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Sunday, March 27, 2016

How to Backup or Restore Blogger Template

Blogger let you backup your whole blog template. Keeping a backup copy of the template is specially necessary for new bloggers. If youre a new user you may customize your blog by taking helps from others. But if you make any mistake you may lose your customized blog template. In that case you have nothing to do other than restoring the default template.

However if you keep a backup copy of your blog template then you can use it in other blogs too! Even you can share the same template with your friends. Besides if you make significant changes of your template and get it back in a previous stage then you must have a backup copy.

To backup or restore your blogger template follow the steps below:

First make sure youre signed in on your blogger account.
Then go to design.
Now click on the Template button from the left panel.
Then click on Backup/ Restore button from the top right corner of the screen.
To download the template, hit on Download Full Template button. And if you wanna restore template then choose previously saved template file.

The following picture may be useful for you.

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Windows Easy Transfer Backup Restore Your PC!

Back up and restore your files through Windows Easy Transfer

Windows Easy Transfer allows you to transfer files from old PC to new PC. Suppose youre upgrading from Windows 7 to 8, you can easily back up your files and restore them to the new system. Or if you have any plan to change your system unit, you can easily back up your files through Easy Transfer. Later you can restore your files to new PC without affecting your prior settings!

Applies to:

Windows 7

Windows 8

For XP & Vista - Follow this link

Windows Easy Transfer:

Current generation is too fast. Changes occur within seconds. Computer world is much faster. Hardware technology is being changed to meet the demand of software manufacturer. Consequently, consumers need to upgrade their system frequently.

While upgrading your system, you must face difficulties to back up your files. Considering this issue, Windows has an easy way to back up your files - Windows Easy Transfer.

Transfer User Accounts, Documents and More by Easy Transfer

Here you can see what is possible with this tool. You can transfer -

Settings

Files

Documents & more . . .

You can also customize what to back up and what not.

There are mainly two thing you can do. First, you can back up your necessary files and settings. And second, you can restore them in a new PC. You can also back up your files for the purpose of future use. Later it can be used if your system crashes unfortunately.

How to Back Up?

If youre currently using the old PC and want to transfer the file to a new PC, then follow the steps below:

Press Start & Type - Windows Easy Transfer, Open it.
Welcome Screen will appear > Press Next.
Choose Transfer Media - Easy Transfer Cable / Network / External Hard Drive or Flash Drive (Most people use Hard Drive or USB Disk)
Select This is my old PC.
Wait for the Scanning process to be finished > Press Next. (You can use the customize option to manually choose the files)
Type password to protect the files or leave it blank if not necessary > Press Save.
Choose the destination and save it. (It could be an external hard drive, USB flash drive or any of your internal hard drives)
Press Next & Close.

Remember, the above steps are applicable for External Hard Disk/ USB Flash Drive only. If you wanna back up using network or cable, then you need to connect both PC either by network or by easy transfer cable.

Note: If you transfer the files using network or transfer cable, the process will be completed immediately. But it is recommended that you use flash drive or hard drive if you like to keep them for the future use too.

How to Restore?

The restoration process is somewhat similar.

Open Windows Easy Transfer as before > Press Next.
Choose External Hard Drive as media.
Select This is my new PC > Hit on the Yes button (If you already have a back up of your previous Windows as mentioned in the How to Back Up)
Locate and open the previously saved file.
Hit on the customize button if necessary.
Finally hit on the transfer button to restore your files, settings and documents. Thats it!

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How to Backup or Restore Blogger Blog

If youre blogger then you may need to backup your entire blog. If you lose your password or if your account is hacked then you can restore your whole blog in a new account. Or you can export your whole blog if youve a back up copy of your blog.

To back up your blog, follow the steps below:

First, make sure youre using the new interface of blogger.
Now go to the Settings option and choose Other.
Hit on Export blog from Blog tools.
Then click download blog.
Now your whole blog will be saved as .xml file.

To restore or import your blog, follow the steps below:

Go to the Settings option from blogger and choose Other.
Now hit on Import blog.
A window will let you choose the .xml file.
Now choose the .xml file that you previously download from your blog.

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Advice Upgrade from Ubuntu 12 04 ONLY after backup

If you are planning to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10, please first perform a full-system backup. At least back up all your data. The upgrade might not work.

Today, 11-27-2012, after attempting to update my main PC from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10, I could not make Ubuntu 12.10 work correctly. Despite using the recommended "proprietary, tested" Nvidia display driver, I could not stabilize my display:

The Unity launcher would not unhide smoothly.
YouTube videos played in stop motion.

Fortunately, before attempting the upgrade, I performed a full-system backup through Clonezilla. I was therefore able to restore my main PC to Ubuntu 12.04.

This failure to upgrade surprised me because I had successfully installed Ubuntu 12.10 (through a live disc) onto my standby PC. I needed only fix the frozen-Dash problem and disable the unwanted Amazon ads. For more information, please see: Fixing and customizing Ubuntu 12.10, Repairing frozen Dash in Ubuntu 12.10, and Disabling Amazon shopping results in Ubuntu 12.10.

Personally, I do not plan to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 until the next long-term-support release is available. Although this is unfortunate, I am still an Ubuntu fan. In my opinion, its 12.04 release is superior to all other Linux distributions.

Happy New Year Hangover Cures 8 Cures That Work Two Dozen Purported Cures That Have No Scientific Backup

Happy New Year! In case this guy looks anywhere similar to how you feel after yesterdays party night, todays SuppVersity article is for you!

"Happy New Year", health, love, ... you know the whole litany, so lets get over it and straight to the things that are really important, today. The hangover cures. In the following I have compiled an extensive yet probably by no means complete list of scientifically proven hangover cures that may help better than aspirin and plenty of water (Harvard Health Letter. 2006), alone.

Apropos aspirin, its actually not too bad to start with 400-800mg of it, if you are having a hangover. It has after been shown to block the increased prostaglandin synthesis in response to alcohol ingestion and thus counter at least the inflammatory aspect of the hangover (George. 1979).

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The latter cannot be said of another common pain killer: Acetaminophen, which failed to inhibit ethanol-induced subjective effects in human volunteers in a 1992 study by Pickworth et al. The same study by George et al. would yet also suggest that aspirin may also prolong the time it takes for the alcohol to leave your system completely... and this may not be your only problem, because the coingestion of aspirin and alcohol has been associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal haemorrhage (Needham. 1971).

So what do you do if water and aspirin are not enough? Well, here are a couple of suggestions - in a more or less random order, since there are hardly any studies that compare the efficacy of one to another.

Figure 1: Effects of 200mg tolfenamic acid on hangover symptoms in man (Kaivola. 1983).
Tolfenamic acid - Tolfenamic acid is a very specific prostaglandin biosynthesis inhibitor that lead to significant reductions in hangover symptoms in a 1983 study by Kaivola, et al. (see Figure 1).

The only problem is: The subjects consumed the 200mg of the anti-migraine drug tolfenamic acid before they started binge drinking. Whether the effects are similarly pronounced if you take it the day after remains to be elucidated.
Gamma linoleic acid (GLA) - The omega-6 fatty acid from vegetable oils like rapeseed/canola oil and soy beans, walnuts, flax seed (linseed oil), perilla, chia, and hemp seed effectively reduced the hangover symptoms of human volunteers in a study the results of which have unfortunately never been officially published (Moesgaard; based on Pittler. 2005).

In view of the fact that I have only 2nd hand access to the results I cannot tell you how much GLA you would need. Considering the effect that the supplement contained B officinalis aka Borage, which contains 26-36% GLA, if its not specifically enriched, I would yet assume that 100-300mg should do.

Figure 2: Symptoms and possible contributers of hangover (Swift. 1998).

Yeast + B-Vitamins: Another trial tested the efficacy of 250 mg dried yeast, 0.5 mg thiamine nitrate, 0.5 mg pyridoxine hydrochloride, and 0.5 mg riboflavin in participants who consumed vodka (40% volume alcohol) amounting to a total of 100 g absolute alcohol (Laas. 1999). The difference in the change for the symptoms discomfort, restlessness, and impatience was statistically significant in favor of the yeast preparation and appear to suggest that the corresponding supplement aka "Morning Fit" works.

Moreover, corresponding research from the Chungnam National University in Korea shows that a preparation of combined glutathione-enriched yeast and rice embryo/soybean extracts constitutes a "a promising candidate for improvements of alcoholic hangover" (Lee. 2009), as well.
Oh!K - A hangover cure with green ginger, turmeric, pepper, and green tea extract, along with salt, citric and ascorbic acid and fructose as the carrier worked pretty well in a recent study by Gopi et al. (2014).
Sprite! Or rather a sprite-like herbal drink - In the media you may have read about Sprite, when in fact the two drinks researchers from the Sun Yat-Sen University in China tested and found to be effective in increasing the production of the enzyme that helps our bodies to get rid of alcohol were xue bi, a fizzy lemon and lime drink of which the researchers did not declare that it was indeed Sprite and hui yi su da shui, probably a type of soda water (Li. 2014).

After Affect(R): Another commercially available anti-hangover cure "proved" to be effective in a non-randomized non-controlled trial from the Utrecht University (Vester. 2012).

Table 1: Rationale for the ingredients included in After-Effect©. 1 - Total dose of 5 capsules. 2 - Only those symptoms that showed a significant improvement during alcohol hangover are listed. GLA: gamma-linolenic acid, EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and DHA: docosahexaenoic acid (Verster. 2012).

If it were not for the reasonable ingredient profile (see Table 1), I probably wouldnt have listed it, but with GLA, magnesium, B-vitamins & co it does contain a bunch of ingredients that may actually help.

Party Smart (carbonate mix) - Yet another commercial preparation that contains calcium carbonate (615 mg) and vegetable carbon (345 mg) and has - unfortunately - to be consumed while you are drinking.

More specifically, the subjects in the 2004 study by Manu et al. consumed their first serving of two caplets with first drink and two more caplets every 2 to 3 hours (or 5 to 6 drinks).
Figure 3: Mean hangover score and mean blood alcohol 10h after drinking (Manu. 2004).
The data in Figure 3 does yet indicate that this alkalization regimen worked pretty well (I wonder if sodium bicarbonate would to the same ;-) is a pretty effective means to (a) keep the hangover in check and (b) help your body clear the alcohol from your bloodstream.
Aging! Ok, I know this does not really help you today, but maybe on New Years Eve 2065! Tolstrup et al. found that hangover following engagement in binge drinking is much more common in the young than in the older age groups (Tolstrup. 2014). For women, similar results were obtained.

As the scientists point out, "[t]his finding could not be explained by the usual amount of alcohol consumption, frequency of binge drinking, or the proportion of alcohol consumed with meals" (Tolstrup. 2014).

List of anti-hangover remedies from the Internet - all w/out scientific evidence that they work (Pittler. 2004).

You still feel like dying? If all these cures didnt help and you feel as if you were about to die, today, you may have inherited a special gene variant from of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (ALDH2) an Asian ancestor that makes you extra susceptible to more severe hangovers (Wall. 2000).

And if you are totally desperate you may want to give C scolymus aka Artichoke leaves and O ficus-indica extracts a final try. While two randomized controlled trials did not intergroup differences for their main outcome measures (Pittler. 2003; Wiese. 2004), both are often hailed as natural hangover remedies. The same can be said of most of the other remedies you will find if you google anti-hangover cures on the Internet (see table on the right). As Pittler et al. highlight in their 2005 review of the literature, none of them has reliable scientific evidence that would confirm that they are working | Comment on Facebook!

References:

George, Frank R., and Allan C. Collins. "Prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors antagonize the depressant effects of ethanol." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 10.6 (1979): 865-869.
Gopi, Sreeraj, et al. "Studies on the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of two doses of Anti Hangover Drink in Reducing Alcohol Induced Hangover Symptoms in Adult Male Social Drinkers." Int.J.Cur.Res.Aca.Rev. 2.8 (2014): 125-131.
Harvard Health Letter. How to handle a hangover: drinking fluids may help with the morning-after misery from getting drunk. Harvard Health Letter 31.3(2006):3.
Kaivola, S., et al. "Hangover headache and prostaglandins: prophylactic treatment with tolfenamic acid." Cephalalgia 3.1 (1983): 31-36.
Laas I. A double-blind placebo-controlled study on the effects of Morning Fit on hangover symptoms after a high level of alcohol consumption in healthy volunteers. J Clin Res 1999;2: 9-15.
Lee, Heon-Sik, et al. "Effects of a preparation of combined glutathione-enriched yeast and rice embryo/soybean extracts on ethanol hangover." Journal of medicinal food 12.6 (2009): 1359-1367.
Li, Sha, et al. "Effects of herbal infusions, tea and carbonated beverages on alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase activity." Food & function 5.1 (2014): 42-49.
Manu, M. B., and S. A. Kolhapure. "Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of “PartySmart” in the Prevention of Alcohol-induced Hangover: A Prospective, Randomized, Double Blind, Comparative, Phase III Clinical Trial." INDIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE 15.7 (2004).
Moesgaard S, Hansen NV. GLA effectively reduces hangovers. Pharma Nord Research, unpublished report.
Needham, C. D., et al. "Aspirin and alcohol in gastrointestinal haemorrhage." Gut 12.10 (1971): 819-821.
Pickworth, Wallace B., et al. "Acetaminophen fails to inhibit ethanol-induced subjective effects in human volunteers." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 41.1 (1992): 189-194.
Pittler, Max H., et al. "Effectiveness of artichoke extract in preventing alcohol-induced hangovers: a randomized controlled trial." Canadian Medical Association Journal 169.12 (2003): 1269-1273.
Pittler, Max H., Joris C. Verster, and Edzard Ernst. "Interventions for preventing or treating alcohol hangover: systematic review of randomised controlled trials." Bmj 331.7531 (2005): 1515-1518.
Swift, Robert, and Dena Davidson. "Alcohol hangover." Alcohol Health Res World 22 (1998): 54-60.
Tolstrup, J. S., Stephens, R. and Grønbæk, M. (2014), Does the Severity of Hangovers Decline with Age? Survey of the Incidence of Hangover in Different Age Groups. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38: 466–470. doi: 10.1111/acer.12238.
Verster, J. C., and O. Berthélemy. "Consumer Satisfaction and Efficacy of the Hangover Cure After-Effect©." Advances in preventive medicine 2012 (2012).
Wall, Tamara L., et al. "Hangover symptoms in Asian Americans with variations in the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) gene." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 61.1 (2000): 13.

Backup your Blogger Blog before Its Too Late!

Anytime you might loose your blogger account. After hacking your blogger account along with your blog the hacker can do anything. He can either delete, export or use your blog in his own name! Maybe you have spent thousand hours to establish the site. And you lose everything. Isnt it very terrible? So why dont you back up your site before its too late?

Blogger has an option to back up the whole blog with comments! So, if you have the backup copy of your site, anytime you can open a new blog and restore your previous blog with comments.

Even you can restore your backup copy of blogger blog in WordPress Site. WordPress is capable of restoring blogger sites from the .xml file.

Couple of months ago, I discussed about how to restore & backup blogger template. You can read that post to know about how to back up the template of your site.

Backup your Blog:

Sign in to your blogger account.
Go to Settings from Design or Dashboard.
Hit on the Other options from Settings tab.
Look at the Blog Tools: Import Blog - Export Blog - Delete Blog.
Hit on the Export Blog.
Now click Download Blog.
Save the .xml file in your hard disk.

If you wanna restore your blog from a previously saved copy then follow the above steps again. Just in the Blog Tools- Choose Import Blog. Then choose and upload the .xml file that youve already in your hard disk.

Take the help of image below.

First youve to click on the Export Blog button. And then you will get another window. It contains the Download Blog button. Hit on the Download blog and immediately you will get a save option. Now just save it.

Remember, there is no fixed download size like. It varies depending on your total number of posts and comments. In my site there is currently more than 250 posts with 1100 comments. My blog size is currently 4 MB.

Note: This .xml file will back up your site fully, I mean blog posts, comments and related images. Pictures will be saved as links with the xml file. Without restoring it, you cant view those images. But your sites template will not be saved with this .xml file. You have to back it up in another way.

Backup/ Restore Blogger Template:

If youre using a premium blogger template or if youve modified your template in your own way, then you should also back up the template. I also discussed about how to back up blogger template earlier. You can read that post or just have a look at the below steps:

Go to the Template option from the Settings.
Hit on Backup/ Restore button from the top right corner.
Hit on Download Full Template button to download the template.
Or Choose File to select and upload your desired template.

Screenshots of the tasks are not given in this post. If you wanna see the related images then go to the above links.

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Reinstalling dual booted Ubuntu to enable Clonezilla backup

If your PC dual-boots Ubuntu and Windows 7, and you have upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04, you might not be able to make a backup image your PC hard drive through Clonezilla. As shown in Ask Ubuntu, when Clonezilla tries to back up the Ubuntu partition, it halts and displays "Something went wrong!" You can correct this problem by reinstalling Ubuntu 12.04 completely.

Creating bootable discs - Before you can reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 completely, you need to create three bootable discs:

An Ubuntu 12.04 live DVD. Go to the Ubuntu website, download an Ubuntu 12.04 ISO file, and then burn it to a rewritable DVD.
A Gparted (Gnome Partition Editor) live CD. Go to the Gparted website, download its ISO file, and then burn it to a writable CD.
A Windows 7 system repair CD. Boot Windows, click Start, click Control Panel, click Backup and Restore, click Create a system repair disc, insert a writable CD into the optical drive, and then click Create disc.

Reinstalling Ubuntu 12.04 completely - To reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 completely, do the following:

Back up all data on your PC. For example, you can copy your documents, photos, and video and music files to an external hard drive.
Boot your Gparted live CD. Delete your Ubuntu partition, which is typically sda5.
Boot your Windows 7 system repair CD, open its Command Prompt, type bootrec.exe /FixMbr, and then press Enter.
Boot your PC. It should boot directly to Windows.
Boot your Ubuntu 12.04 live DVD, click Install Ubuntu, and then install it alongside Windows 7.
Boot your PC. It should display GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader), which lets you choose either Ubuntu or Windows. Note: If your PC boots directly to Ubuntu without first displaying GRUB, go to How to repair GRUB 2 for Ubuntu dual boot.

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Sunday, March 27, 2016

How to Backup or Restore Blogger Template

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Windows Easy Transfer Backup Restore Your PC!

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

How to Backup or Restore Blogger Blog

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Advice Upgrade from Ubuntu 12 04 ONLY after backup

Monday, February 15, 2016

Happy New Year Hangover Cures 8 Cures That Work Two Dozen Purported Cures That Have No Scientific Backup

Friday, January 22, 2016

Backup your Blogger Blog before Its Too Late!

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Monday, January 11, 2016

Reinstalling dual booted Ubuntu to enable Clonezilla backup