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Conservation and Conservatism
I recently saw Avatar, the 3D film by James Cameron, who last did Titanic over a decade ago. I am probably the only person in America who never saw Titanic, but not because I heard anything bad about it. I just don't enjoy tragedies, probably because I find the real world depressing enough. But Avatar is different (though Cameron is still going for the pithy one-word titles). No sad ending here.
Avatar is a wonderful in the true sense of the word because more than ever before, it immerses us with wonder in a new world. The experience was like my first viewing of Star Wars in 1977, another wonder for its time. Cameron's masterpiece combines amazingly realistic computer animation, 3D projection, science fiction, a morality play, a war, and of course, a love story. I was especially impressed with the awe inspiring scale and detail of Avatar's forest world. 3D viewing adds a third dimension, but Avatar's imaginary world adds yet another dimension of the vertical, with immense trees, branch-bound paths, and floating mountains.
The simple plot includes moral editorial on environmentalism and colonialism, with earth folk, and specifically a large avaricious corporation, wearing the black hat. There is nothing wrong with art that makes a strong moral statement, even if it is not the statement I would choose. That is the prerogative of the artist. Starkly dividing good from evil probably helps immerse us in Avatar's world by alienating us from our own. So I am not criticizing the artist here.
The point I'll make is that we viewers must exercise care, since morality plays, even if good art, can influence us in not-so-good ways. Stories with a moral are fiction. When we internalize a fictional morality without some reality checking, I think we are more prone to real world evil. So read on for my moralizing on the possibly morale consequences of morality fiction. Also, for any who are interested, I'll end with a short summary of cinematic 3D technology.
Art and Persuasion
I'm not sure whether Cameron is advancing his own opinion on environmentalism or just an opinion intended to resonate with his audience. My guess is it is a little of each.
That the film's morality is not quite mine is not a problem. It's part of what makes it a work of genius. A successful author once commented that he really enjoyed Robert Heinlien's Starship Troopers even though Heinlien's militaristic novel champions conservative ideas he abhorred. Part of Heinlein's genius was to make even conservative preaching enjoyable. I think Avatar succeeds similarly with with a liberal agenda. That is part of what can make art great.
The potential danger lies with us, the viewers or readers, for I think such moral lessons can be associated with evil real world consequences. By constructing an appealing story about our world (or a world much like ours in Avatar's case), the artist can tempt us into maladaptive belief systems that oversimplify reality.
Religious beliefs need not be about traditional religions. By my definition, human "religion" is about more than just God. Religious beliefs are any strong opinions we cannot rationally prove, ideas we take on faith, and can involve any subject. Uncritical acceptance of a morality play like Avatar (or anything else, including articles like this one) can be the source of "religion" in my view. And as history shows, religion can be the source of death and destruction.
Evil Corporate America
Avatar is about a greedy and ultimately evil attempt to pillage an ecosystem, taking advantage of benign native people sophisticated in their understanding of nature though lacking in technology.
I think it is facile and possibly destructive to religiously believe that large corporations are evil. I've never managed to build any kind of large organization myself and I've hardly ever even worked at one. I don't even invest much in them. But I certainly buy from them. It seems to me that without big business, our world could not support a fraction of the billions alive today. If you suddenly made all big business disappear, many billions of people would perish. Even if you just nationalized them, preserving their facilities and technology, I would bet that world population would still shrink, though it would take longer.
Large corporations usually happen when new ideas succeed in the market. Like big government, big business tends to be centralized and inefficient and is often overtaken by newer ideas and events. But while they last, large businesses exist because they advance technologies and methods that improve our lives and allow ever greater populations to survive on Earth. Sure they and their employees can do wrong, even intentional wrong at times. But to believe that most big businesses exist because they are unfair and manipulative is to believe a fairy tale. Such a beliefs seem to help us simplify and understand our world, but in a warped and possibly destructive way.
Conflict can lead to hate, but I think unreasoned convictions are more often the culprit. Hate, and especially religiously inspired hate, is the source of most avoidable evil. So it scares me when I see signs of a new religious-style hatred of business, big or small. Sure business can do evil, but history shows that governments and wars can be much worse. Outside of Hollywood, I don't believe even the most powerful corporations intentionally kill people. It requires war to get rid of a bad government, while the demise of a bad business is usually much quicker and less destructive. When you think about it, "business" is a better non-violent way for people and ideas to compete, a benevolent modern replacement for nationalism and war.
Ecology and Unintended Consequences
Another insidious thing about Cameron's morality play is that its belief system might have unintended consequences that would even shock most liberals. Liberals despise colonialism, mostly forgetting that they are all themselves decedents of colonists. I agree that subjugating indigenous peoples is amoral (though as an aside, I have trouble seeing the Jewish Zionism as anything like colonialism). Avatar obviously takes a strong anti-colonial stance, with evil invaders from Earth attempting to subjugate what looks a lot like a rain forest and almost human natives.
The problem is that there are no rain forests in New York or Hollywood. They exist in places like Brazil. If the ecological "save the rain forest" morality promoted by Avatar eventually influences public policy, it is might not be greedy corporations that suffer. Instead it might be developing nations like Brazil.
We North Americans have already grown wealthy cutting down our own forests, so who are we to tell others they cannot do the same in the tropics? To me, it is a kind of colonial imperialism to even try to stop human encroachment in our world's rain forests. So I find the film's morality questionable, at least in our real world. Yes, we must all share our planet. But rain forests are not really our business here in the US and they are not really big business. We must step back and let those who live there husband their own resources as best they can, because it is mostly their business. By dramatizing corporations raping rain forests in fiction, we might just end up with policies that harm some of the world's poor. For me, that's the kind of ironic problem that can result from religious zeal.
Ecology Here at Home
Northern New England, and especially my own New Hampshire, was largely deforested by farming and logging over one hundred years ago. In the 19th century something like 70% of my state was barren of trees. Now its the reverse, and forests again cover over 70% of the land. Due to a variety of mostly non-altruistic factors, we've mostly allowed our forests to regrow. We live in what may be the most densely forested of any populous area in the world. Though it is not really my doing, I'm proud of that.
But am I a conservationist or just a conservative? Being conservative means that I really do like to conserve most things. For decades, I've been worried that we will eventually run out of oil, though it turned out I was wrong about how soon that might happen. So I've long favored smaller cars and packaging with less plastic. I also try to conserve all sorts of life when I can and even rescue helpless earthworms trapped on roads or driveways after a big rain. On the other hand, I live in a very large house (because housing is inexpensive in New Hampshire), and we keep it comfortably heated and air conditioned year round. I enjoy hiking and climbing in our nearby forests, but I also enjoy snow skiing in developed areas hacked out of those same forests. Plus, I am probably responsible for the death of more than my fair share of cattle (though maybe as I have argued elsewhere, the killed lettuces I consume might be the greater crime against mother nature). I conserve things by inclination, but I don't think most conservationists would have me.
Conservation versus Conservatism
Obviously, there is a difference between being conservative and being a true conservationist. As I've argued, conservation can become a sort of unreasoned religious zealotry that I think can be insidious. Any religion can convert the best intentions into conflict and destruction.
My ultimate goal is to show that while liberal and conservative ideals contrast over a wide spectrum, one difference may be the key to their separate moralities. I think the fundamental difference between a conservative and a conservationist is that the conservative tends to mind his own business, while the business of a conservationist is to influence others. Sure, conservationists are good people who don't damage the environment unnecessarily. But so are conservatives. What defines conservationists is their belief that they know what is best for our environment and their demands that we all follow their beliefs. As I hope to make clear in the next two articles here and here, this difference seems to apply to a broad range of issues and not just ecology. I will argue that this difference is important in understanding why liberal idealism can be harmful.
3D Technology
For those who are interested, I'll end with a discussion of 3D technology. I lead a sheltered existence and had never seen a 3D film outside of Disney World. I knew that 3D projection works by presenting the images of two laterally separated cameras. Having written my own 3D rendering software in the 90's, I also knew that 3D computer animation lends itself to 3D viewing. Computer 3D animation (what the movie industry calls CG for Computer Graphics to distinguish it from hand-drawn animations) consists of building computer models of each person and object. Fundamentally, each model is a bunch of three dimensional coordinates (X, Y and Z) defining points on the exterior surface, with color and surface texture being additional information that may vary over the surface. Making the model is the hard part, since I believe it is still largely a human endeavor, requiring skilled artists that are essentially drawing on their computers in three dimensions. Though they may also sculpt physical models and then scan the surface of the sculpture into 3D coordinates, using devices that are analogous to the scanners you may use, but which can scan points in three rather than two dimensions. Film CG, unlike most scientific graphs I programmed, has a fourth dimension, which is time. Animators must also define how the objects move through a virtual scene as time progresses.
More recently, "performance capture" technology used in parts of Lord of the Rings and animated films like Polar Express, has allowed for increasingly realistic humans to appear in CG animations. Actors record a scene with special sensors that capture their movements and expressions in three dimensions. Then these movements and expressions are used to animate the 3D models that may look quite different. That is how Avatar manages to have realistic extra terrestrials on a massive scale.
Through an amazingly simple system of matrix algebra and trigonometry, computer software "renders" these 3D models into 2D images as seen by a virtual camera, using animator-programmed movements of the modeled objects to churn out 24 frames for each second of film. Some of this rendering technology was invented by John Warnock, who also founded Adobe, the arch competitor for my FxFoto software (though they are so much bigger, they may not have even noticed my software). Once you have constructed a 3D model of some scene, it is almost trivial to render it from any point of view. The "camera" is just a set of coordinates and a line of sight vector, numbers that you just shift a little to the right to get your second view to be shown to the other eye. So it makes sense that a largely animated work like Avatar should appear in 3D.
I knew all of this before I saw Avatar. What I did not know was how the new crop of 3D movies presented the two views in theaters. This technology is called stereoscopic, since two images are projected, one for each eye. Decades ago, they often used colored glasses and tinted each each image red or cyan so it was seen better though one lens. That was called anaglyph 3D and it's the easy way, since the film can be distributed and projected just like a normal movie. All you need is the colored glasses. I never saw one of those old style "3D" movies either, though I imagine they were not very satisfactory since they could not cleanly separate the two camera images and since you were literally viewing the scene through rose colored glasses.
What I find amazing in our world of modern technology and marketing is how often marketers refuse to tell us much about the technology. It's as if they assume we cannot understand even important details (like the resolution of a phone display - they often just give the screen size in inches, not at all the same thing). My guess is that it is usually the marketers themselves who don't understand the technology and who cannot explain what they do not know. In a perfect world, the people who build our technology would market it too. My companies have always done it that way, but I guess I am the exception and possibly that is one reason Adobe is so much bigger than any of the firms I've founded.
Anyway, I had never been able to determine whether modern 3D films use the old colored-lens approach or use the more difficult polarized-lens approach I saw at Disney Epcot. There your glasses were polarized much as sunglasses often are. But unlike sunglasses, the left and right polarizations are orthogonal, one polarized vertically and the other horizontal. Next time you see a 3D movie, grab your date's glasses (with her permission of course, political correctness at all costs is my motto), and rotate them in front of your own. As you rotate through 90 degrees, the view goes from visible to dark, visible when the polarizations are aligned and dark when they are not (since light polarized in any direction is blocked by one of the two stacked lenses). It turns out that modern 3D in films like Avatar uses the superior polarized light approach, which allows much better image separation so the third dimension is much move vivid.
That we are seeing a resurgence of 3D film is probably because theaters are beginning to switch to digital projection technology, which can be quite expensive, and are opting for the new 3D versions while they are at it. Though I still know nothing about the projection technology, polarization probably means special equipment that really is projecting two separate images onto the screen. My guess is 3D projectors are entirely digital, more like a modern TV than real film, but the marketers are not talking about it.
I have heard that 3D television is coming, which will be great since movies like Avatar are spectacular in 3D (not that there are many works of that caliber). As usual there were no technical details, but hopefully they are not just talking about TV with old-style colored glasses. Film really is succeeding at immersing us in ever more vivid representations of fictional worlds. Too bad that the industry is next in line to be destroyed by digital piracy, a steam roller that we seem powerless to stop. It appears that virtually all creative effort will go mostly uncompensated in the not too distant future. See Digital Media and Capitalism for more on this.


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Climate deal runs into trouble over US concerns3 min read . Updated: 16 Dec 2007, 10:26 PM IST
Climate deal runs into trouble over US concerns
Climate deal runs into trouble over US concerns
Nusa Dua, Indonesia: A hard-fought deal fixing a 2009 deadline for a new treaty to tackle global warming ran straight into trouble on Sunday with the US voicing "serious concerns" over its provisions.
As negotiators headed home after two weeks of intense haggling, the White House complained that the agreement did not do enough to commit large emerging economies such as China and India to big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, who flew to the Indonesian island of Bali for a lateappeal for flexibility, praised the agreement as a "pivotal first step" to tackle what he called "the defining challenge of our time."
With the deal, the summit of 190 nations launched a process to negotiate a new treaty for when the UN Kyoto Protocol's pledges on slashing greenhouse gas emissions expire in 2012.
"Last night in Bali the world community decided to take a bold step into the future," Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who came to power last month and swiftly reversed the country's previous stance by ratifying Kyoto, said in Brisbane. "But it's only one step and we've got a long, long way to go."
European nations and environmentalists broadly welcomed the move, although it did not go as far as many had wished by failing to specify any targets for slashing the emissions blamed for global warming. An isolated US delegation had backed down during an unplanned 13th day of talks and said it would finally accept the deal, but hours later US President George W. Bush's administration appeared to take a step back.
The White House said any Kyoto successor treaty must acknowledge a country's sovereign right to pursue economic growth and energy security.
While there were several positive aspects to the Bali deal, it added, the "United States does have serious concerns about other aspects of the decision as we begin the negotiations."
The US is the only large industrialized nation to reject Kyoto, arguing it is unfair as it does not require rapidly growing emerging economies such as China to meet targeted emissions curbs. China is the world's second largest greenhouse gas emitter after the US, and is also outside the Kyoto treaty.
The White House said future talks must acknowledge that developed nations could not tackle climate change on their own through targeted emissions cuts, and that large emerging economies had to be drawn in.
"Empirical studies on emission trends in the major developing economies now conclusively establish that emissions reductions principally by the developed world will be insufficient to confront the global problem effectively."
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the deal "a vital step forward for the whole world," while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the roadmap "opens the way to real negotiations on effective measures" for climate protection.
"The road to an agreement to succeed Kyoto is still paved with obstacles," Merkel said.
The agreement came after extraordinary scenes in which the UN chief jetted in for a last-ditch appeal, the UN's exhausted climate chief nearly broke down in tears and conference chair Indonesia apologized for a disastrous procedural mix-up.
"What we witnessed today was an incredible drama," said Alden Meyer of the US-based Union of Concerned Scientists.
Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change running the conference, said the deal broke down the divide between nations with Kyoto obligations and those without.
"In that sense, what we're seeing disappear here today is what I would call the Berlin Wall of climate change."
Still, analysts warn that while the global framework for tackling climate change remains intact, the outcome of negotiations toward a new treaty depends heavily on the outcome of the US presidential election next November.
"The US elections are now the single most important factor in the equation," said Steve Sawyer, a climate debate veteran and secretary general of the Global Wind Energy Council, a Brussels-based lobby for the wind-turbine industry.
But the drama of Bali would be minor compared with what to expect when the road map nears its destination, said Fernando Tudela, Mexico's under secretary for environmental policy.
"The mother of all battles will be in 2009," he said. "This is just a warm-up."


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With the exception of the GLORIOUS Wedding pictures provided by Sandy F, the pictures you see here were either taken by me, scanned by me, or made by me. That's pretty all-inclusive, isn't it? The non-wedding pics I didn't take (either of me or of others - mostly family) were taken by Mom. There aren't any other photographers featured here. Most of the pics of family were taken on trips back east to visit. The older pictures of me were mostly taken by Mom on her trip here in June of 1999, waaaaay before the wedding or during my really old NJ trip back in 1998. Please enjoy :-)If you want to see me with a bigger smile than you could ever possible have seen in your life, click straight over to the Wedding link above. If you want to see a little about our life at home, click the At home link above.
The photo galleries in the newer sections (Wedding and At home) are new FrontPage XP web bots and they really simplify the process of creating photo gallery web pages. I have used several different styles of photo gallery in the newer sections just to try them out and to overcome bugs in the beta version I am currently using. Feel free to let me know which you prefer!
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#3 Dung and Debris! Orcs and Goblins have taken over the city!
The Orcs and Goblins chapter is one of the hardest yet to progress through due to the large building sizes and extremely long production times. This guide should help you to prepare for the Orcs and Goblins. Knowing is half the battle, so don't get discouraged!
Orcs and Goblins Portal Site
The Orc Portal Site is where we can see our Orc Goods that we have stored. Upgrading the Orc Portal Site gives a production boost to our Mushroom Farms and Rally Points. Since we will need a large number of Mushroom Farms, it is important to upgrade the Portal to level 4 as quickly as possible. You may gain a larger individual boost by upgrading a single Mushroom Farm, but since the Portal increases production for all of the Mushroom Farms and the Orc Rally Points at once, you gain more overall boost from the Portal Upgrades. The production boost increases 20%, 40%, and finally 60%. Upgrading the portal also allows us to increase our storage capacity on Shrooms of Wisdom and Loot.
Unlike the Dwarven Portal Site and Fairy Portal Site which progress in size from 2×2 to 3×3 to 4×4 to 5×5, the Orc Portal grows from 3×4 to 3×5 to 4×5 to 4×6. So it starts out three times the size of the Dwarven and Fairy Portals, but ends up being one space smaller at max level.
Swamp Trail
In order to connect your Mushroom Farms and Rally Points to the Orc Portal you will need to research the Swamp Trail technology. They cost 69,000 coins and 4800 supplies for each segment, and will add 43 culture per segment.
Mushroom Farm
The Mushroom Farms are 2×2 (4 spaces) and like other settlement buildings they max out at level 4. Each level increases the output of goods with a 400% increase for level 4. You will need Supplies, Hardshrooms and Debris to pay for upgrades. The production runs take a long time and so you will want at least 6 Mushroom Farms per Rally Point.
The goods producible in the Mushroom Farm are:
Hardshrooms are used to upgrade the Orc Settlement buildings and to create Wooden Trail style streets. Hardshrooms will cost Gems to produce and will take 12 hours to finish.
Psychoshrooms are used as part of the cost to create Debris and Dung in the Rally Point. Psychoshrooms will cost Magic Dust to produce and will take 24 hours to finish.
Powershrooms are used as part of the cost to produce Loot and for laying down Wooden Trail style streets. Powershrooms cost Elixir to produce and take 36 hours to complete.
Shroom of Wisdom are used for costs in the Orc Research tree. You will need 10,000+ to finish all of the Orcs and Goblins research. 2200 is the maximum amount the Portal Site will store. Shrooms of Wisdom cost Dung to produce and take 48 hours to complete.
Rally Point
The Orc Rally Point is 5×7 (35 spaces). They are very large! All of the goods made in Rally Points cost Orcs which are produced in the Orc Style Armory (Breeding Grounds). Unlike the Mushroom Farms which gain a production boost with each upgraded level, upgrades to the Rally Point decrease the amount of time that it takes to complete each 'task' that you send your Orcs out on. You will need Coins, Hardshrooms and Debris for upgrade costs. Though they are very large, you will probably want 4 or 5 Rally Points to keep a steady stream of tasks going.
The goods producible in the Orc Rally Point are:
Armaments are used as part of the cost to produce Loot. Armaments cost Orcs, Coins, and Supplies. Since they don't cost "shroom" resources, you can almost always have some Armaments cooking up.
Dung is used to create Shrooms of Wisdom, and you'll need a ton of Shrooms of Wisdom so you'll need a ton of Dung. Dung costs Psychoshrooms and Orcs to create and you will, of course, need a nose plug and some gloves.
Debris is used to upgrade Orc Settlement Buildings and to make Wooden Trail style streets. Debris costs Psychoshrooms and Orcs to create. Carefully calculate the amount of Debris you will need for upgrades to other buildings so that once you have reached your target amount you can switch to making more Dung to keep your Shrooms of Wisdom coming in steadily; when the time is right near the end of the research, you can go back to making Debris for your Wooden Trails.
Loot is used for costs in the Orc Research tree. You will need 10,000+ to finish all of the Orcs and Goblins research. The level 4 Portal Site can hold a maximum of 3300 Loot, so be careful when sending Orcs out on Raids. Loot costs Armaments, Powershrooms and Orcs to produce.
Orcs Style Armory
The Orc Style Armory, called the Breeding Ground ( Armory levels 20 through 23), is where we can produce Orcs which we'll have to send on tasks in the Orc Rally Point. Producing Orcs costs supplies and have production run times of 12 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours and 48 hours. You can also use the Orcs for negotiating the costs of province encounters on the World Map and you will need them to upgrade Workshops to Orc Style. The Armory upgrades are necessary and are expensive to upgrade to level 20, costing 1800 culture, 650 population, 350,000 coins and 90,000 supplies (this is for Human and Elf players). The Orc Style Armories increase in size by seven spaces from Fairy Style from 6×3 to 5×5; they increase your training size quite a bit to mitigate the need for too many Armories as far as training troops is concerned. You will probably want at the very least two Breeding Grounds.
Research Order
A good flow through the research at the beginning is: Orcs and Goblins Portal Site > Swamp Trail > Mushroom Farm > Squad Size Upgrade 24 > Armory (Breeding Grounds)> Rally Point.
A Few Final Considerations
The Orcs and Goblins chapter is very costly on Supplies, especially Mushroom Farm upgrades, so make sure to have all of your Workshops in tip-top shape. Tier 3 goods (magic goods: Elixir, Magic Dust, Gems) are also in high demand from all of the Mushroom Farm costs, so save up! If you get stuck in the research tree, Ancient Wonders are probably the best way to unload any Knowledge Points.
Good luck and happy building!
Elvenar Wiki Entry on the Orc Portal Site
Thanks to Robertville for helping with this guide!


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After years of summering in Maine, Ray and Alice Forgit moved fifteen years ago from Massachusetts to Orrs Island and now split their time between mid-coast Maine and Costa Rica, where they own a home and are active in poverty relief programs. They have come to know Bowdoin through their membership in the Association of Bowdoin Friends and other involvement in the College community. Mindful of the breadth and quality of Bowdoin's offerings and the limited educational opportunities for native Costa Ricans, the Forgits recently signed terms to create an endowed scholarship at Bowdoin.The scholarship will be funded with proceeds from a charitable trust and will support Bowdoin undergraduates from countries in Central America.
Alice and Ray understand that an education at a highly selective college or university in the United States is simply an impossibility for all but the wealthiest Costa Ricans.They see what they are doing as a modest step in the right direction. Funding the scholarship with a charitable trust was a good choice for the Forgits. It generated a significant charitable deduction in 2005, which proved useful in conjunction with the sale of a business, and provides lifetime income to Ray and Alice.


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'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Trailer: The Coolest Revelations
The world of smugglers have a lot of surprises for Han Solo and us.
Before the new trailer, Solo's promotional material sets the bar so low that when Disney and Lucasfilms order a trailer this good, most fans become less skeptical about this movie. Thanks to director Ron Howard's effort, Solo is still due on May 25 despite the production debacle and sluggish marketing.
The latest trailer also gives a lot of juicy material about the plot for fans to inspect and theorize.
The setting: It seems Han (Alden Ehrenreich) fails to obtain a job in the Imperial Army despite his skills as a driver and a flyer, so the smuggling job is what he resorts to.
Solo will hyper-jump between Corellia, Kessel, and Mimban, among others. The shot on Han's home planet Corellia shows an Imperial Star Destroyer being built in the atmosphere.
The job: Some cool shots of Beckett in action indicate that the first job involves with a cargo protected by Imperial troopers. The team is hired by the scarred-face gangster Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany), leading to the scenes on the Conveyex train. His role might be to provide another hostile force after Han's team.
The trailer saves two more shots for him where Vos is angry, using a knuckle-blade to slice through an object (could it be an android?), possibly when he thinks Han's team double-crosses him. Bettany stepped in to replace Michale K. Williams when he couldn't join the reshoot.
A montage where Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) shoots a blaster, Qi'ra (Emilia Clark) throws a grenade, Chewie smacks a trooper, and Val (Thandie Newton) shoots a grappling hook could take place in the movie's third act where all parties converge onto the Falcon. Han and his "teammates" must defend themselves, and it's possible that not all of them get out alive.
The group: I'm excited to see the character dynamic between Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) and Han. Beckett takes the role of a mentor, and even a father figure to our protagonist. He warns Han about many drawbacks of this profession and even advises Han to be cautious because anyone could be betray anyone.
It'd be a good twist if Beckett turned out a traitor in the end. However, we have a more viable candidate for the group's traitor in Qi'ra.
Qi'ra is the one who initially arranges the jobs for Han and Beckett. She was Han's old acquaintance from their youthful days, as seen in the previous trailer. In this reunion after several years in Dryden Vos' fancy bar, Qi'ra flirts with Han about his being "rough around the edge." There's potential for a romantic subplot here, even if it might set up more betrayal later. In a shot, she's seen wearing a red-and-black outfit similar to those of Imperial officers.
The villains: Enfys Nest and her gang of Cloud-Riders are confirmed minor villains, and information about her until now suggests the same. We don't know the true villain yet, even though we lean on Qi'ra and Vos.
Lando Calrissian and the Millennium Falcon:
Both trailers feature the shot where Han and Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) stand under their home-to-be, the Millennium Falcon. They look up in revel and admiration for such a cool ship. The extra part at the front that fans complain about is explained as an escape pod or a storage unit.
Initially, Han's job needs a spaceship capable of making the Kessel Run--a high-stake, hyper-speed route used by smugglers, and Lando owns one of such ships. Han visits Lando to negotiate their partnership and possibly wins the Millennium Falcon from him in a sabacc game. Around them is a variety of creatures--mostly scum of the galaxy--and the setting looks like Solo's own catina.
Lando gets more love in this trailer, and Glover captures all of the suavity and swagger that we love from Billy Dee Williams. Qi'ra, who brings the team together, calls Lando "the best smuggler around," and that certainly doesn't sit well with Han, who is eager to prove himself.
We also expect a fleshed-out relationship between Lando and his droid L3-37 (mo-capped and voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Like the sassy K2-SO, L3-37 is primed to be a new fan-favorite.
Han and Chewie: On the Kessel run, Chewie earns his place as Han's co-pilot when he pushes for a hyper-space jump while TIE fighters were chasing them and another Star Wars tentacle monster threatens to eat them alive.
The beloved Wookie warrior also gets a backstory, with a relative and his age at Solo's time being 190. In the last shot, he is stuck in a grave danger, but obviously his being alive later takes away the suspense.
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why do we celebrate emancipation day in jamaica
August 1, 1834
The, which abolished slavery throughout the British Empire (with the exceptions "of the Territories in the Possession of the ", the "Island of Ceylon" and "the Island of Saint Helena"; the exceptions were eliminated in 1843), came into force the following year, on 1 August 1834. Only slaves below the age of six were freed. Former slaves over the age of six were redesignated as "apprentices" required to work, 40 hours per week without pay, as part of payment to their former owners. Full emancipation was finally achieved at midnight on 31 July 1838. Emancipation Day in is part of the annual "Season of Emancipation", which began in 2005. The Season runs from April 14 to August 23. the anniversary of the, a major in 1816, April 14 National Heroes Day, April 28; festival, which includes May, June and the first week of August Africa Day, May 25 Day of National Significance, which commemorates the, July 26 Emancipation Day, August 1 birthday of, August 17, August 23 Emancipation Day celebrations usually feature a Walk from Independence Square in to the Heritage Village at the Crop Over Bridgetown Market on the Spring Garden Highway. At the Heritage Village, in addition to a concert, there is a wreath-laying ceremony as a tribute to the ancestors. Traditionally, the Prime Minister, the Minister for Culture, and representatives of the Commission for Pan African Affairs are among those laying wreaths. Emancipation Day is part of a week long cultural celebration in, during this time Jamaicans also commemorate on August 6, 1962. Both August 1 and August 6 are public holidays. Emancipation Day had stopped being observed as a nation holiday in 1962 at the time of independence.
It was reinstated as a national public holiday under The Holidays (Public General) Act 1998 after a six-year campaign led by, among others. Traditionally people would keep at vigil on July 31 and at midnight ring church bell and play drums in parks and public squares to re-enact the first moments of freedom for enslaved Africans. On Emancipation Day there is a reenactment of the reading of the Emancipation Declaration in town centres especially which was the seat of the Jamaican government when the Emancipation Act was passed in 1838. , a public park in Kingston, opened on the eve of Emancipation Day, July 31, 2002, is named in commemoration of Emancipation Day. On 1 August 1985 became the first country in the world to declare a national holiday to commemorate the abolition of slavery. It replaced Columbus Discovery Day, which commemorated the arrival of Christopher Columbus at Moruga on 31 July 1498, as a national public holiday. The commemoration begins the night before with an all-night vigil and includes religious services, cultural events, street processions past historic landmarks, addresses from dignitaries including an address from the President of Trinidad and Tobago and ends with an evening of shows that include a torchlight procession to the national stadium. celebrates its Emancipation day on this date, placing it in either July or August. Some countries observe the holiday as "August Monday". celebrates carnival on and around 1st Monday of August. Since 1834 have observed the end of slavery. The first Monday and Tuesday in August was observed as a bank holiday so the populace can celebrate Emancipation Day. Monday is, a street party that mimics the early morning emancipation. : In addition to commemorating emancipation, it is the first day of "August Week", the Anguillian celebrations. is celebrated August 1, as Carnival commences. : Celebrations are mainly concentrated in Fox Hill Village, a former slave village whose inhabitants, according to folklore, heard about their freedom a week after everyone else on the island.
The celebration known as the Bay Fest, beginning on August 1 and lasting several days, is held in the settlement of Hatchet Bay on the island of Eleuthera, and "Back to the Bay" is held in the settlement of Tarpum Bay, also on Eleuthera. : The first Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of August are celebrated as "August Festival". : The first Monday and Tuesday are celebrated as "Emancipation Day" and also "Culturama" in Nevis. : The first Monday is celebrated as August Monday. : The first Monday in August is celebrated as "Emancipation Day" with Cultural activities. commemorates emancipation with a national holiday on May 22, marking the slave resistance on that day in 1848 that forced Governor Claude Rostoland to issue a decree abolishing slavery. commemorates emancipation on May 27. has a week-long celebration around May 27, commemorating the abolition of slavery. August 1, 1834 marked a special day for Africans in British colonies as it was the day they received freedom from slavery. In Jamaica, the Emancipation Declaration was read from the steps of the Old Kings House in Spanish Town, St Catherine, the country s capital at the time. The bill for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies received the royal assent on August 28,1838. It stated: Be it enacted, that all and every one of the persons who on the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, shall be holden in slavery within such British colony as aforesaid, shall, upon and from and after the said first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, become and be to all intents and purposes free and discharged from all manner of slavery, and shall be absolutely and forever manumitted. passage of this bill in the British Parliament in England enabled approximately 311,000 enslaved Africans in Jamaica and hundreds of thousands more across the colonies the freedom for which many of their predecessors had fought and died.
However, the Africans did not receive full freedom until four years later, as all slaves over six years old were subjected to a mandatory six-year period of apprenticeship. The ex-slaves would work - without pay - for their former masters for three-quarters of the week (40 hours), in exchange for lodging, food, clothing. medical attendance and grounds on which they could grow their own provisions. They could also, if they chose, hire themselves out for additional wages during the remaining quarter of the week. With this money, an ex-slave could then buy his freedom. Emancipation Day was officially introduced as a public holiday in Jamaica in 1893. The First of August celebrations, however, were discontinued in 1962, when Jamaica gained independence. It was replaced by Independence Day, then observed on the first Monday in August. Emancipation Day was re-instituted in 1997 by then Prime Minister PJ Patterson as a national holiday celebrated on August 1. Independence Day was also fixed at August 6.
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Dehradun: A group of men in a moving jeep passed lewd comments on a woman member of Dehradun Municipal Corporation and misbehaved with her in Mussoorie, a senior police official said here on Monday.
Six men, travelling in a Bolero, passed lewd comments on the woman councillor yesterday at Buranskhanda in Mussoorie hill station, DIG Ram Singh Meena said.
The woman along with her family had gone to Mussoorie to enjoy the snowfall, he said.
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In the busy streets of night markets or at local restaurants, there are many delicious local drinks available. One of the favourite thirst quenchers is green apple juice with dried preserved plum which is also known as Asam Boi. In humid tropical countries like Singapore or Malaysia, this drink is even more enjoyable when paired with spicy and tangy dishes such as "udang masak lemak" (curry prawns with pineapple).
Asam Boi is also known as Li Hing Mui or Lui Hang Mui in the Cantonese dialect. The term "lui hang" means traveling while "mui" refers to plum. As Asam Boi is usually consumed to help cure motion sickness, thus it is known to be a companion to many during their travels. In other countries, Asam Boi powder is used in gummy candies, rice crackers and even alcoholic drinks. Besides the usual white ones, there is another version which is red in colour. However, in this drink, only the white Asam Boi is used. It is added for its light hint of tartness in bringing some sweetness and saltiness to the drink as it is coated with powdered salt and sugar.
This basic recipe uses green apple juice and Asam Boi. Here are other ideas you can use to tweak the recipe to your personal preference and make it more fun.
White sugar is usually added to the drink. Since green apples are quite tart in taste, sugar helps to make the drink more pleasant. Replace sugar with other sweeteners such as honey or stevia. However, it would be best to keep to the natural flavours without any added sweeteners.
Mint is known for its calming and soothing benefits. Fresh mint when added to drinks gives an invigorating scent and a mild spicy flavour that makes the drink very refreshing. Fresh mint also stimulates the digestive enzymes that absorbs fat and makes it into usable energy. This specific benefit of mint may aid in weight loss plans.
When the weather is scorching, enjoy the drink as a popsicle. Pour the drink into popsicle moulds. Do not forget to add an Asam Boi into each popsicle for that is where the fun is. The sweetness and the light hint of sourness in the popsicle will be a delightful treat. Freeze for at least six hours before serving.
Green Apple with Asam Boi is also known as: Jus Epal Asam Boi苹果汁旅行梅
In a pot heated at medium heat, add sugar. When sugar begins to melt, add water and stir until it dissolves. Set aside to cool.
Blend green apples (with skin) with sugar water. Run the blended ingredients through a sieve. Then, add 'asam boi' to the drink. Serve chilled or with ice cubes.


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In imitation of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
by John Popp, Stewardship Appeal Coordinator
The feast of St. Nicholas is nearly upon us and so we are reminded once again of the generosity of this legendary saint of the church.
We all know the story of how he secretly managed to drop bags of gold coins through an open window into stockings hung by the fire. This gold was then used as dowries for three poor girls.
St. Nicholas' benevolence has been told and retold for centuries and inspires us to do good for others as he did. He is often called a "wonderworker" for obvious reasons, including miracles attributed to his intercession, as well as very human acts of charity and kindness accomplished during his lifetime.
What would it take for each of us in the Eparchy of Parma to be called a wonderworker?
Granted, we shouldn't accomplish good deeds for praise and glory in this life, but I certainly hope to be "St. John the wonderworker," someday after my passing.
How do we humbly seek this title while still here on Earth?
We become wonderworkers by being charitable to those around us, be they behind a cash register at the mall, the colleague next to us in the lunch line, or the nervous driver on the highway.
We also become wonderworkers by showing Christ to everyone we meet. This isn't necessarily done by becoming a street evangelist, though it could, but rather by allowing the light of Christ to shine through us, so that others can see how we are different and set apart from this world, thus allowing them to see Jesus in us. A desire may form in them to have what we have, and seek out our Lord.
In this season of warm and cozy feelings and thoughts, let's dig deep and find ways that we can be hospitable and extra charitable to others, and then let's continue doing that all year long.
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker pray for us. Happy feast Dec. 6!
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What functions do you get to enjoy?
If your phone pairs up properly, you can do any of the following tasks.
- Displaying and reading an incoming text message from the touch display screen. You can do this only if you are not driving the vehicle or a passenger has been detected.
- Listening to the message which the system will read out to you
- Choosing an appropriate response from a list of pre-defined ones
And are they beneficial?
The Text Message Alert feature provides you with a number of advantages. For starters, it reduces distractions by allowing you to keep your hands on the wheel and eyes ahead. So even when driving with full concentration, you will still be able to access all of your important messages.
Vehicles that offer the Text Message Alert feature
This feature is available for all models that incorporate the MyLink™, IntelliLink or Cadillac CUE3 technology, with the exception of Spark, Spark EV, Sonic and Trax. Models such as Sierra 2500HD and 3500H, Escalade/ESVD, Tahoe, Suburban, Silverado Heavy Duty, Yukon and Yukon XL have the Text Message Alerts feature.
Please note that this feature is offered only with 2015 models but there are exceptions once again. Certain 14MY vehicles also have this feature such as the Cruze, Cruze Diesel, Chevrolet Camaro, Traverse, Volt, Equinox, Malibu and SS.
You can use the Text Message Alerts feature when you have successfully paired your phone with the infotainment system of your vehicle. This process varies with the device you have, but a generalized review for both the iPhone and Android devices is given here.
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- Access the menu which allows you to modify Bluetooth settings from your phone. Conduct a search for Bluetooth devices and your vehicle's name will appear on the list. Next to this, an 'i' icon will be displayed. Select this and set Show notifications to enable.
Please note that this feature is enabled only after you start another ignition cycle. One more thing: if you turn off the engine and then initiate another cycle, wait for around 3 minutes.
The functionality of the Text Message Alert Feature also varies with the phone. For instance with an iPhone device, the radio system will allow you to access only messages that you receive during the current cycle.
Android Devices
- Link your Android device with the infotainment system of your car.
- As a connection is established, your phone might ask you for permission in order to access the contacts and the MAP profile. Agree to both the requests, and only then will you be able to use the Text Message Alerts feature.
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Server virtualization is a highly reliable technology approach that lets organizations run multiple virtual servers on each physical server, driving a reduction in the overall number of machines in a server room or data center.
Server virtualization is a highly reliable technology approach that lets organizations run multiple virtual servers on each physical server, driving a reduction in the overall number of machines in a server room or data center. By enabling faster server deployments, centralized server management, scalable resourcing, and support for diverse environments, virtualization offers you the flexibility you need to stay ahead of the technology curve. Our server virtualization services can help you take advantage of virtualization technology.
Every server in your server room or datacenter serves a valuable purpose. But most are running at far less than full capacity. In fact, at any given moment, most of your servers are probably using less than half of their maximum computing power.
Of course, regardless of how little some of your servers are being used, you still must pay to power, cool, and maintain them. Each physical server represents a line item in your operating expenses. Consolidating these servers onto fewer physical machines means you'll save money.
Virtualization lets you separate the computing resources of each physical server from the machine itself. You can then host these resources on another physical machine – along with the resources of one or more other physical servers. Each of these virtual servers can run its own operating system, allowing you to implement and run applications as needed – and without conflicts.
Using VMWare, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix we are capable to scale the solutions with your business demands and provide virtualization solutions that grow with your business with added value and lower Total Cost of Ownership.
Desktop Virtualization - VDI
Traditional desktops require your IT team to manage a wide variety of client form factors, multiple generations of operating systems, and hundreds of applications.
Traditional desktops require your IT team to manage a wide variety of client form factors, multiple generations of operating systems, and hundreds of applications. They need constant maintenance and support to repair problems and retain compliance with corporate policy.
With desktop virtualization, users enjoy the benefits of a high-definition desktop experience, they can have access from anywhere on any client device and IT team enjoy the benefits of a centralized system, with efficient updates and management, better security and cost saving.
With desktop virtualization, users enjoy the benefits of a high-definition desktop experience, they can have access from anywhere on any client device and IT team enjoy the benefits of a centralized system, with efficient updates and management, better security and cost saving. Update every user's software from a single location, securing sensitive information, and enjoying a lower cost of ownership per user.
VDI Benefits
Work on any device.
Work on any device. Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure (VDI) delivers a consistent desktop experience regardless of the system resources of the device an employee is using. iPads, iPhones, Macs, and home PCs will now all be supported, running your company's standard operating systems and applications without requiring your IT staff to maintain separate images. You'll move to a model of "one image – many devices".
Work from anywhere.
Work from anywhere. VDI environments can be designed from the ground up to suit the unique needs of external users logging in from various locations throughout the world. It's also a perfect fit for the manufacturing environment, in which workers do not sit in front of PCs most of the day and often use shared PCs to access email, update statuses, order additional material, and report problems.
Minimize IT support required.
Minimize IT support required. With VDI, you can avoid costs for additional IT support staff, IT labs, and new computers while increasing productivity from onsite and remote workers alike. Need to deploy an application update? Just do it once on your centralized VDI images, and users will get it on the next login.
Protect intellectual property.
Protect intellectual property. Safeguarding intellectual property is easier when the data doesn't live on hundreds or thousands of different endpoints. By using VDI, organizations can control data in the data center, while still providing ubiquitous access to end users.
Enhance disaster recovery.
Enhance disaster recovery. Because all desktops are stored on central servers, not on individual machines, VDI allows for better business continuity and disaster recovery. If you lose one site, you can simply restore your VDI desktop environment in another location (with your restored servers and data). Users will be able to get back up and running quickly and easily, regardless of their physical location.
Leverage your IT investments.
Leverage your IT investments. Because the computing in VDI environments is done on the server, not on the client machine, the system requirements for your client machines are minimal. This means you can continue to use aging desktops until they break down, rather than constantly buying new machines just to keep up with your software. In addition, because desktop virtualization can use the same infrastructure as an existing server virtualization implementation, you can essentially earn two paybacks on the same investment.
IT4SME helps organizations move forward and eliminate the challenges of traditional desktop management. We'll work with you to understand your users' workstation environment and quickly prepare a strategy to transition your legacy user environment into a virtualized scalable infrastructure that you can build upon.
DVI vs DaaS
If you've deployed virtual desktops, you probably have them hosted in your data center. But as trust in cloud services grows, there's also the possibility of hosting desktops in the cloud.
Known as Desktop as a Service (DaaS), this approach allows IT to outsource virtual desktops to a cloud service provider. You probably assume that DaaS and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) are very different, but they actually share most of the same benefits: simpler desktop management, less hardware and increased flexibility and mobility. Desktop as a Service has its own challenges, though, including security, licensing and data control.
To explore the similarities and differences between data center-hosted and cloud-hosted desktops, please take a look at the article on TeachTarget named "VDI vs. DaaS: How are cloud-hosted desktops different?"
Storage Virtualization
Storage virtualization allows you to unlock the potential of your existing physical infrastructure. Consolidating some of your storage onto fewer, larger systems, can gain ever greater benefits: smaller footprint and lower energy costs (reduced power, cooling) for lower TCO.
Storage virtualization allows you to unlock the potential of your existing physical infrastructure. By creating a storage pool using existing physical storage devices and storage residing on your servers, you can free up unused storage space, streamline your data storage capabilities, bolster backup, archive and recover processes, and gain centralized management of a virtual storage area network (vSAN) via single-pane-of-glass tools. Consolidating some of your storage onto fewer, larger systems, can gain ever greater benefits: smaller footprint and lower energy costs (reduced power, cooling) for lower TCO.
There are three types of storage virtualization:
- Host-based storage virtualization
- Network-based storage virtualization
- Array/appliance-based storage virtualization


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I woke up to a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the wind wasn't blowing, so I
parked up quickly before the weather had time to change its mind.
I made good time throughout the morning. The scenery was pretty, and I'm getting tan
enough I don't burn. There still aren't any houses or people, but there sure are a lot of
geese. They're pretty birds, but they sure do make a lot of noise!
After lunch, I came across a group of college age kids in canoes I paddled up hoping to
get some free food, and maybe even some beer, but when I started talking to them it was
clear they had been doing a lot more than drinking today. I paddled away as quickly as I
It started to rain around 5:00. I saw the front coming and could have set up camp, but it
looked like it would pass quickly. By 6:00 it was pouring and I was shooting a long set of
I started thinking about my dad, and how, even though I love him, I'm so mad at him I don't
think I would talk to him if he were alive today. So I started talking to him. I talked to him
about how much it hurt me that he let other people run his life. I'm not going into the whole
story again on this trip. You can read my Mississippi journal for that.
I talked to him, and I yelled at him, and the rain was pouring in the middle of the
wilderness, and I stopped. All of a sudden I saw the humor in it. I was a kayaker in the
middle of nowhere, in the rain, running rapids while yelling at my dead father. I had to
The rain let up a little around 7:00, so I hurried to set up camp. Right now there is quite a
thunderstorm going on outside, but in my tent I'm warm and mostly dry.
Hopefully, the rain will be done by tomorrow morning and I can get a full day of paddling in.
I'm less than fifty miles from a state park where I can call home and let everyone know I'm
not dead.
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It was still raining when I woke up, so I slept in a little. I was on the river by 8:30. It looked
like it could rain all day, but it never did.
I made good time and was at James Kipp State Park by lunch time. There wasn't any cell
phone reception, but there was a pay phone where I was able to let the folks back home
know I'm not fish food yet. The highlight of my brief stop at the park was when a couple in
a motor home gave me some cookies and apple pie.
I left the park and paddled towards the headwaters of Ft. Peck Lake. This is the fifth
largest man made reservoir in the world. It has over 1500 miles of shoreline. That's more
than the state of California.
I had hoped to camp on the lake tonight, but some campers offered to share their
barbecued hamburgers with me and I was forced to stop ten miles short of my goal.
The two highlights of my day were calling home, and getting a good picture of a bobcat on
the bank.
It is cold and looks like rain right now. I'm hoping for good weather tomorrow.
I woke up at 5:30 this morning, eager to get a start on Ft. Peck Lake. It was a little windy
cloud was moving quickly across the sky. As I write this, it has been raining steadily for
over 13 hours and there is no end in sight. My boat didn't move at all today, but , as
always, I have high hopes for tomorrow.
I'm glad I stopped at the campsite rather than push on last night. I've been taken in by a
group of fishermen. They've been kind enough to share their shelter, fire, and food. They
are all Christians, and talk openly about their faith. A few years ago this would have driven
me away, but a lot can change in a few years.
The time I have spent alone in the wilderness has allowed me to see that there is a God
and He is always with me. I grew up in a household that shunned God and I have a lot to
learn. My new friends taught me a great deal today and they also gave me a Bible so I can
learn more on my journey. I think this rainy day was meant to be.
Tonight, we will be frying up a 17 pound Missouri River catfish under our tarp shelter. I
wish I had more than my thanks to give these kind strangers in return for all the generosity
they have shown me, but there isn't a lot of room for gifts in the kayak. I'll just have to do
my best to be kind to others along my way.
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When it comes to passing your data from side to side, you can never be too safe these days. Finding a safe encryption and a reliable server that keeps your data neat and unaltered seems like a not so cheap commodity.
Virtual private server hosts are the one option to enable you and your company to build a safe website that provides speed, reliability, and safety. This is how you can secure your online life. But VPS servers come in a variety of forms. As with pretty much everything in your company, you make an educated choice based on your needs
What To Consider
Here are some things that you should take into account when selecting a VPS server:
- Budget. VPS hosts do not come cheap. Their prices and functionality go far from what you get from a free web hosting. In the long run, you will see how the benefits outweigh the costs.
- Management Needs. Do you prefer a managed host or an unmanaged one? A managed host means a higher price as you do not get to oversee it but the company does. An unmanaged host provides more freedom but then you will need to hire someone to oversee the server.
- RAM Requirements. Basic websites require 512 MB of RAM to load quickly and smoothly. But if the plan is to grow then you should move to 1 GB with a storage of at least 20 GB.
- Growth. Scalability is a concern for web developers as it obviously requires more space. When hiring a VPS host, consider one that will be able to maintain the hosting when requirements rise up.
- Customer Support. It feels really nice when you pick up the phone to call customer service and you have a human answering right away. Sometimes, issues require immediate solutions. Assess if a VPS host can provide that kind of feedback.
- Desired Configuration. The configuration of a server determines how well a website runs. The server's configuration involves capacity processors, RAM allocation, disk share, and the physical space for the server.
Linux VPS
If you want to have a better control over the things installed on the server that hosts your website, then Linux VPS is a great option.
In the case of Linux, the servers are shared with other users. But, does this mean that someone can tamper with your site accidentally? Absolutely not since each virtual server operates its own operating system that can be administered independently from each other.
If you seriously do not enjoy sharing a server with other users, you can get a dedicated server. But this type of server also comes with a disadvantage.
Before you decide if Linux VPS is what you need, check out the following benefits:
- Easy to use.
- Improved reliability at a lower ownership cost.
- Flexibility. This means, for example, the ability to remove and add applications pretty easily.
- Ability to modify the environment of the VPS to meet your performance needs.
Some Linux VPS providers will not give you full root access. Make sure you select one that does so that you are able to modify whatever you want.
Windows VPS
Windows VPS is fast, pretty scalable, and safe. If you are envisioning a quick scalability, then this is the VPN host that you need.
There are a lot of services that provide VPS hosting for Windows. This type of hosting provides preinstalled control panels for an easier site management. The stability of services is guaranteed and servers are optimized to greatly reduce risks of security vulnerabilities.
You get direct access to the control panel to quickly optimize your website as soon as your server is installed. Most Windows VPS hosts provide root access to all functionalities giving you the ability the add all the applications you want.
Given the large number of services that provide you with Windows VPS, check out which ones give you the functionality you need. Focus on security, reliability, and root access.
Just like with Linux, consider every plan based not only on your present load but also on scalability. Make sure your host is versatile enough to account for that in the near future.
Windows VPS, unlike Linux VPS, does not come for free and requires an operating license.


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White Train
In Buenos Aires, when most turn their lights off for a good night sleep, the Cartoneros all take their trolleys and get on the Ghost Train. The ghost train is so called because it transports people at night from the poor outskirts of Buenos Aires into the centre. Their task is to collect cardboard, paper and metal from the streets of Buenos Aires and take it to recycling centres for money.
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Kohli Labelled as the Greatest Chaser by Michael Vaughan
Kohli just piled up his 33rd ODI hundred that helped India register a 6 wicket victory over South Africa in the First ODI that was played at Kingsmead yesterday. Batting first, South Africa made 269 for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs and the highlights of the South African innings was 120 runs from 112 balls by Faf du Plessis. Quinton de Kock, Chris Morris, and Andile Phehlukwayo also chipped in with useful contributions of 34, 37 and 27 runs respectively.
For India, Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets for 34 runs, whereas Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets for 45 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah took 1 wicket each for 71 and 56 runs respectively.
India began the chase in style and the Indian openers made 33 runs for the first wicket as Rohit Sharma was out for 20 runs from 30 balls. Shikar Dhawan was also out when the score was on 67 and his contribution was 35 runs from 29 balls. After that Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane played a crucial partnership that paved the way for an Indian victory. Kohli slammed his 33rd century in ODIs by scoring 112 runs from 119 balls. Ajinkya Rahane scored 79 runs from 86 balls and he was also looking too comfortable while batting.
After the match, former England opener Michael Vaughan hailed Kohli as the Greatest run chaser in ODIs. Indeed Kohli has scored 18 centuries in successful run chases in ODIs and his average is stunning at 94.04. With this century in Kingsmead, Kohli has now scored hundreds in every country that he has played in.
He is at is again .. The Greatest chaser the game has ever seen .. #Fact #SAvIND @imVkohli
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 1, 2018
Former cricketers like VVS Laxman and Mohammad Kaif also praised Kohli's performance.
What a chaser, what an incredible player- Virat Kohli. A hundred in every country he has played. This one has made what looked a tricky chase look like a cakewalk.#INDvSA pic.twitter.com/E9GuAVFq1Y
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 1, 2018
Virat Kohli now averages 56.09 in ODIs with 33 centuries and 45 half-centuries. Kohli has now hit centuries in all the nine countries he has played in except Pakistan, where he has not yet played any matches. Yesterday's Indian victory also brought an end to South Africa's 17 match winning streak at home.
Now everyone is looking for Virat Kohli's performance at the second ODI which will be played at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on this coming Sunday.


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Together we can...we will
Zalawad Business Forum is a 'not for profit' business promotion organization. It's a conglomerate of like minded individuals from the Zalawadi community.
To create a common platform for industrialist, businessmen and professionals with an aim to bring about and explore trade opportunities and mutual development in trade or profession by way of synergies, interaction, convergence and data exchange.
To spread awareness amongst the members of the forum by conducting and organising seminars for educating the members on common trade policies and governing laws of state, taxation, and start-up procedures for entrepreneurs, organise trade fairs, industrial visits and general awareness on opportunities available for members of the forum.
To set up portal of the forum, to establish library and / or to publish books, periodicals and other literature related to business or professional practices followed in India and internationally.
To set up business centers, conference facilities and secretarial services for the members of the forum.
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Lombok Raya Hotel – Mataram Lombok is a four-star hotel that has 309 hotel rooms, Which are ready to pamper every visitor with all the amenities offered by this hotel, location is in the heart of Mataram that allows you to access all the places around the city. Including shopping centers for your hobby with a shopping tour, From the Lombok Raya hotel to be able to shopping malls like Mataram Mall can be accomplished within two minutes by foot. Another option for a hotel that is not far from Mataram Mall to stay such as Aston Inn hotel that located only about 100 meters from Lombok Raya Hotel
Amenities at Lombok Raya Hotel – Mataram :
- Free parking area
- A large public swimming pool
- All rooms are equipped with flat-screen TVs
- The balcony in each room
- Each room is equipped with air-conditioning (AC)
- Fitness center
- 24 Hour Service
- IDD Telephone
- Mini Bar
- Shower with hot and cold water
- Spa and definite Free WiFi
To review more details about Lombok Raya Hotel – Mataram, Our team had visited the hotel in question to manufacture video on Youtube for the sake of more accurate information to the visitors of our site. If you need Lombok travel transportation services in Lombok you can contact us, We are able to pick you up in Lombok International Airport or the port in Lombok to go to this hotel or other tourist destinations in Lombok. Following a review of Lombok Raya Hotel Mataram – Lombok that we publish on youtube as your guide before ordering a hotel in question :
To visit the tourist area of Senggigi Beach from the hotel it is only takes about 20 minutes by car, The nearest tourist destination of this place is the Museum Mataram, Mayura Temple, Kura Kura Waterboom, and others such as Lombok Shopping Mall Epicentrum. If you come from the airport, then to get to Hotel Lombok Raya takes about an hour away. As for the price and room types in Lombok Raya Hotel Mataram is as follows :
– Superrior : Rp. 600.000,- Save up to 15% By book the room from us
– Deluxe : Rp. 750.000,- Save up to 20% by book the room through us
– Family : Rp. 1.000.000, Save up to 20% by book the room through us
– New Family : 1.200.000,- Save up to 25% by book the room through us
– New Super Deluxe : 1.200.000,- Save up to 25%
– Extra bed : Rp. 250.000,-
- Breakfast for 2 People
- Prices include 21% Tax and Service
- Low season valid from 1 September to 23 December 2016 and 06 January – March 31, 2017
- High Season valid from December 24 to January 5, 2016
- Check In time : 14: 00 local time Lunch
- Check Out time : 12: 00 Lunch, Late check-out depending on hotel policy
- Special promo price would you get if you book a room with us
- Do not cancel before the first week of the arrival day, If cancelled will be charged one night payment
- Cancellation 3 days prior to arrival will be charged full payment / number of rooms booked
- Contact us via the contact form on this website / email / phone / SMS / Whatsaap to ask about room availability
- Further, we will contact the hotel to ask about room availability on demand
- If a room is not available / full, we would recommend the hotel on par with hotels booked and the corresponding desired criteria
- Once we get a hotel room, immediately do your payments as invoice total that we send to you and send us a confirmation of payment
- Once we receive confirmation of payment via telephone / email / whatsaap / SMS, then we will immediately send you a hotel voucher via email / Whatsaap.
Get the best price deals by contact us now, and see you in Mataram – Lombok.
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No Regrets
A Bicycle Dreaming from Belgium to Broome
by Antoine Bloeman
ISBN 978-0-85905- 589-5, (2014, New), 160 x 250, illustrated, SC, 213pp, 580grams
Antoine Bloemen exploded on the wider public in 1997, when, as a magistrate in the North, he introduced innovative forms of solving social problems among Aboriginal offenders. Asking a young recidivist what he really wanted elucidated the illuminating answer of, 'a bike.' The promise of a bike for three months abstinence from court appearances changed the life of both parties.
Antoine's life from a Belgian peasant to slushy to feckless sailor to American paratrooper to Australian lawyer and magistrate is a storyline that is usually restricted to novels of romance.
No Regrets is to be launched by the Chief Justice of Western Australia on the 25 November.


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