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A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in any part of your urinary system — your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract — the bladder and the urethra.
Women are at greater risk of developing a UTI than men are. Infection limited to your bladder can be painful and annoying. However, serious consequences can occur if a UTI spreads to your kidneys.
Doctors typically treat urinary tract infections with antibiotics. But you can take steps to reduce your chances of getting a UTI in the first place.
Urinary tract infections don't always cause signs and symptoms, but when they do they may include:
UTIs may be overlooked or mistaken for other conditions in older adults.
Each type of UTI may result in more-specific signs and symptoms, depending on which part of your urinary tract is infected.
Upper back and side (flank) pain
High fever
Shaking and chills
Pelvic pressure
Lower abdomen discomfort
Frequent, painful urination
Blood in urine
Burning with urination
Contact your doctor if you have signs and symptoms of a UTI.
Urinary tract infections typically occur when bacteria enter the urinary tract through the urethra and begin to multiply in the bladder. Although the urinary system is designed to keep out such microscopic invaders, these defenses sometimes fail. When that happens, bacteria may take hold and grow into a full-blown infection in the urinary tract.
The most common UTIs occur mainly in women and affect the bladder and urethra.
Urinary tract infections are common in women, and many women experience more than one infection during their lifetimes. Risk factors specific to women for UTIs include:
Other risk factors for UTIs include:
When treated promptly and properly, lower urinary tract infections rarely lead to complications. But left untreated, a urinary tract infection can have serious consequences.
Complications of a UTI may include:
Your family doctor, nurse practitioner or other health care provider can treat most urinary tract infections. If you have frequent recurrences or a chronic kidney infection, you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in urinary disorders (urologist) or kidney disorders (nephrologist) for an evaluation.
To prepare for your appointment:
For a UTI, basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask other questions as they occur to you during your appointment.
Your doctor will likely ask you several questions, including:
Tests and procedures used to diagnose urinary tract infections include:
Antibiotics usually are the first line treatment for urinary tract infections. Which drugs are prescribed and for how long depend on your health condition and the type of bacteria found in your urine.
Drugs commonly recommended for simple UTIs include:
Often, symptoms clear up within a few days of treatment. But you may need to continue antibiotics for a week or more. Take the entire course of antibiotics as prescribed.
For an uncomplicated UTI that occurs when you're otherwise healthy, your doctor may recommend a shorter course of treatment, such as taking an antibiotic for one to three days. But whether this short course of treatment is enough to treat your infection depends on your particular symptoms and medical history.
Your doctor may also prescribe a pain medication (analgesic) that numbs your bladder and urethra to relieve burning while urinating, but pain usually is relieved soon after starting an antibiotic. One common side effect of urinary tract analgesics is discolored urine — orange or red.
If you have frequent UTIs, your doctor may make certain treatment recommendations, such as:
For a severe UTI, you may need treatment with intravenous antibiotics in a hospital.
Urinary tract infections can be painful, but you can take steps to ease your discomfort until antibiotics treat the infection. Follow these tips:
Many people drink cranberry juice to prevent UTIs, but there's no proven evidence that cranberry juice works to treat or prevent infection. Researchers continue to study the ability of cranberry juice or tablets to prevent UTIs, but results aren't conclusive.
If you enjoy drinking cranberry juice and feel it helps you, there's little harm in it. Just watch the calories. For most people, drinking cranberry juice is safe, but some people report an upset stomach or diarrhea.
However, don't drink cranberry juice if you're taking blood-thinning medication, such as warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven); medications that affect the liver; or aspirin.
You can take these steps to reduce your risk of urinary tract infections:
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Google's latest mobile helper is an extension of Android's Google Search app. Google Now expands the personal assistant concept popularized by Apple's Siri by anticipating your needs and providing useful information at the right time. It does so by automatically displaying "cards" that contain location- and time-relevant details. When you're at the airport, for instance, Google Now will find your boarding pass in an email and post it on your smartphone's screen. (As of mid-December, this feature works with only a limited number of airlines.) Google Now debuted in June 2012 at Google I/O, and is currently limited to Android 4.1 and up. It shows great potential to make mobile devices much more intelligent and useful.
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Distance services, Funding Information Center, Request forms, Turnitin, Other library services...
Raynor Memorial Libraries offers more than 1.8 million volumes, hundreds of research databases, computer access, laptops on loan, a multimedia collection, group study spaces, 24-hour access and library staff members who help researchers from around the world.
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Library accounts - Information Desk - (414) 288-7556
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Per my warnings, and many years of them by myself and others, I have blocked 22.214.171.124 (who in the past has used the names TREK & C.S.I.3 and Jared Paul Baratta) due to his continued inappropriate behavior and his response to instructions to alter it, either by ignoring posts or responding with lengthy rants which demonstrate a poor attitude and lack of understanding of how wikis work. I have stated that he would be permanently blocked should he continue; however before taking that step I wished to seek the views of others. Feel free to review the talk pages of his usernames, which show the extensive history of his behavior and failure to change it over that long period of time. 31dot (talk) 02:11, December 31, 2012 (UTC)
This post in response to my action is also a good example of his poor attitude and lack of understanding of how wikis work. 31dot (talk) 02:44, December 31, 2012 (UTC)


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Clinical and Pharmacogenetic Study of Attention Deficit With Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified July 2016 by Ridha Joober, McGill University
McGill University
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Ridha Joober, McGill University
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First received: June 4, 2007
Last updated: July 5, 2016
Last verified: July 2016
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Attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a very common behavioral problem during childhood. It is estimated that up to 80% of this disorder could be related to genetic factors. The most common treatment for ADHD is psychostimulants. In this study, the researchers investigate the effect of genetic variants in increasing the risk for behaviours pertinent to ADHD or in modulating the response of these behaviours to methylphenidate. Response to methylphenidate is evaluated through a double blind placebo controlled one week study.
|Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
|Drug: Ritalin Drug: Placebo
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Drug Information available for: Methylphenidate Methylphenidate hydrochlorideU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Ridha Joober, McGill University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Conners' Global Index - Parent Version (CGI-P) [ Time Frame: Once weekly during the medication trial ]
- Conner's Global Index - Teacher Version (CGI-T) [ Time Frame: Once weekly during the medication trial ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 1999
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Placebo Comparator: Ritalin
Drug: Ritalin
0.25 mg/kg bid, orally for 7 consecutive days
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
taken orally twice a day for 7 consecutive days
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Years to 12 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
- Psychosis
- Tourette syndrome
- Intelligence quotient (IQ) < 70
- Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD)
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00483106
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00483106
|Contact: Johanne Bellingham, RA
|(514) 761-6131 ext 2098
|Canada, Quebec
|Douglas Mental Health University Institute
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4H 1R3
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McGill University
|Principal Investigator:
|Ridha Joober, MD, PhD
|Douglas Mental Health University Institute
|Principal Investigator:
|Natalie Grizenko, MD, FRCPC
|Douglas Mental Health University Institute
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Grizenko N, Cai E, Jolicoeur C, Ter-Stepanian M, Joober R. Effects of methylphenidate on acute math performance in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Can J Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;58(11):632-9.
Thakur GA, Sengupta SM, Grizenko N, Choudhry Z, Joober R. Comprehensive phenotype/genotype analyses of the norepinephrine transporter gene (SLC6A2) in ADHD: relation to maternal smoking during pregnancy. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049616. Epub 2012 Nov 20.
Thakur GA, Sengupta SM, Grizenko N, Choudhry Z, Joober R. Family-based association study of ADHD and genes increasing the risk for smoking behaviours. Arch Dis Child. 2012 Dec;97(12):1027-33. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301882. Epub 2012 Oct 29.
Thakur GA, Grizenko N, Sengupta SM, Schmitz N, Joober R. The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene and short term behavioral response to methylphenidate in children with ADHD. BMC Psychiatry. 2010 Jun 22;10:50. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-50.
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|Ridha Joober, Md, PhD., McGill University
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|NCT00483106 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 4, 2007
|Last Updated:
|July 5, 2016
Keywords provided by Ridha Joober, McGill University:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
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HAMMER thrower Amir Williamson faces a nervous wait this weekend to see whether his place at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow is confirmed.
The 27-year-old from Linford threw a season's best of 70.07m in Bedford to put him in pole position to get the third and final hammer spot in England's athletics team.
The deadline for athletes to get the standard slams shut this weekend with the team announced on Monday.
As it stands, Williamson has fulfilled all the criteria to go but he could still be usurped by rival James Bedford who has the chance to stake his claim when he competes this weekend.
Williamson, who works for the London Fire Brigade, has the weekend off from competing and will be nervously checking his phone for updates.
"I'm the third-ranked hammer thrower as it stands," said Williamson. "I'm just hoping James doesn't throw big this weekend so it will be a bit nerve-wracking."
The Enfield & Haringey athlete is confident that should Bedford fail to throw more than 70m this weekend, his name will be on the squad list released early next week.
The 70m-plus throw at Bedford on Saturday was crucial as it means he now has two B-standard qualifying marks (he set the first of 71.01m last summer) and is 2-0 up on nearest rival Bedford in their head-to-heads this season.
"The policy is clear and I think I've met everything that has been set out so far," said Williamson. "Obviously that could change this weekend, but I've got my fingers crossed."
Should everything work out for Williamson, he will not be travelling to Glasgow just for the experience, he firmly believes he can win a medal.
"I'm in the shape of my life and historically England have always done well in hammer throwing at the Commonwealth Games," he said.
"An English athlete has won a medal at the last three games so if you make the team, you are in with a shout of the medal.
"I think I'm ranked ninth in the Commonwealth at the moment. But there is a metre-and-a-half between me and second place and that is nothing in hammer throwing."
Williamson, who represented Great Britain as a junior, says it has taken him time to get to the level he is at now.
For the past two-and-a-half years he has been a firefighter based at East Greenwich and fitting training in around that schedule has proved a challenge.
But with the support of his station bosses at Greenwich, he has found a way to balance his work and athletics and now believes the only way is up.
"It was quite difficult combining training and work but I've got that sorted now," he said.
"I've had a new team around me for the past couple of years of coach Malcolm Fenton and Rob Earle and I've worked out that doing less is sometimes worth more.
"It's all coming together and I believe I can throw somewhere between 73m and 75m. Hopefully that will be at the Commonwealths!"
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Seriously.. I can't believe Wordpress is popular. The more I'm disappointed with the wordpress developers. Its poorly developed.
Just today i found out they're storing all the url-rewrites in the database under wp_option [url-rewrites] all the URL rewrites are in JSON encode. I have a client that has a 60MB ROW! not table.. ROW. LoL!
I couldn't believe my eyes.. so I thought this has to be one of those ****** plugins. So i took a look at a basic wordpress site i installed and behold RULES in the database
I have a rule with storing JSON in a row, i try to keep it less than 500kb and that's alot. If there's any chance JSON needs to grow more than that, tells any database engineer ' HMM... Maybe it needs its own table.'
the following is half of a basic wordpress installationa:68:{s:47:"category/(.+?)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:52:"index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:42:"category/(.+?)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:52:"index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:35:"category/(.+?)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:53:"index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]";s:17:"category/(.+?)/?$";s:35:"index.php?category_name=$matches[1]";s:44:"tag/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:42:"index.php?tag=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:39:"tag/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:42:"index.php?tag=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:32:"tag/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:43:"index.php?tag=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]";s:14:"tag/([^/]+)/?$";s:25:"index.php?tag=$matches[1]";s:45:"type/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:50:"index.php?post_format=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:40:"type/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:50:"index.php?post_format=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:33:"type/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:51:"index.php?post_format=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]";s:15:"type/([^/]+)/?$";s:33:"index.php?post_format=$matches[1]";s:48:".wp-(atom|rdf|rss|rss2|feed|commentsrss2)\.php$";s:18:"index.php?feed=old";s:20:".wp-app\.php(/.)?$";s:19:"index.php?error=403";s:18:".wp-register.php$";s:23:"index.php?register=true";s:32:"feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:27:"index.php?&feed=$matches[1]";s:27:"(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:27:"index.php?&feed=$matches[1]";s:20:"page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:28:"index.php?&paged=$matches[1]";s:27:"comment-page-([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:38:"index.php?&page_id=8&cpage=$matches[1]";s:41:"comments/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:42:"index.php?&feed=$matches[1]&withcomments=1";s:36:"comments/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:42:"index.php?&feed=$matches[1]&withcomments=1";s:44:"search/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:40:"index.php?s=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:39:"search/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:40:"index.php?s=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:32:"search/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:41:"index.php?s=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]";s:14:"search/(.+)/?$";s:23:"index.php?s=$matches[1]";s:47:"author/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:50:"index.php?author_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:42:"author/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:50:"index.php?author_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2]";s:35:"author/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:51:"index.php?author_name=$matches[1]&paged=$matches[2]";s:17:"author/([^/]+)/?$";s:33:"index.php?author_name=$matches[1]";s:69:"([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:80:"index.php?year=$matches[1]&monthnum=$matches[2]&day=$matches[3]&feed=$matches[4]";s:64:"([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$";s:80:"index.php?year=$matches[1]&monthnum=$matches[2]&day=$matches[3]&feed=$matches[4]";s:57:"([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$";s:81:"index.php?year=$matches[1]&monthnum=$matches[2]&day=$matches[3]&paged=$matches[4]";s:39:"([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$";s:63:"index.php?year=$matches[1]&monthnum=$matches[2]&day=$matches[3]";s:56:"([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})
This URL rewrite is just 1 of 50 other things i found really pathetic about wordpress.
It isn't uncommon for major content management systems and contributed code to store data in a serialized form. I work with Drupal and the same thing is done for very complex entities where it really be isn't practical to have a normalized structure. It still is wrong from a database architecture point of view but in some cases I can understand it. Though I'm not sure if this qualifies as one of those cases. I hate wordpress as well.
WordPress show the major issue we have using PHP, that the average skill level for PHP programmers is quite poor. Which makes it harder to get into enterprise projects.
We ran a multisite installation of WordPress for a client a while ago with 200k+ active blogs, and to archive that we had to rewrite all of the plugins they wanted to add + several sections of the core WP code. (+ of course a larger server cluster). Luckily that is now over on a custom solution that does the same as WP did and more, but require a lot less servers to handle the load.
You might want to reduce that even more, depending on the way it is accessed. As if that row is pulled at a high frequency (high load) from the DB that could effectively kill your bandwidth. This is mainly an issue if the cache layer fails (assuming the data is cached on the server level as well, if not it is a high traffic issue), which they sometimes does and just one failure like that can cost hundred thousands of dollars if your client has a promotion going for example.
In my opinion, Wordpress is convenient and perfect for a small business or new business with young entrepreneurs. It gives possibility to quickly develop a website that finished and runs, easy to maintain by the business owner without a big risk to ruin it and to stay in shoe-string budget for the whole site. And keep money for promotion.
I have people who come to me and they have $600 for the A-Z finished website, they need CMS, about, blog, contact, tweet widget, home slider with 5 customised images and portfolio section or shop. They dont have more money! They pay some extra for the images and they buy themselves the domain and hosting plan. They dont want to go on freelance websites and pick up somebody cheap there because they need me on phone when they delete a page.
Of course, Wordpress it's not a Ferrari. But some people need a car to go to work and they buy Opel and happy with German quality.
Each time I press the upgrade button on my blog, my heart rate goes up. Even if I have a local copy of it, I just can't trust it. I spent probably 1-2 hours yesterday trying to fix opt-in skin. Uninstalling it didn't really uninstalled it, there was still crappy data somewhere in the database. I just switched to another temporary solution until I get more time to fix it. But, well.. you can still set-up an OK website in 2-3 hours, choose from thousands of different themes and plug-ins. And it works. Just don't look at the generated HTML though.
I know. I disable updates for my clients and do them as late as possible, and I start to sweet when I have to update >10 site to newer wp version. I know that WP is pretty stable, it wont break the site, it could just cause some minor hiccups (mysterious black line somewhere, or images behaving funny) but it can be fixed.For me, it's a matter of efficiency/money worth. As I told you, not everybody can buy a Ferrari no matter how long you will explain that I took hours and hours of handcrafting this car.By the way, I see hundreds of websites of very famous people and there websites run on Wordpress. Wondering why? These people can afford very expensive website created by big agency and fully handcoded and on Drupal. No. I'd like to speak one day with somebody who creates these kind of sites for these people and hear his/her arguments.
Well, I had my blog breaks because there was some kind of conflict between 2 plugins. Nothing was working. I was lucky because I tested it on my local site before
I guess that if you just need a blog, WordPress is good enough! They probably prefer to pay somebody if it breaks than to build a custom solution from scratch, it's still cheaper I guess. Or they just heard that "WP could do anything" so they asked for it. Who knows.
Core WordPress re-writes? lol I guess the people at wordpress.com have been doing it all wrong all these years, don't know what they smoke!
My day job is to work on half a dozen very high traffic websites & they're all powered by WordPress! And I seriously don't want to disrupt the little "I hate WordPress" session going on here!
Btw, SitePoint itself runs on WordPress, they migrated from a custom CMS to WordPress years ago.
It might be an idea not to bring up something you dont know anything about.
Automattic modify the code that wordpress.com runs on, and from time to time they release the tweaks/updates to the community, either by merging it into the wordpress core or as modules.
I think I know about how Automattic works especially wp.com as I work with them day in & out. So to quote you - might not be a good idea to tell someone something about which you have no idea!
Btw, my comment was not derogatory or sarcastic or to poke fun at you. Its just that I mostly see people diss about stuff they don't know jack about (again, not pointing at you) & now I just find it amusing.
IMHO:AM not sure if I would blame this entirely on WP or WP devs. Sometimes his is everyone cutting corners. WP was , at it's core, a 'powerful' personal blogging CMS .. because of it's versatility and PRICE, it became popular; begin offered to clients who wanted to keep project costs down ( and maintain control over future alterations, or even attempt to do them inhouse!)
Most of what you see is actually CLEVER workarounds of WP core's limitations. If you have expectations of large scale sites being run AS EFFICIENTLY as a custom solution then you have unrealistic expectations of the real world.
@dresden_phoenixSpot on. Infact, its not just WordPress, comparing any off the shelf CMS with a custom solution is unrealistic as off the shelf CMSes are built in a more generic way which would suit a large number of people so the architecture decisions made for them would be quite different than a custom app. Its more about how easily a CMS allows you to customize it and build upon it your website. In my experience WordPress is more flexible and easier to bend which is one reason for its popularity. Yes that does take a hit on performance and that is something which can be dealt with. Personally sometimes WP does frustrate me but then that is the thing, you have to weigh the pros & cons and see which of them weigh more for you!


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TAMPA, Fla. – It has taken 12 seasons, 213 contests, 115 victories, 47 conference wins, one Sunshine State Conference Tournament Championship, and hours of hard work, dedication, and devotion; tonight, the sixth-ranked Saint Leo women's soccer team notched one for the record books as they overpowered the No. 24 University of Tampa Spartans 1-0, collecting their first ever Sunshine State Conference regular season championship title.
It's been a picture-perfect regular season campaign for the Green and Gold. After kicking off their 2011 season on September 1 and opening with 10 consecutive wins, the Lions went on to earn an overall record of 15-1-1, and remained unbeaten against conference opponents, collecting a mark of 7-0-1 while allowing only two goals in conference play all season.
It was an all-out team effort this evening at Pepin Stadium, but thanks to a lone goal from senior forward Pia Soesemann, Saint Leo was able to secure their 15th victory of their record-breaking season. The win marks a new program best, ensures a bye in the first round of the conference tournament, and means the Lions will get to host the final rounds of the tournament on their home pitch.
A misplay by Tampa allowed Saint Leo to capitalize on the golden opportunity and rocket a shot between the posts in the 20th minute. A lofty ball off the foot of a Tampa defender found its way to Sherrie Gessin, whose quick reflexes and fast feet swiftly touched the ball to Soesemann. Soesemann was able to get a solid strike on the ball while sliding to the ground, firing the shot past Emelie Karstrom with 19:28 remaining in the first half.
Defensively, the Lions were on fire, holding their opponent to 11 shots and five shots on target, all of which were easily saved by freshman keeper Laura Carstens. With the win, Carstens earns a record of 13-1-1 in her first season with the Lions.
Francesca Williams, Jasmine Johnson, Aija Bent-Trinder, Dari Alcantara, and Carstens played solid defense for a full 90 minutes, and helped the Lions earn their seventh shutout of the season. Stellar play in the midfield by Alicia Schuering, Sam Buterbaugh, Cassie Barbaresi, Katie Furtado and Andrea Lott helped a forward line combo of Ari Foreman, Lindsey Gentes, Jaime Smith, Alcantara, and Soesemann apply pressure on the Spartan defense all evening.
With the loss to the Lions on senior night, the Spartans drop to 10-5-2, and 4-3-1 in Sunshine State Conference play.
The sixth-ranked Saint Leo women's soccer team has a bye in the first round of the SSC Tournament thanks to tonight's victory. The Lions will return to action on Friday, November 4, when they take on the winner of the Lynn/Tampa matchup which will take place on Tuesday, November 1. Tournament pairings and information will be posted on the Saint Leo Athletics website shortly. For the latest news, updates, and information on the Lions' quest for post-season success, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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As the world struggles to comprehend the reasons behind second deadliest school shooting massacre in US history, stories of heroism by class teachers are emerging.
The Daily Mail reports that music teacher Maryrose Kristopik saved 15 children during the shooting by barricading them into a closet, as gunman Adam Lanza was outside the door screaming "Let me in! Let me in!".
The paper quoted an unnamed mother, in her 40s, whose nine-year-old son was among the children, saying: "I want to thank her. She saved their lives."
Another parent, Brenda Lebinski, said her eight-year-old daughter was safe thanks to the "hero" teacher.
In the video above, Year 1 teacher Kaitlin Roig tells US television reporter Diane Sawyer how she hid her class in a bathroom to protect them from the gunfire.
"I just knew we had to get in there, I just kept telling them it's going to be OK," Ms Roig said as she fought back tears.
She recounted how she pulled a bookshelf in front of the door before closing herself and the children inside.
"I was so afraid that if he did come in and he would hear us he would just start shooting the door."
She said the children were extremely brave and she told them: "There are bad guys out there now; we have to wait for the good guys."
When the children became distressed she told them to "show me your smile". She told each of the children that she loved them "because I thought that was the last thing they were ever going to hear".
"I don't know if that's ok .. [for] teachers [to say that] .. but I wanted that to be one of the last things they heard, not the gunfire in the hallway."
Sadly, school Principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung was killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, in Connecticut, along with at least five other staff members and up to 20 children.


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QUICK fixes and below-par repairs are being carried out on York roads after problems spiralled, council bosses have admitted.
City of York Council says the number of defects has left workers too stretched to mend them to the normal standard, forcing them to improvise.
The news emerged as council leader James Alexander warned many local authorities faced bankruptcy and said York was fighting to avoid such a crisis.
The authority cut £385,000 from road repair budgets this year and another £185,000 cut is planned for 2013/14, with £500,000 a year less than originally intended for resurfacing and reconstruction.
The Liberal Democrat group said these cuts – also criticised by a road safety organisation – were now "beginning to bite" after warnings were ignored.
The Press has seen email correspondence from the council's highways infrastructure department in which officials say workers were left with no choice but to carry out temporary repairs over Christmas and New Year because tarmac plants were closed.
The department said pothole repairs were currently not being done to the normal standards because of "the large number of defects" across the city, but this would change once problems fell to a "manageable" level.
Lib Dem councillor Nigel Ayre highlighted a pothole in his Heworth Without ward which was recently fixed twice but crumbled again within days.
He said: "The lack of regular maintenance has led to a rapid deterioration in the state of the city's roads.
"The number of defects which has accumulated is now so large that repairs are having to be carried out to inferior standards just to cope with the workload. It's also unclear when the council will be able to revert to the usual standard. Repairing the same problem over and over is costing the city dearly, when it cannot afford it."
Lib Dem group leader Coun Carol Runciman said road budget cuts were "typical of Labour's short-sighted nature".
Neil Greig, the Institute of Advanced Motorists' director of policy and research, said recent cold weather had exacerbated "the poor state of our roads" and temporary repairs were "just a sticking plaster".
"Simply working smarter is not enough, and by cutting budgets now, York is storing up higher bills for future council taxpayers," he said.
Coun David Levene, cabinet member for environmental services, said Labour was "managing services responsibly" and the Lib Dems were "opportunistically distorting the truth" over road repairs.
He said: "They should be ashamed of themselves. The council is committed to acting responsively to problems when they arise. In this case, due to our regular contractors being unavailable at Christmas, a temporary solution was found."
Roger Ranson, assistant director of city and environmental services, said all roads were regularly inspected and maintained to ensure they were safe and in good condition, and "emergency pothole repairs" were done in Heworth over Christmas and New Year.
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Florida, which finished an unbeaten season in the Southeastern Conference, and Wichita State, which completed an undefeated regular season, are the top two teams in the AP college basketball poll for the third straight week.
The Gators (29-2), who received 50 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday, open play in the SEC tournament Friday.
The Shockers (34-0) got the other 15 No. 1 votes. They won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament Sunday, the first team to enter the NCAA tournament without a loss since UNLV in 1991.
Villanova moved from sixth to third, while Arizona dropped one spot to fourth. Louisville jumped from 11th to fifth, followed by Virginia and Duke. San Diego State and Michigan tied for eighth and Kansas was 10th.
Kentucky, which has lost three of four, dropped out from 25th, the fourth preseason No. 1 to fall out of the poll in the same season.
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Jeff 'Boots' Wilkins has been entertaining crowds with his one-man country show.
The 69-year-old said: "When I was about 17, I went to Spain and did a tour over there performing.
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"It is something I've loved to do from a young age but work got in the way so I had to put it on hold for a while.
"When my wife and I retired and moved to Minehead, I got involved in theatre groups and local choir groups.
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"I wanted to help raise money for the RNIB because my mother-in-law suffers from an eye disease and I've see firsthand how that impacts on someone.
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US stock prices receded from five-year highs on Monday, while the euro rose against the dollar on bets the European Central Bank might refrain from signaling more interest rate cuts on Thursday.
The weakness in the equities market, which was stemmed partly on caution ahead of companies beginning to report on their fourth-quarter earnings, spurred selling of oil, gold and other risky investments. This stoked some safety bids for US and German government debt.
After a jolt of confidence from last week's budget deal in Washington and encouraging factory data from China, investors turned their focus to corporate profits in the last three months of 2012, when growth in American holiday spending and corporate investments was tepid.
"We have a cautious market entering fourth-quarter earnings season," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York. "I think it's going to be a disappointing one this time around."
The fourth-quarter earnings season kicks off this week. Earnings are expected to be only slightly better than the third-quarter's lackluster results and analysts' current estimates are down sharply from what they were in October.
Uneasiness about corporate profits emerged after data on Friday showed US employers kept up a modest pace of hiring in December and the vast services sector expanded.
Hopes for global economic recovery got a boost after the Basel Committee of banking supervisors agreed to give banks four more years and greater flexibility than previously envisaged to build protective cash buffers. That means they can use more of their reserves to lend and help economies grow.
In midday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 75.62 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 13,359.59. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 8.39 points, or 0.57 per cent, at 1,458.08. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 10.19 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 3,091.47.
Among the day's biggest movers were Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, whose shares rose 11 per cent to $US37.00 each after Bank of America entered a deal to sell the servicing rights on over $US300 billion of home loans to Nationstar and Walter Investment Management.
After touching a 22-month peak last week, the FTSE Eurofirst index of top European shares was down 0.51 per cent at 1,161.03, although the region's bank sector as measured by the STOXX euro zone bank index bucked the market trend, gaining 1.5 per cent on the Basel news on bank capital.
MSCI's broad world equity index fell 0.38 per cent but was still not far from an 18-month peak scaled when investors returned to the market after the immediate US fiscal crisis was averted by a political deal in Washington.
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In the currency market, the euro was up 0.26 per cent at $US1.3105, erasing early losses. It held above a three-week low of $US1.2998 hit on Friday.
Analysts predicted the single currency would stay around those levels until after the ECB meeting. Some expect the ECB to point to the prospect of easier rates early this year, contrasting with signals from Federal Reserve policymakers that the US central bank it may pursue less-accommodative policies in the future.
The Bank of Japan is also expected to take major steps to stimulate that country's economy later this month as the new government aims to end deflation and recession.
The greenback weakened against the yen, last down 0.4 per cent at 87.80 yen. Last week, the dollar climbed to a 2-1/2- year high, which some traders reckoned was overdone.
Expectations of less-easy monetary policy from the Fed later this year mitigated the renewed safe-haven bids for US government debt. The yield on benchmark Treasury 10-year notes was 1.90 per cent, little changed from Friday after it ticked up to an eight-month high.
German Bund futures were up 30 basis points at 143.06, rebounding from a session low of 142.79 earlier.
The weakness in stocks dragged oil prices lower, but signs of improvement in the global economy rekindled bets on higher energy demand in 2013, paring their early losses
Gold and copper prices, however, were stuck in the red.
Brent crude futures were off 25 cents or 0.22 per cent at $US111.06 per barrel after rising 0.6 per cent last week, while US oil futures were down 10 cents or 0.11 per cent higher at $US92.99.
Spot gold was down 0.56 per cent at $US1,646.94 an ounce, though above Friday's $US1,625.79, its lowest price since August.
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Quote from: Zv on December 18, 2012, 07:39:49 PMOr try a Hahnel Giga T pro II for some serious remote controlling!I have a Giga T Pro too, and although it's more versatile, the battery doesn't last long because the button constantly gets pressed if I leave it in my bag. Does the version II have an off switch on the remote by any chance?
Many Thanks to everyone who commented in this thread. Here is a breakdown of the Christmas goodies I received: - Canon 24-105 F/4 - Canon 50 F/1.4 - Gitzo GM3551 6X Carbon Fiber Monopod - Lowepro Vertex 100 AW - A couple of Scott Kelby booksI've had a chance to use the 50 F1.4 and I can say certain that the Bokeh is outstanding for those looking for a bokeh beast. The other thing I will say with 100% assurance is that the 24-105 feels like it was built to military specs compared to my other zoom that came with the camera.Now to plan some cool street walks or a photo adventure!


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LEAGUE CITY, Texas - Police are investigating a rash of car burglaries in the League City area.
T. Harris said she stopped by a restaurant along the Gulf Freeway for dinner.
"We just ran in to to grab something to eat, have a good time," Harris said. "Within an hour, (I) came back out. My car was actually burglarized. My whole window was shattered."
Harris said her work laptop computer, cellphone, iPod and more were missing. She estimated the loss was about $2,000.
Harris said she now knows better than to leave valuables in her car. She said she was shocked to learn she was not the only victim.
"I went in and asked the manager of the restaurant," she said. "He said that happens quite often around here."
League City police said they have investigated almost two dozen vehicle burglaries along the Gulf Freeway in the past two months. The area where Harris' car was broken into is also near Webster. Webster police have not responded to KPRC Local 2's request for recent burglary statistics.
Harris said not long after the break-in, she almost became a victim again. She was standing in line at a store and saw a man casing the parking lot.
"I look at the door and another gentleman was looking in my car," she said.
Harris said she ran outside and scared him away.
She said she's been vigilant about checking for car break-ins in her area by using crime reports apps on her phone, and she's warning fellow shoppers.
"I just want to spread awareness to other people so they know and be alert," she said.
Police remind drivers to take extra steps to protect their belongings and to always be sure they lock their vehicles.
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Could it be that Microsoft will acquire WordPress?
I have to agree with the first comment on the page.
I don't like this. The big company are slowly acquiring all the good free stuffs then we will be left with nothing.
And to that I say that is how the government is gaining control over the Internet.
I watched a show on this recently, and one of the speakers on the show mentioned that back when radio was new, no one said it would be controlled.
Some how I don't think that is Wordpress's motto. If it is they are not talking about there own code.
Hm Microsoft is only migrating WP as their blogging platform, or not?
Exactly, so they aren't acquiring WP
That is correct, Microsoft is closing down Windows Live Spaces and setting up a deal with Wordpress for those who want to continue to blog to migrate there data over to Wordpress.com (their blogging platform).
I wouldn't be too sure, a migrate could turn into a acquire.
Microsoft could not acquire Wordpress, everything relating to Wordpress has been transferred over to the Wordpress Foundation. If Microsoft was to acquire anything it would be Automattic which is the company that originally built Wordpress. However, Automattic no longer has rights to Wordpress.
So everyone is in a uproar over nothing.
Gosh, I hope it's not true. I'd hate to see WordPress change its motto from "Code is Poetry" to "Code is Doggerel".
One thing to remember is that only any new code that Microsoft add could be subject to a different licence than the current open source one. To keep WordPress open source all that would be needed is for everyone to ignore any Microsoft versions and continue with open source upgrades based on the current version.
I hope not, would hate to see WP under MS
They do use it a lot around the place. (See in their footer here.) Anyway, I was just being overly cheeky—and probably unfair.
This would be great for all wordpress users. I hope they do it. Go Microsoft ftw.
Microsoft sales of Windows7 has been quite low, the facts are that Windows XP continues to dominate.
Microsoft Office has appeared to replace Windows in Microsoft Camp as it sold the most, and probably most people feel more comfortable knowing that they can bring the software home install it on XP and there good to go, rather then having to re-install everything I think that Windows8 will show more smarter options but that is probably 3-4 years away or longer and with GoogleOS around the corner, Microsoft has almost backed them-self in a corner.
hmmm..? So he wants to sell pieces of it ? Sounds like some kind of deal going down.
"envisioned a structure where for-profit, non-profit, and not-just-for-profit could coexist and balance each other out"
Pipe Dream ? or an excuse and reasoning to take some Microsoft money ?
One thing that might be very bad for Wordpress is if Microsoft gets their claws into it a nonprofit opensorce community probably won't have the $$ to go through legal fights.
Microsoft is trying to stay on top and compete with Google.G owns Blogger, its only natural that Microsoft turns his interest yo Wordpress.
if that ever happens, i am sure WP would worth billion or more.i hope that doesnt happen.
Two issues make no sense to me why Microsoft would want to acquire Automattic / WordPress.
1) WordPress runs predominantly on LAMP servers. I just can't vision Microsoft owning anything which directly or indirectly promotes Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
2) WordPress is licensed under GNU GPL. If Microsoft were to acquire Automattic / WordPress and decided to switch to a proprietary license, I believe a fork would occur and the software would live on under a new name.
Thanks SiberianHuskey for an interesting read.


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OUTRAGED Dudley Council leader David Sparks blasted holes in Prime Minister David Cameron's claims the local authority was "reasonably" funded.
In an exclusive interview with the News last week, the PM said the council had £54 million sitting in reserves – inferring the money was not being spent.
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He said: "All the money we have in reserves that we can spend is allocated to meet the gap between income and expenditure over the next two years.
The Labour stalwart warned that to spend it more quickly would mean bigger cuts in the following two years.
The amount of reserves held back by the council for emergencies is much less than used to be recommended by the Audit Commission.
Cllr Sparks said "financial prudence" had to be maintained and the council could not be allowed to go bankrupt.
He also rebuffed claims the council had more money to spend now than when the Conservatives came to power.
Cllr Sparks said: "The fundamental point he has neglected is that in 2010 when he came to power Dudley received £196 million from the Government in general grant and in 2013/14 after four years, £167 million. He has cut Dudley's income by 17 per cent."
Mr Cameron highlighted that Dudley had £3.8 million outstanding in council tax arrears, but Cllr Sparks said the borough's collection rate of more than 90 per cent was one of the best in the country.
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LaCie 5big NAS Pro Review - Part Iby Ganesh T S on 1/7/2013 7:00 PM EST
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diamondsw - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkTesting against SMB/Windows only isn't a good policy for a Linux-based NAS. Since different software stacks provide different protocol support, performance tends to vary widely between SMB (Samba), AFP (netatalkd), and NFS (unfsd, many others). What version a vendor chooses to support can also have major impacts on performance.
In a nutshell, testing against Windows ensures you results apply only to Windows - and most folks aren't going to realize that doesn't apply broadly. (Speaking as someone who has dealt a lot with NAS units and varying/flaky protocol support.) Reply
ganeshts - Sunday, January 06, 2013 - linkOur NFS tests are done with a Linux VM (and for the 5big NAS Pro, we will present those results in the second part of the review).
Many SMB users run Windows, and even when they purchase Linux based NAS systems, the shares are going to be mounted on Windows. Our testing methodology ensures that we cater to the most common usage scenario, and more importantly, it is consistent across different reviews. Reply
vol7ron - Thursday, January 10, 2013 - linkDiamonds good point. Good article, Ganesh - also, thanks for posting the price below, perhaps updating the table in the article would also help.
Any OSX considerations? I like to give attention to all 3 Win/Linux/Mac Reply
JohnMayer - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online(Click on menu Home)
Happy New Year! Reply
FearTec - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkAnd what is the price? Reply
ganeshts - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkDiskless is $549, par for the course. I apologize for missing out this important aspect. Reply
mcnabney - Thursday, January 10, 2013 - linkWow, spendy.
My homemade WHS box cost far less than that w/o disks and has consistently performed better than this box. For example - both reads/writes will saturate gigE (about 115MB/s average throughput). Maybe NAS testing should also be compared against dedicated servers?
Of course my server sits in a 4U case in the basement, it isn't small and sexy like this one is. Reply
zsero - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkIs there any chance for a higher-end Synology review? I mean the xs and xs+ series. They claim 400,000+ IOPS. Anything that claims 400,000 IOPS should be tested at Anandtech! Especially if it's around 6k for a total package, including a total OS and VMware support. Reply
ganeshts - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkI have a higher end QNAP TS-EC1279 RP review coming up. Depending on the reception to that piece, we may request Synology for the XS / XS+ :) Reply
philipma1957 - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkthis came with 2x 1tb plus 3x 2tb or 8tb. your setups had 5x 4tb or 20tb. So for arguments sake half that to 4tb for oem 10tb for your 'max' setup . Wuala offers 5gb as a ' first hit is free' deal. what do they charge for 4tb to 10tb?
I will tell you 1tb a year is 1100. this was for a 1 person user.
For small business 100gb with 5 users was 429 a year.
For a small business it is not a crazy high fee. For a personal user the prices are far too high. I am not anti-cloud, but to protect 1tb at 1100 a year is just too expensive for a personal user. I got the prices directly from wuala's website Reply
ganeshts - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkHmm.. I don't see your point here. LaCie doesn't want you to use Wuala to back up your entire NAS. It is a Dropbox like service for selected content on your computing device. Additionally, they allow you to associate your NAS with that account so that you can access the NAS through the Wuala interface. Whatever is stored on your NAS doesn't count towards the quota in the cloud, hence the term 'hybrid cloud'. Reply
julieno - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkHello,
Indeed Wuala can be used to:
- back up certain shares from your NAS in the cloud to secure them offsite. Don't forget that to backup the NAS' entire content, you can buy a second one and use it as full backup target offsite
- sync folders between employees that are highly mobile / often remote.
The plus being that Wuala does not scan, share or know a thing about your data or password. Reply
wirelessrouters - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - linkIts only for small business. Too much high price so out of reach for general user. Reply
philipma1957 - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkMy point is the device can have 10tb of info with ease even more. Wuala offered 1tb for 1100 a year. For the single user. 1tb out of 10tb would be selective. For a single user it would be expensive. Basically cost prohibitive unless the info was truly need for making money. Ie a small business The business plan had only one offering 100gb and 5 users. It was 429 a year. They did say they had other plans to call them.
If I load this device with 4tb drives run as raid5 with a good ups setup. I can store 16tb of info. 100gb out of 16tb is not much. 1tb is more reasonable. So if the un named business plan is 2k for 2tb and 10 users as a business owner it may be okay. But I was not able to find out what a large business plan costs. Hence my question "so how much is wuala?" Is a 5 to 10 user 2tb plan cost prohibitive?
Don't know. I do know that a 5 user 100gb plan is 429 and that is okay. but 100gb of info out of 16tb is not much.
I would think more info on a large size plan would be a factor for a user. As a small business user I want to know the yearly cost for gear up front. As i see it 550 for the unit 5x 4tb hdds at 425 is 2125.
Total 2675. Setup as raid5 running an eaton 5125 ups as a back up . A 5125 runs 400 extra battery pack is 300 2 battery packs 600. so 1k for a good ups setup. I am at 3675. Plus the computer Lets say 2500 for a good but not great server.
So 6k Gives me the gear to run the business. Not too expensive for a money making business. If I need 2tb or 3tb out of the possible 16tb to be on the cloud will it be too costly.
I WAS not able to determine cost for more then 1tb as a single user or 100gb as a multiple user. So if I was going to spend for this I would have like to know my cloud cost for 2tb 3tb of cloud. Reply
Death666Angel - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkYou can reply to certain comments by hitting "reply" under the user name/user logo. And you haven't added anything to your original post which ganesh replied to and you still seem to be confused as to the purpose of the Wuala service it seems to me. Reply
bodacious - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkMy late 2010 LaCie 1 TB Hitachi drive worked a treat until just before X-mas 2012, when it tipped over onto my desk and wrecked the hard drive. Built like a tank, fragile as glass. I won't buy another LaCie product. Reply
Subyman - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkLaCie makes HDDs with bumpers for clumsy people too. Reply
tygrus - Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - linkAny pictures of any physical damage ?
Have you tried the internal drive with another external case/dock or PC ?
Was there damge to just the HD or just the LaCie electronics or both ?
If just the HD and no backups, then did you ask a data recovery company to access recoverability ? Reply
Subyman - Monday, January 07, 2013 - linkWuala has me interested in this device. Can I assign certain folders within the NAS to be synced with Wuala or does this have to be done through a workstation? It would be great to have a mission critical share automatically backed up to Wuala through the NAS without any further bother. Reply
julieno - Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - linkHello, you can do that through the workstation. Though we're working on the headless system. Reply
Crazymayhem - Thursday, January 10, 2013 - linkHi, anybody know what if the internal motherboard in the 5Big NAS / Office is a mini-ITX format? The 4Big Rack Office and the older ethernet disk rackmount versions used/use a IT format motherboard.
Unfortunately there are no halfway stylish HTPC-esque looking 1U 19" cases out there for 4 3.5" drives with a max depth of about 19"...... Reply
klassobanieras - Thursday, January 31, 2013 - linkA personal bugbear I have with NAS reviews (one that is apparently shared by no-one else in the world): How about evaluating the reliability side of things in a bit more depth?
What happens when you yank a disk in the middle of a metadata-heavy write?
What happens when you yank the power-cord in the middle of a metadata-heavy write?
What happens when an HDD in a RAID set is silently corrupted? (simulated by, say, mounting it under Linux and flipping some bits)
What happens if the box breaks and you want to get your data off the disks?
What's the underlying file-system?
Does it scrub the disks?
If I just wanted to know how friendly the GUI is, I'd be reading CNET ;) Reply
me_too - Monday, February 18, 2013 - linkI'm very interested in this NAS and I would like to read as many previews as I can before it hits the stores here in The Netherlands. Thanks for Part I :-) Reply
me_too - Sunday, February 24, 2013 - linkMore questions...
Why does Lacies harddrive compatibilitiy list not have Western Digital RED series drives on it? I asked them about these drives and the 5Big NAS Pro and they said they can only guarantee listed harddrives to work properly, they could not tell if they tested these drives at all.
Strangly the WD GREEN drives are listed, but online I keep reading about many problems with these drives in a NAS due to acessive head parking. Will this not be the case when used in a 5Big NAS Pro?
When can we expect Part II of the review? :-) Reply
NVISION - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkOnly if there would Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 interface connectivity, along with RAID10 - it would be perfect. For my use anyways :)
If there would be Thunderbolt connectivity and ability to that interface use most of the systems resources, this product would suite the needs of both high performance users as well as an NAS solution.
RAID10 would be great, also on marketing viewpoint as many users prefer RAID10 over RAID6 or at least would like to have that as an option. Reply
ejunyhu - Monday, March 11, 2013 - linkwhat is the vga port for? can you connect a monitor and get config&monitoring display? Reply
bobasaur - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - linkI read elsewhere that the VGA port is for seeing boot up sequence & settings, useful during disaster recovery. Reply
bobasaur - Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - linkcan't wait for part 2! Reply
xpro - Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - linkI've been holding my breath, I look like a smurf. Reply
bobasaur - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkI'm an honorary smurf now too Reply
Bob38489 - Monday, July 15, 2013 - linkWith regards to the choice of drives, what drives are reliable? It seems many internal drive reviews on amazon report having multiple drives bought in one go fail on their nas. This shows up under the one star ratings for the seagate barracuda, wd red green and black. Why such high failure rates?
Is there a good drive to use on a nas, without going for the WD RE Enterprise drive? I don't really need too much performance, just high reliability for moderate cost. Reply


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DARLAN, a leading contender for the Champion Hurdle, suffered a fatal fall at Doncaster on what should have been the final outing before the Cheltenham Festival for the Nicky Henderson-trained horse.
Lining up in the Listed 32Red Hurdle as an even-money favourite, Darlan looked a likely winner as he cruised to the last in the hands of Tony McCoy.
However, the Henderson runner met the hurdle all wrong and crashed to the ground.
Although McCoy escaped unscathed, he stood himself down for the rest of the day.
Lambourn trainer Henderson, who was visibly upset by the loss of his up-and-coming star, said: "It's some game, isn't it?
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Sounds like Kim Jong-un is up to his old tricks in North Korea, his itchy trigger finger ready to fire missiles our way.
Watching recent video of his army troops marching in unison and saluting him eerily remind me of old clips of Hitler and his Nazis.
What's the U.S. to do? What's the world to do?
Terri Simon and I were talking in the office this week that there's one simply solution — send our old pal Dennis Rodman back to North Korea.
They reportedly hit it off big when the former NBA star recently visited the Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang to film a documentary on the Harlem Globetrotters, who were playing there. If there's anybody who can relate with Kim Jong-un, it would be Rodman, it would appear. They're both nut cases.
Rodman said Kim Jong-un doesn't want to make war or kill anyone, but rather to make peace. Rodman suggests a simple phone call from the oval office would be all it would take to avoid nuclear destruction. Besides, Rodman said, both President Obama and his North Korean counterpart both share a love for basketball.
Maybe the Worm has something there. Set up a 1-on-1 between the Pres and Kim Jong-un, with the winner taking all, South and North Korea.
Seeing clips of the President's shooting baskets during the recent Easter Egg hunt, whose shots clanged off the rim like the very treats the kids were looking for, may not spell good for his chances. Especially considering all the propaganda out of Pyongyang (I like saying that word, Pyongyang) proclaiming how great their leaders are and their many amazing feats.
Kim Jong-un is said to have learned how to drive a car at age 3 and as a teenager, he mastered four languages.
His father, the late Kim Jong-il, was reported by the North Korean media masses, of course, to have once fired a 38-under-par round of 34 playing at Pyongyang Golf Complex with an amazing 11 aces. And that was the very day he first picked up a golf club in his life.
So who's to say what kind of game the diminutive North Korean leader has. I'm sure the North Korean boy wonder can probably dunk a basketball. If he plays basketball, like South Korean Hee Seop Choi of Cub lore played baseball, however, there won't be any worries.
Back to Rodman. Let's just make him our permanent ambassador to North Korea. Send him to Pyongyang in one of his old wedding gowns. Let him hang around Kim Jong-un and the North Korean people for awhile. Let them see we're not these western imperialists we're made out to be, but just simple folk like them who like to enjoy life, albeit with pierced ears and nose rings and whatever other body parts Rodman has that I don't want to know about.
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Yes, that's right, kids. The sky is falling.
This was an unsightly loss, caused by a dreadful start and a God-awful defensive-zone breakdown late in the third period.
But … c'mon. Teams don't have bad losses during 82-game seasons?
1) What do you do if you're a player or a coach and you don't know why your team is sluggish, and you can't seem to get out of it? I know, there's no answer to that question. Or if there is, the Rangers don't have it.
2) A lot of emphasis was put on the two non-calls against Gaborik. I thought on the first one he was tripped. I thought the second one deserved no penalty.
3) That doesn't excuse the lethargy and the parade of lazy/careless passes that marked that power play, nor the play(s) that led to the short-handed goal — the final one by Gaborik.
4) That new No. 1 line sure looked lousy on the GWG. All three of them, and the two young third-pair defensemen.
5) I liked Stepan on the power play. He had a few gaffes, but also did some good things. I liked Staal there, too, except for one pass on the early PP that led to the SHG. Stepan was not to blame for the shorty.
6) Imagine if Alex Kovalev played. What's that? He did?
7) I don't know why they play these 5 p.m. games. It's no excuse, but the arena was dead, and it's an odd time for the players. Should have been worse for Ottawa, which played at home the night before.
8) Alex Frolov is inching closer to the prucha list.
9) Rozsival's been pretty good since he got back. He played a few shifts with Staal yesterday. I like Staal-Rozsival and Girardi-Del Zotto a lot better than the other way around.
10) Sorry for the late post. Today I got off to the same kind of start the Rangers had last night.
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Hello dear loved ones,
I know that you are wondering how Patty is getting along with her fight with CC. We are thankful to the Lord for each day that we have together. As you already know, when she came home from the hospital over a month ago, she was put into the care of hospice. She was classified as critical care by hospice for the first week. Now hospice is constantly available if we need them and are just a phone call away. They have been so very caring and compassionate. Patty continues to keep enough strength to get up and walk around some and has an appetitte, although she has nausea part of the time. She is able to eat several small meals each day. Our greatest concern is the Acites fluid in her abdomen that continues to build and it is time to have it drained again. This procedure will be done this coming week.
We continue to ask for your prayers for healing. We know that the Lord, in his wisdom and love, has seen fit to give us more time together. It is wonderful to know that there are so many that are praying for us. Patty's spirits are good and her smile is bright as always. We both cling to God's promises that He will be with us in all things. Heaven is only a prayer away. We love you all.
Love and God Bless,
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