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I almost deleted my entire blog by accident. Thankfully I was able to recover my website along with my blog, I was able to recover all of my posts because it was all store in a mysql account.
Quote of the Day:
Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.
–Hugh B. Brown
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and it’s also been a while since it rained… But I promise I will blog more soon. I’ve been playing golf on a regular basis lately and it has been such a fun sport to play. I’m getting better and better everytime I go out!!!
It was a long 2 hour trip to get down here to St. Mary’s County. I’m here to teach teachers how to use pro/desktop and pro/engineer to students. I’m excited and looking forward to working with new teachers!
Quote of the Day:
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
–Robert Burton
Today is a very important day for remembering our fallen soldiers who gave their lives to protect and preserve freedom.
Quote of the Day:
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
–Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pro/Engineer went very well yesterday 10 participants, 10 graduates. Today I start the Pro/Desktop Training.
Quote of the Day:
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
–John Kenneth Galbraith
I’m up in north jersey training teachers Pro/Desktop and Pro/Engineer. There are 11 people signed up for the training, and all of them seemed very enthusiastic!
Quote of the Day:
Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today is a beautiful day and sadly I have no football game today. I’ll find something outdoorsy to do…
If you’ve seen a video game-related story on network television, chances are it wasn’t exactly peachy. Despite rising revenue that makes film executives green with envy, the video game industry is often portrayed as conventional entertainment’s raucous, hyperactive kid brother. The list of gaming’s negative side-effects is seemingly inexhaustible: games are addictive, games ruin relationships, games make kids fat, and of course, games train mass murderers. Pretty scary stuff for a pastime who’s most enduring mascot is a jovial plumber.
To point out the factual inaccuracies of such grim claims is a tempting proposition, but rather than simply fan the fires of the argument, we’d like to present a new one altogether.
Believe it or not, games can be good for you. And we can prove it. Here are five ways in which video games can make the world a better place for you, me, and Mario.
Fly Boys is inspired by a true story about Americans who went to France during WWI to become pilots and try to stop the German invasion. The movie has amazing fight scenes of with bi-planes and my surround sound makes it sound like your in the plane…
Quote of the Day:
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
–Herman Melville
CHICAGO - The city’s planning board has endorsed a proposal for a twisting lakefront tower that would become the nation’s tallest building.
With Thursday’s approval from the Chicago Plan Commission, the design and site plan for the 2,000-foot Chicago Spire goes to the city zoning committee next week.
“This is a wonderful project, and everyone is very enthused,” said Constance Buscemi, spokeswoman for the city’s planning department.
The 150-story tower, which would feature 1,200 residences, would unseat Chicago’s 1,451-foot Sears Tower as the tallest U.S. building. It would also top New York’s 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, under construction at the former World Trade Center site.
The Chicago Spire was designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Spanish-born architect known for designing the Milwaukee Art Museum addition and the Athens Olympic sports complex.
If the zoning panel approves the plan, the City Council will consider it May 9. If it is approved, construction would begin this spring, said Thomas Murphy, general counsel to developer Shelbourne Development Ltd.
Shelbourne executives have declined to estimate the building’s total development cost. Real estate experts put it at well over $1 billion, the Chicago Tribune and Crain’s Chicago Business reported on their Web sites Thursday.
The tallest building in the world is the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan, which measures 1,671 feet and 101 floors. A tower in Dubai now under construction is expected to rise beyond 2,300 feet and more than 160 floors .
