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Good morning, gay women.
Have you been wondering what Megan Fox has been up to lately? She's been so quiet for the last week. Don't panic — she talked to People and told them her celebrity crush is Ellen: "Especially since she got that new haircut. She's funny and so cute. I'm so happy when I watch her." Was anyone else relieved that she didn't use the words "giant motorcycle riding lesbian" in her statement? And what happened to Olivia Wilde?
Somewhere, Portia de Rossi is rolling her eyes
In one of the coolest contests ever, you can win a trip to NYC to see Lady Gaga if you're willing to show your own "Fame Monster." Everyone has one of those, right?
Bisexual singer Sia told the Star Observer that she's been busy working on songs for pop stars like Christina Aguilera and Natasha Bedingfield, as well as working on her own album. Also, she's "never been more attracted to women or men or unicorns — I just like people for who they are." This just in: People can also be unicorns. It's all coming together for me now.
Sia and partner/possible unicorn JD Samson
Blackbook magazine put together a list of the 11 Most Fashionable Pulitzer Prize winners and, among them, is poet/playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay. They note that Edna, the first woman to ever win the prize, was "cutting-edge with her unorthodox lifestyle, which included an open marriage and lesbian lovers." God I love it when being a lesbian is in style.
You betta' work
A lesbian couple (owners of QueerlyWed.com) are writing about their relationship and wedding plans for AntiBride.com. The first edition details how they had their first date on Skype. Ah, young lesbian love.
Photographer Jeff Shang is working on a project aptly titled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," in which he pictures gay and lesbian service men and women in uniform but hiding their faces. He is looking for more participants, so if you know anyone who'd be interested, tell them to get in touch.
Jess, Portland, OR, who may or may not have had this haircut before she entered the military
In a video interview with HipHopGalaxy.com, R&B singer Olivia "clears up" rumors that she's bisexual saying "Never do, never have" and remarking that the women that hit on her are "worse than the dudes sometimes." Now, who is she?
Until tomorrow!


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text: You may have noticed my little series of "spring cleaning tips of the day." These posts have included groundbreaking suggestions to wash windows with vinegar, acquire a self-cleaning child, time yourself while cleaning, and phase out toxic cleaners gradually. And now my well of spring cleaning knowledge has run dry. What are your handy spring cleaning ideas?


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I have published in peer reviewed journals for many years (1). The impartiality of peer review, while not perfect, works reasonably well. Yet, there are drawbacks, especially for people like me who some of the time write articles that are more opinions and editorials than research. So here are some opinions about publishing in peer reviewed journals vs. "publishing" on a commercial web site.
Publishing in peer reviewed journals
The peer review process – works well for research articles. It is sometimes questionable for unsolicited, opinion type articles. For an opinion article that I published recently (2), the total time from initial submission to acceptance was about six months. The journal in which the article was published was the second journal to which the article was submitted. The article critiqued GUM (Guide to the expression of uncertainty of measurement). It was perhaps natural that the editors sent this manuscript to experts in GUM, who do not look kindly on articles that take an opposing view (e.g., I stated that GUM shouldn't be carried out for commercial diagnostic assays). Since editors are often seeking to limit the number of pages accepted, round one is almost by definition – rejection. Given the reviewer comments, I consider it lucky that the article was published.
The circulation of peer reviewed journals – is attractive, yet even if there are many subscribers, there is of course no guarantee that my article will be read. In journals to which I subscribe, the number of articles that I read is a small percentage of all articles. There are articles for which I don't even understand the title! Moreover, it is possible that if the journal does not provide free access, that non subscribers who come across my article as an abstract will not read it as the pay per view charges are pretty steep.
Publishing on a commercial web site
The speed of publication is fast – actually, it takes about a half an hour to be satisfied that things look ok. Color figures are routine, unlike print journals. I choose HTML although PDF files are possible, which are often used by online journals. (I avoid PDF files because they are at times hard to open).
Some review is possible – although it is not really peer review. Occasionally, I send out articles for comment before they are posted. I often receive comments the same day and use some of them, with acknowledgements.
I can see some details about circulation – by analyzing log files from the web site. This shows me1:
- how many people viewed the article
- where they are from (the organization and country but not the specific person)
- when they viewed the article
- what else they viewed on the site
- if they bookmarked the article
- if they found the article through a search engine, what were the search terms
- how else they got to the article (e.g., from another site for example)
- occasionally useful codes, such as 404 (file not found) indicating a bad link
Sometime there are other interesting things. For one article, I noticed that unlike most articles which were viewed once, this article was often viewed twice at two different times during the day, as if the response were "huh, run that by me again."
1Less of interest to me but nevertheless available from log files, are attempts to hack into the web site, operating system used, browser used, and so on.
The potential for a virtual quality web for hospital labs
I am not the only one who publishes articles about lab quality. Perhaps one of these days, "we" (whatever that means) can put together a web site that provides links to all such articles.
- https://jkrouwer.wordpress.com/publications/
- Krouwer, JS. A Critique of the GUM Method of Estimating and Reporting Uncertainty in Diagnostic Assays Clin Chem 2003;49:1218-1221.


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The Things They Left Behind by Kryptic Minds
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Sean Dyche is expecting his side to bounce back and compete with Premier League 'super-powers' Manchester City at a sold-out Turf Moor on Saturday.
The Clarets lost 4-0 at West Bromwich Albion on Monday night following a below-par performance.
But with an impressive home record behind them, Dyche expects his players to show their true colours against City, who are a point behind league leaders Chelsea as they chase the title.
"I think they are most people's favourites for the league this year, over a season's work, and, of course, they are going well in Europe as well," said the Burnley boss.
"We know the super-powers of the division and these are definitely one of them. It's more about us delivering a performance.
"These are massive challenges for us. The Premier League is a big challenge for us, let alone anything else, but when you are playing the super-power teams it really is a massive challenge.
"The gulf between the two sides is absolutely massive but we are pleased, on the other hand, that football isn't always played out like that. It's not a given, but they will know that as well.
George Boyd struck Burnley's winner in a 1-0 victory over City in March, 2015
"We have made a good reputation as being a side that are, at least, willing to compete in every game, barring, strangely, last Monday, which was a rare one for us.
"Generally speaking, we are up for the competition in every game."
Dyche confirmed he and his players got together in training on Tuesday to talk through the defeat at West Brom.
He admitted that the level of performances away from home needs to change, but stressed that he would not be 'over-thinking' a bad day at the office.
And with 13 points on the board from their seven home fixtures, the Clarets are still well placed in 12th position in the table before the televised lunch-time visit (kick-off 12.30pm) of Pep Guardiola's big-spending City.
Dyche - whose side took four points from City in Burnley's last top-flight campaign - added: "The players know we haven't really taken on the challenge away from home as we have at home.
"In balance to that is really strong home form in a very tough division. We are very pleased with that.
"We took seven point out of nine before West Brom. Let's not forget that. It has to be looked at in the bigger picture.
"We are not the real deal, we have never said we are. We are learning and developing."
Dyche also used his pre-match media commitments to confirm Joey Barton's return to training at Burnley.
Last season's Clarets' player of the year is a free agent after leaving Rangers and is working at the Barnfield Training Centre to improve his fitness.
"He's quite aware there's a good environment here to get himself fit and that's what he's choosing to do at the moment," Dyche added.
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Becoming Extra-Textual
It seems hard to argue that modern celebrity has coexisted with a sense of public interest—indeed, the very definition of celebrity, and its associated notions of fame, can be understood in terms of the willingness of strangers to engage with a particular entity. In our examination of celebrity, we have explored the public/private dichotomy and how audiences attempt to align a star's "real" life with his or her persona (Bragman, 2008). Supporting this sentiment, Richard deCordova argues that the basis of our interest in celebrities could in fact result from our limited access to stars' private lives (Spohrer, 2007; deCordova, 1990). Although the early movie studio system (arguably the birthplace of the first modern celebrities) strove to integrate the public and private representations of their stars, Joshua Gamson notes a pushback from audiences who began to question the authenticity of performers (1994).
And, as Spohrer argues through an invocation of Paul Robeson, the lack of perceived authenticity can lead to scandal but also the quality of extra-textuality, wherein a performer becomes more than the composite of his performances (2007). John Fiske adds to this discussion, also drawing upon Baudrillard's notions of simulacra and the real, in his examination of the confluence of Murphy Brown (a fictional character), Candice Bergen (the actress portraying Brown), and Diane English (the creator of the character)—a quality denoted as hyperreal (Fiske, 1994). While this juxtaposition serves to create an entirely new entity, one way to dissect it is to understand it is in terms of foreground/background distinction: we can selectively choose to mentally focus on one aspect of the construct at a time, looking at each manifestation in isolation and then as part of a larger picture. For example, Fiske brings up the notion of the agency afforded to an individual body (in this case Rodney King and Anita Hill) in order to demonstrate that while an individual body can possess varying amounts of agency, it also figures in a larger societal context that also informs our understanding of the body's importance in an ongoing story (1994).
Fiske's work raises the important notion that cultural scholars need to understand the significance of the site of contestation when attempting to explore societal issues: realizing whether we are fighting over a physical body, an image, or a hyperreal figure provides much insight into the nature of the arguments in question. Supporting this concept, we see Spohrer discuss the implications of Paul Robeson's movement from singer to singer/actor to singer/activist (2007); as Robeson participated in increasingly expanded spheres of influence, his increasing extra-textuality afforded us a greater number of lenses through which to examine his impact.


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మంచి పని ఎప్పుడూ ఒద్దికగా జరుగుతుంది. దౌర్భాగ్యపు పని బాహాటంగా ఒళ్ళు విరుచుకుంటుంది. ఒక 70 సంవత్సరాలలో మానవాళి మరిచిపోలేని దౌర్భాగ్యపు పని రెండవ ప్రపంచ యుద్ధ కాలంలో యూదుల మారణ హోమం. మూలపురుషుడు హిట్లర్.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
అధికారం అహంకారం
అధికారం అంటే ఎదుటి వ్యక్తి స్వేచ్చకి అంతరాయం కలిగించే శక్తి. అరాచకం అంటే ఆ అధికారం అదుపు తప్పడం. అనర్ధం అంటే ఈ రెండూ విచ్చలవిడిగా సాగడం. అహంకారం సాగించుకునే నిష్పత్తి.
Monday, September 12, 2011
'మాయా ' ప్రదేశ్
ప్రపంచంలోకల్లా ఆసక్తికరమైన విషయాలు మూడు ఉన్నాయి. పక్కవాడి రహస్యాన్ని కనిపెట్టడం, ఎదుటివాడి అవినీతిని బయటపెట్టడం, పొరుగువాడి రంకు గురించి కబుర్లు చెప్పుకోవడం. ఇంతకన్నా రుచికరమైన వ్యావృత్తి ప్రపంచంలో మరొకటి లేదు.
"నీకు తెలుసా - మన గోవిందుగాడు - వాళ్ళ వంటమనిషితో మొన్న --" ఆ రుచి అద్భుతం
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"నీకు తెలుసా - మన గోవిందుగాడు - వాళ్ళ వంటమనిషితో మొన్న --" ఆ రుచి అద్భుతం
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Rogues' Gallery
RECENTLY I STARTED WRITING A COLUMN FOR AN ENGLISH DAILY ''THE HANS INDIA'' A DAILY PAPER STARTED FROM HYDERABAD. THESE ARE THE COLUMNS THAT APPEAR EVRY WEDNESDAY THERE. YOU CAN READ THE PAPER IN THE INTERNET.PLEASE VISIT http://www.thehansindia.info/epaper.asp
This week's column
Monday, September 5, 2011
ఈ విషయాన్ని గురించి చాలాసార్లు రాసిన గుర్తు అయినా మరోసారి మననం చేసుకునే అతి ముఖ్యమయిన ఘట్టం ఇది.
20 ఏళ్ళ క్రితం ఈ దేశానికి ప్రధాని కావలసిన ఒక మాజీ ప్రధానిని - రాజీవ్ గాంధీని - ఎల్ టీ టీయీ బృందం దారుణంగా హత్య చేసింది. అది నిజానికి హత్యకాదు. మారణకాండ. అందులో రాజీవ్ గాంధీతోపాటు మరో 17 మంది చచ్చిపోయారు.
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20 ఏళ్ళ క్రితం ఈ దేశానికి ప్రధాని కావలసిన ఒక మాజీ ప్రధానిని - రాజీవ్ గాంధీని - ఎల్ టీ టీయీ బృందం దారుణంగా హత్య చేసింది. అది నిజానికి హత్యకాదు. మారణకాండ. అందులో రాజీవ్ గాంధీతోపాటు మరో 17 మంది చచ్చిపోయారు.
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
A hope and a predicament
In spite of several voices expressing their dissent for undermining the Parliament and thereby the constitution of this country and despite the skepticism about a movement of this nature, people raising cudgels against the maddening crowds engulfing the Institution and vehement protest of teaming millions trying to settle the laws of this country in the streets, one wily old man of 74, with his burning righteous indignation evoked the entire country and bulldozed into the mighty law making citadel leaving no option to it except to give in to his demands. They did give in, however, not with a majority voice vote as envisaged and expected, but by thumping of the desks, an apology to the ordained method. One can hear a few disgruntled voices in the house, a few twitching eyebrows, another few with petulant and sullen composures allowed a grudging compromise to diffuse the volatile situation. The two major parties made all the right noises while the discomfiture of other minor voices were either submerged or engulfed in the din.
A politician is one who perfects the art of saying "yes'' while he meant an unequivocal "no'', while a diplomat deliberates with a cool "no'', as he ponders whether he can accommodate a "yes''. There are about 540 of the former hue in the august house. While millions across the country celebrated it as a victory of the people, Narendra Modi went even a little further to compare it with the peaceful movement of the Independent era. A few others sang homilies, spoke about patriotism with choked voices and moistened eyes. The melodrama is palpable- though for good reasons.
Medha Patkar, the lone team member of Anna, who tasted betrayal more than once in the hands of the establishment was guarded when she said: "I will continue myself to join the party and will not say much at this historical time when people's power is at its peek''.
There was a lone voice- only one- which was candid, categorical and even emphatic. That was Anna Hazare, who said that this is only half of the victory and there is even a bigger impediment to face. A battle is won, but there is a war ahead.
The congress spokesperson claimed that this is not a victory of the teaming millions and a bow down of the government- but a win-win situation. I have no doubt that this statement is fully loaded and one should be able to read the fine print to understand the meaning between the lines.
Sometime back, I did a cameo role in a film "Leader''. It was a two scene appearance and I never thought much about it. But, surprisingly the character was a big hit and it caught the imagination of many viewers. I often wondered why. And slowly the realization dawned on me. Here is the character. A senior politician- who was an ardent follower of Mahatma in his early days, practiced the crafty side of the political know how and became seasoned. He is so senior that he could call the Chief Minister by his first name. When CM tries to push a bill in the assembly (almost exactly on the lines of the present Lok Pal bill) bringing everybody to book-including the members of the house, all the hell is let loose in the house. When the young CM is baffled, this politician says in confidence:"Which school taught you your basics?How the hell do you think that this house would approve a bill that sends most of them to jail? Exclude them from its purview and see what happens''. CM does exactly that and the house says "Yes'' in one voice.
I have no doubt that this scene has a relevance to the present situation in the Parliament. I will explain the reasons for this prevarication.
In July 2008, Washington Post reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges,"including human trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rape and even murder''. A whopping sum of 20 lakh crores has been drained out of this country between 1948 and 2008. We have at least 4 serving MPs sent to Tihar jail by this very government , for scandals never heard in the history of this nation. Then, we have any number of Dayanidhi Marans,Madhu Khodas, Thomases, Sens etc.etc. And this country has a unique history of shelving this Lok Pal bill ten times-during 1968,1971,1977,1985,1996,1998,2001,2005 and 2008. If as the senior politician in "Leader''(that is, me)said in the movie- all the 120 members will end up in jail when once this bill becomes law. What is more, they don't belong to a single party. Every party has a share in this exalted list..
Suffice to quote one instance, as told by Arvind Kejriwal at a meeting in Chennai IIT- an official of the National Highway Authority of the rank of an additional secretary was raided by CBI and found huge amounts of unaccounted money. But they have to take permission from his boss Kamalnath, Minister for Surface Transport to file a case against him. What happened? The permission was NOT granted and the official enjoyed the benefit of doubt. Not a single case against any official in the Government was taken to the court, in spite of several instances provided by Vigilance Commission with evidences, because the government slept on these cases, with a mild reprimand to the concerned officer. National Vigilance Commissioner N.Vittal said once that corruption in this country is high profit zero risk business. In the last couple of years at least 13 RTI activists were murdered. Their only crime was whistle blowing.
I may sound cynical as I say this, but it is better to be cynical and realsitic than being unrealistic pretending to be prudent.
Having wriggled out of a tricky corner, without causing much harm, the parliament will have all its cards sorted out for the standing committee and sitting law making body to sleep on it for the 11th time. Anna, while rejoicing with his fellow members at the first taste of success, might be having a gut feeling that there is every need for a third fast, and very soon too.
Yes, the battle is half won, but whether the other half will be won by the people or the politicians is anybody's guess.
Shocked? I will quote yet another example:Women's reservation bill.
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Lyndsay Faye's The Gods of Gotham is terrific history and terrific crime fiction. It's 1845 and New York City is a sprawling, brawling mess. Slums abut fine townhouses, corruption is the rule of law and the last word in politics, the virtuous hate the bawdy houses, the Whigs hate the Democrats and everyone hates the Irish. When a disastrous fire destroys the oyster bar where he worked and the apartment where he kept his life savings, Timothy Wilde thought he had tasted the worst of it.
But his big brother Valentine, a drug-addicted, politically notorious firefighter, finds him a job as one of the new "copper stars," a nascent police force that isn't exactly welcome in the wild west of the crime-ridden wards. The loss of his savings means Tim can't ask his lifelong love Mercy Underhill, a preacher's daughter, to marry him. The horrible new scars on his face make him look like a ruffian, Valentine has always been a fight waiting to happen, and fire spooks Timothy Wilde–his parents died in the fire that destroyed their farm and orphaned the brothers.
Pretty soon the new job spooks him, too. He finds decent lodging over a widow's bake shop and discovers he is as good at figuring things out as he was at listening to the customers in his bar. Despite himself he begins to get interested in policing his ward–and then a small girl in a nightdress, covered in blood, flies out of the night and crashes into his life, setting off a conflagration more horrible than any fire.
Bird Daly has escaped out the window of the brothel where she lived. She's an accomplished liar and so winning that Tim is completley captivated by her. But she knows things she won't tell and she is frightened. The bloody nightdress is finely made and goes unexplained. Tim decides not to send her to the infamouse children's refuge and stows her in his boarding house instead. But Bird is the beginning of a tale so bizarre and depraved that it could tear the city apart. Wilde is in it up to his neck and what he finds out shakes his faith in everything he believed about his world.
Wonderful characters. Great dialog–Faye uses colloquialisms of the time and the language is so foreign that she posts a glossary at the beginning of the book to help you figure it out. Manhattan is its own colorful self–decadent, demented, fabulous and roiling with racism, rough talk and even rougher behavior. Children are pressed into service as prostitutes, abandoned to the streets to work as pickpockets or newsboys, as calculating as hardened criminals and as vulnerable as the victims they too often are.
Someone is fanning the flames of anti-Irish sentiment and the new "coppers" are in danger of being dispersed before they ever solve any major cases or clean up a fraction of the filthy streets. The Gods of Gotham is full-on and non-stop. I loved it. I hope Faye plans a few sequels that are just as strong and irresistible as this introduction to New York's Finest in a chapter of the city's history that was anything but fine.
The Gods of Gotham Lyndsay Faye | G.P. Putnam's Sons 2012


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IISER Pune Recruitment For RA 2017
IISER Pune Recruitment for RA 2017: The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune has released and announced the notification for the posts of the RA and Project Assistant designations.Here RA means Research Associate and also they include the posts of the Project Assistant for the given recruitment notification.Then the interested candidates who are want to apply for this job they must go to the official website for the more information and also we are also provided the information in the below links.
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Month: July 2010
Wikisympediamania II
I have a previous post on WikiSym and Wikimania in Gdansk 2010 which mostly touched upon WikiSym, and here comes some notes on the Wikimania meeting. Another wikian Felipe Ortage has also reported from Wikimania and WikiSym.Let me first tell you about the excellent sideprogram: A party, a concert and a documentary film. The party took place in the old shipyard area known from the Solidarnosc. The concert was performed by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic playing Polish music from the 20th and 21st century, with two Gershwin- Gustav Holst-like concertinos of ("The") pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman presented by his son Andrzej Szpilman. had composed a piano concertino for the event! The concert also featured some good old modern music by Witold Lutoslawski. The next evening we got a full-feature documentary: Truth in numbers? Everything, according to Wikipedia. It had been in production for several years. My impression of it when I first heard about the project on the web was that it was a community effort. Apparently, it should have been community funded too. Well. It comes out more as the sole work of directors Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill and has the touch more of a "standard" documentary with a clear focus. This focus is chosen to be the drama between youthful enthusiasts with evangelist Jimbo Wales on the one side and the white old crumpy experts, such as self-installed anti-Wikipedia king Andrew Keen, on the other side. I believe you got to make a 'focus' shortcut if you want 'ordinary' people to get it, but I think wikipedians in the audience weren't completely captivated by that approach. During the question/answer session after viewing a witty lama expressed doubt (if I remember correctly). Through his work with facilitating meetings with wikipedians and British Museum staff he has seen that expertice and Wikipedia go well together.
The budget seems to have grown so much (a lot of travel expenses) that the directors need to get money back, and there are not yet releasing it for Creative Commons copying, but would like to sell DVDs. There are free leftover clips on the movie homepage.
Ubuntu is incredibly easy: Upgrading and Ubuntu Studio
"Incredibly easy process" we are told. You know when such wording are used that there is something hmmm.And oh yes, I was just about to update my old Ubuntu LTS to a newer LTS (the 10.04 edition) on my work laptop that has now become stationary due to the Danish multimedia tax. Unfortunately when I got the computer it was partitioned in a way that it often recommended, but which I several times have found not so optimal: One partition for the system, one partition for the home directory, one partition for dual booting Microsoft Windows, one swap partition, and one partition that is just there at the beginning of the harddisk. Having just one big partition for the entire system (excluding the swap) I find the best since I invariable run into systems and home directories that grows. My system directory has no more than around 200MB left so it will be difficult to update directly. I still have many gigabytes left on the home directory, but with the present partitioning it is difficult to use. Instead I imaging installing a new system on the erased Windows partition. I already had a USB stick. The USB stick is partitioned with a live distribution on one partition and a partition for data on another partition, ??? but unfortunately with an old Karmic (9.10) Ubuntu. So the idea was to download a new ISO image and put it on the USB disk: This is incredible easy! So I went like this:
- I look for "Create a USB startup disk" in the KDE menu. Can't find it, and wonder if it only shows up in Gnome.
- Log into Gnome and see that it is neither there.
- Search the internet to find which program and package is behind "Create a USB startup disk": It is called "usb-creator".
- Seeing that it is not there with "aptitude search usb-creator"
- Looking at the Ubuntu package site for usb-creator. Apparently in "hardy-backports". So does that mean that the Ubuntu version I have is too old to have that program?
- Attempted something like sudo mount -o loop ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso …
- Giving up, and finding another computer which already have a recent version of Ubuntu.
- usb-creator-gtk reports that there is not enough space on the USB disk.
- Starts to erase.
- Discovering that the usb-creator-gtk creator erased not only the partition with the old Ubuntu installation, but also the partition with my data files. Wow, what a blunder!
- Booting with the USB stick on the laptop computer at 17:20.
- Not entirely sure which partition to select. I select the choice with "Brug det st??rste sammenh??ngende ledige omr??de p?? disken" (use the largest continuous free space on the disk).
- Starting installation of Ubuntu 10.04 at 17:30.
- 17:43: Booting from computer (that was quick). Wrong display resolution. My old home directory is not mounted.
- Fixing the home directory. Getting error message related to .Xmodmap and "Could not update ICEauthority". Problem with my user id.
- 18:43: Installed Emacs and Latex. Installed "brightside" for edge flipping but it does not help. Find out that it is actually compiz that may take care of that so "sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager". After that the "System" menu has a "CompizConfig Settings Manager" item and this manager has a "Desktop wall" item where the edge flipping is set.
- My user name did not show up in the Gnome login screen. Fixed user id problem with the use of magic in /etc/login.defs: Set the UID_MIN to a lower value corresponding to the user id.
Open Access is bad, bad, bad
Open Access is bad, bad, bad. At least so says J??rgen Burchardt, researcher and chairman of "Danske Videnskabsredakt??rer" (Danish Science Editors), about the threat of Open Access on popular science. In the Danish popular science magazine Aktuel Naturvidenskab he calls Open Access "taxpayer-paid ideological experiments" and declares that Open Access will mark the end of popular science when journals and magazines loose their income through direct sale and subscriptions. It is a repetition of his previous writings about general science publishing.Burchardt is reacting on the Librarian Lobby and their propaganda in a recent Danish report by the Open Access Committee which did not include members from the publishing industry. Burchardt is on the publishing industry side. He has been editor on the Danish scholarly journal Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv which sells at 175 Danish Kroner per issue. I must admit I never heard of that journal before. One strong argument for Open Access is that if a taxpayer pay for a scientist then the work of the scientist should be directly accessible to the taxpayer. It's how it works in the US on a federal level. It means that, e.g., works of NIH and NASA are in the public domain, such as the famous photo Apollo 8 Earthrise. Properly Open Access licensed science articles may be reused in a number
of ways, e.g., translated, aggregated in course material and included in a
wiki with wikilinks and semantic markup, ??? see an example in my Brede Wiki. Many of the arguments against Open Access have been countered by Open Access publisher BioMed Central in their (Mis)Leading Open Access Myths (thanks Iain Hrynaszkiewicz for the pointer). These pages argue on the matter in relation to the discussion that has taken place in the United Kingdom. My own experience in regard to "Myth 2" (Access is not a problem – virtually all [] researchers have access they need): I sometimes find scientific articles difficult to get: I perform research in an interdisciplinary area with ties to medicine and business. Journals in these areas may not always be available from the library at my technical university. One thing that bothers me with Open Access is: Why do Open Access "Article Processing Charges" have to be so big? (e.g., 1800 Euros) I have published in the electronic journal First Monday and if I was less incompetent I might publish in Journal of Machine Learning Research. Their articles are open accessible and they have no article processing charges. If you want to have the printed books of Journal of Machine Learning Research you pay. One of my latest conference articles is archived in CEUR Workshop Proceedings, ??? openly accessible and with no apparent cost to me (a paid for registering to the conference). One must remember the big costs paid by the author to the publisher also occurs in the 'ordinary' subscription publishing model: Fees for color pages and page excess is prevalent and may be quite big. The Danish librarians have got the Australian Professor John Houghton to make cost-benefit analysis on the publishing models. In the report (Danish summary) he estimates the production cost of a journal article to 125'000 Danish Kroner. Most of that cost is related to the writing. He finds (perhaps not surprising) that the Open Access publishing model is the cheaper. Well perhaps. The publishing companies have got a lot of extra articles to publish in recent years (I know the journal NeuroImage has grown inches thick now). The modern researchers have word processors, email and Internet-browsers so writing and submitting articles have become way easier. Publishers also need to work on IT-infrastructure to support print and electronic dual-mode publishing and scanning old issues. These issues have probably led to a lot of extra cost for the publishers. Still the criticism is that the cost of subscription for the libraries has risen beyond the cost for the publisher. Back in 2001 Guardian wrote:
Last year the most powerful journal publisher, the Anglo-Dutch firm Reed Elsevier, made a profit of ??252m on a turnover of ??693m in its science and medical business.
A section in the Wikipedia "Elsevier" article also gives some pointers on the controversy. It is really an unfortunate situation researchers, universities and libraries have gotten into, ??? an asymmetric situation that would make an economist cry. Even if Danes opt in on Open Access the libraries still need to subscribe to subscription journals, since Danish researchers rely on access to what other researchers publish. But one would imaging that the threat of Open Access would weigh in when Danish libraries negotiate subscription fees with the multinational subscription-based publishers.
I see Open Access as part of the larger notion of the free culture movement. The opposite stance may be characterized by a quotation from John Jarvis, Mangaging Director of Wiley Europe (one of the big
subscription-based publishers) regarding patients reading scientific information:
Without being pejorative or elitist, I think that is an issue that we should think about very, very carefully, because there are very few members of the public, and very few people in this room, who would want to read some of this scientific information, and in fact draw wrong conclusions from it […] Speak to people in the medical profession, and they will say the last thing they want are people who may have illnesses reading this information, marching into surgeries and asking things. We need to be careful with this very, very high-level information.
The free culture movement sails under the Jimmy Wales Wikipedia quotation:
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge." The public should be en
lightened, not roam in darkness. These ideas have been likened to the Folk high school movement.
NemID: Danes get difficult easy new login system
So in Denmark we have got a new authentication system: NemID. As employed in the state through the university I get my salary information in an e-box. Logging into such a system is one of the uses of NemID. Netbanking also opts in. Entry of taxation information. Quite a lot. Premiered in the beginning of 2010 July 3 million Danes are suppose to get NemID in the next half a year [1]. NemID means 'easy identifier' and it makes a promise for an easy system, and according to the Minister of Research Charlotte Sahl-Madsen it "gives the Danes one secure code, which can be used by all to almost everything everywhere". I wouldn't bet my right hand on that, though it seems fine in some aspects. Sahl-Madsen mentions that the system has been usability tested on elderly and a handful of young students. Furthermore an organization of the blind has been involved in the testing.For the user NemID consists of a user-id, e.g., our Danish personal registration number – the CPR number (what the Americans call the Social Security number), one self-selected password and a paper card with one-time codes (a one-time pad). You login with all three items. Behind the scene is a centralized keystore. The good news is that the paper one-time codes make it difficult for an attacker to use your credentials if he 'only' has control over your hacked computer or your hacked smartphone. He would usually need physical access to the paper card to make his attack complete. One-time codes are difficult to break. There 148 one-time numbers on the card. And now for the bad news:
- The first day of operation a bottleneck arose since the company, CSC, taking care of the CPR numbers had not enough capacity to follow the requests from DanID (the company operating the NemID system)! It basically meant a denial of service like situation, and since police and hospitals also use the CPR system they too were affected.
- In the first days of operation the web-based system greeted users with the message "The security is compromised" when emailing the support staff. At one point the DanID didn't know why the error message was triggered!
- Two weeks later an error in a certificat resulted in half a day where new NemID could not be ordered.
- One commentor on the Ingeni??ren web site noted that there seems to be no difference in case handling for the password. Thus "pASsWoRd" and "password" would be the same, quite reducing the number of possibilities a brute-force attacker needs to go through. The password can be as short as 6 characters and cannot have special characters.
- CPR numbers are supposed not to be disclosed in public. If you use the CPR number as user-id in the NemID login interface the number is displayed unhidden.
- You can write on the paper card with the one-time codes. If a forgetful user writes the password on the card and the wallet is stolen, then the thief has straight access. The CPR number is available in the drivers license and with the two other codes he should be able to login from anywhere in the world.
- It is easy to copy the one-time code card, e.g., with an ordinary copy machine. I did that, but it took me quite a while to destroy the copy. Copy machines prevents color copies of banknotes but not NemID. An attacker may copy or take a photo of your card without you knowing it if he has a brief access to it. Then he mostly only needs to work on your self-selected password. And passwords may be easy to guess, e.g., Obama Twitter account were guessed from public information. A hardware security token would have been more difficult to copy. A high-resolution surveillance camera together with a keylogger at an internet cafe should also allow a hacker full entry.
- I ordered my NemID right away, but it took some days before the letter with NemID activation information came. For security reasons two separate letters are sent on separate days. However I was away on meetings, WikiSym and Wikimania (a report on that is available here) and the two letters lay there in my mailbox for several days. A mailbox thief would have gotten my CPR number (on my bank statement), the one-time code card and the initial code number to start the activation process.
- Several commentors have pointed to the strange use of paper instead of hardware security token. When the 148 one-time codes have been used a new card needs to be given to the user. Postal service will be happy. I should think that the paper card is only a temporary solution. And yes it is. Apparently, the paper card is there because it is a reasonable easy way for people to accept the system. It is planned that users later can buy systems such as a token. So then you need to pay to log efficiently into required government systems. DanID is owned by PBS, ??? a company owned by Danish banks.
I am back from wiki and Wikipedia meetings WikiSym 2010 and Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk (Danzig). Premeeting issues with registration and accommodation gave some indications of problems in the organization: Unsure of the state of the accommodation ??? a dorm ??? I took sleeping bag and sleeping pad with me and considered bringing a tent. When I came it mostly went great and smoothly. Especially Wikimania was one of the best meetings I have participated in. Other Wikimania participants were also generally happy, although there was a few notes, e.g., a few missed double-sided badges. :-)The academic symposium WikiSym was scheduled before the community meeting Wikimania. One notable part of WikiSym that I like is the Open-space meetings, which is sort of a "structured coffee break" and citing Wikipedia it is where "individuals participate without prior groupings or agendas, and that they accept the agendas and groupings that arise from the meeting process, with only minimal restrictions on scope." The Open Spaces I participated in were about "wiki and programming" as well as two meetings on data and structured data in wikis. The latter topic being a continous challenge in wiki-research. There are a few notes for the wiki and programming session on a page on the WikiSym wiki. The issues were larger than I initially thought. Other wiki engines than MediaWiki already have programming capabilities, but "programming and wikis" is a topic that still could need some more research and development. Among other WikiSym presentations I heard Andrew West's demonstration of his STiki multilingual anti-vandalism system, that acts as a supplement to bots such as ClueBot. The system is a client server model where machine learning is used to find patterns in vandalism edits with automated labels from rollbacks and the predications are based on revision metadata. Wikipedians can download an associated Java client and go on to fight vandalims. Another presentation was from Daniel Kinzler about his WikiPics a crosslingual image search engine. The Woogle4MediaWiki presentation showed an extension to MediaWiki that would combine search results with wiki pages. Another demo showed GravPad ??? a realtime collaborative editor. I had a poster about a fielded wiki, a sort of online spreadsheet with revision control that combine wiki-style easy entry with numerical computation and visualization, and which I apply in personality genetics. The PDF of the poster is available. The third day of WikiSym was overlapping with Wikimania, which I think diluted WikiSym somewhat. I skipped WikiSym class and joined Wikimania for most of the day like quite a number of other WikiSym participants. The only thing I heard that day at WikiSym was Andrew Lih's keynote on Wikipedia. One thing I remember from the talk was the statistics on how many people press save after they have pressed the edit button on a wiki page. The ratio is quite low, and the explanation is that potential editors get scared away by the nerdish wiki markup. Wikia with WYSIWYG editor gets a better ratio (if I remember Andrew's statistics correctly). WikiSym is supposed to be about wikis in general (the WikiSym Web site runs with the Tiki Wiki engine). WikiSym 2010 had a quite strong focus on the MediaWiki engine and Wikipedia, ??? for good and for worse.


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Data Analytics
Qualitative and Quantitative processes to uncover imperative
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Branding Research
As a part of a Graduate-level data analytics course at Georgetown University, Cecilia worked with a team of four Graduate students to conduct an original research project on U.S. Presidential Campaign Branding.
After formulating innovative research questions and hypotheses and evaluating existing literature related to the project, the team authored an original report by coding evidence, collecting data, and analyzing the results using the statistical software IBM SPSS Statistics. This academic report was published in the Spring 2016 edition of the Georgetown University peer-reviewed journal, gnovis, and is awaiting publication in other outlets.
Exploring Complex Technology
Through original research as well as the review of existing literature, Cecilia worked with a team of three Graduate students at Georgetown University to create maps and diagrams describing the technological algorithm and architecture of the WiFi Positioning System (WPS), as well as multiple user personas to better understand how and why users rely on WPS every day.
As the team "de-blackboxed" this technology, they explored WPS as a socio-technical system: explaining how it works at a technical level, describing how it shapes and has been shaped by social decisions, and defining how the technology affects the lives of its users.


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Arturia have just released a follow-up to their popular KeyLab MIDI controller keyboards. The KeyLab Mk2 comes with 49 and 61 keys, is available in black and white and contains the same keybed as the MiniBrute 2 and MatrixBrute. It features 16 RGB-backlit performance pads, 9 faders and 9 rotary knobs, DAW control, transport section. It offers a total of 5 pedal inputs for expressive control and CV/Gate outputs to control pitch, gate, and modulation of external modular gear.
The KeyLab Mk2 comes with Arturia's Analog Lab Software including 6500 synth sounds, which can be browsed and controlled with the keyboard. It also contains the virtual piano emulation Piano V and Ableton Live Lite. KeyLab Mk2 is compatible with all major DAWs and comes with magnetic overlays for controls.
Link: https://www.arturia.com/keylab-mkii/overview
Watch Arturia's introduction of the KeyLab Mk2 keyboards:


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Hemerod Cure: Get Relief From Your Hemorrhoids Right Now
Although people do not like discussing this, chances are that people you know have suffered from hemorrhoids at some point. Peruse the article below to gain some valuable hints which can help you in the treatment and prevention of external and internal hemorrhoids.
An application of petroleum jelly can calm hemorrhoids and speed up the healing process. Lubricating hemorrhoids in this way is especially effective when done immediately before a bowel movement. This eases the passage of fecal matter and cuts down on the irritation the process causes to hemorrhoids. Lubrication can also reduce itching and pain.
- Try to abstain from lifting anything heavy if you want to prevent irritating, existing hemorrhoids and leading to new ones to erupt.
- A mans strain is similar to the strain that you make when you are forcing a bowel movement.
- In case your hemorrhoids are causing you problems on a regular basis you need to avoid doing any heavy lifting.
Hemorrhoid Pad is a Great Product You can Find in a Store
Almost anyone can use one. Squatting can help you have some easier movements and help you prevent hemorrhoids. This could take a bit of practice, but once you are used to this position, it will be helpful in reducing the discomfort and pain of hemorrhoids.
By doing the sitz bath, you can easily clean your hemorrhoids gently, disinfect the area, and to relieve it from the pain and itching, which is very normal when you have hemorrhoids.
Summary, many factors can cause hemorrhoids, including pregnancy or childbirth. This can be attributed to excess pressure in the pelvic region. Mind the advice of this article to help alleviate problems with hemorrhoids or learn how best to treat them and steer clear of this very obtrusive and painful condition.
Next, You Need to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
Eat the fruits as snacks prior to lunch, dinner or after dinner. Eat a minimum of 3 fruit a day and more if you can. Also eat vegetable with lunch and dinner. Raw greens are best as well as if you make them, prepare these lightly. Cooking vegetables decreases the value of their fiber. (Click the links in the last paragraph below to know more about 5 vegetables and fruits that if used once weekly can prevent hemorrhoids permanently)
To do the hot sitz bath to treat your hemorrhoids, you should use a shallow basin, your bathtub, or you can also purchase a specialized basin for hemorrhoids sitz bath. The specialized basin is more efficient and more convenient to use, since you can just place it over your lavatory. Same procedure; fill the basin with hot or warm water, add Epsom salt (or any type of salt that you have), or perhaps you can also add baking soda. Sit on this for 15-20 minutes, or until you do not feel the warmth of the water anymore.
- Men and women can do this for as many times as they want in a day or depending on what the doctor has told you to do.
- The one thing that you have to be careful with is the contents that you mix with the water.
- Try not to include anything in it, unless your doctor told you to do so.
- Try not to do the hot sitz bath when bathing too, because it can easily contaminate your water, which can trigger further infection or irritation.
Another Cause of Hemorrhoids is Anxiety
When it comes to illness or entire body imbalances, they usually have some emotional aspect of it. When you are the kind that will get anxious easily you have to find ways of reducing your anxiety level.
There are, of Course, Other Causes of Hemorrhoids
Conditions that increase intra stomach pressure leading to increase in intra rectal vein pressure will also predispose in order to hemorrhoids. A very common example of such condition is having a baby, other similar conditions are sneezing or extreme coughing, significant exercise, weight lifting, standing or sitting for too much time. In the event you couple these conditions with a poor diet plan, then you increase the probability of hemorrhoids. Look at these various actions you are doing and make proper adjustments.
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You should not rely on using laxatives for long periods of time to deal with constipation, especially if you have hemorrhoids. Laxatives tend to be for occasional use, not a long term remedy. Persistent bowel troubles may mean it is time to alter your diet so as to achieve more regularity.
To find out more about sitz bath check out our sitz bath articles and bleeding hemorrhoids treatments.
You think you may have hemorrhoids, consult a hemorrhoid specialist to be sure. A lot of people have no idea the difference from a polyp and a hemorrhoid, and this may cause undo panic. Be sure to make a doctors appointment just to take care of any problems before they potentially worsen.
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Hemorrhoids are Common in Lots of People, Including Pregnant Women
If you have hemorrhoids, make sure to not strain when you use the restroom and never scratch the inflamed veins. Instead, use hemorrhoid cream and make sure to relax. Unless your hemorrhoids are very painful, you do not have to visit the doctor!
- The first step in dealing with your hemorrhoids is to stop pushing and develop normal strain free bowel movement.
- You can do this by increasing your fiber intake.
- It is always best to use natural fiber.
- When you used un-natural fiber, which is found in drugstore laxatives, you can become addicted to all of them.
- Eat cereals containing wheat bar or oat ban in the morning.
- You can add whole wheat to get more fiber as well as to get the B-vitamin.
You are afflicted by hemorrhoids, add good sources of fiber for your regular diet. Straining during bowels is a prime cause of hemorrhoids. People who obtain the recommended daily allowance of dietary fiber are usually less likely to be able to struggle with chronic constipation. Softening your stool by means of adding fiber to your diet plan can help prevent hemorrhoid problems.
- You'd like to make your stool softer, trying consuming more water and adding fiber to your diet.
- When you soften your stool, you will not have to strain as much when you go to the bathroom, which will avoid worsening your hemorrhoid discomfort.
- To soften the stool and get it to pass smoother, eat certain fruits, such as grapes, papaya or watermelon.
- Vegetables with high fiber content material, like cabbage, also help keep the stools soft.
- Drinking plenty of water is important because it will help to keep your own stool soft as well.
To Reduce Constipation, There are Several Measures You can Take
The first, the one most people think about, is to increase soluble fiber. But if you do this, it is best to understand what fiber to use and how much to eat. You should also reduce consumption of processed foods. ( Click the link to download a free of charge book that will coach you on how to avoid common dieting mistakes made by hemorrhoid victims)
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Hemorrhoids are painful and very itchy lumps that projects in your anal opening. It is quite embarrassing, that is why hemorrhoid sufferers are very happy to know that there is one treatment that is very effective and easy to do, even inside your own home.
- Order to reduce the pain and suffering of the hemorrhoid problem, you need to stop eating spicy foods.
- The capsaicin oil in hot peppers does not digest fully after traveling through your body.
- So what is hot going in, is just as hot coming out, and oftentimes worse because it will cover your hemorrhoids on exiting the body.
Eat a Variety of Natural Fiber that Comes from Grains, Fruits and Vegetables
Avoid prepared foods since they lack fiber and nutrition. Fiber can help you release stools easily from your colon and this helps to reduce the pressure in your rectum veins when you have a bowel movement. Now you are on way to getting rid of hemorrhoids.
Those suffering from painful hemorrhoids may be able to find relief by using topical medications intended to alleviate the sensations of burning that can sometimes occur. By using this type of treatment, it is possible to reduce inflammation, limit swelling and eradicate pain. However, it is important to realize that the relief provided may only be temporary in nature.
- An all natural astringent like witch hazel costs only two or three dollars and is available at nearly every pharmacy and grocery store.
- Soak a cotton ball in the witch hazel, then put it on directly to the surface and surrounding area of your external hemorrhoid.
- Witch hazel causes the blood vessels to temporarily shrink, which reduces the size and discomfort of the hemorrhoid.
- Keep the preceding useful ideas in mind when you are dealing with your hemorrhoids and you are sure to find some comfort.
- You will be able to manage your situation if you know how to make the pain go away and prevent more hemorrhoids from appearing.
- To ameliorate the discomfort of hemorrhoids, shed a few pounds!
- Being overweight causes more hemorrhoid issues.
- Excess weight can place undue strain and pressure on the veins in your rectal area.
- You must incorporate high fiber foods into the weight loss plan so that you can take pressure off of your body.
- Using laxatives continuously to lose weight or even treat hemorrhoids is not a good plan.
- The aim of the sitz bath is to sooth the hemorrhoids and disinfects it as much as you can, so the hemorrhoids may heal easily and reduce in size.
- The more you are able to sooth it and unwind it, the better it will be for cure.
- With the sitz bath, you are providing instant relief for the itchy and painful hemorrhoids.
There are Lots of Reasons Why a Person Develops Hemorrhoids
Just to name a few are straining, pregnancy, constipation, and so much more! If you are feeling slight pain in your anal passage, possess yourself examined at a time, because hemorrhoids cannot be treated by simple procedures like a warm sitz bath anymore, once it reaches the severe stage.
Stay Away from the Actual Laxatives
While a laxative can loosen your stools, it can actually cause more damage than good. Laxatives are dehydrating, that may lead to more hardened stools in the foreseeable future. You do not want to become constipated, therefore do not let a laxative remove more liquid from your body.
- When your hemorrhoid's situation is already in the severe stage, the only option that you have is laser or surgery.
- Either of the two can be very complicated.
- The recovery is not as quick, and it can also be expensive at time.
- Hemorrhoids can cure by itself in time.
- In fact, with a hot sitz bath, hemorrhoids may subside in just days.
Constipation is Often the Basic Underlying Cause of Hemorrhoids
Pushing during defecation and passage of infrequent stools leads to the build up of stress which can eventually direct the congestion of bloodstream in the rectal veins thereby leading to the formation of hemorrhoids. When you strain to have a bowel movement, you cause blood in order to congest in the rectum. This blood congestion increases the pressure in the abdomen and rectum problematic veins and also as time passes these veins balloon out, turning into hemorrhoids. Stress in the abdomen obstructs the return of blood from the rectum. Download a free small hemorrhoid training course to learn more about the root causes of hemorrhoid)
Although itching could be characteristic of hemorrhoids, it could also be caused by other diseases like allergies, yeast infection, parasites, or the use of coarse toilet paper. Apart from itching, hemorrhoids are also associated with bleeding, inflammation, inflammation, pain, or irritation. ( Click here to discover how to eliminate pain and itching quickly),\
- Try and observe your stools, short ones or hard ones display the lack of fiber.
- If they sink quickly to the bottom of toilet water, they lack fiber.
- Your stools should be one long piece and brownish.
- High fiber stools should be soft and they should float easily on the water.
What I Am Talking about is the Sitz Bath
A hot sitz bath is a kind of hemorrhoids treatment that uses warm water with a small mixture of Epsom salt or baking soda. The hot water relieves the pain and discomfort, while the Epsom salt or baking soda (whichever is actually used) will act as an antibacterial realtor that will cleanse the hemorrhoid from deep inside.
- Your inflamed hemorrhoids are not painful and you can touch them, gently push them back into the body cavity.
- This will prevent a lot of friction and inflammation as you will not be sitting directly on them.
- Don't push very hard or you can worsen the actual situation!
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This post is about a browser hijacker with the domain of Goodasfound.com which has been existed and propagated for over a month on the Internet. If you have never met this website before and know nothing about it, then you ought to count yourself lucky and be alert from now on as it is a precarious website that is dangerous to your computer. After reading this article, you will know what kind of malicious activities it will carry out on your PC. If your computer has been compromised by it and you can't find any effective method to get it disappeared from your PC, this post will assist you to solve this severe problem quickly.
What Is Goodasfound.com about?
If you have used computer for some time or even can manipulate it expertly, you must know some elementary knowledge about malware and online fraud even if you have not encounter any cyber threats, but you know the actual existence of them or at least you will know that there are some unpleasant things from the Internet will reduce computer performance significantly. Goodasfound.com is such a treacherous thing. It is a type of browser hijacker that falls under the category of malicious software (malware). If you are new to computer and Internet or know little about them, you might hear about that some strange website will pop up suddenly while computer users are viewing web page normally. This is one of the signs that some kind of cyber infection has penetrated into the targeted computer system. It is becoming a common phenomenon that a lot of computer users are not aware that their computers is harassed by crappy malware or virus even when the signs of infection are quite apparent and the situation of the computer is getting worse. They may simply think that is the natural result of the long-term use of their computers and do not pay attention to the usual changes, so that they miss the optimal opportunity to kick the malware out of the computers. If you don't know much about what is browser hijacker and how can you know the computer is affected by it, please check out the list below to find out if your computer has any of the symptoms of being infected.
1) Your default homepage gets replaced with Goodasfound.com or other unacquainted site;
2) Your default search engine is changed but it was not operated by you;
3) Unwanted browser extensions are installed on your browser surreptitiously;
4) Unsolicited website appears instead of the web page that you intend to visit;
5) Strange programs have been installed on your computer recently while you did not download them;
6) Intrusive pop-up advertisements or other advertising contents show up on your browser;
7) Goodasfound.com automatically opens when you start the computer;
8) This page shows up when you build a new tap;
9) The Internet connection speed is slow or unstable;
10) Fake error message or warnings claiming that your PC is unsafe now or you need to update the Flash Player or other programs appear on the browser.
Surely, the symptoms I listed above are the most common ones, but not limit to them. There can be some more obvious behaviors of this browser hijacker done on the computer on the sly, once you witness odd behaviors from your browser, you should instantly be aware of that your browser must be infected with some kind of browser hijacker. Even if you are not familiar with computer, from the examples that I have listed, you can at least learn that browser hijacker is a type of malware that can alter your browser settings and link you to unreliable websites. Though it is not as harmful as the virus, users should not underestimate the seriousness of its impact on the computer for it could become a serious threat to the system.
Goodasfound.com is a common browser hijacker that is exquisitely designed by unethical search providers or cyber criminals to get benefit. With the looking-friendly appearance, it has successfully earned lots of users' trust. The page layout seems reasonable and simple which just similar to the websites of other search engine like Google and Duckduckgo. I truly understand that why there are so many users are willing to use this website to do search work. I can see that Goodasfound.com acts like a decent search engine and the search results can be presented with several different categories including web, images, videos, news and shopping; however, users cannot realize what it really is until they start using this questionable search engine.
Users absolutely will not enter this website in normal times. Through a survey I have found that most of users visit this page involuntarily, they are forced to view this website for various reasons. Some victims of this infection said that this website turned to the homepage after they download the freeware, and some others mentioned that they were redirected to that page for they clicked on some pop-up prompts or the URL on other unsecure websites, but whatever the cause is, they did not go to this site by choice; they did that for they had no choice. From the unusual ways that this web page comes to our life we should be aware of its abnormality. Once this browser hijacker gains access to your computer, firstly it will make changes to the browser settings of all browsers that installed on your machine, which means that you will be unable to view web page or search information online normally unless you get rid of the browser hijacker.
Your start page, homepage and even the new tab will be changed to Goodasfound.com without obtaining your permission if your PC is compromised by it. The default search engine could be replaced furtively too. You may also find some unwanted browser extensions and add-ons related to this website attach to your browser. If this website automatically opens when you just login Windows, your Window Registry settings are falsified as it is set to be triggered with the computer system, so it would be a tough process for users to clear this browser hijacker out of their computers with the situation that the system settings have been modified. If you think it is not a big deal as it just a scampish search website that wants to increase its market share, you are making a serious mistake. Its negative impact should not be underestimated. If you insist on using it to do search and daily browsing, sooner or later you will find that its search results are useless. For example, if you search for shopping website or enter a name of the product that you wish to order, you will only get the website with low reputation and items with low quality. However, Goodasfound.com is not responsible for the risk that you click on the URLs provided by it. It allows advertising companies place ads on its website and even permit them to collect users' information via using cookies. Users will not know what kind of information they collect and what the information would be used for. There is a potential opportunity for illegal advertisers or cyber crooks to obtain the personal information without users' knowledge.
As you may know, online advertisements can appear on the browser in various forms such as video ads, interstitial ads, banner ads and the most typical form: pop-up ads. Those unwelcome ads usually are used to promote unpopular or even harmful programs. It is strongly suggested that all users keep off the ads or crappy things will land on the computers. Now you should understand Good As Found Search is not only malicious in itself, but it cause other malware and lots of serious computer problems. There is no reason for you to keep it on your computer, once it shows up on your browser, you should just remove it and you can use an antivirus program if needed. If you have no idea about what you how to deal with this browser hijacker, you can simply follow the removal methods in the next section.
Goodasfound.com/Good As Found Search Removal Guides
Tips: It would cost you at least 20 minutes to perform the manual removal, if you are in a hurry and want to remove the browser hijacker quickly without effort, you can try to use a professional removal tool which is definitely safe to use to help you. Click here to download now!
Step 1 Remove Goodasfound.com/Good As Found Search from your browser (IE/Chrome/Firefox)
Remove it from Internet Explorer:
1. Run IE browser and tap Alt+T keys combination to bring up the Tools menu;
2. Select Manage add-ons from the drop menu;
3. Select All add-ons under the 'Show:' drop-down menu;
4. Find the suspicious add-on and click on Disable;
5. Move to Search Providers from the list on the left, if you find the unwanted provider has been set as default, you need to choose the preferred one and set as default, and then you are allowed to remove the unwanted search providers;
6. Back to Tools menu and select Internet options;
7. Click on Reset… in Advanced tab;
8. Please tick on Delete personal Settings and then click on Reset;
9. Relaunch IE browser.
If Goodasfound.com still forcibly occupies your homepage, please try the steps below:
1. Right click Internet Explorer's shortcut and select Properties;
2. In the Shortcut tab, delete all text (http://goodasfound.com/…) after "C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe" in the Target field and click on OK;
3. Relaunch the browser.
Remove it from Google Chrome:
1. Run Chrome browser, tap Alt+E keys combination to bring up the Chrome menu and select Settings;
2. Select Extensions tab, click the trash bin icon of the unwanted extensions;
3. Select Settings tab, click on Manage search engines… under Search;
4. The currently default search engine is displayed in bold text and users have to make another one as default before they remove the malicious one;
5. Click on the X mark to delete Goodasfound search engine from Chrome and click on Done;
6. When back to the Settings page, click on Show advanced settings…;
7. Choose Reset settings;
8. Click on Reset;
9. Restart Chrome browser.
If Goodasfound.com still forcibly occupies your homepage, please try the steps below:
1. Right click Google Chrome's shortcut and select Properties;
2. In the Shortcut tab, delete all text (http://goodasfound.com/…) after "C:Program FilesGoogleChromeApplicationchrome.exe" in the Target field and click on OK;
Remove it from Mozilla Firefox:
1. Run Firefox browser, tap Ctrl+Shift+A keys combination to bring up the window of Add-ons;
2. Click Remove button of the extension that you wish to remove from the browser;
3. Move your cursor to the search bar of Firefox browser, left click on a blank space (with any text on the search bar) and select Change Search Settings;
4. Remove the unsafe search engine from the list;
5. Open Troubleshooting Information from Help Menu;
6. Click on Refresh Firefox…;
7. Click on Refresh Firefox;
8. Restart Firefox browser.
If Goodasfound.com still forcibly occupies your homepage, please try the steps below:
1. Right click on Firefox's shortcut and select Properties;
2. In the Shortcut tab, delete all text (http://goodasfound.com/…) after "D:DownloadsFirefoxfirefox.exe" in the Target field and click on OK;
3. Restart the browser.
Step 2 Remove Goodasfound.com/Good As Found Search from Windows
1. Use Windows+R key combination to display Run dialog box, input appwiz.cpl and click OK;
2. Find the suspicious program that generated by the browser hijacker and eliminate it by clicking on Uninstall. ( The picture below is used for demonstration purposes only.)
Step 3 Scan your computer system for all potential threats
In fact, you can use them to delete the browser hijacker directly and quickly. The antivirus program below can help you detect any malicious items on your computer, but you may be required to pay for the product if you want to remove the malware they find.
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The following video offers a complete guide for Goodasfound.com/Good As Found Search redirect virus removal. You'd better watch it in full-screen mode!


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#Change11 :: How Now Sweet Cow? – the Social Artist who disrupted my MOOC learning
|@Gordon_L @jimgroom I showed ur MOOCcow here today
in Lyon @ #fossa2011 as example of openess in other domains.
Talked abt #ds106 too
NancyWhite via Twitter for iPhone
Found the above in my twitter stream the other day so ventured right out of Lurkdom for Nancy White's presentation and now I'm so enthused I want to tackle this weeks assignment – find stories about social artists in their learning life! Trouble is – no inspiration yet!
MOOCow Mooc Cow
Gordon_L Gordon
|MC: Well thanks G – yup I've gotten a learning life! Look no further G, I'm a Social Artist !
G: 🙂 🙂 – sorry MOOCow but that's really funny !
MC: Don't I help create social learning spaces where people can work and learn together? Look at me in this pic at Opened11 inspiring Jim Groom to do his thing !!
G: It depends on what you mean by working and learning – I don't see much of that in this or any other MOOC! Why, in my day I'd be up studying at the crack of dawn, 3 lectures before lunch and labs all afternoon before a couple of hours in the library at night. Now that's real learning! The only exam I ever failed was engineering drawing so at least I learned I was no good at drawing or graphics stuff.
Jim Groom introduces MOOCs during a rollicking keynote at opened11. "Open education is not a resource, it's an experience"
|MC: Err .. what about your drawing of me then, the iconic MOOC Cow, now popping up all over the web?
G: Huh! – oh that was LibreOffice and I used somebody else's cow drawing so all the fuss took me by surprise – I'm no artist.
MC: But you learned to reuse and remix! Take it from me, MOOCs possess superpowers in the unexpected.
G: I'm not saying I haven't learned anything at all in these MOOCs but I'm quite capable of going off and teaching myself rather than being forced to comment on peoples' blogs or play silly games in chatrooms.
MC: Look G, MOOCs move around in the informal social regions that normally surround other courses, so it's hardly surprising that quite unexpected things happen. What you learn is unpredictable and uncontrollable and probably not what you think of as 'academic'. If I could tell you what's being learned right now in this very MOOC !! People changing long-held beliefs, challenging their employers, taking their communities to new levels, making life-long friends, finding new lovers ….
G: Hey! – steady on MOOCow, I am British you know! All I can say is that apart from the cow drawing nothing very unexpected has happened to me.
|MC: Does it have to be about you? What about your young grandson?
G: Eh?
MC: You gave him a copy of your drawing so then he wanted to do one for himself. Now he's learned how to find an image, copy it, load LibreOffice, paste in the image, adorn it with stars and fancy fonts – all by himself and he's only 7! Here's one of the pics he did – what do you think of that?.
G: Well OK yes, and I'm very proud of him but what's this got to do with MOOCs?
MC: You've learned to teach by example G! Look, one of the very few wise things you ever said about a MOOC is that it's NOT really a course, at least in any conventional sense. The name, 'MOOC' has stuck and maybe that's unfortunate but as far as learning is concerned, expect the unexpected! Like, how's photography?
Grandson (7) follows G's example and learns to mix and mash his own computer drawings.
|G: Photography? Now you're quite off topic MOOCow!
MC: Remember that nice Australian lady on your last MOOC who commented on your blog and then encouraged you to put up some photos onto Flickr and then made some really positive comments on them – mediocre though your photos assuredly were!
G: I thought they were OK! Hmm … I see what you mean though but I get tired of making comments on peoples' blogs, particularly when I try to be helpful and they don't even bother to respond.
MC: They're all in a MOOC for different reasons G and haven't you noticed how different humans are? Some, like you, are shrinking violets, wouldn't say "Boo!" to a goose, while others comment on every comment going, blogging and twittering away like mad every single day of the week. Besides, some are not so um, ….. less mature than you. Anyway, I didn't see you interacting much during Nancy White's presentation!
For jam, but spurred on by comments from Down Under, G learns to improve his photography. (OK, OK … he's a slow learner!)
|G: Well, I didn't know how to work the pencil, I don't have a mike, she was speaking too quickly, my PC was on the blink – OK I'm British and I just don't do interaction !
MC: THEN GET OVER IT! – or not, it's completely up to you G. As a social artist I paint with a very broad brush – you alone decide exactly where you want to fit into the big picture. Well I'm off to do another presentation now but here's a thought for you. When your grandson's an old f*** like you he might just want to dig into the archives where I'm storing every single word, letter and pixel generated by you and your cronies on this and every other MOOC – Byeee !!
Wow! …. Well I guess this is where I wake up and find it's all some sort of bad dream?
MOOCow Mooc Cow
M-M-MMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCC !! #change11 #socialartist
0 secs ago via Twitter for CowPhone
Hmm … think I'd better nominate MOOCow as a Social Artist for the assignment.
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I'm slow to find it, but BRILLIANT! I love it. I am fighting a cold, woke up grumpy then found your post. I was reading it aloud in funny voices! Humor is under-appreciated in "serious" learning sometimes! (And the MOOC cow IS fabulous, visually and for it's content, and by that I don't mean milk or crap!)
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Fine Art Prints
All fine art prints are not created equally. At Slone Art we take pride in knowing that our fine art prints are made of the very best materials and that we can offer our collectors a fine art print that is not only beautiful but also of the highest possible quality.
All our fine art prints are signed and numbered by Slone and are accompanied with authenticity documentation. He will not release a print if he's not completely satisfied with the quality of the print. Having Slone personally check each print before signing it, ensures that it meets his standards for accuracy and color matching. When his signature is on it, it means it's acheived his standards and he's proud to call it his own.
After years of research and trial and error, we found that the best fine art prints are created using the Giclee process. Giclee, uses a specialized printer to deliver a fine stream of ink onto archival paper or canvas. It results in museum-quality art of incredibly vivid color, depth, and resolution that captures the essence of the artist's intent.
All our fine art prints are signed and numbered by Slone and are accompanied with authenticity documentation. He will not release a print if he's not completely satisfied with the quality of the print. Having Slone personally check each print before signing it, ensures that it meets his standards for accuracy and color matching. When his signature is on it, it means he's proud to call it his own.
Most times the process of Fine art printing can be repeated numerous times, creating a limited edition. Slone's editions are usually small, often totalling less than 100 peices in the edition, making them more valuable to collectors. We make it a point to not saturate the market. Sometimes a fine art print is retouched or added to afterwards, making it unique or one-of-a-kind, we refer to these special prints as 'embellished'.
What is an edition?
When all the prints created are identical, this is called an 'Edition'. The artist generally limits the edition to a certain number of his choice. He then hand signs, dates and indicates the number of each individual piece and the total number of copies in the edition, for example, Richard T. Slone '09 5/100. Each peice from the edition is accompanied with authenticity documents.
Bon à tirer/Master Print
Every edition has what is called the Bon à tirer (the best of the edition) also known as the Master print. There is only one of these, the model of perfection. Next to the original this print is often the most valuable and sought after peice of the edition.
Hors de Comerce (H/C)
Occasionally you can come across prints marked with H/C. This stands for Hors de Comerce, or "Not for Sale". These are prints made extra to the edition and the artist's proofs that the artist intended to give away as presents or simply not for sale. Given the fact that there are very few of these, over time and especially if the artist's popularity continues to grow, the Hors de Comerce prints have a higher commercial and collectors value than those within the numbered edition.
The artist's proofs
While the artist is the creator, it is not uncommon for the actual printing to be done by an expert printmaker. However, the first few prints are made at least in the presence of the artist who can then make any necessary modifications or changes to create accurate colors and so forth. These prints are called the artist's proofs. Each one is considered a unique and one-of-a-kind artwork and has a higher commercial value than the rest of the edition. Generally they make up between 5% and 10% of the total edition number. Therefore the edition may be 100 and there are 10 artists proofs totalling 110 images all together. The proofs are marked with A.P, for example: 2/5 A.P. (second of the 5 total proofs).
Limited Edition
When the artist is satisfied with the proofs. The edition is created. The 'Edition' is generally limited to a certain number selected by the artist. Slone rarely makes his edition's larger than 100 peices. He then indicates in pencil or paint (usually in the bottom corner) the number of each individual piece and the total number of copies in the edition, for example, 5/100.
Valuing fine art prints
Although we take advantage of digital printmaking which has the best ability to capture and accuratly recreate Slone's artwork. Years ago, prints were often made using a 'plate'. Those plates deteriorated slightly each time they were used, ceause of this, a print marked 1/40 is usually more valuable and was better quality than one marked 39/40. This tradition is not true of the giclee process of printing - with the help of modern technology we ensure all of our prints are perfect, without deteriation. However lower numbers in the edition are still most sought after. In valuing fine art prints, you should also take into consideration the total number of the edition. A smaller edition number is always more valuable than a larger one, as there are less pieces circulating and in existence. It is mostly up to the artist how many pieces he will print for any one edition.
Additional updates will continue to be added in the coming weeks. Including the 'In Studio with Slone' section, lots of never seen before artwork and tons of news articles will be added. Please be sure to check back with us. Don't forget to register with us (see login at the top of page) to join our mailing list and be entered to win some great artwork, first looks at new editions and special behind the scenes stuff.
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