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Astrology for Cats! Happy Birthday Gemini!
The Gemini Cat
by Celeste Yarnall, Ph.D Artwork by Nazim Artist http://www.NazimArtist.com
With the Gemini Cat I am going to share with my CelestialMusingsblog followers a series of all 12 of the Astrological signs and their special affinity for our cats. These blogs will apply equally well for dogs!
With each edition a bit of astrology background will be included. Whilst I am not an official astrologer, I think we can have fun with this topic and learn more about the personalities of our beloved cats that share our homes and our hearts.
My business, 'Celestial Pets' http://www.CelestialPets.com is devoted to our unique Art of Wellness concept which extends exponentially to all living things in our lives and of course our companion animals.
Please do feel free to contact us through our Celestial Pets website for introductory help and guidance with our recipes, our supplements and holistic modalities. Rest assured no purchase is required. Our desire is to be of value in a pay it forward sense. You might also wish to explore my books, Holistic Cat Care, co authored by Jean Hofve, DVM and my dog book entitled Natural Dog Care. Both are available at my website or on Amazon.com.
Let's explore Astrology for Cats!
Perhaps you already use a bit of astrology to chart your daily life right now, or just enjoy taking a peak at your daily horoscope on line or in a publication, I think we all do this from time to time. However it is certainly not necessary to do much more than that to have fun with Astrology for Cats. Of course many choose to study it in depth and I truly take my hat off to these folks at his a very complex study to say the least. In the spirit of simply delving into the personalty traits of our cats and dogs too I am going to present in order as they come up on our calendars, the 12 sun signs of the zodiac and the corresponding personality traits as they apply to us, our cats, and the special relationship we have with them.
For hundreds of years, we've known that the seasons result from changes in the distance and angle of the sun's rays relative to the Earth, and that the phases of the moon affect the tides, the planting of crops, and of course the hormonal cycles of women. It isn't a big leap to suppose these variables affect all living things, including our cats.
The only way we can truly assist our cats in the healing and cleansing of their own bodies is to look for clues in their symptomatic picture that can help guide us to appropriate natural remedies or methods of healing. The more aware we become of our cat companions traits and actions, the better equipped we'll be to help them on every level, including their unique body, mind and spiritual aspects. In ancient times they referred to this study much more seriously than most do today. They had a name for it and that was 'Astromedicine.' You can work with astrology on whatever level you feel comfortable or not at all.
We are all unique and important in both the macro and micro cosmos!
Considering that beyond what our cat companions, genetic makeup imparts, the personalities among kittens in a litter tend to be quite similar, even when taking into consideration differences in sex and pecking order. Perhaps this is because they are born close together in time and usually share the same sun sign and several other planetary positions.
Though the serious astrological practitioner would develop a natal horoscope based on the exact time and place of the cat's birth, this isn't necessary for our purposes. The care, feeding, and spiritual well-being of our cats can benefit enormously if we simply learn about their astrological archetype. If you don't know your cat's birthday or exact age, you could choose a sun sign to celebrate the day you adopted her or the sign closest to her in personality traits. I have previously explored each sign on my Care2 Celestial Musings blog. They are all archived here at the link below if you would like to jump ahead or behind Gemini astrologically, should you wish to explore the other signs. I have now covered them all and this link will take you ahead to the Cancer Cat but again you will find them all listed here, as well.
Throughout the ages, as far back as the Sumerians or possibly earlier, people have applied astrological principles to every aspect of their physical and spiritual lives. In much the same way, you can explore these same 12 sun signs to help you augment your relationship with your cat.
Note: A gender prnoun is used for each sign because each Astrological sign is assigned a gender. I throughout this series to the particular cat for each sign in a masculine or feminine tense. This is just how it has been done through the ages. For example I am a LEO and you will always see Leo referred to with a masculine tense. Every other sign in the 12 signs will have a gender which alternate every month.
Right now we are entering the sign of Gemini so let's explore the personality of The Gemini Cat which will be referred to by the gender, 'he.'
- Cardinal element: AIR
- Ruling planet: MERCURY
- Earth color: ORANGE
- Astral colors: RED, WHITE, BLUE
- Gems: BERYL, AQUAMARINE, DARK BLUE STONES
- Mineral element: QUICKSILVER (MERCURY)
GEMINI is governed by the planet Mercury. The nervous system, as well as the respiratory system, glands, fibers and tissues, shoulders, paws, and toes are all governed by this sign. An elementary quality of wet heat is associated with Gemini.
Gemini is male and female, extrovert and introvert, aggressive and passive—all rolled into one cat. This animal is a lesson in duality, giving you a full range of emotions and physical attributes. He'll give you a nip asking you to pay attention, then she'll turn around and lick the same spot. He/she, she/he, back and forth. You may think it's typical feline behavior, but no, it's just Gemini.
A Gemini will never be your very own lap cat; this one belongs to the world. When you leave Gemini with the house sitter, you may fret that he'll die without you. But he's happily bonding with the sitter just in case you don't come back, and if you don't, he'll cozy up to the real estate broker, too. It's not that he's fickle; just as the scorpion's nature is to sting, Gemini's is to be all things to all creatures. Just pretend you're as special to him as he makes you feel.
The Gemini cat is a multifaceted, creative cat—poetry in motion. No doubt, he'll create something, even if it's havoc.
He's ruled by Mercury, the winged-footed Greek god, so prepare to fly with him as if he were a catbird. However, he can slip through your fingers like quicksilver. Gemini is an air sign and air must circulate freely, so he will want the run of the house.
Gemini won't want to sit still for long though, since he's always in conflict. Just watch that tail swish to and fro. He'll rarely finish anything, including dinner. Instead, he'll be off making mischief somewhere.
Gemini is quick. A bird or mouse doesn't have a chance. He'd like to eat it, but his twin likes to taunt and play with it first—hunger and patience at odds. Could we call him fidgety? No, everyone else is slow. Just let him be, as he changes so fast all his little quirks are here and gone in an instant. His mind sifts through so much so fast that not even the most avid nonverbal communication expert can get it all.
Do you have a Gemini Cat? If so, how does 'he' stack up to our model here?
Artwork by Nazim Artist http://www.NazimArtist.com


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2. Figure out a yoga routine. Or some kind of awkward ball exercise that preggos are supposed to be doing at this point.
3. Plan meals for this week so I don't eat bowls of cereal for breakfast lunch and dinner. {Which is what always happens when husband goes out of town}
4. Schedule apartment tours and about 5 million other things for him to do in DC. Working him to the bone somehow makes me feel less lonely. ;)
5. Make a whole batch of crepes that I don't have to share. heh. heh
6. Go to class I guess
7. Not ignore the giant bin of clothes in the second bedroom.
8. mmmm ... still don't do the dishes.
9. Find a graduation dress
10. Eat all of my homework

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How can tiny houses get any better? By attaching them to bikes of course! I love these designs and the mobility without the petrol dependency is right up my alley. Also check out this awesome bike trailer design posted by Ryan. My question is: could I actually tow one of these and live out of it? Not sure but it'd be fun to find out!
Last summer when Cedric and I bike toured we were living out of a tent. After three months I could have really used one of these! It's probably not the most versatile way to travel by bike but it would sure get a lot of attention. I'm really interested in the extreme ways that people are solving housing issues and creatively using small spaces. I think these bike trailers are such an exceptional example of human ingenuity. I'm continually trying to live a less petrol based lifestyle and while having a tiny house definitely moves me in that direction, this would be the maximum form of commitment! Plus, if I am having a hard time living in 98 sq. feet, how hard would it be to downsize further! These bike pulled tiny spaces are certainly an extreme in the small space revolution but the impact on society could be huge! At the very least it might be able to provide housing to a growing population who don't have the means to build a tiny house and pull such a structure but most everyone can get a hold of a bike. Although, to call this "housing" may be stretching things a bit. Shelter may be more apt!
I think it'd be great if bicycle cooperatives and shops could start assisting with constructing spaces such as these. There's definitely a marketable perspective to such structures as well, for example, with travelers of the two-wheeled variety. I could see some bike enthusiasts wanting to take on the challenge of travel with such equipment. I don't think it would be easy and you would be limited to terrain you could tackle with such a load but it just makes me itch to take a winter cruise through Florida with one of these rigs! I'd definitely have to stick to flat lands but it would be good fun and it would sure beat a tent! The slow traveler in me feels drawn to the people power of such a set-up plus the attention you'd get traveling with this would be great entertainment. Pretty much the best collision of bicycles and tiny living ever!
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It's unclear what can cause one kei-car driver to absolutely go all HULK-SMASH on another little kei-car, but surely it must be for something big. Whatever it was, it clearly prompted them to repeatedly ram, back up, and ram again the other car what must be over 20 hilarious times.
The video's a bit grainy and the angles aren't perfect, but if I had to guess I'd say this looks like a Suzuki Wagon R just wailing on a Daihatsu Move. Both are endearingly cute, and it looks like the car doing the smashing is the one getting beat up the most. The video description says it's from Malaysia, so maybe someone's Nasi Lemak didn't come as they ordered.
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Its a PERFECT timing that she is in France and I dont have to feel guilty that we are indulging in good food when she is not home...
|that's my girl...(at Arc De Triomphe)... and she is coming home tomorrow
|What a shame ...Channel 9 didn't know how to spell 'CHOIR'...
But once cooked, it became 'mush and jam' like.. just nice to spread over the dough.
It tasted good... the sweetness of the onion, the saltiness of the anchovies.. but there is one problem...
eating too much onions...gives me wind!!! makes me wonder...
how the French deal with this....
Pissaladiere Recipe(serve 4-6)
(tweaked and adapted from The Food of France)
40g butter1 tablespoon olive oil1.5kg brown onion thinly sliced2 tablespoon of thyme20-25anchovies halved100g pitted Kalamata olives -halved
2teaspoon dried yeast250g bread flour1/2 teaspoon salt3 tablespoon olive oil125ml warm water plus extra 35ml
- Heat butter and olive oil in a big frypan. Saute the onion with half the thyme until soft (about 45 minutes). Season to taste and put it aside to cool.
- Dough : mix yeast with warm water and leave it for 10 minutes. Sift flour into a mixing bowl, add salt. Make a well, add salt, olive oil and yeast mixture. Knead (uisng electric mixer) for about 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth, soft and pliable. Proof for 1 hour or until double in size.
- Pre heat oven to 200C.
- Roll out the bread dough into a rectangular baking tray 34x26cm.
- Brush with oilve oil and spread the onion mixture.
- Lay the anchovies in lattice pattern and arrange the olive in the middle of the diamond.
- Sprinkle with remaining thyme.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until the dough is brown and cooked.
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   1Names refer to node and its subtree unless the term "node only" appears.
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The custom-made headboard in the master bedroom of Ivanka Trump's Upper East Side apartment is upholstered in an alpaca velvet. The task lamps are reproductions of an Édouard-Wilfred Buquet design. Designer, Kelly Behun, designed the side tables of ebonized wood and shagreen and the lacquer console, the stools are 1940s French, and the prints are by Mariah Robertson.
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DaddyCarl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 21 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
We manage a dating site with an active and loyal userbase, and need a new button design and navigation for our messaging module.
Gay men of all ages (generally 20 - 70 year-olds). Many of our users are older, so coming up with an intuitive, easy to read/use navigation is a top priority.
Screenshots of our current interface may be found here: http://bit.ly/cAsbTN
We need new buttons for the top and bottom of the message window and a new design of the mailbox display itself.
The message box includes the following elements
Some guidelines for you:
1. Active buttons/tabs should clearly be in an "active" state.
2. Buttons should be repeated at the top and bottom of the message box (like Gmail). They are currently only on the bottom.
We need the final design delivered as a layered Adobe Photoshop (PSD) file. Please organize the layers so that our developer can access various gradients, icons, etc. in order to turn the file into a usable interface.


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Why Alan did not come back as mate for the 1966 season, I'm not sure. Rumor had it that he had gotten "cross wise" with some of the board members and they didn't want him back. Maybe he was tired of riding herd over a gang of deckhands. Perhaps he wanted more money than they were willing to pay since he had gotten his masters license, I really don't know, we never discussed it. Alan didn't seem upset about it. After he left the boat, he did consulting and design work whenever the boat needed it.
Our lives went in different directions; me to the DQ, then the Army, marriage, career and family. Alan went on to write his Steamboat Encyclopedium which brought him recognition as a expert on steamboat design and construction among the river fraternity. When the encyclopdium was published, Alan sent me a copy while I was in Vietnam; how surprised and proud I was to see my name on one of the boats illustrating his book.
I guess it was his fame from that book that led Wilbur Dow to approach Alan to design an excursion boat he was planning to build and run in New Orleans. Dow wanted a boat that resembled the VIRGINIA. Occasionally I would visit Alan in his office while he was designing what would become the NATCHEZ, Alan would be at his drawing board making some complex plan with his record player (no MP3 players back then) playing opera and classical music. The NATCHEZ was designed to the melodies of Verdi, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart....no wonder it's such a beautiful vessel, every part on it harmonizes.
Alan became quite a naval architect designing excursion boats and dinner boats for various shipyards. I know that Seredino built several boats designed by Alan; but most of his designs were built by a local builder, Arthur Pluckebaum, who had a yard building high end houseboats. For several years Alan and Pluckebaum worked together until the market got saturated and demand for those type boats pretty much ceased to exist. A Bates designed boat looked like a steamboat, not some Hollywood excuse for a steamboat; although, I personally think most of Alan's designs were too narrow and too tall, but that is my opinion....I'm no naval architect.
Alan gave me the first boat I ever owned. He had built a little sternwheel scow, powered by a 1 1/2 hp lawn mower motor named the MINNIE BAY. When I was about 14 Alan, I guess got tired of it, and he told me if I wanted it, I could have it. For several years I had a lot of fun with the MINNIE BAY using it for camping trips on Six Mile Island and exploring the creeks around Louisville. I loved that little boat so much that when I got older I used a Weaver skiff and built one of my own, the INTREPID, ( I beat Nelson Jones two years in a row at the Charleston Sternwheel Festival). Alan seemed to really enjoy the rides on the INTREPID. He knew he had planted the seed and, I think he was proud that he had.


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I have been exploring Amazon EC2 as a Cloud based alternative to Midsized Software Product Company. I stumbled across this Slideshow Presentation from Netflix, a frontier in running their entire IT on Amazon's EC2 platform. As per Netflix, they don't have any data center, amazing isn't it?
So I started exploring Amazon EC2 and how a company can run their entire IT in Amazon EC2. I was more interested in the technology stand point.
For a starter, in Amazon you can create various Linux instances including Ubuntu for free. They are elastic servers, where you can increase the RAM, Processing power on demand. Once you setup the instance, you can ssh on to the machine and do pretty much whatever you want. Refer this youtube link for how to setup Amazon.
As per Amazon, in a month, you get 750hrs free server usage, in simple words, that is plenty for testing your business idea. There is standard Amazon Machine Images (AMI) which has various pre-configured stacks including LAMP. Developing a decent Web application and exposing to the users is easy.
The interesting thing I noticed, it does have good Hadoop, MapReduce support. For more details of how to setup Hadoop in Amazon refer this youtube link. There are few commandline interface (cli) tools to manage EMR.
In Amazon the equivalent of HDFS is s3. Equivalent of Hadoop is Elastic MapReduce.


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The "Embankment" frame allows to input interfaces to create an embankment above the current terrain. The frame contains a table with a list of interfaces forming the embankment. A table listing the points of a currently selected interface of the embankment is displayed in the mid section of the frame. Inputting an embankment interface follows the same steps as used for standard interfaces.
An embankment cannot be specified in the first stage of construction. An embankment cannot be built if there is an earth cut already specified in a given stage - in such a case either a new stage of construction must be introduced for embankment input or the existing open cut must be first removed.
Input interfaces of an embankment can be copied within all 2D GEO5 programs using "GeoClipboard".
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Designing Your Wildlife Garden
Reclaiming wildlife habitat yard by yard is a vital step anyone can take just outside their door. Re-establishing native plant communities and protecting the local watershed with sustainable gardening practices is what gardening for wildlife is all about.
Here are some simple ways you can provide the essential habitat components of food, water, cover, and places to raise young while designing a garden space that appeals to your aesthetics and enhances the natural landscape.


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Complete guide to getting the TomTom iPhone app working for free
Step 1 : Have an iPhone. Make sure you have OS 3.0
Step 2: Jailbreak iPhone – Follow exact instructions here: http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=4448
Step 3: Enter Cydia on the iPhone, go to manage, go to sources, click edit (top right), click add (top left) and type : http://cydia.hackulo.us/ (see screenshot) . Ignore Cydia's silly warnings
Step 4: click search (bottom right), type in 'installous'. The only result you should get is 'Installous'(see screenshot). Click this and press 'install' (top right)
Step 5: click search again, type in 'appsync'. The only result you should get is 'AppSync'(see screenshot). Click this and press install
Step 6: Exit Cydia, and click the new installous icon. Click settings (bottom right). Change 'Install Method' to dirty. Toggle 'iTunes Sync' to On
Step 7: Download the tomtom app here:
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/125959037/tomtom+canada?tab=summary http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5058125/TomTom_US__amp__Canada_for_iPhone . If you don't know how to use bittorrent (if you're lost on what to do with the file) you're in way over your head. But you made it this far so click here: http://www.wikihow.com/Download-Torrents
Step 8: Drag the app you just downloaded into iTunes
Step 9: Plug your iphone into your computer, it should now sync the app. this can take up to 40 minutes
Step 10: Unplug iPhone and run the tomtom app!


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About Dropout Prevention and Recovery
The purpose of Dropout Prevention and Recovery as part of the Zip Code Project, is to collaborate with districts, schools and other sectors of the community in exploring ways to prevent students from dropping out of school by providing resources, opportunities and outreach that will ultimately help students stay in school and earn a high school diploma, indicating their readiness for college, career, and life.
In order to continue lowering Arizona's dropout rate and increase the number of high school graduates equipped with the skills necessary to succeed in the 21st century, we must first close the opportunity gap. All students must have equal and adequate access to educational opportunities and resources. To achieve this goal, we strive to ensure that Arizona's communities, school districts, and individual schools provide each student with multiple pathways to success.
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Pete McAteer brauchte ein neues Anderes Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 49 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Brand new Dreamaid Limited socio economic business and separate Dreamaid Charity to provide a market place for and to help artisans and artists globally.
Dreamaid Limited trades fairly and Dreamaid Charity will support people in poorer countries to access better markets by giving them access to the internet, PC's, cameras, marketing training (pricing, product improvement, packaging etc).
We want to be able to communicate the philosophy of the company and the charity in a graphic. The fundamentals are that we will forge a partnership between large companies, Dreamaid, Artists and poorer people to benefit all in a symbiotic relationship. Large companies gain better public relations, Dreamaid grows and is able to assist more widely, artists make more for their efforts and poor people are raised from poverty by earning a sustainable income from their efforts.
Graphic will be used on the website and also in presentations and maybe as an image on a poster for download to promote at arts and crafts fairs.
- A graphic that depicts the relationship between Dreamaid, large companies, artists and poor people. It should demonstrate how we can jointly improve to the satisfaction of all concerned
- Sponsors (large companies) support the Dreamaid Charity / Dreamaid Charity supports local artisans / Dreamaid sells artisans products internationally
- We are currently showing this in PowerPoint presentation as an inverted pyramid with wording (Sponsor / Dreamaid Charity / Artisan / Dreamaid Ltd / Market Place
- Another slide shows the Public Relations benefit the Sponsor gets, the ability to help more that Dreamaid Charity gets, the access to market that artisans get and the increased products that the market place gets - all from this symbiotic relationship
- If you give your email address I can send the PowerPoint slides to you
- New logo suggestions. We are happy with our logo
- Prefer no words on the graphic. It should be self explanatory if at all possible


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Discovery Communications announced on Friday that it was indefinitely postponing special "Michael Jackson's Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson," which was scheduled to air Jan. 13 in the U.K.Discovery cited the ongoing criminal case against Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, as well as protests from the singer's estate, as reasons for the postponement. The program was purported to be a re-enactment of the deceased singer's autopsy, and its announcement spurred protests from fans, as well as a letter of condemnation from Jackson's estate co-executors John G. Branca and John McClain. In a statement, Branca and McClain said they "are pleased that the Discovery Channel made the correct decision to cancel" the program. "We are hopeful that this show will never run in any market in the future." Preliminary hearings in the case of involuntary manslaughter against Dr. Murray are scheduled to begin next Tuesday.
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Over the decades, the Wilhelm Busch Museum – the German Museum for Caricature and Critical Drawing – has established a reputation for its humorous, ironic and satirical works.
Founded in 1937, it has displayed the works of Wilhelm Busch alongside similar artists past and present since 1950. The museum is renowned for its successful acquisitions policy and highly regarded exhibitions. Hannover is the only place in the world where the oeuvre of Wilhelm Busch can be studied in such detail, while more than 35,000 works document the history of caricature from its origins in around 1600 through to the present day.
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Seniors Design Concept for Hudson River Power Plant to Efficiently and Affordably Meet Stevens' Growing Energy Needs
According to its ten-year strategic plan released in 2012, Stevens expects to increase the undergraduate student population by 60 percent – to 4,000 students – by 2022.
Among the many things those students will need are heat and electricity.
A multidisciplinary team of Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering students have developed a cost effective alternative for heat and power production that they say can not only accommodate the growing demand for power at Stevens, but also produce a 40 percent energy savings for the university.
For their senior design project, the Cogeneration at Stevens Institute of Technology (COAST) team has developed a complete conceptual design for a 150-foot mobile power barge which will dock in the Hudson River near Stevens' Hoboken campus and provide the university with power.
The COAST team says Stevens faces a number of challenges in powering campus, given its lack of unutilized facilities on campus, dependency on outsourced power production from PSEG, and expected student growth. They designed the COAST system to solve each one.
"The COAST system is a tailored solution for the Stevens campus, meeting the seasonal heat and electricity demands while achieving the highest possible system efficiency and utilizing minimal area," said team member Julie Wilkerson.
Specifically designed to meet Stevens' unique needs, the system maximizes efficiency and has less environmental impact than the average power plant. Since power use on campus fluctuates with the academic year, it incorporates a multi-stage extraction steam turbine to enable flexible power production.
"The COAST power barge produces 5.9 megawatts of electricity and up to 37 thousand pounds of steam per hour to heat the campus," said Wilkerson. "Designed top to bottom for efficiency, it achieves a maximum system efficiency of 80 percent."
With its river location, the COAST system does not take up any space within Stevens' existing campus facilities. In addition, its semi-permanent docking solution even allows for the ability to provide emergency power during natural disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy which knocked out power at Stevens for almost one week.
"The Hudson River location saves valuable real estate for use in campus development and allows for emergency removal to protect the system in natural disasters and use it for natural disaster relief," Wilkerson said. "Designed with Hoboken's power constraints in mind, power from the barge is routed through custom-designed high capacity cables to the campus switchgear, where the electricity is distributed. The incorporation of net metering also allows Stevens to sell excess electricity to private customers, such as the Hoboken municipality and local businesses."
Currently, Stevens uses both cogeneration and solar energy systems to provide electrical and thermal power to campus, but it also contracts power production and natural gas from PSEG, which has cost the university almost $22 million since 2006. The COAST team estimates that without an alternative solution, that price tag will only increase given growing student enrollment and rising energy costs.
So, while the COAST system would require an investment of $13 million, the students believe the investment would be well worth it for the university. They estimate it would save Stevens $2 million annually, paying for itself within seven years and accumulating a total savings of $48 million over the system's 30-year lifetime.
In addition, the Stevens and Hoboken communities are committed to environmental consciousness, so the COAST system is designed to be compatible with the existing local electrical grid, as well as comply with all state and local regulations.
Although the COAST system is designed specifically for Stevens, it could be a viable solution for other universities, businesses and governments which want to cut utility costs, reduce their carbon footprint, or become independent power providers. In fact, universities like New York University, University of Connecticut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ohio State University have already integrated cogeneration systems into their campuses.
"We expect many more organizations to consider cogeneration systems as both a permanent energy solution and for emergency disaster relief," said Wilkerson.
The COAST team includes eight graduating seniors: Civil Engineering majors Trevor Bradley and Lexie Handel; Mechanical Engineering majors Philip Clark, Michael Geraci, Amy Sedlak and Julie Wilkerson; and Electrical Engineering majors Tim D'Emidio and George Lehaf. The team is sponsored by URS, an engineering, construction and technical services provider, whose advisors provided valuable insight into power plant, barge and power distribution design. The faculty advisor was Stevens Mechanical Engineering Professor Jay Boyalakuntla.
The COAST project will be on display at the Stevens Innovation Expo on April 24.


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Hello everyone,
First of all, I apologize to speak in English, I can't speak Czech for the moment. Sorry for that.
Then,I was looking for courses of Wing Chun (or maybe Kung fu) in Ceske Budejovice.
I found that: http://www.sportcentral.cz/sportoviste/ ... ice/524576
But I went today to see if there is a course, and there was nobody. I guess it is a outdated information (Maybe it was true 4 years ago : viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3662)
I tried Wing Chun several years ago during few weeks, I really liked that, but I had to move and never found a club after that. So my question is: do you know if there is formal courses of Wing Chun, or enthusiasts training together around Ceske Budejovice?
Thank you very much!


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We need a "coupon wallet" graphic for one of our pages. CouponShack is an online coupon database where users can find coupons for various stores.
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Hmm. Love a good portrait or two, but I'm not sure about the latest likeness of the Queen from Rupert Alexander.
I mean, I love the understated tone of the painting, the simple colour, and unadorned features, but the poor Queen's complexion looks a little lumpy to me. A little too reminiscent, in fact, of the white sauce I made for my tuna bake dinner last night – damn those lumps!!
Wouldn't be surprised if QEII was saying exactly the same thing…
No one can argue that Princess Caroline is the embodiment of grace and style in the fashion stakes, and she shows the very same qualities in her dignified stance on the marriage issue – class all the way.
Meanwhile, Ernst publicly indulges in a tropical lovefest. Tsk, tsk…..As my mother used to say – what the hanover was he thinking? Not very much, it seems.
And finally, Wow! is pretty much all I can say on reading of Beatrice's marathon efforts.
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Rajasthan – a state that was truly royal. A trip to Udaipur and Jaipur left me feeling proud of the heritage we have and increased my wanderlust in exploring more of India.
Udaipur – a charming city with shimmering lakes, ancient architecture, grand mansions and plenty of folklore. We got off the airport and were able to promptly avail taxi services at the airport. Our taxi driver and guide Rais Khan started our trip with taking us to the famous Nath Dwara mandir which is a temple of Krishna and more popularly Srinathji in those parts. We had around two hours to kill before the gates were opened to the hordes of devotees. The area was like any other religious area really. Rows of shops with artifacts to be used for worshipping, plenty of silverware, idols, marble besides the paraphernalia of the photos of Srinathji ofcourse, along with religious dvds etc. We had the most wonderful chai that we have ever had at a little chai tapri there. The chai vendor's secret ingredient was Mint leaves! I tried it back home immediately, and I highly recommend it! Well, we waited and waited, with the throng of devotees, right upto 15 minutes before the gates opened.. and then, much to Sandeep's chagrin, I freaked out from the charging crowd, and I actually backed out! Oh well, I tried My Lord! I hope we still have his blessings!
|Near Nathdwara temple
|Near Nathdwara temple
|Battle of Haldighati site
Udaipur and Jaipur, we found were cities replete with plenty of stories. We were told stories of grandeur of the existing royalty of the family owning whole huge palaces, dozens of vintage cars, private jets, and even private airports! We heard stories of how Kokilaben built an entire town around a new temple she built adjacent to the Srinathji building, stories of the many filmstars weddings that now favor the grand Udaipur palaces for venues. Particularly interesting was the tale of the two royal princes of Udaipur in which we were told that the elder heir to throne had been thwarted in ascending the 'throne' and hardly received anything from his ancestor whereas the younger brother got all the wealth and title of King. Our driver told us how the people of Udaipur still stood by the wronged elder brother and respected him as King even though he had not received all that his brother had. In Jaipur, the story was of that of the young teenage King whose princess mother had married a driver or commoner, and hence, her King dad, passed on everything not to her and her husband, but to the little prince. These stories were all set in the modern day. Besides these were the stories behind each building, each mansion, and each structure in the forts around these cities. Where Rana Pratap and his loyal horse Chetak, were the subject of stories, memorials, and statues in Udaipur, it was Sawai Mansingh and Jaisingh who left their legacy at Jaipur.
|Rana Pratap Memorial at Haldighati
|City Palace
|Palace near Lake Picchola
|Dudh Talai near Lake Picchola
We boated on Lake Picchola and marveled at the gorgeous landscape with grand palaces, mostly now heritage hotels, in all directions. Particularly spectacular was the lighted up Taj hotel in the shimmering waters of Lake Picchola. Being monsoon, the lakes were full, and it was surprising to note that the desert state of India was probably more verdant than Kerela!
|Taj Lake Palace
|Bagori ki Haveli dance
We proceeded the next day to visit the City Palace, still owned by the Maharaja of Udaipur. After a tour of the mansion, we banked for a bit on the shores of lake Fatehsaagar which was close to our hotel, had more chai, and then went to Bagori ki haveil to see some folk dances. As a pointer to future tourists, the show is from 7 pm to 8 pm and is certainly worth a visit! Our last stop at Udaipur was the lofty fort of Chittorgarh which I shall keep for a separate blog. In very few words though, Chittorgarh was one of the most impressive forts I have ever seen. On the downside, it was disconcerting to see the number of cows on most of roads left stray by their owners to fend for themselves in order that they did not have to waste precious space on them. Apparently if the cows got rounded off, the owners were happier since the expensive cattle feed got taken care of at the shelter. Thus, sadly the government stopped catching the cows, and the owners had their own way. It is little wonder that foreigners have this pathetic image of India with cows sitting all major road junctions without batting an eyelid! On visiting Udaipur, I finally see why!
|Rolls Royce at the Vintage Car Museum
For pointers on where to eat, our driver unfortunately did not take us to the kind of places we would have liked, but the one place I would recommend is the lunch with a vintage touch at the vintage car museum. The Rajasthani thali was delicious and the vintage car collection incredible! We also had an animated guide who quizzed us on Vintage car trivia and made our experience fun! All in all, a wonderful trip, and we left for Jaipur in the convenient night train with memories of the shimmering palaces around the tranquil lake Picchola.


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The city has several rugby stadiums and it has been the host for various rugby matches. The other popular sporting club is Bradford City Football Club that was started in the year 1903. This club has won several coveted cups and medals both in national and international competitions. There is also the Bradford Dragons basket ball team and a Snooker Club. In addition to these, the city is also the home for the reputed Bradford Cricket league. This league was started in the year 1903 with 12 teams each in two groups. But now only two out these inaugural groups continue to be members of the league. The inaugural league match was won by Shelf and some of the other top winners are Pudsey Congs with four wins and Bradford CC has recorded ten wins.
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Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still (1904-1980) is one of my favorite abstract artists. His massive scale, jagged forms, and raw use of color are so expressive to me. An extended stay in Denver allowed me to visit the eponymous museum. I was eager to see his paintings in person, since I've seen such a correlation to Still's paintings and minimalist fashion. Both Abstract Expressionism and Minimalist Fashion simplifies the creative act to the most fundamental question – how does each of us relate to the energy and emotion of color and form?
(New to my site? You would like my previous post, Minimalist Fashion: Issey Miyake & Clyfford Still).
Still was an early figure in the Abstract Expressionists movement directly following WWII. He painted in New York City during much of the 1950s, but soon grew cynical of the art world there. He preferred to instead remove himself from the commercialism and stopped working with galleries. In 1961, he left New York for Maryland where he painted until his death in 1980. Still enjoyed his work from the periphery, and his estate included a 94% inventory of his paintings and drawings. This unusually robust collection was rooted in Still's belief that every artist is best understood by viewing the entire body of their work on its own, not accompanied by the paintings and drawings of other artists.
This idea echoed through my mind as I walked through the galleries. As I passed from room to room, I felt that Still was a very sensitive person. Some rooms were a totally emotional experience for me. The amorphous shapes and rich color combinations were evocative of experiences outside of words and letters, like . . .
solemnity . . .
curiosity . . .
or pensiveness.
While these experiences have names, the words are merely empty shells until you have felt the experience yourself. Other rooms, instead, appealed to my memory. The canvases somehow told a story I knew, like:
a flock of birds taking flight at dusk . . .
water endlessly flowing through a waterfall . . .
the sun setting over a reed-covered lake . . .
or flames crackling and consuming the wood of a bonfire.
Still abandoned titling his work later in his career. He believed that the viewer should bring their own meaning and interpretation to his work. All of the paintings and drawings are tracked by an alphanumeric system based on the inventory photos of the collection.
Without names, the viewer can spontaneously see what they'd like to see, whenever they are ready to see it. What do you see?


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Early Day Miners
From the softest, most gentle campfire songs to the stringed wall of sound rock ensemble, LET US GARLANDS BRING glides easily without pause across a many-layered terrain like a film projected against a stucco wall just left of the steer-skull and under the Christmas lights; a feud breaks out at the family reunion, but the band plays on -- stonefaced and unaffected in the most committed way. It's the stuff of real human drama. Frontman Dan Burton delivers his songs in his slightly effected, though non-chalant, sing-song while drummer Rory Leitch (who has worked with Burton since they co-founded the band Ativin back in 1994) keeps it all grounded as the storm brews on. Fans of seminal slow-core bands such as Codeine and Low will appreciate Early Day Miners for their tempered beauty and composure, while lovers of My Bloody Valentine and mid-period Giant Sand (not to mention the Neil Young they were nodding to) will love the gorgeous distorted landscape that guitarists Burton and Joe Brumley allow to take them over. Produced by Dan Burton at his Grotto Home Studio in Bloomington, Indiana, LET US GARLANDS BRING is the perfect follow-up to Early Day Miners' 2000 debut full-length PLACER FOUND (released on Texas-based label Western Vinyl). The double-LP version of LET US GARLANDS BRING contains an extra song and is being released by Western Vinyl (distributed exclusively through Secretly Canadian Distribution as well). "Over and expanse of musical space most sadcore bands just couldn't control, Early Day Miners come on like Low, meek and striking, but with aspirations toward the epic sprawl of soundtrack music." - Joey Sweeney, Magnet Release date: 05/07/02read more
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Please make a photocopy of your passport's identification page and keep it separate from your original. It's also a good idea to leave a digital copy with someone at home. This may speed up the replacement process should you lose your passport.
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Parents traveling with children will now be required to provide an unabridged birth certificate(It must contain the names of both parents, a certified copy of the birth certificate is acceptable) of all traveling children (under the age of 18 years old). This applies even when both parents are traveling with their children. When children are traveling with guardians, these adults are required to produce affidavits from parents proving permission for the children to travel.
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Electricity in Botswana is supplied at 220/240v. Both square and round wall plugs are used.
We advise not to bring a hair dryer as it could blow a fuse.
Phone: Roaming charges vary between carriers, but tend to be quite costly. Consult your phone provider prior to departure to discuss overseas rates and international package options. It is also possible to purchase a SIM card locally to avoid international charges when calling numbers within Botswana. (You should check to see that your cell phone is SIM card compatible.)
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Andy Robinson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
http://www.allupandon.co.uk - everything home is up or on!
http://www.allupandon.co.uk is an online home interiors department store.
Owned and operated by a family team and a few members of dedicated staff we have grown from nothing over the past 3 years.
Selling home improvements products that we like for our own homes to sell to others through our informative website and with excellent customer service.
Image is important to us, clean, fresh, simple, but quiry is us.
Please visit http://www.allupandon.co.uk to view the web shop we are looking at improving.
Proud home owners.
People with an eye for design and well built, useful products.
Thoughtful gift buyers.
Age 25 - 55
We only sell currently to within the UK.
(a lot of our product selection doesn't allow us to go global)
This project is step one - Logos
We need a main allupandon logo design that will carry through to matching logos for each of the departments. Much like we currently show on http://www.allupandon.co.uk. We also need to allow for expansion of additonal departments as we get to adding them in the future.
all-tidied-up = Home & Storage - brown/latte
all-lit-up = Lighting & Light Bulbs - yellow/orange
all-pasted-up = Wall Decoration - pale greens
all-cooked-up = Kitchen & Cooking - turquoise/blue
all-sat-on = Funky Seating - reds
During rebuild we are changing all-stitched-up to all-cooked-up
The new logo must be scaleable/adaptable into standard banner sizes easily, example of sizes 88x31, 120x60, 468x60, 120x600, 728x90, 234x60, 125x125 pixels.
We like:
• The colouring for each of our departments.
• Having matching but separate logos for each department.
• The possibility of a generic icon/shape to carry through the design (not a must).
We don't like:
• The use of the dots in the current logo.
• Product icons, i.e. no light bulbs or pots and pans
• The use of cartoons or stock photos or clipart in the designs.
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Benedict Evans, an independent technology analyst based in London, has put together statistics on Facebook's mobile usage, giving a picture of which platforms matter most for the social network.
According to Evans, Facebook itself quietly published statistics on usage of its mobile apps until late last year, when it stopped. These numbers are as of September 2012—the most recent available.
Facebook has 1.07 billion users. 604 million of them are mobile.
470 million of those users access Facebook on some kind of smartphone app, leaving 134 million who access it solely via the mobile Web version.
Apple is the most important platform for Facebook: 140 million iPhone users, 45 million iPad users.
Android is a close second at 175 million—more than iPhone alone, and growing faster.
RIM's BlackBerry platform had less than 60 million users.
A Facebook app for non-smartphone "feature" phones had 75 million users.
Nokia and Windows Phone usage was insignificant.
The most controversial finding was that mobile Web usage was smaller than iPhone or Android usage, which contradicts a statement Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made last fall about mobile Web usage being bigger than iPhone and Android put together.
A simple explanation: Many iPhone and Android users likely access Facebook on both the mobile Web and native apps—it's not either-or, the way Evans chose to present the numbers.
After a long time spent trying to develop its site using mobile Web technologies, Facebook has more recently been emphasizing improvements of its native mobile apps, especially the Android version, to the point of strongly encouraging employees to switch to Android so they can better test the app.
It's clear that Facebook has a bigger opportunity on Android than on the iPhone: 70 percent of iPhone users use Facebook on an app, while only 40 percent of Android users do, according to Evans.


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"E" is for everything else, not least for expanding HIV testing in Europe
Jeffrey V Lazarus*; Jens D Lundgren
Copenhagen HIV Programme, Copenhagen University, Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
In 2006, the director of the Department of HIV/AIDS in the World Health Organization (WHO) called for moving beyond the hotly debated strategy for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection known as "ABC" (for abstain, be faithful, use condoms), with the addition of a "D" for "diagnosis" and an "E" for "everything else".1 We took this call literally and, together with colleagues from across Europe, in 2007 we cofounded the HIV in Europe initiative, aimed at improving and expanding HIV testing and linkages to earlier care.2 Fast-forward five years and, in March 2012, HIV in Europe held its third major conference to discuss an array of testing-related issues and ways to take the initiative forward.
Testing rates are unacceptably low everywhere, even in Europe.3 In some eastern European countries, as many as 60% of those living with HIV are undiagnosed,4 and in the WHO European Region as a whole, nearly half of the 2.5 million people who are infected with HIV are diagnosed late in the course of their infection. Why do so many people not know that they are infected or get tested too late to obtain optimal care? These are some of the questions we seek to answer. While the 2012 conference reported on concrete study findings, this article explores the elements that should be a part of "E".
Encourage, empower, expand. To scale up testing, groups at higher risk for HIV infection, such as people who inject drugs, sex workers and men who have sex with men, need expanded opportunities and encouragement for HIV testing through targeted information on prevention. Just as importantly, however, they need to be empowered to take control of protecting their own health. Although high-risk populations are typically marginalized, in many parts of western Europe men who have sex with men are less marginalized now than in the past. In this group, HIV infection is on the rise again.5 Quality counselling on preventing HIV transmission is needed for members of this community and of other groups at risk that are more difficult to reach. Hence, the HIV in Europe initiative will prioritize counselling issues over the next two years.
Ethics. Medical ethics prescribe that health-care providers should do no harm, yet in certain parts of Europe, particularly in the east, they often notify the authorities when people who inject drugs seek HIV testing or care. Fear of incarceration deters drug users from getting tested. Until medical services are fully delinked from law enforcement, or law enforcement and health policy-makers begin to work in tandem with HIV organizations, HIV testing will remain infrequent among key risk groups and HIV transmission will continue or increase.
Evidence. A growing body of evidence is accumulating on how to overcome barriers to HIV testing. Since people with HIV infection often have tuberculosis, WHO recommends testing all HIV-positive individuals for tuberculosis and vice versa.6 It also recommends hepatitis C screening and hepatitis B vaccination among people who inject drugs.7 Nevertheless, few tuberculosis patients are tested for HIV partly due to stigma involving both the patient and the care provider. While busy providers can be trained and care and referral systems streamlined, stigma can be far more difficult to overcome, particularly when HIV transmission is criminalized.
Evaluation. To build a good evidence base, testing programmes must be rigorously evaluated. All too often, the costs of evaluating, or even monitoring, programme activities are not included in the funding. The resulting lack of reliable national testing data hinders the full evaluation of testing programmes. At the service delivery level, ongoing evaluation can pinpoint inconsistent testing or low testing rates and evaluation research can lead to improved overall programme effectiveness.
Effectiveness. Although HIV testing programme evaluation tends to focus on effectiveness, costeffectiveness is the criterion most often employed to prioritize interventions, especially in low-resource settings. In 2003 many experts argued that prevention was as much as twenty times more costeffective than treatment. But what clinician or patient is primarily interested in prevention when faced with advancing disease? Further, the evidence is solid that treatment is prevention because reducing the viral load in an individual or community makes transmission decline. What the Copenhagen HIV Programme and colleagues are currently investigating is when to initiate treatment.
The jury is still out on which HIV interventions to prioritize, although initial attempts to define this have been made: WHO has reviewed the published evidence8 and the Copenhagen Consensus Centre commissioned expert papers on the main interventions, which were ranked in order of costeffectiveness by a panel of economists.9 Although antiretroviral therapy ranked fifth and testing and counselling ninth, WHO has called for all interventions to include testing and treatment components, thereby cementing their central position in the response to HIV infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, since testing is a precondition for effective treatment.
If the prevention revolution advocated by the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is to materialize, we need the universal access to treatment to which countries have committed themselves. This implies, however, maintaining or increasing funding in the face of competing priorities a daunting task currently faced by organizations like the Global Fund, UNAIDS and WHO. Otherwise "E" will stand for "empty promises" and "D" for "delayed testing".
Available at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/9/12-106740
1. D for diagnosis and E for everything else [interview with Dr Kevin De Cock]. Bull World Health Organ 2006;84:7745. PMID: 17128355
2. Ludgren J. HIV in Europe: working together for optimal testing and earlier care. Rigshospitalet: HIV in Europe Steering Committee; 2009. Available from: http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/pdf/am/v23n2/v23n2a23.pdf ttp://www.hiveurope.eu [accessed 9 August 2012] .
3. World Health Organization [Internet]. Global HIV/AIDS response: epidemic update and health sector progress towards universal access, progress report 2011. Geneva: WHO; 2011. Available from: http://www.afro.who.int/en/clusters-a-programmes/dpc/acquired-immune-deficiency-syndrome/features/3439-global-hivaids-response-progress-report-2011.html [accessed 9 August 2012] .
4. Hamers FF, Phillips AN. Diagnosed and undiagnosed HIV infected populations in Europe. HIV Med 2008;9:612. doi: 10.1111/j.1468- 1293.2008.00584.x PMID: 18557863
5. HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe 2010. Stockholm: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; 2011. Available from: ecdc.europa.eu/en/.../111129_SUR_Annual_HIV_Report.pdf [accessed 9 August 2012] .
6. WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities: guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012. Available from: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/2012/tb_hiv_policy_9789241503006/en/index.html [accessed 14 August 2012] .
7. Guidance on prevention of viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs. Geneva: HIV/AIDS Programme, World Health Organization; 2012. Available from: http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/guidelines/hepatitis/en/index.html [accessed 14 August 2012] .
8. HIV prevention in generalized epidemics: optimal interventions for Global Fund applications: recommendations for a public health approach. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011. Available from: whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241502467_eng.pdf [accessed 9 August 2012] .
9. Research. In: Rethink HIV [Internet].Lausanne: Copenhagen Consensus Center and Rush Foundation; 2012. Available from: http://www.rethinkhiv.com/index.php/research [accessed 14 August 2012] .
* Correspondence to Jeffrey V Lazarus (e-mail: email@example.com).


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This man is one of three members of a local community in Sichuan that are using excavators to try and move piles of industrial waste that have been contaminating their village for years. Fed up with being ignored by the polluters Lomon Group, a Chinese fertilizer company, these citizens decided to take matters into their own hands. They expect it will take decades to move such a large amount of hazardous waste.
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Here's a legitimate question, and one you should consider: If your CPU is 20 times faster than hardware from a decade ago, why does it take the same amount of time — sometimes longer — to go from a cold start to online and reading e-mail?
In light of desktop advances over the past few months, and ones that are due over the next few more, it becomes more and more curious.
Unity, KDE 4.6, Gnome 3 … are they all improvements, if they're requiring the same amount of time, but more powerful hardware?
If I rephrase the question, it becomes easily blurred: If you have thirty to forty times the memory your computer had ten years ago, why does it require a proportionate — or perhaps even greater portion — amount of resources to manage day-to-day tasks?
At this point, conventional wisdom says, "Well, it's easy and cheap to bolster the amount of resources available to a computer, so the question is moot."
Quite to the contrary. Jamming a PC to the brim with the fastest processor and biggest hard drive and most memory does not erase the fact that the software it runs is becoming less efficient.
Which is a point asserted by the original question.
Which, by the way, was not mine. It's from a Linux Journal article.
From nearly ten years ago. 😯
It's sad to think that, over the course of nearly a decade, the issue is still lurking. And oddly enough (or perhaps not), Marco Fioretti's rationale for the RULE project is still lurking too.
But I'm just an end-user. I don't code — I haven't the time or the skills at this point in my life to make a meaningful and considerable contribution.
So perhaps pointing out the incongruity — the perversity, almost — of relying on stronger hardware to run heavier software to do the same tasks as a decade ago … well, maybe that's rude.
But I am just an end-user, and that means I have the option of throwing my meager weight behind projects that don't follow that trend.
It does not serve my interests to use or endorse software that needs additional hardware, not because of the financial implications, or ecological self-righteousness, or because of underprivileged communities elsewhere on the planet.
It's because logically, at its core, the situation and popular prescription make no sense.
So no, I won't be buying additional hardware to meet the demands of Unity or KDE 4.6 or Gnome 3, nor would I with Windows 7 or Mac OS … whatever Mac is up to these days.
When software and desktops follow a curve that suggests speed and efficiency over glitz and gluttony, I will be on board.
But until then, I am doing fine with a 15-year-old Pentium and a few razor-sharp console programs. To each his own.


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XBMC Eden, the latest release of the popular media centre app, will be available to install in Ubuntu 12.04 through the Ubuntu Software Centre.
This marks the first time that the package has been available in Ubuntu without the need for users to additional PPAs or repositories to their systems first.
The credit for the support goes to XBMC and Debian developer Andres Mejia, who took up the job of getting XBMC Eden into Debian, from where it's been synced into Ubuntu for 12.04.
The XBMC blog explains: –
"In the past we have been unable to make it into Debian as the sheer size and complexity of XBMC made the review process so difficult, so Andres, an XBMC developer who was working to become a Debian Developer already, volunteered to maintain it himself. Yesterday, his Eden packages were accepted.
For those unclear about what this means, Debian unstable users will now be able to install XBMC without using any third-party repositories."
XBMC Blog via Mark


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I love this snack. Great with beer too.
this reminds me so much of sambal... looks good...
Oh, those remind me of those good old times........
Ellie was right, perfect with beer....
What a coincidence! I made some chili anchovies too but mine was just with sugar and chilli. Yours sounds wonderful with the chili paste!
Wah, salivating liao. I loved this snack! I didn't know there is such thing as tamarind powder until my friend's brother said so at her memorial day BBQ party. Now I need to look for it, sounds so much easier.
oh yes!! beer!! I rememeber they serve this kind of snack during Happy Hour!!
oh yea..I remember when I was young, we eat this snack with porridge..maybe I should make more to eat with beer as you guys suggested! thanks!
I'm sure your taste good too..Mine is only extra belacan in the chili sauce! if I don't have sambal paste I also cook with sugar and chili sauce!
you must look for Tamarind powder! it's never too late..it's really easy ,no mess like adding salt into your dish..I start using tamarind powder 10 years ago when I lived in NYC..Every Asian store do carry this item..
Yummy, one of our fav snacks and I love to pile this on top of my nasi lemak. Delicious.


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The vimuttayatanam The 5 bases of deliverance:
XXV. "Five bases of deliverance; here
.the teacher or a respected fellow disciple teaches a monk Dhamma.
And as he receives the teaching, he gains a grasp of both the spirit
and the letter of the teaching. At this, joy arises in him, and from
this joy, delight; and by this delight his senses are calmed, he
feels happiness as a result, and with this happiness his mind is
established [he attains nibbana];
b. he has not heard it thus, but in the course of the teaching
Dhamma to others he has learnt it by heart as he has heard it, or
c. as he is chanting the Dhamma... or
d. ...when he applies his mind to the Dhamma, thinks and ponders
over it and concentrates his attention on it; or
e. When he has properly grasped some concentration sign, has well
considered it, applied his mind to it, and has well penetrated it
with wisdom. At this, joy arises in him; and from this joy, delight,
and by this delight his senses are calmed, he feels happiness as a
result, and with this happiness his mind is established
Only e. is really related to some special mindstate. The other 4 ways(, a, b, c, d) of attaining Nibbana are based on directly considering the Buddha's teaching.
But could such consideration be done in the Belly Sandwich shop? I would say yes,.
Could it be done while sitting? yes
while walking? yes.
while defecating? yes.
Urinating ?yes...
and all the other situations described in the satipatthana sutta...
Should one think, while enjoying a sandwich at Belly sandwich shop "Oh this is not so good, I wish I was at the root of trees doing real practice!".
Or could there be there and then, at the very moment of ordering, or at the moment of seeing , or tasting, awareness of hardness or feeling, or mind with desire or mind with aversion....


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They are trying to judge your potential as a teacher. They want to know what you think, not what you think they want to hear. The number of words specified gives you an idea of the amount of detail you need to give.
This may seem unhelpful, but they want to know about you, not us. Don't forget, this is a pre-CELTA task. You are not epected to give expert answers. If you could, you would not need to go on the course.
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"You're not going to get bullpen help. Forget about that. Anyone who goes in anyone's pen now is going to be someone that is on a one-year contract. No one is going to let anyone go who is producing that is on a multiyear contract because they're going to need him for their pen next year. You're going to get somebody who is high-priced who is not performing. Well, be careful when you put that claim in because you might end up getting it. And then you take a look at the possibilities out there and you weigh them against what you already have? You go, hmmm. We already have better in-house. So we've got what we got."
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Enjoy our beautiful Ikat Cushion Range and mix and match sizes, colours and sizes for a perfectly styled living room or bedroom. This bright and fresh looking range has been designed with great care and with our bone inlay specialty in mind. You will find this range compliments our We Collection of bone and mother of pearl inlay furniture and homewares. This range is printed on a Cotton Linen fabric and is soft to the touch. Fabric Content is: 50% Cotton, 30% Linen and 20% Polyester. Each Cushion Cover is hand-stitched with love and care and produced in limited quantities. Importantly youll find the pattern printed on both sides of your cushion cover. There is also a quality invisible zipper closure and the cover is removable and washable.
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Stepping outside for a quick smoke is taking on new meaning at Air Force bases around the world.
According to Air Force regulations to take effect next year, those jonesing for a cigarette will need to find a "designated tobacco area" before lighting up.
The areas will be at least 50 feet from sidewalks, parking lots or building entrance ways. The no-smoke zone -- which includes all tobacco products, including snuff and chewing tobacco -- is extended even farther from playgrounds (100 feet) and medical facilities (200 feet).
Even tobaccoless electronic cigarettes are covered by the ban.
The Air Force issued the regulation in late March, which gives bases 18 months to comply as the service continues trying to smoke out tobacco users from its ranks.
The policy aims both to reduce secondhand smoke exposure and generally to discourage tobacco use, which costs $1.6 billion annually in medical expenses and lost days of work, according to Defense Department figures. The adverse effect of tobacco use on productivity and fitness also is noted by the Air Force in its revamped policy.
"Commanders and leaders should strive for tobacco-free (Air Force) installations and decrease supportive environments for tobacco use," it states.
The Air Force last updated its tobacco policy in 2002, prohibiting smoking within 50 feet of any building, but that rule has been only loosely enforced despite the ubiquitous signs.
The updated regulation specifically excludes on-base housing with independent air-handling systems but allows bases to ban smoking in those units if second-hand smoke becomes a problem. It also requires housing with shared air-handling systems to be designated smoke-free.
Most installations already have banned smoking in dormitories for single airmen. Some already have banned smoking in base housing — including porches, balconies and outdoor common areas.
The new policy also prohibits the sale of all tobacco products at Air Force base clubs, hospitals and all other Air Force organizations except for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.
According to the new AFI 40-102, smokers technically can't even light up in their own cars while on base, said Maj. Stacy Van Orden, flight commander of the health and wellness center at Yokota Air Base.
The Air Force already bans tobacco use during basic training and in other formal training environments.
In briefing commanders and airmen on the new regulations that will take effect at Yokota in April, Van Orden said she emphasizes that the Air Force "is not trying to infringe on your private space. We're infringing on your work space."
Yokota currently has more than 100 smoking areas -- not all of them official -- and will eliminate all but 22 by spring, she said. Only six of the current 100 areas adhere to the new policy's minimum standards. The other 16 will require a waiver from the wing commander, she said.
For all its specifics, such as also banning the use of hookahs and water pipes everywhere but designated tobacco zones, the updated policy does not define penalties for breaking the rules. Those decisions will be left to local commanders, Jonathan Stock, an Air Force spokesman at the Pentagon, told Stars and Stripes by email.
Smokers ostensibly will be the easiest to catch.
"In general, disciplinary measures should be reserved only for violators who willfully and flagrantly persist in using tobacco outside of (designated tobacco areas) despite repeated reminders," the policy states.
Although infractions are "not meant to be punishable under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice," Van Orden said, those who repeatedly violate the policy potentially could be face disciplinary action for "not adhering to Air Force standards."
Although no Air Force bases have gone completely smoke-free, that's the goal of the latest policy.
Some airmen contend that while the new smoking policy is reasonable, it likely won't convince smokers to give up the habit.
Staff Sgt. Jonghawan Kim, who has smoked for a decade, said he wants to quit, but not because of the increasing Air Force pressure.
"The only reason I'm trying to quit is because of my girlfriend," said Kim, who's stationed at Yokota. "She hates it. She's definitely my motivation."
Stricter rules on where lighting up is OK might discourage novice smokers, but hard-core smokers will only quit when then they're ready he said.
"If the individual doesn't have the strong will to quit, he will continue to smoke," Kim said.
Not everyone is happy about the plans to make bases smoke-free.
Policies like the one the Air Force is enacting and other smoking prohibitions "take peoples' choices away, said Michael Zehner, a founding member of Hawaii Smokers Alliance, which formed in 2006 to fight a state smoking ban enacted that year.
"We shouldn't live in a nanny state," said Zehner, former sailor turned Navy civilian employee at the Pearl Harbor.
Still, anti-tobacco policies are "generally seen by leadership as the politically correct thing," Zehner said. "It's enforced through fear."


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LONDON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Individual bees produced by a colony exposed to a widely used pesticide hatch out at a smaller size and grow less, British researchers say.
Scientists at Royal Holloway University of London said they found the result in bumblebee colonies with prolonged exposure to a pyrethroid pesticide, used on flowering crops to prevent insect damage.
They tracked how the bee colonies grew over a 4-month period, recording the size and weight of bees as well as monitoring the number of queens and male bees produced by the colony.
"We already know that larger bumblebees are more effective at foraging. Our result, revealing that this pesticide causes bees to hatch out at a smaller size, is of concern as the size of workers produced in the field is likely to be a key component of colony success, with smaller bees being less efficient at collecting nectar and pollen from flowers," researcher Gemma Baron said.
With an existing European Union on the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides, the use of other classes of pesticides such as pyrethroids is likely to increase, the researchers said, with an impact on bee colonies.
"Bumblebees are essential to our food chain so it's critical we understand how wild bees might be impacted by the chemicals we are putting into the environment," researcher Mark Brown said. "We know we have to protect plants from insect damage but we need to find a balance and ensure we are not harming our bees in the process."