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A computer file is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. A file is durable in the sense that it remains available for programs to use after the current program has finished. Computer files can be considered as the modern counterpart of paper documents which traditionally are kept in offices' and libraries' files, and this is the source of the term.
On unix based systems, many types of system information are also represented as files, in filesystems such as sysfs and devfs, even though they don't represent information on a durable storage medium.


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Liriano almost no-hits former team
Francisco Liriano is a difficult pitcher to figure out.
GREAT AMERICAN RACEThe Junior Circuit is poised for epic AL pennant chases this season.
When the Chicago White Sox pitcher is throwing strikes, his changeup-slider combination makes him a lefty who can dominate lineups. But when he is can't find the plate, it is often only a matter of time until the opposition scores runs in bunches.
That inconsistency was part of the reason Liriano was traded from Minnesota to the White Sox at the end of July. But in Saturday's 5-3 victory over the Twins, Liriano (6-11) was tremendous against his former team. Instead of being wild and getting frustrated, Liriano took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and helped the White Sox stay on top of the AL Central.
Considering Liriano had recently been demoted to the bullpen - making him a rare pitcher who made the rotation-to-reliever move for two teams in the same season - this performance came as a huge surprise.
''He just looked like he had a lot of confidence out there, just throwing strikes,'' White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. ''His stuff moves all over the place. When he has that confidence and pounds the strike zone, he's tough.''
Liriano allowed only a two-out homer in the seventh to Trevor Plouffe. He walked two, hit a batter and struck out nine in seven innings.
''He seemed like he was more under control, he wasn't as jumpy, he wasn't as quick,'' Chicago catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. ''It looked like he slowed it down a little bit. He pitched really well. I was happy for him to come back here and do that. He had a great slider and a great changeup.''
Liriano, who threw a no-hitter against the White Sox last season, was simply relieved to help Chicago win and stay ahead of Detroit in the AL Central race.
''My last three starts, I didn't feel like I did my job, but you've got to keep fighting,'' said Liriano, who picked up his third win since the July 28 trade. ''Today I felt like I did my job.''
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Ventura would not commit to having Liriano rejoin the White Sox rotation for the final 17 games of the regular season and starting Thursday at Kansas City, but said that the performance was ''a great step for him.''
Liriano didn't appear too concerned about what his role is down the stretch.
''It's not a big deal,'' he said. ''We're in a pennant race now, we've got to stay focused and do whatever's best for the team, whether bullpen or starting.''
Liriano never got in serious trouble against the Twins. He allowed only two runners through the first six innings. He walked Josh Willingham with two outs in the first inning, but quickly got the next batter, Justin Morneau, to ground out. Liriano walked Drew Butera to lead off the bottom of the sixth and then got Pedro Florimon to ground into a double play.
Liriano's bid for the no-hitter ended with two outs in the seventh. After hitting Morneau with a pitch, Plouffe blasted a high changeup over the wall in left-center on Liriano's 96th pitch of the game.
''I had better location with pitches and I was getting ahead in the count early and they were swinging early,'' said Liriano who opened this season by losing seven of his first nine starts. ''Pitching's all about location, if you get better location, you'll get better results.''
The Twins had seen enough flashes of brilliance from Liriano since 2006 that they weren't shocked.
''We've all seen him dominate teams, just dominate them,'' Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. ''But we've also seen where has a hard time finding the strike zone. Anything Frankie does we've seen it one way or another.''
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Jesse Crain, another former Twins player, pitched a perfect eighth inning for the White Sox.
Closer Addison Reed faced three batters to start the bottom of the ninth, but didn't record an out. With the bases loaded, White Sox manager Robin Ventura then turned to Matt Thornton to finish the game.
Thornton got Morneau to ground into a run-scoring double play and Plouffe to ground out to pick up his third save in seven chances.
Paul Konerko homered in the third inning and drove in the first three runs of the game as the White Sox jumped ahead 4-0. Slugger Adam Dunn returned to the White Sox lineup for the first time since straining a muscle on his right side more than a week ago. Dunn, who missed seven games, went 2 for 3 with a walk and scored a run before being lifted for a pinch-runner in the top of the eighth.
''It felt fine,'' Dunn said. ''I didn't try to swing as hard as I could, it felt good.''
Minnesota starter Samuel Deduno (6-4) struggled with his control from the start, throwing only 40 of his 86 pitches for strikes. Deduno, who had been undefeated at Target Field, lasted just four innings, giving up four runs on three hits with five walks and six strikeouts.
Notes: RHP Jake Peavy (10-11, 3.27 ERA) will try to even his record Sunday in his 29th start of the season for the White Sox. The Twins will counter with Scott Diamond (11-7, 3.46 ERA), who has lost two of his last three starts. ... Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer missed his fifth straight game due to back spasms. ... Minnesota's Ryan Doumit wasn't in the lineup, but was available to pinch hit if needed. ... The seven innings pitched was Liriano's longest since the trade to Chicago and matched his second longest of the season.
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FDA speedily approves Imbruvica, a treatment for rare lymphomaStory | Nov 13, 2013 | 5:51 PMLess than five months after a pair of biotech companies submitted a candidate cancer drug to the Food & Drug Administration, the FDA has approved the drug ibrutinib as a "breakthrough therapy" for a rare and deadly form of the cancer, mantle cell lymphoma. The new medication, to be marketed under the commercial name Imbruvica, becomes a new option for patients who are diagnosed with this malignancy of the immune system's B-cells and who have received at least one prior therapy.


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This week on Reel Rebel, Stephen Schweickart talks about and gives a brief review of the Golden Hour Calculator. The Golden Hour Calculator is a cool and simple tool for videographers and photographers to use for planning video shoots at the optimal time in order to take advantage of the best outdoor lighting for your particular video shot.
The Golden Hour (Magic Hour) & Why is it Important?
The golden hour (a.k.a. the "magic hour") refers to optimal times in the day for shooting outdoors whereby the sun's natural light yields the softest and best quality light. Typically, in the middle of the day, the sun's light creates bright highlights and dark shadows (harsh-lighting ~5500 K). During the golden hours, the light is softer (~3500K) and warmer in hue with fewer or no dark shadows and highlights that are less likely to cause issues with overexposure. Additionally, the warmer color of the low sun during the golden hour is can enhance the colors of the scene.
So, when is the golden hour? We'll that's the thing... Hour is really determined by the altitude of the sun as well as the location and time of year but essentially, we're looking for the twilight hour. For Southern California as an example, the golden hour occurs roughly an hour after sunrise and/or an hour before sunset. However, that's the point of the Golden Hour calculator - let it do the work for you.
The Golden Hour Calculator App Review
The Golden Hour Calculator is available online for free or as a mobile app for iOS devices (only $5) and it's quite simple to use.
First off, the calculator will try to estimate your location. If it is not exactly where you're shooting, you can navigate on the map or use the drop down menu to choose a location nearest to you..
Along the bottom the graph will show the sun's movement across the sky on that day. Two yellow bars will appears on the graph indicating that days two golden hours. If you put your cursor over either of the yellow bars you will get the exact time range the sun will be in the golden hour.
If you are planning a shoot days or even months in advance, this app has a feature where you can choose the exact day making it easier to plan your shoot date and time.
The Golden Hour Calculator App can be purchased for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, etc...) or accessed via Droid on the web at http://www.golden-hour.com/.
Here's a question for you? When is it appropriate to shoot outdoors whereby you're going for more harsh lighting from the sun? IE - what types of videos, or what type of feel would you consider to lend itself well to shooting outdoors outside of the golden hour?


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WOR. (to BERINTHIA). And, madam, you know
|you command me, though I'm a very wretched
BER. Oh, you play well enough to lose your money, and that's all the ladies require; so without any more ceremony let us go into the next room
|and call for the cards.
AMAN. With all my heart.
Exit WORTHY leading AMANDA.
BER. (sola). Well, how this business will end, heaven knows; but she seems to me to be in as fair a way ----- as a boy is to be a rogue, when he's put
|clerk to an attorney.
Exit BERINTHIA.
[BERINTHIA'S chamber.]
Enter LOVELESS cawiously in tke dark.
LOV. So, thus far all's well. I'm got into her bed- chamber, and I think nobody has perceived me steal into the house; my wife don't expect me home till four o'clock; so if Berinthia comes to bed by eleven,
|I shall have a chase of five hours. Let me see,
|when she comes to her prayers: that's the most
(He opens the closet, goes in, and shuts the door after him.)
Enter BERINTHIA with a candle in her hand.
BER. Well, sure I am the best-natured woman in the world. I that love cards so well (there is but one
|thing upon earth I love better) have pretended
|with myself? I don't know how in the world to
|Lord knows what? Oh, but then if I should
|Plotting Sisters.3 (She opens the closet, sees
Enter LOVELESS, running to her.
LOV. Peace, my dear; it's no ghost; take it in your arms ----- you'll find 'tis worth a hundred of 'em.
|BER. Run in again; here's somebody coming.
[Exit LOVELESS.]
Enter her Maid.
MAID. Lord, madam, what's the matter?
BER. O heav'ns! I'm almost frighted out of my wits: I thought verily I had seen a ghost, and 'twas nothing but the white curtain, with a black hood
|pinned up against it; you may be gone again, I
Re-enter LOVELESS.
LOV. Is the coast clear?
BER. The coast clear! I suppose you are clear4 ----- you'd never play such a trick as this else.
|LOV. I am very well pleased with my trick
BER. At cards.
LOV. With whom?
|BER. With Worthy.
LOV. Then we are safe enough.
BER. Are you so? Some husbands would be of another mind, if he were at cards with their wives.
LOV. And they'd be in the right on't too. But I
|dare trust mine. Besides, I know he's in love in
BER. Nay, the truth on't is, you'd pity him if you saw how uneasy he is at being engaged with us; but
|'twas my malice: I fancied he was to meet his
LOV. What says Amanda to my staying abroad so late?
|BER. Why, she's as much out of humor as he;
LOV. Then I'm afraid they'll quarrel at play, and soon throw up the cards; (offering to pull her into the closet) therefore, my dear charming angel, let us
|make a good use of our time.
BER. Heavens, what do you mean?
LOV. Pray, what do you think I mean?
BER. I don't know.
LOV. I'll show you.
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WASHINGTON (UPI) — Americans upped their spending in March, as retail sales for the month increased by 1.1 percent, helping the economy recover from a dull start to the year.
Retail sales rose by 1.1 percent, higher than the 0.9 percent increase estimated by 78 economists polled by Bloomberg. The Commerce department said that the reading — a seasonally adjusted $433.9 billion — was the best seen since September 2012 and higher than November's figure, after which harsh winter weather affected the shopping season and consumer spending.
February's retail sales were also revised to a 0.7 gain over January, up from 0.3 percent initially reported.
Consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of the U.S economy's output, and as such, strong economic growth is heavily dependent on consumer spending. Sales were weak in December and January on account of harsh winter weather, but March's retail spending was up 3.8 percent from thew same period last year.
Ten of the 13 major retail segments showed healthy growth last month, with auto sales leading the way. Motor vehicle purchase gains were higher than September 2012 levels, and sales at department and general merchandise stores jumped the most since before the financial crisis.
"The biggest driver here is the jump in auto sales, but beyond that we are seeing some more widespread improvement in consumer activity," said Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit.
Sales at automobile dealers climbed 3.1 percent after rising 2.5 percent in February. Apart from department store purchases, Americans spent more at furniture, building-supply and sporting-goods outlets. Internet sales were up and Americans dined out a lot more.


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Afghan army docs on healing front
Improving care at national hospital, clinics down range in critical phase
The orthopedics department is particularly skilled after treating many victims of insurgent bombs, which maim and sever limbs. "They are very experienced. Through the war, they faced all kinds of cases," Mangal said.
More than 13,000 Afghan soldiers and police officers have been killed, and 16,000 wounded during the war, according to Afghan government statistics released in March. Most of the casualties occurred in the last three years as Afghan troops shouldered more of the fight against an insurgency whose vital signs appear to be increasing.
Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., commander of the International Security Assistance Force, told The Guardian newspaper last September that more than 100 Afghan troops a week were then being killed. By comparison, the coalition has lost 3,459 troops killed, including 2,335 Americans, since the 2001 invasion, according to icasualties.org.
During a visit by two U-T San Diego journalists, all six beds in an orthopedic room at the hospital were filled with troops from violence-plagued southern provinces: two from Kandahar and the others from Helmand, including a special-forces soldier whose wounds from a rocket-propelled grenade were freshly bandaged.
The gardens of tall trees, overgrown grass and rose bushes surrounding the hospital were serene on that May day.
Dr. Rabia Gharshin said she hopes the tranquility will extend across the country. Then she can resume her other job as a news anchor on national television. For now, the 35-year-old gynecologist is too busy working in the intensive-care unit, filling a staff shortage.
It was her childhood dream and her mother's that she become a doctor, Gharshin said. Her education was interrupted during the Taliban reign, when women were forbidden from attending school or working outside the home, but she eventually graduated from Kabul University.
Today, 10 percent of Afghan National Army postgraduate medical students are female, according to coalition advisers.
"This is a golden time for Afghan people, especially Afghan women," Gharshin said. "Now Afghanistan is in development period. And every Afghan woman can work for herself, for our families."
She worries about the potential for increased violence and an economic crash after international forces withdraw. Many Afghans have emigrated, but she has no plans to do so, she said.
"I have a very big love for my country. This is why I come to the military," Gharshin said. "I am a doctor, I work for Afghan people."
Her dreams of peace never cease, she said, "because the Afghan people need 100 percent for peace. In peace, we can go to work, to education and quiet living."
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After Basra, a fight for life: story of a 'broken soldier' of the Iraq war
Advisers to be sacked for personal smear attacks, says Gordon Brown
Brown orders summary dismissal of political special advisers if they are found to be involved in smears
World will not meet 2C warming target, climate change experts agree
Front page
Path to top jobs 'harder than ever' for worse-off
Radical action needed to break up 'closed shops' of British professions, says Alan Milburn
Top stories p2
Nation's growing unease 'hindering recovery'
New study finds that culture of fear is damaging population's mental health and exacerbating economic downturn
SFO sets up whistleblowers' helpline to beat City fraudsters
Serious Fraud Office responds to expected rise in reports of financial mismanagement with new initiative
Mass arrests over power station protest raise civil liberties concerns
UK news p4
Academics plan to boycott new student immigration rules
Calls to monitor students' international movements are discriminatory, say protesting lecturers
British workers compete for seasonal jobs as recession bites
UK news p5
Sir Jeremy Greenstock and Colonel Tim Collins reflect on the Iraq war
Sir Jeremy Greenstock and Colonel Tim Collins are voices on the lessons learnt from war in Iraq
Top stories p6
Iraq war: Gordon Brown aims to delay inquiry report until after election
Wide-ranging investigation to focus on conduct of Iraq war and breakdown of law and order afterwards
Top stories p7
Ministers dismiss need for tactical rethink after Damian McBride slurs row
Some in cabinet claim director of strategy had survived because he had ally in Ed Balls
UK news p8
Teachers call for 10% pay rise as union warns on curriculum
Teachers call for a 10% pay rise after hearing low salaries force young recruits out of profession
London mayor Boris Johnson wants legal left turn for cyclists at red lights
UK news p9
Kneejerk policies a strain on prison system, says charity
Damning report says government's failure to rehabilitate offenders leaves organisations to pick up pieces
Artist gets an extra ear implanted into his arm
UK news p13
Scientists fear worst on global warming
Climate change explained - the impact of temperature rises
From the disappearing Arctic sea icecap to 'runaway warming': how each degree could affect climate change
UK news p14
Child trafficking into Britain accelerating, figures show
Figures reveal victims are being brought into Britain from Asia, Africa and Middle East in increasing numbers
Teenagers' credit note approach to fund £1m film of Clovis Dardentor
Trio raise £105,000 for Jules Verne adaptation by charging members of the public £1 to appear in the credits
UK news p15
Two die in clashes as Thai troops besiege Bangkok protesters
International p16
Foreign Office warns British tourists against non-essential travel to Bangkok
Many travellers with package deals given option of spending longer elsewhere as Bangkok protest violence worsens
International p17
Italy earthquake focus shifts to saving Abruzzo's heritage
Eta 'planned to kill Spanish king Juan Carlos'
Basque separatist group considered carrying out assissination using surface-to-air missile
Spain's cherished beach bars face axe in environmental crackdown
Ministry revitalises ban on building on sand to close down seafront chiringuito restaurants
International p20
Team Bush reunites to plan presidential library
Top advisers from White House, with some notable exceptions, invited to new home in Dallas, Texas
Journalists expelled as Fiji coup leader cracks down on media
Commodore Frank Bainimarama installs military censors in newsrooms four days after state of emergency
Banker accused of huge fraud in Tajikistan
Independent audit alleges that chairman of country's central bank siphoned more than $850m to his company
Pakistan bows to demand for sharia law in Taliban-controlled Swat Valley
Some hope Swat Valley change is prelude to peace but human rights group fear spread of violence
International p21
News in brief
More news from around the world
Swiss architect untouched by fad or fashion wins prized Pritzker award
International p22
The north, Midlands and south Wales: new recession claims the same victims
Traditional manufacturing areas that suffered in previous financial crisis bearing brunt of this slump
MPs plan to let artists take over empty shops to prevent ghost towns
Ministers outline emergency measures to prevent the recession creating ghost towns across Britain
Financial p23
Talent deserts London as recession bites and City bonuses are slashed
Talent deserts City as job cuts and slashed bonuses lead to professionals returning to countries of origin
Financial p25
We spend millions on smallpox, but nothing on this far greater threat
George Monbiot: Our leaders' approach to risk is unbalanced: huge resources to guard against an extinct disease, and nothing on oil running out
Duncan Campbell: Will Westminster sleaze and allowing prisoners to vote result in campaigns being run behind bars?
Comment & debate p27
This lack of independence is adding insult to injury
Afua Hirsch: The IPCC response to Ian Tomlinson's death shows that it favours the forces it is supposed to monitor
A quagmire of indecision
Peter Preston: Islamabad is desperate for support in its civil war against the Taliban - it needs help from India
Comment & debate p28
America sank these pirates, but the Age of Might is over
Geoffrey Wheatcroft: The adventure on the high seas is a blast from the past. The US empire now faces the impotence of conventional force
Goodbye to the old club
Tim Montgomerie: Cosy relationships between Westminster and the media will not survive the blogging era
Comment & debate p29
Thailand: Revolution in red and yellow
Editorial: Thailand's frightening political collapse, from emerging tolerant democracy to dysfunctional oligarchy, has reached a darker and threatening stage
Country diary
Roger Redfern: North Derbyshire
Britain and Iraq: fortunes of war
Editorial: Generals, soldiers and analysts concur on one point: the military operation was an avoidable disaster
From the archive: Big convoy battle in Jerusalem
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Medical school costs
Letter: All students from lower-income families will share the financial fears expressed by the NUT
A budget to end tax loopholes
Letters: We write to highlight personal tax avoidance by some of the wealthiest in our country
Opportunities for black men in London
Letters: I worked for Peter Akinti's magazine Untold as the review editor during its final few issues
Local platform to save branch lines
Letter: Julian Glover's article on the railways fails to consider how other countries manage the branch line problem
Boycott these checks on students
Letters: It is becoming increasingly apparent that members of staff in universities and colleges are being drawn into a role of policing immigration
The South Downs will not be invaded by hordes of day-trippers
Response: National park status will enable us to get funding to preserve this beautiful space, says Robin Crane
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Hank Locklin
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Maria Curcio
Obituary: Gifted pianist who became a perceptive and generous teacher of international repute
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Mumbai: Bravesh Shetty's unbeaten 211 has placed University of Mumbai in a comfortable position at 386 for seven against SRM, Tamil Nadu, in the final of the all-India inter-university tournament for the Rohinton Baria Cup.
The scores: SRM, Tamil Nadu 198 vs University of Mumbai 386 for seven (Bravesh Shetty batting 211, Kunal Mathure 34, Bhavesh Patel 55).
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Last Friday at 4:00 PM, IET and all its partners concluded the parallel SARF testing. It has been a great success. We want to thank everyone for their participation. From this point forward please submit the paper version of the SARF, which can be found on VWConnect. More information regarding when the electronic version will be available again will be posted in the Faculty and Staff Daily Bulletin in the coming months.
August 16, 2013
In-service Breakfast Reception to Honor Jim Poythress
Please join me at the In-Service Breakfast Reception to honor Jim Poythress as the new Vice President of Workforce Development Services. The reception will be held in the Campus Commons on Monday, August 19th from 8am-9am, immediately before the In-Service General Session. Be sure to stop in to congratulate Jim and enjoy a light breakfast.
Robert H. Sandel
Come Celebrate the Grand Opening of Center for Science and Health Professions
Grand Opening!
The Center for Science and Health Professions officially opens for classes on Wednesday, August 21. Celebrate the first day of Fall 2013 classes and the Grand Opening of Virginia Western's state of the art science and health builidng with food, fun and free stuff! All events take place in the CSHP Courtyard unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, August 21 Center for Science and Health Professions Courtyard
7-9 a.m. Coffee and Krispy Kreme
7:30 a.m. Dr. Sandel Officially Opens the Doors of the Center for Science and Health Professions
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch by La Cove Restaurant
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Photo Booth
2-4 p.m. Deb's Lemonade in Commemorative Color Change Virginia Western Cups (keep the cup
3:30-5:30 p.m. Photo Booth
4:30 p.m. Buffalo Wild Wings Parking Lot 8 (in front of CSHP)
Please join Virginia Western students, faculty and staff at this special Grand Opening event!
2013 Fall Picnic – don't forget to register!
Please join us for our Faculty and Staff Annual Fall Picnic on Monday, August 19th to celebrate the beginning of a new college year and the opening of the new Center for Science and Health Professions (CSHP). We will enjoy a barbeque-style lunch buffet from noon to 2 p.m. in the plaza between the Business Science Building and the CSHP. Tours of the CSHP will be available, come join the celebration.
In order to avoid having everyone sign in and to ensure the correct quanity when ordering food, please use the following link to reserve your space at the picnic. http://survey.vccs.edu/wsb.dll/s/41gf6e. Please register by Friday, August 16th.
Research Studies
MRI Research Study on Depression
Researchers at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute are conducting a new research study investigating emotional reactions in brain responses in people who suffer from depression. We may first invite you to come in for an interview about some of your experiences and how you are feeling. We may then ask you to come back and do some activities during a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan, which uses a magnet and radio waves (no x-rays!). Counseling may also be available for those who are interested.�
Compensation: Interview: $15/hour Scanning: $20-60 per scanning session plus a high resolution image of your brain. Free counseling.
If you would like to participate, please contact Cari at 540-526-2032 or email email@example.com.
fNIR STUDY PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
This study involves characterizing certain students who vary in their altruistic tendencies, and the first part of this characterization is accomplished through a survey. If a student's answers align with our criteria, they could be asked to come in for a follow-up study. Each participant will be compensated if they are chosen for the follow-up.
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I did make that wrong turn and went too soon under the bridge along the continuation of a trail. I followed this very sandy trail that crosses several dry stream beds for another half-mile or so. At that point, I reached a splendid old oak grove that was worth the short detour. But I turned around, since I never saw another PCT sign and began to wonder whether I'd missed the trail at the bridge. When I went back to the bridge, I saw where the signs continued to the east end of the bridge, and followed the PCT there up the ridge toward Lake Morena, eventually turning back after I'd gone nearly 3 miles one way.
The views from that ridge extend north into Laguna, where the PCT gains about 3,000 feet in elevation in about 23 miles, from Boulder Oaks to Monument Peak, the second highest peak in the county.
As I retraced my steps back on that gentle section of the PCT, I noticed all the blue-green sagebrush bushes that were a lovely foil to the yellow cottonwoods and willows.
But the oaks are my favorite trees to ponder, and this time I was on the lookout for anything huge that might fly out of one.
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|Ichigo and his friends return from the Soul Society to the World of the Living and try to resume their normal lives. But when strange abductions start happening, it's up to them to solve the riddle. More Soul Reapers arrive to help uncover the truth behind a mysterious clan known as Bounts. Will these allies be strong enough to stop the Bount leader from stealing human souls and feeding his dangerous ambition?
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Editor's NoteIn these episodes from the anime series, Ichigo leaves the Soul Society behind for the promise of becoming an ordinary person in the World of the Living. However, he and his friends can?t escape paranormal happenings when people begin to disappear. With the help of the Soul Reapers, can Ichigo keep everyone?s souls intact?
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One final thing to note about the set is that the manufacturer has chosen to now put each disc of the DVD in its own thin line DVD case & place that into a cardboard case containing all of them. I like the old style better but it is alright since each slim case features a different characters portrait. There were also no bonuses in this one like the others, that is no poster or postcards. The discs are blue to match the set. but the show is nice.


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Weighing on how progressive liberals treat Islam.
Weighing on how progressive liberals treat Islam.
I should thank this speaker, Fahah Ullah Queresh for explaining that we needn't worry about offending moderate Muslims – because there aren't any; they all self-identify as unreasonable homophobic misogynists endorsing excessively morbidly violent reactions to what they say are 'offenses', but which don't even count as crimes in civilized society.
It's also important to remember that since this kind of atrocious medieval barbarism is a chosen position, rather than an ethnicity, and can be adopted or discarded regardless of one's cultural background, then such generalization cannot be considered racism either.
I reserve that there might be Shiites or other Muslims who disagree with this sort of backward evil malevolence, and I invite them to step forward. But until otherwise indicated, I can thank this speaker for this demonstration showing that Sunni Muslims at least really can be generalized in a way that can no longer be called 'Islamophobia'. Because we're not actually generalizing them; they're all that bad, by their own admission – as if embracing such inhuman injustice were something to be proud of.
If you're Muslim, and you think you can counter the damage done by Queresh here, talk to me; show me how you could do that. Otherwise you'll have to live with this image.
Likewise if this is yet another twisted parody that I foolishly took seriously, someone please show me the joke. Because this isn't funny.
The summary of tonight's podcast is that Scott Lane has a son in a Louisiana elementary school -"-where the state government fosters creationism and religious proselytization in schools. One of the test questions asked [something along the lines of] "Isn't it wonderful what the ______ has done?" Lane's son couldn't have guessed that the answer might be 'Lord' -because he's a Thai Buddhist. The teacher saw fit to criticize the child for that, telling him and the whole class that his religion was silly and stupid. The faculty in the office were no better, suggesting that Lane enroll his kids in a different school if they refuse to convert their religion.
I would just like to point out that 52 years ago, on October 15th 1962, my existence was documented in a small Arizona hospital that was later converted into a jail. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was president of what was then the most scientifically advanced country – in world that still had not been to the moon. At the same time, interracial marriage was illegal.
We walked though airport security with our shoes on, and we didn't need passports to cross any continental border. Children left home on their bicycles without helmets or knee pads, nor any means of tracking or communication, on the orders that they return home by dusk.
A brand-new Corvette only cost about $4k and only had about 300 horsepower. Gasoline was $0.35 per gallon. The minimum wage was $1.15 per hour, and they spent it watching the first movie about James Bond, or on records by Ray Charles, the Drifters, or the Four Seasons. TV only had a black & white screen that was 19" at most, but it had the Ed Sullivan Show, the Dick Van Dyke Show, the Andy Griffith Show, and the Twilight Zone.
MIT and IBM had just invented the first disk storage system and the first video game –for a computer the size of a small car, but with far less processing power than an average cell phone today.
There was one more species of tiger and one more species of dolphin than we have today, and the global population was twice what it was when my grandmother was born, but still less than half of what it is today.
Think about that for a moment.
I'm doing a movie review AFTER everyone else has seen the damned thing. Can you believe, I couldn't get anyone in my family to go see Lucy with me? I finally saw it on my own alone at a dollar movie.
Why wouldn't anyone see it with me? Because it wasn't remotely real. We seem to have a double-standard when it comes to fantasy films vs science fiction. We saw Frozen and Maleficent as a family and we enjoyed both of those. Fantasy doesn't have to be plausible. Science Fiction however does, and is therefore subject to severe scrutiny.
I wouldn't say I loved Lucy, but I have to say I enjoyed bits of that movie. If you have to stare at one woman for an hour-and-a-half, Scarlett Johansson is a pretty good choice. If you liked the way she whupped ass in the Avengers, you'll like her in this too. If you liked all that reality bending of the Matrix, this film could be a sequel to that.
No Kung Fu though. Pity. This film could have gotten away with a LOT of Kung Fu.
OK, I liked that it didn't impose religious beliefs. It didn't even acknowledge them! I also liked that it showed elements of evolution and cosmology as eye-candy, because we experience "awe and wonder" -no matter what Oprah says. But the movie got a lot of the stated facts annoyingly wrong. Life didn't begin one billion years ago. It was at least 3.8 Billion years ago. Animals weren't only around for millions of years, but for HUNDREDS of millions of years. I even winced when Morgan Freeman (who I think should know better) said that humans were at the "top" of the "evolutionary chain". Ouch!
For those of you not in the know: evolution isn't a chain or a ladder, and there is no 'top' either.
Then Freeman's character describes his scientific theory as an untested hypothesis, which sounds to me an awful lot like conjecture. Scientific theories are not hypotheses! They're not guesses, educated or otherwise. Aaaaggggg! I hate having to re-explain that all the time!
Hey Hollywood, would it kill ya to have a science adviser when you're making Sci-Fi?
Worst of all, of course is the premise of the film. Lucy, (Scarlett Johansson's character) is accidentally overdosed with a mystery drug called CPH4. For some reason, movie producers never seem to know anything about the periodic table. (Remember Unobtanium in the movie, Avatar?) Combining one Carbon and one Phosphorus atom with four Hydrogens isn't that complex or mysterious. In real life, it's a metabolic enzyme called 6-carboxytetrahydropterin synthase, and it doesn't have the properties the movie gives it. The director insists he made up the name of the drug -to hide the real name of a real chemical which is naturally produced "in tiny quantities" about the 6th week of pregnancy. He wants to keep the name of the real drug secret, because it might do what the drug did in the movie. However biologists discussing this online say that chemical isn't what the director says it is.
Anyway, because the director thinks the properties of this mystery molecule can't be known, then maybe they could really cause the outrageous development of her activated intellect. We can't prove that wouldn't happen, right? So we take advantage of the ignorance of the audience so that anything sounds plausible.
The back story isn't the real issue though. The problem is the premise, the old (and erroneous) adage that "the average human only uses 10% of their brain capacity, so imagine what we could do if we tap 100%?"
When questioned about this, the director said: "It's totally not true. Do they think that I don't know this? I work on this thing for nine years and they think that I don't know it's not true? Of course I know it's not true!"
Thus Science Fiction becomes Science Fantasy.
In the movie, a gargantuan dose of this drug is accidentally released into Lucy's system, and she begins to access more and more of her brain's total efficiency. As she does, she acquires new powers; not just of perception or cognizance, but of psionics. She can visualize the fabric of the universe as if reality were an illusion constructed by the computers from the Matrix. And like that other movie, Lucy develops all the seemingly miraculous powers of Neo. She can even turn back time –manually. Consequently she becomes a sort of deity, complete with all the powers of Spock, the X-Men, and ET combined. All of that is not even on speaking terms with reality. But that's still not my primary complaint. As I said, my issue is the premise of this film.
I always knew there was something wrong with that old saying. We only use 10% of our brains? That can't be right. It didn't make any sense, either from a material nor a theistic perspective, unless brains are just really inefficient. Everyone seemed to believe that when I was in school, everyone. And no one could tell where that claim first came from.
So I'm sitting in my 2nd level college course of biology for science majors, and the lecture is on the brain. The basal portions regulate glands and bodily functions, process sensory input, enable motor control, and so on, but all our wisdom, intelligence, and personalities emerge from the 'thinking' part of our brain, the cerebral cortex, or 'grey matter'. So we use our entire brain. There is no portion of it which has no known and necessary function.
Then the lecture mentioned that intelligence can be correlated with the number of neurons, and that our neurons represent only 10% of all the cells in the human brain, as if we only use 10% of our brain cells for 'thinking'. Once I heard that, I thought, "THAT's where that came from!"
Not that anyone cares, because of course people would rather believe that if you unlock the mysteries of your own imagination, then you can wield telekinetic powers. Faith promises much the same thing.
I just confirmed my flights for the Unholy Trinity Down Under. I tried to arrange an overnight stop in Los Angeles, but that would have cost another $800.00. So when I board Quantas in DFW, I won't get off that plane until two days later, once I'm on the other side of the world. That will put me in Auckland New Zealand on March 9th. I intend to stay there a couple days before I head to Australia. I'm speaking in Sydney on March 14th, in Brisbane on March 18th, Melbourne on March 21st, and Perth on March 23rd. There are more details of course, but we'll announce those later on.
After that, I'll be in Hawaii March 29th and 30th, because my daughter is stationed at the Naval base there. Then I will take another direct flight from there all the way back to DFW. I would have liked to stop off in San Francisco for a while on the way back, but once again, it would have driven the costs beyond my allowance.
This trip is being jointly-funded by the Atheist Foundation of Australia and the Humanist Society of Western Australia. They let me arrange my own flights, but I have to keep it under budget.
I was only on a dozen planes in 2014. This one trip alone would have been at least that many, if I could have broken up the trip a bit. Who wants to sit on an airplane for 24 hours or more in one shot? Especially when we're flying WITH the rotation of the earth, because that takes even longer.
BTW, would any of you flat earth believers like to explain why it is that flying west to east is so much faster than flying east to west? The last time I made this trip, Tuesday April 11th 2012 didn't exist in my life. I jumped straight from the 10th to the 12th. But the flight back had me on a 48 hour Monday. I'd love to hear how the flat-earthers explain that. They're still out there, ya know. They're still posting on YouTube.
Students from seven suburban Denver high schools walked out yesterday to protest changes to history curriculum proposed by the majority conservative Jefferson County school board. We aren't just seeing known culture warriors like the Texas Board of Education attempting to promote American Exceptionalism at the expense of accurate history.
So, the comments to the effect of, "Meh, why doesn't Texas just secede?" These comments are missing the point on several levels.
What is so refreshing about this demonstration is that these students have been taught the history of civil disobedience so well that they are standing up to bigoted authorities. Their teachers also staged a sick out that shut down two schools. The problem isn't that they don't understand politics as usual. They don't shrug their shoulders in response to injustice; they do something about it.
Here are some of the social media parodying some of what the adults in authority would like students to learn about the good ole U.S.A.
If you know history, the protesters of the Civil Rights era would have said, "Right on!" Only this school board doesn't want you to read about that, because it would destroy the American Exceptionalism myth they want to sell to kids.
If only Rosa Parks followed orders & sat where she was supposed to, Bengazi never would have happened#JeffCoSchoolBoardHistory#copolitics
When I first started studying for the Texas Social Studies Textbook hearings last week to testify with Aron on Tuesday, I expected to find the most egregious historical misrepresentations by non-mainstream publishers like Worldview Software. And of course they didn't fail to disappoint. Here is a quote from a Texas Freedom Network briefing to give you the flavor of the worldview they are promoting…
"The spread of international terrorism is an
outgrowth of Islamic fundamentalism which opposes Western
political and cultural influences and Western ideology."
Is that a fact? Are Islamic fundamentalists the only terrorists? Just in case you aren't sure whether this publisher is being incidentally bigoted, their worldview on the origin of the inhabitants of Africa is straight out of 19th Century racist theories. I quote from here on out from the Washington Post's article on the hearing.
WorldView Software – World History A: Early Civilizations to the Mid-1800s
The text states: "South of the Sahara Desert most of the people before the Age of Explorations were black Africans of the Negro race."
Elsewhere, the text states: "The first known inhabitants of Africa north of the Sahara in prehistory were Caucasoid Hamitic people of uncertain origin."
"Hamitic" pseudo-scientific theories of the origins of Africans originated in the 19th century's attempt to explain white supremacist assumptions. They believed that Northern Africans like Egyptians originated from the Biblical story of Noah's cursed son Ham. They thought that the "Negroid" race as they called it was incapable of building civilizations such as Egypt. They sought to misappropriate their accomplishments to "Caucasoids" such as themselves.
As a teacher, I know that non-mainstream publishers don't normally make their way into classrooms. No matter how much a crank publisher matches the ideas the right wing ideologues on the State Board of Education want to promote. So at first I wasn't as worried.
Now that I have reviewed more of what is being published, it is worse than I thought. I am genuinely surprised and disappointed. Even mainstream publishers already on the bookshelves in many Texas classrooms are submitting new texts for adoption that revise history in such a way to emphasize Judeo-Christian influence over the Enlightenment secular ideals that our government is founded on.
McGraw-Hill School Education – United States Government
Text mentions Moses and claims that the "biblical idea of a
covenant, an ancient Jewish term meaning a special kind of
agreement between the people and God, influenced the formation of colonial governments and contributed to our constitutional structure."
Let me get this straight our government is based on the covenant god gave to Moses in The Torah? The one most American's break when they have pork ribs at Chili's or shellfish at Red Lobster? We're all going to Hell then for breaking the covenant kiddos!
But wait there is more, I feel like a sadist for the face-palming that results from reading quotes from proposed history books in 2014! Just a little break here to make you feel better.
You can still register to testify until Monday at 5:ooPM. Instructions on how to testify and register are at the bottom of this briefing.
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Are you ready for more totally serious inanity from our national publishers?
This publisher goes even further than Biblical times with revising out the Enlightenment…
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – United States Government: Principles in Practice
Text has a section on "Judeo-Christian Influences" that reads: "The Framers' political thinking was influenced by a Judeo-Christian religious heritage, which includes traditions common to both Judaism and Christianity. These religions see the law and individual rights as being of divine origin. Moreover, the Framers benefited from the Protestant Reformation, a sixteenth-century Christian reform movement whose leaders developed ideas about individual responsibility, the freedom to worship as one chooses, and self-government."
Cuz yeah Protestant settlers like the Puritans were all about the "freedom to worship as one chooses". As long as you agreed with them, and conformed to their ideas of how to worship. If you were a Quaker though, not so much! Quakers were banished, branded, and had their ears cropped.
But what about separation of church and state you say? According to this national publisher…
McGraw-Hill School Education – United States Government
The text states: "Thomas Jefferson once referred to the establishment clause as a 'wall of separation between church and state.' That phrase is not used in the Constitution, however.'"
Fixed your wagon didn't they?
If you think it can't get more ridiculous, I have barely scratched the surface of what these textbooks are counterfeiting as history. Read the entire Washington Post article if you have a high pain threshold.
Since Aron launched his Patreon, he has been overwhelmed by the by all of the support he has gotten. The support has given him more time for new projects. These are a few of the new things he has been up to in the last 2 months. Like Dan Arel wrote, he has already put 4 podcasts together with his co-host Mark Nebo. This is the latest one with Deb Biennan and Vic Gettman, volunteer Humanist celebrants acting as chaplains at an American Air Force base. They talked about being persistent in providing support for Humanist airmen in the face of the opposition they get on base. The next episode will be live from Apostacon on Sept. 19th. There is an Evening of Scientific Inquiry with Neils Degrasse Tyson during the event also. Hope to see you there in costume! People think Aron is wearing one even when he doesn't dress up.
Aron has also made a new series called Living Science Videos with my help. The mission is to provide teachers and students an introduction to biology based on the Next Generation Science Standards. These standards are opposed by Intelligent Design Creationist Casey Luskin of the Discovery Institute and the Heartland Institute. In a nutshell, their opposition is based on the standards including evolution and climate change. (so accurate science basically) Aron and I are often asked about alternative science curriculum for home schoolers, as it is currently dominated by propaganda mills like The Discovery Institute.
Science advocates often focus on textbook wars and standards adoptions, and these are worthy battles to keep pseudoscience out of classrooms. However, as a teacher, I know a good science teacher doesn't just use a textbook. In fact, Texas skipped their obligation in 2010 to update textbooks, and is only now starting to update outdated books. Most of the books, I've been issued still had Pluto as a planet. That is why we are producing science educational supplements, to aid teachers and students, who want accurate science and promote science literacy. The last video we made was about how hypotheses are formed and what a scientific theory is. It answers the question that a lot of people ask, "How do we know?"
He is also finally able to go testify at a textbook hearing even if it is during the weekday now that he is a full time activist. According to the Texas Freedom Network…
There are numerous issues spread across the dozens of social studies textbooks submitted by publishers this year. These include problems with the way religions are portrayed; endorsement of anti-government, Tea-Party ideology; denigration of affirmative action — to name just a few.
This is the link to find out more about the hearing on Sept 16th. Other projects are in the works, and we'll update you when they bear fruit.


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The question of access has been a major concern in the field of education right from the days of the Constituent Assembly — which made a provision in the Constitution promising free and compulsory education for all children under-14 within ten years — to the Kothari Commission (1964) and many other bodies that followed it.
At the policy level too, the fact that a wider access to education is essential for development as well as for the effective functioning of democracy has been recognised and sought to be implemented for more than 60 years now. But there has been a big gap between intent and attainment, and this chasm is beginning to be bridged slowly.
The book under review, which looks at the problem of access to education in its varied dimensions, makes two things clear. One, that there are still a large number of children with little or no access to schooling, and two, that such children are concentrated in certain specific segments of society. True, access has, of late, been widening as a result of some initiatives taken by the government and the private sector. Yet, in the words of André Béteille, "We have very little knowledge of how the elementary school as an institution functions and what goes on in it in the course of an ordinary school day or school year. Because we are not sufficiently informed about such matters, our policy initiatives are often out of touch with reality."
Based largely on research carried out with the support of the Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions & Equity (CREATE), the book provides insights into different dimensions of 'educational access', a term broadly defined to cover not just enrolment but also attendance, progression, and appropriate levels of learning.
A wide range of factors affecting educational access such as cultural traditions of family, poverty, caste, gender, migration, malnourishment, teacher quality, and community participation are discussed, with supportive statistical profiles. There are several national initiatives in operation — the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, the District Primary Education Programme and the Universal Elementary Education Programme, to name a few. As it turns out, however, the statistical data provided are in many cases neither reliable nor comparable across States, and this is primarily due to the varying interpretations of the terms used and the poor record-keeping practices.
Apart from drawing lessons from case studies of attempts made to overcome such barriers, the book offers some suggestions for action.
Another point that emerges is that even where children of the marginalised groups are enrolled, social inequality persists. So does gender disparity in retention as well as in transition to higher grades. Particularly significant is the observation that a poor, and often hostile, environment in many schools virtually "pushes out" pupils, especially those belonging to the marginalised sections of the population.
Much of the effort towards educational access aims at increasing enrolment. But little attention is paid to the adequacy and quality of teachers, which are so crucial for making the school attractive and the learning meaningful for children.
The study brings out sharply how malnutrition and poverty afflicting the economically worse-off families force children to drop out of school — causes that are sought to be removed by government-aided initiatives to provide mid-day meal to school children. The plight of the oft-neglected children of migratory labour and the attempts being made by voluntary organisations to correct it are highlighted.
Positive side
On the positive side, decentralised governance and active involvement of local panchayats is noteworthy. The non-availability of primary schools in proximity is no longer a problem. There is a groundswell of opinion cutting across the social strata in favour of universalised quality education. With the levy of an education surcharge on income-tax, the government has much less worry on the resources front. Above all, the right to education is now guaranteed under the Constitution.
Thus, the mood and the milieu are more favourable than ever before, and there is enough money to spend. Yet, there are serious lags in implementation and shortfalls in achievement. It is hoped studies such as this would make policymakers and implementing agencies realise that 'exclusion' is not just a statistic but a live issue which demands a corrective process and a reordering of their strategies and action plans.
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But theater as peripheral discourse also has the ability, perhaps even responsibility, to communicate points of view that may be unpopular, dissenting, or even downright dangerous. Cynthia Hedstrom, programming director of the ambitious International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, recently found herself in a maelstrom of controversy for presenting Alive From Palestine: Stories Under Occupation, by the Ramallah-based Al-Kasaba Theatre. "At the time of the intifada, the company felt that they needed to make theater that reflected the situation in their country," she explains. "But there was a reaction here among some Jewish groups that there should have been a more balanced viewpoint. This is somewhat problematic for me because art often has a strong perspective, and what we're seeking is diversity and complexity over a broad spectrum of productions and additional programs that can foster communal debate.
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Noted author and speaker Alfred Poor, Ph.D. has published a whitepaper that summarizes some of the research about how our recent college graduates lack essential "soft skills" that hamper them when they enter the workforce.
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Our college students are not ready to succeed in the workplace. That´s the message of a new whitepaper "Our Students Are Set to Fail" by noted career skills expert Alfred Poor. The report summarizes the results of recent research into the problems that "next-gen" workers are encountering in the workplace.
"The fact is that our young workers are not ready," according to Poor. "This is the conclusion of study after study that show this to be true. Corporate HR staff and managers say so; college career center staff members say so, and even recent graduates themselves say so."
For example, a recent study by the Career Advisory Board on behalf of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) revealed that less than half of the college career center professionals surveyed felt that "the majority of [their] students are well prepared to succeed in their first full-time job after graduation."
The report looks at research results from studies of corporate HR staff and managers, college career center staff, and recent college graduates. It also offers some suggestions of ways that these problems can be addressed. A complimentary copy of the six-page report is available at Alfred Poor´s website at http://www.alfredpoorspeaker.com/reportrequest.
About Alfred Poor, PhD: He is a writer, speaker, and trainer with a worldwide reputation. He is the author of "7 Success Secrets That Every College Student Needs to Know!" as well as more than a dozen other books. He has experience as a guest on television and radio, and was co-host of a live radio show in New York City for more than eight years. He presents his upbeat message with energy and humor, and welcomes the opportunity for live interaction with audience members.
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Black Screen with cursor? Please help! (Emachines Laptop) When I switch my laptop on it comes up with a black screen with just the cursor in the top left, this happens before I get to any login screens etc, It's like its wanting to boot a CD but there;s no CD/DVD in the rom! Even when I have put one in, it still hasn't worked :( I've looked on lots of forums but none have helped. The only thing that works is F2 that takes me to InsydeH20 Setup Utility & F12 Boot menu But they dont help!
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First try discharging all the voilitile memory and static, Unlplug from mains, take out the battery. Now press and hold in the Power On button for at least 30 seconds. Now reassemble switch on and see it if it boots up into W7.
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Choose the Non-Destructive System Restore – This recovers the operating system, all programs, and drivers that were installed by default. Any files currently on the computer should not be damaged by this process. (Meaning that you get to keep all of your documents, pictures, videos, etc when using this option.
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Run your system in safe mode then reinstall your window drivers again. It can be a cause of virus so scan your computer with Malware Protection which remove dangerous virus from your computer.
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