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December 23, 2013
CHICAGO – Governor Pat Quinn today joined retired astronaut Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., for a reenactment of Lovell's famous 1968 "Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth." Standing in front of Lovell's Apollo 8 capsule at the Museum of Science and Industry, the reenactment included the voices of student Mary Doro and the father of student Anne Wagner, who Governor Quinn called the "heroes of Downers Grove North".
"Exactly 45 years ago we witnessed one of the most inspiring broadcasts in history," Governor Quinn said. "The world needed an uplifting message in 1968 and the heroic Apollo 8 astronauts delivered. This holiday season let us recognize our everyday heroes, like members of the Downers Grove North community who are inspiring us today."
As 1968 drew to a close, people stopped what they were doing on Christmas Eve to watch Capt. Lovell, Commander Frank Borman and Pilot William Anders read excerpts of the Book of Genesis as their tiny capsule orbited the moon. Viewed by one-quarter of humanity, the reading was the most-watched TV broadcast at the time and earned an Emmy Award.
Since the 1960s, the Gemini and Apollo program astronauts have been hailed as heroes. The Governor today noted that heroism comes in many forms, and one example of it is seen in the story of Anne Wagner, Mary Doro and their Downers Grove North High School classmates.
Anne Wagner, who has Down syndrome, missed half of her sophomore year and most of her junior year after being diagnosed with leukemia. After returning to school in her senior year, her friend - Mary Doro - and other classmates launched a successful social networking drive to elect her 2013 Homecoming Queen. Governor Quinn proclaimed Oct. 15, 2013 to be "Downers Grove North High School Day in Illinois" in honor of Anne's bravery and her classmates' passion to honor her.
For today's reenactment, Mary Doro read the part of Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, and Anne Wagner's father read the role of Commander Frank Borman.
Captain Lovell – who has family ties in Illinois – has joined Governor Quinn in the past to promote the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund. Launched by Governor Quinn when he was Lieutenant Governor, the Fund provides grants to families of Illinois National Guard members and Illinois residents serving in the U.S. Armed Forces Reserves to ease the financial burden at home when a loved one is deployed overseas. The Fund has distributed more than $15 million to 29,000 Illinois military families.
During his NASA career, Capt. Lovell served as Pilot of the historic Gemini 7 flight in 1965, Command Module Pilot on Apollo 8, and Commander of Apollo 13, also known as the "Houston…we've got a problem" mission. The role of Lovell was played by actor Tom Hanks in the 1995 film Apollo 13, in which Lovell makes a cameo appearance.
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PHOTO 1 (JPG): Captain James Lovell and Governor Pat Quinn at the reenactment of Lovell's famous "Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth" at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on December 23, 2013.
PHOTO 2 (JPG): Captain James Lovell reenacts his "Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth" while Governor Pat Quinn looks on at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on December 23, 2013.
PHOTO 3 (JPG): Captain James Lovell looks at the spacesuit of his Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman, housed at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
PHOTO 4 (JPG): A reenactment of the Apollo 8 "Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth," with Captain James Lovell, Joe Wagner reading the role of Commander Frank Borman, and Mary Doro reading the role of William Anders, while Anne Wagner (left) and Governor Pat Quinn look on at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on December 23, 2013.
PHOTO 5 (JPG): Captain James Lovell is joined by Anne Wagner (left), Mary Doro, and Joe Wagner at an event honoring the 45th anniversary of Apollo 8's "Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth" at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on December 23, 2013.
RAW TAPE: Governor Pat Quinn and Captain James Lovell, Jr. honor 45th anniversary of Apollo 8 "Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth."


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Great stay in a very pleasant apartment.
This place is a ripoff please be careful before clinking book on there are massive terrible extra charges and these interhome people are the wrosre people in the entire world fuck them
The apartment 'Palais de Justice' is pretty nice. Although it's not actually in the Palais the Justice as the name suggests, it's next to the actual Palais, in the middle of Vieux Nice. In the same street as the apartment you'll find bars, restaurants and local shops, excellent when you want to enjoy the old town of Nice. Excellent place to get to know the town, minutes walk from the beach, the park and other nice places. The boulangerie is just around the corner and you can smell the fresh baked bread in the morning. The apartment itself is comfortable, we stayed there with 4 persons. The fold-out sleeping couch makes actually a good bed an the bed is the bedroom is good as well. Minor points that are good to know: 5th floor, no elevator and some street noise (which is obvious if you want to stay in an authentic building in the narrow, busy streets of Nice)
Perfect camping, very clean, modern houses! Improvement suggestion is the outdated wifi useage. Helpfull people, clean toilet buildings. Would like to come back when the wifi is multi useable. Good french fries / chips available.
Cosy and nice appartment near the town. Clean and well worked appartment. When we arrived we didn't know if we were on the right address but a very nice lady came out and met us and showed us in. The lady was supernice and she was very friendly.
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We had a very nice stay in Supetar! The apartment was only 100m from the promenade, the apartment was clean and we had a beautiful view from the balcony overlooking the town and sea.
Ivo and his mother where very kind, she even surprised us with a homemade apfelstrudel!
We can recommend this apartment to anyone thinking of staying in Supetar!
The position of the apartment is very good. The apartment could use a brush up. I am very angry that they charge 80 € for final cleaning. The apartment was very dirty and the bathroom was filthy. The bathroom was full of mould fungus and the door to the bathroom had not been cleaned for years, it was black from dirt on the lower part. There was a lot of big stains on the bed covers, they had not been cleaned for a long time. The price for this apartment is way too high when it is so dirty. Today, 4 days after we left, me and my daughter still have problems with our respiration.
After paying for this property I got an email a few days later saying that there had been a double booking and my booking was not valid.
The company were polite and efficient and I got my refund within a few days, but it was disappointing.
Booked a hotel instead.
It was a fantanstic stay in the apartment in Le Ginestre.
The beach is very nice and in the town are a few supermarkets.
Unfortunately was the wifi (we had to pay for that) not so well, in our apartment we had no signal.
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The 19th and 20th homes were previously owned properties that are being rehabilitated by Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah. Financial support for the rehabilitation of Candice's home (house #19) came from Coldwell Banker Premier Realty, the Washington County Board of Realtors, Color Me Rad, Wells Fargo and the ReStore. The 21st home will be a new construction as a Women's Build. Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah will be partnering with Lowe's and with generous contributions from local businesses and individuals, and volunteer labor by their families and community members.
The Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah Family Selection Committee reviewed many applications, evaluating each based on ability to repay a 0% mortgage loan, willingness to partner with Habitat for Humanity, and level of need for safe and stable housing.
The Groundbreaking Ceremony for the home located at 346 S 200 E, Washington City, on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 4:30 pm. The ceremony will include remarks from Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Utah, the Nay family, and two sponsors; Coldwell Banker and Washington County Board of Realtors.
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Paul Madara was the first person to ever unlock the MS so besides his brother there probably where no others. Also the fact that using the MS has damaging side effects is probably why Madara doesn't spam it cause he knows it weakens him. It's reserve move only in the most desperate situation.
The fact their vision was getting worse from using wasn't a point lost on them hence why they where not able to spam it. You can only spam the EMS because there is no backlash pain and blurry vision from using it.
Madara not using Amatersu is for the same reason he doesnt spam Shinra tensei STLYE. Kishi likes each hcarter to have their own unique fighting style which is like their trade mark. Sasuke is the one who will be using Amaterasu heavily so he doesn't want Madara to steal his thunder in that regard. Its the same reason Sasuke doesn't use shadow clones because that's Naruto's style.
Keep in mind it was Obito telling the story not Madara so the so called facts where not first person but a hand me down story.
This chapter in fact makes more sense cause if Izuna was perfectly healthy why didn't he take Madara's eyes. It make sense that he was dying so he left Madara his eyes to protect the clan as both their vision was getting weaker.


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The College Basketball Experience and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame is a $26 million, 41,500 square-foot interactive facility located in the Power and Light District in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Owned and operated by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, it is connected to the Sprint Center arena. The CBE opened on October 10, 2007.
The College Basketball Experience is a facility unmatched by any other in the nation or the world. The ONLY facility in existence that honors men's collegiate basketball, The CBE truly is the house that college basketball built. The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame honors the great coaches, players and contributors in the game of college basketball. From Dr. James Naismith to Charles Barkley, Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen to Dick Vitale, you'll enjoy learning about the greats of the game.
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In Writers' Words
Reviews of Project Word director Laird Townsend, by writers he has edited
Dennis Martinez
Freelance writer
"Allowed me as a writer all of the freedom I have needed, while steering me away from pitfalls of my own making"
After working with him for a year and a half to produce an opinion piece that ended up on National Geographic News Watch, I just want to express my satisfaction with Laird Townsend as editor. I first worked with Laird over ten years ago, in his days as an editor for the San Francisco Bay Area-based environmental magazine Terrain. Laird has allowed me as a writer all of the freedom I have needed, while steering me away from pitfalls of my own making. He has been tireless in the pursuit of accuracy, constantly demanding facts to back up my assertions, repeatedly checking those facts and stories, refusing to allow anything that would jeopardize my structure or argument. The result was that I was able to take a subject quite on the margins of conventional opinion writing—Indigenous peoples and their little understood relationship with the natural world—and do it justice. It would have been a different work, less well thought out and less accurate, without Laird's editing. In the end, the National Geographic essay has turned out to be a piece I am very proud to have written.
Ruxandra Guidi
Freelance writer
"Important to have more projects like Project Word, supporting the kind of time, dedication, on-the-ground reporting, and idealism that good journalism requires"
Last year, I embarked upon a big investigation about carbon markets, indigenous peoples, and tropical rain forests in Panama, despite having a limited environmental reporting background, and no idea whether the piece would find a home or even a funder. I soon realized this would be the greatest test, so far, of my journalism career. Thanks to Laird's patience, his big-picture view of environmental issues, and his knack for pushing my best qualities forward, I wrote a piece that I'm most proud of. Ours was the most collaborative experience I've had with an editor, in any other fellowship or publication. As the support for investigative stories continues to diminish, I believe it will be increasingly important to have more projects like Project Word, supporting the kind of time, dedication, on-the-ground reporting, and idealism that good journalism requires.
Jonathan Mingle
Freelance writer
"A tireless and even-handed advocate for the story itself, and for all of those with a stake in it"
With his confident and collaborative approach to editing, Laird helped me shape a narrative that started with a lot of moving parts into a more streamlined, compellingly structured and reader-friendly story. Drawing on his long experience as a writer and editor, he offered consistently sensitive and insightful guidance. He has been a tireless and even-handed advocate for the story itself, and for all of those with a stake in it: the reader, whose intelligence and interest demands utmost respect; the author, whose vision and voice drive the story's telling; and the story's main characters, who deserve a clear and accurate representation of their perspective. Laird helped me keep all of these concerns at the fore throughout the revision, and I've learned a great deal from the process. It's been a great pleasure to work with Laird, and I hope to have the opportunity to do so again.
Teo Ballvé
Freelance writer, contributor to The Nation
"Helped me break out of the cycle"
Project Word came at a critical stage in my career in which I was trying to begin focusing on producing magazine-length and magazine-quality work. Project Word took me step-by-step in turning what was just a vague idea into a viable, hard-hitting magazine article. By asking the right questions, requesting key bits of information, and pointing out weakness, Laird guided me in preparing a surefire pitch for an in-depth, investigative article. Without his help, this pitch would have shared the same fate of so many others: lost in the void of some generic e-mail address of a magazine editor. Editors at well-known magazines didn't look at my proposals because I've never been published in a well-known magazine. Project Word [helped] me break out of that cycle. Working with such an experienced editor has been a valuable learning process. Now I know all the steps, from start to finish, and all the important elements in building a solid proposal. This alone greatly improves my chances of getting published in the future.
Richard Louv
Author of Last Child in the Woods
"One of the best"
Laird Townsend was the editor of a lengthy article I did in 2006 for Orion magazine. I can't overstate how much Laird challenged me, both technically and conceptually. He is surely one of the best editors I've ever worked with. His dogged thoroughness and gentle guidance went far beyond what I had become accustomed to. The article turned out to be one of Orion's most successful, measuring by reader comment. That wouldn't have happened without Laird.
Lowell Monke
Computer educator and education author
"Constantly challenged me"
A good editor is someone who knows what you want to say better than you do and won't let you finish until you have figured out a way to say it. I learned that from working with Laird. He constantly challenged me to refine not only my writing but my thinking. Yet he was so gentle with his critiques of my drafts and so interested in my ideas that I was always eager to get his next set of responses. In the end, not only was my article shorter and a whole lot better, I was a much better writer.
Rose Arrieta
Former fellow of George Washington Williams Fellowship for minority journalists
"Helped me pull the gems"
As reporters and writers, it is essential to have good editors, especially when working on very long stories that can sprawl out in too many directions. I traveled the border for almost a year, documenting immigration and its effect on native communities who live along the border. I had collected a tremendous amount of material on the different nations (tribes) who lived there. With the help of editor Laird Townsend, I was able to bring focus to the material. He gave me useful suggestions and pushed me to my limits to clarify my story. His insistence that I re-interview some of the people helped bring even more detail to a complicated story. He helped me pull the gems from what I had collected, and made it a much stronger piece.


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Old English belle, common North Sea Germanic (cf. Middle Dutch belle, Middle Low German belle) but not found elsewhere in Germanic (except as a borrowing), from PIE root *bhel- (4) "to sound, roar." Statistical bell curve was coined 1870s in French. Of glasses in the shape of a bell from 1640s. Bell pepper is from 1707, so called for its shape. Bell, book, and candle is a reference to a form of excommunication. To ring a bell "awaken a memory" (1934) is perhaps a reference to Pavlovian experiments.
"attach a bell," late 14c., from bell (n.). Related: Belled; belling. Allusions to the story of the mice that bell the cat (so they can hear him coming) date to 1520s.
Bell (běl), Sir Charles. 1774-1842.
British anatomist and surgeon who published detailed anatomies of the nervous system and the brain. He was the first to distinguish between sensory and motor nerves. Bell's Law and Bell's palsy are named for him.
Scottish-born American scientist and inventor whose lifelong interest in the education of deaf people led him to conceive the idea of transmitting speech by electric waves. In 1876 his experiments with a telegraph resulted in his invention of the telephone. He later produced the first successful sound recorder, an early hearing aid, and many other devices.
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Rescued, relieved, or preserved at the last moment: Some Republicans argue that the threat of recession makes serious deficit cutting unwise right now. Saved by the bell!
[1950s+; fr the plight of a boxer who is being severely punished when the bell rings to end the round]
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dumbbell, hell's bells, ring a bell, ring someone's bell, ring the bell, saved by the bell, with bells on
The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of the high priest's ephod (Ex. 28:33, 34, 35). The "bells of the horses" mentioned by Zechariah (14:20) were attached to the bridles or belts round the necks of horses trained for war, so as to accustom them to noise and tumult.


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IntroductionEgypt (ēˈjĭpt) [key], Arab. Misr, biblical Mizraim, officially Arab Republic of Egypt, republic (2005 est. pop. 77,506,000), 386,659 sq mi (1,001,449 sq km), NE Africa and SW Asia. It borders on the Mediterranean Sea in the north, Israel and the Red Sea in the east, Sudan in the south, and Libya in the west. Egypt's capital and largest city is Cairo. In addition to the capital, major cities include Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Tanta, and Aswan.
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Sweet Valentine Treats from the US Forest Service
Forget the high-priced dinner, artificial moon glow and hurried wait staff this Valentine's Day.
Try, instead, something very different from the tried and true red roses that wilt away or those earrings that she really had hoped would be a ring. Plan a visit to a national forest or grassland. Let a photograph or video be the record of your everlasting love. Please do not carve your names into a tree or other object or in another way deface the beauty of our national forests and grasslands.
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This former A list tweener used to be so homophobic. She has come a long way and this weekend even spent 6 hours holed up in her hotel room with the super model who just won't come out no matter what.
Miley Cyrus/Cara Delevingne
Soooo, if she's actually having sex with the ladies, then why wouldn't Iggy or Jessie J throw down? Is there some sort of heirarchy?ReplyCancel
Well, apparently Cara Delasagne just would kinda sorta come out. Poor lil redneck Miley was mesmerized by the majestic caterpillar eyebrows.ReplyCancel
NEWS FLASH Cara seems to be out!ReplyCancel
Cara is at least unique looking. Striking in a different sorta way. Miley just looks like a tweaker Cabbage Patch dollReplyCancel
Mileys former homophobia is most likely from her up bringing. Lots of southerners clutch the Bible and Biblical morals for dear life. Sometimes it's a good thing to move away from what you know to experience other aspects of life. Speaking to her opinion not action.ReplyCancel
Miley acts like a stupid child on Discovery Channel. Pardon me ladies and gents but this is what she isReplyCancel
Right! My bad! Drugs makes senseReplyCancel
I actually like Miley's new look better than he old look. She was well on her way to being another forgettable-looking chipmunk, but her new look really accents a kind of beautiful face. And not forgettable! It's not my fault, we ended up watching a bunch of her old music videos one night back to back and I was really struck by how much better she looks now. Which means, you know, nothing, everything being relative.ReplyCancel
miley probably afraid of southern backlash more than homophobia. plus small town upbringing. inbreeding.ReplyCancel
cara is devine. I don't care she is beautiful. but what sre the family issues people allude to but just tease??? incest, rape, mom on smack, abandonment??? anyone can serve up some Sunday morning dish??ReplyCancel
I couldn't agree with you more, TTM. And what a gorgeous face she has. I just wish she'd put that tongue away.
Musically, I don't think she's that bad … I have to admit, I do like 'Party in the USA'.ReplyCancel
Cara is so beautiful to me. I could stare at her all day long and listen to her sweet British accent.ReplyCancel
I'm with you Brenda..I think that's her fate as well.
And ya know what, Miley didn't grow up in some backwater town. She grew up wherever they filmed her show which I will presume was either Hell-A or Orlando. Maybe her daddy did but once he broke with his Achy Breaky Heart it was Nashville. Which IS NOT some teeny backwater.
I feel the need to defend the south since I grew up there and most people are not homophobic. People are homophobic everywhere.
Sorry for the rant…Had too much booze last night at yet another 50th birthday party (not mine-I beat them all by a few years).ReplyCancel
I don't think she's quite as far gone as Gia. I think her big problem is Ritalin.ReplyCancel
@Brenda L – I agree wholeheartedly.
Now where is Lotta Colada to get all upset about us predicting the death pool?ReplyCancel
Sing it @Sherry! I was coming to say something similar, but you got it!ReplyCancel
Thank you Miss Sherry 🙂ReplyCancel
Agreed. Cara isn't pretty in the traditional sense but definitely striking.ReplyCancel
Her mum was a big time smack addict. Her sister poppy is called poppy cos mama liked heroin so much. True story. I think her and her sisters had a tough time growing up, as you would with a strung out mumReplyCancel
I need to know: why SHOULD anyone come out? Sure, it's a hoot to speculate blah blah blah, but unless a homosexual is actively being anti-gay (and therefore hypocritical if misrepresenting themselves as straight), why should they make fecking announcements?
I've no time for Cara, I'm aware of her but she has no impact on my life whatsoever. But…I am not going to give her a hard time for not coming out. Or staying in. Or playing both sides of the fence. Or whatEVER it is she wants to do with her life.
Sheesh! Whatever happened to good manners and respecting people's privacy?!ReplyCancel
I am a southern girl as well. Born and bred in Virginia. Not every person in the south is homophobic but the southern churches tend to live by their bible verses like no place I've ever seen. Miley pron
Bably got a strong dose of SOUTHERN upbringing. Despite her surroundings and what kind of crap her parents got into when that went Hollywood. Our up bringings are all we know sometimes. I parent in a 50% what I was taught and a 50% the adult I've become on my own. The two class sometimes. Lol I have not found a comfortable fit for both just yet.
Clash sometime….ReplyCancel
Lotta might not be here today but I remember the blind/reveal you're referring to, @Step. My problem with you predicting a death was the fact that you were predicting the death of a child, albeit from second-hand smoke from her own parents. Some of us are more sensitive to speculation about children dying.ReplyCancel
Do not understand how that girl is a model….she is very unappealing. My penis shrugs when I see a picture of herReplyCancel
I didn't mean to sound like I was predicting a death or playing the death pool game…it's just a feeling I get when I look at Cara's pictures. When someone gets famous, the wheels of life can start turning very very fast. she just hits me as someone who could/would get caught up in it too quick…I hope I'm wrong and that she is surrounded with good people. It was just a feeling I had.ReplyCancel
Maybe it was all innocent, and they were just playing tiddly-winks!ReplyCancel
Ouch, put like that then yes I agree that did sound bad. And I did not mean for it to come out that way (talking about the previous blind here), so apologies if I offended anyone.ReplyCancel
Lol@Brenda L
no your avi doesn't help your case!
It's all good, doll. I know you didn't mean any harm.ReplyCancel
She looks more like a Garbage Pail KidReplyCancel
Is 'holed up' some lesbian slang for a weekend tryst:)?ReplyCancel
Cara Delevingne is a very rich young woman who is having big fun with any and everyone while working as a model. At this point she's going to become the go to answer for any blind like this. She's been with Rihanna, now she's with Michelle Rodriguez who may be in lurve, and she was with Miley. And this is just who we know about.ReplyCancel


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Mountains cover 25 percent of the world's land surface, and directly support 12 percent of the world's population living within mountain regions. Sustainable mountain development should be a global priority given the multitude of ecosystem goods and services that mountains provide; among the most important is water for half of humanity for drinking, irrigation and energy production.
These ecosystem services – as well as the mountain peoples - who are at the same time custodians and direct beneficiaries, are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. The degradation of these essential mountain ecosystem services will have a direct impact on downstream regions and human well-being.
Over the past few years, several international policy processes have called for sustainable mountain development to be given greater international focus. These include the call for sustainable mountain development in Chapter 13 of Agenda 21, the action plan endorsed by the 'Earth Summit' in 1992, and the recent Rio+20 outcome document, "The Future We Want".
Currently, discussions on a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Post-2015 Agenda are being held. Mountains play a crucial role for global sustainable development, and therefore need to be covered by the Sustainable Development Goals as a cross-cutting issue, especially for goals related to environmental sustainability, climate change and disaster-risk reduction, energy, biodiversity and forests.
As part of an overall initiative of the Mountain Partnership (www.mountainpartnership.org) to mainstream mountain-related issues into the current Post-2015 process, a series of three thematic policy briefs have been produced, on Energy, Climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Forests and Biodiversity. The briefs benefit from various results and information gained throughout mountain-related projects and initiatives, including the Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme.
This work has been undertaken by GRID-Arendal together with UNEP (in particular its Vienna Office), the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), CDE Bern, FAO/MPS, Zoi Environment Network, ICIMOD and other partners.


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Chris O'Dowd! <3
Kiernan looks lovely, as usual.
Not liking Michelle's dress, though. :/ReplyCancel
Anne Heche looks great, crazy must be good for you.ReplyCancel
I like the Heche dress. Very tea party appropriate.ReplyCancel
Kiernan's parents and her people seem to be really molding her career. I hope she doesn't do anything to mess it up. She seems well on her way for a good transition if she listens to their guidance.ReplyCancel
This times a million! I hate that this season's "it" shoe is the most boring, early 2000s shoe. Really people, there are thousands of prettier and more interesting shoes out there.ReplyCancel
I thought Cat Deeley was Blake Lively.ReplyCancel
Cary looks really great!ReplyCancel
P: Heche – Suprising, huh? THat broad is hella batshit, so I imagine she fucks like a rabid dog.
M: Chulmsky – I like her mouth and eyes.
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Anna C : love her, not the pantsuitReplyCancel
Wow, LOVE Minnie Driver's shoes! The dress is a bit over the top though. And my god, she could cut lumber with that chin.ReplyCancel
Wowwwww I love everything on Minnie's body!! And I love Ann Heche's dress! It reminds me of a painting and I hope that's the new trend.ReplyCancel
The best part about Minnie's shoes is that they look walkable.ReplyCancel
Shag: Carry Elwes.
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Virgin Australia Publishes Research on What Australian Frequent Flyers Really Want29/11/2011
SYDNEY, 29 November 2011: New research released today by Virgin Australia shows that non-flight rewards such as retail purchases are almost as popular among Australian frequent flyer program members as flight rewards.
The research, which canvassed the opinions of a broad cross-section of Australians1, also found that being able to automatically pool points with family members was the most appealing way to improve frequent flyer schemes.
Virgin Australia General Manager of Velocity Frequent Flyer, Phil Gunter said the results demonstrated that Australians were looking for rewards programs that offer a range of different ways to earn and redeem points and that are relevant to their everyday lives.
"With almost 50% of those surveyed saying flight rewards were the most appealing aspect of Frequent Flyer programs, it's clear that having good value flight rewards and a comprehensive network are important. However, it's also interesting to note that non-flight rewards such as retail purchases were almost just as popular, with 43% of respondents ranking them as the most appealing aspect".
Mr Gunter said that recent changes to the Velocity Frequent Flyer program specifically addressed both these points.
"Our recently relaunched Velocity Frequent Flyer program offers an extensive global network, which enables Members to earn and redeem Points on more than 600 services internationally. In addition to this, Velocity Frequent Flyer now has the widest retail offering of any frequent flyer program in Australia".
"This means that Members can earn and redeem Points in almost every facet of their life, from paying their energy bills (Lumo Energy), using their credit card (AMEX), doing their shopping online (Westfield online), to organising their comprehensive car insurance (Virgin Money)".
The survey also revealed that Australians believe that being able to pool points with family members (47%) and purchase guaranteed seats (35%) are the most appealing ways to improve frequent flyer schemes.
Mr Gunter said that new features of the program that launched just this month unlocked a world of new opportunities and rewards for families.
"For the first time in Australia, Members can now automatically pool the Points and status credits of all their family members into one account, enabling them to capitalise on the benefits.
"We know that travelling isn't always a first priority for those expecting a new addition to the family, which is why our Members can now take parental leave for 6 months, after which they can pick up where they left off with their membership intact.
"In addition to this, Gold and Platinum Members can have complete peace of mind knowing they are guaranteed return Reward Seats for an annual family trip.
"There are a range of other new benefits we have introduced to reward families. We will continue to review the program to ensure it remains relevant and valuable for Australians" Mr Gunter said.
Other findings from the survey include:
- More than 9 million Australians are members of a frequent flyer scheme.
- 80% of scheme members are unsure as to exactly how many frequent flyer points they have.
- For those who find the ability to redeem points for flights the most appealing part of frequent flyer schemes, the majority prefer to use points for longer international flights (29%) rather than shorter flights (19% of those surveyed).
- For the majority of scheme members (71% of those surveyed), the ability to earn frequent flyer points is more important than status benefits (14% of those surveyed).
- When faced with different payment options, as many as 61% of frequent flyer scheme members are more likely to pay with a credit card, in order to earn points.
Other family benefits available to Velocity members include:
- Family-friendly lounge access: Platinum members can invite up to three additional guests into the Virgin Australia lounge, whilst Gold members can invite one additional guest. In addition to this, both Gold and Platinum members can take up to two children under the age of 12 into the lounge with them.
- Companion Gold and Platinum membership: Platinum members can now gift a Companion Gold or Companion Platinum membership once they earn an additional 1,500 or 2,000 Status Credits respectively within their membership period.
- Points transfer: Members can continue to transfer Velocity Points from their membership Account to the Account of an eligible family member up to four times per year.
In August 2011, Virgin Australia re-launched Velocity Frequent Flyer to create a program that offers global flight coverage with over 600 services around the world, enhanced flight rewards with more options to redeem Points for seats, a new Platinum level of membership and over 380 program partners, including credit cards and retail partners.


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I've even managed to perfect one of those nifty little last minute hip-shifter manoeuvres. You know the one, where you go screaming up to an innocent sour-face at high speed before showering them with fresh powder at the very last second. It's an exhilirating feeling, highly satisfying. Actually it's one of those dead classy moves that gives great satisfaction to the person actually doing it, while provoking some unnecessary overreaction from the recipient, usually some snappy remark like 'You are SUCH a dick. GROW up!'
The pinnacle of activity came at the weekend, way out north-east on a little remote mountain known as Fox Peak, just off the Southern Alps towards Timaru. It was a 'two-birds-with-one-stoner' as Caroline got to celebrate her dirty 30th while the rest of us ate, drank and watched as the madness erupted. My days off coincided perfectly with the event and I happened to be one of the lucky ones to drive out there on the Friday night securing a half-decent bunk and a good nights sleep. Well, kind of.
We made it there in one piece just after midnight. The place was remote, very remote, and a right buzz chugging along white-knuckle up the mountain access road by moonlight to a faint wooden lodge jutting out of the mountain. Sweet!
From what I understand Fox Peak is a volunteer-driven skiing mountain. The conditions on the day were superb. We were so lucky again. The only downfall, and a nasty one at that, was the fact that there wasn't a chairlift. We had to use the 'nutcracker', a small but hefty metal flip device which gets strapped to your waist and has to be crimped over the fast flowing tow rope in order for you to progress up the incline. It was just another one of those things that's great in theory until you try it yourself. Absolute pandemonium. In fact, half our party got pissed off with it by midday and resorted to standing around on the mountain knocking back the Speights. This is where I surprised myself. I actually perservered with this nutcracker thingy and got a few good runs in (joining some of the others in looking like retards as we were dragged unnaturally up the mountain from the arse.) Such is life.
With the skiing over and done with it was time to celebrate. Fox Peak Lodge itself didn't offer a great deal to write home about. It was all very DOC, but perfectly adequate for a bunch of powder freaks on a birthday weekend.
As was to be expected, 'birthday night' was chaos. The real blessing was that we'd got the place to ourselves. The lodge accommodates up to forty people, and as we're all so interesting and so popular, we had no trouble gathering the troops. There were thirty eight of us there in the end, all packed in. Imagine it. One poky little kitchen? Thirty eight tired and hungry people trying to rustle up dinner? You help yourself mate, we'll just get the beers in. It was a mad one and felt uncannily like a student-y type house party, just perched on a mountain in the middle of middle-earth! Surreal. Nevertheless it was a memorable weekend. An eye-opening weekend, and the game of 'What the f***' was class!
The journey home was pleasant too and surprisingly eventful for a journey home. Caroline was on top form and filled us all with joy as we looked for a petrol station:
Scott: 'Stuff it, just head up there towards the town. There's a BP there. It's better petrol...'
Caroline: (Long, long pause) 'Is that what it stands for?'
Scott: 'Yep. Didn't you know?'
By the early afternoon we'd arrived in Tekapo and jumped out instinctively for a quick touristy photo shoot at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Then it was on to the lakeside camping ground where we blagged the use of a shiny new barbecue for ten bucks. We had to. James had a crate of rib-eyes marinating in tequila, herbs and red wine that just had to be seared and served. We got comfortable outside while he grilled them and tucked them in to chunky Turkish rolls with smooth dijon, a blissful feed in front of the lake and the surrounding snowy peaks. I took my time and soaked it all in again. I'd forgotten how much I love Tekapo.


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What's the Difference Between Ubuntu and Linux Mint?
Ubuntu and Linux Mint are two of the most popular desktop Linux distributions at the moment. If you're looking to take the dive into Linux – or you've already used Ubuntu or Mint – you wonder how they're different.
Linux Mint and Ubuntu are closely related — Mint is based on Ubuntu. Although they were very similar at first, Ubuntu and Linux Mint have become increasingly different Linux distributions with different philosophies over time.
Ubuntu and other Linux distributions contain open-source software, so anyone can modify it, remix, and roll their own versions. Linux Mint's first stable version, "Barbara," was released in 2006. Barbara was a lightly customized Ubuntu system with a different theme and slightly different default software. Its major differentiating feature was its inclusion of proprietary software like Flash and Java, in addition to patent-encumbered codecs for playing MP3s and other types of multimedia. This software is included in Ubuntu's repositories, but isn't included on the Ubuntu disc. Many users liked Mint for the convenience installing the stuff by default, in contrast to Ubuntu's more idealistic approach.
Over time, Mint differentiated itself from Ubuntu further, customizing the desktop and including a custom main menu and their own configuration tools. Mint is still based on Ubuntu – with the exception of Mint's Debian Edition, which is based on Debian (Ubuntu itself is actually based on Debian).
With Ubuntu's launch of the Unity desktop, Mint picked up additional steam. Instead of rolling the Unity desktop into Mint, Mint's developers listened to their users and saw an opportunity to provide a different desktop experience from Ubuntu.
The Desktop
Ubuntu includes the Unity desktop by default, although you can install a wide variety of additional desktop environments from Ubuntu's repositories and third-party personal package archives (PPAs).
Mint's latest release comes in two versions, each with a different desktop: Cinnamon and MATE. Cinnamon is a more forward-looking desktop that builds on new technologies without throwing out standard desktop elements – for example, Cinnamon actually has a taskbar and an applications menu that doesn't take over your entire screen. For a more in-depth tour, check out our guide to installing Cinnamon on Ubuntu.
MATE is a fork of the old GNOME 2 desktop that Ubuntu and Linux Mint previously used, and it works similarly. It uses MATE's custom menu. For a more in-depth look, check out our guide to installing MATE on Ubuntu.
You'll also notice that Mint has a more toned down and lighter color scheme Its window buttons are also on the right side of the window title bar instead of the left.
Which desktop environment you prefer ultimately comes down to personal choice. Ubuntu's Unity is more jarring for users of the older Linux desktop environments, while Mint's desktop environments are less of a drastic change. However, some people do prefer Unity, and Unity has improved somewhat in recent versions.
Proprietary Software & Codecs
Mint still includes proprietary software (like Flash) and codecs out-of-the-box, but this has become less of a differentiating feature. The latest versions of Ubuntu allow you to enable a single check box during installation and Ubuntu will automatically grab the proprietary software and codecs you need, without any additional work required.
These days, Mint seems to offer more configurability than Ubuntu out-of-the-box. Whereas Ubuntu's Unity only includes a few options in the latest version of Ubuntu, there's an entire settings application for configuring the Cinnamon desktop.
The latest version of Mint, "Maya," also includes the MDM display manager, which is based on the old GNOME Display Manager. Whereas Ubuntu doesn't ship with any graphical configuration tools for tweaking its login screen, Mint ships with an administration panel that can customize the Login Screen.
While Ubuntu is still based on Linux and is configurable under-the-hood, many pieces of Ubuntu software aren't very configurable. For example, Ubuntu's Unity desktop has very few options.
Ubuntu's latest versions are more of a break from the past, dispensing with the more traditional desktop environment and large amount of configuration options. Mint retains these, and feels more familiar.
Which do you prefer, Ubuntu or Linux Mint? Leave a comment and let us know.
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I installed Mint because I heard it was more light and faster than Ubuntu (time to start up for example).
Isn't true ?
If you install the MATE desktop, yes it's fast. But cinnamon needs more hardware resources.
Start up time is not that important for Linux in my opinion, is it ?
These days, Mint seems to offer more configurability than Ubuntu out-of-the-box. Whereas Ubuntu's Unity only includes a few options in the latest version of Ubuntu, there's an entire settings application for configuring the Unity desktop.
I expect you don't mean Unity the second time. :P
Since I never (hyper-rarely) shut down, preferring to suspend instead, startup times are in no way an issue for me.
But usability and customization is, and this is why I prefer the XFCE desktop to either Mint's "Windows-alike" or the Gnome3/Unity "Big Buttons/Fisher-Price My First Computer" interface. I don't understand this move: When the eee first came out, everyone mocked the large icons and those of us who bought the eee were quick to 'break' it back to conventional desktop; jump forward a few years and ALL the bloody makers (Win8, Lion, Unity, Gnome) are headed this way. Sure, on my 4″ phone screen, icons and only icons make sense, but to try and translate that UI to my 27″ screen? And hope that that also will be fine on my 11″ netbook defies logic.
I've become increasingly OS-agnostic over the years, but more and more of an interface snob. Gimme launchers, NO desktop icons and hide the panels, please. Ah, thank you, now I can work!
I prefer Ubuntu, as first I disliked Unity and swapped back to kde. However I have learned to like Unity and get on with it. Now thinking of it as my preferred working environment. I can see the point of Debian Mint but not Ubuntu Mint. The whole point of Ubuntu is to make a more approachable Debian desktop for regular users. It would appear that Mint use a lot of the work done by Canonical and the Ubuntu community and spin their distro from it. It's not different enough to make it worthwhile for me to use it. That said there are some Debian users that say the same thing about Ubuntu. Just so long as both teams upstream their work everyone benefits.
Ubuntu kind of dumbs things down in a "stupid" way. Mint dumbs the technical aspects dumb smartly, and actually leaves some things to be discovered by the user. Cinnamon is also a really beautiful desktop. Nevertheless, they're both awesome, but neither stand up to Arch XD
Soon desktops will look as big phones.
Stupid comments from stupid geeks.
Desktops will be around for a long time yet and I use Mint and Ubuntu on different machines. Unity is growing on me but I still find Mint with Cinnamon more flexible and user friendly.Unity will evolve better on touch screens.
I get stuck having to use Ubuntu's Unity at work a lot and stick can't get used to it. I've tried Mint and it better more to my liking, but can't use it at work. So for my own computers I install the Xfce desktop on Ubuntu and that is simple fast interface I like. More and more I find myself skipping Ubuntu completely and installing Debian. Ubuntu in theory is Debian, but there are a lot of differences under the hood when configuring services and software. Plus Debian is so much faster than Ubuntu because it doesn't have all the overhead of Unity and other hand-holding aspects Ubuntu adds.
Mint – easier on the eye and I find it more intuitive and less dumbed down. However, in my view user's shouldn't need to get involved with Op Systems, these should be invisible. Users need apps.
Concerned that Ubuntu is also backed by a big company. I feel that if serious money gets involved the customer loses out.
I prefer Ubuntu w. Cinnamon. Everything just works the way I prefer.
I always prefer Mint and when I introduce Linux to newbies, I show them Linux Mint. But in my main system I stick to Ubuntu as it gets new updates faster compared to Linux Mint and I always run into problem while performing general system update in Mint. Mint update always seems to crash. This has been until Linux Mint 10. But LM11 sticked to Gnome 2 when Ubuntu 11.04 made use of Unity. In LM12 it embrassed GNOME Shell, but still uses Lightdm. Now with LM 13 every thing is new including the MDM.
I love Mint's interface, and Cinnamon doesn't work on Ubuntu thanks to my crappy graphics card, so yeah.
Unity isn't that great to me, I hate it when I'm programing and I have like six tabs open in firefox, gedit, gimp, etc. My computer has trouble switching windows, (It takes forever) so yeah.
In other words, Ubuntu would be great if I had a better computer.
I haven't tried mint on my computer, maybe I should… Hm…
I'm not experienced with Linux like most of you probably are. Linux Mint was my first distro to try out back in January because it looked so simple and easy to use. So I much prefer Mint. Ubuntu is fine, just not my cup of tea :P
I installed Linux Mint 13 LTS release today on my desktop and let me tell you what a disaster it is from Linux Mint 12. I would expected it would be like 12 but better but it was worse they totally for rid of gnome shell and went with something that they came up with called cinnamon. With all the customations that they made to gnome shell that made it usable its all gone, you have to add it manually yourself through the synaptic package manager, which is timeeeeeee consuming. So sticking with Mint 12 for my LTS not 13 and after all 13 is a bad luck number and maybe 14 will be worth installing.
While I am usually a calm, polite person, I have very negative thoughts on the latest (12.04) Ubuntu. They are:
1) DisUnity(tm) SUCKS!
2) DisUnity moves away from a normal desktop or laptop with a larger display.
3) It is difficult to use, almost impossible to personalize, awkward for to use
4) It seems the Ubuntu developers are trying to turn the larger displays into mobile phone screens
5) An excellent, fully functional desktop should not be trashed to make way for an awkward interface
6) Software is not working well. For example I can't even display a .pdf at this time!
7) I've loaded the available Gnome desktop, but it is also acting up, though the display is better.
8) I'll show a bit of patience, and wait for the final to come out. If it doesn't make giant advances, I'll probably go to another version or distro.
I've had an interesting experience with Ubuntu/Mint.
I installed Ubuntu Satanic on an old laptop for fun. Then it updated itself to Unity. The first version of Unity wouldn't run quickly enough on this old laptop. I set it aside for months. When I went back to it, it upgraded so it would run well enough. I still didn't like Unity though. So I went hunting for alternative desktops. After running a few I settled on Cinnamon. After running it for a while I went looking for some software but the Ubuntu Software Center wouldn't open. After a bit of tinkering I discovered that my Ubuntu laptop had become a Mint laptop. Now only the Muon Software Center will work.
So I have a MintBunto
Hahaha, You crack me up Luke.
Is that what you call a geneticly modified OS?
Good luck with the crossbreed, It might work perfectly.
I like the look of ubuntu, and never liked the mint look.. not sure why… unity is growing on me, and I quite like it now.. but I need tint2, otherwise I'd go crazy
Linux Mint. i like old interface. NO Unity NO GNOME s"hell"
When I changed from using MS Windows XP to UBUNTU it felt like a different life style and I was extremely pleased. What a relief!
I fell in love with UBUNTU right away and now I will not change to using another distro unless I really have to. Some upgrades take a bit of getting used to, but after a short while they become second nature.
Thank you Canonical and the UBUNTU TEAM.
@Rick S: It's the best it's ever been :)
Haven't (yet) tried Mint ; I seem to get the best of both worlds by running Ubuntu Precise with the Cinnamon desktop, which can be done by installing the Cinnamon PPA –
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
– and then choosing Cinnamon from the Ubuntu log-on screen. Works great for me !…
I use Ubuntu on my desktop with Gnome 3 installed – somehow causing GRUB to label Ubuntu as Linux Mint (I am so confused now!) There are about 6 updates that say they're Mint, and I had to turn apport off because it wouldn't stop showing up, and when I did, the software center stopped working.
On my new netbook, I considered downloading Mint for it, but instead went with Ubuntu since I am more familar with it. Ended up playing GUI Merry-go-round to decide what I wanted on a 10″ touchscreen. From Unity 2D to Cinnamon to Mate to xdfe(by accident when desiding to have a display manager without a guest login) to Gnome (which came up as Gnome classic even though Gnome classic was listed seprately) then I fixed the problem where the touchscreen didn't work after suspension. Then I accidently the touchscreen to make it logout when I touch it. Reinstalled ubuntu, installed what I thought was the package that made it not crash when I touch it, and it crashed.
I'm going to go ahead and try my luck with mint on both. (Such a shame after I just got ubuntu stickers off of redbubble that mimic the "built for windows" ones.)
I use Ubuntu, but I got replaced Unity (complete garbage) with gnome 3.
As for me, I dislike Ubuntu for two very small reasons. 1.) The window buttons (minimize, maximize, close) are on the left and most annoying is 2.) The menu dialog text is now hiding in the tool bar (you have to hover your mouse in there to even see them). This toolbar menu system thing gets a big "WTF?!" from me. I could probably live without a traditional start button (and looks like I'll have to if Windows 8 goes this way too), but if I have any choice I'm going to continue using more traditional menuing system rather than adopt some preschool looking one. It's all counter-intuitive and seems like someone is just trying to cram more junk in your face.
I think I also dislike Ubuntu since it now seems to be designed mostly for a tablet. This has my suspicions up too. I mean, could someone be trying to develop a tablet OS by using the Ubuntu developers unwittingly? Could someone like Bill Gates be trying to use Canonical to develop an OS much the same way old Uncle Bill took DOS away from Digital Research? Could that someone be United Online?! It gives me chills to think the answers are all "yes."
FYI: Many years ago when the Internet was still mostly dial up there was a company called Netzero. Netzero promised to always make their ISP available to everyone and make it available for free too (hence, it's name). But later on, in stepped United Online when they bought out Netzero. Now Netzero is in such a convoluted advertising mess that even telemarketers try and avoid it. And yes, you can still get online for free but you have to endure such a barrage of adds that you wind up using most if not, all of your free online time playing "whack-a-mole" trying to either close the ads or get through them somehow. I see something similar on the horizon for Ubuntu. And that's plenty reason for me to get off the merry-go-round now.
Heck! Read all your comments, and have Ubuntu 12.04- yes, I tried 9.04, 10.04 all worked well. BUT, my old Windows XP SP3 works fine, so my OS Ubuntus hangs in my collection just in case my Windows crashes, and I need to do a complete re-install. Which I have done over the years a few times.
I'm just an old geezer happy with what I'm used to, while my grandchildren have overtaken me, and I smile with what the're doing from my start. But I do still love downloading programs I find, trying them out, and eventually saying, heck, I don;t really need them. Started learning Python, but to use for ? What? Dunno.
Love to you all out there.
ubuntu 12.04. Awesome
I prefer MINT for its beautiful look and menu structure. When I use Mint, I feel like operating Windows 7.
But, the latest editions of Mint 12 & 13 does not install the printers properly with the drivers packed with MINT. My problem is, I am unable to install my HP Printer 1005. It is installed, but not printing anything. Still I am trying. Hope, MINT developers will resolve this kind of problems soon.
"But cinnamon needs more hardware resources." Ah, that would explain why I couldn't get it to work on my older P4 system. It would boot but only display the bottom taskbar and menu buttons. Any attempt to launch apps would get me an emply black boundary and no display.
Mint is just so… green. I know, I know – it's minty. But is that configurable?
Mint also has a nicer upgrade option than ubuntu, in that you upgrade from disk even from some other linux distros in the event that its broken.
@Veovis Muad'dib
Oops, thanks for catching that! Fixed.
ever since Ubuntu made unity the official user interface I tired Ubuntu one last time and have completely given up on unbuntu and the unity interface. what used to be a perfectly usable netbook became a very slow and annoying black slab. but then I started ready about mint and booted it up, made some minor tweaks to the interface and breathed a sigh of relief. I felt like I had come home from a very long and annoying vacation. thank you mint, you saved me. : )
I prefer Ubuntu much better. The part about Ubuntu not being configurable isn't completely true. There's a "whole application" for tweaking Unity and more called CompizConfig. Maybe it has less options than Mint, but it still has a lot.
I love Linux Mint, but I (like many people) started off using Ubuntu because I had no idea what this "different distros" business meant. After some time and learning I was ready to try something besides Ubuntu. Not that Ubuntu was not good, but I was only curious about what might fit my taste better when it came to a nice distrobution. In my opinion, Ubuntu is very good, but Mint is excellent. Currently I prefer Mate over the Cinnamon version of Linux Mint, but that may change soon enough. I gladly support Ubuntu and Canonical's efforts along with the Linux Mint developers because lets face it, we all have one thing in common…. WINDOWS O.S. IS AWFUL.
If you take Ubuntu 12.04 and uninstall Unity DE from it and then install Cinnamon and add few apps like Mint Menu, etc you get Mint 13. Unity works on top of the Gnome shell, so what is underneath the Mint 13 Cinnamon is Gnome 3, so what we have is Ubuntu 12.04 without the Unity DE, that's all.
If you install Cairo Dock, with or without uninstalling Unity DE from Ubuntu 12.04, you get many DEs to choose, one being Cairo with Gnome with effects. Install Compiz and you get all the eye candy and the bling. Mint is a clone of Ubuntu as far as Mint uses Ubuntu base.
Take Mint 13 and unistall Cinnamon and install Unity, what do you get? Ubuntu 12.04!
Even, if you don't uninstall Cinnamon, still with Unity installled you get Ubuntu 12.04. If you uninstall all the "extra" applications from Mint 13 and install Unity DE, you get Ubuntu 12.04, right? Try and see, what you get!
I've tried several versions of Ubuntu so far and Unity seems to me to be just a dumbed down desktop suitable for new computer users and recent converts to Linux from the Microsoft world. But then, Ubuntu in general has always had the appeal of simplicity rather than lots of bells and whistles to play with.
I currently have Linux Mint 13 (Maya) installed on two machines–one with Mate and one with KDE. I passed over Cinnamon because no one seems to know if Gnome 3 (which Cinnamon is based on) will go in a viable direction thus causing Cinnamon to morph into some kind of weird desktop mutation on its own in the future.
So far, both Mate and KDE versions of Mint have been great with one sad exception: compiz on Mint 13 needs a lot of work to clear up some big bugs. However, my ideal would be a Debian-based version (LMDE) with KDE. Unfortunately, Clem has no plans to develop LMDE w/KDE at present.


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MasterCard Inc. has unveiled the next iteration of its digital wallet that the card brand says can be used for online, mobile and in-store purchases.
Dubbed MasterPass, the service enables consumers to store online payment card information, billing and shipping addresses, and loyalty account numbers they can use when paying for purchases. MasterPass replaces PayPass Wallet Services, which MasterCard had been testing since May 2012.
"We're trying to enable consumers to expand the way they buy things," says Ed Olebe, group head of MasterPass Services. Merchants that adopt MasterPass may experience reductions in shopping cart abandonment, potentially improving their conversion rates, he says. Abandonment rates could decrease, especially for mobile commerce sites, because consumers only would need to enter a user name and password to access their payment information, instead of typing in a 16-digit credit card number and shipping address each time they purchase.
Consumers can store MasterCard and other branded credit, debit and prepaid cards, such as those issued by Visa Inc., Discover Financial Services and American Express Co., in their MasterPass accounts.
MasterPass can be used for e-commerce, mobile commerce and in-store purchases, Olebe says. For example, a consumer using it for an online purchase would click or tap the MasterPass button upon checkout, which connects to MasterCard where all of the MasterPass account information is stored.
From there, the consumer's web browser is redirected to a log-in page to input her user name and password, Olebe says. She verifies the payment card to use and the shipping address and is then redirected back to the merchant's site to complete the transaction. Merchants process the payment as they would any other, Olebe says.
The mobile commerce version of MasterPass uses a large button to make it easy to tap and a vertically scrolling interface, he says. MasterPass is optimized for mobile web sites, and later will be developed for use in apps, Olebe says.
MasterPass also supports technologies such as Near Field Communication, which enables two devices to communicate wirelessly, and Quick Response (QR) codes, both of which can be used for in-store payments, Olebe says.
For example, a consumer may be walking through an aisle and see a product she wants. She could then scan the QR code the merchant created for the item with her smartphone. That then could open a mobile commerce web site or app, MasterCard says. From there, she could tap the MasterPass button to pay for the item and, depending on the merchant, have it shipped to her home or take the item from the store, MasterCard says.
MasterPass, offered at no cost to merchants beyond their already established payment processing fees, will be available in the United States this spring and this summer in the United Kingdom. It will be available in Australia and Canada in March and in other markets later this year, MasterCard says.
Consumers will enroll in MasterPass either through a participating financial institution or a retailer, Olebe says. Retailers will be allowed to create their own wallets using MasterPass coding, and consumers can use any MasterPass account at any MasterPass-accepting merchant, Olebe says. No proprietary data, such as transaction history or a loyalty account number, will be shared between merchants, Olebe says. "The only information the receiving merchant will get is what they need for the transaction," Olebe says.
Merchants like American Airlines, Hikingboots.com and MLB Advanced Media are among the early adopters of MasterPass. MasterPass will be available at more than 5,900 merchants worldwide later this year, MasterCard says.
Payment processors Adyen BV and CardinalCommerce Corp. and online technology providers Demandware and Usablenet Inc. are among the technology companies supporting MasterPass. Demandware, an on-demand provider of e-commerce software, is No. 10 among web hosting vendors in the Leading Vendors to the Top 1000 E-Retailers guide. Usablenet is No. 3 among mobile commerce technology providers.
Online retailers may view MasterPass as an alternative to PayPal, the payments unit of eBay Inc., or Google Wallet, Google Inc.'s digital wallet, suggests Rick Oglesby, senior analyst at financial services consulting firm Aite Group LLC.
Like PayPal and Google Wallet, MasterPass could expedite the online and mobile checkout processes because consumers won't have to enter their payment and shipping information for each transaction or store it on multiple retailer web sites, Oglesby says.
Merchants that offer their own MasterPass wallets also may be better able to compete against Amazon.com Inc., No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Mobile 400, which has its own wallet, Oglesby says.
MasterPass also has a broader focus beyond just one technology or channel, says Patricia Hewitt, director of the debit advisory service at consulting firm Mercator Advisory Group Inc. "MasterCard is interested in creating an environment that enables electronic transactions," Hewitt says. "MasterCard has said, 'Here's all the technology available to us now. We're going to enable as much as we can.'"


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Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon said the sheriff's office was involved in many rescues over the weekend.
"On Friday at approximately 1:15 p.m. we received a call from the park's service at Goblin Valley. A 19-year-old male had fallen from a 30-foot ledge into a crevice. He was suffering from a possible broken arm and associated injuries. The sheriff's posse in Green River and also from the west end of the county responded as well as an ambulance from Green River.
"After several hours the injured man was extracted. He had been climbing on slick rock when the fall occurred. He was transported to Castleview Hospital with broken ribs and a separated shoulder. He is from the Salt Lake area.
"Toward the end of the rescue at Goblin Valley, a Salt Lake boy scout leader came and reported they had four boy scouts missing from their group. The scouts had become separated from the group and had not been seen for several hours. They were hiking in the Crack Canyon-Shoot Canyon area.
"The sheriff's posse responded from both Green River and the west end of the county. They searched through the night and were unable to locate the missing scouts.
"More posse members were summoned at daylight. An airplane was also called on the search from the Green River airport. It searched for several hours before it was grounded due to high winds. The ground search continued.
"One of the scouts was located. He said the other three had gone in a different direction. Several hours later these three scouts were located on a notch on a cliff, they were unable to go up or down. They were dehydrated and suffering from heat exhaustion. After several attempts to rescue the boys, Les Thompson requested that life flight be contacted for assistance. Life Flight responded out of Salt Lake but due to high winds they were unable to use the hook; however, they did transport rescue workers to the top of the cliff and lowered them to the scouts as well as bringing the scouts up to the top of the cliff. This rescue concluded about 8 p.m. on Saturday evening.
"Sunday morning at approximately 9 a.m. the search and rescue from Green River and the west end of the county was again called out. A party was overdue in the Black Box, Swasey's Leap area. The party consisted of three adults, three teenagers and three children. They were attempting to go from Swasey's Leap to Tidwell Bottoms on the San Rafael through the Black Box. Searchers were in the area a short time when one of the lost party walked out the bottom end. He reported that everyone was OK and the rescuers responded up the river and assisted the group to safety.
"The wife of one of the lost men was supposed to pick the group up at the bottom of Black Dragon Canyon on Saturday evening. She later called the sheriff's office. Everyone in this group was OK.
"We would like to remind everyone when they go out to take a lot of water and sunscreen. Always let someone know where you are going and when you will return. It's easy to get in trouble when the weather is hot and something fun could turn into a tragedy," said Sheriff Guymon.


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Just my way of sharing with family, friends, and anyone who will listen, the things that I have learned about my ancestors with a little bit about myself and my own little family in the mix.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Wordless Wednesday: A Grandmother's Smile Can Light Up A Room
Mary Horton and Ethel Murrell. My maternal and paternal grandmothers visiting my parent's house in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY. I think this was Thanksgiving 1991. When I look at this picture, I just miss them so much. Blowing kisses to you both up in heaven.
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With that look and that smile she looks like such a loving person. Your grandmothers were both such beautiful women. Both my grandmothers died before I was born, I think it is so great that they were there together.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by Betty! Yes, I definitely feel blessed to have had the opportunity to know them both and that they were together at many a family gathering.Delete
I don't have any pictures of my grandmothers in the same place together. That is nice.ReplyDelete
I was drawn to this photo on Pinterest...so I agree, her smile does light up a room!ReplyDelete
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Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham says she may ditch the mic and run for office herself one of these days.
"I've been approached by various people to get involved," she tells Real Clear Politics. "I'm keeping an open mind about running for office in the future."
It's a boilerplate response for anyone to some degree involved in politics who wants to remain in the spotlight, and Ingraham has given no other indication she will run for office. But it's also a pretty standard answer for someone gauging interest in a potential bid, so we'll see how this plays out. Ingraham did recently raise her profile by helping propel Dave Brat to an astounding primary victory over Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), so she undoubtedly has cachet on the right.
That said, Ingraham is also loathed on the left for her questionable comments about immigrants, among other things. Which is to say: Should she indeed run, it would make for one heck of a raucous race. Jon Terbush
A fake-news site is giving progressives a chance to visit an alternative reality in which Hillary Clinton won the election. HillaryBeatTrump.org features headlines such as "Confused by fake news, Redditers think Trump is President" and "Approval ratings for President Clinton hit 89%." The site promises to deliver "news from real America," where the "majority rules."
The Department of Homeland Security was apparently unable to find sufficient evidence to back President Trump's claim that his immigration executive order banning people from certain countries from entering the U.S. could protect the nation from terrorist threats, The Associated Press reported Friday, citing a draft document prepared by DHS analysts.
The report suggests that assessments of the seven predominantly Muslim countries included in Trump's travel ban found that "few people" from those countries "have carried out attacks or been involved in terrorism-related activities in the U.S. since Syria's civil war started in 2011," The Associated Press reported. Moreover, the draft document concluded, "country of citizenship is unlikely to be a reliable indicator of potential terrorist activity."
The Associated Press noted Homeland Security spokeswoman Gillian Christensen did not "dispute the report's authenticity," but said it "was not a final comprehensive review of the government's intelligence."
Trump's ban is presently blocked by the courts, but he has vowed to introduce a second executive order on the issue. Becca Stanek
On Friday, President Donald Trump made a speech at CPAC in which he slammed the "fake news" media for its use of anonymous sources. "They have no sources," Trump told the crowd, referring specifically to a story in The Washington Post that cited nine unnamed sources while accurately detailing former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's discussions with a Russian ambassador. Later in the day, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held an informal, off-camera press briefing from which several prominent news outlets, including The New York Times and Politico, were specifically excluded.
CNN was also barred from entering Spicer's press gaggle Friday, prompting the network's anchor Jake Tapper to begin his afternoon show with a fiery assessment of the Trump administration's relationship with the press. Tapper noted that Trump seems "particularly averse to any criticism" and that his White House seems to have a "lack of basic understanding of how an adult White House functions." "It's petulant," Tapper said. "This White House does not seem to respect the idea of accountability. This White House does not seem to value an independent press. There is a word for that line of thinking. The word is 'un-American.'"
Watch Tapper's full takedown below. Kimberly Alters
In @jaketapper's latest 2-minute take-down, he suggests the @WhiteHouse is "un-American" for limiting press access pic.twitter.com/TjHdIPruN4
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Amid town hall protests, GOP lawmaker worries: 'I don't know if we're going to be able to repeal ObamaCare now'
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks (Ala.) is starting to doubt the GOP will actually repeal ObamaCare. After witnessing swaths of angry citizens protesting at town halls across the nation, Brooks admitted in a radio interview this week that "a significant number of congressman are being impacted ... and their spine is a little bit weak."
"I don't know if we're going to be able to repeal ObamaCare now because these folks who support ObamaCare are very active, they're putting pressure on congressmen, and there's not a countereffort to steel the spine of some of these congressmen in tossup districts around the country," Brooks told WBHP 800 Alabama radio's The Morning Show with Toni & Gary.
Brooks, who insists the "monstrosity" that is the Affordable Care Act "needs to be repealed and right now," bashed President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for wavering on a full repeal. The Alabama congressman noted Trump's previous indication of support for parts of ObamaCare, and argued that if aspects of the ACA were retained it would be "an amendment to ObamaCare," not the promised full repeal. "Remember when Donald Trump publicly stated during the campaign that he's going to make sure everybody has health insurance?" Brooks asked. "That's ObamaCare." Becca Stanek
Rep. Peter King says he's done with town halls because his angry constituents 'diminish democracy'
Republican Rep. Peter King of New York said Thursday that he is done holding town hall meetings because his angry constituents "diminish democracy," CNN reports. King, speaking on AM970 The Answer, explained: "There are people who are just angry, they're angry that Trump won, that Hillary lost. There's others who are being, I guess, egged on, if you will. So I'm assuming that they're all legitimate, but to me it just does not serve a purpose. It really diminishes democracy if you're gonna show up to a meeting to just scream and yell."
Instead of appearing in person, the Long Island representative is scheduled to hold a "tele" town hall that requires anyone interested in participating to "opt-in" online, Long Island Press reports. "I am not having these town hall meetings because to me all they do is just turn into a screaming session," King said. "What I am doing, I have done every national TV show."
King added that he is meeting with people who both support and want to repeal ObamaCare, which has proved to be one of the largest motivators for town hall dissenters. King said he will "try to explain that, when you're in front of a room and everyone is screaming and yelling [and] makes no sense, [it] really trivializes democracy." Jeva Lange
The White House blocked several major news organizations from an informal, off-camera briefing Friday in White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's office, sparking protest and outrage from the White House Correspondents' Association as well as other outlets. CNN, The New York Times, Politico, the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, and much of the foreign press were not allowed in the room, CNN's Elizabeth Landers reports, although conservative outlets including Breitbart, The Washington Times, and One America News Network were allowed to attend. Networks including NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox were also included.
Reporters from The Associated Press and Time boycotted the press gaggle in protest of their colleagues' exclusion.
Reporters held out of today's White House briefing. pic.twitter.com/8uqelMjrtp
— Noah Bierman (@Noahbierman) February 24, 2017
In a statement, the White House Correspondents' Association wrote that the board is "protesting strongly against how today's gaggle is being handled by the White House. We encourage the organizations that were allowed in to share the material with others in the press corps who were not. The board will be discussing this further with White House staff."
Some at CNN & NYT stood w/FOX News when the Obama admin attacked us & tried 2 exclude us-a WH gaggle should be open to all credentialed orgs https://t.co/8Vjcs0KCPR
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) February 24, 2017
On Thursday, chief strategist Stephen Bannon warned at CPAC: "[The press] are corporatist globalist media that are adamantly opposed to a economic nationalist agenda like Donald Trump has. Here's where it's going to get worse. He's going to continue to press his agenda. And, as economic conditions get better, as more jobs get better, they're going to continue to fight. If you think they're going to give you their country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. Every day it is going to be a fight." Jeva Lange
Leaked draft of ObamaCare replacement bill indicates Republicans plan to reduce Medicaid spending, limit subsidies
Politico shed some light on what Republicans may have in mind for their promised ObamaCare replacement plan Friday, when it published the contents of a leaked draft of a House Republican bill:
The legislation would take down the foundation of ObamaCare, including the unpopular individual mandate, subsidies based on people's income, and all of the law's taxes. It would significantly roll back Medicaid spending and give states money to create high-risk pools for some people with pre-existing conditions. Some elements would be effective right away; others not until 2020.
The replacement would be paid for by limiting tax breaks on generous health plans people get at work — an idea that is similar to the ObamaCare "Cadillac tax" that Republicans have fought to repeal. [Politico]
Though House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has promised repeal legislation will be introduced soon, Republicans have been less vocal about how they will go about replacing the Affordable Care Act, which has provided an estimated 20 million Americans with coverage. This draft suggests the GOP is "sticking closely to previous plans floated by Ryan and [Health and Human Services Secretary Tom] Price in crafting their ObamaCare repeal package," Politico reported.
For more details on what changes Republicans might be considering, head over to Politico. Becca Stanek