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|Kamuy (Residence of the Gods)|
|Purpose(s)||Diverse applications such as mineration and warfare.|
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Kamuy are directly controled mechs that often have a humanoid shape and are usually between four and five meters tall. In addition to the standard range of bipedal movement.
Kamuy are powered by cylindrical cores that are about the size of a human arm and have its center filled with the highly explosive substance known as fragoritium. The activation is possible due to the a internal combustion engine, the pollution caused by fragoritium cores is filtred on its way to the exhaust. Early models were powered by gasoline, nuclear power, electricity and even solar energy.
Life Support System
Fragoritium-powered machines overheat in little time and, although kamuy are specially made to resist heat, pilots would suffer of heatstroke and dehydration after some time exposed, so a life support system is required. There are many types of life supporting systems, but the main used are the refrigeration and temperature-control systems.
Inside standard Kamuy there is a cockpit which is used for controling the whole vehicle, some of its main features are the five panoramic display monitors, the dual control joysticks and instrument panels. The panoramic monitors are linked to outside sensors and cameras, and can be switched to display other information such as status or even as a video communication system. In custom Kamuy, the interface system varies, depending on its primary functions.


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Remember those extra federal unemployment benefits? They're not done yet!
They ended in Texas awhile ago, but right now there are currently 24 states that still offer them, and there is a push on the left to extend them even more, when they run out in September.
"Democrats have been using these types of government programs to get votes, and to secure their elections" said Terry Schilling, president of American Principles Project, "This is why we shouldn't be allowing politicians to have this much power."
That power is the key. A new study shows that a person can make up to $3,700 a month in government benefits and perks. And while anyone with an ounce of common sense would agree that's not ok, some Democrats believe it's a group that will vote for them if they keep the handouts coming.
"This is a terrible cycle that people are getting trapped into and we need to break it as soon as possible" Schilling told KTRH, "Offering extended unemployment to Americans when there are 9.2 million unfilled jobs isn't just wasteful, it's cruel. It's just a total shame that we are paying people to not work in this country."
But we are, and the concern is that what was intended to be short term emergency help a year and a half ago, is turning into the new welfare. "It's an easy cycle to fall into, and it's hard to break out of" Schilling said, "There are food shortages, there are longer lines, it's absolutely ridiculous! This is causing even more problems than we would have had if there was no extension of unemployment benefits."
Again, those benefits are set to end in September. But as we've seen, things change frequently under the Biden administration.

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The Splendor & Squalor of Brame & Hamo
Dynamic deep house dons Brame & Hamo continue to go from strength to strength in 2015 with a brand new imprint; Splendor & Squalor. We sat down with the Irish duo to talk about the interesting direction the new label is heading and what influenced the eclectic first release ‘The Cotton Club EP’. Brame & Hamo latest project ‘Lamaj’s Secret EP’ on Dirt Crew is out right now on Traxsource. We sat down with them both for an in depth look ‘Inside The Track’ and more with this featured interview. Dynamic deep house dons Brame & Hamo continue to go from strength to strength this year with a brand new imprint; Splendor & Squalor. The Irish duo, who finished second in our Top 20 Deep House Artists of 2015 so far, celebrate the launch of the label with a heavyweight 5-track release ’The Cotton Club EP’. All 5 tracks offer up a wide range of eclectic styles and influences, with some seriously old school hip-hop flavours rubbing shoulders with some jackin’, deeper house joints. We sat down with the boys to talk about the interesting direction the label is heading, as we got deep into the Splendor & Squalor of Brame & Hamo.
Inside the Track w/ Malachi
Malachi is the latest pseudonym of top house music producer Graham Lord, also known as one half of the Audiowhores. With a career spanning 15 years and releases on Defected, Noir and Toolroom already under his belt, the latest Malachi project promises a new direction but the same standard of quality. To celebrate the release of the hypnotically melodic new track ‘Dream of the Life’, we decided to get an in-depth look into his new project, as we go Inside The Track with Malachi.
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We’ve got some serious house heavyweights in the mix for you this week as the legendary Kenny Dope joins resident Brian Tappert in the Traxsource LIVE! studios. Fresh from celebrating 25 years in the industry, Kenny seamlessly blends tracks from his Masters at Work partner Louie Vega, Kevin Yost, Art of Tones, Sheila Ford and his very own ‘Bricks Down’ which features real house royalty Robert Owens on vocals. Alongside Kenny, resident Brian Tappert throws down the latest underground heat with upfront exclusives from Low Steppa, Catz N Dogz, Roland Clark, Dr. Packer and the Essential new track ‘Take Me Higher’ by next week’s special guest Teenage Mutants, available on Hed Kandi Records exclusively from Traxsource on October 9th.
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After studying classical music, his interests and influences followed a more modern path. Like many musicians, ambient and chill are a logical extension from classical composers such as Debussy. Consequently, his compositions have been included on numerous collections on labels such as George V, Ministry of Sound, and the Café Solaire series.
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Diaspora Afro RnB sensation Aakosya has created another Hit single! She has teamed up with one of the Best male vocalists in Africa-with many accolades to prove it on top of being the first Ghanaian artist to break into the limelight with a movie soundtrack, Bisa Kdei to create a track titled “Wetin Ghel Do Remix”. The element of this infectious track promises to bridge sounds from the USA all the way to Africa and proves music has no barriers.
The feel-good fusion track embodies Afro-rhythms, sultry RnB, and smooth signature Highlife melodies which the two deliver so well both in their own unique way. Aakosya’s strong raspy vocals blend so well with the soothing vocals of the multi-award-winning singer. With a plethora of awards under his belt including Ghana Music awards, Afrimma Awards, Ghana Music Awards UK, and many more the strength of Bisa Kdei’s talent is unmatched and not to mention his long list of collaborations with artists like Sarkodie, Stone bwoy, Gyakie just to name a few. In the US, Aakosya has not only built her following from scratch, but has been labeled as one of the best US based Afro female artists which was co-signed with her recent nomination in the 2022 Ghana Music Awards festival.
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Borrowing cost had spiked to Rs 8.3 billion during FY17, against Rs 5.3 billion in FY16. As on December 31, total borrowing was Rs 151 billion.
ReNew had filed for an IPO last month and plans to raise Rs 260 billion from the market. Of the net proceeds, it will utilise Rs 19.5 billion for redemption or early redemption of debentures issued by it or by subsidiaries. Last year, it closed a non-convertible debenture issue of Rs 22.35 billion to raise debt for projects.
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Russian snipers and separatist marksmen trained in Russian military camps outmatch their Ukrainian counterparts in the Donbas conflict with better rifles, equipment, and ammunition, an analysis by the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation says.
Given that the conflict in eastern Ukraine has entered a positional phase of trench warfare, the role of snipers and the advantages Russia-backed forces have in this area is more acute, the think tank said on February 25.
In these conditions, snipers are "an effective multiplier on the battlefield, able to precisely strike long-range enemy targets, conduct indispensable reconnaissance of enemy movements and positions, as well as demoralize enemy troops," the analysis said.
When the war broke out in April 2014, Ukraine was using Soviet-era Dragunov (SVD) rifles, while their better-funded and technologically more advanced adversary was using the same rifles but with new barrels, scopes, and high-quality rounds.
"Russian professional snipers at the middle and rear lines" were using bolt-action rifles that "fire three times farther than the SVD rifles."
Lack of funding made it challenging to buy Ukrainian shooters night-vision devices, camouflage, rangefinders, ammunition, thermal sights, and silencers, something the Russia-backed forces are in no shortage of, it said.
Therefore, Jamestown Foundation wrote, Kyiv is still playing catch-up.
Ukraine has started a sniper program with foreign instructors. More effective, lighter-weight rifles were procured from abroad and from the homegrown Zbroyar company.
Now, Ukrainian sniper teams are attached to each battalion, not just special forces.
Still, "poor funding, army bureaucracy, and ammunition shortages preclude Ukrainian snipers from reaching their potential today," the think tank wrote.


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I pulled out my remaining mature broccoli plants (with one exception) to make room for the tomatoes I planted last weekend. Thus it seems an ideal time to pontificate on the varieties I grew this year.
Frankly, I’m not sure I was super impressed. I only grew two varieties this year – both from seedlings I acquired from my dad who bought them as seedlings. I suppose when you’re getting something for free you can’t complain too much but I think I will anyway.
The varieties I grew were Green Dragon and Purple Sprouting Broccoli.
The Green Dragon flowered very early – it didn’t bolt it just produced very quickly and as a result the initial heads were quite small.
The follow up side shoots were OK but because the plant put most of early energy into flowering it is only now big enough to produce a decent volume of shoots.
I want to be growing tomatoes now having feasted on broccoli all winter so frankly side shoots now just aren’t that helpful! The only problem I had with broccoli this year I had with the green dragon plants – they seemed to get a mould or mildew that grew on any side shoots that I didn’t pick immediately. I didn’t really investigate what it was, but it happened to both my and my fathers plants so I’m presuming it came with the seedlings so to speak. The flavour was good though.
The purple sprouting broccoli had the opposite problem – it grew really, really big before it decided to do anything at all. It did eventually produce some nice purple heads in good numbers.
But because I wanted to plant tomatoes I had to pull out the plants before I’d really made the most of all the side shoots.
So all in all neither variety was perfect. My feeling is next year I will plant different varieties and see if they perform better. I have had good results from Marathon Hybrid in the past so I may go back to that and a sprouting variety. I personally don’t think that the purple broccoli varieties taste radically different to the green ones but maybe my broccoli palate is underdeveloped. I think the only real reason for seeking them out, other than if they perform well for you, is for variety in the garden (they go green when cooked).
I am a huge fan of Purple Sprouting Broccoli! It’s biggest advantage for me is that it is very hardy, and will survive a cold Winter and still deliver a good crop in the early Spring, when not much else is available. If I had to choose between broccoli and tomatoes I would be very hard pressed!
Really glad you commented – thats really useful to know! I love how plants perform so differently for different people and in different environments. You must either be a huge broccoli fan or severely undervalue tomatoes. I like it but I don’t really regard it as indispensible. Tomatoes on the other hand are to me the holy grail of vegetable growing, and the best food in the world ever….
Miss Two whole-heartedly agree with you on your opinion of tomatoes Liz – it’s such a pity they give her hives because she just loves them so! I grew my broccoli from seed this year. It was a very unplanned sort of planting, I found the packet when I was digging around in the garage, who knows when I bought them. I quickly threw them in the ground one more, no thought to where or when I was planting them. Later I read they do better started in seed trays, oops. The plants came up well and then were severely attacked by caterpillars so I wrote them off and neglected them. Next thing I knew they were huge, healthy and sprouting some lovely heads. Each plant gave me a decent sized main head and then enough side shoots for a couple of meals. All past attempts at growing this vegetable has ended in it bolting to seed before producing anything. I think this time it actually helped that is wasn’t in full sun all day as it had been in the past. I hope your efforts next year are more rewarding.
Oh and if they had pick sprouting broccoli I might be able to convince Miss Two to at least try it. Apparently there is not enough pink foods in the world.
My daughter would love pink sprouting broccoli too – I find it disturbing how the cult of pink spreads so widely – having said that at 5 she is slowly recovering…and will occasionally wear, and eat other colours….Your broccoli growing sounds excellent. I often find its the crops we have the lowest expectations of that somehow do the best….
I planted Green Dragon broccoli seedlings in August and they have all grown – and continue to sprout – large and abundant leaves, but not one has produced a head. I’ll use a few of the smaller leaves in the kitchen but the rest will now be pulled out to make way for tomatoes. Green Dragon has been a very disappointing variety.
That’s really interesting that you also had issues – where are you gardening? It may be that they would have produced heads soon though.

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Textbooks: The New War Zone On The Web
THE INTERNET BOOK WARS ARE TAKING AN ACADEMIC TURN. On Jan. 4, Follett Corp., the largest distributor of college textbooks, opened an electronic storefront to sell books online and is backing that up with a $10 million ad campaign. It's a body blow to VarsityBooks.com, the pioneer in selling college textbooks online, which opened shop last August.
The eFollet.com site will be promoted in print, radio, and TV ads urging students to "Get Out of Line." To fight back, upstart VarsityBooks.com will spend as much as $3 million in the next six weeks on radio and online ads, as well as print ads in over 100 college papers. Selling textbooks online is a no-brainer, since students have ready Web access at college, says Eric Kuhn, 28, VarsityBooks' chief executive.
While both companies hope to attract some of the same feverish interest that Amazon.com has received, Follett and VarsityBooks are using different marketing approaches to get a piece of the $5 billion textbook market. VarsityBooks is targeting penny-pinchers with 15% to 40% discounts on new books. Follett offers credits worth about 5% of each sale for future purchases, but it also emphasizes convenience by allowing students to pick up books at college stores. It looks like a textbook case of yet another E-commerce war.

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As we entered the year 2011, international investors are bound to review their investment plans. New investments in newer portfolios will come on stream, while previous year investments will be reviewed to divest non performing portfolios and strengthen the profitable portfolios. Investment in most occasions is a risky undertaking, to reduce the riskiness of their investment international investors diversify their investments between different sectors, regions, and countries. One important diversification strategy is diversification into emerging economies that comprises the developing countries of Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is argued that emerging economies sometimes move in opposite directions of the developed economies. This it is belief help in reducing the overall risk involves in any diversified investment portfolio. Nigeria fall into this group of emerging markets, specifically endowed with large population, abundant natural resources, and huge investment potentials. Over the last few years, Nigerian banks have attracted the attention of international investors resulting in the investment of Billions of Naira into the Banking sector. As sub Saharan Africa second largest economy Nigeria’s banking sector is second only to that of South Africa, this place her in a strategically important investment position. The consolidation of the sector in 2005 has help to produce some of Africa’s largest banks, helping to increase the amount of foreign investment coming into the sector. But the mess that surfaced at the peak of the global economic crisis has put fear into the mind of global investors wishing to put their monies into Nigeria’s banks. The level of decay unearth by Sanusi Lamido banking sanitization has further tinted the image of Nigeria’s banks as typical of highly corrupt third world countries financial sectors.
Foreign investors are not philanthropies, majority of them are greedy capitalists bent on maximizing the returns they will get from any one Dollar they invested. Put your self in the shoes of an international investor with the whole world as where to invest your money, as an enlighten investor you will be expected to first considered the safety of your investment, then the returns that your investment can fetch for you unless you are a high risk lover. Looking at the past scandals in the Nigerian banking industry how sure are you your investment will not depreciate instead of appreciating. Yes surely even those that put their money in the United States’ Wall Street have reasons to complain on the way their money was utilize before the crisis, but that have taught them an important lesson to be wary of people in charge of their investment. The absence of effective corporate governance and strong risk management regime in the past few years have left many questions begin for answers. For example, is the Nigeria banking sector good enough, compared with other emergent markets banking sectors, for the next round of foreign capital inflow? The Central bank of Nigeria governor or the twenty something managing directors of our banks will tell you yes the environment is now clear. But you should remember that it is your money not theirs that they will be managing, because of that you will look further to make sure there are other safe guards to protect and maximize your investment. The CBN governor has done a lot to improve the level of corporate governance in the industry but still more need to be done. The composition of the board of directors in most of our banks is still the reflection of what was obtainable before the crisis. Where board members are answerable to the executive director; executive director still has powerful influence over appointments into audit and compensation committees; and former managing directors and chairmen employ other indirect ways to be in charged of these institutions. In most Nigeria’s banks there is little regard for minority shareholders rights, major shareholders always have their ways. Though, Sanusi has done a very good work in breaking the previous cases of family or personal banks, but some controlling shareholders still stand in the way of corporate governance.
The establishment of Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) has help in boosting confidence in foreign investors, by signaling to them that the government is ready to bear responsibilities for the pass mess. Like wise the tough regulatory regime been put in place by CBN, but that is still a work in progress. It is belief by many observers that CBN doesn’t have the manpower and technology to effectively manage Nigeria’s banks. It takes a highly trained and coordinated team to uncover some of the accounting shenanigans perpetrated in some Nigeria’s banks. But the fact that Sanusi is an insider in the industry has help in this regard unlike Soludo who come from the academia. But that doesn’t means the existing banks will not invent other methods to beat the current governor, Nigerian banks employ some of the most brilliant minds you can find in the country. Models that allow capital ratios to be gamed by understating assets’ risk and off balance sheet vehicles are example of ingenious ways employ by banks to side step tough regulation. An important means by which foreign investors verified the riskiness of their investments prior to making them are international ratings giving to a particular institution, and on a macro level the rating received by the host country. Because investors will not rely on what the receiving institution and country will be telling them they need independent views, that is where international ratings agencies like Standard & Poor and Moody comes in. International ratings give investors some knowledge of the risk they are taking by putting their money into a particular institution. The rating received by Nigerian banks in 2010 is nothing to write home about, most Nigerian bankers are hoping that investors will side step those ratings. The fact that Nigeria’s economy is one of the fastest in emerging markets in the last half of 2010, should be something to make Nigeria’s bankers more optimistic about their prospects in 2011. The current hike in oil price in the world market is expected to boost Nigeria’s economic growth which is expected to translate into more business for the banking sector. Like wise the reforms put in place in the banking sector during the last one and half years are expected to start yielding fruits this year. Considering the impact of the financial crisis on the bank’s capital base, Nigerian banks are not in any position to turn their back on foreign capital; they need it as much as they need to be regulated by the apex bank. The time to start courting foreign investors is now, not after when the world economy is fully back on its track.

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White Sox director of player development Nick Capra, who is with the team in Kansas City, can't put a specific arrival time for the team's second-ranked prospect by MLBPipeline.com so early in his process.
"I think he's got a ways to go defensively, behind the plate," Capra said. "A big part of catching is obviously learning the pitchers, learning their strengths and weaknesses, learn how to call games.
"That's all experience he's going to need to gain and gather. Offensively it looks like his bat is going to play. He's got a couple of things to work on offensively. It's hard to say. I couldn't really put a time on him now because I haven't seen him enough."
Collins, 21, batted .244 with six homers and 18 RBIs this season during stops with the Rookie League team and Class A Advanced Winston-Salem. The left-handed hitter from Miami drew 33 walks and struck out 46 times, while posting an .831 OPS.
Instructional League action begins on Monday, with 50 White Sox players arriving at Camelback Ranch. Collins won't be in town until somewhere around Sept. 28, but he definitely will benefit from this Arizona stint and playing Wednesdays and Saturdays in the AFL.
"It's going to put him in an environment where he's around guys that have played a little more, experienced older guys," Capra said. "That's going to be a factor for him just to be around the group of kids he's going to be around because they're all obviously talented kids.
"Interacting with those guys is going to help. It's going to help him on the days he's not playing, catching bullpens --- [Minor League catching coordinator] Johnny Orton will be out there working with him catching-wise. He's going to be benefit a lot from this."
Scott Merkin has covered the White Sox for MLB.com since 2003. Read his blog, Merk's Works, follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin, on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Once again Armenian Community of Vancouver is hosting its annual Sasoon camp at the Armenian Community Center in Vancouver for the children ages 5 and up. This year they are inviting the children from Seattle, Bellevue and elsewhere in Washington state to participate to this one of a kind event. The Children will be learning Armenian dance, music, choir, arts & crafts and history and will have field trips.
The Armenian families in Vancouver are also opening their houses for the kids who don’t have any place to stay to alleviate the cost of accommodation. This is a great opportunity for every kids to participate.
Trust me you will be proud of them when you see the Gala finale.
Also they do have sponsors for families who might have financial difficulties in sending their kids.
Please see the attached poster for more information for all other questions please call or email Hayr Hrant firstname.lastname@example.org or Titar email@example.com


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A Gerontologist was helping me register at the Gerontological Association Convention in Boston.
“I’m 81,” I remarked.
“Don’t you know,” she replied sternly, “age is just a number.”
I was there at my Gerontologist daughter’s invitation to disprove certain stereotypes about aging women by talking about my present life as an “aging generative activist.”
“Activity and agency are associated with youth and manhood,” states her panel abstract, “while their opposites – passivity and dependence – are linked with old age and womanhood.”
I told the audience that age has brought me a perspective on my lifetime activism, and gave them some advice on best practices for their own engagement in the public sphere – things like choosing only one cause at a time, not working alone but with a well-organized group focused on that cause, and utilizing their particular talents rather than trying to be something they are not.
In detailing my particular adaptations for continuing my activism into old age, I pointed out that with more frailty I tire easily and so march less and tweet more, posting and networking, blogging like mad and engaging in conference calls and on-line meetings.
Then I took a hard look at that pesky term “generativity,” urged upon the aging by authorities like Erik Erickson as a developmental stage when you ought to guide the next generation and act upon concern for people outside of yourself and your immediate family.
Enough of that already! Erikson is a man. Calling for a burst of old age generativity from a woman who has spent her whole life doing for others looks like same old same old to me. Instead, we retired women need to develop tons of self-compassion before we fill our schedules with activism, a balance between time just for ourselves (self-generativity) and time spent contributing to our communities and our world.
My daughter used consciousness raising groups for our question period. During the chit-chat before we started I heard one (very accomplished) older woman say to another, “But you don’t look 79!” Even here, apparently, the idea that an oldster acting (or looking) “younger” than the number that marks her age is admirable managed to creep into the conversation without any challenge.
If you praise me by implying that I am acting youthful by being active, aren’t you subtracting an essential element of my existence? I am old. I am also deeply engaged in environmental activism. Both those facts define me. Also, by some weird cognitive quirk that could reverse itself overnight, I am smarter than I have ever been before. Sometimes, reading an author I could never get my mind around when young or proofing an article that is so complicated I can’t believe I wrote it, I can feel the little neurons in my brain fizzing away merrily just like they did during my first cognitive surge at age 14.
These are realistic descriptors of the way I am now, integral parts of my authentic being. I am not somebody’s stereotypical idea about a number, but I am 81. I am not a societal construct but an aged activist woman immensely grateful to have made it whole into the present moment.
Amen, Shalom, Blessed Be

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A half-day symposium held at the InterContinental Grand Seoul Parnas focusing on international commercial arbitration preceding the IBA’s Annual Conference for 2019.
In the long established LCIA tradition, this symposium is designed to be interactive and to provide an opportunity for delegates to share news and views on developments in the field of international commercial arbitration and ADR.
At the event, delegates are invited to discuss topics submitted in advance that focus on current issues, under the expert guidance of well-known co-Chairs. Delegates will then hear a keynote address followed by Q&A with lunch to be served before heading to the opening ceremony of the IBA’s Annual Conference.
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In our article posted earlier, we’ve seen what is User Account Control (UAC) in Windows and way to configure it. By default, UAC settings are set to recommended level and users are expected to continue using system with that. UAC helps Windows to block any unusual activity that may affect your system adversely.
When you set UAC to Never notify level, or disabled UAC in short, you may receive this notification:
You must restart your computer to turn off User Account Control
Click to restart this computer
If you’re the sole user on the machine and disabled UAC, you should be okay with above notification. Restarting your system will finally disable UAC on your system. However, if you don’t disabled UAC but still receive this notification, you must be curious to know how did this happen. Well, it might be possible that someone else on the system has may have disabled UAC without your notice. You can fix this via below mentioned registry manipulation.
FIX: You Must Restart Your Computer To Turn Off User Account Control
Registry Disclaimer: The further steps will involve registry manipulation. Making mistakes while manipulating registry could affect your system adversely. So be careful while editing registry entries and create a System Restore point first.
1. Press + R and type
regedit in Run dialog box to open Registry Editor (if you’re not familiar with Registry Editor, then click here). Click OK.
2. In left pane of Registry Editor window, navigate to following registry key:
3. In the right pane of System registry key, double click on
EnableLUA named registry DWORD (REG_DWORD) to modify its Value data.
4. Set the Value data to 1 and click OK. Close Registry Editor and restart your system to make changes effective.
If your system is part of a network, then there might be requirement to disable UAC. After disabling UAC, if you keep receiving You must restart your computer… notification, you need to instead follow these things. In case if the system is part of domain (or is a controller), you should disable UAC via Group Policy. Go to
Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options and you can disable UAC settings from there.
Checkout this video for to live demo of this fix:
Hope this helps!