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Please make sure you have the following sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list remove all other entries you have there).
## EOL upgrade sources.list # Required deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted universe multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverseUpdate the package list and upgrade all the installed packages
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgradePerform the release upgrade.
sudo do-release-upgrade
you will get an error
do-release-upgrade Checking for a new ubuntu release Failed Upgrade tool signature Failed Upgrade tool Done downloading extracting 'jaunty.tar.gz' Failed to extract Extracting the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the network or with the server.you can inspect the metadata for releases and you need to replace with release old-releases prefix (fixed by me)
to look like this for jaunty
Dist: jaunty Name: Jaunty Jackalope Version: 9.04 Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:00:00 UTC Supported: 1 Description: This is the 9.04 release Release-File: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/Release ReleaseNotes: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/EOLReleaseAnnouncement UpgradeTool: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty-proposed/main/dist-upgrader-all/0.111.8/jaunty.tar.gz UpgradeToolSignature: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jaunty-proposed/main/dist-upgrader-all/0.111.8/jaunty.tar.gz.gpg
wget https://raw.github.com/gist/1170565/c6d5b3deece6f7451ec76419810d898eda0fadde/metarelease.rvg -O /etc/meta-release.rvg
Modified /etc/update-manager/meta-release so that it pointed to my local file rather than the incorrect URI on the ubuntu site - here is what it looked like after my change:
[METARELEASE] URI = file:///etc/meta-release.rvg URI_LTS = http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts URI_UNSTABLE_POSTFIX = -development URI_PROPOSED_POSTFIX = -proposed
I then ran do-release-upgrade and everything worked like a charm


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The Sports Xchange
By Dennis Georgatos, The Sports Xchange
Manning, Broncos pick apart Raiders
DENVER -- The Denver Broncos' strong start notwithstanding, Peyton Manning believes there is still room for improvement.
Manning threw for three touchdowns in another dominating display, and the Broncos beat the Oakland Raiders 37-21 Monday night to tie a team record with their 14th consecutive regular-season victory.
"We can still correct some things," Manning said. "You're not looking to play the perfect game. You're looking to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. We left a couple of touchdowns out there, and those are things we can fix."
Manning had the offense working well enough to fire scoring passes of 2 yards to Eric Decker, 12 yards to Wes Welker and 13 yards to tight end Julius Thomas in pushing his season total to 12, the most touchdown passes in the first three games of a year in NFL history. The previous high was 11 by the New England Patriots' Tom Brady in 2011.
"He was going along pretty well once he got started here a year ago, and I think he has started (this season) where he left off last year," Broncos coach John Fox said. "We've added some weapons, personnel-wise, that have helped us. And he's an incredible player as far as the way he prepares and communicates things to his teammates."
Ronnie Hillman added a 1-yard touchdown run for Denver (3-0), which won its last 11 regular-season games last year before losing to the Baltimore Ravens in an AFC divisional playoff game.
"We actually started better today and finished slower," Julius Thomas said. "Every time we got the ball, we were looking to put up points, and we were able to do that early. We struggled a little bit in the second half, but we'll clean it up and keep on trying to be productive on offense."
Matt Flynn ran Oakland's final offensive series at quarterback after Terrelle Pryor suffered a concussion on a hard hit near the end of the previous series. Raiders cornerback Tracy Porter also was lost to a concussion in the first half. Both will have to undergo testing before being cleared to play, Raiders coach Dennis Allen said.
Allen said it was too early to say whether Pryor would be available for Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins.
Regarding his team's performance, Allen said he felt the Raiders (1-2) were hurt by a sluggish start.
"In the first half, we started off slow, and I thought that was a big deal in the football game," he said. "When you fall far behind a team like that, it's tough to come back."
Manning finished 32 of 37 for 374 yards in leading an attack that the Raiders simply couldn't keep up with offensively and couldn't control defensively. His principal target was Decker, who made eight receptions for 133 yards.
The only blemish was a lost fumble by Manning when he was sacked by LaMarr Houston in the third quarter. The Raiders defensive end beat left tackle Chris Clark, making his first start in place of Ryan Clady, who went on season-ending injured reserve last week due to a Lisfranc injury in his left foot.
Jason Hunter recovered the loose ball for the Raiders' first takeaway of the season. Pryor led a drive that ended in running back Darren McFadden's 16-yard touchdown pass to fullback Marcel Reece, pulling the Raiders within 30-14 with 17 seconds left in the third quarter.
Still, cornerback Charles Woodson said Manning had too much time to pick apart the Oakland defense.
"You've got to get to No. 18," Woodson said. "If you don't get to 18, you're going to have a long night like we did tonight."
Manning bounced back from his lone turnover by leading his seventh scoring drive of the night, ending in Hillman's scoring run.
With the game out of reach, the Raiders added a 1-yard touchdown run by McFadden with 1:15 remaining.
Pryor finished 19 of 28 for 281 yards, including a 73-yard score to Denarius Moore.
The Raiders came in tied for the NFL lead in sacks but couldn't get to Manning in the first half. He repeatedly beat Oakland's blitz with play-action passes or by dumping the ball off to his "hot" receiver in guiding Denver to a 27-7 halftime lead.
Manning, operating the no-huddle offense, took the Broncos downfield in their first series of the game. His 22-yard completion to Demaryius Thomas gave Denver a first-and-goal at the 4-yard line. Two plays later, Manning hit a wide-open Decker in the end zone on a play-action pass.
Manning's second touchdown toss went to Welker, who shook Porter with an outside move before coming back across the middle to gather in Manning's pass. The play gave the Broncos a 17-0 lead in the middle of the second quarter.
The Raiders broke up Denver's scoring spree with Pryor's long touchdown pass to Moore. The Oakland receiver made the catch at midfield, broke away from two defenders and broke a tackle at the goal line.
Denver came right back as Decker and Manning teamed up on a 61-yard completion to get within striking distance. A couple of plays later, Woodson lined up directly across from Julius Thomas and then blitzed. The tight end slipped out to the flat unguarded, and Manning quickly lofted the ball over the charging Woodson and into Thomas' arms, giving the Broncos a 24-7 lead with 3:40 left in the second quarter.
In the final minute before halftime, Denver's Matt Prater kicked a 41-yard field goal. He made a 53-yarder in the last minute of the first quarter.
NOTES: The Broncos also put together 14 straight regular-season victories when they won the final game of the 1997 season the first 13 of the 1998 season. ... Moore finished with six catches for 124 yards. The touchdown catch was his career long. ... Denver CB Champ Bailey tested his sprained left foot during a pregame workout, but his comeback was placed on hold for at least another week. Bailey missed his third consecutive game. ... Rookie LB Sio Moore was among the Raiders' inactive players after suffering a concussion in a car accident Saturday. ... Manning threw multiple touchdown passes in a game for the 138th time in his career, second in NFL history to Brett Favre (159). ... The Raiders briefly considered letting PK Sebastian Janikowski try for an NFL-record 68-yard field goal with five seconds left in the second quarter before opting to throw deep. The Broncos sacked Pryor on the play. Janikowski tied the NFL record with a 63-yard field goal two years ago. ... The Broncos lost CB Tony Carter to an ankle injury in the first quarter.

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I need a Chrome hack please. On my website I have 2 background images, one is a full width header and the other is a repeating background. I have added padding-top: 236px to the body to push the main wrapper down so the header background will show.
This has always worked in all browsers, however now Chrome has an issue and is adding some kind of space to the top of the header background image. It's not pushing the wrapper down however, so now the menu is too high.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Most CircleVision has railing so you don't "fall" when the camera goes over a cliff or something.
The problem with touch would be what would you program the user to feel? pressure...heat....pain? Is the viewer suppose to be with the hero? A fly on the wall (not effected), or be the hero and feel what they feel?
|2012-09-14, 20:18
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
For instance imagine playing tetris where you could feel the blocks. Or some kind of game where you molded imaginary clay, and you could feel it being molded with your hands.
Remember that as a kid, much of our exploration is tactile, much of the joy of playing with blocks or lego was the feeling of it in your hands. The ability to directly manipulate objects.
Going further, imagine a city building game where instead of clicking to build buildings, you instead literally pulled them up from the ground? Imagine if looking over your entire miniature cityscape, you could run your hands over it and feel the outline of all the buildings.
When I think of a touch interface, I'm more thinking of perhaps a flat panel that can be pushed upwards into various shapes, that you can directly interact with. Something that is not an image, but a physical, readily remoldable representation.
Of course there are likely many different ways to do this. I'm just imagining. We talk about holograms but why settle for that? Why not have something that is physically there, and can be remolded by the computer. Some kind of electronic clay.
Not only that, but we still don't really have computer interfaces for the blind or visually impaired. They would see real benefit from being able to feel their computer outputs.
|2012-09-14, 20:25
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He said, "3D of course." I didn't push it, but I had to wonder, why "of course?" The picture is darker, the tickets are more expensive, the 3D barely has any depth anyway...what is the apparently obvious benefit of the greater ticket cost here?
|2012-09-14, 20:39
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Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I'm talking films, not interactive materials. A director can only do so much to make a drama without having to worry about what you are going to touch and move from his set.
The only 3D film I've seen in recent times in the new Tron film. The effect worked as it was used similarly to color in the Wizard of Oz. In the real world, everything was convential 2D feature film...inside the computer world...3D everything.
And it gave me eye strain because I was trying to take in too many details. It happens if I'm forced to sit in the closest rows to the screen as I either have to turn my head to see stuff, or hold my head still and track everything from one side of my vision to the other as the screen takes up my entire viewing area. (I normally sit farther back in a theater to avoid this sort of strain). 3D force both eyes to function in tandum for it to work. While it is true that if you close and eye in the real word you are esentially experiancing 2D, your mind compensates for that. It does not for a motion picture as easily, so when one eye slacks off, you get a strain on the system.
|2012-09-14, 21:02
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I'd rather watch this in classic 2D just like the way the director intended, in the same way old-school kaiju flicks are watched, and that's more fun with our popcorn than having to suffer eyestrain through 2 hours wearing glasses that seem to distract more (and eat some of your money) than to enhance the experience.
|2012-09-15, 00:51
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|2012-09-15, 01:13
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"Brought to you in 'living color' by NBC". My parents can remember I think in the early 60s that one kid on the block might have a color set. Of course since color was a major draw, shows like Star Trek or Laff'In would use a lot of bright colors. Sometimes over saturated or filtered so much that they didn't register as their proper color anymore. The fanfilm productions had a bitch of a time recreating the sets from Star Trek. Not only to get the actual colors of the set correct, but also to get the filters and lighting correct so it would look like it did on NBC in the late 60s.
Also the story of the Orion Slave Girl screen test (as well as Lenard Nimoy's makeup later on) were the film developers kept tinting the prints to cut out the greens because they thought the film was filtered wrong and the person should have a more natural skin tone. Poor actress kept getting darker and darker green until someone noticed the mistake. Similar thing happened to Nimoy, but they figured it out quicker when they had group test shots and noticed Shatner was turning way too red when they tried to make Nimoy less green. New media comes at a price...even if color had been around for a few dacades by that point.
I saw a railraod club's film from 1940, 1941, and 1942 excursions into the Sierra Nevada Mountains (in California). These were some rich folks since thry used Kotochrome 10 color film. The shots looked like they were taken last week, but I know they were taken in the 40s because the engines and even rail lines they photographed were gone before the end of the War (nonessental line became recycled steel).
|2012-09-15, 03:13
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Age: 38
Advent Of Smartphones, Tablets; Decline Of The Cinematic Art ?
Perhaps it's not so bad if the 3D gimmick can retain the viewership in theaters. But I yearn for the return of production of epics of old such as Ben-Hur, Cleopatra and Gladiator.
|2012-09-15, 06:58
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
And yet cinema budgets are higher then ever before...
Where's all that money going then?
And Chinese and Japanese movies can have large numbers of extras, while being made for a fraction of the cost Hollywood movies are made for. I cry foul. Hollywood is just filled with fat that needs trimmed.
|2012-09-22, 03:18
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
More news from the Pacific Rim's 3D conversion here.
Btw, Toro said there are 4 points in that deal, right? It seems that he forgot to mention 1 point. We only get 3 points from that interview.
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D-backs rack up 20 hits in big win over Pirates
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Diamondbacks have a lot of ground to make up if they are going to get to the postseason. Martin Prado hopes that Saturday's 20-hit outburst was a step in the right direction.
Prado went 4 for 5 with a three-run home run and Paul Goldschmidt added a three-run shot as the Diamondbacks routed the Pirates 15-5 on Saturday.
The D-backs won for the fourth time in five games. They entered the day 8 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and six games behind the Reds for the second wild-card spot.
"I feel like this is the beginning of what we should do from now on," Prado said. "I feel like everybody contributed. We're hoping to keep having this offense all the way through the end of the season.
"Being realistic, it's not going to be like this every day, but I liked the way we prepared for the game, then everybody had good at-bats."
Prado's 11th homer of the season capped a six-run third inning against All-Star Jeff Locke and put the Diamondbacks ahead 8-0. Prado has driven in 13 runs in his past 10 games.
"It's just the way baseball goes," Prado said of his RBI surge. "I'm on a hot streak right now. You might go a month and not get an RBI. I just want to ride the streak as long as I can."
Goldschmidt's 30th homer came in the ninth and tied him with Pittsburgh's Pedro Alvarez for the National League lead. Alvarez hit his 30th earlier in the game.
Goldschmidt and Didi Gregorius each had three of the Diamondbacks' 20 hits. Gregorius, a rookie shortstop, had gone 2 for 29 in his previous eight games.
"A lot of times, you can tell how a guy is going to do in the game by his batting practice," manager Kirk Gibson said. "Didi didn't really have a set pregame routine until today. He's finally found a routine that works, and you saw the results. I think it's going to make a big difference for him."
Trevor Cahill (4-10) earned his first win since May 17, going five innings and allowing four runs and seven hits. Activated from the disabled list before the game, Cahill had been out since July 1 with a bruised right hip. He had gone 0-6 with a 7.91 ERA in his previous eight starts but struck out four and walked one to earn the win.
felt like my debut all over again," Cahill said. "It was a weird
feeling, like I hadn't done this before. I'll take the win, enjoy the
great offensive support and then work on some things so I'm better in my
next start."
A.J. Pollock, Aaron Hill, Wil Nieves and Gerardo Parra had two hits each and Nieves had three RBIs, including a two-run double in the first inning to give Arizona an early lead.
Alvarez hit a three-run home run and Starling Marte added a solo shot for NL Central-leading Pittsburgh in the third inning, enabling the Pirates to cut the lead to 8-4.
Andrew McCutchen had three hits and Neil Walker and Jose Tabata had two each. McCutchen has had multiple hits in 10 of his past 14 games.
Locke (9-4) allowed eight runs and 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings while walking three and striking out two. He is winless in his past four starts and gave up more than three runs for just the second time in his past 18 starts.
"Today was a reality check for me, absolutely," Locke said. "Any start like that is a reality check. You set your standards high, you set your goals high, and you're disappointed when you don't reach them. I wasn't sitting there pouting about it, though, when I came out of the game. It's just the nature of the game to occasionally have a day like this."
Prado's home run with two outs in the third put the Diamondbacks ahead 8-0, and Locke was removed after Goldschmidt followed with a single. Goldschmidt's hit was the seventh in a row by the Diamondbacks in the inning, tying a club record, all with two out. Gregorius doubled in the first run of the third, and Cahill, who was hitting .063, followed with a two-run single.
The Pirates, who have dropped six of eight, cut the deficit to 8-5 in the sixth when Russell Martin doubled and scored on Tabata's single. However, Joe Thatcher came on and struck out Walker with the bases loaded to end the threat. Thatcher has inherited four bases-loaded situations this season and has not allowed a run.
Arizona added four runs in the eighth inning on pinch hitter Jason Kubel's two-run single, Nieves' sacrifice fly and Gregorius' RBI single. Goldschmidt's homer in the ninth gave the Diamondbacks a season high in runs.
"Thatcher's strikeout was really big," Gibson said. "Even though the game was 15-5, it was a close game. They had a lot of pressure on us. People are going to look at the score and say it was a blowout, but it was far from that. That's a good team over there, and they kept coming at us."
NOTES: The series concludes Sunday with Diamondbacks LHP Wade Miley (9-8, 3.63) facing Pirates RHP Charlie Morton (4-3, 3.79). … The D-backs optioned RHP Chaz Roe to Triple-A Reno to open a roster spot for Cahill. … C Miguel Montero, who has been on the DL with a strained lower back since July 29, began an injury rehab assignment with the rookie-level Arizona League Diamondbacks on Saturday. … The Pirates are hopeful RHP Jason Grilli, who has been on the disabled list since July 23 with a strained right forearm, can begin throwing off a mound by next weekend. Grilli has converted 30 of 31 save opportunities.


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DeWeese Fighting to Remain on November Ballot By Noah Brode • Aug 8, 2012 The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is suing to remove former Greene County Representative Bill DeWeese from November's general election ballot, arguing the convicted felon should be replaced with another Democrat because the candidate would be ineligible to serve if elected. However, DeWeese's lawyer said it would be premature to remove the former House Speaker from the election, because he's pursuing appeals to his five felony convictions for using state workers and resources in a political campaign. State law prohibits convicted felons from holding public office. ACLU Requesting Information On Automatic License Plate Readers By Katie Zak • Jul 31, 2012 15 police departments, including Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and the state police have received requests from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU) for information regarding how police use automatic license plate readers (ALPR) to track and record the movements of drivers. ACLU affiliates in 34 other states have also requested information as part of a coordinated, nationwide effort. Testimony: Staffers Handled Orie Melvin's 2003 Campaign By Noah Brode • Jul 30, 2012 In the corruption trial of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, the defendant's former judicial staffers testified on Monday that they worked on her political campaigns while on the state's clock. Two of Melvin's former law clerks testified that they helped Melvin run her unsuccessful campaign for the state Supreme Court in 2003. Law clerk Molly Creenan and chief law clerk Lisa Sasinoski said they wrote material for speeches and campaign stops. Sasinoski said she also handed out pro-Melvin cards at a Penn Hills polling place on election day in 2003. Report: Pennsylvania Voting Systems Could Be Improved By Larkin Page-Jacobs • Jul 30, 2012 A new report [PDF] delves into the verity and safeguards surrounding the country's electronic voting systems. Three non-partisan organizations — Common Cause, the Verified Voting Foundation, and researchers at Rutgers University — created the study, which measures each state's ability to audit and verify voting records. The report asked five questions in its assessment of the states: Cash Benefits Ending For 61,000 Pennsylvanians By Emily Farah • Jul 30, 2012 In an attempt to cut state costs, the Department of Public Welfare's (DPW) General Assistance program that provides cash assistance to 61,000 people in the commonwealth will expire August 1st. This will save the commonwealth about $319 million annually and was included in the $27.7 billion budget signed by Governor Tom Corbett June 30. The DPW receives the largest share of the state budge. A spokeswoman said about 40¢ of every state tax dollar goes to the department. Will Poll Workers Be Ready To Enforce Voter ID? By Mary Wilson • Jul 30, 2012 A state employee and a county elections director are at odds over the ease with which the state's new Voter ID law can be enforced at the polls in November. The two testified in Commonwealth Court today at the hearing on a suit looking to block the law. Department of State employee Shannon Royer said all poll workers will receive information in the mail on the new photo identification requirement at the polls. He said the state expects those workers on the front lines during elections will also receive training from the counties. Will Poll Workers Be Ready To Enforce Voter ID? By Mary Wilson and Essential Public Radio Staff • Jul 27, 2012 A state employee and a county elections director are at odds over the ease with which the state's new Voter ID law can be enforced at the polls in November. The two testified in Commonwealth Court today at the hearing on a suit looking to block the law. Department of State employee Shannon Royer said all poll workers will receive information in the mail on the new photo identification requirement at the polls. He said the state expects those workers on the front lines during elections will also receive training from the counties. Wagner: Penn State Should Be Subject To Open Records Law By Kevin Gavin • Jul 27, 2012 The state auditor general is prescribing specific changes in governance at Penn State including increased mandatory transparency A-G Jack Wagner says all universities that receive hefty funding from the commonwealth, like Penn State, should be subject to information requests under the state's open records law. He said the school is exempt, at least in part, because of the push made by former P-S-U president Graham Spanier. Opponents To Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law Make Their Case In Court By Mary Wilson and Essential Public Radio Staff • Jul 26, 2012 Plaintiffs in a case to strike down the state's voter ID law say they won't be able to obtain the proper photo identification needed to vote because they couldn't obtain the proper paperwork. Six people testified on the first day of a hearing in Commonwealth Court to ask that the law not be enforced in the November election. David Gersch, one of the attorneys suing the state, said even when people do have their birth certificate or Social Security card, the documents may be at odds with their current name. Governor Corbett Concludes River Kayaking Trip in Pittsburgh, Tours Point State Park By Deanna Garcia • Jul 25, 2012 Governor Tom Corbett called Point State Park unique, and said there aren't too many cities with a state park in their heart. After wrapping up a three day kayaking trip on the Allegheny and Conemaugh Rivers, the governor toured the park and under-construction fountain at the point, which is slated to be completed next summer. Hearing Underway On Challenge To Voter ID Law By Mary Wilson & Essential Public Radio Staff • Jul 25, 2012 Opening arguments have wrapped up in the hearing over the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's voter ID law. Legal groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, have asked Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson to bar the law's enforcement in the November general election. When It Comes To Energy, Corbett Is Willing To Spend By Scott Detrow StateImpact PA • Jul 25, 2012 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett certainly can't be accused of being a big spender. The 2011 budget he signed into law cut more than $1 billion in state spending, reducing funding for nearly every state department. This year's budget, finalized last month, kept funding relatively level, but reduced spending for county-level public health programs, among other items. There's one exception to this bare-bones philosophy, though: the grants and tax breaks the Corbett Administration has directed to energy companies. Voter ID Court Hearing Begins Today By Katie Zak • Jul 24, 2012 Groups opposed to the state's voter ID law plan to outline their case in Commonwealth Court beginning this morning. They're suing the state to block the implementation of the measure requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. Marian Schneider of the Advancement Project, a civil rights and policy center based in Washington, said it violates the state constitution. State Stipulates No Evidence Of Past Voter Fraud By Kevin Gavin • Jul 23, 2012 A state lawmaker wants to take a two-prong approach to overturning Pennsylvania's voter ID law. This week the suit challenging the constitutionality of that law goes to Commonwealth Court, but State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) doesn't want to risk the chance that it will be upheld, so Leach has introduced legislation to repeal the controversial law that opponents say will disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania voters. Public Roundtable Meeting Set To Educate Pennsylvanians About Voter ID Law By Katie Zak • Jul 23, 2012 College students, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and transgendered people are among the 9% of Pennsylvania registered voters who do not have proper forms of government-issued ID required to vote in November. A public meeting, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Jewish Social Justice System, has been set to address any questions or concerns about Pennsylvania's new voter ID law. State Stands by Voter ID Law, Despite New Controversy By Mary Wilson & Essential Public Radio Staff • Jul 19, 2012 There is little concern on behalf of the Corbett administration regarding the state's new discovery that fewer voters have PennDOT-issued IDs than previously suspected. "No one will be disenfranchised in Pennsylvania. No one," Commonwealth Secretary Carol Aichele said. Mitt Romney Outlines Five Steps to a Better Economy By Deanna Garcia • Jul 17, 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney told a large crowd of supporters in Irwin that Barack Obama has failed America and called the president's policies "job crushing." The former Massachusetts governor said the upcoming presidential election is about "the soul of America." Romney said Mr. Obama has seen a steady unemployment rate and a decrease in median income. State Representative Matt Smith Looking To Join Senate Race By Katie Zak • Jul 13, 2012 The Democratic Committees of Allegheny and Washington Counties meet Tuesday to select the party's nominee for the November election to succeed John Pippy in the 37th Senatorial District. State Representative Matt Smith (D-Allegheny) has made it publicly known he is interested in joining the Senate race. Aiming to Make Restaurant 'BYOW' Policies Obsolete By Mary Wilson • Jul 12, 2012 Republican leaders in the state House have pledged to try again to privatize liquor stores in the fall, but that's not stopping one GOP lawmaker from trying to squeeze a little wine license reform out of the state. Fitzgerald Expounds on PAT Cuts, Budget, Shale By Noah Brode • Jul 11, 2012 Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald gave his quarterly budget address to County Council Tuesday evening, touching on subjects from transit cuts to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling. Fitzgerald said the county had just $6 million in its fund balance when he took office, but he pledged not to raise taxes. Instead, Fitzgerald said he instituted a hiring freeze. County Council raised the county's property tax millage by 21% in December, just before Fitzgerald took office. No Special Election For Pippy's Old Seat By Kevin Gavin • Jul 10, 2012 The seat in the Pennsylvania's 37th Senate district will remain vacant for the next six months. Turzai: Liquor Privatization Not Dead Yet By Mark Nootbaar • Jul 10, 2012 Lawmakers in Pennsylvania went home for the summer without voting on a plan pushed by House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) to privatize liquor sales in the state, but he said the idea will be back under consideration in the fall. Turzai's plan calls for the state to close its more than 600 Wine & Spirits Stores and then issue 1,600 licenses to sell wine and distilled spirits. Beer distributors will be given first crack at purchasing the licenses. The remainder would be sold to the highest bidders. Pittsburgh Becomes First U.S. City to Host One Young World Summit By Katie Zak • Jul 9, 2012 The One Young World Summit will be held in the United States for the first time this fall and right here in Pittsburgh. The conference provides an opportunity for aspiring leaders to represent their respective businesses and showcase their talent. Katie McSorley, President of the Mid-Atlantic region for Euro RSCG, one of the largest marketing and public relations firms in the world, said the event is not only a meeting of the best and brightest youth, but a networking opportunity as well. City Finances Could Be Headed for Trouble By Deanna Garcia • Jul 9, 2012 The city of Pittsburgh ended 2011 with a surplus of $20 million. That's according to the Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) released today by City Controller Michael Lamb. That may sound like good news, but Lamb said the surplus was due to one-time revenue sources. Former Senator Pippy to Lead New Coal Lobbying Group By Noah Brode • Jul 9, 2012 In the face of what they call "unnecessary regulations" from the federal government, two large coal industry organizations have merged to form the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance (PCA). Former state Senator John Pippy will lead the new lobbying group, which comprises the Pennsylvania Coal Association and Families Organized to Represent the Coal Economy (FORCE). "We're bigger, we're stronger, and we're going to be louder," said Pippy. Obama Adds Energy for Pittsburgh Audience By Mark Nootbaar • Jul 6, 2012 Several hundred gathered on the Carnegie Mellon Campus Friday under the hot sun to see President Barack Obama wrap up a two-day tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but dozens of them swooned even before the president took to the stage. Medical teams were handing out water to the sun-baked crowd, but there was a steady stream of supporters who were hitting the grass and being taken away in ambulances. 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Yesterday President Obama made history by signing one of the first pieces of federal gay rights legislation named The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a move that many are comparing to the 1960's civil rights legislation that empowered African Americans. The law states that crimes against gay, lesbian, and transgenders will now be constituted as hate crimes, and tried as such. The law also protects those who are attacked because of their gender or disability. Gay rights groups and activists have been pressing the Obama administration to pass laws such as this one and others concerning work place discrimination and the protection homosexuals in the military by holding rallies around the country.
In a signing ceremony in the White House East Room, Obama said that the gay rights protections represented a "long-awaited change" that would protect people who are victimized because of "who they love . . . or who they are."
Signed into law in the White House's East Room, the legislation was named after James Byrd Jr. who was dragged by car in a racially motivated killing in 1988 and Matthew Shepard, the 21 year old University of Wyoming student that was tortured and beat for being gay, and whose parents were at the forefront of the battle to create such a law. The law also removed the stipulation that a victim must be participating in some federally protected activity, such as voting, for the law to protect them.
The Shepards' fight took a decade. With recent elections adding more lawmakers who are supportive of gay rights, by 2007 the Congress had sufficient votes to pass the legislation, but then-President George W. Bush indicated that he would veto it. Obama, campaigning last year, promised to sign it.
Other gay rights legislation is currently being put into place with laws barring the termination of employees based on their sexual orientation slated to win passage in the House of Representatives by years end, which is something that desperately needs to happen seeing as half of the American states currently give employers that freedom. Obama has already asked to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy adopted by the military, which prohibits being openly homosexual while serving. The Senate panel is holding a hearing next month with legislation being discussed as early as next year.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. The White Plains Common Council voted to authorize the funding of an outside, independent review of the city's police department in response to the Kenneth Chamberlain shooting at its standing room only meeting Monday night.
For Kenneth Chamberlain Jr., whose family lawyers are pursuing a criminal investigation with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, it isn't enough.
"I'm asking that you strongly recommend" to Public Safety Commissioner David Chong "that any and all officers named at this point and time be suspended pending the outcome of this federal investigation," Chamberlain Jr. told the common council Monday.
Like Chamberlain Jr., several community members voiced their displeasure with a Westchester County grand jury's decision not to indict the officers involved in the Nov. 19, 2011, incident at Monday's meeting, which packed many more residents and television cameras into the courtroom. The grand jury did not find reasonable cause for an indictment.
Chamberlain Sr., 68, was shot by police officer Anthony Carelli after police responded to a medical alert from Life Aid that he accidentally triggered in the early morning hours of Nov. 19. During the hour-long standoff at his 135 South Lexington Ave. apartment, Chamberlain Sr. refused to open his door to allow police to verify his condition.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said it will review the evidence in the case, according to its website.
Lawyers for the Chamberlain family said audio recordings from the medical alert system, used as evidence in the grand jury investigation, capture a white officer, published reports identify as Steven Hart, using a racial slur.
Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore, said the officer intended to distract Chamberlain with the use of the N-word, a tactic she condemned, according to published reports.
The young Chamberlain took issue with that. He said when he listened to the audio recordings and heard the N-word, "thats not to distract, that was in fact to antagonize and provoke him," he said. "The use of offensive terms by a member of your neighborhood conditions unit strongly suggests the existence of a biased mentality. The lack of a criminal indictment also sends a message to the minorities of this city that their lives are worthless."
Michael Hannon, a White Plains police officer, also accused the city of using bias in a civil lawsuit he filed against the city and White Plains Assistant Police Chief Anne FitzSimmons. Hannon claims in the lawsuit that FitzSimmons threw a chair at him, which struck the back of his chair Sept. 22 of last year, causing spinal injuries.
The Westchester District Attorney's Office declined prosecution and an internal investigation revealed no wrongdoing.
Hannon asked the mayor and his common council to "make things right" by taking disciplinary action against FitzSimmons.
The matter has been referred to the city attorney, Mayor Thomas Roach said. The panel set to review the police department will report directly to Roach and then will be made public.
"As with anything else we do in this city, we're always looking for ways to do it better," Roach said. "And when you have a tragedy such as we suffered, I think it's important that we take a look at everything and do everything we can."
The panel will be chaired by Dr. Maria R. Haberfeld, professor and chair of the department of law, police science and criminal justice administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an internationally recognized expert in police policy and procedure, Roach said in a May 2 statement.
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I was able to finish the cable harness repair job on Zaza Saturday 8/2. It took a few more hours than expected, but gave me the opportunity to clean up a bunch of the other wire management without fear of missing the following weekend's scheduled demo.
The demo on the 9th went as planned, but due to time restrictions we weren't able to do the regularly scheduled Phase IV test. Last weekend we were able to do both the demo, and the Phase IV test and things went quite well. Prior to starting the test, I was able to upgrade the JRE from Sun's 1.4.1, to the recently released 1.4.2 on Zaza2. Improvements in the networking, Java2D and audio code showed noticable reliability and performance increases with the face applet. The map and webcam applets running through the control interface on a remote Redhat 9 laptop also worked quite a bit better. Since ALSA is now supported, it is now possible to run a Sphinx audio capture client onboard to robot at the same time as the face applet.
Since migrating from the original Breezecom 802.11 (FH) WLAN hardware to Wi-Fi, there has been a noticable improvement in the performance of the localizer/planner during Phase IV tests. I attribute this to fewer lost laser scans being sent to the localizer due to bandwith saturation. Zaza no longer inexplicably 'gets lost', or 'gives up' searching for a route to the next target after being blocked by visitors for an extended period of time.
Things with work have settled down a bit, so I was able to spend yesterday working on a few of the outstanding issues with the Phase IV code. After adding the button management and destination announcement code a while back, we noticed a need to better integrate these two. I made some modifications to poslib, and poslibtcx adding some handshaking allowing the robot to announce the list of planned destinations when the robot begins moving, as well as when a user presses a button when the robot is in motion. After stopping at a target destination, the button management behavior changes and will eventually be used to speak additional information about the exhibit the robot is nearest to.
Since the basic operation of the tourguide code is now stable, it is now time to start improving the web-based control interface to allow dynamic map and start position selection to allow the robot to operate in this mode in other areas of the museum without substantial manual tweaking.


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Franklin "Frank" Monroe Morton, 71, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
Franklin "Frank" Monroe Morton, 71, went home to be with his Lord and Saviour, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at North Lexington Baptist Church, where he was a longtime member, with the Rev. Gavin Pratt and Rev. Dr. Robert Floyd officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Mr. Morton was born June 23, 1941, in Stanly County, to Theodore Jackson Morton and Noma Smith Morton. He was a 1959 graduate of Albemarle High School. Mr. Morton was retired from LANCE. At his church he was a Deacon and chairman of Kidron Korner . In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Clyde Morton.
Surviving are his loving wife of 53 years, Jane "Susie" Blalock Morton, of the home; son, Lane Morton and wife Fran of Lexington; daughters, Jan Morton Ashburn and Sherry Morton Hutchison, both of Lexington; grandchildren, Andrew Everhart of Greenville, Carmen Everhart, Tyler Morton, Ryan Morton and Arron Woodall, all of Lexington; brother, Lewis Morton and wife Mabelline of Albemarle; sister, Shirley Talbert of Albemarle; and many loving nieces and nephews.
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Google Maps has added the long awaited address searching for the countries of Australia and New Zealand making the previous released street maps even more useful. When Google released this map data for Australia and New Zealand the maps could only be browsed, but not searched by address. Now this is possible. Local business search and driving directions do not yet appear to be working.
Example (Australia): 5 Lowanna Place Hornsby, New South Wales 2077 Australia
Example (New Zealand): 20 Holly Rd, St Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand
This might also pave the way for Australia and New Zealand geocoding support within the Google Maps API and more mashups from these countries!
Update: Sept.7/06 6:41AM: As expected the folks at Google have announced geocoding support for Australia and New Zealand over on the Google Maps API Blog!
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Although relocation is sometimes necessary, trapping and relocating wildlife is a last resort and only warranted if all other measures have failed and an animal becomes a threat. Removing one animal may only serve to open up territory for others to move in. Rather than getting your feathers ruffled, make simple accommodations to avoid wildlife conflicts then relax and enjoy the wonders of wildlife in your own backyard.
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The LulzSec Manifesto: More Sec Than Lulz
In honor of its thousandth tweet—and on the heels of compromising the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony, and more—the crew of the good ship LulzSec has presented the world with a manifesto, of sorts. So who is LulzSec? And what is it they want?


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At Il Giardino Pizza, in Cranford, it takes four people to keep the eatery up and running. There's Anthony Scuderi, the owner, who's on site roughly 12 hours a day, six days a week. And then there are his three employees — all of whom are from Mexico and willing to work the grueling 12-hour days he said many Americans scoff at.
"I've had people come (to work here), and all of a sudden they just don't show up the next day or two," Scuderi said. "It's a hard job because it's long hours."
The immigrants that have passed through his pizza parlor, however, tend to have a stronger work ethic when it comes to tough, manual labor, he said. Some of his employees have been there for six years now.
"To them, this is the land of opportunity," Scuderi said.
And, he added, "if we didn't need them, they wouldn't be coming here."
Scuderi spoke out on the immigration issue as part of a press conference held by the New Jersey Main Street Alliance, a coalition of more than 1,400 small-business owners, to push for immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for those already here and working. Several other pizza shop owners were scheduled to attend, but couldn't for last-minute reasons, said Corinne Horowitz, a representative from the alliance.
"We need to make it easier for small-business owners to hire," Horowitz said.
In statements, the other owners said a path to citizenship would help both small businesses and their employees.
Dario Fernandez, owner of Rudy's Pizza, in Garwood, said he came to the United States 30 years ago to escape a civil war in San Salvador and started working low-end jobs in the restaurant business.
"Some business owners undercut wages for immigrants. I know, because I was one of those workers," Fernandez said in a statement. "Congress should pass immigration reform (so) everyone could have the same opportunities I've had — to work legally, start businesses, create jobs and grow the economy."
The press conference was timed to occur on the same day as a town hall meeting in Gillette hosted by U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Westfield).
Lance recently returned from a tour of the Mexican border during which he said he saw a body floating in the Rio Grande. Lance said that affirmed to him that securing the borders must be a top priority.
"I favor addressing (immigration reform) component by component," Lance said in an interview. "The first component I wish to address is securing the border."
The other components include: the need for qualified workers in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math; the "dreamers" who came here as children and did not directly disobey the law; and those immigrants who came here illegally as adults.
Scuderi, of Il Giardino, said he doesn't believe immigrants are taking jobs away from American workers. He hires those people who are willing to do the job and work hard. He doesn't perform background checks to determine if they're legal. He supplies every employee, regardless of where they may have come from, with 1040 forms at the end of the year and tells them to pay their taxes.
"They do great jobs," Scuderi said. "Why make it more difficult for them?"
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VB NSW Cup Previews - Round 18
Auckland Vulcans vs Newtown Jets
Mt Smart Stadium #2, Saturday, July 7
Kick-off: 1.00pm (local time)
Referee: Daniel Caddy
Summary: Two sides who are desperate for the competition points square off here as the Vulcans welcome the Jets to New Zealand on Saturday. The only win either of these two sides has to show from their last three rounds of football was an unconvincing 18 point win by the Vulcans over Wests back in round 16. The Jets did appear to be on track for a top four spot come the end of the season just a month ago, yet they now sit in sixth place and must regain some form just to ensure they are playing finals footy. In 2012, the Vulcans have looked nothing like the side that came within a whisker of claiming the 2011 title and have a real fight on their hands just to force their way into the eight over the concluding nine rounds. The Vulcans will get one more bye and the two guaranteed points that comes with it between now and the end of the season, but so to do most of the teams that sit around them on the ladder. Pita Godinet has not been named and appears certain to travel to the Gold Coast with the Warriors side while the Jets will also field an under strength line up with some unknowns like Rhyse Martin and Usaia O


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Aug 2012 12:24 UTC, submitted by henderson101
"Comparing Samsung's flagship products before and after release of the iPhone & iPad, and how Apple's intellectual property infringement claims hold up." A terrible visual guide that ignores not only Samsung's own pre-iPhone designs, but also - and worse yet - the thirty-odd years of mobile computing that preceded the iPhone. Typical of today's technology world: a complete and utter lack of historical sense. Worse yet are the claims about icons: only the phone icon is similar, but Apple did not invent the green phone icon. This is a remnant of virtually all earlier phones which use a green phone icon for initiate/answer call, and a red phone icon for terminate/reject call. Claiming this deserves IP protection is beyond ridiculous, and shows just how low Apple is willing to go.
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OK, it's obvious Apple's designs (hardware/UI/packaging) "inspired" a pretty major shift in Samsung's designs and I suppose anyone in his right mind should be able to notice and confess this. Although it's a completely different story if these kinds of stuff should be "patentable" or not..


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Horrorfest '08: Voices (US - DVD R1)
Gabe's Horrorfest gets stylish and violent, but still isn't much good...
Ka-in (Yun Jin-seo) is a relatively carefree young woman until the day she witnesses her aunt's fiancé thrown from a balcony on their wedding day. Later she gets to see her other aunt stab the new widow to death in her hospital bed, and Ka-in realizes something more serious might be going on. Soon she finds herself next in line for a murderous curse, and everyone around her seems possessed and poised to kill her. To stop the curse Ka-in must look into her family's past in hopes of uncovering some dark secret.
Modern Korean horror films have a lot in common with modern Japanese horror, but in my experience there are still some elements that remain specific to the area. Voices (aka Someone Behind You, apparently based on a comic book) fulfils most of these somewhat vague requirements. The violence is brutal in a less stylized or 'cartoony' fashion than that found in most Japanese horror. The film's overall look is cleaner, more stylized, and more baroque than the often grittier post- Ringu Japanese output. Also, the plot is unnecessarily convoluted, taking audience assumptions for granted, and incorporating unneeded flashbacks at inopportune times.
Voices fits somewhere between the school girl dramatics of Whispering Corridors and Memento Mori, and the more Americanized neo-slashers like Bloody Reunion. Like so many horror films we are forced to go through a whole lot of belief suspension (in this case some of it is actually just cultural difference), but mostly the mystery is sustained, and the characters survive thanks to solid performances—to a point. After a while the possession angle becomes a teeny bit comedic, as does Ka-in's ability to roll with the punches. As often seems to be the case the story doesn't quite sustain a feature length movie, and unfortunately becomes a bit overlong at the half way point.
You can probably just read this following statement and apply it to all the films in the Horrorfest III collection. In keeping with Lionsgate's lower end releases Voices isn't in bad shape, but does feature its share of video ailments. The worst here are some odd scans lines that appear mostly during dolly shots, and an occasional distortion in the middle of the frame. The overall detail levels are decent, and don't lead to too much edge enhancement. Flashbacks are filmed with stronger lighting and an overall yellowed tint compared to the rest of the film, which is more cooled, and high contrast. The colours are relatively solid, and even the bright reds are surprisingly light on noise.
Voices features a relatively lively Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix, with clean and clear centre dialogue track, and some spooky rear channel effects. There's an inadvertently funny screen left battle and a really convincing rear channel door creak that actually made me look behind me. The film's score is effective enough, if not a little melodramatic, but sounds a little synthetic on the track. Either it wasn't produced with real strings, or something went wrong in the mixing process.
This disc features only the Miss Horrorfest Webisodes and trailers.
In the end Voices features some memorable moments, some strong performances, and some genuine suspense, but the various elements of the story don't add up or make any sense. Overall this is a disappointing showing, but perhaps worth seeing for stylistic reasons. The disc features nothing in the way of extras, but does have one of the better transfers of the collection.
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Didn't the lead in this play Lee Soo-ah in Oldboy?
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Yep. It took me almost the whole movie to place her.
and also, she's pushing her 30s. Not exactly high school age.
and also, she's pushing her 30s. Not exactly high school age.
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This was the one film of this year's Horrorfest I was iffy about. It seems curses are a trope in Asian cinema. Thank god for Takashi Miike, Noboru Iguchi, and Yoshihiro Nishimura. I like curse films as much as the next guy, but the inundation of them is getting annoying. I can't wait for Shinya Tsukamoto's next movie. That will get me away from these accursed curse flicks.
Fabricio De Zuasnabar Member Join Date: July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,350
I have a hard time watching asian movies... and i put a lot of effort trying to like them, but i cant... sooo yeah, i'll skip this one... =)
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I'm sick of most Asian horror. To non-fans I recommend A Tale of Two Sisters, Uzumaki, Audition, and Organ.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 31st March 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Korean
Subtitles: English
Extras: Miss Horrorfest Webisodes, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Oh Ki-hwan
Cast: Yun Jin-seo, Park Gi-woong, Lee Ki-woo
Genre: Horror
Length: 85 minutes
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The WiFi network you have in your home distributes Internet bandwidth using radio signals.
It's the same technology that FM radio, smartphones and television rabbit-ears use -- and it's susceptible to the same kind of problems, like interference, penetration and range.
If you're having Internet bandwidth problems at home -- buffering on YouTube, for example -- and don't want to go through the disruption and expense of hard-wiring or buying a new, more advanced router, there are simple ways to improve performance. One of those is to check for interference.
Here's how to go about it.
Step 1:
Verify that the hard-wired Internet pipe to your home is functioning correctly by calling your Internet service provider, or ISP. It can perform tests on the line, reset your connection and get you to run speed tests with a laptop hard-wired to the modem.
If there is an issue found from street to home, or the modem is found to be bad, it's generally the ISP's responsibility to fix it.
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Take matters into your own hands. There's a limit to how much your ISP cares about you.
If you think that your bandwidth is as important a utility as water and power -- as I do -- and video stream buffering irritates the hell out of you -- as it does me -- it's worth rolling your sleeves up.
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Remove the laptop from the modem or router by unplugging it. Then turn the PC off and switch off any media-streaming or other devices on the network.
Reboot the modem and the additional router, if you have one, and wait for the lights to stabilize.
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Download a WiFi-analyzing app for your smartphone.
I've been using Farproc's WiFi Analyzer for Android, but there are others too. You can obtain Farproc's free app from the Google Play store.
Tip: WiFi, of the kind that we commonly use in homes, uses a block of tiny-wave 2.4 GHz frequencies, which -- unlike longer waves of the kinds used for television broadcasts -- have difficulty penetrating solid, mass-like walls.
The 2.4 GHz frequencies, called channels, are also commonly used by neighboring WiFi networks and so can experience interference.
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Turn your smartphone WiFi radio on and launch the downloaded WiFi-analyzing app at a physical location within a few feet of your media-streaming device or the wireless computer that you use to stream video.
Step 6:Check for interference by viewing the channel graph. You'll see channel numbers that range from 1 to 14 on the X axis and signal strength measured in dBm on the Y axis. Ignore dBm levels here.
Look for neighboring WiFi networks that overlap yours on the X axis. The networks will be labeled.
Tip: WiFi standards split WiFi signals in the 2.4 GHz block into up to 14 overlapping channels that act like a range of frequencies.
While the channels are designed to work together, a channel used by two or more adjacent networks can cause them to interfere with each other, reducing bandwidth.
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Change your network's WiFi channel to one that's not in use nearby by opening the router configuration dashboard. Then open the router's wireless tab.
Select an available, unused channel. Then save the configuration and try the video streaming again.
For example, if in the earlier step you found that your home's network and your neighbor's network were both using Channel 6, choose Channel 1.
Tip: Open the router configuration dashboard from within a PC browser connected to the router. Refer to the router manual for instructions and password. Perform a Web-based search based on model number for a copy if you need it.
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The act of choking on a large penis while performing oral sex.
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Being so desperate for something, you are basically going cold turkey.
Once again, Andrew found himself clucking for a sexual encounter but alas no joy :(
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Clucking is ze combination of course of climbing and fucking but together they become something unique; they combine so perfectly that you move the experience to another level.
by daman3498 October 27, 2007
The act of picking up small objects out of the carpet (much like a chicken in a pen) trying to find that one little rock that you dropped while you were loading the pipe.
Usually associated with the use of crack-cocaine, it can also happen to those who use other amphedamines.
Usually associated with the use of crack-cocaine, it can also happen to those who use other amphedamines.
When the last of her dope was gone, Lisa was fiending for more so much that she was clucking on the carpet.
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An act of masturbation - To masturbate hands free by means of opening and closing your inner thighs on your penis and rhythmically pushing downward to stimulate the gland. The process resembles that of a chicken flapping it's wings pointlessly.
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I can't believe that the person from TN was given a citation for allowing his dog to roam free. When you are hunting with a dog it is allowed to run, that is how they find birds. He was searching for the dog until he had to leave for home. It is not like he just turned it loose, let it run and decided to leave it here. I have no doubt that he was heartbroken over losing his dog and made a trip back to get it when it was caught. I wonder which genius decided to issue the citation;, probably the DNR. At least I hope none of the Sheriffs dept. would do something that ridiculous. I know of several people that have lost track of a hunting dogs and had to spend time searching for it. At least they lived in the area and could continue until they found it. Being from out of state makes it harder and someone decided to take advantage of that.
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I designed this space for my first baby. My husband and I decided to leave the gender a surprise, so my goal was to design a nursery fit for a sweet little boy or girl! Rather than going with a predominantly grey, green or yellow room, I decided that a rainbow of colors would be the foundation for the space.
The vibrant, natural fiber rug was the first big purchase I made for the space, and the design came together around it! The only new pieces of furniture we purchased for the space were the crib and the storage cubes. Each of the other pieces were hand-me-downs that I upgraded with new paint or fabric. The wingback chair belonged to my husband's great-grandmother. It was previously covered in an offensive orange fabric, but I think it looks great now!
There are a lot of DIY projects in this nursery. I crafted the crib mobile out of a hanging plant basket, ribbon and cardstock. The curtains are from Target with custom fabric panels sewn into the top for a pop of print. The striped dresser was painted with chalkboard paint so I can label each drawer with the contents, which will make for easy organization of baby's laundry. I also made the typography mirror that hangs above the changing table and the pom-pom pillow that's sitting on the chair.
The artwork and accents in the room were inspired by some of our favorite places! The rooster print above the crib is a photo I took in Key West, Florida which is where my husband and I were married in 2011.
I'm really excited to welcome our little one home to this space and am ready to finally enjoy spending some time in here!
Source List:
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- Crib: Kenwood Panel Crib, RH Baby & Child
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