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Bankruptcy is a tool for Financial Crisis Management. As a tool, we use it in two ways. On a frequent basis, we remind the creditors we deal with that we are bankruptcy attorneys, representing our clients for financial crisis management and that if matters cannot be resolved on a satisfactory basis, we will file for bankruptcy relief. This is using the "threat of bankruptcy" as a tool to persuade the particular creditor to reach terms that we find to be acceptable and consistent with the plan. The "Threat of Bankruptcy" is critical to negotiations we pursue with junior mortgage holders and the credit card industry in Debt Resolution. The threat doesn't really have significant impact with the first mortgage holders because they are secured by the first lien on the property. The distinction is that the first mortgage holder has a secured claim so the vast majority of its protection is derived from the property as the security. The junior mortgage holders, whose liens do not attach to any equity due to the depressed values of real estate, as well as the credit card companies, hold what we call "unsecured claims." In bankruptcy proceedings, unsecured creditors are very use to receiving nothing for their claims. Because of this, the threat of bankruptcy to an unsecured creditor carries greater magnitude and if they believe the threat to be genuine they are apt to settle their claim for small dollars.
Beyond the "threat of bankruptcy," the actual filing of bankruptcy proceedings is a valued tool in financial crisis management. There are three basic types of bankruptcy cases for individuals. They are named by the Chapters they reside in the Bankruptcy Code. For our purposes, you need to understand which Chapters we use to accomplish the appropriate tasks in the context of financial crisis management and realizing our ultimate goal of shedding debt and preserving future income. In this context, the optimal case is a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. In this type of case, an individual is able to discharge all of his debts existing as of the date the bankruptcy case is filed, excluding certain non-dischargeable claims such as certain tax obligations, student loans, as well as debts procured by fraud and other improper actions that are not germane for this discussion. The other major type of case filed for individuals is a Chapter 13 bankruptcy which is often called a wager-earners plan or debt adjustment for individuals. Chapter 13 applies only to "individuals with regular income" and is akin to what I call a personal reorganization where debts are adjusted downward and extension on the time frame to pay is achieved. Chapter 13's greatest feature from a Financial Crisis Management perspective is that it is the ideal type of case to file in order to stop a foreclosure of the house and seek to cure mortgage payment arrearages. As will be explained shortly, Chapter 13 has limitations as to the amount of unsecured and secured debt a person is allowed. Chapter 11, which is the formal "reorganization" chapter for businesses, as well as individuals, is available in situations where the individual does not meet the Chapter 13 debt limitations.
Chapter 7 is often referred to as the "fresh start" case. To file a Chapter 7 case, the individual's attorney prepares a bankruptcy petition. The petition lists the assets the person owns, along with his or her secured and unsecured claims to all creditors, A limited number of exemptions is allowed on the asset side. The person filing the case is referred to as the "debtor." The debtor actually has a choice between the specified federal exemptions or those provided under the laws of the debtor's state. When a Chapter 7 case is completed, the debtor obtains a "discharge" of his or her pre-petition debts with the benefit of not having to pay any of the debt on a going forward basis. Though certain debts such as student loans, child support and alimony are not dischargeable, the vast majority of pre-petition debt is dischargeable and the obtaining of the discharge coupled with the retention of the specified exempt property is the operable event in providing the person a "fresh start." In the context of my view that Financial Crisis Management's goal is to preserve future income and to avoid allowing it to be used to pay debts of the past, a Chapter 7 case, when applicable, can be an ideal tool. Chapter 7, however, is not the tool we use when seeking to save a house from foreclosure and unfortunately, with the revisions to the Bankruptcy Code in 2005, Chapter 7, when desired, is not always available.
The availability of Chapter 7 relief for individuals was limited by The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (called "BABCPA") as a result of intensive and successful lobbying efforts of the banking industry. The 2005 amendments changed over 100 years of bankruptcy law. The most critical change in the law is that the amendments created what is referred to as "means testing," which has the effect of precluding someone from filing a Chapter 7 case in circumstances where they have regular income such that they have the "means" to pay back a portion of the debt. If you "fail" the means test and do not meet any other available exception for Chapter 7, you are precluded from filing a Chapter 7 case and obtaining the discharge. In this situation you must file a Chapter 13 case if you qualify, and if not, a Chapter 11 reorganization for an individual.
Chapter 7 Eligibility
An individual files his or her case in the federal district where he or she has resided the most during the 180 days immediately preceding the filing of the case. If you have previously obtained a Chapter 7 discharge, you must wait eight years after the last discharge to file another. The prime goal in filing a Chapter 7 case is to obtain a fresh start. In this context, "the debtor is exchanging his or her nonexempt property for the forgiveness of dischargeable debts." This quoted sentence speaks to two key issues. You are only able to retain "exempt property" which means the non-exempt property will be subject to sale by trustee in order to liquidate the asset and provide funds to distribute to the creditors. Secondly, the discharge does not apply to "non-dischargeable debts."
The exempt property is the property which the individual is allowed to retain when filing a Chapter 7 case. You are permitted to elect either the Federal Exemptions or the state law exemptions for the state you are filing in. This can be a sensitive issue that calls for the expertise of the bankruptcy attorney to address. The goal is to select the exemption scheme that will protect your most valued assets. The Federal Exemptions are listed in 11 USC 522 (you can readily find this on the Internet using a search engine). The primary federal exemptions are:
|Federal Exemption Value as of
May 2008
|Household – one item
|Household Items – aggregate
|Motor Vehicle
|Tools of the Trade
|Wild card
|10,125* + 1,075
|Life Insurance
* Only available to the extent the homestead exemption is not used and limited to ½ the amount
The Wildcard, in the aggregate totals, $11,200 when the debtor is not utilizing any of the Homestead exemption. This exemption is typically used to protect cash. The exemptions are per debtor, so if a husband and wife are filing, together they are each entitled to the various exemptions.
There are a total of 21 types of debts listed under 11 USC 523(a) of the Bankruptcy Code that are non-dischargeable. This list includes marital debts and support obligations, taxes (some of which are dischargeable), student loans, debts procured through fraud, as well as fraudulent conveyances.
The critical path to eligibility for obtaining a discharge in a Chapter 7 case is whether you will need to pass the means test, and if so, whether you do in fact pass the test. If your debts are not primarily consumer debts then you are not subject to the means test calculation. Consumer debts are debts incurred by an individual primarily for a personal, family or household purpose. A mortgage debt on your residence or vacation property is consumer debt. Credit card debt can be consumer or non consumer depending up on the nature of the purchases made.
Debts arising from personal guarantees of business debts are non consumer debts. Income tax liabilities and student loans have been determined to be consumer debts. We call this the Business vs. Personal Debt analysis when we review a client's situation. In many cases, clients in Financial Crisis have substantial business debt due to a business failure. The business failure, coupled with adverse real estate holdings, has placed the client in crisis. This same client may still have solid income from his profession or other businesses such that, as we will discuss shortly, makes a Chapter 7 unavailable if the client is subject to the means test calculation. This particular client will typically have significant debts arising from guarantees on a failed business venture, along with significant credit card debt some of which is consumer and some of which is business. In these times, the same client may also be way underwater in his house along with rental properties that no longer have tenants. In this situation, we carefully analyze the Business versus Consumer Debt issue and look to strategies where by the use of some planning we can derive an outcome where the business debt can exceed the consumer debt. If we can accomplish this task, then we will be eligible to file Chapter 7 case and discharge the debts rather than being forced into either a Chapter 13 or Chapter 11 case. There are two major strategies that we've used. Typically, the greatest chance to shift the ratio of business versus consumer debt is to eliminate mortgage debt. This can be achieved by allowing the house to go through foreclosure or elimination of the debt through a deed in lieu of foreclosure or short sale. Once the mortgage debt is discharged or to the extent it is discharged, the ratio of Business Debt will increase compared to Consumer Debt. In situations where we've been able to narrow the margin, we've then settled out on some of the consumer credit card debt by settling those claims for 10-20 cents on the dollar in order to shift the balance so that post settlement, the business debt exceeds the consumer debt.
Beyond the Business vs. Consumer debt method of avoiding the means test in a Chapter 7, disabled veterans whose debt was primarily incurred when on active duty or while performing in homeland defense activity are not subject to the means test calculation.
The Means Test Calculation
There is a two step process in passing the means test. Remember, if you pass the "means test" you are eligible to seek the discharge in Chapter 7. If you fail the "means test" you must file under Chapter 13 if eligible, or Chapter 11 if you want to gain benefits under the Bankruptcy laws. In this sense, the term, in my view, is reversed. It is easier for me to understand the notion that if I have the means to pay back some of my debt; I should not be eligible for a Chapter 7 case. Thus, what the rule is saying is that "if you have the means to pay back some of your debt, you fail the means test and you cannot file a Chapter 7." I hope this helps clarify the issue. You can typically count on one thing in the law, if there is a more confusing way to say something then that will be the approach taken!
The first component requires an analysis of the person's current monthly income which is referred to as their CMI. This is the average monthly income from all sources, that the debtor receives in the preceding six-month period ending on the last day of the calendar month preceding the date the case is filed. CMI is broadly defined and includes the income of both spouses even if only one spouse is filing (unless, in limited circumstances it can be proven that the non filing spouse keeps his or her finances separate. Once the six month average CMI is calculated, it is multiplied by 12 and compared to the applicable state's annual medium income for a household that is the same size as the individual's according to the U.S. Census Bureau. If your CMI is less than the average, there is no presumption of abuse and you will be able to proceed with a Chapter 7 without any further means testing. The effect of CMI is that the higher the CMI, the greater chance exists that you will not pass the first component of the test leaving you in the situation where you have to continue to the second step of the process.
Census Bureau Median Income by Family Size is set forth below:
Census Bureau Median Family Income By Family Size
(Cases Filed On and After March 15, 2009)
Needless to say, the lower the CMI, the greater ease it is to qualify for a Chapter 7 filing. An interesting component in determining CMI is the effect that drawing money from an IRA or 401(k) has on the calculation of CMI. The present law in this area is not clear. Some jurisdictions include withdrawals from a person's IRA or 401(k) in the calculation of CMI. I want to point this out for two important reasons. First, this is an unfair and unfortunate result because these funds represent monies that you've already earned and when you draw them from your retirement, they are not recurring sources of income so they should not be included in the calculation of CMI. Remember, our goal is to keep CMI down. The second and much more important point that I want to emphasize is the YOU SHOULD NEVER, NEVER, NEVER borrow from your IRA or 401(k) to pay credit card debt or to service a mortgage on a house under water. These funds are protected in bankruptcy proceedings and under virtually all state laws so that a creditor cannot get to these funds in or outside of bankruptcy. Taking this money from your retirement and using it to pay past debts, in my view, is like burning it. Since I have never been a fan of fire, I will tell you one more time:
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER borrow from your IRA or 401(k) to pay credit card debt or to service a mortgage on a house under water.
Let's move on. If your annualized income is greater than the annual medium income, the next phase requires that a determination be made whether your income is sufficient to fund a meaningful repayment plan in a Chapter 13 case. If the answer is yes, then you will have failed the means test and you cannot file a Chapter 7 case. If the answer is no, you will have passed the means test and absent one more hurdle you will be on your way to a Chapter 7 discharge.
This test is often called the "net disposable income test." The test results works like this. We evaluate your expenses to determine your annual expenses to be charged against annual income. Under the Bankruptcy Code the numbers are evaluated from the standpoint of the total dividend that would be paid to your unsecured creditors over a 60 month plan. It's easier in some respects to think of this number in terms of annual disposable income or monthly, which are both determined by dividing the 60 month number by 5 for the annual and by 60 for the monthly. The rules work this way:
- If the net disposable income for the 60 month plan is greater than $10,950 (which is $2,190 annually and $182.50 monthly) then you can provide a meaningful repayment plan under Chapter 13 and you FAIL the means test.
- If the net disposable income for the 60 month plan is less than $6,575 (which is $1,315 annually and $109.58 monthly) then you cannot provide a meaningful repayment plan under Chapter 13 and you PASS the means test.
- If the net disposable income for the 60 month plan is less than $10,950 ($2,190 annually and $182.50 monthly) and greater than $6,575 ($1,315 annually and $109.58 monthly) AND the 60 month amount is greater than 25% of your unsecured claims then you can provide a meaningful repayment plan under Chapter 13 and you FAIL the means test.
- If the net disposable income for the 60 month plan is less than $10,950 ($2,190 annually and $182.50 monthly) and greater than $6,575 ($1,315 annually and $109.58 monthly) AND the 60 month amount is LESS than or EQUAL to 25% of your unsecured claims then you cannot provide a meaningful repayment plan under Chapter 13 and you FAIL the means test.
These determinations are "presumptions" which means that absent a showing of "special circumstances" the rules are applied as stated. The below chart illustrates the application of the rules as well:
|Net Disposable Income
|Outcome – Pass or Fail Means Test
|60 Month Plan
|If Greater than
|If Less than
|If in Between and 25% of Unsecured Claims are Greater than 60 Month Amount
|109.58 – 182.50
|If in Between and 25% of Unsecured Claims are Greater less than or equal 60 Month Amount
|109.58 – 182.50
Evaluation of expenses in the calculation of net disposable income is a process that requires application of limits to specific categories dictated by the process. National standards set limits on expenses for food, housekeeping, apparel, supplies and services, etc. These limitations are explained in the Internal Revenue Service Manual and can be found on the web at www.irs.gov/irm/part5/irm_05-015-001.html. The specific tables setting forth the applicable limits are found at www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96543,00.html. I guess it's no surprise that the website link is as convoluted as the rest of the federal framework. So you have the flavor of the limitations, the National Standard for "food, housekeeping supplies, apparel and services, personal care products and services, and miscellaneous is as follows:
|One Person
|Two Persons
|Three Persons
|Four Persons
|Housekeeping supplies
|Apparel & services
|Personal care products &
For each additional person, you add $262 to the four person allowance. The guidelines may be exceeded by up to 5% for food and clothing if the excess is reasonable and necessary.
If the means test is passed, absent unusual circumstances, the case can proceed as a Chapter 7. The rest of the process is easy from the individual's perspective. After the case is filed, it is unlawful for any creditor to contact you or take any affirmative action to pursue its claim except through the bankruptcy process. The phone calls stop, the hassle ends. You will need to attend a 341 hearing, which is conducted by the U.S. Trustee assigned to the case and typically occurs 4 to 6 weeks after the case is filed. The hearing is very short, you appear with your counsel, state your name, that you read petition when you signed it and that it was true then and true now. The trustee and any creditors can attend and ask you questions. The hearing is short and in the normal situation that is the only appearance you make. Approximately 8 to 12 weeks later, a discharge is granted by the Court and mailed to you.
Chapter 13
Chapter 13 often called the wage-earner's plan or debt adjustment plan is a trustee supervised reorganization of an individual's debts. In a situation where an individual fails the means test, we evaluate whether they can derive a benefit from a Chapter 13 case. There are, however, several circumstances, where a Chapter 13 case, on its own, is a valuable tool in Financial Crisis Management. There are primarily four sets of circumstances where Chapter 13 can provide a positive outcome that is not available through a Chapter 7 filing.
The first and I'd say the foremost compelling reason to file a Chapter 13 case is that is the only way a homeowner can stop a mortgage lender from pursuing foreclosure of the house and allow for the right to cure the arrearage in payments over the course of the plan. Of course, a loan modification could achieve the same result, but this can only occur on a consensual basis with the lender – which, unfortunately, is often not available. Another key benefit to a Chapter 13 case is that if you have a second, third or other junior mortgage on your residence and there is no equity attaching to the security because the fair market value of the home is less than the first mortgage, then these junior mortgages can be stripped of all secured value and treated as an unsecured claim. Similarly, Chapter 13 allows you to strip the lien of first and all junior mortgage lenders on real estate that is not your personal residence. To the extent the mortgage balances exceed the market value of the real estate, such amounts can be treated as unsecured claims.
Chapter 13 allows you to save a vehicle from repossession or if the vehicle has been repossessed, you can compel the return of the vehicle. Chapter 13 is also a valuable tool in situations where you own real or personal property with significant equity and wish to retain these assets. Keep in mind, under Chapter 7; you only are able to retain the exempt assets. Beyond the exemptions, the remaining assets are property of the bankruptcy estate and it is the Chapter 7 trustee's duty to sell these assets for the benefit of the creditors. Chapter 13, on the other hand, allows you to retain the assets. The tradeoff is that the value of the equity in these assets is taken into account in the determination of the amount that is to be paid to your creditors over the life of the plan.
Qualification Limits in Chapter 13
In order to be eligible to file a Chapter 13 case, the filer must be an individual with regular income and meet the debt limitations. The maximum amount of unsecured debt is $336,900 and the maximum amount of secured debt is $1,010,650. These amounts adjust every three years based upon changes in the Consumer Price Index. The next adjustment date is April 1, 2010.
Chapter 13 Timeline and Process
Once the Chapter 13 case is commenced, the 341 meeting of creditors is scheduled 25 to 45 days later. This hearing serves the same function as in a Chapter 7 case and is typically the only date in which the filer has to appear. The Chapter 13 case requires that a Chapter 13 Plan be filed. All creditors are provided a copy of the plan, as well as the U.S. Trustee who supervises the process. The Plan is approved though the process of confirming the plan. During the period between the filing of the proposed plan and the Confirmation Hearing, is scheduled approximately 90 days following the filing of the case, objections from the Trustee and Creditors can be filed and the debtor's attorney seeks to resolve these issues in advance of the hearing or, if not resolved, they matters are addressed by the Bankruptcy Court judge at the Confirmation Hearing.
The Chapter 13 Plan length ranges between 36 and 60 months. The length of the plan is determined by the Means Test. As explained in the discussion of Chapter 7, if the filer's median income is equal to or below the median income for the state and household size, then the plan is 36 months. If median income is above the median income for the state and household size, the plan must run for 60 months. If creditors are to be paid in full, the plan can be less than the required periods. Keep in mind, if you are below the median income, you "pass" the means test and could pursue a Chapter 7 case. This means that the reason the Chapter 13 would be filed in such a situation is to derive one of the benefits available in a Chapter 13 that is not available under Chapter 7.
Once the plan is completed, the process is completed the court will issue the discharge – which discharges the debtor from any further liability on all dischargeable claims.
Chapter 11 Reorganization
Chapter 11, which is the business reorganization provision of the Bankruptcy Code is also available for individuals. The process is complex and costly. Chapter 11 is nonetheless a tool used in Financial Crisis Management. For individuals, we consider it a tool of last resort due to its cost. At the same time, if you're financial situation is such that you need the protection from creditors available through the bankruptcy process but you cannot pass the means test due as a result of your income being high and you fail to meet the debt qualification limits of Chapter 13, then Chapter 11 must be considered as a viable alternative.
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Tipperary Excel 'think tank' open meeting on May 6th - public invite
Tipperary Excel Arts Centre wishes to extend an open invitation to the people of Tipperary Town to attend this community think tank, which takes place at the centre on May 6th at 7.30pm.
The purpose of this open meeting is to start meaningful engagement with the people of Tipperary Town and surrounding areas, ascertain public opinion & ideas and to form voluntary committees and steering groups, which will assist the board and staff in creating and improving amenities and services at Tipperary Excel, and to develop a cultural programme for the people of Tipperary. As we now have a new board and a new management structure, both committed to a new direction, we would encourage all stakeholders to contribute. During this community think tank, the board plans to unveil its major fundraising effort for the centre. We are calling on you to offer your commitment and support.

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In today's nearly zero-yield environment, investors who seek predictable income find it hard to meet their goals. Some turn to complex or alternative investments and take risks they either do not understand or cannot afford.
A product might be considered complex if you have a hard time understanding how its features will interact under different market conditions and how that interaction may affect potential risk and return. Clues include novel investment strategies, complicated features or embedded use of borrowing.
"If investors do not fully understand the leverage and other risk and reward features of a complex investment, they should stop right there," according to Gerri Walsh, president of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. "A good general rule is never invest in products you do not understand."
Take structured notes, one of many structured products offered to individual investors, for instance. Unlike corporate or government bonds, structured notes typically involve unsecured debt. Payouts are often linked to underlying assets such as a narrow or proprietary index or some other obscure benchmark. These notes may be marketed based on attractive initial yields, or a promise of some level of principal protection.
While some structured products are fairly straightforward, others are often complex and have cash flow characteristics and risk-adjusted rates of return that are hard to estimate. These products generally do not have an active secondary market, so investors must be willing to assume considerable liquidity risk.
Another example is inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These products seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or benchmark they track. They are often marketed as a way to profit from, or at least hedge exposure to, downward moving markets. Back in 2009, FINRA notified securities companies that inverse and leveraged ETFs that reset daily are typically unsuitable for retail investors who plan to hold them for longer than one trading session, particularly in volatile markets.
Similarly, investors seeking exposure to alternative investments might seek out alternative mutual funds. These funds might invest in assets such as global real estate, commodities, leveraged loans, start-up companies and unlisted securities. They might employ complex strategies, including hedging and leveraging through derivatives and short selling. This can make it harder for some investors to understand the strategies and risks involved.
If your financial professional recommends you invest in these, or other, complex investments, ask these questions before you hand over your money:
• What are the costs? Complex investments can have embedded costs that have significant impact on your ability to weigh the risks and rewards of the investment.
• What are the liquidity risks? In many cases, there is no secondary market for the product. This will make it difficult for you sell no matter what the circumstances are.
• What is the worst-case scenario? Discuss your adviser's assumptions and recognize that your own worst assumptions may be too optimistic. Investors considering a structured product tied to an asset should look into the level of volatility of the underlying asset over the long term.
Reaching for a higher return almost always involves taking on more risk. Look beyond the number next to the percentage sign and realize, if you do not fully understand the risks and costs that you are taking on, then chasing yield usually means chasing trouble.
FINRA is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States. Our chief role is to protect investors by maintaining the fairness of the U.S. capital markets. FINRA does not endorse, sponsor, or guarantee, nor is it sponsored by, any advertisers on this site, and any dealings with those advertisers are solely between you and the advertisers.


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LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Most Central Texas school districts have already had to schedule two makeup days because of ice storms, and some parents are not happy with the choices.
Several districts have selected Memorial Day, May 26, as one date.
The Leander school board got an earful Thursday from veterans, the sons and parents of veterans, and others who believe it is inappropriate to schedule classes on that day.
"Memorial Day is a day to unite us, thank those who have given their lives," said retired Marine Maj. James Crabtree, a veteran of the Iraq war. "It should not be used for mattress sales and another day in school."
"We respect what Memorial Day means, but we don't have many choices," said Leander Superintendent Dr. Bret Champion.
New Round Rock Superintendent Dr. Steve Flores says his district doesn't have many options either. "This has been an unusual winter and that has consequences. It's a great opportunity to honor our fallen heroes and vets and make it a day of learning."
The state can permit waivers to districts after the first two make-up days, but two make-ups are mandatory. Districts trying to weigh other options realize a third or fourth make-up event only complicates matters.
Make-up days are often selected a year or two in advance and not everyone anticipates multiple ice storms or pays attention to the days that may be selected, until it's necessary.
These are days chosen by local districts barring any changes:
Round Rock February 17 and May 26. Austin ISD February 17 and June 6th. Georgetown February 17 and May 26. Leander April 28 and May 26. Dripping Springs April 18 and May 26.


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Overview of Chromosomal Anomalies
Patient Education
- Chromosome and Gene Anomalies
- Overview of Chromosomal Anomalies
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Trisomy 18
- Trisomy 13
- Chromosomal Deletion Syndromes
- Microdeletion Gene Syndromes
- Overview of Sex Chromosome Anomalies
- Turner Syndrome
- Klinefelter Syndrome (47,XXY)
- 47,XYY Syndrome
- Other X Chromosome Anomalies
- Fragile X Syndrome
Chromosomal anomalies cause various disorders. Anomalies that affect autosomes (the 22 paired chromosomes that are alike in males and females) are more common than those that affect sex chromosomes (X and Y).
Chromosomal abnormalities fit into several categories but broadly may be considered as numerical or structural.
Numerical abnormalities include
Structural abnormalities include
Some specific terms from the field of genetics are important for describing chromosomal anomalies:
Aneuploidy: The most common chromosomal abnormality caused by an extra or missing chromosome.
Karyotype: The full set of chromosomes in a person's cells.
Genotype: The genetic constitution determined by the karyotype.
Phenotype: The person's clinical findings including outward appearance—the biochemical, physiologic, and physical makeup as determined by the genotype and environmental factors (see Overview of Genetics).
Mosaicism: The presence of ≥ 2 cell lines differing in genotype in a person who has developed from a single fertilized egg.
Lymphocytes are typically used for chromosomal analysis, except prenatally, when amniocytes or cells from placental chorionic villi are used (see Amniocentesis). A karyotype analysis involves blocking cells in mitosis during metaphase and staining the condensed chromosomes. Chromosomes from single cells are photographed, and their images are arranged, forming a karyotype.
Several techniques are used to better delineate the chromosomes:
In classical banding (eg, G [Giemsa]-, Q [fluorescent]-, and C-banding), a dye is used to stain bands on the chromosomes.
High-resolution chromosome analysis uses special culture methods to obtain a high percentage of prophase and prometaphase spreads. The chromosomes are less condensed than in routine metaphase analysis, and the number of identifiable bands is expanded, allowing a more sensitive karyotype analysis.
Spectral karyotyping analysis (also called chromosome painting) uses chromosome-specific multicolor fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques that improve the visibility of certain defects, including translocations and inversions.
Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA, also called array comparative genomic hybridization) is a single-step technique that allows the entire genome to be scanned for chromosome dosage abnormalities, including increases (duplications) or decreases (deletions), which may be suggestive of an unbalanced translocation. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarray analysis has the additional ability to detect regions of homozygosity, which may be seen in cases where parents share common ancestry (consanguinity), and also when there is uniparental disomy (UPD, ie, both of a pair of chromosomes inherited from one parent). It is important to note that CMA does not detect balanced rearrangements (eg, translocations, inversions) that are not associated with deletions and duplications.
Recently, noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) methods have been developed in which cell-free fetal DNA sequences obtained from a maternal blood sample are used for prenatal screening for trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 13, and trisomy 18 and sex chromosome aneuploidy. Although NIPS has good sensitivity and specificity for some chromosomal abnormalities, it is recommended that the results be confirmed using a diagnostic test. More recently, NIPS has been used as a screening test for common microdeletion syndromes (eg, 22q11 deletion); however, the sensitivity and specificity are still relatively low.
- Chromosome and Gene Anomalies
- Overview of Chromosomal Anomalies
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Trisomy 18
- Trisomy 13
- Chromosomal Deletion Syndromes
- Microdeletion Gene Syndromes
- Overview of Sex Chromosome Anomalies
- Turner Syndrome
- Klinefelter Syndrome (47,XXY)
- 47,XYY Syndrome
- Other X Chromosome Anomalies
- Fragile X Syndrome


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CP 97-127 Dakota Co. Transp
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the Empire Transportation Facility at 2800 160th Street West, Rosemount, MN. until 9:00 AM on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at which time they will be opened and read aloud for the following County project:
County Project 97-127; S. P. 019-060-001
Mississippi River Regional Trail
Rock Island Swing Bridge Wayside Rest Facilities
Minimum wage rates to be paid by the Contractors have been predetermined and are subject to the Work Hours Act of 1962, P.L. 87-581 and implementing regulations.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation hereby notifies all bidders:
in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Act), as amended and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A Part 21, Non-discrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation, it will affirmatively assure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded maximum opportunity to participate and/or to submit bids in response to this invitation, and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, disability, age, religion, sex or national origin in consideration for an award;
in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, and Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 230 Subpart A-Equal Employment Opportunity on Federal and Federal-Aid Construction Contracts (including supportive services), it will affirmatively assure increased participation of minority groups and disadvantaged persons and women in all phases of the highway construction industry, and that on any project constructed pursuant to this advertisement equal employment opportunity will be provided to all persons without regard to their race, color, disability, age, religion, sex or national origin;
in accordance with the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minnesota Statute 363A.08 Unfair discriminatory Practices, it will affirmatively assure that on any project constructed pursuant to this advertisement equal employment opportunity will be offered to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
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If you are not a current holder of a compliance certificate issued by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and intend to bid on any job in this advertisement you must contact the Department of Human Rights immediately for assistance in obtaining a certificate.
The following notice from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights applies to all contractors:
"It is hereby agreed between the parties that Minnesota Statute, section 363A.36 and Minnesota Rules, parts 5000.3400 to 5000.3600 are incorporated into any contract between these parties based on this specification or any modification of it. A copy of Minnesota Statute 363A.36 and Minnesota Rules, parts 5000.3400 to 5000.3600 is available upon request from the contracting agency."
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A minimum goal of 8.4% Good Faith Effort to be subcontracted to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.
Dakota County Project 97-127; S.P. 019-060-001, Construction of the Mississippi River Regional Trail Rock Island Swing Bridge Wayside Rest Facilities along 66th Street East from Concord Boulevard to the Mississippi River in the City of Inver Grove Heights.
Major quantities (approximate) of work on the project include:
Restroom Building 1 LUMP SUM
Picnic Shelter 1 LUMP SUM
Common Excavation (P) 1,200 CU YD
Common Embankment (P) 500 CU YD
Aggregate Base 800 CU YD
Bituminous Pavement 450 TON
12- 28 RCP Pipe Sewer 500 LIN FT
Limestone Stairs 225 SQ FT
DIP Watermain 400 LIN FT
Construct Drainage Structure 20 LIN FT
6 Concrete Walk 7,000 SQ FT
3 Bituminous Walk 6,300 SQ FT
Monument Restoration 4 LUMP SUM
Drinking Fountain 2 EACH
Grills, Benches, Bike Racks, etc. 15 EACH
Lighting Unit Type Special 6 EACH
Concrete Footings 10 EACH
Coniferous Trees 15 EACH
Deciduous Trees 150 EACH
Deciduous Shrubs 420 EACH
Perennials and Grasses 1,300 EACH
Temporary Fence 750 LIN FT
Seeding 0.35 ACRE
Hydroseeding 1.5 MGAL
Sodding 900 SQ YD
Striping 800 LIN FT
It is anticipated that a contract to perform the work will be awarded by resolution of the Dakota County Board of Commissioners at the County Board meeting scheduled for August 13, 2013.
**DIGITAL COPIES OF THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT: http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/DoingBusiness/Pages/default.aspx
These documents may be downloaded for $20 by selecting County Project 97-127 from the Browse Project page or eBid Doc # 2784825 on the Search Projects page at www.questcdn.com
Paper copies of the bidding documents are also available for review at Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., 2550 University Avenue West, Suite 238N, St. Paul, MN 55114.
Bids must be accompanied by a certified check or corporate surety bond, made in favor of Dakota County in an amount of at least five (5) percent of the amount bid. The right is reserved to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive informalities therein. No bid may be withdrawn within 60 days from the date of opening of bids.


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When you have hair with a natural wave, sometimes it just does what it wants to, with or without your permission. Exhibit A. My hair air dried and formulated this fabulous little flip.
I used to try to keep the flip under control by straightening it, but a funny thing happened one day when I was too lazy to do anything about it. Everyone loved it!
Sometimes I think we inherently have style present within ourselves and we just have to get out of the way and stop overthinking things to allow that style to be made manifest. Because sometimes my hair just knows what to do. What do you think?


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The Dropbox application may be prevented from installing or from syncing over corporate networks. If you are not sure if Dropbox is supported on your corporate network, contact your company's network administrator to find out.
Learn more:
Some corporate networks are behind HTTP proxy servers that use NTLM authentication. Dropbox currently doesn't support this kind of proxy authentication. However, some users have reported some success using an intermediate proxy, such as NTLMAPS or cntlm, to get Dropbox running on their network.


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February 26-27, 2014 — British GCHQ uses Tavistock mass mind control techniques in cyberspace
It was only a matter of time. The National Security Agency's British FIVE EYES partner, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), has now made common cause with another creation of British intelligence, the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London. From the time of its creation in 1921 under the aegis of the British Army's Bureau of Psychological Warfare to the present time, the Tavistock Institute has been at the forefront of research into and application of targeted and mass mind control techniques. The institute has cooperated with research entities, including the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and Esalen Institute in the United States, that carry out psychological operations on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense.
The latest tranche of PowerPoint slides revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shows the similarities between the GCHQ's Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG)'s Human Science Operations Cell (HSOC). The very name "Human Science Operations" appears yanked right from the operational charter of the Tavistock Institute, which includes the ability to engage in "full spectrum domination" by U.S. and U.K. intelligence services, in other words, the two core members of the FIVE EYES alliance.
What is most alarming about the most recent disclosure of slides marked SECRET//SI//REL TO USA. FVEY [Special Intelligence, Releasable to USA and FIVE EYES] and UK TOP SECRET STRAP is that the FIVE EYES signals intelligence alliance of the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are adding psychological operations (psyops) and Tavistock-developed mind control operations to its traditional signals intelligence (SIGINT) role. The blending of SIGINT and human intelligence (HUMINT) as part of cyber-warfare and computer network exploitation (CNE), with little or no actual oversight from legislative oversight authorities, is the closest proof revealed to date that the NSA and its partners have embarked on a policy of instituting "1984" Big Brother controls using the Internet as a primary weapon.
The latest tranche of slides points to a number of deception programs being carried out on the web. These include alias development and masquerading (which includes the employment of "sock puppet" personae already in use by the U.S. military to disrupt and influence the Internet), mass messaging (or spamming) and "call bombing," propaganda, and "pushing stories."
These tactics have been refined since the CIA and its George Soros-financed non-governmental organization activist allies brought about the "Arab Spring" overthrow of governments in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen, as well as the bloody civil war in Syria. In Ukraine, the democratically-elected government of President Viktor Yanukovych fell more quickly than either Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak or Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi simply because the Western corporate media fully cooperated in FIVE EYES efforts to activate armies of sock puppets with aliases who disseminated anti-Yanukovych propaganda and, with the assistance of the global corporate news media, "pushed stories." In the case of Ukraine, the "pushed stories" were products of CIA, NSA, GCHQ, British MI-6, and Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) propaganda mills working in close collaboration with such intelligence agency fronts as Soros's Open Society Institute, Freedom House, Hudson Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Heritage Foundation, and Demos of the UK.
Tavistock and GCHQ/NSA networks of social control meet up.
Western intelligence agencies "pushed stories" through the use of Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube. These applications are part and parcel of GCHQ and NSA Computer Network Information Operations (CNIO). Outside the realm of technological warfare, JTRIG admits that it employs "credential harvesting" against "foreign news agencies." In fact, spies and provocateurs masquerading as journalists were not only discovered filing phony news reports from Ukraine but also from Venezuela during simultaneous anti-government rioting in that country. Fake journalists were also exposed in Egypt, Thailand, China, and Russia.
Other areas where JTRIG and Tavistock have commonality are the use of "herding" and "group dynamics" to create "group think" among targeted audiences. The quickness by the general population to accept everything written and broadcast about the situation in Ukraine serves as a case in point. Only alternative media provided unbiased facts about what was occurring in Ukraine without the color of intelligence agency propaganda. However, JTRIG has a rapid response mechanism for alternate news reports: it calls for the use of "conspiracy stories" to influence thoughts and behavior. Either alternative news reports are derided as conspiracy theories by the GCHQ and NSA influence operations organizations or the intelligence agencies, themselves, put forward conspiracy stories to muddy the waters.
Tavistock mass mind control techniques have been adopted by GCHQ and its NSA partner for cyber psy-warfare.
Examples of such websites that promote such conspiracy stories with the goal of disrupting news flow are Veterans Today, which described itself as being linked to an intelligence firm called Adamus Defense Group, reportedly based in Zug, Switzerland, and others that mix stories about UFOs with legitimate news stories, including Rense.com. In light of the most recent NSA disclosures, such websites should be seen through jaundiced eyes.
GCHQ and NSA employ UFO "conspiracy stories" against pre-selected targets.
Add websites to the above matrix.
FIVE EYES employment of Tavistock techniques also have the goal of splltting up families, nations, and religions. Civil wars in Libya, Syria, Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, and a potential civil war in Ukraine are all part of the Tavistock game plan as envisaged by MI-6, the CIA, and their SIGINT counterparts.


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|Separate WC's
|1,614 sq. ft.
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The flat is composed of a large living and dining area on the basement, a kitchenette and a lobby, very bright and with 16th century furniture. The first floor has a double bedroom with a 16th century four posters bed, 2 bathrooms and a single bed and a second one that can be arranged on request. On the third floor there is the master bedroom the third bathroom and the access to the terrace. The master bedroom has incredible beautiful four poster bed coming from the owner's family Castel in Tuscany and so are all the different pieces of furniture of the entire flat.
The apartment is bright and with a lovely and quite canal view. The Terrace is very convenient in the good season. This flat is surely a perfect retreat for a long stay or for a romantic break.
Lovely apartment, beautifully decorated in antiques, very close to the St Angelo vaporetto, making it convenient to go anywhere in Venice or the Islands of Murano and Burano and only two blocks from a large supermarket with all the materials to make great meals. Without spending a lot of money in restaurants.
This apartment exists on three floors and has been decorated in a charming, period style (18th century). It is adequately equipped, and is located quite close to a vaporetto stop )St. Angelo) and to a major area in the San Marco sestiere, i.e., close to Campo Santo Stefano.
It is not, however, suitable for seniors, since there is no bathroom on the ground floor, the stairways connecting the floors are steep, and the bathing facilities, at this writing, include narrow tubs with shower heads and no non-skid mats, making them quite difficult and dangerous.
The kitchen was well-equipped, although small, with little counter space.
Overall, our stay was quite pleasant with only the drawbacks listed above.
I can't say enough about this beautiful place. We were a family of 3 (a father 70, mother 50's and a 12 year old daughter). We also brought an 81 year old friend with us. The place was a great, quiet location but a VERY short distance to a water bus stop. St. Mark's Basilica was also within walking distance, as was lots of shopping. The kitchen is small, but complete and there is a washing machine and free wi-fi. Another plus is air conditioning! There are LOTS of stairs but we did not find this difficult to manage. No bathrooms or bedrooms on the main floor. There is a grocery store not too far away so we had all of our breakfasts and a couple of dinners here. If you are able to navigate the tiny stair case up to the roof, there is a small table and chairs. We took candles and a bottle of wine with us. We listened to music and looked at the stars late in the evening. I highly recommend this apartment!
great central location and beautiful interior decoration
This 3 floor house was very lovely and comfortable. Good internet and good air conditioning. The furniture is beautiful, and the living room very comfortable. The only caveat was that is was presented as a 3 bedroom house. It was a two bedroom house. Yes, there is a sitting room outside one of the bedrooms, but it only had a sofa and a trundle bed. No closet, and the person in the bedroom had to walk thru it to get to the bathroom. It's an excellent room for children, but not adults. The air didn't reach that room, but there are fans. We enjoyed our stay very much and would recommend it, as long as the third bedroom is just used for children.
Was very impressed with this apartment. Felt like staying in old Venice with modern conveniences, Near everything. Very comfortable
This partner has demonstrated and is committed to fast response times, the best rates, and a great guest experience.


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Cellulitis is a common bacterial infection of the skin. Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are the bacterias that are commonly responsible for causing cellulitis. The actual infection is in the tissues immediately beneath the top layers of the skin.
Cellulitis is caused by a bacterial infection, usually when the skin breaks, and is exposed to bacteria that live on the surface of the skin. Any injury to the skin can potentially help expose the person to a cellulitis infection. Remember that the skin injury may not necessarily be visible to the naked eye. Many small injuries are too small for the eye, but provide bacteria plenty of space to infiltrate the skin's surface.


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Pressure Gauges - GD
GD40-2-01, Differential Pressure Gauge
The pressure differential at the inlet and the outlet of compressed air equipment can be viewed at a glance on the pressure differential gauge. It is ideal for the maintenance control of filters. Compact and lightweight, it can be installed easily by merely providing a bypass circuit. GD40 is provided with a protective cover to prevent hazards.
- Actuators
- Directional Control Valves
- Airline Equipment
- Air Preparation Equipment
- Connectors
- Electric Actuators
- Vacuum Products
- Sensors & Switches
- Fluid Process Valves
- Static Control
- Temperature Control
- Specialty Equipment


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Sun Dual 10 GbE XFP PCI Express Card Release Notes
This document contains material not available when the Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User's Guide was completed. Read this document before installing and configuring your adapter.
The latest updates for the nxge driver software are available at:
The latest documentation for this adapter is at:
This section describes the known issues and workarounds for the nxge driver on Sun SPARC and Solaris x86 systems at the time of this release.
This issue is fixed in the following patch releases for the SUNWnxge 11.10 package version.
1. Determine the current package version.
Obtain the SUNWnxge package version as follows:
If the unbundled SUNWnxge package is installed, the version is 1.0. For example:
This version was delivered as a standalone package, not bundled with the Solaris OS.
If the bundled SUNWnxge package is installed, the version is 11.10. For example:
This package is bundled to the Solaris 10 8/07 release.
2. Upgrade SUNWnxge version 1.0.
If version 1.0 (unbundled SUNWnxge package) is installed, the SUNWnxge package and the Solaris kernel should be upgraded to Solaris 10 8/07 level.
|Note - This step is not needed if version 11.0 is already installed.
To upgrade the SUNWnxge package, follow the workaround instructions in Issue: Upgrading Solaris OS to Solaris 10 8/07 to Fix a Panic Problem Seen With Solaris 10 11/06 (CRs 6613003 and 6591438).
After this step, install the SUNWnxge version 11.0 and the following kernel update patches:
3. Install relief patches.
Install the following Kernel Update Patches
On a host with Solaris 10 11/06 OS installed, if you install the latest recommended patch cluster, which includes KU 120011-14, the system panics if you install an nxge Ethernet adapter (with nxge package version 1.0 and driver version 1.x).
This issue occurs when the add_drv command in the postinstall script of the SUNWnxge package is run (while adding the package), the system enters a panic cycle. The system does not panic if KU 120011-14 is removed.
The latest nxge driver packages are now bundled with Solaris 10 8/07 and later OS releases. This issue does not occur on systems with the Solaris 10 8/07 or later OS.
Note the following nxge patch dependencies:
Perform one of the following steps (Step 1 or Step 2).
1. Upgrade to Solaris 10 8/07.
Before upgrading, check if the unbundled nxge driver packages are installed. For example:
If the packages are installed, and you have modified the nxge.conf file (on a Solaris 10 11/06 system), make a backup of the nxge.conf file before upgrading or reinstalling Solaris 10 8/07 or later releases. For Solaris 10 11/06 only (unbundled), the location of the nxge.conf file is /kernel/drv/nxge.conf for both SPARC and x86 platforms.
For Solaris 10 8/07 (nxge bundled), the locations of the nxge.conf file are as follows:
|Note - Do not install the older unbundled nxge driver packages (downloaded for Solaris 10 11/06) if the system is upgraded or freshly installed with the Solaris 10 8/07 or later OSs.
2. Or, on Solaris 10 11/06 systems, remove the unbundled nxge driver packages, and install the latest bundled packages from the Solaris 10 8/07 media.
a. Backup the nxge.conf file if you have modified it (see Step 1).
b. Remove the old nxge driver package version:
c. Install KU patches for Solaris 10 8/07 level:
d. Add the new bundled version of the nxge driver package from the Solaris 10 8/07 media.
SunAlert 103076 was created to fix data integrity issues with the nxge driver.
|Note - There are two separate sets and versions of patches to fix the data integrity issues. Installing the wrong patch results in an actual failure rather than a standard "does not apply" exit.
For Solaris 10 11/06, install Data Integrity Patch 125670-04 or later.
|Caution - Do not install Patches 125670/125671 or later if you have KU 120011/120012-14 or later installed.
For Solaris 10 8/07, install Data Integrity Patch 127741-01 or later.
|Caution - Do not install Patches 127741/127742-01 or later if you have KUs 118833/118855-36 or later or 125100/125101-10 or later installed.
This section describes the known issues and workarounds for the nxge driver on Sun SPARC systems at the time of this release.
The default MSI or SoftRing settings might need to be adjusted for your site.
Refer to the following tuning web site for information on tunable parameters and how to adjust tunable MSI and SoftRing parameters:
When a Sun Quad GbE UTP x8 PCI Express Card or ExpressModule is installed in a Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 server, and the "class-opt-ipv4-tcp = fe0;" value is uncommented (set) in the /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/nxge.conf configuration file, the following messages are output during system boot:
WARNING: Unexpected token 'fe0' on line 112 of /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/nxge.conf WARNING: Unexpected end of line on line 112 of /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/nxge.conf
Hex values are expressed with a prefix of 0x. The correct format should be as follows:
This section describes the known issues and workarounds for the nxge driver on Solaris x86 systems at the time of this release.
Interrupt migration feature in the Solaris x86 kernel may lead to interrupts being missed.
You must add the following lines to the /etc/system file to avoid missing interrupts that can lead to an interface hang.
set ddi_msix_alloc_limit=1 set pcplusmp:apic_enable_dynamic_migration=0 set pcplusmp:apic_intr_policy=1
Reboot the system after adding these lines:
Detaching or unloading a driver can kill other devices and lead to a system panic.
Avoid unplumbing an interface after it has been configured. To stop using a configured interface, issue the following command:
where X is the number of the interface you want to stop using.
Older BIOS versions show intermittent system hang issues.
Refer to:
http://www.sun.com/download/index.jsp?cat= Hardware%20Drivers&tab=3&subcat= x64%20Servers%20%26%20Workstations
Default SoftRing mode is disabled under the Solaris x86 Operating System.
Add the following line in /etc/system file and reboot.
Then add the following to a startup script, or use the ndd utility before plumbing the interface:
The nxge driver is not bundled with Solaris x86 Operating System and cannot be installed over a 10 Gigabit Ethernet interface.
|Note - Support for operating system installation over the 10 Gigabit Ethernet interface is planned for a future Solaris release.
Create a customized boot archive with nxge driver support. The following document shows how to customize the boot archive for the Solaris Operating System.
For Linux systems, refer to the documentation from your Linux distribution to create a customized boot archive with the nxge driver.
POST may report "Not Enough Space to copy PCI Option ROM" when Sun 10Gigabit cards are plugged in the system due to limited space available for the Option ROMs.
If there is not enough space available for the Option ROMs, you will see the following error message during system boot:
1. Press F2 to get to the BIOS Setup screen:
2. Press the right arrow ket to get to the PCIPnP menu and disable the OPROM scanning for the slot that has the Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express card.
This example shows PCIe slot 0.
3. Save your changes.
This section describes the known issues and workarounds for the nxge driver on Linux systems at the time of this release.
The Sun x8 Express 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile adapter will fail to function on RHEL4U3 LargeSMP Kernel with more than 8 CPUs.
This is an issue with interrupt distribution. You can use the following two workarounds:
Add the following line at the end of the kernel parameters in the menu.1st file:
The following is an examle entry in a /boot/grub/menu.lst file:
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-53.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 maxcpus=8 console=ttyS0,9600n8 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.18-53.el5.img
System panics observed when irqbalance is enabled.
You must disable irqbalance to avoid system crashes. Use the following procedure:
1. Boot the system and configure the Sun x8 Express 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces as usual.
2. Disable irqbalance by doing any of the following methods:
The ethtool utility, as of version 5, does not provide full support of 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interfaces. Consequently, the ethtool utility does not support bonding on Sun x8 Express 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
Wait for the fix to be applied to the ethtool source. For more information, see the 1170813 Patch ID for correctly reporting 10Gb/s support at:
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A baby's development is cephalocaudal. Typically, the infant's brain and facial structures develop first, along with his ability to control his head and facial movements. A similar pattern of growth and development occurs from the central part of his body and continues outward. For example, his arms, hands, and then fingers. This is called proximodistal development. Your child's development may differ from these estimates and still be within normal ranges.

Early Child Development in Movement and Control

Gross motor movement is the ability to move and control the larger body muscles such as arms, legs, and trunk muscles. During this period, a baby will turn his head from side to side and will begin loosely controlled kicking and thrusting. As his upper body develops, he will learn to raise himself onto his elbows while resting on his stomach. He will roll his body from one side to the other. The baby's gross muscle control will continue to develop into purposeful, directed movement. Soon he will reach for people and objects and will turn away when he is disinterested or tired of play.

Increasing Fine Motor Movement and Control

Fine motor movements include the smaller muscles that allow him to perform tasks with his hands and feet. Soon he will grasp objects and mouth them. He will enjoy playing with his fingers and toes and will mouth them too! He will spread his toes out in a fan-like shape. This movement is called the Babinski reflex. He will use both hands to pick up and move objects and may begin to show a hand preference. It is important to allow the child to develop naturally. Attempting to switch handedness in your child is not recommended.

Responding to Sounds and Hearing

Within the first few weeks after birth, your baby will begin to respond to sounds in his environment by tracking them with his eyes and turning his head toward them. He will show recognition of familiar voices and will show enjoyment when hearing favorite songs. He will show a startle reflex when hearing unexpected, loud noises.

Increased Purposeful Communication

Crying is a baby's first communication. His crying signals his discomfort. As we respond to his crying, the baby learns that his crying brings him what he needs. At a very basic level, he is learning that communication is a two-way process. During this period, the baby will babble and begin making delightful sing-song sounds. He is learning to control his voice and form sounds with his facial muscle structures and tongue. Mouthing objects such as teething toys helps develop muscle coordination and precision that will be needed for later speech development.

Baby's Social and Emotional Development

During this period, a baby is beginning to learn to communicate. As he expresses his needs by crying and gesturing. For example, he may turn his head and reach for people and objects. He may turn his head away from foods he does not like. He is learning to express himself in basic ways. He will develop clear signs of pleasure, as in happy babbling and smiles. He will show discomfort and frustration through crying. He will begin to show preferences for certain people and discomfort with others. Through these exchanges, the infant will learn to trust caregivers who meet his needs and mistrust others.

Your Baby's Development with Learning Activities

Provide bright toys specifically designed and approved for infants. Toys that encourage development of hand-eye-coordination and have interesting sounds and textures are a great way to encourage curiosity and exploration. Play classic games with your baby and sing simple songs. Read colorful children's books to your baby. Babies love and learn from repetition, so don't worry about doing the same things over and over. Repetition, in fact, is the best way for your baby to learn.

Nurture Social and Emotional Development

Always respond to your baby's communication. Speak softly, sing to him, and gently touch and pat him for comfort. To calm a baby, rock him gently, hold him, and speak calming words in soft tones. Respect your baby's need to sleep and turn away from stimulation.

Encourage Early Language Development

Talk to the baby often. Point out familiar objects and tell him the names of the objects. Begin with single words, and later add descriptive words such as color, texture, positions, and possessive words. Read simple books with colorful pictures. Repetition of these words and books will help build the baby's receptive language skills. Receptive language skills are the basis for later speech and communication.


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What impressed you the most about the Republican National Convention Wednesday night? What impressed you the least?
Otherwise, who told you?
You. You have conceded on this very forum in the past that he was born in Honolulu.
Of course since the narrative has changed, you backtrack...predictable. That's what losers do.
Your amazing gd. That is all =)
yogi can't help but lie. That's what Republicans do.
It was, by any reasonable standards, a staggering, staggering lie. Here's Paul Ryan about Barack Obama:
He created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing.
"They." "Them." "Them." Those words are lies. Because Paul Ryan was on that commission. "Came back with an urgent report." That is a lie. The commission never made any recommendations for Barack Obama to support or oppose. Why not? Because the commission voted down its own recommendations. Why? Because Paul Ryan, a member of the commission, voted it down and successfully convinced the other House Republicans on the commission to vote it down.
That wasn't the only bit of mendacity – lazy mendacity, incredibly lazy mendacity – in Ryan's speech. Twitter lit up as soon as he started telling the story of the Janesville auto plant that Barack Obama didn't save – a plant that, it turns out, closed before Obama was president. And of course there's the infamous cuts to Medicare that Ryan lambasted Obama for without happening to mention that those very same cuts were in Paul Ryan's own budget. Yes: absolutely everything in Obamacare is an abomination, says Paul Ryan, except for (as he forgets to mention) the cuts to Medicare that he supports – and yet he still singles that part out to use as an attack.
Darge7: Your on going knowledge of the Romney family is just amazing.
From the income that's been earned, to the taxes paid, the sex
habits of all the family members, number of bath rooms in each
house owned, College grades of all etc. etc. I'm wondering
have you been the butler at one time for this family?
I think he once asked Mitt if he had any Grey Poupon, gov.
I beg your pardon, gdiafanti. I have never conceded Barry was born in Hawaii. I don't know know where he was born, do you? Didn't think so. I have only offered the possibility.
Why should I call him a liar when I see him in an interview saying he was born in Kenya? Also, why should I call him a liar when he thanks John McCann for not mentioning his Muslim faith?
I probably know more about him than you do because I seem to be more interested in who is sitting in the Oval Office our nation than you and your co-posters on this site and digging data out.
And I'll repeat: It's hard to understand how intelligent people will vote for someone when they don't even know his name. What would you call them; a bunch of damn fools or just plain damned idiots? Which one are you?
With your frame of mind, gdiafante, I feel sorry for your children. If Barry Soetoro continues his usurpation of that office your children and all others their age won't like the nation they'll have.
Sure you have yogi. Because that's when you changed your argument from he wasn't born on American soil to even if he was born in Hawaii, he lost his citizenship when he went to Indonesia.
When that was debunked, you switched back.
Oh the tangled web we weave...
Mittens did recently hire a new elevator operator.
Sorry Blanketnazi2,
But you seen to be a professional liar. Where did you get the knowledge I'm a Republican? How long have you known that? When did I change from Dumbolcrapper like you to Republican?
probably know more about him than you do because I seem to be more interested in who is sitting in the Oval Office our nation than you and your co-posters on this site and digging data out.
No, you think you do because that's what people who have obsessions do...don't confuse obsession with knowledge.
Personally, I think that when no one's home, you like to fantasize about him, maybe he's your best friend, or you go fishing together, probably even pet livestock together...maybe even enter into a pervert marriage...who knows.
I think you resemble a fruitcake I got last Christmas.
yogi.. time for your lithium. Mix it in with your metamucil, and go sit on the toilet.
lol, g!
yogi must really like the taste of toe nail fungus since he keeps his foot in his mouth 24/7!
yogi, let's see how many more times you say "usurp" or some form of that word between now and the end of the day on Friday! I bet I could make a yogi-isms Bingo game and play along - wouldn't that be fun!
A drinking game...no, my liver probably couldn't take it.
GovS: For the record:
I was born in Detroit. Right next to where Mittens and Lovey were born. That gives me a leg up, don't you think? Lived there for 30 years...wasn't just passin' thru.
We knew the Romney's. We knew daddy who was gov. of Michigan.
We knew what American Motors was, where it was, and the crap they built.
I knew Cranbrook where Mittens went to H. S.
I know Bloomfield Hills, and Birmingham, in Michigan.
I do not know Belle Meade where Al Gore lives. You fools just hate him for telling "inconvient truths". You'd rather listen to Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, et al. blow smoke up your ass thinking you've got the real picture/ reality according to their lies... Not Al Gore's truths.
I lived 4 blocks from Obama's grandmother on O'ahu, went to Punahou health club next to Obama's H.S. and know the area.
I know the Hawaiian people.
You southerners bask in stupidity and ass-backwardness.
If something forces you to think outside the box, you recoil in fear, grab another gun and a Bible for back-up, run and hide. Then spout Christian principles you don't adhere to.
Obama scares you because he's as smart as it gets.
Intelligence is a throw-away in the south. You value tractor pulls and chewing tobacco. Live with it. Hopefully, another 4 years.
You need to go back to school, gdiafante. Maybe you could learn to read a little better. I have only offered the possibilities, not know facts because he has said he was born ion Kenya and Hawaii. So where was he born?
He said he was born in one hospital but his sister said he was born in another. Which one was lying?
And by the way, Blanketnazi2, I'll use the word usurp when appropriate. You should learn its meaning.
Just wondering: What do you know about the man going by the name Barack Obama? What are you using for his identity? Don't you care if the man with his hand on that red button is an American or not.
And just wondering... again, what if it becomes proven he isn't an American citizen? I'll repeat a question: When did he repatriate his citizenship to American, or was he ever an American citizen?
As I said before, if he was born in Kenya as his grandmother and he have said, his mother could not pass her American citizenship down to him because of her age.
Get ready for the game, children.
I have taken a break form driving to see what is going on in at CP. yogi is reclaiming is title as king troll.
Love your 2:05 bfra.
The only game there will be to play is yogi-isms bingo!
Romney fled to France during the Vietnam war's draft to do missionary work for a cult religion.
Obama went to Indonesia to see relatives and study. Romney was 22, Obama was 10.
Birther freaks call one a "nobel cause" and the other, "he renounced his citizenship".
So, when Americans travel abroad, they renounce their citizenship?
Both changed their first name, one took his back, and "Mitt" is genuine and Barry wasn't?
One father was born in Mexico, the other was born in Kenya. One foreign country supercedes the other in "foreighness"?
The double-standard (pathology) is endless.
Why don't the Birther's just come right out and say it, "Because Romney's WHITE! goddamn it!"
I am going to make a stop at Hess tomorrow yogi. I'll let you know what time so you can come and see. I want to see if you can spot me in a crowed like you have bragged you could.
This quote made me think of yogi....
"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to accept what is true."
- Soren Kierkegaard
yogi hides in the Ships Head during the Korean War.
Another quote Blanket; No fool like a yogi fool.
It is time to get back to my travels. I' check in later.
I see that yogi is afraid that others will take the spotlight away from him and now starts is daily whine.
I am on the road now and taking a break since I don't to be in
yogi first words.. spoken at age 12.
''Usurp up mah pancakes mama?''
yogi, be careful around the livestock tonight. I just read that a Texas man was murdered by his 500 lb. Donkey.
Donkeys are not legitimate rape.
The Donkey is claiming stand your ground defense.
He should have had a carry permit.
Donkey claimed ''he kept following my ass!''
"We'll probably never know what triggered it, but it was evident that this particular donkey was involved, based on the evidence at the scene and what we saw on this donkey."
Uh oh. He's screwed.
Poor rancher was killed by a fat ass. Donkey punched. That ass was probably a democrat too.
The donkey will get off on temporary assanity.
How do you know donkeys aren't legitimate rape, Blanketnazi2. Was you tried in court?
yogi.. hee-haw means no!
The sound of that one going over yogi's pointed head.
btw....correct English would be "WERE you tried in court." Damn, you're thick headed!
Even Fox News admits that Ryan was lying!
"On the other hand, to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan's speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold.
The good news is that the Romney-Ryan campaign has likely created dozens of new jobs among the legions of additional fact checkers that media outlets are rushing to hire to sift through the mountain of cow dung that flowed from Ryan's mouth. Said fact checkers have already condemned certain arguments that Ryan still irresponsibly repeated."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/#ixzz2547uR233
And this is Fox's reporting!!!!
yogi IS just like Ryan! "Said fact checkers have already condemned certain arguments that Ryan still irresponsibly repeated."
Sources say that the donkey was asking for it.
Just wondering gdiafante,
Being a Marine vet, what do you think of the form letter Obama sent to the parents of the Navy Seals that did in the 'chopper crash signed by a electric pen?
I'll have to record Clint's ''you feel lucky punk'' speech, college football starts tonight.
I'm tuning out and turning on football, the political bickering is to much for a gentle soul like me.
How do you know what hee-haw means, slacker? Do you understand what it's like as a jackass?
White House Disputes Charge President Uses "Auto-pen" for Letters to Lost Soldiers' Grieving Families
The Chinook crash killed 30 Americans and eight Afghans, representing the deadliest single incident in the war. Later than month, President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta traveled to Dover and attended the dignified transfer ceremony.
The White House did not dispute that the letters were form letters, but that would appear to not be unique to this president. A 2003 Newsweek story reported that the sympathy letters grieving families had received from President George W. Bush were "form letters. With the exception of the salutation and a reference to the fallen soldier in the text, the letters the families shared with me are all the same."
shb the Seals that died in the chopper crash.


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The 12/12/12 date really inspired Amare Stoudemire and his fiance, Alexi Welch. It inspired them so much, in fact, that they decided to get married in a secret ceremony on the rooftop of his apartment yesterday. The ceremony was very personal; no Knicks teammates or other friends were present, just a couple of family members and their three children, that was it.
According to a source present at the ceremony, "Less than seven other people were there, no Knicks teammates. It was just about them. They are planning a big bash next year for friends and family to have a great time."
Congratulations to Amar'e and Alexis.
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Tidbits of Wisdom
When we are so easily hurt it shows that our love is very shallow. True love beareth and endureth all things.
Whatsoever ye do in word and deed, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Back of all circumstances is God. Circumstances may and do change, but God never.
The secret of tre ministry is an overflowing heart. "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh." If Christ be filling the heart, Christ will be expressed by the believer. There is no effort in overflowing. A vessel overflows because it has been filled to the full and because the supply is still flowing in. Whatever the gift and eloquence may be, we come round to the truth that a man is but a vessel. It is not the vessel, but what the vessel contains that satisfies. Let the believer say, "By the grace of God, I will live and do in the power of my risen Lord."
Sunday, November 08, 2015
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We finished the first third of 2010. We have never had so many properties changing hands in four months since several years ago. I always have said that numbers do not lie, so let me show you some interesting data.
I think every home owner or future homeowner should be very interested in see how the home prices are increasing in their neighborhood, and obviously how much and how fast your equity is increasing. Single-detached homes year to date has increased 13% in price compared with the first four months of 2009. This is a considerable increase.
Mortgage rates continue to be very attractive and living in a great and reliable region makes demand of houses to increase.


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COUN 590: Clinical Applications in Addictions Counseling
Students gain an understanding of clinical assessment, case conceptualization and case management in addictions, process compulsions (e.g., gambling, shopping, overeating), and crisis management throughout the lifespan. Students explore and demonstrate knowledge of evidence based methods of addiction treatment in a range of settings. Ethical implications, environmental context, and sociocultural aspects of clinical assessment, treatment, and consultation serves as the foundation for student learning. 3 hours lecture.
Prerequisites: COUN 552; COUN 577; COUN 588; matriculation in Counseling w/concentration: Addictions Counseling (CNAC), Clinical Mental Health (CNCC), or Advanced Counseling (ACOU) or departmental approval.


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Big Sur
It is often said, "...that Big Sur is not so much a place as a state of mind." Perhaps we can change this to, "... a state of being." Either way, here are a number of ways to learn more about Big Sur, the Santa Lucia Mountains, and the Central Coast of California.
Natural History
Hiking in Big Sur
History of Big Sur (coming soon)


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Leana - Black
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- 50mm / 1.9 inch heel
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We've featured this shoe on Instagram, see the photos here #chleanashoes
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"Mom?" my son Matthew asked me anxiously, "what does it mean that it's Autism Awareness Month?"
Um, Um…
"It means that people need to be aware, I means to they need to raise money for—it's so people can learn what a great guy you are."
I know. Could have been more succinct, but it's a hard question to answer. Wouldn't it be more meaningful to Matthew, his family and friends, if April were Autism Acceptance Month instead, as autism self-advocate Paula Durbin-Westby suggests?
(Yes, say's Shannon Des Roches Rosa. Read her perspective HERE)
In the meantime, here are 10 ways that parents of children with autism can make this month meaningful. Maybe you have some ideas, too:
1. Reach out to other parents, especially those with newly diagnosed children. Remember how you felt in the early days? Wouldn't you have loved to know someone like you?
2. Spend a day with your child with autism doing EXACTLY what they like to do. Matthew wants to go to Home Depot to look at "machinery". It's going to be great.
3. Spend a day with your OTHER children in the same way. My two younger sons(19 and 23 years old) might let me take them out for a meal…
4. Go for a walk with your spouse, your partner, a friend and talk about ANYTHING except the kids…for the first five minutes.
5. Write down three goals for your child for the upcoming year. Assume competence, and celebrate each success.
6. Find a mentor/helper for your child. Your local college is a great place to find psychology and special education students who are anxious to learn from our kids.
7. Pledge to make time for yourself each day. Caring for a child with autism takes tremendous patience, physical and mental energy.
8. Be extra nice to your child's teacher, speech therapist etc. Show them the gratitude that they deserve.
9. Imagine how hard it must be to have autism. Show your child the admiration they deserve.
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Pledege to be that "someone" recruit others to help you.
It'll be fun.
Coming up- Examples of parents who woke up in the middle of the night with that idea–and did something about it.
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Amazon Said To Be Looking At March For Streaming TV Box Launch
A new report pegs Amazon's potential TV set-top box launch for March. Re/Code reports that the e-commerce and digital media giant is indeed still hard at work on a streaming TV device, which has been reported previously, and which was supposedly arriving in time for the holidays last year before those plans were pushed back. Read More
Digital Cowboy's HDD video dock is simple yet rad, like me
While I remain an Apple TV fan, this set-top dock is pretty neat. It's a dock that basically acts as a video out for the included 2.5-inch portable hard drive that's full of all of your porn. Neat! It works with all the most popular video formats, including DivX, so you can download from BitTorrent right to the device and plug it right into your HDTV. We like it. Read More
Netgear's EVA8000 Gains BitTorrent Support, Pricetag
Rumors persist that Apple's Apple TV will ship tomorrow, March 20, and while we're excited to see what Apple can do to the American living room, there are some of us who are a little anxious about a few missing features from the device. DivX? Hardly. Read More


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As you saw during tonight's "Restore the Shore" special, Ronnie, Sammi and their fellow "Jersey Shore" cast members recently visited Seaside Heights to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, and each of them was overwhelmed by the sight of so much destruction. "It's hard to explain, Ron says in the pre-show interview below. "You see it on television, and you're like, 'Oh, it's not that bad,' but then you're in the rubble… you see the pier you used to walk on, the boardwalk that you have the memories, and it's gone. It really just touches your heart."
Seaside Heights isn't the only ravaged area that Sammi and Ronni have a connection to–Ron's father still can't get into his house, and Sam's hometown in Jersey, which is close to the bay, "got ruined," she says. "There's a lot of people who are still in shelters right now, and need all the help they can get."
Ron's parting words will resonate with anyone struggling to get back on their feet, and who feels they're in it alone: "It's not over," he assures. "We're not gonna forget, and we're going to continue to help."
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Masked robbers have threatened a woman in a popular Tynemouth pub during a frightening 4am raid.
Police are now hunting the trio who struck at the Salutation Hotel, on Front Street, at around 4am today.
The men forced their way into the bar and then demanded that a woman, in her 40s, open a safe. The robbers then made off with a quantity of cash.
The woman was not injured in the incident but was left shaken.
It is not thought the men were armed.
Detectives are now appealing for witnesses.
Det Insp Andy Fairlamb, of Northumbria Police said: "This was a very distressing incident for the victim, although she was not injured she has been left shaken by what happened.
"Officers will be in the area, to carry out enquiries into the robbery and to offer reassurance to the local community.
"If anyone has any information, whether they heard or saw anything early this morning in or around Front Street, or know the identity of the men, I would urge them to contact police."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Northumbria Police on 101 ext 69191 quoting reference 233 250814 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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