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A sheriff's deputy was injured in a car crash in Los Angeles County after his patrol vehicle was broadsided by another civilian car that ran a red light. According to a news report in The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the injury crash occurred at the intersection of Durfee Avenue and Whittier Boulevard the afternoon of August 16, 2012. Officials say the deputy was southbound on Durfee Avenue when the civilian driver ran a red light on eastbound Whittier Boulevard and struck the patrol car broadside. The deputy suffered injuries to his neck, back and shoulder although he is expected to survive. The female driver of the other vehicle was not injured. The patrol vehicle was not traveling with lights or sirens activated.
My thoughts and prayers are with the injured police officer. I wish him the very best for a speedy and complete recovery.
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According to California Highway Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), there were three fatalities and 171 injuries involving Pico Rivera car accidents. In Los Angeles County as a whole, 554 people died and 50,817 were injured due to car accidents during the same year.
Red Light Violation
Based on this news report, it appears that the driver of the civilian vehicle ran a red light and caused this collision. California Vehicle Code section 21453 (a) states: "A driver facing a circular red signal shall stop at the limit line before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain stopped until an indication to proceed is shown."
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If the other driver is determined to have been at fault, she can be held liable for the injuries and damages suffered by the police officer. Injured victims in such cases can seek compensation to cover medical expenses, loss of wages, cost of hospitalization, rehabilitation and other related damages. In this case, the deputy, in addition to seeking workers compensation benefits from his employer can also file a personal injury claim against the at-fault driver.
Victims in such cases would also be well advised to contact an experienced Los Angeles personal injury lawyer who will analyze all facets of the incident and ensure that the negligent parties are held liable. The best personal injury law firms will always offer a free consultation with a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer, to injured victims and their families.


text: The Top Concern Among Students Will Likely Surprise You Six out of ten students say that a slow campus network connection is their biggest concern according to a survey performed by Ipswitch, a Massachusetts based company. 50% of students responded with concerns that network accessibility was their primary concern. There were 36% of students that named system security as their top concern. Half of college campuses that were surveys say that they have spent a good amount of money trying to appease the students need for better broadband. This is proving to be difficult with the amount of devices that are used and as much bandwidth as is needed. Students these days need a hefty network connection to handle the rampant use of laptops, smart phones, tablets and video game consoles…sometimes all at the same time too. Schools are not able to recoup these costs through tuition or student fees either. Currently 76% of schools are struggling to meet the students' demand for better internet access, so it's pretty clear that this is a mighty struggle to conquer. Campus IT professionals echo the sentiment that it is so hard to keep up with the bandwidth demand because of the amount of devices that students use right out the gate. With the average student coming to school with 2-4 mobile devices in tow, you can see where the issue is and how it may seem like a losing battle. Source: Carter, D. (2014, August 15). Interesting: This is the 'top concern' for students on campus. Retrieved August 16, 2014, from http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/students-network-278/


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BenQ Now Shipping RP700+ Interactive Flat Panel Display
New IFP Brings Six-Point Multitouch Technology and Multiplatform Compatibility for a Multitude of Digital Signage Applications
BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions, today announced the official release of its latest interactive flat panel (IFP) display: the RP700+. Designed to increase classroom interaction, boardroom collaboration, and make wayfinding more intuitive, the 70-inch full HD display uses six-point multitouch technology to provide incredibly responsive feedback and more accurate positioning. As a result, students, presenters, and information seekers are able to experience enhanced screen sensitivity while features such as multisource compatibility and enhanced visual comfort turn the panel into a comprehensive solution for any of today's interactive digital signage applications.
The perfect presentation tool, BenQ's new RP700+ enhances any learning or meeting space via 1920 x 1080p resolution, 4000:1 contrast ratio, and 350 nits of brightness, and the unit's two 15W speakers provide the audio power needed to complement any interactive application. Featuring advanced six-point multitouch technology, the RP700+ enables extremely receptive tactile navigation, allowing users to simply touch the screen for responsive panning, zooming, and scrolling, just like a tablet. To increase viewer comfort, the panel is equipped with anti-glare glass to reduce screen reflection and eliminate any visual noise caused by glare. The display's ambient light sensors also adjust brightness based on surrounding light levels to reduce eye strain and produce up to 50,000 hours of light life, while the unit's anti-fingerprint finish and low blue light technology further optimize the viewing experience.
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Board, Proofpoint, Inc.
Gary Steele is founding CEO of Proofpoint. With more than 30 years of technology industry experience, he directs a global workforce of 3,300+ employees to protect people, data and brands from advanced threats and compliance risks. An established cybersecurity thought leader, Mr. Steele's expertise has been featured on CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Fox Business, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal. He also serves on the board of directors for Malwarebytes, Synack and Vonage. Prior to Proofpoint, Mr. Steele held the position of CEO of Portera and leadership roles with Sybase, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Washington State University.
Dana Evan
Venture Partner, Icon Ventures; Former CFO and Executive Vice President, VeriSign, Inc
Dana Evan has served as a director since June 2008. Since July 2007, Ms. Evan has invested in and served on the boards of directors of companies in the internet, technology and media sectors. From May 1996 until July 2007, Ms. Evan served as Chief Financial Officer of VeriSign, Inc., a provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the internet and telecommunications networks. Ms. Evan currently serves on the boards of directors of Box, a leading enterprise content management platform provider, and a number of privately held companies including SurveyMonkey and FarFetch. Ms. Evan also served on the board of Fusion-IO from February 2011 until July 2014, which was acquired by SanDisk by August 2014, on the board of Everyday Health, Inc., a provider of digital health and wellness solutions, which was acquired by Ziff Davis in December 2016 and on the board of Criteo S.A. from March 2013 until July 2017. Ms. Evan previously served on the board of directors of Omniture, Inc., an online marketing and web analytics company, until it was acquired by Adobe Systems Incorporated in October 2009. Ms. Evan holds a B.S. in Commerce from Santa Clara University and is a certified public accountant (inactive).
The board of directors determined that Ms. Evan possesses specific attributes that qualify her to serve as a member of our board of directors, including broad expertise in operations, strategy, accounting, financial management and investor relations at both publicly and privately held technology, media and Internet companies.
In 2019, Ms. Evan received the Director of the Year award from the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
Jonathan Feiber
General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Jonathan Feiber has served as a director since 2002. Mr. Feiber is a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, a venture capital firm, which he joined in 1992. As a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mr. Feiber serves on the board of directors of a number of privately held companies. Prior to joining Mohr Davidow Ventures, Mr. Feiber worked in various managerial positions at Sun Microsystems, a computer software and information technology company.
Mr. Feiber holds a B.A. degree from the University of Colorado in distributed studies across computer science, math and astrophysics. The board of directors determined that Mr. Feiber should serve as a director based on his significant experience in the venture capital industry analyzing, investing in and serving on the boards of directors of other technology companies, his significant management, software engineering and product development experience.
Kristen Gil
Vice President, Business Operations & Strategy, Google
Kristen Gil, Vice President, Business Operations & Strategy, Google Kristen Gil is the Business Finance Officer for Google's Research and Health product areas. She also leads the Business Operations and Strategy team across Google driving high-impact strategy and operations work such as user growth, product strategy, and monetization for both new and mature products. In addition, for several years, Gil led the Women@Google group, a global network of thousands of Google employees committed to connecting, developing and retaining female talent. Early in her career, Gil was General Manager of a division at Marketron International, helping to turn around the software company and improve financial performance. Later, she helped in the process to sell the company. She was also a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in San Francisco where she worked across many industries including technology, financial services, and manufacturing. Gil holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Cornell University. The board of directors determined that Ms. Gil should serve as a director based on her operational and strategic experience that will contribute to Proofpoint's long term scale.
Kevin Harvey
Founder and General Partner, Benchmark Capital
Kevin Harvey has served as a director since 2002. Mr. Harvey is a founder and general partner of Benchmark Capital, which he joined in 1995. Before founding Benchmark, Mr. Harvey was founder, president and Chief Executive Officer of Approach Software Corp., a server database company. Before founding Approach Software, Mr. Harvey founded Styleware, Inc., a software company. Mr. Harvey received his B.S. degree in engineering from Rice University in 1987. The board of directors determined that Mr. Harvey should serve as a director based on his significant experience investing in and serving on the boards of directors of other technology companies, his management and leadership experience as a former founder and executive of multiple startup technology companies.
Scott Herren
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Autodesk, Inc.
R. Scott Herren has served as a director since 2016 and currently serves as the chair of our audit committee. Mr. Herren currently serves as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Autodesk, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based design and engineering software. Prior to joining Autodesk in November 2014, Mr. Herren was senior vice president of finance at Citrix Systems where he led the company's finance, accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations, real estate and facilities teams. During his 14 years at Citrix, Mr. Herren held a variety of leadership roles including vice president and managing director for EMEA and vice president and general manager of the company's virtualization systems group. Before joining Citrix in 2000, Mr. Herren spent 16 years in senior strategy and financial positions at FedEx and IBM.
Mr. Herren holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Columbia University. The board of directors determined that Mr Herren should serve as a director based on his broad experience in operations, international business, accounting, financial management and investor relations at publicly held enterprise software companies.
Michael Johnson
Former CISO and SVP, Capital One; Former CIO, US Department of Energy
Michael Johnson has served as a Director since July 2017, and currently serves as the Chair of the Risk Committee. Mr. Johnson serves as a senior strategic advisor for cybersecurity, enterprise cyber risk management, cloud safeguarding, and information technology management. Previously Mr. Johnson served as Capital One's Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President, leading and managing information security, cybersecurity operations, and security technology innovation. Prior to joining Capital One, Mr. Johnson served as the Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Department of Energy, and other key cyber-focused executive roles in the U.S. Government at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security, and the White House Executive Office of the President. Mr. Johnson holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. The board of directors determined that Mr. Johnson should serve as a director based on his extensive experience in cybersecurity, cyber risk management, and security technology innovation as well as his leadership roles in industry and the United States government.
Leyla Seka
Formerly EVP Salesforce.com
Leyla Seka spent 11 years at Salesforce where she most recently served as the executive vice president of the Salesforce Mobile platform experience, enabling all customers to unlock the power of Salesforce from anywhere. Prior to her current role, Ms. Seka was executive vice president of the Salesforce AppExchange, where she launched a refreshed AppExchange storefront, a new partner program, and built an entire AppExchange-focused team, resulting in more than 4,000 solutions, installed nearly 6 million times. Ms. Seka was also the executive sponsor of BOLDforce, Salesforce's organization for expanding and empowering the black community at Salesforce. Before joining Salesforce, Leyla worked in product management and marketing organizations at Primavera Systems (acquired by Oracle), Evolve Software, Vivant and Eutron SPA. Prior to working in technology, Ms. Seka spent two years in Mali, West Africa, as a Peace Corps officer. The board of directors determined that Ms. Seka should serve as a director based on her significant experience across product management, product marketing and business operations.
Leyla holds a bachelor's degree in international relations and French from the University of California, Davis, and a master's degree in business administration from the Masagung School of Management at the University of San Francisco. She is active in women in technology and equal-pay issues and was named a "Next-Gen Innovator" by Forbes.
Richard Wallace
Chief Executive Officer, KLA Corporation
Mr. Wallace currently serves as chief executive officer and president and as a member of the board of directors of KLA Corporation, a leading provider of process control and yield management solutions. Mr. Wallace began as an applications engineer at KLA Instruments in 1988, and has held various general management positions throughout his 31-year tenure with the company. Earlier in his career, he held positions with Ultratech Stepper and Cypress Semiconductor. The board of directors determined that Mr. Wallace brings exceptional technology leadership to the board that will further enhance Proofpoint's ongoing ability to scale its business to drive long-term sustained growth and profitability.


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Denver Post Story on the Flume
Hanging Flume Update
Since Vertical Access's involvement with the Hanging Flume Project in April of 2004, the 120 year old structure has had much exposure in the historic preservation community both at home, in Colorado, and abroad. Ron Anthony of Anthony & Associates gave a talk to the Denver Mining Club in late January. Ron and Kent Diebolt of Vertical Access co-authored and presented at The Colorado Preservation Inc. (CPI) in early February. Justin Spivey of Robert Silman Associates, P.C., gave a talk at the International Conference on Conservation of Historic Wooden Structures in Florence, Italy, entitled "Investigation of the Construction of a 19th Century Wooden Flume Suspended on a Cliff." Jack Pfertsh of Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc. gave a paper on the archaeology of the flume at The Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists (CCPA) in March.
Separate from the structural engineering condition survey of the flume was a cultural resource survey, including four oral interviews, which has been recorded and transcribed, and the archaeological findings and GIS mapping of the flume by The Alpine Archaeology Co.
Project manager Ron Anthony, who supplied the information for this update, continues to be active in supplying the State Historical Fund with progress reports on behalf of The Western Colorado Interpretive Association. Ultimately, they will receive from him a condition report which will include a plan for the mitigation of future deterioration of the flume, as well as a compendium of all the research that was done by the various participants in the project. Facilitated by the data collected during this project, Cultural Resource Planning will then complete their "master plan" for the flume.
The Hanging Flume was nominated for The World Monuments Fund Watch List of 100 most endangered sites. The outcome of this nomination is still pending. If the nomination is accepted, the hanging flume may be eligible for funding for preservation and community education.


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Get Ready for the MUTEK 2011 Weekend!
June 03, 2011
With two days under out belt, we're ready to take on the legendary MUTEK weekend! Get some rest, eat some food and put on some comfortable shoes, because you won't have an opportunity to slow down till Monday! Techno in the metro, audiovisual showcases at the Salle Pierre-Mercure, all-night Nocturnes, all-day Piknics, 5 à 7s and one grand finale before we cross the finish line.
To get you primed, here is a complete listing of what to expect between now and Sunday. Make sure to pick up a catalogue or download our custom iPhone app.
Metro Arts 3
In collaboration with STM
4:30pm | Metro Berri UQAM | Free
Local techno producer MATEO MURPHY performs for an unsuspecting rush-hour audience of transit commuters at one of the busiest stations in the Montreal metro system!
Experience 3 - TWO-STEP FORWARD, ONE-STEP BACK
Presented by Bande à part, in collaboration with Exclaim.ca
5pm | Place de la Paix | Free
A blast of local garage and funky-inspired producers -HISSY FIT, KNOWING LOOKS, and BOWLY- will get our Friday evening underway as we set up for a marathon weekend!
FOODLAB invited chef: STELIO PEROMBELON (Les Cons Servent and Pullman)
A/Visions 3 - FAB GADGETS
Co-presented by SAT
8pm | Society for Arts and Technology | $25 + tx & sc
Multimedia arts reign supreme for this third installment of the A/Visions series, where two of today's most exciting technological manipulators unleash their talents within one of the most forward-thinking spaces in North America! Identical, interchangeable, disposable, and mortally serious, locals WOMEN WITH KITCHEN APPLIANCES is variously a sound project, a rock group, a cabaret, a performance collective, an improvisation, an infiltration, an intervention, an installation, a concert, a cacophony, and recipe, and since the spring of 2004, a kitchen certification service. American digital artist TRISTAN PERICH
arrives at MUTEK this year to present a live interpretation of his "1-Bit Symphony", a work of such amplitude and force that its active listening redefines the boundaries of minimalism. British duo SCULPTURE create home-made zoetropic discs - slabs of vinyl illustrated with otherworldly patterns that they play at various speeds and then film to create simultaneous cycles of analogue sound and looping, mind-melting imagery.
Nocturne 3 - PARALLEL SPACES
Presented by XLR8R, in collaboration with Rdio
11pm | Métropolis | $40 + tx & sc
The most coveted names in techno take over the Metropolis for what is expected to be a deep and echo-heavy evening. Detroit dub-techno duo DEEPCHORD presents ECHOSPACE arrives for a rare Montreal appearance.MUTEKis incredibly proud to present PLASTIKMAN LIVE on home turf, a concert that constitutes the Canadian premiere of the highly prized audio-visual performance Hawtin originally envisioned for his debut live performance at MUTEK2004. Finally, industrial-strength techno veteran Adam X will be on hand to take us through his TRAVERSABLE WORMHOLE.
Meanwhile, in the Savoy Room we present a line-up of homegrown dub-techno and bass producers on the verge of breaking through: TOMAS JIRKU, KOMODO, SKINNYBONES and XI. Visuals by Cinetik.
MUTEK//Piknic 1 - IT CAME FROM OUTER HOUSE
Co-presented by Piknic Electronik, in collaboration with Dose.ca
2pm | Parc Jean-Drapeau | $10 + tx & sc
The most leftfield elements of house music converge for this Saturday afternoon outdoor showcase at Parc Jean-Drapeau! Montreal's THE GULF STREAM get the afternoon underway. Border Community and Ninja Tune recording artis LUKE ABBOTT weaves strange analog sounds into a convulsive and highly rhythmic template designed to move your feet. Young British producer FLOATING POINTS pulls house music into the space-time continuum of soulful disco. The veteran producer TERRY LEE BROWN Jr. tackles Chicago house flavours from a decidedly Teutonic perspective.
On the second stage, a Montreal roster of new club talents - FOOTPRINTZ, RECIFE, and SIMONCALLEDPETER - hearkens back to a time when house was happier, breaks were beefier, and the beat went on forever.
Experience 4 - SOUND STAGE
Presented by Bande à part, Co-presented by OFFTA, in collaboration with Exclaim.ca
7pm | Place de la Paix | Free
In collaboration withOFFTA, a showcase that collects four of the musicians contributing to theMUTATIONSsound walk -OLIVIER ALARY,NAVET CONFIT,DIANNE LABROSSE,MONTAGandDOMINIC VANCESTEING- who will come together on stage to present their more musical and experimental textures.
FOODLAB invited chef: ÉRIC DUPUIS (Taverne Square Dominion)
Co-produced by SAT, in collaboration with Ville de Montréal's Bureau du Design
10pm | Society for Arts and Technology | Free
A special evening presented in partnership with the Society for Arts and Technology and Ville de Montréal's Bureau du Design dedicated to the relationship between Berlin, Buenos Aires and Montreal as three of the first cities to be named UNESCO Cities of Design. Argentine audio-visual collective SOL DEL RIO get proceedings underway, followed by the North American premiere of a new collaboration between Canadian dub-techno producer DEADBEAT and German video artist LILLEVAN. Berlin's dub-techno pioneer POLE returns to Montreal for his first MUTEK appearance in six years. The evening then crescendos toward its finale with the digital cumbia of Argentina's CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO.
Nocturne 4 - BEYOND THE AUTOBAHN
Presented by Resident Advisor
11pm | Métropolis | $35 + tx & sc
Nocturne 4, the central showpiece of theMUTEKexperience returns once again to take festivalgoers right through the night! This year's theme is both edgier and more organic than previous outings, with an emphasis on live-electronics and genre fusion. STEPHEN BEAUPRÉ featuring the BANJO CONSORSIUM warms up the crowd with their high-end brand of funky micro-house. UK jazzy house fusionistsROCKETNUMBERNINEdelve into their locked groove rhythms before being joined onstage byFOUR TETfor an improvisational jam. Austrian live-techno trio and Macro recording artists ELEKTRO GUZZI bring precision to the art of the live band, while Border Community boss JAMES HOLDEN takes us to dawn with his unnerving and often psychedelic take on minimal techno. Visuals by Boris Edelstein, Baillat Cardell & Fils, and Ne1co.
Meanwhile, in the Savoy Room, Vancouver's New Forms Festival touches down in Montreal with a showcase featuring the brightest up-and-coming talents from the West Coast: BABE RAINBOW, DAEGA SOUND SYSTEM, CALAMALKA, MAX ULIS, MONOLITIUM and MICHAEL RED. Visuals by Peter Hagge.
MUTEK // Piknic 2 - CURATOR'S CHOICE
Co-presented by Piknic Électronik
2pm | Parc Jean-Drapeau | $10 + tx & sc
For Piknic 2 this year, we're trying something new: the curators spontaneously invite guests from the MUTEK2011 line-up to break out their DJ bags and go to town on an unsuspecting audience!
Nocturne 5 - PERPETUAL E_MOTION
Co-presented by SAT
10pm | Society for Arts and Technology | $25 + tx & sc
The grand finale! This year's Nocturne 5 explores the more original variations of house music, starting in first-class fashion with the world premiere of HORROR INC's new live show. Japan's house-music specialist RADIQ arrives atMUTEKfor a North American debut. Cobblestone Jazz's DANUEL TATE steps out from the shadows of his trio for a world-premiere solo performance in support of his Wagon Repair debut album, Mexican Hotbox. Finally, Berlin trio and Perlon recording artists WAREIKA bring their livewire instrumentation to bear on sequences of deep house and techno. Visuals by MA and Cameron Bros.
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If it did not already exist, someone would certainly invent a party with the aspirations and the profile of the People's Party [the PPDD, centrist]. The proof is that this political party led by the owner of OTV is the front-runner in the forecasts, in the latest opinion polls, for the electoral results.
Between 12% and 14% of those polled say they will vote for his party. That's a higher percentage than the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (PDL). This means that Diaconescu's party will be unavoidable in negotiations for the transmission of power in 2012 [local elections are scheduled on June 10 and legislative elections in November].
Those close to Diaconescu could find themselves in key government positions. But who are the PPDD's leaders? They are essentially dodgy business executives, dishonest civil servants, the notoriously career-oriented or members of high society.
Shouters win elections
It is, nonetheless, difficult to explain the rise of this party. To answer this riddle, the words of Dan Diaconescu are helpful. In a 2009 interview to the daily, Gandul, the owner of OTV was asked to explain the success of his television show called Oglinda TV [Mirror TV]. He said that in general he tried to attract people that would make the ratings go up. "What kind of people are those?" asked the journalist. "Ones that gesticulate, shout, use foul language and make grammar mistakes with whom the viewer can identify," Diaconescu responded.
The people described by the TV programme producer were, as they are today, for the most part those that evolve in Romania's public sphere. "People who gesticulate, shout, use foul language" are those that, in general, win elections in Romania, those that tout themselves as either trend setters or analysts, those who claim to have things to say in this country.
Furthermore, over the years, Diaconescu's TV studios have witnessed a parade of first class personalities such as President Traian Băsescu, Bucharest Mayor Sorin Oprescu (left-wing opposition), Victor Ponta (PSD), Silviu Prigoană (the new PDL candidate for the mayor of Bucharest post) or former Minister of Tourism Elena Udrea.
And, over time, carried by the public love which manifested itself through his television audiences and through his guests, Dan Diaconescu became a political monster. His 2010 arrest for extortion of funds was but an episode in his career, one which, with hindsight, seems to have had for only effect to reinforce his image as a martyr for the people.
One of the most hideous creatures
Now Diaconescu cannot be brushed off as he was in the past. From the tribune of the People's Party flows a demented nationalism, waves of insults and abject calumny regarding his adversaries – real or imagined. But all this, rather than revolting it, seems to please a good part of the population.
Diaconescu's ascent is reminiscent of that of Corneliu Vadim Tudor [leader of the Greater Romania Party and today a member of the European Parliament] who made it to the run off round in the 2000 presidential ballot.
But the two cases are not totally comparable. Dan Diaconescu is the creation of an important segment of the electorate, generally uneducated and frustrated, but also of a political class that encouraged the owner of OTV, hoping to benefit from at least the crumbs of his success.
Under these conditions, it can be said that the People's Party represents one of the most hideous creatures of Romanian society. It is not by chance that his showcase is called Mirror TV.


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Considering the popularity of Mi 4 flagship, Xiaomi has attempted to attract more customers this time with the introduction of Xiaomi Mi 4S Smartphone. Affordably priced mid-ranged Mi 4 flagship already proved to be popular in many countries. It seems Xiaomi has adopted the same strategy to position its products in the market with the affordable price for attractive features with just over $300 for its latest Hexa core Mi 4S device.
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There are only few devices in the market which uses superfast 4G+ technology with the price tag of around $300, Mi 4S is one of them. It uses LTE CAT 9 technology which is capable of downloading an HD movie in less than a minute. Xiaomi Mi 4S offers all other connectivity options; WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and micro USB but compromises NFC technology, which may not attract customers who love contactless credit card payment and peer to peer data sharing.
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The very first Beauty and the Beast was a second century A.D. Roman myth. It has, since then, taken various forms. From the first traditional telling in 1740 France to Disney, Beauty and the Beast has been turned over, transformed, reworked, and redone. The story's characters change to better fit society's ideals, significantly so after the women's movement of the 1960's.
I have analyzed three tales. "Cupid and Psyche" a second century Roman myth by Apuleius, a 1978 traditional adaptation Beauty by Robin McKinley, and a modern-day retelling Beastly by Alex Flinn.
All versions separate and interlace with each other, however, one must ask, "What constitutes a story as a 'Beauty and the Beast' story?" I have found four main commonalities to answer that question:
The main character is beautiful, courageous, kind, and honest. In "Cupid and Psyche", princess Psyche's beauty rivals the most beautiful goddess, Venus. Due to a jealous curse Venus puts on Psyche, Psyche has to trek up a mountain to be given to a monster that, "[…] overcomes gods and men" (Apuleius), not once does she look back. In Beauty the main character willingly takes her father's place so that he may not be killed. Beastly by Alex Flinn, talks of a girl who is traded for her father's drugs and yet she remains kind.
Where the Beast lives (or what the Beast has) is enchanted. Whether there are invisible maids or all-seeing mirrors, there is always magic. Beastly, the modern version of Beauty and the Beast, contains a magic mirror which allows the holder to see anyone whom they ask to see. In both "Cupid and Psyche" and Beauty there are invisible servants to cater to the women.
The Beast is rumored to be a monster. While Cupid is not a beast himself but a god, he is rumored to be one by the kingdom's people that live at the base of the mountain. In Beauty the main character's father returns to his family talking of a monster that threatened to kill him for stealing one of his roses.
Lastly, there is a transformation as a result of the Beauty proving her love. In Beastly, the Beast transforms as the result of a kiss, in Disney's Beauty and the Beast it's an acknowledgement of love returned, in Beauty it's the acceptance of a marriage, and in "Cupid and Psyche," Psyche transforms into a god by drinking from the immortal cup once she proves her loyalty to her husband.
Each version of the novel meets these four requirements. As the versions get newer, the plot (girl falls for guy) and general setting (upper-end) remain the same while the main characters change in resilience, personality, and passions. The characters change depending on what is happening in society at the time the tale is being written.
How we know the story to be today, is not how it used to be known. There used to only be beautiful things in the story. From plot, to setting, to characters, in Apuleius's "Cupid and Psyche," everything is beautiful. Psyche is a princess that leaves her palace to fulfill the prophecy of her marrying a monster. When she comes across a white palace in the forest she hears a voice that tells her, "'All that you see is yours […]'" (Apuleius). Psyche is given luxurious gowns, the invisible servants sing and play instruments for her while she takes bubble baths… she's fine. Especially since her host is the god of love, Cupid. Throughout the story there is no mention of anything ugly. That's because in second century A.D., Rome was living in the most peaceful and economically sound time it would ever live through: the Pax Romana. During this time the Roman people weren't at war, they had reached the largest amount of land they would ever take over, and the population grew to an estimated 70 million (Ancient Civilizations). When a people no longer have money to worry about or a belligerent ruler, often times art will portray beauty. If that's what life is currently like and if attaining wealth, prosperity, and beauty are all ideal, then "Cupid and Psyche" fits those ideals.
Meanwhile, thousands of years later a great cultural and world-wide change was occurring. Women no longer wanted to be valued by their beauty. In 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded with the idea that women should be given all of the privileges and responsibilities in mainstream America equal to those of men (Sink). In 1968 NOW had become so popular that they had rallies and demonstrations. They even boycotted the Miss America Beauty Contest in Atlantic City to help prove their point that women's worth was not related to their looks (Sink).
In 1978 Robin McKinley writes a new version of Beauty and the Beast titled Beauty. Set in the time of kings, queens, and castles, our heroine, Beauty (or so she is painfully nicknamed) and her two sisters are the daughters of a wealthy merchant. When, one day, Beauty's father must go to port he asks his daughters if they would like any gifts from his journey. While Beauty's two sisters ask for jewels and dresses, she asks for a single rose. Considering herself to be plain, Beauty spends her time away from jewels and dresses and is described as having blisters and calluses on her hands (McKinley 48), neither of which are appropriate for a young lady of that era. Before the worldwide movement of the 1960's the beauty relished in beautiful objects and was thought by the majority of the kingdom to be beautiful. In 1978, she is rewritten as a woman who dislikes being called beautiful and has simple taste. This is because of the well-publicized and strongly advocated voices of women that needed to make it known: we aren't just beautiful, we're many other things, too. The positive reaction the women's movement got from thousands of women since have allowed women in modern day society to freely, and naturally think that their looks aren't what make them important. As such we get more outspoken, tom-boyish characters in movies, books, and other media.
I'm sure when you first heard Beauty and the Beast you thought of Belle and maybe you thought about how much of a badass she is, but her self-reliance wasn't always part of the tale. While Beauty relates more to our modern Belle, Psyche was quite different. In order to test Psyche's love for Cupid, Venus makes Psyche go through three trials, none of which she is able to complete without serious help. When asked by Venus to weave a mountain of grain, Cupid sends ants to do the chore for Psyche. When asked to shear golden sheep, water nymphs warn Psyche she must wait until nightfall or she'll be blinded, and for the last task had Cupid not revived her with a kiss, Psyche would have been asleep on the side of the road from opening a box she was told not to open in the first place. This isn't her fault. In ancient Rome, women took care of their husbands and families. They were expected to be loyal and obedient, they didn't shear sheep, especially not the princesses so Psyche would play a damsel who, even though she goes to meet a monster, is ultimately performing her duties by going to meet her husband.
In Beauty, our heroine is extraordinarily self-reliant and hardworking. She has blisters on her hands, and even though she's at the castle where invisible maids allow her not to lift a finger, she still does her chores as though she were still at home. Beauty knows how to split, chop and stack wood and she has trained her Clydesdale since he was a colt (McKinley 48). Not something one would find a young lady of a wealthy merchant doing. When Beauty's father returns, he tells his daughters a magical and yet horrible story of a castle in a wild garden, deep in the woods where they live. He concludes saying that his life is in danger unless he gives the beast of the castle one of his daughters. Beauty forcefully takes the position, confidently asking her father, "Cannot a beast be tamed?" (Mckinley 100). Women at the time Beauty was written were no longer helpless but capable, as such this beauty changed to better fit the changing women around her. Her defining characteristic no longer was beauty but strength. The beauties became women that women agreed with ever since the liberation of the 60's, therefore, the beauties of the Beauty and the Beast cannon changed to better fit the changes in society.
The beauty is not the only one that changed, so did the beast. After all, how did we get from Cupid, "the most irresistible of the gods," to a furry beast? When Venus saw that the mortals were calling a princess more beautiful than she, Venus sent her son Cupid to earth to curse this young maiden to fall in love with a "churlish man" (Apuleius). Cupid, after accidentally piercing himself with the arrow meant for Psyche, immediately fell in love with her. When Venus saw that her curse hadn't taken affect she made suitors stop coming to see Psyche. Her parents grew worried and took her to an Oracle who told them, "'She shall be given to one who waits for her on yonder mountain; he overcomes gods and men'" (Apuleius). Or Cupid, as we like to call him. He overcomes gods and men because love is the most powerful source on earth, not because he is a monster. So then why is it the beast eventually does become a beast? As described before, "Cupid and Psyche" was written during the Pax Romana. Similar to Psyche's beauty, Cupid's beauty comes with similar reasoning. If wealth and status has suddenly become more attainable due to the perfection of the Pax Romana why not make everything beautiful if life at that time is seemingly beautiful? However, as the times became more grisly so did the beast.
In Beastly by Alex Flinn, a wealthy, narcissistic son of a news anchor named Kyle Kingsley truly is a beast. Alex Flinn takes the most attractive boy in the school and turns him in to a monster. As the witch who turns Kyle, Kendra, says, "You will know what it is like not to be beautiful, to be as ugly on the outside as on the inside" (Flinn 37).
In both the traditional and the modern versions of the fairytale, it is a woman that transforms the beast due to their vanity, as though to say, "No boys, we're trying to go against this notion that beautiful people are better people." To pull away from the importance of beauty and to better show that personality rules over beauty, we now have an actual monster. Feminism includes both males and females; working together and against each other. After all, if women wanted to make it known that their looks didn't matter anymore, they were making it known to men as well as other women. As such we get men who are transformed to better see that beauty can be found within.
Where before the beast was not a beast at all, but a kind, quiet god, in Beastly he truly was a beast. Angry, narcissistic Kyle Kingsley cares for nothing more than his social status in high school and his ability to manipulate people through his charm and good looks which is where we get the monster; to better show what should be sought after is an attractive personality.
Speaking of, personality is also a constantly changing factor. While typically the beasts are transformed because they are vain (Beauty, Beastly, Beauty and the Beast by Disney) their personalities differ, often given the time period in which they occur. Kyle Kingsley openly bullies those he deems less attractive, which is extremely similar to what is going on in society now. Looks and size are stressed by mass media and bullying is and has been an ongoing and worsening problem, especially when it comes to today's youth. As such, making this beast a bully has made the novel more relatable and has collaborated with the women's movement message: looks are less than personality.
The Beast in Beauty is kind, calm, and intelligent.
In Disney's version of the fairytale, the beast is angry and yet shy. He doesn't know how to talk to women, or behave, or… eat.
Even though the beasts recognize the awkward situation they're in, they enter an unusual trial and error between inviting their beauty to dinner and showing her a library. Vain and angry, the beasts' intelligence and eventually their thoughtfulness is put to the test on exactly how to get the beautiful, courageous, and strong beauties to fall in love with them. It is not what they have, but how they treat their guests that eventually allow fear to turn into friendship and then love.
From second century A.D. Rome to modern day America, the Beauty and the Beast fairytale has tumbled through the events of society, reflecting current events and current ideals along with worldwide movements forcing people to see beyond a mirror. From Cupid and Psyche's ever-spanning beauty, to Beauty's courage, and Beastly's blunt lesson, Beauty and the Beast has stood for transformation, courage, and kindness.


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These windows have now all been replaced with windows in the great HansenMillenium slim-line design with high isolating 3-layer glass. Which has provided very low U-values and noise reduction.
This system was preferred by the architects due to the wish to preserve the old look of the building combined with high demands for reduction of noise and energy consumption.
All the HansenMillenium windows was fabricated by HansenPolska.


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October 11, 1927 - January 24, 2018
A funeral service will be held 11 AM Friday, February 2, 2018 at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria. Interment will follow in the White Garden Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church. Arrangements are with the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria.
Eleanor Jeanne Erickson was born October 11, 1927 in Watertown, SD, the daughter of Martin and Ella (Anderson) Erickson. Eleanor grew up in Willmar, MN.
Following high school, Eleanor worked for The Bank of Willmar as secretary and bookkeeper. She attended Luther College in Decorah, IA where she received her Bachelor's Degree in Parish Work. She was active in the Nordic Choir and excelled as a soloist.
Eleanor was a parish worker in Stoughton, WI and Glenwood, MN. She met Allen Hagstrom at Luther Crest Bible Camp near Alexandria, MN. On April 14, 1955 Eleanor was united in marriage to Allen in Glenwood, MN. The couple was blessed with three children, Timothy, Elizabeth and Mark.
Eleanor and Allen made their home in Elbow Lake, MN where Allen served as a pastor for 23 years. Eleanor was active in church choirs, women's groups and bible studies. After her youngest child began school, she worked part-time as a legal secretary/bookkeeper for a law firm in Elbow Lake. As the pastor's wife, it was Eleanor's ministry to make ALL members or guests of the church and of her home, feel welcome.
When Allen accepted a call to Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Benson, MN, Eleanor developed her passion for handbells. She attended conferences and symposiums to support her directing of handbell choirs at Our Redeemer's.
After Eleanor was widowed in her fifties, she finished their home on Lobster Lake and moved to the Alexandria area. She enrolled in St. Cloud Business College to study court reporting. During that time, she worked as a word processor and later as a secretary and typist for a realtor in St Cloud. From 1987 to 1989 Eleanor worked at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Morris, MN, and later at the USDA Farmers Home Administration County Office in Alexandria. Perhaps the position she loved the most was serving as secretary at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria from 1989 to 1994. Eleanor retired at age 67. In her free time, Eleanor loved swimming in Lobster Lake and entertaining friends at her lake home.
Eleanor enjoyed her Norwegian heritage; her maternal grandparents emigrated from Norway as did her father, Martin, who was the only one of his family to leave Norway for America. She traveled to Norway with her mother in 1975 and kept in contact with her cousins and their families there. Her adventurous spirit took her traveling across the country to visit family and she especially loved her trip to Holden Village, WA.
After "retiring" Eleanor volunteered for the Historical Society and served as a Senior Companion, providing friendly visiting, shopping and driving of older adults to doctor appointments for 15 years. She also served on the Board of the Senior Companion program. She was one of the first residents at Grand Arbor in Alexandra when she moved there from her lake home in 2011, and shared her computer skills to create a newsletter for the residents. She was very involved with the Retired Pastors and Spouses group, many of whom also lived at Grand Arbor. She chronicled the lives of many 90 plus year-olds from First Lutheran, conducting interviews and writing their stories.


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#RunDublin #BikeDublin #GolfDublin
The City of Dublin is home to an expanding network of parks, 100+ miles of bike paths and endless opportunities for recreation. We have been named a Bicycle Friendly City by the League of American Bicyclists. We currently have 60 parks offering everything from simple quiet space to state-of-the art playgrounds and well-maintained athletic fields and courts.
Golf is kind of a big deal in Dublin – home to Jack Nicklaus's annual Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Dublin is also the only city in the world to host The Presidents Cup, The Ryder Cup and The Solheim Cup. For information on private and public golf courses.


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"What Should I Practice?"
By Mark Walker
My drum set students often ask me what they should practice. Because we're all unique, with different levels of skill and experience, there's no easy answer. Sometimes we don't realize what we need to practice, or that we need it at all. Eventually, reality will hit us, say, when we lose control of the time, the volume, or the tempo – or perhaps when we're just feeling like we need an upgrade.
So, what should you practice, anyway? Let's look at the overall goal here. No matter where you are on your musical journey, just remember that making music is the end result. In order to make music, you have to develop a solid foundation on your instrument. If you work on fundamental skills, your drumming and your musicianship will be stronger. In order to help you make real progress, I've outlined some general concepts:
Listen and remember your role the music. What does the music need from you? Most of the music you'll play needs a solid groove, as well as sensitivity and dynamics. Whether it's static or more improvised, the grooves, fills and solos need to move people. Be sure to do some listening before your practice session, in order to stay inspired. Remember not to play "on top" of the music, but listen to the overall sound – and blend your sound with the music.
Think long term. What do you want to be able to do? Set goals, action steps needed to reach them and due dates of completion. For example, if you want to play a tune in a certain style by next week, you must practice it every day from now until next week. If you have an assignment, don't put it off. Our subconscious needs time to process new material.
Make sure to work on the basics. Fundamentals are your foundation. Work on the rudiments, or at least singes, doubles, flams and ruffs every day. You will probably find that working on the rudiments will make you more relaxed and helped your time feels. Ask yourself the following questions: Am I breathing? Am I sitting up straight? Am I using my body in the most effective way possible? Am I balancing my drum and cymbal sounds properly? Is what I'm practicing grooving as hard as the music I love?
Get coaching. Find out what your weaknesses are. A good teacher will get you to where you want to go, but will also give you what you need. They will spot your habits and show you how to correct them. If you know yourself, then you know what you need to work on. A good teacher will get you there. I recommend the interactive lesson site www.markwalkerlessons.com.
Pace yourself. Do you tend to rush through things? Then it's time to develop some patience. You have to remind yourself that the journey is more important than the destination. Transform whatever you're working on into a mini-vacation, with a seat on the beach and a nice cold drink (umbrella optional). As the legend Bernard "Pretty" Purdie once said, "practice slower and you'll learn faster."
Practice something you can't do. If you just sit down and play, that's not necessarily practicing. You're not advancing as a player if you're doing something you can already do. The legendary Tony Williams used to instruct students to "practice something you can't do for a hour a day." That could be applied to just about anything.
Kick your own ass (but don't overdo it). You have to push yourself to achieve, because no one else will. Be disciplined enough to practice every day, even if it's for 15 minutes.
Some days you'll be able to play faster, stronger, and more inspired than others. Don't try to push yourself too much on the "off" days, or you may wind up straining something. Injuries could derail your drumming for a long time.
Keep your head in the right place. I went through many years as a lazy drummer, paying little attention to the fundamentals, but most of the time, my ear and ability was good enough to get me through the gig – most of the time. I learned many painful lessons in rehearsals, onstage and in the studio with some of my musical heroes. Some of those lessons crushed my ego. Occasionally, I just thought I would never be good enough, and felt like quitting. But I kept at it. Now, I'm grateful for all those tough lessons, because they made me stronger, and taught me about myself.
Don't forget – we're here to move people!
Please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences. I'm learning from you, too!
Mark Walker is the instructor at the online drum lesson membership site www.markwalkerlessons.com, the author of the instructional book/CD "World Jazz Drumming," a professor at Berklee College of Music and Grammy Award winning drummer, percussionist and composer. He can be reached at email@example.com.
If you're currently a member at www.markwalkerlessons.com, be sure to take advantage of the interactive part of the site. You can upload a video to YouTube and get personalized feedback on your performance. You'll get clear instruction on you what you need to work on, and steps you can take to deal with any issue.


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The older I get, the more analogies jump unexpectedly from random dark alleyways and take me prisoner at gunpoint. Perhaps it's a function of age; after all, I'm now a card-carrying sexagenarian, which is in no way as fun as it sounds as though it ought to be. More likely it's just the way my head works, a concept frightening enough by itself to send that analogy scampering back into the darkness if it had a shred of sense. Since it's unquestionably the height of bad form to anthropomorphize a literary device, I'll go no further. Suffice it to say that the analogy is here to stay, so perhaps I should explain. First I offer a word of warning; there will be math involved.
Immersion in writing the lecture notes for my business analysis class has already heightened my consciousness for all of the available materials around me. In and of itself, it is a fascinating process of which to be cognizant as I go about learning (or relearning) the subject matter I will teach, along with the requisite teaching techniques. When the stress of interlacing this effort with my day job reduces my productivity to a trickle, I will either head to the piano or to the wood shop to reboot my noggin. It was in the latter venue that the triggering epiphany assaulted me.
For the past two years, I have been moving a lifelong passion for woodworking up to a new level by acquiring some advanced skills. One of these involves woodturning and I had retired to the shop to create a set of drawer pulls. The first step was to make a tool called a "screw chuck" that was going to hold the stock that I would be carving. While I was turning the block of poplar into a perfectly round disk, it struck me that I had made quite a number of tools during the past year. Each was custom made and reusable. And because the process of writing lecture notes was fresh, I saw clearly how many of the business tools I had built over the years were coming in handy in that effort.
We probably all make tools of one kind or another for use in our respective jobs. The question is, how many of us hang on to them? When it comes to tools, I am a packrat. I save everything whether it is from work or for the shop. If it is of any potential use, I categorize it and store it because sooner or later I will need it again. Business tools I have created and kept over the years run the gamut from simple document templates to sophisticated cost-benefit analyses and weighted prioritization tools. This has saved me many times from having to reinvent the wheel.
There is more to the do-it-yourself tool than merely collecting it. The thought process that goes into crafting it teaches one more effectively how the tool actually works, along with other truths about the process for which it is being used. This is as true for the logic behind a kerf jig as it is for the math underlying net present value in a cost-benefit template. In fact, making your own tool is just about the best way to learn because it is not merely the principle that one has mastered but an objectification of the principle. To demonstrate, let us look at these two examples side by side, starting with cost-benefit. Both explanations are a bit technical, but demonstrate the point clearly.
Cost-benefit Analysis
In a cost-benefit analysis, one seeks to understand the net of costs and benefits (cash flow) expressed in some common measurement (usually a currency such as dollars) of a project or product over a specified period of time. In other words, add together all of the direct and indirect costs of a project over x years and subtract those from the financial benefits of the project over the same time period. But there is a catch. One hundred dollars in cash flow today is worth more than the same amount a year from now. This is due to factors such as inflation or what that capital might have earned had it been invested (opportunity cost). Thus, a true cost-benefit analysis looks at future cash flows discounted into today's value (present value). Moreover, later years are weighted less heavily than earlier years as uncertainty increases.
Now, you could just pop some numbers into a spreadsheet and use the spreadsheet's functions to do the heavy lifting for you, but where is the fun in that? Instead, let us build our own. The formula for Present Value (PV) is:
Assume that you have a project that will take two years to complete and you want to look at the cost-benefit over five years. This year is year zero, next year is year one, and so forth. Your director of finance has informed you that the discount rate is six percent. Rather than use the spreadsheet function for PV, I have manually input the above formula into cell B11 as =B9/(1+$B$5)^B7 where cell B9 is the cash flow for year zero, $B$5 is the discount rate, and B7 is the time index (year number). I then copy that formula into cells C11 – G11. Net Present Value (NPV) is then the sum of the six PV values in the analysis. In this case, benefits outweigh cost.
What you learn by building the tool from scratch in this way is a better understanding of how Present Value is driven exponentially year over year. For me, this also demonstrates the importance of how the passage of time impacts negatively the return on investment as well as how the heavier weighting is given to the earlier years where the cash flows are in the red.
The Kerf Jig
The kerf jig is used to create the "perfect" lap joint using a standard table saw blade. A lap joint is made by making a wide cut (dado) halfway through two pieces of wood and assembling them to look like this:
There are several ways to do this including mounting a dado stack (a composite wide blade created by "stacking" together a set of blades). The challenge is always to have the width of the cut precisely equal to the width of the piece of wood you are fitting into it. The wood worker must also take into account the width of the saw blade when making this kind of cut. (I told you that math is involved.) Enter the kerf jig. It guarantees a perfect cut every time.
The kerf jig is a very simple device and easy to make. It consists of two blocks of wood: one fixed and one that slides. A knob secures the slider. As you can see in the next photograph, when the end of the slider is precisely even with the end of the block, there is a gap left. This gap is precisely the width of the saw blade.
Imagine now that you are going to make this cut. You have two pieces of wood, piece A and piece B. You are going to cut the dado in piece A first, so you insert piece B into the jaw of the jig and set the slider as shown.
The gap is now the precise width of the cut you want to make. At the opposite end, the distance between the end of the slider and the end of the block is equal to the precise width of the desired cut minus the precise width of the saw blade.
Then using a cross cut sled (another DIY tool) you align the saw blade with the inside end of the cut, add the jig using the long side (block plus slider) and clamp a stop in place. The sled (see picture) gives you a way to clamp a stop block to something that moves through the cut. It also allows you to move the stop block, the jig, and the piece of wood you are working on through the cut together.
After you make the first cut, turn the jig 90 degrees so that that the short length is against the stop. Butt the wood piece against the jig and make the second cut. Remember that the distance between the first cut and the second is the desired width of the cut less the saw blade.
The saw blade cuts on the outside of that distance, adding itself back in. All that is left is to cut out the center material.
By now, you may begin to appreciate the value of the do-it-yourself tool. Sure, I could buy a kerf jig online somewhere, but why would I do that? The jig I made cost virtually nothing since I made it from scrap wood in the shop. And because I now have a hands-on understanding of why it works, I will make fewer mistakes when I need to make a complicated set of lap joints (e.g., a wine rack). Similarly, having used the PV formula directly in my template instead of relying on a built-in function, I not only have the underlying concept more clearly in mind, I also will be able to teach it more effectively.
The business analyst in me likes this contact with the inner workings of things, the visceral connection to the underlying "why" and "how" of tools. I delight in how the underlying math of both tools reveals something about the nature of the processes being performed. Also, I love the correspondence between these very different business tools. In the end, it is a good thing that the analogy took me hostage, don't you agree?
Do you make your own business tools? Do you save them?
By the way, if you are curious about the tools in the title photograph, they are from left to right a feather board, the kerf jig, a hand-held starter bit for hollowing out bowls or cups on a lathe, a screw chuck, and a push board for a table saw. All of these tools are sitting on a cross cut sled.


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Forgive me, because I always end up seeing and posting about these things when they've already been out for months, but have you guys seen the Obama does Drop It Like It's Hot parody? It's so good.
I remember seeing some of Iman Crosson's spoof stuff years back, but this might be my favorite. Then again, I didn't realize until now just how many videos he had, so this is a youtube hole I expect to be falling down for a while.


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09. 03. 2007
Brush-and-rinse creates adventure from the routine
Call it ingenuity, call it inventiveness – but this product from New York based inventor Scott Amron certainly deserves mention.
Apparently what propelled him into action was the fact that current methods of getting water into our mouths for rinsing after brushing are sloppy, create waste and place unnecessary stress on our bodies. The result? The award-winning (Reddot Design Award 2007) brush-and-rinse toothbrush that eliminates the need to use rinse-cups or your hands to rinse your mouth. The idea is elegant – when you place the toothbrush under a faucet, it simply redirects the water from the faucet in a perfectly parabolic angle similar to a water fountain. Well, I am amazed that a simple modification can transform an ordinary product into such an interesting innovation.
The nifty little toothbrush is available from the Amron site at $3 a piece.
Via Medgadget.
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Continental Race 28 Supersonic Inner Tube - 700c
Code: TUC818
Continental R28 Supersonic 700 x 20 - 25C Presta Inner Tube
- Super lightweight tube, the cheapest way to save overall wheel weight
- Unitube size fits 20 - 25 mm tyres
- Weighs only 62g
- Presta valve
- All tubes have a seamless construction, with a mould-cured vulcanisation, to ensure uniform roundness
Tab L H Very light. I only keep it as a spare on my jersey pocket for punctures. Use the Continental Race 28 Light on my wheels instead.
Mr Enve Quite simple really if you want to drop your rolling mass buy these as are half the weight of a standard tube. Careful installation is required.
Eladio Incredibly light. 1500km so far using these and you can really feel the difference vs a standard tube. They lose some pressure but I normally check my tyres before every ride so no an issue for me
marc 50g and if your pro, easy installation. Make your 25c the lightest setup around
Eladio Súper light as expected. So far they don't lose pressure as most of the latex tubes
Theo Potgieter Super light and easy to install, rolling resistance notably less combined with GP5000, they are very thin so be very wary not to pinch when installing.
Mark Incredibly light and hold pressure well. Was very careful fitting them as they look easy to damage.
Mr Michi ブチルで軽量な上、価格も良い。
Mr Lajos Zsolt Szuper könnyű.Jobb,mint a latex,kevesebbet kell pumpálni.Vigyázni kell a szerelésnél,mert sérülékeny.
sinnett177 All good so far, no punctures and definitely helped shave some weight off the wheels. Recommended.
GrumpyOldPizza The easiest way to save 100g on your bike's weight. Do not lose pressure like latex tubes, half way easy to mount. No brainer.
Mr Pitchers The lightest tubes I've come across. By keeping rim mass low, you create a wheel that accelerates more quickly. Tubes are too often overlooked. Also reduces overall bike weight. And reduces total rider+bike weight if you carry one as a spare. A bit expensive but Merlin's price is the best I've found. I have not experienced many punctures with them (punctures are usually down to the tyres. Finally, they don't seem to leak like some latex tubes I've tried.
Mr Metcalfe Very light and does what it says on the packet. Just be careful installing them as they are a bit more delicate than a standard tube.
Mr Marini 4 sets I have bought of these. Super lightweight but are as easy to install as standard continental tubes and don't seem to be more susceptible to punctures.
Mr Larsson Superlight! Easier to fit than I thought and definitely easier than latex.
stephen This tube rolled up is extremely small and could be perfect for carrying on your bike with a patch kit as a backup. I haven't used it yet so can't comment as to its effectiveness. You will be surprised at how tiny they are.
D. Lee Lightweight and reliable inner tube
Mr OZDEMIR After my order, it came to istanbul - turkey in six days. Incredibly light, very thin and very small packed size. You need to behave carefully while placing. I advice to do it at home. It's not suitable for bad roads.
Jenkins Weight weenies dream.... fitters nightmare. These are so thin, great care needed when fitting but they are worth the hassle. Worked faultless on my Fulcrum 3 with Ultremo ZLX tyres, for an ultimate light weight set up.
Mr YILDIRIM Super light but hard to put in. Must apply some powder on inner tube and also inside the tyre as well. Otherwise it may stuck between tyre and rim and probably puncture. Definitely recommend it, if you have got no-name inner tubes, and using moderate puncture resistant tyres.
Mr Hosking Much lighter than a standard tube and more reliable than latex. They don't leak and go down while not in use. Can't rate durability yet as they have not been in long.
Nick the Wine Fragile but if you prefer clinchers these are great. Just be patient fitting them. You really notice the drop in rolling resistance.
Mr Jenkins Came out as stated weight, to note they are thin and best used for race days and your best wheels. Not had to perform a repair yet and we will see how they hold up. No problem to fit and they are "shaped" as per label, just be extra careful not to pinch them. No noticeable difference in the ride quality though For general use would probably stick to the race version, i have them on my commuter and no problems. Top service from Merlin


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She has 1 tooth and another bottom one almost through. She slept through for a few months till the teething started at 5 months and now pretty much wakes up twice a night every night. :-(
She enjoys eating porridge, vegetables, chicken, fish, finger biscuits, otees, greek yoghurt and many varieties of fruit. She doesn't like minced beef, avocado, rice cereal nor any store bought baby food.
Her favourite toys are Sophie and the orange stacking cup. She also likes the Barney toy that makes music if she presses the buttons. She loves bathing and swimming in the pool. She laughs and claps her hands and smiles for everyone. She and Becca adore each other. I really can't begin to say how much emptier our life was before she was born. She's just so delightful.