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A good day meant 85 to 90 miles on the road — and sometimes he pedaled into the night, guided by a flashlight.
He slept on gym floors, in motel rooms without electricity, in a tent in 30-degree weather that had him waking up to near-numb toes and frozen drinking water. He battled all kinds of weather, aggressive drivers, rude authority figures.
And in one week, Camilo Atehortua cycled 520 miles from Boston to Washington, D.C., enduring physical and mental trials, and witnessing the beauty and brute power of Mother Nature, and the best and worst of humanity.
The Watertown resident's trek, completed to raise awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder, is chronicled in an independent, locally produced documentary, "Ride Crazy: The Single Man March."
A native of Colombia and veteran of the Marine Corps who did a seven-month tour in Iraq, Atehortua suffers from the condition, known as PTSD, and has discovered a sort of healing power through cycling.
After being in a combat zone, he explained, "you get so hyped up to be on watch, that you're always on watch."
Directed and edited by Roslindale-based Anthony Barounis, and released through his Tonekat Productions, the film had its premiere at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge on Jan. 14, and was also screened at 51 Lincoln in Newton on Feb. 5. All proceeds from both the ride and the documentary – about $3,000 at recent count — are being donated to the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps injured members of the military transition back to civilian life after duty.
The hope is to raise more money through future screenings, Barounis explained, and he's also submitting the movie to various festivals.
A lifelong bicyclist who works as a sound engineer, Atehortua embarked on his solo, weeklong odyssey on Nov. 4, shortly after Hurricane Sandy released her fury on the East Coast. His goal was to reach the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington on Veterans Day.
Using a GoPro camera positioned in a shock-proof case on the drop bars of his bike, he captured 60 gigabytes worth of footage. Barounis originally intended for it to be condensed into a short YouTube video, but once he began culling through it, he realized the potential for a much more powerful story.
"It ultimately has a humanitarian message," said Barounis, who works as bar manager at 51 Lincoln, but has aspirations in film and music. "The big message of the movie is, 'Just look out for each other.' "
Both stark and artsy, the hour-plus film is set to a soundtrack by the Electrical Fire, Barounis' electronic music band.
As Atehortua whirs along on his bike, the film weaves shots of the road rolling beneath his tires with close-ups of his intense and focused face — he positioned the camera either up or out to capture both — as well as scenery both bucolic and urban, and regular interludes of the rider talking to the camera about his mental state, or the day's highlights or low points.
"It's starting to wear on me — the miles, every day," he says during one stop, face bedraggled.
'It ultimately has a humanitarian message. The big message of the movie is, "Just look out for each other." '
A sunny and bright morning cheers his mood. "Time is money, and the sunlight is my ATM," he says with a smile.
Working his way south on his F-Series Felt road bike loaded with a tent, tools and other necessities, he struggled up and down "ruthless" hills in Connecticut, got sidelined by another storm, bedded down one night in a completely empty gym-turned-shelter in New York intended for Hurricane Sandy victims, took advantage of a motel room another night to dry out his soaked clothes and take a rare shower, and visited shops crammed with eclectic gear for cycling.
"I tried to pack as light as possible — bare minimum," he explained as he watched the film from a sofa in Barounis' Roslindale apartment one recent evening.
He relied on a GPS and good-old paper maps for guidance; a steady stream of house, lounge, and jazz music for entertainment. He often donned a shirt declaring "Pain is weakness leaving the body" — a mantra from his days in boot camp — and proudly displayed an American flag on his left shoulder.
On active duty with the Marines for four years, Atehortua was deployed to Iraq in September 2006; he worked on security and stabilization, and dealt with the daily threat of roadside bombs. He was a backup on raids, and helped patrol for explosives with metal detectors.
Returning home, he dealt with the after-effects, most notably "extreme paranoia" in large groups, as well as the difficult readjustment from a regimented military life to a daily civilian one, and what he described as an oddness of day-to-day freedom.
But he has found relief from PTSD on his bike, where he feels more grounded, his senses are heightened, and he can outpace the worry and anxiety.
Ultimately, his journey was met with mixed reactions — on the one hand, strangers took him to lunch, or gave him food or money. On the other, he was kicked out of the visitors center at Independence Hall in Philadelphia because he brought his bike inside.
And his ultimate destination had a sour undertone, Atehortua said. After riding on "pure adrenaline" for the final 45 miles, he collapsed with the effort at the memorial, and was very shortly berated by a park ranger who told him he couldn't ride his bike through the area, and that he was being "disrespectful."
In the end, Atehortua said, he doesn't know whether he was on his bike to find himself, or to do just the opposite — leave all the pressures of daily life behind, and just focus on survival.
In either case, it was a "great, eye-opening experience," he said. He had both good and bad moments, met interesting people who shared their dreams and goals with him, and realized things that people take for granted, but shouldn't.
Atehortua's advice: Find ways to get rid of stress, rather than passing it on. Life is about "being there as a person, being humble."For information on the film, including future screenings, visit www.ridecrazy.com.
Taryn Plumb can be reached at email@example.com.


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I'm looking to purchase an Anti-Virus program. I was wondering which one is the best out there. Any suggestions on which one I should purchase. It's going to be used on my home computer. I do have a small 2 pc network hopefully I can install it on both. I don't want Symantec.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
What does 30 feel like??
21 comments:
Happy Birthday!! Ahh to be 30 again! Enjoy they are wonderful!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday. My 30th year was wonderful, I met my husband...ReplyDelete
In the 6 years since then we got married and now have 2 little kids so I can only hope that you have as wonderful a year as I did and that it continues to get better like mine is.
Have a great day.
Happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
Thirty, I remember thirty...vaguely.
All the best wishes for you today and always.
happy birthday from Italy!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Yesterday was my birthday!!!!!
Happy birthday Terri! 30 was good, but each year since has been even better! Hope your day continues to be as nice as it started.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! Sounds like a wonderful way to start you day.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday. You are so lucky to be only 30! Enjoy every minute. I'm so old I can't even remember what 30 felt like.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday and Happy Groundhogs day!! It's my birthday also.....but I could be your mom! ;-)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! What a wonderful wake up! Have a great day!ReplyDelete
Happy, happy birthday!!!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!! Hope your whole week is special!ReplyDelete
30 felt a whole heck of a lot better than 40, but then 40 felt a whole heck of a lot better than 30 in different ways!ReplyDelete
Many Happy Returns of the Day!
Isn't it nice, they treated you so good. I am sure they remember how much you do to make their day special and wanted you to feel the same!ReplyDelete
ha ha! it's my birthday today too! but I'm 31 :(ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL!!!ReplyDelete
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Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Terri,
Happy Birthday to you, and many more!!
I think I have turned 30 many times over. Enjoy 30, great times!
Happy Birthday, Terri! Hope your day just continued to get better and better!ReplyDelete
Sounds absolutely PERFECT Terri! Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday ( again... wink, wink ) I'll see ya in a couple weeks and we'll toast away our twenties!!! :)ReplyDelete
XO, Heather
Happy Birthday! :)ReplyDelete
I can't believe I missed your birthday...so sorry...happy belated Birthday. I will put you in my February drawing for those who have birthdays this month!!ReplyDelete
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After a successful crowdfunding campaign on Gamesplanet Labs, developer Frogwares is branching away from its line of adventure titles and exploring a different area with Magrunner. And what better place to start than the not too distant future where humanity may meet its doom at the hands of an Elder God, during a sporting event...let me explain.
The player is one of eight contestants tasked who must traverse several challenge rooms with the use of a unique glove that harnesses this new magnetic technology. All goes well until an earthquake strands the contestants inside the arena, without any contact to the outside world. There last chance to make it out alive is to brave this maddening labyrinth and the ancient horrors deep within.
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So far, Magrunner has definitely got my attention with its interesting art style alone. Add in physics puzzles and Cthulhu, and you can sign me up! No word let on a release date, but Magrunner will be launching on PC, Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
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And just like that, it's over.
A face of the program for the better part of four years, Tanner Mathis was one of four seniors to play their last game in an Ole Miss uniform. But he certainly leaves behind a legacy.
"It's always disappointing when it ends," head coach Mike Bianco said after Sunday's loss to William & Mary. "We've had four great seniors. One is sitting right next to me in Tanner Mathis, who had a tough beginning of the year. He played so well down the stretch in his final year."
The Lake Charles, La., native started all but one game over the the past three years and finished his career with a .326 batting average. He also ranks among the top 10 players in program history with 790 at-bats (7th), 103 walks (9th) and 164 runs scored (ninth).
"I had a great career," Mathis said. "Four great years here. I hit leadoff probably 85 percent of my career. And this is what I thought it would be. Coming to Ole Miss as a freshman not sure what to expect and ending it as a senior, it was everything I wanted my college baseball experience to be."
Mathis was drafted in the 27th round of the 2012 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros but turned down the offer in order to return for his senior season. He swung the bat well down the stretch as he reached base in each of the last 24 games and raised his average 59 points to finish the year with a .280 batting average.
In the Raleigh Regional, he was 6-for-12 with four runs scored. He led the team with 34 walks and 46 runs scored on the year, and ranked second with a .409 on-base percentage, while striking out just 18 times in 225 at-bats.
"He's held his head high," Bianco said of Mathis after Saturday's win against Binghamton. "A kid that comes back his senior year, it doesn't quite turn out the way he thought it was going to be, or how any of us thought it was going to be.
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Pitcher Tanner Bailey was a regular out of the bullpen and finished with a 4-2 record, 2.74 ERA and .261 opponents' batting average in 42.2 innings.
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"And for the younger guys on the team, I just want them to soak it all in next year and remember this feeling next year whenever they're playing in a regional and super regional in Oxford," Mathis said.


text: Chris Sideroff wrote: >On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 16:48, Joe Landman wrote: > > >>First questions first: >> >> Why do you think you need a faster network, and what aspect of fast do >>you think you need? Low latency? High bandwidth? >> >> > > To tell you the truth I can't answer that with more than, "I have a >gut feeling". I am in the process of profiling the performance of our >current cluster with our programs. Any suggestions ??? > > Yes, measure the performance as a function of number of CPUs, and then trying this on another similar cluster with the faster interconnect. Do this for "real" runs. Contact me offline if you would like to discuss. > > >>Then... >> >> What codes are you running? Across how many CPUS? Have you done a >>performance analysis on your system to observe "slow" runs in progress, >>and are you convinced that the network is the issue? >> >> > > We run exclusively computation fluid dynamics on it. One program is >Fluent the other is an in-house turbo-machinery code. My experiences so >far have led me to believe Fluent is much more sensitive to the >network's performance than the in-house program. Thus my inquiry into a >higher performance network. > > I haven't run fluent in the last few months, but it is a latency sensitive code. Would be worth exploring your models performance on a faster (e.g. lower latency) net. > > >>We have done lots of tuning bits for customers where the issues wound up >>being something else than what they had thought. It is worth at least >>looking into for your code/problems, and identifying the bottleneck (if >>you haven't already done so). >> >> > > Do you have more information on this 'tuning for customers'. I am >interested in your results. Again any suggestions on how to go about >this are welcomed. > > Get atop (http://freshmeat.net/projects/atop/), it is your friend. Profile your code with the profile tools. If you see lots of time spent in "do_writ" and similar, as well as high IO percentages in run times from sar, atop, and other tools, you might want to look at IO tuning. The important aspect of this is to gather real data about where your program spends its time. That is invaluable in deciding how to speed it up. Joe >Thanks, Chris > > -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 612 4615


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I've installed Pure-FTPd and am trying to get virtual users to work with it. Unix users are OK and are able to transfer files but my virtual user that I created can't log in.
I'm running Linux Ubuntu Server 10.04 x64 and this is what I've done:
sudo apt-get install pure-ftpd
changed to standalone in /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common
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sudo pure-pw useradd test -u ftpuser -d /users/testuser
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart
Then I connected to the user test on the FTP-server.
Status: Looking up adress for domain
Status: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcoming message...
Answer: 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------
Answer: 220-You are user number 1 of 10 allowed.
Answer: 220-Local time is now 21:57. Server port: 21.
Answer: 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login
Answer: 220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server.
Answer: 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Command: USER evasion
Answer: 331 User evasion OK. Password required
Command: PASS ***
Answer: 530 Login authentication failed
Error: Critical error
Error: Could not connect to server
I know that my password is correct since I've retyped 5 times allready and only contains three numbers.
So what have I done wrong? Maybe it's something with the .pdb-file? but since the user exists in the passwd for pure-ftpd I figured that shouldn't be the problem. I'm most thankful for all the help I can get.
EDIT: Never mind. Found the solution now after a few hours searching.
sudo ln -s /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/PureDB /etc/pure-ftpd/auth/50pure
I think it's strange that people does not mension this in their tutorials and how-to:s. Anyhow, problem solved!


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text: Moneywise: Ag insurance sees global growth; ethanol production falls February 26, 2013 07:36 PM Tweet U.S. farmers and ranchers await action on immigration reform. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Top Producer Editors Email Immigration Reform Benefits Agriculture Agriculture could benefit from comprehensive immigration reform, but some producers see it as detrimental. Effective reform would afford producers a stable, legal workforce of experienced workers, plus newer workers should see their operations expand, says Francisco Espinoza, coordinator of The Ohio State University's Extension Agriculture Labor Education Program. "Replacing the current H2A program with a more workable, less expensive, less cumbersome visa program would move things in a positive direction for agricultural producers," Espinoza says. "Reforming immigration would also address the problem of losing a producer's workforce when they are found to be undocumented, as this is a costly experience in both profitability and legal problems." However, some agricultural employers see potential downsides to comprehensive reform. "Nationalizing the E-Verify system claims to discover undocumented individuals in the workforce, but the agricultural community is averse to the bureaucracy of government programs and would also not want the burden of the being the enforcers," Espinoza explains. "Continued border and immigration enforcement was emphasized as part of any Senate immigration reform plan, but ag employers want no part of raids, racial profiling or other interruptions to their operations, seeing them as detrimental to recruiting and maintaining a much-needed workforce." Espinoza also points out that producers still remember the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which gave amnesty to undocumented immigrants. "The Reagan amnesty resulted in the exit of farmworkers out of agriculture and into mainstream employment, once their adjusted status afforded them the opportunity. A repeat of this would not be a permanent solution (to agriculture's labor needs)." Realization of food insecurity results in growth Global growth of agricultural insurance in recent years has a great deal to do with governments waking up to the threat of food insecurity and the potential benefits of supporting the agricultural sector by means of subsidized agri-insurance programs, says Julian Roberts, Willis Agri-Business and Weather Risk Division executive director. "Subsidizing agricultural insurance offers the benefit of encouraging farmers to access credit and invest in enhanced production and achieve increased yields," Roberts explains. "These include the adoption of improved crops, technologies and risk mitigation infrastructures such as irrigation systems. But these investments can be risky, particularly for smaller growers. If farmers are able to operate more sustainably, their overall output will increase. At the top end of the scale, a government's dependency on imports could lessen as a result." He says the ancillary benefits of insurance in alleviating food insecurity pressures are many: 1) the promotion of civil and social stability 2) safeguarding food supply and distribution channels, 3) decreasing dependency on costly imports. "Agricultural insurance is one component in a complex and interdependent array of measures that can stimulate and support essential rural development; it's an opportunity for public-private partnerships to deliver a public good and achieve commercial success," Roberts says. Ethanol Production Throttled Back Spot prices for U.S. fuel ethanol were lower throughout most of 2012 compared to 2011. Prices were relatively stable during the first half of 2012, but they rose at mid-year because of severe drought and scorching temperatures, which reduced corn yields. This meant higher prices for corn that is used to make nearly all U.S. ethanol. The combination of lower corn supplies, higher corn prices for ethanol producers, and weaker gasoline demand contributed to U.S. ethanol output falling from an average of 900,000 barrels per day during the first half of 2012 to an average of 815,000 barrels per day during the latter half—about 90,000 barrels per day less than in the second half of 2011, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration. Back to news


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Sandy, a mammoth storm, took aim at the most densely populated U.S. Northeast Coast on Monday, forcing hundreds of thousands to seek higher ground, halting public transport and closing schools, businesses and government departments.
Italian political turmoil and Spanish hesitancy over seeking euro zone assistance put the two countries on the front line of the region's debt crisis and back under market pressure on Monday as their leaders met in Madrid.
"We have an illiquid market, we have a risk-off situation from overseas and we have some issues going on in the States with Sandy, so that is impacting things a little more than expected," said David Lutz, managing director of trading at Stifel Nicolaus Capital Markets in Baltimore.
Lutz was tracking markets from his home in Annapolis, Maryland, a coastal town near Washington D.C. that is expected to escape the worst of the storm surge as Sandy makes landfall further north.
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S&P 500 futures fell 4.9 points and were below fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 69 points and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 15.75 points.
Futures closed well off their lows of the session when S&P 500 futures fell more than 10 points. Futures will not reopen as usual during the day, including the popular S&P 500 e-mini contract that allows smaller traders to access index futures.
Frank Lesh, a futures trader at FuturePath in Chicago, said he is expecting his day to be much quieter than usual as the e-mini is his firm's biggest contract, but he is continuing to trade other futures contracts such as copper, soybeans and grains.
"I guess it's going to be a quiet day," said Lesh. "We don't know if we're going to reopen tonight. I guess they're going to follow the lead of New York."
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18.08.2013, 23:28
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Good evening!
I am happily using aptosid in the past years. A week ago I bought a new laptop (asus X401U) and I tried to install aptosid onto it.
I had a couple of problems, but the most important one is the wireless card having a very crippled function. It is recognised correctly and the module rt2800pci is used, but it has a very poor and weak reception. When I stand 20-30 cm away from the wireless router, it connects OK - when I am a couple of meters away from the router, it cannot connect at all. This particular router is OK - I connect to it with all sort of devices (desktops, laptops, phones etc).
I googled about the whole thing and I have seen lots of people having similar problems. It apparently started after kernel 3.5 (or 3.7 - can't remember exactly) - older kernels are said to be working flawlessly.
Some people report that compiling the driver provided by ralink solves the problem. I tried that, but unfortunately the reception remained very poor.
I backported the wifi modules from kernel 3.11-rc3 (via compat drivers), but with no result.
I used firmware (rt2860.bin) versions 0.34 and 0.38 and the reception was the same.
I have also tried with power management disabled and hardware encryption disabled (no success either)..
The whole thing drives me nuts - I bought the laptop to have it in my backpack all day. The wireless card not working renders it useless..
So, I'd like to ask:
1) Can I selectively use modules from older kernels (I'd like to try rt2800pci.ko from a 3.4 kernel, which according to some people worked flawlessly), while I boot the latest aptosid kernel?
2) Do you have any other idea (other than installing debian stable
Looking forward to any feedback..
# lshw -c network
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
vendor: Ralink corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 08:3e:8e:28:cb:66
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci driverversion=3.10-7.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 firmware=0.34 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:50 memory:fe900000-fe90ffff
# modinfo rt2800pci
filename: /lib/modules/3.10-7.slh.1-aptosid-amd64/updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko
version: backported from Linux (v3.11-rc3-0-g5ae90d8) using backports v3.11-rc3-1-0-g4e81a94
license: GPL
firmware: rt2860.bin
description: Ralink RT2800 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
version: 2.3.0
author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
depends: rt2x00lib,rt2800lib,rt2x00mmio,rt2x00pci,compat,eeprom_93cx6
vermagic: 3.10-7.slh.1-aptosid-amd64 SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
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RE: Wireless card Ralink RT5390 PCIE not working as expected
19.08.2013, 10:58
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may be rfkill?
install rfkill, then "rfkill list".
If you see something blocked, try "rfkill unblock {number}".
I need to do it sometimes to make my wi-fi functioning.
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RE: Wireless card Ralink RT5390 PCIE not working as expected
19.08.2013, 14:14
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It sounds more like the driver has "gone bad" and not like rfkill. I'm trusting the users description here that: "I have seen lots of people having similar problems. It apparently started after kernel 3.5 (or 3.7 ..."
I can think of 2 options, one quite insane, the other sane but far from ideal.
The sane one (to save your sanity) would be to buy a "cheap" but good for Linux usb wifi stick to use until the source of the problems are fixed. It sounds like it is a known issue upstream so hopefully it will be fixed up in a new upstream kernel (and hence aptosid's) sooner rather then later. If it's been dragging on since 3.5/3.7 though it may be a while yet (or just maybe never if it's really wierd).
The insane option would be to go back to an old kernel that works. You could either build an upstream (Linus) kernel or rebuild an old aptosid kernel by using the last tag for that kernel from aptosid as a starting point. Rebuilding the aptosid one is probably even more insane though, as it will have been unmaintained since the next major kernel release came out, so it won't have bug-fixes (including security issues) that have appeared since then.
If you can test with Debian stable or some other OS (e.g. if it came with windows and you still have it that would do) that would be a good idea, to make sure the problem really is software and not just that the antennae in your new laptop are broken/bad/disconnected or anything else. It just might be a hardware problem with your new laptop and ruling that out would be good.
Finally I presume you have the firmware-ralink package installed from non-free? I'd guess it would be completely useless without it, but just maybe it would "work" without it but very poorly.
Good luck.
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RE: Wireless card Ralink RT5390 PCIE not working as expected
19.08.2013, 19:09
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rt2800pci worked in a previous kernel version (I'd be careful to believe random messages on the net in this regard), the only reasonable way to debug this (especially as we're talking about 5 kernel versions back - and not 'just' one), would be to
the bug. However this is something we can't assist you with, as it involves at least 7, up to 20, iterations of kernel builds, to pinpoint the problematic commit - with each step depending on success or failure of the previous one, so beyond the very first iteration, the subsequent ones are not deterministic.
RaLink's (Mediatek's) own vendor driver is not to be used at any stage, installing it will most likely lead to (almost) unfixable side-effects, however your test results suggest that the fault isn't necessarily to search in the driver. This said, unless you can confirm better performance with the original operating system (windows), I wouldn't rule out hardware issues either - sometimes notebook vendors place their antennas in a suboptimal way (the very first Apple notebook with aluminium body had this issue, with the aluminium shielding the antenna and rendering it basically useless) or that the antenna pigtails aren't actually plugged into the mini-pcie card or have come loose.
Personally I only have access to a first generation rt2790 card using rt2800pci, which is working very well - but this isn't overly representative for the more modern rt30xx, rt33xx or rt53xx chipset generations, unfortunately it's quite hard to keep up with these vendors pushing out new (sometimes minor (E-Cut, etc.) or major) chipset flavours.
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Re: RE: Wireless card Ralink RT5390 PCIE not working as expe
25.08.2013, 16:31
Joined: 2012-11-20
Posts: 10
Location: Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece
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First of all, thank you very much for the feedback and help. I was away for vacation, that's why I reply so delayed.
muchan wrote:
may be rfkill?
install rfkill, then "rfkill list".
If you see something blocked, try "rfkill unblock {number}".
I need to do it sometimes to make my wi-fi functioning.
Rfkill was already installed but the wifi card was not blocked.
slh wrote:
This said, unless you can confirm better performance with the original operating system (windows), I wouldn't rule out hardware issues either
I hadn't actually thought of that - this particular notebook is of a very poor construction quality (the space bar was not working correctly - I had to disassemble it and put a thin carton underneath to have it work correctly - something that lots of people in the web are reporting). Anyway, in win (bliah) 7 the damn wireless card works almost perfectly (almost as one out of the ten times I booted the laptop in win,the card behaved exactly like it does in linux - but the other times it operated flawlessly).
Besides windows, I installed debian testing and sid, mint debian and arch and the wireless card worked in none of them.
So, I borrowed a couple of wifi-usb-sticks from friends and I found one that works perfectly.
A filthy thing to do, but living with windows or without wireless would be filthier..
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This past week on the Linux Planet has been all about key development milestones. The GNOME 3.4 desktop is nearly done, openSUSE is at its second milestone and Fedora is trying to figure out what will follow the Beefy Miracle.
GNOME 3.4 will be a big release, as it's the one that will 'refine' the GNOME 3.x experience. This is not an initial attempt, or even just a bug fix stability effort. GNOME 3.4 is about making GNOME 3.x great.
A refined user experience for GNOME begins with theme and application menu improvements. There are also user panel and network improvements that build on the GNOME 3.2 release.
GNOME 3.4 will introduce new features, as well. Among the new features is the Boxes project, which will enable easy access to virtual machine images.
Making GNOME 3.4 the best version of the popular Linux desktop isn't just about features, it's about details. That's where the Every Detail Matters effort comes into play. Originally launched in December, the effort is all about polishing the little details that make all the difference when it comes to user experience.
For GNOME 3.4, the goal of Every Detail Matters was to fix 20 user experience bugs.
"For much of this cycle, I wasn't sure whether we would reach our goal," GNOME developer Allan Day wrote. "We did some great work, but the big 20 target often seemed a long way off. But, thanks to a last-ditch push by the GNOME Shell crew, we managed to hit that 20 bug total."
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The GNOME 3.4 desktop will find a home in nearly every upcoming Linux distribution, including the openSUSE 12.2 release.
openSUSE 12.2 hit its second milestone release last week, debuting a few of the early features that will land in the Linux distro. Among them is support for Grub2 as well as Plymouth for flicker free bootups.
There is still much time left for developers to bake their features, the openSUSE 12.2 release is not set to be generally available until July 11, 2012.
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The Fedora community is currently building up for the release of Fedora 17, codenamed the Beefy Miracle, but that also means they need to know find a name for Fedora 18.
Fedora currently has a naming wiki set up for members of the community to suggest a name. The only condition is that it somehow relates to the name used for Fedora 17. Name submissions close this week, and community voting on the final name occurs from April 6 to April 12, with the winner announced on April 13.
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Republic of Senegal
President: Macky Sall (2012)
Prime Minister: Mohamed Dionne (2014)
Land area: 74,131 sq mi (191,999 sq km); total area: 75,749 sq mi (196,190 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 13,635,927 (growth rate: 2.48%); birth rate: 35.09/1000; infant mortality rate: 52.72/1000; life expectancy: 60.95; density per sq mi: 169.1
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Dakar, 3.035 million
Monetary unit: CFA Franc
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The capital of Senegal, Dakar, is the westernmost point in Africa. The country, slightly smaller than South Dakota, surrounds Gambia on three sides and is bordered on the north by Mauritania, on the east by Mali, and on the south by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
Senegal is mainly a low-lying country, with a semidesert area in the north and northeast and forests in the southwest. The largest rivers include the Senegal in the north and the Casamance in the southern tropical climate region.
Multiparty democractic republic.
The Toucouleur people, among the early inhabitants of Senegal, converted to Islam in the 11th century, although their religious beliefs retained strong elements of animism. The Portuguese had some stations on the banks of the Senegal River in the 15th century, and the first French settlement was made at St.-Louis in 1659. Gorée Island became a major center for the Atlantic slave trade through the 1700s, and millions of Africans were shipped from there to the New World. The British took parts of Senegal at various times, but the French gained possession in 1840 and made it part of French West Africa in 1895. In 1946, together with other parts of French West Africa, Senegal became an overseas territory of France. On June 20, 1960, it formed an independent republic federated with Mali, but the federation collapsed within four months.
Although Senegal is neither a large nor a strategically located country, it has nonetheless played a prominent role in African politics since its independence. As a black nation that is more than 90% Muslim, Senegal has been a diplomatic and cultural bridge between the Islamic and black African worlds. Senegal has also maintained closer economic, political, and cultural ties to France than probably any other former French African colony.
Senegal's first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor, towered over the country's political life until his voluntary retirement in 1981. He replaced multiparty democracy with an authoritarian regime. An acclaimed poet, Senghor sought to become a "black-skinned Frenchman," a quest he ultimately discovered to be impossible. An advocate of "African socialism," Senghor increased government involvement in the economy through a series of four-year plans.
In 1973 Senegal and six other nations created the West African Economic Community. When rising oil prices and fluctuations in the price of peanuts, a major export crop, ruined the economy in the 1970s, Senghor reversed course. He emphasized new industries such as tourism and fishing. Politically, the so-called passive revolution allowed limited opposition.
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When the economy continued to stagnate, and with it Senghor's popularity, he resigned after 20 years at the helm in favor of his protégé, Abdou Diouf. Diouf, who led the country for the next 20 years, initiated further economic and political liberalization, including the sale of government companies and permitting the existence of political parties. In March 2000, opposition party challenger Abdoulaye Wade won 60% of the vote in multiparty elections. Diouf stepped aside in what was hailed as a rare smooth transition of power in Africa. In Jan. 2001, the Senegalese voted in a new constitution that legalized opposition parties and granted women equal property rights with men.
In Sept. 2002, 1,863 passengers were killed when the state-owned Joola ferry sank. The government accepted responsibility for the disaster.
The president removed Prime Minister Idrissa Seck in April 2004. Seck was considered Wade's rival. Wade was elected to a second term in February, taking about 56% of the vote—enough to avoid a runoff election. Seck placed second, with about 15%. Wade did not breeze to victory, however, as his opponents accused him of corruption and the electorate has grown impatient with the slow growth in the number of jobs.
Wade Denied a Third Term
Despite constitutional term limits, President Wade ran for a third term in 2012. His decision sparked violent protests that threatened to destabilize the country. Wade lost decisively in the second round in March to former prime minister Macky Sall.
Macky Sall's move from prime minister to president became official on April 2, 2012. The following day he named Abdoul Mbaye as prime minister, and completed his cabinet on the 3rd with Alioune Badara Cissé as foreign minister, Augustin Tine as defense minister, Mbaye Ndiaye as interior minister, and Amadou Kane as finance minister.
On September 1, 2013, President Sall fired Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye along with his cabinet. A spokesman for the president did not say why Mbaye and his cabinet were dismissed. Sall announced Aminata Touré as the new prime minister. Touré became the second female prime minister of Senegal. Mame Madior Boye was the first. Touré previously served as justice minister where she pursued corruption cases within the government.
Feminist, Activist Touré Becomes Prime Minister
On Sept. 1, 2013, President Macky Sall dismissed Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye and his government. Former justice minister Aminata Touré was named new prime minister. Known for her tough stance on corruption, feminist and human rights advocate Touré named her own cabinet within 24 hours of her appointment; the new official lineup included Sidiki Kaba, the former head of the International Federation of Human Rights, as justice minister.
President Sall dismissed Prime Minister Touré in July 2014, after she failed to win a seat in local elections. Mohamed Dionne was named the new prime minster two days later. During her time as prime minister, Touré was criticized by feminists for having only four women in her 32 member cabinet. She also came under attack for choosing Kaba to replace her as justice minister after Kaba came under fire for working to decriminalize homosexuality.
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Hitchock switched Berglund from centre to left wing for just the second time since taking over the Blues early in the 2011-12 season. Columbus, which led 2-0 lead after the first period, has lost three of four after winning three in a row. Three of the Blues past five wins were at home, where they have won four straight. Despite injuries to key players such as David Backes and Alexander Steen, Hitchcock said his team is playing its best this season. "I think weve played some really good hockey in the last four games at home. I think thats what were happiest about," he said. "Weve got a way of playing now. I think what weve done here at home is weve developed a balance between offence and defence." St. Louis, off to its best start midway through a season with 63 points, has scored at least five goals in five of its past eight games. Maxim Lapierre gave St. Louis its first lead at 3-2 with his fifth goal just 94 seconds after Sobotkas sixth goal tied it at 17:29 of the second period. St. Louis got on the board about seven minutes into the second period when Barret Jackmans shot from the right side glanced off Berglund. The puck hit the far post and trickled past Curtis McEhlinney. His second goal came 17 seconds into the third when he deflected a pass into the goal. "Today, I had pretty much two lucky bounces but good things happen when you go to the net," he said. Jaden Schwartz added his 15th goal about midway through the third to make it 5-2. Hes scored in seven of his last eight games. Pietrangelo finished the scoring with about six minutes remaining. "We played a 20-minute game, tonight," Columbus coach Todd Richards said. "They made a push and got their game to another level and we were unwilling to do that. They played a real simple game. We stopped skating. Our compete level wasnt nearly good enough. Body language wasnt good coming off the ice. "Eventually there has to be a response. I didnt like the way we reacted to it," he added. St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott has won 13 consecutive home games, extending a franchise record he set with a 5-0 shutout against Los Angeles on Thursday. McElhinney stopped 31 shots. Elliott faced 23, making 21 saves. Mark Letestu gave the Blue Jackets a 2-0 lead midway through the first. His shot from outside the left circle hit a Blues defender and popped over Elliott for his second goal of the season. The Blue Jackets took a 1-0 lead four minutes into the game. Artem Anisimov, standing alone in the middle of the zone with his back to Elliott, took a pass from Brandon Dubinsky. He whipped around and slapped a shot past Elliott, who didnt move as if he didnt see the shot. It was the 12th goal of the year for Anisimov. "We got off to kind of a rocky start in the first," Berglund said. "But, really, the whole team really grabbed it in the second and third." NOTES: St. Louis D Jordan Leopold saw his first action since being activated from injured reserve. 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There aren't actually billions of butterflies at The Butterfly Estates, but there certainly are thousands of them. Located in the River District of Fort Meyers, Butterfly Estates is part butterfly conservatory, part botanical gardens, and part historic village. It is a delightful place to visit while vacationing at Southwest Florida Bed and Breakfasts in nearby Bokeelia and Cape Coral.
Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote, "Happiness is a Butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you!"
A few hours at The Butterfly Estates does calm and refresh the soul. Guests are invited to sit among gorgeous tropical plants and cascading waterfalls and watch butterflies as they flutter about in search of nectar. The Glazed Glass Butterfly Conservatory is over 3,500 square feet of fragrant tranquility. If you sit quietly enough, a butterfly may well rest on your shoulders or head. Take it as a good omen – the happiness Hawthorne thought it to be.
Fort Meyers is perhaps best known as being home to the Winter Estates of American giants Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. A visit to Fort Meyers is a fun break from days spent lounging on beaches, boating up and down the coast, and jumping waves in the Gulf of Mexico. Fort Meyers has several interesting historic sites, art museums, and nature centers. And Fort Meyers has the Butterfly Estates.
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Mauer Out This Weekend To Be With Family
SEATTLE (AP) — The Minnesota Twins will be without All-Star catcher Joe Mauer until Tuesday.
Mauer, placed on the paternity list Wednesday after his wife gave birth to twin girls, will remain with his family through the weekend while the Twins face the Mariners in Seattle.
The paternity list is for a maximum of three days, so Mauer will be placed on the restricted list Saturday, assistant general manager Rob Antony said Friday night. Mauer is expected to rejoin the Twins for the start of their next series at home against Kansas City on Tuesday.
Mauer's wife remains in the hospital as a precaution, Antony said.
"We're behind him 100 percent," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said. "I'm proud of him for wanting to do the right thing and be there with his family. I think that's very, very important."
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Arizona Immigration Solutions Conferences Examining what works, What doesn't and identifying the best Immigration solution for Arizona
Thanks to everyone who attend any of the five immigration solutions conferences. To say they were anything but a tremendous success would be an understatement. We have archived the presentations for each of the conferences here. Feel free to download and share them with your neighbors, friends and family.
These public conferences brought together the best of the best of the country's immigration researchers, policy makers and members of the public to examine the impacts Arizona's immigration laws have had on our state and to begin the search for a better solution.
The purpose of the Arizona Immigration Solutions Conference (AISC) was to open a thoughtful and informed public dialogue about our state's immigration policies. It asked two simple yet responsible questions: "are Arizona's strategies working?" and "if not, then what should we be doing to address the problem?" To answer these questions, the AISC brought in nationally known researchers, state and local elected officials, business owners and community and faith leaders to look closely at how we're doing and ask tough questions about whether we're spending our resources wisely, where we're headed and examine new and different solutions. It was non-partisan, non-judgmental and fact-based.
The conferences were held at Rio Salado College in Tempe in May, Flagstaff in August, Mesa in September, Tucson in October, and the final in Yuma in mid-November. These conferences were sponsored by AZEIR along with sponsors, The Real Arizona Coalition, One Arizona/Interfaith Leaders and local business groups.
Information from previous conferences can be found at these links:
- Tempe, May 7, 2011
- Flagstaff, August 27, 2011
- Mesa, September 17, 2011
- Tucson, October 15, 2011
- Yuma, November 12, 2011
Congressional Immigration Solutions Conference
AZEIR, Texans for Sensible Immigration Policy, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the National Immigration Forum sponsored the Congressional Immigration Solutions Forum on Tuesday, May 1 at the Rayburn House Office Building "Gold Room," 2168. The event was covered live on C-SPAN 3, who has made available videos of Lessons Learned panel and and the Immigration Solutions panel online.
Speakers included:
- Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney
- Dr. Douglas Massey, Princeton University's Mexican Migration Project
- Eddie Aldrete, Senior VP, IBC Bank
- Alex Nowrasteh, Cato Institute
- Daryl Williams, Attorney, Baird, Williams and Greer
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In this week's "Shaken and Stirred" column in the Times, Jonathan Miles looks at the Manhattan cocktail, its origins, and its ingredients. Now, I've often heard that rye is the traditional backbone for the Manhattan, and that's certainly the way I prefer them, but I never knew why rye is the tradition.
Miles doesn't exactly answer that question, but he does, I think, point us in the right direction. He talks to Ralph Erenzo, co-proprietor of Tuthilltown Spirits, in Gardiner, New York. Miles writes, "In all likelihood, that rye whiskey came from upstate New York, because, as Ralph Erenzo points out, 'There were 1,200 distilleries operating in New York before Prohibition.'"
Prior to Prohibition, rye was the prevailing whiskey in the Northeast but because so many distilleries shuttered during the dry years, rye fell out of favor. It seems logical, therefore, that rye was the go-to spirit in such cocktails as the Manhattan.
Erenzo and his partner, Brian Lee, have just released a new spirit, Hudson Manhattan Rye, a 92-proof bottling made solely of rye. Because Erenzo and Lee developed this bottling to work well in a Manhattan, Miles also provides LeNell's recipe for a Perfect Manhattan, with a couple of ounces of rye, a half ounce each of sweet and dry vermouth, and some orange bitters. She used this formulation to best bring out the character of the Hudson Manhattan Rye.
I was lucky enough to acquire a bottle this weekend, although I initially balked at its price tag–$40 for a 375-ml bottle. But on a per-ounce basis, I've paid more for spirits and not been as satisfied. I'm still developing my palate enough to provide tasting notes, and I'm not always confident about describing a spirit's aromas and flavors to other people, but I will say, this stuff is peppery and spicy. It might be the most rye-tasting rye I've had. It's so delicious, in fact, that I was initially saving it to be a special-occasion sipper, but after reading this article, I had to try the Manhattan recipe.
I had Carpano Antica sweet vermouth (which I love), Noilly Prat dry, and some orange bitters I picked up at Marlow & Sons. Delicious. Maybe the best Manhattan I've had yet.


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The Washington State Department of Health has suspended the license of Donald A. Brandsma.
According to a WSDOH news release Brandsma allegedly committed the following actions:
"Brandsma allegedly placed his upper body on a patient's back while kissing her and putting his hands down her shorts. He then stated that he had an erection.
Brandsma is also alleged to have kissed a second patient and touched her breast.
Brandsma cannot practice in Washington until the charges are resolved. He has 20 days to respond to the charges and to ask for a hearing."
The alleged violations occurred in 2011, and most recently in 2013. He was working in an office located in the 3400 block of West Clearwater, Suite 5. (Picture courtesy of our News Partner KNDU-TV)


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Sept. 21, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Two goals by Deanna Lentz and a goal and an assist by Noelle Kanaga helped lead MIT to a 3-1 victory over Nichols College on Tuesday night. Stephanie Magni had the lone goal for the Lady Bison (1-4).
The Engineers (3-3) struggled during the early stages of the game, unable to capitalize on several penalty corner opportunities. Tech's offense eventually came together at the 7:28 mark, when Deanna Lentz scored off a penalty corner on passes from Noelle Kanaga and Christina Stefanescu. MIT extended its lead in the 22nd minute when Cheryl Texin set up Kanaga for what proved to be the game-winning goal.
The Engineers continued to pressure Nichols' defense in the second stanza, taking a 3-0 advantage after 10 minutes expired. Lentz connected on a pass from Anna Ayuso to score Tech's final goal of the game. The Lady Bison mounted an attack of its own, ending the shutout in the 54th minute when Stephanie Magni scored on a feed from Hollie Higgins.
In the goal, Alexa Herman had one save after facing only three shots by Nichols. Kellie Fitzgerald had 10 saves for the Lady Bison.
MIT begins NEWMAC play on Saturday, Sept. 25 when it travels to Babson College.


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The synergy between the studio and independent worlds came into sharp focus on Friday with fresh developments on a pair of Paramount titles and, separately, Red Granite's red-hot Wolf Of Wall Street.
Sierra/Affinity announced it would represent select territories on the Denzel Washington drama Flight and Michael Bay's summer 2013 release Pain And Gain.
Nick Meyer has struck deals on Flight with StudioCanal for Germany and German-speaking Switzerland and with Tri Pictures for Spain and Spanish-speaking Andorra.
Robert Zemeckis' film stars Washington as a troubled airline pilot and has huge awards potential. However its dark subject matter makes it a risk in select territories even if there is potential upside in the cachet of distributing award winning material.
According to industry insiders Paramount top brass may have felt more comfortable entrusting the film in the safe hands of Meyer, a former president of Paramount Vantage. The MGs from the deals in Germany and Spain could exceed Paramount's local box office projections.
All eyes will be on the film's North American debut this weekend as a driver of international box office.
Pain And Gain presents challenges for the studio as worldwide distributor. Observers speculate that the thriller about bodybuilders who become embroiled in a botched kidnapping could be tricky in several territories and thus Paramount chose to offer it to the market.
Sierra/Affinity represents rights in Spain and CIS, including Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Baltics and Caucasus Region.
Wolf Of Wall Street inhabits a different scenario. Widely regarded as the choice A-list project of the AFM, the drama reunites Leonardo DiCaprio with Martin Scorsese but comes at a price – believed to be well over $100m.
This may be too expensive for some independent buyers. The back-stop is that Warner Bros holds matching rights in certain territories and may step in if the opportunity presents itself. The studio is understood to be circling select territories, although sources close to Red Granite International declined to comment. Paramount holds North American rights.


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Royal Treatment
The place is magical. Or so says Karole Ridley, a parent of nine children who has visited the offices of Smile Magic, a children's dentistry practice in Denton.
Ridley said six of her nine kids have received treatment at Smile Magic, and they don't mind going back each time because they feel like royalty.
"The first time you walk in is awesome," Ridley said. "They show you what they are going to do, and they explain the checkup process. My kid and I knew what was going to happen, and they made me feel really comfortable."
At Smile Magic, kids first walk into a royal courtyard or playground. They can then catch a movie in a theater while they wait and even have popcorn or cookies. Once inside their royal chambers — or dentist area — they can gain "gold" coins for demonstrating outstanding behavior. The visit ends by reaching a crowning room, where they will get crowned a royal "prince" or "princess" while standing on top of a throne.
It may be a bit too much for a dental session, but the owners say the royal treatment, as they call it, works. About 100 patients walk into Smile Magic's Denton location each week, said Emmet Scott, chief executive officer of the practice. And they agree with Ridley — all the kids ask when they can go back.
Scott and his partner, longtime friend Dr. Chad Evans, designed their practice to be kid-friendly.
Both are fathers of a combined 11 children and, after going through their own experiences with taking their children to their dentist, they designed a practice that would help patients get their needed checkups and exams.
With oral health often being taken for granted, both Evans and Scott agree that reinforcing its importance is crucial, especially at a young age.
"It is good for them to start the habit of good oral hygiene, so they can avoid diseases like diabetes and heart disease," Scott said. "It is all related to the bacteria you have in your mouth."
Like the obesity epidemic among children, there is also a dental crisis afflicting the nation, and it affects the most vulnerable, Evans said.
Tooth decay or cavities affects more than one-fourth of the U.S. children aged 2-5 years and half of those aged 12-15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2011 publication "Oral Health: Preventing Cavities, Gum Disease, Tooth loss and Oral Cancer."
Among adults, 4 percent to 12 percent suffer from advanced periodontal (gum) disease, which is caused by bacteria that gets under the gum tissue.
In adults age 65 and older, one fourth have lost all of their teeth and more than 7,800 people — mostly older Americans — die from oral and pharyngeal cancers each year, according to the publication.
Evans' love for dentistry began at the age of 12 after watching his father in his dental lab.
He said he now makes it his mission to serve children and underserved communities.
"We are providing a service that is indispensable," Evans said.
Smile Magic accepts Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid. It also provides parents with payment options to cover their expenses. And to help families with difficult situations, Smile Magic also provides "Free Dental for the Day," a program that serves about 100 kids per year.
To qualify for the program, parents have to fill out a hardship packet and provide it to the office. One or two children are selected to get dental treatment at no cost, according to the company's website.
Scott said he has known Evans since the age of 2. They met in Nevada and somehow found each other again in North Texas years later. Scott called it serendipity. They also have a lot in common — Scott is married with five children; Evans is married with six children.
Evans went to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas for his undergraduate studies and earned his degree as doctor of dental surgery at Creighton University School of Dentistry in Omaha, Neb. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and other associations, as well as the founder of the Dental Association of Underserved Children.
Scott earned his degree from Brigham Young University in accounting and was certified as a financial planner from Rice University. He founded a consulting firm in Las Vegas and also was the host of a radio show titled "The Entrepreneur Life."
Both say their partnership –– Scott's entrepreneurial skills and Evans' dental training –– have made it possible to help many. Their practice is not limited to seeing children; Scott said Smile Magic also sees adult patients at any of its five locations.
The Denton office opened in 2010 and was followed the next year with offices in Lewisville and Garland. This year, Smile Magic opened offices in El Paso and Laredo.
"Dental care is a lifelong battle," Evans said. "The earlier you can get kids to take care of their teeth, the better off they will be … it is a short-term experience with a lifetime of rewards."
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ABC's upcoming country-music drama "Nashville" has cast Tilky Montgomery Jones in a major recurring role.
Jones will play Sean Butler, a philanthropic football player reminiscent of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Thesp, a former member of boy band Take 5, has previously been seen on VH1's "Single Ladies" and ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars."
"Nashville" stars Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere and will bow on the Alphabet next Wednesday.
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Gary Tatman builds models cars. More specifically, he carves replicas of the coolest race cars of all time from simple wood. Dazzlingly accurate models of the Lotus 33b, Porsche 917K, the Ford GT40, and the Tyrrell P-34 below.
Hemmings Auto Blogs caught up with Gary at the Dayton, Ohio, Concours d'Elegance (we snickered too) where he was showing his amazing little cars. A millworker by trade, Gary picks up the leftover bits of woo normally destined for the trash and uses regular woodworking tools to carve these slick little cars. These aren't just hacked together to look pretty on the outside, they're carefully built to a crazy level of precision, according to Gary:
The hoods of the cars are removable to expose the radiators and vent openings for air flow. The front tires turn in unison, and the Porsche 917k, when complete, will be the first car with steering wheel turning capabilities. I also have a driveline mocked-up that will turn the engine cooling turbine on top of the engine with the turning of the rear wheels as you roll it! All of the shifters, handbrakes and foot pedal assemblies move. The gas caps all lock and unlock, the side view mirrors adjust, and any aero flaps would be adjustable on the car.
We're especially loving the space-frame work on the Porsche 917K. Find out more over at Hemmings Auto Blogs (Hat tip to zaddikim)


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Nevirapine Prolonged Release Once-Daily Formulation Available in the UK
January/February 2012
Following the approval in Europe last year of a prolonged release (PR) formulation of nevirapine (called extended release/XR in the US), this 400 mg once-daily tablet is now available in the UK.
The lead in dose of 200 mg once daily (using the original formulation) is still required, with the same caution not to increase to the 400 mg daily dose if the patient shows rash at the end of these 14 days.
The daily price of nevirapine PR has been price matched to the price of the 200 mg formulation.
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DETROIT -- A 46-year-old Mercedes-Benz executive was arrested in Tuscaloosa, Ala., last week during a routine traffic stop for not having a proper form of identification, according to news reports.
The arrest prompted national debate over the reach of immigration laws, particularly those in Alabama.
Police stopped Detlev Hager because his rental vehicle did not have updated tags, according to The Associated Press. When asked for his driver's license, Hager could only produce his German identification and was arrested per protocol, said Spencer Collier, director of the Alabama Department of Homeland Security.
Mercedes-Benz is a unit of Daimler AG and it operates a plant in Vance, Ala., that produces Mercedes GL, M, R and C class vehicles.
"[Hager] was arrested under Alabama's motor vehicle code for not having a valid driver's license," Colliersaid. "If you don't have a valid driver's license after a valid traffic stop and the officer can't ascertain that you've ever had a valid driver's license then an officer can bring you to the magistrate."
Alabama's immigration law is considered among the toughest in the nation, according to legal experts. Some parts of the code, such as requiring public schools to determine the citizenship status of students and their parents, have been blocked by federal courts.
And while other portions still remain in question, federal courts have not yet ruled on the legality of the provision used to arrest Hager.
Mercedes-Benz Spokeswoman Felyicia Jerald told other media sources Hager is from Germany and was visiting Alabama on business. He now is back in Germany and not available for comment.
"This was an unfortunate situation, but police followed their standard procedures," the company said in a statement. "Mercedes-Benz will take steps to remind and educate our visiting business guests and employees stationed in the U.S. of Alabama's identification requirements."
It is unclear what position Hager holds with Mercedes or how long he has been with the company.
Hager was released from jail when an associate was able to retrieve his passport, visa and German driver's license from the hotel he was staying at, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Police Chief Steven Anderson told the Associated Press.
Alabama is home to an auto industry that employs thousands of workers through foreign automakers, including Mercedes, Toyota, Honda and Hyundai. Mercedes opened the Vance plant in 1993. The arrest prompted an editorial in The New York Times that noted Germany is Alabama's largest international trading partner. Mercedes recently announced more than $2 billion in new investments in the state through 2014.
"Is this any way to treat a visitor, especially one representing a company that could just as easily invest in some other low-wage state?" the Times editorial noted. "Is this any way to treat anybody at all?"
Collier, when asked whether or not the law could impede international business in the state, said the incident involving Hager was isolated.
"That would be a decision the legislature would have to make," he said. "We're an executive agency."
Collier said he could safely say, however, that the governor has said there may be some areas that need to be looked at "as far as efficiency," though "[the governor has] been very clear that the intent of the legislation will remain and will not be weakened."
Other experts worry the arrest and ongoing debate over immigration laws may backfire at a time of high U.S. unemployment and stagnant wage growth.
"It is really ironic and showed the absurdity of this law," Mitch Ackerman, executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, told Reuters. "Here you have a foreign employer who has brought many jobs…caught in this web that is supposed to bring jobs."


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