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Around 10 per cent of the UK is left handed—and that percentage remains consistent in many populations around the world. But why exactly someone is left or right handed remains unclear.
New research from The University of Nottingham's Professor John Armour and Dr Angus Davison, in collaboration with UCL's Professor Chris McManus, has ruled out a 'strong genetic determinant' in influencing handedness.
The researchers conducted a twin study examining the whole genome—which contains hereditary information—of nearly 4,000 subjects from the London Twin Research Unit to compare left and right handed participants.
The study—'Genome-wide association study of handedness excludes simple genetic models'—has been published in the journal Heredity.
The study was unable to find a strong genetic factor in determining handedness. If there was a single major genetic determination of handedness, there should be a detectable shift between left and right handed people in the frequency of variants in that part of the genome—and this isn't the case.
Professor Armour, Professor of Human Genetics at The University of Nottingham, said: "There should be a detectable shift between right and left handed people because modern methods for typing genetic variation cover nearly all of the genome. A survey that compared the whole-genome genotypes for right and left handed people should leave such a gene nowhere to hide."
Despite the absence of a strong genetic factor, it is widely believed that handedness is not only a matter of choice or learning. This study suggests, therefore, that genetic factors in handedness must be relatively weak and subtle, which has ramifications for future studies.
Professor Armour said: "It is likely that there are many relatively weak genetic factors in handedness, rather than any strong factors, and much bigger studies than our own will be needed to identify such genes unambiguously. As a consequence, even if these genes are identified in the future, it is very unlikely that handedness could be usefully predicted by analysis of human DNA."
Explore further: Genes linked to being right- or left-handed identified
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The findings of the study can be viewed on the Heredity website: www.nature.com/hdy/journal/vao … full/hdy201393a.html

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text: On 7/14/05, Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz> wrote: > Does anyone know of a distro that boots off a CD and runs mythfrontend? > I have a few windows boxes around the house that the family refuses to > change to a decent OS, and WinMYTH seems to be a dog. > > But if I could boot off a CD and run the frontend entirely off the CD, > it would be ultra cool. Something along the lines of knoppix, although > it could be a lot smaller of course. > > If no such thing is presently available, would others be in favour of > doing this? gentoo is great for making bootable CD's, and there are also > many howtos about the show on re-mastering knoppix. > > Can anyone think of any pitfalls? One is that some info (backend > address, database password etc) would need to be stored somewhere other > than on the CD. [snip] KnoppMyth - just the beast you're looking for. More info at : http://www.mysettopbox.tv/


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So this, I thought, is how the DIY'er spends their summer vacation. Sweat poured down my back as I put an anchor into the bottom of what would be a sink cabinet. It was the last week in July and I was in our muggy garage.
It was the fourth box I'd built for our kitchen cabinets, and I was feeling bold. I threw aside the IKEA instructions and went for it.
But by the third day, I was fed up building boxes and piling them neatly in our garage, waiting for the moment our kitchen was ready for installation. That moment would come much, much later. We lost our stove and sink in May and it would be September before we moved back into a working kitchen.
There were a few things we knew when we bought our house five years ago: we loved the 1960s architecture, but not the kitchen built for a lone housewife.
We also knew that we'd be tearing down a wall between the kitchen and the adjoining TV room to make a bigger space. And we knew that we'd be doing it ourselves to save money.
We had renovated the kitchen in our last house, so we had an idea what we were in for. What we didn't know was the difference two small boys, aged five and two, and a structural wall could make.
We approached our kitchen reno the way we approached our wedding: there were something things we wanted to spend money on (a Viking range that still makes us giddy) and other things that, well, were fine if they were good quality, but not top of the line (IKEA cabinets versus custom-made and installed).
We also knew that a good designer would set this project off on the right foot. In tearing down the wall, /IKEA we were making a big space and it was a little daunting. (Cue marital discord over what goes where.)
Irene Langlois (irenelanglois. com) had completely renovated a neighbourhood bungalow and we loved the modern feel of that kitchen. It was sleek and airy, and it had no upper cabinets. It was a gorgeous, big-budget renovation and I'm pretty sure that when Irene goes into a home she's given a blank cheque and told to have fun. Not here.
In my first email to her, I told her we'd probably be doing an IKEA kitchen with the goal of giving it a high-end look.
"What a great project! I'm up for the challenge," she wrote after I first explained it. She later mentioned that a few of her renovations have incorporated IKEA cabinets.
When Langlois first came to our home, she listened to what we were saying about the existing kitchen, how we hated the footprint and that we'd planned to tear down a wall and add an island. Then she did that designer thing and turned everything on its head.
She looked at one big, square boxy bay of windows and said: "That's the focus of your kitchen - why not put the kitchen in here? People pay lots of money for natural light in their kitchens and you already have it." And with that, our new kitchen moved into the TV room.
We had just made our renovation a bigger challenge: tear down a structural wall, install a load-bearing beam and move all plumbing, electrical and ductwork into a room that didn't have overhead lighting and we later discovered had covered floor vents.
Langlois took our kitchen design to a local custom cabinet maker for a quote: $22,000. When we took our plans to IKEA, they quoted us $8,000. Done.
We were smart enough to know what we couldn't do, calling in experts to do the wiring, plumbing and gas line to the new range. But we were the contractors. We did the demolition of the old kitchen, arranging for trades to come in and work their magic and running around town for supplies.
(I say we, but really I must give full credit to my husband and father-in-law, who did much of the hard labour. My role was to keep the children out from underfoot and away from fancy powertools - a pseudooffsite camp counsellor, if you will.)
We found there are two big challenges to being your own contractor: sourcing of materials and locating, hiring and booking people to come in and install a gas line, plumbing, electrical wiring, tiling and drywall.
Flooring was a great example of both these pitfalls. Our tiler was fantastic. Amazing, beautiful work. But he was completely booked up.
Those IKEA boxes I'd built over my summer holidays waited four weeks for our floor to be installed.
And my colleagues at the Citizen remind me of a meeting I had to excuse myself from because this tiler had run out of tiles and thinset was drying. I set a land speed record that day: I left the office, picked up more tiles from Lowe's, delivered them at home and returned to the newsroom in 45 minutes.
And, of course, because we had gone with IKEA, we were the ones running to and from the store to get new cabinets and return those that didn't fit. (The new beam that replaced the structural wall hung down from the ceiling just enough to throw a tall pantry out of alignment.)
Both of us have full-time jobs, so sourcing materials and meeting subcontractors and general running around was done mostly in the evenings and on weekends. This slowed the pace of the project significantly. And a long-term project wouldn't be such a big deal if you were working on a bedroom. But to go without a kitchen from May to September - that was harsh.
We relied on a microwave, a barbecue and a one-burner Coleman camp stove. About two-thirds of the way through our camp lifestyle, I'd had enough. I switched us up to paper plates and plastic cutlery. The children loved it. I was sick of carrying dishes upstairs to wash them in the bathtub.
If we'd had a contractor who would have had folks lined up to work on our kitchen one after the other like an air traffic controller, this project would have moved a lot more quickly. They would also be the ones running around Kanata to pick up more tiles. Or perhaps they would have ordered enough in the first place. But in doing it ourselves we approved everyone who came into our home and we saw the work they did.
We learned a lot about that cool 1960s architecture (like a floor duct that someone just tiled over) and how our house works.
We found deals that helped our budget - like heating mats for under our tile floor that were sourced online at a third of the price we were quoted in Ottawa.
It was a lot of work, and there was a lot of discomfort and stress, but it all came down to the bottom line: While our kitchen cost us a summer full of fun and about $30,000, I figure we saved another $30,000 doing it ourselves. (We had a contractor give us an estimate for up to $90,000 for the project in 2007.)
With one caveat: I think that if you added up receipts from our dinners out during that time period, we probably put about $5,000 into the local restaurant economy. And now that our kitchen is done, we've lost our interest in going out all the time.
When we started our project, I had planned that we could tackle the half-finished basement this winter. But now I think we'll just take a little break and hang out in the new kitchen.


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42 U.S. Code § 300i–1 - Tampering with public water systems
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(a) Tampering
Any person who tampers with a public water system shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined in accordance with title 18, or both.
(b) Attempt or threat
Any person who attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper, with a public drinking water system be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or fined in accordance with title 18, or both.
(c) Civil penalty
The Administrator may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court (as determined under the provisions of title 28) against any person who tampers, attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water system. The court may impose on such person a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000 for such tampering or not more than $100,000 for such attempt or threat.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1432, as added Pub. L. 99–339, title I, § 108,June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 651; amended Pub. L. 104–182, title V, § 501(f)(5),Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1692; Pub. L. 107–188, title IV, § 403(3),June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 687.)
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Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–188, § 403(3)(B), substituted "10 years" for "3 years".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–188, § 403(3)(C), (D), substituted "$1,000,000" for "$50,000" and "$100,000" for "$20,000".
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KALAMAZOO—Hal Jenson, M.D., MBA, founding dean of Western Michigan University's School of Medicine, will speak at the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22.
Jenson will discuss the progress at the school of medicine during a talk at the Haworth College of Business in 2150 Schneider Hall. A 7:30 a.m. continental breakfast starts the event, which is free and open to the public.
Reservations are required and may be made by contacting Kayla Hunt at (269) 387-6059 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Parking is available in the Fetzer Center parking lot adjacent to Schneider Hall.
Dr. Hal B. Jenson
Jenson, an alumnus of Brigham Young University, earned a medical degree from George Washington University and later earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital at Case Western Reserve University and a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at the Yale University School of Medicine. He also was a visiting fellow in molecular biology at Cambridge's Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
Prior to coming to WMU, Jenson was regional dean at Tufts University. Hi career has included faculty positions at the Yale University School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and Eastern Virginia Medical School, where he served as chair of pediatrics. Active in education and clinical activities, he specializes in clinical infectious diseases and virology. He is the author of more than 250 papers, commentaries and book chapters. In addition, he has served as associate editor of the newsletter Infectious Disease Alert and an editor of the "Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics."
Other upcoming Keystone breakfast events
- Friday, March 22: Lisa Garcia, director, WMU Business Connection
- Friday, April 26: Dan Gaydou, president, MLive Media Group
- Friday, May 31: Bill Rose, president and chief executive officer, Kalamazoo Nature Center
- Friday, June 28: Dr. Sharon Carlson, WMU director of archives and regional history
The Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series provides an opportunity for the local community to hear top business leaders and WMU faculty, alumni and friends of the Haworth College of Business discuss current topics of interest to the community.


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Best Kids Parties: First Fiesta
Name: Olivia
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
For my daughter Olivia's first birthday I planned about two months ahead since I was going for something special and that reflected Olivia's amazing smile and all the joy she's brought into our lives. I wanted to do something playful and modern so "Olivia's First Fiesta" felt like the right theme.
The color scheme was grey, pink and yellow but for the garlands I added a few other colors so that they would pop in the huge space I had to fill.
For the decor I made fabric banners with striped and polka dotted fabric and tons of yarn poms. The kids table consisted of pink and yellow polka dot table runners I made to match the color scheme. The place settings were colorful square polka dot plates topped with yellow and pink napkins. At the top of each place setting sat the party hats I designed to match the party printables. Boys hats were grey and yellow and the girls hats had the colorful polka dot pattern I created with pink and red poms on top. The centerpiece of the table had two very cute elephants on pedestals facing a colorful and romantic flower arrangement.
I made a giant piñata of the number '1' out of an old card box and covered it in a wave style pattern with fucsia, orange, white and silver crepe paper. Filled it with tons of candy and sparkly confetti.
The dessert table was the star of the party. The grey background with polka dots was decorated with a yarn tassel garland. The birthday cake had 3 layers of pink ombre style colors filled with buttercream, dulce de leche and covered in more buttercream, yum! Other sweets on the table: macarons, lemon glitter cookies, chocolate mousse shots, mini lemon pies, chocolate truffles, vanilla cupcakes, dulce de leche cookie sandwiches and lots of candy like personalized candy bars, lollipops, giant gum balls and caramel popcorn. The kids could not resist keeping their hands off the dessert table (as well as some adults!).
Guests took home favor bags in pink stripes for the girls and blue polka dots for the boys with designed favor tags with each kids name on it. The paper bags were filled with stickers, bouncy balls, crayons and more candy of course.
Activities involved a giant bouncy castle, bubbles, tons of games and before everyone left they had a lot of fun playing with the props and the background I designed for the photobooth. I loved all the details that went into planning her first Birthday. It will definitely be a party to remember.
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Desserts and party styling: Yum Events
Party printables: La Feliz Celebrations
Photos: Felix Soriano
Partyware: Party City & Shop Sweet Lulu
Thanks Mariana!
(Images: Felix Soriano)


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Decatur Daily endorses Arise plan on predatory lending
The prevalence of predatory lenders in Decatur seems puzzling. With so much competition, why have the interest rates not come down? More pertinent to Sixth Avenue, why has there been no consolidation.
Speaking to the Decatur City Council on Monday, Stephen Stetson, a policy analyst for Arise Citizens' Policy Project solved the puzzle.
This Decatur Daily editorial endorses our plan for curbing predatory lending.
Medicaid Commission recommends community approach over commercial managed care
The Alabama Medicaid Advisory Commission overwhelmingly voted this afternoon to recommend the state go with a community care approach -- instead of statewide commercial managed care -- to try to control spending in the healthcare program for the poor.
The commission, with only one dissenting vote, voted to recommend a primary care case management approach in which care providers are responsible for monitoring and approving the care of people on Medicaid. State Health Officer Don Williamson said it would take statewide a model that is already used to some degree in Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Opelika and Mobile.
ACPP communications director Jim Carnes praised the commission's decision saying he thought a community care model would be more patient-centered than a statewide commercial managed care approach.
Alabama 45th of 50 for child well-being in 2012 Kids Count Data Book
Alabama made its best showing ever in an annual ranking of child well-being, but it still came in 45th among the 50 state.
"These numbers are encouraging," ACPP communications director Jim Carnes said. "They show that long-haul efforts targeting specific goals, such as improving reading skills, can make a difference."
Budget cuts could force mental health facility to take on more patients
The pending closure of two state mental health hospitals because of budget cuts in the General Fund leaves Anniston area agencies uncertain how to fill the gap. "Community-based mental health care could help people lead happier, more independent lives, but we have to fund those services adequately so they can do their jobs," ACPP policy analyst Chris Sanders tells The Anniston Star.
Alabama weighs costs, benefits of Medicaid expansion under Affordable Care Act
Accepting the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act would be "a win for Alabama," Arise communications director Jim Carnes tells The Birmingham News. "The health outcomes for the people of Alabama will improve, and we think it's an economic win because there will be an infusion of federal tax dollars coming back to Alabama."
Alabama redirects some mortgage settlement funds to state budget
Nonprofit Quarterly found several examples of states aiming to purloin shares of the national mortgage settlement funds for ongoing state budget gap-filling purposes instead of using the funds to directly support homeowners and to provide assistance to nonprofits that deliver mortgage foreclosure counseling and other services. Add Alabama to the list.
Found money for states?
This week it was announced that $19.3 million of a $25.3 million allotment to the state attorney general's office from the national mortgage settlement would be used to help fund that office and county district offices from 2013 to 2015. ACPP and the Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama are calling for the remaining $6 million to be routed to the Housing Trust Fund, which was created by the Legislature this year but not funded because of budget issues, to help provide affordable housing for the poor.
This Gadsden Times editorial calls on state leaders to use the settlement money for its stated purpose -- as compensation for those who were wronged.
Mortgage settlement helps balance Alabama budget
A $25 billion national settlement with five big mortgage companies is helping balance Alabama's operating budget. The office of Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange is receiving $25.3 million from the settlement. Of that amount, $19.3 million will be used from 2013 through 2015 to pay for operations in the attorney general's office and in district attorney's offices stateside. ACPP and the Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama are urging state officials to put some of the money into the newly created Alabama Housing Trust Fund to help provide affordable housing for low-income residents.
Mortgage settlement money mostly going to help Alabama General Fund
More than three quarters of the money that Alabama is receiving from a national court settlement over alleged foreclosure wrongdoing by banks will, in effect, be used to prop up Alabama's General Fund budget, according to state leaders. Advocates for homeowners have questioned whether it truly helps the people who were hut by the mortgage practices that spawned the settlement.
"This is yet another example of the impossible bind that our leaders have left us in, in refusing to seek new revenue for the General Fund," said ACPP communications director Jim Carnes. "We're forced to use Band-Aids once again, one-time money once again, to patch the holes in the General Fund."
In today's economy, poor gotta have heart
It might be a different battle in Madison or Missoula than in Montgomery, but, then again, maybe not. Fighting on behalf of the poor is never a glamorous job. Especially given today's harsh political climate.
Alabama Arise is located in the tired old Bell Building downtown. In the elevator, I keep expecting to see a disheveled gumshoe named Philip Marlowe riding along; it's that kind of retro scene.
Syndicated columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson chronicled her recent visit to the Arise office with a column that appeared in several state newspapers.


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We already know what the GeForce GTX 780 would look like and what specifications it would feature. The GTX 780 would be the flagship product of the 700 series and would be based on a cut down version of the GK110 core codenamed "GK110-300-A2″. This core would have 2304/2496 cores and a 3 GB GDDR5 memory which would operate along a 320/384-bit memory interface. The GPU would make use of the cooler from GeForce Titan which would allow for better thermal specs providing users more overclocking headroom. The pricing is suggested around the 500-600 Euros mark for GeForce GTX 780 while overclocked models which would also be available at launch are going to cost slightly more.
Guys, do you think it's a good idea to sell my 2K$ gaming rig and buy a PS4 instead or buy this new card to replace my 670? I just don't know what to do. PS4 seems to be a beast with all those launch titles...
So $644-$773 just for a GPU? No thanks lol, I'm sure it will be considered by many when the price drops.
I want to upgrade my GTX 285 for a 780, but this price is a little high.
I am a huge coolermaster fan But if you ware very much a PC Gamer you would know the ansew to that and to say that "there's no games coming out (except BF4)" is daft try looking youll find them.
As for naming any console games next gen multiplatform that be better than consoles... Well I grant you what sony has done is awsome but consoles will never give you the free option to adjust graphics options. That will always add the edge.
Im not here to slag off ps4 or next gen right! I welcome it very much so i cant wait to see what ps4 can do. And i also know My PC Rig is not gonna have shoddy ports but console fans some are assuming they get 60FPS maybe they will who knows? But i know with the options of graphics settings I certainly can.
As some have said If you really do have that kind of a rig why not buy a ps4 if its collecting dust well you kinda put your foot in your mouth because the 670 not even 12months old. Im running a 7970 Looking very closely at the PS4 Perfect combo


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It is possible that the main title of the report Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a rare disorder that occurs in some individuals with reduced kidney function, who have been exposed to an intravenous contrast material that contains gadolinium. A contrast material is a dye that is sometimes used during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The term, fibrosis, refers to the thickening and scarring of connective tissue, most often the consequence of inflammation or injury. NSF is characterized by thickening and hardening (fibrosis) of the skin, subcutaneous tissues, and, sometimes, underlying skeletal muscle. The arms and legs are most often affected. In some cases, the skin on the trunk can also become involved. This proliferation of fibrotic tissue may become systemic, extending to other areas including the smooth, delicate membrane that surrounds the lungs (pleura), the sac surrounding the heart (pericardium), the thin sheet of muscle that aids respiration by moving up and down when breathing (diaphragm), and the outermost layer (dura mater) of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
NSF was thought to predominantly involve the skin and was originally referred to as nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy. However, it is now known that it may involve several internal organs (systemic disorder), potentially leading to a progressive and severe disease course. NSF has not been reported in individuals with normal kidney function.
Since September of 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required that gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) carry a warning on their labels about the risk of NSF when administered in certain individuals with kidney disease. In addition, the FDA also stated that three specific gadolinium-based contrast agents (Magnevist?, Omniscan?, and Optimark?) were contraindicated in individuals with severe chronic kidney disease or acute kidney injury. These three agents were the ones most often associated with NSF.
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BARCELONA — At a technology conference devoted to the slick and snappy, a small French company proudly displayed a chunky, antiquated Nokia cellphone that is allowing mobile banking to happen in places where smartphones are rarely found.
It was a message heard often at the four-day Mobile World Congress this week. While companies in wealthy nations struggle to get customers to pay for products with sophisticated mobile gadgets, millions of people in poorer nations are adopting the practice with clunkier cellphones as an efficient, practical alternative to cash.
In such places, the features required by many of the latest mobile payment systems, such as cameras capable of reading digitized codes, are too costly. But build a system on the things that even the most rudimentary cellphones can do, and a huge new market potentially unfolds.
The French company, Tagattitude, uses a system in 20 countries that transmits a unique, coded burst of sound — almost like the chirp of a digital bird — between phones to complete transactions. Many other mobile banking services rely on text messages to open accounts and transfer money.
"All these phones have a microphone, and all those microphones are capable of capturing data from a financial transaction," said Yves Eonnet, the voluble chief executive of Tagattitude, showing off the clunky Nokia and several other handsets. "At the end of the day, there is no business model that is sustainable for NFC," or "near field communication," an advanced technology used for payments.
Not long ago, such assertions would have been apostasy in the mobile tech world. Google and many other companies have built elaborate wallet systems around NFC. But even in the United States, adoption has been slow. The iPhone doesn't have NFC. Many newer Android devices contain NFC chips, but several wireless carriers have not activated them in the phones they sell.
At least 150 different companies — most of them wireless providers — offer mobile financial services for people without traditional bank accounts in emerging markets, mostly in Latin America, Asia and Africa, according to a survey released this week by GSMA, the mobile technology trade group that hosts the Mobile World Congress.
The same survey reported that 30 million active users of these services made 224 million transactions worth $4.6 billion in June alone. A huge majority used traditional phone technology such as text messaging.
The Turkish wireless carrier Turkcell initially invested in NFC technology for its mobile banking system in a country where 40 percent of people do not have traditional bank accounts, said Emre Sayin, a top company official who spoke in Barcelona. The system gained far more popularity when the company began relying on text messages.
"We learned this early," Sayin said. "Don't get hooked to payment methods like NFC. [Text messaging] works just fine in most cases."
The potential growth in mobile banking is enormous, experts and company executives say. About 3.2 billion people — nearly half the population of the Earth — have cellphones, according to GSMA. In many countries, there are far more people with cellphones than with bank accounts or credit cards.
In the United States, Europe and parts of Asia, bank accounts and credit cards are nearly universal. Smartphones such as Androids and iPhones, meanwhile, have reached hundreds of millions of people. That combination has generated interest in mobile payment technologies that allow for more than the mere exchanging of money.
A Google executive, Peter Hazlehurst, said his company's mobile payment system, Google Wallet, will allow users to have credit cards, loyalty cards and coupons always ready for use, without bothering to carry them around.
Hazlehurst acknowledged, as did many others at the conference, that getting customers to adopt mobile payment systems has been difficult in places with easy access to credit cards and other modern banking services.
"The challenge in the industry is: Can you get the consumer to pull out the phone every time they want to pay?" said Hazlehurst.
It's a problem that those focused on emerging markets say they already have solved.


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Kholuy Lacquer Boxes
Lacquer miniatures are distinguished in multifarious Russian decorative, applied and folk art by their uniqueness and beauty, and the gift and craftsmanship of their creators. Handmade, labour-consuming and intricate, lacquer miniatures have much in common with easel painting. Nevertheless, these are pieces of applied art because painting here is utilitarian and inseparable with the object. A lacquer miniature is an intimate type of art, the minute details of which may be missed in exhibition halls. Pieces with Russian folklore themes enchant by their genuine sincerity and purity, extol beauty and evoke the sublime in deeds and aspirations. Free from perfidy, evil, violence and grief, they give a graphic portrayal of folk wisdom, triumphant justice and truth. Kholui miniatures are imbued with optimism, which makes them especially popular, and are designed to give joy and to please.
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"Morozko" Decorative Lacquer Box. Artist Denisov N. N.$ 378.20
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"Tsarevna the Frog" Kholui Lacquer Box. Artist Dmitriev S.M.$ 194.60
"Finist the Falcon" Lacquer Box. Artist Fomin V. I.$ 372.70
"Young Prince and Enchantress" Lacquer Box. Artist Baburin N.I.$ 176.40
*Ruslan and the Head* Lacquer Kholui Box. Artist Denisov N. N.$ 287.70
*Three Sisters* Lacquer Box. Artist Kiselev B.I.$ 203.00
"Golden Cockerel" Lacquer Kholui Box. Artist Sinkov A.A.$ 268.80
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While the filter drier represents a small fraction of the cost of an air conditioning or refrigeration system, its importance should not be trivialized. The filter drier provides assurance to the equipment owner. A properly sized and designed filter drier removes harmful impurities, namely moisture, acid, and solid particles before they can react with system components and shorten the life of the unit. While many products today have the words "filter drier" on them, it does not automatically mean that the system is being protected.
Moisture is by far the most destructive contaminant, regardless of what type of refrigerant is used in the system. By itself, it can cause TXVs to freeze up. But when it reacts with other material, lubricant, and refrigerant in the system, it causes other contaminants such as copper plating, rust, acid, and oil sludge. In order to combat moisture, the desiccant of the drier contains molecular sieve, a porous material that allows water molecules pass through the pores and be adsorbed. If moisture is present, it can lead to the formation of acids that react with system materials, causing component failures and loss of cooling. In order to address the problem of acid, desiccants can also be comprised of some percentage of activated alumina, which helps in the adsorption of acid. As far as solid particle contaminant is concerned, filter driers also contain a filtering media designed to catch and trap these particles, thus preventing them from circulating throughout the system. As refrigerant flows through the filter-drier, harmful contaminants are removed (see exhibit for contaminant removal methods).
If you were to go to any basic HVACR class, the general guideline as to when a new filter drier should be installed is as follows:
• New installation
• Every time a system is opened up and serviced
• After a compressor burnout
• Any time solid or soluble contaminants are suspected in the system.
While it seems like many filter driers are installed over the life of a system, the cost of doing so pales in comparison to replacing a compressor.
Industry Trend
One concerning trend that appears to have entered our industry is the use of low-cost, poorly performing filter driers. Purchasing decisions have been made strictly on price without much regard to the impact that a poor performing filter drier has on the rest of the system. While some of these driers may contain a block of desiccant, they have very little moisture and acid removal capability, along with substandard filtration.
There is an influx of driers with little filtration and no acid removal. As R-22 is phased out and the retrofit refrigerants are used in systems with POE and HFC's, it is absolutely imperative that the system have a filter drier capable of thoroughly removing contaminants that could wreak havoc on your compressor. Just because you have any, old filter drier on your system, you are not necessarily providing proper protection. Not all filter driers are created equal.
As mentioned earlier, the filter drier is relatively inexpensive when you consider the overall cost of the system. Contractors and service technicians need to keep in mind that when trying to save a few dollars by going with a lower cost filter drier, they might be doing it to the detriment of the compressor.
One of the biggest concerns for contractors is the callback. Callbacks incur costs that the contractor cannot recoup from the end user resulting in lost profits. Even if the component, specifically the compressor, is covered under warranty the contractor is often unable to bill the end user for labor. Quite simply, an inferior filter drier is a risk that is not worth taking.
Chris Urban is currently the system protector product planner for the Emerson Flow Controls business. He has 8 years of industry experience, having held positions in procurement, e-business, and product management.


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|2012-08-19, 19:20
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He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
Btw that price is killing me. Approximately 170€ for the 3 games? OUCH!
|2012-08-19, 20:53
|Link #3642
Bury My Shell
Watch me, I'm going to get an E on my first Hyper playthrough cause I did 25-30 hell trainings to max my stats so I can try the hardest stuff to get ton of money. I will actually save it cause I want to record my highest score ever, and I don't care if my rank goes down since it's going to go back up once I finished my 7th official playthrough with Yayoi as leader. My hyper team is the previous official one which was Takanae as leader with Miki and Chihaya.
I still got Hibiki and Chihaya to produce. I'm saving Chihaya for last.
I'm doing two playtrhoughs at once and it's taking me weeks to get it done.
Once I'm done with Yayoi and my money only hyper mode, I'm calling it quits until mid winter. After producing all 9 idols, it will be time for me to unleash Team Yukiho with the best DLC songs only and finally get her true end for once. Oh and Haruka too since I never go theirs on the initial run.
|2012-08-20, 12:25
|Link #3643
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 27
I finished all of the perfect Extras and am starting a second playthrough. Snow White will be composed of Takane as leader, with Hibiki and Yukiho as members.
|2012-08-20, 15:55
|Link #3644
Bury My Shell
Takanae and Hibiki will get along just fine, but Yukiho might feel left out, so make sure you work hard on getting those communications correct and keep your unit status as high as possible. Just don't try to get the communications perfect everything cause you are going to end up repeating the same week over and over, and that will just ruin the fun. Just go with the flow, it usually works out.
You also want to have as many smiley (yellow/oragne) faces as you can when you invite the two idols needed for quintet lives. This really depends on who you pick as leader and members. For example, if you have Yayoi as leader with Takanae and Mami as leader, most of the idols would be willing to help you out with the Quintet live shows. It's not really an important thing to look after, but at least you wanna have more choices and be able to pick the idols you want to invite. It's hard to invite Iori for quintet cause she just doesn't wanna help unless you have Yayoi.
Make sure you do that thing to Iori I told you about. It's too funny to pass up.
|2012-08-20, 16:04
|Link #3645
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 27
Also, you made me touch an underage girl's chest. How could you. It was interesting.
|2012-08-20, 19:44
|Link #3648
Sensei, aishite imasu
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hong Kong Shatterdome
You're always ballin about stuff so much that I worry that you'll run out of ball to roll! And that'd just be horrible! D:
...though man. Those Sari's the girls were dressing in!
|2012-08-21, 06:56
|Link #3652
a small cat
Haruka is still cute even though she's at the back.
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|2012-08-22, 00:49
|Link #3653
~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 32
>bombs reduce Sumi wallet by a little
>implies Sumi wallet has many bombs worth of riches
|2012-08-22, 01:08
|Link #3654
:Still Yayoi's Onii~chan:
Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
ANYWAY, getting a "D" on your first playthrough isnt that bad, especially if you're not good with Japanese.
...all this talk of the game is making me want to go back and start a new playthrough...aagh, but I just started "Tales of Graces F" and waiting on "Neptune V" next week...*sigh* To date I've only seen the Best endings for Yayoi, Mami, Makoto, and Yukiho.
Oh, and apparently they're making an iM@S laptop:
...and it also seems that iM@S won an award in the Sound division of the CEDEC AWARDS 2012. I have no idea how big of a deal that is but, Yay~!!!
Oh, right, I got the iM@S:CG CDs last week and...somewhat disappointed. I got Kirari and Mika's. While Mika's was ok, Kirari was...*has an unexplainable expression on face* Mmgh, not horrible but not...that good either. I dunno, maybe it's because there's only so much I know of the characters that I cant put in as much feelings into listening to the iM@S:CG songs. (though I did like Anzu and Rika's songs a fair amount)
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|2012-08-22, 04:03
|Link #3656
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 27
Well, I actually followed the dialogue somewhat closely and made mostly the right choices; I think I just focused too much on festivals and shopping as opposed to auditions and training.
|2012-08-27, 14:20
|Link #3657
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 27
Seeing this thread in the second page is a little strange.
Anyways, although no other sites mention it at the moment, the actual JP PSN store seems to house an ad that shows Catalogs 3 & 4 are to be up next on the reduced DLC deal starting August 29. These two are the "Kokoro no Marionette" and "CHANGE!!!!" packs; I'm assuming the rates are the same:
Songs: 1800 --> 1500
Extend Outfits: 1500 --> 1050
Stages: 800 --> 580
That's...all I can remember from the first one, sorry. There were plenty more on sale though.
|2012-08-28, 11:19
|Link #3659
:Still Yayoi's Onii~chan:
Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
Hmm, now, should I buy a 3000yen PSN card or a 5000yen PSN card...? All I really want from this one is CHANGE!!!! and the Extend oufit CHANGE2MY COLOR so...
Anyway, it's super Mako-Mako time:
Spoiler for Lovely Makoto~:
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text: .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002-2012 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. .\" .Dd November 9, 2012 .Dt PMSET 1 .Os Darwin .Sh NAME .Nm pmset .Nd manipulate power management settings .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl a | b | c | u .Op Ar setting Ar value .Op ... .Nm .Fl u .Op haltlevel Ar percent .Op haltafter Ar minutes .Op haltremain Ar minutes .Nm .Fl g .Op Ar option .Nm schedule .Op cancel type date+time .Op owner .Nm repeat cancel .Nm repeat type weekdays time .Nm relative wake seconds .Nm .Op touch | sleepnow | displaysleepnow | lock | boot .\.Nm .\.Op Fl a b c u .\.Op dim .\.Op spindown .\.Op sleep .\.Op womp .\.Op ring .\.Op autorestart .\.Op acwake .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm manages power management settings such as idle sleep timing, wake on administrative access, automatic restart on power loss, etc. .Pp Note that processes may dynamically override these power management settings by using I/O Kit power assertions. Whenever processes override any system power settings, .Nm will list those processes and their power assertions in .Fl g and .Fl g assertions. See .Xr caffeinate 8 . .Sh SETTING .Nm can modify the values of any of the power management settings defined below. You may specify one or more setting & value pairs on the command-line invocation of pmset. The .Fl a, .Fl b, .Fl c, .Fl u flags determine whether the settings apply to battery ( .Fl b ), charger (wall power) ( .Fl c ), UPS ( .Fl u ) or all ( .Fl a ). .Pp Use a minutes argument of 0 to set the idle time to never for .Ar sleep .Ar disksleep and .Ar displaysleep . .Pp .Nm must be run as root in order to modify any settings. .Sh SETTINGS .Ar displaysleep - display sleep timer; replaces 'dim' argument in 10.4 (value in minutes, or 0 to disable) .br .Ar disksleep - disk spindown timer; replaces 'spindown' argument in 10.4 (value in minutes, or 0 to disable) .br .Ar sleep - system sleep timer (value in minutes, or 0 to disable) .br .Ar womp - wake on ethernet magic packet (value = 0/1) .br .Ar ring - wake on modem ring (value = 0/1) .br .Ar autorestart - automatic restart on power loss (value = 0/1) .br .Ar lidwake - wake the machine when the laptop lid (or clamshell) is opened (value = 0/1) .br .Ar acwake - wake the machine when power source (AC/battery) is changed (value = 0/1) .br .Ar lessbright - slightly turn down display brightness when switching to this power source (value = 0/1) .br .Ar halfdim - display sleep will use an intermediate half-brightness state between full brightness and fully off (value = 0/1) .br .Ar sms - use Sudden Motion Sensor to park disk heads on sudden changes in G force (value = 0/1) .br .Ar hibernatemode - change hibernation mode. Please use caution. (value = integer) .br .Ar hibernatefile - change hibernation image file location. Image may only be located on the root volume. Please use caution. (value = path) .br .Ar ttyskeepawake - prevent idle system sleep when any tty (e.g. remote login session) is 'active'. A tty is 'inactive' only when its idle time exceeds the system sleep timer. (value = 0/1) .br .Ar networkoversleep - this setting affects how OS X networking presents shared network services during system sleep. This setting is not used by all platforms; changing its value is unsupported. .br .Ar destroyfvkeyonstandby - Destroy File Vault Key when going to standby mode. By default File vault keys are retained even when system goes to standby. If the keys are destroyed, user will be prompted to enter the password while coming out of standby mode.(value: 1 - Destroy, 0 - Retain) .br .Ar autopoweroff - Where supported, enabled per default as an implementation of Lot 6 to the European Energy-related Products Directive. After sleeping for <autopoweroffdelay> minutes, the system will write a hibernation image and go into a lower power chipset sleep. Wakeups from this state will take longer than wakeups from regular sleep. The system will not auto power off if any external devices are connected, if the system is on battery power, or if the system is bound to a network and wake for network access is enabled. .br .Ar autopoweroffdelay - delay before entering autopoweroff mode. (Value = integer, in minutes) .Sh GETTING .Fl g (with no argument) will display the settings currently in use. .br .Fl g .Ar live displays the settings currently in use. .br .Fl g .Ar custom displays custom settings for all power sources. .br .Fl g .Ar cap displays which power management features the machine supports. .br .Fl g .Ar sched displays scheduled startup/wake and shutdown/sleep events. .br .Fl g .Ar ups displays UPS emergency thresholds. .br .Fl g .Ar ps / .Ar batt displays status of batteries and UPSs. .br .Fl g .Ar pslog displays an ongoing log of power source (battery and UPS) state. .br .Fl g .Ar rawlog displays an ongoing log of battery state as read directly from battery. .br .Fl g .Ar therm shows thermal conditions that affect CPU speed. Not available on all platforms. .br .Fl g .Ar thermlog shows a log of thermal notifications that affect CPU speed. Not available on all platforms. .br .Fl g .Ar assertions displays a summary of power assertions. Assertions may prevent system sleep or display sleep. Available 10.6 and later. .br .Fl g .Ar assertionslog shows a log of assertion creations and releases. Available 10.6 and later. .br .Fl g .Ar sysload displays the "system load advisory" - a summary of system activity available from the IOGetSystemLoadAdvisory API. Available 10.6 and later. .br .Fl g .Ar sysloadlog displays an ongoing log of lives changes to the system load advisory. Available 10.6 and later. .br .Fl g .Ar ac / .Ar adapter will display details about an attached AC power adapter. Only supported for MacBook and MacBook Pro. .br .Fl g .Ar log displays a history of sleeps, wakes, and other power management events. This log is for admin & debugging purposes. .br .Fl g .Ar uuid displays the currently active sleep/wake UUID; used within OS X to correlate sleep/wake activity within one sleep cycle. .Ar history .br .Fl g .Ar uuidlog displays the currently active sleep/wake UUID, and prints a new UUID as they're set by the system. .br .Fl g .Ar history is a debugging tool. Prints a timeline of system sleeplwake UUIDs, when enabled with boot-arg io=0x3000000. .br .Fl g .Ar historydetailed Prints driver-level timings for a sleep/wake. Pass a UUID as an argument. .br .Fl g .Ar powerstate [class names] Prints the current power states for I/O Kit drivers. Caller may provide one or more I/O Kit class names (separated by spaces) as an argument. If no classes are provided, it will print all drivers' power states. .br .Fl g .Ar powerstatelog [-i interval] [class names] Periodically prints the power state residency times for some drivers. Caller may provide one or more I/O Kit class names (separated by spaces). If no classes are provided, it will log the IOPower plane's root registry entry. Caller may specify a polling interval, in seconds with -i <polling interval>; otherwise it defaults to 5 seconds. .br .Fl g .Ar stats Prints the counts for number sleeps and wakes system has gone thru since boot. .br .Fl g .Ar systemstate Prints the current power state of the system and available capabilites. .br .Fl g .Ar everything Prints output from every argument under the GETTING header. This is useful for quickly collecting all the output that pmset provides. Available in 10.8. .Sh SAFE SLEEP ARGUMENTS .Ar hibernatemode takes a bitfield argument defining SafeSleep behavior. Passing 0 disables SafeSleep altogether, forcing the computer into a regular sleep. .Pp .Ar 0000 0001 (bit 0) enables hibernation; causes OS X to write memory state to hibernation image at sleep time. On wake (without bit 1 set) OS X will resume from the hibernation image. Bit 0 set (without bit 1 set) causes OS X to write memory state and immediately hibernate at sleep time. .Pp .Ar 0000 0010 (bit 1), in conjunction with bit 0, causes OS X to maintain system state in memory and leave system power on until battery level drops below a near empty threshold (This enables quicker wakeup from memory while battery power is available). Upon nearly emptying the battery, OS X shuts off all system power and hibernates; on wake the system will resume from hibernation image, not from memory. .Pp .Ar 0000 1000 (bit 3) encourages the dynamic pager to page out inactive pages prior to hibernation, for a smaller memory footprint. .Pp .Ar 0001 0000 (bit 4) encourages the dynamic pager to page out more aggressively prior to hibernation, for a smaller memory footprint. .Pp We do not recommend modifying hibernation settings. Any changes you make are not supported. If you choose to do so anyway, we recommend using one of these three settings. For your sake and mine, please don't use anything other 0, 3, or 25. .Pp .Ar hibernatemode = 0 (binary 0000) by default on supported desktops. The system will not back memory up to persistent storage. The system must wake from the contents of memory; the system will lose context on power loss. This is, historically, plain old sleep. .Pp .Ar hibernatemode = 3 (binary 0011) by default on supported portables. The system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and will power memory during sleep. The system will wake from memory, unless a power loss forces it to restore from hibernate image. .Pp .Ar hibernatemode = 25 (binary 0001 1001) is only settable via pmset. The system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and will remove power to memory. The system will restore from disk image. If you want "hibernation" - slower sleeps, slower wakes, and better battery life, you should use this setting. .Pp Please note that .Ar hibernatefile may only point to a file located on the root volume. .Sh STANDBY ARGUMENTS .Ar standby causes kernel power management to automatically hibernate a machine after it has slept for a specified time period. This saves power while asleep. This setting defaults to .Ar ON for supported hardware. The setting .Ar standby will be visible in .Nm .Fl g if the feature is supported on this machine. .Pp .Ar standby only works if .Ar hibernation is turned on to hibernatemode 3 or 25. .Pp .Ar standbydelay specifies the delay, in seconds, before writing the hibernation image to disk and powering off memory for Standby. .Sh UPS SPECIFIC ARGUMENTS .br UPS-specific arguments are only valid following the .Fl u option. UPS settings also have an on/off value. Use a -1 argument instead of percent or minutes to turn any of these settings off. If multiple halt conditions are specified, the system will halt on the first condition that occurs in a low power situation. .Pp .Ar haltlevel - when draining UPS battery, battery level at which to trigger an emergency shutdown (value in %) .br .Ar haltafter - when draining UPS battery, trigger emergency shutdown after this long running on UPS power (value in minutes, or 0 to disable) .br .Ar haltremain - when draining UPS battery, trigger emergency shutdown when this much time remaining on UPS power is estimated (value in minutes, or 0 to disable) .Pp Note: None of these settings are observed on a system with support for an internal battery, such as a laptop. UPS emergency shutdown settings are for desktop and server only. .Sh SCHEDULED EVENT ARGUMENTS .br pmset allows you to schedule system sleep, shutdown, wakeup and/or power on. "schedule" is for setting up one-time power events, and "repeat" is for setting up daily/weekly power on and power off events. Note that you may only have one pair of repeating events scheduled - a "power on" event and a "power off" event. For sleep cycling applications, pmset can schedule a "relative" wakeup to occur in seconds from the end of system sleep, but this event cannot be cancelled and is inherently imprecise. .Pp .Ar type - one of sleep, wake, poweron, shutdown, wakeorpoweron .br .Ar date/time - "MM/dd/yy HH:mm:ss" (in 24 hour format; must be in quotes) .br .Ar time - HH:mm:ss .br .Ar weekdays - a subset of MTWRFSU ("M" and "MTWRF" are valid strings) .br .Ar owner - a string describing the person or program who is scheduling this one-time power event (optional) .Sh POWER SOURCE ARGUMENTS .Fl g with a 'batt' or 'ps' argument will show the state of all attached power sources. .Pp .Fl g with a 'pslog' or 'rawlog' argument is normally used for debugging, such as isolating a problem with an aging battery. .Sh OTHER ARGUMENTS .Ar boot - tell the kernel that system boot is complete (normally LoginWindow does this). May be useful to Darwin users. .br .Ar force - tells PM to immediately activate these settings. Does not write them to disk, and the settings may easily be overwritten. Useful in circumstances where PM's configd plugin happens not to be running. .br .Ar touch - PM re-reads existing settings from disk. .br .Ar noidle - pmset prevents idle sleep my creating a PM assertion to prevent idle sleep(while running; hit ctrl-c to cancel). This argument is deprecated in favor of .Xr caffeinate 8 . Please use .Xr caffeinate 8 instead. .br .Ar sleepnow - causes an immediate system sleep. .br .Ar restoredefaults - Restores Energy Saver settings to their default values. (Like clicking "Restore Defaults" in Energy Saver GUI). .br .Ar displaysleepnow - causes display to go to sleep immediately. .br .Ar resetdisplayambientparams - resets the ambient light parameters for certain Apple displays. .br .Ar dim - deprecated in 10.4 in favor of 'displaysleep'. 'dim' will continue to work. .br .Ar spindown - deprecated in 10.4 in favor of 'disksleep'. 'spindown' will continue to work. .Sh EXAMPLES This command sets displaysleep to a 5 minute timer on battery power, leaving other settings on battery power and other power sources unperturbed. .Pp .Nm .Fl b displaysleep 5 .Pp Sets displaysleep to 10, disksleep to 10, system sleep to 30, and turns on WakeOnMagicPacket for ALL power sources (AC, Battery, and UPS) as appropriate .Pp .Nm .Fl a displaysleep 10 disksleep 10 sleep 30 womp 1 .Pp Restores the system's energy settings to their default values. .Pp For a system with an attached and supported UPS, this instructs the system to perform an emergency shutdown when UPS battery drains to below 40%. .Pp .Nm .Fl u haltlevel 40 .Pp For a system with an attached and supported UPS, this instructs the system to perform an emergency shutdown when UPS battery drains to below 25%, or when the UPS estimates it has less than 30 minutes remaining runtime. The system shuts down as soon as either of these conditions is met. .Pp .Nm .Fl u haltlevel 25 haltremain 30 .Pp For a system with an attached and supported UPS, this instructs the system to perform an emergency shutdown after 2 minutes of running on UPS battery power. .Pp .Nm .Fl u haltafter 2 .Pp Schedules the system to automatically wake from sleep on July 4, 20016, at 8PM. .Pp .Nm schedule wake "07/04/16 20:00:00" .Pp Schedules a repeating shutdown to occur each day, Tuesday through Saturday, at 11AM. .Pp .Nm repeat shutdown TWRFS 11:00:00 .Pp Schedules a repeating wake or power on event every tuesday at 12:00 noon, and a repeating sleep event every night at 8:00 PM. .Pp .Nm repeat wakeorpoweron T 12:00:00 sleep MTWRFSU 20:00:00 .Pp Prints the power management settings in use by the system. .Pp .Nm .Fl g .Pp Prints a snapshot of battery/power source state at the moment. .Pp .Nm .Fl g batt .Pp If your system suddenly sleeps on battery power with 20-50% of capacity remaining, leave this command running in a Terminal window. When you see the problem and later power and wake the computer, you'll be able to detect sudden discontinuities (like a jump from 30% to 0%) indicative of an aging battery. .Pp .Nm .Fl g pslog .Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr caffeinate 8 .Sh FILES All changes made through .Nm are saved in a persistent preferences file (per-system, not per-user) at .Pa /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist .Pp Scheduled power on/off events are stored separately in .Pa /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plist .Pp .Nm modifies the same file that System Preferences Energy Saver modifies.


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The Broad Avenue Arts District will hold a Broad Avenue Night Market Thursday, Aug. 22, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. between Indie Style Market and West Memorials on Broad Avenue. Cost is free. Visit broadavearts.com.
The Cotton Museum will host a free book talk with William Ferris, author of "The Storied South: Voices of Writers and Artists," Thursday, Aug. 22, at 6 p.m. at the museum, 65 Union Ave. "The Storied South" features interviews with 26 Southern artists and thinkers, including Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger and Alice Walker. The talk includes a museum tour and reception. Visit memphiscottonmuseum.org.
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A2H will present Jed Zimmerman in concert Friday, Aug. 23, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the company's gallery, 3009 Davies Plantation Road. Suggested donation is $15, which includes drinks and hors d'oeurves. R.S.V.P. to email@example.com or call 372-0404.
Memphis Botanic Garden will present The Band Perry as part of the Live at the Garden Summer Concert Series Friday, Aug. 23, at 8:30 p.m. at the Garden, 750 Cherry Road. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $45. Visit liveatthegarden.com.
The Shelby County Trustee's office will hold a Project H.O.M.E. (Home Ownership Made Easier) Financial Literacy workshop Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cunningham Community Center, 3773 Old Allen Road. Attendees will learn the basics of budgeting, complete a spending plan and prepare a payment plan with Trustee staff to pay off delinquent taxes. Visit shelbycountytrustee.com.
BlackGirlsCODE will host a mobile-app development workshop for girls ages 13 to 17 Saturday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. The event will also feature tech chats with women mobile developers. Cost is $35. Visit blackgirlscode.com.
Dishcrawl will hold Downtown Neighborfood, a self-guided tour of eight Downtown restaurants within walking distance, Saturday, Aug. 24, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Check-in at The Madison Hotel, 79 Madison Ave., between 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to pick up a map. Cost is $15 and includes one ticket for choice of food or drink. Visit dishcrawl.com/nf for details.
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Black men from all walks of life are gathering next Tuesday, November 13, in Baltimore, Detroit and Philadelphia as part of BMe—a growing community that encourages black men to "lift up their voices" and tell others about the positive contributions they make in their communities. Teams of videographers are fanning out across city neighborhoods over the next eight weeks, and more than 1,700 men are expected to record videos about special projects and everyday actions they take to strengthen their neighborhoods and help others.
"BMe is about real men, real stories of community change" by Trabian Shorters on KnightBlog
"BMe is based on a simple truth, that there are thousands of black men who are assets to their communities—and we must acknowledge and build upon our assets. No buts, no maybes, and no ifs," said Trabian Shorters, vice president of communities for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which founded BMe along with the Open Society Foundations. "They start businesses, mentor people, run projects and help others just because they can and because they care."
Story-sharing is just one aspect of BMe—pronounced "be me"—a growing network of black men committed to making their communities stronger. Through BMe, black men can also connect with each other, exchange ideas and receive resources to advance the positive work they do in their communities. In addition to Knight and Open Society, the initiative is backed by the Heinz Foundation.
After a successful pilot in Detroit and Philadelphia, the program is expanding this year to Baltimore. Events are being held on Tuesday, November 13, in those three cities to issue a "call for stories" that will be featured on the BMe website. Early next year, participants will be able to apply for grants to support their community work.
"BMe's expansion to Baltimore builds upon other successes with community arts initiatives—such as the Black Male Identity project that engaged so many Baltimoreans last year—that help to raise awareness about the importance of elevating positive black male images," said Diana Morris, director of the Open Society Institute – Baltimore.
Local outreach teams are interviewing men and collecting stories for BMeCommunity.org. Among the men who have answered the call in recent days:
Chris Wilson, who just launched a community business school in the Barclay neighborhood to help people with entrepreneurial acumen learn the skills they need to build successful businesses.
Booker Snow, a former youth coach and counselor for the Detroit Pistons, who helps families in his east side neighborhood deal with personal tragedies by working with Crimestoppers and It Takes A Village Y'All to obtain information about missing people and murder victims.
Antoine Bullock, an entrepreneur who invests in small businesses and helps others in his community start their own businesses, find funding, networking opportunities and business tools.
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. More information is available at http://www.knightfoundation.org/.
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. Working with local communities in more than 100 countries, the Open Society Foundations support justice and human rights, freedom of expression, and access to public health and education.
Nicholle Manners, 202-499-5418, [email protected]


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Druid Dudes have long known Tuscaloosa abides, but thanks to a blog on estately.com, even strangers in the Alps can find the Druid City has been picked as one of "The 11 Most Lebowski-Friendly Cities."
Druid Dudes have long known Tuscaloosa abides, but thanks to a blog on estately.com, even strangers in the Alps can find the Druid City has been picked as one of "The 11 Most Lebowski-Friendly Cities."
Estately blogger Ryan Nickum sought places where, if Jeffrey (the little Lebowski, aka The Dude) were to be evicted from his rent-skyrocketing Venice Beach lodgings, he might find copacetic new digs.
"I tried to find places that were pretty laid-back," said Nickum, who works out of Seattle, which made the list partly from The Dude's former ties to the Seattle Seven, the radical anti-Vietnam war group, but also because of its "The Big Lebowski"-centered Dude Fest and liberal marijuana laws. "We also weighted it if you could buy liquor in grocery stores, as opposed to just state-run liquor stores.
"And bowling alleys were extremely important."
Nickum didn't know much about Alabama, but he saw articles from The Tuscaloosa News and its Tusk magazine, linked on the blog, about Tuscaloosa Abides, this city's annual festival dedicated to gentle veneration of the stoners-meet-Raymond-Chandler comedy, which grew in cult love over the years since its 1998 theatrical release. He also liked that Business Insider, back in 2010, named Tuscaloosa the No. 1 "Laziest City in America," based on low rates of exercise and high rates of TV-watching. Also fat content.
"Tuscaloosa seemed like a town where people keep things in perspective," Nickum said. "You like your food a little less healthy. People aren't working 70-hour work-weeks like up here in Seattle."
Nickum's post reads, in part: "You may be thinking Tuscaloosa is out of its element, but the Alabama city most certainly belongs on this list of dude-friendly cities....The Dude's lifestyle of taking 'er easy would fit well with a city where 29.9 percent of residents don't exercise. Despite its slothful ways the city is highly motivated when it comes to celebrating the glory that is 'The Big Lebowski.'"
Bo Hicks, who created and runs Tuscaloosa Abides through wellthatscool.com, enjoyed the honor via Facebook virtual high-fives. Nickum hadn't contacted him, so Hicks found out when everyone else did, mid-week.
"I was honored but not completely surprised, because I would like to think Tuscaloosa has a little Dude in it, a little Dudeist community," he said.
The Tuscaloosa post, alongside generally bigger cities such as Minneapolis, Minn.; Austin, Texas; Portland, Ore.; Seattle, Honolulu and Chicago, used last year's two-faced (The Dude and Walter) playing-card Tuscaloosa Abides poster, crafted by Yellowhammer Creative.
The next Tuscaloosa Abides will roll around in March; Hicks warns "We might not have many marmots." His Druid City Brewing Company will whip up a special beer for the event, something approximating a White Russian, the Dude's beverage of choice, following the in-vogue trend for beer cocktails. Hicks hopes the notoriety drives up numbers for the costume contest.
"I'm still holding out hope for a pinky toe, a Creedence tape, or a full-on Viking outfit," he said.
Otherwise, Tuscaloosa Abides will likely follow the same groove, with Wii bowling, trivia and of course a showing of the Coen brothers' cult classic, all in the Bama Theatre.
"If anybody's got suggestions, we're all ears," Hicks said.


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The Melbourne International Comedy Festival attracts the largest audience for any cultural event in Australia. The three and a half week event will have you bellyaching with everything from stand-up comedy, cabaret and theatre to street performances and film.
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quote Windhorny: "And heres another question for the regulars. 3 people past by me as i was stopped to pay my fee at the gate. How many people feel they are too good to not help maintain their own kitopia? Is there something i don't know about where that money goes? Maybe the little shits use it for beer money."
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Device Management Across the Network
College and university networks present opportunities to manage devices remotely, often automatically. Automating device management via the network saves students, faculty, and staff time and allows institutions to direct resources and efforts to the core business of higher education: learning.
Mobile Device Management Software
IT administrators at The Ohio State University are looking to manage applications and data and ensure malware protection for mobile devices used across campus, while requiring passwords to access the network, shares Julie Talbot-Hubbard, chief information security officer. They've got their eye on mobile device management (MDM) software from Good Technology, MobileIron, and McAfee. MDM software manages and troubleshoots mobile devices remotely, pushing out applications, data, patches, and settings. With the software, Ohio State will maintain central control of group policies for security while each college within the university continues to control its desktops and system settings, plus the ability to push out apps to the devices to meet educational goals. MDM should give the university more visibility into the environment and the ability to provide more services, explains CIO Kathy Starkoff.
At York College of Pennsylvania, Casper, a product from JAMF Software, is being used for MDM. The two-part solution offers OSX (Mac) solution management plus iOS (iPhone, iPad) management, says Robert Robinson, director of IT. It allows the institution to enforce security policies, push out applications, and tailor Apple devices to work in the college environment. "Apple mobile devices are not geared out of the box for enterprise environments and computer labs," he explains. "Casper allows us to install profiles on devices that make them safe for use in a shared lab environment."
For example, Robinson can remove the App Store from lab-based iOS devices. "We don't want students installing their own apps on shared lab devices," he notes. The tool also prevents lab devices from storing user credentials and enforces password requirements and specific fine-grain settings that keep the devices secure and suited to the college's educational tasks. "Casper uses Apple's push notification service to push out profiles to the devices with all the settings and restrictions preset," adds Robinson.
Roanoke College (Va.) uses Apple Mobile Device Manager and Dell's KBOX to manage institution-owned Apple devices and Dell laptops. "Apple Mobile Device Manager manages the iPads we issue. It pushes out apps that we volume purchase and sets up policies and settings for wireless devices for faculty members," says Michael Kluge, desktop support specialist. Policies control what each device and user can access on the network and what they can do with that access. The Apple Configurator is used to set up passwords for the devices for email and wireless and to register the devices so the school can match each device to its user, Kluge says. And KBOX enables Roanoke to install apps and inventory and log Dell and HP laptops, as well as Dell, HP, and Mac desktop, usage.
NAC and Endpoint Security
Using Network Access Control (NAC) or endpoint security software, institutional leaders can ensure devices meet security requirements before they log on to and potentially infect the network, its hardware, and other devices attached to it. NAC software scans device operating systems, applications, and security software to ensure they are up-to-date and that the security software has recently run so that the device is clean.
Mount Wachusett Community College (Mass.) selected an Enterasys network with two NAC controllers, one for wired and one for wireless access, shares Susan McHugh, executive director for information technology services. Students can now stay on campus and congregate in certain areas, taking advantage of the wireless network. NAC makes it possible to offer a wireless network regardless of BYOD (bring your own device) issues because it results in a clean network environment everyone can safely use. "As a result, it feels like the school is active all the time," says McHugh.
New York Law School uses a ForeScout CounterAct NAC appliance to gain visibility into the network and provide mobile security, endpoint compliance (keeping devices clean and up to date), and protection against network security threats, according to Peter Trimarchi, technical director of the institution. Students walk in the first week and don't even know they have a virus, he notes. ForeScout looks at the device and sends an email alert as soon as it discovers an issue, so IT staff can fix it. The appliance also resolves large virus outbreaks for the school. It can find the port the virus is using and block that port across the entire network, he shares. When a machine tries to use that port, support staff can identify the device and clean it without having to leave their computers.
At Roanoke, which requires that devices sync with Microsoft Exchange Server, IT can wipe lost, stolen, or infected devices remotely, says Terri Austin, director of client services. Students wipe their own BYOD gadgets through a web page.
BYOD Issues
As a look at all the BYOD-related session titles of any higher ed technology event demonstrates, personal devices present a multitude of management and security issues to address. At Ohio State, MDM will allow the university to containerize personal applications so it can wipe a BYOD with user permission, in the event of a virus infection or other security or support issue. "We will have control of what we wipe. We will be able to NOT wipe the end users' original documents/store," explains Talbot-Hubbard.
York College uses Bradford Networks' Campus Manager to monitor student devices. It recognizes if they're registered as soon as the browser is opened, says Robinson. Unregistered devices get put on a separate VLAN, where they have access only for registration.
During this process, the student downloads a software agent that monitors the device to ensure the operating system is updated to the current level and the anti-virus definitions, which recognize new viruses, are also up to date, Robinson explains.
Savings and Conveniences
New York Law School realized a savings in person-hours and applications by implementing NAC. The school saw much of that by replacing many servers designed to monitor and manage the network with just one NAC appliance.
"We had all these SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) servers and Sys Log servers. When a trouble ticket came in, our desktop support guys would have to sort through those and if they couldn't figure it out, they bumped it up to level two or three support," says Trimarchi. Now, instead of examining all the SNMP data and Sys Log records, support looks at one application to find the issue.Now, instead of examining all the SNMP data and Sys Log records, support looks at one application to find the issue.
Trimarchi was able to get rid of most of those other servers. Now he employs 1.5 full-time security employees where he had needed two. "The desktop group can deal with bigger issues like hard drives blowing up or re-imaging machines," Trimarchi says.
At the End of the Day
Administrators need not be afraid of the network's opacity that hides unclean devices and skulking viruses, as the above options can make managing devices across the network easier and less expensive—while affording faculty, staff, students and visitors quick, clean, and virtually issue-free access to the internet and the learning environment. Meanwhile, administrators can get a good night's rest knowing they have saved their institutions and stakeholders time, money, and the many headaches of network intrusions.


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Doris C. Headrick, 92, of Mount Pocono, died peacefully on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Manor in Stroudsburg. She was the loving wife of the late E.O Headrick Jr. MD.
Born in Haddenfield, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Bessie (Hall) Chew.
She was a member of the Mount Pocono Methodist Church for more than 50 years.
Doris was a community activist. She was a member of the Pocono Mountain Public Library board for 25 years, delivered Meals on Wheels for 25 years, she was past president of the Women's Auxillary of the Mount Pocono Fire Co., past president of the Monroe County Medical Auxiliary and past president and treasurer of the Rotary Anns and Friends of Mount Pocono and a member of the Pocono Farms Women's Club and Country Club. Because of her community contributions, she was awarded the key to Mount Pocono by state Rep. Mario Scavello. Before retiring, she also worked for her late husband's medical office.
In her free time, Doris enjoyed many hobbies that included reading, gardening, golfing, playing cards and spending time with her family.
She is survived by three daughters, Judith McCoy and her husband, Harry, of Saylorsburg, Susan Basile and her husband, Stephen, of Granby, Conn., Beth Michael of Raleigh, N.C.; her loving companion, Olin Cramer; six grandchildren,Todd McCoy, Debra Noble, Ryan Basile, Rob Basile, Amanda Michael, Josh Michael; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald and Edgar Chew.
There will be a visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 24, at the Bolock Funeral Home, 6148 Paradise Valley Road, Cresco. The Rev. Samuel Ashley-Kofi will conduct a funeral service at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at St. Paul's Cemetery in Swiftwater.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Mount Pocono Methodist Church, 12 Church Ave., Mount Pocono, PA 18344; or the Pocono Mountain Public Library, 5570 Pocono Mountains Municipal, Tobyhanna, PA 18466.
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6148 Paradise Valley Road, Cresco
Doris C. Headrick
Doris C. Headrick, 92, of Mount Pocono, died peacefully on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Manor in Stroudsburg. She was the loving wife of the late E.O Headrick Jr. MD.