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If you are like most homeowners, you rarely thinking of the plumbing in your home unless there is a problem: you turn on a faucet, or flush a toilet and expect it to work properly without giving your pipes a second thought. However, homeowners, family members or guests may be using your plumbing system incorrectly, even if you are not aware. Misuse of the systems can result in an expenditure of time and money and a messy situation to repair. Locate The Water Shut-Off Make sure that you and all household members know where to locate the water shut off valve. In the event of a broken pipe, overflowing toilet or in the case of an emergency, it is vital to be able to shut off the flow of water immediately. Using The Plumbing System As A Trash Can Are you guilty of rinsing plates off in the sink without first scraping the scraps in the garbage can? If you do not have a garbage disposal unit, food should not enter the drain where it can accumulate and clog pipes. To avoid problems, remove food residue before rinsing and add a sink drainer to the drain cover to catch food items that make their way into the sink. Misuse Of Drain Cleaner When water backs up in the sink or tub, do you immediate reach for a bottle of drain cleaner? Wrong while the most common solution for sluggish drains is a dose of drain cleaner, it often takes multiple uses to clean the line. Repeated use of caustic drain cleaners can damage pipes and are harmful to the environment. Before you attempt to clean a clogged drain with toxic chemicals, try a plunger or auger. If you resort to using drain cleaner: read the instructions and never use the same type of drain cleaner in a kitchen sink as you would use in a clogged toilet situation. Putting Grease Down The Drain Even if you use a garbage disposal, you should be aware that grease damages drains. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that up to 50 percent of all clogged drains are due to oil, grease and fat build-up in drain pipes. If you pour hot grease down the drain, it will coat the walls of the pipe as it cools. To avoid the problem of grease accumulation, always put hot grease in a container to cool and then dispose of properly. Avoid Toilet Clogs Avoid clogging up your toilets by remembering that once flushed, all materials must pass through a three-inch drainpipe that connects to your septic system or main city sewer system. Avoid dumping food, cat litter or paper towels in the commode. Talk to your kids and other family members about what is and what is not appropriate to dispose of in the toilet. Sanitary napkins, tampons, and disposable diapers should never be flushed. Provide an airtight waste can in each bathroom for disposal of items that should not go down the drain. Damage To Pipes In The Wall Stop and think before you start a home remodeling project: there are a lot of pipes hidden behind your homes walls. Drilling into a wall to hang a photo or install a bookshelf might cause serious damage to the pipe that was hidden inside the wall. A simple little hole can cause a major leak. Always hang artwork, shelves or towel racks by placing the hanger into the studs of your wall. Use a stud finder before you tackle small home repair or remodeling projects to avoid a major plumbing disaster. If you are contemplating a major remodeling project near or around pipes or plumbing, it is prudent to enlist the services of a professional plumber. Too Much Weight On Plumbing Fixtures Avoid hanging a shower caddy on your showerhead to hold shampoos, soaps, and lotions. Too many heavy items places undo stress on the showerhead and plumbing fixtures that are not designed to be weight-bearing. Your homes plumbing system is an important part of how your household functions. While it is easy to take our plumbing for granted, when its working properly, the savvy homeowner knows that with proper care and maintenance you can keep your pipes and sewer system in excellent condition for years to come.
No matter how sturdy a home is, sooner or later maintenance will be required. When this happens, you will have the choice to do some of this maintenance work yourself, or you could opt to utilize a home repair service to do it for you. This largely depends on how much experience you have in repairing things in your home. For example, hanging a picture on the wall does not take too much knowledge and expertise, as all you would need is a good drill and a little bit of know-how. On the other hand, if you need some major plumbing repairs, then you are better off finding a reputable plumber to do the job for you. When it comes to painting, it really does depend on whether you have some experience and know-how, and how much you enjoy doing it. For some people, painting can be extremely therapeutic. They will gladly paint every room in their home without any fuss. For others, painting a wall can seem like an extremely messy job, and in most cases, it will be a job badly done. In a situation like this, you are better off using a professional painter. One of the best ways to find a good quality home repair service is by going on the internet, as this allows you to quickly find a specialized repair service within your area with just a few clicks of your mouse. In addition, you are also able to do a little research on the repair service beforehand. If you would like a local referral I keep a list of professionals. Please call or email me for more information.
According to recent statistics, one in five people suffer from allergy and asthma symptoms. If you are one of these people, chances are that you've had an allergy attack in your home, with no clear definable cause as to what exactly set your symptoms in motion. Reducing the amount of allergens in your living space is not only beneficial from a cleanliness perspective, but in cleaning your home of potential allergens, you decrease the chances of having another spontaneous attack in your home. Floors - If you live in a home with hardwood floors, then consider yourself lucky. They attract much less dust than carpeting, and are much easier to clean and maintain. If you are in a carpeted home, then consider upgrading your vacuum to one that touts itself as being able to remove microscopic particles and allergens from the carpet. An upgrade in vacuums will usually work wonders for a house with allergy sufferers. Plush toys - Whether they belong to your pet or your child, plush toys are often overlooked as potential carriers of allergens. Make sure you wash them thoroughly on a regular basis. The same is true for pet bedding. Create an (almost) allergy-free room - Designate a room in your home to be the go-to place if you need a break from allergy symptoms. Use your bedroom if possible. Purchase allergen covers and casings for your bedding, keep pets from entering the room, and clean the room more often than you do the rest of the house. Curtains - Drapes, while being an attractive addition to the home, can collect dust, pollen, and mold spores. If you plan to add drapes to your windows, or refuse to give up the drapes you have, be prepared to give them the attention they'll need to keep them dust and allergen-free. Air - If you live in a home with central air, be sure to replace your air filters regularly. Keep your windows closed on days that seem to be giving you trouble, and keep your air setting on recirculate. This will ensure that the air in your home is constantly being scrubbed of potential allergy triggers.
In order for your home to maintain value and to continually look in good condition, it is important that you maintain it on a regular basis. However, to ensure that you get the best quality maintenance, it is important that you find the right type of service to fix up homes. There is the choice of doing it yourself, but remember that while small jobs can be easy, when it comes to more complex maintenance work, you are better off using a professional service, because this in turn will ensure that you do get the right results once your home has been maintained. Maintaining a home can range from keeping the roof in good condition so that it does not leak during those rainy seasons, to replacing your windows so that you keep your home insulated from the heat and cold, which in turn can save you a lot of money on energy bills. Of course, there are also those intricate jobs such as plumbing, replacing the floor, and unblocking the drain. By finding a reputable service that can fix up homes, you can feel comfortable knowing that you can use them over the years, because as they begin to maintain one area of your home, there will always be something else that will pop up later down the road. Therefore, take your time to do a good amount of research on one of these services, which can easily be done by going on the Internet. The reason for this is because many of these maintenance services now have an online presence, so you will be able to get a good idea of exactly what they offer and get an idea of what they are charging for that service.
Just because winter is approaching doesn't mean you have to put off home projects. In fact, while some projects are better done during the summer, there are a select few that are best done while the weather is taking a turn for the chilly. Here's a few ideas to help get you started. Caulking your windows and doors - Fall provides you with a unique opportunity to find the drafty spots in your home, and rectify them before a harsh winter hits. Caulk adheres to surfaces best around 45 to 50 degrees, and with the temperature falling to the 40's and 50's in the fall, you'll find yourself being about to feel out which rooms are drafty and need some attention. Properly caulked windows and doors will save you a boatload in utility costs, not to mention the obvious benefit of keeping your house comfortable in what is sure to be a tough winter. Evaluating your attic insulation - Now would also be a good time to check up on your insulation, and consider whether or not it would be in your best interests to replace your existing insulation. Improperly insulated attics can wreak havoc on your utility bills, and unfortunately, many homeowners are unaware of the kind of insulation at work in their attics. Energystar's website has a comprehensive guide for what kind of insulation your home should have, as well as a brief guide explaining the classifications of insulation, and why certain kinds are preferred over others depending on the climate you happen to find yourself in. Guarding against fall pests - Due to decaying vegetation and falling temperatures, some insect populations experience a population explosion during fall weather. After this population boom, and the temperatures drop, these insects will do anything they can to find shelter, including wiggling right into your home. Luckily, by practicing fall lawn maintenance regularly, you can avoid the brunt of this onslaught. Bugs LOVE dead leaves. It serves as not only a food source for them, but due to the decay of vegetation raiding the ground temperature, it also serves as a shelter from the colder temperatures. By staying vigilant and keeping your yard free of debris, it will also keep your home from being overrun with pests. Pave your driveway - Because repaving your driveway is one of those projects that is notoriously put off time and time-again, this is just a friendly reminder to consider this project before the cold weather prevents you from doing so. A fresh, smooth driveway will make snow removal much easier in the dead of winter, not to mention the aesthetic appeal it can convey. If this is one of those home projects that you were planning on doing this year, just keep in mind; time is running out.


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Interior design alum Andee Hess '03 was featured in Portland Monthly's 2016 Design Annual.
The sleek, retro-style Wiz Bang Bar, with its wafer-cone wall patterns and pay-station beacon bearing a signature soft-serve icon, runs smoothly despite the mob. Within just 500 square feet, staffers whip up concoctions like a sundae with fresh berries and grits, everything and everyone as cool as the streamlined design suggests, and the line moves fast.
"Function informs the form," Andee Hess says. The 37-year-old North Portland native — really: she was born inside a house at the intersection of Albina and Alberta — is the city's rising design star, her company Osmose Design responsible for some of our new landmark spaces. The deco geometry of House Spirits' Central Eastside tasting room landed her in Wallpaper. The lush elegance of Ava Gene's dining room, tea-colored custom details at Miami's Small Tea café — Osmose tailors a project to the individual client, which gives each a distinct heartbeat.
"I don't want you to walk into a project and be like, 'Oh, this is Osmose,'" Hess says. "I want you to experience it and ask, 'Who did this?'"
Still, the Hess sensibility is recognizably clean and creative, roughened up just enough by her affinity for custom details, which Hess crafts to an exacting degree. She says she grew up "always building stuff with my hands." She attended Portland Community College and Marylhurst to study interior design, then needed an internship. "One of the founders of the architecture firm Skylab went to Marylhurst, so I stalked her," Hess says. "I was like, 'It has to be at Skylab.' It's an architecture firm, but their focus was on doing full build-out, integrated environments. They had a spec house in Dwell back then."
Her first project as an intern was the Doug Fir Lounge — she was, she recalls with pride, the person who hung the pleasingly old-school silver bead curtain that still adorns the South Bar. Four years later, after having gone from intern to the head of interior design at the company, she was ready to strike out on her own. "One of my first clients was Patrick Fisher, who owns Hive Modern. He bought a house and asked, 'Can you do this?' And I was like, 'I think I can. I can quit and do this, and I can always get a real job.'"
That was 2008, when Andee Hess Design — soon to be renamed Osmose Design — was born. ("And then there was 2009," she says, her grimace evoking the tanking economy, a decline she survived, in part, by remaining a one-woman operation.) Today, the company has grown, at its own deliberate pace, to four — "three of us at the core" — and Hess is determined to stop it there. "One of my biggest challenges and goals has actually been to stay small," she says. "I don't want to run a business to be a manager of people. I want to run a business to explore and do the projects that I do and know the people and have the adventure. That's why I'm doing it."
This news item is an excerpt from an article titled Interior Designer Andee Hess Puts the Portland Aesthetic on the National Map published in Portland Monthly, October 2016. >> Read the full article on PDXMonthly.com
Andee Hess earned her bachelor's degree in interior design from Marylhurst University in 2003. She worked four years at Skylab Architecture before starting her own firm, Osmose Design, in 2007.


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According to the report "Dairy Alternative (Beverage) Market By Type (Almond, Soy, Coconut, Cashew, Oat, Others); By Formulation (Plain, Flavored, Sweetened, Non-Sweetened); By Channel (Super Markets, Health Food Stores, Convenience Stores, Pharmacies, Others); By Shelf Life (Refrigerated, Shelf Life Stable) – Forecast (2016 – 2021), published by IndustryARC, the market to reach $14,509 Million by 2021 at a high CAGR.
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Dairy alternative beverages are plant based milk extracted from grains, nuts and seeds. Unlike the regular dairy beverages they have low cholesterol and low fat content. As dairy alternative beverages are plant based, it contains low cholesterol levels. The market for dairy alternative beverage is segmented into various types such as almond milk, soy milk, oat milk, cashewnut milk, coconut milk and others. Dairy alternative beverages are distributed through channels such as super markets, convenience stores, health food stores, pharmacies and others. These are available in different formulations including plain, flavored, sweetened and non-sweetened.
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Consumers who are allergic to milk or lactose intolerant are major consumers of dairy alternative beverages. Rice milk is generally preferred by the consumers suffering with intolerances like lactose, nut, soy, and so on. Rice milk is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 8.9% during 2016-2021. The market has witnessed products from new sources like quinoa, flaxseed and so on. Apart from this trend, as consumers are seeking for variety of flavors in one serving, manufacturers have been developing and launching mixed flavored products and dairy alternative blends.
Asia-Pacific is the dominant market for dairy alternative (beverage) and is estimated to reach $7,452m by 2021 at a CAGR of 8.3% during 2016-2021. With rising demand of organic and natural dairy alternatives this market is estimated to witness a brisk growth in coming five years.
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- WhiteWave Foods Company (U.S.)
- Blue Diamond Growers (U.S.)
- Vitasoy International (Hong Kong)
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- Earth's Own Food (Canada)
Dairy alternatives (beverage) providers are investing in developing and launching product extensions to consolidate their market presence. Top five players account for approximately 39% of the total market. However, emerging companies have been offering products with enhanced functionalities which may impact the market position of these top companies.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
hong kong (about a month overdue)
So I arrived late last night in HK and had a pretty good day. The hostel sucks but other then that things have been going about as well as I could ask for. Last night I arrived at around 10pm and everything at Hong Kong airport was very fast and very efficient- on par with dallas fort worth (which was empty when I xferred from my eze → dfw to dfw → nrt marathon) and the tokyo airport for the best airports i've ever been at. Much much better then Tokyo was the commute from the airport to downtown. Whereas in Tokyo the options are, $300 cab (no joke), a $30 express train that takes 1.5 hrs, switching between an express train and then a local train for about $22 that takes a bit longer then 1.5 hrs or paying $12 and taking 2 hours and taking a local and then a non express train in Hong Kong it was about $13 and took 25 minutes. (I realize that Tokyos got a lot of people and real estate is v. expensive etc. but, I took that journey 5 times over the course of a month)
The hostel sucks. I arrived at around 11pm and the first thing I need to do when entering the building is fill out a piece of paper with my name, nationality, passport # and date of birth. Evidently its to prevent crime or something in the area. I should get a picture of the entrance but everything was boarded down with those metal shutters you see everywhere. Great start. There are people just 'hanging out' in these corridors of closed shops, talking on cell phones or just loitering. Not the kind of place I want to be- although certainly a lot safer then if I were to walk past the same situation in a US city.
Anyways, the upstairs looks like something straight out of a jackie chan movie. You know, the scene where there are like 50 triads chasing after Jackie so he runs through an old decrepit multi story building that also houses illegal immigrants working in a sweat shop and all looking at jackie with sad eyes when he busts in so then he must also protect as he fights improbably with random household appliances against guys on motorcycles with nun chucks. I'll post pictures eventually (I remember that I'm behind on the japan ones and will get to those later as well) but keep in mind that this place sucks. I guess its a decent experience though as on the hostel information sheet it mentions that "more then 70% of hong kong residents live in these types of buildings"
Luckily my hostel is decorated decently on the interior, but I'll be moving out of here after 1 more night. I have definitely seen some evidence that that 70% figure is probably true. There are some very nice parts of Hong Kong (which I've seen a tiny bit of but will see more of later) but one thing I have definitely noticed is that a lot of buildings look "okay" on the outside but once you enter inside they are old, falling apart and not taken care of at all. Its kindof weird, and I don't think I've done a very good job capturing it with my camera ( although thats a difficult task to say the least) but on the street level I don't think I've ever seen as many signs hawking rolex's anywhere else then in Hong Kong, but often you look at that same building, or the one next to it and you see half the apartment units look like the walls are falling apart and have what look to be 20 year old air conditioning units and a bunch of laundry hanging out the window.
Anyways, my main goals for the day were... see a museum, find a new place and do some research on finding a pingpong coach. I did well on both counts. For a new place to stay it seemed that it is impossible (or very very difficult) to find a nice place with a good location for under $100 a night. But I found one for close to $50. Thanks to Noah and Leon, who pointed me to the website www.wotif.com I was able to book the ramada (no dad it is not the peninsula hotel) for literally 1/4th its normal fare. Awesome. Unfortunately its prices skyrocket back once Chinese new years starts, but i'll bite the bullet for that 1 or 2 nights and stay somewhere not so nice again.
Re: pingpong, I found a club and will get a lesson tomorrow. Price was a tiny bit more then I would like, but if he's good, and I think he can help me a lot then I'll pressure him for a discount based on me getting a lot of coaching over the next 10-12 days that I am here. I also made a post on a message board about coaching and someone gave me the number of a guy who was on the Hong Kong table tennis team- which basically means he is insanely good ( and he speaks english reasonably well or so i'm told) so I will probably try and explore that option as well. But at my level, given my lack of any playing over the past 4 years, the most important thing will be finding a coach who communicates and meshes with me well.
After pingpong I had a bite to eat, went back to the hostel, took it easy and then headed for the Wednesday night horse race. When I was there I tried to find some white people (there are a lot of them here) to get a drink with and have a good time. Luckily right through the gate I met 2 guys, one whose teaching english, and his cousin who was visiting.
In general I really dislike betting on things that I know I am a dog in. But this was pretty fun. Thanks to the Hong Kong dollar being "weak" (its pegged at 7.8:1), I was able to make bets of 20 HKD which, although being only truly worth about $2.50, felt like a lot more. You get to be really close to the action at this horse track, and another added attraction that makes it really cool is how downtown the track is. Standing by the track you just see big buildings all around you.
The highlight (or lowlight) of the night was when, after a few beers we made one of the cousins pick a horse by randomly pointing at the list with his eyes closed. Of course he picked the horse that had the lowest chance of winning at something stupid, like 50 to 1. The other cousin then goes on some rant about how his friend last time couldn't win anything to save his life and did that (picked with his eyes closed) for his last race and won. So we had to bet on this pathetic horse that had never won anything before. So what the hell- whats $2.50? We all place bets on the horse. The race starts and we don't hear anything about it. Okay whatever. Then about ¼ of the way in, we see it on the screen (we were at track level so we could only see the big screen when they were on the other side) that its in 2nd place. And we are just kindof laughing saying "oh yeah sure it'll burn out, it'll burn out". Then it jumps into 1st place. But still the race is about a 1/3 of the way done, not even and again, most horses who are in the lead in the beginning lose- they just lose steam being out in front. By about halfway through its fallen back into 2nd and we're there saying oh yeah i'm sure he'll finish last now. But then we keep watching (of course) and he's hanging in there. Seems to be pretty close to the leader. I realize (and say) "oh man jockey is going nuts. The horse in the lead is starting to lose his lead and a new challenger is coming around from the other corner. We're getting excited. "Come on!!!!" we're all screaming. We see them running toward the finish, 3 horses neck and neck. We're screaming "COME ONNNNN", the guys behind us are screaming something in Chinese and the group of Brits down the track are screaming too. And in an instant its over. We need the replay to confirm it, but we lose by literally 4 inches. What a bummer.
I picked one winning horse, his name was Engineering Wonder. I should've called it a night after that one.
Anyways in other news, I had food poisoning again ( I guess I didn't chronicle it the 1st time it happened- it was right after the Hiroshima post) and both times were very bad- ie, I couldn't take/hold anything down, lot of pain, lot of lying in bed/ talking to my mom asking why me.
/// i should've posted this a while ago and in general im pretty bad about this whole blogging thing. but eh maybe blogging just isn't for me. since hk i went to sydney for 3 days then new zealand for 2 weeks with noah and leon and getting to see a good friend from high school as well. good times all around. then i flew home, spent 3 great days with my parents and now i'm in toronto with kristin- enjoying the chance to see and catch up with a bunch of good friends.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
the euphoria machine
i'm in a hostel in tokyo with kristin right now. the past week shes been here has been great- we got to see tokyo together and just got back from kyoto. unfortunately, kristins got food poisoning (something i went through right in hiroshima) so we're a bit bummed out she has to go through this and that there is nothing we can do.
I'll post pictures and whatnot later (sorry guys!) i promise.
anyways, on a totally different topic kristin and i went to the mori art museum a while ago and we saw a picture talking about something called the "euphoria machine". we both found it extremely interesting, so i took a picture of the text (when no one was looking) and because i couldn't find it on the internet, i've copied it below:
The Euphoria Machine: Preliminary Reverse Engineering Field Laboratory - Raqs Media Collective tokyo, November 2008
What is the Euphoria Machine?
The Euphoria Machine Project is a recently instigated, but potentially long term Raqs project aimed at an artistic and critical investigation of the way in which the frenzy of economic growth and wealth creation acquires potent and symbolic and cultural forms.
Euphoria Machine is the name we give to the apparatus of desire and cognition that seeks to create a consensus within society for boundless energy and wealth, and effaces all the doubts and dissent about the ways in which this energy and wealth must be acquired.
Today, when there is a general perception of a systemic crisis of the global financial apparatus, fueled by a crisis of sentiment and the inverse of euphoria, a "reverse engineering experiment" on a machine that doesn't quite seem to be working as well as it is supposed to, seems to be timely.
Sometime after the second world war, Edward Louis Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, a key strategist of war-time propaganda campaigns and the intellectual god-father of the advertising and public relations industry, applied a key discovery he had made during the fashioning of the war propaganda to the future success of Capitalism. The discovery was this - in no other war in Human History, had wars been fought in the name of democracy, peace and prosperity. They had been fought for land, for the expansion of a particular dynasty or ruling groups' power, for religious zeal and for other concretely political purposes. The propaganda campaigns of the second world war however, successfully named a different kind of motivation for war - the desire for happiness, peace, prosperity and liberty. The identification of common virtues with the war machine proved to be a very successful motivator.
Once the war ended, Bernays realized that the same process could be replicated in "peacetime" - only this time, people must be made to realize that a contributing their labour to capital, or buying goods that they did not necessarily need (in order to keep the machine of capital running) could be done by identifying these acts with basic human drives for beauty, health, happiness, love, joy and contentment. So, people were told that they could feel a profound happiness, if they bought a shoe, or went to work in a call centre. This was a subtle but significant shift, in that it divorced a good from its function. A shoe, for instance was no longer something that covered and protected your feet, instead, it became a key to your personal well being. A job was no longer something you did to earn a living: it became a mark of your special identity as a human being. The building blocks of Capital were internalized as personal drives.
To us, this marriage between deep seated internal drives and the running of the bast impersonal network of a global economy is the secret of the Euphoria Machine. Is it also the material that fuels the machine. The extraction of this material both requires as well as results in the subordination of the complexity of human life experiences to the needs of capital.
It is a short distance from desiring a thing for the feeling we are told its possession will induce to acquiring stakes in things that do not yet exist simply because we are told that the calculus of prosperity depends on the acquisition and transaction of virtual assets. The current financial crisis emerges from a drive to acquire and transact things that are notional rather than real. Thus we have notional assets, notional debts underwritten by some very real transaction costs involved in the transfer and exchange of notional assets and debts. It is when the real costs overwhelm the notional returns that we experience the opposite of euphoria. Currently, the Euphoria Machine's exhaust only produces despair.
This apparatus - Euphoria Machine - takes (for us) the form of an imaginary machine - a meta machine that works as the conceptual engine of the desire for the perpetual energy and limitless economic growth.
The current hype around the so-called "Indian" economy, both within India, and elsewhere in the world (despite the easy gestures towards "doomsday" in the global economy), is an instance of the working of the Euphoria machine.
At earlier times, the excitement around the post-war economic boom in Japan, or the rise of the "Asian Tiger" economies in the Nineteen Eighties, or the current mania around the Chinese economy, as well as the earlier "boom" periods in transatlantic and western European economies are all instances of the Euphoria Machine at work.
The key product of the Euphoria Machine is processed perception. The perception that all "growth" is wonderful, that happiness can be indexed by GDP, that there is such as thing as an "Indian" Economy, and that this thing known as the "Indian Economy" is booming. Even the idea that there is such a thing known as "Indian" Art, a small but symbolically significant cog in the machine of the Indian Market in niche high value goods is booming. All these are products, and by products of the working of the Euphoria Machine.
The iteration of this Project at the Mori At Museum for the "Chalo! India" Exhibition takes the form of the processional elaboration of the "reverse engineering" of the Euphoria Machine at work. We start with the assumption that we know the machine exists. The projects intent is not to prove or demonstrate its existence. Its proofs are all around us, in plans, projections, advertisements, policy statements, blueprints, balance sheets, reports and so on.
Instead, the project aims to analyze its constituent parts, their operations and their interconnections in such a manner as to show how the "fuel" (human drives and desires) is combusted and how that energy runs the moving parts of the Machine so as to achieve the desired end.
I found this pretty intense. Some random thoughts
>I just finished reading guns, germs and steel and beyond it being excellent at arguing against still prevalent ideas about racial superiority that still transcend our culture it made me realize that societies where people have material possessions have only existed for a short period of time. Prior to this, we were hunter gatherers where all items people owned must be carried etc. Have we humans evolved in the this brief time period? Do we typically only like things when we buy them because hunter gatherers were never able to keep things so they only enjoyed the initial act?
>Is it true that wwII was really only fought for peace, prosperity and democracy like it was said? I find this hard to believe given hitler (and japans) quest for domination that was not unlike that of Napoleon, Charlemagne and other past heads of state. But, I am by no means an expert on this so i'm curious what others say. the ideas of mass marketing to appeal directly to the ideas of love, beauty etc I can imagine reach untold levels in the recent past - but I have a hard time believing they were non existent before
>I need to think about this some more but Kristin and I visited my homestay family for a dinner. And seeing the girls, and how happy they were is/ was amazing. I don't know how to explain it, but these 2 girls play, laugh and have a good time all day long. I think if someone wants to find real happiness they need to observe it in someone else and find out what makes it work for them. because happiness by virtue of consumption doesn't exist (as far as i know).
thats all for now- best wishes for a happy new year in 2009!
Monday, December 22, 2008
i am in hiroshima right now and visited the hiroshima war memorial museum today. It was easily the most depressing and intense museum/ place I have ever spent a significant (3 hrs) amount of time in. It was excellent, in the way requiem for a dream was an excellent movie but extremely hard to grasp emotionally.
I should preface a few things when talking about the museum etc. I view it, first and foremost as a reason to promote anti war movements and the destruction of nuclear weapons.
1st, I agree entirely that the atomic bomb was not necessary for the surrender of the japanese. General Douglas MacAurthur (commander of us forces in the pacific) said so himself repeatedly, along with many other members high up. There were ample reasons for the united states to use the bomb, due to their investment and the postwar landscape with russia. How history would be different had we not used the bomb etc we will never know- but in my opinion its not "the point" of this.
I think knowing that brings up the true issue I have with war. Based on what the "japanese" did in china and south east asia (nanking as a great example but certainly not limited to that), i think one could argue that "they didn't deserve pity in war" or that it isn't really the united states job to do what is just and fair.
But on a personal level, people are people. And the truth is the difference between a child or a mother in japan or one from america is not significant. A child in japan is not an evil person any more so then a child born in germany in the late 1930s or 1940s. Heck, the current pope was forced to enlist as one of hitlers youth.
And that to me is what makes war so horrible, and the exhibits this museum had so powerful.
I would rather not go into detail about what i saw in the museum, and I felt it was wrong to take pictures (although I ended up taking one- see below) but I think I should say this: the atomic bomb created a fireball 280m in diameter and 4000 degrees Celsius. The blast of heat itself raised temperatures 2 km away up over 1000 degrees celsius. The city of hiroshima was at the time constructed mainly of wood and at those temperatures wood naturally combusts. Skin chars black. Although many perished instantly, there were countless stories of people who survived the initial blast, spent the rest of the afternoon only to find the burnt remains of loved ones or went home to be with their family only to die within the next day/week or month. I hadn't been that close to tears in a long time and I am 100% certain if I had been with my homestay family- the mother and 2 adorable girls I would've balled my eyes out.
I don't know how future wars can be avoided. Its obvious that countries like the united states that are host to huge corporations that produce weapons of war, there is a vested interest in not bringing peace and having arms races. And I know many conflicts have persisted for 100s and 1000s of years. I will say though that I think/and hope the world works toward a decrease in nationalism. This could/ probably should be an entirely different topic, but I do not feel any closer to a person from Detroit, or California then I do someone from Japan. And I think that if globalization helps people understand that we are not all so different then we can work towards solidarity.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Homestay
Anyways, living here was great. For the first time in a good 3 months I had home cooked meals. I got to hang out with 2 adorable little girls. I think the experience, when weighed versus living in hostels gave me a very different look at the country/ culture etc. For example, during these 2 weeks I had one drink was at lunch yesterday. I woke up every morning at 7 (at the latest) and went to bed well before midnight each night. Besides putting me in a more natural rhythm then I was in during high school (and something I hope to revert back to when I settle down) this prevented me from seeing much of the youth culture in Japan except for the people I saw on the subway. And I haven't seen the city lights at night.
On the other hand, I know a lot about how Japanese people live in small houses (its not bad at all), what they eat, where they sleep, what they do in their free time. Relationships between kids and the mother (and the father).
I think given that I have the opportunity to experience both the family life and youth culture in Japan I am really glad I went for it.
For those curious about both go and cooking, I have some unfortunate news.
re: go. When I got here I did some internet research for go clubs and came up empty handed. All that i found was someone who wrote an article about a go club here 20 years ago. I emailed a few people and made a craigslist post also asking for a partner and asked the next day when the host family had a gathering of about 8 friends. No one knew anyone who played go. So I gave up.
re: cooking. Every meal (except for noodle dishes at lunch) included a bowl of rice. Breakfast was usually leftovers from dinner the night before - exceptions being
pancakes, eggs or a pan fried fish.
So a typical dinner would be
Miso soup (includes onions, mushrooms, some seaweed)
A stew. includes ground beef, skinned/boiled potatoes, steamed carrots, green onions, radish (i think)
bowl of rice
things to add to the rice. one was small fish called "jacko" (as in wacko jacko)
another was a mixture of ground beef and i think ginger? Although it wasn't very strong tasting so it might've been something else.
In general - for cooking japanese foods i was a little dismayed by the fact that most of their cooking supplies were particular to japan. I will hopefully visit (and document) a trip to a japanese supermarket with kristin but they have a lot of things readily available (fish in particular, but also things like sticky rice and some food on sicks) that I have never seen in north america. I remember kenta complaining about it in uni, but i thought he was just making it up.
anyways, from here a friend of mine is visiting tokyo in transit from la to china for a few days so i look forward to seeing him for the first time in a pretty long time. Our plan for tomorrow morning is to visit the tokyo fish market - which i still haven't gone to, but I think I may end up visiting 3x before leaving this country.
After that I am off to visit Hiroshima, Kobe and Osaka. I'm not going to see Sapporo because its too cold and I am going to hold off seeing Kyoto until Kristin gets here because that was high up on her list.
I want to make another post about some observations about the social culture here and hopefully I get around to it.
To everyone reading- Happy Holidays- enjoy your christmas, hanukkah or solstice and best wishes for the new year!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
anyways, onwards. I think this blog will take a turn for more of a freestyle writing rather then a honky dory i saw this i saw that type of thing.
I think some cities more then others have the ability to put you in your place, to slap you in the face and say- hey there are 6 billion other people out here, I'm sorry but the world doesn't revolve around you. Now get over it and do what you were gonna do already.
I think there are a few cities in the world that do this better then others. In North America, I really think New York City is the most obvious example, but I remember also having the same feeling when I first arrived in Toronto. I never felt that way with Boston, but I think part of this comes from being somewhere new and not having familiarity with it and its people. But, on the other hand- I didn't get that feeling in Buenos Aires, Rome, Paris etc- so it might also require a city with a lot of hustle and bustle.
I really (really) get that feeling here in Tokyo. But its not as cold as New York (figuratively) and its not as cold as Toronto (literally). But its big. It's imposing. I was up in a tall building and looked out and as far as the eye could see i saw buildings. In all 4 directions. I've never seen anything really like it. Most are under 10 stories, so this wasn't new york city where your eye is restricted by all the mammoth buildings next to you.
They have a subway terminal here that I visited the other day (Shinjuku station) that services 3.6 million people a day. Think about how many people that is. How many could you become good friends with? How many would you hate? How many have common interests as you?How many of them will you ever meet? Probably 0. But thats not neccessarily a bad thing. Thats just life.
Okay so beyond all that I'm pretty impressed by Tokyo. I don't really feel "lost in translation" per se, but I have found it sometimes challenging to get from point A to point B or to order something off the menu. BUT- according to Kenta he had trouble using the Tokyo Metro as well so i don't feel so bad. And I think the difficulties is part of why I'm traveling. Iguazu falls, the glaciers of el calafate and machu picchu were quite incredible- but Puerto Iguazu and the town near El Calafate were soulless, and Cusco is but a shell of its former self. Buenos Aires was nice and interesting but I felt disconnected from its true character- I'm not sure why.
Tokyo is tokyo. And like New York you can almost sense that people would identify that they are from Tokyo before they said they were from Japan (something again I think you see in NYC, Toronto). You see more of the trendy but completely impractical outfits worn by the younger crowd here. You see a lot of jeans, leather jackets, colored streaks of hair and ear piercings (on men and women). With the business crowd you see suits for men and dark outfits for the women. The older crowd is a bit more comfortably dressed and quite a few have surgical masks on (for reasons I'm not completely sure, as the air quality here is much, much better then that of Buenos Aires).
Before coming here I heard a lot of things about Tokyo. Daniel told me about how the cab drivers here wear nice white gloves and take their job very seriously. In Anthony Bourdain's Japan episode of "No Reservations" he talks about the attention to detail and how people here believe Perfection is impossible, but its what keeps people working hard every day. In "lost in translation" its portrayed as a society hard to penetrate. And I've also heard many times about how the people here are workaholics- spending hours upon hours in the office but* this is almost more of a cultural phenomenon, as people spend a ton of time in the office, but not the entire time working.
For the former, I definitely see and believe it. Cab drivers in Buenos Aires are part time crooks. They smoke in the cab, they try and take the long way to your destination and if you're drunk and its 5 am they will try and slip you fake money. In North America they are quite often university educated immigrants unable to land a better job. They might take you the long way, but in general they don't try and rip you off- but they certainly aren't too proud of their jobs. I have yet to take a cab here in Tokyo, but I have seen them work and they look about as professional as you can imagine. The cabs are clean, you could say spotless, and spending a few minutes outside a hotel entrance it is quite obvious they take their job very seriously. I've seen train conductors here with the spotless white gloves, standing with perfect posture at the 'helm' of the subway car, leaving their station on the minute. In North America and Buenos Aires, subway cars arrive when they do. Some cities have excellent public transit, others are more suspect. There is no real schedule, although they depart with the notion of arriving at regular intervals. Here, they arrive on the minute. When you enter the subway trains, schedules show at what time you will reach the next station(s). The only other place I've seen public transit like this was in Berlin.
re: lost in translation- i can understand it, this is a society very different and maybe a bit difficult to penetrate. I'll hopefully get around to a blogpost about the homestay I did and my experience with it, but I will say people here are unbelieveably friendly and respectful. And while I think its a vastly different culture, maybe impossible to penetrate 100%, things can be done to mitigate this, and by understanding and accepting that fact you'd be suprised how similar people are.
I think I've done a poor job of explaining what I like/ love about Tokyo and more maybe why I like big cities. I think when you visit Niagara falls or Mount Everest or whatever you go there, you stay in a hotel you look out, you see the falls or the mountain and you go "wow, thats a great mountain. Let me take a picture" and thats that. But in a city, you have some/more freedom to do what you want. To see what there is to see. I spent one whole day walking around Asakuska looking at Buddhist temples and another day getting lost (over and over) near Shinjuku station. Everything and everyone is super foreign to me. Everyone I have asked for help has been very nice and very polite. I've never for one second felt unsafe.
thats all for now
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Well Overdue, an asado and the super classico
Boca Jrs is famous for its small, crazy stadium (the bombanero) and having many v. famous argentine soccer players play for its club including Diego Maradonna, whose widely considered the best player of all time. I know in the US most people say Pele was better, but going on that would be like asking someone from Kazakhstan who the best hockey player of all time is (Nik Antropov obv). In reality the main reason why people from the US say Pele is because of his exposure playing in the US but i digress.
Anyways, getting tickets in the first place was a long ordeal based on the stories heard about counterfeits. Luckily I was able to secure a set of 9 tickets via a friend of my ex spanish tutor. We took cabs to the game and the first thing i noticed was that sports stadiums outside of the US aren't "open seating". You either sit in the "home team" section or the "away". This causes a lot more rivarly and hatred between fans. In fact, it seemed like a significant portion of fans from both teams went half to watch the game and half to look at the other fans and scream insults. My personal favorite insult was "suck my d***, you f***** bolivian!" - just because well i'd never insult someone and end it with "you (insert country)", and argentines are notorious of blaming their problems on people from other s. american countries.
To deal with potential riots, the "visitors" section is walled off by having empty sections next to them, and all 3 of those sections (the visitor and neighboring ones) surrounded by metal fences with barbed wire on the top. If that was not enough, a fireman stood on post above/behind the visitors section (to take care of roudy fans or deal with fires started in their section i'm not sure) and riot police guard the inbetween sections. And finally as a procedure at the end, the visitors section leaves the stadium 45 minutes before the home fans do, to prevent any scuffles outside.
There were a lot of fireworks during the game, and people were extremely lively. It was a good game, although the next night i was able to see an champions league game and the level of play was certainly a notch or 2 below. Also, unfortuantely river's team this year is pretty poor so the importance of the game was negated a bit. Anyways, it was a blast and pictures will be up shortly.
A few days after the game we hosted an asado on our deck. It got me back into cooking a bit which was great, and argentina is known for its great meats/ proveletas- so the ingredients for a great day were there. The sun was shining and a mistake that leon and i made in getting milanese steaks (ie thinly sliced) forced us to make skewers which as you'll see in the photos ended up turning out quite alright. It was just a great day to hang out, talk, enjoy the sun and be happy to be in Buenos Aires. We'll def be doing another one in the coming weeks, but i think we'll plan the next one to be in closer to the day our maid comes.
This coming Saturday im going on a trip to see Torres Del Paine and El Calafate. El Calafate is at the site of the Moreno glacier, which is massive and constantly calving. Supposedly the sounds of ice falling off into the ice is just incredible. They have boat trips out to see the glacier, and I can't tell you how excited I am to seeing/ walking on it. After this, Noah and I will be heading to Chile to a trekking park and to see the Torres Del Paine. These mountains are quite famous (and I'll have plently of pictures to share), and are stunning to look at. I love trekking and hope to make it a main part of my further travels, so I'm looking forward to getting out on the right foot (for lack of a better cliche)
anyways, I'll get around to putting pictures up soon. Hope all is well,
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ugh I can do better
I'm finding a few things. 1st I need to write blog posts about things as soon as they happen as waiting causes a lack of enthusiasm (in this case i think perspective is a bad thing, as i can always give my perspective whether it be a week or a year later) and i want this blog to be full of my raw emotions/reactions to my trip.
2nd. I need to rework some of my trip. I'm rescheduling my flights almost totally from this point on, heading to Japan, then China then SE Asia or India (not sure yet) followed by Australia and New Zealand and then to Europe. I'll update that more once I figure this out myself (biggest Q right now SE Asia or India)
This gives me a few benefits. Given my current commitment to Japan for new years, this makes my trip a bit more 'efficient' and opens the door to seeing Sue (!) in Seoul around Christmas time, which would be great. And 2nd this forces me to travel alone, which I have grown to really like- and need to fully enjoy the places I travel to. and 3rd/Lastly - this lets me reschedule my flights a bit in the sense that I want to visit less places and spend more time there.
I feel like right now i'm in a cusp zone where if i stay somewhere for less then a week i should hostel it up and if i was there for a bit longer (ie 6 weeks+) I should rent an apartment. So I'm thinking I should also improve on coming up with focused goals/ activities to do in different countries. For instance
In Japan- learn to play go (maybe find a school/ tutor - of course i'd try and pick some up in the next month or so), or... learn how to play starcraft 2 like a champ (kidding)
China- Relearn/ get a coach for table tennis. I was pretty good in high school, so it'd be cool to try and get back into it again after so long.
SE Asia- hmmm learn how to cook thai food? Muay Thai (if i just choose to stay in thailand?)
India- uhhh, uhhhhhhhh play cricket? (suggestions needed)
Australia- surf or become the next mick dundee
New Zealand- the great walks of new zealand (obviously)
So in the near future I'm going to plan out 1) My flights and 2) My patagonia trip. I'll def keep updates on those (I hope) and then my next priority is learn some basic Japanese.
I've decided to curtail my spanish lessons/ learning to instead get some basic Japanese down- for this trip it seems to be wiser to learn some key phrases of a bunch of languages then to focus hard on spanish when I may never go to another spanish speaking country on this trip
its 3:30 am now, so thats all for now- but i hope all is well etc


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Born: January 21, 1959
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Died: October 28, 2011 (aged 52)
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Ricky Lee Adams (January 21, 1959 – October 28, 2011) was a professional baseball player who played three seasons for the California Angels and San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. In a three season career, Adams had a batting average of .215 and four home runs.
On June 7, 1977 he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the first round, as the 14th pick, of the 1977 amateur draft. They released him April 4, 1980 after three years in the Astros farm system. On May 2, 1980 he signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
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Hello readers,
I am thinking of moving my blog to a new url address as it is more appropriate as I the current name is under Intel's product line. So much for my diehard fan-ness of me.
What is your opinion?
Aside from that. Some more pictures to show you I'm still updating, though not so often. =3 And new watermark for now, as it is less intrusive compared to my previous one. And I like this more.
Haha. Enjoy.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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Pranksters have been criticised by police after sparking a security alert by leaving a mock suicide vest in a busy city centre days after the Paris terror attacks.
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The incident took place just after midday on November 19 - six days after terrorists, including several wearing suicide vests, murdered 130 people in the French capital.
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Detective Chief Inspector Steve Whittaker said: "While the item was quickly determined to be a hoax, given the recent events in Paris this clearly had the potential to cause widespread distress and draw a significant policing response.
"Following investigation I believe this incident was an ill-judged prank, but people must remember the very real dangers of this type of behaviour.
"If someone had been seen with the vest, the policing response would have in all probability involved armed officers and placed the individual in very serious danger."
Events in Paris have "brought into sharp focus the type and scale of threat posed by international terrorism", Mr Whittaker said.
He added: "The relationship between the police and the public needs to be stronger than ever before to counter this threat.
"People are asked to remain vigilant and to report anything that could be terrorist-related."
Police have asked anyone with information about who left the vest to come forward.
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Mica's Cause
From Mica at age 18
As a young boy traveling in Nicaragua, I had played baseball with the locals and their scrappy homemade equipment. When my synagogue announced the required Bar Mitzvah community service project, I immediately thought of that makeshift gear, and began to collect bats, balls, and mitts. I donated it to youth leagues in Cuba, the country that sheltered my grandfather during the Holocaust.
For three years, my family navigated around the U.S. foreign policy that threatened my project. With great effort, we sent twelve boxes of equipment. Finally, we went to Cuba, the last 300 pounds in tow.
I feared giving the equipment directly to kids. I feared facing the poverty, and recognizing my own privilege. Yet on my last day in Cuba, swept up in the moment, I offered my remaining gear to a group of kids playing street ball. They swarmed over me, grabbing and claiming the gear.
In that moment, I understood that my "huge" project was just a drop in their bucket. I felt both discouraged and vindicated. I had addressed the need—wasn't that an admirable endeavor? Yet I had helped only a sliver of the needy with a sliver of donations. "My first reaction was to question the meaning of my "positive work." I understand its value, but much remains unanswered. Regardless, I seek the fulfillment that this work provides. I board the train to seek deeper truths, not knowing where I will end up.
Mica Jarmel-Schneider
From Mica at age 12, from Got Balz? Causes.com
Hello! I am Mica Jarmel-Schneider, Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider's son. I am a seventh grader at Alice Fong Yu in San Francisco. I am becoming a Bar Mitzvah this upcoming year, and I am doing a community service project.
I have chosen a project that involves something that I love: baseball. I am collecting and sending baseballs, baseball mitts, helmets, and catcher's equipment to poor communities in Cuba. I have found a non-profit organization, Global Exchange, that will bring the baseball equipment down there and make sure it gets to coaches who can use it with kids.
I am asking for help in a few ways. If you live in the Bay Area and have any equipment that you are willing to donate, that would be great. Also, if you don't have any equipment, or don't live in the Bay Area, then a small amount of money would be fantastic. A donation of $1, $2, or $5 will go a long way. I will use this money to buy used equipment at local thrift stores, because they are cheaper and I can get more of it for the same amount.
Even if you don't donate, I would greatly appreciate it if you give thought to my project and try to make changes in the world everyday. Every person needs to help for the world to be a better place.
If you have any questions, please e-mail my mom or call me at home, xxx-xxx-xxx.
Thanks for your consideration.
Mica Jarmel-Schneider
1. Everyone should be able to do what they love.
2. Your ability to do what you want to do shouldn't depend on your income
3. My goal is to offer kids in Cuba a chance to play baseball by providing them with gear and balls.


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Winter 2012 Family Vacation Dream List
Fantastic winter vacation venues are in great supply and I always find it hard to choose between a week-long ski week where everyone has the opportunity improve their skills and an escape into sunshine. In addition, urban getaways in Europe can be a blast in winter when cities are filled with locals instead of tourists.
I combed through our portfolio for our 2012 Family Vacation Dream List. The best part is there's something here for a variety of budgets and interests, so just maybe, that dream can become a reality.
Family Ski Vacations: Kids' Lesson and Childcare Round Up
Even if you go to a resort where kids ski free, family ski vacations are expensive. Skiing is also a lot of work. But done right, the payoff is huge when every member of the family is active and having fun.
The better the amenities and facilities, the better the experience (see our article on how to choose the best family-friendly ski areas). A good kids' ski program is essential.
10 Great Fall Family Getaways
Are you feeling like summer is coming to a fast close and you need more holiday time? I do! Fortunately, fall is a wonderful season to plan short getaways while the weather is still nice and in many cases, prices are lower than peak travel periods.
Here are 10 great fall travel ideas. I've included venues that are great for parents-only getaways as well as family breaks. Given all there is to do to prepare for back-to-school, we're all exhausted and need some downtime.
Where Can Kids Ski Free in 2010?
A few weeks ago I wrote a post on finding family-friendly ski resorts and promised to follow up with a list of ski areas offering kids ski free programs. Choosing venues where kids ski free is a great way to take the edge of the exorbitant cost of skiing. I scoured the web for options in North America. Stay tuned for a ski Europe edition.
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Why clean?
Not because "clean" is a nice word but because it has a positive impact on our computer. Cleaning varies from a simple deletion of unnecessary files to a deep clean and even wiping entire drive (be careful, this is something different than formatting.)
In this article we will go through every step with our recommended applications. When needed, we will choose our programs from free downloads. But, be warned in advance and have all your important files backed up before following our advice.
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Cleaning up for getting rid of unneeded files and for security
Plus, the Windows registry gets larger with every program installed and/or uninstalled. Everything that you can think of gets recorded in the registry, even the addresses that you type in your browser's address bar to the placement of the icons on your desktop. Day by day the registry is filled by invalid shortcuts and invalid program entries (the junk).
The solution to the above problems are easy with a cleaning utility. I would recommend Piriform's CCleaner for this purpose. It is free and a small download with 3 megabytes and has a very small footprint. It can delete all your browser history, no matter if you're using Internet Explorer, Firefox or Opera. The nicer part is that it can also scan your registry and remove missing file extensions, ActiveX controls, Class and Program Ids, shared dlls etc.. On my wife's Windows box, we have been safely using this program for more than one year. It really helps to keep the computer in shape.
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How to Clean your Computer - Wiping the hard disk In our article we conclude by wiping the hard disk and deleting files in an unrecoverable way. When you delete files from the computer with the right-click or Delete key, the files are not actually deleted and can be recovered. The same is for formatting the disk. We recommend two free programs for deleting files securely and erasing all the data on your hard disk. wipe computer clean, how do i wipe my computer and start again, free erase a computer clean, review secure delete program
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Security & Wiping
Security and wiping your drive, be it your hard disk or your USB thumb drive is a different issue. We first need to know why deleting files and wiping them is different: whan you delete your files from your drive, they are not deleted. The master file table entry, which tells the operating system where the file is, is deleted. So, your operating system is not able to see the file and you think the file is deleted. Really this is not more than an illusion because your data can easily be recovered with free programs. You would not want your confidential files to be recovered by a stranger after you sell your thumb drive on eBay. For that reason, it is imperative to use a wiping program.
I will recommend Heidi Computer Ltd's Eraser program. It is a free download and supports many wiping methods. I prefer the Guttmann method, which passes over the data 27 times in random order plus 8 times random data, whereas US Department of Defense requires seven-pass with random data. (Screenshot courtesy of Freeware365.)
To wipe your entire drive is different. You cannot use the utilities to wipe your active installation. Here, I recommend you to use a program like Darik's Boot and Nuke. You can use the program from the CD/Floppy/USB drive depending on your choice. You have to boot your system from the CD/Floppy/USB and then go through the menus to select the wiping method and then wipe your entire hard disk. The system is very intuitive and the presented options are very intuitive if you have followed our article so far.
When you are wiping your disk, be very careful. What you will do will have irrecoverable consequences and you will say farewell to your files and folders. We can not emphasize enough the importance of backing up your files before committing any operations above.


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Ellie Goulding joins Taylor Swift on stage
It kind of came true, but there were some notable exceptions ( Jack Ü, what's good? ). However, Saturday night's show in Dallas is proof that Tay's closing the gap. And while the multi-platinum artist's fourth world tour may be best known for its endless stream of visiting girl squad members (hello, Gigi Hadid and Cara Delevingne) and singing friends , Swift's ladylike-cool costumes are constantly in rotation as well.


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1916 M101-5 Sporting News #90 Walter Johnson (Famous & Barr Ad on Back)
Starting Bid - $500, Sold For - $1,896
Graded EX/NM 80 by SGC. Highest-graded example by SGC! Hands-above-head pose of Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson M101-5 with rare Famous and Barr Company back. This card was saved by the father of our consignor. Her family originally lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and her father personally got this card in 1916 directly from the Famous and Barr Company! Perfectly clean, both front and back, with four sharp corners, bright and crisp image, and a boldly printed advertisement on the reverse. Though graded a very impressive EX/NM 80 by SGC, we think even this grade is conservative. We grade this card slightly higher at Near Mint. This is a gorgeous card, and one of just a few that we have separated from the balance of a crisp, uncirculated collection to be offered individually. This is an extraordinary high-grade card that would be a significant addition to any Walter Johnson or prewar Hall of Fame card collection. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000+.
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