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David Windsor
David Windsor (American, 1949-2013)
Windsor was born in Detroit in 1932 and arrived at the Institute of Design in 1949. He had come with the express idea of becoming an architect and in the summer of 1950 he interned with Buckminster Fuller in New York City. He later decided to switch his major to photography at the I.D. but he was drafted into the Army (1953-1955) before he could graduate. His close friend at the school was Yasuhiro Ishimoto and while serving in the Army in Tokyo, he and Yasuhiro spent time together.
After the service, Windsor returned to Chicago where he spent a decade (1955-1965) assisting Kenneth Heilbron (one of Chicago's most respected and successful photographers) as a photographer for the City of Chicago Building Task Force. During this time he also freelanced for designers, magazines and corporate clients. He served as a cameraman on short films both commercial and non-profit. He also created personal photographic essays and in 1963 was invited to participate in the important "Photography 1963: An International Exhibition" at the George Eastman House. From 1965 to 1969 he worked as a photographer for the Department of Development and Public Affairs at the University of Chicago. After 1969 David Windsor was freelance, with many clients, both corporate and non-profit.
David Windsor passed away in Chicago in 2013.


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Today was my first time teaching since our month away in Australia. It was so fun to be back in the hot room with our community. I missed everyone so much. I missed sharing this practice. The intention I used for class today is the quote on this image of Dogen (zen teacher from the 1200's). This dude is ancient but so legit. Much of the Zen teaching that has grown in the West is rooted in his teachings. It comes from a book I am reading called, "The Essential Dogen"
"A flower falls even though we love it
and a weed grows even though we do not love it."
- Dogen Zenji -
One The Mat
In our practice we looked at this from the perspective of how easy it is to like one pose and not like another pose. Like one teacher and not like another teacher. It's easy to focus one or the other. When we do this, we remove ourselves from the full experience. Like the posture or don't, your in it, come back to your breath and allow yourself to experience it from the roots up. Easy to say, hard to do. So we practice. Great energy in the room today!
Off The Mat
I think this powerful quote speaks to daily life. Somethings we hate and somethings we love, and it doesn't matter the preference we add to it, or the story we add to it. Wether we love "it" or hate "it", "it" will change. Nothing remains the same; impermanence.
We like to cling to things we love and get more of the pleasure it creates, and push away the things we don't love. Nature shows us over and over again that everything changes, shifts, and we can take this cue and let go of the clinging and need push. No force is needed to connect to the present moment. This work provides us an opportunity to be in the experience directly and fully. Full Life.

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WHY HERE: Unlike most of Disney World, this tequila bar doesn't feel cartoony in the slightest. The list of more than 200 tequilas also does a lot to make you feel like you've entered a world of adult wonders, making it a nice break from the rest of the park.
WHY NOW: Epcot is all about sampling bits of cultures from around the globe. What better place to start than by delving into tequila in the Mexico Pavilion. Stay for a flight of spirits or a Mexican beer, or get your tequila mixed into a tangy Margarita or bittersweet Paloma.


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Mujaki no Rakuen 03
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Shouta, a 25-year-old NEET, is mocked by his former female classmates who've all become successes, at their class reunion. A mysterious incident at the school pool throws him back in time and lets him deal with those same classmates back when they were fifth-grade girls.
Note: Bundled with the limited edition of the sixth, eighth and tenth volumes of the manga.More Episodes


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Un mercado en los Andes/
Since I can`t upload photos at the moment, I`m going to skip about a week´s worth of stories and pictures from the coast and bring you right up to this morning. Stay tuned for another post that`ll make you drool over the coast of Ecuador. I am so, SO pleased to be back in the Andes after two weeks on the coast. The air is thin, fresh, and cool, sending whiffs of eucalyptus and pàramo grass between puffs of exhaust from the buses. I spent two days, about 13 hours in all, to arrive in Latacunga just south of Quito. The town is situated between Mount Cotopaxi and a semi-famous loop of indigenous villages, where many people go to visit the Laguna Quilotoa. Sleepy and weary, I skipped the loop and stopped in Latacunga for a couple hours to bask in the Andean sun and explore the town. The difference between the coast and mountains is remarkable: beyond simple factors of climate, flora, and fauna, the people here appear more reserved, conservative, and less curious and outgoing toward me. That said, I feel more comfortable here as a lone woman because the men don`t gawk (much) and people seem more occupied in general than on the coast, where from every window somebody stood watching, statuesque.
I was planning to stay in Latacunga, but for some reason felt like moving on once I got there: an impulse that hits, I`ve found, when I feel alone and uprooted. I stopped in the town of San Miguel de Salcedo, just a few miles south of Latacunga, in order to try their famous ice cream. Just about every store in town sells these layered cones of flavors on sticks, and a couple people were tickled that I´d come just for that reason. Not surprising, though, since the ice cream was fabulous and made right in town. Mine was vanilla with some strawberry jam inside, followed by layers of taxo, passionfruit, and naranjilla. You know me. I`ll be thinking about that ice cream for weeks.
This morning I hoisted myself out of bed in order to visit a market south of Riobamba, in a little town called Cajabamba. I had read that it`s Sunday market is huge and colorful, and since I really haven`t visited a market here yet, I was excited to get out and see what was on offer. The bus dropped me at the main stop, where a long row of vendors stood behind their stalls of potato balls and whole roasted pigs, clients sitting on stools all around. I passed them by for the time being and bought a couple of beautiful, intensely flavorful red bananas. An ancient woman sat with a young sheep on a leash as I walked down a side-street toward the market: she was just the first of several I saw, tugging their sheep behind their ponchos and skirts. The women here (and impressively, even many young women and girls) where different versions of a poncho, sweaters, shirt, close-toed shoes, and fedora-style hat, usually with a peacock feather sticking up from the side. Sometimes they`ll have a shiny embroidered hot pink poncho and high heels, I assume to be more fashionable, but either way the garb is standard and ubiquitous. I love it. Women`s hair is usually long, braided or in a tight pony tail or wrap, and their earrings and necklaces are gold, dangling gracefully around their smooth, steadfast faces.
You want to see a photo, huh? I am sorry to say that today I remembered and fully accepted my great fault as a travel writer: I simply cannot take photographs of people unless I know them or it comes up somehow. Some people can do this, and I highly recommend you google search ¨Ecuador Andes indigenous dress¨ or something similar. I even talked to a few elderly, very interesting-looking people in the plaza today, and I couldn´t bring myself to ask for a photo. It just doesn´t make sense at the time, so I hope you understand. Here´s the only photo I have of the market, taken from the booth where I bought broccoli and onions:
The market itself was fairly ordinary, as far as foreign markets go. Stands upon stands of bananas, taxo, zapotes (which I have yet to try), and avocados surrounded another section of vegetables: tomatoes, carrots, white carrots (a native Andean crop), cabbages bigger than basketballs, onions and leeks and peppers, oh my. Around the corner, twenty bread stalls. A section of huge bags of bulk pasta, rice, fresh-ground wheat, and corn. One of the buildings was full of hanging meat, and I tried to hold my breath as a scurried past the tables of pig heads and rows of cow liver hanging at my shoulders. The other was full of prepared food, and I stopped for a plate of that potato-ball-pork-rind combo. Not as delicious as last night´s pile of potato-pancake-fried-egg-pork-salsa on the street near my hostel, but still satisfying. I sat with a young woman near the stall and was surprised to learn that she was my age and had just one baby. Usually I feel like an old maid when I speak with anyone, since my marital status and age unfailingly come up within two minutes of the Buenos dìas.
Fortunately today, the elderly vendors I spoke with in the plaza were delighted to hear my story-- once we began to talk, they opened up, warm and curious. I sat down on a long bench, and soon the woman next to me turned and asked where I came from. I learned that she lives in Riobamba and makes braided nylon ropes to sell every day there, but on Sundays she comes to sell in Cajabamba. She was seventy-four years old, probably about 4´10¨ (not very short around here), and her smile was contagious despite its showing only four bottom teeth. She referred to me as ¨mi hijita,¨ which translates to an endearing ¨my little daughter,¨ but is used between strangers all the time. As she gathered her ropes to continue selling, another elderly woman approached to buy, four for a dollar, and we shook hands goodbye. The man to my left, in a felt fedora and windbreaker, seemed to speak little Spanish at first, but we ended up talking for a while as well. He was selling at the market with his wife, smiling and wrapped in a plaid wool poncho, and a couple sons. They lived just up the hill and had ¨una docena¨ de hijos (twelve or so), where they farmed the usual papa, cebolla, zanahoria blanca, etc. I was happy to share my farming experience with him, and that I was interested to see this market because I worked at a similar one in the Estados Unidos. Really, besides the degree of ¨scraping by¨ that farmers and vendors experience here, the market itself is similar to one in the States: people get together, chat and catch up on the week, select and sell and eat, and hopefully go home with some cash. For me, it was an opportunity to try new produce, stock up for the week, and most importantly talk with some of the locals whose lives seem incredibly different from my own.


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Setting Calendar Preferences in Goldmine
When you click the Calendar tab to display the Goldmine Calendar preferences dialog box, most of the choices are pretty self-explanatory. You can set up GoldMine to reflect your normal working hours and the days of the week you usually work. These choices affect how your calendar is displayed.
Click the Holidays button, and on the dialog box that appears, enter company holidays so that GoldMine won't schedule activities on those days. If you don't have Master access rights, ask your system administrator to take care of this task. The holidays are entered only once and are then in place in the schedule for everyone in the company.
You can actually schedule holidays based on the country in which you operate, as well as schedule personal holidays, such as your birthday or anniversary.
You may find that the Auto Roll-Over options are some of the most significant ones available in the Calendar preferences dialog box. Are you used to coming into the office and having an overwhelming number of phone calls scheduled for you? Try as you might, you never seem to be able to make them all. If you do manage to make most of them, then you might want the remaining ones to be on your schedule for the next day. That's exactly what Auto Roll-Over does. It takes activities that you have not completed by the end of a particular day and moves them to the next day's schedule.
You should select all the Auto Roll-Over options except auto-forwarding of appointments. Just because you didn't make it to that appointment with the IRS yesterday at 2:00 p.m. doesn't mean that you should show up there today at 2:00 p.m.
If you are part of a corporate GoldMine installation and you use GoldSync, then the Sync Rollover option needs to be checked. It never hurts to check it, anyway.


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Top 5 reasons to work with Headsets.com
- We Love our Customers. We don't just say it, we do it! Everyone has worked for companies that say their top priority is Customer Service, only to have that not be the case. Well, at Headsets.com we practice what we preach. We empower our Headset Advisors to make the decision that is right for the Customer and help them out however we can.
- We have a culture of communication and feedback. One of the most important things that we at Headsets.com do is seek out feedback; it helps us to learn what we do right and what we can improve on. We believe in open and honest communication at every level of the Company. Internally, we know that the best ideas can come from our Team Members, the people who do the job everyday. So we've set up a feedback system where we actually pay our Team Members for submitting ideas about how we can improve things, give praise to co-workers or even tell us when there is a problem they can't find a solution for.
- Countless Opportunities to Learn and Grow. From our initial 2-week Training, to weekly updates, to Leadership Training courses, Headsets.com tries to provide a ton of learning opportunities. In addition, we offer a Training Allowance for our Team Members so they can develop skills that will help them with this job or their future career.
- We work with the Best People. We only hire people we know are going to be a great fit for our Company and people who feel like we're the best fit for them. That means our Team Members want to be here, work hard and have a great attitude.
- We sell a product that improves people's lives. We're not brain surgeons, but we're smart enough to know that using a telephone handset can cause people to suffer from neck and back discomfort. Using a headset as part of the daily work routine helps improve posture, and makes people feel more active and refreshed at the end of the work day. Plus, a headset is proven to improve productivity by 43%. It gives us warm, fuzzy feelings knowing we're helping people have a healthier, more productive day.
Okay I can't help myself; there are just so many good things to mention I'm going to give you one more…
Headsets.com is a place you can be proud to work.
Some people don't think it's cool to tell their friends they sell headsets. But check out some of the great awards our company has earned in the past couple of years. How cool are these awards?
- Chosen by the USDA Graduate School as their world class Customer Service Benchmark
- American Business Awards Stevie Finalist for Best Customer Service Organization
- American Business Awards Stevie Finalist for Best Overall Company
- Internet Retailer - Top 500 Web Retailer
- San Francisco Business Times Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area
- State of California Senate Emerging Growth Award
- American Business Awards Stevie Winner for Best Customer Service Team
- Inc 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the US
- Internet Retailer Best of the Web Top 50 for Computer/Electronics/Cd's/DVD's
- San Francisco Business Times Fastest Growing Companies in the Bay Area
Itching for more? Check out our news page for old and recent Headsets.com stories!


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Two robbers posing as delivery men pulled off a brazen armed heist Tuesday afternoon in the diamond district, pistol whipping an employee before fleeing the scene, police said.
The suspects, one of whom was armed, allegedly went into Watch Standard on the 8th floor of 23 W. 47th St. shop and made off with undisclosed amount of cash and merchandise around 2:30 p.m. A 56-year-old man, one of four people in the store at the time, was pistol whipped and later treated at the midtown North precinct, according to police.
After the robbery, police in SWAT gear shut down the midtown block until about 5:45 p.m. to canvass stores along West 47th Street between 5th and 6th avenues and on multiple floors.
Officers also pulled surveillance video from inside the building, police said, which was just off the route of the Veterans' Day Parade.
A suspect dressed in a long black trenchcoat and a white button-down shirt, sporting a goatee, went inside the store to demand the loot. His accomplice, wearing a red cap and a zip-up hoodie, waited outside in the hallway, according to police.
Tony Jabaly, 48, a diamond dealer in the 23 W. 47th St. building, said SWAT teams emptied out the place.
"They shout and scream, 'Get out, get out' and we just left," Jabaly said.
Justin Ayaz, 21,who works next door to the store that was robbed, said he saw the daughter of the store's boss run out frantically yelling about armed gunmen in the store.
People inside other buildings were kept inside during the search, but police started letting people out around 5 p.m.


text: Did you know, according to Leslie A. Lyons, an assistant professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, that scientists have demonstrated that cats produce the purr through intermittent signaling of the laryngeal and diaphragmatic muscles. Cats purr during both inhalation and exhalation with a consistent pattern and frequency between 25 and 150 Hertz. Various investigators have shown that sound frequencies in this range can improve bone density and promote healing. Cats, as do other animals, seem to be naturally drawn to the BEMER frequency when it is turned on. This is our Tonkinese kitty Cocoa Puff's introduction to BEMER technology! Now he has a session with my husband Nazim every day! See http://www.bemer-partner.com/bemergroup/artofwellness If you would like to watch a full presentation with our favorite doctor, Joshua Berka on the BEMER check out this MP4 Webinar and contact me for further information: http://www.bemerbusiness.net/repository/364-si493.mp4


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To be eligible for a reverse mortgage you must discuss the loan with a HUD approved counselor. This is a HUD guideline and an industry standard. Upon completion of the session the counselor will issue you a certificate so your originator can start your loan.
The counseling session is provided by a third party counselor. This is an unbiased confidential session. It is designed as a consumer protection mechanism to make sure the borrower understands the loan and gives them an opportunity to ask questions in an environment that is independent from the loan originator and the lender. I tell my borrowers that if I have done my job correctly, it should simply be a review of the loan.
You must initiate contact for a counseling appointment. The counseling session costs $125. You may pay at the time of the counseling or many agencies will allow you to finance the fee into your loan.
Your loan originator will provide you with 10 HUD approved counselors. 5 are referral agencies, 4 counselors must be within your home state and 1 must be within reasonable driving distance to your home. Most borrowers attend their counseling in a phone session, however if you prefer to sit face to face with a counselor, you have that option also.
Your counseling session will last from 45-60 minutes. It will cover your loan comparison sheet, amortization schedule, and good faith estimates. Recently, HUD has also passed guidelines that require counselors to ask you questions about your financial situation. They will ask you questions about your income and budget. Towards the end of your session, your counselor will ask you a minimum of 10 questions about reverse mortgages. If the counselor feels that you do not have an understanding of reverse mortgages they do have the right to withhold the counseling certificate.
You may ask family members such as a son or a daughter to participate in the reverse mortgage counseling with you.
Reverse Mortgage counseling has improved over recent years. Most of the time clients have a good experience with counseling. Given today's financial environment, I think counseling is a helpful tool to help consumers set them selves up for success by being fully informed in their choices.


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Heading to the People's Climate March? The March for Science? Or any other rally or event where you want to show your support for the free practice and application of science—and its positive potential to help humanity?
Download one of our free march signs to print out and bring with you to show that you #standupforscience.
For more information on upcoming marches, head to www.ucsusa.org/march.


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Online Store
Wayne Wonder's web store for easy on-line booking, and purchasing of special Wayne Wonder Products and Merchandise.
Wedding Booking Fee
Wedding Booking Fee
Click here to pay the booking fee once you have agreed a date with Wayne Wonder. The booking fee secures your booking and is a non-refundable fee to cover admin costs and other costs associated with preparing for a booking. It is deducted from the total fee of the entertainment. Once this has been paid you will receive a PDF booking confirmation to finalise the booking. Please note that if you complete this process over the weekend (Fri-Sun) then your confirmation may be delayed whilst Wayne is out performing.
You can find out more about the booking fee on the Before you Book page. The only instance where the booking fee may be refunded is when the performance is cancelled due to extreme weather. Please note that by completing this booking you are agreeing to Wayne Wonder's terms & conditions which are available upon request and will be supplied along with the booking confirmation PDF.


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(Han) Solo 2300/
(Han) Solo 2300
Tomorrow, I start my Windows 2000 training. Microsoft course number 1560 is being taught locally, and eight of us from UNI are attending. It's very pricey, at $1800 per person, but it gives us 40 contact hours. The training lasts from 8 to 5 for the next five thursdays, and I think it will turn out to be well worth the money in the end.
What a boring day, I've spent most of it reformatting and cleaning up an old Gateway Solo 2300 laptop. It's not the speediest thing in the world, luckily I have a good book to read while I wait for various things to install.


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Honey-Rooibos – COMMUNITY
South African Rooibos and Vancouver Island honey meet for an antioxidant and Vitamin C rich beverage. Also known as Bill's Brew, this inspired drink is the direct result of a walk in the woods with fellow Kombucha enthusiast.
This variety of Enerchi Kombucha is brewed from a base of herbal tea and is low in caffeine.
Enerchi Kombucha is brewed with organic ingredients, is naturally fermented, and is always unpasteurized.


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"Mastery" is probably a little exaggerated. This is more my path beyond jQuery.
- Learning JavaScript Design Patterns (pretty informative so far)
- Eloquent JavaScript (really informative so far, with exercises)
- You Don't Know JS (ditto; series)
- https://frontendmasters.com/ (so many video-based courses on intermediate to advanced topics; worth subscribing if possible)
- https://www.codecademy.com (more basic, but also more interactive)
- http://teamtreehouse.com (ditto)
- https://codefights.com/ (fun and short "fights" or races to squash bugs)
Command Line
- https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment (tests of fundamentals; simple but gets challenging)
- http://exercism.io/ (fun exercises and not too hair-pulling so far, although I recommend reading up a bit first to have the right tools in mind)


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Think you've seen a lot of movies? You've never seen one like this. Based on a suggestion from the audience and using the tropes and cliches of Hollywood classics new and old, Straight to Video will improvise a never-before-seen movie right in front of your very eyes.
First show at Improv Asylum NYC!
Tickets are $12 at the door or BUY ONLINE
307 West 26th Street
Featuring Joanna Shaw Flamm, Katie Hartman, Devin Heater, Mitch Lucas, Ben Jaeger-Thomas, Evan Kaufman, Sarah Peele, and Claire Yale.


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This 26 day overland tour journeys from Kampala to Nairobi through Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Border Information: If you are joining the trip in Kampala, you will most likely enter Uganda at Entebbe International Airport.
Welcome to Kampala! If you would like to explore Kampala fully, we advise you arrive a day earlier to give yourself the time to see some of the highlights in the city - possible activities include visiting the Uganda Museum, the Cathedral and the Kasubi Tombs. Please note that many of the options listed below will only be possible for those with extra time in Kampala before the start of your trip with us - please contact the Sales team if you would like to book pre-tour accommodation with us to have extra time exploring Kampala.
There will be a group meeting today at our joining hotel at 18:00 - your tour leader will meet you at the hotel reception. Your leader will leave a note at reception telling you where this important meeting will take place.
This morning we will make our way into the stunning Lake Mburo National Park. This drive will take us across the equator - a prime moment for some photos! The afternoon will include a boat trip on the beautiful Lake Mburo.
We will stay in an incredibile campsite close to the lake where you may be lucky enough to see hippos leaving the water in the evening.
Estimated Drive Time - 4-5 hours (please note that all drive times given here are the approximate number of hours that the truck will be in motion only, and does not include any time taken for coffee or lunch stops, border crossings, photo stops, activities en route, comfort breaks, shopping stops, toilet stops, etc. The times given are approximate estimates only and whilst given with the best of intentions, the drive times are heavily dependent on traffic, road conditions, weather, police roadblocks, and many other factors - flexibility is essential on any overland trip!).
This morning we travel to the Queen Elizabeth National Park, beautifully set between the Great Rift Valley lakes of Lake Edward and Lake George, undertaking a game drive on our way to the campsite.
After lunch we will take an included boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, well-known for pelicans, eagles and other wonderful birdlife as well as its healthy population of hippos. During our time in the park we also hope to see elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes, Ugandan kobs and waterbucks.
The next morning we are up early to go on a full day game drive making our way into the depths of the park. We will experience areas of the National Park that are impossible to reach without a full days excursion!
Here we will go on what is undoubtedly the highlight of the trip - trekking to see the Mountain Gorillas in their natural forest habitat.
This region is one of the last remaining sanctuaries for the mountain gorilla. No more than 8 people per day can visit any one habituated family, and visits are strictly controlled to minimise the possibility of disturbance or transmission of disease to the animals.
Tracking gorillas in the dense forest can sometimes be wet, muddy and uncomfortable. The terrain is by no means easy either, so it can be pretty strenuous and often humid; however, the sheer thrill of coming across a habituated group of gorillas, dominated by a great male silverback, more than outweighs any difficulty. You need to be prepared and fit enough to walk at least 4 hours - uphill and downhill. We can usually get very close to the mountain gorillas, who are placid and gentle, and watching their movements is like seeing a mirror image of yourself! Once you find them, you will stay with the gorillas for one unforgettable hour!
When visiting the gorillas you will be assigned a trekking group and time on your permit. The group may be split up into different trekking groups during the day.
In Bwindi we will stay in a campsite that occasinally has some very special visitors, the incredible mountain gorillas!
Please note that the gorilla permits are paid for in full by the trip kitty - however, we have to purchase the permits in advance on the customers' behalf, so a higher deposit is charged on the trip price to protect us from losing this money in the event of cancellation - please see the notes at the end for further detail.
Border Information: Exit Uganda at Cyahafi, enter Rwanda at Kidaho.
Leaving Uganda behind, we cross the border into the stunning country of Rwanda.
Today we will drive the short distance to Ruhengeri (also known as Musanze), the gateway to the Volcanoes National Park, where we will spend the next 1night. Today we will have time for optional activities such as visiting the Golden Monkeys.
Estimated Drive Time - 2-3 hours.
In Ruhengeri we will stay in dorms at a local church mission, or camp in their grounds.
Today we head to the lakeside town of Kibuye. We will haev the option to do many activities this afternoon in the rural town.
Estimated drive time - 3-4 hours
Tonight we will stay in an eco-camp overlooking the water.
This morning we wil head to Nyungwe National Park where we will stay for 2 nights as we have so much to fit in! We start with a visit to a local tea plantation before camping in the National Park itself.
The following morning we have chimps to hunt for and a breath taking canopy walkway trail to keep us busy for the day!
Estimated drive time - 2-3 hours
Today we arrive in our final city of this trip, Kigali. After a long drive in the morning we will visit the moving and very thought provoking Genocide Museum in the afternoon.
Estimated drive time: 5-6 hours.
In Kigali we will stay in a comfortable campsite for the night.
Border Information: If you are joining the trip in Kigali, you will most likely enter Rwanda at Kigali International Airport.
Welcome to Kigali! If you would like to explore Kigali fully, we advise you arrive a day earlier to give yourself the time to see some of the highlights in the city. Please note that many of the options listed below will only be possible for those with extra time in Kigali before the start of your trip with us - please contact the Sales team if you would like to book pre-tour accommodation with us to have extra time exploring Kigali.
There will be a group meeting today at our joining hotel at 18:00 - your tour leader will meet you at the hotel reception. Your leader will leave a note at reception telling you where this important meeting will take place.
This morning we leave Kigali to spend three days treking the Congo Nile Trail.
Estimated drive time - 3-4 hours (please note that all drive times given here are the approximate number of hours that the truck will be in motion only, and does not include any time taken for coffee or lunch stops, border crossings, photo stops, activities en route, comfort breaks, shopping stops, toilet stops, etc. The times given are approximate estimates only and whilst given with the best of intentions, the drive times are heavily dependent on traffic, road conditions, weather, police roadblocks, and many other factors - flexibility is essential on any overland trip!).
On the first day the truck will drop us at the start of the trail. We will only need a day pack as the truck will then drive ahead and begin to set up camp for us at the end of the first days walk. There are some stunning views across Lake Kivu so don't forget your camera!
The next morning we are up early to continue the trail, winding through the local villages and coffee plantations along the lake and soaking up the wonderful Rwandan culture and hospitality. The truck will once again be there to meet us at the end of the day at camp.
At the end of our third day on this beautiful trail our crew will collect us from our finishing point and we will return to the comforts of Kigali for the evening.
This morning we are up early for a long drive day across to Bukoba in Tanzania. In Bukoba we will stay in a wel equiped campsite on the shore of Lake Victoria with options to upgrade into traditional Bandas for the 2 nights we will be here.
Estimated drive time - 9-10 hours
The following day we have time to enjoy the multitude of activities that Bukoba has to offer.
Today we will be heading to Mwanza for two nights. We are going to camping in the grounds of the local Yacht Club, famouns for its Seafood restaurant. You can even become a member fo the club!
The following day we will have the whole day free to explore the town and participat in all the activities on offer.
Estimated drive time - 8-9 hours
This morning we will head up into the hills of Bunda. We will stay in a campsite with incredbile views. This afternoon we will take a guided walk on which we will experience the vistas of Lake Victoria as well as the Serengeti! There are also oportunities for bird watching and canoeing.
Estimated drive time - 3-4 hours
Today we will be met by our fleet of 6-person 4x4 jeeps - we will load the jeeps with our camping and personal gear, and then head out for our 4-day excursion to the Tarangire National Park, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, leaving our truck behind.
We will also be leaving our large bags behind (where they will be stored in a secure location), and advise you to bring along a smaller daypack for your personal gear for this trip that will need to be packed soon after the group meeting before we set off. You should pack clothing for 4 days (including a warm jumper or fleece and long trousers), a waterproof jacket, toiletries (including sun screen and insect repellent), your camera and charger, a small towel, a head torch, a water bottle, books and personal snacks, etc.
We will have safety talk with our safari guides and then we will make our way down into the plains of the Serengeti. We will take an game drive around the savanna before heading to our campsite - the area is one of the world's premier spot for wildlife viewing and we hope to able to find elephants, lions, leopards, giraffe and other big game during our time here!
Tonight we will stay at a campsite within the Serengeti National Park. The camp where we stay is very basic (with showers and flush toilets, but no other facilities) but is located right in the middle of the plains, surrounded by animals and their nocturnal noises! Your leader will outline the basic safety rules to be followed when camping in an unfenced location where wild animals are present.
The next morning we will get up very early and we set off in our jeeps for an early morning game drive in the heart of the Serengeti plains. The early morning is the best time of day for wildlife viewing, as many of the animals are at their most active while it is still cool.
There is an option this morning for to take a hot air balloon flight over the Serengeti instead of the game drive - demand is high for this activity, so this must be pre-booked at the time that you booked your trip with us.
We will return to our campsite for lunch, and then aim to exit the Serengeti early afternoon. We will head back through the conservation area to our next campsite, on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, where we will arrive in the early evening.
Again, the campsite tonight is very basic and unfenced. It can often be quite cold on the crater rim so it is recommended that you take some warm clothes for this night.
The next morning we will have another early start to descend into the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater for a morning game drive. Again, the Ngorongoro Crater is an outstanding area for wildlife spotting, often described as a 'natural wildlife enclosure'. This is the best chance on the excursion to spot black rhinos as well as a myriad of other big game.
We will spend as long as our entry tickets allow in the Ngorongoro Crater before departing, which will usually give us about 3-4 hours of game driving.
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Luxurious black velvet, intricate beading and golden wheat details were just some of the highlights of the Valentino Fall 2015 Mirabilia Romae show that unfolded in a piazza in Rome. Such a spectacular show. Here are some of my favorite details photographs. Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli can do now wrong!
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Monday, January 11, 2016
PT006 - John Bellows, l o n g [EP]
So here we are! Another tape. Number 6 this time, and it's a very special one from an old favorite. We're very proud to present the new album from John Bellows.
l o n g is the first John Bellows collection since the high-flying long-player Fast Hits, and the release presents an about-face in tone, mood, and composition for the songwriter. Ditching the light-hearted humor of previous efforts, the songs of l o n g are conversely solemn, careful, and methodic, while also displaying the sort of playfully haphazard style that makes Bellows such a charm and an uncommonly pleasant listen. The content here highlights the struggles of a certain generation - the 25-35'ers finding themselves within the turmoil of having no real clue what they're doing, who they're doing it with, or why, circling themes of love, relationships, dreams, desires, drives, all through measured metaphor. Some of the songs have an almost battle-march vibe to them, an anguish that is assured and confident, yet misguided, maybe even a little misdirected. Musically, Bellows is also at his most-daring in terms of composition -- the assertive lyrical challenges goading the songs into surprisingly complex developments with thoughtful arrangements of drums, cello, and guitar that emphasize his poetry's sweeping grandeur. More than an album or a collection of songs, l o n g is also a state of mind and a place to find yourself if you're feeling a little lost.
This EP release is presented as a lovingly pro-dubbed cassette edition, and we'll ship them basically anywhere, as usual! Check out the first track "No Memory" streaming below, and read an interview with Mr. Bellows conducted by team-planted a little further down. We've got a pre-order link up just below, order away!
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Colonoscopies are preferred if you have a family history of colon cancer or polyps, if you're having symptoms such as rectal bleeding, or if you have a history of inflammatory bowel disease. These patients should decide in consultation with their doctors whether to begin screening before 50 and whether to screen more frequently than every 10 years.
For others, choosing which test may depend on these considerations:
▪ Can be done on your own, at home. It is not available over-the-counter and must be prescribed by a doctor.
▪ Requires patient to come into brief close contact with feces and send sample to laboratory.
▪ May produce positive results even if no polyps or cancer are present.
▪ Detects most cancers early when done every year. A positive test would be followed by a colonoscopy to remove abnormal growths.
▪ Less expensive than colonoscopy – $22 compared with about $2,000. Both tests covered 100 percent by insurance.
▪ Examines inside of colon, or large intestine, and allows immediate removal of abnormal growths.
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- By Gavin & Yvonne Frost
Venus and the Megalithic Yard
Those of you who are interested in the ancient measure, Proffesor Alexander Thom's megalithic yard (MY), would do well to investigate the book Civilization One by Christopher Knight and Alan Butler (ISBN 978-1-907486-09-8). Messers Knight and Butler investigate an early unit of measure which was accurate within millimeters from the northern Hebrides to southern Europe. The unit of measure has a relationship too with the Minoan culture's foot.
The first fact that comes as a surprise to many is that the old Summarian civilization used a circle of 366 degrees. That circle with its 366 divisions was obviously based on the length of the year (approximately 365 1/4 days). The diameter of the earth had early on been calculated by accurately measuring the length of one degree. The question has always been: How can you develop a measure using this fact?
You yourself can do a similar experiment: Working on the day of spring or autumn equinox, set up two poles of equal height, say 50 MY (Megalithic Yards) apart, in an E –> W direction, and two more poles in a N –> S direction. Measure the time it takes for the shadow of the first pole to be the same length as the shadow of the second pole. You must measure the shadows to better than a millimeter and the time to less than 1/10 second. The measurement results in a full polar circumference of the earth of 48,221,838 MY.
The ancient Sumerians used a base 6 for their calculations, so they separated each degree into 60 minutes and each minute into 6 seconds. When you divide this out, you find that one second of the full circumferance of the earth turns out to be 366 MY. You might call this a coincidence–but it isn't.
If you erect two poles separated by one degree of arc, then you can determine how long a star or a planet takes to traverse the distance between the two poles, measuring this time by the swing of a pendulum. The same mathematical trick that we use in casting our circles can be used to accomplish this. If you cast a circle of diameter 233 units and then divide it up using a 2-unit stick, you will find that you get one degree of arc per division. When you do this for a star, you find a pendulum length close to half a MY, but not quite, and certainly not within the accuracy to which the megalithic monuments were built.
It occurred to researcher Robert Lomas that perhaps the ancients used not a star but the planet Venus. Working with Christopher Knight (see above), Lomas had found that Venus was hugely important to the builders of megalithic sites. For example, New Grange was designed so that the light of Venus came into its central chamber for only a couple of minutes every eight years.
When you measure the transit of Venus between your two poles, you see that you get various results. This is because the apparent movement of Venus is regulated by the fact that it moves around the sun as the earth does. If you use a pendulum to measure its transit, when you measure the slowest transit, you get a pendulum length of exactly ½ MY–and we mean exactly: to better than 1 part in 3,000. Thus you have a method of developing the MY with very high accuracy no matter where on earth you are. True, in a very few places, such as high mountains or deep valleys, the swing of the pendulum will be slightly off. In most cases, though, this will result in an error of less than 1 part in 10,000.
Thus you can develop the MY with the most simple of tools: pieces of string, some form of plumb-bob weight, and a measuring stick (which can be of any length). It seems that our ancestors were far smarter than we thought: not just pointing and grunting ….
Why should you go to all this song-and-dance? Because the megalithic yard is the unit of measure we Wiccans use in casting our circles for spiritual work. Good enough?
By the way, Civilization One also explores liquid and cubic measure, and shows that they were probably developed for trade.


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The Starlet | A Cocktail in Spirit of The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards is this weekend!!! Finally, the award show we all have been waiting for... my personal favorite thing to do during this very glamorous season is to create some spectacular star -studded cocktails to really get the celebration started. What better way than with some edible gold flakes too?!!? Here's the recipe for a cocktail that calls for just that, called The Starlet which will surely get your party started in spirit of the Oscars!
2.5 oz Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc
1 oz SVEDKA Vanilla
1 tsp honey syrup (2:1 honey:water, mixed well)
1 dash Angostura bitters
2 tsp edible gold flake
Combine liquid ingredients and 1 tsp gold leaf with ice in a mixing glass.
Stir with ice and strain over fresh ice (large cube preferable) in a rocks glass.
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olive spring
when: saturday, march 19, 2011
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hat: urban outfitters
dress: tucker for target
tights: we love colors
heels: jessica simpson via DSW
where: church, dinner, errands
spring is here and i am more than ready for florals and dresses! i searched for a dress with sleeves for about two years, and i'm so glad i found this one because it's perfect! it cost $39.99—more than i'd normally like to spend on a dress at target—but it was worth the wait and the price because i can wear it year-round (and it's a designer dress). right away i knew i wanted to pair it with olive green tights to bring out the green in the pattern.
now. you need to check out my friend tania in the same dress. i love how she swapped out the belt with one of her own. this girl has brains (like grad school brains) and amazing style (i swear she can pull off anything). check her out at what would a nerd wear.


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Does 3 1/2 C. minus 1 tsp. really make a difference from 3 1/2 C. of flour?
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June 25, 2011
And remember Flour can differ in weight by region and brand.
here's a handy chart.
June 25, 2011
I love this recipe and this website! Thanks so much for providing clear instructions and really good recipes
May 6, 2011
yes in grams! thank you dbradley!
May 5, 2011
Converting between volume and weight is not an exact science, as the conversion factors vary depending on source, particularly for flour. I did my own conversion, made them, and was quite pleased with the results, though I will no doubt tweak the amounts over time. In hopes that it will help someone else, here are the amounts I used:
440g flour
20g baking powder
13g salt
130g butter
250g cheese
430g buttermilk
Merrill S.
May 2, 2011
Ophelia, you're right about the translation. We got the measurements from Adam in grams and thought a dry measure would be easier for most people. (Whenever we use weights, people always ask for the reverse!) I will add the weight measurements to the recipe, though, since so many of you seem to prefer that.
April 28, 2011
Merrill, is it possible for you to get the measurements for us in weight rather than volume since this is a commercial recipe?
April 28, 2011
I wrote this piece on measurement precision a while back. It gives my general rules for thinking about when to be precise and when not to.
April 27, 2011
It does seem a bit fussy, doesn't it? But you should have seen the first version of my fruitcake recipe when I scaled it down from a batter mixed in an industrial 15-gallon Hobart mixer to one that I could make at home with a KitchenAid--I had all kinds of oddball measurements because of the conversions from weight to cups. It's neater and easier for commercial bakers to dump a 25-pound bag of flour into the bowl of an industrial mixer than it is to measure by the cupful, but the most important reason for weighing ingredients is because it insures a standardized product no matter how many variables come into play, such as who is doing the baking and how high the humidity is. It's not a big deal if your biscuits come out slightly different each time you bake them, but that would be if catastrophic if your livelihoood and reputation depended on it.
I made these last night, and of course I couldn't follow the recipe to the letter because I don't keep what you'd call a well-stocked pantry. Here are my tweaks:
1. I didn't remove that teaspoon of flour in the dough.
2. I used a stick (8 tablespoons) Darigold butter instead of Plugra, and I subbed in a tiny bit more than a tablespoon of Crisco for the 9th tablespoon plus one teaspoon of butter.
3. I used medium-sharp Tillamook yellow cheddar.
I've tried different recipes for cheese biscuits, and every one of them has resulted in biscuits that were either insipid or dense. We loved these, probably because they aren't the plain biscuits I've been making for the past 50 years, so I've already made plans for this recipe: some kind of garlic-herb-cheese biscuit to go with grilled steak, or a bacon-chive-cheese mini biscuit to go with a frittata, or ham and egg breakfast sandwich.
April 27, 2011
Not going to make a huge difference. I'd skip that step altogether. Just make sure you fluff your flour really well.
April 27, 2011
What's more important is not over-kneading your biscuit dough. And using soft wheat flour.
April 27, 2011
I agree with Ophelia on both counts. There are 48 tsp of flour in a cup. 167/168 = 0.994 which is close enough to being 100 that it can't really matter.
April 27, 2011
Having read the recipe I suspect the odd measurements are because they have translated the recipe from a very large batch measured in weight to a small batch measured in volume.
April 27, 2011
Probably not. Wouldn't it be nice if we all just used weight measurements instead?
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Roxie is home, not doing so well.
Now, I'm feeding her syrup along with her diet every 4 hours to prevent the seizures and it seems to work. It's not a good long term plan but at least it makes her happier. I have a sinking feeling in my gut that this won't work long term and I don't know what to do. I'm kind of in a state of panic myself, I really love my Roxie and I can't face losing her right now. I only pray that the prednisolone will start to inhibit her insulin production so that she will have a more stable blood sugar and a better life in her remaining days. I'm so freaking sad about this that mere words can't even begin to describe my feeling of loss. I love you Roxie...
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Roxie is in the hospital.
Everything was fine for a few days and Roxie seemed to be getting way better, then a couple of days ago she started sleeping all the time and didn't care to get out of her cage for play time anymore. I sensed her blood sugar was low so I gave her some pancake syrup and after a few minutes he started acting normal. 20 minutes later however, he was weak and sleepy again. Off to the vet I went. The vet tested his sugar and reported it was 40. Even worse than before the surgery. He had to stay and receive an I.V. with glucose and meds to coat his stomach.
The doctor said that he seems to have a stomach ulcer and perhaps he's not eating due to pain. The lack of food intake could be the cause for the low sugar. I hope this is the case. it's also possible that the insulinoma is back but not likely according to the doctor. I only hope and prey that Roxie is better tomorrow and the doctor tells me exactly how to care for him at home so that another trip to the hospital won't be needed. Please pray for my Roxie... I love you Roxie...
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Karmic Installed on 4 Machines
I also just installed Flock browser 2.5.2 by hand. I'm hoping the getdeb.net will soon start building packages for Karmic. This blog post is being composed in Flock on Karmic.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Karmic Testing
By following my own guide for Jaunty. I was able to put back most of the missing video performance. You will find the instructions here. I guess Karmic is here to stay.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Set up an FTP Server on Ubuntu
1. sudo apt-get install proftpd gproftpd. This will install all the necessary config files for proftp along with the GUI (gui being gproftpd)
2. Once install check to see if the server is running by using pgrep proftpd. If you do not see a PID than start it by typing /etc/init.d/proftpd start or status to see if again, the process is running.
Configuring Server
1. Once installed proftp will be under a new category of programs called system tools. Go to system tool -> GA-ADMIN PROFTP
2. There are several tabs that gui provides in editing your FTP settings: they are server, users, transfers, discs, files, secuirty, and configuration
Server- name your server to your liking. Use your private IP address in the address field. Issuing an ifconfig at the cmd line will bring you your private IP.By default the server is set to an idle time of 120 seconds so adjust time if you wish to.
Users- this is where you will create all users that are allowed to your ftp site. You can create user accounts with anonymous access by un-checking the required password box. The users section is where you will designate directories/drives for remote users to access as well.
Transfers- Will show you files that where transfered between remote pc and server
Discs- Displays directories that are available to share along with how much space is currently available in those directories
Files- shows statistics about what was downloaded by the user
Security- Gives a log file view of who was last logged on the ftp server.
Configuration- If for whatever reason that your settings that you edited do not adjust you can change them here. Its easier to read by editing it here than terminal its a little cleaner and easier to see where and what you are editing
Home Router settings
Next, we are going to have to open up some ports on your router. Most newer routers they use port forwarding and with the older ones like my d-link router we create a new virtual server.
1. In your web browser go to the you gateway address which would be something like 192.168.0.1 or verify it by using ifconfig
2. The port that you want to open is port 21 or if you feel you will be vulnerable to attacks use 2121 or something along those lines
3. For the IP address of your sever it will be your private IP address
4. Save settings
Connecting to ftp server
1. Using a client such as filezilla which is free of charge or if you are an intermediate-advance user use the command line. This is how we are going to connect to the ftp server
2. Find out Your public IP address using IPchicken.com. Once there it will display your public IP
3. You will use the public IP address to access you site along with a username, password, and port number. If everything is setup correctly you will be able to upload and download files. If you cannot go back and check that your settings are correct along with you private and public ip addresses
Monday, June 1, 2009
Non-Ubuntu Stuff...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Jaunty - DVD Playback - Video Codecs - Players - Medibuntu Repository
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs w32codecs totem-mozilla libdvdcss2 totem-xine xine-ui libxine1 libxinerama1 libxine1-all-plugins libxine1 libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdnav4 libdmx1 libdvdread4 gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly vlc smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-translations && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Adding the Medibuntu Repository
If you are new to Ubuntu, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu for an overview of repositories.
Add Medibuntu to your sources.list, as well as its GPG key to your keyring. Make sure to use the correct sources.list that corresponds to your current distribution.
Any Ubuntu Release and keyring:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update
Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope":
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex":
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron":
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon":
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake":
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/dapper.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Then, add the GPG Key:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
You may be asked to accept this package even though it cannot be authenticated. This is normal; typing "Yes" means you trust Medibuntu.
Install audio and video codecs in ubuntu
For Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope":
Open up a terminal (applications -> accessories -> terminal) and copy/paste this code:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs w32codecs totem-mozilla libdvdcss2
(if you use 64bit, replace w32codecs with w64codecs)
For Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron":
Open up a terminal (applications -> accessories -> terminal) and copy/paste this code:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs w32codecs totem-mozilla libdvdcss2
(if you use 64bit, replace w32codecs with w64codecs)
For Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex":
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs w32codecs totem-mozilla libdvdcss2
(if you use 64bit, replace w32codecs with w64codecs)
Install a different media player (optional)
The default media player (totem) is good, but I like vlc media player better, especially for watching a dvd.
In a terminal type:
sudo apt-get install vlc
If you are looking for a better audio player, I suggest either exaile or bmpx.
You now have 99% of the codecs in the world installed on your system.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Ubuntu Juanty Jackalope vs. ATI Radeon Mobility 9600
Section "Device"
Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "smart" # "greedy" works well also
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "EnableDepthMoves" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "FBTexPercent" "0"
Option "RenderAccel" "on"
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Timekpr Version 0.3.0 is released!
- This program is heavily depended on Linux-PAM and its time and access modules.
- If you would like to contribute to the code, join the timekpr-maintainers team on launchpad.
- Ubuntu - Jaunty, Intrepid, Hardy
- Kubuntu - Jaunty, Intrepid, Hardy
- Xubuntu - Jaunty, Intrepid, Hardy
- Timekpr-gui gives a warning if no other user than administrator is present (Bugs #345515 and #330261, thanks to BearTM)
- An administrator will not be able to restrict him self (Bug ##286529)
- Removed hard reference to /etc/timekpr in timekpr-client.py (Bug #314061), allows for configuration of timekpr dir (no gui for this)
- Added a man page (Bug #302770)
- Added i18n support (Bug #302782), this release includes translations for Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmal and Swedish. Please help to translate timekpr into more languages!
- Timekpr works with Jaunty (Bug #344538)
- Fixed packaging error for KDE (Bug #345515)
- Fixed a bug that could kick any user who was logged in all day, also unrestricted users and administrators
- This project was born after Charles Jackson's (crjackson) request for a program that time-limits user accounts:
Ubuntu Forums. You can also find a progression of the history posted at the Bucknasty. blog.
- This is a complete re-write in python and vast improvement from the original timekpr bash script:
- Even Nedberg initially began to improve the original bash script from Chris Jackson. Savvas Radević packaged it and soon began co-development.
- Special thanks go to Charles Jackson (crjackson), who has contributed a lot by suggesting, brainstorming useful features, writing the initial blueprint, and
being the primary tester.
- We would also like to thank all the people posting to that topic in ubuntu forums for their comments.
Additional Information
I have requested an additional feature of a black-out setting that would let you slice a chunk of time right out of the normally allowable login hours. This would be for designated home work time, or other required activities. Please bookmark this page for future updates.
Intrepid Ibex Users should install by adding Even's PPA repository to there software sources list, and then use your package manager to install. This will always give you the latest version and keep your system updated.
Stable repository:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/timekpr-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/timekpr-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Development repository:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nedberg/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nedberg/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope Testing
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Sound Solutions for Hardy,Intrepid and Jaunty Jackalope
If you have just upgraded to or installed Hardy or Intrepid or Jaunty and you have some sound somewhere, but not everywhere for everything, this is a fast way to get all the missing stuff you need and give you some tools to figure out what is going on. If you hear the startup sound but nothing else, or if some applications
work and others don't, this is for you. If you have no sound at all, there is a link at the end of this post for more extensive troubleshooting help but you should try this first anyway as it may solve your problem and will not make matters worse.Make sure that your system is fully updated.
Credit goes to markbuntu forum article
Required Packages
First you need to get some missing packages with Synaptic. These packages were not installed by default but are important for getting your sound working properly:asoundconf-gtk
This is a little Default sound card application for choosing the default sound card for alsa.
This is a gui mixer, far easier to use than the command line alsamixer.
This is the wrapper for oss applications so they will use alsa instead of grabbing the sound card all for themselves.
These are the plugins for alsa
This is the Pulse Audio device chooser and will pull in the pavucontrol which is the Pulse Audio Volume Control and papref which is the Pulse Audio Preferences along with the Pulse Audio Volume Meters.
This is the gstreamer plugin for pulseaudio
This is the package with all the restricted codecs and java and flashplayer so you can watch youtube and play your mp3s,etc..If you have other applications like mplayer, vlc, amarok, or audacious be sure to get any extra packages available for them also.
Single command to install everything you need
sudo apt-get install asoundconf-gtk alsa-oss libasound2 libasound2-plugins padevchooser gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio ubuntu-restricted-extras
Setting things up
Once you have all these packages installed, close any application that may be trying to use sound and go to System/Preferences/Sound and set all the preferences from automatic to PulseAudio except Default Mixer Tracks which you should set to your sound card. Go to System/Preferences/Default Sound Card and choose pulseaudio.
Next, right click on the little speaker on the top panel, that is the Panel Volume Control. Click Open Volume Control and make sure it is set to the same thing as the Default Mixer Tracks. Click on Preferences and make sure that Master and PCM and whatever else you want to control are selected. Make sure that any boxes labeled SPDIF or IEC958 are not checked. Close the Preferences box. Push up the sliders in the volume control and make sure the little speakers do not have little red mute marks on them. Go to Applications/Sound and Video/GNOME ALSA Mixer and see if there is anything you missed because sometimes, for some cards, not all the
options are in the Panel Volume Control.
Go to Applications/Sound and Video and select Pulse Audio Device Chooser. This will put a little icon on the panel near the Panel Volume Control. Click on the new icon and choose Volume Control. This will open the Pulse Audio Volume Control. Go to Output Devices and see if your sound card is there, it will be listed as ALSA PCM on front:…(ALC8 via DMA or whatever your sound card is. If you have a usb device it will be listed as ALSA PCM on front:…(USB Audio) via DMA or something like that. Make sure the sliders are up and the device is not muted.
If any of the above is giving you problems, try rebooting.
Now, open Rythmbox and play something. If you have nothing handy just play one of the radio stations, you should hear something. In the Pulse Audio Volume Control/Playback you should see something like this
Rythmbox: Playback Stream and some Volume sliders that you can adjust.
More than one Device
If you have more than one device listed in Output Devices, Rythmbox may be playing in the wrong one if you do not hear anything so right click on the stream and choose move stream and move it to another device.
If you have more than one device and you want to use them all, like a usb headset and your speakers, go back to the Pulse Audio Device chooser on the panel and select Configure Local Sound Server/Simultaneous Output and click the box:
"Add virtual output device for simultaneous output on all local sound cards"
Now you can right click on the stream and move it to your new device. You should have sound from all your sound devices now or at least a clue about how it is supposed to work.
Other stuff
Another thing you may need to do, Check in System/Administration/Users and Groups that your users and root are enabled as members of the following groups:
This seems to be a particular problem for some people after getting recent updates.
If you still have problems look in to the following references (They are very good)
Monday, February 16, 2009
Changing Display Monitors in Hardy
gksudo displayconfig-gtk
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Open Office 3 on Ubuntu Hardy
1) Go to System>Administration>Software Sources
2) Add this to the sources list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu hardy main
3) Let the sources list applet reload and update
4) Run the Ubdate Manager from; System>Administration>Update Manager
5) Install the updates
6) Enjoy Open Office 3 on your Hardy installation
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Reinstall all of your packages after a fresh Re-install of Ubuntu
File-Save Markings and choose a file name along with a location (like a USB drive) that you can use when you have installed your new system)
This file contains a list of all your currently installed packages, and when you have installed and booted up your new system (and configured your repositories to the best for your location ) then start up Synaptic and go:
File-Read Markings and point it at your saved file, and after that has completed then select Apply to kick off the download & installation of all of those packages you had installed previously!
There are also apt-get command line functions that achieve the same outcome, so those who don't have/use Synaptic can still do this.
You will still have to do any special configuration changes that you had on the old system, but at least all of the packages are now in the new system.
This is also very handy for moving to new hardware/duplicating setups etc.
Be aware that doing this between different Ubuntu versions may cause complications because some packages may not be in a later version or have different names.
Note:- Don't forget to backup your sources before you reinstall.
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list ~/sources.list.backup
Otherwise if you have added any PPAs or other sources, this tip won't work.
Kudos to dcstar
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Install Vista Fonts on Ubuntu
- On Ubuntu run:
sudo apt-get install cabextract
- Download PowerPoint Viewer 2007.
- Extract the .exe:
cabextract -F ppviewer.cab PowerPointViewer.exe
- Prepare a separate target installation directory:
sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/vista
- Extract the actual fonts:
sudo cabextract -F '*.TT?' -d /usr/share/fonts/vista ppviewer.cab
Tip: You may substitute ~/.fonts instead of /usr/share/fonts for local, single-user installation which does not require root access.
- Update the cache:
fc-cache -fv
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Making Linux FEEL faster...
Take a file manager for example. Let's focus on Konqueror (it's a nice case study, and it's a nice file manager). Suppose I hit the home button on my panel, which shows one of the (usually hidden and prelaunched) Konqueror instances and prompts it to browse my home directory.
If you have lots of RAM, it won't be a problem -- both Konqueror and the contents of your home directory will be in memory, so it'll be blindingly fast. But if you're rather short of memory, it's a different matter -- what happens next determines whether you feel your computer slow or fast.
If Konqueror has been paged out, it will appear to be frozen (or take longer to "start up") for a couple of seconds, until Linux has paged necessary code paths in. If, on the contrary, my home directory has been evicted from the RAM cache, Konqueror will show up instantly and be responsive, while the home directory loads.
I'd much rather wait for the directory display than have to wait for Konq to unfreeze because it was paged out. The difference is that in the first scenario, I can close the window, use the menus, navigate among the window controls, change the URL, abort the operation; in the second case, I'm screwed until Linux decides to fully pagein whatever Konq needs.
What we want is perceived performance, not throughput. It matters to me that I can manipulate my file manager half-a-second after I've hit the home button. It doesn't matter to me that, because of this preference, the home directory actually takes one second longer to finish displaying.
Variations of this pattern can be found everywhere: in file open dialogs, in multimedia applications with collection managers, basically everywhere an operation requires some sort of progress report.
The solution
There are two distinct and complementary measures we'll take to solve this problem. Keep reading to find out about them.
Tuning swappiness to prevent impromptu RAM hijacking
Swappiness is the name Linux kernel developers gave to the preference between paging applications out to disk and (in practice) shrinking caches. If it's close to 0, Linux will prefer to keep applications in RAM and not grow the caches. If it's close to 100, Linux will prefer to swap applications out, and enlarge the caches as much as possible. The default is a healthy 60.
The irony of this preference is that, in fact, paging an unused application out generally produces a net performance increment, since the cache really helps a lot when it's needed -- but this net performance increment translates to a net drop in perceived performance, since you usually don't care whether a file uncompresses a few seconds later, but you do care (a lot) when your applications don't respond instantaneously.
On a desktop computer, you want swappiness to be as close to zero as possible. The reason you want to do this (even though it might hurt actual performance) is because this will immunize your computer to memory shortages caused by temporary big file manipulations (think copying a big video file to another disk). The cache will still be as big as possible, but it won't displace running applications.
With swappiness turned down, the Linux kernel no longer attempts to enlarge the cache by paging applications out. Not unless you're experiencing an extremely high memory shortage.
To make the change:
sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
Paste this to end of the file:
Filesystem caches are more important than other caches
We've already established that the filesystem cache is important because, without it, file browsing goes extremely slowl. Now lets tell Linux that we want it to prefer inode/dentry cache to other caches.
Back to the terminal we go:
sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
Paste this to the end of the file:
Values close to 100 provide no gain. Values close to zero can cause huge swap activity during big filesystem scans.
Know this - These tips work well for me, however ymmv and as always - If you don't understand any of what I've said here, just leave your system alone. There is always the possibility that something COULD go wrong (though very unlikely), so play with this at your own risk.
It's a good practice to back up any file you are altering (prior to making that change and saving). If you back up the files mentioned and something goes wrong, it's always very easy to fix.
Good luck - and enjoy the improved speed of your desktop.
Disclaimer: The preceeding information was taken from rudd-o.com. I have posted the edited content here for my own use, and other family members to refer to.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
How to Install Flash on Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit
Go to Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal
Once the terminal is open, paste in the following code:
sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper flashplugin-nonfree
Press the enter key --> type your password when prompted --> complete the install
Restart your browser and all should be well.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Install BleachBit in Ubuntu
Download the .deb package from here or use the following command
Saturday, January 10, 2009
How to Install Mozilla Prism in Ubuntu
Separate process: Web apps can hog memory or processor cycles or even bring down the whole browser in extreme cases. By running each app in its own process, we minimize the impact of any mishaps. We can also benefit from operating system tools that less us view the memory/CPU consumption of a specific application.
Minimal user interface: A general-purpose browser UI is not necessary or appropriate for most web apps. It is more efficient to provide a UI that is specific to the application. This also cuts down on UI clutter (hence the term distraction-free browser).
Basic desktop integration: Support of desktop features can make using the app more natural and convenient for end users. This includes the ability to create desktop shortcuts, to place the application icon in the tray or dock and to display pop-up notifications.
Customization: Apps can be run using a shared browser runtime and customized using client-side script (similar to Greasemonkey).
Custom stylesheets can be used to tweak the UI.
Available Prism Packages in Ubuntu 8.04
Install Prism packages for google using the following command
sudo aptitude install prism-google-talk prism-google-mail prism-google-docs prism-facebook prism-google-analytics
You can install all the packages mentioned above.This will complete the prism packages installation.
You need to make sure that you have installed flash plugin for firefox otherwise google apps won't work.
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree


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Bending the truth or outright lying on your resume can really cause you problems as a candidate and later as an employee. Avoid it at all costs. Just ask Scott Thompson…
Thompson is the ex-CEO of Yahoo who was fired from the company in May for lying about his qualifications. His CV stated that he had a degree in computer science and accounting when in reality he only had an accounting qualification. In a company where many staff were in IT roles this qualification gave him credibility in the eyes of employees, investors and Yahoo's customers. Once Thompson's CV lie was uncovered it initiated a chain of events that eventually led to his dismissal.
In the UK, we saw another instance of lying on a CV when 2008 Apprentice finalist, Lee McQueen untruthfully stated that he had studied at university for two years when he had actually only attended for four months. Luckily for McQueen he survived when the lie was discovered – perhaps it was his dinosaur impressions that saved him. However the fact that the lie was overlooked and he was subsequently hired begs the question whether lying on a CV actually matters?
To know whether a lie will automatically result in rejection of an application probably depends on the lie. Some employers may be prepared to overlook minor falsehoods, such as inventing a hobby or slightly exaggerating the level at which it was undertaken. If they consider the untruth only adds colour to the candidate's experience and is irrelevant to the job, then a company may decide to overlook it.
Where a lie is more serious however, an employer may be less forgiving. Examples of this would include lying about qualifications, dates of employment, achievements and so on. As a candidate, if you are lying about an important detail that directly speaks to your ability to do the job, then you are seriously misleading your potential future employer.
If an employer hires you on the basis of your statements about skills, experience or qualifications that are untrue, it can cause all sorts of issues later on. They may fail to organise training because they wrongly believe you do not need it. Or they may allow you to do a job you're unqualified to do, placing their business at risk. In a number of industries this may even mean that you become a risk to their clients or the public. Would you want an unqualified or unregistered doctor treating you? Would you feel comfortable getting in a lift that had been checked by an untrained safety operator?
Intentionally including inaccuracies on your CV is best avoided at all times. The consequences to you personally of lying may include rejection of your application or at the very least, permanent doubts about your integrity. In more serious cases your employment may be terminated or you could even be prosecuted. When access to so much information about us is just a Google search away, is it really worth it? Instead of perfecting a lie, spend the time crafting your CV so that the facts shine for themselves.


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Audrey Code
exhibition dates: November 1 - 26, 2011
reception: Thursday, November 3, 6 - 8 pm
Audrey Code's work has always involved the use of organic forms derived from the figure, botanicals, landscape, the sea, the cosmos. She begins with drawings of natural forms done in pencil and pastel, then transform them in the paintings abstractly. The paintings are begun on the floor: using fluid acrylic paint, a combination of pouring, drawing and drying repeated many times builds layers of color transparencies. The moving forms mimic the flow and change of nature. She considers the current work to be a continuation of her lifelong interest in the ever fascinating universe. Audrey Code is a longtime resident of Soho. Her recent shows include: WOMEN: DIVERSE INTERLUDES, Andre Zarre Gallery, Chelsea; GRAND GESTURES, Broome St. Gallery, Soho; Past shows included: DACTYL FOUNDATION, Soho, P.S. 1, L.I.C., NY: Frank Marino Gallery, Soho. She was a member of the Area Gallery during the 10th St. Movement.


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UK government plans US$3b Lloyds retail share sale in spring 2016
[LONDON] Britain's finance ministry will sell at least 2 billion pounds (S$4.35 billion) in Lloyds Banking Group to retail investors in spring 2016 as part of plans to return the bank to full private ownership, it said on Monday.
The shares will be offered to retail investors at a discount of 5 percent to the market price, with a bonus share for every 10 shares for those who hold their investment for more than a year. The value of the bonus share incentive will be capped at 200 pounds per investor, the Treasury said in a statement.
Lloyds needed to tap 20.5 billion pounds from the public purse to avert collapse at the peak of the financial crisis in 2008, which left the government with a 43 per cent stake.
Britain's government has recouped almost three-quarters of the taxpayer cash used in the rescue of the bank through sales of shares to institutional investors. It now owns just under 12 per cent of the lender.