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What Causes Metabolic Syndrome? continued...
Genetic factors influence each component of the syndrome, and the syndrome itself. A family history that includes type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and early heart disease greatly increases the chance that an individual will develop metabolic syndrome.
Environmental issues such as low activity level, sedentary lifestyle, and progressive weight gain also contribute significantly to the risk of developing metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is present in about 5% of people with normal body weight, 22% of those who are overweight and 60% of those considered obese. Adults who continue to gain 5 or more pounds per year raise their risk of developing metabolic syndrome by up to 45%.
While obesity itself is likely the greatest risk factor, others include:
- Being in postmenopause
- Smoking
- Eating a diet that is excessively high in carbohydrates
- Not getting enough physical activity
What Are the Dangers in Having Metabolic Syndrome?
Metabolic syndrome is a condition that can lead to both diabetes and heart disease, two of the most common chronic diseases today.
Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of type 2 diabetes (the common type of diabetes) anywhere from 9 to 30 times over the normal population. As to the risk of heart disease, studies vary, but metabolic syndrome appears to increase the risk 2 to 4 times that of the normal population.
Other health risks from metabolic syndrome include fat accumulation in the liver (fatty liver), resulting in inflammation and the potential for cirrhosis. The kidneys can also be affected, as metabolic syndrome is associated with microalbuminuria, the leaking of protein into the urine, a subtle but clear indication of kidney damage. The syndrome can also cause obstructive sleep apnea, polycystic ovary syndrome, increased risk of dementia with aging, and cognitive decline in older adults.
How Is Metabolic Syndrome Treated?
The major goals are to treat both the underlying cause of metabolic syndrome and to reduce factors that may lead to heart problems.
Lifestyle modification is the preferred treatment of metabolic syndrome. Weight reduction usually requires a specifically tailored, multifaceted program that includes diet and exercise. Medications also may be useful.


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Will there be a straight upgrade path from 10.10 to 11.04 (Gnome to Unity), and will there be measures put in place to ensure that Gnome is properly "cleaned" out on the way?
Unity is simply a new shell for Gnome and will probably be installed as part of the current ubuntu-desktop metapackage. This means that upon upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04 Unity will be installed by default with the upgrade.
I am assuming that Gnome 2 is planned to be installed as well, so users both upgrading and freshly installing will get both, just Unity by default.
We will of course provide an upgrade path, I don't know what you mean by "cleaned" so please provide more detail in your question.
In the past when we have major such changes (metacity to compiz, for example) to the defaults upgrades kept their current settings and new installs got the new stuff.
Having just upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04, it has replaced my 'old' desktop with Unity. Have had a loooong search to find out how to replace it (SystemSettings->System->LoginScreen - switch to 'Ubuntu Classic')
I believe that the statement was that "Unity will be the default UI for clean installs on hardware that will give a satisfactory performance" (or something like that), so that suggests that if you do an in-place upgrade, you will stick with stock GNOME

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Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh this afternoon. At the outset, the ministers expressed gratitude for the success of the surgery undergone by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, praying to God Almighty to bestow upon the monarch good health and a quick recovery.
Then, the Crown Prince gave a briefing on the latest contacts between the King and himself and foreign officials, especially regarding developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Cabinet commended the decisions of the extraordinary meeting of the Arab League Council regarding Israel's aggression against Gaza. It condemned the Israeli actions and called upon the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibility to end the attacks against the innocent people of Gaza.
The Cabinet reviewed the latest efforts to deal with the situation in Syria, including the 2nd Joint Ministerial Meeting for Strategic Dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Russia; the Arab Ministerial Committee meeting on the situation in Syria; and the 2nd Arab-European Meeting at the level of foreign ministers. The ministers expressed the Kingdom's appreciation for all those efforts, looking forward to more unified, international efforts to tackle the crisis and provide the necessary political, security and humanitarian support to the Syrian people.
The Cabinet also welcomed the Djibouti Declaration, issued by the 39th session of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states, which stressed the principles contained in the interfaith and intercultural dialogue initiatives of King Abdullah. Finally, the ministers lauded the signing by the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states of a security agreement, stressing that this step is important for enhancing security cooperation and coordination in the interest of the GCC states and peoples.
Turning to its remaining agenda items, the Cabinet authorized the Crown Prince to sign a draft cooperation agreement between the Saudi Defense Ministry and the Korean National Defense Ministry; approved the amendment of the 4th article of Cabinet decision No. 202 on 22/6/1430 H. regarding the gathering of biometrics of visa applicants; and endorsed the GCC Financial and Economic Cooperation Committee's decision exempting goods belonging to people with special needs from customs duties.
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Schoolyard bullies have much in common with workplace bullies. If you are a bully, learn five techniques to help you STOP IT! If you are being bullied, learn seven steps to prevent or defuse the bullying situation. There is no place in your CU for a bully! Learn about these techniques and more at the You Know You're a Bully If… Webinar on April 12 (Session Code: 461).
On April 18, tune into the Mobile Marketing with QR Codes Quick Bites (Session Code: 462), which will focus primarily on QR (Quick Read) Codes - how they are applicable, how they work and who is using them. This session will cover various applications, custom codes and ideas for QR Code campaigns that your credit union can use. Integrated marketing campaigns will also be discussed, bridging the gap between online and offline as well as one-to-one marketing practices.
Join in to the New Products to Serve Members & Generate Income Webinar on April 19 (Session Code: 463) to take a look at some ideal new products coming into the marketplace, which credit unions should considering offering to members. Find out what is out there, what is working well and how to take advantage of these up and coming products that serve members and generate income. Please speak with someone in Education for more information.
Business Development is not a department. In a financial cooperative it has to be everyone's job, a team effort. The Business Development - In It To Win It! QuickBites on April 24 (Session Code: 464) will focus on how to make business development a priority for staff whose primary responsibilities are operational. You will be presented with actionable ideas on how to get more employees involved and what skills are required to achieve team success.
In theory, if credit unions provide members with what they need and want, they will never get irate or complain. But what happens when they do? On April 26, the Turning Around Member Complaints Webinar (Session Code: 465) will deal with the process of "turning around" these members to turn negative situations into positive experiences. This session is ideal for any employee interested in learning or improving how they deal with irate members or those that complain.
Looking ahead to next month, the Helping Members Improve Credit Scores telecourse on May 1 (Session Code: 468) will help participants read a credit report like a pro in order to help their members improve their credit scores.
Also next month, join us for the Safe Deposit Box - The Fundamentals, a special 90 Minute QuickBites on May 3 (Session Code: 469). The safe deposit box operation is a unique, fast-changing service in the financial industry. It is the only product or service in which members of your staff do not know the value of a consumer's assets. As a result, every vault transaction can lead to considerable liability. Effective procedures and sound daily practices can counteract and minimize this risk. This seminar covers the "nuts and bolts" and the recommended day-to-day operating procedures for your institution. This session will provide attendees with clear, concise answers to all the basic or complicated questions regarding your institution's responsibility, liability and daily operating procedures. In addition, you will receive information about many current lawsuits and other nationwide horror stories. What you will learn:
Bank Secrecy Act training is available on demand! The Bank Secrecy Act requires that all frontline personnel be trained on money laundering and the responsibilities of the financial institutions on currency reporting and suspicious activity every year. See the ICUL education calendar for the schedule of BSA on demand training and all QuickBites and Telecourses.
Also now available on demand for 2012: Financial Exploitation of the Elderly. Elder abuse training – regarding financial exploitation of the elderly -- is now required for employees and officers with direct customer contact. Examiners will be collecting information about your credit union's training on this subject, as IDFPR is required to report training data on a bi-annual basis. This QuickBite will meet the training requirements and will cover:
All credit unions face situations where only they have an opportunity to witness suspected exploitation. Participate in this QuickBite to learn the common indicators and the actions you can take.
Play it again! The audio archive of all QuickBites and telecourses for 2012 has been increased to 60 days with paid registrations for most sessions. Whether you were unavailable for the scheduled date and time of a particular call or just want to hear the session again, you will have 24/7 access for the entire 60 days after the scheduled session. This feature enhances the value of audio training and is included for no additional charge. The audio archive link will be activated within 48 hours of the live event.
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Fall River Community Maintenance Director Kenneth Pacheco's pitch to transform the former city incinerator site into a solid waste transfer station is a promising proposal. Pacheco's plan involves building an energy-efficient separation and transfer facility at the old incinerator site, with solar panels offsetting 40 percent of electricity used. It would also offer advanced recycling technology, potentially boosting the city's recycling rates, which would save the city significant amounts of money on tipping fees.
The clock is ticking toward the closure of the Fall River landfill, set for October, and prior to that the expense for the city's waste management option must be included in the Fiscal 2015 budget.
The City Council Committee on Health and Environmental Affairs has vetted five proposals for post-landfill waste management, but the administration will make the final decision.
Alternative plans involving privatization of city trash hauling and transfer services could also be promising. But they have been met with stiff resistance from some officials, residents and, of course, city DPW workers. Regardless of that sentiment, it is important to consider each option, including a cost-benefit analysis of each plan.
Pacheco offered several reasons to favor the city-owned facility. He said that if the city maintains its own operation, the facility would pay for itself and possibly even save the city millions. The city would be able to go out to bid to get the best price for tipping fees from haulers. He estimates 10 to 15 new city jobs created at the transfer station.
Meanwhile, he argued, "If we privatize, we commit to one company for the next 10 years with no options." That's a valid point of concern. Pacheco also pointed to the city's decision years ago to privatize the landfill, saying the city "gave its future away" when it sold that facility.
While those are all compelling reasons to favor the city transfer station over the proposals from private companies, there is a key piece missing: the price. Without that crucial information, it's impossible to fairly weigh the options. With the financial details due for all plans on April 16, city officials will have the information needed to make the most fiscally responsible choice for the city.
It's understandable that the Committee on Health and Environmental Affairs is frustrated with the Flanagan administration's lack of attention to the impending landfill closure. But since the committee took time to vet each proposal, it really ought to consider weighing-in on the matter rather than leaving this important decision with long-lasting implications up to the administration without offering its recommendation.
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Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
About This Animal
SIZE: 11.5 inches
RANGE: Midwest and Eastern United States and parts of southern Canada; common in summer here in Chattanooga
HABITAT: Likes brush, shrubbery, forest edges; often seen near human habitation
DIET: Insects, invertebrates, nuts, fruits
ON EXHIBIT: Delta Swamp and Cove Forest in River Journey
These birds are in the same family as Mockingbirds, and like their relatives, they often run on the ground to escape danger, rather than fly away. They raise their tails when running. They are an extremely aggressive defender of its nest, which is in thick brush anywhere from the ground up to 14 feet above the ground and has been known to strike people and pets hard enough to draw blood (while defending their nest) - just protecting those babies. They are mainly foragers, searching through leaf debris on the ground for insects and nuts, using their long beaks to toss aside the debris
Their population is fairly stable, although it may be declining slightly due to changing landscapes in the Eastern US (shrublands maturing) and in the Great Plains (losing fence rows in farmland) and plant brush between fields which give the birds cover so they don't have to cross miles of open land where predators can see them.


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Let $a,c \in \mathbb R$ with $a \neq 0$, and let $b \in \mathbb C$. Define $$S=\{z\in \mathbb C: az\bar{z}+b\bar{z}+\bar{b}z+c=0\}.$$
a. Show that $S$ is a circle, if $|b|^2 > ac$. Determine its centre and radius.
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Notable for it's hard-hitting and memorable images of people literally shattering after falling in various ways, the campaign is backed by plenty of free resources available from the HSE Web site including:
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The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time
As we all prepare to spend a long weekend enjoying Presidential Savings on mattresses and used Toyotas, we could take time to thank some of the presidents who passed bills that protect some of the freedoms your enjoy daily. Or we could spend the day celebrating the presidents who are decidedly more Action Movie Heroes than diplomats.
Anyway, guess which kind of president this website decided to focus on?
#5. Andrew Jackson
When the 1828 election rolled around, a lot of people were terrified when they heard Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson was running. If you're wondering how a guy we're calling a bad ass got such a lame nickname, it's because he used to carry a hickory cane around and beat people senseless with it, and if you're wondering why he did that, it's because he was a fucking lunatic.
Former Democratic Senator and Secretary of the Treasurey Albert Gallatin feared a Jackson presidency because of his "habitual disregard of laws and constitutional provisions." Or in other words, the man was a loose canon--17th Century Washigton's answer to Martin Riggs. Sure, he probably didn't have an irate black lieutenant to answer to, or a weary partner who was too old for this shit, but he most certainly had a death wish.
How do we know? Well, despite everyone's best efforts, Jackson was elected to the top office, and when he wasn't busy shaping the Presidency as we know it today, you could find him out back dueling. In case you haven't been to the 18th century lately, this unmanly sounding activity actually involves standing across from an armed man and shooting at him while he in turn shoots at you. The number of duels that Jackson took part in varies depending on what source you consult; some say 13, while others rank the number somewhere in the 100's, both of which are entirely too many times for a reasonable human being to stand in front of someone who is trying to kill them with a loaded gun.
On one occasion, he challenged a man named Charles Dickinson to a duel, (the reason behind it wasn't important, not to us and certainly not to Jackson), and Jackson was even kind enough to give Dickinson the first shot. We're gonna go ahead and repeat that: In a duel with pistols, Jackson politely volunteers to be shot at first. Dickinson happily obliged and shot Jackson, who proceeded to shake it off like it was a bee sting. When Jackson returned the favor, Dickinson was not so lucky, and that's why his face isn't on the twenty. The bullet, by the by, remained in Jackson's body for 19 years because, we assume, Jackson knew that time spent removing the bullets would just fall under the general category of "time not dueling," Jackson's least favorite category.
Andrew Jackson may have been the first master of Gun Kata
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Andrew Jackson was the first president on whom an assassination attempt was made. A man named Richard Lawrence approached Jackson with two pistols both of which, for some reason, misfired. With the possibility of an assassination taken off the table, Jackson proceeded to beat Lawrence near death with his cane until Jackson's aides pulled him off the assassin.
The guns were inspected afterward and it was discovered that they were in perfect working order, leading some historians to believe that it was an odds-defying "miracle" that Jackson survived, while we're pretty sure that the bullets, like everyone else, were simply scared of Jackson.
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"I have only two regrets: I didn't shoot Henry Clay and I didn't hang John C. Calhoun."
That's right. In a life rich with murdering people for little-to-no reason, Jackson's only regret was that he didn't kill quite enough people. People like Calhoun who, it should be noted, was Jackson's vice president.


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After waiting for 43 years, the patience of long-suffering fans in the Gulf Coast region was finally rewarded. The New Orleans Saints, long the symbol futility, enjoyed the greatest year in franchise history. They posted the team's best-ever regular-season record, then earned their first-ever trip to the Super Bowl. The Saints completed a storybook finish by upsetting the favored Colts to claim their first Vince Lombardi trophy. Relive all the thrilling moments of the 2009 season, from opening day right through their triumph in Miami, with action from every regular-season and playoff game — the cliffhangers, comebacks and unforgettable moments. Hear all the sideline sounds, player and coaches' wires and locker room celebrations as the cameras and microphones of NFL Films recapture the thrills and drama of the Saints' super season — a championship that restored hope and pride to the Crescent City. This DVD also includes media day interviews, the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show, post-game ceremonies and a special piece on Anthony Hargrove.
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The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery
It's almost tragic that the most badass escaped slave story most people know is Django Unchained. Because in real life, not only did slaves frequently escape, but they often did it without help from free whites, and without murdering several hundred people. Instead, what they had was cleverness and the audacity to try ridiculous plans that by all rights should never have worked.
#5. A Couple Cross-Dress Their Way Out of Slavery
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In 1848, a slave in Georgia named William Craft hit upon a brilliant plan to escape from his life of bondage: His wife, Ellen, was very light-skinned, and with some forged papers she could easily pass for white. So, why not just pose as her slave and get on a train heading north? There's no way that plan can turn into some kind of wacky Three's Company-style farce!
Since it was pre-Civil War, it was more like Three-Fifths Company.
Wait, there was one problem -- in those days, it was pretty much unheard of for a white woman to travel alone in the company of a male slave, presumably because white men were wary of the enormous sex party that would inevitably break out in just such a situation. For the plan to work, the dainty Ellen would have to be disguised as a white man (she in no way looked like one of those). So, in true wacky '80s sitcom style, they wrapped most of Ellen's face in thick bandages and a pair of tinted glasses. Then, just to make sure that this disguise would attract as much attention as possible, they threw on a huge top hat. Since Ellen couldn't write, they also put a fake cast on her right arm so she wouldn't be asked to sign her name.
"You just put an 'X.' What's your first name?"
"Uh ... Malcolm."
With Ellen now resembling the invisible man in disguise as a mummy, they boarded a train to Philadelphia, only to find that they would be sitting across from a close friend of Ellen's master, who had known her for years. Luckily he didn't recognize them. Unluckily, he kept trying to start a conversation, forcing Ellen to pretend to be deaf to avoid talking to him. She kept this up for the rest of the journey, probably thinking that at any moment somebody was going to spring out and announce that it had all been a practical joke.
Finally, at their last stop in Baltimore, a suspicious railroad employee refused to allow William to board the train to Philadelphia without proof that he did actually belong to Ellen. However, the other passengers were so sympathetic to the thought of the clearly deathly ill "young man" wandering around Philly without his faithful slave to help him, they insisted that both be allowed to board. And with that, they were free.
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"Your master, Willy Wonka, clearly needs you!"
#4. Lewis Williams Is Switched With a Body Double Mid-Trial
As a young boy, Lewis Williams escaped from slavery in Kentucky and grew up free in the abolitionist stronghold of Cincinnati. Things went wrong in his early 20s, however, when he decided to visit a local psychic to find out if a girl he liked was into him. Somehow he also ended up confiding that he was actually an escaped slave. Astonishingly for a woman who made her living ripping people off, the psychic immediately betrayed him to his former owner in exchange for a reward. Williams was seized by bounty hunters and taken before a judge to be extradited to Kentucky.
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While the bounty hunter took him away, the girl he asked about finally said "I love you." He said "I know."
And they would have gotten away with it, too, if the leader of the black community in Cincinnati hadn't been a stone-cold badass by the name of Reverend William Troy. No sooner had he heard about the arrest than he was dreaming up a plan so insane that no one would see it coming.
And certainly not that douche psychic from earlier.
As luck would have it, Troy knew another young man who bore a striking resemblance to Williams. And he also knew that some white people have famously questionable skills in the field of advanced telling black people apart. So when Troy heard that Williams had been seized, he made sure that a crowd of his fellow abolitionists rushed over and packed into the courtroom. Then they simply waited until everyone else was distracted by a dramatic legal argument, at which point Williams and his double quickly switched places and Williams crawled out the door on his hands and knees, hidden behind a wall of hilariously large old-timey women's skirts.
To give him time to escape, Williams' lawyers allowed the trial to continue for several more hours before a bailiff finally noticed that the defendant was an entirely different person. Williams' troubles weren't over there, though, and the house he was hiding out in was surrounded by suspicious policemen. Again, Troy swung into action with another of his patented wacky schemes. And as in the previous entry, it was cross-dressing to the rescue.
How has Tyler Perry not made this movie yet?
So, Troy disguised Williams as his daughter in petticoats, crinoline, and a large bonnet with a veil. The fugitive walked right out the front door and past the crowd of policemen on the arm of a "gentleman caller." Another life saved due to the heroic power of shenanigans.
#3. Henry "Box" Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
In 1849, Henry Brown was determined to escape his miserable life on a Virginia plantation. But how? Safety was hundreds of miles away, and he wasn't a young man anymore. Brown decided to get creative. And by that we mean, for the third straight entry, the escapee used a scheme that would seem too ridiculous for a cartoon.
First, he had a carpenter friend make up a wooden box 3 feet long by 2 feet wide, which the 5-foot-8-inch, 200-pound Brown somehow squeezed himself into as though he was playing some sort of horrifying human Tetris. Then he had two other friends carry the box down to the offices of the Adams Freight Company and have it "conveyed as dried goods" to Philadelphia. Seriously, you read that right. Henry Brown mailed himself to freedom.
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"Suck it, FedEx."
Of course it wasn't quite that easy. The biggest problem came when postal workers ignored the large "This Side Up" signs plastered all over the box and stacked Brown with his head facing down. Since Brown couldn't let anyone know he was in the crate, he was forced to remain standing on his head like that for 20 minutes, until he could be sure he was alone. Brown later claimed that the experience almost killed him and that he was barely able to cling to consciousness long enough to save himself, which does tend to overshadow the equally impressive fact that he somehow managed to right himself without getting out of the box.
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"Imagine what those dicks would have done if we had put a 'Fragile' sticker on there."
Not one to miss a chance to rub it in, Brown immediately adopted "Box" as his new middle name and embarked on a hugely lucrative lecture tour while supporters of slavery fumed impotently. This also infuriated prominent abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, who wanted Brown to keep the details of his escape a secret so they could encourage other slaves to escape the same way. So while we've got to give Brown props for his badassery, we can't quite forgive him for potentially depriving us of a past where the Civil War never happened because every slave in the South simply mailed himself to liberty.


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An ultraexpensive Android smartphone takes durability to new heights
ANY THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION of the Vertu Ti, a luxury Android smartphone released earlier this week, must begin with its price. While the leather-trimmed base model costs $9,600, the top-of-the-line version, accented with rose gold, will set you back $19,900. The line is handmade in England by Vertu's small team of "assembly specialists," most of whom have a background in aerospace manufacturing.
The Vertu Ti raises a provocative question relevant to the estimated one billion smartphone users in the world: Should our smartphones be less of a disposable consumable—something that will soon become obsolete and thoughtlessly replaced—and more of a durable good, an investment that transcends minor gadget trends?
In the hand, the Vertu Ti (which runs an older version of the Android operating system) has a decidedly old-school feel. It's heavy by today's standards, but reassuringly so—in the way that a Rolex Explorer is heavy for a wristwatch. The Vertu team should be commended for creating a phone that doesn't require the armor of an aftermarket case to weather normal wear-and-tear.
The bezel is made from Grade 5 titanium. According to the manufacturer, 112 pounds of pressure is required before it will give even one millimeter—about the width of a pencil point. The touch screen is made from 79.5 carats of sapphire crystal, a material that can only be cut with diamond.
The Vertu Ti isn't the first phone to make such an ostentatious statement. (Let's not forget the Æ+Y, Æsir's 18-karat-gold GSM phone, designed by Yvés Behar in 2011, that cost about $56,500.) We still wonder: Does it makes sense to enclose something so fleeting as technology in so considered a case? Or perhaps materials worth treasuring are a defensible way to arm yourself against technology's relentless pace. $9,600, vertu.com
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WEIRTON - It was a celebration of America and the community in Weirton Saturday as crowds scrambled downtown for the annual Independence Day parade and the Renaissance Weirton Summerfest.
The parade kicked off the day's festivities, with a variety of marching bands, dance schools and local businesses taking part, traveling down Main Street displaying their American pride with costumes and floats covered in red, white and blue.
A variety of games, food and performances were on hand at the Weirton Event Center as part of the Summerfest.
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Weirton's festivities Saturday kicked off with the annual holiday parade, featuring area businesses, dance schools, civic clubs and school bands traveling down Main Street. Among those participating was First Choice America credit union, which entered this float. -- Craig Howell
Weirton native Josh Knotts showcased several of his illusions as part of a magic show during the Summerfest activities. Knotts, and his wife, Lea, welcomed several area residents onto the stage to help out with some of the tricks. -- Craig Howell
A variety of games and entertainment was available for the kids during the festival, which was located this year at the Weirton Event Center. Several food and merchandise vendors also were on hand throughout the afternoon. -- Craig Howell
Festival organizer Gus Monezis explained he always likes to highlight entertainment from around the Ohio Valley for the event.
"I've always gone for local groups," Monezis said.
Among the local musical acts performing Saturday afternoon were Spinning Jenny, the Donahues and Legend.
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Also performing was Weirton native Josh Knotts, who along with his wife Lea, performed several magic tricks, illusions and escapes, incorporating comedy and audience interaction. Knotts has performed in 27 states and six countries
At one point, Knotts brought up Weirton magician Jim Tate, known locally as "The Magic Man," and explained seeing Tate's shows as a kid was what inspired him to get into the field.
His big finish involved escaping from two straight jackets.
"I got my first straight jacket when I was 16 years old," Knotts said before performing the escape while dancing around the stage.
A live animal show also was available from the Wild World of Animals in Eighty Four, Pa., featuring animals such as an alligator snapping turtle, Harris hawk, red fox and a leopard.
The day's festivities concluded with a fireworks show set off behind Municipal Plaza.
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I have looked at every single Wikimedia commons photo in the category 'scanning electron microscope'. Unfortunately, I could not find any other repositories of such photos, but I would readily look at every single photograph there as well. It strikes me that such repositories are also bound to be useful to biologists and biology students. A simple Google search did not yield much. Can anyone help out?
First off I'd like to reccomend the University of Dartmouth's publicly available collection located here. They have both SEM and TEM images of a wide range of organisms and cells from algae to see urchins through everything from cholera to mammalian cells. Images are high quality, fully captioned and properly attributed.
I'm a little confused as to the problem you're having with google - see my original comment on your question. However I have looked at the photos of Wikimedia Commons in the SEM category and see that they are either images taken with, images of SEM Microscopes or technical drawings regarding their function. I assume that you're looking for the images taken with SEM.
I was able to find a great number of similar images to those in the commons with a Google Image search - I read above that you were having problems with this approach so perhaps try the search term "SEM images" in image search (or this search to avoid duplications from images you have already seen on Wiki Commons)?
Examples found on just the first page:
David Orloff's The Cell – an Image Library has thousands of SEM images.
Have a look at:
Take a look at my website which has a section called Images. http://www.hssemgroup.com/ There are more than 13 sites listed which have hundreds of SEM images posted


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Defining Family Relationships in Spanish
In Latin America, the family is the basic unit of Spanish society. People work, live, and function in consonance with their families. When visiting your Spanish-speaking neighbors, you'll be more comfortable if you pay attention to the way Latinos stress the importance of the family and of family relationships.
The following list gives basic names for family members:
padre (pah-dreh) (father)
madre (mah-dreh) (mother)
hijo (ee-Hoh) (son)
hija (ee-Hah) (daughter)
hermano (ehr-mah-noh) (brother)
hermana (ehr-mah-nah) (sister)
yerno (yehr-noh) (son-in-law)
nuera (nooeh-rah) (daughter-in-law)
nieto (neeeh-toh) (grandson)
nieta (neeeh-tah) (granddaughter)
cuñado (koo-nyah-doh) (brother-in-law)
cuñada (koo-nyah-dah) (sister-in-law)
primo (pree-moh) (cousin [male])
prima (pree-mah) (cousin [female])
padrino (pah-dree-noh) (godfather)
madrina (mah-dree-nah) (godmother)
tío (teeoh) (uncle)
tía (teeah) (aunt)
abuelo (ah-bvooeh-loh) (grandfather)
abuela (ah-bvooeh-lah) (grandmother)


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What began as a normal afternoon at Michelle's Consignment in Bowling Green, became very scary for many who were just across the street inside First Step Prosthetics.
"It turned into a big crime scene. When police came, all weapons were drawn on this guy. It was kind of an intense moment," said First Step Prosthetics co-owner Dan Hartung.
After workers heard the first shots, some of them came outside and saw everything that happened from across the street.
"He just stood there and held the gun on him, and someone came out of the boutique and he pulled a badge out of his back pocket and waved it toward them, and stood there and held the pistol on the guy in the truck until the police showed up," said First Step Prosthetics co-owner Jeremy Harris.
Another worker says he walked outside just after the shots were fired, and witnessed what happened from that point forward.
"The man that got shot... he never exited his vehicle through the whole incident," said Jeremy Harris.
Following the incident, one worker says the two cars appeared to be touching.
"Once shots were fired into the white Ford, the driver obviously lost control and consciousness and ran into the back of the Chevy," said First Step Prosthetics Technician Josh Harris.
Harris says after the police arrived, they spoke with Brown, and Bradshaw was placed in the ambulance and taken to the hospital.
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I read the definition of work as
$$W ~=~ \vec{F} \cdot \vec{d}$$
$$\text{ Work = (Force) $\cdot$ (Distance)}.$$
If a book is there on the table, no work is done as no distance is covered. If I hold up a book in my hand and my arm is stretched, if no work is being done, where is my energy going?
I read the definition of work as
$$W ~=~ \vec{F} \cdot \vec{d}$$
$$\text{ Work = (Force) $\cdot$ (Distance)}.$$
While you do spend some body energy to keep the book lifted, it's important to differentiate it from physical effort. They are connected but are not the same. Physical effort depends not only on how much energy is spent, but also on how energy is spent.
Holding a book in a stretched arm requires a lot of physical effort, but it doesn't take that much energy.
Both on the ideal and the real scenarios we are talking about the physical definition of energy. On your consideration, you ignore the movement of muscle cells, so you're considering the ideal case. A careful analysis of the real case leads to the conclusion that work is done and heat is released, even though the arm itself isn't moving.
* Ultimately, the work done by the cells is actually done on other cells, which eventually dissipates into heat due to friction and non-elasticity. So all the energy you spend is invested in keeping the muscle tension and eventually dissipated as heat.
This is about how your muscles work -- the're an ensemble of small elements that, triggered by a signal from nerves, use chemical energy to go from less energetical long state to more energetical short one. Yet, this obviously is not permanent and there is spontaneous come back, that must be compensated by another trigger. This way there are numerous streches and releases that in sum gives small oscillations that create macroscopic work on the weight.
Perhaps an analogy is in order. Lets hold up the book by using an electromagnet (say we put a piece if steel under it ). If the coils were made of superconducting material it would take no energy input to maintain the position/field strength. But if we use ordinary wire, ohmic loses within the coil must be made up for by externally supplied electrical energy.
The reason is that you need to spend energy to keep muscle stretched.
The first thing you need know is that the work $W=F \Delta x$ is the energy transfer between objects. Hence, there are no work done on the book when it is put on the table because there are no movement.
When your arm muscle is stretched, however, it consumes energy continuously to keep this state so you feel tire very fast. This energy comes from the chemical energy in your body and most of them are converted into heat and lost to the surrounding. In this situation, no energy is transferred to the book, so no work is done.
You can feel the different energy consumption when your arm is stretched in different angle. A particular case is that you put the book on your leg when you sit on a chair so your muscle is relaxed and the energy spent is less.
There are also a special type of muscle, smooth muscle, requires very little energy to keep its state so that it can always keep it stretched and you won't get tire:
When contracted, the sarcomeres, the structure that actually do the work in a muscle, take turns doing the work. Only a third of them are engaged at any given moment.
This is because the sarcomere pumps blood as it contracts and relaxes, enabling it to get the energy it needs to do its work for longer periods. The temporary, superhuman strength some people experience may be some sort of override of this normal level of engagement.
This system doesn't have a different mechanism for holding a position, so the same thing goes on when trying to hold an object steady.
But if the muscle is contracted for a very long time and the energy in the blood being pumped becomes insufficient, sarcomeres will actually get stuck in their contracted position. This state doesn't require energy and the sarcomere will remain contracted until the load stops and normal circulation is restored.
I believe this is a survival mechanism that enables an animal to hang on, even when the load would otherwise be overwhelming.
It also can cause muscle stiffness when circulation through a muscle is impaired, a very common condition as people age.
When a physicist talks about work, they are using the word in the technical sense of the equation you quote. To a biologist, though, work might be defined as energy expended to carry out a task. In your example, your arm will not naturally stay in the position described. Your body (mostly your muscles) must expend energy to hold your arm (and the book) in a set position, unsupported by anything but your own physiology.
So, by the biologist's definition, your muscles are doing work to hold up the book and your arm (muscle fibers are contracting and relaxing based on a host of chemical processes at the cellular level). But by the physicist's technical definition, no work is being done.
Consider an analogy,
We get tired after STANDING for some time,without doing any work*. The reason behind this is same as the reason of why we dont do any work holding any object above our heads, but this case is easier to comprehend,
when we stand we r actually resisting the tendency of falling on the ground,muscles are holding on to the structure of our body so that we dont collapse on the ground like some non living thing,
these muscles have fibers which have have streached themselves ,which requires energy,
Similarly when we hold something above our head we r doing the same thing, resisting that collapsing tendency , which causes elongment in the muscles which requires energy.
Energy is being expended maintaining it in position. Earth's gravity is applying a force downwards, the book is being accelerated down gravitation force.
A force is being applied to the hand and arm which must be resisted and thus energy expended.
The arm and book are not a closed system.
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"It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago --- she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them." wrote Mark Twain in 1883, when Chicago was just fifty years old.
I think "she" refers to "Chicago", and "he" refers to "the occasional visitor". But what does "outgrows his prophecies" mean? Does it mean Chicago grows very fast?


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Let $T$ denote the smallest exponent such that $b^T \equiv 1 \pmod{N}$, then we call $T$ as fundamental period of the sequence satisfying the equation.
As an example for $b=2, N=2731$ we have $T=26$ since $T$ is the smallest number of the following sequence:
$$ {26,52,78,104,...} $$
It's obvious that $26$ is made of factors of $N-1$, here $\{2,13\}$. Assuming that we know all factors of $N-1$ even if $N$ is very large, without calculating the modular exponentiation for all $t$ up to $N$:
- How we can know the existence of any $T$ less than $N$?
- Is there any composite number having a $T$ less than N?
- If there exist one, then how we can find it among the divisors of $N-1$?


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My friend and I had the following battle: I had 3 fighters and 5 infantry, and he had 3 infantry. At the end of the battle, all of my infantry got destroyed and all I had left was the 3 fighters. He lost all of his infantry. He said I couldn't take the territory because I didn't have any land units. I started the battle with land units but at the end of the battle, I didn't have any. What is the rule on this specific situation?
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The rulebook clearly covers this situation. On page 17 under Step 8: Capture Territory
You need to capture a territory with a land unit.
You have your choice of which units to sacrifice. Meaning that if you want the territory, you need to sacrifice more expensive sea and/or air units to preserve the last land unit.
Usually, the territory is not worth it. Then what you have achieved is destroying your opponent's units on the territory for the future.
The purpose of the so-called "infantry push mechanic" is to attack a territory with enough infantry so that you will have infantry left to take it over AFTER absorbing battle losses.


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When I say 'not working' I don't mean it's broken. I mean I can't get it to work so I must be doing something wrong. (I am new to this)
I have the following code in a htaccess file placed in the folder I want to restrict access to...
<Limit GET>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from [the ip address I'm trying to allow]
I have checked that the
AccessFileName directive is set in apache2.conf
I reboot the server after each edit of the file.
The file is set with 644 permissions.
And I am still able to access the site from ips other than the one I'm allowing.
What am I doing wrong?


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I was just reading Is every positive nonprime number at equal distance between two prime numbers? (current hot topic) and was reflecting on the fact that computing security (cryptography) is based around the use of large prime numbers (see: Why are very large prime numbers important in cryptography?).
The answer for the above-mentioned question suggests that the Goldbach Conjecture says that every non-prime positive number is positioned equidistant between two prime numbers.
For the purposes of this question, I'll assume that statement is true (I have no prior knowledge of Goldbach or his/her conjecture).
If the Goldbach Conjecture is true, does it make it easier to find large prime numbers?
For example, I could take any very large number at random and then look at every number below it, find a prime and then work out of the opposite number is also a prime (or something along those lines). In my mind, it's almost as though the assumption would give me a starting point to find an even larger prime...
I expect I'm not the first person to ask this (and if I am, I've probably missed something somewhere..), but I can't find a similar question here :)
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I'm a little confused as to the rules for a Breakthrough gun in Flames of War. Unlike the bunker buster it doesn't have a dedicated section in the rule book that I can find. It is mentioned as not allowing infantry saves like a bunker buster, but the rule book doesn't state if it follows the other rules for a bunker buster.
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The Breakthrough Gun rules are not covered in the Flames of War 2nd Editon or earlier rule books. This is supported by the comments in the FoW 3rd Edition Q&A:
There is a small blurb on the Battlefront Minature's Flames of War website.
An example of a unit with the ability is listed just above this on the same page:
The Hammer and Sickle supplement also mentions the Breakthrough Gun rule. It also fails to mention any additional information about the rule, which leads me to believe that there isn't much more to the rule (although it isn't definitive proof without access to a 3rd Edition rule book, or the Know Your Enemy publication.


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My Summer Bar Studies, Internship . . . and "Bye Bye Birdie" Practice
Four Rutgers School of Law–Newark students and two Class of 2009 graduates will be on the stage and in the orchestra pit on September 16 for the New Jersey Law Journal's staging of Bye Bye Birdie at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The all-lawyer production and accompanying visual arts exhibit comprise "A Celebration of Lawyers in the Arts IV," with proceeds going to the non-profit New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. More than 75 lawyers and law students, eager to support NJVLA's pro bono work and drawn to the opportunity to return to their first passion, will participate in the production.
"I had always wanted to play Albert Peterson," says Richard Pearson '10, "ever since Jason Alexander performed the role in the 1995 made-for-TV movie." Though a long-time singer and actor, Pearson was shocked when he won the principal role of Albert, agent and songwriter to the Elvis-like character, Conrad Birdie. Since moving from Houston and transferring to Rutgers, he has had little luck at local auditions. Plus a summer internship with Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C. in Little Rock, Arkansas, would mean missing the show's first three rehearsals. His luck began to change when New Jersey Law Journal publisher Robert Steinbaum gave the car-less Pearson a ride to the audition ("I recognized talent," Steinbaum explains). Then NJVLA, familiar with the hectic schedule of lawyers and law students, accepted his promise to work doubly hard once the internship was over.
|Shown at a recent rehearsal are (from left) Daniel Brintz, Nicole Barna, and Richard Pearson.
Both Daniel Brintz '09 and Jeffrey Stephens '09 performed professionally for several years as members of Actors' Equity Association. They are also veteran New Jersey Law Journal performers, having appeared in its NJVLA benefit staging of The Pajama Game in 2007. Rehearsing for this year's show represented a nice break from their relentless studying for the bar exam. And stress reduction wasn't the only benefit. "The other lawyers involved in the production were more than willing to share their experiences and advice," says Brintz, cast as Harvey Johnson in Bye Bye Birdie. "I was very grateful for their words of encouragement and support throughout the bar exam process."
Brintz's earliest performances were in youth theatre groups in Bergen County and at Emerson (NJ) High School. After graduating from Northwestern University, he was cast in professional musical theatre and children's theatre productions throughout the Chicago area. He then spent six months as a performer on Disney Cruise Lines, leaving the Caribbean to pursue auditions in New York and earn a living through legal temp jobs. Brintz is looking forward to beginning his legal career as clerk with Appellate Division Judge Alexander P. Waugh, Jr. As for singing and acting? He hopes to keep both as a hobby.
Stephens was a professional actor in Southern California and New York before deciding to attend law school. Among his credits are the Music Theatre of Southern California, Fullerton Civic Light Opera, Riverside Opera, Welk Resort theatre, and Moonwork Theater. After moving to New York from San Diego, he worked for two years on Safe Horizon's September 11th disaster assistance programs before attending Hunter College. Stephens, who will play Conrad Birdie's rival Hugo Peabody, hopes to make time for an occasional performance during his legal career.
Representing the law school in the orchestra will be David Gold '10 and Justin Schwam '11. Gold, who interned in the summer of 2008 with NJVLA, has been playing double bass classically for more than 15 years. A student of William Blossom of the New York Philharmonic, he has been a principal member of many symphonic groups including the Rockland Youth Philharmonic, the New York Youth Symphony, the Rockland All-County, Area All-State, and New York All-State Orchestras, the Brown University Symphony Orchestra, and the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra. In 2003, he and his father founded the New York Metropolitan Symphony, "Music with a Cause," whose performances support a variety of charitable causes.
Gold came to Rutgers after receiving his M.A. in performing arts administration from New York University. His employment experiences include the New York Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard. Last year he was president of the Student Bar Association. Not surprisingly, Gold's professional goal is to combine his interest in the law and the arts.
Before starting law school, Schwam was a public school music teacher in New Jersey, teaching primarily beginning band and orchestra for 5th grade students. A Delaware native, he received a B.S. in music education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, performing in virtually every musical ensemble, from marching band and symphony orchestra, to wind ensemble and jazz bands. Over the past 10 years, he has played the trumpet and bass in pit orchestras, sacred services, and community bands. Among his most memorable gigs was performing with a local jazz band at Rockefeller Center's Rainbow Room.
This summer Schwam was a judicial intern for Superior Court Judge Fred H. Kumpf at the Somerset County Courthouse. Much of his preparation for Bye Bye Birdie was at home practicing, "a welcome addition to my summer," he adds. "As far as the future, music has and always shall be a very important part of my life," he says. Schwam's wife is a music teacher and he continues to give private lessons.
Classically trained in ballet and modern dance, Nicole Barna '11 welcomed the chance to have dance be a part of her life again. She had quit five years ago, deciding to attend Wake Forest University rather than pursue a professional dance career or attend a conservatory. "My love of dance never left me," she says, "but simply walking back into a studio proved to be a psychologically daunting task. Could I still dance? Did I REALLY want to put on a leotard and pink tights again?"
The former Alvin Ailey scholarship student decided to ignore those doubts and dig out her old dancewear. "It has truly not disappointed," says Barna, "as my fellow dancers are talented and good-natured, our choreographer is amazing and patient with all of us, and it has also been a fantastic summer workout!" Barna has juggled rehearsals with two summer jobs – an internship with Appellate Division Judge Rudy Coleman and a research assistantship with Rutgers Assistant Professor Adil Haque. She found the rehearsals a welcome break from the researching and writing. Back in the studio, Barna also realized how her dance training has prepared her for anything, including a law career. "It has taught me to be tough and never to take things personally," she explains, "to accept and grow from criticism, and when to take the lead and when to hold back."
For these six performers, the Bye Bye Birdie experience has shown them that, no matter how busy their professional lives become, there will be opportunities to integrate their love of performing with their career – especially for a cause like the New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.


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I have a Western Digital My Book 3.0 - 1 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive, and I wanted to know if it would work on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
Yes, Ubuntu supports USB 3.0.
Linux started supporting USB 3.0 in the September 2009 release of the 2.6.31 kernel, and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala was the first version of Ubuntu to support USB 3.0.
In Ubuntu releases older than Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, there is a bug in the XHCI (USB 3.0) kernel module that prevents suspend: Bug #522998.
apparently there is an issue : (522998)
When the XHCI module is loaded for USB 3.0 operation the system cannot suspend. Manually unloading XHCI will allow suspend to complete normally.
To avoid future suspend problems, the workaround is to add SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci-hcd" to /etc/pm/config.d/unload_module then the system can suspend normally.
Yes, it will. Current kernel does support usb 3.0, so you should have no problems using your drive.
By the way, linux was the first os to have usb 3.0 support: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/06/11/linux-is-first-os-to-support-usb-30
It may be worthwhile to note that USB 3.0 boot is not supported yet.
Yes it supports usb 3.0 see the link below,I have connected two via usb 2.0 it works perfectly.USB 3.0 is down complaint with 2.0.My USB ports are 2.0 but the HDD is 3.0 capable.
I have Ubuntu 11.10 running in VMware Player 4.0, and after much searching, I found the following in the VMware release notes:
After adding this line to my .vmx file, the system now detects the USB 3.0 HDD I have plugged in.
I believe the problem is hardware related and nothing to do with (k)ubuntu. I have a new PC with 2 USB3 ports setup to dual boot between Windoze 7 and Kubuntu 13.10. The ports worked fine under Windoze but not at all under Kubuntu.
Browsing the forums for a solution I came across the answer in a Linux Mint (Ubuntu derivative) forum. Apparently internal USB3 ports plugged into the motherboard 20 pin header will not be recognised by Linux.
The answer is to buy a PCI-E to USB 3 expansion card. I bought the Inateck Superspeed card from Amazon, plugged it into my motherboard's PCI-E expansion slot (MUST be a PCI-E slot, will not work with standard PCI) and on booting my PC Kubuntu recognised the ports and connected drives instantly. (Windoze had to wait until I installed the supplied driver).
Apart from the posts above i need to also add that Linux is the first operating system to support USB 3.0 thanks to Intel's hacker Sarah Sharp. Which makes it one of the first steps that makes a small suggestion into how linux will be in the near future in comparison to other ..... "systems"
It seems as though system looks for a USB 2.0 drive somewhere during the boot sequence, even if it started off form a USB 3.0 drive. This is what I did:
I have a Western Digital MyPassport (USB 3.0) drive and a HP Elitebook 8540W PC with 2 USB 3.0 ports and with 2 USB 2.0 ports. When I boot from a USB 2.0 port, everything is fine. WHen I boot from a USB 3.0 port, booting starts, but stops somewhere in the middle reporting an error (no live system found or something - I can send the specific code if desired)
So I created another bootable HD : Lacie 300GB (USB 2.0 and installed the same ubuntu version on it:Ubuntu 10.10 i386 (My PC is a 64 bit processor, but I use the bootable USB disks on other PC's as well)
When I connect BOTH the Lacie to a USB 2.0 port AND the Western Digital to a USB 3.0 port AT THE SAME TIME and I boot the PC, I manage to start booting from USB 3.0 (via the Bios boot sequence of my PC) but I obtain the desktop of the system which is on the Lacie USB 2.0 drive. I used a different desktop background to be 100% sure for distinguishing both systems. Apart from the desktop, they are identical.
So I think somewhere during the boot sequence, the system looks for a drive that is connected to the USB 2.0 port and not the one that is connected to the USB 3.0 port even if it started booting from USB 3.0


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During the ubuntu set up I have to skip the connect to the internet part because there's an "internal error" every time I try to connect. After skipping it, everything is fine until I need to restart at the end. When it boots back up I get an error saying it has to start in low graphics mode. I've read other people's solutions to this problem but none have worked for me. I have a 1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7670M card and a AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M.


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I am looking to sell but cannot find any recent sales of this, have seen them go from 1000 to 1500 Euros on whiskyauction.com but that was a few years ago. Never see these coming up for auction and there don't seem to be any retailing anywhere.
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Tired of living in 'Little Chicago'
January 13, 2013
To the editor: I have never been what you would call "proud" to say I have lived all of my 56 years in Jefferson County, but the recent high-profile rape case now has me glad that my daughters have......
It's not like the Agresta's were going on a family vacation, their son was invited out to play in a football game(I think it was football, I don't care for sports). I believe Malik was released to them on house arrest and not his parents(Odd, yes I think so) so if they had to leave town then of course Malik would go with them. I've read a few of his mother's postings on Facebook and it's obvious she loves her children very much so I don't understand why he wasn't released to her. Who knows, there could be a multitude of valid reasons so there is no point in trying to speculate on why.
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There is no valid reason why he should have been allowed to go to California. If someone else wanted to leave the state while under house arrest because the rest of their family was going, the request would not have been granted. This is completely unexplainable. It is beyond all logic and reasoning. He should have been remanded to the custody of the juvenile detention center or at the least to the custody of his bilogical mother for the duration of the Agresta's vacation. I would say in 95 percent of the country judges do not let someone standing trial for rape go on a family vacation.
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This event smells to high*****like the rest of the crap surrounding this horrible rape. The alleged rapist had NO BUSINESS BEING ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE STATE regardless of the reason. Also, how is this alleged criminal hooked up with Agresta? Did they bring him in as an arrangement to boost the football team roster? Now that I found out that Agresta is affiliated with School Board, the source of the stink can now be determined.
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As stated before; I am sure there are many alledged criminals who'd like to leave the State.
This one does not make sense and only adds fuel to the fire of the mularky going on with this case.
Mr. DeWine should investigate that one too.
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You're most welcome for the outsideers opening up this case to the eyes of the Jefferson County officials who were charged to protect, uphold and serve and failed to do all three. The unfortunate thing is that this is exactly what small towns do--create an elite group of people and the rest pay for what the elite do at whatever expense it is. AND THEY DON"T WANT TO CEDE THEIR POSITIONS, EITHER. I have the misfortune of living in a small unincorporated township in the main service area of The Cleveland Plain Dealer and we are having similar trouble with our high school athlete/elite which have forced us to install a sophisticated surveillance system at our home to catch the vandals. When we found out who hit us three times last year, the elite made sure to disparage, slander and libel us. We're not through with them yet.
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If there is no answer, please call the Coordinator of Student Computing at extension 4313 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Extended hours are scheduled prior to and the first few days of finals week, subject to the availability of student workers. Check the posted schedules or call the IT Services at extension 4150 for details.


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The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) has founded a National Call Center for Homeless Veterans hotline to ensure that homeless Veterans or Veterans at-risk for homelessness have free, 24/7 access to trained counselors. The hotline is intended to assist homeless Veterans and their families, VA Medical Centers, federal, state and local partners, community agencies, service providers and others in the community. To be connected with a trained VA staff member call 1-877-4AID VET (877-424-3838).
What will happen when I call?
National VA Homeless Resource Guide MS Word / PDF
Veterans Crisis Line:
1-800-273-8255 (Press 1)
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20420
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Science Features
Part 2: Science for Drought Planning
USGS and its partners carry out research and assessments to help water stakeholders understand how, why, and when precipitation deficits affect different parts of the hydrologic system. How does the lack of precipitation affect streams, rivers, reservoirs, snowpack, soil moisture, and groundwater?
Reliable information from such a broad spectrum of sources is critical if we are to plan ahead as much as possible and try to minimize the devastating effects that drought has on communities, the economy, and ecosystems.
Predicting the weather of drought
Recognizing that drought is one of the most costly natural disasters affecting the U.S., Congress established the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 2006 to help begin to move our society from a reactive response to drought to a proactive stance. As a central feature of a national drought early warning system, the NIDIS U.S. Drought Portal provides timely drought updates on current conditions through the U.S. Drought Monitor as well as seasonal outlooks for drought, potential agricultural impacts, and local, state, and regional breakdowns of drought impacts.
Groundwater, the go-to resource during drought
Groundwater, in particular, plays a vital role during drought conditions when it is often the resource that communities turn to for irrigation and for public supply. USGS studies show that aquifers vary in their response to drought conditions; water table (more shallow) aquifers are more likely to experience reduced recharge during drought periods, resulting in reduced water levels, while confined (or deeper) aquifers are more likely to experience increased water withdrawals, which also result in reduced water levels.
In a study of drought conditions across much of North Carolina during 1998–2002, precipitation deficits during the four-year period were among the highest recorded for some locations in North Carolina. Streamflows responded quickly to increases in precipitation in 2002, while groundwater levels continued to decline with recovery to normal levels lagging by eight months.
USGS assessments and research also help stakeholders to understand the role, status and trends in the magnitude of storage– such as in snowpack, aquifers, and reservoirs—all of which are needed for adequate supply, particularly during drought.
Reservoirs often provide water during drought to satisfy water supplies, legal water needs, or to sustain ecosystem health. USGS hydrology studies bring knowledge of streams and rivers, the range of variations in flow, and the reliable yield of reservoirs and aquifers, all of which are affected by the nature, timing, and extent of drought and increased water use.
USGS conducts snowpack-studies across the country, particularly in the western regions where winter snowpack accounts for between 60 to 80 percent of the annual water supply to more than 70 million people. These studies have highlighted the variability in snowpack and place current conditions in a 1,000-year context. USGS scientists used a regional network of tree-ring chronologies to reconstruct variations in snowpack accumulation over the Rocky Mountains. Over the past millennium, (see graph) snowpack variations generally seesawed with regional drought from north (blue line) to south (red line) (Pederson et al. 2011).
After 1980, however, both the Northern and Southern Rockies experienced an unusual and rapid snowpack decline attributed to warmer springs and earlier and faster snowmelt. USGS findings suggest that continued warming could exacerbate hydrological drought in snow-dominated basins, with significant implications for water resource planning and management in the West.
Drought and ecosystems
USGS scientists conduct many studies on drought-induced effects on ecosystems, including on the resistance and resilience of western forests to drought and wildfire. A recent USGS study, for example, examined trees that survived recent prescribed burns in the West, and found that pre-fire water deficits increased post-fire tree mortality probabilities in western conifer forests as a function of recent drought stress and higher growing season temperatures. USGS scientists are applying new analytical methods and indices to evaluate the role of both precipitation deficits and higher temperatures to estimate and predict past and future tree mortality during warmer droughts.
Additional ecosystem studies by USGS and Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Arizona, and other university partners show that the current drought-related stress in forests of the southwest may exceed that of the most severe droughts in the last thousand years.
USGS Science for Looking Ahead
To look ahead, it helps to look back for context and pattterns. Decadal USGS streamflow monitoring shows that drought conditions over the last few years have undoubtedly been significant but probably not the "drought of the century" over any large area, such as compared to the Dust Bowl in the mid-thirties (see drought maps: 1934, 2013).
The longest term records by USGS are derived from paleoclimate records (such as from tree-ring analysis) that help to assess the dimensions and ecological impacts of drought over the past few centuries, putting events during the last decades in context with the last millennium. Our findings show that the severity and duration of droughts in the last 50-100 years have been less severe and do not represent the full scope of events that we can expect (Woodhouse et al. 2006; Ault et al. 2013; related information).
USGS watershed-scale studies related to climate-change projections indicate a steady increase in temperature progressing through the 21st century, generally resulting in snowpack reductions, changes to the timing of snowmelt, altered streamflows, and reductions in soil moisture. Despite some widespread similarities in climate change trends, USGS findings suggest that climate change will affect specific water basins in the U.S. differently, based on the particular hydrologic and geologic conditions in that area. So far, the USGS has applied models of climate change scenarios to fourteen basins across the U.S., from Oregon to Maine:
Local-scale hydrologic models allow regional managers to plan for changes in water resources that are specific to their area. For example, reduced snowpack in headwaters of the Colorado River could affect the amount and timing of streamflow to the Colorado River. Portions of Maine may see higher streamflows which could affect populations of endangered Atlantic salmon. Areas of the already drought-stressed Flint River Basin, one of Atlanta's primary drinking water supplies, are projected to become even drier.
Adapting to drought
Droughts are in large part a natural phenomenon, which makes their severity and duration difficult to predict. However, human activities that result in increased water use and storage may amplify the pattern of severity and duration of droughts. Society must learn to expect the unexpected when it comes to drought and to rapidly adapt to changing conducts. By thoroughly assessing present hydrologic conditions and human uses of water and by striving to understand the lessons of the past, USGS science plays a critical role in drought mitigation and adaptation by helping reduce the level of uncertainty about the future.
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The regular auto-update installs the
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The comment #5 at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/88693 is about the
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I have a work colleague in another country that has just recently purchased the following combination in order to take the photographs and then email them to me for stitching etc.
Canon 5D MKII
Canon EF 8-15mm fisheye
I have the same set up except my lens is the earlier Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens and I use 78 for the top rail and 58 for the bottom rail. I'm not too sure if the 8-15mm fisheye would need any changes in the settings so am hoping to get some advise on this forum please from anyone else that has the same set up.
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Interfaith Social Services in Quincy is looking for donations of backpacks filled with school supplies for distribution to children in Quincy, Randolph, Braintree, Weymouth, Milton, Holbrook, Hingham, Hull, Cohasset and Scituate.
The goal is to hand out 500 backpacks in August, and so far 250 have been collected.
Backpacks are needed for children in kindergarten through grade 5 and for those grades 6-12. All should include: loose leaf paper, spiral notebooks, two pocket folders, two pencils and an eraser.
For the younger children, washable markers, crayons, glue sticks and safety scissors may be included. For grades 6-12, suggestions include a calculator, binder, index cards and pens. Back[packs should be marked according to the grade range.
Donations may be dropped off at 105 Adams St. in Quincy from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. weekdays and until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. For more information, visit InterfaithSocialServices.org.
Interfaith Social Services operates a food pantry, counseling center, homelessness prevention program and other emergency assistance programs.
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Interfaith Social Services is asking the community for donations of backpacks full of school supplies for distribution to local children in need. Each year volunteers from Arbella Insurance in Quincy pitch in to help to assemble over 100 backpacks. From left to right: Caterina Cardarelli of Braintree, Courtney Foster of Abington, Maria Dunlea of Weymouth, Coleman Lunt of Hanson and Stephanie Chu of Quincy.


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The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got Into Character
#2. Ed Harris Is Frighteningly Insane ...
Ed Harris has been in several dozen movies you've seen (The Truman Show, A Beautiful Mind, The Rock, A History of Violence, The Firm, The Abyss, and 80 others), but he virtually never turns up in the lead role. That doesn't mean that he doesn't take his method acting serious as hell.
The Preparation:
In Pollock, which he also directed, Harris played the world-famous painter Jackson Pollock during the final years of his life. Harris not only spent 10 years working on the film, but made sure to literally become Pollock in every way imaginable. He gained 30 pounds, took up painting in Pollock's trademark drip style (by building a whole art studio in his house), and even smoked Camel cigarettes, the artist's favorite brand. Basically, he stopped just short of devouring Pollock's heart to absorb his soul.
"No, no, I ate it to gain his strength."
That's just the way Harris is -- he kind of has to live it. In A History of Violence, where he plays the villain, Harris wasn't one to let something like "not even being on set" take him out of character. While at a press conference for the movie, a reporter asked him, "What is violence?" His bafflingly furious response (in which he started pounding on the desk and flinging small objects) left everyone silent for a few seconds, thinking, "Shit, that escalated quickly."
And it's not like he's always going for an Oscar here -- while on the set of The Rock, one of the most Michael Bay Michael Bay movies ever, Harris was so mentally involved with his character that he simply refused to stop acting like a hardened, pissed-off war vet. Not only did he refer to Bay as "sir" at all times, but he even managed to make the other people around him refer to him in the same way. And while messing up a take can be frustrating for any actor, Harris absolutely lost his shit whenever he flubbed his lines. Not because he was just a big drama queen, but because that is exactly the kind of rage someone like his character would've had.
#1. ... But Not as Crazy as Robert De Niro
Today, Robert De Niro tends to land a lot of comedy roles, playing a parody version of the badass he used to be. But he deserves the rest. At the beginning of his career, he was Martin Scorsese's golden boy, and together they churned out some of the greatest films of all time, such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas. That shit came at a price.
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First of all, to prepare for Taxi Driver, De Niro actually got a hack cab license and ferried people around New York in full 12-hour shifts, despite the fact that the film was as much about actual cab driving as Game of Thrones is about feudal economics.
"I disagree with your views of Keynesian wage inflation!"
Then, for Raging Bull, De Niro played the role of real-life boxer Jake LaMotta. To make sure the scenes where he beat people close to death were accurate, he trained his ass off almost every day, sometimes with LaMotta himself. De Niro was so intense with his training that he ended up breaking LaMotta's ribs and teeth. Remember, LaMotta was the actual professional boxer.
The real crazy part came after the ass-kicking scenes were shot. For four months, production on the film stopped so De Niro could focus on portraying the fatter, older version of LaMotta by becoming a fatter, older version of himself. During that time, he just ate himself silly, binging on meat, pasta, and anything else that would help him pack on well over 60 pounds of fat.
That's nothing compared to the brutal regimen Martin Lawrence puts himself through.
But perhaps the biggest bit of unreal dedication came with The Untouchables, where De Niro played infamous crime lord Al Capone. Playing the Chicago kingpin called for De Niro to gain weight once again, but he outright demanded that every physical detail of his character be authentic. He had a tailor in Little Italy craft him a handmade wardrobe of Prohibition-era clothing, right down to the silk underwear that Capone would have worn while beating guys' heads in with a baseball bat. This despite the fact that said undergarments never once appeared onscreen. Thankfully.
If you aren't finished with celebrity insanity yet, then check out 4 Great Artists Who Make it Really Hard Not To Hate Them. Or read about 7 Iconic Characters They Saved from The Cutting Room Floor.
If you're pressed for time and just looking for a quick fix, then check out The Most Baffling PSA Ever: Vote Like ... Spider-Man?


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Celebrating Hanukkah D'Artagnan Style
For eight days and nights, in the dark of winter, Jewish families around the world will celebrate the Festival of Lights, better known as Hanukkah. And each of those nights will be filled with traditional rituals and foods. For those of you looking for something beyond matzoh ball soup, potato latkes and brisket, we have a few ideas that can take Hanukkah to another level. For this, we may have to ignore a few kosher laws, which we hope you can excuse.
Let My People Eat Foie Gras
The Jewish people are credited with bringing the feeding technique that fattens the liver of ducks or geese out of the land of Egypt and into Europe. The rest, as they say, is history.
So it seems particularly appropriate to celebrate Hanukkah with a little foie gras. The terrine is a divine preparation of foie gras, which becomes an instant classic when sliced and served cold with cranberry port reduction as an appetizer. For a hot preparation that is impressive yet simple, sear slices of fresh foie gras in a hot pan, and complement with dried fruit flapjacks for a unique twist on the classic latke.
Leave the kasha varnishkes for Grandma, and instead try our easy-to-make pasta with foie gras and wild mushrooms. If you are feeling particularly guilty about playing fast and loose with this one, use farfelle (bowtie pasta) instead of gemelli pasta. You'll get over it when you sink your teeth into a cube of sautéed foie gras, and then wipe the bowl clean of the luxurious sauce, redolent of foie gras and mushrooms.
Other Birds of Good Repute
In the old country, a Jewish family was always fattening up some birds for schmaltz (chicken fat, though we use duck fat with great results!) and the roasting pan. It was considered appropriate to slaughter a duck or goose for Hanukkah, roast it and use some of the rendered fat to fry the potato latkes. Banish the thought of the Dickensian Christmas goose, and have a Read more


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10 Simple Steps to Avoid Summer Hazards
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Avoid Ticks
Typical summertime activities like hiking and picnics can expose your family (and pets) to these nasty little bugs. Practice these 6 tips to avoid ticks to help prevent any unwanted bites.
If you do find one on your child, you'll need to remove it as soon as possible, and watch for these signs and symptoms, as they might indicate Lyme disease and will require medical attention.
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