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Lithium bipolar treatment is still the most researched and proven medication for bipolar.
So why is it prescribed less and less?
Is lithium simply a fashion victim? Should it continue to be regarded as the first-line treatment for Bipolar Disorder I? Does it even have a place as "first amongst equals"?
What should the informed consumer know about lithium for bipolar?
There is a lot of mystique around lithium, but in reality it is a natural salt - a simple mineral. It is ironic that so many folks resist taking lithium, insisting they want a "natural" approach. Lithium is actually as natural as it gets - it just happens to be one of the most effective bipolar medications.
It is important to understand that even today (almost 2011), there are just 3 bipolar medications that are approved by the FDA as PROVEN MOOD STABILIZERS:
1. Lithium
2. Lamictal (lamotrigine - an anticonvulsant developed to treat epilepsy)
3. Zyprexa (olanzapine - an "atypical" anti-psychotic developed to treat schizophrenia)
All three of these bipolar medications are known to have significant side effects (some people are affected way more than others), and NONE OT THE THREE are strongly effective against BOTH mania AND depression.
Throughout this site there is a lot of emphasis on using effective EFFECTIVE MOOD STABILIZERS because bipolar disorder is first and foremost the MOOD SWINGS disease. Therefore, we feel bipolar medications must help you maintain a stable mood over an extended time period to qualify as effective treatments.
Lithium medication information from Merk
Unlike many bipolar medications, it is very cheap.
I buy my lithium at Walmart for just over $4 a month.
This is because it isn't patented and can be bought as a generic.
In the US, the FDA has approved lithium for treating:
1. Manic episodes
2. Maintenance treatment in Bipolar Disorder.
The value of lithium medication in treating bipolar disorder was discovered by the Australian psychiatrist Dr John Cade, who first published his findings on lithium bipolar treatment in the scientific literature in 1949.
This was the FIRST TIME a mental health disorder could be effectively by a medication, replacing electro-shock therapy and lobotomies.
Lithium bipolar treatment was first approved in the US by the FDA in 1970. NO OTHER medications has anything like this track record!
However, there are two major drawbacks to using lithium medication:
(1) According to Consumer Reports and the British Medical Journal: "It's not clear whether lithium can help depression in bipolar disorder." This means lithium may need to be used in conjunction with another medication that can help more in treating depression.
(2) Lithium has serious side effects and requires regular blood testing, making it an extremely "high maintenance" drug if the correct blood level of lithium cannot be found and maintained.
"Maintenance therapy reduces the frequency of manic episodes and diminishes the intensity of those episodes which may occur."</i>FDA quoted on Drugs.com
Lithium medication facts from Wikipedia
One of the most troubling side effects of lithium is weight gain. In fact, it is a major problem with virtually ALL the bipolar medications.
Discover how I stuck to my lithium bipolar treatment while losing over 40 pounds and unlocking the secrets of mood, food and weight:
New bipolar medications such as the latest generation of anti-psychotics have become popular with doctors and consumerism often in combination with more traditional mood stabilizers, anti-convulsants, and antidepressants.
However, the following authorities still include lithium bipolar treatment as the first-line medication for bipolar disorder:
1. The American Psychiatric Association's Guidelines (although these are due for an update and also suggest use of Depakote, Lamictal and Zyprexa in various combinations)
2. Expert Consensus Guidelines
3. The Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP).
Note: All the guidelines differentiate between manic, mixed, and depressive episodes, and acute episodes. Lithium is NOT the first-line treatment in all circumstances, especially not for depressive episodes.
Consumer Reports:
"If you take lithium, you are much less likely to have a relapse of bipolar disorder. It works as well as valproate, carbamazepine, or lamotrigine for preventing a relapse. But it seems to be better at preventing new symptoms of mania than at preventing new symptoms of depression."
Dr Jim Phelps suggests that lithium bipolar treatment could be a good choice for a patient under these circumstances:
1. "Classic bipolar I symptom pattern: euphoric mania and severe depressions"
2. "Significant manic symptoms"
3. "Need all the antidepressant you can get"
4. "Suicide risk is a concern"
5. "Very inexpensive".
Dr Phelps also emphasizes the neuro-protective advantages of using lithium, and the trend towards low dose lithium treatment which minimizes most side effects in most cases.
In terms of side effects, some lithium medication side effects often go away after a short time. These include nausea, cognitive dulling, sleepiness, dizziness, acne, decreased libido, and dry mouth.
Other side effects tend to stick around and can be problematic. For example, constant or extreme thirst, frequent urination, weight gain, and tremors.
The biggest risk with lithium bipolar treatment is when blood levels are not monitored closely enough or a patient has tow tolerance.
Lithium toxicity can result.
Lithium toxicity can result in renal failure and death. Symptoms include:
1. Persistent diarrhea. 2. Vomiting or severe nausea. 3. Coarse trembling of hands or legs. 4. Frequent muscle twitching such as pronounced jerking of arms or legs. 5. Blurred vision. 6. Marked dizziness. 7. Difficulty walking. 8. Slurred speech. 9. Irregular heart beat. 10. Swelling of the feet or lower legs.
Lithium Prescribing Information from the Mayo Clinic
Interesting facts about lithium
Lithium bipolar treatment saved my life.
Despite all the evidence, nature's wonder drug is still subject to a lot of stigma and stereotyping.
Many people whose lives could easily be transformed from bipolar hell resist this cheap and effective treatment, often due to nothing but myths and half-truths. Instead, they prolong their own and their loved ones misery, and spend inordinate time, money and energy searching for alternative treatments – including the half-baked scams that permeate the Internet.
One thing for sure - medication is not a "one size fits all" science - no one drug is for everyone and many people do as well if not better on alternative medications such as Depakote or Lamictal. The combination of lithium/Lamictal is very worth exploring and is emerging as something of a new gold standard.
I should have done more homework!
Today lithium bipolar treatment involves lower doses and you experience fewer lithium side effects.
In the words of international bipolar expert, Jim Phelps MD: "Lithium is like two different medications: low doses are pretty easy to manage and produce few side effects. High doses are tricky to manage, require close monitoring to stay safe, and can cause side effects which make people want to consider alternative treatments."
This is something I learned the hard way. The day I was diagnosed as bipolar my psychiatrist lent me a copy of Kay Redfield Jamison's autobiography An Unquiet Mind.
It is a wonderful book and reading it answered a lot of questions for me. But it completely freaked me out about taking the "miracle" salt because Dr Jamison describes having terrible side effect problems with reading and concentration.
Then I did something really dumb - went on a amateur website about psychotropic medication and read that taking it makes you fat, bald and stupid. I never did any proper research, and I missed a really important passage in Dr Jamison's book about what happened WHEN SHE SWAPPED TO A LOWER DOSE!
So I tried Depakote, Geodon, Neurontin, and a whole lot of other things - and guess what - they made me fat, bald and stupid. More to the point, they did NOT stabilize me.
Finally, at the point of last resort I tried it. WOW! Now I am stable, happy and healthy. And I have finally read the part in An Unquiet Mind where Dr Jamison describes the benefits of being on a low dose. Duh!
Please try it and keep an open mind on lithium bipolar treatment.
You can always stop if it is not for you. If you are really freaked out at the idea, then at least try lithium orotate.
Lithium orotate is also known as LiOr or by brand names such as "Serenity".
This available without a prescription and is sold online and in health food stores.
Our motto here at bipolar-lives.com is Fact NOT Fiction. the following authoritative texts were used to compile this page on lithium and bipolar:
- Frederick K. Goodwin & Kay Redfield Jamison Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, Oxford University Press, 2007.
- James W. Jefferson & John H. Greist Lithium and Bipolar Disorder: A Guide, Lithium Information Center, Madison Institute of Medicine, 2004.
- Ronald R. Fieve M.D. Moodswing, Bantam Books, 1997.
Would it surprise you to discover that as well as bipolar symptoms, lithium bipolar treatment may actually be protecting your neurons, preventing brain atrophy, and increasing your gray matter?
It seems this amazing mineral salt helps us grow fresh grey matter in our brains, and protects us from aging, from the damage caused by bipolar episodes, and even protects against brain diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
Research in late 2007 also shows lithium extending life spans.
Musicians Sting and the Police wrote a beautiful song about it.
This was based on real life experience with lithium bipolar treatment.
(Sting has bipolar disorder.)
I've been scattered
I've been shattered
I've been knocked out of the race
But I'll get better
I feel your light upon my face
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December 1, 2010
Does the number of desktop shortcuts effect a computers memory (Windows XP)?
So I got into a fight with the IT guy...
I would like to have 5-7 shortcuts added to the desktop of every computer on our network. These will be shortcuts to shared drive locations and internet sites (in IE).
The computers are pretty new, 3 gigs of RAM etc.
He claims that this "could be a problem, if not now, then at somepoint." This seems pretty far-out to me.
Also, they will all be added using a startup script, but its not really about the additional start-up time (which should be minimal).
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If your IT person thinks that shortcuts on a desktop will bring down your machine, I suspect the IT person is an idiot. This sounds more like wanting every desktop to look the same, which can make phone support a bit easier.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
Or alternately, IT person sees that eventually these shortcuts will be stale (the sites will change, the drives will move) and IT person will now have to clean up the mess.
posted by
on December 1, 2010 [
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If the shared drive or internet sites change location later, these will break, and then you've got a bunch of dead icons on the desktop. That's the problem he's probably referring to. Anything other than that sounds like a load, unless my mind is just fried and I can't think of anything else
posted by
on December 1, 2010
Yeah, my guess is that the problem he foresees is not the one you're assuming.
Alternately, it could be that the "problem" is that he doesn't think your idea is a good one and is trying to avoid some sort of political pissing contest with hand-waving.
posted by
on December 1, 2010 [
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Nah, even if the things they link to go dead they will just be a few kilobytes to paint. There's debate on whether or not storing actual documents (not just shortcuts) on the desktop will slow Windows down, but I'm fairly certain it's not a big deal in any case.
Generally speaking, your IT guy should be able to back up anything he says about IT matters with good explanations. If he can't explain it in a detailed way, nor provide with a solid link that does, then he needs to maybe rethink things.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
no. a thousand times no. you are being messed with.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
He specifically said it would harm virtual memory.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
He specifically said it would harm virtual memory.
He'd better give some official Microsoft KB or something to prove that nonsense.
At any rate, if the links change you can remove shortcuts and IE favorites via scripts just as easily as you put them there.
Harm virtual memory---crock of shit.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
That explanation sounds an awful lot like "baffle 'em with bullshit".
posted by
Chocolate Pickle
on December 1, 2010
Many IT people are mostly competent but harbor weird wrong ideas. Shortcuts are tiny files that are inert. They occupy a tiny bit of space, but use no resources. A ways back, you could conserve some resources by not having wallpaper, bu that is now negligible.
If you get into a "You're wrong" match with him, its going to go badly, so just keep telling him that service to end users is your priority. If he's generally, no big deal. If he's this wrong really often, training is in order.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
To be fair (although, yeah, the guy soulds like he's either an idiot or BS'ing you), there
hard limits on USER (icons, etc) & GDI (windows, tools, etc) objects in WinME & earlier. IIRC, the limit was 16k of each type (and quite possibly still is), but the big issue was that those earlier versions also allocated a fixed amount of RAM to accomodate both types. If you had lots of icons (especially in true-colour display mode) you could hit the allocated memory limit; alternately, if you were short on RAM and tried to run something that displayed lots of icons and tools, Windows would attempt to page out the USER & GDI RAM to disk.
But yeah, haven't seen that happen since WinME was current, I was installing ADSL, the modems we supplied were Winmodem-style Alcatel Stingrays, my employer insisted that we use their RAM-hungry Flash-based .exe installer, and the sales department coached people to lie on the "does your computer have at least 512MB RAM?" question on the application.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
The IT guy isn't making this up, but he may be exaggerating the importance of this. There are multiple types of memory in the Windows architecture, and the desktop -- icons, wallpaper, system tray and toolbars inclusive -- is part of a resource fork called the
desktop heap
even with Vista
). It's quite possible to have a system noticeably slow down when the heap is overused (or more commonly, to notice things speed up when you trim down bloat), and it's a typical step in optimizing a system to crunch out every last cycle. There are minimalists who right click on the desktop and uncheck the show desktop icons option, or physically eliminate all or all but one or two icons.
With newer systems this is not as much of a concern. I doubt it's a serious worry for your company's overall productivity. That said, your IT guy has every right to object here, because you're adding a new support component that will not just mean setup time for each PC but fielding help desk calls and fixing things when they break (e.g. a network resource moves). If you're on a corporate network of any size, this sort of tweak isn't minor -- it would require a use case and a review of the pros and cons as well as testing. For a smaller network you could just deploy but at the size of the network where you want to do that you're not going to be scripting much, so I worry about the scale you're contemplating here.
It does sound like you have some intranet resources that need management, and you may be better off by creating an intranet resource that people can link to and find these network resources.
I'm not saying you shouldn't do this, just that you should consider all the ramifications before you ram it down your IT guy's throat. Some IT guys are cautious mofos highly resistant to change, because they have learned through bitter experience that "oh, it's just a small little tweak" can mean hours or days of downtime.
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1. More crap on the desktop does equal a longer boot time, but that's more in the case of actual files or applications than shortcuts, which are small.
2. Why not just train users to find network resources the
way? They can't find network shares (click on the Network icon) or Internet shortcuts (add them to Favorites)? They should learn.
3. Making these icons a policy increases support's load because they will break or be deleted or lost. Also: someone has to put them on all the machines. Manually.
4. If it were up to me, I'd just send an email with the links to the users, and let them decide how to store that information individually. Everybody's got a different work flow. (If you put 7 icons for URLs and network drives on my desktop, I'd delete them.)
5. Your IT guy probably just made something up in lieu of saying "That's the stupidest policy I've ever heard of, and I don't want to do it or have to support it."
6. If you have seniority and you're really set on this policy, just tell him to do it anyway. He will. It's his job.
posted by
on December 1, 2010 [
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You're 100% right!!!
Ask him to put just one text file on the desktops. Surely a small text file can't consume so much "virtual memory" that it would cause instability, could it? 46 bytes (bytes!) - a text file named "metafilter.url" that contains the following:
(obviously you'd fix this a little bit...)
Once you show him it's only a small text file, then work on the rest of the stuff you want included.
You're 100% wrong!!!
Your IT department has put a lot of effort to standardize the desktop to support the minimum requirements of *all* users in your organization, and the change management process doesn't support every "good idea" that comes walking through the front door. Web links? They belong in the standardized (and managed) browser, not on the desktop. Shortcuts to mapped drives? They're already in Explorer, you don't need them on the desktop. If *you* want the shortcut to the L:\ drive on your desktop, that doesn't mean
needs another icon on their desktop.
As most everybody has described, this isn't a *technical* problem. This guy was wrong to blow you off with jargon, but that doesn't mean he was wrong.
What I'd do: accept his word as gospel, ignoring everything upthread. It truly is a virtual memory problem. Send his supervisor (or coworker) a note asking them to explain the virtual memory problem, conceding that it's technical, but you don't really understand why your good idea is a bad idea.
Either they'll tell you the real reason (you have a change management process, there's a better way to implement, something more realistic than harming virtual memory - and then you'll really know) or they'll keep up the charade to cover his hot air - and that's when you go all out and call them on the carpet for blowing off the user base, the folks that actually make money for the company/deal directly with the public/support the organization mission, as appropriate.
TL;DR - Find out WHY your idea can't be implemented. In my company, users have *requirements*, IT provides *solutions* for those requirements. Users don't propose solutions.
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posted by
on December 1, 2010 [
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More crap on the desktop does equal a longer boot time, but that's more in the case of actual files or applications than shortcuts, which are small.
This is not entirely true: Another shortcut on the desktop means another icon needs to be fetched from disk at login time, when the disk is generally busy reading stuff like startup programs. The amount of data to fetch may not be large, but the disk still needs to stop what it's doing and go seek somewhere else for your icon. The amount of memory and CPU power is irellevant here, they will not speed up disk access.
I'm sure Microsoft engineers have identified bottlenecks like this and have done things to improve the situation in recent iterations of Windows, but your question
about XP, where my anecdotal experience is you do not indeed want to have extra desktop icons just lying around.
I used to support a particularly icon-happy user, and you could actually hear the disk groan and see the icons appear one by one after logging in. Said user figured it was a good idea to have an icon for EVERYTHING on the desktop (as well as keeping every piece of single-use shareware from the last 15 years on his current PC), and then wondered why he got 5-10 minutes startup times on bleeding edge hardware.
posted by
Dr Dracator
on December 1, 2010
He claims that this "could be a problem, if not now, then at somepoint." This seems pretty far-out to me.
Complaints about virtual memory are unfounded. Depending on network and infrastructure, there are legitimate reasons why this could be very slightly more difficult than it sounds, but virtual memory is not one of them.
However, I can think of a few other reasons I would not like to do this. These are all things that have actually happened to me.
First, administrative hassle: I have to push out 5-7 shortcuts to every machine for all users. People will most certainly delete them, so the only logical choices are to push them every login or push once but make them read only. Now people will complain to me about why can't they delete these shortcuts. I don't want to read those emails, I don't want to take those phone calls. Also if I deploy from a network share, now I have
a thing that deploys shortcuts
and somehow it's critical to keep it up or people have bad logins and there are more calls. These are not good uses of time.
Second, support hassle: one shortcut goes stale, and now there are a whole bunch of legitimate (as in, user clicks something and it doesn't work) support calls for a stupid problem. I don't want support calls, and I really don't want stupid problems.
Third, messy: I will tell you right now, in any company of appreciable size, there is at least one guy whose entire workflow depends on the arrangement of icons on his desktop. He is usually in charge of something. I push 7 shortcuts and I fuck this guy over ("YOU DELETED MY SPREA, oh there it is"). And guess who he calls.
And that's just off the top of my head. So here we have 3 separate opportunities for people to interrupt me while I do real, actually important work that generates value for the company. And for what, precisely? I know it sounds mean, but these are the brutal truths of IT. Perhaps you know how to use a computer, but most people only think they do. If you asked me to do this in my environment, I would also tell you no, period.
posted by
on December 2, 2010 [
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Shortcuts to web sites no worries, but links to shared folders can cause all sorts of strangeness.
kind of describes how this can be a problem. I definitely remember turning computers from unusable to usable by creating a folder on the desktop and dragging every other icon into it.
So yeah your IT guy might not just be being a dick.
posted by
on December 2, 2010
Nthing the suggestion that the IT guy is hand-waving in an attempt to avoid some serious behind-the-scenes work on this.
I do IT support in a large, managed organization probably not too different from yours, and we get requests like this
all the time
. And by "like this", I mean requests for changes that (to the user) seem simple and easy, but that the IT team knows will eat up a HUGE amount of time and cause unnecessary support requests.
Here are some of the questions that popped into my head right away, assuming you're using Windows:
Why do this in the first place? Drive mappings can be seen in My Computer and shortcuts to websites belong in Internet Explorer. Why should they be elsewhere?
Can users put icons on their own desktop as it is right now? If so, this is going to break/shift their own arrangement, and yes, some people will be angry enough to call and demand that this new "issue" be "fixed".
Can users delete icons from their desktop? If so, what happens when they delete one of the icons this script pushes out?
What happens if a user renames a shortcut? Will our script keep pushing out the same shortcut with the original name? There might be buildup of many differently-named shortcuts that point to the same place.
What happens when one or more of the network shares is down and won't respond? Either Windows will hang on logon (and I'll get calls) or the drive simply won't be accessible (and I'll get calls).
And that's not even starting to ask all the questions about permissions and such that come with having network shares in the first place...
Long story short, I could see implementing this if it were fixing some
actual problem
, but if it's more like a feature that User #35709 just happened to think would be nifty, then I'd shoot it down.
posted by
on December 2, 2010 [
2 favorites
Desktop and start menu shortcuts to stuff on network shares, in my experience, are often the cause of
ridiculously slow
Windows bootup times. Then if the shortcuts break, Windows will get even slower still. I've
been able to change customer machines from frustrating boot-time dogs back into snappy, responsive, usable computers just by deleting all the network-targeted shortcuts from the desktop, My Recent Documents and the recycle bin.
My standard setup for school workstations now includes a Shortcuts folder created in the All Users desktop. My software installation scripts immediately tidy away into that any desktop shortcuts left behind by software installers. Shortcuts has Deny Delete for Everyone NTFS access control applied to itself and all contents (the installer script, which only runs at system startup and shutdown, temporarily lifts this when moving stuff in there). As a user, you can either double-click Shortcuts and then double-click the shortcut you want, or you can Copy and Paste frequently-used shortcuts from inside it to your own desktop or quicklaunch bar; you can't accidentally or deliberately drag links out or rename them because Deny Delete blocks those actions. It's only a tiny imposition on desktop minimalists while still being really useful for most people. Oh, and I turn off the idiot Desktop Cleanup Wizards as well.
Windows Explorer does
appear to scan the insides of the Shortcuts folder at boot time. Broken network links inside it only make the folder itself slow to open.
posted by
on December 2, 2010 [
2 favorites
I'll concur with flabdablet about links to network shares and items on them can cause very slow boot times (Windows goes out to the files to inspect them, get properties, icons, etc. and when things go wrong and the network isn't available there can be a lot of waiting around before Windows gives up trying). So in general, your IT guy was totally being untruthful about why problems would occur with your proposal. With that said, there certainly could be some downsides to what you suggest.
posted by
on December 2, 2010
The virtual memory thing? He's yankin' your honk.
posted by
on December 2, 2010
I can't help but notice you've favorited all the comments that tell you what you want hear. You need to think about what people are telling you about the consequences of your decision.
If you want to waste it time having to support the kind of issues that people have described, that might blow back on you when you need something done and it is too busy with something that is a user issue and not a technology issue.
You seriously cannot imagine the questions that it will generate or the length of time to resolve them. In my personal experience boot time is increased by desktop clutter, but there's a bigger issue with the idea.
Do you not have a corporate intranet you can store as a web favorite and list them there?
posted by
on December 2, 2010 [
1 favorite
Nth the above - he's wrong, but that doesn't mean he's incorrect.
"Long story short, I could see implementing this if it were fixing some actual problem, but if it's more like a feature that User #35709 just happened to think would be nifty, then I'd shoot it down."
What he said. Without a bunch more details about what and why, I'd deny the request too.
posted by
anti social order
on December 2, 2010
I just had a long day, and haven't had a chance to come back to this thread (and keep up with the best answers).
Most of our users use the same locations on the T:\ (shared) drive over and over, but are kind-of to very computer illiterate. We have huge problems getting people just to check and respond to e-mail.
I am shocked, I figured that shortcuts were just inert text files with a link ("pointer") to another location. VM or no, it just sounded like BS to me.
I came up with this solution because I feel that if these shortcuts aren't on the desktop, people wont use them. For example, one is called "info binder" which used to be a physical binder in each room that had a common phone numbers list, inhouse directories, reference lists etc. I converted it to a shared folder on the network, but unless its on the desktop people won't really navigate to it.
Thanks for all the answers!
posted by
on December 2, 2010
Most of our users use the same locations on the T:\ (shared) drive over and over, but are kind-of to very computer illiterate. We have huge problems getting people just to check and respond to e-mail.
I'm a primary school IT technician, and the staff's IT skills range from enthusiastic competence to absolutely Luddite, with the occasional side trip to willing but clueless.
I am shocked, I figured that shortcuts were just inert text files with a link ("pointer") to another location. VM or no, it just sounded like BS to me.
In any sensible OS, that's exactly what shortcuts should be, and they wouldn't do anything at all until you chose to interact with them. Windows is not a sensible OS. Windows is a bizarre collection of historical accidents held together with chewing gum, spit and questionable design decisions.
One of those questionable decisions is that Shortcuts Must Resist Breakage At Almost Any Cost - and in an attempt to enforce that, Windows will
all the desktop shortcuts (and a few in other places) on
logon and adjust shortcuts whose targets appear to have moved. That behavior, coupled with the
leaky abstraction
that network-shared folders drives are just like any other folder, means that the more network-targeted shortcuts you have, the longer Windows takes to log on.
I came up with this solution because I feel that if these shortcuts aren't on the desktop, people wont use them.
In my experience, making
well known place where
searches begin, and training the less-IT-savvy people to look for stuff
if it seems to have gone missing elsewhere, works sufficiently well. Another thing that's paid off for me is that when I occasionally move stuff around on the file server, I will
leave behind a shortcut in the old location, with the same name the resource used to have in that location, that points to its new location.
Most people don't
to think about the IT tools they use to get their jobs done. They want to spend (or waste, as they generally see it) as little as they possibly can getting to grips with the stuff, and I can't say I blame them - I have basically the same attitude when it comes to e.g. my car. So I try very hard not to make changes for technical reasons unless in doing so I can let people continue working the way they're used to.
I'm aware of the irony of criticizing Windows for embracing essentially the same philosophy :-) But seriously: how hard would it have been to put the shortcut validation stuff in a separate worker thread instead of blocking desktop access until it's all done?
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Trombonist and composer Alan Raph, has devised another collection that will be a major enrichment of the repertoire of material available for recital use by students of the trombone. In Melodious Etudes for Performance, Raph has selected ten of the most melodic etudes Rochut included in his collections (Melodious Etudes, Books 1, 2 & 3), which were based in turn on the celebrated vocalises of master vocal pedagogue Marco Bordogni (1789-1856), and added two not found in Rochut. He has also included six duets composed by Bordogni that are very expressive and lyrical. This is a fine collection for players and students seeking usable, enjoyable repertoire for trombone performance. (ISBN 0-8258-4584-X)
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Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (1786-1832) was German born, but lived the last twenty years of his life in Denmark and is usually thought of as a Danish composer. He is best remembered for his many flute compositions, which were designed to appeal to beginners and more advanced musicians. With Beethoven's sense of form and drama as a model, his style is classical, but with a melodious generosity that is characteristic of early romantic music. This new collection brings together the three Op. 57 solos, previously available separately, into one volume. All of these solos are frequently used in pedagogy classes and are on multiple State and Festival Lists. (ISBN 0-8258-4550-5)
CU2098 - Three Grand Solos, Op. 57, Nos. 1-3 - Kuhlau - Flute and Piano - $12.95
This notable new work for strings, by contemporary American master Norman Dello Joio, is a wonderful addition to the string quartet repertoire. The interludes, which vary greatly in tempo and texture, are based on a folk tune of Russian origin, which is introduced in the first interlude. Lyrical Interludes is a challenging work, but not so difficult that it cannot be attempted by college groups and any serious amateur chamber music players.
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A mobile home in Harrison County on Bosarge Road just north of Long Beach was destroyed early Saturday morning following a fire, according to Harrison County Fire Marshal Pat Sullivan.
Sullivan said the fire happened around 2 a.m. That fire woke up a neighbor who contacted firefighters.
Sullivan said the fire at the mobile home also caused heat damage to the neighbor's garage which is located several yards away. Firefighters were able to save the garage.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Sullivan said it took five units and a dozen men from Lizana Fire Department, Harrison County Fire Services and Long Beach Fire Department to put out the fire.
Sullivan said no one was injured and no one lived at the mobile home which was for sale.
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In London, Petra hopped into the tub for pictorial #3, first for a little wet tease shirt action. "My parents don't know I'm doing this," she said in her breathy voice. "They would be very angry with me if they knew that I was posing for this kind of picture. I am a grown woman now and I have the right to do what I want to do with my body. Don't you agree with me? There is nothing shameful about the naked body." You tell 'em, Petra. We'e behind you 100%.
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From XL Girls S.S. #64 , she's Petra Adamson, an Israeli girl photographed again in London. This time Petra got the dreaded comfy chair treatment. This is a chair so soaked with pussy juice that the best leather conditioners can't bring back its original luster. Petra's photographer sniffs the seat and looks for loose cunt hairs for his collection when he's in a lonely mood. We were talking the other day to another potential big bust model from Israel and what she told us explains why Israeli big titty girls never model. Because their parents and family would bust a lung if they were ever caught. The thing is, if a girls parents read men's magazines, they can't be that strict. Anyway, Petra has no qualms so we lucked out. She returns in August 2002 Voluptuous Magazine. This time she's in another part of the house: the shower, soaping up her fleshy cans.
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First time at bat for Petra Adamson, who is from Israel and visited London, whereupon she fell into the clutches of one of our contributing big tit photographers. He immediately dispatched this set over to us upon completion. (The shiny red PVC costume is the tip-off that this was out of England as PVC is very popular there.) We also commisioned another shoot of Petra as soon as we learned that Petra had scheduled another visit to the U.K. It has already been lensed (this time she's in white lingerie) and will be published in 2002. Petra is 23, born December 4, 1977. She's 5'5", weighs 140 lbs. and measures 42-25-37. Perfect dimensions. Her tits are sensational and barely make it into a 36E bra. Petra also performs as a belly dancer and goes where the work takes her.
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Have a homemade foot soak after a long day is an affordable luxury for many of us with a few foot bath recipes.
Most women spend long time standing or walking around with high heel shoes. It can cause muscle ache and feet pain due to the daily stress we exert on our feet.
There are many foot care tips we can adopt and having a homemade foot soak is just one of them. The Chinese believes every organ in our body is connected to an acupuncture point on our feet - that is how foot reflexology comes about. By taking good care of our feet, it keeps us healthy too.
Having a foot soak or so call foot bath at home is simple and does not take up too much of our time. We need a big cotton towel, a basin big enough for our feet to submerge and probably a reading book or magazine as we unwind and relax for about half an hour.
Basic Homemade Foot Soak
- Baking Soda
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Have a basin of warm water. The temperature of water should be hot enough for you to be able to tolerate while not too cold. Stir in the baking soda and drop two tea bags into the warm water. Soak in your tired, aching and most-deserving feet and relax for about 30 minutes.
Baking soda kills bacteria while the tea has inflammatory and antioxidant properties. These helps to keep your feet clean, healthy and fresh.
For some ladies who are looking for more than a simple foot bath, you can try out this recipe:
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- 1 cup Epsom salts
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- several marbles
Fill bin with boiled water. Stir in Epsom salts until dissolved. Test the water-salt mixture temperature to ensure it reaches a comfortable level. Add essential oils and swish well to corporate. Place a layer of marbles in the bin.
Wash your feet with non-detergent soap and soak them in this mixture for about twenty minutes. Move your feet around the layer of marbles in the soak. It gives you a nice massage on your feet as you soak.
After the soak, give a foot and ankle massage using one of your favourite skincare oil.
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Use half a gallon of warm milk and throw in a handful of calendula flowers as foot bath. Place a layer of marbles in the warm milk. Soak for about ten minutes to soften the skin.
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It was a frustrating night for the Nashville Predators, who did a lot of things right in Tuesday's game against Los Angeles.
Barry Trotz's crew limited the Kings' chances with just 18 shots, while getting 32 on net for themselves. However, they ran into a hot team that made the Preds pay on mistakes, which was enough for them to come away with a 4-2 victory.
The Kings extended their win streak to four, sweeping a critical road trip.
Jonathan Bernier made 30 saves in the win, continuing his dominance over Nashville. In five starts in his young career against this team, Bernier is now 4-1, proving to be very tough to beat for the Preds.
"He's played well against us, there's no doubt about that," said defenseman Cody Franson. "He's a good young prospect for them. He has given them a chance to win every time we've played those guys. Hats off to him, but we have to be better."
The Predators once again started a game with a lot of jump; so much so, that they held a 10-1 shot advantage in the first ten minutes. However, it was Los Angeles who struck first. Anze Kopitar scored off a behind-the-net feed from Dustin Penner at 11:31 of the period.
"We have to get past the first ten minutes if we don't get the bounce," Franson stated. "You're going to win a game in the first ten minutes. We have to have more of a 60-minute effort. We were close to that tonight, but not good enough."
Jonathon Blum tied things up for Nashville nearly six minutes later with a slap-shot from the point that eluded Bernier's glove shoulder for his second tally of his career.
The end of the period featured two monstrous checks from the Preds – Shea Weber on Alexei Ponikarovsky, immediately followed by Jordin Tootoo on Willie Mitchell. The hits got the crowd even more fired up as the teams headed to the dressing room.
However, Nashville failed to carryover that momentum into the second period. Just 2:16 into the middle stanza, defenseman Alec Martinez one-timed a Dustin Brown pass past Pekka Rinne to give LA a 2-1 lead.
The Kings built on their lead midway through the second when Wayne Simmonds scored his 13th of the season. Nashville could not clear their defensive zone and Kopitar, who was the top performer with two points on the night, was there to set up Simmonds and take a 3-1 lead.
Nashville held a 24-13 shot advantage through 40 minutes, yet was on the wrong side of the scoreboard. Through the midway point of the third, there was only one shot between the two teams.
J.P. Dumont, who was supposed to be scratched in this game, made things interesting when he deflected home a shot from Franson, bringing the Preds within one at 3-2 with 7:17 remaining. It was Dumont's first goal since his hat trick game in Phoenix on Jan. 18.
Nashville couldn't pull even in the final minutes, though, and Brown sealed the 4-2 win with an empty netter at 18:58.
With this win the Kings took three of four in the season series in decisive fashion. Since the lockout, Nashville has had their number… but not recently. The Kings have won three straight in Bridgestone Arena, proving to be a difficult matchup with their size up front.
A subplot to this game was the absence of Joel Ward, who has played well of late. Ward missed the game with a lower-body injury. His line with David Legwand and Martin Erat definitely missed having him.
"Well, he can stabilize that line," Trotz said of Ward. "I thought Patric (Hornqvist) did a good job on that line. He was pretty effective; got deep on the forecheck. But you know, you can sort of put everybody in their right place if you want, and that line had lots of chemistry and was going really well. It's unfortunate (Ward) wasn't able to go tonight in such a big game."
Trotz mentioned Ward is day-to-day, and that the injury doesn't appear to be "too serious."
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Tips for Building a Travel Eatinerary: Discovering Where Locals Eat & Shop
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You've decided where you want to go. You've purchased the tickets and booked a hotel. And now for the most important part... what are you going to eat? And where will you find the best stuff?
As food and travel photographers, it's important that we have an eatinerary, an itinerary just for eating, set prior to arrival. We've never stepped off a plane wondering where our first meal would be. There's nothing worse than wasting precious time, standing on a corner looking up a guidebook's recommendations for often touristy institutions. With all the resources online, those days are truly long gone. Remember this: the best tips are from locals and the people you meet along the way. Traveling is more than what you can find in a book, it's all the interactions you've made. The more you interact with locals, the richer the experience. And more often than not, you'll make new friends.
Just a note that when we travel, we eat everything – from white paper plates to white tablecloths. If the food's good, then that's all that matters. It's a good way to experience a range of what a city, country, or culture has to offer. Not every city will have an amazing street food or fine dining scene, so it's important to know this before arrival. Here are some tips on eating the most out of your trip.
1. Connect. Contact friends who live or have been to your destination. Not just anyone though, try and contact those with similar lifestyles and eating habits/addictions. Ask them to compile a list for you or if they can recommend someone else that is more knowledgeable in the food department.
2. Seek consensus. Dylan and I peruse sites like Chowhound, Yelp, food blogs to get a feel for what the locals are into. Your goal is to seek a consensus and from there you can compile your list. We also search for local specialties, farmers markets, seafood markets, etc. Farmer's markets and seafood markets are the best way to see what's in season and native to your destination.
3. The White Cloth. If you're into the restaurant scene, particularly in the United States, look up James Beard award past/present winners and nominees. In our opinion, some of the city's best chefs are not necessarily listed on the celebrity chef tier and most of them prefer it that way too. For international trips, the Michelin guide and San Pellegrino's "The World's Best 50" lists are also a good way to seek the fine dining scene. It is here where you'll find information about restaurants with the same style and focus on food.
4. Your friend, social media. Twitter is a forum for asking questions freely. Many times we've had Twitter friends redirect our message to others to be answered. Instagram is probably our favorite tool as well. There you can simply do a hashtag search on a city, country and learn about their food specialties. It's also a great way to follow people from all around the world. And in some cases, we've been able to meet up with Instagram friends. It's typically a safe and fun way to meet up with people since you've already been following them based on their interests – but use your best judgment.
5. Be flexible. Don't plan your whole itinerary. Pick 3 to 4 places that you're most interested in and book a couple of reservations at some of the nicer restaurants. More often than not, our eatinerary changes entirely because of locals and restaurant industry people we meet. We have seldom been let down!
You're Here — Now What?
1. Interact. Talk to everyone. The taxi driver, bartenders/servers (industry people), the local sitting right next to you. If you can get the chef, bingo! Traveling is all about interacting and as we stated before, the more you interact the richer the experience will be. Don't be annoying though!
2. You have a brain and an opinion. Use your guide book as a reference, not as your decision maker. A map won't change very often, but the food scene will, so don't rely on the guide book's recommendations. The problem with listing restaurants in a guidebook is that the information becomes obsolete the second a chef has either left or the business has closed. Also, that informatio won't be updated for another few years.
3. What do locals like? Once you find out the local specialties, start asking each person you meet where their favorite ___________ is. If locals spot visitors, culinary pride comes out and they'll inevitably try to impress you with their best food recommendations. From there, you'll be able to take a consensus. It's actually fun to do a "mini-hop" and compare 3 or 5 different taco stands, for instance. Also, if you see 50 people at one street vendor and 0 at the one next to it, chances are the busy one serves the best food. Can't tell you how many times we've opted for the less busy one because we were impatient and ended up regretting it.
4. Know your stomach! Bourdain has successfully inspired people all over the world to eat with an open mind and "open stomach". But not everyone has a stomach like he does. Be aware of your limitations and location as health standards/conditions vary around the world. Mentally you may think you're ready for Thailand's diet of tasty, deep fried insects or chicken sashimi in Japan, but your body may not. If you are in an adventurous mood, know that it's safer to eat fried foods vs. raw, uncooked foods. After some bad incidents, we've learned to always carry charcoal pills/immodium AD with us and take it before we eat any street food just in case. On the flip side, eating a culture's food regardless of how foreign it may be to your diet is the best compliment you can give.
4. Industry people. This is key for us. Ask industry people where they like to eat, where they take their friends and where they eat when they're off work. Servers/bartenders LOVE food and seldom have we met someone that disliked food. They have to be biased about the food that's served in their restaurants but they'll almost always have a list of places they want you to check out. Tip them for their generosity. If you can lure the chef out of his/her kitchen, you've hit the goldmine of food recommendations. But be respectful of their time.
5. Less is best – more the merrier. What do we mean by that? The best way to experience a city/culture's food scene is to taste as many as dishes you're stomach will allow. If you're traveling with someone, share the meal. There's no point in everyone ordering a whole slab of Texas BBQ brisket, when you can divide that up into four and order a few more things off the menu. Don't feel obligated to finish the dish. Simply explain to the restaurant you're doing a hop and that you'll take it to go. There have been instances where we've over-ordered for photo opportunities and given it to nearby diners who gladly accepted.
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Just be careful - the safety of street food depends a lot on the city. I'm currently living in Kathmandu, and just got over a nasty stomach bug from a local place. And I mean NASTY. When I lived in Cebu (Philippines) I never got anything from the street food (and the grilled meat was awesome). I think "know the risks" and plan accordingly is as important as experiencing the local cuisine in many contexts. You can get safe local cuisine in Kathmandu - I have had it and it is awesome - but the street venders are not the place. These suggestions are probably excellent for travel within the US, but in some cities a bit more care is necessary.
My husband and I usually ask taxi drivers. They have never failed us :)
This is quite comprehensive and well thought out. Thanks for sharing. I'm adding a link to it in a recent post I wrote about how to explore new cities: http://thecityspace.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/how-to-explore-a-new-city/
Great post! But a note of caution on taking Imodium as a preventive measure before you eat street food... getting diarrhea is your body's natural reaction to having a harmful bacteria or virus in your GI tract - it wants to get it out! Imodium stops you up, which just means the bacteria sticks around inside of you longer. It doesn't cure anything. While living abroad, I was advised to only take Imodium when absolutely necessary (like when you have stomach problems in the middle of a long bus ride... the worst). Instead of taking Imodium before you eat a food that may or may not get you sick, perhaps travel with a dosage of Cipro that you take only if you actually fall ill. Cipro is not a cure-all either (it doesn't work on parasites or viruses), but it will take care of most bacterial-related stomach ailments.
Heh. My travel eatinerary is, "What does Happy Cow have? Which ones are nearest? Which ones look nice? How do I get there? Okay, sorted."
I love being vegan, but it can make eating out an exercise in planning ahead. (Very excited about the fact that there'll literally be a vegetarian burger place with tons of vegan options TWO DOORS away from where I'll be staying in Melbourne, though!)
This was a great post. Lots of wonderful tips. We like to plan most of our trips around great local food so we do a lot of what is recommended here but there were a lot of new things we hadn't thought about.
Great post! We're at the end of a month-long stay in Olso, and I wish we had enough money to try everything. Eating out here is so expensive! We've still got the weekend to squeeze in a few last places, if anyone has suggestions...
This article is fantastic! We did the same when planning our trip to San Sebastian last summer. A friend of a friend is a food critic in Donostia and sent us a few must tries as well as links to her blog for more local places. My husband and I went so far as to write each location down in a little blue moleskine notebook since neither of us speak Basque. There was a lot of pulling out the notebook to show strangers and excitement on their part when they realized where we wanted to go!
Before I travel, I compile as much as data as possible. I usually use nytimes travel section, guide books and use websites like Chowhound where locals are more than happy to recommend current top restaurants. It has never failed. I never had a bad problem. Guide books should be used us guid...but so far, it never failed me. The few times that failed me were from recommendations by locals and hotels.
Even the ones that are recommended by guide books, people from chowhound and other sources, I make sure the recommended restaurant gets at least 2 or 3 positive notes.


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Eco-Friendly Kitchen Renovation Tips
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Planning your dream kitchen but worried about your environmental footprint? It's easy to introduce some eco-friendly elements. Some will even save you money and won't sacrifice style. Indeed they elevate it.
Another Person's Trash…
It starts before your demolition. After all one person's trash is another's treasure, so ask around – friends, family, neighbours, charitable organizations, salvage and secondhand shops – to see if anyone might be interested in what your getting rid of. From appliances to countertops, flooring planks and parts, sinks, cabinets, and tiles, divert as much as you can from the landfill, perhaps turning your refuse into an incredible gift. In some jurisdictions, Habitat for Humanity and like-minded charitable orgs can issue charitable tax receipts for these donations. If this seems like a lot of work and research on your end, then consider hiring a local green contractor (here's a reputable one in Toronto) who will ensure your materials and components are reused, donated, and processed properly. These experts are a wonderful resource to guide you through eco-friendly choices that fit your function and style needs.
Beware of VOCs
Choose natural or zero-VOC or low-VOC paints. Image via Please Conserve
VOC stands for volatile organic compounds and these are the chemical substances that vaporize easily into air. It's one reason the EPA has stated that indoor air generally is 2-5 times more polluted than outdoors. Paint, sealants, adhesives, the processing of particle and MDF boards, even expensive granite – gas off chemicals from formaldehyde to radon that have been linked to everything from asthma to cancer.
The good news is that there are lots of natural and low to zero VOC paints, primers and sealers now on the market. Do some research and talk to retailers about your options, especially if someone in your home suffers from asthma. Likewise talk to the retailers of your furniture and ask where the wood comes from and about their company's sustainability guidelines.
Green Materials
If eco-friendliness is a priority for your renovations, choose sustainably harvested materials such as cork and bamboo where the trees and grasses respectively aren't killed in harvesting (regrowth happens relatively quickly too, another plus). Recycled materials like glass, concrete, marmoleum and reclaimed wood are also good options but do ask about the processing as some treatments are more green than others. The design of these materials has come a long way in recent years and the market is full of stunning options.
Bamboo flooring, via Build Direct
Cork flooring via Cork Flooring Pros
Recycled glass for countertops via Vetrazzo
Butcher block countertop made of bamboo via My Home Ideas
Energy Efficiency
Choosing energy efficient appliances will save you a bundle on your electricity bills over their lifetime.
And better yet get a thermal energy map of your home done to locate particularly drafty places. In older homes, because of their placement in the house, kitchens are big culprits. Investing in eco-friendly insulation is well worth it. Your choices run from natural batts made from old denim, fire resistant recycled newsprint, and soy-based spray in foam insulation.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Whether you repurpose old furniture, shop vintage, or seek out recycled and reclaimed products, using old furniture and materials is a wonderful way to add character, integrity, and beauty to your space. Think of the stories these pieces tell; and their age also attests to their strength to still be in use today.
Reclaimed Wood to create Floating Shelves via Apartment Therapy
Salvaged wood, recycled glass and GFRC concrete are just a few recycled products that can elevate a space with their beauty and character, harmonizing with many design schemes.
GFRC Countertop via Concrete Countertops
Greentea Design uses only reclaimed wood to build their kitchen cabinetry. Even their handles, hinges, and pulls are hand-forged from recycled iron.
Best of luck with your kitchen renovations!
Cargo-tecture – Shipping Containers Reimagined
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A couple of weeks ago I hit a wall working on the site proposal for my graduate thesis. My problem was that I couldn't find a suitable site for what I was proposing. I needed a site that had an area for an exhibit space and multi-purpose space that had interacted with each other seamlessly, and that would fit my program content. I need an enclosed space, and I also want my exhibition to travel as globalization is one of the themes in my program content. A couple of days before my big presentation I had an epiphany. If I couldn't find the right site and needed to travel my exhibition, why not use a prefabricated structure and configure it to my needs? The solution became obvious as my intent became more clear – and I found it in shipping container architecture.
Container architecture has been around for a while and was started as a way to deal with the surplus of the metal boxes taking up space in shipyards around the globe. Although there have been arguments that in reality this supposedly sustainable method of construction uses more resources than it actually saves, to non-architects like me trying to find structural solutions, containers are the wonders of the prefab architecture world.
As I scoured the Internet for images of interesting structures, I came across a few that I particularly found inspiring.
Photos courtesy of Danny Bright
Puma City was an award-winning temporary retail space and entertainment module designed by Lot-EK architects. Made from 24 containers, it was a multi-storey traveling structure that housed a retail area, restaurant and bar area, and two outdoor decks. Puma City traveled to four cities in three countries in 2008. Each time it traveled the structure was disassembled and reassembled within a few weeks.
Platoon is a Cutlural Development organization/firm based in Berlin with branches in South Korea. The Kunsthalle in Seoul was constructed as one of their programming space in Asia. In comparison to Puma City the Kunsthalle is permanent, and has a generous floor area with multiple halls for programming that has the goal of showcasing the underground, emerging subcultures of Asia.
Photo courtesy of Maziar Behrooz Architecture
The simplicity and high functionality of this structure captured me. It was designed as an artist's studio on a very tight budget. Two containers are placed on top of a 9' foundation cellar, with more than half of the top floor open to the painting studio below. The single staircase from the entry to the studio completes the loft-like setup.
Courtesy Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
The ease and resilience of container architecture also makes it an ideal shelter for disaster relief. Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan earlier this year, Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects collaborated with Nowhere Resort to create relief housing for victims of the tragedy. The initially temporary structures can further be converted into permanent dwellings. The project is still ongoing and is accepting donations from anyone and everyone who wants to help.
There is also a very cool book called Container Atlas that features award-winning container architecture from recent years, including Puma City and Platoon Kunsthalle. Knowing that there are so many possibilities is definitely making me excited to think about how this could work out for my project.
I'm definitely eager to see new innovative methods like this can have more of a social impact in the years to come!
Solar Power! Part 2
Last September 29th to October 2nd, the US Department of Energy held its biennial sustainable design competition, the Solar Decathlon, in Washington, DC. The competition challenges collegiate teams from around the United States and the world to design and build homes that are affordable, energy efficient, and attractive.
While usually held on the National Mall in the center of Washington, DC, the Solar Decathlon this year took place in West Potomac Park, a short shuttle ride away from the Smithsonian. A number of people complained about the location this year as it was not as accessible as previous years.
All of the houses were rather interesting and had unique interpretations on a low-cost solution for well-designed energy efficient homes. There were 19 houses total, from five countries, the US, Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, and China.
Each of the houses had a limit of 1,000 square feet and was constructed on-site prior to the actual event. I didn't get to see all the houses because of the number of visitors to the event, but I did see a few of the interesting entries.
Possibly the quirkiest of the lot was team California's entry, which consisted of a pod wrapped in an insulating skin the team called "outsulation." It supposedly is a better way of reducing heat transfer to the outside of the structure.
Team Belgium's entry was from Ghent University, and was the only two-story structure in the competition. The main innovation was in its construction – you could supposedly put the house together like something from Ikea, and customize the inside space configuration according to your needs. The walls were made of an insulating material that was also structurally sound. The crates the structural panels came in were also converted into the water tank!
Team University of Maryland won the competition overall. Their design was called Watershed, and was inspired by the Chesapeake bay ecosystem that Maryland is a part of. It took a very environmental approach as well, incorporating lanscaping around the house that replicated the wetlands of the Chesapeake.
Although the house doesn't look that large from the outside, the interior space was actually quite sprawling and very liveable. From the inside you could also see through to the constructed wetlands, which made it seem like the connection with nature was something that really took precedence for them in terms of how they thought about sustainability.
My favorite house was the house by Parson's and Stevens Institute of technology, called Empowerhouse. The house was built and designed not only with the competition in mind, but also with its future residents involved throughout the process. Following the competition, the house was going to go to a family in Washington through Habitat for Humanity.
My favorite feature of the house was actually in its exterior design – the porch was definitely a hot spot for visitors and staff alike. The interior of the house too was also spacious and liveable, I could very well imagine people living in the space.
Apart from the houses themselves, there was also a lot of other types of programming during the event, like exhibits about energy and sustainablity in tents and displays alongside the actual houses.
Despite the unusual location and the fact that it rained for most of the event, the Solar Decathlon this year was a success. People from all over the country came to see it and to learn more about affordable sustainable energy methods, implemented in well-designed strucures. This event really showcases how creativity and resourcefulness can lead to improved standards of living for us and the environment.
All images original – by Renée Alfonso
Solar Power! (Part 1)
Every year, Washington, DC is home to a whole new village of homes – solar homes, that is. The United States Department of Energy holds a yearly competition for sustainable living. Universities from around the globe participate in this prestigious event, with students from renown architecture and engineering programs collaborating in designing what can be considered the house of the future.
While traditionally held on the National Mall amidst the Smithsonian Museums, the location this year moved to the East Potomac Park, slightly off from the Jefferson Memorial and the Tidal Basin where the world-famous cherry blossoms can be seen during the spring.
The houses are usually highly innovative, utilizing the latest technology and sustainable materials. Needless to say that whoever is on the design teams for these houses should have no trouble studying for LEED accreditation!
On the other side of the spectrum, however, sustainable building practices and energy conservation can also be efficient and realizable through every day materials. Take the case of the plastic bottle.
In the Philippines, an initiative called Isang Litrong Liwanag (trans. One Liter of Light) produces low-cost, solar light bulbs for communities that have limited access to power. The bulb itself consists of a standard liter-sized soda bottle filled with a water and bleach solution. Once the bottle is filled with solution it is sealed and inserted into a piece of metal roofing. The bulb is then installed onto the roof by cutting a hole in the home's roof, and placing the bulb into the hole.
The bulb diffuses the sunlight into the structure below it, generating light as bright as a standard 60-watt bulb. The initative and its parent foundation, the My Shelter Foundation, has plans to light one million homes in the Philippines by 2012.
Apart from the solar light bulb, the My Shelter Foundation has other sustainability projects, one of them again using the plastic bottle. In 2010 the first plastic-bottle school was built in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines.
The structure consists of a frame built with cement, with the plastic bottles reinforcing the concrete like bricks. The bottles are filled with adobe, a cement-like substance made from sand, clay, water and fibrous binder. The plastic holds the adobe in place and provides a rigid structure for reinforcement. Adobe is a common building material in the Philippines and other parts of Asia and Central America.
A similar initiative to build plastic-bottle school is also happening in Guatemala, thanks to the Non-profit Hug It Forward. As you can see, however, their building method is slightly different from that seen in the Philippines, with the bottles held in between chicken wire and the reinforced with concrete to conceal the plastic from view.
The two initiatives show the concept and spirit of the solar decathlon, but applied in the local communities of developing countries. No matter where we are or what we build with, sustainability concerns everyone and can have a tremendous impact for the future.
The solar decathlon runs until October 2 this year. Part two in this series on innovations in sustainable building practices will have more details on the Solar Decathlon 2011.
Learning From Small Houses
Ghost House by Jin Otagiri- via minimalissimo
Micro home, prefab, cargotechture: these are all names to describe homes that are small in size but big on design ideas. In cities with high population density and expensive land costs, like Japan, building small is a necessity, but there are other reasons people choose to live in small spaces including sustainability and the desire to get back to basics. Here are a few lessons we can learn from living small.
It's All in the Details Whether you live in a monster home, or the tiniest of condos, the charm of every room lives in the details. The micro cabin above is an excellent example of how to curate furniture and accessories so that everything meshes with the overall look. This space is incredibly soft and warm, and doesn't feel cramped despite the small size.
Pare Down
Could you live in a shipping container if it was as beautifully designed as this one? 'Cargotechture' means recycling shipping containers and transforming them into houses. At only 192 square feet the Sunset Idea House sleeps four and has all the conveniences of a modern home. In a space this compact there is only room for your most cherished and necessary items, a lesson many of us who live in cluttered houses could take to heart.
Dwelle Prefab Home via inhabitat
Maximize space
Living in a small space involves some smart thinking when it comes to furniture layout and storage. This compact prefab home utilizes vertical space for built-in storage and sleeping quarters. The sofa and staircase are also the right scale for the room and take up only as much floorspace as they need to.
Make Every Inch Yours
All the design mags and blogs in the world won't tell you how to make a space that is truly you. Trust your instincts and fill your home with things you love. Take this airstream trailer makeover; every corner of this home represents the people who live there. Maybe I've got a bit of a gypsy soul, but I would move in here in a second.


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I am fascinated by World War II aircraft, although I don't fully know why — I'm not a pilot and so can never operate them, as I could a 1967 cherry-red Shelby if I were a car aficionado. I'll certainly never own one. And, in actuality, I hate flying. But armed with a deep appreciation for history, I drove the 75 miles to Reading Airport for the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's annual "Gathering of Warbirds" weekend.
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Walking under the wing of a rugged B-25 Mitchell — the plane that captured my imagination while watching "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," the first war movie I remember viewing — marveling from closer than the USS Hornet's flagman giving the "go" signal to Jimmy Doolittle and his raiders that they somehow flew these twin-engine behemoths off the short, pitching deck of a carrier.
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And then the treat of the afternoon: Fifi, the only B-29 Superfortress in the world still flying, rises majestically into the sky. On the third flyby, her enormous wings bank to the crowd in a "photo pass," and somewhere between the pride and awe of this sight, I grin incredulously at how the Axis could have been so suicidal as to pick a fight with the United States.
This wasn't merely a weekend of vicarious thrill-seeking or a tenuous connection to a simpler time; it was a setting in which to remember — or, for those born after the war, imagine — a nation unified, a Congress not perpetually divided and chronically counterproductive, a government preoccupied with the common good and its reputation on the world stage — a spirit too seldom seen and felt in America since the end of World War II.
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I am currently making knives as a hobby and I have a lot to learn. I would love some constructive criticism on my work, and I have tons of questions to ask. I don't think I will be ready to sell anything for a while, but a pass around my be a possibility on the next batch of knives I am working on.
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Creative has lost a recent legal battle. It seems that the company reported that their MP3 player held more than it actually did. Their premise was that 1GB was one billion bytes 1,000,000,000B rather than the 1,073,741,824B it should be. The company finally discovered the error and corrected it after 2004, but if you bought one before then, you can probably make a minor sum off Creative. Choose between $35.00 off on a new Zen Stone or a 20% discount on your next purchase.
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Good see the consumer win this round, but $35 for just 73 MB? Seems like quite a large payout compared to the original size of the machine. Oh well, they'll just pass the price onto their other products
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