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Homes tend to have a lot of embodied energy or embodied carbon emissions, arising from the energy used in the manufacture of the construction materials, such as bricks, and the energy used in transporting these materials and in actually assembling and building the home. The figures will vary depending on construction techniques and location, but could typically be around 0.5 to 1 tonne of embedded carbon per square meter (around 10 square feet), representing very roughly 15 years of operational energy consumption (1).
In general, the smaller the home, the lower the embodied energy and carbon in it. Additionally smaller homes require less energy to heat, cool and illuminate. As do work spaces that make efficient use of their space.
But making a home small, really small, down to around 20% of the size of a typical 2 storey suburban house, and comfortable is a design challenge. The Kasita home is a recent attempt to do this, and it all started in a dumpster, as shown in this CNBC video:
The design and construction of low embodied energy buildings such as the Kasita requires a range of skills, many of which are not usually associated with construction.
And as construction industry jobs are lost with automation, this could also mean changes in some construction related clean energy jobs, as shown in the Construction Robotics video below. For example, the integration of PV into roofing materials could mean that for a new home PV installers no longer install panels, all they do is the electrical connection.
For those working in Green Buildings it's an exciting time, but also a time not to be complacent.
California and the EU are leading with their requirements for new homes to be net zero energy from 2020 (2), and then to extend the home requirements into commercial buildings in following years. This is going to require upskilling of the construction industry to deliver this, both in design, and in actual construction. In fact this upskilling has been happening gradually for some time, but it now needs to accelerate. And whilst for now zero net home energy requirements are looming for only the EU and California (combined population of 550m) in much of the rest of the world those countries with existing energy standards for buildings are likely to tighten them, whilst emerging economies without standards are increasingly likely to adopt energy performance standards for buildings. This is certainly going to grow the green building sector.
On the other hand the green building industry is coming historically from a place where it is at the high end of pricing. Most existing green commercial buildings are large and operate in the premium end of the market, with governments and large corporations occupying them. Those who have been in the green building sector for some time may find it hard to win contracts, but when they do the pay-off is good. As we move to a situation where every building – small to large – if not "green" is at least substantially "greener", there may be more contracts, but margins are likely to continue to tighten, and expectations will be higher. The market will grow. New people will come into it, unconstrained by traditional thinking. Disruption and innovation will happen.
To thrive going forward requires those working in the green building space to delivery more for less, to tap into technological developments elsewhere and to innovate (like the Kasita house has done). Complacency is not acceptable. And if you are a disruptor and innovator and maybe looking for a new career, perhaps green buildings are for you.
Bruce Rowse
1. Its difficult to pin down the "average" embodied energy / embodied carbon in a home. 0.5 to 1 tonne/m2 could be considered an extremely rough estimate, See http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/38si9_en.pdf and http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/all-about-embodied-energy.
2. California's target is for all residential buildings to use zero net energy by 2020, and all commercial buildings to use zero net energy by 2030. In the EU, 28 countries have committed to new residential buildings being "near zero energy" from 31 December 2020. The directive 2010/31/EU also requires that after 31 December 2018 new public buildings are nearly zero energy. http://www.epbd-ca.eu/themes/nearly-zero-energy
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Featured course: Passive House Design. Homes designed to Passive House (Passive Haus) standards have a low demand for space heating and cooling, have low overall energy use, must be extremely air tight, and be thermally comfortable. In this Passive House Design Course you'll learn how to design a house that meets the Passive House requirements and as a project will be designing a home that meets the Passive House space heating and primary energy requirements. This Passive House Design training consistently attracts high student ratings and may be taken at any time.


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Ghanaians were served a huge dish of nostalgia during the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards as the members of the hiplife singing group Praye reunited for a massive performance.
The group, which have been fractured for the past half decade, came together, all three members, as they performed a medley of their greatest hits on the VGMA stage.
It was only a few months ago when the two remaining members, Praye Tintin and Tietia, were feuding with the third ex-member Choirmaster and vowing they would never get back together.
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But on the grandest stage of Ghana music, the trio performed together once again for the first time in years, a performance that was lauded all across social media as Ghanaians celebrated the reunion.
For now, it's unlikely to be nothing more than a temporary reunion, but it's clear what Ghanaians in general want to happen.

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"The majority of us have no ear for anything but ourselves, we cannot hear a thing God says." —Oswald Chambers
Reading of Jeremiah's weeping over his lost and self-absorbed people, I nearly lost it. I could have wept myself. I was reading aloud in front of a few listeners, and I had to pull it together to continue on.
I've recently been part of a simple plan advanced by the Gladstone Community Church and Mariemont Community Church. The plan is this: Read the whole Bible out loud. Pass the reading from person to person, anyone who wants to take a turn. The entire reading will take around 80 hours. I have taken a couple of turns at this reading, and expect to take a couple more.
It is often the basic points that elude us. For me, feeling my own voice speak out the lines of scripture has given me a renewed experience of one basic point in particular. Namely, the Bible is not a reference book and really not even a guide book. The Bible is an encounter.
Our God, strangely, has feelings. He tells us he has a heart. By means of scripture—or by means of the human beings whose insight he illuminated as they wrote the documents that would become scripture—God descended into language and into composition in order to explain the ideas and share the emotion that he hopes we will seek to understand.
On this blog lately, I've been holding up the questions of how God speaks and how we can listen. They're important questions. In looking at them, however, it is vital to be mindful of the extent to which he has already spoken.


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Brother's MFC-L3770CDW is a multi-function device that provides your small business with professional quality prints and business-level features in a convenient compact size. Delivering up to 24ppm print speeds and 2400dpi print quality by default, you'll receive fast, professional laser quality prints out of the box. The wide range of connectivity options enables you to efficiently print and scan from your preferred devices as well as using the device's capabilities to print and scan from popular cloud storage services. With all of these functions and more, this machine is designed to meet the needs of your business today and in the future.
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Machu Picchu 1 day by train . Is ideal for those who have little time, but do not want to miss one of the most magical places on the planet. You will arrive to Aguas calientes from Cusco, in a train that passes through unique places.
Cusco - Ollantaytambo - Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Cusco
Our agency Machu Picchu Hop will come to pick you up at your respective hostel / meeting point. Approximately at 3:50 am, and then transfer for 1 hour and a half to the train station of Ollantaytambo. From there we will take the of Machu Picchtrain to Aguas Calientes Village , we will travel for 1 hour and forty minutes on the way we will be able to appreciate beautiful landscapes. Once arrived to Aguas Calientes, at the door of the station your guide will be waiting for us, so you can go to the bus station and climb to the citadel of Machu Picchu.
Once in Machu Picchu. you will have a guided tour of the main sites for approximately 2 hours. At the end of the guide you will have free time to visit Machu Picchu individually or climb the mountains (Machu Picchu Mountain or Wayna Picchu) if you have the reservation made.
After visiting you will have to take the bus and return to Aguas Calientes. In the town of Aguas Calientes you will have enough time to enjoy a delicious meal or drink.
A very important note to take into consideration is that you must be at the train station half an hour before the departure of your train. Once on the train, it will be arriving at Ollantaytambo station, where in the same Ollantaytambo station, our staff will be waiting for you to return to Cusco leaving you near your hotel.
- Expert driver in the area
- Hotel Pickup
- Transfer Cusco - Ollantaytambo (Private transportation)
- Return train tickets (Ollantaytambo - Machu picchu) : Expedition
- Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu Sanctuary
- Bus Ticket in Machu Picchu (Ascent and Descent)
- Pick ups from the train station
- Transport service from Ollantaytambo to near the hotel
Not included
- Food
- Expenses mentioned in the Itinerary
- Personal hygiene products
- Mountain entrance Huayna Picchu ( USD 20,00) ( Available As extra )
- Mountain entrance Machupicchu ( USD 20,00) ( Available As extra)
Languages in which the tour is offered
- English
- English
- The driver knows the area and speaks very basic English.
What to Bring ?
When preparing your luggage, remember that the rainy season in Machu Picchu is from December to March. The winter, between May and August, is especially cold, that's why we recommend you take:
- Wear sneakers or light shoes or tennis
- Original Passport
- Long sleeve shirts.
- Long pants.
- Insect repellent.
Extra Informaction
The reservation confirmation will arrive a few minutes after making the reservation.
to the rainy season (January to March) the end time of the tour can be considerably delayed, so we recommend not to take any transport or flight to another place for the same day. The itinerary may vary in adverse weather conditions or for reasons of force majeure to ensure the safety of travelers.


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2005 Holden Monaro CV8 5.7 Litre from Australia and New Zealand
The car appears to be a great all round sports car, best for 2 people
There has been an annoying Rattle in the dash since buying this car.
The air pressure that comes from the Climate Control Air Conditioning seems to be varied between left and right sides of the car, and poor flow to the rear.
Power Steering pump mechanism has failed after boiling the fluid and the pump appears to no longer function.
General Comments:
This car is extremely quick, with excellent traction.
Excellent handling around all types of bends, even in the wet.
Ride is smooth for a performance car, no harch bumps.
Car lacks front and rear passenger hang on handles for support in extreme conditions.
Front seats do not come far enough forward for elderly rear seated passengers, seems to be adequate for younger types.
Poor old sound system, sounds very muffled, does not come close to a Ford Premium sound system.
Leather option is of great quality, nice smell look and feel.
Extremely disapointed about the "green" old commodore illuminated dash, it is a little old and dated.
Great set of dash instruments, such as Fuel used, avg fuel consumption etc.
Insufficient boot space.
Great wheels and rubber.
Sounds like a V8, first holden to sound like this in a long time.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 8th July, 2005
16th Sep 2005, 03:47
The problem with the A/C its dual climate control and the passenger and driver, can have set to what temp and fan speed they would like coming out of their vents. Has this idea been thought of or is not the problem???
31st Oct 2005, 05:47
Unfortunately its not the issue, there is just one Fan speed throughout the car, yes you are correct when you say it has duel climate control, however even when set to the same temp, the pressue or Air Flow output varies from side to side, and has VERY minimal output in the rear. Since I wrote this report I have minced a set of tyres (lasted just 18,000km's). Also had the Centre Console Snap off its base as a passenger was exiting the vehicle, the Power Steering pump was replaced after the previous malfunction.. However I Still love being able to Launch at the traffic lights (Yes a Porsche or WRX would probably eat me alive, but its all good fun...)
31st Oct 2005, 05:55
Oops, I forgot to add, I had a couple more Minor issues which holden are still trying to fix or have fixed..
1. Engine Waring Sensor - Every 2 Minutes a Warning Chime goes off on the dash telling me to service the vehicle soon, after 3 visits to the dealer and 2 days off the road, it turns out some hoses needed adjustment.
2. Reverse Sensors - Eeeek, I want to blow these things off the face of the earth!! hehehe What I mean is that I have a factory fitted tow bar, and when the car feels like it, it will work, and when it want to get at me, it leaves the reverse beeper permanently on when the car is in reverse!! I do about 1000Kms a week, so as you can imagine, there is a load of reverse parking, so in turn a load of frustration, Holden suggest I remove the bar when not used.. I don't think this is a fix.. Just a way to keep me off their doorstep..
Enjoy..Thanks Dennis.


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Redhill WI celebrated their 65th anniversary with a slap-up meal at Redhill Village Hall, with their two oldest members attending - Mrs
Vera Wyatt and Mrs Mary Wear, with a 3rd founder member, Mrs Vi Young. Mrs Donna Butcher, the County Chairman, and members of
Blagdon and Wrington WIs were also present, as was the Revd Andrew Hemming, priest-in-charge of Christ Church, Redhill. .
Entertainment was provided by the accomplished harpist, Marie-France Riboulet, from Bristol, and the McClennan School of Irish
Dance from Nailsea, directed by Katie MacVean. The hardworking caterers were Steve and Jenny Peacock of Redhill, with a team of


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Stacy McAnulty is a children's book author, who used to be a mechanical engineer, who's also qualified to be a paleontologist (not really), a correspondent for The Daily Show (why not), and a Green Bay Packer coach (totally!). She is the 2017 Ezra Jack Keats Book New Writer Honor Recipient for Excellent Ed, illustrated by Julia Sarcone-Roach. Her other picture books include Brave and Beautiful, both illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff; Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He's the Favorite, illustrated by Edward Hemingway; and 101 Reasons Why I'm Not Taking a Bath, illustrated by Joy Ang. She's also authored the chapter book series Goldie Blox, based on the award-winning toys, and The Dino Files. Her debut middle grade novel, The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, will publish in 2018. When not writing, Stacy likes to listen to NPR, bake triple-chocolate cupcakes, and eat triple-chocolate cupcakes. Originally from upstate NY, she now lives in Kernersville, NC with her 3 kids, 2.5 dogs, and 1 husband.
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Positive playtimes
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Negative playtime experiences can hamper some children's school experience, but playtimes can also enrich a child's social and emotional learning
Some children long for playtimes at school. A time to play with their friends, to tear around at will, free from the confines of the classroom. For others, it's the aspect of school life that they dread most. Often for the youngest children, playgrounds can appear terrifyingly huge and the amount of children vastly overwhelming.
Children's play expert, Jenny Mosley, explains why some children find playtimes such a challenge: 'Suddenly, the physical boundaries of being indoors have been removed, the class teacher is nowhere to be seen and the classroom rules have been left far behind. Friendship issues can be magnified when children are energetically involved in games, and isolation can feel like a real threat.'
Teachers are sometimes so frantically busy that playtimes can be overlooked. While we meticulously plan for so much of our day, any organisation that does occur for playtimes is often unscheduled and based on commotions and disagreements that arise. Yet consider this: primary schoolchildren spend almost one and a half hours, that's 25 per cent of their school day, on the playground.
One big problem of this is that it can have a huge impact on learning. Jenny says: 'A stressful lunchtime for a child can greatly affect their ability to work and participate in the afternoon.' If a child has had a hard time outside they're in what psychologists refer to as a 'reptilian state'. Perhaps there's been an argument over a football, or name-calling that went too far. Such everyday occurrences leave children in a state of stress where they can't focus, apply themselves or learn.
So, thinking carefully about playtimes is not something extra for teachers to do, it's essential for helping children to best access education. While we may plan fastidiously the most remarkable of lessons, it'll be purposeless if the children aren't in a fit state to learn.
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Electrically charged objects push and pull each other for the very reason that they possess electric charge. If we consider two charged objects and observe that they pull (attract) one another, we say the objects have opposite kinds of charge. If one is positive, the other is negative. When we release them, they'll accelerate towards each other. On the other hand, if we observe a repulsion between the objects, we say they possess the same kind of charge – either both are positive or both are negative. Such charges will fly away from one another, if set free.
But what if we bring together two opposite charges separated by a fixed small distance, perhaps by putting them at two ends of a rigid rod, so that they aren't allowed to move any closer due to the attraction. This is essentially the idea behind the electric dipole. Before we explore the dipole further, let us learn a few concepts that'll help us in our understanding.
Imagine any empty space stretching infinitely in all directions. We now place a point positive charge $Q$, which we shall refer to as the source charge hereafter. Due to the presence of this charge, the empty space is no longer entirely empty. The space around the source charge is filled with its influence. How do we test this influence? Bring in another point positive charge $q$, which we shall call the test charge. Placing it at different points in the vicinity of the source charge, we will observe that the test charge experiences a repulsion pointing directly away from the source charge. And this repulsive influence pervades all space – wherever you place the test charge, it will experience a repulsion (large or small, depending on how far it is from the source).
Now since the force between the source and the test charges is repulsive, it is easier to move the test charge away from the source and harder to move it towards. By this we mean that an additional push must be applied on the test charge in order to move it towards the source (against the repulsion). Let us, starting from a point A, move the test charge closer to the source charge, to a point B. Now, we can cause this displacement through an unlimited number of paths (connecting A to B). And we might intutively expect that the total force we must apply on the test charge to move it from A to B will be different for different paths – the smallest for the shortest path and largest for the longest.
It however turns out that no matter what path we take, the total force that must be applied to the test charge to displace it from point A to point B is the same. Whether you move the test charge from A to B along a straight line connecting the two points or along a very long path winding around the universe several times, the total force you must apply is the same. We therefore say the work done here is path independent (recall that work done is the product of the part of the force acting in the direction of the displacement and the displacement). To understand this point better, think of this: every time you move the test charge directly towards the source charge, you are doing work. But every time you move it directly away, the repulsive force from the source charge is doing the work. Any random path can be divided into a series of movements directly towards and away from the source. Any movement in the lateral direction (perpendicular to the line joining the test and the source charge) will involve no work.
If you are to measure the total work done by you alone, you will consider only those parts of the movement that were directed straight towards the source. And this is unique independent of what path you took. For example, as you can see in the figure, in moving the test charge from point A to B, you could divide the entire path into a radial (straight towards the source) and an angular (along the arc of the circle centred at $Q$) part. You must realise that once the points A and B are fixed, the length of the radial part is the same no matter what the actual path taken is, by the test charge. And the raidal part alone contributes to the over all work done.
This path independence of work allows us to associate a unique number for every pair of the points A and B, so that that number doesn't depend on the path connecting the two points (along which the test charge was moved) but only on the locations of A and B (the initial and final positions of the test charge). We call this number the electric potential difference. If the initial point A is located infinitely far from the source, the repulsive force on the test charge here is essentially zero. Then the work done on the test charge in moving it all the way from A to B will also be path independent and will depend only on the location of point B. We then speak in terms of the electric potential at point B. It is a number associated especially with the point B and depends only on how strong is the source charge $Q$ and how far from it is the point of interest B. For a fixed source charge, the potential takes on a small value if the distance ($r$) from the source is large and a large value as we move closer to the source. Mathematically, electric potential is,
\[V=-k{Q\over r^2}\]
Now, without digressing too much, let us consider the electric dipole and apply the concept of electric potential for the dipole. Firstly the dipole is by definition a combination of two equal and opposite charges $+q$ and $-q$, separated by a small distance $d$. We wish to test the influence of this dipole on the space around it, by measuring the electric potential at a random point P (say) in the vicinity of the dipole. For this, we bring in a positive test charge $q$, place it at P and measure the work done on it in bringing it from infinity (a place very far off from the dipole).
Clearly, the positive charge $+q$ of the dipole repels the positive test charge while the negative charge $-q$ attracts it. So you might think the attraction and the repulsion cancel one another, and electric potential at any point around the dipole is zero. But, as we noted earlier, the strength of the attraction and the repulsion depends on how far the measurement is being made from the source charge. Since there is a finite distance $d$ between the charges of the dipole, the distance of these charges from the test charge needn't be equal in general and hence while at some points that are closer to the positive charge than they are to the negative charge, the repulsion dominates while at those closer to the negative charge, the attraction dominates. There indeed are special points that are equidistant from both the charges of the dipole, where the electric potential is zero. They are nevertheless special points.


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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Steel City's Smallman Galley is a unique sort-of food hall with a rotating cast of local chefs working out of four distinct micro-kitchens. The related Federal Galley, which also has four kitchens, functions as both an eating place and an incubator for chefs who want to run their own restaurants. Add the new two-story Pennsylvania Market food hall and you have an idea of why this one-time industrial capital is such an exciting place to eat — even without considering its many good restaurants.
Those, however, include the not-to-be-missed Butcher and the Rye, with its creative versions of American country fare and its extensive stock of whiskey; Poulet Bleu, serving traditional French food; the convincingly Spanish tapas bar Morcilla; and the all-American gastropub and biergarten The Commoner.
Portland, Maine
Though Portland, Oregon, gets most of the attention from food-lovers, its East Coast counterpart offers plenty to attract hungry travelers. Local celebrity chef Sam Hayward has been serving farm-, forest-, and sea-to-table cuisine for at least 30 years at his Fore Street Restaurant, and his Scales Restaurant and Street & Company are well-loved parts of the local dining community. Eventide Oyster Co. serves impeccable shellfish (and redefines the lobster roll), while Browne Trading Company is a top retail (and mail-order) source for caviar and fresh seafood from near and far. And what gourmand could resist an eatery called Duckfat?
Richmond, Virginia
The Virginia capital has been called "America's next great restaurant-obsessed town" for several reasons: the regionally and seasonally focused bistro The Roosevelt; the upscale Lemaire in the city's landmark Jefferson Hotel; and the Virginia-focused farm- and sea-to-table restaurant Shagbark, run by Lemaire's former longtime chef, for starters. Then there's the lively bar-and-grill-like Heritage; two branches of the superlative Sichuan restaurant chain Peter Chang's; the avant-garde Longoven; and Sub Rosa, which Bon Appétit called "one of the best bakeries in America." And no local restaurant has more personality than the love-it-or-hate-it Mamma Zu, known for its excellent old-school Italian food and its brusque service.
Sacramento, California
Thrillist called the Golden State's capital "the overlooked California city that's about to blow up as a food destination." Why? According to Thrillist's Matt Meltzer, it's because "It's the hub of America's most abundant agricultural region, has access to more ingredients than any other city, and for a number of reasons, is finally attracting talent and investment to match its gardens." Food-lovers all over America know Corti Bros. market, famed for one of the most eclectic selections of food and wine (and one of the most knowledgeable food and wine experts) in America.
Whether the local restaurants are Italian (Biba, Obo'), Mexican (Centro, El Novillero), Chinese (Frank Fat's, Yue Huang), or, well, local (Localis, Magpie Café) — or anything else — the food they serve is likely to be same-day fresh. As Meltzer added, "While the big joke about 'farm-to-table' restaurants in bigger destinations is that they all have a Sysco truck parked out front, in Sacramento, they mean it quite literally."
San Diego, California
The iconic dish in San Diego is the fish taco, invented just across the border in Baja California but popularized here, beginning in the early 1980s. Found all over America today, the tacos are almost impossible to avoid in their adopted home. Among the purveyors approved by locals are Wonderland Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach Fish Shop, Mariscos el Pulpo, Puesto, Casa Guadalajara, The Taco Stand, and any of the three area locations of Rubio's, now a nationwide chain but the place that first introduced fish tacos to the U.S.
Of course, the San Diego food world encompasses much more than tacos. The accents are Italian at Il Dandy and Biga, Japanese at Sushi Ota and Menya Ultra, Korean at H Mart Market Eatery. Addison Restaurant and Juniper & Ivy are cutting-edge contemporary. Born and Raised and Cowboy Star Restaurant & Butcher Shop are the spots for steak, while The Fishery and Ironside Fish & Oyster serve impeccable seafood. There are almost 40 farmers markets in the greater San Diego area — and the Temecula wine country is only an hour's drive north.


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2- Appointment by telephone.
3- Free of charge meeting with the owner of cat/cats to discuss the contract and relationship with cat.
4- Fees in cash only = pay 100% of the total amount of the contract at the signature of the contract.
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Kerry for Choice is taking part in the Strike 4 Repeal today.
They have a stall in the Square Tralee until 2pm, offering information on why they believe we need to repeal the Eighth amendment.
The stall will be followed by an informal gathering at The Abbey Inn from 2.30-4pm.
A discussion will take place about ways to bring the reproductive rights of women in Ireland in line with the UN Human Rights Committee recommendations.
The Strike 4 Repeal is taking place country wide, in the UK and New York.


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Top 10 Sites for learning CSS
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language, which enables web designers and web developers to change the way their websites look. The power of CSS lies in its capability to separate the content of a web site from its presentation, and it also allows webmasters to make changes to numerous web pages that use the same CSS file. CSS offers accessibility, flexibility, easy page formatting, and side-wide consistency, and is applicable to pages, written in HTML and XTML, as well as XML, SVG and XUL.
What are the top ten sites for learning CSS?
this is one of the best-known tutorial websites, which has a CSS section. On w3schools.com, you will find numerous, very well written CSS tutorials, which cover almost all basic and advanced topics. The site also has a few quizzes, which allow you to test your knowledge and hundreds of CSS examples that let you put that knowledge into practice.
HTML dog
Has CSS Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced tutorials, all of them supported with examples and all of them very easy to follow.
Entirely dedicated to CSS, this website offers tutorials, videos, tips and tricks, news, and even a podcast.
CSS Basics
Very elegantly designed and very easy to navigate, the website offers 18 chapters of CSS text, which cover syntax, classes, IDs, spans, margins, padding, text, borders, backgrounds, lists, and more.
CSS dog
The tutorials are separated into beginner and advanced sections and they are all very well written and supported with code snippets.
HTML Goodies
This is one of the oldest and best know tutorial websites on the web, which originated as the place to learn HTML and now offers CSS tutorials as well. The simple design, easy navigation, and the well-structured tutorials make it one of the top places to learn CSS.
At the time of this writing, the site offers fourteen CSS tutorials and covers seven advanced topics, but what makes its tutorials stand up is the fact that they cover more real life examples than other websites. Each tutorial discusses different CSS feature, comes with numerous examples, and even allows you to try the code out in your browser.
Site Point
Written by the senior web designer Ian Lloyd, the beginner's CSS guide, which is posted on Site Point is definitely one of the best-written and easy to follow. It is written in a clear and concise style and it uses screenshots and code snippets to help you master CSS.
CSS Easy
This is the place to go if "you don't want to read CSS books of 500+ pages." The site has four fluid and four fixed layouts and if you want to use and modify any of them for your own needs, all you have to do is view and copy the source code from the respective web page, and save it on your hard drive.
If you want to master the latest CSS variation, CSS3, then this site is an excellent starting point. The tutorials cover every single property, list its possible values, and have easy to understand and use examples.
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In a discussion following a recent article I posted, we were talking about setting limits on our creativity, and how that much that frees us to be more creative.
I was asked how I actually decided on the limits I impose on myself, and how I put them into practice. So I'm going to talk a bit more about that here.
The example I'm going to use is how I currently approach photography.
About six months ago I bought my first "proper" digital camera. The previous three I'd used were phone cameras, and whilst I'd got some pleasing photographs and learned a great deal, it was time to raise my photography a level.
So after much research I bought a sleek new Nikon. I downloaded the instruction manual. It was 200 pages.
If I'd have sat down and tried to read about every last feature and function of my new camera, I would have been completely overawed by about page five.
I would not have known where to start actually using it, and most likely would've dabbled with one setting, taken not even a handful of shots, before trying something else for a few shots, moving on again, and so on.
I'd have ended up with a batch of disparate, somewhat random photographs that didn't give me the chance to get know any one feature or setting very well.
Equally likely I would have been frustrated that I was able to take a perfectly adequate photograph in a variety of different modes, but not a great or memorable photograph in any of them. And who wants their art to be merely adequate?
So here's the first place I set limits.
I saw there was a monochrome setting, and due to a long held love of black of white photography, I decided to pick that and take as many photographs as possible in that mode.
By choosing one setting, it means I was not choosing about 25 others. I'd let go of the pressure I would otherwise impose on myself to master 25+ different settings in the first weekend of owning the camera.
Within that setting, I soon found that it was giving the most interesting results with more detailed, up close shots. I then found the macro setting, and switched that on.
This is the second layer of limits. Layer one – monochrome. Layer two – macro.
Now I was starting to see some really pleasing photographs.
The third limit was subject matter.
I'm a nature lover, and with my previous cameras the majority of photoshoots have been in woods, across fields, and beside lakes. I rarely photograph people, or urban scenes, or anything that can be dated (for example a scene where there are billboard adverts or cars that easily give the era away).
Timelessness is an important aspect to me.
So my next few photoshoots with the Nikon were in the nearby woods, and a few other favourite natural haunts. Being woodland, of course the majority of subject matter becomes trees, leaves and plants.
So this was my third layer – the subject matter – leaves, plants, nature.
Another layer still was informed by the time of day I usually went out to photograph – early in the morning when it was still partially dark.
Being the winter months when I began these explorations, the ground at this time of the morning was graced with a wonderful layer of either dew or frost, as if a glamorous queen had cast her jewels across the entire landscape whilst we all slept.
This gave my fourth layer – the time of day, and therefore the appearance of the landscape and surroundings.
A quick recap.
Layer one in limiting my creative options was to take only monochrome photographs.
Layer two was to use macro for close ups.
Layer three, explore the woods and fields and photograph leaves, plants and nature.
Layer four, photograph early in the morning when there's a magical, hushed layer of dew or frost across the land.
Once these limitations had been set (and they all came about quite organically – these are the type of photographs I most felt drawn to take) I began photographing in abundance.
By setting such strict limits, I was able to start to (try to) master that particular kind of photograph.
My focus was greatly narrowed by my choices, which meant I wasn't having endless debates each time I wanted to go out with my camera about where to go, when to go, what to photograph and using which settings. I'd made those decisions beforehand, so I was freed up to just go and find the beauty that was awaiting me.
This doesn't mean that I will never use any other setting on my camera.
It just means that for me, choosing a set of limits helps me focus entirely on capturing the best photographs I can of a specific type.
As I said before, I'd rather take some great photographs of one specific type, than mediocre ones across a range of different subjects and settings.
Another point to add to this apparent strictness of rules. By setting them as a guide, it doesn't mean that if I'm heading back from an early morning, monochrome macro photoshoot and the sun begins to rise, filling the sky with glorious tinges and blushes of purple and orange, I won't take a few shots of that. In colour. I will, because my eyes are always open to whatever beauty I find around me, and sometimes I happen upon it spontaneously.
I chose this example of how I photograph, as it gives some clear, definable limits.
It's easy to explain the layers of limits I used. I do a similar thing in many other areas of creating, and indeed in other areas of my life.
We cannot do everything, and we'd be foolish to try. In our entire lifetimes, if we created for 23 hours a day and slept the other one, we would still not have time to bring all our best ideas to life. We couldn't in ten lifetimes!
But once we start to set limits, we give ourselves a chance to focus, and to increase our passion and our competence within those limits.
By saying no to vast swathes of options as to what we could create, we're saying yes to one or two things and just getting down to creating.
We go from being dabblers in a dozen artforms, to becoming focused and fantastic in a few.
In the movie Adaptation, Meryl Streep's character comes to a realisation as to why the guy she's writing about is so incredibly obsessed with orchids.
"There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size."
It's the same thing we're talking about here. Whittling down our creative options to a manageable focus.
If we try to choose everything, we end up choosing nothing.
And your creative talent and potential is far too precious and valuable to produce nothing from.
Set some limitations, any limitations, focus your passion and energy and talent, and start creating within those boundaries.
Then let us know how it's working out for you.
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A DAY in the WOODS will wrap up the 2017 season with two opportunities on Friday, November 17th:
Fall is in the air, and many of the trees in Southeastern Ohio have already shed their leaves. This makes tree identification more difficult, but there are still many clues that you can use to identify trees in their leafless state. "Identifying Trees in Winter" will provide you with the knowledge to differentiate among the variety of trees on your property in the coming winter months. This program will take place from 9 am to 3:30 pm and will include lunch. Participants in this program will:
- Develop an eye for bark and tree shape to aid in winter tree identification
- Learn to use bud and twig characteristics to identify trees
- Become familiar with tree fruits like acorns and other clues that can be found on the ground
- Spend the afternoon in the woods exploring the wide variety of trees that can be found at the Vinton Furnace State Forest
The forest at night can be quite a different world, and the Vinton provides a great viewing opportunity for the stars. The program begins with an evening meal at 5:30 PM. The program will conclude at 9:30 PM. Program attendees will have the opportunity to:
- View the magnificent night sky with minimal light pollution (weather permitting)
- Learn about stars, planets, and constellations with members of the Columbus Astronomical Society
- Experience the fall forest at night
There will be a registration fee of $10 for each program. To register for "Identifying Trees in Winter", "Night Skies" or both, please RSVP by calling OSU Extension Vinton County at 740-596-5212, or email Dave Apsley at email@example.com by November 13th. If you are attending both programs you are welcome to hang around and explore the forest while you wait for the evening program. If you are attending the "Night Skies" program and you have a headlamp with red light, please bring it along.
"A DAY in the WOODS" and the "2nd Friday Series" programs run from May through November and are sponsored by the Education and Demonstration Subcommittee of the Vinton Furnace State Forest with support from Ohio State University Extension, ODNR-Divisions of Forestry and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service, Vinton County Soil and Water Conservation District, National Wild Turkey Federation, Glatfelter, Ohio Tree Farm Committee, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hocking College, Ohio Bird Conservation initiative and Ohio's SFI Implementation Committee.
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Speed Kills – Episode 108 – Primordial Radio Podcast
Published in Primordial Radio Podcast, on Thursday, January 31st, 2019
This week Dews is otherwise occupied, so Pete Bailey joins Moose on the weekly podcast with a quick review of the first night of Parkway Drive's UK tour (Spoiler: Fire).
They get talking about Burns Night, and the triumphant launch of the Pride of Primordial tartan, with plans for next year.
There's also the latest on the forthcoming Primordial app. It's been a long time coming, and the story has been discussed to death, but there's an update coming! Hurrah!
There's also the latest Primordial Radio membership update and the latest news *drum roll please* on an arbitrary-round-number-milestone for the AGM 2019! Drinkin' In Lincoln 2 is going to be mega!
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Richmond CEO Brendon Gale says the AFL should be more transparent with clubs around the free agency model.
Gale tole SEN Radio that the free agency compensation formula is "complex" as the AFL has declined to make the guidelines public.
"One of the shortcomings of the model is that it doesn't lend itself to transparency," Gale said.
"The original model (for free agency) that was put forward by the players' association when I was involved was that there would be no compensation. At all.
"It was very clear and open and transparent and the compensation that a club would get for losing a player would be a spot on their list and the salary cap space to go and secure another player.
"The lack of transparency around the compensatory formula … it doesn't inform the public and it would increasingly seem to frustrate clubs, so it's a bit of an issue, that's for sure.
"The AFL are pretty strong and say it's important that clubs receive compensation for losing a player, but let's be clear — what's the basis? What are the criteria that will apply?
"A club (needs that transparency so it) can refer to so they can have a really clear sense of what they can receive. That will form an important part of the decision making in the first place."


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Oysters, lobsters, mussels, sea urchins and abalone could be wiped off the menu by global warming, an Australian scientist warned yesterday.
Jane Williamson, a Macquarie University marine ecologist, made the prediction after discovering that climate change is likely to take a dramatic toll on the ability of sperm from many marine creatures to swim to and fertilise eggs shed in the water.
Even if sperm can find and fertilise the eggs, the probability of their surviving long enough to grow into larvae is likely to plunge.
Scientists have warned that the oceans can no longer cope with the uptake of carbon dioxide, and rising acidity "is an urgent scientific and policy challenge".


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Wealthfront's banking roadmap is 'self-driving money,' CEO says
SAN FRANCISCO — As a number of fintechs move into banking services, Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff was asked what his digital investing firm could do that traditional banks can't.
"First and foremost, we can be fairer to our customers," Rachleff said in an interview with American Banker Editor at Large Penny Crosman at SourceMedia's In|Vest West conference. "Everyone hates their cable guy and everyone hates their banks."
Days after the Palo Alto, California-based firm said it would expand from its base in robo advice into mortgages, Rachleff laid out an ambitious roadmap he describes as "self-driving money." Wealthfront has $22 billion in its client savings and investment accounts, including more than $13 billion in assets under management.
Like its competitors from various sectors in wealth management such as Betterment, Personal Capital and Carson Wealth, Wealthfront began offering high-interest cash accounts earlier this year. Rachleff described the array of banking services the firm expects to roll out in 2020.
By the end of the first quarter, Wealthfront aims to launch a debit card, automated bill pay and direct deposit. After the second quarter, the company anticipates it will have other automated features ready like rerouting of leftover money into clients' investment portfolios.
"In order to figure out what you spend and save every month, that's machine deep learning. And so we use that to figure out what you spend. And then we use optimization techniques to make sure you have the right amount," Rachleff said.
"With what we're doing, you no longer need a checking and a savings account. You have just one account," he added. "There's no reason for two accounts — other than regulatory restrictions."
Wealthfront is working with an online banking company called Green Dot to enable it to provide most services. Crosman pointed out that the firm faces competition from multiple sectors — from other fintechs or incumbent wealth managers and large banks.
Rachleff acknowledged as much. He also admitted that, in his prior career as a venture capitalist, he served on a board that "stupidly" turned down Netflix CEO Reed Hastings three times when he approached them with the idea for the streaming giant.
Calling Hastings "the best CEO I've ever encountered," Rachleff says he hears his voice in the back of his mind all the time while leading Wealthfront.
"One of the things that I learned from Reed is you ignore your competition, because following your competition can't cause you to lead," Rachleff said. "In technology, you can't come from behind by out-executing the leader."


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Test your SSDs or risk massive data loss, researchers warn
New study finds 13 of 15 flash-based solid-state drives suffer data loss or worse when they lose power.
Companies adopting flash-based SSDs as a cornerstone to the data center storage systems are risking "massive data loss" due to power outages, according to a new study titled "Understanding the Robustness of SSDs Under Power Fault" by researchers from the University of Ohio and HP Labs. In exposing 15 SSDs from five different vendors to power loss, researchers found that 13 suffered such failures as bit corruption, metadata corruption, and total device failure. The paper did not specify which vendors' drives were used.
The researchers' conclusion: "SSDs offer the promise of vastly higher performance operation; our results show that they do not provide reliable durability under even the simplest of faults: loss of power."
Test your SSDs or risk massive data loss, researchers warn | Solid state drives - InfoWorld
It certainly pays to have a complete disk image at all times.
I recommend downloading and running Reimage. It's a computer repair tool that has been proven to identify and fix many Windows problems with a high level of success.
I've used it in the past to identify and fix everything from blue screens (BSOD's), ActiveX errors, corrupt files and processes, dll/exe/sys errors, recover lost memory, Windows update problems, defragging, malware removal etc.
You can download it direct from this link http://downloadreimage.com/download.php. (This link will automatically start a download of Reimage that you can save to your computer.)
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hi i am concerned about buying an ssd drive ( OCZ vertex III 120GB for operating system), for my new pc, i've heard that they have quick reads but slow write speeds. and thus are unreliable, am i correct? isn't someone out there fixing these problems?, what should i do? thank you .(please don't email your reply as it is down)
SSDs are probably more reliable than mechanical hard drives. They are best suited for an OS and programs. As such, you will never notice the 'slow' write speeds. I have 5 of them and am quite happy with them and have had no problems. There have been some issues reported with the Vertex III firmware. I don't know if it has been resolved or not. My best suggestion is go to a place like Newegg and read the user reviews. They are the best judge. I'm not sure where you are, but even if you don't buy at Newegg, it is still a good place to research.Read other 9 answers
System Requirements Lab. This site is mentioned in several posts here but I hestitate to follow recommendations listed on the SRL site until I hear that it is reputable. If your game does or doesn't meet minimum requirements, they have a 'recommended' list page which then leads to a site to buy the recommended item(s). Is this truly a good site and the way to go?
There's so much I don't know about computers but my Dell is only 2 years old and was bought with the object of playing games. It is supposedly built for game playing and top of the line for that purpose. However SRL is always saying that I need upgrades. I realize that computers change in the blink of an eye but surely game designers want their games to play on as many different computers as possible?
Thanks for any info or suggestions.
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· OS - Windows Vista
· x86 (32-bit) · What was original installed OS on system? Vista· Is the OS an OEM version (came pre-installed on system) · Age of system (hardware) 2009· Age of OS installation - have you re-installed the OS? 2009 no· CPU Intel® Core™2 Duo [email protected]· Video Card AMD Radeon HD 5450· MotherBoard - Dell 0RY007· Power Supply - brand & wattage · System Manufacturer Dell· Exact model number Inspiron 530
I see lots of problems come by in various forums related to marginal/bad RAM. It is somewhat surprising that more people don't spend the small additional price for ECC memory, which a vast majority of PC chipsets support today. The $20 you save on 512mb of memory is small potatoes to the hours of work and debugging you may spend trying to determine what's going on with your system. I've been equipping my PC's with ECC or parity memory since the '386 days, and I've yet to spend any time debugging memory issues. In the worst case, you get a parity error indication, for most transient errors, ECC will correct them on the fly invisibly to the user. Don't you have better things to do with your time than shoot mystery crashes?
Next time you're buying new memory, consider stepping up to ECC RAM.
ECC stands for Error Correction Code. It is similar to Parity, but more advanced. It can detect multiple errors in data returned from memory and actually correct a single error. ECC memory has 8 extra bits to support the ECC. The System board to be used must support ECC, and all of the memory in the system must be ECC for it to be actively supported. Your system board specifications will tell you whether or not you can use ECC.
More about memory here
I recently dealt with some bad ram. That is all taken care of now though (I think my GPU might also be defective, but that is a different story).
I had a thread going here during this situation. The people here said that they thought the bad ram should have no effect on the OS install. I thought that it was a possibility, and now I'm back after realizing something.
I tried using the reliability history feature that Windows 7 has. During the screen where it is gathering information, explorer.exe stops responding and restarts. I have another partition on this HDD with Windows 7 that was installed on good ram. I only used it for testing for like a day, but I just started it up and tried a reliability history. It successfully started it up. There was no data because of how little I used the partition, but it still displayed.
Now my question is what could have caused my reliability history to always crash explorer.exe? Is this from an incorrectly installed OS, or is there really a way for this part of Windows to just flat out fail. I have very little on this partition. Just my games and some music.
I am perfectly fine with reformatting. I just don't want to do it if I don't have to.
Also, winamp freezes my OS. I uninstalled it and searched google. It seems others have this happen, but that is when they click "send to." Mine froze just plain randomly several times when I was using it.
"message is too short"
Hello, I am trying to determine how many VMs across how many regions and/or cloud platforms would be needed to reach five nines availability? Any help would be greatly appreciated
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For the last week or so, Reliability Monitor has been showing the attached info periodically.
It makes no sense. There are 128 successful updates and 10 failures (5 pairs) each time, always the same.
The system seems to be operating normally.
Any suggestions?
Hi all,
Just curious if anyone can tell me how reliability viewer is setup to view on remote win7 PC's.
I can go into Perfmon and connect to a remote PC, but when I right click on monitor to view reliability report it just opens my local machine report.
The RAC task is running on all PC, so the RACagent is up and going. I followed the technet instructions, but nothing I do seems to bring up the remote PC report. I can run the system diags on the remote PC and get all the correct info, so I know part of this is working. Its just reliability monitor that will not work correctly.
I was curious so i played with this, and i see the Reliability Monitor history for the remote PC.
I started the remote Reliability Monitor program by typing reliability in the search box and clicking on View reliability history.
I'm a Home user, using TeamViewer free for remote access/help.
I connected from a Win 7 OS, to a remote PC running Win 7.
Your specs show Win 10 OS, i haven't tested with that.
Buying Reliability
This is an interesting article that covers how to buy reliable components for computers.
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This is the second time in less than a month I have had a Maxtor hdd fail . Both different boxes . Anyone else having a run on bad drives from them ??
Is Western Dig any better ?
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Faulting application name: svchost.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc100
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16695, time stamp: 0x4cc7ab86
Exception code: 0xc0000374
Fault offset: 0x000cea27
Faulting process id: 0x1a64
Faulting application start time: 0x01cbcee72ad346db
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 4541f3eb-3b7d-11e0-b18d-5cac4cee3ad4
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So I've heard Thinkpads were extremely reliable and had been recommended them by a couple of friends. Since then I've owned an X220 and a T430s. Reliability is not the word I'd use to describe my experience. The X220 had issues because it never shut down, it would always reboot instead of shut down I believe this is a motherboard issue and is not something I would expect. The T430s had the latch of the screen break,. Also pretty strange considering I opened/closed the screen at most once a day on average, once to open it in the morning and once to close it in the evening. Before my Thinkpads I've had an Asus that lasted 5 years before having any issue (hard drive broke) and another asus vor about the same time. I find this very unfortunate, because the build quality is great, the hardware configuration guide is superb, and I love the trackpoint. I find this very unfortunate because I absolutely love them while they work, they just don't seem to work very well for me. I'm wondering if I'm the only one that is having these reliability issues and that I am just "unlucky" when it comes to thinkpads, or that reliability just isnt one of their characteristics anymore?
The Thinkpad used to be my laptop of choice. Now I am almost frustrated to tears with them.Of the more recent ones I have owned, my ThinkPad X220 acceptable, but the T450s I have now is a "hunk of junk". My wife has an X230 which is greatly inferior to the X220. Lenovo has truly strayed from the path with the recent Thinkpads. Maybe, just maybe something will come of David Hills Retro Thinkpad Project. Until then, my next laptop will probably be a Dell or HP---or at least something like a TouchPoint.Read other 4 answers
i intend to purchase from one of these cdrw manufacturers : micro solutions, teac, spressa, que and magic writer. appreciate advise on your estimate of reliability and performance. (realize generality but any comment is welcomed)
Having been the route of cheap cd roms, modems etc... My suggestion is to by a name you can trust for support. The TEAC or the Sony Spressa would be the 2 I would try to decide between.
Just an opinion.
I have searched this site and applied the fix (settings) suggested to restore it's operation but mine is still not updating.Is there a current fix for this problem.OS Vista home premium sp2Read other answers
I had Google App do something funny on me today and look around and found out my computer been having two problems but I didn't know what the issues are. So I look in my Reliability Monitor and found two problems
Compatibility Appraiser -> I think is from an update and uninstall all Windows 10 stuff.
These updates --> Stop Windows Telemetry/Tracking/Upgrading to Win10 ? alaya:techne
So I believe this to be fixed.
Windows Explorer - This one is a little harder I think.
Faulting Application Path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Explorer.EXE
Application Version: 6.1.7601.17567
Application Timestamp: 4d672ee4
Fault Module Name: MSVCR90.dll
Fault Module Version: 9.0.30729.6161
Fault Module Timestamp: 4dace4e7
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000000000001e1ac
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 435a
Additional Information 2: 435a7c32d55a94f4103d16cad775fc40
Additional Information 3: 85d8
Additional Information 4: 85d823c90eed69f678bdd93486193011
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 60748904
I also attach a BSOD stuff that I should run in case I get BSOD just in case someone would like to see if any information is there that is causing this problem.
Are you actually having a problem with your computer?.
Do you want to install Windows 10. If you don't want to install Windows 10, read through this forum website on how to disable it. Scroll down until you find Option 3 & then download the Disable Get Windows 10.
Get Windows 10 Icon - Remove from Taskbar in Windows 7 and 8.1 - Windows 10 Forums
From what your post says it looks like your computer is being prepared for Windows 10, so disabling it should fix the problem.
Hello everyone,
My name is George and I was the unfortunate owner of a Dell Inspiron 9300.
At the begining I let myself dragged in the salesman web of promises of quality products and outstanding customer support, but what I got was a system that performed lower than my 5 years laptop and I "enjoyed" the so called "award winning customer support from Dell" which means being on hold and passed from one department to another.
The only thing I have to say is buy a Dell only if you want to get ripped off and enjoy staying on the phone with represantatives who are almost powerless!
P.S: I have another two friends with similar problems regarding desktops.
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I am using a brand new LG burner with Nero7. With my old internal CDRW drive, I've burned CD-Rs of many brands, mostly TDK, Maxell, Sony, Dynex. I had a few coasters/bad burns with any brand I tried, the same % with cheap CD-Rs(Dynex, house brand) as with those costing twice(Sony). In fact, because of this, I only bought the cheap Dynex CD-Rs until I switched to DVD's.
Now I read not to use cheap DVD-Rs made in China, such as Dynex, Playo(which now goes for $4.99 - 60spindle at Staples). However, all brands are made in Taiwan it seems, and whichever are made in Japan either arent sold in major stores such as Circuit City, Best Buy, Staples, or are always sold out.
I wanted to stick with Dynex(50 DVD-Rs for $8.99) but picked up a spindle of 50 Nexxtech DVD+Rs at Circuit City for $7.99. Burned fine, and was verified by Nero. If that's the case, and I make 2 copies, why should I be worried that the DVDs will go bad in 3 years as I will re-burn them by that time anyway?
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I wanted to stick with Dynex(50 DVD-Rs for $8.99) but picked up a spindle of 50 Nexxtech DVD+Rs at Circuit City for $7.99. Burned fine, and was verified by Nero. If that's the case, and I make 2 copies, why should I be worried that the DVDs will go bad in 3 years as I will re-burn them by that time anyway?Click to expand...
Under the conditions you've specified, no reason to worry at all.
To ease your mind, you might test a few you've burned for satisfactory performance on another drive if one is available.
Storing disks carefully is an important consideration, too. You can Google loads of guidance on best practice.
Don't stick labels on them!
I know every one as their own idea between Intel and amd processors but are there any reliability issues with phenom 9850 quad core for some minor games and more net searching and multi task work, Or as it got to be Intel quad do these give problems, Any problems i have is always down to my trying out a lot of freeware and when i remove it some times i will get trouble, but i just live with it as it is down to me. Thank's.
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Is anyone aware of any articles comparing different brands of RAM and their reliability?
I have gone through two sets of RAM made by two manufactuers. One by Kingston , the other crucial. I seem to get failures every 6 to 8 months.
I am giving Corsair a try next.
In my opinion Corsair, and Kingston are the best. Link me the ram that you failed with.
Hey guys,
I'm currently living in a country that blocks a good portion of the web. I've been using Private Internet Access to get around the blocks, but every 10 minutes or so, despite still being connected, the local censors seem to catch on. Anyone know what's going on?
Does anyone know how RELIABLE flashdrives are? For example if I store files on them, then attempt to read the files 10 years later, will they still be readable? How about if I go through 10,000 cycles of writing and erasing info on them -- do they "wear out"?
For safety and reliability in recovering data, how do they compare to 1) a standard hard drive, 2) a floppy drive, 3) a zip drive, 4) a tape drive, 5) a C/D?
Are some brands better than others?
Would be grateful for any info....thanks!
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I have searched this forum--and others--for information on motherboard reliability. I found a posting on this forum by gotroordude going back to 2003, saying "...motherboard stability and reliability can almost be taken for granted these days." Didn't the bad capacitor problem show up about then?
However, what I would like to find is independent (of manufacturer) reliabilty test data--if it exits--especially if available online, although given the seemingly endless variations in products I suspect my quest is not likely to be satisfied.
I am particularly interested in comparing manufacturers (perhaps selected product groups), vs. specific products.
I would like to know if there is a knowledgebase available that provides some insight into past performance of today's primary manufacturers.
Even some anecdotal info would be helpful, although I realize it must be discounted.
No, I am not an attorney trying to find a potential class action suit--just a less than power user trying to evaluate bids for a new computer.
Can anyone help?
Thank you.
I'm afraid whoever you ask will probably tell you differently. For me, Intel boards are the best but obviously they require Intel cpu's and you didn't state what you are looking for.
Next to Intel for me I have Biostar and lately Gigabyte followed by Msi. Least favorite for dependability which I will never use, Ecs, Pc Chips, Matsonic, mercury
i have just realized that the Reliability Monitor has stopped updating on my machine i have looked at the settings but it looks ok what is the best way to reset it and get it up and running again?
This might help
How reliable are name brand DVDs (eg. TDK Gold) +or- R for long term storage when stored correctly? Some reports say many years but I see the occassional comment saying don't use them???
I want them for a fall back system image and archiving data.
Flash drives are the most reliable media storage currently being marketed. But backups need about 50-70 GB's, so until they're affordable and available, I read that Memorex combines a 24-karat gold reflective layer, high performance dye and its innovative DuraLayer(TM) scratch-resistant technology to create Memorex Pro Gold Archival CD and DVD Media.
But Memorex's reported quality isn't the greatest, so I'd recommend "archive quality" disks from one of the better reported Mfgr's, ref...
The Reliability Monitor of Windows 7 is a very handy tool for monitoring the history of when which applications have failed.
Being a developer, it is to be expected that applications that are "In-Development" will cause problems, which in turn negativly affects the scores of the Windows Reliability Monitor. I utility I'm creating (for personal use) crashes regularly when closed, but also only if it is run from within the RAD Studio 2010 IDE. If I run the compiled EXE from Windows Explorer, then it does not crash, so I suspect that it is some kind of incompatibility between Windows 7 and the Delphi Debugger.
As you can imagine, this scenario is seriously affecting my Reliability Monitor:
So what I'd like to know is whether or not there is a way for me to "exclude" the IGRAB.EXE from being monitored by the Windows Reliability Monitor, so that it can display only those failures that I'm interested in, without my own development projects from screwing up the scores?
I suppose I could attempt to debug what is causing the crash, but so far none of the normal debugging techniques have worked. As I said, the crash only happens if the Delphi IDE was used to launch the program...
Sorry Peter, I did search for this yesterday, but was hoping someone else would have some info. I don't think you can exclude certain programs, or even certain categories, sorry. A GuyRead other 2 answers
Hey guys, I've been experiencing the brunt of vista-related problems recently and I can't seem to fix anything. My reliability rating has gone from a 9.5 to a 2.5 over the course of the last few weeks. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Memory intensive tasks (games/dvd burning/bittorent) hang 50% of the time when I try to close them and don't end until I restart my computer.Event Viewer tells me this:Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Faulting application Explorer.EXE, version 6.0.6000.16549, time stamp 0x46d230c5, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x00000000, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0248d170, process id 0x52c, application start time 0x01c8506a7cc89230.
Explorer.exe usually freezes/restarts after the FIRST time I type anything while the start menu is open (searching).Event Viewer tells me this:Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Faulting application Explorer.EXE, version 6.0.6000.16549, time stamp 0x46d230c5, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x00000000, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0248d170, process id 0x52c, application start time 0x01c8506a7cc89230.
I have AVG antivirus installed, it has not found anything
I run Ad-aware to check for spyware, and that has not found anything.
I use ZoneAlarm as a supplementary firewall.
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Just got a new error related to the explorer one:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 1/6/2008 10:09:44 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
The description for Event ID 1000 from source Application Error cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.
The following information was included with the event:
The substitution string for insert index (%1) could not be found
Looks like media center is corrupted..but I have no idea
Can anyone please give me advice? I have just ventured into DVD burning my old home movies but am having endless trouble with either the burner or media?
I have already returned my Freecon external usb2 dvd burner as it stopped reading or writing anything. I have now swapped it for a Lacie usb2 dual external burner and am still having problems. I am using Mirror dvd -rw &-r discs, the rw will not format and refuses to burn my movies via ulead software. I had a Primedisc dvd+rw which was bundled with my freecom player, this disc will not even open on my pc, it just freezes everything up!
Is media so unreliable, and if a disc has been used in one player is it usual not to be readable in another?
I have emailed Lacie technical support twice but have had no response, which doesn't auger well for their products!
I am very much a novice at this, I just wanted something to work!
I appreciate any suggestions.
Many thanks
If your system has USB 1.1 ports instead of USB 2.0, then data underrun errors can occur. If this is the case with your system, a USB 2.0 plugin card can often provide an inexpensive solution.
Although the problem could be with your media, it might also be with your drive or burning software. Try updating the firmware on your DVD burner to the latest version available. This is usually available on the drive vendor's website. If this doesn't fix things, then maybe a change of burning software would help (this has fixed things for me in the past.) Two packages I have found to work well are CD & DVD Maker Platinum Edition and Nero. Both have demo versions that can be downloaded for evaluation. Both worked very well for me with a Sony DRU-510A internal IDE burner and TDK media (both DVD-RW and DVD+RW seem to work quite well, DVD-R and DVD+R, too). Sony also makes a USB external version of this drive.
When copying DVD's, sometimes failures can be avoided by setting the software to copy the data to the hard drive first, and then burn it to DVD. Sometimes connecting DVD burners and DVD-ROM drives the same IDE can cause compatability or device contention problems, so placing the drives on different channels might help.
These links might also help:
Hope this helps!
I want to get a 300/320GB internal HD, put it in an enclosure and use it as an USB ext HD for extra storage. I think I want to stay clear from the higher capacity drives 400+ for now mainly because of my concern with the multi-platter HD and their reliabiilty.
I've gone through this forum and other web sites (mainly individual reviews), but couldn't really find a clear answer. I don't really care if the HD is a bit slower or loud, but I want something that is rock solid in reliability because this is going to also act as my backup. From what I've read it seems that there is general concensus to steer clear from Maxtor, but more equivocal for Seagate and WD. Seagate 320GB drives are getting bad reviews from amazon.com buyers
Any ideas?
Thank you very much!
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Hello Forum,
Has anyone noticed a most annoying scenario involving the above. I have recently had a Hard Drive replaced and ,from time to time, I keep an eye on the above monitor.
This commences at 10 on the graph naturally when first installed. A couple of days later their was a slight "blip" in performance dropping this value to maybe 8.64. It then, all things remaining equal, began to climb back, in small increments, towards 10. Weeks later, resting at about 9.84, it starts acting up. In my case, I could not turn off the PC in normal manner (mouse pointer froze) and there had to be a Disruptive Shutdown plummeting the graph to around 8.7. Climbing again then errors galore... "explorer stopped working", next "real player stopped working", Google Earth stopped working". I am now back from nearly 10 a few days ago to around 7.84..maddening PC is working fine and I suppose I am being overfastidious in this matter and I suppose these matters do not amount to much. However, very annoying. Views on the matter appreciated.
I am not trying to defend the variable readings from the performance, but merely give you my opinion on the subject.
When I check my monitor, I am glad that the readings change, it shows that the montior is sensitive to changes in the performance of the computer.
As you noted small changes are shown in the montior to indicate that during that point and time there is a problem.
The monitor is not suppose to be watched in lieu of enjoying the computer, but as a maintenance tool to help find solutions to problems.
If it were not sensitive to indicate changes in performance, how would you be able to use it as a monitoring tool when needed.
Especially,now, that you know that the fluctuations are not meaningful in real life situations, you could just ignore it. Look at it once a week, to satisfy yourself that the fluctuations are within normal limits. Use it when you continually freeze or have some other problem that you want to correct.
This does'nt seem to be working on my laptop,here's a screenshot.I have'nt just installed Windows either.
Hello Tommy,
Has your computer been in use for at least 24 hours since the last install or reset of Reliability Monitor?
If so, then you might see if using the tutorial below to reset Reliability Monitor may have it working again after at least a 24 hour period.
Reliability Monitor - Reset
Hope this helps,
Hi Forum,
I seem to be experiencing problems with the above graph which often
is slow to advance in it's daily manner.... I like to keep any eye on my performance levels.
I had a problem like this previously and was directed by a member to tackle it through Programme Data and RACAgent adjustments.. the latter under a Command Prompt. This seemed to resolve matters at that time but lately this problem has returned. I did try this remedy again but the graph is "freezing" again after advancing just a day.
It seems the only way I can get a daily report now is approach it through a RACAgent command prompt which is a little troublemsome. Any advice out there ?
Sounds like corruption. Try the easy way first.
A system restore from 3 days before the problem began.
I was asked to seek your opinions concerning drive mirroring in Windows 2003 server OS. How do you feel about the reliability of this? any other concerns?
hopefully I posted in the correct forum
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After 4 days of data the reliability Monitor has stopped working. No entries recorded since 2/12/2009. I did find the WERSvc disabled in the services msc.
However I set the service to auto and started and still no entries in the Reliability Monitor for three days. I do no several apps should have been recorded in that time.
Any ideas on how to correct
I had the same problem and the only way I could fix it was with a repair install.
Repair Install
Hey, does anyone happen to know if there are any updates for Win XP Home that are notorious for causing system troubles? I have just got my computer back to running again and I would really like to avoid any "bad" patches.
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I think it may be better to ask this question here.
I recently upgraded the firmware (as reqd) on the Crucial M4 128GB and it went fine. Transferred the OS using Paragon Migrate OS to SSD. It also was straightforward. Except:
My Reliability Monitor doesn't appear to update. I know one of the SSD tweaks is to disable the Reliability Monitor and thought maybe the Paragon software did this. BUT the RacTask appears enabled.
>schtasks.exe /change /enable /tn \microsoft\windows\rac\ractask
So can I ask
1) Those using an SSD is your Reliability Monitor working like it did with your spinner?
2) Those who have used the Paragon product, is your Reliability monitor working as usual?
Re question 1, yep:
But tell me more about the tweak recommending it be turned off. Never heard of that tweak.
Hi all
I have been perusing the forums for a little while so thanks to all those who have provided the hints and tips that have enabled me to transition from my old XP system. Something that was not without a little pain, however, as I was quite happy with XP although not with the outdated hardware that it ran on. Overall I am quite happy with Windows 7 and it seems just as stable as I found XP to be.
I am quite amenable to a little tinkering and tuning, easier on XP I have to admit but that might just be the learning curve, so rarely a week passes without some change to my system. I rely on Macrium Reflect Free edition for images (System Restore never used even on XP) and SyncBack for general backups of data.
Because I make so many changes I tend to image my system so that it relects the changes and lately I have taken to recording these changes to a text file so that I can understand if and when problems occur as to their origins. I find the Reliability History quite useful as it relects software installs, updates and problems but it would be nice to add notes so that a full history of the system could be seen at a glance - any changes made to the system for example. The Event Viewer - Windows.application experience.program inventory seems to give a fuller history of software installs/uninstalls and various logs can give information on problems. Am I missing something and there is perhaps some way of combining all these elements other than manually?
Since there have been no comments and from my own research it seems not an easy task to achieve - adding comments to the Reliability and Problem History. It seems to gather data from a number of event sources but I certainly do not have the expertise to find a way of doing this.
Oh well, back to the manual approach.
I got another running but problem still unresolved. So I may brake a rule if so pleas delete this post. This is a great community and I don't want to brake any rules.
BSOD while downloading chart data
Trough Google, I found this tool: View reliability history
Attach is a snap picture.
It look to have so many error. Can I pinpoint a source for all of them?
Is it hardware, software, both ????
My un-experience bring me to suspect my SSD drive. But not sure how to test it
Any help really appreciated
The red X is for an application or Windows error. You can get details by poking the X with your mouse. Maybe applications crashing or Windows not shutting down properly.
Doesn't look too bad to me. I've seen worse. It will vary over time.
Not likely to be your SSD.
What does it look like when you view by week instead of days? Is it much worse in the last week than it has been over the last 3 or 4 months?
Problem: the Reliability monitor is blank. There once were, but no longer is any graphic on the top screen, or source reports on the bottom (there once were).
Steps Taken so Far:
-I've cleared the RAC published and State data, Reliability history, and problem reports.
-In Services, it shows that "Problem Reports and Solutions..." is started and on automatic.
-In Services, it shows that "Performance Logs and Alerts" is started and on manual.
-The Event Viewer is recording errors and warnings.
-The RAC published and State data files are not being remade (the folders remain empty).
-The Task Scheduler has nothing in the RAC folder.
Any suggestions? I'm thinking that their is a Task that is missing, but how would I fix that?
If it just started a quick system restore will work. I have doubts that the normal SFC advice would work in this situation
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker[2]=Performance Maintenance
System Restore
How dependable is mirroring 2 external USB drives through disk management?
I found this excellent tutorial on Google that seems to have it completely covered.
Use Drive Mirroring for Instant Backup in Windows 7 - How-To Geek
The main thing to remember is that it's not foolproof in that if you lose data on one drive you lose it on the other as well, so you might want to consider backing up to an external drive as well.
What is the name of the file that the reliability monitor uses to display errors?
Hello Borate,
I'm not sure what file it uses, but this will show you how to create a Reliablity Monitor shortcut if that is what you were wanting to do.
Reliability Monitor Shortcut
Hope this helps,
Socket 939 Motherboard just failed. Looks like some exploding capacitors ...
Haven't researched motherboards in years. Used to be ASUS and Gigabyte were reliable manufactures, but seems their stuff is just as cheap as FoxConn?
Is there a reliable manufacturer of motherboards (Brand?) and who does the best job?
What would be an economical replacement / upgrade motherboard / cpu / memory?
Say for 1) $50, 2) $100, or 3) $150?
Looking for opinions on good hardware. Have never owned ECS, but have a ASRock. Looked at Biostar, MSI, and PCChips?
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Regarding a new 1 TB External HD.
There seem to be a zillion different reliability surveys out there.
You folks are the real experts, so let me ask here:
Is there any consensous as to which Brand and Model is considered "the best" regarding reliability for
an external 1 TB (or 1.5 TB perhaps) HD.
Really confusing knowing which to get.
My Seagate, with very minimal use, lasted only about 3 yrs.
Was only used for backing up, (once every week or two) and unplugged the rest of the time.
Quite disappointing.
Yep, I have had bad luck with the last 2 Seagates I have bought, one was a 2TB and the other 3TB. The 2TB lasted about 14 months, the 3TB (both only used as a backup) only lasted about 8 months, then fried itself, yet I have 2 WD 1TB that have lasted with no probs for 3-4 years, and 1 has games installed on it.
Next week I am buying 2 new HDD's both WD a 3TB & 4TB, then 2 weeks later a Samsung 120GB 850 Evo, for my windows drive as I only use about 75GB as it is, all my other stuff is on other drives.
I have been hacking at this for awhile and I am out of ideas.
Win 7 Reliability Index not updating.
Checked RacTask -- It is enabled and will run
Checked services -- appears to me the appropriate ones are set to auto. But not sure exactly which ones are critical.
In Rac directory deleted old databases. Ran Rac test and it wrote new ones back. Still no update to index graph.
Looked in event viewer logs. Windows logs are showing entries that are current (dated). But in the Applications and service logs there are no entries.
If I call up reliability history via Action center it is empty. Some times It will have the message "If you have just installed Windows check back later". When I close the window and reopen it the message is gone.
SFC /Scannow shows no integrity violations. I could do a repair install but I don't want to upset the config I have. It's not worth it.
I know it takes 24hrs or more to level out from a clean start. I have gave it plenty of time over the last week.
It's not exactly reliable as an indictator of anything other than umm well nothing. The only thing I can think of to fix it is a repair install, but since you don't want to do that, you'll just have to rely on benchmarks and such.Read other 1 answers
What's your Reliability Monitor stability index score?
In Action Center> Maintenence> View System History comes up a window of a Reliability Score!
Mine started out at 10 (of course) and is slowly going down thanks to Pidgin which for somereason always has the buddy list crash.
So here we go
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in my window 7 reability monitor i see this error and i dont know what the hek is this does anyone know what this error for?
Welcome to Seven Forums amir57. It looks like you had a folder/directory hang up while opening, and when windows asked if you want to troubleshoot or close, you chose to close. Does this sound familiar? If it was an isolated problem, I'd not be concerned. But if you are having recurring problems, we'll try to dig into it a bit more. A GuyRead other 1 answers


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As soon as I got home I punched up my E-mail. Sure enough, there was an interesting message waiting for me to reply to. So I took a couple of minutes out of my busy schedule to respond to it:
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Hey everyone!
Just generally curious about this topic because after researching a bit I haven't been able to locate a solid resource on this. I want to know the business side of wine lists a bit more. I studied business in college, but not in relation to wine. I understand contribution margins, COGS, etc, but I'm interested in how to price and how to decide how the wine list will perform.
Any resources or help would be appreciated!
In line with the decreasing margin as wholesale price increases, I realized years ago that, if you do this at thresholds, you'll end up with an oddly priced list. After all, if, for instance, you go from 3x to 2.5x at, say $75 your cost, than a bottle of wine you spend $73 is going to cost more on your list than one that you pay $76 for. To remedy this, I actually sat down with my old HS math teacher and created a logarithm where you enter in two points (what you mark up your cheapest wines and what you mark up your most expensive wines and it returns the suggested mark up given a wholesale price. It's an excel doc that I'd be happy to share.
Mind you, this price is just a suggestion and one should always adjust to what the market will bear or other considerations like David's Screaming Eagle example. There are plenty of wines that I get more aggressive with my mark-up than I normally do given the cost because they'll sell anyway and others that I simply won't move at all if I try to get my expected mark-up. These, of course, balance out.
This thread turned out to be a gold mine! Thanks, Charlie.
If you could send me that excel doc that would be amazing :D


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On the bar front, there'll be everything from cocktails, including a Nitro Cold Brew Martini and Seedlip Draught Cocktail on tap, a concise wine list and a changing range of local beers. Sounds like this will be one to hit up even if you're not staying the night.
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