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Case Study: U.S. Open 2013

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U.S. Open 2013
July 2013–September 2013

Ed. note: This case study is a selection from the 2014 “Justified” competition, for which an esteemed jury identified 19 submissions that demonstrate the value of design in a clear, compelling and accessible way. To learn more about the jury’s perspective on this selection, see the juror comments below.

IBM has been tracking the data of the world’s top 100 tennis players for more than eight years. For the second time, we brought this data to life at the 2013 U.S. Open. Our goal was speed—more energy, more movement and more gestures—to capitalize on the action on the court. Our user experience has multiple levels of interaction, each masterfully crafted to consider audience, context and take-away. The target audience was anyone visiting the U.S. Open exposition—players, fans, press, young and old, the tennis savvy and newcomers to the sport.

We engaged tennis “cartographers” in an effort to get to the core of the sport. Their insights helped us design the nuances that surround every point, game, set and match. This data, coupled with IBM’s built-in data correlations, helped us visualize game play in fun ways. Over 17 days, users initiated an average of 1,700 sessions per day. By allowing multiple users to engage in a simple, fun and communal experience, we were successful in creating an immersive interactive experience that added value to the IBM brand as one that uses data in compelling ways.

IBM U.S. Open 2013 Case Study (credits: HUSH)

Project brief

As part of IBM’s larger Data is a Game Changer campaign by Ogilvy, design agency HUSH was asked, for the second time, to bring this data to life at the U.S. Open. By allowing multiple users to engage in a simple, fun and communal experience—manipulating digital “tennis balls” on a touch screen wall to uncover relevant stats—HUSH created an immersive interactive experience that reinforced IBM as a brand that uses data in compelling ways.

Sports events and their fans can be some of the most difficult to engage, as they are highly dedicated to the actual game at hand, not augmented layers of digital experience. In the same way that most people commit to enjoying a movie in a theater without the distraction of their personal mobile devices, professional sports matches already engage their viewers in highly cinematic and interactive ways.

However, the built-in behavior of the sports fan revolves around energy, competition, play, team allegiance, brand awareness and the stats that surround all professional sports. These human behaviors and impulses can be harnessed in effective ways; we believe we did so for the 2013 project with IBM and Ogilvy.

IBM wanted to showcase their robust data solutions to a larger market using content that is more engaging than their typical data sets (e.g., shipping routes and weather patterns). Leveraging tennis data, they can inform a larger audience of the value they are bringing to businesses and the world.

Having worked on the 2012 activation, we set out to reinvent the experience so it would feel more like a game, with fast action consistent with the idea of real-time data usage. Our goal was speed—more energy, more movement and more gestures—to capitalize on the on-court action. To get to the core of the sport, HUSH engaged tennis experts whose insights helped the team design the nuances that surround every point, game, set and match.

These particular services IBM offers are specific to businesses; however, similar to the IBM—Eames era of the 1960’s, IBM is looking to rebuild its human connection through design driven experiences.

Development budget: More than $50,000
This project is: An in-house on-going relationship
Production/execution budget: More than $100,000
Source of funding: Client

We didn’t know what specific data sets we would be working with. Our design methodology worked in parallel with the data analysis. During the course of the project each facet helped inform decisions about the other. Our experience focused on the U.S. Open tennis event. Our installation was tied to the dates of the event.

Design solution

This was the second year HUSH designed the wall for IBM at the U.S. Open. We used existing technology and hardware to exhibit our design experience and were limited to a vertical five-screen array. However, we learned from the previous iteration, making the interaction more responsive and more kinetic to reflect both the immediacy of the data being received and the intense speed of the sport.

The initial concept foundation involved a specific data set that turned out not to be available to third party entities (IBM included) during our initial concept phase. We had to pivot quickly and leverage other available data that still reflected our thesis. This proved to be a critical opportunity for HUSH and IBM to work more intimately throughout the development of the project and, although initially highly stressful, led to greater trust and cooperation throughout the project.

Brand experiences are often difficult to measure success in a quantifiable manner, as ROI is not the guiding principle. However, IBM perceives the U.S. Open as an opportunity to educate and inspire both C-Suite individuals and the public about complex IBM data solutions. In this manner IBM considers our endeavor a huge success and has engaged HUSH two years in a row to implement the wall. We plan to develop a new experience for the 2014 U.S. Open.

Due to the experience being a touch screen we do have quantifiable data around the wall. Over 11 days, there were:

  • 300,000+ points of interaction
  • 40,000+ aces shot from the ball machine
  • 20,000+ keys to the match displayed
  • 25,000+ learnings shared about top players

We opened on Kids’ Day, when the organizers admitted the general public for free a few days before matches begin. Children ran to the wall and immediately knew what to do: they were throwing the balls to each other, tapping on them to make the balls bounce back and forth. They loved it. The tennis fans who knew all the players immediately understood the mechanics and the idea behind the wall. They dove deeper into the tiered experience of information to find out more.

Comments from the Jury

“This is a great example of demonstrating IBM’s unique prowess around data and information. The team utilized technology and design to exhibit a larger-than-life experience that is responsive, kinetic and as intense as the speed of tennis.” —Dana Arnett

“This project uses design effectively to capture the excitement and energy of the tennis fan while showcasing new technology and sharing an immense amount of data. Not only was the data design clean and attractive, the interactions and responsiveness were directly based on spatial properties of tennis and the motions of the players—a strong entry across all dimensions.” —Kate Aronowitz

“Data is powerful and with successful insights and interactions it can be fun. The US Open data visualization wall successfully transformed passersby into participants.” —Cameron Campbell

“They aced it, yet everybody won: The US Open, Hush, IBM and tennis enthusiasts.” —Joe Gebbia

“IBM and sports may seem like strange bedfellows, but the outcome of that union was a fun data visualization: Real-time data pushed from the US Open onto kinetic displays that kept users on their toes. It very effectively made IBM's business solution seem more human.” —Jennifer Kinon

“The world is awash in data. Making that data meaningful and accessible is increasingly the domain of designers. This solution for the US Open not only makes complex data clear, it makes it beautiful, engaging and fun. It’s a richly nuanced example of information and experience design.” —Christopher Simmons


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The barren stretch of reclaimed land near the Hong Kong border is not alone in feeling the heat.

The Shanghai proposal has also overshadowed similar plans for Hengqin island in the Zhuhai special economic zone and Nansha, a district of the provincial capital Guangzhou which have also thrown their hats into the ring to become such zones.

“There will be competition between Shanghai and Qianhai in the long run, given both are targeted mainly at the opening up of financial services,” said Liao Qun,China chief economist at Citic Bank International.

“Of course, Shanghai has a higher starting point given the development of trade of goods but in the area of service trade, Shanghai free trade zone is also starting from almost zero.”

A draft policy outlining reforms in Shanghai’s recently approved Free Trade Zone (FTZ) could be released as early as this week with its interim management plan due on Sept. 27, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

Plans for FTZs in southern China come at a time when the government is attempting reforms to rebalance its economy, shifting dependence away from manufacturing to consumption.

The proposed Shanghai trade zone will cover less than 30 square kilometers, while Qianhai, which has been dubbed a mini-Hong Kong, is about half that size. But it won’t be size that matters, as what measures and incentives they offer will determine their success with investors in the coming days.

Focused on finance, logistics and technology and backed by the Communist Party, the proposed $45 billion Qianhai Bay zone hopes to draw on Hong Kong’s expertise as it seeks to provide similar financial services and trade settlement.

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If authorities restrict the companies to conduct all their business only within the zone, the impact will be very small, while if the freed-up financial services within this zone were accessible to any firm in China, then it would basically have opened up its capital account, Standard Chartered analysts say.

But one thing is certain. Shanghai hosts the country’s markets while Hong Kong is a global financial center and the competition will be between these two cities in the long term.

For now, market watchers in Hong Kong are adopting a wait-and-see approach to see what policies will be unveiled by Shanghai, with some officials welcoming the challenge.

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On the subject of music

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Hello sweeties
Have I ever mentioned how I love classical music and the opera? Well, I grew up to the soundtrack of my sister’s Bach on the piano and my mom’s Maria Calla’s records on the pickup so my taste in music is not really a surprise!

We used to go the opera quite often and I loved every single time there! It’s been some time from the last time I went so, when I heard about an opera event being held close to our home I didn’t blink and took my baby and my mom with me.

The event was organized by the Greek National Opera together with Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in a municipal theater near Piraeus. It was Wolfgang’s Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni in a modern take and it was really good! We enjoyed our selves and actually laughed a lot!

We laughed even harder when on the way back home my mom remembered some funny facts about our visits to the opera when I was a kid. We used to take along my grandmother’s sister; our beloved aunt. She really loved opera and classical music even thought she couldn’t understand the words; actually neither could we since the overhead titles hadn’t been implemented yet. Anyhow, in one of those times she must have been really tired and she fell asleep. No problem with that other that she was snoring really loud! My mother would then gently shake her, and she would reply “Stop it! I am awake! How can I be asleep if I can hear the voices sing?” Such a bittersweet memory that was we were laughing and missing her at the same time.

However, rock music was also heard every day in our home too. Actually, my mom use to sing the refrain of Psycho Killer by Talking Heads like a pro! Are you surprised? Well, we are weird, haven’t you got that already?

We are so weird this is what we used as an intro to our wedding reception.

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  1. hahaha amazing post!!! I love opera too..my hubby does not :/

    I like every single music except country..sorry folks!

    I am glad you had great time there. More to come I wish!

    1. Honey you are missing soooo many things from not liking country music, I can't even begin to tell you! It is one of my best kinds!!! Thanks for the wishes!

  2. Great post sweetie!
    I have to admit that I am not a great fan of opera, but ok!
    On the other hand I love rock!And your choice of Psycho Killer really rocks!!!

  3. By the way, I forgot to say that I LOVE Maria Callas' eyebrows!!!

  4. Ωραία επιλογή για κομμάτι εισόδου!!
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    Your good at photography. It’s a lovely thing to do as a hobby or just as a interest. Your photos are good!

    I tend to take photos, of coastlines/beaches/sea and sea life.

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    Thanks for the compliment Jacob. Yes, most of the photos on here are taken with a DSLR. To be honest though, these days results just as good can come from a decent compact camera. It’s not what the camera is – it’s what you point it at that counts 🙂

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    The unlikely presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have been the most entertaining in many years. Large crowds more reminiscent of sporting than political events routinely attend their campaign appearances. Television audiences eagerly tune in to televised debates, attracted less by the prospect of learning something new about Obamacare or Syria than by the spectacle of Trump dissing the hapless Jeb Bush or "feeling the burn" of Sanders' righteous indignation.

    There is something different, even unprecedented, about the candidacies of Trump and Sanders. Their historic campaigns for the US presidency are nothing less than a reflection and a symptom of the central fact of US life today - the calamitous deficiencies of US ruling economic, political, and national institutions and the loss of legitimacy they are suffering from a US public fed up with the shortcomings of the status quo.

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    Receding middle-class life

    The US economy has not delivered for most Americans in decades. Incomes are stagnating and the dream of a comfortable middle-class life is receding.

    These are not the consequences of a failure of the famed American work ethic, but of the distorted power and interests of US financial powers and the corruption of the titans of the US economy.

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    The successful attack on the US by al-Qaeda and the subsequent bloody and destructive war in Iraq revealed the rot at the core of US intelligence and political decision-making systems.

    Trump's promise to make the US great again and Sanders' calls for a new American revolution are two sides of the same coin.

    The entire process at the heart of the decision to wage war was manufactured on a lie. Who can forget the cascade of spurious claims at the heart of the debate?

    The US political class - Democrat and Republican alike - led the chorus of US support for this misadventure, whose destructive legacy still dominates the news. Intelligence and military systems abetted the charade, applauded by a cheerleading press.

    The digital age, which is supposed to open unimagined horizons of truth and knowledge to an engaged and educated public and to inform public debate on critical issues of national importance, instead metastasised into a vital tool in the creation and dissemination of official falsehoods, popular ignorance, and grievous misapprehension that paved the road to the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

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    These events are most often seen and understood as discreet and separate, interesting and important only in themselves.

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    Their energy stands in contrast to the somnambulance of the mis-anointed front-runners Bush and Clinton - heirs of storied families whose lustre has been perhaps fatally dimmed by the public's apparent belief that the traditional representatives of the US political system contesting the presidency are no longer deserving of their confidence.

    Trump's promise to make the US great again and Sanders' calls for a new American revolution are two sides of the same coin. Each in its own way represents an authentic response of two political outsiders to the broad and all but unprecedented failures of a US system in recent times and the estrangement many Americans feel from their ruling economic and political institutions.

    Each demands that leaders and institutions themselves be held accountable for the uncomfortable truths that each believes he is the only one bold enough to acknowledge - that Bush failed to protect the US, that the war in Iraq was based on a lie, and that traditional politicians - Republican and Democrat alike - are the source of the US' economic problems and the obstacle to their solution.

    Geoffrey Aronson writes about Middle Eastern affairs. He consults with a variety of public and private institutions dealing with regional political, security, and development issues.

    The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.

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Zahalka: Israeli PM trying to benefit from Haifa fires

Palestinian Knesset member Jamal Zahalka accuses Israeli prime minister of seeking political gains from Haifa fires.

    Jerusalem - A Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of seeking to achieve "political gains out of an unfortunate state of events".

    The accusation came in response to to a barrage of statements by the Israeli prime minister and members of his coalition blaming Israel's Arab minority for the fires that have swept across the country since Tuesday.

    "The Israeli ministers not only blamed Palestinians for igniting the fires, but Mr Netanyahu, the prime minister, and Aryeh Deri, the internal affairs minister, suggested revoking the citizenship of anyone who lit fires," said Jamal Zahalka, a Knesset member of the Joint List, a coalition of Arab Palestinian political parties and leader of the Balad faction.

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    "They were targeting Palestinians of course. They didn’t suggest that for those who burned the Dawabsheh family one year ago."

    Netanyahu indicated on Thursday that he would work to strip residency from anyone found guilty of "terrorism", saying that some of the fires were the handiwork of "elements with great hostility towards Israel".

    Israel: Thousands ordered to leave after massive fires hit Haifa

    There are 1.7million Palestinian citizens of Israel who already suffer rampant and institutionalised discrimination.

    "He [Netanyahu] is trying to get cheap popularity on the Israeli street by inciting against Palestinians and Arabs," said Zahalka.

    "Also, he wanted to change the headlines in the Israeli media. People started saying that he didn’t prepare the Israeli fire forces and prepare what was needed to fight the fires. It was his failure."

    Since Tuesday, strong winds and dry weather have fuelled hundreds of fires across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

    Tens of thousands of residents were allowed to return to their homes in Haifa on Friday after being evacuated on Thursday, but fires raged around Jerusalem, northern parts of the country and parts of the occupied West Bank into Friday night.

    In Nataf, West of Jerusalem, residents were evacuated on Friday as fire crews struggled to contain the blaze. Israeli fire crews received air support from Cyprus, France, England, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Russia and the US, according to Micky Rosenfeld, Israeli police spokesperson.

    Palestinian firefighters assisted Israeli crews in the efforts on the ground and the flames were pushed back by night.

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    Forty Palestinian firefighters travelled to Jerusalem on Thursday night after the Palestinian Authority offered to assist in efforts to contain the spread of the fires.

    After the fires in Haifa were contained, Palestinian crews travelled to Jerusalem, said Nael Azzeh, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence.

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    "For the firefighters working in Haifa and Jerusalem, they worked for 24 hours without a minute of rest," Azzeh told Al Jazeera.

    "It’s the same for the firefighters in the West Bank as well."

    Azzeh said more than 100 fires broke out across the West Bank on Friday, including 57 forest fires, and that more than 500 volunteers had taken part in operations alongside 600 regular firefighters since the crisis started.

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    Rosenfeld told Al Jazeera that "12 people had been arrested in connection with the fires" in recent days, without elaborating further on individual cases.

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    Israeli politicians blamed the fires on what they call "nationalist terrorists".

    Gilad Erdan, Israel's minister for public security, said that those arrested in connection with the fires were "minorities", referring to Palestinians or Arab citizens of Israel.

    Erdan told Israel’s Army Radio that there was likely a nationalistic motive to any cases of arson.

    A view that was echoed by Naftali Bennett, education minister, and leader of the settler party Jewish Home, who blamed the fired on "nationalist terrorists", adding that the fires could not have been started by Jews.

    Zahalka warned that the "dangerous" rhetoric coming from the Israeli ministers could spark attacks against the minority Palestinian community in Israel, and accused ministers of "adding fuel to the fire".

    Meanwhile, Palestinian media agency Wafa reported that a fire that broke out near the Palestinian town of Huwwara in the occupied West Bank on Thursday was allegedly carried out by Israeli settlers from Yitzhar.

    Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the West Bank, told Al Jazeera the fire had destroyed olive trees in Huwarra but he could not confirm how it had started.

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Cargill will invest $14 million to upgrade its soybean processing plant Wichita, Kansas, the company said. The plant stores, prepares, crushes and extracts oil from soybeans.

The project will improve the efficiencies and reliability of Cargill's service to its animal feeding and soybean customers, the company said.
The improvements are expected to be made in time for the 2010 soybean harvest.
The Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition said it has been working with Cargill on the project.
Cargill might use tax-exempt Recovery Zone Facility Bonds from the state to help finance the project. It is working with the state, county and city on the bonds.
Cargill has 45 employees at the plant and more than 1,250 in Wichita.
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Explore the most popular trails near Hollywood with hand-curated trail maps and driving directions as well as detailed reviews and photos from hikers, campers and nature lovers like you.

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Many trees still down from hurricane Irma, but trails and cleared and park is back open!

Very quiet and peaceful area just outside of bustling Charleston, SC. This area is a protected wildlife management area and is controlled by S.C. Dept of Natural Resources. Trails are well marked and maintained. Other than the occasional whistle blow from a nearby train or the rumbling jets from an airplane (there's an airport about 15-20 miles away), this area is relaxing and easy to walk. To the lady who said "Would of given a 5 star rating if the boardwalk was open"....it's a protected area that allows the threatened wood stork a place to nest. These birds are highly sensitive to any human presence which is why the boardwalk is closed from Feb-Sept. They literally have a million signs at the beginning of the trail and at the entrance to the boardwalk stating this. Read them next time.

loved it, except for the dogs behind the fence. ☺

Not bad but also not much to see. Kinda comes with the region down here, but don’t expect much more than a flat walk with a few interesting swampy cypress stands. As others have said, watch out for the dog behind a fence and a nearby interesting mid-1800s gravestone.

walked all of the yellow Trail and part of the Blue Trail. Will definitely be going back to start with the blue Trail first. Once you get past the houses and that one dog :-) things get quiet as they can close to the city and it's a wonderful walk. Pretty sure you could bike this pretty easily as well.

Love this trail. Very easy walk. Love taking the dog out here. Very rarely see other people.

Very easy, low impact hike. A must see on this hike is the bridge that goes out to the lake. In the spring, it was nice seeing the storks flying around. Very pretty.

4.5 miles of comfortable walking--saw female painted. bunting, an alligator in the swamp area, a copperhead snake on the trail (be aware). Great view from the deck at the end point of the red trail. The yellow trail in September has no significant sights, but pleasant walk.

Would of given a 5 star rating if the boardwalk was open.

disappointed to find this and Grove Plantation are closed until further notice (effective Aug 2016) :-( really enjoy this trail.

Saturday, February 04, 2017

Loved this trail. it's boring at first but it gets much better. Not many people at all. It was perfect for us. Awesome trail.

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The National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference (NJSLC) is a conference for all 28 Jesuit Universities throughout the United States.  Sponsored by the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrator’s (JASPA), a different Jesuit University hosts the conference every summer, picks an over-arching theme and designs the entire conference. The conference continues to grow around its mission statement, student organization leaders collaborating to develop ideas, exploring student issues, and building stronger leadership skills to better serve their institutions in the Jesuit tradition. In recent years, the conference has grown to include an international Jesuit institution.

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Walking with Inigo: The Ignatian Camino

In May 2018 (May 8 - May 24) a group of pilgrims will walk part of the route taken by Íñigo López de Loyola (who later became Saint Ignatius of Loyola) in 1522 from his home in Spain’s Basque country to Montserrat and Manresa. The “Camino Ignaciano,” or the “Ignatian way” begins at the birthplace of Ignatius Loyola in Spain’s Basque country, in a village near the small town of Azpeitia. From there, the route proceeds through picturesque mountains, deserts and plains, before ending in the town of Manresa near Barcelona. Ignatius rested in this town for some months after his journey from Loyola. Manresa was a place of profound spiritual enlightenment for him. Here he composed his spiritual masterpiece, the Spiritual Exercises. Pilgrims will walk part of the same route that Ignatius did, pass through many towns that he did, pray at churches where he did, and marvel at the natural wonders that he saw.

Pilgrims will be on a 16-day outer journey and an inner journey. The outer journey will be reasonably well marked. The inner journey less so. For some it will be about forgiveness or reconciliation, for others a new direction or course in life, a confirmation of a major life choice, or a renewed or rediscovered sense of personal identity. Some days pilgrims will have the opportunity for Mass, either said by the guide, Fr Josep Lluís Iriberri, SJ, or will attend a Eucharist in one of the local parishes. There will also be opportunities for silence, prayer, personal reflection, spiritual conversation and sharing in small groups.

Josep Lluís Iriberri, SJ (pictured below), born in 1959, is a Jesuit priest from Spain. A biologist, counsellor and theologian, Josep is a professor at HTSI-School of Tourism Saint Ignatius at the University Ramon Llull in Barcelona. He is also the Director of the Office of the Ignatian Camino. In 2011, he was commissioned to design and promote the Ignatian Camino and continues to focus on this task. We are very pleased to have the Jesuit who designed the route of the Ignatian Camino be our guide in 2018.

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Most Northeast corn growers have never seen the likes of 300-bushel corn. But when you stand in the middle of a towering stand with wrist-sized stalks and large, girthy ears, you can't help but be inspired.

In a couple weeks, you'll have an opportunity to take a peek at the technologies that make that once rarely achievable phenomenon consistently common. It all comes together in the "Seven Wonders of the Corn Yield World" research plots at the 2011 Farm Progress Show.

300-BU. EARS: High-yield corn plots are just one of the many mind-boggling features of the upcoming Farm Progress Show.

The research plot will be a key attraction during the nation's largest ag showcase at Decatur, Ill., Aug. 30, 31, and Sept. 1. After 25 years of pioneering research and in pursuit of the elusive goal of producing 300 bushels of corn per acre, University of Illinois Plant Physiologist Fred Below has pinned down the unique contribution of each "high tech" component.

His Seven Wonders plot tests combinations of five groups of "high tech" practices together and individually in a unique "omission plot" design. The "omission" of any one group or input, allows Below and his team to see the bushel impact of its addition or subtraction. Then they compare it to other plots in which all "high tech" actions were in place in same plot.

Replicated in various locations over various years, the results allowed him to identify and rank those seven factors with the greatest impact on corn yield. Below will present his research plot results, answer questions and offer tours of his on-site test plots during the show at the Agrotain exhibit on 11th Street.

The plots are jointly sponsored by Agrotain International, BASF, Dekalb and Mosaic. This is the first time a group of companies has sponsored plots of this nature at a Farm Progress Show site with the goal of providing a comprehensive look at improving yields and efficiency. Representatives from each company will be on hand to answer grower questions as well.

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    Food in the 1950s was starting to become faster in the form of cans, casseroles, and frozen dinners, which meant more time for families like Maryellen’s to spend together, or even watch TV while they ate! Fully stocked with pretend food that Maryellen would have loved to eat, this retro fridge gives a peek at what was on the menu in the 1950s. This 26-piece set includes:

    • A perfectly pink retro fridge with a door that opens to reveal a freezer on top with an extra door, drawers, shelves, and a butter holder
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    Justin: Hey Justin with here with a Stage 1 Power Pack Bolt-on Build-up for all 2007 to 2009 GT500's. 2007 marked the 40th anniversary of the original GT500, so Ford and Shelby decided to do what they do best, and give this car enough horsepower and aggressive styling to make it worthy of the GT500 badge. Just because the GT500's are the baddest of the bad in factory form, doesn't make them immune to the typical Mustang owner's treatment, which is: how do we make this thing faster? So, that's the goal here with these Power Packs. Now if you want to check out more Bolt-on Build-ups for your ride, you can subscribe to our YouTube channel by clicking on the link below if you haven't done so already. We already knocked out our baseline run with the 2008 GT500 here, so let's get into the mods that make up our Power Pack. This Power Pack consists of two relatively simple parts that a majority of our customers and Mustang owners turn to when they first start modding, GT500 owners included. And there's a reason for that, they're both extremely easy to install, even for the most novice mechanics out there, and best of all, they get results. The first part, which I just finished up installing is JLT's carbon fiber Big Air Intake, available for all 2007 to 2009 GT500's. Again, a very simple mod, very easy to install, but a very important mod when you do start working on these cars with the positive displacement blowers, like the '08 GT500 here. A lot of people think that the easiest way to make more power and boost on supercharged engine is to throw a smaller pulley on it, and while that's not a bad idea, did you know you can actually pick up a lot more power and possibly even an extra pound or two of boost simply by throwing on a massive cold air intake like the JLT here. You're not only allowing the engine to breathe a lot easier, which is going to increase your superchargers efficiency, but you're also increasing the flow capacity of the motor itself. So basically when you do throw a smaller pulley on down the road and really start spinning that blower up, the motor isn't going to get choked out by the less efficient factory intake. In addition to that, the JLT just looks awesome. The carbon fiber construction will look great under the hood, and will definitely get you a few style points while you're at it. On top that, like I said earlier, a very install. It will take you maybe an hour tops. Now if you want to learn more about this intake and hear what other GT500 owners are saying about it, just click the link below to head back to the product page at if you're not there already. The JLT does boast one of the largest MAF housings available on the market today at 127mm, which is basically going to allow your blown 5.4 liter to devour massive amounts of air. However, because of this, a custom tune is required, so I'm going to call my buddy Mike J. in from Bama Performance to talk a little bit more about the second part of our Power Pack. I just finished up with the install of the JLT, as you can see. How is this going to affect your tune? Mike: Well obviously the JLT is going to push in a lot more air, and any time you're pushing in more air, you really got to be conscious of your fuel-air ratio. So the first thing we're going to look at is fuel adjustment, spark adjustment, to get that right. We'll load everything up using the Bama SCT Tuner, get this thing loaded up and make some more hits on it. Justin: I'm going to hop in, do another pull, see what kinds of gains we're looking at. Justin: Baseline numbers with our 2008 GT500 gave us 434 horsepower and 432 pound-feet of torque at the rear wheels. At the end of the Stage 1 Power Pack, our car was now making 508 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque, giving us a peak gain of 74 horsepower over our baseline numbers, and gains of 56 horsepower and 64 pound-feet of torque throughout the curve. Well with only two pretty basic mods and about an hour or two worth of our time, we gave our already potent '08 GT500 a serious bump in power that even the most jaded gear head would be happy with. Now that will do it for the Stage 1 Power Pack Bolt-on Build-up with the '07 to '09 GT500. You have to check out our other Bolt-on Build-ups for the '07 to '09 GT500's where we really increase the power and start talking about some more serious mods. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel if you haven't done so already and don't forget to keep it right here at your number one source for all things Mustang:

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      07-09 GT500s have dyno proven gains of 30 RWHP and 35 ft-lb's of Torque or more on Bama Custom Tunes. By optimizing the air/fuel ratio and tweaking variable cam timing, a Bama Custom Tune is proven to squeeze out the extra horsepower Ford left on the table.

    • Performance

      Drastically enhanced throttle response and a much more aggressive throttle map will dramatically improve your Mustang's acceleration, shaving tenths off your quarter mile time while throwing you into the back of your seat every time you smash the gas. Automatic transmissions will see an even greater gain in acceleration and drivability, as the tune adjusts shift points and firmness.

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      For each and every Bama Tune, we ask you 19 questions about your specific Mustang, including your unique set up and intended use, in an easy to use web form. This information allows us to write an entirely custom tune just for your specific vehicle to ensure we deliver the most power and performance possible.

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    Purchase a Bama Custom Tuned device, and anytime you make a change to your Mustang that requires a new tune, just let us know. Bama will create a new custom tune, and the files will be emailed straight to you.

      Race Tune

      This tune will get you the largest increase in performance. Designed for the "Race only use", as the timing and throttle response are very aggressive.

      Performance Tune

      This tune adds power at 3000 RPMs and higher, focusing more on the top end HP and all out performance driving.

    **NOTE: Programming custom tunes may take 2-3 business days plus applicable shipping time. We recommend ordering other products separately to avoid delay. Heavily modified cars are not tunable with a mail order tune. Click for restrictions. Membership in the Tunes for Life program is is valid for as long as you own the car that was originally tuned and is non-transferrable.

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    • (1) SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner
    • (1) One USB PC Interface Cable
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    Ordering a Custom Tune? Whether it's a new mod or just an octane change on your existing tunes, our Bama Performance calibrators have got you covered in a few easy steps:
    1. Buy this Tuner & Submit your Mustang's Info
    2. A Bama Performance Calibrator writes custom tunes just for your Mustang & Mods
    3. Load 'em on your Mustang and GO!
    4. As you add new mods, Bama will update your tune files for FREE!
      That's right, Free Tunes for Life!

    Compact Design. The SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner measures in at 2.7” wide X 5.5” tall making it much smaller than the original SF3/X3 for easy storage in your center console or glove box. The cord is detachable and there is no battery or power supply needed. It uses the power from your vehicle's diagnostic port or computers USB connection.

    Full Color Display. The SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner features a full color 2-3/4" diagonal LCD screen with user adjustable portrait or landscape modes. The SF4/X4 also has a convenient power saving auto dim feature.

    Built-in WiFi. The SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner is now WiFi-capable meaning you will no longer have to plug it into your PC/Windows computer to receive the latest SCT firmware updates.

    Diagnostics. The SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner can also be used as a diagnostic code reader. Save yourself hundreds of dollars each year by reading and clearing your own trouble codes rather than paying a dealer to do the same. Its as easy as a few simple steps.

    On Screen Data Logging and Monitoring. With a full color LCD display, the SCT SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner makes it EASY to read the Built-In Data Logging or Real Time Monitored Vehicle Data, view popular sensor data such as EGT, Air/Fuel Ratio or any other 0-5 Volt source.

    Easy to load; easy to restore. When you load your custom tune on the vehicle, the tuner automatically stores your vehicle's factory settings. To return the vehicle to its factory settings, just plug the tuner back in, select the option to restore the factory settings, and you're done.

    Free tunes for life! Every customer that purchases a tuner is enrolled in the "Free tunes for life" program. Any time that you make additional mods to your vehicle, our team of SCT certified Bama Custom Tuners will create new tunes for you. Just send us a list of the part or parts you've added and we'll email the new tune files to you.

    Custom Bama Tunes specific to your vehicle. When you order a tuner, you aren't just getting a tuner - you are getting the tuner and 2 dyno-tested custom Bama tunes:

    • Performance (91 octane) - The Performance program is designed to add power at 3000 RPMs and higher, focusing more on the top end horsepower and all out performance driving. Timing, fuel and throttle response settings are more aggressive than the stock tune. This is a great track tune but also works well for daily drivers that are looking for a little more "get up and go". Automatic vehicles are further enhanced by making adjustments to the transmission's shift points and firmness.

    • Race (93 octane) - The race tune will ensure the largest increase in vehicle performance. Using the highest grade of fuel available in your area is mandatory. This file is designed for "Race Use Only", as the timing, fuel, and throttle response settings are very aggressive. It is so aggressive that we do not recommend it for daily driving as it may cause your vehicle to try to jump out from a stop and easily spin the tires. On automatics, we implement entirely new shift points and firmness settings to further enhance the all-out performance of the vehicle.
    **NOTE: Programming custom tunes may take 2-3 business days plus applicable shipping time. We recommend ordering other products separately to avoid delay. Some heavily modified cars are not tunable with a mail order tune. Click for details.

    SCT SF4/X4 Power Flash Tuner Features:

    Chip/Handheld: Handheld Custom/Strategy: Custom
    Memory Size: 4 GB Custom Tunes Held: 10
    Year: 2007-2009 GT500 Model: SF4/X4 Power Flash Mustang Custom Tuner
    Manufacturer: SCT Special Features: Full color LCD display
    Built-in WiFi
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    Overall Rating 4.4

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    • Performance Gain 4.416667 4.4
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    • 5/5

      April 10, 2018

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      Wish I had done a tune sooner. I was apprehensive about doing the tune. Was afraid I would mess things up. It was easy as could be. Bama make a great instrument. The results were GREAT. Highly recommend doing a Tune.

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      August 25, 2017

      Very noticeable difference

      All i can say is, great product, great tunes, great difference between stock and finally the most important ... great customer service

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      August 22, 2017

      I would have saved my money if I woulda know how much of a headache it would be just to order it and then after you get it, it's even more of a headache so save your money

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT500

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      September 27, 2016

      Works great

      Never had a problem with it love how easy it is to chang stuff when I need to with the life time tune

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    • 3/5

      September 05, 2016

      Needs better tuners

      Well I been using they're tunes and every time I get a new 1 I always have 2 codes pop up so my guess is theyre tuners suck and I'm not the only 1 ....better off getting a real dyno tune on your car

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT500

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      June 16, 2016

      My Bama X4/SF4

      My X4 is awesome you can't go wrong with this tuner! It's quick and easy to use and the color screen makes it much easier to use and read during the day compared to older models!!

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT500

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      June 10, 2016

      BAMA TUNED GT500!

      I just left the shop with my JLT CAI and Metco 2.60" pulley with my Bama tune. I can already hear the difference and can't wait to step on the gas more one the way home. Has some problems with shipping but they quickly took care of it. Great upgrade!

      Year: 2008 Submodel: GT500

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    • 5/5

      April 25, 2016

      Feel the difference!

      I felt the difference right away after uploading the "race" tune to my car. My car would feel sluggish and slow until I went WOT, the car however already had a JLT intake and 2.6 Metco pulley. I had to think whomever had it before retuned in after those upgrades but it didn't feel like it did, it would sputter from time to time I guess from the CPU adjusting to the upgrades with stock tune. So I added a BBK 65mm TB, Pypes Violators, NGK plugs and Granatelli 45k volt Hot Street coils then tuned in with the Bama Race tune and the difference was Night and day. Way better start up, idle, better throttle response cruising and the power is felt throughout the RPM band. My car would already hit boost going up hills and just passing cars, now my car is making power to do that without needing boost, my boost kicks in when I step on it or go WOT. I know my car definitely went up with lots of HP and is running right with all the mods on this Bama Race Tune.

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      March 17, 2016

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      Very easy to use product. Unfortunately mine arrived with no tunes on a Friday but it was a simple phone call on monday and I had it in my email within 5 minutes. Car feels smoother and more aggressive. Overall a great product and very user friendly with superb customer service if needed.

      Year: 2008 Submodel: GT500

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      January 15, 2016

      Great tuner

      Tuner was vary easy to use . And made a huge difference in the car .

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      July 19, 2014

      Great product

      Received 3 tunes and was impressed with the increase in power and responsiveness. Very easy to use and appeared to gain quite a bit of horsepower. I am very happy with the product.

      Year: 2008 Submodel: GT500 Windsor, VA 23487, USA

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      May 12, 2014

      I like the offroad x pipe option

      I like how its easy to use, and you can run an offroad x pipe without a check engine light!

      Year: 2007 Submodel: GT500

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When a pop star uses their status to rail against something bigoted and hateful, and when there is a general indifference to that sort of thing coming from everyone else, you can't help but notice how musicians and the music business in general has fallen from a great height. Never in my life has music been this far from relevance.


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Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election included a far more extensive effort to hack into state-controlled voting systems than the federal government has previously acknowledged, according to the indictment of 12 Russian military officers unveiled Friday.

The targets of that effort, the indictment says, included a US company that provides local election offices across the country with software used to verify voters’ identities, the indictment said. The company is not identified.

The Russian military hackers also succeeded in stealing the personal details of 500,000 voters in a single state, according to the indictment — the first time the government has acknowledged that voter information was actually seized by Russian hackers during the runup to the 2016 election.

In announcing the indictment, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein repeated, as he has in previous comments, that there is no indication that the hackers altered any vote totals. But the depth of the Russian intrusion into systems intended to safeguard the integrity of elections once again raises concerns about whether local jurisdictions, whose technical abilities vary widely, and the companies they contract are able to fend off the determined efforts of nation-state hackers with vast resources at their disposal.

“It is very concerning” that a private US election vendor was hacked, said Michael Sulmeyer, a former Department of Defense cybersecurity policy adviser and the director of the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project. “But it isn’t shocking. Both sides of the equation have to take responsibility: the vendors must improve the security of the products they’re selling, and the purchasers must demand it.”

While the indictment did not identify the company, the Intercept, relying on a National Security Agency analysis leaked by Reality Winner — who has since pleaded guilty to that leak and currently awaits sentencing — says it’s Florida-based VR Systems, which provides voting equipment to multiple jurisdictions. The company didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Russian military intelligence is also thought to have tried to trick county election workers in North Carolina and Florida into installing malware that was included in Microsoft Word documents, purportedly from VR, on their computers. It’s not clear if any of those emails were ever opened. At least some were stuck in spam filters.

The indictment’s revelations about efforts to compromise state voting systems comes at a delicate time for federal officials tasked with protecting election integrity. Earlier this week, two officials of the Department of Homeland Security told Congress that to date no efforts to hack into the state systems have been detected during the current election cycle.

But the size of the 2016 intrusions revealed in Friday’s indictment are sure to raise questions about how well the federal government is able to track such hacks and how forthright the government is about sharing that information.

In 2016, Russian military hackers scanned the election-related websites of at least 21 different states for vulnerabilities. But while DHS alerted IT staffers about specific technical threats, the agency didn’t share that information with top officials of those states until nearly a year after the election, claiming those state officials didn’t have security clearances entitling them to see information that had been developed by the country’s intelligence agencies.

The new details in Friday’s indictment also caught state officials by surprise. The indictment says, for example, that the Russians “hacked the website of a state board of elections (“SBOE 1”) and stole information related to approximately 500,000 voters, including names, addresses, parts of social security numbers, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers” around July 2016.

A source familiar with the hack said that the state involved was Illinois, which had previously acknowledged its voter registration database had been compromised around that time. Matt Dietrich, the Public Information Officer of the Illinois State Board of Elections, said “it’s pretty likely they’re referring to us when they talk about a state board of election being hacked.”

However, he noted, half a million voters was far more than the number of victims Illinois believed had been affected in the state.

“We notified 76,000 voters,” Dietrich told AngleNews. “The IT department here doesn’t know where the 500,000 number comes from. But it’s possible they could be referring to other states.”

Sulmeyer, of the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project, said the theft was a significant one. “We’re talking theft at scale,” he said. “Those records can be mined, and the perpetrators can do a lot more social engineering with that data.”

After the FBI identified some of the infrastructure that the Russian hackers had used in that operation, the indictment says, the officer leading that operation, Anatoliy Kovalev, deleted his search history. He and others in the operation also deleted other, unidentified evidence, the indictment says.

The hackers tried and failed to change administrative controls in the Illinois voter registration database, Dietrich said, but didn’t bother trying to change voter data.

In its report on the subject, the Senate Intelligence Committee said that in a “small number of states,” Russian hackers “were able to gain access to restricted elements of election infrastructure” and “were in a position to, at a minimum, alter or delete voter registration data.”

Illinois is the only state to publicly acknowledge that its voter registration databases was accessed by Russian government hackers. Arizona’s was also breached, but White House officials have said that was the work of unrelated criminals. The Arizona secretary of state’s office didn’t respond to request for comment.

“We had no advance notice this was coming,” Dietrich said of the indictment. “We haven’t had any contact with them about this other than we cooperated with the FBI from the start. They were brought in almost immediately after we recognized the breach.”

The Department of Homeland Security said it could not confirm the number of people affected in the breach. The special counsel’s office declined to comment on the discrepancy.

“It’s possible it’s because they have access to the data that the Russians have, that illinois didn’t,” said Lawrence Norden, a voting security expert at New York University’s Brennan Center.

It’s unclear what the Russian hackers planned to do with the information they accessed, or even if they had a plan, but experts warned that even though a lot of voter registration data is public, accessing a centralized database of voter information could help an adversary influence an election outcome in ways other than directly changing vote tallies.

They did, at least, have some sense of local targeting, the indictment said, probing individual counties in Georgia, Iowa, and Florida for vulnerabilities on Oct. 28, 2016, 11 days before the election.

“There’s other stuff in the indictment that indicates they were gathering information about targeting voters,” Norden said. “We don’t have enough information about what they were doing,” Norden said. “I don’t think the indictment tells us.”

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Mumbai [India], Oct. 13 (ANI): Hinting at more liberalisation measures to insulate the economy from global slowdown, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday expressed hope that investment inflow would improve. The Finance Minister, who was addressing a seminar attended by experts from BRICS nations on better international taxation procedures and global best practices to attract foreign investment, said that public investment has played big role in India's growth. He said that fears of spillover of trade protectionism from developed world are real. Jaitley hoped that the fears about free trade will subside once the US presidential election is over. Stating that BRICS has its own challenges, Jaitley pointed out India's experiences have been different in the problems that other countries have faced. The Finance Minister said the heads of government have been meeting over the last few years and expanding the areas of network. Jaitley said increased cooperation is now taking place and contingency reserves arrangements are in place. RBI Governor Urjit Patel, who was also present, said India's average economic growth is seen as 5.1 percent this year. He said that BRICS must work on improving business environment. He further added that outlook for global commodity prices remain soft. Stating that India needs to manage commodity cycles better, Patel said that spillovers from global monetary policy are a risk to BRICS. The RBI Governor further said that events like BREXIT and US presidential election also affects India's policies going forward. (ANI)