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Vertical Integration And Optimal Reimbursement Policy
Health care providers may vertically integrate not only to facilitate coordination of care, but also for strategic reasons that may not be in patients' best interests. Optimal Medicare reimbursement policy depends upon the extent to which each of these explanations is correct. To investigate, the authors compare the consequences of the 1997 adoption of prospective payment for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF PPS) in geographic areas with high versus low levels of hospital/SNF integration. They find that SNF PPS decreased spending more in high integration areas, with no measurable consequences for patient health outcomes.
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One of Guilford County's lesser-known legends involves a woman named Lillian Gadwick (1723–1781; see GC705N3), reputedly a practitioner of witchcraft, who resided in the area that is now Lake Townsend in northern Greensboro. The story goes that she lived alone in a cabin in the woods and was suspected of occasionally abducting and slaughtering children from the nearby community, then known as Capefair — though numerous investigations could produce no evidence of such deviltry. However, just prior to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, a company of troops from General Cornwallis's advancing army came upon her cabin and caught her "rendering the fat" of several young children, which she presumably intended to consume as a means to enhance her supernatural abilities. Horrified by such unspeakable wickedness, the troops hung her from a tree and burned her cabin to the ground, then departed to rejoin Cornwallis. However, the troops failed to report and, in fact, were never heard from again — except for one, who came back stark, raving mad. A scout was sent back to find the missing men but, at the site of Lillian Gadwick's cabin, discovered only a number of strange stick figures hanging from trees — forty-two to be precise, the same as the number of troops who had vanished. (Such "witch symbols" have been referenced in literature and movies, such as in Karl Edward Wagner's short story , "Sticks" and in the films The Blair Witch Project and its sequel, Blair Witch.)
Little else is known about Lillian Gadwick, but she reportedly kept as a familiar a strange creature called Oren Grey, which resembled a huge possum with a grotesque human face. (The witch Keziah Mason, as recounted in H.P. Lovecraft's story, "Dreams in the Witch House," kept a similar creature, named Brown Jenkin). Though no such creature as Oren Grey can actually be proven to exist, it was said to keep itself hidden in dark, hard-to-reach wooded areas, traditionally avoiding human contact except when it accompanied Lillian Gadwick on her unholy expeditions to abduct local children.
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IT'S TIME is an organization whose mission is extremely important. I champion its efforts whole heartily. Its vision of developing inner city youngster who through their mastering of communications skills, understanding of financial instruments and career guidance will become leaders within their communities requires unbelievable commitment, resourcefulness and skill. Many inner city schools are faced with daunting situations that makes maintaining quality education quite a challenge. Organizations like IT'S TIME which focuses on the basic underpinnings of what it takes to make our young people confident, inquisitive, capable and competitive makes that effort more manageable. The professionalism and focus which emanates from its operation and the response and enthusiasm of its student is quite remarkable. The role of IT'S TIME within the Washington DC community is potentially one of the most significant adjunct to the educational agenda being promulgated.
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Upon my visit I found IT'S TIME to be a wonderful, creative, community based program. Its students appeared curious, informed, self assured and motivated. The atmosphere permeated the vibrant, committed attitude of young professionals who are providing an enrichment initiative to middle school youngsters that will provide them tools to achieve scholastic excellence, financial acuity, and to explore career options. The syllabus IT'S TIME follows, public speaking, financial literacy and power lunch speaker provides assets that I believe are essential in the nurturing of our young people toward scholarly excellence, economic viability, strong leadership skills and civic responsibility. I think the three format program offered is an important addition to the community and hope with support and encouragement will find the impetus to expand in its outreach. IT'S TIME is an important addition to the DC educational system and unquestionably, has a bright future.
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Our friends over at Earth2Tech have put together a map of 101 cleantech startups, including many of the companies we've been talking about over the past year or two, and some we haven't mentioned.
Each company is represented by a clickable icon, which pops up detailed information on its industry and business. What's notable is that despite the large number, the map still isn't comprehensive — there are just too many companies popping up every day. However, it's still a great resource to see the key players in all the US regions, and some large companies in Europe and other areas.
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Philadelphia, PA - U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kay Coles James recently hosted the Honorable Stephen Goldsmith at the agency's Senior Executive Service strategic training session Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Goldsmith carries a long list of credentials which include being the former Mayor of Indianapolis and the current Daniel Paul Professor of Government and Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
"Network governance, as Stephen terms it, is a model which recognizes the need for collaboration and strategic partnerships in order to achieve results," James stated. "It is an important concept that utilizes the strengths of all those involved, in the public and private sectors, to achieve solid results as a team. For the public sector it means leveraging other resources without surrendering the unique trust and authority citizens provide to their elected and appointed leaders."
Goldsmith also is co-author of a recently released book entitled Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector, which focuses on his new model in guiding government to be efficient and effective.
As Chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Goldsmith began by saying, "I am a federal employee." He provided an example of network governance at work, stating that in this role he "called Director James and said 'help!' We need someone who understands human resources...we had the tools, but needed the skills." James was then able to tap her talent network to provide Goldsmith's corporation with leadership candidates that had the unique skill sets he needed.
Based on this experience and dozens of case studies across the country, Goldsmith said, "Increasingly a high percentage of federal agencies deliver their services through government by network. As we move into the 21 century, we'll be able to provide higher quality services with more public value with the limited resources available."
Goldsmith challenged those involved in the management of the federal work force to look at how the day-to-day work of an agency ties into the mission of an agency, and ensure managers are empowered with discretion to build and leverage inter-agency, public-private, and public-non-profit networks to accomplish their missions. The book provides numerous examples of this, and it suggests new leadership competencies for federal executives and employees.
"I appreciate Stephen's willingness to highlight the benefits and vision of network governance to our leadership team. His hard-hitting, practical applicable presentation set the tone of the training session and guided the discussion and planning of strategic issues we are addressing as an agency," James noted.
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HILLSBORO, Ore. Citing concerns about Intel Corp.'s approach to open standards, three top PC server makers are refusing to endorse an Intel effort to define a next-generation computer I/O architecture.
It's not yet clear whether Compaq, IBM and Hewlett-Packard will hammer out a unified response or separate counterproposals to Intel's so-called NGIO, which Intel rolled out at a high-profile conference earlier this month. But the trio is sending signals that it takes issue with both business and technology aspects of the Intel plan.
"You've got to sign an adopters' agreement before you see a copy of the NGIO spec, but by signing you give up your right to any intellectual property in the spec," said one source familiar with the agreement.
All sides say they want to avoid a "bus war" in what they agree is an important migration from such memory-mapped bus architectures as PCI to a new scheme based on faster and more robust switching fabrics. "There are a lot of discussions going on at multiple levels," said Karl Walker, vice president of technology development for Compaq's enterprise computing group. "NGIO is a radical shift in I/O and needs broad support to be successful."
Walker would not comment on reports that Compaq is developing a proposal, reportedly dubbed Switched PCI, that would link a switching fabric to a server's memory controller and could attach natively to I/O devices or to a PCI-X bridge. But he did say his chief concern about Intel's NGIO is that it is not governed by an open industry group.
"Until we see such a structure we will not take on a new standard," Walker said. As for technical issues with NGIO, "there are some details, but they are not unsolvable."
"HP is committed to openly developed standards, and it's not immediately obvious that NGIO is one of these," said an HP source who asked not to be named. HP's components group has reportedly signed an NGIO adopters' agreement, though HP's systems unit still takes issue with the initiative.
In an attempt to woo the top server makers into the NGIO fold, Intel has said it will set up an open steering committee structured on the one-company, one-vote model. "We are committed to that, but the details are not final," said Mitch Shults, director of server-platform marketing at Intel (Beaverton, Ore.).
The I/O debate is already creating some strange bedfellows. Intel rival Sun Microsystems is one of 35 companies that has signed an adopters' agreement on NGIO, with a senior Sun engineer going so far as to don an Intel T-shirt and give a keynote at the NGIO launch in San Diego earlier this month. But sources indicate Intel still lacks endorsements from major systems-software companies, including Microsoft Corp., which said it is talking with Intel about NGIO but has yet to sign an adopters' agreement.
Intel has signaled its willingness to negotiate the NGIO proposal to win the support of the three server makers. If the two camps don't come to some agreement, the server makers have not ruled out pushing forward their own proposal, as they have done with the interim PCI-X spec.
NGIO proposes a new technique for handling PC server I/O based on a switching fabric with separate host and target controller adapters and without interference by a host processor. It is aimed at high-end systems as an ultimate replacement for PCI, though it would not hit the market until perhaps 2001.
PCI-X is a new implementation for 64-bit PCI that allows more loads per bus and higher speeds up to 133 MHz than the current PCI spec. It is working its way toward approval through the PCI Special Interest Group and could hit the market late next year.
One source said PC server makers fear Intel is moving too rapidly, and they want to upgrade I/O gradually from PCI rather than break abruptly with the past via a completely new architecture. "We're trying to find a clean upgrade path," the senior engineer said. "When you get right down to it, that's the issue."
Intel is standing firm on the need for a single link layer in NGIO and has already proposed a 1.0 specification for that piece of the plan. But Shults left the door open to some negotiation. "There needs to be just one link layer, but our current offer is to let them define optional extensions to spec that might include royalty fees for extra robust features.
"The technology is really secondary to the fundamental question of how to define and promote such an industry standard," said Shults. "That's where we are at odds."
Both Shults and Walker said any final standard must be available royalty-free. But Shults suggested some of the server makers want to leverage their existing intellectual property into the spec and possibly charge royalties for it on an "open and non-discriminatory basis." Those royalties could amount to 1 percent to 5 percent of the price of the end product, he speculated.
IBM had previously stated it was exploring a unique "X architecture" for its future PC servers that would marry Wintel technologies with its own legacy techniques from its S/390, AS/400 and RS/6000 systems, including an undefined technology it dubbed Future I/O.
But it's not clear if IBM would use Future I/O just in its own systems or try to license it broadly to the industry. IBM did not return calls by press time.
"If IBM feels that the centerpiece of its proposal is a link-layer technology, they are full of it," said one source who asked not to be named. "That just means they have an engineer somewhere insisting on his particular link technology and holding the whole process hostage."
For its part, Sun was approaching a decision on whether to commercialize a new I/O scheme based on the IEEE P2100 standard proposal-which borrows ideas from both the Scalable Coherent Interconnect and 1394 when it decided to explore reports that Intel was in development on its own I/O concept. After discussions, "we decided Intel's goals were so similar there was no point in creating yet another bus standard," said Balint Fleischer, director of architecture and technology for Sun's workgroup systems, who ultimately got approval from Sun's CTO to endorse NGIO and who spoke out in favor of the scheme at Intel's San Diego rollout. Sun is in the midst of architectural work on a host controller linking NGIO to a future Ultrasparc.
Intel has named only a handful of the 35 supporters it claims have signed adopters' agreements for NGIO.


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You can use the Pay Liabilities window to pay payroll taxes and liabilities. After you specify the date range in the Select Date Range For Liabilities window and select the liabilities to pay, QuickBooks creates the checks to pay them and records the transactions in your company file.
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Select the Review liability check to enter expenses/penalties option to review each check individually so that you can, for example, add expenses or discounts to the checks you create.
Select the Create liability check without reviewing option to have QuickBooks simply create checks for all selected liabilities without showing them to you individually. Though we recommend that you preview your checks before you create them, this option can save some time if you do not need to review the checks to enter expenses or discounts. QuickBooks will record the checks when you click Create.
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When the Hide zero balances checkbox is selected, the Pay Liabilities window shows all liabilities with activity (positive and negative balances) for the time period as well as those that have a 0.00 balance.
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This a script I wrote some time ago for a demonstration at an IoT workshop. The idea was to use a commercial IoT product such as the Hue (which had been just released during that time) and combine it with an existing service on the Internet (like Twitter).
In this case counting Twitter hashtags is visualised through the Hue: When a new hashtag (e.g., #iot) is detected the lamp will blink once and an internal counter is increased. When a defined threshold is reached the lamp color will change to blue.
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Parent Newsletter-April 2012
Panther Parent is UNI's e-newsletter for parents and guardians. Panther Parent is sent three times per semester and features university events, deadlines and tips from the UNI Parents Association.
Academic program changes
Many prospective students and current students have asked questions about academic program cuts. In a continuing effort to present and clarify factual information, UNI has posted some FAQs about academic program closings and future course offerings online. http://www.uni.edu/program-changes/academic-programs-faq
President Allen's welcome to new students
President Allen sent a welcome letter to all new admitted students for fall 2012. Read the letter online. http://www.uni.edu/president/
Legislative update
Keep up with the latest developments regarding funding for Iowa's public universities. Jeneane Beck, state relations officer for UNI, posts regular legislative updates. http://www.uni.edu/govrel/legislative-update Please contact members of the Iowa House and Senate and ask them to support increased funding for UNI.
Spring commencement
There will be three commencement ceremonies in May for spring 2012 graduates. Details are available at the Office of the Registrar. http://www.uni.edu/registrar/
Financial aid award notifications now available
Awarding is underway for all students who filed and submitted a 2012-13 FAFSA to UNI. New students should check their UNI email account for further information on how to access their award. All award notifications are available electronically via MyUNIverse. If your student hasn't received an award and your FAFSA has been submitted, your student could have been selected for verification. If selected for verification, your students would've also received an email (in their UNI email account) informing them of their next steps.
If you have questions regarding financial aid, contact the Office of Student Financial Aid in person in 105 Gilchrist Hall, via phone at 319-273-2700 or email email@example.com.
UNI to host 'Bully' movie producer and director
The Center for Violence Prevention at UNI is supporting the Bully Project's: 1 Million Kids movement by bringing the documentary film, "Bully," to young people and their educators across the U.S. Students and educators in Cedar Falls and Waterloo schools and UNI will receive a total of 1,000 tickets for the film, "Bully," which will air April 27 through May 1 at the Marcus College Square Theatres in Cedar Falls.
UNI will host "Bully" film director, Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen, producer and writer, for a special panel discussion, free and open to the public, at 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, in UNI's Sabin Auditorium. UNI faculty who research and educate about bullying will join Hirsch and Lowen. The panel will discuss bullying and strategies for prevention as well as the film.
UNI featured by The Princeton Review in 'Guide to 322 Green Colleges'
UNI's commitment to sustainability has been recognized in the Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Colleges. http://www.princetonreview.com/green-guide.aspx Noted among UNI's achievements in this area are: the green roof at the McLeod Plaza, 23 campus buildings undergoing energy-related retrofits and the statewide impact of the Center for Energy & Environmental Education.
UNI to host summer camps
UNI is offering a variety of summer camps for students in grades K through 12. Students can choose interest areas in sciences, athletics, arts -- design, digital media and music -- business and much more.
For more information about the camps and to register, visit the camp website. www.uni.edu/camps.
Want more UNI news?
Visit the UNI Newsroom and home page. www.uni.edu Follow UNI on Twitter at @northerniowa or become a fan of UNI on Facebook. (www.facebook.com/universityofnortherniowa). Or connect with other UNI alumni at the Alumni Association Facebook. (https://www.facebook.com/unialum) UNI also recently revamped its YouTube site.
Key dates:
April 30, finals week begins
May 4 & 5, Commencement, McLeod Center
May 7, May session begins
Orientation dates for freshmen: June 4 - 5, June 7 - 8, June 11 - 12, June
14 - 15, June 18 - 19, June 21 -22, June 25 - 26, June 28 - 29, July 2 - 3, and July 9 - 10.
Transfer orientation dates: April 27, June 1, June 6, June 20 and June 27.
Aug. 16, 2-year Advantage students move in early
Aug. 17-19, residence hall move in begins
Aug. 20, classes begin
Sept. 29, Family Weekend
Oct. 20, Homecoming
For a complete list of events, visit UNI's Calendar of Events
Help with resumes, cover letters and interviewing is available
UNI's Office of Career Services offers students help in drafting resumes, writing cover letters and practicing interviewing skills. Tutorials are available online. The office has resources for job searches and career information. http://www.uni.edu/careerservices/
Health insurance for graduating students
The university offers health and dental insurance coverage to recent graduates through the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP). If this insurance is suitable for your student's situation, contact the UNI Student Health Clinic Insurance Office prior to Friday, July 1, for enrollment information at 319-273-7736 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Here Is Why You Will Fail
A few months ago I saw my startup die. I worked hard and long hours putting together specs, building, marketing, and sweating with my co-founders and it just ended up not working out. When I began working on this project I made a few first time entrepreneur mistakes, especially dealing with angel investors. But the worst mistake of all was working with people who weren't as passionate about the idea as me.
I heard Amos Windbush speak last night and he had a quote that every entrepreneur should know. "There two types of people. Those that gain you energy, and those that drain your energy."
You will fail if you don't have a great team, no matter how good the idea is. No matter how talented a person may be, if he/she drains more energy from you than they give, it still will not work out. This is something I learned the hard way. So when it comes to locating those good people always look for a few things such as:
1. Passion
2. Work ethic
3. Attitude
4. Role player
If it doesn't work out, you can always put in another quarter and try again. This is a shameless plug, but we will cover most of these topics in my book The Phat Startup. Dropping early 2013.


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OCHA concerned about protection of civilians in CARListen /
The UN humanitarian agency – OCHA is expressing serious concern about the protection of civilians in the fighting going on in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Jens Laerke says the security situation is having a major impact on its humanitarian activities.
" There's an estimated 360,000 people living in the affected areas and there are some 700,000 at further risk of their protection because of the escalation in fighting. Also, there's been a relocation of staff, who were now working out of Cameroon. The humanitarian team was working around the clock to re-access the Republic, of course, all dependent on the security situation."
Spokesperson Jens Laerke says that on the ground, NGOs, such as Médecins Sans Frontières, the Red Cross and the International Medical Corps, were working to respond to the needs of displaced people.
Also, the UN children's agency – UNICEF says it has maintained a critical staff presence in the Central African Republic through a team of national experts, and collaborated with a network of partners to continue emergency activities.
Donn Bobb, United Nations.
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If you've been living under a rock lately, you may have missed that USMNT captain Clint Dempsey signed a Designated Player contract with the Sounders, thus ending his seven-year absence from Major League Soccer.
Upon his return, the league, who was obviously thrilled by the news, went all out to feature him on its new ridiculously awesome weekly feature show, "MLS Insider."
Normally split into three segments on three separate topics, the latest episode (which if you are following along, will be available for your viewing pleasure below), was all Dempsey, all the time. Still broken into a trio of parts, Insider looked at his welcome to Seattle, his debut against Toronto FC and an in-depth interview he had with former MLS-er Jimmy Conrad.
Take it in...in all its (his) glory after the jump. Great work, MLS.


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In the arctic regions of Indiana where we live, we've had a fair amount of snow.
And while I've done a decent amount of shoveling snow to clear a place for our dog Cheddar to do his business, he evidently hasn't realized that underneath several inches of snow is our deck, not the yard. So he's simply stepped out onto our deck and peed right then and there. (Once he even left one leg inside in the kitchen and leaned out to urinate. Good grief.)
Then I'd watch him run down the steps to go do #2 on the grass I cleared.
However, as the snow on the deck has melted we've learned that the entire deck was littered with tootsie rolls, for lack of a better term.
I'm guessing I'll need to shovel the entire deck next time it snows. And I guess right now too.
You probably didn't care to know about any of that, right?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Swabbing The Poop Deck
In the arctic regions of Indiana where we live, we've had a fair amount of snow.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Forgive Me, Readers, For I Have Sinned
I'm not even going to look at my previous post to see how long ago it was.
It's possible that some of you have thought I'd moved, died, been kidnapped, abducted by aliens, elected to congress or other such horrifying scenario.
The fact of the matter is this:
I hadn't been able to get my Blackberry to work right on the post-writing page. Today, I finally modified some settings and it's working again. I can't say I know what I did other than check some boxes and uncheck some other ones, but the good news is that I can post again from my Blackberry.
I know what you're thinking. "Doesn't this guy have access to a computer? Couldn't he have posted even withOUT a cell phone?"
You would THINK so. But please take into consideration the fact that I have 4 daughters and a wife. So having a desktop computer and two laptops is still three computers too few for me to have much access, much less the quality and quantity of access necessary to write the caliber of blog posts to which you have become accustomed.
To catch you up on our lives, I'm just going to summarily list things from our lives. And then starting with my next post, we'll just go on like we were never apart at all.
* I'm letting my hair grow out. (By "grow out," I mean that I haven't shaved my head since last week. It's winter and longer hair is less likely to retain lint and fuzz from my stocking caps.)
*Three of my daughters just found out yesterday that they made the cuts for the elementary school talent/variety show. I'll post pictures of their Tootsie Roll costumes later in the week.
* My other daughter is coming out of her shy-shell more and more; last night I dropped her off at an FCA event at a home and she walked all the way up the driveway by herself. No friend. No me. ALL. BY. HERSELF. If you know her, this is indeed a milestone.
* Speaking of milestones, my wife has discovered that I'm not actually turning 40 next month. It's next YEAR. So if she'd invited you to my surprise 40th party, it's postponed until at least within 11 months of my actual 40th birthday.
* Cheddar the cheese-loving helldog has only chewed up one antique piece of furniture in recent months, so we're feeling really good about his maturing process.
* On a related note, we've reinstituted the shock collar with the remote control button.
* And finally, we only have two more Christmas decorations left to put away, but as long as we don't actually turn on the lights on the Christmas topiaries flanking our front door, they look pretty normal…other than the fact that one is leaning at 45-degree angle.
But hey, that's how we roll. Deal with it.
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Legacy Mode In NCAA College Hoops 2K7
How do you recruit really good in that game? I can never get any good players when I am recruiting. Like how do you get 4 or 5 star players. I am in my 4th year as a coach and I still cant get any good players. So please could you guys give me some good advice on how to play that mode overall better and how to recruit better?
Re: Legacy Mode In NCAA College Hoops 2K7
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Easy, win some games and build a rep, and if you feel like cheating a bit, go after the international kids.
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BOOTMGR is missing
I started to do this on my desktop so i could install windows 7 on my laptop using a USB flash drive: How To Boot And Install Windows 7 From USB Flash Drive -Make Tech Easier
I got to the part where I made the partition on my flash drive active before i realized that it was a tutorial to boot from USB flash drive on that computer only.
When i restarted my computer, it attempted to boot from my flash drive (it was still plugged in) so i restarted and went to my boot devices and selected my RAID. It started up fine. I went back into the command prompt and made the partition on my flash drive inactive and went to my RAID and made sure that it's partition was active. Then i restarted. It sees my RAID 0 configuration (2x750GB WD Caviar Black, only one partition C:\) then it goes to the next screen and says detecting drives...no drives found then it gives me the "BOOTMGR is missing" message.
To try to fix this, I booted from my Windows 7 Professional x64 disk and went to repair computer. Under the System Recovery Options screen it does not list anything under the Operating System. I went to command prompt and used "bootrec /RebuildBcd" it says: "Scanning all disks for Windows installations. Please wait, since this may take a while... Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0 The operation completed successfully.
I also tried startup repair, but as i could not select my operating system, it does not work.
Help please?
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|28 Dec 2010
Hello bvarn, welcome to Seven Forums!
It may take running a startup repair at least 3 separate times; have a look at this tutorial at the link below and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.
Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2010
I tried it 3 times, with a restart in between, but each time it said: Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically.
Problem Details:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairOffline
Problem Signature 01: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 02: 0.0.0.0
Problem Signature 03: unknown
Problem Signature 04: 0
Problem Signature 05: unknown
Problem Signature 06: 1
Problem signature 07: unknown
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: unknown
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2010
You may have stuffed the RAID, Windows 7 and RAID are not the best of friends to start with and I don't have enough practical experience with RAID to be further help; keep checking back though as someone may have some help for you.
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2010
also, when i tried to use command prompt, it said this
DISKPART> list disk
There are no fixed disks to show.
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2010
i have not had any problems with RAID before
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2010
You may have removed the Active flag from Win7 which has caused it not to start.
To have a picture of your hard drives and partitions to see what you're doing better, use free Partition Wizard bootable CD to Modify>Set to Active your Win7 partition. Free Download Magic Partition Manager Software - Partition Wizard Online
If you have it, try marking the 100mb SysReserved partition Active first, then if the Repairs which follow don't work mark Win7 partition itself Active.
Now close the Command Line, choose from the Recovery Tools list Startup Repair to run up to 3 separate times with reboots until Win7 starts: Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times
If somehow you un-RAIDED the HD's and cannot put RAID back together again, I would reinstall to one HD and add the other one after install as a data or backup drive.
|My System Specs
|30 Dec 2010
when i start up my computer it says that the RAID 0 status is functional, but in the partition wizard it says:
Disk 1:
Partition: *: | File System: Unformatted | Capacity: 100.00 MB | Used: 100.00 MB | Unused: 0 B | Status: None | Type: Primary
Partition: *: | File System: Other | Capacity: 698.54 GB | Used: 698.54 GB | Unused: 0 B | Status: None | Type: Primary
Disk 2:
Partition: *: | File System: Unallocated | Capacity: 698.64 GB | Used: 0 B | Unused: 698.64 GB | Status: None | Type: Logical
I tried setting each partition to active and then did startup repair with the windows 7 disk (three separate times each) but it did not work. Each time when it came up with the System Recovery Options, it did not list any operating systems installed on the computer.
|My System Specs
|30 Dec 2010
Is Disk0 your RAID containing both of the RAIDed HD's? If so it seems your 100mb Sys Reserved partition has been emptied. See if you can see any content by rightclick>Explore in PW CD. Either way, mark it Active to run Startup Repair 3 times to see if it will rebuild the partition and become the System partition again. If not, try activating Win7 again, run the Repairs to see if it will accept the boot files to claim System.
We see so many problems here with RAID that I wouldn't advise using RAID with Win7 unless you are a RAID expert or else one comes along to advise you. Most people here do not use RAID or advise doing so in Win7, which comes with built-in drive imaging that provides true redundancy that doesn't lose both drives' content if one dies.
If you're not able to reconstruct the RAID as it was configured to see if Win7 is reparable or your data retrievable, then I would Explore the remaining partitions which shows content to see if your files might still be intact: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console
You can also run free Recuva to try to recover data in pieces and piece it back together.
Then I would wipe the HD to clean reinstall Win7 with all other HD's unplugged. SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
Clean Install Windows 7
Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version
Afterwards plug in the other HD(s) to use as data drive or storage. You can also wipe them using Diskpart from Win7 elevated Command Line.
Some tips to get a purrfect reinstall based on hundreds done here: re-install windows 7
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Volume 85 Issue 4 | pp. 38-40
Issue Date: January 22, 2007
Issue Date: January 22, 2007
Silent No Longer
Researchers unearth anotherstratum of meaning in the genetic code
Department: Science & Technology
The more scientists study the genetic code, the more it reads like poetry. In a poem, every word, every line break, even every syllable can carry more than a literal meaning. So too can the molecular letters, syllables, and words of the genetic code carry more biologically relevant meanings than they appear to at first.
Now, a cadre of researchers is discovering intriguing depths of meaning in "synonyms" in the genetic code—very short wordlike sequences, . . .
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was effusive in his praise of President Barack Obama when the two leaders toured damage from Hurricane Sandy last week, turned down a request by Mitt Romney to appear with him at a rally on Sunday night in Pennsylvania, The Huffington Post has learned.
Christie's decision will only add to questions among Republicans about what the governor — who is up for reelection a year from now — is thinking, and why he went out of his way to heap praise on the president, and then refused to appear with Romney.
If Cory Booker was planning on running against Chris Christie for governor of New Jersey next year, he should be rethinking that plan. Christie's really putting his state before politics, and I think New Jersey is going to remember that next year.


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Ralph Lauren's niece fined over 'f***ing ugly blonde b****' rant at air hostess
The niece of fashion mogul Ralph Lauren was today fined €2,000 for a foul mouthed drunken tirade on a plane.
Jennifer Lauren (41) with an address at East 65th Street in New York abused three airline staff including two air hostesses whom she each labelled 'f***ing ugly blonde b***h'.
Ms Lauren, of East 65th Street in New York, pleaded guilty to two charges during the air rage incident when she was drunk and disorderly.
The court heard that the total cost of the incident came to €30,208 including €12,676 for discommoding passengers.
The incident occurred on Monday after Ms Lauren's seat on the transatlantic flight between Barcelona and New York was unable to recline.
When air hostess Constance Topping interacted with the defendant, she was told to "get the f**k out of her face", Inspector Tom Kennedy told Ennis district court today.
Ms Lauren then left her seat, following Ms Topping at speed up the aisle.
There she pushed the air hostess against the wall calling her a "f*****g ugly blonde bitch."
A second air hostess Jennifer Simpson was also abused with Ms Lauren calling her "a f*****g ugly, unhappy blonde bitch."
A second pilot who was resting in the body of the aircraft also approached Ms Lauren but was told "You're an asshole".
The court was told that Ms Lauren did not recall much of the incident.
Judge Patrick Durcan heard that the American was upset over the Christmas period thinking about her mum whom she lost to cancer.
The court heard that Ms Lauren was "extremely embarrassed and extremely upset" over the incident.
She defendant had had three drinks but was also taking medication which exacerbated the problem.
Ms Lauren was separated from a travelling companion on flight and found that the alcohol, medications and altitude all affected her.
Defence solicitor Sharon Curley said while much had been made of her client's family name, Ms Lauren is a 41-year-old single woman who had recently set up her own business which she was the sole employee of.
The solicitor added that Ms Lauren is well aware that she may face issues of compensation for the flight being diverted to Shannon in another forum.
Judge Durcan fined her €2,000. The maximum sentence on each of the two charges was a €3,000 fine or four months in prison.
She left the court without making any comment.
Earlier in the day, Ms Lauren sat at the back of the packed court with a female companion waiting for her case to be called. A male companion sat in the public gallery.
The three arrived at Ennis District Court at 10am this morning, entering the building by the back door.
The 41-year-old jewellery designer was arrested on Monday afternoon for being drunk and disorderly on board a Delta Airlines flight DL477 after crew feared she could be a danger to herself or another person.
The flight which had 209 passengers and crew on board was diverted to Shannon airport as a result of Ms Lauren's behaviour.
At a sitting of Killaloe District Court on Tuesday, Sharon Curely, defence solicitor for the jewellery designer indicated that her client would enter a guilty plea to all charges.
However, Judge Durcan refused to deal with the plea until today after requesting that details of the cost of the incident be furnished to him.
He requested information of the nature and extent to which passengers on board the flight were discommoded. He also requested that the full cost to the airline and the Irish authorities also be calculated before he imposed a sentence.
At the previous sitting, the court had heard from Gda Evette Walsh of Shannon garda station who arrested Ms Lauren at Shannon Airport.
She gave evidence of arresting the accused at the airport at 2.05pm on Monday at which time Ms Lauren replied; "Can you say that in English please."
Ms Lauren was later charged at Shannon Garda station and made no reply after each charge, the court heard.
Ms Lauren was charged with being intoxicated to such an extent as would give rise to a reasonable apprehension that she might endanger herself or another person on board the aircraft.
She was also charged with a breach of the peace by engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour.
A third charge of engaging in behaviour likely to cause serious offence or annoyance to any person on board the aircraft, having been requested by a member of the crew of the aircraft to cease such behaviour was struck out this morning.
All three charges relate to the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1973.
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European Banks Could Be Headed For Downgrades
Moody's Investors Service announced on Tuesday that the subordinated debt of 87 banks from 15 European countries is at risk of downgrade.
Moody's blamed the possible bank downgrades on the reduced likelihood that the banks would receive state support in the event of a banking collapse. Eurozone members like Greece, Italy, Spain and even France have seen their borrowing costs climb uncomfortably higher as investors lose confidence in the eurozone.
Several countries in the European Union have introduced unpopular austerity measures aimed at lowering fiscal deficits by raising taxes and cutting costs. Moody's said that many of these countries are now facing "an increasingly stark trade-off between the need to preserve confidence in their banking systems and the need to protect their own balance sheets."
In such an environment, it would be much more difficult for a government to justify bailing out a failed bank with taxpayer money. The ratings agency also said that "systemic support for subordinated debt may no longer be sufficiently predictable or reliable to be a sound basis for incorporating uplift into Moody's ratings."
The Moody's warning made holding subordinated debt from a European bank even more risky than before. Holders of subordinated debt have a place at the back of line if a failed bank declares bankruptcy and makes plans to pay back its creditors.
Traders who believe that the eurozone banking system will recover might want to consider the following trades:
- European banking stocks like Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) and Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) could climb higher if the eurozone is able to prevent a financial collapse and protect the banking sector.
The iShares MSCI Europe Financials (Nasdaq: EUFN) ETF could also climb higher if the eurozone is preserved and the banks can get through the current liquidity crisis unscathed.
Traders who believe Moody's warning of possible bank downgrades is warranted may consider alternate positions:
- The ProShares UltraShort MSCI Europe (NYSE: EPV) ETF could climb higher if the liquidity crisis worsens due to the Moody's downgrade warning and banks are unable to provide the private sector with the credit needed to keep European economies growing.
- The ProShares UltraShort Euro (NYSE: EUO) could also see significant gains under such a scenario, as investors lose confidence in the eurozone and move assets elsewhere.
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This page is no longer updated. Partners have agreed that CAWT has achieved its aims and should now be disbanded to allow members to invest in other initiatives to combat wildlife trafficking.
US Government: Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement
The Office of Law Enforcement investigates wildlife crimes, regulates wildlife trade, helps Americans understand and obey wildlife protections laws, and works in partnership with international, state, and tribal counterparts to conserve wildlife resources.
More at www.fws.gov/le
Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific AffairsThe Department of State is the foreign policy arm of the United States government. Within the department, the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs is responsible for, among other things, advancing sustainable development and natural resource conservation, including protecting biodiversity and combating the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products.
More at: www.state.gov/g/oes/env
Fighting Wildlife Trafficking
The $20 billion dollar per year illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife parts is second only to arms and drug smuggling in the amount of money it generates. However, the toll this lucrative business takes on our environment, the animals that live in it and even on public health is immeasurable.
The illegal poaching of wildlife is driving tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, exotic birds, and many other species, to the brink of extinction. Wildlife trafficking also contributes to the spread of virulent wildlife diseases, such as avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.
The United States is working with other governments, organizations and people around the world to combat this dangerous threat. Over the past several years, the U.S. Department of State has contributed over $2 million to combat this illegal trade, funding activities such as enforcement and judicial training in Southeast Asia, species protection in Latin America, and enforcement workshops in South Asia.
In addition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service donated $1.5 million this year toward preserving and protecting the wildlife habitats, including setting up patrols and monitoring for some of the most vulnerable and endangered species.
Like all trades, illegal wildlife trafficking is fueled primarily by demand. A worldwide market for exotic pets, rare foods, trophies, traditional medicines, and more, drives the poaching of wildlife.
A public service announcement in which world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall calls for an end to the purchase of trafficked wildlife goods
The U.S. Department of State is reaching out to educate buyers and lessen the demand for illegal wildlife and wildlife parts. In a partnership with WildAid, the State Department has produced, and is distributing internationally, a public service announcement in which world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall calls for an end to the purchase of trafficked wildlife goods:
"If someone tells you that it's fine to kill sharks; there are plenty in the ocean – don't buy it. And if they say there are enough chimpanzees and tigers in the forest; so don't worry about their slaughter – definitely don't buy it. Our endangered animals are being wiped off the earth by illegal wildlife trade, and it's up to us to stop it. Never buy illegal wildlife products and we can save our endangered animals. When the buying stops the killing can, too."
Movie actor Harrison Ford has also joined the fight against trafficking, and produced a public service announcement of his own.
The United States government and its international partners in the Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking are committed to stopping illegal wildlife trafficking through education, habitat protection and political solutions.
A policy brief television editorial on illegal trade in wildlife
The above article originally appeared as an "Editorial reflecting the views of the US Government" on the Voice of America News website on 15 September 2009
More information on CAWT can be found in this US State Department flyer (PDF, 420 KB).


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United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 20 April 2004
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Canadian heavy oil prices jumped on the spot market on speculation that the restart of refineries in the U.S. will reduce crude stockpiles and increase demand for imports.
U.S. crude stockpiles in the midwest storage hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, declined 1.3% percent in the week ended May 3 to 49.1 million barrels, the second weekly decline, according to Energy Information Administration data. U.S. refiners increased the amount of crude they processed by 3.2 percent to 15.2 million barrels a day, the most since January.
Western Canada Select heavy oil strengthened $4 a barrel to an $18.50 discount to U.S. West Texas Intermediate oil as of 1:15 p.m. New York time, according to Calgary oil broker Net Energy Inc. It was the largest one-day increase since Jan. 25, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
"Refinery production is back on the rise in the U.S.," Carl Larry, president of Oil Outlooks & Opinions LLC said in an interview from Houston. "That's going to mean more draw-downs from Cushing inventories, which in turn is going to bring more down from Canada."
Valero Energy Corp.'s 170,000 barrel-a-day McKee refinery in Texas is scheduled to restart following five weeks of planned maintenance that began in April. BP Plc said on April 30 the 420,000-barrel Whiting plant will bring units back online during the second quarter and commission a new 102,000-barrel coking unit in the second half of the year.
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WCS prices have regained ground after weakening when a fire broke out May 3 in the coker unit at Flint Hills Resources LLC's 330,000-barrel-a-day Pine Bend refinery. The grade lost $5 a barrel from May 2 to May 6, reaching its widest discount to WTI in two months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Jake Reint, a company spokesman based in Rosemount, Minnesota, didn't respond to e-mails requesting an update on the status of the coker this week.
Syncrude, a light crude from oil-sands bitumen processed in an upgrader, gained 60 cents to trade at parity to WTI, Net Energy said.
The EIA's next oil stockpile release is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. New York time on May 15.


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Languages of Men started in Hildórien. When the Edain divided to migrate to the west. The groups that would eventually be known as House of Bëor and House of Marach, used related languages. The third tribe, that wold be later known as the House of Haleth, used an unrelated tongue.
During the march, the tribes left behind various descendants in Eriador who continued their languages. In Beleriand the House of Beor quickly adopted Sindarin. However the language of Hador retained and was influenced by Khuzdul[1]
The language of the House of Hador during the Second Age evolved into Adûnaic. [2] Meanwhile the descendants of the First Age in the Westlands became the Éothéod from whom ultimately derives the Rohirric language. The language of the House of Haleth also left descendants such as Dunlandish.
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A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds Obama's approval rating at 46-51, a finding that will draw every bit as much media attention as did last month's poll showing his approval at 41 percent. (Okay, that isn't really going to happen.) It also finds Dems lead the Congressional ballot matchup by 47-45, though that's way too small to help Dems, given the deep structural disadvantages they face.
Indeed, this poll once again provides a glimpse of those structural disadvantages: It finds that the percentages of voters from core Dem groups who say they're definitely going to vote are significantly lower than the percentages from core GOP groups who say the same. Overall, 74 percent of registered voters are absolutely certain to vote, and here's the breakdown:
— 81 percent of Republicans are absolutely certain to vote, versus 74 percent of Democrats.
— 86 percent of conservative Republicans are absolutely certain to vote, versus 79 percent of liberal Democrats.
— 77 percent of white voters are absolutely certain to vote, versus 67 percent of non-whites.
— 79 percent of those over 65 are absolutely certain to vote, versus 66 percent of those from 18-39.
The poll also explains why Dems are placing so much of an emphasis on female voters:
— Dems lead among women in the generic ballot match-up by 52-42, while Republicans lead among men by 49-40. And yet…
— In the one seeming break from the above pattern, 77 percent of female voters are absolutely certain to vote, versus 70 percent of men.
The usual caveats apply: Some question how accurately such polls really predict voter behavior, and this is only one poll (though others have shown similar problems for Dems). Still, Dems themselves agree that they face what Ed Kilgore has called the "midterm dropoff problem," and they are investing at least $60 million in doing something about it.
Economic populism is often derided as a Dem "base play," to use that awful Beltway cliche. But the Dem emphasis on pay equity, the minimum wage hike (which is geared towards downscale women) and women's health issues such as Personhood is very much about persuasion — about winning over women who might lean Republican — as it is about giving members of the Rising American Electorate (unmarried women, young voters, minorities) a reason to vote. As Sasha Issenberg detailed in his seminal piece on this topic, Dems' only hope to offset deep structural disadvantages is a combination of persuasion and mobilization, i.e., the sheer grunt work of contacting voters again and again and urging them out to the polls.
* AMERICANS SUPPORT BENGHAZI PROBE: Also from the Post/ABC poll: Americans support an additional Congressional probe into the administration's handling of Benghazy by 51-42, and Americans believe the administration is covering up facts about Benghazi by 58-32.
Also, Americans disapprove of Hillary Clinton's handling of the incident by 50-37. Whether or not this constitutes a "mandate" for the Benghazi probe, Republicans will likely interpret it as one.
* BIG GOP PRIMARIES SET FOR TODAY: As NBC's First Read crew spells out (no link yet), today's biggest election is the Mississippi GOP Senate primary, in which Tea Partyer Chris McDaniel is gunning for longtime incumbent Thad Cochran, setting up a possible Richard Mourdock redux with potentially huge ramifications for this fall:
Like Murdoch in Indiana, McDaniel appears prone to making a mistake…and just like in Indiana when Democrats had a credible nominee in Rep. Joe Donnelly to take advantage of any opening, Democrats don't have a bad candidate in former Rep. Travis Childers…if Democrats get any kind of opening in Mississippi, here's why that would be very important in November: A Democratic win there — as remote as it may seem — would raise the GOP's magic number (from six to seven) in the seats it must net in order to win back the Senate.
Also keep an eye on Iowa, where gun-wielding, hog-castrating Joni Ernst is likely to win the GOP nomination, again casting doubt on the degree to which the "GOP establishment" has vanquished the Tea Party. She is the GOP establishment candidate, yet she has dabbled in climate skepticism and support for Personhood measures.
* BATTLE OVER BERGHDAL CONTINUES TO RAGE: This morning, Obama defended the decision to bring him home:
"We have consulted with Congress for quite some time about the possibility that we might need to execute a prisoner exchange in order to recover Bergdahl," Obama said on a trip to Poland to discuss Eastern European security. "We saw an opportunity, and we were concerned about Bergdahl's health. We had the cooperation of the Qataris to execute an exchange and we seized that opportunity." He added that "the process was truncated because we wanted to make sure we would not miss that window."
Meanwhile, the New York Times weighs in with a detailed accounting of Berghal's conduct, noting that Pentagon officials are claiming some of the charges against him are unsubstantiated.
* ENERGY COMPANIES CAN LIVE WITH NEW EPA RULES: The New York Times talks to officials in the energy industry and finds that some of them aren't all that worried about the new EPA rules, and indeed in some sectors they pose something of an opportunity. In some cases the process of reducing carbon emissions is already underway, and in others the rules are likely to spur new innovation. Either way the impact on coal use is likely to be "modest."
Of course, such nuance will not make it into the political response to the new rules, whether it comes to Republicans attacking on them as job crushing government by fiat or to Democrats in coal areas running away from them as fast as possible.
* COMICAL GOP DISSEMBLING ABOUT EPA RULES: Great catch by Glenn Kessler here: Republicans were so quick to criticize the new EPA rules as a dire threat to the economy that they cited a previously completed study based on overly large assumptions about their target emissions targets. It's almost as if the facts don't matter to them!
* REPUBLICANS RETOOLING ANTI-OBAMACARE MESSAGE: David Drucker reports that Republicans are increasingly concerned that "repeal and replace" is no longer an effective message, and are planning a revamp:
The term "repeal" has become identified negatively as a partisan Republican talking point that leaves voters with the impression that the GOP wants to move the country from one disliked health care system (Obamacare) to another disliked system (pre-Obamacare). As far as a broad cross-section of Americans are concerned, their country's health care system is still in dire need of reform. That is why Republicans in the months leading up to the 2014 elections, and beyond, are likely to message their opposition to Obamacare in positive, reform-minded language like "starting over."
So they're going to say "start over" instead of "repeal"? Nice. But the real problem with the GOP "repeal and replace" message is that Republicans are unable to offer any alternative solutions, and voters know it.
* AND ROVE GROUP ENTERS ARKANSAS SENATE RACE: National Journal reports that the Rove-founded Crossroads is dumping half a million dollars into a new ad that attempts to tie Dem Senator Mark Pryor to Obama as follows:
In the spot, a grade-schooler is asked to spell "Pryor" in a kind of mock spelling bee. The child responds by spelling out "O-B-A-M-A," and the judges rule that she was "close enough."
Hmm, that'll work. Crossroads also released an internal poll supposedly showing Tom Cotton up by five points, which looks like an effort to shift a storyline about the race that has gotten away from Republicans. The HuffPollster polling average shows Pryor with a two-point lead.
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There has been a drop in the number of homeless families being put up in emergency hotel accommodation in Dublin.
Cathal Morgan of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive told a city council meeting the number has fallen from 174 in April to 150 families, including 311 children, in June.
He confirmed that the city council is in talks with the National Asset Management Agency to take over a site to house 70 of the families in one place.
He said five sites, including some hotels, are being looked at. At present, his staff have to deal with families in 21 different hotels across the city.
Councillors have also been asked to agree to allow private developers to take over council land as a way of getting social housing built.
Assistant manager Dick Brady said 7,000 units have to be built each year to meet demand.
Only 1,360 were built last year and the council does not have the capital to develop housing itself.
Five land banks totalling over 30 hectares have been identified in Coolock and Ballyfermot.
Councillors voted to refer the proposal to its housing committee.


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Military Ticket Program
Aquarium of the Bay is proud to honor the men and women of the military.
In celebration of Fleet Week, from October 6-9, 2016, all past and present military personnel will receive one free Aquarium ticket and $5.00 off their family members. Discount only available at the Aquarium with ticket purchase.
*Military ID is required for discount. Standard restrictions apply.
If you would like to visit Aquarium of the Bay during your next trip to PIER 39, discounted military tickets can be purchased from the following facilities for active duty and retired military personnel:
- Beale Air Force Base
- Travis Air Force Base
Plan Your Trip:
Visitor Programs and EventsWith dozens of engaging, free-with-admission programs offered daily–plus opportunities to expand your visit–there's always something new to discover at Aquarium of the Bay.
Check out our Highlight Animals, and the galleries they call home.
Our mission is to protect, restore and inspire conservation of San Francisco Bay and its watershed, from the Sierra to the sea. Your ticket purchase, along with our generous donors, helps us provide free conservation education programs to over 25,000 Bay Area children every year.


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Mark your calendar for Glasstire's first annual Texas Auction! On Friday, November 2 from 6-9pm, Sara Friedlander a vice oresidnet at Christie's, New York, will auction off a bucket of art from a truly outstanding collection of Texas contemporary artists to benefit the award-winning, decade-old Texas art website. The $100 a ticket event promises to be a one-stop shop for serious collectors of Texas art, with a distinguished line-up of works by Debra Barrera, Michael Bise, Alejandro Diaz, Trenton Doyle Hancock, James Drake, Sharon Engelstein, Joey Fauerso, Annette Lawrence, Tierney Malone, Joe Mancuso, Robyn O'Neil, Richard Patterson, David Politzer, Chris Sauter, Erick Swenson. Catalogs for the sale will be available at a free public preview is scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 6 – 8 p.m.. Both events take place at the Knoll Gallery at Pennzoil Place, 711 Louisiana St., Houston.
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- Lego My Art! - January 30th, 2016
- Archive: Painting on My Planet/The Top Ten Painters in Houston - January 1st, 2016
- Archive: Tire Iron 0: Cropduster: Hills Snyder/Chris Sauter - December 28th, 2015
- DMA Crane Flip Video - April 26th, 2015
- Helmreich New Dean of Fine Arts at TCU - April 25th, 2015


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North Dakota State vs IUPU Fort Wayne Recap - North Dakota State Wins 58-54
North Dakota State got 20 points from Lawrence Alexander en route to a 58-54 victory over IUPU Fort Wayne on Saturday at Memorial Coliseum.
North Dakota State earned a straight-up victory but suffered an ATS defeat in failing to cover the 9-point spread.
Marshall Bjorklund had 14 points for North Dakota State and Mike Felt chipped in with 9 points. Lawrence Alexander had 2 assists for them, while Marshall Bjorklund was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 10 boards.
IUPU Fort Wayne got 16 points from Frank Gaines in a losing cause and another 14 points from Luis Jacobo. Michael Kibiloski contributed 3 assists for them, while Luis Jacobo had 5 rebounds.
First-half bettors who backed North Dakota State were victorious, as the score was 26-25 at the break.
North Dakota State won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 30-24.


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The incomparable Jim Bailey is bringing his acclaimed portrayal of Judy Garland back to the West End, singing all her great hits.
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Pete Vonachen, the man who brought baseball to Peoria in 1983 and remained the face of the Midwest League franchise in the 30 years since, died Monday at the age of 87.
Known as Peoria's Mr. Baseball, Vonachen purchased the Peoria Suns in 1983 and renamed the team the Chiefs the following year, kick-starting a golden era for the franchise. Vonachen used his longtime friendship with Harry Caray—he eulogized the legendary Cubs broadcaster at his funeral—to bring the Cubs affiliation to town in 1985, and the team set Midwest League attendance records in 1985, '88 and '89, as prospects like Greg Maddux, Mark Grace, Joe Girardi and Rafael Palmeiro passed through the team's former home of Meinen Field. Chiefs attendance grew each season from 1985-89, when Vonachen sold the team.
But Vonachen couldn't stay away, and in 1994 he led an investment group that bought the Chiefs. Vonachen took over as general manager, and helped secure the site and financing for Peoria's current downtown ballpark before passing on GM duties in 1998 to his son Rocky, who remains with the team. The Chiefs moved into Dozer Park in 2002.
"He was really an icon," Midwest League president George Spelius said. "He was so well-liked by so many people. He loved his family, his church, he loved his baseball team, and really he loved people. He is that kind of guy. He is going to be missed, not only by the Midwest League but by many other people who had the chance to meet him.
"I can't give you enough good words about Pete. He was just a swell guy."
Vonachen was also one of the most colorful characters in a sport filled with them. A man of the people, he greeted fans at the gate and would spend much of the game with them.
Spelius recalled with a laugh how Vonachen managed to turn a 12-game suspension into a publicity stunt in 1988. He grew so frustrated with an umpire who ejected Peoria manager Jim Tracy from a game that he rushed onto the field between innings and dropped to his knees, begging the umpire for a call to go the Chiefs' way.
Vonachen was tossed from the game, and Spelius said he had no choice but to serve his friend with a $1,000 fine and 12-game ban. Vonachen persuaded Spelius to let him watch games from the roof of the clubhouse, which sat outside the ballpark fence. Vonachen, a true promoter who brought picnic decks and celebratory home run fireworks to the Midwest League, saw this as another opportunity to bond with fans.
In Vonachen's own words, as related in the book "I Remember Harry Caray":
"The first night, I got a lawn chair, stretched over the gable there with an umbrella and the crowd was loving it. Loving it. I'll never forget I had a cell phone there and I called Greg Maddux to tell him what I was doing.
After that first night, we went on a two-day road trip, and radio station WMBD got into it and started a contest. Any person with the best limerick, a poem or a song that had WMBD, Pete Vonachen and the Peoria Chiefs in it got to sit up there with me. Meantime, I had a carpenter go up and I had this big platform built up there.
We had two people every night sitting up there. I had a charcoal grill. I cooked hot dogs and hamburgers and I had beer for them. The first night back with all this clamor, we had 7,000 people, the biggest crowd that's ever been in the ballpark. We had to rope off the warning tracks. The next night we broke the record again.
The first night, I had a wireless microphone and our announcer says, 'From the owner's sky box'—which was this folding chair sitting on a roof—'Pete Vonachen will now lead us in 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game.' "
Vonachen got another chance to lead a crowd in the song, this time at Wrigley Field in 2011, when the Cubs honored him with Pete Vonachen Day. His name adorned Peoria's old ballpark, when Meinen Field was renamed Pete Vonachen Stadium in 1992. The Chiefs unveiled a statue in his honor at their ballpark in 2005.
"Pete was such a great guy," Dutchie Caray, the widow of Harry Caray, told the Peoria-Journal Star. "He was so much fun to be around. I can't say enough about him."


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Okay, so your PS3 just got the Yellow Light of Death, or anything along the lines of your PS3 not turning on due to the dreaded Hardware Failure. So much money spent on a console that's not meant to die, and then it does. Turns out you can make the most of a bad situation, even if you don't have the money to fix it or have a warranty that expired.
1Take off the plate on the side. On the side of the PS3 (Left hand side laid down), there should be a little plate, take this off (just requires a bit of pulling on to do so).
2Remove the blue screw. Now you should see a metal thing with a little metal flap on it, with a blue screw above it, take out the blue screw, then pull on the metal flap.
- This is the PS3's hard drive, of which is capable with any form of laptop/notebook
- Do not rest on any form of fabric as this can kill it completely)
- You can flog this off as it is for a bit less of a price, or you can format it. Formatting can be a hell of a job when you don't know what to do, so I'll tell you the easy way of doing it. First take apart your laptop/notebook, and look inside for a hard drive that looks like the PS3 one
3Take the casing off, to do this look around the PS3's casing until you find a sticker saying something along the lines of "If broken warranty is void". We need to rip this off. Inside you'll see a screw, undo this with a small star-head screwdriver. Once its out, you should be able to slide the faceplate (the part saying "PLAYSTATION 3" on it) off.
4Now we can see a lot of holes and screws, take all the screws out, and look around the back and the front for some little tabs to push in, this will take the front of the casing off.
5Look at the hardware. Now we can see some hardware of the PS3, with the PS3 facing towards you laid down, on the left is the power supply (back) and the WIFI Card (front), on the right is the Blu-Ray drive, take these all of by pulling the wires (looks like tape) out of the sockets, and undoing any screws in the way.
- This is another layer of the ps3 taken off, but for now, let's focus on the WIFI Card, this only applies for laptops/notebooks. You can see the card itself and a wire leading to a chip with a black cylinder sticking out.
6Take out the wire from the chip. Once you've done this open up your laptop/notebook (if you are willing) and find your WIFI card.
- There should be another slot for the antennae identical to the one on the WIFI Card in the PS3.
7Go ahead and slot in the antennae. Now find a way of concealing the small component off the antennae in your computer, if not outside.
- As I have a notebook I cut the wire of the antennae, poked it through some holes on the bottom of my computer, re-soldered it back on, then got some casing to keep it in. and just for added comfort for it I took out a USB from the PS3 charger (considering you'll no longer be needing it) and dissected it apart to get the USB itself, snip the wires and hot glue it on. You've now just made yourself a WIFI signal booster, congratulations
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- Even if your warranty is void, research getting it professionally fixed.
- Discharge yourself by touching a radiator before you start to avoid damaging the parts.
- Kids, get an adult to help.
- All of these tests were done on a 60GB version of the PS3, it might not be the same for the 40GB or 80GB.
- Unless you're a qualified electrician, stay away from the power unit. Even if it's not turned on it will store enough energy to stop your heart, so stay away
- This could possibly make things worse, but it is bricked so why not?
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- A good set of screwdrivers.
- A soldering iron
- Extra wiring is always helpful
- Hot glue (optional)
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