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For engineering professionals job opportunities are on the rebound but experience in China is becoming ever more important
One of the goals of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), according to their mission statement, is to raise the standing and visibility of engineers in the local community. At first glance, this might seem surprising when you consider that the HKIE's current membership of around 20,000 consists of well-qualified and aspiring professionals whose skills cover the whole spectrum of the 16 generally-recognised engineering disciplines, from building services to automation, electronics to the environment. But, while the industry's public profile may not have been as high as deserved in recent times, it has remained vibrant and, like most other sectors which contribute to the health of Hong Kong's economy, shows every sign of achieving new standards in 2004.
This view is endorsed by Alexa Chow, managing director of Centaline Julie's Personnel Consultants Ltd. "The job market for engineers is quite good at the moment and should improve further," she advises. "For those qualified in electronics, telecommunications or the mechanical field there is great demand right now and, for manufacturing engineers, if they are prepared to look across the border, there are jobs available in factories in Guangdong."
Encouraging signs
In overall terms, Ms Chow estimates that openings for engineers were down about 10 percent this year compared to 2002 but predicts a jump of 15 to 20 percent for 2004. The basis for such optimism is that SARS caused many companies to freeze recruitment temporarily, not to abandon completely plans for expansion. "There was a period of stagnation because of SARS," recalls Ms Chow. "Companies had to cut travel and deal with current staff issues so recruitment was put on hold, but manufacturing and trading remained strong so demand is still there."
Alan Au-Yeung, consultant at Levin Human Resources Development Ltd, strikes a similar upbeat note observing that, "It looks as if 2004 will be more promising for engineering appointments than the last three years." He hints at double-digit growth being expected in the electrical and mechanical fields if present trends continue but introduces a word of caution by pointing out, "Most young engineers now require a full degree as a basic qualification rather than just a diploma." Mr Au-Yeung also underlines that involvement with the China market can only increase and that employers are, therefore, increasingly on the lookout for candidates with China experience and managerial skills.
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In this respect, the HKIE plays an important role. They not only act as the body to assess and accredit all engineering degrees and sub-degrees offered by tertiary-level bodies in Hong Kong, but also oversee programmes for registered graduate trainees which focus on the development of young engineers' managerial skills, leadership and mind-set training. Two of these, the Graduate Scheme "A" Training and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme are designed to foster not just technical proficiency but also an awareness of better communication skills, ethical problems and social issues so as to build a bridge between theoretical knowledge and its practical application.
The CPD course, in particular, recognises the need for constant learning and self-improvement in an ever-changing world. It covers matters of direct technical relevance plus gives an insight into financial management, marketing and occupational health and safety. Course material is presented through lectures, seminars and e-learning with industrial attachments and visits also made available.
Looking towards future engineering employment trends, Ms Chow foresees growth in anything related to manufacturing, electronics and ICT (information and communications technology), balanced by a gradual move away from the civil and construction sectors. This will be influenced, in part, by government policy. "Things have been generally slow this year on the construction side and aren't likely to pick up quickly," she explains. "If the government plans no more units under the Home Ownership Scheme and limits land supply for new buildings structural and building engineers will be less in demand." The positive news, however, is that major property companies will shift emphasis to upgrading existing structures and the efficient use of current facilities increasing the need for mechanical, lighting and electrical specialists.
Across the border
When it comes to promoting prospects for Hong Kong-trained engineers in mainland China, Ir Dr Alex Chan, president of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, is a key figure. As the local economy readjusts with less and less new construction and major industries continuing to relocate across the border, Dr Chan is actively pursuing a strategy of creating alliances with professional bodies China-wide. The aim is to generate medium and long-term employment opportunities for Hong Kong's pool of engineering talent.
"At the moment we are working hard to conclude the first reciprocal recognition agreement with China's National Administration Board of Engineering (Structural) Registration," says Ir Dr Chan. "This body is under the Ministry of Construction and takes care of structural engineering disciplines. With an agreement, our members will be able to obtain registration as Class 1 registered structural engineers on the mainland and be eligible for inclusion as professionals required under classes of enterprises on the mainland."
Parallel talks are to start shortly about an enhanced role for Hong Kong enterprises in construction project management throughout China. And, with work already underway to define the minimum set-up requirements under the terms of CEPA for design consultancy companies, these initiatives should pave the way for more civil, structural and construction engineers to find remunerative work across the border.
Ir Dr Chan is also in contact with organisations such as the China Automation Society and the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society to help broaden their understanding of international agreements, qualifications and registration procedures. "We have the expertise in Hong Kong," he explains, "but, in terms of future employment for our professionals, prospects may ultimately be limited, even with new infrastruture projects such as the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge on the horizon. That's why we need to build relations in China and keep the door open."
A trend for Hong Kong-trained engineers to start hunting for new opportunities beyond Guangdong province has already been spotted by Alexa Chow of Centaline Julie's. "It's still a comparatively low percentage," she confirms, "but, particularly at management level, we're starting to see recruitment from Shanghai and North China and expect it to grow."
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The energy conservation potential in heat supply systems for Russian cities and towns: ways of realisation
Energy conservation policy plays an important role in energy resource deficit situations. The potential for conservation in heat supply systems has great significance for Russia and other countries in the Northern latitudes. This potential saving of power resources in Russian cities is presented in this paper. Modern Russian and foreign experiences of energy conservation in municipal power systems and the most important principles and elements of this conservation are explored. Classification of the main socio-economic and ecological factors in the area of energy conservation is also outlined.
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The world at your fingertips
Benoît Tréluyer and his Audi Sport team-mates Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer head to this weekend's 6 Hours of Shanghai (28 October) targeting victory aboard the German manufacturer's R18 e-tron quattro and, when the dust has settled on the Chinese contest, could find themselves crowned FIA World Endurance champions.
"It's best described as a 'bad boy' version of the original Forza Motorsport, which put more emphasis on racing, car performance and therefore lap times. Forza Horizon is about the freedom of open spaces, with races taking place on roads around the madness of the Horizon music festival. At the same time, it maintains the DNA that the Forza franchise is known for: the perfection of the driving experience and extremely realistic vehicles. As part of the launch I spent a day at the wheel of an Audi R8 V10, giving 80 journalists high-speed passenger rides on the runway of Le Bourget airport where the game was presented under the wing of a Concorde. Then the doors of the aircraft hanger opened and I emerged on to the tarmac sideways. For once I was told to push the tyres to their limit and I didn't need to be asked twice! As someone who spends a great deal of time in simulators being part of this launch was a real honour."
After learning the Silverstone, Interlagos and Sakhir circuits virtually, Benoît has also been getting to grips with the Shanghai track aboard his simulator. It mixes tight corners, where the power needs to be delivered at low revs, with long sweeping curves that demand top-end speed, making it equally suited to Audi and their Japanese opponents Toyota.
"We must not lose sight of the fact that we race for a manufacturer," emphasises Benoît. "The priority for myself, André and Marcel is to put Audi on the top step of the podium. We will give everything we have to win this race and only after the chequered flag has fallen will we look at the drivers' championship. Of course I'd like to win the title, but if we have to take risks to secure the race victory we will do so."
Championship leaders ahead of this weekend's season-closing round, the trio has already claimed victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours, 6 Hours of Silverstone and 6 Hours of Bahrain and know that a place on the podium would guarantee them the title.
"Andre, Marcel and I are not three – we are one! So winning a title with them would be fantastic. To be the first world champions for Audi in sports-prototype racing and the first World Endurance Championship winners would obviously be something very special too, while it would also be great for the mechanics and engineers who have worked so hard on the car all season."
But while the trio's desire to claim the world title is strong, the Frenchman is quick to point out that it would not register the same emotional intensity as victory at Le Mans.
"For me – and I think the same goes for my team-mates – Le Mans remains the most difficult and therefore most satisfying race in the world. The WEC drivers' title was not our top priority this year. We would be very proud and happy to become world champions for Audi, but the 24 Hours is something else altogether. It won't have the same impact, but for now we're not thinking about it. We will celebrate if things go our way, but we should remain grounded: we know very well that nothing is ever guaranteed in motor racing."
Having claimed titles in Formula 3, Formula Nippon and Super GT Benoît is well aware of what it takes to win a championship. And, regardless of the prize at stake, he believes that the path to victory remains the same.
"A championship is a championship," he insists. "The processes and work required are the same. Were we to win it, I guess the significance would perhaps dawn on us during the FIA prize-giving ceremony. When I won titles in Japan it was also against drivers from all over the world, but it didn't have the same gravitas. Being crowned world champion speaks for itself – it is a status."
To be racing for a world title is not a common occurrence in any driver's career, so it is important for Benoît, André and Marcel to remain calm ahead of Sunday's six-hour event. A steady hand is required when you have the world at your fingertips.
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Tame the Beast: Tips for Designing and Using Rubrics
Rubrics are a beast. Grrrrrrr! They are time-consuming to construct, challenging to write and sometimes hard to use effectively. They are everywhere. There are rubrics all over the web, plus tools to create them, and as educators, it can overwhelm us. Rubrics are driven by reforms, from standards-based grading to assessment for learning. With so many competing purposes, it only makes sense that rubrics remain a beast to create and to use. Here are some (only some) tips for designing and using effective rubrics. Regardless of the reforms and structures you have in place, these can be used by all educators.
1) Use Parallel Language
Make sure that the language from column to column is similar, that syntax and wording correspond. Of course, the words will change for each section or assignment, as will the expectations. But in terms of readability, you need to make sure that the rubric can be easily read from left to right or vice versa. In addition, if you have an indicator described in one category, then it needs to be described in the next category, whether it is about "having" or "not having" something. This is all about clarity and transparency to students.
2) Use Student Friendly Language!
Tip #1 hints at a larger issue. If the students can't understand the rubric, then how do you expect it to guide instruction, reflection and assessment? If you want students to engage in using the rubric, they have to understand it. Make sure the language is learning-level appropriate. If you use academic language or concepts, then you'll need time to teach students those meanings and concepts.
3) Use the Rubric with Your Students... Please!!!
You have to use the rubric with the students. It means nothing to them if you don't. We've all had that time when we gave students the rubric and they threw it away, or the papers lay across the room like snow at the end of class. In order for students to keep a rubric, and more importantly to find it useful in terms of their learning, they must see a reason for using it. Students should understand that the rubric is there to help them reflect, self-assess, unpack, critique and more. Use it as a conversation piece during student-led conferences and parent-teacher conferences. If students and stakeholders use a rubric, they will understand the expectations and their relevancy to learning.
4) Don't Use Too Many Columns
This has to do with organization in general. You want the rubric to be comprehensible and organized. We've all been in the situation where we feel like it's a stretch to move a criterion in a rubric across many columns. Perhaps there are just too many columns? Pick the right amount so that the criteria flow logically and naturally across levels.
5) Common Rubrics and Templates are Awesome
Avoid rubric fatigue, as in creating rubrics to the point where you just can't do it any more. This can be done with common rubrics that students see across multiple classroom activities, and through creating templates that you can alter slightly as needed. Design those templates for learning targets or similar performance tasks in your classroom. It's easy to change these types of rubrics later. In terms of common rubrics, students need routines, and what better way to create that routine than with a common rubric for a department or grade level? Students feel more confident when they go into different classrooms with the knowledge that expectations are the same. The easiest rubrics I have seen are used commonly for practices that all teachers work on, such as reading, writing and 21st century skills. Figure out your common practices and create a single rubric your team can use.
6) Rely on Descriptive Language
The most effective descriptions you can use are specific descriptions. That means avoiding words like "good" and "excellent." At the same time, don't rely on numbers, such as number of resources, as your crutch. Instead of saying "find excellent sources" or "use three sources," focus your rubric language on the quality use of whatever sources students find, and on the best possible way of aligning that data to the work. It isn't about the number of sources, and "excellent" is too vague for students. Be specific and descriptive.
These are some useful tips for rubrics, and I'm sure you have many yourselves that come from your experience as educators. One of my favorite books for rubrics is Creating and Recognizing Quality Rubrics. It has helped me refine my rubrics and work with teachers to refine their own. It has great examples and non-examples, as well as a rubric for rubrics! Funny, huh? There are many books and resources out there to help you create rubrics, and many rubrics that are great. However, I encourage you all to not only create your own in order to practice and improve your abilities as educators, but also to avoid adopting a rubric instantly. Consider whether is has to be customized to fit your needs and, more importantly, the needs of your students. Be critical of the rubrics out there, but at the same time use the resources that are already available. Please share your best practices with the community!
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If you really want to make a rubric meaningful, have your students develop it themselves, basing their judgments on models. For an example of how this works, see "What If the Kids Did It?" http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153044275 In this instance, they constructed checklists rather than a full rubric, but the conversations they had truly helped them understand the task and perform better.
Very important to differentiate checklists versus rubrics! Also, yes students co-constructing is a valuable strategy as well. Like I said, these are "some" tips and strategies. Thanks for reminding us!
I have seen rubrics with a multitude of information with 4 or 5 columns and rows. I can see how this can cause confusion for any student. I believe a rubric should be used as a guide for the success of students. I think students need a gauge to assess their assignments. I feel a rubric should have detailed instructions and be concise. I think teachers and students should go over rubrics for through understanding of exactly what is expected.
A really good way to create rubrics is to work on them in teams at staff meetings and then to get students involved to see if they make sense to them. It's a great way to really connect with the teaching and learning program.
Thanks for the tips on using rubrics in classrooms. This blog was very informative! I have always wanted to use rubrics in my classroom, but am unsure of how to use them successfully with primary-aged children. Does anyone have any tips on creating rubrics with young children? I currently teach 2nd grade, but have also taught both K and 1st grade. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!


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Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck and I have something in common. We're both Southern California natives who grew up in the 1950s when the state deservedly earned its nickname, "Golden." Beck's from Long Beach, I'm from Santa Monica — but I'm sure our memories of California a half a century ago are similar.
Given our shared history, I'm baffled why Beck would be so foolish as to endorse driver's licenses for illegal immigrants as he did two weeks ago.
No one, not even Beck, can argue that giving aliens driver's licenses wouldn't further incentivize more illegal immigration. As it is, California offers plenty of benefits. Parents enroll their children in K-12 schools and can access emergency health and pre-natal care.
But California offers a deal sweeter than most other states. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Dream Act, which allows alien children to attend California state universities with access to taxpayer funding. Brown has also quashed E-Verify, which confirms an employees' legal working status. Without E-Verify, illegal immigrants can keep jobs that unemployed Californians might want.
Adding to the mystery of why Beck is such an impassioned illegal immigrant supporter is that his family includes five sworn law enforcement officers. Beck's father George retired in 1980 from the LAPD as deputy chief; his two sons are police officers. His sister was a detective, and his wife a K-9 narcotics drug investigator. Let's hope that at least some among them advocate for upholding the law.
Here's how Beck sees the license issue: Referring to what he calls "reality," Beck claims licensing aliens somehow leads to safer road conditions. Beck favors a "provisional" or "non-resident" license. In a farfetched example Beck offered, he speculated that a licensed driver would be less likely to flee the scene of a hit-and-run accident than one who does not have a license. This may make sense to Beck, but it doesn't to me.
With or without a license, multiple variables are at play when a driver flees: Is there a probable fatality? Is he intoxicated? Does he have outstanding warrants? Furthermore, licensed or not, illegal immigrants are the most dangerous drivers according to a study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Since California has the nation's highest number of aliens, it also has the most hit-and-run fatalities.
Beck's advocacy calls his judgement into question. Beck's predecessor, William J. Bratton, advocated for licenses without success. During the last 15 years, driver's license legislation has been soundly defeated multiple times. In the late 1990s, Assemblyman Gil Cedillo introduced a bill which he re-introduced so frequently he became known as "One Bill Gil." In 2003, Gov. Gray Davis' promise to sign an alien license bill lead to his recall. Davis's successor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed similar legislation multiple times. Even the ultra-liberal sitting governor Jerry Brown doesn't like the idea. A history of defeat that long and pronounced should give Beck an idea of how unpopular licenses for aliens are.
Beck is neither a legislator nor a lobbyist. He's appointed to enforce the laws on the books. As part of his duties, Beck oversees nearly 10,000 officers and 3,000 civilian staff. In 2011, Los Angeles had 300 murders as well as thousands of assaults, property crimes and car crashes.
Beck has plenty to do without taking on the irresponsible and impossible task of licensing aliens. The debate about whether aliens deserve licenses wouldn't exist if they were where they should be — back home
Joe Guzzardi retired from the Lodi Unified School District in 2008. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pa. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Disagreement Between Histadrut, Employers Blocks Pension Plan
Conditions are significantly worse than current plans covering other workers.
The new pension agreement meant to cover over a million workers in the private sector has been blocked once again.
A disagreement between the Histadrut Labor Federation and the three organizations from the private sector representing the employers has delayed the signing of the deal to cover all privately employed salaried workers in Israel.
The general pension agreement was considered a major breakthrough for Israeli pension rights, and was scheduled to take effect in January 2008.
If the deal goes through, over a million employees of mostly small companies and workshops will join the over a million and a quarter workers in the public sector and the employees of large retailing chains in enjoying pension benefits.
The plan is for workers and employers to pay 2.5 percent of salaries into the pension funds in the first year of coverage, rising to 15 percent over five years.
These conditions are significantly worse than current plans covering other workers, which in general require payments of 17.5 to 20.5 percent of employees' salaries.
The Chambers of Commerce, representatives of self-employed workers and the light industrial sector have all been negotiating the deal with the Histadrut.
Among the points still in contention are who decides where the pension money will be invested when an employee cannot decide on which pension fund to join. The Histadrut wants to have the right to decide in such a case, while the employers insist that they should be the ones to choose.
Another problem applies to workers who now have jobs with pension deductions in the 17.5 to 20.5 percent range. If such a worker changes jobs to an employer with the new, worse pension conditions, what happens to his benefits? The Histadrut wants the new employer to continue paying at the higher rate, while the employers object.
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Cain to Start Opening Day for the Giants
Matt Cain will open the season for the world champion San Francisco Giants. Tim Lincecum has started the previous three Opening Days for SF.
This will be Cain's first opener for the Giants. Juan Marichal holds the Giants record starting 10 openers, including six in a row from 1964-69.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy did not reveal the order of the rest of the rotation, but Cain is also in line to start April 7, the day of the ring ceremony.


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Six-run inning lifts Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox rallied with six runs in the fifth-inning and Jason Varitek hit two home runs to help them defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 Wednesday at Fenway Park.
Boston won the game as -140 favorites, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (10).
Jason Bay went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a two-run homer for the Red Sox. Brad Penny gave up nine hits and two runs over 6 2-3 innings in the win.
Lyle Overbay had two hits and drove in one run for the Blue Jays. Brett Cecil was rocked for 11 hits and eight runs over 4 2-3 innings in the loss.


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God is Smiling
intro: Bm F#m ...
verse 1:
Bm F#m Bm
Open up the gates of love, Turn the tide and stop the flood
You've got my heart now, Got my soul
Bm F#m
Who is my neighbour, Where's the love
That speaks for those our world has lost
It's every heart now, every soul
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We are one, where our beating(bleeding) hearts belong
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and our love can be the revolution that sees your kingdom come
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God is smiling over us tonight
A E F#m D
God is smiling over us tonight
A E F#m
Where hearts are broken love unites
God is smiling
verse 2 (same chords as verse 1):
So we must cross the great divide, of colour creed, of wealth and pride
Break our hearts and save us all
So can we sing a brand new song
where former enemies belong
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William E. DODGE
New York businessman, referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the American Civil War
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Dodge was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the second son of David Low Dodge, founder of the New York Peace Society, and his wife Sarah Cleveland. His married Melissa Phelps (1809–1903), the daughter of Anson Greene Phelps and Olivia Egleston. The couple had seven sons. In 1833, Dodge and his father-in-law founded the mining firm Phelps, Dodge and Company, one of Americas largest mining companies.
Dodge is the namesake of Dodge County, Georgia. A consortium of businessmen led by Dodge purchased large tracts of timberland in this area following the Civil War. The Dodge Land Company laid claim to over 300,000 acres (1,200 km2) of land through questionable land deeds. The consortium's ownership of these lands led to land wars which resulted in nearly fifty years of court cases. Dodge was the essence of what Southerners refer to as Carpetbaggers.
Dodge and his associates built the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, connecting Macon to what was then a remote area of the state. Dodge County was formed in 1870 and Eastman, the county seat, was established at the railroad's Station Number 13. Dodge visited the area only once, to dedicate a two-story courthouse that he donated to the county. Dodge's sons later administered the timber businesses in this area.
Dodge was active in the post-Civil War Indian reform movement. He joined Peter Cooper in organizing the privately funded United States Indian Commission in 1868 and helped institute Ulysses S. Grant's Peace Policy toward the Indians. In 1869, Dodge toured Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and Kansas as a member of the government-sponsored Board of Indian Commissioners. He met and discussed U.S. Indian policy with representatives of the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa. Dodge lobbied for the prosecution of the U.S. cavalry commanders responsible for the 1870 Marias Massacre in Montana, which left 173 Blackfeet dead. Dodge unsuccessfully campaigned to establish a cabinet level department for Indian Affairs. He also used his influence in Washington on behalf of Indian educational programs and the General Allotment Act of 1887. A monument to William E. Dodge stands on the North side of Bryant Park.
Dodge was a founding member of the Board of Trustees for the Syrian Protestant College, later renamed the American University of Beirut. As Treasurer, he laid the cornerstone of College Hall, the first building on the present campus in Ras Beirut, on December 7, 1871.
His eldest son, William Earl Dodge, Jr., assumed control of the Phelps Dodge company after his death.
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The pre 2009 version of this driver is a known BSOD cause.
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Scroll down to the utilities category, then scroll down to the "atk0110 driver for windowsxp/vista/windows 7 32&64-bit" (it's about the 12th item down).
Download and install it.
Go to c:\windows\system32\drivers to check and make sure that the asacpi.sys file is date stamped from 2009 or 2010 (not before).
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Just had a crash restart with no blue screen or freeze. Could be due to power spikes though...
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|27 May 2012
Just had a BSOD with driver-irql-not-less-or-equal. I have attached the minidump...
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|27 May 2012
Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit. SP1.
These crashes were caused by memory corruption/exception (Cx05) probably a driver.
Please run these two tests to verify your memory and find which driver is causing the problem.
* If you are overclocking anything reset to default before running these tests.
In other words STOP!!!
* If you have a Raid update its Driver.
*Download a copy of Memtest86 and burn the ISO to a CD using Iso Recorder or another ISO burning program. Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
*Boot from the CD, and leave it running for at least 5-7 passes.
Just remember, any time Memtest reports errors, it can be either bad RAM or a bad motherboard slot.
Test the sticks individually, and if you find a good one, test it in all slots.
Any errors are indicative of a memory problem.
If a known good stick fails in a motherboard slot it is probably the slot.
Driver Verifier
Using Driver Verifier is an iffy proposition.
Most times it'll crash and it'll tell you what the driver is.
But sometimes it'll crash and won't tell you the driver.
Other times it'll crash before you can log in to Windows.
If you can't get to Safe Mode, then you'll have to resort to offline editing of the registry to disable Driver Verifier.
I'd suggest that you first backup your stuff and then make sure you've got access to another computer so you can contact us if problems arise.
Then make a System Restore point (so you can restore the system using the Vista/Win7 Startup Repair feature).
In Windows 7 you can make a Startup Repair disk by going to Start....All Programs...Maintenance...Create a System Repair Disc - with Windows Vista you'll have to use your installation disk or the "Repair your computer" option at the top of the Safe Mode menu .
Then, here's the procedure:
- Go to Start and type in "verifier" (without the quotes) and press Enter
- Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)" and click "Next"
- Select "Select individual settings from a full list" and click "Next"
- Select everything EXCEPT FOR "Low Resource Simulation"IRP Logging and Force Pending I/O Requests. and click "Next"
NOTE: You can use Low Resource Simulation if you'd like.
From my limited experimentation it makes the BSOD's come faster.
- Select "Select driver names from a list" and click "Next"
Then select all drivers NOT provided by Microsoft and click "Next"
- Select "Finish" on the next page.
If you are using win 8 add these
- Concurrency Stress Test
- DDI compliance checking
Reboot the system and wait for it to crash to the Blue Screen.
Continue to use your system normally, and if you know what causes the crash, do that repeatedly.
The objective here is to get the system to crash because Driver Verifier is stressing the drivers out.
If it doesn't crash for you, then let it run for at least 36 hours of continuous operation.
Reboot into Windows (after the crash) and turn off Driver Verifier by going back in and selecting "Delete existing settings" on the first page, then locate and zip up the memory dump file and upload it with your next post.
If you can't get into Windows because it crashes too soon, try it in Safe Mode.
If you can't get into Safe Mode, try using System Restore from your installation DVD to set the system back to the previous restore point that you created.
Thanks to JCGriff2 & Usasma.
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|31 May 2012
Run memtest and my sticks passed the test twice with no errors. I will run the test on each stick individually though sometime in the weekend. I have started the driver verifier thing and so far i have one bsod from 000.fcl. I attached minidumps for this and a couple of other bsods i had while playing League of Legends.
(I tried to upload the memory.dmp file too but it was too big...)
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|31 May 2012
I'm posting this reply as a reference so here goes:
Non-microsoft drivers/Tested(yes or no)/Result
asacpi.sys/yes/pending further tests
asio.sys/yes/pending further tests
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|02 Jun 2012
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
000.fcl is part of Cyberlink software. What is the age of your Cyberlink software?
asio.sys: Asus PCProbe Utility (can probably be uninstalled without causing issues)
Your asacpi.sys should not be a problem; more than likely it is due to another driver conflicting with it and perhaps asio.sys?
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Newspaper circulations are down again – cue the paywall plans
Almost all Irish newspapers posted largely predictable slides in their circulation figures yesterday, with sales of the Irish Times falling below the psychologically important 100,000 mark.
Interestingly, however, the Times also posted audited figures for some of its digital editions – 2,023 for its online e-paper and 1,687 for subs on what they call "other platforms, such as Kindle" – I assume that's e-readers as its iPhone and Android apps are currently free.
Some beermat maths: The Kindle edition costs £14.99 (€17.65) a month, the epaper between €13.33 and about €50 a month depending on how you pay. So that comes to somewhere between about €56,000 and €133,000 a month. That leaves the Times some way to go to make up for the missing 6,393 sales (worth about £325,000 a month on cover price alone).
Although Liam Kavanagh, the MD, said he was happy with the print + apps + epaper total, by far the most interesting thing he said yesterday was again raising the prospect of a paywall, "particularly in the context of business coverage and niche content", at irishtimes.com. That may explain the heavy trailing for their revamped daily business supplement.
I do hope the Irish Times isn't basing its plans on the success of the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal's paywalls. I've written here before that I don't think a general interest newspaper can compete with such specialist publications. Irish newspaper executives are almost certainly also looking at the relative success of the New York Times's paywall (although plummeting advertising revenues take the gloss off that, too).
In the US, Gannett announced yesterday that it was going to put up a metered-use paywall at 80 titles. The company, which owns 200 titles in the UK, claims the US paywalls could increase revenues by $100 million. I'll believe it when I see it. In London yesterday, News International announced a new "digital pack", essentially doubling the online price of the Times of London and the Sunday Times. The Times claims 119,255 digital subscribers, but doesn't break them down between web-only and print subscribers and doesn't indicate what kind of reader turnover it suffers.
In short, the titles that use or plan to use paywalls are either so specialised, so over-optimistic or so secretive, it is very difficult to extract any meaningful indication of whether such a strategy would work in a market as small as Ireland's. My suspicion is that it would not.
Publishers need to be made fully aware that paywalls are no panacea – at the Paywall Strategies conference in London yesterday, the Economist's Audra Martin said it had doubled the content it produced over the past two years.
"Just putting print online was never going to be enough," she said. "We had to up the amount and frequency we were publishing."
Although the potential rewards are great – the Economist's operating profits rose 6 per cent in the first half of 2011 – how many publishers would commit to such a large increase in journalistic output while maintaining its quality?
Will people stop linking to that article by Matt Ingram and just read the financial statements put out by the New York Times flagship paper? If you did that, you would see that for the first time in FIVE LONG YEARS, it is growing revenue, while the rest of the company struggles sans paywall. ( well, boston just started). The paywall has been a blinding success, and did anyone notice that the number of subscribers INCREASED from last quarter…so it is picking up speed. Good lord, will people just learn how to read a financial statement.. It is just not that hard. Then you dont have to depend on people like Ingram and repeat his foolishness.
You are making the same mistake that Ingram is making. The Times COMPANY is many papers, of whom only one had a full fledged paywall during that period. You cant judge the paywall by the performance of other papers, can you? This is like saying that LeBron James is a bad basketball player because Dwyane Wade doesn't score more points now.
The question is… How did the New York Times
PAPER do, by itself, with the paywall? So lets look at the actual financial statements…
Go to page 22 to see how the NYT Paper did by itself. What we see is that it is growing revenue. Also note that the revenue growth is ALL in circulation. The paywall. Ingram makes this mistake time and time again because he cant read financial statements. In fact, he does not even try, which is shameful, since his job should included that.
This is the context of the NYT's now-growing revenue stream…
– it reversed over five years of not just shrinking, but plummeting revenues
– it reversed nearly ten years of print circulation declines on Sundays.
These are astonishing results. So astonishing that some people refuse to believe them…
Sorry about the poor pagination. No excuse really. It is page 14 as you noted.
You stated the full year numbers. That is a poor comparison. The paywall did not start until march 2011 and only had half the current subscribers until mid summer, most of whom paid a small introductory rate for the first month. The better comparison is quarter over quarter- Advertsing decreased 3.8 percent. Circulation increased 7.9 percent. The overall effect was a growth in revenue of 0.5% at that entire, single paper. 'Astonishing' is subjective of course, but this is to me. This was in the context of double-digit revenue losses in previous years, and a host of futurists who predicted this would be a dismal failure. But the paywall keeps growing, and in fact sped up slightly in the last quarter. Heck, they even grew some print! Looking down the barrel of an industry death, this thrills me. Btw, i am neither a journalist nor have any connections here. I just love newspapers, and have all of my 32 years.
As for smaller countries, I might point to the paywalls being put up by Piano Media in Slovakia. They cover all of the newspapers in Slovakia. They have not released revenue numbers because they are private, but it has been up for about one year. They just increased prices 25%. This would imply that demand is healthy. Of course, Slovakia does have an insular language, so it is a bit different.
One underreported fact is that here in the United States, about 50% of newspapers with circulation of less than 25,000 have paywalls. These are mostly smaller town papers, needless to say. They thrive on having a monopoly over local news.
This has even been working well in Metro sized papers of 100,000 to 300,000. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette is a great example here in the US. They started a paywall in 2003 and have been growing PRINT circulation ever since. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM0kCYFJFJA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I wish I could come up with more examples, but there arent any. Metro papers have been very fearful of losing market share, and so never charged. Foolish.
Most important in my mind is that, at least here in the US, no more than 25% of the population read newspaper in the
last 50 years. The Newpaper audience has always been a select few willing to pay. I say stop catering to the masses who only ever cared for Radio and TV in the first place.
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Got our first "family" holiday coming up this year. Any recomendations where to go on holiday for a week or 2, in June, with a 1-yr old who loves being outdoors?
Figure he'll be too young to go on a beach holiday (which suits me), but we want some warm sunshine.
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Where to go on holiday with a Baby?
Got our first "family" holiday coming up this year. Any recomendations where to go on holiday for a week or 2, in June, with a 1-yr old who loves being outdoors?
We've only taken ours in the UK so far.
Windermere Marina Village. 10 mins walk from Bowness. Very good and child friendly. Can't guarantee sun though.
We spend a lot of time in the Lakes (we live in Northumberland)
Fancy a change...
how about heading down here to Pembrokeshire? When the weather is good it's fantastic and when it's poo atleast it's mild!
Lots of holiday cottages to look at (coastal cottages) or stay at the newish Bluestone place as a base and use the big pool when it's raining.
Lots of beaches, coastal paths and little places to visit like St Davids, Solva, Tenby etc.
I love living here and lots of my friends and family now holiday here cos it's better than Devon and Cornwall
But I didn't tell you that...
When Jnr was a year old, we did Northumberland - great beaches (OK, you had to be wrapped up but, hey sandcastles!), quite a lot of farm parks, especially if you go over the border (the Jedburgh one was good), and lots of walking in a backpack.
Or you could look at Dumfries and Galloway - again, beaches, farmparks, castles, FC sites, some of which have trails....
Wherever you go, Jnr will fall asleep the minute you arrive somewhere in the car, and half your holiday will be spent sat in a car park with a snoozing toddler.....
swadey - love the Northumberland beaches, but shh, don't tell everyone - its our best secret!
To be honest, we were thinking of heading somewhere further afield as we're depserate for sunshine.
Jersey, warm and sandy beaches. If you climb there are beaches with crags/cliffs at the back of them.
anywhere you want to, we took our oldest to spain when he was only 10 months old.
I'd definately recommend Italy - ridiculously family-friendly; you can take your baby everywhere with you, eat out in the evening. Everyone makes a fuss of children there - it's really lovely.
Coat on etc..............
Baby with a capital B. That means he's going with one of the family of that French fly half.
New Forest?
If you move your holiday to August you could combine it with the Big Bike Bash. Baby only costs 1p.
WCA - you can buy a baby for 1p?!!
Why would you be limited? Go where you want to go and take the baby with you. My first came to Madeira at 10 mths, second to Canada for 3 weeks at about 6 months. They are really quite portable if you don't give into the hype of all the baby kit 'they' say you need. Also, do any flying trips before they're two, so you don't have to pay for a seat.
In the same boat myself, wondering where to go with wife and eight-month-old daughter for a weekend break or even a full week.
Have been advised to go on city break or do the sort of holiday that won't be possible/desirable once children get to toddler age.
Probably going to get Eurostar to Bruges.
Anyone know if Belgium is particularly child friendly/unfriendly?
We like Majorca. Not too long a flight and if you ask for a seat with the child cot you get the bonus of mega leg room.
The kids like the sunshine and if you think a 1yr old wont enjoy the sand you are wrong. Its great fun (Ours were both walking by 8mths). I know its a bit chavvy but we go to the family thomson clubs now because the kids are so well catered for and it gives us a 'chance' of a holiday. The added bonus is that they have child friendly swimming pools. At 1yr old both my kids spent many an hour playing in the walk in pool with other similar aged children with buckets of water etc whilst we laid and watched. But they are becoming really quite expensive now that its in the school holidays.
Oh and we took our 6wks old daughter to St Lucia for 2 wks when she was born due to a family wedding. Biggest waste of £4k i have ever spent. I would have got more satisfaction out of burning the money.
How about landing at an airport and having a child nearly unconsceous whilst you waited in unbelievable heat to go through check in. By the time we got through some waiting taxi drivers rushed us into one of the mini buses and put the air con on full pelt to try to cool our daughter down. It took more than that to cool me down!!
2nd Jersey, great beaches, quiet roads to cycle, some good quality camp sites, not far to hop over to France if you want to for the day.
So far we've done UK and several trips abroad. Majorca was fine as the flights were day time. Fuerteventura flight there was fine but coming back was a bit laet. Had the flight crew not been trying to flog Duty Free 3 hrs into the flight by reading out the entire catalogue at a volume that hurt everyone's ears and woke up the large number of sleeping children on board, we'd have been fine there too!
I'd say anywhere in the UK or a flight of 2hrs or less is fine.
That said, we are plannign to drive to France as JnrI loves being in the car and we can break up the journey with lots of stops en route.
Salcombe, for a little bit of English riviera. Dont expect it to be much cheaper than flying somewhere though, unless you camp/caravan.
As somebody above said - anywhere. The only limiting factor is yourself - how tired and ratty do you get when you travel?
We were in Milan on my oldest's 1st birthday - enjoyed that, and the Italians were very friendly because of the baby. This year, with one 5 yr old and one just under 2 we went to Marrakech and had a fantastic time, kids no problem. Have just booked a trip to Jordan and Egypt for November.
Having said that, the kids are happy being anywhere new - a field in Devon for 24/12, or in the Jemaa el Fnaa (sp?) looking at a snake charmer. They take it all in their stride.
We did eurocamp holdiays in France, good fun, but quite hard work with 1 and 4 year old ;-). Done Landal in Holland for last two years, it's like bike friendly, chav free, cheaper center parcs.
sorry for the slight hijack.
has anyone ever taken a 3 month old on a ski holiday?
looking at getting an apartment for the family for a week so me and my older son can go sking with missus and bambino just dossing around. looking at a deal to italy which seems to get good press above.
on a purely selfish note
please dont fly with your baby on any trips ill be taking,
our last trip skiing was only a 1hr30 flight but on the way out 1 child was screaming the entire time on 6am flight
and on my return i had a toddler who would decide to kick the back of my chair exactly at the base of my spine every 5 minutes, ended up having words with his dad as his older sister just couldnt control him
I hate airports and planes, and couldn't bare the thought of flying with the twins until they at least 5, not for the sake of other passangers sanity but for mine.
We've done Mallorca with an 8 month old - we just made sure it was a well equiped villa (washing machine, microwave, dvd player for watching films)! so we didn't have to go out all the time and had some space for the older one to run around.
We also did Portugal with 18 month old. Even if the beach isn't their thing they enjoy swimming and being outside a lot.
For Uk we have done Croyde in North Devon every year so far. Great beach (so we can surf!)an indoor children's pool, a couple of playgrounds and child friendly pubs. Also a few 'attractions' in the area which are child friendly.
Would recommend self catering.
Kimbers - I can see where you are coming from but then i have had similar levels of inconvenience from adult passengers on planes before. The ones who insist on reclining their seats the minute they sit down regardless. At least a young child has an excuse.
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Neilson beachplus club holidays are brilliant - we've been to their place in Ortakent, Turkey three times now, the most recent with our (at the time) one year old. He loved it - there's a creche which is very well set up and the resort is well set up for families. Food is great (full board minus three nights) and there's even baby sitting to give you some time to yourself.
Not particularly cheap though (about £550 per person in June this year) but a brilliant place and you can even do some (pretty chilled out) mtbing. Sam the guide is a top bloke.
Our first came to Paris with us at 12 weeks, have had transatlantic flights with them as young as five months. Jersey is good. Brittany is fantastic too, Italy brilliant for families. Short of a full on activity holiday we haven't really changed plans because of the kids, but we've never been on a beach in the Med type holiday anyway.
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Washington, DC (UPI) -- Two women -- one of them a veteran campaigner and the other a novice -- prayed beside men Friday in Washington's Islamic Center, the hub of America's Muslim community.
"It felt so beautiful," said Rahat Khan, a tax accountant from Maryland. "I was really proud and pleased to see all these Muslim men, creating space for us."
Khan, new in this campaign for demanding equal rights for women inside the mosque, almost turned away from the door of the Islamic Center in Washington's diplomatic enclave. "I told Asra I may not go in but I did," she said, referring to Asra Nomani, the woman who started the campaign about three years ago from a mosque in Morgantown, W. Va.
"Last night, I was afraid. Today it felt very nice," said Khan who met first met Nomani last week but was not willing to go to the mosque with her until Thursday night and was having second thoughts when they arrived at the mosque Friday afternoon. Her desire for regaining the equal status that she believes Islam has given her, but has been denied to her by Muslim men, overcame her fear.
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FORMER world champion Stuart Jones turned the tide on the hosts' Gary Langdown to win the Contender Southern Area Championship at Highcliffe Sailing Club last weekend.
Jones (Datchet Water SC), who lifted global titles in 1993 and 1998, had run his rival close at the Contender Open in Eastbourne earlier this month but got the better of Langdown with four top-three finishes.
Saturday's racing saw the field troubled by inconsistent winds which caused the race committee to spin the course 180 degrees to cater for the shift to a south-westerly breeze.
Tom Hooton (Burton SC) and Adrian Smith (Hythe & Saltwood SC) won the first two ahead of Jones, while Langdown took fifth and third, respectively, before race three was abandoned with the wind dropping below three knots.
On Sunday, the conditions were more favourable with gusts of 15 knots with Jones taking the honours in the first race. Another fifth for Langdown in the opener proved costly with victory in the last two races not enough to catch Jones in the final reckoning. A late flurry saw Highcliffe's Simon Mussell finish eighth overall.
Meanwhile, Bruce Keen (Stokes Bay SC) won the Musto Skiff Open with success in the opening races on Saturday and Sunday.
Dave Poston (Datchet Water SC) suffered a snapped halyard but recovered to finish second, including one race win, with Alex Knight (Castle Cove SC) third.


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The Nike Zoom Stefan Janoski is known for its low-key, mostly two-toned colorups. It's spent plenty of time in the 'blue' region of the color wheel, and while this latest edition follows that classic original colorblocking scheme, these might be the most vibrant to date. Chalk that up to the Neo Turquoise canvas upper, a vivid oceanic shade that'll serve you well as we move into the warmer part of the year. Take a closer look after the jump, let us know if you plan on adding these to your rotation and if so, you'll find them available now at CNCPTS.
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Q. I've heard about the DASH diet. What is it and who would benefit from it?
A. The DASH diet can help you control your blood pressure and reduce the risks of heart disease. The DASH Diet (from Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), is considered a lifelong style of eating.
The diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, fat-free and low-fat dairy foods, lean meat, poultry and fish, and whole grains. It's low in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, and it's high in fiber, calcium, potassium and magnesium -- minerals that can help regulate and lower blood pressure.
High blood pressure is twice as likely to strike a person with diabetes as a person without diabetes. Fully 50% of people with diabetes have high blood pressure, and in people with Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure may exist before diabetes is diagnosed.
High blood pressure increases the risk of damage to large and small blood vessels. In the case of large blood vessels, this increases the risk of heart attack or stroke; in the case of small blood vessels, it increases the risk of kidney and eye disease.
You can -- you should -- take positive steps to reduce the risk by treating high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels and by not smoking. Left untreated, high blood pressure could lead to heart attack or stroke.
Food servings in 2,000 calories/day DASH menu:
- Grains: 6 to 8 servings daily (1/2 cup rice or pasta, or 1 slice bread)
- Vegetables: 4 to 5 servings daily (1/2 cup cut up vegetables such as broccoli or 1 cup leafy greens)
- Fruits: 4 to 5 servings daily (1 medium fruit or 1/2 cup fruit salad)
- Fat-free or low-fat dairy foods: 2 to 3 servings daily (1 cup milk or yogurt, or 11/2 ounces cheese)
- Lean meat, poultry, or fish: 6 or less servings per day (1 ounce cooked and less than 4 egg yolks per week )
- Nuts, seeds, and legumes: 4 to 5 servings per week (1 1/2 ounces nuts, 2 tablespoons nut butter, or 1/2 cup cooked dried beans)
- Fats and oils: 2 to 3 servings daily (1 teaspoon soft margarine or oil, or 1 tablespoon mayonnaise)
- Sweets and added sugars: 5 or less servings per week (1 small piece or 1/2 cup serving)


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Despite the sluggish economy and continued reports of high unemployment, all the small business owners I know (including me) are looking to hire. The obstacle to doing so is not new health care laws as some would have you believe, nor is it always a lack of job-specific or industry-specific skills. Rather, it is a more fundamental problem. Most of the candidates whose applications cross my desk lack the basic character traits to become a successful employee. Those are:
At Metal Mafia, initiative is creating opportunity, and not waiting for it to fall into your lap. Sales don't happen. They are made. And they are made when a savvy strategist listens carefully to a customer's needs and suggests the perfect product to help meet that need. If a candidate applies to my company and cannot even take the time to explain to me in complete sentences why he would be an asset to my company, there is no way he will be able to explain to my customer why one of Metal Mafia's products may solve his problem better than another.
More than any degree or work experience, hustle is the most crucial indicator of whether an employee will be successful at my company. Hustle puts you in the right place at the right time, once you identify an opportunity. Hustle is the difference between a sales rep who sends a customer a catalogue and says, "Can I call you on Wednesday to go over the catalogue with you?" and one who says, "Give me a call when you have a had a chance to look over the catalogue." If a candidate applies to my company and I ask him to call me for a phone interview at his convenience, and he doesn't do so within 24 hours, I know he's not a hustler, and he won't jump to get my customers' needs met in a timely manner either.
A great employee brings high energy--and I mean the contagious kind--to everything he does. If he approaches a customer call and conversation with enthusiasm, a sales rep can change a customer's day. A job candidate who doesn't speak clearly, who gives one word answers, who looks down instead of into my eyes, or who communicates in a monotone, will never be able to get my customers excited for his call, nor will he be able to generate enough excitement to interest them in Metal Mafia's products.
This quality is what separates star employees from mediocre ones. You can take the initiative to sniff out an opportunity, have the hustle to put yourself in the right place at the right time, and work with enormous energy, but you will only be an average player if you don't bring a healthy dose of curiosity to the job. A curious sales rep doesn't just suggest solutions for a problem a customer describes. He listens for both expressed needs and silent subtext, which may indicate additional unexpressed and un-met needs, and he asks questions to learn more about both. If a potential employee comes to an interview and asks no questions about my company, or has done no research on who I am and what the company does, he will never be able to muster the curiosity needed to help my customers take their businesses to the next level.
For me, hiring is a lot like beginning a romantic relationship: a first interview is akin to a first date, and should exemplify the best of what a new relationship can offer; there are things I can compromise on, and things I can't. I believe these are the four characteristics that are non-negotiable.


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Romania are likely to be without central defender Iulian Filipescu for the EURO 2004™ qualifier against Norway in Bucharest next month.
Root of the problem
The Real Betis Balompié player is to undergo surgery on Monday in a bid to cure him of persistent leg injuries and is a major doubt for the Group 2 tie on 12 October. Doctors hope to deaden a nerve in his back which, they believe, is the cause of his problems.
'A lot of pain'
"It is causing me a lot of pain and I don't think I will play against Norway," said Filipescu, who has missed all but one of Romania's games this year and is ruled out of Betis's UEFA Cup tie against FC Zimbru Chisinau tonight. "I'm sick of missing so many games," he said.
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WASHINGTON -- The Presidential Inaugural Committee raised more than $4.5 million last week, increasing the total amount of donations to $18 million, or about half of the $35 million to $40 million it plans to raise to finance three days of events including fireworks, the swearing in, a parade and nine balls.
Money raised last week came from 25 corporate donors and 10 individuals who contributed $25,000 to $250,000, the maximum allowed by the committee. Three individuals and 11 corporations each contributed $250,000, according to the committee's Web site, www.inaugural05 .com, which was updated Friday.
"We have seen a great deal of enthusiasm from people who are committed to ensuring that the 55th inaugural is a success," said Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the committee. "People understand that this is one of America's greatest traditions. ... They are excited to be a part of it, and it is their generosity that makes the events affordable for everyday Americans."
The estimated cost of the three days of inaugural events does not include security, which planners have said will be the tightest in history.
Among those who contributed $250,000 last week was Alex G. Spanos of Stockton, Calif., owner of A.G. Spanos Co. and the San Diego Chargers. Carl H. Lindner of Cincinnati, owner of the Cincinnati Reds and a big financial backer of President Bush's during the campaign, also contributed $250,000. Another company owned by Lindner, American Financial Group Inc., also made a $250,000 contribution. The third top individual donor was Thomas F. Stephenson of Atherton, Calif.
All three men were "Rangers" in the 2004 campaign, Republican donors who raised at least $200,000 each for Bush's reelection.
The remaining corporations that contributed $250,000 last week to the inaugural committee were Cinergy Corp. of Cincinnati; AT&T; United Parcel Service; New Energy Corp. of South Bend, Ind.; Bank of America Corp.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Strongbow Technologies Corp. of Burtonsville, Md. Oracle Corp. of Rocklin, Calif., donated $225,000.
Pepsi-Cola Co. and Tyson were among the corporations that contributed $100,000 last week. The committee received 11 donations of $250,000, one of $225,000, 13 of $100,000, two of $50,000 and eight of $25,000.
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For real things haven't been the same since Bill Watterson left the game. I may punctuate this evening with pouring out some Frosted Sugar Bombs for my homie.
On another note; I finally got around to posting DAYGLOAYHOLE issue one to my super lame-o esty site. You can get you the first DAYGLOAYHOLE mini-comic there too. MMR called it "full of bone-headed violence," so you know it's a hoot.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson Good gravy, it's been almost 20 years since I saw his last colored piece in the Sunday paper. I even kinda stole his fictional product, naming it "Bran Frosted Sugar", for use in my late 20th century videos. It's okay, I bought all of his comic books and kept them relatively breadcrumb and chocolate stain-free.
Would you consider signing your comic books for an extra coupla bucks more?
I'd be happy to sign it for no extra capital.
2013-03-06 03:35:45
"Buy two, get one signed"?


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I found this piece of fossil wood in Ossett, West Yorkshire, UK and it is carboniferous in age. It comes from the carboniferous clay formation. It is definietly fossil wood but I'm unsure if the little pebble thing inside is a fossil nut.
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As kids all over America head back to school, Broadway.com decided to ask our favorite Broadway stars to look back at their own years in the classroom, sharing memories of favorite subjects and activities and describing their younger selves. For Laura Osnes, who is wrapping up her run as Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes before starring in Bonnie & Clyde later this fall, her high school destiny is being fulfilled!
Who was your favorite teacher and why?
Mrs. Geier. She was my choir teacher in high school. She also musically directed all the high school musicals, and I loved her so much! She was always so kind and encouraging, proud and supportive. More like an auntie than a teacher!
In school you would have been named "most likely to…"
I actually was voted "Most Likely to Be on Broadway" my senior year. Ha!
What's your favorite back-to-school item?
Ooooh, my favorite thing was picking out my schedule planner every year. Hahaha! I still have not resorted to the digital age and continue to pick out and write everything in a planner every year.
In which extracurricular activities did you participate?
Chamber Choir, Theater, National Honor Society
What class did you dread and why?
Phys-Ed, of course. All the boys threw dodge balls at me.
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Francona and Dunn and 0-2 Walks
Francona-The Red Sox Years, the terrific new book by Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy is filled with great stories and shiny anecdotal nuggets.
Tito's relationship with Dustin Pedroia was renowned for their give-and-take teasing. On page 26, after Shaughnessy addresses Francona's self-deprecating style when he talks about his pwn playing days, Dan points out that Francona "swung at everything, and he almost never struck out." After extolling a number of Francona's amateur achievements, Shaughnessy adds this fun quote:
There's one other stat that nobody knows about, said Dustin Pedroia (kiddingly)…."He is the only player with a minimum of 1,000 plate appearances to never work an 0-2 walk. How awesome is that? He had no fight in him. None! That's unbelievable!"
Well, of course, Pedey was right (about the absence of whiffs, not about the competitive nature of Francona). While all the data is not available, we do know that Tito had 1827 plate appearances from 1981-90. And of the 72 PA he had from 1988 on that he had an 0-2 count, after that Tito drew no walks. He struck out 14 times and picked up 14 hits.
The 2012 leader in walks, after an 0-2 count, was not surprisingly Adam Dunn.
Here are the 0-2 walk leaders.
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how to access hard disk with linux livecd and pxe-e61 error
I'm trying to recover files from my hard disk. I've been downloading a lot of livecds and i read somewhere that Slax mounts your hard drive automatically so that's what I'm using right now. I found an hda directory in the mnt directory already but it doesn't seem to have anything in it.
I've been trying to recover my files because it seems I'm the PXE-E61 error. This error message is shown repeatedly when i try to boot my laptop (toshiba satellite m70, in case that helps):
For realtek rtl8139(A/B/C)/RLT8130 pci fast ethernet controller v 2.11 (001205
Pxe-e61: media test failure, check cable
Pxe-M0F: exiting PXE rom
Does this have anything to do with it? Is it even possible to recover my files when I have this error?
I haven't used Linux before so there are no Linux partitions. The only OS that I've been using is Windows XP.
I've also tried removing and replacing the battery and the hard disk already, crossed my fingers, but it didn't work(or maybe i just did it wrong or something).
I'm so desperate...I have a database development project due in about a week and the files are in the hard disk! can anyone help me please?
use puppy 3.01 if the drive is there it will find it and mount it. slax is a very limited cd. puppy is a slackware clone kind of 12.0 slax is just a advertising ploy. puppy 3.01 uses 90 percent of all the slackware 12.00 programs except the kernel is 2.6..21.7 instead of 184.108.40.206. puppy has saved me many of times now i use it as a full install with my slackware. it has even fixed live cds good luck.
thank you, i'm downloading it now.
i have this new concern though. I tried using Knoppix since I've been reading all around that it's the one with the best filesystem management? so i was relieved that i found the hard disk icon in the desktop. but the thing is, when i clicked on it, this error message came up:
Could not mount device.
The reported error was:
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified.
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Waikiki 9, Honlulu 0
Catcher Buster Posey (Giants) led the BeachBoys to their fifth straight win on Wednesday night defeating first place Honolulu 9-0. Posey went 4-for-6 with a run scored and three RBIs. Posey is now hitting .515 in the HWB league through 33 at-bats. Posey is also now tied for eighth in the league with thirteen RBIs as well. Waikiki first baseman Yonder Alonso (Reds) added 2-for-5 with a run, an RBI, and a double. BeachBoys left hander Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Nippon Ham Fighters) got the win with another strong outing going six innings allowing no runs and striking out nine. Yoshikawa lowered his ERA to 1.82 on the HWB league season. Yoshikawa now ranks fifth in the HWB league in ERA. Sharks catcher Tony Cruz (Cardinals) went 2-for-4 with a double to lead the Honolulu offense.
North Shore 7, West Oahu 3
Left hander Yasutaka Hattori (Chiba Lotte Marines) got the win for North Shore to improve to 3-1 on the winter season. Hattori threw five innings allowing two runs (one earned) and striking out three. Honu left fielder Matt McBride (Indians) went 2-for-5 with a run, two doubles, and an RBI. Catcher Jason Castro (Astros) went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored, and two RBIs for the Honu. North Shore second baseman Ron Rivas (Indians) added a 2-for-4 day and drove in two. West Oahu second baseman Mark Hallberg (Diamondbacks) went 3-for-5 with a run and double, and third baseman Tyler Henson (Orioles) went 2-for-4 with a run, a double, and a triple in the losing effort.


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Avian eggshells may break easily when impacted at a localized point; however, they exhibit impressive resistance when subjected to a well-distributed compressive load. For example, a common demonstration of material strength is firmly squeezing a chicken egg along its major axis between one's hands without breaking it. This research provides insight into the underlying mechanics by evaluating both macroscopic and microstructural features. Eggs of different size, varying from quail (30 mm) to ostrich (150 mm), are investigated. Compression experiments were conducted along the major axis of the egg using force-distributing rubber cushions between steel plates and the egg. The force at failure increases with egg size, reaching loads upwards of 5000 N for ostrich eggs. The corresponding strength, however, decreases with increasing shell thickness (intimately related to egg size); this is rationalized by a micro-defects model. Failure occurs by axial splitting parallel to the loading direction—the result of hoop tensile stresses due to the applied compressive load. Finite-element analysis is successfully employed to correlate the applied compressive force to tensile breaking strength for the eggs, and the influence of geometric ratio and microstructural heterogeneities on the shell's strength and fracture toughness is established.
Electronic supplementary material is available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3662806.
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Places We Protect
Cayos Cochinos
Here, the Conservancy and local partners developed a conservation action plan for Cayos Cochinos National Monument, and together with community leaders, fishers and partners, we are supporting the demarcation of no-fishing zones to reduce illegal fishing and the intrusion of industrial fishing fleets into protected areas.
Find out what we are doing in Cayo Cochinos
Pine-Oak Forests
The pine-oak forests of Mesoamerica stretch from Chiapas in southern Mexico through northern Nicaragua. With nearly 1.5 million acres, Honduras (particularly the Department of Olancho) contains the most extensive and intact areas of the Central American Pine-Oak Forest ecoregion, which covers nearly 28 million acres in Mesoamerca. The ecoregion contains a variety of forest types, including high altitude conifer forests with a mix of pine species, nearly exclusive ocote pine forests, and mixed pine-and-oak forests. These forest habitats are critically threatened by deforestation, forest fires and expanding agriculture.
The Conservancy has partnered with the federal government, municipalities, the private sector and community-based organizations to improve sustainable forest management by local communities and municipalities, protect forests from the attacks of pests, and train forest guards in fire management.
The Conservancy also has supported the management of two priority protected areas--La Muralla Wildlife Reserve and Agalta National Park--as well as a project to boost community income by installing a saw mill to produce sustainably harvested goods. The Conservancy also has helped local communities improve their agricultural practices and strengthen organizational and administrative capacities.
Dry Forests of Central Honduras
The unique characteristics of Honduras' dry forest, which cover nearly 5 million acres over 105 patches of forest throughout the central region of the country, are a product of dramatic seasonal changes and tropical climate. Dry forests are especially important to migratory birds, and as many as 50 endemic plant species occur here.
The Conservancy has been working to protect the country's remaining dry forests by collaborating with national and local governments, conservation organizations, community leaders and universities. We supported development of a conservation action plan for the Emerald Hummingbird Reserve, and in San Esteban, we joined together with the municipal government to set aside for conservation a significant tract of dry forest that had been purchased to incinerate solid waste. In these two areas, the Conservancy is supporting the establishment of a land co-management process involving community-based organizations, local governments, local NGOs, and federal government agencies.


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Pilot Based Channel Estimation in Broadband Power Line Communication Networks
In this paper pilot based channel estimation is being considered for Broadband Power Line Communication (BPLC) networks witch used Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) in order to transmit high rate data. To estimate channel in time or frequency some pilot must be used. Number of these pilots and deployment of them is very important for proper estimation in different channel with varying time and frequency. Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) and hybrid multiple access protocol are taken into consideration in MAC sub-layer. Multi layered perceptions neural network with Back Propagation (BP) learning channel estimator algorithm with different pilot deployment compare to classic algorithm in for channel estimating.


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In the Luhansk region will judge the former fire rescuer, which is in a state of intoxication stole a car and hit her in the accident. Reports a press about it-service of Prosecutor's office of Luhansk region.
19 September employee of the SES, while in a state of alcoholic intoxication, was returning home after celebrating the Day of the fire and stole VAZ-1118, which was in an accident. The damage from the accident amounted to almost UAH 88 000.
The investigative Department of Prosecutor's office of Luhansk region sent to court the indictment on the fact of illegal appropriation of a vehicle, causing significant material damage (part 2 of article 289 of the criminal code of Ukraine).
News on topic: In the Poltava region have neutralized a gang of hijackers, which included police
The sanction of part 2 of article 289 of the criminal code of Ukraine prescribes punishment in the form of imprisonment for the term from five till eight years with confiscation of property or without it.
Earlier in the Donetsk region. the man, being drunk, stole a car, smashed it and went to sleep on the ground.