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Sir Elton, who was interviewed while filming a Pepsi ad, first accused Madonna of lip-syncing onstage in 2004, which seems to have started this whole feud in the first place. (ABC)
Shirley MacLaine has been cast as Lady Grantham's mother on the third season of PBS's "Downton Abbey." The prospect of MacLaine and Maggie Smith trading one-liners seems almost too good to be true. (TV Column)
Cynthia Nixon has issued a statement to clarify the remarks she made about being gay by choice: "While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship." (Advocate)
Ryan Gosling , who has been tragically absent from this awards season, was asked by the Hollywood Reporter whether he thought he was snubbed by the Oscars. He responded, "No." He also weighed in on losing People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive 2011" title to Bradley Cooper: "I voted for Bradley and I'm glad he won." (THR)
Watch Jerry Seinfeld shill for Acura, after the jump.
Want to pay to meet Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd for a good cause? Then click the link. (CharityBuzz)
Louis C.K. and former late night host Spike Feresten have sold a pilot to CBS about "an ensemble of young people who are trying to achieve their creative dreams in these tough financial times." (THR)
Jenna Fischer, who gave birth to her first son in October, has some words about celebrity "post-baby bodies": "Let me please stand in solidarity with all of the women who are not a size 2 six weeks after leaving the hospital." (Us Weekly)
Did model/famous person Amber Rose get a face tattoo, as photograph circulating on the Internet seems to indicate? No. Was Amber Rose hoping we'd think she got a face tattoo and talk about it? Probably. (TMZ)
Watch car enthusiasts Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Larry Thomas as "The Soup Nazi" and the guy who played the Man from Another Place on "Twin Peaks" (!) in a Super Bowl Sunday commercial for Acura, which is a division of Honda, the company behind the Ferris Bueller ad.


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Even though the software credo I am writing is a personal thing, I'm not writing it in a vacuum. We are all writing the history of software and, at this point, the history of computers and software is big enough and old enough to have it's own corners and back alleys.
In this post, I've researched into some questions about computer & software history. I'll be writing about some events that were important in my corner of computers, some of moments which were not the best, and the event I would most like to have witnessed.
Who are some of the important people or events in your particular area of software and what did they contribute.
I've already blogged about The Ultimate Nerd and my ultimate nerds so I'll be focusing mainly on the events in computer and software history that has meant the most to me.
The fight between Internet Explorer and Mozilla
I may have just left Mozilla as a corporate employee, but Mozilla and its mission are still very much alive to me. If you don't understand what the whole fight for the open web is about, it is worth Investing 40 minutes of your time to watch Mitchell Baker talk about the history of Mozilla.
Back in the nineties, I remember listening to NPR every day for news about how the lawsuit between Microsoft and Mozilla was proceeding. I hope that, at some point, a book is written about the history of Mozilla and some of its projects. I had chills more than once as I watched Mitchell Baker give this talk on the history of Mozilla. A lesson she learned from the Mozilla project and her most memorable quote from this talk is something I will carry around with me until I die, "Leadership depends on who will follow you." (It's at 11:30 if you wish to listen for yourself)
In fact, the fight isn't over.
The blossoming of the open source software movement
The theology of the open web and open source software is deep water which I'm not expecting to plumb in a couple of paragraphs, but if you give yourself the time to really dive into the history and its ideas, you will be rewarded.
If you wish to wade into these waters, I highly recommend reading through The Cathedral and The Bazaar by Eric Raymond. It is beautifully written and I think I must have highlighted half of it. Although there are frequent references to the creation of Linux, the paper itself is timeless like K&R or Unix Shell Scripting.
Reading through this paper, I could see some of the groundwork for agile being laid. There is a spirit of egalitarianism coupled with a "need for speed." Raymond mentions in a few places that it is important to "release early, release often." He also writes about the very inclusive development philosophy of Linus Torvalds which was counter to the more exclusive "cathedral" model of isolating a few geniuses and letting them polish the software creating a longer release cycle.
This actually deserves a longer post and critique in the context of what we know about open source today.
The signing of the Agile Manifesto
Looking at the number of people who were present for this event, I will never understand how they were all able to agree on the document itself. It appears to me to be one of the greater examples of consensus. The fact that what's in the manifesto meant enough to these guys to get together and agree on it sends a strong message. I consider myself lucky to swim in this every day at Pivotal Labs and I hope my blog helps you push further with it in your own professional life.
Historical Software Defects
These are the moments in software history that are not the greatest but they have valuable lessons to teach.
The, "primary reason should be attributed to the bad software design and development practices, and not explicitly to several coding errors that were found. In particular, the software was designed so that it was realistically impossible to test it in a clean automated way."
The Therac 25 was designed to automate the delivery of radiation therapy to cancer patients. Tragically, it sometimes injected patients with levels that were too high, even tragically high.
My software engineering teacher, Dr. Susan Duggins, first introduced me to this in our software engineering class. It's important because it highlights that testing should be involved earlier in the software process and that building software is not just about typing out the code. I am in love with the idea of ecosystems as they apply in software and in open source. This legal case points the way towards software occurring in an ecosystem.
The Mars Rover
Imagine that you've spent months working on a small vehicle that will land on Mars. Imagine the pressure of knowing that many millions of dollars has been spent for you to do this work. It's a crowning achievement involving your team and other teams as well.
Imagine that the Rover lands and doesn't work because you've been programming in standard measurement units, but an external team you've been working with has used the metric system. I would have cried for days.
The failing of the Mars Rover demonstrates the power of good communication and how major defects can occur without it. If you are a tester and you sometimes feel like the team therapist because you're trying to get developers to talk with each other, I have news: You are not alone in feeling like a therapist. If you ever wonder if you are doing the right thing or sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, think of the Mars rover team.
If you could only witness one moment in computer or software history, what would it be and why?
For this question I am brazenly cheating. I'd like to watch one of the great visualizations being drawn just to see the tools that were used and the place where it was being drawn. These had to be hand drawn as there was no machinery to produce them. I'd like have a look at the instruments used to make the measurements and the drawing implements. I'd like sit in the chair that William Playfair sat in or watch Charles Joseph Minard explain his visualization of Napoleon's March.
This concludes my look at software history for my blog post, but it's brought up some threads I'd like to push further. I'm not quite finished reading and writing about "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." I'm also not finished with "Leadership depends on who will follow you." It's a funny thing about these credo posts. They tend to open more doors and windows than I have time to close. I don't mind leaving them open, however, as this is letting in some fresh air. Wherever you are, I hope that when you get to the end of my post, you take a minute and just…breathe.


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WHETHER it was to escape the ordeal of Christmas shopping or just to get "oot the hoose" there were plenty of anglers out for a cast at Lochter Fishery during the past week. The lower temperatures made things a bit cold on the hands but fortified with plenty of hot tea or coffee and the occasional dram from the fisherman`s lodge most made light of the conditions.
Alan Logan stuck with his favourite nymph patterns and was rewarded with fourteen nice fish with the best at 4lbs.Using a combination of nymphs and shrimps B Ross grassed fifteen while Len Davidson from Macduff also had fifteen on nomads.
Also getting into double figures was Ian McCafferty whose yellow dancers attracted thirteen of which twelve were released and P Young who used fritz flies to bring eleven to the net.
By and large lures fished on intermediate lines have been the method favoured by anglers as the fish have dropped lower in the water .Les Mess had eight on a white muddler, Ross Middleton eight on a blob and a black bunny leach, Scott Sim nine on bloodworm and an okay dokey while Eric Duncan stuck to blobs and had seven for hid day.G Davidson came down from Nairn and was rewarded with a nice bag of seven on a mini cat and P Young also bagged seven mainly on a white fritz.


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I am going to restore my teak swim platform. Has anyone used Sikkens instead of Teak Oil? My dealer recommends it. Would like to hear from someone who has actually used it and has seen how it holds up over time...}
Hey Gary I used sikkens cetol on a new platform around the end of june / early july and it is getting ready for another treatment now. Because it was a new platform I did't sand it. The platform sits in the sun all day everyday. On the whole I'm pretty happy with the stuff. I think it lasts longer than oil but just my 2 cents, I haven't used oil. I searched on malibuboats.com and found some helpful info. I was concerned that because the cetol is more like a varathane than oil it may get slippery but that was not the case. One word of caution, it went on easy with a sponge brush but now any places I double covered are showing compared the single coat spots so my advise is to be careful and apply it as evenly as possible. It looked great when I did it and now 2 months later it needs another coat. In my opinion thats not bad; I don't want to be applying oil every week - I'd rather ride than refinish. Hope this helps Dave
Good stuff.If you follow the directions on the can its pretty durable.
Gary,
I used the cetol and so far it is awesome. I only did the top and sides. My platform was gray and nasty so I sanded it all down to get to the good wood. I applied 3-4 coats of it and between each coat I scuffed it up just a little bit with a brown scotch-brite pad.

Here is what it looked like in the beginning on the bottom. The top was the same I just didn't get a picture of it.

Here is a picture during sanding.

Here is the finished product.

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I used like a 2"-3" brush and just brushed it on all over the place nice and even in long straight sweeps the length of the platform. Do this fairly fast because once it starts drying in one area and you go over it again it is like doubling up like Dave said above. I did mine at night when it was cooler outside.
Nice job Wake, does the platform get slippery with multiple coats? Is that the regular cetol or the light? I'm guessing regular due to the rich finish. Again, great job Dave

Thanks Dave. I believe it is regular...I can look at my can if you want and let you know, problem is I won't be back home until Friday. If you want to know exactly what I used let me know. It is a little bit slippery I guess. I have never had anyone slip on it though or complain about it at all..............

That looks great. Nice work !!!
After looking at all the different sikken's cetol on the web, I need to see the can of the one I used to let anyone know for sure.
Thanks guys. This will be this weekends project. I think I will try the sikkens cetol. Nice job wake_fun! That platform looks great!
One more question...do wakeboard fins scratch or scuff the finish easily???
Is that a special Sikkens product for teak swim decks?

Up here we don't really like the Deck product because it's is more like a varathane than oil. It looks great for a couple of years but when it fails it cracks like cheap varnish and you get black mildew underneath. Then you have to strip and sand back down to bare wood!

I guess oil must be more regular work, but isn't it just wipe on once a month or so?

I don't have a lot of experience here ... more asking than telling.

cheers,

I also use sickens on my teak deck and I only have to sand and reapply once a year and it looks great all season! Teak oil you must apply once every few weeks to keep it looking nice. I highly recommend the sickens!

Gary,
We make sure that the fins are off the edge of the wood, so I don't ever deal with the aluminum fins digging into the teak.

James,
I applied it back in May and it still looks the same. I was told to lightly scuff it up at the end of the season and reapply one coat. I don't think I will need to do that though but you can like Bradley Beach said above. Remember though that I have like four coats to begin with and you have to wait 24 hours between each coat. It took me almost a week to do mine.

I emailed my friend that does wood work to find out which cetol I used. When I find out I will post it.

This is what I used:

Cetol Marine Satin Finish - Quart

West Marine part# 539106

Sikkens part# IVA300 QT

Do a part search at www.westmarine.com and you will see it.
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I've done quite a bit of contemporary classical music in my career so far, and I sing nearly every piece from memory. I am often asked, "how do you do it?"
My answer is simply that I would be a horrible performer with music in front of my face. Some people can do that extraordinarily well – and I greatly admire them for it – but, for the most part, I need to internalize a score before I can relay it with expressivity, and for me that means that I really must first learn the music by heart.
I seem to have a kind of affinity in personalizing what is considered 'difficult' music. I regard this as a gift, I'm not quite sure what it is and wherefrom it comes, and I'm incredibly grateful for when it's THERE (which isn't always the case…). In connection to this, I wanted to write a little bit here about my process of learning and performing.
I don't consider myself to be one of these prodigious, naturally super strong musicians. I don't have perfect pitch, and I can't sit at a piano and just figure a whole song out on the spot or blurt something out that makes wonderful sense. I'm so envious of musicians who can do that easily.
I can't discern structural patterns or exact chord progressions upon listening to something in real time. My brain just isn't big enough. So I've had to figure out my strengths and then work on them. A lot.
I have an agile and expressive voice. I do possess a good ear for melody, and rhythm, and good ear-voice connection for correct pitch. And I whole-heartedly adore, endlessly love, and have infinite passion for the expressive and communicative magic of music. Continue reading…
World premiere of Christmas opera
Tomorrow sees the world premiere of Adamo's 'Becoming Santa Claus' by The Dallas Opera at the Winspear Opera House. For more information about the December performances, visit the Dallas Opera website or watch an in depth interview with composer, Mark Adamo to learn more about this festive new work.
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The flu season typically peaks in January and February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and workers in some jobs are more vulnerable than others because of a higher exposure to germs, a more hectic travel schedule or more stress, reports Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of the office supplier.
Making the list of those most at risk:
• Retail-store employees, through their frequent contact with the public and handling of cash and credit cards.
• Doctors and nurses, through their daily interaction with unhealthy people.
• Teachers, through their contact with children and the classroom.
• Sanitation workers, because of their daily contact with waste.
• Mortuary employees, because they interact with people who may have been around ill and hospitalized family members.
• Flight attendants, because they spend hours in enclosed spaces with fliers, some of whom are sick.
• Bank employees and other staffers who handle currency.
• IT support/computer-repair personnel, through their contact with technology devices used frequently by others.
• Business executives, who often have heavy travel schedules and whose long hours cut into their sleep schedule.
• Air traffic controllers, whose highly stressful job makes them vulnerable to illness.
Working while sick
Forty-seven percent of Americans who have the flu stay home less than two days even while acknowledging that three days is appropriate, according to an August 2013 poll on workplace hygiene and knowledge of the flu that Staples Advantage conducted with 316 office workers and 137 facility managers.
Not wanting to fall behind in their work was the main reason most respondents (45%) gave for returning to work early when they were sick, according to the poll. However, productivity slips when a worker is under the weather.
"Flu season poses a big problem for businesses; each year it causes an estimated 70 million missed workdays and billions in lost office productivity," said Lisa Hamblet, vice president for facility solutions at Staples Advantage, in a news release. "It's critical that both employees and employers take notice and promote healthier habits."
Workplace strategies that organizations can use include those as simple as giving employees individual hand sanitizers or placing sanitizers in common areas; encouraging ill workers to stay home, and having supervisors model that behavior; and discouraging desktop dining. Fifty-seven percent of people surveyed know that flu viruses can survive on a hard surface for up to three days; yet, 66% clean their desk once a week or less. The good news: That's up from the 51% in 2012 who said they wipe down their work area weekly or less often.
Other flu-prevention tactics employers could consider include making free or low-cost onsite vaccinations available, updating restrooms to include touch-free features, providing paid sick leave, and offering -- and encouraging -- telecommuting when appropriate.
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On giving up drinking I have noticed that I have been getting these 'sober boosts'. Every 6-8 weeks or so I get an increase in the feeling of physical and emotional well-being from the increased length of time without a drink. It reminded me of the development of babies and developmental leaps that they have.
So using this analogy (bear with me) when a baby is born it is expelled from a comfortable known warm place into an uncomfortable cold unknown world which is how it felt to me when I stopped drinking.
For the first 4-6 weeks of life a baby spends most of it's time crying, sleeping and eating (oh and pooing and weeing). Everything is very basic. Well again that is how I felt in the early days. Emotional, wanting to hide under the duvet and sleep, and eating everything in sight to replace the sugar that I was no longer getting from booze.
At 6-8 weeks babies have a developmental growth spurt and start to interact with their surroundings and you see their first smile. They become able to briefly calm themselves. This is when I experienced my first sober boost and I began to become more settled and happy with where I was and what I was doing. My first pink cloud moment came after this 🙂
At 4 months again they have another developmental growth spurt and are able to smile spontaneously and to cry in different ways to show hunger, pain or being tired. When I had my second sober boost I noticed another period of developing my ability to differentiate my emotions and an increase in calmness about who I am and where I am going.
At 6 months (which will be me tomorrow!) they have another developmental boost where they start to roll. At this stage of the game I feel like I'm rocking and rolling 😉 the sobriety thing. They also recognise their name and will turn to look at you. Me too, I now recognise myself as a sober person and if you offered to buy me a beer I would turn and look at you oddly! They also like playing peekaboo with partially hidden objects and I'm enjoying getting to know parts of myself that has been partially hidden by booze.
I am curious to see if this matching will continue and will let you know how I'm getting on at 9 months when babies have their next big developmental leaps. Sober bloggers further on in their journey's have shared that it gets better at these times so it looks like it might be so.
Comparing sobriety to being a baby may seem a little far-fetched but if you have drank for a long period of time then chances are you are learning everything anew. You are learning how to be in the world without the crutch of alcohol which I found both terrifying in the beginning and exhilarating now. I have absolutely no desire to go back to my old way of being and the groundhog day of hungover, thinking about drinking, drinking, drunk, another hangover. Not drinking is a very small price to pay for the huge benefits I have experienced so far 🙂


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New Zealand Outlines Plans for 700Mhz Spectrum Allocation
Published on: 22nd May 2014
Note -- this news article is more than a year old.
New Zealand's ICT Minister Amy Adams has announced the two sets of options that will be used for assigning the 700 MHz radio spectrum band between the successful bidders in the Government's recent auction.
One set of options for assigning which frequencies within the 700 MHz band each bidder will acquire will be used if the Commerce Commission decides in favour of Telecom's purchase of 2x20 MHz of the spectrum.
The other set of assignment options will be used if the Commerce Commission decides against the purchase by Telecom on competition grounds.
The Minister said that the assignment options have been announced in order to facilitate the timely deployment of new cellular networks using this spectrum.
2degrees, Telecom, and Vodafone were the only registered bidders in the auction. Each was offered the same opportunity in the initial auction round to buy up to 2x15 MHz at the reserve price of $22 million (+ GST) for each 2x5 MHz paired lot.
In the initial round, Telecom and Vodafone both purchased 2x15 MHz for $66m and 2degrees purchased 2x10 MHz for $44m, leaving 2x5 MHz unsold.
In accordance with the terms of the auction, the remaining 2x5 MHz lot was then auctioned between Telecom and Vodafone, and was secured by Telecom for $83 million, subject to Commerce Commission clearance.
An assignment auction round will be held in the coming weeks, once the Commerce Commission's decision is known.
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GREAT BEND, Kansas (AP) — A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for the woman charged with more than $100,000 from a group that flew World War II veterans to Washington D.C.
LaVeta Dawn Miller of Great Bend has pleaded not guilty to two counts of theft by deception. Prosecutors allege she stole about $110,000 from the Honor Flight program.
The Great Bend Tribune reported Tuesday that Judge Dale Urbanek has ordered Miller to be evaluated at a Great Bend counseling center. That evaluation will determine if Miller is sent to Larned State Security Hospital for further evaluation.
Miller's trial has been delayed pending the evaluation.
She once led Central Prairie Honor Flights, which raised nearly $1.2 million for veterans' trips between 2008 and 2012, when the flights ended and Miller was charged.


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Red walnuts? I'd never seen such a thing before.
From the California Farm Bureau, I discovered that's because it's a new variety.
"UC Davis researchers developed the variety they call Livermore using traditional methods, not genetic modification. Farmers say the trees grow slowly. The nuts must be hand shelled to retain the redness, making that procedure costly."
Because of this they will remain rare. I bought some at the Alemany Farmer's Market, and the price was about 50% higher than their brown counterparts. They're a gorgeous plum color that has lots of potential for beautiful desserts and colorful recipes.
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Racing games in general have been a bit of a struggle for me to post about, with previous efforts in Race07 as well as this game not really coming off as decent blog material. However I decided to make a go of it for this single race as a bit of a higher level AAR light of sorts. The setting is the sixth race of a condensed 10 race season, and my current rival is Fernando Alonso. Having beaten him once already, a second win today would guarantee me a contract offer from Scuderia Ferrari.
My rival Fernando Alonso is in danger of losing his ride if he finishes behind me today.
Single flying lap qualifying was a mess with all of the water on the track.
My rival qualified second which means there should be an interesting start to the race.
The lineup for the Brazilian Grand Prix, all wet.
With the rain the DRS is disabled, but I have KERS available at the start which I use to punch forward.
Alonso had a slight opening through the turns 1 & 2 exchanges but was unable to come alongside me.
And that is all she wrote as I pulled ahead and away from the field for my 32nd career victory.
Fernando Alonso dropped to third place with Sebastian Vettel landing in second.
This marks my six consecutive win of the season (the first four coming with Force India and Scuderia Toro Rosso at two each).
With Lewis Hamilton as my teammate, my victory puts Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in the lead of the Constructor's Championship with 138 points.
Yay me!
I don't think so, but thanks anyway.
Beast Mode.
While this offer is tempting, I have other goals to pursue this season.
There are four races left in this condensed season: McLaren is up by 5 points in the Constructor's Championship over Red Bull Racing, while Ferrari is 44 points behind. As I want to win that championship as well as the driver's title, I am sitting tight for the remainder of the season.
Having beaten Fernando Alonso twice and then rejecting the contract offer, I have to select another rival from a different team, and this time I select Sebastian Vettel.
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Well, it could be taken as a bad sign but there is no reason to jump to conclusions too early. In the first scrimmage in Las Vegas between the team that will represent the U.S. in the Olympic qualifying tournament and the select team of young pros, the young team won.
No score was reported, but the U.S. team included Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and the big stars and the select team included Devin Harris, Al Jefferson, David Lee, Jason Kapono and J.J. Reddick.
The New York Post quoted Lee as saying: "We're simulating what other teams will do, so we packed in a zone and forced them to shoot outside," Lee said. "You can't guard Kobe and LeBron off the dribble, so it's the only way to be successful."
This is similar to what happened in 1992 when a college team led by Grant HIll and Chris Webber defeated the Dream Team led by Michael, Magic and Larry. The Dream Team came back the next day and jumped on the young guys, breaking out to a 30-2 score, so it was no big deal.
This select team is actually more competitive because the players are already in the league. It's early and it was a scrimmage, but with all the U.S. failings in recent international play, it's kind of sad that the big guys can't even win a scrimmage.
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Hi just recently I changed my website from a blogging front page to a static front page. When I created two pages, a "home" and "blog" I expected to be able to add posts strictly to the blog section and leave the home alone. Anyways, when I add new posts, instead of showing up on the actual "blog" page, it is going straight to my category. I have no way to show that category, so a searcher wouldn't even come across my posts. My website is http://www.anythingliberty.com, and if you have any idea what is wrong I would really appreciate it! Thank you!
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WVSUMC – Out-Patient Department wins Poster-making Contest in Diabetes Awareness Week
The West Visayas State University Medical Center – Out-Patient Department joined Iloilo City's first ever celebration of "Diabetes Awareness Week", with a theme, "Diabetes Expose- Alamin Ang Bago At Totoo". This activity was held last July 17- 24, 2011.
The event was organized by Diabetes Philippines– Western Visayas, headed by Dr. Francis Pasaporte, President, in cooperation with the Philippine Association of Diabetes Educators and Association of Diabetic Nurse Educators of the Philippines– Western Visayas Group (PADE/ ADNEP), with their president Shirley Tubongbanua, RND. This affair aimed to provide social interactions that will empower the Ilonggos to help manage and spread information about Diabetes.
Diabetic organizations from the different parts of Iloilo gathered at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol for a series of activities which included free A1C blood test, blood sugar and cholesterol screening, blood pressure- taking, ankle brachial index screening, medical consultation and lectures.
A poster- making contest was one of the highlights of the said event wherein it was participated by the different hospitals here in the city. Proudly, our very own WVSUMC- Out-Patient Department with the Head Nurse Carmela R. Querubin won the 1st and 2nd places respectively.
The celebration which aimed to unite doctors, nurses, nutritionists, dieticians and nurse educators who are involved in the care and management, as well as, to provide quality care and disseminate information on the services available for diabetic patients concluded satisfactorily. Indeed, we look forward to having more of these events


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What does occluded front mean?
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occluded front, occlusion(noun)
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
occluded front(Noun)
An occluded front occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.
Occluded front
An occluded front is formed during the process of cyclogenesis when a cold front overtakes a warm front. When this occurs, the warm air is separated from the cyclone center at the Earth's surface. The point where the warm front and the occluded front meet is called the triple point. There are two types of occlusion, warm and cold. In a cold occlusion, the air mass overtaking the warm front is cooler than the cool air ahead of the warm front, and plows under both air masses. In a warm occlusion, the air mass overtaking the warm front is not as cool as the cold air ahead of the warm front, and rides over the colder air mass while lifting the warm air. A wide variety of weather can be found along an occluded front, with thunderstorms possible, but usually their passage is associated with a drying of the air mass. Additionally, cold core funnel clouds are possible if shear is significant along the cold front. Occluded fronts are indicated on a weather map by a purple line with alternating semicircles and triangles pointing in direction of travel. Occluded fronts usually form around mature low pressure areas.
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The numerical value of occluded front in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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Health and Family Services Cabinet
State's Adoptive Families Honored at Reception; Nine families receive awards
Note to editors and producers: Most families will consent to media interviews. Short profiles and photos are available for each family. Call Anya Armes Weber at (502) 564-6180, ext. 4014, for information.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 2, 2007) -- The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) honored nine adoptive families tonight at a reception celebrating "Forever Families."
"These families offer their children a remarkable love and the state an extraordinary service," CHFS Secretary Mark D. Birdwhistell said. "We honor the adoptive parents who welcome such vulnerable children into their hearts and their homes."
At the Frankfort dinner reception, cabinet staff read biographies of the honorees who were selected for providing support to other adoptive families and furthering state adoptions in their communities. The "Forever Families" awards were established in 2003.
Governor Ernie Fletcher has proclaimed November Adoption Awareness Month in Kentucky.
"Adoptive parents have a boundless love," Governor Fletcher said. "In giving once vulnerable children a home and a future, they are the Commonwealth's unsung heroes."
Mike Grimes, manager of the adoption services branch in CHFS' Department for Community Based Services, said parents like tonight's honorees are one of the state's best resources for recruiting and advising new adoptive parents.
"Adoption can be a difficult transition," Grimes said. "These veteran parents become mentors to our newer adoptive families and can guide them through the challenges of parenthood."
Grimes said adoptive parents have access to other resources, like mentor support groups, college tuition waivers for adopted children and regular training opportunities.
The need for adoptive homes grows every year, Grimes said. Of the nearly 7,500 children in out of home care, more than 1,900 have the goal of adoption. More than 500 are legally free for adoption with no identified adoptive family. "We have a critical need for families willing to foster siblings, older teens and African-American children," he said. "Our honored 'forever families' exemplify the commitment and compassion we need from parents to give our waiting children the love they may have never known."
To learn more about adoption, log on to www.chfs.ky.gov/snap. Or call the cabinet at (800) 432-9346 to request an information packet.
Award winners are:
• Bennie and Ragena Boyd, Johnson County, Flat Gap (Eastern Mountain Region)• Freddie and Susan Henson, Fayette County, Lexington (Southern Bluegrass Region) • Lonnie and Margaret King, Pulaski County, Ferguson (Cumberland Region) • Ariella and Alonzo Majors, Jefferson County, Louisville (Jefferson Region)• Kenneth and Mary McBride, Hopkins County, Dawson Springs (The Lakes Region)• William and Phyllis Sexton, Morgan County, West Liberty (Northeastern Region) • Tommy and Romona Silva, Larue County, Hodgenville (Salt River Trail)• Michael and Valerie Leeke, Kenton County, Villa Hills (Northern Bluegrass Region)• Pam Rone, Henderson County, Corydon (Two Rivers Region)
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Final Four To Adopt The BasketBowl Approach
With its latest move, the NCAA has decided that bigger is better. Having seen the success of the "BasketBowl," the 2003 match up between Kentucky and Michigan State at Ford Field, which drew a world-record 78,129, the NCAA's executive committee approved an expanded capacity for Final Fours starting with 2009's installment at the same stadium.
In previous dome-seating configurations at the Final Four, the court was set in a corner, with a curtain blocking off part of the stadium.Of course, the real reason behind the expansion is that it will bring more money into the NCAA. They predict that the larger capacity will create an added $4 million per year. 2007's championship game featuring Florida and Ohio State drew 61,458 to Atlanta's Georgia Dome. With the new plan, we're talking more tickets, more concessions, more revenue.
For "BasketBowl," the floor was placed near midfield with temporary seating installed in front of the permanent seats. It also featured a larger student section on the end lines, which the NCAA plans to continue.
This may work at Ford Field, which is designed to have the rows more vertical than most domes, but how's it going to work at the more cavernous domes like the Alamo Dome? The worst seats already provided views of miniature players. So how's it going to be with the new setup?
The capacity expansion also brings some positives as well. It will also allow for the addition of low-cost seats adjacent to the court for 1,000 students from each Final Four school. The tickets, priced at about $15-20, will also come with a system that prevents them from being resold.
That, said NCAA vice president Greg Shaheen, will create a "much needed collegiate atmosphere."It's a big move in all ways for the NCAA. Allowing the students into the stadium and closer to the court will bring a breath of fresh air, and also allow the passion that drives college basketball to come back into the Final Four.
"Students have not been this close to the court in 20 years," Shaheen said. "It's a big move for us."


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Greasing the wheels
By Saad Hafiz:
The view that corruption is widespread in public places is generally held around the world, but it is not just in governments that corruption is found. It has permeated all levels of society. Corruption has been around for just about as long as institutions and opportunities of any sort.
[The King] shall protect trade routes from harassment by courtiers, state officials, thieves and frontier guards…(and) frontier officers shall make good what is lost…Just as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the King's wealth. –From the treatise The Arthashastra by Kautilya (chief minister to the king in ancient India), circa 300 BC-150 AD.
This citation attests to the ancient nature of corruption, which amounts to the abuse of public office for private gain. Yet it also illustrates that even then corruption was regarded as corrosive to the development of the state and that specific measures were therefore needed in response. The king's adviser perceptively hinted at the link between illiberal trade, bureaucratic harassment at the border and corruption. And he understood that corruption encompassed far more than bribery: the theft of public revenues was explicitly addressed.
In the modern day, corruption occurs in local and national governments, civil society, judicial functions, large and small businesses, military and other services and so on. In 1974, a team of correspondents of the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) surveyed the extent of corruption in 10 Asian countries featured in a cover story titled, "The Asian Lubricant". It concluded: "If you want to buy a Sherman tank, a Red Cross blanket, or simply speed up the installation of a telephone, there is probably no easier place in the world in which to do just that than in Asia — if you are willing to part with some cash, that is. With pathetically few exceptions [China and Singapore], the countries in this region are so riddled with corruption that the paying of 'tea money' has become almost a way of life."
Politicians and generals in developing countries have amassed their wealth through bribe-taking and kickbacks from crony monopolies; through the diversion of government loans and contracts; through the profits from over-priced goods and construction; through unaudited government revenue, usually raised from taxes; and through the expedient of taking over businesses by decree and the diversion of yet more funds from government-controlled entities. Corruption 'scandals' surrounding the purchase of Bofors guns, Agusta Westland choppers and Agosta submarines have been widely reported in the press.
A more insidious trend is to put a positive spin on corruption by asking the question whether corruption is a curse or a blessing. A central theme of the 'grease-the-wheels' argument by 'corruption apologists' is that bribery can be an efficient way of getting around burdensome regulations and ineffective legal systems. This rationale has not only inspired sophisticated academic models but has legitimised the behaviour of private companies that are willing to pay bribes to start business. China, which has enjoyed an average annual growth rate of approximately 10 percent over the last 20 years, in spite of endemic corruption, is often cited as an example. China is not alone; there are other countries that show similar patterns, mostly in East Asia. On closer examination, this argument is full of holes. First, it ignores the enormous degree of discretion that many politicians and bureaucrats can have, particularly in corrupt societies. They have discretion over the creation, proliferation, and interpretation of counterproductive regulations. Thus, instead of corruption being the grease for the squeaky wheels of a rigid administration, it becomes the fuel for excessive and discretionary regulations. This is one mechanism whereby corruption feeds on itself.
The world's wealthy countries frequently criticise developing nations for corruption –especially that perpetrated by those among government and business leaders who abuse their positions by looting tens of billions of dollars in national assets or the profits from state-owned enterprises that could otherwise be used to relieve the plight of some of the world's poorest peoples. Yet the west is culpable too in that it often looks the other way when that same dirty money is channelled into real estate and bank accounts in Europe and the US. Indeed, the west even provides the getaway vehicles for this theft, in the shape of anonymous offshore companies and investment entities, whose disguised ownership makes it too easy for the corrupt and dishonest to invest and squirrel away stolen funds overseas.
It is hard to see any solution to corruption other than transparency and criticism. It will take an unprecedented degree of international cooperation to promote good governance through enhancing accountability and transparency, and enforcement of the rule of law and administrative justice in public offices. Those who engage in corruption must be strictly investigated and not tolerated, as this would greatly increase the risk and cost of corruption, creating the requisite deterrent effect. Government must make the reduction of corruption the biggest objective of its governance. The people must resolutely increase supervision through public opinion, pushing the government to fight corruption. Societies must realise that "to oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism" (G Edward Griffin).


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A Fridley teenager is dead, after he was reportedly shot in the chest by an acquaintance.
Local broadcast reports say the teen was killed by a handgun in his home Friday night.
The suspect turned himself in. It was not immediately clear whether the shooting was an accident.
Authorities did not immediately return a phone call to The Associated Press.


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WOLF has cemented a new distribution partnership with Tacoma, Washington-based Capital Lumber, extending its reach to the West Coast for the first time.
Capital Lumber will distribute WOLF's PVC Decking and Capped Composite Decking deckboards in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii.
"WOLF focuses on helping independent dealers separate themselves from the pack," said Craig Danielson, CEO of WOLF. "Capital is the ideal partner because they share that focus. With the Capital agreement, WOLF Decking has become a coast-to-coast success story."
Independent dealers in the Cascade Capital service area -- centered around the Tacoma facility -- will be able to avail themselves of the WOLF products starting in May.
"We are excited about our partnership with WOLF as it brings us an opportunity to present a brand new business model, along with a new product line, to the region," said Michael Darby, VP marketing and business development. "WOLF will help our dealers differentiate themselves and give homeowners a unique choice in decking."
WOLF will provide samples and literature to Capital's dealers, as well as implement its WOLF PRO program in Capital's service area.


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Roughly two years ago, my dear friends Motoyuki Shibata—a Japanese writer, scholar and translator of American literature—and Japanese literature translator and scholar Ted Goossen, the editor of the Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories, approached me with a singular mandate: please help us publish an annual English-language journal of contemporary Japanese stories, poems, and art for a western audience. In 2008, Shibata founded a new literary magazine in Tokyo called Monkey Business, modeled in part by Brooklyn's A Public Space—for which he and I had curated and edited a portfolio on contemporary Japanese fiction for Issue 1 in 2006.
At first I was skeptical: American literary journals sometimes feature foreign fiction in translation, but usually as exotic inserts tucked into the dominant domestic discourse. But Shibata has persuaded me that there is a convergence of literary sensibilities in Japan and the US right now. Fiction writers from both countries seem to be responding to the cataclysmic events of the late-20th and early 21st Century with an intimate strain of surrealism—personal dream narratives anchored in the experiences of childhoods, families and neighborhoods, which may be an organic or even helpless narrative cry against the rain and reign of chaos–natural disasters, endless, faceless wars and disrupted personal and political narratives. [more @figment]


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From time to time I get to see beautiful and special boxes that house Mahjong sets. I want to share this one with you, and on this last day of May it seems especially fitting.
A reader sent me photos of this lacquer box, featuring the Mayfly, although at first I thought an artist took a lot of liberties with a butterfly. The Mayfly has special meaning to the Chinese and can symbolize (from primaltrek.com) strength, peace, harmony, purity, good luck, prosperity, childhood, living for the moment, joy and transparency. Quite a lot for one little insect! Mayflies actually have a very interesting life cycle, and you can read more about them by visiting a website I have linked at the end of the blog.
This is the side of the box, with a charming bird looking at a cicada from the branch of a plum tree. From Primaltrek: The cicada is a symbol of rebirth and immortality because after surviving underground for a long period of time it emerges and flies into the sky. Note the five blossoms on the flower, the give-away for a plum blossom in Chinese art. The plum blossom is also one of the four plants associated with the seasons. What is fascinating about Chinese art is that everything has to be put into context. Although the plum blossom is usually associated with winter, because of its pairing with the cicada it is associated with spring, and rebirth.
The box of the box features a crane (symbol of longevity) standing under a pine tree (yes, another symbol of longevity!) And that darling cicada is making himself known again.
Even the top of the box is decorated in the theme, with bees buzzing. The bird is perched in bamboo. Bamboo is a symbol of strength as well as ideals of the Confucian scholar, because both are upright, strong, and resilient (primaltrek.com). Bamboo is also the plant associated with summer. Even the handles of the box are embellished with what looks like bamboo leaves, and they may be made from a semi-precious metal known as Paktung.
What a Mahjong Treasure!
It is my feeling that some of the greatest artists in China in the 1920s, the time when Mahjong was the 6th biggest export from China, went to work in the Mahjong business. This box certainly would be a big argument for that being true.
There is a long history of the Mayfly being part of Mahjong, starring as One Bams. You can click here to see reader Tony Watson's write-up for this blog.
Katherine Hartman sent us some lovely photos of Mayfly One Bams:
Michael Stanwick's website also features other examples of Mayfly One Bams.
For more information about the Mayfly you can go here:
Just found out there will be an article about the mayfly in the next Mahjong Collector Magazine. If you are not already a subscriber and you want to be, here's the email address you need: firstname.lastname@example.com


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FREEHOLD, N.J. -- The nation's leading harness driver and two other top drivers at Freehold Raceway have been suspended for six months and fined $500 each as a result of "unsatisfactory" performances last month.
The New Jersey Racing Commission handed down the penalties Saturday against George Brennan, the leading driver in North America, and Jim Morrill Jr. and Howard Parker, "due to a lack of effort."
The commission launched an investigation after a March 10 race generated "suspicious" wagering payoffs, officials said. In that race, Brennan finished last (eighth) on My Dream Come True, the 2-1 second choice. Parker on Bo Knows Matt (7-1) finished seventh, and Morrill was fifth on Neirda No, the 7-2 third choice.
The resulting trifecta paid only $92.50 although the No. 1 horse, World Class Storm, an 8-1 shot, won the race and the No. 3 horse, Letsgo Sparkle, a 29-1 shot, finished third. The favorite, the No. 2 horse, The Shawnster, also 2-1, was second. The 1-2 exacta paid $26.40 although the winner returned $19.
The judges learned that one bettor wagered heavily on the 1-2 exacta and the 1-2-3 trifecta. An investigation revealed that the bettor was Parker's chauffeur, who transported him from Freehold to the Meadowlands daily.
The bettor earned $24,000 for his wagers, but has been unable to collect $6,000 because the judges ordered the pari-mutuel windows closed when they became suspicious of the payouts. The bettor, who was not identified, has hired an attorney to have the winnings released.
Brennan insisted on Sunday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that all he did was follow the race instructions given him by Joe Krajczewski, the trainer of My Dream Come True.
"He told me to race from behind, to take him off the gate and that's exactly what I did," Brennan said. "I do it 20 times a day. For those two minutes those people are my employers, and it's my job to do what they say."
Brennan said he was asked to take a polygraph test by state officials and he said it showed he answered truthfully.
"My reputation is on the line," Brennan said. "I'm going to try to (fight). It's unfortunate. I'm the leading driver at Freehold, one of the leaders at the Meadowlands and the leading driver in North America. I just don't feel too good about this."
Brennan plans to discuss the suspension and a possible appeal on Monday with Joe Faraldo, a New York City-based attorney.
Brennan, 31, of Howell, is Freehold's leading driver with 94 victories and the national leader with 171. Morrill, 34, of Freehold, is fourth at Freehold with 51 victories, and Parker, 40, of Freehold, fifth with 46. All three are in the top 10 in the Meadowlands' driver standings.
The penalties extend to Garden State Park, which like Freehold is owned by Pennwood Racing Inc. Brennan, Morrill and Parker will not be allowed at Freehold or Garden State.
The commission also ordered that the trio face a year of probation when they return in October.
Parker and Morrill were not available to comment on Sunday.
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by Kenneth Anderson
Over the last few months, as the eurozone crisis has gathered steam, I have wondered what the crisis means for the governance structures of the EU. One answer is, not much — the political leadership will somehow muddle through as it always does, on the basis of discretionary deals among the national leaders of European states. Then the institutional arrangements will be adjusted after the fact to reflect whatever happened in the politics of the event.
In that case law, in the sense of legally binding governance arrangements, is epiphenomenal on political contingency which, in this case, is contingent upon relations with the financial markets, which is to say, upon the willingness of lenders to continue to lend and roll over debt. Even something as apparently legally binding as the ECB's charter turns out not to be legally binding on any ordinary reading of it. On this account there's not a lot to say from the standpoint of governance theory or institutional governance arrangements because the EU's lawyers will not know how to (re-)arrange the legal furniture until afterwards. The role for the governance lawyers is the lawyer-as-scribe; the legal rules are post-hoc and revisable according to the contingencies of politics.
This does not seem to me a plausible way of looking at the role of legal rules; if it were, it seems unlikely to me that European states would have been lent this amount of money by investors globally. Why not? Because investors don't like to lend into discretionary legal regimes, for obvious reasons. But leave that aside. I have raised these points before, and have been nonplussed by how little commentary there is by European public lawyers on the question of institutional design, exit from the Eurozone, etc. This, even as it appears from various leaked documents that various important national and EU agencies are indeed privately trying to plan for various contingencies ...Zum vollständigen Artikel


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Occupation: Author of "A Perfect Pint's Beer Guide to the Heartland" and certified cicerone and beer educator (aperfectpint.net)
Age: 50
Tell me about your new book. It's intended as a beer traveler's guide to four states — Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. I visited all but about 15 of the 236 breweries profiled. Those I didn't visit I interviewed by phone. The book is structured by state, and each state is broken into regions. For each brewery, I list information about owners, size, nearby attractions, beers brewed and my notes about what makes that brewery interesting to me. I spent about 2 1/2 years traveling for the book. It wasn't constant; I would schedule weeklong jaunts.
Where is the book available? Pretty much everywhere — online stores, Barnes & Noble and other chain bookstores. The Beer Dabbler Store at 1095 W. Seventh St., St. Paul, ordered a bunch.
What is a cicerone? It's like a sommelier for beer. There are more than 20 of us in Minnesota, but I was the first in the state.
What led to you to become a cicerone? I started home-brewing, and that made me obsessed with beer. In 2007, I felt like I wanted to do something with beer, but I didn't want to make it or sell it. I decided on education; I had been a teaching artist. That was when the beer industry was about to take off. The national cicerone program started then, so it was serendipity.
What's the process for becoming a cicerone? There are three levels from cicerone.org. The first level is an online exam to become a certified beer server. The second level involves in-person tests to become a certified cicerone. The third level is a master cicerone.
Tell me about your business, A Perfect Pint. I do mostly private and corporate beer-tasting events and beer dinners. I go to people's homes and guide them through a tasting, or do a tasting for clients. I also teach classes at Sunfish Cellars in Lilydale, and I'm the beer guy at Cooks of Crocus Hill. Lately, I've been working with a sommelier — Leslee Miller of Amusee in Minneapolis — and we do a class called Beer and Wine University.
When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? I recently went through all this stuff my parents kept in the basement, and discovered that apparently I wanted to be President Andrew Jackson. I have no idea what that means. I also remember that at some point I was inspired by the TV show "Bewitched" and wanted to be an advertising account executive.
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What's something few people know about you? I play roller derby. I'm a referee for the Minnesota Roller Girls. I'm also a skater for the Twin Cities Terrors men's league — yes, there is men's roller derby. Our bouts are usually in Coon Rapids at a skating rink called Cheap Skate.
What's your favorite Midwest brewery? I really love August Schell. They make the kind of beers I like to drink, and they make them really well. Schell's Pilsner is the one beer I always have in my fridge.
If someone were to play you in a movie, who should it be? I've been told I look like Jim Carrey.
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Welcome to the installation of Mandrake 9.1 & 9.2, perhaps one of the most intuitive version among all distributions available. I decided to include this section for all of those who always like to be ahead and current to the changes of technology.
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Observe the first screen by pressing Enter it will proceed with the installation. If for some reason you need to troubleshoot or simply because you are having trouble installing in the graphical mode, you can accomplish the installation in text mode by pressing F1 instead.
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safety factor, factor of safety(noun)
the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
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3 bottle caps
red yarn
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- Paint both sides of the bottle caps with several coats of white acrylic paint. Cut a little triangle from paper and glued it on one of the bottle caps as a nose.
- Use the black marker to draw eyes, a mouth and buttons.
- Cut a piece of yarn and tie a scarf on your snowman. (It really is up to you on how you want to embellish your snowman).
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Q: Why is anti-virus software important?
A: Kaspersky Labs reports that they process 125,000 new malware samples every day. Viruses can be installed by simply clicking a link on a website. Once infected, they can take control of your computer, log your ID's and Passwords to steal your identity, erase your files, use your computer as an attacker to take down websites, or even kill your computer!
Q: How difficult is it to tell if you are infected?
A: You may not notice anything at all! The most common symptoms are a slow computer, pop-up ads, or no Internet access. However, if it's your bank account they're after, you may not see anything. Some viruses actually install themselves as part of the operating system itself so they can hide their files and registry entries. They also block any attempt to remove them, and can even disable your antivirus software.
Q: Isn't antivirus software expensive? And how do I know what's the best one?
A: The second half of that is a great question. Yes, there are hundreds of antivirus programs available in all price ranges. Only a handful are actually GOOD! There are independent labs that test antivirus software and assign ratings. What's best for you is really determined by your need. At Irwin Electronics, this is a major part of our business. Everyone will be affected by a virus or malware at some point, even if you're protected! We read the reviews regularly to stay abreast of what's best. If you're a home user, there are several FREE options that are very good, provided they're properly installed and configured!
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Q: Is antivirus all you do?
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I'll give you another example: One of our previous customers called to have us install a new router. He was having Internet trouble, and Cox determined it was a bad router. He purchased a new one at Best Buy for about $200. I told him to take it back! I could get a new one that does everything his $200 router does for $50, and with a $75 install fee, he'd still be saving money. On that same phone call, I walked him through a few simple tests that proved his router was NOT the problem. I'm not sure why Cox didn't do that, but we were able to determine the problem was on their end. He called Cox back and explained what he did. They agreed and found the problem was indeed on their end. They were able to resolve the issue, and it didn't cost him anything. This was covered in our free diagnostics, so it never hurts to call us first. (As a show of his gratitude, he did buy me lunch, that works!)
Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I've been doing professionally for about 23 years, and as a hobby for nearly 30! I'm not a young guy just out of school. I've seen and done just about everything with computers. I'm confident I can answer all your questions. I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. I also hold certifications from Novell and CompTia A+. I'm even an experienced Computer Forensic Examiner. I've worked for Fortune 100 companies like American Express, IBM, and Genworth Financial. I am a true, seasoned professional, and I love to share my experiences and knowledge.
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