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If you want to purchase a portable external hard drive to go with your laptop or desktop computer, you want to make sure you find the best deal possible. There are plenty of portable USB hard drives on the market to choose from, and honestly there most of them can do what you need them to do just fine. There are, however, a few things you should consider when buying a portable external hard drive. In this guide, I review (what I believe) are the main factors to consider when making your decision on which drive to purchase.
The transfer speed of your drive is obviously the main factor in how the drive performs, or in other words, how fast you can copy files to and from it. Since most people use external drives to backup large files such as personal photos, movies, and music, it is important that the drive you purchase can transfer large files quickly. Transfer speeds are usually measured in megabits per second (mb/s) or gigabits per second (gb/s). The deciding factor to consider here is whether you want to go with a drive that utilizes USB "SuperSpeed" 3.0 or the older legacy USB 2.0. Transfer rates for USB 3.0 enabled drives are typically around 3 times as a USB 2.0 drive in real world tests. Since drives that use USB 3.0 are backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports, we recommend choosing a USB 3.0 enabled device so that you can take advantage of the faster speeds. Note that you will need to have a USB 3.0 port on your machine to take advantage of the faster transfer speeds, but USB 3.0 ports are becoming more standard on modern computers. (Transfer speeds for drives of similar USB speed will vary slightly from drive to drive, but the difference is negligible.) There are other connection types as well such as FireWire and eSATA as well as the new Thunderbolt interface, which are on the newer macs, but for the vast majority of users we recommend the USB since it is the most prevalent.
Storage capacity is the other factor to consider in regards to performance. Portable hard drives are available in sizes as large as 3TB's, although the most popular size is 1TB, which should be adequate for the average user. A 500GB drive is also a good size to go with as it still provides plenty of storage but at usually about 30-40% less compared to a similar 1TB drive.
Probably the most important feature to consider in a portable drive relates to security. Specifically, you will want to consider the level of encryption and password protection that comes with a drive. Since by their nature portable hard drives are more likely to be lost or stolen than a desktop drive, it is important that you can keep your data safe. For these reasons, we recommend going with a drive that offers encryption and password protection. In addition, many drives come with additional software to handle things like periodic, automated backups. So if you plan to use the drive for backing up your data, we recommend you go with a drive that comes with backup software. Finally, consider the warranty coverage of your drive. Most will come with a typical 2 year warranty, and this is important because all hard drives, regardless of type or brand, have the potential to fail.
To me, one of the biggest factors in deciding on which drive is best for you is the physical design of the drive. This is because after you decide on what speed and size you want, you'll find that prices don't vary too much from drive to drive and so you might as well go with the one that you think looks the best. Some designs will be smaller or lighter than others, some designs will have different colors or textures for the case enclosure, and some designs will include some kind of shock or drop protection. (The best of which will be the so-called 'military spec or grade' drives, which can typically withstand drops of several feet with no damage or loss of data.) In the end, you should decide on a form factor which is most attractive to you since most portable drives will already be compact and lightweight.
Best External Hard drives in India 2018
WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive
This is Western Digital's budget portable external hard drive. It comes available in 3 different storage capacities 500GB, 1TB and 2TB. The drive boasts easy plug-and-play operation right out of the box. Although it lacks most of the features common to top-notch external hard drives, it delivers the performance and excellent reliability Western Digital is known for. This version differs from their My Passport and My Passport Essential drives in two ways, 1) the later offering different colors and a different case design than the WD Elements and 2) that it does not include bundled software. So if you are looking for extra software features it would be best to go with one of their other offerings. However, most people just want to use this as a simple plug and play drive, and for that it works great.
The drive is available in a USB 3.0 version as well as a USB 2.0 version only. The USB 3.0 version is backwards compatible and will work with USB 2.0 ports. Transfer rates for the USB 3.0 version (assuming you have a USB 3.0 port) are much faster than USB 2.0, in fact, usually around 8x the speed. (Transfer rates are as high as 5 Gb/s vs 480 mb/s on USB 2.0). Although in the real world your relative speeds will probably be much lower.
The drive is small and lightweight, measuring in at 5 x 3.1 x 0.6 inches and weighing in at 7.4 ounces. The durable enclosure provides durability and some shock tolerance, but is not near as robust as 'military grade' drives, built to withstand more punishment.
Note that the USB 3.0 enabled drives use (and is included) a micro USB cable, this is different than the USB 2.0 only drives that use a mini USB connection, which had some users reporting issues with not having a tight/secure connection. The older mini USB cabled drive is still available from amazon if you prefer, but it is only in the USB 2.0 variety.
Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable External Hard Drive
The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is one of the thinnest portable hard drive available in India. The drive is available in 1TB and 2TB capacity and weighs just about 150 grams measuring 0.48 inch thick. The 2TB model is less expensive per terabyte than other capacities, making it the best value. Seagate also includes handy backup software and 200 GB of free OneDrive storage for two years. One of the benefits of this drive is, it is very portable drive which will happily travel around with you in a bag or even your pocket. Like most portable drives, the Backup Plus Fast Slim is fully USB powered, giving users the ability to bring all of their digital content without having to carry an additional external power supply while on the go.
The drive is formatted in the NTFS file system and works right away with a Microsoft Windows. However, you can download and install an NTFS driver for Mac to make it work with Macs without reformatting. The included setup program also installs Seagate Dashboard, a utility that helps you back up your data, and share your pictures and videos on social media, as well as save pictures and video from your social media accounts. Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive is compatible with Lyve, that lets you turn the Backup Plus into a personal cloud drive, so you can access your documents on the drive from your laptop, phone, or tablet via the Lyve app.
WD My Book Desktop Storage 4TB External Hard Drive USB3.0
The Western Digital My Book is a solid desktop USB 3.0 for Mac with external hard drive which is available in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and 4 TB capacities. The unit is ready for Mac, which means it is already built for Mac and compatible with Apple Time Machine. In fact, the drive is designed to plug-n-play, so that no additional software is required to operate, just plug in and you're ready to operate.
And you do not need an external power source to operate the drives since they are feed through the USB port of your PC. Western Digital My Book comes with added software called WD Smart Ware that allows end user to carry out the operations such as retrieve, backup and secure from a single screen. As far as the security is concerned, the data of My Book external hard drive for Mac is designed with a password and a 256-bit hardware encryption.
The package include a hard drive, a USB 3.0 super speed cable, a 12V power supply, and a diagram for how to plug it in. The drive itself, which is glossy black, is wrapped in a protective cover. The My Book external drive uses passive cooling, so there is no fan to make noise. It is vented on the top and bottom, to let air into the enclosure. The drive's 4TB capacity is relatively unaffected by the included software. WD SmartWare, manuals and other utilities occupies around 450MB of the available 4TB. WD SmartWare lets you setup smart backup and recovery of your important files. You can set the software to continuously backup your new and changed files. The drive comes formatted for NTFS (Windows), but you can reformat it HFS+ for use on a Mac.
This drive is also great option for Xbox One system. You don't have to install any additional software, just plugged the My Book into and available USB 3.0 slot on the back of the Xbox and the Xbox will instantly recognized it as an external device. You will need to format the drive before you can use it with Xbox.
Note that if you are looking for a good external hard drive for PS4 PRO, please visit this article for details.


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There is a new version of this tutorial available for Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal).
The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 8.10
This tutorial exists for these OS versions
- Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
- Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
- Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
- Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
- Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 8.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
I want to say first that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
1 Preliminary Note
To fully replace a Windows desktop, I want the Ubuntu Studio desktop to have the following software installed:
- The GIMP - free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop
- F-Spot - full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktop
- Google Picasa - application for organizing and editing digital photos
- Firefox
- Opera
- Flash Player 10
- FileZilla - multithreaded FTP client
- Thunderbird - email and news client
- Evolution - combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions
- aMule - P2P file sharing application
- BitTornado - Bittorrent client
- Azureus/Vuze - Java Bittorrent client
- Pidgin - multi-platform instant messaging client
- Skype
- Google Earth
- Xchat IRC - IRC client
- OpenOffice Writer - replacement for Microsoft Word
- OpenOffice Calc - replacement for Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Reader
- GnuCash - double-entry book-keeping personal finance system, similar to Quicken
- Scribus - open source desktop publishing (DTP) application
Sound & Video:
- Amarok - audio player
- Audacity - free, open source, cross platform digital audio editor
- Banshee - audio player, can encode/decode various formats and synchronize music with Apple iPods
- MPlayer - media player (video/audio), supports WMA
- Rhythmbox Music Player - audio player, similar to Apple's iTunes, with support for iPods
- gtkPod - software similar to Apple's iTunes, supports iPod, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod photo, and iPod mini
- XMMS - audio player similar to Winamp
- dvd::rip - full featured DVD copy program
- Kino - free digital video editor
- Sound Juicer CD Extractor - CD ripping tool, supports various audio codecs
- VLC Media Player - media player (video/audio)
- Helix Player - media player, similar to the Real Player
- Totem - media player (video/audio)
- Xine - media player, supports various formats; can play DVDs
- Brasero - CD/DVD burning program
- K3B - CD/DVD burning program
- Multimedia Codecs
- KompoZer - WYSIWYG HTML editor, similar to Macromedia Dreamweaver, but not as feature-rich (yet)
- Bluefish - text editor, suitable for many programming and markup languages
- Quanta Plus - web development environment, including a WYSIWYG editor
- VMware Server - lets you run your old Windows desktop as a virtual machine under your Linux desktop, so you don't have to entirely abandon Windows
- TrueType fonts
- Java
- Read-/Write support for NTFS partitions
Lots of our desired applications are available in the Ubuntu repositories, and some of these applications have been contributed by the Ubuntu community.
I will use the username falko in this tutorial. Please replace it with your own username.
2 Installing The Base System
The installation of the base system is easy as 1-2-3 because the Ubuntu Studio installer doesn't offer a lot of options to choose from, so you cannot go wrong.
Download the Ubuntu Studio iso image from http://ubuntustudio.org/downloads, burn it onto a DVD, and boot your computer from it. Select your language:
Then select Install Ubuntu Studio:
Choose your language again (?):
Then select your location:
Choose a keyboard layout (you will be asked to press a few keys, and the installer will try to detect your keyboard layout based on the keys you pressed):
The installer checks the installation CD, your hardware, and configures the network with DHCP if there is a DHCP server in the network:
You can accept the default hostname or specify your own one:
Now you have to partition your hard disk. For simplicity's sake I will create one big partition (with the mount point /) and a little swap partition so I select Guided - use entire disk (of course, the partitioning is totally up to you - if you like, you can create more than just one big partition, and you can also use LVM):
Select the disk that you want to partition:
When you're finished, hit Yes when you're asked Write the changes to disks?:
Afterwards, your new partitions are being created and formatted.
Now the base system is being installed:
Create a normal user account:
If you like, you can set up an encrypted private directory. The default is to not set this up:
Next the package manager apt gets configured. Leave the HTTP proxy line empty unless you're using a proxy server to connect to the Internet:
On the Software selection screen, I select all package groups and hit Continue:
The installation continues:
Select UTC unless this is a dual-boot system with other operating systems (such as Windows) that expect the system clock to use local time:
The base system installation is now finished. Remove the installation DVD from the DVD drive and hit Continue to reboot the system:
The new Ubuntu Studio system is booting:
Log in to the desktop with the username and password you provided during the installation:
This is how your new desktop looks:
Now the base system is ready to be used.
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I just have to smile when I read the comments on this page. Thank you for your amusing view points. (Think how boring life would be if everyone were the same and thought alike.)
One thing that seems clear is that we seem to make our choices depending on what we actually use our computers for. I my self am forced to use both Windows and Linux. Everything work related is ALWAYS done with Linux. I simply don't have the money or the patience to try to fix Windows. Everything fun related is usually done with Windows. (This is mostly because it is difficult change old habits even though the current Ubuntu would do just fine.)
(By far) Most people use their computers for exactly 2 things. For browsing web and using mail.
If the computer comes with Printer and sound so much the better.
Ubuntu Studio is, to say it plain, a piece of crap and won't replace anything. But maybe you can tell me what to use as a replacement for my Adobe Production Premium for Compositing and Blu-Ray Authoring ? Theree isn't even a working (stable!) Video-Editing Software available. And no, i am not talking about unusable Software like Kino, OME or KDEnlive. Even the promising Cinelera/Lumiera is a productive and stable Software. In other words - if you have to work professionally in Design/Video/Media and the like you have to use either Win Vista or MacOS. Linux, no matter what Distro, is no option. Believe me, i tried them all and failed. The Linux distros and communities seem to be great if it comes to buzzwords, generating hype and writing ads for their distro but the reality is harsh. Most ditros are crap, unstable, ugly and plainly unusable for productive (!) work.
I agree... Ubuntu is not so good for multimedia and especially video. Even with such thing as video playback i'm struggling to get good performance. I believe it has good potential, but you need to be really expert in OS internals to make it shine.
YES, but the harshest criticism must be reserved not for the posers who waste their time developing these distributions and applications, so called "FREE software," but for the fraudsters who, in Photoshop on Windows obviously, doctor all these screen shots to "prove" it works great. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
You both are idiots! Ubuntu has everything you could ever need for multimedia video and audio editing & playback, and EVERY Linux distro is stable and secure compared to any other OS. For video stuff to work you just have to have some brains, thus not be a mindless Window$ user. Retards.
Yea :) But still I'm in process to get clear how to get my HD video run smooth. Win gets it done very OK on same machine. I'm determined to find solution but it will take some time it seems. I understand that Linux distros are extremely flexible to configure, and i have no issues to use cmd line... still it takes a lot of effort if your not an expert.
And there's your standard pro-linux argument in a nutshell. "If linux isn't working then you are a stupid windows user". You know what else is stupid?-- who the hell installs Amarok on a gnome desktop? You use Exaile if you like the interface or Banshee or Rhythmbox if you just need the functionality. I would say that whoever wrote this howto is an amateur Windows-user trying to get by in a linux world. Well, linux uses shared libraries, that means that you don't want to mix your KDE/QT tools and gnome desktop, otherwise you'll have issues with copy/paste and drag and drop other really obvious things that linux devs commonly overlook. I used linux for years (2003-2007) until I switched to an old Mac, and later Windows Vista! That's right! Windows Vista.
And linux video editing suites are a fine replacement...for Windows Movie maker, although the Windows Movie Maker in Vista easily tips the scale on every linux editing suite--- except Cinelerra in the hands of someone with a ton of time on their hands and extreme patience for instability... I mean, someone who is willing to patch their own applications.
If you're going to use linux, at least use a distribution with a well constructed backend. Ubuntu/debian is so hacked that any failure on the front end is always obfuscated and insurmountable. Use something more professionally designed like Fedora. You will be amazed on how many performance and stability issues are solved by a *better* backend. And if you want a system that works productively, use Windows Vista or Mac OS X. End of story.
ok. I sort agrre and yet disagree. Linux and windows are totally diffrent os's and bot have their pros and con! If you are a graphic designer. [and lets face, not many ppl are] then i suggest a mac. If you are a normal user, I suggest linus as it can fill all ur needs as to serfing the net and play movies, blogging, sshing... etc. If you are a hard core gamer... well you have to run with windows. Yes, linux by no means compares to the amazing responces of the graphical mac.Yes, liux has not been able to emulate the games as well as windows yet... BUT, a mojority of tasks can be done more effecently w/ linux! More over, this post a briallant for new ppl just startin linux.
ps. there are some problems w/ hdware you have on ur computer that will inhibit ur experance w/ linux... and if you had these problems, i am sorry. I know how it is as i have a few minor problems. Dont think that this is common as out of 3 comp. all have linux, only 1 has probelms... and even windows has problems w/ that. Toshiba A215 s7428 is worest lappy ever. and ya.
Nice post :]
OpenOffice is no so good to work and even graphicaly it is a little poor compared with the $other$.
Just click "new" in Writer and you'll see how weird it is.
Yes, Linux works for everything I need, and as I find myself needing to do something new- OH! Linux has what I need, Linux just keeps getting better and better, while Mac and Window$ stand still if not go down hill (Windows Vista for example.) Nutshell no, I have a much longer reason for using Linux so exclusively, many more reasons than you can give for using a Mac or Window$, I choose to keep it short.
I don't use Amarok or Exaile, I don't know anyone who does, my Ubuntu 8.10 came with Rhythmbox installed.
"Amateur Windows-user trying to get by in a Linux world..." that's what most Linux related sites have for content, get over it.
And I mix KDE 3 and 4 with my GTK and QT all the time, no problems, another example of idiotic Window$ users thinking they know it about Linux, when you just rush through it and end up not doing it right.
Windows Vista is a piece of SHIT! It takes the highest-end machines just to run it at acceptable speed. Same goes for Macs.
Windows Movie Maker has always been crap, always will, it's something they designed to make it easier for dumb people to make "YouTube Poop" believe me I have dozens of machines laying around my house with Vista, XP, NT, 98, 95, even 3.1 and a few with the latest versions of DOS.
I have a machine for Ubuntu, Fedora 8 and 9, Debian, Gentoo, CentOS, Mint, RedHat, SUSE, SimplyMEPIS, etc., yet Ubuntu seems to be the easiest and most supported, but don't accuse me of being a "noob" Ubuntu user, okay, I've been using Linux since it came out.
Wrong! Not end of story, the story will be over when Microsoft and Apple go out of business and people start using Linux, which will be happening pretty soon with the econemy the way it is.
And I have done more productive work on Linux then I have ever been able it get done on Window$ or Mac, Window$ I can't go more than 5 hours without it crashing, Linux I can, because it's capable of being a web server, always on, serving you the Wikipedia, YouTube, Digg and dictionary.com pages to name a few. Don't talk like Linux is unstable because everyone know that Window$ is the number one most unstable piece of crap there is and Mac is the second.
And to the guy below, Linux has a VERY large game collection, one of the most impressive is Enemy Territoty Quake Wars, works perfectly, then there's Urban Terror, Combat Arms works in Wine so does Battlefield 1942/Vietnam, Tileracer, Nexuiz and so on. You just never bothered to look.
>I don't use Amarok or Exaile, I don't know anyone who does, my Ubuntu 8.10 came with >Rhythmbox installed.
Hi. My name is Rob and I use Amarok.
I got a Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu and I thought I'd try it before I installed something else.
First impressions: wifi works like a charm, networking to a windows box, not so much. Rhythmbox and Totem are just inferior pieces of software and replaced them with Amarok and VLC.
Pidgin is two steps from useless so I installed Kopete which allows for webcam use as opposed to the other one.
Now stop behaving like a total douchebag. Youre THE guy people refer to when they talk about Buntu fanbois.
I used Ubuntu Studio instead of standard Ubuntu for a fair while. It just seemed better - and the default black theme was sexy with just a few little tweaks.
And despite a few comments that have been left - I far prefer to use Linux on the desktop than crappy Windows or frustrating Mac.
I can understand, 'crappy windows', but not 'frustrating mac'. MAC is partially based on BSD (Unix) and the file structure is very similar. On a mac installing apps is extremely simple... (no registry involved, don't have to worry about dependencies, etc). Uninstalling is even more simple. MAC OS X works well and is much more stable than Windows. Linux Ubuntu is great and I am eager to try the Studio version. Previous Linux OS' I've tried that are geared towards music production do not compare to a mac. I'm hoping Ubuntu Studio has bridged some of the gaps. =)
KDE breaks the ideals of Linux including proprietary software?
You're many years late, the QT library is GPL since 2.2 version in year 2000!
Okay, I know KDE is free in every way. You didn't read what I wrote well enough, I wrote "...proprietary software in the distro." not graphical user interface. "proprietary software" meaning video card drivers, and applications themselves, Ubuntu tells you that you're not following the idea of Linux and open-source when you install such things.
So exactly how many different web browsers, email programs, torrent programs, and media players to you need on the same machine?
For me, one of each does nicely... Firefox, Thunderbird (with calendar plugin if you must have it), Transmission and Banshee does nicely...
Umm, Ubuntu's Philosophy is "...software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. Ubuntu is entirely committed to the principles of open source software development; we encourage people to use open source software, improve it and pass it on." which the programs that come with Ubuntu are the kind they see as fitting in with their Philosophy, by installing other software you're breaking their Philosophy they work so hard on making work. I believe in freedom, Ubuntu comes with freedom software, use it.
Rhythmbox, Totem and Pidgin work for everything and are the TRUELY free software, you might as well use KDE because they don't care if they break the ideals of Linux, example: including proprietary software in the distro..
And YOU'RE the guy that's using Linux because you can't afford Window$ or a Mac, and I'M the one using it because I believe in it.
I'd like to agree with you but unfortunately USB hotplugging on 8.10 causes my system to totally freeze up. Use what ever works best for your HW config.;-)
I've been using Ubuntu Studio for a few months, mostly because I wanted to try out Ardour 2 with a working JACK system before moving back into Gentoo. Ubuntu Studio is like most other Ubuntu desktops, has the extra programs you want with little to no configuring. However, one thing that has always bugged me about this distro is that it rarely shuts down cleanly. Usually it gets stuck while unloading the ALSA driver and never fully shuts down. Since I installed this for use with Ardour 2, a sound/music creator/editor like ProTools, its always been an ingrown toenail for me. I'll soon be going back to Gentoo and maybe keep Ubuntu Studio in VMWare.
"You know what else is stupid?-- who the hell installs Amarok on a gnome desktop? You use Exaile if you like the interface or Banshee or Rhythmbox if you just need the functionality."
I use amarok on gnome, and so do quite a few other people I know who use gnome. It's just a personal preference, and it works perfect on my computer and causes no performance issues that I can detect.
Freedom of choice.. it's nice isn't it?
"a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops."
Why is there such a desperate need among some Linux users to convert people? Why can't they see that there is not always an alternative for Windows software on the Linux desktop? Why to zealots prefer to close their eyes, and over-generalize?
And for the record, I use the Linux desktop, my mother-in-law has Ubuntu running on her computer. But I am very aware of the fact (!) that quite some "alternatives" lack features people want. There is a reason why people install Wine.
In my not so humble opinion, if you want to convert people, be honest. They trust you more if you tell them that you can have AV-chat with Pidgin compared to yelling on top of your lungs that Pidgin is an alternative for Windows Live Messenger (and that people should not want to use AV-chat).
"The GIMP - free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop" - Often the same people who could use IrfanView as a replacement...
Also, isn't it ironic that well over 50% of the software on your list runs on Windows. Sometimes even better (as in: less of a hassle to get installed).
There is still a lot of work to be done to make Linux "Ready for the Desktop" (as in: I feel not a single hesitation when I install it on the computer of my mother-in-law, or my own mother for that matter). Closing one's eyes to the obvious only makes it harder for people who care.
I have switched around in Linux for years. From RedHat, to Fedora, to Mepis, to LinuxMint, and PCLinux, and everything in between. This is part of the joy of running Linux....the choices. They all have advantages, and disadvantages according to your own personal tastes, and needs. I personally like to "tinker", and just like to test things out.. My last Linux version was LinuxMint which I have ran for the last 2 years, (I liked it that much)! I have now stumbled on Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 2.0, which has been fantastic!!. I have yet to have an issue running it on my 2 year old Dell laptop 1501 Inspiron. Hats off to both the Ubuntu Team, as well as the person who "fine tuned" it to what it is now. The only thing I would change is the standard installation of wicd for simple wireless connectivity issues with laptops.I can't persuade people to try it, they have to do their own homework, and see if it "fits" to their needs. I personally am hooked!
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I aggree with the last commentor. Linux is not for everyone. Ubuntu is not the best Linux distribution either (in my opinion). I use sidux, but its not for those who expect never to have to use the command line. But then sidux IS a bleeding edge distro. Linux Mint is a good distro for less computer literate folks, and I have heard that PCLinuxOS and Simply Mepis are pretty good too. As for OpemOffice, I think that the cpmplaints are mostly from users of M$ office. OpenOffice was originally meant to look and work a lot like M$ office, but it is NOT M$ office, and doesn not work quite the same. It will however do all of the tasks that the average person, or office worker needs to do.
Linux is NOT Windows, and will never be just like Windows. Nor should it. I do believe that the average computer user could do everything in Linux that they do in Windows. It just requires that they get used to things being a little different. Some of the problems that people have with Linux have nothing to do with the developers of Linux. They have to do with hardware manufacturers that do not (yet) support Linux, or do so poorly. They have to do with companies that do not yet see a profit motive in writing software for Linux. These things are changing, but doing so slowly.
As for converting people, I have converted a few friends from Windows to Linux. Some are dual booting because although they see the advantages of using Linux, there are games or other programs that they want and/or need that only run in Windows. I have a multiboot system myself. I have sidux 2008-03 (fully updated) sidux 2008-02 (not updated) Linux Mint 5 KDE Community Edition (fully updated), and Windows XP Pro (sp2). On my system, I have blocked Windows from accessing the Internet in my router. Windows is only used for some games that I like.
Linux is not for everyone, but if more people would give it an honest chance, and be willing to adapt to a few differences, they would not have any more problems using Linux than they do using Windpws.
Just my thoughts and opinions ;^))
First to say, you'll have to excause me for poor English.
I'm using Ubuntu Studio 8.04. for quite a while and I must say I kinda liked it. It's free, easy to use/easy to learn, and from a simple user point of view - this free soft is unbeliveable. I watch movies, surf the internet and listen music with it. Most important - I comunicate using it.
Looking trhu the eyes of a music producer, things also seem to be fine. You legaly get free multitrack editor with working post-processing effects, drum-macine, samplers and so on...I tried to do some stuff with "Ardour" and it can be solid alternative to "Cubase" for example...one who knows how to do music from the ground up(who knows the basics of sound engineering)can do a lot of interesting stuff with "Ubuntu Studio" as with Cubase or Pro Tools.
The only thing that concerns me is video editing. Cinelerra simply doesn't work on "Ubuntu Studio", and it is the only editing tool for Linux that had some professional potential. I'm and director/editor so i know(who should tell you this, if not people like me?)
I'm not a computer geek so excuse me if I say something stupid now, but, isn't it funny that Linux, in general, has so many distros, and so little pro quality software? It seems like they are ununited or something like that? Why? Don't they all the have same goals? I think they should focus on creating some more powerfull applications, instead of creating a bunch of slightly different distros.
And I didn't come here to tell Linux users/belivers/engineers that they are wrong, than to support them and to tell them that I greatly respect they're work.
P.S.This message is also written using the soft that came along with free "Ubuntu Studio" Linux distro, so doesn't that tell something to you all? (Something like, for example - Good life on Earth is posible ... even without Bill Gates ?)
I spent two days trying to load 8.10 and it could not find a boot partition on a SATA drive. In contrast 8.04 loaded and ran in 1/2 hour. I guess we need to wait for SP4. 8.04 has it's own problems, OOo runs 2.4, 3.0 won't install without a BS in CS. In short it's an amusing toy, but not yet a real tool. Ubuntu needs to pay more attention to the software library, we use computers to run applications that complete required tasks. If we can't find an application to do the job or get the application to run we will take the path of least resistance, which at this point, like it or not, is Windoze. I think Linux has improved drastically in the last few years but until the average user can click on a setup file for an application and succeed, Linux won't compete with windoze for market share. We all know that the majority of Widows users are clueless how to do more then the most mundane tasks much less unpack and install a tar.giz file. I am not the least bit impressed by complexity. I buy tools that do the job better, easier and faster at a justifiable cost or not at all.

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District faces hurdles with temporary school location
December 3, 2006
Steamboat Springs — Four weeks after Steamboat Springs School District voters supported a $29.7 million bond issue to build a new Soda Creek Elementary School, district officials are grappling with how to convert the aging, disjointed George P. Sauer Human Services Center into a makeshift school for more than 300 elementary students.
District officials had little choice but to make the sprawling Human Services Center campus into a temporary location for Soda Creek staff and students while the new school is built. And those officials acknowledge that there are far more questions than answers when it comes to how to convert the Human Services Center into a school and for how long the Seventh Street structure will need to serve that purpose.
"It will be an issue and a concern until we get finalized plans," Superintendent Donna Howell said. "We are in the process of getting ideas. This will be an opportunity for us to use a collection of creative ideas from staff, parents and architects to make this as best a temporary facility as possible."
The district is hosting a community forum at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Human Services Center, and Steamboat residents are encouraged to bring questions, suggestions and ideas about plans for the new Soda Creek school and the temporary site located just a few blocks away in Old Town Steamboat Springs.
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bers with questions about Strawberry Park Elementary School, which will be renovated and expanded as part of the school construction project, also are welcome to attend Thursday's forum.
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sen, Reece and Partners is expected to attend the forum.
"The biggest thing is to encourage people to come to the community forum so that we can find out what their questions are and address those," said Rick Denney, the district's director of facilities.
A Soda Creek Leadership Team made up of staff members has begun a list of needs for the transition from the old elementary school site to the Human Services Center.
"From that list we are generating plans to look at educational needs, social needs, emotional needs, and certainly parent needs : and how we are going to address those needs," Soda Creek Principal Judy Harris said.
To start, Harris and Howell are going to recommend to the Steamboat Springs School Board that demolition of Soda Creek not begin until the 2006-07 school year ends.
Initially, architects had suggested moving students during April's spring break so they could take advantage of an extra month of warm weather. The hope was to have Soda Creek finished before the start of the 2008-09 school year.
But the extra month gained by moving students to the Human Services Center in April won't guarantee Soda Creek will be done by fall 2008, Howell said. She and Harris said they want to minimize the number of school years impacted by Soda Creek's construction.
If the School Board agrees with Howell and Harris, Soda Creek students and staff won't be transitioned to the Human Services Center until next fall. The delay in moving the students also will give district officials and architects additional time to transform the Human Services Center into a suitable school facility, officials said.
They may need that extra time.
Site limitations
On Nov. 17, a state building inspector toured the three-story brick building – often referred to as the Old Junior High – that is part of the Human Services Center. The inspector did not have good news for district officials.
"It cannot house students," Howell said.
But the three-story brick building is suitable for adults, so the district's central offices may be temporarily relocated to the Old Junior High. Such a move would free up the space currently occupied by those offices for classrooms and other student learning areas.
That is just one of a growing list of ideas that will be thrown around as district officials and architects try to find a way to maximize the limited space at the Seventh Street location.
Three things are certain, Howell said.
First, meeting students' educational needs and ensuring their safety are district priorities, she said.
Second, modulars will be used. The makeshift classrooms will be located on the grass field adjacent to the Human Services Center. How many modulars the district can get its hands on remains unclear.
"The first estimate was 16," Howell said. "If we can have more, that's great. The modulars will be key."
Third, the Steamboat Gymnastics Center will have to move. The Steamboat Gymnastics Center is in the large gymnasium in the rear of the Human Services Center campus off Eighth Street.
"We will need that gym for a cafeteria," Howell said. "That's the most logical place to feed kids."
Steamboat Gymnastics Cen-
ter owner Dan Atkins knew he'd lose his $2,800-a-month leased space when the district didn't renew the agreement in June. And last month's passage of Referendum 3D effectively ended his time at the Eighth Street location.
Initially, Atkins was told he would have until April 1 to move out. But district officials recently approached Atkins and told him he may have to move his gymnastics center sooner if the state orders the district to upgrade the building.
"I'm just hoping for April," said Atkins, whose two youngest children attend Soda Creek. "There are a lot of cards that have been dealt to me. I'll handle it. Unfortunately, I don't know what the next one off the deck coming at me is."
About 350 children attend gymnastics classes every week during the fall and winter, Atkins said.
Other users, hurdles
But the Steamboat Gymnastics Center and the school district aren't the only users of the Seventh Street location.
Lowell Whiteman Primary School uses the grassy area for recess and physical education. If modulars are put on that field, as expected, no recreation can take place there.
The offices of the Northwest Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services, the Yampa Valley High School – an alternative school for Routt County students, and Stepping Stones also are housed in the Human Services Center complex.
The space commitment to the Yampa Valley High School was for only one year, but the district has an obligation to keep Stepping Stones running because it is a district program, Howell said.
Even when the district resolves these issues, it then must turn its attention to addressing on-site parking, student drop-off and pick up, a recess location and how best to offer a computer lab and library.
The district initially considered moving Soda Creek students to Strawberry Park Elementary School during the construction period, but Strawberry Park has no additional space, which is why the district is expanding that school, too.
The district also looked at the old Ace Hardware location west of town, but there were too many changes that needed to be made to make the building into a temporary school, Howell said.
The estimated cost of converting the Human Services Center campus into a temporary school is $950,000, which includes modular classrooms. The cost was factored into the $29.7 million bond passed by voters last month, officials said.
And after all the hurdles are cleared and school begins in a temporary location next fall, more issues likely will arise. But Harris vows to remain positive.
"We look at this as what do we need to do and how do we get there," Harris said. "We are a 'can do' group of people. We take challenges and figure out how to positively meet those challenges. : I do want the community to know it's important to start identifying what all the needs are, but we can't answer all those questions right now."


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There are many contenders for the worst street in Brighton and Hove! At present North Street, apart from a couple of buildings, must be pretty low: unoccupied buildings, unimaginative modern architecture, fly-posting, dense traffic, and cheap eating places.
Principle trading street
Only recently it was one of the South's principle trading streets with character and style: Hanningtons, Vokins, the Essoldo cinema, the Princes News Theatre, Clarence Hotel (where I had my stag night in 1972!), the Red Lion pub. All gone or out of original use.
Connecting the city
This road connects the jewels of the tourist city: the Royal Pavilion, The Lanes, North Laine, St Nicholas, Old Steine...even Churchill Square and Western Road shops. What a disappointment for visitors...and residents!
I happen to live on North Street, and I love it. I live in an amazing flat and it is a superb location. The range of shops is not that bad, and as was mentioned earlier it connects all of the 'gems', so it is not necessary for it to also contain fabulous shops and architecture. I see North Street as for the locals with necessary amenities such as banks and newsagents. So leave it alone!!!
It's not the street itself, it's what the people of Brighton have made it! It may not be the classiest of streets, but Brighton isn't exactly a 'show town' is it? North Street and Churchill Square have a lovely sense of home, especially at Christmas time.
Does anyone remember Virgin record store in North Street in the 1960s? It was at the top end of the road. It had record booths where you could listen on a head set. I remember it as a seedy type of place. It must have been Richard Branston's first enterprise? This must be a claim to fame for North St.
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There is a 1970s picture showing the Virgin store on the corner of North Street on the following website.
I enjoy North Lane a bit more than North Road because a man stopped me in the street and told me that all the food places made you get food poisoning! North Road and North Lane are both fun and exciting though!
I am opening a coffee house/patisserie in North Street and would love to see some old pictures (if there are any) of the old Clarence Hotel.
Does anybody know anything about the Bricklayers Arms that was in North Street, as my great, great, grandfather William Revening was landlord there in 1840?
I currently live in quite a grand flat on North Street. I'd love to see more old photos of the street and find out about the history of the buildings.
I have lived in Brighton my whole life and I think your satement is a little unfair. I know North Street is not the best but it's 100% better than the London Road-the main road which all tourists drive out of- that is a hole that should be removed. Plus times have changed since 1972 when you had your stag do... move on and live for today.
Unfortunately, I also think this area has gone to the dogs. Do the local council not have the wanting or belief that their town could be better? Why waste money on arty things that have no meaning to most, spend money on what can save an area and attract much needed investment. Open your eyes, there are a million visions for you.
Stop moaning about parts of Brighton. I was brought up there and have a lot memories from 1945 on.
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Rogers Cup: Agnieszka Radwanska wins women's title
American humbled in straight sets
Tournament director Eugene Lapierre called Agnieszka Radwanska the "anti-star," and he meant it in a good way.
The right-hander, who won the $2.44 million US women's Rogers Cup with a too-easy 6-4, 6-2 victory over Venus Williams on Sunday, is not flashy on or off the court.
She is relentlessly efficient, a tireless returner of balls from the baseline, with subtle changes of speed and spin that wear down vulnerable opponents like Williams, who had worn her 34-year-old self out with a stirring, three-set win over her top-ranked sister Serena Williams in the semifinals.
The third-seeded Radwanska, the first Rogers Cup champion from Poland, picked up her first tournament win of the year at the hardcourt event and the $441,000 winner's prize.
Record attendance
The Rogers Cup is reaching new heights.
Sunday's final at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, which saw third-seed Agnieszka Radwanska beat Venus Williams in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, helped the event break the world record for attendance at a week-long women's tennis tournament.
The event drew 181,996 spectators, topping the previous Rogers Cup high of 174,706 set in 2006.
Tournament director Eugene Lapierre, who was pleased with breaking the attendance record, wants that number to keep growing.
"There's still room in the stadium, don't think otherwise," said Lapierre, who also serves as vice president of professional tennis in Quebec for Tennis Canada. "We didn't have sell-outs every single day. For the men's tournament, we've hit an attendance of 215,000. There's room for more, especially during the first few days of the tournament. We can get a lot of people on site."
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"She played great tennis the whole week, playing and beating a lot of good players on the way to the final," Radwanska said of Williams, a seven-time grand slam champion in her glory years. "I think I am even more happy to beat Venus when she's really on fire."
Radwanska, ranked fifth in the world to Williams' 26th, posted her first Rogers Cup win after twice reaching the semifinals. It was her first victory since 2013 at Seoul.
She was the best
She was the best, most consistent player all week, mowing down Victoria Azarenka in two sets in the quarter-finals before beating a hot Ekaterina Makarova in two long sets in the semis.
"I think I was playing much better every match," the 25-year-old Radwanska said. "I didn't start that well from my first match, but every match was much better.
"That's why I think I'm sitting right here now with you (reporters). I was feeling the balls much better."
The Krakow, Poland native shot off to a 4-1 lead, but Williams answered with a break that had the centre court crowd on its feet as Radwanska hit a drop shot, Williams dropped back, Radwanska hit a lob and Williams got back in time to win the point with a cross-court slash.
Radwanska settled back in to finish the set and opened the second with a service break. After Williams broke to tie it at 2-2, she gave the break to Radwanska with a pair of double faults. Radwanska cruised the rest of the way, punctuating her victory with an ace on match point.
Williams had an excellent week that will put her back into the world top-20 starting Monday. Her six matches, four of them in three sets, included wins over sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber and 14th-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro.
But beating Radwanska required more energy and patience than she had left for the final.
"Against her, you really have to be patient," said Williams. "Today, I just didn't have everything to be patient and really work the point.
"I wanted to give more, but I just didn't have it. It felt great to play so well this week. I really would like to think under circumstances, where I could give everything I have, that the results could have been a little different."
She fell short in her bid to become the event's oldest champion after Martina Navratilova, who won 52 days before her 33rd birthday in 1989.
Still, Williams was upbeat about her game, which is on the rebound after a few years of injuries and a battle with the auto-immune disease Sjogren's Syndrome.
The five-time Wimbledon champion could even be a factor at the U.S. Open that starts Aug. 25 in New York, where she won in 2000 and 2001.
'So grateful'
"It's starting to come," she said. "Finding myself in all these different situations where you're playing the world No. 1, you're in the semifinals, you're in a final, I've done it so many times, but I haven't done it in a while.
"I'm so grateful just for everything. It's a whole new way of looking at things now."
That includes not being upset at losing in the final, which earned her $220,000.
"This week I was tired because I played so many matches," she added. "That's great for me.
"Instead of unreasonable fatigue that's unconquerable, just the opposite really: a fatigue from too much success. That's the positive. I ran out of energy because I was winning too many matches. I haven't had that problem in a long time."
Williams has played the Rogers Cup in alternate years when it is held in Toronto, but had never played it in Montreal. She became a fan favourite and said she fell in love with the tournament and the city, telling centre court fans she hopes to be back many more times.
She will be back in the region soon, as she plans to play the lower-level Coupe Banque Nationale Sept. 6-14 in Quebec City.
In the doubles final, the top-ranked Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defeated Cara Black and Sania Mirza 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Organizers announced the tournament drew 181,996 spectators, topping the previous high of 175,000. Sales were boosted by the recent success of Eugenie Bouchard, but the Westmont, Que., native lost her first match on Tuesday to Shelby Rogers.
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"I want the communities to see Chief Williams as an icon of integrity," the commissioner said. "He's going to hear their concerns, and he's going to work his tail off to resolve them in a very just fashion. … I thought it was important that we find someone that would have the credibility in the community to stand alone, to go into neighborhoods and immediately win trust "
The hires, made with input from a state police training commission and an advisory board of citizens who help investigate officer misconduct, came after a series of incidents last year that threatened confidence in the department.
An independent commission issued a stinging critique of a shooting outside Select Lounge in January 2011 in which four officers fatally shot a plainclothes officer as he shot and killed a man during a fight. The board found that supervisors failed to take control of the chaotic scene, which drew officers speeding in from across the half the city but who were left with little or no supervision once they arrived.
Also last year, 17 city police officers were indicted on federal charges of orchestrating a kickback scheme involving towed vehicles. Charges against one of the officers were dropped, and 14 others pleaded guilty in the case, along with the owners of the towing company. Two officers are facing trial in February.
Then a police officer was charged by federal authorities with dealing heroin from a station house parking lot. After his arrest, the commander of internal investigations was moved to another post after it came to light that he had a social relationship with the arrested officer and had appeared in a photo with him, and separately with another man charged in another drug case.
Williams said that "nothing that I've read or seen in the Baltimore Police Department gave me pause" about accepting the job. Noting he was raised by his grandmother in public housing in Harlem, he credited a housing officer who fixed a leaking pipe with inspiring his escape from the projects and into 30 years of law enforcement.
"Baltimore is a tough town, and it's got its tough areas," Williams said. "But New York City is a bigger town and arguably it has some tougher areas." He said departments big and small have problems — he pointed to the police force in East Haven, Conn., in which three officers and their sergeant were arrested by the FBI and charged this week with terrorizing Hispanic residents.
"That's a 50-man department," Williams said, "and they have issues." He added that Baltimore is no worse than other police agencies. "Baltimore is a big-city department with big-city issues," he said. "But they're not insurmountable."
Williams, who is earning $110,000, has a long career in law enforcement, including 22 years with the Drug Enforcement Administration, which took him to Baltimore as a supervisory agent in 2002. His jobs included formulating policy, and in 2009 President Barack Obama appointed him to do counter-narcotics work in the Department of Homeland Security.
The new director of training, John A. King, is a former career police officer in Montgomery County who retired in 2007 as deputy chief. He served as chief of the small force in Gaithersburg and got his start in Baltimore as a patrol officer in the Eastern District in 1980.
Baltimore police have been engaged for the past four years in revamping training, through a program called Diamond Standard, and King, whose new job pays $97,000 a year, called it among the most innovative and intense curriculum in the country.
"We hire people to be problem solvers," said King, recalling the story Williams told about the officer who fixed the pipes for his mother. "That officer never had that class in the academy, yet he figured out how to do the right thing. That's what we want our officers to do."


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My momma wants to help the babies at Chinese Starfish. She is making shirts like this to raise money to aide in their surgeries. You can click here to read more about the shirts.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
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- The Ferrill's said...
I ordered! I'll email you sizes! ;)
- April 06, 2008 10:26 PM
- Somewhere In The Sun said...
What a great idea and a darling shirt!!
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- mommy24treasures said...
awww what a wonderful mother you have!
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- sara said...
what a giving heart your Mommy has!! I love the shirt; I am heading to click on the link.....
- April 09, 2008 6:35 PM
- Jewels of My Heart said...
Lisa that is so wonderful. I love the shirt and your heart....
- April 12, 2008 9:10 AM
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Lynx, Axel, and Lukan's story continues in book three, Dragon's Fire. In this book, we finally get to meet the Light-Bearer himself, Nicholas aka Talon. He is joined by his two cousins, Kestrel's sons, Grigor and Meka.
It's Talon sixteenth birthday—the day Axel promised to fetch Talon from the forest to introduce him to the world as the Light-Bearer, the one ordained to destroy Lukan and the Dragon. It's also the day Lukan plans to kill Axel and Talon by burning the world with poisoned gas. Lukan calls it Dragon's Fire.
The day doesn't turn out well for anyone. Now Lynx and Axel must race against time to stop Lukan destroying everyone they love with his diabolical weapon.
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Jim Mowrer, a Boone native who has previously run for Congress in Iowa's fourth district, announced his candidacy for secretary of state Thursday.
Mowrer was born on a Boone County farm and lived in Boone as a child. He graduated from Boone High School and later joined the Iowa National Guard after the Sept. 11 attacks, serving with a Boone-based squad. He eventually became a special assistant to the undersecretary of the Army in 2010, and later returned to Boone from 2013-15.
He currently lives in Des Moines.
Mowrer previously ran for Congress in the state's third and fourth districts in 2016 and 2014 respectively, losing both races.
In a phone interview with the Tribune, Mowrer slammed current Secretary of State Paul Pate for pushing a bill during the last legislative session that requires voters to show a form of state-issued identification at the polls or be required to cast a provisional ballot and confirm their identity later, along with shortening early voting periods.
Then-Gov. Terry Branstad signed those proposals into law earlier this spring despite widespread opposition from state Democrats and civil liberties groups, which argue the laws unfairly impede voting for parts of the population less likely to have a state-issued ID, like a driver's license.
"He's made the office a partisan political operation that's trying to make it more difficult for certain Iowans to vote," he said.
Mowrer also chided Pate for allegedly not counting just less than 6,000 votes from the 2016 election in Dallas County last year, saying it makes him "unfit for office."
According to a report from the Dallas County Auditor, the discrepancy was caused by human error when adding absentee ballots to the official results.
The report said the miscount did not affect the outcome of any races.
The voting laws changes were passed through both chambers of the state legislature on party-line votes, but Mowrer said he would work with both Democrats and Republicans in the statehouse and in county auditor offices to encourage all residents to vote.
"I don't care who they vote for, but every resident should have an opportunity to cast their ballot," he said.
Mowrer said another priority of his is to modernize the state's business filings system, which he said would make it easier to start a business and file required paperwork.
If selected as the Democratic nominee, Mowrer will face Pate, the incumbent Republican who served a first stint in the office from 1995-99 and is completing his first term after winning the office a second time in 2014.
Pate's campaign committee has about $225,000 on hand, according to the latest quarterly filings with the Iowa Ethics Commission.
Mowrer said he's confident his campaign will gather the resources to win, citing campaign polling showing he would beat Pate 38 percent to 33 percent if the election was held today.
It also appears that Mowrer will have to compete in a primary. Deidre DeJear, a Des Moines business owner, wrote on her campaign Facebook page she would announce a run for the Democratic nod this Sunday.


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Geochemistry uses methods of chemistry to understand the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets. In addition to other requirements Geochemistry students take EPSc 441 Introduction to Geochemistry, and one additional math course either in differential equations, matrix algebra, or probability & statistics. These are prerequisites for the advanced level geochemistry courses that are available to the Geochemistry Track students.
Core courses: EPSc 201 (Earth and Environment), EPSc 352 (Earth Materials), EPSc 353 (Earth Forces), and EPSc 441 (Introduction to Geochemistry).
Additional required coursework: Chem 111A, 112A (or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Chemistry Exam); Math 131, 132, 233, and either Math 217 or 309 or 2200 or 3200; Phys 117A, 118A (or Phys 197, 198).
Electives: At least four courses must be selected from those listed below, with at least three in Geochemistry and one in Geology or Geophysics & Remote Sensing.
Geology: EPSc 361 or 460 (Structural Geology), EPSc 385 (Earth History), EPSc 400 (Planetary Crusts), EPSc 409 (Surface Processes), EPSc 413 (Intro. Soil Science), EPSc 422 (Sedimentary Geology), EPSc 430 (Environ. Mineralogy), EPSc 437 (Intro. Petrology), EPSc 473 (Planetary Geology)
Geochemistry: EPSc 323 (Biogeochem.), EPSc 401 (Earth Systems Science), EPSc 444 (Environ. Geochem.), EPSc 445 (Organic Geochem.), EPSc 446 (Stable Isotopes), EPSc 474 (Planetary Geochem.), EPSc 486 (Paleoclimatology), EPSc 511 (Min. in Aq. Environ.), EPSc 545 (Radiogenic Isotope Geochem.), EPSc 569 (Thermo & Phase Equil.), EPSc 571 (Meteorites)
Geophysics & Remote Sensing: EPSc 319 (Physical Oceanography), EPSc 407 (Remote Sensing), EPSc 408 (Earth's Atm. & Global Climate), EPSc 410 (Earth Remote Sensing Methods & Instr.), EPSc 428 (Hydrology), EPSc 452 (Intro. Seismology), EPSc 453 (Interior of the Earth), EPSc 454 (Explor. & Environ. Geophysics), EPSc 459 (Geodynamics)
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Avon's business, which struggled throughout much of 2012 as sales "reps" dropped out and business stalled in key markets, showed what Chief Executive Sheri McCoy in a statement called "early signs of stabilization" as sales in top markets such as Brazil and Russia improved.
Avon said sales were 2 percent higher the quarter that ended Dec. 31, and that the number of sales representatives increased 1 percent.
In Brazil, its top market, revenue excluding the impact of currency was up 10 percent as more sales representatives signed up. Business in Russia also improved, rising 3 percent.
But Avon's North American revenue fell 12 percent, continuing a years-long decline in its home market.
Avon reported a net quarterly loss of $162.2 million, or 37 cents per share, compared with a loss of $400,000, or nil per share a year ago, and the direct seller of cosmetics said revenue fell 1 percent to $3 billion a year earlier.
On an adjusted basis, which excluded factors like a writedown for its Silpada business, Avon had a profit from continuing operations of 37 cents per share, beating Wall Street analyst estimates by 10 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
In announcing the results, Avon did not provide an update on a U.S. probe into whether the company had broken anti-bribery laws overseas several years ago. In November, the company had said discussions were "ongoing."
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No time for Eggs Benedict? This easy Homemade Egg and Cheese Sandwich recipe is a delicious substitute.
- 2 English muffins
- 4 eggs
- 4 tablespoons low fat milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 slices American cheese
- 4 slices low fat turkey bacon, pre-cooked
- Toast English muffin until halfway toasted.
- Meanwhile, whisk eggs with milk, salt, and pepper in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 2 minutes, or until fully cooked through.
- Place eggs on English muffins, then top with a slice of cheese and 2 slices of bacon; place in a toaster oven until cheese is melted.
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Set of 6 coasters with engraved geometric surfaces, manufactured in high density wood fiberboard. The high quality of the material allows engraving with a very precise level of detail. The result is a set of water-resistant colored pieces of high aesthetic and functional value.
Material: High Density Fiber Valchromat®
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Artists are feeling the need to come to terms with Las Vegas, an adult playland, protean metropolis and town on the edge of Armageddon. Where do they find inspiration in this harsh huckster heaven with a sleazy history and little in the way of high culture? Two photographic exhibitions give a surprising answer.
James Cho contemplates "the massive scale of continual transformation" that characterizes Las Vegas. His digital images capture the visual hum of a "desert-city" under construction, where highways, overpasses, tunnels and power stations are the same colors as the sand and distant mountains. The almost complete absence of people in his images gives one an uncanny feeling, like seeing the ruins of an ancient civilization being reclaimed by the desert. These images—projected every few seconds onto a large screen—have been manipulated to oscillate (the visual hum); when each image disappears, a ghostly after-image replaces it, creating an effect central to the conception of the piece. What at first seems like a paean to permanence is actually a elegy for the ephemeral nature of all things.
Atsuko Parker finds Las Vegas a monument to America's "collective fantasy." Parker's digital photos juxtapose incongruous elements, and in some she achieves a kind of lyrical existentialism, in others a sly humor. Typically, she combines images of Las Vegas glitz with desert flora. "Fugue" superimposes a scene of desert wildflowers onto Las Vegas' ubiquitous floral-patterned carpeting. The blurring of the carpet image becomes a visual corollary for the dinging, buzzing slot machines. Parker is not immune to the lure of neon and uses it to evoke different moods. In "Neon Desert," the blur of headlights on a lonely stretch of desert highway is juxtaposed with a streaming red neon sign—beacons of light in the darkness, so different in mood: the latter seductive, the former poignant, and each paradoxically evoking a feeling of intense loneliness. Parker can also be wickedly funny about a serious issue. In "Just Add Water," billboards are filled with images of sparkling water, a sly reminder of life's essentials amid the hype and hoopla.
Hype and hoopla characterized the campaign to entice tourists to Las Vegas after World War II. Foremost among the attractions were gambling emporiums, showgirls and a chance to view the spectacular above-ground nuclear tests. News Bureau photographers documented it all. Vintage Point exhibition organizers Brian Alvarez and Diane Bush invited local artists and News Bureau photographers to dip into this reservoir of photographs and reinterpret them. They proceeded to cut and paste, superimpose, rephotograph and manipulate them to achieve their visions.
James Stanford's "Miss Atom Bomb Wallpaper" uses the iconic image, flipped and mirrored multiple times, to creates a pattern as beautiful as a Moorish mosaic. Serendipitously, ordinary clouds, back-to-back, form mushroom clouds; and mirror images of sand create the illusion of reflection. Voilá, she's walking on water.
Stanford has been a spiritual seeker for many years, creating geometric designs like mandalas that assist meditation.
Fred Sigman is another kind of seeker; he has been traveling all his life, but has lived on and off in Las Vegas since 1968. He remembers gazing over the mountains on the edge of town as a boy, and his fascination with the "edge of towns" and "neglected and rejected landscapes" has continued. Concealing his passion in a deadpan style of photography, his photo composites "Bombs in the Backyard" and "Yuk Yuk Flats, Nevada" feature his own photos of a trash-strewn backyard and scrub-covered desert. To make them as unromantic as possible, he photographed in the early afternoon, when there is little shadow, and chose a generic, blocky font style for the titles. Smaller vintage photographs from the above-ground testing era complete the composites but require some explanation to see how they relate to Sigman's photos. (The backyard faces Nellis Air Force Base, where nuclear bombs are kept, and "Yuk Yuk Flats" is a nod to the puerile humor of News Bureau photographers.)
It's not surprisingly that these artists are inspired in different ways; what is surprising is how large the desert looms in the imagination of these urban dwellers. Maybe we all have an atavistic need for roots in the land, a powerful need to connect to place.
Meta-Morph: Digital Works by James Cho and Atsuko Parker
Through December 23, Reed Whipple Cultural Center
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In the EU personal data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person and in order to decide if a person is identifiable account should be taken of "all the means likely reasonably to be used …. to identify the said person".
On the 12th May 2016 the EU Advocate General issued an Opinion in case C-582/14 Patrick Breyer v Germany which is before the European Court of Justice. The Advocate General considers that dynamic IP addresses qualifies as personal data notwithstanding that a website operator cannot identify the user behind the IP address because internet access providers will have additional data which when linked to the IP address identifies webpage users. If dynamic IP addresses are personal data then a further question, which considered by the Attorney General, was whether or not it is lawful to retain dynamic IP addresses without the consent of the data subject on the basis that it is a "legitimate interest" of the internet service provider concerned.
When individuals access online services their IP address is used for a variety of purposes by websites, internet service providers and internet access providers and those IP addresses are usually stored for risk management and cyber security purposes. The EU Data Protection Directive requires that personal data shall be kept no longer than is necessary and there is still uncertainty as to whether the retention of IP addresses is fair and lawful. It now seems that the retention of dynamic IP addresses is lawful.
The opinion of the Advocate General is not binding on the decision of the Court but is highly influential.
The current case has been brought by Patrick Breyer who claims that his IP address should not be retained longer than the period for which he accesses a particular online service.
The Opinion above assists internet infrastructure businesses in using personal data for corporate governance purposes and is an example of where data subject rights in relation to personal data may be overridden by internet governance requirements.


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This weekend in your local farmer's market there were lots of garlic scapes available. Depending on where you live you may have just another week or 2 before they are all gone. So this weekend did you come home with any? Have you used them before in your cooking? Did you shy away from buying them cause ya just didn't know what to do with them? If you have cooked with them are you looking for some new ways to enjoy da scapes? The video below may be helpful if you have or haven't spent time enjoying these bizarre, beautiful, underutilized, tasty thangs.
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