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[Admin note: This is a bad plan and nobody should replicate it. Read below this message for more on why.]
Now let me start off by saying that no one should try this unless they are fully aware of the fact that they can burn down their house or ruin some of the stuff inside. They say leave this up to the professionals, and I will say that too. This is just my story.
We have been getting bit up by bed bugs for about a month. We tried to sleep in the living room, they followed. We had no where to sleep, which made me desperate to kill these things. After doing some research and finding out about the heat treatment, I decided to try it out myself. I am on a budget and don't have the money to pay for an exterminator to do the heat treatment. We have a friend of the family that is an exterminator that came over and told us we have bed bugs. He sprayed once through the whole house but we were still getting bit up.
I found out that at 113 degrees, the heat kills all life cycles of bed bugs. Most places bring the temp. up to about 120-130 for a few hours. I figured I could do this myself seeing as its the middle of summer time. So I borrowed a kerosene heater, an electric heater, and 2 fans. I set them up in each room, making sure the kerosene heater was at least 4 feet away from everything. I cranked that heater up to full blast, turned on the fans pointing downwards since heat rises, and put the fans so they are blowing back and forth. I checked every 5-10 minutes to make sure the house wasn't catching on fire and I had an inexpensive "point and shoot" thermometer. Got the rooms up to around 130 degrees, making sure everywhere in the room was that hot not just by the heater. After about an hour or two I went to the next room.
The bed rooms were pretty easy to get to that temp since they were smaller then other parts of the house. I had trouble with the living room though since the ceilings go all the way up to the second floor. I got it up to about 108 degrees in there.
After I did all that, we've been able to sleep in our bedroom and not get bitten. One of the bigger bedrooms still had bed bugs when we tried to take a nap up there. One crawled right out.
I must have gotten a lot of them with this technique though. We had the exterminator come back today and he couldn't find any bed bugs anywhere. We found one dead one on the box spring. The exterminator sprayed and left. Hopefully this is the end of these pests!
Like I said, I wouldn't try this on your own unless you are aware of the fact that you could destroy everything you own. But I've done it and had somewhat success. Been able to sleep without getting bit since I did it. Worst comes to worst is definitely killed the eggs. I tried this after the bed bugs basically driving me crazy and waiting on the exterminator to come back all the while getting bit up. If you're on a budget and want to try this, keep a close eye on the room you are doing. Have a digital thermometer, one that you can point and get a reading is the best. Fans are the key! Since heat rises, the temp will be higher in the top of the room and by the heater. Fans move the hot are all around the room. I set a little fan up pointing under the bed to make sure the hot air got under there. I took temp. readings and made sure every part of the room was at least 113, but I went for 120 to be safe. Turn off all electronics! Electronics have a storage rating of 145 degrees. Do not go over 135 degrees to be safe! Wouldn't want to melt your television!
Hopefully this will help out someone who is going as crazy as I am. I've had success with this method, but also had an exterminator come and make sure we didn't have an bed bugs still. If you have no place to sleep and just want to get a good nights sleep, turn that room into an oven! Make sure after you do this you don't bring any bugs back in there if you only do one room! And they can travel about 100ft, so I did all the rooms upstairs on the same floor. Be very careful! This can be done, but is risky if you do not keep a close watch on everything. Keep the doors to the room closed and put a towel by the crack so no heat can get out. Check often! It will be very hot in there so do not stay in the room for more then a few minutes. Just enough to go in, take some temp. readings, and get out. I kept a bucket of water nearby just in case but everything went perfect. Didn't damage anything in any of the rooms at all.
113 degrees is the target. If you've tried and tried and are going nuts, you can try to roast them! Try and get it up to the temp. as quick as possible. If it's a large room you might want to try 2 kerosene heaters. kerosene heaters heat up an area very fast! The problem with electric is that it won't heat up fast enough and if you use more then one of them it will probably trip the breaker. I had this problem using 2 electric heaters so I just used one and set it on fan to blow the heat around the room. Good luck! Just sharing my story. Not saying this is something you should do, but I have done it. So I just wanted to let everyone know it is possible.
This is a bad plan and nobody should replicate it.
First of all, there are reasons professionals raise the temperature of the entire structure at once -- they do not do one room at a time, as you did. They also do not aim for 113 F because they know that the core temperatures of every item in the home and the structure itself must reach the killing temperatures. That necessitates going much higher.
It's my understanding that heating one room at a time allows bed bugs to migrate from one room to another. Heat applied unevenly or too slowly can also cause bed bugs to migrate deeper into the structure and hide out until it's all over.
The method you use could burn down your home and belongings ( which you seem to acknowledge). I am glad you did not do so. However, this does not mean that what you did is safe or that anyone else should try it.
Perhaps even more significantly, you admit that your home still has bed bugs. (A sign they may have migrated from room to room, or that they may have dug deep into the structure to ride out the heat, both things that are not supposed to happen if an experienced, knowledgeable professional conducts heat treatment.)
You cannot say that you successfully treated your bed bug infestation this way. I am not sure how long ago you conducted this "treatment," but it is probably too soon to know exactly how many bed bugs survived.
I plead with everyone not to try and replicate what is basically a dangerous and failed experiment. I know how awful bed bugs are. But this really is not a good idea.
Finally, please note that there are plans on the internet for creating a thermal chamber to treat possessions. These methods were developed by University of Florida researchers to eliminate bed bugs in the furniture and belongings in student dorm rooms.
Someone with the know-how and correct equipment may be able to follow them safely and de-bug furniture and belongings in a controlled manner. It does not, however, offer a method of treating a home. Your home would still need to be treated with sprays or other methods.
You can read about the University of Florida methods in this Bed Bug Manual (see "Economical, Localized Heat Treatment for Control of Bed Bugs infestations" in the Table of Contents). (If you want to find this again, it's now in the Resources page.)I started and run the site but am "not an expert."
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I have to reply to this. First of all this a DIY forum. People should not discourage these ideas. The people discouraging are most likely in the business and dont like competition.
Sorry, but you're wrong.
First, this site is not a "DIY Forum". It's a forum about bed bugs. Yes, some people need to self-treat their bed bug problems. It's not recommended. If you must do it, there are safe ways, ways which work, dangerous ways, and ways that don't work..
I want to stress that I am not in "the business", don't provide heat treatments (or any other kind). I'd rather you self-treat in a safe manner than in an unsafe way which is likely to backfire and not get rid of the problem.
I reiterate my point above: self-administration of heat treatments is a fire hazard and can also make bed bug problems worse.
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Restaurant Offers 15 Percent Discount for Anyone Seen 'Praying in Public'
So much for separation of church and plate.
Mary's Gourmet Diner in Winston-Salem is most definitely going to have a surge of customers angling to get a few dimes off their $11 home-fry scrambles now that word is out it offers a hefty 15 percent off the check whenever its servers see a customer "praying in public." Echoing other random and impromptu discounts like the one for "well-behaved kids" — it's only a matter of time before some plucky café rewards a customer for not cutting their toenails at the table, or for reading Infinite Jest, let's hope — this one's gone viral, getting national attention after initially being posted on a Christian radio station's Facebook page.
The discount is apparently nondenominational: "It's not really a 'religious' thing. It's a gratitude thing," the restaurant wrote on Facebook, in response to a question of who gets discounted breakfast platters. Because everyone is eligible except for ungrateful people, who make lousy customers anyhow, the real issue Mary's Diner faces with its newfound popularity is having its servers work overtime to verify which of its customers are praying and which aren't, which will no doubt be especially tricky during the brunch rush. There may also be customers who claim they've prayed but who weren't observed in the act. In other words, money off the bill for "gratitude" might get chaotic, and fast. These are just worst-case scenarios, of course; let's just hope everyone tips really well.
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t's been so long since a national network news anchor was based in Ottawa only a few will remember it was Peter Jennings reading for CTV more than 40 more years ago.
But CTV wasn't a fully-fledged network at the time.
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What is a Canadian first -- not a world first, he points out, because CNN's Anderson Cooper is already doing it on his show 360 -- is the digital technology that will allow Newman to anchor his Global National from Ottawa while the production is controlled and co-ordinated from Vancouver, where Newman launched the Global National newscast seven years ago.
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"It's important in the digital area because if you can't spit out digital content quickly from your own facility then you fall behind. If the future of visual news is increasingly in new media, we needed a way to create new media."
Newman, 48, doesn't pretend to understand the technology that will envelop him starting next week.
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The technology accommodates three-dimensional graphics, which will be sent down the pipe from Vancouver to illustrate specific stories. Cameras will also be pre-programmed and controlled robotically from the West Coast.
"The writers, assignment managers and members of the editorial group will all reside in Vancouver and all the assignments will originate from there," explains Steve Wyatt, Canwest's senior vice-president of news and information.
"When it comes to airtime in Ottawa, we will send to him a virtual set down the broadband network. Kevin will be sitting at a desk and the set will be electronically generated behind him.
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The cost-saving technology, bought by Global as part of a $2.5-million deal with an Israeli company, will also be similarly deployed in Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto to provide the mechanics for the broadcaster's 15 local TV operations across the country.
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"The old days of people sitting down with their TV dinners to watch the news are gone," he says. "We're competing with Google now."
Journalistically, digital technology has caused a media revolution, says Newman.
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"The good news is that you can have eyes and ears everywhere. The world is being reported in ways far better, far wider and far more democratic. If two kids in different parts of the world can be playing Xbox 360 live and talk to one another there is no reason why you can't do a newscast the same way."
In its seven years, Newman's Global National has built an audience that allows it to promote itself as "Canada's most-watched national newscast." Aided in part by the audience "bounce" from the late afternoon soap opera Young and the Restless and, in British Columbia, the Oprah Winfrey Show, BBM Nielsen Media Research figures show that Global National attracts a total audience of 952,100 compared with the later CTV News with Lloyd Robertson (917,300) and CBC National with Peter Mansbridge at 626,400.
In the complex world of TV ratings, the total figures don't reveal the demographic details that interest advertisers but, says Newman, Global National has built a new audience of news watchers heavily weighted to younger, educated women and shift workers.
"We're not on at the end of the day but when people are still in motion," he says. "You have the feeling watching our newscast that the news is ongoing -- that it's not a summation of the day. It gives it a difference level of urgency and that's refreshing to some people.
"A lot of people don't stay awake until 11 and 12 o'clock at night anymore," he adds. "They are working really hard. To beat the traffic in the morning they are getting up earlier, so part of the national news audience wasn't being served because they couldn't stay up that late. I know in my own life I go to bed earlier and get up earlier. I think it's a trend. We are not likely to be the opinion-makers' newscast but of hard-working people on the move."
This is Newman's fourth tour of duty in Ottawa. He was a parliamentary reporter 25 years ago for Global and later for both CTV and CBC before leaving to host CBC Midday from Toronto. He returned to Canada and Global after seven years as an anchor and correspondent at ABC News in New York where he hosted and reported for Nightline, World News Tonight and Good Morning America.
Newman and his wife of 22 years, Cathy, have moved back to Ottawa to be closer to their two college-aged children -- Erica, studying in Halifax and Alex, studying in Toronto -- and his parents who live in Toronto.
"It was time for me to come home and of all the places we've lived this is the most home," he says. "My son was born here and we have good old friends here who go back since before we were married. I'm here to figure out if I can have fun too. Since I last left Ottawa I have been on a bit of a crazy drive -- high-profile jobs and a lot of stress. As you approach your 50s you have to decide where you want to be for a while."
On the professional side, he says, living in Ottawa makes the world more quickly accessible than it is from Vancouver.
"While you can do just about anything in TV these days," he says, "when you have to scramble the anchor, proximity becomes a real issue. I have always been a travelling anchor. Like the other guys, when the story's big I like to see it. It's part of what this show is about."
Next week's high-tech launch follows weeks of planning and rehearsal but, as ever, viewers tuning in will find Newman looking at the camera and talking not to his mass audience but to his mother -- the person he keeps in mind when delivering the news.
"I have always spoken to my mother," he says. "She is an intelligent, engaged, worldly person. I had an editor once who said 'you have to come off (to the audience) saying "guess what I learned today?" I have always kept that in my head. And you want to communicate in a way that is not talking down to anybody -- synthesize and decide what's the most important thing to tell her first and what else does she need to know to fully understand the story."
Newman will write his own scripts and be deeply involved in the day-to-day journalistic side of the operation but makes no predictions about where the technology is headed.
"We'll see what happens," he laughs. "We're riding the digital wave."


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|Gerbes, principal 2-group bundles and characteristic classes
|Algebra and Number Theory Seminar
|Mathieu Stienon, Penn State
|Note: This is a special lecture and will be in Room 114 McAllister. It is well known that a principal $G$-bundle $P$ over a manifold $M$ determines a homotopy class of maps $f$ from $M$ to the classifying space $BG$ of the group $G$. Pulling back the generators of $H^*(BG)$ through $f$, one obtains characteristic classes of the principal bundle $P$ over $M$. It is a classical theorem of Chern and many others that these characteristic classes coincide with those obtained from the Chern-Weil construction using connections and curvatures. Gerbes are higher order analogues of principal bundles. We will discuss an analogue of Chern's theorem for gerbes. The idea is to relate Gerbes to 2-group principal bundles, and to study characteristic classes of these principal 2-group bundles. Recently, physicists motivated by string theory have been increasingly interested in 2-group bundles.
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College Hockey:Owls ready for fresh start
Westfield State Owls coach Bob Miele is ready to get his hockey team on the right path this season after only putting together 13 wins in the past two years. Starting slowly then finishing strong, or vice versa, had Miele looking for answers on why his team could not put together a full season in back-to-back-years.
This past Friday, the Owls defeat of a strong Western New England University (WNEU) program, 4-3, may be a sign that they are indeed ready for the full season ahead.
"This was a big win for us; Western New England is a strong, well-coached team that I believe will contend for a [ECAC] Northeast title this year," stated Miele, who is now in his fourth season as head coach of the Owls. "We started off slow, but I have to give the players credit for having the character to chip away under adversity."
Heading into Friday's contest, and given the track records of both teams, a win for the Golden Bears seemed like the logical outcome. On paper, WNEU holds a fully-loaded roster capable of making that title run that Miele alluded to. The Golden Bears put together a 14-12-1 record last year, which was also its first winning season since 1993-94. WNEU, in its own right, is also ready to make a run and become a force in the ECAC Northeast.
Even though one game — an albeit the first of the year — does not decide the season for a program, it should, in this case, give the Owls a feeling of confidence as they continue on the 2012-13 campaign.
"I think we learned a couple lessons from this game; we need to come out strong and play a full 60 minutes," added Miele, a former collegiate player at Amherst. "But, if we do fall behind, we know we can come back."
What an opening night comeback it was. The Owls trailed WNEU, 3-0, after the first period of play, but rattled off four unanswered goals, including three in the three period, to nab the first win of the season.
"We know we have a long way to go and a lot of mistakes to correct, but we look forward to playing Assumption," noted Miele.
Looking forward sounds just about right for the Owls program: Looking forward to putting together a full, winning season like it has done before.
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Max Lorenzen, Fitchburg Sate, forward. The Leesburg, Va. native posted two goals and one assist over two games to lead the Falcons' offense.
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David Smolinsky, Salem State, Senior. The former Walpole Star kicked off his senior year in the right way, netting the game winner versus Salve Regina in the Vikings season opener. Honorable mentions: Worcester SO. Cody Osburn, JR. Curtis Martin.
Goaltender of the Week
Randy Wolcott, Fitchburg State, Junior. He stopped 49 shots and only surrendered three goals in two games for the Falcons. Honorable mention: Ian Perrier, Westfield State, Sophomore.
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Refs boss laments Whare try 'howler' call
Glenn Jackson Referees boss Daniel Anderson has admitted there were ''no excuses'' for the video officials' decision to award a try to Penrith's Dean Whare on Sunday, describing the call as ''a howler''.
Snake and ladder: Stewart adds up for Manly
Glenn Jackson Most would say it is difficult to put a figure on a player's value. But in the case of Manly's Brett Stewart, you can - the Sea Eagles have been an 18-point better side since his return.
From trying times to try time, Stewart shines
Glenn Jackson It is not every day you get to surpass an Immortal. But Manly fullback Brett Stewart, in passing Bob Fulton as Manly's second all-time highest try-scorer, has done so.
Marshall's exit has $1m silver lining
Adrian Proszenko and Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers will have a $1 million war chest to spend on marquee signings for the 2015 season following Benji Marshall's decision to part ways with the club.
Tigers want to give Benji a long goodbye
Glenn Jackson With the emotion of Benji Marshall's last game at Leichhardt now out of the way, his Wests Tigers teammates remain confident they can get on with the job and extend his farewell tour into the finals.
Magic Johnson lights up Leichhardt
Glenn Jackson Remember that? That was the Benji Marshall of old. Only that it came in the form of Shaun Johnson, the Warriors halfback who broke the Tigers in the Marshall's final match at Leichhardt Oval.
Pearce still Blues material - and not to blame for defeat: Politis
Adrian Proszenko, Glenn Jackson Roosters supremo Nick Politis has hit back at critics of Mitchell Pearce and urged NSW powerbrokers not to put a line through his name for future Origin matches.
State of Origin
Awful truth: Blues rue another that got away
Glenn Jackson Another missed opportunity, on a night of many. Queensland's streak withstood a streaker - but also enormous pressure from NSW, who once again put themselves in a position to end the Maroons'...
'I don't regret my decision': Benji reveals why he's going
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Rugby circles Benji as Smith steps in
Glenn Jackson Benji Marshall's manager held talks with three Super Rugby outfits on Tuesday, and confirmed Japan was an option, as NRL chief executive Dave Smith attempted to intervene to prevent the five-eighth...
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Perfect partners: Barrett backs halves to rule roost
Glenn Jackson As so many debate whether they should be there, former NSW five-eighth Trent Barrett has given halves Mitchell Pearce and James Maloney a ringing endorsement, declaring them the long-term Blues...
Marshall's plan just the latest act in career based on risky business
Glenn Jackson Benji Marshall is, and always has been, a risk taker. But for his next trick, the player whose step and flick pass challenged the game and ultimately changed it, will take his biggest gamble of all.
Marshall set to leave Wests Tigers
Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall will seek a release from the final two years of his contract.
State of Origin
No Gal, not a worry for Blues, says Bird
Glenn Jackson AS NSW approach their first match without Paul Gallen since 2010, his fellow enforcer Greg Bird says the Blues have enough motivation to consider in the Origin decider without trying to win for their...
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Bitter memories of five years ago still linger for Pearce, Hoffman
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Sharks snap up Ayshford as Tigers focus on securing young stars
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Fighting ban could result in more biff-heads
Glenn Jackson For a game which has introduced a no-fighting edict, there seems to have been an awful lot of fighting in and around rugby league lately.
Is this the man to stop Greg Inglis?
Glenn Jackson Many have tried and failed before. But now Laurie Daley believes he has the man to accomplish one of the toughest jobs in rugby league.
Hoff to play roadblock to Thaiday's speed bump
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A final varnish layer on a finished painting has been an artistic practice for centuries. Artists often apply a transparent varnish to give saturation and their desired level of gloss to the painting, as well as to provide a protective coating. Until the 20th century, natural resins such as dammar and mastic were usually used. Over time these varnishes can become discoloured as the resin degrades, eventually causing a yellow to brown colour shift to the artwork. Whites look a dirty yellow, while blue skies are transformed to a stormy green.
After research and discussion with curators, a conservator may choose to remove a discoloured varnish if the removal can be done safely without risk to the underlying paint layers. This was the case with our recent acquisition Heron's home by Queensland colonial artist and taxidermist Anthony Alder. Dating from 1895, the painting depicts two meticulously rendered Nankeen night herons in a riverine landscape, but the deteriorated varnish was giving it a strong yellow cast overall.
Watch as I remove the varnish layer using cotton swabs and a carefully-tailored solvent blend, revealing the artist's original colours, and restoring the full tonal range and sharpness of image.
Currently on display in the 'Art in colonial Australia' room, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries, Queensland Art Gallery (QAG)


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Well, here's the name and backround of my character, plus a little bit more. Just FYI here, but all of this (With the exception of Bastalek's childhood) was actuall role-played at one time or another (Yes, that includes the four jedi). Anyway, without further adu...........
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Not huge, but in good shape
Bastalek tends to wear a pair of dark navy blue pants, a Hawaiian shirt over a white T-shirt, and a waist coat with holsters and grenade bandoleers sewn on the inside of it.
Force is for wussies
None, Bastalek despises most forms of general organization and is firmly considered by himself to be an anarchist.
Weapons and Other Possessions
Two 434 Death Hammer pistols, and Two T-6 Thunders
Grenades & Explosives:
6-flash grenades, 6-E.M.P. grenades, 6-Fragmentation grenades (Note: These are all thermal detonators, the name after the number describes the function)
Melee Weapons:
Two mono-molecular, 18 inch gruchai knives (OOC: Imagine a long, single edged curved blade) originally used by Bastaleks father. Each are crafted from mandalorian iron and display several engravings along the sides of both blades. Bastalek also carries the light sabers from each of the jedi he has killed (3 single bladed, and 1 double bladed).
Note: All weapons are either attached inside Bastaleks coat or holstered to his back.
Miscellaneous Possessions:
Red Swoop (referred to as The Lucky Dog), deck of cards
Bastalek usually comes off to those who see him as cocky, sarcastic, and clueless, all of which are part of the image Bastalek has set for himself in public. Under normal circumstances Bastalek is witty, cocky, and light hearted no matter how severe the situation. Although Bastalek lacks formal education most find that he has a surprisingly extensive vocabulary as well as being mechanically inclined.
Bastalek allegedly has the fastest hands in six sectors, and as a result is highly adept at anything involving his dukes. Gambling, pick pocketing, and melee combat are all fortes that Bastalek employs in his day to day life (Gambling more then anything). While it should come as second nature to him, shooting is a skill that has eluded even the slightest of Bastaleks ability (He claims to have shaky hands from shuffling cards too fast). Although the number of pistols Bastalek carries would convey that he is a pistolier, Bastaleks general strategy with them is to Dump as much ammo as I can in the general direction of my target, throw a grenade or two, BAM! Job done. Albeit Bastaleks amount of weaponry would suggest that he is not much more then an extra gun in a fight, it has become apparent through most of Bastaleks encounters with jedi that it is cleaver and lucky last ditch attempts that make him a formidable opponent in any engagement.
Bastalek hails from Coruscant, and was raised on his fathers gambling and cheating. After his father (Went by the name of Hakkon) dug himself so deep in debt and killed himself, Bastalek left Coruscant for fear of his fathers debts catching up with him. Once he had taken his leave from Coruscant Bastalek turned to the merchant world of Corellia, where he resided for two years as a mechanics apprentice.
Soon after he turned eighteen Bastalek tried his luck at a more unsavory profession, and joined up with a crew of smugglers and began working for a crime syndicate on Corellia. During what appeared to have been a standard smuggling operation it was found out that the their cargo had originally belonged to a rival company of pirates that is currently known as The Red Python. As a result The Red Python sent a jedi to retrieve the cargo, and thought it necessary to do away with the crew as well. At the end of the desperate fight the jedi laid dead, along with all the crew, save Bastalek.
Over the coarse of five years Bastalek tried to escape and elude his violent past, but has never been able to shake off the mercenaries and bounty hunters of The Red Python. Since his first encounter with The Red Python Bastalek has killed three more, and keeps their light sabers (NOTE: Bastaleks reason for having light sabers is purely ornate, and they wont be used in any manner of fighting) holstered on the inside of his waist coat as proof to others of his fighting prowess. Recently, Bastalek took down the main headquarters of The Red Python on Coruscant and Corellia, as a result a heavy price has been placed on his head by both the Imperials and The Red Python.
Through his eight years of traveling Bastalek has picked up several Tricks of the trade along with his original abilities to deceive he has become no less then an expert at grifting and hustling. Bastalek still refuses to give out his last name, even to his closest friends, as he fears someone may identify him. That and his father always told him its unfriendly to be called by your last name, and so chooses to be known on a first name basis with anyone he should happen to meet.
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Mphela equaliser saves Bafana from embarrassment
Katlego Mphela has scored a late equaliser to save South Africa from an embarrassing World Cup qualifier defeat at home to Ethiopia.
Mphela cleverly curled a shot wide of the opposing goalkeeper in the 77th minute to level the score at 1-1 but there will be questions about the future of coach Pitso Mosimane, who had said before the match only a win would do.
"We were surprised by them," said South African captain Steven Pienaar of opponents 71 places below them in the FIFA rankings. "They came with nothing to lose."
Ethiopia, who in four decades of World Cup qualifying had only won once away, took the lead just before the half-hour mark with a powerful shot from Said Saladin.
His goal delighted several thousand expatriate Ethiopian fans, whose cheering dominated a near-empty stadium at Rustenburg.
The decline in South Africa's fortunes since hosting the 2010 World Cup, including missing out on qualifying for the 2012 African Nations Cup finals because they misread the rules, meant only around 5 000 spectators turned up in contrast to the festivities of two years ago.
South Africa failed to qualify for the Nations Cup after losing out in a three-way tie at the top of their group because they thought goal difference was the decidinga factor when, in fact, it was head-to-head record. - Reuters


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Do you know your neighbors?
When my husband and I decided to move out of our first home we discussed whether we wanted to live in the country where our nearest neighbor might be a mile away or live in a neighborhood where our kids could see their neighbors every day.
We settled on a neighborhood because we envisioned backyard barbeques, late night fires, huge trick or treat festivities, and lots of kids playing outside. Our houses are near our neighbors but our backyard is private–so it's a best of both worlds for us.
But moving to a new neighborhood is very different as an adult than it is as a kid. As a kid, being a neighbor came naturally. Perhaps it was all the Mister Rogers that I watched as a kid. Learning that a smile and "hello!" can go a long way. Reaching out to the people nearby. Sharing. Helping. Caring. Just getting outside was the first step, and as a kid that was easy.
As an adult, I find being a good neighbor is a little more difficult. As I scoot to my mailbox each day I often wonder, "Where ARE my neighbors?" Everyone is busy working, or catching up on laundry, paying bills, or running errands. We are all so busy. So harried. So stressed. Sure, I find time for a few shared stories and laughs at the bus stop…but beyond that…well, as a good neighbor, I might be a failure.
Maybe I'm being a little hard on myself, because I know I'm not alone. But how about a little wake-up call? Maybe you are joining me in this group of half-hearted neighbors: We are all failing miserably together.
Couldn't we all take a cue from the ultimate good neighbor?
Mister Rogers took it slow. He made time to put on his good neighbor clothes–took time to tie his shoes. Made eye contact. Said Hello! Talked about his feelings. Empathized. Cared. Shared. Leant a hand. And always had time for Make Believe.
Janene talked before about how grateful she is that her kids have Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood to watch and learn from. And I wholeheartedly agree. I love Daniel's style and so does my three year old. Very soon Daniel will be celebrating Be My Neighbor Day in his neighborhood. And we can join him!
First, visit BeMyNeighbor.org to learn more about the movement. And then make plans to celebrate the day! On March 22nd local readers can visit one of four locations that will be celebrating Be My Neighbor Day (always the first Saturday after Mister Rogers birthday).
Register at one of four locations: Baierl Family YMCA (Sewickley), Western Area YMCA (Coraopolis), Penn Hills YMCA, or Thelma Lovett YMCA (Centre Avenue). There is no cost to attend.
Daniel Tiger will be making his first Pittsburgh appearances there! It's going to be fun for the whole family with games, crafts, a meet and greet with Daniel and more! Don't forget to bring a new or gently used sweater for the Sweater Drive (sweaters will be distributed to those in need throughout the region).
If you can't attend Be My Neighbor Day at one of the Local YMCAs there are still many ways that you can make the day special and I intend to choose a few from this list inspired by Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood's "Neighbor Day" episode, and work on my own Good Neighbor Behavior:
Volunteer!: Check out your local food bank, library or neighborhood park for opportunities for your family to contribute, whether it is going through your house with your preschooler and donating extra canned goods or old books or helping plant brand-new trees!
Play outside and meet new people!: Bring your young children for a fun visit at the neighborhood playground, so they can make new friends and interact with old friends, too!
Ask to help!: When your family sees someone who might need a hand, offer it! Work together with an elderly neighbor who needs extra assistance in their yard or even have your preschooler help take care of a friend's pet while they're away on an end-of-summer trip. You can also just talk with your child about times when you helped someone in need.
Smile and say, hello!: Sometimes the littlest things makes the biggest difference! When you are walking through your own neighborhood with your kids, greet passing neighbors with a friendly smile and a "hello" – you might just brighten someone's day!
Make Coupons for Giving: Help your child create homemade paper coupons for kind and helpful acts, like "a hug," "help with household chores" or "reading a book to a younger sibling."


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RADNOR, Pa. (Feb. 27, 2014) – Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK in Washington, D.C., will receive the 2014 Ivy Young Willis Award in a ceremony at Cabrini College on March 13, 2014.
At NETWORK since 2004, Campbell lobbies on issues of peace-building, immigration reform, healthcare, and economic justice.
A vowed member with the Sisters of Social Service (SSS), she is a nationally lauded religious leader, attorney and poet with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy for systemic change.
Given annually, the Ivy Young Willis Award recognizes women who have made outstanding contributions in the field of public affairs.
Sister Simone Campbell will speak to the Cabrini College community on Thursday, March 13, 4:30 p.m. in Grace Hall, 610 King of Prussia Road, Radnor).
She is well-known for the 2012 "Nuns on the Bus" tour of nine states to contest proposed budget cuts to federal safety-net programs. A year later, she led a new cross‑country "Nuns on the Bus" trip focused on comprehensive immigration reform.
Campbell authored a forthcoming book about these experiences "A Nun on the Bus," to be released by HarperCollins Publishers on April 15.
During the 2010 congressional debate about healthcare reform, she wrote the famous "nuns' letter" supporting the reform bill, which led to a personal invitation from President Obama to attend the celebration for signing the Affordable Care Act into law.
Sister Simone has received numerous awards including the Health Care Heroes Award from Families USA. She was a featured speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and is often featured in national and international media, including recent appearances on "60 Minutes," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," and "The Colbert Report."
Prior to NETWORK, Campbell served as executive director of JERICHO, a California interfaith public policy organization that protects people living in poverty and also served as the general director of the Sisters of Social Service for the United States, Mexico, Taiwan, and the Philippines. In 1978, Campbell founded and served for 18 years as the lead attorney for the Community Law Center in Oakland, Calif.
The Ivy Young Willis Award and Lecture program began in 1992 through the generosity of William G. Willis, father of Martha Dale, a 30-year employee of the College who passed away in 2012. Ivy Young Willis was a pioneer in the teaching of reading on television who worked closely with The League of Women Voters and the World Affairs Council.
Previous recipients of the Ivy Young Willis Award include Joan Buzzallino '66 (2013), retired vice president of human resources for IBM's Global Industries; Risa Vetri Ferman (2012), district attorney of Montgomery County; Jane Golden (2010), executive director of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program; Lisa Johnson Nutter (2008), president of Philadelphia Academies, Inc.; and the late Happy Fernandez (2000), former Philadelphia City Councilwoman and president of Moore College of Art and Design.
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November Webinar
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Our most involved customers participate in the Oracle Usability Advisory Board (OUAB). The OUAB identifies and addresses enterprise software usability issues in current and future products. The ultimate goal is to bring enterprise software usability to a whole new level through industry, government, and university collaboration.
Being a member of the OUAB is a very involved but fulfilling endeavor between customers and Oracle's User Experience Team, and requires users to:
For more information on the OUAB, contact Anna Wichansky or visit the Usable Apps Web site.
Q: What is a usability test at Oracle?
The UX team has several methods for evaluating the ease of learning and use, in short, the usability, of new software. In most cases, these methods are applied before products are released in order to catch any problems early. A usability test is a one-on-one session in which a typical user of a developing product, often an Oracle customer, works with a UX team professional to assess how well the product design works. Users who participate are asked to work on realistic tasks while the UX professional watches and records such activities as task successes and any errors that occur. The professional also asks users about their impressions of how the product works and their preferences for design options. The data from several individual sessions are combined to provide a reliable list of both the strengths and weaknesses of the design. The UX professional then works with other members of the development team to keep what works and change what does not. A retest often follows with a different set of users to ensure that the changed design has fixed any problems.
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Motivational LinksA collection of resources and wise words to assist you in your search for search for motivational or inspirational content. We hope you enjoy our listing of resources, and, may the quotes provide a bit of motivation to start your day on a positive note.
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"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." Anatole France
"Our ideals resemble the stars, which illuminate the night. No one will ever be able to touch them. But the men who, like the sailors on the ocean, take them for guides, will undoubtedly reach their goal." Carl Schurz
"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action." Michael Hanson
"When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it." W. Clement Stone
"In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective." Marshal Ferdinand Foch
"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live." Greg Anderson
"Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive." Robert H. Schuller
"A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life." Joseph Campbell
To realize our goals, we must first imagine them fully." Siew Hwa Beh
"Reading surrounds us, labels us, defines us." Rich Gold
"The printed page transcends space and time. The printed page, the infinity of the book, must be transcended." El Lissitzky
"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success." Stephen A. Brennan
"There are two ways of being happy,-- we may either diminish our wants or augment our means-- either will do-- the result is the same; and it is for each man to decide for himself and do that which happens to be the easiest. If you are idle, or sick, or poor, however hard it may be to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means. If you are active and prosperous, or young, or in good health, it may be easier for you to augment your menas than to diminish your wants. But if you are wise you will do both at the same time, young or old, rich or poor, sick or well; and if you are very wise, you will do both in such a way as to augment the general happiness of society." Benjamin Franklin
"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." Mark Twain
"True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper." Thomas Carlyle
"A sense of humor bridges the distance between sadness and joy." Author Unknown
"Humor is also a way of saying something serious." T. S. Eliot
"Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth." Victor Borge
"Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning. Benjamin Franklin
"Words are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap." George Bernard Shaw
"Words are the voice of the heart." Confucius
"The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them." Stephen King
"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully." Walter Lippmann
"One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you." Calvin Coolidge
"Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it." Marian Anderson
"Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust." Dennis Kinlaw
"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." Confucius
"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body." Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing." John Erskine
"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." W. H. Auden
"Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him." Roman Gary
"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." Carl W. Buechner
"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning." Maya Angelou
"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these." Emily Dickinson
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love." Maya Angelou
"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be." Thomas Jefferson
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SEATTLE - The red-hot Huskies will try to stay streaking this week on the road against USC. Washington (17-5-1) has won seven-straight games and is 14-1 over its last 15 contests. They are tied for first in the Pac-12 with Oregon and UCLA after starting Conference play 5-1.
Standing in the way of UW extending its season-high equaling win streak are the Trojans (13-10, 3-3). The teams will play a three-game set at Dedeaux Field in Los Angeles.
The road has been kind for UW as they boast a 6-1 record on non-neutral away turf.
Live streaming and live stats will be provided by USCTrojans.com, with links available on GoHuskies.com via the Baseball/Schedules page.
USC leads the all-time series 35-28, but the Huskies have a 7-5 advantage under the direction of Lindsay Meggs. The Huskies are 5-1 against the Trojans over the last two seasons, including winning 2 of 3 last season in Seattle and sweeping the series last time they visited Los Angeles. Looking back over the last 5 series down in LA dating back to 2004, the Huskies have come away series winners four times. During that span the Huskies are 11-4 at Dedeaux Field.
• The Huskies are ranked 19th by College Baseball News and are the equivalent of 31st in the USA Today/Coaches' Poll.
• The Huskies' 14-1 stretch is one of their best in the school's history. UW has had a couple of 15-1 stretches in their history in 2003 and 1997, plus another good stretch in 1997 in which they went 16-1. In 1997 and 2003 the Huskies would go onto the NCAA Regionals. The best streak in team history was in 1985 when they started the year 17-1. They did not go to the NCAA's in 1985.
• UW owns the 5th inning this season. They have scored 24 runs in that inning (their most in any inning) and only allowed their opponents to score 3 runs in 5th (the least).
• It's not a good idea to fall behind against the Huskies. They are undefeated when leading after the fourth inning. In fact their only defeat all season when they led after ANY inning was when they carried a 1-0 lead through three innings against Oregon St. on Feb. 24, lost the lead in the 4th and lost the game 3-2.
• The Huskies lead the Pac-12 with 11 home runs thru the first 23 games; they hit 10 in 56 games last season.
• After not having won Pac-12 Player of the Week honors since May, 2009, the Huskies took home Conference weekly honors in back-to-back weeks March 17 and March 24. Andrew Ely took home honors on the 17th and Brian Wolfe won on the 24th. It's the first time UW position players have won consecutive honors since 2006.
• Andrew Ely currently has a 13-game hitting streak. He is 18x45 (.400) during that stretch.
• Trevor Mitsui has reached base safely in all 19 games he has played.
• During UW's current 14-1 stretch, Braden Bishop is hitting .418 (23x55, 16 runs, 6 stolen bases) to raise his season average from .214 to .349.
• Austin Rei leads UW with a .421 average in Pac-12 play.
• Jeff Brigham has allowed 1 or fewer runs in each of his 6 starts this year.
• In his last start, Tyler Davis allowed a walk snapping a streak of 28.1 innings without allowing a free pass.
• WIth 75 appearances, Zach Wright ranks third all-time in UW history. He needs 5 more to tie for 2nd all-time.
Here's a look at the possible starters at each position, with 2014 stats and notes:
Pos. Player, Year 2014 Avg.-HR-RBI Notes
C – Austin Rei, So. .300-0-8 Team-hi .421 avg (8x19) in Pac-12 play, career-hi 4 RBI Mar. 21
1B/DH – Branden Berry, RS-So. .263-0-11 13 starts at 1B, 6 at DH, 4-game hit streak (6x16); RS 2013
2B – Andrew Ely, Jr. .354-2-14 Current 13-game hit streak, .447 (17x38) avg during that span;
3B – Alex Schmidt, Jr. .238-3-11 T-2nd Pac-12 with 3 HRs; equaled season-hi 3 H, 2 R vs. Portland
SS – Erik Forgione, Jr. .228-0-13 Third on team with 13 RBI; 21 starts at shortstop, 118 career gms
OF – Braden Bishop, So. .349-0-12 Hitting .418 (23x55, 3 2B, 8 RBI, 16 runs, 6 SB) over last 15 games
OF – Robert Pehl, Jr. .287-3-17 T-2nd Pac-12 lead w/3 HR's, 9 doubles; hit for cycle vs. SJ State
OF – Brian Wolfe, Sr. .339-2-12 Pac-12 POW last week (.563, 9x16, 4 RBI); career-hi 4 hits vs. Port.
DH/1B – Trevor Mitsui, Jr. .338-1-9 Reached safely in all 19 G's played; season hi 3 hits Sat. vs. AZ
RHP – Jared Fisher, Jr. 1-2, 6.43 Leads team with 35.0 IP & 29 strikeouts; 29 K's ranks 9th in Pac-12
RHP – Tyler Davis, Jr. 4-1, 1.36 Thrown minimum 6.0 IP last 3 starts, 1 ER, 8 K, 1 walk, 2 wins
RHP – Jeff Brigham, Jr. 4-0, 1.06 Allowed 1 run or less in all 6 starts; .197 batting avg. against
SEATTLE - The red-hot Huskies will try to stay streaking this week on the road against USC. Washington (17-5-1) has won seven-straight games and is 14-1 over its last 15 contests. They are tied for first in the Pac-12 with Oregon and UCLA after starting Conference play 5-1.


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My friend has been using ubuntu 10.10 on vmware player for many days now. But today, it has a problem booting, so we started the ubuntu live cd to try and fix it.
sudo fsck /dev/sda1 (got from No init start up error) says that the
device or resouce busy. So, I'm guessing the partition was not unmounted correctly on the last shutdown for some reason.
Any help on how to fix the problem would be appreciated. If you need any further information, please provide the command to get it, as we have little knowledge of that.


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The Bariatric and Metabolic Research laboratory, based at the James A Haley VA Research Building has a primary focus on obesity/metabolic research. To that end, the laboratory has established a rat model of diet-induced obesity which serves as a model for experimental gastric bypass. Using this unique model, the laboratory has established a reproducible model of surgically-induced weight loss in rats and reported the following novel findings:
Gastric bypass in obese rats
These data are novel, robust and have been well received at surgical meetings. Publications are in preparation.
A second focus is the role of cytokines in systemic inflammation during pancreatitis. With an emphasis on signaling pathways in Kupffer cells during pancreatitis, several novel mechanisms for stress-induced Kupffer cell apoptosis have been described.
The Bariatric and Metabolic Research team includes post-doctoral fellows, surgical residents and medical students. This team has been funded via 2 VA Merit Awards, a VA Career Development Award and USF and ASMBS research grants. The collective number of original publications in peer-reviewed journals (including clinical and basic) exceeds 80 manuscripts since 1998, with an equivalent number of oral or poster presentation in national meetings.


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According to the Associated Press, a recent study has revealed that three quarters of America's nuclear reactors have leaked radioactive tritium from buried pipes that transport water for the cooling of reactor vessels. This tritium could in turn find its way into the groundwater. While industry officials do reportedly check these pipes for leaks, they can only do so in either indirect or costly, labor-intensive manners. Now, however, researchers from MIT are developing tiny, spherical swimming robots that could check on the pipes directly, relaying their findings in real time.Read More
Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) employ a fixed wing design much like that of a traditional plane. But these designs offer limited maneuverability and payload capacity, require a runway to takeoff and land, and are unable to hover. Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAVs get around these problems, usually by employing rotors like a helicopter. Now UK-based company AESIR has developed a VTOL UAV that has no external rotating parts, instead relying on a phenomenon known as the Coanda effect to generate lift.Read More
For most of us, the world deep below the ocean's surface remains a place we have only had the pleasure to experience vicariously, primarily through watching nature documentaries. It's not as if we can just hop in a submarine and go take a look. Well, perhaps we can, if a Russian company's plan to market a two-seater submarine driven by pedal power to the tourist industry is successful. The new underwater vehicle (UV) from Marine Innovation Technologies (MIT) will not only be cheaper to buy and run than existing submersibles, it will be simpler to operate, requiring no special training or expertise.Read More
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It was only a matter of weeks ago that Sony announced The Last of Us: Remastered would be hitting the PS4 later this summer. It was the Game of the Year for countless outlets, including Examiner.com, and provided an experience consumers have been yearning for, for years. Naughty Dog believes The Last of Us: Remastered will serve as a means to learn about the PS4.
Even with The Last of Us already being released on the PS3, there are still a lot of people who haven't experienced the game yet, and PS4 is their next chance. This will be Naughty Dog's first release for the world of PS4, and they believe this will serve as a bit of a learning experience for them. Eric Monacelli, who is a community manager at Naughty Dog, talked about how the team is looking to learn about the PS4's architecture through the creation of The Last of Us: Remastered.
"When The Last of Us wrapped on PS3 we had just started to get a handle on the PS4 architecture.
"Internally, we felt that bringing The Last of Us over to PS4 might teach us some things about how we could get our game engine to work on PS4 and in doing so, would help us understand the architecture better for future projects. Also, The Last of Us for PS4 gives us a chance to provide a definitive version of the game in full 1080p with Left Behind and all core DLC included," Monacelli said.
Those who played The Last of Us on PS3 know just how unbelievable of a game it was, and if you're like me, you can't wait to pick this up on the PS4 as well. The Last of Us: Remastered will also serve as an opportunity for Naughty Dog to release a definitive edition of the game, like a lot of games do these days.
Among all of the PS4 ports or remakes we've seen thus far, none of them did what The Last of Us accomplished when it was released last summer. This game will debut sometime this summer for the PS4 and it'll be interesting to see what exactly changes or doesn't with The Last of Us on PS4.
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So, for a first time try with a USB boot drive, i used the recommended Ubuntu 12.04.3 version. After using the pen drive Linux USB installer to install Ubuntu onto it, I restarted my PC and changed the boot priorities in the BIOS so that it boots from the USB first, however after many attempts my PC just boots straight into win 8. The board I have is the ASUS M4A79XTD Evo (AM3). Any help will be much appreciated, thanks
I would first double check whether your boot loader really starts reading from USB device. Then try the USB on other computer (with correct boot priority of course).
It also might be that the USB has not been correctly written.
If the USB is able to boot your other PC, so perhaps 12.04 misses some of your goal PC drviers. In this case using a 13.04 image can resolve the problem.
What i would do, is format the USB as FAT32, then use the Linux USB installer again. please reply if it worked. If that doesn't work perhaps try a Live CD?
Had the same problem for booting off a live disc on a toshiba laptop with a preloaded Windows 8 OS. Since you know how to enter your bios to change your boot order I would recommend checking a few other important settings first.
*Never prefered to use a usb installer. You are better off booting from a live dvd and partitioning the usb yourself. JUST MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THE APPROPRIATE DRIVE!!! I always used 'http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/23/install-ubuntu-11-04-on-external-hard-disk/' when installing on an external device


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There are two types of scholarships offered by the Music Department:
Tuition Waivers
This scholarship waives tuition for a specified dollar amount. It does not include textbooks, parking, ID or other student fees. Financial Services is notified of the successful applicants and they then credit the student's account with the specified dollar amount granted in the waiver. If a student has already paid for the upcoming academic period's classes, then Financial Services will send the student a refund reflecting the scholarship portion of the paid tuition.
Requirements for Tuition Waiver are:
- Current High School or College cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or above.
- Enrollment in a minimum of 10 hours of course work.
- Enrollment in and successful completion of ensembles and private lessons as specified in the award.
- Audition (this may be waived for prior students whose ability is already known to the faculty).
- Student must be an Oklahoma resident.
A talentship is a grant credited directly to the student's account and is awarded toward the end of the applicable semester.
Requirements for Talentship:
- Audition (this may be waived for prior students whose ability is already known to the faculty).
- Enrollment in and successful completion of ensembles and private lessons.
- Student must be an Oklahoma resident.
A student may receive either or both types of scholarships depending on ability.
All students need to apply for a scholarship prior to the beginning of each academic year.
Students will be notified by letter if they receive a tuition waiver prior to the beginning of the applicable semester. Students must return the notification letter prior to the deadline to acknowledge their acceptance or denial of the scholarship offered or it may be revoked.
Scholarship application forms are available in the Performing Arts Division Office (Room 6267) and on the Music Department Forms Web page.


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Jon Atkin is a Vice President in our Loyalty division. His responsibility is for leading a number of our most important relationships in the Retail industry. His experience is in designing, managing and executing on a number of large scale customer experience, Enterprise Feedback Management and employee engagement programs.
Democratize your data and free customer feedback in your organization! That sentiment is at the core of the EFM revolution. In fact, decentralized ownership of customer insight and action really is fundamental to the success of customer experience management.
Terms like Voice of the Customer, Enterprise Feedback Management and Integrated Touchpoint Satisfaction have risen to prominence over recent years as the role and nature of the customer feedback solution has evolved. Our industry has changed its vocabulary, moving away from the CSAT or Customer Satisfaction program and taking on these new terms and everything for which they stand.
As we see across many industries, the onward trucking of technology has been a major factor in driving new products and approaches on the market. However, in the case of customer experience management, it is not just technology for technology's sake. The progression has enabled significant changes in the fundamental business structures of organizations.
This idea of decentralized ownership of the customer experience is central to these important developments. There are three big changes for big company employees when it comes to data democracy, namely:
These changes are a significant advancement for the role of customer experience management across any organization. This is a welcome evolution both within the organizations we partner with and the industry as a whole. This type of decentralized ownership of the customer experience should be embraced by senior executives across industries, empowering their front line managers to own all customer interactions.
To read more on EFM and impact on business practices, please download this paper on Enterprise Feedback Management.
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Thanks to Our Facebook Readers, We've Now Hit 8,000 Likes
And they said it couldn't happen... Well, OK, maybe they didn't say that. But it is somet...
And they said it couldn't happen...
Well, OK, maybe they didn't say that. But it is something of which we at Menifee 24/7 are proud. Last night, the "likes" total on our Facebook page reached the milestone number of 8,000! For that, we say thank you to all our faithful readers.
We know that although you can bookmark and return to this website any time you want to -- and many of you do -- our Facebook page is a primary portal to the Menifee 24/7 news site. A link to every item posted here is posted on Facebook, allowing Facebook members to be instantly alerted to fresh content. The "comments" and "new post" functions of Facebook is a popular feature on our page as well. In fact, many of you have used those to engage in lively debate and to notify us of accidents, crimes and other big news in the community.
Our Facebook page is used to post special deals from our advertisers, as a place for readers to ask questions of others, and much more. Readers have helped each other find lost dogs, make donations to worthy causes and dozens of other things.
We believe we are breaking new ground here in this era of real-time, interactive news coverage. As always, we welcome your input and appreciate the support.


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A couple of days ago I saw something which made me do a double take. As I was driving up St Anthony Street in Annapolis Royal, I saw a large pine box sitting at the gate to St Louis Roman Catholic Cemetery. This pine box looked for all the world like... well, it looked like a pine box that you would expect to find in a cemetery. There were no markings on the box. Nobody was standing around watching over it. It was just sitting there as quiet as the grave. Even for Annapolis Royal standards this seemed a bit odd to me.
In all honesty, I expect that the box belonged to the hardware store across the road. After a day or so the box disappeared and, since I have not seen any digging in the cemetery, I figure that it was probably collected by its owner. It was probably the packing crate for a bathtub or some other large piece of equipment. With the ground still frozen we do not tend to see many burials whether they be bathtubs or more ephemeral material.
All for now,