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Blog Village Goes Gonzo! – A Family Blog Carnival
Blog Village hosted a blog carnival tonight. It was an A Strategic Alliance event.
This is the original post; we're running it here to provide additional exposure for those who participated.
For Your Success presents
Family photograph courtesy of The Family, McCune {Machione}
November, 1928
Welcome Guests!
Dirty Butter – YESTERDAY'S MEMORIES of a Bygone Time – Determine Not To Have An Only Child
Kilroy_60 – Fear And Loathing – The Gonzo Papers – A Father's Day Thought
Eric – Eric Has Issues – Mondays True Story IV
Janey Loree – Heartfelt Notes – Up With The Top Or I'm Not Going…
Barb – Skittles Place – Why I Have Gary Hair
Heather – Beautiful British Columbia – Does Your Family Smore?
Chara – Zero To Gourmet – here's to staying blue-jean ready
Red Dirt Girl – Red Dirt Girl – My Childhood Family
Sparksfley – Sparks And Butterflies – Mom
Ruth – Me, My Life, My Garden – FAMILY – A Blogvillage Goes Gonzo Post
Chelle & Chel – She Says It's Pretty Dumb – Mother-Daughter Communication
John Holland – altjiranga mitjina – Thursday Thirteen #8: Christmas Pictures
Random Encounters – Random Encounters of We – On Broadway in New York City
SweetSwede – In His Steps – Family of God
LJP – Save Save Save – AVIS Messes With Family Catch Up
Kim Banks – Blog Fabulous – Is Cooking The Secret of a Good Marriage?
CyberCelt – Texas RV Travel Blog – Do It For The Family
sarala – blogaway – Did you like your kid today?
Oh, The Joys – Oh, The Joys – Little Brother
Anthony – The Lives and Times… of Anthony McCune – Welcome Blog Villagers…to Post Number 99
Emma Noelle – Wiping Up Snot – Grandparents' Rights To The Family
jillbeth – The Broken Cup: Christian Poetry – A Child's Plea
Sue and Matthew – One Big Green Bus – The Whole Story {By Request!}
Joseph Potocny – Living With Alzheimers – What A Past 24 Hours
Eli – Almost Here – Jewels
Zorak163 – Grasshopper Ramblings – Create A Family
KBaggott – Babylune – Parenthood Can Be Danerous
Thomas Karkalas – MODUS VIDENDI – we are of the opinion that…
Crystal – Two Moms In A Blog – 13 Things I Have Learned As A Parent/Wife
Gtargirl – If Mom Had A Blog In 1942 – War Comes Home
JHSEsq. – Colloquium – Thursday 13: Edition #4
Naomi – Diary from England – BRITISH FAMILY LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Michelle – Scribbit – Shark or Squid?
Linda – Are We There Yet? – "Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors" – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tonya – There Is A Season – Selflessness
Carla – Self Esteem Awareness Blog – Emotional Abuse and low self-esteem
Edith OSB – Monastic Musings – The Media-A Third Parent?
Maggie – Ramblings of Maggie – Dear Aunt Irma
JBruno – The Voltage Gate – The Mystery of the Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens
Jan – The Poodle And Dog Blog – Police Dog Mothers Tiger Cubs
Kerry – West Coast Women – Second Guessing Ourselves
Marsha – Family Adentures – Baby Elephant
Old Lady – Eclectic Tales – Grandmama's Muumuus
James – Points of Light – Convergence
Sheila – Alabama Kitchen Sink – Today Is A New Day
JAM – Least Significant Bits – Starting School
Dr. Richard P. Mungo – Teeth Care, Healthy Food and Dental Tourism – Saving Childhood Oral Health
Kim – Blog Fabulous – Is Cooking The Secret To A Good Marriage?
Thank You to all who participated.
Registration is open now for our next event.
A Strategic Alliance invites you to join our new link exchange program; it's all about mutual benefit. We're posting and adding new links tomorrow.
What Is Passion For Today's Business Leaders?
What is Passion For Today's Business Leaders?
By Leanne Hoagland-Smith
What is passion?
Recently after a presentation at a Leadership Conference of executive coaches, training and development practitioners, small business and leadership consultants, I was once again thanked for my passion. The compliment was genuinely given, as was my returned thank you.
However, as the day progressed, my thoughts kept returning to the question of: What really is passion? For the next several days as I attempted to ponder the answer to this question, another question surfaced. What does it mean when one has passion? Then additional questions bubbled up.
- What separates people with passion and those without passion?
- Is passion always positive?
- Could passion be negative?
- Is there a relationship between passion and purpose?
- And finally, How does all of this fit me?
Sometimes the best place to begin to define a word is with my trusted friend, Mr. Webster. Webster's dictionary states that passion is an emotional response.
Being an intellectual conceptualizer or more simply stated a heurist, I wrote down three words – passion, purpose and performance. I then started putting these words into some sort of visual so that I could have better understanding of these three powerful words.
Consider the following: Imagine a leader standing with out stretched arms and open hands with one hand holding the word passion and the other holding the word purpose. There are high levels of energy flowing between the hands as well as around the individual.
What I would like you to contemplate is that passion is the present where others as well as ourselves see and feel our emotional responses. Purpose is the future, our true north, where we constantly strive towards to reach our vision and attain the emotional desires of our past and present dreams. And performance is the individual with the outstretched hands. Performance is the collection of all past experiences and current actions where we continually apply knowledge as we hold and share our passion and purpose. When all are connected, energy is visible.
Now take a few moments to think about a recent leader that you heard, enjoyed and even possibly motivated you.
- Did this individual seem to ignite the room upon his or her entrance?
- Did you have a thought about where was the source for all that boundless and endless energy?
- Did you wish that you had one-tenth of that energy?
- Did you feel a little slighted or even cheated?
I believe that leaders who have such energy have probably already connected their passion to their purpose to enhance their performance. NOTE: This does not necessarily mean that their passion is positive or negative, but rather that they have made sense of all three and have all three working together.
To live without passion suggests that our life is void of emotion, an empty vessle or person just existing, moving from one meaningless action to another and never achieving the next great step. Passion is the critical partner to purpose and performance. All three are necessary to achieve the present and the future dreams or results that we desire for our businesses, our families, our friends, our communities and ourselves.
So the questions to you are now three-fold:
- What is Your Passion?
- How Are You Using Your Passion as a Leader?
- Does Your Current Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development or Executive Leadership Training Invoke The Passion Necessary to Achieve Your Current and Future Goals?
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The Process Of Change
The Process of Change
By Anthony McCune
Change is an issue we face every day. Can I go about this differently; is there a way I can do this better; will leaving the old behind or embracing the new improve the quality of my life?
People may recognize the need to make changes. They may understand the benefits change will bring. They may truly want to see the process happen. A basic problem is understanding how to change.
Our behavior is largely based on habits. We don't think; we do. Understanding that is the first step leading to change.
Change begins with the way you think about something.
A concerted effort is required. Practice, learn to think differently about the behavior you wish to change. Don't expect to fully achieve the change instantly or even over a short-time. It is a process built upon the foundation of acceptance.
It is necessary to maintain a level of awareness regarding what you have done, the way you have done it and the result you are seeking to accomplish. Some days you'll be more successful than others. The key is recognition.
If your actions do not reflect the change in behavior you want to accomplish, you need to recognize it. Accept that will happen at times and then continue the process. Habits are developed over time; change requires time as well. As long as you know when you're falling back into the old habit it will be easier to change.
Given time, and practice, you will begin to think differently about that behavior. The change of thinking will bring a change in your action. The action will achieve a result that you desire. Success will reinforce that behavior. The behavior you wanted when you identified the need for change.
Changing the way you think, acting in a different way will change the way you feel about that particular behavior. That positive outcome will reinforce the importance of carrying forth the new attitude, the new belief you have developed in terms of that behavior.
Change the way you think; to change the way you act; to change the way you feel. That, in a nutshell, is the process of change.
Blog Village – A True COMMUNITY Of Bloggers
Blog Village – A True
COMMUNITY Of Bloggers
Recently Rosemary, aka Dirty Butter, the Administrator of Blog Village answered some questions about her family friendly community for bloggers.
For Your Success: How did Blog Village come about?
Rosemary: About a year and a half ago I looked at my first blog, and I'll have to say it was not a pleasant experience. It just so happened that first blog was full of profanity and the pictures were child porn, as far as I was concerned. It's a wonder I ever looked at another one! But I had read some articles suggesting that blogs were a good way to promote an online business, so I decided to educate myself in this new medium. At first all I did was join some traffic exchanges and surf a lot, reading what appealed to me, and ignoring what didn't.
Finally, I took the plunge, and started the two blogs that are connected to our business, Yesterday's Memories and Plush Memories Lost Toys Search Service. Both have evolved somewhat from what I originally envisioned them as being about, but I guess that happens to a lot of blogs over time.
Look for these banners while you visit the Blog Village Top List:
As I became more and more comfortable in the blogging community, I also became more and more disgusted by the large number of blogs that bombarded me with skin I did not want to see and words I did not want pushed at me, whether I wanted to read them or not. That's when the idea for BLOG VILLAGE began to form in my mind. I put those thoughts into action, with the kind encouragement of one of the monitors of Blog Advance, on May 26, 2006.
For Your Success: What was your vision of what Blog Village would be?
Rosemary: What I envisioned for BLOG VILLAGE was a TopList with a community feeling to it, where the Villagers would consider the list to be an extended Blog Roll. I hoped that members would support each other's blogging efforts by reading and commenting on each other's blogs and voting for the blogs they liked each day. I was interested in opening up the Village to blogs of all types, as long as they met the basic criteria set out on the Blog Village News blog I started as a companion to the TopList. Basically, our Villagers do not post any pictures of a sexually suggestive nature anywhere on their blogs. They also do not use profanity or offensive language in any large print on their blogs. That is why we offer BLOG VILLAGE as a Family Friendly TopList. Even if an adult is viewing a blog on our list with children in the room, the children are not going to pass by the monitor and see something they shouldn't be seeing.
For Your Success: How have you gone about accomplishing that?
Rosemary: By wording the criteria in this way, my goal was not to censor the content of anyone's blog. Rather, I wanted to avoid having possibly offensive language "shoved in the reader's face" when they opened someone's blog. Many of our Villagers do not use any objectionable language in their blogs at all. Others use it within their posts, so it becomes the reader's decision as to whether they want to return to that blog or not. Although I am a Christian, and profess my faith openly on my own blogs, emails, and websites, I was very determined to seek out a variety of quality blogs, whether Christian or not.
For Your Success: What challenges have you faced and how have you handled them?
Rosemary: When I first started the TopList I invited blogging friends I already had a relationship with to join, and I asked them to refer their blogging friends, as well. Then I went on an intensive 3 month search for blogs to invite. I scoured the Traffic Exchanges, read through, and commented on, hundreds of blogs, and sent out invitations. I looked at the Blog Rolls of blogs I thought would be good Villagers, and I read through and commented on the blogs I found there that I liked. I advertised the new BLOG VILLAGE TopList on all the forums I belonged to. It was a lot of hard work, but I wanted this list to be a success, and that meant putting time into developing it. I believed if I could get over 100 blogs of top quality to join, others would see the voting link banners and begin to ask for membership. That has been the case, as I very rarely invite new members now. Almost all of the newer members requested to join.
As you can see, this has been a time intensive undertaking. That has been one of my biggest challenges with BLOG VILLAGE. Even though I knew there would be a lot of work involved initially, I never anticipated how much time it would continue to take to keep it running smoothly. I'm always glad to help fellow Villagers, but I have been surprised by the number of members who needed help getting the voting banner on their blog correctly. That has been time spent that I had not anticipated. A TopList won't work if the members don't have a prominent voting link, or preferably a banner, on their blogs. I've had the unpleasant task of repeatedly warning, and finally deleting a large number of blogs, where the owners never did add the voting link. Not only is that time consuming, and means checking all the blogs monthly to see if the link is still there, but a few bloggers have become indignant at being deleted. That's very stressful to me, as I am not comfortable with confrontation. There have also been a very small number of blogs that I have removed from membership, because I felt that subsequent posts or pictures did not fit with my criteria for the Village. When it all boils down to it, it's my TopList, and my decision is final in all matters concerning it, and some folks just didn't like that.
For Your Success: How would you characterize the state of things? What future plans and goals do you have?
Rosemary: As of this writing, we have 245 Active Members on our TopList, which I consider to be fantastic growth in a little over 6 months. I would hope that the list continues to grow, but certainly more slowly. As far as goals for the future, we have recently started featuring Villagers on the Blog Village News blog. This task has been taken on by one of our most active Villagers, Janey Loree, who has 3 blogs on the TopList and is an active commenter on a lot of the blogs. The interviews help to fulfill one of my goals, which is to help our members improve their SEO, by providing quality links to their blogs. I'm also hoping that these interviews will foster the feeling of community that I want this list to have. Right now, I would say there are maybe 25 or so Villagers who read and comment on each other's blogs regularly. That is way too low a number for me to be happy with it. So improving that number is my biggest priority for 2007.
Make The Decision To Succeed
Make The Decision To Succeed
By Anthony McCune
Communication is faster and access to information is more readily available today than it has ever been. Ease of communication will increase. The ability to obtain the information you need will improve. On the other hand, the amount of time you have to make a decision that will benefit or harm the success of your endeavor will decrease.
If you have something good to offer, you must let the people who need it know about it. The step you take or choose not to take today will have ramifications for your business tomorrow.
Will your potential customer learn of, be contacted by, or worse yet, buy from your competitor who has a product or service that is inferior to what you offer?
What if this happens because you had an idea, or were given a suggestion, that you needed to think about; wanted to give additional consideration; took more time to further contemplate; had to have another look at, and/or felt you needed to seek out advice from just one more person before making the decision?
What if in the meantime, your competitor had the same idea or was given the same suggestion. Your competitor, unlike you, makes a yes, "go forward", or a no, "move on", decision.
If the decision was correct or incorrect, a decision was made as to the action that would be taken. The person will either benefit from or deal with the ramifications resulting from their decision. Whichever the case may be, the impact on your company will result from internal action.
Overthinking, delaying or having difficulty pulling the trigger can all significant effect the productivity of your decision. Any of these factors can put you in a position where the impact on your company is determined by the actions of someone else. Do you want YOUR business to be put in that position?
A yes or no decision, over time, will be determined to have been right or wrong. There are many variables that impact situations; we all know only hindsight is 20/20. There is no way, though, to avoid the fact that a decision today effects tomorrow one way or another to a lesser or greater degree.
Results of a single decision can extend through the life of your business. A single decision can lead to your endeavor thriving. Or your great idea, your groundbreaking solution, your better way of doing things can wither and die on the vine.
The ability to put ego aside, to be open to new ideas, to have the willingness to accept advice are all matters one must consider in relation to their decision making process.
The most common problem that causes companies to either not be as successful as possible or to fail is easily identifiable. A person enters the business world possessing a core competency in their given field of endeavor. Problems arise when that person extends beyond their area of expertise to become personally involved in other areas that would be better handled by people hired to do those jobs.
Delegating, trusting the people to whom you assign tasks and having the willingness to roll the dice with their work product are all critical factors. These considerations directly impact the ability to make good decisions in an expedient fashion and execute tasks that make your company more successful.
Make the decision to succeed.
Why "For Your Success"?
FOR YOUR SUCCESS is a Full Service Business Hub. As well as a Resource for Personal Growth and Self Help.What is this ABOUT?
I initiated and am leading the development of FOR YOUR SUCCESS for three reasons:
- I gain a sense of personal satisfaction being a positive force in the world.
- To attain a greater feeling of fulfillment in my career.
- I am able to help people achieve a higher quality of life.
Knowledge is power. Perspective is an essential element to chart a course allowing you to be as successful as possible.
Having the right tool allows you to produce a superior product; it facilitate the ability to maximize results.
Bells and whistles do not impress me. Something that offers superior functionality, enables greater efficiency and maximizes the opportunity to advance one's goal(s) is a must have.
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These are the type of people with whom I have surrounded myself in creating FOR YOUR SUCCESS.
FOR YOUR SUCCESS will address a full spectrum of issues related to business. Unlike the typical business site, though, FOR YOUR SUCCESS takes a holistic approach. Topics related to the mind, body and spirit will be included. You can't be most successful in business if you aren't the best person possible.
We are here, FOR YOUR SUCCESS.
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|By PAUL GOUGH
Betting Editor
Manchester United can take a step closer towards pulling off a second treble - of the English Premier League title, Champions League and FA Cup - when they host league battlers Reading in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday.
The Red Devils famously became the first English club to pull off the prestigious treble in 1999, and veteran manager Sir Alex Ferguson has his team primed to do so again in 2013.
The league title for this season already looks won, with United now prohibitively short at $1.06 with Betfair to regain the crown from Manchester City after opening up a 12-point lead at the top of the table over their local rivals.
And ahead of this weekend's fifth round FA Cup ties - completed by Reading's visit to Old Trafford on Monday - United were also the $3.80 favourites at Betfair to win this season's FA Cup.
The Champions League of course will be much harder, but United took a significant step towards reaching the quarter-finals when they held Spanish giants Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday, with the second leg to come at Old Trafford.
However, United only remain the $11-equal fourth favourites at Betfair, along with Italian club Juventus, to win the Champions League this season.
Barcelona are the $3.05 favourites, ahead of Bayern Munich paying $7, Real Madrid at $7.20 and Borussia Dortmund at $9.40.
United are the $1.24 favourites at Centrebet, $1.25 at sportsbet.com.au and $1.28 at Betfair to beat Reading, with the Royals big odds at $11, $12 and $13 respectively.
|Man United to win v Reading at $1.28 at Betfair
|Man United to win 3-1 v Reading at $11.50 at Betfair
Reading have never beaten United in seven previous meetings but have surprisingly troubled the Red Devils in the past - with United only winning their league meeting this season 4-3.
In 2007, Reading also went to Old Trafford for the fifth round of the FA Cup and secured a 1-1 draw before losing the replay 3-2 at home.
However, despite their much improved recent form [with six wins in their past nine matches across both the league and FA Cup], the punters give Reading little chance of earning a draw this time, which is priced at $5.75 at Centrebet, $6 at sportsbet.com.au and $6.80 at Betfair.
As for correct-score betting, United to win 2-0 is the favoured option at Betfair at odds of $9 in early markets.
But given the fact they have scored at least one goal in each of their past nine games, Reading could well give United a fright in this game at some stage and look good value to score at least one goal.
As a result that makes United to win 2-1 tempting, at odds of $11 at Betfair, while the Red Devils are slightly better value at odds of $11.50 to win 3-1.
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"Maternity unit at NCH"
About: New Cross Hospital New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton WV10 0QP
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I gave birth to my daughter in June and was very pleased and impressed with the MLU and the midwives that delivered my baby and provided aftercare. I had a very fast delivery and the midwives were ready to receive me and treated me with kindness and respect which is in sharp contrast to the experience I had with my first child at another hospital. The staff I'm the unit were friendly, efficient, informative and caring, and the unit itself was well equipped, very clean and a lovely environment in which to give birth. I would recommend the hospital to any one I knew who was going to have a baby.
Response from The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust 16 months ago
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The West Bengal government has been forced to take action against a senior police officer linked to an infamous custodial-death case, in which the disappearance of key documents had been blamed on hungry white ants.
The government, that had invoked the wrath of the court by claiming that the records of Debashis, alias Babai Biswas, had been eaten up by white ants, disclosed on Friday that then deputy superintendent of police Avijeet Sengupta, now additional superintendent, Birbhum, has been suspended and his promotion put on hold.
The disclosure was made by state advocate-general Balai Ray in the court of Chief Justice G.B. Pattanaik, Justices U.C. Banerjee and K.G. Balakrishnan. Roy also assured the court that the trial would be conducted expeditiously. The apex court recorded the statement of the advocate-general and disposed of the petition. The judges, however, kept the records and said that if amicus curiae Krishan Mahajan found any lapses, he could bring them to the Supreme Courts notice. The apex court also said the trial court in Calcutta had the power to bring any other accused to book.
On September 20, the court had hauled up the West Bengal government for gross negligence in the custodial-death case. The police officer (Sengupta) should have been suspended and re-instated if he were acquitted... (It is) delinquent... on the part of the administration to allow him to continue. We are going to summon the chief and home secretaries
Let them explain what sort of police administration is this, the judges had observed.
Amicus curiae Mahajan told the court on Friday that Avijeet Sengupta had not been suspended, though he was facing criminal trial for allegedly fabricating evidence in the case of the custodial death of 22-year-old Babai Biswas. At this, the advocate-general clarified that the officer had already been suspended.
Biswas had been picked up on the night of April 8, 1997, by the Thakurpukur police and was brought back home dead the next day. Doctors conducting the post-mortem had told the West Bengal State Human Rights Commission that the medical report had termed Biswas death natural, under pressure from deputy superintendent Sengupta. The two FIRs filed against Biswas, accusing him of committing a dacoity, were also said to be false.


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There's a reason they call this time of your life "the golden years." We are here to help you enjoy these years with several free or low cost programs that will enable you to stay connected with other active older adults in the Park Heights community.
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Third Wednesday of Every Month | 12:00pm | B'nai Jacob Shaarei Zion | $5 at the door
This women's only group gathers monthly for a large scale special program with a featured presenter and an opportunity to interact in a larger group setting. Pick up a calendar magnet at the Weinberg Park Heights JCC front desk. *Dates are subject to change.
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|16 Jul 2012
SSD boot time slowed, Error ID 109 in EventViewer. Please Help?
Hello all, I seem to have quite an annoying issue here. My samsung 830 ssd (256 gb) was working excellently and last night for some reason it decided to no longer boot at the nice speed at which it did before.
Now I believe it is still performing up to par in the OS environment due to my AS SSD score being 724, although I have not seen many others to compare to.
Now down to business.
The system originally would boot in a time of 15-16 seconds. however, after this error:
The boot time jumped to around 30 seconds.
The error occurred yesterday night, and I believe I played around with Samsung's SSD Magician Utility, allowed it to "Optimize" the OS, however I am not sure if this was at the time of the reported error
Here is what I've tried so you may dismiss possible solutions
-Flash Bios
-Update SSD Firmware (was already the Latest)
-Re-Optimize through SSD Magician
-Disable Prefetch and Superfetch in regedit
-Unplug My optical Drive from the SATA3 port
-Unplug the SSD, allow the system to enter bios, turn off, then plug in again, to no avail.
-Lastly I uninstalled SSD Magician hoping that the program was the cause of the error, yet that is a no as well.
Hopefully someone will be able to help me out, without the solution a fresh install
|My System Specs
|16 Jul 2012
oh I forgot to say that I also reinstalled the Intel x79 AHCI driver. I think
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|16 Jul 2012
Never heard of SSD Magician, and anything we've never heard of here is usually not good.
You also do not want to disable SuperPreFetch which is the premiere genius feature in Win7. If you're doing tweaks like this you should consider following these Best Practices to get and maintain a perfect Clean Reinstall .
In the mean time you can establish a clean boot, check the logs and System Resources, test your hardware and other Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.
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As long as you play around with those so called 'Optimizers", you can expect trouble.
Off hand it is not clear what exactly could be the cause of your problem. But you may want to check the alignment. See here under "Verification" : SSD Alignment
PS: Disabling superfetch is a mistake.
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do you have any idea what the problem is though? what could cause boot time to jump from 16 seconds to 30?
Also, the drive was booting at 16s with superprefetch disabled so are you sure that's causing problems?
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Superprefetch is not to be messed with, either way.
I'd look first at freeloaders starting with Win7. Only allow your AV to start up with Windows.
Then check the logs and system resources for clues in Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7
As a last resort if you want a definitive answer try Gathering a Startup, Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate, or Reboot Trace - Windows 7 Forums
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When re-enabling superfetch/prefetch, What settings do i choose?
wow is the image really that small? :/
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You have to attach your pictures with the paper clip.
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I am going to do a clean install because re-enabling fixed nothing. How can I do this so it will wipe everything so I can expect the problem to be gone?
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Follow these reinstall Best Practices closely to get a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 - the steps are the same for retail and everything you need is in the link.
To get the HD cleanest boot the DVD Command line first to run Diskpart Clean Command.
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But it's hard. PSU already rejected me for grad school way back in February...didn't even get an interview. Haven't heard from Lewis and Clark...final decision is in April. But I haven't got an email about an interview so its pretty much a no. Just waiting for official word. There's one more grad school I wrote off but I can still apply to so I'll probably do that. Other than that its just a matter of waiting and applying to different grad schools this year for fall 2017. I'm gonna be persistent...I'm not quitting till somebody lets me in. I mean I'm decent on paper. Got like a 3.7 GPA cumulative, and graduating with some honors, and I've got intern experience. It's likely eventually I'll get in somewhere. And that's all I need. A foot in the door. To get the degree and get my hours and get my license. But it's hard man. And it hurts. Especially when you've already got self doubt issues.
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Friday, August 14, 2015
The Recurring Outpouring of Everything
I'm gonna switch gears here (there IS a reason why I called this thing "off the top," after all). I've been in north Idaho for a week Friday (its technically Friday already but its still Thursday night till I go to bed and wake up again later today). Visiting family and such. I'm sure this isn't news to most of my FB friends...I've been posting pictures and stuff about it all week long. Both Sarah and I are hitting that point where we're not exactly homesick (maybe she is but I don't quite get that way) but where we're missing our specific routines, and definitely our AC and WiFi connection. I've been in the routine of basically watching my eating for months now (which has caused me to lose roughly thirty pounds, I don't talk about it often because I'm terrified I'm going to gain it back) and for the last month or six weeks or so I've been in the routine of working out at Planet Fitness with Sarah...like everyday three days or so...and stretches of everyday for five day streaks or so. That hasn't happened since we got here last Friday (as there is, sadly, no Planet Fitness in any close vicinity). I'm starting to feel like I've gained weight, although it doesn't appear to be the case. But it's getting in my head, and I weighed myself on the scale where I was staying last night and it was like 3-5 pounds heavier. However weight naturally fluctuates about that much, and its a different scale that I only weighed myself on that one time. But, damn it's getting in my head. Eating hasn't been so great...but not really THAT far off track. It's still basically okay, and if I was getting my workouts in, I wouldn't worry so much. But we get back to Washington on the 17th, and we're only gonna be back a week before Sarah leaves for Arizona (long story) on the 24th...which is also the day I start school again. And I don't actually have a membership, I'm only a guest on Sarah's membership...which she has to be present for. Which will be changed...but I'm not sure when.
So that's my stress, my worry, my first world problems. Of course first world problems will be the only I'll ever face...so it's all about relativity. That's the best I can do to defend myself on that front. My recurring outpouring of everything. That's all for now.
P.S.-This blog post was written with Michael J. Sheehey's 'Twisted Little Man' playing on repeat in my headphones...in case that matters. Or even if it doesn't.
P.P.S.-I'm also pretty fuckin worried about upcoming application deadlines for masters programs, and graduate school in general but that'll have to be relegated to general FB complaints or another blog post.
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Some thoughts...
Trying to learn to listen to it.
A great deal of the time, when I'm in a rut, I seem to ignore the urges that could help you get out of it.
Sometimes it's really clear when I'm ignoring them, and I know I'm just avoiding. Other times I barely catch myself. Like, on a recent hot summer-y day Ava wanted me to run through the sprinklers with her and I said no...because I don't like water that much, and I didn't happen to be that hot so it seemed fair. But then I thought: what am I doing?! I'm throwing away chances for great memories.
And it's frightening because I know there's been many other times: Ava wanting me to sing with her, or play dolls or whatever. I mean, I do those things...don't get me wrong. But sometimes it's morning and I'm tired...or evening and I'm tired, and sometimes I'm just reading something on my phone, an article, a bit of news, Facebook, Twitter...and I just don't want to. And writing that down is the hardest thing. Sometimes I'd rather stare at a screen than spend a few minutes with my beautiful daughter.
Wow. It's hard to write that and not feel like the worst parent alive.
But...I know I'm not alone in this behavior. Others might alter the semantics of the statement...but there's a lot of you who know what I mean. I guess that's a little comforting. I'm human...it's nice to know I'm not the only one fucking up...and of course there's always someone fucking up worse than you. But, of course there's the other hand; somebody fucking up less,
And, if I have any life goal or motto, (other than "simple is good") it's fucking up less. Swearing isn't required but I say what I mean and say what I mean. Or, at least I want to.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Summer Sunday Afternoon Afterlife
Also I've been struck yet again by how...unsavory the human race can be.
But...there is some silver lining in this (not a play books worth...HA).
We've been learning about the Milgram studies in a few of my Psych classes and it's something I knew about before but it's always interesting...oh and the Zimbardo Prison Experiment too (If you're unfamiliar with either of those Google em...interesting/disturbing stuff).
Essentially both of studies conclude with the same idea...under the right conditions (those conditions basically being someone else is taking responsibility for your actions and you also view that someone else as a legitimate authority) the MAJORITY of regular, average, perfectly mentally healthy folks can and will do horrible atrocities.
Later they won't understand why and usually almost always the answer is "I was just following orders."
Now this isn't to make some anti-military point (Abu Ghraib is one of many instances that makes these implications clear so I don't have to drone on myself) but just to be aware...most evil isn't "outside evil."
Outside evil is inside of us.
So what's the silver lining? If we live with that awareness we CAN be better people. If we understand that about 65-70 percent of people will hesitantly but willingly shock a person to death for the purposes of a science experiment (Milgram) then we also understand that there is some 30-35 that could potentially be heroes.
If we keep in mind that any one of us have the capacity for evil inside of us then maybe we can fight it when we're tempted to go with the flow.
So it's depressing thought initially but in the end it feels like a silver lining. There's still room for heroes. Here's to that summer Sunday afternoon afterlife. One can hope.
P.S.-Has anyone else been seeing the night sky recently? Last night was pretty amazing...hoping for another good one tonight. G'night folks.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Does this inspire you? Does it make you think of something you want to do, but keeps not happening because of "priorities"? Start. This is a reminder to myself, as much as it is to you. I'll end this bloggette with another quote, a personal favorite of mine:
Monday, March 2, 2015
Interrupted shower
So here I stand, with only a towel draped around me in the bathroom. My hair is full of soap. The shower head made this noise, like a dying squeaky toy, and suddenly the water was completely gone, and I stood there suddenly confused. Sarah is going to the well/pump/whatever to check it out. And I wait...with no concrete plan to rinse the soap out of my hair. I decided to write about it. Normally I'd just write a quick sentence about it on Facebook but now you're getting a whole blog post about it! Also I could be editor of Sodo Mojo and make money. Writing about Mariners and MAKING MONEY. I guess the key is that the money isn't nearly enough to live on. And I'm writing for the Mariners now and making money...just separately, haha. College is the better thing to focus on...its got better payback. That's what I keep telling myself. I just heard a door open...I think Sarah might be back in from outside. Maybe there is water! I must investigate! Have a good night folks. And...hey! Its almost spring.


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It's a buzz word. It's a loaded word. It's a word that seemingly has a simple definition but one that is often filled with nuance and debate.
The media industry is no exception. What does diversity mean in the media world? Is it about the demographic composition of staffers? Is it about the demographic composition of editors, publishers, producers and people in management positions? Is it about the types of stories reported?
The Association for Women in Sports Media is, at heart, a diversity-based advocacy organization. Collectively, we want to see more women in all ranks of sports media — from positions of power and decision-making through the integral entry-level jobs. We want to see women be able to advance in their careers, and we want to ensure that any woman who chooses to work in sports media can do so in an environment that is free from hostility and harassment and other characteristics which cause her to feel "less than" simply because of her gender.
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Kenneth and Patricia Montgomery were honored with a surprise 50th wedding anniversary reception given by their four children, Glenda Montgomery, Gloria Habas, Greg Montgomery and Gwen (Steve) Abbott; and their five grandchildren, Brittany Martin, Patrick Habas, Nicholas, Natalie and Neil Abbott. on Sunday, April 26 at General Butler State Resort Park Conference Center. Many friends and relatives helped celebrate.
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The Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District has preliminary repair plans underway to fix the Markland Lock Gate near Warsaw.
The downstream lock gate on the 1,200-by-110 foot chamber failed during operation on Sunday, Sept. 27. One of the two leaves is resting on the bottom of the lock chamber. The other inoperable lock leaf is still affixed to the lock chamber and requires stabilization, according to Carol Labashosky, media spokeswoman for the Corps of Engineers Louisville District.
Carroll County Board of Education viewed the latest floor layout and exterior elevation renderings of the upcoming renovation of the Richard B. Cartmell Elementary School at its meeting Thursday. The renovation, set to begin in January, is necessary due to overcrowding issues at the facility.
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Unusual Influence of the Structures of Transition Metal Complexes on Catalytic C–S and C–Se Bond Formation Under Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Conditions
Version of Record online: 20 JUN 2007
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700119
Copyright © 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume 2007, Issue 21, pages 3431–3444, July 2007
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Beletskaya, I. P. and Ananikov, V. P. (2007), Unusual Influence of the Structures of Transition Metal Complexes on Catalytic C–S and C–Se Bond Formation Under Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Conditions. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2007: 3431–3444. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.200700119
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- Issue online: 3 JUL 2007
- Version of Record online: 20 JUN 2007
- Manuscript Received: 12 FEB 2007
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Grant Numbers: 05-03-34888, 07-03-00851
- Division of Chemistry and Material Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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In orthogonal frequency division multiple access downlink, the Signal-to-Interference-Noise Ratio (SINR) of every sub-band at each user is estimated with the aid of pilots and the channel quality (some function of SINR's) is fed back to the Base Station (BS). This information is utilized by the BS for downlink scheduling. However, the SINR of the bands at each user are correlated due to the common interfering BSs. In this paper, the authors obtain the order statistics of band SINR's by considering the co-channel interference and taking the correlations of interference across the bands into consideration. The order statistics are then used to analyze a best-m band feedback scheme, in which every users reports the index of their best-m bands to the BS.


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I was really glad to say goodbye to 2012, because it was the year of grieving the death of my father, and I knew nothing could be that hard.
Then I was really glad to say goodbye to 2013, because it was the year of grieving the death of my mother, and our many miscarriages, and that was definitely way harder.
And then 2014 happened, and it hurt in a whole new way.
But that doesn't mean it was a bad year, just rather unpleasant.
We knew it would be a hard year because the very first thing that happened was moving to Bartlesville, quite unexpectedly, without any warning. We got a prompting one day, followed up, explored an option that didn't quite feel right but helped us know what we needed, both of us found the same house separately, we looked at it, and closed on it 26 days later. It was insane! But we were thrilled for more room for so many kids, and to be closer to Nathan's parents and my work.
I still had hair then.
We were in our new ward a whole two weeks before getting called to give our first talks. I spoke about Conversion and Consecration, and Nathan spoke about Truth and Love.
Our first two years of marriage included five miscarriages, the deaths of both my parents, and forty-two foster kids. It has been hard, and exhausting, and brutal, even, but also amazing and glorious and strengthening and healing. Our power, and our hope, comes from the temple, and these are the covenants we lived and practiced while we were taught such lessons of endurance:
I clung to the temple promises as we did the work for my father the week before my mother was killed, and this year we were able to do her work, which mean they could be sealed together, which meant my brother and I could be sealed to them. Finally, our family was whole. It was the most powerful and healing and restorative experience I have ever felt in my life. It lifted grief from me, and it gave me access to my parents in ways I have never before had. I am so, so grateful for the restoration of the priesthood and for temples being on the Earth again, that our families can together forever, and not just "until death do us part".
It was standing up from that moment in that picture that we knew something was wrong. Strange pains and weaknesses started making life a bit more challenging. We thought I was too tired from having so many foster kids, and I almost didn't notice as I started sleeping any moment I wasn't working. Besides, there was so much excitement! They told us Five's adoption would be final by April (we forgot to ask which April), and we were proud of Toddler's mom for doing well enough to start reunification – we didn't know yet she would relapse again, get a string of felonies, and that Toddler's plan would be changed to adoption.
Nathan was busy, too. His musical Broadcast was performed in Wisconsin, and the release of The Giver movie renewed interest in their first musical, The Giver, now that producers knew there really was an audience for it.
April came and went, and there was no progress on Five's adoption.
I was desperate to regain my energy and strength, and really irritated with myself that I was not strong and well, and so kept pushing myself to try and take walks on Pathfinder, so very frustrated I could not get myself running.
In the meantime, life kept happening.
I served in my calling for the nursery:
And Nathan led the primary music:
I wrote an article about Passover and the whole tetrad drama, and we enjoyed the Passover Seder Meal with our family and friends:
Nathan made homemade Easter baskets with the kids, and we watched General Conference, and the kids helped make my nursery craft, I started translating the Book of Mormon from Hebrew back into English, and I sewed the toddler an Easter dress using the materials she helped pick out:
I got a new haircut for my new cochlear implant processor upgrades:
In May, we had our kids do the "Live Below the Line" project to learn about poverty in other countries, what programs help their families in this country, and how to budget their money and choose healthy foods.
For Mother's Day, I made my mother a gravestone finally, and took Five and Toddler to see her again, remembering that her burial was the first weekend Five had come to stay with us:
For my old Owasso ward, I gave a talk about the Evils of Pornography, and at home, we started the summer homeschool journey to get Five ready for Kindergarten. He worked so hard all summer, and I was so proud of him!
I did, however, have to sew pink lace on the bottom of his shirts to teach him how to keep them tucked in, and that worked well for him. He knows how to feel for the bottom hem of his shirt now, and keeps it tucked in really well. His new shirts no longer require lace!
By the end of May, all I could do was sleep. I was at the lowest I had ever been on my clinical caseload, and as soon as work was finished I came home and fell onto my bed. Literally. And slept until morning. As in, Nathan and his father would sometimes give me blessings and I wouldn't even know. Sometimes Nathan couldn't even get me to wake up to change into my pajamas. I was exhausted all the time, and in pain whenever I was awake. It was a terrible time, but we decided maybe I was just doing too much (imagine that), and needed to play more.
So Nathan took me on a date! For Indian food, all the way in Tulsa!
And then I slept for a week. Well, almost.
I was so grateful during these days. Nathan really stepped up and helped the kids so much, driving them to appointments I had usually handled, picking them up from school, juggling work (even another trip to New York) and playing in the symphony and his community activities with Musical Research Society. He sacrificed so much creative time to care for the children, and to care for me.
His parents helped, too! This was one Sunday in June, when Nathan and his parents helped the kids make homemade puppets and put on a puppet show for me!
I love our family so much, and I am so glad the kids have Nathan's parents. I tell them stories about my parents, too, and I am glad their spirits live on and my kids are getting to know them. We took them to visit my father's grave for Father's Day:
It was in June that the Toddler officially turned two, and when we showed up at her birthday party that her biological mother had scheduled and no one came, that's when we knew something was up. The next few weeks would be one felony report after another, stories not for telling now, and the sudden realization that now Toddler would not be going home at all. The rest of the year unfolded that story, with one court hearing after another, about every six weeks, putting into place the final pieces for termination of rights. There were a million emotions, with grief for the mother and the heaviness of her consequences, and the ecstatic joy to realize this little girl we had loved for more than a year would stay with us.
We have learned enough from court to know that we never know what will happen.
June was also when I was no longer strong enough to open the baby bottles to feed our newborn foster baby, and when we realized that my sleeping was more than just late night feedings. Something was wrong, and something was off, and Nathan got me to the doctor. The doctor thought maybe I was having an onset of rheumatoid arthritis, which turned out to be the case, but in the labwork for those test some other blood work came back scary. I was sent immediately up a few floors to see my obgyn, who did an ultrasound, and sent me packing to the hospital for surgery.
It was ovarian cancer, and it was bad.
I wrote about that day HERE, and it has been one of the most read blog posts I have ever written. I celebrated my unexpected last day of summer with a swimming-dance, and ultimately about my surgery and the rope of death pearls that saved my life. Surgery included a full hysterectomy, even taking my cervix and some lymph nodes. Recovery was slow and painful, with scary fevers I barely remember. Chemo and medications and vitamins and protein gummies that hurt my teeth were not any fun, and green juice is better with tomatoes and carrots in it, and recovery was horrific and painful. We were indebted to so many who brought us food, sat with me, cleaned our house, and helped care for the two children that DHS let stay during my illness. It was an intense time, but it was a sacred time. We danced with death, and we spent time as a little family, and we fought to discover what it means to be alive.
Oh, and I lost my hair.
But we didn't lose our smiles.
Well, there was a lot of crying. Because cancer is hard. And it goes on for ages. And it is exhausting.
But we didn't forget who we were, or that we were us together, or that we weren't finished yet.
And that's a lot to smile about.
And this was my favorite picture of the whole entire year:
They also never tell you that real life keeps happening while you have cancer. Our teenager got her green card finally, and then decided to start her own family (baby due in April). Five started kindergarten, and is doing great. Five's father petitioned the courts for visits when he got out of prison, and so now that's a weekly thing. Toddler finally started talking, which we were worried about because she had been tongue tied. As I gained my strength back, I started writing again (including the article about Women and the Priesthood), to wake up my mind before returning to work. A nasty storm-almost-tornado hit Bartlesville, knocking down lots of the trees in our neighborhood, which was a great service opportunity for our family.
In September, we started taking foster kids again, and I cared for one in the hospital, one I know I will keep seeing again because I am so very connected to her and love her so much, even when that means – like most of our foster kids – that loving well means saying goodbye.
But it was good to be fostering again, and that's how we ended up having three six year olds and three toddlers all fall into the end of the year.
Because life, you see?
Speaking of life, it was hilarious when the Church finally released the mission video they had filmed at our house in Owasso!
October was awesome for three reasons: General Conference, someone gave us a swing set, and I got hair (almost)!
November was packed full! We had stake conference, during which the new Bartlesville stake was created! I gave a talk on the temple, set up the new girls room, and attended a parenting training with Nathan after work one night – which gave us an excuse to go dancing afterward!
The best thing, though, was that Five turned Six!
We got our Christmas lights up, went turkey caroling, and celebrated Thanksgiving with my mother's family… which gave us the best photobomber picture ever!
Oh, yeah! And I failed a drug test (not really, but goodness!). That made an exciting start to my new second job-that-pays-for-cancer as a member of the psych team at the ER at a local hospital. I also began the residency phase of my post-doc, starting a chaplaincy at Hillcrest, which means 2015 may be such a blur there won't be any pictures. It will be crazy busy!
December was good for rest and play, though. Days off. Playtime with the kids. Holiday parties (or half of the required ones, because all of them is too much). Christmas traditions like homemade ornaments, gingerbread houses, and homemade gifts for each other – even the ones that don't turn out like we expected.
There were fewer adventures this year, some might say. No fancy trips to Israel or to some other country. No grand sappy surprises in New York. No more surprise baby announcements or exotic date night adventures.
Our adventures this year were internal, discovering what we are made of and how to strengthen the forts that are us. Our lives were poured out for children we did not keep for long, and our hopes into children we can't yet claim. Our lives were saved by blessings, by hands that served, by hearts that helped, by friends who loved.
This year, our adventure was simply to be alive.
And that's how we will welcome 2015: alive.


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