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Ludo's sketches (Comments) https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/feed/comments/atom 2010-09-13T13:11:45+00:00 Apache Roller https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284381707000 Re: Moving on... arnaud 2010-09-13T12:41:47+00:00 2010-09-13T12:41:47+00:00
Dude! tsabout time ;)
 Congrats on pulling the plug, it's always a tough thing to do.
 All the best for whatever you're undertaking now.
 hope I'll see you around.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284182629000 Re: Moving on... R Rajesh 2010-09-11T05:23:49+00:00 2010-09-11T05:23:49+00:00
Wishing you good luck, Ludo.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284123215000 Re: Moving on... Nunu Javeri 2010-09-10T12:53:35+00:00 2010-09-10T12:53:35+00:00
Good luck on your next venture, please stay in touch AND thank you for always helping me out when I needed help and advise on Sun Directory Server 6 and 7. It was a pleasure working with you at Sun and after Sun. Till the next time...
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284106529000 Re: Moving on... Pat Patterson 2010-09-10T08:15:29+00:00 2010-09-10T08:15:29+00:00
Almost exactly a year after I left Sun ;-)

All the best, Ludo - I had a blast working with you. I wish you every success for the future.

Pat
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284102603000 Re: Moving on... Christian Bigeard 2010-09-10T07:10:03+00:00 2010-09-10T07:10:03+00:00
Hello Ludo,

I wish you all the best in your new endeavours!

Hang-On!

Christian
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284098496000 Re: Moving on... Mark Craig 2010-09-10T06:01:36+00:00 2010-09-10T06:01:36+00:00
It's been a pleasure and an honor to work with you, Ludo. Sorry to see you go. Hope the new ventures work out well.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284097911000 Re: Moving on... Arun Gupta 2010-09-10T05:51:51+00:00 2010-09-10T05:51:51+00:00
Good luck Ludo on future endeavours. Guess I'll not see you much at conferences now ;-)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/moving_on#comment-1284096329000 Re: Moving on... Dave 2010-09-10T05:25:29+00:00 2010-09-10T05:25:29+00:00
Oh no! :( This sucks to hear, but all the best in your new pursuits. I guess this also leaves OpenDS with an unclear future, but thanks for helping us all out all this time :)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_3_0_build002#comment-1273214829000 Re: OpenDS 2.3.0-build002 is now available... Ludovic Poitou 2010-05-07T06:47:09+00:00 2010-05-07T06:47:09+00:00
Aleksandar,

OpenDS builds are not available in Maven repositories, for now.
 OpenDS is not built with Maven and no one has yet volunteered the scripts or factory to produce OpenDS artifacts and upload them to a repository.
 We do understand that it's an important feature for the consumers of the project but it's not that important for those who are building OpenDS based products.

Regards,
 Ludo
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_3_0_build002#comment-1273212242000 Re: OpenDS 2.3.0-build002 is now available... Aleksandar 2010-05-07T06:04:02+00:00 2010-05-07T06:04:02+00:00
How can I get these these builds through maven? I want to use opends embedded in a testsuite and use maven for dependency management.

Thanks.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_3_0_build002#comment-1272989037000 Re: OpenDS 2.3.0-build002 is now available... Dave 2010-05-04T16:03:57+00:00 2010-05-04T16:03:57+00:00
Awesome to see Oracle still sponsoring this. I love OpenDS - keep up the brilliant work :)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/subversion_authorization_through_ldap_with#comment-1268978766000 Re: Subversion authorization through LDAP with OpenDS Clément OUDOT 2010-03-19T06:06:06+00:00 2010-03-19T06:06:06+00:00
This is very interesting and shows the power of apache authentication and authorization against an LDAP directory.

Just for precision, this methods works only if you can have 1 project = 1 SVN repository. Indeed, all projects hosted in one repository can only have the same authorization rules trough WebDAV. If you need more, you have to describe users and groups in a local SVN authz file, and then your LDAP will not be used anymore.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/oracle_and_sun_directory_services#comment-1265395588000 Re: Oracle and Sun Directory Services... Dave 2010-02-05T18:46:28+00:00 2010-02-05T18:46:28+00:00
Sounds promising all 'round! :)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/sun_directory_compresses_data_for#comment-1264398245000 Re: Sun Directory compresses data for better performance ! anton 2010-01-25T05:44:05+00:00 2010-01-25T05:44:05+00:00
the primary problem we were trying to solve with compaction were
 entry encoding/decoding [ pure processing, not i/o ] costs. i/o
 and disk space were not of primary concern tho its sure nice to
 see it helps with that too but i digress. the reason i'm posting
 these comments is to help your readers understand better how
 compaction feature came about and its difference to compression feature because unlike compression compaction actually improves
 entry processing performance so you do not end up sacrificing
 performance for gaining smaller disk footprint in this case. the
 gain would vary depending on the entry content/structure as well.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/sun_directory_compresses_data_for#comment-1264393107000 Re: Sun Directory compresses data for better performance ! Ludovic Poitou 2010-01-25T04:18:27+00:00 2010-01-25T04:18:27+00:00
You cannot decorelate disk space optimization from performance, since reducing disk space occupation does reduce the cost of I/O both writing and reading. But somehow I join you with the idea that OpenDS engineering main goal is to improve performance of LDAP services.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/sun_directory_compresses_data_for#comment-1264389753000 Re: Sun Directory compresses data for better performance ! anton 2010-01-25T03:22:33+00:00 2010-01-25T03:22:33+00:00
note that entry compaction in OpenDS was specifically targeted
 at improving performance as the main goal of that feature,
 disk space optimization is sort of collateral of that.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/happy_new_year1#comment-1263821566000 Re: Happy New Year ! Ludovic Poitou 2010-01-18T13:32:46+00:00 2010-01-18T13:32:46+00:00
Thanks Frank. You're correct, numSubordinates indicate the number of immediate child entries under a node in the DIT.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/happy_new_year1#comment-1263568647000 Re: Happy New Year ! Frank H. 2010-01-15T15:17:27+00:00 2010-01-15T15:17:27+00:00
Comments are disabled on the other post, but wanted to point out that numsubordinates does not provide the number of entries under a branch. In general it provides the number of entries one level under a branch. These can be very different numbers.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_2_0_release2#comment-1260106904000 Re: OpenDS 2.2.0 Release Candidate 4 is now available Steve Millidge 2009-12-06T13:41:44+00:00 2009-12-06T13:41:44+00:00
I've just written an article on integrating OpenDS with JBoss AS as an authenticator. You may want to check it out and add it onto the wiki somewhere.

http://www.c2b2.co.uk/iPoint/ipoint?SelectedPage=69&110ArticleID=18
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_2_0_release1#comment-1258504509000 Re: OpenDS 2.2.0 Release Candidate 3 is now available Ludovic Poitou 2009-11-18T00:35:09+00:00 2009-11-18T00:35:09+00:00
Hi Stevan,

Yes that's the plan. DSEE 8 will support bi-drectional multi-master replication with DSEE 7.

Regards,

Ludovic.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_2_0_release1#comment-1258489689000 Re: OpenDS 2.2.0 Release Candidate 3 is now available Stevan Milunovic 2009-11-17T20:28:09+00:00 2009-11-17T20:28:09+00:00
Hi Ludovic,
 Will DSEE8/OpenDS support replication with DSEE7 by the time DSEE8 is released? Thanks
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/enumeration_based_attributes_in_ldap#comment-1256018677000 Re: Enumeration based attributes in LDAP Ludo 2009-10-20T06:04:37+00:00 2009-10-20T06:04:37+00:00
Clement,

I don't think it's reasonable to add labels for "human readable forms" of attribute names when most of the time, these labels have to be translated in the client's locale and language, unless you restrict the use of the Directory service to a single language.
 I'd rather have a separate dictionary stored in the Directory itself in a separated branch.

For the dynamic enum, it sounds an interesting concept. I don't know if we will implement this someday, but I'm taking note and will discuss with the rest of the team.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/enumeration_based_attributes_in_ldap#comment-1256017371000 Re: Enumeration based attributes in LDAP Clément OUDOT 2009-10-20T05:42:51+00:00 2009-10-20T05:42:51+00:00
Hi,

for example the label of 'cn' could be 'Common Name', and we can also have a description like 'The first name and the last name of a user'. An application can then use this label in CRUD forms.

For dynamic enum, imagine I have a subtree with my firm organizations. I would like to restrict the value of an attribute to these organizations.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/enumeration_based_attributes_in_ldap#comment-1256014584000 Re: Enumeration based attributes in LDAP Ludo 2009-10-20T04:56:24+00:00 2009-10-20T04:56:24+00:00
Clement,

Thanks for the comment.
 I'm not sure I understand what you mean by attributes labels and dynamic enum attribute syntax. Could you elaborate, give details and use cases ?
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/enumeration_based_attributes_in_ldap#comment-1256006369000 Re: Enumeration based attributes in LDAP Clément OUDOT 2009-10-20T02:39:29+00:00 2009-10-20T02:39:29+00:00
Hi Ludovic,

this is really a nice LDAP feature! With the regular expression, OpenDS provides a big part of what we call 'enhanced shema' in our InterLDAP project.

Do you plan to add features like attributes labels ? This can be use by an end-user application to display attributes names.

Another big feature: have a dynamic enum attribute syntax, to get the enum values from an LDAP request...
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_2_0_release#comment-1255598779000 Re: OpenDS 2.2.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available Mark Craig 2009-10-15T09:26:19+00:00 2009-10-15T09:26:19+00:00
You might also want to mention the first snapshot of the wiki docs that Lana posted at https://docs.opends.org/2.2/ .
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/directory_engineering#comment-1254761681000 Re: Directory "Engineering" Wayne Abbott 2009-10-05T16:54:41+00:00 2009-10-05T16:54:41+00:00
Cool stuff but that's no surprise coming from Arnaud ;-)
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/directory_engineering#comment-1254726768000 Re: Directory "Engineering" Seth Thomas 2009-10-05T07:12:48+00:00 2009-10-05T07:12:48+00:00
Thanks for getting this posted, I've been waiting to pass it around.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/ldapcon_2009_summary#comment-1254263367000 Re: LDAPCon 2009 summary Confluence: Kadath In The Cold Waste 2009-09-29T22:29:27+00:00 2009-09-29T22:29:27+00:00 [Trackback] Computing Why companies don't move to the cloud https://blogs.oracle.com/Ludo/entry/opends_2_1_0_build001#comment-1252663975000 Re: OpenDS 2.1.0-build001 is now available Ludo 2009-09-11T10:12:55+00:00 2009-09-11T10:12:55+00:00
Hi Dennis,

I'm not the biggest fan of PHP, but you can find an example for adding objects to an LDAP directory server with PHP here : http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.ldap-add.php

There is a PHP wrapper on top of OpenLDAP libraries. Details for installing and configuring are here : http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ldap.setup.php

Regards,

Ludovic.


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Good morning. An incredible development in China gives us new insight into the power of Big Data. WeiboScope, developed at Hong Kong University, scans up to 300,000 user accounts on Weibo, a Twitter-like service in China, to develop a better understanding of government censorship patterns. It can be used to predict what the government is likely to find objectionable–and even, possibly, to predict major news events before they happen. (More on this below.)
Big Data, which helps users make sense of massive amounts of data–including unstructured Tweets and Facebook "likes"–is being put to more and more use in the corporate world, too. It can produce competitive advantage, although, as Michael Hickins noted last month in CIO Journal, "the field is still so new that best practices have not yet emerged; there are more examples of things to avoid doing than there are suggestions of how to best take advantage of the technology." Nonetheless, a McKinsey survey in May showed that CEOs and CIOs put a greater priority on Big Data than they place on social media.
Applications such as WeiboScope will push the technology's limits and help establish the case for Big Data's use. If WeiboScope can be used to understand what's likely to be censored–or, what's likely to be the next big breaking news story–then it's a good bet that the underlying technology also can be used to predict customer behavior and intent.
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Olympic sponsors go for the young. Sponsors are leaning heavily on Facebook, Twitter and iPhones to not only reach more young people but turn them into brand messengers in the high-stakes game, The Wall Street Journal reports. Eleven top corporate sponsors, including Visa and Coca-Cola, have paid the International Olympic Committee a combined $957 million in marketing rights for this summer's London Games and Vancouver's 2010 winter Games. Coke, an Olympic sponsor since 1928, is trying to lure the YouTube generation with tools to create music videos that combine a company-commissioned song with personal photos and sports sound effects.
Watching how China censors. As China's 500 million Internet users rapidly adopt social media, academics and entrepreneurs are figuring out ways to track online messages and blog posts to better understand what the government censors—and even how to predict its intent, the WSJ's Paul Mozure writes. Hong Kong University developed software called WeiboScope, which scans posts from Sina Corp.'s Weibo, a popular Twitter-like Web messaging service. The software was designed to understand how Chinese respond to different news events, but it is also useful for analyzing censorship trends, said King Wa Fu, a research assistant professor at HKU, who helped develop WeiboScope. WeiboScope scans about 300,000 user accounts, emphasizing those with influence. Harvard University professor Gary King recently found that social-media analytics technology he developed could be applied to China's censorship patterns. It might even be able to predict major news events before they happen.
Facebook mulls buying apps in its own backyard. As newly public Facebook attempts to branch out to areas such as e-commerce, it is searching across its own social network for acquisitions. But the company faces a strategic question: How does it take advantage of commercial opportunities in its own ecosystem, without scaring off software developers? Facebook's interest in acquisitions may be an incentive for some entrepreneurs. But it also carries the risk of alienating the developers who have made Facebook a robust marketplace for apps, the Journal's Shayndi Raice writes.
Microsoft writes down $6.2 billion of aQuantive deal. Microsoft said it would record a $6.2 billion goodwill write-down in its online services division, largely related to the 2007 purchase of aQuantive. Microsoft paid $6.3 billion for the online advertising firm, hoping the acquisition would help it broker online ads on partner websites. "While the aQuantive acquisition continues to provide tools for Microsoft's online advertising efforts, the acquisition did not accelerate growth to the degree anticipated, contributing to the write down," the Redmond, Wash., company said Monday.
Chinese iPad settlement is pocket change for Apple. The $60 million Apple had to pay to continue selling its tablet in China under the iPad name represents a tiny sum for the world's most valuable company. Apple took in nearly $8 billion in greater China during the first three months of 2012 and it's got a cash hoard of more than $110 billion as of March. China experts said Apple got off cheaply, in part because Proview, which is in bankruptcy and has about $400 million in debt, needed to settle, according to the WSJ.
Google offers to settle European antitrust case. Google, facing the prospect of formal antitrust charges stemming from an investigation in Europe into its search and advertising business, sent a letter on Monday to European regulators in an effort to settle the case and avoid a lengthy and potentially expensive dispute, the NYT's James Kanter reports. The regulators declined to reveal what was in the letter. If the European Commission accepts a settlement offer from Google, the company would avoid a possible fine of up 10% of its annual global revenue, about $37.9 billion last year. It would also avoid a guilty finding that could restrict its business activities in Europe.
Dell wins bidding war for Quest Software. Dell said Monday it has agreed to buy Quest Software for $2.36 billion, or $28 a share. Quest, which makes software that helps businesses manage their databases, is part of Dell's strategy of shifting beyond PCs into higher margin businesses, the Wall Street Journal said. The deal ended a bidding war with a venture capital group, Insight Venture Partners, that included the company's chief executive, Vinny Smith. The final price was well above Insight's initial offer of $23 a share.
Micron to acquire Elpida Memory. Micron agreed to acquire Japanese rival Elpida for $2.5 billion, boosting the U.S. memory maker's portfolio and helping it better compete against rivals in South Korea and Taiwan. Elpida, Japan's only maker of dynamic random-access memory chips, filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan in February. Micron is the last U.S. maker of DRAM computer chips, and its NAND flash memory chips are used in MP3 music players, tablet computers and digital cameras. The company expanded into a new area of the memory market, known as NOR, with a $1.2 billion Numonyx acquisition in 2010.
Mars mission seeks a happy landing. The biggest and best-equipped robotic rover ever launched to another planet is hurtling toward a rendezvous with Mars, in a $2.5 billion mission that tests the engineering limits of interplanetary exploration and takes the search for alien life to a new level. If all goes well, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars Science Laboratory mission expects to land a one-ton mobile rover, called Curiosity, on the Red Planet in early August to begin a two-year exploration for geochemical signs that Mars once was habitable. "We will get a perspective that no one has seen before," deputy project scientist Ashwin Vasavada told the Wall Street Journal.
Sony shifts toward streaming games. Sony agreed to acquire U.S.-based Gaikai, which specializes in streaming videogames over the Internet, for about $380 million.The acquisition, made by the Japanese firm's videogame arm, comes as the industry prepares for a shift from a decades-old model of playing games on disks or cartridges in dedicated machines toward playing games on any Internet-connected device.Playing games online hasn't spread as rapidly as streaming video or music because games tend to require more data. But a steady increase in Web and mobile-network speeds has the industry preparing for an eventual shift to a purely online model, the Wall Street Journal says.
Barclays shocker: CEO resigns. Barclays CEO Robert Diamond has just resigned – bowing to public pressure over the Libor scandal. Marcus Agius, who resigned as chairman yesterday, is going to stay on a little longer to run the bank until a new CEO is found. Antony Jenkins, head of the bank's retail operations, is seen as the most likely internal replacement for Diamond, with investment banking boss Rich Ricci also viewed as a candidate, the FT reports.
Meanwhile, DealBook says that Diamond and other senior executives – including CFO Christopher Lucas — played a role in the questionable actions and failed to prevent them. "In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Diamond's top deputies told employees to report artificially low rates in line with its rivals, deflecting scrutiny about the health of Barclays at the height of the financial crisis."
Glaxo shells out $3 billion in fraud settlement. GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $3 billion to settle the biggest health-care fraud case in U.S. history. The drug maker will plead guilty to criminal charges involving three drugs—the antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin and the diabetes drug Avandia, the WSJ reports. As part of the settlement, GSK also agreed to new restrictions to prevent the use of kickbacks. The company won't be able to compensate its salesmen based on sales goals for territories. And it has to change its executive compensation program to allow the company to claw back certain pay for those engaged in misconduct, Reuters says.
Carlyle invests in energy sector. Carlyle is making a big bet on the U.S. energy sector with its deal to take a majority interest in Sunoco's Philadelphia refinery. It's paying nothing but planning to invest to try to make it profitable, the WSJ says. Carlyle is wagering on a continued price difference between U.S.-traded crude-oil and imports from overseas linked to Europe's Brent crude, said Fadel Gheit, an energy analyst at Oppenheimer. But there's a risk that increased demand for domestic oil through deals such as this one will boost its price relative to global oil.
J.P. Morgan favored its own products. As J.P. Morgan became one of the nation's largest mutual fund managers, some current and former brokers tell DealBook that it emphasized its sales over clients' needs. "These financial advisers say they were encouraged, at times, to favor JPMorgan's own products even when competitors had better-performing or cheaper options. With one crucial offering, the bank exaggerated the returns of what it was selling in marketing materials."
Headway on banking union in Europe. In the U.S., when banks run into deep trouble, they call the feds. "The existence of a true banking union, where both regulation and backstops are handled at federal level, is arguably the biggest difference between the financial systems of the U.S. and Europe," writes the Journal's Francesco Guerrera. The EU summit made some headway on that, but the devil is in the details. And the downside is that euro-zone governments agree to expose taxpayers to the risks posed by banks outside their borders. And it's hard to see how national leaders, especially in Germany, would want to do that without more coordination of fiscal and budgetary policies.


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MRC Golf - Press Release - For Immediate Release
- MRC Press Release - August 26, 2010
Carlsbad, CA - (August 26, 2010) - Building on the recent success of its next generation Diamana® series, MRC GOLF, INC. announced today the company will release the third profile in the series, Diamana 'ahina - one of the most anticipated shaft launches in recent history. This next generation White Board's addition to the lineup will ensure Diamana continues to be one of the most successful and visible brands on the US TOUR. It will continue the legacy of the original Diamana White Board shaft, which has accounted for more than 20 official US TOUR Driver Shaft wins since 2007 alone.
The Diamana 'ahina utilizes a similar bend profile to the original White Board Diamana shaft and like Kai'li and 'ilima also incorporates Mitsubishi Rayon's signature Multi-Dimensional Interlay technology (M.D.I) to deliver a stiffer mid and tip section than its predecessor. Designed to deliver maximum stability through impact without sacrificing feel, Diamana 'ahina's extreme low torque, low spin design provides the flatter trajectory and low spin preferred by today's strongest players.
The superior stability and optimized torsional profile of 'ahina will allow players with maximum ball speed to hit straighter, more controlled shots as a result of the M.D.I. technology's ability to maximize how a shaft stores and releases energy.
The Diamana 'ahina profile will be available through authorized dealers beginning October 16, 2010. The shaft will come in three weights: 60, 70 and 80-gram, and a variety of flexes. The lighter weights are a good choice for players with a smooth tempo who want maximum head speed off the tee. The 70 and 80-gram weights combine power, stability and also a stiffer tip section.
The next generation Diamana 'ahina is named for a rare Hawaiian Silversword flower which grows only on Mount Haleakala. This plant, found only on the island of Maui, lives on the slopes of the dormant Haleakala volcano and is lliterally called 'ahinahina in Hawaiian. The Silversword is most noted for its Silver Bloom and has been considered an endangered species since 1922.
MRC GOLF, INC. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Rayon Co., LTD., dedicated to designing and developing the world's finest composite golf shafts in performance and quality. MRC GOLF leverages their own resources and raw materials (vertical integration), which gives them a competitive advantage. Over the years, MRC GOLF has been a leading supplier of premium composite golf shafts worldwide. With many of the worlds best players using Mitsubishi Rayon golf shafts, MRC GOLF has established itself as a dominant force in the golf Industry.
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., LTD. was established in 1933 as a manufacturer of rayon fibers. Since then, the company's interests have diversified to include specialized chemicals, plastics, and other synthetic fibers. Through continuous design and innovation, MRC has expanded its business focus into other areas that include resin systems, carbon fibers and composite materials, and a variety of other specialty products, including composite golf shafts. MRC's Vertical integration advantage, the ability to design, develop and manufacture any combination of resins and fibers, sets them apart from their competition and gives them a competitive advantage. Today, MRC is recognized as the world leader in manufacturing and supplying carbon fiber and composite materials for performance based sporting goods applications.
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- noun - informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions
- noun - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- verb - use slang or vulgar language
- verb - fool or hoax
- verb - abuse with coarse language
- A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.
- Language peculiar to a group; argot or jargon: thieves' slang.
- To use slang.
- To attack with abusive language; vituperate.
- verb - to use slang (extremely informal or vulgar language)
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With obesity rates reaching an all time high and projections of cancer by the World Health Organization increasing 70 percent in the next 20 years, many Americans are crying out for stricter food production and manufacturing regulations. However, public outcry may not be enough to successfully bring about the changes sought. As many individuals of my generation have begun to discover, the fastest means for progress is to actually be the change you want to see. Though there are many ways to support more sustainable, local practices, the quickest way to counteract the pitfalls of industrial food manufacturing is a DIY approach. The power of choice is in our hands, and our future depends on that choice.
The American people's suspicion of the food industry has gained traction in recent years. Monsanto, the world's largest seed distributor, has been publicly criticized for its use of genetically modified seeds. The synthetic seeds are often insect-resistant (Bt), which contain built-in pesticides to kill insects. The goal is to use less insecticide on the crop, however, the USDA reported in February there are "indications that insect resistance is developing to some Bt traits in some areas."
Herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops have traits making them less susceptible to weed killers, like the chemical glyphosate, allowing farmers to kill pervasive weeds more effectively. Glyphosate, however, a key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, is said to be toxic by organizations like the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
It is generally believed that Bt seeds increase the yield of their crops, but the USDA has found these claims to be inconclusive.
"Empirical evidence regarding the effect of HT crops on yields is mixed," says the February report.
The use of these chemicals on crops revolves around profit. The goal of almost every company is to maximize revenue for the sake of employees and shareholders, and the food industry is no exception. Greater crop yields result in more revenue. Higher profit margins are also achieved by processing foods, since adding salt and sugar results in longer shelf life for food products. Nearly all genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) are commodity crops like soy and corn, core ingredients in processed foods like high fructose corn syrup.
According to Melanie Warner, author of "Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Foods Took Over the American Meal", processed foods constitute roughly 70 percent of the average American diet, and are thought to be a key culprit in the recent upward trend in obesity. Short-term gains for the food industry are contributing to long-term consequences for our nation's health and well-being.
Lesser economic and technological advancements in developing nations account for less food processing and GMO science in these places. Small-scale farmers in these countries use their own scientific processes, which are largely a product of culture. Peasant farmers all over the world use methods and ideologies that have been passed down for hundreds of years; but to say the practices of these farmers is ancient doesn't even come close to doing the complexity of their systems justice. By sharing all types of farming techniques and adding their own personal antidotes, they are able to adapt to changes in demand, the environment and the economy.
Enter La Via Campesina, the world's largest independent farming movement. The organization is comprised of famers of small and medium-sized farms, peasants, family farms and migrant workers from around the world. The group shows strong objection to industrial practices that compromise the environment, consumer health and local economies.
It uses an agroecological approach to farming, which preaches four properties: sustainability, productivity, stability and equitability. They believe all of these properties are interconnected, and that there is no universal formula for success and optimization of an agroecosystem. Rather, it believes no one better understands the consumer needs, geographic characteristics and political climate of a region than local peasant farmers.
The group's beliefs and practices have been validated by a number of international environmental and agricultural programs in recent years. A 2008 report of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, developed by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environmental Programme, found peasant farmers to be most effective in alleviating the pains of hunger.
"Between 1950 and 1980, prior to the development of genetically modified organisms, modern varieties of wheat increased yields up to 33% even in the absence of fertilizer," says the report. "The application of modern biotechnology outside containment, such as the use of genetically modified crops is much more contentious."
The report further suggests that, "globalization of the food supply, accompanied by concentration of food distribution and processing companies, and growing consumer awareness increase the need for effective, coordinated, and proactive national food safety systems."
La Via's agroecological methods consist of the use of organic heirloom seeds, intercropping and natural fertilizer and pesticides. The success of these techniques is largely a product of the farmer's knowledge.
Fortunately, a system utilizing many of La Via Campesina's methods for success and aimed at spreading that knowledge has begun gaining momentum in the United States and Europe's developed countries.
WWOOF, which stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, is a non-profit group which provides exactly what it's title suggests: The chance to volunteer on organic farms around the world, in exchange for a proper education on the methods used by the farmers. The volunteers are provided meals and living accommodations for the duration of their stay, which is typically for several weeks. The hope of the group is that volunteers take the knowledge gained through the experience and share it with others.
The driving force behind the WWOOFing initiative, as with the peasant movement, is the notion of food sovereignty, a phrase coined in 1996 by La Via Campesina. It refers to the people's right to define and control it's own farming system. It is a much improved version of food security, common rhetoric used by the Obama administration, which seeks to improve food access, but pays little mind to where it comes from or the methods used in its production. Food security ignores the agroecological approaches of these grassroots movements, embracing instead the agrochemical production of food deployed by industrial farming.
Though the best way to prevent yourself from exposure to these agrochemicals is by growing your own crops, we recognize not everyone was put on earth to be a farmer. There are many other ways for those who don't have an interest in organic farming or the time to grow their own crops to promote sustainable farming practices.
Minnesota has many grassroots, nonprofit organizations supporting small-scale farmers and sustainable living solutions, such as Land Stewardship Project and Do It Green! Minnesota, all of which accept donations of any size. Most also have volunteer opportunities available, or part-time job opportunities for those who are seeking work. The agriculture section of the NextStep website, Minnesota's sustainable communities network, has links to many amazing resources for local food retailers and urban gardening information.
Shopping at farmers markets is also a great way to support local farmers and economies, and keep money out of the hands of powerful food corporations. Farmers market consumers also benefit by opting to eat foods that promote their health, not deteriorate it.
National food and farming policy change begins with the individual. The best way to lobby legislators for change is to create it locally, in the community. When communities get together for a cause like this, the bodies that govern them tend to take notice. The more that consumers demand sustainable food, the more incentive corporations have for making changes.


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UMass Postgame Notes vs. Rhode Island
Feb. 6, 2013
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Wednesday nights game marked the 139th matchup between UMass and Rhode Island. With the 81-53 win the Minutemen move to 81-58 all-time against the Rams, including 51-20 when playing in Amherst.
The 28-point win for the Minutemen marked it's largest since December 30 of last season when they defeated Central Connecticut State, 97-65. Twenty-eight points is also the largest lead UMass has had at any point in a game this season, with the previous high of 19 happening twice, against both East Carolina and Eastern Michigan.
This is the third time this season that UMass has scored at least 80 points with the two previous outings coming in wins over Ohio (85) and East Carolina (88).
UMass held Rhode Island to just 53 points, marking the lowest point total for any opponent during the 2012-13 season. The last time the Minutemen held an opponent to at least 53 points came on November 21 of last season, when they held Boston College to just 46 points.
The Minutemen are now 11-1 when leading at the half and 5-0 when holding a double-digit lead at the half.
Chaz Williams finished the game with a season-high 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 3-of-5 from long range, for his sixth 20-plus point scoring game of the season. The redshirt-junior also finished with 8 assists, six of which coming in the first half.
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Image by Ed Yourdon
This was taken on the west side of Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, between 81st and 80th Street — pretty much in front of Zabar's. I had been walking along behind this woman for a block or two, wondering if she would turn around so I could take a picture of her face. But then it dawned on me — duh! — that no matter how beautiful she might be, her face couldn't possibly be as interesting as her braided hair, which reached almost to her ankles…
Note: this photo was picked up by Flickr's Explore list as #252 on their list for Sep 8, 2008.
This was published in an Apr 7, 2009 blog entitled "9 Ways To Save Money Instantly Without Doing Anything." It was also published as an illustration in a July 2009 BellaSugar blog article titled "Extreme Beauty: 16 Supersized Hairstyles." And it was published on a Wikimedia page titled File: Long braid. More recently, it was published in an Aug 26, 2009 blog titled "Beauty Pet Peeves." And it was published as an illustration in a Sep 2009 Squidoo blog titled "The Way Of The Hair: A Visual History of Hairstyles."
Note: on Aug 7, 2009 I uploaded a slightly edited version of this photo; I used Apple's "Aperture" program to eliminate hot spots and cold spots, and also decreased the shadows on the woman's back and jeans, to better highlight her long braided hair. Most people probably won't notice the difference — but since this is (as of Aug 2009) the third most-often viewed image in my Flickr collection, I felt I should make it as good as possible…
Moving into 2010, the photo was published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) blog titled "Seventieth Street Playground in New York County, NY." It was also published, without any particular commentary on a Newbury Images web page. And it was published in a Feb 3, 2010 Peruvian blog titled "¡Harta de tener el cabello corto!" It also showed up, on Feb 24, 2010, on the home news page of a blog/website called Spacethru-dot-com. And it was published in a Mar 2, 2010 blog titled " ¡Harta de tener el cabello corto!" It was also published in a Mar 30, 2010 "Really Natural" blog titled "WTF? Cut Hair Used as Cheap Fertilizer and Food Additive." And it was published in an Apr 1, 2010 blog titled "The modern San Francisco woman: What to do when he loves your hair long and you like it short?" It was also published in an undated (Jul 2010) Tumblr collection of photos titled "my love, it is the size of an oliphaunt." And it was published in a Jul 10, 2010 blog titled "Always There Anytime Relationship Advice Online." It was also published in an undated (Oct 2010) blog titled "Make A Guy Fall In Love: Best Advice," as well as an undated (Oct 2010) blog titled "Relationship Dating Advice For Christian Singles." And it was published as an illustration in an undated (late Oct) Insider Food New York City blog. It was also published in an Oct 24, 2010 blog titled "First vanity sizing. Now vanity aging." And it was published in an undated (mid-Nov 2010) blog titled "I've been dating this guy.. advice please!?" It was also published in a Nov 19, 2010 blog titled "Nice Womens Hairstyles photos." And it was published in a Nov 21, 2010 blog titled "Christian Singles Senior Matthews NC? The Delights of Dating," as well as a Nov 23, 2010 blog titled "The Best Make Money Online Strategy For Newbies." And it was published in a Dec 4, 2010 blog titled "The Best Relationship Advice For Women." It was also published in a Dec 8, 2010 blog titled "date advice? how hard to get to play?" It was also published in a Dec 22, 2010 blog titled "Length: How Long is Too Long?", and a Dec 23, 2010 blog titled "Christian Singles – Top 3 Dating Tips To Get Your Favorite Spouse."
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 10, 2011 blog titled "3 Quick Money Saving Tips." And it was published in a Jan 19, 2011 blog titled "Short Layered Hairstyles." It was also published in a Jan 23, 2011 blog titled "Twist and Coil Hairstyles." And it was published in a Feb 7, 2011 blog titled "6 Great First Date Questions for Singles." It was also published in a Feb 10, 2011 blog titled "Nice Online Money Making Opportunities photos," with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written here on this Flickr page. It was also published in an undated (mid-Mar 2011) blog titled "AS IF HE'S IN LOVE WITH YOU NOW? BOYFRIEND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE FOR WOMEN." And it was published in a May 15, 2011 blog titled "Kissing tips and advice and relationship advice please!?" It was also published in a Sep 29, 2011 blog titled "http://online-house-trading.com/2011/09/29/pictures-of-blogspot-com-make-money-online/."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Jan 13, 2012 blog titled "Make Money Online." And it was published in a Feb 5, 2012 blog that was titled "What is the best way to make money online in a short period of time?" It was also published in a Mar 13, 2012 blog titled "Generic teenage girl "guy advice" question?" And it was published in an Apr 4, 2012 blog titled "The Revival Of Bye Bye Birdie On Broadway." It was also published in a Jun 2, 2012 blog titled "Tumblr Moving Pictures." And it was published in an Oct 23, 2012 selmicro blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page.
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in an undated (mid-Feb 2013) blog titled "Braided Hairstyles."
This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan — between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting — literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture … after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes …
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed … but there was just nothing memorable about them.
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I'd heard about the eos_movrec software before, but what I didn't know (until I tried it) was that it had a 5x zoom capture function built in.
This video was shot through a window with a Canon 40D and a TeleVue-60 (focal length 396mm), and compiled from two separate clips (both averaging about 21 fps):
The first one (no zoom) was originally 1024 x 680 in size
The second one (5x zoom) was 768 x 800 pixels
They were then cut together and made upload-friendly in Windows Movie Maker. I was pleasantly surprised with the picture quality (particularly at 5x). The drawback is, of course, that you need to be connected to a reasonably powerful computer for it to work, so I won't be filming the kingfishers at Grove Ferry any time soon. However, it might come in useful should the foxes make a reappearance.
Another application would be for astronomical webcam-style imaging. I might even try it myself if I can get my other telescope within USB cable range of my window…
The software works on any Canon DSLR with Live View, and can be downloaded as freeware from:
But be warned: although it writes the video clips directly to your computer, they're uncompressed and can take up a lot of space. It also drains the hell out of the camera battery, and long-term usage may affect your sensor's performance, so use sparingly!
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Long term packing
Image by Dylanfm
Here's a shot of all my gear before being packed for going overseas for a year or 2.
I tried to be ruthless but I'm sure there are lots of things I can cut from there.
Quick overview (from top left, clockwise & random):
* T-shirts, a couple of nice shirts, singlets
* Undies x 8
* Socks
* Jeans, nice pants, shorts, boardshorts, running shorts
* Hat
* Thermals
* Belt
* Gloves, 3 grandma knitted beanies and some knitted slippers
* Ski jacket, coat, rain jacket
* Passport, cash, international drivers permit, eurail pass etc
* Sleeping bag
* Grandma knitted scarf, lucky hat and bandana thing
* Headphones (Sennheiser HD 202)
* Toiletry stuff (deoderant, aftershave etc)
* FCS K3 fiberglass fins
* Ski gloves
* Computer stuff (adapters, mouse, charger, external HDD etc)
* Stubby holder
* LED lenser headlamp
* Pencils, charcoal, other drawing stuff
* Watch, compass
* Notebook, sketchbook, eurail timetable book, AA batteries
* Books: Shogun and Mindfulness in Plain English
* Camera bag (Lowepro Toploader Pro 70 AW) with additional lens holder attachment thingo
* Canon 7D with extra battery, charger, assorted filters, 8gb card, 32gb card
* Tokina 11-16mm f2.8
* Canon EF 35mm f1.4L USM
* Macbook Pro 15" i7
* Arc'teryx Bora 80L
* Spare sneakers
* Ugg boots
* Nicer sneakers (not in shot)
* Day pack
* iPhone 3GS (not in shot)
Since leaving I've picked up a dodgy but trusty umbrella, some vitamin C, ski pants, replacement ski gloves (much better) and snow goggles. There's still room left in the Bora backpack – it's unreal but weighs about 20kg.
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Image by sparr0
This is a general overview of the sorted small-parts shelves at Freeside. Almost everything pictured here is free for members to use in whatever projects they care to pursue.
Motionligno Adeo — talking
Image by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious
I have in my hot little hands the Motionlingo Adeo — a tiny, 2.1 ounce GPS receiver used to track your workouts.
The feedback is completely aural — you plug in a headphone, hit the "go" button, and listen for updates during your workout on distance, time, average and current speed, max speed, time-of-day, and elevation. My bicycle computer tells me these things already, but the Adeo is designed for "visually intensive sports such as skiing, snowboarding and mountain biking." For winter sports in particular it's a pain in the neck to dig things out from under three layers of clothing so I can especially see the utility of an audible tool like the Adeo. Even while cycling I don't always like to look at my computer, especially at speeds over about 40 mph.
If you like to listen to music during your workout, the Adeo has an audio input jack — with an included cable you connect your MP3 player to the Adeo, and the Adeo just passes the music through.
Stated battery life is six hours, so for all day activities such as hiking or climbing or anything in the backcountry you'll lose the battery. You can buy a wall wart from Motionlingo, but right now there is no officially supported portable power supply.
You can upload the data to the Motionlingo website, where you can see a map of your workout. The site also includes a fairly full-featured fitness journal.
I'll post a full review to Cyclelicious after I've given the Adeo and the online journal a full workout.
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Question of the Week: How long does your CCI laptop battery last?
For some UNC students, their college careers will last longer than the lifespan of the batteries in their CCI computers.
Freshmen said their computers' battery lives last between four and five hours.
"I'm pretty good at making my battery last throughout the day," said freshman Allison Farmer. "I try to let the battery get pretty low before I charge it, and I don't leave it plugged in once it reaches 100%."
UNC's IT Help and Support website links to the site of CCI manufacturer Lenovo. That page inlcudes tips for extending battery life by utilizing power-saving modes such as hibernation and standby or decreasing LCD brightness. By the time students reach their junior year, CCI laptop battery life seems to decrease.
"My laptop only takes two hours to die," said junior Tiffany Williamson. "It always seems to die at the most inconvenient times – usually when I'm about to use it for class or homework."
Another junior had an optimistic view of his computer's untimely death.
"I think it's kind of a good thing that I don't take my laptop to class anymore," said junior Zach Alexander. "I feel like I pay more attention when I write my notes. The internet is just too intoxicating."
One senior seemed to suffer worst of all.
"I almost had to buy an expensive replacement battery, but then my laptop was stolen," said senior Kevin Barnett. "Instead, I got a whole new one."
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How Long Can A New Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop Battery Last?
There are always some consumers asking how long on earth their new dell inspiron 1525 laptop batteries can last. Actually, this is really a difficult question to answer, because there are many factors that can affect the dell inspiron 1525 battery run-time. In other word, the laptop battery run-time mainly depends on the power demands required by the laptop components. For example, the display, the hard drive and related accessories which can result in extra power depletion. Besides, the laptop design and the hardware plugged also play an role in reducing the battery run-time. Usually, Laptops and other small electronic devices share smaller and lighter batteries and are rated by their Volts and Ampers or Miliamperes (1 Ampere or Ah is equivalent to 1000 Milliampere or mAh). To learn the run-time of a battery or its Watt-Hours, the Volts and Amps are multiplied by one another. Generally, the higher the volts the longer the Watt-Hours, but this can still vary depending on the Amps. To calculate your inspiron 1525 battery runtime, you may take look at the formula below.
11.1 Volts, 6600 mAh (6.6 Amperes)
11.1 x 6.6 = 73.26 Watt-Hours
A 11.1 volt 6600 mAh laptop battery can provide approximately 73.26 watts for one hour. If you want to calculate how long your battery will last, you may directly divide the 73.26 Watt-Hours by your laptop's watts. For example, if your laptop requires 21.2 watts per hour, your laptop will probably power for 3.46 hours. (73.26 battery watts/21.2 laptop watts = 3.46 hours of estimated runtime). Actually, this is just an formula and sometimes the run-time may vary depending on the components or any hardware running on the laptop.
Your laptop watt hour information can usually found in the user manual. Please bear in mind that the watt information does not include the use the additional installed programs, hardware or software. If you open other additional software or hardware, no doubt the runtime of your dell laptop battery will be reduced. In addition, wifi, video streaming or play games will also use up the battery power very fast. If you do some simple office work such as Word or Excels, the run-time will probably last longer.
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Long Live Your Laptop Battery!
Laptop batteries are like people–eventually and inevitably, they die. And like people, they don't obey Moore's Law–You can't expect next year's batteries to last twice as long as this year's. Battery technology may improve a bit over time (after all, there's plenty of financial incentive for better batteries), but, while interesting possibilities may pop up, don't expect major battery breakthroughs in the near future.
Although your battery will eventually die, proper care can put off the inevitable. Here's how to keep your laptop battery working for as long as possible. With luck, it could last until you need to replace that aging notebook (perhaps with a laptop having a longer battery life).
I've also included a few tips on keeping the battery going longer between charges, so you can work longer without AC power.
Don't Run It Down to Empty
Squeezing every drop of juice out of a lithium ion battery (the type used in today's laptops) strains and weakens it. Doing this once or twice won't kill the battery, but the cumulative effect of frequently emptying your battery will shorten its lifespan.
The good news: You probably can't run down the battery, anyway–at least not without going to a lot of trouble to do so. Most modern laptops are designed to shut down before the battery is empty.
In fact, Vista and Windows 7 come with a setting for just this purpose. To see it, click Start, type power, and select Power Options. Click any one of the Change plan settings links, then the Change advanced power settings link. In the resulting dialog box, scroll down to and expand the Battery option. Then expand Critical battery level. The setting will probably be about 5 percent, which is a good place to leave it.
XP has no such native setting, although your laptop may have a vendor-supplied tool that does the same job.
You should never recharge your battery all the way.
There's considerable controversy on this point, and in researching this article I interviewed experts both for and against. But I've come down on the side of recharging all the way. The advantages of leaving home with a fully-charged battery–you can use your PC longer without AC power–are worth the slight risk of doing damage.
Keep It Cool
Heat breaks down the battery, and reduces its overall life.
When you use your laptop, make sure the vents are unblocked. Never work with the laptop on pillows or cushions. If possible, put it on a raised stand that allows for plenty of airflow.
Also, clean the vents every so often with a can of compressed air. You can buy this for a few dollars at any computer store. Be sure to follow the directions on the can, and do this only when the notebook is off.
Give It a Rest
If you're going to be working exclusively on AC power for a week or more, remove the battery first.
Otherwise, you'll be wearing out the battery–constantly charging and discharging it–at a time when you don't need to use it at all. You're also heating it up (see "Keep It Cool," above).
You don't want it too empty when you take it out. An unused battery loses power over time, and you don't want all the power to drain away, so remove it when it's at least half-charged.
Never remove the battery while the computer is on, or even in standby or sleep mode; doing so will crash your system and possibly damage your hardware. Even inserting a battery into a running laptop can damage the system. So only remove or reinsert the battery when the laptop is completely off or hibernating.
If you've never removed your laptop's battery and don't know how, check your documentation. (If you don't have it, you can probably find it online.) The instructions generally involve turning the laptop upside-down and holding down a button while you slide out the battery.
Refrigerate your battery.
Some people recommend you store it in the refrigerator, inside a plastic bag. While you should keep a battery cool, the last thing you want is a wet battery, and condensation is a real danger in the fridge. Instead, store it in a dry place at room temperature. A filing cabinet works fine.
You don't want the battery to go too long without exercise or let it empty out entirely. If you go without the battery for more than two months, put it in the PC and use it for a few hours, then remove it again.
Also, before you take the laptop on the road, reinsert the battery and let it charge for a few hours before unplugging the machine. Allow the battery time to get a full charge before you remove the AC power.
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This is difficult to determine. Actual laptop battery running time depends upon the power demands made by the equipment. The use of the monitor, the hard drive and other accessories result in additional drain upon the battery, effectively reducing its running time. The total running time of the battery is also dependent upon the design of the equipment. Generally, a new BatteryFuel.com battery will run at least as long (and usually longer) as your old battery did when it was new.
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14.4 Volts, 4000mAh (Note: 4000mAh is equal to 4.0 Amperes). 14.4 x 4.0 = 57.60 Watt-Hours Watt-Hours signifies the energy needed to power one watt for one hour. This laptop battery can power 57.60 watts for one hour. If your laptop runs at 20.50 watts, as an example, this laptop battery could power your laptop for 2.8 hours. (57.60 battery watts/20.50 laptop watts = 2.8 hours or runtime)
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These four fins are attached to the bottom of the U.S. Army's Nike booster rocket, which launched civilian and military payloads, such as the Cajun sounding rocket and the Ajax missile. The booster produced fifty thousand pounds of thrust for three seconds. When used to launch the Cajun, the booster was modified and fitted with four fins instead of the standard three for military missiles.
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics donated an entire Nike-Cajun sounding rocket to the Smithsonian in 1958.
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Miami Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland: Gibril Wilson is "disappointed"
Omar had been hearing that the Dolphins weren't as down on free safety Gibril Wilson as many of us in the media and those of you in the fan base had been, and the comments of Miami Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland here today seem to support that.
"I think he took a lot of the rap back there," Ireland said of Wilson, who struggled mightily in coverage in his first year with the Dolphins. "He's playing a position with two young corners. A lot of things that you would try to blame on him, maybe the media or the fans were trying to blame [on] him, those weren't always his fault.
"But we have our evaluation of Gibril Wilson. We know what kind of player he's capable of being. I think he's going to be a very good player for the future. He's disappointed in his play last year. He will tell you that. I think he can play better. We'll just have to see. I think he will."
Conclusion: Don't look for the Dolphins to cut Wilson with four years left on his contract just so they can make a run at former UM star Antrel Rolle. And don't look for them to do something no Bill Parcells team has ever done since he was in charge of the draft — according to our own guest blogger Joe W — draft a safety in the first two rounds.
Sorry, Taylor Mays.
As for as veteran cornerback Will Allen, who was arrested and charged with DUI on Saturday, Ireland was direct and noncommital.
"It's something we're not happy about, obviously," he said. "He knows that. We've had conversations. We've got to let this process play out. It's something we don't like, when our players get arrested, obviously. If it affects his status on our roster, we'll have to let the process play out."
Couldn't get my question in on Tony McDaniel, but I'll assume the same answer would apply. Got to let the process play out.


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Monday, September 10, 2012
30 weeks into this pregnancy, and have a mentioned yet how things keep getting harder? Yep, but I'm still perfectly capable of getting up and moving though.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes I pack too much into a day and spend the following day doing absolutely nothing, but in reality I'm doing nothing because I've overdid it.
That's kind of become my theme, pushing too hard I guess, but I am in tune with my body and I generally know when I need to stop, it just comes down to not being so stubborn at times. ;)
We can throw out excuse after excuse, and pregnancy is pretty much considered the ULTIMATE excuse.... but I'm on a mission. I really want to women to change how they view pregnancy. After two unhealthy pregnancies I feel like I have done INCREDIBLE this time, but there are plenty of women who have even more healthy pregnancies than myself.
(29 weeks)
I completely understand that some women are SICK a LOT, and others may have complications or even be put on bed rest. I'm not so much talking about them, in their cases the best thing they can do is rest as much as possible so both her and baby are healthy.
I'm talking about EVERYONE else.
I'm tired of hearing "Well, she's pregnant so she shouldn't blah blah" yes there are some things you shouldn't do, doesn't mean you can't do anything!
"I'm too tired" I know all about that first trimester exhausted stage, and actually, getting up and moving will make you feel more energetic. There were a few times I MADE myself get up and do something and I felt SO much better.
"Don't feel bad about eating that, you're pregnant!" All in moderation my friends, even while expecting. Not just for YOUR body, but for baby as well.
Women worry about swelling... unlike my other pregnancies, this time I'm much more careful about my sodium intake, I drink more water(no, drinking more water isn't going to make it worse, it actually helps), and I move regularly. Yes you can overdo it and get some swelling, you can also get it from sitting around too much! Actually, the only swelling I've had so far was in my feet after sitting in the car for HOURS while heading to and from the beach.
I feel almost silly not realizing all this before now, but when you make a LIFESTYLE change, you pay closer attention, you actually read up on it, and you do it.
I am active in this pregnancy for myself, for baby, and hopefully to show it can, and should be done. I know people think I'm crazy when they see me, they also thought I was crazy before when I would run all those miles and zumba as much as possible. If it gets their attention, maybe it will make them think... "If SHE can do it, what's my excuse?" or... "SHE'S doing it, I should at least try"
I went to Zumba last Saturday morning and I have to modify a lot, but I still do it, and I have a BLAST! Halfway through the class I got the goosebumps and just started smiling because I felt so good! I know it made an impression as well, can't tell you how many times those ladies turned and looked at me to see if I was doing the moves.
Today... with 9 weeks to go.... I mowed the yard. I didn't have to... Actually my husband probably would have this evening, but I wanted to. It's so gorgeous outside, I wanted to be out and be active as well as productive. Why not mow?? Hardest part was getting the dang thing started, after 10 minutes of pulling that cord I got it, and I mowed front and back. It felt great! As I started to finish, a lady came out and started mowing her lawn. Who knows... maybe she was going to do it anyway, but what if, WHAT IF... she saw me and thought "what's my excuse?"
Peeps, be active, for you, for your family, and to give people a reason get out and do it too!
(30 weeks- Doesn't fit like it used to but I'm excited about hoodie season anyway!)
Rock it out guys!
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You and your bump are adorable!
And, I love this blog and your attitude. I know some women who act like they are disabled when they are pregnant. Crazy!
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way to go both you and the bump are looking awesome.keep on keeping on love and i can�t wait to see the baby photos.
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You are my hero! I have always wanted to do what you are doing if I am ever fortunate to get pregnant. Rock on!
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Em! I miss ur up beat blogs! Im so inspired by u! I truly am! You look and sound like ur doing amazing! keep rocking it out girl!
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Way to be a positive example! Congrats on your third pregnancy!
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You look FANTASTIC! Healthy and all baby. You're doing so good! I wish I had known everything I know now when I was pregnant with all three of my kids. But I didn't. I just didn't have the tools and ended up gaining tons of weight with all three - and ended up at my heaviest after the third one. Stretched skin that will never bounce back and generally abused my body.
I'm so proud of you! You're doing so well and I can't believe you're 30 weeks already! Spark on friend!
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That's great you are doing your best to stay active, especially while pregnant! You'll be able to bounce back to your pre-baby body in no time!
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Every type of car gets tested at the Nurburgring so there's a lap record for just about any vehicle. Some of you might remember German female driver Sabine Schmitz taking a standard spec Ford Transit van around the 12 mile lap for Top Gear a few years back. She set a 10 minute and 8 seconds time that she predicted would never be beaten.
The sub-10 minute time was made possible because the standard T5's 2.0 litre turbocharged diesel has been upgraded to produce 220bhp. A bespoke ECU remap, a Milltek exhaust system and a Forge intercooler have also added speed. A Bilstein's B14 coilover kit, alloys by Team Dynamics and a set of Direzza tyres from Dunlop have also contributed to the record time.
The driver, Dale Lomas, is an expert at the Nurburgring, which also helped the VW T5 establish the record. Although the challenge was a welcome one for the British driver, he has admitted that driving the van was a lot of fun. "The thing is an absolute hoot, and surprisingly nimble and compliant," he said after the run. It must have been a big change to the Suzuki GSX-R1000K7 super bike he used to establish a 7:35 time a few years back.
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The PCC upholding the complaint on the paper's breach of clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editor's Code of Practice, stated:
"In this prominent story, there were two clear errors of fact which, in the circumstances, would have misled readers in a significant manner: the toilets could not be described as "Muslim only"; and were not paid for by the local council. While the newspaper had accepted that the article was wrong - and offered to correct the item - the Commission was particularly concerned at the lack of care the newspaper had taken in its presentation of the story. This led to a breach of Clause 1 of the Code which makes clear that newspapers must "take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information". The complaint was upheld."
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Montgomery Game Table and Two Chairs
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can you send a picture of the other side when you are not playing a game and using it for dining
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Answer:Thank you for your interest in Frontgate. The Montgomery Game Table's dining side is indeed flat. We are working to have a photo of the dining side of the table added to the site.
2 years, 5 months ago
West Chester, OH, USA
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