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NEW YORK, January 25, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special address to the World Economic Forum, as prepared for delivery in Davos, Switzerland, on 24 January:
It is a pleasure to be in Davos and here with all of you. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this special forum. I want to use our time together to highlight two immediate crises facing the international community and the United Nations: the dire situations in Syria and the Sahel.
Let me start by offering a bit of broad context. These are times of tremendous turmoil and change. I call this period the Great Transition. The old order is breaking down; new arrangements are taking shape.
We see this happening in economic terms. The developing world is becoming the locus of global growth. Dynamism is moving from West to East and from North to South. We see it environmentally. Slowly but steadily, we are coming to realize the risks of a carbon-based economy. Slowly but steadily, we are moving towards an era of sustainability and green growth.
A demographic transformation is also under way. Some societies are ageing, while others grow remarkably young. And people everywhere are on the move — from country to country in search of safety and opportunity, and from rural areas to cities on a rapidly urbanizing planet.
And finally, the Great Transition is deeply political. People are demanding accountability, human rights, an end to corruption and misrule — and they are doing so with a force that has taken the world by storm and by surprise.
These transitions bring both hope and uncertainty. People experience new freedoms, but worry just the same about jobs and instability. The winds of the Arab Spring have swept away some repressive rulers but left many questions swirling in the air. We are not passive in the face of these trends and events. With wisdom, foresight and a greater sense of collective responsibility, we can build a better future for all.
I would like to use this platform today to issue a call to action on two immediate crises: the death spiral in Syria; and the widening turbulence in Mali and the Sahel. Let me take them each in turn.
The military confrontation in Syria is exerting a tremendous toll on the civilian population. Well over 60,000 people have been killed. Yet the political environment remains polarized within Syria and across the region. A deadly military momentum prevails inside Syria, and among those States that are helping to fuel the conflict by sending weapons to one side or the other. I call again for such arms flows to stop.
The conflict in Syria is driven by a profound political crisis. It must be resolved by political means that bring real change, a clear break from the past, and fulfil the legitimate democratic aspirations of the Syrian people. Unfortunately, the Syrians are still not able to sit at the table to work out the practical details of a transition plan that protects Syria's citizens and preserves the vital institutions of a State. They are failing to recognize each other, let alone speak to each other, while their country is in flames.
However difficult this situation is, we must push for a political solution. Seemingly intractable divides have been bridged in other conflicts and contexts. As long as there is a possibility to end this crisis through talks, that is what we must keep doing. Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi continues his diplomatic efforts. We are focusing on finding convergences that can form a foundation for building a political process to replace the military momentum. Mr. Brahimi enjoys my total support and that of the Arab League Secretary-General, Nabil Elaraby.
It will be essential for the Security Council to overcome the deadlock, and find the unity that will make meaningful action possible. The alternative — letting the sides fight it out, resigning ourselves to Syria's destruction with all its regional implications — is too costly and unacceptable. That would be an abdication of our collective responsibility to protect. The world, and above all the Security Council, must uphold its responsibilities.
The situation on the ground is already catastrophic and continues to deteriorate. More than 4 million people are in need of assistance — a fifth of the country's population. Nearly 700,000 people have fled the country. Winter and the deepening violence and political stalemate make it likely that these numbers will grow. I commend Syria's neighbours for hosting these refugees. I urge them to continue to allow those seeking refuge to cross borders to safety, and I urge the international community to support the host countries to avoid unnecessary strain on local communities.
In Syria, schools across the country continue to fill up with displaced people seeking shelter, thereby displacing girls and boys seeking an education. Many children have now gone two years without schooling, and have been cast into a world of waiting — and of witnessing their cities and their very futures crumble around them.
The humanitarian assessment team that just visited the country was besieged with requests not just to provide assistance, but to understand the psychosocial impact the crisis is having. Last month, I myself visited two refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey, and heard the disturbing stories of those who had fled — and their worries about family members left behind.
We continue to see unrelenting human rights violations. I am profoundly concerned about the crimes that have been committed — and about those that could still take place if already high sectarian tensions explode into mass reprisals and killings that irreversibly damage the intricate mosaic of communities that all Syrians have been long proud of. We must do everything we can to guard against this. Both the Syrian Government and the opposition must avoid and prevent rifts along confessional and sectarian lines. It must be made clear to everyone carrying a gun or in a command position that all perpetrators of crimes in Syria will be held to account.
Despite the dangerous security environment and the limitations imposed by the Government, humanitarian agencies are feeding 1.5 million people and providing basic relief supplies for some 400,000 people. But it is just not enough. We have been able, on occasion, to establish tactical, very temporary ceasefires that permit assistance to move. Even a few hours can make a difference.
The humanitarian community needs $1.5 billion for the next six months — the largest-ever short-term appeal. However, our appeals to date have been woefully underfunded. That is why I am convening a pledging conference in Kuwait on 30 January. For many years, Syrians have shown great generosity and solidarity in hosting refugees from Palestine, Iraq and Somalia. The international community should come to Syria's aid in its own time of need.
The crisis in Mali is deepening. The country is under grave threat from extremist armed insurgents. A toxic mix of poverty, extreme climatic conditions, weak institutions, drug smuggling and the easy availability of deadly weapons is causing profound misery and dangerous insecurity in and beyond Mali.
More than 350,000 Malians have fled their homes. Eighteen million people across the Sahel region are affected by the consequences, including the threat of food shortages. Mali has called for help in restoring its constitutional order and territorial integrity.
France has taken an important decision to deploy troops following the troubling move southward by extremist groups. The African-led International Support Mission to Mali is taking shape, organized by ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) with support from the African Union and other troop contributors.
The United Nations is fully committed to helping Mali in its hour of need. That assistance will necessarily run from security efforts to those in the humanitarian and political areas. Our humanitarian agencies are focused on getting food, water and other assistance to internally displaced people and other vulnerable populations. The protection of civilians is a growing concern. There are reports of sexual violence, recruitment of child soldiers and reprisals against civilian Tuareg and Arab populations. The International Criminal Court has opened an investigation into alleged war crimes.
I have dispatched to Bamako an advance United Nations team to assist on both the political and security tracks. The team includes expertise on political affairs, military planning, human rights and gender concerns. Additional staff will deploy in the days ahead, giving us a presence on the ground able to lend full support to the process. The team has already begun discussions with Malian partners on a transitional road map that would cover all key issues.
Solutions will not come quickly or simply. Mali is at heart a political challenge requiring political solutions. It was the coup and the collapse of Mali's democracy that opened the way for extremists. Gains in restoring security must be matched by efforts to restore legitimacy in Bamako, while leaving the door open to negotiations with those groups that renounce terrorism.
I am personally committed to ensuring that the United Nations stands ready, once the regrettably necessary combat operations are over, to undertake a major system-wide effort for peacebuilding, governance and security-sector reform, physical reconstruction, and regional cooperation. This is a moral imperative for all in the international community.
Let us also remember the bigger picture. What happens in Mali is affecting the entire region. And we cannot expect to address the issues in Mali unless we confront the challenges affecting the broader region. The Governments and people of the Sahel need our full support. The United Nations has mobilized over $1 billion to support the immediate needs of affected populations, including more than 1 million children under the age of 5 at risk of acute malnutrition. While recent rainfall promises a better harvest season, the warning lights continue to flash.
My Special Envoy for the Sahel, Romano Prodi, has been focusing on four key issues — security, governance, humanitarian requirements and development. And he is engaging a full range of stakeholders, including women, religious and business leaders, representatives of the region's tribes, and others. The goal: an integrated strategy that would address all dimensions of this sustained and systemic crisis.
Mali and the Sahel will be on the agenda at the African Union Summit that I will attend after leaving Davos. I urge all leaders to do their part in the collective response to Mali's plight, and I reiterate the UN's strong commitment to do ours.
Here in Davos today, we have also been looking beyond crisis to the far horizon, the shape of the world a decade or two from now, the need to provide water, energy, food and health for an expanding human population. That far horizon is actually nearer than we think. Those supposedly longer-term issues are actually silent crises with us today: the death of children from preventable diseases; the melting of the polar ice caps because of climate change.
Our duty is to show solidarity with those today seeking democracy and dignity, and with those tomorrow, our children and theirs, who have a right to inherit a world of stable societies and a secure resource base. My fervent hope and determination is to rise to these tests, from Syria to the Sahel, from climate change to extreme poverty. Let not our inaction today lead to harsh judgement tomorrow.
People and policies are connected like never before. We must pull together because we are tied together. From Syria and Mali today, to the foundations for peace and prosperity tomorrow, that is my call to action to you and to the world at this time.
Thank you.


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Surely any competition is about one team beating other teams and winning as many matches in the competition as possible. That way you can really say they are the best. IMO this competition has ended up being about who hit their runs the quickest in the preliminaries, not who won the most matches and beat the most teams and so, was the best team.
Wouldn't a more true reflection of the best team be, the team with the most wins goes through to the final. The team that won the second most matches goes through to the final. Only when there is no such winner in either case, should the finalists be chosen by runrate or whatever.

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On this page, you will find content created by the members of the AI Game Programmers Guild for purposes of passing on knowledge and understanding of game AI. While titled as "public", this wiki is not open to be edited by the general public in the traditional manner of wikis. By "public", we mean that this is a space for the AIGPG members to assemble and communicate collective information to the public that is dynamic in nature.
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We will be undertaking the process of documenting the history and progress of game AI over the years. This is, by its very nature, not only an ongoing task, but a large and daunting one as well. To facilitate this process, the members of the AIGPG will be adding information about past and current game titles including:
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We hope that this project will be informative and educational not only to game AI programmers, but to the game community at-large. This process is only just beginning (specifically, 7/1/2011). Given the nature and scope of the project, will take a significant amount of time to even scratch the surface. Please be patient with us, but check back often!
To see what games have been covered so far, please visit the List of Game History Pages.
Recommended Game AI Curriculum
Part of the mission the AI Game Programmers Guild is to further the advancement of game AI. However is not entirely limited to the discovery of new knowledge and research. We are interested in helping the industry as a whole by helping to ensure that new AI programmers are armed with the necessary core knowledge to make an impact. Unfortunately, we have found that many educational systems — even those that are geared specifically towards game development — are at a loss as to what techniques would be of the most benefit to students looking to enter game development as AI programmers.
To that end, we are in the process of attempting to achieve a Guild consensus on what would be valuable knowledge and experience for an educational institution to offer as a part of their AI courses.
Due to the complex nature of putting together a unified document on this subject, this is still a discussion in progress. Check back soon for more information.
While the AIGPG is working on establishing this curriculum for the formal instruction of game AI, this page is not intended to be an instructional course in how to program AI for games. There are plenty of books and other web sites available that assist in that endeavor. You can also find educational material on game AI by visiting the blogs of AIGPG members and the papers and lecture presentations they have given.
Additionally, you will not find a definition of terms on this site. We find no value in duplicating the effort that is being done by a worldwide user base on sites such as Wikipedia.


text: Thursday, May 17, 2012 New in the Literature: Gait Speed and Acute Care Physical Therapy (J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2012 March 11 [Epub ahead of print]) Walking speed is a feasible measure for patients admitted to an acute care hospital, illustrating that patients walk slowly relative to community requirements but that their speed improves even over a short course of therapy, say authors of an article published online in Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. This observational cross-sectional study included 46 hospital inpatients (mean age 75 years (SD = 7.8) who were referred to physical therapy and able to walk at least 20 feet. Researchers obtained information regarding diagnosis, comorbidities, physical assistance, device use, body height, and weight for each participant. Speed was determined during initial and final physical therapy visits while patients walked at their self-selected speed over a marked course in a hospital corridor. Therapists reported that measuring walking speed was clinically feasible, requiring inexpensive, available resources, 4 minutes' additional time, and simple calculations for documentation. Initial walking speed was a mean of 0.33 m/s (SD = 0.21), whereas final speed was 0.37 m/s (SD = 0.20). The Wilcoxon test showed the increase in walking speed (0.04 m/s) to be significant over a mean therapy period of 2.0 days (SD = 1.4) and total hospitalization period of 5.5 days (SD = 3.6). The effect size and standardized response mean were 0.19 and 0.36, respectively. Minimal detectable change was 0.18 m/s. APTA member Heather J. Braden, PT, MPT, PhD, GCS, is lead author of the article. APTA members Richard Bohannon, PT, DPT, EdD, NCS, FAPTA, and Scott Hasson, PT, EdD, FACSM, FAPTA, are coauthors.


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Why buy property in bursa Turkey
Overseas property buyers in Bursa has increased dramatically over recent years, with Bursa being one of the main cogs in Turkey's economy for trade and industry and a very important historical area where the Ottoman architecture was founded many years ago.
With prices being lower than those of nearby Istanbul many Arab investors have headed to Bursa with its fast easy connections to Istanbul and its close proximity to one of Turkey's most popular ski resorts of Uludag, and the increasingly popular thermal spa baths of Bursa, all giving investors the ideal opportunity to earn healthy incomes from short term holiday rentals all year round, and for long term rental too with it being a perfect area for all year living with large shopping centres. excellent educational facilities and medical institutions.
Bursa is set to continue growing and is expected to attract more affluent citizens with some excellent employment opportunity's on offer, and attracted also by the generally lower cost of living than that of Istanbul and other large cities.
Property for sale in BURSA Turkey
Bursa is located in northern Turkey, a large city with an excellent modern approach playing a huge role in Turkey's economy with two of the main industries being textiles and the car production industry. Bursa is also Turkey's second largest export area next to neighbouring Istanbul which sits on the opposite shores of the Marmara Sea easily accessible by the regular car and passenger ferry services.
The city also has a growing affluent population of well-educated citizens, all this making Bursa a hotspot for property investment for the foreseeable future.
Who Buys Property in Bursa?
Apart from Turkish citizens, the main owners of real estate in Bursa are from the Arab countries, who tend to know a good real estate investment when they see one, often buying second homes, holiday homes, or buy-to-let investment properties, and have infused Bursa with millions of $'s over the past few years.
Arabs tend to prefer Turkey to other western areas, mainly because it is a predominantly Muslim country, in which they feel more comfortable and relaxed. Another reason Arabs choose this area is because accommodation for sale In Bursa is often considerably cheaper than in Istanbul, another popular area for Arabs.
Why Buy Property in Bursa, Turkey?
With Bursa's strong economic growth and affluent population, Bursa, like Istanbul, is an excellent area for property investment, not only does it offer long term rental potential, it also offers short term holiday rentals all year round, being located at the foot of the Uludag mountain which hosts one of Turkeys popular winter skiing resorts, and also very close to the popular seaside resorts if Mudanya and Yalova, short term rentals are also great in the Mudanya and Yalova areas as many people come to visit the spa centres in the area for health reasons.
Bursa Accessibility
Accessing Bursa is easy, it has its own airport with many domestic and international flights, as said above Istanbul is easily reached by the ferry's, and the excellent road network in Bursa also links you to all of the south coast holiday destinations, such as Fethiye, Bodrum and Antalya, with regular bus services running every day from Bursa's national bus station.
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Central Bursa property for sale offers many modern apartment complexes, often with huge plots hosting an array of on-site facilities or smaller boutique style complexes for a more elite style of living. Luxury villas can also be found in central areas all depending on your lifestyle requirements and budgets. A modern 2 bedroom luxury apartment can be purchased in the region of $70,000 and large private detached homes can be found for around $300,000, search for these types of properties in Istanbul and you can expect to see prices more than double than Bursa.
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JoyRide organizing SpinOdyssey team
JoyRide Cycling Studio is organizing a team to compete in the 15th annual SpinOdyssey, the annual fundraising event that raises money to fight breast cancer.
SpinOdyssey has raised more than $4 million for breast cancer research and support services for patients and their families.
For the past two years, Team JoyRide raised $88,623. In 2013, JoyRider Andrew Beal, of Westport, was also the top individual fundraiser, bringing in $23,500.
This year's SpinOdyssey will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30, under a tent in the parking lot at Fairway Market in Stamford. An estimated 400 riders will compete.
Riders will have the opportunity to participate for two, four or six hours, while raising money from pledge donors. One hundred percent of the money riders raise will benefit the American Cancer Society's breast cancer researchers. The proceeds from the SpinOdyssey store and merchanding, as well as a portion of the registration fees, will benefit Norwalk Hospital's Wittingham Cancer Center and the Smilow Family Breast Health Center.
The JoyRide SpinOdyssey team will be led by JoyRide owner and lead instructor Rhodie Lorenz, who is a key organizer of this year's SpinOdyssey and a lead presenter at the event. Other JoyRide instructors who will lead the event include Mo Prester, Mackenzie Pretty, Meagen O'Connell, Armond Jordan and Brian Herman.
"I feel fortunate to combine my passion for indoor cycling toward increasing awareness and raising money to find a cure for breast cancer," said Lorenz, who has participated in SpinOdyssey for eight years. "I am lucky to be part of a strong and supportive JoyRide community, and I am so proud of the way our team comes together to inspire, lead and fight cancer."
This week, JoyRide will also offer free training rides at both the Westport and Darien studios for participants to prepare for the fundraising event. Any registered SpinOdyssey rider can take a free class between Monday and Friday at 6, 7:30 and 10:45 a.m., noon and 6:30 or 7 p.m. Riders should book a spot in advance using the code JRS014 at joyridestudio.com.
SpinOdyssey is a volunteer-run fundraising event, and the organizer, Patty Kondub, expects at least 200 volunteers to attend, as well as hundreds more friends, family members and Fairway shoppers to cheer on the riders.
"SpinOdyssey is thrilled to have JoyRide returning again with a strong and enthusiastic fundraising team," Kondub said. "JoyRide is a major partner for 2014, hosting many free training rides and helping with the presenters, music and corporate sponsorships too. We are extremely grateful for all of their support."
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"Collectively, we are more powerful than we are alone," Lorenz said. "Whether we seek to effect change in an indoor cycling class or as residents of Fairfield County battling breast cancer, Spin Odyssey empowers JoyRiders to save lives. That's amazing and I am honored to be part of the team."
JoyRide is at 1200 Post Road East in Westport and in the Goodwives Shopping Center at 25 Old Kings Highway North in Darien.
Riders can register for JoyRide's SpinOdyssey team at www.spinodyssey.info.


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Austria based Bassrunner Productions bout to release a new Riddim called "Prisonbreak".
The Riddim features Artists like Mykal Roze, Fantan Mojah, Million Stylez, Natty King, Joggo, Zareb, Mr. Mojo, Cornadoor, 3gga & Emiliano, Wildlife, Hi-Kee & New Kingston and will be available on vinyl and as digital download.
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text: Thursday, May 03, 2012 Utilization of Health Care Services Not to Blame for High Spending in US Higher prices and greater use of technology appear to be the main factors driving the high rates of spending in the United States, rather than greater use of physician and hospital services, according to a Commonwealth Fund report that presents analysis of prices and health care spending in 13 industrialized countries. In 2009, there were 2.4 physicians per 100,000 people in the US, fewer than in all the countries in the study except Japan. The US also had the fewest physician consultations (3.9 per capita) of any country except Sweden. Relative to the other countries in the study, the US also had fewer hospital beds, short lengths of stay for acute care, and fewer hospital discharges per 1,000 population. On the other hand, US hospital stays were far more expensive than those in other countries—more than $18,000 per discharge. By comparison, the cost per discharge in Canada was about $13,000, while in Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Germany it was less than $10,000. High spending in the United States does not always translate into high-quality care, says the report. The US had the highest survival rates in the study for breast cancer and the best survival rates, along with Norway, for colorectal cancer. However, cervical cancer survival rates in the US were worse than average and well below those of Norway. Compared with other countries in the study, the US had high rates of asthma-related deaths among people ages 5 to 39 and, along with Germany, very high rates of amputations resulting from diabetes. US rates of in-hospital deaths after heart attack and stroke were average. Comments Thank you for informative information Posted by Heidi Harris on 5/4/2012 1:45 PM


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text: Miracle on Mantua Street, Theodore Roosevelt High Schools annual Silent Auction, will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the high school, 1400 N. Mantua St. (S.R. 43) in Kent. Some of the items being auctioned include an iPad mini, 21-inch monitor, Kindle Fire HD, remote car starter, electronic dog fence, romantic get-a-ways, gym memberships, golf packages, bike donated by Portage Cyclery, permanent make-up, catering, photographer packages, dinner and theater tickets, and a Sydney Crosby autographed jersey professionally framed, which will be bid on with a live auction at 8 p.m. Showing off some of the baskets are, in front row from left, Natalie Stokes, Jessica Gordon, Mackenzie Lloyd, Erin Makanos and Tori Lang, and back row, Phoeby Trask, Katie McGann, Erin Weese and Jessica Pittinger. All proceeds support the 2013 Prom as well as helping seniors go on their senior trip. For more information, contact Tanya Titus at firstname.lastname@example.com or 330-676-8883.


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WSUS 3.0 SP2 Beta Program now available on Microsoft Connect!
I am very pleased to announce that WSUS 3.0 SP2 Beta is available today, January 26, via the Connect Site. All you have to do is sign in to your Connect account or sign up now in order to participate in the Beta program.
WSUS 3.0 SP2 Beta Overview
New Windows Server and Client Version Support
· Integration with Windows Server® 2008 R2
· Support for Windows 7® client
· Support for the BranchCache feature on Windows Server® 2008 R2
WSUS Beta Feature Improvements and Fixes
Auto-Approval Rules
· New functionality lets you specify the approval deadline date and time.
· You can now apply a rule to all computers or to specific computer groups.
Update Files and Languages
· This release provides improved handling of language selection on downstream servers. A new warning dialog appears when you download updates only for specified languages.
Cross-Version Compatibility
· The user interface is compatible between Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2 for WSUS 3.0 on both the client and the server.
Software Updates
· Stability and reliability fixes for the WSUS server, such as support for IPV6 addresses greater than 40 characters.
· The approval dialog now sorts computer groups alphabetically by group name.
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Trio of Mass. lawmakers ask for increased fish aid in disaster relief bill
BOSTON (AP) � A trio of Massachusetts congressmen is pushing for tens of millions in emergency aid for Northeast fishermen.
The action by Democratic Reps. Bill Keating, Ed Markey and John Tierney came after the House of Representatives appeared poised to all but bypass the battered industry in a disaster relief bill. Each lawmaker filed amendments to the House's Superstorm Sandy relief bill before a Friday afternoon deadline.
The amendments differ slightly, but they ask for between $116 million and $150 million in aid for fishermen in Northeast, Gulf Coast and Alaska.
Keating said Northeastern fishing communities badly need the funds, as a combination of natural causes and poorly conceived federal regulations have left fishermen facing devastating cuts in 2013.
Fishermen say the money could be the difference for some who are trying to stay in business.


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Carroll Dale Steele was born in Alden, Minnesota, the son of Melvin and Irma (Schmidt) Steele. He grew up in Alden on a farm and graduated from Alden High School.
He enlisted in the US Army when he was 18 and served in an active and reserve role from 1955-1961.
He lived in Albert Lea, MN and Minneapolis, MN until he was 36 when he moved to California with his family.
He got degrees at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA and San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (MBA).
Among some of the places he worked are: Streater in Albert Lea, MN; Control Data in Minneapolis, MN, Mosinee Paper Mills in Wausau, WI; Measurex in Cupertino, CA; BTI in Sunnyvale, CA.
On Sept. 7, 1991, Carroll was united in marriage to Jo Hesterly at Immanuel Lutheran Church in San Jose. They lived in San Jose until 2000, when they retired and bought a small ranch in Acampo. It is here where Carroll started collecting vintage John Deere tractors and built a barn to house all of them. Carroll loved playing softball, as he was on as many as 3 teams at any one time. His greatest passion was being surrounded by his family.
Carroll died Dec. 7, 2012 at Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center in Vallejo. He was 75. He is survived by his loving wife of 21 years, Jo; children: Scott (Diane) Steele of Roseville, Kent (Chary) Steele of Pleasanton, Terry (JoAnn) Steele of San Jose (all three are sons of Margaret Steele); step children: Sabrina (David) Kampfe of Avondale, AZ , Wendal (Dayle) Hesterly of Auburn; grandchildren: Sharon (Greg) Fenton of Lincoln, Ryan, Alysha, Sara, Andrew & Jonathan Steele of Pleasanton, Shaun & Kelsea Steele of San Jose; step grandchildren: Tyrone Milner Kampfe of San Jose, Coleton & Casey Kampfe of Avondale, AZ, Sharylen Hesterly of Auburn; great grandchildren: Amanda & Kelly Fenton of Lincoln. He is also survived by his mother Irma Steele of Albert Lea, MN, sister Janice (Holland) Laak of Inver Grove Heights, MN, bother Richard (Beverley) Steele of Alden, MN, sister Myrna (Harold) Paulson of Georgetown, TX; sister-in-law Pat Steele of Albert Lea, MN, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father Melvin Steele and his brother Dennis Steele.


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Effect 1: The performer shows a normal deck of playing cards. he places the deck on top of an empty glass. He then borrows a coin, makes someone sign their name on it. With empty hands, he just slips the top of the deck and the coin magically goes through 52 cards and ends up in the glass. The performer can then spread the cards to show a normal deck after the penetration, the glass and the coin are fully examinable. Effect 2:The performer places a borrowed coin on top of the (shown normal) deck of cards. He then shows there is nothing in the empty card box. He closes the lid of the empty card box and hits the coin with the box. The coin magically penetrates inside the card box. The spectator can fully see there is no hole on the normal card box and can fully check the coin. Includes gimmicked deck and instruction sheet.


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does this make any sense? to anybody?
"Sweden pays jobless youth to move to Norway"
"31 Oct 2012
"A Swedish town has taken to paying people to look for work in Norway in an attempt to reduce soaring youth unemployment…."
"Sweden to get 50,000 asylum seekers in 2013"
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"Over 50,000 asylum seekers are expected to come to Sweden next year, according to the latest prognosis from the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket), pushing the country's capacity past its limits…."
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Methods of Inquiry is a studio course in which students learn and practice a series of creative inquiry methods including research, ideation, iteration, experimentation, contextualization, presentation, and critique skills. Students will learn different ways of approaching these creative tasks, drawing on and integrating creative methods from disciplines across the art and design spectrum. Course work will include learning how to effectively present project proposals, thoughtfully assess a project's strengths and weaknesses, consider viable alternatives, and make informed decisions regarding appropriate solutions and successful outcomes. By the end of the semester, students will be able to employ multiple methods for finding and addressing meaningful creative problems.
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A Busman's Holiness
When Ronnie Eliach, a driver of an Egged bus on the Ashdod – Bnei Brak route, conducted his routine check of the bus at the end of the trip, he noticed a black plastic bag which had been left behind by a passenger. Upon opening the bag, which looked like the kind one gets at the grocery store, he was shocked to see that it contained forty thousand dollars in cash!
Aware of his responsibility as a Jew to return a lost object to its owner, he contacted his supervisor, who put him in touch with the special advisor on transportation for the observant community of Ashdod, Rabbi Moshe Radjuminsky. Only a short while later the latter received an urgent call from one of the Ashdod residents asking him to help locate a sum of money he left on the bus.
After the happy ending of the lost money being returned to the overjoyed loser, that gentleman went with his family to the Tel Aviv home of the honest driver to personally thank him for his holy deed. The Egged Company was very proud of its employee and awarded him a certificate of honor.


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Monday, 20 August 2012
Explore Bridgerland's Trails - Jack Greene
Come explore the beautiful and varied Cache Valley landscape with naturalist educator and former USFS Wilderness Ranger, Jack Greene. Jack will share his great experience, reveal some of his more memorable stories from the back country, describe some trails, and introduce his audience to the flora, fauna, and geology of our incredible landscape.
Jack worked as a Logan High School science teacher for 19 years and as a Wilderness Ranger for the Logan Ranger District for 11 years. He has hiked and boated many of the terrestrial and aquatic trails in and around our valley, both as a ranger and educator. Jack is actively involved in the Bridgerland Audubon Society and coauthored Stones, zones, trails and tales of Logan Canyon : an interpretive guide to the natural and human history of Logan Canyon which presents the natural and human history of Logan Canyon.
Join us in the Jim Bridger Room on Thursday, August 23 and Thursday, September 13 at 7 p.m.!
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A Group of 'Hoodies' or 'Soldjas' (also known as a 'Thicket')
Walking into the Police interview room we were shown our 'patient'! A scrawny 'yoof' lounging in a chair with his feet on the desk. We had been called because the Police officers were a bit concerned about his behaviour as he was not making much sense and was rambling on and on. It was when he was in one of his more lucid states that he told the Police officers that he had taken a whole lot of XTC tablets!
Right…first things first:
- his airway was fine as he would not shut the f**k up!
- this meant that his breathing was okay
- hence his heart was working
- and that he was fully conscious!…unfortunately!
Shining a light in his eyes revealed pupils big as saucers! A sign of either oxygen deprivation, fear or as in this 'yoofs' case the possible taking of substances known or unknown! "How many pills have you taken then?" I asked him resisting the urge to knock his feet off the table and get him to sit up. I was aware of all the cameras and microphones around so I basically sat on my hands trying to avoid punching the little s***s lights out. (Not conducive to good patient care and my bosses would probably frown upon such action)
"I've tekken tweny I fink. No probs tho. Drugs are gud man. Dont affect me know what I mean?" It looked and sounded like he had taken something and he probably would be okay but we need to cover our backs same as the Police. So we decided to take him down to A/E to be checked out. This is where he started gobbing off big style and demanded to be taken home and that "the 'Filth' had no right to arrest him because he earns good money and dat ting!" He started to finish off every sentence with "Innit!"
So whilst waiting for him to be bailed I ask him general questions about his drug taking, alcohol intake and what his job is? "I aint telling youse nuffink…I'm a 'Soldja!' I know people you know what I mean. Innit!" And then in all my night shift befuddlement I ask him "Soldier eh? What regiment?" He looks up at me not understanding so I ask again, "What regiment are you in then?"
"I aint in no army man! I'm a 'Street Soldja' innit!" I feel my knuckles tighten as my hands curl into fists behind my back. He spouts off about how he can get hold of guns and is not afraid of 'nuffink'. I cant stand these so called 'Street soldiers' who run around in gangs terrorising the local community and getting away with it more often than not. But, if I or any other member of the public, should give one of these so called 'Soldjas' a well deserved kicking it would be our jobs and livelihoods on the line.
All the while he is acting the big man swearing and swaggering around. What has happened to the good old days of 'Gene Hunt' and the 'Sweeney' when a well placed 'dig' to the kidneys or an 'accidental' elbow to the back of the head was all part of the criminals occupational hazards.
The Police were glad to get rid of him although it seemed he was playing the game knowing that if he played the 'overdose' card he would get bailed or de-arrested. We all have to pay our mortgages and its a big risk for a little s**t like he was. So it was off down to the A/E to add him to all the other drunks/druggies/assaults/half-hearted suicides/dick heads and other assorted jetsom and flotsam of society.
I was thinking that he need a reality check…then I tought that what he does on a daily basis is his reality. Because people like him are allowed to get away with their behaviour whilst law abiding people are expected to put up and shut up! He knows that he can almost do as he likes and that 'respect' (in the true sense of the word) does not exist for others only for the other 'Soldjas' in his gang.
What a knob head…!!!


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Green Gourmet
Picnic season is upon us, so what are you waiting for? Pack a hamper, grab your beloved and head for the park. For a particularly romantic experience, check out these parks in Barcelona, San Francisco and Tokyo.
Gingerbread houses, pointy towers, curvy stairs and benches: Antoni Gaudí gave his creative genius free rein in Park Güell, Barcelona, which looks straight out of a fairy tale. There are peaceful spots away from the tourist hordes at the bottom end of the park.
Waterfalls, windmills, lots of greenery: The Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is one of the largest urban parks in the world. The best place to picnic is on top of Strawberry Hill with a panoramic view of the city.
Tokyo's Shinjuku Gyoen park features English, French and Japanese landscape gardening and is particularly attractive at cherry-blossom time in April and May. Gourmet picnickers can buy their picnic feast next door at the classy Takashimaya department store.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Giants signed running back Brandon Jacobs on Tuesday.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Giants signed running back Brandon Jacobs on Tuesday.
Jacobs, who played for the Giants from 2005-2011 and was a part of two Super Bowl-winning teams, should help a backfield in flux. Second-year starter in David Wilson is backed up by Da'Rel Scott and Michael Cox. But New York ran for only 50 yards in the season-opening loss to the Cowboys.
"Whatever they need me to do," Jacobs said. "Whatever role they want me to play, I'll come in and do it. I know the offense. I know they've made some tweaks, and I'll do whatever I have to do."
"We want to be the group that leads the team to victory."
Jacobs, a 2005 fourth-round draft choice, has played in 100 regular-season games for the Giants, with 48 starts. The franchise leader with 56 rushing touchdowns, Jacobs, 31, played in 11 postseason games with five starts, as well.
New York (0-1) will meet Denver (1-0) on Sunday.


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This article is part of a transcript of a presentation delivered at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. The original session took place on July 21, 2010. Jump to the table of contents to see other articles in the series.
"Sexual rights are not an issue that we discuss enough, because of these beliefs about sexuality that are focused on reproduction," says social psychologist Gloria Careaga. She speaks about how the framing of reproduction as a necessity, and of HIV-positive status solely as the result of victimization, for women in Latin American society serves to "invisiblize" women's sexuality, and discount their sexual agency.
We have been fighting a lot for reproductive rights and it seems that, still, almost 25 years after this struggle, motherhood and having children seems to be something that most couples see as natural.
What we were fighting for at the beginning of the '90s was, specifically, the opportunity for women, especially, to be able to make the choice if they want to have children or not, with whom, when, how many. And now, it seems that that struggle that we had in the '90s has not really achieved the goals that we were looking for. Many people, in different regions and in most of the world, still relate the idea of building a project with another person to building a family with children. Reproduction is part of the natural process of a partnership, of a couple, and it isn't, necessarily.
I don't know why reproduction and having children, in the mind of the people, is part of a natural process, and that it comes together with living with somebody else -- especially for the straight couples. Same-sex couples have the chance to really think if they want to [have children]: What are the risks? What are the opportunities? What are the resources and the possibilities they have?
But being straight is related to reproduction. And I think that, in many cases, this is because of the social values -- that motherhood has been related with women's identity, and with masculinity building. In thinking about this, what happens with those women that become HIV positive? As it happens in my country, and in most of the countries in Latin America, women do not know that they are positive until they get pregnant. And because of the testing that they have to do during this period, they realize that they are positive. But this situation is not only for those women that are already over their 30s, or over their 40s. Because we know that getting HIV is a possibility for everybody, at any age.
I want to highlight some of the issues that are very confusing for HIV-positive women. Because when they realize that they are pregnant, and then that that they are positive, they have to share this situation with the family, with the partner. And mostly, the women that are in this condition are condemned. And they are condemned specifically because of sexuality practices.
As we know, HIV infection is related to sexual practice, or sexual intercourse. So many people, when they are identified as HIV positive, are condemned because people then think that they had unprotected sex, and that they are irresponsible. This situation, for these women, is very difficult because, having this perspective of being mothers as natural, at the same time, being HIV positive does not put them in a natural position. It seems that they are responsible for that situation, and that they are responsible for that child that will come.
Most people do not see this as a social situation that is the result of social values, and of the exigency of being a mother. As I said, it comes with the situation of being straight and the beliefs that surround those relationships: that they have to be monogamous, and that sex should only happen within a marriage. Many women that are HIV positive are seen as victims of their partners.
All these situations make for invisiblizing women's sexuality. We have to recognize that women's sexuality is active, that we have desire, and that we have different practices; that we are active in our sexual life, and that we have the right for that. That we are condemned for being HIV positive, or because we want to have sexual practice, is one of the problems that we have been fighting against.
I began by talking about reproductive rights, but I'm mainly speaking of sexual rights. Sexual rights are not an issue that we discuss enough, because of these beliefs about sexuality that are focused on reproduction.
I do affirm that, regarding reproductive rights, we have the right to choice, to information, to care and services, and to have enough support for the building of a new life. But I think that, when talking about the HIV situation, we also need to be very clear about the rights that we have to information, confidentiality, freedom, and care and services surrounding our sexuality.
So I think that we have to go on with the actions of linking sexual education and health, and to really look towards cultural change: mainly working on public opinions, organizing ourselves, and making alliances with other social movements -- not only related to youth, feminism or sexuality issues, but also human rights and social justice.
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Price Is Right
Priced correctly and marketed aggressively, most homes will get an offer quickly. How you and your agent handle negotiations can affect the outcome of your home sale. Your Jim Maloof/REALTOR® agent will conduct the negotiations with professionalism, attention to detail and a loyal representation of your best interests.
It is vital to the integrity of the deal and to our reputation as professionals.
Your Jim Maloof/REALTOR® agent will involve you in all aspects of the negotiation and communicate your options clearly and candidly.
Time is of the essence! We will expedite the presentation of offers and counteroffers in a timely fashion.
Real estate sales transactions are multi-faceted transactions. We look at all angles to find a strategy and solutions that help you accomplish your objectives.
We will do everything in our power to help you negotiate from a position of strength. Our goal is to achieve an outcome that meets or exceeds your expectations.
Pricing Your Home
The most important question you will likely have is "What is my home worth?" A Jim Maloof/REALTOR® Agent can help you answer that.
The knowledge, experience and research we apply to pricing our clients' homes produce shorter market times and a higher listing-to-sale price ratio.
The most effective way to get the highest selling price for your home is to price it right from day one.
To arrive at the best list price, we complete a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) which compares your home to other similar properties currently listed and those recently sold. We use home location, local supply and demand, days on the market and property features to arrive at what we believe is a fair market value for your home.
The surest way to see the selling price decline is to set a list price that is too high and then take reductions to chase the market.
Accurate list price is important because the greatest amount of showings occur in the first few weeks of market time.
Remember, time is money and it is best to work with your agent to advise you on today's market price.
The Risk of Overpricing
Could cause it to be used as a "target" to sell other properties
Could lead to loan rejection for a hopeful purchaser due to appraisal
Could lessen your ability to purchase another property
Causes your home to become "shop-worn"
Eliminates potentially good offers
Reduces the number of showings
Preparing Your Home
Ensuring your home is in the best showing condition will set it apart from the competition and could be the difference between a timely and productive sale or one that drags on.
- Declutter
Go through your home room by room and ask yourself what you can throw away and what you can box up and put in storage. Pay extra attention to areas like closets, bookcases, shelves and kitchen and bathroom counters.
- Organize
Lack of storage can be a deal breaker. Go through closets and pantries. Remove items from closet floors, clean out bedroom closets so that hanging clothes are aligned and have ample space. Reorganize and clean out your kitchen cabinets and line up dishes and glassware. Make sure bathroom and kitchen drawers are neatly organized.
- Clean
Give your home a deep clean from top to bottom, including windows, upholstery and carpet, refrigerator and stove. Yes, buyers do open these.
- Paint
A fresh coat of paint is the least expensive, most effective way to enhance the appearance of your home. Neutral colors are best.
- Brighten Your Home
Light gives the impression of space – ensure every room in your home has ample light any time of the day. Raise blinds and turn on all lights. Add floor and table lamps to brighten darker rooms or corners.
- Maintain the Exterior
Maintain your lawn and landscaping. Ensure your front door is in good condition. In the winter, shovel and de-ice walkways. Make decks, patios and porches inviting by using potted plants and flowers.
- Make Repairs
Consult your agent prior to taking on large improvement projects. Make easy repairs such as touching-up spackling and painting, replacing cracked windows or torn screens, fixing leaky faucets and changing burned out light bulbs.
- Remove Personal Property
If you do not plan on including personal property such as window treatments or light fixtures as a part of the sale, remove them prior to your first showing and replace with attractive alternatives.
- Remove Pets
Keep pets out of the home for all showings. Conceal food bowls and litter boxes. If pet odor is present, have the home professionally cleaned.
- Disclose Everything
By law sellers must disclose existing structural and mechanical problems, flooding, the presence of lead paint, information on radon hazards and other known defects to potential buyers.
Staging Your Home
Home Staging – The art of merchandising your home to improve marketability.
Your home must show like a model in order to stand out in today's competitive market. Staging can be as simple as rearranging a few pieces of furniture to hiring a professional to furnish an empty home. Your Jim Maloof/REALTOR® agent can give you staging suggestions or assist you in locating a professional stager.
Tips for Home Staging
- Use neutral colors and décor to help your home appeal to the largest number of potential buyers. Add color through accessories such as pillows, vases and oriental rugs.
- Arrange furniture in small groupings that demonstrate a room's functionality, and do not overcrowd a room with furniture. Place pieces in a way that dictates logical traffic flow.
- Use light, airy window treatments, like simple sheers on a curtain rod. Hang window treatments so they cover the least amount of glass.
- Higher wattage light bulbs can brighten up dark areas, while dimmers are a low-cost way to add a desirable feature and allow you to increase or decrease light levels in different rooms.
- Camouflage outdated furniture or worn upholstery with slip covers, and replace worn bedspreads and throw rugs.
- Personal photographs and mementos add warmth and character to a home, but use them in moderation so the buyer will focus on the home, not it's owners.
- Keep kitchen counters clean and clear of all items, and remove all magnets and notes from the front of the refrigerator. If your kitchen needs an update, paint cupboards with a neutral color and replace knobs on cabinets.
- Remove all personal items from the bathroom counter. Stock fresh towels and get a new shower curtain and rug for the floor.
- Use interesting accessories to draw the eye to desirable features like built-in shelving, bookcases or fireplace mantels.
- Display fresh flowers.
- If you have collectibles, display them in neat, uncluttered groupings.
- Remember outdoor spaces like your back yard, patio or balcony. Add furniture, plants or potted flowers with seasonal settings.


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– USA, CA – Systems and security management company Tanium secured $90 million in its first venture funded financing from Andreessen Horowitz, marking the firm's second largest investment to date. Tanium will use the funding to support continued product innovation and company expansion.
Founded in 2007, Tanium is the "central nervous system" for half of the Fortune 100, five of the top 10 largest global banks and four of the top 10 global retailers. The company spent five years building and refining its technology to meet the needs of the most rigorous enterprise environments, giving them unique real-time visibility and access to data in seconds that used to take hours, days or weeks. Using Tanium, CIOs, CISOs and IT professionals with highly distributed enterprise architectures can detect and mitigate damages from outages and cyber-attacks within seconds and distribute and install updates and shut down processes or executables instantaneously.
"Enterprise networks have grown exponentially during the last decade while the technology to secure and manage these systems has stagnated. The result is that simple, preventable issues result in debilitating outages and attacks cannot be identified or managed until it's too late," said Orion Hindawi, co-founder and CTO of Tanium. "By completely rethinking how IT professionals manage, secure and maintain the end points in their network Tanium gives them the ability to interrogate, manage update and secure their systems in a fraction of the time."
How it Works
Tanium offers a new approach to systems and security management with a completely new communications architecture that addresses the unique challenges posed by modern enterprise networks. By collecting and processing billions of metrics across endpoints in real-time, and allowing enterprises to rapidly change the state of those endpoints, IT managers using Tanium can do everything from proactively identifying and fixing operational issues, to fending off professional-grade security attacks.
"The Tanium team has accomplished nothing short of a complete reinvention of how IT Professionals manage, secure, and maintain the end-points in their network: every node on the network can now be interrogated, managed, updated, and secured, instantly from a browser," said Andreessen Horowitz partner Steven Sinofsky. "As an already successful and profitable company with dozens of customers in massive, mission-critical and global deployments, this type of innovative and inventive technology can only come about from a team with years of experience and a depth of understanding of the enterprise. We could not be more excited to be leading this investment in Tanium, and I'm delighted to join the Board and work closely with David, Orion, and the rest of the team."
As part of its continued growth, Tanium has also announced the appointment of Steven Sinofsky, board partner at Andreessen Horowitz, to its board of directors. He joins existing members that include Chairman David Hindawi, Tanium co-founder and CEO; Gordon Davidson, of Fenwick & West, LLP; Orion Hindawi, Tanium co-founder and CTO; Nathan Brill, and Morton Simonsen.
About Tanium
Tanium gives the world's biggest organizations the unique power to control, manage and secure hundreds of thousands of endpoints within seconds. Serving as the "central nervous system" for enterprises, Tanium prevents downtime and attacks that can cripple organizations and cause costly business interruptions. By collecting and processing billions of metrics across global networks of endpoints in seconds, and allowing enterprises to quickly change the state of those endpoints, CIOs, CISOs and IT managers can do everything from proactively identifying and fixing issues to fending off professional grade security attacks.
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The Qiantang River is the biggest river in Zhejiang Province, and flows into Hangzhou Bay, and ultimately the East China Sea. According to a recent report on China's oceans, Hangzhou Bay is one of the most polluted coastal areas in China. The East China Sea is reported as being polluted with persistent toxic chemicals, the major source of which is industrial discharge. The situation prompted Greenpeace to investigate potential sources of pollution of hazardous chemicals in Hangzhou Bay.
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How to make computer run faster
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A slow computer is reported to be one of the most common complaints PC repair technicians hear when users bring in their PC's for repair or service. This condition may be caused by a wide array of issues, including file fragmentation, invalid or corrupt entries in the Windows registry, incorrect system settings that interfere with proper operation, misconfigured internet connection settings that lead to slower connection speeds and a number of other factors.
The most effective way to make computer run faster is with the help of special software that detects and eliminates common causes of PC slowdowns
The article provides details on the symptoms and causes of slow computer conditions and ways to make computer run faster.
Symptoms of slow computer conditions
The most common symptoms of a slow computer include increased time for PC startup and shutdown, slower application launching, application or whole system freezes, slower response times (which may be noticed by users of text editors, where typed characters may appear on the screen with a brief delay), application crashes that require program restarts or computer reboots. In the case of slow internet connection speed, the user may notice slower web browsing, lower file download or upload speeds, poor quality of web calls, delays in message delivery when using chat programs and a number of other slowness symptoms.
Causes of slow computer conditions
Among the most common causes of slow computer conditions are misconfigured system settings that require adjusting, heavy file fragmentation due to hard drives not being defragmented on a regular basis, presence of invalid or corrupt entries in the Windows registry that prevents applications or system components from operating properly. Slow web browsing, downloads and web call interruptions on a supposedly high-speed connection are usually caused by incorrect network settings.
Ways to make computer run faster
Advanced PC users may be able to improve their computer's speed by manually resolving the common causes of computer slowdown – by running defragmentation, adjusting system and internet connection settings, removing invalid keys from the Windows registry. However, since any manipulations with system settings and the registry always carry a risk of rendering the operating system unbootable, whenever a user is in any doubt of their technical skills or knowledge, they should only use special software that is meant to resolve common speed issues and repair the Windows registry without requiring any special skills.
Safe way to make computer run faster:
- Download the PC speedup application
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- Click the Scan Now button to detect errors and abnormalities
- Click the Repair All button to speed up computer
The same application can be used to run preventative measures to reduce the chance of this or other system issues appearing in the future.


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Bosmere Thunder Grey 8 Seater Circular Furniture Cover - U524
Product Code : U524 Barcode : 5013554002739
The Bosmere Thunder Grey 8 Seater Furniture Set cover is made from a top quality, upgraded backed polyester fabric for better performance. It has been UV stabilised against the sun and is fully weather proof, with weatherproofed joints to prevent leaks. It features brass coated eyelets, heavy duty ties, cord locks and bungee ties for security in windy conditions
This cover has the following dimensions:
Height 90cm (36 inches) Diameter 300cm (118 inches)
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This cover is compatible with Bosmere's unique, simple to use, centre water shedding pole (sold separately) which lifts the cover above high back chairs to shed rain water to prevent the pooling of water in the middle of the cover. To install simply remove the parasol from the centre of the table, make up the shedding pole and place in the centre of the table before covering your furniture.


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Last week�s meeting of the Port St. Joe Port Authority was noteworthy not for what must be accomplished to secure a permit to dredge the shipping channel but what would not have to be done.
Last week�s meeting of the Port St. Joe Port Authority was noteworthy not for what must be accomplished to secure a permit to dredge the shipping channel but what would not have to be done.
Shaving months and thousands of dollars off the timeline and budget for a permit to dredge the shipping, the Port Authority board was informed a significant federal process would be unnecessary.
Tommy Pitts, former port director and now project manager for engineers Hatch Mott MacDonald in securing a dredge permit, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would not require a so-called Section 408 assessment of the dredge project.
A Section 408, in very broad strokes, is a study undertaken to determine how a dredging project might environmentally impact another Corps project.
Such a study would have cost the Port Authority, in the long-term, thousands of dollars but more importantly it would have significantly impacted the timeline for the dredging, extending it by as much as a year.
The key to the dredging for the Port of Port St. Joe is that under two letters of intent the St. Joe Company has secured with energy companies to transport wood pellets to domestic and international markets through the port hinged on dredging being completed sometime 2015.
In a dredge permit pre-application meeting with state and federal agencies in September, that component was the most worrisome to port officials.
On the flip side, there was optimism as the shipping channel is an authorized Corps project and therefore impacts to another Corps project were not evident.
�That is big news,� Pitts said of the decision by the Corps not to require the Section 408 assessment. �That would have been a deal-killer. That was very encouraging.
�We are not going to modify the channel beyond the federally-authorized channel.�
Also encouraging, said Pitts and Bill Perry with HMM, was that it was the lobbying of state agency officials which carried the day for the Port of Port St. Joe during a recent meeting.
In hiring Pitts � which came after the company and the Port Authority ensured crossed no legal or ethical boundaries � Perry noted Pitts� long-standing knowledge with the government processes concerning ports as well as deep history with the Port of Port St. Joe.
Pitts learned of a meeting between officials with the Corps and state agencies. Pitts said last week that entering the meeting it seemed a foregone conclusion that Section 408 would come into play.
But, Pitts said, officials at state agencies lobbied the port�s case and that �support from leadership� was critical.
Pitts reiterated an aggressive timeline mapped out earlier by Perry when the outcome on Section 408 was an unknown.
The hope is to have an application to state and federal agencies within four to six months with a permit in hand by spring.
With the hope of funding for dredging coming in this coming legislative session � the estimated cost is at least $20 million � Pitts said the dredging could be completed by the end of 2014.
�That is an aggressive goal,� Pitts said. �There are too many unknowns to peg our hopes to that schedule.�
Depending on weather, work began this week on assessing materials and any potential contaminants along the floor of the shipping channel, Pitts said.
An assessment of the volume of the materials that will need to be dredged is underway as is a sediment survey, a time-consuming process that involves engineers taking bore samples at as many as 67 GPS identified locations in the ship channel and turning basin.
Potential disposal sites, including the old paper mill site, upland areas owned by St. Joe are being identified, Pitts said, as well as potential locations along St. Joseph Peninsula where any appropriate sandy material would be used for beach nourishment.
�We are working very hard at achieving our schedule,� Pitts said.
A cost �benefit study, to be performed by the Haas Institute out of the University of West Florida, is also underway, said Port Authority chair Leonard Costin.
That study is aimed at demonstrating the value of investing in the development of the Port of Port St. Joe, an important piece for the lobbying of state officials � who have from the governor down emphasized a return on investment gauge � during the coming legislative session.
�I see things coming together,� Costin said. �You can�t overstate the importance� of the Corps of Engineers� decision.


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Video: Mike Piazza at Miami City Ballet
Earlier this month a story surfaced that Mike Piazza was trading in his cleats for ballet slippers.
Maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but the future Hall of Famer still agreed to play a small part in a performance at his daughter's ballet school.
As the May 3 opening approaches, video has surfaced of Piazza's rehearsal.
Graceful, elegant…the man is a natural.
We're keeping an eye on the situation and will continue to update on all the pirouettes, chassés and temps levés as Piazza's dancing career takes off.


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An 86-year-old man who carried out a mercy killing by shooting his ailing wife in the head was sentenced to probation on Friday after an emotional hearing where family members tearfully spoke on his behalf.
George Sanders could have faced more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. The judge opted for probation.
The World War II veteran told authorities his wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1969, and the couple moved from Washington state to the retirement community of Sun City outside Phoenix in the 1970s for the warm, dry climate.
Virginia Sanders, 81, had been diagnosed with gangrene on her foot just a few days before the shooting.
In a videotaped confession, Sanders said his wife begged him to kill her. Wrapped in a blanket as he sat being questioned by a detective, Sanders appeared frail and tired in the hours after he shot his wife in the head.
"She never wanted to outlive me and be left at the mercy of someone else," he said.
"We loved each other so much," Sanders said. "It was a wonderful life in spite of all the hard things we had at the end."
Sanders was initially charged with first-degree murder for the Nov. 9 shooting but later pleaded guilty to manslaughter in what attorneys on both sides have called a "mercy killing."
"We did a lot of things together, always loved each other," he told the detective, adding that her health began to deteriorate over the last few years. "I took care of her through that day and night," Sanders said.
Eventually, as his own health deteriorated, he said the couple hired a caregiver. He said his wife had been diagnosed with gangrene on her foot just a few days before the shooting and was set to be admitted to a hospital, then a nursing home.
"It was just the last straw," Sanders said. "She didn't want to go to that hospital … start cutting her toes off."
He said he talked it over with his wife and she begged him to kill her.
"I said, `I can't do it honey,"' he told police. "She says, `Yes you can."'
Sanders said he got his revolver and wrapped a towel around it so the bullet wouldn't go into the kitchen.
"She says, `Is this going to hurt,' and I said, `You won't feel a thing,"' he said.
"She was saying, `Do it. Do it. Do it.' And I just let it go," Sanders added.
He sat in the room at the sheriff's office for about five hours as his wife was hospitalized. The bullet didn't kill her. She died a few days later. After several hours, the detective came back in.
"Virginia was at this present moment currently still alive but not expected to make it. She's not expected to live," the detective told him.
Sanders appeared distraught.
"I think of her laying in her bed and it haunts me. I've taken care of her all these years and to think of somebody else doing it that really doesn't care," he said. "Terrible."
A few minutes later, a deputy came into the room and handcuffed him, then led him out the door to be fingerprinted.
"I sit here and I don't know how I could have done that," Sanders said. "It seemed to make sense at the time."
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Plans to build a new firing range and driving platform for Loveland police training are moving forward, with the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport now on the table as a potential site for the facility.
City officials met Monday with airport manager Jason Licon, who said there are about 200 acres where such a facility could potentially be developed with approval and a lease agreement from the FAA.
"From what we're looking at it seems to be a good compatible land use," Licon said.
In a January planning session, Loveland City Council members set the training facility as a priority for 2013. Loveland Police Chief Luke Hecker has said that the shooting range has been in the works since at least 2008 when a blueprint and design were created, but the concept was shelved based on the economy.
Hecker initially envisioned the city's land across from the police department on East 10th Street for the facility, but Fort Collins police and the Larimer County Sheriff's Office have expressed interest in participating in a regional facility. The current proposal is for Loveland to own the facility and invite user agreements, which could potentially provide operational and maintenance funds for the range.
"In discussions with other agencies, the airport is really recognized as the ideal location for training," Hecker said.
The city will now seek proposals to determine how much the project would cost on either site — the airport or the police department lot — and compare and contrast before finalizing a location.
The proposals will likely include the entire package, Hecker said, with the firing range and the driving platform, though it's anticipated that the firing range would be built first.
Loveland police currently train with their weapons at a range in west Loveland near the city's water treatment plant, but it's close to a semirural neighborhood and expanding the site is not an option. Hecker hopes a new facility could include a shoot house to simulate a variety of tactical situations.
A third component of what is slated as a 10-year project is an indoor/outdoor storage facility for the department's growing fleet of vehicles, trailers and equipment. The plan is for that to still be located on East 10th Street, while the driving platform and firing range would be located together.
Jessica Maher can be reached at 669-5050, ext. 516, or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter: @JessicaMaherRH.


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There's a downside to being the best. For Loveland High School gymnast Claire Hammen, a dominant sweep of the Class 5A state meet last year brought immense expectations to repeat this year.
Such self-imposed pressure, Hammen admits, played a factor in the LHS junior finishing third in the all-around earlier this month.
However, Hammen couldn't afford to get too down on herself, especially with individual event finals looming the next day.
"I wanted to bounce back so I could have a better feeling of how I did," Hammen said, "and not be as critical on myself."
The LHS junior certainly bounced back, successfully defending her state championships in the floor and vault.
For that mental perseverance, and for another season full of graceful excellence, Hammen has been named the 2012 Reporter-Herald All-Area gymnast of the year, leading the All-Area team that also includes Thompson Valley's Emma Appelman, Shaina Burton, Savannah Carlson and Kelsey Vreeman.
"She was able to turn it around for finals the second day, and really showed what she was made of," LHS coach Katie Ernst said of Hammen. "It takes a lot of mental strength to get over within less than 24 hours what she had done previously. She definitely was able to do that, so that was exciting for her, and for us as well."
Hammen's second season competing on the prep level was much different from her initial campaign a year ago, as the addition of Rocky Mountain teammates Keri Peel and Lauren Glover brought the competition to a whole new level.
And even though she finished behind Peel and Glover in the all-around at the state meet, Hammen was more often than not the best of the three throughout the fall. In fact, she beat out the Rocky duo at both the conference and regional meets, the latter Hammen considers her most memorable performance of the year when she claimed the Region 3 title with an all-around score of 38.625.
But as much individual success Hammen has enjoyed the past two seasons, her coach considers everything else she does for her teammates just as valuable.
"She's always bringing a positive attitude to practice, making sure that everybody is having a good time," Ernst said. "And if they're down, she'll find some way to make that girl smile, and make sure that everybody feels a part of the team, because there are times when girls are having personal problems or school problems, and she's always there asking how she can help.
"So she's an all-around individual, both in the gym and as a friend, which is really a neat thing."
Appelman — Was a consistent all-around performer for the Eagles throughout the season, helping the squad to its second straight third-place finish as a team in 4A, while also qualifying for the state meet on bars.
Burton — The senior made a successful return to the high school scene, finishing fourth at state on vault after helping TVHS to a regional title, where she placed fourth in the all-around, second on vault, first on bars and fifth on floor.
Carlson — The sophomore continued her stellar start to her prep career, finishing sixth in the state in the all-around, followed by fifth-place performances at state on both the floor and beam.
Vreeman — The freshman made a big splash in her initial season with the Eagles, placing fifth at state in the all-around, followed by a third-place finish at state on the floor and a fourth-place routine on the beam.
Sean Star can be reached at 669-5050, ext. 512, email@example.com or on Twitter @seanvstar


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Oct. 9 – Dec. 4
"Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books" featured a collection of miniature books from 140 artists from around the world. Organized by Hiu-Chu Ying and Alicia Candiana, each artist was commissioned to create an edition of six books on the theme: "Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books." Laura Berman, associate professor of printmaking at KCAI, was a participating artist. Berman worked with a KCAI class and the Artspace staff to organize the exhibition's presentation at the Artspace.
A website (www.mimb.org) and catalogue accompanied the exhibition.
Feb. 23 through April 5, 2008
March 30 through 31, 2007
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, assistant curator.
Held in conjunction with "Collecting Ink" and the SGC Conference, this project included a special display of limited edition artist books and rare prints on view in the studio space. Viewers were invited to browse books and view prints in custom display cases.
Oct. 28 through Dec. 20, 2006
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, assistant curator.
Featuring a range of non-western objects, "A Room of My Own" was an intimate, immersive exhibition flavored with aspects of history, anthropology and fiction. Inuit, African and Oceanic objects from KCAI's permanent collection were joined by a selection of unique objects and artifacts from the collections of Union Station in Kansas City, the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City and rare books from KCAI's Jannes Library.
Inspired by Virginia Woolf's essay "A Room of One's Own," the exhibition celebrated the imagination and wanderlust of resources and a private space for contemplation and creation. Immersions of study, play, fact and fiction came together in an enchanting environment with an aura of mystery. The exhibition was accompanied by an exhibition narrative and gallery guide.
Jan. 28 through March 18, 2006
Curated by Mark Spencer, director of creative resources at Hallmark Cards, and Brockett Horne, assistant professor of graphic design and Illustration at KCAI.
"The Reading Room: Graphic Novels" was the second show in a series of interactive exhibitions presenting a variety of books and reading materials. Highlighting graphic novels oriented toward humor, sardonic wit and irony that accompanied the main exhibition "Humor Me," the resource room's exhibition invited viewers to browse and experience a variety of work drawn from important local and national collections.
Aug. 6 through Sept. 23, 2005
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, assistant curator.
A selection of work that included artists from Chicago and work from the Chicago arts scene that augmented and influenced successive generations of Chicago artists. This selection of work offered a taste of Chicago style, which is tied in part to the lasting influence and impact of the Chicago Imagists, a movement born in Chicago in the 1960's. Artists featured included Tony Fitzpatrick, Ed Paschke, H.C. Westermann, Robert Lostutter and Peter Saul.
June 1 through July 16, 2005
Curated by Brendan L. Meara, Artspace Block intern.
This exhibition featured recent work by the artists who assisted Ghada Amer with the creation of her two large-scale paintings during her residency at the Artspace. Artists included Audra Brandt, Jennifer Boe, Callyanne Casteel, Erin Dahl, Peter Demos, Burak Duvenci, Heather Hendrix-Russell, Hadley Johnson, Lisa Kettlewell, Anna Meyer, Anne Muntges and Jaimie Warren.
Sept. 17 through Dec. 4, 2004
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, assistant curator and Laura Berman, assistant professor of printmaking at KCAI.
A collaborative project that featured artist books from the permanent collections at the Kansas City Art Institute's Jannes Library and the H&R Block Artspace; select work by KCAI alumni and current students; work from the Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections Department of the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and pieces from the Booklyn Artist Alliance in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y..
March 1 through April 3, 2004
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, assistant curator.
The exhibtion featured selections from Craig Subler's suite of prints, "Enola Gay: The Exterminating Angel," and prints from the collection by James Drake.
June 7 through Sept. 6, 2003
A summer exhibition which included paintings by artists Francisco Camps-Ribera, Larry Johnson, Wilbur Niewald and Paul Wonner.
Feb. 1 through March 26, 2003
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, assistant curator
This exhibition featured a selection of works on paper that invoked various idioms of storytelling and were selected from the Kansas City Art Institute's permanent collection. Storytelling invites ideas of imagination and magic, often with the use of playful, fictional or anecdotal sensibilities. The works on view conjure journeys based in imagination, thought and play while also provoking a dialogue on serious issues. Artists included Eldred Aethelred, Terry Allen, Alice Aycock, Tony Fitzpatrick, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert E. Smith, H.C. Westerman and Alan Winkler.
Oct. 26 through Dec. 18, 2002
Curated by Raechell Smith, director of the Artspace.
This interactive exhibition featured selections of design and reading materials by invited participants, including James Brinsfield, Maria Elena Buszek, Kate Hackman, Steve Maturo, Derek Porter and Raechell Smith.
Sept. 7 through Oct. 16, 2002
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, assistant curator.
An exhibition of prints from the permanent collection that featured a range of printmaking processes. A result of the 2002 high school residency program at KCAI, the exhibition included work by Chuck Close, Richard Diebenkorn, Vernon Fisher, Tony Fitzpatrick, Peregrine Honig, Tom Huck, Archer Prewitt, Larry Rivers and H.C. Westermann.
Feb. 2 through April 3, 2002
Curated by Amalia Mariño, Artspace Block intern.
Drawn from the Kansas City Art Institute's permanent collection, this exhibition was based on the Cummins Collection of Sue Ware ceramics from Japan. Sue Ware was produced from the third to the seventh centuries A.D. and represented a time of great innovation in Japanese ceramics – including the first time a wheel was used and the first time stoneware clay was taken to high-fire temperatures in Anagama kilns.
October through February 2002
Curated Heather Lustfeldt, curatorial assistant.
This selection of portraits from KCAI's permanent collection illustrated three different approaches to portraiture: Academic romanticism in the works of Jean Jacques Henner and John Douglas Patrick; Moses Soyer's social realism and less academic approach to painting; and the classicism which pervades illustrator Daniel MacMorris's depictions of high society.
Feb. 17 through April 25, 2001
Curated bu Derric Eady, Artspace intern
This exhibition examined the serial format employed by artists in creating suites and portfolios and presented a cross-section of contemporary art from a recent period in art history. From the Minimalism to Abstract Expressionism, from New Image sensibility to Pop Art, this exhibition will focused on a dynamic decade in American Art. Artists included Kenny Ashcraft, Patrick Clancy, Bill Cochrane, Scott Conger, Steve Cromwell, Mitch Deck, Shari Hartbauer, Carole Nicholson and Gary Sutton,.
September through November 2000
Curated by Heather Lustfeldt, curatoral assistant
An exhibition of works from the permanent collection related to ghosts and notions of the ephemeral. Artists featured were Terry Allen, John Buck, Leslie Dill, Vernon Fisher, Joel Peter-Witkin, Dennis Oppenheim and H.C. Westermann.
November 1999
Artists featured in the exhibition included Robert Arneson, Lesley Dill, Kara Walker, William Wiley.
The Kansas City Art Institute's viewbook provides an overview of KCAI's academic programs, students, faculty, alumni and campus. Download the viewbook here (PDF)


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James North necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 226 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
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Our brand is aimed at surfers, male and female, between the ages of 12 – 30.
Designs can feature any amount of colors. Designs must be original. They will be printed on either the front or back tshirts/hoodies. Designs must represent the surfing culture. Surfing culture is the art of riding waves/hanging out at the beach/enjoying and respecting the natural environment of the ocean. We look forward to your creativity and hope that you will be also interested in joining our royalty scheme giving all designers the opportunity to make some money from this contest. We will be in contact with all designers at a later stage.
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When the change first took place in the desktop version of Accordance it took a while for the change to take effect on my machine with regard to Greek but not Hebrew. I have BHS-W4 and GNT-TR. As soon as the change was advertised I could see Hebrew parsing in my tagged English texts, but it took a few updates for the change to take effect in the New Testament. I have found the same to be the case with iOS but I haven't yet gotten the NT to display parsing.
Is this because GNT-TR is not sufficient? Or do i need to reorder something or reinstall something? I would greatly appreciate any help! Thank you!
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