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Recently released market study: Czech Republic Insurance Report Q2 2011
New Financial Services market report from Business Monitor International: "Czech Republic Insurance Report Q2 2011"
Most surprisingly, there was a 21.5% surge in life premiums in this period. This was the result of a 73.0% increase in premiums on single payment products - from CZK7,892mn in H109 to CZK13,653mn in H110. This suggests that consumers interested in savings are finding life insurance products attractive.
We estimate total premiums in 2010 of CZK151,730mn. This includes non-life premiums of CZK79,876mn and life premiums of CZK71,853mn. In 2015, the corresponding figures are forecast to be CZK203,162mn, CZK119,858mn and CZK83,304mn.
In terms of the key drivers that underpin our forecasts, we expect for non-life penetration to rise from 2.11% of GDP in 2010 to 2.35% in 2015 and for life density to increase from US$353 per capita to US$450 per capita. BMI's Insurance Business Environment Rating for the Czech Republic is 64.7.
Trends in the market place over the last year or so include the main winners of market share being smaller or specialist operators such as EGAP, the export guarantee insurer, Slavia, AXA, Wustenrot, Cardif, HDI, Victoria, HVP and UNIQA. Of the larger firms, Kooperativa and Ceska Poistovna, the largest subsidiaries of Vienna Insurance Group and Generali/PPF respectively, lost ground. In the life segment, spectacular gains in market share were made by bank-affiliated insurers such as Komercni Poistovna, Vienna Insurance Group's PCS and CSOB Poistovna. The life segment expanded rapidly because of the success of these insurers in selling single premium products.
Issues To Watch
Contagion In Bond Markets
The resilience of the Czech Republic's economy and insurance companies was reflected in the performance of both, but volatility in bond markets elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe, which affects perceptions of Czech bonds, could continue to be a challenge.
Some Czech insurers appear to be increasing their prices and profitability, even as the number of policies is declining.
Surging Sales In Life Products
The development of the life segment through 2010 appears to have been driven by the sale of single premium products through bank linked life companies.
Consolidation Among Smaller Players
In the non-life and the life segments there are smaller players whose parents are not necessarily committed in the long-term to a stagnant market in which they are losing market share. Profitability may also be approaching a cyclical peak.
For more information or to purchase this report, go to:
- http://www.fastmr.com/
Partial Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
- Table: Overview Of The Czech Republic's Insurance Sector
- Table: Premiums By Lines, 2008-209(CZKmn)
- Issues To Watch
SWOT Analysis
- Czech Republic Industry SWOT
- Czech Republic Political SWOT
- Czech Republic Economic SWOT
- Czech Republic Business Environment SWOT
MetLife's Acquisition Of ALICO
- Table: ALICO At A Glance
- Table: ALICO's Pre-Tax Profits By Segment And Region Contribution, Year To November 30 2009 (%)
- Table: ALICO - A Market Leader In Japan
- Table: MetLife's Acquisition Of ALICO
- Table: MetLife And ALICO Combined
Central And Eastern European Markets Overview
- Table: Non-Life Segment Premiums In Central And Eastern Europe
- Table: Life Segment Premiums In Central And Eastern Europe
Projections And Forecasts
- Table: Premiums, 2007-2015
- Projections And Drivers Of Growth
- Table: Growth Drivers, 2007-2015
Country Update
- Macroeconomic Outlook
- Table: Czech Republic Economic Activity, 2006-2015
- Political Outlook
- Long-Term Political Outlook
Insurance Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Czech Republic's Insurance Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Central And Eastern Europe Insurance Business Environment Ratings
Regional Context
- Table: Non-Life Premiums In A Regional Context, 2009
- Table: Life Premiums In A Regional Context, 2009
Major Players In The Czech Insurance Sector
- Table: Principal Insurance Lines By Gross Written Premiums, H109
- Table: Companies By Gross Written Premiums, 9M09
Analysis Of Regional Competitive Conditions
Company Profiles
- Local Company Profiles
- Ceska pojist'ovna
- Regional Company Profiles
- Allianz
- Aviva
- BNP Paribas/Cardif
- Eureko
- Generali
- Groupama
- HDI-Gerling
- KBC Group
- MetLife ALICO
- Prudential Financial
- Vienna Insurance Group
- Zurich
Country Snapshot: Czech Republic Demographic Data
- Section 1: Population
- Table: Demographic Indicators, 2005-2030
- Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown, 2005-2030
- Section 2: Education And Healthcare
- Table: Education, 2002-2005
Full Table of Contents is available at:
-- http://www.fastmr.com/
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Community Calendar
Published: Monday, July 11, 2005 at 9:54 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 11, 2005 at 11:07 a.m.
- Local magician, juggler and yo-yo expert Matthew Noel will perform Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Bourg Branch Library and at 2 p.m. at the North Terrebonne Branch Library; and Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Grand Caillou Branch Library and at 2 p.m. at the Chauvin Branch Library.
- Professional Storyteller Donna Washington will perform at 10 a.m. at the East Houma Branch Library and 2 p.m. Friday at the North Terrebonne.
- The St. Hilary Knights of Columbus of Raceland will hold a smokeless bingo night at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the K. of C. Home. Call 637-3644.
- Humane Society of Houma-Terrebonne will hold a fund-raising dog wash from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at South Louisiana Seed & Feed, 7591 W. Main St. Call 873-1095.
- KayCee Councils of Auxiliaries of Louisiana will hold its installation of officers for 2005-06 beginning with a 1 p.m. Mass Saturday at the St. Louis King of France Church in Baton Rouge.
- Musician Johnette Downing will perform at 2 p.m. July 18 at the North Terrebonne Branch Library; and July 19 at 10 a.m. at the Bourg Branch Library, noon at the Chauvin Branch Library and 2 p.m. at the Montegut Branch Library.
- "The Civil War in the Lafourche Country" and "Life in the Camps," presentations by Christopher G. Peña, 6 p.m. July 18, Thibodaux Branch Library, 314 St. Mary St. To register, call 447-4119.
- Book discussion at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library at 6:30 p.m. July 19. The book to be discussed is "Housekeeping " by Marilynne Robinson. Olivia Pass will be the facilitator.
- Artist Ronald Trahan will conduct a wire and sculpture workshop at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library for fourth- through sixth-graders at 10 a.m. and for teens at 2 p.m. July 20.
- The Terrebonne Council on Aging's board of directors will meet at noon July 21 at the TCOA Operations Center. Call 868-8411.
- Annunziata Kaycee Auxiliary Sixth Annual Scotch Doubles (nonsanctioned) Bowling Tournament, 2:30 p.m. July 24, Bowl South of Louisiana, 624 Grand Caillou Road. Entry fee is $8 per person. Shoe rental free. Two divisions: adult and children (ages 9 to 17). Door prizes. Call 868-2946.
- Harvey Rabbit and Friends will be at the East Houma Branch Library at 10 a.m. and at the North Terrebonne Branch Library at 2 p.m. July 28; at the Terrebonne Parish Main Library at 10 a.m. July 29.
- Cancer Research Benefit, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Aug. 28, Ward 7 Chauvin. Admission is $5, and the meal costs $5. Music will be provided by Treater, LA 56, Southern Illusion and Louisiana Kids. Special guests include Pott Folse, Vin Bruce, Gilligan, Duane Schurb, Jerry Rayne, Waylon Thibodaux and Don Rich. Call John Crochet Jr. at 851-4148 or 804-1469.
- The Terrebonne Parish Head Start Program is accepting applications for children ages 3 to 5 years old from low-income families from the 2005-06-school session. To apply, bring the child's birth certificate, updated immunization records, Social Security Card, Medicaid Card (if applicable), proof of residency, parent's Social Security Card/driver's license and proof of income (two recent check stubs, tax return, food stamp printout sheet, recent unemployment check stubs, proof of child support). Application hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Application site are the Terrebonne Parish Department of Housing and Human Services, 809 Barrow St., Houma; Gibson Head Start, 5575 Bayou Black Drive, Gibson; Gray Head Start, 3286 Family Drive, Gray; Holy Rosary 1&2 Head Start, 121 Rosary St., Houma; Houma 1&2 Head Start, TARC Campus Building 5 and 13, 1 McCord Road, Houma; Houma 4&5 Head Start, St. Lucy Daycare, 1220 Aycock St., Houma and Senator Circle 1&2 Head Start, 216 A&B Senator Circle, Houma. Call 580-7273.
- Dulac Community Center 2005, Exploration, Appreciation and Cultivation Summer Camp, from 4 to 8 p.m. through July 30. No registration fee. Camp open to children ages 5 to 15. Volunteers are needed. Call 563-7483.
- Bayouland YMCA's Splash Summer Day camp, through Aug. 5. Call 873-9622.
- Renaissance Health & Racquet Club will be hosting a summer camp at 106 Southdown West Blvd., Houma. The camp is through Aug. 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call 872-2582.
- Bayou Black Tarpons, swim team, is currently taking applications for members. Call 876-4270.
- Teche Action Board, Inc. announces that the Teche Action Clinic at Dulac will be moving its regularly scheduled staff meeting from the second Thursday to the fourth Thursday of the month, and will now be open the second Thursday of the month. Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m. to noon Friday. Call Rebecca Guidry, site administrator, at 868-3700 ext. 107.
- The Houma-Terrebonne Community Band practices at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Southdown Stadium on St. Charles Street. Musicians who play the flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, baritone, tuba or percussion are invited to join the band. The band is open to those in high school to retirement age. Call 397-0545 or e-mail email@example.com. Visit www.htcb.org.
- The United Veterans League offers deceased veterans a final tribute, by providing a chapel service. The service includes: reading of a chapel service, playing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" while the group files by and salutes, a 21-gun salute by the Rifle Squad and taps, folding and presentation of the flag to the family. Call Ray Ordoyne at 851-2665; Doughty J. Dominique at 876-0551 or Hymel Henry at 872-1106.
- The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana is a nonprofit agency providing prevention education, referral and assessment services. Programs offered through ADAC include strengthening families, super conflict resolution and the children's program. Call Roshaun Garrett at 879-2273.
- Support: Support is forming for the siblings of children with autism and related disorders. If interested, contact Carol Benoit and Stacie Guidry at email@example.com. Include the name and age(s) of the siblings and preferred meeting times. Call Carol Benoit at 876-2740.
- Tax volunteers: Catholic Social Services is looking for volunteers to help low-income families electronically file their tax returns this year. The IRS will provide free training on tax law and preparation. Call Jennifer Gaudet at 876-0490.
- Terrebonne Folklife Culture Center, 317 Goode St., offers soap carving for children 6-7 p.m. and wood carving for adults 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays; quilting 10 a.m.-noon, Spanish 7-8 p.m. and French 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays; Cajun dance lessons 6-7:30 p.m. Fridays. Every Wednesday of each month, there is dancing 5:30-7:30 p.m. featuring Jag Jagneaux and the Cajun Country Ramblers and Gene Bonvillain and the Playmates. There are workshops conducted by the La Terre Master Gardeners, Terrebonne Garden Club, Terrebonne Orchid Society and the Terrebonne Bird Club. Call 873-6408.
- Cajun Music Folklife Nights are 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum, 7910 Park Ave. Admission is $1. On Tuesdays, the Bayou Cajun Band performs. On Thursdays, there is a Cajun music jam session featuring local musicians, preceded by French lessons, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Call 580-7200.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters is looking for adult volunteers to visit children at the Boys and Girls Club at Coteau-Bayou Blue and West Park elementaries. Call 853-8550.
- South Louisiana Community Orchestra: Membership is open to all string players -- violin, viola, cello, bass and guitar -- who can read music, junior-high-school age to adult. All playing levels are accepted. Contact Bonnie Le at 853-2094 or Jim Barrett at 851-5356.
- Terrebonne-Lafourche Right to Life is looking for pro-life women to take calls on its help line. Training is available. Call 851-2229.
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Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that exists in different forms. Alpha-tocopherol vitamin E is the form that best meets our needs. Vitamin E's main role in the body appears to be neutralizing oxidation. For that reason, researchers think it plays an important role in protecting certain parts of the eye, which is particularly susceptible to oxidative damage. Cataracts, for example, are believed to be formed by oxidation in the lens of the eye caused mostly by UV rays in sunlight.
Eye-related benefits: The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) found that vitamin E, along with other nutrients, helped some people who had moderate age-related macular degeneration. The nutrients reduced the risk of developing advanced age-related macular degeneration by 25% for those who already had evident early changes of macular degeneration. Evidence from other studies suggests that the alpha-tocopherol form of vitamin E, along with lutein and zeaxanthin, may decrease the risk of cataracts. However, other studies have not found that vitamin E is important for vision, so more research is needed. It's important to talk to your doctor before taking vitamin E supplements in order to discuss the right dose, possible side effects, as well as other treatments.
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Recommended daily allowance: 22.5 international units/day.
Recommended level for eye health: The American Optometric Association recommends 400 IU/day, based on the level used in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS).
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Potential risks: Vitamin E can thin your blood, and may increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke. If you're taking a blood-thinning medication, talk to your doctor before taking a vitamin E supplement. One recent study showed increased mortality in people taking more than 2,000 international units of vitamin E. Other possible side effects cited in studies include fatigue, muscle weakness, and decreased thyroid gland function.
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Can you feel the baby at 15 weeks???
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With DD I felt movement at 17 weeks, with this one I first felt them at 14 weeks. Definately possible :)
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I started feeling flutters in both my pregnancies at around 11 weeks. I'm 16+3 today and feeling the more poking, jabbing feelings up toward my belly button. My fundus is already at my belly button level and I have an anterior placenta. So I think I'm not feeling a lot of the movement I did with my first but when baby pushes upward I'm definitely feeling it.
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The multimedia empire's chief executive on video journalism, North Korea – and why he won't be taken over by a big rival. By Jon Swaine
The chief product officer on paying contributors according to traffic and getting advertisers to pay for editorial, writes Lisa O'Carroll
Kira Cochrane: First offended by the newspaper's topless models at the age of 11, she wants Rupert Murdoch to remove the feature
The Washington Post journalist compares phone hacking to the story that brought down Richard Nixon. By Dan Sabbagh
A public service broadcaster battling political pressure, funding issues and criticism from a Murdoch press. Sound familiar? By Dan Sabbagh
The acerbic Vanity Fair columnist and Murdoch biographer is not shy of making personal attacks on those in the business. But he was left shaken by the consequences of rattling Rupert's cage. By Ed Pilkington
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Digital Systems I - DRAFT
Course Number: EET 121
Transcript Title: Digital Systems I
Created: September 1, 2012
Updated: September 9, 2015
Total Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 20
Lecture / Lab Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 30
Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement: No
Satisfies General Education requirement: No
Grading options: A-F (default), audit
Repeats available for credit: 0
Prerequisite / Concurrent
Course Description
Covers basic electrical concepts, number systems, combinational gates (AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, and XOR), electrical characteristics and internal structures of TTL gates, Boolean algebra, Karnaugh mapping, and use of MSI devices including adders, decoders, encoders, multiplexes and demultiplexers. Includes a 3 hour per week laboratory. Prerequisite/concurrent: MTH 111. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes
Upon successful completion students should be able to:
- Describe the operation of combinational logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, and XOR) from both an electrical and a logical point-of-view and be able to combine logic gates into circuits that perform various functions.
- Use the binary number system as well as Boolean algebra, DeMorgan's Theorem, and Karnaugh mapping to manipulate Boolean expressions.
- Interpret the truth tables of MSI (medium-scale integration) devices including adders, decoders, encoders, multiplexers and demultiplexers.
- Analyze the overall circuit operation when a MSI device is combined with combinational gates, or other MSI devices, to create an application circuit.
- Construct digital circuits using standard laboratory instrumentation to verify the operation of the circuits, and use PC-based electronic circuit simulation software.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assessment methods are to be determined by the instructor. Typically, in-class quizzes, exams and weekly homework assignments will be used. Laboratory assessment will be by reports and/or practical skills testing.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Basic electrical concepts including voltage, current, and resistance and the use of Ohm's Law for simple circuits.
- The decimal, binary, and hexadecimal ("hex") number systems and the conversion of numbers between the decimal system and the binary system.
- The Boolean operations of AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, and XOR in terms of their schematic symbols, Boolean equations, and truth tables.
- The mechanical and electrical characteristics of the TTL family of logic devices including the printout of the device, the allowable power supply voltage range, allowable temperature range, input voltage specifications, output voltage specifications, and the propagation delay of the device.
- The identities and use of Boolean algebra and the use of DeMorgan's Theorem.
- Simplification of logic functions using Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps.
- The specification of the required logic to implement a desired combinational logic function where the logic has been simplified as much as possible using Boolean algebra or Karnaugh maps.
- The use of timing diagrams to describe the response of a logic circuit to time-varying inputs.
- MSI (medium scale integration) functions including half adders, full adders, decoders, encoders, multiplexers, and demultiplexers.
- The use of multiplexers to implement logic functions.
- An architectural overview of common programmable logic devices (PLDs) including the programmable read-only memory (PROM), programmable logic array (PLA), and programmable array logic (PAL).
- The use of PC-based circuit simulation software to simulate a digital circuit.
Department Notes
In the laboratory, the student will construct several digital circuits including a circuit that could be used to control a furnace and a circuit that lights LEDs in a specified sequence. The student will use standard laboratory instrumentation, including the oscilloscope, to verify the operation of each circuit. The student will also use PC-based electronic circuit simulation software to simulate the operation of at least one digital circuit.


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RHP Hisashi Iwakuma tossed seven scoreless innings against the Astros, allowing six hits and one walk while striking out seven. The outing marked his sixth of the season in which he threw at least seven innings while allowing one run or less, a mark that is tied for ninth in the American League. Iwakuma lowered his ERA against the Astros to 1.38 in four starts. He has a 2.83 ERA over 10 starts since July 14.
RHP Tom Wilhelmsen was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and will be used him in multiple roles now that RHP Danny Farquhar has converted 11-of-12 save opportunities since taking over for Wilhelmsen as the Mariners' closer. Wilhelmsen went 0-1 with a 10.50 ERA in eight games with the Rainiers after posting an 0-3 record and 4.37 ERA with five blown saves in 29 opportunities with Seattle.
3B Kyle Seager extended his club record for consecutive starts at third base to 89 on Sunday, finishing 1-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts. The streak is currently the seventh longest in baseball over the past five seasons and the second longest active streak, trailing Orioles 3B Manny Machado, who has started 185 consecutive games since Aug. 9, 2012.
C Mike Zunino will rejoin the Mariners on Monday in Kansas City and will catch RHP Felix Hernandez in the series opener. Zunino played five rehab games with Triple-A Tacoma as part of his recover from a broken left hamate bone that has sidelined him since July 26. Zunino hit .242 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 29 games with the Mariners after being selected on June 11 and immediately joining the starting lineup.
RHP Felix Hernandez will start the opener of a three-game series against the Royals in Kansas City on Monday. Hernandez is 4-3 with a 2.67 ERA in 10 career starts against the Royals, including a 2-3 record and 2.82 ERA in six starts at Kauffman Stadium. He won his only start in Kansas City last season, allowing one run on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts over eight innings in a 6-1 victory July 19. Hernandez has struggled as of late, posting a 1-4 record and 7.00 ERA over his last five starts.


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This morning, when I turned on my home PC, it acted very strangely.
The display was very slow in responding. For example, whatever program I had up, when I closed any window of that program, a ghost image would appear and striated lines, of that window. It would stay there for a while, and then finally go away.
Also, the mouse would be significantly delayed in moving around Windows and typing anything would be seriously delayed. I have no idea what's going on, or why. This sort of behavior on that PC is very odd, as it's a relatively new PC (about 2 years old). It's an HP Pavilion Elite, quad-core processor.
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ElBaradei Urged Mubarak to Ease Grip on Politics for Nine Years
Mohamed ElBaradei privately called on President Hosni Mubarak to ease up on political controls for nine years before joining Cairo protests that prompted Egypt's leader to announce he won't seek another term in office.
ElBaradei's diplomacy with Mubarak began in the months leading up to the 2003 Iraq war, when the Nobel-prize winner stepped out of his role as chief of the United Nations atomic agency to have "candid talks in Cairo about the importance of starting democratic reform in Egypt," said Laban Coblentz, ElBaradei's former speech writer in a Jan. 31 interview.
The contacts show that ElBaradei, criticized by some in the opposition for being remote from politics at home, was pushing for changes in how the country was run for years.
Mubarak said yesterday he won't run for another term after hundreds of thousands of people rallied against his regime in Cairo's Tahrir Square in the culmination of a weeklong uprising. He said in a statement on state television that his 30-year rule will end with presidential elections that are due in September and that he plans to stay on until then to ensure "stability."
The meetings between Mubarak and ElBaradei were confirmed by Austria's ex-foreign minister, Ursula Plassnik, who has known ElBaradei for almost two decades.
'Very Outspoken'
"I know from him that he has had many conversations over time with President Mubarak and that he was very outspoken in these conversations," Plassnik said in a Jan. 31 interview in Vienna. "He was not shy about sharing his assessment with the authorities of his country all along."
She met with him last month, two weeks before he flew to Cairo to join the tens of thousands of Egyptians protesting in the street to demand Mubarak's resignation.
ElBaradei, 68, has emerged as the surprise face of an Egyptian opposition trying to end the president's 30-year rule over the nation of 87 million people. A coalition of opposition groups, including the banned Muslim Brotherhood, has coalesced around ElBaradei. Egypt's newly appointed Vice President, Omar Suleiman, offered on Jan. 31 to begin talks with opposition groups, which have authorized ElBaradei to speak in their name.
Thousands of protesters have shut down parts of central Cairo for the past nine days, insisting that Mubarak leave and refusing to accept his Jan. 29 appointment of Suleiman as a compromise. Demonstrators poured into downtown Cairo yesterday in response to an opposition call for 1 million people in the streets. ElBaradei is expected to attend.
'Catching the Momentum'
"Even when not well-positioned politically, he has a knack for catching the momentum," said Vilmos Czerveny, an International Atomic Energy Agency director who has known ElBaradei since 1992, in a Jan. 31 interview. "This is a natural thing for him to do. If he can be useful, he'll do it."
Criticized in his home country for spending most of his adult life outside the repression of Mubarak's regime, ElBaradei rose in the absence of other high-profile opposition leaders.
"He has more experience in politics -- more than many figures in the current regime -- although he is for sure detached from the reality of the people," said Mohamed Fahmy, a protester with a doctorate in political science. "Even if he is not so popular he stands a better chance of being accepted."
Colleagues at the United Nations nuclear agency, where ElBaradei was director general from 1997 to 2009, describe a man who never lost sight of Egyptian human rights issues even while dealing with international crises in Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
Weapons Inspections
On Nov. 25, 2002, ElBaradei landed in Cairo, ostensibly to brief Mubarak on weapons inspections in Iraq. The meeting was unusual because it was behind closed doors, without advisers, said Coblentz, who traveled with ElBaradei and was told about the meeting by him.
Coblentz helped ElBaradei write his memoir, slated for a June release by Metropolitan Books, a unit of Macmillan Publishing's Henry Holt & Co.: "The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy In Treacherous Times."
ElBaradei, a critic of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saw democracy as a way of "unleashing the potential fountain of energy of Egypt's youth," Coblentz said. Subsequent meetings with Mubarak proved fruitless, including a Jan. 14, 2006, encounter after Mubarak awarded ElBaradei Egypt's highest civilian honor, the Nile Collar.
"He lost confidence in Mubarak's ability to listen and engage in conversation after that meeting," Coblentz said. At the meeting, ElBaradei continued pressing Mubarak to grant basic human rights to dissidents and minority groups, he said.
Talks With Mubarak
ElBaradei couldn't be reached for comment on his early talks with Mubarak. He said in an interview in Vienna that he had pressed for change in Egypt, without giving a time frame.
"I have been calling on the government to listen, to understand that they have to change their entire structure," he said on Jan. 25. "There's been none of that. In fact the government has continued to tighten the screws, to become more authoritarian, more repressive."
He spoke after signing autographs at a conference for international businessmen inside a Vienna palace. Wearing a four-day stubble and a frumpy dark gray suit, ElBaradei wielded a pen in one hand and monitored Twitter messages on his mobile phone with the other.
"He is the sort of figure the regime needs to be talking to. We need to see a broad-based representative government," U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron spokesman Steve Field said yesterday in London. "We need to see a broad-based representative government."
Fell Victim
Mubarak has already once fallen victim to ElBaradei's circuitous path to leadership. In 1997, the Egyptian government vainly pushed its U.K. ambassador, Mohamed Shaker, to take over the IAEA leadership after Hans Blix retired. The Vienna-based agency's 35-member board of governors couldn't bring themselves to elect the Mubarak family friend, Czerveny said.
The board's compromise, nominated by the African Union after being shunned by his own country, was ElBaradei, then an obscure IAEA middle manager.
"He's someone who believes in destiny," said Melissa Fleming, the former IAEA spokeswoman who worked with ElBaradei for eight years. "He believes the Nobel Peace Prize gave him the recognition and responsibility to do more than play on a golf course after his retirement."
Mubarak's regime will almost certainly fall within a period of months and the most important conversations going on in Cairo right now are to determine whether Egypt's military or civilians will usher in a new political order, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told Bloomberg yesterday in an interview.
'Traditional Figure'
ElBaradei "looks like the sort of transitional figure that emerges at the beginning of a revolution and that will, having performed his function of bringing about political transition, will disappear from the scene," Kissinger said.
To protester Fahmy, ElBaradei will have to overcome his detachment after living decades outside Egypt. "He has committed the fatal mistake of being away from his people during the last year when they needed some hope and when there was a vacancy for leadership," he said.
ElBaradei, whose homeland is 90 percent Muslim, emphasized his international reach in his Dec. 10, 2005, acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna," he said. "My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced firsthand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share."


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - An accident involving a semi-truck landed three people in the hospital Tuesday evening.
Officials were called to highway 75, two miles north of Lyndon, just after 5:00 p.m. on the two vehicle accident.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a ford explorer, with occupants Justin Wiscombe and Martin Padilla, was traveling east on K-31.
Troopers say the driver failed to stop at a stop sign, turning left onto highway 75, and pulled out in front of the semi.
All three people involved were taken to Stormont-Vail.
Semi driver John Polec was discharged Tuesday evening. Wiscombe is listed in fair condition and Padilla is listed in satisfactory condition.


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Two Campbellsville men have been charged with sex crimes in indictments handed down by a Taylor County grand jury last Tuesday.
Brian R. Rutledge
Brian R. Rutledge, 36, of 98 Earthborne Lane was charged in separate indictments with first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sodomizing two children younger than 12.
He was first arrested on the sodomy charges on June 12.
A man stands holding an orange sign, cautioning drivers that road construction is ahead.
Such a sight on KY 55 and KY 210 has become common in Taylor County, and work on the project now stands at about 81 percent complete.
Mark Brown, public information officer for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's District 4 office in Elizabethtown, says work on the project began in 2007 and one section of it - widening of KY 55 to five lanes from KY 1625 to U.S. 68 - was completed last year.
A Greensburg man was injured in a two-vehicle collision in Campbellsville on Monday.
According to a Campbellsville Police report, Ricky Gabehart, 46, of Greensburg was traveling eastbound on Broadway in his 1994 Dodge Dakota when he collided with a 2008 Nissan Rogue driven by Angela Russell, 36, of Campbellsville. Russell was turning left from Federal Place onto Broadway.
Gabehart was transported to Taylor Regional Hospital by private vehicle. He was treated and released. Russell was not injured.
The Campbellsville man found guilty in 2003 of raping and sodomizing a 9-year-old girl has lost another appeal of his 30-year prison sentence.
William R. Payne, 42, was found guilty of nine counts of first-degree rape and five counts of first-degree sodomy and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The girl, who was 13 years old at the time of the trial, testified that while her mother was working nights, Payne forced her to have sex with him. Payne denied the accusations.
Four people were injured Saturday in a one-vehicle crash on KY 76.
According to a Taylor County Sheriff's Office report, April Dawn Cox, 28, of Proctor Knott Street in Campbellsville was traveling east on KY 76 at 5:47 p.m.
The report states that the hood of Cox's 1995 Lincoln Towncar came unlatched and flew up, causing her to strike a tree.
Cox and her passengers, Takyia Cox, 5, Shyanna Young, 3, and Jazzlynn Cox, 1, were transported to Taylor Regional Hospital by Campbellsville/Taylor County Rescue personnel with minor injuries.
Two people were arrested and charged with robbing Taco Bell late Tuesday night.
According to a Campbellsville Police report, at 11:10 p.m., Cristina T. Pelly, 29, of Campbellsville and Jonathon Scott Salley, 21, of Faubush, Ky. entered Taco Bell on East Broadway and forcibly took money from the clerk.
After a brief investigation, Campbellsville Police located and arrested Pelly and Salley. They were charged with second-degree robbery.
Campbellsville Police Officer Brian Simpson investigated.
Taylor Countians don't need to travel out of town to enjoy the arts. From plays to art exhibits and nearly everything in between, Campbellsville University offers a variety of programs to the public.
"So many times, people will travel to Louisville and Lexington and miss our local events," said J. Robert Gaddis, dean of the CU School of Music. "We have strong programs here. We have a big-time music program in a small Christian environment."
While Gaddis is speaking of CU's music program, the same can be said of the university's other offerings.
"Are you excited?" he asks, with a smile on his face. The boy replies, "Yes," picks up his new backpack and makes his way into Campbellsville Elementary School. Students at Campbellsville Independent and Taylor County schools headed back to class on Wednesday. And at CES, students were greeted by a new face, interim principal Ricky Hunt. Taylor County students saw no principal changes this year.
Hunt, wearing a purple tie, waves to a parent and says, "We'll take care of them."
See more photos in Thursday's print edition.
Stolen items could soon have a better chance of being recovered.
At Monday night's regular City Council meeting, Campbellsville Police Chief Dennis Benningfield asked the Council to consider adding secondhand stores and precious metal and scrap metal dealers to the list of businesses required to keep electronic records.
Last August, the Council passed an ordinance making it mandatory for pawnbrokers to keep computer records of all the items they take in and sell.
Robert Pattinson stood inches from me. Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz, both Oscar winners, were only feet away. Directly in front of me, and behind the camera, sat Rodrigo Prieto, an Oscar-nominated director of photography.
I should have been completely awestruck at the level of talent that surrounded me. Yet the only thing I could truly focus on was my aching feet and legs due to the flat slippers the wardrobe department had given me to wear - and having to stand on them for hours on end.
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The fourth Harry Potter film, The Goblet of Fire, is confidently expected to break box-office records when it opens in the UK on 18 November.
Directed by Mike Newell of Four Weddings and a Funeral fame, it will be the fourth hit in a row for its young stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
All three have been signed up for the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, due out in summer 2007.
By then, however, the series' status as Hollywood's pre-eminent fantasy franchise may be under threat from another blockbuster saga looming on the horizon – The Chronicles of Narnia, which is released in the UK on 8 December.
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For three consecutive Christmases between 2001 and 2003, audiences flocked to see the three instalments in Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings.
The first two of these, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, opened in close proximity to the first two Potter titles, the Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets.
The first Potter narrowly outperformed Fellowship at the US box office, but the situation was reversed the following year.
Their success proved there was a strong demand for epic adventure based on popular fantasy fiction.
And it is precisely that demographic that Walt Disney Pictures and its producing partner Walden Media hope to target with their $150m (£85m) version of CS Lewis's Narnia adventure, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Like the Lord of the Rings, the film is based on a 20th century literary classic and has been mostly shot in New Zealand, on soundstages previously used for Jackson's films.
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This seems to be mostly a SATA III compatibility issue. TRIM support seems to have been introduced in 10.6.8 but only for Apple-supplied drives. Since Apple was producing Intel-based systems by that point, that is where they focused the support.
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Zenvo ST1
|Zenvo ST1
|Zealand, Denmark
|Christian Brandt and Jesper Hermann
|Body and chassis
|Body style
|2-door coupé
|Turbocharged and supercharged 6.8L V8
|7-speed paddle shift / 6-speed manual
|3,055 mm (120.3 in)
|4,665 mm (183.7 in)
|2,041 mm (80.4 in)
|1,198 mm (47.2 in)
|Curb weight
|1,688 kg (3,721 lb)
The Zenvo ST1 is a high performance supercar manufactured by Danish company Zenvo. It is the company's first model, and is manufactured almost entirely by the hands of a small team of workers, with the exception of a CNC router.
Company history[edit]
Zenvo Automotive is a Danish supercar manufacturer located in Præstø on the Danish island of Zealand. It was founded by Troels Vollertsen, and the name 'Zenvo' is derived from a combination of the first 2 and last 3 letters in his last name.
Zenvo Automotive was founded in 2004. The first prototype of what became the Zenvo ST1 was completed in December 2008 and production began in 2009.[1] Only 15 cars were built and sold.[2]
Zenvo ST1[edit]
The Zenvo ST-1 is a high performance sports car. Its turbocharged and supercharged 6.8-litre V8 engine generates 1,104 hp (823 kW) at 6,900 rpm and 1,430 N·m (1,050 lb·ft) of torque at 4,500 rpm. According to The Motor Report, the car set a 0–100 km/h time of 3.0 seconds, with 0–200 km/h taking 8.9 seconds, and a top speed of 375 km/h (233 mph)[3]
The ST-1 is made entirely by hand with the exception of a high performance, 5 axis CNC router. The ST-1 comes equipped with keyless entry, satellite navigation, telescopic steering wheel adjustment and electrically adjustable leather racing seats.[4]
Danish design[edit]
Zenvo claim the ST-1 is entirely a result of Danish design. The car was designed by Christian Brandt and Jesper Hermann.[5] The carbon fibre body was made in Germany and many components such as gauges, gas tank, ABS brakes, traction control and airbags come from American or German made cars.[6]
The car has a list price of €660,000.[7] The price for registering the car in Denmark is around DKK 16 million (€2,143,952) as a result of the country's high registration taxes; however, Zenvo is aiming at the export market only.[8] Production is limited to 15 cars.[9]
Appearance on Top Gear[edit]
The Zenvo ST1 was critically panned by the British motoring program Top Gear after a series of unfortunate accidents during filming of a segment for the show, including the car catching fire after a cooling unit failure. Another car from the company eventually finished a complete timed lap of the (wet) Top Gear Test Track; the resulting time was worse than the time of a BMW M5,[10] also on a wet track. Zenvo responded to Top Gear with a statement published on the Danish website Pro Street.[7]
Appearance at 2015 Copenhagen historic grand prix[edit]
At this event, the Zenvo ST1 caught on fire, forcing the driver to bail out as quickly as possible. Zenvo said the fire was caused by fuel line problems.[11]
- ^ Lago, Chris (17 December 2008). "Zenvo to Produce 'Real Supercar with Excessive Power'". Motor Trend. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "About us". Zenvo. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ Tony O'Kane (2008-12-18). "Zenvo ST1: Denmark's Very Own Veyron? from The Motor Report, 18 December 2008". Themotorreport.com.au. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ "Danish firm Zenvo Automotive unveils 1100hp ST1 supercar". MotorAuthority. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Dansk superbil med 1.104 hk" (in Danish). bilbasen.dk. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Aftonbladet: 1104 hästar dansk dynamit" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ a b "Zenvo svarer igen: Sandheden bag Top Gear testen". prostreet.dk. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ Dansk superbil til 16 mio. kr from epn.dk. Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Dansk superbil til 16 millioner" (in Danish). Pleasure.dk. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ http://jalopnik.com/zenvo-is-pissed-about-top-gears-ultra-harsh-review-1527932695
- ^ "HER ER ÅRSAGEN: ZENVO ST1 BRYDER I BRAND UNDER CHGP" (in Danish). Bilsektionen.dk. Retrieved 2015-08-02.


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NOTICE OF RULEMAKING FOR THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE SANDY CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT A public hearing will be conducted by the Board of Supervisors of the SANDY CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Augustine - St. Johns County Airport Authority, Administration Office, located at 4796 North US 1, St. Augustine, Florida 32095. In accord with Chapter 190, Florida Statutes, the SANDY CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ("the District") hereby gives the public notice of its intent to adopt its proposed Rules of Procedure. The purpose and effect of the Rules of Procedure is to provide for efficient and effective District operations. Prior notice of rule development was published in The St. Augustine Record on April 20, 2009. The Rules of Procedure address such areas as the Board of Supervisors, officers and voting, district offices, public information and inspection of records, policies, public meetings, hearings and workshops, rulemaking proceedings and competitive purchase including procedure under the Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act, procedure regarding auditor selection, purchase of insurance, pre-qualification, construction contracts, goods, supplies and materials, maintenance services, contractual services and protests with respect to proceedings, as well as the general operation of the District. Specific legal authority for the Rules of Procedure includes Sections 190.011(5), 190.011(15), 190.033 and 190.035, Florida Statutes (2007). The specific laws implemented in the Rules of Procedure include, but are not limited to, Sections 190.011(5), 190.011(15), 190.006, 190.007, 112.3143, 119.07, 190.008, 286.0105, 190.035(2), 190.033, 255.20, 287.055, 218.931, 112.08, 255.0525, 287.017 and 190.011(3), Florida Statutes (2007). Any person who wishes to provide the District with a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative as provided by Section 120.541(1), Florida Statutes, must do so in writing within twenty one (21) days after publication of this notice. IF REQUESTED WITHIN TWENTY ONE (21) DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE TIME, DATE, AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW (IF NOT REQUESTED, THIS HEARING MAY NOT BE HELD): TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. PLACE: St. Augustine - St. Johns County Airport Authority Administration Office 4796 North US 1 St. Augustine, FL 32905 A request for a public hearing on the District's intent to adopt its Rules of Procedure must be made in writing to the District Manager at Rizzetta & Company, Inc., located at 2806 North Fifth Street, Suite 403, St. Augustine, Florida 32084, and received within twenty one (21) days after the date of this Notice. If a public hearing is requested, this public hearing may be continued to a date, time, and place to be specified on the record at the hearing. If anyone chooses to appeal any decision of the Board with respect to any matter considered at a public hearing held in response to a request for such a public hearing, such person will need a record of the proceedings and should accordingly ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made which includes the testimony and evidence upon which such appeal is to be based. At the hearing, one or more Supervisors may participate in the public hearing by telephone. Any person requiring special accommodations at this meeting because of a disability or physical impairment should contact the District Office at (904) 436-6270 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the Florida Relay Service at 1-800-955-8770, for aid in contacting the District Office. A copy of the proposed Rules of Procedure may be obtained by contacting the District Manager at Rizzetta & Company, Inc., located at 2806 North Fifth Street, Suite 403, St. Augustine, Florida 32084, or by calling (904) 436-6270. Melissa Dobbins Rizzetta & Company, Inc. District Manager L1117-9 Apr 21, 2009
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I am getting the dreaded DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION on a newly setup Windows 8.1 rig. It uses a Gigabyte H87-HD3 Motherboard, i5 4570, 16GB RAM and has a Kingston 240GB SSD (no other h/w on the M/b). Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520 + mouse using unified USB receiver. The SSD is setup as SATA, AHCI is ON. UEFI is set to 'UEFI and Legacy'. I did not use the Intel drivers while setting up the SSD, I let Windows partition/format the Drive.
The System is stable otherwise but on almost all 'Restart' it freezes just after the Startup Screen comes up. Most of the times it crashes before password entry, occasionally it gets to password entry but freezes and crashes with DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION soon after. If I power off and start, no issues.
Often I have seen that the network connection showing a yellow exclamation before crashing. I have tried updating the network drivers but no avail. (I am using on-board LAN no WIFI adapter in the system).
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Huntsman has three daughters, ages 22, 20 and 14.
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"She was nice. You would have never known in a million years that she could have done this. I mean, she was always nice. My daughters adored her. He has a (4- or 5-) year-old son that she took care of all the time. They were always together," he said. "I didn't notice anything that would have been shady or a red flag."
Flowers said when Huntsman went with police on Saturday, she mentioned something about a stillborn child. He didn't find out about the six other bodies until seeing news reports Sunday night.
"I can't even imagine what her own daughters are going through as well as her ex-husband when they found what they found. I couldn't be in their footsteps. There's no way. And just knowing what had happened and knowing my kids, yeah, it's mind-boggling," he said.
According to Flowers, numerous officers arrived at her home Saturday morning and searched the property until about 11:30 p.m. Huntsman was taken to the police station early for questioning, while her boyfriend was away attending to a family funeral.
"There were items of evidence collected from that location. We were not able to uncover any other crimes or infants," Smith said.
Darren West, Huntsman's estranged husband, called her after finding one of the deceased infants in the garage, and then called police after she told him it was hers, the police affidavit states.
West was convicted federally in 2006 of possessing meth-making materials, including phosphorus and iodine, according to court records. He was sentenced to nine years in prison and was just in the process of moving back into his Pleasant Grove house.
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"It looks like they had been into the job for quite awhile," he said.
Flowers said Huntsman had told him that after West was convicted, she was no longer welcome in the house owned by West's family. Their three daughters, however, were allowed to stay.
Flowers also said Huntsman and her current boyfriend told him that she was pregnant again as recently as a few months ago, but had a miscarriage.
"As far as we know, she went to the doctor for that one," he said.
Smith had no comment Monday on reports of another pregnancy.
How Huntsman, who is listed in jail records as being 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 105 pounds, could have hidden seven pregnancies may have been simply due to common public courtesies, one Pleasant Grove neighbor said.
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"But then there was no children anymore. But there was a couple of times I thought so with the weight gain, because she's very tiny. But it's a shock. The first thing that comes to my mind is how can you have them at home and not have any appearance of it? Kind of makes you wonder, 'How did it all happen?'" she said.
Wall now has many of the same questions that others have about the bizarre case.
"Why? Why would it ever happen? It's just crazy. It's heartbreaking to me," she said.
Wall described Huntsman as being very quiet, although she said she appeared to be a good mother. She described West as a very good person who was in the "wrong place at the wrong time" when he was arrested and convicted.
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Hi Guys,
Thank you for the information, had the same problem with HP Z420 workstation and slow disk performance.
I am now using the Intel drivers and getting better performance on all drives (ssd and standard) on the SATA bus.
Some 'strange' issues remain... 2 identical WD BLACK HDD's, one on the 6Gb/s connector and one on the 3Gb/s connector. The drive on the 3Gb/s connector performs better.
When I try to switch the controller setting in the BIOS to AHCI from AHCI/RAID. My system could not boot anymore and it was impossible to get it to work, even by manually loading the AHCI driver. I read in another article that I should ignore the fact that the Samsung software claims the SSD drive is not running in AHCI mode so I'm not going to bother with that for a while.
I hope new HP drivers will appear soon to correct these issues by default.
Re: z420 - RAID + AHCI Problem
Yes, the Samsung SSD Magician is apparently incapable of dealing with the RAID+AHCI, but theSD is definitely not in IDE mode...
BTW, the 840 Pro seems to be quite good performance-wise compared to the 830:
Re: z420 - RAID + AHCI Problem
Try downloading the latest C600 drivers from the Intel site and replacing them throught Device Manager. This fixed my Raid SSD issue, enabled TRIM and doubled the performance on the raid set.
Re: z420 - RAID + AHCI Problem
Well it seems Intel actually works to fix issues with iRST drivers which are now at version 184.108.40.2060 while HP just keeps their old and errornous drivers around with what seems contempt towards driver update support for their customers !
Come on HP, it's almost October 2014 and your lates iRST drivers for the Z210 are at version 10.6.0.1002 dated end Jun 2012. Surely you can't expect we simply buy a new machine every time you can't be bothered updating your drivers !!!
Where's the support i thought i paid for (support is not just NBD hardware swapsies you know) ?
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Well it seems Intel may also be playing funny buggers. Their latest driver doesn't seem to list C206 cougarpoint PCH chipset (as used on Z210) within their supported chipset list. Intel did support this chipset with version 12.8.1016 (Aug 2013) though i haven't looked if any later versions also support C206... But i'll stick with my view that HP is being lazy at our expense...
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Well it seems Intel iRST does indeed support the C200 series chipsets according to the readme you are presented with during install itself. Why the readme available on the intel web page is different to the install readme is beyond understanding... Maybe i'll find out other absurdities once i continue with the iRST driver install. HP should still pull its finger out and support its user base (and while they are at it get Intel to improve on its documentation quality as they are Intels customer...)...
Re: z420 - RAID + AHCI Problem
If you have a mixed environment a SSD and RAID HDD devices-->the ahci setting in the BIOS is typically set to mixed- .
Things to consider;
Upadting BIOS helps to open up AHCI capabilities when older versions of BIOS didnt support it ...
For the Z620 series, you must STEP UP the BIOS upgrades to 1.23 from 1.23 you can jump as high as 3.xx
Re: z420 - RAID + AHCI Problem
many HP workstations have this RAID+AHCI mode.
Harddrives are managed by RAID BIOS (this is the main reason HP branded SSDs have a custom firmware).
The AHCI option rom handles only compatible optical drives in these workstations.
OP you have to decide what is more important.
Using the onboard SATA controller in AHCI mode gives better performance but cannot handle the existing RAID.
RAID+AHCI provides advanced SATA functions only to your DVD drive and manages your RAID set, but the SSD is also in RAID mode although it is not part of the harddisk array.
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Councillors deliberating on the 2014-15 annual plan yesterday
completed their allocation of civic grants for the coming
year before signing off a 3% rates rise.
And, after last-minute arguments from Cr Richard Thomson,
councillors agreed to grant Basketball Otago another $15,000
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Cr Thomson said the council could not keep giving Basketball
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However, a ''final transition payment'' would do that while
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Councillors agreed to the move, and also to contribute an
extra $15,000 to the Southern Sinfonia on top of its 2013-14
budget of $80,000.
The increase was not quite half of the $31,700 extra the
sinfonia had sought, but at least recognised it was ''working
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''I think it delivers a lot for the city that would not be
there if it were unable to continue,'' he said.
Councillors also agreed to contribute $15,000 to the
Methodist Mission, which had asked for $40,000 for an
independent advocacy service to help beneficiaries access
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following claims Ministry of Social Development staff were no
longer informing beneficiaries of their entitlements unless
specifically asked about each available benefit.
Cr David Benson-Pope said, if true, that would be ''an
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In other areas, Mayor Dave Cull backed a decision to grant
the University of Otago start-up Ignite Consulting $10,000 to
help cover operating costs, citing the work it did providing
services for not-for-profit groups.
''Giving Ignite our support will have the multiplier effect,
helping groups we can't fund ourselves,'' he said.
The Dunedin Youth Orchestra was another winner, receiving a
$10,000 grant after Mr Cull said it was important for the
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$10,000 lifeline after its Department of Internal Affairs
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Cr Kate Wilson said while the funding was a token amount, it
might be able to keep a co-ordination role going to enable
the trust's projects to continue.
''This won't do the job but it's seed funding to go to other
funders with.''
Mountain Biking Otago was also allocated $10,000, despite
some councillors arguing it was ready to support itself.
Cr Andrew Whiley said the group had put Dunedin on the map
and created great community assets for cyclists and walkers.
It was good news and bad for surf life-saving, which had
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allocation of $87,600.
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be covered by a new service level agreement with the council,
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($1680 increase, from $8320 to $10,000) were among applicants
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I have a large place in my heart for vehicle-based combat games. My early youth is full of memories from such classics as Carmageddon and Micro Machines, so when more games get announced that involve pulverising others into smithereens from a tiny tin box of amped-up steel, we're as happy as Larry – Larry, incidentally, is very happy.
In 2011 players will be able to get their vehicle combat fix on the Xbox Live Arcade in more ways than one, with both Digital Reality's Skydrift and Supersonic's Wrecked: Revenge Revisited.
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Despite being perfectly adapted to their environment sharks are among the most endangered species on the planet because of the impacts of humans. As apex predators sharks, just like wolves and lions on land, fulfil a key role in maintaining the balance of the ocean by keeping other populations in check. As they prey on the weakest species (such as the sick and old), they also prevent the spread of disease and improve the gene pool, providing healthy ecosystems. However their life history strategy of slow growth, late maturity and few offspring makes them extremely vulnerable to exploitation.
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Recent assessments by the IUCN Shark Specialist Group ranked the sharks of the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea with the worst conservation status of all assessed regions. 30% of EU and 50% of UK shark species are listed as threatened and some species are reported to have declined by 99%. Populations continue to decline under the intense pressure of unmanaged modern fisheries practices, driven by global consumer demand for shark based products.
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