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Bulgaria as a member of NATO
Since its accession to the Alliance on 29 March 2004 Bulgaria has proved its full capability to fulfill the duties and obligations of a NATO Member.
Bulgaria's contribution to NATO's activities is multi-faceted. Bulgaria works actively for strengthening the political dialogue, the consultations and the coordination in NATO. The country contributes to NATO crisis-management operations and missions, as well as to the political and defence transformation of the Alliance. In April 2006 Sofia hosted a high-level NATO forum - the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States, which was an important step in the preparations for the Riga Summit in November 2006. The Riga Summit, as well as the follow-up ministerial meetings, fostered the political transformation of NATO (promoting the partnership formats of the Alliance, the enlargement process, strengthening the cooperation with other international organizations, especially the strategic partnership with the European Union) and the continued transformation of the defence capabilities.
Positions on some major items on NATO agenda:
NATO enlargement is an essential component of the Alliance's political transformation. Bulgaria consistently supports NATO open doors policy, sharing the view that the European and the Euro-Atlantic perspectives provide the most stable guarantees for achieving lasting security and prosperity.
Against the backdrop of its support for the Euro-Atlantic prospect of the countries in the Western Balkans, Bulgaria has played an active role in reaching the decision taken in Riga to extend invitations to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP). Our country assists the new partners in getting full use of the existing partnership instruments in the area of the defence and security sector reform with a view to achieving greater stability and security in the long-term.
Bulgaria supports the development of the cooperation between NATO and Russia as an essential element of the Euro-Atlantic security in its two interrelated aspects: political dialogue and practical cooperation. The cooperation between NATO and Russia in spheres related to the fight against terrorism, military cooperation and defence reforms should be developed on the basis of mutual understanding.
Bulgaria is willing to further develop the NATO-Ukraine relations. Bulgaria supports the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Ukraine and provides assistance in the defence reform, public diplomacy, etc.
A new phase in the relations between NATO and Georgia started in September 2006 (the launch of the Intensified Dialogue). This Dialogue implies greater responsibilities for Georgia in terms of domestic and foreign policy, peaceful settlement of the frozen conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhasia, constructive neighbourhood policy. Bulgaria actively supports Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration. Our Embassy to Tbilisi has been a NATO Contact Point Embassy for several years. We also participate in the New Group of Friends of Georgia. We have launched a number of bilateral initiatives for assistance. Bulgaria, together with other NATO Allies, is an active participant in the South Caucasus Clearing House mechanism providing expert and technical assistance for defence reform in the countries of the South Caucus.
In the course of the implementation of the decisions taken at the 2004 Istanbul Summit, NATO has reinforced the two dimensions of the Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) – the political consultations and the practical cooperation. The 26+7 format of the Mediterranean Dialogue is one of the parameters of Alliance's possible role in the region.
The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative launched in June 2004 with the objective to strengthen the stability and security in the region of the wider Middle East through the establishment of mutually beneficial bilateral partnerships between NATO and individual countries in the region is a proof of NATO's determination to successfully transform and adapt itself to the new challenges to the regional and global security.
In the context of its NATO and EU membership, Bulgaria tries to contribute, according to its capabilities, to the strengthening and deepening of the strategic cooperation between these two organizations, as well as to the expansion of the Transatlantic dialogue. A common Transatlantic response to the common security challenges is the most efficient one. Speaking in a single voice on both sides of the Atlantic multiplies the effect of the allied efforts. The capabilities of NATO and the EU are largely complementary, whereas the tools at their disposal cover a wide range of military capabilities and capabilities in the field of stabilization and reconstruction.
Chronology of the relations:
June 7-8, 1990 - At a Ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Turnberry, Scotland, NATO Foreign Ministers issue a "Message from Turnberry" in which they extend a hand of friendship and cooperation to the Soviet Union and all other European countries.
July 6, 1990 - NATO Heads of State and Government meeting in London issue the London Declaration on a Transformed North Atlantic Alliance. The Declaration outlines a number of proposals for developing political and military cooperation with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including the establishment of regular diplomatic liaison.
July 13, 1990 - Bulgaria accepts the invitation extended by the Alliance to establish regular diplomatic relations with a Declaration issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Bulgarian Ambassador to Belgium is authorized to maintain diplomatic relations with NATO.
November 15, 1990 - First visit by a Bulgarian Foreign Minister (Mr. Luben Gotsev) to NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
November 26-28, 1990 - The North Atlantic Assembly meeting in London accords associate delegate status to parliamentarians from Bulgaria and other countries from Central and Eastern Europe.
April 4, 1991 - Establishment of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, the first non-governmental Atlantic association outside NATO member states. Since October 1992, the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria has been associated with the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), initially as an observer and later as an associate member.
April 30, 1991 - First visit to NATO by a Bulgarian Prime Minister (Mr. Dimitar Popov) and a Bulgarian Defence Minister (Col. Gen. Yordan Mutafchiev).
June 12-14, 1991 - Dr. Manfred Woerner pays the first official visit of NATO Secretary General to Bulgaria.
November 8, 1991 - NATO Heads of State and Government issue the Rome Declaration on Peace and Cooperation in which they propose to the Soviet Union and the other countries from Central and Eastern Europe more institutionalized relations and cooperation on political and security issues, including the establishment of a North Atlantic Cooperation Council.
February 26, 1992 - Bulgarian Ambassador to NATO, Mrs. Lea Cohen, participates in the first NACC meeting at the ambassadorial level to discuss and adopt a "Work Plan for Dialogue, Partnership, and Cooperation".
March 10, 1992 - Bulgarian Foreign Minister Stoyan Ganev participates in an extraordinary meeting of the NACC which endorses the first NACC Work Plan for Dialogue, Partnership and Cooperation.
April 1, 1992 - Bulgarian Defence Minister Dimiter Loudjev participates in the first meeting of NATO and Cooperation Partner Defence Ministers to identify areas for further cooperation on defence-related matters.
April 10, 1992 - First meeting of the NATO Military Committee in Cooperation Session with Chiefs of General Staff of Cooperation Partner countries.
June 22-23, 1993 - Bulgaria hosts the second meeting of NATO's Atlantic Policy Advisory Group with the participation of Cooperation Partners, chaired by Ambassador Gebhardt von Moltke, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs.
December 21, 1993 - The National Assembly adopts a consensus Declaration stating Bulgaria's aspiration to accede to the North Atlantic Alliance and the WEU.
January 10-11, 1994 - At the Brussels Summit, NATO Heads of State and Government issue an invitation to all NACC Partner countries and Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) states able and willing to participate to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP).
February 14, 1994 - The President of Bulgaria, Zhelyu Zhelev, signs the Partnership for Peace Framework Document at NATO Headquarters.
February 25 , 1994- NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Support Robin Beard visits Bulgaria to discuss plans to establish a defence management and defence procurement co-operation program for the Bulgarian armed forces. After Hungary, Bulgaria is the second Cooperation Partner to be offered such assistance.
June 3, 1994 - Ceremony to mark the opening of the offices for NATO Partners, including Bulgaria, at NATO Headquarters.
June 6, 1994 - Bulgaria submits its PfP Presentation Document to NATO.
November 2, 1994 - Bulgaria signs a Security Agreement with NATO. .
November 28, 1994 - The Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Todor Chourov, visits NATO. At a meeting of the North Atlantic Council he declares acceptance of Bulgaria's PfP Individual Partnership Program which has been jointly developed by Bulgaria and NATO and approved by the North Atlantic Council.
February 1995 - Bulgaria joins the PfP Planning and Review Process and submits its Survey of Overall PfP Interoperability.
June 7, 1995 - Bulgaria hosts, for the first time, a NATO/PfP exercise - "COOPERATIVE RESCUE".
September 28, 1995 - Bulgaria participates in a meeting at NATO Headquarters for the presentation of the conclusions of the Study on NATO Enlargement to interested Partner countries.
October 16, 1995 - Bulgaria accedes to the Status of Forces Agreement between the NATO member states and the PfP countries (ratified by the National Assembly on 5 April 1996).
January 17, 1996 - The Bulgarian Government takes a decision on the formal establishment of a Bulgarian Liaison Office at NATO Headquarters.
February 2, 1996 - The Bulgarian Government takes a decision on Bulgaria's participation in an individual Intensified Dialogue on membership issues.
April 10, 1996 - Bulgaria presents to NATO a Discussion Paper within the Intensified Dialogue on membership issues. Between May 1996 - October 1998 Bulgaria participates in a number of individual meetings with NATO within the Intensified Dialogue.
December 16, 1996 - Bulgaria concludes with NATO an agreement regarding participation in the NATO-led Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
January 29, 1997 - The President of Bulgaria, Peter Stoyanov, visits NATO Headquarters to meet Secretary General Javier Solana and the Permanent Representatives of NATO Member States, and declares Bulgaria's will for full membership in NATO.
February 17, 1997 - The Government of Prime Minister Stefan Sofianski formally announces Bulgaria's application for NATO membership.
February 25, 1997 - Foreign Minister Stoyan Stalev visits NATO and meets Secretary General Javier Solana to present the decision of the Bulgarian Government regarding membership.
March 17, 1997 - The Government adopts a National Program for Preparation and Accession to NATO. An Inter-Ministerial Committee on NATO Integration (currently - Inter-Ministerial Council on NATO Integration) is established to coordinate the efforts for preparation and accession to the Alliance.
May 8, 1997 - A National Consensus Declaration defining the Bulgaria's membership in NATO as a fundamental national priority is adopted by the Parliament.
May 22, 1997 - In letters to the 16 Allied Foreign Ministers, the newly appointed Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova states the readiness and willingness of Bulgaria to be among the first countries invited to join NATO.
May 30, 1997 - Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova attends the concluding meeting of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) and inaugural meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) in Sintra, Portugal. NATO and Cooperation Partner Foreign Ministers approve the EAPC Basic Document.
July 8, 1997 - At the Madrid Summit meeting, NATO Heads of State and Government agree to invite the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to begin accession talks with NATO. They also reaffirm that the Alliance remains open to new members and agree to review the process at their next meeting in 1999.
July 11, 1997 - In a Declaration, the Government of Bulgaria welcomes the Madrid Summit decisions as a historic opening of the Alliance to the new European democracies, and congratulates the three new members. The Government reaffirms that joining the North Atlantic Alliance remains Bulgaria's immediate national interest and strategic priority, and voices the expectation that the country will be invited to join the Alliance at the next summit meeting in 1999.
July 20, 1997 - Bulgaria concludes with NATO an agreement regarding participation in the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.October 3, 1997 - Bulgaria hosts the first meeting of Defence Ministers of NATO and PfP countries in Southeastern Europe within the SEDM process.
October 2-8, 1997 - 43rd General Assembly of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) in Sofia, hosted by the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, for the first time in a NATO Partner country.
December 4, 1997 - The Bulgarian Government decides to establish a Permanent Diplomatic Mission to NATO and WEU in Brussels. The first Head of the Mission, Ambassador Boyko Noev, presents his credentials on 18 March 1998.
April 27, 1998 - Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova and Defence Minister Georgi Ananiev participate in a North Atlantic Council meeting, in 16+1 format, within the framework of the Intensified Dialogue on NATO membership issues.
October 7, 1998 - Prime Minister Ivan Kostov visits NATO to participate in a meeting of NAC in the framework of the Intensified Dialogue on membership issues. April-December 1998 - A review of Bulgaria's progress towards compatibility and interoperability with NATO is implemented within the Inter-Ministerial Committee on NATO integration.
October 23, 1998 - The National Assembly adopts a Declaration on Kosovo approving the actions of the Government in support of NATO efforts there as well as the deepening of the cooperation with the Alliance in view of the membership perspective.
March 25, 1999 - The National Assembly adopts a Declaration on the conflict in Kosovo re-affirming the strategic choice for membership in NATO, and expressing Bulgaria's solidarity with the Euro-Atlantic community.
April 23-25, 1999 - At the Washington Summit meeting, NATO leaders commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Alliance and launch a series of initiatives, including the Membership Action Plan (MAP) to assist Bulgaria and other countries aspiring to NATO membership, and the South East Europe Initiative (SEEI) to enhance regional security and promote regional cooperation in SEE. Bulgarian President Peter Stoyanov takes part in the EAPC Summit meeting.
April 28, 1999 - Bulgaria and NATO conclude an Agreement on Transit through the Airspace of Bulgaria of NATO Aircraft within Operation Allied Force.
June 21, 1999 - Bulgaria and NATO conclude an Agreement regarding the Transit of NATO Personnel and Equipment within the framework of Operation Joint Guardian.
October 22, 1999 - Bulgaria presents to NATO its first Annual National Program 1999-2000 under the Membership Action Plan.
April 14, 2000 - Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova and Defence Minister Boyko Noev participate in a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in 19+1 format to discuss the Progress Report on the implementation of Bulgaria's first MAP Annual National Program.
May 19, 2000 - Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova participates in a conference of the Foreign Ministers of the 9 applicant countries in Vilnius to launch the Vilnius process.
July 12, 2000 - The EAPC Ambassadors note the establishment of the Southeastern Europe Security Cooperation Steering Group (SEEGROUP) - a major project within NATO's South East Europe Initiative (SEEI), launched with Bulgaria's lead role. October 2, 2000 - Bulgaria's second MAP Annual National Program 2000-2001 is presented to Ambassador Klaus-Peter Klaiber, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, during his visit to Sofia.
October 3, 2000 - First meeting of SEEGROUP at the level of Senior Officials in Sofia.
October 12-13, 2000 - Meeting of the Defence Ministers of the Vilnius Group countries in Sofia, attended by Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General.
March 21, 2001 - Bulgarian Defence Minister Boyko Noev and NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson sign an Agreement between Bulgaria and NATO regarding the Transit of NATO Forces and NATO Personnel. (Ratified by the National Assembly on April 6, 2001).
April 30, 2001 - President Peter Stoyanov participates in a NAC meeting in 19 plus 1 format to discuss the second Progress Report on Bulgaria's participation in the Membership Action Plan.
September 13, 2001 - The Bulgarian Government expresses the readiness of Bulgaria, though not yet a Party to the North Atlantic Treaty, to apply the commitments stemming from Article 5 of the Treaty, and to provide the assistance that may be required in accordance with the Statement of the North Atlantic Council dated 12 September 2001.
October 5, 2001 - Sofia Summit of the New Democracies with the participation of the Heads of State of the Vilnius Group countries attended by Lord Robertson, Secretary General of NATO. The Summit adopts a Solidarity Declaration with the United States and the NAC Decision of 4 October 2001, reaffirming the commitment of the V-10 countries to conduct foreign and security policies in accordance with the implications of the Washington Treaty, including commitments stemming from its Article 5.
November 14, 2001 - The National Assembly unanimously ratifies a bilateral Agreement between the Governments of Bulgaria and the United States regarding overflight, and transit through, and presence in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria of U.S. forces, personnel and contractors in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Under the agreement, Bulgaria hosts the first ever US Air Force base on its territory.
December 19, 2001 - The National Assembly adopts by consensus a Declaration in support of the decision of 29 November 2001 of the Bulgarian Government on decommissioning and destruction of the SS-23 missiles.
January 1, 2002 - Bulgaria assumes the responsibilities of a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (2002 - 2004), and declares counter-terrorism as a priority issue on its agenda.
January 10, 2002 - Bulgaria joins the Memorandum of Understanding, signed in London, concerning the formation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. In February 2002 a Bulgarian contingent is deployed in the Kabul area.
February 14, 2002 - A meeting in Bucharest of the Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey launches a "2 plus 2" dialogue and cooperation regarding the early accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the North Atlantic Alliance.
April 23, 2002 - Foreign Minister Solomon Passy and Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov participate in a NAC meeting in 19+1 format to discuss the third Progress Report on Bulgaria's participation in the Membership Action Plan.
May 24-28, 2002 - Bulgaria hosts the Spring Session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
November 21, 2002 - At the Prague Summit meeting, NATO Heads of State and Government formally invite Bulgaria along with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to begin accession talks with NATO.
December 29, 2002 - Bulgarian Government approves the team for the accession talks, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Lyubomir Ivanov. The Council of Ministers also approves expanded staff of Bulgaria?s Permanent Diplomatic Mission to NATO in Brussels, to be transformed into a national delegation to NATO after accession to the Alliance.
January 10, 2003 - First round of the accession talks at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
February 7, 2003 - The National Assembly adopts a decision for granting permission for overflight, temporary presence and transit through the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria of forces and personnel of the United States and other members of the coalition, and for the sending and deployment of Bulgarian nuclear, biological and chemical protection units out of the country, in support of the planning of a possible coalition operation, in connection with the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
February 10, 2003 - Second round of the accession talks at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
March 7, 2003 - Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) meeting in 19 plus 1 format to discuss Bulgaria's Timetable for Completion of Reforms.
March 17, 2003 - Minister of Foreign Affairs Solomon Passy sends to NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson a "Letter of Intent" confirming Bulgaria's interest, willingness, and ability to join the Alliance. The country's Timetable for Completion of Reforms is attached to the letter.
March 26, 2003 - At an extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the Permanent Representatives of the 19 Member States sign the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, in the presence of Foreign Minister Solomon Passy and the Foreign Ministers of the other invitees.
May 29, 2003 - The National Assembly decides on Bulgaria's participation in the multinational stabilization forces in Iraq.
June 18, 2003 - The North Atlantic Council decides to open NATO committees and other working bodies for participation of the invited countries as observers.
August 2003 - An infantry battalion of the Bulgarian army (480 servicemen) is deployed in Karbala, Iraq, within the Polish command zone.
October 6, 2003 - Bulgaria presents to NATO its revised MAP Annual National Program for 2003-2004.
November 5, 2003 - Meeting of the Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) in 19 plus 1 format to discuss the fifth Annual National Program under the Membership Action Plan.
December 4, 2003 - Foreign Minister Solomon Passy participates in the first meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers session with the invited countries in Brussels. The Final Communique states that the formal accession of the new members into the Alliance will take place as soon as the ratification process is complete.
January 21, 2004 - Foreign Minister Solomon Passy meets the North Atlantic Council in his capacity of OSCE Chairman-in-Office to brief NATO Ambassadors on the priorities and intentions of the Bulgarian Chairmanship and to discuss the prospects for enhanced cooperation between OCSE and NATO. Meeting with the new Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and with the U.S. Permanent Representative Ambassador Nicholas Burns.
February 5, 2004 - The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria approves the North Atlantic Treaty and submits to the National Assembly a proposal to ratify the Treaty.
March 1, 2004 - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer sends letter to Foreign Minister Solomon Passy notifying him of the enforcement of the Accession Protocol after all NATO member states have deposited their ratification documents with the United States. In the name of the member countries Scheffer extends an official invitation to Bulgaria to join the North Atlantic Treaty.
March 18, 2004 - The National Assembly ratifies the Ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty Act by a prevalent majority.
March 29, 2004 - In Washington the prime ministers of the seven invited countries simultaneously deposit their documents for accession with the United States government, whereby they become parties to the treaty and full-fledged NATO members on the same date.
March 31, 2004 - The National Assembly adopts a Declaration on the occasion of the Republic of Bulagria?s accession to NATO by an overwhelming majority.
April 2, 2004 - Participation of the Foreign Minister in an official ceremony at NATO Headquarters in Brussels for marking the accession of the new members with the participation of the 26 foreign ministers. The ceremony features raising of the national flags of the seven states and a solemn meeting of the North Atlantic Council. Minister Solomon Passy takes part in informal meetings of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-Russia Council on the level of foreign ministers.


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The LORD is My Shepherd
Today's Daily Bible Reading is from Psalm 23:1-6. Psalm 23 is a Psalm of David. David begins this Psalm by saying, "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." David compares the LORD to a shepherd.
A shepherd takes care of his sheep. He makes sure they have everything they need, including plenty of food and water. A shepherd makes sure that his sheep are not in "want" of anything. The shepherd protects his sheep from anything that may seek to harm them. He leads them along the way. The paths that the sheep traveled were often times very narrow and sometimes on steep terrains. Jesus is referred to as the "Good Shepherd."
In Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus tells us, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
David says even though he faces death he is not afraid, because he knows the LORD is watching over him, protecting him, and guiding every step of his path. David finds comfort in the LORD'S presence.
This is a very popular Psalm. It is one of my favorites. I remember reading this Psalm to my grandma not long before she passed away. This Psalm has also been a great comfort to me in times of trouble in my life. When my mother passed away and I was so distraught this Psalm brought me so much comfort. Many times as my heart was so broken I couldn't even think of the words to pray, I would recite this Psalm to the Lord and it would comfort me and reassure me that He was right by my side taking care of me in my time of grief. It reminds me that God is in control and no matter what happens He is right by my side guiding me as I walk through this life.
David felt sure that goodness and mercy would follow him all the days of his life and when his life was over he knew he would dwell with the LORD forever. Do you have that assurance in your life?
Daily Bible Reading:
Psalm 23:1-6
1 [[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Things to think about:
- How does a shepherd care for his sheep?
- How does this compare to the way the LORD cares for His children?
- How can we use this Psalm to encourage ourselves and others in times of trouble?
Prayer of the Day:
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank You for this Scripture in the book of Psalms. Thank You that David reminds us that You are our shepherd and we can trust You to care for us. Help us to put our complete faith and trust in You and not worry about the future. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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Kristen Stewart has reportedly been banned from attending the upcoming premiere of Robert Pattinson's new film.
Security staff have apparently been advised to keep the actress away from the Cosmopolis screening in New York on August 13 after she admitted cheating on Pattinson last month.
"Despite the fact Robert and Kristen have been communicating by cell phone, she will not be at the Cosmopolis New York premiere," a source told Radar.
"The decision was made because Robert just doesn't want to see her. There were fears that she could use it as a chance to talk to him in person and that sort of drama is not wanted at the premiere.
"There's also the fact that if she did attend, it would distract from the film premiere itself and the movie bosses are not interested in that sort of publicity. It's going to be Robert's first public appearance since the scandal broke - and they really want to make it less of a media circus than it already will be."
Pattinson's rep recently confirmed that the actor will fulfil all planned public appearances, despite hearing of Stewart's affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.


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"I love iced tea, but I'm the only one who drinks it here. I like two kinds--smooth sun tea, unsweetened, or strong and sweet Southern-style iced tea. This recipe is for the latter. You will need a steel cocktail shaker. This makes 2 very large glasses full, or more if using smaller glasses."
Shake It Up! Iced Tea for Two
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READY IN:10mins
Ingredients Nutrition
- 6 tea bags (or more as desired, I like Red Rose the best for this)
- 473.19 ml boiling water
- 59.14 ml sugar (or to taste)
- ice cube (lots!)
- Place the tea bags in a very large mug or other heatproof cup. Pour boiling water over teabags. Brew tea for about 5 minutes (should be dark and bitter at this point). Remove tea bags, squeezing with a spoon to remove the liquid. Stir in sugar until dissolved.
- While tea is brewing, fill shaker and a glass or two with ice cubes. Pour hot tea over ice in shaker until almost full (be careful--the shaker will get quite hot for a moment!). Replace lid and shake until cold; strain over ice in glass. Add remaining tea (and additional ice, if needed) and shake until cold.
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Launch Conference
The project was proud to host its launch conference, "'Jus - Post - Bellum': Mapping the normative foundations", May 31 – June 1, 2012. It was held at the Peace Palace. The first of several project seminars, this conference aimed to clarify the meaning and content of the concept (including, e.g., its relationship to and distinction from the field of transitional justice), including contemporary understandings and criticisms of the concept, and historical and modern approaches towards the definitions of key notions, such as "jus", "post" and "bellum".
The launch conference included five panels: Situating the Concept, Mapping the Normative Framework(s), the Politics and Practice of Jus Post Bellum, Temporal Dimensions of Jus Post Bellum, and The 'Jus' in 'Jus Post Bellum.' There was also a roundtable discussion on 'At War's End,' by Larry May.
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I own a 2009 Toyota Camry SE with a 2.4 2azfe engine and 4.5 qts seems to overfill the engine. I manage an oil change place where i've been there almost 7 years so i know i have the skill to do my own oil change. I used a Prolater pureone oil filter #PL14477 and 4.5 qts of valvoline 5W20 full synthetic oil. When I was done I noticed that it was overfilled by a quarter of a quart. I then lowered the oil and made it on the full mark. A couple of weeks later i had a simillar Toyota Camry come through and installed 4.5 qts of oil and again it came up overfilled. I had to lower the customers oil for him and showed it to him to verify it was on the full mark. The other day I had another Camry come in and this time i only added 4.25 qts of oil and it was on the full mark. The thing that gets me is our computer at work shows it should have 4.5 qts when replacing the filter and so does the owners manual. Is it possible that the dipstick is short from the factory leaving the oil level too high? Is there a typo in the owners manual where it should say 4.25 qts instead? I know it's only a quarter of a quart difference but i've never seen this happen before. If you have any feedback or experience with this issue i would really appreciate your feedback and thanks in advadnce.
I think the capacity numbers in the owners manual are for a bone dry factory fill.
With an oil change the engine is not bone dry.
Same thing happens with my MIL's 01 Civic.
Go With The Manual. When You Run It And Fill The Filter, It'll Be Close Enough!
We're talking 8 to 16 ounces of oil, here. I don't think there's anything to worry about. Use the manual's recommendation. Besides, how do you know the dipstick accurately shows 1/4 quart too much? I don't think it is designed to measure anything more than full.
Are you looking at the dipstick after the oil's been filled, but before the engine has been run? Some of that oil will go to fill up the oil filter and cooler/cooler lines (if there is one) once the engine is operated. Almost every vehicle I've changed oil on reads somewhat high if I haven't run the engine yet, but it settles down to full afterwards.
Budd 2049, Don't Forget, This Person Managed An Oil Change Place For 7 Years!
And he uses Prolater filters.
"Shot By His Own Gun?"
After install of the filter and the oil I run my personal vehicle for atleast 2 minuites after the oil change has been done and then wait a few minuites to let the oil settle. I would take a purolater filter that is almost a half of an inch longer than an M1-103 oil filter that's shorter any day. And i've been in the oil change business for almost 7 years where i've been the manager for 3 plus years.
HUH...that doesn't make sense at all...
Toyota is giving you information on oil change that according to you a situation that could NEVER happen. I've NEVER EVER heard this. EVERY single vehicle I've done an oil change on in the past 35+ years (were talking HUNDREDS of oil changes on close to a hundred different vehicles).....will have a capacity of how much oil is needed to bring it to the full mark. There are two numbers in the manual...one for with filter and one without....A filter can hold up to a quart of oil (thus the different number).
It's Good To Hear That You're That Conscientious. Not All Oil Change Places Offer That.
Is this an independent or what "chain" are you with?
I'm with VIOC. Thanks for the compliment. I treat every customers car like my own even if they want an oil like 10w30 for a car that takes 5w20. I try to show that to my customers so they see i'm honest and i'm out for their best interest.
Has anyone ever done a oil change and not changed the filter? (since the Second World War ended). I know some odd repair policies existed during the war years. I could not be easily convinced to do this, perhaps when tied together with some repair but I can't think of a circumstance when I would remove and replace the oil but not change the filter.
For the OP, Have you run your question by Toyota? like the owners manual they are the people to ask,here at Car Talk we can only speculate.
I guess you can compare filter sizes at the store, next time you're in there. Who knows? There might be a difference. I know you aren't going to waste the money it takes to buy a Totota filter. I hate those half quart deals. I wish they would make it a four or five deal.
I've never changed the oil on any car without changing the filter..HOWEVER...Every car I owned prior to 1990 suggested a oil filter change interval of every other oil change.
And I have chosen to ignore that advice and change the filter also. Why would the manufacture suggest a non-filter oil change? (they can't be concerned with my wallet). Perhaps they are worried you will wear out the threads on the filter outlet.
I don't mean to sound like a smart-a55, but you managed an oil change facility for 7 years and can't spell Purolator? Rocketman
One possibility. The guys that designed this engine very likely think in liters, not quarts. The nominal capacity very likely is not a even multiple of one quart or even a simple fraction of quarts. A likely capacity would possibly be 4 liters which is just under 4.25 quarts. 4.5 quarts could easily be a conversion error. English units most likely look more than a little weird to folks who use metric in their work and daily life.
You'll have to ask the manufacturer on that one. It's been around for decades.
Are You Calling My 19/32" Wrench A Little Weird? Go figure!
Was just checking over my sister's Camery and found the oil level over the full mark. So I decided to google "toyota 2.4 oil level" to see what turned up and wahey here I am. It was good to find out that the recommended 4.5 Qts. (with filter change) will put put the level over the full mark. I'll leave it there for now and check for any evidance of excessive oil agitation from rotating components.
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Ditch support for Old Browsers
Brugbart recommends that web-designers ditch support for older browsers, and that they don't officially support any specific browser version, but to recommend users to keep their browser updated.
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Software developers have been doing it for years, so its about time web-designers start doing the same, tell people to update, update, and update
Developers are dependent on the OS as their platform, and its usually hard to port their applications to other OSes. That's where web-designers are dependent on the Browser, and i guess we can call that their "platform", so deciding which platform to support is very important.
We should however keep in mind, that its far easier to update the browser, than it is to update the OS. Which is also the main reason why we shouldn't be so picky about telling our users to keep it Updated.
Browser Support
Brugbart recommends that you don't support any specific browser or version, and that you only apply hacks for the latest browser versions. Such hacks should be removed when a new version of the browser is released, to encourage your users to upgrade.
As we get more devices and browsers, obviously we wont be able to test our sites in all of them. It is the responsibility of the developers of those devices, and browsers, to support the standards. Web-designers should be able to design a page, without ever having to preview their work in a browser.
There are select cases, where a web-designer can say, "hay this screen is only x pixel wide, so the design should be like y", and we do have methods to do just that. Either by using a flexible design, or by using something like media queries.
Some fear that they might lose customers if they drop support for certain browsers. However, people will in reality be willing to update, if the site in question is important enough to them.
What about System Setups?
Some people, or even smaller companies, might be using an impractical system setup, which doesn't allow users to update their browser.
This cant really be our problem, chances are that people accessing your website from their work, had no business doing so in the first place. They should likely be working!
If visiting your site was a part of their work, then its their system administrators responsibility to make sure that their browser is supported by your site. Just like they would make sure that their current OS is supported by Photoshop's developers, or whatever software they are using.
What about Win9x Users?
It should be mentioned that even win9x users have a choice, they can switch to Opera, which still runs quite well on these older systems. It can even feel like they just got a new computer.
The benefits from not being forced to fix browser specific bugs, should be enough to get any designer going. Sadly some web designers fear that they lose visitors by doing it, and that might be true in a few cases. But the majority of users will be willing to update their browser, given that they like the site enough. This nasty old habbit, of sticking with old browser versions, will also even out eventually.
PNG Alpha Transparency
Old 256 color Gifs and PNGs with index Transparency, should be well known to most web-designers about now. But we also have whats called PNG24 and PNG32, which are 24bit and 32bit respectively. These formats are both 24bit, but the 32bit one also has support for Alpha Transparency, which allows for richer design. That alone would be a pretty good reason for a lot of designers.
The File-size of these png-images, is also generally lower then that of normal Gifs. In addition, you can make use of CSS Sprites, to lower the file-size even more, and save http requests at the same time.
Data-URIs is another important benefit, which allows to lower http requests by quite a lot. Using them can allow you to keep images embedded directly in your external stylesheets, which means that they will be cached together with the CSS, and lower the http requests made to your server.


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When four young people lose their lives in a collision with an allegedly drunk 21-year-old driver, as happened in northern Alberta over the weekend, the instinctive answer is to raise the punishment stakes for all those tempted to drink and drive. But while some toughening makes sense in Alberta, specifically a zero-tolerance law for any drinking by drivers under 21 (only slightly tougher than what the province has now), we hesitate to urge this country any further down that road.
There are already minimum sentences for drunk driving in the Criminal Code. And several provinces have an automatic licence suspension for any driver under 21 who has had a single drink – no matter what the alcohol level in the blood is. (Alberta has zero tolerance for anyone in the first three years with a licence.) For drivers over 21, several provinces (but not Alberta) have automatic licence suspensions at a 0.05 blood alcohol level (the "warn range," Ontario dubs it), lower than the 0.08 deemed to be a criminal offence. These automatic punishments may happen without a hearing in a court. This month, a judge criticized British Columbia's process for challenging a licence suspension and vehicle impoundment ordered by an RCMP officer at the roadside, saying it is far more limited than a hearing on a speeding ticket.
How much more punishment is possible? Vancouver police once supported a requirement that convicted drunk drivers display a badge of shame on their cars – a D. MADD Canada supports criminalizing drivers at 0.05, a point comparable to driving five kilometres over the speed limit.
Instead, Canada needs to renew its cultural attack on drinking and driving. This is a constant challenge in a country where ubiquitous pop-culture images link drinking and youth, drinking and sports, drinking and masculinity. It is an extra challenge in rural regions where taxis or buses may be few and far between, where parents may not be a quick phone call away to give a ride in an emergency.
The number of deaths in which alcohol is a factor is still enormous; in 2008, there were 1,162 people killed on Canadian roads in which a driver was impaired by alcohol or drugs. That's a big drop from the 2,501 impaired-driving deaths on the roads in 1982. But the needless deaths of four high-school football players, ages 15 and 16, in Grande Prairie on Saturday morning, should be a spur to renew public-health and education campaigns against drinking (or using drugs) and driving. The law is an important deterrent, but it is not the only one.Report Typo/Error
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February 8th, 2004, 04:33 AM #1
My internet connection locks up after 5-10 minutes, regardless of what I am doing. I am still allowed to send out small amounts but nothing is allowed back to me in the connection. I must totally restart the computer to go online again, only to have the connection lock up again and again. I have Norton Anti-virus that is updated but a scan shows nothing wrong. I have verified that this is not my ISP provider by using my other clunker computer online with no problem. Any ideas before I completely restore the whole system? Thanks in advance.
Always Keep The Legs Moving!
February 8th, 2004, 04:44 AM #2
Try scanning for parasiteware. AdAware is one well-known p-ware remover.
I think Norton doesn't detect parasites. If I'm right, your computer could be infested and Norton wouldn't say a thing...
If that doesn't work, I'd try reinstalling my internet connection software before doing a complete system restore.
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February 8th, 2004, 07:45 AM #3
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Also worth trying a personal firewall such as Zonealarm Pro which will let you monitor and control what programs on your Pc can talk to the Internet as well as protecting you from incoming probes from the internet.
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Is Internet Explorer running when you lock up?
Try not starting IE and use Netscape or similar and see what happens. It might be BHO's competing with each other to steal affiliate commissions.
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February 8th, 2004, 08:16 AM #5
Do you also have Norton Internet Security? This will crash your Internet access every so often. It's a junk program and causes lots of access problems. Ms B emailed me and told me it's doing the same thing to her when she uses it for testing.
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February 8th, 2004, 12:49 PM #6
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You can check your machine for BHO's by downloading BHODemon at
Download and run and it will present you with a list of BHO's on your computer and allows you to disable them if you want.
PS: It's free.
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 Do you also have Norton Internet Security? This will crash your Internet access every so often. It's a junk program and causes lots of access problems.

Right on. It happens to my computer, too. I also use it for testing, but I will ask a refund soon. It is crap!
February 8th, 2004, 07:34 PM #8
Update: I restarted with a new connection (again!) last night, but did not stay connected long enough to freeze up. I logged out and shut down the connection normally and have not had a problem since. I believe that some program or operation was running and could not be terminated until I closed the browser and connection normally. After a freeze-up I could not end the operation. At least that is what I think happened since all has worked normally since. Thanks for your input.
Always Keep The Legs Moving!
February 8th, 2004, 07:36 PM #9
Actually, this seemed to get fixed this morning, not last night. It's been a long day!
Always Keep The Legs Moving!
February 8th, 2004, 09:05 PM #10
Glad to hear things are working again. I would still do as Leader suggested and download Ad-Aware. It's free to use and does a great job at finding hidden junk on your computer. It's fast and easy to use. I think you will be surprised at some of the stuff it just may find. JMO
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February 10th, 2004, 05:33 PM #11
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Hi CheeseHead,
IMO,it seems to be the hardware problem but not software problem.Try to check out your internet connector if they are all tighten.Maybe you will find the reason there.
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I had that happen a while ago and it drove me nuts. I have Outlook Express and my connection option got reset to hang up after sending and receiving.
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Are you a vegetarian? Even if you are not, is there any animal you refuse to eat? What reasons do you have for that? Take me, for instance; I eat meat from time to time, not too often, though, but I DON´T eat rabbit. Rabbit is a pet for me, that´s why I don´t eat it, how can you eat a pet? I have friends who refuse to eat octopus - and we all know what that means in Galicia, where one of the most popular dishes in any popular celebration is "octopus Galician style" (i.e., boiled and then seasoned with oil and paprika); my friends say octopus is an elegant and hipnotizing animal you just watch for pleasure in aquariums. And that is probably Luiz Antonio´s point of view.
Luiz Antonio must be a toddler - judging by his looks, tone of voice and his chair.He was given octopus in his gnocchi and then he started questioning his mother about it; he came to the conclusion, in a philosophical way, that animals have to die so that we can eat them and eventually convinced his mother to let him just eat the rice and the potatoes and leave the octopus aside.
The video is in Portuguese and the subtitles are in English (click on CC to get them) . I am sure you will have no problem whatsoever in understanding any of the two languages.
Enjoy the video and start questioning what you eat!


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Furniture is manufactured through several operations. These operations are depends on types of furniture manufactured. To manufacture wooden furniture, you have to do several specific operations. These operations also varied with process furniture manufacturing and discrete furniture manufacturing. In this topic, I will discuss about process furniture manufacturing flow.
Receiving of Timber for Furniture Manufacturing Process
- Timber is received from timber storage area and then checked properly
- After that timber is measured to ensure sizes and moisture content in between 12-15% as it is mandatory for timbered furniture manufacturing
- Each bundle of timber is documented / listed and sent to production floor for furniture manufacturing process
Timber Cutting & Molding for Furniture Manufacturing
- Timber is selected from the timber bundle and every piece of timber is carefully cut cross wise
- Sized timber is then bundled on pallets after cutting.
- Then it is processed at molding section to achieve the required shapes and sizes for furniture manufacturing
- After that, these are bundled again. Documentation and identification of every bundle is properly done here.
Component Fabrication for Furniture Manufacturing
- Molded timber is processed by different wood working machines (say, Spindle Molder machine, Router Machine, Round End Tenoner Machine, Oscillation Mortiser Machine etc) depending on its shape and design to obtain its features.
- After that, these components are sanded properly to round all sharp edges and to smooth surface of the timber.
Assembly Operation for Furniture Manufacturing
- Each component is being assembled according to drawing & design to figure the part of the planned furniture.
- All Joints are glued together to form a strong bond. In some cases, wooden dowel pin is used to join two parts of furniture. After that, assembled parts are stacked together and labeled for future identification.
Finishing & Packing for Furniture Manufacturing
- Assembled parts are then dipped into teak oil for some time and wiped dry to get the brown/teak finishing.
- Teak oil acts as anti-insect, anti-fungus as well as teak oil provide a weather coat and UV resistant to the wood.
- After dipping into teak oil for some and wiping out and drying, they are inspected again before being packed into carton boxes.
Delivery after Furniture Manufacturing
- Finished furniture is loaded into vehicles/containers according to customer's order.
- These containers are then shipped out through vehicle or ship to different customers of all over the world.
Next, I will share you Panel Furniture Manufacturing Flow. It is very easy process.


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2. Adium - Best multi-protocol instant messenger
3. Growl - System wide notification utility
4. VLC Player - Plays everything under the sun (...well almost)
5. MacJanitor - One touch system maintenance
Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games. In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects.
Thanks for the heads up. I am aware of Alice and I like it, but so far have not been able to get a student interest. ON the other hand, they seem to love the simplicity and are having a blast with Pivot stick figure animator which is very easy to get addicted to and can be a good stimulus for creativity.
How about Google Sketchup? Indeed, the whole suite of google tools for educators (documents, google earth/sky, etc.) seem to be a must add on.
I've read a number of posts flaming google for their "save everything" philosophy and fears that they will sell off all your personal info some day. Although I doubt that will happen, I suppose it's a possibility. What do others think? To me that would be the only possible negative to embracing the all powerful google machine.
April 08 session
anti spyware programs:
Many times your get programs or web applications for free, but at the price of tracking cookies, etc. I like to use Lavasoft's Adware, Spybot Search & Destroy and Microsoft Defender as my constant companions on the Web, and they are all free. However, I am a firm believer that if you use Lavasoft and Spyware, it is a good idea to support them with some cash to help support their further development.
The article in their FAQs is something that I recommend to friends who are installing these programs to clarify the issue. http://spybot.com/en/faq/4.html
Thanks to knowmate Mike McLeod for sharing these resources
spyware is always a issue when surfing the net. Many times you get programs or web applications for free, but at the price of tracking cookies, etc. I like to use Lavasoft's Adware, Spybot Search & Destroy and Microsoft Defender as my constant companions on the Web, and they are all free. However, I am a firm believer that if you use Lavasoft and Spyware, it is a good idea to support them with some cash to help support their further development.
anti-virus and spyware programs:
The two free online Web virus scanners I use are:
Thanks to Mike M for this posting Sept06
Source page: http://www.audacity.sourceforge.net
"Open source software for recording and editing sounds....developed under GNU (General Public License)". (Will be back after setting preferneces for Mozilla so I can copy and paste.)
AVG Antivirus:
Copernic desktop search:
find any of your files, emails, pictures, ... easily and instantly
one feature of the opensource philosophy is an open structure for development of tools/materials/programs
crystal project:
this development is created through the efforts of a variety of individuals working together and then sharing under an open source licence
if you are looking for icons - check out the Crystal Project:
Currently, the Crystal Project, has more than 1300 icons in six different sizes, divided into the following categories: Actions, Apps, Files Systems, Devices and Mime Types. Get to know the complete theme, please, click on the Downloads section.
is the Open Source web conferencing company.
With Dimdim you can show Presentations, Applications and Desktops to any other person over the internet. You can chat, show your webcam and talk with others in the meeting
At the moment it is available for I.E 6 and Firefox 1.5
A free software for learning and collaboration
Dokeos is an Open Source elearning and course management web application translated in 34 languages and helping more than 1.000 organisations worldwide to manage learning and collaboration activitie
thanks to knowmate Andreas Buesing for this opensource tool Sept06
The eLearning XHTML editor (eXe) is a web-based authoring environment designed to assist teachers and academics in the design, development and publishing of web-based learning and teaching materials without the need to become proficient in HTML, XML or complicated web-publishing applications.
The eXe project was conceived to address the use of technology in the design and authoring of learning resources for the web. Initial research showed that while there are many web authoring tools available their usability and sophistication varied considerably. We identified the need for a tool to specifically assist teachers and academics to publish professional looking web pages according to the structure and form required for good teaching, and in such a way that this content could be integrated with existing LMS applications.
Thanks to knowmate Andreas Buesing for recommending this opensource tool
In my [Kenneth's] efforts to find open source systems to create and manage content that I can share easily with others I've learned about two areas where I can freely access cms and desktop systems:
freely access cms and desktop systems:
1. cPanel with Fantastico on http://bluehost.com and http://siteground.com - this is where I have several instances of moodle, drupal, phpwebsite, joomla and a few other.
2. http://livecdlist.com and http://distrowatch.com where I have come to find and utilize several liveCDs that extends my ability to work with systems running from CDs in a desktop, thin client and server situation.
My basic requirements in bootable liveCDs are: desktop, browser, and access to media. I download iso files, burn them to cds that on a regular bases I use and keep up-to-date with:
http://e-lane.org/pub - the dotlrn and several other OACS packages that I use
http://puppylinux.com - small size general purpose...updated most frequently
http://dynebolic.org - multi media production and streaming
http://mepis.org - best OS replacement and desktop
http://edubuntu.org - fast becoming the unifying core code that all the other debian users use.
thanks to Kenneth Wyrick for these sites
Furl [ http://www.furl.net/index.jsp ] your personal web file
Furl allows you to copy an article and store it on your computer electronically. It's virtue is, if you do a lot of research on the web, that you can store articles and refer back them on the computer, instead of having to print out large amounts of pages, usually half of which end up being discarded. Very handy for term papers, and professional writers who need to store articles for a short time--a day or a week, before deleting them. Very handy also for arranging footnotes and citations.
thanks to Joseph F. Dunphy for the recommendation
Gizmo VoIP option
Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, youre connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. Its just that simple. You talk clearly. For as long as you want. For free. Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, youre connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. Its just that simple. You talk clearly. For as long as you want. For free.
Google Earth [ http://earth.google.com ] provides satellite images from around the world. It has a fairly small download but requires a 3D graphics card which may not be available on some older machines. They combine various images to create a seamless trip. My husband was very excited the other day to see the back side of Mount Everest (he loves mountains) and recently took a tour of the Great Wall of China. A warning: it can be quite engrossing and before you realize it an hour has flown by!
Google Earth:
New Features [July06]
Less Is More - A New UI
- textured" 3D buildings
a freeware automatic correction exercise tool, which is very easy to work with - very user-friendly, and the students also enjoy doing the exercises. It displays different types of exercises, such as crosswords, quiz, match, etc.
Hot Potatoes:
Submitted by Cristina Costas Sept. 24, 2005
Whilst Hot Potatoes is a great application, just about averyone who uses it in the context of education development or in particular Adult Education, needs to register and pay a licence fee to use the product.
From Hot Potatoes Comercial Licences
Hot Potatoes is free for use by individuals working for state-funded educational institutions which are non-profit making, on the condition that the material you produce using the program is freely available to anyone via the WWW. However, you need to purchase a licence under any of the following conditions:
just check this out. I was using this conference room the other day and it's really neat.
Inet Conference Room:
ICR rooms includes these features as standard:Voice Communications
The moderator of a conference has complete control of who is participating and what actions they can take.
Individual microphone and speaker volume adjustments
Share your screen content
Instant Text-chat
Shared Calendar
PowerPoint Presentations
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Note: this program was developed by Geoff Kaye of Compued in Perth Western Australia. Geoff has worked tirelessly in developing what we call "low threshold technologies" that will work effectively in areas that have low connection speeds to the internet. (AussieK)
quite useful software that can be used for free to store information. It is called indisk and it allows the users to upload and download files.
It is quite simple to use, you just have to sign up for it. It's a Brazilian software but I am leaving you the link anyway!
submitted by Cristina Costa Sept. 24, 2005
internet safety:
I am always impressed with the quality sites that I find in the UK.
Another site that I really like getnetwise - you are just one click away
introduction to opensource:
here is the introduction to an article on opensource from the OpportunityWales online guides area:
Could your business benefit from free, quality software? Of course it could. But, what's the catch? As long as you're reasonably PC literate (or know a web developer) there isn't one. Here's how you can cut costs by tapping into a growing movement called 'Open Source' software.
As its name suggests Open Source software includes publically available source code bundled with the product. By contrast commercial software, such as Microsoft Word, is 'closed source' - the source code is closely guarded by the developers and is never released. In practice this means that development of closed source products continues at the pace set by the developers and not by the users of the software.
Does this matter?
Yes. With Open Source software, the source code is available to its users, so anyone can add new features to the software. Because of its "open" nature, the software can also have less bugs as the users and developer join forces to find bugs, fix them and release new versions.
the full article [4 pages] is well worth a read.
iteamwork was recommended by Knowmate AussieK.
The methodology, implementation and interface are kept simple to insure that the focus is on managing projects rather than learning a new system.
brilliantignorance blog has posted a list of his 5 favourite mac freeware products
Mac freeware:
My Favorite 5 Mac freeware
1. Quicksilver - Mac OS X on steroids.
2. Adium - Best multi-protocol instant messenger
3. Growl - System wide notification utility
4. VLC Player - Plays everything under the sun (...well almost)
5. MacJanitor - One touch system maintenance
You might also want to check out his Essential section where there are comprehensive links to essential addons for pc's, mac's, firefox and treo
Meeting Wizard:
Meeting Wizard{www.meetingwizard.com). An easy-to-use and reliable tool for scheduling meetings.
Thanks to Elga Nikolva for providing this link April06
As supporters of OpenSource options, knowplace recommends OpenOffice as an alternative to commercial office programs.
Open Office Tutorials:
It has recently come to my attention that people need help understanding the program. Here are a few links to tutorials that you might find useful.
read this page first: http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/Welcome.html
This site has a flash tutorial on Impress for presentations and 3 levels of tutorials for Calc [their version of Excel] that might be helpful as well as online pages to go through or print off.
e-learning for OpenOffice
Can work online or has downloadable program with tutorials:
You can use it as replacement for MS-Word, Excel and Powerpoint. The handling ist a little bit different but the learning courve is not very steep if you already know something about word processing or calculation software.
It's free and available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh.
Thanks to Marian H. for this posting
ActiveColab is an example of how opensource products are moving into the mainstream business model.
opensource and business:
This project management system is built on opensource but provided for your server with support from the company.
from Kenneth W:
BEL Server-Basic(KDE) is a multi-server implementation of PCLinuxOS. It has been modified to come with many common servers pre-installed, such as apache web server, mysql, GroupOffice groupware, DNS, DHCP Postfix email server, Dovecot imap/pop3 server and many many more.
There is a very strong online community devoted to opensource.
opensource online community:
There is a great deal of information available with information on management and software available with open source options. There are also great articles to scan for information etc.
Have you ever investigated this community? or another that you would like to recommend?
from Kenneth Wyrick:
drupal is one that i'm interested in and will be the way to go for some sites...i've spent some time with it a couple years ago when i created: http://alumnihouse.biz/ with the moodle at: http://alumnihouse.biz/lms is in current development.
i love wordpress for the ability to edit the css for the elements of a website in a wysiwyg, it's simplicity...I was able to take a sandbox template and with the help of a friend create: http://oasci.org ...it's just a start...the other site i did a few months ago is http://bigmoneygriff.net
joomla has a highly organized but complex way of modularizing content into a couple different modules so it takes time to know where to put content. I like the feel of it but it will take time to get good at using it. I didn't find an easy calendar to use when I first used it but it might be easier in a more recent release... see what i did in one day at: http://mahaliajacksonthemovie.com/ddp
the phpWebsite is one that is not typically on the list when comparing cms....when i did my initial evaluation of the cpanel fantastico scripts on both bluehost.com and siteground.com I decided to ues phpWebsite for the majority of the sites I was working on, at the time.
It's the only one of the php based cms on the fantastico that came with a calendar and a photo album by default...see http://yncuts.net as one that's been up for over a year...they don't use it much but it's still there with not spam...it's also the only php based cms that I found on fantastico that is maintained by a university.
I'm currently using http://edubuntu.org to learn to install install wordpress which i found in synaptic......more another time....hope this was not too long.
opensource taking over:
"By 2012, more than 90 percent of enterprises will use open source in direct or embedded forms," predicts a Gartner report, The State of Open Source 2008, which sees a "stealth" impact for the technology in embedded form: "Users who reject open source for technical, legal or business reasons might find themselves unintentionally using open source despite their opposition."
Randy D: I suppose the only downside one might consider in the increasing use of OpenSource software is the negative effect it might have on business opportunity. But, I think that opportunities for polished end user applications will always be there. In fact, since the market is growing, there will be a bigger demand for simple, hassle-free applications.
Kenneth: Actually, business opportunities will increase because because more people will have access to use and customization tools that will enable them to produce, communicate and share content.
Here you find something like a sandbox for CMS and other tools. Go and give it a try:
< http://www.opensourcecms.com/>
This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any CMS system here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs. You should also visit CMS Training Videos for more in depth video tutorials for many of these systems.
The administrator username and password is given for every system and each system is deleted and re-installed every two hours. This allows you to to add and delete content, change the way things look, basically be the admin of any CMS system here without fear of breaking anything.
At the upper left hand side of your screen you will see a clock that is counting down. What it shows is how much time is left in this two hour demo window. Once the clock hits 00:00:00 the demos will be refreshed.
I hope opensourceCMS.com is useful in your quest to find the right CMS software system for your needs. If you're looking for hosting, OpenSourceHost supports every system here. OpenSourceHost will even install and upgrade the system of your choice for free when you sign up for an account.
thanks to Andreas Buesing for this recommendation
PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application.
OpenSource project
thanks to Christine Lombarts for sharing this program Sept06
Ken Thompson's blog 'The Bumble Bee' posted this collection of directories last August:
peonsource directory:
Collectively these five directories probably cover the 300 most popular commercial, Web2.0 and Open Source collaboration products currently available.
1. Thinkofit
2. Wikipedia
3. Capterra
4. econsultant (Web2.0)
5. Sourceforge (Open Source)
photo galleries and editing tools:
Plogger is the next generation in open-source photo gallery systems. A web application not bloated with superfluous features or complicated configuration settings. Plogger is a simple yet powerful tool — everything you need to share your images with the world. Plogger is your photos integrated into your website, a fully featured photo sharing package with an attractive and easy to use administrative interface that makes managing your galleries a breeze. Integrating our gallery software into your website is as easy as inserting three lines of PHP code. And did we mention the price? Absolutely Free. Plogger requires a server setup with at least MySQL v3.23, GD1.0, and PHP4.
With Photostory you can make a dynamic slide show with your still images, add voice and fancy transition effects. Just add any image you have in your photo floder (or ripped online -as long as you're not using things commercially, I am pretty careless. You could also look for pictures that are free of copyright; I've seen references to sites with this quality lately.
I've tried creating a few Photoshop sets to find out how to do so, and it is quite simple. It seem to be impossible to edit sound once you have saved a project, so perhaps you would need to work with mode versions, like editing a draft before you make a final decision. Could also be me who did not read the documentation carefully yet.
The format when saved is .wmv
On Windows you need the latest Windows Media player 10 (probably sorks best with xp).
One irritation was that when on mac I could not open the Photostory files that others created, but that might be a matter of setting the right media player . You know, trial and error - and a litle help from your firends
Just found on my computer a nice illustrated manual I've picked up somewhere, can't see who created it so cannot give credit. Now lte me see if I can upload it here; format is a Word document that opens nicely in my MS Office 2003.
Submitted by Sus Nyrop Sept. 24, 2005
www.podomatic.com enables anyone to easily find, create, and distribute podcasts, which are audio files published to the Internet and available for downloading right into your iPod or portable music player. I've created one for my EFL class and it's working successfully for a project with students all over the world here (hellos are welcome!) http://caeb2006.podomatic.com/
Thanks to Rita Z for this entry
Andreas had this to say: I personaly prefer odeo to podomatic and use the player/html to include it in "normal blogs".
From Europe we experienced sometimes problems to upload or record online and edit at podomatic... If you are patient it is a great tool...
posted Sept06
I have searched for a possibility to give presentations on the web. I found these and want to share them with you:
I haven't tried this in great detail, but it looks promising at first sight.
You can build a foto-presentation with sound that runs as standalone presentation.
Using flicr photos for your presentation, I haven't tried this in more detail.
Looks promising, you can give life presentations, if you switch to another page, you audience will see the new page too.
Seems to be the best of all. You can set up a meeting with shared desktop, blackboard and voice. I would like to try it out with some participants but haven't found some yet.
thanks to Marian Heddesheimer for this great selection
his is another freeware automatic correction exercise tool. It's also very easy to work with - very user-friendly, and the students also enjoy doing the exercises. What I like best about this one is the feedback given at the end of the exercise, which is very complete. http://www.lucagalli.net/
Quiz Faber:
Submitted by Cristina Costas Sept. 24, 2005
An alternative to "tiny url" with good functionality.
Probably the best feature is the ability to rename (via the nickname feature) the url to something that is meaningful. Tiny Url doesn't appear to have that capability yet.
If you set up a login at SU, you can establish a file of your personal snipped urls which can be designated as private or public access.
Submitted by Sharon Holdner Sept. 24, 2005
I'll pick on one here, but there are many, many available, but a plug in that I enjoy using with the Firefox web browser is called StumbleUpon. This plug finds random web sites that are based on the interests you define when setting up StumbleUpon. For example, if you are interested in woodworking, it will find random web site dealing with woodworking. It is a great little tool, but one to which you can easily loose many hours. You get to it by going under the Tools menu in Firefox and choosing Extensions. Choose the link at the bottom of the window called 'Get More Extensions'. It will take you to a web site where you can choose from hundreds of extensions that increase the functionality of your Firefox web browser.
Here is the direct link to StumbleUpon
Thanks to NorbertK for this posting April06
tech virtual museum:
Welcome to The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop
by Rob Stephenson — last modified 2008-04-16 14:02
Want to create your own museum exhibit? Want to develop it with other creative thinkers and experts around the world? Want to share your exhibits with visitors in virtual and real galleries? This is the place to design and prototype exhibits online, using the web and Second Life. Start here to propose exhibit projects, share wild ideas and prototype exhibits.
Thinkfree is a free site that allows you to either upload or create your own MS Office documents (Word, Powerpoint and Excel) and share with others. You may also edit online using their (scaled down) MS Office tools, as well as collaborate with others on documents, inviting others to either view or edit via email.
thanks to Jeff Cooper for this posting
embed video in your blog. (Very easy, they provide the html code snipet to be placed in the blog)
thanks to AndreasB for this posting April06
It has VOIP, phone, chat and webcam capabilities and an individual is able to conduct webinars. I am still playing around with it. Educators may find it useful as it has an "Educate & Train" section.
from the website:
General Features
thanks to knowmate Daisy W for this post
Online collaboration through the use of a secured wiki and other tools. The web collaboration site that has been online since September, 2004. Its stated purpose: to put web collaboration in the hands of people who need it without having to download or install complicated software.
Web Collaboration:
Use the email addresses of the participants in the project to send an invitation. Participants can be created with varying levels of access from Administrator to read-only. Any Administrator can add additional participants. There is even a non-disclosure form in the advanced features.
I was going to recommend a small cooperative note-taking software, but now I have some concerns about it. Originally, I was going to recommend Webnote. In fact, I even set up a page for the Knowplace weekend at http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/knowplace. However, as soon as I did this, I found that someone had already used the program and had left some notes. Now it could be that it is someone from this group, or it could be that it has been used previously at a Knowplace get together. Or it may not matter. What is of import, is that either way, whenever you use this type of collaborative program, care needs to be taken to select a name that is not easily discerned by any passerby. So now, I have set up a new page at http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/knowplace0625 (todays date).
posted by Elderbob Brannigan in the OpenWeekend Potluck session #1
Here is my contribution to this pot-luck. Wink 2 is the latest version of Wink. This version is much more useful because you can now add audio and voice narrations to your slide shows. And it can publish to SWF format for online delivery. Oh, and it is free.
Wink 2:
Wink can capture screen shots and actions to create flash based tutorials, without Flash or Captivate. And the presentations are editable.
Download it from http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
I am also keeping a list of free tools for learners and you can access it at http://www2.mtroyal.ca/~rcorbett/edtech/LearnersET.mm.html
yousendit is a website that will store your files online to be retrieved by the recepients on their own schedule, without filling up their email program.
It only requires the recepient email to be entered but if entered your email address will appear in the from area. I would make sure that you let everyone know that you are indeed sending the file (in a separate email if you are concerned about security). Their privacy policy says that they do leave a cookie on their server to recognize you and that they store the emails on their server. This is logical as they keep the file on hand for 7 days or 25 downloads if you send it to multiple recepients.
They do post a link for you when the file has been transfered:
Your file has been successfully sent!
We've stored your file on our server and sent your recipient an email with instructions for retrieving it. The file will be available for 7 days or a limited number of downloads.
Here is a link for your reference:
The recipient gets email notification and downloads from the website.
You've got a file called "1008-093-04-1069.gif" (6 KB) waiting for download.
Message: testing the product
You can click on the following link to retrieve your file. The link
will expire in 7 days and will be available for a limited number of
Regular link (for all web browsers):
This email was automatically generated, please do not reply to it.
For any inquiries, feel free to email email@example.com
The YouSendIt Team
Seems like an efficient way to work with files especially if you do not like to include attachments in emails. The links and references on the site indicate a number of reliable sources use and approve of the program.
Sunmitted by Helen Kershaw Sept. 24, 2005


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Riven Build
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Hey guys, Prozerker here. i play NA servers etc. I hope you enjoy my guide or if you have ideas on how to make it better feel free to comment :)
Now to get started.
I have been playing Riven since she has came out, ever since S3 update, she is jesus solo top.
I have done two items build for you, one for versing heavy ad such as Irelia and one for versing annoying off-tank AP's such as Rumble.
hope you enjoy.
Pros / Cons
High damage
Pretty tanky
Very high mobility
Low-CD Execution ult
AOE stun that deals damage
No mana/energy/fury or whatsoever
Not as tanky as other (off)tanks but can be
Weak to hard CC and armor
Proper skill timing is essential
9x Greater Mark of Armor Penetration
Best marks for Riven in the game, with that early armor penetration you should easily score a first blood if your team decides to invade, if not well you should for sure get first blood at top.
9x Greater Seal of Armor
Your typical seals for any solo top player, great for sustain against champs like Gankplank
9x Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
Once again, your typical Glyphs for any solo top.
3x Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage
Good for your early game farm and harras with Riven
BUILD 1 - AD Heavy
Depending on who you are versing, is what you will build first.
Irelia - Gangplank = Cloth Armor + 5x Health Potion
For any other champions, such as - Renekton - Rumble etc. - Boots of Speed + 3x Health Potion
Ninja Tabi - you can stay in your lane longer, due to the armor, and won't have to worry about the op minions.
The Brutalizer - After season 3 patch, this builds into The Black Cleaver which is seriously one of the most op items atm in LoL.
Last Whisper This i believe to be one of Riven most common items. the extra armor pen you receive will make you unstoppable as Riven
Frozen Mallet Another good item that is decent, wth its passive slow + extra health, makes riven unbeatable and hard to run away from.
Atma's Impaler Gives you some nice armor to be able to survive through team fights.
Warmog's Armor great late game item, will give you some more survivability for late game + extra damage from Atma's Impaler
Build 2 - AP Heavy
Mercury Treads Now that they have magic resist and the tenacity, will make riven very strong early game against them hard ap's to get you fed.
Ravenous Hydra New item for melee fighters, this item is great to beat your opponent in farm, the aoe on creeps make you the absolute best creep farmer in the game.
Last Whisper Once again this item is just great for Riven
Maw of Malmortius Great item for a heavy AP team, if you are having trouble in lane against Teemo or Rumle try to rush the Hexdrinker first it will give you some more sustain against AP's
Mercurial Scimitar Great item versing a champion with any kind of slow etc., such as Gangplank you will be able to instantly pop the item and fight with all your combos.
Guardian's Angel Last but not least, this item will keep you going for team fights, even if you do die, you come back with your Q ready and it is instant death for the opponents.
Sight Ward - These are your best friend for top, make sure you try to always buy at least one to ward river, if you can, try to grab at least 2, so you can ward river and tri-bush.
Summoner Spells
Flash + Ignite - Most Standard spells for any solo top.
Flash + Exhaust - I personally only ever take exhaust if i'm versing Renekton or Gankplank - both these champions can catch up to you even after you use your combos to get away, so Exhaust is a good spell for them.
Alright guys that's the end of the guide, i hope you win some solotop games with this guide.
Always remember BUY WARDS it annoys me if i'm jungling and my top has not bought wards, i'm fair sure every jungler would agree with me in saying my top lane never buys wards.
if you have any questions, leave a comment or add my summoner.
summoner - procro


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July 25, 2007
Since children are the healthiest age group and child health insurance is the cheapest insurance found anywhere, the theory must be that the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a lot less expensive than tackling a really serious problem, says John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
In reality, the arguments against SCHIP are quite strong:
- Harvard University economist David Cutler and Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist John Gruber find for every additional $1 spent on Medicaid, private insurance spending contracts by 50 cents to 75 cents; for SCHIP expansion, Gruber estimates the contraction is 60 cents.
- If people can get free insurance from the state, they drop their private coverage, or employers stop offering private coverage as a fringe benefit.
- The result is a massive shift of the burden from the private sector to taxpayers --while making only a minor dent in the percentage of uninsured people.
- Also, of the eight million uninsured children in this country, fully 70 percent already qualify for Medicaid or SCHIP but their parents just have not bothered to enroll them.
One good idea is a simple proposal made a few years back: Parents should show proof they have insured their children (by employer plan, Medicaid, direct purchases, etc.) before claiming the $500 child tax credit.
Now that the credit has climbed to $1,000 per child, the case is stronger than ever. Republican members of Congress who ignored the idea will now have to explain why only they and Ebenezer Scrooge want to deny families both a tax credit and free health insurance, says Goodman.
Source: John C. Goodman, "How to Cover the Kids," Heartland Institute, August 1, 2007.
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Kewell targets Barca return
By James Pearson
Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
Harry Kewell is hoping to play in Liverpool's upcoming games with Barcelona.
Liverpool's forgotten man Harry Kewell is hoping to play in the club's upcoming UEFA Champions League games with Barcelona.
The Australian international has been on the sidelines for the whole of the season after picking up groin and foot injuries in last summer's World Cup.
Kewell recently returned to training and has admitted he would be lying if he did not have one eye on the club's mouth-watering ties with Barca.
Liverpool travel to Camp Nou on February 21 and the ex-Leeds man is keen to help The Reds stay in Europe following their recent FA and Carling Cup disappointment.
"I'd be lying if I said I hadn't had a look at the Barcelona games, but I know I've just got to keep working," said Kewell.
"To be honest, I'd be happy to play against anyone right now, because it's been so long since I wore the red shirt.
"But the Barca games are going to be massive and I would like to play a part. The injuries have been so frustrating.
"I know I can still be successful here. All I have to do is get myself fully fit again and get games under my belt."