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Crime novels are one of the most popular fiction genres, so it is difficult for writers to keep it fresh and explore new twists on the traditional whodunit. Author Jill Orr is successfully among those who have. niche all of her own. Rather than featuring your seasoned crime solver or other professional-turned-sleuth, Orr's amateur gumshoe, Riley Ellison is a directionless millennial who trips her way into a journalism gig when she's asked to write her childhood best friend's obituary – and ends up solving her murder. By actually capturing the unique voice of a generation Orr brings something out of the ordinary and elusive to so many.
Technically an adult, but just not ready to embrace it, Riley Ellison is a mix of quick wit, optimism and determination, while still being just kind of a mess. Orr writes this millennial in a way that doesn't convey condescension or is patronizing in tone, but just someone who is incredibly relatable. In the latest installment,The Bad Break, Riley finds herself investigating a murder where everyone seems to be a suspect. On her own with no help from Holman, her journalist mentor and friend, Riley might just be in over her head.
I recently spoke with Jill Orr for BookTrib about the creation of Riley Ellison, writing crime and suspense in a crowded market and how best to express the millennial perspective.
BookTrib: These books may be about crime, but they're actually centered on obituaries, which is a unique topic to write about. How did that obituaries were what you wanted to write about?
Jill Orr: It actually came from a Facebook post, of all things. I was wasting time on social media, as one does, and this post popped up; it was a link to an obituary, with the caption "This is the best obituary ever written." I was intrigued – I wasn't really an obit reader myself, but you've got to click on it with a headline like that – and it led me to this website called legacy.com, where you can post the obit for your loved one, and people from all over can see it. I read this obituary for this man, Harry Stamps, and it really was the best obituary written. It was funny, it was touching, and it really gave you a sense of who he was – it was written by his daughter, and by the end you kind of felt that you knew him, or that you wanted to know him. So, there I was on legacy.com, and I just fell down a rabbit hole.
I just started clicking on different obituaries, and the seed of an idea took root because I kept seeing the same usernames pop up in the comments sections. And these were from all over – some from Florida, or Washington State, California – and they couldn't all possibly know these people. But they were commenting, and it hit me that these were not friends or family of the departed, but they were fans of obituaries.
They were reading just for the story, which struck me as this crazy quirk; I started looking into it and sure enough, there's this entire underground society of people who love reading obituaries. They have their own conferences, where obituary writers and readers get together; they have awards called the Grimmys. I found some books on it – the one I always recommend is called The Dead Beat by Marilyn Johnson – and I thought that this is just too good, the perfect quirk, especially for an amateur sleuth because you already have a death, you just have to throw in a little murder, and you're good to go.
It all started with this idea of someone who was obsessed with reading about other people's lives through the obituaries. When I initially thought up this unnamed character, I kind of thought she'd be dark, and macabre, and kind of goth, but the more research I did on the real life people who read obituaries as a hobby, the more apparent it became that these are really optimistic people, it's a really kind of hopeful pursuit that people read about other peoples lives to try and learn from it, and Riley became a really optimist person.
BookTrib: Riley is part of the millennial generation and even though she's pretty optimistic, you don't write her in a condescending or patronizing way, the way so many novels written about the millennial generation can be. Capturing that voice of being old enough to be an adult but not feeling comfortable in the mindset of one, is something that a lot of authors struggle with. Why not you?
JO: I was actually pretty concerned about that: I didn't want anyone to feel like I was condescending. I think for better or worse, with every book I've ever written the main character is in that newly adult phase, where you're done with school, you're out in the world, but you're just not really sure if you have permission to an adult. I think there's just so much material there – it may be the time of life that the most growth takes place, where you have to figure out not only who you are, but who you want to become. You don't have the structure of school that you've always had, and you're kind of just out there flailing around, and there's such a richness there. People act like "Oh, they'll know what they want to do" but the reality is that most of us graduate, and that's when you actually start to figure out what you like and what you don't like. So I think that I'm really enamored with that phase of life, so that's where I put Riley, and really just let her sink or swim – a little bit of both, I think.
BookTrib: The other part of putting her into this age and generation is that these aren't crime novels or flat-out adult fiction, but they're also not Young Adult novels either.
JO: I'll admit, it's been a bit of a problem marketing-wise! These aren't crime novels, but they're also not Young Adult. I was at a convention and I had my ARCs [Advanced Reader Copies] of The Bad Break and every bookstore owner that walked by would come up to me and say "Is this YA?" and I would reply, "No, but it kind of is?" It's a tricky genre to sum up in one word. But with the millennial life coach in the second book, I thought about trying to get this out to younger readers, because most of the readers of the first book were cozy readers, and this isn't a typical cozy book. So with the second book we thought we'd try and get it out to reach the millennial reader. And so many books that are out now have the unreliable, flawed narrator and they're kind of dark, so I got to change it up and offer something new.
BookTrib: You mentioned the millennial life coach in The Bad Break, Jenna B., which also brings us to Regina H., the "personal romance concierge" in The Good Byline. They both offer such a great shot of humor, adding in these great comedic shots. How did you come up with the two of them as characters, as well as the idea of Click.com?
JO: Regina is one of my favorites. I don't know exactly where she came from, she just popped into my head fully formed, and her ardent optimism for the future was just there from day one. One of my very favorite books that I've ever read is Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple – it's this epistolary novel, written in letters, emails, all that kind of stuff – and I just thought it was brilliant. It was full of humor, without being cheesy. For Riley, one of her struggles in The Good Byline is her love life, and I wanted it to be kind of like her mom pushed her into this online dating scene, and she's not really into it but she's going along for her mom's sake.
But Regina becomes her "personal romance concierge" and just uses all these hashtags. I'm in my mid-forties, and my friends and I didn't grow up with hashtags, so we misuse them and our children laugh at us. So I decided that was something I was going to give to Regina, and she was just going to be the worst hashtagger ever, just using them with complete wild abandon.
In the second book though, Riley doesn't really need Regina anymore, but because I liked having those moments of pure humor to break up the narrative of the mystery, and since Click.com seems like the master of the up-sell, I thought that they'd have to have a sister company to take people's money, and I just had this idea of a millennial life coach which became Jenna. It was important to me that she have this quality of optimism, and this drive where she's not going to give up, she's not going to take no for an answer, but she's also going to get all her advice off the back of cereal boxes.
BookTrib: Riley is such a great character, a really individual voice. She's dynamic, and she's relatable: she kind of fell into this journalism gig, her love life is going okay – things are working out, but they also seem like kind of a mess. Did you know all along where you wanted to take her?
JO: Riley definitely developed as I was writing. The only thing I knew when I started writing is that she was young, depressed because of her break up with Ryan, and she was obsessed with obituaries. So that was really where I started with her, and, unfortunately, I'm not someone who outlines – I've tried, I've really tried all the different writing methods – but I just end up having these character that I follow around and see what they do, and that's really where Riley came to life. She's doing her best, she really is – in her heart she's an optimist, but she's feeling really beat down, and I love this idea of her finding a profession that really has a passion for, that she's good at, that has a connection to her grandfather.
I thought about her a lot when I did revisions, and I wanted to make that she seemed realistic. The book takes place over a couple weeks max, and while I wanted her to change, I didn't wanted to change too much. With The Bad Break I had to be careful because if you solve all of the problems, then no more books. But the reason that I didn't have Holman in a lot of The Bad Break is because I wanted Riley to struggle professionally. I thought that she needed to work the story by herself, and have all the pressure and stakes that come with that, so she could prove to herself that she could do it.
BookTrib: Speaking of Holman, I couldn't find a way to describe him other than half Sherlock Holmes, half Doctor Who fanboy. Was Holman someone that you planned on having from the beginning, where he would act as something of a mentor to Riley, and that they'd have this quirky relationship?
JO: No, he was a surprise! One of the things that happened was that I didn't know who the killer was until the end, because I just kept changing it. I kept thinking, maybe Holman did it, or maybe it was Tabitha, or someone else. I think that is one of the reasons, especially with The Good Byline, that a lot of people haven't been able to guess who did it. When I initially wrote the scene with Holman where she gets into his car and they go for barbecue, I just thought "well, maybe he's the killer." I tried to make him a little bit weird, and have Riley be a little unsure. But Holman just presented himself as this kind of odd guy, miles from the center of normal, but actually really happy with himself and just is who he is. I think that it worked out well, because in some ways he looks to Riley for advice, and in some ways she looks to him. They have this nice friendship, where they can both learn from each other even though he's technically the expert.
BookTrib: Your plots don't stop where a typical mystery novel would stop: you present the suspects, but then you eliminate all of them, bring them back, and introduce some new people, and make it impossible to guess who it is! Do you just have the murder, and then along the writing process figure out who it is?
JO: With The Good Byline, I just kept on changing it – I had every person in that book as a suspect at one point, and I just kept writing it and writing it, and for a long time it was going to be Jay, but then there was just something about that that didn't feel right. I'm a big mystery reader, and part of the fun is trying to figure out who did it. I think that's also part of the fun of writing it, and choosing how to present it to the readers – you can't just throw all the information at them and then throw in a crazy twist at the end. You have to make them work a little bit. With The Bad Break, I think there's some behind-the-scenes kind of stuff that comes out after you know who the bad guy is that hopefully makes it interesting to keep reading. It was important for me to not use the typical formula for revealing the killer every single time. Once I've kind of figured out that, okay, this guy is the one who did it, I like to try and change it up so it's never the same, typical, formulaic narrative after that.
BookTrib: Ridley is a new character that isn't really, but operates as an alter ego for Riley. When Ridley moves to Tuttle Corner, I kept expecting that there would be this competition between them, but instead, we see this tentative but truly genuine friendship grow. It was actually really nice to see, rather than have the usual competition over the guy.
JO: Exactly. And that was pretty intentional, because when the series starts, Riley has no female friendships, and I think that for a young woman in a small town where everybody knows everybody else, and she has kind of a reputation, that would be a pretty lonely place to be. So I really liked this idea of her begrudgingly starting to really like Ridley, with all of her qualities and these crazy characteristics that she has, and Riley can't help but like her. And, of course, Ridley wants to be friends, and as I'm writing book 3, that's one of the things that I'm starting to really get into, and all of the different ripples that this unlikely friendship causes.
BookTrib: Now, I don't want to spoil anything, but you end The Bad Break on a huge cliffhanger involving Riley's grandfather. Did you plan this from the beginning?
JO: I will say that for as little as I planned, the one thing I did plan out for the overarching series was the mystery of what happened to the grandfather. That was intentional. I actually know what happened to him, I have all the details planned out – that's pretty much the only thing I know for sure about the series – but I get to drop little bits of what happened in each story, in each book. It's a little tricky about what information to add because I don't know how many books will be in the series – that's more of a publishing question – but I talk with my editor, and in Book 2 you get some more information, and in Book 3 you get more of Flick's investigation into that happened, and ways that it ties into the current landscape of Tuttle Corner.
BookTrib: What's coming next for you?
JO: Right now I'm just working on Book 3 – untitled, as of yet – but you will definitely get more information on Riley's grandfather and what happened to him. Without giving away too many spoilers, Rosalie, the tavern/cafe owner is mixed up in this double murder that's receiving national attention because it involves the wife of a wealthy, D.C. lobbyist.
BookTrib: Finally, what's the one book that you wish you had written?
JO: It has to be Where'd You Go, Bernadette!
The Bad Break is now available for purchase, but keep an eye out for our giveaway of the Riley Ellison Mystery Series!
For more information on the author, visit her website at jillorrauthor.com.
Jill Orr is the author of The Good Byline, the first in the Riley Ellison mystery series. A member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers, Orr lives in Columbia, Missouri with her husband and two children. The Bad Break is her second novel.


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Newcastle Fiesta is taking over the Town Moor this weekend for a three day stint that is set to attract thousands of visitors.
The event is celebrating 800 years of Mayoralty and Freemen and will unite a whole host of attractions to entertain families.
With the weather forecast (everything crossed!) looking fairly favourable for the weekend, the hot air balloons you'll have seen in our stories and Fiesta promotional posters should be making a star appearance, with Saturday's Glow Night, where they will light up and be choreographed to music set to be one of the weekend's highlights.
Music fans will have plenty to lend their ears to on the main stage with tributes to Adele, Beyonce, Pink and Rihanna doing their thing alongside a whole host of North East acts who've been hand picked by organisers.
Younger visitors are set to be enthralled by Artizani Entertainers who will be at the Fiesta on Saturday and Sunday.
Anyone suffering from Hoppings withdrawals should be well catered for by the Fiesta funfair while food for thought will be provided by an array of vendors dotted across the Moor. And if your thirst is quenched there will also be a bar on site.
On Sunday, the Fiesta will incorporate the Picnic in the Park and Mayor's Parade, so there's lots to get involved in right across the weekend.
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On a splendid May morning in 1792 in the Old City of New Amseterdam, The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree in the then-bucolic setting that is now Wall Street.
Could the tri-cornered hat-wearing, clay pipe-puffing dudes in clogs and knickers known what they were unleashing? Even Gordon Gekko couldn't have called that one.
Ante up this morning with songs that would make Gordon Gekko smile. Or blush. Or take his blood pressure again.
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Wendy Harrison
Age: 51 to 60
Occupation:Technical Manager, Software
Number of Cruises: 2
Cruise Line: Regent Seven Seas
Ship: Paul Gauguin (transferred)
Sailing Date: n/a
Itinerary: Society Islands
Tahiti By Gauguin
This is a review of a cruise of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, aboard the Radisson Seven Seas Ship, the Paul Gauguin. The cruise departure date was May 20, 2000, from Papeete. It was our very first cruise.
Executive Summary
This cruise was superb in every way. Yes, it's certainly expensive, a lot more so than the competing Renaissance itinerary, but it was worth every penny. Service was very personalized, the ship intimate and very well run, the food was top-drawer. As first-time cruisers, not normally quite so extravagant, we are now totally spoiled by Radisson.
The destination, of course, is also a dream come true. If I could find a way to go and live in French Polynesia, I would certainly do it. And we would go back there in a heartbeat for another trip--in fact, we want to see the Marquesas next. And my favourite island in the Societies was Moorea--the mooring in Opunohu Bay was stunning.
Why we took this cruise
I started planning this trip, which coincided with our 20th wedding anniversary, early in the fall of 1999, about nine months before the actual departure date. I knew we wanted to go somewhere special, and splurge, but didn't know where. A cruise appealed because it was a special holiday, and I thought we should be pampered, and be free to relax, not worry about schlepping from hotel to hotel. And a caribbean resort vacation didn't appeal because of the time of year.
But we had several problems with the concept of a cruise:
* I am prone to motion sickness.
* We don't like dressing up.
* We don't like crowds, lineups, nightclubs or casinos.
* We like to be pampered.
The Paul Gauguin seemed to fit the bill. The trip around the Society Islands was sufficiently exotic, the seas promised to be reasonably calm, the ship is small, and the dress code is "country club casual"--no ties or jackets required, let alone tuxedos.
Before deciding, I did lots of research comparing the Paul Gauguin cruise to the Renaissance offerings. Here is why I chose the Paul Gauguin:
1. The ship was smaller, and promised better, more intimate service
2. All extras were included in the cost of the cruise, including
gratuities. No nickel-and-diming.
3. The cabins were larger.
4. More cosmopolitan atmosphere, mix of nationalities (not all American).
5. Pre-cruise packages were offered, and since Tahiti is a long way to go (we're in Toronto), we wanted to stay a bit longer.
Here are some reasons why one might choose Renaissance instead, with my
Longer cruise
There is an extra island visited, Huahine, which would definitely be nice. But
much of the additional cruise time is spent docked at Papeete. Tahiti is the least interesting place
to visit on this trip. Lower cost Yes, the Renaissance cruise costs less. We decided that the luxury
and the intimacy made up for this, plus we spent nothing on the ship, aside from excursions. If you
can't afford Radisson, do the Renaissance instead--the destination is worth it, regardless.
Non-smoking We are non-smokers, but my husband is a former smoker. As nice as it would have been to
be in a non-smoking environment, I think that this policy is pretty draconian--the last place I want
to be is stuck with a bunch of anti-smoking zealots.
So, on with the trip
Pre-cruise Trip
I've been back from this cruise for over a month, and I'm still basking in the experience. The Society Islands themselves are lovely, the people are almost universally welcoming, and although the island residents make most of their income from tourism, there is no sense of the place being spoiled. This is partly due, I'm sure, to the fact that French Polynesia focuses on the high-end tourist trade.
We started our adventure with one of Radisson's pre-cruise packages, which was three days on the island of Manihi in the Tuomotu Archipelago, about 150 miles from Tahiti. This group of islands are coral atolls, just rings of coral fringed with palm trees, with beautiful lagoons in the middle. Manihi has a population of about 800 people, and a single resort hotel, called the Pearl Beach Hotel. Our three day stay there was wondrous in the extreme. The clientele was almost entirely French, and the staff were Polynesian. All the staff managed in English just fine. Aside from the beauty and luxury of the hotel itself, being in a French atmosphere was very pleasant. The French love their food, and the cuisine was a mix of fine French cooking and wonderful Polynesian fish and fruit.
The hotel has only about 45 rooms, all private bungalows. Some are over-water bungalows, others sit on the beach overlooking the lagoon. We chose the humbler beach-side abode, but I think I preferred it--we had the sounds of the palms swaying in the constant tradewinds, and our own private hammock in front of our own verandah. The room was exquisite in every detail, and the service was great. I loved that hotel, and would return to it again. Looking at the rack rates, we got a good deal through Radisson--$895 for three nights, including breakfast and airfare. We spent about $250 while we there, on lunches, dinners and an excursion.
Manihi is the largest pearl-producing island in French Polynesia, having close to a hundred individual pearl farms. We did a pearl farm tour which took us in a boat far across the lagoon, which is dotted with pearl farms sitting out in the water. Manihi is also well-known for diving and snorkeling, with a full dive center at the hotel. We contented ourselves with snorkeling in front of our hotel room! It's also a good place to buy pearls, since you're right at the source--we didn't come home empty-handed.
As with most of French Polynesia, there was no tipping. We tried to tip the very friendly bartender before we left, and she not only vehemently refused, but proceeded to buy us a going-away drink.
I would highly recommend a pre-cruise package to unwind from the stress of jet-lag, and just to get into the mood of the islands. Try to go somewhere other than Tahiti, if you can manage--Tahiti itself is much more touristy than the other islands. By the time we got onto the ship, we were completely mellowed-out, I'd bought my first pareo, and we were beginning to get a tan.
The Paul Gauguin
We were flown back from Manihi, and spent the afternoon at a nearby hotel on Papeete, awaiting embarkation. I was not impressed with this hotel, not after the Pearl Beach--it was very large, and reminded me of your average huge resort. Sorry, I can't remember which one it was, but I could probably be persuaded to remember. The most outstanding feature was a large, artificial rock formation, built in front of the pool, which completely blocked the natural, quite astounding view of Moorea. We saw very little of Papeete or Tahiti on this trip, and although I'm sure there's much to see, the other islands are so beautiful that I didn't really feel like I'd missed anything this way.
Embarkation was at 3 p.m., and although Tahiti Nui Travel, who are the local agents in Papeete were not flawless in their organizational skills, once we stepped off the bus at the dock, everything was as smooth as silk. We were photographed and given our room keys, whisked to the grand lounge for a welcome glass of champagne, then escorted individually to our rooms, where our bags were awaiting us. About 5 p.m. there was a party on the pool deck, with entertainment from the resident band and entertainers, while we sailed away from Papeete. This was one of the high points for me, it was thrilling. This was the first of many occasions when we had free drinks thrust into our hands.
The Ship and the Stateroom
The Paul Gauguin is a beautiful ship, inside and out. The appointments everywhere are first class. We had a humble D-class stateroom, which had a picture window, rather than a balcony. This was one of the compromises that we made to take the more expensive cruise. Our stateroom was great, no complaints. We had a queen-sized bed, large closets, a full-sized tub and vanity, lots of closet and drawer space.
I never did feel a twinge of sea-sickness. We had one very rough afternoon, while at Taha'a--the Paul Gauguin made a precipitous departure so that it could hide in the lee of Bora Bora, and we certainly rolled considerably on the way. I also heard that one of the ship's stabilizers is broken--don't know if this is true. The ship did have a roll to it, and there were quite a few passengers wearing scop' patches behind their ears, but I suspect they didn't really need them.
Fellow Passengers
There was a good mix of nationalities and ages. Apparently the national mix varies substantially from cruise-to-cruise--there was a huge group of American insurance agents on our cruise--the week before there had been a large corporate group from Canada. There were about 20 Canadians, 50 French, and most of the rest of the passengers appeared to be American. Age-wise, there were some lively senior citizens, lots of well-healed businessmen and their wives in their 50s and 60s (I called them "captains of industry"), quite a few honeymooners in their 20s, and a number of 30-something couples (looked like dotcom millionaires to me!) We ourselves are in our 50s, my husband's an academic, and I work in the computer software industry--so, except for the wealthy part, we were fairly typical passengers.
All and all it was a fairly sophisticated crowd, well-travelled, mostly wanting to relax, although we had our share of partiers who discoed the night away, and moped around with hangovers the next morning!
The Restaurants
The ship has three restaurants. We ate in them all, and liked the Grill for lunch best, since it was a buffet, and always included fresh local fish, and a casual indoor-outdoor atmosphere. There was always simple lunch items like hamburgers, always two kinds of fresh grilled fish, a pasta made fresh for you, lots of salads, and a selection of about ten desserts!
The main restaurant, L'étoile had wonderful long French menus every night, plus plainer fare for sensitive tummies and dieters. We feasted on foie gras and caviar, wonderful multi-course meals with a nouveau cuisine slant. The wine was poured like water. The first night my husband made the mistake of trying to empty his wine glass--but every time he turned his head it was re-filled. Wine and beer are complimentary with lunch and dinner in all restaurants.
The Veranda is referred to as "the alternate dining experience", and has two set menus alternate nights. The meal that we had there was fantastic, especially the lobster dim sum. We rolled ourselves directly into bed after that one.
There was also high tea in the afternoon, early morning coffee and croissants for the early risers. Full room service was available at any time at no charge.
There were lots of organized events aboard ship--we participated in only a few of them, but we enjoyed everything we did. Lots of poolside parties with music, demonstrations, local folk performances, all with the drinks flowing. It was very difficult to actually pay for a drink on this ship.
The resident band was a group of Filipinos called Siglo. They played all kinds of different music throughout the cruise, and were a very talented, versatile bunch. In addition, there was a troupe of Polynesian girls called the Gauguines. They danced the Polynesian dances, sang the songs, and played guitar and ukelele. They also served as assistant social directors, marshalling guests for excursions, convening informal talks on local customs and history. Each night at dinner, a pair of them wandered through the dining rooms, one singing and playing guitar, the other dancing the slower, more sinuous of the traditional dances. All straight male eyes popped out of heads at this point.
I won't say much about specific excursions--there have been plenty of other reviews of these, and I'm sure they don't vary much between Radisson and Renaissance, since they are all provided locally. But the organization of excursions was handled very well, tendering to and from shore was well-run, and there was never any sense of being herded around, since numbers were always small. I will say that my favourite excursion was a sunset cruise along the coast of Moorea, aboard a 100-foot schooner, with a crew of beautiful young Polynesians.
There were three complimentary motu visits--one was an entire day on a private motu, including lunch, bar, snorkeling tour and kayaking. This was idyllic, sybaritic in the extreme. There were also two afternoon visits to a motu in Bora Bora, also with complimentary bar. I would highly recommend at least one afternoon on the motu at Bora Bora--the view of the island is stunning.
All of the shipboard staff were friendly and very service-oriented. On our trip, the guest-to-staff ratio was almost 1-1, since there were only 250 guests aboard. All the guests were treated like millionaires, even those of us who weren't. Our cabin stewardess was attentive, and our mini-bar got refreshed daily with soft drinks, bottled water and beer. We were stocked with three pints of liquor at the beginning of the cruise, at no charge. In fact, my husband decided he was morally obligated to incur a bar bill on the trip, and spent a princely $3.50 for the entire cruise--free drinks flowed at motu picnics, pool parties and meals.
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I'm a Microsoft MVP!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
I've recently received an email from Microsoft notifying me I've been awarded Microsoft MVP in Visual C# ! I'd like to thank Microsoft and specifically Guy Burstein for his guidance and excellent advice on finding ways to help the developers community. Also, a special thanks is in order for my managers at Sela Group: David Bassa, Caro Segal and Ishai Ram for giving me the time to invest in the developers community.Lastly, I'd like to thank you, my blog readers. Now that I got this out, I can continue my Thailand honeymoon trip :) That's it for now,Arik Poznanski.
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For example, we make sure our guides and porters are always careful to leave as little trace as possible of our presence when we visit remote locations; we never leave any rubbish behind. We also participated in a tourism project supported by the Institute Français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) in reconstructing a model 6th century water powered stone saw machine in Jarash (known as the Byzantine Hydraulic Stone Sawmill). This method of interpretation adds to the visitor experience through demonstration of historic systems.
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The human body is capable of many wonderful things, but unfortunately still there are serious illnesses that, without medicine, our body would not be able to overcome or live with it, but there are some special and rare syndromes that even medical science can not find cure, so in today's video I've collected 10 human mutations that you've probably not heard about.
1 Hypertrichosis
Hypertrichosis, also known as Ambras syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder that is ca. Diagnosed in 200 people.
People who suffer from this illness may be in their entire body, but there are also those whose hair growth appears in some parts of the body. This disease should be thought to cause hair to grow, then the hair follicles die, leaving the hair to fall. The downside is that it starts again and again as if they were to find themselves in an endless story.
It is no coincidence that this is a hereditary, very rare disease, because those who live with it, their limbs look like they are made of wood. Unfortunately, there is no cure, but it can be known that HPV (Human papillomavirus) is the main cause of the whole 80% of our population. While this virus does not cause any problems for an average person, they are unfortunately so, and they are the result of strange faded tumors.
3 Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Lesch Chicken Syndrome A hereditary illness, which unfortunately is also incurable. Women only carry this disease, but men have symptoms. One of the most interesting symptoms is self-mutilation, which unfortunately appears in 80% of patients.
Most often their fingers and their mouths are bitten from inside and outside.
4 dummies
Dwarfism is a very rare and odd disease that affects about 90,000 people on the earth. This illness is already occurring in the womb, and those suffering from this illness have their hands and feet as if they were crawlers.
5 bipeds
This rare disease can be found both in animals and in humans. People with this strange mutation have two heads and one body, but the three heads have been in animals as well. This disease has two different types, one when the two heads are raised, but only one is related to the body and the other is when the two heads are not aggregated and separated separately from the body.
6 Uner Tan Syndrome
In the uner's syndrome, only a few people suffer from the earth and most of these people are in southern Turkey.
The main feature of the disease is walking on the fly, which must be literally understood, since these people are unable to walk on two legs, and their speech and thinking are as primitive as if they were to live in prehistoric times.
7 Proteus syndrome
Proteus syndrome is a congenital illness that involves excessive growth of cells in the human body. Distortions caused by the disease are not visible at birth and in infancy and various tumors, wine and bone excretions progressively evolve as the patient's age progresses.
The huge tumors and growths in the right place only lead to arthritis, but it is not uncommon to develop pulmonary embolism and thrombosis among the patients.
8 mood syndrome
Mermaid Syndrome is also a congenital strange human mutation that is found in about one in 100,000 newborn babies. People suffering from Sellő syndrome have their legs full length and generally have only one foot. Babies born with this strange birth defective sky regrettably live only for two days, because this disease can cause serious kidney damage due to the lack of genital organs.
9 neurofibromatosis
neurofibromatosis is an extremely complex disease that also leads to the development of innumerable tumors on the body. This syndrome attacks the cells in the nervous system, and as a result of the protein syndrome, it causes many tumors and growths.
10th SEMINAR SYNDROME
Stoneworm syndrome is also a rare and incurable disease whose symptoms are terribly creepy. Those suffering from the illness grow into abnormal bones in the muscle tissues.
This mutation is called stone syndrome, because people suffering from the disease have become completely crippled by the body over the years and thus have no movement.


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When Bill Moyers sat across from Joseph Campbell in the library of George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch a quarter of a century ago to begin a series of conversations that would continue over two summers, neither of them could anticipate the extraordinary impact their collaboration would produce. Campbell was the foremost interpreter of the world's great mythologies - the stories told by humans since the dawn of history to explain the mysteries of the universe - who had collaborated with Lucas on the film director's "Star Wars" trilogy. But despite his vast learning, his almost 40 years as a remarkable teacher, and the scholarly acclaim for his major works ("The Masks of God" among them), only a handful of people had ever seen or heard him in person. That changed when Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers was broadcast on PBS. It fired the imagination and intellect of millions of people and became a phenomenon.
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Decolonize This Museum
Each of these art-affiliated collectives has targeted powerful institutions, and in particular museums, on the basis of climate justice, global wage workers, and indigenous struggle for dignity and sovereignty. In different ways these groups have pushed for museums to be more responsible to people rather than to funders, and to the mission they themselves claim to be furthering. The equilibrium to these struggles is simple: museums must publicly commit to socially responsible policies and positions.
As the art world is pulled further into the realm of ultra-luxury speculation, the social and ecological costs of this are distributed unevenly. In this moment of crisis and rupture worldwide there is no space for museums and cultural institutions to claim neutrality. Institutions, whether public or private, should not be trading on low wages and free labor or taking money from the oil industry.
Yet when decolonization is demanded as a political imperative the challenge to museums goes further. The rearrangement of relationships and the decentering of whiteness become prerequisite to a new culture of curating and exhibiting. Given the deep legacy of colonialism and white supremacy, how should museums spatially and conceptually re-classify their collections? Who generates the knowledge on which these classifications are built? What kind of action and organizing are required to transform the powerful institutions that occupy the top tier of the exhibitionary sector?
Liberate Tate and G.U.L.F. were both formed to mount pressure upon specific museums. Meanwhile, indigenous activists from NYC Stands With Standing Rock Collective are making renewed, action-led demands on the existing power structures that allocate European artifacts to art museums while the art and culture of colonized peoples is exhibited in natural history museums. The face off over indigenous sovereignty at Standing Rock is likewise a call to bring land and water justice into the heart of climate activism, and to make this central to cultural production.
In bringing these three groups into conversation, Decolonize This Place will attempt to lay the groundwork for a new phase of organizing and action aimed at museums and other large cultural institutions. Through this, struggles for global worker rights and ecological justice will be viewed as inextricable with those for the repatriation of land.
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- No
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- MCRD Parris Island
- What date did you graduate bootcamp?:
- 21 Sep 69
- What was your bootcamp platoon number?:
- 2013
- Duty Stations:
- MCRD PI, 2nd RTR
Camp Geiger ITR (AIT)
MCRD SD Basic Electronic School (BES)
MCRD SD Radio Fundamentals School (RFS)
MCRD SD Radio Relay Repair (RRRC)
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Camp Pendleton Staging and Survival (SEER)
Camp Schwab Okinawa, RR&C Co. 7th Comm Bn
Camp Hansen Okinawa, RR&C Co. 7th Comm Bn
Quantico until ETS
Did NOT serve in Vietnam (I volunteered to go (to avoid transfer to Gitmo, but was retasked for MOS reasons to Okinawa)
US Army Duty Stations (1974-1979)
Fort Jackson, SC (electronics, teletype repair schools)
Fort Gordon, GA (crypto, multchannel radio repair schools)
Coleman Barracks, Sandhofen FRG ELM, HHC, 97th Sig Bn, CENTAG, NATO
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Kitchener library researches local WWI soldiers
Thanks to the help of over 120 volunteers, the Kitchener Public Library has a much clearer picture of the local soldiers who fought overseas a century ago in the First World War.
The goal of "the Soldier Card Project" was to assemble more information about local soldiers for an online directory, created to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the war. The 120 volunteers are working with the library to find out more about the lives and deaths of the local soldiers, according to librarian Karen Ball-Pyatt.
Some of the soliders were harder to find than others, according to Ball-Pyatt, including Private Samuel Bailey, who's trail went cold early in the search.
"We eventually ended up looking for his wife's grave," she told Craig Norris in an interview with The Morning Edition on Thursday. "We made an inquiry to the local cemetery and apparently he was buried with his wife and her family but didn't appear on the headstone."
To hear more about the project, click on the interview at left.
CBC K-W requested a solider to research. Here is what we found out about Elgin Earl Eby.
Lance Corporal Elgin Eby
Elgin Earl Eby was born on November 18, 1895 to Dilman and Katherine Eby (nee Steuernagel) in Berlin, Ontario.
He was the first child to the Mennonite couple, who were married nine years earlier on January 6, 1886. They lived for a period in Maryborough Township in Wellington County before returning to Berlin.
Dilman worked as a builder and a carpenter. Three years later, Elgin's sister Candace was born.
But tragedy struck early. Eby's father died at age 45, when Eby himself was just five years old. At 11, his mother died, leaving Elgin and Candace orphaned.
This diary except from the Gordon Christian diary provides the smallest glimpse of Eby's life at age 17. It is quoted verbatim (typos and grammatical errors included):
"Sun. Oct. 6 1912 Got up about 9 oclock - was a sunny fine day - had breakfast, milked - as I was ready to take cows out about 10 thirty oclock, my cousins from New Hamburg, George Rush and Nathaniel Stear also a friend of theirs Elgin Eby very distant cousin of ours came down in the barn with their horse - I took cows out with the wheel -when I came back I asked the boys where their friend was - they told me that he went up town to visit his sister for the day up on Queen St. at Shantze's - both Elgin's parents are dead. I and the boys got some grapes after dinner, then went to the park boat riding - had some fun being rocked about by the swells from the gasoline launch, which Mr. Bush had in command - Otto Kern and a bunch of girls were on it – Sam and Herb were here evenings - around 8 oclock as I was milking, the first time by electric light Nathaniel Stear and George Rush being with me. Elgin Eby came to drive home with the boys. We went in the house to play the phonograph again for awhile - then helped boys to get horse ready, bid them good-by. Got our horse ready and drove Frany home -got to bed around 11 oclock."
It was in 1912 – on June 9 – that Berlin officially became a city.
Two years later Eby joined the army, enlisting with for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on September 23, 1915. According to Eby's attestation papers, he worked as a moulder, he was five feet and eight inches tall with blue eyes and a scar on his left cheekbone. He enlisted when he was 19 years and 10 months old. Candace, his sister, was listed as as his next of kin.
Eby was a member of the Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment, 75th Battalion, service number 126708.
While Eby was fighting overseas, the city of Berlin's name was changed to Kitchener in 1916 amid a wave of anti-German sentiment. The city was named after Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener who was Britain's secretary of state for war, who died when his ship hit a mine in off northern Scotland that same year.
Eby died on September 30, 1918 at age 23 and is buried in the Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery, near the small town of Sailly in the Nord district of France.
His sister Candace married Archibald Stouffer at age 23 in Decemeber 1921, and lived a long life. She died in 1998 at age 100.


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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Bollywood action in Bangkok
Both Kaiju Shakedown and Twitch are reporting about a new Bollywood action film, Ek Ajnabee, which stars Amitabh Bachchan.
It was filmed in Bangkok and features stunt work by Kawee Sirikhanaerat, another protege of Ong Bak choreographer Panna Rittikrai (Kawee did the tuk-tuk taxi chase), as well as a part of the versatile Thai stunt crews who have worked on Tombraider 2 and Batman Begins.
Basically Man on Fire or Transporter 2 done up Bollywood style (though likely without any three-hour-long song-and-dance numbers), Ek Ajnabee is the story of a burnt-out bodyguard who takes a job protecting a little girl who gets kidnapped and he has to go ballistic to get her back.
Kaiju Shakedown had the scoop and Twitch has more.
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Belize in 4 days
The country is roughly divided into inland which had historic Mayan sites and Cayes (pronounced "keys") which have water sports.
Day 1 – San Ignacio
After landing at the Belize airport, I took a $25 USD taxi to Belize city since there is no public transport to Belize city. From there I took a 2.5-hour bus costing $4.5 USD heading west to San Ignacio. There I check out the Cahal Pech ruins. Established in 1200 BC, this is the oldest Mayan site in Belize. Entry fee is $5 USD. Do me a favor and get a guide for another $10 -15 USD. Guide's explanation adds a real value in terms of understanding how the site was actually used. I spent rest of the day checking San Ignacio city. Nothing much interesting in it.
Altun Ha (near Belize city) and Xunantunich (30 minutes further west of San Ignacio) are newer but more famous Mayan sites. If you have time, it would be good to check them out as well.
Day 2 – ATM caves
I started the day with the world-famous ATM (actun tunichil muknal) caves. Belize used to be submerged in water millions of years ago. That's why 65% of rocks are still limestone rocks. Many caves were created by following water dissolving these rocks. Mayans believed that the caves are an entry to the underworld. And that the rain god came from there. The tour takes you into the ATM cave, partially submerged in the flowing water, where Mayans used to make sacrifices of animals and later humans, to please the Rain God during droughts. Skeletons of the sacrificed men and a few young kids are still present in the cave. The tour is mildly strenuous, requires occasional swimming, and no photography is allowed inside. I took the tour with MayaWalk and it was an amazing experience worth recommendation. They start early in the morning to avoid the crowd and have one guide per 6-7 visitors. If you have dietary restrictions, let them know in advance for the lunch. At 85$ USD, the tour is expensive but given the equipment (headlamps, water shoes), the two-hour transportation from San Ignacio to the caves, and the lunch, I think it is justified for this unique experience.
After the tour, I headed for Green Iguana conservation project. It's a 45 minute $9 USD tour focused on Green Iguanas. The guide, though extremely knowledgeable, is an introvert. So, keep asking him and he will tell you everything about Iguanas. This is highly recommended if you have any interest in wildlife, biology, and like holding Iguanas.
Since my next day was in Caye (remember it is pronounced "key") caulker. I took a bus back to the Belize city. The last water taxi to Caye caulker was at 5:30 and I knew I won't reach in time for that. I stayed in Belize city for the night.
Day 3 – Caye caulker
I took a 45-minute water taxi ($25 USD round trip price) to Caye caulker.
My main activity for this day was a snorkeling cruise. We went to three different places – Shark and ray Alley, Hol Chan Marine reserve and Coral Gardens. In shark and ray Alley, the guide throws sardines to attract sharks and manta rays. These sharks are habituated to humans and don't attack. The water is calm here which is really helpful for an amateur snorkeler. I did this tour with Ragamuffin Tours. Their guide was extremely proactive in terms of snorkeling along with us, showing various fishes, turtles, corals, manta rays, lobsters, and sharks. The tour ended up with a small party on the north side across the split. All in all, it was about 10-hour long tour. At $70 USD, this is an amazing value for money. If you are booking this tour, do check that the guide will go along with you on all three occasions (the law mandates it only for the Marine reserve) and is enthusiastic enough to spot the sea life.
I spent the late evening checking the Caye. There isn't something special at it. I stayed here overnight since the last water taxi to the mainland is at 5 PM.
Day 4 – Blue Hole national park
I took the water taxi back to Belize city and then took a bus to Dangriga. All the buses going south from Belize city will first go west to Belmopan. The bus dropped me at the entrance of the Blue Hole National Park.
I was too late for the cave tubing tour I booked. But the tour company (Belize Inland) rebooked me for the afternoon tour. I did a 30-minute one-way hike to the inland blue hole and swam there.
Then I returned for the cave tubing tour. It is a nice relaxing tour focused on the geography and life inside the cave. Going through the pitch black darkness is eye-opening (pun intended) experience. The guide provided a lot of information about the geography and the flora and the fauna inside the cave.
After the tour, I decided to stop in Belmopan. Checked out the local market. There is nothing special here. So, you won't miss anything if you decide not to stop.
- 1 USD = 2 BZE. USD is readily accepted everywhere.
- Cities are a waste of time. Caye caulker was OK. Others are a complete waste of time. The cities are filled with local people passing comments on the tourists. Catcalling is the norm.
- Public transport is reliable but limited. First water taxi from Belize city to Caye caulker is at 8 AM. The last one to return is at 5 PM. If you are doing any good tour, you can't do it in a single day.
- Cut mango sold for $1 USD is delicious.
- All food except fruits felt really expensive and over-priced.
- Cars are expensive to rent and mopeds are hard to come by.
- Belize has a thriving Indian population (Gujarati and Sindhi) as well as Chinese population. One of the richest person in Belize is an Indian.
- There are many contrary reports on whether Indian citizens need a visa for Belize or not. I confirmed with Belize embassy that holders of a multi-entry US visa, do not need a visa for Belize. My experience was the same, US visa was sufficient.
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awesome trip report – I have a similar amount of time for a trip and am trying to decide between Mexico and Belize – thanks
[…] the amount of time and money one ends up spending on it is a total rip-off. I found the tour in Belize to be much more worthwhile. I continued my anti-clockwise tour of the island with Shark Cove, […]
[…] stingray city, the coral gardens, and the reef. The stingray experience was great but otherwise snorkeling in Caye Caulkar(Belize) was a superior […]


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"We aren't connected by our addictions. But by our childhood. Souls fused together from the very, very start."- Lily, Thrive
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Rating: ★★★½
Synopsis via Goodreads: Two years will change them forever.
When rumors spread like wildfire—like having three-ways with her boyfriend's rock climbing brother—Lily Calloway spirals into a dark place. Her bedroom. Loren Hale is more confident and determined to keep their sex life private, even from their friends, and he helps Lily in the only way he knows how. But how much love is too much?
Their lives are filmed, watched, and criticized. And through it all, Lily and Loren have to face enemies they never thought they'd see, demons they don't know if they should bury, and setbacks they didn't think they'd meet. Not this soon.
And one rumor could be too much for them to handle. It will test their greatest limitations, and if they don't hold onto each other, someone is going to drown.
A full-length New Adult Romance that bridges the gap between the second and third books. Thrive must be read before Addicted After All if you have not read the Calloway Sisters spin-off series.
Firstly, if you have not read Kiss the Sky or Hothouse Flower and plan on reading them, DON'T READ THIS BOOK as it contains spoilers for both those books. BUT, if you have no intention of reading the Calloway Sisters series, then proceed and immerse yourself in the LiLo feels. But really, you should reconsider your decision to read Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower if you had no intentions of doing so in the first place. THEY ARE AMAZING AND WILL IMPROVE YOUR READING EXPERIENCE OF THE ADDICTED SERIES TIMES A MILLION!
Thrive continues where Addicted for Now left off as Lily and Loren are still dealing with the aftermath of having Lily's addiction made public. With the media constantly making negative commentaries and assumptions about their relationship, these two find it harder and harder to resist their compulsions. As more and more rumors emerge, one rumor in particular will push someone to their breaking point and giving into their addiction.
Thrive is very much a filler installment and is basically just Kiss the Sky and Hothouse Flower told from Lily and Loren's POV. Thrive is probably my least favorite book throughout this series as a lot of the events that occurred are nothing new since they already happened in the previous two books. The first half of the book was a bit slow for me as we see how being on the reality show has affected Lily and Loren and their relationship. I was looking for that emotional connection I felt when I was reading Ricochet, but I was just not getting it in the first half of Thrive. But, things did manage to pick up for me during the second half of the book and I WAS AN EMOTIONAL WRECK. Loren's POV slayed my feels. Watching him break down, broke me down. I'm so used to seeing Loren as the stronger one, but everyone has their limits and it was rough seeing him finally reach his.
Despite both Lily and Loren's setbacks in this book, they also took many steps forward. Lily is getting better at controlling her compulsions even though her anxiety is at an all time high with all the rumors swirling around. She and Loren are also running a successful shop which is quite a big step for Lily considering she used to spend most of her days hiding away in her room. She also graduated college! GO LILY! As for Loren, he takes steps to start fully trusting his brother, Ryke. They are going to need each other now more than ever and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from here for these two.
While Thrive was mainly a filler, I don't think that it was an unnecessary installment. Even though I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous installments, the ending made up for the slow beginning and I'm so anxious to see how Lily and Loren's story wraps up. I'M NOT READY BUT AT THE SAME TIME I AM READY. BRING ON THE LILO FEELS!


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The province of Bohol shone through as it became one of the most popular booths at the 28th Philippine Travel Mart at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City on September 1-3, 2017.
This year, 26 exhibitors from Bohol joined the biggest travel trade exhibition in the promotion and marketing of domestic and inbound tourism and Gov. Edgar Chatto personally led all the Boholano participants in the three-day marketing activities aimed to further promote Bohol as a tourist destination.
The Bohol Pavilion was branded with the "Behold Bohol" tagline at the entrance wherein most visitors were domestic including students and travel agents. The Bohol Tourism Office(BTO) staff were present at the event to provide assistance and support to Bohol.
The exhibitors from Bohol include the Bohol Federation of Travel and Tour Operators (BOFETTO), Ramyer Travel & Tours, Belian Hotel, Boffo Resort, Bohol Tarsier Permitees Corp., Phil Fun Divers & Lost Horizon, Bohol Sunside Resort, Loboc River Resort, Amarela, Linaw Beach Resort & Oasis, Alona Tropical Beach Resort, Eskaya Beach Resort & Spa, Mithi resort & Spa, Kew Hotel, Flushing Meadows, Bee Farm, Kayak Asia, Chocolate Hills Adventure Park (CHAP) and the LGUs of Anda, Tagbilaran City, Danao, Panglao, Loboc, and Antequera.
Overall, the participants from Bohol were able to generate a grand total worth P1,948,791.00 of sales. Bohol Bee Farm acquired the largest sales which amounted to P1,031,660.00 followed by Eskaya Resort with sales worth P384,340.00.


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|09 Feb 2019
Unable to install Win 7 x64 in UEFI mode on ASUS MoBo (TR4 socket)
Hi everyone,
It's been a long time since I've posted here, but last time I did I received very pertinent and helpful answers.
Hoping this will happen once again now, and also maybe help others with the same issue.
So my problem is when I try to install Windows 7 x64 in UEFI mode on my new Asus Prime X399-A motherboard (TR4 socket with Threadripper 1920X CPU installed). Also, this is being installed on an M.2 NVMe SSD from Intel 760p series.
I have made a bootable USB flash drive with Rufus and this is the error I'm getting when trying to boot from it:
Status: 0xc000000d
Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
I have deactivated Secure Boot under BIOS:
Other BIOS settings I've made:
- CSM (Compatibility Support Module) configuration:
- Boot Configuration:
- Fast Boot has also been disabled
These are the settings used in Rufus to make the bootable USB:
I have to note that this is an image I made myself by downloading untouched MSDN image of Windows 7 SP1 x64 and slipstreaming Simplix update pack which contains all updates to this moment (Jan 2019).
This will make the install.wim file of 4,66GB which makes it impossible to create the bootable USB under FAT32 file system. So NTFS was the only way to go.
I'm certain that I've done everything correct when creating the Windows image with slipstreamed updates because I also tried creating the bootable USB with MBR partition scheme and installer booted just fine.
By using Asus' EZ Installer tool and slipstreaming USB 3.0 & NVMe hotfix in the installer, Windows 7 was successfully installed with MBR partition scheme, this is how I know the image I made is fine.
But MBR is not what I'm after. I know that in Jan 2020 Microsoft will drop support of Win7 and probably not long after I will start having problems with unsupported software. Plus that if I upgrade to an RTX GPU, I will not have RTX support on Win7. So I know installing Windows 10 is inevitable, I'm just waiting for a more stable version and am not in a rush. I also am not a fan of Win10...
Because I'm after the possibility to have 2 separate Windows' installed (7 & 10) and boot up whichever I require based on my needs, I need to install Win7 with GPT partition scheme and (why not) NTFS file system.
Perhaps others with Asus motherboards have run into the same issue and know a fix for it.
If this has been already discussed, apologies. I did search the threads, but have not found this particular error when trying to install a fresh Windows.
I'm really hopping there's something I missed and there's a workaround for this because I know for a fact Win7 x64 does support UEFI mode.
Since making the bootable USB with the exact same settings for Win10 did launch the installation process, it seems like there might be something missing from the Win7 installation files, I'm just not advanced enough to figure it out.
One more thing I want to point out: I did also try to disable CSM from BIOS and that was a major mistake. My PC refused to boot, only a black screen came up. Then I used a jumper to shortcircuit PINs 1 & 2 in order to reset CMOS as specified in the manual and then my PC wouldn't even power up anymore. I had to repeat the process TWICE with the battery removed in order for it to work.
So disabling CSM is a no go.
I googled all I could and tried my best to figure it out by myself by changing different BIOS settings, but I'm stuck and need input from more advanced users.
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|09 Feb 2019
To install as UEFI you must boot the Win 7 installation disk as UEFI. The Flash drive must be formatted as Fat32 as UEFI BIOS will look for the boot loader only on a UEFI partition.
Lets assume you're installing Win 7 pro. Did you deleted the other modes (home, HP and ultimate) to make the install.wim smaller than 4G?
There are complicated workaround to format a drive as Fat32 that can handle files bigger than 4G. SIW2 is the one that can help you with those tricks.
My solution:
- Slipstream onto a Win 7 SP1 installation files only the USB 3.0 and M.2 NVMe drivers.
- Format the flash drive as Fat32 and COPY all files of the Win 7 SP1 installation (USB 3.0 and M.2 NVMe drivers added). Add the boot folder under efi folder
Don't need to use Rufus.
- Boot from the flash drive and install.
I know that there is also another way transferring the expanded install.wim to the HDD (Fat32 100M + Big NTFS)
|My System Specs
|09 Feb 2019
Actually, I've already tried the above after my initial post with the sole difference that I used Rufus to create the bootable USB.
I used the untouched MSDN image of Windows 7 SP1 x64 which has an install.wim that's less that 4GB, made a bootable USB with GPT partition scheme and FAT32 file system. Same error.
I now tried what you suggested - which is basically the manual way to do it - and used the boot folder you provided. Same error
So it doesn't even care if it's NTFS or FAT32, it just throws the same error.
What I find very interesting is that the error doesn't mention any path above the "Status: 0xc000000d" line, something like "File: ...path..."
Based on what I found here, it looks more like a BIOS problem. Because it's similar to my issue, even though error is not the same.
Trying to install Win10 in UEFI works fine but Win7 doesn't... it sure looks like an Asus BIOS screw over.
I had another idea, but not sure if it's a brilliant one... what if I try to flash the BIOS to the very first version listed on Asus website as being compatible with my mobo?
I know it's risky, but is there really any chance in messing up the mobo itself?
It originally came with version 0807, I flashed it to the latest one which is 0808 and behavior is the same.
Opinions on flashing to first release 0318 from 2017/08/16 ?
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|09 Feb 2019
Don't change your BIOS. Use the last version.
Every BIOS is different. Try this
On the CSM page
- Set Boot device to UEFI only
- Boot from network to disable
- Boot from storage devices to UEFI only
|My System Specs
|09 Feb 2019
I've downloaded the Bios manual https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...B_20171030.pdf
Asus made a big mess referring Windows 10 as Windows UEFI.
When you installed as Legacy - MBR did you use the USB disk?
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|09 Feb 2019
I've downloaded the Bios manual https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/m...B_20171030.pdf
Asus made a big mess referring Windows 10 as Windows UEFI.
That they made this BIOS to have only Windows 10 boot under UEFI?
When you installed as Legacy - MBR did you use the USB disk?
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Also, did you link the Anandtech article because of section "Potential Install Solution 1.1: Use a Chipset USB 2.0 Port" ?
Worth to try, I guess. Definitely got nothing to lose.
Edit: Just tried booting from all backplane USB ports, no success. My case is connected to one of the USB 2.0 connectors on the mobo and tried its front USB ports, but again same error. Need to try and connect to the other USB 2.0 connector.
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|09 Feb 2019
What we know:
- The installation disk must be on a flash drive formatted as Fat32 to boot as UEFI.
- If you were able to install as Legacy MBR, the added USB driver is working on the Win PE.
How was the following BIOS settings on the CSM page when you install as Legacy MBR:
- Boot device?
- Boot from storage devices ?
Does the Flash disk has other partitions?
Open disk manager and see if there is any partition marked as Active. If so, set it to inactive.
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|10 Feb 2019
Boot Device Control = UEFI and Legacy OPROM
Boot from Storage Devices = UEFI driver first
I have another question: would I have the same issue if I try booting from an optical disc drive with a DVD?
Because you don't specify any partition scheme or file system when creating it.
Or it doesn't make any difference ?
|My System Specs
|10 Feb 2019
You can give the DVD a chance.
SIW2 Updater can create a iso so you can burn a boot able DVD.
Update your Win 7 installation media.
When running POST, launch the boot menu and choose to boot the DVD as UEFI.
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|11 Feb 2019
Tried 2 other things today, both to no success.
I ordered for myself a new flash drive, a Patriot Supersonic Rage XT USB 3.0 as I've read good things about it.
It behaves exactly as the other no name one I used the other days, same error when trying to boot in UEFI with GPT partition format and FAT32 file system.
I bought an Asus DRW-24D5MT Writer and booted from a very old Win7 x64 bootable DVD I had, so old that it doesn't even have SP1 integrated.
Selected boot priority in BIOS to boot in UEFI mode first, a message comes up with "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD..." and nothing happens. Screen just goes black for a second and then it enters BIOS, or just boots from the next boot priority.
The DVD boots fine in Legacy - MBR.
Is there any reason a DVD this old would not boot in UEFI ?
I want to know if I should waste a blank DVD to write a more recent image on it.
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Big Sky Vacation Rentals, Montana
War Dance Ski And Summer Luxury Home
War Dance offers the very best of mountain home luxury. There are three comfortable bedrooms, three and one-half baths and living areas on two levels - one with overflow sleeping.
The king size master bedroom and private bath sleeps two, the queen size guest bedroom and private bath sleeps two, the bunk bedroom sleeps four in two lower double beds and two upper twin beds(the upper twin beds are not suitable for adults). There is a full bath between the bunk bedroom and the family room which has overflow sleeping for two on a queen size murphy wall bed.
The kitchen has service for twelve and seats four at the island. The dining room seats ten. The outdoor deck offers outdoor dining on a picnic table with benches and chairs.
The living room has ample comfortable seating with picture perfect views, a wood burning double sided fireplace and an HDTV theater system.
The family room is an additional gathering room with comfortable seating, an HDTV/DVD, and a queen size murphy wall bed.
In addition, there is an enclosed heated two car garage with storage area and a boot dryer, and three decks, one holding a hot tub spa and the other two with seating and a picnic table.
The interior has soaring ceilings, a wood burning fireplace and expansive windows with beautiful unobstructed views. The furnishings and decor reflect the genuine feel of the Western Rocky Mountains. We provide every amenity to make your stay an enjoyable one.
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Biggest Skiing In America! Ski-In and Ski-Out accessible location. No lift lines, most vertical feet in the U.S., children under 10 ski free and lots and lots of snow! In terms of vacation home rentals, there is no other home location in closer proximity to the ski and summer base area.
Excellent base to leisurely explore Yellowstone National Park. The park boundary is only 18 miles away and the official west entrance is just a scenic 30 minutes farther.
Finest flyfishing anywhere in the world! Practice your casting on the lake at at the top of our road.
King size master bedroom with sitting area (sofa and chair)and private double sink bath, rainhead walk-in shower and jacuzzi tub, HDTV/DVD, and private deck with table and chairs.
Queen size guest bedroom with seating, tv/vcr, private double sink bath, shower/tub with massaging shower head, deck with outdoor seating.
Bunk bedroom with two upper twin beds and two lower double beds. (Upper twin beds are not suitable for adults), HDTV/DVD.
Family Room located between bunk room and guest bedroom. Queen size murphy wall bed, comfortable sofa, table and chairs, HDTV/DVD/VCR and boardwalk to outdoor hot tub.
Full bath with massaging head shower/tub and pedestal sink between bunk bedroom and family room.
Living Room with comfortable seating, two sofas, oversize chair, ottoman, end tables, cd player/radio, hdtv/dvd theater system, double sided wood burning fireplace and powder bath.
Dining Room seats 10 and door opens to deck with picnic table and benches.
Kitchen seats 4 at an island, service for 12 and every cooking need imaginable.
Heated two car garage with boot dryer and ski/fishing equipment storage.
Whole House Wireless High Speed Internet Access (complimentary) for your laptop computer(s) and a direct internet connect backup cable.
The 2015 rates are as follows:
Ski Season 1/3-2/13 $550.00/night 5 night min.
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2/21 $650.00/night 5 night min.
Ski Season 2/22-3/31 $600.00/night 5 night min.
Ski Season 4/1-4/18 $500.00/night 5 night min.
Summer and Fall $375.00/night 3 night min.
Thanksgiving 11/26-12/17 $400.00/night 4 night min.
Christmas 12/18-1/3 $1,000.00/night 7 night min.
Rates above do not include 10% lodging and resort sales tax required by law. Stays of more than 30 days are exempt from tax. We accept onlyl checks and money orders.
If you find what you believe to be a comparable home for a lesser value, please let us know as we strive to be competitive with other luxury vacation rentals on the mountain.
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We require a completed application and a 50% deposit to confirm a reservation. Holidays must be prepaid in full.
Groups of 6+ and/or stays of less than 7 nights will incur a $275.00 cleaning fee.
There is a one time surcharge of $40.00 for hot tub service.
The balance and refundable $500.00 security deposit are due in full 60 days before arrival.
Cancellations within 7 days of making a reservation are refundable less a $100.00 service charge. Otherwise, there are no refunds for cancellation unless we are able to rebook for the same dates and rates.
There are no refunds for cancellations during holidays and prime ski season unless we are able to rebook the same dates/rates.
Please contact owner for an application and a detailed package of information.
Whether you are returning to Big Sky, or will enjoy your first visit, we would be delighted to share Montana's Western hospitality in the "last, best place".
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