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atp turbos for sale already?
has atp began selling their kits yet or is this kid blowing smoke? :dunno:
He's bsing, here's my reply....
LOL I just checked it out... a 330 has a compression ratio of 10.2 and a 323 has a comp ratio of 10.5......sooo let me get this straight. Their test car runs @ 9.5 PSI on RACE FUEL with a lower compression ratio, and then they tell you to run 11PSI on a HIGHER compression ratio motor lol....That would be the equivalent of them saying go blow up your engine.....so I call BS.
"Boost was set to about 9.5psi. Fuel was a mix of 4 gallons of 110 and about 2 gallons of 91 left in the tank so making octane equal to 103.6. I'm starting to see the limits of the stock fuel system. Fuel pump is being maxed out at this level. I'm surprised the stock fuel pump can handle this much power. I'm sure the pump is going to start getting tired soon. Towards the end of the run, A/F starts going lean to 13.2."
Notice he says the fuel pump is starting to max out at 9.5 PSI.....there is no way in hell they'd tell you to run it at 11PSI.
I hate BS posts like this that get people excited so you can feel like an E-pimp....
I got so excited when I first heard about this kit.
After doing some research, i would put it on my car if you paid me.
So dissapointed. Maybe by some miracle they'll figure out the OBDII.
April is my time for ordering forced induction. Right now ASA has 1st place. Maybe by then we'll have some PD SC's or turbo options for our E46's, and maybe all my tech stocks will revert to 1999 values ;)
haha, yea i figured. he was psoting there a few weeks ago asking about turbos andhe was totaly clueless then
rumor has it that another reputable company is building a turbo kit for e46 too..
but i cant say which
i hate this waitng :bawling:
C'mon now... that's just mean... Can you at least give us wanna be FI's (or in some of our cases, soon to be FI guys) a time frame? I'd really hate to invest so much money in something then have something else better come out in a few weeks or so...
Nothing I can say with any real confidence, just did a ton of searching and reading on other forums, talked with local shops (Strictly and RPM). Gotta take all that with a grain of salt. That plus the fact that it's not installed on any other e46's that I know of and the release date is vague and keeps getting pushed.
Reason I was listing ASA as my 1st choice is because of the happy customer base. As soon as rennsport releases the ecu program to go with the ASA, I imagine there will be even happier ASA ppl.
All else being equal, (happy customers, proven ECU programming, kit actually for sale...), ATP would be already on my car.
Since I've been told that I can't do the mod 'till April, all may change.
Just got off the phone with ATP... they say it could take up to a year... :banghead:
SC here I come!
Sucks that ATP can't get their stuff together to ship a good turbo product for us.
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Vatican invites Mexicans to discuss whether there's a god
Source: alaskadispatch.comA Vatican envoy has arrived in Mexico with a message: God is not dead.
This week, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi will host a series of debates on secularism that will bring together believers and nonbelievers – the Vatican's first "Courtyard of the Gentiles" event outside Europe.
Cardinal Ravasi's visit, and the conversation it's meant to ignite, comes at a time of spiritual transition in Mexico. The number of non-Catholics in the still predominantly Catholic nation of 112 million has been rising since the 1970s, while the ranks of those who consider themselves expressly non-religious have jumped significantly, by 56 percent, between 2000 and 2010.
More than 10 million Mexicans practice a religion other than Catholicism today; another 5.3 million say they are not part of any religion, according to the national statistics agency, INEGI.
"We warned [organizers] that we suspected the dialogue would be more difficult in Mexico than in Europe," says Guillermo Hurtado, a professor of philosophy at Mexico's National Autonomous University, who will participate in the debates. "In a country like Mexico, there is a great divide that separates believers and nonbelievers. There's a latent antagonism."
'The God question'
The Vatican's "courtyard" series began under former Pope Benedict XVI, who stepped down in February. In an increasingly secular world, Mexico included, religion and religious considerations have taken a back seat in public life, and the dialogue aims to counterbalance that. That the series is making its first stop outside of Europe in Latin America is one indication that Pope Francis of Argentina wants to raise the region's profile in the church, say observers.
In describing the series for a Spanish publication last year, Ravasi wrote, "Even though they declare themselves atheists, the God question remains present in many men and women." The "courtyard" is an opportunity to have a dialogue about faith and reason, he said.
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi arrives for an afternoon meeting, at the Vatican, in March. This week, Cardinal Ravasi will host a series of debates on secularism that will bring together believers and nonbelievers – the Vatican's first 'Courtyard of the Gentiles' event outside Europe.
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[...]Ravasi spoke this morning at a Vatican news conference to present the event, which involves the Vatican in partnership with three prestigious institutions: the Sorbonne, UNESCO, and the Institut de France.
In effect, the "Courtyard of the Gentiles" amounts to a way for Catholicism to present the best of itself to a jaded secular world -- the intelligence of Catholic tradition, its curiosity and openness, and its drive to become what Pope Paul VI called the "sacrament of the unity of the human family."
Inspiration came from Benedict XVI's speech to Roman Curia in December 2009, when the pontiff looked back on his trip that year to the Czech Republic -- statistically, at least, the most secularized society in Europe, with the highest percentage of avowed atheists and agnostics.
Reflecting on the experience, Benedict said: "I think the church today should open a sort of 'Courtyard of the Gentiles,'" referring to the space in the ancient Jerusalem temple where non-Israelites could enter. Source, 2011
The Court of the Gentiles:
The entire Temple compound was considered holy, but it became increasingly more holy as one entered farther in, from east to west. King Herod had enclosed the outer court with colonnades and it was referred to as the Court of the Gentiles because the "gentiles" (non-Jews) were permitted to enter the Temple area. They could walk within in it but they were forbidden to go any further than the outer court. They were excluded from entering into any of the inner courts, and warning signs in Greek and Latin were placed that gave warning that the penalty for such trespass was death. The Romans permitted the Jewish authorities to carry out the death penalty for this offence, even if the offender were a Roman citizen. It was for this alleged crime that Paul was attacked and nearly beaten to death by an angry crowd during his last visit to Jerusalem (Acts 21:27-32).
It was into these outer courts that Jesus came and drove out the money-changers who had been accumulating wealth by using the Temple as a place of merchandise. Source


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Our Sabbath rest is Jesus Christ, not some day or commandment:
The bible says nowhere, that Jesus is the Sabbath rest, or that this is the seventh day. These statements are wholly extra biblical. You may search the scriptures and find many different titles for Christ, but you will never see Him called the Sabbath rest. The Sabbath has always been a sign of entering into God's rest. It was instituted by Christ Himself at creation, which is why Christ is Lord of the Sabbath, not the Sabbath.
And again I ask you, as I have many times, where is the command for anyone to keep the Sabbath before Exodus? And where is the command for anyone besides Israel to observe the Sabbath? Where does Jesus or one of the Apostles command us to keep the Sabbath? The entire point of Hebrews is to not be chained to the law and that Christ is our Sabbath rest. No one can come to God without doing so through Christ's sacrifice, so when you say we do not entire our Sabbath rest through Christ, you are not quite getting it. Try reading Hebrews again, but try taking off the SDA spectacles off before you do so.
QuoteAnd again I ask you, as I have many times, where is the command for anyone to keep the Sabbath before Exodus? And where is the command for anyone besides Israel to observe the Sabbath? Where does Jesus or one of the Apostles command us to keep the Sabbath? The entire point of Hebrews is to not be chained to the law and that Christ is our Sabbath rest. No one can come to God without doing so through Christ's sacrifice, so when you say we do not entire our Sabbath rest through Christ, you are not quite getting it. Try reading Hebrews again, but try taking off the SDA spectacles off before you do so. Every admonition to keep the commandments of God, is an admonition to keep also the fourth commandment of God. There is nowhere in the bible that anyone ever says anything about keeping only some of the commandments of God. Perhaps I am not the one who needs to take off a pair of preconception glasses.Show the scriptures that say entering into Christ's rest means there is no longer a Sabbath. This would directly contradict the words of Christ in relation to Him not coming to change the law. Lets look at the verses in question.Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.The problem being addressed in the above scriptures is a lack of faith. You will notice that the writer says that the Jews also had the gospel preached to them. You know, all those sacrifices of the sanctuary and it's services, which represented Christ. Many of the Jews did not believe, therefore they could not enter into God's rest.The seventh day Sabbath is mentioned in the above scriptures as an example of that rest. There is no indication anywhere that it is being done away with. The Jews had a problem keeping the Sabbath, and the rest of the law, because of unbelief. They never understood or believed God, that the sacrifices representing Christ saved them, so they tried to keep God's law in order to be saved, instead of because they already were saved. Which thing is impossible. The Sabbath has not lost it's significance since Christ died for the ungodly, to the contrary, it's significance has increased. Now it is more than the memorial of creation, and resting by faith in the power of Him who created heaven and earth and all that is in it, including us. Now it is also resting by faith in the power of Him who redeemed us, and is able to make us new creatures in Christ Jesus. For just as God blessed and sanctified the seventh day, as only God can, so now has He also blessed and sanctified us sinners in and through His Son Jesus Christ. The Sabbath is a memorial of God's creation, and his recreation in us. It has not lost it's significance or been changed, and there is no scripture that teaches it has. It's meaning remains the same. Thus it will be observed in heaven also.Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.God established the seventh day Sabbath at creation. He reiterated it's importance to Israel by commanding it's observance with His own voice, and writing the command with His own finger. Christ kept, and taught proper Sabbath observance, and the bible conclusively states that it will be observed in the new heaven and new earth. It is certainly greater presumption on your part, to believe that no one payed it any attention at all from creation to it's command to the Jews, and to believe it has no significance now, than it is on my part to seriously doubt your presumption. Well, that is to say, I don't believe you at all.
1. Scripture that commands man to observe the Sabbath before Exodus.
Quote1. Scripture that commands man to observe the Sabbath before Exodus.Where's the command in Scripture to worship only God, before the Sinai event? Where's the command in Scripture not to make or bow down to idols before Sinai? Where's the command in Scripture not to take God's name in vain before Sinai? Where's the command in Scripture not to kill, or steal or committ adultery, bear false witness before Sinai? etc..Since there were only Jews present at Sinai does that mean that the Gentiles are excluded from having to obey the Ten commandments because no commandments were given to them?
I would like to chime in if I mayIn John chapter 1, we know that Jesus is the active "person" of the God-head doing the creating.Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Joh 1:2 He was in the beginning with God. Joh 1:3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. So, Jesus is the "God" spoken of in the book of Genesis when God was creating the earth.Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Gen 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. So, Jesus blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because He rested from all His work. In 1John it tells us that we should walk as He walked1Jn 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. Jesus rested on the seventh day. He is my example. This to my mind is a clear teaching of the 4th commandment before Mt. Sinai. This is also a clear teaching, to my mind, of the 4th commandment to all mankind. The only humans around that first Sabbath was Adam and Eve. They weren't Jews. They kept the 4th commandment. It is also interesting to note that this was God's (Jesus') plan before sin ever entered mankind. This was before the fall of Adam and Eve. There are 2 things that God instituted in a perfect world and that is marriage and the Sabbath.Jesus also says that He is Lord of the Sabbath day.Luk 6:5 And He said to them, "The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath." He is Lord of the Sabbath because He created it! He created everything!Lets also look at another example of the Sabbath commandment before Exodus 20Exo 16:21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted. Exo 16:22 And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. Exo 16:23 Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.' " Exo 16:24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. Exo 16:25 Then Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field. Exo 16:26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none." Exo 16:27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. Exo 16:28 And the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? Exo 16:29 See! For the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day. The miracle of the manna is another example of the 4th commandment. The manna would only last 1 day the first day of the week thru the fifth day of the week. Then, miraculously, on the sixth day or the preparation day, it lasted 2 days. And then, on Sabbath, no manna fell at all! And this lasted for 40 years! I believe that the word that starts the 4th commandment "Remember" is prophetic with a dual application. The first application came to light when God gave audibly the 10 Commandments in Exodus. The Jews had forgotten all about the Sabbath, so they needed a reminder. I also believe that it has an application to everyone living here and now. During the Dark Ages, Bibles were only allowed to be read by the church leaders. It is during this time that all the fallacies in Christianity came into the church. The immortality of the soul and a forever burning hell, just to name 2. So, when you and I read Exodus chapter 20 starting with verse 8, the first word is "Remember." Why remember? Because we forgot about the Sabbath, too. True Sabbath keeping has nothing to do with legalism. It has everything with love!Exo 20:6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. Deu 5:10 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.Deu 5:29 Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever! Joh 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. Joh 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. Jesus is very plain to me, you don't have to keep His commandments. But you should if you love Him! I didn't say it, He did and if that is legalism, then Jesus is the one who instituted it, not me.One more note, you and I are Jews. If we were not, we would have no hope!Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal 3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. These verses, in my opinion, reveal to us that by accepting Jesus as our personal Savior, we are adopted into the family, hence "Abraham's seed." Heirs according to what promise?Joh 14:1 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. Joh 14:2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. Heaven! An eternity with the very definition of Love!1Jn 4:8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. my two centsJob 13:15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
>Our Sabbath rest is in Christ. That is correct. As we say: when you physically rest on the Sabbath you show that you are resting in him spiritually. In fact, the only way you can "keep the Sabbath holy" is to rest in Christ.
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If you have a taste for really vile, totally degenerate bad guys, the late John Frankenheimer's neglected crime thriller 52 Pick-up may be the movie for you. Adapted in 1986 from one of Elmore Leonard's more perverse potboilers, it's a sleazy tale of sex and revenge in which a Los Angeles businessman (Roy Scheider) who loves his classic Jaguar sports car almost as much as he does his wife (Ann-Margret) becomes the victim of a blackmail plot after an ill-advised affair with a shady woman. You could watch movies for decades without finding an extortionist as low-down and devious as the slick sewer rat John Glover gives us here. Never mind the movie's several implausible turns of plot: Here is Frankenheimer in top form, orchestrating action sequences with the touch of a master and wallowing in sin like a man who knows the territory and is in no hurry to get out.
Frankenheimer, who died last year, is better known for classics like The Manchurian Candidate and The Birdman of Alcatraz (not to mention the most exciting car-racing film ever made, Grand Prix), but he was always at his best in the midst of crime and depravity. Some of the violence in 52 Pick-Up is as startling as a punch in the chest, but all of it makes perfect sense in the director's dark scheme of things. The film plays Friday, March 14, through Thursday, March 20, as part of the Starz FilmCenter's Great Directors Series. For information and showtimes, call 303-820-3456.
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Omaha City Attorney Reviews MECA Agreement
Omaha City Attorney Paul Kratz responded to a request to review the agreement between Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority and the City of Omaha after recent developments involving the MECA Board of Directors.
A letter was sent to the MECA board giving them a 30 day notice to "cure and possible termination of the Agreement between the City and MECA if a cure is not achieved."
This follows a decision by the MECA Board on Tuesday when they voted to extend their terms from 5 to 7 years. The contract with the City of Omaha clearly states the terms are for five years.
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With weight loss comes loss of my breasts. I currently weigh 126# and I am 5'5". I went from a 36DD down to a 34C and given significant sagging. Consulted with my PS and determined a breast lift and augmentation is best way to go. I will be getting 370cc saline over filled to approx 400cc depending on symmetry. I'm about a month out and quite nervous about the lift. I quit smoking a few weeks ago to prepare and I'm worried it won't be long enough and I will have issues with wound healing. I'm going back to see my PS to talk over the procedure again. We scheduled in February and I want to make sure my size expectations are what I remember. I have been reading a lot about size regret and want to be sure I go large enough. We are opting for the anchor incision method which I'm seeing leaves pretty gnarly vertical scars. I have been researching silicone sheets for that. I guess you can say as the date approaches my anxiety increases and the more I forget from my initial consultation. I'm hoping my tension eases after I speak with my surgeon again.
28 Yrs Old, 60# Weight Loss - Greensburg, PA
With weight loss comes loss of my breasts. I...
One month away!
I am officially one month away from surgery! I have my pre op appt with Dr. Kluska April 21 and my surgery is finally paid in full. Two less things to worry about.
I have been reading others reviews and searching the internet for post op advice and what to be prepared for. I have a shopping list and a list of to dos in the weeks leading up to surgery.
I'm actually excited more than nervous now. Considering upgraded to 500cc saline under muscle. We will see what my PS thinks when I go in for the pre op!
One Month!!!!
I have been reading others reviews and searching the internet for post op advice and what to be prepared for. I have a shopping list and a list of to dos in the weeks leading up to surgery.
I'm actually excited more than nervous now. Considering upgraded to 500cc saline under muscle. We will see what my PS thinks when I go in for the pre op!
One Month!!!!
9 days to go!
I had my pre op appointment last week. My PS would still like to do the 370 cc saline implants and max them out to 420cc if need be. He says my frame is too small to go larger and have satisfactory results. I respect his opinion and trust him. It is still awkward to be considered to have a small frame. I have work this weekend and finals next week to keep me busy until the big day! I did retry the sizers. I will post the pics. The right breast was a 371 and right was 397. These aren't the exact sizes I'm getting only an idea of how large I can be. I suppose it's time to show pre op shots too. Not a fan of showing the nip nips, but since this is a lift procedure as well implants it's important to see them!
One week!!!
Counting down to D Day as I like to call it! Last class of the semester was this afternoon. Next week I have finals and end it with the celebration of new tatas on Friday! Time is moving soooo slow! Bought a lil something for the hubby today! Wish I could have bought the sequin bra under it but idk what size to buy!
Surgery Friday! Mixed feelings. My anxiety disorder is truly showing its colors now. I received an email and text that my post op appt will be next Monday morning. Three days after surgery. This has me concerned that I will have drains. I've worked in surgery and I know all about drains and how nasty, inconvenient, and smelly they are. I'm not going to be a happy camper if I end up with them. It was never mentioned at either appt that I would have them, but Ive always know it's a possibility. I also know my husband will not be able to handle dealing with those so I will be on my own measuring fluid and emptying them. My finals are tomorrow and Thursday. My moms birthday is Thursday, Mother's Day is Sunday, and my family is driving me nuts! Really wishing I would have picked a different week to have the surgery. Needless to say I'm taking full advantage of the fact my family doctor gives me Xanax to take up to three times a day. I certainly need it. Oh and did I mention my period may start by the end of the week? I have today and Wednesday to study and get my pre op and post op plans taken care of!
No drains!
I spoke with the PS and he generally doesn't use drains. That's a relief to me. I went on a mad hunt for a sports bra last night bc they requested I bring two. One I wore for my fitting and one a size larger. I have finals to study for today and class tomorrow so that was the only time I could go. I have a mountain of personal issues happening right now that I'm looking forward to being out of touch with people for a few weeks. It's like a crap storm has hit me at the worst possible time. So much for having a happy experience. :-/ people always want to rain on your parade.
Hours to go
Here I am at 11:30pm wide awake. I have to be up at 4am for my 6am arrival. I'm hot. I can't get comfortable and can't sleep. Very irritated. Hubby refuses to turn on ac this early in the season. We have the windows open and we live in the middle of town. Jerks are revving their cars outside. The neighborhood skanks are out walking the streets being loud and of course there are packs of dogs that refuse to shut up. Xanax hasn't even knocked me out! For some unknown reason my knees and thighs ache. Quite possibly from my new job that requires me to stand on concrete for eight hrs a day. You better believe that ac is going on tomorrow, windows and blinds will be closed and everyone will be leaving me alone. So much negativity this week I want to hide in my shell. May go off grid for a while.
Um ouch. I have a pretty good pain tolerance but this is insane. My armpits are stiff and the tops of my implants hurt. Ice helps. Took my pain meds a few minutes ago and hope they kick in soon. He took them to 420cc holy cow. Huge. Didn't get and anchor lift. He did a lollipop so I'm happy for less scarring. I have to begin wall walking my fingertips tonight and continue three times a day. My house is so hot right now. My hubby had to leave me to buy a new thermostat for our AC bc it won't turn on. I'm tired of typing. Everything went well. Thank you all for the well wishes. I'm going to try and pass out now
Swelling bit.
As you can see I'm puffy. Going to walk around my bedroom a bit and do my stretches. I hope it stops soon!
Incisions incisions
In the past I had a lump removed from my left breast. I could not dissolve the stitches and they spit back out leaving me with a horrible infection and open wound. I'm 24 hrs post op and allowed to shower. These wonderfully comfortable gauze pads need to come off and I notice they are attached to some scabs. Im trying to figure out the best way to tackle this. Wet the pads while is shower to get them off or just take them off. Either way that local anesthetic has worn off and I can feel these cuts now. Thank you Jesus I do not have horizontal incisions right now! The tops of my breasts are still slightly swollen. Most swelling is shifting under my arms and to the bottoms of my breasts. Waiting for these two pain pills to kick in then hubby over here is helping me with the shower. Wish me luck he gets queasy when it comes to my blood and with my history of dealing with open wounds I'm not too comfortable myself anymore.
Stupid narcotics..
Frustrated! I haven't had a BM since day before surgery. I'm bloated and my abdomen is distended. I have been taking miralax daily and drinking plenty of water and juice. Final broke down and took a laxative a little while ago. I hope to have some relief soon. This is ridiculous. Cranky and constipated today. On the bright side a good bit of the swelling went down, my incisions are healing nicely, and I can move my arms above my head. It's weird though. I can hear the muscle rub against the implant at times. Sounds like when you rub a wet hand over a water balloon. Lol. Idk if that's normal or not but my post op appt is tomorrow morning. After I shower today I will post day 3 pics.
I'm the family embarrassment.
Just thought if share that with everyone since my father has decided to tell people that. All over a set of breasts.
Day 4 photos
I've been avoiding everyone and doing my own thing today. Hubby took me to my post op appt. Dr Kluska is happy with how I'm healing. I go back for another appt next week. Thank you everyone for your support and help. I truly appreciate it.
Day 5
Feeling pretty good today. We went shopping this morning. My main goal was to find a maxi skirt. No luck. All the walking around really tired me out. I came home to nap and woke up with my arm above my head and my breasts numb. For the record I have always slept like that since I was a kid and I have been very careful since surgery to not do that. Walking around for a few hours must have really tuckered me out. I hadn't taken a pain pill for almost the whole day until I woke up. With all my family drama I have not spoken to any of them. I would rather focus on healing than problems that raise my blood pressure. Hubby goes back to work tomorrow therefore I will be on my own from here out. Not looking forward to being alone. My incisions are looking better. My left breast appears to have dropped a bit more than the right. I still have swelling in my right breast. Swelling in General has gone down a lot from day one.
Day 6...a little late
Running behind on posting. My husband went back to work today and I was left to my own devices. Decided to paint my toes and clean a bit. My right breast ended up swollen before the end of the day. I didn't ice as much as I should have so it's totally my fault. I'm not having pain anymore but continue to have the uncomfortable tightness. It feels much better without the sports bra I know that. Incisions are a little on the puffy side but improve daily.
Feeling blue
In a post op funk. I'm healing well but still get sore by mid day. I have my next post op appt tomorrow and a massage. I get my release for work and my restrictions and go back this weekend.
Almost healed
Been real busy since I've been feeling better! Here are some pics of my adventures lol
Post op funk
Body wise I feel great. My incisions look amazing and my breasts are dropping perfectly. My mins however has not recovered. I'm still in this funk I've had since the day after surgery. I'm sad all the time. It could be that it's because I'm alone majority of the time. College is over until fall and I have nothing to focus on. I can go through reading a book in a day. I end up sleeping most of the time. I just don't understand what's happening. It may be time to go back to my pcp for some type of medication soon. I hate taking them. I feel so numb. I already take Xanax daily and I'm even taking it up to the three times a day to stay sane. Well, at least I look good. :(
Lovely incision wound
Suture popped out as did pus and blood. Six weeks post op and I'm annoyed
I can't say enough wonderful things about Dr. Michael Kluska and his staff. From the moment you walk in the door you receive five star treatment. Everyone has wonderful bedside manners and are easy to talk to. I was really uneasy as the surgery came closer, and Dr. Kluska made me feel so comfortable. He answered all my questions even when I wasn't sure what I needed to even ask. I'm only a day post op but he has given me the confidence I have always wanted to have. He is truly an artist, and I am so grateful to have him as my surgeon.
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Sheriff: 4 arrested after break-in, one at funeral
PORT ALLEN - Sheriff's deputies said they arrested four people who broke into a Port Allen home Thursday morning, including one who fled and tried to blend into the crowd at a funeral.
Deputies arrested 18-year-old Dymarco Hills, 23-year-old Quindell Webb, 31-year-old Curtis Fisher, and 25-year-old Darius Barnes on suspicion of breaking into a home on Colonial Drive.
West Baton Rouge Sheriff Mike Cazes said a neighbor called in the break-in after seeing two suspicious vehicles outside the home. Cazes said sheriff's deputies were at a training event at Port Allen High School and quickly responded to the scene, surprising the four while they were still at the home.
The sheriff said the four burglars scattered after deputies arrived. He said Barnes was caught hiding in a closet at the home, Fisher was apprehended by a K9 a short time later, Webb was caught after a wreck near the US 190 bridge, and Hills was caught trying to attend at funeral at a nearby church.
Authorities locked down the Port Allen High School during the search as a precaution.
Deputies said all four suspects are from Baton Rouge, and were charged with simple burglary and resisting arrest.
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Jesus said about every one, "Ye are as gods..."
Ultimately the question is: Will you give control of your consciousness/being to Him or will you keep it to yourself, wanting your own control and wanting independence from God altogether?
When you keep your own control, you will actually lose it! It will degrade to evil by spiraling out of control. (chaos theory)
When you give your life to God, you will gain the proper self-control and not want to do evil.
So God is giving you a choice: Be your own god and suffer the consequences, or allow Him to rule your life and live in peace and harmony. The choice is yours.
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Quite a distortion of Jesus' message.
You quote ye are Gods then say we should set it aside.
How utterly foolish.
You fear being in control of yourself like some child who does not want to grow up.
Only I can judge God. I is you if you choose to be.
Using the term --- I am here means you. This applies to all of us. You are ( I ) to you as I am I to me. Only you then can judge the God construct that you see as you evaluate what you know of God.
Jesus said that at the end of days he would return. He meant in spirit only. Not a physical manifestation. He also said that the time of the end was at hand and that the temple of God was within each of us. The tern spirit represents, the spirit of the law, what is written in the hearts, ---- God in other words, ---- is defined as laws and rules and such as they are the only thing you can follow at all times, ---- and these are set by you and you are in effect ruling yourself in terms of following the God construct you have developed.
Jesus is telling you that you and your heart are the only things of importance in terms of leadership as it is the rules you have accepted as worthy of following. Jesus warned that at end times there would be a number of Jesus' to choose from and morality is what you will have to choose from.
That is why I think it important to evaluate what Jesus said and determine if it is worthy and moral or not.
Jesus Christ. Madman or something worse.
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Below, Bishop Spong speaks of basically redefining Christianity. Going from a church or religious thinking, to a more spiritual or heart felt thinking. I also urge Christianity to change because it is now too immoral to ignore with today's mentality. It's overall policies are immoral in my view. The God of war must die and Jesus declared the full and only God that is required and that the noble lie of politics should be revoked to let all know that the God you likely know was always a myth. This may be a good time for you to contemplate such a move as many Christians haves rejected the O.T. God and only focus on Jesus and loving policies.
Bishop Spong speaks well to this issue.
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Apotheosis means just recognizing that you are on a journey of being your own God. Some few will have help from God on this through a real apotheosis but only the very few it seems. You cannot get away from that fact so you may as well forget about fantasy, miracles and magic. They were never real and you are the strongest force you will ever know. After all, who but you can make you want to do anything voluntarily? There is no other force that can do this and therefore you are God in the real sense of being master of yourself. If that does not compute with you then remember that A & E became as Gods, God's own words, and yours is the same birth rite. Throw it away if you wish. You cannot reject the knowledge of good and evil so I cannot fathom why you would throw away the fact that you as well can become as Gods.
The moral of Jesus and his sacrifice is that we should accept being God, and ruling ourselves even against a government if needs be. Become archetypal Moses and face government and declare that it faces one as great as itself. That is what being a free man is all about.
The time of the end is when Jesus becomes your God on earth, ---- again this is you, --- who takes the place of the mythical heavenly God of war. Jesus/you, as the way, the man's way of judging first, not some absentee God's unknown standard. Your covenant with yourself is to be the new covenant. Man answering to man and himself. Not to some unknown God.
This clip from J. Haidt shows that we instinctively share God's morals. In this we are truly Gods and children of God.
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I am God because I am the only one who is capable of judging the God I know.
You are a God in your own rite as you are the only one who is capable of judging the God you know.
The Noble Lie is firmly in place and manipulating your thinking. Discard it. In this day and age we do not need it the way we may have in the past.
The Noble Lie.
In politics a noble lie is a myth or untruth, often, but not invariably, of a religious nature, knowingly told by an elite to maintain social harmony or to advance an agenda.
As a Gnostic Christian, this theology/philosophy is quite natural to me and can be for all people.
Try thinking as the God that you are. Stop being a sheep and rise to your true inheritance as a shepherd. That is the message Jesus wants you to recognize.
Listen to Jesus and hear for the first time in your life.
Ps 82:6 I said, "You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High.
Hosea 1:10 Ye are the sons of the living God.
Do you think that sons of God are destined to be sheep or shepherds?
Jesus was written to empower us. Not enslave us. Do not waste what he gave.
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Johnson & Johnson to Pay Up to $60 Million, Including Rebates to Consumers, and Change Practices; AOA Also Settles
Attorney General Hardy Myers announced today that buyers of contact lenses would receive cash rebates on future lens purchases and eye exams under a proposed settlement with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson or J&J). Johnson & Johnson was the last defendant to settle an antitrust action brought by Oregon, 31 other states, and a private consumer class against three contact lens manufacturers and the American Optometric Association (AOA). Settlements had previously been reached with Bausch & Lomb, CIBA Vision, and the AOA.
The lawsuit alleged that retail prices of disposable contact lenses were too high because Johnson & Johnson and the other defendant manufacturers agreed with the AOA, in violation of the antitrust laws, that their lenses would be available only from eye care professionals (optometrists, ophthalmologists and opticians), retail optical stores or mass merchandisers. Plaintiffs alleged that because of this agreement consumers had more difficulty buying replacement lenses through the mail or from pharmacies.
All defendants agreed to settlements without admitting any wrongdoing or violations of law. The defendants have denied participating in the alleged agreement and continue to deny that their actions caused retail prices of replacement lenses to be above competitive levels.
Today Oregon and the other plaintiffs moved for preliminary court approval of the Johnson & Johnson settlement agreement. Oregonians who bought replacement contact lenses from Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb (B&L), or CIBA Vision at any time since January 1, 1988, are eligible to receive rebates under the proposed settlement. Acuvue®, SeeQuence®, Focus®, and NuVues® are among the brands sold by these manufacturers.
Because J&J, B&L, and CIBA make the most widely sold brands, most of the more than ten percent of Americans who wear contact lenses are eligible for benefits under the settlement.
Eligible consumers may receive benefits under both the proposed J&J settlement and a proposed settlement reached with B&L in January and already preliminarily approved by the Court.
Under the proposed settlement, Johnson & Johnson guarantees to distribute at least $30 million in rebates to consumers. Bausch & Lomb guarantees to distribute at least $9.5 million in rebates and coupons. If less than the guaranteed amounts are distributed, each manufacturer will pay into a settlement fund the difference between its guarantee and the amount actually distributed.
Both companies will offer consumers benefits packages that include $50 off the purchase of four six-packs of disposable lenses and $25 off the cost of an eye examination by an eye care professional plus an additional $25 off a future purchase of four or more lens six-packs. Four six-packs of lenses can cost consumers anywhere from about $75 to $100 or more.
In addition to offering consumers the benefits package, J&J also agreed to pay $25 million in cash into a settlement fund, B&L agreed to pay $8 million, the AOA agreed to pay $750,000, and 13 individuals agreed to pay $8,000 each. Plaintiffs plan to seek court approval to recover attorney fees and costs from these funds.
J&J also agreed to pay up to $5 million in cash or coupons to consumers who used to wear J&J contact lenses but no longer do so. Those consumers will receive their choice of either $35 in cash or $50 in coupons upon filing an appropriate claim form, which may include either a copy of a valid prescription, a receipt or credit slip showing a purchase after January 1, 1988, or a signed statement from their eye care professional. Plaintiffs will seek to establish a similar fund for people who have stopped wearing B&L and CIBA lenses.
Both Johnson & Johnson and Bausch & Lomb agreed to change their distribution practices regarding pharmacies, mail order, and other "alternative" channels of trade. The injunctive relief in the Johnson & Johnson settlement provides that for a period of five years from the date the settlement agreement becomes final, the company will sell and distribute its replacement contact lenses to "alternative channels of distribution" in a commercially reasonable and non-discriminatory manner, provided the alternative channel, "like any other authorized account, will sell contact lenses only to consumers based upon a valid prescription and in compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations regarding the sale or dispensing of contact lenses," and agrees not to substitute diagnostic lenses for a revenue-producing product. Bausch and Lomb agreed to substantially similar terms.
The AOA agreed not to ask any contact lens manufacturer to refuse to sell lenses to any type of distributor, or encourage optometrists to refuse to write prescriptions for any manufacturer because its lenses are sold by outlets other than eye care professionals. The AOA also agreed not to make unfounded claims linking eye health problems with the channel of trade from which contact lenses are bought, and not to oppose the release of contact lens prescriptions to consumers on request, except on valid medical grounds and as consistent with state law. The AOA will publish a letter from its president in the AOA News setting forth these agreements.
Trial of the case against Johnson & Johnson and the AOA began March 19, 2001, in Jacksonville, Florida. An agreement in principle was reached after five weeks of trial. News of the agreement was embargoed until the settlement documents were submitted to U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger at a 3:00 p.m. hearing today.
"This settlement benefits Oregonians who use contact lenses," Attorney General Myers said. "I am pleased that we were able to resolve this hard-fought litigation with such a positive result."
Consumers can get more information on the lawsuits and the settlements, or register for the Bausch & Lomb benefits package at http://www.freecontactlensrebates.com or by calling1-888-707-5880. The number to call for the Johnson & Johnson benefits package is 1-888-437-1294. Consumers may also register temporarily at http://www.acuvue.com until Johnson & Johnson opens a new Web site for this settlement. The federal court will consider whether to approve the settlements at a hearing in Jacksonville, Florida, today.
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IT administrators gain more control with Windows 8.1
Microsoft has made good on its promise to release its software at a faster cadence with the release of Windows 8.1 today with some features that may grab the attention of IT.
This means you can now download Windows 8.1 from the Windows Store and upgrade your Windows 8 PC. But should enterprise users care?
If you use Windows 8 at home or in your workplace, sure. Now you can take advantage of the pseudo-Start button, boot up your system in the familiar desktop mode, and have better support for multitasking.
IT administrators may also want to consider Windows 8.1. The community was part of the Windows 8.1 second wave of release to manufacturing version (they should have been part of the first wave), and now they can evaluate a final copy of the operating system which offers more enterprise management and security features, including biometrics.
Depending upon the version of Windows 8.1 — Pro or Enterprise – the software provides IT administrators with more control by enabling domain group/policies, support for BitLocker encryption, work folders, workplace join and open mobile device management. There also is a tighter integration with Internet Explorer 11.
However, we all know that many enterprises are not ready to adopt the Windows 8 platform as this would mean not only a software upgrade but also a hardware upgrade to take advantage of touch capabilities. And, many of them just spent a lot of money moving from Windows XP to the stable Windows 7 operating system, as Windows XP end of life looms.
But take note: mainstream support for Windows 7 ends January 13, 2015. At that time, the industry enters the five year extended support phase, which ends on January 14, 2020. At that point we're back to square one of migrating businesses off of Windows 7 to whatever version of Windows is going to be out at that time.
Businesses will probably take advantage of the extended support phase, as they have with Windows XP. The Windows 8 platform is still in evaluation mode among many enterprises.
CIOs and CTOs say they want IT administrators to gain a better understanding of the company's business, its employees and market trends so that they think more strategically when it comes time to make technology decisions.
It's only a matter of time before enterprises have to think about the tried and true Windows 7 going away and the industry entering another cycle of major upgrades. IT pros: be prepared.
Leaving XP Behind, Climbing onto Windows 7, Just as 8.1 Looms Large
I volunteer at my son's school, where one of my gigs involves assisting with a Wednesday morning programming class on Microsoft's SmallBasic, and another one has me helping out with a way-cool robotics club orchestrated around the Lego MindStorms robot kits. It's not only fascinating and fun, it also has me rubbing shoulders with the school's main (and only fulltime on-site) IT guy who's the sponsor of the robotics club and who also supports the programming class. This morning, as we often do before things get rolling, we talked about what he's up to and what projects lie ahead on his planning horizon.
The maze of issues that faces early migrators to new Windows versions abates substantially for those who wait … and wait … to make that move.
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"What's up with the refresh?" I asked him this morning, alluding to the school district's upcoming plans to migrate classroom and admin systems from Windows XP to Windows 7. Because Round Rock ISD has an enterprise volume licensing agreement with Microsoft, I learned that they are required to phase out all systems running XP just after the start of 2014, some months ahead of Windows XP's last-and-final retirement date (April 8, 2014). When I asked how he planned to handle that migration, he informed me that the centralized IT group for the school district is preparing a set of reference images for the targeted systems, and he'll pull those images from network drives at the school to perform clean installs of Windows 7 on the 400 or so PCs, laptops, and netbooks currently deployed in the elementary school where he works.
Another interesting wrinkle emerged from the discussion — namely, that some systems will use images with the Microsoft Office 2013 release slip-streamed in. I knew this would increase the size of the download involved, but was a little surprised to learn that this would just about double the download time required to move the image across the network from the servers where it resides to the target machines where it will be installed. My colleague's efforts will also be somewhat complicated by having to work around the schedules of teachers and administrators, who are usually busy using the computers at their disposal the whole time they're on campus, be it in their offices or their classrooms, depending on their various job roles.
He expects this effort to consume most of his working hours for the entire month of January, and possibly even into the first week or two in February, depending on how successful he is at wresting the machines that need to be upgraded from their normal users to perform the installs, and how many problems he encounters on the path from getting started with the netbooks and laptops in groups of 10 or 20 on the dozen or so computer carts he manages for the library and the computer labs in the school, to the pairs of PCs in individual classrooms, and onto the other office and mobile machines scattered around the campus. He plans to use a spreadsheet to keep track of all the machines that need handling during this process, and expects that while it will be time-consuming it shouldn't be too difficult. All of the machines the school district uses are of Windows 7 vintage (more than a year old, but less than 4 years old) so drivers and compatibility issues have been worked out a long time ago.
This is a typical large user base scenario and reflects what lots of "trailing edge" organizations have experienced recently or right now, except for those planning to follow along at the back of the pack in the next few months. This should make it very interesting to see how much XP remains in use after the April 2014 retirement date comes and goes. In the interim, those organizations with relationships to Microsoft that mandate moving up the food chain must go through the final motions involved in keeping themselves current, no matter how much or little they may like having to do so!
Mechanics of the Upcoming Win8.1 Upgrade
I found a fascinating article on WinBeta.org this weekend. If you can get past its enormous title "Windows 8.1 'GA Rollup A' update will finalize the Windows 8.1 code, comes with fixes" there's some useful and interesting substance to the story as well. In fact, this story goes a long way toward explaining the mechanics of how code changes can follow in the wake of the RTM (release to manufacturing) version of Windows 8.1 that became available in early September (9/9 on MSDN, a few days earlier to the OEMs).
Shorter dev-cycles require interesting final release maneuvers, including a last-minute "update to the upgrade!"
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The story reports that Microsoft will release an update to the update called "GA Rollup A" that will accompany the actual release bits for Windows 8.1 (presumably, the same as the aforementioned RTM release). This will take the nearly-finished RTM version and add the necessary changes, fixes, and finishing touches that have followed in the wake of last month's RTM release. According to WinBeta, the roll-up is about 200 MB in size for x64, and 100 MB or thereabouts for x86 and ARM versions, and is said to "address bugs and various components throughout the operating system." The GA rollup may or may not appear in tandem with the release of 8.1 to update channels on October 17/18, or it may follow a day or two later.
What we're seeing here is, I think, the way that future Windows releases will be orchestrated to better accommodate the new short-cycle approach for major Windows versions, which Microsoft has said will occur on a more-or-less annual cycle going forward. Given such a compressed timeframe, developers will need whatever time interval is available to them between RTM push and the following GA date, to keep polishing the latest release, to fix bugs, and to slide whatever last-minute additions and enhancements can make it into the OS before the lock-down date for the GA release is imposed.
Will this have an effect on OS stability, reliability and quality? I'm not convinced that a short schedule and working up to the deadline has to mean more such problems are inevitable. But you can bet IT professionals and service providers (especially those in the "Desktop as a Service" business) will be watching the upcoming cycle with more than usual interest. It will no doubt set the tone for how quickly (and enthusiastically) such organizations jump onto new Windows releases in the future, and how soon they will commit themselves to rolling out such releases to their user bases thereafter.
One Week In, Windows 8 Upgrade Shows No Gotchas
One week ago today, I reported on an upgrade install on my production PC from Windows 7 SP1 to the current version of Windows 8, as an experiment in anticipation of the GA release for Windows 8.1 to occur next week on October 17/18. If anything, the system is actually more stable running Windows 8 than it was running Windows 7. It does take a bit longer to boot than it did before (about 35 seconds, by my seat-of-the-pants stopwatch measurements, and about 42 seconds, according to Soluto) but other than that, things seem to be going swimmingly.
Even in looking at the various logs in Event Viewer, I'm not seeing any new errors that weren't already occurring under the Windows 7 regime. I did, however, notice that I need to resize the volume shadow storage for my boot/system drive (C). I jumped into the System Protection tab in the Control Panel System applet to bump up the allocation from 9 to 18 GB, which should keep me out of trouble for a while. I tend to be pretty conservative on those disk allocations, because I'm using a 180 GB Intel 520 Series SSD on that system, and always try to make I have between 25 and 50% free space on the drive (the zone in which, in my experience, SSDs tend to perform and behave at their best).
A quick gander at the Update History file shows that a whopping 52 updates were applied to the system son Patch Tuesday. At least half of these items are for MS Office 2013, and its numerous components (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and so forth). And the count on prior updates immediately following the install (dated October 3 and 4) is also pretty high: 75 items altogether, including a handful (5) of driver updates after the install, a large number of .NET updates for versions 3.5 and 4.5, and security updates galore. No wonder running the Drive Cleanup with the clean system files option turned on removed over 4 GB of stuff from the system/boot drive when all was said and done! If you do perform any upgrades, you'll want to exercise this option as soon after working through the process as possible (following a couple of image backups, of course: a total "before" snapshot, and another one just before performing the clean-up).
I am keenly aware that this experience flies in the face of best practices and common belief. I will confess to being both pleasantly surprised by this outcome, and pleased that I apparently will not have to reinstall all of my many applications atop a clean Windows 8 install after all. But wait: all could go kerfluffle in the wake of next week's upcoming second upgrade to Windows 8.1, so stay tuned for further developments. Could that be the straw that will break this particular camel's back? We'll see!
Microsoft plays catch up yet again; this time, with Office for iPad
Alas…Microsoft is playing catch up yet again.
This time the industry buzz is about exiting CEO Steve Ballmer's keynote comments at this week's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in which he finally acknowledged Microsoft would be coming out with an Office for iPad version.
But the company already has lost substantial revenue since the iPad came out three years ago by not having an Office for iPad app, and it doesn't sound like the suite is coming out any time soon.
Microsoft says its wants to make sure an Office version is truly touch-enabled whether it's for the iPad or even Windows 8. A Windows 8 touch version of Office is slated for 2014 but in the meantime, frustrated users seek Office alternatives.
Some theorize that Windows 8 could have even had a better response from day one.
The problem is Office, says Robert Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, a long-time consultant in the IT industry. Office hasn't even been converted to the Windows 8 interface, he said.
So the constant waiting drives software entrants to fill the holes created by Microsoft's lack of a true touch-enabled Office suite. Indeed, the recent spate of office collaboration tools like those from CloudOn and others fill a gap for office productivity tools running on mobile devices that support the Office document formats.
But even as Ballmer finally states Microsoft's intent to deliver Office for iPad, end users may not be interested in paying for what could potentially turn out to be a pricey package.
Now, Microsoft is waving its hands to gain attention. In fact, a few days after rival Apple said it would give away iWorks for free on its new iOS devices and Google said it would offer QuickOffice for no charge, Microsoft blogged that its Office for Web apps was also free.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, end users may have lost interest already, even if Ballmer's booming voice finally tells them what they want to hear; Office for the iPad is in progress – but it may be too little, too late.
OMG We're Up to a Full Decade of Patch Tuesdays!
When I read Larry Seltzer's Zero Day blog post yesterday — which appeared on a Patch Tuesday morning, by no coincidence whatsoever I'm sure — I was both amazed and amused to realize that it has indeed been a decade since Microsoft changed from its prior practice of pushing patches primarily as circumstances and availability dictated to its current practice of batching them up and pushing them out at a regular and predictable interval. This change occurred primarily in response to qvetching from IT departments everywhere that pushing patches out the door randomly didn't really fit the working methods and models of modern IT organizations. Even then, standard best practices were already in commonplace use that employed formal change controls within the context of scheduled update activities to rationalize patching and update processes, and better fit them into the overall IT workflow.
A regular, predictable update schedule is what IT organizations wanted, and what Microsoft gave them with Patch Tuesday. Seltzer's comment about all of this is right on the money "…the predictability of the update schedule and the improved information that comes with security bulletins these days, as well as improvements in patch management systems, were also a big part in making IT life more normal."
Just last week, I was explaining to my nine-year-old son — who is the proud owner of "his" first PC (a Dell XPS 2710 Haswell model) — that he needed to get ready for Patch Tuesday. "What's that?" he asked. I explained: "Round about the second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft releases most of its security updates and patches for the month. It's part of the regular routine of keeping Windows systems up to date." "Oh," he said, "what do I have to do?" "I'll show you," I said, and yesterday we worked through his first-ever Patch Tuesday, as I showed him how to download and install the important patches, and evaluate and select the optional items he might or might not want.
I'm bemused to find myself passing the torch for Windows upkeep and maintenance to another generation, but that's what started happening around our house late yesterday afternoon. And so the world keeps turning…
Interesting Poll Shows the Supreme Power of Self-Selection
The first thing one should always ask when reviewing any kind of poll result is "Who's in the survey population?" I was forcibly — and humorously — reminded of this essential basis for analysis upon taking a poll in an article about the impending release of Windows 8.1 (it's due out about 10 days from today) entitled "11 days until Windows 8.1 rolls out for Windows 8 users, are you ready for it?" (from the Website, WinBeta.org). If you stop for just one second to consider that anybody who actually reads an article like this has to have some kind of interest, not just in Windows 8.1, but in its approaching release date, the following poll results make perfect sense:
Does this poll remotely approximate a cross-section of the general public (or even the whole population of IT professionals)? No freakin' way, my readers, no freakin' way! The population is what statisticians call "self-selecting" in that an indication of strong interest — namely, clicking a link to get to an article about the upcoming release of Windows 8.1, and then making it all the way to the end of the article before the poll even shows itself — is required to enter the population of survey respondents in the first place. Nevertheless, I find it very interesting that the vast majority of those respondents are apparently panting with lust to install the release as soon as it becomes available. That makes me wonder why they haven't installed the RTM version already, itself widely available through MSDN and TechNet downloads for nearly one month now.
All of this goes to show that not all surveys are the same, nor do all convey genuinely meaningful information, either. If you see anybody quoting survey results, especially for surveys like this one, please take the time to find out where those results originate, and you may also be able to conclude that while these results may be interesting or amusing, that they also are not terribly informative about the attitudes or mindsets of the general population. If anything, these results are a perfect inverse of the general population, where I would be highly surprised if even 10 percent of Windows users plan to install 8.1 soon after the October 17/18 impending general availability (GA) date.
True Win7 to Win8 Upgrade Goes Surprisingly Well
Almost forever, I've been a big proponent of the "clean install school" of Windows upgrade methodology. That is to say, rather than upgrading my systems from an older Windows version to a new one, I've been mostly inclined to blow away the older install in favor of a new one, followed by the added effort of reinstalling all my applications, restoring settings manually, and so forth and so on. What's guided my activities has been the belief that this results in a leaner, more stable system, and reduced time to complete the overall installation process. And FWIW, many Windows experts — including the likes of Ed Bott, Paul Thurrott, and Woody Leonhard — have all voiced opinions or advice more or less in keeping with this approach.
But with the impending release of Windows 8.1 as a free upgrade for PCs already running Windows 8 on October 17/18, I'm prepping my PCs currently running Windows 7 — for which I purchased the $40 Windows 8 upgrades last year, when MS ran what still looks to be a "once in a lifetime" dirt cheap promotion to get people to move up from 7 to 8 — by upgrading them to Windows 8 in advance of the upcoming GA date. As an experiment, I'd planned to perform an in-place upgrade of my Windows 7 production desktop this weekend, with all of its 237 applications (as reported in Secunia PSI for that system) coming along for the ride.
Finding myself with some unexpected idle time yesterday afternoon, I decided to run the upgrade a bit sooner than planned. This blog post recounts my observations and experiences along the way to the successful and surprisingly smooth conclusion to that process (I'm writing this blog right now on the upgraded PC, which has shown no signs of outright weirdness or flakiness since the upgrade completed at around 5:15 PM yesterday afternoon, following about two hours of upgrade activity). I began the process by capturing two image backups of the original Windows 7 system: one using the built-in image backup captured in the Control Panel Backup and Restore utility, the other using Acronis True Image Home 2013 with the added precaution of creating a bootable UFD with the ability to restore that image to its original drive. I'd already replaced CPUID HWMonitor 1.18 with the Pro version, and uninstalled DualBootPro, Nvidia GeForce Experience, and VirtualCloneDrive to take cognizance of the pre-install warnings courtesy of the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant beforehand.
The Upgrade tool downloaded the Windows 8 ISO from the Internet to start off the process, an activity that consumed about 24 minutes overall (I didn't know how to point it at the local ISO copy I already had on one of my 2 TB conventional HDs, and didn't bother to research those details, though I do see a very good discussion of this process on Windows EightForums). This approach did have one benefit that saved me from myself, however: using the MS-provided installer I obtained when I paid for the $40 license last year apparently had the product key baked into the installer, so my oversight in neglecting to store that key on another system (it currently resides in my Outlook PST file on that very PC) didn't impede the installation process in any way, shape, or form, to my great relief and delight. Here's how the rest of the timeline for the overall install process shook out (all times are approximate, based on my glancing over to my laptop where I relied on its system clock for rough-n-ready timing info, rounded to the nearest minute):
00:00 – 00:24 Download Windows 8 install files from Microsoft (perhaps Akamai; source wasn't visible)
00:24 – 00:40 Copy files and perform in-place upgrade file copy, initial installation, and configuration
00:40 – 00:44 Getting devices ready (installing device drivers is handled during this phase)
00:44 – 00:54 Getting ready (system set-up and configuration)
00:54 – 00:56 Moving your settings (importing settings and preferences from the previous Windows 7 install)
00:56 – 00:57 Finalizing your settings (adapting/customizing settings for the Windows 8 runtime environment)
00:57 – 00:59 Getting your PC ready
00:59 – 01:03 Installing apps (this means Windows 8 Store/Modern UI/Metro apps, I imagine)
01:03 – 01:05 Establishing initial log-in, switching to Windows Live account, first complete Windows 8 log-in
01:05 – 02:00 Download and install 62 updates from Windows Update to catch system up to current patch/update levels
There were six (!) reboots during this process, one during the second step above, and between each of the next three steps, with the fifth one following installing apps, and the final one after the massive update installation that concluded the overall actual upgrade process. I didn't hit any snags along the way, nor any serious hiccups or delays. Once this process was complete, I fired up DriverAgent to observe that it now reported 5 out-of-date drivers — an interesting improvement following the upgrade, because it had reported six out-of-date drivers (all either bogus or insoluble) for the previous Windows 7 installation resident on that machine. After about one hour of downloading files and fiddling about with them, I got the number of out-of-date drivers down to one, a considerable improvement over my "healthy status" on the prior Windows installation. It is for a "motherboard resources" item in the "Disconnected Devices" section for which DriverAgent supposes that a 2010 vintage version of the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility will address the issue. However, I've got the latest (2013) version of that utility already installed on this PC, and because it addressed all other items related to the Intel Thermal Monitoring devices to which the out-of-date finding attaches, I'm of the opinion that this is a false negative ("bad driver") report from DriverAgent, rather than a genuine and fixable "bad driver" report from the utility. Case closed!
Summary, Observations, and Conclusions
Now that the process is over and done with, I understand that the process of recognizing, handling, and accommodating applications adds considerably to the Windows 8 install process, and the time required to complete it. The usual 15-18 minutes for a clean install zoomed to 65 minutes or thereabouts once my sizable collection of 200-plus applications entered the picture. Soluto reports that my boot time went up from 0:55 to 1:55 following the upgrade (something that I plan to investigate and whittle away at, if I can). But otherwise, the system is running well, my applications are working (at least, all of those I've checked so far), and if anything, seems more stable and responsive than it did when running Windows 7. I've installed Start8 to help me work on the desktop more effectively (that's where I spend 90-plus percent of my time on the system anyway), and RecImg Manager to capture Windows 8 snapshots as backups for use in the Windows 8 "Refresh your PC" facility. Since I'll be using this system every day henceforth, count on me to report further if and when any glitches or gotchas should make themselves known to me. But "so far, so good" is how I'd sum up my experiences so far, much to my surprise.
A Return to the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant
I'm facing an interesting issue that I'm sure is at least somewhere on the minds of fellow Windows-focused IT professionals — namely, how well an upgrade might work from Windows 7 or Vista to Windows 8 in anticipation of the upcoming GA release of Windows 8.1 (a free upgrade to those with Windows 8 already installed on their PCs). To that end, I'm planning to bite the bullet this weekend, and try the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 on my production PC. To that end, I just re-ran the Windows 8 Upgrade Advisor to see what it could tell me about the upgrade-readiness and -worthiness of that machine. Here's what I see after running the program, which took about one minute to run to completion on my Bloomfield vintage i7 930 based PC, with its ASUS P6X58D-E motherboard and other accoutrement.
A click on the "See compatibility details" element reveals the following items, none of which looks distressing or even terribly serious:
I must say, I'm more encouraged by this result than I had initially expected to be. But in preparation for the upgrade this weekend, I'll be making an image backup of the system as it currently stands, and also, turning it into a VM so I can keep running the same environment inside Hyper-V after the upgrade is complete, just in case — as I suspect might be more likely than this list of potential issues indicates — that some issues with the 290-odd applications I have installed on this machine might manifest after the move to Windows 8 is complete. Stay tuned: I'll report on the results of this "big move" next Monday, October 7.
More Windows 8 Weirdness: Fixing Flaky RDP
I've got a total of 5 out of 8 PCs in my house running Windows 8 now, and every now and then I encounter some new form of wacky Windows behavior that requires certain shenanigans to fix. I stumbled upon another interesting case in point yesterday, when I tried to establish a Remote Desktop Connection link to our Dell XPS12. When I got this machine from Dell it came with Windows 8 installed, which I proceeded to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro so that, among other things, I could use RDP to log into that machine remotely and manage updates and such from the production Windows 7 desktop I work at customarily in my home office.
Even though my XPS12 was properly configured for remote access, my connection wouldn't stay up long enough to get through the hand-off process.
Without giving the matter too much thought, I checked the machine yesterday to make sure that Remote Access settings were properly configured. As shown in the preceding screencap, they were just what I thought they should have been, with remote connections turned on and RD-NLA turned off. However, when I tried to establish an RDP connection to that machine, I would start to go through the process of establishing a remote connection, only to have it fail before the entire process of opening the remote window and obtaining a working view of its desktop could complete. Non-plussed, I tried to establish a connection going the other way — that is, from the desktop of the XPS 12 to my production desktop — only to have it fail and hang in the same way. Bizarre!
By searching on "Windows 8 RDP fails during login" and "Windows 8 RDP fails immediately," I learned two very interesting things I didn't already know. First, I had to purge some outdated printer connections in the Devices and Printers entry in Control Panel, apparently because print queue and device driver connections were interfering with network access for RDP. And second, I had to make a registry hack to turn off the version of UDP that RDP uses in the Windows 8 environment as follows:
In the key at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Terminal Services\Client\, create a DWORD named tofClientDisableUDP and assign the value "1" (either Hex or Decimal, I used Hex) to it.
I had to remove the printer references and then restart the machine immediately after that to get them to "stay gone," because if I didn't restart, they would magically re-appear within 30-60 seconds of their removal. This took some careful observation and fiddling about to achieve. I found the registry hack documented on Microsoft's social.technet pages in a thread entitled "Remote Desktop client on Windows 8 drop connection."
To me, it all goes to show the sometimes forensic characteristics of Window troubleshooting. I've learned to try to characterize the symptoms as tersely as possible, and then to put Google to work to help me find information or discussions around those topics. If I keep at it long enough, as I did yesterday afternoon, I will almost always stumble my way into a workable solution. But why, oh why, I must plaintively ask, does it have to be this way? Sigh.


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Report on the status of public hospitals in major cities
The purpose of this project is to develop a descriptive analysis of the current condition of large, urban public hospitals and, specifically, to examine the impact on public hospitals of recent changes in the health care system. This project will produce a profile of trends on financial viability and service delivery at these hospitals and it will compare these trends to the experience of private institutions in these same communities. It will identify the major challenges public hospitals are facing.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $247,797.00
Awarded on: 7/25/1991
Time frame: 9/1/1991 - 6/30/1993
Grant Number: 18634
National Public Health and Hospital Institute
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Several months later I went to Dr. Groff for laser scar removal and asked him about fixing the botched injections. After looking at my facial structure in various types of lighting, he was able to correct the look of my cheekbones and face with a single syringe. Dr. Groff has an artistic eye and is extremely skilled in performing injectable fillers. I believe that the skill of the practitioner is EVERYTHING when having a procedure like this done. It is true that the cost was slightly more, but as
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If we had to point out people who best define those people with a complete lack of class and ethics – then Demba Ba's agents would be near the top of the list – no – let's rephrase that – they would be top of our list.
Demba Ba – announcement soon of his Chelsea signing soon
It seems that Demba Ba passed a full medical yesterday and has agreed terms on a £70K/week deal, but the transfer has been delayed because three of his so-called agents have been haggling over how the £2M agents fees is to be split.
Chelsea have met the £7M release clause in his Newcastle contract (note to Newcastle – never put this stuff in a contract ever again – please), and Demba Ba agreed terms, and seems to have passed his medical, but still no official news from Chelsea, but it needs to be announced before 12 noon today, since that will make him eligible to play tomorrow for Chelsea at Southampton.
We expect the announcement of Ba's transfer very soon, but for our club and Newcastle fans, we have to forget about this player – and the lads that are left at the club will hopefully fight like crazy to get us away from the relegation zone – as the first step.
When good players leave Newcastle, we've always thought the best way to think about ii is if they want to leave – so be it.
We only want players at the club who are proud to wear the shirt, and if they want to leave for big money elsewhere – the sooner they leave the better.
Demba Ba was great for Newcastle in the eighteen months he was at the club – and we thank him for his 29 goals – – but the way he left us puts a stain on his character.
That's our opinion, whatever Alan Pardew says to the contrary.
Howay the Lads!!
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help! installing preformed laminate counters
Hi! We are about to install preformed laminate counters to the base cabinets and was wondering if you are supposed to screw through the plastic corner piece on the base cabinet (it has a hole in it for screw) directly into the underside of the counter (which is just particle board). Of course, we will use the correct size screw so as not to come thru the top of the counter, but is this the correct way? Everything we can find on it says to screw to the underside of the counter, but I don't want to mess up my new counters if this not correct. We need help! Thanks in advance!
Yep, page 201; http://books.google.com/books?id=odQ...page&q&f=false Be mindful they are only plastic....
Don't forget to scribe the backsplash to the wall before installing countertop.......
I sometimes add a dab(not a bead) of silicone adhesive at the cabinet corners, also. Usually not needed, but just to make sure. The screws do the holding.
I'd second Bill's comment, a couple of screws to locate them and then silicone will hold them snugly. Once properly installed, countertops tend to be trapped against the walls and between appliances so they don't have much tendency to move very much. In my experience most of the movement tends to be backwards, from leaning against the tops, so as long as they are firmly set to the wall you should be fine.
And totally off-topic, hey Wilmington! Good to see another local DIYer on here, I'm trying to be handy in New Castle :thumbup:
The plastic corners are sometimes very flimsy so be careful not to wind the screw so hard that it could come up through the countertop.
Are the plastic corners screwed or stapled to the cabinets?
In some cases they are only stapled and probably should be checked for stability if you intend to use them to "draw-down" a counter top.:)
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text: By ERIKA NIEDOWSKIPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) â¿¿ The director of the new state health insurance exchange being created as part of the federal health overhaul says that it is on track to begin enrolling Rhode Islanders this fall and that it should offer patients a larger role, additional choice and more affordability in their health care. Christine Ferguson said the exchange â¿¿ an online insurance marketplace designed to help individuals and small businesses buy health coverage â¿¿ is in the middle of a "steady build." That includes everything from the technology needed to allow people to enroll online to the outreach that will be done to get people to use it. The exchanges, which are being rolled out in every state, are a centerpiece of the federal Affordable Care Act, the biggest addition to the social safety net in the U.S. since Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 and an attempt to get coverage to about 30 million Americans who lack it. "At a time over the last 20 years when everything's been contracting at the state level, we're talking about creating some new capacity," Ferguson said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. "I think that that offers us a wonderful opportunity." Rhode Island is one of 18 states building its own exchange and is using about $74 million in federal funds. The new health care law requires most individuals to have insurance as of Jan. 1, provides subsidies to help pay for it and penalizes those who don't get it. Businesses with 50 or more employees also will be required to offer coverage, or likewise face a penalty. State officials say about 126,000 Rhode Islanders are uninsured in a population of just over 1 million â¿¿ about 12 percent. Through the exchange and an expansion of Medicaid, the government program that provides health coverage for low-income individuals, Rhode Island hopes to eventually achieve near universal coverage.