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You hear that Norma?
Sounds like it might be time for a tomato pie "throwdown"! My money's on Utica!
Norma, I've had Roma's tomato pie three times this past couple of months and last weekends pies were the best yet. I personally like my pizza crispy, and crispy is not a common trait of these tomato pies. I still love the taste and the 'change of pace" tomato pie offers, I especially like how it still eats well even when cold. For whatever reason, this weekends pies were a little more well cooked and crispier than the previous ones I've had, and I really enjoyed them that way. Even today, when i reheated the last of what I had left, it was still a delicious treat. If you are ever in Utica, be sure to stop at Roma, and while you're there, pick up some of their sausage and the iced raisin bread that is staged at the checkout counter!
I have however came as close as possible to duplicating their iced raisin bread. You've probably seen pictures of it on Facebook.
When I make tomato pie I use a whole can of 6 in 1 (1lb 12oz) for a 12"x 18" pan. When cooked for 15 to 20 minutes the tomato boils off and gets thick and rich. This replicates one place by me, however some use less making it more like a red focaccia.Bob
here's my first attempt at a Roma Tomato Pie clone

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Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG announced on Tuesday that Fujitsu will acquire Siemens's 50% share in their joint venture Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) by April 1, 2009. Siemens has been deciding to pull out from the computer company due to its low profitability for several months, whereas Fujitsu claims that FSC is still a valuable asset.
"Fully integrating Fujitsu Siemens Computers into the Fujitsu Group fits perfectly into our global growth strategy. We're inheriting a strong customer base in EMEA and an R&D capability that can support our global products development – not to mention a tremendously talented group of employees who share our values and commitment to grow with our customers as their trusted business partner," said Kuniaki Nozoe, president of Fujitsu.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers was established on October 1, 1999 as a 50-50 joint venture based in Maarssen, The Netherlands. In a decade, the company has established a leading position in the EMEA market for IT infrastructure, earning a reputation for quality and innovation in the server, PC, and data storage fields. Responding to the needs of its customers, Fujitsu Siemens Computers has also rapidly expanded its infrastructure services business to deliver a full range of innovative IT solutions.
Under the share purchase agreement signed between the companies, Fujitsu will acquire Siemens's stake for approximately €450 million ($585.15 million). The companies plan to close the transaction on April 1, 2009 after approval from relevant government agencies. Fujitsu Siemens Computers will continue to operate as a joint venture until the transaction is completed. Earlier it was reported that Lenovo Group was interested in taking over Siemens's share the joint venture.
Fujitsu sells personal computers under its own brand-name in Japan and the USA will now become a considerably larger competitor for companies like Lenovo Group, Toshiba Corp. and so on. Nonetheless, Fujitsu will not attempt to boost its market share, but will try to concentrate on expanding on lucrative markets, such as servers. Moreover, there are rumours that Fujitsu may sell consumer PC business of FSC eventually.
"We would like to compete with IBM and HP but even after this acquisition we are not at a level where we can put up a fight. We currently have a single-digit share of the market, and want to take that to double digits," Tatsuo Tomita, a corporate senior executive vice president at Fujitsu, told a news conference in reference to servers, reports Reuters news-agency.
Fujitsu and Siemens also announced that the chief executive officer and president of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Bernd Bischoff, has resigned for personal reasons. Kai Flore, chief financial officer of Fujitsu Siemens Computers, has been appointed the new CEO and president of the company.
"We continue to focus our Company on the strategic sectors Energy, Industry and Healthcare. We are happy that our joint-venture partner Fujitsu will acquire our stake in Fujitsu Siemens Computers and will take the company to its next level of success," added Joe Kaeser, Siemens's chief financial officer.
Over the years, Fujitsu and Siemens have developed a mutually beneficial partnership encompassing technology sharing and other collaborative business activities in the information communications field. The companies intend to continue collaborating in various fields of technology in the future.


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Why we need a bike path connecting our towns
On Nov. 9, Daniel Duane, a triathlete (we have our share of these), wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times saying that he had given up street cycling, other than when competing, due to the number of maimed or killed cyclists he has known in and around cycle-friendly San Francisco. Some will say, "Well, that's a city, not our tranquil countryside," but I and many others can attest that our area is very unsafe for bikers.
I have come close to death several times, and my local riding is only into Saranac Lake to the post office, or on a 17-mile loop from where I live, most of which has low vehicular traffic. I gave up riding to Lake Placid after one hair-raising trip. Accidents are all too common. Less than a month ago, a 74-year-old woman was killed by a pickup truck driven by a distracted driver in a rural community near Utica.
These accidents are not always the vehicle driver's fault. Bikes can be hard to see or obscured by another vehicle. Trucks do not realize that in their "wakes" are air currents that can suck a biker into traffic or blow the cycle into a razor-sharp guardrail. Debris that seems benign to an auto can upend a bike or force it off the road or into high-speed traffic. I still take those risks at 72, as do thousands of our neighbors, but I would never let my grandkids ride on our highways.
This is a shame. As Duane points out, cycling is the second-most popular outdoor activity (after running), supporting a $6.1 billion industry that sold 18.7 million bikes last year. Eight hundred and fifty thousand Americans commute to work on bicycles, a healthy and environment-friendly way to improve our lives – if we still have them at the other end of our commute.
A safe, level rail trail connecting the Tri-Lakes would serve recreational bikers and commuters alike. People who live along the trail could commute to jobs at places like Adirondack Health, the American Management Association and North Country Community College in Saranac Lake; to the Adirondack Park Agency, Department of Environmental Conservation and State Police headquarters in Ray Brook; and to retail and support jobs in all three communities. The 200,000 visitors each year to our campsites at Fish Creek and Rollins Pond could safely commute to all three villages, and even children could safely ride the 9 miles to the Wild Center. With numerous places to picnic and swim along the corridor, the trail would invite family outings, whether on foot or on bikes.
And speaking of walking or running, as noted earlier, these are our most popular outdoor activities, even ahead of biking. Walking or running on our roads is also not the safest pursuit. Both occasional joggers and our Olympic athletes in training are regularly seen running along our highways, sharing what is not infrequently a 3-foot-wide bike lane with other walkers, runners and bikes, making that lane unsafe for all. A 34-mile long, 8-to-10-foot-wide bike path will allow a safe mixture of walkers, joggers, bikers and even wheelchairs – with no vehicular traffic.
While I am writing in favor of a bike path and have never even been on a snowmobile, I have helped untangle the skis of a snowmobile from those unused tracks while snowshoeing between Lake Clear and Floodwood. It was obvious to me that the winter use of the trail would be far greater and safer if it were a smoothly surfaced path. Snowmobile advocates point out that these visitors spend an average of $138 a day, making them our most free-spending tourists. The summer and winter impact of building the trail has been estimated at over $27 million, creating 387 new jobs in the area. (Supporting data are on the ARTA website at www.thearta.com.)
Finally, some critics of bike trails that traverse wild areas say that in the case of illness or accident, it is far easier and safer if the victim is on a highway. While accidents on our highways are much more likely, as I have noted, this rescue issue is a red herring. For starters, the DEC routinely conducts much more complicated and hazardous rescues in situations where hikers are lost, injured or stranded in some of the remotest and most inaccessible regions of the High Peaks. By comparison, reaching someone in need will be quicker than trying to reach someone with a train or "high railer" along the tracks today. In the winter, this is even truer. There are months now when snowmobile access is impossible due to the interference of all those unused switches and rails. Once those are removed and the trail is graded and surfaced, rescuing a snowshoer, skier, hiker or other snowmobiler will be part of our normal emergency procedures, not the Chinese fire drill it is today.
We desperately need a bike path connecting our villages. The North Elba, Lake Placid, Harrietstown, Tupper Lake and Piercefield boards have all said they want one. Let's all call our elected Assembly and Senate representatives and ask them to press the state to make one happen, and soon.
Lee Keet lives outside Saranac Lake in the town of Harrietstown and is a member of the Adirondack Rail Trail Advocates Board of Directors.


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Another great morning out at the Stortford 10 !Date of review: June 3, 2013
In short: Up to the usual high standard !In full: Great day, special thanks to the organisers for arranging the herd of deer to run adjacent to us about about 2km!Everything ran like clockwork, only improvement would be to look at the finish area where the t-shirts are collected, it gets a bit crowded.Date of review: May 28, 2013
In short: Varied, tricky , fun route .In full: Great mix of surfaces, well marshalled and a friendly race. Easy parking and great location - nice t-shirt. Well done Ware Joggers.Date of review: October 15, 2012
In short: What a route !!In full: The course was absolutely excellent - taking you through the parts of London that you normally only run through at the end of the VLM (that bit when you're not feeling so good and your keen to get it over with). Several times I wanted to put the run on 'pause' and just drink in the views/look at the sights.Not a course for a pb, due to the numbers taking part - but very friendly and with good baggage/toilet facilites. Only addition I would make is for a couple of marquees for changing.Date of review: October 10, 2012
In short: Great scenery + marshalling In full: Loved this run - great range of surfaces and inclines to deal with. Not overcrowded and a good atmosphere. Nice cake too!Special mention to the marshals and those that put out the signs - never needed to look at my instructions, despite some tricky sections towards the end.Only improvement that I would suggest would be another water station at 4 miles. Date of review: September 24, 2012
In short: Varied, tricky route .In full: This course has a little bit of everything , road, hard trails, fields, muddy parts and hills. Good atmosphere and nice views (once you got to the top of the various hills)Smart tech t-shirt at the finish as well Date of review: June 18, 2012
In short: Varied, tricky route on this course.In full: A small scale, low key event organised by a village primary school's PTA. Clearly my Garmin is out of cal as it did not measure it as far as 11 kilometres, although it was certainly longer than 10k - however, as it was a small scale event I'm suprised by the level of angst amongst the reviewers.Friendly set up, well marshalled route (and the marshals were all happy as far as I could tell)with police closing off Tots Lane (the lane prior to the final climb back into the village)It was only a few hundred yards but the run through the bluebell wood was very nice indeed.Date of review: May 15, 2012
In short: Good, but last one for meIn full: Yes, I know I've said it before, but that was deffo my last London.Great organisation, absolutely fautless logistics. Fantastic support, smiling marshals, police asking resting runners if they're ok, St Johns doing a great job, London smilingBut, the course is now overfull of runners at 37,000 starters. This leads to collisions and frustration for the varying paces that are being run. Spectators are encroaching onto the course, further narrowing the space available to run.The Expo is now nothing more than a commercial opportunity and frankly, although I admire Virgin's business ethos, I don't want it stuffed down my throat - let's all focus on the running.Finally, there used to be cheese sandwiches in the goody bag ! A sachet of salt - what am I going to do with that ?!?Date of review: April 25, 2012
In short: Great scenery + marshalling on this 20 milerIn full: Enjoyed the race very much. The loop format was interesting as I was able to see the leaders coming past me ! On the plus side was the landscape, the marshals ,the Air Cadets on the water stations and the large field in which to fall down after the race. The hoody was good too - one fellow competitor stated it looked like a breakout from Guantanamo on the way back to the car !Less positive was the distance of the car parking from the start, the size of the main hall (although the congestion was not aided by large club groups feeling the need to 'stake their turf'), toilet provision and the temperature of the showers...brrrh !Date of review: April 5, 2012
In short: Does just what it says on the tinIn full: An excellent, no fuss event that sets you up for London. Great scenery and route, with a nice amount of shade on a bright day.Supportive and plentiful marshalling - and smashing piece of cake at the endDate of review: March 27, 2012
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State of Unified Communications 2012
In our InformationWeek 2012 Unified Communications Survey, we elicited responses from more than 300 business technology professionals on plans for advancing their companies' UC initiatives. We asked about factors respondents consider critical for a successful implementation, major technical and business drivers, obstacles to deployment, and how well they think UC technology is delivering on its promise. Of those surveyed, 71% work for companies with 500 or more employees, and roughly one-third work for companies with 10,000 or more.
Using last year's survey as a baseline, we found some interesting trends in adoption rates, applications employed and vendor preferences. The percentage of respondents reporting that they have deployed and are using UC jumped from 30% when we last ran the survey, in April 2010, to 36% now; an additional 31% say they plan to deploy within the next 24 months—that's the same percentage as planned to deploy last year. And Skype seems to be making headway in enterprises; can we thank Microsoft?
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Number of Respondents 302
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Written by members of the U-19 team who recently won the gold medal at the 2012 Pan American Junior Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
"Do it for the glory, do it for the power, do it for your country, do it for the gold!"
As the voices of the eight team members echoed their chant through the gym, they each had one goal in common: to win. And that is exactly what they did. After overcoming Mexico and Jamaica 5-0 both matches during pool play, the team moved on to semi-finals and defeated Brazil 4-1. As the final match against Canada approached, nerves began to rise and knees became weak. But confidence overpowered and the team was ready to take the gold. "We were both under much pressure, but in the end, we were the ones who persevered," said team member Iris Wang. The match wasn't easily won; every point we won counted.
The statement "We win as a team, lose as a team" truly stood this tournament. Before arriving, members were scattered across the nation, from Boston to LA to the Bay Area, training individually. Once afoot in Canada however, the individual athletes joined as one. Team bondings, dinners, and jogs helped the team to unite. Even though our team ranged from fifteen to eighteen year olds, we felt a bond similar to that of a family. Even our youngest player, Christine Yang, felt like she was a part of the team. "I came into this tournament thinking that I would play at most one game, but I was proved wrong. I felt as if my point greatly mattered towards our wins and I knew that no one was expecting me to win, so I just went out there and did what I usually do," said Christine. "Something special about the team this year was that there was a combination of veterans and rookies. Half of us had participated in the team event before, and the other half experienced their first. As a veteran, I prepared the younger players for upcoming years and taught them how to lead a team," said team captain Jeffrey Kuo. Not one game went by where the bench was silent. Throughout every game and every match, the team cheered on their representative on court. Overall, the USA Under 19 team towered over seven other countries to take home the championship title for their nation.


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Subject description: What would be the perfect file format for music description
Thunor has lately given gtkdialog some improvements that is directly related to pMusic performance. We are very lucky having the developer of a framework inside the kennel.
pMusic is not having its own native file format, but has always used the m3u standard. This is a common standard, but works slow in pMusic as it must be imported into the pMusic standard. - So there is a native standard????? Well, there is always a standard, but in Pmusic it has not been able to have the same standard in both the playlist and in the Music-source list. - until now.
With the latest improvements of gtkdialog, it is possible to have one unified standard which will be used as the native file format to playlists and indexes in pMusic. So, How should this format look like.
I will give some initial thoughts, but I would really appreciate some feedback in the process to set the final standard.
I think the file-format should be exactly what we send to the <table> or <tree> widget in gtkdialog. - No import/export code is required - instant adding of 1 track or 200 tracks. That also means the important information must be placed first in the standard.
Today the track-length is the first column in the playlist. I am not sure if that is the most logic info to start with, but for now we keep it first.
It feels correct to use the metainfo (or just the filename) as the base info. Pmusic is today supporting both version 1 and 2 of id3 tags, but still only using tags-types supported by id3v1. That is Artist, Title, Album, TrackNr, Year and Genre. As I see it (and you are allowed so disagree), this is enough info in the playlist/sourcelist/pmu-file.
Now we have filled the 6 first columns if the new standard. Next I suggest to include a rating cloumn.
Now let's go for stream-info like bitrate and music-format (mpr, flac...). I don't know if samplerate and channels are important to include?
Full path is the most important info for pMusic. We have to know where the song a located to play it. But for the user this is seldom interesting, so I don't see any reason for pushing this earlier.
Now this last group of info is what I like the most. Let's keep info of where to look for lyrics, albumart and complete album tracklist. It could be link info to a local file or an URL. This info is for pMusic only - to quick locate more info about the track.
This will speed up the trackinfo grabbing a lot. Together with no 'importing...' pauses, and the fact that playlist handling will heavily improve we get an overall snappier use in pMusic 3. Today the playlist shouldn't keep too many tracks before things slow down. This will not be an issue in pMusic 3.
Ok, back to the native file format. Using the above specs it could look like:
03:41|Judas priest|Parental guidance|Turbo|1986|4|27|192|mp3|/mnt/sdb1/musikk/mp3/Judas priest - Parental guidance.mp3|/mnt/sdb1/musikk/lyrics/Judas priest - Parental guidance .txt|/mnt/sdb1/musikk/albumart/Judas priest - Turbo.jpg|/mnt/sdb1/musikk/album/Judas priest - Turbo.pmu
I hope some of you could share your thoughts about this
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HI Sigmund,
Good news is that there is an international standard for Digitally Recorded and Stored Music, bad news is I don't have it as i'm not involved in a radio program broadcast any more, however you should be able to get it's content (or a url to get it) from your local Radio Station if you can find a 'program director'.
I do remember that there were a number of empty fields though and it covered things like play speed, track start and end delays (empty spaces), jump points (to shorten a track without it being obvious to the listener), and the like.
Hope this helps.
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There is also
although some standards are missing, like
But I'm not sure that any of them would be suitable for Pmusic.
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I'm ok with whatever standard you choose as long as my cheapo mp3 player will display the author, title and track (or file) number as I listen to an mp3 audio book. I don't use the metadata from the audio CD when I convert it to mp3 because there's no telling how it will turn out. (A really smart guy once said the beautiful thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from.
) After I convert the CD to mp3 (with Pcdripper because it's easy to use and does the conversion the way I want it to) then I use Pmusic to add the metadata (tag all tracks) so my mp3 player shows it the way I want. The whole process is clunky and takes a while, but it's the only way I've found to get everything the way I want it.
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Thanks for feedback.
An interesting link, disciple.
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Inspire Penn State Hershey
If you like a small town feel but want to have the excitement of the city within reach, then living in the south central Pennsylvania has all that and more to offer.
Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center is located in Hershey, PA, a thriving resort town of approximately 20,000. It provides residents and visitors with the employment, cultural and recreational opportunities that is attractive to people of all ages and walks of life.
Hershey is a suburban community in a metropolitan area of 400,000 and is one of the fastest growing regions in the state. Hershey is approximately 12 miles from Harrisburg, the state capital and largest employer in the Commonwealth.
If you work for Penn State Hershey, you can have your pick of whatever environment it is that makes you call south central PA "home."
Hershey – aka The Sweetest Place on Earth – Imagine waking up to the smell of chocolate or roasted peanuts in the air. It can't get any better than that! In Chocolatetown, U.S.A. there is plenty to do for fun or relaxation – visit HersheyPark or the Hershey Spa, take the kids to ZooAmerica, or go to the Giant Center to take in a Hershey Bears Ice Hockey game or to see one of many top-name entertainers.
Harrisburg, the state capitol is located 12 miles from the Hershey Medical Center – this city is located along the mighty Susquehanna River where you will see it dotted with pontoon boats, ski boats and more in the summer; take the family out for a summer baseball game at Metro Bank Park which is the home of the Harrisburg Senators baseball team. The stadium sits on its own little island – City Island, which hosts year round attractions and extensive special events for all ages. In town you can spend your time visiting the Museum of Scientific Discovery, Whitaker Center, art galleries and restaurants.
Lancaster County is approximately 30 miles from Hershey and also boasts top restaurants, a Farmers Market; and tours of authentic Amish farm life. Lancaster is also known for its many famous top designer brand shopping outlet stores.
Gettysburg is 49 miles from Hershey and is the home of the Gettysburg National Military Park with monuments and cannons along miles of winding roadways marking the site of the Civil War Battle. You may even come across a ghost on the civil war grounds as many have witnessed.
Some Helpful Websites
- www.visitPa.com (Official site for travel and tourism in Hershey, PA)
- www.harrisburgpa.gov (Official site for the city of Harrisburg, PA)
- www.hersheyharrisburg.org (Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau)
- www.banking.state.pa.us (Pennsylvania Department of Banking)
Places of Worship
- Central Penn Business Journal
- Harrisburg Magazine
- Hummelstown Sun
- Lancaster New Era
- Lebanon Daily News
- Patriot News
- York Daily Record
- York Dispatch
- Amtrak
- Baltimore Washington International Airport
- Capital Area Transit (CAT)
- Greyhound Bus Line
- Harrisburg International Airport
- Philadelphia International Airport
Drivers Licenses
Moving Assistance
- www.moving.com/
- www.123movers.com/moving_companies/pennsylvania/state-PA/s-residential/state.html (same one as above, but direct to PA)
This list is subject to change. This information is provided as a courtesy to our visitors. Penn State Hershey does not endorse any of the items listed.


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Keynote Address/Opening Ceremony
Unity in a Modular World
Thursday, May 23, 2013,
Fifty years of split-brain studies have led me to a long-term view on how to best understand mind/brain interactions. Overall, the view is consistent with the idea that complex neural systems, like all complex information processing systems, are highly modular. At the same time, how the modules come to interact and produce unitary goals is the great unknown. In this process, the importance of self-cueing cannot be overestimated. It is demonstrably evident in the human neurologic patient and especially in patients with hemispheric disconnection. When viewed in the context of modularity, it may provide insights into how a highly parallel and distributed brain coordinates its activities to produce a unitary output. Gaining a full understanding of cueing mechanisms will require shifting gears away from standard linear models and adopting a more controlled and dynamical system view of brain function.
Read more about Michael S. Gazzaniga in The Faces and Minds of Psychological Science
Michael S. Gazzaniga in the news: The Wall Street Journal (Feb 8, 2013).


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Brendon P. Bird, 88, of Fort Dodge, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2014 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 31st at 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Fort Dodge with Msgr. Kevin McCoy officiating at the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Corpus Christi Cemetery with military rites conducted by the V.F.W. Post 1856 and the U.S. Navy Honor Guard. Visitation will be on Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a Vigil at 7:00 p.m. all at Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home.
Survivors include his daughter, Kathleen (Don) Horton of Blue Springs, MO; sons, Greg (Michelle) Bird of West Des Moines, and Jim (Molly) Bird of Fort Dodge; eleven grandchildren: Tim Horton, Mark Horton, Matthew Horton, Jason Horton, Michael Bird, Megan Bird O'Conner, Jillian Bird, Katy Bird, Alex Bird, and Riley Bird. Eleven great grandchildren also survive: Ryann, Gracie and Elizabeth Horton; Ella, Kara, and Cali Horton; Leigh Horton, Rory Bird, Hannah and Brendon O'Conner.
Brendon was born October 19, 1925 in Fort Dodge to John and Mary (McIntyre) Bird. Following his education, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving from 1943 to 1945 as a signalman on tanker ships in the Pacific during WWII.
On February 28, 1947, he and Marion A. Johnson were the first couple to be married at Holy Rosary Church. The couple made Fort Dodge their lifelong home. For 41 years Brendon worked as a production worker for Georgia Pacific, until his retirement in 1987.
Brendon will be lovingly remembered for his easy manner and caring nature, his lively sense of humor and dry wit, his wonderful stories and sage advice. He took great joy in sharing long visits over coffee with his many friends and relatives. In September 2013, Brendon and dear friend Keith Lindstrom were able to participate in the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marion in 1996; ten siblings, and an infant grandson.
In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home.


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Mauricio Shogun Rua v. Lyoto Machida, UFC lightweight champion.
This fight is going to be great. My two favorite light heavyweights, now that Wanderlei Silva is hovering between the Rich Franklin 195 lb. division and the middleweight division. Machida, the champion has not lost a round on a judge's scorecard since his entry into the UFC. Up until this fight, he has been literally untouchable. He has his way with fighters. He moves in, combos, and moves out without getting hit. He counters fast. His judo and sumo throws negate any wrestler's strength in the clinch. His top game and jiu-jitsu are world class.
But he has yet to fight a fighter as dynamic as Shogun. Shogun's MMA Muay Thai style is tough. He combines speed, power, and agility in his striking. His ground and pound was legendary in Pride, and his flashy jiu-jitsu far outweighs Machida's. Plus, he is my FAVORITE FUCKING FIGHTER in the world.
Machida has won many decisions. But he's never had to work hard through all the rounds, other than in the Penn fight, which I'll get to. His decisions have always been easy fights where he loses no stamina and endures no damage. That may speak to his ability, but it also means he hasn't been tested. If Shogun figures out Machida's elusive timing in the stand-up, this fight is his. His ground game is better than Machida's, and his striking, although sloppier than Machida's traditional karate, is just as dangerous.
If Shogun loses, it will be by KO in the first round. But he's not going to lose. He will win via submission in the fourth round, after Machida gasses for the first time in his career, against a fighter of comparable skill. The only fighter he has fought to date with a skill level equal to his own is B.J. Penn. For those who don't know, B.J. Penn fights in a weight class fifty pounds lighter than Machida. And he took him to a decision. Shogun is equal in size to Machida. This is going to be interesting.
Machida's never seen this before:
But when he does, it'll be followed up by a triangle, armbar or something sick like a gogo, and he's going out or tapping.


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Pros: Very musical, dynamic, fast and very detailed.
Cons: Can be a bit harsh sounding sometimes. And comfort can be a little rough at times.
Not a review, just my little opinion on these nice headphones.
My Grado SR80s are the older ones (Not the new 'i' version) I'm guessing my SR80s were made around in 2001-2003 etc.
All I can say these SR80s are very musical sounding headphones, and they can sure boogie too.
I think the SR80s are one of Grado's best headphones in my opinion. And can sound just as good as headphones costing £250+. Very good value for money !!


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Seagate Technology has unveiled its second generation hybrid hard drive that uses a special NAND flash cache that is used to accelerate loading of frequently used programs or data. Seagate promises that for $245 end-users will get performance comparable to solid-state drives while having 750GB of capacity.
Seagate Momentus XT 750GB hybrid hard drive comes in 2.5" form-factor, uses Serial ATA-600 interface, 7200rpm motor and is compatible with a wide range of desktops and notebooks. With 750GB capacity on the optical media and 8GB single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash cache, the Momentus XT uses Adaptive Memory technology to identify data usage patterns, and then move the most frequently retrieved information to solid state memory for faster access. Adaptive Memory effectively tailors hard drive performance to each user and the applications they use.
Seagate calls its flash assisted storage technology "FAST Factor" and claims that the firmware can learn and optimize itself automatically over time, thus offering maximum possible performance.
Seagate stresses that since 8GB of NAND flash SLC memory does not necessarily cache all the frequently used data and only stores some of frequently used data from particular LBA locations, 8GB is enough to speed up the majority of applications and larger cache is not necessary. Based on Seagate's demonstration, the Adaptive Memory tech can speed-up boot time of applications by up to two times compared tom 5400rpm hard drives. Nonetheless, it is clear that while boot sequences can be analyzed and then accelerated, actual real-world workflow is not a set of pre-defined sequences and will thus not be accelerated unless people access particular files very often.
"Laptop users want faster access to all of their content, from gaming, music and video to spreadsheets and documents, creating strong demand for the highest performance. Seagate is excited to answer this need with a second-generation Momentus XT drive that delivers solid state drive (SSD) speed, greater storage capacity and easy installation at an affordable price," said Scott Horn, vice president of worldwide marketing at Seagate.
Seagate claims that the Momentus XT drive is nearly 70% faster than the prior Momentus drive version and up to three times faster than a traditional hard disk drive.
"High-speed storage devices make a difference when it comes to improving overall PC performance. Seagate's newest Momentus XT drive gives notebook PC users an economical option for boosting PC performance while at the same time providing spacious storage capacity all in one device," said John Rydning, research vice president at IDC.
Seagate has so far shipped over a million of hybrid drives. Before releasing the new Momentus XT, the company ensured that notebook systems from Alienware, Asustek Computer, Dell, Sony and Toshiba are compatible with the novelty. Those PC makers also plan to adopt the Momentus XT 750GB hybrid drives. Seagate stresses that Amazon, Best Buy, CDW, Staples and Tiger Direct will be among retail/e-tail partners to sell Momentus XT at recommended price of $245. Keeping in mind HDD shortages, it is easy to expect the actual price to be higher the recommended one.
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Moertel Development
Moertel provides fundamental construction routines and services that are required for serial and parallel mesh-tying and contact formulations using Mortar methods.
This package supplies capabilities for nonconforming mesh tying and contact formulations in 2 and 3 dimensions using Mortar methods. Mortar methods are a type of Lagrange Multiplier constraints that can be used in contact formulations and in non-conforming or conforming mesh tying as well as in domain decomposition techniques. Originally introduced as a domain decomposition method for spectral elements, Mortar methods are used in a large class of nonconforming situations such as the surface coupling of different physical models, discretization schemes or non-matching triangulations along interior interfaces of a domain.
Suitable conditions at interfaces are formulated as weak continuity conditions in dual variables introducing Lagrange multipliers on the interface. By an approbiate choice of the function space of the Lagrange multipliers on an interface it is possible to locally condense Lagrange multipliers such that a sparse and definite system of equations can be formed which is equivalent to the saddle point system resulting from the Lagrange multiplier formulation.
Moreover if the problems on subdomains are symmetric positive definite (spd) or symmetric positive indefinite and the complete problem is known to be spd, then a spd system of equations can be recovered that leads to the same solution as the saddle point system of equations. This way, unmodfied standard solution techniques such as multigrid can be applied and the reduction in the solution costs can be expected to over-compensate costs for the Mortar formulation of the problem.
This package currently has the following capabilities and features:
Construction of one or several non-conforming interfaces in a 2D/3D problem, where each side of an interface is discretized independently with low order finite elements.
Handling of 'corner nodes' and 'edge nodes' in the case of several interfaces sharing common nodes.
Construction of a discrete Lagrange multiplier space on interfaces, were the space is determined by the choice of the user and the trace spaces of the underlying finite element functions on the interfaces.
Construction of corresponding coupling matrices and construction of a saddle point system of equations if the user provides the stiffness matrices of the subdomains.
Construction of an equivalent sparse symmetric or unsymmetric definite system of equations if the user provides the stiffness matrices of the subdomains and depending on the user's choice of the Lagrange multiplier space.
Full support interfaces to Trilinos packages Amesos (direct solvers), AztecOO (preconditioned iterative methods) and ML (algebraic multigrid preconditioners) for the solution of resulting systems of equations.
The user for example might supply subdomain stiffness matrices, left and right hand side vectors, choose solver options, define interfaces among subdomains and then use the Moertel package and its solver interfaces to obtain the solution of the tied problem.
Access to internal data to let the user build his/her own contact formulation or domain decomposition method based on Mortar formulations without the neccessity to actually implement core Mortar functionality.
Easy extensibility due to a modular and object orientated implementation.
Support for parallel and serial applications, where in the parallel case the interfaces are not expected to meet any partitioning requirements among processors, as most application will focuse on the partitioning of subdomains and not on interfaces. Partitioning of one or more interfaces is completely arbitrary.
This package does not feature:
Black box contact formulations though it provides substantial building blocks for the construction of such methods.
Moertel severely depends on the other Trilinos packages Epetra, EpetraExt, Teuchos, Amesos, AztecOO and ML.
To use Moertel one has to use at least the following enabled when configuring Trilinos:
Described here briefly is what would be the typical usage of Moertel for a mesh tying problem.
One would first construct an empty MOERTEL::Interface instance. This is a collective operation as all processors have to at least know about all existing interfaces.
Any MOERTEL::Interface instance has 2 sides which can be constructed independently and nonconforming. For more detailed information about restrictions and capabilities for Interfaces, see MOERTEL::Interface
Then it is neccessary to supply information about the geometry and connectivity of that Interface. This is done by defining an arbitrary number of MOERTEL::Node and MOERTEL::Segment instances and adding them to either side of the Interface.
After adding all segments and nodes to the Interface that are neccessary to define both sides of it the user has to indicate the completeness of the interface instance by calling MOERTEL::Interface::Complete() on it. Upon MOERTEL::Interface::Complete(), the parallel computation of that interface is organized and reasonability test upon the connectivity of the interface are performed.
The base class for the user interface is the MOERTEL::Manager.
It supplies all methods neccessary to perform the Mortar integration and to solve resulting systems of equations.
Once a MOERTEL::Interface is complete it can be added to a MOERTEL::Manager instance. A MOERTEL::Manager can hold an arbitrary number of interfaces.
Note that a Manager instance can not hold 2D (3D problem) and 1D (2D problem) interfaces at the same time. The integration of all interfaces and the assembly of constraint matrices is performed by MOERTEL::Manager::Mortar_Integrate().
After integration, the Manager instance supplies a variety of access and solution methods to the user, as e.g. full support interfaces to the solution packages Amesos, AztecOO and ML.
A simple serial example demonstrating usage of Moertel and its interfaces to other Trilinos packages is given in TwoSquares.cpp .
For more detailed documentation please browse the Moertel website and the
Flemish, B., Puso, M.A., Wohlmuth, B.I. (2005): "A new dual mortar method for curved interfaces: linear elasticity. IJNME, Vol 63, pp. 813-832.
Lamichhane, B.P., Wohlmuth, B.I. (2005): "Mortar finite Elements for Interface Problems", technical report, IANS, University of Stuttgart.
Puso, M.A., Laursen T.A. (2004): "A mortar segment-to-segment contact method for large deformation solid mechanics", CMAME, Vol. 193, pp. 601-629.
Puso, M.A., Laursen T.A. (2004): "A mortar segment-to-segment contact method for large deformations", CMAME, Vol 193, pp. 4891-4913.
Wohlmuth, B.I. (2001): "Discretization Methods and Iterative Solvers Based on Domain Decomposition", Springer Press.
Moertel was conceived and developed by Michael W. Gee
I would like to thank Barbara Wohlmuth, Stefan Huuber, Raymond Tuminaro and Pavel Bochev for discussions and support in creating this work.
Moertel is currently being maintained and extended by:
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Topic: Beginner Getting Started with RadRails - can't get WEBrick running
Hi folks, thanks for the forum. Not being a programmer by trade (a designer with some rudimentary web scripting experience and some java coursework in college) I got motivated to work with Ruby on Rails by the "agile" selling point. I'm a little bit stuck, though, because I'm not used to navigating around an OS and making configuration changes and running things from the command line. In other words, ham-handed greenhorn.
Maybe it's unrelated but I've installed RadRails to work in, and when I create my initial project with a WEBrick server for testing I am unable to get the server started. In RadRail's console tab view, I see:
-e:4:in `load': no such file to load -- script/server (LoadError)
from -e:4
Is it likely I botched the Rails path (and Rake path) configuration in Preferences? In my ruby\bin folder there were two files - neither of which had extensions - named "rails." I'm not sure how to know which is the source of the scripts.
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Social Security provides old age benefits to millions of Americans, forming the foundation of retirement income. However, Social Security is more than a retirement program: it also provides benefits to survivors and other dependents, as well as to disabled workers. In 2011, over 60 million Americans received $770 billion in Social Security benefits. While Social Security provides benefits to many different groups, and beneficiaries may receive benefits from more than one social safety net program, Social Securitys design helps reduce overlap with other programs. The Social Security programs are subject to several provisions that offset benefits for individuals who receive both Social Security benefits and similar benefits under another program.[1] However, ensuring that these provisions offset benefits appropriately and accurately can pose administrative challenges.
As GAO reported in March 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) needed accurate information from state and local governments on retirees who receive pensions from employment not covered under Social Security to fairly and accurately apply two public pension offsetsthe Government Pension Offset, which generally applies to spouse and survivor benefits, and the Windfall Elimination Provision, which applies to retired and disabled worker benefits. GAO continues to believe that it is important to apply the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision consistently and equitably and reiterates its earlier recommendation that Congress consider giving the Internal Revenue Service the authority to collect the information that SSA needs on government pension income to administer the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision accurately and fairly. In this report, we focus on other offsetsworkers compensation offsets.
[1]For some of these programs, the calculation of the offset is not a significant issue. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provides financial assistance to eligible individuals who are age 65 or older, blind or disabled, and who have limited income and resources. While SSI provides benefits to individuals with disabilities, the Disability Insurance (DI) program, also administered by SSA, uses the same definition of disability as SSI. SSI is a means-tested program, and the amount of the DI benefit is considered as income when determining whether an individual with a disability also qualifies for SSI. While individuals who receive SSI and DI have their SSI benefit offset based on the amount of their DI benefit, the appropriate offset calculation is not an issue since SSA administers both programs. Social Security also allows a person to receive both SSI and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families payments, but Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits are also considered income for SSI purposes, and will reduce the SSI payment. Other assistance received, such as from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and home energy assistance, is not considered income for SSI and thus does not offset the amount of the benefit received.
The Social Security programs workers compensation offsets reduce the potential for overlapping payments to beneficiaries who also receive workers compensation benefits. However, the lack of reliable information on receipt of workers compensation can result in these offset provisions not being administered fairly or equitably. Adequately addressing this issue offers the potential for cost savings by reducing overpayments.
Workers compensation consists of a complex array of programs that provide benefits to persons injured while working or who suffer occupational diseases. Employers provide workers compensation insurance for their employees and report work-related injuries to the state workers compensation agency. Although workers compensation programs exist in all states, the programs are not federally mandated, administered, or regulated.[1] Workers compensation beneficiaries may also be eligible for federal program benefits, such as Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). For these other programs, the law often limits access or reduces benefits for those receiving workers compensation. For example, if a person receives both DI and workers compensation benefits, and together these benefits exceed 80 percent of the injured workers average current earnings, SSA generally reduces the DI benefit.[2]
In a prior report, GAO found that SSAs administration of the workers compensation offset provision continued to be undermined by the lack of reliable information identifying the receipt of workers compensation benefits by DI beneficiaries, causing payment errors.[3] No national reporting system identifies workers compensation beneficiaries. Instead, SSA largely relies on applicants and beneficiaries to report their receipt of workers compensation benefits and any changes that occur in the benefit amountsan approach that makes it very difficult for SSA to make accurate benefit payments. GAO recommended that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services test the extent to which sharing information that identifies persons who are or may be receiving workers compensation benefits improves the accuracy of their benefit payment.[4] GAO also recommended that SSA officials meet with representatives from the workers compensation insurance industry to determine whether a viable voluntary reporting process could be established that would provide the government with information that periodically identifies workers compensation beneficiaries. In response, SSA met with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and representatives of the workers compensation insurance industry. Since these meetings, SSA has been able to do some data sharing with states, but on a very limited basis due to systems limitations. Additionally, the workers compensation insurance data held by privately-owned organizations is not available. Therefore, GAO continues to believe that this problem should be addressed.
For federal workers, the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) program provides wage loss compensation and payments for medical treatment to those federal employees who are injured in the performance of their federal duties.[5] A claimant can receive both FECA and SSA retirement benefits, although the claimants FECA wage-loss-compensation payment is to be reduced by the amount of SSA retirement benefits attributable to federal service. Similarly, a claimant can receive both FECA and SSA disability benefits, although in such cases SSA is required to reduce the level of disability benefits it pays if the combined benefits exceed a certain amount.
As GAO reported in February 2008, the FECA program is vulnerable to improper payments. Some overpayments occur because Labors Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP), which administers the program, does not regularly verify whether claimants are receiving SSA retirement benefits, for which FECA benefits are to be reduced. GAO recommended that OWCP take steps to ensure that wage-loss-compensation payments for claimants covered by the federal retirement system are appropriately reduced by the amount of their SSA benefits that are attributable to their federal service. In response to our recommendation, OWCP reported that it has implemented an automated request to be sent to SSA when a claimant reaches retirement eligibility age to identify cases in which FECA payments should be reduced due to the receipt of Social Security retirement benefits. If this system functions as planned, it has the potential to reduce overpayments. Further, in October 2010, the SSA Office of Inspector General found that improper payments resulted when recipients FECA compensation was not recorded or accounted for in the calculation of their DI and SSI benefits.[6] The Office of Inspector General projected that there were approximately $43 million in estimated DI overpayments and approximately $603,140 in SSI overpayments, based on a sample of beneficiaries who received FECA compensation any time from June 2002 to April 2010.
[1]See GAO-01-367 for more information. Also, workers compensation benefits are generally exempt from federal income taxes, so the IRS does not have any data on receipt of workers compensation benefits.
[2]This offset was enacted in response to concern about individuals receiving excessive benefits as a result of receiving DI and workers compensation benefits concurrently. An exception to the offset was made, however, for such individuals if they resided in states whose laws already reduce their workers compensation benefits (making a reduction in DI benefits unnecessary). Such state provisions are referred to as reverse offsets, and in these cases, SSA does not offset the DI benefit if it recognizes the state provision. The reverse offset exception only applies to state provisions that were in effect on February 18, 1981.
[3]In February 2011, the SSA Office of Inspector General found payment errors and estimated there were about $4 million in payments with errors resulting in underpayments and about $3.8 million in payments with errors resulting in overpayments related to the workers compensation offset.
[4]Prior to July 2001, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was known as the Health Care Financing Administration. Throughout this report, we refer to the agency as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, even when describing initiatives taken prior to its name change.
[5]5 U.S.C. § 8101 et seq.
[6]Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, Federal Employees Receiving Both Federal Employees Compensation Act and Disability Insurance Payments, A-15-09-19008 (Baltimore, Md.: Oct. 14, 2010).
In response to prior recommendations, SSA has taken steps to explore the possibilities of sharing information with states and the workers compensation insurance industry to identify persons who might be receiving workers compensation benefits. While some information sharing has taken place, GAO continues to believe that additional opportunities exist to share information. While obtaining information from states is difficult, these efforts may help identify workers compensation beneficiaries so that benefits can be appropriately and accurately offset.
The information contained in this analysis is based on findings from the products listed in the related GAO products section as well as additional audit work GAO conducted.
GAO provided a draft of this report section to the Department of Labor and the Social Security Administration for review and comment. Labor did not provide comments. SSA provided technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate. As part of their comments, SSA indicated that as recently as 2011, they submitted draft legislation to Congress to require state and local governments, and any other entities that administer workers compensation and private disability plans, to provide SSA with information on payments to individuals under such plans.
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Braves' seniors lead the way (Volleyball)
GLADSTONE – Callie Jensen and her senior Braves teammates were not about to let this team fail.
After dropping two regular season games to Kingsford in five and four sets respectively, the Braves fended off a fourth set rally attempt and dominated the fifth, to vanquish Kingsford 3-2 (17-25, 25-16 23-25, 25-22, 15-9) in a Class B district opener, Monday night.
Third time was the charm.
Jensen, the Great Northern Conference Co-Player of the Year, rallied her team before the fifth set and made sure the underclassmen on the team knew what was at stake.
"Us seniors, we said this is do or die right here," she said. "So we gave it our all, we left everything on the court. We didn't want to have any regrets. And it paid off."
The Braves came out a little sluggish and Kingsford rather easily pulled away in the first set. The second set was then a topsy-turvy back and forth, with six of the first seven points being decided by errors, until Gladstone broke out in a big way on a 9-0 run, with Jensen serving for eight of those points.
Gladstone then got out to a big lead in the third set, with a 7-2 start and later leading 13-7, but undaunted the Flivvers came back. Lauren Smith was a force on the outside and Maria Wiltzius was a presence up the middle. Libero Amber Larson also had a sterling game defensively. The Flivvers finally took the lead at 19-18. Gladstone led 23-22 late but Kingsford took the final three points, helped by two Braves errors.
Kingsford coach Steve Andrews said he didn't expect anything less than a close matchup in this rivalry.
"That's typical Gladstone-Kingsford volleyball," he said. "I told the girls it stinks to lose, but at least you're fighting. I can't tolerate quitting. You're going to make mistakes, but keep playing. YOu can't curl into a shell and hide."
The Braves regrouped and came out with an even bigger lead in the fourth set. After 5-0 run with Summer Demeuse serving, the Braves led 11-4 and by as much as 19-9 later on. It soon was in doubt however as the young Flivvers chipped away. Down 23-14, Kingsford went on a 6-0 run to get within three points, and after a Gladstone point, scored twice more to make it 24-22. The set ended undramatically however, after a hitting error.
Though Gladstone won the set, the Flivvers seemed to have stole the momentum going into the decisive fifth set, but Jensen and senior teammates Mackenzie Pardonnet, Demeuse, Jess Beaudry and Breanne Aird made sure that didn't happen.
"The seniors, there was a lot of things said in the huddle there," said Gladstone coach Liz Gendron. "They weren't going to give up. They wanted to make sure everyone else wasn't going to give up with them, and it showed. They outhustled. We've been lacking hustle all season and we hustled today."
Kingsford stole the first three points of the set and appeared to be on a roll, before Gladstone got a side-out and after a timeout and brought up Lexi Hongisto, who had made a couple serving errors in earlier sets. But not this time.
Hongisto got the Braves rolling on a monster 9-0 run, with Beaudry laying down the kills. Andrews was forced to use both of his time outs to slow the Braves down.
And the Flivvers fought back, and even with Gladstone needing game-point to win, Kingsford took three straight points to make it interesting, before the Braves erupted after a Beaudry kill to win it.
Andrews, despite the loss, was able to find a silver lining.
"It stinks for the seniors out there, but the underclassmen got a lot of game experience for next year," he said. "We always play in the present. I don't believe in rebuilding years, but if you lose, you have to find something good to come out of it."
Gladstone now turns its attention to Houghton. The Braves will host the Gremlins Wednesday in a district semifinal.
We're going to do some hitting (today). We're not going to change much," said Gendron. "We can't give them the same amount of missed serves and missed attacks though, because they'll capitalize. They're an experienced team, and they'll take those mistakes and run with them. But if we clean up our serves, serve a little less aggressively maybe, and as long as our hitters are hitting, we should be alright."


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Whether you have used it or not, you have likely heard the word "Pinterest" floating around somewhere, whether spoken by a friend or mentioned in an advertisement. Or, you may have just seen the little red box with the p. Either way, Pinterest has been increasing in popularity recently. That's because, in my opinion, it is so useful!
Here's how the application describes itself: "Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web."
Basically, it's like getting a bunch of people together and having them share interesting tips or information they have found. Rather than being required to "follow" an individual person and everything they say, you can follow certain "boards". It's all based around "pining" ideas of interest to a virtual bulletin board, hence the name "Pinterest."
You can choose to follow boards by friends (it's easy to come over to Pinterest from Facebook) or boards by topic. Then, on your homescreen, you'll see any updates from the boards you follow.
While it may sound confusing at first, it is actually an extremely useful tool for anyone interested in finding great web content, but especially for Young Professionals, who are likely embarking on or still trying to figure out some particular aspect of life – whether that be cooking, children, careers or crafting. Here are the top five reasons for which I see Young Professionals using Pinterest:
5. Inspiration. Every now and then, it's nice to see a quote or an image that speaks to you; one that can explain something you are feeling or have felt. You can find and repost quotes and images on any topic to make you feel happy or uplifted. For example, I follow a board that post images and quotes related to coffee, my biggest addiction!
4. Home improvement: Pinterest hosts tons of boards on keeping up a home, from decoration ideas to more advanced DIY projects. If you're seeking ways to make your home more welcoming or organized, Pinterest is a great place to start.
3. Ideas for kids: I don't have children, so I haven't used this area much. However, some of my friends have kids, so I've seen some of the neat ideas they've posted, from kid-friendly recipes to awesome craft projects.
2. Recipes: I like to try new food, and I'm trying to improve my cooking skills, but I feel it can be difficult to know what to cook. However, I follow many food boards on Pinterest, and have started a board with recipes I'd like to try. From healthy to just plain tasty, Pinterest users post hundreds of thousands of new and unique recipes each day.
1. WEDDING PLANNING! After getting engaged a while back, a friend told me about Pinterest. It is such a great place to seek out wedding inspiration, and the wedding industry has taken notice. Many wedding businesses, such as David's Bridal, have started their own boards to help brides come up with ideas. It's a great way to casually get ideas about the big day!
In addition to using Pinterest for ideas and idea generation, I have also begun to use it to make "to do" lists or "favorite" lists. For example, I recently started a board where I am hoping to post links to local restaurants I wish to try or have recently tried. I'd also like to start posting links to wines that I find and like. (I always try something good in a restaurant but don't write it down and then forget what it was!)
If you use Pinterest, in what ways have you found it helpful? Be sure to check out my boards. Happy pining!


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Here's how RW members rated this race (117 votes).
In short: No major hills, low traffic flow and good to see plenty of runners in the barDate of review: June 17, 2007
In short: A really well organised race that was very enjoyable.Date of review: June 17, 2007
In short: The most scenic road race in the Midlands !In full: A wonderful race around country lanes, through scenic villages and past timber framed cottages. Reasonably hilly, and the weather was warm again this year, but I guess my major reason for struggling was that this was my 15th race in 29 days. Excellent organisation - shame about the over officious timekeepers who apparently disqualified the runner-up because he jumped the start by half a second. On a 9 mile road race - come on ?Date of review: June 17, 2007
In short: really good eventIn full: really enjoyable race - i found the first 5 miles and the last mile quite challenging esp in the sun but this made for a good varied run. i think runners would have benefited from some additional marshals though as occassionally i found myself moving from the left to right hand side of the road because other runners ahead of me were, for no apparent reason! Date of review: June 17, 2007
In short: Well organised race over a pleasant course.Date of review: June 17, 2007
In short: Extremely Well Organised RaceIn full: My first 9 mile race ... usually only do 10K or 1/2 marathons.Very pleased with time of 1h 16m ... especially as it was so hot.Good to see people with hosepipes ! Very much appreciated.Goody bags? What goody bags? Didn't know there were any.... I was pleased with my medal, bar of choc and bananaDate of review: June 17, 2007
In short: I can see clearly now the rain has gone!In full: Very enjoyable race. Interesting course - not too hilly (seemed to be more downhill bits than uphill bits!!), lots to look at on the way round and well supported with marshalls etc. Date of review: June 17, 2007
In short: A very good raceIn full: This race was very well organised, its just a shame there wasn`t enough goody bags for all runners, Thankyou to all marshalls for your support on route especialy those at the water stations, despite the recent wet weather this was a very hot day, well done to all those runners who wanted to get under 65 mins with me, I enjoyed your company as my running buddy is injured @ the moment, see you all next year.Date of review: June 17, 2007
In short: Great funIn full: Great fun - would recommend this to anyone.Date of review: June 17, 2007
In short: Very enjoyable. My first 9 mile run. Made very welcome. Only small gripes are I'd have been happier with water bottles rather than cups and somebody put a massive hill at 8.5 miles!!Date of review: June 17, 2007
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BrewFest was a big success
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Thanks to all who played a part in the success of the Fourth Annual Keweenaw Brewfest.
The many people and businesses of the Greater Keweenaw Community who made generous donations, provided services in-kind and volunteered their time to make this Fourth Keweenaw Brewfest a great success. Without everyone who participated, it could not have happened.
Once again, the event brought together over 1,200 people from our region on another spectacular afternoon to sample over 150 different beers from over 40 different breweries. Fantastic food was provided by: Pilgrim River Steakhouse, Carmelita's, Rockhouse Grill, and Portage Health Food Service.
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I want to especially thank the Keweenaw Community Foundation Board Members and the Brewfest Volunteers. Ninety of them who gave up their day to setup, serve our customers and then clean up. Nothing happens without them.
All net proceeds from this event go into the Keweenaw Community Foundation.
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Thanks again to all who helped and participated. See you in 2014.
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I'm on steep 6 right now and it's just now starting to taste like the third steep of my normal 6 oz conventional brewing method. All I can say is I love this little kyusu and I love green tea twice as much now. I don't know if I'll ever go back to "normal" brewing again .


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CNN photographer Marc Hill created this magnificent time-lapse video of a group of monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta who built a sand mandala at Emory University in late March. Hill crunches six days of painstaking work into two
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And, about an hour after it was completed, a brush whisked away the sand in a ceremony to "symbolize the impermanence of life."
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About the Author: James D. McGee serves as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe. Earlier this week, Ambassador McGee received the 2008 Diplomacy for Freedom Award.AMBASSADOR MCGEE: First of all, I think we can't talk about Zimbabwe unless we talk about the humanitarian crisis that's affecting that country right now. As you may or may not know, every major hospital in the capitol of Harare is closed. As of last week, at the pediatrics hospital before it closed, doctors were performing cesarean sections using the lights from their cell phones. That's how desperate things are in Zimbabwe right now. Sewage running throughout the city -- there's no running water in the city; raw sewage is mixed in with what water there is. The ground wells are being contaminated. People are drinking from contaminated water, and that's why we have this horrible situation with cholera that we're experiencing in Zimbabwe right now.
Fortunately, the American people and other people around the world have stepped up and started to contribute to alleviating these situations. But this is a situation that's manmade and should never have happened. The Government of Zimbabwe, the illegal government headed by Robert Mugabe has abdicated its responsibilities, is much more concerned about enriching themselves instead of taking care of the people of Zimbabwe. And that's why we're embroiled in this horrible humanitarian crisis.
The other issue of course is the political situation. On September 15th, there was a universal political agreement, the universal agreement that was signed between the ruling party and the opposition parties. And here we are three months later, and still nothing that happened. And that's an absolute lack of goodwill on the part of the Mugabe regime. Nothing is going to change until the Government of Zimbabwe starts to show some goodwill, some good faith, and to take care of the people of Zimbabwe by moving forward.
The regional bodies, especially SADC, needs to step forward and send a loud, clear message to the Mugabe regime that enough is enough, your day is finished, you need to start taking care of the people of Zimbabwe. And the way to do that is first of all to step down -- very simple -- step down. Allow a representative government, truly the government that won the election all the way back into March to assume power in Zimbabwe. Short of that, we'd be willing to look at a power sharing, a true power sharing agreement in Zimbabwe. But again, it takes good faith on the part of the Mugabe regime to make that happen. And until they do that – and I believe the only way they will do that is with a very, very strong message from the rest of the region; SADC has to step up and take this – they've consistently said it should be an African solution to an African problem. And we agree with that.
Thank you.
Editor's Note: Read Ambassador McGee's previous entry about Zimbabwe.
Zharkov in U.S.A. writes:
The British government should be ashamed to have supported a Marxist to run its former colony, Zimbabwe, in the first place. As Mugabe won't step down, Britain should step up and deal with their problem.
If the monarchy is to be useful, the Queen needs to suggest action to her PM and get busy saving lives in Zimbabwe. A few thousand soldiers should be sufficient to depose the incompetent, set up an interim government with a new constitution, and then leave.
Kiki in U.S.A. writes:
I just want to applaud Ambassador McGee for his courageous and tenacious stand on behalf of the people of Zimbabwe. He is a true advocate for change, and a deserving recipient of the Diplomacy for Freedom award. Thank you, Ambassador McGee!
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Ambassador McGee, I second Kiki's comments, and my previously posted thoughts to Assistant Secretary Frazer apply as well to you sir.
The people of Zimbabwe will remember who stood with them in their time of need, so long as we prove effective in changing their circumstance and the parameters of their existance for the better.
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@ Ms. Frazer -- It is one thing to express concern, but if my following assesment holds truth, then concern won't suffice for kinetic humanitarian intervention up to and including removing Mugabe from power altogether through the will of the international community. By force if neccessary.
There comes a point when nation's must swallow the bitter truth that all diplomatic options have proven ineffective, and a limited time remains to prevent a larger crime against humanity from occuring.
I believe it would be a safe bet that Mugabe could be found to be mentally incompetent, if not criminally insane.
How else can one explain his policies and actions?
I think the following post holds true for how we as a nation approach this crisis, as well as the others mentioned.
I have been consistantly impressed with your personal outspokeness on African issues from the start, and it reflects not only US government positions, but the general attitude of the American people towards mankind's inhumanity towards fellow humans.
Just keep calling it like you see it...maybe folks will eventually get a grip.
But in the meantime will you please do me a small favor and pass my following thoughts on to the AU and UN?
The ball's in their court and they need to realize their potential.
Time's 'a wasting....
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"How should Zimbabwe's neighbors engage in the process to resolve the crisis?"
They should proceed under the logical assumption that they will get exactly what they are willing to put up with.
This goes as well for Darfur, Somalia, DR Congo....
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Edwin in South Africa writes:
The crises in Zim is affecting all of the people in South Africa. With the borders of South Africa being opened to the whole of Africa, is a recipe for disaster.
Take the Belgian Congo for example in the late 50's.
In South Africa the same will happen. People who are flooding here will never return. The ANC said: "we will have yo deal with it...", but they cannot even take care of their own people.
It is time that the Boerevolk of South Africa be ackowledged once again as it was 150 years ago. At least the Boerevolk could take care of everyone in this country. Poletics was the cause that the Boerevolk losts its identity in South Africa.
Zim has to deal with its own problem, even Mugabe said that there is no crises.
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@ Edwin in South Africa -- Hi Edwin, nice to have you on board, it's about time we heard from a few folks in the region on this issue, so I'll pose a thought to you and see if you think it's viable or not.
Joe in Tenn. recently commented on the lack of solidarity among the people of Africa ( and governments ) in dealing with Africa's common humanitarian problems, and a valid point was made I think, since without political "good samaritanism" and the mindset that this is Africa's problem, not just an individual nation's disfunctional leadership leading one nation over the cliff, but arriving at the inevitable conclusion that a response without unity cannot but offer a fractured and disfunctional methodology.
All that's required is to do nothing of consequence about it.
So, my thought is that a "Continental Congress" should be convened. Representives of all tribes and governments having a vested interest and responsibility to come to a wholistic understanding that what affects one affects all, and that nationalism has no capacity to afford creative solutions to common problems on the African continent.
The intent being to construct an agreed upon structure and process to legally remove leadership from power for the common good when circumstance require nations to meet their responsibility to protect populations from said leadership.
I'm not sure the AU alone is up to it, and the perm 5 will inevitably have to take it up within the UN Sec. Council to back any decision made by regional states in a coordinated manner.
I would ask you Edwin , if you think the South African gov. has the guts to host such a "continental" fora?
I believe I can correctly draw some loose comparison with Somali piracy when a leader has hijacked a ship of state and is holding the people of a nation hostage, claiming illegitimate "ownership" as Mugabe has just the other day.
Sanctions can be effective in targeting, and make life hard for the irresponsible and criminally corrupt, but this alone won't manifest a permanent solution to the people's misery.
Whereas nations have made the fundemental realization that piracy cannot be exclusively dealt with as a maritime issue alone, so I believe niether can the "responsibility to protect" become fully mainfest in practical application under the current narrow legal confines as expressed in the 2005 UNGA.
Whereas the soverign rights of a government should not continue to outweigh the soverign right of a people to seek redress and the good samaritanism of the international system in relief of their dire circumstance.
For that was the basic intent of "responsibility to protect" in the first place.
Folks in Zimbabwe, and a number of other African nations in crisis should be able to expect results, and the peace loving would be correct to demand the question be answered by the international system.
"Where is it written down in international law that the willfull arrogence of one , takes precedence over his people's right to life, liberty and the persuit of happiness; wherin nations under the rule of law may not remove the bane of a people's existance by the judicial application of force if deemed nessesary?"
Here's one possible answer:
When in the course of human events it becomes nessesary to regulate governments that cannot otherwise regulate themselves, it becomes incumbant upon all responsible to the human condition to found the common sense mechanisms of transparent accountablity and enforcement to ensure that the human condition exists in an improving state of evolution , "in larger freedom".