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The "Top Celebrity Hangouts of 2013" list continues this week with a very familiar name to those who have been following the rankings the past few years. Whereas No. 5, Siena Tavern, is a newcomer (it opened in February), the No. 4 hot spot on the list has made the top five every year since I started my rankings in 2010.
This year's rankings, based on star power and number of sightings, will count down each week to No. 1 on Dec. 20. Here is No. 4 on the list: Sunda.
Opened: 2009
Spotted: Lady Gaga, Mark Wahlberg, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Derek Jeter, Marcus Mumford, Jimmy Buffett, Michael Bay, Johnny Galecki, Zoe Kravitz, Billy Corgan, Sophia Bush, Emmy Rossum, David Schwimmer, Mike Ditka, Maggie Q, Mike Posner, Muse, Miles Teller, Kris Humphries, Ali Fedotowsky, Jesse Spencer
Regulars: Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews
Owners: Rockit Ranch Productions, owners of The Underground, Rockit Bar & Grill, Ay Chiwowa and Rockit Burger Bar.
Back story: "My partners and I really love new Asian (cuisine) — modern takes on Asian dishes," said Rockit Ranch CEO Billy Dec. "We wanted upscale modern Asian food that really didn't exist in Chicago at the time. When we open something, we try to fill a void."
Draw: To win over celebs, you need to win over the city first, according to Dec: "You have to earn the respect of the city first to get that momentum. The city won't (recommend your restaurant) if you don't have good food and good service." Dec also pointed out that many of the celebs who visit Sunda are friends, relationships he and partners Arturo Gomez and Brad Young have developed during their many years in the industry.
VIP section: Celebs often sit at the table known as "Billy's table." It's right beside the large piece of art hanging against the east wall. The restaurant also has a more secluded dining section in the back and a private dining room upstairs.
Discount: "I'll send out gifts, just to expose them to new items the chef has created or whatever is seasonal," Dec said. "Or like when (Olympic swimmer) Ryan Lochte came in (in 2012) and we made him that gold medallion (out of sushi) — things like that. A play off of whatever is going on."
Endorsement: Patrick Kane gets spotted around Chicago more than any other celeb, so I asked the Blackhawks star to name his favorite restaurant in the city. "Sunda," said Kane. "I tend to like sushi a little more the past few years."
Sample tweet: "Incredible food celebrating an incredible night! @sunda" — Sophia Bush
Dish: "Barbra Streisand loves the garlic noodles," Dec said. "It's funny — that would not be in the top half of our most-sold items."
Phil Vettel's restaurant review: 3 stars
Impact: If you're one of the nearly-35,000 people who follow Dec on Twitter, you know how important a celeb clientele is to him. He frequently tweets photos of himself with stars who visit his venues and retweets what they had to say about his venues. "I think people have emotional reactions to things they love," Dec said. "If they love that celebrity (they see here), they'll have an emotional reaction to everything they're getting here. It becomes sort of an additional added value that makes the experience more memorable and exciting." Dec also sees some value in celebs' ability to influence others. "It's about sharing," he said. "If (celebs) share their experience with others, that's great. But I can't say a celeb with a ton of followers is better than a person who works in the building across the street that influences people who work there."
Future outlook: Sunda is no longer the new kid on the block, but you wouldn't know it from the trendy and famous clientele that continues to fill the restaurant up. How much longer can it stay trendy in an always-changing scene? It depends, in part, if Dec continues to send his famous pals to Sunda or to Bottlefork — the New-American restaurant he and his partners are opening up next year with former Allium chef Kevin Hickey. One other thing to keep an eye on is the growing popularity among celebs of fellow Asian restaurant Jellyfish in the Gold Coast. Still, there aren't many entrepreneurs better at courting celebs than Dec, so expect to see his presence in these rankings for years to come, whether it's with Sunda or another spot.
2012 ranking: 2
2011 ranking: 1
2010 ranking: 1
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Given the range of biblical references, contested issues of sources and dating, and limited information about legal institutions and social practices, conclusions about taxation in the Bible must be drawn with caution. The available information, however, suggests that taxation was an important aspect of public administration in biblical Israel.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Miller on Taxation in the Bible
Geoffrey P. Miller, NYU School of Law, has posted Taxation in the Bible, an entry in the forthcoming Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law. Here is the abstract:
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Researchers using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis have improved the velocity at which oil containment booms can operate successfully, increasing the current level of under 0.4 meters/second, where traditional booms fail, to a theoretically possible 2.0 meters/second. The boom velocity is critical because oil spill cleanup is limited by how fast the booms can be towed before hydrodynamic forces cause them to fail. To develop a boom that operates at faster velocities, oil companies have been evaluating a number of new designs, including angled booms and porous nets that operate below and upstream of traditional booms. Previously, researchers performed water channel tests to evaluate new designs but this added significantly to development costs. Now, CFD simulation is used instead. This alternative allows researchers to simulate many design alternatives quickly and inexpensively. Recently, researchers have also begun to animate CFD results to enhance their understanding of boom failure mechanisms.
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During the presidents race last night at Nationals Park, Teddy Roosevelt and George Washington decided to take things into their own hands.
Fed up with Abe Lincoln's winning streak and increasingly arrogant showboating, Teddy and George wasted no time last night, knocking down Abe before he even reached the GEICO logo in centerfield, and giving him a beat-down as Thomas Jefferson ran uncontested to the finish line.
Abe did not finish the race and his condition is unknown. With five games left in the current homestand, one has to hope this doesn't escalate any further.
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...a couple staffers had been armed?
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Here we go again. I shall help you with this, as apparently you have STILL neglected to educate yourself. Class one firearms are long rifles, class two firearms are pistols, and class three firearms are automatic and semi-automatic weapons. None of which are illegal to own except for a few exceptions such as NY city. MAYBE you were thinking class three firearms as being illegal because you must have a special permit in order to own them, but again, you would be wrong. And what reason do you base your interest in making all firearms illegal? Is it the deaths that result from them? In that case there are other places we should look first. Such as automobiles. They have been involved in more deaths outside of war zones than all firearms combined... Or maybe we should just make incompetent people illegal, and solve the whole problem no matter the medium involved in the deaths.....
Good catch on the Class 2, it went past me.
Blaine doesn't NEED to educate himself, he just relies on the mantra that if you get rid of all guns (somehow) by a magic law, everything will be fine.
Oh and he claimed a couple of days ago he was neither pro nor anti gun. Just too ridiculous a joke to really be funny.
"so we just make all guns illegal"
Absolutely true. Guns have no legitimate function in society worth even one life - except as protection from other guns, which is, of course, circular. The idea that they deter tyranny is simply laughable. The laws just recently re-affirmed by congress place the US well down the road toward tyranny already. So who are you going to shoot.
Unfortunately the idea of doing away with all guns has one minor drawback - it's impossible. Nor can I see "peripheral" laws (gun type, magazine size) having any practical purpose.
So, following your logic that nothing is going to change because this is America; I should be at home bearing children and taking care of the house (because that's the role women had when the nation was founded, so that couldn't have changed), I wouldn't have a right to vote (again, because women had no voting rights when the nation was founded), and we would all still be using muskets as the weapon of choice (because due to the lack of change in America no advancement in weapons were made here).
There have been a few instances where because I was armed, I was able to protect myself and my child. I'm a small female and apparently a GREAT target for would be robbers/rapists/what have you. I was also fortunate to be raised with an appreciation of guns and was told they are not toys, they are not to just be used to get my own way, and how to defend myself. The military continued that education. The military also taught me how to kill people with my hands if necessary, should we outlaw hands as well because somebody MIGHT kill somebody with them.
Have you TRIED to purchase a machine gun? You can't just waltz into the gun store and be like, "Oh hey, yeah, I'd like that machine gun." Outlawing certain weapons isn't going to decrease their use in crime. Criminals, unfortunately, don't like to follow the rules. Hence why they are criminals. Outlawing alcohol didn't stop it's production and distribution during prohibition. Those laws against drugs we have has done SO WELL at stopping the production, distribution, and use of drugs, right?
I've noticed that people outside the US are utterly ignorant of the laws we do have and have visions of us being able to walk into a gun shop and come out with a wheelbarrow heaped with full auto Uzis. Hollywood seems to have something to do with causing this as they show people in gun shops then show them shooting full auto weaponry. (I ran into a Kiwi once who was adamant that both Columbine shooters were using full auto Uzis, it turns out that ONE had a semi-automatic Tec 9, which--by the way--is such a piece of shit it more than likely jammed every five rounds.)
So let me explain it to them.
The National Firearms Act of 1934 made it illegal to transfer a full-auto gun (i.e., one that shoots multiple rounds on one press of the trigger) without the buyer paying a $200 tax (a huge amount of money back then), and the buyer had to fill out a shit-ton of paperwork and he needed the approval of local law enforcement, which they had the right to refuse arbitrarily (i.e., because the police chief or sheriff had a bug up his butt). This, by the way, is classified in the United States Code as a tax law (Title 26) rather than criminal law (Title 18), unless something has changed in the last 15 years or so. This is a most peculiar tax in that you have to beg the government's permission to pay it!
The guns themselves are registered (and doG help you if you are caught with one and don't have the tax receipt with you), and it is now (since 1986) illegal to manufacture new ones for that market, which means that now they cost thousands of dollars (I should have invested in some about 20 years ago). Apparently only one or two of these guns have ever been used in a crime.
All this Sturm und Drang about assault weapons when I'm sure 99.999% of gun robberies, assaults, and murders are done with a pistol or shotgun, two kinds of guns which will never be banned in the U.S.
Indeed. You of course are highlighting yet another way in which this whole thing is absolutely ridiculous.
Not only are machine guns not the issue, "assault weapons" really aren't either. By the way there is no coherent definition of an "assualt weapon" other than "whatever makes Diane Feinstein unhappy" An assault rifle on the other hand is well defined, and will have full auto capability. Which AR-15s don't.
Oh and by the way thank you for making the world a safer place by exercising your right to self defense.
You can thank the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Brady Act of 1994 (plus possibly others, depending on where you live) for the paperwork and hassle to purchase the guns. The concealed carry hassle is necessary because open carry is not legal everywhere, and not customary everywhere, and concealed carry is usually illegal without a license (Arizona, Alaska, and Vermont, I believe are exceptions).
Because open carry is not common even where legal, if you want to be able to defend yourself and not simply become the first person shot at by a maniac (i.e., with no warning) you have to conceal. And I hope you bought the biggest thing you could handle whilst being able to conceal it.
Speaking of the NRA...LOL...I just got an E-mail inviting me to a convention in TX, the featured Speaker is.....wait for it.....
Glenn Beck
Past Speakers include Oliver North, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin...LOL
I won't be attending. :)
I am a member of the NRA to support the defense of my 2nd Amendment Rights, the crazy crap just happens to come with the membership, I just file that part in the trash, where I think it belongs.
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Last Monday morning as I got the kids ready for school I saw the front page of the newspaper and saw the memorial for the casualties for Iraq and Afghanistan. The Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will be adding the casualties for 2011 onto the 2010 monument and it will be dedicated on Memorial Day 2012. Why are they adding the names onto an existing stone instead of adding a new monument like they had in previous years? Well, thankfully for 2010 there were only 10 casualties that were either from Central Texas or were stationed in Central Texas.
Don't get me wrong. Ten casualties is 10 too many and I look forward to the day when we aren't adding anymore names, but I am grateful that the monument is not like the others...full, or mostly full. I will head over to the cemetery after the monument is dedicated and get a photo of both sides (one side is a list of names, the other is for photos).
I am posting the list of names published on January 23rd, 2010 in the Killeen Daily Herald. I know that many people have visited my site looking for names on the memorials. If you know someone on this list has their name is spelled incorrectly (I double checked my spelling so that it matched the news article), please contact Patrick Turck at firstname.lastname@example.com or (254) 681-2224 if there is a mistake, if you have a photo to submit for one of the fallen, or if someone's name is completely missing. Please note that I am fully aware that the abbreviations for some of the ranks are incorrect. This is the way that they are on the memorials. Please contact Mr. Turck if the rank is incorrect (not the abbreviation).
Roll Call
Spc. David A. Croft Jr
Spc. Christian M. Adams
Capt. Jason E Holbrook
Pfc. Alexis V. Maldonado
Pfc. Diego M. Montoya
Pfc. Barbara Vieyra
Sgt. Mark A. Simpson
Spc. Donald S. Morrison
Pfc. David R. Jones Jr.
Cpl. Shawn D. Fannin
Pfc. David D. Finch
Sgt. Michael P. Bartley
Sgt. Martin Lamar
Staff Sgt. Mecolus C. Mcdaniel
Staff Sgt. Christian S. Garcia
Staff Sgt. Quadi S. Hudgins
Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Scatliffe
Sgt. Vorasack T. Xaysana
Pfc. Antonio D. Stiggins
1st Lt. Omar J. Vazquez
Spc. Robert M. Friese
Chief Warrant Officer Christopher R. Thibodeau
Pfc. Matthew J. England
Staff Sgt. Nicholas P. Bellard
Sgt. Glenn M. Sewell
Staff Sgt. Russell J. Proctor
Spc. Dylan J. Johnson
Spc. Matthew R. Gallagher
Sgt. Robert G. Tenney Jr.
Capt. Matthew G. Nielson
Capt. David E. Vancamp
Sgt. Steven L. Talamantez
Cpl. Frank R. Gross
Staff Sgt. Estevan Altamirano
Pfc. Steven F. Shapiro
Sgt. Paul A. Rivera
Capt. Shawn P.T. Charles
Sgt. John A. Lyons
Pfc. Adam E. Dobereiner
Sgt. Noah M. Korte
Spc. Kurt W. Kern
Pfc. Justin M. Whitmire
May our Soldiers come home soon.
[To view my other blog posts on this memorial just click on the year to be taken to that post: 2002-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010]


text: A part of the American Dream is to be able to retire comfortably in your favorite area, say on a lake, with a large home. But not everyone dreams the same, some people love giant slides, and this family went a little nuts and installed one inside their house for the kids. Not for the adults, mind you, the kids. It's 30 inches in diameter and totals 30 feet long, all indoors. It's built to wrap around the used parts of the house so you'd never notice. I want a water slide like this. This is so cool it makes me resent my parents even more for never doing anything remotely this cool, ever. [The Craig Caboodle]


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A man who says a convicted pedophile teacher sexually abused him at his exclusive Cambridge private school in the 1980s has launched an Internet campaign to help other potential victims.
A man who says a convicted pedophile teacher sexually abused him at his exclusive Cambridge private school in the 1980s has launched an Internet campaign to help other potential victims.
Daniel Weinreb said Edward Washburn — his seventh-grade English teacher at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols — sexually abused him from 1983 to 1985. Washburn, who taught at the school for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to molesting two children in 1987.
Weinreb believes Washburn could have abused more students and created www.openingbbnminds.com last week as a virtual support group after he ran into dead ends trying to convince school administrators to help connect alumni and potential sexual abuse victims of Washburn.
"I wanted them to know that if they had been abused, they could contact someone … that they had done nothing wrong and shouldn't be ashamed," Weinreb told the Chronicle. "The idea is — if there are survivors out there — I would organize a retreat or a one-day workshop."
Weinreb said he found it helpful when he attended a retreat for sexual abuse victims in October.
Washburn's high profile case created a media firestorm in the 1980s. In a controversial move, the judge only gave Washburn community service for the crimes and the school was also criminally prosecuted for breaking the law by not immediately reporting the abuse to authorities, according to David E. Meier, the former prosecutor for the case. The school later paid $70,000 to settle a civil lawsuit for breaking the law, according to past reports in MetroWest Daily News.
Weinreb believes there could be more than two victims because Washburn was known to socialize with students outside of school in Cambridge and take students to his summerhouse in New Hampshire.
"Now we couldn't prosecute him for crimes in New Hampshire because we didn't have jurisdiction over New Hampshire," said Meier, a 20-year veteran prosecutor who now works at Boston law firm Todd & Weld.
Meier refused to speculate whether there could be more victims because he is still bound to keep the grand jury proceedings of the case a secret.
Washburn told the Chronicle he hadn't seen the Web site.
"I have no idea. I haven't worked there in over 20 years," said Washburn when reached by telephone Monday.
Washburn, who now works as the studio director for the local office of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic in East Cambridge, would not comment on his past conviction or allegations he abused more children while at the school."I have no comment, please," said Washburn.
Since he's launched the Web site, Weinreb said 40 people — not all of them claiming to be victims of abuse — have contacted him and been in support of his Web site and mission.
School officials have been less receptive, according to Weinreb.
"Daniel is a valued alumnus and member of the BB&N community," said Rebecca Upham, head of the school, in a released statement. "We are all united in our hope that he can heal and have offered to assist him directly in this regard. Since Daniel contacted us, we have repeatedly sought to be as responsive as possible to his requests for assistance. In considering Daniel's requests on his Web site, it is my job as head of school to respond in a way that most appropriately balances the past, present and future responsibilities of the school and our obligations to all members of our community."
In a letter dated Jan. 18, Upham told Weinreb that she believes alumni and parents want to move on from the "dark and disturbing chapter" in the school's history and declines to help in his outreach efforts to contact other potential victims. In the letter, Upham maintains the school already sent a letter to parents seeking to assist potential victims in 1987, during the immediate aftermath of the abuse scandal. She also offers Weinreb $5,000 to pay for counseling and hinting that she believes Weinreb is preparing to sue the school, directs him to only speak to school officials through the school's lawyers in the future.
Weinreb recently retained Mitchell Garabedian, a Boston attorney famed for his work representing victims of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal, to help him navigate conversations with the school on the sensitive topic. Weinreb said he has no current plans to sue the school and didn't ask for the $5,000 school officials offered him.
"It's very important to Daniel that no child be sexually molested and that Buckingham Browne & Nichols help victims obtain at least some closure for sexual abuse," said Garabedian. "Daniel is just trying to do what is best for children and victims of sexual abuse."
Weinreb said he hopes school officials change their minds about refusing to help him contact other alumni about his outreach campaign.
Said Weinreb, "I think a very important first step is to help other survivors get in touch with me."
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Record retention guidelines cause groans
Amendments to rules governing electronic discovery are met with criticism by lawyers and compliance officers at a record retention show in NYC.
New York City -- Upcoming changes in the law meant to ease the process for discovering electronic records were met with groans and sighs by records managers, lawyers and compliance officers at a record retention conference in New York this week.
Roughly 50 people attended the event, which was held at the New York City Bar Association and attracted general counsels and compliance officers from some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Among the list of attendees were Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse., Federal Reserve Bank of New York., Goldman Sachs., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley, among others.
These changes to the law "are pie-in-the-sky, utopian ideas that help nobody," said a senior vice president and general counsel for one of the financial firms attending the show. He requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic. "It's a bunch of judges who couldn't care less what it takes to comply with these draconian measures as long as we comply."
"The rules are getting more specific, they give better guidance on how to treat electronic information," said Avanish Sahai, vice president of marketing for PSS Systems, a manufacturer of eDiscovery software and organizer of the event. "There's still a lot of interpretation as always with the law but at least there's more specificity."
The most notable amendment is to Rule 26 (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which now limits the production of electronically stored information to that found in "reasonably accessible" sources. Rule 26 (b)(2)(B) states that:
A party need not provide discovery of electronically stored information from sources that the party identities as not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost.
Experts say the advisory committee on the Supreme Court adopted this rule to try to curb excessive and unnecessary expense associated with electronic discovery. Hands shot up in the audience asking whether backup tapes could be characterized as "not reasonably accessible." Top of most peoples' minds was the Morgan Stanley case in which the company was unable to recover emails on old backup tapes and was eventually fined $15 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failure to comply with regulations.
"Your records retention policy should state that your backup tapes are only used for disaster recovery and not readily accessible," said Tom Lahiff, assistant general council at Citigroup, presenting at the event.
While a record retention policy is tough to implement and manage on an ongoing basis, if it defines your procedures clearly and in detail, it will help you rather than hinder you, according to Woods Abbott, senior manager of legal operations at Raytheon Company.
"Having your housekeeping in place does a lot for your credibility with these people," he said.
However, others say that the updates to the rules aren't much of a safe harbor. For example, Rule 26 (b) also states:
The court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the requesting party shows good cause.
"Language like 'reasonably accessible' and 'good cause' are just fig leaves, for 'you have to find everything,' " said another lawyer at the event who requested anonymity.
Language was a big theme of the day, especially when it comes to writing retention policy and how that policy will be viewed after the fact in litigation. Referring to a number of recent cases, Citigroup's Lahiff said, "When you look at these cases, it's hard to believe some companies have 'shred days.'. If that's the policy approach you decide to take, at least use 'records management awareness day,' it achieves the same goal but is a little easier to defend." He joked, "I even prefer 'retire,' which feels more like relaxing on the beach, drinking umbrella drinks and nobody gets hurt."


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Sunday, October 31, 2010
River the Squirrel?
"Wait, you're dressing up too? Well... I guess I can wear something, if you are..."
I tagged along trick-or-treating with my friends and their kids as Little Red Riding Hood (I carried dog treats in a basket, heh). The wolf dressed up as a squirrel. I so wish I'd been able to put together a grandmother type costume for her to wear instead, but I didn't think about it until last minute. -_-;
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She's adorable :)
What sort of dog is River? I've seen many that look like her, so I guess it's a well-known breed? But I'm afraid I know next to nothing about dogs other than that they're the most fun animal ever.
- October 31, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- Kae said...
She's an Alaskan Malamute :) It's similar to a Siberian Husky, but heavier built.
- October 31, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Ooh! A good friend of mine once had a Malamute. She told me they're particularly fond of people, as dogs go, but they're remarkably stubborn and difficult to train. Has that been your experience? I suppose she can't be that stubborn if you managed to dress her up as a squirrel ...
- October 31, 2010 at 9:56 PM
- Kae said...
That is a very accurate description of her :D Standard of the breed: stubbornness! It usually manifests in the form of "Why?" whenever I ask her to do anything.
She was happy with her costume once I had it on her and she got bored of trying to chew on it. Chasing after children and trying to sneak her head into their candy buckets took precedence :)
- October 31, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- Simon said...
She's growing fast! And I hope that stubbornness grows out of her as the months go, my dog (golden retriever) was a bit of an annoying brat when she was young. But now she's grown more quiet and she listens a bit more than she used to hehe (she's almost 4 years now)
- November 1, 2010 at 2:15 AM
They need to be stubborn...
If they blindly followed their masters, they could fall of cliffs, and things when they were being used as mushing dogs.
The stubborn was bread into them, so they could form their own opinion, you know.. like not going headlong into an ice crack of death.
- November 1, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Kae said...
Or just walking over a patch of ice they don't feel is safe under their paws, but the musher doesn't know about through all the snow :)
- November 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM


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Move over bristlebot: Europe's I-SWARM program is developing some similarly small but much smarter micro 'bots that could be used to build human colonies on Mars. The tiny machines would be dispersed in huge numbers, working automatically and independently, and also collaborating together to form larger compound 'bots able to do physical stuff like moving rocks out of the way.
The team's developed the system to the point where 100 centimeter-scale machines can operate together in a "posse", moving an obstacle when one 'bot finds its path blocked, for example. And they've got two devices designed and made already: the tiny one in the image that's just three millimeters across, moves by vibration (like a bristlebot) and has 8k of OS and 2k of RAM aboard; and larger machines dubbed Jasmines that have tiny wheels.
"We now know there is water and dust so all they would need is some sort of glue to start building structures, such as homes for human scientists" says one team member, predicting that a habitat could be constructed ahead of the arrival of human explorers, thus taking some of the complexity out of manned Martian missions.
Next step is apparently to mass produce the tiny machines, using a fold-out PCB technique that's akin to origami. Then it's off to terraform Mars. OK, there's a huge bunch more research to do yet, but this is a promising and slightly creepy (in a "what if a swarm of insectoid robots go rogue?" kind of way) start. [ScienceDaily via IO9]


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Key person insurance is simply life insurance on the key person in a business. In a small business, this is usually the owner, the founders or perhaps a key employee or two. These are the people who are crucial to a business – the ones whose absence would be detrimental to the company. You definitely need to consider key person insurance on those people.
As you near the end of the final lap of your working years, and begin scanning the retirement horizon, you are likely to be seeking the information that you need to ensure a secure financial future. Here, we touch on three of the most important questions that you should be asking yourself as you transition to retirement.
Every business needs to consider several types of insurance depending on the nature of the business. You may want to consider working with an insurance professional to make sure you have the right types of policies to provide the coverage you need. Health insurance Many businesses provide health insurance as part of their overall employee benefit program. The cost of health insurance continues to rise and you may want to consider having employees pay some part of the cost. If you have a small business with only a few employees, you may want to consider a group plan to cover employees and your family. By being part of a group and having employees pay part of the costs, you may find it is not much more expensive than getting personal health coverage. You may also be able to improve your coverage in this way. Property insurance Just about every business should have insurance to cover the loss or damage to property, inventory or equipment. Premiums vary according to the type of property, coverage limits and what you insure against. If you have electronic equipment (such as computers), be sure to investigate how your policy works in case of damage to the files (power outages or surges) as well as damage to actual equipment. Backing up files and storing them in a secure, off-premises location is very advisable as well. Business interruption insurance You may want to investigate insurance that would provide benefits if you were no longer able to conduct business in your usual fashion. These policies vary greatly in cost depending on what is covered. However, you may want to consider what would happen if you could not occupy your location in case of disaster. Liability insurance This insurance can cover damages you pay as a result of your actions or negligence, or if someone is injured while at your business. Everyone has heard of the large damage awards being made when a customer slips and falls because the business did not melt the ice in front of the door. Be sure to discuss this type of coverage with a qualified insurance professional to make sure you are adequately covered. The trend toward large jury awards appears to continue. Workers' compensation insurance This insurance provides coverage for medical and related costs for accidental injuries suffered by employees at your workplace. The amount of coverage required varies by state. Auto insurance If you use an auto, even if it is your personal one, you may be required to have a commercial auto insurance policy. If you are a sole proprietor and use your car, be sure to discuss this with your auto insurance provider. Umbrella insurance The usual cost of umbrella insurance is low. This coverage fills in the gaps of your other policies or provides additional coverage once the original policy limits are exceeded. This can be extremely valuable in case of large losses. Many companies offer these policies and you may find one of your professional organizations has a relationship with an issuer that will keep your cost low. Summary Most businesses need more than one type of insurance coverage. Spending some time considering what is needed and how the policies can be structured for your business is probably a good use of time and effort. Managing and growing a business is hard enough without having to worry about not being covered if unforeseen events occur.
Many small businesses are highly dependent on the presence of a key employee or small group of employees for the ongoing operation of the business. It may be an owner, partner or some other important person. Protecting the business against the untimely death of that person with some type of life insurance policy can be wise. In fact, some lenders may require such an arrangement. Ask yourself these questions. Your answers should help determine if you may need this type of protection.
If answering those questions raises any red flags, you may want to consider buying some life insurance on that key employee. Having the funds available to help run the company until a replacement is found or another resolution is determined would provide you with valuable piece of mind. The best policy could be relatively inexpensive term life insurance. The business would be the policy owner, beneficiary and would pay the premiums. If the person dies, the company receives the death benefits and can then decide on a future course of action. Using Life Insurance as Part of a Buy/Sell Agreement Buy/sell agreements control what happens to an ownership interest in the event of the death or disability of one of the major owners of the business. The agreements can be structured so upon the death of an owner, the business buys back his interest or the remaining owner(s) buys the interest. In most cases, buy/sell agreements include some valuation guidelines for the business. Many companies use life insurance as a means to fund these types of agreements. For instance, if the business is valued at $3 million and one owner has a one third stake in the business, the business may buy a $1 million term life policy. The proceeds could be used to buy the deceased owner's shares on his death. Another option would be for each owner to buy policies on the lives of the other owners. There are some special tax rules that apply to corporate ownership of life insurance policies. If you are considering this type of arrangement, be sure to seek qualified legal advice. As you hope for the best and plan for the worst, you can provide yourself peace of mind when managing your business. The views of this article are for general information use only. Please contact and speak with a subject expert when specific advice is needed. Find articles like this and much more in the online Arvest Biz Center.
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Nick Urata is composing the soundtrack. The lead guy/writer from the underrated band "Devotchka". Devotchka composed the score for the movie Little Miss Sunshine, which I thought was one of the best movie soundtracks.
To get a little taste, check out this wonderful song by them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZM6ZSlvvY
This was used in Little Miss Sunshine, but was an instrumental version.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what Nick Urata comes up with for this movie. But I have heard nothing in reviews about the soundtrack yet.


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Re: Boba or Jango?
i like him cos he's famous and a great, great bounty hunter!
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i like him cos he's famous and a great, great bounty hunter!
Do you think you could explain what makes him such a great Bounty Hunter? ( I agree, but I'd like to see your reasons as well.)
he's killed loads of jedi
he's cool
he is a very good bh
and he's got wicked weapons!
Fair enough.
On the contrary, what makes Jango worse, in your opinion?
that he wasted his rocket on obi wan
That's the ONLY reason he isn't as good as Boba?
um....i'm not sure
Read previous posts of mine, and you will find a plethora of other reasons.
No kidding. Want Anti-Jango? Just ask Draco!
Heyyyy, that rhyms, sort of. But it's accurate.
ok. i will ask draco next time
Or you could read past posts.
true. very true.
Wasted his rocket on Obi Wan? 1. he almost hit him secondly in real life Obi Wan would've been dead but since he has to survive to ANH then no matter what he had to survive the prequel trilogy....
Anyway how can anyone pick Jango over Boba 1. Boba is a pop culture icon bringing back memories to people of the late 70's, early 80's, and after. 2. There's already been a Fett, the concept of a Mandalorian bounty hunter is nothing new. 3. Temuerra Morrisons voice. I don't mind his voice but what I do mind is that it replaced classic Fett. Did Fett have a New Zealand accent when we first saw ESB? HELL NO. They should've had Wingreen's voice. But to any extent, Lucas became careless after the profits came in, so whatever. Hey maybe one day I'll make a better story. It'll be called Salsa and Cheese: the story of a pizza who killed so many, and loved even more. Rofl.....forgive my occasional spasms of bs.
No need to apologize being completely random is one of my favourite past times. And you have to give Jango credit, you almost hit a Jedi with a back mounted rocket. That requires a lot of skill.
i guess it does and he is an excellent marksman also!
If you ask me then... Boba
Boba sooo badly. only cos he can kill IG-88
Durge Destroyer, try not to post twice in a row. When you need to add something to your post, you can use the edit button in the bottom, right corner of it.
Are people normally as blind as Ray Charles?
Nope, but most people lack the natural ability to look around.
lol correct indeed.
Maybe they're as blind as Louis Braille or Stevie Wonder.
Nice picture Perez thats my fave on Metroid Hunters
Why don't we get back on topic?
Nice picture Perez thats my fave on Metroid Hunters
Thanks. He owns doesn't he.
Anyway back on topic I think that Boba is mostly better than Jango but Jango is better in a few things than Boba. lol
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V.O.C Zoo and Park in Coimbatore
As you would have noticed, I have been moving around Coimbatore quite a bit during the weekends, and have more plans to visit nearby tourist destinations too very soon as I have some time in my hands now, thankfully! This post is to present some photos taken at the VOC Zoological Park in Coimbatore which is right in the heart of the city – perhaps a 20 minute walk from the main bus terminus in Gandhipuram would take you there. The Nehru Stadium is right opposite to this park.


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While the world has been beset in recent years with various natural disasters–from heat waves in Europe and flooding in Asia to flooding, drought and wildfires in Australia to earthquake and tsunami in Japan–those caused by severe weather have hit the U.S. hardest, according to a study released on Oct. 17 by the massive German reinsurer Munich Re.
A Huffington Post report cited the study in a piece that tied the effects of climate change to the fury of Sandy–also dubbed "Frankenstorm" for its composite nature and its timing during the Halloween season. While doubt over the reality of climate change may persist most strongly in the U.S., ironically, its effects are hitting North American shores–and heartland–the hardest, and insurers cannot afford to doubt the connection.
Munich Re's report, "Severe weather in North America," the company said in a statement, "analyzes all kinds of weather perils and their trends. It reports and shows that the continent has experienced the largest increases in weather-related loss events."
The reinsurer said that the report was prepared "to support underwriters and clients in North America, the world's largest insurance and reinsurance market … Munich Re analyzes the frequency and loss trends of different perils from an insurance perspective. The North American continent is exposed to every type of hazardous weather peril–tropical cyclone, thunderstorm, winter storm, tornado, wildfire, drought and flood."
Sandy packed so much of a wallop because it combined several different forms of peril in one deadly package. A Bloomberg report puts loss estimates from Sandy at over $20 billion and adds that, of the total, perhaps $7–$8 billion will be insured.
The uninsured losses will fall disproportionately to the public sector, according to Charles Watson, research and development director at Kinetic Analysis Corp., a hazard research company in Silver Spring, Md. The cost will include, he said in the report, repairs by cities and states to infrastructure such as the tunnels and subways in New York.
Watson added that the massive losses suffered by public infrastructure would in some ways mirror the effects of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and was the country's most expensive natural disaster. According to the Insurance Information Institute, insured property losses from Katrina were estimated at $41.1 billion.
"Nowhere in the world is the rising number of natural catastrophes more evident than in North America," said the Munich Re statement. "The study shows a nearly quintupled number of weather-related loss events in North America for the past three decades, compared with an increase factor of 4 in Asia, 2.5 in Africa, 2 in Europe and 1.5 in South America. Anthropogenic climate change is believed to contribute to this trend, though it influences various perils in different ways … Among many other risk insights the study now provides new evidence for the emerging impact of climate change."
Prof. Peter Höppe, who heads Munich Re's Geo Risks Research unit, was quoted saying, "In all likelihood, we have to regard this finding as an initial climate-change footprint in our U.S. loss data from the last four decades. Previously, there had not been such a strong chain of evidence. If the first effects of climate change are already perceptible, all alerts and measures against it have become even more pressing."


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If you're wondering how to get a signing from your favorite artist, read this and you'll know all there is to know!
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At Japan Expo, signings from guests on official areas are free, unless otherwide mentionned, but still, you have to follow these steps to get one.
- You must withdraw a signing ticket to get access to any signing session.
- ALL signing tickets have the photo of their owners. You can't give them to anyone else.
- You can only have one signing per guest during the whole festival.
- To access the signing area (Sumiré), you must show your entrance ticket.
- Signings are strictly forbidden to exhibitors, professional as well as amateur.
Stage 1: the signing ticket
No signing ticket, no signing!
- First of all, go to the Signing Desk to get a signing ticket as early as possible in the day as "first come first served" are distributed at the opening of the show.
- Wait in the line corresponding to the guest you want a signing from.
- When it's your turn, scan the code corresponding to the guest you want a signing from and check out on the screen that it's the right guest and session.
- Scan your entrance ticket:
- For lotteries: the lottery is made by the computer. This way, there is no cheating possible. If you win, the computer takes your photo and a ticket with your photo is printed.
- For first come first served: the computer just takes your photo and a ticket with your photo is printed.
Stage 2: the signing
- When you have your signing ticket, go to the Sumiré stage corresponding to the signing on your ticket.
Attention: a signing ticket is only valid for a precise signing, at the time mentioned on the ticket. It doesn't work for another signing, even with the same guest.
- At the Sumiré stage, your ticket is scanned and your identity checked out thanks to your photo (a dirty, damaged or illegible voucher will be refused at the signing).
- When your turn comes, you can meet the guest and leave with a signing (or photo depending on the type of session you have a ticket for).
New signig rooms!
NEW! The Sumiré area now includes 11 rooms dedicated to signings:
- Sumiré 1 to 5 and 8 to 11 for regular signings
- Sumiré 6 & 7 for photo sessions
2 types of signing
- Regular signings. The guest signs your official product or the ex-libris provided for free.
- Photo sessions. You pose with the guests in front of the photocall and a member of Japan Expo's staff takes the picture.
Signing supports
- Generally speaking, during signings, you must show an official product from the artist. Counterfeits are in no way official products.
- For some artists, the festival gives a free signing ex-libris.
- The official products of some guests may be available:
- At the Sumiré area, at the times mentioned on the festival schedule.
- At some exhibitors' booths.
Organize your signing schedule
When the global schedule of the festival is online, the signing schedule is announced:
Siging tickets are given out:
- From the opening of the festival for "first come, first served".
- From the opening or during the day for lotteries: for more information, go to the Signing Desk.
To know where to go, have a look at the floor map and spot:
- The Signing Desk where you'll get the Signing tickets
- The Sumiré stages where the signings take place


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You could sit through all three Transformers movies in preparation for the upcoming Age of Extinction...or, you can just cut to the chase and watch all the cool transformations.
That's really why many people like to watch the movies anyway—the transformations are a great showcase of the visual effects. So kudos to Tunglebrek compiling this—it's a pretty time-saver!
More of a fan of the show? That's fine!
Transformers / Transforming Deluxe [1080p] [Tunglebrek]


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(2001-02)This report presents a method for generating synthetic ground motions. In this method, the characteristics of seismic source, path attenuation, and local soil condition are taken into account, when generating synthetic ...
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(Mid-America Earthquake Center, 2005-03)The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes affected a large area in the Central United States. The seismic hazard is low since large-magnitude earthquakes such as these are infrequent. However, the seismic risk is considerable ...
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(2010-04-30)The analysis of steel and composite frames has traditionally been carried out by idealizing beam-to-column connections as either rigid or pinned. Although some advanced analysis methods have been proposed to account for ...
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(2008-09-03)The region of potential impact due to earthquake activity in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) is comprised of eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Moreover, ...
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(2009-10)The information presented in this report has been developed to support the Catastrophic Earthquake Planning Scenario workshops held by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Four FEMA Regions (Regions IV, V, VI and VII) ...
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Integrated Data Flow and Risk Aggregation for Consequence-Based Risk Management of Seismic Regional Loss (University of Illinois, 2007-01)This report documents the integrated flow of data within the Consequence-based Risk Management (CRM) framework established within the Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Center for seismic regional loss assessment. This data ...
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(MAE Center, 2011-05-01)This report presents a methodology for the refined, reliable, integrated and versatile assessment of the impact of earthquakes on civil infrastructure systems by using free-field and structural instrumentation as well as ...
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(2001-01)The earthquake hazard in mid-America is characterized by large, but infrequent events. As a result, the level of seismic building design and retrofit is generally thought to be lower than in many other seismically active ...
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(Mid-America Earthquake Center, 2005-12)The Mid-America Earthquake Center and Rice University with assistance from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, and several other organizations, dispatched an earthquake field reconnaissance team to assess the ...
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Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Earthquake Engineering: Consequence-Based Engineering (CBE) Implementation Opportunities and Challenges (Mid-America Earthquake Center, 2005-10)This project involved investigating the opportunities offered by, and barriers facing, the adoption of the Consequence-Based Engineering (CBE) paradigm developed by the Mid-America Earthquake Center. The primary intent was ...
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Limits of Applicability of Conventional and Advance Pushover Analysis for Seismic Response Assessment (Mid-America Earthquake Center, 2005-04)In this report, the applicability of conventional and advanced inelastic static (pushover) analysis for seismic response assessment is investigated. A methodology is first suggested for evaluating the performance of pushover ...
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Liquefaction Analysis of Level and Sloping Ground Using Field Case Histories and Penetration Resistance (2002-12)The primary objective of this study was to develop simple, empirical tools to evaluate liquefaction problems in level and sloping ground. The proposed correlations and procedures are particularly useful as screening tools ...
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Matrix-based System Reliability Analysis of Urban Infrastructure Networks: A Case Study of MLGW Natural Gas Network (2007-11-26)Urban infrastructure systems such as utility networks for electricity-, water-, sewage- and gas-services, transportation systems and telecommunication networks are critical backbones of modern societies. However, these ...
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(2010-12-31)On February 27, 2010 at 03:34 am local time, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck central Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was approximately 8 km off the central region of the Chilean coast. With an ...
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(2003-11-04)In current practice, many approaches for building structural analysis focus on two-dimensional and/or linear elastic idealizations of the response. Nevertheless, the earthquake behavior of low-rise shear wall buildings ...
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(Mid-America Earthquake Center, 2007)A regional risk/loss assessment methodology that utilizes easily obtainable physical properties of clay brick unreinforced masonry buildings is developed. The steps of the proposed risk/loss assessment methodology are ...
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(Mid-America Earthquake Center, 2007-08)Current AISC-LRFD code requires that the moment-rotation characteristics of connections be known. Moreover, it requires that these characteristics be incorporated in the analysis and member design under factored loads ...
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(2000-09)The transverse response of short bridges is often critical to their seismic performance. When transverse displacements are large, damage to substructure columns may occur, often in the form of plastic hinges, shear ...
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(MAE Center, 2011-07-01)Although seismic safety remains a major concern of society--and unfortunately this observation has been underpinned by recent earthquakes--economy and sustainability in seismic design are growing issues that the engineering ...
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This year's theme for the International Day of Peace is "Education for Peace."
Established in 1981 by the United Nation's General Assembly, the International Day of Peace on September 21 -- TOMORROW -- is a day for the whole world to reflect on the meaning of peace and reconciliation. This international holiday, established by Resolution 36/67, aims to spread a doctrine of unity and 'a cessation of hostilities,' through public awareness and campaigns for equality.
Today, the U.N. and other organizations look to bring attention to issues which they believe to be catalysts for violence and instability. The solution is to stress education, access to resources, sustainability, youth empowerment, disarmament and adoption of human rights laws as tenets of stability and foundations of tolerance.
With Kiva, everyone can celebrate by sharing a little bit of peace with borrowers. Whether lending to programs dedicated to reforming education or helping a small farm in a rural village, loans can support the same campaigns espoused by the U.N., which emphasize that peace comes from equality and individual gain rather than treaties or diplomatic relations.
In compliance with the tenets of empowerment, equality and development, lenders can observe the international festivities by supporting individuals in regions that suffer from violence and animosity. The symbolic celebration of peace, as said by the U.N. "offers an opportunity for the world to pause, reflect and consider how best to break the vicious cycle of violence that conflict creates."
In places like Tanzania, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, citizens are celebrating through peace walks and weeklong activities, while in Bangladesh and the United States, individuals are taking part in musical and art related events. These observances bring awareness to the U.N. holiday, but most importantly, create platforms from which discourse on peace can evolve.
Whether attending an art show or participating in a peace walk, Kiva lenders can go a step further by supporting and empowering individuals in need. After all, it is Kiva lenders who play a pivotal role in individual growth and economic advancement by lending to those who would otherwise be overlooked by the financial system.
As countries continue to develop and ultimately take steps to overcome aggression, lenders can help expedite the process by lending to individuals who live in regions plagued by conflict. So, in accordance with the values expressed by the U.N. as attributes of peace, celebrate the international holiday by lending to borrowers and help create a platform from which harmony and unity can spring.
About the author
Christina Cawthorne-Jad
After being given the chance to study abroad, Tina's experience founded a love for diplomacy which was later developed through her studies. Originally from San Diego, Tina, moved to the Bay Area in order to attend San Francisco State University where she majored in International Relations with an emphasis in Middle Eastern Studies.Originally set to focus in environmental studies, Tina stumbled across foreign affairs which combines her areas of expertise - political science, activism and philosophy- with her interests such as culture, tradition, language and art. Looking to one day build a NGO dedicated to empowerment and sustainability, Tina sees Kiva as an excellent opportunity for both professional and personal growth. Outside of her internship, Tina enjoys running, cooking, hiking and lazy weekends.


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Hello All,
This is an interesting thing. I have owned several BlackBerry phones with trackballs and this particular 8130 is just another BB I bought because the price was reasonable. I picked it up for $15 so it isn't like I need to have it work perfectly.
Here is the issue. When I highlight any home screen icon and press the trackball down and release it, it performs a double click. Once on the way down and once on the way back up. For example; when I select options from the home screen and press down, it opens the main directory for further refining. When the trackball is released, off it goes to whatever was highlighted from the last time I was in the options menu. I have never seen this before and it is interesting to watch it do this.
This is not a big deal since the work-around in many instances is using the "enter key" to make my selections. I am mostly using this as a spare phone for those instances when I "507" my Storm and need a BlackBerry to get back in business quickly.
I was just wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this, and what, if anything, can be done to make it work like it is supposed to work.
I would add at this time that I replaced the trackball assembly with a spare I had lying around to see if the problem would go away.....no dice.
Thanks in advance.


text: So you have time to pipe clamp each side of a hive, but cant find the time finger joint. Ok. You say your cutting boards have not broken at the seams yet. Ok. Are these cutting boards out in the weather 24/7? Put one out there and see how it does. Having been on the receiving end of home made equipment over the last 15 years I can say one thing for certain -- most "put-together" equipment is not worth a , especially when made with rabbett-joints. Some jokers are even using green wood they cut down in their backyards, with knots the size of dinner plates. If that works for you, great. When I buy used hives like that I just transfer the bees and give the rest away. You lose a few hives to brood chill/robbing/falling apart and you realize that it is worth the extra money to buy decent equipment.