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Title of Book: The Yes Book
Sub-title: The art of better negotiation
Author : Clive Rich
Publisher : Virgin Books (2013)
Genre: Negotiating skills
Style: A structured guide to negotiating written by a practitioner
Contents page: Clear Introduction. Core of Book is in three parts 1 Attitude, 2 Process and 3 Behaviour - 23 chapters with page numbers
Index: 13 pages . Excellent for those of us who like to dip in and out and go back for the golden nuggets. Comprehensive Bibliography of 4 pages from "WL Adar to JM Zubeck" !!!
Flick through eye appeal: Great cartoons by Kathryn Lamb . Good sized type face Shaded blocks for the stories.
Time for a breather Stops : None but each chapter is bite sized with well written. Keep a pencil / highlighter pen in hand. Take time out to pause and reflect
Golden Nuggets: His description of negotiating variables as coinage and currency in a negotiation I found very helpful. ; " from a battle of wills into a quest for mutual advancement "; "walkaway,"; "WATNA"; and " BATNA "; the Christopher Wren St Paul's Cathedral Pillars tale, the sisters and the Orange story and Aladdin and the Genie fable.
Topic Summary: 1 Attitude, 2 Process and 3 Behaviour -The 6 key components for a negotiation, the 4 negotiating attitudes 11 sources of bargaining power, 7 stages of negotiation, a dozen bargaining choices, 16 Negotiating behaviours ,22 different ways to deal with 'tough guys', negotiating with different cultures
War Stories: aplenty but have no fear. Some are from Clive Rich's considerable experience both also others' stories are told. All stories used are relevant , not too long and illustrate the learning points of the text.
Illustration: Some presentation 'PowerPoint' type slides in black and white -print small and too detailed and I found difficult to read.Should there be a second edition ( in my opinion there should) the printers could clean up / re-do the presentation slides used. The Cartoons by Kathryn Lamb are fun. I wished there were a few more - but I like the visual.
Quotes: "..If you miss out on preparation, you miss out " , "Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered ", "Small hinges can open big doors " , "
Short Review:
I doubt master negotiator Clive Rich ever leaves much to chance in negotiation. His negotiation guide book is structured for what a bride of negotiation needs to wear for her wedding . (Grooms, best men, proud fathers , mothers-in-law and friends could learn from this book also.) We learn what skills to wed in all kinds of negotiation environments from "The Yes Book".
Something oldsomething new,
something borrowed,something blue,and a silver sixpence in her shoe.
Something old: Clive Rich draws on basics like NLP, Maslow, and Psychometric approaches like Myers Briggs / DISC 'style'. But his approach is nicely simplified and reworked into practical negotiation dialogue you can use. Those familiar with such systems may need to take time to adjust to the labels and orientation from previous learning to the sixteen types Mr Rich employs but I like his approach. Body language in terms of Word, Music and Dance and KAV approaches are also drawn upon by the author.
Something new: Mr Rich commissioned research from YouGov and CEBR. The data from this is eye opening. He emphasises the move from confrontational negotiation to future partnership collaborative negotiation. I find his writing fresh and contemporary for toady's commercial scene.
Something borrowed: refers/defers to Robert Cialdini book Influence (another excellent book by the way) Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow. Goldman and Shapiro's ~The Psychology of Negotiations in the 21st Century
Something blue: Neil Diamond's new song is called 'Something Blue'. Much of Clive Rich's work comes from negotiating in the music and entertainment rights arena. I have no idea whether he has dealt with Neil Diamond but he has for Simon Cowell's SYCOtv as well as Apple, SanDisk, Sony, Vodafone and Yahoo. His experience of 'team negotiation' in particular, will be of particular interest to those in Key Account Development work.
and a silver sixpence in her shoe: the author regularly reminds the reader to go to his website, but unlike an irritating stone in your shoe, it is really a silver sixpence of a treasure trove of information on his negotiation blog posts. So don't get huffy - do as Clive asks you !
Beautifully succinct final chapter which summarises the key points of the book. If only more business authors did this
From our negotiating equivalent in commercial courting of clients to the corresponding submission of industrial 'marriage' proposals, to our business partnership 'marriage vows' made , renewed and celebrated, the one word that can change a life and the only one you want to hear in any negotiation ( as Clive Rich's book explains)
is YES.
is YES.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Hwy 14, Middleton, WI The Bunny Hop April 25, 1966: The Sir Douglas Quintette
The ad also says "Bring Your Wis. ID Card." I am fairly certain that Wisconsin had a drinking age of 18 rather than 21, and Middleton was a suburb of Madison, so many University of Wisconsin students would be expected. I assume the reference to "Wisconsin ID" cards was to discourage out-of-state drinkers from Northern Illinois, but perhaps there was a different reason. In any case, the musicians of the original Sir Douglas Quintet had been schooled in tough rhythm and blues sounds before the British Invasion arrived, so they knew a little bit about keeping a crowd of beered-up kids dancing all night long.
The Sir Douglas Quintet had scored a huge hit with "She's About A Mover" in Spring 1965, and they had a modestly successful early 1966 follow-up, "The Rains Came," and they had appeared on TV shows like Hullabaloo and Where The Action Is, so they were certainly well known enough to play for University of Wisconsin students on a Monday night. On the other hand, Doug Sahm and other members of the group had been busted for marijuana at the Corpus Christi airport in December, 1965, and as a result their movements were restricted by court dates and probation. If the Quintet was restricted by probation, did they actually play Wisconsin that Monday night?
The answer, apparently, is probably not. The Sir Douglas Quintet were a hugely popular American group in the British Invasion era, when beyond a hit single no one really knew what a group was like. Initially, the Quintet was encouraged to let everyone think they were actually English. However, the Quintet's promoter was a shady, fascinating character named Huey Meaux, and his business dealings were always suspect. It appears there was more than one group touring the country under the name Sir Douglas Quintet, possibly even before the bust. Somewhere on the web (I can no longer find it), there is an hilarious memoir by a group called Larry And The Bluenotes, which includes lengthy memories of impersonating the Sir Douglas Quintet out on the road, under the direction of various doubtful operators.
Of course, its possible that the Wisconsin show was played by Doug Sahm and some Texan variation of the Quintet, but its unlikely. When Sahm moved to San Francisco in about May 1966, it was because his court case was settled with 5 years probation. However, organist Augie Meyers was apparently unable to leave the state for his probation. As a result, by mid-66 there were at least two versions of the Sir Douglas Quintet: Doug Sahm led one in San Francisco, (along with drummer Johnny Perez and saxophonist Frank Morin), and Meyers led the Texas version (along with bassist Harvey Kagan). Then add in Larry And The Bluenotes, and who knows who else, and it appears that the Quintet were movers indeed.
Probably the band that played the Wisconsin show doesn't remember it, and probably had a vested interest in forgetting it: they were impersonating a band, or they were breaking probation, or something. Oh well--as long as the band played "She's About A Mover," and all the UW students got their Monday night beer on, it was probably fine.
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|Black patrons outside of a eatery in the south (courtesy of the Library of Congress)
In James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the protagonist travels from his hometown in Connecticut to Georgia to attend Atlanta University (AU). This is his first time in the south since he left Georgia which had been his place of birth shortly after the end of Reconstruction. Johnson grew up in Jacksonville, Florida around the same time and attended AU around the turn of the century. In the novel he gives the reader a sense of the eating out options in Jim Crow Atlanta. "I found myself in an eating-house much for its excellence. The place was smoky, the tables were covered with oil-cloth, the floor covered with sawdust, and from the kitchen came a rancid odor of fish fried over several times, which almost nauseated me. I asked my companion if this were the place where we were to eat. He informed me that it was the best place in town where a colored man could get a meal." He also go on to explain that wealthy blacks did not eat out as to avoid the indignities one endured in segregated white on eateries and shabby black owned eateries like the one describe in the above passage.
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Upgrading to Oracle 's grid-based software actually can save money by providing for system uniformity, an Oracle official stressed during a panel session at the OracleWorld conference here on Wednesday.
Frequently, customers believe they must choose between upgrading or saving money, said Dave Dargo, Oracle's vice president of platform partners, Linux and performance. But the reality is the longer customers go without upgrading, the higher the operational costs imposed on an organisation, he said.
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"A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils." ~Ever Garrison
As National Teacher Appreciation week fast approaches, I find myself, yet again, scouring Pinterest for ideas to make for my girls' teachers. As they get older and have more teachers, I find myself looking for gift ideas that help me stretch a buck. After looking through my stash of school supplies (yes, I am addicted to them) and came across my extra composition books. My search then turned to ways to cover them with fabric. My favorite came from one of my favorite fabric designers, Vanessa Christenson of V and Co.
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Chances are if you've picked up a book on investing, you've come across a paragraph or two that warns you not to go against the grain -- that the trend is your friend. Generally this is true, but if your friends all jumped off a bridge, would you jump as well? Clearly you wouldn't, yet I see people taking risks similar to this that seem to me, unnecessary.
This sort of risk-taking has led to some pretty stern finger wagging from me when I see the bullishness surrounding Cobalt International Energy
Where's the beef?
Cobalt is entirely in the exploratory stages of its existence, yet it trades as if it has already billions of barrels in proved reserves. It has a market capitalization over $4.5 billion without removing one drop of oil out of the ground and is expected to burn $150 million in capital expenditures this year. So I'm left asking: Where's the beef?
The company is sitting on $200 million worth of deepwater leases in the Gulf of Mexico as well as leases off the West African coast of Angola. Despite many of these projects being in partnership with other big players in the drilling field, like deepwater producer Anadarko
Soros calls it quits
Now if George Soros were to jump off a bridge, I'd probably grab my parachute and jump off with him. Well, maybe not, but it's important to take heed to what an investing mogul like George Soros is buying and selling. Not surprisingly, in the third quarter, Soros' fund sold out of a nearly 6 million share position in Cobalt. I think this is just more fuel for the fire that Cobalt may not be the value that everyone seems to think it is.
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Most everyone seems excited about Cobalt's prospects -- shares are up 66% in just three months, and the company just got a break by sub-letting a contracted rig from Ensco
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Mumbai: Pooja Bhatt has once again collaborated with Pakistani singer Ali Azmat for her directorial `Jism 2` - this time the singer has sung two songs for the movie.
"Grateful to my friend Ali Azmat for absolutely ROCKING 2 tracks from Jism2. Visa or no Visa, you prove yet again that music has no boundaries," tweeted Pooja.
Azmat, the lead vocalist of popular band Junoon, gave his song "Garaj baras" to Pooja for her directorial debut `Paap`.
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The second team had a much better day at home to local rivals Clymping. In the first 40/40 encounter of the season, the second team batted first. The 2's amassed 213-9, with Sophie Parnell top scoring with 66. In reply, Clymping were always up with the rate, and looked to be coasting to victory at 197-5. However, inspired late bowling changes by captain Darren Bazley, bringing on Harry Standing (3-6), and himself, led to Clymping collapsing to 208 all out. Full scorecard here.
The third team hosted East Preston at Fernhurst. Batting first East Preston scored 193-8. Henry Howson was the pick of the bowlers with 3-32. In reply, the third team lost regular wickets, making it difficult to chase the score down. Dan Rive top scored with 35, and Dan Clarke scored a quick fire 31 not out. But the third team ended up being bowled out for 160. Full scorecard here.
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Sainsbury's has reported a 9% fall in half-year profits, but the decline was not as bad as expected and sales rose.
It said the fall in profits was due to price cutting, wage cost inflation and the consolidation of Argos.
Chief executive Mike Coupe said he was "very pleased with progress".
The supermarket chain took over catalogue retailer Argos and Habitat last year in a £1.4bn deal.
In the past six months, Sainsbury's has opened a further 73 Argos concessions in its stores, bringing the total to 112. It plans to have 165 by Christmas.
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Liverpool should have committed significant funds to signing Radamel Falcao from under the nose of Manchester United to replace Barcelona-bound Luis Suarez, according to former defender Dominic Matteo.
Mario Balotelli was eventually signed from AC Milan for a £16m fee but has come under criticism after only scoring once in nine appearances for the Reds.
Falcao joined rivals United on a season-long loan from Monaco with a view to a permanent move while Liverpool signed Balotelli, Divock Origi and Rickie Lambert in the summer transfer window for a combined £30m.
And Matteo has slammed Brendan Rodgers' transfer strategy and says greater resources should have been committed to signing a replacement for Suarez.
"It's difficult to replace Suarez, but you need to try and replace the goals," he told talkSPORT. "People like Falcao and these kinds of players, we should have been looking to come in and replace Suarez. We had the money.
"I feel Liverpool have not bought particularly well. Mario Balotelli for £16m you might have looked and thought he was a good buy but he's not really produced.
"Liverpool wanted to get in a player who was guaranteed to score 20 to 30 goals a season which is what they're lacking at the moment."
Colombian international Falcao has scored just on goal in three United starts since his deadline day move to Old Trafford but is expected to lead the attack for most of the season alongside Robin van Persie and captain Wayne Rooney.
Falcao has already revealed his intent to remain at United on a permanent basis despite a slow start to life in the Premier League.
"In terms of my thoughts and plans for the future, I want to stay at Manchester United for the coming years," he said.
"Manchester United were the ones that gambled on me when it was very difficult to do so. It has been a very difficult year, not just in my professional career.
"What happened at the start of the year affected me in every way, but it has also helped me grow as a human being, to think about many things, to mature.
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Well, The gadget that children use earliest is the television. They start flipping channels at an average of 3.8 years old. Than, Personal computers and video games are next, at 5.5 and 6.1 years old and finally, Portable media players and cell phones come before age 10.
Parents are always concerned as Kids keep glued to their cartoon network channels and often complain of their disobedience. In countless homes and classrooms, we see children with more impulsive behaviors, less willing and able to persevere through challenging mental tasks, hyperactive, reactive, with little or no impulse control. Research confirms that children who watch TV or play video games for more than two hours daily will most likely exhibit one or more of these characteristics. What can we do? Limit viewing hours? Temptation to fill leisure hours with TV viewing be avoided? Don't occupy child's mind with lot of education stuff that leads to boredom? Think! There must be sure fire way to lessen the TV viewing hours! E-mail me your views!
Meanwhile, here's Kids News column and the good news for parents is that two major TV channels will encourage children for Outdoor Playing and 'Talk Aloud' about their favorite characters. Now, this is a nice initiative, isn't it? Enjoy!
- ilaxi patel
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Experimental Diabetes Research
Volume 2012, Article ID 538474, 6 pages
Impact of Maternal Diabetes on Epigenetic Modifications Leading to Diseases in the Offspring
12nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 11528 Athens, Greece
21st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece
3Neonatal Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 11528 Athens, Greece
4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41334 Larissa, Greece
53rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Attiko Hospital, University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
Received 18 September 2012; Accepted 26 October 2012
Academic Editor: Aristidis Veves
Copyright © 2012 Nikolaos Vrachnis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Gestational diabetes, occurring during the hyperglycemic period of pregnancy in maternal life, is a pathologic state that increases the incidence of complications in both mother and fetus. Offspring thus exposed to an adverse fetal and early postnatal environment may manifest increased susceptibility to a number of chronic diseases later in life. Compelling evidence for the role of epigenetic transmission in these complications has come from comparison of siblings born before and after the development of maternal diabetes, exposure to this intrauterine diabetic environment being shown to cause alterations in fetal growth patterns which predispose these infants to developing overweight and obesity later in life. Diabetes of the offspring is also mainly the consequence of exposure to the diabetic intrauterine environment, in addition to genetic susceptibility. Since obesity and diabetes are known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular sequelae in the offspring of diabetic mothers are virtually inevitable. Research data also suggest that exposure to a diabetic intrauterine environment during pregnancy is associated with an increase in dyslipidemia, subclinical vascular inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction processes in the offspring, all of which are linked with development of cardiovascular disease later in life. The main underlying mechanisms involve persistent hyperglycemia hyperinsulinemia and leptin resistance.
1. Introduction
The prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes amongst all age groups has, in the present time, reached alarming levels. As a result, more and more women of child-bearing age are either obese and/or diabetic during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a progressively hyperglycemic period, maternal hyperglycemia being necessary for the nutritional needs of the growing fetus [1]. However, maternal diabetes is a pathologic state that increases the incidence of complications in both the mother and the fetus [2], while it also exposes the women affected to higher risk for metabolic syndrome, subsequent type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease later in life [3]. Long-term consequences for the offspring are also significant. Adipokines and inflammatory mediators are the main factors causing chronic subclinical inflammation which leads to insulin resistance and abnormality in glucose metabolism [1, 3], while there is additionally increasing evidence that exposure to an adverse fetal and/or early postnatal environment may increase susceptibility to a number of chronic diseases later in the life of the offspring. There is thus great interest in identifying the exact mechanisms by which maternal excess glucose may lead to diseases in the offspring later in life for the development of strategies to prevent this destructive cycle of metabolic dysfunction through generations.
Depending on the diagnostic and screening criteria, it has been observed that the prevalence of gestational diabetes ranges from 1.3% to 19.9% [4]. The recently established criteria use a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) without prior glucose challenge and diagnose gestational diabetes when the fasting glucose is ≥5.1 mmol/L and/or when the 1 h postload glucose is ≥10.0 mmol/L and/or when the 2 h postload glucose is ≥8.5 mmol/L [5]. Previousgestational diabetes, advanced maternal age, and obesity have the highest impact ongestational diabetesrisk. Racial/ethnic origin and family history of type 2diabeteshave a significant though moderate impact (except for type 2diabetesin siblings). Several nontraditionalfactors have recently been characterized, these being either physiological (low birthweight and short maternal height) or pathological (polycystic ovaries). The combination of the multiplicity ofrisk factorsand their interactions results in a low reliability ofriskprediction on an individual basis [6]. Traditional management includes diet, exercise, and short- and intermediate-acting insulin regimens. Meanwhile, use of metformin and glyburide is still controversial, but evidence substantiating their safety and efficacy is accumulating. Finally, postpartum screening with a glucose tolerance test rather than a fasting blood glucose level should be performed 6 weeks after delivery [7].
2. Offspring Diseases due to Hyperglycemic Intrauterine Environment
2.1. Offspring Growth and Adiposity
Offspring of diabetic mothers display excess fetal growth resulting in macrosomic and large for gestational age (LGA) infants [8], hence contributing to the increased risk for cesarean section or traumatic birth [9]. This excess fetal growth is caused by increased nutrients availability from the mother to the developing fetus through the placenta. Maternal serum glucose, which is the main excess nutrient in these circumstances, freely crosses the placenta, while maternal insulin does not. As a result of the thus induced fetal hyperglycemia, the fetal pancreas, although immature, is capable of producing increased levels of insulin, which in turn acts as a growth hormone and promotes growth and adiposity in the fetus [10]. The degree of hyperglycemia seems to determine the metabolic effect on the neonate [11]. Additionally to glucose excess, alterations in the delivery of amino acids and upregulation of placental transport systems also contribute to increased fetal growth [9, 12]. Notably, exposure to this intrauterine diabetic environment causes alterations in fetal growth patterns which predispose these infants to being overweight and obese also later in life, even in the absence of macrosomia at birth [13]. Insulin seems to play a key role, since amniotic fluid insulin levels during the third trimester correlate independently with infants' obesity [14].
2.2. Offspring Glucose Tolerance Disturbances
Many studies have shown that offspring of diabetic mothers have a statistically higher incidence of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), this constituting a well known prediabetic state [15]. In the case of gestational diabetes, offspring have been shown to display reduced insulin secretion, while in the case of pre-existing diabetes, offspring have been shown to exhibit heightened insulin resistance, this possibly indicating a small difference in the underlying mechanisms [16]. Past studies also demonstrated that in all age groups of offspring who were exposed to hyperglycemia in utero, the incidence of diabetes was higher compared with the offspring of nondiabetic mothers, even though some of the latter would still develop diabetes in the future [17]. Therefore, offspring diabetes is mainly the consequence of exposure to a diabetic intrauterine environment, in conjunction with genetic susceptibility.
2.3. Offspring Cardiovascular Abnormalities
The main issue is whether these metabolic abnormalities of the offspring can augment their risk for cardiovascular diseases later in life, since such a finding would prompt closer glycemic control of their diabetic mothers and, possibly, closer health surveillance of the offspring themselves as a high risk population. However, few human studies have examined the effect of a diabetic intrauterine environment on cardiovascular risk factors of the offspring (Figure 1). Nevertheless, since obesity and diabetes are known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, the assumption is that cardiovascular consequences will arise in the offspring of diabetic mothers [18].
Evidence of cardiovascular changes in pregnancies complicated by diabetes is already apparent during the third trimester of in utero life. The fetal heart shows reduced ventricular contractility compared with pregnancies not complicated by diabetes, even if the latter were complicated by hypertensive disease [19]. These findings suggest that the diabetic intrauterine environment induces biochemical alterations in the cardiovascular system that affect its function and that these changes are distinct from those caused by other poor intrauterine environments, such as those seen in hypertensive pregnancies.
In addition, systolic blood pressure, a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, of children born to diabetic mothers was significantly higher than that of those born to nondiabetic mothers [14, 20].
Research data also suggest that exposure to a diabetic intrauterine environment during pregnancy is associated with an increase in dyslipidemia, subclinical vascular inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction processes in the offspring, all of which are linked with development of cardiovascular disease later in life. Dyslipidemia is expressed by increased total and LDL cholesterol. The vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction markers examined were plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), vascular adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM), E-selectin, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and others [21]. Thus, women with gestational diabetes and their fetuses demonstrate alterations in markers of eNOS uncoupling, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction, and these changes correlate with the levels of hyperglycemia [22].
3. Epigenetic Modifications
Although diabetes type 2 is a disease with a known genetic component and is usually associated with a positive family history, this is not always the case. In fact, the current increasing incidence of the disease, which has risen to almost epidemic proportions, reveals that there must be a potent environmental component contributing to the disease as well. Many postnatal risk factors have been studied, like obesity, poor physical activity, and inappropriate diet. Nevertheless, prenatal exposure to a diabetic intrauterine environment seems to contribute to the development of the disease in the offspring later in life. Among females, it additionally contributes to the development of gestational diabetes, thus promoting a positive feedback loop for this disease. Animal models reveal that this metabolic imprinting can be transmitted across generations [23, 24].
Children who were exposed to a diabetic intrauterine environment during pregnancy are more likely to be obese [25], and there is a higher incidence of diabetes later in life among them than that is genetically expected, by almost 40% [26]. Adjustment for maternal weight does not explain the excess risk of the offspring, thereby supporting the hypothesis that nutrient-mediated developmental abnormalities in utero contribute independently to the development of obesity and diabetes in the offspring of diabetic mothers [13, 25].
Moreover, an excess of maternal to paternal transmission of diabetes has been widely reported, suggesting an epigenetic transmission [27, 28]. In other words, the extent to which maternal transmission exceeds paternal transmission can only be attributed to the intrauterine exposure to diabetes.
However, the strongest evidence for the role of epigenetic transmission has come from the comparison of siblings born before and after the development of maternal diabetes. Since siblings have the same risk of carrying the "diabetic" genes of their mothers, the excess risk that was observed in those born after the development of diabetes in their mothers can only be attributed to the hyperglycemic intrauterine environment [29].
Early epigenetic effects, such as those of an intrauterine hyperglycemic environment, play a significant role not only in the development of disease but also in its course. This is shown by studies in which offspring of mothers with diabetes before pregnancy developed diabetes at a younger age than those of mothers without diabetes who developed diabetes later after labor [30].
Finally, postnatal nutritional status is another epigenetic surfactant that influences the risk of diabetes in the offspring of diabetic mothers, with breastfeeding being protective [31]. We could thus reasonably suggest that the risk of diabetes is a combination of early prenatal and postnatal factors that act on a genetic basis and can trigger the disease sooner or even de novo.
4. Underlying Mechanisms
It is by now well established that insulin promotes storage of excess nutrition and fat mass, while at the same time leptin production from adipocytes acts as a safe mode negative loop mechanism that suppresses further insulin secretion. Interestingly, these two parameters, insulin and leptin, seem to play key roles in the metabolic disturbance [32].
There is evidence that hyperinsulinism can cause metabolic changes in the offspring of normoglycemic mothers. This evidence has come from animal experiments and reveals that hyperinsulinism rather than hyperglycemia could be the main surfactant acting on the offspring of diabetic mothers [33].
On the other hand, cord blood levels of leptin are also higher in the offspring of diabetic mothers than nondiabetic [34]. It cannot thus be hypothesized that a deficiency of leptin production in the case of diabetes has a role in the pathology of the offspring. Even more significantly, there is no connection between leptin and IGF-1 [35], though neither does the increase of leptin seem to act prophylactically for the offspring. What could hence be hypothesized is a type of leptin resistance in the case of neonates of diabetic mothers as a result of persistent hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, just as insulin resistance is a progenitor of diabetic pathology. This leptin resistance might be the result of dysfunction of adipocytes or pancreatic cells and could be the cause of further hyperinsulinemia and a progressive positive loop mechanism (Figure 2).
However, elevated leptin concentrations during diabetic pregnancy may be due to its secretion by adipocytes in the presence of elevated estrogen and also by placenta. In gestational diabetes, adipose tissue secretes low adiponectin (an anti-inflammatory and positive stimulator of insulin sensitizing) and high TNF-α and IL-6, which contribute to the inflammatory state and insulin resistance present in diabetic pregnancy as well as in macrosomia [36]. Leptin, being proinflammatory, is produced in abundance by adipose tissue during diabetic pregnancy and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of weight gain in macrosomic babies. Leptin may exert its effects by interacting with neuropeptide-Y in the hypothalamus, while the intrauterine hyperglycemia may act on the fetal hypothalamus and create what has been termed a "metabolic memory" which programs for development of obesity and metabolic syndrome in the offspring during adulthood [37].
As this condition goes on, further damage of pancreatic cells, as a result of severe hyperglycemia, is liable to cause defective insulin secretion and could be the starting point for initiation of glucose tolerance disturbances [38]. In addition, some data exist concerning intrauterine pancreatic vascularization deficits through alterations in factors like vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors and intrauterine pancreatic innervation disturbances in diabetic pregnancies [38, 39].
5. Conclusions
The present-day diabetes epidemic incurs enormous costs, especially when one takes into account the adverse consequences wrought upon the future lives of both mother and offspring. Reducing obesity and type 2 diabetes should therefore be a primary goal of public health organizations and clinicians. Meanwhile, in the case of diabetic pregnancies, it is necessary to bear in mind that offspring metabolic dysfunction is a composite result of genetic and epigenetic factors, the latter also involving alterations in placental transport, endocrine molecules, like insulin and leptin, and inflammatory markers. Thus, with regard to the clinical management of women with diabetes during pregnancy, there may be the need to focus not only on achieving tight control of maternal blood glucose levels, but also on additional dietary and/or other changes, such as encouragement of breastfeeding. In summary, there is clearly an urgent need for the accumulation of specialized knowledge as to the most effective strategies to deal with metabolic disturbances and risk for chronic diseases in the offspring of diabetic mothers as a result of in utero exposure to diabetes.
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It's true that SsangYong isn't a brand well known here in the UK. In fact, the first thing my family said when I pulled onto the drive in the new Tivoli was: "what is that?"
But the firm believes its new SUV will be the car to change all that, and we've been driving it with its sole diesel engine in top-of-the-range trim to find out if it's worth considering as your next new car.
Cheap price tag
The Tivoli is one of the cheapest SUVs you can buy at the moment with a starting price of just £12,950. Our test car sits right at the top of the range and costs £17,250, which is still very cheap when you consider the amount of kit on offer here - and let us not forget about that five-year unlimited-mileage warranty.
In ELX trim the car comes equipped with a seven-inch touchscreen system with sat-nav and reversing camera, dual-zone climate control, 18-inch alloys, tinted rear windows, keyless entry and start, parking sensors, leather upholstery, heated front seats, automatic lights and wipers, Bluetooth and LED lights all as standard.
The only extra fitted to our test car is the metallic Techno Grey paintwork which costs an additional £500.
That's a lot of kit for your money, but it's not all a glowing report; no DAB Radio as standard is disappointing, the USB wouldn't work on test and the dual-zone air con didn't react quickly enough either. On the plus side the cruise control impressed and the keyless entry and reversing camera were particular highlights.
Considering its cheap price tag, the quality of the materials used around the cabin is very good indeed and a huge leap forward when compared to other models in the range. The centre console is simple to navigate around and control too, plus the black gloss inserts help bling the cabin up a bit.
New diesel engine
Under the bonnet of our test car is a new 1.6-litre diesel engine with 113bhp and 300Nm of torque.
Although not the most exciting of drives, the engine is quick off the mark and feels more powerful than the 12 second 0-62mph time indicates. It sounds pretty utilitarian though and there's a fair amount of bodyroll produced in the corners too.
Running costs is where the car impresses most, with a combined fuel economy of 65.7mpg and CO2 emissions of 113g/km, significantly improving on the petrol engine figures. On test we managed to achieve around 45mpg on a variety of different trips.
Mated to the engine is a well-judged six-speed manual, and the smart steering system fitted on our test car, which allows you to preset three different programs - Normal, Comfort and Sport - leaves the steering feeling unbalanced at times and all modes lack feedback. The ride quality, although good on the motorway, can be a little bouncy on country lanes too - and there's a fair amount of wind and road noise intruding into the cabin.
Quirky features
So, on the road the Tivoli is functional rather than fun. In the cabin however there are lots of features which are bound to produce a smile.
For example there's a (somewhat cheesy) welcome tone when you open the driver's door.
Inside the Tivoli is comfortable and spacious, the large leather seats are supportive and head- and leg-room overall is excellent. There's also plenty of useful cubbies littered around the cabin for those in the front and back including door bins big enough for a litre bottle of drink and a useful storage compartment above the glovebox.
Space in the boot eclipses many of its rivals at 423 litres, plus there are hooks to secure more fragile bags and a light and power socket too.
It's a car you cannot help but like and the price presents excellent value for money, but there are flaws to consider.
Although its headline figures are significantly better than the petrol, we think you'll have to drive a lot of miles each year for this diesel engine to make financial sense, especially since petrol choices are more refined and £1,250 cheaper.
For more information on the SsangYong Tivoli please click here


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PS4 controller in a PC
Wednesday, November 14. 2018
Lately, I've been playing Mudrunner: Spintires a lot. That's a really weird game about logging machinery and mud. For some strange reason I find hauling logs from a lake through mud really entertaining. Why logs are located a "lake" is beyond me.
During the gameplay, player needs to operate number of different heavy machinery. This involves driving a skidder, a heavy truck or operating a crane to get the logs loaded. I tried doing that with a traditional mouse and keyboard config. I kinda managed to do it, but anybody who has driven a real car or truck or flown an airplane using only a keyboard knows, it's very tricky. Then I got a hint, that a Playstation 4 controller is really good with that game.
A-haa! All I need to do is hook up my PS4-controller into my PC using ... well... dunno. As Google search engine is a good friend, I found a project DS4Windows from Github https://github.com/Ryochan7/DS4Windows. It will convert a PS4-controller into an Xbox controller, which will work perfectly with most games.
Just hokk up an USB-cable to the controller, run the software, and:
You're done! It really is that simple. Now spinning tires in mud is much much more enjoyable!
by Jari Turkia in Software, Windows at 17:24 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Destiny 2 Nightingale error [Solved!]
Thursday, February 22. 2018
As an employee of (a subsidiary of) Activision/Blizzard, last year those who wanted, got keys for Destiny 2.
It never worked! I never go to play it.
... and BANG! The dreaded Nightingale error:
For past couple of months, that's how much I saw Destiny 2. That isn't much. Darn!
After doing all the possible things, including throwing dried chicken bones to a magical sand circle, I ran out of options. I had to escalate the problem to Blizzard Support. Since this wasn't a paid game, obviously it didn't reach their highest priority queue. But ultimately the cogs of bureaucracy aligned and I got the required attention to my problem. But ... it was unsovalvable. Or it seemed to be one.
Today, after escalating the problem back to Bungie, they pointed out the problem. My computer didn't manage to reach their CDN, so the game got angry and spat the Nightingale on my face. They also hinted me about what my computer did instead and ...
Somewhere in the guts of the Destiny 2, there is a component reading the value of environment variable
After deleting the variable, the game started. WHOA!
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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update breaking sleep
Monday, December 18. 2017
My gaming PC got the fall update quite late and after that it wouldn't stay in sleep. Something got broken in the update and I had to shut it down every single time I didn't want to use it. Annoying!
Debugging - The Reason
The reason it popped back on wasn't big of a mystery. There is a simple command to query the wake reason:
There are number of articles about How to disable wake timers?, but it doesn't fix this.
A peek into Windows Task Scheduler reveals the ugly fact:
There is a hourly scheduled task, that indeed does run every hour and every goddamn hour it will wake my computer from the sleep to see if it needs to reboot it! Who having half a brain made that engineering decision at Microsoft?!
Attempt 1 - Disable the task - FAIL!
Ok, easy thing, let's disable the task. Or ... let's not. It is impossible! The permissions prevent regular human beings from doing that.
After a while, I bumped into somebody else having this same particular problem. Computer is waking up and: Can't modify task "Reboot" in win10 home. Basically, the idea is to go get Sysinternals PStools. It contains a tool called PSexec, which can do the modification for you.
Like this:
First run a cmd.exe with the PSexec 64-bit version:
Now, that permission-barrier is fixed, then:
Now the stupid scheduled task is running hourly as expected, but NOT when your computer is sleeping. But ... guess what! Yes! There is something in Windows 10 internals, that keeps that particular task enabled. It will stay disabled for half an hour or so, but ultimately just using the computer makes the task enabled again, and the problem persists.
Attempt 2 - Remove the allow wake setting - FAIL!
By using the
So, ultimately I had to find something else
Attempt 3 - Powershell - FAIL!
Instead of spawning a new cmd.exe, going for PowerShell has benefits - it can actually edit an existing task. There is a built-in applet
Spawn a nice PowerShell-session with appropriate permissions:
The shell is kinda dead, for example output is garbled and input editing has issues, but if you know what to run, it will do it given the correct permissions.
As suggested in use powershell to find scheduled tasks set to wake the computer, now it is possible to get a list of Scheduled Tasks which have permission to wake the computer:
My computer will output a list like:
A simple(?) one-liner will edit the task (backtick is the word-wrap operator):
Yes, now the task is enabled, but has the appropriate condition setting for allow wake the computer from sleep disabled.
... aaaand it doesn't work. The same thing altering the enabled-state also resets this setting. Darn!
Attempt 4 - Revoke permissions - Success!
This was driving me mad!
It worked perfectly before the stupid update!
Finally, I found an article from Reddit: Is there ANY way to stop UpdateOrchestrator for turning 'wake the computer to run this task' back on after every cumulative update?
That guy suggested to revoke all permissions from the file. Now the automator which keeps resetting the settings fails to touch the file.
The command I ran in PowerShell is:
That simply puts everybody and everything into deny-list for the file-access. AND IT WORKS!
So, looks like ultimately whatever the mechanism is restoring the setting, somebody loves writing to the file, but it doesn't know how to reset the permissions. Which is nice!
I chose to keep the task enabled, but unset the allow wake -setting. So, when my computer is running, the task is ran every hour as expected, but when my computer is sleeping, my computer is sleeping and doesn't wake for nobody.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 07:24 | Comments (2) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
F-Secure Ultralight Anti-Virus
Sunday, November 5. 2017
Which anti-virus software to use on a Windows 10?
There are a number of software to choose from. Some are free, some are really good at detecting malware, some are award winning, industry recognized pieces of software and there is even one that comes with your Windows 10 installation.
For couple decades, my personal preference has been a product from F-Secure. For those of you expecting me to hand out a recommedation out of numerous F-Secure products, given the multiple computers I operate on daily basis, just picking a single specific product is not possible. Also, I'm a member of their Beta Program and run couple pieces of their software which are not flagged as production-quality.
Here is the part with a recommendation:
On an initial glance, the first question I had was: "Ok, Where are the settings? Where IS the user interface?!" But that's the beauty of the product, it has no more settings than the above screenshot contains. That's wildly out-of-the-box. Functional, yes. But something completely different. Naturally it's a F-Secure product, and they don't make any compromises with ability to detect malware. It has no firewall or plugins to your browser or anything unnecessary.
When/If the product is ever released, go check it out!
by Jari Turkia in Security, Windows at 15:50 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Cygwin X11 with window manager
Saturday, November 4. 2017
Altough, I'm a Cygwin fan, I have to admit, that the X11-port is not one of their finest work. Every once in a while I've known to run it.
Since there are number of window managers made available for Cygwin, I found it surprisingly difficult to start using one. According to docs (Chapter 3. Using Cygwin/X) and
As a default, that's ok. But what if somebody like me would like to use a real Window Manager?
This is what I have:
The script assumes, that there is a Window Maker installed (
by Jari Turkia in Linux, Windows at 18:38 | Comments (2) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Windows 10 update KB3200970 stuck
Thursday, November 10. 2016
Hands down KB3200970 is the worst update I've seen for Windows 10!
In general I hate Windows 10 TiWorker-process. It sucks CPU like there is no tomorrow. I cannot comprehend how difficult it is to determine if an update is needed or not. If you compare to any Linux
So, there is Cumulative update for Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016, released November 8, 2016. This is also known as KB3200970 and boy, do people have trouble installing it!
For about 8 hours it was stuck there in the preparing phase. While doing absolutely nothing, this was my CPU-load:
Well done idiots!
Net is full of stories like mine: How to fix Windows Update in Windows 10 if it becomes stuck, Windows 10 KB3200970 issues: install fails, high CPU usage, battery drain and more and Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems(KB3200970).
The Reddit-article had a link to KB971058, How do I reset Windows Update components? which helped some. I gave it a try and it did help.
First some services needed stopping. This is what you would run as an administrator
In my case the
First one failed, so I don't know what the impact was. Then I ran the entire list:
Lot of them failed, but that's what the KB971058 told to do. Then starting the services:
Still this update tested my patience. It ran couple hours preparing after it announced, it's ready to go install. The installation took yet another couple hours. After the installation was completed and the obligatory reboot was done, Windows still reported that a reboot is required. This update really sucks ass!
Ultimately my laptop spent more than 50 hours to install all this. There were number of retrys and times than I didn't care to look to closely what's going on, so the machine had to wait for user interaction. Still the process was paintakingly long.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 22:58 | Comment (1) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Windows 10 upgrade weeks: Done
Saturday, July 30. 2016
I wrote couple of posts about Windows 10 upgrades, but there are no more free upgrades. See:
From now on, you'll just have to pay for it.
There are couple of issues I bumped into while upgrading about dozen PCs last month alone and I'll be blogging about those later. There is no rush, as the free upgrade window closed (pun intended).
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 11:28 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Windows 10 weeks: Upgrading Windows 10 with a clean install
Tuesday, July 19. 2016
Before release of Windows 10 build 10565 in October 2015, it was pretty much impossible to do a clean install for upgrading Windows 7 or 8 without first running the upgrade on the target machine. The announcement said:
Device activation improvements: Microsoft has received a lot of feedback from Insiders on making it easier to activate Windows 10 on devices that take advantage of the free upgrade offer to genuine Windows by using existing Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 product keys. If you install this build of the Windows 10 Insider Preview on a PC and it doesn't automatically activate, you can enter the product key from a qualifying Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 used to activate the prior Windows version on the same device to activate Windows 10 by going to Settings > Update & security > Activation and selecting Change Product Key.
In short: You can whip up your install USB and do a clean install on a machine. If its not an OEM-machine, just enter your Windows 7 or Windows 8 key at install, and the thing should activate. Nice an easy.
And to clarify the exact build number situation your box is running, go to Settings, System, About. It should have something like this:
As suggested by Ilpo in a comment he left in my blog, there is an alternative method described by article How to Directly Clean Install Windows 10 without having to Upgrade First. Of course I had to try that! And thanks Ilpo, for the suggestion.
What you need is a Windows 10 install USB-stick. Go create one with your favorite method, and if you don't have a favorite, just go for Media creation tool, it can download an install image and store it to your USB-stick for later booting.
When your install-stick is ready, go find
Second important thing: Run the
Take a copy of the generated
During Windows 10 installation do NOT enter a license key. It is possible to "skip this" and "do this later" and ultimately when the install ends run a perfectly good non-activated Windows 10.
Now its time to go activate the newly installed Windows 10. You need to locate your saved
Now the activation is only a reboot away. Go ahead and boot the thing, and confirm:
Done! Simple as pie.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 11:30 | Comment (1) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Windows 10 weeks: Getting an activated Windows 10 Pro for free
Sunday, July 17. 2016
I'd like to be clear on this: I did not figure this one out myself, I just bumped into Philip Yip's page about this. All the credit should go to him, I just tested this and confirmed it to be working.
One of the upgrades I did earlier this month was for a Windows Vista. Computer geeks point out two things immediately: 1) Vista! Really? Who would use that voluntarily? 2) well, it cannot be upgraded into Windows 10. Both very true. It just so happened, that there was an OEM Vista running on a computer. Vista will cease to have security upgrades on 10th April 2017, so I suggested to upgrade the thing into a 10 while I did some other work on the thing. Obviously the person owning the poor computer didn't want to pay for the upgrade, so I chose to go with Mr. Yip's method on it.
For this to happen you will need:
Also please note, that there is NO UPGRADE possibility here. This is effectively a fresh install. If you choose to re-install on top of your existing Vista installation, please take care no to lose any precious data. I installed a bigger hard drive to the computer, so I made sure that the old drive was intact during this process.
This is how the entire process goes:
This process worked for me on 5th July 2016. I don't think this has anything to do with July 29 free upgrade -limitation.
Also I'm sure guys at Microsoft keep track of their installations. They'll know exactly how many licenses they gave out using this method. My thinking is, that they simply don't care. Pretty much all of the competition is giving out operating systems for free and they cannot for some strange reason. Anybody choosing this method needs to be aware, that in an unfortunate scenario they would deactivate all licenses distributed this way.
Happy installing! I know I created one ex-Vista user very happy with this.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 14:28 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Windows 10 upgrade weeks
Friday, July 15. 2016
Recently I've been doing a lot of Windows 10 upgrades. The free upgrade offer is about to end in less than 15 days:
There is a counter in Windows.com.
My own adoption to Win10 is pretty high, only one box left to upgrade. I'll have to resort to virtual machines for things, that I really, really need Windows 7 for.
The real-time Windows 10 adoption gauge @ gosquared.com shows one third:
That's pretty good, but not the number Microsoft guys are aiming for.
I regularily follow Mr. Gordon Kelly, a writer who publishes @ forbes.com. In December 2015 he wrote a piece with a title 'Free' Windows 10 Has An Expensive Secret. There he pretty much speculates, that Microsoft really wants to get to one billion (1.000.000.000) Windows 10 installations as fast as possible. Not giving away free upgrades to pretty much everybody wouldn't help in that. However, his post after Microsoft's May 2016 press release (Three Reasons Microsoft Stopped Free Windows 10 Upgrades) indicates, that even he gave up hope on prolonged free upgrades being available. I guess, they didn't want to get to one billion that bad. That's something Mr. Richard Hay @ winsupersite.com predicted last December.
It seems that it is possible to prolong your free upgrade offer by enabled assistive technologies. See Microsoft's blog post about that. But unless you do that, it's time to act on it or do some trickery after July 29th.
For my Windows 10 weeks, I'll be posting couple of articles what I did earlier this month with my various upgrades.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 13:41 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Upgrading Windows 10 into a Windows 7 machine after deflecting Microsoft's upgrade
Sunday, May 29. 2016
Microsoft's policy to annoy every Windows 7 and 8.1 user to the point every single one of them will be crazy is something I've addressed earlier. My previous posts are here and here.
Couple days ago I decided to go and upgrade one of my existing Windows 7 boxes. It's roughtly 2 months time left for me to get my free upgrade, also I had been staring enough the re-releases of Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3035583), which every single time I see the upgrade being offered makes me laugh out loud. As you can see:
It reads:
Recommended update
Install this update to resolve issues in Windows. For a complete listing of the issues that are included in this update, see the associated Microsoft KnowledgeBase article for more information. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
Ok. I chose to "resolve issues" in my Windows. In reality that's just crap that forces me to look at Windows 10 being forced down my throat. That one causes more issues than it resolves. That's a complete lie!
I carefully made sure I have backups and all necessary information and decided that I'm good to go for upgrade. But quite soon I realized, that ... there is no easy way for me to upgrade. As I wrote in my previous blog posts, I've taken drastic measures to deflect any/every possible Microsoft attempt to inject anything related to the upgrade, upgrade widgets, upgrade tools or upgrade pre-loaded files.
So, I decided to go google "windows 10 upgrade", landed at page https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade which very helpfully offers to download a tool called
A new plan was needed.
Then I landed on another Microsoft page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10. That one prooved to be much more useful. On that page, there is a download for
The upgrade went fine, I didn't lose too many applications and my user profile survived the upgrade well too. The only thing I had to do was to disable IPv6 privacy randomization. This is my recipe which I run on every one of my Windowses:
netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=active netsh interface ipv6 set privacy state=disabled store=persistent netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=active netsh interface ipv6 set global randomizeidentifiers=disabled store=persistent
Other than that I didn't do much else. And as a result I get to see forced advertisements for Office365. Crap!
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 20:40 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
How to stop Windows 10 upgrade bullying - part 2
Tuesday, March 29. 2016
Those pushhy bastards at Microsoft really, really want to upgrade every Windows 7, 8 and 9 into a 10. (Yes, Windows 9 doesn't exist.) They even re-released KB3035583 to make sure that any previous blocking since March 2015 wouldn't be affected anymore. This is what my Windows 7 started doing:
This wasn't supposed to be happening. See details of Part 1. I downloaded latest version of GWX Control Panel, I think it is 1.7.3, but it showed nothing special:
There were some deleted Windows 10 files and a single process running, but I re-zapped them with GWX CP. That didn't make the KB3035583 disappear from the updates list.
A solution to make it gone was simpler than I originally thought:
Just selecting Hide update will make it stay gone. I guess MS-guys will be re-re-releasing it eventually, but for the time being, I'm happy with the result.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 20:38 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
How to stop Windows 10 upgrade bullying
Sunday, February 7. 2016
The problem
Ok. Microsoft has amped up their "upgrade now" campaign to a ridiculous level.
First Microsoft Marketing chief Chris Capossela "warned" about Windows 7 being insecure. Warned in quotes because my initial reaction was: "Oh really!? Is it really possible, that a Windows can not be secure operating system."
While this machine is eligble for a free Win 10 upg, I just don't want to do that yet. I will upgrade eventually, but at the time I choose, not some ignorant corporate chose for me. So, Mr. Capossela explained that users who choose Windows 7 do so "at your own risk, at your own peril" and he revealed Microsoft has concerns about its future software and hardware compatibility, security and more.
Now the latest development is, that Windows 10 upg is a recommended update as they're now aggressively pushing Windows 10 upgrades. Meaning, that have to actively dodge it every time I'll upgrade this box of mine.
Further details about KB2952664 a Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7 patch @ Softpedia article.
The information
The annoyance looks like this:
In the process list of the victim machine, there is a
Ages ago Microsoft release KB article ID 3080351, How to manage Windows 10 notification and upgrade options. It contains all kinds of useless information about modifying registry entries like
What the article doesn't mention is, that it also hijacks your disk space at
After doing all that, reading all the information, changing all the registry values and removing pre-loaded waste... It didn't work. What the article doesn't mention, that one of the GWX-processes runs in background and snoops those registry values and changes them back! Yes. You read it right. The fuckers go to your computer and make better choices for your registery. Their flawed reasoning is, that you obviously have to be some sort of moron not to go for their ultimate product right now, or preferably yesterday. And as you (the moron), the owner of your computer running a lesser "insecure" OS, need Microsoft's help to make better decisions.
OH, COME ON! Not cool.
I'm NOT upgrading to Windows 10 yet, because I (as in me) am in control here. Not Microsoft (as in them).
The solution
After spending countless hours and experiencing a number of setbacks, when the timers kicked on I stumbled into somebody having exactly the same problem as I do. He also had a solution for it. Here is the article Using GWX Control Panel to Permanently Remove the 'Get Windows 10' Icon.
GWX Control Panel looks like this:
With this application, no need to game of Whack-a-Mole anymore. The not wanted and not needed crap will just fly out with a click of a button. Example of getting rid of pre-loaded Windows 10 installation files:
Ultimately the cleaned up machine will report:
List of goodies include:
Oh yes!
The application has an option to stay as a background process to keep monitoring, that evil Microsoft processes stay gone. I didn't test that, as just kicking all the crap out of my computer did the trick. Now I was back on the drivers' seat. Now I can decide when to do the upgrade.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 17:55 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Recovering Windows 7 OEM License Key
Saturday, January 2. 2016
In my hugely popular article about Transferring Windows 7 OEM license to a new hard drive, I kept insisting, that you absolutely positively need to know your SLP-key before processing. Couple days ago I was working on a recovery of a failed hard drive and realized, that it's not completely true.
As the troubled drive had already been replaced with a brand new SSD, I had the HDD in an USB-dock for investigation purposes:
The new Windows 7 OEM had already been installed, but not activated. As I didn't know the SLP-key I was planning to do the phone activation with COA-key. At that point I realized, that it was possible to use the Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder from another drive:
It wasn't much simpler than that! A simple copy/paste -operation to get the key in and Windows activated.
The requirement seems to be to point to a
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 22:18 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
Windows 10 preview - My experiences
Wednesday, November 26. 2014
Windows 10 Technical Preview has been out for two months now on Windows Insider Program. I installed it pretty much when it was released into a virtual machine and has been running a number of different software, that I'd use anyway on it.
The install process is pretty much the same than it has been since Windows 7. I created a virtual 20 GiB drive (which later turned out to be not enough) and chose to install on the non-initialized drive. No surprises there. This is what runs as out-of-box-experience:
It looks very much like Windows 8.1. Notice how the window border is quite thin. This is something Microsoft hasn't done in their operating systems ever before. Internet Explorer is still version 11 as in Windows 8.1 and the reported user-agent string is: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.4; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko.
It sees the virtual CPU incorrectly as a Xeon, however the physical CPU is of Sandy Bridge microarchitecture:
Finally the start menu is something, that I would like to use. Microsoft had a decent start menu on Windows 7, they dropped it for Windows 8 and restored a crappy version for Windows 8.1. This time it works and the stupid full-screen-apps -mode is gone. The start menu will contain both the classic and tile-based apps at the same time:
This is what computer properties and disc management look like. Pretty much the same than in Windows 7:
Also control panel is unchanged:
The version is displayed as Windows NT 6.4, but apparently it is going to change and the version number will be 10. Also IPv6 works as expected:
I don't know what the idea with forcing automatic updates on, but luckily there is a way to change that. The GUI won't let you touch it, but a direct registry hack to change it: How to disable Automatic Updates in windows 10 Tech Preview. I changed the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update value AUOptions into 3 (Automatically download and notify of installation). This is a change for previous Windowses, which are using a different registry key. See Article ID 328010 - How to configure automatic updates by using Group Policy or registry settings about it. Anyway, this is how it looks like:
One other thing I also changed, was to speed up the preview image process. As a default, new installations are on a slow track, but I wanted to get the new versions a bit faster. This is a bit funny thing, the only way to change it is to go for a new-style full-screen settings (luckily this runs in a window). There doesn't seem to be a control panel -setting for this. For details see: How to Stay Up to Date and Get the Latest Windows 10 Technical Preview Builds. This is how I changed the setting:
To upgrade into a newer build (9860 in this case) it goes something like this. I found the process quite amusing:
When the slow process completes, the bottom right corner will state the new version:
During the testing I haven't had many issues, but here is one:
For some reason system interrupts started hogging lot of CPU-resources. That is something I've never seen on any Windows. After a nice reboot, the problem disappeared. That's what you get from running beta operating system.
Also, my original 20 GiB of disc space ran out after couple of new build upgrades. This is what happened:
There wasn't much else to do, except to shut down the Windows 10 instance. Go to virtualization host (Linux) and add 10 GiB of space into the virtual drive:
As no Windows version is capable of actually expanding the partition and file system on a grown drive, I mounted an ISO-image of GParted and booted the virtual machine from that. It could expand the system partition in a couple of seconds (it is a really good partition manager software). After having 30 GiB of space, the latest build upgraded without problems.
My thanks goes to F-Secure. I've been running their new FS Protection (still on beta) on my Windows 10 and it works really well.
by Jari Turkia in Windows at 21:25 | Comments (0) | Google | Share in LinkedIn
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