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I have only been running for about a year but have become addicted to it! I am currently running 5 days a week 12-15 miles a week. I received a letter from the red cross reminding me that I haven't donated blood in awhile. My question is, is it a good idea to give blood with my running regimen? I am currently base building to begin training for a half marathon in October. Any insight?
I run and donate blood regularly. It's become a post-race ritual for me, as I usually have a key race (marathon, 10K, sprint tri) about every three months and get the call to donate while I'm in the middle of training, so I schedule an appointment for the week after the race.
Everyone's different, but for me, I give blood in the morning (before work) and I can run the next day. However, I take the pace very easy - maybe 30 seconds to 1 minute per mile slower than my normal easy run. I run with a heart rate monitor, and so I just use that to regulate my effort. 2 days after donating, I find that I can run normally, but I'm still not ready for tempo runs or interval training. By 3 days after, I'm ready to resume my normal routine. That being said, I'm still not at 100% of capacity for a week or two.
So, in a nutshell, for me, it's ok to give blood and keep running, just don't run later that day, take the next couple of days easier (no hard workouts), and don't donate within a few weeks prior to a race. I like to have at least a month between blood donation and a race, though I did just run my fastest quarter-mile ever yesterday morning, 3 weeks after donating.
Of course, if you feel lightheaded at all on your first post-donation run, stop and walk.
This is good news! I have a race this Sunday so I will schedule and apt. after that. I read on red cross' website to eat more iron also.
Blood donation will have an effect on your running for a while after you give (days to weeks). It does vary person-to-person. You will probably feel sluggish for a few days to a week after donating. It will take about 24 hours to replace the fluid but the hemoglobin/red cells take a few weeks (typically 4 weeks for red cells, 8 weeks for the iron). And those are the O2 carriers. Proper diet helps but it still takes time. I have run a pretty good race (up to 10 miles) about 2 weeks after donating. I'm usually good for all but the very longest runs within a couple weeks.
Giving blood is a great thing to do, but you do have to be careful when you do it, so that you don't impact your training or racing. For more info, you might want to check out these blog entries that I wrote:
Donating Blood? Be Careful When You Do It!
Boston Marathon Finisher
Albany (NY) Times Union Runners Blog
Well you have many months until your race in October if that's what you're worried about. IF you want to give blood, best to do it far in advance. I made the "mistake" of donating blood during training and it nearly wiped me out. I specifically asked them before I donated whether it would affect my running and the technician said, "Oh you'll be 100% by tomorrow". BIG lie! Only after donating did I look it up and find out it takes up to 8 weeks to replenish your hemoglobin! It took about 2 weeks before I was even close to normal with my running (although with my day to day activities I didn't notice any difference at all) and a couple more weeks before I felt 100% again.
Donating blood is a good thing to do and I don't want to discourage anyone from doing it. But you need to take into account that you won't be running in top form for a few weeks and plan that into your training regimen. Drink plenty of fluids and eat lots of iron rich foods while you are building back up!
PS...you might consider donating platelets instead, which doesn't take your red blood cells. It takes longer for the donation - up to an hour or two - but you won't have as long of a "recovery" time.
I concur it is extremely important to be aware of the risks of giving blood when you are training. I made the mistake of giving blood last year a couple days after finishing a triathlon, for which I had trained very hard. My iron levels were apparently quite low (unusual for me) - on the day I gave blood, my first iron level (hemoglobin) test by the Red Cross technician was just below their minimum requirement - they offered to take another test, and that one was at their minimum required level. I informed them I had been training and just finished a triathlon, and they said I would be fine and it was perfectly OK to give blood. I promptly passed out after giving blood which had never happened on multiple previous blood donations. The rest of the day I was nauseous, lightheaded, and weak, and laid up on the couch. It was a couple days before I felt like myself again, and a good couple of weeks before my running was back to normal. I would suggest runners NOT give blood during OR right after a hard training regimen or right after a long race. Despite what the Red Cross may say.
I'm rather petite, and in my younger days didn't weigh enough to qualify to donate blood.
About 10 years ago, I was at work and they had a blood donation going on. I asked one of the techs how long it took, and was told 20 minutes. I figured I could do it during break. Well after 10 minutes of going through the screening, and 20 minutes of collecting the blood, during which my BP dropped into the 80's... and then having to wait until my BP came back up again.... I was there over an hour. I've been a little reluctant ever since. I wasn't in any kind of rigorous exercise program, and don't remember any after affects of the donation.
Yesterday I gave it a go again. When I told her of my last experience, she gave me a can of Coke to sip on before/during the donation, as well as putting an ice pack behind my neck (it decreases periferal circulation, which keeps the BP up) I felt fine all during the donation, and last evening as well.
Today I set out on my C25K run W6D3. (25 minutes) I was really struggling, I felt weak, but I pushed and pushed myself. At about the 17 or 18 minute mark I felt like I just couldn't go anymore, so I started walking, I felt woozy, like I was going to pass out. I walked back home. During my walk I was trying to think of what went wrong. I had gotten a little too warm. I had overdressed. That had to be it... Then I remembered the blood donation, and did an internet search when I got home. It seem s what I experience is not unusual, although in larger people it's the double red cell donation that seems to be the major culprit.
I just signed up for a 5K in two weeks, so I have to try to boost up my iron/hemoglobin/RBC's/O2 carrying capacity.... I hope I'm up for it!
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The housing bubble and the collapse that followed left a generation of Bay Area homebuyers struggling to recover from failed investments and shattered dreams.
From January 2007 through September this year, nearly 102,000 homes in the South Bay, East Bay and on the Peninsula have changed hands through foreclosure, according to ForeclosureRadar. Others were sold for less than the amount of the mortgage in a transaction called a short sale -- more than 29,000 homes in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Alameda counties since 2009, according to MLSListings and the Contra Costa and Bay East real estate associations.
"For many people, foreclosure is a devastating economic consequence short only of bankruptcy, wiping out any down payment and damaging people's credit histories and credit scores for a considerable period of time," said Paul Leonard, California director of the Center for Responsible Lending. "But people must get on with their lives."
Now foreclosures are waning, but the impact continues. Here are the stories of four people who had the bad luck to buy at the top of the market. Three lost their homes to either a foreclosure or a short sale and another became an activist and fought back.
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U.S. Army National Guard veteran Wilfred Bertiz would rather face the Taliban than the economy that took his home, two tech jobs and his retirement savings.
After serving in Iraq in 2004, Bertiz returned to his Silicon Valley job at a company that makes computer servers, only to lose it in a downsizing. He got a job repairing computers, but lost that when business slowed with the lengthening downturn. His San Jose townhouse was foreclosed on in 2010 while he was trying to arrange a loan modification.
"One department was saying, 'OK, the loan is good, you're good to go, there's nothing to worry about,' and the next thing I know, there's a notice that my house will be auctioned off in downtown San Jose."
Bertiz, 52, who is now working as a security guard, recently re-upped in the National Guard for a tour in Afghanistan to "add a little bit more toward my retirement. I've been living off my 401(k) all these years, and it's running dry now."
But a hernia operation may have upended his plans. He was told he probably faces a medical discharge next year instead of making his second war zone tour in eight years.
Once in a while, he and one of his sons drive back to the old neighborhood to look for a dog that ran away while he was moving out. Recently he drove by his old townhouse.
"There was nobody in it," he said. "There's not even a for sale sign on it."
Short sale in Antioch
A year and a half ago, Tracy Cross, 36, and her husband put their Antioch home up for a short sale after five years of increasing worry about making their mortgage.
"About year three we started to realize, 'OK, I think we're kind of in trouble.' But even in year four, we were hoping we were not one of those people who were going to lose their home," said Cross, who had an interest-only loan that was due to reset to a higher payment after five years.
Cross worked with her lender for six months on a loan modification. "It was nonstop paperwork, and in the end they say you don't qualify. And you start over again."
Eight months later, the bank agreed to a short sale, and the home was put on the market.
"I didn't want to tell anybody," she recalled. "I just felt ashamed."
The home she and her husband bought for $486,000 in 2005 at the peak of the housing market was sold for $173,000 last year.
But life has been better than she expected.
"At the beginning I was very sad, I felt like such a loser. I can't own a home. At the same time, I'm thankful we don't have to pay this bill back, which was huge."
Now living in a nearby rented house, Tracy Cross recently checked her credit and says the short sale didn't have that much of an impact. "I could buy a car if I wanted to."
Conversations with former neighbors make her feel better about giving up on a home that had lost more than half its value.
"There have been more foreclosures and a lot of people renting. A lot of them bought around the same time we did and are in same boat I was in. I was the only one who took the leap."
Back to square one
Leslie Martin said she has "gone completely backward in time."
After losing her San Jose townhouse in a foreclosure, she returned to the apartment she had before buying her home in 2006.
"I've been pretty lucky. I have a nice place that I live in, I still have a job. I just take it one day at a time. There's always somebody worse than me," said Martin, 48, who works for the city of San Jose.
Martin tried for a year to get her loan modified under the federal Making Home Affordable program. The process was frustrating. "Your file, I feel like it just gets thrown up in the air on the other end. Finally, I was declined because I didn't make enough money. And that was before my pay cut."
The townhouse she bought for $425,000 in 2006 was purchased for $245,000 by an investment company in May and resold for $320,000 in August. The $80,000 down payment she made is gone.
That wasn't her only heartbreak. Her father died in February and her mom has brain cancer. Still, she said, "I have a pretty good outlook, but there's days. The weird thing is, I didn't like the place. It was supposed to be an investment."
Would she consider buying again? "I don't think I ever will. But you never know, something strange might come my way."
For former real estate agent Jose Vega, having his Pittsburg home foreclosed on was the most bitter moment of his life. But fighting back against the bank gave him the confidence to become the public face of a Bay Area anti-foreclosure movement.
"I have made a bad situation into a good situation. That's what I want people to hear," he said. "Now I look back and it only made me a better person and stronger person."
But that was after many tears, self-recrimination, marital problems and a nose-dive in his 9-year-old son's grades. And there were dark days of apartment hunting, when the Vegas realized they could only afford a tiny place in a "bad" part of town.
The Vegas still own the house that they bought in 2006 with a $400,000 loan from now-defunct Washington Mutual Bank, but it was a struggle to keep it. In 2009, they were approved for a trial mortgage modification. After six months of making monthly payments, he said, "I came home to find a notice of trustee sale posted on my door." His home was to be auctioned off.
To save it, he enlisted U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's help and joined a church-based anti-foreclosure group, the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization.
Vega represented the group at JPMorgan Chase's annual shareholders meeting in New York in May 2010, demanding of the bank's chairman, Jamie Dimon, that it stop foreclosing on homeowners while simultaneously working with them to modify their loans.
That is called "dual tracking," and it becomes illegal in California on Jan. 1, under a key provision of California's newly adopted Homeowners Bill of Rights, which Vega helped lobby for. Under a national settlement, five major lenders agreed to restrictions on the practice beginning Oct. 1.
Ten months after that meeting, the day before Vega's house was to be sold at auction, Chase called with an offer of a loan modification. The payment now is just slightly higher than comparable rents.
Vega says his family is closer after the ordeal. His son has pulled his grades back to a 4.0 and his daughter wants to be a doctor.
He and his wife started a Salvadoran food business that sells gourmet pupusas at several farmers markets, and he works weekends as a waiter at a country club. He says he is in the hiring process to become a BART train operator.
Vega cherishes a photo of himself and his two kids with state Attorney General Kamala Harris the day the Legislature passed the Homeowners Bill of Rights.
"It was the single proudest moment of my life," he said. "I fought and I beat them. They didn't break me down."
Contact Pete Carey at 408-920-5419.


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Grant Harrold, 46, of McPherson was found unresponsive Sunday in the 300 block of North Cherry.
EMS transported him to McPherson Hospital, where he later died.
McPherson Police Capt. Kevin McKean reports the cause of Harrold's death is unknown at this time, but an investigation is ongoing. Police are waiting for autopsy and blood test results.
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Opportunity House plans Patriot Camp
The Opportunity House will hold a Patriot Camp for rising third-graders to rising seventh-graders, ages 8 to 12, from 9:30 a.m. to noon June 24-28.
Patriot Camp is designed to teach children about the founding of the country in a fun camp setting. The children will meet many of the country's founders in costume, and learn about the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War. Campers will explore how the U.S. Constitution/ Bill of Rights and the free market system brought the most freedom and highest standard of living to the greatest number of people in history.
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Pat's holding dance recitals
Pat's School of Dance in Hendersonville is now holding its annual recitals. Studio class recitals are scheduled for 7 p.m. today through Saturday and a ballet production of Peter Pan will be 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday.
All performances are at Hendersonville High auditorium, and admission is free.
The school has competed in two Dance Educators of America Regional competitions this year. The studio performed 52 numbers in the regional competitions. All 52 numbers placed at gold and platinum levels. Visit patsschoolofdance.com for more information.
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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, center, addresses the nation on live television flanked by Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, left, and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Maduro said that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will face a "complex and hard" process after undergoing his fourth cancer-related operation in Cuba on Tuesday. Over the weekend, Chavez named Maduro as his chosen political heir. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Efrain Gonzalez)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's vice president says the government is still aiming for President Hugo Chavez to be sworn in for a new term as scheduled next month, saying his condition has been improving after his cancer surgery in Cuba.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro declined to speculate when asked about scenarios if the ailing president is unable to take the oath of office on Jan. 10.
Maduro's remarks came after National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello floated the idea of postponing the inauguration if necessary.
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On the May `94 West Coast tour, they booked a show at The Hult and I knew I had to be there. Silva Hall is the main theater at the Hult, 2,500 capacity, and is an incredible modern acoustically designed concert theater "in the central part of town". www.hultcenter.org/Silva/index.htm .
The ceiling is a "basket weave" surface that reflects sound perfectly.
Every seat has a view and great sound.
This remains perhaps my favorite Phish show of the past twelve years.
Any show that starts off with "Halley's Comet" ->"Llama" sends a clear message from the band that they are out to deliver the goods. That became even more clear when they played an insane version of "Stash". The jams this night were tight and focused, rather than loose and spacey, and the "Stash" got evil. They took it into a very alien sounding atonal pattern that stayed intense, and wound up into the most explosive ending I've ever heard. After the final note, the kid next to me said "That's the best Stash I ever heard, and I'm from f***ing VERMONT!" Highly recommended version, a must have for any fan. It was followed by a strong and emotional "Horse"-> "Silent in the Morning", which was absolutely perfect.
The next song was "Down With Disease", debuted about a
month earlier, and the new song had us dancing down hard during the jam. I remember thinking how great the new songs were. The "Mango Song" that followed had the intensity and sparkle that was escalating through the whole set, and had Trey ad-libbing in-between chorus lines to someone in the audience.
The second set picked up steam again and they laid out a classic
"Mike's"-> "Hydrogen" -> "Weekapaug" that was again tight, clear and focused. The band never seemed to lose their way this night (typical of so many `94 shows) with all four minds combined as one as they turned corners together with ease. "Julius" confirmed my opinion of the new material as it rocked the place. Then after a huge Big Ball Jam came perhaps the finest part of the whole night: "Harry Hood". This "Hood" jam ranks as my all time favorite since I began following Phish in 1991. They take it from a delicate ice petal flower and patiently build it into a very different type of sound with Gordon hammering on his bass strings as if he was some Thunder God, with Fishman slamming punctuation marks into it. Then they return to the classic "Hood" theme, and bring it to an almost sexual climax that peaks once, then again, then again, each one higher than the one before, until one last huge peak with all of them just as focused and powerful as I've ever heard them. This is absolutely my pick for the finest "Hood" of all time.
The encore was completely un-amplified bluegrass, and could easily be heard throughout this acoustic marvel of a hall. Jimi Hendrix's "Fire" wrapped it up with one more electric punch.
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Hello, I am fairly new to this site and am very excited about meeting new people. I am recently remarried and am looking to get fit and live healthier while giving my husband something just a little more sexier to look at on a regular basis. I started dieting and now I am ready to start running, which is something I have tried several times over the past 15 years. Today will be W1W1 and I am really nervous and excited all together. I am not sure if I want my husband to run with me or if I should do it alone. We spend so much time together and I think this is something I really want for myself. I plan on giving updates on a regular basis.
Good luck!! Come join my 'Starting April 10th' thread if you want a virtual running partner or two I'm going to go for my W1D3 run in about 7 hours.
And for what it's worth, I prefer to run on my own and am enjoying the support of this communities in lieu of a jogging buddy.
Better get to sleep now....
Running with a partner is cool, but if you want the time for "me" time, that is ok as well. There is nothing saying thay you can't train seperately, and then run together once a week, or once every other week, or so.
Running the straight and narrow,
"Run because you love it. If you don't, learn to love it. Running will bring things into your life that you could never imagine." - Scott Jurek, Star of "Born To Run"
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Welcome to the community of runners Justine. Running is a strange and wonderful activity. It is a blend of stress and relaxation, ... the here and now and the yesterdays and tomorrows, you immediately have friends you've never met. All it takes is some commitment and some time and you there. The next few months may seem hard at times, but there will most certainly be times in which you find happpiness and accomplishment.
Check into the Penguins to meet a whole bunch of folks that are in various stages of their running lives.
You might want to move toward the end of the thread to see what is going on lately.
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Looking for a 10 k to run and if that goes well, a HM next spring
I would love a virtual running partner. I am really encouraged and can not wait for the results I am looking for.
I had not thought about running with him once a week. I really like that idea.
Hi Justine, congratulations on getting started! I am also very new to running, and I am looking forward to the day that I enjoy it. That hasn't happened yet, but I am only a couple of weeks in. Currently I am running with my husband (I'm 49), but I'm finding it hard to keep up with his longer legs. I've signed up for a 1/2 marathon in June, but it is a run/walk with 6 hours to get the job done. Since I have been walking regularly, I can walk the entire thing and be done in time. I would like to run about half of it though in spurts. This community has been so supportive and is where I find the inspiration to keep going.
Cooter 5K completed May 28, 2011 in 34:05!
Lake Placid Half Marathon June 12, 2011 in 2:48:06!
Madrid Bluegrass Ramble 5K completed June 25, 2011 in 34:38!
Massena 5K completed July 2, 2011 in 34:48 with casualites...LOL!
Tour de Potsdam 5K completed July 14, 2011: untimed
Maine Half Marathon scheduled October 2, 2011
Thank you for your reply as I totally agree that this site is helping me keep my inspiration. My husband wants to participate with running with me, and I want him to as well. I just feel as though this one is for me. I cant wait to lose weight for me. Reading your post has really touched me tremondously. I await the time I am ready to compete in any marathon. That will truly be one of the happiest moments in my life. I am completing W1W2 this evening as I am really motivated to continue.
Good Luck!
Welcome and good luck with everything. I wish you good luck on your running. Maybe once in a while you and your husband can run together, at some park far enough from where you live but is a favorite of both of you to visit. Then closer to home you can do your solo running, all for your benefit. Being in different environments and running alone or with someone will help keep the running interesting and allow your running to improve.
To paraphrase Newton, "A body in motion tends to stay in motion", so keep those feet moving ....
2012 Races
Year 2 Year 5K - 12/31 - 1/1
Tinkerbell Half Marathon - 1/29
Rock n Roll Pasadena Half marathon - 2/19
Old Agoura 10K - 3/24
O2O Half Marathon - 6/3
City Impact Half Marathon - 6/16
Channel Islands 10K - 7/4
Disneyland Half - 9/2
Marine Corps Marathon - 10/28
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2010 AFLAC Iron Girl Clearwater 5K Run/Walk, (1:14:10)
2010 Miles For Hope 5K -- Clearwater (1:22:14) (Oh, that bridge!)
2011 Gasparilla 5+3K, (2:03:18)
2012 Gasparilla 5K Fun Walk, 3/3/12
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The agency said the suspects arrested Thursday confessed to participating in the attack. Investigators are still looking into motives behind the shooting, it said, but gave no further details.
The attack on Airikian has thrown the election campaign into disarray, raising the possibility that the vote could be postponed.
Armenia's constitution calls for a presidential election to be postponed for 15 days if a candidate cannot take part due to circumstances beyond his control.
Airikian's lawyer said this week that the candidate would not seek such a postponement, but Airikian said Friday he intended to ask the constitutional court to push back the date by two weeks.


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Matinée: In memory of Hans Werner Henze
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|Donald Runnicles
|Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|Scharoun Ensemble der Berliner Philharmoniker
|Adamello-Quartett des DSO Berlin
With the death of Hans Werner Henze on 27th October 2012 Berlin has lost a much-loved personality. The creative association of the great German composer and the city's opera houses, orchestras and ensembles lasted more than half a century. World premieres of Henze's works in Berlin cover a period of over sixty years, a period that began back in 1951, when Ferenc Fricsay and the RIAS Symphony Orchestra teamed up with the "Rosa Silber" Ballet to perform a work by the young composer. There followed operas such as "König Hirsch", "Der junge Lord" and "Das verratene Meer" at the Deutsche Oper and "Phaedra" at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden as well as instrumental compositions and orchestral works, among them the fourth, seventh and ninth symphonies, all of which premiered at the Berlin Philharmonic. Indeed, Henze's last work, his "Ouverture zu einem Theater", was penned for the Deutsche Oper Berlin to mark the centenary of the opera house and celebrate his connection with the venue and Berlin. Four of the city's cultural institutions – the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Deutsche Staatsoper and the Deutsche Oper Berlin - are now collaborating in a festival commemorating their life-long association with Hans Werner Henze and his works.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Overtures from THE MAGIC FLUTE
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Musical direction: Donald Runnicles
Welcome address by André Schmitz, Under-Secretary for Cultural Affairs
Hans Werner Henze (1926 – 2012)
"Quattro Fantasie"
Octet movements from "Kammermusik 1958" and "Adagio 1963"
Scharoun Ensemble of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Tribute by Volker Schlöndorff
Detlev Glanert (*1960)
Pas de quatre (2006)
String Quartet No. 2, written for Hans Werner Henze's 80th birthday
Adamello Quartet of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Excerpts from correspondence between Hans Werner Henze and Ingeborg Bachmann
With Jürgen Flimm and Martina Gedeck
Hans Werner Henze (1926 – 2012)
"Ouverture zu einem Theater" (2012)
Orchester of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
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I absolutely love it. There, I said it again. I got off work and though it's mid December it was warm. It has been raining the last 3 days, and this morning was so beautiful. I love warm air and rain at 7 in the morning in December...
Govinda Jaya!
I like those days too, but I prefer warm air and sunshine.
I do too. But.. December!
Where I'm at, we have these freak days every year. I take them for granted, and count on them. There's nothing like having weeks in the 20s, only to have a day in the mid to upper 50s crop up. They're worth enjoying
That's very interesting. I don't want to jinx it but we've had like 5 days of relatively warm, rainy weather. I do love sunshine but I love the rain too. I hope it isn't global warming, though.
December is still pleasant, maybe because of Christmas, but once we're into January and February...urgh. I just want to get away. I hate the winter, and we don't get it as harsh as other parts of the country.
May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and love. Christmas is the time of giving and sharing. It is the time of loving and forgiving.
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Philosophy (PHI)
Philosophy (PHI)
101 Logic
An introduction to the various ways of distinguishing correct from incorrect reasoning. The course deals with Aristotelian as well as propositional logic and includes discussions focusing on the nature of an argument, informal fallacies, validity, and the differences between deductive and inductive argumentation.
Three hours, three credits.
131 The Human Condition
An introduction to the fundamental philosophical questions which arise within the context of human experience and to various methods of addressing these questions. The issues are introduced through an illumination of the human condition in Biblical texts. Students ponder, among other things, the meaning of life, the nature of reality and human existence, the possibility of freedom, the existence of God, and the meanings of truth, goodness, and beauty.
Three hours, three credits.
211 Ethics
An examination of the theoretical foundations of moral decision-making and their application to contemporary moral problems. Participants deal with consequentialist and non-consequentialist ethical systems, natural law, the question of moral responsibility, ethical egoism, and ethical relativism.
Three hours, three credits.
221 Survey of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
A historical introduction to the major thinkers and dominant issues in the Western philosophical tradition from the pre-Socratic period to the Renaissance. The course includes discussions of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas.
Three hours, three credits.
222 Survey of Modern Philosophy
A historical introduction to the major thinkers and dominant issues in the Western philosophical tradition from the 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century. Beginning with Descartes, the course includes discussions of the rationalist and empiricist traditions and culminates in the philosophy of Kant.
Three hours, three credits.
301 Fundamentals of Writing Philosophy
Focuses on reading, analyzing, and writing arguments. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of logical principles in the composition and critical evaluation of philosophical essays. Prerequisites: PHI 101 and ENG 102, both with a grade of "C" or higher.
Three hours, three credits.
Three hours, three credits.
311 Business Ethics
Investigates how philosophy may be applied to reach decisions about specific ethical problems that arise in business. Issues to be discussed may include the moral evaluation of contemporary economic systems, corporate responsibility, workers' rights, whistle blowing, affirmative action, truth in advertising, insider information, and responsibility to third world countries.
Three hours, three credits.
312 Professional Ethics
Examines major principles in theoretical ethics and considers how those principles can be applied to contemporary issues in the professions. Discussions may include issues related to the following: professional/client relationships, confidentiality, fair practices regarding availability of services, environmental protection, stem cell research, and the legitimacy of advertising.
Three hours, three credits.
316 Philosophy of Law
An examination of philosophical issues in law. The course may include discussions of various theories concerning the nature and justification of law (e.g., legal positivism, legal realism, and natural law), anarchism, the relationship between morality and legality, the nature of legal rights and obligations, civil disobedience, the role of punishment, the meaning of justice, and the possibility of international law. Prerequisite: PHI 211 or 221 or 222.
Three hours, three credits.
321 19th Century Continental Philosophy
An examination of the dominant thinkers and themes of the 19th century continental philosophy. Beginning with a discussion of the retrieval and criticism of Kant by the German Idealists, the course proceeds to focus on the philosophy of Hegel and subsequent responses to it. The thinkers covered include Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. Prerequisite: PHI 222 or consent of instructor.
Three hours, three credits.
326 Philosophy of History
An examination of the various approaches to the problem of the meaning of history. Issues to be discussed may include the following: the distinction between speculative and critical philosophies of history, the question of pattern in historical development, the nature and possibility of historical knowledge, the problem of historical causation and prediction, historiographic strategies and their philosophical bases, the role of interpretation in historical understanding, the relationship between history and nature, and the uses of history. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy.
Three hours, three credits.
331 Metaphysics
An examination of some of the fundamental problems in metaphysics such as the nature of reality, space and time, causality, and God. Special attention is given to determinism and the question of human freedom, as well as the mind/body relation. The course may also include development in contemporary metaphysics of experience. Prerequisite: one course of philosophy.
Three hours, three credits.
332 Phenomenology and Existentialism
Examines the thoughts of 20th century existential philosophers and the phenomenological method which many of these thinkers find indispensable to philosophical inquiry. The course also involves discussions of the significance of existential thinking and phenomenological methods for other disciplines, e.g., psychology and theology. Thinkers to be studied may include Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy.
Three hours, three credits.
431 Philosophy of Religion
An introduction to the basic problems in philosophy of religion. Participants consider such topics as the existence of God, the nature of divine foreknowledge and human freedom, the perfection of God, the nature of faith, and the problem of evil. In addition to traditional formulations, the course also examines the efforts of some contemporary thinkers to understand religious symbols in the light of specifically religious experiences. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy.
Three hours, three credits.
481, 482 Seminar: Topics in Philosophical Studies
An intensive study of a particular philosopher, a philosophical problem, or a philosophical perspective. The content of the course varies from semester to semester. The selection of the topic is made by the professor and the prospective enrollees during the semester prior to that in which the seminar is offered. Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy.
Three hours, three credits each.
498, 499 Senior Seminar in Philosophy
This course is the final examination for philosophy majors. Its purpose is to draw the philosophy program together, showing each portion to be a part of a coherent whole, and to have the students demonstrate an essential understanding of the program, the discipline, and the students' place within the discipline. The fulfillment of this twofold purpose will require that students pass a comprehensive examination, and write a publishable senior essay which they will defend in a professional type of setting. Prerequisite for 498: Philosophy major and Senior Status; for 499 Prerequisite: 498.
Two hours, two credits each.


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|Entering his fifth NHL season, all with the Red Wings…The first Finnish born player in Red Wings history….Won his first Stanley Cup championship in 2008….Signed a five-year contract with Detroit on 7/30/08…Has 23 career multi-point games…Won a bronze medal with Team Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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2008-09: Appeared in a career high 80 games…Established new career highs in assists (28), points (40), PIM (42) and shots on goal (129)…Played in his 200th career game on 1/17 at SJ…Averaged 16:06 of ice time in regular season…Had six multi-point games…Appeared in all 23 postseason games for Detroit…Tied for third on team in postseason scoring with 16 points (3-13—16)…Averaged 17:37 of ice time in postseason.
2007-08: Appeared in 78 games for Detroit….Established career highs in goals (19), assists (17) and points (36)….Became the first Red Wing to attempt, and score on, two penalty shots in the same season since Steve Yzerman in 1992 (vs. Nashville on Dec. 10 and vs. Florida on Dec. 15)….Appeared in all 22 postseason games for Detroit….Registered 11 points (5g, 6a) during the 2008 playoffs
2006-07: Appeared in 73 games in his rookie season…Led Detroit rookies in time on ice per game, averaging 11:15 per game…Scored his first NHL goal on 10/28 at St. Louis…Tallied his first goal at Joe Louis Arena on 12/31 vs. Los Angeles…Appeared in all 18 of Detroit's postseason games…Three goals and two assists led Detroit rookies.
2005-06: Made his NHL debut 12/15/05 at Florida….Recorded his first NHL point (assist) 12/15/05 at Florida….Played his first season as a pro in North America with the Grand Rapids Griffins….Ranked fifth in scoring on the Griffins with 70 points (20g-50a)….Led the Griffins with seven goals in 16 playoff games….Among the AHL's leaders in assists (50)….Played for PlanetUSA in the 2006 AHL All-Star Classic.
2004-05: Played for Finland's Jokeri Helsinki and ranked third on the team in assists (20) and tied for fourth in points with 30.
2003-04: Played his first pro season in Finland with Jokerit Helsinki….Led Finland to a bronze medal at the World Junior Championship in Finland.
Lives in Espo, Finland during the off-season….Greatest hockey memory is getting drafted by Detroit in 2002….Hockey idols as a youth were Teemu Selanne and Jari Kurri….Enjoys playing tennis and watching movies….Favorite food is Italian….Favorite vacation spot is Hania, Greece.


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- "And now it probably works about as well as it did yesterday."
Hooray! —MEGHANN MARCO (Thanks, Jeff!)
Hooray! —MEGHANN MARCO (Thanks, Jeff!)
While I hate to take Tivo's side (wait a minute, no I don't, I love my Tivo) I have had similar problems with my recorded stuff. And guess what I found out when I came home in the middle of a taping the other day? It was Comcast's fault- their signal was crap and made the picture jittery and randomly stop- looking exactly like that brief view we got of Kevin's TV. And I know it was Comcast, because I immediately turned on my other TV with no Tivo, and it was doing the same thing for the same show. So I think he may have just destroyed his Tivo for no reason. Such a waste.
My Tivo is sitting about 180mi away. It's been attached and recording since October 2006 unattended. After this I'm curious how the end result will be once I rescue it to my new home.
In defense of the Tivo: I've had a Tivo since the first day it was released. Going on 6 years I do believe. Upgraded to a new unit once since the original. Even if the series 2 fails me on return I'll harvest the parts.
I stand by his right to smash the shit outta his Tivo box (right on!). This guy is kind of creepy, like junior axe-murderer, or something not too far off. He should work on his crowbar skills though, or switch to something a little more effective for his tiny frame.
Wow, I didn't think Golden Girl fans were so rabid. Well I guess I don't know if he had cable or a dish but the distortion/artifacts (also known as tiling) and freezing is usually caused by a weak signal. If he had a satellite he could have checked his alignment. If he has cable then I would bet his signal is low. If it is a signal problem he will still run into trouble with whatever box he chooses. I'm guessing his technical problems could have been resolved or at worse he could have sold his box or salvaged the box for parts. I think mommy didn't give him enough attention.
His hard drive may have been going bad – when we moved, I didn't plug mine back into the UPS – had a power surge and the hard drive freaked out. Behaved just like he was describing. A call to a Tivo parts supplier solved that. A day's wait, fifteen minutes with a screwdriver, and it was fixed.
@boicraig: Should have been http://digg.com/hardware/Kevin_Is_Displeased_With_His_TiVo…
All serial killers keep a souvenir of their victims. So cliche.
I've had TiVO since they first started as well. I just upgraded to a new unit for free via a TiVO promotional offer. The first unit they sent did exactly the same thing. I had to sit through an annoying round of "well, have you restarted it" from Tier 1 support. Then I got someone who knew what they were talking about. Kevin should have escalated.
I haven't smashed the crap out of my TiVo yet (haven't yet felt the urge), but I did throw a remote control across a room once. Not across the driveway, though. That would've been cool.
Between consumerist and dugg, I wonder how many thousands in advertising dollars have just been negated…
Not entirely sure what Tivo did wrong here… His Tivo broke- they offered to replace it for a fee. Shit breaks….There was no mention of how old it was… its a friggen computer. Hard drives go bad. Its possible he had this sandwitched between two other components overheating it and wearing out the drive.
Posts like this degrade the credibility of this site. Might consider going back to the old 18 posts a day instead of trying to stretch it.
Ain't the cable company. It's the hard drive. When he goes to the Tivo menu it's superimposed on the frozen shot of Family Matters (unless the Golden Girls turned black).
If it were a cable co. issue, the menu would still be on its normal Tivo background.
he's upset because he missed some episodes of "Family Matters?"
and, did anyone else notice that he has 3 propane tanks, but a charcoal grill? i think he has a predisposed tendency toward destruction.
Yeah, this reaction was childish and unnecessary. Tivo offered the best service they can, the box is out of warranty and if he has lifetime service then I'm sure they'd transfer it for him.
Obviously he's in a frustrating situation, but there are other courses to take than this. Even if it is a nice spectacle.
Dude, if it was a comcast DVR, i'd so be with you on that one. The comcast DVR is like a betamax w/ a VCR plus remote code and TV guide.
TiVo? Delete the episodes of "True Crime Stories: psycho serial killers" and the 30 full nascar races and you wouldnt have to smash a perfectly good tivo.
Just because the local news channel wont air a story about how "eccentric" you are doesnt mean you have to make a youtube video to prove otherwise.
Now back to my 35th episode of mythbusters on my 180 hour tivo – minus the prybar option….
Do you see, TIVO?!
Do you see what you get when you mess with the WARRIOR?!
Ha. Go, psycho guy, go.
I did the same with my first cell phone, eight years ago. Damn, it was the biggest POS. So, when my plan was up, and I was able to get a new phone, I put my old one in the street and ran over it several times. It felt good.
FWIW, I think some people just feel better after releasing their anger. I know of some women who go to garage sales mainly to buy cheap shit that they can break when they're angry, and it won't matter, because it wasn't anything expensive or meaningful. As long as you're not hurting anyone, I don't see anything wrong with it.
I understand frustration with inanimate objects but at the end of the day its just tv. If you take it that seriously Tivo is the least of your problems.
Dude destroyed a potentially perfectly good hard drive and components that could have been harvested. Were older programs that once wokred even having the same problems?
And you know he's going to regret it the first time he accidentally tapes over an unseen episode of Top Model.
Over-reacting moron.
I've certainly been annoyed with some aspect of technology from time to time, but it's pretty sad when one's happiness is THAT bound up in a bunch of TV shows.
One might claim that he is annoyed that the Tivo didn't work as advertised (and rightfully so), but it seems clear that he was more concerned with having missed his TV shows.
This is another fine example of people placing too much faith in electronic gadgets. Electronics break. Quickly.
My Tivo has frozen in the middle of use and it's not cool. Maybe I should replace the HDD before that bits me in the ass.
Shoulda got a ReplayTV
Could request all the missed stuff from another ReplayTV user(s).
ReplayTV – TiVo for smart people.
@elljay: Isn't your TIVO getting lonely without you?
That was awesome. I did the same thing in 1990 with a piece of music gear that wouldn't work the way it was advertised. Felt damn good to rip that thing apart after I ripped out piece of my hair trying to get it to work right. For those of you who feel that it's psycho, deal with something impossible to work with and try holding back your frustrations. What did they say on Seinfeld? "Serenity Now.. Insanity Later.."?
I think someone else pointed it out, but if the distortion show in the video is what he was complaining about. i'm almost certain it's his cable provider's signal thats' the cause for atleast the distortion. I'm uncertain though is a bad signal feed would cause the Tivo to freeze up.
either or, the guy comes of like kinda of a twit anyway….
The dudes a dumbass. Hard-reset the device, or buy a new harddrive. See if either of those solve the problem. If not, ebay it to make a few bucks. Then take that money and get your GED.
Amen to that, dude. I had a first gen Replay for 5 years… It served me SO well. I ended up switching to Tivo for several reasons but I would have preferred a new ReplayTV.
Now, though, I LOVE my Tivo. Of course, I also have the DirecTV DVR to compare it to. Having my 5 year old son give me the gist of the shows I missed is better than the DirecTV piece of crap…
Ya I've had a series 2 Tivo DVR by Phillips w/ my Directv for over 4 years. I never had a problem that wasn't cured by unplugging it and plugging it back. And even those were very few and far between. I would so far to say that it is my favorite bit of tech that I own. When the day comes I plan to get the HD version of this box.
Oops. It's HUGHES actually.
You sir, are my hero.
HOPEFULLY, Kevin got his Tivo for free. Some of the cable companies are giving them out as a promotion. So, I hope he didn't pay for that unit.
I mean, let's be frugal people, he could have at least gotten $50 for it on eBay, even if it was broken.
A cryin shame….
Homerjay & lincoln….
Sometimes the unwashed just need to be reminded that there was another DVR. And it was (is) superior to the brand that created the 'verb'.
Commercial Advance…
Internet Show Sharing…
Real-time room to room streaming…
Easy to off load content…
Easy to upgrade…
Third party apps for remote EVERYTHING…
I still have 2 5000 series units, one even controls and OTA HD tuner. Not really HD but 16:9 & full digital means a pretty sweet picture with all that RTV goodness thrown in.
I have a SagetTV box for full blown HD, but even with a third party comm-skip app, a mighty Athlon box can't do, overnight (commercial advance), what them clever ReplayTV engineers did in real time.
I almost did the same thing to my tivo. One thing that I hated is that what they advertise really doesn't match up to exactly what it really does. So I sold mine on ebay to recoup most of the cost. Then I built a PC just for MythTV. I have been using it for over a year now with few problems. Since I have upgraded to HD, it has been very unstable. This year I am developing new software to replace the sometimes quirky MythTV. Hopefully all will go well and we can all have a reliable PVR.
Awaiting TIVO #4
I purchased a serious 3 TiVo as an early adopter, paid the $700 price tag, and $300 in for 3 years of service (they did not offer a life-time option at the time).
From day one I had audio sync problems, and channel change irregularities (pressing channel-up or down repeatedly would result in 2 or 3 channel changes in the desired direction, and then a jump backwards … like 2-3-4-3-4-5-6-5-6-7 … while only pressing channel up).
Believing there was a software issue with the recently released serious 3 I waited. And waited… a few month later a software update made my channel changing problem a little less obvious, but audio was still out of sync. Being in a rented apartment and on a small screen I procrastinated on contacting TiVo and hoped the next software release will fix that.
Fast forward a few more month and I am in my own home, with a very big screen, and now this half a second audio delay is really bothering me. Went through level one, then level two support who decided I had a malfunctioning tuner (from day one) and I need a unit replacement … but it will cost me because I waited to much. Ok, I bite the bullet, whip out the credit card and arrange an advanced replacement.
3 days later my new TiVo is here. I am happy for about a minute until I get it out of the box, the faceplate has nicks on it. Well, lets plug it in anyway. TiVo works for a couple hours and quits with an error message of internal temperature to high. Now I'm pissed, calling TiVo again and arrange for a 3rd unit… advanced replacement … I wait a week, nothing shows up. I call TiVo, they didn't' sand it because someone did not set it up correctly, as an advanced replacement. Back to step one, pull out credit card again and deposit another $1000 (when they sell the same refurbished device for about half the price). 2 days later my 3rd TiVo shows up. Hook it up, and what do you know. The fan IS working, so loud you can hear it from the next room.
Now I'm really upset, multiple calls to TiVo get me no-where and I refuse to get a 4th "rebuilt and tested to our high quality standards" TiVo. Eventually someone there hints that that may be able to get my a new TiVo, but only the 20 hours variant that sells for $300, remember, I paid $700 for a serious 3 that can record about 40 hours of HD. I refuse and am told only TiVo corporate can help me . so I ask for their email or address and I am told to go get it from the company web site.
I sent a letter explaining what I have been through. After a week a man from TiVo corporate called me and asked what I want, I say "just a NEW TiVo, same size or bigger, I paid $1000 for a device that never worked", he asked again if this is all I want, I said yes, just make it right, no other requests. He said it should be easy to arrange and promised to get back to me. It has been 5 weeks since. And I have been without a working TiVo for two month now.
Here is a video showing the two failing devices
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Synology DiskStation DS112j: Budget-friendly 1-bay NAS server for Home Users
Synology DiskStation DS112j is designed to provide a simple solution for file backup, storage, and sharing in your home environment with low power consumption. Running on DiskStation Manager (DSM) operating system, it delivers ease of use and variety of personal entertainment features.
- 24/7 Personal Cloud
- DLNA® Certified Media Server
- 2.5" and 3.5" HDD Support
- Hardware Encryption Engine
- Cool and Quite Design
- Power-saving with only 12.1 Watts in Operation
- Running on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM)
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With Synology DS112j, you can centralize all the data and files and share with your family members within local network. If you find this way of managing files particularly useful and interesting, you can have your own personal cloud so the sharing coverage can be extended to the Internet.
The EZ-Internet wizard guides you through all the steps necessary to establish remote Internet access to your Synology DS112j. You will be allowed to remotely access your DS112j anywhere within minutes, and it is just that easy.
If you are always on the move, Synology provides a handy app, DS file for iPhone®, iPad® and Android™ users. Anything stored on Synology DS112j can now be accessed remotely using DS file via the Internet.
Versatile Multimedia Center for Home
With the built-in media server on the DS112j, you can stream digital multimedia content from a Synology DiskStation to a media device such as a stereo system, Sony™ PlayStation® 3 and Microsoft® XBox 360. You can also stream videos and music to a DLNA/UPnP® compatible TV set so you can enjoy your favorite movies or TV shows that are stored on your DiskStation. Your living room just got better. For fully digitized music listening experience from the comfort of your couch, by connecting DS112j to a home stereo system and using DS audio App for iPad, iPhone and Android, users can control music playback with simplicity.
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Download Station functions as a 24x7 BT, FTP, HTTP, eMule, and NZB download center without a PC. The eMule & BT search engine allows search-n-download capability without installing additional desktop applications. RSS feed feature will bring the latest updates directly to you. You can subscribe to multiple RSS feeds that list the information of all your favorite downloads, and your download experience is entirely automated.
Share Your Memories to Friends
Photo Station simplifies photo, video, and blog sharing to the public. Features such as theme personalization, blog, and user privilege settings make Photo Station your state-of-the-art lifestyle sharing center on the Internet. Photo Station syncs the album automatically to Facebook, so it is now even more closely intertwined with your social life.
Back up All Your Important Files
The Synology DS112j offers a centralized backup target to all your PC/Mac® computers in the house. PC Users can back up their data to the Synology DS112j using the free Synology Data Replicator software, while Mac OS X® users enjoy native Apple® Time Machine® integration. A web-based backup wizard is provided for backing up data in the Synology DS112j to another Synology DiskStation or to an external hard drive via USB connection.
Energy Efficient with Cool and Quiet Design
Synology DS112j is designed with energy efficiency in mind. Not only does it provide a larger fan and the smart airflow to keep the system running cool 24/7, its noise dampening design makes it really quiet (17.1 dB) compared to PC counterparts. The support of multiple scheduled power on/off and hard drive hibernation can further reduce power consumption and operation cost.
All Synology products are produced with RoHS compliant parts and packed with recyclable packing materials. Synology acknowledges the responsibility as a global citizen to continually work to reduce the environmental impact of every product produced.
- Product Description
- Synology Disk Station DS112j - NAS server - 0 GB
- Device Type
- NAS server
- Host Connectivity
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Total Storage Capacity
- Max Supported Capacity
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 7.1 cm x 22.4 cm x 16.6 cm
- Weight
- 0.72 kg
- Processor
- 1 x 1 GHz
- Storage Controller
- SATA SATA 3Gb/s
- Hard Drive
- SATA 3Gb/s
- Networking
- Network adapter - integrated - 10Mb LAN, 100Mb LAN, GigE
- Power
- AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
- System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows XP or later, Apple MacOS X 10.5 or later, Ubuntu 9.04 or later
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 2 years warranty
- Device Type
- NAS server
- Host Connectivity
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Total Storage Capacity
- Max Supported Capacity
- Width
- 7.1 cm
- Depth
- 22.4 cm
- Height
- 16.6 cm
- Weight
- 0.72 kg
Processor / Memory
- Processors Installed
- 1 x 1 GHz
- Max Supported Qty
- 1
- RAM Installed
Storage Controller
- Type
- SATA - internal
- Interface Type
- SATA 3Gb/s
- Data Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps
Hard Drive
- Type
- HDD - 2.5" / 3.5" shared
- Interface Type
- SATA 3Gb/s
- Type
- Network adapter - integrated
- Data Link Protocol
- 10Mb LAN, 100Mb LAN, GigE
- Network / Transport Protocol
- PPTP, PPPoE, iSCSI, LPR/LPD, SMTP, FTP, POP3, IMAP, DDNS
- Remote Management Protocol
- SNMP, Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH
- Network Services Compatibility
- DDNS, Microsoft CIFS, Network File System (NFS), Apple File Protocol (AFP), Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
- Features
- Firewall protection, VPN support, LDAP support, VLAN support, Syslog support, print server, IPv6 support, IP address filtering, file sharing, event log, Access Control List (ACL) support, Advanced Data Streaming (ADS), virtual server support, SSH support, iTunes server, DHCP server, Samba support, FTP server, SMS alert, Virtual Storage, e-mail server, UPnP Media Server, bandwidth control, surveillance station, DLNA Media Server, e-mail notification, WebDAV server
- Encryption Algorithm
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays
- 1 (total) / 1 (free) x internal - 2.5" / 3.5"
- Interfaces
- 2 x USB 2.0 - Type A , 1 x Ethernet 1000Base-T - RJ-45
- Cables Included
- 1 x network cable
- Features
- Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), LED indicator, built-in cooling fan, AirPrint, Google Cloud Print
- Compliant Standards
- FCC Class B certified, RoHS, BSMI Class B
- TAA Compliant
- Yes
- Power Device
- X external power adapter
- Voltage Required
- AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
- Power Consumption Operational
- 12.1 Watt
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included
- Synology Assistant, Synology Data Replicator
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows XP or later, Apple MacOS X 10.5 or later, Ubuntu 9.04 or later
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 2 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 2 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- Max Operating Temperature
- Humidity Range Operating
- 5 - 95%
- Sound Emission
- 17.1 dBA
The following resources are available for the Synology DiskStation DS112j 1-bay NAS server


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Hostel Marvel
Our hostel is newly opened near the town centre at a peaceful and relaxing place, 150 meters from 'Panorama' hotel.
Hostel is placed on a quiet and relaxing place where you can enjoy fresh air. It is near the town center ( on foot you need 10 - 15 min , by car 2 min). There are also two small restaurants and many mini-supermarkets in the neighbourhood..
Another service that our hostel offers to its guests is the use of a passenger vehicle RENO MASTERS van (8+1) to the desired destinations.
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The best way to get to our hostel is to take a taxi . Wherever you are it won't cost you a lot.


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That left me with strawberries that really needed to get used before they went bad. Luckily, Cathy over at Noble Pig posted this recipe just in the nick of time.
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon buttery sweet dough flavoring (this was my add-in, optional, but quite tasty)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place muffin papers in 12-cup muffin tray and spray lightly with cooking spray.
Whisk together the flours, sugar and baking soda. Stir in the chopped strawberries.
In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, sour cream, butter and extracts. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet mixture until all is incorporated.
Divide the batter among the twelve muffin cups. Sprinkle with coarse sugar (if using.)
Bake for 18-20 minutes until the tops are golden brown. Remove pan from oven and transfer muffins to cooling rack to cool completely.


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It started with a broken-down, 70-year-old Wedgewood Range.
Rescued from a one-way trip to the landfill and now lovingly refurbished and polished to a glassy glow, the salvaged range set the tone for the "modern farmhouse" kitchen at Kieran and Jeanette Mone's Lafayette home. Add the turquoise 1950s-era General Electric oven and repurposed farm implements, all set off by bright white cabinets, walls and tile -- like freshly bleached sheets gleaming in the summer sun -- and the vintage appliances lend a hint of "Green Acres" retro to a whole lot of Williams-Sonoma chic.
The Mones' kitchen is one of a variety of styles -- from Cape Cod to rustic -- featured on the annual Lafayette Juniors Kitchen Tour, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17. Proceeds benefit local youth-centered nonprofits such as First Place for Youth, STAND!, the Lafayette Library, Lafayette SEED and Twin Canyon Girls Scout Camp.
"I think our whole kitchen was designed around the range," Jeanette Mone says, providing a preview peek of the room last week. "Honestly, I don't like anything new as far as appliances go. New ones are built to be replaced in a few years. I would rather have something that's been used and cared for and has been dependable for a lot of years. Something you can fix if there's a problem. Something with some personality."
Indeed, both Mones are lovers of vintage pieces and the farmhouse style (Kieran grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland), carrying the theme throughout their home, with help from designer Louis Trotter.
Vintage touches
The Mones love to reuse old things so much that they had planned to remodel the 100-year-old farmhouse that was originally on the rolling Reliez Valley property. But after three years there, they decided it was a little too much "Green Acres" for the family of five's needs.
"It was too far gone," Kieran Mone says. "So much of the wood was rotted out, the porch, the window casings. Nothing would have met code. We had the original 1913 furnace. No one would service it. So we decided to start from scratch."
Kieran Mone is a contractor and did much of the work himself on a fairly quick turnaround -- breaking ground on the 3,100-square-foot house in August 2011, and moving in the following March.
In the kitchen, the delight is in the details -- thanks to great items found at places like the monthly Alameda Point Antiques Faire and the Farmyard Darlings shop in Lafayette. Things like old baking racks that adorn a plain wall and metal farm-animal feeders converted into a light fixture with vintage-style bulbs, supplemented by low-energy LED can lights above the alder-topped island.
Screened cabinet doors to the pantry and to a wall of shelves in the laundry hallway evoke antique pie safes, and provide air circulation for grocery items and allow a quick glance to check on supplies.
Dots of color
And while the kitchen is predominantly white, it's not at all sterile, spiced with dots of barn red from things like a new but retro-style KitchenAid mixer, and based with a bold black-and-white chessboard floor. An old wide-mouth, blue-glass Mason jar fitted with a vintage tin pump sits at the central bib sink for dispensing dish soap, and an antique Coca-Cola sign brings color to an adjoining sitting room.
The kitchen is a good size but practical. Yet Jeanette Mone found it difficult to adjust to the space at first. "During construction, we lived in a trailer on the property, all five of us -- me, Kieran and the kids -- and I'd gotten really used to the small space," she says, laughing as her husband shook his head. "I could hardly stand it at first," she says. "I wanted to go back to the trailer."
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lafayette juniors kitchen tour
What: Self-guided tour of six outstanding kitchens in Lafayette
When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 17
Cost: Tickets are $40 ($30 tax-deductible), available at Premier Kitchens, 3373 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette; 925-283-6500, www.premierkitchens.net
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Fierce winds and rain kept City of Gridley employees hopping especially Sunday when a power pole on Locust Street caused major concern. Gridley Electric, Gridley-Biggs Police and Gridley and the CAL-Fire Fire department responded keeping residents safe and out of harms way. One family was evacuated on Maine Street while the work was being done. (Photo by Lisa Van De Hey)
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Performing Opportunities
Curtis is pleased to recommend area alumni for performing engagements and teaching when current students are unavailable.
Curtis receives inquiries and requests for performers in a variety of settings--corporate gatherings, private events, and other venues. If you are a Delaware Valley alumnus or alumna who is interested in and available for such engagements, please contact us.
Katy Ambrose, production assistant, (215) 717-3174
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Tennis-inspired basketball shoe that is perfect for the player who wants to be versatile in the game with great support. The Jordan Phase 23 has a synthetic and mesh upper for maximum breathability, heel lock-down system that wraps around the back of the foot and attaches to the laces for a secure fit in all-around motion and forefoot strap to enhance lockdown and lateral support. All of the cushioning is due to a full length Nike Air Sole unit, injected Phylon midsole and internal midfoot shank for arch support. Grip the court and cut quickly with traditional herringbone pattern and outrigger for lateral movement.
- Jordan Phase 23 men's basketball shoe is tennis-inspired with the ability to keep you versatile while providing a lockdown fit.
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OAKLAND -- The teenage girl shot and killed Sunday afternoon while walking to a BART station in East Oakland was identified as Jubrille Jordan, a 15-year-old who loved children and aspired to be a teacher, family members said.
Jubrille and an unidentified 14-year-old boy were walking in the 6600 block of Lion Way at the Lion Creek Crossings housing complex when they were shot about 3:40 p.m. The boy was shot in the foot and will recover, police said, adding he was acquainted with Jubrille.
Her death was the city's 131st homicide of the year, the highest number since 148 people were killed in 2006.
Her cousin, Asheena Drummer, of Oakland, said Jubrille was on her way to the Coliseum BART station with her 16-year-old sister to go to Bayfair Mall in San Leandro.
"They had just left the house. She had only been gone 20 minutes when it happened," Drummer said Monday at the family home in the 1500 block of 57th Avenue where Jubrille lived with her 56-year-old mother, Belinda McLaughlin, and her sister.
Jubrille loved children, aspired to be a teacher and loved to dance, Drummer said. Her hobbies included shopping and drawing.
Jubrille's death comes on the heels of another family tragedy. Her father, Harry Jordan, died two weeks ago from stomach cancer, Drummer said.
Drummer said that Jubrille is also survived by a 35-year-old brother, who was outside the family's home Monday.
"I feel bad for family," said Lucy Garcia, who visited a memorial at Lion Creek Crossing that was erected for Jubrille. The shrine consisted of stuffed animals, flowers and candles.
At a news conference Monday, police Chief Howard Jordan offered his condolences to the girl's family for what he said was an "unfortunate and senseless act of violence. I'm personally impacted," said Jordan, the father of two girls, age 13 and 16.
Of the city's 131 homicides in 2012, 12 victims have been 18 or younger. That, Jordan said, is "disheartening, discouraging and embarrassing. The bottom line is it has to stop, and the police department has to protect our children."
The fatal shooting was the second time a teenager has been killed at the Lion Creek Crossings housing complex since July and comes exactly one year after a 5-year-old boy was killed outside his father's taco truck about one mile away.
"I heard the shots, and my son came running to the house and said, 'Mom, this girl just got shot, there's blood,'" said Latasha Bailey, 28, quoting her 9-year-old son.
Bailey, who lives in the housing complex, said she ran outside, saw Jubrille on the ground and the girl's friend performing CPR.
"But she was already gone," Bailey said Sunday as she stood behind yellow police tape at the scene.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the teens were walking with a group of people east on Lion Way near the complex when a lone gunman approached and started firing at them. Police described the suspect as a black teenager, 13 to 16 years old, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and possibly wearing a red T-shirt. A motive has not been established, according to police, who are offering a reward of up to $15,000 in reward for information leading to an arrest.
The housing complex, which is near 66th Avenue and the Oakland Coliseum, was where 15-year-old Hadari Askari was gunned down July 10.
On Dec. 30, 2011, 5-year-old Gabriel Martinez Jr. was shot and killed in front of his family's taco truck at 5490 International Blvd., the 110th and final homicide of 2011.
June Allison, stood next to her 15-year-old son, Jakil Sarhim, outside the housing complex Sunday night and shook her head. Allison, who has lived in the neighborhood for 21 years, called the killing senseless.
"I want more police presence here. At least for the kids," she said as she glanced at the taped off homicide scene. "It's just not safe here anymore."
Staff writers Harry Harris and David DeBolt contributed to this report. Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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Remote Buddy
Remote Buddy allows you to remotely control anything on your Mac with your iPhone, iPod Touch, Apple Remote or Wii Remote. Key features:
- iPhone and iPod Touch remote control and remote media access support
- Support for many EyeTV remotes
- Switch AirTunes / AirPort Express speakers
- Control your entire with your remote control
- Virtual on screen keyboard and mouse. Virtual remote control emulating an Apple® Remote.
- Support for over 100+ apps and system functions already included
- Smart, dynamic and configurable menu
- 30 day, feature-unlimited trial version
- Built-in developer tools
Required OS: not specified
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The 'hotkey remote' feature is very useful to control multiple apps with global keyboard shortcuts, eg: Spotify, iTunes, Last.fm.
Also, it makes it easier, as you don't need to use extra apps such as Spotify Menubar.
Its virtual mouse feature allows to control last.fm web radio player (and many others) by simulating a mouse click, no need to get to your computer to skip a song. :)
Version 1.16.4 (and some previous ones too) works with Spotify out of the box, nice! :)
Before that, you had to build a 'behaviour' for Spotify manually (which worked well too).
Just want to add some long-due praise.
I use the remote, it pisses me off.
I install Remote Buddy.
I use the remote, it does what I expect.
Thats all. Among the best software I've purchased, free updates for as long as I remember, not a single crash.
@ mantelvaviz:
The Miglia TV Mini is currently not supported by this feature. For information on which EyeTV devices are supported, please see the Remote Buddy Website > EyeTV Remotes.
Best regards,
Felix Schwarz
I don't understand why it doesn't see my eyetv remote in the hardware list, I have miglia tv mini with eyetv 2.5.3 installed and the remote works great with it, but remote buddy doesn't see it
@ jasonology:
Using Remote Buddy with its sensible defaults: zero clicks.
Exchanging the action mapped to a button: one click and selecting the new action of your choice from the popup
Configuring the menu: one drag and drop action per menu item
Flexibility: endless
I'm sorry, but I don't see how this'd be overly complex or how it could further be streamlined below one click or drag and drop operation.
If you have an idea on how to streamline this further, please drop me a mail (I only check by here more or less randomly). I'm always open to new approaches and ideas.
Best regards,
Felix Schwarz
I bought this without trialling when it was on mupromo, based on the reviews. I haven't tried Mira, but I believe Sofa Control has a more elegant interface despite having fewer features.
That is, Remote Buddy has a nice modern GUI, but the interface is confusing. I feel like I need to drink 1L of coffee every time I launch it. Perhaps an easy-setup wizard would help.
Maybe ex-Windows switchers or Germans are used to having complex software.
I am only using it from a Bluetooth phone, but the .hid file provided doesn't let me assign all of my phone's buttons (it's a Sony-Ericsson) so I am limited in the number of functions I can assign.
Your three primary options (that I'm aware of, at least) for controlling your mac remotely are Mira, Sofa Control, and Remote Buddy.
I've tried all 3, and IMO Remote Buddy is far more customizable than Mira and far easier to customize than Sofa Control. Plus there are some features you can't get with the other two, like support for Bluetooth-enabled phones and the Wii remote (which I love, BTW).
There's also a bunch of scripts that come built-in and ready-to-go with RB that make it just that much easier to use. You could mirror the same functionality in the other two, but it would require a bunch of scripting (or, at least, downloading add-on scripts from their website).
With all that being said, RB isn't perfect. The movie library browser for VLC is underdeveloped and the music browser for iTunes is slow and sometimes glitchy (displaying the wrong song info). Also, better support for 480i TV as a secondary display would be nice. And as insanely customizable as the RB on-screen menus are, there are some pretty basic tweaking options that are just... absent (like screen positioning and font size).
But the pros far outweigh the cons (again, IMO). I can't imagine going back to the time before I started using this.
It's excellent. And makes remote more responsive than in plain OS X!
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Meet Kahlei Stone-Kelly, the best two-year-old skateboarder you'll ever see. Kahlei is the youngest of seven children from a family of skateboarding enthusiasts and has been skateboarding since he was just six months old.
Impressive tricks aside, someone should get this kid a helmet. Or at least a shirt and some pants.
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