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Kuantan, MalaysiaKirsty Turner
Kuantan's main attraction has to be its beaches and there are a number of beaches in this area. Situated just two miles north of Kuantan, Teluk Chempedak is a great place for kayaking and boating, while windsurfers should head to Balok. Lovers of fresh fish will find a great selection at the fishing village near Beserah beach and beautiful Taman Teruntum also has a mini zoo and golf course.
A great day trip destination is the island of Pulau Ular, which means Snake Island in Malay. Legend tells how the snakes that live here helped to scare away pirates during the 11th century and there is a pretty village named Snake River after the event.
Another good way to spend a day is by visiting the town of Sungai Lembing, where you will find one of the largest underground tin mines in the world as well as an interesting Tin Museum and the spookily named 'hanging bridge'. It is worth getting up early to trek up Bukit Panorama to see the sunrise and spectacular views of the surrounding area.
Just two miles along the coast from Kuantan is the picturesque Gelora Park, which is the perfect place to wander on a sunny day. There is also a pretty beach to soak up the sun on nearby, which is lined with restaurants that serve up delicious seafood dishes.
Another place of intense natural beauty is the Panching Caves, which are situated in a limestone mountain near the picturesque Panching village. Also known as the Ninth Mile Waterfall, Berkelah Falls is located nine miles from the town of Kuantan and is well worth the journey.
Kuantan is famed for its cuisine, and one of the most popular local dishes is known as sata. Consisting of grated coconut and fish paste that is wrapped in coconut leaves before being barbecued, this dish is often served with rice, while chicken and beef satay sticks make a great snack to enjoy at any time or as the accompaniment to a main meal.

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Welcome to the World Book Day web pages for Wales!
The date to remember for 2012 is Thursday 1 March.
The winners of the competition were:
Reuben Wallace, Cross Ash Primary School, Abergavenny, and
Elin Sian Hughes, Ysgol y Gader, Dolgellau.
Professional animators, Turnip Starfish, held workshops at both schools in order to produce two short animated films based on the winning stories.
Reuben Wallace
Bringing history alive for 2,000 children
Annual World Book Day Lecture
Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Guest speaker : Ann Keane, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector
Organised by the Welsh Books Council
Off We Go! pack
This pack introduces a variety of reading materials on the same theme – travel – to KS2 pupils, but it could also be used in Year 7, or for transitional purposes between primary and secondary schools.
The pack includes a handbook for teachers – which gives suggestions on activities based on the texts that could be introduced in the classroom – 15 copies of the pupil's booklet and a CD, which contains additional resources as well as the complete contents of the pupils's booklet and the teacher's book, for use on the electronic whiteboard.
If you would like a sample of the pack, free of charge, please contact Eirlys Parry (01970 624151)
Otherwise, click on the relevant Resource in the right-hand column.
Give a Book to Celebrate St David's Day 2012.
Click on the Resources in the right-hand column to see this year's offers, or visit the Gwales.com website.
These are available between 13 February and 03 March 2012.
Celebrity Posters
In a new development this year we have placed Quick Response codes on our celebrity posters. The mobile phone readable barcodes lead to information about these titles on www.gwales.com
Rhys Priestland
George North
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Books from Wales on-line
The Welsh Books Council's information resource for the book trade.


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Electric kitchen knife sharpener for sale. BUFFALO brand, model G310, 240 volts.
It's a three-stage sharpener, suitable for British, European and American blades, which are ground to 20 degrees edge. It's not for Japanese blades which are set to 15 degrees. That's why it's for sale - we use Japanese kitchen knives so this machine is not used.
It's in good condition. It has some scratches to the finish on the case, but it works perfectly. Can handle up to 3mm thick blades.
Has sticky sucker feet to keep it from "skytin' aboot" the worktop and a magnetic collector for the filings.
No box or instructions but if you Google it you'll find a demo on youtube. It's dead simple to use and works well.
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I'm sure I'm not the only one with this quandary so hopefully this question is suitable for Mathoverflow. I'm posting anonymously for obvious reasons.
In a couple of my papers I have answered questions which were fairly well known inside my sub-field and posed by well known people. However, the solutions themselves are not hard - they do not involve any substantially new idea, other than perhaps the insight that some well-known techniques in a slightly different field could be of use. In the end I submitted (and published) to journals taking into account more the difficulty of the solution rather than the prestige of the problem. Several people later told me I could/should have aimed higher.
Now I am in a similar situation, with a couple of papers in preparation where the techniques I use are well-known, but they have just not been applied to the type of problems I solve (which again, are questions asked by very good people and open for at least a while. They are not major famous questions). Maybe I just have a good smell for low hanging fruit!
My concrete question is twofold:
- Generally speaking, are papers who answer a respectable open question judged more for the problem solved than for the difficulty/innovation of the solution?
- What are some good journals that welcome this sort of papers? (General journals as well as specialized ones)


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Ultimacy Villa
Picturesquely situated on Anguilla's northeast shore, Ultimacy Villa is located in the tranquil residential neighbourhood of Rose Hill in the Sea Rocks, nestled between the villages of Shoal Bay East and Island Harbour. Vaunting a breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean, Ultimacy Villa can comfortably accommodate up to 16 guests for small conferences and executive retreats, an entourage of your own staff, as well as family gatherings. The villa can also be staged as a private getaway for couples and honeymooners for the ultimate intimacy - in keeping with its name.


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Vettel close to taking sixth-engine grid penalty
Sebastian Vettel's season could be set to go from bad to worse.
The reigning world champion smiled meekly at Spa-Francorchamps when he responded to boss Christian Horner's recent claim that the German is 'tired' in 2014 after consecutive title campaigns.
"Not exactly a compliment!" Vettel told German reporters.
But he also said directly comparing his results this year to new Red Bull sensation Daniel Ricciardo is "unfair", given his run of poor reliability.
Indeed, with each driver only allowed to run five engines all season, Vettel's fifth Renault V6 is to be fitted to his car at Spa-Francorchamps.
"It was always clear that it would catch up with me sooner or later," he is quoted by Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
More problems could mean that at qualifying-crucial races like Singapore, a ten-place grid penalty for an unscheduled engine change will be highly costly.
So might Red Bull opt to voluntarily install Vettel's sixth engine at Monza, where grid position is not so important?
"We need to examine our options for Singapore and Japan, as we definitely don't want to go ten places back there," he admitted.
Asked about voluntarily taking a penalty at Monza, Vettel added: "That is hypothetical, but we could most likely live with a penalty."


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Heated and air conditioned barns aren't a reality for most horse owners, but simply moving the air inside equine facilities can go a long way toward improving year-round comfort and air quality for both horse and human benefit.
Comfort in every season
During hot weather, getting the air moving is one of the simplest and most effective ways to keep horses, riders, and barn employees cool. Air movement across the skin speeds both evaporative and latent cooling, making people feel up to 10°F cooler.
Combined with mist, air movement can be harnessed to quickly decrease a working horse's temperature. Thoroughly researched and utilized heavily at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., misting fans have become a staple in cooling tents at hot-weather equestrian events worldwide.
Conversely, when winter winds begin to blow and snow starts to fly, some owners jump to bundle their charges into their heaviest blankets and batten down the hatches so horses stay warm in the barn. While a snug stall and warm rug might sound great to us, they're actually contrary to what's healthiest for most horses during the cold months.
Multiple variables including body condition and hair coat can affect individuals differently, but horses with coats appropriate for the seasons are generally most comfortable at temperatures between 20° and 60°F–far cooler than most human handlers. Considering this, put the horses' own body heat to work by using an overhead fan to push warm air back down and recirculate it throughout the space to keep temperatures cozy for equine residents.
Large-diameter, low-speed overhead fans slowly and gently mix the air throughout a space, creating consistent temperatures from ceiling to floor.
Large-diameter, low-speed overhead fans slowly and gently mix the air throughout a space, creating consistent temperatures from ceiling to floor. Because these fans use their large size–up to 24 feet in diameter–rather than speed to move massive amounts of air, they're an energy-efficient approach to comprehensive air movement.
A breath of fresh air
Equine facilities require both ventilation and circulation of air year-round. Ventilation is the exchange of interior and exterior air, whereas circulation is the mixing of air within a space to prevent stagnant conditions.
A ventilation system ensures that the warm, dusty, humid, and odiferous barn air is continually replaced by fresh outside air. A well-ventilated barn should not have issues with humidity or odors. Ventilation systems can include natural elements, such as operable windows and ridge vents, along with mechanized elements, such as exhaust fans.
Within the barn, air circulation is equally important. Allowing air to become stagnant can lead to issues with ammonia and condensation, as well as stuffy conditions.
Despite what managers might assume, an effective ventilation system is not the same as, or a replacement for, an effective circulation system. Ventilation and circulation systems selected and operating in unison will result in improved comfort equine and reduced energy usage.


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Orbital Sciences Corporation launch of a Pegasus XL Rocket
Orbital Sciences Corporation was scheduled to launch a Pegasus XL rocket as part of the unknown mission. The launch window for the unknown mission was on Wed, Oct 22nd, 1997, 9:13 AM EDT from Wallops Flight Facility Air launch to orbit. Don't miss this exciting rocket launch!
Wallops Flight Facility
Pegasus XL
The Pegasus is an air-launched rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). Capable of carrying small payloads of up to 443 kilograms (977 lb) into low Earth orbit, the vehicle consists of three solid propellant stages and an optional monopropellant fourth stage. Pegasus is released from its carrier aircraft at approximately 40,000 ft (12,000 m), and its first stage has a wing and a tail to provide lift and attitude control while in the atmosphere.Orbital Sciences Corporation


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While you may have the same type of cancer as another patient, your particular situation — including your overall health, your medical history, even your work and family responsibilities — make your case unique. That is why we develop an individualized cancer treatment plan for every patient; taking not only their disease but also their overall well-being into account.
There is a range of treatment options that can successfully treat or manage cancer. These include active surveillance, surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy, or a combination of those treatment types. The treatment plan that is most appropriate for you depends on variables such as your overall health, your comfort level with certain potential side effects and whether or not your cancer has recurred. Learn about the treatment options for each cancer type by selecting your diagnosis below.


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. Want to know the answer to the question why this mobile version of the Card Trading Coin Master Game is so popular? Is it because of its many different features, or is it because of its unique storyline? Well, you'll have to read on to find out. These games are extremely popular among today's modern mobile users. These people love to play games and they love to be entertained. They often have many options when it comes to which type of game they want to play on their mobile phones. They can choose from many different types of games including racing, action, puzzles, shooter and a lot more. The Card Trading Coin Master Game allows players to be able to choose from the many different types of games available, making it much easier for them to choose from. In addition, this game provides the player with a variety of features that makes it easier for them to enjoy their mobile phone. Many times, these types of games make use of the feature of rewinding and fast-forwarding on the game itself. This means that the player can stop at any point to stop the game at any time they want, if they would like. What this does is gives the player the ability to replay the entire game, or to skip to any part of the game that they want to, without having to save and reload the game. This gives the player the ability to choose what they would like to play. Many times, the Mobile Game developers of the game have included features that allow the players to be able to purchase in-game currency. The Card Trading Coin Master Game has a lot of different upgrades and features that the game offers that the other Card Trading Games does not. In addition, the various cards that are featured in the game are also given additional amounts of health. This means that it is not easy to win as often as before, as the enemy player will soon take all of the available cards that the player has in their arsenal. However, the reason that they are given more health is because the developer has programmed the game so that when you purchase the in-game currency, you can gain extra lives for the game. When you gain extra lives, then you can easily defeat your enemies, giving you the opportunity to have many more chances at winning the game. Another feature of the Card Trading Game that makes it one of the most popular mobile games today is that it has a lot of different tools that help the player to be able to find out all of the details about each of the cards in the game. For example, players can see how many rounds each card is available to use, and they can also see the name and description of the character. If you are new to the game, then you can easily get the feel of the game by simply playing the game. By finding out as much information as possible about each card, then you can easily develop a strategy for winning the game with the help of the in-game tools that the mobile game provides. Some of the more advanced features of the Card Trading Game include having an inventory. Players can now actually keep track of the items that they have in their inventory. There are many different items that the mobile game can offer to help players be able to play the game properly. Some of the more advanced features of the game include the ability to earn more coins by defeating more enemies and collecting more items. There are a lot of different options in the game and a lot of things that you can choose to do with the in-game tools. One of the main reasons why the game is so popular is because of the free features that the mobile game provides. With the many different types of features that the game provides, it would be impossible for a game to stay fresh for players. With the free version of the game, players are able to play without having to worry about spending any Coins. The quality of the graphics in the Card Trading Coin Master Game makes it easier for players to enjoy the game without having to worry about its quality. It's something that a lot of people enjoy about the game, and it shows.


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Aeterna Zentaris Announces Share Consolidation to Regain NASDAQ Compliance Français
Oct 03, 2012, 07:30 ET
Common shares will begin trading on a consolidated and split-adjusted basis on October 5, 2012
QUÉBEC CITY, Oct. 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) (TSX: AEZ) (the "Company") today announced that the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company ("Common Shares") have been consolidated (the "Consolidation") on a six (6) to one (1) basis effective as of October 2, 2012. The purpose of the Consolidation is to enable the Company to attempt to regain compliance with NASDAQ's minimum bid price requirement.
The Company has received conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") to effect the Consolidation and has provided notification of the Consolidation to The NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ"). Subject to final confirmation by TSX and NASDAQ, it is expected that the post-Consolidation Common Shares will begin trading on each of NASDAQ and TSX at the opening of markets on or about October 5, 2012 under its current NASDAQ and TSX trading symbols, "AEZS" and "AEZ", respectively, under the new post-Consolidation CUSIP number of 007975303.
The Consolidation will reduce the number of outstanding Common Shares from approximately 112.4 million to approximately 18.7 million. Proportionate adjustments will be made to the Company's outstanding warrants and stock options. No fractional Common Shares have been issued pursuant to the Consolidation and any fractional shares that would have otherwise been issued have been rounded down to the nearest whole number. Any and all such fractional shares will be aggregated and sold by the Company's transfer agent and registrar on the market, with the net proceeds being proportionately distributed to shareholders.
Letters of transmittal with respect to the Consolidation are being mailed to the Company's registered shareholders. All registered shareholders will be required to send their share certificates representing pre-Consolidation Common Shares, along with a properly executed letter of transmittal, to the Company's registrar and transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc., in accordance with the instructions provided in the letter of transmittal. All registered shareholders who submit to Computershare a completed letter of transmittal, along with their respective certificates representing pre-Consolidation Common Shares, will receive in exchange new certificates representing their post-Consolidation Common Shares. Shareholders who hold their Common Shares through a broker, investment dealer, bank, trust company or other nominee or intermediary should contact that nominee or intermediary for assistance in depositing their Common Shares in connection with the Share Consolidation.
About Aeterna Zentaris
Aeterna Zentaris is an oncology and endocrinology drug development company currently investigating treatments for various unmet medical needs. The Company's pipeline encompasses compounds at all stages of development, from drug discovery through to marketed products. For more information please visit www.aezsinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbour provisions of the U.S. Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. For example, because the market price of the Company's Common Shares will also be based on the Company's financial and operational results, its financial position, including its capital availabilities and liquidity resources, the development of its product pipeline, market conditions, the market perception of its business and other factors, which are unrelated to the number of shares outstanding, there can be no assurance that the market price of the Common Shares will in fact increase following the Consolidation or will not decrease in the future, or that the minimum closing bid price of the Common Shares will meet NASDAQ's minimum bid price requirement. Further, there can be no assurance that the Consolidation alone will guarantee the continued listing of the Common Shares on The NASDAQ Global Market or that the Common Shares will not be delisted due to a failure to meet other NASDAQ continued listing requirements. Other such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the availability of funds and resources to pursue R&D projects, the successful and timely completion of clinical studies, the risk that safety and efficacy data from any of our Phase 3 trials may not coincide with the data analyses from previously reported Phase 1 and/or Phase 2 clinical trials, the ability of the Company to take advantage of business opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry, uncertainties related to the regulatory process and general changes in economic conditions. Investors should consult the Company's quarterly and annual filings with the Canadian and U.S. securities commissions for additional information on risks and uncertainties relating to forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future results, events or developments, unless required to do so by a governmental authority or by applicable law.
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I heard many horror stories about how hard it was bringing a third child into the family. The parents are outnumbered, the third is the hardest... So with that "encouragement", I was expecting the transition from Family of Four to Family of Five to be quite challenging, but I'm thrilled (and relieved!) that it hasn't been as difficult as I expected. The biggest challenge for me is trying to get through each day's to-do list. I don't think I've had a single day where I felt like I completed as much as I wanted or needed to. Something is always left undone, usually the laundry and cleaning. Lucky for me, my family doesn't see the dirt and grime like I do, so if the floors aren't mopped, no one notices but me. They notice if I don't feed them, so that gets done. But they don't notice if the counters aren't wiped down, the furniture isn't dusted, the floors aren't vacuumed (clean carpets are like Xanex for my soul!)... so I'm trying to adjust my expectations to be more realistic of what a wife and mom of three (one of whom who is only three months old) needs to get done each day. Meanwhile, I'm so grateful that I have an understanding and encouraging husband who helps me maintain what little sanity I have left!
Here are some pictures to give you a good idea of what life is like around here since this cutie has made her appearance...
These two girls love their baby sister. I rarely have to remind them to be gentle because they both have a sweet, mothering nature.
Jared has outdone himself in the great dad department. He spends so much time with the girls and they adore him for it.
I am one of those people who thrives on a good night's rest. Those are finally becoming more regular, but I have spent many afternoons napping on the couch. This was when Heidi was just over a week old and we were at Jared's parent's house. I LOVE how snuggly newborns are!
Here's a text message from my encouraging husband :)
Jared fell through the attic floor and cut his leg. This is Charlotte's depiction of his boo-boo.
They're not always sweet angels, but they are usually very good. Example of their sweetness below. When Jared cut his leg, I told them each to pack up a purse of theirs with some toys to play with while we waited in the ER. Like any good Southern belle, they came prepared for tea and prayed beforehand.
The girls were taking pictures of the momentous occasion of Heidi drinking out of a bottle. She is not a fan of being fed in this manner and will put up a good fight when a bottle or pacie is put into her mouth. She will eventually take the bottle, but she usually skips a feeding before she finally takes it and swallows a ton of air in the process.
This is how the girls and I spend our days. Not always in front of the TV, but usually in our jammies, half of their toys pulled out from their room and scattered throughout the house, and a butterfly net on the head because, well, why the heck not?! Don't judge.
Thankfully, Heidi doesn't protest bath time like she used to, but this is usually her temperament if she's in her car seat. She hates it about as much as Charlotte did, but doesn't seem to be quite as long-winded with her protests as her big sister.
And we'll end this post with my push present from Jared. He framed this poem that he wrote for me. Yes, I cried. I cried much. (Click the photo to enlarge it to see just how sweet of a man I married).


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The senator from Twitter
The timing and nature of the process to replace the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye has given it a unique and historic sheen: It's the first where possible replacements are aggressively making the case on social media for their own appointment to the Senate.
Hawaii's KHON2 notes that at least a half-dozen applicants are advocating their candidacies through Facebook, websites, online petitions, and, in Congresswoman-elect Tulsi Gabbard's case, a Twitter feed filled with testimonials and news of her interest in the appointment.
(PHOTOS: Best celeb tweets on politics in 2012)
The online lobbying campaign has been sparked by Hawaii's unusual appointment process, which places limits on the governor's authority to directly select an appointee and puts a premium on influencing the state Democratic Party's central committee, which presents the governor with a list of three possible replacement candidates to choose from.
Hawaii is one of a handful of states that require an appointed senator hail from the same party as the previous incumbent; the state central committee will whittle the list of 14 applicants to three, and Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie will then select the appointee from that list.
The party committee will meet Wednesday to select the three finalists; Abercrombie is expected to announce his pick not long afterward.


text: Jules Laurens undertook an incredible three-year journey throughout the Middle East and Asia Minor to Persia in the late 1840s, as part of a scientific and geographical expedition. Despite incredible hardship, Laurens drew every day. These drawings and the journey provided the basis for a significant career as an Orientalist painter and illustrator, and as a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs. This work was painted almost twenty-five years after the journey. Based on his meticulous drawings, the painting depicts a mosque near Tabriz in present-day Iran. The imposing building stands in an austere, snow-covered landscape. The painting depicts the desolate conditions of a journey marked by weather extremes and ever-present danger. The snow, while beautiful in the painting, made the journey extremely treacherous and the expedition's leader was temporarily snow-blind.


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Look who's already getting a mother! Just last week we brought you the news that CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful had hired Emmy winner Darin Brooks (Days of Our Lives) for the new role of heartthrob Wyatt Fuller. Now TV Guide Magazine can exclusively report that another Emmy winner, former General Hospital star Rena Sofer, has been signed to play Wyatt's mother, Quinn Fuller.
Not a lot of deets yet, except that Mama is as mysterious as Sonny Boy and both have secrets that will rock the soap. Sofer first gained suds fame on Another World and Loving, then went on to win her Emmy as Lois Cerullo on GH. She's had recurring roles on 24, Covert Affairs, NCIS, Two and a Half Men and Heroes. The actress starts work at B&B May 22 and will hit the air July 12.


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The football match kick-off date and time are automatically adjusted to your local timezone.
If the match has started, go to our live score page for the latest and fastest football results.
For the full-time results of today matches, click here.
The highest match odds are shown for each football match. Click on "Odds' to view the opening odds plate, odds fluctuation and archive of odds history for each match from Asia and Europe bookmakers.
The soccer results are updated as soon as the match has ended.
Click on + to display the name of the goalscorers, yellow/red cards and the minutes the events occur. If the goal come from penalty kick or own goal, we will also indicate in the match results. You can also click on the button to view the individual match stats, including team starting line-up and substitues.
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Hey y'all - a week and a half ago, James Skinner, Andrzej Lukowski and snapper Burak Cingi went to the eleventh edition of a festival called Primavera; they have just about recovered enough to tell you their story, in words and also pictures.
Thursday, May 26th
The dominant, abiding theme of Thursday at the Parc del Forum seemed to be one of celebration. After a quick gander at Emeralds on the relocated Pitchfork Stage and a charming late-afternoon set from Cults at ATP I headed to the Auditori, where Sufjan Stevens emerged from the darkness and opened with an elegant 'Seven Swans' before launching into the neon-streaked spectacle of his Age of Adz live show. The costume changes (wings! Robots!), dancers, heady visuals and massive band (and lasers!) were incredible – really, incredible – but what will stay with me is the warmth and sincerity of the man himself. Also, the quieter moments: a hushed take on REM's 'The One I Love', and a breathtaking 'Now That I'm Older', which moved my friend to tears and elicited huge applause from the crowd, who later flooded the aisles and rushed the stage for 'Impossible Soul' and the encore of 'Chicago'. At the end of the show, surrounded by massive coloured balloons, an adoring audience and his wonderful band, Stevens looked happy, triumphant, and completely exhausted.
From what I saw of Grinderman they were fantastic; Nick Cave on blistering form, at one point flooring Warren Ellis and taking obvious delight in introducing the band's lasciviously-titled songs, while Hamilton Leithauser cut a smart, windswept figure as he led The Walkmen through a fine set down on Pitchfork. (Aside: Is it really that awful if I say 'The Rat' was forceful and brilliant and probably their best song?) Caribou drew a massive crowd to the ATP stage and absolutely owned it: their fluid, hypnotic set met with delight by a thronging, appreciative audience and restoring that feeling of celebration, before The Flaming Lips…well, were The Flaming Lips: laser hands, zorbing balls, The Wizard of Oz, 'What Is the Light?' and all, and, finally, Girl Talk brought the party to the Llevant Stage in genre-splicing, emphatic – celebratory – style. (JS)
I suppose the worst thing you can say about Sufjan Steven's performance is that it didn't really feel like part of the festival per se, and that there's not really a lot to say about it that people didn't already say about the Royal Albert Hall shows (though he played some of REM's 'The One I Love', which was nice). That said, not only was it superb, but the sense of it being removed from the festival in general was probably quite a good thing, as by the time we emerged from the booze free Auditori, images of a neon-streaked angel still flicking improbably across our retinas, then the drinks problem had been 'resolved', so yay on that one.
As for said problems: the failure of the convoluted electronic payment system seemed so utterly inevitable that it's hard not to remain slightly peeved at the whole thing. Fair play to Primavera's organisers for accepting it had failed and moving on pretty swiftly, but it would be a pisstake of the highest order if it happens again next year.
Aaaaanyway - pleasant diversions to Suicide, Caribou, Factory Floor and Girl Talk happen, but blatantly the most fun of the night was the boisterous pile-up that was Grinderman and later The Flaming Lips. Anyone who says the former have more than two genuinely great songs needs counseling, and I imagine serious Lips devotees would be pretty irked by the fact they manage to get about three songs out, so intent is Wayne Coyne on showboating. But you'd have to be a dangerous idiot not to be won over by Coyne's perennially engrossing array of stupid gadgets, or Nick Cave's pantomime midlife crisis stage shtick (not to mention Warren Ellis pummeling a cymbal with a fair of castanets, then falling over). It's the type of set they'll take to festivals across the world with little change, and I can see what people mean about Primavera veering away from its indie roots, but y'know… s'all a good laaaarf, innit? (AL)
Friday, May 27th
Spain has been a pretty turbulent, exciting country to live in recently. On Sunday May 15th in Madrid a protest march by Spain's young and disillusioned led to a spontaneous sit-in at the city's famous Puerta del Sol, which in turn led to demonstrations and sit-ins the country over. The unemployment rate for under-25s here lies at 45 per cent, thousands upon thousands of qualified young professionals jobless and living with their parents, no obvious future in sight. Talk of a 'lost generation' in Spain is in no way hyperbolic – it's a grim reality, and inspired by uprisings in Africa and the Middle East, the so-called Spanish Revolution (its practitioners: 'Los indignados') was a long time coming. Weeks after the local elections they were intended to disrupt, campers are holding fast in Madrid, all over the country, and here in Barcelona's Plaça de Catalunya.
What has been so remarkable about the uprising is the peaceful, organised nature of it all. That is, until the morning of Friday 27th May, when, in what was supposed to be a clean-up operation of Plaça de Catalunya, armed police moved in and injured over a hundred protesters. The scenes are brutal and difficult to watch, and the incident has affected many of my friends here, who have been swept up in the movement only to be shocked and saddened by an unexpected, unprovoked outburst of violence. And, you know, while this probably isn't the time nor place for me to harp on about it, what made watching Pulp headline Primavera Sound's second night at the Forum so special (for me and even more so the native audience members) was not only how brilliant it was, but how Jarvis Cocker took the time to prepare speeches in Catalan, finally dedicating 'Common People' to those injured in the square that morning. Banners proudly reading '#SpanishRevolution: Sing Along with the Common People' were commonplace the following day. (JS)
Ariel Pink's set seems to be hailed as a triumph on the grounds he doesn't shoot up or die or whatever; I dunno, it's okay, but they seem to be playing all the really Hall and Oatesy songs when I get there and it kind of puts me off seeing any more bands until 00.30 hours. At which point Deerhunter descend upon the much maligned Llevant stage (it's not that far away) like a storm of fire: the dreamy minimalism of Halcyon Digest goes out of the window for a set that's all incandescent guitars and thunderous kraut rhythms. Gargantuan, elemental versions of 'Nothing Ever Happened' and 'He Would Have Laughed' chew up the night air like glowing beasts, each roaring for ten minutes or more. There's no fret wankery or showmanship here, just instinct, build, power and sound.
Pulp are both magnificent and sliiiiightly underwhelming; Jarvis is on superb form, bantering generously with the crowd and even presiding over some young chap's proposal to his ladyfriend. But considering the heroic perversity that characterised their final years as a band proper, I couldn't help but feel there's something a bit sanitised about a set drawing almost exclusively upon His'n'Hers and Different Class, certainly in comparison to Blur's emotional rampage through their whole history a couple of summers back. It's nostalgia, basically, but I'm not going to lie to you: being bolloxed at 3am to the strains of 'Razzmatazz' is pretty awesome. (AL)
Saturday, May 28th
As I filled up Friday's word count with not strictly music-related talk, I should probably assert: Explosions in the Sky were made to play the Ray-Ban Stage (an amphitheatre backing out onto the Mediterranean), the new material soaring and the band as humble and gracious as ever; Battles were brilliant; M. Ward was reliably enjoyable, and seeing The National tear through 'Abel', 'Mr. November' and 'Terrible Love' as night fell on the Llevant Stage was every bit as intoxicating as it sounds.
Come Saturday I made it to the site for the latter half of The Tallest Man on Earth on the San Miguel Stage, arriving just in time for a fantastic, band-assisted 'King of Spain'. The Swede played a sweet, piano-led new song before the band departed and eventually wrapped up the set sharing the mic with Jaw Lesson for a sweet, subtle run through 'Thrown Right at Me'.
Phosphorescent sounded great in the late-afternoon sun, though I scarpered after a few songs to see Fleet Foxes play their first festival slot in over two years (and inaugural appearance in Spain). Opening with 'The Cascades' before segueing into the breathless 'Grown Ocean', the band nailed their harmonies and promised to finish before the Barcelona game, Robin Pecknold genuinely delighted at the response they received. It was a great set, studded with highlights from the group's relatively short discography to date, though it arguably never got going quite as it could have (I'm sure they were a bit more banter-y first time round). Still: in a festival as simultaneously big, exhausting, brilliant and occasionally frustrating as Primavera Sound 2011 proved, songs as clear and limpid as 'Mykonos', 'Blue Ridge Mountains' and the closing 'Helplessness Blues' made for lovely, welcome respite. (JS)
Lovely, lovely Tune-Yards + the last drops of the evening sun = just blissfully perfect, one big ball of joyous yodelling flecked with the golden sax stabs of her band. It should usher in an immaculate Pitchfork stage run, but things go a bit weird: live, Gonjasufi and band are only a few pairs of big shorts away from nu-meta; Gang Gang Dance are kind of fun, but with time limited it doesn seem rather indulgent to spend ten minutes playing a two note synth riff while Lizzi Bougatsos dances around with some gonk waving a bin bag. Lots of people have lots of nice things to say about PJ Harvey's set; I dunno if we just picked a bad spot to stand (the sound seemed very quiet) or if we might have been spoiled by having seen Polly and cohorts play the same songs a few months earlier, but it all felt a bit underwhelming.
Unlike Swans: I'm surprised anyone remembers anything about them at all, so ferocious is the impact they make; my abiding recollection is percussion erupting like a war, a version of 'Eden Prison' so big it could ransack the moon, but also a wry, relaxed Michael Gira a ways away from the grim figure who led the resurgent band into battle at Supersonic last year.
I'm aware that virtually everybody else seemed to hate Animal Collective's set; um, yeah… maybe it was just because I was forewarned that there'd be virtually no old material, maybe it was inebriation, but I honestly thought the new tracks sounded pretty great, the rich electronic textures of Merriweather... taken a stage further into the realm of actual dance music, pulsing and vital. Also they play 'Brothersport', which is nice.
Aaaand then (several hours later, as Kode9's pleas for more time are denied by a politely smiling Spanish stage manager)… it's over (for the main festival at least). Not a champagne year, perhaps; the fiasco with the tickets was just a bit too much, though the organisers dealt with it well once it happened. But with the type of line-ups Primavera pulls together, in the type of city it's based in... it's hard to stay mad at it for long. (AL)


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Im slowly heading into the next phase of my recovery; I should say, Im solidly changing, or phasing into the new section of my recovery!
Im slowly melding into it!
I read a quote by Mohammed Ali! He said he hated training, but it got him to his end destination!
I feel the same way about the recovery process Im involved in!
Ive hated people or some have made me sick to my stomach; I was thinking about this one girl; phony from the start! arrogant! attempted to act like she was single, when she was married the whole time! led people on; including me! thought she had " gotten" me! meaning, put the false move on me and pulled back; just to have me find out she has a baby and a man! We were just strangers! But I make my point; she was grand standing!
This same degenerate is one of the first people I had a conversation with of independence! It was about a year ago I think! I have no respect or value for her! However, she is a vital part of my recovery! And so it goes in the recovery process!
I may not like someone, but they helped me extremely, and they never knew! They are and were an important part of my recovery! It's interesting how God brings all of this about! Very interesting!
Im at this point that Ive been working toward a specific goal of restoration! Ive started! And Im at the beginning, but past the beginning front line! Ive been at it long enough to say that Im solidly on my way into the beginning of the second phase of my recovery process!
Think of someone who is off the shore of the lake into the water about 10 feet! They cant touch the bottom anymore, the water is over their head; they can swim; no big deal! They are exploring! However, their now, no longer afraid of this water or their ability to control the depth they choose to swim in! And they are getting used to it; being in the water, swimming around! They're getting into it! And they find themselves not going to the shore! They are to interested in exploring the edge of the water embankment from the side of; being in the water swimming! And thus, I am no different within the newer phase of my recovery processes! Im swimming around offshore, and have been getting used to it!
Its quit interesting when you've been in recovery for things others have no idea about because its to deep, and the story is to long ago and tragic for others to understand!
Im working on happiness! It's not easy, because its real; its restoration of my ability to be excited about the creation of goals and dreams; what I think becomes things! Im working toward creating a life for myself! In order to do this; I must work at it; Im starting from scratch!
I have to rebuild the mind for it to be prepared or have room for the ability to handle the imagining processes for future creation! Im starting from scratch!
Im more at ease now; as a human being! Things are not perfect! Im still alone; in a lot of ways! Im just waking up the fact that Im an intelligent college grad! Ive not been an intelligent anything; Ive been a lunatic on the system!
The point is; Im slowly attempting to remember! Remember what it was like before I was destroyed!
I am remembering! And its horrible! Because I was destroyed! I never planned on this! Nor thought about it! I was absolutely innocent! This might describe why I was destroyed! Those around me were not! In fact; looking back; I don't think any of them had a conscious! I had no idea was being hated from the start! This is unfortunate! I thought everything was normal and everyone was on my side! It was not! I was being groomed to be destroyed! I had no idea! In fact; I was being destroyed from the day I was born; poisoned through neglect! I did not know! Later, I knew something was wrong! No one was taking care of me! Soon, everything feel apart! No one was helping me in school; and everything fell apart! I did not plan it that way! I was a brilliant person; strait A's would have been easy! However, I was waiting for someone to " kick in"! for my parents to show up and start the process for my future! they never did! by the time I'm in 3rd grade, no one is they're! its strange! my grades don't matter! then in 4th grade it starts to show up! by the time Im in 5th grade, non of my potential is being used or has any interest by anyone!
I did not know that the neighborhood kids were evil! They were! Rich and horribly evil! I did not know! Since I grew up with them from a small age! They were my friends! I went to their houses to visit them! I did not know what they would turn out like! They did not turn out like much!
Later, I was maltreated by these scum! All of them; I was treated as a worthless shiftless drifter no good, free loader! Was I any of these? No! I was being raped and destroyed! I was going through sexual abuse and relational aggression abuse and demoralization and many other horrors! I was pulled out of my life; Genocided out of it!
Im now in the last section of recovery restoration! My original self, and values are being restored and my ability to dream about the future, set goals! And go after what excites me in life! The building of confidence and the dropping of self doubt!
Self Doubt!
Self Doubt is one of the most destructive poisons of an abused persons makeup! Its like a decease or cancer! It grows with the roots of self! It undermines everything! The problem with the abused child; the self doubt level is off the scale; its psychotic of its own abasement; its of a lower evil nature; turning into its own identity! Its much harder to get rid of then normal! But it can be done!
I was chewed up and destroyed! No one cared, with malice and contempt! I betrayed but this is understandable! Im lucky to be alive! but I was not prepared to be betrayed by the community I came from! this is something else!
Jesus Christ was betrayed and killed by the upper middle class; not the poor people or the psychopaths in jails! He was killed by all the educated nice people! They killed an innocent man; the community!
You never know where your going to encounter evil!
Today, I practice manifesting what Im going to do tomorrow! Im not interested in reality today; its to limiting! Im interested in creating my own reality! and Im learning how to do this! its very hard work! it takes a long time because one must believe! If I believe , I receive!
Nothing Ive said in this blog is any different then the last 50! it a repeat accept the movement forward!
My mind is not on the past anymore! and Im desperately attempting to get this brain to focus in on my future and not the PTSD worlds that keep cropping up!
Im now attempting to learn how to keep my mind on my goals and not the negative idea that I could have goals but it wont happen! When I tell the Universe this; I get what I was thinking about; the Universe will make sure I wont get what Im thinking about! I have to act as if I already have what I want and then the Universe kicks in to create a space for me on earth!


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Even if you have long, luxurious locks like Hannah here, you can still make a pompadour to rival Morrissey's. How is that fair? It's not fair. IT'S NOT FAIR HOW CUTE YOU ARE GONNA LOOK WHEN YOU DO THIS POMPADOUR! Pair it with the cat-eye look that Arabelle showed us yesterday and people will be intimidated by you and hopelessly in love with you. This is a fact of science.
(Sorry about the crappy sound quality; we need to get Hannah a new camera.)


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Photo By: Photos Courtesy of John W. Lehman
Music soothes the soul, but it can also enhance memory function.
Senior New Ways, a local nonprofit group that sponsors programs designed to promote the whole health of older adults, launched a Vintage Music Therapy for Memory Stabilization and Enhancement program last month. The Palo Alto-based organization includes a number of Los Altos residents as staff and teachers.
Twice a week, residents of senior-care facilities and attendees of adult day-care programs listen to 45-60 minutes of music from their youth, reminiscing, with the belief that the memory functions encouraged and forced by listening to the songs will spill over into remembering other useful day-to-day facts, objects and words.
According to John W. Leh-man, Senior New Ways' executive director, memory loss from dementia, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses brings progressive isolation and confusion to both patients and caregivers. While many treatment possibilities are available to individuals and groups, he said, only a few are well suited to the group circumstances of care facilities and senior day-care centers, with varieties of memory impairment.
Among the treatments is listening to music, Lehman said, which has been found to stimulate several parts of the brain. Many studies report that Alzheimer's and dementia patients remember specific music, which can reduce stress, aid relaxation and alleviate depression.
Lehman, a musicologist, said that in our teens, we often choose the sort of music we'll love forever. The teen years are emotional times, "and we tend to remember things that have an emotional component, because our amygdala and neurotransmitters act in concert to 'tag' the memories as something important," he said.
In lay terms, those songs and emotions stick – they "really get cemented in," Lehman added.
In addition, the brain undergoes massive changes up until the teen years. Remembering music and remembering words are each handled in opposite hemispheres of the brain, adding to the "exercise," Lehman said.
"There's a song that once struck the listener with a force that felt like true love," he said. "Play one of those songs now and, if it's been a long time, the effect is like an old movie – the scenes play back for the listener in entire exhilarating reels."
The listener may feel as if the songs he or she remembers are grabbing the heart, but what's actually going on is in the brain. There is an "exquisite orchestration of brain regions" that are engaged in a "precision choreography of neurochemical uptake and release," wrote cognitive psychologist Daniel J. Levitin in "This Is Your Brain on Music" (Dutton/Penguin, 2006).
In other words, Lehman said, the brain is intensely exercised, and memories are released. And if the music memory can be released, why not everyday words, objects and facts?
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therapeutic approach
Lehman said care facilities sometimes hire music therapists to help relieve grief and improve emotional tones and feelings. Improvement is partly due to the effect music has on increasing the release of certain hormones in the body. Most studies have addressed the ability of an individual with musical talents to retain those talents while losing other memory faculties. Significant experiential and formal study evidence exists on the ability of older memory-impaired adults to remember songs.
Senior New Ways' hypothesis is that memory-impaired seniors in groups of 10 or more will be able to maintain or improve certain memory functions through repeated listening to well-known songs from their high school years.
Lehman uses his extensive collection of pop, country, R&B, Big Band and jazz songs, dating from June 1928 (for a 102-year-old) to June 1955 (for a 75-year-old). The pilot program is expected to last at least 12 months.
The program includes:
• Pretesting memory function with baseline questions of two types: first, common words with unusual spellings like "ache" or "two"; and second, naming common items, such as a toothbrush or globe.
• Twice-weekly 45-60 minute "Name That Tune" and/or "Who Sang It?" sessions for 12 months. Residents/attendees listen to snippets of favorite songs, or the entire songs, with strong historical identification or connection, in this case the actual recordings of popular songs from the graduation months and years of the listeners. Participants are encouraged to sing along and reminisce about the songs.
• Monthly retests and comparisons to the pretherapy baseline.
According to Lehman, the initial session was exciting. A 91-year-old sang "Deep Purple" from 1939, accompanying a recording, and recognized the singer's name – as did several of her "younger" neighbors. Nearly all participants hummed and toe-tapped, murmuring "It's right on the tip of my tongue," and "They don't make songs like that anymore."


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March 28, 2011– Up to one-third of people who were thought to have treatment-resistant high blood pressure may actually have "white coat hypertension" — blood pressure that spikes in the doctor's office.
The new findings appear in the journal Hypertension.
Treatment-resistant high blood pressure occurs when a person's blood pressure remains high despite taking at least three different drugs to lower it.
Of 8,295 people included in the study, 37% of those who were believed to have treatment-resistant hypertension actually had "white coat hypertension." That's according to 24-hour blood ambulatory pressure monitoring. In that type of monitoring, blood pressure is measured at regular intervals outside the doctor's office throughout the day.
"Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring continues to be needed and must be encouraged for a correct diagnosis and management of all hypertensive patients not controlled on three or more antihypertensive drugs," conclude the researchers, who were led by Alejandro de la Sierra, MD, director of internal medicine at Hospital Mutua Terrassa at the University of Barcelona in Spain.
A higher percentage of women than men had white coat hypertension, the study shows. People who really had treatment-resistant hypertension were more likely to smoke, have a history of diabetes, and other heart disease risk factors.
The researchers were unable to check adherence to medications, which is a problem with high blood pressure and may affect some of the findings.
Question of Cost
"There is no question that ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is the gold standard, but the question is, can everyone afford it. And the answer is probably not at the present time with the technology that we have," says Thomas D. Giles, MD. Giles is professor of medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans and the current president of American Society of Hypertension specialists' program.
The cost for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring can be up to $500 at some clinics, and only some plans reimburse for the test.
"Hard-to-treat hypertension means giving a lot of drugs and the blood pressure is not coming down," he says.
If it is truly resistant hypertension, there will be other signs in addition to elevated blood pressure, including kidney disease, he says.
"We go through a whole inventory," Giles says. "If your pressure is high in the office and there is nothing else associated with it, it's always fair to say 'do you think I may have excitement?'" or white coat hypertension.
Other factors include the use of certain types of drugs and high-salt diet, which may affect blood pressure or treatment.
Dana Simpler, MD, an internist at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, says that ambulatory monitoring is important, but it's not always covered by insurers. "I would love to send them out with a 24-hour cuff and find out their readings, but that doesn't always happen."
To circumvent insurance issues, Simpler has some patients purchase a home blood pressure cuff and bring it to the office to make sure it is accurate, and then has them record their blood pressure at home.
"When it is up in the office and normal at home, we do nothing," she says. In these cases treatment may cause low blood pressure, which can result in lightheadedness and fainting.
'Masked' Hypertension
The new findings seem plausible to Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD, director of the Heart and Vascular Center of Excellence and senior vice president of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.
"If they don't have diabetes, kidney disease, are not a smoker, and don't have sleep apnea and other target organ damage, then we can say go ahead and do home monitoring to see if they have white coat hypertension," he says.
While white coat hypertension does not typically require treatment it should still be monitored every year, Phillips says.
The opposite of white coat hypertension is masked hypertension. This occurs when blood pressure is normal in the doctor's office, but elevated elsewhere, he explains.
"We don't have enough data to say what to do about masked hypertension, but people with masked hypertension may be the ones who need ambulatory monitoring because these people think they are well-controlled, but they are not and may be a higher risk," he says.


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Thanks, all. I am starting to learn what the Lightroom graduated filter does and how far it can be pushed. I definitely want to try the ND 3.0/ "big stopper" filter. I have already amassed step up rings for all but the newest used lens, which takes 82mm filters. I am debating whether to give the grads a trial. If not, plain 82mm circular ND filter would fill the bill for long-exposure / wide aperture shooting.Variable ND filters seem to be a good deal for the videographer, perhaps less so for my stills purpose.
Hi,I have not used grauated NDs since I went digital. I use the graduated filter in LR4 and it works great for me,Sometimes I use HDR, merge to HDR to in Photoshop, save as a 32 bit image and process with LR standard tools.If you don't use LR, ACR in Photoshop has the same options. The way I mostly use graduated filter is to use say a small negative exposure adjustment, say -0.3 and a lot of highlight compression 50-100%. Worth a try?Best regardsErik
If the filter induces a colour cast, that should be able to he corrected with a custom white balance.
Yes, I agree with Bart.I have some ND filters that result in very tricky to correct images.It seems to more than just a simple colour shift.Tony Jay
Hi Bob,That of course depends on the type of spectral absorption of the filter. Some filters do not have an absorption that translates to a simple color temperature + tint shift. That doesn't mean it's impossible, but it won't be simple either. Things get increasingly difficult if the filter is transparent for Near-InfraRed, because that will affect all color channels since the Bayer CFA is transparent for IR.Cheers,Bart


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Windows 7 Bling for Your Older OS
These five free utilities will give your Windows XP or Vista machine some Windows 7 pizzazz.
AeroSnap: Maximizing a window on today's large monitors is often a waste of screen space. In Windows 7, a feature called Aero Snap lets you automatically resize a window to fill half of your display when you drag the window to the screen's edge. Kick a space out of the feature's name, and you have AeroSnap, an app that brings the same feature to XP and Vista.
Seven Remix XP: Windows 7's visual appeal definitely sets it apart from its aging sibling Windows XP. But this transformation pack makes XP's buttons, boxes, icons, and Start menu look remarkably like the new OS's versions.
Taskbar Shuffle: The new supercharged Windows 7 taskbar allows you to reorder any of your taskbar items with a drag and drop. XP and Vista users can enjoy the same functionality with this lightweight system-tray utility (also available in a 64-bit version).
Windows 7 Shortcuts: Windows 7 introduces gobs of time-saving keyboard shortcuts for moving windows around your desktop, focusing on specific windows, or taking a quick peek at the desktop. This download installs a tiny system-tray utility that adds them to your XP or Vista machine.
WinShake: Windows 7's Aero Peek feature turns windows transparent, giving you X-ray vision for determining what lies beneath. Its Aero Shake function lets you minimize every window but the active one via a simple shortcut. This application brings similar capabilities--and then some--to most of Win 7's precursors.
Your PC, Just the Way You Want It
Find a missing Recycle Bin, make your mouse more useful, and eliminate other annoyances with these eight utilities.
Using Windows Update keeps your OS current, but what about third-party apps? Ketarin scans your installed programs and then checks for and downloads any updates to ensure you're running the latest versions.
Ever copy and paste text from one document to another only to discover that unwanted text formatting came along for the ride? It can be downright maddening. Keep your sanity with Better Paste, a tiny utility written for Lifehacker (employer of Adam Pash, coauthor of this story) that automatically strips formatting from text when you press Ctrl-V to paste. Pressing Ctrl-Shift-V lets you retain the formatting.
Recycle Bin inexplicably missing from your desktop? Thumbnails not working? The easy-to-use utility FixWin repairs, with point-and-click ease, common annoyances related to Windows Explorer, the Internet, Media Player, and other system tools.
You don't have to install an entirely new OS if you ever feel the urge to experiment with Linux, specifically Ubuntu. Just install Portable Ubuntu Remix, and you can run Linux apps seamlessly on your Windows machine.
If you get impatient while waiting for Windows to copy large files from one folder to another, try Teracopy, which can copy files significantly faster than Explorer can. The utility has advanced features that allow you to pause and resume transfers, too.
In the golden days of XP, a small utility called TweakUI was every system tweaker's dream--unfortunately, it doesn't exist for newer Windows releases. But Ultimate Windows Tweaker lets you optimize every little corner of your Windows 7 or Vista installation.
Windows 7 aggregates files and folders from all over your PC into a few special groups, called Libraries. Make your libraries even better with Zorn Software's Win7 Library Tool, an easy-to-use download that can add the contents of networked folders to libraries, back up library configurations, and even change your library icons.
Say that you're working in another window when a picture in your Web browser catches your eye. You move your mouse to the image and spin the scrollwheel to enlarge it--but nothing happens, because the browser isn't your active window. Wizmouse is a small, single-purpose app that makes your mouse's scrollwheel work with whatever window your mouse is hovering over, active or not.
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