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Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash makes his
directorial production debut with Nothing Left to Fear, about a preacher and his family who arrive in the rural town of Stull to start a new life. But even a Hellmouth can't make this little horror town interesting.
According to real-life local folklore, a graveyard in Stull, Kansas, serves as one of the gateways to Hell. That's the seed from which Nothing Left to Fear germinates. Dan (James Tupper) is a pastor who has uprooted his family from their city lives because he believes that God has called him to minister to the people of Kansas. They're a perfectly killable fivesome, with Dan accompanied by his wife (Anne Heche), teenage daughters Mary (Jennifer Stone) and Rebecca (Rebekah Brandes), and young son (Carter Cabassa). They get a warm welcome from the locals that assuages any fears they might have had about making such a big move. In their washed-out plaids and floral prints, they look like they'll fit right in.
But of course, Kansas was put on this Earth to be a receptacle for our religiously themed horrors, and soon the girls are plagued by prophetic nightmares. In the waking world, sheep are slaughtered and drained of blood, baked goods prove nefarious, and Stull's retired pastor (Clancy Brown) may not be so retired after all. As the sense of menace grows, Rebecca finds herself drawn to Noah (Ethan Peck), a young man whose presence in the town is a bit of a mystery.
There are actually quite a few interesting ideas swirling around Nothing Left to Fear, and it's worth watching if you're interested in picking apart the Judeo-Christian and pagan symbols—and the morality of what the people of Stull are doing—rather than in genuine scares. The film's chief sin, however, is that it utterly lacks texture. For all the time we spend with the family and in Stull, we don't really get to know either, so that when the violence starts, it's hard to feel afraid for anyone. Between that and the rather routine images of supernatural possession (which are largely featured on the movie's poster), rather than shuddering at the harm headed at Rebecca's family, we're impatient to get on with it so that we can find out what the literal heck is going on in this town.
It's a shame that the film keeps its focus so squarely on Rebecca without drifting out to the town as a whole. Living on a Hellmouth seems like a stressful (not to mention precarious) position to be in, and if Nothing Left to Fear had explored the impact on the other folks living in Stull, the film could have had a touch of truly chilling religious thrillers like Frailty. Ultimately, it's a film that will leave viewers with a bit to think about, but more for what it failed to include than for anything it shows on-screen.
Edit: I mistakenly credited Slash as the director of the film. He produced the film, which was directed by Anthony Leonardi III.
Nothing Left to Fear is currently running in a limited theatrical release, and is also available On Demand.


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Game (n.) : Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
Game (v. i.) : Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
Game (v. i.) : A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
Game (v. i.) : The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
Game (v. i.) : That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
Game (v. i.) : In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
Game (v. i.) : A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
Game (v. i.) : Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
Game (a.) : Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
Game (a.) : Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
Game (n.) : To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
Game (n.) : To play at any sport or diversion.
Game (n.) : To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.


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Eurostat now suspects that other European nations, potentially even crisis-stricken Italy, could be hiding the extent of their debt problem using swaps just like Greece has.
If multiple nations have been fooling the Eurozone's own statistical office, then we really can't be sure what the Eurozone's aggregate financial situation really is, now can we.
This could be bad news for the euro if the practice was widespread:
"In case there is reason to expect that these kind of techniques have been used by other member states, not only Greece, then we will request information from other member states," said Mr Rehn.
The Finnish politician said Eurostat had no evidence of other capitals using the swaps, but the statistics agency was also unaware of Athens' activities until very recently.
Media reports over the weekend said Europe's other chronic big spender, Italy, has also used the off-balance sheet items in the past to hide its debt pile.
Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou told journalists on Monday: "Greece was not the only country using them. They have since been made illegal and Greece has not used them since."
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The CompactFlash Association Announces Development of XQD 2.0 SpecificationThe CompactFlash Association has announced the development of the XQD 2.0 specification, sponsored by Sony Corporation.
For those of you that are not familiar with XQD, it's a memory card format that uses PCI Express as a data transfer interface, and was first announced in November 2010 by SanDisk, Sony and Nikon, and was picked up by the CompactFlash Association for development. Lexar recently announced that it would be manufacturing XQD cards in the future, too.
The Final specification for XQD was announced in December 2011, and was adopted by Nikon for use with the Nikon D4 Digital SLR; and because of it's fast transfer rates and high storage capacities, Sony intends to use the XQD format in future Broadcast Camcorders, too.
Sony recently announced faster XQD S-series cards, as we reported earlier this month in our article titled Sony Sets a Speed Record with XQD Memory Cards.
But, to allow even faster performance in the future, development of a newer XQD 2.0 specification has been announced by the CompactFlash Association. The same connector interface by XQD 1.0 cards will be used by newer cards based on XQD 2.0. That will allow backwards compatibility with devices already in the market that use XQD. For example, the Nikon D4 and Sony's XQD Card Readers. Yet, the new format will have features like VPG (Video Performance Guarantee) with profiles capable of supporting digital intermediate formats like ProRes, DPX and DNXhd.
In addition, the cards can make use of a higher performance PCI Express 3.0 interface, which supports transfer speeds up to 1,000MB/Second.
We here at Steve's have noticed that some of the newer video cards from Nvidia and AMD can also make use of the faster speeds the PCI Express 3.0 interface can provide, while maintaining backwards compatibility with PCs that have PCIe 2.0 interfaces; and it's interesting to see memory cards that leverage the benefits of the PCI Express interface design.
The CompactFlash Association is targeting the completion of the XQD 2.0 specification for the second half of this year. See the full press release below.
The CompactFlash Association Invites Participation on XQDTM 2.0
XQDTM2.0 Format Leverages PCI-SIG
Gen 3 to Deliver
up to 1,000MB/sec
Sequential Transfers
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS
CompactFlash Association (CFA) is pleased to announce the development
of the XQD 2.0 specification, sponsored by Sony Corporation. The XQD
2.0 specification will be developed in the XQD Technical Workgroup
and will leverage the XQD 1.0 specification which was released
October 2010. Additional participation in this specification
development will be welcomed.
XQD 1.0 cards and connectors are already available in the
marketplace. XQD 2.0 will leverage the same connector interface as
XQD 1.0 interface for higher performance and backward compatibility.
Host manufacturers and media manufacturers will be able to leverage
the next generation of PCI Express® technology to serve the high
performance requirements of this market. The new format will have VPG
(Video Performance Guarantee) capability with profiles capable of
supporting digital intermediate formats such as ProResTM,
DPXTM, and
The key features of the XQD 2.0 format will include:
Professional form-factor
- Dimensions : 38.5mm x 29.6mm x
Durable & Robust
High Performance Interface
- PCI Express 3.0: 8Gbps (up to
Legacy support for PCI Gen 1 and Gen 2
Video Performance Guarantee
Support for VPG New Profiles
Superior Power Management
5mW standby power
"The XQD 2.0 format will enable hardware and imaging
applications to leverage the performance benefits of the well
established PCI Express infrastructure allowing for many years of
higher performance and backward compatible products. The Video
Performance Guarantee Features of XQD 2.0 will also widen its appeal
meeting the needs of higher end video applications," said Mr.
Shigeto Kanda of Canon, chairman of the board, CFA.
If you would like to participate in developing the XQD 2.0
specification, please contact the CFA office to inquire about
membership and/or joining the XQD Technical Workgroup or the CFA
website http://www.compactflash.org.
CFA is targeting for the XQD 2.0 specification to be available in the
second half of 2012.
The CFA (logo), CF (logo), CF+ and CFast are trademarks of the CFA
and are licensed royalty free to its members. The CFA is a licensee
of the CompactFlash® and XQD trademarks and in turn will license it
royalty free to its members.
CompactFlash Association
Mike Asao, +1-650-843-1220
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Virtual Reality and Picture Books and then some more thoughts on VR…
Ever since I first heard of the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality (VR) headset I've been following its development very closely. The idea of VR has been around since 1950s with the arcade-style theatre cabinet Sensorama, or depending on your definition of VR, as far back as 1838.
Unfortunately, to date, all attempts at commercialising VR have failed. The first affordable VR system was release by Nintendo in 1995. It was called the "Virtual Boy" but the technology requirements for VR, to deliver an exciting and immersive experience, just wasn't ready. So unsurprisingly it flopped.
Fast forward to 2016 and we're in the year where several well- established companies (HTC and Valve, Oculus Rift owned by Facebook, Samsung and Sony) are releasing the first affordable VR system for the home. Will VR flop again? Well, only time will tell but if you believe the many thousands of online reviews, 2016 will be the year when VR is finally ready for primetime.
A discussion that is ubiquitous in its absence is whether VR will affect how we consume books and in particular, picture books. Audio books could be setup like campfire stories. Storyteller VR has a very interesting concept which I really liked. You could have the author of your favourite book reading the story to you in an appropriate environment. Imagine J.K. Rowling reading from the Philosopher's stone at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Cool huh? Equally, you could be sat next to say, Oliver Jeffers while he reads you one of his many charming books! Or, you could have a Virtual copy of a book, where you choose the environment you want to read it in (a forest, a desert, on top of a skyscraper in New York, you name it) with soundscapes and sound effects to enhance your reading experience.
I illustrate my books in Blender, a 3D software package, which means I create everything in a 3D space. VR would permit me to put the reader in this space, and with a bit of clever programming, allow them to walk around and explore my imaginary world. But then I wonder whether a static world and its statue-like inhabitants would work as a VR experience.
I have noticed that many authors turn their picture books into simple animations. Have a look at The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers here. This is something I would love to do with my books but having the option to turn it into a VR film would be amazing. The animation could be projected into a virtual cinema, in a traditional movie like experience, where the viewer will look at a huge screen while remaining seated. You could have things coming out of the screen towards you, like 3D cinema but in a much more immersive way. You could, for example, have one of the film's character sit next to you while you watch the film. Or, as mentioned before, put the viewer in the middle of the action. This would present a whole range of new challenges, the main challenge being: how to keep the viewer's eye on the action. I guess cues like, light, sound and action would direct the viewer's attention to the story being told, much like the tricks employed by a theatre play. But this would be more like a movie and not a reading experience.
I do not know how this technology will affect the way in which we read picture books. But I do know that I'm incredibly excited about VR and I hope that this time around, it will be a success. A new medium brings so much opportunity and I'm hoping that one day I will be able to experiment with VR and introduce you to my stories in this virtual environment. Imagine that!
I don't want to get carried away with this notion just yet. My own experience with VR has been extremely limited and the technology is at its infancy. But on the 30th January I will go and see David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef Dive at the Natural History Museum in London. This is a VR – 360° video experience that takes you into deep underwater to explore Australia's world famous reef system. It's supposed to make you feel as if you're being taken on a private guided tour sitting in a submersible beside Attenborough. The Virtual Reality headset used is the Samsung Gear VR. I've heard some pretty cool stuff about it, so I will finally find out whether VR lives up to the hype. I've looked for online reviews of the event and although reviews have been generally positive, very little mention has been given to the VR experience itself. No word about how immersive or the effectiveness in showing the film in this new medium, which is very odd, considering it's one of the first VR events organised by NHM. Anyway, on 30th I will get to experience this and I can't wait.
How do you consume your media?
According to an article in the Daily Telegraph, our traditional TV viewing habits are changing dramatically. It is noted that: "major shift in viewing patterns persists after so-called millennials get their own home and have kids".
I came across the article just as I had just started to illustrate the part in my book where millions of people across the world fall under the spell of Pete's enchanted book, when the spell is broadcasted around the world.
Personally, I don't consume media exclusively on one device and these days it's pretty safe to say, that's true for most people. I guess that how we consume our media depends entirely on the type of media and the situation / environment we're in, so my illustrations reflect that, I hope.
Although the Telegraph article is mainly talking about the millennial generation (people born in the early 1980s to the early 2000s) I would argue that today's major shift in viewing patterns is not exclusively applicable to them. I've seen the changing viewing patterns of my parents who, in their early 70s, have abandoned the traditional way of consuming media (newspapers and TV) for the internet, devouring their news and entertainment on laptops, mobiles and tablets.
Go "Silent Generation" go!
Changes in the way we consume and share information have changed at incredible pace. Just think – in 1982 in the UK, there were just three TV channels that, like the pubs, usually 'closed down' at about 11pm. By 2002 major consumer brand owners could no longer advertise on TV effectively anymore – not only were there numerous competing channels, but a wide number of media appliances competed for the general public's time too, like DVDs and with the arrival of the internet, computers.
Then came social media and suddenly people spent more time in front of the computer screen than the TV, interacting and connecting instead of sitting passively on the couch. By 2014, there were six billion mobile phones in operation, worldwide. Thirty-two percent of the world's population has Internet access, and is rising faster because you no longer need a computer for media consumption.
This fast pace of change has a moral for artists. Certainly, what I've learned from illustrating this particular section of my picture book is that including today's gadget is not necessarily a very good idea if you want your story to have relevance and longevity. I'm certain that in a few years' time my illustrations will look very dated. But I'm curious to see how thechnology and the way we interact with it, will develop over the years to come. I'm sure a revised edition of my book will be necessary in the not too distant future.


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hi dear ones,
Black Hole
According to the general theory of relativity, a black hole is a region of space from which nothing, including light, can escape. It is the result of the deformation of spacetime caused by a very compact mass. Around a black hole there is an undetectable surface which marks the point of no return, called an event horizon. It is called "black" because it absorbs all the light that hits it, reflecting nothing, just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics. Under the theory of quantum mechanics black holes possess a temperature and emit Hawking radiation.
Despite its invisible interior, a black hole can be observed through its interaction with other matter. A black hole can be inferred by tracking the movement of a group of stars that orbit a region in space. Alternatively, when gas falls into a stellar black hole from a companion star, the gas spirals inward, heating to very high temperatures and emitting large amounts of radiation that can be detected from earthbound and Earth-orbiting telescopes.
Astronomers have identified numerous stellar black hole candidates, and have also found evidence of supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies. After observing the motion of nearby stars for 16 years, in 2008 astronomers found compelling evidence that a supermassive black hole of more than 4 million solar masses is located near the Sagittarius A* region in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
white hole
In astrophysics, a white hole is the hypothetical time reversal of a black hole. While a black hole acts as an attractor, drawing in any matter that crosses the event horizon, a white hole acts as a source that ejects matter from its event horizon. The sign of the acceleration is invariant (unchanged) under time reversal, so both black and white holes attract matter. The only potential difference between them is in the behavior at the horizon.
Black hole event horizons can only "suck up" matter, while white hole horizons ostensibly recede from any incoming matter at the local speed of light, so that the infalling matter never crosses. The infalling matter is then scattered and re-emitted at the death of the white hole, receding to infinity after having come close to the final singular point where the white hole is destroyed. The total proper time until an infalling object encounters the singular endpoint is the same as the proper time to be swallowed by a black hole, so the white hole picture does not say what happens to the infalling matter. Ignoring the classically unpredictable emissions of the white hole, the white hole and black hole are indistinguishable for external observers.
In quantum mechanics, the black hole emits Hawking radiation, and so can come to thermal equilibrium with a gas of radiation. Since a thermal equilibrium state is time reversal invariant, Stephen Hawking argued that the time reverse of a black hole in thermal equilibrium is again a black hole in thermal equilibrium. This implies that black holes and white holes are the same object. The Hawking radiation from an ordinary black hole is then identified with the white hole emission. Hawking's semi-classical argument is reproduced in a quantum mechanical AdS/CFT treatment, where a black hole in anti-de Sitter space is described by a thermal gas in a gauge theory, whose time reversal is the same as itself.
In physics and fiction, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a 'shortcut' through space and time. Although they are very popular in science fiction, there is no actual evidence that they exist. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional (2-D) surface (see illustration, right). Now, if we 'fold' this surface along a (non-existant) 3rd dimension, it allows us to picture a wormhole 'bridge'. (Please note, though, that this image is merely a visualization displayed to convey an essentially unimaginable structure existing in 4 or more dimensions.) A wormhole is, in theory, much like a tunnel with two ends each in separate points in space-time.
There is no observational evidence for wormholes, and, although wormholes are valid solutions in general relativity, this is only true if exotic matter can be used to stabilize them. Even if the wormhole is stabilized, the slightest fluctuation in space would collapse it. If such exotic matter — that is, matter with negative mass — does not exist, all wormhole-containing solutions to Einstein's field equations are vacuum solutions, which require an impossible vacuum, free of all matter and energy. There is no evidence or experimental suggestion that wormholes do exist, except as predictions of certain (exotic) physical models. Wormholes allowed by current physical theories might arise spontaneously, but would vanish nearly instantaneously, and would likely be undetectable.
The American theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler coined the term wormhole in 1957; however, in 1921, the German mathematician Hermann Weyl already had proposed the wormhole theory, in connection with mass analysis of electromagnetic field energy.
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Ive been using a method to access my Skydrive files in explorer without the need for the Skydrive app. The process is explained here: How To Map SkyDrive Folder As Network Drive In Windows 8 And RT .
It works great on 1 pc I use but on another it doesn't. The problem is it is only showing the Public folder and nothing else. I cant work out why this is the case.
It accepts my credentials fine and connects the drive it just doesn't show the files there. It also doesn't allow me to upload anything else to the drive.
I cant find anyone else that's had this problem let alone a solution. I would greatly appreciate any help.
Thanks Matt
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Hello Omnislash,
Using the SkyDrive desktop app is the easiest way to accomplish this in Windows 8.
However, in Windows 8.1, SkyDrive is fully integrated without the need of the desktop app.
Hope this helps some,
I installed Gladinet & SDExplorer and I can copy any files without any problems from my laptop to Skydrive.
But using Windows 7 (x64) Network mapping method as described here:
How to Upload & Sync Files to SkyDrive from Windows Explorer
Im not able to copy any jpg files in Windows Explorer. Only doc files and stuff.
I get a "Destination Folder Access Denied: You need permission to perform this action" error.
Im confused since copying of any files does work with Gladinet and SDExplorer.
Anyhelp is appreciated.
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I have a Linksys BEFSR81 router and a Linksys WAP54G connected to it. I recently installed a Linksys Network Storage Link NSLU2 to the network with a Maxtor One Touch HD. I have been able to map the new network drive to my computer that is connected to the router, but I'm unable to map the drive on my second computer that is connected to the network via the AP. However I can ping the Linksys NAS from my wireless computer.
like most NAS devices, the Linksys nslu2 has built in security administered through a web browser. You probably need to create a user acount for the wirelessly-attached computer, either by machine name, IP address, user id, or some combination of the above. You may also have to grant permission to the user or user group for the specific share you are trying to map. hope this helps.
I am trying to map a network drive to a remote server. The server is not on the same network as the computer I am trying to map the drive on.
I have the external IP address, the port number, and the drive letter on the server. I have entered
http://external IP Address:Port Number/drive letter. I get an error message stating that the drive path is incorrect.
I am using the network drive mapping wizard in the Computer screen.
The remote server is part of a local network with 3 other computers. The external port number is assigned using my router at the remote location. The internal port number has not been changed. The server has been assigned a static
internal IP at the remote location.
I need help with the proper syntax for mapping the drive to the remote server. I can't get my Windows 7 machine to connect to the server. I can remote into the server using RDP using the external IP and the port number.
How do I map a drive to my remote server? Please be specific as I am not that familiar with networking.
I am trying to access a database on the server for use on the remote workstation. I need to map two drives to the server to accomplish this. I have been carrying the data on a portable hard drive, but this is not a good solution as I have to
update the data on the server and on the hard drive and I am afraid I am going to lose something important or over write files that I need.
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You need open the port in firewall first:
Open a port in Windows Firewall
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Ok. I mapped my college snap server on windows 7 professional. I just upgraded to windows 7 ultimate, so I know what I need to change. I went into local security policy, and changed Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level to Send LM & NTLM Responses. I go to map it, and I get the servername and share right, and I type in the login details CONC\F101 for username, and nothing for password. However, it refuses to let me login. I've tried several fixes from google, including adding a key in my regedit and nothing works. Any ideas?
I'm not sure which server your trying to get into here but maybe these adjustments will help.
Set Minimum session security for NTLM SSP
Disable Require 128-bit encryption
i'm having problems mapping network drives, I used to map them and no user or password was asked to be inputed, now it does, can anyone help?
That is because the PC that you are mapping the drive from has a password protected user account, there should be a tick box that allows you to save the password.
Hello all,
I was trying to create a batch file to enable some windows services and run a MSI from Microsoft to allow me to get rid of the access is denied for shutting down multiple computers on the network.
This THREAD (external Site) helped me get it working at home however at work there is 20 + computer and doing this on all would be abit tedious, so i figured making a batch file to do it would be more efficient.
So far this is what I have in my batch file
sc config RemoteRegistry start= auto
sc start RemoteRegistry
Stat 50005fix.msi
Click to expand...
The only part I'm not sure on is the step 3 (firewall) step.
I seen this online
netsh firewall set service fileandprintClick to expand...
but this was for a Windows 2008 server and was unsure if this would work for win7 / win8 pc's or if i added
netsh firewall set service type = FILEANDPRINT mode = ENABLEClick to expand...
Also why experimenting with my home computer that using shutdown /i will shut down the remote computer but the following command:
shutdown /s /m \\FAMILY-PC /t 60 /c Test
pauseClick to expand...
will give a access is denied message.
Thanks, flyer0101.
I am in need of some help.
I am doing some admin work on our LAN data server, and i had access to network drive (thru samba).
It worked all the time, but nowadays, when i try to attach it, it asks for login
At first i blamed admin for this, but it seems that the problem is on my side, cuz he says it's all set as it used to before.
Can this have anything to do with something problematic on my side? or do u guys think that this is solelly problem on the server itself.
It seems most likely the user account setting in Samba or Windows.
Questions to help isolate trouble :
1. Can you login samba server successfully by valid user and password?
2. Does it happen to all users?
3. Have you recently change configuration in Linux or Windows?
Dear all,
I am using on my network a server running windows 2003 and 2 client computers running windows xp pro. I have created a folder on my server named "user files" and have created multiple folders, each named after the users. I have mapped each of these folders for each user under the letter U:, but to do this i have to logon to each user account, does anyone know a way that can automatically create and map this folder when i create a new user?
I would say the easiest way would be to make a Domain logon GPO and assign a batch file that has - net use U: \\Server\Share in it. This way as the users are created in the OU you apply the GPO to they will all have the mapped drive.
Running Windows 7 64 bit.
I have mapped a network drive (actually it's a remote site that I rent space on) successfully through a product called Gladinet; when I try to map the same spot it does not complete successfully. I use the map network drive function under My Computer but I use the link at the bottom which says 'Connect to a website that you can use to store your documents and pictures'. Whenever I try it spins for a while and then comes back to where you put your username and password in.
Any idea why?
When you try to connect to a remote file share like Gladinet, if you don't specify a username and password, it uses the username and password that you used to logon to your computer. If this is not the same username and password for the remote file share, it will prompt you for a username and password.
Generally, Gladinet requires an additional program to connect to its Cloud Storage. I'd suggest you check out the Gladinet Support Forum or connect Gladinet Tech Support for help.
I am just setting up a network with windows server 2003.
I need to write a login script that will map a drive when the user logs in.
I used:
net use f: \\server name\share
but it will not map
what am I doing wrong?
DOes the share exist and do you have the proper permissions for that share to be accessed from your account? If you don't have the proper permissions it will not map a drive.
I have a VPN connection which establishes without any problems.
Netgear FVL328 --> Windows XP sp2 using Netgear prosafe client.
Once the tunnel is established I can ping any of the PC's on the network but cannot map to a shared resource on the network.
When I run the 'net use' cmd I receive the error 'network path cannot be found'
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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I have three computers in my office. 2 are on windows 10 home, the third laptop is running windows 8.1 home. I have mapped a network drive from one of the windows 10 computers. The other windows 10 computer can access it no problem. When I try and connect
the windows 8 laptop, using exactly the same settings etc it comes up with the following error message "log on failure, user not granted requested log on type." Please help its driving me mad!!!
HI guys
I'm trying to solve a network issue to allow an old XP desktop to be connected to a new NAS drive.
ISP is Virgin media
Router is Netgear wnr2000-100UKS
Netgear ethernet switch
attached devices:
XP desktop (ethernet wired)
Vista desktop (ethernet wired)
MAc Laptop (wireless)
Ipod touch (wireless)
Brother Network printer (ethernet wired)
MYBOOKWORLD 1TB NAS (ethernet Wired)
Everything works except for the XP cannot map to the MYbook world drive to back up data.
I can ping the IP address for the device 192.168.1.2 and can also ping the server name "Mybookworld"
Have tried mapping the network drive both manually and with WD software with no success.
Gut feel is that there is a network setting incorrect somewhere but not sure what else to try?
Any help appreciated...
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I have a mapped network drive that will not reconnect at logon. If I double clik on that drive in "my computer" it will log on and is ok until the next restart.
You could create a logon script (just a batch file) using the net use command and put it in your Windoze startup. When you first create the mapping in windoze explorer it gives you the option to reconnect at logon.
Here's my problem:
- I've installed a Seagate 160gb removable USB hard drive on a PC that I use in my office as a file server. It's running XP Pro. The drive works great - I can copy to it, etc. - but only from the server. The drive is labelled "F" and I have shared it. I can see it from anywhere on the server.
Problem is, I can't seem to map it from my workstation. I can browse to the drive in the "Map Network Drive" dialog box, but when I try to complete the mapping, I get the error "Not enough server storage is available to process this command".
I have no problem mapping the internal drives - any ideas why this isn't working?
Thanks for your help - whoever you are!
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I had to reload my OS (Windows XP) onto my laptop. I dock it at work and connect to my network. Unfortunately since I reloaded the OS I haven't been able to map my network drive as it doesn't find it. I am connected through the system as this e-mail goes through it, but it won't locate it. We have another tower computer with the same problem. I assume that there is some setting or switch that needs to be reset. Can anyone help?
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I need help mapping a network drive. I am using Win98 to map a share on a NT server. I am able to map it once I enter in the password. However, I don't want to have to enter in the password everytime I reboot my computer just to map to the share. Does Win98 have a script that I can use to map the share and enter the password automatically? Thanks for the info.
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I am trying to map some network drives on our machines. I can map them fine, but when I log off and they log back on it prompts them for the admin password. I definetly don't want my password floating around. I even tried mapping the drive under there login name, same problem. Any solutions.
It sounds like you need to change permissions on the drive you are mapping to allowing the users to map the drive themselves.
This makes no sense. I have always had 2 cpu's on a network. My main rig, and a "server". (Basically a storage and backup cpu). Well I just built a new rig, and installed Win 7 RC. Re formatted my old "main" rig to become my new "server". I still had the old "server" (Win XP) connected to the network, and had no problems mapping the drive to my Win 7 machine, and the new server with Win XP.
Now, I took the 320GB Storage drive out of the thrid CPU and installed it in the new "server" and tried to map the drive to my Win 7 Machine. I can not for the life of me get it to work. Both machines have the same user and p/w for login. WHAT GIVES???
Just to get the basics out of the way first
Can you see the drive on the actual system it is physically located on and is it shared ?
As you have moved the drive, you may also want to check that the NTFS permissions for the drive are set to the new location's user and not the old location's user - user "Fred" on machine "a" and User "Fred" on machine "b" are different as far as NTFS permissions are concerned and can cause sharing to fail
Going to make this short and to the point.
I am on windows 10, tried to map my NAS using map network drive but says "Windows cannot access \\Nas102
check spelling or might be problem with your network. Next, I tried to map a specific folder inside Nas102 and it worked! For example \\Nas102\Music
I also tried to make a fake folder name and map that for example, \\Nas102\FakeFolder
and the error said check spelling of "fakefolder" Nas102 was detected but not the fakefolder.
So, I need help trying to connect to the whole NAS instead of just mapping individual folders inside of the NAS.
Any help would be appreciated...Thank you in advance.
Hello and welcome to the TenForums!
I'll also try to keep this concise! W10 has had quite a few problems with detecting networked devices and it is often due to problems when your W10 device is not the Master Browser on the Network. To get around this make sure you switch on your PC/Laptop first before you turn on any other devices or your NAS on your network. That is one workaround which might help for now. You could do a Google search for more information on this.
Hi all,
I'm just wondering if it is possible to map a network drive by IP address.
Thanks in advance,
I would think so. Why not try it and tell us?
i've checked the forum out for this one and couldn't find an answer, maybe someone can help me? im running xp pro.
basically i'd like to have a backup done to a mapped network drive, which happens in the early morning hours, while nobody is logged onto the computer.
i've tried doing that, and the backup fails because the network drive is not mounted automatically, and only mounts when somebody logs on - which wont happen at that time of morning.
i've tried scheduling a batch file to run just before the backup is due to occur with the "net use z: \\name of pc\name of shared folder" command. however still the backup wont work - i get the message (in the log file) that the backup medium was not accessible.
how do i get to mount a network drive automatically while nobody is logged on? or is there any other solution? any help anyone?
thanks in advance,
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Ok, on my home network, I already have it so that from any computer, you can map a network drive via "\\comp-name\shared-folder
and remotely, it should work like this: "\\ipaddress\comp-name\shared-folder
HOWEVER, my home network is on a linksys firewall, and each computer only has a generic DHCP IP address. I do know my REAL IP address (WAN), but that doesn't matter because it won't find my computer because of the firewall. UNLESS, I made one the networked computers on DMZ host, but that is way too insecure.
What I want to see if its possible, is use PORT filtering. I already filter a few ports so that I can host games even on the firewall. Is it possible to set aside a random port just for remote networking.
and then would the command to connect be something like this:
How would I do this?????????/
Really appreciate help, thanks
remotely it should just be \\IP address\shared-folder
Hello all, I'm using Windows Vista Business and I'm having trouble mapping a network drive. When I attempt to connect a dialog box appears prompting me to select a certificate to use; I have to choose a certificate and the only certificate listed is my own certificate for encrypting the file system. When I select this the dialog pops up again; this happens 3 times total. Then I get the following error..
The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred: A device attached to the system is not functioning.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could solve this issue or at least how I could find some more info about the error; I tried looking at the logs in the Event Viewer, but there wasn't any helpful information.
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This might be in the wrong board, but since the same process works fine on two other Vista machines, I'm pretty sure it's a problem with Windows XP. Anyway, here's the story:
I have a machine on the network running Windows 7 Ultimate that has a shared folder on one of the hard drives. I set the network settings to allow for networked sharing of the folder. I can connect to the folder by mapping a network drive from Windows Vista, and it works just as it should. The problem comes when I try to do the same thing under Windows XP (SP2). After I type the network path into the map network drive dialog box ( \\COMPUTERNAME\Folder ), it pauses for about 10 seconds before I get an error message that reads "Could not connect to R:\ on <COMPUTERNAME>. The specified server cannot perform the requested operation."
It has worked before on this XP machine, and I was able to transfer files successfully, but for some reason it's not working now. No settings were changed, it simply stopped working after a restart and now refuses to work again. It's been working fine for the two Vista machines on the network.
Any ideas?
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hey guys, I got a problem with mapping network drives for some reason right now, and quiet honestly i think it might start leading to more problems...
What happened is last night, i shut down our lab and left the server doing a backup off a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and well, it has to back up like 45-50gb of data, so almost every time i back up it looses network connection to the file path. so what i did was i started a command prompt and had that command prompt continously ping the NAS, while this helped abit, i still loose the network path to the files i'm trying to backup.
Thats not really my problem, but it might be a contributing factor to the problem i'm currently having, this morning when everyone logged on (domain, i have a .bat file set to map a network path to a drive letter) it said that the drives could not be reconnected. No big deal, i tryed the drives and well, they worked so essentially there was no problem. yet when i log in as a certain user, its supposed to map a drive but it doesn't. i have to log out, then log back in, then it maps it.
Can someone tell me what my problem is? i'm lost on it, i'd like to see the .bat file execute when i log in but i don't know how.
Anyone willing to take a jab at this?
Lets try to get a better picture of your network infrastructure..
- How many PC's on the LAN?
- How many servers on the LAN? (win2k or win2k3 or even NT4?)
- What do the servers do?
- Describe your network equipment - switches/hubs, routers etc...
Have you noticed degradation in network response? IE; internet browsing, accessing files from the server, slow emails etc....
I have a small 3 computer network. I am trying to share a folder on Computer 1 , but computer 2 cannot see it. I can ping computer 1 by name and ip address that works. I have checked to make sure the network sharing is on and that folder is shared for everyone and they are all on the same network. Computer 1 and 3 can see all computers, computer 2 can see computer 3, but not 1. I have tried mapping a drive using name and ip address, but neither see it. Computer 1 and 2 have Windows 10 home and Computer 3 has Windows 7.
Any help would greatly appreciated.
my employers IT support department has emailed me a certificate which allows me to access my office pc desktop using RDC without the need to establish a VPN to the server.
My question is - can I now someone map one of the shared drives that is on the main office service again without the need to establish a VPN? perhaps using this "certificate" ?
It can be done with with SFTP or FTP, but that server needs to be running on the remote site.
Step 1:
Open Windows Explorer
This can be accomplished by right-clicking on the Start Button and selecting the Open Windows Explorer option.
Step 2:
Select the computer icon to reveal the Map network drive option.
Select Map network drive
Step 3:
On the What network folder would you like to map?
Select Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures.
Step 4:
On the Welcome to the Add Network Location Wizard screen:
Click Next
Step 5:
On the Where do you want to create this network location? screen:
Select Choose a custom network location
Click Next
Step 6:
On the Specify the location of your website screen:
Enter the ftp address of your remote server
Click Next
Step 7:
On the Specify a Username and Password if Required screen:
Un-check Log on anonymously
Enter your username in the User name field
Click Next
Step 8:
On the What do you want to name this location? screen:
Specify the name of this remote location as you would like it to appear in Windows Explorer. Make it something descriptive so it is easy to find.
Click Next
Step 9:
On the Completing the Add Network Location Wizard screen:
Click Finish
Click Next
Step 10:
Log on to your remote server to test new connection
Enter your login credentials
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I have a problem were a shared network work drive has automatically mapped about half a dozen times. When I disconnect the drives or log off it automatically maps multiple times again.
Are the mappings being set up by a logon script or similar? Does an application map them when it starts up?
Depending which OS you are using, you may have to be logged on as an administrator to disconnect them.
How are you disconnecting them? if you haven't done so already try going to a command prompt and typing net use %drive_letter% /d
That should disconnect it as long as something else is reconnecting it automatically.
Not sure if this forum or Networking forum is the correct place for this so moderator please feel free to move as you see fit.
I cannot map network drives when I am connected to my work VPN. It keeps telling me that the server responded "the name is unknown". It says to check spelling, settings,blah, blah blah. Nothing at work has changed, the only difference is Vista on my end.
Is there some issue between my Vista desktop and our windows 2000 server? Am I missing something?
I sent all the info to our "IT Guy", but he has no idea whats going on.
Any ideas?
I have done several OS upgrades and have never had any problems re-establishing my VPN connections and Mapping all my network drives where my info is located.
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Firstly, can it be done? If so, can someone explain how? If not, any alternate solutions? I find it a pain to keep opening up network places then finding the ftp folder to upload files. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time,
yes. You can use Webdrive or Netdrive.
Hello there everyone,
can i connect to a network drive with ip 10.2.32.21\d$
while my computer ip is 10.2.33.189.
i can ping the drive but when i tried to mapping it shows up network not accessible or need permission for accessing the drive.
* the drive is accessible for all other PC with ip range 10.2.32.xx.
i m not familiar with networking, any helps are appreciate. thanks
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Here is my setup:
Have 6 PCs running win98se and 1 PC running winxp pro acting as file server. All are config in same workgroup.
All the 6 win98se PC are identical in both h/w and s/w setup. Only difference is the Computer Name. Using dynamic IP assigned by router. All have mapped as Network drive a shared folder from the winxp PC.
Here is the problem:
Now 1 of the PC will show error during powerup when trying to reconnect to the mapped drive. However if manually go to Network Neighourhood, can see the shared folder and can also access it by clicking on it. After manually accessing it, now clicking on the mapped drive will work too. But once restart system, same thing happen again.
Changing the Computer Name and problem resolved. However would like to know where in winxp is a particular name banned.
Note: Change Computer Name and not User name. All win98se login with username "guest" under MS Family Login.
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I've been noticing lately that when I set up a new server (could be Server 2012, 2016), and connect Windows 10 Pro workstations to the domain, if I try to map a networked drive, I can't browse the network to zero in on the source.
So although I can type in the path (For example \\server\data_e\mpn), and it will work, if I try to browse for the mpn folder on the server, I just get the spinning icon when I click the word, "Network".
Similarly, if I look in the file explorer and click on network, the network shares will not show. This has been the case on several worksites.
Can anyone steer my straight on how to get shared resources to display in the File Explorer or in the drive mapping explorer?
Usually for me it's a file permission issue... have you confirmed that you have permissions to the share?
I am thinking of using PuTTY for 5 users to access a drive on a windows 7 PRO in my office over the internet. Is it possible that all users can access the drive at the same time? Please help..
I currently connect to our office server by way of an installed certificate onto my PC and then using a VPN which is first established before I can map a shared drive and work with the files stores there.
Is there a easier way of doing this ? ideally looking for a way of keeping the shortcut on my desktop and having the ability to drop and drag files between the two without having to connect and then disconnect a VPN.
This possible at all?
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I want to map a drive across the internet.
I to avoid using programs / services such as "go to my pc" and "pc anywhere" because I want to avoid taking control of the computer. I want the person at the remote computer to be able to use the computer while files are retrieved & stored / saved.
The computers run Windows XP Home.
They are members of a workgroup, currently in the same physical location. Soon, 1 will be moved to a remote location.
Thanks for your help.
You really want to look into a VPN. You don't actually want to directly map a drive across the Internet without any protection. You are opening your security wide for anyone to hack/infect you.
Is it possible to remotely map a PC network drive to a Mac and if so, how do I do it?
I sometimes work remotely, and my job uses PCs and I have a Macbook Pro at home in addition to an Asus EeePC (Windows XP) netbook. Currently, I'm using the netbook for work purposes and while it actually works great for that, it's old, the battery seems to be going, and I don't really want to do an OS upgrade on a netbook from 2008. If I can map work drives on my Mac, in addition to getting whatever issue I'm having with remote desktop connection and VMWare worked out (a good chunk of my work is done on a virtual desktop), I won't bother to replace the netbook with anything and will spend the money on an iPad for fun. Otherwise, I'm looking at an Asus Transformer book T100 which would give me the Windows environment I need for work and a tablet to play with (although not nearly as good as an iPad) for about $400.
Thanks in advance for any advice/assistance.
I'm approaching this issue incorrectly. I think I need to install Windows on the Mac, which would give me what I need.
We need to map a network drive from one server to another, and make it appear local on the second machine. Any suggestions??
The IBM UniVerse application we're using only wants to save log files to a local drive; however we want them stored on a second machine in case of a failure of the first. Drives C, D, and E are available for storing these logs, but the mapped network drives X, Y, and Z do not appear in UniVerse's file browser.
We tried dropping a link from the Z into E and having it log to E:\LOG (really Z:\LOG) but UniVerse just erased the link and created a new directory named LOG, and put the log files there (on E).
Is there any way to tweak or fool Windows Server 2003 into showing the network drives as local??
I am running windows2000 on my home cmputer. I am trying to map a network drive (a letter drive R on a windows XP server in another location. I have access to the folder but cannot map it using the map network drive until the tools.
i can map a new network place but need to be able to map it to a letter drive so I can run some revision control software (RCS).
Any suggestions?
tks mike
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We have a company drive that we map folders from to certain computers. They reconnected at log in like normal. However, we have a separate external drive that when I map a folder from it, it never reconnects on log in. I have set the folder permissions for the user I want. I have tried directly connecting with the folder share name and also using the IP address of the server. They will initially connect when you set it up at first, but then it never reconnects to the drive/folder when logging back on. I have tried almost everything I can find and it still never seems to connect.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Is this a NAS (Network Attached Storage) Device? or a USB Ext. drive connected to the Server?
I would compare the ipconfig /all of a client computer from the Server, if the Device is connected to the Server via USB cable. Compare the DNS Address, shd be identical.
Is it just Libraries and Public and Personal sections? How are those different than mapping a new drive and setting permissions and/or passwords accordingly?
I ask this as a matter of utility, not just "what is a Homegroup." I know what it is. But after doing both, the drive mapping is nowhere near as convoluted to work with as Homegroup. Plus, I can map drives from A-Z but I only get one Homegoup.
Personal Documents and Public Documents
Personal Downloads and Public Downloads
Personal Music and Public Music
Personal Photos and Public Photos
Personal Videos and Public Videos
That's not simplifying anything. Yeah you can put stuff from anywhere on your computer into a Library, but why not organize all that crap in a proper folder in the first place?
Homegroup adds an extra step in the path name, and in the navigation frame of Windows Explorer you've got the Libraries icon, which is above the Homegroup icon, which is above the Network icon. Under Network you've got "Public" and "Users" folders. It's "Private" and "Public" under Homegroup. If this is MS's idea of uncluttering things, I don't want to see them go byzantine on me.
I'm a big fan of 7, but MS has come nowhere close to simplifying networks.
I want to map my network drives automatically after logon with a batch script, because if i let Windows 8.1 automatically map those drives, it will attempt to do so immediately when logging in which can take up to two minutes. The problem is that one of
the five shares is named Képek, which appears as K?©pek in the script and Windows won't find it. However, if i type net use K: \\SZERVER\KÉPEK into the command prompt, it will work. How can I map it using a batch script if i can't rename it?
In Map Network Drive, if I click Browse and then Make New Folder, The process hangs with a Working in Progress pointer:
The Windows does have Network, and when you click on has GT5668E and when that's clicked on has Printers.
I only intend to rid the map network drive pop up from the notification area, so I want to make up a folder with a simple path.
Hello, I am having a devil of a time properly mapping a network drive, can someone please tell me the exact procedure to do so?, I have done it before multiple times but now it is not doing so properly,
I had a HDD crash on the Host computer, I retreived data back safely (Thanks Carbonite!!) But now as I attempt to re-network the small workgroup, it will not map the drive correctly. The steps go as follows:
I made all computers part of same workgroup, I had shared folder restored so I attempt to map it. I do, it has folders of different shared folder. I go directly to the shared folder I want to share, I go to properties to ensure everyone has proper permissions, I then attemp to map network drive, but the one folder I want map is not available to map.. and it's killin me.. Been on it 7 hours, and it will go to otheer shared folder as the mapped drive it won't show me the folder That I want in explorer, and the one it does show has all the shell folders but no contents.. Stumped.. THANKS IN ADVANCE..
Is the share set up correctly with the correct permissions? You should be able to navigate to the share using the UNC path from the start > run \\computername\sharename and hit enter.
If that works map it by going to start > run and enter
net use X: \\computername\sharename
Sub X for whatever drive letter you want


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I just installed cqrlog 2.2.0(001) on a fresh Kubuntu 18.04 and notice a small cursor bug which I didn't see on my old 16.04 install:
If I use the TAB key to go to the "RST sent" field in CW mode, cqrlog fills in a 599 with the S field highlighted. That's fine. But if I enter an S value, say "5", it updates the "T" field, so the report becomes 595 instead of the expected 559.
Anybody noticed this bug too?
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by Larrie D. Ferreiro
Publisher: Basic Books
Larrie D. Ferreiro's "Measure of the Earth" is a thorough, authoritative, and gripping account of one of the great scientific adventure stories of the 18th and early 19th centuries: The 1735 Geodesic Mission to the Equator. Ordered by Louis XV and organized by the French Academy of Sciences with help from Spain, it was the first international science expedition. The mission sought to obtain the accurate measurement of the width of one degree of latitude at the equator, a number that promised to unlock the puzzle of the shape of our planet (it would be compared with the same measurement taken in France) and which was essential to an accurate navigation of the seas. It may sound simple enough, but establishing this fact required taking thousands of terrestrial and astronomical measurements from a series of sites located directly at the equator, a task that led the team across a line of volcanoes in the Andes, each of which they had to climb. The party faced challenges including swarms of mosquitoes, altitude sickness, subzero temperatures, dysentery, malaria, hostile colonial administrators, lack of funding and internal strife, and the project took nearly a decade to complete. Ferreiro details the individual stories of the participants — three French scientists and two Spanish naval officers — some of whom weren't able to get home for decades, while others never made it back at all. Though the science at its core seems unremarkable today, the Geodesic Mission remains one of the greatest scientific adventures in history, and Ferreiro's accounts of both the complex astronomical tools and methodology employed, and the personalities and trials of the ambitious expedition make for a fascinating and entertaining read.
"Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base"
by Annie Jacobson
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Fast forwarding from ancient Greece, through the Enlightenment and all the way to the Cold War, we find ourselves with this intriguing history of what is arguably the holy grail for conspiracy theorists: Area 51, the "most famous military institution in the world that doesn't officially exist." Los Angeles Times Magazine contributing editor Annie Jacobson addresses these conspiracy theories and speculates about what led to them in her book "Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base." Derived from interviews with 74 individuals with rare firsthand knowledge of the site — 32 of whom lived and worked at Area 51 — the book explores why the top secret military base is classified, and details controversial and secretive research on atmospheric nuclear tests, aircraft and pilot-related projects conducted at the site, and run-ins with the Soviets. Jacobson begins her dramatic tale with a bold statement: "This book is a work of nonfiction. The stories I tell in this narrative are real. None of the people are invented." Whether or not that's true, this book is sure to incite heated debate.


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Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship
Continuing to advance its exemplary academic stature and impactful research mission, Cornell University created the Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows program. The program offers significant independence and resources to top-tier postdoctoral researchers and scholars.
The Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows program encompasses all research disciplines of the Ithaca, Geneva, Cornell Tech, and Weill Cornell Medicine campuses. The program aims to further demonstrate Cornell's commitment to excellence and leadership in research and to attract some of the world's elite young talent to campus. These researchers and scholars contribute to the collaborative, far-reaching research of the faculty and enhance the Cornell student experience as well as their own. As high-profile postdoctoral fellows, these researchers form deep connections with Cornell faculty and students across the university.
Approximately six presidential fellowships are awarded each year, with appointments up to three years. The program supports a steady-state of 18 fellows.
The Cornell Provost's Office and deans of the participating colleges jointly fund the Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows program, with a university priority for a future program endowment.
Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows become lifetime members in the Society of Cornell Fellows—an organization of fellows who received named, prestigious, and competitively awarded postdoctoral fellowships at Cornell.


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Embrace Theatre is proud to have been nominated for SATAwards each year we have been eligible – for more details, click here. This year is no exception as Charlie Peters and S.E. Grummett have been nominated in the Outstanding Original Script and Outstanding Projection Design categories respectively for their work on Elemental. The recipients will be announced on September 9th, 2019. Congratulations to all nominees!
Embrace Theatre is proud to partner with MuD Collective to present Elemental, a double-bill of brand new solo-shows: Many Fires written by Charlie Peters and On the Rocks Danielle Altrogge.
Artistic disciplines collide when poetry, monologue, clown, original music, and puppetry are used to explore gender, sexuality, and healing.
Get tickets to this wonderful production here.
Get accessibility information about the production and the venue – including the two ASL-interpreted performances – by clicking here.
We're getting very excited to bring you Elemental at Live Five in February. Stay tuned for more announcements! In the meantime, read all about the production here, or find out about the two shows that make up the evening: On the Rocks and Many Fires.
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The Reviews are In!
☆☆☆☆ "precise, thoughtful, and entertaining… a beautiful rumination [on] change written with sensitivity and empathy"
-Winnipeg Free Press
☆☆☆ "Roy's performance is a feat"
-CBC Manitoba
Check out our Reviews Page for all the reviews and links to the full articles!
Only 4 more chances to see The Wild Dog Waits on the Concrete Path at the Winnipeg Fringe! Click here to order tickets.
Wild Dog in Saskatoon, Swift Current, and Winnipeg!
If you're in Saskatoon, Swift Current, or Winnipeg, don't miss your chance to see The Wild Dog Waits on the Concrete Path!
We kick it off in Saskatoon on July 9th, then end up at the Chautauqua Festival in Swift Current on July 12th, and finally run at The Winnipeg Fringe Festival July 18th to 29th.
We're on tour!
Our Spring 2018 tour of The Wild Dog Waits on the Concrete Path has begun!
If you're in or near Warman, North Battleford, Rosetown, or Biggar, come check us out!
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|GAZPACHO! (Photo by J.D. Dallet)
Ripe tomatoes in the garden and hot August days—definitely time for gazpacho. At my house, gazpacho is true to its roots—tomatoes, garlic, onion, green peppers and cucumbers from the garden, a chunk of stale bread, my own extra virgin olive oil.
I whirl the ingredients in a blender, sieve out the bits of skin and tomato seeds, thin the gazpacho slightly with cold water. Cool and refreshing, it's a light lunch or an afternoon pick-me-up.
Gazpacho belongs to Andalusia, southern Spain. It was a simple meal for people working in the fields, in vineyards, olive plantations, citrus groves, wheat fields or cork forests. Bread soaked in water was the basis, to which was added oil, garlic and salt for flavor, plus whatever fresh vegetables were available—tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers in the summer.
|Tomatoes from the garden for gazpacho.
From these peasant beginnings, gazpacho has become quite the cosmopolite, appearing on the menus of sophisticated restaurants in many parts of the world. I am constantly astounded to see recipes for gazpacho in American food mags that call for tomato juice, beef broth, ketchup or chile-hot salsa. Besides authenticity, something is lost in the translation—namely, the freshness of gazpacho made with raw ingredients.
If there is a single essential ingredient in gazpacho it is extra virgin olive oil. (If you thought it was tomatoes, remember, there are white gazpachos too.) The oil contributes flavor and, in combination with bread, turns the cold soup into a thick, creamy emulsion.
If you have tasted gazpacho at a restaurant in Spain, you may have had it served with accompanying dishes of chopped onions, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and croutons. Other authentic touches are sprigs of mint, chopped egg, chopped apple or melon. Flavorings for authentic gazpacho are few—salt—but no pepper—garlic, cumin, sometimes sweet paprika—but never hot chile. But, hey, if you like the idea of chopped basil, give it a try. I sometimes serve gazpacho with cucumber granita (that recipe is here). Gazpacho also is typically served in tall glasses to be sipped or in shot glasses as a tapa.
Check out this video clip—I'm showing Padma Lakshmi (host of Bravo's Top Chef) how to make gazpacho in my kitchen in Spain. The whole program, part of Planet Food—Spain that Padma hosted, first aired on the Food Network in 2001 and still gets shown on the Discovery Channel round the world. I occasionally get messages from friends in Singapore or Sydney or San Francisco saying they've just seen me on TV. I'm the short one, holding the bottle of olive oil.
The gazpacho should be the consistency of light cream. If it is to be served for sipping, thin with additional water. Lemon juice can be substituted for the vinegar.
Serves 6 to 8.
|Ingredients for gazpacho.
water to soak the bread
5 ripe tomatoes (about 2 lb)
2 cloves garlic
small piece of green pepper
¼ teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons wine vinegar (red or white)
1 ½ cups cold water
For the garnishes:
1 small green pepper, finely chopped
½ cucumber, peeled and finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 small tomato, finely chopped
2 slices bread, diced and fried crisp in a little olive oil
Break the bread into chunks and soak it in water to cover until softened.
Remove cores from the tomatoes. Cut them into chunks and puree in a blender or food processor. Press the juice and pulp through a sieve, discarding the bits of skin and seeds.
Squeeze the water from the bread and place it in blender or food processor with the garlic. Blend until smooth.
Add the tomato pulp, green pepper, cumin and salt. With the blender running, add the oil in a slow stream. Blend in the vinegar and some of the water.
Place the gazpacho in a pitcher and add remaining water. Serve immediately or chill until serving time.
To serve: pour the gazpacho into individual bowls. Place each of the garnishes in small bowls. Pass the garnishes with the gazpacho and allow guests to serve themselves.


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Walt: present information in different ways
This week room seven literacy class learnt how to create a poster with information about Silas who went to war in 1914. He became a stretcher bearer. Silas got injured during the war while helping someone else, even though he had decided not to fight in the war.
Friday, May 15, 2015
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In the ten most sought after skills that developers there are, in order, PHP, C, Javascript and .NET. But tomorrow? For insiders, the issue of lifelong learning is a cream pie, but for students to engage in computer training, this is something they should consider early to avoid disappointment. To work as a php developer, for example you absolutely must know the languages PHP, XHTML, JavaScript and know that you have used databases and SQL server. WEB developer is a developer who designs the technology of Web sites and applications, ensures their maintenance, fix bugs and contribute to their development as an update of the contents of a website. His first task is to offer technical architecture project manager and technical director. It will also provide a plan for the work he has done, according to the minutes of its employees. After validation of its missions, it will be programmed and set up the Web site and / or web native application. Finally, prior to production, it will test for the web.
Organizations and businesses
For larger organizations and businesses, web development teams can consist of hundreds of people (web developer) and follow standard methods like agile methodologies while developing websites. Smaller organizations may only require a single permanent or contracting developer, or secondary assignment to related job positions such as a graphic designer and/or information systems technician. web development may be a collaborative effort between departments rather than the domain of a designated department. The developer must meet the needs of customers and employees in terms of functionality and ergonomics, and does not hesitate to advise on the technical part. It is possible that it is then loaded to train future administrators of the website, or provide a technical guide for the website can be updated without the intervention of the web developer. After years of experience, he can direct all developers a cluster evolving as technical director.


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ACME is a free crossassembler, released under the GNU General Public License. The current version can produce code for the 6502, 65c02 and 65816 processors. It also supports some of the undocumented ("illegal") opcodes of the 6502.
The release number of the current stable version of ACME is "0.91". The release for betatesters is "0.93". In case there are problems with a release, older ones are still available (see the change log for details).
This software runs on several platforms, currently there are versions for:
ACME knows about global, local and anonymous labels, global and local macros, conditional assembly and looping assembly. It can include other sourcefiles as well as binaries while assembling, does offset assembly and much more. It even has some library files for everyone's use. And by the way: It is fast.
These versions of ACME only include almost empty library trees. After downloading and installing the relevant program version, you should also download the current library (ACME_Lib2.zip, 18 KiB) and merge the two.
The mailing list subscription process has changed!
Join the ACME mailing list, for news, bug reports, feature wish lists or
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Have fun !
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This saddle is constructed of 100% leather. It's a great saddle package if you don't want to spend a lot of money on a saddle for a beginner just starting out with English riding. Comes with everything, Matching English Bridle w/Reins (measures 25" at the shortest and 30" at the longest for the bit to bit measurement), a cotton English girth, matching English leathers, a pair of stirrup irons and an English saddle pad (different colors). The only thing you need is a bit and a horse! Please specify color with order. Black or Brown.
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HCG friendly and a little swanky for special occasions! This impressive dish includes your protein, veggie, and fruit.
- 3 teaspoons Stevia
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root
- 1 clove garlic, crushed or to taste
- 2 tablespoons fat-free chicken stock
- 1 can fire roasted tomatoes
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 fresh chopped peaches
- 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped cilantro
- 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
- 4 (6 ounce) swordfish fillets
- salt and pepper to taste
- preheated oven 375′
- In a shallow glass dish, stir together the stevia, sea salt, vinegar, ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, and chicken stock. Season fish fillets with salt and pepper, and place them into the dish. If the fillets have skin on them, place them skin side down. Cover, and refrigerate for 20 minutes to marinate.
- Remove fish from the dish, and reserve marinade. Bake swordfish in preheated oven about 10 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F.
- Pour reserved marinade into the skillet, and heat over medium heat. Add tomatoes, lemon juice, cilantro, and peaches, then adjust season to taste. Spoon sauce over fish, and serve immediately.


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After six years of selling health and life insurance plans, Boise, Idaho, based agent Patricia Somers decided she was sick and tired of the insurance business.
She says she had had enough of the ever-questionable future of the insurance business, the shrinking commissions and the lack of interest in benefits plans from consumers.
"People were not interested in their future and saving with life insurance," Somers explains. "People are so unsure of the future, unsure of how things work. Young people thought it would cost less for health insurance; it was so hard to convince them otherwise with averaging young and old premiums. Besides that, Obamacare was so confusing for agents, let alone clients."
So last fall she gave up that career and started a travel business, Global Odyssey Trips.
It's a career that's bringing her a lot more happiness than her former life as an agent, she says.
"Here I am today, enjoying what I love to do, making people happy," she says. "I specialize in group travel, be it family vacations, group-escorted travel, golf or fishing vacations, wedding destinations or honeymoons around the globe."
Somers' story is not an uncommon one.
According to a survey that turned up the alarm in the insurance industry, a whopping half of brokers say they're considering leaving the business in its entirety.
Aflac's WorkForces survey — released over the summer — found that 45 percent of brokers say they're considering exiting the health insurance business altogether, with the majority (51 percent) saying they are only slightly or not at all confident about the future of their firm and their industry.
Though brokers' concerns over their future have been widely reported, albeit anecdotally, Aflac's survey of more than 300 brokers offered a clearer picture of how many are thinking about leaving the business.
Unsurprisingly, the unrest is rooted in a number of wide-ranging changes in health care — notably the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
"I've seen brokers who jumped out of the industry when health care reform first started. They went on to get involved in the financial market or whatever else, but they left insurance and benefits behind, feeling that their career was doomed," says Gene Ramsay, a benefits consultant in Birmingham, Ala., and president of the Birmingham Association of Health Underwriters.
"They had all their business tied up in health insurance and were living pretty," he says, "and they felt that the government involvement would flush it all away."
But Aflac's figures puzzled others in the industry.
"It surprises me," says David Smith, vice president of health and welfare benefits at North Carolina-based Ebenconcepts, said of the results. "Most of the professionals I know are not planning on leaving the business. I'm sure there are people who do nothing but the occasional health insurance policy who may now decide to get out of the business."
Robin Benton, president at BCL Systems Inc. in Chicago, said though she thinks some certainly will leave, she doesn't think the industry is doomed.
"I think some agents and brokers will leave the business, but I think the survey may have shortchanged some of them," she says. "I've always found these folks are great at thinking outside the box."
The issues
Obamacare has long been a sensitive subject for insurance professionals. The easy translation: Many felt their job security was threatened.
The law's medical loss ratio requirement threatens commissions, and industry experts say it's been taking its toll.
"Previously, up to health reform, the agent would work with a decision maker, whether the owner of the business or vice president of human resources, some c-suite individual who would make a decision on actually purchasing health insurance," Daniel Steenerson, president of Disability Insurance Services, in San Diego, told BenefitsPro earlier this month.
"The exchanges are going to mandate now that not only is the agent going to have to deal with that gatekeeper, but … that they are going to have to sit down with each and every plan participant. Their income is dropping by 30 percent and they're working harder, or longer, or exerting more energy in order to make that 70 percent of what they were making before," Steenerson said.
More recently, brokers have been dubious over PPACA's navigator program, saying it's one last administrative jab to their profession's worth. The administration has said that navigators do not have to be licensed agents or brokers and may not be paid by insurance companies. Republicans have slammed the navigator program, arguing that brokers and agents are trained professionals who have the experience and requirements to guide consumers in their health plan options.
Guidance needed
The problem with Aflac's survey suggestion, industry insiders say, is that it comes at a time when workers and employers say they want more help from brokers and benefits experts as they try to make sense of health care changes — especially as PPACA goes into effect.
According to Aflac's report, the majority of employees (78 percent) at least somewhat agree they would be more informed about their health insurance choices if they worked with an insurance consultant during benefits enrollment; more than one-third (35 percent) of those questioned strongly or completely agree with that statement.
Employers also said they need guidance with a number of benefits trends, including the increasing movement from HMO and PPO plans to consumer-driven options, as well as implementing wellness programs.
Those are positive things, experts say.
Other numbers speak well for brokers: For example, recent research from the University of Minnesota found that brokers are associated with more and cheaper health coverage.
NAHU Vice President of Congressional Affairs John Greene admits that while some are considering leaving the industry, "many in our agent/broker community see opportunity."
"Employer and consumers continue to need the advice that only an agent can provide," Greene says.
Benton agrees, saying she "sincerely hopes" brokers aren't leaving the industry, as they're needed more than ever with PPACA policies being put into effect.
"We are working with our brokers to drive individuals to those who have registered to sell on the marketplace," she says. "Unlike navigators, certified application counselors and healthcare.gov customer service folks, the agent can give the individual the most options and can help ensure they get the best possible coverage. Not to mention, they will be there to answer questions after the sale and to help should the individual need to make changes in the future."
"I can't imagine that the navigator will tell someone who does not get a premium tax credit that they might be able to find coverage outside the marketplace that will better fit their needs or might even be slightly cheaper," Benton continues. "Rather, they will encourage them to still enroll in a marketplace plan."
Some brokers and agents are becoming more innovative in order to look for other ways to increase — or maintain their income.
Some are shifting their focus to Medicare Advantage and other insurance products, such as disability, life, critical illness and vision insurance. Voluntary product sales — which are increasingly popular among employers — are helping brokers fill the gap.
But it's still hard work — and more than some brokers want to handle.
Survival mode
Brokers leaving may not be the worst thing for the business, Ramsay says. Some of the pessimism needed to be washed away.
"Those who were not in this industry for the right reason packed up their toys and went on their way. I'm proud of them for leaving, because if they stayed it would literally have been a drain on everyone," he says. "Now their clients will get the attention and service they need from professionals who truly care more about the client than the paycheck. Like the cliché says, 'It separates the men from the boys.'"
Other industry insiders say what they refer to as the "crisis of confidence among brokers" is a trend that can be turned around if brokers realize the increasing opportunities coming their way thanks to the PPACA.
Aflac executives said employee education and communication about benefits are two especially key areas of opportunity for brokers.
Michael Zuna, Aflac's executive vice president and chief marketing officer, says that despite the alarming figures about broker confidence, their expertise is increasingly in demand.
"Education and engagement will be crucial to helping employers attract and retain employees and keep them productive and satisfied on the job," he said. "What's more, the smartest agents and brokers will seize upon health care reform as an opportunity to even further demonstrate their value and encourage employers to satisfy workers' expectations and needs when it comes to benefits education."
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WELCOME TO THE spring assembly 2018!
The Organising Committee of EMSA-Macedonia as well as the EMSA European Board are pleased to invite you to the EMSA Spring Assembly 2018 which will take place in 23-28 March 2018 in Ohrid, Macedonia!
For detailed information about the event, please refer to the event booklet (shared below).
There will be three registration periods:
- Representatives' registrations (20.11-11.12) for members of the EEB, Local Coordinators, National Coordinators and carriers of proxies as well as guests invited by EMSA Europe,
- Members' registrations (18.12-07.01) for members of EMSA, and
- Open registrations (15.01-25.01)
There will be 250 spots provided with accommodation, 20 spots without accommodation and without breakfast, and 20 spots for local students.
The participation fee:
- including accommodation is 200 €.
- without accommodation and breakfast is 100 €.
- for local members is 150 €.
Preliminary agenda of the event (may be subject to change)
NOTE: Kindly note that the content of this agenda is preliminary, and may be subject to change by EMSA European Board. The detailed agenda will be sent out to participants before the event.


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