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NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- First off, it is no coincidence that Gateway Review Forums are absolutely loaded with terrible reviews. That should be noted by anyone reading this, and passed on accordingly. I'm a fairly reasonable guy, and I can confidently say that the customer service I recently received from Gateway has undoubtedly been the worst customer service I've ever experienced.
Similar to many other reviews on these forums, my issue with Gateway involved their warranty, the repair center, and Gateway's failure to act with even the slightest amount of integrity during the entire process. I'm not even a classic reviewer - I haven't written one in years. I've been pissed off and tempted plenty of times, but I'll usually just let it go. This situation with Gateway, however, is just so absolutely horrendous, that I am left with no choice but to do my part in spreading the word on the pathetic excuse for a company that is Gateway.
I bought my Gateway PC (Windows 8) on May 21st, 2013. Not 2 months later, I cannot install Windows Updates without an immediate freeze, cannot shut down the computer, cannot restart, reset, refresh to factory settings, system restore - nothing. The hardware is busted. So I call up Gateway and after basic troubleshooting attempts, they advise me to send it in for repair under my 1-year Limited Warranty.
After a long discussion, they tell me to ship it out to them in Texas to the Acer Repair Center. I was foolish enough to not consider the shipping cost, which was ~$40.00, until after the fact. That night, I call up Gateway requesting a refund on the $40.00 - reasoning that I just bought the computer two months ago and should not be responsible to pay for the shipment out to them - and they tell me they won't do it. So that pissed me off, but I had other things going on - and I let it slide.
Two weeks later (yesterday), my computer arrives back from the Acer/Gateway Repair Center. Very excited, I open it up and plug it in. Had I read these other reviews, I would have already known what was about to happen. I turn it on - and this is 100% accurate - within 30 seconds, I realize that every single problem with the PC remained unfixed. I literally couldn't even believe it, so I tried a couple of things with the hopes that it was just rusty. Negative. Gateway had sent me back my PC, two weeks later, in the same defective condition it went out. Not a single defect was fixed. So I call Gateway.
My biggest issue was not that it remained defective (although that obviously pissed me off quite a bit), but that it took me one attempt to plainly see that the computer was not fixed. I logged on, did a quick check, and immediately noticed. What does that say about Gateway's technicians, let alone Gateway's level of care for their customers? After 30 minutes or so of back and forth, I make my way to the "highest" level of customer service that exists at Gateway - the corporate section. Needless to say, the conversation was highly unsatisfactory.
I wish I had recorded the phone call so I could post it right here with my review. The customer service at this level wasn't just horrendous, it was virtually non-existent. At the end of the long, fruitless conversation I had with that robot, the best Gateway was willing to offer me was a 30-day extension on my warranty (10 months away). And she couldn't tell me enough how great of a courtesy I was receiving from Gateway. I was so appalled by this suggestion that I refused it, and don't regret doing so.
Despite me explaining that I bought the computer two months ago, paid $40 to ship it out there, and patiently waited two weeks for its return only to find it in the same condition in which I sent it out - there was nothing Gateway would do to rectify the situation. So that was that. My computer is currently on its way back to Texas, likely to return defective for a second time. In the literal sense of the word, it is truly unbelievable that a company of this size could possibly be so devoid of integrity.
I think it's safe to say that I wish you stay far away from Gateway products, both for my, and your, personal well-being. At least until they get their act together, which doesn't seem like it's going to happen anytime soon. For one, based on my, and everyone else's recent experience with Gateway, their computers seem to be very poorly manufactured. Every other review you find on Gateway mentions continuous failures in their PC/Laptop.
Second, when your computer does inevitably malfunction, you will have no choice but to ship it out to Gateway's Repair Center. Who knows what those numbskulls even do over there, but if we're going off of these reviews, they certainly aren't doing their job. And third, every single time you have even the slightest issue with your computer, you have to deal with this disgrace of a customer service process.
I remain stunned from the entire experience and my subsequent discovery of all these other reviews. I advise anyone considering purchasing a Gateway product to think twice, and even three times, before doing so. They simply cannot be trusted right now. I let the Gateway corporate team know before I got off the phone that I would spread word of my experience with them, and that is what I must do. Take these words, and spread them.
I have been in the computer business 22 years and I have to say Gateway by far has the worst support. I install and maintain networks for companies and I have approx. 125 clients with multiple computers. I also have a client base of individual computers. I have worked on over 10,000 computers. When designing a system or recommending an individual computer I consider many things, cost, compatibility, quality and of course support for the computer.
This laptop a customer purchased had issues and he contacted me to help fix the issue. After reviewing the laptop, it had no operating system. It seems the person that tried to help him prior had deleted the operating system (Vista). The drive had no recovery partition. I had to contact Gateway to order the disk which was approx. $23.00. The disk arrived almost 2 weeks later. I installed the recovery disk. It clearly states on the disk "Applications and Drivers."
After finishing the recovery I found 2 drivers were missing the wireless card and a media driver. I tried to call Gateway and found myself in a maze of push 1 for this and 2 for that. No matter what combination I used could not get them on the phone I then proceeded to Chat. That was a joke. I had already downloaded the drivers I needed. I just wanted them to send the disk including all the drivers for that computer so these steps would not have to be repeated. That is downloading the drivers to another computer then transferring them to the Gateway. Then installing them.
First I was told the drivers could only be downloaded. Then was told only a few computers had drivers available on the recovery disk. I explained that I did not have the wireless driver to get on the internet and a few moments later he asked if I was using chat on the computer in question. I explained I had to use another computer to download the drivers.
Many of the companies are using scripted information to give tech support to their customers. In some cases some have never seen the program. I work with over 500 programs and it is terrible. I have been in computers many years and remember when you received tech support years ago, they actually knew the program. Today you and I pay for their lack of talent in the support field. Working on as many computers, I know all tech support is less than perfect. In rating the support I have to say Gateway makes the bottom of my list. Even eMachines have better support for a less expensive product.
Personally I own 6 computers and 5 are HP and one is Toshiba (inherited). Depending on their needs and budget I will recommend various computers. I can promise it will not be a Gateway. Since they are in with Acer, I can't in good conscience recommend either. Dell is not a bad computer but the support is not that much better. Forget it if you bought your computer second hand. Dell does not supply the recovery disk unless you are the original owner.
In the end I had to download and burn disk for this Gateway owner. The sad thing is many of my customers would not be able to install these drivers on their own. That leaves them at the mercy of others to get the drivers in Gateway computers.
TEMPLE, TEXAS -- Gateway filed Chapter 13 years ago by the way. I recently contacted "ACER/GATEWAY" about a CD drive issue in the middle of a reformat. After sending my BluRay in 3 weeks later I get a $43 different color piece of **. I argued with India for days and finally handed me over to a state side "Level 2" in TX. Still they wanted that c/c number to put a $380 hold until they got the cheaper one back - YA YOU HEARD RIGHT.
I had to argue with them for quite a while about it being a BluRay in the first place! I kept all my packing info from the start and took pictures and P/N (part numbers) and S/N serial numbers on both with pictures... 2 weeks later I get my drive back, one more week to lift the hold. GETS WORSE. Then I find out it's not only the CD drive now it's also the hard drive. I was forced to send in the whole 70 lbs PC with insured came to $100. They replace the hard drive and the motherboard and 20 days later I get it back. I open it. IT'S ALL BANGED UP! The case is ruined!
System is slooow and I find my VIDEO CARD UNDERNEATH THE PC IN THE BOX IN NOTHING BUT A STATIC GUARD PIECE OF PLASTIC. The note from the tech accused that the card was 3rd party and will not be re-installed. WHAT!!! I contacted the manufacturer ASUS who helped me ID the card. After speaking with yet another level 2 he checked it out after I told them I knew now what they tried to do. He looked it up and YES it is their card alright. Now smashed by a 70 lb PC riding on it for 2 days OUTSIDE the PC.
Hard drive was a WD 500GB and now is a refurbished 465GB Samsung (less GB is the key here... dead giveaway it's refurbished). The motherboard which used to max 8 GB is now limited to max 3 GB. How nice. WARRANTY READS: TO REPLACE PARTS OF EQUAL VALUE.
I called and argued over and over and over and over... they want me to ship it back again. I asked if I should use THEIR shipping box with the same stuff in it. Guy said with 5 layer of bubble wrap. I never got any when it was sent to me. I have to pack it better than THEY did or it's considered void of contract. Cannot wait for the next trip my PC makes out there now. Maybe they will replace everything with a used calculator inside next. I'm so pissed off. WHERE IS THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ON THIS?!!?! COME ON GEEEZZZ DO SOMETHING. I have names, times, dates, and plenty of paper to prove it all.
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA -- June 14, 2009: After searching for just the right computer, I came across a Gateway 23 inch LCD Quad Core 640GB HDD 8GB RAM Desktop Computer + TV Tuner on HSN Item Number 464-801 for $999.90 plus $149.95 for 2 year protection plan and $35.00 shipping and handling for a total expense of $1184.85. I carefully watched the video posted on HSN for this product and deemed it exactly what I was looking for.
The Commentator for HSN talks about having several at home and how easy it is to use all the features. Having owned 3 Gateway computers (before the company was sold to an overseas corporation, something I found out after the purchase) it seemed believable.
Joe Harrison, known as Gateway Joe, then comes in and talks about the ease of use, the features to include the 640GB HDD, LabelFlash DVD/CD Optical Drive, how great Gateway Support is and how you can plug in an old VCR (using the front RCA composite jacks) and convert your VCR tapes to DVD right now (having many old home VHS tapes this analog capture device sounded like a dream come true) and then he adds that a camcorder with this type of connection (RCA Composite) you can upload all this to your Gateway.
I anxiously awaited my dream machine so I could start converting my analog videos to digital DVD's. The Gateway LX 6810-01 arrived a few days later by UPS. I eagerly went over the documentation provided in printed form as well as online yet absolutely nothing was listed for converting my analog VHS tapes to DVD, much less how the LabelFlash worked or even readme files for a How To on the majority of programs on the system... IF you could even locate the program itself as was the case with LabelFlash.
I contacted Customer Service (remember now, I purchased the extended warranty) and was told they had absolutely nothing about how to utilize the analog converter as touted on the HSN promo and to add insult to injury, they insisted that I call a number they provided to get this information but advised me, it is a fee based service $2.95 per minute or $50.00 for a half hour.
Obviously by now I was a bit put out, a $1,100+ computer HSN touted as user friendly and having great support, has no documentation and to get answers (which HSN did not have) I have to pay even more money? Email inquiries (6) yield the same response each time when requesting documentation as to How To.. pay to get the answer. Didn't I do that already? Trying to put in a second optical drive, I am advised I have a BluRay (according to the serial number) and I know for a fact it is not, it is a multi drive, but definitely not a BluRay... something it took 3 emails to get them to admit their documentation was wrong.
Then I checked the actual hard drive to find it actually has a 600GB hard drive (14.65GB EISA/581.52MB NTFS) as shows on the manage my system display onboard the Gateway computer. Looking for confirmation I used Everest Home program to verify which showed again it was a 600GB hard drive but reflected 15005MB EISA/(a 2MB buffer zone)/580,465MB NTFS, again, 600GB and NOT 640GB as advertised and as it appears on the box the system came in. How did Gateway explain that?
It is merely a conversion error on how they calculate hard drive capacities and how they are read my other systems... uh... say what again? I asked Gateway to send me or refer me to the How TO for these programs... again referred to the Fee Based number. Asked Gateway to send me an additional hard drive of at least 40GB to make the system, as advertised, but they keep insisting in spite of what readings I am getting, THEY rate it at 640GB.
I made HSN aware of all of these factors and though they still have the video (computers/desktop/$999 Gateway 23" LCD Quad Core...) on site for others to bite on, and indicated that the information posted is from their Gateway supplier, they did say that they would advise their panel of the problems and re-stated they have a 30 day return policy. While it would simple to option for this, at 60, I am a bit hard nosed and expect to get what I pay for and if a product is advertised as having capabilities, then as a buyer the How To should be available FREE and documentation available.
Customer Service is the absolute basics at best at Gateway; obviously not US based and most certainly not hands on computer literate! Program documentation virtually non-existent but step by step with graphics how to get in to the case, change memory, hard drive, etc. Believe it or not, the system itself is incredible and does multi tasking with ease... but if you aren't a highly knowledgeable computer program user, you are going to go absolutely crazy trying to figure out how or even if, various programs are even onboard... much less function as described!
Without the How To, and the overrated Hard Drive capacity, you will find nothing but annoyance, frustration and feeling that the product is grossly misrepresented by both Gateway and the HSN video posted for all to see with this item. For those Super Sleuths, watch the HSN video and see if you can come up with step by step instructions on How To... it is obvious even Gateway Customer Service can't do it... and yes, paying the fee for the answers, IS CHEATING... but would be nice to know.
SIOUX CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA -- I had the misfortune to purchase a Gateway P-172XFX laptop in June 2008. It arrived the day I was leaving departing from the U.S. for two months. The wireless connection did not work upon arrival. When I returned to the U.S. I called Gateway and after troubleshooting the computer with level 2 technical support they told me to send it to Teleplan in Dallas, TX for repair.
I shipped it out via registered mail on 28 August 2008 and it was received by Teleplan on 3 September 2008. I spoke to Teleplan on 10 September and they told me that there was a software problem with the computer and they would have to reload the Operating System. They said they would be able to ship it back to me by 12 September 2008.
On 16 September 2008, I spoke to both Teleplan and Gateway, and neither can or will tell me when I will receive my computer back. Teleplan told me today (16 September) the DVD player on the computer was now broken and they had ordered a replacement on 12 September. They added that they just moved to Temple, TX and cannot find a listing for where my computer is in their databases and if they find it it will be at least 10-15 more business days before they can ship it back to me.
I contacted Gateway and after THREE hours on hold finally spoke to a level two (?) customer service representative that was supposed to be able to resolve the issue (either assure me that the laptop would be returned within 10 days or provide me with a new computer).
The C.S. Rep (**) told me that all she could do was contact Teleplan and ask them for an estimated return date. Since I will be departing the U.S. within two weeks for a deployment overseas for a year, I told the C.S. Rep that I either wanted a refund of the $2,000 I paid for the computer or a new computer (sent to me immediately), since I would be gone by the time they said they MIGHT ship it back to me.
The C.S. Rep said she c/would not do that and that I would have to just wait for the computer. She did not care that I was deploying or that I had been without the computer that I had already paid for. When I told her that I would not be in country to receive the computer when they choose to ship it, she did not care.
I have called my credit card company to dispute the charge since Gateway shipped me a defective computer and I will not be in country to receive it when they finally decide to ship it back to me. I will never buy another Gateway product, especially since they have no concern about people deploying overseas.
Beware of Gateway, I received a defective laptop and they took my money and then told me to send it back for repair and will not tell me when I will get it back. They do not support those of us going overseas to serve our country. All they want is our money.
CALIFORNIA -- I work for an agency that buys PCs from Dell, Gateway and HP. Problems vary with each new model of PC. Quality of customer service seems vary over time. Most recently Gateway seems to be hit the bottom with just ridiculous customer service. I Have a pile of failed gateway components, too much trouble to warranty. Calls to Gateway customer service often take up to an hour to verify serial numbers and warranty coverage. Once they do verify the coverage the part shows up in a day or two, then we have one week to send back the old parts.
A week later we get a return shipping label in the mail. If I ship out the old parts the same day I get the label it's already late. Then Gateway sends an invoice with my name on it charging our department for failing to return the old warranty part. I have to explain the invoice to my accounting department, then make phone calls to gateway to clear the invoice. Usually takes two or more calls to Gateway's returns department and one or more calls to their accounting department.
It is much less time consuming for me to rob or modify parts from old equipment than go through their warranty procedure. A complaint to our head office resulted in the Gateway Rep assuring us that this was the exception rather than the rule and he would personally follow up and resolve this unusual customer service issue. Once the case was resolved it was business as usual with Gateway. Same problems all over again.
If a keyboard fails I have to call customer service, then I am transferred to a tech that tells me "hold the keyboard between my palms with the end of the keyboard six inches above the desk and drop it to unstick the keys. And if that doesn't work call us back and we will go from there." Seemed ridiculous, but it worked and the keyboard worked for two days after that. The user called me two days later calling me an idiot, I laughed and agreed, "your right and I acted on some really bad advice. I'll bring a new keyboard right away."
Just have to laugh every time I throw a gateway keyboard away, Just hold it between my palms six inches above the garbage can and drop it. Computer manufacturers are selling PCs so cheap these days that there is very little of the profit margin left for customer service or warranty. They don't honor anything beyond what is stated in the warranty and they don't staff their help desks with professional people. Nothing against the help desk people, cut them some slack, they don't get much training and are just following the company's policy, for the most part they are really nice people with a really lousy job dealing with often angry customers.
If you really depend on your PC, it's better to buy your next computer from a local independent shop that builds and maintains PCs. Spend the extra money for quality components and professional local service. If you're buying Big ticket electronics Costco is the bomb, they don't have the forever warranty anymore but they will give you two years of warranty you can't beat anywhere.
PITTSBURG,, CALIFORNIA -- I purchased a Gateway computer last November from Best Buy. This was my 2nd Gateway computer I purchased within 2 1/2 years. I had to replace my first one because it would not take a charge. The connection in the computer was "wiggly". I NEED my computer for work. So I bought a new one.
After about 9 1/2 months of using my new computer, the same problem happened as the first. I couldn't charge my battery. I went through 3 adapters I had to tape onto my computer for my computer to get any power to it at all. My computer was working. It was just not getting power to the computer or to charge the battery. I called Gateway to send it in for warranty repair. I was told a box was being shipped to me to send my computer in. I was told my warranty was going to expire soon and asked if I wanted to renew it. I declined at the time. They gave me some numbers to put on my box. I attached those numbers to my original box that I got the Gateway in.
I waited and waited and after 1 1/2 weeks I called Gateway back asking about my box. They said it was supposed to be sent out to me but it wasn't. They assigned me new numbers to put on my box (which I did). They told me the box was being sent out. They mentioned that my warranty was to expire soon. I declined again. So once again... I waited and after a week I called Gateway and asked about my box. And the same thing happened... no box. I was reassigned numbers to attach to my box.
I told Gateway that I would pay for the shipping. I had the original box the computer came in. They said no that it had to be sent out in their box to the address label they provide. This happened another time. I called back again and was told the box was delivered which it wasn't. This time though I renewed my warranty. I paid over $100 because I had the suspicions that Gateway was stalling so they wouldn't need to cover my repair. I attached the new numbers they provided me with to my box.
Finally the box came. I sent it in to Gateway and 4 days later I get a call saying that the warranty didn't cover the motherboard getting wet. My motherboard DID NOT GET WET! I sent it in because I couldn't charge my computer. If I charged my battery in a friend's computer and used it on mine... There was no problem!!! MY COMPUTER WORKED!!! I requested pictures of my motherboard which I never received.
I called Gateway and was told to call this number and when I called it, the lady was so rude. Told me my computer was already sent back to me. I told her I requested photos of my motherboard and she said they could send me them. Gateway records our calls for quality. If they could review the call to this lady she first said it was sent back to me then she said she can send me photos. When I questioned this she said "Oh, it's still down in our warehouse." What was Gateway going to do, send me photos of somebody else's computer?
I sent my working computer in to repair the plug. And the diagnosis... (after I spent more $ on a warranty) which didn't even kick in... I was told the motherboard got wet and it wasn't under warranty. I believe that Gateway lies about the diagnosis and that they steal.
TEMPLE, TEXAS -- About 6 months ago I purchased a Gateway FX8600 computer from Best Buy. All has been well up to the point when the HDD was unrecognizable to the BIOS. Hence the computer won't boot and the HDD was deemed failed. Mildly unfortunate but the bad news was yet to come. I contacted Gateway and was told to send it to Texas for warranty service at my expense. My expense? Irritating although I understand as it is in their warranty as such. So a bit over $60.00 and the tower was boxed (according to very specific standards set by Gateway) and shipped to Gateway.
So about two weeks later my computer shows up at my door. I open the box and discover Gateway didn't ship the tower back using the same stringent packaging guidelines and therefore my 6 month old computer now has dents on 3 of the 4 corners. Not to mention the sides are not locked in properly. I can only assume they are this way due to the corner impacts and twisting of the case.
So I contact support and after 3 transfers and 1 hr I received the official answer as to how Gateway will handle the problem. I need to repackage the product using the proper guidelines (AT MY EXPENSE), take it back to the shipper where they will then pay to ship it back to the repair facility. I will then receive it back in another couple weeks or so.
So, am I alone in thinking that since Gateway failed to ship it properly that they should pay to package it properly? I asked that they send me a box with a return label in it to keep me from have to spend more money and they refused, citing they have now way to ship an empty box to me. So iPod rescue can do it but Gateway cannot. Even when it is their screw up to begin with. I cannot stress how disappointed I am with Gateway and all of their levels of "service." So off I go to the shipper to package and ship the unit properly. Then, letters to the Bureau of Electronics Repair, the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Attorney General's Office.
I purchased my Gateway GT5656 about one year and two months ago. For the first 8 months no problems what so ever, then on the ninth month out of nowhere it shut off, while I was checking my email. I thought I had a power shortage or that I had unplugged it by accident. I was wrong. I rebooted, it came on no problem. The next day, it shut off with no warning 3 more times. I contacted Gateway, I was asked did I register it. I said no - they registered it for me, then they said they could help. I told them what was happening, they told me to send them the hard drive and they would fix it. So I did.
Three weeks later, I got a new hard drive, at least that's what I was told. Three more months go by and it does the exact same thing again. I contact them, they tell me my comp is no longer under warranty and that I must pay for help. I tell them that they didn't fix the problem and now I have to pay to even talk to a customer service rep, they say yes and that it's going to be around 250 dollars just to talk - that's not counting the repairs fees.
I now have a 2800 dollar comp that doesn't allow me to stay on longer than an hour and shuts off immediately if I try and do more than two things at once, example check email and open a web page. I advise anyone who wants a new comp stay away from Gateway. They don't have anyone that will speak to you for free when your warranty is done. They make crappy computers and don't care if your comp doesn't work. They have your money.
I even contacted Microsoft for help, they couldn't or wouldn't even reply to my emails. I'm so through with Gateway that it's beyond belief. I purchased my Gateway computer through Best Buy, and you won't believe the price they quoted me to just look at it. Not to mention what it's going to cost me to fix it. Also beware there is no free number to contact Gateway.
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA -- I bought a Gateway gt4010 from Bestbuy about 18 months ago, and it has stop working, for I thought it was the hard drive which I replaced and it still didn't work, after asking a few tech friends about the problems I was have they figured out that it was the motherboard. After contacting Gateway customer service (or the lack thereof) I was told that the mother boards was out of the warranty. Well that's just great. Then when I asked where I could purchase the motherboards I was told to look it up on the Emachines web site as well as given a phone number to call.
Well I was shocked to find out that the Gateway computer I bought was made by Emachines which means I paid for the Gateway name but got a machine made by the worst computer company around and get this the motherboard cost 179.00. And if that's not a kick in the head the stats on the motherboard stated the front USB ports would not work because of a slight change in the motherboard. So after looking around at different computer parts websites I found that I could buy a new motherboard, processor and power supply, can case that would take my equipment for the Gateway.
For $149 buy I would have to buy a new op systems because my reinstall disc will only working on Gateways. So now I am using a five years Dell Dimension 2300 computer that is so slow that I fall asleep while it loads up when you turn it on, and the only reason I bought the Gateway was to replace my Dell 2300. So now I have a $1000 door stop and a computer company (Gateway) who makes a rotten product and does not stand behind their product. So much for a company that at one time took pride in their services and goods. Don't buy Gateway.


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description: There are many types of wood, but yew is the choice for making the medieval longbow. Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips learn why the properties of yew can make a very lethal weapon.

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JONNY PHILLIPS: Wood is one of the most versatile materials on earth.
RICHARD AMBROSE: It can keep you warm, it can keep you dry, it can help float, it can help you fly!  Ah, yes!
JONNY PHILLIPS: And it can be environmentally friendly and it grows on trees!
RICHARD AMBROSE: Ooh!
NARRATOR: Ooh, bet that hurt.
NARRATOR: There are thousands of different types of wood but there's one in particular that interests us; yew.  For a very good reason.
JONNY PHILLIPS: Yew is the wood of choice for making the medieval long bow and we're here to see Richard who knows all about them.  Richard, why was yew so perfect for making long bows?
RICHARD HEAD: Two main reasons, apart from it's natural springiness, it has two distinct sections to it, a very, very pale colored sap wood contrasting with the orange hard wood.  Now the sap wood is very good at resisting tension so when we make a bow that will form the outside curve.  The hard wood good at resisting compression will form the inside curve.
JONNY PHILLIPS: And I understand it's a very powerful weapon and you've set up a demonstration to uh, to show us...
RICHARD HEAD: It is.
JONNY PHILLIPS: ...just how powerful.
RICHARD HEAD: The bows we make these days tend to be for target shooting uh, we're no longer at war with the French uh, so we're just shooting at, at targets.
JONNY PHILLIPS: Shall we see what it can do?
RICHARD HEAD: Let's have a go.
NARRATOR: Used as long ago as the Middle Ages, even today in the right hands, the long bow can still be a lethal weapon.
RICHARD HEAD: That was pretty good, how you doing?
RICHARD AMBROSE: I'm loving it, but my wrist and arm are really aching now.
RICHARD HEAD: It, it will do.  The bow you've got there is only 50lb draw weight, a target weight bow.  If you were at the Battle of Agincourt you'd be drawing a bow 100lbs maybe even as much as 150lbs.
RICHARD HEAD: Perhaps as much as three times the weigh as that.
JONNY PHILLIPS: I'll go and fetch the alternative target.
RICHARD AMBROSE: I'll get some more practice in then.
NARRATOR: So, just how effective was a long bow at shooting an arrow through a Frenchman's armor.  Well this car bonnet is the nearest thing we could get our hands on to try and find out.  Zut alors!
RICHARD HEAD: Right let's give it a go.
RICHARD HEAD: So let's put the arrow on to the string and away you go.
RICHARD AMBROSE: Aw, haw, haw, ho, ho, oh, shooting!
JONNY PHILLIPS: Good shooting Rich.
RICHARD AMBROSE: Hey, hey, hey!
JONNY PHILLIPS: You done this before?
RICHARD AMBROSE: Man!  I'm a natural.
JONNY PHILLIPS: I shall start calling you Robin.


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BREVARD, N.C.-The Brevard College men's basketball team erased a nine-point deficit with less than seven minutes remaining against Lees-McRae on Wednesday night, but ultimately dropped a 94-89 decision to the Bobcats in their season opener in Boshamer Gymnasium.
Trailing by nine with 6:50 left in the game, the Tornados engineered a 15-4 run to take an 89-87 lead on a Darius Moose layup with just over a minute remaining. A Trevon Shaw three-pointer with 1:55 left tied the game at 87-87. Dominique Pickett, who paced BC with 25 points on the night, had five points during the run.
The go-ahead layup by Moose gave the Tornados their first lead since a 64-63 edge less than six minutes into the second half. The Bobcats would go on to score seven unanswered points following Moose's basket to escape with the victory.
Moose finished with a double-double, netting 24 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. The redshirt junior helped BC to a 49-48 halftime lead with 17 points in the first half.
Jacquise Moore poured in a game-high 29 points to lead the Bobcats, who improve to 3-0 on the season. Darius Smith was the catalyst for Lees-McRae, distributing a game-high 11 assists.
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maybe this works for you, in any case, it's the same procedure that you use to Dual Boot with XP, if you're still having problems, posting your lilo conf would help in these cases
I have looked all throughout this forum and along with looking through Google for answers to this questions. The problem that I can't seem to find a solution for is when I go through the tutorial to dual boot, everything goes piece of cake until the very last step. When changing the lilo.conf file I copy the tutorial exactly but when I go to run lilo -v, I get a "Fatal: First sector of /dev/sda1 doesn't have a recognizable boot." Hopefully, someone can help me out with this, I'm running on a T61 Lenovo, Vista Ultimate OS, trying to use Backtrack 2. BTW, the Backtrack portion is found but then when lilo trys to find windows, thats when the error occurs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
maybe this works for you, in any case, it's the same procedure that you use to Dual Boot with XP, if you're still having problems, posting your lilo conf would help in these cases
"Family, Religion, Friends, those are the three demons you must face if you want to be successful in business"
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Thanks for the quick response, my lilo conf is
boot = /dev/sda
#compact # faster
timeout = 300
vga = 791
#Linux start
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/sda4
label = BT2
other = /dev/sda1
label = Windows
table = /dev/sda
Now i tried re mounting my /boot/ from a previous post on the forum, and apparently this doesn't help because now I get a
/proc/partitions' does not exist, disk scan bypasses
Fatal: creat /boot/map~: No such file or directory"
fdisk shows the partitions in order and correct System
All help is GREATLY appreciated, I'm new to Linux but am avid to get rid of Windows.
When I use the command 'mount' the output is
tmpfs on / type tmpfs (rw)
proc on / proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devgid=10,devmode=0666)
/dev/sda4 on /mnt/sda4 type reiserfs (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/backtrack/boot type ext2 (rw)
when I try command "chroot /mnt/backtrack/ /bin/bash/"
output is:
chroot: cannot run command '/bin/bash/' : No such file or directory
Hope this can help someone in aiding my failed attempt at dual booting my laptop.
Well guess what, you don't have a sda1.
Basically you have given yourself the answer to your question.
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When using fdisk my sda1 shows up normally, correct system, correct size. When I used qtparted it shows up but not as a windows system, it shows as a unknown active? Any ideas?
When i try to run qtparted now I get an error that says "cannot find /proc/partitions" I want to just blow away the partitions and load just backtrack and say Debian? Whats the easiest way to go about doing that
Sorry about the last post, I looked up the fstab info, should have in the first place. My fstab now reads
/dev/sda1 / vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/sda2 /mnt/backtrack/boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda4 /mnt/backtrack reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5, mode=791 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
now when i test booting up the /dev/sda2, it seems to be working now,
it says *added linux
but when i do this to the windows partition I get an error, I haven't yet run " Lilo -v" I wont want to write to the MBR. Hope this can help someone in figuring out what mistake I have made
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Right now they don't know the cause - she is being induced to deliver and after they might be able to find some answers.
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Doha, Qatar (UNOSDP) – The 4th edition of the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp (YLC) kicked off on January 14 at the world renowned Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The Camp brings together youth aged 18-25 in order to teach them the best practices in using sport as a tool for positive change in their communities. The 29 youth from Africa and the Middle East will return to their home countries on 25 January 2013 with a clear vision of how they can make improvements in their community by harnessing the power of sport.The Camp is returning to its origin with the first edition having been hosted by the Aspire Zone Foundation at the Aspire Dome Sports Complex in Doha last January. The YLC is the initiative of the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, and his Office, UNOSDP. It is co-organized together with Right To Play, the largest NGO using sport for social change and supported by the Chinese sport equipment manufacturer 361, which provides sports equipment free of charge for the camp participants. The first day kicked off with a Press Conference attended by Special Adviser Lemke. He was accompanied by British Olympian Lynee Beattie who was representing the FIVB Heroes campaign.Mr. Lemke said: "We have seen time and time again that when young people are given an opportunity to be the catalyst for change, positive changes are possible. I am convinced that today will be the first day of a remarkable journey for these 29 young people"."I really believe that this camp will widen their vision on what they are currently doing and the role that they play in their communities. The new path that many of the previous participants have taken has been remarkable and I expect this group to achieve the same results", says the lead facilitator of the camp, Mr. Fadi El Yamani from the organization Right To Play.Over the course of the ten day program, the youth will undertake both theoretical and practical trainings from Organizations like Right to Play, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Boxgirls International; Sport Federations like The International Volleyball Federation(FIVB), The International Basketball Federation (FIBA), The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), and the International Judo Federation (IJF); and a special facilitation by Liverpool Football Club.Says Freeman Larmie 25 years old from Caldwell, Liberia who works for The Liberia National Table Tennis Association as Secretary-General: "I am so excited to learn new things over the next days from great organizations and it is my hope, that I can take this knowledge back to my country and share this knowledge with others to make a positive difference".This year will also see Camps in Switzerland, Sweden and the Republic of Korea. It is the intention to have a wide geographic distribution of the Camps in the coming years. The YLC initiative is in line with the UN's strong focus on youth and the UN Secretary-General's generational opportunity and imperative of working with and for women and young people, which is part of his Five-Year Action Agenda. The YLC aims to strengthen a broad range of leadership, technical and transferable skills of youth and supports them as multipliers for implementing UN goals and cross-cutting issues in local communities. In order to promote diversity and ensure inclusion, the all Camps ensure gender equality amongst the participants and always include persons with disabilities. Read more about the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Programme here.
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Apple has introduced iPad, a device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more.
iPad's high-resolution multi-touch display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is 0.5-inch thick and weighs 1.5 pounds - thinner and lighter than any notebook or netbook, Apple pointed out.
iPad includes 12 new apps designed especially for the iPad, and will run almost all of the over 140,000 apps in the App Store.
iPad will be available in late March starting at US$499.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
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- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
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Smith hurls seven stellar innings
After long bus ride, A's prospect fans eight, allows lone single
By Josh Jackson / Special to MLB.com | May 28, 2013 8:51 PM ET
A variety of skills contributed to Murphy Smith's success on Tuesday night: fielding, commanding his pitches ... sleeping on the bus.
"I'm a fairly good bus sleeper," he admitted.
That's lucky for him. Smith and the Double-A RockHounds arrived back in Midland, Texas, at 5:30 a.m. after an approximately 11-hour bus ride from Springfield, Mo.
Back on the mound 13 hours later, Smith allowed one hit and struck out eight over seven scoreless innings as the RockHounds clobbered the Tulsa Drillers, 10-1.
The Athletics prospect improved to 5-5 and lowered his ERA to 2.34, which ranks fourth in the Texas League. He was facing the Drillers for the second time in six days after they got to him for five runs on five hits, including two homers, in a 4 1/3-inning stint out of the bullpen.
"Honestly, my command, pretty much everything was off [in that game]," Smith said. "Everything I threw was up in the zone and I didn't have a great feel for my breaking ball. This time, obviously, everything was a lot better."
Smith worked around a walk in each of the first two innings and Rockies No. 19 prospect Cristhian Adames opened the third by lining a single to right field.
"It was a fastball that was just right down the middle and he took advantage of it," Smith said. "You make a mistake like that, you hope to get away with it. But I didn't this time."
With Rafael Ortega -- Colorado's 15th-ranked prospect -- at the plate, the 25-year-old right-hander threw a pitch that squirted away from catcher Beau Taylor.
"I was trying to throw a changeup down," Smith said. "I kind of spiked it a little too much and it got by Beau."
Smith got Ortega to fly out to center field, Chad Oberacker threw Adames out trying to advance to third and Delta Cleary was retired on a comebacker to end the inning.
After a leadoff walk in the fourth, Smith got two groundouts, then struck out the next six batters. And by the bottom of the fifth, Midland had a 7-0 lead.
"I had ample run support at the time," he said, referring to the strikeout streak. "I was pitching with lead and I got into a really good rhythm with Beau. With a lead, you can afford to make a few mistakes and that lets you pitch with a bit more confidence."
The final strikeout victim in the run was Cleary, who swung at a curveball down that got away from Taylor.
"It was a backspin curve with a lot backspin on it," Smith said. "When it bounced off Beau, he turned to go back and the ball bounced back to the edge of the grass. I saw he didn't know where it was, so I went and got it and thankfully had time to make the play."
Smith could not recall earning an assist on a strikeout.
"That was a first for me," he said. "In baseball, you've always got to be prepared for anything, I guess."
The 2009 13th-round Draft pick ended the sixth with a groundout and got another strikeout in a perfect seventh before handing the ball to Carlos Fisher. Fisher allowed a run in the eighth, but Nate Long worked a scoreless ninth.
Tyler Ladendorf doubled twice and drove in three runs for the RockHounds, while Anthony Aliotti and Darwin Perez both contributed two hits and two RBIs. Leadoff man Conner Crumbliss went 3-for-4 with a walk and three runs scored.
Adames knocked in the Drillers' lone run.
Josh Jackson is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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This is the palm-sized GPS unit that verbally tells golfers how far they are from the green to help improve club and shot selections. The device automatically recognizes the golf course and hole you are playing from its pre-loaded database of 35,000 courses. With a press of a button, the GPS announces the remaining distance to the front, back, or center of the green in a clear female voice�accurate to within nine feet�as the data is simultaneously displayed on its monochrome LCD screen. It can also measure the length of drives. Small enough to clip unobtrusively to a visor, belt, or golf bag, the device can speak in one of eight languages. No subscription required; up to 5,000 additional golf courses can be downloaded from the manufacturer's web site. Operates for nine hours after a two-hour charge using the included USB/AC adapter. 1 3/4" H x 1 3/4" H x 1/2" D. (1 oz.)
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You get used to knowing the remaining yardage very quickly. Now I can't imagine playing golf without it. My scores have improved since using this, especially with the short irons because it helps you more accurately define what each iron will do. Great fun!
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Colin Vock's memorable week on the ice has been recognized.
On Tuesday morning, the 27-year-old Utah Grizzlies forward was named the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Jan. 28-Feb. 3. Vock netted six of Utah's eight goals last week, helping the Grizzlies to a 1-0-1 record in a pair of games at Ontario, Calif.
In Utah's 6-5 shootout loss Friday night to the Reign, Vock scored three goals, including two on a power play. He added another hat trick in Utah's 3-0 bounce-back win over Ontario Saturday, scoring the eventual game-winner and adding another power-play goal.
The Utah forward also has a chance to match history this week.
Vock will aim to be just the fifth player in ECHL history and the first since Steve Gibson in 1997 to score three goals in three consecutive games when the Grizzlies visit Idaho on Wednesday.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Vock has tallied 31 points (17 goals, 14 assists) in 40 games this season, and leads the Grizzlies with 17 goals and a +13 rating.
In 101 career ECHL games with Utah and Gwinnett. Vock has tallied 63 points (31 goals and 32 assists).
In a statement release from the ECHL, a case of hockey pucks will be donated to a Utah youth hockey organization by Sher-Wood Hockey, the exclusive puck supplier of the ECHL, on behalf of Vock.


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Cortina D'ampezzo, Italy • Lindsey Vonn is back at full speed.
Vonn won a World Cup downhill Saturday for her first victory in more than five weeks, beating overall leader Tina Maze by nearly half a second.
And most importantly, she's back to being fully healthy after a nasty bacterial problem that ate away the muscles in her powerful legs and sapped her energy the last few months.
"I'm excited to be racing and I have that fire again and I trust that my body is strong enough to ski the way I want to ski," said Vonn, a part-time Park City resident. "It wasn't always the case in all the races this year. I'm back to my old self and it's a good feeling."
Vonn clocked 1 minute, 38.25 seconds down the sun-drenched Olympia delle Tofane course. Current overall leader Tina Maze finished second, 0.43 seconds behind, and Vonn's American teammate Leanne Smith was third, 0.89 back.
After failing to finish two consecutive races in France in mid-December including an uncharacteristic fall in downhill, the discipline she's Olympic champion in Vonn left the circuit for 27 days and missed six races. Having been hospitalized with an intestinal illness in November, she wondered whether she would win again this season.
"When I decided to take the break, I was so weak," said Vonn, adding that doctors never figured out exactly what type of bacterial problem she had. "I didn't know if I was going to be able to build enough strength back up in that short time to be able to race. My legs were skinny, I lost all my muscle, I had no endurance. I really was struggling physically to be where I was before."
Vonn didn't touch her skis during her time off in the United States.
"I was off snow completely," she said. "I was just in the gym working out two to three times a day, doing a lot of endurance training, a lot of weight training just really trying to get back to where I was in the fall, before I got sick."
In her first races back last weekend in St. Anton, Austria, Vonn finished sixth and fourth in a downhill and super-G, respectively.
This time, there was no stopping her.
Men's skiing
Christof Innerhofer of Italy has provisionally won the classic Lauberhorn downhill on Saturday in Wengen, Switzerland, and Johan Clarey of France set a World Cup speed record of 100.6 mph.
Innerhofer timed 2 minutes, 29.82 seconds down the 2.74-mile course, the longest on the World Cup program.
"For me, it's amazing winning at Wengen. It cannot be better," said Innerhofer, who won the downhill in November at Beaver Creek, Colo.
Klaus Kroell of Austria was second, 0.30 seconds behind, while teammate Hannes Reichelt was 0.76 back in third.
American Marco Sullivan finished 13th, while teammate Travis Ganong was 21st and Steven Nyman crashed out.
Anton Shipulin of Russia led almost from start to finish in the 12.5-kilometer pursuit to claim his second consecutive World Cup biathlon win on Saturday in Anterselva, Italy.
Shipulin completed the course in 31 minutes, 24.2 seconds with two penalties, finishing 22.6 seconds ahead of Jakov Fak of Slovenia.
Two-time world champion David Moeller edged Olympic gold medalist Felix Loch in a 1-2 German finish at a men's luge World Cup event on Saturday in Winterberg, Germany.
Italian veteran Armin Zoeggeler led after the first heat but dropped to third after the second run.
Moeller set a course record in the second heat to jump from third to first for his second win of the season and the 10th World Cup victory of his career.
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Notice of Change to Compensation Policy (12/16/2014)
The compensation policy for Second District Mediators will change as of January 2, 2015.
For a decade now, the Second Appellate District has provided a mediation and settlement program with volunteers serving as settlement officers and/or mediators. Justices Fred Woods and Richard D. Aldrich spearheaded court-wide implementation of this program which was initially started by Justice Earl Johnson for Division Seven. The Second District, through collaborative efforts with the Los Angeles Superior Court and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, have created a way of providing and encouraging alternative dispute resolution for civil disputes on appeal.
Since the inception of the mediation program, over 2,200 cases have been mediated. The mediation program operates independently of the court, is completely confidential, and offered at little or no cost. Highly experienced, professionally trained individuals such as professional mediators, appellate specialists and retired jurists from a wide range of practices volunteer their services to the program. Click here for more information about the program.
What Every Lawyer Should Know about Appellate Settlement, article by Benjamin G. Shatz, certified specialist in Appellate Law in the Appellate Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP


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Bobcat Company has officially broken ground on its $20 million renovation and expansion to create the Acceleration Center in Bismarck, N.D. When complete, the Acceleration Center will be a modern complex for advancing innovation where professionals utilize technology and modern design to ensure the position of Bobcat as the leader in the compact equipment industry.
The project includes expansion of an existing building as well as development of a new test track and indoor testing facility — all at the Northern Plains Commerce Centre in Bismarck. The expansion of the existing building will include a two-story office building and provide a total of 160,000 square feet of modern workspace. Additionally, a 35,000-square-foot indoor testing arena will be constructed next to a 22-acre outdoor testing and track area. Construction is expected to be complete by summer 2014.
The Acceleration Center will initially house 135 employees tasked with innovating and advancing designs; testing; prototype engineering; and the computer simulation of ideas and concepts. These efforts will be accelerated thanks to the collaborative open environment and modern technology built into the facility.
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IBM Datacap Scripting Workshop (Virtual)
IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture 8.1 is a complete solution for document and data capture. Taskmaster scans, classifies, recognizes, validates, verifies, and exports data and document images quickly, accurately and cost-effectively. By combining the best of breed recognition engines for OCR, ICR, OMR and barcodes with libraries of hundreds of script-based actions, Taskmaster accurately captures data from any type of structured, highly variable, or unstructured form. Taskmaster captures machine print, hand print, bar codes, and check box data. Using Taskmaster's flexible rules engine, data capture can be tailored to fit the most demanding business requirements – and can be changed quickly when business needs change. For indexing applications, Taskmaster streamlines the manual data entry of indexes by using recognition to automatically identify the index values on each document and to automate the document identification process.
In this workshop, you will learn the features and functions of IBM Datacap Taskmaster that can be used to quickly implement new applications and customize out-of-the-box functionality for specific customer requirements.
What you will discover by attending this workshop
IBM Datacap customization using the following components:
- Datacap Studio
- The new .NET framework application-based interface (replaces Batch Pilot and Taskmaster Client)
- DotEdit
Events highlights
- Creating structured and unstructured capture applications
- Datacap objects, properties and methods
- Creating/modifying actions with Visual Basic and Visual Studio C#
- Building verification panels
- Creating an export task
- Application design, maintenance, and serviceability
- You must be an IBM Business Partner
- Knowledge of Datacap Taskmaster concepts (e.g., Datacap Quickstart Workshop)
- A desire to learn how to extend the capabilities of Datacap Taskmaster
BYOD with the following components pre-installed:
1. IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture 8.1.0 on Windows 7/ Win 2008 (Part# CI9YJML)
Essentially, a complete install is required. Datacap Studio and Taskmaster Client (APT application) will be used extensively. The Taskmaster Web and FastDoc Capture components are not required.
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20th Anniversary
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Randomized Controlled Trial Of Fish Oil and Montelukast And Their Combination On Airway Inflammation And Hyperpnea-Induced Bronchoconstriction. Authors: Tecklenburg-Lund, Mickleborough, et al | Publication: PLoS ONE; Oct.2010
Evaluation Of Lipid Profiles, Inflammatory Markers And The Use Of Omega-3 EFA In Professional Football Players. Authors: Yates, Norwig, Maroon, Bost, et al | Publication: Sports Health; 2009
A Pilot Study Of The Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids On Heart RateVariability In Anxiety Disorders. Authors: Connor, Zhang, Payne, et al | Publication: Neuropsychopharmacology; 2005
ProEPA™ ProEPA™ is an omega-rich formula derived from the component of fish oil that helps lower cardiovascular risk factors and maintain a general sense of calm.* Original research on ProEPA™ has also shown proven benefits for fat metabolism and healthy blood sugar levels.* Clinically shown to support a healthy mood* A high-potency EPA formula from concentrated fish oil
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Augmentation Of Citalopram Treatment For Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. Authors: Gertsik L, Poland R, Bresee C, et al. | Publication: J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2012
Treatment With Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduces Serum C-Reactive Protein Concentration. Authors: Muhammad, Morledge, Saachar, et al | Publication: Clin. Lipidol; 2011
Long Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Decrease Feelings Of Anger In Substance Abusers. Authors: Buydens, Branchey | Publication: Psychiatry Research; 2008
Omega-3 Fatty Acids (Fish Oil) As An Anti-Inflammatory: An Alternative To Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs For Discogenic Pain. Authors: Maroon, Bost | Publication: Surgical Neurology; 2006
n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Decrease Anxiety Feelings In A Population Of Substance Abusers. Authors: Buydens-Branchey, Branchey | Publication: J Clin Psychopharmacol; 2006
Testing The Acceptability Of Liquid Fish Oil In Older Adults. Authors: Yaxley, Miller, Fraser, et al | Publication: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr; 2011
Adherence To Fish Oil Intervention In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Authors: Zabel, Ash, King, et al | Publication: J Ren Nutr; March 1108, 20
The Effects of a 4:1 EPA/DHA Fish Oil Supplement on Plasma Lipid Profile. Authors: Henderson, Lampel | Publication: Journal of Am Dietetic Assoc; 2008
ProDHA™ ProDHA™ from Nordic Naturals is a high-potency formula perfect for children, teenagers, and pregnant women. DHA is an essential nutrient for brain health, and original research on ProDHA™ has shown that it supports a healthy mood, structural integrity of the central nervous system, and cognitive function.* It has also demonstrated neurological enhancement, and neuro-synaptic improvement with exercise.* Supports learning, memory, and mood* A highly concentrated DHA formula for enhanced neurological function*
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Xp will increase or decrease the swap file based on the amount of free space and memory (RAM) in your system. Since you repartitioned the drive, you changed one of those. What you need to find out is how much space you have left on your C:\. If it's less then a couple of gigabytes, I would suggest removing some stuff. Maybe you have some downloads (like the backtrack .iso) or other files in your 'My Documents' folder which you can move to storage device such as a USB hard drive or burn to DVD/CD. Basically free up some space, defrag and XP should be back up to speed.
The backtrack install routine doesn't do anything to the hardware to affect XP (other than the aforementioned repartition). Therefore, it couldn't have adjusted any XP settings.


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When the scriptwriters for Doctor Who imagined a futuristic device, they came up with the Sonic Screwdriver. Now a team of physicists at the University of Dundee have taken equipment designed for MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery and demonstrated a real Sonic Screwdriver - lifting and spinning a free-floating 10 cm diameter rubber disk with an ultrasound beam.


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Group Logic Announces New Strategy and New MFT Solutions – What it Means for Our Customers
Earlier this week, we announced that Group Logic has taken on a new vision and strategy to focus our efforts on providing solutions that empower digital content driven collaboration within our customer's environments. In part, our announcement said: "The increasingly pervasive business role of digital content, combined with pressures to reduce costs and increase business efficiency, has further escalated the demand for digital content-based collaboration among enterprises. GLI will focus on delivering software solutions that let companies quickly and easily access, share, and extend their digital content investments to support collaborative business processes and drive strategic advantage – both in the enterprise and in the cloud."
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Alright folks, first time posting.
I have been doing Judo for many years in my native Edinburgh, recently moved to Dundee (I know, i was forced into it :P). The martial arts community here seems not too bad, some decent judo clubs, but I couldn't find any up to date info on the site however.
Basically I'm looking to develop some ground game and striking, and I favour BJJ and Muay Thai. Doesn't need to be anywhere fancy, I have no problem with small or local clubs as long as the guys are sound and the instructors know their shit. Anyone know of any reputable clubs that either train these specifically BJJ/Muay Thai or train MMA well?
Thanks in advance.
I know of a few clubs, but not of their reputation or quality.


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Current TV
News about Current TV, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Aug. 16, 2014
Former Vice Pres Al Gore files lawsuit against Al Jazeera, accusing media group of fraud and breach of contract in its $500 million purchase of Current TV; case centers on Al Jazeera's refusal to turn over money remaining in escrow account and still owed to Current TV's selling shareholders, essentially giving it discount on purchase price. MORE
Jan. 4, 2013
Editorial laments Time Warner Cable announcement that it will immediately stop carrying Current TV due to its being bought by pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera; contends that move blocks access to an important news source, and that doubts about independence of Al Jazeera do not justify removing it from cable and satellite systems. MORE
Apr. 2, 2012
News analysis; Keith Olbermann established himself as Current TV's star anchor, as he did at MSNBC, opening the door to a more overt liberal political ideology in its news programs; Current, which may face a lawsuit from Olbermann after his March 30 firing, faces a long slog with low ratings, while MSNBC has become better known for having progressive-oriented shows. MORE
Jan. 9, 2012
David Carr The Media Equation column cites impasse between Current TV and its Countdown host Keith Olbermann that began with Olbermann's annoyance at station's technical difficulties; notes both sides say progress has been made, and although Olbermann will not be covering the New Hampshire primary, he will be involved in other election coverage. MORE
Jan. 5, 2012
Broadcaster Keith Olbermann, known for his defiance, has estranged himself from his bosses at Current TV in scarcely three months; he declined channel's requests to host special hours of election coverage, apparently out of frustration about technical difficulties; Current declines to comment about Olbermann's status. MORE
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PA, NV, OK Editorial Boards Urge Blocking Medicaid Expansion Despite Huge Benefits
Major newspapers in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Nevada have urged their governors to reject expansion of Medicaid -- the shared state-federal program that provides health care coverage to low income Americans -- under the Affordable Care Act, citing high costs that they claim would add to the states' financial burdens. In fact, a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that the Medicaid expansion would substantially reduce the number of uninsured at little cost to their state budgets.
As governors continue to decide [1] whether to implement key aspects of the Affordable Care Act, the editorial boards of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Las Vegas Review-Journal urged the rejection of Medicaid expansion, while the editorial board of The Oklahoman applauded the recent decision by Republican Gov. Mary Fallin to reject the funding.
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [2]:
As stipulated under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid eligibility will expand to an additional 800,000 Pennsylvanians -- in effect, placing a quarter of the state's residents on government insurance, according to the Commonwealth Foundation. Never mind that Medicaid currently consumes 30 percent of the state's operating budget.
Once fully realized, ObamaCare will have all the appeal of a perpetual flu.
From the Las Vegas-Review Journal [3]:
The accompanying Medicaid expansion, meanwhile, would throw millions of additional Americans into a system that's already bankrupting state governments and increasing costs in the private market. Geoffrey Lawrence of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, noting last week that Gov. Sandoval is pondering whether to expand Medicaid eligibility in Nevada, said any Medicaid expansion would mean reduced access to care for those currently enrolled.
President Obama won re-election this month, but the states hold the future of ObamaCare in their hands. Knowing the harm the law would do to our citizens, the economy, and the quality of American health care, Gov. Sandoval should join with many of his colleagues and decline to become the enabler of a vastly expensive, European-style medical rationing system that poll after poll has shown most Americans do not want.
From The Oklahoman [4]:
Oklahoma has joined a growing list of states that won't expand Medicaid or implement state-run health exchanges, two key components of Obamacare. Predictably, the political left argues Republicans are being obstructionist. But why would state Republicans rush to implement a bad law to benefit a president who's made clear he would never do the same if the tables were turned?
As of June 2011, Medicaid programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia provided health care coverage to 52.6 million people [5]. However, as the economy has improved, the rate of growth of enrollment in the program has slowed down. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the federal government wants to expand the program [6] in an effort to decrease the number of uninsured by providing coverage to those with an income below 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Previously, qualification for the program [7] varied depending on factors such as age or employment status. Despite the claims from these editorial boards, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion provision will in fact achieve its goal, at only a slightly higher cost than what those states currently pay for Medicaid.
A recent study [8] published by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that if all states expanded Medicaid it could lead to health care coverage for an additional 21.3 million people nationally with a total cost of around $1 trillion. Yet, the combined costs to states would only be approximately $76 billion as the federal government will cover the other $952 billion.
Specifically, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Oklahoma would see significant increases in the number of people insured for only small changes to their current spending.
In Pennsylvania, if all states expanded Medicaid, the state would see a 52 percent reduction in uninsured citizens, while spending 1.4 percent more on Medicaid than current expenditures when accounting for the savings in uncompensated care. While Pennsylvania's expansion costs are higher than some other states, healthcare professionals note that this is because Pennsylvania currently has one of the more draconian Medicaid systems in the country. From WHYY [9] in Pennsylvania:
New Jersey is on the opposite end of the spectrum, with projected costs of $1.2 billion with an expansion. And Pennsylvania? Almost $2 billion over 10 years, even after accounting for savings.
"Pennsylvania has not expanded to adults whereas other states have," said Ann Bacharach with the Pennsylvania Health Law Project.
"If you're a single, childless adult, there is not much that the state can offer in terms of coverage," Bacharach said.
So the new enrollees covered by an expansion would add costs, but the federal contribution would not provide the same savings in Pennsylvania as it will in Delaware.
Meanwhile, Nevada would see a 44.8 percent reduction in uninsured citizens for only 2.6 percent more in Medicaid spending if all states expanded Medicaid coverage. As Media Matters has previously noted [10], the Review-Journal's editorial board has attacked the Medicaid provision of the Affordable Care Act while neglecting to note any of the benefits expanding Medicaid would have on their state.
Lastly, Oklahoma would see a 54.4 percent reduction in uninsured for only 1.9 percent more in Medicaid spending if all states expanded Medicaid coverage. From Tulsa World [11]:
[David Blatt, director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute] said the governor's calculations also leave out savings to the state in areas such as health, mental health and corrections that are currently outside the Medicaid system but could be included with expansion. Savings to those agencies has been estimated at more than $49.4 million a year.
Also missing from the calculation would be tax revenue increases the state would see as a result of the Affordable Care Act, he said.
For example, the state has a small tax on insurance premiums. If thousands of Oklahomans begin purchasing insurance through a federal health insurance exchange, that tax revenue goes up, he said.
If every state adopted the Medicaid expansion provision they would receive [12] $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to expand the program. As John Holahan, head of the Urban Institute's Health Policy Research Center and the study's author, said [12], "It's hard to conclude anything other than this is pretty attractive and should be pretty hard for states to walk away from." Unfortunately, the editorial boards of the Tribune-Review, Review-Journal, and The Oklahoman failed to provide that perspective and explain the overall benefit of Medicaid expansion to their readers.
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Nearly 90 percent of organizations agree that employing predictive analytic software has given them a competitive advantage, according to a new survey commissioned by SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). As part of its commitment to delivering solutions that address customers' business needs, the company conducted research in association with LoudHouse, an independent research agency in both the United Kingdom and the United States and found that respondents see predictive analytics software as a key investment for their organizations.
More than 60 percent of those surveyed agree that predictive analytics is currently an investment priority for their organization, while almost 80 percent think predictive analytics will be a crucial investment within the next five years. And nearly 95 percent have seen an increase in the volume of data they are dealing with over the past year. This explosion of data puts pressure on businesses to make sense of it and predict future trends. Increasingly, businesses are looking for a way to bring predictive analytics to the masses and move its use beyond the realm of data scientists to business users. Other key findings of the survey include:


text: I've been involved in an effort to create a open source Minecraft starter package, with Unity, in the Gossip forums here: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/63149-After-playing-minecraft... In a nutshell, it provides a foundation for creating games similar to Minecraft. It's not an attempt to clone Minecraft. My hope is that it will encourage those who have played Minecraft, and want to learn or create something with their own ideas. I figured it was time to move it to a dedicated home, on SourceForge. The site is brand new, as is my experience with SouceForge, so it's still getting some content. In the meantime, it has links to the downloaded Unity source, and the web player. Here is the SourceForge link: http://minepackage.sourceforge.net/ Here's a web player link for the current version: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5556115/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html I'm looking for community involvement to make it even better. It is and always will be a starter package, a template. It's not intended to evolve into a full blown game...that is for others to do, taking the package and adding their own unique and cool ideas. My intent is to provide the basics (infinite terrain, trees, lighting, some basic ai for creatures) so people don't have to keep reinventing the wheel.


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all functions, responsibilities, authorities, and duties of the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Secretary of the Interior, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relating to the maintenance and operation of hospital and health facilities for Indians, and the conservation of the health of Indians, are hereby transferred to, and shall be administered by, the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: Provided, That hospitals now in operation for a specific tribe or tribes of Indians shall not be closed prior to July 1, 1956, without the consent of the governing body of the tribe or its organized council.
Whenever the health needs of the Indians can be better met thereby, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized in his discretion to enter into contracts with any State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof, or any private nonprofit corporation, agency or institution providing for the transfer by the United States Public Health Service of Indian hospitals or health facilities, including initial operating equipment and supplies.
It shall be a condition of such transfer that all facilities transferred shall be available to meet the health needs of the Indians and that such health needs shall be given priority over those of the non-Indian population. No hospital or health facility that has been constructed or maintained for a specific tribe of Indians, or for a specific group of tribes, shall be transferred by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to a non-Indian entity or organization under this Act unless such action has been approved by the governing body of the tribe, or by the governing bodies of a majority of the tribes, for which such hospital or health facility has been constructed or maintained: Provided, That if, following such transfer by the United States Public Health Service, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare finds
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the hospital or health facility transferred under this section is not thereafter serving the need of the Indians, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall notify those charged with management thereof, setting forth needed improvements, and in the event such improvements are not made within a time to be specified, shall immediately assume management and operation of such hospital or health facility.
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is also authorized to make such other regulations as he deems desirable to carry out the provisions of this Act.
The personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds (available or to be made available), which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the functions transferred to the Public Health Service of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare hereunder, are transferred for use in the administration of the functions so transferred. Any of the personnel transferred pursuant to this Act which the transferee agency shall find to be in excess of the personnel necessary for the administration of the functions transferred to such agency shall be retransferred under existing law to other positions in the Government or separated from the service.
The Act of April 3, 1952 (66 Stat. 35), and all other laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
This Act shall take effect July 1, 1955.
Approved, August 5, 1954.