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Ace comedian Kapil, who recently came to new owing to his in-flight tussle with actor Sunil Grover has finally a good reason to celebrate. The actor turned a year older today. From struggling to make a place in comic world to making his debut in Bollywood, Kapil has effortlessly switched from one medium to another. On Kapil's 36th birthday, let's sneak into his life.
Kapil, who worked in a PCO and cloth mil became the winner of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.
He then started his show 'Comedy Nights With Kapil' that made Kapil a household name. Bollywood actors came to his show to promote their films. After his tussle with the channel broadcasting the show, Kapil started another show 'The Kapil Sharma Show' that also ruled the small screen.
He made his Bollywood debut with 'Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon' and received warm response from the audience. This didn't stop hikm as he waent on to made debut in one of the famous celebrity talk shows, 'Koffee With Karan' and gave many rib-tickling answers.
The actor recently made announcement about his girlfriend Ginni Chatrath and reports suggested that he will soon ditch his bachelorhood and will get married next year. It was being said that the announcement was made to distract attention from Kapil's ugly in-flight tussle with Sunil Grover.


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Live up to my highest potential. And finish my master's degree.
I'm interested in everything and anything. Usually this means I have too much on my plate, but right now I don't have what you would call a "job", so I even have time for that everything and anything :-D
I sing in a super cool medieval gothic metal band, and we're just working on our first demo. Most of my time thus goes singing and playing instruments. On the side I try to write (I have a first draft of a book done, but the editing, oh, the editing...), I dance, and I've taken up drawing and painting after a loooooooooong break. I also try to study Spanish and Hungarian, and occasionally French. On top of this, I'm studying to be an intuitive energy healer, which basically means at the moment a lot of work getting to know who I really am, what I want, and solving my issues.
My ultimate dream is to be an owner of a teahouse and a dozen other restaurants while being a semiprofessional dancer/singer/musician/painter/writer/comic book artist/English+Spanish teacher while travelling around the world in a sailboat with my boyfriend. And maybe have a couple of kids on top. And be stress-free and happy. One can always dream, right?
I enjoy good food and wine (and tea!), and interesting conversations. When it comes to parties, I either like the type where you can really talk with the people around you, or then just dance your heart out. So not really a fun of noisy crowded pubs where you can't do either. I might appear a bit of an introvert, but don't be fooled, once you get me talking it's hard to shut me up. It's just in my Finnish nature to be a bit shy ;-)
You reap what you sow, as in, think positive and you'll have a positive outcome. At least, everything is easier and you'll be happier if you just trust that everything goes as it's supposed to go, and try to be positive about it. Kindness is never wasted, and you should be sympathetic about people and be kind to them, even though it is hard at times.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Surfing, hosting, participating in local events...Couchsurfing is awesome! For the moment I'm having a bit of a lull in the action, but I'm sure I'll get back there eventually :-)
Great! All my experiences with it have been good to say the least, and at times, just awesome! I've met so many great people who I hope to meet again. Couchsurfing has given me faith in human beings, and to the fact, that there are guys out there who are in fact interested in just being friends and nothing more.
Aikido, Dancing, Learning languages, Tea, Coffee, Drinks, Food, Wine, Chocolate, Aerobics, Psychology, Parapsychology, Religions, Debate, Japanese culture (Manga, anime, language, anything), Music, Playing instruments (piano, guitar, flute...), Singing, Travelling, Learning, Reading, Writing, Politics, Saving the World...
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- recipes
- chocolate
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- vegetarian
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- anime
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- traveling
- painting
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- surfing
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Music, Movies, and Books
I love Stephen King (especially Duma Key and some of his short stories), Johanna Sinisalo, Harry Potters, Twilight saga, The Time Traveller's Wife, Hunger Games trilogy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, any good escape literature really, and lots of other stuff as well. Few of my favourites of non-fiction are Predictably Irrational, Escape, God Delusion and Sissimarkkinointi (Guerilla marketing).
The King's speech, Shawshank redemption, Leon, Last Samurai, Sin City, Rare Exports, movies of Pedro Almodóvar, Stranger than Fiction, Star Wars (4-6), The Lord of the Rings, Love actually, The Fifth Element, Demolition man and The Book of Eli are some of the movies that come to mind...but there's always so many, really. Also have to mention Woody Allen, although I can't tell his movies apart (at least by the name) because my boyfriend never told me which of the movies we were watching at each time :-D
When it comes to music, almost anything goes (maybe not death metal and some of Finnish rap), but I rarely listen to music, as it manipulates my emotions too much...Prince, Infected Mushroom, Elisa (Toffoli), Nightwish, Tom Waits, Jamie Cullum, Beth Orton, Pintandwefall, Script and Poets of the Fall are some of my favourites. And of course I love the music of our band, Rosslyn! Also anything you can dance to and I have to admit that I'm a sucker for Eurovisions :-D
One Amazing Thing I've Done
A sky full of northern lights one night when I was younger - we first thought a thunder storm was coming!
Being in a middle of a forest clearing with all the lights miles away and the sky filled with millions of stars.
Sauna - rolling in the snow - sauna - rolling in the snow - sauna!
Singing in harmony in an empty old stone church somewhere in the the middle of French countryside.
Washing my teeth 3 am by a fountain under the stars in a tiny French village.
The way I got to know the guitarist of our band. We just met on the street, started to talk, became good friends, and I ended up singing in his band. I don't really believe in fate, but this meeting was definitely guided from above :-)
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach you Finnish, some other languages on elementary level, Finnish + Scandinavian culture, good food recipes (both vegetarian and carnivore), some Aikido, dancing, playing piano and guitar... I can give Reiki treatments.
I love to learn languages. Especially I'd like to learn to communicate more effectively in Spanish and in Swedish (so Spanish and Swedish native speakers welcome!) and I never miss a chance to hone my English skills. Other languages I've learned at least a little include French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Hungarian and Japanese. Honestly, I love to learn almost anything!
Countries I've Visited
Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
Countries I've Lived In
Finland, Hungary

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A Multiplication of Solution Concepts
Each solution concept on a class of normal form games with a given outcome space can be regarded as a social choice correspondence. Here we present a general method of constructing compound solution concepts out of given ones by means of games of pretension.
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I'm getting stuck on this physics problem:A small rocket to gather weather data is launched straight up. Several seconds into the flight, its velocity is 120 m/s and it is accelerating at 18 m/s^2. At this instant, the rocket's mass is 48 kg and it is losing mass at the rate of 0.5 kg/s as it burns fuel. What is the net force on the rocket? HINT: Newton's second law was presented in a new form in this chapter.The new form of Newton's second law present is F = dP/dt, or the change in momentum over the change in time. I'm treating the gas and the rocket as a closed system, so momentum is conserved. The mass of the gas is equal to 0.5t, and the mass of the rocket is equal to the initial mass minus the mass of the gas. But, I have too many unknown variables. The initial mass, the change in time, and the velocity of the gas at the instant presented here.
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Al-Qaida's leader is condemning the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi, but also blaming the ousted Egyptian leader for trying to "satisfy America" by abandoning jihad.
Ayman al-Zawahri spoke in a 15-minute Internet audio message posted late Friday, his second this week.
He says Morsi, toppled in a July 3 coup after millions took to the streets demanding his overthrow, was targeted by a conspiracy of secularists, Coptic Christians, and Egypt's "Americanized" army for being Islamist.
But he also condemned Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood for having "tried its best to satisfy America and the secularists" by relinquishing "jihad," usually invoked by al-Qaida to mean armed struggle. Morsi was Egypt's first freely elected president.
The message's authenticity could not be independently confirmed but was posted on a militant website commonly used by al-Qaida.


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Phish has been one of the top bands of the jam band scenes since the early to mid 90's, this six disc box set is just one of the many albums that can display the environment and energy of their live shows at the UIC Pavilion in June of 1994 and November of 1994.
The track "Simple" off the new box set from the June 18th, 1994 show is just one of the many tracks that gives you the really feel of how the band was playing together at this time, young and full of energy. (Not saying they are starting to lose the mojo now.) The whole band really meshes together on this box set and you don't have to be a fan to realize that this is a good show.
This box set takes you back to both the UIC 94 shows, along with bonus material including every song from both the shows, sound-checks, and artwork from the artist Jim Pollock, who has been making tour prints and what not for Phish since their early days at the University of Vermont. This box set will make you "bounce around the room" and keep you dancing all through out the night.
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Back Row (left to right): Council Member TJ Thomson, Council Member Ben Quintana, Council President Pro Tem Lauren McLean, Council Member Scot LudwigFront Row (left to right): Council President Elaine Clegg, Mayor David H. Bieter, Council Member Maryanne Jordan
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Contact: BPD Media Relations Office
Arrested: William E. Tipton, 51, Boise
Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth)(F), Resisting and Obstructing (m), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (m)
A Boise Police officer on bicycle patrol observed two suspects manipulating a syringe in Veterans Memorial Park last night, June 26th, at approximately 8:00 p.m. As the officer approached the suspects one man, later identified as William Tipton, immediately ran from the officer. During a short foot pursuit the officer repeatedly identified himself and ordered the suspect to stop. At one point, the suspect jumped onto a motorcycle in a parking lot near State Street and North Clover Drive. The suspect was unable to start the bike. The suspect was physically taken in to custody. A search of the suspect's person revealed a marijuana pipe and a plastic baggie containing a small amount of meth. The suspect was booked at the Ada County Jail on the above listed charges.
Warrant Arrested: Everett B. Cole, 53, Boise
Warrant Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth)(F)
The suspect was taken into custody on an outstanding felony warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance yesterday.
The arrest warrant stems from an ongoing investigation into the possession of meth during a search warrant at a residence on the 5000 block of West Morris Hill on May 7th of this year. Evidence indicates the suspect, who does not reside at the home, was in possession of approximately .7 grams total package weight of meth. The suspect was at the home during a warrant search by Boise Neighborhood Contact Officers. That investigative information was forwarded to the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and resulted in the felony warrant.
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Warrant Arrested: Clifford J. Bale, 31, Boise
Warrant Charges: Burglary (F)
The suspect was taken into custody on an outstanding felony warrant for Burglary early this morning.
The arrest warrant stems from an ongoing investigation into an incident that took place on January 25th of this year. On that date, evidence indicates the suspect was involved in entering vehicles in a parking lot on the 100 block of East Mallard Drive at approximately 3:00 a.m. At the time officers located the suspect he was in possession of items that officers later determined had been stolen from vehicles. That investigative information was forwarded to the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and resulted in the felony warrant.
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Health insurance can be a huge stress factor for pregnant women, with co-pays at an all-time high and low cost health insurance being harder than ever to find. When I first found out I was pregnant, Nate was still going through school and I was the only one employed (at a job I was THIS close to quitting, but that's another story). I remember emerging from the office bathroom early on in my pregnancy – still trying to be all covert and nonchalant about my nausea – to find that one of my coworkers had returned from her leave. I asked her how the baby was and got caught up on the name/height/weight and other statistics before delving into the labor and delivery and all of those details that women inexplicably rehash time and time again.
"I showed up to give birth," she said, "and the hospital told me that our company cut my insurance off! I delivered with no health insurance to speak of and got hit with a twenty thousand dollar bill."
Talk about morning sickness. I'm pretty sure I turned green on the spot. My coworker did end up getting her bill worked out and COBRA covered most of it, but our company had legally cut her insurance benefits off the day she went on leave. How was this possible? A law in California allowed companies with fewer than 50 employees to suspend health insurance for women on maternity leave. And since our Human Resources department was pretty much nonexistent, nobody had bothered to tell my coworker that her insurance would also be nonexistent the moment she left the office to tend to her family.
Fortunately, a new California law went into effect earlier this month requiring all California companies with more than five employees to maintain health insurance for women who take pregnancy leave for a maximum of 12 weeks. That means that fewer new moms will be left trying to track down affordable pregnancy health insurance for individuals while dealing with having a new mouth to feed. If you're in another state, however, I'm pretty sure you're still out of luck.
I wish this law had been around to protect me back when I gave birth. Have you experienced issues with pregnancy and health insurance? Do you feel that your state does enough to protect the jobs and benefits of parents?
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Cramer Reiterates Need for USDA Action on Grain Inspection Delays
Washington, D.C. – Today Congressman Kevin Cramer reiterated to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack the need for immediate USDA action to resolve delays and inconsistent grain inspections caused by labor strikes in the Pacific Northwest.
In a new letter to Secretary Vilsack with several colleagues led by House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Congressman Cramer urged the Federal Grain Inspection Service to prepare an executable plan for implementation in the event future disruptions occur, ensuring grain inspections at all Pacific Northwest export facilities are performed without interruption.
Last week Cramer wrote his own letter to Vilsack, stressing the imperative nature of the problem due to its impact on the global commodity market.


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First The Wanted had some not so nice things to say about Christina Aguilera and now they're commenting on Britney Spears!
Apparently in an attempt to access wi-fi backstage, Britney's bouncer told The Wanted to face the wall as the Queen of Pop made her way down the hallway.
While we admit that's just a tad bit ridiculous, we don't think it is smart of the boy band to keep running their mouths about all the greats in music.
Can't we all just get along?? More lyrics and beats, less smack talk, boys!
Perez also told Carson about Jessica Simpson FINALLY giving birth, Octomom agreed to do porn as a result of filing for bankruptcy, Miley Cyrus is in consideration to be judge on X Factor, and Khloe Kardashian might get her own spin off!
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About the Book
Success is fleeting; nobody knows this better than Amanda Jaffe. She had been the rising star of Portland's legal community, but in a cruel twist of irony the same case that put her on the map -- the Cardoni trial, which pitted Amanda against a brilliant sociopath, has left her traumatized, doubting her instincts, and shunning the limelight.
This reticence ends when she agrees to handle the case no one else will touch. Jon Dupre, who runs an upscale call-girl service, is accused of murdering a U.S. senator. Dupre claims to possess proof of the existence of a secret society of powerful men who have banded together for a commonly held political agenda. The rite of passage that binds them together is murder.
To Amanda these seem the desperate claims of a man lying to save his own skin -- until she is pressured to walk away from the case. Determined to conquer the fear and psychological trauma that has plagued her since Cardoni, she refuses to abandon her investigation. It's a decision that will place her and those she loves directly in the path of a deadly juggernaut with ambitions that extend all the way to the presidency of the United States.
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We too have used Gradwell for our telephones they have now been out since last Thursday now it is Wednesday! Got our IT guys on the case but Gradwell keep saying the technical team will call them back.
I tried to call again this morning and was told that they had engineers working on the problem and could do nothing!
The status on their home page shows NO problems...even although the lady at Gradwell said they have a vast amount of outages! Think this may be a case for the lawyers now!
We are at the moment looking into how to change providers as we are a company who cannot survive without our phones.
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Baseball: No. 3-A Eagles suffer first loss of season
NEW YORK MILLS — The No. 3-A Eagles baseball team kept their undefeated streak in Park Region Conference play in check with two comfortable wins over Pillager, before suffering the first setback of the year in a 6-5 loss to Section 6A foe Lake Park-Audubon.
The upset-minded Raiders are 5-6 overall and the upset victory was the first in three tries over a Section 6 opponent for LP-A on Thursday. The Raiders are a dangerous team come playoff time with junior star pitcher Mason Swegarden.
"He threw well," Eagles Head Coach Chris Bushinger said. "We scored five off from him, and they put some timely hitting together."
New York Mills built a 5-0 lead before a five-inning fourth from the Raiders tied the game. Swegarden scored the game-winner in the fifth inning for the victory. Tucker Skoblik suffered the loss against Swegard and the Raiders.
The Eagles won a tight 2-0 game over Brandon-Evansville to cap off a 3-1 week Friday afternoon. Brandon Kupfer and Nick Kupfer scored the only runs of the game by way of plays at third base. Nick Kupfer reached on an error at third and Brandon Kupfer followed it up with an RBI triple. He scored on a RBI base hit off the bat of Adam Patron. Daniel Kraft pitched six innings in the victory over Brandon-Evansville. Kupfer pitched the seventh inning for the save.
Brandon Kupfer and Tyler Patron pitched complete games in the sweep of Pillager.
The Eagles (11-1, 8-0) have had little resistance from the rest of the conference. In eight Park Region victories, New York Mills is outscoring their opponents by an astounding 91 runs to nine. In four non-conference games, the margin is far less, but still in the Eagles' favor at 37-16.
Even with the loss, the Eagles remain a top-10 team in the latest QRF standings coming in at No. 7. Menahga, two games back of the Eagles in the conference standings is ranked No. 22. The 15 points of gap in the rankings is much wider than it appears when listed. The Eagles embarrassed the Braves in a doubleheader barrage two weeks ago.
"We are picking it up lately, but we still haven't reached our potential," Tyler Patron said. "Hopefully, our games are more consistent in the upcoming weeks."
New York Mills ran the table last season in conference for the second straight year alone atop the PRC standings. They will finish the season with doubleheaders against Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale and Parkers Prairie, both three-win teams in conference, in an attempt to match last year's mark.
"(We) started out a little rough the first game due to being in the gym for months but now our bats are coming alive and pitching is holding them to a darn low number of runs," Brandon Kupfer said. "We just need to have fun and keep our heads in it and we will make a good run."
At this time last season, the Eagles were also ranked No. 3 in the state. They took an undefeated record into the state tournament before losing their only game of the season on a controversial balk call in a 1-0 loss to eventual state champions St. Agnes.
New York Mills QRF ranking - No. 7
Associated Press Minnesota high school baseball rankings, provided by Let's Play Baseball newspaper...
1. Sleepy Eye St. Mary's
2. Lac qui Parle Valley
3. New York Mills
4. Wabasha/Kellogg
5. Osakis
6. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
7. West Lutheran
8. Mankato Loyola
9. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown
10. New Ulm Cathedral
11. St. Agnes
13. Southland
14. Kenyon-Wanamingo
15. Browerville
16. Hinckley-Finlayson
17. Springfield
18. Norman County
19. Windom Area
20. Blackduck
Also receiving votes: Chatfield, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, Wabasso, Sacred Heart, New Life Academy, Deer River, Badger-Greenbush-Middle River, Barnesville, Upsala/Swanville Area, Frazee, Ely, Menagha, Chisholm, Floodwood, Mesabi East


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Officials are searching for the owner of a pit bull who nearly choked to death after being tied to a fence.
Pennsylvania SPCA officers responded to a tip at Awbury Park in North Philadelphia early Tuesday morning where they found a dog tied to the chain link fence outside the park's tennis court.
Investigators say a short cable and electrical tape were wrapped around the animal's neck and the dog was showing signs of choking.
According to the tipster, the animal had been tied to the fence since 8 p.m. on Monday.
"The dog was tied so shortly to the fence that she couldn't support herself and had been choking," said George Bengal, Director of Humane Law Enforcement. "Abandoning a pet is a crime and, in this case, it could have resulted in a slow and painful death."
SPCA officers rescued the dog and renamed her Venus. She is now being treated ta the PSPCA's Shelter Hospital and is expected to recover.
The PSPCA is offering a $500 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people or person responsible for the incident. If you have any information, please call 1-866-601-SPCA.


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They did it knowing Obama won't risk the power of their campaign funding this close to the election.
While TransCanada has revised the route through Nebraska, the new route still runs over the Ogallala Aquifer and runs through Nebraska's sensitive Sandhills region.
It's no surprise that we're receiving reports from Nebraska activists that the Koch Brothers are literally working with TransCanada to hoodwink Nebraskans into supporting this project, which will help the Kochs and oil companies from Saudi Arabia and Canada, while leaving us to deal with the dirty, dangerous, catastrophic mess.
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2000 BMW M5 Sedan - Consumer Review
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ReviewWell, I got the M5 in 2009 on a dealer trade with 160k. The car runs a drives great. A few problems for future owners to look out for. Almost All E39 M5 have vanos knock. It sounds like "rattles in a can" on start up. BMW WANTED $4000 to change the VANOS units. Next, CARBON BUILD UP is a huge issue with this car. If the previous owners did not take care of the car, there will be carbon deposits in the engine with will lead to a secondary airflow low code. Sometimes the transmission would not shift into gears easily when it was colder outside. REAR LSD was also leaking. NOTE: Trans fluid and LSD fluid is not lifetime fluid like BMW claims. CHANGE the fluids out. Also car began to smoke
Best FeaturesPeople who know what an M5 is, always look at the car.
Worst FeaturesFIX THE VANOS PROBLEMS. FIX THE CARBON BUILD UP PROBLEMS. Also I am 6.6" and I barely fit. It would be nice if the seats went down further. Very limited trunk space, but who cares.
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Escondido is accepting nominations for annual awards given to residents who have contributed to improving the city's quality of life.
The winners will be announced during Mayor Sam Abed's "State of the City" address Feb. 20.
Categories include arts, business, charity, community beautification, diversity, education, environment, heroism, historic preservation and youth.
Since 1992, the city has honored about 200 people.
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Can't restore win 7 after ubuntu installation
When I bought my laptop (a packard bell) I created a win7 recovery disc. My brother installed ubuntu on that laptop, erasing the entire disc, so my laptop now has only 2 partition (swap and ext4). Now I want to reinstall win7 but after having inserted the recovery disc, started the packard bell recovery tool, and followed the procedure, I get a message
Restoration failed - Error code=1005(the volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted.)
I think it's because the Packard Bell tool doesn't find a disk point/partition where to reinstall win7.
How can I fix that?
thank you
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Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 ; Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
You are going to need to find either a Windows 7 install Disk (Any edition) or borrow/use another Windows 7 laptop to create a System Repair Disk
You are going to have to make a recovery Disk or borrow one from someone because your Packard Bell recovery disk is trying to find a NTFS Partition
System Repair Disc - Create
You will then use this disk to boot into System Recovery Options
System Recovery Options
Once you have done that You are going to have to delete both Swap and ext4 Partitions by using Diskpart in Command prompt
Partition or Volume - Delete
If there is anything else I can help you with then please ask,
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
Yeah, problem is that you have no primary NTFS partition on the HDD. So the installer does not know where to put the bootmgr and the system. Do the following:
1. Get the bootable CD of this program and burn it to CD (it is the last entry on the webpage): Free Download Magic Partition Manager Software - Partition Wizard Online
2. Load it from the CD reader and delete all partitions that are left on the HDD so that you get unallocated space.
3. Define a primary, active partition (size is up to you but should be at least 40GB)
4. install into that partition.
In Partition Wizard, you will find some of the required controls in Partition tab > Modify. The others should be pretty obvious. You always have to highlight the part you are working on. For more details, here is a good tutorial: Partition Wizard : Use the Bootable CD
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Confused about what to fertilize, when, and with what? Not enough fertilizer, and your plants won't perform to their full potential. Too much fertilizer, and you could cause excessive foliage, damage the roots, or outright kill the plant! Fertilizing at the wrong time can do more harm than good for the health of the plant.
Fertilizer can also be a major pollutant, especially as it relates to lakes, rivers and streams, so proper use is important for the protection of our environment. And, of course, using more fertilizer than needed is simply a waste of money!
Diana Alfuth, Pierce County Horticulture Agent with UW Extension will present a class on proper, safe and responsible fertilization from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the downstairs meeting room of the River Falls Public Library.
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GREAT & Little Tew survived an almighty scare at home to Great Brickhill to stay on course to clinch their first top-flight title.
Tew looked in real trouble after tumbling to 107 all out inside 27 overs.
Pete Hastings (5-46) and Garth Davson (5-49) ran through the card.
Only Harry Smith stood firm against the onslaught, but he ran out of partners on reaching his 50.
Tew then showed why they are top of the league by battling back through seamers Liam Manley (4-14) and Matt Taylor (4-25) to dismiss Brickhill for only 78.
Victory or 14 points from a draw at Banbury 2nd next week will have Tew the championship.
Great & Little Tew 25pts, Great Brickhill 5
It was a similar story in the match between Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts and Bletchley Town – but the result proved irrelevant as both were relegated anyway.
Town's batsmen were all back in the hutch for only 106, the runs coming painfully slowly from 52.1 overs.
Sanjay Vinjimoor (5-47) and Mark Strong (4-24) were in complete control.
But the tide turned after tea, when Wasim Fayyaz took 4-33 and James Sprittles 4-46 to send Nondies packing for 95, of which Mark Taylor contributed 43.
Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 5, Bletchley Town 25
Cumnor or Buckingham Town are set to fill the third relegation place if Thame Town and Shipton-under-Wychwood both come down from the Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 2 West, which looks highly likely.
The pair met on Saturday, with Cumnor enjoying much the better of a draw to leapfrog Town in the table.
Ali Morteza (59), Matthew Lake (38) and James Fitzjohn (34no) helped Cumnor reach 175 all out from 50.1 overs. Ryan Spraggs took 3-13 for Town and then watched his batting colleague struggle against Miles Hammond (3-30) as they crawled to 131-8.
Cumnor 17, Buckingham Town 7
Leighton Buzzard Town missed the chance to guarantee their Division 1 status when they lost at home to Banbury 2nd, who are safe from the drop.
Anish Desai hit 36 in Banbury's 139 all out, an innings dominated by Dan Scott (3-28) and Alan Priestley (3-32).
Olly Wright then bowled beautifully to finish with 5-50 as Town were rumbled for 118, of which Jack Kempster hit 33 and Kirk Brazier 30.
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whats the best way to setup my hdd is i want to put non wii stuff like music and movies on? and can i play them on wii?
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whats the best way to setup my hdd is i want to put non wii stuff like music and movies on? and can i play them on wii?
To add a FAT32 or NTFS partition besides the WBFS partition.
Partition it two ways or three ways
1. WBFS = for wii games
2. FAT32 = VC/Wiiware Games
3. NTFS = For movies and other stuff
make sure that you mark the WBFS side as active and primary or else you wii games will not be read by the loader....
And as for even going down the route of WBFS, it's just totally unnecessary, many managers & loaders support full drives of just a single FAT32 partition now, so why even bother with WBFS is beyond me.
As for the OP - please, go & read the tutorials, every question you have asked today has been asked and answered in the tuts threads.
WBFS = 500gb (150 games + or - depending on size)
FAT32 = 30gb (Wiiware/VC)
NTFS = the rest (Movies and Stuff)
there are programs like MplayerCE that will read the partiiton and play the movies....
Look HERE for info on playing .avi files.....
I'm not having a go here, but advice is sometimes taken as fact, and what we write in this forum can be taken as gospel by some and they will go away and do exactly what is suggested.
Questions for the OP need to be asked, such as:
Is all the drive for Wii, or PC & Wii use? If all the Wii, then there is no need for a NTFS partition, at all.
Secondly, if you want to play Wii Games, watch Movies and/or TV Shows, play Music, play WiiWare, then why bother doing WBFS, WBFS only allows you to play games, and that's it, FAT32 you can do everything, and you can see it all in a Windows Machine.
If people have never seen WBFS, then as at today I would recommend they stay well away.


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PARIS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- French cultural institutions are turning to online crowd funding to raise money for monument restorations after budget cuts by the government, officials said.
Isabelle De Ternay, a manager at the Pantheon church in Paris, said officials at the 250-year building have turned to online fundraising to gather some of the $25 million needed to make restorations.
"There are major parts of the monument that are cracked and are falling," she said.
Philippe Belaval, chair of France's National Monuments Agency, said four public works are currently raising money using crowd funding: the Pantheon, the drawbridge at the Mont St. Michel in Normandy, a statue at the Carcassonne castle and a statue in the St. Cloud Park outside Paris.
"We've been getting get less money from the government, and with big needs, we have to experiment new ways of doing our job," Belaval said.
The agency expected to raise approximately $6,500 for the Pantheon restorations, but in two months, donors have contributed $79,000, some in increments as small as $5, Radio France Internationale reported Friday.
"There is really a very strong conviction that it is part of themselves, and that it is one of the elements that makes France distinct from other countries and other parts of the world," Belaval said.


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- The Chicago Fire took another step towards developing its future on Thursday with the announcement that 17-year-old Academy product Collin Fernandez had signed a with the first team as a Homegrown player.
The Downers Grove product will become the fifth Homegrown player in club history once his contract goes into effect in 2015.
"It's always been my dream to be a professional soccer player and this is just the beginning," said Fernandez. "I've played with the Fire since I was 13, so it's a dream come true for me to sign with my hometown club."
Fernandez, who has appeared for the club's U-14, U-16 and U-18 Academy teams was named the USSFDA Center Conference U-16 Player of the Year after tallying 16 goals in 25 matches from his attacking midfield position during the 2013/14 campaign.
Fernandez has trained off and on with the first team for the last two years and said Thursday that his first time playing a Reserve match last season made him feel like going pro "was in my hands."
The club's third Homegrown player signing of 2014, Fernandez is taking a different route than that of Harry Shipp and Chris Ritter, both of whom went through college at Notre Dame and Northwestern respectively before signing with the Fire earlier this year.
While Fernandez considered a similar path, the desire to immediately get into a professional environment trumped that consideration.
"There was a thought to it but that three month season looks like it kills you," Fernandez said. "Professional soccer was always my dream and that's what I was looking forward to."
Fernandez says he models his defensive game after Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and attacking style after Arsenal's Mesut Ozil.
Locally though, Fernandez says 12-year club veteran Logan Pause has been instrumental in helping him get to this point.
"I've always looked up to Logan since day one. When I was 15 years old he was there to push me through training sessions. He gets on me every training session. When I play well he compliments me – he's there to keep pushing me."
Fernandez just returned from the Václav Ježek Tournament in the Czech Republic where he tallied a goal and two assists for the U.S. U-18s, helping the side to the tournament title.
With Fernandez ineligible for first team play until 2015, it'll be call-ups for the U.S. U-18s, remaining Reserve League matches and continued play for the Fire U-18s in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy to keep in shape heading into 2015.
Fernandez, who was born just eight months before the club's founding in October 1997, says those games will be good to keep him in shape for when he is eligible.
Showing little fear, when asked when he hoped to be ready for his first team debut, the 17-year-old said, "As soon as possible. Hopefully next season I can step on the field."


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Last year I participated in a BOM from a LQS. Each participant paid $25, and received a Debby Kratovil Block-a-Day calendar. Then each month the LQS owner picked out a block from the calendar and provided BARELY ENOUGH fabric to make that block. We also had to make the same block from fabric in our stash. Then we would bring in both blocks to show the LQS owner, give her the block from our stash, and take home the other block and the fabric and block selection for the next month. At the end of the year everyone who had completed all 12 blocks got a set of another 12 blocks made from the fabric in other people's stash, so we wound up with 2 sets - one made from the coordinating fabrics selected by the LQS owner, and another that wasn't quite so coordinated (though they tried). (I haven't decided what to do with that not-so-coordinated group yet, but donating them to science is a possibility.)
I purchased a panel that was in the same fabric line as some of the fabrics provided by the LQS owner. Never again, because I don't really enjoy using a whole panel, and it was not possible to cut this one into pieces without destroying parts of the design. I put off assembling this quilt, but I finally decided on a setting (which required making 12 more blocks). Then I backed it and started quilting it in 3 sections, before realizing that I had completely forgotten to make the border. By then I had made the backing out of fabric that I originally wanted in the border, so I wound up making a checkerboard border out of fabrics that were still left, and the backing had to be pieced too. I have not been a happy camper while working on this, but at least it is done. And I am planning the next quilt, which will be something more of my choosing.


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AP) -- A soft schedule has been a major obstacle in Boise State's quest to play for a national title. The Broncos, though, aren't concerning themselves with that this time.
Following an unexpected drop in the Top 25, fourth-ranked Boise State looks to extend its home winning streak to 58 when it faces Toledo for the first time Saturday night.
The Broncos (4-0) have dominated the Western Athletic Conference, winning three of the last four league crowns while going unbeaten overall in two of those seasons. They've continued to fall short of their goal of reaching the BCS title game, however, and their strength of schedule has been a major reason why.
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Boise State coach Chris Petersen wants to keep the focus off that issue - something that became much tougher to do after the Broncos dropped one spot in the poll this week despite beating New Mexico State 59-0 on Saturday.
Petersen's team retained its lone first-place vote while switching positions with Oregon, which beat then-No. 9 Stanford 52-31.
"Do you put a chip on your shoulder with 'We're only No. 4,'" Petersen said. "That's not where we're going with that. We just need to get better and it will all work out.
"To me, wait until December, and then it's news whether this conversation is even worth having. As we all know, there is going to be a lot of things happening between now and then."
The Broncos have won 18 in a row and haven't lost at home since Sept. 8, 2001. Those streaks seem unlikely to end any time soon, with the game against Toledo (3-2) being Boise State's last before returning to WAC play for the rest of the season.
The Broncos' biggest chance to bolster their case for a national title game berth comes Nov. 26 when they visit No. 23 Nevada.
"I don't care," quarterback Kellen Moore said of the schedule. "There are only eight more opportunities to play in the regular season. We should probably take advantage of it and quit complaining."
Moore, 30-1 as a starter, could find himself pulled early again this week. He'll be facing a Toledo defense that allows an average of 255.2 yards through the air - 11th in the Mid-American Conference.
The junior took a seat on the bench last week after capping the opening drive of the second half with a 26-yard scoring pass to Kyle Efaw. He finished 13 of 18 for 196 yards with three touchdowns.
Moore has 11 TD passes and one interception on the season. He's accumulated 21 touchdowns with three picks while winning the last nine meetings with non-conference foes.
While Moore could be in for a big day, the Broncos' running game could get a stiff test from the Rockets, who have limited opponents to an average of 95.4 yards on the ground and 2.9 per carry. Boise State, though, has run for 229.3 yards a contest while getting at least one score from five players.
Junior Doug Martin leads the team with 420 rushing yards while adding two touchdowns.
Defensively, Boise State is holding opponents to conference lows of 15.0 points and 223.5 yards per game.
That may not bode well for a Toledo squad uncertain over who will start at quarterback.
Austin Dantin was benched late in the third quarter last week, and the Rockets came up short in trying to erase an 18-point, fourth-quarter deficit in a 20-15 loss to Wyoming.
Dantin went 8 of 20 for 76 yards while freshman Terrance Owens was 6 for 15 for 108 yards in his collegiate debut.
Coach Tim Beckman will give both players a chance to win the starting job this week. Dantin adds a threat on the ground, as he's rushed for 157 yards and a team-high four TDs.
"That's the great thing about college football or any sport you play; it's competition," Beckman said. "We're to the point now as a football team that you can only get better through competition. We're competing at every position. We want TO to know that he has the opportunity to be the starter."
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Holy flock! Donald Trump to meet with religious right leadersWednesday, June 1, 2016The presumptive GOP nominee will be courting some of the most radical anti-LGBTQ religious leaders in America.
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Robison: Silence on gay marriage is like silence on allowing 'pedophiles to play in public parks'Tuesday, September 25, 2012James Robison makes the case for keeping the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman by saying that remaining silent on this issue "would be like stepping back when suddenly the public has…
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Meet Harry Jackson, Maryland's leading anti-gay race baiterSaturday, August 18, 2012Bishop Harry Jackson is one of the leading anti-gay voices working to repeal Maryland's proposed marriage equality law in November, and he's being bankrolled heavily by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), according to a new…
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'Your brother seemed to know what he was doing.'
Rome, AD 72. Falco returns home from a six-month mission to the German legions. But trouble is in store for him: his apartment has been wrecked by squatters and an ex-legionary friend of his colourfully heroic brother Festus is demanding money, allegedly owed him as the result of one of Festus's wild schemes.
Worse still, the only client Falco can get is his mother - who wants him to clear the family name. Then just as Falco thinks things can only get better, fate takes a turn for the worse. The legionary is found viciously stabbed to death, with Falco the prime suspect.
Now he has only three days to prove he is not a murderer, to trace the real suspect, amass evidence and win a fortune.
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Heli-One Secures New Contracts in Brazil(Vancouver, January 8, 2009) -- Heli-One, an operating division of the CHC Group, announced today confirmation of new helicopter support and leasing contracts with numerous operators in Brazil. Contract details as follows:
-- Two new contracts with Omni Taxi Aereo ("Omni") of Brazil, for lease and power-by-the-hour-support. The first contract covers a lease of a Sikorsky S-76C helicopter, while the second contract is for power-by-the-hour support for major components on the leased S-76C helicopter. Both contracts commenced November 20, 2008, each with two year contract terms.
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-- A new five year contract with Senior Taxi Aereo ("Senior") for exchange units and consignment stock in support of Senior's fleet of Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters. The contract commenced in September 2008 and covers major and minor components, including main, tail, and intermediate gearboxes.
-- A new five year contract with Aerorio Taxi Aereo for full power by the hour support of a Sikorsky C++ helicopter. The contract commenced in September 2008 and covers major and minor components, including main, tail, and intermediate gearboxes.
Heli-One already has existing contracts with these and other operators in Brazil - a testament to the company's commitment to servicing Brazil and other South American operators. Currently Heli-One has agreements in place with Aeroleo Taxi Aereo (lease of two AS332L1's and full power-by-the-hour support), Lider Aviaco (Sikorsky S-76 and B412 repair, overhaul, and maintenance support), Omni (lease of a SA365N), and BHS-Brazilian Helicopter Services Taxi Aereo (lease of 13 S-76s and three Super Pumas and full power-by-the-hour support). Through these various contracts, Heli-One supports over 55 helicopters in Brazil.
Total anticipated revenue from these new contracts is estimated at CDN 9.9 million over the contract terms (excluding options). Neil Calvert, President of Heli-One said, "We're excited to strengthen our partnerships and support of operators in Brazil to continue providing flexible support solutions including aircraft leases, maintenance or both. We're committed to providing world class service to all operators in South America and around the world, regardless of fleet size or mission."
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i am looking for a specific patisserie that i ate when i was younger. i am 35 so not that long but i've only ever seen it in the east part of Montreal.
I don't know the name of it, but here is a description:
almond tartelette base with the jam in the middle, over it a super fluffy white butter cream in some animal shape, usually frog, pig, mouse. the whole thing draped in a royal icing that hardens into a shell, decorated with piped icing for eyes and details.
Is there any place i can find this again? i have been away in the US for a long time and miss it terribly, want some as soon as the plane touches down.
If you know the name of it as well, that would be helpful.
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Attended "ARM Techcon" at the Santa Clara Convention center. .... Scored an LPCExpresso Board for an M0 USB chip (LPC11U14) and an STM32F4-Discovery board.
I just got this in the mail:https://www.adafruit.com/products/462This is basically just a prototyping board with a ZIF socket. I haven't assembled it yet so I can't put in a photo. The idea is that you can use the "Arduino as ISP" concept without having to muck around connecting up half a dozen wires. Just drop the processor into the ZIF socket. Quite neat. Pretty reasonable price, for $17.50 you get the board, the ZIF socket, an Atmega328P chip, and a few assorted extra parts.
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Many of the recruits had never considered a career in teaching. They came from varied backgrounds. Many of the women had been housewives, striking out against the conventional view of a "woman's place". They were all responding to government calls to join the ranks. Necker was an example of the many inspired trainees and trainers.
Much later, when I too became a teacher, I worked with colleagues who had also trained under the emergency scheme. They had the most profound effect on me, as had Katie and all the others so long ago.


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PCM1716 in differential mode
Hi, every DIYer,
I would like to have from you all some suggestions about the Burr-Brown PCM1716 DAC. I got some of this DAC. I once built a converter with the well-known CS8412 and PCM1716.
Yeah, it sounds, but not like my earlier DAC with 2× AD1862:devilr: !!!!
I think putting 2 of PCM1716 in differential mode will araise their performance, does anyone know how to connect them??
Thaks a lot!!!
By differential mode do you mean Dual mono for a balanced output?
Ok maybe not I just looked at the data sheets for both devices.
Right Im not an expert on this but here goes.
The TI chip has two DAC channels within it and a filter thingy. You input the data to the chip and it splits the data into left and right channel then inputs to the two DACs for a left and right output.
The AD DAC is just the DAC on it own, the SM5813 (from data sheet) performs the job of the filter and then outputs left and right channels to two AD dacs for stereo audio.
Also as far as I can tell the TI chip cant be used in MONO mode. If it would this would give you four sets of outputs from two DAC chips which would be used for Balanced operation, v.s SE for the AD you built before.
Technically speaking one PCM1716 does what two AD1862 plus a SM5813 does. If the PCM doesnt sound as good this isnt a surpirse. Looking at the AD specs, they are better then the TI.
For mono connection the TI data sheet will tell you how to connect it, if it can be done. Which I dont think it can :bawling:
If by differential your meaning using two like say arcam uses four wolfson chips for stereo in its FMJ player, then I dont know how to do that. Id say just request some samples of better DAC chips from TI and go from there. the PCM1738 is what KRELL uses in its latest £4000 SACD machine, for a Balanced out. Exposure uses the PCM1704 in its latest 2010 £1400 player. This works the same way as the AD chip requireing something like the SM5813. Ivor Humphreys quotes "balancing a cherent and detailed sound with an almost 'analogue' silky smoothness". So that should be good too. One other thing the KRELL chip requires a Microcontroller and isnt hardware set.
Hope that helps, Matt
I have to give up....
thanks for your reply 5th element,
Yeah you are right, to connect in differnetial mode is quite a tough work, I think it will need a microprocessor to elaborate the signals, forget it!!!! I'll keep it in this way, and trying to do something else in my capabilities :nod: , for example another DAC with PCM1730, or PCM1738, or AD1853.....hehe
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The vast majority of human malignancies originate from cells of epithelial origin (carcinomas). Epithelial cells exhibit apical-basal polarity, and lss of apical-basal polarity is considered both a defining characteristic and prerequisite for human cancer. Disruption of epithelial polarity in the setting of infection by oncogenic viruses (e.g. HP) or during breast cancer formation contributes to both cancer development and metastasis. The loss of polarity regulation is also associated with increased proliferation, through mechanisms that are poorly understood. Epithelia are dynamic structures with a high capacity for renewal and repair. In response to injury (genetic mutation, irradiation, physical), JNK-dependent apoptosis is induced and these dying cells secrete various mitogens that induce compensatory proliferation of the surrounding unaffected cells, so as to maintain the integrity of the epitheliu. The precise proximal signals regulating this process are not clear. The Longmore lab recently demonstrated that the Cdc42-containing Cdc42/Par6/aPKC polarity complex regulates proliferation in Drosophila epithelia (imaginal discs), and does so, in part, by limiting Rho activity. Disrupting the formation of the Cdc42/Par6/aPKC complex, but not other polarity complexes, by genetically depleting individual components or inhibiting complex assembly induces JNK-dependent apoptosis and compensatory proliferation following radiation injury. Surprisingly, disruption of the Cdc42/Par6/aPKC complex leads to activation of JNK through the increased ability of Rho and Rok to specifically activate myosin. When apoptosis execution is blocked, Cdc42/Par6/aPKC-depleted tissues exhibit tissue overgrowth (a tumorous phenotype), suggesting that in cancer where apoptotic regulation is compromised, disruption of this polarity complex may contribute to tumor hyperproliferation. The specific signaling changes resulting from Cdc42 depletion remain unknown and will be studied in the aims presented in this research project. The molecular signals proximal and distal to myosin in this pathway will be delineated, and the role myosin plays in the activation of JNK in this context will be determined. Furthermore, this project will aim to study whether these signaling events are unique to Cdc42 depletion or shared following depletion of any of the other known polarity-regulating proteins. These advances will further illustrate how the loss of cell polarity contributes to tumor development and progression.
Epithelial cell polarity is crucial for numerous biological processes, and loss of cell polarity is considered both a defining characteristic and prerequisite for cancer development. Disruption of epithelial polarity in the setting of infection by oncogenic viruses or during breast cancer formation contributes to both cancer progression and metastasis. Further understanding of the molecular mechanisms that lead to uncontrolled proliferation and tumor formation following the loss of cell polarity is crucial to the development of better cancer treatments.
|Schimizzi, Gregory V; Maher, Meghan T; Loza, Andrew J et al. (2016) Disruption of the Cdc42/Par6/aPKC or Dlg/Scrib/Lgl Polarity Complex Promotes Epithelial Proliferation via Overlapping Mechanisms. PLoS One 11:e0159881
|Jagannathan, Radhika; Schimizzi, Gregory V; Zhang, Kun et al. (2016) AJUBA LIM Proteins Limit Hippo Activity in Proliferating Cells by Sequestering the Hippo Core Kinase Complex in the Cytosol. Mol Cell Biol 36:2526-42


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Originally published Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 7:12 PM
Google's lack of diversity 'not where we want to be'
The search giant said the transparency about its workforce — the first disclosure of its kind in the largely white, male tech sector — is an important step toward change
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a groundbreaking disclosure, Google revealed Wednesday how very white and male its workforce is — just 2 percent of its Googlers are black, 3 percent are Hispanic, and 30 percent are women.
The search giant said the transparency about its workforce — the first disclosure of its kind in the largely white, male tech sector — is an important step toward change.
"Simply put, Google is not where we want to be when it comes to diversity," Google Senior Vice President Laszlo Bock wrote in a blog.
The numbers were compiled as part of a report that major U.S. employers must file with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Companies are not required to make the information public.
The gender divide is based on the roughly 44,000 people Google employed throughout the world at the start of this year.
The company didn't factor about 4,000 workers at its Motorola Mobility division, which is being sold to China's Lenovo Group for $2.9 billion.
The racial data is limited to Google's roughly 26,600 workers in the U.S. as of August 2013.
In the coming months, Google said, it will work with the Kapor Center for Social Impact, a group that uses information technology to close gender and ethnic gaps in the Silicon Valley workforce.
The center will be organizing a Google-backed conference in California focusing on issues of technology and diversity.
Co-founder Freada Kapor Klein, who started the Level Playing Field Institute 13 years ago to teach and mentor black and Latino students in science and math, said Google is showing leadership "which has been sorely needed for a long time."
Iris Gardner, a manager at nonprofit Code2040, which places black and Latino software engineering students in internships with top tech companies, said Google's disclosure could mark a pivotal moment in the push to diversify Silicon Valley.
"It is a big deal for them to be transparent about something that most companies haven't in the past been willing to share," she said.
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Spanky's rises from fire's ashes in Vergas
FRAZEE, Minn - It was a long, cold winter for patrons and employees of Spanky's Stone Hearth on Rose Lake, halfway between Vergas and Frazee.
After a fire blazed through the kitchen and part of the dining room early Aug. 14, nobody was sure if, when or where the popular spot would re-emerge.
Fans and staff alike sighed with relief when the Otter Tail County eatery re-opened May 1.
"There are a lot of different ways to handle adversity when it's thrown at you. We chose to take the high road and improve on a bad situation," said owner/chef, Josh Hanson.
The 33-year-old bought the business in May of 2005, after spending the previous 10 summers cooking at the long-standing roadside spot.
Built in 1946 as the Stone Hearth Hilltop Lounge, overlooking Rose Lake, the restaurant was remodeled in '96 with an addition to the dining room.
With the walls, ceilings and support beams featuring exposed pine and a bar made of field stone, Hanson says the building has a "Northwoods Minnesota atmosphere."
"We've created a destination in the lakes area. People need to know how to get here," Hanson said as the dinner rush was starting Saturday night.
Those who find the place seem to find their way back. Even before the doors officially open at 5 p.m. customers start filtering in. Within 30 minutes the dining room is bustling and by 6 p.m. there is a line of patrons waiting for the hostess to find them a table.
"People should drive for 400 miles. This is the best thing ever," said Myrna Hoekstra, sitting on the deck overlooking Rose Lake with her husband Vern and friends Max Peppel and Terry Sillerud.
The Hoekstras have been coming to Spanky's for 12 years.
"Everybody was worried they wouldn't re-open," Myrna says as Vern ordered onion rings and crab cakes.
"I like the presentation. It's like art, you don't want to eat it," she said. "I don't know another place where the chef comes out and talks to you."Hanson stresses Spanky's represents "fine dining in a casual atmosphere." Proving the point, he wears shorts with his chef's jacket.
"You can come in for a sandwich or a lobster tail or anything in between," he says.
Duck, steaks, lamb chops, and Hawaiian sea food are popular menu items, but an appetizer may be Spanky's most identifiable dish. Chislik - beef tenderloin strips sliced thin and sautéed with Cajun seasonings and creamy bleu cheese for $9 - is circled on the menu as a fan favorite, though walleye fingers are listed as Spanky's best selling appetizer.
Prices range from appetizers and burgers around $10 to Alaskan halibut with Old Bay and shallot aioli for $32.
Hanson likes to use locally-grown produce from Forest Glen Farm near Frazee. He also uses rose petals to flavor his homemade ice cream, an homage to neighboring Rose Lake.
Raised in Vergas, where he opened the beer and burger-based Skål Bar and Grill earlier this year, Hanson employs about 14 members of his immediate and extended family.
"It's definitely family-first," says brother Nathan Soland. "Our customers are more than just customers, but friends and family and you get to work with them."
Soland drives in from the Twin Cities to work on the weekends. While the family and friends make it a worthwhile commute, the view of Rose Lake across Hwy 4 makes for nice work time scenery.


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Gold Outlook For The Following Months
Based on the February 1st, 2013 Premium Update. Visit our archives for more gold & silver articles.
Gold moved sideways for the last six weeks, with each rally and correction sparking either new hopes or new fears about the yellow metal. But focusing on such short-term volatility can rarely bring any good when it comes to long-term investments. That's one of the things that we often stress - one should always analyze the market form different perspectives and keep in mind their order of importance. This week we will focus on the long term.
Another thing, that we have already mentioned, is that such universal commodities, traded on many exchanges and in many currencies, like gold ought to be assessed taking other currencies into consideration. Hence, to get a clearer, distilled from the short-term noise picture of the situation in gold, today we will focus mostly on long- and medium-term charts, as well as on the yellow metal priced in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
To see what awaits the gold price in February 2013 let's turn to this week's technical part. We will start with the yellow metal's long-term chart (charts courtesy by http://stockcharts.com.)
Little change has been seen in this chart this week, but it is important for a reason which will be touched on when we summarize this essay. The bottom was very likely formed here a few weeks ago when gold prices dipped below the 300-day moving average, which is a very important long-term technical development. Prices now appear to be simply consolidating a bit, which is also in tune with the historical patterns - the rally didn't always start in a volatile way after the final bottom was reached below the 300-day MA - but it happened eventually many times and on each occasion the rally was worth waiting for.
Let us now move on to the yellow metal's medium-term chart - we will use GLD ETF as a proxy.
Here, we see that prices moved lower this week but are still above the declining short-term resistance line. While significant volatility has been seen on a short-term basis, the average price has moved very little over the last month and a half.
The situation is very similar to mid-2012, where back and forth price movement was eventually followed by a huge rally. Those whom were not prepared, say last August, would have missed a large part of the upside move.
The price action seen on Thursday was quite similar to January 11, where gold corrected after a short-term powerful upswing and managed to move higher before the end of the session. The outlook was bullish then and we think it's bullish right now as well.
The rally will likely really pick up after gold moves above the declining medium-term resistance line (black ellipse on the above chart). However, does the move higher have to happen immediately?
Let us have a look at two charts featuring gold from the non-USD perspective - we'll start with gold priced in euro.
In this chart we saw a breakdown below the rising resistance line and the next support line is at the 2012 low. Since this level has not been reached yet, it seems we could see some weakness on a short-term basis.
Does gold have to decline based on that - from the USD perspective? Not necessarily. Quite simply, gold could not rally immediately if the dollar declined. Gold priced in euro could move slightly lower and if gold then catches up or rallies more significantly then the dollar declines, the price of gold in euro would rally. This chart does have some clearly bearish implications, however.
Let us proceed to the second chart that shows a completely different picture - gold from the perspective of the Japanese yen.
Here, the outlook is bullish as a breakout above the 2011 high has been seen. More importantly, the breakout was verified as prices stayed there for more than 3 consecutive trading days.
Summing up, quite a few strong signals are seen in the gold charts this week. Gold price in euro is a bit bearish, and price volatility can be expected in the coming weeks. With so much going on, and so many factors in place, we feel we must emphasize keeping what's most important right in front of you. This is crucial and is why we keep featuring gold from the very long-term perspective, even though quite often, there are little changes from week to week.
The main point is that gold moved below the 300-day moving average (after already a lengthy consolidation) and then back above it. This accompanied major bottoms in the past, and we think that another is once again behind us. The ongoing debate now is whether consolidation will end immediately or if we will witness more sideways trading before the rally proceeds. The fundamentals are in place and gold will seemingly have to eventually rally. Taking all volatility signals along with the long-term gold picture into account, it seems that the next move will be to the upside, not down as the gold in euro picture might suggest. As far as long-term investments are concerned, we believe that staying in the market with your gold and silver holdings continues to be a good idea.
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1. Re: Export from oracle to excelSven W. Apr 22, 2008 9:03 AM (in response to 542647)The import external data is a good way to go.
What you need to do there is create an ODBC connection to your database. usually you choose the same parameters for your connection as you would do in TOAD.
2. Re: Export from oracle to excelBEDE Apr 22, 2008 9:07 AM (in response to 542647)You may use a tool like TOAD or PL/SQL Developer, that have the facility to export to Excel.
Or you may connect the Excel to Oracle through ADO. In Excel you have the querytable object, that may be quite useful.
Beware of the sheets limit of only 65536 rows. In an Oracle table you may have millions of rows. So, you must filter and/or aggregate for large tables.
3. Re: Export from oracle to excel542647 Apr 22, 2008 9:14 AM (in response to BEDE)What i have seen in toad is it export data in txt,sql and other format but not in excel. Secondly i need option where i just have to refresh the data by a single click like we do in "Import external Data". I have used "import External Data" with sql but never with Oracle. and when i am doing that it is asking for tool MS Query? Doest it support MS excel 2000?
4. Re: Export from oracle to excelSven W. Apr 22, 2008 9:20 AM (in response to 542647)Use "+Connect to New Data Source" then choose "Oracle" in the database connection wizard from Excel.
5. Re: Export from oracle to excelsql_dev Apr 22, 2008 9:23 AM (in response to 542647)From Sql plus, u can try like this..
SQL> set feed off markup html on spool on
SQL> spool 'd:\filename.xls'
SQL> select * from s_school_type;--Your query
SQL> spool off
SQL> set markup html off spool off
6. Re: Export from oracle to excel542647 Apr 22, 2008 10:51 AM (in response to Sven W.)
Use "+Connect to New Data Source" then choosethanx....it works as you say .... thanx alot
"Oracle" in the database connection wizard from Excel.
7. Re: Export from oracle to excelbrilliantmind Sep 10, 2013 9:12 AM (in response to 542647)
Simply follow this procedure
- Open NEW EXCEL SHEET
- Select DATA
- Then select External Data
- Then select From Other Resources
- Then select from Data Connection Wizard
- Then select Microsoft Data Access- OLE DB Provider for Oracle
- Then enter Next Button
- Then enter your required Server name,Username and Password
8. Re: Export from oracle to excelBluShadow Sep 10, 2013 9:36 AM (in response to brilliantmind)
I think after 5 years the OP will have either found his solution or left for another job.
DO NOT drag up old threads unnecessarily. There are plenty of active discussions that need assistance without you dragging up old ones.
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At their last meeting, the Buffalo City Council heard the first full report from New City/County Engineer Wayne Hill, who has been on the job just over a month.
Hill said he is pleased with city staff and employees and has been working with the city planner to determine the best way to approach projects.
Projects Hill is currently working on include a new outlet for the Greenleaf Subdivision through one of the unused lots in the adjacent business park. Water runoff and drainage in the subdivision is also being examined, he said.
Hill is also reviewing the sports fields complex, looking at design engineering for potential problems and possible cost savings.
The southwest quadrant infrastructure project has been scaled back to concentrate on water supply and related components needed for the new Cloud Peak School, and Hill is working to get that project ready to go.
Drainage issues at Watkins and Burritt Streets has been looked at and he said more survey work will need to be done before he can determine what the best solution will be for that problem.
The O'Reilly Auto Parts Project on East Hart Street is also being reviewed and readied for construction to begin, and water rights for property owners around the property are being reviewed.
Finally, Hill said he is looking into the possibility of streamlining the process of awarding paving projects through a yearly contract to try to get more paving projects done each year in the city.


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I'm writing a romantic comedy.
I know, I know. It's going to be difficult. After all, romantic comedies are the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Plus, the market is already saturated with such diverse gems as Friends with Benefits, No Strings Attached, Crazy Stupid Love, and Winnie the Pooh.
But I finally figured out how to write the perfect romantic comedy, with a formula so foolproof, it will blow away everything else in theaters…
The Perfect Romantic Comedy
You may be saying, "Why on earth do we need another romantic comedy?" I admit, I was asking myself this question too.
Now, I can enjoy a romantic comedy as much as the next guy (if you count District 9 as a "Rom-Com.") But the fact is the last decent romantic comedy was It Happened One Night, which was the Best Picture of 1934. In that movie, Clark Gable brazenly ignores Claudette Colbert, except to occasionally ridicule her (because that's how men showed affection), until she could no longer resist his manly indifference to her and fell desperately in love with him. If you have never watched it, you probably have very little comprehension of real human love.
In contrast, today's romantically deprived women subsist on a thin gruel of haphazard movies and Cosmopolitan magazines. But after painstaking research, I've cracked the code to the modern romantic comedy. It's deceptively simple, as it has only two indispensable elements:
The Perfect Man
The first key to a successful romantic comedy is to craft the "perfect" man. This will be the hook that lures women to the theaters. The perfect man is a piece of propaganda that does all things "perfect" men do, like dress metrosexually, talk about their feelings
constantly, and menstruate. If there were any actual perfect men left on this earth, like Gregory Peck, he'd never be allowed on the set of a romantic comedy.
The Perfect Man either tricks women into thinking such men exist in real life, setting them on a never-ending quest of unhappiness, or it's an escapist fantasy for a couple of hours. Then women return home to their men, who wear Hawaiian shirts, never know what women are thinking, and rarely have perfectly scripted lines of romantic dialogue.
You probably knew that element already. It's the obvious one. People have even called it "romantic pornography." The idea is that Rom-Coms distort womens' views on how men should look and act.
But this next one may surprise you.
The Woman of Every Man's Dreams
The female characters in the movies this summer are a new breed.
In two identical movies this summer, No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits, the setup is pretty obvious. A pair of platonic friends introduce sex into the relationship, without all the useless, archaic "emotion" that goes with it.
What's the message?
That's it's okay for liberated, empowered women to have casual, emotionally detached sex. Sure, it'll make things messy, but it won't hurt anyone. News flash: women have been allowed to do that for quite some time, but I've never met a healthy woman who engaged in uncommitted, emotionless sexual relationships.
This new kind of female character actually sounds a lot like the "women" in the pornography that men watch. Think about it. A pornographic image is the perfect casual, emotionless hook-up. It never says no. It never needs flowers or dinner or romance. It's always waiting, eager and ready…immediately. Ironically, pornography tricks men into fantasizing about an image that looks like a woman, but acts more like a man. Creepy, huh?
So these "empowered," "enlightened" female movie characters subtly tell young women that they don't need emotional fulfillment or commitment. Now that women are liberated from the doom of unwanted pregnancies, and the need for financial support, they don't need men. They really just need sex. Yay, feminism!
Essentially, girls, it's okay to act like a pornographic image. If women buy that message, it should be a dream come true for a new generation of men who've been taught by their own pornography to objectify women. So much for women's liberation.
What do you think? Have you seen any of the movies this summer? What'd you think of them? Are Rom-Coms harmless fun, or are they a little bit more sinister than they let on?


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Sony's next-gen PlayStation 4 video game console will launch in the US on November 15 and Europe on November 29. The release date was confirmed during a press event at Gamescom in Cologne today. The system runs on an 8-core x86 processor this time around and comes fitted with a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray/DVD drive and 8GB of GDDR5 memory. In the box is also a new DualShock 4 controller with touchpad, as well as the new PlayStation 4 Eye – provided consumers want to pay the extra $59. The standard version will be sold for $399 in the US, €399 in Europe and £349 in the UK. Sony also announced a price drop for the PlayStation Vita today, which is down to $199 in the US and €199 in Europe, as well as Twitch support for the PlayStation 4 sometime in the fall.
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SAP's rocky roadSteve Hamm
SAP's stock got hammered after it announced fourth quarter earnings yesterday--even though it had warned earlier that its software license revenue growth would come in well under analysts' forecasts. The reason? The company said it plans on spending 400 million euros or so over the next two years building up the piece of its business that targets smaller companies. Most of the news commentaries I read erroneously reported that the target is medium-sized businesses, but Bill McDermott, who runs SAP's Americas subsidiary, dropped by the office yesterday after the earning announcement to explain just what is being done. This is a new organization being built to go after a new segment, companies with 100 to 500 employees (I call that small), with an all-new product--code named "A 1 S." McDermott points out that SAP believes there's potentially a $19 billion addressable worldwide market in that segment.
I applaud the strategy, and SAP's willingness to make serious long term bets on new markets. This is what highly-compensated executives get paid to do. But I think this is a market that will be very difficult for SAP top succeed in. The company already has two products targeting smaller companies: Business One for companies with fewer than 100 employees, and All-In-One for mid-sized companies. All-In-One has sold well, but Business One hasn't gained a lot of traction. The smaller a company is, the less likely it is to be attracted to SAP, which is known for making huge complex programs that run giant corporations. Also, the new product is going to be delivered first as an on-demand service. This is smart—based on the success being reaped by on-demand software specialists such as Salesforce.com, NetSuite, and RightNow. But SAP's first foray into software-as-a-service, SAP CRM, has been slow to get off the launch pad.
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Beverly Hills, burning off plastic
Scraped it away, I do, I may
Hey, who's your man? Dances the alleys
Cape land to colors rolling through the valley
Hold tight, horizon eyes
It's writing its name in the sky
It's paradise!
We fade away into the night
Beverly Hills, nuclear winter
What should we wear, and who's for dinner?
Hold tight, our love will fade out
It's writing its name in the sky
And I'll stop and stare
We fade away into the night
It's paradise!
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