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Whether it's being used in Thai, Japanese, or Chinese dishes, rice has been an essential part of Asian cuisine for thousands of years. In fact, it continues to be one of the most widely consumed food staples in the world! Since it can be difficult to cook this finicky grain to a desirable consistency, it's important that you have the right tools at your disposal. For the best, most efficient results in any restaurant, this means buying a rice cooker and possibly some accessories. This guide aims to explain the mysteries surrounding rice cookers (like how does a rice cup measurement differ from a standard cup measurement?) as well as help you make the most of the rice cooker in your kitchen.
Rice Cooker: Small electric kitchen appliance for cooking rice, which has an inner pan and an external pot
Rice Warmer: Small electric kitchen appliance, which holds pre-cooked rice at the optimum serving temperature without overcooking it
Rice Cooker/Warmer: Small electric kitchen appliance, which cooks rice and holds it at the optimum serving temperature
Sushi Rice Container: Unheated storage container used to keep seasoned, cooked sushi rice at the right consistency for the preparation of sushi
Rice Cup: Chinese cup measurement used when determining the capacity of a rice cooker or warmer; equal to 6 oz. or 180 mL (about ¾ of a standard 240 mL U.S. cup), this measuring cup generally comes included when you purchase a rice cooker
Raw Rice Capacity: The maximum amount of uncooked rice a unit can hold; also, the capacity (per cup) that defines a rice cooker
Cooked Rice Capacity: The maximum amount of cooked rice a unit can hold, which is usually about 2 times the raw rice capacity; also, the capacity (per cup) that defines a rice warmer
Rice Ladle: A serving utensil designed specifically for serving rice
Rice Napkin: A reusable napkin often made of nylon or polyester that holds rice while it cooks; it allows for easy cleanup as well as water drainage to keep rice fluffed up
Rice cookers are relatively simple kitchen appliances, but they can make your life much easier if rice is something you need to produce consistently and quickly. Follow the tips in the video and text below for perfect rice every time!
Rinse your rice before cooking. Before cooking most types of rice in a rice cooker, the rice needs to be rinsed thoroughly. Rinsing the rice beforehand will not only give it a more consistent texture and eliminate any pesticides that may be present, but it will also create less foam inside the cooker and keep it from bubbling over. Please note that while rinsing your rice is generally the rule, it's important to read the packaging. Some rice comes enriched with water-soluble vitamins and minerals such as iron or thiamin that will dissolve if it is washed prior to cooking.
Use the correct water to rice ratio. The standard ratio of water to rice (in a U.S. standard cup measurement) is 1 1/2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice, or in the case of unwashed rice, 2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice. Getting this ratio correct depends on how you measure both the rice and the water. Typically, rice is measured using a dry cup and water is measured by volume, but in the case of rice cookers, you should use the same measuring cup to measure both rice and water. Keep in mind that the measuring cup that comes with your rice cooker is a rice cup (see glossary), not a standard U.S. cup, which means that unless your recipe calls specifically for rice cups, you will need to adjust your measurements accordingly. Still unsure about the correct water to rice ratio? Check out the chart below for more specific information!
|Type of Rice
|Water : Rice Ratio (in standard U.S. cup measurements)
|White, long grain
1 3/4 cups of water : 1 cup of rice
|White, medium grain
1 1/2 cups of water : 1 cup of rice
|White, short grain
1 1/2 cups of water : 1 cup of rice
|Brown, long grain
2 1/4 cups of water : 1 cup of rice
2 cups of water : 1 cup of rice
|Indian-style (basmati, jasmine)
1 1/2 cups of water : 1 cup of rice
1 cup of water : 1 cup of rice if the rice was rinsed prior to cooking
2 cups of water : 1 cup of quinoa
Do not peek into the rice cooker. Every time you open your rice cooker, you are letting water vapor escape, which will eventually cause your rice to dry out.
Let your rice rest after cooking. Although your rice cooker may shut off and switch to warming mode, it does not mean that the rice inside is completely done and ready to eat. Letting your rice rest for at least 5-10 minutes after the cooker has shut off will not only permit the rice to finish cooking, but it will also stabilize the water level and allow excess moisture to steam out of your rice.
Do not use metal utensils to serve your rice. Although using a metal utensil won't spoil the taste of your rice, it may ruin the inside of your rice cooker. Most types of rice cookers have a non-stick inner pan that can be scratched easily by metal utensils. So, to prolong the life of your rice cooker, it's better to use plastic serving ware. There are even some serving utensils that are designed specifically for serving rice!Clean up quickly between multiple batches of rice. If you're making multiple batches of rice and need to clean your cooker quickly (or if you don't have a dishwasher), try this little trick. After removing any large amounts of leftover rice, replace the inner pan of your rice cooker and leave your cooker in warming mode with the lid open. rice napkins! This reusable product allows for easy cleanup and exceptional water drainage.
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We feel that quality domestic cleaners should be available at low-cost rates for all budgets, which is exactly what we deliver. We provide each member of our professional cleaning team with full training so they know just how to get the best possible results when they clean your home. We also fully insure every employee and the company to make sure that you and your home are completely protected. We can take care of a wide range of jobs from doing your ironing and putting out the rubbish bags to washing down skirting boards and changing the beds. Just let us know what you want us to do and how often you want us to do it and then relax and leave the rest to us. As well as regular cleaning we offer other services such as one-off cleaning that gets deep down. Whatever you need, ask for your free quote on our low-cost cleaning services in Bounds Green N11 today!
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August 2015
The PTO has been busy already this school year!
Thank you to the amazing team who helped to create the first day packets. They were efficient, tireless and organized and we are grateful!
The teacher's Welcome Back Luncheon was a great way to start the school year for our awesome Sedgwick Team.
We look forward to meeting you and answering any of your questions at the PTO table, located in the front lobby at the upcoming Open Houses.
Each family will receive a copy of the Sedgwick Middle School Directory for the current school year. These directories are created and paid for by the PTO and will be distributed to students as soon as they are available. If you DO NOT want your phone number published in this year's directory, please fill out the directory opt-out form located in the packet. You only need to complete this form if you don't want your phone number published.
Finally, we invite you to our first PTO meeting which is scheduled for Monday, October 5th at 7:00 pm in the Multi-Purpose Room.
We look forward to another great year at Sedgwick!
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1. Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy, wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
'Tis better far for us to strive
Our useless cares from us to drive;
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell
All is well! All is well!
2. Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?
'Tis not so, all is right.
Why should we think to earn a great reward,
If we now shun the fight?
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take;
Our God will never us forsake,
And soon we'll have this tale to tell,
All is well! All is well!
3. We'll find the place which God for us prepared,
In His house full of light,
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the saints will shine bright.
We'll make the air with music ring,
Shout praises to our God and King;
Above the rest these words we'll tell,
All is well! All is well!
4. And should we die before our journey's through,
Happy day! All is well!
We then are free from toil and sorrow, too;
With the just we shall dwell!
But if our lives are spared again
To see the saints their rest obtain,
O how we'll make this chorus swell,
All is well! All is well!
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #984
|First Line:
|Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear
|Joseph F. Green
|William Clayton
|Refrain First Line:
|All is well, all is well
|Instances (1 - 2 of 2)
|First Line
|Tune Key
|Hymnal: A Worship Book #425
|Come, come ye saints
|Come, come ye saints, no toil nor labor fear
|William Clayton; Joseph F. Green
|<cite>Broadman Songs for Men, No. 2</cite>, 1960
|The Cyber Hymnal #984
|Come, Come, Ye Saints
|Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear
|[Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear]
|William Clayton


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Microsoft released SQL Server 2000 Beta 2 last week and is now suggesting that the real deal might ship sometime this summer. (Microsoft didn't say summer in which hemisphere, but I'm willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt and assume we're talking summer in the Western hemisphere.) Although SQL Server 2000 will be a watershed event in the database world, we're not going to wake up to find our SQL Server 6.x and 7.0 installations magically upgraded to SQL Server 2000 the day it ships. Most of us have plenty of time to plan how we're going to move to this new release, but those of us on older versions of SQL Server may need to map out our migration strategy sooner rather than later. I asked the people at Microsoft who are responsible for providing SQL Server support how long they plan to support existing SQL Server versions. Here's the official answer:
"As many of you have seen, Microsoft continues to drive new product innovation by extending and reengineering the SQL Server database product. We believe these new product capabilities are properly suited for the needs of the ever-changing database community. We also realize, however, that there are strong needs to maintain legacy systems indefinitely while new technology rollouts take place. In the past 6 years, Microsoft has released four major versions of SQL Server. The purpose of this note is to explain what you should expect from the official Product Support Services group if you were to call in on these versions. This holds for all worldwide releases.
- v4.21a—We have officially begun the obsolescence of support for this product. Customers with Premier contracts should soon receive a letter explaining that phone support will end around the end of (CY) 2000. No additional maintenance work, either hotfix (patch) work or service packs, are considered at this time.
- v6.0—We will continue to take service requests on v6.0 indefinitely. We will watch the call volumes for this product, and as these volumes become negligible, we will begin the obsolescence process. There is no current timetable for this to occur. No additional maintenance work, either hotfix work or service packs, are considered at this time.
- v6.5—We will continue to take service requests on v6.5 indefinitely. There are no plans to discontinue support for v6.5, and it remains a reportable percentage of our call volumes. Official hotfix support for v6.5 will end when SQL Server 2000 ships, although we will extend hotfix support for v6.5 to the end of 2000 for Premier customers with mission-critical destabilizing issues. There will not be any more service pack releases for v6.5, although plans are being made to publicly post a recent v6.5 maintenance build for customer download. (It will contain many documented post-Service Pack 5 (SP5) fixes.)
- v7.0—We continue to take service requests on v7.0 and will continue providing traditional maintenance work, both in the form of hotfixes and service packs.
When in maintenance mode, hotfixes are generally considered for the current product and one prior version ('N-1'). We strive to release service packs every six months."


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The Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects civilians from having military personnel quartered in their homes during peacetime. It also states that military personnel may be quartered in a civilian domicile during times of war in a manner prescribed by law.Continue Reading
James Madison constructed the Third Amendment in response to Anti-federalists' criticisms of the Constitution. The right was based on the people's objections to the Quartering Acts imposed by the British Parliament during the American Revolution. The Quartering Acts allowed soldiers to be housed in private residences during the war. The Third Amendment is rarely cited in legal disputes and is not considered to be controversial.Learn more about The Constitution


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Terrible Offense Highlights Chicago Cubs Early Trends
With just two weeks of evidence to work with, it can be tricky to distinguish which trends are small sample size noise and which ones are signs of more things to come. Based on advanced metrics, peripheral stats, and good old fashioned past performance, here are some Chicago Cubs trends to believe in or disregard.
Chicago Cubs Early Season Trends
Terrible Offense – The Cubs have gotten off to an unimpressive start at the plate. Scoring only 3.5 runs per game, they are on pace to be one of the worst scoring teams in the league. The shape of the scoring output is likely to change; Nate Schierholtz won't be batting .355 while Anthony Rizzo sits at .158 in a month. However, there's no reason to expect great things from this team offensively. With only Starlin Castro, Trade-Bait Soriano, and Rizzo as the only players who have proven they can bat well at this level, the walk-fearing Cubs will continue to struggle to score.
Decent Starting Pitching – This is a mixed bag varying from pitcher to pitcher. Jeff Samardzija's success is legitimate. He seems to have picked up where he left of last year before getting with a 12.36 K/9 trailing only A.J. Burnett in the national league. The low walk rate and high rate of ground balls generated of 62.8 percent are also encouraging. Carlos Villanueva's 0.64 ERA is an obvious candidate for regression to the production level of mere mortals. Those batting against Travis Wood have only hit ground balls 35.3 percent of the time and have hit only .235 on balls put in play. All those line drives and fly balls will turn into hits and home runs before long. Scott Feldman has pitched just as bad as his results have indicated, but Edwin Jackson is sure to turn things around based on his respectable performance in regards to strikeouts and walks so far.
Marmol – Yup. He's this bad. No advanced stats required, the man can't find the strike zone.
The rest of the bullpen – Not enough innings here from any player to make any real conclusions. The most notable fluky performance is Kyuji Fujikawa's double digit ERA. Nothing about how he's pitched here or in Japan indicates that batters will continue to hit .471 on balls in play against him or that base runners will be left stranded over 40 percent of the time. He will be useful after he returns from injury.
4-8 Record – While technically it would be surprising if this club lost over 100 games as that record projects to, the general idea is not far off. There is below .500 level talent on the field, and being outscored 54-42 through 12 gives no indication that anyone should change their mind about this team.


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CYCLE.LAND Community BIKES at Castle Mill
The Cycle.land Community Bikes at Castle Mill aim to comprehensively improve the cycling experience for students and staff at Castle Mill. Please click here to check out how it works.
Cycle.land, supported by University of Oxford Innovation, has launched a social marketplace for bike sharing in Oxford (www.cycle.land). Our aim is to create a tight knit community of bike sharers and optimise the quality and quantity of cycling in Oxford. We are keen to assist Castle Mill with designing, promoting and operating Castle Mill staff and student bike sharing.
Castle Mill students and staff can use 15 regularly maintained pool bikes free of charge via an online booking system. Bikes can be booked at any time. Bikes are situated at the yellow bike racks between Block C and Block D.
If you need a bike for longer periods, just book one of the peer-to-peer bikes on www.cycle.land.


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United Way of Mid-Maine is a local organization that creates long-lasting community change by addressing the underlying causes of our most significant local problems. We proudly serve the people of Somerset, Northern Kennebec, and Western Waldo Counties (service area map here). With four full-time staff and over 300 dedicated volunteers, UWMM is able to leverage donated dollars in a way that maximizes the impact for those who need it most.
Our Mission
Improving people's lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities
People helping people: more than 300 local people volunteer for UWMM
We dedicate ourselves to advancing the common good in our community by working with 26 partner agencies providing programs that create solutions to the problems many face every day in Mid-Maine. By working as a team with numerous non-profit agencies, volunteers and donors like you, United Way of Mid-Maine community partners are able to provide critical services to meet the greatest human needs in our communities. UWMM focuses on addressing these three issue areas:
Strengthening Children, Youth, and Families
Each is backed by a Community Impact Team (CIT) which develops an expertise in their own particular area, forms a vision with critical objectives, and works with surrounding partner agencies to fulfill those objectives. This effort results in major improvements in our community.


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Variable rate may no longer win
The answer to the age-old question of whether to go long or short on your mortgage is unclear yet again.
The popular variable-rate product tied to prime that helped people buy a lot more house with more debt is going up. The prime rate at the major banks, which tracks the Bank of Canada's rate, is now at 2.75%.
At 2.05%, a variable-rate product today may look as attractive as ever, but the five-year fixed-rate closed mortgage is falling fast. It can now be had for under 4%.
Bank of Montreal senior economist Sal Guatieri does agree that variable-rate products have worked out better than fixed-rate mortgages throughout history, but says the tide may be turning.
Bank of Montreal is forecasting another 25 basis point move in September and says rates will climb another 1.5 percentage points by the end of 2011. If Mr. Guatieri and others are right, by 2012, the variable-rate products out today would clock in at just above 3.75%, if the discounting remains the same.
"If you are still in that variable-rate product then, you'd have to sweat out the next three years because there would still be possibly more increases," says Mr. Guatieri, who adds his bank sees the overnight rate eventually going to 4% in the following three years. Based on the present gap between the Bank of Canada and prime, that would place the variable-rate product you get today at 6% by around 2015.
Fears of such a scenario are driving people into fixed-rate products again. That, plus new mortgage rules that make it easier to qualify for a mortgage if you go for a fixed-rate product with a term of five years or longer.
For updated rates and more information on the right mortgage for you please visit www.designermortgages.ca/rates.htm or call 1-866-824-8057


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Administrator Resources
Please use the following form to report pupils who have been expelled, have withdrawn (for home schooling, etc.), or who have left school and have been removed from the regular attendance rolls during the period of time school was in regular session from the time of the previous quarterly report. A "dropout" is defined as any child enrolled in grades 1 through 12 whose name has been removed from the district enrollment roster for any reason other than his death, extended illness, graduation or completion of a program of studies and who has not transferred to another public or private school
Email the completed form to: Victoria Padilla (firstname.lastname@example.com)
To view the vaccination list by grade level please click here.
To view the Mandated & Recommended Trainings for School Persnnel please click here.
* Note this document is created, maintained and distributed by ROE # 53 in partnership with other ROEs and ISCs. This is an evolving document based on current and/or pending legislation.
Public Act 96-0640 was enacted on August 24, 2009. This Public Act added new language to Section 24-2 of the Illinois School Code stating that a school board or eligible entity is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institute, parent/teacher conferences, or staff development activities including school improvement and in-service training on five legal school holidays. The school board or eligible entity must document the following information. Please submit this form to:
Regional Office of Education #17
200 W. Front Street, Suite 500D
Bloomington, IL 61701
fax: 309-862-0420
For the ISBE Registration Guidance for the 2016-2017 School Year please click here.
For the ISBE Affidavit of Enrollment and Residency(Form 85-51) please click here.
For information about Annexation-Detachment please visit our Regional Board of School Trustees Page (under About Us.)
The Regional Alternative School is responsible for coordinating an ongoing program to assist the region's schools in requiring good student attendance. The DeWitt, Livingston, & McLean Counties Truancy/Outreach Coordinator, and the DeWitt, Livingston & McLean Counties Truancy/Outreach Specialist, will work aggressively with schools and parents to intervene early and resolve school attendance problems.
Partnerships among the Regional Office of Educaion #17, Regional Alternative School, the State's Attorney's Office, Court Services, and Social Agencies will serve the communities in resolution of school attendance issues. Email referrals to email@example.com
ROE # 17 Truancy Officers
Jim Drengwitz: firstname.lastname@example.com
Steve Mintus: email@example.com
To be directed to the ROE # 17 Truancy Outreach page, click here.
Each public school has an annual Health/LIfe Safety inspection. Health/Life Safety inspections are conducted to ensure that schools are in compliance with fire and safety codes.
Illinois State Board of Education
Link to ISBE Health/Life Safety Homepage
School Safety Drill Report
As required by Public Act 94-0600 and Public Act 95-1015
P.A. 94-0600, Section 10: "The purpose of this Act is to establish minimum requirements and standars for schools to follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing school emergency and crisis response plans and to encourage schools and first responders to work together for the safety of children. Communities and schools may exceed these requirements and standards."
P.A. 95-1015: "Requires each school to conduct a law enforcement drill, to be conducted in accorance with the school district's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols and procedures, with participation of the appropriate law enforcement agency."
District Annual Review of Safety Plans
District Annual Review of Safety Plans
Click here to read Public Act 94-0600 in it's entirety
P.A. 94-0600, Section 25: "Each public school district, through its school board or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual meeting at which it will review each school building's emergency and crisis response plans, prorocols, and procedutes and each building's compliance with the school safety drill programs. The purpose of this annual review shall be to review and update the emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures and the safety drill programs of the district and each of its school buildings."
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An electronic ballast (also known as a solid-state ballast and/or digital ballast) works in a totally different way to the old magnetic ballasts. While the old magnetic ballasts made use of induction to limit the current that can pass, the electronic ballasts switch the power on and off really quickly to achieve the same effect.
Electronic ballasts can be thought of as switching power supplies, that take mains AC and convert it to the high DC voltages needed to strike the arc. As such electronic ballasts are not tied to the mains frequency (50Hz over here), and because of this they can run at higher frequencies (usually 20,000Hz) which eliminates the flicker, hum, headaches and other issues that plagued magnetic ballasts. This coupled with the fact that electronic ballasts are smaller, lighter, programmable and more efficient than magnetic ballasts, means that they are well on their way to replacing magnetic ballasts in fluorescent lighting.
The only benefit that magnetic ballasts have is that they are cheaper (although in my "DIY electronic ballasts" article I show how you can get electronic ballasts for essentially free) and simpler to build (and more resilient, you generally can't dunk an electronic ballast into water and have it work afterwards).
As a general rule electronic ballasts fit into 3 program modes:
The typical place where home users will come across digital ballasts are in those low-energy/eco-friendly lightbulbs, which are a subset of CFLs and usually look like this:
These are known as integrated CFLs, because they have the electronic ballast integrated into the lamp as a single package. Most fluorescent systems have the ballast seperate because it offers the following advantages:
Despite the advantages, integrated CFLs are more popular for homes because of the ease of installation. Integrated CFLs will work in normal bayonet or screw sockets without any modification. Other systems require alteration of the sockets to either 2-pin or the newer 4-pin CFL sockets. I have started to see new homes built with discrete CFL systems, so eventually integrated CFL's will not be the only alternative.
As the main cause of failure on integrated CFLs is the lamp rather than the ballast, we can remove the ballasts from those CFLs and use them with seperate CFL lamps as a discrete system. For more info any my experiences recycling these ballasts have a look at my Recycle CFL Ballasts article.


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Cobblestone Pizza Co. is a independantly owned and operated by Rick and Laura Myers, we both grew up in Toledo/Siletz area w...e are LOCAL....We strive to bring not only the Best food, Best Quality but the Best Customer service! Our dough of course is made daily but given the proper time to sit and let the yeast do it's thang to give you that awesome homemade taste that our crust is known for!!...
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Help Spiderman keep the city safe from Doc Ock by spelling words to climb buildings. Spidey will climb higher if you have spelled more words and thus preventing Doc Ock from attacking. There are also bonus tiles, and in the rooftop confrontation, you have
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APAG, the European Oleochemicals and Allied Products Group, represents 33 European producers of Fatty Acids, Glycerine, Alcohols, Metallic Soaps and Fatty Esters located in 12 European countries.
Oleochemicals are chemicals derived from vegetable oils and animal fats via chemical or enzymatic reactions. Some APAG members produce alcohols and glycerine from petrochemical feedstock.
Oleochemicals are used for a variety of products as raw materials/intermediates for detergents, soaps, lubricants, paints, surface coatings, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals but also as processing aids and additives for plastics, rubber, textiles, food, nutrition and many others. They are essential substances for almost any advanced product in today's world.
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Apple reportedly sold 9 Million of their 5s and 5c handsets in their release week, with the 5s selling out completely in many places. One of the best features of the 5s is the slow motion video camera with its ability to capture 120 frames per second which gives playback at a quarter of its captured speed. It's not really a slow motion camera of course; the average online video is displayed at 30 frames a second, the new iPhone 5s camera captures four times that amount of footage so when it plays back at 1/4 of the speed it just appears slow motion. Still, a very cool and super fun addition to the new iPhone.
Apple's inbuilt 'Slo Mo' tool will allow the user to easily upload their video content to YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook but uploads to other third party sites like Instagram don't work quite as well. You can post but it will be the original 120 frames per second clip, not your carefully crafted slow mo masterpiece. However, there are a couple of hacks and it's a H/T to MacWorld for the following advice and image.
Upload Slow Motion Video To Instagram Via Your Own iPhone 5s
Open the video clip you want to upload and ensure that the slo mo settings are exactly as you want them to be. Tap the 'Share' sheet, then tap 'Mail'. clip will automatically compress and and attach itself to an email message which you send to yourself. When received, tap the video to download it and then save by tapping the 'Share' button and then 'Save Video'. This will work fine but it will compress your video clip so be aware that they may be a slight loss of quality.
Upload Slow Motion Video To Instagram Using Another iPhone 5s
The alternative is to export your slo mo video to another iOS device via the iMessage, Shared Stream or AirDrop features you have installed on the 5s. At the moment, this only keeps the integrity of the recording intact if it is sent to another iOS device. Just use the 'Share' sheet to export your clip and upload to Instagram from the second device.
Pretty sure Apple are going to address this issue on the next upgrade. Meanwhile, watch out for the slew of helpful apps that are bound to hit the market in the meantime.
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On 1 June 2017, Dr Sarin's surgery will merge with Dr jaiswal's surgery to become a single practice.The main surgery will be Meir Park Surgery and the branch surgery will be Meir Primary Care Centre (1st floor)
Although the surgery name will change, the practice will continue to provide the same services that are currently provided. The new surgery will be named Meir Park Surgery & Weston Coyney Medical Practice.
This merger will ensure that we continue to provide good quality GP services. It will also enable us to offer a wider range of services for our patients.
You do not need to take any action - your health records will automatically transfer over to the new practice on 1 June 2017.
You can use the following telephone numbers to contact the pracice for medical care and appointments.Meir Park Surgery: 01782 388204Meir Health Centre: 0300 7900 167
Should you wish, you do have the option to register wiht an alternative Gp practice. You can find your nearest GP surgeries by putting your postcode into NHS choices website at www.nhs.uk
From 1 june 2017 we will be opening from 8.30am NOT 8am
If you have any queries please speak to one of the practice staff.
We are confident that our website will provide clear and concise help and give our patients the information they require in an easy and convenient format. It has been designed with the patient's needs at the forefront of everything, from checking surgery times to letting us know what you think of us.
Our dedicated team are here to treat those minor ailments that occur as well as providing specialist management of long-term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues. The technology also means you can now do a lot of things from the comfort of your home such as order a repeat prescription or cancel an appointment.
Once registered, patients and healthcare professionals work together to ensure the most appropriate care is provided. This partnership philosophy extends even further and our active patient group exists to make sure that patient needs and the practice offering are always heading in the same direction.
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Be Your Best Winners
Each half term the class (or classes) with the most 'Be Your Best' tokens win a £20 prize. They then have to decide as a class how they are going to spend it on a reward. Decisions last year included cinema afternoons, Besty Bob....and a live hamster!
The winning classes this year are:
Autumn 1: Class 5 and Class 7
Autumn 2: Class 4
Spring 1: Class 4 (Again!) They have now got £40 to spend.
Spring 2: Class 7
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Always Bands
We are delighted that lots of children in the school always try their best, do their best and be their best. In recognition of this we have introduced 'Always Bands', which children can wear to school to show their achievement.
Here are the children who have earned this accolade so far this year:
Autumn Term: Mia Aconley (Class 6), Aleesha Milson (Class 5), Olivia Davill-Morrison (Class 9), Keira Greig Marshall (Class 5), Shawn Mills (Class 5), Abigail Bower (Class 7), Madison Kay (Class 9), Amelia Burridge-Todd (Class 7), Lexus Toon (Class 8), Chloe Hall (Class 7), Lola Shuttleworth (Class 7), Amelia Westbury (Class 3), Abigail Hardcastle (Class 8), Ethan Ashley (Class 5), Lillie-Ann Loftus (Class 3), James Newbound (Class 7)
Spring Term: Cameron McNicholl (Class 9), Ronnie Brown (Class 8), Millie Harris (Class 6), Rosie-Mae Loftus (Class 5), Frank Starbuck (Class 9), James Debenham (Class 8), Ella Adrian (Class 9), Grace Bland (Class 7), Claudia Jones (Class 3), Caitlin Someville-Woodiwis (Class 3), Adam Sharp (Class 3), Joshua Lane (Class 3), Megan Shann (Class 3), Harrison Best (Class 4), Phoebe Featherstone (Class 4), Lucy Denness (Class 5), Tiggy Owen-Smith (Class 5), Poppy Levitt (Class 6), Holly-Mae Dixon (Class 6), Oliver Newton (Class 7), Fabian Burki (Class 9), Poppy Dowson (Class 8), Alexis Hough (Class 3), Oliver Partington (Class 3), Harriet Hodge (Class 6), Halle-Rose Newton (Class 6), Matthew Hempel (Class 7), Emily Firth (Class 9), Freya Wales (8), Aisling Timmis (8), Tyron Buckle (Class 5), Joshua Lane (Class 3), Zoe Kirby (Class 3),
Summer Term: Martha Pickering (Class 2), Isaac Green (Class 8), Emily Firth (Class 9), Annie Hudson (Class 5), Lilia Sterling (Class 8), George Graham (Class 6), Lacey Milson (Class2), Libby Wales (Class 5),


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How do you disable touchpad tap to click
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Posted 06 January 2008 - 06:34 PM
Did you try downloading the Touchpad On/Off Utility ?
Maybe touchpad sensitivity and/or click disabling will be involved with that??
Edited by PsychPosse, 06 January 2008 - 06:35 PM.
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Posted 14 January 2008 - 10:08 AM
The setting isn't obvious to find, but it's there.
But to be clear. It's NOT part of the default mouse properties screen. You have to go to the settings of the device itself. Sorry, I didn't take screen-shots.
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Posted 14 January 2008 - 02:44 PM
I have to wonder though, Jules52, being as how your other issues with the updates magically resolved themselves, perhaps a fresh uninstall and reinstall of synaptics will also fix this problem? Worth a try I would think.
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Posted 06 August 2008 - 09:13 PM
I have a solution but first let me vent. This problem was absolutely the most frustrating and stupid problem. Why would anyone who knows how to type want the to tap to click??? It is such a frustrating feature. On top of that, why would anyone developing software not give the user the ability to turn it off?? Synaptics old touchpad drivers for XP were 100 times better. I don't understand the lack of functionality in the new ones.
I checked on Toshiba.com for touchpad drivers for my A205-S5831 satellite and noticed there was an Alps driver. I downloaded this driver, uninstalled the Synaptics driver, and installed the Alps driver. The Alps driver includes many more options the Synaptics driver does not, including turning off tap to click. Hope this solution works for others.
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 02:03 AM
Toshiba Equium laptop. Windows Vista.
Today, In my C drive I found Toshiba/drivers/touchpad and in this a folder for the Alps driver. Running the progam DPInst in this folder installed the Alps Touchpad. Right-click on the notification area touchpad icon, select Control Panel, Advanced, Advanced Feature Settings, Pointer Speed and Tapping Settings, uncheck enable tapping. At last after 6 months I have finally removed the very annoying tap to click! All that remains now is for me to retrain myself to stop tapping! The great news is that I will no longer be involuntarily opening all sorts of programs, menu commands etc by mistake, causing me no end of problems and annoyance.
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Posted 12 March 2009 - 04:08 PM
Check your System Tray too. (the little row of icons in the lower right corner of your screen)
Synaptics Logo looks like this:
(the red one)
after you go to the icon on the lower right you need to right click over the icon using a mouce then go to the drop dwn and click on the tap to click. its that simple
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 02:08 PM
Sentelic main site is here, but I wasn't able to get the downloads.
From MSI I used the driver for their CR600 series laptop, here:
Hope this works you guys!
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I had to use the "Elantech Touchpad Driver" which I found on the Asus support site here:
Specifically, the version I used was V22.214.171.124 and now it supports 1, 2, and even 3 finger gestures and disabling the "Touch to Click" feature.
My device is now listed as "ELAN PS/2 Port Smart Pad" in Device Manager.
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Marc G Millis
Tau Zero Foundation
P.O. Box 26027
Fairview Park, OH 44126
Organizations that can sustain progress for more than a century already exist (universities), but the goal to create starships introduces further challenges. Since acquiring funds, managing endowments, making nominal progress, and longevity are already possible, this submission concentrates on the following less obvious organizational challenges for making the game- changing advances and world-scale investments necessary for star flight:
Lessons from different types of organizations:
NASA's charter makes it the expected organization to create starships, but NASA (and its supporting aerospace community) have evolved per typical patterns to become short-sighted and constrained to their founding legacy. This offers lessons about stagnation and self-absorption.
Educational institutions continue to advance knowledge applicable to interstellar missions, but they do not have the organizational capacity to align and apply all those individual elements to build starships, or the international authority to launch interstellar missions. They also often lack the ability to investigate revolutionary ideas since such ideas pose risk to their reputations. Their revenues include tuitions, licensing of innovations, and huge donations from successful, loyal alumni. Their intellectual resources include a continual flow of young students with fresh ideas, moderated by seasoned professionals.
Professional and public societies, such as the British Interplanetary Society (78 yrs old), provide venues for vetting and advancing new, unconventional ideas, but they lack the infrastructure, coherency, and resources to launch ambitious missions.
Corporations build devices that apply the knowledge gained from universities and societies, but need huge investments to build huge devices (starships) – commitments on the scale of governments. A pitfall of corporations is that they typically follow a pattern of emergence, achievement, and eventual obsolescence. The do not inherently have the longevity to pursue a cause, but rather are optimum for introducing new products.
Governments have the authority and resources to bring such notions to fruition, but are typically mired in internal bickering on near-term crises that preclude applying resources consistently to solve the long-range and difficult-to-comprehend ambitions… until those become a crisis.
And finally, although religious organizations have been used as models for longevity, their product (a belief system) is far easier to produce than scientific discoveries and functional space hardware. Additionally, given competing belief systems (plus righteousness), religions can evoke prejudice and conflicts that can impede the kind of world-scale collaborations needed for interstellar flight.
Scattered amongst all these venues are the elements for discovering methods for, and eventually launching, interstellar missions. Seeking the one best organizational structure to bring this to fruition will be a subjective exercise at best. There is no way to determine, rigorously and impartially, which methods will guarantee success. And if history is any indicator, any structure implemented today will have to adapt to unforeseeable constraints and opportunities. The notion of one, lasting organizational model might not be possible.
Instead, consider this recurring theme in history regarding achieving what was once impossible:
While this pattern is not the only way that such things happen, this pattern happens often enough to suggest this strategy:
Find today's pioneers, support them to accelerate their progress, and then filter out the best prospects. Once sufficiently viable approaches emerge – invest to bring those approaches to fruition.
When it comes to interstellar flight, none of the technical approaches that exist today are fully viable. At least 3 different estimates peg human readiness for an interstellar mission to be roughly 2-centuries away. This topic is still at the stage of finding pioneers and seeing what develops. It is no coincidence that new volunteer societies are emerging, such as the "Tau Zero Foundation," "Peregrinus Interstellar," "Project Icarus," "Life Boat Foundation," and others that are looking toward pioneering work to solve the challenges related to interstellar flight. This is a natural progression, unfolding today.
Similarly to how DARPA and NASA-Ames are looking outside of NASA to solve these challenges, so too did this author. After leading NASA's "Breakthrough Propulsion Physics" project that addressed revolutionary ideas to solve the propulsion challenges of interstellar flight, this author realized that NASA was no longer the place for such aspirations. In 2010, an early retirement from NASA allowed full time to be devoted to the "Tau Zero Foundation" – an international network of roughly 40 accomplished researchers and journalists who pursue interstellar flight to provoke longer-range and higher-payoff progress. The foundation's work is published in various journals and then conveyed to the public via the 'Centauri Dreams' news forum.
The organizational structure of Tau Zero was designed to take advantage of these historic patterns and avoid the recurring pitfalls. This includes methods to recognize and pursue disruptive, game-changing advances. It also includes methods to find the productive middle ground between wishful thinking and pedantic disdain. And as a result, Tau Zero's practitioners are making progress. In 2010 they produced 2 books, 13 journal articles (or book chapters), 22 conference presentations, 22 media articles, plus 5 articles-per-week from the Centauri Dreams new forum. These numbers include the continuing progress of "Project Icarus" (design study for a fusion-based interstellar probe) and a few other ongoing projects.
By itself, Tau Zero does not answer all the challenges sought by the 100-yr starship organization. It is still missing a concerted revenue generation scheme, does not have all of the needed topic pioneers, and has no plans to actually launch missions. The presumption is that much research remains before mission implementation is ready to be addressed.
In this short submission, these methods can not be explained in detail, but several details have been published. For this first solicitation from the 100-year starship organization, it is hoped that introducing these issues and methods, along with this bibliography, will provide valuable guidance.
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Fast-food workers vow civil disobedience
Villa Park, Ill.
Comparing their campaign to the civil rights movement, fast-food workers from across the country voted Saturday to escalate their efforts for $15-an-hour pay and union membership to include nonviolent civil disobedience.
More than 1,300 workers gathered in a convention in center in suburban Chicago to discuss the future of a campaign that has spread to dozens of cities in less than two years. Wearing T-shirts that said "Fight for $15" and "We Are Worth More," the workers cheered loudly and said they would win if they stuck together.
"People are just fed up," said Cindy Enriquez, 20, of Phoenix.
The $8.25 an hour she makes working for McDonald's is not enough to go to college and become a police officer and barely enough to pay her rent, Enriquez said.
"We need to ... get (restaurant owners') attention," perhaps with more strikes or blocking stores, she said. "We're going to keep on going."
The Service Employees International Union has been providing financial and organizational support to the fast-food protests. They began in late 2012 in New York City and have included daylong strikes and a loud but peaceful demonstration outside this year's McDonald's Corp. shareholder meeting, where more than 130 protesters were arrested after stepping onto company property.
Saturday's convention in Villa Park, Ill., included sessions on civil disobedience and leadership training.


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Simbavati River Lodge is a well-appointed and well-priced lodge within the 12,000 hectare Timbavati Private Nature Reserve. The lodge is located in the northern sector of the park on the banks of the Nhlaralumi River, with epic views over the water and a parade of wildlife during the day.
Start the day off with a morning game drive, spotting wildlife as the sun is rising. Return to the lodge for a hearty breakfast and enjoy some time at leisure before heading out again in the late-afternoon to see what the bush showcases as dusk approaches.
Accommodation consists of 3 thatched Family Chalets and 8 luxury Safari Tents - the tents have one double bedroom, while the chalets have two bedrooms with a shared bathroom. Each comes with a private game-viewing deck that overlooks the river, air conditioning and all the usual amenities. The lodge is family-friendly with a play area and host of activities for children. Enjoy the cosy lounge and bar, with a wrap-around deck that is tailor-made for armchair game-viewing. Kick back in the swimming pool or enjoy a massage at the spa and wine and dine around the outside boma in the evening.
- In a private concession on the banks of the seasonal Nhlaralumi River, affording spectacular views over the river and bushveld beyond
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"Peter has replaced the original HDD Sony hard drive with a Samsung SSD. The video shows this trick step-by-step."
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Although I won't be purchasing a SSD (I have the Seagate Hybrid), This video is good for those who want to replace it. Very Helpful
Looks easy, and quick. Awesome.
Why was the playstation wobbling though?
It's built that way. The CM guy who got his early talked about it. There's some sort of lip on the edge that makes it slightly uneven.
I've been looking for information on this. I want to know what the max size is for the PS4, as I'm planning on getting the max size possible.
@ Anarki
Well considering the only limitation is the hard drive itself...
From their FAQ
"What type of hard drive does PS4 use?
PS4 is equipped with a 5400 RPM SATA II hard drive. Users can choose to install a new hard drive so long as it complies with these standards, is no thicker than 9.5mm, and is larger than 160GB."
Does anyone know how big (in terms of megabytes) the flash drive has to be?
Please help/respond - I have little experience with swapping hard drives.
Flash Drive should be no less than 1gb I presume. I doubt you could find a flash drive smaller.
The Recovery file is 850-900mb.
i agree i like the video i will eventually upgrade it at some point but not instantly.
Pointless having a SSD on console. Reason being consoles cant store multiple HDs, niether can the console Trim.
With PC a user may use a cheap small SSD for the OS. Then get a huge HD for games.
With console you would need a super large SSD, which will cost a lot and with the size of next gen games the SSD would end up getting used very quickly. Just better to have a large HD for those 25gb+ installs.
Yeh it seems pretty pointless until the consoles can manage them properly and SSD's are cheaper.
Nice to see for intrigues sake
You make a good point but really the only issue is the price to performance cost on SSDs still. They are coming down quick though.
I plan on putting a 1TB SSD in my PS4 probably within the next 6 months. The performance gains are defiantly still there even without trim enabled.
Also while I do have multiple drives in my PC, I still stick most of my frequently played games on my SSD not my HDD. That would seem like a major waste of a investment to only use it so your OS boots up a little quicker (in a gaming PC at least)
I also want to point out that the PS4 has SATAII and not SATAIII, which means the newer SSD's would be wasted since the maximum throughput is only 300Gb/s, as opposed to SATAIII which is 600Gb/s.
Those new samsungs doing 540ish read, 520ish write. So the extra speed would be lost. Better to put an older SSD into the PS4 and the newer ones into a PC which has SATAIII.
For what it is worth though, SATAIII SSDs have also been designed better to have longer lifespans via writes and rewrites. The older SATAII SSDs while cheaper per GB just aren't anywhere near as robust as SATAIII drives made within the last year.
Still though, unless you really want the performance gains over the capacity, conventional(up to 2TB in 2.5") or hybrid drives (up to 1TB+8GB in 2.5") are a far more enticing option for the PS4 than pure SSDs.
I'd love Crucial's 960GB SSD for my PS4, but it is just a little too pricy at around $0.60/GB. Seagate's 1TB+8GB Hybrid drive though is more interesting at $0.12/GB (calculated off the 1TB only & not +8GB as it is used as an SSD cache).
If in 3 or 4 years they get cheaper, I'm definitely gonna go for an SSD too. Right now I have one for the OS in my laptop and I really can't think of going back, it's really stepping into the future.
However, the PS4 is already really fast, I watched some streaming yesterday and it tooks like 30 seconds to install the part of the game you need to start playing. It looks different on the Xbox One, where I think you have to install the whole game before playing. That would definitely improve the Xbox perfomance (too bad you can't switch it).
Pretty sure he screwed it, no nailing involved.
Wish i had enough money to spend on a 1TB SSD
The 1TB Samsung is available for a massive discount on Amazon atm. But its basically the price of another PS4. Still a great deal for an SSD though. I am hoping they add TRIM support or that the natural garbage collection on the EVO series does a decent job when the system is shut down. I know that Linux based systems don't fragment as much as Windows ones, so there's that too. In another few years the prices won't be so prohibitive.
Honestly, I nabbed a 250 gig SSD years ago (over 2 now) and slapped it in my PS3 and the performance gains were noticeable. It hasn't suffered any visible degradation in performance either and has never been TRIMmed.
man so do i hey but a hybrid is much cheaper so hopefully sometime soon we'll find out if they are worth buying for ps4, if it cuts load times at a decent enough rate im investing for sure.
I would imagine that with the constant cacheing of the PS4 an SSD would cause more negatives than positives.
Not only would I imagine you'll cause a lot of system stalls but also damage your SSD at twice the speed.
I have yet to purchase an SSD, I've heard there are issues if you add data and remove data a lot that it may cause issues because the drive only has a certain amount of writes to the memory before it starts to die down. This wouldn't be very ideal considering data would be written and removed a lot, right?
I use a Samsung 256gb SSD as my main OS drive in my PC, so only use it for windows & programs. Then I have 2 separate standard drives for games, music & films etc..
Although I absolutely love it & would never choose to go back to HDD. It is a massive pain at times.
As soon as it goes below 50% free space you start getting lock ups or screen artefacts. Exactly the same if your writing a lot of data to it all at one time.
Only way to fix it is a system restart & move data to another drive. For PC usage though the speed difference far outweighs the negatives just don't think it would work effectively long term in a console though.
1nsomniac - Yeah that's what I was hearing too, I was looking at the Samsung SSD's just for gaming on PC but didn't want to deal with the possible issues though the speed increase would be welcomed. Thanks for the info though!
i really cant see a pure SSD working long time with a console.
that is if the console is making cache files and such on the drive under gameplay. witch i have heard the PS4 does. meaning it will take up space when you play a game and such. meaning alot more will be written with normal usage.
SSD's have a limit on how much that can be written on it.
if they somehow make an option in the OS to stop that and just use the pure performance of an SSD then it can work. aslong as you dont rewrite your hole drive like 100 times XD.
SSHD's are much better tho.
as a hybrid drive it will use the SSD part for the most used files, for example your most used game or the OS. meaning you will have faster performance with those files.
all the other files will load just as fast as an normal HDD.
+ its ALOT cheaper than a pure SSD aswell :D
also, you wont have diffrence in performance with an SSD if you have 90% free space or 1% free space. there is no difference. there is no movable parts.
your problem might be software/firmware related or a bad chip in the drive.
got two 240GB ssd's set in raid 0 here and i never see any problems when they have gotten full.
Modern SSd's have a life span equal to standard hard drives, the early versions did not.
Wow a lot easier than I expected. If it improves speeds on disc based games I will promptly upgrade to SSHD.
With no trim support putting an ssd is pointless.
They kind of skipped over the part where they removed the original HD from that smaller housing (after removing it from the system) and put the SSD in its place.
I'm disappointed, the PS4 seems to be unbalanced. First GiantBomb, second this video. You press down on the shiny side and it wobbles.
This really bothers me especially being that when I play games I am constantly pressing down on the corner of the console to assure sturdiness. Surely this practice may cause problems with this wobbly console.
What are we going to do now that we can't push down on the shiny part without the console wobbling?
When you purchase expensive hardware you expect a certain build quality, the console being unbalanced isn't good enough.
If you bought a new TV or computer you would be fine with it being wobbly?
If it is only wobbly when you push down on a corner, is it really wobbly?
It sucks, but just one of those pillows you stick under furniture on it and it'll be fine. I use them under my PS3 to reduce noise from vibrations.
My PS4 will be using the vertical stand for a while first, as I don't have enough room with the PS3 connected. So when I do eventually place it horizontal I'll probably be like "da fuq?".
Microsoft have been saying all along that theirs is the balanced console...
Yeah it only has rubber feet (rubber strip) at the bottom and middle and not the top edge.
Not this nonsense again.
When are you gonna be pressing down on your console like that?
Xbones hdd is non removable. How do users expand storage on it?
Microsoft said they plan on releasing an update to use external hard drives for storage.
Oh that's a future update? I thought that was day 1... that's not so good, just another feature on the list of things to come "ONE day"...
devwan - while yes it is a downer it won't be there at launch, it will get implemented in there shortly after launch. I don't see myself filling up my 500*GB HDD very quickly anyhow, I'm getting about about 2 games at launch that I know of, maybe a 3rd but haven't decided.
You jut know that it's going to be a overpriced Microsoft branded extra storage peripheral
Well, they'll probably have their own offering, or you can just use a USB 3.0 external hard drive just like you can use any USB thumb drive currently on the 360.
Can't you get the update from the sony network when you connect the ps4?
@ DaGR8JIBRALTAR,
I think you need the system recovery update 1st if replacing the hdd. The new hdd won't boot without the OS. Its about 3x the size of the 300mb day one update. Hence the necessity for putting it on a thumb drive.
Do you know where to find the 1.5 system recovery file? Only The 1.5 update file is on the official U.S. Playstation site.
I downloaded the supposed 1.5 update and system recovery a few days ago from another site, but would much rather download the file from Sony's official site.
Don't think its out yet. remember its supposed to be out at systems launch. There's no doubt the recovery file will be there as well as there may be some who have OS issues/upgrading their hdd's.
Thanks...not that pc savvy hope I can pull it off.
No. Because the Hard Drive you are installing has no OS on it and the system will have nothing to boot into. You need to download and put it on a flash drive.
I just went through this with my PS3 last week.
I'm no drive expert, but didn't Sony's PS4 FAQ state you could install larger drives, but at the same rpm & type?
What type of hard drive does PS4 use?
PS4 is equipped with a 5400 RPM SATA II hard drive. Users can choose to install a new hard drive so long as it complies with these standards, is no thicker than 9.5mm, and is larger than 160GB.
That would mean as long as it's no larger than 9.5mm and has a capacity larger than 160GB it won't be an issue.
And SATA II of course, which seems dumb when SATA III has been the standard for several years.
"And SATA II of course, which seems dumb when SATA III has been the standard for several years."
I couldn't agree more with you brosephina, a real stupid misstep on Sony's part especially since SATA III has been the standard since early 2009 and is double the data rate of SATA II (3Gbs/sp vs. 6Gbs/ps).
Please tell me again how much of a genius Mark Cerny is :P
While I didn't get a SSD, I did manage to somehow land a 1TB 7200 RPM from Newegg a few days ago for $60! Should arrive today. Perfect timing.
I'm a noob - what should I buy?
Son, you go buy yourself whatever strikes your fancy. In the end, its all about what you enjoy.
I mean, if I am to choose to upgrade my PS4 HHD.
Which should I choose?
If we are already using a HDD and have saves on it , can't we just take out the original HDD with are data , hook it up to a PC or Mac clone the information to a bigger drive and put the bigger drive in the PS4 and it should work with no problems ?
Wobble baby Wobble baby shake that shake that. someone mess up. i home it don't vibrate its a lot of moving parts in there.
Is one really going to notice the difference between an HDD and an SSD in their PS4 like they would a computer?
I have a 512 GB Vertex 4 laying around that I'd use in my PS4, but without TRIM support I don't know how interested I am in doing so.
Also how much time is it going to shave off of different tasks?
yes and no ps3/ps4 use 5400 rpm drives now in the real world even a 5400rpm drive dosent run at full tilt because tech is not perfect neither are drivers
so if the ps3/4 only support lets say 5400rpm 30 meg per second read and 30 megs per second wright
and you put in a 7500 rpm 60 megs per second read/wright drive if the ps3/4 dosent support it it will limit to what it can use
but since ssd drives are made for more raw speed a hd might only run at 90% but if the ssd runs at 100% then yes it will be faster but will still be at what the ps3/4 can support
so i believe price/size ratio its better to get a 2tera drive than an ssd someone had posted that newegg had a 2t dive that was the perfect size for ps3/4
sorry i didn't go into better details im in hell(work)
Load time was twice as fast, that's promising.
Really no point at all since your hard drive data rates are capped at 3Gbts/s because the PS4 is only using SATA II Standard. Should've just saved some money and received essentially the same speeds with a Seagate Momentus XT 750GB or higher, although even that thing is capped with it being SATA III 6Gbts/s.


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Established in 1923 as the Sunnyside Mausoleum & Memorial Garden, and later renamed Sunnyside Memorial Park, it became Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach) in 1987 following purchase by the Forest Lawn corporation. FLLB is 38 acres in size with over 100,000 graves, crypts, and niches. It features the massive, 3 story Sunnyside Mausoleum which includes both a Cathedral Chapel and a Foucault Pendulum.
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All I've done so far is a bit of painting. I painted 10 conquistadors from Monday Knight Productions. http://www.mondayknight.com/Miniature%20Pages/GoldandFeathers/Conquistadors.htm These are old Pass of the North figures, and nearer true 25mm. Why these instead of Foundry's lovely figures? Cost, and they are near in size to some salacious Native American maiden warriors I painted a looong time ago (maybe 20 - 25 years ago.)
So I figured I would emulate Vampifan and show the front and rear of the figures.
Now for the salacious Native American maidens. I don't know who made these figures. I got them a very long time ago, and have 21 including the queen.
I had originally painted all their weapons metal, but a closer look, and a remembered conversation from when I originally painted them convinced me to paint the axes as stone and the spears and daggers as obsidian. I just added EZ Line bowstrings to all the bows. The queen is a Ral Partha figure. I repainted her sword as a wooden club. I'm sure these were painted with GW and crafts paints, maybe some D&D paints, and washed with a brown wash.
My plan is to have 4 of the conquistadors lost in New Spain searching for Cibola, and running across the maidens. I'll be using Warrior Heroes Legends. It covers the armor types, and while it doesn't cover firearms, I have enough experience (and other THW rulesets) for that to be no problem. The four conquistadors stats are already done, and 11 (2-12 on 2d6) pefs generated to represent the girls. My aim is to see if heavier armor can just walk over the unarmored. I also have, unpainted, a couple of bags of early Apaches from the lamented London War Room.
And, of course, I forgot that I had bags of Frontier conquistadors and mule train that I got from Time Portal Hobbies a couple of months ago. There are a total of 4 mounted figures, more than enough for any conquistador game, even were I to add of the Frontier. Oh, the Monday Knight Productions figures have the seeder (a leather-worker tool) eyes just like Frontier.
No, they will never see Aztecs. Now all I need is the time to play the game!


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Sheryl Moy
Sheryl Moy
UNC Hospitals - Chapel Hill
Education and Training:
A.B., Sociology/Psychology, Duke University
M.A., Psychology, East Carolina University
Ph.D., Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Moy's research addresses genetic factors in susceptibility to neurodevelopmental disorders, and preclinical efficacy testing with novel therapeutic agents, using mouse models for psychiatric and neurological conditions. Current studies in the Moy laboratory utilize knockout or transgenic mouse lines with disruptions of NMDA, serotonin, or other signaling pathways as models of human clinical disorders. With Drs. Gary Duncan and Beverly Koller, she is using mice with reduced NMDA receptor levels as a model of the intrinsic glutamatergic hypofunction associated with schizophrenia. This collaborative group has already determined behavioral and pharmacological profiles in the model, and demonstrated alterations in neural circuitry underlying abnormal social behavior and deficient sensorimotor gating. The aims for Dr. Moy's present project include characterization of the time course for emergence of schizophrenia-like phenotypes and the evaluation of early intervention with typical and atypical antipsychotic compounds. A second line of research in her laboratory focuses on the C58/J inbred strain as a model for aberrant repetitive behavior and social deficits, relevant to symptoms in autism. In this project, she is examining developmental onset of stereotypy and other behavioral abnormalities, treatment efficacy of both acute and chronic drug regimens against overt repetitive responses, and possible neuroanatomical correlates of repetitive behavior in the C58/J model, using brain imaging approaches. In addition, Dr. Moy is working with Drs. Cort Pedersen and Mike Jarstfer on a project utilizing these mouse models and others as screens for therapeutic effects of novel oxytocin receptor activators against schizophrenia-like or autism-like phenotypes.


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Let's Drink teases a good time with funny new trailers, posters, and behind-the-scenes videos
In the new character posters, trailers, and behind-the-scenes videos for Let's Eat's upcoming spinoff Let's Drink (aka Drinking Solo), we meet our new drinking buddies, including Ha Suk Jin, Park Ha Sun, SHINee's Key, and Gong Myung. I don't know about you, but they seem like a hilarious crew to share a glass or two with!
Ha Suk Jin plays Jin Jung Suk, a top lecturer who teaches at a private institute for people who are preparing for their civil service exams. He's arrogant, popular, and a master instructor. He also happens to be rather jaded about his job and likes a "luxurious solo drinking" style, which you can see by his crystal glass and expensive liquor.
In contrast, Park Ha Na (Park Ha Sun) is none of those things. She's simply a talented and optimistic rookie instructor who works really hard but can't quite handle the high-tension setting that is cram school. While she also happens to like drinking alone, her favorite drink is simply beer, and her character poster reads, "Cheers to tomorrow's star lecturer Park Ha Na!"
Han Sek Shi (Hwang Woo Seul Hye) plays a gorgeous English teacher who loves to buy Park Ha Na drinks and discuss life with her. She chooses to drink red wine, and her poster reads, "Now, rather than sexy, I'll be a saek-shi [wife]!"
Gong Myung plays Ha Suk Jin's immature younger brother, who has few job prospects so he is living with his older brother and being forced to study for the civil service exam by his mother. His poster jokes, "He only knows one [hana] but not two, Teacher Hana's lover boy." Does this mean he has his eye on Park Ha Na too and will be vying with his brother for her attention?
Min Jin Woong plays another popular instructor who chooses to drink soju. He uses vocal impressions to gain favor from his students rather than actually teaching information well. His poster reads, "What's so important about the lecture content?"
Kim Won Hae goes old school with ginseng liquor. He loves work drinking parties, and his poster reads, "Gotta have a drink today, don't we?"
Geum Soo Jeo (SHINee's Key) is a spoiled brat who chose to live in poverty but has failed his exams three years in a row and now has no income. His drink of choice is a martini cocktail, and his poster reads, "The civil service exam is a marathon. I won't lose energy from the start!"
On the other hand, Kim Dong Young is a legitimately poor student who has to survive on a meager income, so he sips soju with a straw.
Looks like we have quite the eclectic cast of characters!
We can see them in action in this fun behind-the-scenes clip:
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Implementation of the
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June 2006
Office of the Inspector General
In planning and performing our audit of the FBI's Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) project, we considered the FBI's internal controls for the purpose of determining our audit procedures. This evaluation was not made for the purpose of providing assurance on the internal control structure as a whole. However, we noted certain matters that we consider to be reportable conditions under the Government Auditing Standards.
Reportable conditions involve matters coming to our attention relating to significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the management control structure that, in our judgment, could adversely affect the FBI's ability to manage its LIMS project. During our audit, we identified the following management control concerns.
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Reverse Ninja Boot
This is where I feel like a hypocrite. I want to smash on you for wearing suspenders with gym shorts, but if you didn't then I'd likely slam on you for your pants falling off your ass. So my friend, you find yourself in what is commonly referred to as a catch 22 and I find myself not really feeling the least bit bad for you.


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There are no unsacred places;
There are only sacred places
And desecrated places.
–Wendell Berry, from "How to Be a Poet (to Remind Myself)"
Just a few miles from my house there's an intersection that always makes me happy. If you ever want to go there, it's a four-way stop at the intersection of Old Franklin Road and Cane Ridge Road. Here's the link, if you want to see it on Google Maps. If you end up doing the Street View you'll notice that it's not terribly interesting. This isn't a scenic overlook. The houses aren't gigantic. But it's a strangely pleasant place. I don't know why, but I feel a rightness every time I pull up to that intersection, and I tend to look around as if I'm on the verge of solving some bright mystery—until the driver behind me honks and I'm forced to putter up the hill.
I've mentioned it to Jamie and the kids, and they agree. It's a nice spot. To them, it's probably just that. But my mental wheels start turning and I want to know what about it makes me feel that way. Is it the shape of the land? Is it the fact that the stop sign forces me to pause for a moment and consider my surroundings? Does it remind me of some lovely childhood drive? I can't put my finger on it. There are other intersections in more beautiful locales that don't make me feel the way this one does. Psalm 16:6 says, "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance." I know the psalmist wasn't thinking of country roads when he wrote this, but I always think of this verse when I sit at that intersection. "This, surely, is a pleasant place," I think to myself. And in some ways, a pleasant place is better than a breathtaking one, isn't it? I love the Grand Canyon and have hiked into it a handful of times over the years, but I wouldn't want to live there.
Which brings me to last weekend. I just got back from Laity Lodge, a retreat center in the hill country of Texas. It's a two-hour drive from the San Antonio airport, and for the last hour there's nothing to see but squat junipers and twisting oaks and hills that stretch into the distance, white with limestone. When at last you turn off the main road and onto the property, you descend into a canyon that's been carved over the millenia by the Frio River. The road, in fact, leads straight into the river, which on its banks is a few inches of frigid spring water running over a flat shelf of stone. The truck bounces through the river for a quarter mile until the road leads out and up again to the lodge. I always feel like one of Israelites passing through the dry bed of the Jordan and into Canaan.
The place isn't necessarily luxurious, but oh, is it pleasant. The borders of the walkways are well-tended, and they lead down to the shoulder of the canyon where the Great Hall sits perched over the blue-green pools of the river, on the other side of which is a cliff wall that changes colors as the sun glides overhead. Written on the stones that border the fountain and the paths are lines from all manner of poets, theologians, authors, philosophers, each of which declares the glory of God and asks the traveler to stop and consider that glory. Great minds have been coming to Laity Lodge for decades, including Frederick Buechner, Walter Wangerin, Jr., Madeleine L'Engle, Eugene Peterson, J.I. Packer, and N.T. Wright—but not just theological types. There have also been musicians, painters, dramatists, authors, chefs—and attendees no less intricate, wise, or thoughtful, Christians hungry for rest and peace and the time to encounter the Gospel in a place dedicated to it. When I step onto the grounds at Laity Lodge, I sense something like that intersection near my house. It is, in the best sense of the word, a pleasant place. It is sacred.
Now, I realize of course that if the Wendell Berry quote above is true, then Laity Lodge is just as sacred as the grass on your front lawn. As David Dark wrote, "There isn't a secular molecule in the universe." But isn't it true that some places feel right, just as surely as other places feel wrong? I have been to desecrated places, and have sensed a brooding darkness without knowing why. I have, at times, had to speak aloud what I believe to be true about God's presence in and around me in order to silence the voices of fear that clamored in my head—I have, in other words, been spooked. I have whistled in the dark. I don't know how all this works. I only know that we've all probably been in houses that felt dark and disquieting, and by contrast there is a sense of peace that seeps out of the walls of some houses. I want my house to be a house of peace. I want people to sense God's presence when they roll up our gravel driveway.
But how?
I think it's a matter of dedicating to God the world within our reach. Jamie and I are blessed with two wonderful neighbors, Tommy and Becky. When they built their home, sweet Becky wrote scripture verses on every 2×4 she could find. You can't see them anymore now that the house is finished, and of course they don't work as charms or anything weird like that; Bible verses on the studs don't do anything magical. Still, every sacred word that Becky wrote on every sacred plank of wood was a reminder to her that it was not her house, but God's.
The Christian's calling, in part, is to proclaim the Lord's dominion in every corner of the world—in every corner of our hearts, too. It isn't that we're fighting a battle in which we must win ground from the forces of evil; the ground is already God's. Satan is just an outlaw. And we have the pleasure of declaring God's kingdom with love, service, and peace in our homes and communities. When you pray, dedicate your home, your yard, your bonus room and dishwasher and bicycle and garden to the Lord. As surely as you dedicate your heart to him, dedicate your front porch. Daily pledge every cell of every tool at your disposal to his good pleasure. It's all sacred anyway, if old Wendell is right, and I think he is. I think that's why Laity Lodge feels so peaceful.
I wonder if the Holy Spirit is rambling around in the temple of my heart, scribbling promises on every exposed bit of lumber, declaring my sacredness so that I will remember that I belong to him. And maybe when I'm old and I cross paths with some weary traveler, they'll sense a rightness, a pleasantness of place, and will experience a peace that they cannot understand or explain.
Stop a moment and look around. This is our father's kingdom.
We are sacred, you and I.
Here's a video of me and Ben Shive in the library at Laity Lodge, performing a song called "Planting Trees." I wrote this song after hearing Eugene Peterson speak there—and after my sweet wife Jamie reminded me about the great calling on her life.
As a singer-songwriter and recording artist, Andrew has released more than ten records over the past fifteen years. His music has earned him a reputation for writing songs that connect with his listeners in ways equally powerful, poetic, and intimate. He has also followed his gifts into the realm of publishing. His books include the four volumes of the award-winning Wingfeather Saga.


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December 16, 2013 07:00 ET
A Competitive Analysis of the Market for Endpoint Security Solutions Revealing Top Players, Trail Blazers, Specialists, and Mature Players
A Competitive Analysis of the Market for Endpoint Security Solutions Revealing Top Players, Trail Blazers, Specialists, and Mature Players
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 16, 2013) - The Radicati Group, Inc.'s latest market brief, "Endpoint Security - Market Quadrant 2013," provides a competitive analysis of the endpoint security market. Endpoint security solutions are designed to monitor, manage, and protect all the endpoints on an enterprise network, including desktop computers, laptops, virtual desktops, tablets, mobile devices, credit card readers, and more.
Radicati Market Quadrants(SM) rank vendors based on a four quadrant system, which includes "Mature Players," "Specialists," "Trail Blazers," and "Top Players" quadrants. Leading players in each market segment are ranked based on the features and functionality of their solution and their market share in that segment. Radicati Market Quadrants(SM) provide a comparative viewpoint of the market, and an analysis of each vendor included in the study, including both strengths and weaknesses.
Endpoint security vendors evaluated in this Market Quadrant include: BeyondTrust, ESET, F-Secure, IBM, Kaspersky Lab, McAfee, Microsoft, Panda Security, SkyRecon Systems, Sophos, Symantec, ThreatTrack Security, Total Defense, Trend Micro, and Webroot.
To order a copy of the study, or for additional information about our market research programs, please visit our web site at http://www.radicati.com.
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The Radicati Group covers all aspects of email, security, information archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, social networking, instant messaging, unified communications, and more. The company provides both quantitative and qualitative information, including detailed market size, installed base and forecast information on a worldwide basis, as well as detailed country breakouts.
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