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Breast cancer is one of the major health issues among women. It is the most common and second leading cause of cancer death among women. Breast cancer has become a major health problem in both developed and developing countries over the past 50 years. Because only localized cancer is deemed to be treatable and curable, as opposed to metastasized cancer, early detection of breast cancer is of utmost importance. Efficient detection of breast cancer in its early stages can play an important role in reducing the associated mortality rates: localized cancer leads to a five-year survival rate of 97.5%, whereas cancer that has spread to distant organs has a five-year survival rate of only 20.4%.
Mammography is, at present, the best available examination for early detection of signs of breast cancer. Mammograms can reveal pronounced evidence of abnormality, such as masses and calcifications, as well as subtle signs such as bilateral asymmetry and architectural distortion. Mammographic screening has been shown to be effective in reducing breast cancer mortality rates: screening programs have reduced mortality rates by 30% to 70%. Furthermore, accurate detection of malignancies via mammographic screening can result in a reduction in the number of benign biopsies while maintaining a desired sensitivity, which will not only reduce health care costs associated with biopsies but also lessen patient suffering caused by the traumatic experience of biopsy.
However, interpreting screening mammograms is difficult; the sensitivity of screening mammography is affected by image quality and the radiologists' level of expertise. Another factor that affects a radiologist's performance is the high volume of cases examined in a screening program. Bird, Wallace, and Yankaskas estimated the sensitivity of screening mammography to be between 85% and 90%; misinterpretation of breast cancer signs accounted for 52% of the errors, and overlooking signs corresponded to 43% of the missed abnormalities. In a study by van Dijck et al., minimal signs of abnormalities were found to be present on screening mammograms taken previously in many cases of screen-detected cancers. Although double reading of screening mammograms has been shown to provide higher sensitivity than single reading, the resources and expertise required for this purpose render such an approach impractical. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) can help in increasing the Image detection sensitivity and accuracy by providing a âsecond opinionâ to the radiologist, and can be almost as effective as double reading.
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Chinese "gay wives" face legal limbo, cultural bias
BEIJING (Reuters) - In the eight years since Tianlei told his parents he was gay, they've put relentless pressure on him to act straight and marry.
"My parents push me to deceive a girl into marrying me," said Tianlei, a 28-year-old company manager in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, using a nickname.
"They just want a grandson to save face in front of others and don't care how she would suffer... I would rather die than do it."
But in China, a great many men give in to the pressure.
An estimated 10 million Chinese women are married to gay men, according to retired Qingdao University professor Zhang Beichuan, often trapping wives in unhappy unions they can't easily leave due to Chinese law and social stigma.
Zhang estimates that 80 to 90 percent of gay men in China intend to marry or have married, citing a survey of more than 1,500 Chinese gay men.
Such marital arrangements occur in many societies, especially where traditional customs prevail, but China's Confucian tradition coupled with its one-child policy have increased pressure on gays to conform to heterosexual norms.
"Having no progeny is considered in the traditional Chinese culture the worst kind of unfilial conduct," said Zhang. "And under China's one-child policy, the only son is under even greater pressure from his parents who want a grandson."
For Fang Fang, a 46-year-old woman living in eastern China, her unwitting marriage to a gay man led to a lifetime of misery. Continued...

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Is there a born in February 2013 group yet? I didn't manage to keep up with the antenatal threads so thought I'd get a head start on the postnatal threads before I've even had baby!
It's soooo quiet on here...
I expressed for the first time yesterday, DS had about 2oz from a bottle so I'm quite pleased. I'm hoping I can store enough milk to allow me to get a full nights sleep this weekend. DS is in bed with me every night now, he makes such a fuss if I put him in his cot he grunts a lot but he's silent if he's in my bed. I think it's because he lies on his side in my bed which helps his tummy.
Good news, I'm driving again, it's only been 3 weeks post CS but my doctor said its ok to drive. I'm really pleased as DS1 is off school for 2 weeks now and is already getting bored!
Nar4 I have heard the same thing from many of my friends, But i think I am expecting a miracle tbh. I can handle the vomiting without alarming thoughts now, after four weeks :P. My concern now is of his clothes forever wet, and the bibs soaking. How often do you all change the clothes? And nappies at night?
I do change his clothes mostly before / in between a feed (burping break). but withing seconds he vomits on that and the neck/ear side of the cloth is always soaking wet. He doesnt seem to be bothered though. By that time he will be asleep and I dont want to disturb him. Same thing happens at night. I change him to a new nappy and then feed, while feeding I know it is getting fuller/poo, but he will be asleep by the end of feed
Aldan it is so quiet here.. everyone seems so busy
Hi iris I change DS after every feed. I wait for him to throw up! I feed him every 4hrs now which has helped cut down on the laundry. Diaper is changed at the same time.
I always change clothing as soon as it is wet. They can't maintain their temp at this age. Bibs are all terry towel type ones that I got on amazon. Wish I had them for DD!
Nar - hope ur feeling better. guess things must be really bad in the uk as my dad just had to go to europe for treatment.
irismom I only change nappies at night if DS has pooed (unlike all my other DCs he doesn't do one every feed) and sometimes because it is very wet. I always change clothes straight away if they get sick on them as I worry he will get sore. He doesn't like getting changed but settles quickly afterwards. You can put all the sicked on clothes in a bucket of water to stop staining and then when yoy have a washload they should just need a short wash cycle, which makes it quicker and saves yoy money on your water.
Want2bSupermum I feel fine now thanks. Finished ABs on Tuesday so am hoping DS will be more settled today with less tummy ache. He was up with pains for several hours last night so fingers crossed that is the last of it.
Hope everyone enjoys the bank holiday weekend.
Hello, how is everyone doing?
My little bundle is 6 weeks now and things are going well. First smiles are starting now feeding is going well and we have been regularly getting 5-6 hours during the night which is much better.
Not looking forward to first immunisations though in a couple of weeks.
Have my 6 week check this Wednesday.
Hope everyone is doing well and those who were having problems with feeding and or colic are managing through these difficult first weeks.
Hope everyone had a great Easter break
Immunisations aren't nice, but worse for you at this age I think iwanttocounttothree
Does anyone know what the advice is re swimming? When can I take DS to a public swimming pool?
Aldan there doesn't seem to be any advice about swimming anymore. When my older DSs were little the advice used to be to wait until the 2nd lot of immunisations, when they were 3 months. Think this was mainly due to the worry they might get polio from the water (not that they could in a proper treated pool) and 2 lots of immunisations to give their body time to make antibodies. With my DD (who has just turned 2) I waited until she was 2 months, but mainly because I was still bleeding after the birth until then, so was at risk of infection myself before it stopped.
My DS only woke up once last night but before you feel jealous it was at 1am and he didn't go back down until 5am, so sounds much better than it was. I feel like death now and have 3 noisy teenage boys, a very active toddler and the baby to entertain today. Yeah!
Sounds rough nar4, hope you manage a quietish day. DS2 was awake 11.30-1.30 then slept until 6 and has been awake since so I'm tired but not as tired as you. I think I'll take him swimming next week, he'll be 5 weeks then.
I've had a lovely day, with the children all fairly calm and quiet. Got a bit of shopping done this morning and bought a new film which the children watched after their lunch with popcorn. DH will be home within the hour, so he can take over if I start to flake.
Booked family photo session for end of May, when baby will be old enough to smile at toys being rattled.
Will try to catch up on some of the washing and housework tomorrow. Happy children and a sane mother were more important today.
Hi all, sounds all nice & calm on here (or maybe its just tiredness!)
DD 5 weeks now, to be honest I'm struggling a bit adjusting tho having 2 especially with breastfeeding as DD always seems hungry & DS sees this as opportunity to get up to mischief! Feeling quite overwhelmed at times especially when family all nearly 200miles away.
On a positive note BFing going much better than last time, no supply issues as yet, DD EBF & has put on over 2lbs.
Night feeding still unpredictable, could be up for 2 short feeds or up for hours feeding. DD also quite fussy in evening, appeared in pain this evening & hard to settle so wondering if she has reflux
Hope everyone else doing well & have had a nice Easter
Hi everyone, its been a while since I've posted an its amazing how things have moved on - it sounds as though things have been settling down a bit for all the babies; I have to say, I'm finding things much easier this time especially now BabyMarch is past the 6 week Mark.
Nights are much better now and I am only usually up 3 or 4 times, bit it's hard to settle her back down because she's got a very unsettled tummy. Sounds like it's a common problem! I try to keep get upright on my shoulder for half an hour after a feed, then put her on her aide in her bassinet, but she still sometimes struggles and vomits so we have to change her and start the feed again.
BF is going really well now I'm past the cracked nipples stage. In still getting quite engorged but it's gradually settling down and I'm hoping that by 8 weeks I'll be more comfortable and will stop leaking all over the place!
Cackle how old us your DS? I've started to set up little craft activities / playdoh / put on a film for DD1 before settling down to feed and it's made a huge difference with her behaviour. It also helps that feeding doesn't take as long as it used to, so she is on her own less. It is so hectic with two and I'm o ly just getting used to it - I've been really lucky and had DH for a few extra days over Easter as he took some holiday, and DD1 was in nursery yesterday so I had some time alone with the baby which was great for all of us. Do you have a playgroup or crèche you can put DS into for a morning a week?
Hi March, Glad to hear things are getting easier - I have high hopes for 6 wks!
DS will be 3 in May & goes to nursery 1 day a week which is a big help. I'm hoping it'll feel easier when I'm getting more sleep. Also found its much easier to get out of the house.
Craft activities are a good idea & thankfully he does like TV/films. I'm trying to meet up with other mums as much as possible so don't feel so isolated.
Cackle my DD is much harder if I stay home all day rather than go to toddler group. Like march I give DD activities to occupy her whilst I breastfeed. My big wish is for DD to sleep through the night so I am only getting up with the baby. She often gets up as many times as the baby. DH is meant to she to her at night because I am doing all the night feeds, but he normally needs me to wake him, which kind of defeats the point.
DD was jealous of DS to start with, but has settled down now, thank goodness.
Looking forward to getting my 6 week check out of the way so I can start some exercise to try and shrink my mummy tummy. Burgh, now the hard work begins.
NAR are you already thinking about exercising I can't think of anything worse right now! Walking is best for me so I'm doing that already, but anything high-impact is a real no-go for me.
I'm so tired that I'm going cross eyed but wanted to pop on to say that I hope everyone has lovely, sleep-filled nights.
Nar our DS is getting up during the night too we've now stupidly got into habit of DH just getting up & sleeping in his bed with him so he goes straight back to sleep, on a plus note it means me & DD have bed all to ourselves for night feeds! We'll tackle it sometime!
Got the all clear to start exercising today. Went for a run before the heavens opened and it was great.
Cackle I am in your boat too... DD is 21 months and it is a nightmare trying to contain her while I feed DS. Elmo and Curious George are very popular in this house! DH left last Wednesday and I was on my own until Monday PM. I got sick on Saturday and it was awful. The only person I could get hold of was my friend whose DH has cancer. I wasn't sure when his next chemo round was as he gets quite ill. Unfortunatly he had just had it and was really sick. We all survived... just!
It has been all go here. DD had tubes put in yesterday and the dog was treated for his ear infection this afternoon. With the PIL arriving I have been able to get the house in decent shape. It is now clean but needs a serious decluttering.
I go back to work on April 22nd which is a week on Monday. I can't believe how time has flown. My inlaws have hijacked DS but I am ok with it. This might be their last grandchild and they didn't get to have cuddles with DD when she was this age.
Want2b work is so close! I would secretly love to go back as I'm finding this really hard to be honest. I'll be going back to work in September.
Evenings are killing me at the moment. The baby won't be put down and wants to feed but is really only sucking for comfort I think, as she then throws up. This morning I have two loads of bed clothes to wash.
Sitting upstairs in the dark trying to get her to sleep is really starting to get to me. I need my evenings in order to be sane, but I don't know how to reclaim them. Baby is 7 weeks old and we have the beginnings of a routine, I'm trying to get her into gina ford but she's very sleepy in the mornings and then so unsettled in the evenings. It's wearIng me down and I'm staring to really lose it with DH.
This happened last time and I ended up with awful PND.
want2b & march It could be me writing your posts! its so stressful isn't it, sorry I have no words of wisdom but its comforting to know I'm not alone. want2b enjoy help from PILs
I go back to work in sept too. Sat upstairs crying in the dark last night as baby wouldn't settle, just feel exhausted. she hates being put in Moses basket or pram, its wearing me down! We got her settled then DS was in our bed at 4am
Just keep telling myself this won't last forever and baby's smiles & small babblings make it all worth while!!
I think I stress myself out as I feel bad if I've not managed to get housework etc done & don't wasn't DH to think I've done nothing all day!
March I have been really lucky with DD being a good sleeper as she has a pacifer - I call it the plug! If you want your evenings back I would have your DH look after her alternate nights or another family family member. A happy mummy makes for a happy family.
Cackle I think the exhaustion is the hardest. It is a form of torture....
Oh cackle try not to worry about the housework. I'm sure that your DH knows that your DS and tiny baby are all it takes to keep you completely busy all day.
However, since being at home every day I am now nearly obsessed with hoovering - the floors just get so much more messy now DD1 and I are traipsing in and out of the garden etc. That's not to mention all the extra washing up / loads of washing / surface wiping because DD1 seems to have permanently sticky hands!
Anyway, Want2b I know what you mean about sleep depravation torture. Tonight I fell asleep on the sofa and DH covers me with a blanket and left me to sleep as I was so exhausted. I wokenup and the house was dark, it was so disorientating! On the plus side, it means that he baby slept from about 8.30pm until 11.30 so I got a decent block of sleep, even if it was on the sofa!
Unfortunately this baby won't take a dummy or a bottle. I keep trying, bit she pulls faces and gags, and if I persist she just ends up vomiting. I was so desperate to establish BF that we didn't offer any bottles and now she thinks they're the devils own work. I'm going to persevere with bottles though. A friend is having girls over for wine in May and I desperately want to go sans baby and enjoy myself. It sounds colossally selfish but I haven't had a night out in months and it would be so brilliant to be able to leave the baby with DH.
I hope you're both having good, sleep filled nights xx
And Cackle, I have been sitting in the dark trying to get the baby to settle, quietly getting desperate and going mad, all week. Tonight I gave up, and brought her downstairs to feed. I was so muchore relaxed and she dropped of to sleep, then I gave her to DH to ring upstairs and put to bed. It made a huge Difference to how I felt and I didn't spend the evening in tears or shouting at DH for his inability to breastfeed. I know gina / baby whisperer say you shoul settle them in the dark upstairs, bit if they're not actually settling, I think you should give yourself a break.
Hello all. I've not been on mn for a bit. I hope everyone is doing ok. I'm just about to start exercising, davina DVD is ready to go not had the all clear yet, going to docs on Wednesday so ill just take it easy. My dad is renewing his wedding vows in June and its DSs christening so I really really want to be somewhere close to my pre pregnancy weight by then. I'm still BF and I am soooo hungry all the times does anyone else feel like that?
I'm back at work next Saturday wanttobe, not a nice feeling is it . I work for myself so ill only be doing a few hours to start with but still
Marcheline, your evenings sound exactly like my evenings, feeding for comfort then throwing up. I hope a real routine emerges soon for you all. You worry me saying your DD won't take a bottle, I need to be back at work so I may have a battle on my hands getting DS to take a bottle then...
Cackle, we have moved DS into a cot already it's a travel cot which has a vibrating mattress- it's worked wonders and bugger the housework
Don't worry Aldan, some babies take bottles and dummies better than others. DD1 loved bottles from the word go but I remember the angst some of my Nct group had trying to introduce bottles. Now it's my angst! Gina says to offer nothing but a bottle for 24 hours and you'll crack it. Apparently it won't harm the baby. It sounds really dull on though so I'm offering a bottle every evening when my milk is low, but I'm not pushing it.
Good luck with work! My head isn't ready yet but I'm starting to get bored athome - I am starting to sort through drawers and reorganise,a sure sign that I need out!
Thanks Ladies...had better night last night which made a difference today.
March we're having same prob with bottle & dummy here. I totally understand wanting to be able to get out without baby for a few hours to let hair down.
Aldan good for you for even looking out DVD!! I am constantly starving with bfing & have 3 weddings in summer to get in shape for - hope motivation comes soon!!
Thanks march, hopefully he'll be fine with the bottle.
Cackle, the constant eating is horrible isn't it. I'm scoffing chocolate and biscuits all the time no wonder DS is so huge
Davina DVD done! It was only the postnatal one so quite easy but my thighs are now feeling it! I checked my stomach muscles and they are still quite far apart, does anyone know when try usually go back?
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I just discovered by chance that all the past issues of the
Mathematica Journal can be freely accessed on its web site.
This must be relatively new (weeks, a few months perhaps), but I have
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CHER: Upcoming Album is "Very Eclectic"
Cher says it was "scary" performing on Tuesday night's season finale of The Voice. It was her first time she'd sang on TV in five years -- when she joined with Tina Turner on an episode of Oprah. With her new album Closer to the Truth, featuring the single "Woman's World," dropping September 24th, she tells Billboard there could be a tour to promote it. After "wincing... hemming and hawing," Cher admits "We're talking about it."
Cher describes Closer to the Truth as "very eclectic." The album includes a song written by Pink, four songs from Mark Taylorwho produced her late '90s Believe album and "a beautiful country song and a song a friend of mine and I wrote for [the movie]Interview with a Vampire that got turned down."
She admits he hasn't got a clue to explain her durability as an artist. The Associated Press quotes her saying, "I believe that luck has a lot to do with it. There are lots of people who are more talented or whatever, but somehow this has been my path. So this is what I'm doing."


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I have been receiving these annoying pop-ups that say that Windows XP has a security leak in it's messenger that allows my IP address to be leaked and allows these annoying pop-ups to occur even without my browser open. They try to get me to buy their software to stop the pop-ups. Do I need to install their software or is there something I can do?
First off, never trust a company that exploits a technology to advertise that they can prevent it. Second, yes you can stop these. We ran the tip two months ago, but it seems I'm getting this question three or four times a day, so here's your "summer re-run".
You are probably familiar with Windows (a/k/a MSN) Messenger which is used for Instant Messaging. There is another program called Messenger that is used in networks to transmit and send Alerter service messages between clients and servers.
Even though you'll never use it, unless you are on a network, by default it is turned on, causing an open hole in your XP firewall for pop-up advertising to get through. Here's what to do if you want to stop Messenger…
Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services (or Start / Run and type in " services.msc "). This will bring up a long list of Windows services that are running or available on your system.
Find "Messenger" and double click to open the Properties box. In the "Startup Type" field, change the setting to "Disable". If any services depend on Messenger and fail to start, then change to "manual".
Click OK to save changes.
Thanks Uncle Bill for yet another useless program to shut off.
~ David
PS: This only stops a specific kind of pop-up that comes through the Messenger program in XP. Disabling it will NOT stop the pop-ups you get from web pages or even your ISP. To stop these, you need a pop-up stopper like iClean . That goes for everyone with other flavors of Windows—95, 98, ME—if you are surfing the web, then you need software to stop pop-ups.


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Let's be honest. Enthusiasts tend to loathe crossovers. It's not that those cars spanning the gap between full-on SUV and low-slung station wagon are bad vehicles… just that their very presence (looking at you Audi Q5) are likely the reason for the endangered status of the Avant here in America. With its quick rise to #2 in sales volume status for Audi of America, you can't deny that the Q5 isn't better suited to American tastes… but as en enthusiast I'd always thought I'd opt for an S4 Avant over a Q5. It is with that mentality and knowledge of the preference of our most ardent readers that I boarded a plane to Germany this summer in order to test Audi's new and improved Q5 range.
To be forthright, nearly every form of Q5 that might grab an American's attention was on hand for the sampling. There was limited time to try them all, so we focused on them in order of pertinence and interest. To cut to the chase, we did drive the SQ5 and will be reporting on that very soon, but we found the 3.0 TFSI to be the most profound given its imminent launch status in the States and our heavily American reader base.
Fortunately for comparison's sake, each 3.0 TFSI at the launch was built in S-line format. There is no SQ5 locked in for America yet, but with nearly identical bodywork and a de-tuned version of the same engine found in the S4 and S5, the Q5 3.0 TFSI S-line isn't exactly a consolation.
We actually drove the Q5 3.0 TFSI S-line back-to-back with the SQ5. While we'll be running a full write-up on the SQ5 shortly, we will use it briefly as a reference to the 3.0 TFSI S-line as that seems a natural for anyone following the performance lineage of cars from Ingolstadt.
Based on its quick uptake in sales, the first-generation Q5 was well tailored to American tastes. For brand enthusiasts though, Audi's mid-sized crossover may have been just a bit off. The Q5 launched here with Audi's 3.2 FSI V6 – a fine buttery smooth engine, but not exactly the most sporting. While lower on power, the 2.0 TFSI did carry more cred around Audi discussion forums, but that smaller engine had been billed internally as the budget model and as such you couldn't get it with S-line kit or the loaded up with Audi's top-level Prestige packaging. It was obvious that the Q5 wasn't making a performance move in an effort to win over the S4 Avant type. Alas, I was one of those enthusiasts.
As with the rest of the lineup though, the 3.2 FSI V6 is being phased out and replaced by Audi's potent supercharged 3.0 TFSI. This is the same mill fitted in the S4 and S5, though running different software. Rather than the S4's 333 hp, the Q5 (on paper) has 272 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. That new engine is paired with Audi's 8-speed Tiptronic transmission – the same quick-shifting and highly efficient unit available in the A6, A7 and A8. While not a DSG or manual gearbox for weekend WEC wannabes, we've found it is both sporting and efficient.
This new configuration replaces the 3.2 outright as the MY2013 Q5 rolls into dealerships while the 2.0 TFSI drivetrain remains unchanged for the U.S. market. A 2.0 TFSI hybrid arrives later this year and a 3.0 TDI lands early next year. Thus far, S-line will only be an option on Premium plus and Prestige packaged versions of the 3.0 TFSI. As such, the 3.0 TFSI S-line like our test car marks the first real performance-minded Q5 offered in the USA.
Built as our test car was with 20″ x 8.5″ alloys and 255 45R 20 tires, Audi states the Q5 will make the run from 0-62 mph in 5.9 seconds and turn an average of 27.67 mpg US. The only notable difference on the outside between our German-spec car and its US equivalent is that Audi of America product planners have swapped the familiar "tri-five" alloys seen on our car for a new 20-inch 5-spoke design and fitted with summer performance tires.
Outwardly all new Q5s gets some very subtle changes. The Audi grille has morphed from rounded shield to hexagonal in keeping with the latest look from Ingolstadt, and the lower S-line bumpers like those on our tester get the pincer-split lower air ducts just like the current A4 and A6… identical to those on the SQ5 minus the aluminum brightwork. Other than the hood changing slightly to accept the new grille design, the rest of the Q5's previous sheet metal with subtle box flare fender creases paying homage to the original Ur quattro carries on largely unchanged.
Press the starter button and the outward visual differences come more into focus for those nearby. Audi's new use of solid tubes to shape its outward LED light signature is markedly different than the lit dots of the previous model. While many manufacturers have begun to copy Audi's bullet point light signature look, Ingolstadt has moved on. In fact, the new Q5 is hard to miss and most menacing looking with its running lights activated.
So as not to confuse, its worth pointing out that our tester was also specced with a full line of Audi Exclusive upgrades. American customers can replicate its Daytona Grey Pearl Effect paint by going for the Audi Exclusive exterior paint option, though the Alcantara roof liner and two-color Alabaster White Fine Nappa Leather won't be offered in the States. Audi's Milano leather will be offered as an upgrade for North Americans, and more importantly this car's 4-way adjustable lumbar sport seats will be offered as part of a Sport Interior Package ($500) along with the same meaty flat-bottom 3-spoke steering wheel found in the S4 and S5. This shift-paddle equipped wheel is but an option in Europe, though standard for the American S-line models.
Another significant upgrade not immediately obvious upon first inspection is the Q5's adoption of Audi's latest MMI system complete with Google Maps, Google Search and Audi connect. This means the new Q5 can be a rolling WLAN hot spot for up to eight mobile devices, and that navigation will now be augmented by satellite overlays of maps via Google complete with traffic data. A much-lauded voice-controlled search pings the vaunted Google search engine in the cloud rather than just what is saved on your phone or the car's own hard drive.
Aside from the engine, the next most notable change in driving experience comes from the Q5's changeover to electromechanical steering – a new system being adopted by all MLB-based Audis whereby level of steering assistance is determined based on vehicle speed. It replaces the less-efficient hydraulic system that constantly pulled energy from the engine. As such, this system can be adjusted via software so the same hardware can provide the various feels between the three settings in Audi Drive Select (ADS) or an even more aggressive configuration that sees duty in the SQ5. There is a bit of artificiality in the feel, but strides in both programmability and efficiency make that seem well worth the price.
Our car test car also came with Audi Drive Select. The equivalent of America is the Driver Assist Package ($3250) that includes adaptive cruise control as well as ADS – adjustable steering, throttle response, and transmission. The S-line package ($2,500) adds adjustable damping suspension to this system, along with the 20-inch wheels, brushed aluminum interior inlays, black cloth headliner and the aforementioned flat-bottom sport steering wheel.
Just like the steering, software is used with Audi Drive Select to adjust the driving experience of the car though the various elements available in these two packages. It is configured in with four setting choices just as other modern Audis – Comfort, Auto, Dynamic and Individual whereby you can adjust each component between the three other settings. Say you want a Dynamic suspension but don't want to keep your transmission revs high or your throttle response needle sharp. No problem.
Speaking of options, there are two more that need mentioning. First, there's the addition of a rear seat entertainment system ($1,950) that includes 10" LCD screens on each side and paired with controls mounted on the center armrest to a separate media server. The second option, definitely geared toward the enthusiast, is a no-cost sunroof delete that will drop a lot of weight above the belt line and add a little extra space for tall drivers.
On the roads outside of Munich, the Q5 3.0 TFSI S-line felt very good. To our enthusiast tastes, the Q5 felt slightly stiffer and more composed than the previous Q5. It is a satisfying setup that someone seeking an S4 Avant would find acceptable, but it's not as aggressive nor as satisfying as the SQ5. There isn't a cavernous difference between S-line and SQ5, but it is significant and bears mentioning. Think of it as the difference between Very Good and Great.
We'll refrain from describing the SQ5 in too much detail here and leave that for its own review, but our experience with this first S-crossover does come into play here. We can honestly say we really and truly like the new Q5 and that it's a much more credible option for enthusiasts. Still, the SQ5 with the S-spec torque vectoring rear differential and what looks to be a lower ride height simply improves the vehicle that much more. If we bought a new Q5, we'd be curious about doing our own DIY SQ5 with S-spec trim pieces and that car's springs as well as suspension and steering software.
Regarding the SQ5, Audi of America representatives remain enigmatic. There's nothing yet that they're willing to confirm, and that car's 3.0 Bi-TDI V6 isn't due to go to the USA just yet. That engine would be the real hurdle. That's not to say America isn't interested, but it would likely need another solution if it were going to happen within the lifecycle of this new Q5.
Interestingly, Audi of America chose very specifically not to badge the 3.0 TFSI as the SQ5 for America, something it effectively did when the S4 replaced the A4 3.2 in the lineup. It's not like this is without precedent, as other markets like Europe and Australia do have 3.0 TFSI S-line A4 models… but it does make you wonder why they didn't. Perhaps American Q5 buyers aren't currently the S-car types, though that is destined to change because we think the 3.0 TFSI S-line will win over those types. The other reason for this could be that the a version of the SQ5 could eventually be in the planning. And, if we've got an accurate read, then we think the SQ5 (diesel or petrol no matter) would make those S-car Avant types leave their wagons with few looking back. We believe it's that good.
Since returning to the States, we've noted that Audi of America has updated its consumer website. We used the site to compare option packages for this story and it is worth noting that the tool now includes full pricing for 3.0 TFSI, 2.0 TFSI and even the hybrid model. Given that, we've found the base Q5 2.0 TFSI begins at $35,900, the base S-line 3.0 TFSI weighs in at $48,270 and a fully loaded version close to what we tested will net out at $59,020, minus the Daytona Grey Audi Exclusive Paint.
Recalling the Q5 3.0 TFSI and how much it stirred me so much more than its predecessor, the inner Avant lover within starts to nag. I shouldn't feel as drawn to it as I do, and a little performance snob devil on my shoulder is starting to liken me to a minivan buyer. Chatting up the dreaded minivan around friends with kids, I find they're severely loyal due to the level of versatility and ease. "Once you go minivan, you'll never look back," say those who've made the plunge. As an enthusiast I've often wondered if that's not just their way of defending the choice to give in. I can confidently say I'll never go minivan, but to crossovers this enthusiast thinks he's ready and a Q5 3.0 TFSI S-line has become the answer. Now, about that SQ5 suspension…


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It was a horrible accident involving three children.
An entire family traveling from Georgia crashed their SUV sending five of the eight passengers flying out of the car and onto I-75.
The crash happened on the northbound ramp near the Williston exit around 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Florida Highway Patrol would not confirm which passengers were ejected.
The 4-year-old and 9-year-old passengers were in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Shands Sunday evening. According to reports, they were not wearing seatbelts.
A 13-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries.
A 63-year-old female was pronounced dead while the other four adults received serious and minor injuries.
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So I bought an '02 SVT with 44k miles a couple months ago, it's been a great car so far except for this one problem. When it's been sitting outside overnight in the cold, it's nearly impossible to put the tranny into any gear the next morning. However after driving the car for 10 minutes or so when everything's warmed up, you can't even tell it had shifting problems.
I feel like I'm going to break something trying to put it in gear when it's cold. This can't be good on the tranny either. The only thing I've done so far is swap out the transmission fluid with Royal Purple Synchromax. However the fluid that came out was the factory Ford "honey" transmission fluid, so it's not like the previous owner put the wrong stuff in.
Any input?
How was it shifting before you swapped fluid
It didn't do anything for the problem I'm having though. It was the same before the fluid swap.
Id wonder if the purple wasnt for colder climates, i know ford makes sure their fluid is made for colder running tempertures.
Ok how cold though? I didnt see the AZ by your tag
Its normal. The gears in a manual trans are splash lubricated which means that the greas need to start moving to be lubricated because while sitting all the fluid falls to the bottom of the pan and when its cold it also gets a little thicker. With that purple fluid I would see and really check and see if its ok for your trans. Most of the time putting different fluid in a trans can do damage over time. So putting the fluid that was in would most likely be your best bet
I chose RP Synchromax based on recommendations from other SVT and Getrag owners.
So for those who have SVT's in colder climates than Arizona, do you also get the same problem?
I have never heard of this stuff but I'm sure there are a few other fluids you could use but most transmissions only work best with OEM fluids
Just happened to me a week ago in WI, after the car sitting overnight with temps in the 20's. I turned the car on no problem, went to reverse, and found the shifter would only easily move forward and back between 3 and 4 which are the at rest gears (no side to side movement). I'd read about shift linkages disconnecting on the trans housing so I removed the intake and airbox housing to look at the trans and linkage (first time for this) and saw that both linkages appeared to be still attached. You can manually move the linkages like this and I was able to shift it in the back and forth way, but not side to side, but both linkages were definitely securely attached.
I took off the shifter boot and looked things over, everything still attached, but something was still binding and it felt like it was from the shifter itself. I sprayed down all the mechanical contact points/linkages (including the shifter base) with Liquid Wrench white lithium grease (doesn't freeze) and it freed up and now shifts better than it has in quite awhile. I don't know if this is really a permanent fix but it definitely solved what I thought was a bigger problem, and one that I'd encountered for the first time.
So I'd suggest taking off the shift knob and shifter boot and having a look at the shifter mechanism itself, something in there was binding for me and greasing it helped.
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Mysterious - Running notebook produces no effect
That's not quite true, let me explain:
Running Mathematica 4.0 under WindowsNT 4
If I construct a notebook, FooBar.nb with the single cell:
FooBar[s_String] := StringReverse[s]
And then attempt to run it line-by-line from another notebook, I get:
In[1]:= FooBar[" abcd"]
Out[1]= FooBar[" abcd"]
In[2]:= ntNb = NotebookOpen["FooBar.nb", Visible -> False]
Out[2]= NotebookObject[\[LeftSkeleton]"FooBar.nb"\[RightSkeleton]]
In[3]:= SelectionMove[ntNb, All, Notebook]
In[4]:= SelectionEvaluate[ntNb]
In[6]:= NotebookClose[ntNb]
In[7]:= Clear[ntNb]
In[8]:= FooBar[" abcd"]
Out[8]= "dcba "
So far so good.
Now if I reinitialize everything and simply tell the Kernel to evaluate
the second notebook, FooBar[] remains undefined!
What's Happening????
(it doesn't have anything to do with StringReverse[] - that was just a
restricted example)
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 Hamilton officials and politicians attempted to calm residents' fears that by allowing undocumented immigrants to use city services won't cost them any more money.

In a unanimous vote Feb. 12, councillors agreed to guidelines that would designate Hamilton as becoming unofficially the second sanctuary city in Canada behind Toronto.

But at the Feb. 26 council, politicians said they have received calls and emails from people criticizing the decision.

"There is some ignorance out there," said Mountain councillor Terry Whitehead, who said he has received some "mean-spirited calls and emails."

Stoney Creek councillor Brad Clark said he "fully supported" the motion because it was the right thing to do. As a former MPP and cabinet minister, Clark had to deal with people who ended up in Canada without papers, or who are exploited by their employers and didn't know where to go for help. He said migrant workers, for instance, who were brought to Canada to work on area farms, came to him for help because of documentation problems, or when employers took away their passports and documents.

"We're helping people who don't know where to turn," said Clark. "Hamilton has always been a caring community."

He said if people in Hamilton don't like council's decision, then "they don't have to live here."

Ancaster councillor Lloyd Ferguson acknowledged that he had been receiving "some push back" from members of his community about council's decision.

 Paul Johnson, director of neighbourhood development strategy, told councillors the plan adopted by politicians doesn't expand access to public health services for undocumented workers, nor will it cost taxpayers more money.

"It doesn't mean we are harbouring illegal immigrants," he said. "It does not change our service delivery system about the way we treat people. You can come forward and ask questions. It's a city that welcomes folks inquiring about services."

A sanctuary city by definition pledges to give undocumented immigrants access to city services such as shelters, housing, food banks without fear of being deported, turned over to immigration authorities or the police.

Johnson says the city won't have a dedicated staff person overseeing the policy.

City staff stated in its report that "All Hamiltonians should feel comfortable accessing city services and should not be fearful that their status will be reported to anyone unless required by law."

Johnson said city staff will receive training under the new policy. In addition, the municipality can help urge the federal and provincial governments to relax their own tough policies toward undocumented immigrants. For instance, the majority of non-profit agencies that are funded by both levels of governments can't provide services to undocumented individuals, such as Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program. He said the city can serve as a model to other agencies in how to interact with undocumented immigrants.

Toronto became the first sanctuary city when its council approved a formal policy last year. Toronto and Hamilton join 36 other United States cities that have adopted sanctuary city status, including Chicago, San Francisco and New York City.

The decision to adopt so-called sanctuary city guidelines comes when the undocumented population in Canada is expected to increase in 2015 when many legal but temporary foreign workers will see their four-year workers' permits expire under a new federal law.


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Just when Australia needs an effective Opposition, federal Labor has all but gone missing in action. A reshuffle of frontbench positions last Friday gave some semblance of activity, but not order. As the Howard Government readies itself to take full control of the Federal Parliament on Friday, the Australian Labor Party faces the bleak prospect of a return to the 1960s - with one important difference. Even in the darkest days of Labor's postwar oblivion, the electorate still had a reasonably clear idea of the ideals for which the party stood. The same cannot be said of Labor in the early years of the 21st century. Its true believers and long-time supporters, let alone the broader electorate, are equally in the dark. Differences between Labor and the conservatives are no longer pronounced; they tend to be of degree rather than dogma. Moreover, on the very issues that many traditional supporters believe Labor should stand clearly apart - such as mandatory detention and industrial relations - it delivers bland or even confused responses.
Labor has been looking backward a lot of late. Smarting from the Mark Latham experiment and subsequent collapse at the polls, the decision to return Kim Beazley to the leadership earlier this year was a measure of the stocks to which the party had descended. Metaphorically, it ran for the safety of mum's skirts in choosing a return to Mr Beazley. In truth, this was a return to failure: a leader who has been twice defeated at the polls by John Howard. Mr Beazley, an experienced and seasoned political performer, has yet to demonstrate that he has the ticker, tenacity or work ethic to deliver success this time around. He talks the talk, but that is never enough.
Beazley is a Labor conservative. His opponents say he is not hungry enough for power at a time when the party desperately needs a leader with the qualities of both a street fighter and a political visionary to lead it back out of the wilderness. It is still early - let's not forget that Mr Howard, "Lazarus with a triple bypass" to use his own words, returned from the wilderness to become one of the country's most enduring leaders. But Mr Beazley has yet to show signs of either the political skill or will to emulate him.
A measure of this has been his failure to take the big issues up to the Government. Where has Labor been on issues such as the incarceration of Cornelia Rau? Where has it been on holding ministers to account? On the blatant use of public money for political ends? In the end, it was not Labor but a rebel group of Liberal backbenchers who took the lead on the injustices of incarcerating children in immigration detention and the indefinite detention of 200 detainees. How tragic is that? Has the Opposition become so ineffectual that the real opposition to this Government on matters of principle must come from within its own ranks? Instead, a poorly advised Kim Beazley has been compelled to defend a shambolic course of opposition to the Government's budget tax cuts, centred on a pointless, incommunicable and excruciating gesture of blocking their passage in the Senate.
Leadership, however, is probably the least of Labor's worries. Its troubles go much deeper. Part of the problem lies in the very nature of the party. It is at once intensely democratic and riven by petty ideological divisions. At times almost as much energy appears to be devoted to internal politicking - the arcane workings of factions, the dodgy business of stacking branch numbers and internecine brawling - as to holding the Government to account. All this is of little or no interest to those whose support the party needs. It goes on, of course, within the other parties, but seldom with the same degree of intensity. Nor do sectional interests formally determine, as they do within the ALP, critical issues such as the composition of cabinet. Factionalism hangs like the sword of Damocles over the choice of the front bench. This "joke of a process", as senior Labor figure Bob McMullan described it, restricts both the composition and portfolios allocated on the front bench.
The mini-reshuffle announced by Mr Beazley on Friday is a product of this process. With caucus approval, he has increased the shadow ministry to 32 members, allowing for the return of the talented Lindsay Tanner (languishing on the back bench since Latham came to power) and the inclusion of senator-elect Annette Hurley. Non-performers such as Senator Kim Carr (the entirely invisible Aboriginal Affairs shadow) and bumbling ones like immigration spokesman Laurie Ferguson have been demoted, but are still in the shadow ministry. Former leader Simon Crean was also demoted. Such an outcome is largely determined by factional politics, not sensible political leadership.
By the time federal Labor faces the electorate again, it will have been in opposition for well over a decade. The danger in such circumstances is that political atrophy sets in. Just as governments have a tendency to become arrogant the longer they remain in power, oppositions become curiously comfortable with the idea of not being in government. Governments lose power as often as they are replaced by oppositions of a new vision. Labor under Beazley appears decidedly light on vision and energy, comfortable with waiting for power to be delivered by default. It seldom is. No one is seriously suggesting that the ALP is down for the count. It holds power, after all, in every state and territory. In the political playpen of the Northern Territory, it was returned with an emphatic wallop last weekend and has lately been voted back into power in Western Australia. State dominance is, perhaps, part of the problem for federal Labor. Voters often consider there to be an equilibrium in having one party in power at one level and its opposite at another. But winning power at state level has to do with presenting the most capable service-delivery team. At the national level, it has more to do with sound economic management, a national view and another of Australia's place in the world.
It is not just about leadership or policies. It is about relevance, ideals and ideas. Labor's survival almost certainly requires a grassroots revival. Without that, it faces the prospect of descending into oblivion, a rabble without a cause.


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- PES (Peace Eco Smile) Music Video "Koshin"
- PES (Peace Eco Smile) Music Video "LONELY FLOWER"
- PES (Peace Eco Smile) Music Video "Fortune Future!"
TOKYO, July 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing (TMSM) is currently exhibiting PES (Peace Eco Smile), an original animation produced in collaboration with STUDIO4C, at "Japan Expo 14th Impact" being held from July 4 to 7, 2013. (Photo: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201307043089/ ) In 2013, PES is producing a full animation film with leading directors from the world of anime. On July 5, Internationally renowned directors Toshiyuki Kubooka and Tatsuyuki Tanaka took to the stage to share their thoughts on the PES film. Kubooka is well known for the epic feature-length anime "BERSERK Golden Age" trilogy which created an intricately researched medieval landscape as well as a rich narrative and grand worldview rendered in elaborate realism. Tanaka is active widely, including acclaimed illustrations and manga, as well as in recent years working on production design for live-action films. The event also featured the world premiere of three music videos made as part of the PES project. Those were "Koshin" by Akaiko-en ( http://akaiko-en.com/ ), a girl band expected to have a big break this year; "LONELY FLOWER" by Una ( http://una.asobisystem.com/ ), a new kawaii icon of Harajuku Street; and "FORTUNE FUTURE!" by petit milady ( http://www.universal-music.co.jp/petit-milady ), a unit comprised of two popular voice actresses. At the "LONELY FLOWER" premiere screening, Una took to the stage to talk about her song. NASUBI TV: http://www.youtube.com/user/toytoyotaPES/videos


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Windows Clients¶
- MsysGit (CmdLine+Advanced GUI): (During installation, choose to use the Command line (So Git is added to path))
- Putty suite
- Install it before MsysGit
- During MsysGit installation choose plink for ssh
- TortoiseGit (Simple Gui) (requires MsysGit)
- Install the git software, and set the GIT Config ASAP
- You can use the git config --system or --global command, e.g: git config --system core.autocrlf false or git config --system user.name Test
or do it manually:
- .gitconfig file must be created under your HOME folder (Linux: ~, Windows: x:\Documents and Settings/Your Name or x:\users\your name)
- UserName and E-mail are to identify you during commits. autocrlf disabled means there won't be conversions done between Windows and Linux file formats
- You can use the git config --system or --global command, e.g: git config --system core.autocrlf false or git config --system user.name Test
[core] autocrlf = false [user] email = firstname.lastname@example.com name = BuildTools
- Create a Key Set with PuttyGen (Part of the putty suite) or ssh-keygen
- Send PUBLICkey to admin (Guard the PRIVATEkey with your life! :D)
- Load your PRIVATEkey into the PageAnt application (Part of putty suite)
- Use interface or cli git: git clone firstname.lastname@example.com:REPOSITORYNAME.git (Receive repository name from admin)
- In case of message: "The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You
have no guarantee that the server is the computer you
think it is.", press y
- In case of message: "The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You
Windows Limits¶
- The git repository can handle maximum 2GB pack files. Personally we've set a limit for 1024MB per Pack file.
- In Git, you have a local copy of the repository
- If you commit, you only commit to your local repository. If you want to push your changes to the shared remote repository, you must first git pull, and then git push
- If you wish to fetch, you use git pull
- If there are things to merge, like changes to files by 2 persons, use git merge
- every git command can be used with --help for basic help output
- If you wish to look at the log using the GIT Gui on your repository, you can check the Repository Menu, and Visualize master's history (or all branches)
- Git: http://git-scm.com/
- Subversion to Git Users: http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html
- Git <-> SVN Linked together: http://flavio.castelli.name/howto_use_git_with_svn
- Why Better: http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/
- GitFaq: http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq
- GitHub: http://www.github.com
- Gitorious: http://gitorious.org/
- GitEnabled Pastebin: http://gist.github.com


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There are many different recipes for shortbread out there, and I have to say that I like most of them. Who could resist such a buttery treat? Walkers Shortbread is one of my favorites. I like the tender, but not crumbly, consistency of the shortbread and the way that it seems to melt in your mouth when you eat it. It is also very satisfying ... Read More »
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Can I use salted butter for baking?
One question I get asked all the time is whether it is acceptable to use salted butter in baking, since most recipes either don't specify salted or unsalted, or explicitly recommended unsalted butter. The simple answer is that yes, it is fine to use salted butter in baking. That being said, there is a reason that bakers – myself included – and just about all ... Read More »


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Visit American Pie on Maumelle Blvd. on the second Monday of each month from 4pm - closing and mention MSC. MSC receives 20% from each sale. Dine in or carry out.
Join us at Beef O' Brady's from 4pm - 9pm on the last Monday of the month. 20% of proceeds will be donated to MSC. Beef O'Brady's is located at 115 Audubon Drive (next to Advanced Sun Systems). Dine in or carry-out.
Founded by a former Maumelle SC goalkeeper, Freccia makes top-quality, high-value goalkeeper gloves.
This could be YOUR business!
To find out about advertising your business here, please contact Joanna Vogt.
Maumelle Soccer Club is a nonprofit organization and a member of the Arkansas State Soccer Association (ASSA) and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). We offer an atmosphere of learning and fun for ages 4 through adult, with both recreational and competitive teams. All coaches and the administrative board are volunteers who care about kids' soccer. Feel free to contact any Board Member with any question you may have.
Field status is updated by 4pm during the week and by 8am on the weekends. On days with inclement weather, always check field status prior to heading to the fields.


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Caught In A Trap
If you ever played Mouse Trap as a child, then you know just how frustrating the supposedly fun board game could be. First, you open the box and find all the pieces. Then, you attempt to follow the step-by-step instructions to complete the Rube Goldberg nightmare and capture the mouse. Then, inevitably, one of the flimsy plastic pieces breaks and the whole endeavor is ruined, leaving the box to gather dust in the garage alongside your Nintendo Power Pad and half-deflated Pogo Ball. You have to admit, a theatrical rendition of this nonsense would make for a pretty entertaining stage show, but alas, The Mousetrap as brought to the stage by the Garland Civic Theatre is another animal altogether. Written by the legendary Agatha Christie, the play tells the story of a mountain cottage full of travelers, snowbound and dying one by one--not from frostbite, but from murrrder. Catch The Mousetrap at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through February 13 at the Granville Arts Center, 300 N. Fifth St. in Garland. Tickets are $16 to $20, with discounts for students, seniors and children. Call 972-205-2790 or visit garlandcivictheatre.org.
Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Starts: Jan. 21. Continues through Feb. 13, 2010
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Pests come in different forms but they have one thing in common: they bring troubles to your life. Cockroaches, insects, rodents, and other pests do nothing but make your life uncomfortable. They break things and furniture, eat food, destroy your garden, and carry diseases that can endanger you and your family.
Rodents are one of the most problematic pests out there but there are several methods to prevent rat infestation. Many turn to pellet poison and other chemical repellants. While these may be effective, it is still best to turn to organic pest control, which is safer to your health and the environment.
Benefits Of Natural Pest Control
Organic pest control involves the use of natural pest repellants and prevention. It consists of methods to keep pests away or kill them without the use of any kind of chemicals. This is a better alternative, especially if you have kids in the house or if you are dealing with health issues. Keep in mind that chemicals are bad for the health, as well as the environment. They can cause illnesses and contribute to environmental pollution.
In order to avoid using harmful chemicals, you have to learn more about organic pest control. In this case, the first thing you have to do is to know more about the pest invading your house or backyard. Know its habit, likes and dislikes. This way, you can find out the best course of action to get rid of them.
Here are the steps to naturally rat-proof your home for good.
Cleaning the Surroundings
Rats are attracted to dirty surroundings and they can enter your house through small holes and gaps in the walls. In order to rat-proof your home, you need to clean the interior and exterior of your property. Throw out the garbage properly and keep the food in the refrigerator, jars or other containers that mice can't get through. Also, cover every crack and crevice you can find in your house to keep the pest away.
Using Traps Than Poisons
Poisons are dangerous not only for the rats but also for the people and pets in the house. Pellet poisons can be accidentally eaten by your pets. If you have a cat, it will also ingest the poison when it eats a poisoned rat. Moreover, kids can touch the rat poison and this can be very toxic to them. This is why it is best to stay away from rat poisons and stick to mouse traps.
There are different types of mouse trap. You can go for the traditional snap trap or the electronic one. Glue traps can also work. Just remember that when using traps, you have to place them in a strategic location. Also, use the best baits such as peanut butter, nuts, fruits and vegetables.
These are only some of the organic pest controltechniques that you can use. The important thing to remember is to continue applying these techniques to prevent the pests from coming back. If the rat infestation persists, you can always call a professional exterminator to deal with the problem organically.


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People should buy my wines because it is great taste and goes with every food
Pierre 's Story
"I love working closely with nature, and it's a delight to create a product which gives people such pleasure."
"Winemaking is a family passion for me, and a business through generations. I have travelled all over the world for the love of wine including Australia, Uruguay and New Zealand, where I have worked on several estates.
I love working closely with nature, and it's a delight to create a product which gives people such pleasure. The variety of the job is also very appealing each vintage we produce is different and new.
There are certain unfortunate things that come with being a winemaker, including wine-stained hands, lips and teeth (and having to wear plastic boots all the time), but they're worth putting up with!
If I were to offer advice for what makes a good winemaker, there are several things I would say -
But out of all of these points, the first is the most important you must love the job you do!"
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Hey mccoy, how are things across the big water.
Power factor in the competative gun world is :
Muzzle Velocity (Fps) X bullet weight in grains divided by 1000
for example:
Mv = 1000 Fps
bullet = 180 Grains
In IPSC there are 2 PF levels used to determine scoring. Major is 165 and Minor is 125 last I heard.
I hope that helps.


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sir_Anthony wrote:
yeah, my mind is blown... wasn't princess daisy kipnapped by dk???
Actually, it was someone named Pauline, wasn't it?
"I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" ―Cave Johnson
Join the Chit-Chat Crew! :P
Behold: My Sparceloggery
Needs more Dunsparce. Much better
Nintendo Network ID: Pikminsi


text: syPhone 09 Rating: Give yourself a handy launch pad with SyPhone! My initial reaction to this application was "omg someone's tried to clone Windows Mobile home screen for iPhone" but thankfully syPhone feels a lot better to use despite crashing out a few times. At the top of the screen you have 4 tabs, Email which lets you write a … Read More


text: Colorado Unemployment Numbers KVNF Regional Newscast: March 27, 2017 By Eric Goold • Mar 27, 2017 State house debates oil and gas setbacks CDOT announces St. Patrick's Day DUI arrests up this year KBUT report about attendance at Curecanti, Blue Mesa Montrose Animal Shelter now open every day Unemployment rate in Colorado unchanged in February KVNF Regional Newscast: Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016 By Patricia Naft • Mar 15, 2016 Listen Listening... / 8:15 State unemployment drops even farther Brush fires become hazard in warm, dry weather Paonia looking forward to end of statemandated water project Capitol Conversation looking at this year so far Colorado Unemployment Falls, But State Still Loses 700 Jobs By Laura Palmisano • Sep 19, 2014 The state released its latest employment outlook Friday. Colorado's unemployment rate dipped to 5.1 percent in July. That's the lowest it's been since September 2008. It's also a full percentage point below the nation's unemployment rate that sits at 6.1 percent. However, Colorado did see a dip in nonfarm and private sector payroll jobs. That number decreased by 700 from July to August. Joe Winter is a senior economist with the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment. KVNF Regional Newscast: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 By Patricia Naft • Aug 19, 2014 Listen Listening... / 7:33 Newscast Unemployment numbers show Colorado doing well, Western Slope struggling Health statistics show wide range of costs for procedures Two planes will scout Colorado for wildfires USA Pro Challenge begins


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Leading financial analysis solutions provider Murex has selected ClusterVision to supply cluster management software and professional support services for its new supercomputing cluster in Paris. The combined software and services solution will provide cluster management and operational support for Murex's existing cluster, which is used to develop risk and asset management solutions for financial organisations worldwide.
ClusterVision has announced the full-scale implementation of a cluster management solution at the leading French software provider Murex. After the completion of a successful trial, Murex will use Bright Cluster Manager, supplied and supported by ClusterVision, as part of an overall supercomputing management service for their existing GPU powered compute cluster. The cluster is primarily used as an in-house development and testing platform for Murex's commercial software applications in the field of financial risk and asset management.
Headquartered in Paris France, and with offices throughout Europe, the USA and Asia-Pacific, Murex is one of Europe's largest software developers, and one of the world's leading providers of software and services to the financial sector. Its flagship product, Murex MX-3, is used for risk analysis in financial market trading, and has over 36,000 users at 200 institutions in 65 countries worldwide.
The worldwide financial sector is highly regulated, with risk analysis management solutions, such as those developed by Murex, being an essential requirement of any trading organisation. Financial risk management uses Monte-Carlo based simulation, a complex process of data sampling and stochastic analysis, to determine the uncertainty associated with a given set of financial assets. Risk analysis is both computationally and data intensive, and is one of the most rapidly growing application areas for supercomputing. Murex's new supercomputing capability now allows them to manage complex financial products in high precision, and in near real time, compared to a previous capability of only HPC computing analytics once or twice a day.
Murex use their supercompute cluster as a platform for in-house software development and testing. The system comprises a single head node, with redundant power supply and hard disk drives, and 16 IBM iDataplex dx360 M3 server compute nodes. Each server incorporates 2 of Intel's X5675 6-core, 3.06Ghz clock speed processors and 2 NVIDIA Tesla M2090 accelerators. System interconnect is managed via GigaEthernet and Mellanox QDR infiniband, and storage is provided by IBM's high performance clustered file system, GPFS. Large volume data analytics applications, such as the financial analysis solutions developed by Murex, are particularly suited to acceleration, a task which is addressed using NVIDIA's Tesla M2090 GPU processors. The Tesla M2090 GPU has 512 CUDA parallel processing cores, and is capable of accelerating pure CPU performance by up to 10-times.
Finding an effective cluster management solution and on-going professional support were critical challenges in completing the system. In both respects, Murex was recommended by Bright Computing, developers of Bright Cluster Manager, to European cluster specialist ClusterVision. As a relative newcomer to cluster computing, Murex needed cluster management that was easy to install and operate, and that would create a robust reference platform for their own software development process. With a dedicated focus on supercomputing, ClusterVision represented an ideal partner. Highly experienced in both developing and delivering cluster management solutions, ClusterVision was also able to provide professional support and administration services for Murex's existing cluster infrastructure, and specialist training for their administrators and users.
After an evaluation of their requirements, ClusterVision supplied Murex with Bright Cluster Manager, initially as a 4-node, 6-month, proof-of-concept demonstration. To ensure the quality of their software development, Murex's process requires a consistent reference platform for each software release. Once an initial configuration is complete, Bright Cluster Manager is used to capture a complete image of the master node. Subsequent duplication of this image to all other nodes in the system ensures that they are strictly identical, thereby providing the overall reference and consistency needed for each new release.
Following a successful trial period, Murex has now proceeded with a full cluster management implementation, comprising 17 Bright Cluster Manager licences, together with a 3-year provision of associated professional services. Under the service agreement ClusterVision will supply a single-point of contact, first-level support for Murex's cluster hardware, delivery and support for the Bright Cluster Manager software, and an on-going programme of skills training for their system administrators and end-users. ClusterVision will also assist the team at Murex in their evaluation of the latest release of Bright Cluster Manager, version 6.0, where the Amazon EC2 cloud bursting capabilities are of particular interest.
"IT resources are rare these days and the Bright Computing cluster management suite enabled us to avoid investing a huge number of man days rediscovering what others in research and the industry have already done, or re-developing something internally that we would have had to support for years. The possibility to extend our cluster with EC2 is perfectly suited to our usage since, from time to time, we need to run some benchmarks on huge test cases which exceed our own compute capacity," says Pierre Spatz, Head of Quantitative Analysis Murex.
"We are extremely pleased to have demonstrated the value of our experience and solution, and to be working with Murex to provide management and on-going support for their growing HPC infrastructure," said Christopher Huggins, Commercial Director at ClusterVision. "We are seeing a rapid rise in interest in HPC from the financial sector, and our team are currently involved in a number of large scale projects, delivering both turn-key cluster systems and customised service work packages. We are confident that the cluster management and support services which we have put in place at Murex will bring value to their development process, and through their customer relationships will positively impact a wide range of commercial organisations."


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Suzie Winquist sizes up our Wild Helianthus in the Arboretum.
Landscaping with native plants has many purposes and benefits. The plants are already adapted to grow and thrive in this area of the Swannanoa Valley and so they need little maintenance once they have been established. Native grasses and wildflowers also provide forage material for wildlife, like birds, which are dependent upon native plants for their food and for cover. Although non-native plants will grow in the landscape, they may not necessarily benefit the insect or animal population. Non-native plants can even become invasive and out-compete native plants. Some examples of invasive species include stands of Kudzu and Oriental Bittersweet that bring more exotic species to the area.
The Warren Wilson Landscaping crew has incorporated the use of native plants in the campus landscape. The best thing about native grasses is that they don't need to be mowed. Most native grasses that our crew works with are warm season perennial grasses. They are managed through burning and manual weeding in the first stages of establishment. Once a grass stand is established, it can be maintained with little effort. One long-term goal of the Native grass crew is to slowly develop these areas into No-Mow lawns. Areas that are not utilized by the campus for recreation or other purposes can easily be turned into native prairie landscapes.
Other goals of the Grass crew include providing opportunities for the campus to become educated about native plants and wildlife. Many of our planting sites are used by classes for the identification and collection of bugs, plants, soil, and studying other topics of academic interest. The WWC Grass crew was initiated in 1998 by the USDA, which contracted the Warren Wilson College Landscaping Crew to identify and grow native plants for the Forest Service. The Grass Crew still grows plants for off-campus contracts and outside purchases, but is now focusing on what we can do for the campus.
The Native Plants Crew has begun it's three year endeavor to grow over 30,000 native plants that will be used by National Forests in North Carolina in large scale restoration and research projects. To learn more about this great opportunity, click on the link below.
In addition to working with the general landscaping crew and the landscape design crew to grow and maintain native plants all over campus in areas such as the Formal Gardens or outside the Log Cabin, the native plants crew has taken on and maintained five major campus projects.
The Arboretum Field
This native plants sanctuary is a great place to learn the names of some of our commonly used plants, like Coreopsis, or our more exotic ones, Rattlesnake Master. Come by in Spring and Summer to watch the Monarch Caterpillars on the Milkweed and Butterflyweed.
Most recently, landscaping removed the grass from this hill and created a designed native plants landscape. It was time consuming and took all of landscaping to do it, but within five months an entirely new hill appeared predominantly featuring Tridens Flavus, or Purple Top, as well as Hey-Scented Ferns, Bottlebrush, River Oats and the recognizable Heart-Shaped Aster.
Jensen Before
Jensen After Planting
The Finished Hill
Starting in Summer 2008, the entire landscaping crew worked to convert the grass on this hill in front of Morse and Witherspoon to native plants. Now this area contains a large variety of native grass species and wildflowers including Bottlebrush grass, Purple Cone Flower, and the less common Rattlesnake Master. This time of year it is an wonderful place for bird watching, as many of our local genotypes provide excellent seeds and forage material.
After work day two years ago, the fox pond has never looked better. This is the best area to look at a variety of native plants in their natural landscape.
The conversion to native grasses in the medians in the Kitteredge parking lot has been a great success.
Hilary's Garden
This native grass arboretum across from the log cabin features some wonderful (and labeled) plants.


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Originally posted by Lynn TXP 0369:
Thanks for the info on your weathering.
I use washes and pastel chalks to do alot of mine. I got some artist chalk that has a varity of colors from white to black that I use to dirty things up with.
I also use spongs dipped in paint to creat alot of my battle damage as well as using a paint brush. I also have started using Shelby's paint misting color technique of using similar colors that works great.
I'll get some more pics when I can, but the weahtering is coming along good now.