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Desktop computers are everywhere today, in fact you could say that they run the world. Thanks to the popularity of the internet, the last 20 years it has really helped the sales of desktop computers. If you are in the market for a desktop computer, or you would like some helpful tips about them in general, then you will want to read the following article.
Always have anti virus on your desktop. You can easily find that a virus has infiltrated your computer without it. The software steals information and slows down your computer. A lot of applications available will scan and repair your hard drive if you configure it.
When buying a desktop computer, you need to know what you plan to use it for. Knowing what you'll use the computer for is important, because it dictates how much storage space you may need, the kind of processing speed you need and the kind of monitor you need. When you know what you need to use the computer for, you're going to find it easier to find what you need.
A good way to decide what features you want in a new computer is to try out different models before you buy. Many stores have a large selection of models set up and it is a wise idea to spend some time trying them out. You can see which keyboard is most comfortable and which screen size is right for your needs.
As you look for the right desktop computer for your needs, pay close attention to your intended type of Internet connection as well as whether or not a potential desktop model has a modem. If you are not able to connect to broadband due to your location, you will need a modem. Otherwise, you can purchase a computer that does not have one.
When searching for a new desktop, go into it with the idea to maximize your buy based off of your specific needs. Desktop computers come in a ton of shapes, sizes, and processing speeds and abilities. There's a huge variety, so it's important to take a look at your workflow to make the best choice based off of you. Don't get fooled into a more expensive item than you need.
Try online comparison shopping when you need a desktop computer. Using comparison sites that show what a certain model offers across multiple brands can help you you decide where to buy. It can also save you a lot of money. Certain sites may offer useful additions and free shipping.
If you're a gamer looking for a new desktop computer, check computer requirements on the games you want to play. That way, you'll be sure to have the right computer for the games you are going to play. You can also check with gaming sites and forums to see which computers stand up best with regards to games.
RAM, or memory, is basically how much muscle a computer has. It is also one of the cheapest and easiest upgrades you can ever hope to do. Sometimes, it's cheaper to buy a system with a little bit of RAM and then upgrade up to a higher number by adding more RAM yourself.
As stated in the above article, desktop computers are very popular all over the world. These computers run big businesses and are in many homes today. Thankfully you came across a great article that has shown you why desktop computers are incredibly popular. Use the tips here as a guide whenever you plan on purchasing on, or using the one in front of you.


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"The Voice of Jihadism"
Bloggers discuss the trial of Mohammed Bouyeri for murdering Theo van Gogh. They also debate Karl Rove's role in the Valerie Plame case and allegations that former Georgia Sen. Zell Miller kept $60,000 in state funds while he was governor.
"The voice of jihadism": Bloggers were disgusted by Mohammed Bouyeri's calm admission that he killed Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Muslim, had remained silent since the shooting and stabbing last year. "I did it out of conviction," he said in court yesterday. "If I ever get free, I would do it again."
Shey, a Texan and Muslim who writes at Shey's Rebellion, had a message for Bouyeri and his ilk. "I'm so annoyed and frustrated by 'Muslims' like him," he writes, "if you live in Amsterdam, the world's most liberal city, you must be able to accept criticism and ridicule. Please stop using the Quran as an excuse for violence against people who do not share the same views as you."
Pieter Dorsman has been following the case at Peaktalk. "[I]n Mohammed Bouyeri we have pure, unrefined jihadist material at our disposal like we have never had it before," writes Dorsman, a Dutch economist living in Canada. "… just by observing [Bouyeri] we can paint a pretty scary picture, one that reminds us again of what we're actually fighting."
Conservative Andrew Sullivan calls Bouyeri "the voice of jihadism." Sullivan cites Bouyeri as proof that "our fundamental enemy is a medievalist theological fascism, buried in the recesses of a legitimate religious faith. It would be nice if we could talk these people out of it, or hand them concessions to buy them off, or hug them till they saw the joys of the New Age. Until then, we have to bring them to justice—on the battlefield or court-room."
Read more about the van Gogh trial here.
Stonewalled: Democrats cheered the White House press corps' grilling of press secretary Scott McClellan on Karl Rove's involvement in the leak of Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA agent.
Lefties at DailyKos debated whether Rove would be fired for his indiscretion. "What good does it do anyone to demand that Rove be canned?" writes contributor Rainey. "Whatever Bush has said he would or would not do, he's demonstrated over and over again that he has no intention of doing anything other than what he wants. … Does anyone think—wherever Rove's office is located or whoever signs his checks—that Rove won't continue to operate freely to push Bush's agenda and kneecap anyone on Bush's enemies list?" Commenter TeresaInSammamishWA replied, "If he were fired, he'd at least be off taxpayer payroll. That alone would be satisfaction to me."*
Some on the right deemed the reporters' attack on McClellan unfair. "What the partisan David Gregory and Terry Moran were reacting to was not the contents of Matt Cooper's notes and email, but to the very name of Karl Rove," suggested Lorie Byrd at conservative group blog PoliPundit. "… If what the Newsweek story says is correct, Rove did not name Plame, and was not engaging in any retribution, but was rather correcting the bogus, false story that Joe Wilson was peddling."
Billmon tried to figure out the White House strategy at his left-leaning Whiskey Bar. "I guess the decision to have Scotty zip it could be read one of two ways," he estimates. "Either as a sign the crew is freaking out because they finally realize [prosecutor] Fitzgerald isn't just going through the motions, or as a sign that Rove, like his old role model, thinks he has the case on ice."
Read the transcript of the White House press briefing and of earlier White House statements on the CIA leak. Read more about what bloggers are saying about Karl Rove here. Read Slate's Timothy Noah on Rove here and here, and Jacob Weisberg on the decision by Time to reveal its sources here.
Zell breaks loose: According to a report in the Macon Telegraph, former conservative Democratic Sen. Zell Miller kept more than $60,000 earmarked for entertainment and other expenses at the Georgia governor's mansion. He also cashed in more than $20,000 of "unused leave," a sum he later paid back, according to the article.
Waveflux, a St. Louis blogger, calls Miller a "public thief." He goes on, "This Republican-in-Democrat's-clothing, who thought nothing of betraying his party and its nominee during the presidential campaign, is now exposed as having betrayed the public trust as well."
Miller has argued that he was entitled to take the funds because no one said he couldn't. DownWithTyranny and others noted the irony that Miller's last book was titled Deficit of Decency, in which he lambasted the Democrats' integrity. Julia at The American Street, a liberal group blog, proposed that "we may have discovered why his party 'moved away' from Zell Miller … they got tired of being unable to leave their valuables unattended."
Read more about Zell Miller here.
Correction, July 13: Because of an editing error, part of a post that should have been credited to Daily Kos contributor Rainey was attributed to commenter TeresaInSammamishWA. (Return to the corrected sentence.)

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While substantial mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) habitat (>30-40 m) remains uninvestigated, recent investigations show that the extent of both MCE habitat and species diversity is greater than previously thought. The depth distributions and biogeographic ranges for many shallow-water organisms have also been historically underestimated. The upper mesophotic is home to many shallow-water marine organisms and represents a transition zone between shallow-water and lower mesophotic communities. The lower mesophotic represents a distinct community with some species exhibiting special physiological adaptations. Therefore, vertical connectivity is predominantly relevant between the upper mesophotic and shallow-water reefs. In some cases vertical connectivity is restricted due to genetic adaptation to these opposing reef habitats. Horizontal connectivity between MCEs remains largely unknown and represents an important avenue for future research.
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Facebook "Privacy"Posted by Chris Garrett / May 31, 2010
Are you sharing more than you realise?
Almost every business we have spoken to this year wants to know how to use Social Media to market their business. It's a powerful marketing tool, but while businesses are scrambling to get on Facebook, almost 25,000 personal users opted out on Monday due to Facebook's seemingly casual approach to privacy. (See http://www.quitfacebookday.com)
26 year old Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg admits "I know we've made a bunch of mistakes, but my hope at the end of this is that the service ends up in a better place and that people understand that our intentions are in the right place and we respond to the feedback from the people we serve."
We are at an interesting time in history, where on the one hand we have the Australian Government pushing to introduce a national Internet filter and on the other we have large corporations like Google and Facebook collecting every minute detail of our lives on the premise that their intentions are in the right place. Both scenarios are removing our right to choose.
Danah Boyd, a Microsoft researcher and top tech blogger, wrote: "The battle that is under way is not a battle over the future of privacy and publicity. It's a battle over choice and informed consent."
Openbook Bares All
Facebook has been in the news for most of its five short years for privacy abuse issues and it is now reaching fever pitch.
The current bone of contention with Facebook is the amount of data that it makes publicly available by default. You have to decipher their lengthy privacy area to lock down your comments and photos so only your friends can see them and not the whole world. Unfortunately, many people have no concept of how or why to do this.
Two young lads from San Francisco, Pete Burns and Will Moffatt thought it was about time this was exposed and have built a site that displays all the publicly accessible information from Facebook in a site called Openbook. It received 665,252 hits in its first weekl! Search for a key phrase and you can see all the public profiles that mention that phrase. (If you are easily offended, don't follow the link, although the results are much less interesting than the searches.) Read more about Openbook here.
Burns and Moffatt think Facebook should take more responsibility for the privacy of its' customers by educating us and making it easy to use. This is their proposal:
- Make it easy to control and understand your privacy settings.
- Promise that they won't change them behind your back.
- Make new accounts private by default.
Doesn't sound that difficult for a $5+billion company.
What Can We Do?
When things go wrong, the finger pointing begins, but for the same reason the Internet filter is ridiculous, blaming Facebook for loosing your job/girlfriend/dignity is equally so. As the Openbook guys have demonstrated, Facebook definitely needs to help us help ourselves, but ultimately, our privacy is our responsibility.
Unfortunately, the very reason these behemoth web services are a success is the intimate nature of the data we share. And, for this reason, they also make very effective marketing tools. Social sites are here to stay for good or bad. When Facebook eventually meets its' sticky end, something else even more engaging and insidious will replace it.
As consumers, we need to get smart with how we use the Internet because the law certainly can't keep up and Facebook offers no legal or police assistance.
5 Step Internet Privacy Guide
All online communication should be treated as 'public'. Whether its email, social sites or instant messaging, all of it can be made public in just a few clicks.
- If you share private things, do it offline.
- If you don't want to be found, stalked or spied upon, don't use your real name, age or contact details online
- Get a lot of spam? Try using a temporary email address – http://www.guerrillamail.com
- If you think Facebook is using your details wrongly, opt out. Go to Account / Account Settings / Deactivate Account
- If you think the Australian Internet filter is a bad idea, say so – http://nocleanfeed.com
Watch the Facebook Trends
A look at last week's headlines shows the trend:
- Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline
- Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook
- Yet another Facebook privacy risk: emails Facebook sends leak user IP address
- A Stunning Infographic on Facebook's scary privacy evolution
- Facebook's "Posts By Everyone" Feature: Do People Realize They're
Sharing To The World?
- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative | Epicenter |
- Senators Call Out Facebook On 'Instant Personalization', Other Privacy Issues
- Facebook's email days: "I'm CEO bith@#$%!"
- Facebook's new features secretly add apps to your profile
- The Day Facebook Stole My Page
- Facebook is Dying – Social is Not
- Facebook's "Evil Interfaces" | Electronic Frontier Foundation


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What does a typical General Liability Insurance policy cover?
Liability Insurance covers five basic categories of business liability:
- Bodily Injury — physical harm to a person at your place of business, or an injury caused by your employee at a client's site.
- Completed Operations/Products Liability — losses after your business has completed work for a customer (such as repairing appliances or installing plumbing), or from manufacturing and distributing products.
- Personal Injury — damage to the reputation or rights of a person or business due to slander, libel, copyright infringement, invasion or privacy, false arrest, wrongful eviction, etc.
- Advertising Injury — losses caused by your advertising (spoken or written); for example, an ad that trashes a competitor.
- Independent Contractors Liability Insurance — damage from the acts of an independent contractor hired by your business.
Medical Payments: Pays the medical expenses of a person injured on your premises (a customer, client, visitor, or even a trespasser) up to a stated amount, regardless of fault — as a goodwill gesture to prevent lawsuits.
Damages Covered
Your Business Liability Insurance will pay three types of damages:
- Compensatory damages —financial losses of the claimant, plus additional monetary losses resulting from the claim.
- General damages — for intangible losses ("pain and suffering." "mental anguish," etc.)
- Punitive damages — penalties against your business for committing a wrongful act.
Although General Liability insurance provides a wide range of protection for your business, it won't pay liability claims related to these areas (which you can cover with other policies):
- On-the-job injuries to employees (Workers Compensation Insurance)
- Operating autos or trucks in your business (Business Auto Policy)
- Performing, or failing to perform, professional services (Professional Liability/Errors & Omissions)
- Acts as a corporate director or officer (Directors & Officers Policy)
- Pollution (Environmental Liability Insurance)
- Damage to property of others in the care, custody and control of your business — for example, an electronic repair shop storing customers' televisions (Baillee's Customer Floater); and
- Products, such as food items or toys, subject to recall.
General Liability Insurance also excludes coverage for losses related to war, terrorism, or nuclear events.
The Bottom Line
A well-crafted General Liability policy can help give you financial peace of mind, freeing you up to grow your business. Go ahead and get a free Utah general liability insurance quote now!


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Major News and Events of 09 March 2016
What Happened on 09 March 2016
Congress to release TN Election Manifesto in 15 days
Sensex continues to gain for sixth consecutive day
Sensex falls by 188+ points, courtesy profit booking
Man attempts self oblation near Parliament
Airtel extends maternity leave by 10 weeks
Khadi to become Friday dressing in govt. offices
Govt. to check noise at weddings using sound-level meters
Sensex & Nifty face major downfalls
Today, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leaders including Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpai as accused in a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by the current Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley. All the six AAP leaders have been asked to appear before the court on 7 April 2016.
Today, INR(Indian National Congress) announced releasing its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu in the next fifteen days after receiving an approval from the high command i.e. AICC. Congress has entered into a tie up with DMK with an aim to defeat the ruling AIADMK. While making the announcement, the TNCC president EVKS Elangovan also hinted allotment of seats to partymen who had already given a written consent to contest in the forthcoming elections.
Today, BSE Sensex entered the sixth day of gains by closing at 135 points to reach Rs. 24,794 with Nifty advancing by 46 points to close at Rs. 7,532. Though for a majority of day, the BSE Sensex and Nifty traded lower, the late buying in blue-chip stocks like Larsen & Toubro, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank helped the two indices recover from these lows.
BSE Sensex has fallen by over 188 points during early trade today. Reason for the fall is believed to be the profit-booking by investors after the recent gains amid fading trade in Asia. Sensex closed at Rs. 24,470.93 with sectors including IT, capital goods, banking, oil and gas, metal and PSU witnessing heavy losses. While the index gained 1,657.23 points in the last five sessions, Nifty slipped by 49.85 points to close at Rs. 7,435.45.
Today, a man, now identified as Hari Singh, a resident of Haryana's Sirsa attempted to immolate himself near Parliament. He claims his sister and niece were killed by a group of criminals and since no action had been taken by the local police, he had chosen to come down to Delhi. Singh was stopped by the Delhi Police near Vijay Chowk and has now been taken to the Parliament Street police station for further investigation.
As an attempt to promote gender diversity across all management levels, India's leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel has increased the maternity leave for its women employees from 12 weeks to 22 weeks. The decision comes as an addition to the flexible working options available for working mothers. Offering all modern-day care facilities for children, Airtel's Gurgaon office ensures a comfortable work environment for women with kids.
The government is considering a plea from the Khadi & Village Industries Commission to appeal the employees of government organisations to wear clothes made from the hand-spun fabric on every Friday. This step marks an initiative to boost Khadi production in addition to benefiting small weavers residing in different corners of India. Currently, the central government has around 35 lakh employees, which excludes railways and defence personnel.
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is planning to install sound-level meters at all banquet halls to keep a tab on noise produced at the weddings where loud music is being played. All sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) in Delhi would be meeting managers of wedding venues, band owners and DJs for creating awareness about the noise pollution rules. An individual can be booked under the law for breaching the standard noise level of 45 decibels during the night. The limit for commercial areas is 55 decibels.
Today, the BSE Sensex fell over 150 points with Nifty moving below its critical level of 7,450 in the opening deals. Reason for this decline is believed to be the broad-based selling pressure in addition to weak global cues. Sensex recorded a fall by 153 points to close at Rs. 24,506 while Nifty fell by 46 points to close at Rs. 7,439.
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We conduct Show Rounds of the school with our Headteacher, on every day of the week. By appointment we can also conduct these Show Rounds during the school holidays, if required.
Our Open Mornings provide prospective families with the opportunity to take a guided tour of the school, meet our staff and see the work of pupils already at Elmhurst.
Our next Open Morning will take place on Saturday 6th October, 10am - 12pm.
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Change Tab Headers and Correct Dreamweaver Table
Orçamento $30-250 USD
I need to quick jobs doing:
Job 1 : Dreaweaver Table - Please see below for further details:
I need the table on page 2 correcting so that it looks exactly as on page 1. You will have to change the CSS so that this is reflected throughout the site if I add more of these tables.
What I need doing can be found at the URL's shown below:
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Once you complete this then the corrected page and table needs to work properly on the following browsers:
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I will also check for correctness when you have finished.
Job 2 : Correct Tab Headers
I have attached a file showing how I want the tabs changing. The change needs to run through every page on the website.
If any further information is needed then please ask. As I don't want any surprises.
Full access will be given to the winning bidder.
I want to pay $15 per job making a total of $30.
Happy Bidding.
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Blogging about startup life
Startup life
Curious about startup life? Wondering if it's for you? Desperate to find out if it's anything like the HBO show Silicon Valley?
Join the club.
When I grew painfully tired of middle management in Midwestern Corporate America, I immediately turned to the internet in search of stories shared by others who have found themselves in a similar place.
I found none.
What I found were the same names and the same stories. Same companies and same locations. Valuation salivation and entrepreneurial porn. There is no content for boring (am I boring?), regular people who are interested in pursuing a career at a tech startup.
I've broken my two years long blog break to address this. If you've stuck with me since the CrunchyVTMommy days (groan) you're a champion. Thank you. You may already know that life is much different for me seven years later.
If you're new, hello and welcome. I work at the best startup ever. No joke. It's called Lovepop and we make incredible 3D laser-cut and hand assembled pop-up greetings cards. I'm the Head of Customer Happiness and wildly in love with what I do.
Why I started blogging
I created my first blog, CrunchyVTMommy, in 2009 shortly after my first child; Preston was born. There were no relate-able natural parenting blogs for a multicultural family, living a semi-crunchy lifestyle in Vermont.
I changed that.
It was the golden age of "mommy blogging". Sponsorships and legit work from home opportunities as far as a mommy blogger's eye could see. Exciting times for a woman, whose greatest thrill at the time, was making it to the farmer's market before the best arugula wilted.
Without having a clue about what I was doing or why I was doing it, through blogging, I found that my voice resonated with many. My first blog morphed into an awesome community centered around our shared interests and our collective fondness of messing with celebrities on Twitter. It was an incredible creative contrast to my interesting yet uninspiring professional career at a global Defense Contractor.
Not long after my daughter Cameron was born, a short fourteen months after Preston, my husband was accepted into Cornell University's Johnson School of Business. We left Vermont and headed to Ithaca, New York. I began blogging at VeronicaArmstrong.com about life as an Ivy League MBA wife, parenting, and my newfound passion (obsession?) with photography.
I never expected to be a stay at home mom, and while it was excruciatingly difficult to raise two young children mostly alone in a six hundred square foot dorm (I cried so many times), I craved something else to occupy my time.
I began working as a freelancer and produced written and visual content for clients, managed social media accounts, and took on the occasional paid photography gig. I crafted a career that was perfectly aligned with my lifestyle and skills.
It was empowering to learn that I was in full control of my professional destiny and career trajectory versus at the whim of some HR random.
I grew a lot during the evolution of the blog and experienced many rad opportunities including a feature in a nationally televised commercial for a major brand.
And then...
Life happened, and the blog became difficult to sustain. I've missed writing and the connections I've made via blogging. I'm back, and I'll be writing about startup life, tech news, parenting big(ger) kids, and more.


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I have decided to write DAILY while I'm in Italy this summer!
So, beginning on June 17th, 2010 check in everyday for my reports of Italian kindness, fun and love that I give and receive every day! From Florence, Malta, Venice, Rome and many other cities, I will report on the BEST of human behavior and potential.
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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Lloyd Hastings Marshall
Canadian Infantry
112th Battalion/Royal Canadian Regiment
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Date of Birth:
October 21, 1892
Place of Birth:
Bear River, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
March 13, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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Height: 5 Feet 6 Inches
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29th Battery, CFA
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(Father) William Henry Marshall, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Lloyd H. Marshall was the son of William H. and Lillian Marshall, of Yarmouth South, Nova Scotia. He had joined the Stewards' Department of the
steamer SS Prince George and resigned that position to join the 112th Battalion. He was transferred to the Royal Canadian Regiment in England. He was
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Canal du Nord. The extension to the communal cemetery was made by the
Canadian Corps after the capture of the village.
The cemetery now contains 199 First World War burials, eight of
them unidentified.
Commemorated on Page 467 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on October 4
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 112th Battalion.
Commemorated on the Yarmouth Monument
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If you were the lazy slacker you usually are and didn't bother reading G's post the upshot is that the dividing line between pro level play and not pro level play is the mental toughness, determination and drive of the players and that the current generation shows a decided inclination to be *ahem* soft. And further Grayson's answer is to drive those showing any inclination to be the best with a combination of positive and negative reinforcement--though the article focuses on the negative.
While it's easy to get hung up on what form that negative reinforcement takes the real issue is how best to drive players to reach their potential. And make no mistake most players of any era or generation require some outside influence or motivation to maximize their ability whatever the game or sport may be. Is an unrelenting barrage of negativity the best option? Probably not but does it have a place in the process? For many perhaps even most there is a time and place for negative reinforcement. It's not all the time or in an absence of occasional positive reinforcement but nothing but pats on the head and "good job" will never get the most out of most players.
The other contentious point challenged the dedication and drive of the players of today. And not a minute too soon. If I hadn't made the same claims myself in the past I'd second Grayson's claim without hesitation. That doesn't mean there aren't some dedicated driven up-and-coming young players but again the issue raised was the next generation of pro players. And the reality is there have been individuals making the move (rarely) but the current generation has been passed by. The great majority of today's pro players whether they are Challengers or Champions are in their mid to late twenties and there is no wave of late teen phenoms pushing to take their places. The reason isn't a lack of technical skills. It is in part a developmental failure based on how most teams and players currently train but it is also a failure to bring to the table the requisite intangibles. (A case might be made that the pool of potential or future pro players has shrunken too making it more difficult to replace the current crop of aging players.)
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19-year-old Machli has a postage stamp, short films and documentaries and even several Facebook pages dedicated to her.
Legendary tigress Machli, also known as the Queen of Ranthambore, finally succumbed to old age on Friday morning ending her love affair with Rajasthan's Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
The 19-year-old tigress, one of the most photographed in the world, was reported dead around 9.50 am on the fringe of the park, close to a densely forested patch near a luxury resort that became her last territory.
Hemraj Meena, who has been a guide and naturalist at Ranthambore for 22 years now and had been following Machli's life since 1997, said that Machli was found in a bamboo patch and since there was no movement for a long time forest officials checked on her to find that she was no more. "The patch was immediately cordoned off and a team of Vets and top forest officials are being awaited for carrying out the necessary formalities. The carcass will also be sent for post-mortem after which a proper cremation will be carried out," he said.
Meena said that the cremation for Machli would be carried out in a proper way because, apart from being a legend, she was like the godmother of the entire forest. "All guides and forest staff want a proper cremation for her just like we would do for any other family member," he said.
There was a huge emotional outburst on social media on the news of her death. Several wildlife photographers and enthusiasts shared their best pictures of Machli in her prime.
As per senior forest officials from Ranthambore, Machli, who was also known as T-16, had been keeping unwell and was being monitored by a team of staff and vets.
She is known to be the oldest living tigress in wild and her fame has been such that she has been drawing tourists from all over the globe. In fact, as per wildlife photographer Aditya Singh, she was named 'Machli' by Colin Patrick Stafford-Johnson, a cinematographer who went on to do five documentaries on her after he spotted what looked like an 'angel fish' on her cheek.
"Her most famous and remembered wildlife encounter is the one where she not only fought but also killed a 14-foot long crocodile. She is a legend and will remain the undisputed queen of Ranthambore even if she is gone. In spite of being in her prime, even in this season, she was most sought after as a lot of tourists feel that unless they have seen Machli their journey to Ranthambore remains incomplete," said a park guide, adding that almost half of the tigers from Ranthambore belong to her lineage.
Machli had lost all her canine teeth during her fight with the crocodile and sources say she was given baits to ensure she did not die due to hunger. She even had a dedicated team that used to keep a track of her movements.
"She was a big crowd-puller and, hence, even the Rajasthan government used to keep a tab on her well-being because she was India's celebrity tiger. In fact in early 2014, she was thought to be dead, spreading panic when she was not spotted for close to 26 days but soon she emerged," said a forest official. However, he added, this time seeing her condition, it was difficult to believe that she would cheat death yet again.
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Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit
BSODs at random, generally with Plex Media Server running
My hypothesis is that the BSODs I've been getting have something to do with Plex. They started about a month after I installed Plex, and have been happening irregularly since then. Here's the list of BSODs from the Event Viewer (if that isn't in the thing I uploaded, very nifty tool btw).
Critical 6/13/2015 21:10:34 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 6/13/2015 11:08:35 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 6/13/2015 09:58:48 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 6/11/2015 08:45:30 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 6/7/2015 14:58:32 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 5/16/2015 14:46:55 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 5/15/2015 04:25:55 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 5/4/2015 18:46:37 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 5/4/2015 16:55:21 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 5/4/2015 13:21:37 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 5/3/2015 22:26:18 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 5/3/2015 21:22:50 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 4/25/2015 16:34:47 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 4/24/2015 17:45:27 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 4/24/2015 09:41:14 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 1/7/2015 19:49:53 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 11/19/2014 16:25:52 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 11/19/2014 16:13:48 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 11/19/2014 16:05:35 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
Critical 11/19/2014 16:03:28 Kernel-Power 41 (63)
As you can see it happened three times today, twice while Plex was actively running. I have Plex set to run on startup, but almost always close it if I'm not actively using it. I've had this computer (which I built) since 2011, and this is a complete record of all BSODs while owning it.
Please let me know if I'm right (or not) and what the suggested solution would be, and if any additional information is required.
Thanks, and I hope the above helps!
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Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
Hello and welcome mrta there are some things I don't quite understand about your dumps but I would certainly be doing these for starters
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html< if necessary include the /f and /r in the command line as per Option2
in safe mode if you like and I would be checking out the memory too
The memtest you will need to make a bootable disk / stick andset the BIOS to boot from the optical or USBand it will take a fair time torun- some leave it overnight. see the attached document.
But one thing is very important you must let the test run for at least 8passes any less and the findings are no good. Now if errors come upstraight away then you can stop it - see my pics. Now if there are errors andyou have more than one stick of RAM in then you will need to test each stick ieremove the sticks and replace stick 1 in slot 1 and test no errors do thesame in slot 2 with stick 1 no errors then repeat the process with stick 2 -that will show up the faulty stick - the other thing is it could be a faultyslot but most unusual. With more than two sticks the process is even longer asone may realize.
It is a very lengthy and tedious process but worth it if youhave errors.
While you are it and before the memtest
Now as for the slots toclean them use a strip of old credit card (or any card thin enough some arebetter than others ) about 1/2 inch wide nip the corners off one end - preferably round them offhold a piece of thin lint free cloth over theend dab on some form of alcohol - isopropyl alcohol (what we swab the skin withbefore an injection) is good and GENTLYswipe along the slots.
This can also be done for the GPU slot/s andalso the contacts of the sticks or cards - not the stick but some lint freecloth of course. See my pic for the sick but please be very gentle doing it ifyou are in any doubt - please ask before doing it but I use this all the timeand have yet to damage anything
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Win7 Ultimate X64
Just had a scan through your dumps and they are all showing 0xC5 Pool_Corruption errors, it is worth doing a RAM test to verify memory as mentioned above but these are generally caused by driver problems so may be easiest to enable driver verifier to stress your drivers.
Its worth noting that Networx was referenced by one of your dumps so may be worth removing/disabling/updating this to see if it helps but as it was only once this could well be an erroneous entry and can be delayed until later if you want to do memtest and verifier first
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|14 Jun 2015
Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
Yep Pauly I saw them too and I did also advise the memtest in my post plus a quick sfc and chkdsk.
I also thought it as well to reseat the hardware and do some cleaning of the slots on everything because those dumps came up with hardware related stuff.
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Shingles have different stages of deterioration. In the initial stage, they will be shedding granules which lead to clogged gutters. At the end of the final stage, they will have curled and buckled. Shingles that have shed out granules can still keep water out but once they buckle, leaks will begin to appear.
You will need to decide if to repair or replace your roof. You'll have to decide between the two on your own but if your roof shows signs of at least 2 of the aforementioned problems, it may be better to get your home exterior replaced. Consult your local roofing company for better advice and an inspection of your roof.
Countless building owners are facing this problem every year, should I replace my building's roofing or should I simply repair it? In most cases, the answer is never clear and in others, the need to replace an exterior is more obvious like if a storm has ripped off half of your roof. Majority of cases there aren't so clear cut, such as when your building has leaks that never seem to leave. If you are having a hard time deciding whether you should replace your roof or repair it, check out the following tips for how to proceed.
Get professional advice:
While it seems obvious, you'd be surprised at the number of building owners who get advice from amateur and unlicensed contractors because of their lower rates. The savings though are usually overshadowed by the fees they pay later on due to botched repairs or poor workmanship. Before making a decision, get the opinion of a GAF roofing contractor that is properly insured, bonded, and licensed.
Is it a persistent problem or isolated?:
As your roof ages, the materials around it begin to deteriorate and you will have to replace your roof eventually. In many cases, a roof that is still in good condition can have isolated problems that can be solved through exterior repairs. If the same problem keeps showing up, you may need to get your roof replaced.
How old is your roof?:
If you have an old roof that is experience problems, spending money to repair it may not be the best course of action. Repairs are usually much cheaper than replacements so repairing your roof just one more time may seem tempting but it is not advised if your roof is approaching the end of its lifespan.
Roof repair history:
If your roof has had bad repairs done in the past, it might be better to have a new roof installed even if your current problem would be classified as a repair issue. Again, repairs are cheaper than replacements but repeated repairs will eventually become more costly. Exterior roofing companies will be able to properly assess your roofs repair history and determine whether a new roof is needed or not.
Cost of repairs:
Depending on the current state of your roof, it may cost more to repair than to implement a new roofing system. For example, if your roof repair involves removing panels or shingles to fix a certain problem in your deck, the labor involved in such a repair might actually cost more than a replacement. The cost of repairing materials involved may actually make it just as expensive as buying new materials altogether.
As mentioned earlier, each roof will have to be replaced eventually and all building owners will wrestle with this decision. Needing a new roof may be obvious or it might actually need to be repaired before more obvious problems present themselves. Before making any repairs or replacements, be sure to consider the aforementioned tips and always take the advice of GAF roofing companies over not GAF accredited companies.


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Top 10 Things I've Learned About Preparing for an Elementary General Music Concert
It is the time of year where many of us elementary general music educators are preparing for some type of holiday or winter concert. I wanted to share the top ten things I have learned when preparing for an elementary general music concert:
- Check with the nurse during the concert week to see which students have visited the nurse's office or was sent home ill. If I know a child has been ill during the week, I will place that child closer to the front of the risers in case he/she needs to exit quickly from the concert.
- Check excellent music teacher networks, like https://www.facebook.com/groups/musicpln/ with over 11,000 members, to ask them, "What are your favorite concert songs?"
- Check pinterest for more concert ideas. Here is my board for this year's concert music.
- Since paper programs were ending up on the floor, we changed to projecting the program in PowerPoint during the concert. In addition, we have the concert narrated by a teacher, where each song is introduced with some sort of fun or historical fact about the song.
- The more I like the concert music, the more my students will like the concert music.
- If your concert has a specific dress code, like white tops or ties, keep a few in your classroom in case a student forgets the dress code or if a parent asks for assistance with the dress code. As students outgrow their concert dress code staples, ask to see if the parents will donate those staples.
- When I am lucky enough to have an accompanist, I will also have a few songs accompanied with a pre-recorded accompaniment track. This gives a type of "ear candy," where the audience gets to experience and hear a variety of types of accompaniments as opposed to one instrument.
- If I can, I try to utilize the older students in my school who study privately on an instrument. I will write a descant or a harmony for them to play along with the younger students' songs.
- If I feel it is needed, I will also add movements, dances, instruments, and/or props for the students' songs enhance them.
- Thank anyone and everyone who assists and supports the concert. I could never help the students feel successful when performing on a concert if I did not have the support of the teachers. They assist in rehearsals, support the schedule when the rehearsals change classes around, encourage their students to behave and perform well, and will remind the parents of the concert dress, day, and time on their classroom webpages.


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Another visit to Chambers Farm Wood to see if I could get a photograph or two of the elusive Brown hairstreak butterfly and the nearly as elusive Grass snake. An early start, leaving home at 06:00 as I wanted to be at Chambers Wood no later than 07:00 to avoid the many people that I knew would be there later in the day. I have nothing against other people, it's just that when you are trying to photograph something that is as nervous and elusive as a Grass snake the last thing you want is other people disturbing the snake by their presence. I also thought I might find a darter or hawker perched up with early morning dew on it. Would like a nice photo of either of them with outstretched dew covered wings.
I knew a tripod would not be the best option to photograph a grass snake as quick reactions may be needed and setting up a tripod would be a no go as far as I was concerned, so it was the Canon 100mm and speedlite hand held today. The Sigma 150mm has become a bit of a spare part just lately but I'm sure it will get further use at some point.
Arriving at the wood at 06:50 I was soon set up and ready to go. The weather was as promised, with near cloud free skies and temperatures set to reach 23 degrees c. First port of call was the compost heap in the butterfly garden as I had seen Grass snakes there on a previous visit. I did think it was maybe a touch too early in the day to see any as the sun had not risen high enough to get onto the compost heap as yet. Nothing was seen at all. I calculated that the sun would be on the compost heap by around 07:45 so I went in search of other subjects to photograph until that time. I checked other suitable spots where I thought Grass snake's may be but none were seen.
Insects were fairly thin on the ground and I didn't want to wander too far from the butterfly garden compost heap to have to walk back later. It was certainly too early in the day to make the longish walk to the area where I knew Brown hairstreak butterflies may be seen as it was far too cold for them. It was early though, and I didn't expect to see a lot of insect activity.
The first subject to come in front of the lens was an Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar. It was on a Rosebay Willowherb plant, the favourite food plant of these great caterpillars. As a bonus it was covered in early morning dew as well. Okay it wasn't a darter or hawker but just as good.
Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar covered in morning dew drops
Nothing much else was seen over the next hour so I made my way back to the compost heap to see if there were any grass snakes showing. As I very cautiously approached I could see a snake sat on top of the heap basking in the sun which was now fully shining on the heap. Despite my very slow and careful approach it slithered back down into the compost before I could get a shot. The tactic now was to stand and wait near enough to the heap to get a photograph without having to move if it decided to show again. Several times over the next hour and a half the snake would briefly pop it's head out only to promptly go back before I could get a shot. finally it decided I was no threat I guess and fully emerged. Oh what a beauty it was as well, I'm guessing it was near on a metre in length. I fired some shots off from the position I was in before attempting to move closer. Remember I was only using a 100mm macro lens and really needed to get in a bit closer. To my surprise it allowed me to approach very closely and I got the shots I was after. It stayed out for about five minutes before retreating back into the compost heap.
Grass snake
My legs ached and my back ached with being stood in more or less the same position for nigh on a hour and a half but I was elated to have got the shots I wanted, this is the first Grass snake I have photographed. I have seen a few but only brief glimpses as they have slithered off. Back to the car for a drink and a well earned sit down for a few minutes.
It was now 09:30 and warming up very nicely so it was time to go search for the Brown hairstreak's. There were plenty of darters and hawkers on the wing now as well as a few butterflies. I managed a very nice photograph of a Comm Blue butterfly. These butterflies have been very much down in numbers this year. Some sources say they have declined by as much as 62% in many areas this year so I was pleased to see one.
Common Blue
Back to searching for the hairstreak's. Well to cut a long story short, I did see some Brown hairstreak's but only at distance. Four were seen altogether but they were either high up in the oak trees or inaccessible on the blackthorn bushes. I walked up and down in the area where I saw them many times but to no avail as far as photographs of them were concerned. I did photograph other things as well though, Southern hawker's, Migrant hawker's and Common darter's being seen in good numbers.
Male Southern Hawker
I carried on searching for the hairsteaks until 15:30 when I decided to call it a day. I was hot, sweaty and weary from all the walking as the temperature had soared throughout the day. Chambers Wood has an odd bench or two to sit on if you want to take the weight off your feet but unfortunately not in the area I was in. It was a relief to get back to the car for a sit down. Although I came away without any hairstreak photographs I was still on a high from getting the Grass snake photos and as far as I'm concerned the day had still been a great success. I finish this post with another photograph of the Grass snake.
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This came while discussing about Nickelback's song Leader of Men, which I have used recently as a recurring theme for Ioh in this recent Flickr pic:
The recurring theme was done in a bluegrass arrangement by Cornbread Red:
When I first used the song back in the summer of 2009, it was the Nickleback acoustic version. This was the summer things were starting to go sour with Ioh's ex kitten Bails. Even so, I still like the tune, regardless.
For me, I think it's more the lyrics than anything. They're on the youtube link, but you can see them here without having the song come up on autoplay:
My friend that I was discussing things with said he liked the lyrics, with positive message behind it. I agreed that it is, in a melancholy sort of way, which kinda the point to bluesy, or blue grass song.
You see, when I first used this song as a theme, a depression was forming for me between RL job searching and SL drama with gossip and rank jockeying starting up in the CWs. Added on to that was a low period in my relationship with Bails. Added all together, it's pretty easy to see now how the first verse sang to me:
Tell your friends not to think aloud
Until they swallow
Whisper things into my brain
Your voice sounds so hollow
Yet, despite all that, and the tragedy that hit and all that culminated in my being banned from Midian, I still find myself searching for the way to 'get higher'- or to go past and break through the stuff in a hero's journey that can either pull one down to make things a tragedy, instead of the final triumph and happy ending that is strove for, like the saving the girl at the end of the song.
My friend noted that he prefers a happy ending. I think everyone looks for that final resolution, even in a tragedy, to find something redemptive, if not a retribution for what caused the tragedy. Though I'd prefer the redemption, like the story in the song, as if to say, "Here's what everyone was thinking and saying, now see how the final action has proven them wrong."
Tragedies, as my friend pointed out, generally involves some sort of mistake on the hero's part. That I have made mistakes, I cannot deny. But even so, a lot of movies and stories in general are filled with flawed heroes. They're not envisioned perfect, whether they are the demigod super hero or the average joe type who just happens to step in and heed the call to action. That the listened to the call to action is what made them heroes. It's what they do that gets talked about, and that talk is often a voice sounding hollow, about the past, and a fruit gone rotten. A hero does not live in the past. He sets out to press on further, to go higher, to persevere and continue to listen to the call to action.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
To Bring A Positive Outlook Out Of A Tragedy
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