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Job-hunting? Look for business pain
My young friend Mikayla is a brilliant chickadee, and she's been that way as long as I've known her. Mikayla is my daughter's friend, and the two of them are sophomores in college now. Back when the girls were in eleventh grade, Mikayla pitched me on a summer babysitting assignment. "I can just imagine that it's hard for you once school gets out, with your second-grader underfoot," she wrote to me. "Do you want me to pick him up at the end of daycamp each day, take him for pizza and a dip in the rec center pool, and bring him back exhausted to have dinner and fall asleep?"
That was a summer babysitting offer I couldn't refuse. The reason I mention it in this column is because Mikayla put the whole thing together herself; I never mentioned to her that I really like to work until five or five-thirty, or that day camps tend to end at three or three-thirty. I never told her that my workdays were truncated because of the daycamp schedule.
She put herself in my shoes as a hiring manager, if that's the right term for a person in my situation. The truth is, I hadn't given three seconds of thought to the idea of summer babysitting before Mikayla wrote to me. If someone had asked me the direct question, "Looking for a summer babysitter?" I would have answered, "Thanks, but no," because summer babysitting was the last thing on my mind. Mikayla used a critical job-search technique (and consulting business-development technique, and sales technique) that I call Pain-Spotting(TM). She put herself in my shoes. She thought, "What would it be like to be a working mom with a little kid who needs attention after daycamp and has tons of energy, while that same mom has work to do and deadlines to meet?" She saw the pain first, then devised a solution. She presented the pain and her solution to me and created her own summer job.
Pain-Spotting(TM) — and looking for and talking about business pain in general — are good things for job-hunters to know about. There is business pain everywhere. We don't want to go to a hiring manager with the manager, "Look at my skills!" No one's going to care about a job-seeker's skills unless he or she is focused on the reason a job opening exists in the first place — namely, some kind of annoying and expensive business pain.
When we focus on business pain instead of focusing on the list of qualifications in a job ad, we get a huge advantage over other job-seekers. Now we can talk to the hiring manager about something more exciting than our years of experience and how neatly we fit the published job spec. God knows how many other people could say, truthfully or not, that they fit the job spec – what kind of distinction is that? We want to talk to the hiring manager about something much more visceral and important to him or her than the job spec or our qualifications. We want to say, "I know the movie you're living. I've been there."
In an earlier post, I talked about Pain Letters(TM). When you send a Pain Letter(TM) to a hiring manager, you avoid the Black Hole of Death, so that's one good thing. When you send a Pain Letter(TM), you address the actual person most likely to be losing sleep over the frustrating and expensive business pain that convinced a tight-fisted CFO (no slur on CFOs there: that's their job) to authorize a new job opening. But you don't have to wait fo a published job ad to send a Pain Letter(TM) or to look for business pain in your environment. You can send a Pain Letter(TM) to any leader or hiring manager. They always have some kind of pain. The question then becomes, "Is the pain bad enough for them to hire someone like you to alleviate it?"
It's not difficult to spot business pain. Here are a few examples for an Operations Manager job-hunter:
A tiny startup just got funded and announced a huge deal where they're going to be supplying a name-brand appliance manufacturer with parts. No doubt,they're in a mode where they need to ramp up back-office infrastructure fast (that's your specialty! You know that movie.)
A mid-sized company is opening a new location, twice the size of the old one. Hurrah! That's exciting, but pain-filled nonetheless. The company is growing, but are the operations growing at the pace they need to?
A large not-for-profit agency is merging with another organization that manages food banks and clothing distribution centers. How will they look after the movement of goods and people, the systems that will keep those things running smoothly and the cost of each of their programs? Isn't this a great time for them to talk to someone like you?
Job-hunters often ask me "How do people find out about the sixty or seventy percent of jobs that we keep reading never get publicized?" I sympathize with job-seekers who fear that there's some secret network of people who seem to always get the phone call when a new job opening is created. It doesn't work that way; there's no secret network, but there are millions of people scouting the landscape, talking to their friends, and keeping an ear to the ground. Pain-Spotting(TM) is right in the middle of that new-millennium job search philosophy.
When a kid's Pain-Spotting(TM) muscles are in place before the kid's graduation from high school, a mom and dad can sigh in relief. This is what kids need to learn, not how to get an A in a class they're not interested in or how to please an admissions director. The real world is full of business pain and solutions, and cultivating a Pain-Spotting(TM) worldview is a whole lot more important for a job-seeker of any age than worrying about a resume font or lobbing another resume into another Black Hole.
After all, it's lonely at the top — and that means every top, from a shop-floor supervisor to the CEO of a multinational corporation. Everyone likes to be understood, and 'gotten.' Focusing on business pain versus job-ad bullets is mojo-building, whereas writing "I have every qualification listed in your ad, Your Majesty" is just the opposite. Don't you deserve to grow your flame in a job search, versus diminishing it? I don't think there's any doubt at all about that.


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Robbinsdale Nutrition Services would like to welcome you to the 2019-20 school year. Breakfast and lunch are available at all of our schools. Student meals are planned to be healthy and well-balanced, providing students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school. Now is a great time to encourage your kids to choose school breakfast and lunch!
2019-20 school year:
*All kindergarten students receive breakfast at no cost.
*All students who qualify for free or reduced priced meals will receive FREE breakfast and FREE lunch. Applications must be filled out to qualify and must be filled out every school year. You can fill out an application online at http://rocketscan.rdale.org/ or request a paper application at any school or at the Education Service Center.
School meals offer students milk, fruit and vegetables, proteins and grains, and must meet strict limits on saturated fat and portion size. School lunches meet standards requiring:
* Age-appropriate calorie limits
* Larger servings of vegetables, including dark green, red/orange
vegetables and legumes
* Fat-free or 1% milk
* More whole grains
* Less sodium
We know how important it is to encourage students to consume healthier options, and we're always working to offer our students tastier and healthier choices. We have been working on some new and improved scratch recipes over the past year. We host student taste tests to get feedback directly from students and get them involved in the menu planning process. A daily entree salad will continue to be offered at the schools due to their success. Our school nutrition staff has found great ways to get students excited about healthy food choices and we'll continue to work on creative solutions to ensure healthy foods appeal to students.
School meals are a great value and a huge convenience for busy families, too! Prices for 2019-20 are as follows:
Elementary: $2.60
Middle School: $2.80
FAIR School Crystal: $2.80
High School: $2.95
Breakfast at all schools: $1.40
Students bringing a lunch from home may purchase milk for $.50
Those students who qualify for free or reduced price lunch may eat both breakfast and lunch at no cost. All kindergarten students may eat breakfast at no cost. Forest, Lakeview, Meadow Lake, Noble, Northport and Sonnesyn Elementary schools have a Grab and Go Breakfast in the Classroom program. Students at these schools eat breakfast at no cost.
We look forward to welcoming your children to the cafeteria this fall.
Thank you, and here's to healthy eating!
Katie Wahl
Brie Smith
Assistant Director
Lori Opitz
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thinkcomp necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 48 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Think of Digg.com, but for stocks. Members can submit stocks or investment ideas to be voted up to the front page, where they can be discussed by the community. The site is Web 2.0 meets traditional finance.
The target audience is anybody into trading and investing.
I'm thinking this should be really simple. If you look at the wireframe I uploaded it already has everything the site needs. It is intentionally designed to be simple because the site should be simple and easy to understand and use. The same goes for the logo. I didn't create a logo separately because I think it also is simple. It doesn't need to be graphically complex as the brand name is already great. Just the simple square chat icon adds enough visual interest to establish the brand and effectively express what the site is about. The logo just needs to be a bit better designed.
So, I think the layout is already basically what the site should be. The only thing I'm not sure about is the placement of the "upvote" arrow. Also, please note that the numeric vote count inside the holder must be something that can be created with HTML font like Arial, Verdana etc., not picture numbers. One final note is that the main content area should probably have a white background. Thanks so much for participating! I'll be very active and leaving feedback during the contest. I only need the final file(s) in PNG format.


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Would someone please explain the breakdown of current
Chanalyzer versions? I see from the website that there
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Basic, Chanalyzer 4, Chanalyzer 5, and Chanalyzer Pro.
I suspect that all of these do not exist anymore and
some name changes have transpired; however, it is all
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Chanalyzer 5 are the only two real products out now? Is
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No Mubarak-Style Condemnation for Morsi Power Grab from Washington
The first democratically elected leader of Egypt fled the presidential palace today as fury over his Islamist power grab boiled over in Cairo with protesters clashing with police and demanding the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood leader.
The chants of "leave, leave" and "the people want to topple the regime" heard by reporters on the ground were familiar -- the same chants heard in Tahrir Square two years ago when democracy-seeking Egyptians wanted president-for-life Hosni Mubarak out.
The draft "constitution," hastily forged by Islamists as Egypt's other vast interest groups protested the process hijacked by the Brotherhood, was the kerosene poured on Egyptians' anger over Morsi granting himself "temporary" power over the judiciary and all other oversight bodies.
As Mauritanian activist and blogger Nasser Weddady succinctly tweeted, "In conclusion: if you're a copt, an atheist, an agnostic, a Baha'i, non-religious Muslim, a shi'a, a Jew or a women you're screwed. If you'e a free thinker, an artist, a journalist, you're screwed by #Egypt new proposed ikhwani constitution #Liberticide"
The cries from Cairo, Alexandria, and beyond are getting louder as Egyptians protest the replacement of a dictatorship with Islamist tyranny.
In Washington... crickets.
There's been no statement by President Obama chiding the power grab. The last mention of Morsi by the White House was a week ago in the daily press briefing, where spokesman Jay Carney was asked about the Egyptian president's moves and in response urged "inclusive dialogue between the government of Egypt and all Egyptian stakeholders."
"The current constitutional impasse is an internal Egyptian situation that can only be resolved by the Egyptian people, through peaceful democratic dialogue," Carney said. "And we call on all Egyptians exercising their right to freedom of expression to do so peacefully."
National Security Adviser Tom Donilon today met with Assistant to the President of Egypt for Foreign Relations and International Cooperation Dr. Essam el-Haddad to reaffirm "the strategic relationship between the United States and Egypt," according to the White House, and "discussed a broad range of issues, including our bilateral economic cooperation, joint efforts to promote regional security and build on the cease-fire in Gaza, and Egypt's democratic transition and the need to move forward with a peaceful and inclusive transition that respects the rights of all Egyptians."
When reminded of the administration's strict stance against Mubarak back during the Arab Spring, Carney said "much has changed since Mubarak was in power."
"We need to step back, and look at the transformation that has been incurring in Egypt since the revolution began there," he said.
But the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee suggested that the Obama administration has blinders on because of how much it wants Morsi to succeed.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) noted late last week that the White House "seemed to go out of its way to praise the Morsi government for making the ceasefire agreement happen" in Gaza.
"According to news reports, administration officials indicated off the record that President Obama was investing heavily in Morsi and views him as someone with whom the U.S. could do business. Of course, then Morsi immediately engaged in a massive domestic power grab, claiming virtually unlimited powers," Ros-Lehtinen said.
"What steps should the Congress take to hold the Morsi government accountable for its actions? What further conditions should be placed on U.S. political, economic, and military support to Egypt?"
A congressional letter today demanded that Morsi step up his effort to stop arms smuggling into Gaza if he's so concerned about keeping the peace.


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"I'm not a dingo," declares Tom Wheeler.
A couple of weeks ago, HBO's John Oliver took up the subject of net neutrality on his faux-news program, Last Week Tonight. In a widely shared epic rant, Oliver argued that Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler has a conflict of interest in the debate over cable companies and Internet speeds, because he's a former lobbyist for the cable industry.
"That is the equivalent of needing a babysitter, and hiring a dingo," Oliver said -- a reference to the horrific Australian case involving the death of baby Azaria Chamberlain, later made into a Meryl Streep movie.
This put Wheeler in the unusual position of having to admit that he watched Oliver's segment, and to play along by publicly denying that he is a wild Australian dog. "I would like to state for the record that I'm not a dingo," he declared Friday.
This week, on his program, Oliver was having none of it. First of all, he argued, he hadn't said Wheeler was a dingo, just that he was like one. But, he added, "now you're denying it so strenuously I'm honestly starting to wonder whether you are actually a dingo after all."
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I know that so many people are struggling with allergies and the sinus issues that accompany them right now. In addition to decreasing your stress levels, changing your diet (example: consuming more quercetin-rich foods like apples and onions on a daily basis) there is another drug-free option to assist you in your sleep, literally.
They've been around for a while and you might have tried them before – I'm talking about Breathe Right nasal strips. The strips (available in clear or tan) simply and gently lift the sides of your nose to help you breathe easier. So simple yet SO effective. I don't think I have allergies, but my sinuses do bother me sometimes and the Breathe Right strips make breathing through my nose so much clearer. They're also supposed to work great for snoring!
Have you tried them before? What did you think?
If you want to give them a try: Breathe Right Free Sample. You can also enter the 'Better Breathing' sweepstake, where you can win Breathe Right products and a grand prize trip to Yosemite National Park! Enter here: The Better Breathing Sweepstakes (bottom of the page. Ends 6/17/11)
*M80 contacted me to write this blog post on behalf of Breathe Right and provided me with samples. Thanks M80!


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Posting at What's the Score
What's the Score is to hold baseball posts otherwise cluttering Sox Clubhouse and Talking Baseball. If it's baseball and it's nonsense, it goes here. Specifically:
Pale Hose conspiracies,
Runaway rumors (or made up trade ideas), and
Lovable Loser laments.
What's the Score has nothing to do with the media!
If something is just a baseball rumor, or is just your idea for starting a rumor... it goes in here.
If something is just a rant about a perceived injustice/conspiracy by the Sox with little or no foundation... it goes in here.
If a post is primarily about the flubbies... it goes in here.
If it's just another nasty post about the same Sox or baseball topic being drilled home day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year... it goes in here.
We'll keep all the baseball related nonsense confined to one board so each poster can read it or avoid it as they see fit.
Enjoy Sox Clubhouse and Talking Baseball for general Sox Fan fun and serious talk about baseball. For all other baseball talk, "Hey dude, what's the score?"
I'd like to reiterate PHG's point because some posters seem to think this forum is designed specifically so they can dog on the flubbies.
It's not.
The reason flubbie related posts go in this forum is because historically it's proven impossible to have a rational discussion about the crosstown Chicago baseball team without a select flubsessed few jumping in and crapping all over the thread or ranting about the bias the flubs receive from the media.
Ideally, WSI would love to be able to move all the flubbie posts into the Talking Baseball forum, but unfortunately those few flubsessed fans make it impossible to do so. Thus we created WTS not as an encouragement for irrational posters to vent their spleen, froth at the mouth and scream "flubs suck" in all caps, but because we find those posts to be an embarrassment to Sox fans and the site in general. So we built a garbage dump to house them in. The alternative was to accept the select few who would walk into the middle of our living room, take a dump on the carpet, pee on the drapes call it fine art and defend their right to keep on doing it.
In reality, we wish the peeing and dumping would stop altogether and that fans feeling the need to rant about the flubs would go do it on a flubs suck site or join a chat group or post status updates on Facebook. Just because we live with it doesn't mean we have to like it, accept it or encourage it.
Please keep this in mind when posting in this garbage dump of a forum...
Riding shotgun on the Sox bandwagon since before there was an Internet...
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BOTW Fans Have More to Like
Social Media: The final next frontier. Perhaps you are already so accustomed to seeing sharing and liking options online that they have long since faded into the background of your favorite websites. When you step outside of simply clicking a button on a page, however, you'll find that sharing and connecting with your favorite businesses through social media has many benefits. If your Facebook news feed has morphed into a chaotic influx of fan page advertisements and status updates, fear not. We have no intention of spamming you. Instead, we'd like to provide you with a few reasons why the BOTW page should be one of your top Facebook Likes, and why it's worth sharing.
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Promo, please!
We get countless emails every day asking where to find announcements about upcoming or currently active promotions. Aside from right here, the answer is Facebook. By liking our Facebook page, it will not only appear in your news feed the moment a new promotion is announced, but you'll also be made privy to opportunities to win coupons and other prizes every week.
Once you like BOTW on Facebook, stay tuned for updates and the opportunity to participate in the Trivia Challenges. You can win a Trivia Challenge, and the monetary prize that comes with it, by being the first BOTW fan to post the correct answer to the day's challenge. Prizes range from coupons on BOTW directory submissions, Amazon gift cards, and prizes from other select partners. Any fan can win a coupon one time per week, and is eligible to win a gift card once every month.
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John.wallace75 brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 35 Designs von 15 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
The Spanish Language Institute (or) Instituto de Lengua Española
Our website is: http://www.thespanishinstitute.com/ - this website will be redesigned after the new branding project is complete...
We are dedicated to Equipping the Missionary Forces of the Evangelical Church to Serve the Spanish Speaking World
Learn Spanish in Costa Rica at a language school with over 65 years of experience that specializes in programs for Christian missionaries, pastors, church groups and college students.
People wanting to learn Spanish in a native speaking environment with native speaking instructors.
More specifically people living in the USA or Canada who desire to work in missions in Latin America.
1. Families with children (ILE is one of the few schools in Central America with a school for children in English and has Spanish classes)
2. College Students (many times college students can get credit from their university if they study here)
3. Retired people making a second career in missions to Latin America
The priority is to those aged 20-35, since a new fresh image will influence this age group the most.
Fresh and simple
Not important, but ability to use in Black and White or one color is important
Logo should contain:
A separate logo, then text of the name…
Aspects of Costa Rica which will be recognized by the target group, these can be:
Nature, Forest, Beaches, Volcanoes, Wildlife, Flowers, etc…
The name: "The Spanish Language Institute" and should be able to substitute "Instituto de Lengua Española"
Notes that might be helpful, this is from the newsletter:
Costa Ricans think of their country as "el Puente", or "the bridge" between North and South America. The Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica, is a bridge for missionaries on their way to the Spanish-speaking communities where they are preparing to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ, the bridge between God and His people.
Our website is: http://www.thespanishinstitute.com/ - this website will be redesigned after the new branding project is complete
** It is very important that the logo is unique for Costa Rica, since it will need to be trademarked here.
Design Specs:
Must designed in Adobe Illustrator CS4, but no later then CS2
All fonts used must be included
Two Files must be submitted one with the fonts outlined and one just before fonts are converted to outline.
We are currently looking at using Myriad Pro (Regular, Semibold and Light) as fonts in our new branding...
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I love maple.
I have been crazy for maple lately. It all started when Zack and I went cake tasting for our wedding. We met with Lara of Fluffy Thoughts and Zack and I were blown away by how delicious her cakes were. I think she must have had us taste just about every flavor combination possible which made it very difficult for us to pick a favorite. In fact we could not settle on just one cake flavor or frosting because everything was so incredible; so each tier will be a different flavor cake with different frosting. Anyway, while we were there I tasted Lara's maple buttercream and I seriously wanted to just shovel it into my mouth with a spoon as fast as I could. I knew I needed to let Zack have a taste so he would agree we should have it with our cake, but it was hard to even give up a tiny taste....that is how good it was. Needless to say, we will be having maple buttercream on one of our tiers. Ever since that day I have been craving maple; hence these cookies and my last post in which I made Maple Pecan Frosting. These cookies were delicious, easy to make, and quite cute. I highly recommend them.
Maple Pecan Shortbread
recipe adapted from Martha Stewart
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup pecan halves, finely chopped
1/4 cup pecan halves (24 halves) for the tops of the cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 large egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg, lightly beaten
Turbinado sugar, for sprinkling
Into a medium bowl, sift flours and salt. Whisk in 1/2 cup chopped pecans, set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until smooth and light, about one minute. Add the maple syrup, egg yolk, and extract; beat on medium speed until well combined. On low speed, gradually add flour mixture, beating until just combined. Dough should be smooth and pliable. Flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic; chill until firm, 1 1/2 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out rounds using a two-inch cookie cutter; place one inch apart on prepared baking sheet. Brush tops with beaten egg; top centers with pecan half. Sprinkle the entire surface with turbinado sugar. Bake cookies, rotating baking sheet halfway through, until golden around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Store in airtight containers at room temperature up to four days. Makes approximately two dozen cookies.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Maple Pecan Shortbread
I love maple.


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Hi guys,
I want to share with you a fantastic piece of writing from one of the best known German overclockers today, der8auer (Roman). Roman is what I would describe as your typical extreme overclocker (thankfully one that likes to share his findings and can write well!). His attention to detail, the amount of testing involved and dedication to find out for HIMSELF what the real story is with thermal pastes or anything to do with this hobby you know as extreme overclocking is what motivates and challenges hard core guys to stay in the game and challenge themselves in every possible aspect. This in turn provides possible months of testing information at your fingertips and helps you move on to the next challenge rather than keep the thermal paste debate going.
Good overclocker must get his tools spot on and it was nice to see Roman using the Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH as platform of choice for this thermal paste test.
Here is the article recently posted on HWBOT forum. Thanks to Roman for giving us permission to share it with our readers!
Extreme-Overclockers are always trying to achieve the highest scores possible. No matter if CPU, GPU, mainboard or memory - everything has to run perfect in order to set up new records. The latest generation of Core i7 - Ivy Bridge - scales brilliantly on deep cold. Without cold bug the CPUs are limited by the pot and thermal compound. I will test 26 different thermal compounds in the following test to see how they perform with air cooling and liquid nitrogen.
- TIM Roundup 2013
- Setup and description
- Thermal compounds in detail
- Alpenföhn Schneekanone
- Coolink Chillaramic
- Noctua NT-H1
- Alphacool Silver Grease
- Gelid GC-Extreme
- Zalman ZM-STG1
- Revoltec Thermal Grease Nano
- JunPus D9000
- JunPus DX1
- Xigmatek PTI-G3606
- Xigmatek PTI-G4512
- Coolermaster Value V1
- Coolermaster Essentials E1
- Dimastech HTX EE
- Dimastech Thermal Compound
- Prolimatech PK-1
- Prolimatech PK-2
- Prolimatech PK-3
- Akasa 455
- Akasa 460
- Akasa 5022
- Arctic Silver 5
- Arctic Céramique 2
- Arctic MX-2
- Arctic MX-4
- ]Amasan T12
- Test 1: Air cooling
- Test 2: LN2 at -50°C
- Test 3: LN2 at -150°C
- Evaluation
- Evaluation of the results
- Awards
First I'd like to thank all the vendors who supported me for this test and provided samples to me. Caseking was the most important as the provided the most products to me. Thanks a lot for that!
I also received some samples directly from vendors. Thanks to Akasa, Alpenföhn, Coolink, Noctua, Alphacool respectively Aquatuning, der8auer ECC, JunPus, Dimastech and Prolimatech.
Setup and description:
TheoryI'm sure you guys already know why we have to use thermal paste. But just in case if there are some new members out there, I will explain why you need thermal paste. So what is thermal paste and why do we need to use it?


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Hand Speed Trainer
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Beyonce's Camp Responds to Belafonte's Criticism She Doesn't Do Enough
Beyonce's spokesperson is responding to the allegation reportedly leveled by legendary singer Harry Belafonte that she doesn't do enough to help the world with her star power. Beyonce recently paid a visit to the United Nations in New York City to help mark World Humanitarian Day on August 19 and pay homage to the work done by humanitarian workers. The singer also shot a music video for her song "I Was Here"; the clip will be released on August 19. Earlier this month, Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z were criticized by Belafonte for not doing enough social good with their celebrity status. Belafonte reportedly told the Hollywood Reporter "It is sad. And I think one of the great abuses of this modern time is that we should have had such high-profile artists, powerful celebrities. But they have turned their back on social responsibility. That goes for Jay-Z and Beyonce, for example. Give me Bruce Springsteen, and now you're talking. I really think he is black." Belafonte didn't immediately return the Journal's request for a comment. In response to Belafonte's words, Beyonce's representative emailed what she called "An abbreviated list of the unselfish work Beyoncé has done and continues to do." The list included co-founding The Survivor Foundation "a multi-purpose community outreach facility in downtown Houston"; donating "100K in 2008 to the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund to aid Texas victims of Hurricane Ike"; performing in "MTV's Hope For Haiti Now! Benefit in addition to making a generous monetary donation," among many other charitable activities.
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| 5.9°C Belfast
Literary sensation Fifty Shades Of Grey - which has already set sales records - has become one of the UK's most borrowed library books.
The erotic tale is the third most loaned title for 2012/13, outranking popular Wimpy Kid books and James Patterson thrillers.
US-based British writer Lee Child had the two top reads with his novel The Affair topping the list, compiled by author royalties body Public Lending Rights (PLR). Child's A Wanted Man is in second spot.
Fifty Shades took the publishing world by storm in 2012 clocking up huge sales and kickstarting a rise in erotic fiction. It is now being turned into a film starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
Despite the nation's bookshelves already being packed with bought copies of the first in EL James's racy trilogy, it is also causing excitement in libraries.
However, the writer - whose real name is Erika Leonard - figured only at number 192 in the ranks of the UK's most borrowed authors.
Number one in that list is James Patterson for the seventh successive year, with Daisy Meadows - a pseudonym for a group of writers behind the Rainbow Magic children's series - in second position.
Patterson figures three times on the most-borrowed title top 10, two of them collaborations with other authors. The top 10, often dominated by crime and thrillers, also sees rare appearances for more literary works this time with Man Booker Prize-winner Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel at eight, and JK Rowling's first adult fiction book The Casual Vacancy at 10.
The most borrowed non-fiction author in the time period was food writer and Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry, and on a culinary theme, the most borrowed non-fiction title was The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food And L ose Weight by Hairy Bikers stars Dave Myers and Si King.
PLR enables writers to receive payments based on the number of loans for their books and will this year share cash between 22,372 authors.
:: Most Borrowed Titles (combined adult and children):
1. Lee Child - The Affair
2. Lee Child - A Wanted Man
3. E L James - Fifty Shades of Grey
4. James Patterson and Maxine Paetro - 11th Hour
5. Jeff Kinney - Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
6. Jeff Kinney - Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
7. James Patterson - Guilty Wives
8. Hilary Mantel - Bring Up The Bodies
9. James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge - I, Michael Bennett
10. J K Rowling - The Casual Vacancy
:: The most borrowed authors (with last year's position in brackets):
1 (1) James Patterson
2 (2) Daisy Meadows
3 (3) Julia Donaldson
4 (5) Francesca Simon
5 (6) Jacqueline Wilson
6 (4) Nora Roberts
7 (7) MC Beaton
8 (10) Adam Blade
9 (9) Mick Inkpen
10 (18) David Baldacci


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Coal, mining, monitoring and simulation, information management, software, graphics component library source code for C/C++, .NET , 100% VC++ Source Code is Shipped.
Coal mine safety supervision is the biggest challenge facing the Government of, E-XD++ visualization component library to quickly build graphical coal, mining, oil, coal and other aspects of visual surveillance monitoring software to provide the best solution, follow these steps:
1. using the code generation process or the rapid construction of complex graphic design safety monitoring procedures for the various graphics.
2. the use of drag and drop or other large graphics editing, typesetting ability to rapidly build a variety of security monitoring page.
3. the collected data into the corresponding Graph control, real-time adjustment to its state and refresh the canvas.
4. To switch to run mode, or make a run mode only in the procedures to publish the final work.
E-XD++ library itself all made using C + + development, with a strong response, basically all the functions are to provide a corresponding virtual function can be overloaded, allowing you to customize any feature. XML handling class to provide professional web-based data dissemination to provide the most convenient approach. Save you a lot of development time!
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"We offer these solutions does not mean that E-XD++ component library visual graphics applications can only develop these areas, in fact, E-XD++ with any other third party, like C + + component library contains hundreds to used functions separately. with QT, MFC, etc., you can independently determine the need for E-XD++ in a function, in general, as long as you need graphics, you need flow charts, control charts, printing, typesetting , simulation, electronic maps, coal control wiring diagram, forms, etc., you can use the E-XD++ components library, of course, sometimes Maybe you only want to use the E-XD++ provides control without the need for the drop-down color graphics, that's no problem! "
First, the coal mine monitoring system software:
Use E-XD++ component library visual graphics easily build any coal-based security monitoring software Geographic:
. By E-XD++ visualization component platform composite graphic design program, you can easily design coal mine safety monitoring software need any graphic element.
. Any of the graphics components are built-in timer function independently, based on data collected in real time any change of state.
. By automatic code generation process, can easily develop other need more monitoring of changes in pixel, for example, the number of response personnel the mine, location, state of the pixel. E-XD++ plug and play capabilities to the custom property any time for any number of new primitives added a new property values, such as: certain coal mines, certain mines, a certain position and so on.
. E-XD++ provides a powerful graphics editing capabilities for the production of complex document based on geographical convenience. You can freely set the canvas size, measurement units, zoom way in any geographic location of the shortcut editing graphics.
. E-XD++ itself is entirely based on C + + component library, by any C + + development of data transmission and acquisition modules can be directly integrated into the E-XD++ in different languages without the need to call trouble.
. Rapid response is essential monitoring software, E-XD++ based on C + +, high-performance, ability to respond very quickly, without waiting, the state has been refreshed.
. Providing professional xml processing classes for the data transmission network provides the most rapid development tools.
. Ocx consistent feature the provision of web-based deployment and use of other cross-platform provides the most comprehensive solution.
. 100% VC + + source code for all available to you, even including the UCCDraw the ocx control with full source code.
Here is the E-XD++ Visual Component Library source code control system of coal enterprise version of the basic steps of application development:
1. Designed monitoring system of coal required components:
This step can be E-XD++ provides ShapeDesigner application to the design, this tool can directly be Microsoft Visio or ConceptDraw other professional graphics tools designed components directly into (SVG file) came in with, of course, you can also ShapeDesigner itself provided basic components of the rich coal needed to design control system components. At design time, can easily design directly to the canvas element by Copy, Paste way to put a tool box on the left, as shown below (Note: This ShapeDesigner together with the source code itself, E-XD++ provides the official version can be customized as needed):
When we design components of the composite components can also be a single definition of a number of sub-components to facilitate later identification and handling of the Key ID values that can later obtained directly by calling GetKeyID.
2. The design of coal monitoring system needs a graphical interface:
E-XD++ provides a special interface design tools DiagramEditor, in this tool, we can easily apply the above ShapeDesigner through various coal monitoring system designed to build a graphical interface components. Interface in the structures, as required for specific components we can specify the Key ID value, the Key ID value for us in specific programs to control, for example, we can control the switch off and open, lights flashing and so on. We designed a graphical interface can be saved as a single xdg file, as shown below: (Note: This DiagramEditor the source code itself, together with the E-XD++ provides the official version can be customized as needed):
3. To create the coal industry applications:
By E-XD++ visualization component library provides graphics integrated in Visual Studio's AppWizard (Application Creation Wizard) to automatically generate the framework code monitoring system of coal can be top of our design by DiagramEditor xdg files into this program as a resource file when loading a design interface, we need to call when the following function:
LoadXdgFromResource (...); if we need to switch to the new interface, you can also call the function to load the new interface. Reference sample NetworkDemo.
4. External data collection:
External data acquisition we can View the Window class or classes of timer to be collected, when the need to update the interface when the status of the components can be designed directly above us to get the Key value of the graphic elements or sub-component graphics.
5. Transaction processing:
By overriding the appropriate virtual function to time a variety of transaction processing, for example, we only need to cover the following virtual functions CFOPCanvasCore class to respond to button events:
virtual void DoButtonClickEvent (CFODrawShape * pShape, const int & nSel);
6, scripting support:
E-XD++ visualization solution provides a complete scripting support is available through VBScript or JScript to control any component on the canvas of the state, provided nearly 500 the default system control functions, the script will be with the program's source code be provided with the official version.
Second, ERP and other management system solutions:
Development of any ERP and other management systems, can more or less used in E-XD++ visualization component library, E-XD++ will be built in the business processes, report printing, paper printing, production flow chart, charts, and scalable interface design, etc., save you a lot of development time.
. Provides the industry's most professional flowchart creation and editing, as you develop the ERP system to create any flow diagram to provide the most efficient solution.
. E-XD++ graphical drag, complex editing techniques is the development of design systems to print any report required to have, in the E-XD++ visualization component library developed on the basis of statements of print design system becomes extremely easy.
. E-XD++ complete printing capabilities, so you do not need the complexity of Windows GDI print function write one line of code, from the choice of printer, printing paper, the print function of border control, etc., directly available.
100% MFC design, and provides all the source code, without reservation.
Effective more than 500 thousand line of code, and more than 300 C + + extension classes.
Automatic code generation process, and complete the development of documentation to help you quickly build a variety of applications on E-XD++.
Development of advanced application systems to provide complete and scalable interface control.
Property line of code changes and provide support for Undo / Redo function.
Users on the canvas according to their needs, components, operation, and other custom operations.
Supports both single page or multi-page application.
The layout of the components, layout, organized in the order.
Print, print preview and output to the image.
Draw a straight line, mark lines, curves, rectangles, ellipses, add text, and pictures.
Provide more than 40 examples of various development programs.
More than 500 thousands lines "all carefully designed and rigorously tested" C/C++/.NET source codes, all complete source codes is shipped without any reservations!
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Powerful and flexible components to create a variety of charts to meet your needs. Product design specifications, it is easy to use, in just a few days can be designed according to your needs products. We provide complete support for products, download the trial.
Ultra-versatile, such as automatic layout, multi-level collapsible subgraph, cell connection point, XML, DXF, SHP, SVG, etc., can help you quickly create complex and flexible chart. Supports a number of events: such as click, double click, hover, select, rubber band select, copy, delete, resize and move the support. Support the most complex operations: such as drag and drop, unlimited undo / redo and clipboard operations and so on.
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This may be the most decadent recipe in the entire collection—all good things baked into one dish so creative and rich that making it causes the cook to chuckle periodically at the luxury and process. Don't wait for Derby Day.
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- 6 hard-cooked eggs, peeled
- 4 tablespoons finely chopped country ham
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 cup plus 1 to 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 large sweetbreads
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
- 8 ounces fresh morels
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 cup sweetbread stock (from cooking the sweetbreads)
- 4 to 6 tablespoons bourbon
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/2 cup sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cut the eggs in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks and set the whites aside. Stir together the yolks, ham, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, pepper, mustard, and celery seed. Stir in 1 to 3 tablespoons of the cream, just enough to make the filling smooth yet remain fairly stiff. Spoon the filling into the whites. Arrange the filled eggs in a single layer in a small gratin dish or shallow baking dish.
- Have ready a small bowl of ice water. Place the sweetbreads in a small saucepan and cover them with cold water. Stir in the remaining 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer until the sweetbreads are plump and feel slightly firmer to the touch, about 3 minutes. Transfer the sweetbreads with a slotted spoon to the bowl of ice water and set aside until cool enough to handle. Discard all but 1 cup of the cooking liquid to use as stock. Drain the sweetbreads. Cut away any fat and pull away as much of the membranes and connective tissue as possible without breaking them up. Cut the sweetbreads into thumb-sized pieces. Place in a bowl, add 1 cup of cream, and set aside.
- Melt the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the morels and cook, stir- ring often, until tender and lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Whisk the flour into the reserved sweetbread stock until smooth, then slowly stir into the morels. Cook until the sauce slightly thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in the sweet- breads, cream, and 4 tablespoons of the bourbon. Taste, then add the rest of the bour-bon if you like the kick. Season with salt and pepper.
- Pour the sweetbread mixture over the eggs. Sprinkle with the Parmesan, Cheddar, and almonds. Bake until the cheese is browned and bubbly, about 10 to 15 minutes. If the cheese isn't browned after 15 minutes, run the dish under a broiler for a few seconds. Serve piping hot.
Reprinted with permission from The Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook edited by Sarah Roahen and John T. Edge, Georgia, (C) 2010 The University of Georgia Press
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Nutritional Info
- Calories719
- Carbohydrates12 g(4%)
- Fat59 g(91%)
- Protein29 g(59%)
- Saturated Fat27 g(135%)
- Sodium736 mg(31%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat7 g
- Fiber2 g(9%)
- Monounsaturated Fat20 g
- Cholesterol461 mg(154%)


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Suspicions of widespread cheating at two Denver elementaries spur investigation
How very disappointing.
Education News Colorado is reporting that two Denver elementary schools are being investigated by the state department of education for potential cheating on standardized tests.
The schools are Beach Court Elementary and Hallett Fundamental Academy. Principals from both schools have been placed on administrative leave.
According to the EdNews story, Denver Public Schools conducted its own, thorough analysis of the tests after seeing "statistically unusual patterns." That included putting test monitors into the schools during the last round of standardized testing.
It's pretty incriminating that with such oversight, both schools saw double-digit declines in test scores.
What a shame.
Beach Court, a high-poverty school, has received a great deal of attention for its big improvements in test scores. In 2010, the Post wrote a story heralding its improvements.
"It is happening because of the focus on strong teaching, high-quality school leadership around a rigorous core curriculum with a district that is relentlessly focused on growth and results," Superintendent Tom Boasberg said at the time.
It's to DPS's credit that it investigated suspicions and took those to the state department of education. That has not always been the case with other districts and allegations of cheating. In Atlanta, it took a critical state report to blow the lid off widespread cheating.
Nevertheless, if the allegations hold — that someone erased wrong answers and filled them in with correct ones — it will be a sad day for these schools and the district, which has worked so hard to try to make transformations happen the honest way.