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Installing Windows 8 Release Preview on a Dell Inspiron e1505
This is an update to the previous post. I have updated the laptop with release preview.
Laptop Specification and Challenges
|Dell Inspiron e1505 / 6400
|Core Duo T2500 1.7 Ghz
|2 Gb
|1280 x 800
|ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
|Optical Drive
|Broadcom 440x 10/100 Ethernet
|Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g
|Dell 350 Bluetooth
|Conexant 56K Modem
|Card Reader
|Ricoh R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Card Reader
|Other Connectors
|ExpressCard Slot, USB and 1394a Firewire
The Dell Inspiron e1505 (also call Dell Inspiron 6400) is really not all that old. It uses a Core Duo, a predecessor of the Core2 Duo. The CPU is more than fast enough for everyday use. The CPU however is 32-bit and will not run 64-bit windows. I believe there are later versions of Dell e1505 with 64-bit Core2 Duo processors.
The challenge to installing Window 8 is that the machine is not even Windows 7 Certified. Dell does not support running Windows 7 on it. It is however Vista Certified so we at least have Vista drivers.
Despite not being Windows 7 certified, Dell e1505 worked mostly out of the box for Windows 7 except for the video card, the card reader and bluetooth. Since Windows 8's internal are similar to Windows 7, this would be a good indication of what windows 8 would be like.
Installation Experience
I downloaded Windows 8 release Preview and burned it to a DVD. I swapped out the laptop's hard disk with a blank hard disk. The installation was fairly uneventful.
- Install blank hard disk into the laptop.
- Insert Windows 8 Release Preview into the laptop and press the on button. Immediately press F12 to go to the boot menu. Select boot from DVD and when prompted on screen, press any key to boot from the DVD.
- Follow the instruction and install Windows 8 using the default options. What was a surprise is that by default Windows 8 by default partition the drive into two partition, reserving a small 350 Mb partition for what appears to be for recovery. The instruction also prompts you for a Windows Live ID so it can integrate your login with a windows live ID account, but a windows live ID is not necessary to continue.
The OS boots into the new Metro interface. However, when I examined the screen closely, the screen appear to be running at 1024×768 instead of the usual 1280×800 and there are some devices missing.
|Core Duo T2500 1.7 Ghz
|2 Gb
|ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
|Not working
|Video card not detected. Using basic VGA
|Optical Drive
|Broadcom 440x 10/100 Ethernet
|Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g
|Dell 350 Bluetooth
|Conexant 56K Modem
|Card Reader
|Ricoh R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Card Reader
|Sort of working
|SDHC card can be read, but device manager shows problems
|Other Connectors
|ExpressCard Slot, USB and 1394a Firewire
|I was only able to test the USB, but device manager does not show errors. I assume that they are working.
Basically, everything appears to work except for the video and the card reader. Actually, the card reader appears to be working too but the device manager shows 2 "base system device" as not working.
Fixing the Video Card
Dell does not provide any Windows 7 drivers for the x1300 card. Windows 7 does have a x1300 in their windows update, but forum posts indicated that that version has a bug where the video driver will crash after resuming from hibernation (I believe they are using version 8.561.0.0 ). Based on the post, I should be using the drivers provided by AMD.
The lastest AMD driver for the card is AMD Catalyst 10.2 legacy display driver, but it appears to be available only for Vista. The Catalyst installer will not work on the Dell e1505 because Catalyst won't install on Dell laptops, but you have to run a tool call Mobility Modder to make the installer work. The instruction for modder instructs the user to download the driver and then run the modder on it to fix the configuration file and then run the modded installer. Rather than messing around with this, I notice that Donotargue.com has already created a modded version of the driver. You can download that driver here. Make sure you download the 32-bit version and not the 64-bit version.
The drivers are Vista 32-bit drivers and won't install normally. You have to run them as Vista drivers by doing the following:
- Go to control panel and select "Turn Windows Features On and Off". Make sure that the checkbox for the "Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5.1″ and all of the checkbox underneath is checked. This will enable and install .Net for Windows 8. Failure to do this step will result in "MOM.implementation or CLI.implementation" error when you open Catalyst.
- Right-click on the Installer setup application and select Troubleshoot compatibility.
- After it runs through the compatibility detection, select "Troubleshoot program".
- On the screen "What problem do you notice", check to make sure that the option for earlier version for windows is checked. Press the next button.
- On the screen "Which version of windows", select Window Vista and press Next.
- On the screen "Test compatibility", press the Start the Program button. Press Yes when you get a UAC prompt.
- Now follow the instruction to install. I used the option for express install.
The installer appears to crash at the end of installation, resulting in a blank screen. However, when I rebooted the machine, the screen was now in 1280×800. The device manager correctly identified the display adapter as "ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1300″ with a version of 8.593.100.0 and indicate that it's working correctly. I attempted to play some youtube video at 720p and it displayed properly. Running 3dmark05 displayed a score of around 1027, which sound about right. Resume from hibernation appears to work, as does the Catalyst Control Panel.
Fixing the Card Reader
Windows 8 does intall a SDA Host Adapter and when I plug in a SD card, it appears to work. However, the device manager still report that there are two base system device that are not working. Perhaps the built-in Windows 8 driver only enable SD card, and not other formats.
To fix this, I install the Ricoh driver from Dell, which you can download here.
Fixing the Synaptics Touchpad
Touchpad driver is not installed by default. You can download the driver from here.
Other than the video card, installation of Windows 8 on Dell Inspiron e1505 has been mostly trouble-free. The system seems to work properly most of the time, but sometimes lockup or behaves strangely. Since Windows 8 is beta, it's hard to tell if the crashes are due to old video driver or due to the product being beta. In addition, this is no guarantee that the release version of Windows 8 will work with Dell Inspiron e1505, but based on what we know there's a really good chance that it will.
Cannot set the background of Windows XP, caused by Logmein
I help my mother out by using a product call Logmein to remote login to her machine. As long as the network is working, I can fix most of the problem she has at the other end. Recently, she encountered a problem that me stump for a long time. Apparently, her background picture on her PC disappeared. I login using Logmein to fix the problem but no matter which picture I select, it won't appear as a background.
Normally, this sort of thing would be either a policy or registry issue. Since she is using XP Home, there are really no group policies. Playing around with Regedit, I was able to trace the cause down to the following registry key:
The key was set to 1. I deleted the key and reboot. Much to my surprise, it recreated the key and set it back to 1. After hours of playing around, I discovered that this is caused by Logmein itself. At some point recently, Logmein updated with a new version and with that update changed a setting where the desktop background is turned off while I am logged into Logmein. The way it does this is to set NoActiveDesktop to 1 when logmein is on and set it back to zero when logmein client is disconnected. The machine must have crashed when I was using Logmein, causing the computer to be stuck in a picture-less state.
HP Solution Center failed to open
Recently, the HP Solution Center suddently stop working. When I launch HP SolutionCenter, nothing happens. In the error log, I see the errors:
Product: SolutionCenter -- Error 1904. Module C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash9b.ocx failed to register. HRESULT - 2147220473. Contact your support personnel.
What seems to have happened is the following:
- Adobe Flash is updated to version 10. This cause Flash9b.ocx to be deleted from C:\Windows\Flash
- HP Solution Center is apparently dependent on Flash9b.ocx, so it stopped working.
Here's how I got rid of the error.
- Uninstall HP solution center because HP do not allow you to reinstall the HP Solution Center. Instead, we have to uninstall so we can install the HP Solution Center again.
- Reinstall HP Solution.
If you examine C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\flash, Flash9b.ocx is back even though we have Flash10.ocx. If you examine the event log, there is the same registration error again (you can't register Flash9b.ocx because there is a later version), but HP solutions apparently works.
HP Photosmart C7280 Driver Install Tips
I have fond memory of HP printer products. I remember back in my undergrad years, I hooked up an HP Inkjet 500 that I shared with my 7 other housemates. That thing was a tank. Everyone was printing their paper on it and we probably was using way above its rated cycle, but it worked for years after we abused it. At work, we often encountered HP Laserjet, which were just as tough.
I don't know about how good the HP hardware is these days, but the software could use some dieting. Isn't 190 Mb a bit big for a driver? Did the programmers get paid by lines of code? What's in that thing? A lot of bloatware apparently. Here's my tips on what to install:
- Download the Full Feature driver and not the Basic driver. If you install the basic driver, you'll only have the ability to print. The scan and fax will not work. The driver is available at this location.
- Launch Driver.
- Click on Install.
- Press Next.
- Uncheck the Yahoo Toolbar and check the Advance Install. We don't need the toolbar. Click Next.
- When prompted whether to automatically check for updates, click No and click next.
- On install options, select Custom Install. Click Next.
- On the Custom Installation screen, check only the following:HP Solution Center
HP Imaging Functions
OCR Software by I.R.I.S.
Even if you don't use the OCR software, you will want to install the OCR software. Without the OCR software, you will not be able to scan to PDF. If you already have Photoshop or something, why bother. HP update would be nice, but takes up memory and resource as a background task. HP do not seem to update their drivers often. Why not just manually check every once in a while. The Web Printing is interesting, but we could do without it. The other stuff is just bloatware.
- Prompt for EULA, click I agree (what else are you going to do, disagree and have no driver?)
- Click Next to use default location.
- Follow the instruction on screen and complete the installation.
- After installation, launch HP Solution Center.
- In HP Solution Center, click on settings.
- Click on Scan settings->Scan to… Setup.
- Wait for a long time for the front panel list to appear. Select each item you want to be able to select from the LCD panel. Each item you add will appear on the printer's LCD panel when you select scan to computer on the printer. If you do not select any options, you will not be able to scan to your computer and you will get a message "No scan options". In my case, I added all of the items.
- Once all of the items are added, press Update the Device.
At this point the driver should be installed and you have roughly the minimal software for the majority of features.
After installing the driver, make sure you install the Critical Update to Correct a PC to Printer Communication Issue if you are using the wireless connection. Without installing this driver, scan to computers often fail.
HP Photosmart C7280 driver install fails with an error registering hpbmiapi.dll failed to register
Recently, my mom's troublesome Brothers MFC-3360C All-In-One printer finally died. The printer was just pure evil. Dust would collect around the tray and make it impossible to remove the paper tray. The ink cartridge would run dry every couple of months even though no one printed anything because it continuously self-clean. I was not unhappy to see it go.
I replaced it with a HP Photosmart C7280 All-In-One. The printer looked solid and I hope that it will last longer than the Brothers, but our relationship soured quickly when I attempted to install the drivers. The driver failed with the following error:
Fatal error during Installation Module C:\Windows\system32\hpbmiapi.dll failed to register. HRESULT -2147221164. Contact your support personnel. Please go to http://www.hp.com/support for troubleshooting information about "Fatal Error" and "MSI.dot4wrp".
Since the CD install didn't work, I downloaded the latest drivers from HP and they didn't work. I tried to unzip the drivers and locate the hpbmiapi.dll and manually register the dll, but I ran out of disk space. I tried google and notice that many HP owners of a different printer had similar issues, but was resolved by a patch from HP.
I called HP customer support in hopes that they will have a patch for the C7280, but they were less than helpful. I mentioned that various other people on the HP forum had the same issue, but they told me that no one has reported this issue. After trying a few things, they declared that the problem was Microsoft's fault and that I should call up Microsoft since they will know what the problem is. They wouldn't escalate the issue because it was a Microsoft problem. Right…
This post gave me a clue:
The hpbmiapi.dll registration failed because of a dependency. Apparently hpbmiapi.dll is dependent on atl.dll (Active Template Library) to be registered. When it wasn't, the install blew up when it failed to register hpbmiapi.dll. What the error message should have mentioned was the dependency.
To fix the problem, do the following:
- Check if atl.dll exists in your system directory. It's usually in C:\Windows\system32. If it exists, go to the next step. If it does not, you may be able to install it by downloading and installing the Visual C++ 6.0 runtime at:
- Once it's there, you can register it by running the following command in a command window (you must be an admin of the system):
regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\atl.dll
- Now install the driver again. This time the install should work.
I am hoping that this article will help someone save a few hours of frustration. Sadly, I have had good luck with HP in the past. It's clear that they are no longer the company they used to be.
Testing eboostr on an older machine
I decided to try out the eboostr 3.0 beta to see if it can speed up my mom's computer (an ancient eMachine T1221 with a Celeron 1.3 Ghz). Normally, adding more memory is best, but the machine is maxed out at 512Mb. I figured that adding a disk cache to an usb stick may be able to add additional performance. Apparently, I was wrong.
The machine is setup to use a 2Gb stick of Cruzer Micro (readyboost ready). HDtach returned about 27 Mb/s read speed with an access time of 0.6ms. The machine has an USB 2.0 card, so it should be fast enough.
I ran several test like startup, shutdown, opening different applications, opening web pages. All of the test were no faster than before eboostr. I examined the cache and noted that the files being opened are in the cache, it's just that they didn't return quickly enough. If it worked, it should be noticeable.
I decided to do some investigating and ran the eboostr speed test. It came back with a ratio of only speed ratio of 1.13 and 100% cache hit. A 13% speed bump is probably too slow to make a difference and this is with a reasonably fast stick. I installed eboostr and used memory as a cache, but the ratio only went up to 1.59. This is a lot better, but surprisingly low for a memory cache. Keep in mind that while it's faster to find a file on the USB drive, the cpu cost for getting it is higher. HDtach indicated that it only use 5% CPU to read from the IDE drive and 19% CPU to read from the USB drive.
I also tried eboostr on an AMD 2600+ desktop with 2Gb of memory and allocated 1Gb of memory to cache. There was no noticable speed difference before and after eboostr. The speed test indicated that the speed ratio is only 1.89, which is better than the eMachine, but not good enough in my opinion.
eboostr did not work for the two older machines that we tried it on.
How I selected my Antivirus software for Windows
For a long time, I used AVG free on my machines. Recently, I notice that the memory footprint for AVG was getting large and I wanted to know if there was a better free Anti-virus software out there. There are essentially 3 main free Anti-virus software: Avast!, Avira, and AVG. If you do a google search, you'll notice tons of post comparing the merits of one over the others. The following links is an actual benchmark that compare the Anti-virus products and were used as reference.
Memory Footprint Ranking
If you have plenty of memory, you can probably careless about this category. However, a lot of older machine or netbook may have limited memory, so every bit of memory saved counts. Keep in mind I am more interested in idle memory footprint than when it's scanning.
Memory footprint of the anti-virus product at idle can be ranked in the following order according to the passmark article. I also try installing each product on my Vista machine and verified the ranking.
|Memory Usage in Mb
|Avast! Antivirus Home
|Avira Antivir free
|AVG Free
While Avast! And Avira were similar to each other in memory footprint, AVG appears to be using twice the memory of the other two product.
Virus Detection
How well does the three product detect virus. It appears that Antivir is somewhat better than the other. I am not convinced that Antivir is actually that much better, but various post online indicates that its detection rates were better than average.
|Detection Rate (from av comparative)
|Avira Antivir free
|AVG Free
|Avast! Antivirus Home
Background Performance
How much performance loss do you suffer running the anti-virus software. Judging from the test results from passmark, the three products are very similar in performance. Differences show up in File Open where AVG and Avira is nearly twice as fast as Avast and file copy where AVG is noticeably slower than the other two products.
The Maximum PC article seems to complain that the AVG had the biggest negative performance.
Scanning Speed Ranking
Of the three products, the scan speed varies by quite a lot according to passmark.
|Time (sec)
|Avira Antivir free
|Avast! Antivirus Home
|AVG Free
The Maximum PC article indicated that the Avast is very slow but didn't provide numbers on how it compare with the other two product.
User Interface
User interface is very subjective, but in my opinion, AVG has the best and clearest interface. Avast is the worse. The interface looks like a media player, which doesn't quite fit the paradigm of a virus scanner at all. Avira is somewhere in between the two. It's not great, but at least it works.
How annoying is the registration process for the Virus. AVG is probably the least intrusive. You are prompted to register, but you do not have to. Avira is similar but throws up a pop-up every times the program updates the virus definition. The most annoying is Avast, which requires you to registered for a license key or the program will expire in 60 days. The key last only a year, so you must registered again next year.
All of the product offers email and spyware protection. Avast also has IM scanning, but does not have scheduled scanning. Unlike the other two product, AVG does not have rootkit protection.
In my opinion, the best free anti-virus is currently Avira Antivir. It has the fastest scan, best detection rate, and second best memory footprint. It's annoying to get a pop-up on every update, but that is a small price to pay for a free product. I also want the anti-rootkit feature and scheduled scanning since I want to do the scanning while I am not using the machine.
Fixing Windows Delayed Write Failed error
Recently, while copying data from one USB external drive to another, I got the following error:
Windows – Delayed Write Failed : Windows was unable to save all the data for the file F:\$Mft. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere
What appears to be happening is that the USB can't keep up with the disk writes and is timing out. The error is puzzling since I do not have write cache enabled. Both usb hard disk were set up for quick removal. In any case, the result is bad. The hard disk becomes corrupted.
There are a variety of possible causes to this problem. Microsoft listed various hotfix for this issue, but they were for SP2, so those fixes should have been rolled into SP3 by now. I tried to isolate the problem by using the same hard disk setup on a different machine. The copy worked flawlessly on a different machine. I figured it was most likely to be driver related. However, I have the latest driver from the manufacturer, right?
Wrong, the motherboard is a few years old and the drivers are from a few years ago. Since then Microsoft has updated XP by SP2 and SP3. Because the manufacturer no longer sell that board, they didn't bothered to update the drivers. I poked around the Device Manager and discovered that the chipset is VIA. I then use google to locate a driver for the VIA chipset release recently in Oct 2008 that works for all VIA chipset. I installed it and the problem went away.
While I can't guarantee that this will correct your problem, it's worth a try to see if it will work. Try to see if there is a newer driver from the motherboard and chipset manufacturer.
As for the corrupted drive, you may be able to recover the data by copying as much data as possible, delete the partition, add a new one, format and put the data back. In my case, I had a back up so I erase the drive and repopulated it from the data.
Morale of the story
- Be careful when you upgrade your OS, it's possible that when you install a new Service Pack, your drivers may need updating.
- You may not be able to depend on your vendor to provide a compatible driver. You may have to do some digging and find out the new driver from the chipset manufacturer and install it yourself.
An experence with Linksys CIT200 Skype phone on a low bandwidth DSL line
Recently, I decided to set up a Skype phone for my mother. My relatives are now in different places on the globe and it's costly to call them on the phone. A good number of them have Skype. She would be able to call them for free.
Ironically, I picked the Linksys CIT200 mainly because it was a single purpose phone. Personally, I would like one of those dual phone that allow me to switch between Skype and the landline. However, my mom can't even figure out how to use call waiting, so she won't know if she's in Skype or landline mode. Since CIT200 is a separate phone, we won't have that issue. It also doesn't hurt that I got the phone on sell for $30 from Circuit City.
Opinions about the phone
The phone comes in 3 different components:
- The Phone itself – pretty well constructed and uses standard AA batteries. You should be able to find replacement NIMH batteries at most stores.
- The charging station – charges the phone. The construction is not very robust. It would be pretty easy to break.
- The USB base station – this is the part that hooks up to your computer. On a lot of devices, the base station is the charger. In this case, they are separate.
Installation and set up
Installation is pretty easy. I plugged in the charger unit and place the phone on it. The manual states that it should sit on the charger cradle for at least 14 hours. Next, I install the Skype software and then the CIT200 software.
I created an account on Skype and login. I then plugin the base station, which then triggered an automatic device driver install. I switch on the phone and got a pop up asking if I want to use the phone in Skype. I answer yes and the phone's status indicate I was online.
The phone uses the Skype software computer to talk. It simply act as a mic and speaker device. In order to use it, your computer must be on and you have to be log into Skype.
What I did was to setup Skype to run and login automatically on startup. I also put in $10 of credit for calls.
I have verify that the CIT200 driver will work under Vista. However, I notice that there's no uninstaller, so it was a pain to remove the software.
Hardware we're running on
The hardware we are running on is a pretty slow machine.
- eMachine T1221. 1.3 Ghz Celeron, 512 Mb memory.
- USB 2.0 PCI card (since machine is old enough to come with USB 1.1).
- Buffalo Technology WHR-G125 Wireless-G High-Speed Router with QOS for voice over IP.
- Veizon DSL 768K/128K
The Experience on a slow DSL
The phone allows you to test your setup by calling echo123, an account that records your voice and then play it back for testing purposes. Frankly, I was alarmed by the poor quality of echo123's annoucement message. Fortunately, my recorded voice sounded OK.
Even with the slow DSL of 768K download and 128K upload, the phone sounded fine. The sound quality is somewhere between a cell phone and a landline. I did however hear some odd echos when calling a landline. The echo disappeared when I call the person Skype to Skype overseas.
The Buffalo router's quality of service (QOS) worked great by giving voice over IP packets higher priority. As a result, the voice quality never dropped even when I attempted to download a file. However, the browsing experience is painful when the CIT200 is in use, since the voice is taking over part of the bandwidth.
A button on the bottom of the phone allow the user to select and call Skype users. Alternatively, you can just dial the number, but you have to enter the international code, even if the call is within the US. If you do call someone, the rate varies from country to country. In a lot of places, the charge is about $0.02 per minute with a minimal minutes of about $0.06. If you make a lot of small calls, you can easily use up your credit.
Overall, I think the CIT200 worked really well.
Tips on Windows File and Print Sharing
In this article, I will explain how Windows file and print sharing works and how to work around problems. The article will cover file and print sharing under a work group and not under an active directory domain. If you don't know what active directory is, you probably don't have an active directory domain since they are not trival to setup and maintain. You will only see active directory domains in companies. The article will cover Windows 2000 to Vista.
How the different Window editions Handle File Sharing
Different Windows edition handle networking differently. Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, and Vista all can handle Advance File Sharing. Windows XP Home is limited to Simple File Sharing.
Windows XP Home
XP Home has a limited version of file sharing call "Simple File Sharing". There's a couple of points to remember about Simple File Sharing:
- Everyone connects to the server as the account "guest" when you attempt to connect to the shared folder or printer. This is actually the most important behavior to remember about Simple File Sharing. No matter who you are login as on the client machine, when you connect to the XP Home server, it will connect you as guest.
- For a shared folder, you can either set the field as read-only or read-write for everyone.
- You can hide your share name by ending it with $. Users will be able to connect to that share, but they will not be able to see it. Note that this is not foolproof, there are utilities that allow you to see the hidden shares. Note that $ also works in Advance File Sharing, which we will go into later.
Because everyone connects to the server as guest, you need to make sure that the guest account has no password. If there is a password, users will be prompted for a user name and password when they connect and they will have to enter the guest and the guest's password. If you disabled the guest account, no one can connect to your machine.
XP Home has no provision for any other form of file and print sharing.
Windows XP Pro and 2000
Both windows XP professional and Windows 2000 have advance file and print sharing. The major differences from simple file sharing is the following:
- When you connect to the server, your username and password is passed to the server. If the username and password match an account on the server, you will be connected to the server as that user.
- You have finer control over permission. For each folder and printer you share, you can specify who can access the folder or printer, and what rights they have over it.
One thing you must do for advance file sharing is that your user account and password must match across the different machines. The reason for this is security, since you don't want people being able to get access to resources on your server without knowing the password.
Even if you give permission to the "everyone" group, you will still be unable to get access to that server resource unless you have a user name and password that match one on the server.
If your user name and password do not match, you can still get access by playing around with explorer to allow you to connect to the resource as a different user. Note that this is possible but is cumbersome and is not automatic.
Note that by default, XP Pro has simple file sharing turned on so that it behaves like XP Home. To turn it off, you can go into explorer, select Tool->Folder Option and check or uncheck the option for Simple File Sharing. This mean you can use simple file sharing or advance file sharing in XP. Windows 2000 is limited to advance file sharing only.
Vista does not have simple file sharing. Vista file and printer sharing works pretty much like advance file sharing. However, there are options to turn off password protection so that you can simulate simple file sharing.
Guidelines for setting up File and Print Sharing
Guidelines for Simple File Sharing
- Make sure that guest account is not disable and do not have a password. If the guest account is disable or have a password, Simple File sharing will not work properly.
- If you do not want users logging in as guest on XP, go into control panel->user accounts and check the option to disable the guest account. Note that when you disable the user account in control panel user account, it actually just prevents you from logging in, it does not actually disable the account.
- Your policy should be set such that guest can only login locally. Because guest do not have a password, you want to prevent people from logging into the machine as guest.
- Keep in mind that everyone can see any directory that you share. Do not put anything in share that you do not want the public to read.
- Limit write permission only to directory where if users won't be able to do any damage. Keep in mind that if you set a folder to writable, it will be writable to everyone. Do not ever share the root of your drive to be writable for obvious reasons.
Guideline for Advance File Sharing
- Set up your network so that all of the machine on the network has the same work group, user name, and password.
- You may disable the guest account, since it is not used in Advance File Sharing.
Solutions to some of the problems you may encountered
I don't even have an option to share a folder or printer
You may need to install the file and sharing component. This will be on our Windows OS disc.
How do I re-enable my guest account?
If your guest account is truly disable (as oppose to be just hidden from login), simple file sharing is not going to work. To renable the account, login into the machine with a user that has admin rights. Right-click on "My Computer", select the user folder, get properties of the guest user account, and uncheck the disable account checkbox.
How do I remove my guest account's password?
If the guest account is enabled but has a password, the user will be prompted to enter the user name and password when they connect to a server resource. However, when you attempt to remove the password using the graphica interface, it tells you that the policy doesn't allow accounts without password.
The easiest way to remove the guest account password is to do it from the command line.
- Login to the machine with an admin account.
- Open a command window.
- Type in the command:
net user <user name> ""
The command above change the <user name>'s password to "".
If I use advance file sharing, is there a way I can set up the server so that anyone can access the printer?
No, if you want everything to be seamless. You have to go with Simple File Sharing, which allow everyone to connect as guest and live with the security limitations. If you use advance file sharing, you will need to connect to the server before you can have access to a resource, even if it is opened to everyone.
Note that I said "seamless". You can still manually mount the resources, but it won't work automatically.
If I have Simple File Sharing on, does this mean I cannot remote desktop to the server because every login is now seen as "guest"?
No, remote desktop is not the same as file and printer sharing. The connect as guest only occur when you attempt to link the server for file and printing (technically call SMB protocol). Remote desktop is not affected.


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It is not secret that wood and window companies are a big player in Merrill.
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"Our heaviest influence is manufacturing," said Jerry Olson from the Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation.
And while the window industry is a strong force in Merrill, other businesses are also thriving. Including health care, printing and Church Mutual Insurance.
"That's probably the other very, very vital part of our community is Church Mutual," Olson said.
The two retail business districts also continue to bring in the customers. The west side will soon be undergoing a major road construction project. And new businesses are joining solid veterans downtown.
"I'm pleased with what's going on in Merrill and I think everyone you talk to will say they're at least satisfied and have an optimistic outlook as to how we're going to prevail during the downturn," said Merrill Mayor Douglas Williams.


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Though Chamillionaire didn't compete in the hotly contested 9/11 showdown between 50 Cent and Kanye West, he may have proven with Ultimate Victory that he is, in fact, the smartest of the three. As the old Chinese proverb goes: "patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit." Straying from the media frenzy, Cham conveniently sat at a week's distance to study the hype of last Tuesday, and it's inevitable anticlimactic breakdown. Let's just say a lot of people will wish they had saved up last week's Curtis cash for the Mixtape Messiah's latest offering.
Shifting Shapes, Changing Colors
Chamillionaire's ability to flip the switch from harmonizing with smooth intonations to attacking a track with his forceful vocals is perhaps his most alluring quality. "Standing Ovation," Cham's celebratory march, proves this point with ease. Ripping through a riff-heavy, trunk-bumping beat, Koopa acknowledges his talent and success, while managing to not over-do it. He knows he's good; likewise, he doesn't deem it necessary (unlike most of his peers) to hit listeners over the head with over-blown braggadocio. In fact, he proves that exact point by following up with "Won't Let You Down," an affirmation to staying true to oneself and staying motivated. His practiced breath control and slick rhyme delivery further prove to be a couple more cards up his sleeve, as displayed throughout. And while he conjures all the same ear-catching qualities he presented to us back in 2005, he still manages to craft a fresh-sounding follow-up to The Sound of Revenge.
For starters, Ultimate Victory offers plenty more political insight and discourse. While Revenge's key achievement was the resistant street anthem "Ridin," Cham steps it up and takes it to the political arena, sibling tracks "The Morning News" and "The Evening News" being two lead examples. Coupled with a pair of incredibly catchy hooks, Cham the newsman cuts through contemporary controversies and issues with harsh truth and authenticity. Not to mention he also brings back an old school legend in Slick Rick to further discuss his livid sentiments towards the "Hip-Hop police."
What sets Ultimate Victory apart from his Cham's debut is that he deals plenty with the qualms of daily life as well as the gifts and curses of success. He still knows how to keep it fun and light, though, as he follows up on The Game & Kanye's "Wouldn't Get Far," serving up some more tantalizing gossip with "Industry Groupie," and in the process dropping more names than...well, The Game. From T-Pain to Flava Flav, Cham makes plenty of hysterical references over this ambitious beat which samples the 80's epic "The Final Countdown" Europe. Speaking of keeping it fun and light, Cham further flexes his pimptacular vernacular ("game colda than a Pola") alongside Bun B on "Pimp Mode," for a mellow, Southern-fried slide down the country side.
A couple of flops present themselves throughout the course of the album, such as the appropriately-titled "Rock Star." The track aims too hard to replicate the sound of The Shop Boyz' summer hit "Party Like a Rock Star." It features Lil' Wayne, however, so it's bound to have its off-the-wall one-liners to make stans go crazy: "Compared to Bigfoot, you're just Twinkle Toes/ I'll get your girlfriend wet like wrinkled clothes/". "You Must Be Crazy" is another track that feels a bit out of place, featuring a sub-par stadium beat. Overall, Cham manages to keep the missteps to a minimum, a commendable feet for such a lengthy album. (Oh, and Cham scores extra points for leaving "Not a Criminal" in the cutting room floor.)
Welcome to the South
"This is my dissertation" exclaims Kanye West on Graduation, his recent album. Well, Chamillionaire's got a message of his own on Ultimate Victory, and he backs it up with some solid support. On "Welcome to the South," Cham defends his region with resolve ("Try to criticize us for how we live/ Then go do the same things that we just did/ Try to criticize us for how we spit/ Then say you respect the money that we get") while admirably acknowledging its faults as well: "Wanna criticize then? Fine!/ Say the South got simple rhymes/". The track is soon followed by the skit/interlude introducing up-and-coming Houston crooner Tony Henry, performing a heart wrenching chronicle of inner city blues over the lone accompaniment of the soulful flicks of an acoustic guitar. The poignant narrative smoothly slides into the subsequent collaboration with fellow Houstonian Devin the Dude for "Rocky Road," an uplifting message of guidance, promoting perseverance amongst struggle and diversity. The album is capped off by the title track, a glorious stride towards the finish line, as Cham proclaims to his fans: "Thank you for giving me the ultimate victory."
The Bottom Line on Ultimate Victory
One of the starkest comparisons between 50 Cent and Chamillionaire is that the two clearly present themselves as strong businessmen. But while the Formula 50 (pun intended) well has decisively dried up by now, Cham continues to seek new venues and ways by which to shake up the music world. 50 assumes the image of a super-capitalist beating a dead horse; Chamillionaire's methodology shifts and morphs as his moniker would suggest.
Essentially, it proves that while all the criticism directed at the South seems to be coming from the East coast, Cham's reply would simply be: "Hey, why don't you worry about YOU and step YOUR game up instead?" When it comes down to it, Ultimate Victory is not only a declaration of Chamillionaire's success over the past two years, but a triumphant representation of what a top-tier Southern artist can bring to the table: potent competition to anything the East, West (or anything in between) has to offer.
Case in point, while 50 Cent is probably somewhere "laughing straight to the bank", the last laugh really belongs to the King Koopa.Top Tracks
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Jurors Thursday ended their third day of deliberations without reaching verdicts in the trial of three men accused of murdering a Wildomar pastor's son and wounding his friend.
Matthew Alexis Basler, 34, Marvin Justin Black, 29, and James Wing Fung, 33, could each face more than 60 years in prison if convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder and weapons allegations in the Dec. 26, 2008, slaying of 22-year-old Ryan Joshua Armstrong and the stabbing of his friend, Joel Ross.
Fung is additionally charged with attempting to dissuade a witness.
The jury was ordered back to court Monday to resume deliberations.
The panel asked for a readback of testimony on Wednesday, and on Thursday, asked to see some items entered as evidence during the nearly month-long trial.
The stabbings occurred outside ET's Sports Lounge in Temecula about 10:45 p.m. Dec. 26, 2008. Armstrong died at a hospital; Ross recovered from his wounds.
According to prosecution testimony, Armstrong was the peacemaker when an argument broke out earlier in the evening.
Witness testimony indicated that after things had seemingly settled down following an argument over abeer cup placed on a pool table, Armstrong was dragged to the back door by one or more of the defendants.
The defendants were thrown out but later drove around to the alley
The prosecution contends that the defendants jumped out of a truck and viciously attacked Armstrong and his friend.
The defense maintains that the defendants were swarmed by a large group and merely fought to free themselves of the melee.
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I've enjoyed many wonderful meals here since 1978 and have never been disappointed by the food, the staff or the ambience. This is NYC dining at it's best--honest, uncomplicated and always of the highest quality. The regular menu items are always exquisitely prepared (esp the Dover sole) but do try their seasonal special offerings. The Nantucket scallops this past December were simply outstanding. Their wine list excels in breadth, depth as well as in value. The Four Seasons never disappoints. It's truely impressive how they've maintained their edge over the years. Kudos.
Posted by Alicia on 02/06/2011
Beautiful atmosphere in the pool room with excellent service. very pricey though for average quality food. they need to update their menu and amplify generally bland dishes.
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This is as good as it gets. Enough said. If you have the cash, this is the place to spend it. A wonderful experience.
Posted by Anonymous on 01/09/2009
I'm surprised by some of the other reviews. My food was fantastic. The sole is a must order and my mache salad was inventive and tasty. my husband ordered the chorizo wrapped in shrimp. it was spectacular. delicious food, great service, gorgeous space with tons of history. u gotta go.
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First thing I want to say is, I hate when waiter's hover over you ever 5 minutes to see whats going on. I definitely did not get to enjoy my dinner and I got the impression like we should leave. $300 spent on bland food and tiny portions. The atmosphere isn't so bad though, the curtains and the water in the middle of the restaurant was nice. And dessert was good.
Posted by eggberry on 10/21/2007
being at almost every spot in the city, four seasons comes in as the best of the best. the choices on their menu seem endless and the chef is always willing to alter anything for you. the food portions are huge, i remember ordering a lobster and it ended up being the size of a baby! the service is excellent, the waiters are always checking in to make sure you're happy or to offer taking pictures for you. they always give honest opinions when it comes to specific drinks or foods. one time my fiance was craving hot chocolate and the waiter told us they don't make it but if she really wanted one, he would have one made from scratch. to eat here is very expensive but is always worth it when we go.
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We find the atomosphere sensational. The service is outstanding. The food, unfortunately is hit or miss, but at the prices they charge (and in some cases the prices are just rediculous for the portion served - especially the tuna tartar appetizer - $32 for literally a thimball size portion), one leaves the restaurant feeling disappointed. Still, when we want a fine dining experience away from the noise and hipsters, we'll probably be back and hope the food improves. I would understand if some readers would regard me as a glutton for punishment!


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Ivy Tech officials say the goal is to raise $2.5 million by the end of the year in a partnership to move the Terre Haute Humane Shelter to an Ivy Tech building in the Vigo County Industrial Park.
The campaign is still in its "quiet" phase.
In recent weeks, "there have been significant measures of progress, and we're feeling very encouraged," Chancellor Ann Valentine said after Friday's meeting of the regional board.
Ivy Tech officials updated the board on the status of the fundraising campaign.
The goal of the campaign is to move the humane shelter to the Ivy Tech TechLAB facility (former Doughmakers), which would require renovation, and to equip space for veterinary technician and related programming. The humane society would lease space from Ivy Tech.
Becky Miller, Ivy Tech's executive director of advancement, said those involved with the campaign are taking the story to the community. Also, efforts continue to get Ellen DeGeneres involved with the fundraising campaign, and some local people with "connections" may help pave the way.
The campaign has about 1,100 letters of support it hopes to present to DeGeneres.
The campaign "has a lot of energy behind it," Miller said.
If the campaign reaches its $2.5 million goal, officials hope to raise additional funds to endow some of the humane society operating expenses and to add such things as state-of-the-art kennels that would help reduce noise.
No other Ivy Tech region offers a vet tech program, Valentine said.
The board also authorized the region to proceed with steps necessary to renovate part of the TechLAB facility to accommodate labs, classrooms and equipment for diesel programming.
The region also received an important state committee approval Friday to move forward with the renovation.
The region is partnering with the Ivy Tech president's office to fund the $1.3 million renovation. Ivy Tech also is seeking industrial partners to meet equipment and future needs.
The regional board has made diesel programming a high priority, Valentine said.
"We're hearing from employers they are having a difficult time finding qualified diesel technicians," she said. In particular, there is a great need for workers with diesel locomotive training.
Indiana Rail Road Co. recently opened a new $7.6 million locomotive maintenance facility near Jasonville.
A representative of the company recently told Ivy Tech representatives that the rail industry in the Chicago area and Indiana has a great need for workers. "It's very hard to find someone who has locomotive experience at all," she said.
Indiana Rail Road approached Ivy Tech about partnering to do diesel and diesel locomotive training, Valentine said. "We're very excited about that partnership."
Right now, diesel is a specialty under the region's automotive technology program.
If the program grows, it may at some point be offered as a standalone program, she said.
Currently, Ivy Tech offers some diesel courses in its existing auto lab in another building located in the industrial park, "but we don't have room for all of the diesel equipment we need to fully expand," Valentine said.
Ivy Tech is now working on final architectural specifications before the project goes to bid.
In other matters, Ivy Tech-Wabash Valley enrollment is down about 4 percent this fall. The region has about 3,100 full-time equivalent students this fall, Valentine said.
Utility savings measures have been implemented, and restructuring in the corporate college, human resources, registrar and finance areas will allow for additional savings in payroll and benefits, according to the chancellor's written report.
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Slimline Xbox 360 out this week
A 'sleeker, smaller and whisper quiet' Xbox 360 console has been unveiled at Microsoft's E3 2010 briefing. The big surprise? The new look console is shipping to retailers in North America this week.
The console bundles in a 250Gb disk, built in WiFi and will come at the same retail price - 299 USD in the United States. Don Mattrick lifted the lid on the new system, by pulling it from beneath the shell of the existing console. Black and shiny seems to be the theme.
The console promises support for 802.11N wireless internet - the fastest standard available. Retailers will begin receiving the hardware tomorrow, with releases expected in many places by the end of the week.
What this means for the old model remains to be seen, but in a nice twist briefing attendees were also told that they will be receiving the new look Xbox 360 before the week is out.
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Ashley Wilson '08 writes about her semester studying in Trinidad and Tobago
Ashley Wilson '08 (New York, N.Y.) is a Posse Scholar and is majoring in psychology. She serves as a head resident and will be completing an honors thesis this fall under the guidance of Andrew Vinchur, associate professor and head of psychology. She spent her spring semester studying abroad in Trinidad and Tobago. The following is a first-person account of her experiences.
We arrived in Trinidad on Jan. 3, and on Jan. 5, our group of 16 was sent to different neighborhoods for home stays. I stayed in Lange Park, Chaguanas, with a married couple. Although my home stay was only for three days, I learned so much. Having it so early in the program really allowed me to submerge myself into the culture right away.
I remember going to church on Sunday with my home stay family with the mindset that I would be just another visitor in the congregation. But that wasn't the case. Instead I sang with the choir. That example simply describes my whole experience� always being an active participant.
On Jan. 8, we flew to Charlottesville, Tobago, where we stayed at Man O' War Bay cottages for a week. While we were there, we surveyed local people about various topics, such as literacy, education, health, popular culture, and work life. We also had time to visit the Tobago Main Ridge Rainforest reserve, the Little Tobago Nature and Bird Sanctuary, the Buccoo Reef, and cocoa estates during our stay. For the duration of the program, we resided in the Caribbean Lodge along with students from Trinidad, St. Lucia, and Dominica.
Trinidad is a very festive island, one full of celebrations. Though life is not always perfect and the people may face hardships, Trinidadians always find a reason to celebrate the positive. I believe this is a great way to deal with life, just find the good in all things and make the best of every situation.
Trinidad is also the epitome of diversity. The influence of two colonizations and multiple influxes of migrants are evident in everyday life. Fusions between Africans, East Indians, Spanish, French, English, Chinese, and Lebanese can be seen in varying aspects of their culture, from music to cuisine. I was once told, "When a seed falls on different soil, it gets a different taste." Being in Trinidad helped me to see why this statement is so true. Trinidad has provided a platform for its diverse population to express their cultural heritage. Over the years, descendents from other countries have planted seeds of their culture in Trinidad. But although these seeds have been cultivated under a different sun, the essence of their heritage remains the same; only the flavor has changed.
The Trinidadians I encountered were well informed about international issues. But above all, they were very cordial. Anywhere I went I was greeted. They always made me feel welcome and tried their best to make sure that I was comfortable.
To me, Trinidadians are some of the most ingenious people. They know how to best use the resources they have to make whatever they need. Their crafts were amazing. They could make purses out of calabash, clocks out of shells and leaves, and earrings out of fish bones. I was always eager to support their creative expressions.
During the month of January, I took Mathematical Modeling of Culture and Society, a course led by a Pacific Lutheran University faculty member. In this course we examined Trinidad's culture using mathematical processes and made predications for future occurrences.
From February through mid-May I took a core course, "Caribbean Culture and Society." This course consisted of lectures from government officials, musicians, performers, and renowned authors, such as Earl Lovelace who wrote The Dragon Can't Dance. In addition to these lectures, we went on trips to historical monuments, religious places of worship, concerts, dance performances, mas camps and pan yards. As a final project for the course, we were required to write a final paper and do a dramatic presentation on something we learned. I did my project on East Indian Food Culture.
I also took two courses at the University of the West Indies. One was an art course, Mas: History, Meaning and Development, which explored the history and development of the Trinidad Carnival. The second was a psychology course, Motivation and Emotions.
The program's structure incorporated a service-learning experience. For my service learning, I volunteered at Aranguez Government Secondary School in the home economics department. I spent most of my time working with students to prepare murals and displays for the administrative office as well as working with the teachers to prepare traditional Trinidadian meals. Nevertheless, I was a mentor to the students who were 13 to16 years old.
Growing up in New York City, I was used to a considerately fast-paced lifestyle, but the pace in Trinidad was much slower. Everyone appeared to be more relaxed and I noticed that they seemed to be less anxious. From this experience, I learned to be more patient.
After graduation, I plan to pursue a career in Human Resources Management and later continue my studies in industrial organizational psychology. However, this experience has excited my interest in international affairs so I may pursue projects abroad if the opportunity presents itself.
Studying abroad in Trinidad for a semester was the best experience of my life, but the highlight, I must say, was being able to experience and participate in the Carnival season. Overall, the island was beautiful and rich in culture. It was definitely a Caribbean paradise. During my experience, I seldom felt like there was nothing to do. Living on an island about the size of Rhode Island, I didn't expect after four months there would still be places I hadn't visited or activities I wanted to get involved with, but there definitely were.


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Are you looking for a whimsical way to dress up your Fourth of July table this year? The Deen Team has a fun idea for dazzling your guests by creating your own tabletop fireworks. Check out how to make your own homemade firework napkin!
Happy 4th of July, everyone!Read More From Holidays and Entertaining.
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By Ana Sofia Vogel Duarte on September 18, 2013
Great Idea. Will use in my art class😀THANK YOU PAULA
By ColoredGlass by Marlina on September 17, 2013
Go girl. see you soon on your new show and channel
By Evelyn Maddox on August 17, 2013
We love Paula!!! This is a really cute idea!
By Linda Griffin on August 09, 2013
Love your recipes. Love the napkin with the bleach. Can't wait to try it. I love you Paula, have used many of your recipes. Can't wait to see more.
By trish brooke on July 05, 2013
Thanks for your wonderful idea on the fireworks napkins I am going to do this. And also thank you for the 4th of July food ideas. Please keep your chin up Paula we all love you and don't forget what they did to Martha Stewart you will come back bigger and better just as she did.
By Kathy Gardner on June 29, 2013
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I recommend you let the finished project dry then wash as the lingering bleach on the fabric will rot it- pure bleach that is not rinsed will damage the textile.
By Heidi on January 25, 2013
Can you wash these or will the bleach bleed?
By Amanda Villalobos on November 01, 2012
Thanks for posting such a great how-to. I look forward to giving this a try.
By Laura on August 03, 2012
It is simple and easy to do and i had lots of fun doing with my brothers and sisters and received lots of compliment, i did it for a small get together with my friends and family
By Samantha on July 16, 2012
If using bleach to decorate the napkin, how do you keep the bleach from eating the fabric? Did you dilute the bleach, and if so what was the ratio? Curious in Charlotte, NC
By kimberly on July 05, 2012
hi paula i watch your show as much as i can,love it. its not so bad having diabetes,you still get to eat some great stuff,i am a pre diabetic and you better believe i turned my eating habits around but quick,my older brother and younger sister both had it and both died from it he was 40 and she was 63 i am 71 now with 2 grown kids who each have 2 kids and believe me i want to be around much longer they are 22,21, 18 and 17. my husband and i will be married for 50 yrs.come september,well i guess that i could talk for hours about my family.i know that you are just starting with your grand babies, so God bless and have fun,you look great on the front of the people mag.keep up the good work cooking healthy with you judy gray
By judy gray on June 29, 2012
Paula, you and your staff are the "bomb"!! I have several pair of old blue jeans. I'm gonna try these napkins with bleach decorated blue jeans. Thanks for the ideas!
By Jan Fairclo on June 29, 2012
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Cancer is the number one cause of disease-related death in children. Each year, more than 13,000 children are diagnosed with a form of cancer, and approximately one quarter will not survive the disease.
As childhood cancer represents only 1 percent of all cancer diagnoses, the American Cancer Society devotes a similar percentage to research, even though childhood cancer has one of the highest non-survival rates among cancers. Research into the causes and treatment is far behind that of other cancers, leaving parents with fewer options.
Added to the incredible financial stress of a cancer diagnosis is the lack of resources in the area for children with cancer. There are no pediatric cancer physicians in Valdosta or the surrounding area, and families have to travel to Macon, Atlanta, Gainesville or Jacksonville for treatment. Many families make the trip once a week for months or years with their children.
Even when a child survives cancer, they are often faced with lifelong health complications from the disease, ranging from heart and lung damage to alterations in their growth and development.
With a dozen or more cases of childhood cancer in our area each year, the disease is eclipsed by other causes, and families are often left to their own resources. The kindness and generosity of school friends, other parents, and organizations have helped many, but the public is generally unaware of the toll that cancer takes on local families.
Throughout September, The Times will feature stories of survivors and stories of families coping with the loss of a child, both in the newspaper and in the Valdosta Scene magazine to raise awareness of childhood cancer in our community.


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alarm signal
in zoology, a ritualized means of communicating a danger or threat among the members of an animal group. In many cases the signal is visual or vocal, but some animals-ants, bees, and certain fishes, for example-secrete chemical substances. Alarm communications frequently cross species boundaries. The hawking alarm calls of many small birds are similar and will cause most other birds to take cover. A visual alarm signal, common in mammals, is "flagging," the lifting of the tail to reveal its white undersurface. The white fur shows only in fright situations when the animal raises its tail as it bounds away. Biologists do not agree about the exact meaning of this common mammalian alarm response. While the alarm reaction usually takes the form of a freeze-or-flight response, it may, if the stimulus is within a critical distance, elicit an attack
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When I first moved to NYC, 14 years ago, I was broke and needed a cheap, no fee place for myself and my roommate. I was subletting in the E. Village for the summer while looking in Brooklyn. I responded to an ad for a place in Clinton Hill, and got turned around. A friendly woman asked if I was lost and when I told her where I was going, she walked me to the building, which was on her block. On the way there, we started talking and learned we were both from Virginia and knew some of the same people. Then she said "I'm looking to get out of my lease. Come see my apartment, and if you like it, I'll tell the landlord you're my friend from home, and you can take it over." That's how I wound up w/ a tiny but affordable, no fee, 2 bdrm garret apartment in a gorgeous brownstone on one of the prettiest blocks in Clinton Hill. When my roommate and I left 2 years later, we passed it on to friends. Those friends did the same. 3 "generations" of friends of friends lived there for over 6 years. We couldn't have been luckier.
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No food or tv in the bedroom. It's not a rule, but my husband and I never eat on the bed. It feels wrong. And neither of us like to watch tv in bed. Our tv has always been in the living room. But our dog does sleep with us. It started when he was a puppy, and it's just too late to break him of it. But he doesn't bother us. Overall we sleep pretty well.
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Wow, how many hours did take until the dwellers in this triplex had to call Time Warner to say nothing was working? Oh wait, no one lives there, it's fake! How convenient. Time Warner is the worst. Instead of spending money on terrible promotions and paying blogs to cover them, it should train it's employees and focus on customer service. As I was writing this, my Internet connection slowed to a crawl. Go figure.
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This year, we bought a new artificial Christmas tree and did some research to find one made in the USA. We only found one manufacturer still making trees here. We ordered a tree from them, and it's really well made, and we're very happy with it. It possible to find American made products, but only if you're willing to go beyond the big box stores and do some research.
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Sep 26 2011 - Fujitsu's LifeBook P701 falters from being a good laptop because it is still stuck in the older corporate computer mindset. It comes with half the RAM and a third of storage space of the modern laptop PC. Add to this the lack of modern high speed peripheral ports and you are stuck relying on your limited resources with limited external expansion options. At least the display offers a bright spot with antiglare coating and nice color. In addition, the matte exterior helps prevent scratches and fingerprints. The problem is there are better options for roughly the same price both for consumers and corporate users.
- Bright, Antiglare Coated Display
- Matte Exterior Good And Keeping Scratches And Fingerprints To A Minimum
- Unique Scroll Wheel For Trackpad
- Limited RAM And Hard Drive Space
- Comes With a 32-Bit Version Of Windows
- Lacks USB 3.0 or eSATA Ports
- Intel Core i3-2310M Dual Core Mobile Processor
- 2GB PC3-10600 DDR3 Memory
- 160GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
- 12.1" WXGA (1280x800) LED Backlit Display With 1.3Megapixel Webcam
- Intel HD Graphics 3000 Integrated Graphics
- Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/g/n Wireless, Bluetooth
- Three USB 2.0, DisplayPort, VGA, ExpressCard/34, Fingerprint Scanner, SD Card Slot
- 11.3" x 8.6" x 1.3" @ 3.4 lbs.
- Windows 7 Professional (32-bit), Office Starter
Review - Fujitsu LifeBook P701
Sep 26 2011 - Fujitsu's LifeBook P701 is a relatively small laptop designed for corporate or business use. It has a relatively small profile and light weight but is fairly thick at 1.3-inches. Performance from the system is provided by the Intel Core i3-2310 dual core processor. This is fine for most tasks that the average business users would need to tackle. It will get bogged down in more demanding tasks such as desktop video because of the processor but more likely from the limited 2GB of DDR3 memory included with it. With the relatively low cost for RAM, it is surprising that it doesn't ship with more as most every other laptop in this price range does.
Storage features are definitely different than what most consumers would expect. Most corporations don't require a large amount of storage space, so the fact that it comes with a very small 160GB hard drive isn't really an issue. Consumers on the other hand can find laptops featuring roughly three times this amount in similarly priced systems. While the laptop frame is thick enough to potentially fit in a slim DVD burner, there is no option for this as most corporations don't need it. It isn't too much of an issue as many smaller laptops don't include it anymore.
What is disappointing is that external storage options are a bit more difficult to make up for the lack of internal storage options. The system does feature three USB ports, but none of them are of the new USB 3.0 version to allow for extremely fast high speed external storage. In addition, there is no eSATA port for the other most common external storage peripheral interface. Fujitsu does make up for this slightly by offering an ExpressCard/34 slot that allows for a wide range of peripheral expansion port and peripherals including adding cellular high speed access.
While most compact laptops have standardized on a 13.3-inch display size, Fujitsu uses a much more uncommon 12.1-inch display for the LifeBook P701. This gives the laptop a narrow frame but has some other aspects to it as well. The screen uses a 16:10 aspect ratio rather than the newer 16:9 being adopted by the industry similar to HDTV displays. This gives a slightly lower 1280x800 resolution. Thankfully, the display offers a very bright and colorful image with an anti-glare coating rather than the more typical glossy coatings. This makes it much easier to use outdoors and in certain lighting conditions that produce glare and reflections. The graphics are driven by the Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor that is built into the CPU. This is fine for business purposes but it still lacks much 3D performance. It does make up for this by having the ability to accelerate media encoding tasks with compatible QuickSync applications.
The keyboard and trackpad have both their good and bad points. First off, this is not one of the better keyboards on the market. It uses a traditional design which is fien as Lenovo has done so for years with their ThinkPad. The problem is the feel of the keyboard. There is too much flex giving the keyboard a very soft, spongy feel. The trackpad on the other hand is very good a nice size and dedicated right and left buttons with a fingerprint scanner between the two. While many trackpads feature advanced scrolling features built into the trackpad through certain motions, Fujitsu has added a dedicated circular trackpad that is specifically for scrolling. Simply rotate your finger on the pad clockwise or counterclockwise to scroll within your documents. It works very effectively and without impacting your cursor location.
Even with a fairly thick design, the Fujitsu LifeBook P701 packs in a fairly modest six cell battery pack with a rated 63WHr capacity. Now, with the fairly limited components found in this system, you would expect it to have some decent battery life. In video streaming playback tests, the laptop was able to run for just five hours before going into standby mode. This puts it roughly in the middle of the pack but behind the Dell Vostro V131 which is a slightly more expensive but also thinner 13-inch laptop designed for business.


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At 2:30 p.m. Anthony C Mooney, 56, of Winfield Mo., crashed his 2009 Harley Davidson Sportster. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash took place on eastbound Interstate 70 just west of Mid Rivers Mall Drive after Mooney struck an object in the roadway. After striking the object, Mooney's motorcycle overturned. There were no other vehicles involved in the crash.
Mooney was taken by St. Charles County ambulance to St. Joseph Health Center with minor injuires.
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This 10-year-old white male was referred to the oral surgeon for the evaluation of a slowly growing, purple-red, smooth-surfaced and sessile gingival swelling in the anterior maxilla covering teeth #s 5-7 (Figure 1). This growth was of six months' duration but was reported to have suddenly increased in size over the last few weeks. It was isolated and otherwise asymptomatic. The associated teeth were vital and there was no evidence of bone resorption.
Figure 1 This photograph was taken at first presentation where a large, dome-shaped, smooth-surfaced and ulcerated purplish-red swelling is identified buccal to teeth #s 5-7.


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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's (OPC) Contributions Program funds independent privacy research and related knowledge translation initiatives. Researchers are encouraged to propose projects that generate new ideas, approaches, and knowledge about privacy that organizations can apply to better safeguard personal information and/or that individual Canadians can use to make more informed decisions about protecting their privacy.
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Supercars are a vehicle class that appears in MotorStorm: Apocalypse and MotorStorm RC. They have the highest boost acceleration speed of any class in the game and good grip on tarmac, but have lower strength than the Rally Cars and tricky off-road handling. A good technique for this class would be to boost as long and as hard as possible to make the most use of its fast acceleration; however, something to note about this vehicle class would be how slow they are when not boosting. They are capable of wrecking smaller vehicles such as the SuperMinis and the Bikes but are obviously outranked by any of the vehicle classes bigger than the Racing Trucks in terms of strength. They all have the same engine - a V12 - but it sounds more akin to a highly tuned V10 engine.
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
- Speed: 10/10
- Handling: 5/10
- Toughness: 5/10
List of SupercarsEdit
- Patriot P10-XR
- Ozutsu Blacksun J-GT
- Monarch GT101
- Wulff DT566M (Carbon Edition in Carbon Pack, non-carbon customizable version in Prestige Pack)
- Italia Torquemada (Supercar Elite pack)
- Mirage LX7 (Prestige Pack)
- Italia Tauromachia
- At this time, the Supercar class contains the most vehicles of any class featured in Apocalypse with 7 vehicles total, assuming one would have both the Carbon Supercar preorder, as well as Supercar Elite and all other Supercar DLCs.
- In a cutscene in Mash's campaign, a McLaren F1-inspired Supercar can clearly be seen in the background, though it has not been seen in any real gameplay footage.
- Technically, there is one more Supercar in the list, the Italia Tauromachia, but its unlock details are still unclear.
- The Supercars in MotorStorm RC are available when the player wins at least one medal on every event.
Most Supercars are either exotic sports cars or race-built track cars. They do live up to there name, however.