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The first migrations out of Africa
Why did it take so long to leave Africa?
The extensive arid environments of northern Africa and the Middle East were a major barrier blocking movement out of Africa. Before they could spread out of Africa, our ancestors needed to develop physical and mental capabilities that would enable them to survive in these harsh environments where food and fresh water were highly seasonal resources.
Who left Africa first?
Homo ergaster may have been the first human species to leave Africa and fossil remains show this species had expanded its range into southern Eurasia by 1.75 million years ago. Their descendents, Homo erectus, then spread eastward and were established in South East Asia by at least 1.6 million years ago.
However, an alternate theory proposes that hominins migrated out of Africa before Homo ergaster evolved, possibly about 2 million years ago, prior to the earliest dates of Homo erectus in Asia. These hominins may have been either australopithicines or, more likely, an unknown species of Homo, similar in appearance to Homo habilis. In this theory, the population found at Dmanisi represent a missing link in the evolution of Homo erectus/Homo ergaster. Perhaps too, the evolution of African Homo ergaster occurred outside of Africa and considerable gene flow occurred between African and Eurasian populations.
This theory has gained more support in recent years due to DNA research. Evidence from a genetic study indicates an expansion out of Africa about 1.9 million years ago and gene flow occurring between Asian and African populations by 1.5 million years ago. More physical evidence is needed from key areas in Eurasia such as Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but politics is currently making this difficult.
What made it possible to leave Africa?
Homo ergaster was the first of our ancestors to possess the physical and cultural attributes needed in order to disperse though the arid environments of northern Africa and the Middle East. These attributes included:
- a modern body shape with an efficient striding gait suited to travelling over long distances, although smaller statures are represented in the remains from Dmanisi
- a sufficiently developed intelligence to cope with unfamiliar environments, although did not require a brain size much bigger than Homo habilis, with an average brain size of 610cc
- improved technology to aid subsistence (Oldowan-style tools or Mode1 Technology have been found at sites in Dmanisi, Georgia, and northern China, both dating to 1.7 million years old)
- a diet that included more meat and which increased the food supply options in seasonally arid environments
Who left Africa next?
After the first early dispersals out of Africa, various other groups of early humans spread out of Africa as their populations grew. These dispersals were not regular or constant but instead occurred as waves of dispersal during periods with favourable climatic and environmental conditions.
These waves of dispersal out of Africa included movements eastward across southern Asia more than one million years ago and movements into western Europe within the last 900,000 years. Movements back into Africa also occurred.
More recently, modern humans began their dispersal out of Africa. Most experts conclude, from genetic and material evidence, that this occurred on a mass scale only within the last 60,000 years or so. The exception is in the Levant, where modern humans occupied the region about 120,000-100,000 years ago but did not seem to expand further than this. However, new evidence in the form of stone tools may cause a rethink of this scenario. Stone tools have been found in India dating to about 74,000 years old, in Yemen dating to between 70,000 and 80,000 years old, and in the United Arab Emirates dating to about 80,000 years old. Some of these tools resemble African Middle Stone Age technology, others are more like those used by Neanderthals in Europe and Homo sapiens and Neanderthals in the Levant. No human remains were found with the tools, but as Neanderthals have not been found in these regions, it is assumed the makers were modern humans.
By 100,000 years ago, humans had dispersed and diversified into at least three species. Our own species, Homo sapiens, lived in Africa and the Middle East, Homo neanderthalensis lived in Europe, and Homo floresiensis in southern Asia. DNA from human remains in Denisova cave, Russia, suggest a probable fourth species was also still extant when Homo sapiens was migrating through southern Asia about 60,000 years ago. Modern Melanesians have about 4% of this DNA. The species is unknown, but may be late surviving Homo heidelbergensis or a yet-to-be-discovered species. This diversity disappeared about 28,000 years ago, however, and only one human species now survives.


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A Florida salvage company recently found one of the biggest treasures of gold ever found off the coast of Fort Pierce, Fla.
"It was a lot of emotion," Eric Schmitt, part of the crew who found the treasure, told WPTV. "The first was excitement followed by a lot of almost… crying."
The Fort Pierce Booty Salvage Treasure Diving crew found $300,000 to $350,000 worth of centuries-old gold about 1,000 feet off the coast of Fort Pierce recently.
The treasure, which includes 70-80 feet of gold chains and four Peruvian escuda coins, is believed to have been left from a 17th century Spanish ship wreck.
"It's one of the larger finds that's been made on this coast in a very long time," Schmitt said.
But for Schmitt, deep sea searching is not only about striking gold.
"It's about the history, it's who wore this. The respect for the person who was in the new world and had this made and it was probably his entire life savings," he said.
Sometime next year, the crew will keep half of their findings and split a percentage with the contractor. They will also donate 20 percent to the state to be displayed in Tallahassee.
"We're going to keep doing the same things we did," Schmitt said. "Just with a lot bigger smile."

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How to add a user to a group in Ubuntu 14.04
Linux operating systems, including Ubuntu, CentOS and others, use groups to provide users with access rights to objects such as files and directories. These groups are independent of each other without any specific relationships between them. Adding a user to a group is a routine task for system administrators.
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Here is a quick tutorial on how to add a user to a group in Ubuntu 14.04.
Sign into your server as root.
If you need any help with this, see Switching to the Root User on Your Linux Server.
Create a group and user
Create a group called "testgroup" with the groupadd command:
Create a user called testuser and add it to testgroup with the following useradd command:
Verify the creation of the group and user
Display the user and group information for testuser with the id command:
uid=1001(testuser) gid=1001(testgroup) groups=1001(testgroup)
Display the groups to which testuser belongs with this groups command:


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The likes of Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Cole and John Terry were not required for this game, played just three days before the start of the new Premier League season.
Their availability means that Hodgson does not need to completely re-build ahead of the World Cup in Brazil in two years' time, but he was delighted to see some of the next generation come through a demanding test against an experimental, but technically accomplished, Italian side.
Goalkeepers Jack Butland and John Ruddy and Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley all showed up well on their debuts, while there were also international bows from the bench for Chelsea's Ryan Bertrand and Spurs midfielder Jake Livermore.
"It was just the type of game I expected," said Hodgson, who watched his side come from behind thanks to goals from Phil Jagielka and substitute Jermaine Defoe after Italy captain Daniele De Rossi had opened the scoring.
"There were a lot of players looking to make an impression ahead of the qualifiers and I'm happy with the way they played.
"It is the qualifiers that really count but it is nice to know that we have a deeper squad than the one we took to the Euros."
Hodgson was particularly impressed with those members of his side who also featured for the Great Britain team that reached the quarter-finals of the Olympics football tournament before suffering a penalty shoot-out defeat to South Korea.
"I genuinely thought everyone did well. I would be hard pushed to criticise anyone, but it was nice to see Cleverley, Butland and Bertrand, who are fresh from the GB Team.
"They brought that form and enthusiasm with them and it was very useful for us in terms of our midfield play."
Cleverley played in front of Frank Lampard and Michael Carrick in central midfield in what was effectively a 4-2-3-1 formation, and Hodgson hopes that the Manchester United man was able to learn from the more established stars around him.
"You don't become a really good player overnight. You have to play an awful lot of matches and do it at the highest level," added Hodgson, whose only defeat since being appointed England manager remains that penalty shoot-out loss to Italy in Kiev in June's Euro 2012 quarter-final.
"Tonight the quality of their play was very good and it was good for the young players to have those people who could show that composure on the ball around them."
Manchester United's Carrick was appearing for England for the first time since a friendly win against Mexico in May 2010, and his intelligent use of possession gave something extra to their game.
Hodgson added: "At the Euros, especially in the second half of the game against Italy, we had an excuse because we were a bit tired.
"That wasn't the way we want to play -- but tonight was."
The crowd inside the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern may have been sparse, and the occasion nothing compared to the tension of a Euro 2012 quarter-final between the teams, but it was a never-to-be-forgotten night for Cleverley.
"It was a proud moment, and obviously a big occasion in any footballer's life," said the 23-year-old.
"Hopefully I have impressed the manager and can be called up again."
He will find out soon enough, with the first 2014 World Cup qualifiers, away to Moldova and at home to Ukraine, to come at the beginning of next month.


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Originally Posted by Mathew Joy
Hi Jonny,
I looked into your profile and your biography says both father and son use this account. So is the photo of the Father Jonny or the Son Jonny?
Obviously the senior, because son is just 23 years old IT student. ( and I like to study his material when he doesn't need them )
So we both are studying. He as his main job, I in my freetime, both very enthusiastic.
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BTW, does Gino program too ???
No -- He hates progrmming. Otherwise I cannot explain that he likes to plug of my laptopn from its power supply whenever he can. But - he does it in a very nice way with hith mouth, very careful so nothing is damaged by his action. Then he lies down behind the display and looks into my face just as if nothing was happened. He is jealous to that machine, which gets more of my attention than he
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Good one Vanaj..
Originally Posted by Vanaj
Winter time dress code...
You mean, the beard ??
Yep..and the hair...both all gone now...
"The speed of non working code is irrelevant"... Of course that is just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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Opps..hair NOT gone...just cut shorter..
Originally Posted by Mathew Joy
How do you know its a she?
Hehe The 'She' is a HE !!! ( but castrated -poor Gino )
... Well fed.. Do you mean me or Gino I'm toooo well fed. He is very
muscular, but a big Abesinian. When I was with him at the doc for getting his yearly vaccination, the doc say he is one of the giggest one he has ever seen. He likes to hunt behind flies and it can happen that he vertically jumps up from sitting ( first crouching down, straining all his powers to his legs ) higher then 1,6m ( I have measured ) onto the top of my TV
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.. and I love your cat.. with those pretty eyes...
Yes this are lovely eyes I have so much photos of all his emotions, because with this eyes he can show really hundrets of different feelings. Interested, happy,wild, bad, begging for something, loveful, astonished ...He is the cat with the 1000 faces. He is our beloved cat .. we are his beloved -> can-openers
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Originally Posted by Vanaj
Yep..and the hair...both all gone now...
Originally Posted by Vanaj
Opps..hair NOT gone...just cut shorter..
Let's call that a bug in the software...
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The speed of non working code is irrelevant"... Of course that is just my opinion, I could be wrong...
Hmmn Thats not really true. Crashes with a high speed are bader normally ( If you dont beliefe me think to a car )
Nice photo Vanaj. And winter comes to everyone I normally cut it away, this damned white hairs near to my ears
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Hmmn Thats not really true. Crashes with a high speed are bader normally ( If you dont beliefe me think to a car )JonnyPoet
But that brings up another question..."Can non-working code even crash?"
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Let's call that a bug in the software...
It's not a bug, its a feature!
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Originally Posted by cilu
Let's call that a bug in the software...
Actually Cilu...All of my software is guaranteed to run as written...
Honestly speaking Vinaj, I was expecting you around 25, but you turned out to be twice then me
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Werewolves are legendary creature of the ancient times. The word 'were' means 'man' in Latin. This clearly states 'manwolf'. A werewolf is a man or woman that transforms into a wolf at the stroke of full moon. There are lots of examples of werewolves. Some stories state that there is a cure to the werewolf curse. When a human is attacked by a werewolf, that person gets poisoned and slowly transforms into a werewolf. Its final transformation is their first full moon. Some stories say that one will stay a werewolf forever, others say a person would transform into a wolf whenever they wanted to, and others say that they transform into a werewolf at full moon. Werewolves are known to be an aggressive killing machine. Sometimes werewolves can control their temper. In this lesson, I will teach you "how to draw a werewolf", using step by step instructions. Even though this is an old lesson, when it comes to drawing a werewolf, this is the kind that pops into your mind when you are sitting there visualizing, what one of these beast should look like. So sit back and relax because I'm going to take you on one howling of a journey. Peace out my peeps!
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NEWARK, Del. (AP) Joel Smith scored 18 points and Quincy Ford 17 as Northeastern built a 12-point halftime lead, then hung on to beat Delaware 74-70 Saturday and retain first place in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Both teams shot better than 60 percent in the first half, but the Huskies (11-7, 6-0) led 45-33 after making 7 of 9 from 3-point range to 2 of 5 by the Blue Hens (8-10, 3-2). Smith, Ford and David Walker each had two 3-pointers in the half.
Northeastern's lead reached 17 points, 55-38, in the second half before Kyle Anderson's 3-pointer started a 16-3 Delaware run that made it 58-54 with 8:19 left.
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95 million votes were cast for the American Idol Grand Finale, showing that American Idol's still got it! The show has been declining in viewership since 2007, but this year with a change in judges and younger than ever contestants, American Idol gained viewers for the first time in three years and looks like it going to be a television fixture for years to come. With JLo and Steven Tyler debuting new songs on the show, it made for great tv this season.
Scotty McCreery, a seventeen year old country crooner from North Carolina, won the night. He debuted a new single called "I Love You This Big" on the Finale show. It was a great show with U2 playing their original score from the Broadway show, "Spiderman: Turn off The Dark" and Spiderman flying through the auditorium. Carrie Underwood performed with Lauren Alaina and Tim McGraw performed with Scotty. Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Steven Tyler all performed on the Finale.
Some of the great performances from Season 11:
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Most university innovations don't see the light of day, but this British startup has found a solution. Through gamification, Marblar challenges scientists to build on each others' ideas and awards badges ("marbles"), cash, and even equity if an idea can be implemented.
via Curt Hopkins @KurtHopkins, arstechnica.com
From disrupting the peer-reviewed journal publishing tradition to utilizing a dispersed model to test code, the academy has been trying out new ways of innovating an overburdened scholarly apparatus using technology.
One of the latest areas to see this sort of experimentation is that of IP, or intellectual property.
Marblar, a startup launched by three British PhD students, is hoping to successfully crowdsource the resurrection of "dormant" IP, to flatten and widen the process of tech transfer. A major British venture capital firm, IP Group, has invested about $600,000 in the startup.
Tech transfer is the process of finding sustainable, real world use for academic research, including commercializing it. Most universities have departments, even entire research parks, devoted spinning off companies from the in-house research of their professors.
But scientists are busy beavers and "95-99% of university innovations just sit on a shelf not doing anything," say the founders of Marblar, Daniel Perez (Oxford), Mehmet Fidanboylu (King's College London), and Gabriel Mecklenburg (Imperial College London). "As outsiders to tech transfer we found it odd that the process was so closed and parochial. There are simply too few voices in the conversation, and as a result incredible science gets left behind."
Given that only about five percent of research funds in the United States are made back through the commercialization of resultant research, it does seem like there is a market for this sort of product.
Their solution was to gamify the process of tech transfer.
With Marblar, scientists post their research as a "challenge." The Marblar community (Marblars) "work toward finding novel ways of exploiting the inventor's discovery." Those in the community whose ideas are used are awarded the equivalent of badges (marbles) and some may receive cash and partial equity in any firm that takes flight due to their suggestions.
Marblar has run a beta in conjunction with Prof. Tom Brown of the University of Southampton and IP Group. Brown offered up DNA Click Ligation, "a piece of molecular biology tech" which can unite DNA strands chemically, without need for an enzyme, and issued a challenge for participants to find new ways of using it.
"We put it online and got some really neat responses so that the sponsors of the competition may well have two new start-up ideas around the tech," said the team.
IP Group and Brown are in discussions with Luke Edelmann, the first place winner and Cambridge University student, about possibly funding a company based on his idea, which "involves solving a problem inherent to screen DNA drugs," according to Mecklenburg, to be built on Brown's work. The second-place winner, also a Cambridge student, is in similar discussions surrounding his use of Brown's DNA Click Ligation to solve a problem in synthetic drug production.
Ideas from the community are riffed on, built upon, criticized and otherwise crowdsourced themselves, not unlike the discussion around a seminar course.
Marblar is not the first undertaking in the area of crowdsourcing IP nor of incentivizing it. Tobias Thornblad outlines some of the early efforts in the biosciences in the group blog, Intagitopia.
Whether the game mechanics of the project will be valuable or attractive enough to distinguish Marblar from its competitors remains to be seen. You could argue it feels a bit tacked on. If financial rewards to the community come to pass, that could provide real game mechanics by offering a reward everyone values. But the real innovation here may be in the focus on neglected IP, which could prove to be the scientific equivalent of repurposing brewers' grain as cattle feed, turning something formerly considered garbage into something with distinct value.
"A lot of people realize that inert IP is a big problem," Marblar CEO Dan Perez told Ars, "It's just that no one has come up with a solution quite like ours and we asked ourselves why that is. As scientists, we really have a deep understanding of what our users (mainly other scientists) want. We really want to put an emphasis on building a community of people who enjoy being rewarded for their creativity and problem solving, and enjoy being around other creative people. We are designing the challenges so that ideas are openly posted and collaboration is rewarded. This is really going to use the crowd to its full potential.
"Of note, in our beta our hypothesis was that the crowd would "compete". We were dead wrong on that one though: They were actually building upon each others' entries and working together. Seems obvious, but was unexpected to us. But we're going to facilitate that in our next launch"
Outfits like Marblar have the potential to grow the relationships between scientists, students, and lay scientists, as well as give those involved in the discussions a sense of personal investment in both the work. The scientists and students who are the majority of the Marblar community will have a social environment to show off their chops, regardless of where they're located. For cooperating scientists, Marblar may provide a way to squeeze value out of the tailings pile of their research, those elements that would otherwise remain moribund, possibly indefinitely. Finally, and not incidentally, it offers investors another avenue for ideas, companies and experts.
"When it comes to brainstorming new ideas," said Perez, "younger scientists from around the world can do it—they really have an edge. They just need to be welcomed into that conversation. Marblar's gonna do just that."
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Balancing saving for retirement and saving for your child's college can be tricky. Here are some tips to help you manage both at the same time.
LOWELL, Ark. – Two of the largest savings plans consumers need to fund and manage in their lifetime are saving for their child's college and for their personal retirement. These are plans that take time to adequately build, but one doesn't have to negate the other. Both can be managed successfully and simultaneously through early planning.
"Above all, start saving for both as soon as possible," said Donny Rogers, President of Arvest Bank Trust. "From the moment you get your first job to the moment you learn you're going to be a parent, set aside money and let it grow."
Rogers says the balancing act begins with determining how much of the college expense parents want to fund and what other big-ticket expenses they may also cover for their children.
"It's smart to focus on saving for college, but the reality is that there are a few other large expenses that require long-term budgeting," Rogers said. "If you plan on buying your teenager their first car or paying for a daughter's wedding, you need to factor those expenses into your budget so you segment your savings plans across the board. I always tell parents that it's fair to require some 'sweat equity' from their kids so they contribute to the expense of paying for a car or shouldering a portion of any student loans. There's no expectation that parents pay 100 percent of all of those expenses."
A 529 Plan offers a tax-free savings option for college that is specifically earmarked for post-secondary education. These state-specific plans have different rules of engagement but typically can be used to fund expenses from tuition to housing to other necessary items for school. Significant supplemental funding is also available in the form of academic, athletic and arts scholarships.
While you can borrow for college expenses, you can't do the same for retirement savings. Therefore, it's critical to begin saving early for your retirement nest egg and to budget in parallel with other savings priorities. Maximizing an employer's 401(k) matching option puts "free money" in your account. In the event you need to adjust your savings more heavily toward college, be sure not to reduce your retirement savings below the level of employer matching. It's recommended that 10 percent of your income be allocated toward retirement every year.
"Regardless of how well you plan, there will inevitably be change and the need for adjustments along the way, and that's perfectly normal," Rogers said. "Consistency will reward your efforts when you need to utilize those funds."
The so-called "catch-up plan" that allows individuals age 50 and over to make extra contributions can help consumers make up for lost ground during the saving process, once college and major expenses have been paid for, but Rogers advises customers not to lean too heavily on that option. He says the number of variables involved in retirement planning can sometimes cause consumers to miss significant savings. Those may include the length of time one plans to work, or is able to work; the kind of lifestyle one wants to lead after retirement; the security of their career and other potential factors or risks.
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Home offices today range from closets to spare bedrooms to entire attics or basements. As a homebased business owner, you may long for the spacious office you left behind in the corporate environment or envy your neighbor's oversized, converted attic. But if your home office space is limited, take heart: Your office has the potential to be used more efficiently than your neighbor's ample digs--that is, provided you make better use of your space. It's not the size of your home office that matters; it's how well you make use of what you have.
Most home offices have more vertical (wall) space than horizontal (floor) space. Instead of trying to squeeze too many pieces of furniture into your home office, try using pieces that serve several functions. Whether you use an armoire, desk/computer workstation or updated rolltop desk, each piece should be functional when open and able to blend in with the rest of your home when closed.
Lisa Kanarek (http://www.everythingsorganized.com) is a home office organizing expert and author of several books, including Organizing Your Home Office For Success (Blakely Press) and 101 Home Office Success Secrets (Career Press).
On A Roll
Remember your grandparents' old rolltop desk? Antique rolltops may look nice in a home office, but usually aren't as functional as reproductions modified or designed to accommodate computer equipment. And for extra storage space, add a hutch to your rolltop.
The Double Pedestal Rolltop from Reliable HomeOffice: This modern take on the antique rolltop desk features a hutch, a file drawer, two utility drawers, a drop-front/pullout keyboard drawer, a CPU cabinet and shelves to hold the various books and other materials you need to access quickly. This roomy yet compact rolltop is made of antique-finished solid wood and veneers, and costs $1,100 for the desk and $350 for the hutch. For more information or to order, call Reliable HomeOffice at (800) 869-6000.
The Perfect Match
Instead of making your existing furniture fit your computer equipment, consider a desk designed specifically for computer equipment. The ideal setup has a hutch or a shelf installed above it for storing computer manuals, software and reference materials. The desk portion holds all your computer equipment and can be closed at the end of the day.
Whichever piece or pieces of furniture you choose to use in your home office, make sure they meet ergonomic standards. Before you buy a desk, chair or computer workstation, test it to see that it's functional, comfortable and reduces the risk of straining your back, wrists or elbows. Also, make sure your workstation has access holes for large plugs and that your tower unit has enough ventilation. Look for built-in lights or enough desktop space to add a halogen or fluorescent lamp. If your home office is in a high-traffic area or guest room, look for door, file and drawer locks. Make sure any piece of furniture you buy is large enough to hold your monitor and speakers, if necessary. And keep in mind that a keyboard drawer will save you valuable desk space.
Sawgrass Desk from Computer Furniture Direct: This desk, though simple in design, provides plenty of room to house your monitor, keyboard, CPU, printer and more. It features a locking bi-foldable door and an adjustable shelf below. Adding a hutch would give you more storage space above, leaving your desktop clear. Available finishes include walnut or cherry on oak solids and veneers. The desk costs $899; the hutch costs $599. For details, call Computer Furniture Direct at (800) 555-6126 or visit http://www.cf-direct.com
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If your choice of office space is limited to your family room, living room or dining room, all three without doors to close at the end of the day, consider an armoire. An armoire can hold your monitor, CPU, printer, fax machine, modem, reference materials and files. Some even offer a fold-out work surface. A pull-out keyboard offers space for your mouse and a few office supplies. You can even set aside the top of the armoire for less frequently used items. While the ability to store your office essentials makes an armoire an attractive option, one of its greatest advantages is, at the end of the day, you can close your armoire (or office) doors and be left with a decorative piece of furniture that won't compromise the look of your home.
The Exterior Home Office Armoire from Crate and Barrel: If you've shied away from a large armoire because you thought it would overwhelm your home office space, think again. Although an armoire may seem overbearing, it could be the only piece of office furniture (aside from a chair) that you need.
The Exterior Home Office Armoire from Crate and Barrel is made of maple solids and veneers, and has a pullout keyboard drawer, work surface, printer stand, a CPU cabinet, a file drawer and two additional drawers for supplies. In addition to a bulletin board, the armoire comes with a CD holder, disk holder, built-in power strip and additional shelves for reference materials. Cost: $2,999. To order, call Crate and Barrel at (800) 323-5461.
The Convertible Corner Computer Armoire from Reliable HomeOffice: Now you can turn an unused corner into a usable, functional workstation. The Convertible Corner Computer Armoire from Reliable HomeOffice has a pullout keyboard tray with a sliding mouse shelf beneath it, a bay for a tower-style CPU, a lower pullout shelf for a printer, and storage space above and below the monitor bay. The armoire costs around $1,200 and comes in a variety of finishes: homestead cherry veneer, pine, oak and antique white. For more information or to order, call Reliable HomeOffice at (800) 869-6000.
Look Above The Surface
Technology can help you save time, but what about space? Use your desktop surfaces as efficiently as you can by using holders created specifically for making the most of your space.
The Kensington QuickTrieve media holder: This compact desktop multimedia storage tower is designed to preserve valuable desktop space and organize various media, like CD-ROMs, diskettes, Zip disks or tape cartridges. QuickTrieve can hold a maximum of 16 CDs, 18 Zip disks or 64 3.5" diskettes and is topped with a cushioned pad that holds your desktop speakers. The QuickTrieve can be positioned three ways--vertically, horizontally or on its back--and you can expand storage capacity as needed. Cost: $9.99. Available at office supply stores nationwide.
Fellowes Multi-Function Printer Workstation: This space-saving organizer/printer stand supports virtually any laser or inkjet printer or multifunctional machine. It has two shallow drawers for storing paper and supplies, and two deep utility drawers to hold office supplies and full reams of paper. Supporting up to 75 pounds, the Fellowes Multi-Function Printer Workstation has two adjustable cable managers. Cost: $32.50. Available at office supply stores nationwide.
Fellowes Mobile Printer Workcenter: Running out of room? Save space in your tiny office by moving your printer to a mobile printer stand. The Mobile Printer Workcenter by Fellowes has four drawers for storing supplies under your printer; an adjustable middle shelf with built-in cable wrap for a second printer, fax machine or other piece of equipment; and a fixed bottom shelf for additional storage. Cost: $99.95. Available at office supply stores nationwide.
A Space Odyssey
If two's company and three's a crowd, what's eight? To Jivesh Sharma, it's a thriving homebased business that specializes in designing customized, state-of-the-art Web sites, intranets and educational products. As the president of Health Integration Technologies (Health IT) in Dallas, and publisher of HealthIT Today magazine, Sharma and his five full-time and two part-time employees rely on technology to maintain and grow the business.
The challenge: Because his office measures only 250 square feet, Sharma needed to create a working environment where he could host staff meetings, client meetings and demonstrations, yet still have room to store and access the extensive technology needed to operate his business. Not only did he have to create a work area for two full-time, in-office employees and himself, he had to make room for three off-site staff members who work in his home office two days a week and in their respective home offices the rest of the time.
The solution: Sharma invested in a desk big enough for two, which he shares with his business manager (they usually work different hours). At a 90-degree angle to his desk is a large, computer workstation with a hutch to store stationery, reference materials and the entire staff's physical mailbox. (Almost all communication is electronic.) Additional reference materials are stored along one wall of built-in bookcases. Another computer workstation across from Sharma's shared desk is for the telecommuting employees to use when they're visiting.
The layout of Sharma's home is conducive to running a homebased business and greeting clients. His living room serves as a waiting room. His nearby kitchen makes it easy to offer clients food and drinks. Health IT staff meetings are held in Sharma's den, where he connects his notebook computer to his TV for PowerPoint presentations and reviewing Web sites.
Health IT's growth, combined with its ability to communicate effectively with staff and clients, proves company size doesn't necessarily correlate with the square footage of your home office.
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Pure Nickel Inc. - Results for MAN Alaska Exploration Program
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Pure Nickel Inc. (NIC: TSX) announces results from its 2012 exploration program at the MAN project, Alaska. This was the fifth season that Pure Nickel's joint venture partner, Itochu Corporation, has funded exploration. With this year's work program of US$4.2 million, Itochu has expended approximately US$21 million on exploration of the property, and currently holds a 30% ownership interest. The joint venture agreement allows Itochu to earn up to a 75% interest by incurring US$40 million of exploration expenditures.
The work program included soil geochemical surveys (3,010 samples collected), detailed mapping, 48 line kilometers of IP (induced polarization) geophysical surveys and 2,233 meters of diamond core drilling. The program was designed to identify areas of potential magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide mineralization at surface or at shallow depths. Drilling was used to test soil geochemical and/or IP anomalies for the presence of sulphides in bedrock.
The work identified several new sulphide occurrences on the Alpha complex, with a number of soil geochemical and IP anomalies still to be tested. Of the eight drill holes completed, seven targeted soil or IP anomalies, and one hole was drilled to investigate magmatic stratigraphy. Minor amounts of magmatic sulphide mineralization were encountered in most of the drill holes, but assay results from these intervals were generally not significant. In hole PNI-12-063, however, highly anomalous Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization was intersected across a significant interval. The hole targeted partially coincident IP and soil geochemical anomalies in the southern part of the Alpha complex, and returned an intersection of 80.95 meters apparent width grading 35 ppb Au, 106 ppb Pt, 174 ppb Pd (315 ppb Au+Pt+Pd), 0.17% Cu and 0.25% Ni from 146.55 meters to 227.5 meters.
A limited gold prospecting program was also completed during the summer to attempt to locate the lode source of the many placer gold occurrences in the area. Results were encouraging, with one sample of glacially transported material assaying 14.0 g/t Au and 4.6% Ni. The bedrock source of this sample is unknown, but additional gold prospecting will be undertaken in 2013 in an attempt to trace the source.
The 2012 field season demonstrated the successful application of multifaceted, field based work programs in locating sulphide mineralization at or near surface. Numerous geochemical and geophysical targets remain to be tested in 2013.
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The MAN project targets Nickel (Ni) -- Copper (Cu) -- Platinum Group Element (PGE) mineralization in a series of mafic-ultramafic complexes located approximately 260 km southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. Four such complexes are present on the property, Alpha, Beta, Canwell and Rainy. Sulphide showings on the property have returned extremely high metal concentrations in grab samples, including 2.0% Ni, 1.3% Cu and 2.4 g/t Au+Pt+Pd from the East Rainy showing, 1.39% Ni, 0.48% Cu and 4.0 g/t Au+Pt+Pd from the Bird's Beak showing, and 6.7% Ni, 1.0% Cu and 1.5 g/t Au+Pt+Pd from the Tres Equis showing. Pure Nickel Inc.'s work programs are currently focussed on identification of economic deposits of disseminated to massive Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide mineralization in the mafic-ultramafic complexes.
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1. Completion of one course in history at Emmanuel College with the grade of "C-" or higher;
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3. Maintain an average of 2.5 in history courses.
In addition to completion of the Liberal Arts Core and completion of the requirements for the major in another area, the following courses must be taken to qualify as a History Minor. There can be no duplication of course work in this minor. If any of the following courses are required by one's major, additional courses will need to be taken for a total of 18 hours of credit for the minor. A grade of "C-" or higher in each course is required.
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Many recipes for pies and tarts call for blind-baking the unfilled crust – a process made more reliable with the help of these ceramic weights.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Lorifran57 from Excellent I use these to bake Tarts and Pies. Easy to use easy to keep clean. I use tinfoil in the bottom to flatten maintain form and place the weights in it on top of tinfoil. This way the form is even and the weights never get dirty. I just take the tinfoil 'packet' out of the crust when done and let them cool. Then throw in a colander and rinse without soap even. Then lay them on a dry rack that I place on a big towel to catch the one or two that might be slightly smaller and come through. I found the Goldtouch roaster rack is small enough weave to hold them spread out for the afternoon to dry thoroughly. Just be careful cause one or so might come through but the towel will catch it and so won't roll away. When fully dry I put in a clean ziplock bag and not the net bag. That just a way to get them dirty. They work amazingly well.Date published: 2019-05-12Rated 2 out of 5 by rbv84 from Work Well, But Rancid Oil Smell I have had these pie weights for about 2 years. I have only used them a handful of times. They do work well to keep pie crusts from rising. However, my weights picked up a rancid oil smell, even though I put parchment paper down before adding the weights to my crusts. I have tried soaking them in a baking soda solution, a vinegar solution, and even a bleach solution (out of desperation). As a last-ditch effort, I tried baking them in high heat to remove the smell. What I am assuming was oil did start to come out of the weights, and they do not smell as bad as they did (I think...but maybe that's because they now just smell burnt), but now they are discolored. I'm sure they will still work the same, but I splurged to buy these over using dried beans because they were prettier, and now I am left with something that I'm not happy to use anymore. I might as well just buy some dried beans to put in the jar, because at least they will look better than my burnt, discolored, still slightly smelly ceramic weights.Date published: 2017-03-14Rated 5 out of 5 by Alltimebaker from Great for Pie Crusts I already have a jar of these weights but needed another one for a pie pan that is 12". They keep the crust from shrinking down the sides and helps the bottom to brown evenly by keeping it pressed down. I use foil cut into round shapes to lay on the uncooked crust and then add the weights to keep them from baking into the dough while cooking. The pie crust comes out just the way you want without the shrinking.Date published: 2016-01-20Rated 5 out of 5 by Frenchy7 from Great, easy to use. Very helpful I bake a lot and have used these each time for several years. I love them. I bought them a few years ago. They are easy to use, keep my tarte sablé from rising. Highly recommend it.Date published: 2016-01-10Rated 3 out of 5 by WyoWindblown from Work well, but breakable I've overall had good luck with these weights over the couple of years I've had them, but having the couple I've dropped shatter didn't make the best impression. As long as I'm careful, they should last for a good long time. I haven't had any of the smell issues mentioned by other reviewers. I wash them in hot water after they cool, let them dry for a good 24-48 hours and then put them back into the jar. Just don't make the mistake I did and fail to line the pie shell with foil or parchment the first time! What a mess!Date published: 2013-09-09Rated 1 out of 5 by jfm1 from Stinky Pie Beads I bought these over a year a go and have used them off and on, hoping that the smell would go away, but it has not. I have washed them and air dried them after each use. I even washed them and heated them in water with vinegar to get the smell out. I am not sure if they all smell like this or if just a few smell like this. Maybe a bad batch. I air dried them for a week , but that did not work. Luckily I always use parchment or foil on my pie crusts. I would not buy these again.Date published: 2013-04-21Rated 5 out of 5 by PBJFraley from Very useful! For years I have made pies and poked lots of holes in the crust to keep it from puffing up. Not only is that in imperfect method, it also lets your filling seep through, rendering the crust soggy after a day or so. Finally, I found these! They were a very reasonable price, come in a lovely little storage jar, and they worked perfectly! I can use as few or as many as needed in my pies to hold down the crust, which is useful when making small crusts in my Breville Mini Pie Baker. No more soggy crusts at our house!Date published: 2013-01-29Rated 1 out of 5 by alishaleah from Smells AWFUL!! I received these as a gift last year. The product works just as stated, but after 1 year mine smell awful. I generally bake pies at Christmas, so this year I pulled my weights out, and they smell just plain horrific. I washed them as directed last year before putting them in the cabinet, but now they stink to high heaven. I decided to put them in my crust anyway because I needed them, and instead of the sweet aroma of pie crust I had the foul aroma of these stinky ceramic weights. Unless you want to buy new ones every year, I suggest you skip this product.Date published: 2013-01-01
I'd like to purchase the pie weights however I'm not sure due to the smell. How do I prevent this from happening? Maybe wash them prior to initial use?