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Palin also mocked Politico's use of anonymous sources, saying, "I suppose I could play their immature, unprofessional, waste-of-time game, too, by claiming these reporters and politicos are homophobe, child molesting, tax evading, anti-dentite, puppy-kicking, chain smoking porn producers…really, they are… I've seen it myself…but I'll only give you the information off-the-record, on deep, deep background; attribute these 'facts' to an 'anonymous source' and I'll give you more."
Is it possible she actually gets this reference to Seinfeld's "The Yada Yada" (8.19)? Here's the exchange between the customarily deranged Kramer and Jerry:
Jerry: So you won't believe what happened with Whatley today. It got back to hime that I made this little dentist joke and he got all offended. Those people can be so touchy.
Kramer: Those people, listen to yourself.
Jerry: What?
Kramer: You think that dentists are so different from me and you? They came to this country just like everybody else, in search of a dream.
Jerry: Kramer, he's just a dentist.
Kramer: Yeah, and you're an anti-dentite.
Jerry: I am not an anti-dentite!
Kramer: You're a rabid anti-dentite! Oh, it starts with a few jokes and some slurs. "Hey, denty!" Next thing you know you're saying they should have their own schools.
Jerry: They do have their own schools!
Someone else is surely writing her e-mails, somebody who can pull off such a witty pop culture allusion? This is not Palin's voice. Too ironic.
But then again watch the last few seconds of this.
Yada yada yada.
Tip of the hat to Andrew Sullivan


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The winner ended up being, Courtney Hindsman, who took home the $500 dollars cash, and will see her turtle race again in early March.
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What are some types of marketing strategies and how do you go about picking the right ones for your home business?
This is a question I get quite frequently, and it's an important one, so let's see if we can shed some light on this topic in today's post.
Let's look at a few different types of marketing strategies to determine which ones may be best for your business. We'll take four things into consideration: Your interests, skill level, marketing budget and whether you're working your business full time or part time.
Types Of Marketing Strategies: Choosing Yours
As important as it is to work on getting a consistent flow of leads, remember that how profitable you end up becoming is relative not only the number of leads you produce but to what you do with those leads.
You can produce heaps of leads all day long, but at the same time you've got to find ways to monetize those leads.
This means you've got to work on converting those leads into sign ups for your network marketing opportunity, and also, learn how to profit off of the 95% that doesn't join you in your MLM.
I have two recommendations for you for how to do this: 1. Sell them affiliate products that you earn commissions on, and 2. Send them to MLSP and earn member referrals.
That being said, let's look at some important questions you should ask yourself as you evaluate the different types of marketing strategies out there…
What Are You Good At And Passionate About?
The two tend to go hand in hand: If you love to do videos, chances are you're also pretty good at it. If you're good at blogging, chances are you enjoy it as well.
This is not always the case, but more often than not it is.
So as you look into the different types of marketing strategies, I recommend you jot down some ideas on a note pad, a few things you know you excel at or others have told you you excel at, and/or something you're passionate about.
Then think about how you can use your talents and passions as you go about marketing your business.
Next question —
What's Your Marketing Budget Like?
When looking at types of marketing strategies for your home business, it's essential that you keep your advertising budget in mind. If you're on a shoestring budget ($0-$300 a month), you'll have to go with the "free" or "low cost" stuff.
Some ideas would be: Article, video marketing, blogging, press releases, solo ads, banners or a combination of of these. These are all either free (the first four) or low cost (the last two).
But don't be too quick to conclude that the best types of marketing strategies are the free or low cost ones. Free and low cost generally take a great deal longer to produce results.
Whereas paid marketing can give you a flood of leads, free marketing will only give you drops at first, and it may take you several months to build to momentum.
Whether your strategies are free or paid, massive action is key. I also strongly recommend you use some of the social media sharing tools that you find in the resource section of this blog to help your videos, blog posts and articles go viral.
"It Takes Money To Make Money"
If your marketing budget is over $300/month or so, you can consider outsourcing some tasks inexpensively to a freelancer at Odesk.com. Perhaps you want to use a writer to write some of your content for you.
Or maybe hire someone who's got great phone skills to follow up with your leads. (This is very powerful…You now have an "assistant"…you suddenly look so much more successful in the eyes of your prospects than were you to call them yourself!)
Another thing you could do is invest in Facebook ads, which you need a bit of a budget for – at least a couple hundred dollars a month, otherwise it will be hard to create momentum.
Remember you need 30+ leads a day in order to start generating consistent sales.
Third question —
How Many Hours Per Week Will You Be Marketing?
When looking at the different types of marketing strategies, you also need to consider how much time you're able to put in. If you're full time (which in network marketing would translate to about 60+ hours a week), free strategies may be a viable option.
On the other hand, if you only work your business a few hours a day and you're trying to produce 30 leads a day for free, it will take you a long time to become profitable.
Whether you're full time or part time, you really should move heaven and earth to try to free up some funds for marketing. Because, as I said before, paid methods will almost always be the types of marketing strategies that will give you the fastest results.
Types Of Marketing Strategies: Piecing It All Together
So to sum it up, when you evaluate the different types of marketing strategies, it's essential you pick a method you are passionate about and also good at (or willing to work at getting good at).
Your marketing strategies of choice also need to fit your budget and schedule.
Once you decide on your strategies, it's critical that you commit. Commit for at least six months. You've got to give it time enough to produce results.
If, for instance, you've decided that blogging is it for you, then make it your daily pursuit to consume every webinar, marketing call and course that you can get your hands on on the topic.
Eat, breathe and live blogging. (And all those trainings that are not on blogging? Skip 'em! You don't need to attend them – not right now!)
Consistency, focus and patience is everything. And remember, above all take action with the information you absorb. You learn best by DOING!
Finally, don't wait for the "perfect" moment to get started because it will never come. Just get started and make the absolutely best out of what you have at your disposal right now – because that, my friend, is the surest recipe for success.
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iOS 6 beta 3 introduces iCloud.com email addresses
No luddite here, but I am still using my 2002 dot Mac email address — the MobileMe "me.com" domain seemed a tad bit narcissistic. However, with today's release of iOS 6 beta 3, Apple is offering yet another email domain choice — iCloud.com.
MacRumors has the news:
icloud.com email addresses are now available for iCloud mail users. Users signing up for new Apple IDs, or enabling Mail on their iCloud account for the first time, will automatically receive an @icloud.com email address instead of a me.com email address. iCloud users with @me.com addresses that have been used with iOS 6 beta 3 will receive an @icloud.com email address that matches their @me.com address.
I probably won't be dumping my beloved mac.com email address anytime soon, but choices are a always a good thing even if you don't choose them…
What's your take?
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Pod Sac Alpine 50
April 3rd, 2011
My first rucsac was a Karrimor Jaguar. It set the standard for pretty much all of my rucsac choices ever since – big and simple, no side pockets, fixed back, with limited fixtures and fittings. I then had a very minimal red Troll Trolltind sac that I used for rock climbing for years and years. It was utterly indestructible, you could have cut it up for abseil slings. I have since used Karrimor Alpinistes, a great Mountain Equipment sac, a Macpac that I didn't like at all, a Crux AK47 which I sold on almost immediately, and a ridiculously lightweight Golite Pac which I have used in Borneo, on Kilmanjaro and in the Rwenzori mountains.
I was a little late in catching on to the cult of Pod. Originally hand-made in Sheffield, Pod Sacs gained a reputation for good design with no superfluous frills and an incredible durablility. My first was a Escape Pod, which I have used as a crag sac for over 10 years and I still use for carrying my photography kit for rock climbing shoots. I now own four Pod Sacs – my original Escape Pod, the excellent Black Ice (one of the best all-round rucsacs available), a Tear Drop (which a friend embarassingly described as looking good for shopping in Sheffield) and now the Alpine 50 which have been using continuously over the last six months, throughout the Scottish winter while working for Jagged Globe and as an mountaineering instructor training and assessing on the Single Pitch Award, Walking Group Leader and Mountain Leader Award.
Pod describe the Alpine 50 as a lightweight pack honed for the alpine environment. Functional, weather resistant and can be stripped down to suit the needs of the lightweight alpinist.
- Roll top closure provides weather resistance and gives secure closure even when the lid is stripped.
- Tapered profile allows good freedom of movement and easy packing.
- Extendable / Quick release lid with internal and external pockets.
- Thermoformed back panel with closed cell foam sheds snow and does not absorb water.
- Removable internal framesheet and alloy stave for support.
- Removable load bearing hip belt with gear loops for racking.
- Internal light grey PU coating increases weather resistance and aids viewing of contents.
- Ice axe / walking pole / ski pole carrying system.
- External wand pockets constructed from ultra-tough leno mesh.
- Rope carrying loop.
- Front and rear haul loops.
- Internal pocket and hose outlet for hydration system.
- Seams triple stitched and bound.
- Internally bar tacked stress points.
The first thing I noticed about this sac was that it is very light (1.6kg / 0.85kg stripped). It is quite narrow and has a roll-top closure that will provide protection to contents when the lid is removed. The lid has two zipped pockets, one with a key clip. The sides have compression straps and mesh wand pockets with when used together can carry equipment such as ski-poles, ice-axes, etc.
I started off using the Alpine sac as I received it, with the removable lid attached and all the straps and clips in place, however as the Winter progressed I removed and cut off more and more. It is now stripped down to its barest bones. The narrowness of the sac allows great freedom of movement and you can swing your arms about in all directions without any restrictions. The fixed back system is simple with pre-curved shoulder straps, a removable waist belt with gear loops and a chest strap. The system works very well, is secure while climbing and is undoubtably the comfiest and best fitting rucsac I have ever worn.
To conclude this a versatile rucsac that continues and expands upon the great Pod heritage. While designed for and eminently suitable for Alpine and Scottish winter mountaineering, the PodSac Alpine range is also excellent for hill-walking and as a rock-climbing sac.
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May I ask why you passed on the Crux AK quickly? I've only heard good things about them!


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Author Affiliations: Departments of Surgery, Alysis Zorggroep, Arnhem, the Netherlands (Drs Lensvelt and Reijnen), Sahlgrenska Academy, G[[ouml]]teborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/[[Ouml]]stra, G[[ouml]]teborg, Sweden (Dr Ivarsson and Falk), Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 'sHertogenbosch, the Netherlands (Dr Brokelman).
Laparoscopic surgery involves the establishment of a pneumoperitoneum, mostly using carbon dioxide. Cooling of the peritoneum, due to insufflation, may traumatize the peritoneum and disturb local biological processes. The current study was performed to assess the effect of the temperature of carbon dioxide on peritoneal transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) expression.
Patients were randomized into 2 groups. In one group, a pneumoperitoneum was created with carbon dioxide at room temperature; in the other, with carbon dioxide at body temperature. Peritoneal biopsy specimens were taken at the start and end of surgery.
Community hospital.
Thirty patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Main Outcome Measures
Tissue concentrations of total and active TGF-β1 were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.
At the start of surgery, there were no significant differences between groups in the total and active fractions of TGF-β1. At the end of the procedure, the peritoneal active TGF-β1 concentrations were significantly lower (P = .03) in patients receiving carbon dioxide at body temperature. In contrast, the concentrations of total TGF-β1 did not differ between groups. A slight, nonsignificant increase in total and active TGF-β1 levels was observed in patients receiving unheated carbon dioxide. The ratio of active to total TGF-β1 did not change during procedures, and there were no differences between groups.
Heating of carbon dioxide, used for insufflation, to body temperature decreases the expression of active TGF-β1 in the peritoneum. Considering the broad biological effects of TGF-β1, including the regulation of peritoneal healing and oncological processes, this observation might have clinical repercussions.
Laparoscopic surgery includes the establishment of a pneumoperitoneum to create adequate space in the abdominal cavity. Carbon dioxide is the most commonly used gas for this purpose. The introduction of gases into the peritoneal cavity has been shown to diminish body and intraperitoneal temperatures, possibly increasing postoperative pain.1,2 During laparoscopy, the intra-abdominal temperature has been shown to decrease to temperatures as low as 27.7°C.3 On the tissue level, insufflation with carbon dioxide induces peritoneal acidosis and the release of various cytokines and causes morphological changes.4,5 As with open surgery, retraction and bulging of mesothelial cells and exposure of the basal lamina were found during laparoscopic procedures.6,7
Gases used for creation of a pneumoperitoneum are typically inflated at room temperature. Heating of the insufflated carbon dioxide to body temperature has been introduced in an attempt to minimize the decrease in body temperature. Clinical studies, unfortunately, have failed to demonstrate an effect of heating on core temperature or postoperative pain sensation.1,2 Few studies have focused on the effects of the temperature of insufflation gases on peritoneal biological and local wound-healing processes. Hypothermia might affect peritoneal macrophage functions; patients undergoing a laparoscopic procedure with pneumoperitoneum at room temperature were shown to have higher levels of tumor necrosis factor, interleukin 1β, and interleukin 6 in their peritoneal fluid compared with those who underwent the procedure with pneumoperitoneum at body temperature.8 In a previous study,9 we observed that heating of carbon dioxide decreases the expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) in peritoneal tissue. Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 is an important protein in peritoneal repair processes. In another experimental model, we found that the choice of dissection device and the light intensity used in laparoscopic surgery may affect the peritoneal transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) concentrations.10
Transforming growth factor β1 is a naturally occurring growth factor that is involved in numerous biological processes. It is released as an inactive peptide that can be activated in several ways, including proteolytic cleavage and pH and temperature changes.11,12 Transforming growth factor β1 regulates chemotaxis, mitogenesis, and angiogenesis and thereby is involved in dissemination processes.13 Secretion of TGF-β and activation of TGF-β signaling pathways have been associated with increased aggressiveness of several types of tumors, including those of the pancreas, colon, stomach, lung, endometrium, prostate, breast, brain, and bone.14,15 Literature on the relation between laparoscopic surgery and peritoneal dissemination and port-site metastasis is still controversial. Besides its involvement in oncological processes, TGF-β1 appears to be a major regulator of peritoneal wound-healing processes and adhesion formation, mainly by increasing the peritoneal production of PAI-1, which is the main inhibitor of fibrinolysis and a key factor in adhesiogenesis.16 Transforming growth factor β is a major stimulator of extracellular matrix deposition by inducing the production of collagen, fibronectin, and integrins.17,18 Increased TGF-β concentrations have been observed in peritoneal fluid of patients with adhesions and in adhesion tissue itself.19 Moreover, postoperative intraperitoneal administration of TGF-β increased adhesion formation in mice, whereas its inactivation reduced the occurrence of adhesions.20
The present study was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis that the temperature of carbon dioxide affects peritoneal TGF-β1 expression. Considering the involvement of TGF-β1 in oncological and peritoneal repair processes, this may have clinical consequences.
Thirty consecutive patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallbladder stone disease were randomized into 2 groups. In the first group (n = 15), the pneumoperitoneum was created with carbon dioxide at room temperature. In the second group (n = 15), the carbon dioxide was heated to a temperature of 37°C using an insufflator (Thermoflator; Karl Storz GmbH & Co, Tuttlingen, Germany). Institutional review board approval was obtained, and written informed consent was given before enrollment.
In all patients, a uniform technique of videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy was applied, including the use of 4 trocar ports in the American technique and a 0° optic scope. The gallbladder hilum and the Calot triangle were dissected, and metal clips were used for the cystic duct and artery. Two biopsy samples of the parietal peritoneum were taken with forceps and scissors without electrocautery. The first sample was taken immediately after carbon dioxide insufflation and the second after 45 minutes of surgery. When the procedure was finished before 45 minutes had passed, the second biopsy sample was taken just before deflation.
The peritoneum was carefully dissected, with care taken not to include the underlying muscle. The tissue specimens were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −70°C until further processing. Before homogenizing, a sample of thawing peritoneal tissue was cut off before being blotted and weighed. Each biopsy specimen was rinsed with phosphate-buffered saline with 0.5M sodium chloride (pH, 7.4), cut into small pieces, and placed into ice-cold homogenization buffer (phosphate-buffered saline with 0.01% Triton X-100 [Sigma-Aldrich Corp, St Louis, Missouri]) in a final concentration of 40 mg of tissue per milliliter of buffer. The tissue was homogenized for 60 seconds on ice using a homogenizer (Ultra Thurrax IKA T-25; Janke & Kunkel, Staufen, Germany) and centrifuged at 10 000 g for 4 minutes at 4°C, and the supernatant was stored at −70°C until further analysis. Tissue processing and assays were performed in batches.
Concentrations of active and total TGF-β1 were measured using commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (R&D Systems, Abingdon, England). The active and total forms of TGF-β1 were measured because TGF-β is inactive when produced, and it has to be activated to become an active cytokine. The active and total levels of TGF-β1 were measured in separate steps. First, the active fraction of TGF-β1 was assayed directly in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay plate; second, the total amount of TGF-β1 was assayed by acidifying the samples with 1M hydrogen chloride to a pH of 3, followed by a 15-minute incubation at 22°C, resulting in an activation of TGF-β1. To neutralize samples, 1M sodium hydroxide was supplemented before addition to the assay plate, according to the instructions from the manufacturer. The lower detection limit for the TGF-β1 assay was 32 pg/mL. The intra-assay variation was 3.3% to 4.5%, and the interassay variation was 7.6% to 19.1%. In addition, results were normalized to total protein content using a commercial protein assay (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, California).
Values are presented as mean (SD). Analysis of differences between groups was performed using the Friedman test and the Mann-Whitney test. All tests were 2-tailed. P < .05 was considered significant.
There were no differences in sex (4 [27%] male and 11 [73%] female patients in each group) or age (52.0 [15.7] years) between groups. The overall incidence of previous laparotomies was 23% (7 patients), with no difference between groups. Moreover, there was no difference in the occurrence of intraperitoneal adhesions between groups. The timing of the second biopsy was equal in both groups (40.6 [9.7] minutes).
Immediately after initiation of the procedure with carbon dioxide at room temperature, the peritoneal concentrations of active TGF-β1 in samples taken were 123.3 (41.2) pg/mL (Figure 1). During the procedure, there was a nonsignificant 20% increase to 147.2 (87.5) pg/mL. When heated carbon dioxide was used, the initial peritoneal concentration of active TGF-β1 was within the same range as that found in samples from patients undergoing pneumoperitoneum with unheated carbon dioxide. During the procedure, the levels of active TGF-β1 decreased to 85.4 (33.0) pg/mL, which is significantly lower compared with samples from patients undergoing pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide at room temperature (P = .03).
Active transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) concentrations in peritoneal samples measured immediately after initiation of the procedure (t = 0) and after 45 minutes (t = 1) in patients undergoing pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide at room and body temperatures. Results are illustrated as median (horizontal lines), interquartile range (boxes), and 10th and 90th percentiles (error bars). * P = .03.
When carbon dioxide at room temperature was used, the initial peritoneal concentrations of total TGF-β1 were 258.2 (126.4) pg/mL (Figure 2). During the procedure, a 20% increase was observed to 310.2 (178.9) pg/mL (P = ns). When using heated carbon dioxide, the initial levels of total TGF-β1 were similar to those found in samples from patients undergoing pneumoperitoneum with unheated carbon dioxide. During the laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the concentrations remained at the same level.
Total transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) concentrations in peritoneal samples measured immediately after initiation of the procedure (t = 0) and after 45 minutes (t = 1) in patients undergoing pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide at room and body temperatures. Results are illustrated as median (horizontal lines), interquartile range (boxes), and 10th and 90th percentiles (error bars).
In both surgical groups, there was no significant difference between the ratio of active to total TGF-β1 at the start of surgery compared with the ratio at the end of the procedure (Figure 3). There were also no differences in the ratios between different treatment groups at both times.
Ratio of active to total transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in peritoneal samples measured immediately after initiation of the procedure (t = 0) and after 45 minutes (t = 1) in patients undergoing pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide at room and body temperatures. Results are illustrated as median (horizontal lines), interquartile range (boxes), and 10th and 90th percentiles (error bars).
In the present study we have demonstrated that the temperature of the carbon dioxide used for insufflation of the peritoneal cavity may affect peritoneal biological processes by altering the peritoneal concentrations of active TGF-β1. Heating the carbon dioxide causes a lower active TGF-β1 expression compared with unheated carbon dioxide.
The observation that differences in the insufflated gas temperature may change local biological processes in the peritoneal organ has previously been published by our group.9 We found that insufflation with carbon dioxide at room temperature caused significantly higher concentrations of PAI-1 in peritoneal specimens. Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 is an antifibrinolytic protein involved in peritoneal wound healing and adhesion formation.16 Various studies have shown that TGF-β1 is an important stimulator of PAI-1 production by the peritoneum. The observed higher active TGF-β1 concentrations in specimens from patients receiving carbon dioxide at room temperature may partly explain the higher PAI-1 levels caused by unheated carbon dioxide. The observations that peritoneal active TGF-β1 and PAI-1 levels are both lower in patients receiving heated carbon dioxide might indicate that cooling of the peritoneum traumatizes the peritoneal layer, leading to decreased fibrinolytic activity. Whether the subsequent reduced hypofibrinolysis in patients receiving heated carbon dioxide will also lead to a further reduction in the formation of postsurgical adhesions remains to be investigated. Although the technique of heating is easy to implement in daily surgical practice and investments are low, it seems to be premature to advocate the use of heated carbon dioxide during all laparoscopic procedures.
In contrast to the observation that heating of carbon dioxide caused significantly lower local active TGF-β1 levels in the peritoneum, we did not find any effect on the total concentrations of TGF-β1. The active fraction represents the equilibrium between the total concentrations of the cytokine and its inhibitors. In the active and total fractions of TGF-β1, a nonsignificant 20% increase was observed in the group receiving carbon dioxide at room temperature. The lack of significance may well be caused by the relatively small sample sizes. Nevertheless, these data suggest that increased production of TGF-β1 in the unheated group and an enhanced production of its inhibitors in the heated group may be responsible for the lower concentrations of active TGF-β1 in the latter group. On the other hand, the fraction of activated peptide level could have been activated owing to the changes in temperature because temperature has previously been shown to activate TGF-β1.11,12 This might be an explanation for detecting changes in the active fraction but not the total amount of TGF-β1. This hypothesis may be supported by our observations on the ratio of active to total TGF-β1 that showed a 30%—but not statistically significant—decrease in the heated group only. Additional physiological experiments are indicated to elucidate the involved mechanisms. Moreover, experimental studies comparing the peritoneal response with laparoscopic and open surgical procedures may further elucidate the local peritoneal response to various aspects of laparoscopic surgery.
The minor increase in peritoneal TGF-β1 levels in patients receiving carbon dioxide at room temperature is in accord with our previous observation that active TGF-β1 levels significantly increase during a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy.21 In that study, these levels were significantly increased already after 26 minutes of surgery. In contrast, during a laparoscopic gastric bypass, the TGF-β1 levels did not increase throughout a procedure lasting more than 2 hours. Surgical trauma to the peritoneal surface, rather than a prolonged pneumoperitoneum, seemed to affect the local concentrations of active TGF-β1 in that study. Nevertheless, in the present study we found that the group receiving heated carbon dioxide had a decrease in active TGF-β1 expression of 30%, which indicated that cooling may also be important. The effect of the intra-abdominal temperature was not a variable in the other studies mentioned and therefore remains to be further investigated.
The decreased TGF-β1 expression using heated carbon dioxide might have some important clinical consequences. Transforming growth factor β is involved in a range of biological processes, including chemotaxis, mitogenesis, and angiogenesis, all important in oncological processes.22- 24 An increasing percentage of laparoscopic procedures is performed for oncological and pathological examinations, including colonic resection, nephrectomy, and hysterectomy. Various experiments have shown that laparoscopy is correlated with decreased intraperitoneal tumor growth compared with open surgery, whereas insufflation of carbon dioxide may, in turn, promote peritoneal tumor growth compared with gasless laparoscopy.25,26 However, Lécuru et al27 did not find any deleterious effect of carbon dioxide insufflation on ovarian tumor growth when compared with gasless laparoscopy or midline laparotomy in a rat model. Only few clinical data exist to allow assessment about whether these experimental concerns may be translated into clinical problems. Velanovich28 found no effect of laparoscopy on the occurrence of trocar-site disease or peritoneal disease progression of pancreatic cancer. The possible role of the temperature of insufflation gases on these oncological processes has, to our knowledge, never been studied. Our results warrant further studies focusing on the possible clinical repercussions of an altered active TGF-β1 concentration in the peritoneal tissue. Moreover, its relation to the quality of laparoscopic manipulation technique should be studied because that may be the most important clinical factor for oncological outcome in terms of port-site metastases and peritoneal tumor progression.
In conclusion, we have demonstrated that heating of carbon dioxide used for insufflation to body temperature decreases the expression of active TGF-β1 in the peritoneum. Considering the broad biological effects of TGF-β1, this observation might have clinical repercussions.
Correspondence: Michel M. P. J. Reijnen, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Alysis Zorggroep, Wagnerlaan 55, 6815 AD Arnhem, the Netherlands (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: July 30, 2009.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Ivarsson, Brokelman, and Reijnen. Acquisition of data: Lensvelt and Ivarsson. Analysis and interpretation of data: Lensvelt, Ivarsson, Falk, and Reijnen. Drafting of the manuscript: Lensvelt. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Ivarsson, Brokelman, Falk, and Reijnen. Statistical analysis: Lensvelt. Obtained funding: Brokelman. Administrative, technical, and material support: Ivarsson and Falk. Study supervision: Reijnen.
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The Kathy Lee Parker show is an internet talk show. The topic for the November 20 show is elder financial abuse prevention, and how families can talk during the holidays about how to set up checks and balances that will reduce this risk.
Tracey Larsen, vice president and special projects manager at Bank of American Fork and the financial representative for the Governor's Commission on Aging is representing the bank on the show. The show also features Nan Mendenhall, director of Adult Protective Services from the Utah Department of Aging and Adult Services. She will tell stories and give practical examples that families can use in their discussions.
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It is very important to carefully follow the eating and drinking guidelines to prevent your child's operation from being delayed or canceled. To decrease the risk of complications associated with vomiting, your child's stomach must be empty before surgery.
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Your child may have clear liquids until 4 hours before the surgery time. Clear liquids include apple juice, water, JELL-O, popsicles, sports drinks (like Gatorade), and Pedialyte.
Special note: While we would never advise their use, on the day of surgery do not smoke, drink alcohol, or use recreational drugs. These can cause your surgery to be unsafe and cancelled.
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The Nashville City Council passed an anti-discrimination measure Tuesday that extends the city's gay protections to contractors in a 21-15 vote.
The new rules make it illegal for firms doing business with the city to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. "The message it sends is that if you're talented and willing to work, you're welcome in Nashville, Tennessee," said Chris Sanders of the Tennessee Equality Project. Council members introduced the legislation after Lisa Howe, a lesbian soccer coach at Belmont University, lost her job at the Christian school because she's a lesbian. Opponents of the measure argued that businesses that contract with the city should not be forced to compromise their religious or moral values.
Councilman Phil Claiborne said the policy sends the message that business owners with religious convictions must "abandon their core beliefs" to do business with Metro.
"That's a hypocritical travesty," Claiborne said.
The debate pitted conservative and liberal churches against one another.
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Michelle Knight says fame comes with complications
CLEVELAND -- Michelle Knight has discovered that the fame that followed her escape from Ariel Castro's house of horrors cuts both ways.
There has been some obvious good. The girl who grew up without a toothbrush and spent nearly 11 years in captivity can provide for herself. She has her own apartment. Her book, "Finding Me," spent five weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List. She and the other two women kidnapped by Castro split $1.4 million in donations collected after their escape. Phil McGraw of "Dr. Phil" television fame presented Knight with an oversized check for more than $400,000 from his foundation.
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Knight said she is ready to assume a normal life and, with it, a new name and identity -- Lily Rose Lee.
"I'm not a celebrity," said Knight, 33. "I don't want to be. I want to be me."
Fame has brought some frustrations. Knight becomes frightened when crowds sometimes gather around her as she walks alone. She finds it annoying when people snap cell-phone photos without asking.
And people from her distant past have reappeared, feigning friendship but ultimately seeking money, she said.
Knight said she believes God has a plan for her life.
Her Facebook page, which has nearly 24,000 likes, has become a support group for trauma victims.
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Center to host summer camp
July 4, 2010 The Girard Multi-Generational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., will be hosting its annual educational and summer programs, ''Camp Fun'' for children ages 5 to 12. more »»
Girard High alum earns master's
July 4, 2010 Debra Gadd, a graduate of Girard High School, recently earned a master's degree in international studies from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. more »»
More than just diamonds
July 4, 2010 For most kids in the United States, as well as many across the world, baseball and softball is not a choice — it's more of a way of life. more »»
Boys State Star
June 27, 2010 BOWLING GREEN — DeVante Hudson said he never realized all the time, work and energy public officials put into serving their constituents. more »»
Wedding Mass marks the years
June 27, 2010 Bishop George Murry will celebrate a special Mass at 2 p.m. today, June 27, at St. more »»
Students, alums say goodbye to high school
June 20, 2010 Images of Hubbard High School's 57-year history flashed on a projector screen in the media center June 10 and 11 as former and current students walked its hallways for the last time. more »»
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June 20, 2010 The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced in early June they would permanently close the deputy registrar agency at 6965 Truck World Blvd. in Hubbard at 5 p.m. June 24. more »»
Class of 10 graduates
June 20, 2010 Hubbard High School held its 2010 graduation ceremony May 28 at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown. The baccalaureate ceremony was held May 24 at St. Patrick's Church. more »»
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Scout works with SWCD
June 20, 2010 A Hubbard teen is earning his Eagle Scout award while helping the Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation District spread its message of stopping water pollution. more »»
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June 14, 2010 Members of Howland's Destination Imagination team recently brought home a Region 1 title and a seventh-place finish at the state tournamen. more »»
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June 14, 2010 The Howland Youth, Sport and Recreation programs have begun in the township for children ages 6 to 13. more »»
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June 6, 2010 Students will be greeted Tuesday by messages from alumni who walked the halls of Girard High School during its 86-year histor. more »»
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June 6, 2010 Trumbull County Educational Service Center held its annual scholarship banquet May 11 at Leo's Ristorante where $32,300 in scholarships was awarded to 45 students from 23 schools. more »»
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June 6, 2010 Frank Kregar, 88, of Girard, left, assists Austin Reed, 11, of Girard, in making bird houses at a recent program held at the Girard Free Library. more »»
Bucci makes his jump to state level
June 6, 2010 RAVENNA — Girard's Nate Bucci and Newton Falls' Ryan Buchanan have competed against each other in the high jump many times, often trading victories. more »»
Liberty superintendent familiar
May 23, 2010 The man recently hired as Liberty School District's new superintendent said he is much better at being an educator than a retiree. more »»
Liberty Relay unites businesses, families
May 23, 2010 Cancer survivors, friends, families and teams geared up May 14 and 15 for the annual Liberty Relay for Life event held at Churchill Par. more »»


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Yes. This is what is recommended to folks who wish to try Primal but would like to avoid red meat. Some also suggest raw dairy addition if it can be sourced.Is an ovo-pescetarian primal diet a healthy one?
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The Cooper-Hewitt's recent "Fashioning Felt" exhibition presented a dazzling array of felts ranging from industrial products to one-of-a-kind jewels, from walls to wearables, from the ethnographic to the ultra-modern. Curator Susan Brown will discuss the traditional antecedents of contemporary experiments in felt-making in conjunction with a survey of highlights from her exhibition.
Free and open to the public.
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Samantha and Byron Buckendorf, of Brighton, announce the birth of a son, Richter James Buckendorf. Richter was born Oct. 12, 2012, at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, weighing 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and measuring 19.5 inches.
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The Bush administration's intention to shrink significantly the Homeland Security Department's requested $3.2 billion to $1.4 billion has produced squeals of protest from Congress and pledges that such drastic cuts will never happen.
While such a reaction is to be expected, is anyone anywhere considering that maybe all that money isn't necessary?
Yes, the idea of reducing what's spent guarding the nation from another attack seems almost unpatriotic. Coming from the Bush crowd, it's also illogical. How can the administration whose rationale for invading Iraq was to protect the homeland -- better to fight them over there than over here -- think skimping on security is a good idea?
The cynical might see politics at work. The budget under discussion doesn't take effect until October 2008, when President Bush will have just three months left in his term. Guarding the nation with less money would be his successor's problem, and that successor quite possibly could be a Democrat.
But on closer review, the administration's overall proposal -- although not the specifics -- to cut funding makes sense. The way money is spent on homeland security underscores what's wrong with fiscal policies in Washington and in Trenton. Providing money for tools needed to keep the nation's guard up -- a noble cause -- became an easy way for politicians to add more lard to the already overstuffed pork barrel and take credit at home.
For starters, a portion of the money isn't awarded based on risk. Instead, Congress made sure every state would get a little something -- no matter how remote the possibility of an attack might be.
The Homeland Security Department has given $23 billion to the states for anti-terrorism efforts. This year New Jersey has gotten $91 million. The seven-county region surrounding Newark got $53.5 million, and another $37.5 million went to the 14 other counties. Clearly North Jersey has a legitimate claim to some of the money, but the lion's share?
Continuing to allocate millions to Montana or Utah or Oklahoma or a burg in New Jersey where there's no credible threat cannot be defended.
Having said that, the programs targeted by the Bush administration make no sense. The administration wants to eliminate funding for port security, transit security and local emergency management. Those are the very services that need beefing up, not cutting. Vulnerable mass transit systems and ports are tempting to terrorists. The bombings in Madrid and London demonstrated that.
The chance that Congress will suddenly encourage reasonable economizing to flourish is slim, however. Let's just hope that it doesn't agree to cut to the bone in important areas to preserve the fat.


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This earnings report highlights the huge drag that the cost of borrowed funds is having on NYCB's NIM & EPS. They are paying 2.66% for $15 billion in borrowed funds, while paying less than 0.4% on their $22 billion in deposits!
NYCB may reach the $50 billion asset threshold by the end of this year organically (they are at $46.7 billion currently). It surely looks like now is the time for NYCB to acquire a deposit-rich franchise. If they are going to have to adhere to the $50 billion+ rules anyway, they will be far better off getting there through a strategic purchase rather than by simply backing into it.
u r right but getting all the nuances of the deal correct so as not to crush the stock is like tap dancing on i pie crust stretched over the mouth of a volcano
from a beat.....to a beat down! Why is this borrowed funds issue having an effect now instead of prior quarters?
I don't know whether the borrowed funds issue is the cause of today's weakness. However, Joe F has spoken several times about his desire to make an acquisition that will put NYCB over the $50b threshold & be accretive to earnings. He's been quizzed by analysts about the regulatory implications of such an action on NYCB's dividend level (which I'm sure he wants to maintain). He contended that there shouldn't be an impact (not the same as there won't be).
In my view, the fact that there hasn't been an acquisition recently suggests to Wall St that there may be a regulatory issue at work. Otherwise, the benefits of replacing borrowed funds with deposits would have prompted a buy-out by now. Perhaps that's contributing to the weakness in the stock, despite its good earnings this quarter. (Personally, I think AF would be a great fit; but it may not be for sale ).


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text: I wrote this in reply to our president's response to the shrinking of government. He is more worried about all those government jobs than the ones who fund the government. It is just scare tactics. It is his way to hold us hostage, just like the schools and busing our kids to school! I never see these people who say they care so much chip in and cut their pay! It's just open your pockets or you don't care about your kids as much as we do, as long as you keep paying me what we don't have. I say, "Let them eat cake!"


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Danny Bonaduce Remembers Partridge Family Sister Suzanne Crough: 'She Will Be Missed'
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After the devastating news of Suzanne Crough's death, her on-screen big brother Danny Bonaduce is honoring her memory.
Dave Madden of The Partridge Family Has Died
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Play testcaption testcredit Share on Facebook Tweet Pin on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Dave Madden, best known for playing band manager Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family, died Thursday at the age of 82.
Danny Bonaduce's Surprise (to Him!) Hawaiian Wedding
Originally posted 12/06/2010 02:25PM
For three years, Danny Bonaduce had promised Amy Railsback that he would marry her anytime and that he had even bought her a ring, but he wanted her to take care of the paperwork.
Then last November then phone rang.
"The wedding planner from the hotel called to speak with Amy and told me I was getting married!" Bonaduce, 51, tells PEOPLE. "I said, 'Honey you got something to tell me?' Then I thought about it, and said, 'This is a great idea!'"
Danny Bonaduce to Pay $16,000 Monthly in Divorce Agreement
Originally posted 11/05/2008 02:55PM
Danny Bonaduce has finalized his divorce, agreeing to pay $16,000 a month in child support and alimony and getting joint custody of his two children, court papers show.
The 49-year-old former star of The Partridge Family, who became a reality show star and radio host, also will split many of his assets with ex-wife – and Breaking Bonaduce costar – Gretchen.
Bonaduce earns $500,000 a year from CBS as a radio personality and made $280,000 from the reality show I Know My Kid's a Star, the filings show.
The detailed filing shows that Bonaduce will pay $6,000 in support monthly for his 13-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and $10,000 a month in support to Gretchen.
Gretchen, 43, filed for divorce in 2007, and the matter was finalized on Tuesday, according to the L.A. Superior Court filing.
Judge Gives Survivor's Fairplay 20 Days to Fix Bonaduce Suit
Originally posted 03/12/2008 10:30AM
Jonny Fairplay has just 20 days to to explain why the producers of Fox Reality Channel's Really Awards should pay up after he was injured on camera by Breaking Bonaduce star Danny Bonaduce.
Superior Court Judge Michael C. Solner ruled Tuesday that "more facts" from Fairplay would prevent his case being pulled from the schedule, the Associated Press reports.
Jonny Fairplay Sues Danny Bonaduce for Battery
Originally posted 10/09/2007 08:10PM
Reality star Jonny Fairplay is suing another reality star – Danny Bonaduce – for battery and infliction of emotional distress for tossing him during an awards show last week.
Danny Bonaduce Won't Be Charged with Battery
Originally posted 10/05/2007 12:50PM
Danny Bonaduce Being Investigated for Battery
Originally posted 10/04/2007 05:30PM
Danny Bonaduce Asks that Ex-Wife Get $3.3 Million
Originally posted 06/14/2007 02:30PM
Danny Bonaduce is seeking joint custody of his two children and asks the court that his estranged wife get $3.3 million – a near split of their assets, his divorce papers reveal.
Danny Bonaduce's Wife Files for Divorce
Originally posted 04/10/2007 07:00PM
Danny Bonaduce's wife of 16 years filed for divorce Tuesday.
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Video walls are an incredible way to showcase digital signage, and come in a variety of designs and sizes. When the decision has been made to build a video wall, there are a few things to consider in the early stages of planning.The video wall mounting system, itself, creates the backbone for innovative video wall planning and execution. Bear in mind that the complexity and the challenge will increase exponentially with the size of any display array, so when planning a video wall project it's important to take the potential for unforeseen circumstances and conditions into account. Assembling and hanging a video wall is simple enough, but there are many factors that, if left unaddressed, can be detrimental to the final experience of a video wall installation. This is why it's so important to consult with a mounting expert as you conceptualize your design.
Some of the occasionally overlooked benefits to working with our design team are our expertise and our quick turnaround by our ability to design and manufacture in-house. Video wall projects can be either simplistic or extremely complex, and we have the options to address all scenarios using stock mounts, a combination of stock mounts with project specific part, or entirely custom-designed mounting structures . We consult with you, ideally before the mounting surface is constructed, to collaborate on what you need for your video wall structure. Project concept-review, architect/consultant advisories and site surveys are just a few of the services that we provide to take an idea from, "wouldn't this be cool?" to "this is exactly what I had in mind." Our seasoned experts have been through just about every possible scenario on the road to video wall successes, and it is with and through that experience that we are able to pre-empt and prevent budget overruns and extended installation times.
It's important to realize that there is rarely such a thing as a structurally perfect wall. Surface imperfections create potential challenges because even the most minor plumb variance can take a beautiful video wall and make it look sloppy and misaligned. When you're asking displays to line up within .020 inch across multiple displays, even wall plumb imperfections undetectable to the naked eye can quickly jump from one crooked seam to multiple misalignments. Just imagine what visible mounting surface imperfections could do to your alignment!
Involving a design team with the foresight to take precautionary measures to avoid pitfalls is pivotal. Fortunately, the experience and expertise our design team brings to the table can put things on the right track.
The size of your video wall is, generally speaking, the deciding factor of how complex the process of mounting it will be. When building a 3×3 video wall, imperfections and adjustments are relatively easy to deal with. Of course, when you're building something of a grander scale, factors such as weight and thermal variables come into play. When building a considerably large video wall, it becomes vital to involve our mounting experts as you construct the surface wall in order to head off such issues.
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The Federal Writers' Project put to work some 6,600 writers, researchers, editors, historians, archaeologists, geologists and such to help them get through the Depression. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did that. Can you imagine? One of the coolest things the project did was state-specific guide books, and one of the coolest of those books was the one about Florida, first published in 1939.
In it were 22 driving tours. Tour 20 went not quite 90 miles, from Haines City to Clearwater, mostly on U.S. 92, touching Auburndale, Lakeland, Plant City and Tampa.
One of Florida's aortic valves.
Back then?
Watch for cattle along highway. The epicenter of the epicenter of the production of citrus. Blacks and whites working in separate groups picking all the fruit for six cents a box. "Negro" sections of Lakeland with unofficial names like Voodoo Corner and Careless Avenue. Sugar cane juice, gray and cool, and the sounds of fun coming from "jooks" and thumbs-up hitch-hikers looking for northbound trucks. Oldsmar was Tampa Shores. Clearwater had fewer than 8,000 people.
And now?
Auburndale's thick afternoon air still smells like sweet orange pulp. For sale in storefronts and from under the awnings of roadside stands are car parts and cowboy boots and Christian books, payday loans and Jamaican cuisine and bananas at 29 cents a pound, the services of attorneys whose windows say they speak Spanish. The Hungry Howie's is next to Guns Galore. There are the liquor stores called ABC and the liquor stores called XYZ. The messages along the way come in big block letters on billboards and Sharpie scrawl on handheld cardboard and in the form of scrolling red digital pixels. Cherish life. Advertise here. Settling? Cracking? Injured? Hungry? Hard times. Cash for gold. Cash for scrap. Road work ahead. Mercy and love. Veterans play bingo in dingy halls meant to honor their service and give them something to do. Women in not much clothing slither in the dim lighting of low-slung buildings. Men drink beer in bars with names like Just One More.


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Britain is planning to set up a database to record the personal information of everyone who travels out of the country.
The new plan is called e-boarders. It will require all travelers leaving Britain to fill out an online form detailing the trip.
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The database will track personal information, including credit card information and home addresses. The information could stay in the database for as long as 10 years.
E-boarders will apply to anyone leaving the country, even sport swimmers crossing the English Channel.
Civil liberties groups are outraged. They claim there is no need for the government to look at sensitive personal and financial information.
E-boarders is already partly in effect. It is expected to be up and running fully by 2014.
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By Default most of the users configure their network card during the installation of Debian. You can however, use the ifconfig command at the shell prompt or Ubuntu's graphical network configuration tools, such as network-admin, to edit your system's network device information or to add or remove network devices on your system
Configuring Network Using Graphical Configuration Tool in Debian
If you are new to networking the graphical configuration tool is your best method for configuring new hardware in Debian.We are going to use GUI tool "network-admin" to configure networking. Remember, you must be root to run network-admin.
There are two ways to start network-admin first thing is you can use your terminal to type "network-admin" it will start up or you can go to Desktop—>Administration —>Networking
Now it will prompt for root password and enter your root password and click ok
Once it opens you should see the following screen
In the above screen select wired connection and click on properties tab you should see the following screen my network card is curretly configured for DHCP client and you need to make sure "Enable this connection" tick box is checked
If you want to configure the Static ipaddress you need to select drop down box under "Configuration" select static ip address and you need to make sure "Enable this connection" tick box is checked
Once you select the static ip address you need to select ip address,subnet mask,gateway address and click on ok
Now you click on "General" tab here you can enter your hostname,domain name
Next one you need to click on "DNS" tab to configure your system's DNS settings, hostname, or DNS search path.
Click the Hosts tab, and then either click the Add or Properties button (after selecting a host) to create or edit an entry in your system's /etc/hosts file
Highlight an existing entry, and then click the Properties button to change /etc/hosts entries in the Hosts tab of the Network Configuration screen.
You can also assign different locations to your computer, especially very useful if you are on a laptop and move between several networks each requiring different configurations. Just select the gray bar at the top of the network-admin window and select Create Location. Enter a name, such as Home and then repeat this again to create another location, Work. Each time you switch between locations, Ubuntu detects that it needs to use configurations specific to those locations, so for instance you might want to use DHCP at work, but not at home. Simple; just select the Home location, configure your ethernet connection to use a Static IP and you are all set to switch between your home and corporate networks.
Once you select the location from the above dropdown box you should see the following screen enter the location and click ok
Configure Network Interface Using Command-Line
You can configure a network interface from the command line using the networking utilities. You configure your network client hosts with the command line by using commands to change your current settings or by editing a number of system files.
Configuring DHCP address for your network card
If you want to configure DHCP address you need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces and you need to enter the following lines replace eth0 with your network interface card
#vi /etc/network/interfaces
# The primary network interface -- use DHCP to find our address
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
Configuring Static IP address for your network card
If you want to configure Static IP address you need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces and you need to enter the following lines replace eth0 with your network interface card
#vi /etc/network/interfaces
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.3.90
gateway 192.168.3.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.3.0
broadcast 192.168.3.255
After entering all the details you need to restart networking services using the following command
#/etc/init.d/networking restart
Setting up Second IP address or Virtual IP address in Debian
If you are a server system administrator or normal user some time you need to assign a second ipaddress to your Ubuntu machine.For this you need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file and you need to add the following syntax.Below one is the only example you need to chnage according to your ip address settings
#vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
address 192.168.1.60
netmask 255.255.255.0
network x.x.x.x
broadcast x.x.x.x
gateway x.x.x.x
You need to enter all the details like address,netmask,network,broadcast and gateways values after entering all the values save this file and you need to restart networking services in debian using the following command to take effect of our new ipaddress.
After entering all the details you need to restart networking services using the following command
#/etc/init.d/networking restart
Configure Network Interface Using ifconfig
You can configure a network interface from the command line using the basic Linux networking utilities. You configure your network client hosts with the command line by using commands to change your current settings or by editing a number of system files. Two commands, ifconfig and route, are used for network configuration. The netstat command displays information about the network connections.
ifconfig Advantages
ifconfig is used to configure your network interface. You can use it to
Activate or deactivate your NIC or change your NIC's mode
Change your machine's IP address, netmask, or broadcast address
Create an IP alias to allow more than one IP address on your NIC
Set a destination address for a point-to-point connection
Using ifconfig with Examples
If you want to find your current ip address you need to enter the following command
Output looks like below
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:EA:B2:53:85
inet addr:192.168.2.5 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:eaff:feb2:5385/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:695 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:160637 (156.8 KiB) TX bytes:86193 (84.1 KiB)
Interrupt:185 Base address:0×6000
Create new network alias to a network card (NIC)
ifconfig [network device]
ifconfig eth0:1 172.30.49.4
Change IP address
ifconfig eth0 172.30.49.13
Change Subnetmask
ifconfig netmask [netmask]
ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.0
Change broadcast address
ifconfig broadcast [address]
ifconfig eth0 broadcast 172.30.49.1
Take interface down
ifconfig [network device] down
ifconfig eth0 down
Bring interface up
ifconfig [network device] ipaddress up
ifconfig eth0 172.30.49.13 up
If you want to know more information about ifconfig check man page
Setting your Debian stytem hostname
Setting up your hostname upon a debian installation is very straightforward. You can directly query, or set, the hostname with the hostname command.
As an user you can see your current hostname with
# /bin/hostname
To set the hostname directly you can become root and run
#/bin/hostname newname
When your system boots it will automatically read the hostname from the file /etc/hostname
If you want to know more about how to setup host name check here
Setting up DNS
When it comes to DNS setup Debian doesn't differ from other distributions. You can add hostname and IP addresses to the file /etc/hosts for static lookups.
To cause your machine to consult with a particular server for name lookups you simply add their addresses to /etc/resolv.conf.
For example a machine which should perform lookups from the DNS server at IP address 192.168.3.2 would have a resolv.conf file looking like this
#vi /etc/resolv.conf
enter the following details
search test.com
nameserver 192.168.3.2
Network Troubleshooting Tips
Networking is sometimes considered to be complex, and hard to troubleshoot and manage. However, Linux provides you with Some tools to figure out exactly what's going wrong on your network, and how to fix it.Here we are going see some tools and how to check the network connectivity.
Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. Ping works by sending ICMP "echo request" packets to the target host and listening for ICMP "echo response" replies (sometimes dubbed "Pong!" as an analog from the Ping Pong table tennis sport.) Using interval timing and response rate, ping estimates the round-trip time (generally in milliseconds although the unit is often omitted) and packet loss (if any) rate between hosts.
This is very basic and powerful tool to check Internet connection
#ping -c 4 google.com
-c option is used to pass how many packets you're sending
If everything working file you should get reply looks like below
Pinging www.l.google.com [18.104.22.168] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 188.8.131.52: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=244
Reply from 18.104.22.168: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=244
Reply from 220.127.116.11: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=244
Reply from 22.214.171.124: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=244
Ping statistics for 22.214.171.124:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 12ms, Maximum = 12ms, Average = 12ms
traceroute is a computer network tool used to determine the route taken by packets across an IP network. An IPv6 variant, traceroute6, is also widely available.Very useful to trace IP packets.
#traceroute google.com
The Unix command ifconfig can function as a tool to configure a network interface for TCP/IP from the command line interface (CLI).This is another easy tool to see if your interface is actually loading correctly.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E6:C6:07:85
inet addr:220.127.116.11 Bcast:188.8.131.52 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e6ff:fec6:785/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18458 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8982 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4015093 (3.8 MiB) TX bytes:1449812 (1.3 MiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xd400
This is very useful to check routing config
route -n
If you want to see Routing Tables,all open ports,all listen ports
netstat -nr
-n means return numeric output (ie, IP address instead of hostname)
-r means print the routing table
find all open ports
netstat -a
find listening ports
netstat -l
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Your guide says that "Once it opens you should see the following screen", but you don't say what to do if the screen doesn't show your connection. The screen does not show my USB Wireless connection. It only shows the modem option. How can I get it to detect the wireless adaptor? The boards have been no help.
Try SimplyMEPIS (mepis.org). It always finds my wireless connections without any fuss. If it's not showing up, it is likely that your hardware is not being detected. My experience has been that Mepis has better hardware detection than vanilla Debian or Ubuntu. Best wishes!
With Ubuntu, my Windows box was automatically detected and I was able to access shared files without any configuring of anything. I did once manage to get a Windows 98 box talking to a Windows XP box, but the above guide may as well have been written in Chinese for all the help it has been to me as a newbie to Linux. It's like telling somebody who has never even seen a car to depress the clutch and delect a gear. Sorry…
I am facing a problem where after log-off/reboot, the content of resolv.conf file gets deleted, which results in "no-internet" of course. Up to now I havent been able to determine the reason for that. If someone has an idea how to fix this please share it as this is very annoying.
Hi Pimmy, maybe DHCP server send you this configuration if your network card is configured to use dhcp.
This article is great. Thanks for that. I got my Linux internet working. Surprisingly setting the eth0 also automatically enables the wireless. So that is good. Thanks again.
hi. i would like to create a user in debian and give him admin rights probably just like root.
is this possible? or how do i do it?
help please.
email reply is ok
as a root, you may create a user with root privileges by assign user in root's group (0) EX:
# useradd -u(user id) -g(0) -d(user home directory) -s(/bin/bash) username
then change the password for the user.
after that you may run (visudo) command
and add the new username in the file as shown
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
username ALL=(ALL) ALL
how do you save file after you have entered all of the values when you are setting up a virtual IP address in Debian. I have a virtual Debian which has lost its network driver (eth0 device not found) and am trying to see if this works.
Dear Sir!
My Question is. Sir, I want to put TWO Different Subnet IP Addresses for ONE NIC Card in Debian OS. Because, I can access Internet using One IP Address AND Other one for accessing My Local network.
This is my kindly Request for EveryOne. Please Do Help Me.


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Do Schools Form Human Capital? Distributional Divide and Cohort-Based Analysis in Japan
Keiji Saito
University of Tokyo
August 2005
This paper presents empirical wage analyses in Japan on the basis of the framework of Saito (2005). Data arranged by cohorts enable analyses on the effect of the educational advancement rate with regard to the wage ratio. Empirical results in Japan suggest that a statistical trick causes most of the wage ratio changes. Further, the real effects of higher education on wages range from slightly negative to insignificant.
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Mackenzie (my 13yo DD) shot her first buck today! :)
Her daddy caught it all on video tape. She sounded so excited, when we talked on the phone.
**SQUEeEeeEe!!!** So proud!!! :)
Quoting Anonymous:
I love the sausage sticks made with the venison...............LOL that way, I don't really taste the venison!!!
Ahh yes because posting anon is so controversial. Grow a vag and come back when you don't have to hide.
Quoting Anonymous:Quoting blues_pagan:
I love how people always say that but they post things, IMO seeking approval or wanting a pat on the back lol. Sorry I have an opinion. If you have something controversial, and you don't want to hear opinions, don't post it. Pretty simple.
I don't force her to do "feminine specific" things, because she is her own person.
I encourage her to do what it is that makes her happy. Clearly you can see (by the look on her face in the photo) that she is beyond excited about the hard work she put into providing MANY meals for our family, with that deer. :)
Alongside of hunting, this precious & beautiful little lady enjoys reading, rollerskating, drawing, writing poetry, & *gasp* putting on make up, dresses, & DANCING! ;)
Hold up.... Please allow me to show you another photo of her.... It will be in another reply, since I'm mobile... Standby...
Quoting Anonymous:Quoting celticwych:
Im a nurse enjoying my lunch break :) what do you do?
I also just responded to someone else's comment. I a a pretty good shot, and go to the range with my husband often. However, I do not find it ladylike at all for your young daughter to be out shotting deer and posing with it.
Congrats to her.
I'm not big on hunting....but if my kids wanted to try it, I'd let them.
Yes. Clearly she is a monsterous, unlady-like, blood-thirsty, killing machine. No? :/
They aren't hunting for 'sport'. They are hunting for food. And why can't a 'lady' hunt and still be a lady at the same time? o.O Seriously?
Quoting Anonymous:Quoting blues_pagan:
Yes, between my husband and I we own 4 handguns and 1 shotgun. I am a pretty good shot ;)
However I do not think it is very lady Ike for your young daughter to be out shooting deer and I damn sure dont think it's a sport.
mmmm venison for the winter sounds nice get a few more of those and youll have meat until spring time!! is she gonna keep the antlers? they would make a nice wall mount


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Protecting best friends
June 13, 2013
Wendy, a shepherd-Labrador mix, gets her rabies vaccination shot from Dr....
I have a shepherd/lab mix...That is not one.
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So all Shep/lab mixes look alike,and just like yours? I never knew. Better alert Pet finder,AKC,every humane society in the country to contact you to identify this common mixed breed. Which happens to come in all shapes,sizes and colors. Factor in any other breed the parents may have mixed in,not every Shep/lab will look like yours.
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It is good that people can adopt dogs and cats; they will be your friend for life as long as you treat them well. My husband and I were very fortunate to get a dog from people who live in the mobile home community where we live. He is part Blue Tick and part Basset Hound; he is a good dog for the most part and a great friend to my husband. His name is "Buddy"; which is fitting to him, everyone who lives here in this community knows him and he loves people; mostly he loves kids. He is a friend to almost everyone and we love him so much!!!
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janey, they come in one size BIG. Lab is big Shepherd is big = big dog you can't get a small dog from 2 big dogs of that breed.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The closing of schools and government offices due to the cold weather could delay the deadline for candidates for local office to file nomination papers.
The filing deadline for those seeking office in the spring election is today at 5 p.m. However, if offices where the paperwork is to be filed are closed because of the severe cold, the deadline is pushed back until 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The Government Accountability Board is providing the guidance.
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Moody Choice
If choices depend on the decision maker's mood, is the attempt to derive any consistency in choice doomed? In this paper we argue that, even with full unpredictability of mood, the way choices from a menu relate to choices from another menu exhibits some structure. We present two alternative models of 'moody choice' and show that, in either of them, not all choice patterns are possible. Indeed, we characterise both models in terms of consistency requirements of the observed choice data.
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A previously healthy 19-year-old white woman was hospitalized with a 4-day history of a rash of unknown etiology. The rash began with an erythematous papule on her right cheek 4 days prior to admission that ulcerated and formed a black eschar. Three days prior to admission she developed a similar lesion on her nose. One day prior to hospitalization, she noted multiple genital lesions. She was hospitalized for diagnostic evaluation after developing a temperature, measured orally, of 100.0°F and additional lesions on the dorsal aspect of both hands. The lesions were mildly pruritic. Associated symptoms included a mild headache and a 1-day history of myalgias.
On admission she appeared healthy, with normal vital signs. She had an enlarged submandibular lymph node and inguinal lymphadenopathy. A dermatologic examination revealed an approximately 1-cm in diameter central eschar surrounded by a raised, cream-colored ring with an erythematous base extending approximately 3 cm around the lesions located on her nose and right cheek (Figure 1). There were bilateral erythematous pustules on her hands. There were 2 crusted papules of the suprapubic area and 4 ulcerative lesions on her vulva (Figure 2).
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BERKELEY SPRINGS - After a first half filled with empty scoring opportunities, Clear Spring, Md., (5-1) found the net multiple times in the second half.
Berkeley Springs (6-3-1)was unable to score after not having many opportunities.
Bradley Mills was involved in every goal scored for the Blazers en route to a 3-1 win.
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Berkeley Springs' Avery Fleeharty, white jersey, and Clear Spring's Quinn Rhodes battle for position during the first half of their game Monday in Berkeley?Springs. See more photos at cu.journal-news.net.
"We've had it clicking here, this is five games in a row," Clear Spring coach Lynn Mills said. "This is our fifth straight win and the first goal given up in those games."
Goals were hard to come by in the first half, even though both teams had good scoring chances early in the game.
With less than 10 minutes gone by, a Clear Spring defender tapped the ball to the keeper inside the goalie box - a penalty kick resulted.
Blazer defenders and the keeper lined the front of the net less than five yards in front of Matthew Chapman, Dalton Reddick and another Indian player.
Both Chapman and Reddick took shots, but both attempts hit defenders blocking the net on a weird sequence of plays.
"I don't know what that was," Berkeley Spring coach Jamie Chenoweth said. "I've never seen that before.
Clear Spring had three opportunities less than five-minutes later, all very close to the goal. The Blazers' misfortune came in a header that bounced off the side goal post and missing a shot on a wide open net.
"We've had a problem all year sticking the ball in the net," Lynn said. "The last couple games we've picked it up. We should've had a few (goals) early."
However, Clear Spring was able to convert its third opportunity of the bunch.
Bradly Mills sent a free kick across the field to Matt Breakall, who put the ball off his head and into the net to put the Blazers up 1-0.
Clear Spring scored again in the 49th minute on the contest.
Mills took a shot from the right side of the field that deflected off the hands of Indians keeper Jeff Breeden.
The ball then ricocheted off the top post and back into play, where Quinn Rhodes gathered it and took an easy shot to score.
The Blazers struck again two minutes later off a corner kick. It was again Mills who set up the score.
His kick was directed at Jonathan Henesy, who kicked the ball while it was still in flight into the net past the dive of Breeden.
That score put the Blazers up 3-0.
Berkeley Springs added a score late off the foot of Robbie Belissimo, but it was not enough.
"I don't mind losing to good teams," Chenoweth said. "That was his first goal. I just subbed him on. He just crashed the goal and was able to get it in."


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Big 12 Sports Saturday web extra: Dan and Drew talk about the wild card & home field advantage of the NFL playoffs.
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