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Well made helmet, comfortable.by Mark Talbert - verified purchaser
Overall, very nice helmet. Started out very tight at the cheeks but after a few days of wear the overly tight feel went away. Two weeks of wear and it fits perfectly. The size chart has me as a medium and that is what I got. Face shield works well, stays in detents. The tinted integrated shield is a great feature and works as advertised but it does add a very slight bit of distortion (not enough to be a problem, I use it all the time). Quiet/loud? I don't have anything to compare it to but it doesn't strike me as being particularly quiet, I wear ear plugs for highway riding. I like the graphics but they could cut back a little on the HJC logos.


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The MBA is now offering its latest Theater Night event on Wednesday, March 14: a pre-show reception at 6 p.m. and tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance of the musical comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" at the Opera House in Boston. Tickets are $100 each, and include a networking reception and a ticket to the show. Call the Member Service Center at (617) 338-0530. There is a limit of eight tickets per person.

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This is an academically demanding major that requires a high level of student commitment and advance planning. Students considering majoring in biochemistry are encouraged to consult with one of the biochemistry program advisors (Elita Pastra-Landis, Chemistry, or Jenny Lanni, Biology) as early as possible in their academic career to facilitate this process.
Major requirements
The major consists of the following courses or their equivalents:
BIO 112 Cells and Genes
and BIO 305 Biochemistry
Two of the following courses at the 200 level:
BIO 211 Genetics
BIO 219 Cell Biology
BIO 221 Microbiology
BIO 254 Developmental Biology
and one of the following at the 300 level:
BIO 316 Molecular Biology and Genomics
BIO 321 Immunology
BIO 324 Neurobiology
CHEM 153 Chemical Principles
CHEM 232 Aqueous Equilibria
CHEM 253 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 254 Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 355 Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 356 Quantum Chemistry
MATH 104 Calculus II
PHYS 170 Introductory Physics I
PHYS 171 Introductory Physics II
CHEM 405/BIO 405 Senior Seminar in Biochemistry
Selected topics from contemporary biochemistry, including protein structure and function, nucleic acid damage and repair. The course focuses on reading and interpretation of primary literature in biochemistry and serves as the capstone for the biochemistry major.


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Celebrating Success Among Breastfed Babies in Kenya
Editor's Note: This week Action Against Hunger joins the NGO community in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, running August 1st-7th. See below for a story about some of our work to promote breastfeeding in Kenya, and stay tuned to the blog later this month for more breastfeeding success stories!
In the Borana community in Kenya, some cultural beliefs and practices make exclusive breastfeeding a major challenge for new moms. There is a widely-held belief, for example, that a woman should not breastfeed her child immediately after birth—the fear is that colostrum, the type of milk produced in the first few days after a baby's birth, will make the child sick. Some locals also believe that the mother's milk isn't enough for the baby. Children are therefore given salt and sugar solutions immediately after birth, and later animal milk to supplement the breast milk.
A mother makes a choice for her son
Amid these challenges, Halima Ali, 25, was determined to overcome the barriers and give her first-born child a good start to life. Upon realizing she was pregnant, she started attending prenatal clinics at Garbatulla District Hospital.
"Abdi Huka, the Community Health Worker at the hospital, advised me to join a mother-to-mother support group to get enlightened about childcare practices. He informed me that it would be a great opportunity to interact with mothers who have children, in order to learn good childcare practices from their experiences."
—Halima Ali, Kenyan mother
Joining the mother-to-mother support group was all she needed to see her through the pregnancy. In addition to the information and messages she received from the health workers and mothers, Halima was encouraged to deliver in the hospital under the care of qualified personnel who would help her initiate breastfeeding within the first hour after delivery.
She was assisted by a nurse in properly attaching and positioning her newborn son, Jirma Ibrahim, and initiating breastfeeding. To her surprise, it took just a few minutes to get her baby to breastfeed. Her fears that the baby would not be satiated were no more, and it was evident she would enjoy nursing the baby.
Amina Webo, a nurse at the hospital who helped Halima deliver the baby notes, ''Most mothers fear that the child will not breastfeed immediately after delivery and let their relatives give newborns water and animal milk, as is their custom. With continuous sensitization of young women, this misinformed practice is slowly dying."
Keeping the momentum after leaving the hospital
After leaving the hospital, Halima had an easy time nursing Jirma. She resisted pressure from older women and in-laws who felt that the child was not getting enough breast milk. Her husband fully supported her, and encouraged her to continue breastfeeding the child.
Halima soon discovered that the notion that she would not provide enough breast milk was false. ''My child used to nurse for long hours. I noticed that as he continued breastfeeding, I produced more and more milk as time went on,'' she added with a smile.
Today 13-month-old Jirma is a healthy and strong boy and a good example of breastfeeding success in the Borana community.
''Jirma rarely gets sick," Halima said. "I am confident he has high immunity thanks in no small part to being breastfed. I'm so glad I learned how."


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Did you know?
Just Nuisance sired five puppies after he was 'married' to another Great Dane called Adinda in a public ceremony.
In Jubilee Square, overlooking False Bay in the naval base of Simon's Town close to Cape Town, there's a statue of a dog.
This is Just Nuisance, a Great Dane whose escapades have ensured that his memory is an integral part of the history of this pretty seaside town, where South Africa's naval fleet is based.
As a young dog, he was taken to Simon's Town by his first owner, Benjamin Chaney, around the start of World War II in 1939. Chaney ran the United Service Institute, which was frequented by sailors from the Royal Navy.
Nuisance soon developed an attachment to the young sailors and followed them around, on to their ships and even boarding the train to Cape Town so that he could escort them safely back after the pubs closed.
The young sailors, many of whom were far from home and not a little homesick, became equally attached to the dog and thus he became something of a naval mascot.
It was Nuisance's habit of catching trains that saw him being enlisted into the Royal Navy (the only dog ever to have earned this honour).
The story goes that the railway conductors wanted to stop him boarding the trains, but even though they threw him off at various stations, he would always board another train and find his way home. Eventually he was threatened with euthanasia unless something was done.
After some petitioning from the rank and file, the naval commander-in-chief decided to enlist him as a fully fledged member of the Royal Navy, which would allow him free travel on the trains. Thus was Ordinary Seaman Just Nuisance born (the name 'Just' was added to his enlistment card as a first name). He was later promoted to Able Seaman to entitle him to free rations.
Sadly, in 1944, Just Nuisance became ill and had to be put down. He was buried with naval honours, including a gun salute and the sounding of the Last Post at Klaver Camp on the top of Red Hill behind Simon's Town, where his gravestone still stands.
Just Nuisance had served in the navy from 1940 to 1944 and brought comfort and entertainment to many of the men who were based in Simon's Town during these years.
Today, the statue in Jubilee Square, by artist Jean Doyle, reminds visitors of his remarkable and touching story, and the Simon's Town Museum has a collection of all his official papers, his collar and photographs.
Travel tips & Planning info
How to get here
Simon's Town is the last of Cape Town's outlying suburbs on the road to Cape Point. You can access it either via Muizenberg or by driving over Ou Kaapse Weg on the R64 and continuing through to Glencairn. At Glencairn turn right and follow the coast road. Jubilee Square is to the right of the main road in the centre of the town.
Best time to visit
All year.
Around the area
Simon's Town is close to the world-famous Boulders Beach, where you can see African penguins.
Tours to do
There are boat-based tours that leave from Simon's Town harbour. Simon's Town is also on route to Cape Point, and so is a good place for a breakfast, lunch or tea break.
Get around
Self-drive or catch a train to Simon's Town (just like Just Nuisance did).
What will it cost
There is no charge – the statue is in Jubilee Square.
What to pack
A sun hat and sensible shoes if you want to explore the area.
Where to stay
Simon's Town has several guest houses and B&Bs in the area.
What to eat
You can have breakfast or lunch at one of the restaurants on or close to Jubilee Square, which is on the Simon's Town's waterfront.


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A perfect theme, in a perfect location, on a perfect fall-like day...
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Looks like a perfect day for a precious baby boy!! Loved the theme!
Uber-cute! We're two months away from Avery's!
What fun! You have so many terrific ideas!!
Looks like so much fun! He is so stinkin cute!
Looks you all had lots of fun. What a cutie you have there!
It looks like a fun party! I love the little red wagon theme, too. And such a cute birthday boy.
Great party! I love your banner of photos from each month- I'm going to do that for my daughter's birthday next month! Thanks! PS your son is PRECIOUS!!
I am in love with this theme, it turned out great. I love the bottle label and the cake was too cute
adorable with great details! wonderful to "meet" you and thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday!
Everything looks amazing! I love the cake and cupcakes. All the little details make it absolutely perfect. Thank you so much for taking the time to share it at Whimsy Wednesdays.
What a cute party! This will be wonderful to look back on years from now.
I followed you over from the NY Melrose linky party. I would love if you stopped by my blog.
Thanks for sharing,
This is such an adorable party! You thought of everything! Not sure which is cuter... Warner or the party... Ok definitely Warner! Thanks for linking it up with us!
Take care,
Very cute party!
Everything looks so cute!!
Super-duper cute! Love the colors, and it looks like everybody had a blast!
Thanks for linking up at Feature Friday FREE-FOR-ALL!
Sooo cute and it looks like everyone had fun! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
Oh my gosh.. so cute! Where did you get all those mini red wagons?! I would love to know. :)
Thanks for linking up at Create & Inspire!
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1. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family LocatorCACoastal Apr 10, 2012 4:11 AM (in response to CACoastal)
Found out the answer when I did webchat with Verizon Rep. See Below:
<Chat transcript deleted per the TOS>
Message was edited by: Verizon Moderator
2. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family LocatorCACoastal Apr 10, 2012 3:36 PM (in response to CACoastal)
Apparently, I am not permitted to post the transcript of the chat that I had with customer service per the TOS, and the Moderator deleted it "per the TOS".
According to the moderator however, I am allowed to post a narrative summary.
Here is the narrative summary.
I asked the Verizon Chat service person how I could install the Family Locator App on my new Samsung Brightside phone.
She told me she would be happy to assist me and pulled up my information.
She then told me that Family Locator can not be used with the Samsung Brightside.
I asked her why not, since I had been told by a Verizon rep before I bought it that it could be used with the Brightside.
She said she would double check.
At which point, I replied I would wait.
She came back and said that according to her system, Family Locator can not be used with Family Locator.
I replied that I had only upgraded from my old phone because the old one could not use Family Locator anymore (it had been able to previously, but because it was old, Verizon had stopped allowing it to download updated software). I asked if I should return it? But I don't want to pay a $35 restocking fee if I did return it.
She told me to hold on one moment.
Then she asked me to login to My Verizon.
At which point she asked me to hover over the My Verizon tab and click on the Manage Verizon safeguards. Which I did.
She then asked me to click Keep Track of Family Members with Family Locator.
She asked me if I saw "Add to your Account".
I said that I see "Lines subscribed to Family Locator" and my three lines were listed.
She asked if any were my numbers.
I said, yes they all were, and that the main one which is a Droid 4 was the admin and participant, and the other two were listed as participants only.
She said, Oh I am sorry I made a mistake, Family Locator is already setup and you can get Family Locator, I was reading the wrong information.
I then said that I know it is setup, but I needed to know how to download the Family Locator App to the Samsung Brightside and I could not figure out how to do it, because the instructions on the web and that had been texted to the phone were wrong.
She said ok, can you go the Media Center please.
I did.
Then she told me to click on "Get it Now".
I told her there was no Get it Now, only choices are 1. Apps, 2. Mobile Web, 3. Music and Tones, 4. Pictures and Video. Definitely no "Get it Now".
She me to try option 1 "Apps"
I did that.
She asked if it said anything about get new applications?
I told here that it did not, just search or "shop for apps", and that if I search for "Fam" or "Family Locator" it says nothing found. If I click "Shop for Apps", then click "Tools and Applications", then click "Travel and Location" the only app choice I have is to download "VZ Navigator" for $2.99
She then told me that means that Family Locator cannot be used on the Samsung Brightside.
I said, well back to my earlier question, I just bought it. Do I return it? I do not want to pay a $35 restocking fee for something that Verizon told me would work, but does not.
She asked if it was within the 14 day return period?
I said it was.
She then said, well you will still have to pay the $35 restocking fee.
I asked her why, and told her that the reason I switched to the Samsung Brightside was because I wanted to use Family Locator and my old phone could not download it now. Neither can the Samsung Brightside, even though I was told by Verizon before I bought it, that it could. I do not feel that I should have to pay a $35 restocking fee for Verizon's error in information.
She then told me that when I signed the agreement, it stated that if I return the phone in the 14 day period that a $35 restocking fee is required.
I told her that she was right, I did sign that agreement (of course I trusted that the phone would do what Verizon said it would do). I asked that if I return it and pay the $35 can I cancel the 2 year renewal contract that I also signed.
She said that as long as its in the 14 day period the renewal will cancel.
I thanked her, and said I will be returning the phone, canceling the line and moving it to my corporate account at Sprint. I also said it was unfortunate that I had just bought a Droid 4 and Pantech Jest2 over 14 days ago, otherwise I would return them and move those lines to Sprint as well.
She said she was sorry that I have to cancel my line.
I told her that I was sorry that she insisted on charging me $35 for a mistake that the Verizon advisor I first spoke with made when they told me that the Samsung Brightside would be able to use Family Locator.
She then asked me if I had any other questions or concerns today.
I told her that I think we covered them all.
She told me it was her pleasure to chat with me today! And that I should please feel free to re-open the chat session if I need further assistance. She then Thanked me and told me to have a great day!
Then Verizon posted a green "info" addition to the Chat that thanked me for chatting with them and told me to visit their Online Workshops to learn more about my devices. Then it told me to click " End Chat" to tell us how the did today via their survey.
A few hours after I posted the chat transcript in order to help other people who have bought or may be considering buying the Samsung Brightside, I received an email from the Moderator telling me that I was violating the Terms of Service (TOS) of the community forum by posting the chat transcript, but I could post a narrative version of the chat if I wished.
What a complete waste of time this has been, but maybe it will help someone else.
3. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family Locatorbudone Apr 10, 2012 7:15 PM (in response to CACoastal)
Chats are usually owned by the company and companies can dictate chat logs are not to be posted. It is common.
I suspect the mod expected a summary. Ie "i bought a phone I thought would work with Family Locator. it was not working, so I started a chat session and found out the device does not work with the program even though the CSR stated it would and even though the phone is less than 14 days old and does not work as I was told, I found out I still have to pay a restocking fee."
Seems you made it a waste of time after the chat session was deleted by trying to all but post the session.
4. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family LocatorCACoastal Apr 10, 2012 12:34 PM (in response to budone)
Thank you for taking the time to read and summarize my narrative for those that don't wish to read the whole narrative.
You may want to add to your summary that the Verizon rep told me it would work. That is why I posted a narrative as requested by Verizon, rather than a summary. Summaries can unintentionally leave out important information.
It is community leaders like you who make this Verizon Community work. I, for one, appreciate your efforts, and hope you will continue to contribute.
5. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family LocatorSuzyQ Apr 10, 2012 3:10 PM (in response to CACoastal)
CACoastal wrote:
She said that as long as its in the 14 day period the renewal will cancel.
I thanked her, and said I will be returning the phone, canceling the line and moving it to my corporate account at Sprint.
If your contract on that line was at the 20 month point of the original 24 month agreement (the point at which you can upgrade, but not the contract end date), the contract renewal will end, but you will still have 4 months left of the original contract, so there will be an ETF if you cancel at this point.
If the line is out of contract, then there will be no ETF, but be aware that you become eligible to upgrade 4 months before the contract ends.
I can sympathize with your for being sold a phone you were told had a capability that it did not have. How disappointing, and frustrating! Perhaps you will find a sympathetic rep who can reverse the re-stocking fee, however, it's not likely as that is standard practice when returning a phone within the 14-day window.
6. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family Locatorbudone Apr 10, 2012 7:15 PM (in response to CACoastal)
Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it. If ya stick around, you will see it is, for the most part, a nice place to be.
PS Summary edited to add what you wanted.
7. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family LocatorMistyBalinsat Apr 11, 2012 1:56 PM (in response to CACoastal)
Hi CACoastal!
Sorry for all the confusion you had with Family Locator and the Brightside. It can be used right now with Family Lcoator for Area Based Locations, but is not yet fully compatible with all of the Family Locator features. The FL software app is coming soon for the phone. That's why you were not able to see and download it.
8. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family LocatorNixie Apr 11, 2012 4:35 PM (in response to budone)
Thank you for posting this. I just wish I would have seen it before I got my Brightside.
9. Re: Samsung Brightside - Family Locatorotter69 Apr 22, 2012 2:38 PM (in response to CACoastal)
I'm confused. How is that fair? If the guy was told the phone would do a specific thing and it didn't, he should get a full refund and the stocking fee should of course be waived. Furthermore he should get a gift card for his inconvenience and an apology. It makes utterly no sense. These are customer service basics. If this happened to me I would cause a fuss like nobody has ever seen just on basic principle. And the rep on the phone sounded like a non-thinking, non-caring, script-reading, clock-puncher who doesn't care or empathize and may as well be a computer. It's just shocking to me how companies can stay in business with this kind of behavior. Companies like Amazon, Zappos, Starbucks, Mad Mimi, etc., will go on a mission to make things right and their customer service reps have the power to judge a situation and make sure justice is served. It's only a matter of time till companies like Verizon have to change, i.e. stop paying zillions on marketing and top management perqs and start investing in a tech support community that's as beautiful as their satellites and products. I'm not blaming everyone, and I'm sure some of the support staff are wonderful and human, but this story makes my skin crawl, this woman was so hamstrung by policy and having to suffer through her answers was the biggest time-suck of all. And then who is this budone saying: "seems like you made a waste of time all but posting the chat session," nah, don't think so bud, but I guess you have your loyalties. And yes you left out the most important part in your summary. It was not a waste of time but a service to the WORLD that the chat was narrated. I really enjoyed reading it and I would do the same and probably more if it happened to me. Wow. CACoastal – we all APPLAUD YOU.


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I have tried using Windows 8 Beta in our school...More like for mobile and tablets..I'm still using XP for desktop and Win7 for my laptop :P
I don't realy know much about Windows , only that I personaly have stop getting new versions of windows untill their more established and some of the bugs fix.. I got Windows vista... it didn't seem to be around long before windowns 7 was out.. i had so many problems with Vista it was unreal....I ended geting so frustrated with it i went back to XP untill i used 7 on some elses PC , even then it had been out a while before i was convinced it was OK...
I have been told from some one that vista was basicaly a trial version of 7 relaesed out to the public by Microsoft so any bugs that were reported were iron out before releasing 7.. Obveousley this can in no way be confirm or susbstantiated and should be taken with a pinch of salt...
However after my experiance with Vista i think i'l wait to see how the reviews go about 8 before getting it...
I have Vista on a laptop and I hate it I like XP better if those were my only choices.
My desktop have Win7 and I really like it.
I'm not impressed with what I'm hearing about Win8.
I ordered a new laptop a few days ago with Win7, I made an intentional decisions not to use it.
the whole idea of the logo is to signify their silly and hard to use "metro" interface, although i like your remake, it's no longer the "metro" style.
I tried (with an open mind) windows 8 for 30 seconds and immediately hated it. they are digging their own graves with this version, it's 100 times worse than vista!
back to linux!
When Win8 lost its start button then for me it lost its intuitiveness. Win8 was frustrating to use when I had to hunt for things that I normally would do in a mouse click or 2 in previous versions. Then there is the stupid app store or whatever it is called, it really must grind MS's gears that apple have this huge money making app store so MS have to bang it in this new OS.
On the plus side win8 does look prettier and is faster that previous windows. Once we get the hang of it I'm hoping it will be as good as win7.
I definitely won't be using Windows 8 because of the kill switch.
I'll stick with my Windows 7, thank you!
I love 7....after starting in DOS, cussing vista and XP...I have ZERO problems, never crashed and with MSE It flies!
Norton really slowed it down....MSE rocks!
Hang up and Drive!!
Windows 8 represents a flush down the toilet to everyone in my office. I bought a machine with 8 and set it up in the office so all the girls could give it a try.
Each time one would take some time to take a look at it, and that's all they did, would leave and go back to their offices laughing. One girl looked at it for a few minutes and tried to use it...she get's up and and says..never to return.
So, I called a meeting to discuss 8 and they all refused to use it...good girls!...I take the machine back to the big box store where I purchased it and asked for a refund...the guy shook his head and said...you're the 5th person today to return anything with 8 on it, and that was about 9:30am.
I tried win8 but I don't like the switching between MetroUI and DesktopUI.
So I switched back to use Win7 again.
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A COUPLE who moved to Manchester to escape a campaign of harassment by a Chesham woman have spoken about their ordeal.
Paul Richardson, 35, and his partner, Julie Reid, 26 were tormented by Judith Robinson, 63, while they lived next to her in Harding Road, Chesham.
She was found guilty of four counts of harassment against seven people, including Paul and Julie, and one count of criminal damage to Julie's car on July 8 at Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court.
Magistrates heard most of the offences took place over the past two years, mainly in the Harding Road area. CCTV footage helped secure her conviction.
Robinson would stand outside windows of residential addresses and look into their homes, shine torches inside and point a camera and video camera through the windows.
She used abusive language and behaviour, sent threatening letters and conducted a campaign of harassment.
Paul Richardson, 35, and his partner, Julie Reid, 26 spoke to the Bucks Free Press about their ordeal. They moved to Manchester in March as they could no longer cope with Robinson.
Paul said: "Every time I looked outside she was staring right back. She would shout abuse.
"She would shine a torch in the window at night time.
"She would leave weird notes on the windscreen. She is a real nut case."
He said she had a problem with people who rented as she owned her own place. Paul said: "I was unable to relax in my own home because of it. My job was quite stressful. I was working long hours and then I would get home to this and would be woken up in the night.
"My nerves were shattered. I was really stressed and tired out because of it."
He was also worried for the safety of Julie as she received a lot of abuse and he worried it would result in an attack.
Julie said the problems started when she moved in with Paul as she had a car.
She said: "She [Robinson] said I didn't live there and said I couldn't park in the parking bay because I was a renter and I had to use a guest space.
"She would hassle me every time I was in the car park. She would leave things in my car parking bay.
"She put a kitchen worktop in my space during the night so I parked there as I couldn't see it, then she said it had been delivered there at 9pm.
"She came around and pressed her finger on the bell at 1am for me to move my car."
If Robinson was in the communal garden at night, she would screech and howl if someone got up in the night and turned a light on.
Robinson also keyed Julie's car. She said: "I was always on edge. I didn't like that place. It never felt like home."
The couple hope the sentence will be severe enough for her to change her pattern of behaviour.
Paul added: "It is a new start for us. I was really lucky the company I work for would be able to move me otherwise I would have lost my job, as I couldn't stay in Chesham."
Robinson was also found guilty of harassment in relation to a 54-year-old woman between January 1, 2006 and August 4, 2013; harassment in relation to a 25-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman between February 19, 2012 and August 4, 2013 and harassment in relation to a 38-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman between June 1, 2013 and August 16, 2013.
Robinson is due to be sentenced on August 13 at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court.


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Q & A — December 2002
By Capt. Ken Kreisler
Open Check
| Part 2: Power Steering System
Use compressed or canned air to dry all of the ignition components thoroughly, and then spray the components with electrical contact cleaner to help evaporate any remaining moisture. Drain the fuel lines and carburetor(s), making sure to properly dispose of the excess fuel. If possible, place the engine in a 55-gallon drum that's full of water or a test tank, and start it using fresh fuel. If the engine kicks over, let it run for at least one hour to eliminate any remaining water inside. If the engine will not start, the cause is probably electrical.
have a stern drive with a power steering unit. How do I bleed air from
the system? A.S., via e-mail
Disconnect the battery cables, and position the drive unit in the straight-ahead position. Remove the fill cap, wipe the attached dipstick clean, and reinstall it into the pump reservoir. Remove the cap, and note the level on the dipstick. Without starting the engine, rotate the steering wheel to port and then starboard while observing the level in the reservoir. (If you can't see it from the helm, have someone eyeball it for you.) Stop turning the wheel if the fluid level drops below the tip of the dipstick. Continue until the wheel reaches a minimum of five turns lock-to-lock and bubbles stop appearing in the reservoir. Position the steering wheel in the straight-ahead position, and top off the fluid level as described above.
Reconnect the battery cables, and start the engine. Cycle the steering wheel through several complete turns. If foam appears in the reservoir, stop turning the wheel and allow the foam to dissipate for a few minutes before repeating the bleeding process. All air has been bled from the system when neither bubbles nor foam appears in the reservoir.
help with a maintenance problem? Write to Maintenance Q & A, Power
& Motoryacht, 260 Madison Ave., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10016. Fax:
(917) 256-2282. e-mail: email@example.com.
No phone calls, please.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Mauro Berruto, Italy coach –
"I asked to my team not thinking about opponents but concentrating on our play.
We have demonstrated a great personality and now we aim to get a place in the Final Eigths."
Kwon Young-Min , Korea captain – "We were
tired for the long flight but we played at the top of our possibilities."
Cristian Savani, Italy captain –
We aim to reach the top of the Pool, now we can get it playing in this way.
This success is very important for our team and for the spirit of the group."
Keung-Un, Korea
coach – "There are still differences between the two teams. The Italy's attack
is very strong and difficult to defence."


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Intel Mobile Penryn Benchmarked: Battery Life Improves Againby Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/7/2008 12:00 AM EST
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metacircular - Friday, January 11, 2008 - linkThanks for the review, but could the reviewers comment on the temperature differences between the two processors? I'm assuming lower voltage will result in less heat, but it would be nice to see some numbers. Reply
legoman666 - Thursday, January 10, 2008 - linkIt's a shame about that DAT not really being useful. It seems like their ideas were hampered by the fact that applications always bounce from 1 core to another. Looks/sounds like a good idea though. Reply
Jussi - Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - linkThanks for an interesting article, Penryn it seems like a nice, although not essential refresh.
I'd like to nitpick the SSE4 performance numbers. You state that in case of Virtualdub "Penryn would offer a greater than 40% increase in performance". I find this to be incorrect.
Let performance or speed (v) be defined as v = work unit / time. v1 is the speed of Merom and v2 is the speed of Penryn. Comparing Penryn to Merom = v2/v1 => t1/t2. Using your numbers 47.3s / 28.2s = 1.677 => 68% better performance.
It would be correct to state that using Penryn takes about 40% less time to do the job, but that is not what the article states. Reply
puffpio - Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - linkCould I just swap chips out? Reply
channelv - Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - linkYup, the D630 uses the 965 chipset (Santa Rosa). But you'd better wait for a BIOS update from Dell first before you think about putting a Penryn in there - I'd expect those to roll out almost any day now, but by Feb. for sure. Reply
Mr Alpha - Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - linkHave I understood it correctly, that you are comparing the SSE4 version of DivX on Penryn with the same SSE4 version of DivX on Merom? Shouldn't you be comparing the SSE4 version of DivX on Penryn to the SSE3 version of DivX on Merom? Reply
mi1400 - Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - linkElectric surges drain battery faster. When a device bulb, motor etc starts a peak is occured in load and then load comes to a lesser and steady value. Intel Dynamic Acceleration may result in same for battery. Reply
Mgz - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkhow about the Deep Power Down (C6) stage that penryn brings ? Any test on this feature? Reply
coolme - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkGood review, but just to note.
Merom (part of santa rosa) supports Intel Dynamic Acceleration, (although T7xxx series only) and since you guys weren't aware of that, the cinebench benchmark (and other benchmarks) with the T7800 might have a skewed score. Reply
duploxxx - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkNice to see that the t9xxx series will step up the performance again and battery life. Altough we can already say that Intel dominated this part of the mobile market for a long time with t7xxx it is now sure that it will increase that even more.
what i really want to no is what about low end and midstream, how good are these t2xxx - t5xxx - t7xxx series compared to each other and what happens when you put a rather cheap turion class next to those t2 and t5 series.
@anand i think you would hit a readers max out of such a review, but then again it would take a lot of time and effort to get a nice compare with equal hardware parts and price....
sprockkets - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkLooking for cheap 45nm desktop CPUs.
I was going to build Intel for my latest customer, but at current prices of the 2.1ghz X2 vs. 1.6ghz Pentiums, AMD won again for being at least $35 cheaper.
eye smite - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkIt's interesting to see what intel does, but I'll stick with my turion laptop from 2k5. Reply
deeman - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkI think Intel has moved Cantiga forward a bit from Feb/March to 2nd quarter, but not too far for me to think now is the time to upgrade only the CPU and retain the current Santa Rosa chipset.
I am happy with my current battery life, but think a huge improvement will come in another quarter when Cantiga / Penryn / and a few other improvements like LED backlit screens, become more available and rolled together. With the chipset change, I am hoping for a much more significant change when largely idle (such as editing) along with the other benefits Cantiga should bring.
My thoughts would be to hold off, but am interested in other opinions on what Cantiga will bring to overall battery life.
somedude1234 - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkThese new mobile penryn's seem like the ideal candidates for an ultra-low power HTPC that still has enough power to handle the tough encoding jobs.
Does anyone know if any of the motherboard vendors are planning on releasing desktop boards for these new chips? Reply
bugs1109 - Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - linkI think AOpen will release a motherboard that will use this penryn mobile processor. They currently have desktop motherboards that takes mobile cpu. Reply
Chris Peredun - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkI hate to be "That Guy" but I'm pretty sure you mean "Battery Life" not "Battery Live."
Unless it's a description of the PR walloping that Microsoft is taking over the Xbox Live outage. ;) Reply
Wesley Fink - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkThanks for the catch. The Title is corrected, but it wil not update until the next refresh, so please be patient for a few minutes. Reply
Cygni - Monday, January 07, 2008 - linkJust a heads-up, charts on page 4 are borked. ;) Reply


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Newegg Opens Business to the UK and Australiaby Ian Cutress on 4/16/2014 10:38 AM EST
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nathanddrews - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkSomeone should let Newegg know that their "house brand" Rosewill is often cheaper on Amazon. In the past 18 months, every piece of tech I've bought has been cheaper on Amazon and more convenient with 20day shipping, even when factoring in the Prime membership cost. In addition, Amazon is much more forgiving with returns and refunds compared to Newegg.
Now if only Amazon had decent product sorting... Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - link"2-day", not "20day". That would suck. Reply
Mondozai - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkBeing an Anglo, you sure are privileged, Ian.
Whenever a new service, company or something else is expanding from America, it is almost always going to the Anglosphere first.
It makes a ton of sense, I'm not disputing the logic, but it is still annoying for the rest of us. We saw the same thing with the Google Play Store and there are countless other examples.
#firstworldproblems. Reply
Flunk - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkWe've had Newegg in Canada for several years so this theory may hold water.
It is a lot easier if you don't need to translate your entire interface for each new country. Reply
snajk138 - Friday, April 18, 2014 - linkWell, yes, but a lot of countries (or the citizens of them) can handle english just fine. I'm swedish and we have swedish webshops that are english only, I guess it's to make them feel more international or something. Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkNewEgg's first international expansion was China and Taiwan about a decade ago, so your statements don't really make any sense. They expanded to China years before they even hit Canada. Reply
JlHADJOE - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - link+1 this. Newegg China has been around since 2001.
Also, Anglo-centric companies will naturally gravitate toward the "anglosphere" because they understand how to do business in those countries. Despite having been at it for over a decade, Newegg China hasn't really had much traction. I dunno if this is because US companies do not "get" Asian markets, or because it's hard to compete aganist entrenched suppliers, especially considering most manufacturing of computer hardware is already done in Asia.
Not that I mind, really. Asia thankfully never suffered from Radeon Coingate, which would no doubt have happened if Newegg was the established go-to store. Reply
Guspaz - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkNewEgg was founded by Fred Chang, a Taiwanese immigrant, who (while no longer CEO) still runs the Chinese division. While it's entirely possible that their management team as a whole doesn't understand the market, I'd imagine that Chang at least has a decent understanding of that market. Their founders origin was probably why they expanded there first. Reply
Mondozai - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkNo, actually, Guspaz.Your comment doesn't really make sense.
Here's what I wrote:
"Whenever a new service, company or something else is expanding from America, it is almost always going to the Anglosphere first."
Notice the "almost always", not "always".
Ask yourself: How many American companies expand to China/Taiwan first before to the rest of the Anglosphere(Canada, Australia and the UK?)
When you think through that question you know you just humiliated yourself in a hilarious manner. But do continue! :D Reply
Guspaz - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkIn other words, you're complaining about a problem that, in the current context, doesn't exist. Right. Consider me humiliated by your contextual mastery. Reply
Lonyo - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkSomeone should let Newegg know they need to sort out their Global Store before launching it.
I add an item just to test something about taxes. Go to shopping basket. "You have no items in your basket". Apparently the item I added from the front page of their global store can't be shipped to the UK. So why is it shown with a price in pounds on the Global Store page that it redirects me to after I select UK as the store I want? Reply
Lonyo - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkApparently the whole thing just doesn't work. Add an address to my account within the Address section. Doesn't show up when I try to process an order. Add an address when trying to process an order and the server is somehow broken.
Not exactly a well executed launch... Reply
Taurus229 - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkFirst order of business should be to satisfy it's US customers. NewEgg is not the same company it was 10 years ago when all was returnable with one exception, processors.No restocking fees and paid return shipping, and no hassle. Now they give you a hard time if you want to return a defective product. NewEgg's current policy is making people uncomfortable to buy from them! Reply
dylan522p - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkThey sent me a defective Motherboard and wouldn't take ti back. Since then I have stopped buying from there. I spent thousands and thousands over the years, and they lost me as well as pretty much all my friends money because I tell them where to buty what computer components. Reply
Sabresiberian - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkI agree. Newegg used to be head and shoulders above everyone else selling computer related goods, but now they are just another etailer. I still buy from Newegg, but not preferentially. Reply
pata2001 - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkYup. I used to order pretty frequently from them. Then they started shipping hard-drives bare, only wrapped with thin layer bubble wrap, which is ridiculous. When I tried to return one of the drives that was damaged during transit, I had to pay for return shipping. After that, I stopped being a regular customer. They are just another retailer. I only bite if there's a good deal on something specific. Reply
kamm2 - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkThey actually gave you bubble wrap...lucky you! I did not mind when I ordered OEM hard drives and they packaged them in a lot of bubble wrap. Not only did they cut down on the amount as you saw but then actually shipped drives with no protection, just the anti-static bag it was sealed in. Sometimes in an otherwise empty box or with other unprotected drives. Imagine how much they banged together in shipping. If you didn't see it was broken before opening the bag they would claim you broke it. The last one I ordered was shipped with no protection. Thankfully the outer box had other parts boxes in it so the drive couldn't move too much. Like many others I too bought computer parts almost exclusively from Newegg but now it is more the exception then the rule. FInd what you need at Newegg then order from Amazon. Reply
Bob Todd - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkFor all of the people complaining about returns, I'm curious if you actually spoke to people in customer service and they gave you a hard time (minus bent pins on motherboard folks who are normally screwed)? I've never had any problems returning items, even those listed as non-refundable. And even before ShopRunner they were almost always willing to print a return shipping label on their dime. The outward facing policies have changed, but my experience in dealing with them hasn't really changed in the last 10 years. I typically buy a few things a month from them, and my most recent return was a Kingston V300 SSD after the story here about the asynch NAND switch. It was just one of several "non-refundable" items that they let me return for a refund. And I didn't have to pitch a fit, the first CS agents I've spoken to have always taken care of things with nobody getting annoyed on either side. Just my experience. I get that Amazon is super awesome about returns, but they also often lose tens of millions of dollars per quarter. Most etailors can't afford to do that. Reply
Impulses - Friday, April 18, 2014 - linkThey charge restocking fees for a lot of stuff, I've been charged restocking for incompatible RAM which is annoying (old client computers, impossible to know it wouldn't work when the certified lists have long disappeared)... I was still shopping mostly at Newegg until recently cause of their great site, selection, AND ShopRunner but more and more items seem not to be eligible for the latter after they introduced their own Prime-like service. Reply
Penti - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkWhat no UK warehouses? Can't see them compete against other e-tailers then at all. Thought their expansion was well based on expansion. Amazon UK got excellent warehousing and distribution i.e. logistics, too bad free super saver delivery doesn't cover Sweden any more, but at least they still send here. Great for miscellaneous goods and stuff that aren't available here. Seems to be no major retailer with hundreds of employees in this field in UK though, pretty strange when such firms exist here in the Nordics. Selling stuff that needs to be localized across borders mostly goes haywires however. Reply
charleski - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkWell, a quick survey shows the following results for the K6000: (prices include all taxes)
Scan: £4296.76
Amazon.uk: £4046.50
Dabs: Doesn't have the K6000, but is selling the previous-gen 6GB FX6000 for £3536.84
So even with the import duties, their price seems pretty good. The big issue is support, though. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Thursday, April 24, 2014 - linkProbably no Australian warehouse either.
Still probably best for the Aussies to stick to PC Case Gear who are cheap enough, super fast shipping (You get it in a day or two, I've had stuff arrive the same day even!) and great customer service.
Most enthusiasts I know in various Australian PC centric forums prefer it over alternatives. Reply
ShaftedByHaswell - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkIan,
the duty tariff on most computer parts has been reduced to 0.00% since the late nineties of the last millenium. if your government levies duties on you, you should find yourself a lawyer and take legal action as the EU signed the ITA agreement in the WTO :
Information Technology Agreement
The ITA provides for participants to completely eliminate duties on IT products covered by the Agreement.
Are you sure you are referring to regular duties and not some peculiar rule applicable to small parcels not containing the proper harmonized tariff codes?
Please see also the following reference :
Obviously if Newegg invoices do not contain the proper information….it can be a burden to proof to customs the right category….
You may be aware that although your government collects the duties most of it is sent to the EU as a contribution…………. Reply
elmicker - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkIt's a value-added tax, not an import duty. Hence the spot-on 20% estimate.
And almost none of it goes to the EU. Reply
ShaftedByHaswell - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkif it is VAT, it should say "VAT" and have relevant options to (i) deselect or to (ii) mention a VAT number, as the latter category has deductability mechanisms or exemption mechanisms upon importing the goods into the EU. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - link"Estimated Tax & Duty", that's what it says. And depending on the item, it can be both or either. So not sure why having it differently would help anyone. Reply
boozed - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkI've always wanted to be able to pay way over the odds for an R9 290! Reply
Johnmcl7 - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkThat's a big letdown that all they're doing is offering an option to ship over here, what happens with warranty and returns? I don't generally buy items from the US as the price difference is usually shrunk considerably once you add VAT and shipping costs plus the potential hassle of returning the item if it fails as warranties are quite often regional. So I usually only buy rare items from the US that I can't get anywhere and unlikely to need a return which is usually books and films.
I tend to buy items from Amazon as their returns are good and their delivery is cheap to the Highlands in Scotland (which many couriers charge a premium for as they class it as a separate island), I was hoping Newegg might stir the market up a bit but it seems not.
John Reply
JustinaWGraves - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkI don't generally buy items from the US as the price difference is usually shrunk considerably once you add VAT and shipping costs plus the potential hassle of returning the item if it fails as warranties are quite often regional. So I usually only buy rare items from the US that I can't get anywhere and unlikely to need a return which is usually books and films. http://buyh.tk/wC Reply
Communism - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkThe US should just annex NATO already.
Lack of free trade between US and NATO (US Controlled Territory) is just hilarious. Reply
PaulLFC - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkEvery product page I've viewed on the "UK" site (and I've tried quite a few) is listed as "Unavailable" - so either they have no stock, or much more likely, their site just doesn't work. Not a good launch. Reply
Gigaplex - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkShowing AU prices is all well and good, but every item I've looked at is "unavailable in my region" so I can't actually order it. Colour me disappointed. Reply
f0d - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkwhen factoring in delivery costs pretty much every item is cheaper to just buy from a local store
even without delivery costs the prices are similar to what i pay anyways
so for me its no big deal that newegg service australia now Reply
Jon Tseng - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkPresumably another downside is we don't get covered by UK Distance Selling Regs? (no quibble right to return up to seven days after receiving goods; a useful layer of protection in some cases) Reply
Evil_Sheep - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkI'm surprised no one has yet mentioned Newegg already expanded internationally years ago...to Canada. Yes we Canadians are fortunate enough to have access to our own special website with significantly higher prices and somewhere between 1/4 to 1/2 the inventory of the real Newegg. Considering the sorry state of retail competition in Canada we can't even be entirely unhappy with this choice but in general newegg.ca offers little that can't be obtained elsewhere at better prices. Why they can't simply ship items directly to Canada and charge the exchange difference without going to the trouble and expense of creating a parallel and inferior retail outlet for a relatively small market is beyond me.
To echo the other posts here, I'd advise my fellow Commonwealth citizens not to hold their breath. Reply
Leyawiin - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkAfter NCIX opened their California facility and US website within the first year or so the inventory pretty much mirrored the Canadian website. Its a shame Newegg can't/won't do the same for their Canadian operation. Reply
Notmyusualid - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkCompetition is always good.
Bring it on.
Dabs - go suck a fat one! Reply
Aslan7 - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkGood to see Newegg expanding. I've always had a great experience with them in the USA.
There's 50 states in the USA and the tax code hasn't been properly updated for the internet age, thus so long as there isn't a Newegg warehouse in your state, you are not assessed taxes on your purchase. Which is not to say you're not required to pay taxes on the purchase, but in practice no one does.
Living in the USA I buy from Germany perhaps 2x a year. They've got 0 for tech stuff that runs a computer, but they're crazy good at the premium accessories. Fans, cases, wires, and such. Reply
Aslan7 - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkI also meant to say, not living in Europe, I don't pay VAT either, and no import costs, just the cost of shipping internationally. :D Reply
Aslan7 - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkAs for Anglo-centrism, when you speak English it's a heck of a lot easier to do business where people speak English. Also most people that speak English are in the first world, so you have the easy combo of people with money who speak English, to ease expansion. Once you've got the growth experience you can work on growing in countries where they don't speak English. Reply
Da W - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkNetflix came to Canada as their second country after the US and they took time to translate most of their content in French. We are only 8 million french canadian and not all of us are netflix subcriber for sure. Even House of Card, they went through the trouble of translating that themselves, and they made a good job too!
So if a company wants it, they can do it. Translating is not that expensive either. Most companies are just lazy.
As a Canadian, Amazon ALWAYS has worst deals. I don't get that Amazon craze down in the US. Reply
Impulses - Friday, April 18, 2014 - linkAmazon usually has really good prices in the US, they have an automatic price matching algorithm that in many cases even competes with their own 3rd party marketplace sellers, it's kinda crazy. It makes the prices for niche stuff (camera lenses, hifi headphones, etc) jump like crazy but it's a minor bother. Between Prime (despite the recent price hike), free shipping over $35 even without Prime, and their excellent service and return policies, it's little wonder they keep growing. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Thursday, April 17, 2014 - linkIf I were Europe, I'd want access to MicroCenter deals, but online before I wanted Newegg, king of the overpricing hardware well above MSRP.
Then again, I live in the US and I want MicroCenter deals online, too. ;) Reply
tunapez - Friday, April 18, 2014 - link"they lost me as well as pretty much all my friends money because I tell them where to buty what computer components."
Ditto. I build two or three high end systems a year for clients, friends & family. Summer of 2012 a family illness forced me to relocate out of state for 6 months and the whole time they would not ship my order to my location. The rep literally told me the only option was to ship and leave unattended at my home and have me arrange for a 'friend' to pick the boxes up and forward them to me...WTF? Really put me in a tight spot when I had more important problems to deal with. Luckily there was a Fry's* within an hours drive. When the "Marketplace" full of drop-ship crap sellers arrived, I stopped using them entirely. My money is my only vote that counts.
*another sad success story, IMO. Reply
Impulses - Friday, April 18, 2014 - linkI wish I had a Fry's or Microcenter, though CompUSA (now TigerDirect) is quickly evolving in the mold of those two... They just need to start bringing more cases, I like Corsair and all but something besides Corsair and TT would be nice. Cases are the one thing that costs an arm and a leg to ship here and are usually not covered by Shoprunner @ the Egg (which I really don't get, my LCDs weigh more and ship in a similar size box yet that was free). Reply
snarfbot - Sunday, April 20, 2014 - linkyea remember when newegg was good? the gold standard even. sometimes there might be one or 2 components to a build that were less expensive on tigerdirect or something. but overall you would save money by buying it all from newegg because you only had to pay to ship 1 order. they also had a good return policy and customer service.
nowadays there is virtually no reason to ever buy anything from them. bravo. Reply


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IMEF Awards Three Professional Scholarships
Date Posted: February 6, 2013
Overland Park, Kansas—Dan Ramseyer, Benjamin Ruch and Julie Wavinak were selected as the first recipients of the International Milling Education Foundation (IMEF) Scholarship Program for Professionals.
The scholarships will provide tuition for all three professionals to take the IAOM Correspondence Course in Flour Milling over the course of the next two years.
Dan has a bachelor's degree in food science from the University of Idaho and a master's in food science from Washington State University.
He is currently employed as a team leader quality at ConAgra's mill in Saginaw, Texas.
He has been with ConAgra since May 2011.
With his background in cereal chemistry and wheat quality, Dan has a good understanding of the biochemical properties of wheat/flour and the effect of those properties on milling and baking characteristics.
Benjamin is a lab technician at ConAgra's Martins Creek, Penn., facility.
He has been there for one year.
Prior to his job at ConAgra, Benjamin worked at Wegman's Food Market while completing a bachelor's degree in biology at Millersville University.
Julie is the laboratory manager at ConAgra's plant in Loudonville, Ohio.
She has a bachelor's degree in food science from Iowa State University.
All three recipients noted that they hope to gain a greater understanding of the milling process through completion of the IAOM Correspondence Course in Flour Milling in order to complement their existing knowledge and expertise in other areas of food processing and cereal chemistry.
The IMEF Scholarship program was established in 2008 to support the education of undergraduates in the sciences of grain milling.
In 2012, the program was expanded to include training opportunities for professionals already working in the industry.
IMEF is the philanthropic partner of IAOM.
IMEF solicits, manages and distributes funds for educational programs related to the grain milling industry.
Established in 2003, the Foundation's mission is to strengthen the grain milling industry through educational programs, professional development efforts and research projects.
Priorities include:
• Create an international certificate program,
• Develop multimedia online educational courses,
• Create a "Career Kit" and industry recruitment materials,
• Provide IAOM Conference travel grants for professional management speakers,
• Provide assistance for educational material translations, and
• Collaborate on a milling economics short course.
For more information, call 913-338-3377.
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Dear Santa,
I've decided to write out my very own grown up Christmas list, focusing on the things that I believe will help to end gender violence.
Safe, affordable housing for every person
An end to racist aggressions, big and small
Access to the quality medical care that every person needs, and the ability for all people to make their own informed medical decisions
Media messages that promote hardiness, rather than harsh self-perceptions
Respectful communication, even when we disagree on an issue
Improved parity for military service members who experience sexual violence (check that one off! Early Christmas present:)
Love, acceptance and affirmation for people of all sexual and gender identities
Peace, which will also lead to an end to rape as a weapon of war
Little girls who know they can be engineers
Little boys who know they can be pre-school teachers
Equal pay for engineers and pre-school teachers, and any men and women who decide to be either
Honoring every person as a person first, regardless of their ability status
I don't want to be greedy, but this is really just a start. Thanks a bunch!
Love and cookies,
P.S. Please feel free to add to this grown up Christmas list for gender justice!
© 2016 National Sexual Violence Resource Center – Founded by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
This site is supported by Grant/ Cooperative Agreement No. 1UF2CE002359-04 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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New Super Mario Bros.
Famitsu reveals Japan's 100 best-selling games of the century
Japanese gaming mag Famitsu has published a list of the nation's top-100 best-selling games from the 21st Century.
New Super Mario Bros. headlines
New Super Mario Bros. 2 'took 46 minutes to download' - Report
New Super Mario Bros. 2 leads Nintendo's approach to dispensing full retail games via the 3DS eSHop. However, the game has taken Siliconera 46 minutes to download, and it's only 340MB.
Nintendo systems moved 12 million units in the US during 2011
Nintendo has announced that it sold 12 million total hardware units in the US during 2011, marking the fifth year in a row it has accomplished such a feat. This includes more than 4.5 million units of Wii, more than 4 million 3DS systems, and over 3.4 million units of NDS systems.
Nintendo drops price of DS Lite to $99.99 in the US while Mario goes red
Nintendo has dropped the suggested retail price of DS Lite to $99.99 and it has also announced that Mario games will be re-boxed for that customers can easily identify them.
Wii Sports Resort, Layton top Nintendo games of 2009 in UK
ELSPA's announced that Wii Sports Resort and Professor Layton and the Curious Village were the top-selling Wii and DS games, respectively, last year in the UK.
Japanese New Super Mario Bros. Wii sells 936,734 week one
Famitsu's reporting that Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold 936,734 units in its first week, beating Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which sold 816,000 titles in the same time-frame. According to Sinobi, the game managed 422,000 units in its first day. Hot banana. Thanks, Andriasang and Kotaku.
UK charts: Modern Warfare 2 keeps No. 1 despite 32% sales drop
Guess what? Modern Warfare 2 stays No.1 at the UK charts, although it did get a 32% sales drop. The top three is rounded off by Assassin's Creed II and New Super Mario Bros. Deja vu? Nothing much happening other then that. Find the full top ten below.
New Super Mario Bros. 'Demo Play' doesn't play for you after all
Remember that whole Demo Play thing that had hardcore Mario masters up in arms a couple months ago? Well, as it turns out, it might not be that big of a deal. According to a Nintendo of Europe product listing, Demo Play's just a gentle push in the right direction – not an autopilot. "New […]
Rumour: New Super Mario Bros sequel for Nintendo E3 presser?
Take a look at this. It was shot inside the Nintendo E3 conference, which is due to start in 35 minutes. Now, take a look at this. That's the Nintendo booth on the E3 showfloor. What could it all mean? Watch out liveblog to find out. Nearly there.
Nintendo has red and blue DS packs for Black Friday
Nintendo's announced red and blue DS bundles for the Black Friday sales, as you can see on Gamasutra. The red one's got a big 'M' on it, whih probably makes it worth buying. Unless you're waiting for a DSi. Red comes with New Super Mario Bros., blue comes with Brain Age: Train Your Brain in […]
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Nintendo drops price of DS Lite to $99.99 in the US while Mario goes red
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Marc Jacobs: Oh, Lola! Eau de Parfum Spray 3.4 fl oz
Oh, the presentation! Yes, this bottle - in and of itself - has captured my fancy. But, being a near daily wearer of the original Lola, I know that the fragrance will be equally enticing. And, fittingly, one of this scents' midnotes is derived from the fuchsia peony. Perfection in pink.


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Alexander Wang Is Being Sued Again
Another former employee claims they were exploited.
Another former employee is suing Alexander Wang. Last week we reported that a $50 million lawsuit had been filed against the label after it was found to be running an alleged sweatshop in Chinatown, New York. Thirty workers said they were forced to work in inhumane conditions, with 56-year-old Wenyu Lu claiming he fainted after working 25 hours without a break. Flor Duante, a 48-year-old single mother of three, has now also stepped forward, The New York Post reports. Flor claims she was forced to work in excess of 90 hours a week. Like Wenyu, she also says she was fired from the company after making workers compensation claims.
The Alexander Wang company denies the claims and will fight the lawsuit in court. When the first lawsuit came to light, a representative told WWD: "The company takes its obligations to comply with the law very seriously, including the relevant wage and hour regulations, the payment of overtime to eligible employees and having a safe working environment for all of our employees. We will vehemently defend any allegations to the contrary."
According to WWD, the first suit included nine charges each totaling claims of $50 million, equating to a $450 million lawsuit. Gawker went to the 386 Broadway factory, but they were not allowed access to where the garments were manufactured. "So is it true? Who knows," they say. "It really just depends on whether or not you hear a multimillion dollar fashion house's "no comment" as an, "I'm guilty.""


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ROMA – Ciao once again, this time from our final stop -- Rome!
It was a decent little ride from Florence to Rome today, almost four hours from the time we got on the bus until the time we arrived at the Colosseum. That included a stop at one of the rest areas along the Autostrade (main highway). Here in Italy they are almost always called an "Autogrill," although the one we stopped at today had one building that was an Autogrill and another that was -- shades of home -- called "On The Run" and from the outside looked exactly like an American "On The Run." Not the same on the inside, of course, but perfectly serviceable.
(Many elements of this trip have been, shall we say, FLUID. Today was a great example. Our itinerary said we were supposed to go to the hotel to meet up with our tour guide and a new bus. Our bus driver instead took us to the Colosseum, then had to call our tour guide -- who was at the hotel waiting for us -- to tell her to come meet us there. She arrived and, instead of having about 90 minutes, she only had about 15 minutes to give us some notes about the Colosseum and surrounding area. I wasn't there, but by all accounts of those who WERE there it was a quality 15 minutes.)
The Colosseum is awesome. From the outside, honestly, it reminded a lot of the guys of Franklin Field with its archways. Once we got inside it became much more real. You could read about what went on in there along the various passageways, but most the guys felt like they knew from the movie "Gladiator." (No doubt a movie that romanticized the absolute brutality that took place within these walls, but if that's what the guys wanted to believe then who am I to stop them?)
After about an hour there we got back on our bus -- our original bus -- and were taken to our hotel, the Hotel Cicerone. It is, um, QUAINT. I'm sharing a room with Phil Samko on this trip, and when we got to our room our twin beds were placed right next to each other. In typical Sam fashion, he saw the beds and immediately said, "this is good…I can reach over and smack you when you snore the next few nights."
The drive from the Colosseum to the hotel was a good one, thanks to Coach Allen. He played in this city for a few years, of course, so we kept passing buildings and he would yell out to the guys what it was. We will be visiting them soon enough, but it was good to get a sense of where things were. Upon first impression, Rome is FAR larger than Florence or Venice. Four days and nights may not be enough time to cover all of it!
After showers and a little time for rest and relaxation, we took a bus (which was nearly an hour late, thanks to traffic) to our dinner at Tre Scalini, in the Piazza Navona. The dinner was fantastic and the atmosphere was unbeatable -- there was a guitarist outside the patio, who was soon joined by an older man who sang what I assume were classic Italian songs. (Many in the restaurant were joining along.) The Piazza was filled with activity, most of the artistic variety, and by the time we had wrapped up the meal the nearly full moon was casting an incredible glow on the entire square.
The guys had free time after the meal, and the hotel turned out to be a short walk away -- a nice change, after being in pretty remote locations in both Venice and Florence -- so most of them walked around with Coach Allen while some of the staff stayed behind to enjoy a few bottles of wine and trade old war stories. All in all, a good night.
We will be in Rome the rest of the trip, leaving Friday morning to return to America. Everyone is looking forward to the next two days, both of which will feature games. We are playing near Naples on Tuesday, and near Perugia on Wednesday.


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Barnet goalkeeper Graham Stack believes the part-time sides who finished above Barnet in the Conference had more "desire and hunger" than the Bees this season.
Barnet ended the campaign in eighth place while part-time outfits Braintree Town and Halifax Town finished fifth and sixth respectively.
The Bees players and management anticipated a promotion challenge at the start of the campaign. But 46 games and four managers later, they ultimately fell short.
Martin Allen took over for the final ten games of the campaign and is charged with building a squad over the summer that can challenge for promotion next season.
Allen has said something is wrong when part-time clubs finish above the Bees and Stack agrees with the head coach.
He said: "The biggest difference I think, and I've got friends that play non-league, is the hunger of the players.
"Braintree come here (to The Hive) and we know their facilities are not good. That's the same for Halifax, I spoke to their manager and they were struggling to find a training pitch at one point.
"You put that into perspective and compare it to what we've got here. Teams and players want to come here and prove a point.
"There is not a player in that Braintree side who wouldn't want to play for Barnet next season. Unfortunately facilities don't win you titles or matches.
"You need to have the right commitment, desire and hunger as a group to be successful. We haven't got that and that is where I feel the part-time teams make up for the quality."
The 32-year-old goalkeeper is honest about his form this season and admits he's had an "indifferent" campaign He made 33 appearances for the Bees but missed more than two months of the season with a calf injury – a problem which he accepts was partly his own doing.
He said: "I was playing on the injury for three or four matches but was advised by the doctor and by Pete Friar (physio) that it could get worse.
"I don't like missing games though. It was a calf strain but I felt that I could play and I'll always try. Unfortunately it's gone and I've ended up missing eight weeks in the season.
"I've then come back and been sent off, so that wasn't great. After the lay-off I think I have come back and done ok but it's a little different to last season."
Allen now has the summer to reshape his squad and stamp his identity and philosophy on the Bees side.
He is a manager who knows what it takes to secure promotion, having won the League Two title at Gillingham in the 2012/2013 season.
Stack believes the club can challenge at the top of the table next season and feels Barnet's younger players will be more prepared for the rigours of the Conference.
He said: "Allen's won promotion with Gillingham and been successful at Barnet before.
"I'm sure there will be changes throughout the summer with players coming and going. I am looking forward to next season already because we've underachieved as a group this year.
"We have a very talented group here and I believed in pre-season, and after the first couple of games, that we were more than capable of challenging.
"It is an inexperienced group though, but now these young players have a season behind them and they know what the Conference is about.
"I think we'll be more equipped to go up next season than we were this year."


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Is it hard shell?
Soma airbag
Dakine wheeled coffins, mine & other people's too, seem to hold protect very well.
Pipe wrap around rails. Light cardboard & the Dakine cover or daybag covering the upper board's deck inside the coffin. Spray paint 'TOP LOAD ONLY' on the exterior of the case. Lock it w TSA padlocks. Get to airport more-early. Esp if outside the USA.
Nothing is bullet proof from TSA.
+1 with yankee, I have a Dakine wheeled coffin and my board hasn't suffered any damage from a couple of cross-country flights....but only with my Lokbox board. Haven't tried to ship a board with glass-on's, kind of a scary proposition. Don't bother locking anything, TSA will get into it....may as well make everything easily accessible.


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This exhibition features two- and three-dimensional works by Grand Rapids, Michigan-based artist Mariel Versluis. A series of large-scale print collages completed during a recent sabbatical serves as meditations on the artist's relationship with nature, particularly fauna. Horses, swans and dogs have played important roles for Versluis and they serve as symbolic narratives for life transitions. The artist's assemblage and sculpture piece Train of Fools also reminds us of life's changes and lessons. This work has undergone several permutations since first conceived in 1995. This will be the first iteration of the installation since a major reconstruction over the last year. The exhibition will also debut a new drawing series by Versluis entitled Pages from a Book.
Mariel Versluis received an MFA in printmaking from Syracuse University and a BFA from Grand Valley State University. She is currently associate professor of printmaking and drawing at Kendall College of Art and Design at Ferris State University. Versluis is also an avid skijor racer, competing nationally with her dogs and finding artistic inspiration in racing.
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Emily & Ashley Tree of Life Pendant Necklace
This is such a beautiful necklace. It's only 16 inches long, so it rests nicely on the chest. The tree is a beautiful symbol. Necklace is crafted from 14k gold, and is a delicate beauty.
Fall Colors Beaded Necklace in Glass and SilverTags: silver, jewelry, necklaces, beaded necklaces, tree of life, beaded, czech glass, pumpkin orange, spring greenAdded 6 Years Ago from Artfire
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Peridot gemstones, glass pearls, glass beads and silver tone accents combine in this handmade necklace with matching handmade Tree of Life pendant with pentagram decor for a pagan touch.
Designed with a handmade tree of life pendant, cherry quartz gemstones and vintage beads, this handmade necklace is adjustable in length and a colorful celebration of spring!
A tree of life bottle combined with lots of moonstones in varying sizes and turquoise stone beads all brought together in accents of bronze. Adjustable length necklace.
This Lovely Necklace features a beautiful Drusy Agate stone in pink and and brown with the Tree of life. The middle features a Dove to represent Love and Light. This Necklace will help aid the wearer with health and long life, ... This Lovely Necklace features a beautiful Drusy Agate stone in pink and and brown with the Tree of life. The middle features a Dove to represent Love and Light. This Necklace will help aid the wearer with health and long life, and to attract the love of others. Increasing courage, intelligence, strength and modesty and to benefit the heart. Necklace also features the following stones: Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Hematite, Crystal, Dark Blue Goldstone, and Crackeled Glass. Stone Metaphysical Properties can be found at: http://mandileighs.blogspot.com/p/gemstone-metaphysical-properties.html Find more necklaces listed: http://www.etsy.com/shop/leighswiccanboutique?section_id=6978558 Or visit my Antique Vintage shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mandileighs
A tree of life necklace filled with pagan symbolism and detailed accentsTags: jewelry, necklaces, rosary, tree of life, prayer beads, meditation bead, pentagram pentacle, goddess charm, pagan jewelleryAdded 7 Years Ago from Artfire
Check it out all store your favorite potion around your neck with this lovely tree of life Potion Bottle double Necklace. Necklace also contains a wire wrapped Vintage Pyrite stone about 40yrs old from Colorado in the center. ... Check it out all store your favorite potion around your neck with this lovely tree of life Potion Bottle double Necklace. Necklace also contains a wire wrapped Vintage Pyrite stone about 40yrs old from Colorado in the center. Wrapped with Gold plated wire. Center is Approx. 20" in total length, and the longest part is approx. 26" in total length. __________________________________________________________________ Metaphysical Properties: Pyrite: Extremely common in the Earth's crust and found in almost every possible geological environment including sedimentary, metamorphic, magmatic and hydrothermal deposits, Pyrite's usual crystal forms are cubic, octahedron and pyritohedron - the latter being a dodecahedron with 5-sided pentagon faces. When a cube and pyritohedron crystal combine, the face of the cube may appear striated (grooved with lines or ridges). Many times Pyrite will be found in combination's of all these forms, but may also occur in masses, globular, radiating or reniform. Pyrite is also commonly found as small nodules. A flat variety of this nodular form, appropriately called "Pyrite Suns" or "Pyrite Dollars", are popular with collectors. Having the same chemical makeup as Marcasite but with different structure, symmetry and shape, Pyrite is thus a polymorph of Marcasite and it can be extremely difficult to distinguish between the two. The name Marcasite is derived from the Arabic word for Pyrite. The confusion between the two minerals is amplified as the jewelry trade uses the trade name of Marcasite when in reality what they are selling is Pyrite. True Marcasite cannot be used in jewelry as it has an even higher tendency than Pyrite to crumble into a powder. Pyrite also closely resembles Galena, but Galena has a higher symmetry. Another mineral, Bravoite, is very closely related to Pyrite too, but contains 20% more nickel, although some go so far as to list it a variety of Pyrite. Even though Pyrite contains a high percentage of Iron and is abundant, it is not used as a source for Iron (the primary iron ores being the Iron Oxides, Hematite and Magnetite), but it was mined as a source for Sulfur during WWII in order to produce sulfuric acid, an important chemical used in industry. The Sulfur component of Pyrite was in high demand as a strategic chemical, and a then newly-found deposit in Ducktown, Tennessee, provided what America needed at the time. Myth & Lore: Pyrite was very often used for scrying. The Mayans, Aztecs and Incas, at one time, all were known to polish large slabs of Pyrite to a mirror-like finish which they used for this very purpose. Native Americans believed they could look into one's very soul when peering into a polished piece of Pyrite. Their shamans used it as "a stone of power," and their medicine men used it in certain healing rituals. Pyrite has also been labeled the "Healer's Stone". The ancient Chinese viewed the earth as a golden cube, a vision well emulated by Pyrite. They also believed that Pyrite would guard against crocodile attacks. Pyrite is thought to create a better balance and flow between right and left brain function. This helps transform the intuitive and creative (right brain) thought into logical and well-reasoned (left brain) action. These metallic crystals are often used to attract money and good fortune. It is also widely used to protect against infections and viral attacks, and to help one attain a more ideal state of health. An interesting parallel...Edgar Cayce, commonly known as "The Sleeping Prophet", recommended that "to carry a piece of Carbon Steel in one's pocket (preferably a groin pocket) would inhibit one from catching a cold or infection". Carbon Steel is a mixture of Iron and Carbon, to which Pyrite is similar and claims the same health benefit. The ancient Greeks used polished Pyrite in various types of jewelry and amulets. During the Victorian Age in England, jewelry made with Pyrite was extremely popular. Cleanse and recharge Pyrite under the rays of the Sun. Metaphysical Properties of Pyrite: Astrological Sign(s): Leo Element(s): Fire Chakra(s): Solar Plexus, Third Eye (Brow) Defense, Shielding, Protection, Deflects and disperses negativity, Grounding, Stimulates intellect, Harmonizes dualities, Psychic development, Enhances memory, Increases energy and stamina, Determination, Promotes self-confidence, Attracts wealth and good fortune. Gives physical aid in treating: Infections, viruses and fevers; blood disorders; increases blood flow to the brain and improves circulatory system; increases memory; bone and cellular formation; helps repair DNA/RNA damage; fatigue, lung problems; digestive tract problems; relieves anxiety and stress. NOTE: Stone therapy should NOT take the place of medical evaluation and procedures, and should be used merely to enhance one's health and well-being.
Just look. It's beautiful!Added 8 Years Ago from Mostoriginal
This is a beautiful Tree of Life pendant on a string of Turquoise. The pendant includes the Tree of Life symbol with a Star of David in the center. The Tree of Life is associated with fertility, immortality and birth.Added 8 Years Ago from Amuletgifts
This medallion makes me happy - think tree of life. There's a little bird charm on there as well making this necklace all about nature.Added 9 Years Ago from Hoveylee