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- Costume worn at:
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- Anime Expo 2006
- Anime LA 2007
- Anime LA 2006
- FanimeCon 2006
- Yaoi-con 2005
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Y-U-K-I! We love Yuki!!! Yuki is my favorite character from Fruits Basket, and the costume was so simple that I just had to make it! I love this costume a lot, partially because so many people are fans of the series, and partially because this is my most comfortable costume! The best part is wearing this costume with my friends; together we have a Fruits Basket group of 7 people!
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- Well, if a "1" on the difficulty scale means closet cosplay, a "2" is the easiest costume that required a sewing machine. Super-easy, fun costume to wear!
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Hey all, I am writing an EA that uses the Dialog class to display a nice floating window for the user to interact with. Problem is whenever the time frame is changed the panel bugs out creating artifacts on the chart. When testing the basic dialog code(below) I get a failed to initialize message which removes the EA and crashes the chart. When running my code, the panel scatters randomly across my chart leaving ghost images on the chart of the buttons and panel. If you find the real buttons the EA still functions correctly. When that happens I don't get the failed initialize message or any errors. It also seems to break the second time I change time frames not the first in both cases.
Here is an image of what happens to my EA after loading on the 1hour and changing time frames 3 times. The Expert log shows each time change and no errors:
Now when I switch timeframes the EA destroy()s the window in uninit giving "reason 3"(meaning period was changed) and then re-initializes but I can't tell what is going wrong in between that. All the create fuctions in OnInit have failure modes but I never get any indication of failures just a bugged EA. Is there any way to tell what is breaking, or has anyone used this class before and encountered this issue?
Now the sample code(below) returns the error "failed to initialize" (reason 8) when it crashes but I still don't know why it is failing to create the dialog on the second attempt to change time frames and not the first.
If you want to try it yourself this is the sample code for the simple panel that comes with MT4. I moved PanelDialog.mqh to the Experts folder so it can find it for this test and removed the on calc expression so it can run as an EA.
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| SimplePanel.mq4 | //| Copyright 2009-2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp. | //| https://www.mql4.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright 2009-2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp." #property link "https://www.mql4.com" #property version "1.00" #property strict #include "PanelDialog.mqh" //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Global Variables | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ CPanelDialog ExtDialog; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnInit(void) { //--- create application dialog if(!ExtDialog.Create(0,"Title",0,50,50,390,200)) return(INIT_FAILED); //--- run application if(!ExtDialog.Run()) return(INIT_FAILED); //--- ok return(INIT_SUCCEEDED); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator deinitialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnDeinit(const int reason) { //--- destroy application dialog ExtDialog.Destroy(reason); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| ChartEvent function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnChartEvent(const int id, const long &lparam, const double &dparam, const string &sparam) { ExtDialog.ChartEvent(id,lparam,dparam,sparam); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+


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Rarely has a young singer made such an enormous impact on the classical music industry as Lise Davidsen. A superb talent, the Norwegian soprano shot to prominence in summer 2015 when she was crowned winner of both the Operalia and the Queen Sonja competitions. Her breakthrough performances won her the First Prize, the Birgit Nilsson Award and the Audience Prize at the Operalia competition in London as well as the prize for the best performance of Norwegian music and the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship at the Queen Sonia International Music Competition. She is also a triple winner at the 2015 Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Amsterdam and a recipient of many awards, including the HSBC Aix-en-Provence Laureate, Statoil Talent Bursary Award, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Danish Singers Award 2014 and the Kirstin Flagstad Award 2015.
The 17/18 season sees Davidsen making her eagerly anticipated debut as Medea by Cherubini at the Wexford Festival whilst Ariadne auf Naxos becomes the vehicle for two major company debuts: Wiener Staatsoper and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. On the concert platform she embarks upon an artistic residency with the Bergen Philharmonic as well appearing with John Storgards and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the BBC Proms. Other concert engagements include Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Strauss Op. 27 songs with the Oslo Philharmonic. She also appears in recital with James Baillieu in Bergen. Further ahead her engagements include debuts and leading roles with Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bayreuth Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper, Zurich Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Last season, she made a series of notable debuts including Agathe in a new production of Der Freischütz at Zürich Opera House and Isabella Das Liebesverbot at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, the title role Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne Festival as well as making a hugely acclaimed London recital debut with James Baillieu in the Rosenblatt Recital Series at the Wigmore Hall: "Lise Davidsen has sprung forth, like Athene born from Zeus's head, fully armed and ready to take on the world… It is already clear that Davidsen, 30, is set for a career in opera, and that the career will be a big one. The only question is how big. If it is to be commensurate with the size of her voice, it will be huge…" Financial Times, May 2017
On the concert platform she has sung in Verdi's Requiem at the Berlin Philharmonie with the Deutsch Skandinavisches Jugendorchestrer, the Philharmonia and the Danish National Symhony Orchestra under the baton of Fabio Luisi. Recently, Davidsen sung in the 25th Anniversary Fireworks Concert for Vestfoldfestspillene, Norway and she was also part of the opening of the Kirsten Flagstad Hall in Hamar, Norway, with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Olaf Henzold. She has sung Wagner's Wesendonk Lieder with the Randers Chamber Orchestra as well as appearing in Bucharest under the musical direction of Christian Badea singing Vier letzte Lieder. Other recent appearances include Freia Das Rheingold with the Odense Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Vedernikov, as well as two notable house debuts, at Bavarian State Opera as Ortlinde Die Walküre and at Frankfurt Opera for its Ring Cycle in summer 2016.
Lise Davidsen's talent has attracted serious attention since the outset of her musical training. A 2014 graduate of the Opera Academy in Copenhagen, she has studied under Susanna Eken, previously gaining a degree from Grieg Academy of Music in Bergen. She made her Royal Danish Opera debut in the 2012/13 season as the Dog and Owl in The Cunning Little Vixen. She has since returned to sing Emilia Otello and Rosalinda Die Fledermaus, and was awarded the Reumert Talentpris. In the same season she was a part of the Mozart-residency at Aix-en-Provence, where she was instantly invited back the year after to work with Waltraud Meier for the residency, A Tribute to Patrice Chèreau.
Season highlights
Title role Medea
Wexford Festival Opera
Title role Ariadne auf Naxos
Wiener Staatsoper
Title role Ariadne auf Naxos
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Opera Repertoire
Title role Médée*
Susanna Sancta Susanna
Title role Jenufa*
Vitellia La clemenza di Tito
R. Strauss
Title role Ariadne auf Naxos
Lisa Pique Dame*
Desdemona Otello*
Amelia Un ballo in maschera*
Princess Elisabeth Tannhäuser*
Isabella Das Liebesverbot
Freia Das Rheingold
Ortlinde Die Walküre
Third Norn Götterdämmerung
Elsa Lohengrin*
Agathe Der Freischütz
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Concert repertoire
Symphony No.9
Missa Solemnis
War Requiem
Das Klagende Lied
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Symphony No. 8
Vier letzte Lieder
Wesendonk Lieder
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...you may banish me to Naxos if she doesn't become the most wanted Wagnerian soprano of her generation
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Every competition hopes to discover a major new talent. Operalia, Plácido Domingo's international singing competition, did just that at the weekend. Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, aged 28, is the real deal… she sealed her win with singing that was strong and technically flawless, and put her name at the top of the list of young singers of her generation .


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E Pluribus Unum
—"From many, one"
"Your sonnet gives its subject a raison d'etre."—The poet James Russell Lowell in a letter to Emma Lazarus, 17 December 1883, Letters to Emma Lazarus in the Columbia University Library, ed. Ralph L. Rusk (New York: New York Public Library, 1949), p. 74.
Even if they have never heard of the nineteenth-century poet and activist Emma Lazarus, most Americans will probably recognize these lines from her sonnet "The New Colossus":
Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Since 1902, when the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty, "The New Colossus" has helped to shape our sense of the statue as a symbol of hope for millions of immigrants.
Yet Lazarus's poem was written almost twenty years previously, in conjunction with an auction held in 1883 to raise funds for a pedestal. The Centennial celebration of 1876, for which the statue had been originally intended, had come and gone, and while the French had kept their end of the bargain by completing the statue itself, the Americans had still not fulfilled their commitment to erect a pedestal. In this lesson, students learn about the effort to convince a skeptical American public to contribute to the effort to erect a pedestal and to bring the Statue of Liberty to New York.
With its focus on events surrounding America's Centennial, this lesson thus provides excellent capstone activities for students in grades 6–8 who are studying U.S. history through 1877. It also provides guided explorations of primary historical materials for students at the 6–8 or more advanced levels who are learning about Gilded Age society or about immigration issues in the late nineteenth century. The first three activities—in which students compare nineteenth-century and modern ideas about the statue and its symbolic meanings, analyze primary historical documents, and discuss Emma Lazarus's sonnet—may be taught together or separately. The fourth activity, in which students write letters to imaginary groups of nineteenth-century readers to explain the meaning of the Statue of Liberty, is best taught in conjunction with at least one of the preceding activities.
Assign, or allow students to choose, one of the following writing scenarios. Add to, subtract from, or otherwise adapt the text of each assignment according to your students' needs and level of preparation:
Writing assignment: E Pluribus Unum
Assign students to small groups, each of which contains at least one representative from each of the three audiences described above. Tell students that their group is a "blue ribbon panel" selected by the President to draft a statement that will be read at the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. Their statement should be entitled E Pluribus Unum, and it should be addressed to everyone living in the U.S., rich and poor, urban and rural, citizen and noncitizen, of every race, gender, religion, geographical region, and country of origin. The statement should explain the meaning of the statue and why it is an important symbol for all Americans.
"The Statue of Liberty: the Meaning and Use of a National Symbol" (grades 3–5)
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Someone a Letter" (grades 3–5)
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Developmental biology is the gold mine of stem cell biology. A pioneer, but elegant quantitative cell biology paper was published in Nature advance online publication on 28, January 2007 by U.S. researchers Stanger, Tanaka, Melton along developmental lines.
Based on the strict regulation of vertebrate development it was thought that extrinsic or systemic signals, growth factors and apoptotic factors have a decisive role in determining and restoring the final size and shape of an organ even after big cellular loss during embryogenesis and regeneration. Extrinsic signals regulate size in many vertebrate tissues, including blood, liver, muscle and the central nervous system by controlling cell proliferation or by modulating cell death. Not in mice's pancreas! Two different methods—cell ablation and tissue complementation—were used to perturb precursor cell number during the earliest stages of pancreatic and liver development. Liver was chosen because of its close developmental relationship to the pancreas. Transgenic mice strains were used, in which pancreatic and hepatic progenitor cell number can be regulated, ablated, restored. To assess the capacity for compensatory growth, embryos were generated in which many, but not all, progenitor cells were ablated.
Setting aside the complicated (really) technological details it was showed, that "compensatory growth during pancreas development is either quite limited or does not occur at all. Thus, embryonic progenitor cells represent a critical and limiting determinant of pancreas size. These observations support the notion that pancreatic progenitor cell growth follows an intrinsic or autonomous programme, one that does not aim to achieve a certain final size for the whole organ. The liver, by contrast, exhibits robust and precise compensatory growth in response to cell ablation. Overall, these results suggest that the size of some organs (including the pancreas) may be relatively fixed early in development and that growth factors may have a limited or more permissive role in determining final size." Link


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Alison Jones, Oxford, UK
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A poem about connections between mother and child.
Your loving arms are all the charms
I need when you keep me close,
feed me at the breast, I won't protest
if you hold me all the time,
I'm yours and you're mine,
we are together, finding our way
through this journey, at the beginning
of a new life, as I uncurl into being,
and you butterfly into a new
version of you, one you never knew,
could feel so much for one so small.
Nutrition's not all I'll get when I rest
comfy on your chest, to suckle and snuffle,
my hands uncurled in joy, as I sink down
into you, deeply held, at home there,
and you stroke my downy hair
giving me love and so many other things,
protection and immunoglobulins,
to guard me from things which would
make me unwell, but we are unaware
of these as we stare at each other
and hold the gaze, and you whisper
in the shell of my ear, "You're my world,
my dear."
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When it comes to the MENA region: one thing is for sure: the low oil prices has affected the region, especially the Persian Gulf countries. Whereas Iran has shown resilient growth from the lifting of sanctions, Saudi Arabia is having a hard time adjusting to it, with fiscal spending to have slowed or grown to a halt.
Looking at some of the stats of the MENA region: When it comes to poverty, 1 in 3 live at or below the poverty line, which means making 2 dollars or less per day. Unemployment is a major problem for the MENA region, especially for the youth, which comes in on average at a little over 40%, the average being 25%. There is still economic growth, registering at 2.7% for 2016, with inflation at 5.3%. The MENA region accounts for approximately 6% of the world's population, which amounts to about 380 million people.
The problems of the MENA region lie in 2 areas: first, its the falling price of oil which has now stabilized: nonetheless, it is still far below what some of the countries are used to. Second comes investment: that is one of the key issues that plagues the economies. Imagine: with investment comes job creation. The answer has come from China, in which its announcement of investment will partially address this problem.
The potential collapse of the MENA Oil and Gas economy is not going to happen overnight, but the fuse has been lit nonetheless. The emerging trends that are contributing to this are clear, however, they are trends that are slowly gathering pace as they thrust their way into the global economy.
The first trend is the desire to seek alternative fuel. With nuclear fuel being far more efficient than fossil fuels, this is clearly the most economically devastating to the fossil fuel economy, however, the risks that couple this form of energy are high, with the cost of cleaning up any such disaster being extremely expensive on both an economic level, and a human one.
This therefore leads to the exploration and application of cleaner forms of renewable green energy. The MENA region is an excellent medium to seek to develop this, however, such projects are costly, and to start one up may not prove economically viable at first, hence outweighing the environmental benefits.


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Notification and Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination and Retaliation (NoFEAR) Act Training. Please carefully review these slides. When you have finished the training, complete the certificate, and notify your supervisor that you have completed the training.
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When you have finished the training, complete the certificate, and notify your supervisor that you have completed the training.
Teachers can take the training during duty time but the principal does not have to provide a substitute for this to be accomplished.
Supervisors are to e-mail the NoFEAR Point-of-Contact providing numbers of persons within their division/s, schools, offices that have complied with the requirement to take the NoFEAR Act training.
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The type of discrimination covered in this training session is employment discrimination. Discrimination may occur in many different scenarios, but under the No FEAR training requirement, this course will focus on workplace discrimination.
Employment discrimination is defined as adverse treatment of an employee or applicant for employment based on one or more of the following bases:
Reprisal is retaliation against an individual who has participated in the EEO process. i.e. filing a complaint of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or somehow opposing discriminatory practices.
Reprisal is the most common basis of discrimination alleged within DoDEA and other Federal agencies.
For example:A supervisor did not promote or select an individual because the supervisor is aware that he filed an EEO complaint in the past.
Sexual orientation discrimination covers those who are bisexual, homosexual, heterosexual, and transsexual. For example: It would be illegal for someone who is heterosexual to harass a homosexual about his or her sexual orientation and vice versa. This would be true whether the sexual orientation of the victim was real or perceived. It is also illegal to subject a person to disparate treatment based on their real or perceived sexual orientation.
Status as a parent discrimination covers individuals who are parents.
For example:
Failing to hire someone because of fears that being a parent cause them to be less committed to their job or not sending a single parent on travel for assignments or training because of a mistaken belief that the employee does not have child care.
Sex discrimination covers both men and women.Discrimination on the basis ofpregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditionsis also recognized as unlawful gender discrimination. So is sexual or sex-based harassment.
Refusal to consider a man for a secretarial position based on a preference to fill such positions with women.
Paying a male teacher more for doing the same work as a female teacher because of his gender.
Failure to accommodate pregnant employees in a manner which other temporarily disabled employees would be treated, e.g., by providing modified tasks, alternative assignments, disability leave, or leave without pay.
A supervisor's failure to address complaints of frequent and pervasive sexual comments and jokes which are unwelcome by people of either gender.
There are 2 types of harassment: sexual and non-sexual hostile work environment. The most prevalent issue currently alleged in the Federal workforce is harassment (non-sexual) or hostile work environment.
Sexual harassment constitutes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
Harassment/hostile work environment includes unwelcome comments or conduct unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. An harasser can be the victim's supervisor, co-worker, or a non-employee.
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Ethnic slurs, racial "jokes," offensive or derogatory comments, or other verbal or physical conduct based on an individual's race/color constitutes unlawful harassment.
The following is an example of genetic information discrimination:
A supervisor learns that one of his employee's father died recently of pancreatic cancer and that his brother is seriously ill with the same disease. The employee is well-respected and highly-rated. Budget cuts to the division will eliminate two employee slots. The supervisor decides to identify the employee's slot for elimination based on his family history of cancer.Discrimination
The following are some examples of employment discrimination issues:Discrimination
Individuals who believe they have been the victim of unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability or reprisal, must contact an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counselor within 45 calendar days of the alleged discriminatory action, or effective date of the alleged discriminatory personnel action.
Employees also have the option of using appropriate or alternative dispute resolution processes (ADR) to address their workplace concerns. ADR processes are voluntary and confidential and give employees another alternative for addressing their concerns in a constructive, fair and timely manner.
Information regarding the EEO process and ADR is available through your local DMEO office, or the following DODEA EEO websites: www.dodea.edu/offices/eeo/index.cfm
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation Process)Rights, Remedies, and Responsibilities
Federal employees – current and former – and applicants who appeal personnel actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) may also allege discrimination race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or reprisal. Additionally, employees who file an appeal with the MSPB may also state that the personnel action in question resulted from a prohibited personnel practice.
Information about the MSPB process may be found at the following website:
Individuals alleging discrimination based on marital status or political affiliation may file a written complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC).
Information regarding discrimination based on marital status or political affiliation may be found at the following website:
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There are similarities between the processes for fraud, waste, & abuse and whistleblowing. The DoDEA Office of Compliance and Assistance (OCA) is available to assist you in making determinations and distinguishing between the various processes.
It is Department of Defense (DoD) policy to combat fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. The Defense Hotline Program was established in order to report significant instances of fraud, waste, abuse of authority and gross mismanagement. Each of these elements are defined as follows:
Intentional deception designed to unlawfully secure or deprive the United States of something of value such as a benefit, privilege, allowance or consideration to which an individual is not entitled. Examples are bribes or gratuities; submitting false claims; deceit by suppressing the truth or misrepresenting material fact.
In accordance with the Inspector General Act, the identity of DoD employees who make complaints or provide information regarding alleged wrongdoing will be held confidential unless the individual gives their permission for the disclosure of their name.
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Offer extended due to strong demand
Triodos Bank investment offer now open until 23 November
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- Opportunity to invest in sustainable bank extended until 23 November
- More than £1.7 million already raised from UK investors
- Invest in Triodos Bank with as little as one share at £58.62 (€74) per share
- Average return of 4.2%* over last five years
Triodos Bank has extended its capital raising offer following unprecedented demand from UK investors. The transaction-free period for investing in Triodos Bank depository receipts has been extended until 23 November. Money raised through the offer will support the growth which Triodos Bank expects to maintain over the next few years. Investors will join the bank's 21,500 existing depository receipt-holders across Europe.
Triple bottom line
Huw Davies, head of personal banking at Triodos Bank, said: "We've seen more interest in investing in Triodos Bank than in past years. This includes many of our existing savers who are choosing to build on their relationship with the bank and invest in the bank itself, but also new investors who see the appeal of an historically strong and stable financial return along with a social return.
"Part of the offer's appeal is that investors will be actively supporting Triodos Bank's mission to change the banking industry for the better. We only lend to organisations delivering real social, cultural and environmental benefits, and the capital raised will enable us to continue to increase our lending to these ground-breaking organisations."
Depository receipts can be bought transaction fee-free until 23 November 2012. The minimum investment is one depository receipt at the current share price of £58.62 or €74.
Solid, sustainable banking
Over the past five years investors have seen a steady, average return of 4.2%.* Over the same period, the share price of mainstream banks such as Barclays has seen significant volatility. During the first six months of 2012 Triodos Bank's net profit grew to €9.9 million, up 31% against the same period in 2011. The bank's balance sheet total increased by 11% to €4.8 billion, against 7% growth over the same period last year.**
Triodos Bank has a BIS ratio, an important indication of its solvency, of 14.6% and a Core Tier 1 ratio of 14.3%. Triodos Bank has always maintained a strong capital position.**
Across Europe Triodos Bank made around 22,000 loans to sustainable businesses such as Ecotricity, Cafedirect, Glastonbury's Worthy Farm and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's River Cottage in the UK.
Triodos Bank depository receipts are not listed on any stock exchange to ensure the bank is not negatively impacted by market sentiment or diverted from its sustainable banking mission in the drive for profit. Neither does it engage in some of the other financial activities, such as sub-prime debt or complex financial derivatives.
For more information on buying Triodos Bank depository receipts investors should visit www.triodos.co.uk for a full prospectus, call 0800 328 2181 or speak to their financial adviser.
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*Average Return on Investment (RoI) per year in euro over the five years to 31.03.2012. Euro return is calculated by VWD Group, an external group which provides an independent calculation of our RoI and is based on a pro rata share of net asset value and assumes reinvested dividends. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
** http://www.triodos.com/en/about-triodos-bank/news/press-releases/half-year-figures-2012/
About Triodos Bank Depository receipts
Shareholders can sell their depository receipts at any time. The depository receipts are not listed on any stock exchange. Instead, Triodos Bank N.V. maintains a euro-denominated matched-bargain market, which ordinarily means depository receipts can be bought and sold within a month. Very large stakes may take longer. No shareholder may hold more than just under 10% of the total number of Depository Receipts in issue to prevent any one shareholder exerting undue influence over Triodos Bank's mission and objectives. Depository Receipts are denominated in Euro, and dividends are paid in Euro. The return on investments made in Sterling is therefore also subject to movements in the exchange rate between Euro and GB pounds.
Triodos Bank believes it is crucial that its mission and independence are protected. All of Triodos Bank's ordinary shares are held in a special trust called the Foundation for the Administration of Triodos Bank Shares, or SAAT to use its Dutch abbreviation. This body ensures that decisions about financial profit are not made at the expense of Triodos Bank's social and environmental goals.
Shares in Triodos Bank are held by investors through Depository Receipts. SAAT issues these Depository Receipts for Triodos Bank Shares to individuals and institutions. As well as issuing Depository Receipts, SAAT exercises all of the voting rights for Triodos Bank Shares.
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Independent financial advice should be obtained if a potential investor is unsure about whether to invest.
About Triodos Bank
Triodos Bank only finances enterprises which create social, environmental or cultural added value. Key sectors include organic food and farming, renewable energy, social housing, and fair trade. Transparency is a core value and Triodos publishes details of every business it lends to. A range of personal savings accounts is offered, and full banking services are available for businesses and charities. Triodos Bank is an independent bank founded in the Netherlands in 1980. Its principles and independence are protected through a special shareholding trust. The UK office opened in 1995 and is based in Bristol.
Triodos Bank offers a range of personal savings accounts as well as other investment opportunities. The Triodos Online ISA currently pays up to 2.52% AER and the Triodos Online Saver Plus pays 2.52% AER including a 1.5% 12 month bonus. Ethical savings bonds paying up to 3.75% AER are also available, as well as the Ethical Junior Cash ISA paying 2.01% AER. Full terms and conditions for these products can be obtained from www.triodos.co.uk


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Genesis is relatively new to the shelves but seems to be gaining a loyal following. I believe it's made by the same company who make CopRice, which is a food we've rated 1 out of 5.
So how does this food compare? Let's see…
I'll take a look at the Chicken, Turkey, and Brown Rice formula. There's also a Salmon and Brown Rice formula which is similar but higher in protein/fat.
The first ingredient is a combination of Chicken & Turkey. Meat should always be the first ingredient in a pet food, but when we take into account this will be approximately 70% water we can assume the second ingredient will make up the bulk of the food. That ingredient is Brown Rice, so we're looking at the makings of a predominantly grain-based kibble.
Brown rice is a good choice of grain and more nutritious than the inferior white rice, and offers a slow-burning source of energy.
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The third ingredient is Maize Protein (corn protein), which is a cheap way to bulk up protein in a dog food and cut down on meat. The protein is 26% which is slightly above average, but the majority of this will come from the corn. A dog's digestive system can't process grain proteins as efficiently as meat proteins.
The food goes a bit downhill from here. We find Rice Flour and Rice Bran making up the remainder of the top 5 ingredients. These are both fillers with little nutritional merit and can lead to bowel distress and diabetes. Rice bran is harsh on the digestive tract. So why are they included? Because they're cheap.
Natural Chicken Flavour is a nice way of labeling what it really is – chicken digest, a nasty broth created from rendering chickens. It's used as a palatent to encourage your dog to eat the food, as is salt which we also find in the ingredients.
It's nice to see flax and chia seeds as a source of omega-3, as well as glucosamine and chondroitin to aid joint health.
This isn't a bad food but it's let down by a few cheap fillers. It seems to lack real meat content which is a shame. It's still better than most foods available and is deserving of a high 3 stars.
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* Carbohydrates aren't listed on pet food labels. This value is calculated based on levels of protein, fat, moisture, and ash. Estimated values for moisture and ash have been used where these values haven't been given (moisture of 10%, and ash of 8%).
Chicken & Turkey, Brown Rice, Maize Protein, Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower &/or Canola – source of Omega-6's), Natural Chicken Flavour, Chicken &/or Beef Fat (Stabilised with Natural Tocopherols & Rosemary Extract), Beet Pulp, Essential Minerals (including Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Iron, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Selenium), Salmon Oil (source of DHA/EPA), Flax Seeds (source of Omega-3's), Salt, Chicory Extract (source of Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS)), Dried Vegetables (including Spinach, Carrot, Tomato – Sources of Lutein, B-carotene, Lycopene), Chia Seeds (source of Omega-3's), Choline Chloride, Amino Acids (including Methionine, Lysine, Tryptophan), Essential Vitamins (including Vitamins A, D3, E, K, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Pantothenic Acid (B5), Pyridoxine (B6), Folic Acid (B9), Cyanocobalamin (B12)), Yucca-schidigera Extract, Kelp (source of Iodine), Taurine, Marigold Meal (source of Lutein), Glucosamine, Chondroitin.


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Educational is an important part of the Yachting Experience. Waterford Yacht Club gives members a chance to learn more about the maintenance and operation of their investment. Some of the presentations will help the member to be a better Yachtsman and feel more secure when operating his or her boat.
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January 2018
Commodores Message
A standing ovation to the 2017 WYC board for continuing to enhance the overall quality of our yacht club during the past year. Fortunately, many board members have volunteered to stay on in different roles to further this excellence. Their time and commitment to the club is greatly appreciated! Within the first month, many activities have been outlined and scheduled for the upcoming year.
- Peanut Regatta Series
- Ongoing Educational Seminars
- New Membership Wine & Cheese Social
- Sailing Angels Charity Participation
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- Monthly Happy Hour Social Activities
- WYC Gumbo Cookoff
- Redfish Raft-up
- Pine Wood Boat Races
- WYC International Night
- WYC Birthday Bash
- Annual Chili Cookoff
- Holiday Dessert Party & Boat Light Judging
The recent Havana Nights Themed Commodore's Ball was a huge success and a great start to a marvelous 2018. Again, this year, we acknowledged our former Commodore, Larry Wiper's birthday during the Ball.
I challenge you to increase participation, recruit fellow boat neighbors, and make YOUR Waterford Yacht Club even better in 2018! Remember to check the on-line calendar on a regular basis for newly added activities during the month. And lastly, hold on to the handrails, because it's going to be exciting year!
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Yesterday evening Google published a blog post that unveiled Enhanced Campaigns - one of the biggest changes to AdWords in years.
It means that advertisers will be able to target people based on the time of day, their location and the device they are using.
The idea is to simplify AdWords by allowing users to manage their campaigns in one place, but it also means that advertisers no longer have the ability to run mobile-only campaigns.
To find out more about the new Enhanced Campaigns, I asked several search experts for their views...
1. Though the new feature makes it easier to manage campaigns across devices, do you think enough businesses fully understand the difference between how their customers search on different devices?
Andrew Girdwood, media innovations director at LBi
No, I don't think they do. How could they? Would a business know I have the Swype keyboard on my Android smartphone so I don't spell out keyword searches in the traditional sense and, instead, drop completed words into the search box or that I only ever use my Nokia for business trips in London?
Would a business know I'm prepared only to walk a third as far in search of lunch when it is raining and even if they know my location would they even know it was raining there?
Perhaps the biggest challenge Enhanced Campaigns will face in the long term is that they put greater emphasis on intent and signals. Use these signals to make a bid adjustment decision.
That's the pitch. I think businesses will respond by asking for more signals to make better decisions.
Paul Mead, founder and managing director of VCCP Media
Businesses don't understand the difference and their lack of understanding is costing Google revenue.
The majority of AdWords advertisers are either SMBs or larger advertisers who manage their paid search poorly. The guys who do paid search well and hence used 'mobile only' campaigns to properly target devices are in the minority.
Google tried to educate the industry about mobile best practice but it fell on deaf ears for the most part. This move means everyone will be in mobile by June 2013 by default and if you don't like you have to do something about it.
As the saying goes 'if the mountain won't come to Mohammed...'
Ryan Jones, assistant PPC manager at The Search Laboratory
Certainly not – trying to convince clients of the value of mobile is a constant struggle, with some seeing no value in mobile at all.
This is due to the perennial problem of how to track users across devices. It is likely that for many businesses, people are performing their initial searches on mobile but returning later on desktops (or tablets) to buy – but this is often a very difficult case to prove.
Tristan Bath, SEM Account Executive at The Search Agency
Unlike time-of-day and geographical location, contextually targeting a user in terms of which device they're using is still a relatively new phenomenon, and therefore most (but not all) businesses have very little knowledge as to whether mobiles, tablets or desktops are their most fruitful platform.
So, in answer to the question – no, not enough, not yet any way.
However, this new feature will definitely ease the integration of effectively managing and analysing multi-platform campaigns, and should very quickly see businesses and advertisers alike discovering which device works best for them.
Luke Judge, sales and marketing director at Net Media Planet
Most businesses will have visibility on top line variations of key metrics by device (e.g. traffic and conversion rates) but there is lack of understanding of cross device attribution (e.g. what percentage of users research on mobile and convert on desktop brand).
Also, the majority of advertisers still don't understand or adapt their strategy to account for specific user intents on different devices. They still treat tablet traffic as either desktop, or as mobile, and send it to their desktop or mobile site.
Therefore I don't think many businesses are prepared for lumping desktop and tablet as one. This update may help them change that mindset, or could cause a lot of confusion.
Andreas Pouros, COO of Greenlight Digital
This change disregards differences between how customers search across devices.
In fairness to Google, it does recognise differences in smartphone behaviour, allowing advertisers to display mobile-only ad copy and sitelinks, and allows advertisers to bid up or down on mobile devices.
However, this targets desktop and tablet together. We've been seeing higher traffic in the evening on tablets vs. higher traffic on desktop in the afternoon for the past couple of years, and have implemented bidding strategies to complement this, however with the new campaign settings, it appears we cannot implement bidding strategies per device.
Kevin Gibbons, managing director UK at BlueGlass Interactive
No, I'm not sure they do. Advertisers are perhaps not fully aware of the different platforms and ways that users interact with them and convert at different rates.
In some ways this means that Google's update doesn't affect their approach too much - if they haven't split out different campaigns they're probably not taking advantage of the cheaper CPCs/conversions that are often available via tablet/mobile devices.
But the more switched-on advertisers who are maximising this are those that are likely to lose out.
This is a shame - because what they are doing is currently benefiting their users and customers - but by removing this clear separation it will make things harder, mainly in the form of higher CPCs.
2. Google has done away with the ability to run mobile-only campaigns. What's the logic behind this? Tablets are hugely important for ecommerce sites, so surely it will have a negative impact on advertisers?
Andrew Girdwood
Short-term pain for long-term gain. Google certainly gains; mobile clicks were cheaper and although you can still discount mobile in the Enhanced Campaign world it is far harder to ignore desktop and strongly favour mobile.
There's also the headache of restructuring campaigns and wondering whether your non-DoubleClick bid management system will meet the switchover date.
I do think there will be long-term gain for advertisers. The Enhanced Campaign solution solves the problem of fragmentation.
It would be a nightmarish world which featured separate campaigns for desktop, smartphones, phablets, tablets, connected TVs, gaming consoles, smart cameras and Android powered fridges.
Advertisers do need a solution that lets them reach their entire potential audience and make a decision, based on the signals at hand, how much a keyword bid should be. The Enhanced Campaign approach is another step along the biddable media road.
Paul Mead
The logic comes down to monetising mobile. Year-on-year CPCs are down at Google due to the increasing percentage of mobile clicks which are less well monetised.
Investors don't like it and monetising mobile is one of the big battle grounds in investors minds between Facebook and Google. This move deals with that overnight, so expect to see mobile CPCs rapidly increasing and coming back in line with desktop.
Many advertisers do see a distinct difference between tablet and desktop performance but Google now treat them as the same thing. It's hard to argue that this is not a loss of functionality.
Google says it wants advertisers to focus on the audience and the message and leave its clever technology to manage the complexities of multiple devices. That works for the majority. But good PPC marketers and tech companies want more granularity and more control not less.
We want to be able to make the decisions that Google is making for us. My first reaction to enhanced campaigns was that this is a dumbing down of AdWords for the advanced paid search marketer.
Ryan Jones
The official logic is that having combined campaigns will be easier to manage. Rather than having campaigns triplicated (with separate desktop, mobile and tablet versions), everything can be managed in the same place.
The cynical view would be that this is being done less for ease of management, and more to push advertisers to increase their mobile spend.
If the campaigns are going to be combined anyway, perhaps advertisers are less likely to opt out, and so will spend more.
Regarding tablets: sometimes we see significant differences in conversion rates and average order values on tablets versus desktops, so the ability to bid differently is often useful.
Given that Google has historically always encouraged us to split out tablets into separate campaigns for this very reason - i.e. different search intent – this is somewhat unexpected to say the least.
Andreas Pouros
It will have a very negative impact on campaigns! You can hypothetically opt out of targeting mobile by moving the bid multiplier to 100%, however you have to target desktop and tablet at all times.
This is great for Google as it will increase advertiser spends, but begs the question, how can we optimise effectively when our targets are based on budget and return?
As we've seen an increase in mobile/tablet traffic, this will just serve to force advertisers to appear on mobile/tablet.
Kevin Gibbons
I think Richard Zwicky summed it up perfectly yesterday when he highlighted this key point from Google's Q4 earnings call: "Their mobile CPC numbers are key because mobile search will pass desktop search at some point"
That means this is important for Google for two reasons:
1. User experience. Trying to look at this from Google's perspective, this gives advertisers a big push towards rolling out mobile-friendly versions of their site where it may have been overlooked previously.
The amount of times I've clicked on an ad or an email link from my mobile and it's been a slow-loading web version of a page that isn't readable for mobile is very high.
So by boosting advertisers awareness of this (in theory at least) will help to improve the experience cross-platform and as a result gets a better return from their advertising spend.
2. Boosting future revenues. Google's advertising revenues will see a boost from mobile/iPad devices - firstly, because everyone will be pushed more heavily to advertise across desktop, tablets and mobile.
And secondly, because it makes bidding a level-playing field across all platforms - meaning that bid-levels for mobile/tablet devices will likely increase to a point where they will match desktop.
3. Are the third-party bid management tech platforms geared up for this?
Andrew Girdwood
Google briefed ahead of time for this but the schedule is tight.
There are certainly third-party bid management systems that will cope with this. They'll be the suppliers with agile development teams who guessed correctly on the evolution of biddable media.
Ryan Jones
Further details on exactly how the multipliers are going to stack up in practice may be required first, as well as further information on the levels (e.g. campaign, adgroup or keyword) that multipliers can be implemented.
However, there's certainly a potential benefit in having combined campaigns, as the conversion data will be less diluted, so statistically valid bidding decisions can be made easier and faster.
Andreas Pouros
No, and this is probably the biggest concern. As an agency, we separate our campaigns by device and have the keyword URLs tracked differently so we can assess the value of each device as a best practice.
With the settings, to differentiate between a 'mobile specific' ad and desktop/tablet, we would need to track at ad level, losing valuable insight to our keyword performance.
With third-party tracking at keyword level, we would have no visibility as to device performance. Though you will still be able to pull device reports, or segment by device in Google reports, so you can see device differences here.
This begs the question, is Google upping its game against third-party tracking solutions and trying to create a system whereby any solution outside of Google is rendered less useful?
4. Though the idea is to simplify paid search, how much work will be involved in the short term for companies to get to grips with the new system?
Paul Mead
If you're an advanced PPC marketer with a big campaign properly targeting mobile this could involve a lot of work.
Marketers need to plan and manage the migration without impacting quality score. Quality score is device sensitive so where advertisers move legacy 'mobile only' campaigns to enhanced campaigns, quality score will be reset whenever the keyword, ad, landing page, device chain changes.
There are other issues to work through especially for those using different domains for their mobile landing pages. Bid adjusters need to be worked out based on what we know about the relative performance of mobile and desktop.
Tristan Bath
The key here is not to rush into making radical changes. Although this is a fundamental change for Google AdWords, it incorporates some limitations; tablet bidding is gone and bids are set only on the campaign level.
This is a pre-mature advancement but it gives companies time to mature.
In the meantime businesses should focus on identifying good and bad mobile keywords and create different campaigns with different bidding strategies for each.
5. Which new feature do you think is most exciting for advertisers, and why?
Andrew Girdwood
I think Google's solution of bid adjustments based on signals is exciting. In the long term I think it makes sense and it allows advertisers to think about their 'bought media' in a much more sophisticated way.
I look forward to the incoming wave of case studies in which advertisers make some clever insights based on the combo of location, time of day and device and built a strategy around that.
Paul Mead
Multi-device tracking and attribution. By a long way. Its not just Enhanced Campaigns but the recent developments in Google Analytics.
Google is perhaps the only company with a comprehensive enough view of the user journey and a meaningful enough amount of data to deliver this.
Ryan Jones
Easier and streamlined campaign management will definitely help. There is a danger that the mobile or tablet version of a campaign can be neglected; having them all combined will ensure that all activity is kept up to date.
Tristan Bath
The ad optimisation – smarter decision-making tools will provide greater control over what creative to show in headlines, extensions and descriptions. This can be altered by device, time of day to show ads as well as across which devices.
Additionally, Google will provide expanded performance metrics and visibility for sitelinks.
Once teething problems are sorted and advertisers can get to grips with all of the different variables and options available to them, it will make targeted search advertising so much more advanced, or 'Enhanced' shall we say!
Luke Judge
Cross-device attribution is very interesting - although this will probably be based only on users who are logged in, the number of users doing so is increasing all the time so this will give us valuable insight on how mobile contributes to the path to sale
Ad extensions scheduling is a great idea, as is location-based bidding, which will reduce the number of campaigns needed.
Andreas Pouros
The bid multiplier by location is a great opportunity for advertisers, especially retailers.
If a user searches on a mobile device for a product you stock, and are within a certain distance of your store, you can bid up, which is a great opportunity to capture new customers at a point of purchase.
Kevin Gibbons
Ease of use for advertisers. Rather than splitting out into multiple campaigns - advertisers will now be able to allocate a percentage of their budget.
The downside is that this is a significant setback for PPC advertisers who are already taking advantage of more closely targeted campaigns as they will now be forced to re-structure campaigns and revisit settings individually.
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"It is likely that for many businesses, people are performing their initial searches on mobile but returning later on desktops (or tablets) to buy – but this is often a very difficult case to prove."
I was reading an article the other day that explored that idea in-depth. If I look up something on Etsy on my smartphone, but buy from my computer it's not that my smartphone was any less influential than my computer, although it looks like that way to the Etsy store owner. I maybe have searched for a non-branded thing on my phone but since I knew what I was looking for I had a very exact search on my computer. There is a disconnect between devices that makes it harder to get a more complete picture of our users.
So, this is big news and from my point of view it was about time for adwords to take this step. I believe this also shows where Paid Search is going.
First of all It is worth noting, just in case somebody had forgotten, that Google have been testing this feature for some time. It was in fact available in many adwords accounts more then a year ago; it was in a simpler form and it was called Enhanced CPC (rings the bell?). This feature then disappeared, but there was no doubt it was due to come back and here is why.
Paid Search marketing has evolved relatively slowly in the past few years if we compare it to the likes of Display advertising, which has become significantly more sophisticated in targeting thanks to RTB that now allows us to bid differentially for each single impression depending on a multitude of criteria. This has made Display advertising substantially more efficient. These targeting methodologies no doubt would make any PPC campaign more efficient when overlaid to keyword bid rules, something Google could not ignore as a higher efficiency will lead more ad investment to the channel.
Of course, by splitting campaigns it was already possible to set up an account to deliver differential bidding by location or device and here it's where it gets really interesting. If we think about it, the current (past) adwords interface suffered from poor usability: search managers had to set up a multitude of separate campaigns to target the same set of keywords, (sometimes even for a single keyword). This pain will now go away.
In future we are likely to see additional possible criteria for applying differential bidding. I will guess these could be browser type and Google vs Google partners, which (if I am not mistaken), where previously considered in the old Enhanced CPC feature. After that I'd guess new vs returning visitors and later on type of content consumed (all information already present on GA). Exciting times ahead!!!


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After the failure last night I image-restored the system to where it was before I started, so I'll be starting from scratch.
By steps, I meant in the original "recover space..." post, Step 1 being Mark W7 partition as active; #2: Wipe XP partition and #3 Recover the space. I was just asking at which step I should try the Rescue Kit disk gregrocker recommended.
I'm going to try one more time with that disk handy just in case.
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You would use the Rescue Disk to change back the drive letter if it locks you out of the OS with non-Geniune error again.
Here is how I remove first-partition XP from Dual Boot which has always worked for me:
Boot PW CD, rightclick XP Partition>Delete, OK.
Next rightclick Win7 partition>Modify>Set Active, OK. Then rightclick Win7>Resize, drag left grey border all the way to the left, OK.
Finally from the DIsk tab, click Rebuild MBR, OK. Apply all steps.
If Win7 doesn't start, boot into DVD Repair console or Repair CD, accept any offered Repair, if Win7 doesn't start on reboot boot back in to Recovery Option to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times with reboots until Win7 starts.
I am concerned about the page file being on a separate HD and how it might affect these operations, only because I haven't seen it before in this situation. I wonder what others think.
If nothing that has been mentioned works (including Startup Repair, reactivating in Safe Mode, etc) then you can consider converting the WindowsImageBackup C drive .vhd file (judged by size when you browse into the sub-folder) to an Acronis .tib image to apply it alone to a single partition as Acronis allows. It works after Startup Repair and secures the drive letter up front.
If you have WD or Seagate HD's in the mix, Acronis has a free app on their Support Downloads webpage for your model.
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Everything went exactly as before - ended up at the "not genuine" lockout. This time I put in the Paragon rescue disk gregrocker recommended and rebooted. After working with it, I think I've figured out the problem.
This machine is an 8+ year old Dell Dimension 8400. I've added drives, memory and a new video card to it over the years, but I never reformatted the C: drive. Dell installed in the first partition (just 78mb) some sort of OEM recovery software, and that appears to have been the problem.
The rescue disk would not reassign the Win7 partition to drive C until I released the OEM partition from drive C - at least I think that's what it was labeled, it wasn't clear - just lots of question marks next to it. When I released it, then I could release D partition (Win7) and reassign it to C.
I rebooted, it took a long time to come up, but it did in my original configuration. I've since rebooted several times and all seems to be as it should be, and reboot time is normal.
Thanks, gregrocker and barefoot and everyone else who helped. Couldn't have done it without your expert help.
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This is a very rare occurence normally caused by the drive letter slipped during reimaging, however in your case I believe it is boot sector corruption causing OEM partition to grab C during repartitioning.
The Oem partition has no function if you are not using the original OS installed upon the machine. (You can browse what is on the OEM partition by rightclicking it to Explore using PWBD, or by giving it a letter in Disk Mgmt to open in Explorer.) It would be probably best to recover its space into Win7 along with XP.
In fact, the problems you have encountered strongly suggest you should wipe your HD to clean reinstall to overcome boot sector corruption since that partition sits on the boot sector. You can temporarily wipe the partition by itself by using free Partition Bootable CD: Partition Wizard Use the Bootable CD - Windows 7 Forums
SSD - HDD Optimize for Windows Reinstallation - Windows 7 Forums
Reinstalling Windows 7 - Windows 7 Forums
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Hello again Ed.
I am finding that some OEM manufacturers put some kind of "lock" on their partitions and the only way to delete them is by booting to a command window and running this command.
delete partition override <enter>I think this is the second time I've run into this same-type issue.
click to enlargeOne question about the way you ran Step One, after you marked the Windows 7 partition as Active you did do the 3 separate startup repairs to get Windows 7 booting on its own as the "System" partition before you moved on to Step Two?
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Responding to your comments:
OEM/boot sector: I imagine you're right about the OEM partition being the problem; it's disconcerting to think it might've corrupted the boot sector though. I did think of recovering the OEM section but was uncertain what else Dell might've put in there that might render the computer unusable if removed.
As to re-formatting and reinstall, 1) I dread the thought of reinstalling everything (ever lost a day or three to reinstalling Adobe software? Nightmare!) and 2) I have the Win7 upgrade disk, not the clean install; doesn't it need to see a previous OS to qualify? How critical do you think a reinstall is?
And yes, I did run the three startup repairs before step 2. Still wound up with the blue screen "not genuine" message.
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Are you able to use Windows, either one, at all right now?
Have a look at this one, I'm not really suggesting a complete reinstall yet.
Do a Clean Install with a Upgrade Windows 7 Version
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|23 Mar 2011
Oh, yes! I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear!
All works fine now after using gregrocker's Repair disk to reorder the letters. XP is gone, Win7 has the bulk of the drive, and the OEM partition sits there lurking like a virus. Here's a shot of the disk config:
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Well that makes me happy, I thought you had a system that wouldn't boot to either OS.
Are you comfortable using an elevated command window to delete that OEM partition as outlined above and then you could recover that space into the Windows 7 partition with the PWBD?
You would have to give it a drive letter in Windows 7 disk management first.
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Democratic Evolution or Virtual Civil War — Predictions from 2003 sadly come true
Too bad the democracy in the digital age has all gone to hell.
Over the last two decades, I have written, spoken, and connected thousands of democracy builders on all things "e-democracy," civic tech and open government around the world.
I am sad to report my pre-Facebook/Twitter prediction of a full "virtual civil war" in 2003 has come true today:
Those hoping for an almost accidental democratic transformation fostered by the information technology will watch in shock from the sidelines as their favorite new medium becomes the arsenal of virtual civil war — virtual civil wars among partisans at all levels.
While I did end my speech to the World Summit on Information Society with optimistic ideas for "democratic intent," the effort required to restore a functioning democratic society will now be far greater than we ever imagined. I'll imagine new solutions another day.
For now, let's go back in time and weep over what we have wrought …
Remarks as prepared by Steven Clift for the Promise of E-Democracy WSIS Event, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2003
Join the revolution?
I don't believe the Internet is inherently democratic. To me, most people and organizations are fundamentally anti-democratic by nature. Many of those in power and those clamoring for power are self-centered actors. They operate within the miracle we call representative democracy. Most accept the idea that democracy is good, but these actors do little to ensure its strength.
After a decade working directly with e-democracy issues, I've concluded that "politics as usual" online may be the tipping point that finishes off what television started — the extinction of democracy and democratic spirit.
Those hoping for an almost accidental democratic transformation fostered by the information technology will watch in shock from the sidelines as their favorite new medium becomes the arsenal of virtual civil war — virtual civil wars among partisans at all levels.
When I open e-mail from all sorts of American political parties and activist groups, I see conflict. I see unwillingness to compromise.
Let's be optimists and suggest that the Net is doubling the activist population from five percent to ten percent. The harsh reality is that we are doubling the virtual soldiers, an expendable slash and burn online force, available to established political interests.
As the excessive and bitter partisanship of the increased activist population leaks into the e-mail boxes of everyday people, I predict abhorrence of Net-era politics among the general citizenry. I fear the extreme erosion of public trust not just in government, but also in most things public and political.
Instead of encouraging networked citizen participation that improves the public results delivered in our democracies, left to its natural path, the Internet will be used to eliminate forms of constructive civic engagement by the other 90 percent of citizens. A 10 percent democracy of warring partisan is no democracy at all.
Compounding the problem, the billions of Euros in e-government focus almost exclusively on one-way services and efficiency. Government makes it easy to pay your taxes online — while doing little to give you a virtual — anytime, anywhere — say in how those taxes are spent. Many elected officials are turning off their e-mail for citizens, leaving it on for lobbyists to reach their staff directly, and building what I call "Digital Berlin Walls" of complicated web forms. One-way "e-governments" based on efficiency to the exclusion of "two-way" democracy are the norm. Unfortunately, most governments are saying e-services first, democracy later.
In summary, online political strife combined with governments that are incapable of accommodating our public will present a dark future for democracy in the information age.
Join the democratic evolution!
Everything I've just said contrasts dramatically from the exceptional experiences of citizen groups and governments leading the way with the best e-democracy practices.
Everyday in Minnesota, I experience the power of online discourse among citizens. I am impressed by online innovations in many parliaments and government agencies. And I've been inspired by the online activism of many groups.
However, we have an enemy. It is not "politics as usual." They must compete to survive. Our enemy is our indifference to our generational democratic obligations. We have a duty to make the most honorable use of the unique information age opportunities before us.
We have a choice, we can strategically use ICTs to improve our communities, strengthen society, and address global challenges or we can ride the ICT-accelerated race to the post-democratic bottom.
It is time to give more than lip service to e-democracy experiments, research, and best practices.
It is time to bring the democratic intent and values required to make the demonstrated possibility of the new online medium a universal reality.
Build the democratic evolution!
To make what is possible probable, the time for action has arrived.
The new media, led by the Internet, must be used to help us meet public challenges. It must be used to transform anti-democratic states and break apart hyper-partisan and unresponsive politics at all levels. We must be smarter, faster, and more committed than "politics as usual."
How? In the next decade, I ask you to join me in three specific campaigns.
1. The Rule of Law — Mandate the democratic evolution!
By making exceptional and essential e-democracy best practices universal through the rule of law.
We know most of what works, the technology exists, and great examples abound. Nothing optional in government will become universal or wide spread if it remains unfunded or a choice.
Laws must be passed to require that:
A. By 2005 all public meeting notices with agendas and legally public meeting documents must be posted online not just on a cork board in some government office. No electronic notice, no meeting.
B. By 2006 all representative and regulatory bodies must make all proposed legislation and amendments available online the second it is distributed as a public document to anyone. Once passed, no law, rule, regulation, and budget details not freely available online should be considered enforceable. No transparency … then no authority and no money.
C. Next, citizens have a right to be notified via e-mail about new government information based on their interests and where they live. Timely notification allows people to act politically when it still matters. Governments must fund and implement such systems. Maintaining garbage dumps of government data is choice against openness and accountability. Any government in a OECD country without an online personalization and notification system by mid-2006 will be added to my list of anti-e-democratic governments.
D. By 2007 citizens need access to complete, always up-to-date, local "MyDemocracy" directories of all their elected officials and government organizations. No contact data, no power. A global network of these standardized and networked databases will be a tool from which we can build 21st century democracy.
Remember, we must develop and pass laws that require these things to happen. I see no short cut without resources and legal mandates from our elected officials.
2. Public Net-Work — Leverage the evolution!
By building the online infrastructure to help citizens and their governments meet public challenges through a new concept I call "public net-work."
If e-democracy is primarily about input into government decision-making, "Public Net-Work" is about stakeholder and citizen involvement in the implementation of established government priorities. Leading governments are moving from sole providers to facilitators of those who want to roll up their "virtual" sleeves and solve similar problems. Think e-volunteerism instead of e-consultation.
The few Public Net-Work projects, like Community Builders New South Wales and the downtown community policing efforts in Minneapolis, use many of the same online tools we need for e-democracy. E-democracy technology investments are really a two for one opportunity — better input and effective output in the public interest.
3. Online Public Issue Forums — Localize the democratic evolution!
We must establish two-way citizen-based e-democracy forums in every locality and connect them with one another on a national and global basis.
When I travel through a town, I always envision the community bonds among people and think about how the online world might help reconnect neighbors and communities.
In 1994, E-Democracy.Org built the world's first election-oriented web site. More importantly we built an online forum where Minnesotans -from across the political spectrum- could discuss real public issues. We turned the once a year in-person town hall meeting into a 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year online civic event.
In 1998 we took our model local. In Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Winona we use e-mail, the tool of choice among most people online, to facilitate many-to-many discussions. We build public space online that has agenda-setting power in real community. These forums work. They work well. I cannot imagine my local democracy without one. What about your local democracy?
Citizens cannot wait for governments to build or fund these forums. By volunteering and working to pragmatically recruit the participation of elected officials, community leaders, and journalists they will attract diverse citizens and new voices rarely heard in traditional time and place discriminatory forms of democracy.
On the other hand, governments, media organizations, and civil society groups cannot wait for spontaneous citizen-led e-democracy activity. They need to join together and foster new local democratic institutions "of" the Internet and not just "on" the Internet. Like the creation of public broadcasting by past generations, something new must be created for the public benefit based on the democratic opportunity presented by new technologies.
Whether started by unaffiliated citizens or fostered by those on the inside who see the big e- democracy picture, an option you can take home is the opportunity to establish a local E-Democracy.Org chapter with an effective online forum "of, for and by" your community.
Long Live The Evolution!
What is possible with e-democracy is not probable unless we make it happen. Our opportunity to use these tools to raise the voice of citizens, improve representative democracy, and solve public problems is tremendous. And, what currently appears likely is not democratically desirable, unless we, unless we build online public spaces and democratic opportunities online from the center that bring people together and build the democratic evolution.


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