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Hilda M. Bunde, age 97, of Watertown, SD passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at Golden Living Center in Watertown. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 5, 2013 at St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Watertown with Pastor Keith Petersen officiating. Bev Ewy will be the organist with congregational singing.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at the Wight, Comes & Sogn Funeral Chapel in Watertown, and on Friday prior to the services at the church.
Interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Watertown.
Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons, Rodney Bunde, Jay Prouty, Alan Bistodeau, Darin Noeldner, Scott Gusso, Kip Bunde, Joe Thronson and Chad Noeldner.
Pallbearers will be Hilda's grandsons, Luke Prouty, Gregg Noeldner, Ryan Gusso, Kerry Gusso, Kelly Bunde and Michael Thronson.
Hilda Martha Augusta Bunde was born on a farm in Germantown Township, Codington County, South Dakota on September 19, 1915 to Karl August and Ida Ernestine (Lentz) Kaaz. She attended Country School District 61 in Germantown Township. After her 8th grade graduation she helped her parents on the farm.
On October 15, 1933 she married Ernest William Gustav Bunde. The couple lived in Watertown for two years before moving to a farm in Rauville Township in 1935. In the fall of 1940 they moved to Ernest's parents' farm in Germantown Township where Hilda was a housewife and mother. Hilda worked at Jenkins for two years. Ernest passed away on September 27, 1997 at Jenkins Nursing Home in Watertown.
Hilda enjoyed spending time with her family, quilting, sewing, crocheting, and working outside.
She was an active member of the Bethlehem Church in Watertown, a charter Member of the Bethlehem Ladies Circle, choir member and Sunday School teacher for many years with the Bethlehem Church. Hilda was a Charter Member of the 3-Way Extension Club since 1955.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ernest; a grandson, Douglas Bistodeau; her sister; six brothers; and two sons-in-law, Duane Noeldner and Lester Prouty.
Hilda is survived by her two sons, Harold (Marjorie) Bunde and Kenneth (Alaine) Bunde all of Florence, SD, her six daughters, Eleanor Prouty of Hayti, SD, Elaine Bistodeau of Webster, SD, Edith Noeldner, Marilyn (Shorty) Anderson, Kay (Jeff) Thronson all of Watertown, SD and Joyce (Larry) Gusso of Florence, SD; 22 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; and 10 great great-grandchildren.
Friday July 5, 2013, 10:30 a.m. at St. Martin's Lutheran Church
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Wednesday July 3, 2013, 4-7 p.m. at Wight, Comes & Sogn Funeral Chapel
~ Obituary courtesy of Wight, Comes & Sogn Funeral Chapel & Watertown Public Opinion, 01 Jul 2013


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How Long Can It Last, and What's Normal?
Dental implant pain will normally be one of the first things you will notice after getting an implant, when the numbness wears off. It will feel like you just had a tooth extracted, and there's something stuck in the gum. This pretty much mirrors what has been done. You've just had orthopedic surgery on your jaw!.
Let's face it, it's going to be sore in the area where you got the implant, (or implants), as well as the jawbone all around it.
No matter how much dentists talk about "gently and precisely placing the implant", there's no getting away from the fact that you just had a tooth (or teeth) pulled, a hole drilled into your jawbone, and a piece of surgical-grade titanium (or sometimes ceramic) screwed into the hole.
And that's just for a normal, relatively straightforward implant.
Of course it's going to be a bit sore afterwards! Dental implant pain at this early stage is completely normal, and is to be expected. Also, there will also usually be some degree of swelling for 3 to 5 days afterwards.
If you have had several implants in your upper jaw, you may even get some bruising around the eyes. It can look (and feel) like you've just done 5 rounds with Mike Tyson!
Again, this is all quite normal, and will settle down within a few days.
During the initial healing phase, which can last up to 7 to 10 days, there are several things you can do to help ease the discomfort.
You can do this by holding an icepack on your face over the implant area. Sometimes your dentist will give you an icepack to take with you, which is great. It's in the first hour or two that you want to reduce the inflammation as much as possible. But you have to get the icepack on there as quickly as possible.
If your dentist doesn't give you an icepack, the simplest thing is pick up a bag of frozen peas (or something similar) from your nearest grocery store on the way home. The quicker you get that area of your face cooled down, the better!
BUT be careful not to give yourself frostbite! You don't want to freeze your face - just cool the area adjacent to where you got the implant.
It's very important NOT to swish the water around your mouth forcefully. DO NOT SWISH! Just take a sip of the hot salt water, and gently tilt your head to allow the water to bathe the gum where you got the implant. Hold it there for 10 - 20 seconds, spit out, and do it again a couple of times.
Go extremely gently with this. You shouldn't spend more than 2 minutes doing this, but you SHOULD do it every 2 hours or so for the first day after surgery. After that you can stop.
The amount of dental implant pain you get will depend on a number of things:
(For a full review of potential problems, take a look at dental implant problems.)
The main factor is how complicated the surgery was. If you had to get bone grafting or other additional surgery, then you can expect a bit more dental implant pain afterwards. This is also quite normal.
It's just like the discomfort you would have after any surgery. Taking the measures I described above is usually enough to keep things comfortable.
Getting a dental implant without any additional surgery (such as bone grafting or sinus surgery) usually involves about the same level of discomfort as getting a tooth pulled. More or less. Have a look at getting a tooth pulled.
To re-cap, pretty much all swelling should be gone in 3 to 5 days, and 99% of dental implant pain should be gone in 7 to 10 days.
BUT HERE IS AN INTERESTING SURGICAL FACT. For some reason, it is quite common for the initial discomfort to wear off over 2 to 3 days, and then on the 4th and 5th days to feel MORE pain. It's like it was getting better, and everything seems to be settling down, and then BAM! the pain seems to be getting worse again!
Don't panic. It doesn't necessarily mean that anything's wrong. This is something that happens a lot (but not all the time). The important thing to watch for is ANY SWELLING COMING BACK.
If you feel that there is any swelling coming up again, call your dentist or implant surgeon right away. This could be an infection that needs antibiotics as quickly as possible.
But if there's NO swelling coming up, just a feeling of more dental implant pain than the day before, it's likely to be this surgical phenomenon that we sometimes see around 4 to 5 days after surgery. It's not just dental implants. This seems to happen with ALL types of surgery.
Another important factor in how much dental implant pain you experience is how you tend to heal. Some people seem to heal much more quickly than others. They tend to have little pain or swelling. For these lucky people, implant treatment is frequently very straightforward!
A week to 10 days after you get the dental implant, pain from the procedure should be pretty much settled.
If you are still having significant pain, then there may be some problems.
These may be;
1. A loose healing cap. A healing cap is a small screw that fits in to the top of the implant while the gum is healing. It is removed later on when the crown is fitted to the implant.
During the healing process, it is possible for the healing cap to work loose. This can irritate the gum and make it sore. Your dentist will remove the loose cap, clean the implant top, and re-fit the healing cap again.
2. A loose implant. In some cases, the implant itself can work loose. There are several possible reasons for this to happen, but the important thing is that it can become painful.
Occasionally, given enough time, the implant may heal into the bone, and settle down. Usually, however, a loose implant must be removed.
You can read more about this at dental implant failure.
3. Infection. This can be an infection of the soft gum around the top of the implant, or a deeper infection in the bone surrounding the implant.
Once possible causes such as a loose healing cap or a loose implant have been ruled out, a course of antibiotics is the next step. Read more about this at the dental implant infection page.
4. Temporary bridge pressing on the gum. Frequently, patients want to have some sort of temporary tooth in the gap while the implant is healing. This can cause what feels like dental implant pain if it puts much pressure on the gum over the implant.
This problem does not usually occur with a "fixed" temporary tooth, such as a Maryland bridge, but it does happen quite frequently if you have a dental flipper tooth replacement. Just leave the flipper out until your dentist can adjust it.
5. "Bone burn". Very rarely, the bone around the implant can be damaged by heat from the drill during the implant surgery. This bone will not heal. It is dead bone. It can be extremely painful. The only answer is to remove the implant and the layer of dead bone, and allow the area to heal up, usually with bone grafting to fill up the space left behind.
This will need to be done by a specialist oral surgeon, so if you got the original implant done at your general dentist's office, he will probably have to refer you to an oral surgeon. This problem is very rare.
As you can see, dental implant pain in the first few days after surgery is pretty normal. After 7 to 10 days, if you are still having significant pain, you should go back to your implant dentist to get it checked. Remember, days 4 and 5 MAY be the worst, but there should be NO SWELLING by that time!


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The Serial That Takes You to Dinner
by Chef Bob Munnich
Back of the House is a real chef's fictional story about running a restaurant and the politics behind the scenes that diners rarely see.
It was on one of the most prestigious blocks of real estate in the whole city. The building was an old bank right in the middle of town, not far from the financial district and only a few hundred yards from some of the best restaurants in the city, as well as the country. Jamie and Scott had 30 years of restaurant experience between them. They had both worked in every position in the restaurant business. They knew the business inside and out. Scott had more "front of the house" experience, while Jamie was a chef. They had been working together for the last few years at the Four Seasons hotel and were part of the best service and food restaurant in the city.
The bank was perfect. High ceilings, marble floors and a corner location with an impressive facade. Scott knew that with the right financing, great marketing and good food, this would be a winner. With the dream in their hearts they got to work on the project.
The building was easy. They hired the best interior design team in the region, then decided on a "concept". This would be an exclusively seafood restaurant. Sure they would include some meat dishes for the gourmand, but the specialty would be domestic and imported seafood.
Since both owners wanted the opportunity to run the business, they decided they needed an executive chef to run the kitchen. This was a decision they didn't come to easily, but one that made sense to both of them. They started by placing an ad in the classified section.
The first couple of weeks produced hundreds, if not thousands, of responses. None were of the caliber they needed. They tried searching through an agency, but the chefs they pulled in were talented but didn't have the charisma they needed to "sell" this restaurant. They were becoming discouraged when an exciting thing happened.
Jamie and Scott had been working eighteen hours a day developing the restaurant. Not much time was spent eating, sleeping or socializing. One Friday evening, after working on the design of the dining room all day, they decided to go out for dinner. Neither had a girl friend, nor any other sort of life outside of work, so they went to a restaurant/nightclub near their home in the suburbs.
After a few drinks at the bar, they ordered some dinner. The bartender, sharp and attractive, overheard their conversation about the new restaurant. After placing the order, she went back to the kitchen to warn the chef that these guys were "in the biz" and take care of them. She did (the chef that is) and Jamie and Scott had the best pan seared striped bass and tuna with cilantro they ever had. "Wow," they thought to themselves as they scarfed down their meals and moved on to more drinks.
After dinner they were having such a great time that they decided to stick around and dance. The DJ was just coming on, and they felt like partying. Maybe tomorrow they'd just take the day off. Eyeing the crowd of perspective dance partners Jamie noticed an attractive woman in the corner near the kitchen entrance with long blond hair. He found his dancin' buddy! He approached the young woman, popped the question, she said yes, and they had a great time dancing to the big beat on the floor. After the dance they returned to the bar for a drink.
"I'll have a Dewars' rocks please," Jamie shouted across the bar. The bartender returned with the drink and a Vodka rocks for his partner.
"How'd she know what you wanted?" Jamie inquired.
"I work here," his partner said, "my name is Jules, I'm the chef here."
"Cool, I tell ya what, we just had a great meal, you're pretty talented. Where'd ya learn to cook?"
"Well, I kinda taught myself. I've always loved it, and just decided it's what I wanted to do."
"Far out," said Jamie.
Just about then Scott motioned Jamie to the door. "Well, it's time to run." Jamie said. "Thanks for the dance—and the dinner!" Jamie slipped through the crowd to meet up with his friend.
"Hey, what a night," Jamie said. "You know, that was the Chef I danced with. I'm thinking we might have a winner there."
"Well maybe we should call her...give her an interview. Dinner was good, she sure was a looker. Think she knows her stuff?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, she seems sharp," Jamie replied, thinking to himself that he really wasn't sure, but had a good feeling about her. "Let's give her a call tomorrow."
"Did ya get her number?" Scott said, half facetiously.
"What kind of a guy do you think I am?" Jamie said as he cracked a smile. "Of course I did."
What do you think? Where do they go from here?
Next week... the interview.
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I am a little sad that i can't play BF3 anymore... When i join a game i only got sound, and no video. I tried reinstalling the game, checked everywhere on the internet for fixes, made sure all drivers are up to date, and ran all kinds of repair the game got... tried everything but nothing works.
Does anybody else still crash within 5-10 minutes of starting the game in Multiplayer? My computer specs are fine, and I have Windows 7 32 bit :/
could try asking their customer support live chat on the website. though they were not much help for me the might help with your problem.
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ok i keep getting this wierd bug, i keep randomlly dying. i will just be running a long and then i just die, and all it says is "bad luck" and shows my dog tags, its happened a few times now. it doesnt say its suicide, it doesnt say anything apart from a box with your dog tags and "bad luck" wrote above them. anyone else had this and know why it happens?
Need new signature ideas
Is there a Steam version of this game yet?
How about an in-game server browser for the PC version?
I want to give them my money, but there's so much bullshit with the PC version, and I refuse to play twitch shooters on console.
^ The above should be taken with two grains of salt and a fistful of "chill the F* out".
OK, thanks. Still waiting I guess...
^ The above should be taken with two grains of salt and a fistful of "chill the F* out".
One other thing that annoys me is the randomness of spawns. Several times, i've spawned on a cap we own, only to spawn right in the middle of a circle of enemies. I've spawned right behind a whole group of them at times too. I usually take out 2-3 before getting pummeled.
Knife physics. God this is frustrating. I've gone to knife someone, right behind them, only for the knife to miss. Oh shit, they just heard that and now i'm dead. Only once has it worked in my favour, in that i went to knife someone, assumed i'd missed, but then saw my character jump like 10ft to do the kill. Sometimes, i think a knife should have hit me and it doesn't.
As of late, i've been playing knife and pistol only servers. Very much a fun change from the usual. It's great for XP, but i'm only there because it's so much more fun. I do go back to jet maps now and again. Wouldn't make sense to have bought a 5700DPI mouse and then stick to not doing my favourite past time in BF games. Outside of these 2, i tend to roll recon. Having a dedicated sniper button and an overflow of MAV riding explotative jackasses makes for easy pickings at times.
We're still waiting on the new patch though. No word on when it'll be out.


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Is Bangladesh likely to achieve its 2021 universal food security target?
Since gaining independence in 1971, food security issues in Bangladesh have been amongst the highest priorities on the government's agenda. This is because Bangladesh faces a number of demographic, social and ecological challenges, which make it particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. These challenges are further exacerbated by climate change, including the consequences of sea level rise. Silent threats such as soil and river salinity and arsenic contamination have direct and indirect effects on agricultural production and households' access to food.
In order to target the continuing food security threats the Government of Bangladesh has developed a number of high level policy initiatives, including Vision 2021 and the related Perspective Plan. Achieving food security is also a key objective of the country's poverty reduction strategy and has been recognised to be the highest risk in the Bangladesh Climate Change Action Plan. Strategic objectives include realizing universal food security, which implies that the country needs to be not only self-sufficient in terms of food production but also manage equitable distribution of nutritious food. Ensuring universal food security is particularly challenging given the multidimensional nature of the food security concept which comprises food availability, physical and financial access to food, food utilisation and food stability.


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PSUSD ready for changes in school year calendar
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Palm Springs Unified School District students on the Traditional Calendar will start the new school year Aug. 18, two weeks earlier than usual.
However, students at eight year-round elementary schools are still on the Modified Traditional Calendar and will begin Aug. 4, including Agua Caliente Elementary, Cabot Yerxa Elementary, Cahuilla Elementary, Cathedral City Elementary, Cielo Vista Charter, Julius Corsini Elementary, Landau Elementary and Sunny Sands Elementary.
"Next year everyone will be on the same calendar, which will be so nice," said Joan Boiko, PSUSD communications manager.
The goal is to have every elementary, middle and high school start, finish, and go on holiday breaks at the same time by the 2015-2016 school year. This comes after nearly 20 years of having year-round schools to help reduce overcrowding.
Boiko said it's taken time and compromise to make it happen.
"We went through a very extensive process to do this, teachers, parents, community meetings, and we listened and we adapted," said Boiko.
With the traditional calendar, the early start date will allow high school students to complete their semester final exams before winter break, instead of after. Students and staff will then have three weeks off for winter break and two weeks off for spring break.
Boiko said parents were notified when the decision was first made, and will get reminders by mail and online.
The district hopes the changes will get all school grade levels and parents on the same page.
"We hope it works, we think it will. You can't make 100 percent happy, but we hope we got 98 percent."
For more information, go to www.psusd.us
As for the other two school districts, Coachella Valley Unified School District starts Thursday, Aug. 21.
The Desert Sands Unified School District starts Aug. 28.


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Old lecturers never die, they just lose their faculties. Universities are usually divided into departments (see above). Just in case these departments feel lonely, they're allowed to club together into faculties. So, the physicists join their chemistry and biology chums in a Science Faculty and the musicians get together with the drama luvvies in an Arts Faculty and everybody's happy. Except the lawyers, who usually have a Faculty on their own. Maybe they smell.
Free Church.
Finals are the exams in the final year of study that decide whether or not the last 3 or 4 years have been worth living in abject poverty for. Hence, finalists are students in their final year with their heads on the exam block.
Not something you get when you don't drink enough water but the top-scoring honours degree.
To flunk is to drop out of university or fail. Hence the proportion of students who do it is the flunk rate. For the record, Push calculates its flunk rates based on the Higher Education Standards Authority's Table T3, which is a party in a spreadsheet.
Posh universities and colleges sometimes have formal dinners where students are supposed to dress up sometimes in black tie, sometimes in suits or sometimes in gowns over their combats and T-shirts. Such formals may be compulsory or voluntary or they may be so popular that students have to sign up to attend (especially if the formal's followed by ents of some sort). Some places have formals every night, some have them only once a term.
Foundation degree:
A relative newby — they've been on offer since 2001 — these are employment-related courses studied over two years (if taken full time, but part of the lure is the flexible approach). While a university might offer a foundation degree, its content might be planned and even taught by an employer. For more info, see www.foundationdegree.org.uk.
Freshers are first year students in their first few weeks - when the pace is faster than curry through a dog with diarrhoea and the main topics of conversation are home towns, A level grades and UCAS codes. During students' time as freshers, they are likely to spend 99% of their student loan, join student clubs whose events they never attend and get stupidly drunk most nights. After 3 weeks of this, they are hungover, broke and wiser - ie. fully-fledged students.
Freshers' Week:
Also known as Week One, Orientation Week, Intro Week and 'Cyril' for all I know, this is the first week of the first term of the first year of a student's university career. It's packed with events and ents designed to help students settle in, make friends and to tell them everything they need to know about how the university and students' union work. In the process, they tend to both drink and spend too much, but have a damn good time. See Freshers, above.
Freshers' fair:
The freshers' fair usually happens in the first week. It's a chance for university clubs & societies to shake their wares and show students what's on offer. Students are bombarded with flyers, freebies and bribes containing varying quantities of sugar, and sign up for everything from the football team to underwater tiddlywinks. Most of these they'll never attend, but some will turn into regular (and hopefully pleasant) distractions from work.
Further education (FE):
Further education is what comes after primary and secondary education. In other words it's usually what 16 to 18 year-olds do. In yet other words, it's A levels, Highers and the like. And in other, other, other words, it's what you have to do to be qualified to go on to higher education (universities and the like).
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So, who or what is "the Fed" that everyone talks about whenever there's a change in interest rates? The Federal Reserve System is a unique government organization, and was created in 1913 to bring federal oversight to a largely unregulated banking industry, which had experienced severe booms and busts over the previous century.
The Federal Reserve System consists of a central Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., and 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, each of which is privately chartered but subject to the federal authority held by the Board. The System also includes the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which makes the monetary policy decisions regarding interest rates that get all the attention.
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors
The Board of Governors is made up of seven presidential appointees, who are also confirmed by the Senate, and who serve one 14-year term. The president also selects a chairman and vice chairman of the Board, who serve four-year terms, and who may be reappointed. The chair of the board is also traditionally selected as the chair of the FOMC, and of course that person, since 1987, has been Alan Greenspan.
The Board's chief responsibility is to serve on the FOMC (see below). In addition, the Board oversees the Federal Reserve's other responsibilities, most of which are carried out by the regional Federal Reserve Banks. These other duties include:
- Regulating and auditing banks and other depository institutions;
- Holding reserves for national and state banks that are members of the Reserve System;
- Performing banking functions for federal government agencies;
- Providing a payment system for financial institutions;
- Distributing currency to banks and other depository institutions;
- Clearing checks -- about 18 billion a year -- for member banks; and
- Administering laws regarding consumer credit protection.
The 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks are supported by 25 branches. They carry out most of the functions listed above, generally on behalf of member banks, which include all national banks chartered by the federal government and state-chartered banks that choose to join the Federal Reserve System, and that meet the requirements to do so. By the way, the Fed is separate from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which insures bank accounts.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
The Fed's real authority, and the reason for its enormous prominence in the financial world, is its influence over monetary policy. That influence is primarily exercised by the FOMC, which is made up of the seven members of the Federal Reserve Board and five of the twelve Federal Reserve Bank presidents. One of the five is always the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, while the other four are Reserve Bank presidents that serve on a rotating basis. The FOMC meets eight times a year, and it is at these meetings that decisions are made surrounding short-term interest rates, specifically the federal funds rate, discussed below.
The Fed and monetary policy
Like central banks in other free-market countries, the Federal Reserve oversees monetary policy, which involves using the money supply and availability of credit to maintain sustainable economic growth and stability (or at least try). The goals of the Fed's monetary policies are spelled out in law: "to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates."
The Federal Reserve has several tools to use in conducting monetary policy:
- The federal funds rate, which is the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans. The FOMC sets a target for this rate -- not the actual rate itself -- at its regular meetings (though it can also change the target between meetings, at the behest of the Chair, as happened January 3rd, 2001). This is the short-term rate that news accounts are referring to when they report what the Fed decided regarding interest rates.
- The discount rate, which is the rate banks pay when they borrow funds from a Federal Reserve bank. This is usually lower than the federal funds rate, though closely tied to it. The Board of Governors works with the Reserve Banks to set the discount rate.
- Reserve requirements, which is a proportion of their deposits that all banks and other depository institutions are required to hold in reserve, some in their own vaults and some at the Reserve banks. This proportion is set by the Board of Governors, but usually is around 10%.
So, what's the big deal about the federal funds rate? Since banks are subject to the reserve requirements mentioned above, and since they frequently fall below those requirements while conducting day-to-day business, they regularly have to borrow from each other's reserves in order to maintain their required levels. This essentially creates a market in reserve funds, with banks and other depository institutions borrowing and lending as needed, and paying the federal funds rate when they borrow.
By increasing or decreasing the federal funds rate, the Fed can impact, over time, practically every other interest rate charged by U.S. banks. To influence the federal funds rate, and move it towards the target set by the FOMC, the Fed can increase or decrease the supply of reserves held by the banks.
Does any of this sound complicated? For more info on how this process works, and how it in turn affects the larger economy, check out our next article in this series.
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How could Blueseed capture and cultivate the world's boldest and most disruptive startup ideas? Come and find out!
Rally.org co-founder Jonas Lamis and Blueseed CEO Max Marty will be discussing Paul Graham's essay on Black Swan Farming and more. It will be a stimulating evening of discussion and a chance to meet with the Blueseed crew - there will be snacks and drinks too!
The event is co-hosted by the Association of Chinese Entrepreneur (ACE) at Berkeley and the Computer Science Graduate Entrepreneurs (CSGE). To get to the venue, please see the directions to the Berkeley Skydeck. There's street parking, and two garages within one minute walking from Skydeck, with entrances on each side of 2015 Center Street. Garage parking is $2.50/hour.
Blueseed is a startup community of 1000 entrepreneurs on a cruise ship to be anchored near Silicon Valley. We'll be running startup accelerator programs in a living and office space on a vessel 30 minutes off the coast of San Francisco. That's outside the jurisdiction of the United States (so US work visas are not necessary), but close enough to the Valley that entrepreneurs can travel to the mainland via ferry using business/tourist visas on short notice, for up to 180 days per year. We have over 1000 entrepreneurs from 300 companies that have expressed interest. More at http://blueseed.co
Max Marty, CEO, Blueseed
Max, the son of two Cuban immigrants, has been passionate about entrepreneurship and technology from a young age. He received his undergraduate degrees in Global Political Economy & Philosophy from Muhlenberg College in PA, and his MBA from the University of Miami. Before joining Blueseed, he was Director of Business Strategy at the Seasteading Institute, the world's only think tank researching ocean communities.
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Jonas is an experienced startup executive with multiple successful ventures. He co-founded Rally, the leading online fundraising company for non-profits.
Prior to Rally, Jonas was partner in technology incubator Tech Ranch Austin, and leader of technology futurism organizations. He was also Founder and Editor of the largest Enterprise Architecture and IT Transformation focused publication in the industry, Architecture and Governance Magazine.
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Best American Nonrequired Reading highlights Denver Voice story by William Hillyard
William Hillyard.
Some people surely pay for the Denver Voice simply because the money goes to the homeless and hardly glance at it before tossing it -- although that would be a mistake. Not only does the Voice represent a worthy cause (for which is won a 2009 Westword MasterMind award), it also has damn fine journalism. Case in point: A Voice story -- "Wonder Valley," by contributor William Hillyard -- got shortlisted in the impressive collection The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010.
The annual anthology of fiction, nonfiction, essays, comics, humor and esoterica is edited by Dave Eggers and this time, it features an introduction by David Sedaris, putting Hillyard among fine company. The book also includes killer material from the likes of The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine, not to mention pieces by Sherman Alexie, Kurt Vonnegut and Stephen Colbert. While Hillyard's story didn't make the final cut, even being listed among the book's "Notable Nonrequired Reading" is pretty darn impressive.
And reading Hillyard's story, it's not hard to see why the work of literary nonfiction got the nod. "Wonder Valley" depicts a forlorn corner of the Mojave Desert in California populated by outcasts and drifters and opens with a bang -- a cinematic panorama of this desolate wasteland that ends on the nude, dead body of woman lying in the dilapidated school bus that was her home. To find out what happens next, check out the story, as well as three follow-ups Hillyard has written about Wonder Valley for the Denver Voice, on his website.
In short, the stuff that's been filling the pages of the Denver Voice more than warrants its $1 cover price. The fact that most of that money goes to the city's less fortunate? All the better.
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Marion Center students mark Arbor Day
Forty-one students from the Marion Center Area School District celebrated Arbor Day Friday by participating in a tree-planting project on State Game Lands 174 near Glen Campbell.
The students planted 3,000 evergreen and hardwood seedlings, 100 apple trees and a dozen American chestnuts. The project was a team effort by several agencies and groups.
The students were from high school science teacher Tom Betts' wildlife ecology classes and the district's Enviroquest teams sponsored by Betts, high school teacher Howard Cattau and elementary teacher Max Falisec.
Seniors, from left, Hannah Fulton, Reed Hertzler and Jakeb Rising planted one of the back-crossed American chestnut trees.
Chief Photographer Tom Peel has been photographing events in the county since 1966. He started with the Gazette while in high school and then came on board full-time in 1969. So if you do something good, bad or just interesting, he will most likely be there to take your picture. Tom can be reached at email@example.com or 724-465-5555 ext. 275.
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45. Michael Spina
|Spina had to learn first base on the fly. b>
Spina was the A's 11th round pick in 2009 out of Cincinnati and he made a good first impression as a pro, batting .255 with seven homers and a 776 OPS in 52 games for Low-A Kane County. Spina made the jump to the California League for the 2010 season and put together a solid year at the plate while also dealing with the difficult task of changing defensive positions.
The all-time homerun leader for the Cincinnati Bearcats showed consistent power for the Ports in 2010. Spina overcame a poor April, during which he hit .247 with a 680 OPS, to lead the team with 23 homers and finish third with 88 RBIs (he was seventh and eighth in the league, respectively), while posting a .253/.348/.444 line over 135 games.
Dating back to college, Spina has always been a run producer and it is a role that he embraces. He was at his best with runners on-base (860 OPS) or in scoring position (848) and he helped the Stockton offense finish third in the league in runs scored. He does a decent job of drawing walks, having walked 64 times in 135 games, but he has a tendency to get over-aggressive at times, something that was reflected in his 142 strike-outs. Spina also struggled against left-handed pitchers despite being a right-handed hitter, managing only a .187 average and a 701 OPS versus southpaws.
Defensively, it was a struggle for Spina at first base this season, especially early in the year. A third baseman in college and during his first professional season, Spina was asked to switch to first at the start of the 2010 regular season so that he and fellow Stockton slugger Stephen Parker could be in the line-up at the same time. While learning on the fly, Spina committed 17 errors at first base. He showed the agility to play the position and he has good hands, so he should continue to get better as he grows more comfortable with the position.
Spina's offensive profile is prototypical for a corner infielder and he is one of the more consistent power bats in the A's system. He was drafted as a college senior, so he is a little old for his league, but as long as he continues to move up every year, that shouldn't be too much of a factor. Spina will likely always strike-out a fair amount and he isn't likely to be a player who hits for a high average, but if he can refine his two-strike approach and improve against left-handers, he should be able to raise his average into the .270s.
In many ways, Spina is similar to former A's prospect Tom Everidge, who was eventually able to raise his average by looking to hit the ball up the middle more with two-strikes rather than pull everything. Everidge was always held back as a prospect by his defense at first. If Spina can continue to improve his defense, he should have an easier time moving up the A's chain than Everidge did.
44. Shawn Haviland
|Haviland was among the top strike-out pitchers in all of minor league baseball. b>
Haviland may not be one of the more well-known names in the A's system, but he quietly put together one of best seasons of any A's pitching prospect in 2010. The A's 2008 33rd-round pick out of Harvard finished second in the California League in strike-outs (166) and led the Stockton Ports' in innings pitched (150.1), ERA among starting pitchers (3.65) and he maintained an excellent K:BB ratio of more than 4:1. He earned a post-season All-Star nod from the California League.
One might assume from the Ivy League background that Haviland is merely a crafty right-hander who uses location and pitch selection to rack-up strike-outs against younger hitters. While Haviland does have a good approach to pitching, he isn't a soft-tosser. Since turning pro in 2008, Haviland has seen his velocity jump from the mid- to high-80s to the high-80s to low-90s with occasional touches of 93 MPH on the radar gun. His best secondary pitch is his curveball and he also throws a change-up and added an effective cut-fastball in 2010.
Haviland likely would have made this list last year had it not been for a late-season slide that pushed his ERA with Kane County from the low 3.00s to 4.71. He said he felt healthy and strong during the second half of the 2009 season, but admitted that he may have been more tired than he realized. He had no such troubles in 2010, posting a 3.21 ERA after the All-Star break and striking out 85 in 73 innings. Haviland also improved his location in 2010, spotting his fastball better, especially against right-handed hitters.
"Shawn Haviland is just better [than he was last year]. I think he is able to command the baseball better and recognize what hitters might be trying to do. He just has an idea," A's Minor League Pitching Coordinator Gil Patterson told OaklandClubhouse.com during the season.
One area in which Haviland struggled a bit in 2010 was with homeruns. He allowed 15 after giving up only nine the year before. Haviland may always be prone to the longball because he is a flyball pitcher. He will need to continue to limit the walks as he progresses to higher levels in order to make that weakness a relatively unimportant one. Haviland has shown throughout his career that he can miss bats and he proved in 2010 that he can handle a heavy workload without losing his effectiveness. He should start next season in Double-A.
43. Tyler Ladendorf
|Ladendorf is one of the top defenders in the A's system. b>
Since he was selected in the second round by the Minnesota Twins in 2008, scouts have been waiting for Ladendorf to show some of the offensive acumen that he displayed at Howard College in Texas. Although he still hasn't realized his full offensive potential, Ladendorf gave a glimpse of the hitter he can be during the second half of the 2010 season. Defensively, he is already an accomplished player.
The 2010 season was Ladendorf's first full season with the A's organization (he was acquired for Orlando Cabrera at the trade deadline in 2009). It was also the first time he had played a full year for a full-season affiliate, as he played a career-high 126 games for High-A Stockton (and added four games with Triple-A Sacramento). He held up well despite the long season and really played well during the second half of the year, posting a .279/.336/.424 line and helping the Ports make the playoffs. His overall line was .274/.326/.385 in 478 at-bats.
Ladendorf made a number of improvements offensively from 2009, when he hit .231/.301/.338 in 35 games for Low-A Kane County. He hit for more power, connecting on five homeruns, four triples and 30 doubles, and stole 20 bases in 24 chance after stealing only two in four chances for the Cougars. One area he slipped, however, was his patience at the plate, as he walked only 35 times against 110 strike-outs for Stockton after posting a 10:19 BB:K with the Cougars.
Defensively, Ladendorf impressed scouts and opposing coaches throughout the California League. He spent much of the year at second base playing alongside A's 2009 first-round pick Grant Green, but when Green had a day off or was DHing, Ladendorf slid over to shortstop. Ladendorf was equally impressive at both positions, showing good range and hands. He also flashed a strong arm and the ability to make the tough throw at difficult angles.
Ladendorf has the potential to be a valuable super-utility player. He has plus speed and he improved his reads and jumps on base-stealing attempts considerably in 2010. Ladendorf also has some gap power and the ability to hit for average. Defensively, he already projects as an above-average middle infielder and, although he didn't get to play there much during the regular season, he is a solid defensive outfielder, as well. In many ways, he profiles similarly to current A's farmhand Corey Wimberly, but he is better defensively than Wimberly and has the projection to hit for more power. For Ladendorf to reach the big leagues, however, he will need to add some of Wimberly's patience to his game. Ladendorf, who will be 23 in March, should join many of his 2010 Stockton teammates in Double-A Midland next season.
42. Connor Hoehn
Hoehn was selected in the 12th round of the 2009 draft by the A's out of a Florida community college. The strong-armed right-hander breezed through his first exposure to pro ball, posting a 1.35 ERA and striking out 28 in 20 innings for the A's two US short-season affiliates. Boasting a solid fastball that sits in consistently in the low-90s and a solid breaking ball, Hoehn was one of the more intriguing arms selected by the A's in 2009.
At the start of spring training 2010, the A's flirted with the idea of having Hoehn move into the starting rotation. He pitched out of the rotation for the entire spring, but when the rosters were set for the regular season, he was moved back to the bullpen. He would pitch exclusively in relief for Kane County for the entire 2010 season.
For the most part, it was a solid first full season for the 21-year-old. He made the mid-season Midwest League All-Star team and struck-out a remarkable 101 batters in 87.2 innings while holding opposing batters to a .210 average. Hoehn was also consistently reliable for the Cougars until August, when he showed some fatigue and struggled to the tune of a 7.78 ERA and 11 walks plus 22 hits allowed in 19.2 innings. He also allowed three of his six homeruns in that month. Overall, he posted a 3.80 ERA.
Hoehn has an unusual delivery that serves both to hide the ball well from hitters and disrupt their timing at the plate. He gets good sinking action on his fastball and his slider is an out-pitch when he is throwing well. He can throw the slider with two grips: one gives it a tight break and the other makes it more of a slurvy-type pitch. When he tires, his slider has a tendency to elevate and flatten out. He also throws a change-up. Hoehn's fade at the end of the season is something to note, but it isn't a cause for huge concern given it was the first time he has made that many appearances in one season in his career.
Hoehn's ability to miss bats is impressive and, more often than not, when hitters do make contact, they don't get the good part of the bat on the ball. His command still needs work, however, as he walked 39 and hit seven. He will be challenged next season in the California League, where misses in location often result in big damage. Hoehn has the stuff to succeed in the Cal League and beyond. If Hoehn can sharpen his command, he should be able to move quickly through the A's system and could be knocking on the door of the A's bullpen by the end of the 2012 season.
41. Royce Consigli
|Consigli was the AZL A's best hitter in 2010. b>
Despite being in his second pro season, Consigli was one of the youngest players to suit up for the A's Rookie League club in Phoenix this summer. He was also their best player. The outfielder, who turned 19 in early September, finished third in the Arizona Rookie League in batting average (.340) and fourth in OPS (893) and earned his way onto the AZL post-season All-Star team.
The 2010 campaign was actually Consigli's second go-around in the AZL. He was sent there in 2009, as well, after being selected in the 30th round of the draft out of an eastern Canadian high school. Consigli hit only .202 in 2009, but he showed some promise, walking 16 times in 26 games. He continued to show good patience in 2010 (20 walks in 41 games and a .406 OBP), but he added a lot more to his offensive game. In addition to the high batting average, Consigli found the gaps for 12 doubles and four triples and he hit his first professional homerun. The left-handed hitter dominated right-handed pitchers (.352/.408/.496), and he held his own against southpaws (.290/.395/.452).
"Having to repeat the Arizona League, I admire his ability to go back. This is a very difficult league to play in Arizona in the summer and he was able to go back and put up solid numbers," A's Director of Player Development Keith Lieppman said after the season.
"He's shown really great ability with the bat. He's shown a little bit of power in this [Instructs] program and he's continued to impress people. He's one of the younger guys who is just making it through the system, but I think next year he should be in a position to compete for one of those Midwest League jobs in Burlington, Iowa."
Consigli is still growing, but he already has a solid physique at 6'2'', 205 pounds. He has good footspeed for his size, although he isn't a major threat to steal at this stage of his career. Consigli has power potential and has the build to develop into a homerun hitter as he gets older. His bat is ahead of his glove at this point, but he has a strong arm. He is best suited for the corner outfield spots. The jump from short-season to full-season ball is a big one, especially for high school draft picks, so Low-A Burlington will be a big test for Consigli next season.


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text: In their first home game in quite awhile, the Big Green took on a young but hardworking NEWHL squad. Though it took us a period to get up to speed, much of the game was spent in the offensive zone. Several Deerfield players got their first goals of the season: Jenna Greenbaum '17 (a hat-trick!), Elliot Gilbert '16, and captain Kylie Davis '14 (her first goal since sophomore year). Meghan Halloran '17 (2 goals, 2 assists), Kayla O'Connor '14 (2 goals, 1 assist) and Katherine Jackson '15 (1 goal, 1 assist) rounded out the scoring, while several players earned assists: Katherine Goguen '16, Taylor Morash '16, Emma Siefert '16 (2), Madi Lyford '15, and Rachel Sit '16 (2). Morash, Lucy Lytle '15, Shai Lineberry '17 and Jackson all played well in their first action ever on defense in the third period. We now head out for Long Winter Weekend, but will be back in action next Wednesday at Westminster. Thank you to the Lineberrys for stepping up at the last minute to coordinate pizza for the teams afterwards!


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Vanni Bonello celebrates birthday with book tribute
A small crowd of people from all walks of life yesterday gathered at the ballroom of Le Meridien Phoenicia in Floriana to pay tribute to Giovanni Bonello, or Vanni as he is affectionately known, who celebrated his 70th birthday a little belatedly, but in a special way - with the publication of a 420-page book written in his honour by no fewer than 36 people.
Although the launching of the Festschrift came almost a fortnight after Judge Bonello's 70th birthday (it was on June 11), it was held on his name-day, yesterday being the feast of St John Baptist, patron saint of the Order of St John - a favourite subject of Vanni's writings.
The book, published by Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti and produced by MidSea Books, is divided in three sections: history, art and architecture, and the law of human rights.
The essays reflect Judge Giovanni Bonello's range of interests, about which he has written prolifically in the past. He yesterday promised "more was yet to come".
Speaking at the launch, President Emeritus Guido de Marco recalled the difficult times when Vanni's father Vincenzo (curator of the national art collection) was interned and deported during the war, and the impact this must have had on Vanni, whose sense of rebellion against injustice prevailed. Indeed, one of the essays in the book deals with 'Page 13', a page The Sunday Times used to dedicate to human rights issues in Malta in the 1980s and authored mostly by Vanni Bonello.
Professor de Marco described Judge Bonello as "a Renaissance man living in our times" and said his approach, even his interpretation of the law, was to look at new frontiers.
Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti chairman Maurice de Giorgio thanked Theresa Vella and Maroma Camilleri, from the Museum of Fine Arts and the National Library respectively, who edited the book.
Judge Bonello said the launch proved a point: that though he had a few enemies, he had more friends, many of whom he did not even know.
He thanked all those who contributed towards making the book possible, especially MidSea Books, who put "their heart, resources and technical genius behind the book".
This book which is only available hardbound, is on sale from all leading bookshops at Lm24.
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car has no power
i took the car for a shakedown drive on the road for the first time in a long time and i noticed it has no power with my foot to the floor the acceleration is pitiful especially for a sbc with a turbo... anyways basically to give the best desrciption i have had issues with this motor before...with my foot to the floor it sounds like a cylinder is dropping out and its hard to start
have tried adding time retarding timing with no change i have not done a comp or leak down test yet but i will soon...for specs its a 355sbc with gm stock head 76cc icon forged 9:1 pistons .488 lift cam h beams and forged crank edy intake manifold with pro products TBI on top and single turbo any help is greatly apprecciated thank you
What's your head casting #? If they are those 462624, these heads are well known for cracking. Not sure if they work with fuel injection so if I'm way off base please disregard lol
I don't know what the casting # I I took them off a long block I bought for another project that I didn't need them for ... U maybe right about te fuel injection but it feels like I'm running on less that 8 cyl ... At WOT it takes a second for the engine to Rev uP and it doesn't always rev to the full rev limit I have set when it does cooperate it feels rough
Even better, has the car ever ran right?
How long has this engine been together? Has the computer been tuned to work with the turbo?
I may have a bent valve cuz a few months ago when the car was running last I have two issues one was that a rod let loose and there was evidence that it hit the plug so I'm sure it hit other things... Also a keeper on the same cylinder cam out of the valve on the same cylinder as the rod problem... I have since replaced the rod and piston and put the keeper back in but maybe it did damage to the valve... The car is in the building stage an never been considered road worthy due to unfinished work and running issues
lol just like it sounds the rod lket loose ... when i tore the motor down i saw an indentation on the piston and the electrode on the plug was crushed
i guess i really should do a compression test and leak down test but i believe i di one once before and came up with nothing conclusive
My guess is that the keeper came out when your piston hit the valve. How did you get by with just replacing the piston and rod, what about the crank?
No damage to the crank or block I shut the engine down really quick when I recognized a noise but ur prob right the piston threw the valve back up before the spring came up and a keeper feel out well I will do a comp/leak down test asap
Should of done a better check for engine damage.
Ur absolutely right I got anxious and made a mistake
ok i finally got in there to do a comp test i tested all cyl and didnt find anything really out of the ordinary the difference between the lowest and the highest was about 15 psi approx but all cyl produced over 135 psi cranking...i then pulled both valve covers and found the intake rocker on #5 very loose i put my inspection cam down through the galley and cranked the motor to see if the cam was flat and it wasnt ...i also found one other rocker arm on #3 somewhat loose not too bad though... but could this cause the symptoms im getting???
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Webcams that mean business: Brother's NW-100 HD VideoCam vs. Logitech's BCC950 Conference Cam
Whether you use Google Chat, Skype or a web-conferencing app with more sophisticated collaboration features, chances are you've added video to your online meeting toolbox. Integrated webcams are de rigeur on laptops, but their quality can be sub-par for business communications.
The the Brother NW-1000 Webcam and the Logitech BCC950 ConferenceCam both cost more than a garden-variety webcam, but they're not outrageously expensive. And both deliver features that can help business conferees really see what's going on at the other end of the line.
Brother NW-1000
Brother says its high-def (1080p) webcam, the NW-1000, is optimized to work with Brother's own OmniJoin conferencing and collaboration service. What that really means is that OmniJoin supports all the camera's features and that the camera is easy to use with the service. You don't need one to use the other, so the NW-1000 is equally as useful for people who have no intention of using OmniJoin.
The $99 NW-1000 has a stand for sitting on a table or desk top, but the stand can also fold to clip to the top of a desktop or notebook display. It's physically wider (but at 3.9- by 1.8- by 2.6 inches, no taller or thicker) than most desktop webcams, and it weighs less than four ounces. The camera draws power over a USB 2.0 cable, and is well suited for travelers. It works with Windows XP or later, or Mac OSX 10.5 to 10.8.
The NW-1000 delivers very smooth high-def (optical resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels), and it's capable of capturing and encoding video to either h.264 or MJPG (Motion JPEG) formats at a full 30 frames per second. Its 71-degree diagonal field of vision is wide enough to allow a couple of people into its wide-aspect-ratio frame.
In my tests, the NW-1000 did a good job of adjusting for ambient lighting and delivering good depth of field. People at the other end of Skype calls reported that videos looked sharp and crisp.
Its built-in speaker was nothing to write home about, but Brother recommends using its portable USB speakerphone, the $99 VT-1000, which can be used either for VoIP calls or as an accessory to one or more smartphones. Like Brother's webcam, the VT-1000 is also optimized for Brother's OmniJoin service but can be used standalone, too.
Whether or not you use it with the OmniJoin service, the NW-1000 is a competitively priced, capable webcam for people who want better video quality than what they can get from a garden-variety webcam.
Logitech BCC950 ConferenceCam
The $250 BCC950 ConferenceCam is designed for tabletop use with a small group of people sitting in a conference room. It consists of a base with a built-in speakerphone and a spherical camera unit (that's slightly larger than a softball) that plugs in to the base via USB 2.0. You can attach stick-like extender to the lens component to elevate it. A wireless remote control duplicates the buttons on the camera's base so that you can operate the controls from up to about 10 feet away.
Logitech's BCC950 ConferenceCam delivers advanced teleconferencing features at a budget price tag.
The webcam can pan 180 degree and tilt 55 degrees up and down (providing a 78-degree field of vision), which lets you swivel the lens to capture participants around the table without anyone having to get up and move the unit. You can also zoom in and out (up to 2x at high-def, and up to 5x at standard definition), adjust audio volume or mute the speaker, and answer or terminate video calls. In my tests the unit responded quickly and smoothly to remote commands.
The BCC950's image quality is quite good: Plugged into the USB port of a computer (your choice of Windows XP or later, or Mac OS X 10.6 or later), the camera's Carl Zeiss optics deliver resolution of up to 1920-by-1080 pixels at 30 frames per second with compatible applications, making for sharp images if your broadband network is reasonably robust. In my tests, the camera did a good job of adjusting for ambient lighting, and call recipients reported smooth, clear video. Audio from the speakers was also loud and clear.
The BCC950 ConferenceCam encodes using an h.264 codec, and it complies with the UVC standard for USB video, meaning it supports all major videoconferencing and chat applications (e.g. Cisco WebEx, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Microsoft Lync, and Skype). The webcam requires an AC power supply--Logitech provides eight-foot power and USB cables--so it might not work for people who work in the field.
Aside from that limitation, it's a good compromise for businesses that want to conduct small-group video conferences without the need to shell out a lot money for a fancier telepresence system.
This story, "Webcams that mean business: Brother's NW-100 HD VideoCam vs. Logitech's BCC950 Conference Cam" was originally published by PCWorld.


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Bob Dvorsky, State Senator
· Op-Ed · January 24, 2014
In his Condition of the Judiciary address this year, the Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court told legislators that the goal of protecting Iowas children is within reach.
Justice Cady praised the Legislatures bipartisan efforts to make that and other Court successes possible.
The Legislatures support has allowed the courts to hire more juvenile court officers. These are the public servants who meet face-to-face with young people in trouble and guide them toward better behavior that will help them become successful adults. The work of our juvenile court officers improves public safety for all Iowans and ultimately saves taxpayer dollars.
Family Treatment Courts work with community professionals to help Iowans struggling with substance abuse or other problems that put them at risk of losing their parental rights. So far, 463 families including 549 parents and 900 children have participated in Family Treatment Courts. The results are spectacular: 95 percent of the kids suffer no further abuse or neglect.
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text: Yeah. The dealership where I bought the car supposedly contacted the guy who traded it in and he said "he bought it that way". Two previous owners on a 11' car with only 23000 on it when I got it? I am not feeling the love from Heritage Subaru in MD or COBB Tuning.


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CHAPEL HILL -- Carolina Athletics and Carolina Basketball will "stripe out" the Smith Center for the game against Pittsburgh on Saturday February 15 in the Smith Center.
Carolina Blue and white shirts will be placed in every seat for fans attending the game. Shirts will alternate by seating section (blue in one section, white in the next and so on) so the result are stripes of blue and white throughout the arena.
The t-shirt designs are shown above. The shirts will not be sold at retail or available anywhere except to fans who attend the game on Feb. 15.
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Best way to remove paint from cinder block wall
I'm remodeling a room in my basement and I found the cinder block walls had been painted with the first coat being a mildew resistant finish, and then the second, outer coat was Dry-lok waterproofing, so they painted the two types on the walls in the wrong order. (I found this out thanks to someone on here explaining to me why the Dry-lok was peeling off in large chunks :thumbsup: )
I am using a grinder with a coarse knotted cup brush to remove both layers of paint and it works, but it's eating up the brushes quickly and it's taking foreeeevveeerrr to finish the job. Is there a faster way?
aurand.net,,, IF you can rent 1, good luck,,, otherwise, use a wire brush mounted on a 4" grinder,,, much faster than the knott'd stuff
don't forget a leather apron, gloves, & GOOD safety glasses + face shield :thumbsup:
I'll try the regular wire cup brush, and hopefully it's faster than the knotted. Thanks!
Three straight days of grinding. My arms are sore. Someone is out of shape. :yes:
Wanted to give a thanks - the wire brush was definitely faster than any other method. :thumbsup:
Also wanted to let others know, the expensive wire brushes are worth it. Unless you enjoy picking out dozens of tiny wires embedded in your skin. :no:
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I just love statistics - especially when they support a point I want to
make. You can use them to prove anything. Hey, numbers don't lie! But
they don't always give the whole picture either.
Quite a few news stories recently revolved around Attrition.org's Web
defacement statistics. Almost 60 percent of the defaced Web servers are
running on the Microsoft Windows/NT platform; an interesting statistic
clearly demonstrating a problem with Windows/NT servers.
However, statistics merely measure and categorize data. Using
statistics alone as a research tool is like trying to build a house
with just a screwdriver. Yeah, you need it, but you need some other
tools as well.
An article on SecurityWatch managed to draw a bunch of erroneous
SecurityWatch states that Attrition endorsed MacOSX and Power BSD as
the "safest" platforms. Funny, I didn't see that statement from
Attrition. They also stated that more servers on the Internet are
running on NT platforms than all other Operating Systems combined.
Obviously they didn't check Netcraft, which lists the market share as
closer to 20 percent (http://www.netcraft.com/survey/).
One of the more absurd conclusions posted to the "ihateapple.com" site
(no bias here) (http://www.ihateapple.com/). In the posting "Web
Defacement Figures", "Russ" states, "Attrition.org has lists of
supposed website defacements and hacks for last year." He then jumps
to the conclusion that Windows 2000 must be the most secure OS, since
it only accounts for 9.96 percent of the defacements. Uh, Russ? W2K has
only been around for about a year. Incidentally, the "ihateapple.com"
site was defaced on 12/31/00:
(Note: The defaced page starts a bunch of annoying JavaScripts. The
link to Attrition's index is provided as proof that the site was
defaced - I don't recommend clicking on the defacement.)
I asked Attrition's statistics specialist, Matt Dickerson (aka "Munge")
what he thought of all the attention the Attrition defacement
statistics generated. Matt commented:
"It's interesting what people choose to take away from our stat pages.
I am beginning to think that it's more a Rorschach test than anything
else. For the past year, we've updated os.html daily and os-graphs.html
monthly. It's never got this sort of reaction before."
Attrition staff go through a lot of effort to explain how they compile
the data used in their statistics - fully expecting this to be weighted
into whatever research their readers are performing.
It's easier to look at the pretty pie chart than do real research. So,
what *do* the statistics indicate? Obviously, there is *some* sort of
problem with Windows/NT servers. Is it the Operating System? As a Unix
bigot, I'd love to say so. The fact is, *any* OS is vulnerable to
attack - including Unix derivatives. The popularity of Microsoft
systems lies primarily in its ease of use and alleged ease of
administration. You don't have to have any in-depth computer science
background to administer a Windows server unless, of course, you want
security. Microsoft systems *can* be configured to be secure;
unfortunately, this requires administrator learn something about
securing them. To foster the "ease of use" reputation, the default
settings of Microsoft systems are far from secure. As we all know,
security is damned inconvenient.
Laying the responsibility for security on the Operating System rather
than the administrator would be comforting, but sorry kids, it's not
that easy. Much as I would love to believe that avoiding NT would
ensure a secure Web server, I know better. The most secure OS platform
to use is the one you know how to secure.


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alpine white on red leather e46 for sale
for sale
Repo'd, accident, 5 owners for 12,000.
This isn't the forum to sell that *kind* of car.
8k max. If you find the right buyer. 12k is for someone with really bad credit and poor decision making skills.
No pics of interior? :facepalm:
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inside shot off my phone not the best quality
Were you going to show the pics and disclose te accident it was just in with the Freightliner? Not trying to bash just not the way to sell on this forum. You literally just posted earlier a thread of how you were hit by a semi and then posted a for sale thread of the vehicle? :hmm:
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the car is in the body shop, pix are up on my form of damage, and car fax is provided on ebay. didn't want to sit here and wright a book about the car for people that are not interested. my phone # is up for answering any questions serous buyers have. i do not want a bad rep on the forms and apologies if it looks like I'm trying to hide anything because it is NOT what I'm trying to do. also just a feeler price i do know its a little high but it is low miles for the year and a very desirable color combo. if any one is seriously interested in the car i will be more than happy to sit on the phone and tell you every thing about the car. also show in person if it gets that far.
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I was going to make an oatmeal with rosewater, but I can't find it anywhere! (It is somewhere in my house and has only been used once a few months ago.) I used lavender instead to get that sweet floral note. Vanilla also tastes floral to me, so I amped it up with extract, vanilla bean paste, and vanilla yogurt.
When you use whole vanilla beans make sure to keep the pod after you scrape out the paste. Stick them in a jar and cover with sugar and seal it tight. In no time you'll have your very own batch of vanilla sugar. Just keep adding more sugar as you use it, the pods will keep scenting for multiple batches.
(I did run by Whole Foods to get more rosewater, so stand by for an oatmeal with it later in the week.)
Serves: 2 to 3 servings
- ½ cup Bob's Red Mill steel-cut oats (they have a gluten-free one as well)
- 2 cups Unsweetened So Delicious Coconut Milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon culinary lavender (food grade)
- 1 - 2 tablespoons sweetener
- (I used vanilla sugar)
- vanilla creme topping:
- 3 tablespoons Vanilla So Delicious Coconut Yogurt mixed with the paste scraped out of ½ vanilla bean
- Spray your crock with some oil to help with clean up later.
- Add oats, milk, lavender and vanilla extracts.
- Cook on low over night (7 to 9 hours).
- Stir your oatmeal well. It may seem watery at the top but if stirred it should become a more uniform consistency.
- Stir in sweetener.
- Top each serving with the vanilla creme topping. It will add sweetness and extra vanilla flavor.


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises on bank earnings, but drop in oil shares limits gain
TORONTO May 27 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was higher on Wednesday on modest gains in bank shares after Bank of Montreal and National Bank of Canada reported better-than-expected earnings and announced dividend hikes, but the rise was limited by a drop in oil and gas shares.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 22.75 points, or 0.15 percent, at 15,073.56 in late morning trade. Eight of the 10 major index sectors were higher.
The index's financials group gained 0.4 percent, with National Bank up 0.9 percent at C$49.78. Bank of Montreal, however, slipped 0.4 percent to C$77.62.
The index's energy sector has struggled to deal with a precipitous drop in oil prices that has recently leveled out far below the roughly $100 price of a year ago.
Joe Tatusko, chief investment officer at financial advisory firm Westport Resources in Connecticut, said he sees a dim future for Canadian oil stocks.
"We just see continued weakness ahead," he said. "You look out west, you've got a high cost of oil production, much less competitive today and that's not likely to change."
Among the most influential decliners on the index were Crescent Point Energy Corp, which fell 4.3 percent to C$28.32, and Encana Corp, which dropped 1.3 percent to C$15.75.
Crescent Point, Canada's No. 4 independent oil and gas producer, dropped a day after it said it will buy Legacy Oil + Gas Inc for shares and debt worth C$1.53 billion ($1.23 billion).
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Jibone jare tumi daoni mala/ Morone keno tare dite ele phul (To one whom you didn't offer a garland in life/Why do you offer flowers in death)?
Calcutta, Oct. 25: Death often transcends differences in life. But Thursday saw the unseemly spectacle of decorum giving way to damage control that soon went awry and stood stripped of any pretence.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today hijacked the last journey of author Sunil Gangopadhyay, who was treated as a pariah by her when he was alive and whose death evoked little more than a perfunctory response from her for two days.
Gangopadhyay, one of the greatest writers from Bengal, had passed away in the wee hours of October 23 at his south Calcutta residence after a heart attack. He was 78. Gangopadhyay is survived by his wife Swati and son Souvik.
At 4.16pm on Tuesday ' more than 14 hours after his death ' Mamata posted a condolence message on Facebook. The message read: "I express my heartfelt condolence on the demise of Shri Sunil Gangyopadhyay, the famous Bengali poet and Litterateur. His contributions towards Bengali literature was well recognised. With his death, Bengal has lost a renowned literary personality. I pray to the almighty to give enough strength to the bereaved family members to bear the loss. May his soul rest in peace."
By then, condolence messages from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pranab Mukherjee had reached the bereaved family. Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, with whom Gangopadhyay shared a personal bond because of their common interest in literature, had called Swati Gangopadhyay on Tuesday morning, sources said.
Since the chief minister was not known to have had a good rapport with Gangopadhyay ' Trinamul sources said he was counted among "CPM supporters" ' the Facebook message could have passed off as a dignified, albeit delayed and somewhat restrained, response to the death of a popular author.
It is not clear what brought about the dramatic change ' reminiscent of the chief minister's somersault on the presidential elections ' this morning. Some suggest Mamata may have concluded that her initial response was being construed as indifference and had not gone down well with large sections of the people.
Today, Mamata landed at Rabindra Sadan, where the body was taken at the insistence of the government, around 11.45am.
When she stepped out after paying homage, a raw parade of vintage Mamata unfolded. The chief minister grabbed a loudhailer to discipline the mourners who had come to Rabindra Sadan.
Her famed "crowd-management" skills had worked when Shah Rukh led a triumphant KKR in celebration at the Eden. She had also held at bay a heaving crowd on the morning when many died in the fire at AMRI, Dhakuria.
But neither celebration nor catastrophe was straining at the leash this morning. Something as sombre and private as death, which had become a public event because of the stature of the person who had passed away, was being transformed into a spectacle.
The chief minister barked instructions to police on how to manage the crowd. Then, she led the last journey of the poet till Sahitya Akademi and later to the Keoratola crematorium. Earlier, the body had been taken to the office of the ABP Group, The Telegraph's publisher, with which Gangopadhyay was associated for over four decades.
"It looked as if the chief minister was there to take over the entire programme. Her hyper activism was in poor taste…. Had she stuck to the protocol by staying there a few minutes and leaving the venue after that, it would have looked better," said a young writer.
Several others were discussing in hushed voices how the Trinamul regime that never showed any respect for Gangopadhyay was there in full strength.
It was in this context that an old associate of Gangopadhyay hummed "To one whom you didn't offer a garland in life/Why do you offer flowers in death?" The lines, written by Pronab Roy and first recorded in 1942 by Santosh Sengupta, captured the mood among many admirers of Gangopadhyay.
However, Bibhas Chakrabarty, theatre veteran and a prominent member of Mamata's culture clan till recently, did not see anything amiss. "I have been to her Singur rally and observed her closely… how she takes over the reins of everything, including managing the crowd. There was a similar echo today when Mamata took charge of the day's programme and went about handling things," Chakrabarty said.
Mamata positioned herself at the vantage point till the cremation was over at 2.30pm ' in sharp contrast with what her predecessor Bhattacharjee did.
Bhattacharjee left Rabindra Sadan within five minutes of paying tribute. Clasping his hands behind his back, Bhattacharjee stood in silence for some time ' conveying a far more poignant message than what the loudhailer blared a few minutes later. (The paths of Bhattacharjee and Mamata had almost crossed but by the time the chief minister had got off her car, her predecessor had left.)
"No one turned up on behalf of the government in the past two days and we didn't receive any message on behalf of the chief minister. Only yesterday evening, a youth from the locality came on behalf of panchayat minister Subrata Mukherjee to enquire about today's schedule," said Dhananjoy Poira, Gangopadhyay's assistant for the past three decades.
No Trinamul leader or government official was available to corroborate or contest Poira's statement.
But a few were willing to speak off the record. They linked Mamata's reluctance to get in touch with the bereaved family to Gangopadhyay's perceived proximity to the Left.
The writer had stood by the Bhattacharjee government during the Singur land controversy. When Trinamul triumphed in May 2011, Gangopadhyay was replaced by Arpita Ghosh, a key member of Mamata's culture clan, as president of the Paschim Banga Sishu Kishore Academy.
"There was no merit in Arpita's appointment as she was no match for Sunil-da (who created the loveable character Kakababu for adolescent readers). She was just a political appointee as the chief minister wanted to remove Sunil-da, whom she had always considered a CPM man," conceded a member of Mamata's culture clan. He, however, added that Gangopadhyay could have spared himself the humiliation by stepping down on his own.
Gangopadhyay did not mince words when a college principal was assaulted in Raiganj and a Jadavpur University professor was arrested for forwarding a cartoon.
"I found the cartoon extremely funny…. Those at the helm in a state need to be tolerant. One can tell or do whatever one wants when one is in the Opposition but once one is running a state, one cannot do that," Gangopadhyay had said during an interaction on ABP Ananda following the arrest of the professor.
The criticism of the Mamata government cost him dear as a section of the pro-Trinamul media launched a virulent attack on the author after Taslima Nasreen levelled allegations against him.
"It would have been impossible for these outfits to go after someone like Sunil-da had there not been any instruction from the top. I don't know whether the chief minister can control all this damage through her overdrive at the funeral procession today," said a Gangopadhyay admirer.


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when you open the door look on the hinge. is there a hole in it you can put a nail through to hold the hinge in the open position ?
okay Is this to heavy for you to remove with the doors attached ? the whole oven will come out without removing the doors but its heavy. have you remove the screws going into the cabinet through the sides when you open the doors ?


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The Will County Mothers of Twins Club (WCMOTC) was founded in January 1995, by a group of area Mothers of Multiples. Our club consists of MOMs who are looking for emotional and educational support from other Mothers of Multiples in Will County and the surrounding areas. Living in Will County is not required - many WCMOTC members live in surrounding counties and some even live out-of-state! Through the use of technology, our members are able to keep connected wherever they are.
Membership in WCMOTC is open to families and legal guardians of multiple birth children, families expecting a multiple birth, and families who have lost a multiple birth. Our meetings are held year-round on the 4th Monday of the month at 7:30 in Chicagoland's SW Suburbs. Guest speakers are typically on the agenda, as well as time for socializing and sharing of information.
Annual dues to WCMOTC also include membership in the Multiples of America (NOMOTC) and the Illinois Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs (IOMOTC) . Club members will receive newsletters and publications from both of these organizations.
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Three men traveling, stop at a hotel for the night. They opt to share a 3 bed room. The room cost $30.00. Each man pays the deskclerk $10 and leave for their room.
The deskclerk realizes he overcharged the men by $5 and gives the change to the porter to return to the guest. The porter realizing that the $5 won't split evenly between 3 people, keeps $2 and gives each man $1.
each man has paid $9 for the room, that's $27 dollars paid by the three men, and $2 in the porters pocket. 27+2 = 29.
Where did the last dollar go?
Now the real riddle here I believe is, where on earth do you get a room for $30:ticking: One that you would want to stay in anyway.:yup:


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Hi Jen, great to hear from you again! So glad to hear things are gong better and you're getting some free time to take care of yourself.
Has he ever gotten his testosterone levels checked by a doctor? Hormones play a really big part in feeling desire. Without enough testosterone, it's almost impossible to be interested in sex.
Whether your marriage can survive without sex is a good question. The two of you have just been through a really rough patch, and he may need some time to regain his confidence (which also affects a man's desire). The same way that we women feel more like having sex when we're feeling good about how we look, men get that boost from feeling like they're doing a good job fulfilling their male role. if he's still struggling with only working part-time, this could be part of the issue.
ASK SUZANNE, I made a firm commitment last weekend to be good to my husband to see what he does do and praise him for it. I've been very very good to him for a week now and we are getting along really good. When I think about him and what he goes through, i feel better and more connected to him. The only problem is, one of my sister-in-laws and one of my brother-in-laws is giving me the cold shoulder. They don't do anything to help us out....but i feel have bad feelings towards me because of some of the problems we've had over the course of the year that they know about. I'm planning Aiden's 1 year old party and honestly i don't want to see them there for stuff they have done to me. Mean emails and screaming at me. I would like my husband to handle the situation but he is reluctant to. What is your advice? Thanks, Jen
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Sorry to hear the in-laws have been continuing to be a problem--but very happy to hear that focusing on the good points that your husband has is helping you to appreciate him more!
This party might be the perfect time to let them see how much better everything has been going. There will be other people around, so they wouldn't act out against you. You can be cordial, but not have to concentrate on them while you interact with all your guests.
To leave them out will just solidify the bad feelings in the family. Better to invite them just as if nothing has happened, and when they come, be nice, but put your attention on your baby and your other guests--this won't be a time for a discussion about their emails and behavior. Just let them observe how much better things are, and there's a good chance they'll eventually come around to being friendly again. Even though you're still a little hurt now, in the long run it'll be better for the family if everyone can be polite and cordial (even if not best friends).