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Ronan O'Gara will become Munster's most capped player when he takes the field against Cardiff Blues in Musgrave Park on Saturday.
Ronan O'Gara will become Munster's most capped player when he takes the field against Cardiff Blues in Musgrave Park on Saturday.
He will be winning his 233rd competitive cap – one more than Peter Stringer – in the RaboDirect PRO12 encounter that acts as the ideal lead in to the final rounds of European Pool action.
Just four players – skipper Doug Howlett, centre James Downey scrum-half Conor Murray and flanker Tommy O'Donnell – retain their places in the Munster starting XV for the visit of Cardiff Blues to Cork.
Keith Earls returns from injury to partner James Downey in the centre while CJ Stander also returns from injury to be named on the bench
Meanwhile, Cardiff Blues welcome back Jamie Roberts and Leigh Halfpenny to the matchday squad to face Munster.
Roberts returns and starts at centre having recovered from an elbow injury picked up in the loss to Australia, while Leigh Halfpenny has a place on the bench having also recovered from a neck/shoulder injury picked up in the same match.
Roberts forms a new centre partnership joining Richard Smith who is set to make his Blues starting debut. The strong running centre is a regular for Wales Sevens, having got his first taste of Sevens during the summer of 2011, where he played for Wales in three of the four legs of the FIRA series – in Bucharest, Barcelona and Moscow. He has previously played for Neath RFC in 2009/10 before spending a season in Australia playing for Brisbane Bulldogs.
There is also a new face on the bench with twenty-two-year-old Romanian prop forward Petru Tamba set to make his Blues debut. Tamba made his Romania debut against Japan in Bucharest last November and also faced the USA the same month.
Scrum half Alex Walker retains his place on the bench from the Dragons victory. The former Wales Under 18 and 19's scrum half started his career with Newport Youth, Newport Gwent Dragons U20, and was part of the Dragons Junior Academy.
Form: Munster have won five of their last six matches in the RaboDirect PRO12. The Munstermen have won just one of their last ten home games in all competitions: 6-13 to Scarlets at Musgrave Park on 25 November. Cardiff Blues' four game losing run in all competitions ended at home to Newport Gwent Dragons on Boxing Day, whilst the Blues' solo away win since September came against Zebre in Parma on 25 November. Cardiff Blues have lost three of their four clashes with Irish provinces this season. Munster have taken their last five encounters with the Blues since the Welshmen won 13-12 at Cardiff City Stadium on 9 May 2010. The Blues have not won on Munster soil since a visit to Musgrave Park on 5 October 2007.
The teams:
Munster: 15 Felix Jones, 14 Doug Howlett (c), 13 Keith Earls, 12 James Downey, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Conor Murray, 8 James Coughlan, 7 Sean Dougall, 6 Tommy O'Donnell, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Dave Foley, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Mike Sherry, 1 David Kilcoyne.
Replacements: 16 Sean Henry, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 BJ Botha, 19 Billy Holland, 20 CJ Stander, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 Ian Keatley, 23 Casey Laulala.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Jason Tovey, 14 Owen Williams, 13 Richard Smith, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Harry Robinson, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Robin Copeland, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Josh Navidi, 5 Lou Reed, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Benoit Bourrust, 2 Rhys Williams, 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Paetru Tamba, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 James Down, 20 Luke Hamilton, 21 Alex Walker, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Leigh Halfpenny.
Date: Saturday, January 5
Kick-off: 19:30
Venue:Musgrave Park
Referee: Nigel Owens
Assistant Referees: Michael Black (Ireland), John Carvill (Ireland)
Television match official: Jude Quinn (Ireland)


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While the first set of deadlines have come and gone in
Olympia on the way toward a state budget for next two years, discussions are
continuing on how Shoreline will cope with whatever the outcome.
For bills to continue the legislative process, they needed
to be passed out of policy committees by Feb. 23. Those that did move on are
now in fiscal committees where they face more deadlines on March 7 and 10 to
move out and over to the other chamber. Of course, as with all things political,
there are exceptions; budget bills and other important funding-related bills
are exempt. For more information about which bills moved and which bills didn't,
see the weekly legislative
report from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
At Shoreline, on the same day Olympia was facing the first legislation
deadline, the first in a series of sessions to gain feedback on preliminary
recommendations for budget reductions was occurring. The brown-bag lunch in
Room 1102 brought good
questions and interaction, said Vice President for Administrative Services
Daryl Campbell.
Today, March 1, a review and discussion of the preliminary
recommendations is on the agenda for College Council, 2-4 p.m., in the Board
Room. On Wednesday, March 2, the Strategic Planning and Budget Committee is
scheduled to discuss the preliminary recommendations. On Thursday, March 3, an
afternoon feedback session open to all is scheduled for 3:30-4:30 p.m., in the
PUB Quiet Dining Room. See the feedback events
calendar for currently scheduled opportunities.
Budget process
General principles
Seek to maintain college program mix and mission
Seek to retain quality teaching and learning
Reduce in instructional areas non-critical for degrees
Strive to minimize FTE loss and maximize instructional and administrative efficiencies
Strive to maintain quality of support services provided to students
Must continue to meet fiduciary requirements
General assumptions
Reduction will be within range of $2.0 to $2.5 million
FTE target will be unchanged
Minimal capacity to sustain further cuts to administrative and classified staff
Minimal capacity to sustain further cuts to travel, goods and services
Investments in International Program and Virtual College, if any, will be funded from college reserves
Until further information becomes available, the Governor's budget proposal is an appropriate framework for planning
Areas of low/declining enrollment
Programs with 4+ FT faculty
Areas with adequate PT faculty pool
FTE loss minimal
FT-to-PT faculty ratio
Outside accreditation
Student Success
Reduce impact on occupied positions by eliminating vacant or temporary positions
Re-evaluate position functions within student success and adjust based on operational and student needs
Availability of non-state funding
Reduce in areas with 4+ faculty/unit and/or availability of PT pool
Administrative services
"Mission-critical" support services
Services that should be provided to students and staff
Levels of service required to meet needs
President's Office (HR, Advancement)
Legal, contractual and regulatory compliance
Dependable sources of non-state funding
Feb. 23-March 14: Feedback sessions
March 15-25: President's Senior Executive Team reviews the feedback
March 28-31: Union notifications
April 4-8: Formal notification to affected faculty
April 4-15: Formal notification to affected classified and exempt employees
Strategic Planning and Budget Committee suggested questions for feedback sessions
What might the impact of the proposed budget cuts be on your job?
What might the impact of the proposed budget cuts be on your program?
In your area, what impacts to quality of instruction and/or student services from the proposed cuts might not be readily apparent to someone unfamiliar with your work, program and responsibilities?
Can you recommend alternative budget cuts to those proposed that would have less impact on your work, program and responsibilities?
Can you think of questions about the proposed cuts that might still be needed to be asked?Links
Budget numbers
Feedback event calendar(Outlook for PC;updated as needed)
Supplemental budget
While lawmakers in Olympia try to plan a budget for the state, Shoreline Community College is trying to plan a way to deal with that budget, whatever it may be.
Budget process
General principles
General assumptions
Student Success
Administrative services
President's Office (HR, Advancement)
Feb. 23-March 14: Feedback sessions
March 15-25: President's Senior Executive Team reviews the feedback
March 28-31: Union notifications
April 4-8: Formal notification to affected faculty
April 4-15: Formal notification to affected classified and exempt employees
Strategic Planning and Budget Committee suggested questions for feedback sessions
"The economic indicators and the political winds are shifting, making it very hard at this point to say anything for sure," said Daryl Campbell, Vice President for Administrative Services at the college. "One thing we do know is that our state funding will shrink, we're just not sure by how much. We do have a starting point, Gov. Gregoire's proposed budget. However, like everyone else, we also see the indications that cuts might go deeper."
Waiting for a more definitive state budget picture is not an option, according to Shoreline President Lee Lambert. Reductions of the size outlined in the Governor's budget will mean job losses at the college. Because of timelines stipulated in labor contracts, those processes must start before the Legislature is anticipated to finish its work if savings are to take effect by the start of the new fiscal year, July 1, 2011.
"Starting today, we're asking the entire campus community – faculty, staff, administrators and students – to join the conversation in the coming weeks," said Daryl Campbell, Vice President for Administrative Services at the college. "Work by the Senior Executive Team (SET), in consultation with deans and directors, provides a starting point for this conversation. These preliminary recommendations are by no means a pleasant starting point. Unfortunately, we believe they do give an appropriate sense of scale to the challenges ahead."
The preliminary recommendations from SET use a variety of budget-reduction tools including reduction-in-force (RIF) for faculty members, layoffs of classified and administrative-exempt staff, shifting of some salaries to non-state funding sources, elimination of some existing but empty positions and combining some positions.
Based on the reduction identified in Gregoire's proposal, the numbers of position losses in the preliminary recommendations by employee category are 18 full-time faculty positions, 7.5 classified positions and 4.5 administrative exempt positions. Employees will be informed of the identified positions, however formal RIF/layoff notifications will not take place at this time, according the Stephen Smith, Vice President for Human Resources and Legal Affairs.
"We're doing this now so that we can gather feedback, make any adjustments and still have time for contractual timelines," Smith said.
While Gregoire's is the only official budget plan on the table, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges this past week asked colleges to forecast impacts of reductions at higher levels. The Governor's budget sets a target of 9.2 percent for 2011-12, rising to 13 percent the next year. The State Board is asking for impacts to a range of cuts that go as high as 13 percent next year and 18 percent in the second year. Campbell said that would take the current target of about $2.25 million for next year all the way to $3.4 million. The State Board's deadline for feedback from colleges is tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 23.
"We can use our current set of assumptions and speculate what deeper cuts might look like," Campbell said. "However, because of the short turnaround time and speculative nature, we're not identifying specific positions related to the State Board request."
Campbell said that while considerable work has gone into the preliminary recommendations, they are just that: preliminary and recommendations.
"There are many factors out there that could impact these numbers; decisions to be made that are outside of our control. We need to start somewhere and these preliminary recommendations are based on the information we have now," Campbell said. "After receiving campus-wide input, watching what happens in Olympia and any other influences, SET will make final recommendations to President Lambert, who will ultimately decide on a reduction plan by April."
Lawmakers in Olympia are working on two budgets, one for
this year and one for the next two years. Unfortunately, it appears that the
answer for both will be less state funding for Shoreline Community College and
all of higher education.
On Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a
laundry list of budget reduction measures for the current fiscal year that ends
June 30. On the list is $25 million the state is pulling back from several
financial assistance programs aimed at higher-education students. Of that $25
million, $13.14 million is coming from the State Need Grant program that helps
students at community and technical colleges.
Later that same day, officials at the State Board of
Community and Technical Colleges sent word of Shoreline's share: $460,238. However,
students won't be left without the financial assistance. The supplemental
budget also includes language directing colleges to make up the difference from
local funds.
Despite the Governor's signature, it isn't clear whether or
not that number could grow.
The reduction package falls $226 million short of the deficit
projected by the state Office of Financial Management. Lawmakers are expecting that deficit to grow
after the March 17 state revenue forecast. "The March forecast will provide
remaining information to complete the final supplemental," Gregoire said in a
Daryl Campbell, Vice President for Administrative Services,
said the college's Senior Executive Team would begin reviewing potential steps
to meet the new reduction target.
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Members of student government at Shoreline Community College, Huy Minh Nguyen, Robin Aranas and Ruby Kwong (from left) listen to SCC President Lee Lambert on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, during an all-campus meeting.
Shoreline Community College is facing a $2.25 million budget reduction for the coming year and will unveil preliminary recommendations for how to get there on Feb. 22.
"This is based on the Governor's budget and information from the State
Board of Community and Technical Colleges," Vice President for Administrative Services Daryl Campbell said at an all-campus meeting on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011.
The meeting had about 100 people in attendance with another 70 or so watching on webcast via Elluminate. "One of our assumptions is that the information we have will change, but we need to get started."
Campbell also outlined a timeline and communication plan for when and how the college would arrive at a budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2011.
The budget proposed in January by Gov. Chris Gregoire would mean a cut of 9.2 percent to Shoreline's state-allocated funds, Campbell said. Gregoire's proposal also includes a 10 percent tuition increase and 3 percent salary reductions for all employees. However, those items come with caveats, he said.
While students would pay the increased tuition, Shoreline wouldn't see all of it. "Some we give back to the state and the amount we do get depends on the mix of students," he said. "It's the same for all colleges." Still, the State Board assumes Shoreline would get about $800,000 from the tuition increase. "They're wrong, our experience shows we'll get less than that, but we're using their number for now," he said.
On salary reductions, while Gregoire calls for pay cuts for all, her plan specifically exempts faculty. Then, Campbell pointed out, the classified employees' union is in negotiations now with the state over a host of items, including pay. Despite that, Campbell said that for now, the college's assumption will be the Governor's assumption: pay cuts for classified and administrative exempt employees. "That's about $230,000 for Shoreline," he said.
After those and other add-backs, Shoreline would need to find $1.17 million in cuts. Campbell said that in round numbers, that would be achieved with an $800,000 reduction in instruction-related costs, $123,500 from the administrative services area, $123,500 from student services and $123,000 from the president's office, which includes the Office of Advancement and the Human Resources Department.
"Next week, the deans and directors will get together and look at the details," Campbell said. "On Feb. 22, we'll publish initial recommendations with the preliminary list of position reductions."
At that point, Campbell said, the campus must become involved in providing feedback. "We do that by engaging in problem solving," he said. "I ask you, starting today, to engage in the process."
Campbell said that from Feb. 23 to March 14, there will be a series of opportunities to ask questions and offer solutions.
"The Strategic Planning and Budget Committee said it is important to go out and talk to people," he said, adding that a calendar of the scheduled events would be published online and included in weekly budget-related communications. "And, while any feedback is welcome, the committee also suggested the kinds of information that would helpful."
Among those questions are:
Campbell said that following the feedback period, the timeline would be:
After all affected employees had been notified, Campbell said the reduction plan would be published.
At the meeting, President Lee Lambert also spoke about the importance of and challenging times facing higher education. "President Obama has said, higher education is critical to the future of this country," Lambert said. "But, due to the economic challenges, we're going to have to do things differently.
"One thing Shoreline Community College should be proud of is that through everything that has been happening, we've never compromised the learning of our students."
All campus meeting
An all-campus meeting is scheduled for 12:30-2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11, in the PUB Main Dining Room. The agenda will include a presentation by SCC President Lee Lambert on issues and options facing higher education and information about anticipated 2011-12 budget reductions.
Budget principles
SCC's vice presidents and other senior executive team members have agreed upon general principles to help guide budget planning, including:
Seek to maintain college program mix and mission
Seek to retain quality teaching and learning
Reduce in instructional areas non-critical for degrees
Strive to minimize FTE loss and maximize instructional and administrative efficiencies
Continue to meet fiduciary requirementsOnce again, Shoreline Community College officials are working to give definition to the future while surrounded by a sea of uncertainty.
All campus meeting
An all-campus meeting is scheduled for 12:30-2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11, in the PUB Main Dining Room. The agenda will include a presentation by SCC President Lee Lambert on issues and options facing higher education and information about anticipated 2011-12 budget reductions.
Budget principles
SCC's vice presidents and other senior executive team members have agreed upon general principles to help guide budget planning, including:
"For the third year in a row, we've got to come up with a budget-reduction plan that is based on decisions that haven't yet been made and are outside our control" Shoreline President Lee Lambert said. "To do that, just as we have in the past, we're taking what information we do have and developing options to meet a range of possible alternatives.
"I know that isn't very satisfying to a lot of people who want definitive answers. I'm one of those people. However, those are our circumstances and we have to move ahead to the best of our ability."
What college officials do know is that Gov. Chris Gregoire has proposed a budget based on significantly less money coming to state government and therefore, less to the college.
"We are using the Governor's budget as the base for our assumptions," Lambert said. "Until the Legislature acts sometime later this spring, that's the best information we have to go on."
That budget pins Shoreline's target number at about $1.8 million. However, that is likely to be pushed higher, according to Vice President for Administrative Services Daryl Campbell. A continued concern over the economy and the likelihood of an unfunded mandate on retirement benefits could mean Shoreline would need a plan for between $2 million and $2.5 million.
"Unfortunately, we've had a pretty good track record of anticipating where we'd actually end up," Campbell said.
Lambert said that waiting for definitive word from Olympia just isn't possible. "If we wait, we won't have enough time to implement reductions by the start of the new budget cycle on July, 1, 2011. Waiting just means we'd eventually have to cut more."
In preparation to recommend a range budget options, the college vice presidents and others have reviewed the extensive previous budgeting work and spoken with deans, labor representatives and the school's Strategic Planning and Budget Committee, which includes members from all campus employee groups.
"My goal is that at the Feb. 11 all-campus meeting, we can share in broad terms the potential impacts of possible reductions," Lambert said. "Between then and March 1, we will get input from across the campus and hopefully gain definition to at least some of the variables."
Lambert said he wants a plan by March 1 to show the campus. "Even though I'm sure there will be variables that change things, we need a starting place," he said. "Then, we can get feedback, make any needed adjustments and move ahead in thoughtful and respectful ways and still make the July 1 deadline."
Lambert said he understands how hard it is to start a process that will likely change during the implementation. "As difficult as it is, as information changes, and I'm sure it will, we would still be able to pull back if the situation improves," he said. "However, we can't accelerate those processes."


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Boxing in the attic entrance
Several months ago we had an energy audit. One of our biggest problems was our attic entrance. It was in our hallway, almost directly over our vent. The vent was drawing air almost directly from the attic. The guy recommended a very quick fix — building a box over the entrance.
Combining trips
We live in what I guess you could call the suburbs. It's really a small to mid-size town, and it is not really equipped for walkers, bikers or public transportation. They are making efforts to put in a bike lane downtown, but if you live where we live, then you would have to drive to the downtown area before you could get on your bike.
Seeing green
I'm sorry I've not been regularly posting recently. We've added a family member, and the transition from two to three kids was rougher than I thought it would be.
We're still doing our best to live a greener lifestyle, and are attempting to teach our boys about sustainable living as well. But I've not been good about sharing new tips and facts as I find them. A lot of this is just my mind's been frazzled of late. Hopefully, my memory will start to come back very soon.
A green way to treat cold sores
We can chalk another green remedy to tea bags and honey. Yes, they can help soothe sore throats, and the tea can help with dark circles while honey helps blemishes and wounds. But they can also help with cold sores.
Free entrance to National Parks
I'm not sure if it's in honor of Earth Day, but this weekend, you can get free admission to national parks. If the weather is agreeable, it would be a fun, free and green excursion!
Free canvas bag at Target on April 22nd
More green freebies in honor of Earth Day! Target stores will give out 1.5 million canvas bags to customers on April 22nd. If you're one of the first 250,000, you will also get a bag full of green freebies!
I'm trying to highlight the green deals I'm seeing in honor of Earth Day this year. Please let me know if I'm missing any!
Free tree at Lowe's on April 23rd
Lowe's is giving away 1 million trees in honor of Earth Day! Just go to a participating Lowe's on April 23rd to pick yours up.
New place to e-cycle!
It's always a pain when you have to recycle an old computer battery, cell phone or another gadget, because it can be hard to find a place to recycle them correctly and (if you're like me) for free. Now there's a new option — Staples!
Green ways to alleviate allergies
It's allergy season. At least it is in our neck of the woods. My allergies are pretty much year round, but they get worse at the start of Spring and Fall. Here are some things I do to cut down on my allergic reactions.


text: Executive Director Cadillac Global Design Mark Adams introduces the 2014 Cadillac CTS midsize luxury sedan during its world debut Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at a special event on the eve of the New York Auto Show in New York, New York. The 2014 CTS is longer, lower and leaner utilizing lightweight technologies that enable the most agile driving dynamics in the class. The new Cadillac CTS Vsport model offers a Twin-Turbo V-6 and the brand's first eight-speed automatic transmission. (Photo by Steve Fecht for Cadillac)


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Also, since Itachi gave Naruto some Jutsu that Itachi hopes Naruto never has to use and you're speculating that it has something to do to block the extraction. Why not just say it in the first post? If you just said that from the begining, it would have made a clear point instead of leaving it open ended.
Theories are made out of speculations from the manga storyline to give clues and hints for events in upcoming chapters. If some of the things that you claim happens in the manga, then you can be satisfied that you got it right.
But if it doesn't happen like this, don't be disappointed, because the author probably had something different in mind for how his story is supposed to go.
Do I believe that Naruto's "cloud like" Jutsu has something to do with Reverse summoning? Not quite. Jiraiya had alluded to Naruto having something called, 'that jutsu', and it can only make me think it's something that may either:
1) Draw out the Kyuubi chakra more at a dangerous level
2) The jutsu has been so incomplete that it causes bodily harm to Naruto himself.
Whatever that jutsu is, it looks like Naruto might be getting a handle on it as a result of his sage training.


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Speaker: William J. Jorden
Date: August 13, 1985
Worked for the New York Times as the State Department reporter. Later served on the Policy Planning Council beginning in 1961. Also served as special Assistant to Averell Harriman and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1965-1966), when he traveled twice to assess the situation in Vietnam. He was a delegate to the peace talks in Paris, where he was an adviser to Ambassadors Harriman and Vance, as well as the spokesman for the delegation. Later he served on the National Security Staff of Walt W. Rostow.


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How-To Geek
Can Dust Actually Damage My Computer?
Thousands of hours per year of fan-driven air movement combined with electrostatic charges make computers veritable dust magnets. Is all that dust simply a nuisance or is it actually harmful?
Today's Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-drive grouping of Q&A web sites.
The Question
SuperUser reader Holy Sheet poses a question about dust and computer hardware:
During the last few days, my screen froze a couple of times. After opening the chassis I discovered plenty of dust beneath my mother board. I wonder if that can cause short circuits.
Can neglecting to spring clean your PC damage it? Let's investigate.
The Answers
SuperUser contribute Daniel R. Hicks offers some assurance and insight on the matter:
Dust is a problem from the standpoint of blocking fan vents, or, if deep enough, actually insulating parts, causing overheating, but unless it contains substantial amounts of corrosive or conductive material (in which case you shouldn't be breathing it), it won't damage the electrical components (beyond any overheating damage).
What could happen, in some circumstances, is condensation inside the box, mixing with dust and creating a conductive sludge. This would generally only occur if you bring the box in from an extremely cold environment (below 0C, roughly) into a humid indoor environment. The protection from this is to wrap the box tightly in plastic before bringing it indoors, and leave it wrapped for a couple of hours, while it has time to warm up.
Fellow contributor EdH offers some field experience to corroborate the previous assessment:
No way. Unless it over heats. Trust me, I have cleaned server motherboards deployed in Afghanistan for months with inches of dust caked on, still running fine. And as long as you keep them cool, they will survive.
Now, optical drives. That's a different story.
While you're at very little risk of a dust blanket shorting out your hardware, heat is the eternal enemy of computers and a good cleaning will help keep things cool (and extend the life of your computer in the process).
For more information on how to clean your computer and peripherals safely and effectively, check out the following resources:
- How To Thoroughly Clean Your Dirty Desktop Computer
- Why You Should Never Vacuum Your PC
- Ask The Readers: What's Your Tech Spring Cleaning Routine?
- How to Thoroughly Clean Your Keyboard (Without Breaking Anything)
Have something to add to the explanation? Sound off in the the comments. Want to read more answers from other tech-savvy Stack Exchange users? Check out the full discussion thread here.
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yes, dust can damage your computer –mind blowing stuff, really.
Yup. I've had a vid card pretty much die because of over heating due to the does collection around the memory chips.
Yup, do this for a living…..I have seen the performance difference from simply removing all the dust off the CPU fan….
I've been around a lot of computers and Dust isn't a problem until it blocks fans and/or airflow. Heat is what kills stuff, not the dust.
In Afghanistan computer blows you.
I set my calendar to chirp at me every four months to thoroughly clean my computer. It takes only about 20-30 minutes to protect my investment.
It's not the dust, it's the dust mites building cities and stealing the electricity to power their homes. We can't harm them because they're an endangered species.
You forgot to mention that if you have pets, their hair can actually get caught by fans and create a corrosive sticky "blanket" and actually damage some parts (seen that a couple of times). Totally agree that if it's only dust, the only problem will be heat dissipation.
LOL at Phillipe's comment…
Not just the blocking fans can cause damage, also dust in slots can stop computers working. Clean your slots as well as your fans from time to time using a simple vacuumcleaner to stay out of trouble.
Can dust cause short circuits? No. The wrong question was asked.
It can cause crashes that can corrupt data on the hard drive. I have had to fix a few over the years for others. Can Dust Actually Damage My Computer? So, Yes, to a certain degree.
My PC was giving memory errors, and I phoned the makers who supplied it. They told me to take the memory out, and to vacuum the memory slots. Blimey, I thought, so much for technical customer support! It was a bit dusty inside the case, so to humour them before returning the PC for mending, I did as they said – and haven't had any problems since! So yes, it seems that dust can cause some sort of shorting for memory.
The above comments are all very enlightening however how does one clean a laptop from dust etc.?
Just hose it down with hot water and dish soap.
Not having an earth strap connected to your wrist or ankle will cause incipient faults to develop in microchips. A technician simply touching something that is earthed before handling a mother board only discharges his static electricity momentarily. The static charge builds up again the moment he moves his limbs and voltages up to 18,000 volts discharge into the mother board the moment he touches them. These momentary over voltages irreparably damage micro chips and the problems they create may not become evident for many months or years later. British Telecom take wearing an earth strap so seriously they have announced to their staff they are quite prepared to sack anyone found not wearing one.
The draught of air created by the computer fan in passing over components leaves dust particles clinging to them. The draught would also strip away electrons from the particles leaving them with a a static charge. Removing the dust by some mechanical means such as a soft bristled brush may only exacerbate the static discharge problem and risk damaging soldered connections. Gently blowing dust off the components with a low velocity jet of air is a safer option.
I don't know about anyone else but I tend to keep my computer's innards fairly clean. I do it mostly because of a conspiracy many PC case makers have been doing for a while now – they now include a window on the side which forces me to see all that nasty dust. :-P
It can and it makes things hot. Good idea to clean house now and again.
I have worked on computers for over twenty years and I can guarantee you that dust can be a problem. Dust not only gets into computer components but it also gets into fans and slows them down or completely stops them. The power supply fan is a major candidate for dust. On many computers that are going to be in a dusty environment, I install a much larger fan on the side panel with a washable filter. The larger fan keeps a positive pressure in the case so dust can not enter. The filter is cleaned as a blanket of dust appears. This procedure has added two to three years life to the computer and minimizes downtime.
YEP to much dust CAN cause your computer to fail. it CAN cause it to over heat.
@ Max Bancroft: you don't need a earth strap "aka anti static strap" to work on computers, Ive been working on computers for over 10 years and have NEVER used one. and no one can discharge 18k volts, you are thinking of body heat. the human brain runs on about 12volts. 18k volts can almost kill you.and yes I am aware of the volt guns that cops use now and they are NOT very Hi volted like a lot have been told, if they were any police force would get sued for killing people. the amount is just enough to stop you in your tracts and not kill you. btw dust does not contain a static charge as its just dead skin. to be conductive it must still contain sweet, with also contain salt, witch is conductive and dust does not.
I have an attachment nozzle (Taiwanese) for our house vaccie that could frighten you to death in the dark if you'd never seen one before. It has about three dozen (tried counting them, but got a different total each of three times) nozzles, each about 8 mm dia, x 90 mm long, each equipped with a pig-a-back set of soft bristles that protrude a little ahead of the business end of the nozzles. Three of the nozzles have, in addition, tufts of longer, stiffer bristles, for dealing with heavier duty needs. I wish I could show you a picture. It's brilliant. If you see one for sale, grab it.
On laptops, you need to remove the back cover to blow out all the dust bunnies. In 30 years of working on computers, the biggest problem is dust and heat build up cause by dust. The worse place to park your computer tower is on the floor, the fans and electronic charges collect all the dust, pet's hair and carpet fiber. Just other day I open a computer, looked at cooling fan for CPU, there was no way the fan was cooling the CPU. The fan was caked full of dust, pet/human hairs and lint that fan could not turn.
She was complaining about lockups and slow machine. If just fine dust then most cases not problem but when you mix pet hair, human hair, carpet fibers, lint, and dust in the fans (CPU & power supply) the computer will lockup or freeze. Keep laptops on solid surface, never place on your lap, pillow, or any thing soft. This blocks the cooling vents and suck up lint from the bedding.
Thank you Little John . . . your reply in reference to laptops was very helpful indeed and I appreciate that.
I actually have my laptop sitting on top of a cooler pad (simply a large fan that runs from a USB port.) The two items combined sit on top of a solid 'lap tray.'
However, I do have a pet (cat) and I consider his fine loose fur could float and be drawn into the laptop so it is good to know that by removing the back cover I can gently blow away any such residue.
Didn't even know our laptops had back covers. Thanks, Little John.
But like Puzzled, we have them sitting on cooling pads. These came, as it happened, with three fans to each. They themselves don't create a lot of heat.
I once had a Commodore Pet which had seen service in a Steel Mill. None of the components on the motherboard were visible under a thick coating of mill scale. The Pet still ran perfectly well …..
What's the safest way to open a power supply (after unplugging it) and avoid getting zapped from accidentally shorting a capacitor or something? Is it possible to safely discharge all of the electricity that still remains stored within the unit even after it's unplugged from the socket?
imagine a microvax or pdp11/20 still wroking for some strange reazon … the dust could be alive and understand internet and one of the most famous unix or VMS O.S..
This isn't even a question – I've seen too many systems destroyed because power supplies, motherboards or fans were overloaded with "dust". My brother's computer is in a room next to a kitchen. Although I've warned him to "occasionally" take his system outside and blow the case out with compressed air, I've seen several of his computers damaged due to lack of cooling. Even worse, his systems have been in a computer cabinet with a door. I've had to replace 3 power supplies, 2 processor fans and he's had several systems die because he doesn't do the simple task of cleaning out his boxes. Last year he bought a brand new computer system and put it in the same spot. I've warned him time and time again but I'm gonna wait till it finally fails to convince him he needs to take more responsibility for his stuff.
About 12 years ago, while i was 9 years old, me and my father discovered that actually the proportion of dust in you CPU affects your computer speed and performance. [We were so greedy about our old windows 98 system to be speedy rocket…..lolzzzzz]
What about All In One computers, what's the best way to keep them clean?
I have a Sony Vaio All In One and I am a bit concerned about the issue of possible dust. And since I would never attempt to open it, nor would I know how, I am just wondering about keeping it a pristine as possible. It's over a year old.
@clamo ESD *can* hit tens of thousands of volts and can very certainly damage computer hardware. A wrist strap will save your chips. Please learn more about electrostatic discharge before you run around telling people that humans can't "discharge 18k vlots," because they can, and do.
I've been a PC technician for over 10 years. Here's my experience:
I've witnessed blown power supplies occuring from excessive dust accumulation which inhibits fan operation. Lack of fan cooling = overheating = burnt-out electronics.
Excessive dust in heatsinks (CPU, video, etc.) will insulate heat as well. That's not good, but I haven't had any serious issues with that.
HOWEVER, NOTE… When using canned air, compressed air, or otherwise to remove dust, keep in mind that STATIC is produced. The extreme force of the air pressure creates static discharge. Also, excessive air pressure applied to fans can cause the blades to turn way too fast, blowing out the bearings. Not to mention, it can damage capacitors, etc. Watch out for liquid discharge from canned air as well. I have personally killed a few motherboards in the past because of it.
Bottom line: Do clear the dust as much as possible. But if using pressurized air, apply light puffs of it where needed, avoiding excessive force and static discharge. Do not use canned air if all possible, avoiding potential fluid leakage onto delicate components.
Hope this helps.
Dust Can Most likely make your computer Overheat, therefore locking it up.
I can't count the number of customer's I've had whose laptops "keep shutting down for no reason" and the "no reason"turns out to be fans/heat-sinks so choc full thick of dust that NOTHING could pass through it.
I have cleaned many PC's and a trend i noticed is once cleaned from dust, a simple vacuuming… they can just stop working. makes no sense at all !!!
Somebody earlier stated that dust cannot cause short circuits. This is only partially true. Dust can attract moisture under the right conditions and the wet dust can cause short circuits that may destroy components, but more likely would only bleed current causing a temporary malfunction that will return to normal if the dust is removed. Speaking more in a practical than highly technical terms, yes, dust can affect computer operation in several ways including overheating, but also other ways including short circuits. Bear in mind that the foreign material that your computer collects over time may contain several other elements than only dust. Environmental conditions introduce many types of particulate matter that tends to collect on your computer parts.


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Hugh MacLeod's "Gaping Void" Blog
In the last couple of months I've been getting increasingly aware of "Cloud Thinking." It's seriously interesting to me. As far as I can tell, all three of the big tech companies I know best, Microsoft, Sun and Dell, seem to be betting a lot of their future on The Cloud. It was even just announced recently that Dell was applying to trademark the term, "Cloud Computing". Microsoft is now seriously planning for the post-Windows era, and you guessed it, The Cloud features heavily.
About a year ago, I was at a geek breakfast in London with Steve Clayton and some other folk, including a few people from Microsoft.
Steve and some other geeks were talking about "The Cloud". At the time Steve was making the transition from working in the UK Partner Division, to working in the "Software & Services" division of Microsoft, which is how the conversation came up.
Right then and there I drew the cartoon above. Steve saw it, and right away asked me if he could use the picture for his business card, which he now does.
That was the first time I really started paying attention to the term, "The Cloud".
I would by no means call myself an expert or an authority on the subject, but in the last couple of months I've been getting increasingly aware of "Cloud Thinking". It's seriously interesting to me.
As far as I can tell, all three of the big tech companies I know best, Microsoft, Sun and Dell, seem to be betting a lot of their future on The Cloud. It was even just announced recently that Dell was applying to trademark the term, "Cloud Computing". Heck, even my friends over at Techcrunch are looking to get a piece of the action.
Even today, I learned that Microsoft is now seriously planning for the post-Windows era, and you guessed it, The Cloud features heavily. And Businessweek just ran a big article on it:
A Sea Change in Computing
Some analysts say cloud computing represents a sea change in the way computing is done in corporations. Merrill Lynch (MER) estimates that within the next five years, the annual global market for cloud computing will surge to $95 billion. In a May 2008 report, Merrill Lynch estimated that 12% of the worldwide software market would go to the cloud in that period.
Those vendors that can adjust their product lines to meet the needs of large cloud computing providers stand to profit. Companies like IBM, Dell (DELL), and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), for instance, are moving aggressively in this direction. On Aug. 1, IBM said it would spend $360 million to build a cloud computing data center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., bringing to nine its total of cloud computing centers worldwide. Dell is also targeting this market. The computer marker supplies products to some of the largest cloud computing providers and Web 2.0 companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Yahoo (YHOO). "We created a whole new business just to build custom products for those customers," Dell CEO Michael Dell says.
I was also recently really surprised and delighted about all the discussion my last post, "The Cloud's Best-Kept Secret", seemed to generate. Not just the amount of discussion, but the quality of it, from some of the smartest people I know on the planet. People like Tim O'Reilly, JP Rangaswami, Dennis Howlett, James Governor, all piping in. Rock on.
And of course, there's the "Cloud Portraits" I've been drawing recently. Clouds, clouds, clouds... Clouds everywhere. Like West Texas in the rainy season etc.
What does this all mean? Frankly, I have no idea. I have no intention of becoming a "Cloud Blogger" or whatever, I'm just start to feel a connection here. Connections are my lifeblood. One of my favorite cartoons ever exists simply because I saw a connection between ego, emotion and typography. In 2005 I was the first person to see a connection between $5K English suits and the blogosphere [which back then, I can tell you, A LOT of people thought that was a bit of a stretch]. In 2006 I saw a similar connection between a small South African wine brand and the geek community of Silicon Valley.
This year I'm feeling the same sort of connection between all of the work I've been doing in the last year. It's hard to explain- it's visceral; it's like you can just smell it, even if it remains so far invisible. It's just there. A feeling, not quite yet a fact. And a wee voice keeps telling me that The Cloud is at the center of it somehow. Wait and see.
[This post appeared originally here and is republished in full by kind permission of the author, who retains copyright.]
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Fetal Monitor
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Your doctor may choose to use either a vacuum or forceps to gently pull the baby
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Missed Miscarriage, Blighted Ovum, and Chemical Pregnancy
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, a majority of pregnancies never go past the first few weeks, and even after a clinical diagnosis of pregnancy (using ultrasound), there's still about a 25 percent chance of miscarriage. Many miscarriages occur so early in the pregnancy that the woman may not have even been aware she was pregnant. The following are three common types of early miscarriages.
Missed Miscarriage
A missed miscarriage is a type of spontaneous abortion (the clinical term for any loss of any pregnancy prior to the 20th week) in which the fetus dies but the fetal tissue is not expelled by the woman's body and remains there until it is removed by a doctor. If the placenta continues to release hormones, the woman will still experience all the signs and symptoms of being pregnant; however some women notice that their pregnancy symptoms (nausea, breast tenderness, fatigue, etc.) disappear and some may notice a brownish or bright red vaginal discharge along with some cramping. Because this type of miscarriage, often referred to as a "silent miscarriage," often has no symptoms, many women don't discover their pregnancy has ended until they have a routine check-up and an ultrasound shows an underdeveloped fetus and the doctor cannot locate a fetal heartbeat.
Doctors usually can determine approximately when the fetus died by measuring its size. Once a fetus dies, it begins shrinking at the same rate it would have grown had the pregnancy continued. For example, if a fetus died at 11 weeks but it was not discovered until week 13, the fetus would have shrunk to approximately the size it would have been at week 9.
The earlier in the pregnancy that the miscarriage occurred, the more likely that the woman's body will eventually expel all the fetal tissue by itself, and she will not require further medical procedures. However, if the fetal tissue remains in the woman's body, it can cause serious infection and/or complications with blood clotting. In these cases a dilation and curettage, or D&C, is usually performed to remove the placental tissues, stop bleeding, and prevent infection.
Approximately 1 percent of pregnancies result in missed miscarriage, which usually occur due to chromosomal abnormalities of the fetus, rather than anything the mother did or didn't do. However, if a woman has more than three spontaneous abortions she should see a fertility specialist to ensure there is not some underlying cause.
Blighted Ovum
A blighted ovum, or embryonic pregnancy, occurs when an egg is fertilized and implants in the uterus, and the placenta and membrane begin developing, but a fetus fails to form or stops developing very early on causing the pregnancy to miscarry, usually between 7 and 12 weeks. A blighted ovum often happens so early in a pregnancy that the woman never knew she was pregnant.
This type of miscarriage is usually diagnosed using ultrasound, which will show a large gestational sac, but no embryo. Many doctors use the term "early pregnancy failure," instead of "blighted ovum" to describe this common type of miscarriage that accounts for approximately 50 percent of first trimester miscarriages. In some cases, a blighted ovum may occur in a twin pregnancy. In this instance, called a blighted twin, one of the fertilized eggs fails to develop properly while the second develops normally, completely unaffected by the blighted twin.


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Mount Elbert Climber's Log
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Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2012
|It was nice.
|Posted Apr 11, 2013 9:10 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2012
|climbed for the second time on a beautiful summer day with my 10 year old son and three friends, first climbed in back in September of 1996
|Posted Apr 11, 2013 12:57 am
|Easy summer hike
|little tedious but nice
|Posted Apr 9, 2013 12:46 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2008
|Made iT!
|Posted Mar 18, 2013 4:44 am
|Flatlander disease
|Climbed this on a quick trip home to Colorado after being marooned in Greenland's snow and ice for 6 months. This left me way out of shape and the trek to the top was exhausting. My friends Dave and EJ kept berating me to keep up. Made it to the crowded summit and came down in record time.
|Posted Mar 1, 2013 3:40 pm
|Straight Up!
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2005
|It was a little fun (nervous!) driving the river crossing at night, but glad we did given the altitude and hike it took off the climb.
|Posted Feb 25, 2013 3:07 am
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012
|Great Hike
|Posted Jan 21, 2013 7:09 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
|Posted Jan 20, 2013 1:45 am
|elbert highpointing
|standard route no problems the climbing gets better up on the summit cone
|Posted Jan 14, 2013 12:43 pm
|couple times
Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2010
|Backside trip was a wash. Met Vince on that one. Good guy.
|Posted Dec 28, 2012 1:20 pm
|Solo with hundreds of other people :/
|Posted Dec 25, 2012 1:50 pm
|Everybody Turned Around Except The 3 Of Us
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2012
|Near white-out conditions at the summit, 70mph wind gusts, blowing snow, and the forecast just said 50% chance of rain, lol. Everybody basically turned around because they couldn't find the trail as it was covered by the snow. But, I just followed this one guy who kept going all the way to the summit. Did Wheeler Peak a couple of days before. HP #15
|Posted Nov 29, 2012 11:37 pm
|Nice hill
|Pretty Hike, good views from the top.
|Posted Nov 24, 2012 2:53 pm
|Nice Hike
Date Climbed: Aug 23, 1996
|Fun and easy hike. Placed on my list for future ski descents.
|Posted Nov 22, 2012 11:09 pm
|Black Cloud Trail
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2008
|With Katie and Megan, both 11. Down via Bull Hill. A fine route.
|Posted Oct 27, 2012 5:06 pm
|Great hike!
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2012
|very enjoyable hike in and out, great views, a little windy at times. Had a few moments alone on the summit. Could not ask for better weather in October for a hike in the high country.
|Posted Oct 21, 2012 10:38 am
|7th fourteener
Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
|A nice trip to the summit of the tallest mountain in Colorado. We found a lot of mushrooms in the forest below.
|Posted Oct 17, 2012 6:38 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2012
|Hiked with a buddy I met in the Boulder Co, Hostel 2 days earlier. Great day from the NE trail head.
|Posted Oct 5, 2012 2:17 am
|9th 14er, 4th state highpoint!
Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2012
|Extremely long day on the mountain. After fighting blisters and a lack of acclimatization plus a little icy snowpack on the upper mountain, this was a 9.5-hour marathon session! NE Ridge route has a well-defined trail, just be mentally ready for the parade of false summits and enjoy the amazing views in all directions!
|Posted Oct 1, 2012 10:25 pm
|First 14er!
Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2012
|My husband and I, and our two black labs, Rosie and Sugar climbed Mt. Elbert today! It was a beautiful day, so we had no problems at all. Just took our time on the final two miles...short steps, and slow and steady. Glad we knew about the false summits! The downhill was almost more painful an the ascent!
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December 11, 2013
The side ripped!
"I've owned these shoes less than two months and only wore them a few times. Those few times is mainly in the office which involves sitting 75% of the time and the side ripped! I'm so disappointed because they are actually one of my favorite shoes."
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November 13, 2013
Cutest shoe ever
"These shoes are simply adorable. They are a little high, yet are so sophisticated and make any outfit look great. I m an 8 1/2 and they fir true to size."
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October 22, 2013
very cute shoe
"the color of this shoe in cobalt is very vibrant and elegant looking. It can be worn with grey, black, red, yellow, very versatile color. the bow on the back is a nice feminine touch. love this shoe"
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October 22, 2013
Love them, very high though
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Get glam for a Royal Occasion. The satin sandal by Poetic Licence is sure to make you feel like a queen.
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August 21, 2013
"This show is even more stunning in person than in the pictures. The sparkle is gorgeous and classy, not overdone, but certainly eye catching. Very comfortable, though I wouldn't pick it out for a long evening on my feet or dancing, much better for a dinner date or dinner party. Fits perfectly to size"
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