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"Core to our strategy of providing customers with maximum business value is to establish an agile enterprise architecture which allows IT in alignment with business goals and strategies," said Dr. Wolfram Jost, Chief Technology Officer and member of the Group Executive Board, Software AG. "We are proud to be named in the Leaders Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools in this latest Magic Quadrant. Considering that EA matures into a strategic planning discipline that must be operationalized, ARIS facilitates support for this discipline with its enterprise-class performance, ease-of-use, comprehensive feature set and support for cross-enterprise collaboration. Our customers acknowledge the consistent evolution of ARIS towards social, cloud, mobile and big data/analytics."
Marco Gerazounis, Senior VP Middle East North Africa & Turkey, Software AG, said: "The challenges being faced by our clients in the Middle East continue to evolve as they move forward with their growth plans in the region. In this regard, Software AG is strongly positioned to support enterprises cope with the growing complexities by providing enterprise architecture tools that are designed to help them realize their business goals. Having been named in the Leaders Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools validates the continuing success of Software AG in providing custom-built solutions that empower enterprises to optimize the value of their IT investments."
This year, Gartner underlined the increasing challenges that enterprise architects are facing: "Enterprise architects, beyond the getting-started stage, are eventually challenged with a number of problems beyond the capabilities of office productivity tools to support. These challenges include managing a large number of artifacts; capturing the complex relationships between many elements across those artifacts; conducting gap analysis, impact analysis, scenario planning and modeling; and presenting information to stakeholders. The enterprise architecture (EA) tool market has evolved to produce professional-grade tools designed to address these challenges."
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My 01' 330 Ci is at 129000 miles. I recently replaced the rear shocks because I got them new for a really great price. The rears are Koni sport yellow adjustable shocks. But now, I am feeling that the front struts are slowly going bad and can hear squeaking and clunking noise from time to time. I think that clunking noise is attributed to the worn control arm bushing, nevertheless, I am thinking about replacing the front strut shortly in the future.
I am curious as to what front strut I need to purchase. Is it recommended that I purchase the same brand struts as the rear shocks, Koni yellow sports? Or could I go for something more affordable for me, perhaps like Koni orange struts. I mainly drive in the city and I don't know if having Koni yellow all around would be too harsh.
Also, I have noticed that non of the sellers offer just front Koni yellow struts. Where would I be able to buy them separately, if keeping the whole suspension the same brand is a good idea. On that note, I am also interested in some gently used front struts if anyone has good parts.
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Pirates are among MLB's smartest spenders, but record continues to lag
Perhaps for the first time in nearly 20 years, the Pirates are being called smart spenders.
This rather startling news comes from Bloomberg Businessweek, which ranked all the teams in the four major professional sports according to a formula that determined their "spending efficiency" during the past five years, plus the 2012 baseball season as projected at the halfway point.
In a piece headlined "Smartest Spenders in Sports, " the Pirates ranked sixth in Major League Baseball and 23rd among 122 pro teams.
Reporter Ira Boudway, who coordinated the project, acknowledges the disconnect here. However, he said, "This isn't a matter of fan satisfaction. Not only does it not measure fan satisfaction, it doesn't measure ownership dedication. ... You can look efficient by not spending."
You can also look, um, frugal.
The Pirates are on a winning pace this year, but they went 326-489 (.402) over the past five seasons, finishing last in the National League Central four times and fourth last season.
No MLB club fared worse during that span. But no MLB club spent less on salaries (an average of $45 million a year), either, according to the data, and this season's projected (at midseason) winning record helped. Although it wasn't much, the Pirates got exactly what they paid for. Several higher-spending teams did not.
The Pirates are "efficient in a strictly statistical sense, compared to a team that spends more and doesn't win much more," Boudway said. "It's not the perfect measure of a quality franchise that will produce a satisfactory result for the fans."
Boudway said key elements of the ranking formula emphasize important victories — wins over .500, playoff wins and championships. The Pirates have none of those, yet their efficiency index still beats those of the past two World Series winners, the Cardinals and Giants, along with the Reds, Braves, Tigers and Yankees, among others.
The Pirates ranked just behind the Phillies, whose average payroll was more than three times greater but who made the playoffs five straight years, winning two pennants and a World Series.
Boudway said the relative values of the "important win" categories are not final or definitive. Accordingly, online readers can interact with the story (www.businessweek.com) and alter the formula, giving more or less value to the categories to change the rankings. For example, when the three important win categories get the maximum value, the Pirates drop to 87th.
Maybe that's more like it.
Another surprise was the Miami Marlins' No. 3 MLB ranking. Not a surprise is the Tampa Bay Rays' No. 1 rank overall. With an average payroll of $50.2 million, the Rays averaged 87 wins a season and made three playoff appearances, winning the American League pennant in 2008, although the formula did not take that into account because it wasn't a "championship."
Rounding out the top 10 are the Detroit Red Wings, Penguins, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Chicago Blackhawks. The Steelers check in at No. 14.
Boudway noted that the NFL rankings generally reflect the quality of the teams regardless of spending because of the hard salary cap. The same is mostly true in the NHL, so it figures that the Steelers and Penguins, who both win a lot while spending fairly close to what everyone else spends, rank among the most efficient.
Payrolls vary more in the NBA, where teams can exceed the salary cap if they are willing to pay extra. MLB, with no salary cap, has the greatest variance, and clubs can spend as much or as little as they want.
Sometimes, like the Pirates, they get back what they put in.
Bob Cohn is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at email@example.com or 412-320-7810.


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Accidents happen, but how you respond can make a huge difference in total damages – either to the car or yourself.
VEHICLE COVERED: 1965 Ford Mustang
WHAT WENT WRONG: A Hagerty client was driving his 1965 Ford Mustang around town when he was rear-ended at a stop sign. The other driver fled the scene, but the Mustang owner decided to follow him to get his license plate number. The other driver eventually pulled over, but he wasn't looking for a quiet exchange of insurance information. He emerged from the vehicle brandishing a gun.
DAMAGE: The man fired at the Mustang driver, putting a bullet hole in the passenger side door. The Hagerty client drove off as the man continued to fire, but he – and the Mustang – escaped further injury. The police never caught the other driver.
LOSS: The bullet hole in the door and the rear bumper damage caused $1,086 in damage.
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But once they drive off, don't follow. You're already distracted, and the last thing you should be doing is weaving through traffic in pursuit. Not only are you putting yourself and your car at risk, but other drivers on the road.
The Mustang driver shouldn't have followed the person who hit him, but he was right to stay in his car once they pulled over. Getting out could have been a fatal mistake. If you feel like you are in any danger after an accident, do not get out of the vehicle until the police arrive.
BOTTOM LINE: Accidents happen, but how you respond can make a huge difference in total damages – either to the car or yourself.
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Kevin Stepp, MD
Over the past few months, there have been several advancements in the field of surgical treatment for endometriosis including the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser that can be used with robotic and conventional laparoscopy and open surgery.
"This laser has come a long way from the laser surgery of the 1990s, said Kevin Stepp, MD, director of advanced surgical specialties for women at Carolinas HealthCare System. "The technology is very different and there is much less risk of inadvertent damage to surrounding tissues."
As there has been an increase in more complex cases of endometriosis, this technology will decrease the risk of surgeries, such as preventing injuries to ureters, bowel or other surrounding organs. Although there are very few hospitals in the country that have access to this technology for the treatment of endometriosis, it is well studied in ear, nose and throat, tongue surgery, and otology. "Plus, there is also use for this technology in other pelvic surgeries, such as colorectal surgery, or oncology," Dr. Stepp said.
Another challenging issue for women with endometriosis that does not get talked about publicly very often is that the disease is a leading cause of infertility. In fact, up to one in two women with this condition have trouble getting pregnant, making it one of the top causes for female infertility. To better serve women who need help conceiving, Dr. Stepp has coordinated efforts with the reproductive medicine and infertility team at Carolinas HealthCare System including Paul Marshburn, MD, division director of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the System.
"It is possible for women with advanced stage endometriosis to get pregnant," Dr. Marshburn said. "There are various methods of fertility treatments available, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), which has a success rate that has climbed steadily over the past few years."
Dr. Marshburn and his team at the Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Center are well equipped to handle these cases with the addition of the new in vitro fertilization center, which opened in October 2013.
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, and all across the United States, patients and physicians are speaking out about it and the importance of getting professional help for this often misunderstood and difficult to diagnose disease. Carolinas HealthCare System is hosting an educational and informative panel on endometriosis at the end of the month to address questions and concerns from women across the region about the disease.
Date: Monday, March 31, 2014
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy at 2001 Vail Ave.
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Ghostface Squashes Beef With 50 Cent, Says He's Open to Record a Collabo
The feud between Ghostface Killah and 50 Cent is officially over. In a recent interview with XXLMag.com, the Wu-Tang vet said that his beef with Fif is a thing of the past.
As fans know, the two New York rappers had a public war of words years back, after 50 included the Shaolin heavyweight on 1999's "How to Rob." Ghost notoriously then fired back on a skit from his critically acclaimed Supreme Clientele album, as the deep-throated Clyde Smith. "Yo that nigga 50 Cent, I don't even know why he did that lil bum ass shit right there," he said. "But I'ma tell you something. You can say all them other niggas names but niggas gonna see you based on that big daddy…If I see you up in here I'ma have about 500 wolves on you…like I said 50 you a bird and niggas gonna see you."
After seeing an interview with Starks on Fif's web site, thisis50.com, XXL asked Tony what caused the change of heart. "That's some old-school shit," he shared. "Back then, things were all snowballed in the air on some other shit. I didn't like what he said, that's where it all started from anyway. But we kicked it on the phone one time, and after we kicked it on the phone that was it."
"I aint really trying to hold no grudge fucking 30 years later after he done said whatever the fuck he done said," Starks continued. "So it was like whatever."
Ghost says he would even be open for recording a song with Fif.
"It's whatever God wills," he said. "At the end of the day we're still people just trying to get ahead. It's like you're having a fight with a muthafucka 10 years ago… you can either keep the grudge or be like 'yo wattup' and just let it go and shit, it's like what the fuck I'm holding on to it for. I respect all these niggas. As long as you respect me, I'ma respect you."
Wizard of Poetry, Starks' R&B-tinged eighth solo LP, is set to hit stores on September 29. –Jesse Gissen


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It was almost one of Australia's worst sea disasters. Fifty years ago tomorrow, the icebreaker Kista Dan left on an expedition to establish the first permanent Australian base in Antarctica. The mission was successful, but the return voyage a near-catastrophe.
When the 65-metre ship left Australian waters in 1954, Mawson base had been 10 years in the planning. Many Australian explorers had been to the frozen continent, including Douglas Mawson. But Australia had no permanent presence on the slab of territory it had claimed.
To this end, the Antarctic Division of the Department of External Affairs was created in 1948. A former Melbourne University physics lecturer, Phillip Law, was appointed director, with the goal of establishing the base.
On January 4, the Kista Dan headed south. After the team had found a suitable location, Mawson base was built in 12 days, a jumble of prefabricated aluminium buildings, food stores, scientific equipment and over-snow vehicles.
It was declared open on February 13, and has been manned continuously ever since. But the Kista Dan's return trip in March could have been "the worst Antarctic tragedy in history", says Dr Law, now 91 and living in Melbourne.
"After leaving Mawson and carrying out coastal exploration further east, the ship turned for the voyage home and was struck by a fierce hurricane.
"The captain lost control of the ship [which was] side-on to the wind and rolled to an almost horizontal level in mountainous seas cluttered with pack ice. Being rather unstable, she was in danger of capsizing and . . . being blown across Prydz Bay to smash against the ice cliffs of [its] western shore."
That night, Dr Law says, was the most horrifying of his life.
"By a miracle, the ship survived. If it had sunk with 60 men on board it would have been [at the time] the worst Antarctic tragedy in history."
Not that the near-disaster put him off Antarctica. Dr Law remained head of the division until he retired in 1966, ensuring Australia maintained a strong presence there. In 1957 a second base, Davis, was opened - again by Dr Law, travelling on the Kista Dan. The following year, he negotiated the transfer of the US-built Wilkes station to Australian control.
Australia rapidly became one of the top nations in Antarctic research. By 1966, Dr Law had made 28 trips there, and nearly 1 million square kilometres of the Australian-run territory had been mapped.
Australia still maintains three permanently occupied Antarctic stations, and one on nearby Macquarie Island. Mawson and Davis bases are still on their original sites. Casey station was opened in 1969 to replace Wilkes.
But, Dr Law says, it would have been very different had the Kista Dan gone down that day 50 years ago. "It would have delayed Australia's permanent presence in Antarctica for 10 or 20 years."
And he would not have been here to tell the tale.
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Kids get the coolest hoodies. We had an adult version that was very similar to this that sold out like 4 years ago and is no longer in production - we still get phone calls asking when we are going to get it back in! I'm sure adults will read this description and call us later to ask 'Do you think that will fit a 45 year old man?' No, unfortunately not. The kids are getting their shot at the awesome right now. With a 60% cotton 40% polyester shell and a 100% cotton inner lining, this Batman Dark Knight Kids Armor Hoodie comes from top notch clothing maker, Kids Republic! That means that this hoodie is a limited production and created with quality and uniqueness in mind. The Batman Dark Knight Kids Armor Hoodie will make your child appear as a silvered Dark Knight of Nolan fame and they will absolutely love the built-in cowl! It is normally pretty hard to get a kid to bundle up against the elements. Not anymore.
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Revamped Wild About Reading Set To Start Dec. 4th
Program to feature inaugural issue of Farm Grown magazine
November 30, 2012 11:21 AM ET
"Our goal is to not only reach over 100,000 Central San Joaquin Valley students through the Wild About Reading program in 2013, but also provide an educational experience for each student that showcases the Central Valley's farming," said Grizzlies Community Fund Manager Whitney Campbell. "With the Farm Grown magazine, students will learn the importance of healthy eating and how we each share a common agricultural heritage in the Valley."
Wild About Reading utilizes baseball to promote reading in and outside the classroom. Each student at participating schools is challenged to read 10 books in five weeks, and those students that reach the goal receive two free tickets to a 2013 Grizzlies home game at Chukchansi Park. Also, there are several prizes and giveaways this year, including a play date with Parker for the school with the highest participation, Kindle Fire giveaways to lucky readers at Grizzlies games and two laptops donated to the school with the highest game attendance.
The Farm Grown magazine, designed and published by the Grizzlies Community Fund and Farm Progress, will be given to each student enrolled in Wild About Reading. The magazine includes the new featured story "Parker Goes To The Farm," in which Grizzlies mascot Parker and his friends go around the Central Valley learning about farming and how food goes from the fields to our plates. Farm Grown magazine also contains puzzles and games for students in kindergarten to eighth grade.
The number of students enrolled in the Wild About Reading program has nearly doubled since 2008. Leading up to the Grizzlies Opening Day on April 4th, 2013, Parker and the Grizzlies front office will visit schools in Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and Tulare counties for fun and entertaining Wild About Reading assemblies.
Interested schools are still able to enroll in Wild About Reading for 2013. Please contact Whitney Campbell at (559) 320-2547 to sign up as well as schedule an assembly featuring Parker.
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The 2014 Billboard Music Awards
Everyone that's anyone (Read: Blake Lively's breasts) is at Cannes right now, but then again, timing isn't exactly this year's Billboard Music Awards' strong suit. So here's some barely interesting people on the red carpet who didn't get their own post by surprisingly not having semen on them which is probably the greatest compliment I'll ever pay Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Cherish it, doomed ones. Cherish it always.
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Jan 5, 2013
Eye Shadow To Change For
But, I have not messed with my eye shadow for years. Until I experimented with Le Metier de Beaute and was encouraged to try the shimmery color Chameleon on top of the taupe color I use by Bobbi Brown. I love it! It is now a permanent change! I never would have expected to find me in a little shimmer every day.
I've got to stop being so set in my ways...change is so much fun!
Have a peaceful Sunday, everyone!
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I agree! Change is fun! I'm going to have to try a tinted moisturizer too.ReplyDelete
I've used tinted moisturizer for years; I splurged on a trip to NYC at Bonwit Teller and bought Clarins Tinted Moisturizer. I've tried foundation since then and can't stand the feel of it. I have a few Bobbi Brown eye shadows. Do you have the name of the taupe that you use? And where do you find Le Metier de Beaute? I haven't heard of it.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I believe you can find it at Neiman Marcus and Nordstroms. There is a link in my post to their website. I was invited to Neiman's to try it and whenever I need to get some more, I think I will go there...I loved the man who helped me at their counter. Sorry, I cannot read the name on the bottom of the Bobbi Brown...too beat up. My daughter gave this color to me a couple of years ago and I really like it...while I call it taupe, it is heavy in the gray tones. Hope this helps!
Many thanks! I am downsizing my makeup and replacing only the necessary. A new eyeshadow is in order and I will look at Le Metier de Beaute. It might work with my two of my Bobbi Brown's.Delete
It's fun to change make-up, isn't it? Love these shades, and Bobbi Brown is my go-to when I want to try something new, and it has to be good : >ReplyDelete
Like you, I love to experiment (in the stores), but rarely actually change beyond my two favorites... Dior & Chanel.ReplyDelete
Then I remind myself that change is good! (These look enticing.)
Pam, I am also very set in my ways when it comes to makeup. I've worn the same color of Cover Girl blush for 20 years. Obviously it works for them since they still carry it. I would never even consider shimmer...and then one of the ballroom makeup artists got to me to try some for competition. It looked great and I tried a much more subtle version for everyday and its nice too. But I really don't make makeup changes easily, because there are so many times that I've ended up not liking new makeup I've purchased.ReplyDelete
I recently tried some Mary Kay makeup since they have a lovely refillable and customizable compact and I love it! It even stands the test of staying on for three hours of hard dancing!
I know what you mean about experimenting/making changes to makeup routine.ReplyDelete
My rule of thumb is basically this: to wear as little as possible, and I tend to stay with MAC and Chanel.
Good Evening Pam, I use Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua, it is quite pricey, but lasts forever. The only shimmery make up I have used is a Bobbi Brown blusher which friends often remark on and looks lovely in Spring and Summer. It is wonderful having daughters as they are always advising me of changes (whether I want them or not!). Have a lovely day. Best Wishes DaphneReplyDelete
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Parents are so desperate to enrol their children in public primary schools with impressive results or in popular areas that they have resorted to extreme measures such as producing fraudulent documents to claim they live within the school's boundaries.
Some of Sydney's top performing schools have swelled to more than 1000 students and others in areas that have had a recent baby boom have doubled in size in just four years, prompting concerns from parents and education experts about overcrowding and a loss of community in schools.
The latest enrolment data from the NSW Department of Education and Communities shows some primary schools in the eastern suburbs, including Vaucluse and Maroubra Bay, have doubled their student numbers since 2010.
At Vaucluse Public School student numbers have doubled to 301 while at Maroubra Bay the student population has increased from 133 to 261. High achieving schools such as Matthew Pearce in Baulkham Hills are now well beyond capacity at 1184 students. In the inner west, Orange Grove Public School has seen its population increase by 83 per cent to 343 students since 2010.
Many of Sydney's most popular schools in the inner west and lower north shore are so full that principals refuse to accept out-of-area enrolments, even if siblings are already at the school, and insist that parents produce several pieces of original identification with a current address before a child is enrolled.
But despite the strict rules around enrolments, and warnings from schools about the severe penalties for making false claims about addresses, parents are increasingly finding ways to secure a spot at their school of choice.
The Sun-Herald knows of one example of a mother swearing a false statutory declaration about her address to enrol her child in a popular eastern suburbs school while online parenting forums are littered with tips for rorting the enrolment rules, including "borrowing" a stranger's address.
Parents use the addresses of family members to claim they live in the catchment of a school, while real estate agents in sought-after areas say they are swamped with rental applications in January as families try to secure an address in the area.
Oliver Dunstan, from Laing and Simmons in Woollahra, said his agency was leasing 30 properties a month in January and February, many to families wanting "their name on a lease" to get into Woollahra Public.
Woollahra is so full, with 700 students, that its principal has asked the Department of Education to redraw its catchment boundaries to reduce the student population.
Similar schools with good NAPLAN results, including Artarmon, Neutral Bay and Chatswood, which also have selective opportunity classes, are bursting at the seams.
But one parent from Artarmon Public School, which has almost 1000 students this year, said she was "very confident" some of the students were not locals.
''It seems a new demountable is going up almost every term at the expense of play equipment and space to run around, which I think is as critical as sitting in a classroom learning," she said.
Trevor Cobbold, the national convenor of the public education group Save Our Schools, said there were several problems with oversized primary schools.
He said research showed small primary schools performed better than larger schools, although the difference was less pronounced in very socially advantaged areas.
But Mr Cobbold also warned that primary schools could become ''highly socially segregated'' if parents favoured certain schools over their local option.
''School is not just about student achievement; it is about being active, developing gross motor skills and kids learning to get on together,'' he said.
''Parents can be misled about the quality of a school and they end up chasing their own peer groups.''
Chris Bonnor, co-author of What Makes a Good School and a former principal, said parents should not rely on NAPLAN results on the MySchool website when deciding which school to send their child.
"You could train any monkey to train other monkeys to go into a school and raise the NAPLAN scores,'' Mr Bonnor said.
A spokesman for the Department of Education said it had several strategies to manage capacity issues, including building new schools, changing catchments and providing demountables.
''Where possible, the department constructs multistorey accommodation to reduce the impact on a school's play space. It also aims to position demountable accommodation to minimise any loss of play areas,'' he said.
The spokesman said that once a student was enrolled in a public school, they remained enrolled in that school even if their address changed.
But if it was later found that an enrolment in a public school was based on false information, the decision to accept that enrolment could be reversed, he said.


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Corrupted super block
By user189954
Ok, so this is driving me nuts. I had to hard reboot my machine and now I have superblock issues on my boot disk. I have a Lenovo u310, which comes with two drives, a little ssd, and another 500gb. I installed Ubuntu on the ssd and put my home on the 500gb. From everything I can see, the big drive is fine (thank god), but the ssd is having superblock/journaling issues. When I reboot and try to run from the ssd, it gets through grub then throws an error along the line of "error: failed to write to sector 0x0938e9.
I'm currently running off a live usb, and I've looked around and found what I could but nothing seems to work. I've tried going through the process of updating the superblock from a backup from here. But each one of the backups I try says the same thing:
e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda1
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
I almost tried running mke2fs -S -B 4096 /dev/sda1, but it sounds like I should save that for the very end.
I'm not trying to retrieve the data from this drive. I just want to do a clean install of Ubuntu but I can't because of these errors. Is there some way to just wipe it all away and start fresh? Everything I've found for wiping superblocks is mdadm raid stuff.
Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/341142/corrupted-super-block


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|Wednesday June 12, 2002
Downstairs Belvoir St Theatre, May 30
Bodies hurtle across the tiny performing space, within touch of the audience grouped around. Physical and emotional intensity set the mood of what is essentially acrobatic tumbling, gripping the attention of the observers.
This is the new generation of performers in the kind of physical theatre that Legs on the Wall has made such a vibrant part of Australian performance. Not surprisingly, in the trends of the times, this work is more violent and less compassionate. But it has similar wry humour and potent physicality being used as a means of expression rather than mere exercises in virtuosity.
Under the collective title Four on the Floor, a quartet of original works is being shown for the B sharp 2002 season. Three have in common the strongest and most interesting performer, Alexandra Harrison. The fourth is something else altogether.
In singling out Harrison for her outstandingly disciplined control combined with an exciting edge of danger in her performing style, I don't ignore the contribution of her colleagues to her achievements, as well as their own.
The opening piece, Together, was directed by Rowan Marchingo who also appears in it with Harrison and is credited as co-creator. Their partnership is powerful, from the sharing of breath and pulse at the start to bone-crunching clashes as the relationship of their two characters falls apart.
These two also demonstrate their intimately developed working association in Diffusion, directed by Harrison and involving Ingrid Kleinig and Neesha Kohn. Though all four begin by hanging about together - literally, strung up to a wall - they mostly remain individuals as performers, with limited interaction thematically and physically.
But at least an attempt is made in Diffusion towards the difficult step of turning physical circus into physical theatre. This is, after all, a season for performers still honing their craft. Web, in which director Kleinig is also centrestage hanging spider-like from the ceiling, is more of an umbrella title for three solos.
Harrison takes your breath away with her dazzling action as a drink-sodden tragic. Ben Hurley is probably meant to be a tragi-comic figure, but when he finally gets into his tricky Houdini-cuffed strip - not the full monty - comedy takes over. Meanwhile, Kleinig hovers or is grounded in equally graceful style.
The fourth piece, Saturn Return-to-Sender is unrelated except that it is driven by movement: old-style comedy directed, devised and performed with considerable charm by Ed Boyle. He moves well, has delightful assistance from a cast of puppets and puppeteer Sam Routledge, but it's hard to see what audience he is aiming for. I kept looking for irony, but I couldn't find any. At least I smiled sometimes and there were other people laughing.
Until June 16.
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by Pia K. Schuler, Laurent M. Haegeli, Ardan M. Saguner, Thomas Wolber, Felix C. Tanner, Rolf Jenni, Natascia Corti, Thomas F. Lüscher, Corinna Brunckhorst, Firat Duru
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare genetically transmitted disease prone to ventricular arrhythmias. We therefore investigated the clinical, echocardiographical and electrophysiological predictors of appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy in patients with ARVC.
A retrospective analysis was performed in 26 patients (median age of 40 years at diagnosis, 21 males and 5 females) with ARVC who underwent ICD implantation.
Over a median (range) follow-up period of 10 (2.7, 37) years, appropriate ICD therapy for ventricular arrhythmias was documented in 12 (46%) out of 26 patients. In all patients with appropriate ICD therapy the ICD was originally inserted for secondary prevention. Median time from ICD implantation to ICD therapy was 9 months (range 3.6, 54 months). History of heart failure was a significant predictor of appropriate ICD therapy (p?=?0.033). Left ventricular disease involvement (p?=?0.059) and age at implantation (p?=?0.063) were borderline significant predictors. Patients with syncope at time of diagnosis were significantly less likely to receive ICD therapy (p?=?0.02). Invasive electrophysiological testing was not significantly associated with appropriate ICD therapy.
In our cohort of patients with ARVC, history of heart failure was a significant predictor of appropriate ICD therapy, whereas left ventricular involvement and age at time of ICD implantation were of borderline significance. These predictors should be tested in larger prospective cohorts to optimize ICD therapy in this rare cardiomyopathy.


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st: RE: Need help making an ado for Tamhane test
"Lythgoe, Dan" <email@example.com>
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st: RE: Need help making an ado for Tamhane test
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Hi Marta,
I'm no expert myself but -help syntax- will set you in the right direction.
Dan Lythgoe
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Subject: st: Need help making an ado for Tamhane test
Hi everybody:
Since I come from the SPSS programming world, my understanding of Stata programming is somewhere between nil and zero. Anyway, I have attempted
(perpetrated?) to write some code for Tamhane's T2 multiple comparison of means with heterogeneous variances. The method is rather simple, it consists simply in unequal variances (Satterthwhite's method) t tests with Sidak adjustment of p-values.
Right now, the code is rather automatic: it calculates the number of groups (assuming they are numbered starting from 1, and without gaps), number of comparisons, cycles through all the pairwise comparisons, and adjusts the two-tailed p-values.
qui sum Status,meanonly
local comp=r(max)*(r(max)-1)/2
qui levelsof Status,local(levels)
foreach i of local levels{
foreach j of local levels{
if `i'<`j'{
quietly ttest Hb if (Status==`i')|(Status==`j'), by(Status) unequal
display `i' " " _c
display "vs "`j' " " _c
display %6.4f 1-(1-r(p))^`comp'
To avoid having to edit it every time I want to use it, to replace "Hb"
by the dependent variable name and "Status" by the grouping variable, I would like to turn it into a program, like this:
tamhane Hb, by(Status)
Unfortunately, I have hit the ceiling of my knowledge in Stata programming as it is right now. In a future I want to add some more output, like mean differences, standard error and the adjusted confidence intervals for mean differences, but I think that would be easy, since most of the information is available as r(something) (with the exception of the confidence limits, that should be computed using the t value for the Satterthwhite's df).
Any hints (or directions concerning where to look for information)?
Thanks in advance.
Marta García-Granero
Dpt. of Biochemistry and Genetics
University of Navarra
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On December 8, PAN joined Beyond Pesticides and beekeepers from around the country in breaking a story that is coming to be known as "Wik-Bee Leaks" or the "Clothianidin Controversy." As media are reporting, bees are dying off while EPA turns a blind eye.
People are outraged and have been asking us what they can do.
Urging EPA to pull a bee-killing pesticide that Germany, Italy and France have already banned or restricted is an important first step. The Agency will need unprecedented public pressure to make use of its emergency powers. And you can bet Bayer will battle to keep this blockbuster product on the market. But we have to pick this fight. Here's why:
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Torbay's most luxurious and bespoke beauty salon and spa. The work consists of an Ornate gilded reverse glass sign 16ft x 42″, Water gilded in 24crt gold leaf and 12crt gilded numbers with matt burnished bevels on a deep brown background.
Wrought iron gilded bracket with water jet lettering and gilded finial, hanging sign 2ft x 18" water gilded.
Front door glass and shop number above gilded 23crt gold-leaf. Lovely clients to work with on a project like this. Thanks Roy and Sarah Ricketts
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This article was published 13/12/2013 (1316 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
OTTAWA -- A federal ban on inefficient light bulbs goes into effect Jan. 1, 2014, almost seven years after it was announced with fanfare by a then-rookie Conservative government.
But the tough regulations are being watered down, and there are no federal rules yet on recycling a class of bulbs that meet the new standard but contain toxic mercury.
The Conservative government announced an aggressive plan in 2007 that would effectively remove most incandescent bulbs from retail shelves in favour of more expensive alternatives, such as compact fluorescent lamps, or CFLs.
The new rules were set to start in 2012, but were postponed to Jan. 1, 2014, to "allay" consumer concerns about cost and flexibility.
'We will ensure that our efforts are complementary to provincial and territorial initiatives'-- Environment Canada spokesman Mark Johnson
In the meantime, the government proposed allowing a newer kind of incandescent bulb, filled with halogen gas, to remain on store shelves even though it doesn't meet the tough efficiency standards that were proposed in 2007 when the environment was top of mind for most Canadians.
The relaxed proposed rule about halogen bulbs, which are cheaper than CFLs, is out for public commentary until Dec. 19 and won't be part of the new regime Jan. 1.
A spokeswoman for Natural Resources said the government intends to implement the halogen exception in a "timely fashion," depending on feedback, with no deadline set.
And Environment Canada still has not enacted new regulations that would limit the amount of mercury contained in each CFL, and that would compel manufacturers and distributors to recycle them.
The uncertainty and inaction are a far cry from the splashy announcement in 2007, when then-environment minister John Baird touted the Conservative government's bold leadership.
Baird told a 2007 news conference staged at a Home Depot outlet in Nepean, Ont., the light-bulb initiative would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by more than six million tonnes annually. He encouraged recycling of the new CFLs at Home Depot and other retailers voluntarily offering such programs.
Earlier this year, Home Depot ended its CFL recycling program, saying provinces and "third-party agencies are better equipped to manage these kinds of programs."
A spokesman for Environment Canada said regulations that require recycling programs and set mercury-content limits remain a work in progress.
"Environment Canada is developing measures that set limits for mercury content in compact fluorescent lamps and require labels about their safe disposal, and is also considering options for the management of mercury-containing lamps when they become waste," Mark Johnson said in an email.
"Some provinces already have initiatives to deal with mercury lamps as waste. We will ensure that our efforts are complementary to provincial and territorial initiatives."
A 2012 study for Environment Canada found Canada's mercury-waste facilities are either patchwork or non-existent, and there are no national standards.
Researchers also found much mercury waste winds up in municipal landfills, where it can leach into groundwater.
The chemical is highly toxic. Minute amounts can seriously damage the nervous system. The mercury contained in just one medical thermometer can contaminate five Olympic-size swimming pools to toxic levels.
As of Jan. 1, 75- and 100-watt incandescent bulbs will be effectively eliminated from store shelves, with 40- and 60-watt versions to follow Dec. 31. However, the industry can continue to ship non-efficient bulbs, such as traditional incandescents, as long as they were manufactured before Jan. 1.
Traditional incandescents lose about 90 per cent of their energy as heat, but are inexpensive, and some Canadians have been hoarding them in advance of the ban.
-- The Canadian Press


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Rose McGowan: Newly Blonde Beauty
All smiles after leaving the salon, Rose McGowan showed off her blonde locks in West Hollywood on Tuesday (December 4).
The "Charmed" star strutted her stuff in a black long-sleeved top, floral print skinnies, and black boots while she seemd to be enjoying her no-longer dark hair.
Recently, the 39-year-old actress opened up to People about smooching, admitting that she hates a "sloppy kisser."
However, she's had a lot of practice due to her line of work. She adds, "I had to kiss a lot of people on Charmed and I would kiss people I wouldn't even know. I'd say, 'Hi, you're Ted? Let's make out Ted. Okay, Ted, it was really nice to meet you. I'll never see you again."'


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Todd Brabiner has set his sights on next year's ABAE championships after an impressive performance in the coveted Haringey Box Cup.
The 22-year-old Menston boxer crowned a successful first season by winning three bouts in four days at Alexandra Palace to take the A71 class.
Brabiner, who boxes for the Eccleshill-based Platinum Club said: "It was an incredible event. It was a huge venue and it was great to box there.
"Winning my class was a real boost and it has made me determined to have a go at the ABAE Championships next year.
"I am totally dedicated to boxing. I train Monday to Thursdays at Platinum with my trainer Dave Nelson and then work out at Club Energy in Otley and do running and training on my own at weekends."
Brabiner has only been boxing competitively for six months and this three Haringey Cup wins take his career record to seven victories in eight bouts.
Brabiner had his first contest in January and suffered a points defeat – the only blot on his record to date. Since then he has reeled off seven points victories.
To win the senior A71 class at Alexandra Palace Brabiner had to come through three tough encounters.
In the quarter finals last Thursday he defeated Mario Oliveras of Portsmouth 4-1, and he followed up by defeating Redbridge's Akim Melbourne 4-1 on points on Saturday.
The final saw him narrowly outpoint the Swizz boxer Mergion Vakshing 3-2.
Brabiner said: "Oliveras was a tall southpaw with an awkward style. I ploughed in during the last round and I think that is what earned me the win.
"My semi-final opponent was also taller than me and I had to find a way of working my way inside to score points, while the Swiss lad in the final was extremely tough.
"He had received a bye to the semi-final so he had had one less bout then me, but I managed to box well enough to get the verdict."
Brabiner, who works for his father's business RJB Construc- tion, said: "I felt a bit stiff when I went back to work on Monday. Three bouts in four days was tough, but winning was a nice feeling."


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Stella McCartney Gloves
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Corporate America isn't always the most fashion friendly place. Remember what happened in the '80s with power suits? Good thing those shoulder pads got right-sized. Yet, it hasn't gotten any easier to figure out what is office app... Corporate America isn't always the most fashion friendly place. Remember what happened in the '80s with power suits? Good thing those shoulder pads got right-sized. Yet, it hasn't gotten any easier to figure out what is office appropriate and expresses your femininity without over doing it. Almost enough to make you miss the power suit. But then there are shoes like these: closed toe kitten heels that mix fashion and office. The flower accented with metallic studs spices up the 9-to5 monotony, but the polished leather, pointy toe and low heel still fall within the boundaries of the corner office. Perfect for your promotion meeting.


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Robert Pattinson's Banging Elvis' Granddaughter
Here's Elvis granddaughter Riley Keough who, according to the Daily Mail, is dating Robert Pattinson, so right off the bat you know she passed the first test of hates cunnilingus. That said, people are trying to say she looks like Kristen Stewart which a. huh? And b. is probably one of the worst things you… More »