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i installed codename android to my nexus s 4g and it was literally the stupidest thing
home button and lock screen didn't work.
i installed codename android to my nexus s 4g and it was literally the stupidest thing
home button and lock screen didn't work.
also, i got 500 kB/s over tethered 3G
We do get LTE though, but that trashes battery life and it really doesn't improve matters much, as the LTE network gets loaded with subscribers it's going to go to shit, seeing as how the average speeds on LTE are already 12 Mbps..
Alternate methods could be flashing a kernel through CWM.
guys, does anyone know when android 4.0 is coming to the amaze 4g and galaxy s 2 (t mobile)?
I learned today that it's a bad idea to leave Steam Mobile running on my phone while it's in the bottom of my bag while I workout.
When I took the phone out it was pretty hot and the battery was at 6%. I squeezed 3 hours out of that 6% with minimal texting.
T-Mobile SGS2: God knows when, not even the international SGS2 has an official build yet.
CWM you just install from zip and select the kernel zip file.
So like the next 7 days will be like the 10 cents app sale we had in November, but with a bunch of 50 cent apps and one 25 cent app everyday. I already bought 2,the others I don't need/want, or I already have it.
Fuck it, I factory reset.
And fuck miui, should I go for Cyanogen? If yes, 7 or 9?
what phone do you have
And which build? Stable nightly or experimental?
The previous time I tried CM7 it killed my battery like mad.
Try them all!
Is there any way to make my browser stay in memory on ICS?
The ROMs have greatly improved, and there's only some minor bugs left.
However it keeps killing my tabs, it got so bad that it actually kills background tabs while I'm still in the browser.
Is there anything I can do?
Is there a way to sort the giant application list better? It seems to do a terrible job at it
So I just got my first Android phone (HTC Sensation XL), and having upgraded from an iPhone 3GS I have no idea what I'm doing.
I hear a lot about custom roms, rooting, etc. Can someone point me in the direction of somewhere to start using/customising this thing?
Hey guys, so I really want to get myself an android phone. I found a good deal for a galaxy S2, is that pretty much the best phone to go for? I've read a lot of reviews but it'd be good to hear from people that seem to know a lot about it. Sorry if I sound horribly uninformed
Just so you know, sorry if I spoiled it
So how many 49cent apps did you guys buy yesterday (when it became Google Play?)
I bought:
Dead Space (needs somewhat huge amount of space for resources)
Business Calendar (decent, needs new GUI revamping though)
Every other app that I wanted such as SwiftKey X I already got from the 10 cent sale, and most of the stuff I bought I didn't even use/play...
I like how Dead Space is(was) free in the Samsung App Store
But I didn't like it THAT much anyway.
Got Soundhound in the 10 cent sale so there's that. Bought the Calendar since I hate the standard one and this seems pretty useful.
The main thing that pissed me off about it was that it forced my display brightness to 100%. In a dark room. Super AMOLED Plus.. Eyes on fire.
Why is this Google Play Books not letting me buy a book?
'Could not find payment page for this book.'
Is it not out for the UK yet?
My optimus 3D is finally rooted. The exploit didn't work at first, but after a factory reset it did! I already uninstalled the shitty games that came with the phone. :D
Stolen from G+
I can't tell what the picture means...
I know Apple had a keynote today but what does it have to do with Android?
In the process of uploading my music to Google Music, or rather Google PLAY Music
I for one welcome our new cloud overlords.


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The new film by the writer-director of 2008's brilliant I've Loved You So Long, in which Kristin Scott Thomas played a woman just released from prison, is an altogether lighter affair. Wistful and bittersweet, it lacks the dramatic punch of its predecessor - indeed, the pacing is a bit loose at times - but it is distinguished by the same emotional intelligence and lucidity and makes a rewarding watch.
Accorsi, a familiar face to Italian Film Festival audiences, plays Alessandro, an Italian-born professor of Baroque music in the French city of Strasbourg, who still mourns his late wife, Louise, 15 years after her death. He copes by infantilising the now-teenage daughter she left him with, Irina (Cipriani), who is in some ways more mature than he is: she remarks that Louise "takes up so much space" in their small flat. There is still room for Alessandro's anarchist painter brother Luigi (Marcore) who, in a running gag, is in self-imposed exile and refuses to leave the house, as a protest against the incumbency of Silvio Berlusconi.
Alessandro's loneliness - and the attempts of others to rescue him from it - is the spine of a story that is sharply observed, crisply written and packed with detail.
The various subplots make for a large cast - Alessandro's circle of friends; workmates; the hospice patients he visits as a volunteer (including Agathe, a luminous Aimee, 80 in April) - yet it never feels cluttered and each of the characters is well-drawn.
And the elegance with which Claudel contrives to have a catastrophically ill-advised piece of matchmaking turn out both dreadfully and wonderfully is something to behold.
It's a script assembled with a cabinetmaker's precision and forethought: even the setting's ravishingly handsome city - in part of France that has repeatedly been part of Germany - underlines the theme of rootlessness and identity that is so central to the main characters' emotional arcs. And the main characters - especially father and daughter - are effortlessly charming.
For a romantic comedy, this film has a serious heart: the significance of its English title takes on different hues as the story progresses. It is, in the end, a film about how hard we make it for ourselves to be loved. As Agathe says cryptically: "The dead have their whole lives ahead of them; it's the absent who haunt us most." Recommended.
Stars: 3.5/5
Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Neri Marcore, Clotilde Courau, Lisa Cipriani, Anouk Aimee
Director: Philippe Claudel
Running time: 102 mins
Rating: M (offensive language) In French and Italian with English subtitles
Verdict: Bittersweet and rewarding


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Facebook's PAC Has 'Air of Amorality,' Google Glass Points the Way, Om Malik Tells Bloomberg
Editor and correspondent Om Malik of the eponymous GigaOm was on Bloomberg Television with Emily Chang a short while ago chatting about a couple of topics including Google's (GOOG) Google Glass smart eyeglass technologies and about Facebook (FB) founder Mark Zuckerberg's political action committee, fwd.us, and its role in the immigration debate.
On the Zuckerberg score, Malik was absolutely excoriating, telling Chang that there is "absolutely an air of amorality" in Zuckerberg's efforts, and that he and supporters such as venture capital legend John Doerr are "patently trying to hijack the political process." Malik expressed concern that with Facebook's influence, and its knowledge of users' political leanings on the Facebook site, the company is in a position to abuse the legislative process and push aside the little people.
As regards Glass, Malik was much more positive, at least in a general sense,
Google is trying something new and adventurous and not copying Facebook. Is Google Glass the right product? Who knows. Is google the right company? Probably, probably not. But I can tell you this: Wearable, embedded technology is where we're heading. Today's technology is at first taken up by the early enthusiast, and the world takes a lot longer to catch up to. Adoption will be much slower than early adopters are expecting. There are a lot of privacy implications, a lot of challenges, in terms of how we as a society come to terms with this. Most technologies just affect ourselves. But Glass impacts other people, so there will be a resistance to that adoption. But I am actually pretty enthusiastic about the technology. This is the way technology should be heading. I'm always maintaining tech and computing has to be invisible.
Update:Malik was in touch a short while ago to point out that he believes Zuckerberg's PAC displays "amorality," not "immorality," as I'd quoted him. My apologies for the error.


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Hello all, I want to build a Honey House that will facilitate 500 Hives Max . Anyone have any good ideas on a floor plan and size of a building without getting too many questions thrown at me. Like type of extraction equipment etc ..
PM me if you actually have experience with planning how to build one please.


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Michael Shorrock, the Director of 3rd Party Relations at SCEA, made a post on the PlayStation boards about a new franchise that will be exclusive to the PlayStation3. This is very exciting news to PS3 owners bummed out about GTA IV's attention on the 360.
Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of CELL and Blu-ray disc and this deal lets them do just that.. This is really a win-win situation for both companies.
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We always have had complete teams for the most part in our winning seasons... Look at how important Corey Webster was in the 07 playoff run, and RW McQuarters for that matter. We need to put resources into the LB core and Secondary, or our pass rush isn't gonna mean squat.. 5sacks a game is great, but not if when ur not getting sacks, ur getting torched down the field..


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On The Road with Breathe Carolina (Week Two)
We've hit the road with crunkcore band Breathe Carolina on their latest Warped Tour and this week we've got beer, bowling and life backstage.
Week two now on the Van's Warped Tour with Breathe Carolina and we found ourselves in the middle of the Arizona desert, bowling for charity, backstage in the bus planning out the next set list and chugging beer like we were a band on tour.
The fun seriously never stops with these guys; check out all their misadventures or get tickets to be a part of the next one here or check out raucous rock-star lifestyle on the band's Facebook page.
Stay tuned for more footage from Breathe Carolina, coming out every Monday and if you missed part one, no worries we've got it right here.


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FDA Okays Synjardy, New Combo Medication for Type 2 Diabetes »
"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new type 2 diabetes drug that combines the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor empagliflozin with metformin hydrochloride (Synjardy, Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly"...
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- Thiazolidinediones, including ACTOS, cause or exacerbate congestive heart failure in some patients [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
- After initiation of ACTOS, and after dose increases, monitor patients carefully for signs and symptoms of heart failure (e.g., excessive, rapid weight gain, dyspnea, and/or edema). If heart failure develops, it should be managed according to current standards of care and discontinuation or dose reduction of ACTOS must be considered.
- ACTOS is not recommended in patients with symptomatic heart failure.
- Initiation of ACTOS in patients with established New York HeartAssociation (NYHA) Class III or IV heart failure is contraindicated [see CONTRAINDICATIONS and WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
ACTOS tablets are a thiazolidinedione and an agonist for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma that contains an oral antidiabetic medication: pioglitazone.
Pioglitazone [(±)-5-[[4-[2-(5-ethyl-2-pyridinyl) ethoxy] phenyl] methyl]-2,4-] thiazolidinedione monohydrochloride contains one asymmetric carbon, and the compound is synthesized and used as the racemic mixture. The two enantiomers of pioglitazone interconvert in vivo. No differences were found in the pharmacologic activity between the two enantiomers. The structural formula is as shown:
Pioglitazone hydrochloride is an odorless white crystalline powder that has a molecular formula of C19H20N2O3S•HCl and a molecular weight of 392.90 daltons. It is soluble in N,N-dimethylformamide, slightly soluble in anhydrous ethanol, very slightly soluble in acetone and acetonitrile, practically insoluble in water, and insoluble in ether.
ACTOS is available as a tablet for oral administration containing 15 mg, 30 mg, or 45 mg of pioglitazone (as the base) formulated with the following excipients: lactose monohydrate NF, hydroxypropylcellulose NF, carboxymethylcellulose calcium NF, and magnesium stearate NF.
What are the possible side effects of pioglitazone (Actos)?
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text: I've been following the information on making press plates to make your own foundation. It seems to me that making the rubber/latex mold would make a reverse copy of the original foundation and then making a fiberglass mold would just be a duplicate of the original foundation. What I don't understand is how do you produce the new wax foundation by using an original? Don't you need a reverse copy made of fiberglass? Also would like to know more about how this all works. Such as how do you get the new foundation to the correct thickness etc. Maybe I have missed some of the info?


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Wasabi Orange Apartment, Lisbon
Size120 m²
Floor No.3
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Smoking allowed
- Balcony/terrace
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|Rua das Escolas Gerais, 1100-218 Lisbon, Portugal
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Located in a typical Lisbon building, it has space for you and all of your family and friends. Eight guests can stay in Wasabi Orange Apartment. It features two double rooms, one of them with a private bathroom and one smaller room with a double sofa bed. The double rooms have an amazing view over the Alfama neighborhood and the Tagus river.
The living room has amazing natural light and his very well decorated. We invite you to enjoy your meals looking at Tagus river. Also in the living room you can find the second double sofa bed. The kitchen is fully equipped and prepared for your experiences in the art of cooking Portuguese dishes. Perfection comes with practice!
Plus, you have the chance to make something very tradicional in Alfama: enjoy your grilled sardines outdoor using the typical portuguese chairs and tables right in front of the apartment building. Enjoy Alfama!
The apartment is perfect for you and your friends, or family, start discovering a charming city like Lisbon.
You're in the heart of Lisbon's most typical neighborhood. So if you don't want to cook, just outside your door you'll find several of the best restaurants where live Fado inspires prestigious chefs. In Alfama you'll get lost in the old streets full of histories to discover!
Next to Wasabi Apartments there is Lisbon's famous secular flea market "Feira da Ladra", the market where you can find everything! From music, books, dresses, furniture... can't miss it. Nearby, you have the Fado Museum and the worldwide famous tram 28 that covers the sightseeing tour of Lisbon hills.
Lisbon invites you to come to know her. Will you accept?
House rulesSecurity Deposit: 150€ (Payment should be made in cash)
Where to pick up the keys: at the apartment
We also provide transfer service from the airport
(October November, January and February Prices are for 6 Persons, Extra person price: € 10 / Person / Night)
Note: There is a Lisbon city tax of 1 EUR per person/per night is not included in the total price and should be paid upon check in. This Municipal Tourist Tax is subject to a maximum amount of 7 EUR per guest. The tax is charged to guests aged 13 and older. The total amount of this tax is charged by the city hall, the apartment owner is only responsible for collecting it for the authorities.
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We had a very pleasant stay at Wasabi Red Apartment. All what you need is available. The host was very kind. We had a very warm welcome. A lot of small grocery stores in the neighbourhood to do some shopping. We stayed 5 nights in Lissabon. The apartment is nearby tram 28 and metro. We stayed with 4 persons. The view is great. From the couch you have a view on the Taag. Lovely.
Thanks Riu and Tiago
Monitoring, home and apartment are perfect.
The apartment is ideally located in the heart of the Lisbon life. The kitchen is a plus, as well as 2 bathrooms. I highly recommend this apartment.
The host is very friendly and will help you with any problems.
Le suivi, l'accueil et l'appartement sont parfaits.
L'appartement est idéalement placé, en plein coeur de la vie Lisboete. La cuisine équipée est un plus, ainsi que les 2 salles de bain. Je recommande vivement cet appartement.
L'hôte est très accueillant et vous aidera au moindre problème.
We had a great stay!
The location is good, the cathedral of Se and the castle are just a few minutes walk away and the neighborhood is exciting with the labyrintish street plan. There is a lot of restaurants nearby and still, at night, it is a quiet area.
The apartment has a good layout, it's fresh, airy and modern, well equipped and with nice furniture. Both the kitchen and the living room have french balconies, and offers nice views of Lisbon, and from the roof window in the bedroom the view is even better! We would love to stay here again!!
Family of 4 from Oslo
The Lisbon accommodation was perfect. The Wasabi Red is a brand new apartment in the historic center of Lisbon, close to the tram line 28 The Metro (Santa Apolonia) is 7 minutes. The apartment was quiet, overlooking the Tagus and well equipped. It even has internet. We will come back!
Die Unterkunft in Lissabon war perfekt. Das Wasabi Red ist ein komplett neues Apartment in der Altstadt von Lissabon, nahe an der Straßenbahnlinie 28. Zur Metro (Santa Apolonia) sind es 7 Minuten zu Fuß. Das Appartment war ruhig mit Blick auf den Tejo und super ausgestattet. Es hat sogar Internet. Wir kommen gerne wieder!!!
The apartment's location is terrific and the duplex design very expressive. Unfortunately there were problems with the cleanliness and it had to be repaired twice. The furnishings are modern and chic.
Die Lage des Apartments ist grandios und die Maisonette-Gestaltung sehr ausdrucksstark. Leider gab es Probleme mit der Sauberkeit und es musste zweimal nachgebessert werden. Die Einrichtungsgegenstände sind modern und schick.
Todo correcto!!! Jorge muy amable y su cuñado un encanto!!
estuvimos super cómodos. La casa es muy bonita, hay que tener en cuenta que no tiene ascensor y es un cuarto pero de todas formas estuvimos muy bien!!
Assolutamente da consigliare.bello l'alloggio,pulito e con tutto il necessario.ottima la posizione,vicinissimo alla metropolitane e in quartiere pieno di negozi.il condominio silenzioso.l'accoglienza e'stata splendida,gentilissimo e molto disponibile chi ci ha accolto.anche se il soggiorno e' stato di soli 5 giorni c'è stato un cambio di biancheria ed un servizio di pulizia.noi eravamo in 10 e tutto è' stato perfetto.saluti in particolare a Diego .eleonora
El apartamento era tal y como esperaba. El anfitrión muy atento y agradable.
Todo fue perfecto.
Nuestra estancia ha sido increíble,la casa es espectacular. Nos sentíamos como si estuviéramos en casa,súper confortable con unas vistas increíbles. La casa mejor que las imágenes y situada en el mejor sitio de Alfama. Queremos volver y seguro que repetimos sitio. Totalmente recomendable. .
Appartment Top und mit allem was man braucht ausgestattet.
Allerdings werden derzeit (09/15) in diesem Haus die übrigen Appartments renoviert. Für Gäste welche Lissabon erkunden wollen sollte dies aber kein Problem sein da die Arbeiten erst um ca. 09:30 Uhr beginnen und spätestens um 16:00 Uhr beendet sind (Zumindest war dies während unserem Aufenthalt so).
Vermieter ist auch sehr entgegenkommend sollte es hierbei zu Diskussionsbedarf geben.
In Summe empfehlenswert!
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I am willing to give tours of the fallowing but I am pretty new to this so bare with me if I cant answer many questions. Plus the spaces are quite barren at the moment. I am on throughout the day and really early in the mornings from 4am to 8am.
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There is a powerful driving force within every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream or desire a reality.
yeah i dont get any of this i click on one and it just pulls up the same pic right next to the other little pic there is tour i could take, is this really just some dumb pics to look at or what
added ya to the Gothic Manor listing
awesum nunley33, hehe im sure u be gettin lots of ppl wantin to see it, since ur only one on list with that space atm
nomad i'm sure ull do fine, is awesum havin come aboard, once you start showing your spaces it becomes natural
Hi VanMan,
Not sure what you was seein thou what this Tome does is list out those who are offering tours to personal spaces so those can know and request for tours if they wish.
Also very open to suggestion on to make this better listing to all
You are very welcome and so glad is helping, thou this would not be possible without all those who are in the list offering tours to those..They are the ones that make this listing awesum
How did I get notifications of this Article? I never Sign up for that? Some kinda Glitch in the System? Also David, I no longer have a PS3 in my Household so I can not offer Tours... yet there are pleantly of others who do... I know it might be a bit of work to take my name off the lists, yet if you have the Chance it might be a good idea for update reasons.
Patchex, it was me sending out notification about this Tome, in which it I'm glad you received as I been workin on sending it to all those who are listed in this Tome. This is good as if someone needs to be removed fer any reason we can know about it , Patchex good hearing from ya and hope things are well, thanks fer letting me know about you needing your name off the list, I'll take care of it .. David


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The Kentucky Oaks 135 Official Mint Julep Glass, the fifth in the series, now as a stemless wine glass.
Note: This is the only kind of Oaks glass made for 2009 — there is no "Derby Glass"-style design available.
Since the introduction of the inaugural 2005 edition, these limited production run glasses have become a highly sought after collectors item.
10oz capacity.


text: 63 year old Vera Wang is tired of all the rumors and innuendo that she is dating and left her husband for 27 year old Olympic ice skater Evan Lysacek. She says that she is just his mentor. Just because they go out every night and that every time she walks a red carpet she is with Evan does not mean they are anything more than mentor and mentee. "I'm his mentor, his true mentor. I hope for his ongoing life after sports." I'm not sure what exactly that means. I see nothing wrong with her dating the guy. The fact that one day she was with her husband and the next with Evan and she had known Evan while married and was "mentoring" him then, should all just be innocent fun according to her. As for the reports that Evan also lives with his mentor? She won't say, but I will. He does. You know, for those late night mentoring sessions.


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What is the difference between a notebook and a laptop?
There is no difference between a notebook and a laptop. These terms are interchangeable and they refer to the same thing - a laptop is a computer system that is portable, and is "small enough to use on a person's lap".
WikiPedia: " A laptop is a personal computer designed for mobile use and small and light enough to sit on a person's lap while in use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device (a touchpad, also known as a trackpad, and/or a pointing stick), speakers, and often including a battery, into a single small and light unit. The rechargeable battery (if present) is charged from an AC adapter and typically stores enough energy to run the laptop for three to five hours in its initial state, depending on the configuration and power management of the computer."
WikiPedia redirects "Notebook computers" to Laptops. Wikipedia has the following information about Notebooks "A laptop PC which measures at least 11 inches across, which is the minimum width to allow for a full-size keyboard (a keyboard with the minimum QWERTY key layout, which is at least 13-1/2 keys across that are on three-quarter (0.750) inch centres, plus some room on both ends for the case). The first Notebook PC's were the size of a standard U.S. "A size" notebook piece of paper (8-1/2 x 11 inches), but later "A4-size" Notebook PC's were introduced, which were the width of a standard European "A4" notebook piece of paper (297 mm, or about 11.7 inches wide), and added a vertical column of keys to the right and wider screens."
"Laptop" is used more often than notebook. Google trends confirms this.
What are NETbooks / mini notebooks / ultra portables?
Netbooks are very portable computers. Netbooks have limited features but are very well priced. Most netbooks do not include a CD or DVD drive. The netbook is much smaller than a laptop and the netbook is used as a network / internet computer. Netbooks complement a user's main computer and is not meant to replace it.
Which processor / CPU?
Purchase the best processor you can afford. Multi-core processors are standard these days, and they outperform single core processors. For gaming, speed is the main deciding factor. The faster the Processor and the more cores, the better the system will perform. Laptop processors are optimised to balance battery life and performance.
Special note: CENTRINO is not a processor. It is an Intel brand that refers to the Intel wireless technologies (Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters). Previously, the brand covered a particular combination of mainboard chipset, mobile CPU and wireless network interface in the design of a laptop. Centrino is therefore not a reference to the processor's performance in any way.
How much memory / RAM do I need?
The more memory your machine has, the better it will perform.
32 bit hardware has a limitation when it comes to memory. The maximum amount of usable memory is approximately 3.2 Gigabytes. You may add more memory, but the limit will always be approximately 3.2 Gigabytes. There is no workaround as this is a hardware limitation on 32 bit systems.
To use more memory, a 64 bit processor and a 64 bit operating system is required.
The rule of thumb here is: The memory a computer has, the better it will perform. Microsoft Windows 7 (64bit) and Windows 8 laptops will run much faster and smoother with 32GB of memory installed compared to only 4GB of memory.
Which operating system do I choose for my laptop?
Linux is an open source operating system, making it the cheapest operating system. Linux is so versatile it can be used by beginners.
Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8 Pro
Microsoft Windows 8 was released by Microsoft in 2012, and is available in two main OEM and retail versions for laptops and PCs: Windows 8 for home and small office users, and Windows 8 Pro for businesses that use domains and servers. Windows 8 Pro is required for the Windows 8 Media Center add-on.
Compare the Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro versions
Microsoft Windows 8 Media Center
Windows 8 Media center is only available as an optional add-on for Microsoft Windows 8 Pro. Media center is a separate purchase.
Windows 8 Media center is not available for any other version (cannot be installed on Windows 8 or Windows 8 Enterprise).
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise requires volume licensing. Windows 8 Enterprise has the same features as Windows 8 Pro, and includes additional features that are not available in the other Windows 8 versions:
Microsoft Windows 8 RT
Windows 8 RT is available for tablet computers that have ARM processors, and is a pre-installed operating system and cannot be purchased in retail. Windows 8 RT devices include Office Home & Student 2013 RT as standard.
Windows 7 Home basic, Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate
Prior to Windows 8, a number of Microsoft Windows 7 versions were available as shown below.


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The Last Windrow: Memories of cheaper gas
I come from a time when you filled your gas tank on the tractor or car and never even thought about it. Gas stations used to have things they called "gas wars." It was a race to the bottom. We're not seeing many "gas wars" these days.
Sometimes memory is a terrible thing to have. People of my generation grew up in a time of cheap oil and cheap gas. We didn't ever list fuel as a huge budget item. When the truck came to the farm, the delivery man simply stuck the hose in the tank and filled it to the brim. At 19 cents a gallon, our 26-gallon tank amounted to $50.35. And, I think we got a further rebate from the state for using it as farm fuel.
Of course, our tractors and cars were not nearly as efficient as today's models. It was rare to get more than 15 miles to the gallon with a car, and I have no idea of what a WD Allis Chalmers used per hour.
I do know that when we hooked my uncle's F-20 Farmall to the silage blower, it kept one person busy carrying five-gallon cans of gas to the belching beast on a regular basis. But, the price didn't really matter.
In the rambling days of my youth I purchased a 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge. I pledged two years worth of paychecks to purchase this vehicle and I would have spent more if needed. This particular automobile would not run on anything but premium gas; called Ethyl back then. There was a gas line about the size of your little finger pushing fuel to the four-barrel carburetor. But, it had 400 horsepower and there was no top-end to the speed, so it made me a happy camper.
I kept that car until the mid-1970s, when the price of gas spiked and Ethyl became almost impossible to purchase. The GTO would sputter and clank when fed anything except high test; hence, I traded it for a pickup and my days of high speed and jackrabbit starts ended.
Sometimes I wish I still had that vehicle. I hear they are worth a lot more today than I paid.
So, here in the upper Midwest we are again faced with gas prices that make us wince. No way do I blame our loyal and trusted station owners. They have nothing to do with this pain at the pump. The margins are razor thin for most of them, and I feel sympathy for them as drivers come in with frustrated dispositions.
I fear the price of fuel will get no better as we drive into the future. Cars have become more efficient, for sure, and will become more so. We have become more aware of public transportation and car pooling has gained some acceptance. Those are good things.
We'll still be traveling on vacations and putting gas in our outboard engines, but not without checking our bank balance before we fill up. That time is gone.
Sometimes memories can be a bad thing. I'm still thinking about my folks purchasing that 265 gallons of farm gas for 50 bucks. We have come a long way.
See you next time. Okay?


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Islet autoantibodies, diabetes mellitus autoantibody panel, islet cell cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ICA), glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA), insulinoma-associated-2 autoantibodies (IA-2A), insulin autoantibodies (IAA)
This blood test checks for substances called antibodies, which are produced in response to insulin and other chemicals related to insulin. It is used to find out whether a person has type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is more common in children and teens, and type 2 diabetes is more common in adults.
Among the antibodies tested for are:
Islet cell cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ICA)
Glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA)
Insulinoma-associated-2 autoantibodies (IA-2A)
Insulin autoantibodies (IAA)
If some combination of these antibodies is present in high levels, it could mean you have type 1 diabetes or are at risk of developing it. These antibodies often appear years before symptoms begin, so this test is useful if you have a family history of type 1 diabetes.
Because people with type 2 diabetes don't have these antibodies, the test is also useful to tell one type of diabetes from the other.
You may need this blood test to confirm that you have type 1 diabetes. It is also used to test for an allergy to insulin.
The diabetes antibody panel is just one test used to check for type 1 diabetes. Your doctor may also order a C-peptide test or an insulin assay test.
Before having a diabetes antibody panel to find out if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you may have a fasting plasma glucose test or an oral glucose tolerance test. A fasting plasma glucose test is a blood test done after you fast for eight hours. In an oral glucose tolerance test, your blood is checked after you fast for a certain period and then drink a sugary solution.
Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
In general, if the antibodies are present, you could have type 1 diabetes or be at risk of developing it. If no antibodies are present, you might have type 2 diabetes.
The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm.
Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
Taking insulin before the test will prevent an accurate result.
You don't need to prepare for this test. Be sure your doctor knows about all medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.


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Video: the essence of India
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One of the oldest cities in South Asia, MADURAI, on the banks of the River Vaigai, has been an important centre of worship and commerce for as long as there has been civilization in south India. It was often described as "the Athens of the East" and indeed, when the Greek ambassador Megasthenes visited in 302 BC, he wrote of its splendour and described its queen, Pandai, as "a daughter of Herakles". The Roman geographer Strabo also wrote of Madurai, complaining that the city's silk, pearls and spices were draining the imperial coffers of Rome. It was this lucrative trade that enabled the Pandyan dynasty to erect the mighty Meenakshi-Sundareshwarar temple. Although now surrounded by a sea of modern concrete cubes, the massive gopuras of this vast complex, writhing with multicoloured mythological figures and crowned by golden finials, remain the greatest man-made spectacle of the south. No fewer than 15,000 people pass through its gates every day and on Fridays (sacred to the goddess Meenakshi) numbers swell to more than 25,000, while the temple's ritual life spills out into the streets in an almost ceaseless round of festivals and processions.
Although considerably enlarged and extended through the ages, the overall layout of Madurai's old city, south of the River Vaigai, has remained largely unchanged since the first centuries AD, comprising a series of concentric squares centred on the massive Meenakshi Temple. Aligned with the cardinal points, the street plan forms a giant mandala, whose sacred properties are activated during the regular mass clockwise circumambulations of the central temple. North of the river, Madurai becomes markedly more mundane and irregular. You're only likely to cross the Vaigai to reach the city's more expensive hotels or the Gandhi Museum.
Although invariably interwoven with myth, the traceable history and fame of Madurai stretches back well over 2000 years. Numerous natural caves in local hills, and boulders often modified by the addition of simple rock-cut beds, were used both in prehistoric times and by ascetics such as the Ajivikas and Jains, who practised withdrawal and penance.
Madurai appears to have been capital of the Pandyan empire without interruption for at least a thousand years. It became a major commercial city, trading with Greece, Rome and China, and yavanas (a generic term for foreigners) were frequent visitors to Pandyan seaports. The Tamil epics describe them walking around town with their eyes and mouths wide open with amazement. Under the Pandya dynasty, Madurai also became an established seat of Tamil culture, credited with being the site of three sangams, "literary academies", said to date back ten thousand years and which supported some eight thousand poets.
The Pandyas' capital fell in the tenth century, when the Chola king Parantaka took the city. In the thirteenth century, the Pandyas briefly regained power until the early 1300s, when the notorious Malik Kafur, the Delhi Sultanate's "favourite slave", made an unprovoked attack during a plunder-and-desecration tour of the south, and destroyed much of the city. Forewarned of the raid, the Pandya king, Sundara, fled with his immediate family and treasure, leaving his uncle and rival, Vikrama Pandya, to repel Kafur. Nevertheless, the latter returned to Delhi with booty said to consist of "six hundred and twelve elephants, ninety-six thousand mans of gold, several boxes of jewels and pearls and twenty thousand horses".
Shortly after this raid Madurai became an independent Sultanate. In 1364, it joined the Hindu Vijayanagar empire, ruled from Hampi and administered by governors, the Nayaks. In 1565, the Nayaks asserted their own independence. Under their supervision and patronage, Madurai enjoyed a renaissance, being rebuilt on the pattern of a lotus centring on the Meenakshi Temple. Part of the palace of the most illustrious of the Nayaks, Thirumalai (1623–55), survives today. The city remained under Nayak control until the mid-eighteenth century when it was gradually taken over by the British. A hundred years later the British de-fortified Madurai, filling its moat to create the four Veli streets that today mark the boundary of the old city.
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The coast is wonderful because it is long, wide and rocky. It's not like the CT coast nor the Eastern Shore of MD or Delaware. The waves crash ceaselessly and several at a time and make a soothing sound that could put you to sleep or drift you off somewhere for a while.
I stopped and walked along the beach still amazed by how wide it is. The coast is littered with rock formations that you kind of want to walk out to but, are not connected to the actual beach itself.
I'm probably getting ahead of myself to the Crescent city part of the trip but, it should be noted that things in the old noggin are getting a bit mushy.
So I'm going to head off track and make a few non-linear observations.
People don't leave their small towns. Music videos always show the girl or guy heading to the big city and those of us that have traveled don't think this is a big deal. Truth is small town's are like magnets of ambition in reverse. I think I mean that the ambition is sucked out of you replaced by an idea of settling down and raising some kids. These two are not mutually exclusive I realize but, you should have seen what got Taunie excited. She was married for a year and her dog and her snazzy out fit really made the night for her.
The next day's desk clerk was 22 and married some 38 year old guy. She would like to be like the girl in the Poison video Fallen Angel with out all the modeling and porn and parties but, with the big city and the culture and likely the high quality hair products. He is a computer guy who's big quality is his stability and he really wants to have a family
They wouldn't have to go far to find some culture but, leaving a small town, just leaving one hundred miles away seems like a feat of God.
The TV ads out here are remarkable. I tend to veg-out in front of the motel TV. My spongy mind can't take much more and I have the unenviable desire to late morning write rather than night write which doesn't work so well with the overall plan of traversing the country with an eye towards Jackson, MS on December 11Th. Yes, I said the 11Th. Without Laake I've got no structure and I may just never return.
The Ads are targeting youths that make bad decisions. Let's count the most popular bad decisions of the western youth.
1. Meth
2. Dropping Out of High School
4. Gambling (there are Casino's everywhere out here)
5. Alcoholism
6. 4x4ism. In ability to not drive a 4x4 around with several days of growth and a hundred extra pounds.
7. I made that last one up
8. I'm trying to think of another one. The GED commercials are hilarious by the way.
9. I'm done with this line of thinking.
Howard Stern is a smart guy. He masks this intelligence with his ribaldric and lowbrow comic fare but, he did say something once that sticks with me to this day. Tiger Woods listen up.
Everyone is looking for action, that may be girls/guys, drinking, drugs, career, money, travel, family activities and a whole host of things you can't even imagine. Ones success in life will be how the manage their pursuits of action and when people's pursuits get out of hand and they get called on them or they genuinely screw something up for themselves and those they care about that is very tragic. He also talked about identifying what your action is so you know how to manage it because all action can get out of hand and there are so many details of action, so many variations sometimes they are tough to define.
In the service industry fight Oregon's service industry wins over California's by a score of 27-14. Hippies living on tips. Your living on tips, that means you have to actually take care of the customer. California's hippies might be more weedheadish than Oregon's because they just don't care at all and well I've got enough anger right now that I could rip out some hippie throat if they take it to just a little higher level with me and don't ask people.
What else. I'm going to take this moment to relax and go to the next entry.


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Um, did you know that Taylor Swift and John Mayer enjoyed a bit of a romantic tryst a couple of years ago? Yeah, me neither … BUT, because Taylor has made a career out of penning songs about her failed relationships, we now know that Taylor and John hooked up (or whatever) before her 2010 album Speak Now was released. Now, you might think that it was Taylor that started blabbing about the failed romance but you'd be wrong … it was actually John who brought this affair into the public eye. You see, John is really upset — humiliated, even — by a song that Taylor wrote about the couple's failed dalliance. Click below to read what he has to
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John Mayer says that he was "really humiliated" by Taylor Swift's song "Dear John," which the country-pop star allegedly wrote about him. "It made me feel terrible," Mayer says in the new issue of Rolling Stone, on newsstands Friday. "Because I didn't deserve it. I'm pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do." Swift's song, which appeared on her best-selling 2010 album Speak Now, was released shortly after Mayer went on a two-year hiatus following his controversial interviews with Rolling Stone and Playboy. "Dear John, I see it all, now it was wrong / Don't you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so?" Swift sings on the tune, a staple of her live set. Swift and Mayer were romantically linked before the song's release, and in an interview conducted shortly after, the singer indicated that the song's subject would be apparent. "There are things that were little nuances of the relationship, little hints," said Swift. "Everyone will know, so I don't really have to send out emails on this one." Mayer now tells Rolling Stone that he learned about Swift's feelings directly from her song. "I never got an e-mail. I never got a phone call," he says. "I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I'd already been dressed down. I mean, how would you feel if, at the lowest you've ever been, someone kicked you even lower?" When asked about the song's line, "Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?" Mayer says, "I don't want to go into that." Mayer also takes issue with "Dear John" as a musician. "I will say as a songwriter that I think it's kind of cheap songwriting," he says. "I know she's the biggest thing in the world, and I'm not trying to sink anybody's ship, but I think it's abusing your talent to rub your hands together and go, 'Wait till he gets a load of this!' That's bullshit."
LOL. I'm sorry but this is damn funny. I guess because the name John is such a common name, no one had any way of knowing that Taylor's song Dear John was about John Mayer … so if it weren't for Mayer's comments, we might've never learned that he was the subject of the song. Let's be real, John Mayer also writes songs about the women he dates (Your Body is a Wonderland is about Jennifer Love Hewitt, I believe) so for him to call Taylor's confessional songwriting "bullshit" is kinda hypocritical. He's just angry that he did her wrong (at least, in her eyes) and she retaliated by writing a song about the relationship. All's fair in love and war … and if any man is willing to date Taylor Swift then he has to understand that the relationship has the high probability of being immortalized in song — either good or bad. John Mayer has far too many times caused grief and strife to the women he's dated (just ask Jennifer Aniston), so I don't see anything wrong with a little karmic retribution.
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text: Just popularity? Just number of "attempts"? Midori definitely has the highest percentage of LANDING the 3A's- not just attempting them. She did not under rotate, and her speed and power were unmatched. The leg wrap did not bother me at all, just like you are not bothered by other weaknesses in Mao's 3A (and I am a Mao fan who wants her to go for the 3A). I am not sure what you mean by "not on consistent technique" unless you meant "perfect technique". Midori's 3A was better and more consistent than some of the men of her time! Mao's 3A has never been consistent, but I respected her for going for 3 of those in the 2010 Olympics, and landing them. I don't recall her landing one since (may be she landed one at 2010 worlds? - that was a long time ago). Midori landed her first one in competition in 1989, and she landed one even in 1996. That's a 7 years span. Most men won't last that long.


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Ford's 2013 Fusion Hybrid Clobbers the Competition, Delivers 47 MPG City/44 MPG Highway
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Ford assaults the midsize sedan market with the 2013 Fusion
The next generation Ford Fusion has been a highly anticipated vehicle in the auto industry. The midsize sedan market has been heating up and Ford needed to bring its A-Game in order to stay competitive. Well we can safely say that Ford did indeed bring its A-Game, and may end up sending its competitors back to the drawing board early in the powertrain department.
The new Fusion lineup which now consists solely of four-cylinder engines:
2.5-liter naturally aspirated (170hp/170 lb-ft)
1.6-liter EcoBoost (179hp/172 lb-ft)
2.0-liter EcoBoost (237hp/250 lb-ft)
2.0-liter naturally aspirated (Atkinson-cycle) hybrid
2.0-liter naturally aspirated (Atkinson-cycle) plug-in hybrid
The 1.6-liter EcoBoost will deliver 26mpg in the city and 37mpg on the highway, topping all non-hybrid competitors.
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Likewise, the new Fusion Hybrid with the normally aspirated 2.0-liter engine will now deliver 47mpg in the city and 44mpg on the highway. The increased fuel economy (from 41/36) comes from the downsized engine (the old Fusion Hybrid used an Atkinson-cycle 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine) and a new lithium-ion battery pack. Thanks to the more powerful battery, the Fusion Hybrid can now travel at up to 62mph on battery power alone.
For comparison (city/highway):
2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid
2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
2012 Chevrolet Malibu Eco
2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI
2013 Ford Fusion Energi
As for the Fusion Energi Plug-in Hybrid, Ford will only say that it will be rated for 100 MPGe, which makes it more efficient than a
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The 2.0-liter EcoBoost will take the place of the previous V6 engine. Although fuel economy numbers haven't yet been released for this model, there's no doubt that the 2.0-liter EcoBoost will offer similar performance while sipping less fuel. The 2.0-liter EcoBoost will also be available in FWD and AWD variants.
And we can't forget the dramatic new styling direction with the Fusion. Gone is the Gillette-esque grille that has been replaced with a nose that wouldn't seem out of place on an Aston Martin. There's no doubt the 2013 Ford Fusion will be the most dramatically styled mainstream sedan on the market, and consumers won't have to drive "design-challenged" vehicles like the
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When it comes to technology, the Fusion Hybrid will be available with SYNC, the much-maligned MyFord Touch infotainment system, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control, active park assist, and blind spot monitoring.
The 2013 Ford Fusion will be in U.S. showrooms in the latter half of 2012.
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George Cameron, 92, of Pine River, passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd.
He was born to Edward and Amelia Cameron on Feb. 25, 1921, in Marquette, Mich. George served in the U.S. Army Air Force and was a member of the Jenkins VFW.
George is survived by his wife, Shirley; children, Sharon Hueffmeier (Al), Sandra Green (Warren), Barry Cameron, Steven Cameron and Debra Olson (Mike); stepchildren, Tony Lamusga, Sharon Alpers and Barbara Wood (Steve); 21 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Georgia Jacobs; a sister, Ellen Savola; and a brother, Arthur Cameron.
Services were at 11 a.m. Monday, March 4, at Kline Funeral Home, Pine River. Burial followed at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Pine River. Visitation was Sunday from 4-7 p.m. and one hour prior to the service Monday. Arrangements were with Kline Funeral Home, Pine River.


text: KG: Your work as a curator seems to happen in and around interdisciplinary nexii. Maybe I see it that way because of my sense that in the contemporary moment we're seeing increasingly blurred genre boundaries. I wanted to talk to you mainly to get a sense of whether or not you think of your work as inter-generic curating. You've curated talks, films, live drawing performances, sometimes all in the same event; you curated for a couple of years for the Segue Poetry Series; within your art curation there have been books, art with language and writing as a major feature.… KS: Over the past few years I've produced exhibitions and events under a wide spectrum of parameters—from simple one-artist exhibitions (or two-poet readings) to collaborative models that I formulate and solicit participation for, to freelance curating where the work is pre-selected and I'm expected to synthesize, manage, and optimize the presentation. Each particular matrix of strictures and priorities has been productive and hugely rewarding for me, in terms of flexing my muscles as a facilitator of discourse in different contexts. So beyond focusing on formal variety among the cultural material I work with, I'm more interested in talking about the inter-structural status of my organizing itself—especially per curated events in a museum context, which for me have a bearing somewhere between poetry reading and exhibition.


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Glens Falls, NY – Hyde executive director David F. Setford announces two important celebratory milestones in 2012 and 2013. Hyde House, the cornerstone of our museum and the former home of museum founders Louis and Charlotte Hyde, is 100 years old this year. On the National Register of Historic Places since 1984, the beautiful structure has stood the test of time and is a testament to both the Hydes and its architect, Henry Forbes Bigelow. And in 2013, look for more events as we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Hyde Collection as a public museum, with special programming to focus on that achievement.
"The next two years offers us the opportunity to celebrate Mr. & Mrs. Hyde's vision, their love of art and their strong relationship to our community, both from personal and historical perspective. As we look to the future, we are always reminded of their legacy and important role we play as caretakers of this magnificent collection, the buildings and campus as a whole," says Mr. Setford.
This year, the public is invited to join us:
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- Building Automation for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Nowhere is building automation more "mission-critical" than in life-sciences industries, where drug products and medical devices are developed, manufactured, and tested. Today's typical life-sciences campus includes structures as varied as offices, laboratories, animal-care facilities, manufacturing buildings, and warehouses. This article will provide an overview of building-automation requirements in regulated pharmaceutical-manufacturing facilities.
Facilities in which food and drug products for human use are developed, manufactured, tested, or stored must meet the dictates of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Additionally, industry-accepted "good practices" for laboratories, engineering, manufacturing, and automated manufacturing must be followed (Figure 1). These regulations and requirements are in effect throughout the life of a facility, from conceptualization through decommissioning. Failure to comply puts the owner at both regulatory and business risk. For instance, recently, contamination problems at a manufacturing facility resulted in action by both British and U.S. regulators, leading to a significant disruption in the world's supply of flu vaccine.
To minimize such risk, facilities are constructed under a rigorous and well-defined quality-control system. Current engineering and quality-assurance practices relating to facility construction can be found in the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering's (ISPE's) "Commissioning and Qualification Baseline Guide"1 (Volume 5 in the ISPE's Baseline Pharmaceutical Engineering Guides series). Practices for automation are addressed in Version 4 of "The Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP) Guide for Validation of Automated Systems in Pharmaceutical Manufacture" ("GAMP 4").2
According to "GAMP 4," the life cycle of a control system for a building-automation system (BAS) serving a production facility starts with the development of a user-requirement specification (URS) (Figure 2). A URS defines what a system is intended to do and what its user's essential needs are. After the URS, a functional specification (FS) is developed. An FS describes what a system will be required to do and what features it must have to meet user requirements. While a URS is general (e.g., "the system must alarm on key parameters"), an FS is detailed (e.g., "each space temperature will require high, low, high-high, and low-low alarms") and often used as the basis of automation contracts. The successful contractor compiles a detailed design specification (DDS), which, in addition to shop drawings and equipment cut sheets, includes a detailed description of system architecture, hardware, and software integration and how the requirements of both the URS and FS will be met.
Each of these documents is reviewed and approved by the cognizant user, as well as engineering, production, and quality-assurance personnel. And each is critical to the quality-control process, which is defined in the ISPE's "Validation of Process Control Systems" GAMP Good Practice Guide.3
The GAMP quality-assurance process relies on testing at various stages of development. The testing begins with common software modules and is performed in accordance with formalized and approved test protocols. For control-panel hardware, controller software, system servers, and workstations, factory acceptance testing (FAT) generally is required prior to installation. Once the system is installed and connected to the equipment it is intended to control, site acceptance testing (SAT) is conducted.
FAT and SAT protocols and execution typically are the responsibility of the supplier or a third-party commissioning agent and witnessed by a quality-assurance representative of the owner. Final test results are reviewed and approved by the design documents' signatories. The advantage of the FAT and SAT process is that changes required to correct deficiencies can be made "on the fly" as testing progresses, provided they are recorded and design documentation is updated.
The intent of FAT and SAT is to identify and correct problems before a system falls under the watchful eyes of regulators. Once the steps are completed, system "qualification" can begin. The system then falls under "change control." Identifying and correcting deviations at this stage is costly in terms of delays and schedule slippage, as system software is "locked down." Each deviation must be brought to the attention of the quality-assurance authority and the proposed remedy reviewed and formally approved.
The "validation" of a control system occurs in three phases:
Installation qualification, during which the equipment is verified to match what was approved in the DDS.
Operational qualification, during which the system is verified to perform as described in the FS.
Performance qualification, during which the system is verified to meet the requirements dictated by the URS.
A "traceability matrix" is maintained throughout the validation process to ensure specification requirements are addressed during design, installation, and testing.
The final quality-assurance requirements to be met before a system is placed into operation include the development and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the training of personnel responsible for using and maintaining the system. Typically, SOPs for a BAS concern disaster recovery, backup and archiving, user rights and password assignment, maintenance, and change management.
In drug manufacturing, how space conditions impact the product being made is of primary importance. Space pressurization and volumetric flow rate are controlled to prevent contamination by dirt and pathogens, as well as cross-contamination from the production of other drugs in the facility. Humidity can affect the efficacy and stability of drugs or how effectively they can be pressed into tablets. Temperature can affect production directly or indirectly by fostering the growth of microbial contaminants on workers. Each environmental parameter to be controlled must be evaluated in light of its potential to impact product quality.
In general, fixed-function, configurable controllers, such as those used for variable-air-volume boxes, are not well-suited to pharmaceutical manufacturing because of their inflexibility. Programmable types of controllers are better-suited, with those that can be programmed in a high-level language the best. This is because GAMP holds that all programs be annotated so they can be supported relatively easily throughout the system life cycle. Also, language-based control simplifies the formalized "code-review" process required for most projects involving manufacturing facilities.
Instrument-loop accuracy — the accuracy of a measurement device, plus that of the controller input to which the device is connected — is another chief concern. Because they need to be checked regularly, qualified control instruments should be installed in locations facilitating calibration and maintenance.
Of secondary concern is the selection of field equipment. With some drug products manufactured in hazardous environments, controls must be intrinsically safe or explosion-proof. And with many manufacturing areas subject to washdown, instruments must be able to withstand being deluged with water and cleaning agents. Humidifiers and control valves serving sterile manufacturing areas may need to be made of stainless steel and suitable for clean-in-place sterilization, as the water vapor they disperse into the air may come in contact with the drug product.


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When Michelle Holshue graduated from the University of Pennsylvania she ended up on unemployment and food stamps. Not quite what she expected after taking out $140,000 in student loans. Does this story sound at all familiar? NPR interviewed the young woman, who shares her describes the new student-loan infused version of the American Dream.
An excerpt from the NPR piece: Buried In Debt, Young People Find Dreams Elusive
It 'Isn't Supposed To Be So Hard'
Holshue says she used to tease her father, calling him cheap for buying in bulk. Now, with a stack of coupons clipped to a refrigerator magnet and a closet full of toilet paper, she's following his example. Despite careful shopping, she says she often has to put food on a credit card.
But even though she's just scraping by, Holshue says she's still living her dream. "It's really hard," she says. "Living the dream isn't supposed to be so hard."
Cliff Zukin, a senior research fellow with the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, recently surveyed young adults who graduated from college between 2006 and 2011.
"Part of the American dream is that if you work hard, and you get an education and you apply yourself, you'll be successful," Zukin says.
But today, says Zukin, one-third of college graduates say that adage doesn't hold true for them.
Young adults do report being slightly more positive about their own financial success, relative to their parents, Zukin says. But even so, he says, it's troubling that more than of half of survey respondents say they "don't think they're going to be as successful as their parents were."
Kids And Homeownership Seem Out Of Reach
Holshue says she expects to be paying off her student loans until 2034 — when she'll be in her 50s. Like many who responded to the Rutgers survey, she does not see owning a home in the near future, if ever.
And much to her mother's consternation, Holshue doesn't see how she'll be able to afford children.
Still, she says she doesn't regret going to college, or her career choices.
"Even if I was a nurse working in a different specialty, I could definitely make a lot more money," Holshue says. "But because I wanted to help those who need the most help, I think I've made a lot of sacrifices."
And of course, she says, sacrifice is part of the American dream, too.
Read more here.
As is often the case, the best part about this article was what I got to read in the comments. A lot of people kind of reamed this girl! They said the article was another 'boo-hoo' story from someone who went to a school she couldn't afford.
Now this is clearly not an issue for our beloved celebs, but for those of us with hella student loans (myself very much included) is it our own fault? Or did we get duped (or Bush'd) out of something? Others wrote in that the so-called American Dream needs to be redefined, or done away with altogether.
I never complain about my student loans (although I do shed an occasional tear in the privacy of my own bathroom) because I loved my college and felt it was worth every penny/Stafford loan. But I'm curious to hear what you guys think, especially considering that this is an ongoing topic. Congress recently passed a bill allowing interest rates on student loans to remain flat, but that's only for a year. And some people even say that this is a bad idea because it will only encourage students to borrow more.
This problem runs crazy deep, but I'd love to hear what you guys think.0


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SANTA CRUZ -- Former NBA player Taylor Griffin is working overtime on New Year's Eve, unleashing hundreds of jump shots after basketball practice has ended for the Santa Cruz Warriors.
Kaiser Permanente Arena is void of the 2,500 enthusiastic fans it regularly seats on game days, leaving Griffin's numerous swishes and occasional clanks as the prevailing sound.
After draining a high number of 3-pointers in succession from the left wing, Griffin pumps his fist and softly exclaims, "Yes!"
Soft-spoken and mild-mannered, it's his version of a roar.
A muscular 6-foot-8, 231-pound power forward -- and a former University of Oklahoma star who was selected 48th overall by Phoenix in the 2009 draft -- Griffin is no stranger to putting in extra time to improve.
He's a man on a mission: Get the heck out of town and back up to The Show.
"I think he's close," said Santa Cruz coach Nate Bjorkgren of an NBA team signing Griffin, whose younger brother Blake is a star forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, a car-hurdling slam-dunk champion and NBA Rookie of the Year in 2011.
Griffin -- averaging 13 points and seven rebounds this season for Santa Cruz -- shined earlier this month in a pair of losses at the NBA D-League Showcase in Reno, Nev., scoring 17 against the Austin Toros on Jan. 8 and a season-best 23 points against the Canton Charge on Jan. 10.
On the D-League's website following the showcase, Griffin was rated the No. 2 performer at the event behind guard Courtney Fortson of the Los Angeles D-Fenders.
Such recognition validates Griffin's stock is rising.
Griffin, who toiled with surfing a few summers ago, said he loves small, California beach towns.
He enjoys playing professional basketball in Santa Cruz, too, much more so than North Dakota, where the team relocated from in the offseason.
But staying here isn't his life ambition. This is a minor league, a means to the goal.
"Obviously, I'd rather be in the NBA right now, so that's the goal, to get back to that point," Griffin said. "It's been a dream for a long time and still is."
Griffin played eight games as a rookie for the Suns in 2009-10. He also saw considerable action for the Suns' NBDL affiliate, the Iowa Energy, that year. Playing out of position at small forward, he struggled to make an impression and was waived after the season.
"I learned a lot," Griffin said of his time in the Suns organization. "For me, there was so much to learn because they had me playing the three. I was a four-man in college. It's basically going for from forward to guard. Even though it's a small forward, you're basically playing the guard position."
"It was a lot," he later added. "If I'd gotten a chance to stick around longer, I think I could have made some great strides, but that's just the way it goes."
After his release, he had a one-year stint playing for Belgacom Liegae Basket in Belgium.
Much to his liking, he played power forward in Belgium and with the Dakota Wizards last season.
At every level of his career, Griffin has left an impression of being a tireless worker, a first-to-arrive and last-to-leave guy.
"He spends a lot of time on his game," Bjorkgren said.
Griffin's mother, Gail, a certified teacher who home-schooled Taylor through ninth grade and Blake through eighth, said her boys were equally determined with their studies.
Perhaps it was because the sooner they were done with their work, it was play time.
The boys burned through each day's three-hour lesson plan before heading outside for some physical activities -- emphasis on physical.
"We weren't really video-game kids," Griffin said of his childhood in Oklahoma City. "We weren't inside a lot."
Even in freezing temperatures, the boys were outside playing basketball -- wearing ski jackets and snow gloves.
"We'd get frustrated not being able to, like, handle the ball," Griffin said. "We'd take the gloves off. A lot of times, I remember coming inside and my fingers stinging, like where they're so cold there's needles. Looking back on it, it sounds crazy, but that's what we did."
Griffin shakes his hands, as if to get the feeling back.
In one-on-one games against his brother, Taylor had the hottest hand around, which helped him string together perhaps the nation's longest win streak, though data of their epic, front-yard battles aren't available on STATS LLC.
Taylor, three years older than Blake, took up basketball by age 3. Years later, Blake joined in.
Their father, Tommy, a former college basketball player turned successful high school coach, taught his boys how to dribble with their heads up and develop proper shooting technique.
As the boys grew up and became more talented, Taylor remained bigger, stronger and always emerged victorious.
He not only beat Blake, he sometimes bloodied him in demoralizing fashion, leaving his little brother in tears and yearning to fight. When battles became too heated, Gail often separated the boys until Blake cooled off.
"Blake didn't care how any of his youth-league teams did, his biggest goal in life, at that time, was to beat his brother," Gail said. "That's all he wanted to do."
One day, several years after they started playing, the clouds parted. Blake finally got his day.
"I don't remember the exact date, but Blake came running into the house, telling everyone he won," Tommy said. "He was so excited. Taylor said he didn't play that hard. Blake was so happy, he wanted us to come out and video their next game."
Tommy pauses to chuckle.
"He lost. It was like Taylor saying, 'Hey, you're still little brother.'"
The boys, blessed with the genes of a 5-foot-10 mother and 6-3 father, were bean sprouts.
Shortly after they reached high school, they had outgrown the growth chart Gail posted on the pantry door. Blake is now 6-10, 251 pounds.
The Griffins, after years of playing on youth-league and home-school teams, became a force together in high school playing for their father.
They teamed up and helped Oklahoma Christian School win the Class 3A state title in 2004 and '05.
Taylor earned a scholarship to University of Oklahoma, while Blake added two more state titles before joining Taylor in the Sooners program -- at his brother's prodding.
It didn't take much arm-twisting.
"Growing up, I was always trying to keep up with him," Blake said. "He's three years older, and I always wanted to do everything he was doing. I wanted to be like him, so it definitely helped having someone push you. I'd constantly lose to him. It kind of drove that competitive spirit."
Reunited in Norman, Okla., the brothers helped the Sooners find success. The program reached the Elite 8 at the NCAA Tournament in 2009.
Needless to say, the brothers gathered numerous accolades throughout their prep and college careers, but the hardware meant little, considering the family ran a trophy business from their house. Most of their awards were stored in the attic.
"It wasn't really exciting for us to win trophies," Taylor said, "just because we knew how to make them, how to tear them down, rebuild them "... That was kind of our job in middle school and high school, how we made a little extra money and probably learn a little bit about work ethic, too."
Taylor is said to be the person who helped create the monster that is Blake today -- a dominant, two-time NBA All-Star and the face of a franchise.
The brothers call each other one the hardest workers they know, and their chiseled, fat-free physiques attest to that. Both look like professional bodybuilders.
More than the money, Taylor longs to compete against basketball's best. He's working on all facets of his game, hoping to open the eyes of scouts throughout the NBA.
"He's scoring in a variety of ways," Bjorkgren said. "He's doing it off of offensive rebounds. He'll get two or three baskets off those a game. He also puts it on the deck and goes hard to the rim, and he's making some 3-pointers."
Though Taylor lacks some of the "posterizing" dunks that Blake exhibits nightly during the NBA season, he has shown a propensity for tearing through a defense and hammering the ball through the goal. He also excels on defense, rebounding and has an improved perimeter shot.
"Their skill set is pretty much the same," said Tommy, who coached basketball for 29 years. "Blake is as I was in college, because I was undersized, a little more forceful. What works for Taylor is that he works so hard. "... Hard work is something everyone can do."
For Taylor, there was no offseason. Each summer, he joins his brother in Los Angeles, as he has done since the Clippers drafted Blake.
From June through September, he works out with Robbie Davis, an ex-NBA trainer, or at the Clippers facility. But the most valuable training comes late in the summer, when the Clippers host pickup games, which lures several NBA players who live in or visit the area.
"I'm talking about some of the best runs I've been in," Griffin said. "Aside from the Clippers guys being there, you'd have Carmelo (Anthony) come up one week, James Hardin, Michael Beasley was up there. LeBron came up there one day. Tyson Chandler was up there a lot. It wasn't your typical pickup game. It was All-Stars and MVPs and, you know, big-time players. That was kind of cool to play against them day in and day out."
Taylor more than held his own, said Blake, noting several Clippers coaches and players have been keeping tabs on the Warriors' forward.
"I think he's an NBA-caliber player," Blake said. "And he'll get another shot. He deserves it. Right now he's just working; he's not complaining. He's putting in the hours and he's going through the grind."
And that's why Taylor's in a near-empty basketball gym on New Year's Eve -- and most other days, too.
"The thing about the D-League, it's an opportunity, it's an investment," Griffin said. "It's not somewhere you come to make a lot of money in one season. If you want to do that, obviously, the NBA, but you can go overseas for that. I feel like I'm close to getting back to an NBA team and I feel I can play a role for an NBA team and that's basically why I'm here. It's an investment for my career and my future."
Whether he cashes in on his hard work remains to be seen.
Regardless, his hard ethic is paying dividends on game days.


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Such a change would amount to a technical correction, said Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, adding that its inclusion in Obama's budget legitimizes it like never before. He said Obama's specific proposals to change taxes and entitlements demonstrate a new level of seriousness by no longer restricting the ideas to closed-door debates with Boehner.
While not expecting a so-called grand bargain on the budget, Bixby said he is cautiously optimistic that the White House and Congress can strike some sort of fiscal deal on a smaller scale. And in that context, he said revenue raising through tax expenditures in the forthcoming Obama budget could prove important to the extent such ideas overlap with the budget plan produced by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-Wash.), which passed 50-49 last month with an instruction to the Senate Finance Committee to raise $975 billion in new revenue . . . .
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will this be a good choice for exterior of the hives?
will this be a good choice for exterior of the hives?
It's probably best to just let the bees propolize the inside of hive (leave untreated).
Eh.. Oops. You said EXternal.
I see no reason why it wouldn't work.
The World Beehive Project - I build one of every popular beehive in the world!
Thanks for the response
I was concerned about it being safe for the bees. I have no experience with paints whatsoever. I made a hive myself so was looking for a good exterior preservative. I went down to lowes and bought this one. Then it occurred to me about safety of my girls.
I have been painting for 41yrs and would not put this on my hives unless I was not going to put bees in for about a month. That product is solvent based and it takes awhile for the solvent to evaporate. I would suggest 100 % acrylic latex solid stain ,2 coats or 1 coat of ext. latex primer and one coat of 100% acrylic latex house paint. Much safer for you and the bees.
Thanks for the info. I am not in a hurry I guess it will be a month before I can put bees in that hive due to our weather. If it is safe after drying up its okay with me. but if It will give off an odour which will not be liked by bees then its another story.
Has anybody used this stuff? any experiences?
It only has a 2-year warranty, most acrylic latex exterior paints have 10-year or even 35 year warranties.
48 years - 50 hives - TF
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Sorry if I am sounding stupid, what is the difference between a primer a sealer and a stain?
I wan't a natural colour to my hives. I don't like paint. I just want weatherproofing to protect the wood. what should I use?
Thanks guys for all the help.
I just have 2 hives in my backyard, both overwintered well.
Thanks for the tip. I'll keep that in mind the next time I couldn't wait this time


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Plug and Axel provide the BSA with an opportunity to share its wealth of knowledge to a new generation of boys who may not yet be connected with the BSA's Programs.
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