox and not be marked as read (this is explained in the comments, however)
- richardgoodwin.com explains how to "Sort your mail in Outlook" which makes it look a bit more like GMail except he sorts by date rather than by Conversation Index (which is better).
Here's how to do it all (at least for Outlook 2003), all documented for you here in one place:
The first thing you need to do is make messages you send get put in the Inbox. An additional thing you need to do is make them get marked as read (otherwise you'll always have tons of un-read messages from yourself in your inbox).[img_assist|nid=277|title=Outlook Gmail Rules and Filters|desc=This is what my "Rules and Alerts" look after after adding a "CC send messages to inbox" rule and a "Mark messages from self as read" rule.|link=none|align=center|width=435|height=335]
The next thing you need to do is make your e-mails show up in something that somewhat resembles GMails conversations. I set "Group By..." to "Conversation (ascending) and "Sort..." to Conversation (index).[img_assist|nid=278|title=Outlook Gmail Customized View Options|desc=This is what my customized view options look like after grouping by conversation and sorting by conversation index.|link=none|align=center|width=477|height=326]
Now your inbox should look a lot nicer now and finally, click on the column "Newest on top" to have them sorted by date properly and your Inbox should look as shown in the image.[img_assist|nid=279|title=Outlook Gmail Final Result|desc=This is what my inbox looks like|link=none|align=center|width=496|height=599]
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Thomas replied on Permalink
Great advice, and it looks
Great advice, and it looks very practical.
I tried this with Outlook 2007. The customizing settings are great - but I'm having some trouble with setting rules.
There is a rule that allows me to cc' myself on all e-mail sent - but I rather not use it because it appears as just that - I'm cc'ing myself on every e-mail, looks silly and unprofessional.
Instead there's a rule that says "Copy sent items to Inbox" so I set it. Now the e-mails that I send are copied into my inbox but they are marked as new e-mails. So I tried to set the second rule, but it's not registering that these e-mails are "From" me - and so they're not being set as read. Rather frustrating - any ideas?
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David Grant replied on Permalink
I might have tried that already
IMO, it doesn't look unprofessional if you CC yourself on every email. What is more unprofessional is the fact that Outlook doesn't allow you to BCC yourself on every email.
Because you are doing a "copy" those emails are treated differently than ones that you CC'd to yousrelf. Those "copied" emails are probably not going to get passed through the normal outlook filters. In fact I think I tried your method first, and after realizing this problem and the probable cause, I CC'ed them to myself instead. Again, if there was a Bcc option that would be perfect.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Use flag as (Blank) in (Blank) days
Use "flag as (Blank) in (Blank) days". I did flag as Read in 0 days. (Office 2010)
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Magno101 replied on Permalink
If you want to BCC, you can
If you want to BCC, you can create a custom form to use (instead of the default outlook form) and add yourself in the BCC field. This way every new message is sent using that form.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Will attachments get stripped?
From your link:
"However, using a published custom form as a substitute for the default message form is a very bad idea, as it will likely annoy non-Outlook recipients and prevent them from getting any attachments you send them."
So will your custom form for BCC to self addition have this problem?
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
VBA code to automatically BCC
Just press alt-F11 to bring up VBA and copy the following code to your built-in ThisOutlookSession:
Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, _
Cancel As Boolean)
Dim objRecip As Recipient
Dim strMsg As String
Dim res As Integer
Dim strBcc As String
On Error Resume Next
strBcc = "email@example.com"
Set objRecip = Item.Recipients.Add(strBcc)
objRecip.Type = olBCC
If Not objRecip.Resolve Then
strMsg = "Could not resolve the Bcc recipient. " & _
"Do you want still to send the message?"
res = MsgBox(strMsg, vbYesNo + vbDefaultButton1, _
"Could Not Resolve Bcc Recipient")
If res = vbNo Then
Cancel = True
End If
End If
Set objRecip = Nothing
End Sub
I used this, works perfectly and no custom forms or anything like that.
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deBB replied on Permalink
This works perfect, one
This works perfect, one question, is there a way to set it up as like a redirect so I can see the additional to people in gmail? it shows up as from me. I just want a way to back up my sent email to my gmail folder automatically.
Thanks for your help
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Sarah replied on Permalink
Worked the first Day
I used this VB code and it worked the first day perfectly. Then it hasn't worked since. Any ideas?
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Newest on top column
I'm using this solution in Outlook 2003 but I have to revert to Group by Conversation (ascending) and Sort by Received (descending), as in Richard Goodwin's example. The reason is that I can't find a "Newest on top" column to click on. Is that a custom column?
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David Grant replied on Permalink
I don't click on any of the
I don't click on any of the columns or anything. I just set it up as shown in the screenshots. The "Newest on top" and "Conversation" columns only appear when I resize my Inbox pane to be fairly narrow. If I resize it to be wide, then I don't see it, I see the usual, From, Subject, Received, etc...
What you should do is change the Sorting in the view configuration to be first Conversation Index (ascending), then Received (descending). I tried it and it works.
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Paul Kingtiger replied on Permalink
Column titles change when window is narrow.
Does anyone know of a way to preserve the look you get when the window is narrow (Conversation and Newest on top titles only) but with the window maximised?
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TR replied on Permalink
Display Indented Level
Hi - I'm using Outlook 2007, and while using these settings does sort everything correctly, my conversations do not indent as the go down, as shown in your screen shot. How did you set it up to do this, it makes the readability much easier.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
where's the beef?
thanks for your post.
A suggestion for improvement:
After you say: "The first thing you need to do is make messages you send get put in the Inbox" - you might consider explaining how to actually set up the CC to self rule, rather than just showing a picture of the rules. I've been thumbing around for 10 minutes now, and can't find anything that looks like that rule to set up.
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David Grant replied on Permalink
CC all outgoing to yourself
It's actually not that complicated. You just need to CC all outgoing messages to yourself. It's not a "copy message to Inbox" action though, as far as I remember.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
no need to cc yourself
Why not just create a search folder that includes your sent items, and then apply this view to that folder? You can then remove your actual inbox from the favorites folder so it doesn't get in the way.
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Noel replied on Permalink
What about old emails?
This idea is good when you are starting to use some mailbox from day one but what if you are already using outlook for 4 year old Gmail account and you want to sort emails like Gmail?
This trick doesn't help old mailbox, does it?
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David Grant replied on Permalink
Of course it does, just drag
Of course it does, just drag all your old emails in to one folder, including all your sent emails.
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To make it easier
Hi there,
I found the following description:
I used your ideas with the example of the website above. From that website I take the All Mail folder idea.
This way you do not need to CC yourself in all mails. This saves you a lot of time, energy and storage space ;-)
Hope it helped.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Patricks suggestion is good
I like the "All Mail" search folder idea.
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Tony replied on Permalink
Patrick's suggestions and
Patrick's suggestions and link are great! Much easier. Thanks!
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
The only thing left...
Now I just need to figure how to mimic the "archive" functionality of gmail wherein if someone responds to an email that you've archived, the whole conversation reappears.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
have you found a solution to
have you found a solution to this yet?
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Mykl replied on Permalink
Here's how I did it for Outlook 2007
I went to my sent folder and right-clicked on an email and selected 'Create Rule'.... then made a rule:
Apply this rule after the message arrives from ME assign it to the 'Sent Mail' category and move it to the 'Inbox' folder.
(I moved it so that my outlook file doesnt get huge from having duplicate emails.)
Then I created another rule in the same fashion with these criteria:
Apply this rule after the message arrives from ME mark it read.
Then I went to the inbox and right-clicked on the column headers and chose 'Customize Current View'. I set the following options:
'Group By...' = Conversation (ascending).
'Sort...' = Received (descending), Conversation Index (ascending)
That way, all of my sent email are organized with the conversation and any new mail automatically brings the conversation to the top of the list. I found if I didn't sort by Received, it wouldn't bring new conversations up.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Thanks for the info. I just set my Outlook up like this here at work and I love it! I know this is an old post, but I found it really helpful.
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Still not a perfect solution
Outlook uses the subject field to group mail not the mail message headers. Thunderbird & Evolution group/thread mail properly even if the subject field is altered.
Relying on the subject field being static is a very bad assumption.
Outlook will group all mail that has blank subject field !
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Update Original Tip, Please
Dave, Could you re-write your original tip to include of the the suggestions above and update for Outlook 2007? Thanks!
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amir replied on Permalink
how to create rules for mark as read
I was trying to follow the steps you describe above, but couldnt creat "mark as read from self email " rules.
kindly me guide the steps.
thank you
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
myFolder2.Items.Sort "[Received]", True
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patrick88e replied on Permalink
Outlook 2007 filter
Here is another way of doing it.
Go to Tools>Rules>New Rule>Check messages after sending
1- |_| with specific words in subject or body
2- with a in subject or body
3- move a copy to the Inbox folder.
4- Click Finish
Caveat: if you send messages with no in the sub or body (e.g. "LOL"), nothing will happen.
You can also do this with this Rule. Select
1-with specific recipients
2-with a @ in address
(Caveat, if you send a message with nobody in the To field, then nothing will happen.)
Any email that you send
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Anonymous replied on Permalink
Just a note to this, If you
Just a note to this, If you send emails out with the same subject you may run into problems i send out emails to users in the company and it will lump them all into one conversation so instead of Attention - Software updates required i have to do Attention - Software updates required - computer# so that the emails are tied to a specific pc.
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d51akr replied on Permalink
Use a Search Folder
no need for rules and filters to automatically save sent messages and move to inbox.
1. Enable auto save:
Menu > Tools > Options > Email Options
CHECK Save copies of messages in Sent Items folder.
2. Create a Search Folder to include Inbox and Sent Items.
This works great as it doesn't move emails around - especially relevant when you have mobile access to your Exchange account.
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Split replied on Permalink
I've got this all working pretty well, but now I need to know how you've got the messages tabbed by reply index. Is that even possible? I suppose it could just be a photoshop trick...
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Jeff Larsen replied on Permalink
How I did it in Outlook 2007
Please see my Blog Post for a more sophisticated way to getting your sent messages to appear in your inbox using Gmail-style labels and search folders. It addresses many of the concerns brought up in the comments here and includes clear step-by-step directions.
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George replied on Permalink
Arrange by Date while Messages by Conversation
I like this solution, but it still missing the one thing I like about Outlook: That it groups all my emails by dates, so I can know what emails came in on Mon, Tue, Last week, Last Month, etc.
I am using Outlook 2007--company has no incline into moving to 2010. I wanted exactly what this accomplishes, however I still wanted to have everything be grouped by date as well.
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This weekend marks the end of a magical era. We're bidding a huge farewell to Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and the rest of the Hogwarts stalwarts.
But before we leave Harry Potter's world forever, let's take a minute to remember where this all began — with a collection of the original screen tests and casting tapes, from some of our favorite wizards and witches.
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Platkin Uncovers What's Going On Inside To Help Change The Outside
NEW YORK, January 8, 2009�Some of us need an extra hand, both physically and emotionally, in order to get on the right track. Beginning April 25th at 10pm I 9c on WE tv, nutrition and public health advocate Charles Stuart Platkin helps both women and men become more aware of unhealthy lifestyle choices that are leading them down a negative path . In the new original intervention series, I WANT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE, Platkin, known as the Diet Detective, goes undercover with help from the participant's friends, family and or co-workers, following the unsuspecting subject on her or his daily routines -- from preparing breakfast for their children, to the fast food drive-through during their lunch break, to a quick stop at the local coffee shop -- identifying their negative patterns and pitfalls every step of the way. The key, according to Platkin, is uncovering what's going on inside their lives to help them change the outside. And once he does, there's no escaping the truth.
I WANT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE features individuals from all backgrounds � the single mom who puts herself last on the priority list; the comedian who uses his wit to hid behind his weight; the attorney who uses food to de-stress. No matter what their background or profession, no matter what their weakness, they are real people who need to make real changes in order to save themselves. While they all have a desire to live a healthier life, up until now, they haven't been able to do it alone. During each half-hour episode, Platkin moves in to the participant's life for a week, working with them 24/7 to provide the necessary awareness and tools that will make the difference in their everyday lives.
Platkin, who has dedicated his life to the area of nutrition and public health, understands firsthand the causes and struggles that contribute to an unhealthy lifestyle having been overweight until his early 30s. He's lost more than 50 pounds and kept it off more than 10 years. �It's important to have overall goals relating to nutrition, fitness, food and the underlying causative behaviors that lead to weight gain. However, it's the micro-moments that end up mattering most-- and it's the micro-choices - the choices we make in the moment -- who make up who we are.�
Cameras follow Platkin as he works with participants to help them to help themselves. He provides unique and entertaining methods to get healthy messages to sink in. For instance, people learn how to convert calories to exercise equivalents, even making them walk while holding their favorite �unhealthy� food like chocolate cake or a burrito supreme, to demonstrate how long it takes to burn things off. Once the foundation is set, Charles provides them with a game plan for a better life along with the promise of continued support through phone, text and email. Two to five months later, he visits them at their homes to see how they've been doing. Will he see them maintaining their healthy lifestyle or back down the road of unhealthy living?
Visit www.WEtv.com/saveyourlife for exclusive I WANT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE content. Video of Charles provides healthy tips for every life stage and how to help your whole family live healthier. Blogs from series individuals give behind-the-scenes insight into each person's struggle, along with before and after slideshows to show their transformations. Additional extras include, in-depth episode guide, comprehensive bios, a community forum for discussion, and more video only available on WEtv.com
CHARLES STUART PLATKIN JD, MPH is one of the country's leading nutrition and public health advocates, whose syndicated health, nutrition and fitness column appears in more than 100 daily newspapers nationally. Platkin is also the founder of DietDetective.com, a nutrition, food, fitness and wellness resource. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, a law degree from Fordham University, and a Masters in Public Health from Florida International University. He is also a ACE certified personal trainer and is currently a PhD Candidate in public health (2009). He is an Adjunct Professor at the Robert Stempel School of Public Health at Florida International University in Miami. He is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Obesity Association, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Society for Public Health Education, Society for Nutrition Education, The American Public Health Association, Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society), the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and the American Council on Exercise.
He is also the author of five books. His first book, "Breaking the Pattern" was a bestseller in hardcover. His latest books are The Diet Detective's Count Down (Simon and Schuster, 2007) and The Diet Detective's Calorie (Simon and Schuster, 2007).
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WE tv (www.WEtv.com) is the premier source for women looking to satisfy their curiosity with fascinating, original stories and entertaining, informative content that is relevant to key stages of their lives. Available in more than 72 million homes, WE tv's programming gives viewers compelling perspectives on women's lives that range from provocative to extraordinary, including signature series like "Bridezillas" and critically-acclaimed original documentary series such as "High School Confidential." WE tv's public affairs initiative, WE Empowers Women, is dedicated to creating programs that foster and celebrate women's strength, confidence and diversity. The initiative's current focus is its WE Vote '08 campaign. WE tv is available in HD and WE tv On Demand is available in 20 million homes. WE tv is a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC.


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Welcome to the first ever "TREAT" Reads Blog Hop! These members of RRBC have penned and published some really great reads and we'd like to honor and showcase their talent. Although there were maybe 3-4 winners who were previously on this list who are no longer with the club, now all of the listed Winners are RWISA members! Way to go RWISA!
We ask that you pick up a copy of the title listed and after reading it, leave a review. There will be other books on tour for the next few days, so please visit the HOP'S main page to follow along.
Also, for every comment that you leave along this tour, including on the HOP'S main page, your name will be entered into a drawing for an amazing gift card to be awarded at the end of the tour!
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"Did Ancient Egyptians visit Australia?"
13 year old TC has a secret. No one knows she possesses a supernatural power.
Can TC help her Uncle Max, an archaeologist; to unearth enough evidence to prove Ancient Egyptians visited Australia, before he's discredited in the media by those that want the past to stay buried?
"Some would say that I have a gift, but to me it's always been a curse. Before I changed my mind, I tugged off my gloves and whipped my head left and right, checking to see that no one was watching. I sucked in breath and steadied my nerves then thrust my hands against the stones and touched one of the cartouches. Time and place ripped away."
An enthralling archaeological mystery, mixing the supernatural with humour and suspense.
The first of TC's adventures – an archaeological mystery for junior readers and above.
Family friendly.
Author: Wendy Scott
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Reality television star Jenni "Jwoww" Farley and her fiance Roger Mathews welcomed their first child, a girl, Meilani Alexandra on Sunday July 13. The birth was announced by Roger via twitter: "She is here! Meilani Alexandra Mathews 7lbs 13 ounces. Words can't describe what looking into your child's eyes can do to you. Im Humbled."
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Mr. Ford can't fight the fever … "to lose some powers" has gotta be rough.
Police have identified the passenger who fell from a small plane that was flying over the Atlantic.
Patsy Davis' body was exhumed from her frontyard after her husband lost a court battle to keep her in her wanted resting place.
The postal service lost $5 billion this past year.
An abortion protester named Rives Grogan was arrested yesterday for shouting at people near Zimmerman Library about religion and abortion. He's being charged with disorderly conduct and public nuisance. And that's not counting his Veterans Day stunt.
Today is the last day for early voting in the special election. The election itself happens on Nov. 19.
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Actress Julia Roberts visited the Children's First Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, where all of the students live below the poverty line and receive care thanks to new funding for their school nurse.
Her visit was part of Red Nose Day, a celebrity-packed telethon to help lift kids out of poverty. "The Red Nose Day Special" is airing Thursday, May 26 (9-11 p.m. ET) on NBC.
"It's amazing how much they can provide in this small space for a huge amount of children who are entitled to care and love," Roberts told NBC's Joe Fryer of her visit to the school. The Oscar-winning actress was there along with Red Nose Day executive producer Richard Curtis, who brought the U.K. tradition to the U.S. last year.
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Children First Academy provides busing and social services to its students and the clinic, guided by nurse Lacey, help kids suffering from poor nutrition, lack of sleep, asthma, mental health issues, lice and other health problems.
"These are children with the toughest lives, with worst health because of that. Without this work they wouldn't get any health care," Curtis said.
Roberts called nurse Lacey "a bright light in a dark hallway" and said "we can all rise up and participate in altering" the lives of children living in poverty by raising money.
"I'll do anything for these kids I met today," Roberts said.
Last year, Roberts offered a comic contribution to Red Nose Day in a sketch exposing her true voice on national television. Roberts' "natural" voice, many octaves lower than her real voice, was dubbed over famous movie scenes starring the actress.


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ARDMORE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - There was no big birthday celebration for Phil Mickelson who turned 43 at Merion Golf Club on Sunday, only another case of heartache at the U.S. Open.
Mickelson began the day with a one-stroke lead but despite a sensational eagle-two at the par-four 10th when he holed out from the rough, the big left-hander finished two shots behind winner Justin Rose to finish runner-up once again.
In tying Australian Jason Day after shooting a final-round 74 for a three-over-par 284 total, Mickelson extended his U.S. Open record with a sixth second-place finish.
"For me it's very heartbreaking," Mickelson said. "This could have been a really big turnaround for me on how I look at the U.S. Open, the tournament that I'd like to win, after having so many good opportunities."
Mickelson had finished second best in 2009, 2006, 2004, 2002 and 1999, but the big left-hander thought he was poised to finally break through at Merion after being in the lead after each of the first three rounds.
"I think this was my best chance," said Mickelson, who bogeyed three of his last six holes to yield the advantage to Rose. "The way that I was playing heading in, the position I was in and the way I love the golf course."
Mickelson gave himself a slew of birdie opportunities but burned the edges with numerous putts and failed to execute with his vaunted short game down the closing stretch.
Regarded as one of the game's best wedge players, Mickelson misfired at the 13th and 15th holes leading to bogeys.
At 13, he fired a wedge shot too strong, directly over the flag into thick tangly rough behind the green.
Two holes later he landed a gap wedge shot too short and it trundled back off the green leading to another bogey.
"Thirteen and 15 were the two bad shots of the day that I'll look back on where I let it go," he said.
Mickelson said he felt his putting stroke was in fine order though he had little to show for it.
"The stroke felt fabulous all day, starting at the first hole. I can't believe that ball didn't go in," he said. "Second hole I hit a good putt. It was really rough around that hole there.
"I hit a good putt for eagle on four. Hit a good putt on six. I thought I made that. I thought I made the one on eight. Thought I made the one on nine.
"I thought I had a chance on 12. Certainly 16, I thought I made."
Mickelson said of all his Open near misses, this one hurt the most.
"This one's probably the toughest for me, because at 43 and coming so close five times, it would have changed the way I look at this tournament altogether and the way I would have looked at my record. (Instead) I just keep feeling heartbreak."
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Discarded mattresses can take up a significant amount of landfill space, don't degrade well, and can create a dangerous "soft spot" in a landfill, according to Terry McDonald, Executive Director of th...
Discarded mattresses can take up a significant amount of landfill space, don't degrade well, and can create a dangerous "soft spot" in a landfill, according to Terry McDonald, Executive Director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVDP), located in Eugene, Oregon.
That's why SVDP created its "DR3" mattress recycling program. DR3 stands for "divert, reduce, reuse, recycle." The program's centerpiece is a 26,000 square foot mattress recycling facility in Oakland, California, that serves Alameda and San Francisco counties and seven surrounding counties.
If SVDP is in Oregon, why did it set up a recycling program in California? "California," says McDonald, "is progressive and interested in waste-stream diversion. They have set ambitious goals for themselves, so they're eager to find new things to pull out of the waste stream."
The total number of mattresses going out of service every year in the nine-county area is about 350,000, McDonald estimates. Of that number, SVDP diverts about 10 percent for reuse and about 20 percent for rebuild. They deconstruct another 10 percent.
Between its Eugene and Oakland facilities, SVDP manufactures about 200 rebuilt mattress sets every month, says McDonald. Some of these they sell, and some they give away to low-income people. They also recycle various mattress components, including about 600,000 pounds a year of polyurethane foam, most of which is remanufactured into carpet pad.
SVDP gets many of their mattresses from city or county transfer sites — sites where waste is unloaded and then repacked for delivery to landfills. They get others from hotels, universities, and hospitals, usually through middlemen who replace the mattresses in such facilities. SVDP does not accept mattresses from the general public, and they do not accept mattresses that are moldy or saturated with water.
SVDP is dedicated to the responsible re-use of resources, but that is only part of their purpose. Their overall mission is to assist the poor and the homeless and to provide opportunities for them to become self-sufficient. To help achieve this, SVDP also has a wood shop, an appliance shop, a glass foundry, a propane tank recycling program, a computer recycling program, and numerous other businesses. An added benefit of SVDP's mattress recycling program is that it has created 20 new jobs.
The environmental and social impact of recycling more than 100,000 mattresses a year is identifiable and significant. More importantly, perhaps, SVDP's DR3 Program serves as a model for other organizations. SVDP recently helped Goodwill Industries set up a successful mattress recycling program in Duluth, and a company in Dundee, Scotland, has modeled its program on SVDP's.
"The important thing," says McDonald, "is that other people around the world have gradually started to catch on."
For more information on mattress recycling, contact the International Sleep Products Association, www.sleepproducts.org For more information on polyurethane recycling, contact the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry, www.polyurethane.org
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Angelina Jolie suffered an embarrassing cosmetic blunder on Monday when she arrived at a movie premiere with her face covered in a noticeable white powder.
The actress and her fiance Brad Pitt graced the red carpet in New York for the premiere of TV movie The Normal Heart, which Pitt co-produced.
However, all eyes were on Jolie's face as a disaster with her powder make-up left her with white dust all over her face.
It covered her left cheek, part of her forehead and her chest, but Jolie and Pitt both seemed unaware of the blunder throughout their time at the premiere.
The Normal Heart, starring Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, and Matt Bomer, airs on U.S. TV on May 25.
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Totonno's: REOPENED!
I am now at Totonno's, and IT IS OPEN. Lawrence Ciminieri is making pies, and his mom, Cookie, is looking rested but is as irrascible as ever. Videographic evidence, after the jump.
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The White House's Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement is out, and there are some encouraging words in the 130-page document. The policy compendium reiterates what the Obama Administration declared in mid-January when pressed to take a position on the Stop Online Privacy Act.
Back then, the White House announced itself a SOPA skeptic. Apparently, it still is. "Online piracy is a serious problem," says US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria A. Espinel, but the administration "will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk (including authority to tamper with the DNS system), or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet."
And the Annual Report emphasizes the importance of openness in making IP policy decisions. "The IPEC continues to encourage improved transparency in intellectual property policy making," the survey insists. The Coordinator maintains an "open door" policy, and consults with "hundreds of stakeholders, large and small, across a broad range of sectors in developing and implementing the Administration's strategy for intellectual property enforcement."
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This is a refreshing statement, if the US really means it. We didn't see a lot of that open door spirit in recent negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). It's a multilateral deal that would extend Digital Millennium Copyright Act dogma on digital lock rules and subscriber disconnection policy to a dozen or so countries in South East Asia.
Recent talks on the agreement, held at a West Hollywood hotel, were so hush-hush that opponents of the deal couldn't even book a "public interest briefing" at the venue. "We have a confidential group in house and we will not be allowing any other groups in the meeting space that day," a hotel attendant told them.
The document also celebrates another controversial trend in IP enforcement policy—basically letting Hollywood, ISPs, credit card companies, and advertisers define the parameters of copyright via "voluntary" agreements.
Here's how the report puts the development:
The IPEC continues to facilitate and encourage dialogue among the different private sector entities that make the Internet function. As an Administration, we have adopted the approach of encouraging the private sector (including ISPs, credit card companies, and online advertisers) to reach cooperative voluntary agreements to reduce infringement that are practical, effective, and consistent with protecting the legitimate uses of the Internet and our commitment to principles of due process, free speech, fair use, and privacy.
The survey also emphasizes gleaning data on IP problems from the private sector:
Rightholders are an excellent resource for information regarding their own products and it is important that the Federal government and rightholders work together to more efficiently protect intellectual property rights. Obtaining the assistance of rightholders to help determine whether goods are infringing is critical. The IPEC will continue to support and encourage communication and information sharing efforts between enforcement agencies and rightholders.
Despite the "protecting legitimate use" language cited above, critics worry about this strategy for copyright enforcement.
"We remain extremely wary," reacts Public Knowledge's John Bergmayer to the document, "of the reliance the report places on information regarding copyright industries as a source of information regarding infringement. Particularly in cases involving fair use, rights holders have not shown themselves to be reliable judges of infringement."
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However you view the development, the Annual Report lists the most important of the aforementioned voluntary agreements. These include a June 2011 deal among the major credit card companies to come up with "best practices" for the withdrawal of payment services for sites that sell counterfeit goods.
A month later, the US's major ISPs announced a "six strikes" copyright enforcement plan. It involves four relatively innocuous "alerts" sent to broadband subscribers who appear to be engaging in illegal downloading. It's only until the fifth alert that "mitigation measures" kick in, among them a temporary reduction in Internet speeds or a browser page redirection that won't stop until the subscriber agrees to a little chat with the ISP.
In December of 2010, a slew of companies, among them American Express, MasterCard, Microsoft, and PayPal, announced the launching of a non-profit to fight phony pharmacies—"criminals masquerading as legitimate pharmacies," in the government's words.
Ironically, Uncle Sam remains a prominent customer for knock off goods. About four years ago a leaked Federal Bureau of Investigation presentation revealed how concerned the agency had become about the situation. The Power Point slides reported fraudsters selling routers, switches, interface converters, and WAN interface cards to the federal government at fire sale prices. Example: $1,375.00 for a legit router, $234.00 for a counterfeit.
Buyers of this fake gear included the US Naval Academy, the Naval Air Warfare Center, the Naval Undersea Warfare Academy, an air base in Germany, the General Services Administration, the Air Force, the Federal Aviation Administration, top defense contractor Raytheon, and the FBI itself.
And it looks like the problem still hasn't gone away: "As the purchaser of over $500 billion in goods and services per year," the latest IP report observes, "the US Government must ensure that it does not purchase counterfeit goods, secure its supply chain, and take the necessary steps to combat the evolving tactics of counterfeiters." The White House is now engaged in developing a "government-wide strategy" to address the problem.
"The strategy will focus on reducing the risk of counterfeit items entering the supply chain, dealing efficiently with any suspected counterfeit items that do enter the supply chain, and strengthening remedies against those who provide counterfeit items to the US Government," the section concludes.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Richard Howell doubled his average with 22 points and 11th-seeded North Carolina State used its muscle inside and sticky defense to upset San Diego State 79-65 on Friday in a first-round East Regional game.
The Wolfpack (23-12) advances to play the winner of Belmont-Georgetown on Sunday at Nationwide Arena.
Lorenzo Brown added 17 points, C.J. Leslie 15 and Scott Wood 10 for the Wolfpack, who are now 12-5 in their first NCAA games. N.C. State has won at least a game in seven of their last eight trips. Jamaal Franklin had 23 points and Chase Tapley 19 for the Aztecs
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The journaling says: The whole family went down to the park, so you will be happy, have fun and burn some energy... Few minutes prior going home an historical event happened: You agreed that daddy will put you on his shoulders and you even enjoyed it!
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text: Show Hide image Culture 27 September 2012 Conceptual theatre is hard to watch and even harder to make Two plays of ideas reviewed. Sign-up Love and Information Royal Court, London SW1 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Cottesloe Theatre, London SE1 The late art critic Robert Hughes once said that the problem with most conceptual art was the concepts. If you translated the ideas behind the objects back into English, they were often barely worth saying. I count writers such as Samuel Beckett, Edward Bond, Sarah Kane and Mark Ravenhill as conceptual playwrights. Although they may contain moments of extremity, their plays are not so much dramatic as contemplative. They ask you to think. And they are often so much richer than their gallery counterparts that the problem for an audience is not that their concepts are obvious but incomprehensible. As a critic, I always take comfort in the fact that not a single newspaper reviewer got what T S Eliot was on about in their overnight notices for The Cocktail Party, an intellectual puzzle if ever there was. Nevertheless, it was with nervousness that I seated myself for Caryl Churchill's Love and Information at the Royal Court. Churchill is not easy. Her 2000 short play Far Away left me not only cold but mystified. Her latest was trailed as having 100 characters and none of them named. Confused? I surely would be. Relief was not, however, quite my top critical response when, only a quarter into Love and Information's one hour 50 minutes, it became clear that Churchill's theme was almost laughably easy to discern. Sensing paranoia in the air about information overload and pairing it a little unhappily with sensitivities about the current vogue for the revelation of personal intimacies, Churchill had, as advertised, written a play packed with 100 thoughts about information, some interesting, many banal. Staged by the director James Macdonald in a disciplined cube, divvied up by intersecting lines, these included: a terminally ill patient gratefully being fobbed off by a doctor's prognosis (lies, damn lies and statistics); a child being told by his sister that she was really his mother (inappropriate fact-dumping); a townie panicked by the lack of reception in the country that mean he cannot get weather forecast (nature provides its own intimations); a heartless vivisectionist (the pursuit of information as cruelty); a child who does not register pain (information is sensory); astrophysical information (Martin Amis's The Information); a meeting between ex-lovers who cannot agree the facts of their assignations (Maurice Chevalier: "I Remember It Well"). And many, many more. With this succession of short scenes, Churchill has written a sketch show but one very low on laughs. The quality of the sketches is highly variable. As much as half could have found a decent burial in her deleted file. Those that feature Linda Bassett, an excellent actress who turns naturalism up just a notch or so, have a head start. Those with Justin Salinger, whose chief dramatic weapon is the open-jaw, usually have a terrible, 1970s, 7.30pm sitcom feel. (I am not really complaining about the cast: the 16 work really hard.) Only occasionally do you believe these incidents have a life outside themselves. The police informant confessing to his wife is one. A defence official excising inconvenient information from a document may be another, not least because here Churchill recovers her ear for the jargon of the dictator bureaucrat. A banal discussion of a foreign earthquake in a nightclub is a little theatrical coup: you do not hear the blaring dance music, only the speaker's raised voices to overcome it. But Love and Information is unchallenging. Although a major theme is that information is never neutral and always has consequences, at the end, to bring her piece together, its author resorts to one final scene, Facts, in which all the actors assemble in a kind of hospital waiting room to quiz each other on obscure and random factoids such as what is the smallest village in central Asia. The only cohesion is that the players are united. But they unite in an atomised hell of insconsequent information in which a single "do you love me? Yes I do" slips through. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time makes a happier night out, partly because the actors, led by the remarkable Luke Treadaway, have a narrative to work with, but also because Simon Stephens's adaptation of Mark Haddon's charming and original 2003 novel comes very close to disowning the novel's own ideas, which makes things much more straightforward. The book's central thought was that Asperger's syndrome is both a handicap and a gift: without teenagers such as Christopher Boone (the clue's in the name) the world would be robbed of an alternative and, in some ways, more clear-sighted view of itself. This is preserved. But Haddon's text packed in many other concepts, mainly mathematical. A flip through the book reveals diagrams, charts, maps, flash cards and footnotes every few pages. In place of scientific ideas we get a literary conceit: it reveals halfway through that we are watching a play within a play, performed as part of Christopher's therapy. I don't know quite what I was hoping for, but it was probably something interactive, a bit like James Burke's The Burke Specials on the BBC in the 1970s, in which an audience would be involved in the exposition of science. I was encouraged, if a little wary, to find that I had been allocated one of the seats marked as prime numbers, but these were never referred to. What I was particularly looking forward to was a dramatisation of the Monty Hall problem, a conundrum brilliantly explained in the novel concerning the odds in a game show in which a contestant is allowed to change his mind at the last minute about which door his prize may lie behind. It makes a chapter in the book. The play omits it. Instead, a maths A-level question is worked out at ridiculous speed in an epilogue it is voluntary to attend. I need not have bothered. So here are two plays of ideas that provided less nourishing food for thought than they should have: one whose concepts and execution disappoint and another that is, despite the designer Bunny Christie's best, allusive efforts with her graph-paper sets, a play of emotions not thoughts, albeit at times a moving one. A third, Terry Johnson's touring revival of his 1993 intellectual comedy Hysteria, stars Antony Sher as Freud at the end of his life in Hampstead. In this case, Johnson's ideas were robust. Freud was in denial both of his own subconscious memories and of the genocidal hysteria that would overwhelm his age. But they failed to take flight into comedy as Stoppard would have ensured they did. The play is Freud's nightmare. That should have allowed his tortuous theories to ascend into surrealism and farce (Dali visits; Freud has just seen Rookery Nook), and for us to realise that both are artistic metaphors for the chaotic subconscious. But the play shifts tone lurchingly, becomes over-literal and ends in a vulgar pageant of the Holocaust. In theatre, the problem with conceptualisation is almost always its execution. Andrew Billen is a staff writer for The Times. Andrew Billen has worked as a celebrity interviewer for, successively, The Observer, the Evening Standard and, currently The Times. For his columns, he was awarded reviewer of the year in 2006 Press Gazette Magazine Awards. 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FORT MEADE — An Army private charged in the biggest spillage of secrets in U.S. history is pressing prosecutors for evidence he hopes will bolster his defense.
Pfc. Bradley Manning is set to appear at a pretrial hearing Monday afternoon at Fort Meade.
Manning is seeking reports from various government agencies assessing the damage done by his alleged leak of classified diplomatic cables and war logs to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks.
His lawyers claim prosecutors are balking at giving them copies of the damage assessments.
Manning also is asking the military judge to postpone his September trial date to give both sides more time to obtain and study the documents.
The judge indicated during a hearing earlier this month that the trial probably will be postponed to November or January.


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Enjoy your Ozarks' History.
The Union now had their claim on a sick soldier, Maj. John Woodward Methvin, in the military prison in Springfield, Missouri. On the 12th of November, 1862, Methvin made a request for paper & pen to write a letter for his appeal of a parole.
This letter, currently on file at the National Archives, is the last documentation in Methvin's own hand. Methvin appealed to the Provost Marshall for his release stating, "I was brought here on the 20th of October, last, and my health being somewhat impaired since I came here. I therefore ask parole with such bonds & terms as your honor may suggest. My certificate of appointment was taken from me at Ozark by the Adjutant or Sergeant Major of that place if you can do anything for me that would better my situation. The favor will be properly appreciated. I am, lieutenant, with much respect, your obedient servant." His request was not granted, and the decision was made that he should be transferred to infamous Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, Missouri.
According to other Confederate POWs of that time, the trip from Springfield to Rolla was a weary trek, and most men were made to walk most of the way, and the roads were also very rough. There were no tents, and the prisoners were compelled to lie on the ground every night without shelter. Sometimes it would rain, and in the morning they would find themselves wet, muddy, and nearly frozen. Those who were sick, injured, or incapable of walking from Rolla to St. Louis were allowed to board the railcars in Rolla, since this town was the terminus for the railroad into the Ozarks. By the time the exhausted soldiers reached St. Louis, complete fatigue had set in.
According to one captured Confederate, "The weather being extremely cold we had a very disagreeable trip indeed, nothing to eat for twenty- four hours, and when we reached St. Louis we were as hungry as wolves. We had to stand in the street for over an hour before we could be admitted to the prison, during which time one poor fellow took a congestive chill and died. Before our admission we were searched, and deprived of our money, knives, papers, and in fact everything we had about us, (except my journal, which they were unable to find.) We were then shown to our quarters, the upper room in the round building-a very dark, gloomy place, and very filthy besides."
There were about eight hundred prisoners in Gratiot, and more coming in every day from all parts of the country. There were only two stoves for over a hundred men. When awaking on the next morning, it was discovered that Gratiot is a very hard place, much worse than Springfield. Again a prisoner would testify, "the fare is so rough, it seems an excellent place to starve. Am not particularly fond of any prison, but must say that I give Springfield the preference over this."
The prisoners were only allowed two meals a day, and the cooks kept busy, even working in the dark. Some two or three hundred prisoners would eat at a time, and the tin plates and cups were never washed from the first to the last table. Breakfast consisted of one-fifth of a loaf of baker's bread, a small portion of bacon, and a tin cup of stuff they called coffee. For dinner the same amount of bread, a hunk of beef, and a pint of the water the beef was boiled in, which was called soup. Sometimes a couple of boiled potatoes were portioned out. Knives, forks and spoons were not allowed, and all ate with their hands. Many would leave the table as hungry as they went to it.
It was in this institution that Maj. Methvin was confined. The hospital, which is the highest room in the prison, contained a great many sick at this time. The Sisters of Charity would visit them daily, ministering to them, and supplying them with such delicacies as their poor appetites could receive, and their weak conditions required.
Initially in Arkansas, Maj. Methvin was sick with pneumonia, and subsequently, he grew worse. In the last days of his imprisonment, Methvin contracted meningitis and died. Methvin passed from this life, away from his family and friends. Death records from Missouri newspapers made mention that he died on the 10th of December, 1862. Major Methvin was buried at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri. A monument was placed in the cemetery for him on the 19th of July, 1864. His body still rests there to this day.
|Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Maj. J. W. Methvin
Upon hearing the sad news, numerous friends of Major Methvin made eulogizing comments concerning such a kind and considerate man. He was a highly respected citizen before the Civil War, and the soldiers held him in great esteem. Methvin was known to defend his men's rights in his regiment; he also put his life on the line several times in the battle. They truly admired and respected him as an officer in their regiment. In speaking of his death, Silas Turnbo said, "the Confederate Army lost a true and brave soldier and Arkansas a noble citizen."
Rest in peace Maj. John Woodward Methvin. Rest in peace.


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Radford University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, masters, educational specialist and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Radford University.
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Man, 34, critically injured in fall from Lititz roof
Victim suffers multiple traumatic injuries, police say
A 34-year-old roofing contractor suffered multiple traumatic injuries Monday evening when he fell about 30 feet in Lititz, according to police.
Emergency crews found Daniel Robert French, of Denver, about 5:30 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of East Main Street, police said. French fell from the roof of a three-story building, where he was working, they said.
As he fell, French came in contact with a power line, which was caught underneath him as he lay on the ground, police said. PPL remotely shutoff power in the area so emergency crews could safely reach French, police said.
"Because of safety reasons, PPL was notified and were able to control a whole grid of Lititz. A very large area was without power for about a half an hour," said Lititz Fire Chief Ron Oettel.
French was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with a broken neck, ruptured lungs, broken shoulder and multiple broken ribs, police said. He was last listed in critical condition.
Power in the area was out for about 30 minutes and the road was closed for about 45 minutes, police said.


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Gibbs and Associates announced that it has introduced the GibbsCAM Student Edition, for worldwide availability, concurrent with the introduction of a new on-line Student Store. The Student Edition, which complements the GibbsCAM Classroom Edition, is available immediately to NC programming or machining students of high schools, technical schools, colleges and universities already using GibbsCAM in their curricula. Fully compatible with the Classroom Edition, the Student Edition is available for direct purchase and immediate download at the new GibbsCAM Student Store – US$100.00 for a calendar-year license – to students enrolled in a qualified curriculum.
"The introduction of a GibbsCAM Student Edition addresses the growing need and pent-up student demand for GibbsCAM licenses that can be used outside the classroom," said Robb Weinstein, Senior Vice President of Sales and Strategic Planning of Gibbs and Associates. "Given GibbsCAM's de-facto standing as the leader in ease of learning, ease of use, and range of capability, we are happy to offer future engineers, machinists and NC programmers an additional, more convenient, and very economical opportunity to experiment, learn and practice, at their convenience, unconstrained by the duration of a class period. As a result, the Student Edition augments classroom instruction and helps educational facilities better prepare their students for industry."
There are many high schools, technical schools, colleges and universities already using the GibbsCAM Classroom Edition around the globe, including Purdue University's Colleges of Engineering and Technology, which use GibbsCAM throughout their Indiana campuses; Nash Community College, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina; Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech, in Atlanta), Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, KTH Stockholm University/ITM-DMMS in Stockholm, Sweden, NTNU Institute for Produksj. & Kval.tekn in Trondheim, Norway; and the Académie de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France.
The Student Edition of GibbsCAM enables students to learn and practice NC programming, and gain familiarity with common configurations of CNC machine tools, on their home-based PCs. It includes solid modeling, 3D milling and turning, and polar and cylindrical (rotary), plus machine simulation and the ability to read ACIS and SAT files, such as SolidWorks and AutoDesk Inventor. Integral to GibbsCAM is its toolpath verification capability, Cut Part Rendering, which provides additional value to students, as it is a highly precise verification and diagnostic tool. The GibbsCAM Educational Editions (both Classroom and Student) enable educators and students to prepare themselves to address the shortage of NC programmers in industry.
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PDF of the full Adventure Planner
Virtual Field Trips
LASM is now offering live, presenter-led virtual field trips! These Virtual Voyages for K-12 students focus on the themes of:
Egypt & Forensic Science, in which students will view and learn about LASM's ancient Egyptian mummy
Astronomy, which includes a presenter-led tour of the seasonal sky
Art & Engineering, which includes a tour of the art exhibition Frank Hayden: Lift Every Voice that emphasizes the artist's design process
Dinosaurs & Geology, which includes an encounter with an authentic Triceratops skull
Virtual field trips will also include engaging demonstrations and hands-on activities facilitated by LASM educators. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information, fees, scheduling, and to customize your virtual experience! $100 per one-hour program.
Program Type: Classes Subject: Art, Science as Inquiry, Life Science, History & Social Studies, English & Language Arts, Earth & Space Science, Science & the Environment
Ancient Egypt & Its Art
Students tour the Ancient Egypt Gallery, learn an intricate, age-old metalworking technique, and then create an ancient Egyptian-inspired relief, which they can take home. Includes tour of the Ancient Egypt Gallery.
Layered Experience: Pairs well with Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (Planetarium Show) and Forensic Crime Lab (Class).
Program Type: Classes Subject: Art, History & Social Studies
Cost: $6.75 per student & chaperone
Investigating the Art Exhibition
Inspired by objects and works of art in the current exhibition, students will explore interdisciplinary connections based on the Louisiana Student Standards. After a participatory tour of the exhibition, they will enjoy hands-on, STEAM-focused activities in a classroom setting. Creative connections that link art with core curriculum content will make learning meaningful, relevant, and memorable. Includes tour of the art exhibition on view.
NEW for 2019-2020!
Program Type: Classes Subject: Art
Cost: $6.75 per student & chaperone
Journaling: Learning to Look & Looking to Write
As students explore the art in the current exhibition, they are encouraged to look closely and reflect on what they see. Creative writing activities take place in the gallery, using the art on view for inspiration. These activities will sharpen observation skills as students respond to art through writing while exploring opportunities for collaboration and personal reflection. Includes tour of the art exhibition on view.
Program Type: Classes Subject: Art, English & Language Arts
Cost: $6.75 per student & chaperone
Science Station
Interaction with STEAM-focused exhibits makes learning meaningful, relevant, and exciting. Hands-on, minds-on activities in this unique gallery space encourage students to playfully engage in innovative, open-ended learning experiences. Design and building stations will elevate your students' love of discovery.
Program Type: Hands-On Galleries Subject: Art, Math, Life Science, Physical Science, Earth & Space Science, Science & the Environment
Cost: $2.00 per student & chaperone
The Art of Astronomy
Science inspires art and art empowers science as students investigate the characteristics and composition of planets, stars, and deep-sky objects. Inquisitive learners will use the elements of art to connect Astronomy and Earth Science concepts.
Layered Experience: Pairs well with Earth, Moon, & Sun, Magic Tree House Space Mission, and Ventures through Our Solar System (Planetarium Shows).
NEW for 2019-2020!
Program Type: Classes Subject: Art, Earth & Space Science
Cost: $6.75 per student & chaperone


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Most plant identification manuals like the Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas depend almost wholly on flower and leaf characteristics to identify species. Most field guides are similarly dependant upon flowers and leaves. There are a few guides out there that address winter trees. Winter Tree Finder by May and Tom Watts and Peterson's A Field Guide to Eastern Trees are two that I've heard good things about. And there is a great one, Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States A Winter Guide, by Western North Carolinian Ron Lance.
Lance, a Hendersonville native and graduate of Haywood Community College, is currently the park naturalist and nursery curator at Chimney Rock State Park. Lance received a degree from HCC's wildlife program in 1975 and from its lumber specialist program in 1984. Since that time Lance has had a long and varied career working with woody plants as an educator, taxonomist, curator and researcher.
Lance taught at HCC for eight years after graduating and spent 13 years at the North Carolina Arboretum, where he helped create an outstanding collection of trees and shrubs including many rare species. His work with hawthorns led to the rediscovery of Crataegus harbisonii and a book titled Hawthorns and Medlars.
I became acquainted with Lance's field guide work when HCC professor Rick Lindsay gave me a copy of "Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge", a spiral-bound guide used by students at HCC. I found the guide direct and easy to use.
Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States is a much more extensive and expansive treatise covering more than 800 species including naturalized exotics that grow across the diverse habitats of the Southeastern U.S. from southern Delaware west to Kansas and south to Texas and northern Florida. Because of its scope, it requires larger, more detailed keys, but I still find the keys direct and user-friendly. The keys are Lance's own. As he mentions in the introduction, "...I developed the style and content of the keys and illustrations within the book in my own instructional courses and independent study over a span of eighteen years."
I believe Lance's extensive field experience, especially with students of all levels has given him the eye and the intuition to create an extensive guide that is accessible to amateur tree sleuths like myself.
There is no escaping the need for precise botanical terms in the keys, but the book's introduction with its illustrations and the glossary make those terms much less intimidating.
The book comes with a couple of note cards labeled "ERRATA" pointing out errors in the key on page 31 and errors in illustrations on page 240. In my copy, I took a razor-tipped pen and changed the key on page 31 and I clipped and pasted the correct illustrations over the ones on page 240.
If you enjoy learning about woody plants, winter provides an excellent opportunity. No matter what guide you use, the time you spend learning to identify trees in the winter will immeasurably aid your identification skills. You will learn bark and twig characteristics that you can call upon any time of year. Plus you will learn more about that intangible "jizz" – that essence that defines different species and speaks to your intuition.