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|Windows 7
|Windows 7
|Windows 7 Editions
Similar to the transition from Windows XP to Windows Vista, certain capabilities and programs that are present in Windows Vista are no longer present in Windows 7 or have changed. The following is a list of features that originated in earlier versions of Windows and included up to Windows Vista.
Windows Shell
Windows Explorer
- Main article: Windows Explorer
- Windows 7 removes the "Customize" tab for a folder if its properties are opened via Libraries. If the same folder is opened in Explorer without accessing it via Libraries, the Customize tab is available in its Properties.
- The Registry settings for modified colors for compressed files, EFS-encrypted files, item hot-tracking (single click hover) etc are ignored by the ItemsView control in Windows 7 Explorer.
- Running Explorer shell as administrator or even opening an Explorer window temporarily as administrator is not possible in Windows 7 without modifying permissions in the registry of system values because of a DCOM restriction.
- Control Panel views are limited to Small icons and Large icons (which is actually Tiles view). List view, Details view, Extra large icons view, Large icons view and Medium icons view with text at the bottom are not available. The ability to show Control Panel items in groups is also removed.
- IDeskBand interface and Explorer Bars are no longer supported in Windows Explorer but still supported in Internet Explorer.[1]
- Some Control Panel settings, such as Add Hardware, Bluetooth, Game Controllers, Pen and Touch, People Near Me, Tablet PC Settings, Offline Files, and Scanners and Cameras, are not listed, even under All Control Panel Items. The 32-bit Speech applet is no longer accessible through the Control Panel. While some of these settings are accessible only from Category view, or by searching, they can be made accessible via All Control Panel Items with a modification to the registry.
- The slide show button from Windows Explorer starts the Windows Photo Viewer, which—unlike Windows Live Photo Gallery—does not support viewing slide shows with themes and rich transitions.
- It is not possible to run the 32-bit version of Windows Explorer as a file manager or as the shell in 64-bit editions of Windows 7.[2] 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows XP allowed executing the 32-bit shell/Windows Explorer and making it the default for compatibility with shell extensions. As a result, all 32-bit shell extensions are incompatible with 64-bit versions of Windows 7.
- Because of the Software Explorer being removed from Windows Defender, there is no user notification any more if UAC blocks a startup program which needs administrator privileges. Users were notified about blocked startup programs set to run as administrator in Windows Vista.[3]
- An undocumented incompatible Items view control replaces the List view control[4] used in Windows Explorer and Start Menu breaking applications that customized the Explorer list view control.[5] The Item view also does not support custom positioning, custom ordering, or hyperlinks, which were supported in the Windows Vista list view.[6] Because the control is undocumented, it is not possible for developers to disable auto arrange or customize views. Because ItemsView is not considered part of the Win32 common controls reusable by developers, the sound for the Select system event no longer plays in Explorer in Windows 7.[7]
- The new items view control also ignores certain
desktop.iniparameters like
IconArea_Textpreventing users from setting a background picture for folders. In Windows Vista, this feature was not built-in, however the list view control supported this if shell extensions or folder customization utilities which set the correct desktop.ini parameters and attributes were installed.
- Each toolbar or desk band is forced to be on its own row in Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer forces the RBBS_BREAK style for every band.[8]
- When items are grouped by any criteria, multiple selection of groups by clicking the group header while holding down Template:Keypress is not possible as could be done in Windows Vista.[9]
- The entire folder tree view in the navigation pane cannot be collapsed vertically as could be done in Windows Explorer on Windows Vista.
- Full row selection cannot be turned off for details view as was possible in Windows Vista.[10]
- The Share overlay icon for shared items in Explorer has been removed.[11]
- When navigating to a folder from a library, it is not possible to view the folder's contents in the view the user has set or customized. The folder uses the library's view.
- The Remember each folder's view settings option to set Explorer to persist or not persist folder views and icon sizes per folder has been removed.[12]
- It is not possible to set Windows Explorer to remember individual folder window sizes and positions. Each folder window shares the same size, and their position cascades as more windows are opened.
- Dotted lines that connect folders and subfolders do not appear as the option to turn off simple folder view is missing.[13][14]
- When clicking on a folder in the folders pane, it isn't automatically expanded to show its subfolders as the option to turn on simple folder view is missing.[13][14]
- The size of any selected item(s) is not shown on the status bar but is shown in the details pane just above the status bar. Free disk space is not shown on the status bar and the status bar is not visible by default. The details pane only shows the size of 15 selected items by default and viewing the total size of more than 15 selected items requires clicking "Show more details" each time the selection changes.
- When no items are selected in a folder, neither the details pane nor the status bar show the total size of files in the folder.
- Icons on the command bar in Windows Explorer and common application dialogs for Open/Save.
- Disabling Auto Arrange and Align to Grid is not available in Windows Explorer windows.[15][16] As a result, users can no longer manually arrange items via drag and drop within a folder; this feature is only available on the desktop.
- The bar with column headers for sorting, grouping, filtering and stacking that appears for any view in Windows Vista Explorer only appears for Details view.[17] Even in details view, the column headers only allow sorting and filtering; they no longer allow grouping and stacking. As a result, grouping must be done from the context menu in all views and sorting must also be done from the context menu in all other views except Details view. Filtering by columns can only be done in Details view.
- Automatic horizontal scrolling in the left pane is removed as well as the horizontal scrollbar to manually scroll.
- The Arrange By option (called Stack By in Windows Vista) is only available for libraries and folders included in libraries. In addition, users can only Stack By predefined categories depending on the library type. For example, users can only Stack by Folder, Album, Artist, Song, Genre, and Rating for the Music library, whereas in Vista, users could Stack By any properties that exist for a file (common examples would be bit rate, year, composer, play count, etc. for audio files).
- Changing the sort criteria when multiple items are selected causes all items to be de-selected.
- Selection of multiple items is not retained across back and forward navigation.
- Main article: Taskbar
- Tooltips for program icons only show the name of the app. They no longer show the comment field.
- 16-bit applications can no longer display their icon on the taskbar when running. The taskbar shows the icon for NTVDM.exe, which is the 32-bit host process for running 16-bit applications.
- Quick Launch was removed in favor of 'pinned' applications.[18] It is possible to revert to Quick Launch by manually adding it as a custom toolbar, [19] although Windows 7 and later have issues with Quick Launch getting automatically disabled and all its settings getting reset after a logoff or restart. [20] [21] [22]
- Clicking a grouped application's taskbar button or thumbnail when it is active (in the foreground) does not minimize it. Only ungrouped application buttons minimize upon being clicked again.
- Icons have been removed from the tooltips for the notification area system icons such as Volume, Network, Power and the taskbar date and time.[23]
- Floating Deskbands (toolbars) are no longer available. The feature was previously deprecated in Windows Vista; all deskbands can only be pinned to the taskbar. It is no longer possible to place toolbars on the other (non-taskbar) edges of the desktop.
- The ability to disable grouping (placing next to each other) similar taskbar buttons (for example, Explorer windows) is removed; users can still disable combining multiple taskbar buttons of the same type into one button.
- The configurable registry option TaskbarGroupSize, which allowed fine-grained control over taskbar grouping[24] under previous Windows versions is not supported. In Windows 7, users can only configure to either combine buttons, not combine or combine when the taskbar is full.
- The number of combined taskbar windows is not calculated and shown next to the combined buttons.
- Network activity animation on Network Connections icon in the notification area cannot be turned on. The Network icon only indicates the type of network (wired or wireless) and Internet connectivity.
- The ability to turn off taskbar window previews (thumbnails) while still using Aero, as was configurable in Windows Vista.[25] It is possible to turn off taskbar thumbnails when two or more windows are combined by setting a registry value, though.[26]
- The ability to disable the taskbar's "always on top" setting is removed.
- When grouping is disabled, the ability to manage multiple taskbar items using multiselect (Ctrl+click) to tile, cascade, minimize or close the selected group of windows has been removed.
- Only two power plans, one of them always being Balanced, and the other being "Power saver" by default, are available to choose from the taskbar. The "High Performance" power plan is hidden by default in the Control Panel.
- When the taskbar is vertical, there cannot be multiple columns of icons.
- Main article: Start menu
- Applications can no longer be excluded from appearing in the Start Menu's Most Frequently Used program list using the NoStartPage registry value as was possible in Windows XP and Windows Vista.[27]
- Programs started from outside the Start Menu such as from the Desktop, the Run dialog or from folders no longer show up in the Start Menu's Frequently Used Programs list, unless launched at least once from the Start Menu.
- Classic Start menu is removed. Certain features that were present only in the Classic Start menu are not available, such as expanding the menu columns instead of scrolling, expanding folders by hovering instead of clicking, opening folders by double clicking, launching multiple programs by holding down Shift key while clicking, and creating expandable shortcuts to folders by dragging them to the Start menu.
- Dynamically pinning default Internet browser and e-mail client software programs on Start menu is no longer possible. Programs can still be, however, manually pinned to the Start menu in Windows 7.
- Internet Explorer Favorites and History are no longer grouped under a separate header in the Windows 7 Start Menu as they were in the Windows Vista Start Menu. They are shown under the Files group.
Windows Search features
- Main article: Windows Search
- Advanced search builder UI (Search Pane). Due to the removal of this UI, it is not possible to change the location of where to search in the same Explorer window unless at least one search has already been performed, after which Explorer shows a button to search a "Custom" scope.
- The option to always search only file names has been removed from Folder Options, Search tab.
- The Windows Search protocol handler addin to index network paths is incompatible with Windows 7.[28] The Windows Search service needs to be installed and running on the remote computers to search them.
- Pre-defined saved searches in the Searches folder ("Recent Documents," "Recent E-mail," "Recent Music," "Recent Pictures and Video," "Recently Changed," and "Shared by Me") have been removed.
Other shell features
- Main article: Windows Shell
- The Snap To mouse pointer option to move the pointer automatically to the default button in a dialog is broken on many re-designed system and application dialog boxes and windows in Windows 7. The mouse pointer simply does not move or snap to the default button in several dialogs which are re-designed.
- For security reasons, AutoPlay will support AutoRun only on optical media, such as CDs and DVDs. (Later Microsoft released KB971029[29] for earlier OSes to make AutoPlay Windows 7-like.)
- Detection of the discontinued HD DVD format in AutoPlay.
- Properties such as target command line with switches, start in path, icon and compatibility mode cannot be changed for game shortcuts in Games Explorer.
- In the Personalization control panel, it is not possible to save changes to an existing theme. Changes made after choosing a theme must be saved again and the original theme deleted to prevent duplication. In previous versions of Windows, a theme file could be overwritten with the modified theme.
- It is no longer possible to change a theme's visual style, like from Windows Aero to Windows Classic, directly.
- The Aurora, Windows Energy and Windows Logo screensavers and most of the wallpapers that shipped with Windows Vista were removed.[30]
- The 3D-Bronze, 3D-White, Conductor, Dinosaur, Hands 1, Hands 2, Variations and Windows Animated cursor schemes are no longer available.
- ClearType cannot be turned off entirely in order for the user interface font, Segoe UI, to maintain optimal design for certain shell components and Windows Explorer.[31] Parts of the user interface (such as the start menu and Explorer) still use ClearType regardless of setting.
- Icon size setting in the Advanced Appearance settings opened via Personalization dialog no longer affects icon sizes in Windows Explorer and on the Desktop.
Windows Media Player features
- Main article: Windows Media Player
- The ability to lock the player while in full-screen mode [32] using a 4-digit PIN has been removed.
- The option to adjust the bit rate when burning data CDs has been removed.
- Windows Media Player's taskbar-integrated Mini-player has been removed. The thumbnail preview which replaces this lacks volume control and a progress bar. The ability to start the miniplayer only for certain files based on specific text in their file names was also removed.
- Enhancements are only accessible from Now Playing view in a floating window. They do not dock to the Now Playing window, and do not get restored when Windows Media Player is restarted. Even when manually restored, their position does not get saved.
- Left/Right balance control has been removed from the graphic equalizer and is no longer possible.
- Several player preferences are not saved and restored upon restarting the player. The playlist pane in Now Playing view is not shown automatically. Enhancements do not get restored when Windows Media Player is restarted. Even when manually restored, the previous position of the Now Playing window and enhancements is not retained.
- The context menu entry "Find In Library" which allowed locating the Now Playing song in the library was removed.
- Advanced Tag Editor, Color Chooser, Media Link for E-mail, and Party Mode features have been removed.
- The ability to add and show static lyrics and synchronized lyrics has been removed.
- Recently added Auto playlist is not included by default.
- Total time for CDs and playlists is rounded up to the nearest minute, i.e. seconds are no longer shown.
Internet Explorer features
- Main article: Internet Explorer
- In Internet Explorer 8, the previous session can no longer be automatically restored the next time. The user must remember to and manually open the session the next time.[33]
- Internet Explorer 8 on any Windows version does not support inline AutoComplete in its address bar.[34]
- Rating and description of Internet Explorer favorites can no longer be edited from the Details pane in Windows 7 Explorer.[35]
Applications replaced by Windows Live counterparts
- Main article: Windows Live
- Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, and Windows Mail have been removed, in favor of downloading respective Windows Live counterparts.[36]
- Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Movie Maker do not include all of the features of Windows Mail and Windows Movie Maker respectively.
- Windows Live Mail does not support HTML source editing, scripted stationery and the ability to disable the splash screen.
- The Windows Mail gadget for Windows SideShow does not ship with Windows 7.
- Windows Live Movie Maker does not include a proper timeline with audio edits and narration,[37] title overlays, filter compatibility settings and other advanced options, cannot export to DV-AVI, and drops the transitions and effects from Windows Movie Maker.
- The web filtering and activity reporting functionality from the in-box parental controls feature.[38] Windows Live Family Safety replaces the web filtering functionality but its user interface for filtering and activity reporting is web-based instead of the native UI used by Windows Vista's parental controls and requires logging into a Windows Live ID.
- Windows Calendar has also been removed, in favor of Windows Live Mail's calendar.
- Windows Live Mail's integrated calendar supports events but not tasks, does not support subscribing, publishing, importing and exporting iCalendar files.
- Windows Live Mail's integrated calendar also lacks a native events reminder. Events are reminded through e-mail instead.
Other Windows applications and features
- To preserve the digital signature of a Windows Installer (MSI) file during uninstall, embedded cabinets are no longer automatically stripped off by Windows Installer 5.0 to save disk space.[39] As a result, MSIs cached in the %Windir%\Installer directory take more disk space than earlier Windows versions with no option to disable the caching.
- Transient Multimon Manager (TMM), a Windows Vista feature to automatically detect hot-Plug and Play displays as well as configure and save the multi-monitor setup is removed in favor of Win+P.[40]
- The Windows 7 On-screen keyboard removes the ability to change or specify the font as a result of which keyboard layouts of fonts which use Dingbats and Unicode characters in place of alphabetic characters can no longer be viewed.
- The Windows 7 On-screen keyboard removes direct access to function keys. Function keys are now accessed using the 'Fn' key.
- Windows Remote Assistance does not support file transfer and clipboard sharing in Windows 7.[41][42]
- The Offline Files cache can be relocated,[43] however, an existing cache with previously cached files cannot be moved without resetting it[44][45] as was possible in Windows Vista using Windows Easy Transfer[46] or in Windows XP/2000 using Cachemov.exe [47]
- The DFS Replication Service included in Windows Vista for peer-to-peer DFS Replication service groups, has also been removed.[48]
- The 3D visuals from WinSAT benchmark have been removed.[49]
- Some features have been removed from Windows Defender[50] such as the Software Explorer, configuration of security agents and notifications of program activities or when running startup programs as administrator.
- Removable Storage Manager (RSM) has been removed,[51] so applications that depend on it—such as NTBackup or the NTBackup Restore Tool—cannot back up to physical or virtual tape drives.
- Windows Meeting Space,[52] and the InkBall game have been removed.
- Windows Ultimate Extras for the Ultimate edition which included Windows DreamScene, Microsoft Tinker, and the Hold' Em poker game among others, was removed. Microsoft had initially announced that they will re-offer Tinker and Hold 'Em in the near future.[53] On December 15, only Tinker was made available for free as a Games for Windows - LIVE downloadable game which requires signing into Windows Live ID.
- Microsoft Agent 2.0 technology was removed, breaking compatibility with Microsoft Agent applications. A separate installation package has been provided by Microsoft "due to customer feedback."[54]
- The sidebar for Desktop Gadgets was removed, although gadgets can align to any side of the screen like they did in Vista.
- The Contacts, Notes and Stocks Desktop Gadgets have been removed. The Notes gadget has been replaced by Sticky Notes, allowing for both text and ink-based notes. An upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 retains the user's notes from the gadget and transfers them to the Sticky Notes program.
- The import, export, drag and drop and voice note features in earlier versions of Sticky Notes have been removed.
- The Windows Firewall Control Panel does not allow configuring port-based filtering although the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security MMC-based snap-in allows this.
- Filtering policies in Group Policy to show only a specific operating system or application is no longer available.[citation needed]
- Software Restriction Policies no longer support multiple levels of trust such as "basic user"[55] (only block or allow are still supported); this functionality has been superseded by User Account Control and AppLocker.
- The common font selector dialog box does not show the type of font (OpenType, TrueType, Symbol font, etc.)
- Windows Registry Reflection for x64 editions replaced with merged 32/64-bit keys.[56]
- File backup to a network share (non-system image backup) is only available in Windows 7 Professional and above whereas it was included in Windows Vista Home Premium.[57]
- Windows Import Video, a feature in Windows Vista which allowed one to import live or recorded video from a digital video camera and save it to the hard disk, has been removed.[58]
- The option in Windows Vista to send search queries (keywords) of searches performed in the Control Panel category view to Microsoft has been removed in Windows 7.
See also
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- List of features removed in Windows XP
- List of features removed in Windows Vista
- List of features removed in Windows 8
- Features new to Windows XP
- Features new to Windows Vista
- Features new to Windows 8
- ↑ Adding Explorer Bars
- ↑ Has the implementation of the 32-bit Windows Explorer changed in the RC?
- ↑ Error message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer: "Windows has blocked some startup programs"
- ↑ Windows Browse and Organize Features: Windows 7 Technical Library
- ↑ SysExporter incompatibility with Windows 7 Explorer
- ↑ IFolderViewOptions Interface
- ↑ The "select" event system sound does not play when a file or folder is selected
- ↑ Classic Shell: Codeproject.com
- ↑ What happened to the Group by, Sort by, Stack by Column Header Context Menu?
- ↑ Disable Full Row Select: Keith's Windows Stuff
- ↑ Why Windows 7 did not have a different icon for share folder?: Technet Forums
- ↑ Is Remember each folder's view settings functionality gone for good?
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Description of Simple Folder View in Windows XP
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Change folder views and behavior
- ↑ Disable Auto Arrange in folder view, not available in W7
- ↑ How to manually arrange folders in windows 7
- ↑ Sort/Group bar has been banished from every view except Details view
- ↑ "What happened to the Quick Launch toolbar?". Microsoft. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/what-happened-to-the-quick-launch-toolbar. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ Heddings, Lowell. "Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7". How-To-Geek. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/add-the-quick-launch-bar-to-the-taskbar-in-windows-7/. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ Quick Launch bar in Windows 7 keeps disappearing after every restart
- ↑ A toolbar disappears from the task bar. (Quick launch toolbar)
- ↑ Quick launch disappears after restart
- ↑ Notification Area Guidelines: MSDN
- ↑ How to Change the Behavior of Taskbar Grouping
- ↑ Windows Vista User Experience Walkthrough Guide
- ↑ Windows 7 Taskbar reg tweaks
- ↑ How To Prevent a Program from Being Displayed in the Most Frequently Used Programs List in Windows XP
- ↑ Availability of the Windows Desktop Search add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks
- ↑ KB971029 – Update to the AutoPlay functionality in Windows
- ↑ Protalinski, Emil (2009-03-16). "Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to build 7057". Ars Technica. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/side-by-side-ui-changes-from-windows-7-beta-to-build-7057.ars. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ Engineering Changes to ClearType in Windows 7
- ↑ Lock The Screen While in Full-Screen Mode in Windows Media Player
- ↑ "Open these the next time I use Internet Explorer" no longer an option in IE 8
- ↑ Address Bar Improvements in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
- ↑ "Apply Property Error" occurs when attempting to modify either the Ratings, Description or Notes fields of a Favorite shortcut on Windows 7 with either Internet Explorer 8 or 9
- ↑ LeBlanc, Brandon (2008-10-28). "The Complete Windows Experience – Windows 7 + Windows Live". Windows Experience Blog. Microsoft. http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2008/10/28/the-complete-windows-experience-windows-7-windows-live.aspx. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ↑ Perez, Sarah (2009-02-10). "Miss the Old Movie Maker? Get it Back on Windows 7". Channel 9. Microsoft Developer Network. http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Miss-the-Old-Movie-Maker-Get-it-Back-on-Windows-7/?CommentID=25016. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ Windows 7 Parental Controls Changes Overview
- ↑ Changes to Package Caching in Windows Installer 5.0
- ↑ Transient Multimon Manager (TMM): MSDN
- ↑ Improvements to Remote Assistance in Windows 7
- ↑ "Why doesn't windows 7 Remote Assistance support sharing clipboard and file transfer? Are there any work arrounds? [sic]". Windows Client TechCenter > Windows 7 IT Pro Forums > Windows 7 Networking. Microsoft TechNet Social. 2010-12-10. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/69d78474-9384-4ac1-97de-6b2c3e0ace87/. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ↑ How to change the location of the CSC folder by configuring the CacheLocation registry value in Windows Vista
- ↑ "How to Move Offline Files Cache in Windows 7?". Windows Client TechCenter > Windows 7 IT Pro Forums > Windows 7 Networking. Microsoft TechNet Social. 2009-08-08. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/17783c3f-bce9-4fda-9544-818786884a91#b1de4a2b-e396-4be2-8436-9d994ff743f6. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ "Moving offline files cache". Windows 7 IT Pro Forums > Windows 7 Networking. Microsoft TechNet Social. 2009-02-02. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/w7itpronetworking/thread/39b93a6b-4a6e-4200-b198-cea89f561e82. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ How to move the client-side caching (CSC) folder to a new location in Windows Vista
- ↑ How to Change the Location of Client-Side Cache in Windows 2000
- ↑ A Windows Vista-based client computer does not participate in the replication process if you add the client computer to a DFS Replication service group by using the DFS Management snap-in on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer
- ↑ UnlockThis! Windows Vista Benchmarking tool
- ↑ Thurrott, Paul (12 November 2008). "Windows 7 feature focus". Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/ff.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ↑ Morgan, Suzanne (2008). "Storage Networking Platform Features in Windows 7/Server 2008 R2" (.pptx, 5.47 MB). Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008. Microsoft. p. 7. http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/E/6/5E66B27B-988B-4F50-AF3A-C2FF1E62180F/COR-T586_WH08.pptx. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ "Windows 7 – Where is Windows Meeting Space?". Computersplace.com. http://www.computersplace.com/windows-7-%E2%80%93-where-is-windows-meeting-space/windows-7/. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Tinker and Hold 'Em are coming to Games for Windows!". Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/community/newsarticles/pages/tinkercomingsoon.aspx. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ↑ "Microsoft Agent home page". Microsoft. 2009-01-05. http://www.microsoft.com/products/msagent/main.aspx. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ Determining Your Application Control Objectives
- ↑ "Removal of Windows Registry Reflection". Microsoft Developer Network. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd464643(VS.85).aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ↑ "Windows 7 Home Premium network backup". Windows Client TechCenter > Windows 7 IT Pro Forums > Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment. Microsoft TechNet Social. 2009-10-28. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/20e8e21f-c555-4d09-bc46-26cf9926d105. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ↑ "What happened to Windows Import Video?". Windows.microsoft.com. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-happened-to-Windows-Import-Video. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
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Top 5 MLB Leaderboard Surprises: Fuld, Berkman, Masterson, Street, Gordon
Names like Roy Halladay, Jose Bautista, and Joey Votto were expected to be near the top of the leaderboards before the 2011 season started. Meanwhile, every year there are a handful of surprise players that capture the attention of Major League Baseball. With that in mind here are five players you would not expect to be at or near the top of the leaderboards in April:
Sam Fuld:
The fifth man in a five-man return for Matt Garza, Fuld has become a cult-hero in Tampa Bay. Due to the sudden retirement of Manny Ramirez and the oblique injury to Evan Longoria, Fuld was thrust into an everyday role with the Rays. He responded by hitting over .350 for most of the month and settled in as the team's leadoff hitter. Fuld finished April on a 0-18 streak which dropped his average to .289; however, even as a .280 hitter, his ability to talk a walk should keep him on base quite a bit. After just two stolen base attempts as a member of the Chicago Cubs, Fuld's speed has been unleashed in Tampa Bay. The American League leader in steals for the month of April (10), should continue to run wild and score runs with a good offense behind him.
Lance Berkman:
Berkman has been an offensive star for most of his career. That said, in 2010, he hit just 14 home runs in 122 games. A rejuvenated Big Puma has surfaced in St. Louis. In less than 100 at-bats in the month, Berkman belted eight home runs; more than half of his season total from last year. He is third in the National League in runs score and fourth in RBI. Of course, he won't hit .393 all season, but the potential for 60-plus extra-base hits is a possibility.
Alex Gordon:
A former top prospect in all of baseball, Alex Gordon found himself back in the minor leagues last season. After a position switch to the outfield and more recently first base, Gordon is in the American League top 10 of several offensive categories including: average (.339) on-base percentage (.395), runs scored (20), RBI (19), and doubles (12). Gordon has been very fortunate on balls in play which is inflating his early season stats. Considering most of his value is tied to his batting average, he could be a sell high candidate.
Justin Masterson:
After going a combined 10-23 in 2009 and 2010, Masterson went 5-0 in the month of April. The groundball specialist will not get a ton of strikeouts (6.0 K/9 so far), but does a good job of keeping the ball in the park. His 2.18 ERA will certainly regress, but playing for a more talented Cleveland team makes him a candidate for double-digit wins. If his infielders continue to gobble up grounders, Masterson could be one of the better pitchers in the American League all season.
Huston Street:
When healthy, Street is one of the best relief pitchers in baseball. In the past he has battled arm injuries – including 2010 when he missed the first two and a half months with shoulder inflammation. Upon his return, Street saved 20 games in 44 appearances. Seemingly healthy in 2011, he has racked up 10 saves in the first month of the season. In terms of peripheral numbers, Street's strikeout and walk rate so far are within ticks of his career numbers. His velocity is down a bit, but he proving his durability with 15 appearances and 16.1 innings in the first month. A healthy Street plus a good Colorado team could mean 40-plus saves with a sub 3.00 ERA.
–Tommy Rancel
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- For other means of teleportation, see Transportation#Teleportation.
|Teleport: (Location)
|Usable by
|Casting time
|10 sec cast
|(GCD 1.5 sec)
Teleport is a useful line of mage utility spells that allows the caster to transport themselves to a friendly capital city, sub-town or world PvP zone.
Modified by Edit
Locations Edit
These are learned at each portal trainer in capital cities. Exception being Ancient versions.
Ancient Teleports Edit
Ancient Teleport: Dalaran will port the mage to Dalaran Crater, where the mage will fall approximately 150 feet, and without a slowing effect, the mage will take significant damage.
To obtain [Ancient Teleport: Dalaran]
- Fly to Scarlet Halls (right hand instance) set to Normal or Heroic mode.
- Make sure you kill the final boss, Flameweaver Koegler, quickly and stand in front of him to block him burning his books.
- Easily completed on normal mode at level 90.
- Loot [Ancient Tome] from the shelf just inside on the right. (If you look backwards towards the door, it's just on the left).
- Learn Ancient Teleport: Dalaran
- Optionally You can now buy one copy of [Ancient Tome of Portal: Dalaran] (150) from Endora Moorehead <Magical Goods>[38.6, 53.8] in the room to the left of the Violet Citadel steps) - though if someone has bought it recently, you might need to wait up to an hour for her to sell it again (limited supply).
Notes Edit
- Each Teleport spell is trained at a portal trainer, who is usually located near the mage trainers in a capital city.
- In Shattrath the neutral portal trainer, Iorioa, is located in the center of the city, near the various city portals.
- In Darnassus the portal trainer is located in The Temple of the Moon. Level 30 required in Classic.
- In Classic the Theramore portal trainer does not exist. It was added in patch 2.4.2.
- This spell does not share the same cooldown timer as a Hearthstone.
- The mage will appear in the capital city near the portal trainer of that city. In Stormwind, for example, players appear inside the mage tower at the center of the Mage Quarter. This is the same location as is used by the mage Portal spells, and the Portals from Shattrath, Dalaran, and Ashran.
- Mages cannot learn the teleport spells of the opposing faction.
- Teleport cannot be cast in combat.
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Patch changes Edit
- Patch 5.3.0 (21-May-2013): Teleport: Vale of Eternal Blossoms and Portal: Vale of Eternal Blossoms now have new icons.
- / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Teleport spells now cost 9% of base mana.
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The second Stonewall Youth Awards took place in London last night. The event celebrates the impact Stonewall's Youth Volunteers are having on combating homophobia in their local schools and communities. Over fifty people attended the event at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre.
Seventeen year old Rachael McMurray from Dorset was named Stonewall Young Campaigner of the Year. Rachael's campaign focused on ideas for workshops in Dorset's schools on tackling homophobic bullying – many of which she ran herself. She has met with senior anti-bullying figures at Dorset Local Authority and set up her own website, which provides resources for teachers in Dorset (www.itsoktobegaydorset.webs.com). Rachael has also been interviewed for Stonewall's YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/921ReL).
Talking about how she overcame severe homophobic bullying to win the coveted award, Rachael said: 'It feels absolutely amazing to win, words really can't describe it. To win this award means so much to me because of what I went through. The last two years at school were the worst of my life. The homophobic bullying started with name calling such as 'dyke' then got worse – anti-gay posters about me were plastered around the school. Then one day I was attacked on the way home from school by a gang screaming anti-gay abuse. I stumbled into my house, bleeding, and came out to my parents. A year later I was delivering workshops and assemblies on how to tackle homophobic bullying in the same school where I suffered the abuse. Stonewall's Youth Volunteering programme has helped me get back some confidence – and use it to make sure nobody has to go through what I did.'
Nineteen other Stonewall Youth Volunteers from across the country who run their own original campaigns in their nearby schools, colleges or local communities were also celebrated at the ceremony.
The V-funded Stonewall Youth Volunteering Programme was launched in 2008 and since then has trained 150 young people to tackle homophobic bullying in their own local communities. http://www.youngstonewall.org.uk


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My wish for 2013 is that we make significant progress towards better pay rates for New Zealanders, particularly for those struggling on low wages. We do have real poverty in our country; a country which in theory has enough for everyone to share and live well.
A living wage is one way to improve pay rates and lessen poverty. The idea is that a minimum hourly rate is calculated at a level that allows a person to have the basic necessities of life, live with dignity and participate in society. Then organisations who wish to can sign up to the living wage, pledging to pay at least that level to everyone they employ, and to insist on the same from contractors. Such a concept has been embraced in many places in the UK and USA and is starting to generate interest in New Zealand too, as a means of furthering social justice and alleviating poverty.
Child poverty made the headlines many times in 2012, and rightly so. Children who are living in poverty are not doing so alone; their parents, and often other members of their families, are living in poverty too. While some are reliant on a welfare system which provides at most a subsistence level existence, many children in poverty have at least one parent in full time employment.
Many column inches have been dedicated in this very newspaper to the high cost of housing in Auckland, both home-ownership and renting. It would be a lot easier for many to afford to live in our city if their pay went up.
Research on the adoption of the living wage concept in cities in the UK shows when you increase the wages of the lowest paid much of that extra money is then spent in the local economy. In contrast increasing the pay of the already wealthy sees them save it, which has some broader value, but doesn't lift many people directly out of poverty.
Many of the low wage jobs in our economy are vitally necessary. Cleaners enable us to work and play together in large numbers, in factories, office-buildings and shopping malls, without constant illnesses and high child mortality rates. Laundry workers make large hotels that host high-end tourists viable. Those who work caring for children, the elderly and those with disabilities are giving dignity to the vulnerable and enabling their family members to pursue other activities such as their own careers.
Low wage jobs are often not of low worth at all, and unfortunately low wages are unliveable wages for many. Supporting a living wage means rejecting the notion that some people perform work that is worth so little to our society that they don't deserve enough to live off.
It is astonishing to see people who will buy free-range produce for their families, commit their organisation to purchasing fair trade goods, and agree that good urban design principles should be adhered to in city planning, balk at the idea of a living wage. The price of animal welfare, the rights of workers overseas, and the physical appearance of our city is of little moment. Fair pay for our own neighbours should be an ethical principle we support without quibble.
Some erroneously label a living wage a "handout". Handouts are understood in this discussion to be a bad idea; they encourage dependence on the institution doing the handing out. However, that response shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the labour market; each person is supposed to be paid fairly for the work that they do. That is sadly far from the truth and calculating and mandating a living wage seeks to re-balance that. Currently it is the low-paid workers who are effectively (and unwillingly) giving a handout to their employers, by giving their labour at less than it costs the worker to provide it.
How is it that our economy has got to a point where it relies on the underpayment of thousands of people, every day, to function? How can it be that any person's labour, their skills, knowledge and expertise, are worth less than it costs for that person to function in our society?
Until we are paying liveable wages we will continue to insist that many of the poorest in our society, the lowest paid workers, subsidise our economy. That is unfair and unethical. Let's move towards a living wage in 2013.
Julie Fairey, Member of the Puketapapa Local Board
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My copy of Scott Alarik's novel Revival came with a CD that was created as a promotional item for radio stations. On the CD, Alarik reads four selections from the book, with backing music by Jake Amerding. Two of these are passages that advance the story, while the other two are true incidents from folk history that are woven into the book. I find this instructive. Scott Alarik is a folk artist, a writer about folk, (notably in his columns and reviews in the Boston Globe), a teacher of folk history, and a folk coffeehouse impresario. In Revival, all of these Alariks come together in a room, where they are joined by Scott Alarik the novelist. The conversation is lively and sometimes raucous. At times, they interrupt one another, while they also sometimes finish each other's sentences. The resulting book is at times fascinating, at other times heartwarming, and only occasionally aggravating. I quite enjoyed myself, and reading the book through was a treat.
There is indeed a story here. Nathan Warren was once a future folk star who seemed to have it all. But we meet him years later. Warren had been chewed up and spat out by the machinery of the major label system, never to enjoy the success that once seemed so certain. Now, he consoles himself by running an open mike night and a jam session at a Boston bar. One night, Kit Palmer walks in to sign up for the open mike. She is impossibly nervous, but Nathan sees something in her, and she becomes his mission. Revival turns out to be a love story. Nathan finds ways to give Kit confidence, while she finds ways to draw him out of his funk. Along the way, Nathan gives Kit advice about songwriting, and this advice could apply as well to a first-time novelist. Let your characters show their feelings, instead of telling us what they are. Stay on topic, and let your story do its work. Alarick follows this advice beautifully in the scenes where Nathan and Kit are together. The relationship has a wonderfully natural feel, and Alarik remembers that lovers, especially new lovers, do some pretty funny things. The humor in the book is never forced, and it was a wonderful surprise to me. The problem I had was the passages where Nathan was alone. He spends a lot of time brooding, and Alarick does not tell the flashbacks in the same way that he relates the action in the present. This is where Alarick explains Nathan's emotions, instead of letting us see them. But soon enough, we are back in the present, and Alarick's storytelling gifts return. Nathan is full of lore about folk music, and this becomes important to the story. But it also takes the reader on some fascinating digressions that I thoroughly enjoyed, but which stop the story in its tracks. I found myself rooting for a fairytale ending, in which Kit becomes a new star, while Nathan finds himself and also the success that should have been his so long ago. But Alarik finds a conclusion which ultimately proves both more real and more satisfying.
In the end, Revival is a book that makes me want to seek out Alarik's nonfiction. It makes me want to hear his music. And it makes me hope that he has another novel in the works, and that he will continue to grow as a writer of fiction. Revival is a better book than it is a novel, but it leaves me wanting more fiction from Alarik the novelist.


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As much as the Pack should blow out Jax today – by 3 TDs – they are an NFL team with players who are better than college players. So we can't sleep here, especially on D. We need to get after these guys and force some mistakes.
Not looking great so far
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October 28, 2012 at 12:36 pm |
That's better.
BTW, is it just me, or does the Pack have a tendency to give up an early FG to lesser teams?
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Britain's command of military operations in Helmand Province has been handed over in the latest step in the UK drawdown from Afghanistan.
In a milestone for British involvement in the conflict, UK troops in Helmand will come under the command of an American general, as British-led Task Force Helmand comes to an end and British forces left in Afghanistan become part of the US-led Regional Command (South West).
It is the latest in a series of steps marking Britain's withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan - due to be complete by the end of this year.
Last month the MoD announced the closure or handover of three frontline bases in Helmand, leaving just one outside Camp Bastion.
Some 448 British forces personnel or MoD civilians have died in Afghanistan since the start of operations in October 2001.
The latest was Sapper Adam Moralee from 32 Engineer Regiment, who died on March 5 in Camp Bastion when he was injured while preparing equipment to be brought back to the UK.
The number of British personnel in Helmand has reduced from a peak of more than 10,000 to around half that number as Afghan National Security Forces have taken the lead across Afghanistan.
Deputy Commander Regional Command (South West), Brigadier Robert Thomson, will now be Britain's senior officer in Helmand, serving as deputy commander of Regional Command (South West).
Last month Brigadier James Woodham, the final commander of Task Force Helmand, said "history would judge" the success of the UK mission in Afghanistan.
He said he had seen huge progress in central Helmand since his last tour of duty in 2009/10, giving him "hope for the future".
Asked if the sacrifice of 448 British lives during the conflict was worth it, he said: "It's always a difficult question to ask when there has been a human cost.
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Baltimore County police shot and killed a man who they said became combative in Dundalk early Sunday.
County police said officers were called to investigate a group of people with back packs approaching a trailer park near Seaside Road and Dunmanway shortly before 2:30 a.m. When officers arrived, they saw a man matching the description and began interviewing him.
At that time, police said the man became combative, and an officer struggled with him on the ground. Police said the man tugged at the officer's gun belt, trying to take the officer's weapon.
A second officer sprayed pepper spray on the man, but that did not subdue him. Police said the second officer then shot the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police identified the man as Joshua Michael Lopez, 22, of La Marque, Texas, and said he had stolen property with him.
Police identified the officer who discharged his weapon as Officer Heins, who has served more than 11 years with the Police Department. He has not been involved in any previous police-involved shootings.
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Hi, I'm Anna from La Maison d'Anna G, a blog about Scandinavian design and interiors. I'm Swedish by birth, Parisian since my early 20's, and also design enthusiast, blogger and soon-to-be webshop owner. The webshop is a project I've worked on for a long time by now, so I'm very excited about finally seeing this dream come true within the next few weeks!
I'm also very honored to be guest blogging here on AMM while Jennifer is having a well deserved break in New York! No, I'm not jealous ;)
I've lived in France for many many years by now, but I still can't imagine summer holidays without traveling to Sweden. My kids neither by the way, although they were born in France! My family has a summer cabin by the Baltic sea, so we are very lucky, but sometimes I'm dreaming of decorating my own cabin... I still haven't decided whether I would go for a very basic all white interior, or a crazy bohemian mix of flea market finds, or maybe something in between? Oh well, that won't happen in a near future anyway, so for the time being I'm just dreaming while enjoying these pictures of inspirational Scandinavian summer homes. I hope you like them too!
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Houghton's goldenrod is listed as a "threatened" species. Threatened species are animals and plants that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Endangered species are animals and plants that are in danger of becoming extinct. Identifying, protecting, and restoring endangered and threatened species is the primary objective of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program.
Clearing Up a Myth
Many people believe that goldenrod causes hay fever. Goldenrods are unfairly blamed because their showy flowers bloom at the same time as less conspicuous ragweed flowers that cause the itching and sneezing. In fact, goldenrod pollen is too heavy to be carried on the wind like tree pollen. Instead, goldenrod pollen is carried by the insects that pollinate the flowers and is not wasted on the wind or allergy sufferers.
What's in a Name?
Houghton's goldenrod was named in honor of Douglass Houghton, a doctor, botanist, civic leader, and Michigan's first State Geologist. During the geological survey of Michigan in 1839, Houghton discovered this species of goldenrod in Mackinac County between what are now the communities of Naubinway and Epoufette, on the north shore of Lake Michigan.
Where it grows
This showy, shoreline goldenrod grows nowhere else in the world but along the Great Lakes shoreline. It grows primarily along the northern shores of Lakes Michigan and Huron. Most populations of Houghton's goldenrod occur in Chippewa, western Mackinac, northern Emmet, Cheboygan, and northern Presque Isle counties. Outside of Michigan it extends to the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada.
Houghton's goldenrod typically grows on moist sandy beaches and shallow depressions between low sand ridges along the shoreline. This habitat is called interdunal wetland. Fluctuating water levels of the Great Lakes play a role in maintaining this unique goldenrod. During high water years, colonies of Houghton's goldenrod may be submerged. When water levels recede some plants survive the inundation and new seedlings establish on the moist sand. Other attractive plants that often grow with Houghton's goldenrod include the creamy white Grass-of-Parnassus, the delicate blue Kalm's lobelia, the yellow-flowered shrubby cinquefoil, twigrush, and other goldenrods. This enchanting habitat displays a tapestry of color and texture that continually changes throughout the seasons. It is a unique habitat within the Great Lakes ecosystem.
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Like other goldenrods, Houghton's goldenrod is a perennial having an upright stem bearing many small, bright yellow flower heads that resemble tiny daisies, but are completely yellow. Unlike many other goldenrods, Houghton's goldenrod flowers are arranged in a more or less flat-topped branched cluster. The narrow leaves are up to 4.5 inches long, relatively few, and crowded toward the base. A characteristic helpful in identifying this goldenrod may be seen in the small flower stalks within each flower cluster. These stalks of the individual flower-heads are covered with tiny fine hairs. The bright yellow flowers bloom primarily in August and early September, but some plants may flower as late as October.
There are two other goldenrods with flat-topped flower clusters that grow in the same habitat as Houghton's goldenrod. These "look-alikes", grass-leaved goldenrod and Ohio goldenrod, can be confused with Houghton's. These three species are the only goldenrods with flat-topped flower clusters found along the shores of the northern Great Lakes. Grass-leaved goldenrod has many more leaves along the stem, but lacks leaves at the base during flowering. Its flower-heads are distinctly smaller than those of Houghton's goldenrod. Ohio goldenrod is a larger species with broader, flat leaves and a dense, many headed flower cluster with smooth, non-hairy stalks of the individual flower-heads. The yellow "petals" in Houghton's goldenrod are distinctly larger than those in the other two "look-alikes."
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Recently I decided, if you cant beat the spammers, I might as well just relax on Memorial Day Weekend and enjoy a good laugh on them.
Like most IT professionals, I get too much email. Yes - we block spam (over 92% of inbound email traffic from the Internet at last check). But still, unwanted "stuff" gets through…
At home, I use Gmail, and Google does a decent job at separating out the unwanted spam. Nevertheless…, I occasionally check the spam folder to see if any non-spam (important email) is in the wrong place. Some of these funny messages came from there as well.
Recently I decided, if you can't beat the spammers, I might as well just relax on Memorial Day Weekend and enjoy a good laugh on them. Here are my favorite spam messages in two categories: Funniest and "Give Me a Break…"
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(Comment: What Order? The text had a link with the note that looked like a Google URL, but the details showed the link went elsewhere. Of course, I didn't click. Don't be fooled by address "aliases" that may first appear to be genuine.)
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One more thing, some spam contains a link "to be removed from this email list." Clicking on that link is one of the surest ways to get more spam - nor should you send them an email to remove you from their list. (This confirms that the email address is valid and their message is getting through, so they often sell the address to others for a higher profit.)
We might as well smile at these spam messages, because we haven't been able to fully stop them from coming yet.
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The largest city on the mountainous island of Hokkaidō, Sapporo has a unique culture that revolves around the outdoors. Skiing, beer tasting, and ice sculptures are some of the best activities in the city. Book your flights to Sapporo with Cathay Pacific and enjoy impeccable service, in-flight entertainment, and comfortable reclining seats.
Best of Sapporo
Stroll through Odori Koen, an urban park that hosts public art and local events, stretching 13 blocks in the city centre. Learn about the local brew at the Hokkaidō Brewery, or try some samples at the Sapporo Beer Garden & Museum. Whether you are an advanced skier or a complete beginner, try ski jumping at the Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium. If you'd like to become something of an expert on the matter, head to the Sapporo Winter Sports Museum.
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Science is a tool used to describe our world, to understand why the world is the way it is, and to predict what the outcome of a mixture of characteristics may be. Science attempts to do this by studying only phenomena that are "material," meaning countable, measurable, visible, tangible things, and by making the fewest assumptions possible. By being this way, scientists hope to eliminate faulty thinking and conclusions due to matters of opinion, professional conflict, personal experience, or biased knowledge (among other things).
Scientists approach their work by asking testable questions (hypotheses), running the tests (experiments), and by always providing within the hypothesis some means by which the hypothesis can be unequivocally disproved. Most experiments test the predictive power of the hypothesis: "If I mix chemical A and chemical B, I should get chemical C and a flash of light", or "People who hate tomatoes also hate ketchup."
In their experiments, scientists seek to validate their hypotheses — that is, to make observations that support their hypothesis and never once observe the evidence that disproves their hypothesis. If ever, even for a microsecond, that one thing that disproves the hypothesis is observed, then the whole hypothesis has been shown to be false. At this point, the scientist starts over with a new or revised hypothesis.
The most important point is that only one tiny little event can falsify a hypothesis: "I got chemical D" or "This person who hates tomatoes absolutely loves ketchup." However, absolute proof can never be achieved, since there is always the chance that the single falsifying observation may have been missed.
If a hypothesis is subjected to test after test over many years and by many different people and does not fail, it will most likely be elevated to the level of "Theory." The term "Theory" is science-ese for "we are pretty darn sure this is absolutely true, but since absolute proof is impossible by the nature of science, we'll just call it something besides 'absolute truth.'" This is basic scientific honesty; you can't run every experiment or make every observation.
One of the most harassed theories today is the Theory of Evolution, which posits that all organisms on this planet are related through a common ancestor, and that it is gradual change over extreme spans of time that accounts for the diversity of species today. With this theory, we can predict and understand how and why organisms behave the way they do. If a person wants to understand why dogs, wolves, and coyotes are capable of interbreeding, but they generally don't, one only has to look to evolution. To understand why birds' "knees" bend backward — look to evolution. Why do we sometimes, when we're particularly upset, find ourselves behaving like apes, and what can we do about it — turn to evolution. How can DNA from a virus infect a human cell — we're talking evolution.
As noted earlier, science restricts itself to material knowledge. And it seeks to develop hypotheses that will assist us in understanding and predicting the nature of our world. Recently, the concept of "Intelligent Design" (ID) as been brought forward as an alternative "theory" explaining the origin of the diversity of life on Earth. The key to ID is the notion that many of the basic parts that all organisms share are too complex to have arisen from gradual change. ID proposes that some external agent or intelligence is responsible for making these critical bits.
But is ID Science? Should it be taught in a science classroom alongside the Theory of Evolution?
Well, can it be tested? Are there falsifying observations? ID could potentially be disproved by observing a more primitive intermediate form of some part that has been touted as 'too complex' to be natural. But then, the individual running the ID experiment can alter his hypothesis to say that this new structure is that which was installed by the Intelligent Designer. Because of this, there is no part of ID that can be unequivocally falsified by material science.
The second part of ID calls for an external Designer. This idea is neither fully supported nor fully falsified by material observation. There is no scientific way to test for the presence or absence of the Designer, as the Designer is defined as unobservable, or at least, only observable by a chosen few.
One of the most important characteristics of scientific hypotheses and theories is the predictive power they provide. ID does not offer any new explanation or observation about these complex structures that the Theory of Evolution does not already provide. The observation that some structures in organisms are too complex to have originated from gradual change will not help scientists to develop a better antibiotic, for example. In fact, the idea that "some things are too complex" is anti-scientific, since it seems to suggest that we shouldn't try to understand the origins of the complex structures. ID discourages us from looking and asking questions. True science, however, moves on. If it is later found to be the case that some structures in organisms do not have more primitive counterparts, science will observe and recognize this fact, and the new knowledge will be incorporated into evolutionary theory.
ID is not a scientific theory and should not be taught alongside the Theory of Evolution. It offers nothing to help students understand how science works. It is merely a statement of how complex life seems to be — not even worth an hour of classroom time.


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1. Bowling H, Bhattacharya A, Zhang G, Alam D, Lebowitz JZ, Bohm-Levine N, Lin D, Singha P, Mamcarz M, Puckett R, Zhou L, Aryal S, Sharp K, Kirshenbaum K, Berry-Kravis E, Neubert TA, Klann E. Altered steady state and activity-dependent de novo protein expression in fragile X syndrome. Nat Commun. 2019 ; 10(1) : 1710.
Whether fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) target mRNAs and neuronal activity contributing to elevated basal neuronal protein synthesis in fragile X syndrome (FXS) is unclear. Our proteomic experiments reveal that the de novo translational profile in FXS model mice is altered at steady state and in response to metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) stimulation, but the proteins expressed differ under these conditions. Several altered proteins, including Hexokinase 1 and Ras, also are expressed in the blood of FXS model mice and pharmacological treatments previously reported to ameliorate phenotypes modify their abundance in blood. In addition, plasma levels of Hexokinase 1 and Ras differ between FXS patients and healthy volunteers. Our data suggest that brain-based de novo proteomics in FXS model mice can be used to find altered expression of proteins in blood that could serve as disease-state biomarkers in individuals with FXS.
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2. DuBois D, Renwick R, Chowdhury M, Eisen S, Cameron D. Engagement in community life : perspectives of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities on families' roles. Disabil Rehabil. 2019 : 1-12.
PURPOSE : The main objectives of this study were to learn from youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities about the ways their families were involved in their engagement in community life and to capture how they felt about such involvement. METHOD : The current study is a secondary analysis of a larger study, the Voices of Youths Research Project, framed by inclusive research methods. Thirty-eight semi-structured interviews that discussed perspectives on friendship, social inclusion, and quality of life from 20 participants (ages 13 to 24 years) were included in this paper. All interviews were video-recorded and coded using NVivo 10. Thematic analysis of the coded segments was guided by a constructivist grounded theory approach. RESULTS : Three major themes emerged from the experiences of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities on family involvement in their social and community engagement : (1) complex of supports and influences, (2) community engagement with and through family, and (3) points of tension. CONCLUSIONS : These thematic findings offer insights into the lived experiences of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities about engagement in community life. These findings provide an understanding, outside of conventional schemas, of transition into young adulthood for these youths. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Rehabilitation professionals often work with youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities who face barriers to reaching transition goals identified either by themselves or others. Family members' views that may focus on goals of maximizing functional independence and/or decreasing caregiver demands can often overshadow the goals or views of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities themselves. Rehabilitation professionals should find ways to explore with youth their family's roles in engagement and belonging in community life so that they can link youths to appropriate community resources and plan optimal interventions/programs. Rehabilitation professionals need to be aware of and respond to points of tension that can emerge between youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their family during transition.
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3. Funke A. Improving the quality of life of parents of children with developmental disabilities. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2019.
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4. Ibrahim K, Eilbott JA, Ventola P, He G, Pelphrey KA, McCarthy G, Sukhodolsky DG. Reduced Amygdala-Prefrontal Functional Connectivity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-occurring Disruptive Behavior. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2019.
BACKGROUND : Disruptive behaviors are prevalent in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and often cause substantial impairments. However, the underlying neural mechanisms of disruptive behaviors remain poorly understood in ASD. In children without ASD, disruptive behavior is associated with amygdala hyperactivity and reduced connectivity with the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (vlPFC). This study examined amygdala reactivity and connectivity in children with ASD with and without co-occurring disruptive behavior disorders. We also investigated differential contributions of externalizing behaviors and callous-unemotional traits to variance in amygdala connectivity and reactivity. METHODS : This cross-sectional study involved behavioral assessments and neuroimaging in three groups of children 8 to 16 years of age : 18 children had ASD and disruptive behavior, 20 children had ASD without disruptive behavior, and 19 children were typically developing control participants matched for age, gender, and IQ. During functional magnetic resonance imaging, participants completed an emotion perception task of fearful versus calm faces. Task-specific changes in amygdala reactivity and connectivity were examined using whole-brain, psychophysiological interaction, and multiple regression analyses. RESULTS : Children with ASD and disruptive behavior showed reduced amygdala-vlPFC connectivity compared with children with ASD without disruptive behavior. Externalizing behaviors and callous-unemotional traits were associated with amygdala reactivity to fearful faces in children with ASD after controlling for suppressor effects. CONCLUSIONS : Reduced amygdala-vlPFC connectivity during fear processing may differentiate children with ASD and disruptive behavior from children with ASD without disruptive behavior. The presence of callous-unemotional traits may have implications for identifying differential patterns of amygdala activity associated with increased risk of aggression in ASD. These findings suggest a neural mechanism of emotion dysregulation associated with disruptive behavior in children with ASD.
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5. Liu YW, Liong MT, Chung YE, Huang HY, Peng WS, Cheng YF, Lin YS, Wu YY, Tsai YC. Effects of Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Taiwan : A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 2019 ; 11(4).
This four-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study investigated the effects of Lactobacillus plantarum PS128 (PS128) on boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged 7-15 in Taiwan. All subjects fulfilled the criteria for ASD diagnosis of DSM-V and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R). Questionnaires used for the primary outcome measure include the Autism Behavior Checklist-Taiwan version (ABC-T), the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham-IV-Taiwan version (SNAP-IV) and the Clinical Global Impression-improvement (CGI-I) were used for the secondary outcome measure. The results showed that PS128 ameliorated opposition/defiance behaviors, and that the total score of SNAP-IV for younger children (aged 712) improved significantly compared with the placebo group. Additionally, several elements were also notably improved in the PS128 group after 28-day consumption of PS128. Further studies are needed to better clarify the effects of PS128 for younger children with ASD on broader symptoms.
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6. Mahdavinasab SM, Saghazadeh A, Motamed-Gorji N, Vaseghi S, Mohammadi MR, Alichani R, Akhondzadeh S. Baclofen as an adjuvant therapy for autism : a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019.
Increasing evidence suggests that the function of the GABAergic system is abnormally low in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Baclofen, which functions as a selective agonist for GABAB receptors, does appear promising for the treatment of ASD. We conducted a 10-week randomized-controlled study aimed at evaluating the potential of baclofen as an adjuvant therapy to enhance the effect of risperidone in children with ASD. Sixty-four children (3-12 years) with moderate-to-severe irritability symptoms of ASD were included. We used the Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Community Edition (ABC-C) for the outcome measures on each of the follow-up visits (weeks 0, 5, and 10). Analysis of the combined data revealed significant improvement for all the ABC subscales (irritability : F = 51.644, df = 1.66, p < 0.001, lethargy : F = 39.734, df = 1.38, p < 0.001, stereotypic behavior : F = 25.495, df = 1.56, p < 0.001, hyperactivity : F = 54.135, df = 1.35, p < 0.001, and inappropriate speech : F = 19.277, df = 1.47, p = 0.004). Combined treatment with baclofen and risperidone exerted a greater effect on improvement of hyperactivity symptoms at both midpoint [Cohen's d, 95% confidence interval (CI) = - 3.14, - 5.56 to - 0.72] and endpoint (d, 95% CI = - 4.45, - 8.74 to - 0.16) when compared with treatment with placebo plus risperidone. The two treatments achieved comparable results for other outcome measures. Our data support safety and efficacy of baclofen as an adjuvant to risperidone for improvement of hyperactivity symptoms in children with ASD.
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7. Symons FJ, Barney CC, Byiers BJ, McAdams BD, Foster S, Feyma TJ, Wendelschafer-Crabb G, Kennedy WR. A clinical case-control comparison of epidermal innervation density in Rett syndrome. Brain and behavior. 2019 : e01285.
INTRODUCTION : Rett syndrome (RTT), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder occurring primarily in females (1:10-15,000 female live births), is most often caused by loss-of-function mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene (MECP2). Clinical observations and preclinical findings indicate apparent abnormal sensory and nociceptive function. There have been no direct investigations of epidermal sensory innervation in patients with RTT. METHODS : We compared 3 mm epidermal punch biopsy specimens from adolescent female RTT patients (N = 4, aged 12-19 years) against an archived approximate age-, sex-, body-site matched comparison sample of healthy adolescent females (N = 8, ages 11-17). RESULTS : Confocal imaging revealed, on average, statistically significant increased epidermal nerve fiber (ENF) peptidergic (co-stained calcitonin gene-related protein [CGRP]) innervation density compared with healthy female control individuals. CONCLUSIONS : Given the clinical phenotype of disrupted sensory function along with diagnostic criteria specific to cold hands/feet and insensitivity to pain, our preliminary observations of ENF peptidergic fiber density differences warrants further investigation of the peripheral neurobiology in RTT.
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8. Walker SJ, Langefeld CD, Zimmerman K, Schwartz MZ, Krigsman A. A molecular biomarker for prediction of clinical outcome in children with ASD, constipation, and intestinal inflammation. Sci Rep. 2019 ; 9(1) : 5987.
In children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who present to the gastroenterologist with chronic constipation on a background of colonic inflammation, we have identified two distinct clinical subtypes : (1) patients who experience a sustained state of GI symptomatic remission while on maintenance anti-inflammatory therapy (fast responders) and, (2) those with recurrent right-sided fecal loading requiring regular colon cleanouts during treatment for enterocolitis (slow responders). We hypothesized that a detailed molecular analysis of tissue from the affected region of the colon would provide mechanistic insights regarding the fast versus slow response to anti-inflammatory therapy. To test this, ascending colon biopsy tissues from 35 children with ASD (20 slow responders and 15 fast responders) were analyzed by RNAseq. Hierarchical cluster analysis was performed to assign samples to clusters and gene expression analysis was performed to identify differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) between samples within the clusters. Significant differences were found between the two clusters with fast responder-predominant cluster showing an upregulation of transcripts involved in the activation of immune and inflammatory response and the slow responder-predominant cluster showing significant over-representation of pathways impacting colonic motility (e.g. genes involved in tryptophan and serotonin degradation and mitochondrial dysfunction). Regression analysis identified a single long non-coding RNA that could predict cluster assignment with a high specificity (0.88), sensitivity (0.89) and accuracy (0.89). Comparison of gene expression profiles in the ascending colon from a subset of patients with ASD, chronic right-sided fecal loading constipation and a slow versus fast response to therapy has identified molecular mechanisms that likely contribute to this differential response following the primary therapeutic intervention (i.e. treatment for colonic inflammation with brief induction immunosuppression followed by maintenance non-steroidal anti-inflammatory therapy). Importantly, we have identified a transcript that, if validated, may provide a biomarker that can predict from the outset which patients will be slow responders who would benefit from an alternate therapeutic strategy in treating their constipation.
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9. Zhang X, Piano I, Messina A, D'Antongiovanni V, Cro F, Provenzano G, Bozzi Y, Gargini C, Casarosa S. Retinal Defects in Mice Lacking the Autism-Associated Gene Engrailed-2. Neuroscience. 2019.
Defective cortical processing of visual stimuli and altered retinal function have been described in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients. In keeping with these findings, anatomical and functional defects have been found in the visual cortex and retina of mice bearing mutations for ASD-associated genes. Here we sought to investigate the anatomy and function of the adult retina of Engrailed 2 knockout (En2(-/-)) mice, a model for ASD. Our results showed that En2 is expressed in all three nuclear layers of the adult retina. When compared to age-matched En2(+/+) controls, En2(-/-) adult retinas showed a significant decrease in the number of calbindin(+) horizontal cells, and a significant increase in calbindin(+) amacrine/ganglion cells. The total number of ganglion cells was not altered in the adult En2(-/-) retina, as shown by Brn3a(+) cell counts. In addition, En2(-/-) adult mice showed a significant reduction of photoreceptor (rhodopsin) and bipolar cell (Pcp2, PKCalpha) markers. Functional defects were also present in the retina of En2 mutants, as indicated by electroretinogram recordings showing a significant reduction in both a-wave and b-wave amplitude in En2(-/-) mice as compared to controls. These data show for the first time that anatomical and functional defects are present in the retina of the En2 ASD mouse model.


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