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You can make a very strong case that the 240SX chassis has become the "new" Civic in the broad spectrum of the import automotive community. More and more modified S13/S14 builds pop up every year, and it doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon. You can thank drifting for shining the bright spotlight on the 240SX. Both chassis are cheap and readily available and when enthusiasts got into drifting, the Nissan S13/S14 was definitely the preferred chassis to start with. Even if drifting had never become a hit Stateside, these cars would still have eventually become very popular, due in part largely because of the strong aftermarket support from Japan. Though the S-chassis was easy to find, they weren't always in the best condition. If you could find a clean shell, then you had a gem on your hands. If not, it didn't really matter too much because the guys who were building them were making entry-level drift cars. The probability of beating up the body further was a very likely scenario. At some point during the height of the 240SX's popularity, it was almost a standard to have a beat-up one because owners were given a certain level of "street cred". If it didn't look banged up you weren't cool. The ones who appreciated the longevity of their Nissans were almost shunned because it seemed as if they weren't putting their cars to use. The "in" thing to do was to have an S13 or S14 that looked like it had run into a wall of some sort. It didn't even matter if you were into drifting, the more hood your project looked, the better.
No corners cut for this restomod S13
If you are a part of the current crop of import enthusiasts, then you probably have a good understanding of what we're trying to say. These Nissan coupes and hatchbacks are everywhere these days. Some are legit drift cars, most are half-built junkers, and a very small percentage of them are pristine, well-rounded builds. For those of you who have been around imports for a decade or more, you probably remember the older, more memorable 240SX builds—that's all that really existed before. There weren't that many guys working on these cars and the ones that did invested a very large sum of money and time into creating some incredible builds. Guys and gals back in the day built these cars to be "different". Today, having an all one-color Nissan S-chassis with a clean engine swap—that isn't a combined effort of throwing four or five salvageable parts cars together—would probably be considered "different". If you don't care for a clean build and enjoy sliding around in a bucket, by all means, you are entitled to your decision. We prefer a build like this beautifully simplistic red S13 coupe, owned by John Ma of Rosemead, CA.
"I've always wanted to build an S13." John says. "I remember back in 2001 when my cousin's husband took me out for a ride in his. It had an SR20DET swap and I just fell in love with the way it felt. I didn't get to pick one up until about six years ago, and have been working on it ever since. Most of my friends were into Hondas but I always knew that I wanted to build an S13. The only issue was money. I had all these lofty dreams of what I wanted to do to the car but I just didn't have the funds to execute it. I was working but my money was spent on paying for school. Every little bit of extra money went to collecting parts for my coupe."
The beauty of this particular build is John's use of original factory Nissan components. His staggered, 17-inch Panasport G7s are definitely rare, but pale in comparison to parts like his factory S13 coupe rare valances and rare discontinued window visors. Anything that was worn down from age or damaged by the previous owner was replaced with new original equipment pieces. Other than the aftermarket Origin taillights, everything from the JDM S13 Silvia frontend to the "Chuki" side skirts and JDM black carpet inside are all original Nissan. Even John's brake upgrade is OE Nissan but instead of Silvia, they are of the twin-turbo 300ZX variety. John was so meticulous in his search that it has taken him about seven years to find everything he wanted—some parts he tried locating even before he had a chassis to build.
Money was no doubt an integral part of this S13 reaching its current state. As the saying goes: "You have to pay to play." A person can have all the dreams in the world but you definitely have to have the proper funds to finance reality. John understood that; he just didn't expect to make a vital error that would prove to be a detriment to his build's completion. "I had originally swapped out the stock KA motor for an SR20DET from an S14 Silvia." John says. "It ran great until I blew it up one day on a dyno from over-boosting. Having to find another engine was a huge setback for me. I learned from my mistake though and went all out with the current motor. I knew if I wanted to make reliable power out of it I would have to build the motor from the inside out."
Most of my friends were into Hondas but I always knew that I wanted to build an S13.
The heart of John's S13, an SR20DET from a Japanese market S15 Silvia, has been disassembled and resealed with original Nissan parts. Vital components like the oil pump, water pump, and associated engine bearings have been replaced while the valvetrain sees upgraded goodies from Tomei and Supertech. The block has been decked, honed, and micro-polished along with a balanced crankshaft, as well as the addition of new CP pistons and Eagle connecting rods. Since John got a little too boost-happy on his previous motor, he made sure to utilize the proper electronics from Blitz, HKS, and A'PEXi to maintain high boost pressure from his Garrett GT2871 turbocharger. Tomei products help deliver adequate fuel to the SR motor, as airflow is driven from the HKS Type S intercooler into a matching HKS intake manifold. If the who's who list of big-name Japanese aftermarket companies represented underhood isn't enough to make your jaw drop, John has taken the liberty of also doing a custom wire-tuck and relocated brake lines. The absence of a bulky engine harness and brake lines only help to increase the visibility of all the great things happening inside this engine bay.
John's Nissan 240SX is a prime example of what a timeless S13 street car should be. It's very simple in its aesthetic approach and has a heart of an S15 Silvia that makes horsepower numbers that are more than respectable. You won't see John sliding around on the streets with fiberglass body parts zip-tied together—that's not what this build is about. He has taken the steps to source out every OE part possible to not only restore it to its original factory form, but also to create his image of how a Japanese S13 Silvia should look. We often ask the owners of the cars we feature what motivates them to build the cars that they do. John's answer: "I wanted to have one of the cleanest S13 coupes around. It not only had to look good, but also had to have the balls to back it up."
You won't see John sliding around on the streets with fiberglass body parts zip-tied together—that's not what this build is about.
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Building cars, snowboarding, traveling, hiking, and anything with fast cars!
To have the cleanest S13 around
1992 Nissan 240SX
Output: 379 hp / 348 lb-ft torque
Engine '00 Nissan 2.0L SR20DET; decked head; Tomei ProCam 260/260 camshafts, valvesprings, retainers, rocker arm stoppers, fuel pump, fuel injectors, turbo elbow; Supertech Bronze valveguides, valves; ARP head studs; Cosworth head gasket; balanced/micro-polished crankshaft; decked, honed, and micro-polished engine block; 86mm CP pistons, piston rings; Eagle connecting rods; Cusco motor mounts; entire motor resealed with original Nissan parts; custom oil filter relocation kit; Hamp oil filter; HKS air intake, DLI 1 twin ignition, Type-S intercooler, intercooler piping, adjustable actuator; 60mm N/A S15 throttle body; GReddy intake manifold, Type R blow-off valve; Sard fuel pressure regulator, fuel rail adapter; Autolink fuel pressure gauge; Earl's soft braided lines; Circuit Sports exhaust, hood dampener; Catco 3-inch high-flow catalytic converter; Denso iridium IK27 spark plugs; Garrett GT2871R .64 A/R turbocharger; Blitz downpipe, SBC Dual-Spec R boost controller; Koyo aluminum radiator; Samco Sport cooling hoses; Flex-a-lite dual radiator fans; NISMO thermostat, oil cap, radiator cap; Toyota OE antifreeze; Password:JDM headlight diffuser; custom engine wiring harness by Smoothlinez Auto Salon; powdercoated valve cover; custom brake line tuck, engine wire tuck; aluminum coolant overflow tank; ENEOS fluids
Drivetrain Nissan S14 five-speed transmission; NISMO transmission mounts, two-way limited-slip differential; Driveshaft Shop one-piece aluminum driveshaft; ACT Extreme heavy-duty clutch; C's short shifter; Motul transmission fluids; steel-braided clutch line; Circuit Sports brass shifter bushing
Suspension KTS 12K/10 kg/mm mono-tube coilovers, front camber control arms; Tanabe sway bars, Sustec front under brace; NISMO front strut tower bar; Cusco OS+ T-Bar, rear camber control arms; SPL rear toe control arms, front tension arms; Peak Performance rear traction arm; Kazama rear subframe bushing sleeves; Energy Suspension endlink bushings; 240SX HICAS steering rack with Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings; Tein inner and outer tie rods; Circuit Sports aluminum steering bushings; stitch-welded front chassis; custom front skidplate
Brakes Nissan OE Z32 300ZX TT front, rear brakes, master cylinder, brake booster; Project Mu B-Force brake pads; Brembo front brake rotors; Rotora rear cross-drilled rotors; SPL steel-braided brake lines; ATE Super Blue Racing Dot 4 brake fluid;
Wheels/Tires 17x9 +12 Panasport G7; 215/45-17 Yokohama Advan (front); 17x10 +15 Panasport G7; 255/40-17 Dunlop Direzza (rear); Project Kics R40 Neo-Chrome lug nuts; NISMO lug studs
Exterior Nissan S13 Silvia Aero front bumper, rear valance, S13 Silvia Chuki side skirts, S13 Silvia headlights; Origin taillights; Philips H4 4300K HID; OE window visors
Interior Bride Brix seats, MO-Type seat rails; NISMO 340mm suede steering wheel, aluminum pedal set; Momo steering hub; Works Bell quick release; Kazama shift knob; JDM S13 Silvia black carpet
Electronics A'PEXi Power FC, turbo timer; GReddy oil pressure, boost gauges; AEM wideband O2; Alpine head unit, rear speakers; Eclipse front speakers; Phoenix Gold amplifier; Monster Cable audio wiring
Gratitude Thanks go to Rick from Smoothlinez Auto Salon, without him I would have never got this far with my car; Infinit Wheels for refinishing my Panasport wheels; and Standard Functions for getting all my powdercoating and polish work done.


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Once again, the thoughtful comments on my last blog ("Flat Fees or a Fee on AUM, Part III: Revenge of the Assets") raise a number of issues that advance the discussion of whether flat retainer fees will be the new compensation model of choice for independent financial advisors. But before we get to those, we should probably clear up what appears to be a bit of confusion about what proponents mean by "flat fees," as illustrated by this comment by Jon Sullivan: "One drawback to the retainer model is this: lower-service clients are in effect subsidizing higher-service clients. If you have one client who needs 3 hours of your time per year and another that requires 12 hours yet both pay the same annual retainer, the former is subsidizing the latter's extra time spent with the advisor."
It's my understanding from talking with advisors who use the "flat fee" model, both recently and over the years, that "flat" refers to a pre-agreed fixed dollar amount that a client will pay, annually or quarterly, which would remain constant until both parties agree on a change. Far more often than not, the advisor determines the amount of the flat fee by considering the amount of work each client will require, based in large part on the size of the client's investment portfolio.
In this way, the initial fees often closely mirror the amount an annual AUM fee would have been. Consequently, larger clients (or clients with special needs) usually pay more for their higher level of service. So the question of some clients subsidizing other clients doesn't really come up much.
As I've written, a major challenge for flat fee advisors will be to regularly raise their fees to keep pace with AUM fees on growing portfolios. Elliot Weir of III Financial believes he can: "If we are truly adding value, can point to increases in account value, and can provide comparable fees (re: AUM) and service models, then raising fees seems easier to me than justifying an AUM fee increase for no perceived difference in value delivered."
I don't take issue that in a "rational" world things should work this way: but human nature being what it is, I have my doubts about clients being that rational, and about whether most flat-fee advisors will bring themselves to have those discussions every couple of years.
The size of client fees, whether flat or AUM, also raised questions about fairness. Brett Alexander wrote: "In my humble opinion the flat-fee vs. AUM debate is really a glossing over of what each adviser and the advisory profession in general should be asking themselves, which is, 'What is a fair compensation for the services my firm provides?' …Most firms charge way too much for both [asset management and financial planning]. One can debate what the appropriate annual fee is for AUM, but if most of the greybeards were to be injected with truth serum, we would willingly admit that the standard 1% fee far exceeds a fair fee."
A quick look in the mirror reveals a preponderance of grey in my beard, so perhaps that qualifies me to reply (despite the comment on one of the Twitter discussions that I'm clearly too old to understand the subtle nuances of the brilliance of flat fees).
Many years ago, I shared the sentiment that AUM fees were too high—and that was even before the breakaway brokers jacked up the top end for management fees to well over 2%. But over time, the question of "value" has reshaped my thinking. Among academics and analysts, a 30-year debate has raged over whether active mutual fund and institutional managers can add even 1% annually in value over time, compared to their relevant indexes.
But the "downside" for retail clients isn't underperforming an index, it's being out of the market altogether at the wrong time—or worse, it's investing in products with loads so high they negate all the returns, or simply losing their investments in some long-shot deal they heard about at the country club. What's it worth for unsophisticated investors to be protected from the darker side of the financial services world? 'Priceless' may be overstating it, but 1% sounds pretty good to me.
What's more, fairness in advisor compensation is about more than the size of the fees. It's also about incentives, and the conflicts they create with the clients' best interests. To my mind, one of the major advantages of AUM fees is that if advisors are successful in achieving one of their primary goals—to grow client assets over time—their compensation automatically goes up.
To most clients that is "truly adding value," a very tangible value they can relate to. Frankly, I wish more of my professional and business relationships were on the same basis: that both my mechanic and Chevrolet got paid more for every year my pickup stays on the road; that my doctor got paid more for every year I didn't have a major illness; and my dentist got paid more for every year I didn't need another root canal. And I happily pay a financial advisor more when my assets are growing. It's hard to argue with success.

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UNRIC, the United Nations Regional Information Centre in Brussels organized the competition in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers in support of the UNEP campaign Think.Eat.Save – Reduce your Foodprint.
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Today, he took to CNBC to talk about that as well as the state of the PC market. He reiterated a few familiar messages: Dell now derives more than half its gross margins from businesses that are new to Dell, namely software and services. And so Dell is less the PC company that everyone remembers and more a full-range IT company that "helps its customers succeed."
Still, it sells a lot of PCs and derives about half its revenue from sales to both consumers and businesses. And now that Microsoft has gotten Windows 8 out the door, where's the groundswell of PCs sales?
As yet, we're still waiting. Analysts at Citi today trimmed their estimate for
growth the decline PC market to 3 percent from 1 percent for 2012, the latest in a series of dour forecasts from the likes of IDC and Gartner.
So how does Dell feel about the prospects for the PC market? Excited. In fact, "quite excited":
"With Windows 8 we are quite excited about the future of the PC. There are a billion and a half PCs out there, and we believe there's an upgrade cycle coming."
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Update: I misread a summary of the Citi note on the PC market earlier today. It called not for any growth at all but for a bigger decline than previously expected. I've fixed the text above.


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"Traditional software development practices die hard but the light at the end of the tunnel is getting clearer."
Ramsay Millar spends his working days as close as anyone can get to applying emerging trends in software development to real-world challenges. Millar travels the U.S. and Canada facilitating workshops for developers and IT professionals looking for better ways to deliver and evolve business-critical software.
"Currently we are all focusing on closing the gap between business requirements and software delivery by moving away from the dysfunction of code-and-fix legacy thinking," said Millar.
Each week he mentors a different group of workers. Over the course of a year Millar works with hundreds of software-development professionals -- software designers, code engineers, project managers, business analysts, testers, CIO's and enterprise architects. This wide-ranging experience with his clients provides him with insights that vary from traditional dysfunction on one hand to outstanding examples of process and tools efficiency on the other.
All this front-line experience leaves him with an interesting perspective towards the ongoing struggle within corporations and government agencies looking for new solutions for building software. This brings him face to face with a wide range of experiments for applying better practices to the complicated process of delivering software to business stakeholders.
"Software development is a high risk business when we look at the industry record of success," said Millar. "It's really astonishing how commonly we face IT project failure -- CIO Magazine recently reported 'as many as 71 percent of software projects that fail, do so because of poor requirements management, making it the single biggest reason for project failure.' "
After three decades as a software engineer -- and ten years as a software road-warrior and mentor -- Millar currently sees a shift in industry practice as significant as the introduction of object-oriented programming a generation ago -- a shift that is so new it does not yet have a name.
"We're seeing three trends maturing and starting to converge," said Millar. "When you layer all three trends together the cumulative effect is a solution to that high historic failure rate."
The result is a profound change in IT culture and practice. This change improves business agility and creates repeatable software quality along with dramatic reductions in the need to re-work code. This kind of improvement appeals not only to the CIO team but also to the comptroller, who is always looking for ways to increase value-for-money.
Millar said a focus on quality costs far less than wasteful code-and-fix legacy thinking. "The manufacturing industry discovered this years ago," he said. "The excitement today is now more clients realize we can do this with software also!
"Every one of my clients is actively engaged in improving the way they deliver and maintain software," he said. "My clients are tired of traditional IT dysfunction and wasteful re-work practices. "When we can move beyond these issues, the reward for improving the process is a happier customer and an improved business bottom line."
Millar said the three trends of this "quiet transformation" are:
- A wish to close the gap between business requirements and software delivery by applying an agile process and best-of-breed automation to the entire software development life cycle. This gap is closing across the lifecycle -- from process workflows, through rigorous use-case-driven requirements to well formed re-useable services and architecture.
- An increasing acceptance and sophistication of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) standard -- evidence of which is found in the rapid growth of reference models in Model Driven Architecture (MDA), the recent merging of UML and Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) by the Object Management Group (OMG), and increasing popularity of next-generation UML tools.
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- A shift towards more collaborative, role-based teamwork and away from the "lone wolf" IT culture of code-and-fix.
Millar said while there is widespread awareness of each of these changes on its own, industry leaders are just beginning to realize what happens when all three trends are combined within a team to produce changes in culture, process, and toolsets.


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While the PlayStation Network security breach and subsequent downtime has had significant impact on many PlayStation 3 publishers, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says he expects his company's cost to be minimal.
Speaking today during Ubisoft's fiscal year 2011 financial results conference call, Guillemot spoke about how the PlayStation Network's security-spawned hiatus was affecting his company. "
"It's affecting us. It's affecting the games we launched and its affecting some games we've wanted to launch," he said, likely referring to Housemarque's platformer Outland, released on Xbox Live Arcade on April 27, its PSN release on hold until the network is restored.
Despite Outland's PlayStation 3 limbo, Guillemot still expects the overall impact to be small.
"The impact is still small because our revenue on this platform is not huge, so we think that altogether the cost will be minimal," Yves explained.
When asked to compare Xbox Live Arcade revenue to PlayStation revenue, Guillemot indicated that downloadable games revenues were higher on Microsoft's console, adding "Significantly higher at the moment."
That doesn't mean that Ubisoft is fine and dandy with the outage. Guillemot pointed out that many of Ubisoft's games were multiplayer, and the publisher wants players enjoying those experiences again as soon as possible.


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With an anorectal malformation, several problems can occur. These include:
Anorectal malformations cause problems with how a child has a bowel movement. Treatment depends on which type of problem your baby has.
As an unborn baby is growing in its mother's womb or uterus, different organ systems are developing and maturing. The lower end of the intestinal tract forms fairly early in pregnancy.
In an unborn baby, the lower part of the large intestine and the urinary tract start off as one large mass of cells. Certain steps must happen in the first 3 months of pregnancy or gestation. These steps are needed for the rectum and anus to break away from the urinary tract and form properly. Sometimes these steps don't occur as they should. Then the rectum or anus may not develop normally. In most cases, it's not known what causes this to happen.
Anorectal malformation may be seen with some genetic syndromes or congenital problems that are present at birth. These include:
Anorectal malformations cause problems with how a child has a bowel movement. Most anorectal malformations are found before a newborn leaves the hospital. If the problem is not found in the hospital, symptoms may include:
Your child's healthcare provider will do a physical exam when your baby is born. The provider will look at your child's anus to see if it is open. Your child may also have imaging tests such as:
Treatment will depend on your child's symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is.
Most babies with anorectal malformation will need to have surgery to correct the problem. The type and number of surgeries your child needs will vary. It depends on the type of problem your child has. These problems include the following:
Surgery may not be needed. A procedure known as anal dilation may be done from time to time. This helps to stretch the anal muscles so stool can pass through.
Surgery is done to remove the membrane. Anal dilations may need to be done to help with any narrowing of the anal passage.
A series of surgeries is done to repair the problem. These surgeries include:
You can start toilet training at the usual age, when your child is between 2 and 3 years old. But a child who has had an anorectal malformation repaired may be slower than others to gain bowel control. Your child may not have good control over bowel movements. Or your child may have long-term (chronic) constipation. This depends on the type of malformation and its repair. Your child's healthcare provider can explain the outlook for your child.
An anorectal malformation can cause problems in the way your child has a bowel movement. These problems will vary depending on the type of malformation your child has. These include:
Sometimes children are able to gain good control over their bowel movements after the problem is repaired. This is often the case for children with an anal membrane or a narrow anal passage.
If your child has a more complex type of anorectal malformation, he or she may need to take part in a bowel management program. This can help your child have control bowel movements and prevent constipation. The nurses and other healthcare professionals who work with your child's provider can help create a program for your child.
Call your child's healthcare provider right away if an anorectal malformation was not found in the hospital but your child:
If your baby does not pass stool, it is a medical emergency. You should seek medical care right away.
Vidant Health can connect you to health care professionals to help you understand your condition and guide you through the treatment process. Let's chat.


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I used Misoprostol, there was some blood loss but not that much, has the abortion been successful?
It is very difficult to determine whether an abortion has been successful and complete. The only way to make sure is to have an ultrasound. You could tell the doctor that you think you had a miscarriage. You could also take a pregnancy test after 3 weeks.
Should you still be pregnant, then you can repeat the treatment in a couple of days. Scientific research has prove that it is most effective if the woman puts 4 tablets Misoprostol under the tongue. Do not swallow!! After 3 hours she should put another 4 pills of Misoprostol under the tongue. 3 Hours later she should use 4 pill of Misoprostol under her tongue again for a third time.
On How can I do an abortion, you will find the instructions in full. It might be that Misoprostol will not be effective again; it will induce an abortion only in about 80% of the cases.
You can also do a medical abortion with Mifepriston and Misoprostol, this method is effective in 99% of the cases. For this option, please go to Women on Web, this is an online medical abortion referral service that will help you obtain a medical abortion with Mifepriston and Misoprostol.


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Although the implication is that something has changed, perhaps you can send me a node profile of one of the modules controlling an affected set and I can then see if some firmware change mey help.
Hi all,
I hope everyone has had a good start to 2019
Has anyone else noticed a flicker when dimming their LED GU10 bulbs recently? I mainly use the older Philips Master 6W bulbs and they have always worked perfectly but over the past few months pretty much all of them (around 150 bulbs in total) have developed a very noticeable flicker when they are dimmed. Even the slightly newer Philips Master 5W bulbs are flickering and they are in a room that is very rarely used so number of hours on them can be ruled out.
Anyone else noticed this? Any ideas as to what could be going on? This is starting to annoy me now
Although the implication is that something has changed, perhaps you can send me a node profile of one of the modules controlling an affected set and I can then see if some firmware change mey help.
Hi Karam,
Thanks for the prompt reply.
I don't think anything has changed from the Idratek side of things, I've not run any software updates for a while now and definitely not done anything on the firmware side for years now. I was wondering if it could be something to do with my electricity supply as it's a bit odd how all the modules seem to be showing similar behaviour after years of faultless operation.
I'll ping you over a node profile as soon as I can.
in our previous house, things were fine for years then, one day, the Monitor on our PC developed a very slight unsteadiness ...
not all the time, but quite often ... still usable, but text wavered ever so slightly ...
we switched & disconnected & unplugged anything we could think of, starting with what was new, and gradually everything ...
of course, the problem was not always there when it was convenient to explore ...
but, no cure found ...
then we tried switching the breakers in the Consumer Unit off, one by one ... and found that when one particular one was off, the problem went away, and when it was on it came back ...
then we looked to find what was on that circuit, but could not find anything that wasn't working when it was off ...
very odd ... and not saying it could be your problem, but maybe it might give some food for thought !
PS: maybe a recently changed bulb is a non-dimmable one ?
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Normally a flickering LED bulb is either due to a bad LED driver, but since almost all of your bulbs have developed this fault then I think we can rule this out. The other is the way LED bulbs are dimmed, but since they have worked fine then I would rule this out (plus it would take a few pages to explain this in more detail).
It might be damage to the dimmer packs or bulbs themselves due to either power surges or an electrical storm.
I would try changing one of the LED bulbs with a normal halogen. And see what happens.
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New student housing development takes shape
Construction crews at the Cardinal at West Center student housing development will take a brief break to celebrate the complex and series of improvements coming to the area of Center, Harmon and S. Duncan.
This is the first large scale project since construction wrapped up at the Vue student housing complex.
The Vue experienced a series of problems and delays during and after construction.
City engineers say the problems will not change their method of operation with future developments.
"If they have delays, if they don't meet their goals, it's really not the city's responsibility or concern," said Chris Brown, city engineer in Fayetteville. "It's their business how quickly they get it done, our responsibility is to make sure they get it done properly."
One concern city leaders do have is the lack of room at the site.
Once the building takes shape, city leaders want to know where crews will keep their equipment while they work, and what effect will it have on traffic.
Developers hope to have the Cardinal at West Center ready for students in fall, 2014.


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Hurdle putting emphasis on sacrifice flies
CINCINNATI -- Trailing by one run heading into the top of the ninth on Saturday, the Pirates had a golden opportunity to tie the game with runners on the corners and no outs against Reds closer Aroldis Chapman. A popout and two strikeouts later, the opportunity was gone and Pittsburgh took its second straight loss coming out of the All-Star break.
Failing to convert such chances isn't a new problem for the Pirates, who entered the series finale at Great American Ball Park having gone 0-for-16 with runners in scoring position in the first two games against Cincinnati. The squandered ninth-inning opportunity also illustrated another similar problem for Pittsburgh -- failing to score runners from third base with less than two outs via a sacrifice fly.
The Pirates' inability to hit a fly ball to drive in a run has been especially alarming as of late, considering their last sac fly came against the Dodgers on June 14, when Neil Walker fouled out to first base and Andrew McCutchen scored. McCutchen is the last Pirate to hit a sac fly to the outfield, as he scored Walker in the first inning of a May 27 game against the Tigers.
Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said he's well aware of the problem, and he's made sure his players are, too.
"It's not a stat that I keep track of, but it would probably be one of the longest droughts I've had on a club that I either played or managed or coached," Hurdle said. "We have shared this information with the players, just so they know where we stand in the industry, in the league -- 30th, I think. That's another focus point, that that's the part of our game that we need to find improvement with.
With a total of 12 sacrifice flies on the season entering Sunday, the Pirates did in fact rank last in the Majors. By comparison, the Angels lead all of baseball with 41 sacrifice flies, and the top 21 teams in the category have recorded more than 20.
Hurdle said the opportunities have been there for the Pirates, who batted .276 and drove in 81 runs in 181 plate appearances with a man on third and less than two outs before Sunday. It's converting on those chances that has been the problem, and as a result, the Pirates are trying to take a more basic approach to such situations.
"I've played for managers that wanted you to be instinctive on it," Hurdle said. "If the infield is back, look for a ball down and hit it on the ground. If the infield is in, look for a ball up and just bang it to the outfield. We've tried to simplify everything for our guys. Look for a ball that's up, you can hit it hard, hit it where it's pitched and let the trajectory or lack of trajectory take it where it needs to go. Our guys are aware of it."


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Microsoft Slate Could Foretell the Shape of Tablets to Come
Aug 26, 2011 8:50 AM PT
Attendees at Microsoft's TechEd New Zealand show were reportedly treated to a preview of what may have been a new quad-core Windows slate device running on the not-yet debuted Windows 8.
The slate could be a giveaway at Microsoft's Build conference in September, according to a Smarter Geek blog post by attendee and IT consultant Alan Burchill. The information was treated with some skepticism, since other TechEd attendees didn't recall that claim, and one said the slate was running on Windows 7.
Regardless of the details, though, the device Microsoft showed probably won't be on shelves any time in the near future.
"I assume this is part of Microsoft gearing up for its developer conference in September. It would be a proof if concept, not a consumer-ready product," Sarah Rotman Epps, analyst at Forrester, told TechNewsWorld.
Buchill's post revealed two images of the thin-looking device that could be a predecessor to Microsoft's foray into the modern tablet market.
Microsoft didn't confirm or deny any part of the report.
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The tablet was reportedly running on a quad-core ARM processor -- a bit more powerful from most tablets on the market.
"That's still pretty light but the extra cores really help a fully multitasking OS like Windows. A lot of things run in the background, and ARM cores don't have much headroom," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.
Most tablet devices currently on the market are smaller, less powerful versions of a computer. Tablet use is generally confined to a relatively small, albeit rabidly growing, group of consumers using the devices as a secondary computers. As tablet use becomes more mainstream and users turn to their tablets to perform more complex tasks and fill them with apps, though, the processors in tablets may become more adept at handling multitasking, heavy app use and data processing.
"Most of the next generation of tablets using Qualcomm and Nvidia ARM processors are quad-core. So we'll see this broadly in a few months," said Enderle.
The device was also reportedly running on Windows 8, to which Microsoft has not yet assigned a release date. Even if the tablet device wasn't using it at TechEd, the OS is probably on its way out relatively soon.
"It is supposed to start beta in a few weeks. It looks like they are shooting to release it mid next year," said Enderle.
Microsoft Making the Leap
Jumping into the tablet marketplace has proven to be an attractive gambit for many tech front-runners, although devices that aren't the iPad have had difficulty selling, despite some the generally warm receptions critics have given certain products. HP recently discontinued its TouchPad tablet line after being on the market less than two months and seeing dismal sales numbers.
Microsoft appears to be taking its time in entering the tablet market, which could actually help the company if it makes the plunge as the devices become even more mainstream and customers look for variety and specific elements when purchasing a tablet.
"Tablets are still very young and mostly consumption-only now. Microsoft's will be a creation tablet and more capable," said Enderle.
Microsoft has had an opportunity to see what consumers are and aren't buying and adapt those concepts to its product. However, they'll need to enter before the market becomes too crowded.
"Tablets seem to be cycled pretty fast, much faster than notebooks, so there is still a chance for them to get in the game if the product is good," said Enderle.


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Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch today announced it has acquired Casto Lifestyle Properties' stake in the Lakewood Ranch Main Street project.
The companies have been joint venture partners since beginning the project in 2002. The retail center opened to the public in late 2005.
"SMR's control of the ownership and management responsibility underscores SMR's commitment to the project and also enhances our ability to shape the direction of this important component of our rapidly growing community," SMR President Rex Jensen said in a press release. "We are excited about the future growth of Main Street as it evolves into a family-oriented entertainment and retail destination for all of the East County area."
Jensen said SMR and Casto have been working on the deal for the last six to eight months, but negotiations escalated recently so the companies could close the deal before Jan. 1.
Main Street, which developers call the "heart" of the community, includes 158,000 square feet of mixed-uses, including restaurants, retail and office space and residential condominiums.
For a complete story, see The East County Observer's Jan. 14 issue.
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An easy way to add an element of green to your table is to create a covering made from a natural fiber cord such as jute or hemp. Jute is 100% biodegradable and requires little to no chemicals for production.
I picked up a cute little set of 4 juice glasses and a matching carafe at a local second hand shop. If you want your set to be eco friendly try your second hand shops, stuff you already have or look into sets made of recycled glass (an ever-growing industry).
Carafe/Pitcher + glasses
Glue gun + glue sticks
8mm Jute Cord (5 ½ yards for the carafe, 1 yard/glass)
Glue one end of the 5-½ piece of cord to the base of the Carafe. Leave a little bit of the end unglued so that you can later point it upward and wrap the cord over it as you secure it around the circumference of the Carafe. I also started mine slightly above the actual bottom of the carafe so that it does not touch the table surface. This is optional.
Continue to lay down about 3 inches of glue in the desired path of the cord. Keep snaking it around until you get to the end. You should be able to pull up part of the glued down cord with the end of a pair of scissors and tuck the raw end of the cord into it so that it is hidden.
Repeat the same steps with the glasses.
You're done! Now you have the perfect set to serve wine or water in to your guests!
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Things you'd like to see (or hear)... Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Things you'd like to see (or hear)... Goto page Previous 1, 2 Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message NearlyKoreanJoined: 15 Mar 2003Location: Phoenix, AZ Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:00 am Post subject: Quote: I'd like to see Korea institute a nationwide Hawaiian Shirt Day. It could be the lack of sleep talking, but I like this idea... Things I would like to hear from a Korean: Your way is better and makes more sense. I was wrong. There is no excuse for not doing what was in the contract. Here is some extra money to cover your trouble. 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If a particle with mass $m$ collides with a wall at right angles, and the collision is perfectly elastic. The particle hits the wall at $v\ ms^{-1}$. There is no friction or gravity. So the particle will rebound at $-v\ ms^{-1}$?
What will the change in momentum be?
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$$initial\ momentum = final\ momentum$$ $$mv = m(-v)$$ $$mv = -mv$$
But this doesn't seem right because it's like saying $1=-1$?


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Category Archives: IRCTC
Microsoft and IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) have come together to launch an application for IRCTC, which will help users to book train tickets as well as get other Indian Railways related information.
The app comes with Windows Phone's Modern UI design philosophy, Featuring a smooth, fluid interface with multiple screens and various tile based icons which makes it more intuitive and easy to use. However, you need to sign-up for IRCTC's service and generate a TPIN to log in to the account to access its features without having to enter details like phone number and other basic details repeatedly while booking through the IRCTC app.
You can also check PNR status, cancel tickets, check train status and booking history, look for options of trains, filter items on the basis of train name or destination information, also check the routes of respective train on a map supported in the app itself, make booking based transactions, take care of other payments, and do a lot more.
The IRCTC app also allows users to pin a ticket on their homescreen, which can be used to check the PNR status and other information without having to open the main app. It will require constant data connection to work and provide information in real time.
The app will not work from 8AM to 12 noon,when access to the service is blocked for agents and for mobile devices to reduce load on servers during Tatkal ticket booking window and from 11:30PM till 12 midnight will be closed for maintenance.
The app will work on the Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms. The IRCTC apps can be downloaded from Windows Phone Store,Windows 8 PC and are free of charge.
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In a strong job market, offering prospective employees the right benefits can help boost your firm's appeal.
November economic data revealed that unemployment in the U.S. has reached its lowest level in 50 years at merely 3.5% (down from 4.0% in January).1 This means employers looking to grow or fill vacancies are competing for fewer workers, and many employees may be looking for greener pastures.
To stay competitive, your business needs to maintain a vibrant culture and competitive benefits – and that includes offering a retirement savings plan. In fact, according to October 2019 survey data, while 30% of employers don't offer retirement benefits, 81% of workers agree retirement benefits are a major factor in their final decision-making among prospective employers.2
It may surprise you to learn that some plans cost very little to set up and maintain – and nearly all plans offer tax deductions for contributions made by the business. So not only do you have the opportunity to help secure your employees' financial futures, but you can provide some important tax breaks for your company.
Below, learn more about some of the retirement plan options available.
The SEP plan is funded solely by you, the employer, but each employee opens an IRA and chooses his or her own investments. There are minimal startup and operating expenses, and contributions are 100% vested right away. You retain discretionary control over the amount of annual contributions (up to 25% of an individual's compensation), but you must make contributions for all employees over 21 years old who have worked for the business and earned at least $600 in any three of the preceding five years. The contributions are tax deductible for the company, and all earnings grow tax deferred until the participants withdraw them. Note that, as the business owner, you can't allot a higher percentage for yourself than you do for your employees.
The SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees) is affordable and easy to set up for businesses with fewer than 100 employees, with minimal ongoing maintenance expenses. Each employee can defer up to $13,500; $16,500 if age 50 or older (2020). The business is required to make matching dollar-for-dollar contributions on the first 3% of employee elective deferrals, or a uniform 2% contribution to all employees, regardless of whether they elect to contribute. And like the SEP, all contributions are tax deductible.
However, be aware that with the SIMPLE IRA, participants who roll money into a new account within the first two years could be subject to a penalty as high as 25% of the account's balance.
A 401(k) profit-sharing plan comprises both employee salary deferrals and matching employer contributions. Typically, plan participants select their own individual asset allocation from a variety of investments, including a Roth option, which allows for either pretax or after-tax salary deferrals. The business also can make profit-sharing contributions among all eligible participants, but doesn't have to contribute in years when profits are low – it's completely up to your discretion. Also note that you can use an age-weighted method, in which older employees or those who have worked for you the longest receive a proportionately larger share of the contribution.
An ESOP is set up via a trust fund through your company to make annual contributions to individual employee accounts, which are used to buy company stock. Or, your company can issue new shares to an ESOP, deducting their value (for up to 25% of covered pay) from taxable income. Employers can match employee contributions with company stock, which may be worth more than a matching cash contribution. The stock is typically subject to a vesting schedule, and employees pay no tax on the contributions until they receive the stock when they leave or retire.
With today's strong job market and workers' desires to fund fulfilling retirements, you may want to carefully consider offering employees this benefit sooner rather than later. Your financial advisor can help you evaluate your choices.
1 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
2 Transamerica Center's 19th annual retirement survey
Changes in tax laws or regulations may occur at any time and could substantially impact your situation. You should discuss any tax or legal matters with the appropriate professional. 401(k) plans are long-term retirement savings vehicles. Withdrawal of pre-tax contributions and/or earnings will be subject to ordinary income tax and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to a 10% federal tax penalty.


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Customer Service Advisor
Be Splash's "Meet & Greet" person - our service advisors welcome our customers and provide expert advice on the services best suited to their car's needs. Potential to earn great commissions.
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One of the most important jobs at Splash, our QC personnel ensure the satisfaction of every customer by reviewing the quality of our finished product and sending each customer off with a smile.
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It is often said of some hot product that its excellence is so evident that it sells itself.
But bestselling author and sales coach Bob Burg says that's just not how things work. Sure, once something is proven in the marketplace, sales can multiply. But it took a salesperson to introduce that product and influence others to purchase it.
And indeed influence is the heart of sales and the subject of Burg's latest book, Adversaries into Allies: Win People Over Without Manipulation or Coercion.
The ability to influence others, Burg says, is a key to prospering in business and to enjoying a happy life. And it applies to everyone from president to parent.
Burg says the idea of harnessing American national resources to our first space flight to the moon naturally seemed outlandish to most people at the time, and would not have occurred had President Kennedy not sold the American people on the idea.
"Leaders have to sell people into comitting to their vision," Burg told ThinkAdvisor in a phone interview. "The only way to do so is to first find out what others want and tie that into what they want."
Whether a great leader or effective salesperson, he continued, "it's never about them; it's always about the other person."
Burg recently posted a 14-question self-assessment tool to his website to help people evaluate their effectiveness at influencing others. At root of the questions are five core principles, discussed in his new book, that he argues are determinative of one's influence. ThinkAdvisor asked Burg what those principles are.
First of all, how do you define influence?
Influence is the ability to move a person to a desired action — to purchase your product or service, assuming your product or service is a match that can help them.
Typically those people who are the best influencers are those who can match what they want to happen to that other person's needs, wants or desires.
As Dale Carnegie said in his book How to Win Friends and Influence People, people do things for their reasons, not our reasons.
Your self-assessment tool has surprising questions, dealing with issues such as a person's ability to control his anger. What's the connection to influence?
Controlling your own emotions is the No. 1 principle discussed in my book.
It's only when you're in control of your own emotions that you're in a position to take a potentially negative situation and turn it into a win for everyone involved.
As human beings, we are emotional creatures. We like to think we're logical, but we're really pretty driven by our emotions. In fact, we make major decisions based on emotions. Of course, we rationalize — which is to tell ourselves rational lies.
Controlling our emotions also has to do with how we can allow our buttons to be pushed by people. When someone does something rude or thoughtless, we often react in a way that makes us part of problem rather than being a part of solution. A person who can control his emotions is the leader in that situation, he's the influencer.
As my friend Dondi Scumaci put it, "By all means take your emotions along for the ride, but make sure you are driving the car."
What is the second principle of influence?
It's understanding the clash of belief systems.
Belief is the truth as one understands the truth to be; in other words, it's subjective truth.
We all have what is essentially an unconscious operating system. These thoughts and beliefs are a combination of our upbringing, environment, schooling, news media, television shows, movies and pop culture.
Our basic belief system is pretty much etched in stone by the time we're little more than toddlers. Every new thing that comes into our lives is filtered through this unconscious belief system; most people live their lives this way totally unconscious that this is the case.
As human beings we tend to believe that everybody else sees the world the way we do.
How often do you hear people saying "Everybody likes that," "Nobody feels that way," or "I would never say that to someone." We wouldn't because it's not congruent with our belief system.
So how does someone trying to make a sale cope with the coming collision of world views?
What we need to do is not try to necessarily understand this person's belief system. What we need to do is just understand that they're coming from a world with a different set of beliefs than we are. Now we can respect that. That helps create the context where win-win is the result.
Can you give me an example of this clash of beliefs in a sales situation?
Sure. A person came into my office to sell me a copying machine — a sales manager and his assistant.
The sales manager's presentation focused on how much money I'm going to save and how much cheaper his product was than other products.
His entire focus was on money, but I'm a convenience shopper; he mentioned I'd need [to periodically perform some manual data input] and kept talking about price.
But I'm not a fixer. For him the best deal is based on price; for me the best deal is never having to worry about it.
We were totally at an impasse until his assistant, observing this, said: "Mr. Burg, if we put down in writing that you will never have to manually input data, would you then be interested in purchasing this copier?"
[The sales manager almost lost the sale because] he was so immersed in his belief system. A good sales person understands it's not about them and their beliefs; it's about the other person's beliefs.
What is the third principle of influence?
The third principle is: acknowledge their ego.
Why their ego, and not ours? Because we don't have an ego [laughs]. We already know that we have an ego, but … 95% of influence and persuasion is simply helping people feel good about themselves.
So if they have objection about a certain thing and you respond "You know, as I've already said…" — that's going to offend their ego.
Ego itself not bad; it's simply the "I" — the unique human being that is separate from others. When it's controlled, it's put to great use for us and society as a whole.
When it controls us, it's not only non-productive but nothing good's going to come from it.
Can you give another illustration of how salespeople at times bruise egos?
You can't say to a prospective customer, "You're wrong."
You have to respect their question or their desire to know more.
Now, we know the customer isn't always right. However, you can never make them feel wrong; you need to make them feel good about the transaction.
Tell us about the fourth principal of influence.
The fourth principle is setting the proper frame.
A frame is simply the foundation from which everything else takes place.
I was in a Dunkin' Donuts and saw a toddler, maybe 2 ½ years old. When his parents called, he came running but took a spill. He intuitively understood that was not supposed to happen. I saw him look up to his mom and dad for help interpreting the event. He wanted to know what it means.
Had his parents reacted or gotten concerned I could easily see he would have broken out crying. But they smiled and said, "Oh, that looks like so much fun." They set a productive frame out of which he could operate.
It's the same with any sales presentation.
So how does an advisor do that?
You set a frame that you're a trusted advisor — for example, that you're there to provide information and it's up to them to decide. Just by the way you handle yourself you're setting a frame.
You could say, "I don't know if what I have to offer is going to match your needs, but I would like ask you questions to see if it might be a fit."
[That shows] it's going to be an exchange of information rather than you trying to push something.
What's an example of adversarial framing?
When you answer an objection — the prospect says, "Wow, that's kind of expensive." And you say, "No, that's not expensive at all" — that's adversarial.
A better approach would be to [seek clarification]:
"You're saying X dollars is expensive to invest in widget. If I may ask, what kind of results would you need to see to justify that price?"
Now you're edifying him — you're asking the question rather than trying to tell him why it's a good deal.
And whatever he answers will reveal his objections.
And the final principal of influence is?
Tact and empathy.
Tact is the language of strength; it's the ability to correct or constructively criticize, and to do so in way where the other person is not defensive and resistant to our ideas but open to us and receptive to our ideas.
Empathy is the ability to vicariously sense another person's emotions.
You know your product, but they may not even know enough about it to identify their question.
An empathetic person needs to figure out what the prospect is not saying. You might say something like, "I'm feeling you might have a question about something that you're not vocalizing" to open up the conversation.
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Michael Jackson civil jury pool grows to 60 people
A court has ended the first week of jury selection in a civil case over Michael Jackson's death with 60 potential jurors selected.
Jury selection will resume Monday and is expected to stretch into the following week in an effort to find enough people to hear a case filed by Jackson's mother against concert giant AEG Live.
Katherine Jackson claims the company failed to properly investigate and supervise the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson's June 2009 death.
Potential jurors have filled out a 24-page questionnaire that assesses their knowledge of the case, Jackson's family and their views on celebrities and multimillion dollar verdicts.
In-person questioning of potential jurors will begin on Wednesday.
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HDMI cables have two basic issues that are somewhat different than with audio cables, namely that they tend to be much longer, and also, the HDMI connector has turned out not to be very robust. So, if the HDMI cable that came with your new HDTV or DVD player is not doing the job for you, Kordz makes cables that will deliver the goods under any conditions. We review here their pure copper model, the EVO, as well as the EVS which has a thin coating of pure silver, and the EVX, which has a thicker coating of silver. In 5 meter lengths, the EVO is $149, the EVS is $199, and the EVX is $229.
The Kordz factory is in Australia. Their website has a link that will help you located a dealer in your area.
Although there is some controversy about how much of the audible band frequencies travel along the surface of a cable – i.e., the "Skin Effect", there is no question when high frequencies are involved, such as the megahertz region where digital audio and video are located.
Both copper and silver are excellent conductors, but silver is slightly better, so having silver conductors in HDMI cables is a good idea, but because of the skin effect, it is not necessary for the cable to be solid silver. A thin coating is all that is necessary. And, it is worth the extra expense only if you are going to run the HDMI cable up to about 15 feet, carrying 1080p signals. If you are just using a 1 meter HDMI from your Blu-ray player to your SSP or receiver, the copper HDMI cable is fine.
Some HDMI cables have the conductors arranged concentrically. The Kordz HDMI cables have the conductors side-by-side, which reduces capacitance, and having low capacitance is important with interconnects. (Low inductance is important with speaker cables.)
When HDMI was introduced to the consumer market, we all thought that it was terrific to see how small it was, in fact, much smaller than the DVI connector it replaced. The problem is that these small connectors are not very strong (I wish now they had just adapted the DVI connector to the HDMI specification, as the DVI plug and jack are very sturdy), and it is easy to end up with a HDMI plug/jack that becomes defective due to strain on the connection from bending the cable behind the equipment rack.
Most cable companies now offer a line of HDMI cables, including Kordz. They are available with pure copper conductors (called the EVO), thin coating of silver (2% total volume of the conductor, called the EVS), or thick coating (7% total volume, called the EVX). In terms of the skin effect, it is probable that all of the digital audio and video signals are travelling on the surface of the conductor because of their high frequency (Megahertz). As silver is the better conductor, you might want to consider purchasing the silver-coated models if your source is more than 1 meter from your SSP or receiver, and especially for the projector which is likely to be about 12 feet from your receiver (using the HDMI output of your receiver to your projector).
I tested the Kordz EVO, EVS, and EVX HDMI cables in 5 meter lengths using an Accupel HDG-3000 digital video signal generator, and a Vizio 55″ 1080p LED LCD HDTV. All three Kordz models delivered full high resolution images with the signal generator, as well as with cable TV HDTV programming. There were no "sparkles" with any of the cables (sparkles, or random small white dots where pixels are not receiving a video signal) appear when the cable is dropping part of the high frequency digital signal). The Kordz plug fits tightly into the jack compared to some other HDMI cables I have used. This will go a long way in not only maintaining good conductor contact in the jack, but also protecting the connection from strain damage.
When Kordz first began marketing HDMI cables, they were made pretty much like all HDMI cables. The solder joints looked like the photo shown below.
The subsequent iteration looked as shown below. The soldering was somewhat better, but there was still room for improvement.
Finally, through a process of extreme high pressure "cold welding", Kordz produced connections in their current line, seen below. Having a consistent connection between the HDMI pins and the multiple conductors is important because it maintains the integrity of the bitstream. The HDMI cable that came with your HDTV or Blu-ray player is likely to have the type of solder joints shown in the top photo above.
So, my suggestion is that if you need only a 1 meter HDMI cable, get the EVO, if you need 8 feet, go with the EVS, but if you require a long cable, i.e., 15 feet, it would be worthwhile to get the EVX.


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Presence Switzerland is competent for the image of Switzerland abroad, and implements the strategy of the Federal Council on Switzerland's communication abroad.
On the basis of the Federal Act on the Promotion of Switzerland's image abroad, Presence Switzerland supports the protection of Switzerland's interests by using various public relations tools. Its tasks include transmitting general knowledge about Switzerland, the forging of understanding for Switzerland, as well as a portrayal of Switzerland's diversity and attractiveness. The strategic thrusts of Switzerland's communication abroad are regularly reviewed and set down by the Federal Council anew for four-year periods. On 6 July 2016, the Federal Council adopted the Strategy 2016-2019 which, for the first time, is based on the premise of a thematic prioritization from which geographic priorities are determined.
Presence Switzerland implements its task of communication abroad in cooperation with the Swiss representations abroad, in coordination with the specialized departments, and with the involvement of private actors both at home and abroad. The activities it conducts are financed by a yearly budgetary estimate by the FDFA (2016: CHF 8.6 million), as well as by separate contributions of the Confederation for its presence at world exhibitions and Olympic Games.
Presence Switzerland was created in 2001 as a decentralized administrative unit within the FDFA in connection with the then-raging theme of dormant assets. In 2009, it was integrated into the FDFA General Secretariat. In June 2012, Presence Switzerland and the Cultural Foreign Policy Centre (CFPC) were merged in the General Secretariat under the direction of Presence Switzerland.


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From the Tickets page on the Burning Man website:Earthwalker wrote:Anyone seen a BM Sold Out announcement? Or would that only come after ALL sale sessions are final?
There will still be STEP tickets when that opens (ticket exchange), and then the 1,000 OMG tickets in August, as well as whatever tickets people sell once the tickets are released in June or July. Tickets aren't sold out, but all of the 40,000 from the main sale are gone.THE INDIVIDUAL SALE IS CLOSED
There are no more tickets available in the Individual Sale. Please read below to learn more about your other options for getting a ticket to Burning Man 2013.


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FRIDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- The breed of dog a person chooses may mirror his or her own personality and outlook, a new study suggests.
The online survey of 1,000 dog owners by researchers at Bath Spa University in Bath, England, found certain personality traits, such as extroversion, agreeableness and emotional stability, are linked to specific breeds.
The research is to be presented Friday at the British Psychological Society annual meeting in London.
"This study indicates that we might be able to make predictions about someone's personality based on the breed of dog that they choose to own," study author Lance Workman said in a society news release. "It seems likely that personality types are subconsciously drawn to certain breeds."
Researchers divided the breeds owned into seven groups:
Owners of pastoral and utility dogs were more extroverted, while those who chose gundogs and toy dogs were more agreeable. The study also found those who owned utility, toy and gundogs were more conscientious, while owners of hound dogs were more emotionally stable. Toy dog owners were more open to new experiences.
"The differences in personality factors found between owners of different breeds might arguably be related to the lifestyle of the owner," Workman said. "For example, more extroverted individuals might be better suited to the pastoral breeds such as German shepherd or border collie, whereas those who are particularly emotionally stable might be suited to ownership of hound dogs such as a beagle or greyhound."
The findings and conclusions of studies presented at medical meetings should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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The American Psychological Association provides more information on personality.
-- Mary Elizabeth Dallas
SOURCE: British Psychological Society, news release, April 19, 2012
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Well, life around here just got a lot busier and a lot more fun!
Meet, Riley, our newest little family member:
Riley is a yellow lab, just 8 weeks old, and he has already stolen all of our hearts! He is playful and sweet, and a joy to be around :)
I have never had a puppy, and they truly are a lot of work, especially at this young age. But just like having a newborn baby in the house, you do the work because you want to protect this joyful little being and do your best for him.
He is eagerly exploring his new home, when he is awake, that is! He plays hard and sleeps deeply and often.
We have an orientation tonight for the puppy kindergarten we will start attending next week, and I am very excited! Riley is so smart and eager to please, it will be great to learn how to train him properly- and he gets to socialize with other little puppies his own age in a safe environment. Win-win for all!
You can be sure I will be posting updates on our life with this little guy!


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Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan says that though she loves doing commercial films, she would not mind being part of off-beat movies if an exciting offer comes her way.
"Commercial films have their own charm. I love doing commercial masala films. In my career commercial films like Golmaal Returns, Bodyguard, RaOne and others did well at the box office," Kareena said in an interview here. (Also read:
I Get Paid Really Well, Have No Complaints: Kareena Kapoor
"I think the commercial films had something for me to do in it. It is not that in these films I was just there for the heck of it. I enjoy doing commercial films. I think I am the most commercial heroine," she said.
Though the actress loves being part of commercial films, she also wants to act in parallel cinema, provided the offer is exciting.
"I will do that (parallel or off beat cinema), but I won't do it just for the heck of it. I have been one of the initial actresses to do films like Dev, Chameli, Omkara and others," Kareena said. (Also read:
Why Kareena Kapoor Didn't Have Three Months for Dil Dhadakne Do Cruise
"At this stage I will not do a film like that because I have done too much of that. The script has to be good as I don't have anything to prove to anyone now till then I am happy doing commercial films," she said.
Kareena did off-beat films in her career primarily because she needed to balance herself as an artist.
"I come from a family where I wanted to prove myself as an actress. I was 21 when I played the role of a prostitute in Chameli and then again played it in Talaash," she said.
"My mother-in-law has played a prostitute twice in her career, in Amar Prem and Mausam, in a span of 13 years and so have I," she said.
At a time when most of the films have intimate or bold scenes, Kareena doesn't seem to be open for it.
"I don't think I can be part of a film like The Dirty Picture. I don't think I can ever do a film like this. I don't have the courage and boldness to do such films. For me it is a challenge to be part of a film like Golmaal 3 and still have a great role," Kareena said.
"It is an honour for me to be part of films like Singham Returns, that is what works for me and my career," she said.


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Upcoming community events for the Village of Monticello Wisconsin.
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Jan 16 @ 5:15 pm – 6:30 pm
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The Village of Monticello Wisconsin hold village meetings on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month.