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Help a hack: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit?
Keen Reg readers may remember that last year we visited the remote Aboriginal community of Willowra and its new Wirliyatjarrayi Learning Centre. We went because we wanted to know how technology makes an impact in a remote community. What we found was a wonderful facility with enormous potential to help locals, but it was …
My method - YMMV
What I would do
1st I would not even consider doing an upgrade.....It wastes more time than it saves and will probably require support later on which you don't want to have to do.. Unless this is a necessity which isn't mentioned in the article.
Backup up all required files, then install fresh W7 copies..
Sysprep is your friend, the best tutorial I have ever found/used is as follows
Required material
DVD or an ISO image , You will need a version of the W7 DVD or an ISO image.... a large bootable USB key, I use 2* 16Gb ...
If your are successfull with the Sysprepping + Testing then each install should take no longer than 1hr each, dependant on the software updates that will undoubetdly be triggered. make sure the PC is "fully" updated before doing the sysprep.
Do "ALL" of your prepping/testing BEFORE you head out..... Do, do the testing.......
Use http://ninite.com/ for downloading/updating those little must have prgrams that we all need/use ( Thanks go to Trevor Potts for the introduction to Ninite)
Just in case Sysprep fucks up the hidden admin account ( This is why testing is vital)
Thats my 2cts worth ( I actually use this method)
Don't know the answer relating to the bandwidth issues
Re: My method - YMMV
I certainly found that with Win7 MS made the job of small scale deployments much harder than with previous versions.
Effectively with a small deployment what you are really wanting to do is to completely configure one system and then image it across all the others, unfortunately MS in their desire to prevent pirating etc. have made this simple task difficult for small deployments and provide little real guidance on how to achieve this common task.
The problem with Win7 SysPrep is from what I was able to determine it couldn't give you a 'finished' system ie. the state in which a user can sit down and immediately start using the machine. So after completing SysPrep there was much still to be done such as: user accounts, simplified menu's, user app settings, printers etc. etc.
I found for small batches of identical machines, that configuring up one machine without registering Windows and then using Clonezilla to do a whole disk image, I was able to drop this almost finished image on to the other systems (care is necessary to preserve their 'unique' disk identifiers). The other systems then required a Windows repair boot before they would start up (so it picks up the correct disk identifier). the last action I performed was the activation and confirmation that all systems could co-exist and exchange information between them on the same WiFi/LAN.
Looking forward, a big concern is the satellite link and whether it is going to be appropriate to use it for updates (to all eight systems). The reason for this determines whether you are going to have to disable auto update etc. and so give yourself a system maintenance headache.
WSUS Offline
Upgrade or fresh install, there's going to be a lot of updates to install. WSUS Offline is pretty useful. It allows you to make an ISO full of Microsoft updates that you can then install on a bunch of machines without them all fighting to download the updates several times over. Useful in bandwidth constrained situations.
Re: WSUS Offline
I was going to suggest a WSUS server in VirtualBox but your suggestion is far superior. Downloaded and building an ISO to try out.
What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
A Linux USB stick
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @rm-rf/
"A Linux USB stick"
Oh dear - very predictable. I wish you guys could develop a bit of originality.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
Oh piss off troll. This is a worthy cause, so fuck off with your low level cheap shots.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ Lost All Faith
If this is a worthy cause are all the Office and W7 licences FOC ?
What next, free ipads to get them on the Apple treadmill too ?
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
In all seriousness, a Linux Live CD or Live USB is always worth having in your toolkit - even in a 100% windows environment. I've found them particularly useful when sorting out partition issues or botched imaging operations. I've run into several situations where the quickest way out was to boot a Knoppix CD and fix a disk with GParted, which can generally handle anything you throw at it.
"rm -rf /" may or may not be a Linux troll, but there's plenty of merit to his suggestion.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ Lost All Faith
If this is a worthy cause are all the Office and W7 licences FOC ?
Exactly. If you all actually read the article, you'll find this cause is for some of "Australia's most impoverished".
So then, why the fuck are they paying for software licences with absolutely no ROI, when there are suitable FREE alternatives???
You kiss arses need to stop taking from the poor!
This isn't a fanboi rant - I use Windows - it's just common sense. You know, that old fashioned thing?
(that said, if it is for £0, then you have my blessing.)
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ AC
"So then, why the fuck are they paying for software licences with absolutely no ROI, when there are suitable FREE alternatives???"
That is precisely my point. Someone has to pay for the Windows/Office Licences that is unless Microsoft has donated them FOC, in which case well done Microsoft. However if this is not the case money could have been saved by using "suitable FREE alternatives" and that money could have been spent on other extra things at the Community Learning Centre such as a better internet connection.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
A Linux USB stick
Don't you think they're impoverished enough already? I mean, talk about kicking a man when he's down...
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ AC
Since one of the objectives is to help the community members acquire job skills, it was likely decided that they needed to be up on the most widely used software in businesses, as opposed to something very similar.
Some users can easily go between MS Office and OpenOffice but most get confused. I was recently involved in a migration where the fleet of aging XP systems were replaced with Dell refurbs running Win7. Most of the old machines had the pre-DRM Office 2000 but that doesn't work on 64-bit Win7. A few had Office 2003 and PC Mover handled migrating that, though you have to make sure the Outlook users have Word as their editor because Outlook 2003 doesn't get along with IE 10/11 for editing.
Anyway, until there was a budget for MS Office of some more recent generation, the new machines all got LibreOffice in hopes it would cover most needs. It turned out to be a huge pain as they had a bunch of frequently used documents that LibreOffice doesn't render correctly. These users are mostly nurses and have very little interest in learning any new software. Free is nice, except when it doesn't work correctly and is confusing to those used to other products.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
@garden-snail Seconded. And if the hardware is broken, linux will pin down the problem pretty quickly. It's a really good tool for hacking around.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ AC
"Anyway, until there was a budget for MS Office of some more recent generation, the new machines all got LibreOffice in hopes it would cover most needs. It turned out to be a huge pain as they had a bunch of frequently used documents that LibreOffice doesn't render correctly. These users are mostly nurses and have very little interest in learning any new software. Free is nice, except when it doesn't work correctly and is confusing to those used to other products."
Fair point, but reading the original article the centre only opened in 2013, and the machines are running XP, which surely means second hand, so there's the assumption the spec is known and they'll all actually run W7. It's a bit astonishing that an AU$3m centre didn't include budget for a half dozen new boxes, which in April 2013 would have been W7/8.
Also from the original article there's a mixed ecosystem of XP and Mac (again, vintage unknown), and a bunch of locals come in to charge their iPads and the like, so although the locals are perhaps naive of the nastier corners of the web they're not stupid, just uneducated and can learn alternative packages.
If the Win boxes are hand-me-downs, we don't know whether they're all identical - some might take W7 and others not. Indeed, if they are second hand, do they have the original XP install media - if the W7 install goes bad can they roll it back, or might Linux be the next move to unbrick it?
It's certainly worth taking a couple of linux flavours, something live for troubleshooting (GParted, memtest, etc) and also to leave there if any boxes aren't playing nice with W7, either as a desktop or relegated as a firewall/network cache box.
Also, I know the article is aimed at the PCs, but if the Macs are a newer vintage, take a copy of Mavericks, if they haven't already dragged it down over the web...
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @garden-snail
>In all seriousness, a Linux Live CD or Live USB is always worth having in your toolkit
I think you actually mean one of the "Rescue CD Toolkit" Linux Live distributions - I've used SysRescCD but there are others, some examples listed here http://www.gfi.com/blog/top-5-free-rescue-discs-for-your-sys-admin-toolkit/
I'm not so sure about the value of an end user Linux Live distribution, particularly as the decision to deploy Win7 et al has been taken.
Personally, I would take both CD and USB versions, at best it will enable you to work on two systems, at worst only one.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
"A Linux USB stick"
I know these people are poor and remote, but that's cruelty....
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
You can easily fix all those issue with a Windows bootable USB too if you are even vaguely competent.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ AC
there is no mention of where the licenses came from in the article. It would be nice to know if they did come FOC for this endeavour or not.
One thing the article is definitely not is a discussion on the merits of Linux over Windows. It seems pretty clear to me that there is a solution to be implemented, and that includes at least Windows 7 and MS Office to be installed on these machines.
I wonder how much a Linux and Open Office solution would cost to implement over the one described. Additionally, I wonder how much use a solution like this would be to the learning centre. Especially when you bear in mind that they seem to be about ready to offer skills in basic computer literacy.
However superior Linux is over Windows, teaching people basic computer literacy starts with Windows & something like Office.
Hopefully in the future, things will be different. For me, being taught basic Linux skills along with Windows at school, would have been highly useful.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
>You can easily fix all those issue with a Windows bootable USB too
Yes the Bart PE is very good, however strictly you do need a valid Windows XP/2003 license ... something that Linux being open source quite neatly gets around.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
A Linux USB stick
I could never be a Linux user because I haven't mastered the art of whining about Linux.
"Why don't you stop using Windows and use Linuuuuuuuuux???" WHAAAAA!!!!!
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ AC
Its likely that whoever has to support these systems will be a windows user (Given that they cant do their own windows upgrade likely a NON TECHNICAL windows user) so its probably MUCH cheaper to stick to windows *
* Especially given that YES MS do large discounts & free software for charities
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
"Yes the Bart PE is very good, however strictly you do need a valid Windows XP/2003 license ... something that Linux being open source quite neatly gets around"
Valid windows xp/2003 license like the ones that will be on the boxes being upgraded?
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
that may be so, but a LOT of info was left out!!! If he said what you did, he would not be treated badly.. :)
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
... just please note that in the hands of a *utter newbie" , the chances of *totally* ruining computer/ windows/ contents of whole disk is very high, due to randomly pressing buttons...
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @ AC
Licences???? surely the person needing to upgrade his PC has **already** got the licences, when he **bought** the software????
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
>Valid windows xp/2003 license like the ones that will be on the boxes being upgraded?
Strictly - given this is a public forum - the answer is probably no, as I suspect the licenses on the boxes to be upgraded are OEM and I'm not sure if a Bart PE CD/USB counts as MS Windows Recovery Media...
Non-Select/VLK Licensing is one of the things I really dislike, particularly as MS have seemingly revised their EULA's over the years to make things more difficult. But in writing this, one ray of hope does come to mind, if you had a Technet subscription and hence have downloaded XP/2003 keys and images...
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ?
No, you don't need a PE boot disk, you can access all the command line tools you need from a standard Windows bootable install USB. And you don't need a license unless you INSTALL Windows.
Re: What's in your ultimate Windows XP migration toolkit ? @AC
>No, you don't need a PE boot disk
I was assuming Bart PE, given this particular thread started on Linux and I refocused it on to SysAdmin/SysInstaller tools, for which there are a number of really good Live distributions. And I would suggest that Bart PE is a good equivalent distribution based on Windows, certainly better than MS's Windows PE.
So whilst for many cases Windows PE may be sufficient, I would tend to want some more sophisticated tools in the kit bag, just in case (eg. clonezilla can do things with a Win7 install that Windows PE users can only dream about).
There's only so much one can do about a lack of bandwidth, but, having said that, whenever I'm looking to maximize network speeds on a Windows box, I use TCPOptimizer:
I first have it perform an MTU check, then optimize all parameters associated with the relevant adapters - this is assuming you know the (actual) connection speed. If not, there are a number of "speed test" websites that should enable you to determine what it is. It might not hurt to have a look at the "Advanced" tab in Device Properties for the network hardware as well, just to see if there are any settings in there that might help, but that's very much hardware-dependent.
Nothing amazing, but hopefully it helps a little...
Useful stuff
"WSUS Offline is pretty useful. It allows you to make an ISO full of Microsoft updates that you can then install on a bunch of machines without them all fighting to download the updates several times over."
Excellent. Have an upvote. :-)
"A Linux USB stick"
And a downvote for you for trying to score a cheap point inappropriately.
Well done, El Reg. A fine and worthy project.
Re: Useful stuff
Good grief, why's this one being down voted more? Seriously??
Re: Useful stuff
Because if you don't know that the many tools available on a Linux rescue CD, sysresccd for example, are quite useful, then you should not be dishing out down votes for suggesting that. You should shut your prejudice mouth and learn a new thing or two.
Yes, I am aware that there is excellent commercial software available as well.
Rather than teach these impoverished folks how to use office software, why not teach them to be computer literate first, then how computers work, then maybe some networking, and admin skills. If they are poor, surely you want to help them get ahead.
"Suggestions for apps that will help PCs be at their best in a very bandwidth-constrained environment"
If they are running Windows, keep the computers off the Internet. If they catch a cold, it will take lots of bandwidth to get the latest virus scanners/BS to clean it up. Maybe set them up with a FOG server so they can re-image their machines before the OS boots. In fact set this up and then use that to deploy Windows. You'll need to use sysprep. Once you do it a dozen or so times, you'll get the hang of it, but it is a finicky bitch.
"Software you think could assist people with low literacy levels."
A local copy of Wikipedia? bash? I mean if you have to type and read it might help with literacy rather than clicking on blobs of colour.
One thing I'd suggest...
...is making things like updates run late at night and where possible across different days.
So PC 1 runs Win update at say 10pm Wednesday after Patch Tuesday, the next at 10pm on the Thursday. That way they are not all battling for bandwidth at the same time and ultimately all failing.
Also how about locking the drives down? In the old days Windows Steady State* was your friend. Now you have to use commercial ones such as Faronics Deep Freeze or my personal favorite Drive Vaccine from Horizondata Sys. Always try a bit of blagging, it sometimes works.
* Steady state is no longer available from Microsoft, but some freeware sites are still carrying it. Highly recommend using this if you are planning to stay on XP.
Re: One thing I'd suggest...
Ever tried Drive Vaccine? It is a little complicated to set up, but I hear it is a good replacement for Steady State and is pretty economical. At least it has been for me. However I've not had the time to set it up on a PC, and now that XP is going away, it may become my top priority. Folks around here just can't afford to update to hardware that can run the next iteration of Windows. They will just have to plod along with an expired XP, or at least use a LiveCD for sensitive web actions. With something like this hard drive locking capability, they could actually get rid of all the bloated anti-virus, and anti-malware that slowed the computer down before.
Other thoughts...
Some other thoughts:
* If the user-base is naive, solid AV / anti-malware / ad-blocking software will be critical. I like Avast! Free / Malwarebytes Pro (not free, sorry) / AdBlock Plus, but YMMV. NoScript is probably a bit excessive / liable to cause confusion, but there may be other steps that one can take along these lines as well. As a bonus, blocking such crap cuts down on bandwidth usage. Consider avoiding Java / Flash / Shockwave / Silverlight as well for the same reasons.
* Mercilessly disable all forms and flavors of autorun. Sorry, but users will have to learn how to find their drives; this is a security necessity from where I sit. You can accomplish all sorts of useful things via Group Policy Editor, but Ultimate Windows Tweaker is useful too:
* Use Piriform CCleaner to clean up temporary files / the registry once all is said and done - of all the software that does this sort of thing, this one has never cause me issues in many years of use:
* Make sure to very carefully control any auto-update features of anything installed - in bandwidth-limited situations this will be essential to usability.
* In addition to using QoS if possible, consider some traffic shaping software; it's freeware, and in spite of the name, Traffic Shaper XP works just fine in a Windows 7 environment:
* Bring a copy of the latest version of Hiren's BootCD (or your preferred equivalent) on a USB key, just in case.
If you are going to a bandwidth constrained place and are miles from anywhere then taking as much of what you need with you would be a good start. I know it sounds obvious but I remember my days of helping with peoples home computers when I had broadband and they were still on dial up.
You mention Windows 7 so I assume the licenses are already paid for and the specs of the current machines has been checked and are more than capable of Windows 7. Otherwise I'd mention checking this first and if required investing in upgrades or going to a more light weight OS. Also, Windows 7? I appreciate it is nicer than 8 however it has 3 years fewer support. To me an you this might be ok as we likely change our computers more often, but possibly just possibly here OS longevity should outweigh the benefits of sticking to Windows 7. Don't forget to get the drivers downloaded in advance.
before you go make an up to date Windows 7 image (including all current updates), instlal whatever you might want on it then shrink the size of the image and clonezilla the machine.
When you are there image that back to one computer install anything remaining then and sysprep it. Make an image from that,
Bung out the image from a clonezilla server machine and voilla.. Go round put in keys and activate and you are out of there other than the bits that just don't sysprep well like Kaspersky if you are using it.
Why tie these people into the MicroSoft symbiosis.
Isn't now the ideal time to look at alternatives? There are a number of low-cost, low-bandwidth solutions, take DVDs with a few of those.
Re: Why tie these people into the MicroSoft symbiosis.
Because there is money to be made.
Microsoft's thinking goes like this: Sell a person a fish, and you have sold one fish. But teach a person to fish, and you can keep on selling them expensive, proprietary bait and tackle for the rest of their life. Any beneficial side-effects (like, the people you taught to fish not being hungry anymore) are just a happy accident; it's all about making money. And your accidental-on-purpose failure to mention that there are plenty of other ways to get bait and tackle, possibly at considerably less cost and/or capable of catching more fish than the stuff you are selling, means they are in thrall to you.
What the Third World desperately needs is field-maintainability -- the owners of equipment should be the ones to determine whether it is worth propping up with spare parts or needs replacing at last. But field-maintainability is anathema to dinosaurs who are still wedded to the old economics of scarcity -- precisely because the inability to maintain in the field works in their favour.
Re: Why tie these people into the MicroSoft symbiosis.
Never heard , being tied to Microsoft described as a symbiotic relationship before - interesting choice of words .
Re: Why tie these people into the MicroSoft symbiosis.
More like parasitic
Re: Why tie these people into the MicroSoft symbiosis.
Sell a person a fish, and you have sold one fish. But teach a person to fish,
and he'll sit in a boat all day drinking beer. So that's a sound business model if you're into brewing or selling the stuff.
Not strictly answering the question....
... Won't help the migration, but if you have one then a spare PC with 2 NICs to leave behind with Sophus UTM or Untangle, Squid and FreeNAS running as VMs to give them a free but enterprise class firewall with caching, anti-spam, web filters and shared drives. Sophus UTM has a free non-commercial version for up to 50 people, and Untungle has a "lite" version.
Easy enough to setup the VMs and internal network under VirtualBox before you even leave the office and massively improve their experience. I'd run it under a Ubuntu LTS release rather than buy another windows licence, but that's me :)
Re: Not strictly answering the question....
I think it's disingenuous to set up customers with great and costly support licenses when they will never be able to use them because of the remote location. Living in a very remote location for years taught me what another poster said that being able to self-sustaining in a remote environment trumps any support, which is why I always ended up using FOSS.
Golden Image
I'd be making and debugging and syspreping a golden image with all their software preconfigured before I left. This means you don't get rushed on the config/tuning and all the machines are configured in exactly the same way, you can also patch it up to the latest and minimise what each machine needs to download once you are there.
It also means that once the locals have been given suitable instructions, if a machine is virus infected or otherwise broken then they can just revert back to their "master" image.
I'd also make sure I have the following things with me.
Extra Ram (Windows 7 needs at least 2GB really even as a Web surfing box) Do you have a hardware audit of the machines to be able to determine what Ram they have/might need ?
UBCD on both Optical and Flash media (includes several partitioning/imaging tools plus things like memory tests etc in case you get a rogue machine)
Spare Optical drives (one of each pATA and SATA, if you go down the route of installing form optical media)
Two portable hard drives with the master image on.
Some spare internal hard drives (no point installing to buggered hardware, so I'd be running the smart tools against each hdd before installation and replacing it if it is suspect)
I'd also have a go at convincing someone like ESET to see if they will donate some decent AntiMalware protection. If you can't manage that then I think probably Microsoft Security Essentials is the best of the freebies, but make sure it is installed and fully up to date on your master image.
Re: Golden Image
Your comment on extra RAM made me think. I would personally say: get someone there to install belarc system advisor and email that document per machine.
It's a small file, but has masses of information (and sometimes product keys, I'm told) and I've used it before to get information to prep a machine install for someone who was in london with no internet connection, in the days of very non-smart phones.
turned out handy as I'd downloaded the drivers, and the source of the problem was a USB keyboard driver trying to 'ping' a server and causing the machine in question to hang. Why? the keyboard had a light on it to tell you if you were connected to the internet.
So, Drivers, drivers, drivers. It's going to suck if you don't know exactly which one(s) you need for a certain hardware configuration.
Re: Golden Image
majorgeeks has a really good update tool, that doesn't need installing, and points you to many of the applications and drivers that may need attention. I haven't tried the driver updates yet, because I'm not having hardware problems, but many clients of mine do.
additional software
if it's (for all intents and purposes) offline, do they still do encyclopedia cds like encarta?
that's what we did before internet connections got decent, and clearly they're educational.
Re: additional software
In a similar vein, I'd suggest an ebook software (I use CoolReader FWIW) and a selection of titles from Project Gutenberg.
Without wishing to sound condescending, literacy is, in so many ways, a silver bullet. Perhaps the low literacy rates are, at least in part, a consequence of lack of accesss to reading material in such a remote location.
Excellent idea - Re: additional software
I used Encarta in an FE College before we had ready access to Internet. You may remember the built-in project program that let people store up articles and tag them with comments and add illustrations.
Britannica 2013 Deluxe DVD is currently available and boats '80000 articles'. Not sure how many of those link back to the online source and how many are local to the DVD install. It wants just under 4GB for 'full install' and will run on relatively modest specs (including G5 Mac). Might be a nice one to have on one or two machines.
I'd second a download from Gutenberg and the various free textbooks that are around now as PDFs.
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He gave a very taking display, coming through smoothly to assume command from the Prix Morny hero Siberian Express at the quarter pole, holding a two-length advantage entering the Dip. After that, Eddery's task was all about keeping his idling mount's mind on the job while Rainbow Quest delivered a resolute challenge. He had half a length to spare at the line, looking - to me - value for a fair bit more. Confirmation of a fast time and the six-length gap to third-placed Siberian Express made the performance seem all the more impressive.
So why were the bookmakers now offering 10-1 about El Gran Senor for the Guineas? It could have had something to do with the fact that none of the Dewhurst winners of the previous five years had managed to win any kind of race afterwards, or that Try My Best had finished stone last of 19 in his Classic bid, but neither seemed to represent a logical reason for dismissing such a convincing display. Still, there were many better judges than me around, and if 10-1 was not going to tempt them, I would leave it alone.
Inevitably, the tens did not last long, but there was still plenty of 8-1 available over the winter, while Champagne Stakes winner Lear Fan held sway in the market, but it was all very different when Guineas day arrived. El Gran Senor had come back with a ready triumph over stablemate Noun 1. stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person
stable companion
Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times Sadler's Wells in the Gladness Stakes, while Lear Fan, on his seasonal debut, had been all out to resist Rainbow Quest by a short head in the Craven Stakes.
Punters had distrusted the 1983 International Classifications, which placed El Gran Senor on top, 1lb ahead of Rainbow Quest, with Lear Fan a further 3lb behind, but the form book was now indicating that the official handicappers had probably been right. I couldn't see El Gran Senor being beaten and I was with the majority. He was favourite at 15-8 and the only others at single-figure odds were 7-2 shots Lear Fan and Keen - a brother to Kris and Diesis di·e·sis
n. pl. di·e·ses
See double dagger.
[Medieval Latin, semitone (which was indicated by a double dagger), from Latin, quarter tone, from Greek diesis, - and Rainbow Quest, available at 11-2. Having failed to take the 10-1 when it was offered, I was not going to get involved now, although after paddock inspections and monitoring the market moves, the outcome was more obvious than ever. Lear Fan had drifted from 2-1, which ruled him out, Keen was too inexperienced and Rainbow Quest was going to need a longer distance. The other five just did not seem up to the task.
El Gran Senor was brilliant that day, giving a performance that had me racking my brains for a comparable display over a mile. I had to cast my mind back to Brigadier Gerard, successful in the same Classic 13 years earlier, to conjure up or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms s>.
See also: Conjure a more impressive image.
Held up, going easily, the Northern Dancer colt cruised past trail-blazing Lear Fan inside the last two furlongs, drew alongside new leader Chief Singer and was already destined for a ready victory when Eddery suggested that he might like to turn the race into an exhibition. Instantly answering the call, El Gran Senor darted clear to win by two and a half lengths. The massive Chief Singer was four lengths clear of Lear Fan at the finish, where Rainbow Quest and Keen arrived at three-length intervals.
There was no need for confirmation that El Gran Senor had put up a magnificent performance, but we got it just the same. Chief Singer ran away with the St James's Palace Stakes and followed that with victories in the July Cup and Sussex Stakes. Lear Fan gave a dominant display in the Prix Jacques le Marois The Prix Jacques le Marois is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Deauville Racecourse in August. .
Much as I admired El Gran Senor, I had always had my doubts about his being a Derby horse and the Guineas just confirmed that view. I figured that a colt as brilliant as that over a mile was never going to be so good over an extra half-mile. Of course, he might not have to be to win at the trip, but he would now be a silly price for Epsom and I began the search for one to beat him.
IN THOSE days The Sporting Life rightly recognised that I was no tipster tipster
A person who provides inside information. and required only one selection a year from me. That was on Derby day, which generally served to indicate why I was not trusted to forecast winners on other days of the year. In 1984 I was also moonlighting as English correspondent for an American publication, the Thoroughbred Record, which had an early deadline for my Derby preview, so there was urgent need to nominate a credible alternative to El Gran Senor.
I don't recall now exactly how I managed to make a case for Secreto. But he had won his only race at two, he had scored at Group 3 level on his return and had finished a close third to Sadler's Wells and Procida in the Irish 2,000 Guineas The Irish 2,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile at the Curragh in May. , a display which suggested that he would be well suited by a longer trip. When I faxed my copy to the States, I consoled myself with the thought that nobody there was going to back my eccentric 33-1 shot anyway.
But I also had to recognise that some Sporting Life readers might have read my Thoroughbred Record piece before the big day, so I could hardly change my selection. I was bound to tip Secreto again and some mugs might just trust my judgement. If there was some saving grace, it was that the colt's price had halved recently so I wouldn't seem quite so daft in making him my choice.
Of course, it is history now how El Gran Senor drew to the front on a tight rein in the Epsom straight and Secreto had to be driven hard to remain in contention, how Eddery found no response when he asked for the favourite's trademark turn of foot, and how Secreto, under extreme punishment from Christy Roche, nailed him in the last few strides.
It was amusing, the following day, to read that one of the few professionals to have backed Secreto was Phil Bull, because I rather doubt that he wound up a winner on the race. I had stayed with him for the York May meeting, when he told me that he had had a substantial bet on El Gran Senor after the Guineas; after the Dante, which uncovered no potential danger, he doubled it. If he retrieved something out of Secreto, I'm sure it would not have been because of my rare inspired guess.
El Gran Senor ran only once more, winning the Irish Derby in some style to refute the suggestion that he did not truly get a mile and a half. But he was not the superstar at that trip that he certainly was at a mile.
In addition to being a brilliant miler, El Gran Senor was also as handsome a colt as Northern Dancer ever got, apart from one blemish blem·ish
A small circumscribed alteration of the skin considered to be unesthetic but insignificant.
blemish that many horsemen will not tolerate. He had arrived at Ballydoyle straight off the stud, having been bred in partnership by Robert Sangster. I once asked Vincent O'Brien whether he would have bought him if he had appeared at a yearling sale.
The great man gave me a candid "No". That parrot mouth would have put him off.
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In recent years larger lips have become a popular beauty standard. And because of this, more women (as well as men) are looking into cosmetic procedures, like lip augmentation, to enhance the volume of their lips. The injection type, method and aesthetic eye of the practitioner are all factors that contribute to the quality of the end results.
Lip Augmentation With Juvederm
Many patients and physicians have expressed preference for Juvederm for its ability to give natural looking results.
Juvederm is made of hyaluronic acid, which is a compound that is naturally found in our bodies, and typically lasts between 6-8 months. It easily diffuses into existing tissue and not only augments the area, but hydrates it as well. The molecule itself is able to hold a lot of water.
Juvederm is available in different consistencies.
- Juvederm Ultra (regular Juvederm)
- Juvederm Ultra Plus, where Juvederm molecules have a higher degree of cross linking. This makes the injection solution more viscous
This Los Angeles patient received Juvederm for lip augmentation. Below are the results of her procedure.
Another patient (video below) from Los Angeles also underwent lip augmentation with Juvederm to achieve more fullness in her lips.
Restylane For Lip Augmentation
Restylane is another injection made of hyaluronic acid that can also be used for lip augmentation. It is thicker and more viscous compared to Juvederm. Instead of diffusing into the tissue of the injection site, Restylane tends to stay in place and requires the physician to mold it into the desired end result.
Lip Augmentation and Principles For Achieving Balanced Results
The ideal outcome for any lip augmentation procedure is for the lips to look plump in a way that is balanced and aesthetically pleasing.
There are certain principals that physicians must keep in mind to prevent the lips from looking overdone.
- The upper lip should be 2/3's the size of the lower lip
- Injections should be applied in a balanced manner across five divisions of the lip ( three on top and two on the bottom)
- The upper lip should not be enhanced to the point where it is too high. If the lips were glossed and a light shone on them, the reflection should be on the top bowed contour of the lip, not the center. A reflection in the center is indicative of a top lip whose height is too tall from the profile view, giving a duck-like appearance.
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Many Los Angeles patients wonder whether or not they should choose permanent lip augmentation options over temporary injections.
At first, it may seem that lip augmentation with permanent results make the most sense. However it is important to keep in mind that the face will inevitably change over the course of time, especially as muscles and tissue start to lose volume. The attractiveness of permanent lip injections may not last when the patient gets older and can look somewhat unnatural.
Temporary injections, on the other hand can adapt to changes so that the appearance of the lips are balanced with the rest of the face.
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Pop superstar Cher has assured fans she is alive and well after an Internet hoax suggested she had passed away.
False news of the singer's death hit Twitter on Friday and the prank managed to fool a number of celebrity fans including socialite Kim Kardashian, who wrote, "Did I just hear Cher has passed away? Is this real? OMG (oh my God)… I hope this is a Twitter joke and not true. I don't see it on the news anywhere. I'm praying its (sic) not true…"
The rumors soon reached Cher herself and the singer was so amused by the story, she even joked about writing a song called RIP for her new album.
She told fans, "Well here I am Tweeting from the HereAfter! It's very blue up here & thank God they gave me a view of the sea, palm trees & a Balinese house… Lovelies. I'm not going anywhere till i finish this fkng (sic) album! The only RIP I know how 2 (sic) do is 'Rip it up! Kick a** & take no prisoners!… Just had great idea… I'm going to ask (my songwriter) to write a song 4 (sic) album! 'RIP'."
Cher furious over 'Dancing with the Stars' judge's comments
Cher has lashed out at a judge on "Dancing with the Stars" after he ridiculed her son Chaz Bono's ballroom skills on Monday night.
The transgender star has been competing with professional dancer Lacey Schwimmer in the contest, and on Monday, they performed a Phantom of the Opera-inspired tango as part of the show's Broadway week.
The routine failed to impress the judges, with panelist Bruno Tonioli comparing his moves to "a cute little penguin trying to be a big menacing bird of prey."
And the comments hit a nerve with Bono's superstar mom, who took to Twitter to take Tonioli to task over his remarks.
She writes, "That guy has no room 2 (to) talk "Little penguins"… I find it disrespectful that Bruno refers to Chaz as a "little penguin"…
"Is it DWTS or Looking Perfect WTS (what the s**t)? Its easy 4 (for) him 2 (to) take cheap shots at chaz! Let him come 2 (to) "my" stage.
"I could teach his little arm waving a** some manners! Critique Chaz's dance style, movements etc, but don't make fun of my child on nat.tv (national television).
"It's not about Chaz winning! He's doing his best & he will stay as long as he stays! Thats "show business" but, dont b (be) unkind 4 (for) no reason.
"Mean is not funny… Bruno's reason, pure selfishness! His only concern was 2b (to be his) usual funny animated self, at Chaz's expense!"
Cher undergoing back treatment
Pop superstar Cher is undergoing treatment on her back.
The singer claims her love for high-heeled shows have left her with spinal problems, and she took to Twitter on Wednesday to tell followers she was in San Francisco, Calif., treating the health issue.
In a series of tweets, she writes, "In SF 4treatment on back ! Gotta keep WEARIN those HIGH HIGH HIGH PLATFORMS !
"Goin to face the Music…. AHHH I MEAN THE DRS WITH GREAT BIG NEEDLES YUCK!"
Cher cries with pride during Chaz's routine
Cher was moved to tears as she watched her son Chaz Bono perform on reality TV show "Dancing with the Stars" on Monday.
The transgender star has been competing with professional dancer Lacey Schwimmer in the TV contest, and on Monday, they performed a high-octane routine to the theme music from boxing movie "Rocky."
The performance was especially important to Bono as he had his family in the audience, including his superstar mother, grandmother Georgia Holt and stepmother Mary Bono Mack, who was married to his late father Sonny Bono.
After judge Carrie Ann Inaba revealed she was moved to tears during the performance, the "Believe" singer also grew teary-eyed, before giving her son a standing ovation.
The proud mom took to Twitter after the show, writing, "OMG! (Oh my God!) I was crying! Wasn't expecting 2 b (to be) so nervous! Broke my bracelet clapping! I'm so proud!! Chaz was great!"
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Pop legend Cher has lashed out at critics opposing her transgender son Chaz Bono's upcoming stint on "Dancing with the Stars," insisting "it took guts" for him to sign up for the show.
Bono, who was born Chastity Bono, the daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono, was unveiled as part of the reality series' line-up earlier this week.
However, some online gossips are unhappy about TV executives' decision to pair a professional female dancer with Bono.
But Cher has come to the defense of her son in a series of angry posts on Twitter.
Taking to the site on Wednesday night she writes, "Chaz is being viciously attacked on blogs & message boards about being on DWTS! This is still America right? It took guts to do it.
"I support him no matter what he chooses to do! God! Will there always be haters! It took COURAGE to do DWTS! Chaz has an unlimited supply. Can u guys check out sites & give him your support?… He is such a good person inside (with a) lot a heart."
And Bono was clearly moved by his mother's words, tweeting, "Thanks for all your support mom. The haters are just motivating me to work harder and stay on DWTS as long as I possibly can."
Stars including David Arquette, Ricki Lake and George Clooney's ex Elisabetta Canalis will also show off their fancy footwork on the 13th season of the show, which is set to premiere on September 19.
Lady Gaga and Cher record duet
Lady Gaga is set to team up with Cher for a collaboration.
The veteran pop legend has long been keen to work with the "Poker Face" hitmaker and was thrilled when Gaga wrote a song for her new album.
Cher previously insisted the track, titled "The Greatest Thing," would not be a duet, but she has now revealed Gaga will be joining her in the studio to record vocals for the song.
In a post on Twitter, Cher writes, "Can't wait till Gaga puts her voice on The Greatest Thing. She will rock it so f**kng (sic) hard!"
Cher kept her distance from 'new son'
Cher spent months avoiding her transgender son Chaz Bono as he went through the process to become a man – because she was terrified she wouldn't recognize him as her child.
Bono was born Chastity – Cher and ex-husband Sonny Bono's only daughter – and she broke her mother's heart when she came out as a lesbian. Chaz feared more heartbreak was to come when he revealed his plans to undergo a lengthy and extensive sex change procedure, but Cher took the news well.
However, once the process started, the pop superstar kept her distance.
In new documentary "Becoming Chaz," which debuted on Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network on Monday, Cher says, "I was so nervous. I hadn't seen her… and I was putting it off.
"My boyfriend finally said, 'This is crazy, just do it.' I said, 'I'm so terrified of what will happen. If I don't recognize her, what will happen?"
Cher admits there are many changes she's slowly having to come to terms with: "At some point, I'm gonna have to start calling her 'him'… It doesn't seem comfortable to me yet. Actually I just can't remember… and I guess I'll start forcing myself… (but) I'm not sure she cares."
And she reveals she asked her transgender son if she could have a copy of his old voicemail message – because it was her daughter speaking.
She adds, "I was hysterical one day because I was calling Chaz's answering machine and I realized it was her old voice, and then I said, 'Chaz is there a way I can save it because I will never hear that voice again?' And there wasn't, it was gone.
"That's the most traumatic thing that has happened to me in this whole thing – hearing her voice and knowing I'll never hear it again."
Cher felt exposed in Justin Bieber snap
Cher regretted wearing her infamous black body-stocking at the MTV Video Music Awards in September, because she felt uncomfortable when she was asked to pose for a picture with "baby" Justin Bieber.
The veteran singer stunned guests at the awards show in Los Angeles by donning the revealing outfit from her "If I Could Turn Back Time" video for presenting duties at the ceremony.
And the star admits she felt a little concerned about her skin-tight attire when event organizers pushed teenage pop star Bieber in her direction for a photo opportunity.
She tells U.K. TV host Graham Norton, "I thought, 'I'll do myself in a decade', and that (body-stocking) was the closest thing I had. And then someone said, 'Will you take a picture with Justin Bieber,' and I said, 'Sure', not knowing who he was. And then this child, who came up to here (chest), and I felt like I should cover up before I take a picture with this baby."
Sonny Bono kept divorced Cher laughing
Cher struggled to stay mad at her ex-husband Sonny Bono for long even after their divorce – he planted a sloppy smooch on her lips moments after a judge made their split official.
The pair wed in 1964 and went on to become variety TV superstars, performing sketches on their hit show "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour."
They had one child together, daughter Chastity, but the union broke down due to Bono's dominance over Cher's life and career.
Cher admits she was constantly won over by his humor and couldn't help but laugh when their divorce was finalized in July 1975 – because Bono still insisted on one last kiss.
She tells Britain's You magazine, "It was hero worship for me, and for most of our married life we were perfect together, and then it got not so perfect. It was like, 'I gotta go, I'm not comfortable.' It was still fun to work with him, though. He always made me laugh.
"The day we got our divorce, we were coming out of the courthouse and he bent me over backwards and stuck his tongue in my mouth and I just started laughing hysterically. It was impossible to stay angry at him."
Cher denies she's worth $600 million
Veteran entertainer Cher has laughed off reports her net worth stands at over $600 million, insisting the figure is "nothing like that."
The Oscar and Grammy winner has built up a massive personal fortune from her singing and acting careers since shooting to fame in the 1960s as part of pop duo Sonny & Cher.
She has spent the past three years performing a Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace hotel and casino, banking $60 million for the show, which will end in January.
But Cher is adamant speculation about her personal fortune is wholly inaccurate.
In an interview on news show "20/20," she says, "It doesn't even resemble anything like that! I'm doing fine but it's nothing like that! I came from a place where I had to wrap my shoes with rubber bands to keep the soles on! (But) I know how to appreciate it."
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You can enjoy the real version of Glee right here on DVD and CD and Sesame Street on DVD too.
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This week I was going to write a post about the regular theremin, but after finding the video below, that post can wait.
This man, Ken Moore, has made a homemade theremin out of a wiimote, LED gloves and a Roland synthesiser. It's that kind of forward thinking that earns you the title of "Synthesiser of the week". He has a blog here with more theremin related goodness.
If you've now been inspired and you'd now like to build your own theremin, you can! This mini theremin from Make magazine is very reasonably priced and cute.
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The flying guy in this photo is from NZ Parkour, come and discover how you can get in on the action at this taster session.
Recreation Wellington will be there with some fitness freebies, and as a bonus, you can tell them what you think they should be doing for young people in this city.
Sophie, Kate, Izzy, Hayley and Christina from Wellington Girls College won an award in the BP Community Enterprise Project for re-designing our Teen Space in Cummings Park.
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Hello, I'll get to the new CDs later in the week, for now I just wanted to tell you about a site called bandcamp (watch the intro video, it explains the site better than I could possibly hope to). A lot of newer bands and artists have started to use it as a platform to release music over the past couple of blog years. Searching the tags is a great way to discover new bands and a lot of them are giving away mp3s and sometimes entire albums away for free. Free! Once you've found something cool it's very easy to share on facebook, blogs etc. here is a song by Liam Finn and Connan Mockasin's new band BARB
Incidentally, BARB is one of the new CDs on the shelf. If you enjoyed the track above, why not get the full album out from the library? Hmmm? It's very good.
As you well know, one of the roles of the average library is to store information so you can get your hands on when you need it. But information comes in a variety of formats today, and not all of it is displayed using words.
There's a growing trend to display information using graphics like this site or this site (or just google search for Information Graphics). An modern-day mash up of information, data, statistics and graphic design that's used in school atlasses, newspapers and magazines. I'm hooked, are you?
(PS if you happen to click on the infographic below you'll be whisked away to a visualization of how the US libraries stack up in 2010, just in case you're interested)
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We've enhanced our personal brand at the Teen Blog this week by getting a fancy new stamp made, there it is, just up a bit. Nice isn't it? Expect to see it upon official looking pieces of paper at teen events, various flyers and other things deemed stampable. Like my hand.


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Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Re-claiming my study at home - Jane Foster
I've been re-claiming my study at home so I can work in the evenings and at odd times in the day when I need to be away from the studio. Here are some snap shots at what I've been doing and how it looks behind the scenes. The lovely screen print in the second photo on the left is by Lisa Stubbs and the one on the right is by Camilla Engmann from around 6 years ago. The red cushion on my chair has been made from some 80s Habitat fabric.
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- lisa stubbs said...
Ah I'm honoured see my fossil hunting screen print on your study wall sounded by all your beautiful bright fabness! Sky loves her Frida cushion and is on her bed pride of place! always loving your work Jane, it's so positive and uplifting xx
- 1 April 2014 03:45
- Amy at love made my home said...
Love your patchwork!! xx
- 1 April 2014 06:13
- Vintage Sheet Addict said...
Love your studio! :) x
- 1 April 2014 06:16
- Genna Byrne said...
Your house always looks so lovely! :)
- 2 April 2014 11:09
- Josie said...
Your studio looks fantastic and I can't wait to see lots more gorgeous creations coming from it!
- 5 April 2014 06:09
- Jane Foster said...
Thank you for your lovely comments x
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GAINESVILLE- - The Fifa World Cup kicked off today in Brazil.
While soccer is not the most popular sport in the United States, it's easily the biggest sporting event in the world.
The first game was earlier today with Brazil beating Croatia three to one.
House of Beer was preparing earlier today for the big crowds that come with the start of the games.
Soccer is a sport that brings all kinds of cultures together.
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Around the world – Sweden, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands – postal services have been liberalised and the public is getting better services at lower cost. Yet the UK – the pioneer of privatisation in the 1980s still lumbers along with a state-owned post office that is now losing large amounts of money. Ian Senior says it's time for the Post Office to embrace competition, develop new services, and start making money…and he identifies some precise opportunities to that end.
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Let's face it, internet marketing is not as easy as it sounds like it should be. Very few are successful in owning their own internet business due to many different factors. The good news is that there are a few successful marketers out there and alot of them are willing to share how they got to the next level in their marketing efforts. The best way to learn how to be successful online is to follow the ones that have already been there and use their best practices to optimize your income.
Everyone needs a mentor to help guide them to success. Even the top marketers have someone that they consider their mentor or someone that helped them to the next level in the industry. Without that guidance one may be doomed to failure. Internet marketing employs a variety of different tactics that if not done correctly could leave you feeling like your business has no future and possibly cause you to quit before you even get started.
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Steps to Work has been replaced by a new employment programme called Steps 2 Success. Find out more at the Steps 2 Success page.
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Steps to Work (StW) offers a number of different choices around work related activities that can be fitted to suit your needs when it comes to finding you employment.
What happens?
When taking part in Steps to Work you are allocated an adviser who is there to provide support and guidance to help you decide which opportunities best suit you.
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Anyone over 18-years-old, lone parents aged 16 and over, who is not working or working less than 16 hours each week is eligible. You can take part in StW if you are claiming benefit or if you are not working and not claiming benefit.
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Step one offers anyone who is nearly ready for work ongoing one-to-one support and guidance from an adviser that's aimed at helping you to find work as soon as possible. It also offers a range of short courses that can help you develop your confidence and motivation, improve your jobsearch skills and avail of 'accredited' courses, that can help you find work.
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Step Two offers a wider range of longer term support if you need more help to find work. Your adviser can put together a package of support to best meet your training and work experience needs and the needs of employers.
Step Two can last from three weeks to 52 weeks depending on what you are doing. While you are on Step Two you will receive £15.38 per week in addition to any other benefits you are entitled to.
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