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Woodworking Fundamentals – They're for Everyone
Woodworking fundamentals are what we all have in common – beginner, intermediate or advanced. We all use the basics. Some might say, in fact, that the only difference between expert and novice craftspeople is that the experts know and use their basic skills better than the novices.
One of the best days I had in my woodworking apprenticeship began when my mentor walked me through the hardwood stacks in the morning. We probably spent less than an hour looking at the lumber – it was a fast-paced shop and there was a lot to do – but I spent the rest of the day visualizing what I'd just learned about grain direction and wood types. I had new eyes.
It starts with the wood, so if you haven't ever done it – or if it's been a long time – I'd suggest you take one hour today and write down a list of questions that have been bothering you, then look up answers online or go to a good lumberyard and figure it out. Or even contact our editors – they're always happy to answer woodworking questions! It'll pay dividends in your work – not only with solid stock but also with high-quality veneers.
Next could be either tool talk or body mechanics. They are both fundamental topics that deserve a lot of attention. I think tool talk gets a few more column inches, so I suggest spending time this week on body mechanics.
I have two perspectives for you that should help. One of them – somewhat foreign to our Western perspective, but fun and useful – is Bob Lang's Tai Chi method. You can read about it in the original magazine issue.
The other perspective is Jeff Miller's 11-page chapter called "Using Your Body Correctly" in "The Foundations of Better Woodworking." It's short, sweet and well-written.
Today there's a new DVD available based on Jeff Miller's book, so I want to mention that as well. With the DVD you'll get in-motion visuals to go with all the basic knowledge. I highly recommend either the DVD or the book in order to begin (or restart) your "fundamentals" journey the right way.
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Japanese hot pot, or nabe, are the perfect dish this time of year. Quick, easy, and warm one-pot meals. This beef sukiyaki hot pot is one of our favorites inspired by a great cookbook called Japanese Hot Pots. We've been trying to catch up on our unarchived photos and after going through our recent Japan trip photographs, we needed some Japanese deliciousness, and quick. What better way, than with some warm, comforting Japanese home food, Nabe, or hot pot.
In restaurants here in the US, most people's experience eating Japanese hot pots are at a Shabu-Shabu restaurant. You might consider shabu-shabu one of the more refined versions of nabe, where the flavors are often delicate and subtle. The finest cuts are of meat and highest graded seafoods are served, with most everything sliced paper thin and raw. Then you will quickly poach the meats in a delicate broth.
medley of ingredients for sukiyaki
Nabe is quintessential Japanese home cooking. And home cooking, no matter the culture, is always some of the best cooking. Comforting, delicious, simple and satisfying. They are the type of dishes which comes from the heart and soul of the Japanese. Shabu-shabu is one form of nabe, but there is so much more to Japanese hot pots than shabu-shabu.
For those uninitiated to the pleasures of Japanese Hot Pots, they are essentially one-pot meals where the ingredients are all poached in a broth. After cooking, that pot then becomes the serving vessel upon which everyone gathers and shares. For us it is the ultimate way to eat. Few connections touch closer to the human heart than sharing a meal from a singular nucleus. It's one thing to sit down at a table together, but another, one endearingly more special, to share from the same plate or vessel.
adding sake and soy sauce to simmer
The Japanese hot pots share a simple and easy formula. Prep the ingredients, make the broth (most nabe broths are quick to make – not 3-5 hour stocks), neatly gather and fashion the ingredients into the pot, then cook. The cooked ingredients are communally eaten, then the remaining broth is often consumed with a comforting and filling shime or "finish", often cooked rice or noodles. Like most any culture's home cooking, the ingredients are nourishing and economical. Plus, this being Japanese cuisine, you are nearly always guaranteed extra depth of flavor from an ingredient which will provide an umami element into the nabe. Most times this will be in the broth, which frequently are miso, kombu, or soy based.
This particularly delicious nabe recipe is for beef sukiyaki. In historical times, both beef and sugar were rare, expensive luxuries in Japan, so of course for those special occasions one wanted to serve the best. Today, for us at home, these are still the best ingredients.
So what is Sukiyaki? Sukiyaki is type of nabe (Japanese hot pot, in case you forgot 😉) where deliciously thin sliced beef is quickly seared, combined with medley of other nourishing and tasty vegetables and other ingredients, then simmered in a broth of sake, soy sauce and sugar. The richness of the beef, highlighted by the sweetness of the sugar combined with a bit of savory umami from the soy sauce and a bit of a punch from the sake, make this is an utter delicious hot pot.
For more on Nabe, Japanese Hot Pots check out Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat's book "Japanese Hot Pots – Comforting One Pot Meals". Of course the recipes are fantastic and there are fantastic tutorials for the prep (which isn't complicated but little traditional twists on how to cut and prepare the ingredients make the nabe that much more delicious.) Even more prevalent in the book is their love for nabe, a truly special cuisine from the hearts and home kitchens of Japan.
- Read more about Japanese cuisine and hot pots at The Japanese Food Report .
- Somen noodles with sweet soy ginger sauce recipefrom Takashi's noodles , another book by Harris Salat
warm for the soul— just add rice!
Beef Sukiyaki Hot Pot (Nabe) Recipe
Yield: 3-4
Cook Time: 15 min.
If you don't have or can't find some of the ingredients below, don't let that stop you from making this. Substitute what you can and like to eat.
- 1 T Beef Fat Trimmings
- 1 lb Beef Strip Loin or Rib Eye, sliced 1/8" thick *see note 1 below
- 8-10 Shallots or 1/2 med. Sweet Onion
- 1/2 lb Napa Cabbage, sliced *see note 2 below
- 4 Green Onions or 1 Negi (Japanese Leek or Welsh Onion), sliced on angle in 2" pieces
- 4 oz (@ 8 pieces) Shiitake Mushrooms, stems removed
- 7 oz (200g) Enoki Mushrooms, trimmed & separated
- 6 oz (about 1/2 package) Broiled Tofu, cut into 1/2" sticks
- 7 oz Ito Konnyaku noodles, rinsed, strained & quartered (these can be hard to find, and have a texture many American palates aren't used to. Don't feel bad if you leave it out. There are Japanese households which don't include it either)
- 2 c Junmai Sake (or other amiable sake - no cooking sake please)
- 1/3 c Sugar
- 1/2 c Japanese Soy Sauce, better soy sauces really shine in this broth
- 1 c Arugula leaves, rinsed & in 3" lengths - original recipe calls for 2 c Shungiku (a type of chrysanthemum leaf) but we have a ton of arugula growing & love it in this recipe
- shime- cooked short grain rice to eat with leftover broth
- optional- 1 egg for each person, beaten
1. In a 4 1/2 - 5 qt pot (preferably an enamaled cast iron, but use what you've got) warm pan over medium heat and add fat trimmings. Render fat for a minute or so, then add beef slices. Try to lay in the slices in a singular layer. Brown each side.
2. Gather the meat to one side of the pan. Arrange shallots or onion, cabbage, green onions, mushrooms, tofu, and noodles into neat clusters in the pan. Add sake, sugar and soy sauce then simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Add arugula leaves on top of everything, then cook for 1 minute more. Serve in the pot you cooked it in. One optional way to enjoy this nabe, is to crack and beat an egg in a bowl for each person. As they eat, they can dip each cooked ingredient into the egg, then consume. Eat through all the goodies in the pan, then add the remaining broth into bowls with rice to finish off all of the delicious broth.
*Note 1: You can always ask your butcher to slice the meat thinly for you, but for those DIY types, put the meat in the freezer for 2-3 hours to firm it up, then slice it using smooth, long strokes slicing across the end grain. In Japan the beef is usually super well marbled. Not just the Kobe beef either, nearly everything we saw had incredible marbling. If you can, try to find something similar in your area.
*Note 2: To slice the cabbage so they absorb the broth well, lay a stack of leaves flat on a cutting board. Starting at the base end, instead of slicing straight down, slice at a sharp angle, right to left (if you are right handed.) Repeat every two inches.
Adapted from Japanese Hot Pots by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat
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Five Secrets That Dentists Keep From You
Posted: September 22, 2009
Aside from brushing and flossing, there are other things that your dentist could you tell so you can better care for your teeth. There are secrets that dentists know that their patients do not. These usually include the following: 1) Your dentist can tell if you smoke. Even if someone brushes their teeth or tries to cover it up with mints, gum, or mouthwash, the smell is actually embedded in the mouth, especially the gum tissue!
- Smokers are also 4X more likely to get periodontal disease than those who do not smoke.
2) The oral bacteria that causes cavities can spread on food and cutlery. For instance, mothers will share their utensils and food with their kids, but bad bacteria can be spread this way. This also goes to say that one should take special care when kissing (especially their little ones) if he or she has gum disease or cavities, since these bacteria are contagious. 3) When most people brush, they only clean less than 1/4 of their mouths! Most people brush for 30 seconds or less, and good oral hygiene requires at least five minutes of brushing and flossing each day. One should brush at least 2-3 minutes at a time, and floss for 1-2 minutes each time. When people brush only 30 seconds, they are missing their back molars 90% of the time. 4) Bleaching Teeth Too Much Can Make Them Translucent! Teeth whitening can thin the enamel, so never bleach your teeth more than once every six months. If the gel bothers your gums and teeth, try a fluoride rinse or gel before and after using the bleaching gel. This will make your teeth less sensitive. 5) Don't get your mouth deep cleaned when you only need a regular cleaning. Some dentists want to charge your insurance more, so they will tell you that you need a deep cleaning when you do not. Those who need a deep cleaning are people who have a lot of tartar on their roots or other symptoms of disease. Source: ABC News
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"Autumn Is a Second Spring"
The advantages of planting a garden in the fall.
The landscape around us is obviously winding down as the days grow colder and the nights get longer. Mid-to-late fall sees most of the plant world going from mellow to muted to moribund. But, contrary though it seems, this is the best time of the year to plant new things and to work in the garden.
The reason is simply fall weather, which, up until the ground freezes, is kind to human beings as well as to newly planted trees, shrubs, and perennial plants.
In autumn, there are many more good days to be outside than there are in spring. Serious gardeners love November; they're happy working up a sweat inside their hoodies and gloves when everyone else is starting to huddle indoors. The season fits the typical gardener's temperament—moody, melancholy, prepared for doom, and happily surprised when something does well. (This was typical among my gardener colleagues at the New York City Parks Department. But that may have just been a result of the city stressors.)
At first thought, spring, with its explosion of buds and shoots and sprouts seems like the best time to put new plants in the ground. But spring in much of North America has quite a small window for planting—between the last frost and the onset of hot weather. Some of the days in that window will be rainy, making the soil muddy and hard to work with a lot of the time. The soil takes a while to warm up from a winter's worth of cold; a new plant's roots grow slowly in chilled earth.
In fall, the soil still holds summer's warmth, which encourages root growth up until the ground freezes. Fall planting gets perennials, shrubs, and trees off to a faster start the following spring. In mild-winter parts of the country, fall is even more emphatically the superior season for planting because roots can keep growing all winter.
Plants shift their objectives when the sun wanes and the temperatures go down. They stop the spring and summer work of making leaves, shoots, flowers, berries, and fruit. All their energy goes into establishing roots.
Trees, shrubs, and perennials put into the ground in fall don't have to deal with heat and drought early in their young lives. By late next spring, when things begin to heat up, the plant's roots will be up to the job of absorbing and circulating nutrients and water. The class of October 2008, in other words, will be better equipped next summer than their brethren freshly planted in April 2009.
If these climate factors aren't enough, consider that fall planting can save you money. Many nurseries mark their perennials and shrubs 20 percent off in the fall. They'd like to unload plants so they don't have to water them through the winter.
A couple of cautionary notes: When you walk the garden center aisles, the perennials may look sad. Remember that their life force is in the roots and crown—the place where the base of the leaves meets the roots. This time of year, you don't want a lot of leaves. Look at the picture on the plant label and have hope.
Look for container-grown, or balled and burlapped, shrubs and trees. For all the season's benefits, fall is not a good time to dig trees out of a field where their roots have sprawled and would have to be trimmed back.
If you garden in a cold-winter area, it's better to wait till spring to plant shrubs or perennials that are marginal—things like buddleia or caryopteris.
Fall transplanting means using less water. It's cooler, and the plants are less thirsty while they're going dormant. But those recently planted shrubs and perennials and trees do need a deep, thorough soaking at planting time; and when there's no snow cover, water every four weeks or so through the winter.
Here's the most important caution. You may want to give your new plants a little artificial assistance in the form of fertilizer. Don't give them a fertilizer that is high in nitrogen, which would encourage succulent, green, springlike growth at a time when you, and the plant, want dormancy.
For immediate cheer, remember that anywhere but in the most tropical parts of the country you can put in pansies. A newly bred super race of the velvety flower, with names like "Snowman" and "Icicle," has just hit the market. In horticulture labs, scientists have intensified pansies' natural cold tolerance. (They're related to wild violets, which developed a sort of antifreeze in order to survive the cold on the deeply shady forest floor.) These new pansies will bloom now, sit tight under the snow, and pop back to bloom again in spring. Not surprisingly, they hate heat, and you'll probably have to compost them next spring.
Even if you don't feel like buying anything new, fall is a good time for cathartic, satisfyingly destructive garden activities. Leave echinacea, sunflowers, and cosmos to go to seed and feed the birds, but tear up annuals like impatiens, marigolds, petunias, zinnias, and tomato plants. If you're not ready to start a compost pile, here's an alternative that requires high aerobic output (and saves on plastic garbage bags): Dig a trench in your vegetable plot. Pile in the tomato stalks and shriveled pepper plants and blackened basil plants, etc. Cover with earth, and next spring you will have Worm City and good soil.
Since we've gotten candidates from Hawaii and Alaska, I've been enjoying the sound of the phrase "the noncontiguous United States." It turns out that even in Alaska, fall is a good time to plant. It's true that by Halloween Anchorage usually has snow on the ground. But up until then, as long as the ground isn't frozen, Alaskans should be digging.
For residents of everywhere else: Even if you've never done a thing in your garden, plant some spring bulbs. You can do this late; it's actually best to plant bulbs after a killing frost. Their only demand is a sunny spot and well-drained soil.
One more note on composting: When wild tulips first came to Western Europe from Turkey in 1562, the burghers of Antwerp, who saw them as onionish, tried to eat them. Not surprisingly, they didn't like them and had their servants toss the extra bulbs onto a pile of organic refuse. The bulbs rooted themselves in the muck and flowered—another tribute to the generative powers of compost heaps. A few centuries later, the Dutch, including a young Audrey Hepburn, would eat them during the days of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.


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It sounds like persistence has paid off for Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett.
The Kendra on Top star, 28, and her husband are expecting their second child, she announced Thursday on Twitter, sharing a photo of her positive pregnancy test.
"Round two. Here we go!!" Wilkinson, who is working with Clearblue, Tweeted. She added on Facebook, "Happiest Halloween ever b/c Hank and I have a special treat!"
"Kendra on Top, naughty, naughty, that's what got me pregnant with baby No. 2," the reality star joked on Today Thursday morning.
"We planned this to be right after the season, so we have a little time off. I'll have time to puke [and] be in a cave. I'm still in my first trimester."
Her news comes as no surprise, as Wilkinson recently let viewers in on her decision to stop birth control. "I know I want baby number two right now. I know I'm ready," the mom-to-be said on her show. Husband Baskett is on-board as well.
"He thanks me every day. He says, 'Thank you for having my children,'" she says. "He takes such good care of me. I couldn't have found a better man."
Although expanding their family is something they frequently went back and forth on, the couple finally decided to have another child because their son Hank Randall IV kept telling his parents, "I want a brother and sister," the former Girls Next Door star has said.
Wilkinson delivered her curly-haired cutie, now 3½, in December 2009, announcing the pregnancy just weeks before she wed her NFL pro hubby.
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ARM Introduces the Mali-T700 GPU Family: ARM Refreshes Too!
ARM is Serious About Graphics
Ask most computer users from 10 years ago who ARM is, and very few would give the correct answer. Some well informed people might mention "Intel" and "StrongARM" or "XScale", but ARM remained a shadowy presence until we saw the rise of the Smartphone. Since then, ARM has built up their brand, much to the chagrin of companies like Intel and AMD. Partners such as Samsung, Apple, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Rockchip, and NVIDIA have all worked with ARM to produce chips based on the ARMv7 architecture, with Apple being the first to release the first ARMv8 (64 bit) SOCs. The multitude of ARM architectures are likely the most shipped chips in the world, going from very basic processors to the very latest Apple A7 SOC.
The ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures are very power efficient, yet provide enough performance to handle the vast majority of tasks utilized on smartphones and tablets (as well as a handful of laptops). With the growth of visual computing, ARM also dedicated itself towards designing competent graphics portions of their chips. The Mali architecture is aimed at being an affordable option for those without access to their own graphics design groups (NVIDIA, Qualcomm), but competitive with others that are willing to license their IP out (Imagination Technologies).
ARM was in fact one of the first to license out the very latest graphics technology to partners in the form of the Mali-T600 series of products. These modules were among the first to support OpenGL ES 3.0 (compatible with 2.0 and 1.1) and DirectX 11. The T600 architecture is very comparable to Imagination Technologies' Series 6 and the Qualcomm Adreno 300 series of products. Currently NVIDIA does not have a unified mobile architecture in production that supports OpenGL ES 3.0/DX11, but they are adapting the Kepler architecture to mobile and will be licensing it to interested parties. Qualcomm does not license out Adreno after buying that group from AMD (Adreno is an anagram of Radeon).
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Truly, in the history of ARM, graphics have taken a back seat as compared to CPU performance and power consumption. Now that we are used to graphically rich environments and workspaces, they had to really step up to stay competitive with their licensed IP. Otherwise, they were bound to fall behind and have to deal with fewer outfits licensing their graphics IP along with their CPUs. By developing the graphics portion, ARM has the potential to receive far more in royalties for every product than if they just licensed out the CPU or CPU architecture.
The T600 series were competitive in terms of overall capabilities, but most benchmarks show the Adreno and Series 6 products to be faster overall. Obviously, something needed to be done. ARM went on a rampage with the T600 design and heavily optimized it for performance, flexibility, and power consumption. The result is the new Mali-T700 series of products.
Mali-T700 Overview
ARM is today announcing two new members to the Mali family; the high end Mali-T760, and the very efficient Mali-T720. These are based on the older (but still relatively new) Mali-T600 series of products. They share many of the same architectural features, but ARM has gone through with a fine toothed comb to lower overall power consumption while improving performance and features. ARM feels that these two products are flexible enough to cover the entire spectrum of graphics performance from the entry level GPU to the premium user experience.
There are a few interesting things about ARM that many likely do not know. The common assumption is that ARM develops a basic design and then licenses it out to other companies, and those companies are responsible for the exact place and route using standard cells from their pure-play foundry of choice. This could in theory work, but it would be very inefficient and very time consuming for any partner to implement such a design. To get around this ARM works very closely with the major foundry partners and develops a standard cell and design rules that are customized to each individual process node. For example, the 28 nm HKMG nodes for GLOBALFOUNDRIES and TSMC are not identical, and so the design rules developed by ARM for each individual process are going to be different. This allows a great amount of flexibility on the part of the licensee, as well as greater overall performance and power efficiency given the different process characteristics.
It seems that the Mali-T600 series were designed with "time to market" in mind rather than extreme amounts of optimizations. In some benchmarks I have seen, the Mali products are trailing the competition in performance when looking at specific TDPs and markets. ARM has addressed this with the Mali-T700 series. These are very heavily optimized products that offer superior performance per milliwatt as compared to the previous T600 series.
Mali T6xx series had very few high-profile design wins. Most of their shipment this cycle has been from chinese SoC players . Hope that the T7xx series can be more competitive .
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"The Mali architecture is aimed at being an affordable option for those without access to their own graphics design groups (NVIDIA, Qualcomm), but competitive with others that are willing to license their IP out (Imagination Technologies)."
I think this sentence would better be :
The Mali architecture is aimed at being an affordable option for the SoC players who lack their own graphics cores like Samsung , rockchip and mediatek . It competes directly with Imagination Technologies' PowerVR graphics cores which counts Apple and Samsung among its customers.
The 622 just hit its first device (note 3). Let me know when they get a T678 in anything. I'll believe this thing is LEADING when it actually can be bought in something. :)
I think of $69 Chinese specials when I think of ARM.
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A man was critically injured Wednesday afternoon after his pickup truck was struck by a tractor-trailer on N.C. Highway 109 South at N.C. Highway 49, officials said.
A man was critically injured Wednesday afternoon after his pickup truck was struck by a tractor-trailer on N.C. Highway 109 South at N.C. Highway 49, officials said.
The driver of a pickup truck was transported by paramedics with Davidson County Emergency Services after he was involved in the accident at 12:30 p.m.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Sgt. K.G. Brown said the accident was under investigation, and the driver of the pickup truck was listed in critical condition. The sergeant said Trooper Ned Moultrie was investigating the collision, and the identities of those involved were not available. Brown said it was her understanding that the driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.
Further information from the SHP concerning the accident is expected to be released Thursday morning.
Chief Ronnie Cook of the South Davidson Volunteer Fire Department said the driver of the pickup truck, which was coming off of N.C. 49, pulled in front of the tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer was traveling south on N.C. 109, the chief said.
Cook said the man, who he explained had critical injuries and is about 60 years old, was thrown from his vehicle and tossed about 40 feet into a nearby driveway. Cook said the impact caused the man's shoes to fly off of him.
The man suffered a broken wrist and severe head injuries, Cook said. The chief said the man was conscious, and his injuries could be life-threatening. The man was lying in a driveway upon arrival of first responders.
The truck and the cab of the tractor-trailer were totaled, Cook said. The chief said the 18-wheeler jackknifed and traveled into a ditch. Cook said about five gallons of diesel fuel from the tractor-trailer spilled into a nearby creek, and a chemical spill company out of High Point responded to clean it up.
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I just returned from Canada, and brought back about 6 or 8 beautiful pieces of art: carved decoys, sculpture etc, that we will be raffling off and giving away at this Saturday's Outdoorsman's get together. We should have some beautiful paintings to go with them, maybe 20 or 30 items any outdoorsman would love to have at his den.
They will be on the Common Sense Conservation table just inside the entrance, where I will be most of the day. I don't know how many artists we will have, but Sandra McCormick will be there trying to find talented outdoor and wildlife artists, carvers and the like, so she can find paintings and carvings to exhibit and sell in her art gallery over near Bennett Springs.
I hope this becomes a great opportunity for some young artists. There is still room for anyone who wants to bring their work and a table on which to display it.
As for the swap meet people, I think we will have about forty tables where you can buy all kinds of used and new fishing and hunting gear, antiques, etc. from them. Spread the word, because we haven't had much publicity on this, and I am hoping, just through this column, to generate about 2000 visitors.
The entire thing is free to the public and free to artists and swap meet vendors alike. Call or e-mail me this week if you have questions, but actually you can find all the information you'd like on my website, www.larrydablemontoutdoors.blogspot.com
You can't imagine the number of fantastic artists and craftsmen this Ozark region has. I only recently found out that my neighbor who lives up the road a piece, Dr. Carl Huser, makes beautiful wooden bowls and vases, and I couldn't describe their beauty in words. You have to see them to imagine what they are. He'll be there this coming Saturday. Dr. Huser was a science and biology teacher at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, and my daughter Christy, who today teaches high school science and biology herself was one of his students.
We are going to have a great time this Saturday and I hope you will come. Barbecued beef and pork with all the fixin's will be served from about 10:30 to 2:30, by Richard's Hawgwild Barbecue from Aurora. The deer deboning demonstration begins at 9:30, and we still need a deer. If you see a freshly killed deer on the highway, or if you are a bowhunter who bags one and wants it deboned and cut up, call me this week, 417 777 5227.
We will be there on Friday evening to allow folks to set up, and again early Saturday morning. The place is called, "The Complex, a mile and a half east of Wal-Mart on Mt. Gilead road in Bolivar. It will open at nine and be over when everyone leaves, but we have asked everyone who is a vendor or artist to stay until at least three, so folks coming from Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma will get to see everything, even if they get there late.
As for the drawings, they will be at four p.m. on Saturday and you do not have to be there to win.
The most fascinating thing that happened to us in Canada last week was an eagle that befriended us, way out on Lake of the Woods. She was there last year, and would come up to about fifty yards, taking an occasional yellow perch we would toss to her to eat. This year she was there again, and we named her Ellie. I swear I think she remembered us from last year. My old camouflaged War-Eagle boat is easily distinguished, and I know somehow she recognized it, and us.
Each day we would bring her fish cleanings, and she would feed them to her fledglings, which were likely hatched in May. In time it was obvious she was trying to teach them, and would become quite put out at their greediness. By the second day she was following our boat everywhere we went, and she would come to within fifteen feet of us, feeding on rocks nearby as we fished and threw those perch to her.
She would come soaring in right over the top of us, less than 10 feet above us, and sit in the closest tree, twittering and chirping at us as we talked to her. I have never seen a wild eagle ever get that close to humans. Her mate was there, but he never came within 500 yards.
The young eaglets followed her around, and one evening the two of them sat on a limb not far away making more of a variety of sounds than you would think they could make. One of the sounds was exactly identical to what you would hear a quail make to reunite a scattered covey on a winter evening.
I know that eagle recognized us from last year, and she was very, very close to tame. When the annual Eagle Days events take place down here, I'll always wonder why folks just don't get outdoors and see the eagles which are so numerous now, living here most of the year and nesting here.
But eagles also nest in the west like they always did, and in Canada, where the wilderness protected them when their numbers were so few. I hope that Ellie can bring her brood to the Ozarks and visit, but I hope to see her again there on Lake of the Woods.
The fishing was good in Canada, but there were no real lunkers caught on this trip as there have been in the past. We had a big feast on walleye filets one evening, and brought back limits of walleyes, lots of crappie, a few bass and northern pike and a bunch of 10- or 12-inch yellow perch that may be the best eating of all.
Winter seemed to set in the last day, with cold northerly winds. It was wonderful to be there, but I am glad to be back, to fish and hunt turkeys the next couple of weeks or so, before winter sets in here.
My Sunday radio program will be pre-recorded, and I am hoping to have a very interesting interview with Larry Yamnitz the enforcement chief of the Missouri Department of Conservation.
On Sunday October 13, I will be speaking at the
Sac River Cowboy Church at the Livestock Marketing Center west of Springfield just off the Highway 160 bypass. There will be two services, one at 8:30 and one at 9:30 or 10. I hope I can remember what I said at the early service so I can tell the same stories at the later one. But then, I doubt anyone will come twice. If you have no place to go on Sunday, come by and I will tell you a little bit about how God has blessed you and I over the years.
If you have any questions about the Big Outdoorsman's event on Saturday October 12, just call my office, at the number given above. But first check that website given above, or www.commonsenseconservationist.org.
E-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com if I can answer that way.
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I just returned from Canada, and brought back about 6 or 8 beautiful pieces of art: carved decoys, sculpture etc, that we will be raffling off and giving away at this Saturday's Outdoorsman's get together. We should have some beautiful paintings to go with them, maybe 20 or 30 items any outdoorsman would love to have at his den.


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This is one of my family's favorite meals. My husband requests it at least once a month and always raves and raves about it. But I've been bad and have kept it a secret from my blog. Why? It's white, white, and more white. And that doesn't make for a pretty picture.
The original recipe calls for a whole stick of butter (!) and a pound of bacon (! again) but I don't think you need that much of either. I've gotten it down to 2 tablespoons of butter and 4 or 5 pieces of bacon (usually turkey but don't tell my husband!). It also calls for a cup of heavy cream and I use all of that, but I'm sure it could be scaled back.
Garlic Chicken Farfalle
16 oz. Farfalle pasta
1 c. heavy whipping cream
3-4 chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)
2 to 3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoons pepper
2 tablespoons butter
4 – 5 pieces of bacon, crumbled
1/2 c. shredded Parmesan cheese
1 (12 oz) Lawry's mesquite marinade with lime juice
Crock pot chicken and bottle of marinade on low for 6 hours. Pull marinated chicken out of the juices, allow to cool a little bit, and shred. Set this aside. About a half-hour before serving, boil the pasta. In a small saucepan, melt butter, add garlic, whipping cream, pepper, parmesan cheese, and crumbled bacon. Whisk together on low heat for 3-4 minutes. In a large bowl, pour over cooked, drained pasta, add chicken and stir through. Sprinkle a little bit more shredded parmesan cheese on top.


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If this has been talked about before, I'm sorry. I searched the site and did'nt see anything useful on buffer overflows, so I decided to write this up. I know when I first got into the field, buffer overflows were somewhat of a mystery to me. I always heard about them, but never had anyone explain it to me at a lower level. We'll here's my shot at doing just that. Hope this clears up some questions for the young security people, and opens the eyes of the sys admins.
Buffer overflows
Before I talk about the exploit stuff, let me define vulnerability There are really 2 different definitions (everyone has different opinions on this). The first definition is a product flaw that allows something to circumvent the security of that product. If something is configured well but still has a security exposure, that is something the vender needs to fix! The other definition is Anything that offers the potential attack of a system. These are things like misconfigured systems, weak pws, permitting Net BIOS traffic from untrusted networks, using outdated systems with no user authentication (Win 95,98, Mac OS 6, ect..) and so on. Most vulnerabilities once made public are assigned a number and posted on the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database at http://cve.mitre.org
The exploit is something leveraging our first definition of a vulnerability against a system. One of the ways to do this is using a method call a buffer overflow. Just because a system has a vulnerability, that doesnt mean it has been exploited yet. The CVE just lists vulnerabilities, and will say if there is a proof of concept or an actual working exploit, but they do not provide detail. Securityfocus.com hosts the Bugtraq mailing list which provides exploit details for vulnerabilities that have exploits.
What you can do with a buffer overflow
You can make a program crash, or the entire system. You can use the overflow to execute specific instructions using the system privileges of that program. Once in you can always easily escalate your privileges.
How vulnerable programs are exploited by a buffer overflow attack:
Usually the main part of the payload of buffer overflow exploit is shell code, but some attacks simply overwrite variables. A classic buffer overflow attack changes return address to point into shell code. The exploit overwrites return address and therefore EIP, then EIP is made to point back into exploit shell code. The return address can be pointed into a system library and load system routines. Most buffer overflows are stack based, the shell code is limited by the size of the stack. As an alternative, overflowing heap-based buffers allows more space for complex shell code.
Not all buffer overflow vulnerabilities are equally exploitable. For instance buffers can be too small to hold usefull shell code, or too far away from a useable return address. Another possible limitation is the shell code. Shell code is processor specific. An exploit that may work on an Intel processor might crash a Sparc station. The actual discovery of a buffer overflow vulnerability will require a varying level of effort. Here are a few methods: Source code analysis reverse engineering product into assembly instructions good ol brute force using a debugger to watch the programs behavior.
OSs (insert M$ bashing here J)
I said shell code was processor specific, well it is also OS specific. Windows exploits have the Windows application program interface available. Unix makes use of different functions. The big challenge here is finding the buffers location on the stack and there are huge differences between Unix kernels. Also in Unix, shell code is usually padded with machine code no operations. Windows stack offsets however are consistent (Thanks Bill). This makes writing exploits a bit easier.
Finding Exploits
Some successful exploits like the ones developed by specific organizations or purposes remain private. Other exploits have become publicly available. Thats usually when the person who found it is so proud they want credit, or when someone is up mad that patches havent been created or applied. Some exploits require you to have a bit of skill. You have to compile and run exploits for most unix systems and usually the user must discover and enter the buffers stack offset. Other exploits are written and packaged nicely for the average 13 year old to run. This is especially true for Windows systems. They can be easily run by any script kiddie.
How to prevent a buffer overflow exploit
Close your eyes, cross your fingers and pray that the vender releases a patch. Once released, apply immediately!! You can modify the kernal to make the stack executable. This wont stop heap based attacks and some legit programs might crash. You could also use application shims that intercept system calls (like eEyes SecureIIS). Or just practice using a more secure programming language like Java, ML, Hope or Lisp.
I love comments, bad or good, so fire away. (just to make it clear, I did provide a solution)


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I. In Focus This Week
Data Dispatches
Exploring the Census' Voting & Registration Supplement
Consistent, reliable, and publicly available election data can be hard to come by. That's why it's important to highlight data sources that break the mold and inform the way we conduct elections.
A noteworthy data source is the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS). Both the availability of the data and its longevity make it an invaluable resource for journalists, academics, and the public who wish to study a wide variety of economic and public policy issues.
The CPS provides rich demographic data on issues ranging from unemployment to school enrollment statistics. However, one feature of the CPS that is especially relevant to studying election administration and policy is its Voting and Registration Supplement (VRS).
The VRS is now a multi-decade study about the participation of citizens in elections, conducted immediately following each biennial federal election. Since 1964, Americans have been asked questions like how they register, what modes they use to vote (by mail or in person), and why non-voters fail to participate. In short, the VRS has a wealth of information that helps us understand some basic facts about voting and the problems potential voters encounter when they go to the polls or register.
The Census Bureau recently released the VRS data from the 2010 midterm election. While it appears there will not be a written report, the data are available now for those who wish to catch a glimpse at what the electorate looked like in 2010, and at the barriers faced by some who were unable to vote.
In one interesting highlight, the latest data shows voters continuing their long-term trend toward favoring non-precinct place voting alternatives. In 2010, 18.2 percent of respondents reported they voted absentee or by mail, 8.4 percent voted early in-person, and 73.4 percent voted on Election Day. This compares with the last midterm election in 2006, when 13.8 percent reported voting by mail, 5.8 percent early, and 80.4 percent on Election Day.
Because of the large sample size of the VRS (56,000 households, which yielded 44,802 individuals who stated they voted in 2010) and the nationwide scope of the study, it is possible to break down the data at the state level and ascertain where the fastest changes are occurring in where voters vote.
When we do that, we see that growth in the use of the mail to return ballots, compared to 2006, exceeded 10 percentage points in six states, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Washington, Arizona, and Ohio; in-person early voting grew by more than 10 percentage points in North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, and Georgia.
In addition to midterm elections, we can also assess claims made across consecutive election cycles. While recent political developments (Barack Obama's election in 2008 and the rise of the Tea Party movement in 2010) have focused attention on the racial composition of the electorate, the VRS gives us the best access to data to track these trends over time.
Using estimates derived from the VRS, we see that the racial composition of the electorate in 2010 was similar to that of 2008 — 77.5 percent non-Hispanic white in 2010, compared to 76.3 percent in 2008; 11.4 percent African American compared to 12.1 percent; and 6.9 percent Hispanic compared to 7.4 percent.
There are cautions to the use of the VRS data, however; most notably, it is based on a survey, and respondents to surveys tend to over-report voting. Interestingly enough, however, recent research by the Census Bureau shows that the VRS over-reports turnout in some states and under-reports it in others. This means that on the whole, the VRS turnout estimates appear to be less prone to over-reporting bias than other large national surveys that explore voting. In addition, there is a margin-of-error with all the estimates produced by the VRS. The regular written reports on the VRS data have discussions of standard errors in the use of the estimates.
Finally, the raw data are available through the Census Bureau's DataFerrett service. For those comfortable downloading government datasets, DataFerrett is capable of extracting the dozens of variables associated with the VRS study and exporting it in a variety of formats that are compatible with spreadsheet and statistical software. It is also possible to use DataFerrett to produce simple tables of frequencies and relationships.
The implications of data like the VRS and interactive government tools like DataFerret are clear: whether you're an academic, election official, or simply an engaged citizen, the data for assessing elections can be right at your fingertips.
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Last week I wrote a set of Advanced SSIS Interview Questions. Here are the answers I came up for these. Of course you may have some variation of what I have and I would love to hear how you would answer these. Feel free to email me how you would answer them.
I'll skip the demonstrate/whiteboard part of the questions.
1. Demonstrate or whiteboard how you would suggest using configuration files in packages. Would you consider it a best practice to create a configuration file for each connection manager or one for the entire package?
There should be a single configuration file for each connection manager in your packages that stores their connection string information. So if you have 6 connection managers then you have 6 config files. You can use the same config file across all your packages that use the same connections.
If you have a single config file that stores all your connection managers then all your packages must have contain the connection managers that are stored in that config file. This means you may have to put connection managers in your package that you don't even need.
2. Demonstrate or whiteboard how checkpoints work in a package.
When checkpoints are enabled on a package if the package fails it will save the point at which the package fails. This way you can correct the problem then rerun from the point that it failed instead of rerunning the entire package. The obvious benefit to this is if you load a million record file just before the package fails you don't have to load it again.
3. Demonstrate or whiteboard using a loop in a package so each file in a directory with the .txt extension is loaded into a table. Before demonstrating this tell which task/container accomplishes this and which enumerator will be used. (Big hint on which task/container to use is that it requires and enumerator)
This would require a Foreach Loop using the Foreach File Enumerator. Inside the Foreach Loop Editor you need to set a variable to store the directory of the files that will be looped through. Next select the connection manager used to load the files and add an expression to the connection string property that uses the variable created in the Foreach Loop.
- Demonstrate or whiteboard how transactions work in a package.
If transactions are enabled on your package and tasks then when the package fails it will rollback everything that occurred during the package. First make sure MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator) is enabled in the Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Component Services. Transactions must be enabled not only on the package level but also on each task you want included as part of the transaction. To have the entire package in a transaction set TransactionOption at the package level to Required and each task to Supported.
- If you have a package that runs fine in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) but fails when running from a SQL Agent Job what would be your first guess on what the problem is?
The account that runs SQL Agent Jobs likely doesn't have the needed permissions for one of the connections in your package. Either elevate the account permissions or create a proxy account.
To create a proxy account you need to first create new credentials with the appropriate permissions. Next assign those credentials to a proxy account. When you run the job now you will select Run As the newly created proxy account.
- What techniques would you consider to add auditing to your packages? You're required to log when a package fails and how many rows were extracted and loaded in your sources and destinations.
I like to create a database that is designated for package auditing. Track row counts coming from a source and which actually make it to a destination. Row counts and package execution should be all in one location and then optionally report off that database.
There are also third party tools that can accomplish this for you (Pragmatic Works BI xPress).
- What techniques would you consider to add notification to your packages? You're required to send emails to essential staff members immediately after a package fails.
This could either be set in the SQL Agent when the package runs or actually inside the package you could add a Send Mail Task in the Event Handlers to notify when a package fails.
There are also third party tools that can accomplish this for you (Pragmatic Works BI xPress).
- Demonstrate or whiteboard techniques you would use to for CDC (Change Data Capture)? Tell how you would write a package that loads data but first detects if the data already exists, exists but has changes, or is brand new data for a destination.
If for some reason you've avoided using a whiteboard to show your ideas to this point then make sure you start on this question! For small amounts of data I may use the Slowly Changing Dimension.
More often than not the data is too large to use in such a slow transform. I prefer to do a lookup on the key of the target table and rows that don't match are obviously new rows that can be inserted. If they do match it's possible they are updates or duplicates. Determine this by using a conditional split comparing rows from the target to incoming rows. Send updates to a staging table that can then be updated in an Execute SQL Task.
Explain that putting updates in a staging table instead of updating using the OLE DB Command is much better for performance because the Execute SQL Task performs a bulk operation.
- Explain what breakpoints are and how you would use them.
Breakpoints put pauses in your package. It's a great tool for debugging a package because you can place a breakpoint on a task and it will pause the package based on execution events.
A reason in which I have used breakpoints is when I have a looping container and I want to see how my variables are changed by the loop. I would place a watch window on the package and type the variable name in. Set a break point on the container the stop after each iteration of the loop.


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The Natural History Museum of Utah is governed by the Board of Regents. A group of community volunteers are elected to serve on the Museum's Board of Advisors, providing advice on and support for key issues while advancing the Museum's mission.
NHMU Board of Advisors
Randy Dryer, S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney School of Law
Vice President
Bing Fang, AMT Labs, Inc. (retired)
Peggy Hunt, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Past President
Curt Crowther, Serta Mattress of Salt Lake
Senator Stuart Adams, The Adams Company
Kim Casaday, Larry H. Miller Management Corporation
Mary Ann Ellis Cassell, Civic Volunteer
Max Chang, American Estate Management Corporation
David Clark, Zions Bank (retired)
Stephen E. Denkers, Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation
Lisa Eccles, U of U Board of Trustees
Erik Erlingsson, MD, Janet Q. Lawson Foundation
Muffy Mead-Ferro, CEO, Nush Foods
Diana Garcia, Ad Media Solution
Sarah B. George, Ph.D., NHMU Executive Director
Keith Griffall, Western Leisure Tours
Victoria Hodgkins, Civic Volunteer
Rick Kay, Sweet Candy Co.
Pete Meldrum, Meldrum Foundation
Wood Moyle, R. Harold Burton Foundation
Heidi Redd, Indian Creek Cattle Company
Piper Rhodes, Rio Tinto | Kennecott
Paula Swaner Sargetakis, Frog Bench Farms
Susan Speer, Zions Bank (retired)
Stephen Swindle, Fabian Van Cott
Pete van der Have, Weber State University
John West, Cottonwood Partners
Bill Wirthlin, American Title (retired)
|Ex-Officio Members
Ruth Watkins, Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Utah
Jeanette Bonnell, NHMU Volunteer President


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Attorneys representing ousted City of Orange Police Captain Robert Arnold have requested more time to provide a Houston District Court with information as to why the former public servant should be entitled another arbitration hearing in an effort to get his job back using an arbitrator whose prior ruling in the matter was overturned by a judge earlier this year.
The Orange City Council approved a three-year extension to the city's contract with Acadian Ambulance Service and discussed pending litigation regarding former Orange Police Captain Robert Arnold at its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 22.
Visiting Judge Elizabeth Ray has thrown out an arbitrator's ruling that instructed the city of Orange to reinstate ousted Orange Police Captain Robert Arnold, who was relieved of his civil service duties after fatally shooting an unarmed Marine veteran July 26, 2010.
More than two years have passed since 28-year-old Marine veteran James Whitehead was fatally shot outside an Orange auto parts store by off-duty police Captain Robert Arnold, but the legal battles surrounding the homicide are far from over.
Editor's Note: The Examiner has obtained a copy of the 38-page document filed by Orange Police Chief Sam Kittrell outlining the findings of his internal investigation into the shooting death of James Whitehead, a decorated U.S. Marine by off-duty police captain Robert Arnold, following a verbal disturbance. Kittrell's report has been reprinted in its entirety in order to provide readers with an accurate sense of what occurred on the day the unarmed man was killed.
While we harbor no disrespect for the Wall Street Journal who called us "that scrappy little paper from Southeast Texas," we prefer to think of ourselves as simple seekers of the truth. We're of the opinion that headlines and sound bites never tell the whole story. Our readers demand all the facts, facets and flavors of every story or event. And, they expect to be informed, educated and stirred to action.
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William and Mary cornerback B.W. Webb, who grew up in Newport News, is practicing each day against top-notch receivers before Saturday's 4 p.m. Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
At least a couple of writers at practice have called the Warwick High graduate's play impressive. He has earned All-America honors in the Football Championship Subdivision.
A pair of Richmond-area prep standouts have committed to Norfolk State, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
One, L.C. Bird defensive lineman Jay Anderson (6-foot-3, 205 pounds), had three sacks in the state Division 6 final, which his team won.
The other, Hanover wide receiver/defensive back Donte Haynesworth (6-0, 170), had 39 catches for 676 yards and seven touchdowns, plus six interceptions. He was named a second-team All-Metro defensive back by the Times-Dispatch.


text: Richard Mazuch is a director of design research and innovation at Nightingale Associates. He has 33 years of healthcare experience in both the private and public sector, in Britain and overseas. Currently leading various research projects relating to optimum healing and learning environments, he has also worked alongside the NHS, Department of Health, Prince's Foundation, the Government Treasury Task Force and King's Fund.


text: Digital ad spending to grow 14% this year Published on June 11, 2013. New York—U.S. digital ad spending will reach $41.9 billion this year, up 14.0% over last year, according to a new forecast from eMarketer. Of that, $34.3 billion will be on desktop digital advertising and $7.6 billion on mobile advertising, eMarketer projected. By 2015, desktop digital ad spending will peak at $35.3 billion, then decline to $34.4 billion in 2016 as mobile spending increases, according to the report. eMarketer projected that mobile ad spending will reach $16.7 billion in 2015, growing to $22.2 billion in 2016. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Here are a few common things to check before scheduling your service call.
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We ensure that all Air Conditioning and AC repair services are done right the first time using the industry's best practices. We are prepared to handle many Plano ac repairs on the spot including:
The air conditioning is coming on and the vents are blowing air but the air is not cold... What causes this?
This is probably one of the most frequently asked questions about air conditioning and ac repairs. This question also has one of the largest range of possible ac repairs. However if you do know that you have air blowing out of all your vents and it is simply not cold then the first place to start is out side at your air conditioner or heat pump.
1.Make sure you do not have a tripped breaker for your ac. If you do then call a service professional. If your breakers are good then see if the fan is spinning on the top of your air conditioning unit.
If the fan is not spinning you possibly have a bad fan motor, capacitor, or both.
2. If the fan is spinning then reach down and hold the larger of the two copper lines (usually wrapped in black insulation) and see if the line is cold.
If the line is not cold the air conditioning system could be low on freon, or have a bad compressor, or have a bad capacitor, or a combination of these.
I changed out my thermostat recently and now my air conditioning doesn't come on... Do I need an ac repair?
In many cases if you have already tried changing out the thermostat it may not be necessary to call a service professional for an ac repair. Simply double check your wiring and ensure that all your connections are tight and that you correctly followed the instructions.
If during the installation the main power was not turned off you may have blown a control fuse. As long as the wiring has been corrected and and you feel comfortable opening up the furnace or air handler panels then changing the fuse is a simple solution.
1. Ensure all power to the unit at the breaker box is off. Find the control fuse (usually mounted on the control board inside the furnace or air handler control panel). DO NOT OVER SIZE THE FUSE! If you have a 3amp fuse go back with a 3amp fuse.
2. After replacing the fuse close all the panels and turn back on the power and you should be good to go.
If your control fuse blows again you could possibly still have miss wired the thermostat or have a short circuit in the control wiring and may need an ac repair. It maybe best to call a professional at this point before futher damage to the air conditioning system occurs.
I have noticed water dripping outside from a pipe... Is this a problem with my air conditioning?
This is usually a very common problem that begins with your ac condensate drain lines from your evaporator coil located in the unit that is inside your home either in a hall closet or attic. When you use your air conditioning system the ac evaporator coil creates condensation. This condensation should drain through the normal plumbing of your home. The draining outside of your home is a secondary drain line that lets you know that a problem with your primary drain line has occured.
Usually the only ac repair needed is the primary drain lines being cleared. It may also be a good idea to install a drain line flush kit.
Ignoring this type of problem can cause serious damage to your home. If the problem persists it could lead to damaging flooding to your cieling or flooring.
My system is not cooling and I noticed a bunch of ice on the outside air conditioner... What is happening?
There are two main ac repairs that account for this problem 90% of the time. Your air conditioning system will usually freeze if there is...
1. A restriction in air flow (usually casued by dirty air filter, dirty evaporator coil, or even a blocked return duct).
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2. Low freon.
The first step of your ac repair is to allow your entire system to defrost which could take 3-8 hours. If the filter is dirty than replace it and you may have taken care of your problem. If you are using cheap filters that look like dental floss and you can see through then STOP! Buy some decent filters. If you have been buying the cheap ones then you may need to have your evaporator coil cleaned as well.
It is very important not to always assume your low on freon. You should have freon checked annually by a professional.


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Professional Fundraiser Arraigned for Stealing Over $370,000 From Worcester Catholic School
School undertook multi-million dollar expansion based on fundraiser's fraudulent promise of anonymous donation
"Our office alleges that Mr. Hlady accepted numerous payments from Venerini Academy for fundraising services, given by the school to Mr. Hlady based upon the erroneous belief that an anonymous donor cultivated by him would be donating millions of dollars to the school," said Attorney General Coakley. "As a result of this deception, Venerini undertook a multi-million dollar expansion project and was left without the capital funds to pay for the project."
Venerini Academy is a private Catholic school in Worcester that offers education for children in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. School administrators have been cooperative with the Attorney General's Office during this investigation.
In August 2008, Venerini hired Hlady and his company, KAM Fundraising, Inc. of Greenville, Rhode Island, to assist the school in raising funds for a planned $3 million expansion.
According to authorities, in late 2008, Hlady informed school officials that he had contacted a prospective donor who contributed regularly to educational and other charitable organizations through his foundation, and that the donor wanted to contribute millions of dollars to the school for its planned expansion. Over a period of months from the summer of 2008, into 2010, Hlady allegedly indicated to school personnel on multiple occasions that the prospective donor was planning to contribute anywhere from $3 million to as much as $14 million to the school.
Hlady allegedly represented to the school personnel that the prospective donor was living out of state at the time. During this time period in 2008, an individual who the school personnel believed to be the prospective donor, known as "Arthur," called them on multiple occasions, and during these conversations, told the school that Hlady was "doing a good job" on their behalf, and specified the amount that the school should pay Hlady for his services. Based on these conversations, beginning in September 2008, the school made numerous payments by check to Hlady for his services. From September 2008 through February 2010, Venerini paid Hlady approximately $370,000 for his services.
In April 2009, based on assurances from Hlady that the donation from the prospective donor was forthcoming, Venerini retained a local construction company to be the general contractor for the planned expansion project. On three occasions, in April, May and September of 2009, Hlady arranged for two school officials to travel to Florida to meet with the prospective donor to discuss the donation, however, once they arrived in Florida, Hlady allegedly told them the donor was not available, and they returned home without meeting with him.
In June 2009, despite the fact that Venerini had yet to receive any funds from the prospective donor, demolition and construction of the expansion began, and over a dozen sub-contractors were hired to work on the project. By September 2009, the total cost of the demolition and construction was slightly under $3 million, and the construction company had not received payment for a substantial amount of work performed and billed. As a result, the construction company suspended work on the project.
In December 2009, the matter was referred to the Attorney General's Office for investigation by Worcester authorities. At this time, Venerini has not received any funds from the prospective donor, and no further work has been done on the expansion. During the course of its three-month investigation, the Attorney General's Office found that there was no prospective donor offering a large donation to the school. Authorities allege that Hlady fabricated the supposed donor in order to steal funds from the school in the form of payment for his services. Authorities believe that the individual who spoke on the phone to school officials on multiple occasions masquerading as the donor was either a co-conspirator of Hlady, or Hlady himself. Over the course of his relationship with the school, authorities alleged that Hlady was paid over $370,000 in fees for fundraising services when he in fact did not raise any funds for the school. Based on their investigation, authorities believe that Hlady used the funds that he received from this scheme on such personal expenses as travel, gambling and other adult entertainment.
Hlady was arrested without incident yesterday at his home in Greenville, Rhode Island, by the Rhode Island State Police with the assistance of the Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Attorney General's Office. This morning, Hlady was arraigned as a fugitive from justice in District Court in Providence, Rhode Island, at which time he waived rendition.
Hlady was transported to Massachusetts this afternoon for arraignment in Worcester District Court. Hlady pled not guilty and was ordered held on $250,000 bail. He is due back in Worcester District Court on April 29, 2010, for a pretrial conference.
The investigation remains ongoing at this time. This case is being handled by Assistant Attorney General James O'Brien, Chief of Attorney General Coakley's Corruption and Fraud Division, and Assistant Attorney General Lee Hettinger, of Attorney General Coakley's Central Massachusetts Regional Office. It was investigated by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Attorney General's Office, with the assistance of investigators Paul Stewart and James McFadden. The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office and Rhode Island State Police also assisted in the investigation.


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This Saturday will be a big week in the Legends Division Big 10 Conference football race.
This Saturday will be a big week in the Legends Division Big 10 Conference football race.
Nebraska, coming off its blow out loss at Ohio State, will look to stem the tide at Northwestern, a team that beat the Huskers last year in Lincoln.
The Huskers control their own destiny and could win their way to an appearance at the Big 10 title game in December, but tests loom at home against Michigan and at Michigan State in the next two weeks. Should Nebraska stumble against Northwestern, it could set up some rather disasterous circumstances for the Huskers.
Iowa goes into Saturday riding the momentum of Coach Kirk Ferentz's 100th win at Iowa, an overtime triumph over Michigan State. The Hawkeyes could keep pace with Michigan as a top team in the division by winning a prime time home match up with Penn State.
Michigan plays at home against Michigan State. Big ovations were reported last week at Ann Arbor when the Iowa-Michigan State score was announced. The Wolverines are hoping to end a five-year drought against Michigan State and keep pace with Iowa at the top of the division.
Due to NCAA sanctions, the race in the Leaders Division is less than scintillating. Wisconsin is the leader by default, despite trailing conference unbeatens Ohio State and Penn State. The Badgers have a 2-1 conference record. Purdue, Illinois and Indiana have a combined record of 0-8 in league play.
Outside of the Big 10, an intriguing match up to watch figures to be Kansas State at West Virgina. The Mountaineers beat Texas at Austin and were thought to be a conference front runner until last week's blow out loss to Texas Tech. The Wildcats are unbeaten and ranked in the top five, but are coming off a bit of a scare at Ames last weekend against Iowa State.


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text: Student Profiles Mara K. Gandal Mara K. Gandal Why did you come to Bowdoin College ? I actually applied to a very wide variety of schools, since I didn't know what I wanted in a college by December of my senior year of high school. The graduating class at my high school was only 80 people, and by April of my senior year I realized I didn't just want to be known as a student ID number at my college, so Bowdoin's size was perfect. Also, I spent a weekend up here in early November and knew that I loved the campus, and all the people I had met were incredibly nice. Why did you decide on your major ? I've had an interest in women's rights and women's issues for a long time, and I was exposed to some of these ideas in my middle and high school experience (since I attended an all-girls school), but I came to Bowdoin planning on majoring in math or perhaps one of the sciences. I ended up in Women's Studies 101 with Professor Melinda Plastas my first semeseter and loved it. I then took Women in Religion with Professor Elizabeth Pritchard in my second semester and figured out that I enjoyed the theoretical side of feminism so much that I would have to take more classes. Women's Studies has turned out to be what I view as the epitome of the liberal arts experience. There are three core classes to the major (101, Feminist Theory, and the Capstone Seminar) but beyond these, you can take courses in just about every department which count towards the major. While each class has had different aspects of women's issues and feminist theory tied into them, as a whole they touch on a wide variety of issues that has given me a greater understanding of the world, as opposed to just viewing it from the viewpoint of one department alone. I've taken courses in the departments of Religion, History, Africana Studies, Dance, Russian, and Film Studies as well as courses within the major dealing with socialism, capitalism, and consumer culture. It's been very rewarding. What's the best class you've ever taken at Bowdoin ? I took Race, Gender, and Prisons with Professor Micol Seigel during the second semester of my sophomore year. The class had a very wide variety of students in it, which led to interesting discussions. The major task of the course was designing and creating a social activism project based upon the theory we were reading in class. We were supposed to envision a world without walls, a world without prisons. I worked with two other students who were incredibly passionate about the project and the issues in a guerilla theatre group. Essentially, we created and acted out scenarios over the course of the semester to raise Bowdoin's awareness of the issues surrounding crime, policing, and prisons. As a skit, we arrested people in the Dining Hall (I got mock arrested for possesion at a crowded night at Jack Magee's Pub), had a mock trial in the Union, and built a real-sized prison cell out of 2x4's and chicken wire, complete with a toilet, and put it in the middle of the Union for a week. We had one student sitting in the cell and another on guard for an entire week to really get the message across about what prison does to people, especially how it is dehumanizing rather than rehabilitative. This course opened me up to the world of radical activism which is incredibly exciting to be a part of. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? I'm chair of Bowdoin Women's Association (BWA) this year and I've been active in the group since my sophomore year. BWA is a great environment for any student to come and discuss issues about gender, either on campus or anywhere in the world. I've met some of the greatest people I've known at Bowdoin through BWA. We're all interested in taking action to facilitate gender equity and raise awareness. A lot of what we do deals with women's reproductive health and reproductive rights, and I'm looking forward to going to D.C. this Arpil to take part in the March for Freedom of Choice with a group from BWA. We also do tabling in the Union, bring speakers to campus, and lots of our other activites which make being part of BWA a fun, rewarding, and stimulating experience. One of the other more important parts of my life is my Jewish identity. I've been a member of Bowdoin Hillel (formerly Bowdoin Jewish Organization) since my freshman year. Hillel has been a great way for me to meet other Jewish students on campus with similar interests. Our holiday celebrations are always a blast (especially the Purim parties). The thing I appreciate most about Hillel is the community it provides at holiday time. Since flying home for every holiday is not an option for me, the way Hillel has brought High Holiday services onto campus and organized celebratory meals for anyone who wants to participate has helped me to maintain my Jewish identity while in Maine. What's your best Bowdoin memory? Last spring break I went to Spain with a group of my Bowdoin friends. We spent three nights with my roommate's family in Madrid (imagine 7 girls and 2 parents in a 2 bedroom apartment!), and then I traveled to Barcelona with my roommate Karen to meet up with our friend Margaret who had been studying in Scotland. Even all the way in Barcelona, Spain, we ran into tons of Bowdoin people! Seeing all the sights of Barcelona with some of the people I'm closest with was great. In terms of things at Bowdoin itself, I'd say some of the best times I've had were when I lived out at Mayflower Apartments my sophomore year. Having such a nice apartment is a real luxury (as is most of Bowdoin housing), but living in Mayflower meant we were in a real neighborhood. We had trick or treaters on Halloween, built snow-people in our front yard, and had barbeques in the spring. Bowdoin housing is rediculously good when compared to most colleges and makes having great times with great people even easier. What's your strangest or funniest experience while at Bowdoin? I think my first day at Bowdoin was probably the most bizarre thing that has ever happened to me here. I got back from my pre-orientation trip and was disgusted from being in the woods for three days, and we were meeting people all these people and rushing to dinner. It was craziness. The most vivid memory I have of it, though, is sitting in Pickard Theater with our entire class and there was a panel on stage from the Residential Life Staff. At this point I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by the whole experience and wanted to get back to my room to get settled. I think most people were feeling the same way. After the presentation, the panel asked for questions. Only two people in the entire theater raised their hands with questions. These two people were my roommates: Faye and Marie Jo. They had two of the weirdest questions anyone could imagine. One of them wanted to know the bus schedule to Boston and the other wanted to know when the Patagonia sale was because she thought she might need a Gore-tex jacket for the winter. I freaked out! These were the girls I was supposed to live with for the next nine months?!?! I was nervous about the idea of being at college, and here they were asking these questions in front of the whole grade! Needless to say, things worked out fine and living with Faye and Marie Jo helped make me a bit more outgoing myself. Living with them freshman year was an experience that can only be described by the fact that we had a pink microwave that dinged like an egg timer, a tv with an eight inch screen, and Eeyores everywhere! Have you done any independent study/honors projects? Right now, I'm working on an honors project that focuses on feminist film theory and youth films from the 1980's. I thought of this project after taking Gender Film and Consumer Culture last spring with Professor Jen Scanlon. I wrote a paper about how masculinity appears in the 1987 film "Can't Buy Me Love" and the idea sprung from there. There's a lot of new research out there about youth studies which I find fascinating. I've spent a lot of time this fall reading feminist film theory from the last thirty years and screening films to decide what I'm going to include. The negative ways women are depicted on screen is something many people can relate to, and I will write about this, but I'm also interested in exploring the image of masculinity on screen. Perhaps the most important aspect of the project is that it is about teenagers-- this is a time when people are still developing their gender identity and sexual identity. It is a time when a lot of exploration and questioning goes on, as well as a time with a lot of outside pressures to conform. I'm thinking about how these pressures are made apparent in film, and if the films themselves are part of this pressure. Have you studied away during your time at Bowdoin? I seriously considered spending time abroad, but decided against it. Being here all last year gave me the opportunity to get more involved in the extra-curriculars I'm in, especially Bowdoin Women's Association. It also was really great to get to see (and live with!) all my friends over the course of the year. What are your plans for after graduation? I'm really unsure about my plans. I know I'm not going straight to graduate school. I'm hoping to get a job in either Boston or D.C. Recently, I've been thinking about eventually going to law school, perhaps even one of the four-year programs where you can get a joint degree in law and a masters in social work. Things are still very up in the air though, which I'm fine with. Is there anything else about Bowdoin or your experiences here that you would want prospective students to know? People always wonder how I can go to school in a small town in Maine, but I think, when else am I going to get to do this? Graduate schools are in cities, I'll probably live in a city or its immediate surroundings for the rest of my life, so Maine it is! In any case, Brunswick really isn't all that small either in terms of Maine towns, or even the towns other small, New England colleges are in. I think it's definitely better than other colleges in terms of size, and plus we have both the mountains and the ocean within driving distance of Brunswick. It couldn't be better situated! Story posted on November 25, 2003 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Early Turn Notification Program
An "early turn" occurs when an aircraft on a westerly departure from any of the four LAX runways initiates a turn prior to reaching the shoreline that results in the aircraft flying over the community to either the north or south of the airport.
To minimize noise in residential communities along the north and south airport boundaries, pilots of all aircraft departing toward the west (over the ocean) shall fly straight until they are past the shoreline before beginning any turns, unless specifically instructed otherwise by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control. The FAA has the authority to instruct pilots to turn early to ensure the safe operation of the aircraft.
LAWA regularly monitors all early turns; and for those turning over El Segundo or the Playa del Rey/Westchester communities, LAWA uses recordings of communications between pilots and air traffic controllers to determine who initiated the early turns. LAWA issues notification letters, with supporting graphics, to aircraft operators that deviated from this procedure and requests that they investigate those early turns not initiated by the FAA and respond to LAWA with an explanation of why the incident occurred and what efforts will be made to improve compliance with this policy. LAWA also communicates regularly with the FAA related to this procedure to ensure that they refrain from instructing pilots to turn early whenever possible.
Each month LAWA generates a summary report of aircraft operations that resulted in early turns over the noise sensitive communities to the north and south of the airport, as listed below. These reports also indicate which early turns over El Segundo or Playa del Rey/Westchester were pilot initiated, FAA initiated, or were caused by wind drift.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Affairs Department is hoping the installation of a new computer system will eliminate the growing backlog of disability claims, but when officials showed the new program off to congressional staff last week, it didn't work. That example as well as the ever-growing number of backlogged claims led lawmakers to question the VA Wednesday about whether it can realistically meet its 2015 target of ending the backlog entirely.
Lawmakers on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee said they were tired of hearing about the longstanding problem.
"We need to know if we're on the right path," said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. "Right now, we're just treading water."
Veterans receive monthly payments for injuries or diseases incurred or made worse as a result of their military service. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have spurred an increase in the number of claims coming to the VA, and the complexity of the claims has increased as well. The number of veterans claiming eight or more injuries jumping by more than 200 percent in the past decade.
The number of claims considered backlogged, pending more than 125 days, has jumped from 180,000 to 600,000 over the past 3 1/2 years.
The top Republican on the committee, Sen. Richard Burr, brought up last week's failed demonstration project. VA officials said the computer program was run in a "lower-level environment" not at the production level where claims were actually processed. Burr made clear he wasn't buying the VA's claim of progress.
"Wonderful testimony. It almost makes me embarrassed to ask questions that deal with facts," Burr said.
VA Undersecretary Allison Hickey emphasized that the VA was processing more claims than ever — more than 4.1 million over the past four years. She said that the agency made it easier for Vietnam veterans to get benefits for conditions related to Agent Orange, for Gulf War veterans to get benefits for conditions related to Gulf War illness, and for veterans of all wars to get benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder.
"While the decision was absolutely the right thing to do, it had an impact on our ability to keep up with the new claims coming in, and on the aging of claims we had already received," Hickey said.
Hickey said that the VA has rolled out its computer program to 20 disability claims processing offices and that a full rollout will have occurred by the end of the year.
Veterans groups seemed more optimistic than many lawmakers that VA is on the right track. Joseph Violante, national legislative director for the advocacy group, Disabled American Veterans, said the VA has set the right goals and that it has committed leadership.
"It's still too soon to judge whether the transformation will be successful," he said.


text: Student Profiles Ryan Gillia Ryan Gillia Hometown: Honolulu, Hawai'i Major: English Major; Asian Studies Minor Why did you come to Bowdoin? When searching for a college, I knew that I wanted to go somewhere that offered a strong liberal arts education and was located on the East Coast. Bowdoin fit those criteria! And, this may seem weird to some of you, but the College's close proximity to water was another critical deciding factor: Being from a tiny island in the Pacific, I just couldn't imagine being landlocked! One of my favorite pastimes is fishing off the shores of Hawai'i, and though the beaches of Maine are quite different from those of Hawai'i, for me there is something comforting about being near the ocean. Why did you decide on your major? As far back into my childhood as I can remember, I have always had a fascination with books. My parents have tons of pictures of me smiling contently while being read to as a baby. I came to Bowdoin intending to major in English, and though I considered many other fields before settling on English, I guess my love for literature was just too strong! Furthermore, English is such a broad discipline that allows you to delve into so many other fields, including history, politics, psychology, and sociology. When studying literature, there's really no telling what you might encounter! What's the best class you've ever taken at Bowdoin Hmmm, I've taken such a wide variety of courses—from theater to philosophy, Chinese to biology—and they've all contributed to who I am in some way or another, so it's difficult to narrow it down. One class in particular with Takeyoshi Nishiuchi in Japanese titled Medieval Japanese Philosophy, Aesthetics and Rhetoric has forever changed the way I conceptualize the world around me, and the way that I interact within it. Professor Nishiuchi is absolutely wonderful, and though the subject matter he teaches is serious stuff, he's a pretty funny guy at heart. Professor Aviva Briefel's Introduction to Narrative, and visiting Professor Susan Burgraff's Infant and Child Development are two classes that were truly rewarding, as well. I especially enjoyed volunteering at the Bowdoin Children's Center and working with toddlers while studying about child psychology. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? For all four years of my collegiate career I have been a member of the Bowdoin Men's Cross Country team, and have been known to many as, "G-Man." I've been running competitively since middle school, and training and competing in Maine and throughout the East Coast has only furthered my love of the sport. Running "nice 12 milers" in the fall amidst the falling leaves while taking in the natural beauty of the Maine wilderness is something I will never forget. I have also enjoyed traveling throughout New England to run at places like Franklin Park in Boston for the Open New England Championships. Go BBXC! Upon arriving at Bowdoin four years ago, I really wanted to share Hawaiian culture and the Aloha Spirit with others, so I founded the Bowdoin Hawai'i Ohana (ohana means "family" in Hawaiian). As the leader of the Hawai'i Club I have worked with other cultural groups on campus to spread cultural awareness and appreciation, and have also made some wonderful friends in Residential Life, Dining Services, Student Activities, and the Admissions Office while working on community outreach programs. During my time at Bowdoin I have nurtured the Hawai'i Club from a small organization that held our first Luau in Moulton, to a organization that holds numerous cultural events each year and is recognizable not only on campus, but in the Brunswick community (and beyond!), as well. I have also been a member of the ResLife staff, and worked as a tutor in local elementary schools for the America Reads program. What's your best Bowdoin memory? Definitely, the thing that I will remember most about Bowdoin is the great people I have met here. There are some intelligent students, faculty and staff members walking around campus, and taking the time to actually stop and get to know them has been invaluable. Such extraordinary people are what make Bowdoin special. What's your strangest or funniest experience while at Bowdoin? Brunswick restaurants, beware! Forget China Rose! See you later, Asian Grill! Last year my roommates Boon, Khoa, and I had our very own "restaurant" right in Coles Tower! Boon and I are pretty ambitious chefs, and Khoa, well, he is a pretty avid "taste tester" (and we can leave it at that). We decided that our meals in the dining hall just weren't enough to satisfy our big appetites, so every night around midnight we would take study breaks to cook and eat our version of good food. Using our creativity and whatever primitive technology was available, we were able to whip up some pretty good cuisine—from Thai curries and pad thai to Japanese okonomiyaki and yaki soba! All of our friends said that our room smelled like a restaurant, and to be honest, it was a bit "aromatic" at times. Going along with the idea, Boon and I had an ingenious plan to start our own late night catering and delivery service right here on campus, but that idea, unfortunately, fell through. Oh well. Have you done any independent study/honors projects? I am currently doing an independent study with Natsu Sato in Asian Studies, reading Japanese literature in its original tongue. It has been quite challenging, but a rewarding experience as well, and Sato-sensei is simply awesome. Through her I have learned that you can tell a lot about a people and their culture by reading the literature of their time. Have you studied away during your time at Bowdoin? Last spring I studied away at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. I have been studying Japanese since high school and felt that living amongst the Japanese was really the best way for me to polish my language skills. Much more than this, however, I chose to go to Tokyo because I have a deep fascination with modern Japanese culture, especially the current tension between Japanese tradition and the "old" ways, as well as the influences of the West. Meeting Japanese people and living with the Takasaki family while abroad truly provided me with a deeper look into the Japanese psyche, and allowed me to reflect on my multi-ethnic identity, as well. What are your plans for after graduation? I have decided to pursue a career in commercial aviation, so I will be heading off to flight school next fall. I have always been fascinated with flying planes since flying inter-island a lot during my childhood (my family used to live on the island of Moloka'i), and I would often pretend-play that I was a pilot. I would be content flying the beautiful Hawaiian skies, but it would be a dream come true to fly trans-Pacific to Asia (and elsewhere around the globe). So, keep your ears open, and hopefully one day you will hear, "This is your captain, Ryan Gillia, speaking…!," while you are on your way to paradise or far off lands. Is there anything else about Bowdoin or your experiences here that you would want prospective students to know? Bowdoin is a very accommodating place for students who want to assume a leadership role and make a change in the world. I would encourage students to become invested in the College community. Make Bowdoin yours, and share your gift of leadership with others. I would also say to study hard, but don't forget to get out there and mingle with people! Needless to say that students, faculty and staff are Bowdoin's best assets. It would be such a shame to leave this place knowing only Hawthorne, Longfellow, and Hatch! (no offense to the library junkies!) Also, always try to keep others in mind; it's difficult to explain "the Aloha Spirit," but let me just say that if you have compassion for others, they will (learn to) have compassion for you. What is your favorite bit of New England culture? Without a doubt, the word, "wicked." It makes me smile every time. Story posted on May 17, 2004 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


text: That's strange as North say the Dice has a slack 5th line??No I don't. No affiliation, no pimping from me. i rode north gear (well I have ridden lots of brands and kites over the 14 years) then ozone, but this year went to the dice because ozones catalysts to me isn't up to scratch. The dice does everything much better. No its a fact not an opinion, dice flies much better on 4 lines, we tested this through four riders (who all are on dice kites now) and all agreed. Also had input from other demo riders and team riders as well who I hooked up with on the net.


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