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Netflix (Finally) Playable On Linux Using Patched Version of WINE
Subject: General Tech | November 17, 2012 - 05:53 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: wine, windows, ubuntu, silverlight, Netflix, linux, firefox
One of the major hurdles preventing me from switching to Linux completely (despite my love for Mint) has been Netflix support. While there is a Silverlight-equivalent called Moonlight for the Linux operating system, it does not support the necessary DRM aspects to facilitate Netflix Instant Streaming. Aside from installing VirtualBox and booting an instance of Windows (which basically defeats the purpose of switching), Linux users have not been able to stream Netflix shows.
Thanks to a Linux developer by the name of Erich Hoover, there is a ray of hope for Linux users that want to take advantage of the streaming side of their Netflix subscriptions. Using a patched version of WINE (Wine Is Not An Emulator), Firefox, and an older version of Microsoft Silverlight, he was able to get Netflix streaming to work without breaking the DRM. That's good news as it means that even though it is not officially supported, Netflix is not likely to actively break or fight it.
Netflix Instant Streaming running on Ubuntu 12.10 (32-bit).
Currently, it has been tested on the 32-bit version of Ubuntu 12.10, but other distros are likely to work as well. Users will need to compile WINE from source, apply five patches, and then install Firefox 14.0.1 and Silverlight 4. Right now, there is no GUI or pre-compiled version, and at least the first few steps require the use of the terminal. Thankfully, I Heart Ubuntu has put together a step-by-step guide outlining exactly what you need to type into the terminal to get Netflix streaming up and running. The site notes that the WINE patching process could take a good chunk of time if you are on an older computer. Further, Silverlight 5 does not work, so using the older version is necessary.
This is great news for the Linux community, and along with the Steam for Linux beta things are definitely looking up and moving in a positive direction for the open source operating system. Obviously, this is far from native support, but it is a huge improvement over previous workarounds. A PPA is also reportedly in the works to make the installation of the patched WINE version even easier for those not comfortable with the terminal. Until then, check out the I Heart Ubuntu guide for the full setup details.
The developer asks that you donate to the WINE Development Fund if you find his Netflix support patches useful.
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Limited Linux Steam Client Beta Begins With 26 Games and Big Picture Mode
Subject: General Tech | November 7, 2012 - 02:58 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: valve, ubuntu 12.04, ubuntu, steam, linux, gaming
The developers at Valve have been hammering away at a Linux version of its popular Steam client and software distribution service.While Windows is currently the dominant platform, CEO Gabe Newell has shown his displeasure at with Windows 8 and the Windows Store such that development has been expedited to support the alternative operating systems and port Valve's own titles to the platforms. Last month, Valve announced a limited public beta would start soon, and that it was taking applications.
That beta is now in effect, with a small subset of the total 60,000 applications the company received being invited to participate in the beta build. Intended for Ubuntu 12.04, the Linux for Steam beta includes the client itself, and several surprising additions (that were previously thought to not be included). Big Picture Mode and 26 games will be part of the Linux beta.
Big Picture Mode is Valve's 10-foot interface for the Steam client. It is designed to work well with remote or controller such that Steam functionality and games can be easily accessed from the couch with Steam on the living room TV. (I took a look at Big Picture Mode earlier this year if you are curious about what the interface looks like.)
The list of games includes:
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- And yet it Moves
- Aquaria
- The Book of Unwritten Tales
- Cogs
- Cubemen
- Darwina
- Dungeons of Dredmor
- Dynamite Jack
- eversion
- Frozen Synapse
- Galcon Fusion
- Serious Sam 3: BFE
- Solar 2
- SpaceChem
- Space Pirates and Zombies
- Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
- Team Fortress 2
- Trine 2
- Uplink
- Uplink/Darwinia Pack
- Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
- Waveform
- World of Goo
- World of Goo Demo
Needless to say, there are a number of games more than the previously expected TF2, though Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 are noticeably absent (as are the rest of the Valve/Source collection). Space Pirates and Zombies is sure to suck some productivity out of Linux users' days, however!
Valve has stated that additional users will be added to the beta from the pool of applicants over time. The company is also looking at making the Linux client available to other Linux distributions as well (even HML?). If you want a chance at getting into the beta, Valve is still accepting new applications via this survey (you need to log in with your Steam credentials).
Have you tried out the Steam for Linux beta?
HP Becomes Platinum Member of Linux Foundation
Subject: General Tech | November 7, 2012 - 11:51 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: servers, linux foundation, linux, hp, hardware
The Linux Foundation announced today that PC OEM Hewlett-Packard (HP) is upgrading its membership status to Platinum – highest level of membership. HP joins Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm Innovation Center, and Samsung.
As a Platinum member, HP will have a seat on the Linux Foundation's Board of Directors and will be able to influence the future direction of the organization. Reportedly, the OEM is making Linux a priority and is looking to further integrate the open source software into its hardware offerings. For $500,000 a year, HP will also be given priority at events like LinuxCon. HP's branding will also be on the Linux Foundation site and as sponsors at any events.
According to Jim Zemlin, the executive director of The Linux Foundation:
"With one of the richest and most recognized stories in technology, HP has a history of innovation and market success. Because of this history and innate knowledge of software development, HP understands that Linux and collaborative development can benefit its business across its product portfolio. We're looking forward to the work we can accomplish with HP."
It is certainly an interesting move, and hopefully one that means HP wants to commit more to the direction of Linx and its adoption on HP hardware. You can find the full press release on the Linux Foundation's website.
Windows RT: Runtime? Or Get Up and Run Time?
Update #1, 10/26/2012: Apparently it does not take long to see the first tremors of certification woes. A Windows developer by the name of Jeffrey Harmon allegedly wrestled with Microsoft certification support 6 times over 2 months because his app did not meet minimum standards. He was not given clear and specific reasons why -- apparently little more than copy/paste of the regulations he failed to achieve. Kind-of what to expect from a closed platform... right? Imagine if some nonsensical terms become mandated or other problems crop up?
Also, Microsoft has just said they will allow PEGI 18 games which would have received an ESRB M rating. Of course their regulations can and will change further over time... the point is the difference between a store refusing to carry versus banishing from the whole platform even for limited sharing. The necessity of uproars, especially so early on and so frequently, should be red flags for censorship to come. Could be for artistically-intentioned nudity or sexual themes. Could even be not about sex, language, and violence at all.
Last month, I suggested that the transition to Windows RT bares the same hurdles as transitioning to Linux. Many obstacles blocking our path, like Adobe and PC gaming, are considering Linux; the rest have good reason to follow.
This month we receive Windows RT and Microsoft's attempt to shackle us to it: Windows 8.
To be clear: Microsoft has large incentives to banish the legacy of Windows. The way Windows 8 is structured reduces it to a benign tumorous growth atop Windows RT. The applications we love and the openness we adore are contained to an app.
I will explain how you should hate this -- after I explain why and support it with evidence.
Microsoft is currently in the rare state of sharp and aggressive focus to a vision. Do not misrepresent this as greed: it is not. Microsoft must face countless jokes about security and stability. Microsoft designed Windows with strong slants towards convenience over security.
That ideology faded early into the life of Windows XP. How Windows operates is fundamentally different. Windows machines are quite secure, architecturally. Con-artists are getting desperate. Recent attacks are almost exclusively based on fear and deception of the user. Common examples are fake anti-virus software or fraudulent call center phone calls. We all win when attackers get innovative: survival of the fittest implies death of the weakest.
Continue reading why we think the Windows you Love is gone...
NVIDIA's new Linux drivers do well until you try the OpenGL optimizations
Subject: General Tech | October 18, 2012 - 01:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: opengl, nvidia, linux, driver
Phoronix tested out the new beta Linux driver from NVIDIA on a GTX 680 and saw some nice performance improvements compared to the previous generation of driver. They tested not just popular Linux games but also several Unigine benchmarks and for the most part when using just the basic driver they saw noticeable improvements and would recommend updating your system. On the other hand when they enabled the threaded OpenGL optimization performance plummeted in every test, leading Phoronix to describe the current threaded OpenGL support as "a mess at this point.". If you were hoping to take advantage of the new threading options, you'd best hold off for another driver revision.
"With the NVIDIA 310.14 Beta driver introduced at the beginning of this week there are some OpenGL performance improvements in general plus an experimental threaded OpenGL implementation that can be easily enabled. In this article are benchmarks from the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 with this new Linux driver release."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Calxeda plots server dominance with ARM SoCs @ The Register
- Mozilla Firefox 16 Review @ TechReviewSource
- Google offers a rare glimpse of its datacentres @ The Inquirer
- IE10 coming to Windows 7 sometime, maybe @ The Register
- Netgear Prosafe WNDAP360 Wireless-N Access Point Review @ eTeknix
- TerraLUX TLF-3C2AAEX LightStar220 2xAA Aluminium CREE XRE Q4 LED Flashlight Review @ ModSynergy
Is an Atom D520 'good enough' for Linux
Subject: Systems | October 15, 2012 - 08:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ALUSA Atom Desktop, linux
While the Atom processor does not have a good reputation here at PC Perspective as far as its ability to provide enough power for most peoples usage, Phoronix might have a different take on a tiny Atom powered computer. After all, Linux has a reputation of needing less system resources than a Windows box, so perhaps the benefits of a tiny 190 x 135 x 25 mm system outweigh any possible performance issues on a customized Ubuntu installation, called ALUSA 12.04 OS. You may not be surprised to find out that while the system did boot properly out of the box and all the hardware was properly supported, the lack of power especially the maximum resolution limit of 1366x768 was enough to turn Phoronix off of this device. There is a newer model they hope to test in the future.
"For the past several weeks I have been testing out the ALUSA Atom Desktop with Linux. As implied by the name it's an Intel Atom powered desktop/nettop computer, but this Atom system comes out of Portugal from a small Linux-focused start-up company."
Here are some more Systems articles from around the web:
- Giada i53 Mini PC @ Tweaktown
- Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 review: finally a good touch-screen PC @ Hardware.info
- PC Specialist Vanquish 670XM Gaming System @ Kitguru
- Asus Z9 PE-D8 WS / Dual Xeon E5 2687W / 64GB Kingston DDR3 @ Kitguru
- Intel's Haswell Architecture Analyzed: Building a New PC and a New Intel @ AnandTech
- Lenovo ThinkCentre M92 USFF review: Professional mini-system @ hardware.info
- Lenovo IdeaCentre A7 All-in-One Review: Starting to Get The Balance Right @ AnandTech
- Toshiba LX835-D3230 Review @ TechReviewSource
- Dell OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One Review: Dell's All-in-One Goes Enterprise @ AnandTech
Mention Linux incompatibility and it will be fixed; ARM support coming soon
Subject: General Tech | October 11, 2012 - 03:54 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: linux, arm
Linus has been graphically describing what he thinks of the fragmented state of ARM manufacturers who make it very difficult for a single Linux kernel to reliably work on the staggering variety of ARM chips on the market. So many manufacturers license ARM technology under an agreement which allows them a lot of leeway to make changes to the architecture which leads to the development nightmares which are preventing Linux from offering the same compatibility for ARM as they do for x86 chips. This is poised to change as The Register has announced that Linus has committed new source code which could finally lead to multi-platform support. Calxeda and other companies pushing ARM based server solutions can't wait for this to finish testing and be deployed.
"Based on Johansson's source code changes, one Linux kernel build could supports devices of all kinds. He said electronics capable of running the new kernel include system-on-a-chip machines, storage devices, cameras, medical devices and Calexda's efforts to put ARM-powered chips in HP ProLiant SL6500 servers."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Microsoft fast-tracks Windows 8 Service Pack updates @ The Register
- Hackaday's portal gun actually levitates a companion cube
- Samsung announces the Galaxy S3 Mini @ The Inquirer
- How To Prepare Your PC For Virus Protection When Upgrading To Windows 8 @ TechwareLabs
- AMD Drops Steamroller "bdver3" Compiler Support @ Phoronix
- Interview with Malwarebytes' founder, Marcin Kleczynski
- Firstlook 2012 Event @ Madshrimps
List of Games for Linux Steam Client Leak
Subject: General Tech | October 9, 2012 - 09:26 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: valve, tux, steam, linux, gaming
A Steam client for Linux has been a long time in the making, but is definitely getting closer to release with an imminent public beta announced last month.
During the initial announcement, Valve hinted that at least one native Linux game would be available along with the new beta client. Many gamers have predicted that the game will be Valve's own zombie FPS Left 4 Dead 2. Now, thanks to a leaked list of games from Valve's CDR database, gamers can add a few more native Linux games to that list. Among the leaked native Linux games are:
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Crusader Kings 2
- Cubemen
- Dungeons of Dredmor
- Dynamite Jack
- Eversion
- Galcon Fusion
- Serious Sam 3: BFE
- Solar 2
- SpaceChem
- Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
- Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
- Trine 2
- Waveform
- World of Goo
Unfortunately, various id software titles with Linux ports appear to be absent as well as several popular Linux-only games such as Tuxracer, Super Tuxkart, and other games popular with a certain penguin. It will be interesting to see what newer games Steam is able to bring on board after the official launch as well. I expect to see games like FTL, for example. Further, I'm curious to see how well received Steam will be versus software like the Ubuntu Software Center!
You can find a full list of games currently on Steam (for Windows) that have native Windows binaries – and will likely make it onto the native Linux Steam client – on this wiki page.
Are you excited for Linux to (finally) get a Steam client?
Limited Access Steam for Linux Beta Coming In October
Subject: General Tech | September 29, 2012 - 09:07 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: valve, steam, linux, gaming
Valve software is slowly but surely moving towards supporting the open source Linux operating system with a new Steam client. The latest milestone is an announcement by Valve that it is extending the beta beyond its privately selected internal testers to a limited number of public users.
The upcoming public beta will be rolled out soon along with a sign up page where the public can apply. From that sign up list, Valve will be selecting 1,000 applicants to test the Linux version of its Steam client.
While Valve has not announced a specific date for the start of the beta (or when the sign up page will go live) beyond that it is coming "sometime in October," the company did provide a couple of tidbits of information on the beta client software.
The (limited) public beta will include the Steam game client, and a single Valve game. This beta client will run on Ubuntu 12.04 or above. Unfortunately, the beta will not include any additional playable games. Also the beta client will not include the recently released (on Windows) Big Picture Mode functionality.
Many users are speculating that the single game hinted at in the announcement will be the company's latest zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead 2, as Valve has shown off the game running on Linux before. Valve has stated that it is extending the beta beyond its internal testers to attempt to get a wider sample size and to be able to test the beta software on as many varied hardware configurations as possible.
Gamers that want a chance to be one of the 1,000 users that will be asked to participate in the beta should keep an eye out on the Linux blog on Valve's website.
Granted, this is a small step, and the final Steam client for Linux is probably a ways off still, but I am still excited. Like Scott mentioned, gaming is one of the things keeping me with Windows despite my interest in Linux Mint (that OS really flies on my system! ).
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Over time – and not necessarily much of it – usage of a platform can become a marriage. I trusted Windows, nee MS-DOS, guardianship over all of my precious applications which depend upon it. Chances are you too have trusted Microsoft or a similar proprietary platform holder to provide a household for your content.
It is time for a custody hearing.
These are the reasons why I still use Windows – and who could profit as home wreckers.
1st Reason – Games
The most obvious leading topic.
Computer games have been dominated by Windows for quite some time now. When you find a PC game at retail or online you will find either a Windows trademark or the occasional half-eaten fruit somewhere on the page or packaging.
One of the leading reasons for the success of the PC platform is the culture of backwards compatibility. Though the platform has been rumored dead ad-infinitum it still exists – surrounded by a wasteland of old deprecated consoles. I still play games from past decades on their original platform.
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If you have heavy limescale encrustation in your toilet, pour a 2 litre bottle of Coke or Pepsi in the bowl. Leave this overnight, and flush all the limescale away in the morning.
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I'm excited by the rapid development of China, India, Brazil and other emerging economies, which is creating incredible new opportunities for people there, as well as for people in advanced economies. I think people should be free to live, work and fall in love wherever they please. I am a commentator on BBC TV and radio on globalisation and migration. Toni Morrison - Nobel Lecture. Nobel Lecture December 7, 1993 Listen to an Audio Recording of Toni Morrison's Nobel Lecture* 33 min.
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Especially this bit on Grigori Perelman's solution to the Poincare Conjecture: (…) Consider the award in 2006 of the Fields medal (the highest prize in mathematics) for a solution of the Poincare Conjecture. This was remarkable in that the research being recognized was not submitted to any journal. In choosing to decline the medal, peer review, publication and employment, the previously obscure Grigori Perelman chose to entrust the legacy of his great triumph solely to an Internet archive intended as a temporary holding tank for papers awaiting publication in established journals.
Yes, Perelman really did turn down the $1 Million prize: Weinstein is supporting the concept of "new media" for academics, like what the Public Library of Science is attempting: to end-run the stodgy old road block of the traditional journals. Like this: Like Loading... Jugaad: Questions for Santosh Ostwal. The Evolution of Sharing. Sharing isn't unique to humans but we seem to do it a lot more than any other mammals.
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Twenty-six companies that have an interest in personalization technology
have founded the Personalization Consortium. The companies range from
marketing to technology specialists, and have as a major goal developing
self-regulation guidelines to avoid government regulation of their industry.
Concerns about such regulation have become acute since DoubleClick announced
and then was forced to retract a plan for tying online identities with
actual names and addresses.
is one of the founding members of the consortium, which will be chaired
by Dr. Martha Rogers and Don Peppers of Peppers and Rogers Group, which
studies and consults on personalization.
its first survey on privacy and personalization the consortium surveyed
4,500 Web users. Some of the characteristics of the sampled population
while privacy is a concern, it is not a big concern. For example, while
it may not be surprising that in order to have a site offer some kind
of personalization, 96 percent would provide their names and 95% would
provide their e-mail addresses, almost as many would provide that information
to a site that did not provide any personalized features.
Figure 1 for a complete display of the difference between the two cases,
and note that about 7% of users are willing to provide a social security
number to almost any site they visit!
It will be important to see how the consortium approaches the development
of guidelines. DoubleClick is heavily invested in the kind of individual
attention that brought it notoriety. It was always the company's goal
for this information to be used on a permission basis only, and the more
savvy of the protests were focused on pointing out that in their opinion
consumers were not well informed about the program and could not easily
opt out.
So DoubleClick in theory would be satisfied with guidelines that require
better notification and perhaps even explicit "opt in" by consumers, but
also knows that the more such features are made known to consumers the
fewer will be likely to accept them. (In fact, though, the study results
can be read as saying that consumers don't really care all that much.)
Interestingly, DoubleClick's main rival, Engage Technologies, which has
a powerful personalization technology that does not require identification
of individuals, does not belong to the Consortium. If it did it might
have an interest in arguing for restrictions that would interfere with
the use of DoubleClick's technology. To what extent there are other sets
of conflicting interests in the Consortium remains to be seen - but if
there aren't any it's hard to see how the eventual recommendations will
have any weight.
Any company that is engaging in B2C e-commerce should be thinking hard
about how best to use personalization on their site, and clicks-and-mortar
types will also be interested in tying their retail data to their web
data. Anyone not interested in this data, which serves both to hone marketing
decisions and to keep visitors coming back, is heading for an e-catastrophe.
So the work of this Consortium has the potential of being very important
indeed, and should be watched closely both by companies actively developing
personalization tools and by those planning to use them.


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For a mere $2,500, the Walton County, Fla., Sheriff's Department purchased a military surplus mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle — that cost more than $500,000 to build — to help with its law enforcement activities. This is the same vehicle that the U.S. military deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq to use against insurgents.
The Florida county is just one in a long line of communities using Federal programs designed to militarize local law enforcement by providing them with military equipment and military training. Studies estimate as many as 500 communities have acquired MRAPs. The result has helped to turn local police and sheriff's departments — originally tasked to protect and serve their public — into violent, shoot-first quasi-military organizations terrorizing and abusing the public. This is not hyperbole, as we show regularly in our Power Of The State section.
Walton County is so idyllic and peaceful that residents feel no need to lock their doors, and its peaceful nature is so over-the-top unusual that one of its communities was chosen as the location for filming "The Truman Show." Yet Sheriff Mike Adkinson said the MRAP was needed as an "insurance policy" to keep deputies safe in dangerous situations.
The problem with police departments acquiring new military "toys" comes in the fact that, when toys are acquired, they are wont to be used. And therein lies the rub. Police use flimsy evidence to suggest "threats" exist, and the military tactics escalate encounters and create more violence.
The American Civil Liberties Union recently completed a study of 800 deployments by heavily armed Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams from 20 law enforcement agencies over the period 2011-2012. It found that more than three-fourths of the deployments were executed — often using MRAPs — to search a person's home, and more than 60 percent of the time the searches were for drugs. But in at least 36 percent of the SWAT raids studied, no drugs were found. And because police reports were often incomplete, the ACLU notes that the actual figure could be as high as 65 percent.
SWAT teams were originally created to respond to hostage, barricade or active shooter scenarios. But only 7 percent of deployments in the ACLU study were employed for SWAT teams' original intent.
Records provided the ACLU by 63 responding law enforcement agencies showed they received "a total of 15,054 items of battle uniforms or personal protective equipment" in 2011-2012.
In addition to battle uniforms and gear, officers are increasingly trained in military tactics and they increasingly come from the ranks of military units previously deployed in war zones. Their training "encourages them to adopt a 'warrior' mentality and think of people they are supposed to serve as enemies." And the equipment they use includes battering rams, flashbang grenades and the aforementioned MRAPS or other armored personnel carriers.
It's not unusual for the raids to be carried out late at night to increase the confusion among the occupants who are startled from sleep. But it also increases the likelihood innocents are in the house, which increases the danger to them.
To put into perspective just how twisted local law enforcement agencies have become, consider this quote from Sgt. Dan Downing of the Morgan County, Indiana Sheriff's Department. Regarding his agency's acquisition of an MRAP, he said: "The weaponry is totally different now that it was in the beginning of my career, plus, you have a lot of people who are coming out of the military that have the ability and knowledge to build IEDs and to defeat law enforcement techniques."
This straw man argument is increasingly being promoted by the Federal government in propaganda pieces distributed by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, as I've reported before. But to hear it come from a member of a local law enforcement agency, the ranks of which contain many "people who are coming out of the military," is mind-boggling. Plus, I have yet to see an instance reported of a U.S. veteran employing IEDs against local police.
In fact, attacks on police are down. Firearm-related deaths of police officers reached a 126-year low in 2013, according to a report by the national Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. It's the second year in a row for a decline, and the number of firearm-related police fatalities has dropped each decade since the 1970s.
The creation of the DHS after 9/11 has contributed to the militarization of local police departments by dispersing grant money and eliciting their assistance in so-called anti-terrorism enforcement. These grants have enabled local departments to stockpile specialized equipment in order to facilitate "readiness" for a terror event. It also increased the contact between a quasi-military agency — the DHS — and local departments.
Violent SWAT raids have resulted in death and injury of innocents — including women and children — often in homes targeted by mistake. Even pets aren't safe around SWAT teams and patrol officers.
A 2012 report by the CATO Institute found that "40,000 [SWAT raids] per year by one estimate, are needlessly subjecting nonviolent drug offenders, bystanders, and wrongly targeted civilians to the terror of having their homes invaded while they're sleeping, usually by teams of heavily armed paramilitary units dressed not as police officers but as soldiers. These raids bring unnecessary violence and provocation to nonviolent drug offenders, many of whom were guilty of only misdemeanors. The raids terrorize innocents when police mistakenly target the wrong residence. And they have resulted in dozens of needless deaths and injuries, not only of drug offenders, but also of police officers, children, bystanders, and innocent suspects."
The DHS long ago jumped the shark in regard to considering all Americans as potential terrorists, and this mindset has increasingly filtered into local police departments through their ongoing contacts and training with DHS. But as we've told you before, most, if not all, U.S. terror plots are actually instigated and planned by the FBI.
The militarized mindset is not just reserved to SWAT officers, but has trickled down into all reaches of law enforcement, as evidenced by the increased prevalence of violent encounters between police and peaceful citizens.
Cops have come to think of themselves as gods above the law whose commands are to be obeyed immediately and without question. Any hesitation often leads to the "suspect" being left bleeding and broken or quivering from electricity introduced by a Taser. It doesn't matter if the person was unable to understand the command because of a language barrier or if the person was unable to comply due to disability or defect. Officers expect immediate and complete compliance with no questions asked.
They are increasingly shooting dogs for barking, shocking with Tasers (see here and here) and pepper spraying children in schools, and shooting wheelchair-bound men in the streets. They apparently feel they operate above the law.
And their militarized appearance, backed by their militarized vehicles and overbearingly intimidating demeanor and the increasingly violent interactions they are having with the public, is creating a sense of fear. And that fear is justified, given that public safety is no longer the number one goal of local police.
How do I know that? By the actions and words of police departments acquiring the weaponry and using the tactics.
"I know that if somebody was in harm's way, I wouldn't let public opinion decide the safety of my deputy," Adkinson said. "Safety is my number one priority."
"At the end of the day, it gives the guys the ability to go home safely," said Downing, "So, no matter what the price tag is on it, as long as they get to go home, that's all that really matters."
Note that it's the safety of law enforcement that is the "number one priority" and "that's all that really matters."


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Here's how to program a fixed tax rate for Royal 435dx Cash Register according to their manual:
- "prg" mode + Tax 1 - 4 + [Tax Shift] + Tax Rate (4 Digit #) + (Amt/Tend/TOTAL)
Please note: You can program 1 Tax Rate or up to 4 Tax Rates. Be reminded, when you determine a department's tax status, at that point, you identify the tax rate you want for that department.
If you make an error between steps 2 and 4, press the Clear [C] key and start again at step 2:
- Step 1: Enter the program mode: Move the Control Switch to the "prg" position.
- Step 2: Enter (1 - 4), 1 through 4 being the Tax Rate identifier where that tax percentage will be stored in memory.
- Step 3: Press [tax shift] key
- Step 4: Enter the Tax Percentage Rate. Up to 5 digits can be used. You MUST enter three digits after the desired decimal place. For instance, to enter 5.5% type [5500], to enter 7% type [7000], to enter 10.25% type [10250].
- Step 5: Press the [amt tend/TOTAL] key
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Can Prophylactic Antibiotics Help Reduce The Risk Of Infection During Surgery?
Podiatric surgery can carry inherent risks including the possibility of perioperative infection. A recent article in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) offers several pertinent recommendations that aim to prevent some of the reported 780,000 surgical site infections that occur every year in the United States, according to the study authors.
Although they acknowledge that preoperative antibiotics are associated with lower rates of surgical site infections, the authors of the JBJS article say surgeons should continue antibiotics for no more than 24 hours after elective surgery of surgical treatment of closed fractures. The article also contends chlorhexidine gluconate is superior to povidone-iodine when it comes to preoperative antisepsis.
However, in regard to prophylactic antibiotics, Gary Jolly, DPM, notes "the evidence does not show that their use in elective foot and ankle surgery reduces the risk of infection despite a fairly strong trend to use prophylactic antibiotics."
He cites his own retrospective study in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery on the topic of prophylactic antibiotics. Dr. Jolly, the Chief of Podiatric Surgery at New Britain General Hospital in New Britain, Ct., also notes he is currently involved in a prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded study on this subject. With 200 patients enrolled thus far in the study, Dr. Jolly says he has seen no difference in infection rates between those taking prophylactic antibiotics and those not taking them.
Surgeons usually use a povidone-iodine base in the hospitals in which Dr. Jolly operates but he says they will use other products if faced with patients with allergies. However, he does not think this is a major issue.
Jesse Burks, DPM, has used both chlorhexidine gluconate and/or povidone-iodine. He says he has not noted any variation in perioperative infection rates anecdotally.
Pertinent Pearls For Reducing The Risk Of Infection
The JBJS authors also say the rate of postoperative infections associated with occlusive dressings is lower than that of non-occlusive dressings. Appropriately managing blood glucose levels, oxygenation and the patient's temperature reduces the risk of postoperative infection, according to the study authors. One should consider medications and disease processes that may compromise the patient's immune system, according to Dr. Burks, a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
Although Dr. Burks feels prevention of infection is "impossible," he does offer some pearls to reduce the incidence of perioperative infection. He argues that surgeons should take responsibility for aseptic techniques throughout the entire operating room and not just for their specific technique. Dr. Burks, who practices in Little Rock, Ark., adds that surgeons should consider the infection history of the OR in which they are operating.
Dr. Jolly also advocates strict observation of sterile techniques and atraumatic tissue handling. Neal Blitz, DPM, will pre-wash the extremity with isopropyl alcohol to remove any major debris before a formal surgical prep. Dr. Blitz performs the pre-wash himself and will not delegate the task to a resident or nurse.
"It always amazing to see how much dirt and grime comes off," notes Dr. Blitz, an attending podiatric surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics and Foot and Ankle Surgery at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Dr. Jolly also recommends limiting the time that a surgical wound is open.
"Surgeons who are slow and careless technically are more likely to see wound infections as well as other types of wound complications," notes Dr. Jolly, a Fellow and Past President of the American College of Foot And Ankle Surgeons.
For further reading, check out the archives at www.podiatrytoday.com.
Diabetic Neuropathy More Common In Type 2 Patients
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
Although polyneuropathy can be a common complication for patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, an abstract presented at the recent American Diabetes Association (ADA) meeting says polyneuropathy is more prevalent in type 2 patients.
The abstract authors examined 1,194 patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in 40 Belgian clinics. Researchers found the prevalence of both types of neuropathy greater in those with type 2 diabetes. Specifically, the study found that 51 percent of type 2 patients had diabetic polyneuropathy and 18 percent had painful diabetic polyneuropathy. In comparison, 25 percent of type 1 patients had polyneuropathy and 6 percent had painful polyneuropathy, according to the study. Authors theorize that the higher incidence of neuropathy in type 2 patients could be attributed to metabolic syndrome associated disturbances.
Barry Rosenblum, DPM, has likewise seen a higher incidence of painful neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
"At this point, any associated findings are solely that, associated, and I have not identified anything related to the diabetes that it may be attributable to," notes Dr. Rosenblum, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
The study concludes that one can diagnose neuropathy "with costless tools that do not require special expertise." When examining patients for neuropathy, Dr. Rosenblum centers his detection on taking a good history and physical exam. As far as equipment goes, he employs a tuning fork, Semmes-Weinstein monofilament wire set, and sharp/dull discrimination. In some clinical trials, he will use the Neuropathy Symptom Score.
Studies Say Duloxetine Relieves Neuropathic Pain
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
A number of medications have been under development in the past few years to treat the pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain. A series of recent studies has concluded that duloxetine HCl (Cymbalta, Eli Lilly) is effective in reducing this pain.
The study results, which were recently published in Pain Medicine, were drawn from three 12-week, multicenter, double-blind studies of patients with painful diabetic neuropathy. The first study assigned 457 patients to receive duloxetine in doses of 20 mg QD, 60 mg QD or 60 mg BID, or a placebo. The second study assigned 334 patients to receive duloxetine in doses of 60 mg QD, 60 mg BID or placebo. The third study assigned 348 patients to receive duloxetine in doses of 60 mg QD, 60 mg BID or placebo.
Researchers assessed patient-reported outcomes via the Short Form 36 (SF-36), the interference portion of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), and EuroQol 5D Health Questionnaire (EQ-5D). The study measured physical function, pain, general health, vitality, social function, and mental health. In those areas, the SF-36, BPI and EQ-5D, researchers found that duloxetine was "significantly superior" to placebo.
How does duloxetine compare to other drugs indicated for diabetic neuropathic pain? Miroslav Backonja, MD, a co-author of the study, notes that since the drug has not been compared to pregabalin (Lyrica, Pfizer) or gabapentin (Neurontin, Pfizer), there is no data based on comparative randomized controlled trials. However, he does say that based on the existing large clinical expereince, all three neuropathic pain drugs are "relatively effective in relieving neuropathic pain, are well tolerated and safe."
Duloxetine has different mechanisms of action than other medications on the market, according to Dr. Backonja. He says the drug has demonstrated efficacy in treating the pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. As he notes, the main advantage of duloxetine would be in a patient with both pain and depression related to neuropathy. In such a case, the medication could help both problems, according to Dr. Backonja, a Professor of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, Wis.
In Brief
Integra LifeSciences recently announced it has acquired IsoTis, Inc., an orthobiologics company. Integra will sell IsoTis' products, including the demineralized bone matrix products, DynaGraft® II and OrthoBlast® II, according to a company press release.
The Podiatry Insurance Company of America (PICA) recently announced its acquisition of the podiatry book of business from Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers (PRI). Starting with the Oct. 1, 2007 renewals, PRI will begin not renewing its policyholders, according to a company press release.
In the table of contents for the August 2007 issue of Podiatry Today, Jack Janov, Esq., was the author of "Seven Keys To Preventing Malpractice Lawsuits."


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Legends of Localization: The Legend of Zelda
Legends of Localization: The Legend of Zelda is a comparison of the Japanese and American versions of The Legend of Zelda. It highlights differences in music and SFX, why the intro story is in English in both versions and why Pols Voice supposedly hated loud noises, what some of those cryptic hints originally said and how Testitart became Manhandla. [more inside]
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Buffet's the focus at Fushimi sushi restaurant on Farwell
Some restaurants have lunchtime buffets, but it's buffet all the time at the new Fushimi Japanese Sushi & Seafood Buffet, which opened early in January.
It's at 2116 N. Farwell Ave., next door to the newly opened Simple Cafe, a breakfast and lunch spot. Fushimi has parking and a second entrance in the back, accessible off E. Windsor Place. »Read Full Blog Post
'Malcolm and Teresa' has trouble finding heart of pair's connection
In early 1968, conservative British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge was asked to conduct a televised interview of an Albanian nun. He had never heard of her. The world did not yet know her. It soon would: Her name was Mother Teresa.
That's the setup in Cathal Gallagher's "Malcolm and Teresa," which is receiving its regional premiere at Christian-based Acacia Theatre Company in Mequon, in a production that opened Friday night under Elaine Rewolinski's direction. »Read Full Article
Neko Case's voice shines in an elegant, melancholy set
The human voice can be the most singularly beautiful musical instrument there is, but it's not hard to think of well-compensated pop singers who treat their instruments, or allow them to be treated, as if they were beside the point.
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This spectacular new ski chalet in Verbier is full of surprises. The beautiful old wood exterior is traditionally Swiss, but once inside, kitchens and bathrooms showcase ultra-modern design, whilst the bedrooms transport you to the last days of the Raj.
Anglo-Indian four poster beds, flowing curtains and colourful throws, give Bella Coola's four double bedrooms a romantic colonial feel. The top floor of the chalet is given over to a charming master suite, complete with study, dressing room, bathroom and private terrace. The 3 remaining doubles are located on the ground floor, together with a triple single, ideal for children and adults alike. All the bedrooms have sprung mattresses, goosedown bedding and crisp Egyptian cotton sheets. The spacious en-suite bathrooms have baths and separate showers and are all equipped with full size Jo Malone toiletries. Bella Coola is designed and built to the highest specifications. All of the bedrooms are wired for sound and vision with their own TVs and networked entertainment system. The cosy ground floor TV area, offers the perfect place for children to enjoy their favourite programmes or play on Wii console, while the flat screen TV in the upstairs living area means adults can enjoy a movie from the extensive in-house DVD library. Or you can just relax after a hard day on the slopes with an in-house massage or beauty treatment. The basement floor houses a beautiful brick vaulted wine cellar and spacious boot room with ample storage and heated boot warmers.
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- Winter hiking - enjoy the beautiful scenery which Verbier offers. It has 25 km of signed trails that start at the resort
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GRT backup makes Hyper-V VM unresponsive...
Hi all!
So I was all excited when SP2 was released because my migration from my current backup solution to BE was on hold due to us moving towards Hyper-V 2012. So the day it was released, I installed it and thought "Alright! Let's start backing up Hyper-V VMs!" and then BAM! I had all VMs on a particular CSV become unresponsive because I was backing up one VM on that CSV. The only way out was to shut the host down completely and bring those VMs backup on the other node, not the best way to start.
Here's my environment and some more of my experience:
- Hyper-V Environment
- 2x Hyper-V 2012 hosts w/ BE 2012 SP2 RAWS agent installed.
- Hyper-V hosts are clustered and using CSVs.
- Storage provided by a 6 node P4500 cluster.
- HP Lefthand MPIO used for multipathing.
- Lefthand VSS provider not installed.
- SCVMM 2012 SP1 is used to manage the cluster.
- Backup Exec Environment
- Backup Exec 2012 SP2 installed
- Deduplication Disk Storage configured and is the current destination for Hyper-V backups.
- Guest VM Environment
- Server 2012 OS w/ latest Integration Services installed
- BE 2012 SP2 RAWS agent installed.
I started with just trying to backup one VM to see how the whole process worked before I start rolling this out to other VMs. The scenario above was what happened after performing the first GRT enabled backup of the VM. I've since moved the VM to its own CSV so I can test just this server without potentially bringing down the environment.
What I'm seeing is the backing up the VM's VHDXs is fine, every time. If BE just backs up the VHDXs, the job runs successfully and the VM stays responsive the whole time. I can make the BE backup just VHDXs by unchecking "Exclude virtual machines that must be put in a saved state to back up". If I check that box, BE first performs the VHDX backup successfully and then it attempts to perform GRT pass but the VM becomes unresponsive, more than likely from being put into a saved state.
I've checked everything I can possibly think of to allow for live backups for the guest VM to no avail. All disks on the VM are basic NTFS drives, each with their shadow copy storage pointed to their own drive. The correct Hyper-V Integration Services is installed and "backups" are enabled in the VMs Integration Services configuration.
I just for the life of me can't figure this out. It seems like it should be pretty straight forward. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Thanks for the prompt response! I'll attempt to post a picture here soon. I can say that I am selecting them via the "[Cluster's Virtual Name]"\"Microsoft Hyper-V HA Virtual Machines"\"[TestVM]".
Oddly enough, I'm now backing up this particular VM succesfully now w/ GRT. I have no idea why it started working (or even what made the CSV unresponsive yesterday) but its good at this moment.
I think I'm going to expand the backup selection to contain another VM and see where it takes me.
- This was an interesting error from the application log as I was trying to shut the host down gracefully:
Event ID: 31 Source: VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service Warning: A writer with name ASR Writer and ID {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4} waited 4294967 seconds for in-progress calls to complete before shutting down.
- This was in the system log after the backup began and right about when everything stopped working:
Event ID: 1146 Source: FailoverClustering
The cluster Resource Hosting Subsystem (RHS) stopped unexpectedly. An attempt will be made to restart it. This is usually associated with recovery of a crashed or deadlocked resource. Please determine which resource and resource DLL is causing the issue and verify it is functioning properly.
- And I get these (from the Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V-VMMS\Admin log) when backing up a VM now w/ BE:
Event ID: 19050 Source: Hyper-V-VMMS
'TestVM' failed to perform the operation. The virtual machine is not in a valid state to perform the operation. (Virtual machine ID 0A3A39F9-B9B3-4F19-BDB0-ABB2A0076D87)
- This was on HyperVNode1 around the time of the incident:
Event ID: 10028 Source: DistributedCOM
DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer HyperVNode2 using any of the configured protocols; requested by PID c44 (C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\RAWS\beremote.exe).
- These were scary events during the outage. This was on HyperVNode1:
Event ID: 5120 Source: FailoverClustering
Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume1' ('HQ-P4000-VOL-2') is no longer available on this node because of 'STATUS_NETWORK_NAME_DELETED(c00000c9)'. All I/O will temporarily be queued until a path to the volume is reestablished.
Event ID: 5142 Source: FailoverClustering
Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume1' ('HQ-P4000-VOL-2') is no longer accessible from this cluster node because of error 'ERROR_TIMEOUT(1460)'. Please troubleshoot this node's connectivity to the storage device and network connectivity.
Other than that, nothing really caught my eye.
One more that is interesting... ever since installing RAWS (the only backup agent ever installed on these Hyper-V hosts) I've been getting the following event repeatedly:
Event ID: 8194 Source: VSS
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface. hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.
. This is often caused by incorrect security settings in either the writer or requestor process.
Gathering Writer Data
Writer Class Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Name: System Writer
Writer Instance ID: {1486d557-3b49-4314-8e12-db0d4b9c7d98}
Hello Louis,
I found this solution on one of the forum
"I found out the problem (error 8194...IVssWriterCallback...) on Hyper-V host when backing up VMs on a CSV :
Go to DCOM setup : dcomcnfg --> Expand Component Services, Computers --> Right-click My Computer --> Properties --> COM Security tab.
Under Access Permission click Edit Default. --> add the "Network Service" account with Local Access allowed.
Restart the computer !
no more 8194 error."
as you also see Dcom errors in event viewer, you try this however would suggest to check on technet aswell before you can implement this solution....
I see lots of windows 2012 users are getting this error with different backup applications
Oddly enough, all the VMs came back online. Looking at it, HyperVHost1 and HyperVHost2 never complained; its the VMs that suffered. Apparently they lost their ability to write to their disks. On one of the guest VMs logged this during the backup of the CSV its VHDXs reside on:
Event ID: 129 Source: storvsc
Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort0, was issued.
EDIT: I supposed I'll clarify the statement about the hosts not complaining. Looking through their event logs, there are no events hinting to the CSVs ever falling offline. Further more, looking at the cluster logs, not a single CSV resource failed.
I do see the following 252 times in a row (every two seconds) in the event logs on the host that had only the 3 VMs I was trying to backup:
Event ID: 10014 Source: DistributedCOM
The activation for CLSID {ECABAFB9-7F19-11D2-978E-0000F8757E2A} failed because remote activations for COM+ are disabled. To enable this functionality use Server Manager to install the COM+ Network Access feature in the Application Server role.
What's interesting is the guest VMs that had the problem were on a different node but on the same CSV as the one being backed up during the outage.
Well that was an interesting night last night.
I created a support case like recommended. A technician got back to me last night. With his guidance, we started the backup job that was causing the outages. This particular job started to bring down the Hyper-V cluster about an hour into it. At around ~15 minutes or so into the job, the tech says he'll call me back in a few minutes. He does call me back around ~40-50 minutes into the job and tells me it's the end of his shift and another technician will call be back in roughly 30-40 minutes. I explained that this job will start to cause an outage in approximately 10-20 minutes. He told me he would escalate it and someone will get with me in 30-40 minutes. Low and behold, the job started to crash the Hyper-V cluster 10-20 minutes after getting off the phone with him and no one had called me back.
So now I had a severe outage happening. I started an online chat via the support site and explained I had an open case, that I had a production outage happening, and I was "in-between" technicians. They told me they couldn't escalate it to a priority 1 via chat so I should call in. So that's what I did, I called back in.
After explaining my situation to another person they got me in touch with another technician. While the outage was happening, we looked around. It seemed like no real troubleshooting happening, just waiting for a complete failure to happen (of either the backup job or the Hyper-V cluster). We ended up killing backup engine on the media server but that didn't help bring the VMs backup. Eventually, the cluster considered one node dead and started to bring VMs up on the second node. At this point, I had one Linux box complaining about a possible corrupt volume and to attempt to repair. I got lucky and the repair was successful but none the less, it was a bit scary.
So now that I have the VMs back up and the criticality of the outage has subsided, he had me change some settings on the backup job (VSS provider and storage destination), enable debug logging, and start the job back up. After the backup job was started and logging began, he told me to let the job fully complete, attach the logs to the case, someone will call me tomorrow (which would be today), and got off the phone with me again knowing that this backup job could potentially cause another severe outage!
I was completely shocked! I was let go twice when facing a potential outage. Luckily, the second job failed immediately after starting and right after the tech got off the phone with me (that ought to show the quickness that I was let go). I'm still working with them but I'll be reaching out to my regional sales rep to see if I can get different path to engineers for this case.
I wonder if I'm experiencing this....
Not sure if anyone else w/ a Hyper-V cluster has this installed or if they have any thoughts.
I think I may be on the right path... I found this KB that includes KB 2813630 and its titled "Update that improves cloud service provider resiliency in Windows Server 2012".
This blog post seems to further point towards KB 2813630 being a resolution.
Hello Louis,
I apologize for what happened with the support last night however could you please provide me the case number, I try to explain the situation to the engineer assigned to this case and will try and get this expedited, however the article which you have posted seems to be referring to the same issue, I would suggest you apply the fix and than chek if that resolves the issue however would be best to try with a backup using windows utility in order to confirm its the same issue befire you apply that patch...
Turns out my case was escalated and I'm currently working with an engineer that specializes in Hyper-V. We are pushing forward with KB 2838669 and we'll see what the results are.
I have informed the assigned engineer about the issue and discussion we were having on forums and have suggested him to go to thread for more info, however please keep us posted here as in what happens with windows utility if backup fails or successfull and if the issue is resolved with hotfix, this might help others who are facing similar issue.
Thanks everyone! So far so good!
I installed KB 2838669 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2838669/EN-US) yesterday which contains KB 2813630 and a few other KBs and it is specificaly geared towards this kind of situation.
I was able to perform a backup of one VM, then two VMs, then three VMs succesfully. These were the same 3 VMs that I was backing up when things were crashing so I might be out of the woods.
Since these symptoms would be present regardless of backup solution, I'm thinking that during beta the tier 1 and 2 customers were probably using DPM or something of the sorts and already had the patch installed? Either way, if this does resolve the issue, I'd recommend putting this into the Admin Guide or at least creating a tech article for it because this seems like it'll impact anyone using a clustered Hyper-V 2012 environment with CSVs.
So, I'll slowly keep pressing forward and I'll report back any more findings.
We will create a Tech article for this when we konw for sure the full impact of the issue and the MS fixes have got some mileage.
So for all reading this post please update with fix in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2838669/ and advise of results.
We are continuing to see postive results with this Micrsoft Hotfix (2838669) on so a Technote is in progress. It should be done and public by this evening or tomorrow morning.
This will be the url
I have been having the same issue as described above. I found Microsoft's KB 2813630 and its successor KB 2870270 and was in the process of installing it when I came across this article; so it is good to know that it should solve our problem.
I have a question for LouisC:
You said that you were getting an error in the application log with Event ID: 8194 Source: VSS for System Writer.
We are also getting this error repeatedly even without a backup running. I also found the same websites that say to grant Network Services account permissions in DCOM, but we are also using Windows Server 2012 Core and DCOM is not installed.
Did you find a solution to this error?


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HELP!! egts running hot, smoke coming from turbo
Ok, so I recently installed my egr delete, a new serpentine belt with a couple pulleys, blue spring, a new powermax turbo. I have an Afe stage 2 intake. I an on the final phase of my coolant flush. Restore plus in it now. I started it up and ran it around the neighborhood got the engine up to normal temps with the heat turned up inside the cab(thermostat still in). I started noticing a smell like something was burning. I parked the truck, shut it off and saw clear smoke seeping out from under the turbo. It had a certain smell to it. Could not pin point what or where it was coming from. My egts were running a little hot (200° higher than normal) whick sparked that something was wrong. I am running Sct tuner with just the standard performance tune. No custom tune yet. I also noticed as I drove it a scraping sound coming from the engine. Or the tranny?? Any thoughts??
Sorry for any misinterpretation I am new to the forum.
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Do you have good boost? Stuck Veins or bad Vgt solinoid will cause excessive EGTs. Smoke could simply be the exhaust side of the turbo getting hot and cooking off the production oils,
Your new turbo may seem to work correctly and build boost under throttle but I've had issue with turbos and the ECU not learning the VGT correctly and causing it to act weird,
Just an idea...
Good pts. I am just about done the flush. I should have the coolant in the engine soon. Boost has been pretty much ok for the most part. Nothing unusual. This turbo seems to run similar to the stock one. Bad vgt solenoid huh. How can u check that? Unplug the the vgt wire to the turbo? The one in my stock turbo was fine. This concerns me. I have also heard the pcm has hard time learning the vgt system like u stated. How can this be corrected?
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Quick test, if you have a strait pipe exhaust simply un plug the Vgt solinoid with the truck running and listen, you will clearly hear the jet engine sound disappear and turn into a deep rumble, doesn't exactly proove anything but if it doesn't change it's a start to a proper diag,
If I remember correctly if you disconnect the batts for 30 min it will reset the general parameters of the ECU, and will re-learn the Vgt solinoid, I would probly turn it back to stock before doin this just to be safe, wouldnt hurt to take it around the block with a stock ECU and see what your EGTs do then.. Whatever your issue, if any, it seems minor..
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Omeed Aziz Popal, originally of Afghanistan, struck 18 pedestrians and killing one in the San Francisco Bay Area with his black Honda Pilot SUV on August 30, 2006.[1][2] Popal was 29 at the time of the attack. In 2008, a San Francisco judge ruled Popal not guilty by reason of insanity and committed him to a state psychiatric facility. According to the San Francisco Public Defender's Office, Popal was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and had a history of severe mental illness. He had been involuntarily committed for mental treatment twice within the six months before the attacks.[3]
The first person to be attacked, Stephen J. Wilson, 54, was struck in Fremont, California, and died at 11:50 am. Another victim was hospitalized in critical condition.
Popal struck two men at the intersection of Sutter and Steiner Streets in San Francisco. He passed through the intersection again in an attempt to hit the men a second time—and then a third time—before moving on.
A witness said he saw one victim's body "thrown 25 feet." Multiple witnesses and victims said that the driver appeared to be aiming for people, intentionally hitting them.
Other victims included Vera Jenkins, 40; Pedro Aglugov, 70; Leon Stevens, 56; and Susan Rajic, 43.[4][5] One police officer was slightly injured when Popal was apprehended.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called Popal's actions "malicious and hateful". He commended authorities and offered his condolences to the victims and their families. He further said that "acts of hate such as this will not be tolerated in California".[6]
In a column read on air by Rush Limbaugh, Debbie Schlussel did not believe his family's explanation that he was upset over a stressful arranged Muslim marriage and declared it was the third incident of "islamic terrorism by auto" that year.[7] She compared it to the 2006 UNC SUV attack by Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, and to a Palestinian Jordanian Muslim named Ali R. Warrayat who drove his car into a Home Depot in Arizona.
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- ^ CBS 5: POPAL CHARGED WITH MURDER IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, August 31, 2006
- ^ Omeed Popal Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, San Francisco Public Defender's Office, July 31, 2008
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle: Driver's rampage: The Human Toll: The Victims: 'No pattern' in targets of rampage, August 30, 2006
- ^ San Jose Mercury News: A life of 'what-ifs', November 22, 2007.
- ^ CBS 5: Update: Police name suspect in hit-and-run spree, August 29, 2006
- ^ August 30, 2006 Islamic Terrorism By Auto: 3rd Incident in a Year; "Living While Infidel


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