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Change Careers, Change Gears - Become an Auto Technician
The World of Auto Repair
There is always a need for repairs when it comes to cars. Engines, brake systems, exhaust systems, transmission systems, suspensions - auto mechanics will always be in demand.
But the world of auto repair is so much more these days with car manufacturers incorporating electronics and advanced technologies in their automobiles. If you're the type that likes to get their hands dirty and you are mechanically inclined, then this is definitely a career path to investigate.
The Misconception About Auto Technicians
The "dirt under the fingernails, clothes smelling like oil" perception of what a career in auto repair is, is no longer true.
As mentioned, cars are a lot different than before and the variety of job opportunities are also quite different compared to the one time "greasy auto mechanic." There was a time when a person could walk into an auto repair shop, get hired, and learn to repair cars on the job - those days are gone.
Now, just to be a basic auto mechanic, you need to graduate from a reputable auto mechanics school. There are several types of schools you can attend and because many people are still working, most schools offer flexible class schedules.
Changing the Perception of Auto Repair
Most employers won't hire you if you did not graduate from a reputable auto mechanic school.
The reasons are simple - cars systems are more complicated and they don't have the time to do on-the-job training anymore.
Car dealers and auto repair shops are focusing on repairing cars rather than training technicians. This whole evolution of auto mechanics going to school has opened up opportunities never offered before.
Now you can specialize in small engine repairs, foreign engine repairs, transmission specialist, and many other areas related to systems. You see, these days repairing a car is much more than changing spark plugs and oil, technology has turned a simple brake job into a brake system. Do you get the picture?
There are some great careers in repairing autos that don't require getting to dirty. This is the misconception people still have and this misconception could be holding you back from investigating a fantastic opportunity to change careers in a industry rich with potential
We want to share with you some of the opportunities available where technical skills, and not mechanical skills, are required. Check-out new cars, even your basic car comes with mp3 and bluetooth accessories. Safety features and sensors are becoming standard due to federal mandates, and these gadgets will need repairing - the demand for auto technicians is on the rise.
Auto Technician Jobs That Are Not to Dirty
Ok, you know the scoop on auto mechanic jobs where you get down and dirty when it comes to repairing cars, but how about those opportunities where you don't have to get too dirty?
Service Writer
Becoming a service writer is sort of a "hybrid" position in the auto tech group. You have to have a wide range of knowledge about car care, and at the same time you have to have the skills to deal with the public.
You also need to know two languages - car lingo and customer terms. What all of this means is...you are the liaison between mechanic and customer. The mechanic tells you "the differential sensor is malfunctioning" and you tell the customer "the gears are not shifting properly."
You must also interpret what a customers describes as a problem "the engine is whining" and try to decipher the real problem - a challenge to say the least. But hay, you don't have to get your hands dirty.
Electronic Technician
As mentioned, these days car manufacturers are incorporating more and more electronics throughout their vehicles. This opened up more jobs and opportunities for electronic technicians and analysts.
On board computers and sensors can stop a car in its tracks when they malfunction, and your services will be in high demand when this happens. In many repair shops the technician will trace down the problem and the mechanic will do the actually repairs - another dirty-free position.
The demand for electronic technicians is on the rise and for good reason - cars are becoming more automated. To qualify for a job like this, it all reverts back to starting with auto mechanics school.
Emissions Technician
Here you have another area of opportunity that may have slipped your radar. Emissions has been a big concern with pollution and the global warming crowd.
Smog control and tracing down emission problems has become a job requiring special training. In most states a person has to pass several exams and go through several stages of training before they get their license to do smog repairs.
Depending on the repair shop, you could be required to do some of the actual repairs. But this is a well paying job that can only get better as pollution becomes a bigger issue in the future.
Changing Careers - Why Not!
There's a lot of concern about outsourcing and job stability - the auto industry is here to stay and how do you outsource auto repair?
The complexity of cars these days makes it almost virtually impossible for the average customer to repair their own cars, so where will they go? You guessed it, to you, the auto repair technician.
The jobs reviewed above are just a few of the many opportunities awaiting the new breed of auto technicians. These jobs break the stereotypical mold of the "greasy auto mechanic," and don't take it wrong - we need auto mechanics, grease and all. They are a vital part of the workforce and are well respected, but your new-age cars require a new breed of auto technicians.
Start With Auto Mechanic School
This is where you need to start - school/education.
If you are looking for a new career and one that offers opportunity and security, then you must check-out - Auto Mechanic Schools Online.
Find out about vocational schools, community colleges, and online training. It's not just a job, it's a career with a future.
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Solar Energy Simulator
The Hybrid Sunshine Solar Energy Simulator (SES) simulates electricity consumption by your appliances, electricity generation by Solar or Wind Systems and electricity stored by Batteries.
The Solar Energy Simulator is as 'real' and 'accurate' for simulating your electrical environment as a flight simulator is for flying a plane! It can be used for accurately sizing Hybrid Solar Components and prediction of their electrical and economic performance.
The Solar Energy Simulator accurately simulates your appliances electrical consumption, and their time of consumption, simulating solar power generation using local solar irradiation data collected between 2000 to 2013.
Because Solar Systems deliver power around 8 hours per day, the peak being around 6 hours, in a constantly varying intensity according to time of day, season and weather, the simulator must match the varying Appliance Load with varying Solar or Wind Supply in order to determine the exact levels and ratios of grid-use / grid-feed-in / self-consumption / self-storage.
The degree of self-consumption, grid-feed-in and/or battery storage at any given point in time is critical to determine the electrical/financial performance and return on a Solar or Hybrid Solar investment.
Electricity bills only provide total usage for a period and lack the time of use information.
In order to size system components correctly and create investment grade ROI predictions you must have a very accurate baseline.
The Hybrid Sunshine Solar Energy Simulator (SES) creates such an accurate baseline with a combination of:
- A complete Appliance Audit
- Accurate power consumption and time of consumption modelling
- Processing of all Tariffs, including time of consumption Tariffs
- Accurate Solar, Wind, Battery and Grid time of generation modelling
- Local day length and solar irradiation data integration to compute Solar Energy Generation
- Battery depth of discharge (DOD) tracking and battery life modelling
- A one minute simulation resolution
You can re-generate a baseline for any appliance / solar / wind / battery combinations, allowing you to research as many what-if scenarios as desired to tune a system to your sites appliance energy profile.
Once a Simulation Run is complete and your baseline is getting close to your target system, you can generate these reports:
- Simulation Report
- Appliance Consumption Analysis
- Tariff Consumption Analysis
- Solar Impact Projection
- Solar Investment Cash flow Projection & RIO
Battery depth of discharge (DOD) calculated from the simulation is applied in the projection to calculate the number of replacement battery packs.
You can re-run these reports with different annual power and supply charge increase percentages, different battery size and DOD, different Solar System size, Solar Hot Water, Wind etc.
In this way, the SES is used as a research tool that allows you to refine the parameters of your desired Hybrid System, and to gather investment grade information upon which to base your decisions.
Subscribe and become a Hybrid Sunshine Member to simulate appliance electricity consumption and Solar, Wind and Battery electricity generation for your Home, Business, Farm etc, using the Solar Energy Simulator.
Solar Energy Simulator Overview
This is the SES control panel:
Once you capture your Site, Grid and Appliances information (see screenshots below), you can select Hybrid Solar System components at any desired kW rating:
Now you can run a simulation of your Home, Business, Office etc with the Hybrid Components connected.
You set a simulation date range between any 2 dates from Jan 2000 to Dec 2013, for which Solar Irradiation Data is available for locations in Australia and "Run" the simulation:
Now the normally invisible electricity flowing through your wires becomes visible as kWh and Grid Cost for each Appliance and Hybrid Component as the simulator steps through every minute of every simulated day.
The Status panel shows the current date and progress and the Solar Irradiation Data collected by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) for each day at a location near you site shown on the Calendar Bar
When the simulation run is complete, a simulation report is shown (click to expand):
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Subscribe and become a Hybrid Sunshine Member to simulate appliance electricity consumption and Solar, Wind and Battery electricity generation for your Home, Business, Farm etc, using the Solar Energy Simulator.


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Keep Your Program Single Instance
On Palm PC and PocketPC, while your applet is running, if user decided to switch to another application, there is no easy to switch back to the current running applet. On Handheld PC, you have TaskBar to switch applications.
In order to solve this problem, I came up a simple solution. If you want to keep your applet single instance at all time, just make sure you use
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When a second applet is launching, it will check if there are any existing applet with the same title. If it found one, it will exit automatically, and bring the previous applet window upfront into focus.


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Some websites with coyote call recordings are Varmintal.com, Soundboard.com and JungleWalk.com. Varmint Al's has information on hunting and tracking equipment, backpacking, animal calls, gun rights and politics. It also offers ham radio information, hunting stories, free targets for download, mini lathe information and a page on engineering.
Soundboard provides sounds and soundpacks; some are free, and some are available for a fee. It has a variety of categories and offers visitors the ability to upload and sell their own sounds as well.
JungleWalk.com has pictures, videos and audio for a variety of animals. It also has posters, t-shirts, mugs, tote bags and other merchandise. It has a forum and lesson plans for teaching elementary school children about animals.


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This table reflects the financial strength of life/health insurance companies writing policies in Maryland, as assessed by Standard & Poor's.
The table contains two types of analysis. The broadest category is for companies receiving "qualified" ratings, derived from a newly developed, broad computer analysis using 1989 data filed publicly with regulators. Standard & Poor's analysts explain the rating system using a stoplight analogy. BBBq, the highest rating, is similar to a green light, BBq a yellow light, and Bq a red light. Because the analysis is broad, however, they caution individuals to use it only as a "first cut" in assessing a company and not as a definitive analysis.
Some of the larger companies are rated using Standard and Poor's more traditional methodology, which draws on public and private data and interviews with company executives. Under this system, companies are ranked from AAA to D, with AAA through BBB considered "secure" and BB through D "vulnerable." A ** symbol means that company was not ranked.


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It's like anyone and everyone who is related to flea markets clears their calendars every Thursday morning. Don't people have regular Monday through Friday, 9 to 5 jobs anymore?
Unfortunately... 90% of the time... I'm stuck in the classroom and can't make it out there. However... right now I'm on my summer break and last week I grabbed my backpack, picked up Starbucks, and walked around .
I was about ten minutes into my routine and digging through some DVD's, when a guy came up and asked me if I was still interested in baseball cards. I recognized him, because he's one of the regulars who's out here hunting the same treasures as me. Anyways... he mentioned that he had brought out a bunch of stuff and was set up over in the other section.
So we walked over together and he pulled a bunch of binders and a handful of boxes out of his truck. I was kind of hesitant at first, because he wouldn't commit to any prices. He just kept saying... build a stack and we'll work out a good price.
After a few minutes of digging through his binders, I eventually asked him to give me a ballpark quote to see if we were wasting each other's time. He told me that normally he charges people 50¢ to a dollar on singles from his binder, but that I could have anything in the binders for 25¢. That sounded reasonable, so I went to work.
Purchase #1: 25¢ Singles $5
If you collected back in the 90's, then you might remember when this insert once commanded $20 to $40. I always wanted one... and now I'm really glad that I waited to finally pick it up.
Here's another card that once set fire to the hobby...
Unfortunately... I paid top dollar for my original copy of this card. At least this purchase helps soften the blow.
One of my favorite binder finds was this vintage Mantle...
Okay... so it's not his regular issue base card. However... I'll buy a forty-nine year old baseball card featuring The Commerce Comet that has a 25¢ price tag on it any day of the week.
C'mon. Who the heck doesn't appreciate The Mick's floating head?
I'm a sucker for 70's and 80's Topps non-sport sticker cards, so I just had to have these featuring The Fonz. Plus I needed the 2000 Topps Combos card of Nomar, Arod, and Jeter for my set. I realize that I probably paid a little high for this group of cards, but the third and final purchase off of the guy softened the blow.
Purchase #3: The Higher End Stuff $20
The final few boxes were filled with top loaders and to be honest, I probably would have bought a lot more if I still collected basketball. Like the binders, when I inquired about prices... he told me to make a stack and we'd work something out.
So I quickly flipped through everything and pulled out eight cards. He originally wanted $50 for the lot... and I immediately put everything back except for this Peyton Manning shoe card:
Purchase #4: 1981 Topps Football Starter Set $5
However most of the big names were in there. I'm just six cards shy of completing one of the more popular football sets of the 80's. If anyone has singles laying around, I'm looking for these:
I already have a Joe Montana, however I visited my parents this week in Vegas and discovered that my copy needs to be upgraded for this set. I thought I had the Monk too, but I only found the Coke version.
That's okay... I'm planning on targeting both of these at next month's Serramonte Mall Sports Card, Toys, and Collectibles Show.
Well that's it for today. Now that I'm back home, I can get back to building care packages. I should have them sent out early next week.
Happy Wednesday and sayonara!


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Induction Chemotherapy (IC) With Paclitaxel and Cisplatin (PC) Followed by Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in Patient With Advanced Squamous Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SSCHN).
A prospective unicenter phase-II trial will be performed to evaluate the effect of 3 cycles
of IC with PC followed by concomitant CCRT in locally advanced SSCHN.
The patients will be stratify by tumor subsite (oropharynx and hypopharynx/larynx)and by
resectable status (resectable or irresectable advanced squamous cell.
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Tumor response rate
Tumor response was assessed after induction chemotherapy (just before chemoradiotherapy) and 60 days after completion fo chemoradiotherapy. Evaluation of tumor response was by clinical examination, nasoendoscopy, and CT or MRI imaging of the primary site and the neck (RECIST criteria 1.0).
2 years
Luciano S Viana, MSc
Principal Investigator
Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology
Brazil: Ethics Committee
August 2009
April 2013


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Thank you Aase for your lovely comment and FAV. This design is one I created from daisies that I photographed for my 365 day project. It has proven to be popular and has sold in an iphone cover. Thought I'd try it out on the iPad too. Have a great weekend, my friend.Love Colleen2012
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Thanks Bunny – so nice of you to say that. I enjoyed creating this iphone cover and now ipad case. Hoping it sells Bunny so fingers crossed!Love Colleen2012
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Visakhapatnam: India`s colts on Wednesday created a record for the fastest chase of a total more than 100 in Under-19 cricket during their 10-wicket thrashing of Australia in the first ODI of the Quadrangular series on Tuesday.
Chasing 164 for victory, openers Manan Vohra and captain Unmukt Chand were brutal in their reply as they chased down the target in just 12 overs, scoring 167 runs.
Vohra struck 15 boundaries and two sixes in his 35-ball 79 while Chand came up with 40-ball 72 that was laced with 11 hits to the fence and three over it.
Earlier, opting to bat Australia were dismissed for 163 in 41.1 overs with off-spinner Baba Aparajit picking up five wickets for 38 runs from 8.1 overs.
Only wicketkeeper James Peirson provided some resistance with a patient 51. Apart from Peirson, only skipper Cameron Bancroft (27) and William Bosisto (21) managed to get past 20.
While defending the total, Australia captain Cameron Bancroft deployed five bowlers but none of them could manage an economy-rate of below 10.
Vohra and Chand particularly targeted spinners Ashton Turner and Shane Cassell, slamming them for 17.50 and 23 runs an over respectively.
India take on Sri Lanka in their next game on September 29, while Australia play West Indies on the same day.
In the other match of the day, Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by two wickets in their tournament opener.


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September 18, 1954 - October 30, 2012
Hyde Park, NY
Robert A. Muscat, a retired Tool and Die Maker of Hyde Park, NY entered into rest October 30, 2012 at St. Lukes Hospital. He was 79.
Son of Arthur Muscat and Lola Muscat Stad, he was born in N.Y.C., NY on September 18, 1954. Robert was th husband of Helen Doyl-Muscat.
He was a former member of the Cronomer Valley Fire Departmant.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; step-son, David Porteous and his wife, Jacki; step-granddaughter, Nicole; step-grandson, Tyler; one brother, Michael Muscat and his companion, Tracy Lombardo. Robert was predeceased by his father, Arthur Muscat; step-father, Issac Stad; mother-in-law, Teresa Doyl; brother-in-law, Richard Doyl Sr.
Calling Hours are Friday November 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held Saturday, November 10 at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor.
Arrangements are under the care of Christian D. Garrison of the Doulin Newburgh Funeral Home Inc. 845-562-0068


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Thanks to the fast development of internet during several decades, online learning has developed fast and matured.
Online master degree is still a popular degree program. Business Administration (MBA) program is the most-pursued online master degree while education, nursing, public affairs, public management administration and health services administration are among the top online degree programs. These degree programs can last from nine months to two years.
Many people consider earning their masters degree online although they are working, raising children, or involved in some activities. Compared with traditional on-campus master degree programs, online master degree programs get rid of the time limit. Therefore, the number of online graduates is increasing all the time. People try to improve their payments and gain more opportunities by earning online master degree. There're useful tips to make a wise decision while choosing an online master degree program.
Reputation of the online universities and its master degree programs. The reputation of online master degree programs in the field where you work and are going to work is important for your decision. It's advisable that you have a chat with the alumni who graduated from your potential choice, received these master degree programs and work in your target industry. It's also a good idea to get to know the employment of graduates and opinions of hiring managers from these companies in your chosen industry. The more information you are informed of, the more you are able to choose suitable master degree programs.
Accreditation of master degree programs and online universities. There're so many unqualified online schools which are mixed with qualified ones. Their master degrees are usually not accredited and even not recognized. Lots of online universities don't require students to receive enough master degree programs and sometimes no programs at all before they earn master degrees. Some online schools, which are so-called degree mills sell several less important and worthless online master degrees to students. If you really want to improve yourself, rather than earn a degree only, this type of universities will help you nothing, but bring you a waste of time, money and energy.
For these qualified online universities, you can only earn your degree through a series of accredited online programs.
They will never be degree mills. But how to distinguish them from those unqualified ones? The key is to check its accreditation. In American, all the online universities must be accredited by one or more accrediting institutions whose tasks are to audit these schools and to check whether their online programs are standards or not. If these master degree programs offered by an online school meet the required standards, the accrediting institution accredits this school. There're regional and national accrediting agencies. Besides, some professional institutions in certain field are able to accredit some online master degree programs.
Online master degree majors and programs. It's necessary for you to check the actual situation of online master degree classes at first while you choose an online university. The major you select should arouse your interest. Besides, your chosen major should cover these information you need while you work in an industry.
No matter you're a housewife, working or involved in certain activities, you can only spare some time to finish your online education. You should see whether they meet your schedules or not and how often these online classes are taken. Although online learning provides great flexibility, you should know the length of these online courses and the shortest or longest time possible to earn your master degree.
Teaching staff and professors. Similar to traditional master education, the quality and caliber of teachers and professors is the vital element. All these accredited online universities have competent and qualified teaching staff. Most of these online universities publicize online the academic and career credentials of teachers and professors. If an online university is unwilling to or try to avoid discussing its teaching staff, never consider enrolling in that school.
Cost of online master degree program. The cost is a factor which you can't avoid when you try to earn an online master degree. If you want to complete all the online programs of a major and get a master degree from an accredited university, the budget will range from $10,000 to $100,000. Many online universities provide financial assistance in your online programs and tuition.
Now in America, 20 states have made claims that all full time teachers at any grade level are required to own at least a master degree.
This had pushed many teachers to go forward a further study and had made master degree education a hot topic. Well then, if you are not a full time school teacher, whether you should get a master degree?
In addition to the University of Texas at Tyler and WGU Texas, there are also a few other reputable universities offering accredited online master degree programs. [adsnese]Texas A & M University might also be a great choice for you.
As the second most populous and extensive state in the United States, Texas is also renowned for a number of great colleges and universities.
Some of the sought-after options include Rice University, the University of Texas at Austin and Baylor University, etc.
When you choose graduate school, you should definitely make clear what kind of promotions master degree will bring to you.
There're many careers in which master degrees will make you forward a lot. No matter in which field you earn your bachelor degree, check the master degree programs online, which will not only bring you the benefits of master degrees, but also make you enjoy the flexibility.
This unique delivery method will allow you to keep on working and taking care of your family while you study because of its flexible schedule. Online master degree programs come in various courses. Regardless of what your interests may be, there's an online program which will fit your goals and lifestyle. Compared with traditional graduate education, online study will cost less money and less time.


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SPOKANE, Wash. – A man has had his money on the Zags to win the NCAA championship since before the regular season started.
On October 9, Jacob Houbrick was in Las Vegas and bought a straight $60 bet on the Zags to win it all. He said the odds at the time were 80-1.
CBS Sports reports that according to SportsLine, the Westgate LV SuperBook, BookMaker.eu and BetOnline.ag the Tar Heels are a 2-point favorite over Gonzaga in the season finale.
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Houbrick said if they win Monday night he will take home $4,800. Let's hope he and the Zags come out on top!


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PASADENA — The foundation that owns the Concord senior-citizen housing complex here has filed for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and announced plans to sell the building.
Concord tenants made national headlines three years ago when they filed a class-action lawsuit to block an earlier attempt to sell the building by the Senior Housing Foundation, which is headed by the Rev. William Steuart McBirnie, the financially and legally troubled Glendale-based minister.
Attorneys for both the tenants and the foundation said neither the bankruptcy petitions nor the proposed sale would affect the occupants of the 150-unit apartment building at 275 Cordova St. It is operated under a rent-subsidy program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under terms of the 1982 settlement reached by HUD, the foundation and the tenants, residents will be allowed to remain in the subsidized-rent program until well after the turn of the century, HUD attorney Joseph Gelletisch said.
Gelletisch said HUD will not permit the building to be sold unless a buyer can be found who agrees to maintain the subsidized program, a development he considers highly unlikely. "It certainly would be our intent to see that nothing happens to the low-income people in that building," he said. "They're (the foundation) not going to get off just as quick and easy as they think."


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Our Lady of Graces, in Utelle (Vésubie Valley), France2 2 Share Tweet
Not far from Nice, perched at an altitude of 1175 metres, visit the sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces.
Situated at an altitude of 1175 metres, in the back-country of Nice, just up from the village of Utelle, the chapel was founded in about 880 and rebuilt in 1806. The surrounding slopes are littered with small marine fossils known "stars" in the region, in connection with the legend of the place.
Our Lady of Graces is said to have lit up the mountain overlooking the Bay of Angels (Nice) thus saving Spanish sailors from a storm. Today only an hour's drive from the Riviera (via N202), Utelle celebrates the Virgin Mary on Assumption Day (15th August), her birthday (8 September) and the Immaculate Conception (8 December).
You can rest at the hôtel, eat at the restaurant, and buy honey, cakes made in monasteries, wine and other local specialties at the catholic shop.
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How to get to Ford HeightsFly into Chicago, IL (MDW-Midway Intl.), 21.4 mi (34.4 km) from central Ford Heights.
What to see around Ford HeightsHere are some recommended places to see in the surrounding area:
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A Reason for Optimism
Oct 15, 1999 at 12:00AM
If only we'd all bought 10 shares of Microsoft on that day, and had the iron-lined stomach necessary to hold through all the ups and downs of these past 12 years, our 10 shares would now be 720 shares, and our $710 original investment would now be worth more than $63,000.
Today's market jitters are just another episode of the same inflation worries that have accompanied our rise over the past 5,000 Dow points. And, even if we are entering a period of higher prices, the most important question for an investor to ask is: Does rising inflation change the best place for my long-term savings?
The answer is definitely no. In periods of inflation, stocks have historically fared much better than bonds. And for the investor of a focused portfolio of 6-12 holdings, there is a definite opportunity to find those commercial enterprises that are poised for such great success that they will dramatically outperform the major market averages during an otherwise flat market.
One of the emerging technologies that holds great promise for our economy is XML, or Extensible Markup Language. Basically, it's the next iteration of the Internet's language. Unlike the Internet's current standard, HTML -- hypertext markup language -- XML will allow information to be shared among websites in exponentially greater detail and precision. The benefits will include lower costs for business -- which, I might add, is disinflationary -- as well as entirely new ways of conducting business. XML is the key to allowing businesses to integrate their applications and services on the Internet. The result is that this technology makes the Web programmable. Microsoft is making XML a core part of its next generation of products, as I wrote in a Fool Plate Special last month.
More recently, I read a fantastic article in CFO Magazine that more fully explains XML, its benefits, and the companies that stand to benefit. I'm going to cut short tonight's report so you can take time to read this great article and ponder some of the companies that stand to win.
The XML Connection
Here's a quote that gives you the flavor of the article:
"XML, on the other hand, enables a computer to identify the kind of information received, whether it's a purchase order, a medical record, or a customer query. Platform independent, it seems destined to become a universal format for data exchange, which has led some observers to call it an Esperanto for the Internet. The implications for electronic commerce and communication are enormous."
With emerging technologies like XML, I expect individual investors have every reason to remain optimistic about the stock market's future. Instead of getting caught up in the doom-and-gloom scenarios of the Wise, take some time to look out five or ten years into the future and imagine what Rule Breaking or Rule Making companies might be changing the world.
Fool on!
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Conservation implications of distinct genetic structuring in the endangered freshwater fish Nannoperca oxleyana (Percichthyidae)
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Knight, JT, Nock, CJ, Elphinstone, MS & Baverstock. PR 2009, 'Conservation implications of distinct genetic structuring in the endangered freshwater fish Nannoperca oxleyana (Percichthyidae)', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 34-44.
The publisher's version of this article is available at www.publish.csiro.au at http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF08022
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The maintenance of genetic diversity and gene flow in threatened species is a vital consideration for recovery programs. The endangered Oxleyan pygmy perch Nannoperca oxleyana has a fragmented distribution within coastal freshwater drainages of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia. In the present study, mitochondrial DNA control region variation was used to assess genetic diversity and structure across the geographical range of this species. Haplotypic diversity was highest in a small NSW subcatchment south of Evans Head (h = 0.594) followed by Marcus Creek in Queensland (h = 0.475). Distinct genetic differentiation was evident among the Queensland localities and the NSW subcatchments, implying restricted gene flow between coastal river systems. One of the nine haplotypes detected was distributed over 83.4% of the species' range, suggesting historical connectivity among the now fragmented populations. These patterns were concordant with eustatic changes associated with the last glacial maximum. High barrier sand dunes may also act as barriers to gene flow and dispersal between adjacent NSW subcatchments. Conservation efforts should focus on the preservation of genetic diversity by maintaining as many genetically differentiated populations as possible. The relatively diverse populations inhabiting the South Evans Head subcatchment and Marcus Creek require special management consideration.


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Get the Most out of Summer with UO Libraries
Top 5 library resources you'd be cool to check out now
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5. Get a head start on Common Reading
The University of Oregon's Common Reading book for 2017 is The Round House by Louise Erdrich, winner of the 2012 National Book Award for Fiction. "Told from the perspective of a young adult narrator, with a great deal of humor and warmth, the book deals directly with questions of tribal sovereignty, federal Indian policy, sexual violence, social justice and individual accountability."
Everyone will be talking about this book come fall:
The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Knight Library Popular Reading Collection, PS3555.R42 R68 2013)
4. Chill out with some snowy DVDs
Crank up the A.C. and enjoy a cool movie. Widescreen views of winter wonderlands abound in our DVD collections: genres include everything from ethnography to environmental documentaries to famous feature films. Got access to a projector, an extension cord, and a bedsheet? Turn that laundry into a "screen" in your yard and host an outdoor movie party!
Suggested, brrr-inducing titles:
- Fargo (Knight Library, DVD 00077 and John E. Jaqua Law Library, PN1997.2 .F374 1996)
- Nanook of the North (Knight Library, DVD 05459)
- Encounters at the End of the World (Portland Library and Learning Commons, PDX DVD 00290)
- March of the Penguins (John E. Jaqua Law Library, QL696.S473 M37 2005 )
- The Shining (Knight Library, DVD 04920)
3. Hone your sporting skills – or learn a new one
For sports and recreation in Oregon, there's no better time than summer (close runners-up: winter, spring, and fall). UO Libraries is your go-to source for "How-to" guidebooks that will help you master the skills needed to conquer the courts, brave the waves, outsmart the fish, and beat the heat.
Advice for the sporting life:
- Tennis Fundamentals by Carol Matsuzaki (Knight Library, GV995 .M3724 2004)
- Soccer Fundamentals by Danny Mielke (Knight Library, GV943 .M49 2003)
- Exploring the Oregon Coast Trail: 40 consecutive day hikes from the Columbia River to the California border (John E. Jaqua Law Library Popular Reading Collection, GV191.42.O7 S67 2015)
- Beginner's Guide to Flytying by Chris Mann and Terry Griffiths (Knight Library, SH451 .M36 1999)
- Sea Kayaking Illustrated: a visual guide to better paddling by John Robison (Knight Library, GV788.5 .R63 2003)
- Climbing, from Gym to Crag: building skills for real rock by S. Peter Lewis (Knight Library, GV200.2 .L45 2000)
- Tackle Croquet this Way by E.P.C. Cotter (Knight Library, GV931.C6)
2. Fire up the grill (and stereo)
Getting ready to grill out? Find delicious recipes and learn about the history and culture of cooking over coals at UO Libraries! Also, you can check out some great summer music to soundtrack your next backyard barbecue party.
BBQ reading material:
- Sunset Barbeque Cookbook (Knight Library, TX840.B3 S8 1962)
- Why Do Men Barbecue? : recipes for cultural psychology (Knight Library, GN502 .S59 2003)
- Savage Barbecue : race, culture, and the invention of America's first food (Knight Library, TX840.B3 W3683 2008)
- Access more than 5,000 grilling articles online in the Culinary Arts Collection
BBQ tunes:
- CDs collecting hit music from the Eighties
- 4-CD set of classic Chess Blues
- CDs featuring laidback bossa nova by Antonio Carlos Jobim
- CD box set of Louis Armstrong's Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings – includes "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" (1928)
- Jaws original motion picture score, streaming
1. Get ready for the eclipse
Want to take pictures of this once-in-a-lifetime event? Sign up for the UO Libraries' DSLR Solar Filter Workshop in the DeArmond MakerSpace, Wednesday, August 9, 3 - 5 p.m.
Also arriving (hopefully) at Price Science Commons & Research Library in time for the main event: a Total Solar Eclipse Kit from NASA! Stay tuned. (It's supposed to ship out shortly after August 11.)
In the meantime, NASA has a website chock full of great eclipse information, including an app you can download!
Happy Summer from UO Libraries!


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Splendor Review
SettleForge Review
Auroch Digital is Bringing Back Games Workshop's Highway Warrior Board Game, Dark Future
If the name "Auroch Digital" sounds familiar, that's probably because you've been enjoying Chainsaw Warrior. And if you haven't been, that means you're not playing it. You should play it (or its sequel). Anyway, the dev team has recently announced that they're teaming up with Games Workshop yet again in order to revitalize another one of their cult-status board games of old: Dark Future.
Bottle Empire Review
Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night Review
Pandemic: The Board Game Has Gone Universal and is Now On Sale
Don't let the virus win! Now you can download Pandemic: The Board Game, by F2Z Digital Media, for all of your iOS devices. The app is based on the fantastic board game by Z-man games. As employees of the CDC, you and your friends will have to work together to control and eventually cure 4 major disease outbreaks. Can you beat them all in time?
To celebrate the app going universal, F2Z Digital Media is running a sale from April 17 to 24. You can pick up Pandemic: The Board Game for only $4.99 until then..
A Day in the Woods Review
Warhammer: Arcane Magic is Coming Soon, Exclusively for iOS
Turbo Tape Games has announced that they're joining forces with Games Workshop to bring the turn-based strategy board game, Warhammer: Arcane Magic, to life on the iOS.
The game lets you play as wizards such asTeclis, Balthasar Gelt, and Wurrzag, pitted against monsters and opponents from the Warhammer universe during the magical storms of the Old World and the Chaos Wastelands. If you prefer to play by yourself, Warhammer: Arcane Magic features a single-player campaign with a deep storyline and a ton to explore.
We don't have an official release date for Warhammer: Arcane Magicyet, butTurbo Tape Games says it's coming soon.
Take It Easy Review
Saddle Up Cowboy - Dice Town Rides onto the App Store
Matagot has brought a faithful reproduction of the fun board game, Dice Town, to iOS.
In Dice Town Mobile you'll be squaring off against your friends in a dice-driven poker match that will nab you gold, land, and cash. Of course you'll have to watch out as everyone is also going to be trying to steal each others winnings. The game plays up to four players, but you can substitute with AIs.
You can download Dice Town Mobile for $3.99 right now.
Legions of Steel will be available this Spring!
Legions of Steel, by Slitherine, promises to be a turn based strategy game based off of the Legions of Steel board game. The League of Aliens and the U.N.E. (United Nations of Earth) must work together against the evil Empire of Machines before it can destroy the universe. Your job is to guide an assault against the Empire's production facilities and disrupt their endless supply of reinforcements. You'll get to choose from 2 playable factions and units with their own set of weapons and abilities. Who you choose will greatly impact your strategy for each of the 15 scenarios.
"In trying to faithfully recreate the thrilling experience of the Legions of Steel board game, we wanted to draw inspiration from successful classics such as Space Hulk and Doom: The Boardgame", said Romain Soulie, CEO of Nyx Studios. "The addition of a very engaging multiplayer system, involving head to head, multiplatform challenges and the tournament system, really makes Legions of Steel stand out on its own".
Legions of Steel is coming to iOS in May 2015.
Crush the AI in Stratego's New Single Player Update
Youda Games' Stratego is based off the classic board game of strategy and bluffing. Recently, Youda has added an AI engine that offers a single player mode. The new AI can be set to easy, normal, and hard depending on your level of skill, and you can play against it in the campaign, classic 40 v/s 40 battle, or a quick 16 v/s 16. The update also makes the game universal, revamps the campaign, and tweaks the overall style.
"This version of Stratego is tailored to the way mobile players are used to playing on their devices. Short sessions and the possibility to play whenever you want are important to players. With this in mind we have made a great game that appeals to young and old alike. Just like the physical board game does," says Jur van Teunenbroek, producer of Stratego.
You can download the updated Stratego for $1.99 right now.
DICETINY is coming to iOS in 2015
Fakedice has announced that they're bringing their digital board game DICETINY to iOS.
The app combines card collecting, RPG elements, and board games. You'll have your choice between four classes - warrior, cleric, mage, or rogue - and will use them to battle monsters. As you defeat them you are awarded with cards to build your deck with.
DICETINY should be coming out next Summer. Until then, you can check out the trailer below.
The iPhone Gets its Own Pocket-Sized Galaxy Trucker
Galaxy Trucker Pocket, by Czech Games Edition, is a mini version of the iPad version of Galaxy Trucker, which is itself a port of the popular board game.
You can play solo against various AIs in the campaign mode, or with up to three other players in pass-and-play or real-time online games. Galaxy Trucker Pocket lets you build your space ship (from sewer pipes), make deliveries, and fight off raiders. The game has 81 achievements and 12 different AI personalities for solo play to always keep you on your toes.
You can download Galaxy Trucker Pocket for $2.99 now, and the iPad version is still available for $7.99.


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Before & After: Rental Kitchen Gets an Adorable Update
We heard about Audra's kitchen project at this week's Apartment Therapy Design Evening. Audra had one of those kitchens. You know, the blah ones with the standard-issue cabinets. She wanted to give her kitchen a little bit of personality, but as a renter, she didn't have a lot of options. So she decided to get creative.
Audra carefully removed the doors to her cabinets and asked the super to store them in the basement. Then she replaced them with cheerful fabric curtains (and lined the inside of the cabinets with a floral paper). The backsplash was painted grey. The end result is charming, and Audra (and her friends) are very pleased with it:
I get compliments on my kitchen all the time. I often use the small counter space to pour mimosas for friends on the weekends, while my microwave is tucked behind a leather arm chair in my living room. Priorities you know?!
Thanks, Audra! When can we come over?
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Anyone tried this?http://www.dx.com/p/klt-982a-solder-paste-glue-dropper-liquid-auto-dispenser-controller-black-230312#.U7RhF-2sCCwI'm looking into a solder paste dispensing thingy. That one's relatively cheap. On the downside, it looks relatively cheap. Also looks like it needs an external air pump.
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I'm looking into a solder paste dispensing thingy.
Did you notice that it needs a 220-240V 50Hz power supply? It may not work on your 110V 60Hz supply.


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Fostering can be a challenge but very rewarding:
Fostering is about you as the foster mum or dad assessing a dog in your care to see how they are with interacting with people, other dogs, cats and children under supervision. The foster family must be prepared to foster any dog that One Paw chooses depending your circumstances.
Fostering is a great help to our rescue and means we can help more dogs find a perfect forever home.
The foster period is a minimum of four weeks or more depending on how the dog is in the house with yourself or family.
We can only let people foster in Nottingham, Derby or Leicester areas. We are going further a field slowly in Sheffield and Birmingham areas.
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I am the Savior and there are no other besides me…
And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!" Exodus 32:4
At the risk of revealing my age, does anyone remember the Easter tradition of watching The Ten Commandments when they were younger? I've never forgotten the scene when Moses, after spending 40 days and nights at the top of Mount Sinai with God, came down with two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. Excited about the prospect of bringing 'the law' to the very people God released from Egyptian bondage, Moses found that his people had created and began to worship a calf forged out of gold. The people traded their faith in the God, who had saved them and their descendants from a lifetime of slavery, for an idol by donating their jewelry. To add insult to injury, it was Moses' own brother, Aaron, who had used his God-given gifts to forge this idol, which disappointed Moses, and God, tremendously. Imagine… not having the faith to believe, especially after being freed from bondage… it's a good thing people aren't like that today!! Or are they???
Look carefully at the chronology of the story… people receive tremendous blessings… people are asked to be obedient, and wait upon God for knowledge based on His timing… people get restless and turn to idols as a means of 'fixing' their problems and answer their questions. Put this way, I'm not sure if this describes what happened at the foot of Mount Sinai, or what's happening in the world in 2017… that we quickly forget the provider of all things… the God that supplies all of our needs!
I wonder if our loyalty is much different from the Israelites who Moses led out of bondage. We seem to be just as easily distracted by man-made comforts and quick-fixes when we're bored. And we seem to be quick to assume credit or misdirect credit for the blessings that God alone has provided.
I remember watching the scene described in The Ten Commandments and thinking, "I can't believe the Israelite's would have done what they did after all God had done for them! If only they had applied a more focused and disciplined attitude to their faith, perhaps they could have persevered." But then, I remembered what Jesus spoke in Matthew 7:1-5…
1"Do not judge so that you will not be judged. 2"For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. 3"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
The Israelites are so easy to criticize, but, in the same way, so easy to related to! It was God alone who had rescued them from the Egyptians; not some gold calf or human leader. Even before God sent Jesus, as Savior from our sins, it was God who assumed the role as Savior in a multitude of ways. If we could get to a point of focusing every doubt we have towards the Father and the Son, imagine the depth of faith we could have?
Is our belief in God that of a Savior? Is He our first go-to place when we struggle, or is He merely an afterthought? Do we use Him to set the direction of our day and our life, affecting every thought and action? If we're honest, we've all got some work to do… He, and He alone deserves all our focus, love, and devotion so we just don't know Him, but we really KNOW Him!!
Lord, I want to focus my loyalty on You, and You alone… please reveal where I may I may be falling short of who I should be seeking as You deserve all credit for who and what I am. Amen!
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Scripture: Proverbs 25:2
Proverbs 25:2 says, "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter." God has hidden the anointing to spoil for the end-times. It is a judgment on the wicked that is essential for the harvest of nations. It may well be the demonstration of Romans 11 that will cause the church to make the Jewish people jealous and therefore catapult them into the Kingdom. God has reasons why He uses the anointing to spoil from Genesis to James. They will all become clear in the end-times as we walk out the last great harvest. When God provides a route to discover His mysteries, we should pursue it! It certainly appears that the path or at least a part of it is praying in the Spirit. Those who are called to this dimension are encouraged to pursue this path. All we have to do is give ourselves over to praying in the Spirit and see what God does!


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Downtown Jamaica is hungry — to the tune of $428.5 million.
The area's economic development leaders met property owners, brokers and restaurateurs Tuesday to showcase more than a dozen sites primed to house restaurants looking to tap into millions of dollars in unmet demand for dining options.
"I'm imagining you're here because you have some interest in opening up a restaurant in a new location — maybe in Jamaica," said Mark Lohbauer, a consultant who surveyed the shopping habits of visitors to the area.
"But, of course, you've got hundreds of other choices right here in the five boroughs of the city. You could go anywhere," he added. "Why should you be thinking about coming to Jamaica?"
What is unique about downtown Jamaica, Lohbauer said, is that the Greater Jamaica Development Corp. and the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District are heavily involved in filling out the area's ground-floor space.
"They bothered to treat their district much like a mall," he said "and they intend to manage it much like a mall."
Within the past year, GJDC has made deals to bring to the area a 160,000-square-foot department store and a 210-room hotel with 5,000 square feet of retail and space on the second floor for a 200-seat restaurant.
The nonprofit development corporation expects that early next year one of its partners will cut the ribbon on a 100-unit, mixed-use building with 4,500 square feet of retail space and GJDC is closed to inking a deal to bring a 410-unit project with 120,000 square feet of retail space to Archer Avenue.
The Jamaica Center BID has been active, too, organizing events like an annual fashion show and collecting data aimed at highlighting the area's economic potential.
Yet despite the 86,000 shoppers, college students, workers and commuters who pass through the district each day — and the thousands of residents who bypass the area for those with more ample dining options — downtown Jamaica has only three sit-down restaurants: Sangria's on Sutphin Boulevard, Applebee's on Jamaica Avenue and CityRib on Parsons Boulevard.
Lohbauer said those surveyed rank full-service restaurants, cafés, bistros and specialty food stores as the kinds of establishments they would like to most see downtown.
Katie Mirkin, the BID's retail development associate, highlighted a few properties that would be good for a restaurant, including a newly renovated building across from the Supreme Court with 1,200 square feet of retail space below four floors of office space.
"You kind of have that in-house clientele waiting — I'm waiting — for something of a more healthy option," she said, showing that active management style Lohbauer spoke of earlier. "Chiptole, Panera. That's just my own preference."
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Can we afford to experiment with rhinos?
The recent announcement by the South African Minster of Environment, expressing the South African Government's endorsement of a proposal to sell rhino horn, is disconcerting, albeit not surprising. The government's international lobby started at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) where there was a directed lobby to try and sensitise other governments around their intent to request a rhino horn stockpile sale and subsequent regulated trade at the next CITES CoP(17), which South Africa will be hosting in 2016. In a nutshell, the South African government argues legalising trade will allow markets to be flooded with horn and will stem the tide of poaching.
A fallacious argument and a very dangerous experiment indeed!
The most disturbing thing about this proposal is in its naïve economic simplicity. Selling stockpiled horn might make financial sense in the short-term, but is left wanting, and significantly so, when you dig deeper and when you consider biological and animal welfare consequences. Even from an economic perspective, arguments are seriously flawed.
The reality is that no one understands the nature and extent of potential demand for rhino horn, especially where China is a significant player. How can we even begin to talk about satisfying demand, let alone flooding markets, when we have absolutely no idea of what demand is, especially given recent trends in consumption as well as the fact that rhino horn is being stockpiled in China for future investment purposes? Essentially, the illegal trade alone is hedging rhinos to extinction, let alone the potential impact of further market stimulation through legalised trade.
And then there is this (again fallacious) notion that a legal trade will be able to be controlled/regulated. The experimental trade in stockpiled ivory as sanctioned by CITES, in which South Africa was also a player and which saw a large amount of "legal" ivory enter the Chinese market, should be proof enough of just how impossible it is to control the legal trade in the Chinese market. When it is impossible to regulate trade in a country that has one of the best regulatory regimes in the world, all I can say is, Pretoria, we have a problem.
What the South African government has to realise is that we have passed the tipping point with rhinos – numbers continue to decline year on year and demand for horn continues to escalate. When populations begin declining, we will have a very serious problem at hand. A failed experiment could result in the decimation of rhino populations – is it worth it?
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Everyone experiences worrisome feelings and emotions regularly. Life can prove to be incredibly challenging and cause us to feel like the world is crumbling beneath us. Where do you turn? Who do you ask for help? Christians will say God. Finding comfort through God provides us with a sense of hope. As human beings, we must accept that we cannot fix every problem to occurs in our lives. Practice prayers that will change your life and give you relief from the worry you're experiencing. Next time you're feeling engulfed with worry turn to these prayers.


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Users Making the Switch to Cutting Edge Browsers
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The more and more I read about all the security exploits to I.E., the sicker I become. It is so easy for IE to allow system privilages for remote hackers.ReplyDelete
oh finally a really good post, supporting!ReplyDelete
Yeah I'm with king here...IE is so vulnerable.ReplyDelete
People still use IE?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 1, 2010 at 10:47 PM
I hate Internet Explorer.ReplyDelete
@Chuck McElroy IVReplyDelete
Only people that aren't aware about Firefox. When Chrome came out, I tried it but I didn't like it, so I'm still using Firefox.
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Makes perfect sense. Users smart enough to use an alternative browser are also smart enough to update.ReplyDelete
i tried to remove IE but it just comes backReplyDelete
LOL momo.ReplyDelete
You can't get rid of the damn thing.
I agree.
I use google chrome. It has its problems, but it is better than Firefox.ReplyDelete
IE9 really isnt a bad explorer, though it is known for it's security issues...
lold when i see people still use IEReplyDelete
you know i use fire fox but id of liked to hear about how and why the explorers either lost or gained users. maybe even something about opera?ReplyDelete
Using Mozilla here, still have not made the switch to ChromeReplyDelete
I know a guy who swears by IE. I'll never understand him. Personally, I'm loving my Firefox.ReplyDelete
I use Chrome and Opera. Apparently Opera isn't cool enough D:ReplyDelete
I use Chrome. I love itReplyDelete
I have been using Chrome because I feel it has the most beneficial extensions. I recently switched over from Firefox, which was okay, but didn't utilize the screen size as much as I felt it should and make the extensions as easy to use or useful overall as Chrome.ReplyDelete
And IE 8, in my opinion, cant even compete. It's way slower than either of the two, at least on my computers
When microsoft releases IE9, they should make it a mandatory update with all windows updates. That way they can phase out 6,7,&8 more quicklyReplyDelete
N4 IE. All the people rant about IE having exploits. Now that FF and chrome are starting t gain equal market share I suspect we will start seeing similar vulnerabilities. Just my 2cReplyDelete


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Health Check Q: How do I link the health of a real server on the health check status of another device or service using ServerIrons?
I do have a web server and I would like to ensure the web server is going down in case another backend web server is going down. Is this possible?
Thx for your help.
I guess you would like to do the following:
both real server do have a web server installed and you would like to ensure that the front end web server is going down in two cases:
1st: the frontend web server itself is going down
2nd: the backend web server is going down
Is this correct?
If so my suggestion would be the following:
Create to healtck's - one for the frontend and one for the backend server. This would look like:
healthck frontend tcp
dest-ip 192.168.101.101
port 80
protocol http
protocol http url "GET /"
healthck backend tcp
dest-ip 192.168.101.102
port 80
protocol http
protocol http url "GET /"
Create a combined healthck (it is called boolean health check policy):
healthck both boolean
and frontend backend
The frontend healthck is only TRUE/successful in case the real server 192.168.101.101 is getting health checked successfully. Same for the backend one. The "both" healthck is only TRUE/sucessful in case the frontend one AND the backend one is TRUE/successful.
Bind the combined one to the frontend server and the backend one to the backend server:
server real frontend 192.168.101.101
port 80 healthck both
server real backend 192.168.101.102
port 80 healthck backend
and you do have what you want.
At least I hope so.
I am going to try this but I do not get how to check the reply from the real servers - I would like to look into the actual HTTP reply. The real servers need to respond with a special string otherwise they are not really up and running. Ideas?
My example does not fit 100% to this requirement - you do need to configure so called match-lists on top of the stuff above.
Let me use an example again: the backend web server needs to respond with "IamFEELINGgood" to be up and running.
Add the following to the example above:
http match-list web-ok
default down
up simple "IamFEELINGgood"
healthck backend tcp
dest-ip 192.168.101.102
port 80
protocol http
protocol http url "GET /"
protocol http content-match web-ok
Feel free to change the query to something else than "GET /" in case you would like to request a special page. Happy now?


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Not all small business accountants are created equal. Some are low cost and great for bookkeeping; others are authorities on taxation and GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practices). When it comes to financing issues, you need a strategic thinker and a problem solver on your side. Your choice need not be an expert on all the latest financing options, but she should know how to find out about them and evaluate which are best for you.
Likewise, the right attorney can help you find equity financing and ensure you are legally compliant, which is particularly important with investment crowdfunding.
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As an entrepreneur, you've spotted an unspoken need in the marketplace and embarked to fill the void. That vision and determination have put you on a path that — regardless of the outcome — is likely to change the course of your life. And while others have walked similar paths before you, yours is as unique as your business idea itself.
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One indulgence I cannot help but partake in whenever I get the opportunity is that of a straight-razor shave at a barber shop. Or, better still, the "hot lather" variation on the same theme. For anyone who has never partaken of this tradition, I strongly suggest that you do so at your earliest opportunity. I'd wait while you went and did so now, but it is a dying tradition, and one of which it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a practitioner.
For anyone unfamiliar, it is a masculine tradition, akin to sipping at a very fine glass of Scotch, or to smoking a pipe. Prior to the advent of the safety razor, the straight razor was the only way to shave, and it was considered such an art form that it occupied a great deal of training time for many an apprenticing barber. Today, the tradition is all but dead, however there are many barbers out there who still offer the service.
I myself have indulged quite a few times, and I can say that while the experience is relaxing beyond any sort of massage or new-age therapy, it is the sheer level of tradition involved that makes it so memorable.
In the hot lather tradition I prefer, the barber starts by placing a series of towels in a small machine. This machine produces very hot steam, and heats the towels until they're almost too hot to touch. With a single flip to cool them just a touch, the barber wraps them around your face in a particular pattern. While they sit, he prepares his tools.
There are multiple steps involved, and I've never bothered to ask what each of the salves are, but one-by-one, certain tonics are applied to your face. There is one that tingles, one that burns, one that cools. After each has been appropriately massaged into your skin and fresh hot towels replaced, the barber will turn to a small machine that has been humming away beside you. This produces a piping-hot foamy lather; with a flip, the hot towels are removed, and a very generous helping of hot lather is spread over your face.
That is left to sit for a moment, and it is here that the best barbers will indulge in a bit of theatre. A straight razor, you see, utilizes a blade that is, according to my barber, as much as five times sharper than the sharpest safety razor. The edge is so sharp that if not properly maintained, it can fold in on itself. As such, before each shave — and sometimes during — the blade must be "stropped" against a coarse leather belt. This process is, again, something to see, because it requires a deft skill and a nimble hand. With an impressive flourish, a great barber will sharpen the blade up and down the taut strap, before carefully balancing it against his fingertips.
It is worth noting, at this point, that most barbers take a great deal of pride in their razors. They are expensive, delicate, and beautiful. Many will have carved ivory, bone, or hardwood handles, and some blades have intricate engravings on them. Some may even be inlaid with gold. If it looks intricate, ask to see it, and ask the story behind it. Many barbers utilise antique blades, and they often have a story of how they acquired that blade.
From here, it is an astonishingly short process. A good barber will shave your whole face in as little as eight or nine strokes, which may take less than twenty seconds. The art is not in the flourish, the art is in the knowledge of how to execute a perfect shave with as little effort as possible. Indeed, it is over so quickly, you almost feel disappointed. Fear not, however. Some more meticulous barbers prefer to do the whole process twice to ensure the best shave.
From there, a further salve is applied, similar to the after-shave balm that is still used today, although far stronger. It will sting, quite a bit, and is quickly covered for a moment with another hot towel (if memory serves). Then, a quick rinse, a cooling salve, and a very careful pat (not rub!) dry, and you're done.
It is an anachronism in this day of faster-cheaper-better, but it is a tradition that should be undertaken at least occasionally. The whole process has a distinctly masculine air about it, far more than I can hope to evoke with these words. The scents are all musky and manly, and every step seems designed to deal with the problem of the harshness of a man's skin and stubble. The tradition is as theatrical as it is effective, and there is a certain pride in being a practitioner of a dying art.
It's not easy to find a shop that will still do it, but if you can, take them up on it. It's not cheap, but I promise it is money you will not regret spending.


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With the patience of the fans fast running thin with the lack of transfer activity of the club, it will be an absolute delight for Newcastle United fans to see a bid finally being placed.
The bid so placed, according to the Daily Mail, is for the highly rated 24-year-old, PSV midfielder, Georgina Wijnaldum.
The Dutch midfielder has a contract with his current club until 2018, so surely there will be no concessions on the asking price.
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However, in 220 appearances in Eredivisie, the midfielder has bagged 63 goals and 24 assists. Not a bad record by any standards, especially for a team that hasn't had a goal scoring midfielder after the departure of Yohan Cabaye.
But is the mentioned £15m price tag a bit too much? One wouldn't think so. The midfielder is fast, has international experience, and most of all, is young. You wouldn't bet against him meeting the standards of the Premier League.
As per the reports, Georginio Wijnaldum has been invited to Tyneside to see if he does after all want to move.
But with the player interested in a move to the league, the club being keen to sign the player, and the fans wanting nothing more than a new signing, the Toon Army could finally have something to cherish and look forward to in the near future.
However, the one thing time has taught the Geordies is; never believe a transfer till you see him in the jersey.
Do you think Wijnaldum will finally fill the vacuum in the Newcastle midfield? Is he the start of many signings to come? Is he worth the investment? Have your say in the comments below!