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Linux Magazine: KickPIM, KRename and Konqueror 3.2
In its current issue Linux Magazine published an article (PDF) about KickPIM, a panel applet for quick access to your address book. Already published in a previous issue and also online available is a story (PDF) about KRename, a batch file renamer. Finally we were notified by Linux Magazine that a review of Konqueror 3.2 (PDF) has been added to the archive of the June 2004 issue.
[OT] lists.kde.org
By fake at Tue, 2004/09/07 - 5:00am
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What did happen? It works for me.
By AC at Tue, 2004/09/07 - 5:00am
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it's back up. MARC was having issues
By anon at Wed, 2004/09/08 - 5:00am
Konqueror is progressing!!!!!!!!
Konqueror is progressing!! Despite being unable to properly parse anything that doesn't conform strictly to HTML 4.0, Konqueror now makes it possible to edit your bookmarks via a context menu (too bad this functionality isn't yet available for more basic applications, such as KMenu). With features like this, it doesn't matter whether or not you can actually view pages!! After all, isn't that why they made Mozilla?? If I didn't have to sit around for twenty minutes waiting for Mozilla to start whenever Konqueror failed to display a page, what would I do with my life?? Anyway, I could never part with Konqueror, because then I wouldn't have the joy of a bloated, multi-function, unnavagable sidebar that I must invoke everytime I want to perform just one specific function. Another great feature of Konqueror is the fact that there is just one "home" button, which can be set to either a website or my home directory! I wouldn't want to have two separate buttons, because that would be too much choice, and everyone knows that free software is about less choice!!!
At any rate, congratulations!!! Konqueror is now at the point where Internet Explorer was five years ago!!!!!!!
By Annoyingly Realistic at Wed, 2004/09/08 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror is progressing!!!!!!!!
That was pretty funny.
It doesn't a-do so a-well with the pages some-timesa. You wanna spicy meatball?
By Joe at Thu, 2004/09/09 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror is progressing!!!!!!!!
Konqueror works perfectly on all my sites, which I program in XHTML 1.0 Transitional. I use KDE 3.2 so maybe thats a new (new-ish) feature? :-P
By Corbin at Thu, 2004/09/09 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror is progressing!!!!!!!!
I was exaggerating a bit. Konqueror CAN view sites that don't conform to HTML 4.0, obviously. It seems to have trouble with highly complex sites that make heavy use of EMCAScript and CSS. Mozilla, however, doesn't have this trouble. I can't list the sites here because they are specific to my college, and so nobody would be able to get on them anyway.
By Annoyingly Realistic at Sat, 2004/09/11 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror is progressing!!!!!!!!
I suggest you read http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2003_11.html
and then either STFU or help in some way (if you can't program, you can always clean up/triage khtml bugs on bugzilla)
By anon at Sat, 2004/09/11 - 5:00am
TODO App?
Yesterday I was searching for a standalone Todo app for KDE... preferably something that accesses the KOrganizer/Kontact database (for syncing to my Palm). I would like something that is light, quick to load (unlike Kontact) and I can pop in new Todos quickly. Something that sat in the tray like KNotes would be great.
Does it exist? Here's a hint as to why I'm not sure... try Googling for TODO and KDE (or TODO and *any* large software project)!!
(KickPIM looks like what I want, but not for the Addressbook).
By Evan "JabberWok... at Wed, 2004/09/08 - 5:00am
You mean like KOrganizer? Thats exactly whats in Kontact (Kontact embeds all those programs into one easy to use PIM.
By Corbin at Thu, 2004/09/09 - 5:00am
Re: KOrganizer
Oops! Hit the wrong reply! haha! This was supposed to be under "TODO App?"... Oh well!
By Corbin at Thu, 2004/09/09 - 5:00am


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SALISBURY, Md. – The York College men's lacrosse team suffered an 18-7 loss to #2 Salisbury on Wednesday in Capital Athletic Conference action. With the defeat, the Spartans fall to 9-3 and lose their first CAC contest of the season, dropping to 5-1 in league play. The national powerhouse Sea Gulls remain unbeaten and improve to 12-0 and 5-0 in the conference.
Salisbury jumped out front early, notching five goals in the first quarter. That 5-0 lead stretch to 7-0 as the Sea Gulls scored the first two of the second frame.
Spartan senior attack Josh Gamble stemmed the tide with his first of two goals on the day. With 7:03 left in the second quarter, Gamble finished on an assist from Jimmy Langton. That would be as close as the Spartans would come however.
Salisbury embarked on a nine-goal spurt that spanned the remainder of the second half and the entire third quarter. With that performance, the Sea Gulls took a 16-1 lead into the final period.
York showed quality heart over the final 15 minutes, scoring six goals in the quarter. Justin Aita notched a pair of tallies in the frame while Gamble, B.J. Blaker, Adam Cooper, and James Lowe each added one. However, that would not be enough to overcome the late deficit as Salisbury secured the 18-7 CAC triumph.
The Spartans will look to return to the win column on Saturday, April 9, as York is slated to host Christopher Newport University in a 12:00 pm non-conference tilt. Prior to the contest, the Green and White will honor their 12 senior student-athletes for their contributions to the Spartan program.
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In our Money Mic series, we hand over the podium to people with controversial views about money. These are their views, not ours, but we welcome your responses.
In his last essay for LearnVest, Sean shared his master plan for paying off a large chunk of his home loan in "How I Paid $100,000 Off My Mortgage in Under 2 Years." Today, he talks about how income from two side gigs is helping him to further put a dent in his mortgage — and why he relishes every moment of his jam-packed work life.
It's 5 A.M. And although the sun hasn't yet risen, I've already started my workday. Around this time, you'll usually find me typing away on my laptop because mornings are when I'm most productive.
Why am I up at the crack of dawn when I could be catching some much-needed shut-eye? It's because I have three jobs — and not because I have to, but because I want to.
My regular nine-to-five has me working as a pension analyst at a global pension and benefits consulting firm, where I make about $49,000 a year. But I also work two side jobs: I have a part-time, weekend position as a meat-department clerk at a supermarket, and I write freelance articles about finance at night and on weekends.
My family and friends often ask me why I choose to work three jobs when many people struggle just to keep up with the hectic pace of one — especially since my salary can sustain my current lifestyle. But I've always had a strong work ethic, plus I have financial goals that won't happen on their own. And my extra income helps me form a game plan to achieve them.
Why having three jobs is worth it (really!)
One of the goals I'm working toward is to pay off my mortgage by age 31 — and that's only about three years away. As such, I route much of my side-job income directly toward paying down that loan, and at the rate I'm going, I expect to meet my timeline.
I'm able to do this thanks to a couple of moves I've made. For starters, I rent the main floor of my house for $1,550 per month, while I live in the basement. And since I know that the pay from my supermarket job is a reliable source of income, I increased my mortgage payment to include that amount.
Last year, I earned $10,000 from my supermarket job, and brought in an additional $20,000 from my freelance writing — making it my most successful year to date.
RELATED: 5 Money Lessons I Learned From Part-Time Jobs
Although I earn a lot more writing, the one downside is that it's often hard to predict how much I'll earn from month to month. For this reason I treat my freelance writing income as "found money," and as soon as I receive a check, I apply it as a lump-sum payment toward my mortgage. And since I'm in a higher-income tax bracket due to my side jobs, I make sure to contribute $300 a week toward retirement savings to lessen my tax burden.
In less than two years, I've managed to pay off more than $100,000 of the $425,000 mortgage on my home in Toronto using my side income and my rental income. This extra money also helped pay for $25,000 worth of recent home renovations— installing a new retaining wall, a sump pump, a sidewalk and a front porch — so I'm glad I had the financial cushion.
RELATED: I'm Glad I Had an Emergency Fund: 4 Real Tales of Life Gone Wrong
How I manage the three-job juggling act
Between my full-time job and the side jobs, I can work upwards of 80 hours in an average week. In addition to waking at the crack of dawn, I go to bed at midnight. It also helps that I'm currently single, which enables me to keep up with this pace.
Once I've achieved my goal of mortgage freedom, I'll scale back my workload by quitting my part-time supermarket job, and only taking on select writing assignments. I'll also likely stop renting out the main floor of my house, but I'm in no hurry.
A lot of how I budget my time is based on an idea espoused by one of my idols, Mark Cuban, star of ABC's Shark Tank and the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks. One of the philosophies he often preaches is a metric they don't teach you in business school: return on time — the idea that you should value every minute.
I use this principle in my daily schedule. Sometimes there are simply not enough hours in a day to get everything done, so I look at the tasks that will achieve the greatest return. As a freelance writer, I'm often juggling many tight deadlines, so it's important to manage the ones that matter most.
I generally try to tackle what's due first, but when my workload becomes too heavy, I'll focus on the most lucrative assignments. I also prioritize personal tasks based on their urgency. For instance, if the lawn is mowed on another day, it's not the end of the world. But if I don't tackle the laundry, I'm out of luck for tomorrow's work clothes.
Every morning, I also make a to-do list in my head of what I hope to accomplish that day, both personally and professionally. I find that once I set a specific goal, it's a lot easier to achieve. My date planner becomes crucial to helping me manage these everyday tasks.
RELATED: 4 Ways to Make a Better To-Do List
Despite my busy schedule, I also try to schedule get-togethers with those nearest and dearest to me at least a week in advance. Sure, that means I can't do the spontaneous coffee or dinner, but at least I'm ensuring that I have time set aside for my family and friends.
I've held side jobs for five years now, and over that time, I've come up with a few best practices that help me stay sane while managing the juggling act:
1. Stick to a schedule. Sometimes I do feel like I've got too much going on, rushing from one job to the next. That's why it's important to set a schedule for the coming week — and stick to it. It helps me to avoid feeling overwhelmed. And if I can still manage to find time to cook dinner and spend time with loved ones, you can make it work too.
2. Remember that quality matters. There's no point in working side jobs if you're putting your full-time job in jeopardy by letting your work quality suffer. So figure out if you're able to commit the time, energy and organizational skills required to manage the extra work.
3. Be clear about your financial goals. If the motivation for getting a side job is about the income, then make sure you're clear on what money goal you're trying to reach — whether that's paying down debt, buying a home or gunning for an early retirement.
Then ask yourself whether you really need a side job to reach those goals, or whether it's possible to fulfill them just as easily by reducing your expenses. You may not need to take on extra work if you can get to the same result by simply re-examining your budget.
RELATED: 4 People, 1 Salary: How I Save and Splurge on $60,000
Working three gigs — by choice — may seem a bit extreme to some folks, and admittedly, I do get concerned looks when people find out how much I work. But for me, it's worth the effort. Not only am I fulfilling my financial goals at a faster pace, but I'm also doing the things I love.
I enjoy the numbers-crunching I do at my pension job, and I love writing about money through my freelance work. Even my supermarket job has taught me interpersonal and time-management skills that I can apply to future endeavors. I always strive to improve and make the best of every day — and what I learn from juggling these jobs is part of that journey.
Sean Cooper resides in Toronto. He is a personal finance freelance writer and blogger who writes about pensions, retirement, real estate and mortgages.


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Skip to comments.Krauthammer on Landrieu $100 Million Buyoff: 'It's a New Kind of Business as Usual'
Posted on 11/20/2009 10:24:31 PM PST by Rufus2007
Remember earlier this year when the new era of hope and change was ushered into Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama made the statement on day one his policies would "represent a clean break from business as usual"?
Not so fast says Charles Krauthammer, columnist for The Washington Post and Fox News regular. Krauthammer on the Nov. 20 broadcast of Fox News "Special Report with Bret Baier" explained that a certain provision put into to the Senate version of health care legislation to favor undecided Democratic senators, specifically Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., represents a different brand of politics from what Obama advertised (emphasis added).
"You asked what [Sen.] Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas will ask for," Krauthammer said. "Well, after watching Louisiana get $100 million in what have some have called The Louisiana Purchase,' she out to ask for $500 million at least. And that's because Obama said he would end business as usual in Washington. If you look at the sections, it is 2006 in which the Louisiana money, it looks as if it is provision for all states which have had a proclamation of a disaster area in the last seven years, and then the fine print inside eliminates all the others except Louisiana. So it's a new kind of business as usual.
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Dashed hopes and a change for the worse.
I'm surprised the bill doesn't say:
"$100 million for states beginning with the letter 'L'..."
Then, Long Island might apply.
Who cares about soundbites?
Theres no stopping this. And youll be amazed how easily it will pass the Senate. A year from now, the attitude will be We got socialized medicine, and the world didnt end! Those demotards were right. 2010 will not be a bloodbath, people forget. And the ugly stuff doesnt hit until 2013, remember. That is deliberately planned.
The GOP will be lucky to pick up twenty seats in the House, maybe even ten. The republic has been dying for decades; the ascension of Teleprompter Jesus is just the arrival of the minister for the funeral. Barry was right, the Nation Below Canada is no more exceptional than Greece or Turkey or Zimbabwe. The voters have seen to that.
It is time to sack DC.
Cogent. Truthful. Witty. Funny. Pure gold.
Now we know what the "Stimulus" is really about.
A politician who would sell out the country for 100 million "deserves" to get cervical cancer and have to deal with government insurance.
The worst is what may come. The bills will go to committee and the anti-abortion measures that accounted for Nelson's support and for the critical votes in the House will not be stripped but rendered ambiguous. The meaning will be left to the interpretation of the judges, and relevant cases will not come under after 2013 when the act goes into effect. meanwhile liberal bureaucrats will wrote regs that all abortions for some. The number will than be gradually increased until it will cover most pregnancies. Both bills amount to usurpation. Congress has absolutely no authority to mandate that any citizen buy any form of insurance, but that doe snot stop them, nor has to even occured to Republicans to say that this is the case. I am waiting for some Republican Senator actually to get up on the floor and talk until they force him to shut up by calling for a vote of cloture. None of this gentleman's game.
In this case, ascension from the netherworld of Chicago politics.
If it does pass we need to declare war on every senator or congressman that voted for it.
New era my arse! All the corruption in DC is a hundred fold worse now. It's everywhere all the time. I've never seen anything like this.
Oh well...back to reality.
I think we will see much worse sadly.
Maybe possible, if Barack were not black.
The Dems must do this, for the One.
Rats will vote for cloture, saying they just want to move the process along. Then when it comes up for the real vote Dirty Harry will give cover to enough rats and let the really vulnerable ones vote no while getting enough yes votes for it to pass. The vote tomorrow tells the tale and those so called blue dogs who vote yes...they mean yes on the whole bill, not just the cloture, even if they try to cover their ass by using a valuable no vote in the end.
This is sick. They're supposed to represent us and that's a farce.
>> This is disgusting.
Why is this not bribery or vote buying? Both of which are felonies - if you or I do it. I guess its because it's not their money they're using.
"THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IS OPEN UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT." that's what real men would be shouting today on the floor of the Senate.
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How to wear ruffles…
December 04, 2008
How to wear the ruffle trend
I wanted to know a smart and not too over-the-top way to incorporate ruffles into my wardrobe. I saw so many references to ruffles in magazines, and I love the look, but I'm not sure how to put it together, please help! Thank you! (New York, NY)
Stay on trend and elegant with this very feminine trend
Ruffles are one of the strongest fashion trends right now, but if not put together in just the right way, you can wind up looking like an escapee from the Can Can Review! Reference, not overindulge is absolutely the stylish way to master this trend.
The key to wearing ruffles without appearing overly juvenile or theatrical, yet young and chic is to pair ruffles with something tailored. The contrast of an item that's super feminine, like the ruffle, worn with something tailored, like lean pants or a fitted blazer, is the best way to go to achieve maximum style impact.
Think of the ruffles as an accent to your outfit and keep the focus to one ruffled element, like a frothy blouse, trim on a coat, a touch of embellishment to a pair of booties, a dash at the hem of a scarf, or a gorgeous cocktail dress. While all the ruffled pieces are adorable, you really only want to wear just one at a time to avoid drowning yourself in too much of a good thing. When you so wear something very bold as a completely tired ruffled dress, try to incorporate some bareness by way of choosing a style that strapless or spaghetti-strapped to show off your figure and minimize the bulk and potential showy, over-the-top element.
Yes, something as feminine as ruffles can even look edgy too, if worn in the right way. The idea of combining something overtly girly like a ruffled mini skirt, with a tailored jacket, and fun T-shirt is more off-handed and unpredictable, which therefore becomes far more stylish, Yet that same ruffled mini when worn in combination with a frilly blouse can look over-the-top or too juvenile. Easy does it, think out of the box, and you will be on the way to wear this trend in your own personal style!
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FEATURE: Google and Bing's Advice to SEOs at SMX Advanced
by Virginia Nussey, June 27, 2013
At SMX Advanced 2013, the liveblogger entrusted with reporting discussion and divulgences of the Matt Cutts You&A keynote to BCI blog readers suffered a technical difficulty that wiped out her record of the event before she could hit publish. My bad.
Luckily, there are other sources from which interested readers followed the keynote in next-to-real-time:
And you can watch the whole event that was livestreamed as a Google+ Hangout, now on YouTube:
Here you'll find Bruce Clay, Inc.'s analysis of what the search engine reps said during keynotes and conference sessions three weeks ago, along with information the search engines have been positing on blogs and social networks in recent months. Our own search marketing priorities for clients have been informed by the recommendations the search engines shared.
Google's SEO Recommendations
During his public appearances at SMX Advanced, Cutts's advice for webmasters looking to appeal to search engines was business as usual: provide compelling content and focus on your user. It was the story at the Ask the SEOs session where Matt Cutts and Bing's Duane Forrester made guest appearances. It was also his message to webmasters in a recent Google Webmaster Help video called "What should we expect in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google?"
At the 20 second mark, Cutts says that the marketing strategy that works for optimizing Google rankings is "constant and uniform":
Here's how the advice plays out in more concrete terms:
1. Make a great site. To this first and second points above, a great site is one that's been optimized for the user experience. It's fast; it's got a good mobile version, it has useful info, it's conversion optimized and easy to use. These were the themes repeated over and over again throughout the conference, and it's the topic covered in detail in this month's Back to Basics article SMX Advanced Non-Negotiables: Social Signals, Mobile Search and User Experience.
2. Don't take shortcuts. Google continues to test and roll out new algorithm signals to detect spam. One example, the "pay day loans" query space in the UK got a jolt the day of Cutts's keynote as the Google web spam team deployed a means of detecting and demoting spam from pay day loan businesses in search results. Penguin (link spam) and Panda (low-quality content) updates continue to roll out, but don't expect announcements of refreshes. It's worth pointing out that Google doesn't feel it necessary to announce every update to its algorithm anymore, or name updates, for that matter. During the keynote, Cutts said he wanted to avoid "update name inflation." When updates and refreshes work toward the goal of elevating relevant, quality results and devaluing manipulative, low-quality results, does it really matter what algorithm tweaks are called?
3. Pay attention to what Google tells you ━ yes you. During the keynote Cutts announced that Google now gives example URLs to webmasters notified of a manual action in Google Webmaster Tools. For several years now, Cutts has said that Google was making open communication a priority. In this case, those website owners that have had a manual action, those who have been hand-flagged for acts against Google guidelines, will be given a few examples of the bad behavior Google sees. In a Webmaster Help video, Updated messages for manual webspam actions, Cutts's example suggests a page that has been hacked, perhaps with something like a link injection. He says:
Bing's SEO Recommendations
Last month Bing's search share hit a high at 17%. This factoid was shared during the keynote with Bing VP Gurdeep Singh Pall. Pall's message centered on the future search experience Bing is developing. Bing is working toward search that isn't constrained to a device. And searches will commonly be done by voice using natural language queries instead of keyword strings.
In the Bing R&D labs, children searching on an XBOX with voice commands had a funny result down the line; one young tester asked a microwave to do a search on Bing. The liveblog coverage contains this anecdote and more food for thought on how we'll interact with technology in the not-distant future. But what about SEO today?
Pall's top piece of advice was to implement structured data on your site. From the session liveblog coverage:
Q: Should people move toward long-form Meta data to match new semantic search?
A: It becomes matching of info available and what user is specifying and there are a lot of tricks search is doing to extract intent. The best thing you can do is use Schema.org and structured markup.
Duane Forrester, senior product manager of Bing, had a few more recommendations to make when asked for his top advice to webmasters during the Ask the SEOs session. His response basically outlined Bing's ranking factors by priority:
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So now you've heard it straight from the search engines. If you took notes, your checklist for getting your site in top-SEO shape this summer looks something like this:
⇫ Publish content your audience finds compelling. Compelling to read and return to and compelling to share.
⇫ Have a good mobile experience. This could just mean a desktop version free of 404s and redirect loops since smartphone browsers show a true web experience that users are accustomed to pinching and navigating on.
⇫ Keep your link profile clean, or clean it up.
⇫ Explore and use the data provided in Google Webmaster Tools and Bing Webmaster Tools.
⇫ Employ Schema.org and structured data markup. Check out the Hot Topic in this month's SEO Newsletter for more on that.
If you're an SEO, webmaster or marketing-minded business owner who followed the news out of SMX Advanced, you're the kind of person who's always looking for an advantage. Words of advice from Google and Bing reps are a good place to start.
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Last month I graduated with my degree in culinary arts from Johnson & Wales University and also started my bachelors degree in culinary nutrition with a concentration in clinical dietetics. This degree is more heavily focused in academics with a handful of culinary labs. The first one is Vegetarian Cuisine. At the beginning of the term we were given recipes for each week and everyone was assigned a different item…starch, veg, dessert, entrée, etc. However to change things up a bit our Chef said that we can use these recipes as guides (which in my opinion that is what recipes are for), and then create something from there. Which, I think is a great idea because this encourages us as students to be more creative and produce something that we have created. Instead of looking at the recipes I look at what I am assigned and go from there. I want to be able to create recipes that I can share with all of you so I haven't been using the recipes that were provided to us. So far I have made a curry mango smoothie (this was on the legumes week – I was assigned beverage), these delicious vegetarian spring rolls (grains week – I was assigned vegetables), and this past week I made a sweet potato and pine nut risotto (fruits and nut week – I was assigned starch). These other recipes will be posted soon.
These spring rolls are pretty easy to make. You can always buy pre-cut vegetables to save you some time and you can use which ever vegetables that you like. I wanted to include as many colors as I could with what we had in the kitchen that week. I call it…eating the rainbow! The spring rolls are made with purple sticky rice instead of the traditional rice noodles. As I said I was given vegetables on grains week and we were provided with so many wonderful options of grains, but I really wanted to stick with something gluten-free so I could enjoy them as well. Plus, this purple stick rice has a beautiful color and texture to it. If you can't find this rice you can always use the rice noodles, brown rice, forbidden black rice, etc. Be creative and keep it colorful (a great way to get your kiddos or picky eaters to eat their veggies). This is also a great recipe to make with your kids, its hands on, gets them to learn about the different vegetables out there and try new things.
Vegetarian Spring Rolls
A spring roll, loaded with an assortment of vegetables served with a sweet spicy dipping sauce.
Yield: 8 Rolls Serving Size: 2 Rolls Number of Servings: 4
Spring Rolls
Purple Sticky rice, cooked and cooled 1 ½ cups
Summer squash, julienne 1 ounce
Asparagus, julienne 1 ounce
Carrot, julienne 1 ½ ounce
Bell pepper, red, julienne 1 ½ ounce
Red cabbage, julienne 1 ½ ounce
Water, warm 6 cups
Rice Paper wrappers 8 sheets
Dipping Sauce
Gluten-Free Soy Sauce, Tamari (San-J) ¼ cup
Ginger, freshly grated 2 tsp
Garlic, freshly grated 1 tsp
Agave or Honey 1 Tbs
Crushed Red Pepper Flakes ¼ tsp
Method of Preparation:
1. Gather all ingredients and equipment.
2. Cook rice according to package and set aside to cool.
3. Wash all vegetables, peel carrot, and wash again.
4. Julienne all vegetables and set aside in small bowls.
5. In a large bowl, add the warm water.
6. Soak each sheet of rice paper in the water until it becomes pliable, about 30-45 seconds.
7. Remove rice paper wrapper from water, and gently squeeze off any additional water.
8. Lay rice paper wrapper flat on a large cutting board or damp tea towel.
9. In the center of the wrapper add 3 tablespoons of rice, and equal portions of squash, asparagus, carrot, bell pepper, and red cabbage.
10. Fold down the top end of the wrapper over the center tightly, fold in each of the sides over the center (should look similar to an envelope), and roll up tightly. Set aside and repeat with the seven remaining wrappers and remaining rice and vegetables.
11. To prepare the dipping sauce combine the soy sauce (tamari), ginger, garlic, agave or honey, and crushed red pepper flakes in a small bowl.
12. Stir well to combine and serve along-side the spring rolls.
13. To serve, cut each roll on a bias and serve alongside the dipping sauce.


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Friday, April 22, 2011
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Ha! Found info via Google Books:ReplyDelete
The evidence for the State tended to show that appellant on the 6th day of September, 1908, shot and killed one J. W. Murry from ambush. It was shown that Murry a few w eeks prior to the killing had accused appellant of stealing watermelons, had cursed appellant, calling him vile names, and had threatened to kill appellant; that this abuse filled appellant with rancor, which on the day of the killing caused him to say that he was going to "get his gun and make him take it back or kill him." There were circumstances tending to show that appellant while lying in wait killed Murry as he passed along the highway.
Check it out---http://goo.gl/abst9
Back in the early 1990's two of my elderly neighbors were fighting over a garden hose. One hit the other with a shovel and so the guy that got hit went and got his shot gun, nearly blowing the other guys leg off. Just goes to show that people still do stupid stuff.ReplyDelete
Way to go "Pugs" :)ReplyDelete


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tomasM necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 31 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
FonMigo.com will be a site through which travellers will rent SmartMigo's (SmartPhones - Mobile Phones).
Read below to understand the concept:
A day without a Cell phone (Mobile Phone in USA) and Internet is unthinkable. However, many of us fail to remain mobile and connected while travelling.
FonMigo is a Start-up that provides travellers with access to local mobile communications and mobile travel services. With FonMigo you travel like a local, avoiding Int'l Phone bills, mobile connected as usual, and always in the know (IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONCEPT)
SmartMigo, our main product, puts in the travellers palm: a personal travel guide, concierge services, maps, offers, recommendations, and useful contacts.
Connected means - mobile Internet (Facebook, tweet, browse on the go)
* Our audience will not now of us and will probably visit our site once – we need to be reliable, fresh and clear with our message and image.
* We are targeting U.S. travellers that are planning on visiting Europe for their holiday. Our audience is on avg. 35 yrs of age, wealthy (not rich but with annual income +$50k), and early adopters (technology wise - not geeks). They are mobile Internet users
-1 Homepage (Web 2.0 Feel) + 1 Template Page for other pages of the site
- We want the site to feel like you are visiting Mint.com, skype.com or spotify (AN ESTABLISH WEB 2.0 COMPANY). It needs to feel Web 2.0 and established. It also needs to portray our personality: cool (a fonmigo user is like an apple user – feel part of something), dynamic (cutting edge), reliable.
-The Homepage should include a catchy graphic/Picture/Design that complements, enhances and reinforces our message- see specific section Below. This element needs to reinforce the site not make it look cheap, or second tier.
- LOGO TRY WITH TOP RIGHT CORNER Design AND ALSO VARIATIONS with Orange Background in the lefet (LOGO ATTACHED)
-We want a similar homepage structure to MINT.com (Our Structure Attached) - but we are very open to suggestions. Please tell us.
-Background – we like the feel of the fading
colors of mint.com, rdio.com, http://getsatisfaction.com/inqmobil…nq_chat_3g, Choose colors that fit with Logo. This is just an idea - not guidance
- Colors: should fit with logo and BRAND PERSONALITY
WebSite Look
-Very web 2.0 - clean, fresh and of the times
-Brand personality – Cool, Dynamic, Reliable (feel of being established), and Friendly (not youthful)
- Sites I like the feel (the structure we suggest like mint.com - but we are very open to proposals):
rdio.com (Not finished but like the feel)
Graphic/Visual/Picture in Center Homepage
-In the file of the structure file we have highlighted the section the graph/visual, but feel free to play around.
-We need a graph/image that blends with the logo and site, and helps capture the users attention, understand the service, and brand
oMessage Is Travel Connected, feeling, and looking like a local.. And not like a lost tourist with two maps, guide book, and roaming bills/phone cards
IDEAS - we can work on this with you!
- A SmartMigo user with thoughts or dots coming from his phone
- Skype.com (Homepage box)
- Like the box on top right corner of INQmobile.com – displaying the product attributes
Project Delivery
** We NEED PSD's and Font information


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Kevin Drum has an amusing take on the insurance industry's proposal for Universal Healthcare. Money quote:
Let me get this straight. The private insurance industry favors a government program that would purchase more private insurance for people, but is opposed to anything that would drive down the cost of insurance or guarantee coverage for people the insurance industry doesn't want to cover. That's quite a plan. Why not just ask for grocery sacks full of unmarked bills instead?As an ER doc, I'm willing to go along with most anything that would get those 46 million Americans covered. As a taxpayer, I am reasonably sure there is a better, cheaper way to do it.


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at least now we know that aaz doesn't just spend all his time on the boards. He-man cosplaying, tho!?
Well obviously that isn't me
I never seen a working picture of Aaz in the picture thread and I always wanted to see the infamous "Crocodile Aaz" pic from way back.
IS GUTS ON THE BOAT YET?!?!?!PS: Check the filename for extra comedy
This was first taken on YTMND in this crazy funny showing.emooranges.ytmnd.com
i don't even know what to say about this...edit: ...or these...but i do enjoy berserk.


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BPJ needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 84 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Brent Parker Jones - Food Photographer
Brent is a Melbourne based food photographer who loves food. Cooking food, eating food, playing with food and working with food. Over his fourteen-year career, Brent has been photographing food images for magazines and cookbooks for national and international publishers.
The past four years, Brent has steadily accumulated an enviable folio, having completed or contributed to, over sixty book titles.
His experience, food knowledge, passion and commitment to everything food, has conditioned and sharpened his talent as a specialized and skilled food photographer, that can bring any project to its best with the slightest of ease.
Recently, Brent's "all things food" obsession, has driven him to prove his passion and commitment to food on a national stage, by honorably competing on Network Ten's hit television program Masterchef, where he became one of the top 20 contestants from over 7500 amateur chefs in 2009.
Brent finds his zeal for the plate influences every part of his life and as a photographer. He cooks at home nightly and he dreams of some day writing, cooking and photographing his own cookbook.
Designers, publishers, magazine editors, Art directors, Creative directors – Basically You! I need to appeal to creative's like yourself, in a clever and unique way.
It has to be interesting to my target audience. I need all the basics.
"The key ingredient " is a tag line I want to start to use, so incorporate that text somehow.
The fonts I have used so far on the website is Futura BT.
What I need is:
Biz card - again interesting ideas I am having the printing done O.S and its cheap as, so go nuts. My last card was a double fold 195mm X 55mm scored in the middle. - Full Color
A With Comps slip. - DL
DVD case slip. 191mmX135mmx7mm Slimline case size.
Letter Head. A4
Standard Envelope.
I have existing logo but feel free to freshen it up a bit and play with it.
Anything food photography related or inspired is welcome except a camera unless its a giant turnip with a lens. ( Joke) - But anything that can be related like - Food stains, like a coffee cup ring, sauce drops, egg yolks knife fork and spoon stacks of plates and bowls - all the things i use every day to make and take food images for cookbooks and magazines. Enjoy.
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Reed Hastings is mad at Comcast, but he may have good reason. On his Facebook page yesterday, the Netflix CEO claimed that Comcast is giving its subscribers better access to its own video services than rivals like Netflix. He claims that using services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Go will eat into a Comcast Internet subscribers 250GB bandwidth limit; Comcast's competing Xfinity video service, however, can be used without any penalty.
"Comcast [is] no longer following net neutrality principles," writes Hastings. "Comcast should apply caps equally, or not at all. I spent the weekend enjoying four good Internet video apps on my Xbox: Netflix, HBO GO, Xfinity, and Hulu. When I watch video on my Xbox from three of these four apps, it counts against my Comcast Internet cap. When I watch through Comcast's Xfinity app, however, it does not count against my Comcast Internet cap. For example, if I watch last night's SNL episode on my Xbox through the Hulu app, it eats up about one gigabyte of my cap, but if I watch that same episode through the Xfinity Xbox app, it doesn't use up my cap at all. The same device, the same IP address, the same Wi-Fi, the same Internet connection, but totally different cap treatment. In what way is this neutral?"
While we normally think of net neutrality as a debate about ISPs like Comcast speeding up or slowing down competing services, Hastings may be right. If this is true, Comcast may be leveraging its dominant position as an Internet Service Provder to subtly help its own services and hurt others, like Netflix.
Hastings has been vocal about his distaste for Comcast in the past and the argument ISPs like it are making that Netflix is hurting their bottom line. In February, he was asked if cable companies are "pressured" by the large amounts of data Netflix requires and he responded somewhat sarcastically.
"That 92 percent Comcast operating margin is really under a lot of pressure…There is no financial pressure on ISPs. They are making a fortune," said Hastings (via CNET).
I do agree with him. It would be a lot better for all of us if ISPs dropped the bandwidth caps. We have to deal with extensive bandwidth limits on our smartphones already.
(Photo by Kevin Spacey, Time)
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Genevieve Taggard--An Autobiographical Essay (1927)
Poet Out of Pioneer
My mother and father were the two most remarkable young people in a very small Western town: my mother, a pioneer extravert, a hardworking, high-handed, generous, and handsome girl. She never set limits to what she could do. She believed in miracles made by her own hands. When my father came, she was in rebellion against small-town sterility, determined to go to college and become, not a raw country girl with the limit of grammar-school learning but a cultured Christian gentlewoman, who could paint, sing, write, and testify to God's glory. My father had come West from Missouri for his health. He looked like Abraham Lincoln, but delicate and Quixotic. My mother's strength fascinated him and, I suppose, scared him to death. Church and school linked them--he, the principal of the grammar school; in a crude community, a man of learning (six months in a church college); the superintendent of the Sunday school and leader of Christian Endeavor. She was his first-grade teacher and a very good one. Not for nothing had she been mother to eleven brothers and sisters on the old ranch. She ran her schoolroom with an energy that was electric. Children were happy with her. She furnished them a firm foundation.
My father, of course, felt the charge of vitality. They married and for two years lived in a state of enforced chastity, I suppose, determined to save money and go to college. They saved $2,000 and were departing for a higher life when my uncle, my father's brother, came penniless from the East and married a shrew. My father loved my uncle with an unnatural simplicity. Brother John and the shrew wanted the two thousand to buy an apple-farm. My mother saw an older love in my tender father about to swamp her ambitions. In this emotional tangle I was conceived and it was I, finally, not my father or my uncle, who defeated my mother. The money went of course to John, college plunged into inaccessibility, and my mother was in the usual trap and, I am sure, as bitter as any modern woman about it.
Suddenly came a chance to go to a tropic country--another way out. Romanticists they both were, although they called themselves missionaries. And so when I was still a baby my mother gave the rest of her possessions to my uncle, packed up me and her baffled desires, and set off with her Shelleyesque husband to the heathen. The story is a complicated one; I shall follow only the trends of the two temperaments. My mother, with, ultimately three children and a passive husband, still had her old ambitions in this new land. But with us she did not encourage the freedom she gave her little school-children. At home she was a major domo. The family became a highly efficient organization--it had to be, when she gave most of her day to teaching. Although she took care of us all, there was never any ease or leisure; we were not permitted happiness. In the public school and the missionary chapel these two labored, giving their crowded time free for Jesus. My father was the principal, a flexible glove on my mother's strong, stubby hand. She was still his "primary" teacher, his wife, cook, housekeeper, refuge, and intelligence. And so complete was her domination over her man that she expected to mold and use me as she had used him.
But I, of course, began before I can remember silently and consistently to oppose her; to defend my father and to rebel at her steamroller tactics. I was lonely and excitable. Fairy-tales were denied me--no reading but the Bible--so I made Bible stores into fairy-tales and she found me very difficult about them. She believed in authority. I would not submit to it. She drove me to music lessons and housework--all done to the moral precept: there is only one right way. I should have been a musician or a composer; but she blocked the path, hemmed in with her vigilance all creation. Music, made hideous in the guise of duty, I abandoned and took another way out--with words, where no one could give me orders. I dreamed and made fantasies, and soon I lied habitually, to escape her, and went underground in all my desires. I was my father again, but a girl this time, and enough like herself to match her mettle. I had a good childhood in spite of the fact that we lived in a state of nervous tension at home and, as missionaries and school people, in a superior and controlled fashion in public, upholding the just, the good, the true. That was easy because we had the advantage of our less educated native neighbors. My father, as the years went by, became a vague sort of scientist, fleeing away from my mother's pressure. She, passionate and unfulfilled, lived in her three children.
Her objective was this cultural life she had never reached herself, and toward it our faces were always directed. But there was a division in my mother's own mind which she had never faced. Our religion was the religion of the small town, based on a fear of the big world, on a fear of the rational, the progressive, and the huge bugaboo of "Darwinism" and Higher Criticism. And yet however my mother fought against the liberal Congregationalists and the damned Unitarians, and however fanatical was her matter-of-fact mysticism, she wanted her children to live in that intellectual world and, I suppose, to solve, in a Christian fashion, its problem for her.
Twice my father collapsed and was told to his immense relief that he had tuberculosis and that he need no longer inhabit our world. His ailment was undoubtedly psychological. Twice we starved, and adored our mother for her gorgeous strength, and pitied and averted our faces from our father. And then the old theme reentered.
My mother demanded of my now wealthy Uncle John the $2,000 that had made him a comfortable apple-grower, and had kept her in bondage. We lived on canned salmon and rice and wild tomatoes for several months, in a shack where the tropic rains poured on our beds; and John wrote evasively with no enclosures. My father loved him still and would do nothing about it. My mother went as nearly insane with rage as she could permit herself, but only on Saturday mornings, when she could safely compute compound interest on an outlawed loan. The story spins out and out. We returned to the small town in an attempt to collect the two thousand, after a letter from my uncle offering us an old farmhouse near him. There, used as my uncle's hired help and wearing his family's cast-off clothing, we integrated ourselves into the single struggle to exist--without him. At length we returned to our tropics, penniless still, but to decent poverty and our own way of life. And my mother and father took up their teaching where they had begun fourteen years before, in a three-room school on a sugar plantation. This was a little too ironic for my frail father who had just managed to complete before his return to the States a twelve-room modern school for his beloved natives. He fell ill again and again we existed--I teaching in his place to get the $25 a month allotted a substitute.
I was ready for college. On two hundred borrowed dollars we came to a Western university town and there as servants in a boarding-house began again the struggle that included our whole story.
Am I the Christian gentlewoman my mother slaved to make me? No indeed. I am a poet, a wine-bibber, a radical; a non-churchgoer who will no longer sing in the choir or lead prayer-meeting with a testimonial. (Although I will write anonymous confessions for The Nation.) That is her story--and her second defeat. She thinks I owed her a Christian gentlewoman, for all she did for me. We quarrel. After I escaped, she snapped shut the iron trap around my brother and sister. That is their story. I do not know if they will ever be free of her. She keeps Eddie Guest on the parlor table beside the books I have written--a silent protest against me. She is not pleased.
I cannot pretend to be entirely frank in telling the story that results from this story; or to apply to it any such perspective. Let my daughter tell it later on. She will see outlines I cannot.
I think I have not been as wasted as my mother was--or as wasteful. I have made worse mistakes, which might have been more fatal than hers and yet have not been, at least for me. My chief improvement on her past was the man I chose to marry. I did not want a one-way street of a marriage, like hers. I married a poet and novelist, gifted and difficult, who refused defeat as often as I did. Hard as it is to live with an equal, it is at least not degrading. We have starved, too; struggled as hard as ever my folks did. But the struggle has not been empty; I have no grudges. Intellectually as well as emotionally my husband had as much to give that was new and strange as I had. In marriage I learned, rather tardily, the profound truth that contradicts Jesus when he said, "Bear ye one another's burdens." I am a better person when I bear my own burdens. I am happiest with people who can bear their own, too. I remember my mother's weariness and contempt for a man who could never take up her challenges. Seven years with a real person is better than her thirty with a helpless, newspaper-reading gentleman.
The pioneer woman was a dynamo--and her man nearly always ran out on her. From the bitterness in such women many of us were born. Where was her mate? Did she destroy him? Did he hate her for her strength? Was he weaker because she was strong? Where is the equilibrium, anyway? I do not know, for sure, although I spend much time wondering.
Marriage is the only profound human experience; all other human angles are its mere rehearsal. Like every one else I have wanted it. And yet having it, it is not all I want. It is more often, I think, a final experience than a way of life. But I am a poet--love and mutual living are not nearly enough. It is better to work hard than to be married hard. If, at the beginning of middle age, we have not learned some of the perils of the soul, in this double-selved life, we are pure fools. Self-sufficiency is a myth, of course, but after thirty, if one is a serious-minded egoist (i.e., artist) it becomes more and more necessary. And I think it can be approximated.
Lucinda Matlock, in the "Spoon River Anthology," says:
We were married and lived together for seventy years,
Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children,
Eight of whom we lost,
Ere I had reached the age of sixty.
I spun, I wove, I kept the house, I nursed the sick,
Rambling over the fields where sang the larks,
And by Spoon River gathering many a shell,
And many a flower and medicinal weed,
Shouting to the wooded hills, singing to the green valleys.
At ninety-six I had lived long enough, that is all,
And passed to a sweet repose.
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,
Anger, discontent, and drooping hopes?
Degenerate sons and daughters,
Life is too strong for you--
It takes life to love Life.
My mother was not this woman, nor am I, but we are both some way kin to her.
from The Nation (1927)
Return to Genevieve Taggard


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Megumi Fujii is likely going out out on a high note.
The 38-year-old MMA veteran defeated Mei Yamaguchi (10-6-1) via unanimous decision today at Vale Tudo Japan 2012 in Tokyo.
Prior to the fight, which marked her 26th career win, Fujii (26-2) announced she's likely to retire from the sport at year's end.
Today, against her Japanese counterpart and the final Valkyrie champion, the 115-pound Fujii used takedowns, submission attempts, and ground and pound to win both rounds of the two-round fight. She earned a 20-18 unanimous-decision victory.
Fujii, an eight-year pro, owns 19 submissions in 26 career wins. Today's victory marked her first in a year; the other came at a DREAM year-end event in Japan, where she submitted Karla Benitez in December 2011.
Fujii's only career losses both came in Bellator, where Fujii suffered questionable decision losses to Zoila Gurgel (in a Season 3 tournament) and Jessica Aguilar (earlier this year at Bellator 69).
In her native Japan, Fujii has posted a 19-0 record for organizations such as Shooto, BodogFIGHT, Smackgirl and Jewels. She began her career 22-0 before the loss to Gurgel.


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Climate Change: Lessons in Cross-Sector Collaboration
The opening panel at the Alcantara dialogues with speakers from the worlds of fashion, architecture, production, government and international development. Photograph: Connect4Climate/Leigh Vogel
Climate change is a pressing issue. Everyone knows that, certainly the development community and they don't need to be reminded of it. What they do need reminding of is that no one group can possibly solve this problem.
Strategic collaborations around climate change issues and action are essential. As World Bank president Jim Yong Kim said recently: "To deliver bold solutions on climate change, we need to listen to and engage broader and more diverse audiences." This is what the Connect4Climate (C4C) team has set out to do since the program began in 2011.
C4C is a global partnership program dedicated to climate change and supported by the World Bank, Italy's environment ministry and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). We operate as a coalition of more than 150 knowledge partners ranging from major UN agencies to academic institutions to media organizations and NGOs.
Our aim is to convene different organizations, groups and individuals who wouldn't normally speak to one another, around the table to talk about climate change. The first audience we had to convince of the merits of building relationships and networks outside of those which seem immediately relevant, was our own within the World Bank.


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The two jilted actresses have been spotted around town a lot lately and share this in common: Both saw their men run off with gorgeous Oscar-winner/Goodwill Ambassador, Angelia Jolie. Girls, interrupted!
Although you may have heard that Brad Pitt allegedly hooked up with Jolie
At least she has her friends!


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SOURCE: Acer America
October 04, 2012 08:00 ET
MISSISSAUGA, ON--(Marketwire - Oct 4, 2012) -
Editor's Summary:
Acer America, the number two notebook provider,(1) today announced that the Acer Iconia W700 tablet PC, a high-performance mobile PC in a tablet PC form factor, will be available in the Canadian market. Acer's first Windows 8-based tablet PC for Canada, the Iconia W700 features a versatile, portable design that delivers a first-rate touch and typing experience for productivity-focused PC users.
The Acer Iconia W700 tablet PC with Windows 8 delivers excellent performance using responsive and fast Intel Core i3 and Core i5 (Ivy Bridge) processors, enabling the system to take on spreadsheets, presentations, and more with ease. The powerful processors allow customers to use the Iconia W700 as their main PC for all of their everyday computing tasks, such as content creation, running multiple apps, and sharing multimedia.
The Acer Iconia W700's 11.6-inch IPS display boasts a Full HD 1080p (1920x1080) resolution. Photos and video are vibrant and stunning, while text, documents and websites are crisp and clear. The Intel HD Graphics 4000 further improves the clarity and realism, while the high-brightness display enables viewing even in sunlight. The touch-screen display allows 10-point touch for easy navigation through websites, music and media files, as well as all the apps available for Windows 8.
The tablet PC's first-rate performance is complemented by its versatility. The Iconia W700 comes with a multipurpose cradle that securely houses it in several different positions. When using it in landscape, the cradle can be tilted up to 70 degrees for enhanced viewing, or 20 degrees for convenient touch. It can also be used vertically in portrait mode for easy browsing and reading.
"The Acer Iconia W700 brings the performance and productivity of a high-end PC to the tablet category," said Sumit Agnihotry, vice president of product marketing, Acer America. "Sporting a new style, innovative design and aluminum unibody construction, the new tablet PC is designed to reach new standards in ergonomics and user-friendliness, while providing the ideal platform for customers to take advantage of the many new features of Windows 8."
Users will appreciate that the Acer Iconia W700 is incredibly portable; it measures less than half an inch thick and weighs only 2.3 pounds. It provides up to eight hours of battery life for all-day productivity.(2) The W700's 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi provides a quick and reliable connection to hotspots. In addition, the Iconia W700 tablet PC can take advantage of location-based and travel applications with its integrated G-Sensor, E-Compass and Gyro-Meter.
The Iconia W700 features a 128GB or 64GB SSD for powering on the device and retrieving data quickly and securely.(3) With it, the Iconia W700 features the unique Acer Green Instant On technology to provide a fast boot time of just six seconds, as well as instant-resume functionality in 1.5 seconds. Acer Always Connect gets users online to previously used hotspots in as little as 2.5 seconds for better productivity.(4) Plus, AcerCloud makes digital content easy to access and share between their Iconia W700 and other PCs anytime, anywhere.
Capturing images and staying in touch with others is easy thanks to the built-in Acer Crystal Eye webcam. The HD 5MP rear camera captures full HD 1080p video and first-rate photos with auto focus. The front-facing HD 720p camera is ideal for video conferencing and photo-taking for social networks. Dolby® Home Theater® v4 boosts sound for headphones as well as built-in speakers. Plus, the dialogue enhancer makes audio capture even more crisp and clear for video conferencing and video emails.
The versatile new Iconia W700 comes loaded with the accessories that will make savvy consumers even more productive. The Bluetooth keyboard provides more convenient content creation and editing in Windows 8. Plus, the tablet PC comes with a MicroHDMI to VGA adapter for a convenient and quick connection to a projector. Since customers will want to take it everywhere, the Iconia W700 also comes with a protective case.
The Acer Iconia W700 will be available on Oct. 26 at leading retailers across Canada in several configurations. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices range from $749.99 to $999.99 CAD.
Acer corporate customers in Canada can purchase the Acer Iconia W700P backed by an extended two-year warranty(5) and Windows 8 Pro priced at $1,049.99 CAD.
Acer is the No. 1 vendor in Canada for notebooks, netbooks and LCDs(6) and the country's No. 2 overall PC provider.(7) More information about Acer and its products in Canada can be found at www.acer.ca.
About Acer
Since its founding in 1976, Acer has broken barriers between people and technology, enabling users to explore, create and grow. Acer ranks No. 2 for notebook PCs globally.(1) The Acer Group employs 8,000 people across the globe, and revenues for 2011 reached US$15.7 billion.
Acer's channel business model is instrumental to the company's success, while its multi-brand approach integrates Acer, Gateway, and Packard Bell brands in worldwide markets. Acer designs environmentally friendly products and, with its vendors, has established a green supply chain.
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If there was one thing that last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill showed us, it was that there were no particularly good systems in place for containing and removing such spills while the oil is still out at sea. One year later, although many companies and individuals have come forward with their concepts for such systems, little has actually been developed to the point of being ready for deployment. In order to generate some incentive, and provide financial support to the cream of the crop, the X PRIZE Foundation is now in the midst of its US$1.4 million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE. Although the competition has been under way since January, the ten finalist teams were announced just last week.
Since 2004, the X PRIZE Foundation has held a series of contests designed to encourage research and development of emerging technologies. These have included the Ansari X PRIZE, for reusable private spacecraft; the Archon Genomics X PRIZE, for human genome sequencing; the Google Lunar X PRIZE, for robotic lunar rovers; the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE, for vertical take-off and landing rocket vehicles; and last year's Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, for practical yet highly fuel-efficient automobiles. Last July, the Foundation announced that it was planning a competition for oil spill cleanup innovations.
Named for its benefactor, American philanthropist Wendy Schmidt, this year's event is "designed to inspire a new generation of innovative solutions that will speed the pace of cleaning up seawater surface oil resulting from spillage from ocean platforms, tankers, and other sources." The contest is focused specifically on technologies for cleaning up oil at the spill site - this is because a greater amount of environmental damage has taken place by the time oil reaches the shoreline, or has drifted for days at sea.
From a pool of over 350 pre-registered teams, the organizers have pared the competition down to ten finalists, announced on May 24th. Those teams will now proceed to work on their various oil spill clean-up systems, with the final competition set to take place in October at New Jersey's OHMSETT, the National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility. There, a panel of eight judges will select the three systems that have the highest Oil Recovery Rate (ORR) of over 2,500 U.S. gallons-per-minute (9,463.5 liters-per-minute) with an Oil Recovery Efficiency (ORE) of more than 70 percent.
The first place winner will take home $1 million, with $300,000 going to second place, and $100,000 to third.
Here's a quick look at some of the teams that will be competing.
Crucial, Inc. (US)
This Louisiana firm manufactures an absorbent coating material, that can be applied to the company's drum or disc surface skimmers in minutes. Once in place, it reportedly boosts those devices' oil recovery rate by up to 500 percent. Its ORE ranges from 87 percent at 400 gallons-per-minute to 82 percent at 880 GPM - it will be interesting to see how that scales up to a minimum of 2,500 GPM.
Koseq (The Netherlands)
Koseq makes a device known as the Victory Oil Sweeper. The V-shaped apparatus consists of two forward-angled rigid floating arms, that channel surface oil into a skimmer mounted between them. The Sweeper can be pushed in front of a smaller vessel, or pulled alongside a larger one. The angle of the arms can be adjusted, so they can cover as much surface area as possible by opening wide, or fit into narrow waterways by closing up.
NOFI (Norway)
OilShaver (Norway)
OilWhale (Finland)
Vor-Tek Recovery Solutions (U.S.)
This California company's entry in the competition is something known as the EEL, or Emergency Extraction Line. It consists of a series of floating joined horizontal modules, that extend out from a support vessel or oil platform in a weir boom setup. A pipeline running through the modules is joined to a high-power pump on the vessel, drawing both surface and subsurface oil (and water) through intakes on the side of each module. Once pumped aboard the vessel, the oil and water are fed through a separator.
Enviro Voraxial Technology (U.S.)
Elastec/American Marine (U.S.)
This Illinois-based team has created a unique grooved disc skimmer. The company has previously designed oil-catching surfaces for skimmers, that reportedly boosted oil recovery rates by up to 200 percent over conventional technology.
Lamor (Finland)
Playing its cards pretty close to its chest, Lamor simply told us that "We will present a new high-capacity offshore OSR [oil spill recovery] concept with a huge scalability potential base on our patented oleophilic brush technology with new features for all types of oils and scenarios."
The other finalist team in the Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE is Pacific Petroleum Recovery, from the U.S. We are still waiting for them to get back to us regarding their entry in the competition, and will update this article when they do so.
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Antony Hegarty
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Little Annie AKA Annie Anxiety Bandez, has collaborated with a who's who of avant garde musicians: Coil, Marc Almond Adrian Sherwood, Kid Congo Powers, Crass, Rubella Ballet and Nurse With Wound.
Her 2006 album, Songs from the Coalmine Canary was co-produced by Antony Hegarty. "Strangelove," a song from the album co-written with Hegarty, was used as the soundtrack for a Levi's campaign in 2007, going on to win a Cannes Bronze Lion award for "Best Use of Music."
Tomorrow night, Little Annie and the fab Baby Dee are the opening acts for Marc Almond at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool and for several more UK gigs after that. What a great triple bill.
When I was 18-years-old, I saw her performing at a Crass gig at the Islington Bingo Hall. She stuck her hand down my friend's pants!
Genderful, her latest album, with Paul Wallfischl is just out on Southern Records. The following statement was put on YouTube along with the video for "Billy Martin Requiem":
December 1 marks the 22nd annual World AIDS Day, and while there is still no "cure" for or viable vaccine against HIV, the positive strides made battling the virus over the last few years are undeniable. New drugs are making what was a death sentence now a manageable - if serious and chronic - condition. Generic versions of these medications, along with ambitious public health policies are helping make real inroads against the disease in the developing world. There is space for much optimism this year. But what's lost sometimes with the good news is a space to contemplate what has been lost to us - irrevocably. The talent unrealized, the creativity and vitality extinguished, the knowledge and experience that won't be passed on to new generations - this was and continues to be the fall out from the AIDS epidemic.
At first I wondered why in the world Little Annie was singing about Billy Martin of all people, but DO keep watching, it'll make sense. This is a really catchy song, too.
Thank you Tim Harris!


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Hoteles en Beitostolen
Escapara al retiro montañoso de Beitostolen
Salvaje, extrema y rejuvenecedora, la pintoresca Beitostolen es un soplo de aire fresco. A 900 metros sobre el nivel del mar, el Resort Radisson Blu ofrece unas espectaculares vistas y una ubicación céntrica junto a los remontes, tiendas y restaurantes. Tras un largo día esquiando, practicando rafting o senderismo, en el centro de bienestar del hotel podrá disfrutar de la relajación absoluta.
Wild, extreme and refreshing - Beitostølen's stunning surroundings are like a fresh breeze! At 900 m above sea level, Radisson Blu Resort boasts incredible views and a central location in the heart of the ski complex and with its guarantee of a white winter, it's the perfect place for a winter holiday. Radison Blu resort offers breathtaking views across one of Europe's most majestic national parks; Jotunheimen.
Explore the national park in the summer, when the sun has melted away the snow to reveal a scintillating natural panorama dressed in green. The varied landscape that fluctuates between peaceful roads, forest paths and waterways to narrow mountain passes gives you plenty of scope to explore, whether you do it on foot, bike or hanging from a cliff side. Beitostølen is a family-friendly mountain village with a summer park, a wide selection of eateries and shops.
Beitostølen is a paradise for families with children, because this is where children can run free high in the mountains, getting close to nature and the animals. The ski resort is in use all year round thanks to its summer toboggan facilities, Stock Car track, frisbee-golf, the Gyro Trampoline and overhead railway, that almost turns the ski resort into an amusement park during the summer. With its extensive culture programme and a cosy town centre packed with restaurants, cafés and shops on your doorstep, you know where you should take the kids next summer.
Beitostølen boasts several ski slopes, an express six-seater ski lift, trails, off-piste areas and miles and miles of cross-country ski pistes in a stunning alpine atmosphere. So whether you want to travel at high speed or more gently, on cross-country skis or hiking through mountains, in summer or autumn you will experience an almost deafening silence and really feel the stress of everyday life evaporate and your body and soul regain a state of calm.
The locally sourced milk is pasteurised and hand crafted into a premium cheese. The milk quality is exceptional all year, but best in the summer. That's when the diary uses the local milk for maturing cheese. Here you can taste and buy mild, mature and well-matured farm cheeses, Brennesle cheese, white goats' cheese and fenugreek cheese. A Christmas cheese is also produced and a Beito special, made from the milk from the first time the animals are put to grass, so here you just have to taste your way towards your favourite.
Beito Ysteri also brews its own beer, based on the whey from the cheese production. This is an experience not to be missed.
Local ceramics "Kunsthåndverk" sells its own handmade pottery that is both beautiful and user friendly. In addition to their own range, they also welcome bespoke orders so that they can create something for you as a souvenir from your stay at Beitostølen. You can also buy silver goods and woodwork from Høvda Sylv and Tre.
Beitostølen is first and foremost a winter sports resort, so there are plenty of sports shops to choose from. You will find both Sport1 and Intersport here, which have excellent ranges of winter sports equipment, including mountain hiking gear.
Beitostølen is not very big, so when you're laden with shopping bags, the distance back to the Radisson Blu Resort is comfortingly short.
There is plenty of fun to be had in the ski resort, both summer and winter. During the summer months, you can go tobogganing in toboggans with wheels and compete with the kids to see who will be first to reach the bottom. Lean to one side as you corner, and feel the wind in your hair. How about trying frisbee-golf, where you throw a frisbee into nine baskets on the alpine slopes. The one to use the least throws, wins. This is a fun family activity, but also an excellent activity for competitive adults.
On the Stock Car track you really get to put your racing driver skills to the test as you move at lightning speed round hairpin bends. Are you tough enough to be first over the line? You'll need good technique and not a little courage.
Even though the summer has a wide range of exciting activities to offer you, it's when the snow falls that Beitostølen really comes to life. The town boasts 320 km of stunning pistes, which are prepared daily during the ski season, a snow park with a half-pipe, 15 rails of various difficulty and two large jumps. The ski lifts, family-friendly slopes and a wide selection of family-friendly activities and challenging downhill runs await you.
Children are well catered for here. At the bottom of the slalom pistes, in the centre, you will find the nursery slopes where children can develop their ski skills among the amusing figurines. They might even see a bear. The children also have their own ski lift, not open to adults. At Beito-jordet is the ski playland. It's a large play area for children to ski and play in with gentle slopes and more, to turn skiing into a game.
Adults have just as much fun. The alpine slopes provide well-prepared downhill runs that are perfect for alpine, telemark, snowboards and airboards. Regardless of which type of skis you have on your feet, you will find a lift to take you to the top and a downhill run suited to your ability.
For those who prefer to travel across rather than down, the area offers a fantastic array of cross-country tracks where you can enjoy the peace and quiet and the sounds of nature. It's always good to take a break after a good ski session - so get out the Thermos and packed lunch and enjoy the view before travelling on into the winter wonderland.
You can leave the car behind because in Beitostølen everything is within walking distance - whether it's the slopes, pistes, restaurants, culture, entertainment or anything else you could dream about. The region is known for its powder snow, which is not only great for skiing, but also for horse riding, snow rafting, dog sledging and scooter excursions. Make the most of Beitostølen's numerous possibilities all year round and treat yourself to a break from everyday life that you will never forget.
Once you have conquered a piste or a challenging hill, celebrate with a drink in one of our two bars. In the lobby you can mingle with other guests, while enjoying a few light snacks. On the hotel's first floor is the second bar, which has a stage and dance floor with space for as many as 400 dancers.
At the idyllic Jotnetunet on Beitostølen Camping lies the Hytta Mat og Vinhus. The restaurant opened in summer 2012 and is particularly well-known for its incredible venison fillet. The menu is exciting and varied and the venue is intimate, cosy and warm. The atmosphere is relaxing and the ambiance is always excellent in the evenings.
Central Beitostølen also has Bare Kos. This à la carte restaurant is minimalist and rustic and serves top quality food. It is well worth visiting for a sophisticated dining experience. You haven't really been to Beitostølen unless you've been to Svingen, as it is known here. Svingen Pub was the first real night spot at Beitostølen and despite its modest size, the place soon became an instant success. This tiny pub on the corner of the Bergo brewery has become a bit of an institution over the years, both for residents and holidaymakers. It sells a wide range of Norwegian and foreign beers, including from Valdre's Gardsbryggeri. Live music is often on the programme and makes the ambiance even better - if this were possible.
No Norwegian village is complete without a Chinese restaurant. Chen's Bejing House is situated in recently renovated premises and offers traditional Chinese dishes alongside international ones. A take-away menu is also available.
Cafeen Restaurant and tapas bar is opposite Svingen Pub. This cosy restaurant serves delicious tapas dishes and daring afterski meals. The café offers a large and varied wine list and the wine waiter is there to help you find the right wine to go with your meal. The dessert menu comes with a long list of drinks. And coffee. Plenty of good coffee.
The café's sun terrace is a quiet spot for sunny afternoons, while the terrace at the fron, with its heat lamps and comfy sofas, is perfect for enjoying delicious food and drinks under the canopy regardless of what the Norwegian weather decides to do.
Even though Beitostølen is only a small place, it has plenty of cafés and restaurants for every occasion and taste. You will find everything here, from cosy bakeries to pubs and fine restaurants. Why not do the rounds and try them all during your stay at Beitostølen?


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A man's wardrobe Formal Suit Hire in Randburg is always incomplete without a men's suit. Men's suits have always enjoyed immense reputation and popularity around the globe. Men's suits always project professionalism and distinctive character and are also worn as a style statement. You can wear a men's suit on different occasions. There are various types of men's suits available in different styles and patterns.
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These three colors dominate the men's suit industry, and for good reason. Most men are complimented by one or more of these dark colors. Dark suits have the ability to seamlessly transition from business to pleasure, in addition to a slimming effect of the silhouette. Let us talk about each color quickly
Navy Blue
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Ok so you have found a wedding suit you like and all aspects of it are perfect apart from the size and fit, what do you do? Well read this article to find out and make sure you are left with a comfortable and stylish looking suit that you can enjoy your day in.
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Japan and UNDP highlight need to build on adaptation achievements in AfricaJun 7, 2013
Yokohama - Efforts to protect development from the impacts of climate change must be supported in Africa.
This was the rationale behind the creation of UNDP's Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP), and it was a sentiment voiced by senior officials from Africa, Japan and the UN at a TICAD V side-event on the AAP's achievements.
In their opening addresses at the event, Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré, Japan's Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Masaji Matsuyama and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark said they would like to see progress made under the AAP expanded and built on.
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development is the world's largest forum on African development issues. Under the "Japan-UNDP Joint Framework for Building Partnerships to Address Climate Change in Africa," which was established at TICAD IV in 2008, the Government of Japan provided $92.1 million to implement the AAP.
The side-event attracted a standing-room-only audience, with international viewers following the webcast and tweeting questions and comments. It received coverage in mainstream Japanese media, including a story on the nightly news of Japan's national TV station NHK.
The video of the event with English-language translation can be viewed above.
In his opening address, President Compaoré called for adaptation-related achievements of the AAP to be built on.
"African countries at this moment are confronting serious development challenges. And for each country, the measures that they take to address climate change risks will become increasingly important for their future. But we need to have the tools available and strategic plans in place to effectively adapt to climate change," said President Compaoré.
"We have been working on capacity development through the AAP since 2008. We would like to continue and expand the AAP project since we believe the AAP has had a tremendous influence on Africa in advancing sustainable development."
Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Matsuyama said Japan was examining ways to advance the AAP's achievements in light of his country's plan for supporting green growth.
"We, the Government of Japan, would like to pursue possibilities for building on the advances of this project," he said.
"Africa is a region that will be heavily impacted by climate change, and climate change measures are one of the major issues to be addressed in Africa's development. Under the TICAD framework, Japan has proposed a strategy for low carbon growth and climate resilient development. The pillars of this strategy will form the core part of Japan's support going forward."
In her opening address, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark drew attention to the achievements made and those now possible as a result of the Japan-UNDP partnership working to support African countries.
"It will be important to build on the momentum and progress which has come out of this programme," said Helen Clark. "We have had good leadership and great partnerships with African governments on this and we know that, with the necessary resources and commitment, climate resilient development is possible. We are very committed to playing our part in that at UNDP."
This series of opening remarks was followed by a presentation from Ian Rector, the Programme Manager of the AAP since its launch in May 2008. Mr. Rector highlighted the bold and unique structure of the AAP, the range of support provided to participating countries by UNDP, and the Programme's focus on building capacity for strategic, holistic approaches to adaptation and development.
"Although adaptation in name, the AAP was not an adaptation project per se. It was, in fact, a strategic initiative designed to lay the foundations for long-term work in the field of adaptation," said Mr. Rector. "It also goes beyond adaptation, so that the systems, capacities and technology that have been developed can be used to embrace broader development work, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and disaster risk reduction."
Mr. Rector's overview of the Programme was followed by presentations illustrating aspects of the AAP's work in three countries: Ghana, Namibia and Malawi.
The Ghanaian representative, Winfred Nelson, Principal Analyst of Ghana's National Development Planning Commission, spoke of the two-track approach to mainstreaming climate change planning the Programme took in his country, whereby national policy makers and local planners were engaged simultaneously.
"Without working with policy makers … it can be difficult to mainstream. But once they understand it and they can appreciate the issues then they can move," he said.
"We need an integrated, proactive and targeted approach to this all-encompassing issue of climate change … It is said that the best way to predict the future, is to create it."
Viktoria Hango from Namibia spoke of her experiences implementing pilot projects designed to build the climate resilience of farming communities. She showed how a combination of simple, low-cost approaches such as better water storage, different ploughing techniques and livestock diversification left communities much better placed to contend with varying or reduced rainfall.
"This variety of agricultural interventions are small in cost, but their impact in terms of food security and building resilience to climate change can be enormous," said Ms. Hango. "The pilot communities now have a more diverse, more productive, more stable form of agricultural production. As a result they have more to eat and more to sell."
The closing presenter, Director of Economic Planning with Malawi's Ministry of Economic Planning and Development Yona Kamphale, spoke on how the AAP in Malawi was instrumental to the creation of the country's National Climate Change Investment Plan, a 10-year $104 million policy to bankroll key climate-related development projects. The AAP acquired technology, trained technicians and planners, undertook studies and drafted planning support documents, all of which were used in the formation of the Investment Plan.
"The investment plan is our main tool for mobilising resources from government, the private sector as well as civil society," said Mr Kamphale. "Through this plan, people's livelihoods will change for the better."
The more than 300 participants took away Japanese-language copies of a booklet on the achievements and legacy of the AAP as well as the final edition of the AAP's 'community newspaper. High-level delegates were also provided with copies of a just-published report on the AAP as told by the individuals implementing it.
Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) is a major global platform on African development held to discuss and produce action plans to tackle key African challenges related to economic development, poverty reduction and post-conflict recovery. TICAD was launched in 1993 to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners. TICAD is now organised by Japan, the African Union Commission, the UN, World Bank and UNDP.
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