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In Finland, information collected about patients with total hip replacements (THRs) is put into the Finnish Arthroplasty Registry. Researchers can draw data from this databank to study various things about THRs. Today, nearly 98 per cent of all Finnish patients with THRs are included in the registry.
In this study, success rates of THR based on age and type of implants used were the main topics. Over a period of nearly 25 years (from 1980 to 2004), there were 50,968 patients in the registry who had their first total hip replacement. Success rates were defined by survival of the implant. Excessive wear and/or loosening of the implant requiring a revision (second) operation was defined as the end-point for survival (failed implant).
To qualify for this particular study, the patients had to be at least 55-years-old at the time of the operation. They all had osteoarthritis (OA) as the main reason for a hip replacement. The choice of implants included in the study was limited. It had to be one that was used in more than 50 hips during that time period. Any implant that had already been shown to have poor results in previous studies was not included.
The patients were divided into three groups by age: 1) 55 to 64 years old, 2) 65 to 74 years old, and 3) 75 and older. They were classified two different ways based on implant type. The first classification method included four groups:
The second classification scheme included three groups:
These classifications were necessary in order to compare results from one implant type to another. There were 135 different stem types and 132 different cup designs used in Finland during the time period specified. About one-third of the patients received a cementless stem or cementless cup.
In order to make comparisons, they chose one implant (known to be successful) as the reference group. The reference group for stems was the loaded-taper cemented stem implant. The reference group for the acetabulum (cup or socket) was the polyethylene, cemented cup. And the reference group for the complete implant was the cemented total hip replacement.
They found that the cementless stem groups had better survival rates and lower revision rates when compared with the loaded-taper cemented stems. The loaded-taper cemented stems did outperform the composite-beam cemented stems after 10- and 15-year marks. Results were equal at the 20-year point. The advantage of the cementless stem was only seen in the groups younger than 75 years old. Patients who were older than 75 showed no difference in outcomes based on stem type.
Comparing the survival of the acetabular cups, there was no overall difference between cemented and cementless cups after 10 years. Based on age, adults less than 75 years old did better with the cementless cups. There were fewer cases of revision because of loosening of the cup. In the older group, cementless, hydroxyapatite-coated press-fit cups were less likely to loosen or need revision.
When problems did occur with the cups, there was one main difference between cemented and cementless cups. Cups with a polyethylene (synthetic or plastic) liner showed excessive wear in the cementless group under age 75. The large number of wear-related revisions of cementless cups points to the need for an improved (wear resistant) design.
When reviewing the overall results of the total hip replacement (both stem and cup components), the cementless implants had the better outcomes. The 10-year survival rate was 90 per cent or better for all total hip groups. When broken down by age, there was no major difference in the risk of revision among the groups.
The authors show how collecting data on all total hip replacement patients can help guide surgeons when choosing the right implant for each patient. Implants that do not hold up 10, 15, and even 20 years should not be used when other, more reliable implants are available. This type of systematic analysis and reporting aids in the development of guidelines for total hip replacements.


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The GOP has returned to its convention script, even as Isaac is upgraded to hurricane status and heads for New Orleans. The debunked claims about rape and pregnancy from a Republican Missouri Senate candidate have migrated to Minnesota's congressional races. The marriage amendment campaign's focus shifts to Latino voters. The state Supreme Court hands Republicans two ballot question victories. And we explain why the Twin Cities needs two world-class orchestras. All that and more on the MPR News Update.
Republicans return to script
For the thousands of Republican convention-goers who've been cooling their heels in Tampa, the party is finally on. But with New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast waiting fearfully to see where a massive storm makes landfall, politics has become an awkward enterprise and no one knows what sort of party it will turn out to be.
Awkward opposition to disaster aid
As tropical storm Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, there should be plenty of money -- some $1.5 billion -- in federal disaster aid coffers, part of a system that Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee-to-be for vice president, had hoped to scrap as a way to make his House GOP budget look smaller by about $10 billion a year.
Rape, abortion controversy color Minnesota races
Meanwhile, in Minnesota's congressional races, Democrats are linking Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's debunked views on rape and abortion to Republican Reps. Paulsen and John Kline, in an effort to appeal to female swing voters.
Do the Twin Cities need two orchestras?
Both the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra are in the middle of negotiating new contracts with their musicians. Both organizations face multi-million dollar deficits, and as the bargaining proceeds, some people are asking whether Minnesota needs two world-class orchestras. The answers aren't easy.
Marriage debate shifts focus to Latinos
Minnesota voters are deeply divided over the proposed amendment on the November ballot that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman, a restriction already in state law. In a tight race, every demographic group counts and the state's roughly 100,000 Latino voters are being courted by both sides
Roseville votes against marriage amendment
On a related note, the Roseville City Council has gone on the record unanimously opposing the marriage amendment. The move means the council joins 12 other Minnesota cities that have approved resolutions opposing the amendment. No cities have voted to endorse it.
Voter ID challenges turned back by high court
The Minnesota Supreme Court has denied an effort by voter ID opponents to remove from the November ballot a constitutional amendment that would require voters to show identification at the polls, and reversed the Secretary of State's decision to reword of the titles of both the voter ID and marriage amendments.
All-Star game at Target Field?
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is expected in Minneapolis Wednesday to announce that the Minnesota Twins will host the All-Star Game in 2014. A league spokesman in New York declined to confirm or deny Selig's travel schedule, but he confirmed that the game's location will be named Wednesday.
Metro Transit's new top cop
Retiring state Sen. John Harrington, DFL-St. Paul, is heading back to law enforcement. He has been named the next Metro Transit Chief of Police. Prior to being elected in 2010, he was chief of the St. Paul Police Department from 2004 to 2010 and was with the department for 30 years.
Duluth holds budget line
Never mind the floods: In another sign of Duluth's ongoing fiscal turnaround, Mayor Don Ness presented a budget for next year that preserves city services while calling for the smallest increase in the property tax levy in more than a decade and the fifth consecutive year of decreases in general fund expenditures.
Ethanol plant closings
Across the nation, spiking corn prices and limited supply are forcing a growing number of ethanol plants, including the one here, to temporarily close -- yet another symptom of the worst drought in half a century. Outside the Central Minnesota Ethanol Co-Op in Little Falls, it's clear there's not a lot going on.
Good news on Minneapolis home prices
U.S. home prices rose in June from the same month last year, the first year-over-year increase since the summer of 2010, in the latest evidence of a nascent recovery in the housing market. All 20 cities tracked by the index also rose in June from May. Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago and Atlanta recorded the biggest one-month gains.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's the King of Pop -- in butter.
Iowa State Fair organizers announced Tuesday that they will have a statue of Michael Jackson made of butter. The sculpture will be on display along with the annual butter cow, a popular attraction at the event.
Both will be in a 40-degree cooler throughout the fair from Aug. 13 to 23 in Des Moines.
Fair organizers say the butter sculpture is a tribute to the pop icon who died at the age of 50.
Jackson performed at the fair twice with the Jackson Five in 1971.


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He is the Jewish boy from Brooklyn, who refused to pitch the opening game of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur, defining himself as a man who placed faith over fame. This act made him the standard to which Jewish parents still hold their children. Except for his autobiography (published in 1966), Koufax has resolutely avoided talking about himself. But through sheer doggedness that even Koufax came to marvel at, Jane Leavy was able to gain his trust to the point where they talked regularly over the three years Leavy reported her book. With Koufax's blessing, Leavy interviewed nearly every one of his former teammates, opponents, and friends, and emerged with a portrait of the artist that is as thorough and stylish as was his command on the pitching mound.
©2002 Jane Leavy; (P)2003 HarperCollins
"The Greatest Lefty I've Ever seen"
This audiobook kept my interest from beginning to end. I think the audiobook is equal to the print version. I have also read the print version & loved it.
It gave me the chance to re-live my youth and remember watching the best pitcher in baseball during the '60's.The Boys of Summer is another of the audiobooks I enjoyed that compares to Sandy Koufax because like Koufax, I kept my attention until the end. The Greatest Game Ever Pitched is the book I'm reading now (& I wish it was available in audiobook) because I was among the fans that witnessed the game at the "Stick" that night.
Yes she does. although I've never met Jane Leavy, I believe this book brings a very personal warmth & humor in the way it's written. I like that.
Absolutely nothing!
Is "Sandy Koufax, A Lefty's Legacy" available in enhanced form? If not, why not?
"Baseball Favorite"
Great story about a great man...Exceptionally written, Koufax's life story being told while woven between the innings of the perfect game he threw...It is refreshing being able to read about a boyhood hero that wasn't a fall down drunk or an egotistical psycho...Can't wait for your next book...
The book is easy to listen to and parallels a lot of idolizing of Mr. Koufax. The writing is wonderful. Having Charlie Steiner narrate the book is pure genius. Charlie is great talking about sports. Getting to listen to him for an extended period is great. I know, overuse of the word
"anti-jew or ultimate jew"
what is the bigoted cartoon image of a jew ?
loud, abrasive, short, fat, ugly, physically inept
greedy, dishonest, egotistical, mean-spirited
what if you are a jew and are none of those ?
would you make american jews look at themselves differently ?
would you become a yardstick of achievement/assimilation ?
he's a hard man to write about as he relentlessly avoids the spotlight
what we get is the image of his admirers in the mirror of his career
but the list of his admirers is as impressive as it is long
the modern athletic soap opera seems pale in comparison
his character was greater than his ability and his ability was immense
i only hope jane leavy decides to call rachel robinson some day about a book
"Well done!"
Steiner actually knows how to pronounce the athletes names and adds a sense of familiarity to the telling of a great baseball players' story. I like the way the author gives information about a well known Hall of Famer and avoids the uncomfortableness that happened a bit too frequently in her biography of Mickey Mantle. I want to know about the player and what made him the great player he became without feeling empathy for him and the circumstances that he overcame. This is truly a book for baseball fans of all ages.
One of the best I've listened too....A Texan since birth, had the honor of seeing Sandy and Drysdale pitch back to back games in 1962 when I was visiting my grandma in LA. When I was 14. I have always viewed Sandy as the best ever and always will...Book and Steiner were GREAT!!!
"Best biography on Koufax"
After reading the book when it first came out I thought I would give the audio version a listen. I was not disappointed. Jane Leavy has done a tremendous job with this book. If you love Koufax this book is a must!
"Portrait of a facinating man in a bygone era"
This was a great read. The author paints a wonderful protrait of great figure and simultaneously brings the reader back in time to a era when baseball was a different game,
I especially enjoyed the stories about ways that Sandy Koufax was often misunderstood by the media and the public.
Charley Steiner's passion for the subject was apparent in every sentence.
"Koufax the great!"
I enjoyed Charlie Steiner as the Narrator
Nothing I thought it was well done
I liked the book but only gave it a 3 out of five because I was hoping to find out more about Koufax and his off the field life. You what did he actually do after the finished playing, etc.
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It's better late than never, Microsoft has decided to purchase Screentonic, a french mobile advertising company.
It's the second french company that Microsoft adds to its mobile division, the first one was MotionBridge, a mobile search company which has been acquired last year.
Microsoft now catches up with Google and Yahoo, which are already providing mobile advertising offers such as click-to-call or pay-per-click advertising.


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Dual monitors: Dead space, stretched cursor, using Openbox
I'll try to be thorough in hopes of making it easier to answer my questions.
Basically, I have dual monitors mostly working with xrandr. They are both 1680x1050 monitors, except one is rotated 'left' so I'm using it in portrait mode. My virtual resolution then, is a rectangle of that is 2730x1680. This leaves dead zones above and below my landscape-oriented monitor, as it doesn't have as many vertical pixels as the virtual screen/portrait monitor.
My configuration is accomplished through the following lines in my ~/.Xprofile:
xrandr --output DVI-0 --left-of DVI-1 --auto --rotate left --pos 0x0
As for the deadzone, all solutions are welcome, but I was wondering:
Is there anything I could perhaps put in my openbox config to block that area from having windows placed in it? Something like the margins that are used, except on a per-monitor basis? Furthermore, is there any way to prevent my mouse from going into that region using openbox or X, or anything else?
What I'd try if you want/need the extra height is rotating the second monitor :-). Deadzones disappear.
That said, I could get 1280x800 on screen one, and 1440x900 on screen 2 and I did it by using stuff in xorg.conf.d/ so X set itself up that way. I haven't set Virtual, or left & right, but you can do that. It's probably a better way to go. Man xorg.conf is your friend.
I've fixed the deadzones to the extend I care about, however this big cursor is really bugging me...
It's the right size at my login screen, but then I enter my password and hit enter: For a second it flashes to DMZ-Black, size: 16 as I set it to in my "~/.xdefaults" to try and fix things, but then as my monitors are getting setup(I think lines from my .xprofile are running at this time), the cursor goes back to DMZ white, and stretched out too big.
Is there some reason X doesn't seem to want to scale it appropriately(or respect my theme choice?)
I don't really care about the theme, but it seems strange that X is using the wrong cursor. Perhaps it thinks I'm using a smaller screen than I am?
What distro U are using?
I'd try google custom mouse cursor for specific distro, draw mouse cursor in Microsoft Paint :rolleyes:, and apply it by standard distro cursor theme chooser.
hehe, just kidding about Microsoft, they are boring. Have fun with Linux :)
The big cursor thing: have you tried the option for software cursor?
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A teenager who stockpiled explosives but denied planning a Columbine-style attack has been detained under the Mental Health Act indefinitely.
Michael Piggin, 18, admitted stashing parts of pipe and petrol bombs in his bedroom at home in Loughborough, Leicestershire.
A jury at his Old Bailey retrial failed to reach a verdict on terrorism charges. He will not face further prosecution.
The judge said he needed treatment.
Recorder of London, Brian Barker QC, told Piggin he was detaining him "under the Mental Health Act, which will provide you with appropriate treatment for as long as is deemed necessary".
The judge added that the potential danger to the public was "uppermost" in his mind.
"Cases of this type are fortunately rare but of great concern to the public and normally would attract long sentences," he said.
"Given your personal condition, this is not a case of a determinate sentence. It is clear from reports that you need treatment."
Piggin was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, after his arrest in February last year.
Police found a hoard of weapons and explosive devices as well as a Nazi flag on the wall of his bedroom and a notebook with a list of potential targets.
He admitted three explosive offensives and possession of a knife but denied two more serious terrorism-related charges.
During the trials, jurors were show footage of Piggin throwing petrol bombs behind a leisure centre and writing racist graffiti on a wall.
Throughout the case, Piggin denied any real plans for attacks and said it had all "just been in his head".
He said he "didn't have a problem with Muslims in general" and described racist comments made on videos as "banter".


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About Iris 4-2
IRIS 4-2 was put together by Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, and was inspired by TILT: The Information Literacy Tutorials, which have been retired.
Information & Research Instruction Suite (IRIS) is an Information Literacy project developed with a grant from the Distance Learning Council of Washington.
- The site design was inspired by Clark College students of Robert Hughes' GRCP 210 (Interface Design and Interactivity) class. For several years these students have performed usability testing on library interfaces and tutorials and provided valuable feedback about what works (and doesn't work) for students.
- Kitty Mackey managed and coordinated the project, built the site and continues to oversee the modifications.
- Pavel Popov, IT Specialist at Cannell Library is entirely responsible for the programming, design, documentation and everything else associated with the quiz workings. He also provided the functionality that allows other libraries to download, install and customize the files.
- Major parts of the content were written by Kitty Mackey (Clark College), with some parts adapted/modified from the TILT modules. Meryl Geffner (Shoreline Community College) also contributed content.
- Tyler Chen, Secretary Senior in the Office of Instruction at Clark College, took photographs that are used throughout.
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One thing that the film firmly establishes is that Jackky Bhagnani is a hopeless actor, no matter how much marketing monies his doting father may spend in launching him. The script is bad and only reason it probably got picked is because it wouldn't put too much strain on his acting. But Mr Jackky fails to cross even such a low threshold.
The only saving grace of this film is Vijay Varma, who does the role of Pakkya. He wins everyone's heart with his authenticity and sheer talent. His is the only character which is able to establish any emotional connect with the Audience – maybe because he is comfortable in his own skin and is not trying to hide behind any clichéd look, or some random dance moves. Looking at him one feels that there is a lot more to come from this young actor. Rajpal Yadav is funny in parts, though he is mostly wasted.
At some point you start wondering how could such a mediocre film be produced by a veteran like Vashu Bhagnani to launch his son. The Music is mediocre too. The movies ends abruptly and before you recover from the mindlessness of it, the credit rolls start with a poor imitation of Gangnam style by Jackky. Ouch. Why? As you leave the hall you wonder what does Rangrezz mean anyway.
In all this mess, there is one thing that Vashu Bhagnani can take the credit for – in spotting Vijay Verma, and in launching him into the big league.


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HE'S BACK!!! The hardest working man in Richmond Black Liquid with his new album, "The Black Experience." This is a deeper album for Black Liq. The Black Experience is a reflective album about Black Liq's career, work ethic, and status in the RVA hip hop scene.
Hard to Earn – Black Liquid
It is a very interesting album for me to review due to the time period Black covers in the album. The time span really covers our friendship. I didn't' meet Black Liq until after he put in the work on the 9 albums in 2010. This album really speaks about the time period after the success of 2010 which includes the growth of Face Melt Fridays, the RVA Mag article, and the growth of his radio shows and live performances. He doesn't shy away from rhyming about how the growth has changed him and people's perceptions of him. From being in the back of the room reluctant to get on stage to melting faces all over RVA.
Black Liq is known "really known" for his energy at live shows. I have told him in private (and public in the RVA Mag article) what I believe to be his biggest challenge, transferring that raw energy for his live show into a studio album. While the Black Experience is a studio album, Black definitely comes closer than ever before in accomplishing that goal. Even the live intro to the song, "Fame" starts to give you that energy that you're about to get your face melted.
Fame – Black Liquid
I believe this album is Black Liq's best studio work. The production by Brenda's Baby and my dude Lord Slugg is stronger than past albums and Black shows more range on this album. Don't get it twisted, he is still the same Black Liq with tracks like, "Seagal" and "Wesley Snipes" but the range on the song, "I Do" really shows his growth as an Emcee.
I Do – Black Liquid
"Hard to Earn" is another must hear track. And there are two tracks that I can't wait for the entire New Juice Crew to jump on for classic remixes, "Another Day Another 40" and of course, "TNJC."
Check out Black Liquid tonight at Strange Matter for Face Melt Friday. Black will be releasing the album – make sure you grab a copy. #WOFTD #WE-RVA #WESEEIT


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Behavioral Research Lab Located in KSB Room T-56A
The Behavioral Research Lab at the Kogod School of Business is located on the school's terrace level. The first of its kind at American University, the lab provides researchers the opportunity to develop and conduct research studies in a sophisticated and controlled laboratory environment.
Kogod students have opportunities to help develop, participate in and learn from the research studies being conducted in the lab.
About the Lab
The Behavioral Research Lab consists of one large room with twelve (12) networked computer workstations and three conference tables.
Additional features include a large whiteboard, audio and video projection capabilities and video recording equipment. The computers are equipped with software including Media Lab and Direct RT.
In addition, a new Eye Tracking Lab has been added to the facility.


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Joy Ying Zhang, PhD February 29, 2012, 9:00 am - 10:00 am Thomas Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Room S123
Mobile Sensing for Behavior Modeling
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Mobility Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Sponsored by the Biobehavioral Medicine in Oncology Program
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Today's smart phones come equipped with a rich range of sensors including GPS, accelerometers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, microphone etc. Combined, this contextual information can tell us a great deal about a user's current activity: where is the user located, and what is the user doing now and for how long? When logged, this data can provide important information about the user's behavior patterns, based on which caregivers can design effective and personalized plans to improve the user's health and wellbeing. If we can aggregate this type of information across hundreds of participants in a city, it can also tell us a great deal about that city, for example, wait times for buses, how public and private places are used, what residents typically do, and so on. This kind of large-scale data collection and analysis offers a way to understand human behavior at large scale, which can have positive impact in a number of domains, including health care, traffic planning, urban design, and social network analysis.
While collecting sensor information is trivial, making sense of these heterogeneous sensory data is challenging. In our research, we separate the data representation from the processing algorithms to develop a generic framework for mobile sensing. Through quantization and sensor fusion, input from heterogeneous sensors is converted into a symbolic representation called behavior text. Based on this text-like representation, well-established statistical natural language processing algorithms developed in the areas of language modeling, information retrieval, text summarization, text classification and even machine translation can be applied to tackle the mobile sensing problems.Please contact Jessica Manculich (firstname.lastname@example.com) if you plan to attend, need directions, or need more information. The Thomas Starzl Biomedical Science Tower is located on Darragh Street in Oakland between Victoria and Terrace Streets. Room S123 is located in the South tower on the ground floor.


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Final class celebrations are in full swing at many schools around the country and while lil ones are counting the minutes until Summer vacation, it's our job to keep their brains growing while they are out on break. Keeping up the routine reading throughout the warm months is one way to ensure that your tot doesn't regress.
The Children's Book Council recently invited children to select their favorite books of the year by age group. Over 220,000 votes were collected and the winners were announced at a ceremony recognizing Whoopi Goldberg for her dedication to the promotion of literacy during the 90th observance of Book Week.
The winners include:
- Kindergarten to Second Grade: The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, by Mo Willems
- Third Grade to Fourth Grade: Spooky Cemeteries, by Dinah Williams
- Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade: Thirteen, by Lauren Myracle
- Teen Choice Book of the Year: Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
- Author of The Year: Stephenie Meyer, for Breaking Dawn
- Illustrator of the Year: Jon J Muth, for Zen Ties


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The Great Bend American Legion Post 180 is planning the Great Bend Memorial Day service this year. It is set for 10 a.m. Monday at the Veterans Circle, Great Bend Municipal Cemetery
The Wetlands Waterpark at Great Bend's Brit Spaugh Park could open Saturday, weather permitting, but the forecast is not promising.
American Legion Auxiliary volunteers will be in front of Great Bend businesses with hand-crafted, red crepe paper poppies for donations from 2-6 p.m. Friday and all day Saturday.
Rural high school class reunions offer a unique experience that can't be duplicated by larger districts. With graduating classes numbering in the double digits, an intimacy that draws the whole community in, and a "the more the merrier" attitude prevails. The class year takes back seat to the school and the town the graduate came from.
Each week we'll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We'll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what "the rest of the story" turned out to be.
Twelve more high school graduates had the opportunity to turn their tassels Wednesday evening, when the Barton County Academy held its 2015 graduation ceremony.
On April 9, 1865, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, signaled the end of the Civil War.
Last Friday, several Barton County employees gathered in the County Commission chambers for a program on what to do should there be an active shooter in the building.
On Tuesday, detectives from the Barton County Sheriff's Office obtained three search warrants for methamphetamine and other illegal drugs. The search warrants were obtained with the assistance and cooperation from the Great Bend Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir said.
Officials from the Kansas State Department of Education visited the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday to get business leaders' perspective on what schools need to teach.
The Kansas State High School Activities Association 2-1A State Baseball Tournament will take place at the end of this month at the Great Bend Sports Complex, and Community Coordinator Christina Hayes said help is needed.
The Great Bend Police Department Detective's Unit has been devoting a considerable amount of time to finding out who has been spray painting graffiti around town, City Administrator Howard Partington told the City Council Monday night. That is starting to show results. "They do have suspects," he said. "Some charges will likely be forthcoming." The Patrol Division has also been focusing its efforts toward catching these perpetrators, he said. Officers are planning some saturation patrol efforts (similar to the Warrant Task Force which has netted numerous drug busts) to address these issues.
After days of rain and storms, the future was so bright for Great Bend High School seniors, many had to wear shades.
Those wishing to place flowers on the graves of loved ones at the Great Bend Cemetery for Memorial Day will have an extra week to do so, the Great Bend City Council decided Monday night.
Verizon Wireless will be allowed to locate a temporary cellular telephone tower near the former St. Rose Ambulatory and Surgery Center. The Great Bend City Council Monday night approved a conditional use permit for the cell service provider.
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Washington vs Pittsburgh Wrap - Washington Wins 1-0
Washington's defense, led by netminder Michal Neuvirth, shut down Pittsburgh 1-0 at Consol Energy Centre on on Monday.
Bettors who backed the Capitals were rewarded as -135 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 5.5.
Washington got a goal from Alex Ovechkin in the victory. Ovechkin opened the scoring at 16:38 of the second period.
Michal Neuvirth turned in a 39-save effort for the Capitals.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 23 of 24 shots for the Penguins, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Washington went 1-for-3, while the Penguins were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Pittsburgh outshot Washington 39-24 in the game.
Washington looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Rangers. The Penguins will aim to get back on the winning track vs San Jose.


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- provides an opportunity to meet, experience, and converse with local healing arts practitioners.
- creates a space in which you are empowered to define your own wellness.
The South Bay Yoga Conference offers:
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- an outdoor fair featuring local vendors and entertainment, including :
- musicians
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- artists
- mindful living products and services
- non-profit organizations
- books and media
We've been asked…how can I support SBYC?
We invite you to request a sponsorship/exhibition package. Visit our website or email us and we will send you information on our opportunities including:
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You can create opportunities for your business/organization and for the SBYC through our ticket donations. We generously donate tickets to your fundraiser, auction, benefit, or contest as an incentive for your customers and clients. Each ticket we donate has a $69 value and is good for single 3 day pass with access to a maximum of 3 Featured classes over the weekend. There are a host of Free and demonstration classes for participation pleasure as well. Fill out the form below with your ideas and someone will get back to you within 72 hours.
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We welcome creative thinking and new ideas and encourage you to share your visions with us.
Consistent with our community based theme, we will proudly occupy the grounds of the Hermosa Beach Recreation Center for the 3 days of our event. We chose to give our financial support to a local school district to support their programs. By attending and participating in the South Bay Yoga Conference, you are contributing to our ability to support our distinguished educational programs.
We will gladly donate tickets to any fundraiser organized by a local school. If you represent a school or PTA and would like tickets, please fill out the form above or on the contact page.
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Freeman retains title but Shirvo goes down
Olympic 400 metres gold medallist Cathy Freeman won her sixth national title in Brisbane on Friday but said afterwards she would struggle to be in top form for this year's world championships.
Freeman won the final in 51.66 seconds which was her fastest time in the event since the Sydney 2000 Games.
"The way I'm going it's easy to think I'm not going to be in peak condition come (the world championships in Paris in) August," Freeman told reporters.
"The more I race, especially after Sydney (when she was thrashed last month by Australia's 400 metres hurdles Commonwealth Games champion Jana Pittman) the more I want it - there's no denying that.
"I'm nowhere near hitting the mark where it all falls into place," added the two-time former 400 metres world champion.
Patrick Johnson ended Matt Shirvington's five-year reign in the 100 metres by beating him in the event in a time of 10.25 seconds.
"It's nice to get a national title and be the fastest one in Australia," Johnson said. "I don't have to be the second fastest in Australia anymore."
Sharon Cripps won her first national title in the women's 100 metres.
World pole vault champion Dimitri Markov injured his foot and has withdrawn from the final, while Peter Burge's season is over after he injured his hamstring in winning the long-jump final.
Clinton Hill won the men's 400 metres final while WA's Kylie Wheeler won the heptathlon almost 1,000 points clear of her nearest rival.
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Yeah it's coming out by the end of Spring apparently. So look for a late June release.
Should be sweet. I love everything these guys have done.
Digging: Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights
this is really great...
srsly guise im crying
no ur not
Yeah, this is sweet
yes i am
its lyke waterfalls up in here
Never listened to these guys, even during my post rock days.
They fuse space rock and ambient with post rock. This is only my first listen but it's going fucking hard.
Love space rock. Ill have to give it a listen
I'm feeling a hard 4.5 or 5 at the moment. Being completely serious.
six u silly nigga
Album Rating: 4.0thats quite high
Yes, agreed. Please contain yourself, bach. This is awesome, though.
Album Rating: 4.0fantastic album, a deafening distance omg
Album Rating: 4.5best tracks here are a deafening distance, fragile, and when everything dies.
Fireflies and empty skies
Album Rating: 4.5thats a great one also. suicide by star is pretty awesome as well.
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text: As title say, unfortunatly i have had to break my S3 for spares. Reason is because the clutch failed and was the final straw after just recently fitting a new turbo, so i took the decision to break for spares to achieve more fund towards another car. Perhaps another S3 as it has been a fantastic car. Car spec: 2000 Audi S3 8l APY (pre-facelift) 85k, I have spent the past couple of weeks breaking the car so i could access more parts hidden deep behind the engine and dash. Everything to sell from little to larger. Below is a list of oem optional extras and modifications avaliable: Yellow alcantara interior inc door cards Brembo GT 4 pot front brake calipers including nearly new discs (323mm)and pads (covered less than 4k) genuine brembo kit, not from cupra R £500 APY engine 85k, with uprated rods, end bearings etc Would like to sell bumper as a whole with grills and all inserts, so would be selling grills seperatly. Contact me with any part request and offers you have either throught pm or txt 07716087266, Unfortunatly i do work (9-5) but will try to reply asap PARTS ALREADY SOLD, TIP Exhaust All door blades Light switch Forge DV Haldex ECU Wheels O\S headlight Front indicators Drivers window regulator Piano black ashtray / compartment Rear lights Rear diff FMIC drivers A pillar Arbs N/S driveshaft inlet manifold throttle body over boost pipe MAF front arch liners PVC pipework Rear bumper Turbo rear wiper motor aerial fin Fuel pump suspension


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The number of skulls did not include the cow head??
The number of skulls did not include the cow head??
So who do we think will go? Chelsea or Alicia?
It did include the cow skull. Kim barely squeaked that one out!
It was me. I let the dogs out.
Shoot! I was hoping Chelsie would win it since Kim did not need it and since Kim brought up her name to go. Shoot!
Well at least Alicia did not win. Of course, she's probably not as mean as she seems since it's probably just the edit.
Nah, just kidding.
Did Kim really bring up Chelsea as a potential boot?
as much as i hate the girls this season, you have to admit that they were much smarter than the guys, they knew how to split votes, they knew how to play the guys...they were good players, just not likable.
I hope... they take Christina to the finals and everyone vote for her because they hate everyone else, that would make this season worth it lol
Fingers crossed for Chelsea out.
Everyone thinks Kim is loyal. Someone's going to be really pissed off, Kim's going to have to get rid of one of them.
It was me. I let the dogs out.


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20 Years: Then and Now - July 2012
In 1992, the U.S. economy was coming out of a recession brought on by the savings and loan crisis and the first Gulf war. George H.W. Bush was in the last year of his first term as president of the country, though he would lose to Bill Clinton that November.
Like today, the country was lifting out of a period of decline. Low interest rates were encouraging homeowners to refinance, which enabled them to spend more money on new flooring and a president was gunning for a second term.
The consolidation within the manufacturing sector had already begun, the two biggest of which were Shaw Industries' acquisition of WestPoint Pepperell's carpet division in 1987 and Armstrong's carpet mill purchase in 1990. But it really started to heat up in 1992. In February of that year, Shaw bought Salem Carpet Mills, giving it a combined marketshare of over 30%. Two months later, Mohawk went public at $15 a share and by August had agreed to buy Horizon—which was actually bigger than Mohawk. Shaw turned around and bought Amoco's polypropylene carpet fiber plant. And in September, Dixie bought Carriage Industries and Queen bought Cumberland Mills. By the end of that year, the amount of carpet sold in the U.S. had increased by 9.6%, proof that the recession was over.
< ;br />Today, just two decades later, the world has changed quite a bit. Economically, we are still at least a year away from any substantial recovery, but at this point analyst Santo Torcivia is predicting 4% growth this year followed by 9% growth in 2013.
Regardless of all that, the landscape of the flooring industry is much different today from what it was in 1992. Today, carpet accounts for 42.8% of sales rather than 62.5% in 1992. Consolidation has continued throughout the 20-year period and there are substantially fewer manufacturers today than there were in 1992. The dominant players today have diversified, as part of this consolidation process, becoming multi-surface providers.
On the retail front, home centers have not only replaced the department stores but they've also taken share from the builder accounts in the single-family construction sector. Today, we estimate there are fewer than 12,000 independent flooring retailers left in the market. The number of distributors has also dropped substantially, but those that are left have streamlined and expanded to run with greater efficiency.
In the early stages of this 20-year period, the commercial contractor sector went through a major buyout and consolidation, but that has all stabilized now and the professionalism that they bring to the equation is still in high demand.
Looking forward, there is a lot of change to come. The Internet is already shifting the traditional channels to market—particularly with area rugs. And Interface continues to open company-owned retail stores in the major U.S. markets.
American consumers have limited free time today and their preference for home furnishings is shifting over toward more durable, low maintenance products—a trend that favors hard surface flooring.
In the commercial sector, carpet continues to dominate and modular's share of that mix—especially in the corporate sector—continues to rise. And a once brown industry has turned green.
For the complete 20 Years Then & Now, see the July 2012 issue of Floor Focus Magazine.
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For much of the past nine months, U.S. 10-year Treasury yields have been range-bound between 1.8 percent and 2.1 percent, near record-low levels. The sudden spike in yields to around 2.4 percent in early March ranks among the most rapid moves in the Treasury bond market over the past decade and caught a lot of investors by surprise. (See "Surprise Spike.")
The main catalyst for the jump in yields was a subtle change in the language of the Federal Reserve's policy statement on March 13. The central bank altered its statement to predict moderate U.S. economic growth over the next few quarters, compared to the modest growth the Fed projected less than two months earlier in its late January policy statement.
The Fed also acknowledged improvement in global credit markets since the beginning of the year and a notable drop in the unemployment rate.
Some pundits immediately interpreted this statement to mean the Fed was rethinking its prior commitment to maintain exceptionally easy monetary conditions through at least late 2014. A handful of economists still predict that the Fed will begin hiking rates as soon as late 2012 or early 2013.
However, fears of a shift in the Fed's monetary policy in 2012 or 2013 are misplaced. Likewise, fears about inflation and the future of U.S. monetary policy had little to do with the jump in yields.
The U.S. economic expansion since the end of the 2007-09 recession and financial crisis is not a normal recovery. U.S. households shouldered onerous levels of debt during the 2001-07 credit bubble and housing prices rose at a pace far above historic norms.
In prior post-war economic recoveries, consumers have helped push growth by ramping up spending and taking on credit. That hasn't happened in this cycle, as consumers save more and shed debt.
Falling home prices and impaired mortgage debt are an additional headwind for the US economy. Home credit was a major driver of the boom in consumer spending through the middle of the last decade. Today, most consumers no longer have enough equity in their homes to obtain home equity lines of credit, which affords them less financial flexibility and makes them feel poorer.
Ever since the financial crisis eased in early 2009, I have espoused the view that the U.S. economic recovery would be anemic and unemployment would remain stubbornly high relative to prior economic expansions. History suggests that this is always true of economic recoveries in the wake of financial crises of the severity of 2007-09.
Of course, the economy rarely grows at a constant pace. There have been periods of slightly better growth and improving economic data such as over the past two quarters. However, two major recession scares have reared their heads since the last recession ended: the first in summer 2010 and the second, exacerbated by Europe's financial crisis, in summer 2011. The underlying outlook for the economy hasn't changed one bit.
Unwarranted Enthusiasm
Last summer, many investors assumed a modest deterioration in economic data was an early sign of impending recession; investors were far too pessimistic, offering a historic buying opportunity for stocks. As I've been writing over the past few issues of my advisory service, Personal Finance, some investors are now extrapolating more positive economic data this year as the beginnings of a boom. That outlook is way too optimistic; what we're experiencing is a cyclical acceleration within the context of the same lackluster economic recovery.
Some of the recent improvement seems temporary. The fourth-warmest winter in modern U.S. history likely threw off the government's seasonal adjustments to economic data, making job gains appear better than the underlying trend and boosting home sales and construction activity.
Over the next nine months, the U.S. economy faces several major hurdles, including a U.S. presidential election, still-fragile credit conditions in Europe, the looming expiration of tax cuts from the George W. Bush era, and major cuts to spending mandated as part of last summer's debt ceiling compromise. I doubt all of the scheduled tax hikes and spending cuts will actually go into effect, but uncertainty is likely to persist until after the November election.
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has made it clear that he's well aware of the economy's still-fragile state. Against that backdrop, the Fed is likely to err on the side of keeping interest rates too low for too long rather than threatening growth with a major shift in policy. Unless the data significantly improve over the summer, look for the Fed to retain its commitment to exceptionally low interest rates.
The five-year U.S. break-even inflation rate sheds light on the situation. (See "Inflation Expectations.") To calculate this chart, I compared the yield on five-year U.S. government bonds to the yield on Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). The yield on TIPS is adjusted for inflation each year; the market's appetite for TIPs as compared to Treasuries indicates participants' assessment of likely inflation trends.
The five-year break-even inflation rate continues to hover around 2%. While it has been rising since last summer when U.S. economic data began to improve, it's still well below its 2011 highs. Unless inflation expectations begin to surge, the Fed will see little urgency to tighten policy.
A falling break-even inflation rate prompted the central bank to undertake a second round of quantitative easing in fall 2010. If break-even inflation begins to moderate again, the Fed may decide to launch a third round of quantitative easing. Over the next 12 months, I regard QE3 as a more likely outcome than an interest rate hike.
A more probable driver of the recent jump in Treasury yields is investors selling government bonds yielding less than 2% to buy riskier assets such as stocks and commodities. The risk-on trade that's pushed stocks to their best first-quarter performance in over a decade is a negative for safe-haven investments such as U.S. government bonds.
As I stated in The Market is Still Vulnerable, investors have plenty of reasons to fear a stock market pullback, but the threat of tightening from the Fed isn't one of them. The Fed also is bound to take into account the prospect of continued uncertainty in the oil market that has caused a spike in fuel prices.
Rising interest rates are generally a negative for income-producing stocks such as Linn Energy (LINE) and SeaDrill (NYSE:SDRL). However, that's unlikely to be the case this cycle because U.S. Treasury yields are still near record-low levels, even after the recent jump in yields.
Moreover, easing credit conditions in Europe and the global inter-bank lending markets over the past few months actually have pushed down borrowing costs for most large companies.
For much of the past nine months, U.S. 10-year Treasury yields have been range-bound between 1.8 percent and 2.1 percent, near record-low levels. The sudden spike in yields to around 2.4 percent in early March ranks among the most rapid moves in the Treasury bond market over the past decade and caught a lot of investors by surprise. (See "Surprise Spike.")


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I doubt anyone even in the White House would blame the SEALs for being pissed after watching Obama take full credit for a mission they conducted from start to finish.
Via Daily Mail:
Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for killing Osama bin Laden and accused him of using Special Forces operators as 'ammunition' for his re-election campaign.
The SEALs spoke out to MailOnline after the Obama campaign released an ad entitled 'One Chance'.
In it President Bill Clinton is featured saying that Mr Obama took 'the harder and the more honourable path' in ordering that bin Laden be killed. The words 'Which path would Mitt Romney have taken?' are then displayed.
Besides the ad, the White House is marking the first anniversary of the SEAL Team Six raid that killed bin Laden inside his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan with a series of briefings and an NBC interview in the Situation Room designed to highlight the 'gutsy call' made by the President.
Mr Obama used a news conference today to trumpet his personal role and imply that his Republican opponent Mr Romney, who in 2008 expressed reservations about the wisdom of sending troops into Pakistan, would have let bin Laden live.
'I said that I'd go after bin Laden if we had a clear shot at him, and I did,' Mr Obama said. 'If there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they'd do something else, then I'd go ahead and let them explain it.'


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review of Medal of Honor we said the "campaign is an exceptional experience, but the total package simply doesn't beat Call of Duty." The real drag was the game's "unremarkable" multiplayer, developed by DICE, not standing up to the single-player campaign or being able to headshot Call of Duty's twitch-based multiplayer, its clear inspiration and competition. Critical opinion of Medal of Honor is definitely mixed.
- Eurogamer (80/100): "As a game about the Afghanistan war that does its absolute utmost to avoid being about the Afghanistan war, Medal of Honor is arguably just a shooting gallery spliced with a fairground ride and a solid multiplayer accessory which owes a lot to Bad Company 2."
- 1Up (B): "But while the multiplayer is very much a worthwhile experience, it lacks the scope and grandeur of Modern Warfare 2, let alone the upcoming Black Ops. By comparison, the number of play modes and customization/rank options seem quite limited, and it's hard to believe fevered Call of Duty or Bad Company 2 players will break from their current favorites to dedicate themselves to Medal of Honor."
- Game Informer (70/100): "All the parts for a great multiplayer experience are here – class unlocks, a variety of familiar modes, lots of guns – but they don't come together in a way that makes Medal of Honor a must-play shooter. Military buffs may enjoy the game on some level, but in such a densely packed genre, EA must try harder to stand out."
- IGN (60/100): "Swinging wildly between the horrors and danger of war and unrealistic action movie moments and hampered by a surplus of boring scripted sequences, not even DICE's talented multiplayer designers are able to elevate Medal of Honor to something memorable."
- Giant Bomb (3/5): "But all of those scripting bugs and boring unlockables quickly add up, death-of-a-thousand-cuts style. In the absolutely ruthless world of online shooters, there's little room for weakness. Medal of Honor alternates between its derivative style and its annoying technical glitches way too frequently to rise above the crowd."


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Business sought for Lear building
Todd Kaiser bought Lear's 175,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on Enterprise Drive in September when it became clear that the company's days in Janesville were numbered.
Originally, Kaiser bought the property with the idea of moving his trucking business�Kaiser Transport�from its location on McCormick Drive.
"We need room for warehousing and to load our trucks," Kaiser said.
His company hauls machines and equipment on flatbed trailers to 48 states, Ontario and Quebec from terminals in Janesville and the coasts.
But the Lear building would require unique renovations that would likely diminish the building's value. Because Kaiser uses flatbed trailers, columns in the Lear building would need to be removed to allow loading room for forklifts and other swinging apparatus.
Kaiser instead will make the building available for other companies to buy or lease, preferably for manufacturing or warehousing.
"We're not about buying buildings just to turn them around for a quick sale or lease," Kaiser said. "The goal is to get another company in there.
"We want to help bring jobs back to the area and put good people back to work."
The building could accommodate one tenant or could easily to subdivided for several.
"Two unique things about that building are that it's air conditioned and it has redundant backup generation," said Doug Venable, Janesville's economic development director. "Companies looking at Janesville sometimes want those things, and they can always be added, but at a significant cost."
The building's location and expansion prospects are also appealing, said James Otterstein, Rock County's economic development manager.
The two economic development officials said it's always a benefit to have a local owner when marketing vacant buildings.
"It makes a tremendous impact when you're trying to package and negotiate a deal," Otterstein said. "Todd has a track record and a passion to help the community, and these guys have made themselves accessible to us from Day One."
Kaiser, who has extensive property holdings locally and across the country, said he learned long ago not to buy something unless he has a use for it.
If he can't lease or sell the Lear property, he'll move his trucking company to Enterprise Drive.
If he finds a buyer or lessee, he'll build a 100,000-square-foot building in the vicinity to house Kaiser Transport. The new building, he said, could be expanded to handle his warehousing needs.
"We've got a lot of good leads on the Lear building, but we have some holding power and can be patient," Kaiser said. "It really is a Ferrari of a building."
Kaiser Transport employs about 90 people. Unlike most trucking companies, Kaiser owns its entire fleet of 65 trucks.
The company's niche is using flatbed trailers for less-than-truckload shipping, which means that each truckload might include products for several different customers. Each needs to be carefully managed, he said.
While many freight haulers have been hit hard by the economic downturn, Kaiser has managed to work its position to its benefit.
Because Kaiser owns his fleet, his company needs to work extra hard to make sure its assets are always busy. His drivers are employees, not sub-contractors that can easily be dismissed when business slows.
"These days, it doesn't matter if you're in the trucking business or mowing lawns," he said. "Everything is extremely competitive, and there's absolutely no room for error.
"The silver lining in is that everyone is looking at how they run their business, and some are getting out."
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|21 Oct 2012
seriously slow i7 laptop - something not right
I need some advise as my laptop is running very slow and seems to be "plodding" along. My laptop is a 2nd Generation i7 (Sandy Bridge) with 8GB of DD3 RAM, 1GB Nvidia Graphics and a 750GB Hard Drive.
Loading the laptops takes a while even though the boot optimizer claims it takes 40 seconds to loads (definitely longer)
If I click an icon on the desktop there is a good 3 - 5 seconds delay before the machine responds and starts loading the program. Burning DVD's takes forever even though its an 8 speed DVD / Bluray combo drive.
My old PC was a custom built AMD X 2 4200 with 4GB DDR 2 RAM (4 years old) and that is faster than my laptop for booting, burning and general use of Windows.
I have tried reformating the machine with both the manufacturer recovery partition as well as just with a clean windows 7 however the same problem happens.
What do you suggest and what can I do to see where the bottleneck is forming and how to clear it?
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|21 Oct 2012
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
First thing that jumps out at me is malware, spyware and adware on your laptop and possibly a virus. Go into safemode and run your antivirus and malware software running full scans.
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|21 Oct 2012
Agreed. Scan your system before trying anything else. Software I recommend are MSE, Malwarebytes, and Superantispyware. If you go with MSE make sure to remove your current anti-virus first (never have more than one real-time antivirus program).
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|21 Oct 2012
Tried that you both kindly suggested and its still the same :-(
Added on MSE on, removed Avast and installed Malwarebyte
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|21 Oct 2012
Are you running the original OEM installation? Sounds to me like it could be a bad install. You've removed all the crapware right?
If you can find the time, then I highly suggest you do a clean install Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM. I do this with every new computer and have never had a problem .
EDIT: Just read that you already tried a clean install. In that case, it sounds like this could be a bigger problem than I thought.
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|21 Oct 2012
its strange isn't it ? surely the computer should be running quicker than it is - I though it was me.
How can I view potential bottlenecks (is that even possible with windows 7?)
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|21 Oct 2012
Don't know if this will solve your problem, but for starters, check out the stuff here. Create a system health report at the bottom and post the results.
Also make sure you've done everything in the Optimize Windows 7 tutorial.
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TORONTO - Years after sitting in the cheapest seats in the house, cheering on the Raptors, Brampton's Tristan Thompson squared off against the favoured team of his youth on Wednesday night at the ACC.
"It's amazing to come back to the homeland, play at the ACC, it's a dream come true," Thompson, who scored just one point against Raptors last night, told a massive throng of media pre-game.
"It's been a long trip, it's been a long road, I don't think I really pictured it happening until my junior year of high school and that's when I actually saw it could actually happen and just worked towards it."
Thompson, the fourth pick of the 2011 NBA draft, said he expected to have 200 people in the house to see him play.
"It's exciting to have the city of Toronto, Canada sticking by my side even though I'm playing for the Cavs," he said.
Raptors head coach Dwane Casey was concerned pre-game about containing Thompson, who is part of a bench brigade that leads the league in points per game and is also very solid on the boards.
Thompson was coming off of the best game of his five-game stint in the NBA, a 16-point, nine-rebound, two- block performance in a win over Charlotte.
"(He) has really established himself on the offensive boards. (We) need to keep a body on him," Casey said.
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Jamaal Magloire, the first GTA native to play in the NBA, said he remembers being extremely amped up for his first game at home. Magloire scored a season-best 16 points, along with eight rebounds and three blocks in a Charlotte blowout win back on Nov. 20, 2000.
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The three suspects in the Michigan case were stopped by police Friday after they purchased 80 prepaid mobile phones from a
At the men's arraignment yesterday, a magistrate set bond at $750,000. They are facing charges of collecting or providing materials for terrorist acts and surveillance of a vulnerable target for terrorist purposes. Officials have declined to elaborate on the alleged terrorist scheme.
No pleas were entered for the men at their arraignment, held at 71-B District Court in Caro, about 80 miles north of Detroit.
The arrests in Caro were made three days after two men were arrested in Marietta, Ohio, where police said they piqued suspicions when they acknowledged buying about 600 cellphones in recent months at stores in the southeast section of the state.
In the Michigan case, police said Maruan Awad Muhareb and Louai Abdelhamid Othman, both of Mesquite, Texas, and Adham Abdelhamid Othman, of Dallas, were stopped before dawn Friday not long after they purchased the cellphones.
The suspects were questioned by the local police and the FBI for several hours after their arrests.
Adham and Louai Othman are in their early 20s, and Muhareb is 18. All three were being held in Tuscola County Jail.
Caro Police Sergeant Dale Stevenson said the suspects in the Michigan case told investigators they planned to resell the phones to a wholesaler for profit.
Stevenson also declined to elaborate on how the case relates to terrorism. Telephone messages were left with the Tuscola County prosecutor's office and the FBI, which assisted with the investigation.
Stevenson said the men went to the 24-hour Wal-Mart store early Friday and bought the cellphones despite a store policy limiting customers to three phones per purchase.
A Wal-Mart clerk who thought the purchases were suspicious alerted police.
``They target these stores late, in the morning, hoping to get an inexperienced clerk," he said.
Police stopped the men's van about 1:30 a.m. and found nearly 1,000 phones, along with a laptop computer and a bag of receipts, Stevenson said.
``The cellphones can be used as detonators," Caro Police Chief Ben Page said. He also noted that phone batteries have chemicals that can be used to make methamphetamine.
The men told police they were buying the phones, which cost about $20 and come with a charger, with the intent of taking them out of their packages and selling them to a wholesaler in Texas for about $38 without the charger.
Ohio investigators said they found information about airline flights and airports in the car of the suspects arrested in Marietta.
The Ohio suspects, Ali Houssaiky and Osama Abulhassan, both 20 and from Dearborn, have been charged with two felonies -- money laundering in support of terrorism and soliciting or providing support for acts of terrorism -- and misdemeanor falsification. A preliminary hearing on the felony counts was set for Tuesday.
Defense lawyers said Houssaiky and Abulhassan planned to resell the phones to make money, and the flight information consisted of old papers left in the car by a relative who worked at an airport.
``The only illusory connection advanced by the prosecution to date is based on race and national origin," Abulhassan's family said in a statement. ``This appears to be a typical case of racial profiling and we are confident Osama and Ali will be exonerated."
Prosecutors in Ohio have said the prepaid phones can be used to make hard-to-track international calls and have been linked to use by terrorists.
Wal-Mart has an agreement with cellphone manufacturers to enforce a limit of three cellphones per purchase, said John Simley, a spokesman for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based in Bentonville, Ark.
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One of the big topics in the BigData community is Map/Reduce. There are a lot of good blogs that explain what Map/Reduce does and how it works logically, so I won't repeat it (look here, here and here for a few). Very few of them however explain the technical flow of things, which I at least need, to understand the performance implications. You can always through more hardware at a map reduce job to improve the overall time. I don't like that as a general solution and many Map/Reduce programs can be optimized quite easily, if you know what too look for. And optimizing a large map/reduce jobs can be instantly translated into ROI!
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A few weeks back at the opening of a Tesla Motors service center in Munich, Elon Musk told a room full of fans and journalists that Tesla would offer a special tuning package for high-speed Model S driving.
It makes a lot of sense: Sections of Germany's Autobahn network are among the few roads on Earth with no speed limit. And drivers really do make use of those sections.
One such driver is Martin Thomsen from EV Network DK, who sent us the video above. It shows just what the Model S is capable of when unleashed.
The answer is a fairly comfortable 212 kilometers per hour–or 132 mph in old money. Tesla itself quotes a top speed of 130 mph for the Model S Performance (125 for non-Performance 85 kWh cars), so it's clear to see that the car will do so when given a free rein.
More impressive still is how the Model S gets to that speed. Starting from around 60 mph, the car takes just five seconds or so to reach 100 mph. The rate of acceleration only really slows as the car passes 200 km/h, or 124 mph.
That replicates the behavior we saw in a Model S video earlier this year–though Martin's early-morning run on a section of de-restricted Autobahn near Berlin was perhaps a little more legal than the first video, shot in the U.S.
Naturally, the battery won't last the EPA's 265 miles at these sort of speeds, but that probably won't worry German owners–Musk promised a full network of Supercharger quick-charge stations over the next few years.
Those drivers will also get a faster charge than they do elsewhere, thanks to a higher 135 kW output. Musk believes Germany will become Tesla's third-largest market–after the U.S. and China.
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This outfit haha, pattern is easy since I have made so many chinese dresses. However finding the fabric for this was tough run. I ran through every store possible that is local to me, until my usual shop was selling the closest fabric I 've seen to Anna's design, I knew I had to get it. It was so close but haha very expensive. It was well spent though, I love Tekken so much. The bird... thing was hand made and hand placed. The trims are two toned taffeta which I made into custom bias tapes. Bow is also a two toned taffeta to match the outfit. The gloves was bought and modified for her and the tights was bough from my local JCP.
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- Anna is a fun character haha, I just love Tekken. Originally wanted to cosplay Nina but I choose to be Anna to match Genjitsu in his Kazuya. :D Tekken Premiere! I loved it so much but I couldn't stay off the TT2 Arcade System lol~ I can't wait till Hybrid comes out, hopefully I get to buy it. :3
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February 26th, 2012, 10:17 AM
We all know by now that they showed pictures of 2 new pokemon that seemed to be fusions of Reshiram + Kyurem and Zekrom + Kyurem. Well heres what I have been wondering, will these forms be seperate pokemon from Zekrom, Reshiram and Kyurem( As in different Pokedex entries) OR will they be forms of the Pokemon themselves. If they are forms( Like Girantina to Origin Girantina) will they be formes of Reshiram and Zekrom OR forms of Kyurem?


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Cardinal in no position to talk
Regarding the comments by Cardinal Sean Brady about the question of abortion, sadly he has not shown an aptitude for reflecting on "profound moral and legal issues".
This fact is commonly known because of the information he had, and held secret, of the sexual attacks on children.
The record does not show any evidence of moral concern and deep reflection about the welfare of those who placed their trust in the church.
He is not a suitable moral leader by virtue of the choices he has made and it is naive to expect that someone as morally tone deaf, so to speak, is suitable to represent Catholics in this country.
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