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By Len Rosenthal, Chief Marketing Officer
We're talking about it; you're talking about it; the whole industry is talking about it. Cloud migration is a top-of-mind topic for not only data storage professionals, but enterprise IT teams altogether. We've talked about what to consider when migrating your workloads before, but we're taking it back to the basics for the start of our cloud migration blog series. The most common question customers ask us is why do people decide to move to the cloud? Here are three reasons we are seeing customers migrate to the cloud.
Planning for disaster scenarios: Most of us can date our fear of disaster back to the infamous tornado scene in "The Wizard of Oz." But for IT professionals, we have much greater fears than tornados and witches on broomsticks. By far, the most common use of cloud storage is for disaster recovery. By replicating data to a cloud provider, you automatically have an additional layer of security and reliability should anything pose a threat to your infrastructure. With disaster recovery, performance limitations are usually bandwidth-related, but performance indicators (like latency, for example) aren't normally a factor.
The need for virtualized primary storage: Attend a dinner party with 10 or more people and at least one of them will work for a virtual company. As more and more companies become virtual and global, the cloud is becoming the primary storage base. In this model, the on-prem access is considered the hub of deployment and the primary copy of data is in the cloud. If your workforce spends more time outside the office than in it, you may want to get cloudy.
Money, money, money: Naturally, it's a priority for all companies to optimize cost efficiency while maintaining a reliable infrastructure. With the ability to store secondary data in the cloud, your team is cutting costs by partially eliminating on-prem storage. Not only does this cut down on constant physical management, but you also won't need to continually replace your hardware when it sees wear and tear, saving you both time and money. For primary tier 1 application workloads, most experts believe that migrating to the cloud is not a money saving proposition.
So, what's holding some companies back from cloud migration? Often, we hear storage engineers are concerned about being able to maintain their current performance when they migrate their workloads to the cloud. Load DynamiX Enterprise offers Storage Performance Analytics, which allow storage professionals to understand the workload I/O patterns that affect storage performance. In our next blog in this series, we will dive deeper into how the Load DynamiX Enterprise solutions can help your public cloud storage migration initiative.
To learn more about cloud migration best practices, check out our whitepaper.


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- Cynderbug
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I'm thinking of mini quiches? I'm stumped.
I'm helping to throw a bridal shower for my FBIL's future wife. One of the guests is a seafood vegetarian. I'm hoping the food will be fun as well as being kid-friendly as well.
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George S. Malouf, Jr., M.D., FACS
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Physician in Comprehensive Ophthalmology in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, Maryland
Mary Ellen M. Valliant
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Managing Partner, Valiant and Associates, LLC, Private Wealth Management Services of Chestertown, Maryland
Albert L. Blumberg, M.D.
Vice Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, past President of MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, past President of the Maryland Radiological Society, past President of the American College of Radiology
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, MEDICAL MUTUAL
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It usually takes 3-4 additional semesters to complete a master's degree (A.M.) after earning the bachelor's degree (A.B.). The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences has an accelerated A.B.-A.M. program in which highly qualified undergraduate majors can earn both the A.B. and A.M. degrees with two additional semesters work (usually a total of 5 years). The department offers the A.M. degree in mathematics or statistics.
Note that this program is only for WU undergraduates who, if they participate, must do so in the academic year immediately following graduation (no deferments). According to the Graduate School, eligibility requires having completed the A.B. degree from Arts & Sciences (which would rule out, for example, a second major who degree is from the Engineering School).
Some students might find a master's degree earned through this program useful. However, students planning to enter a Ph.D. program in mathematics or statistics usually do so directly after completing the A.B. degree rather earning an A.M. degree first. Majors should talk with their advisors early about whether this program would have any advantage for them.
Majors who are interested in the program should
- look at the general Information in the Bulletin (graduate School of Arts & Sciences). The description for the Accelerated A.M. program appears several paragraphs down on that page.
- read the Department's requirements for the A.M. in Mathematics and for the A.M. in statistics.
The application deadline (subject to change by the Graduate School) is the August 1 prior to beginning the AM program in the fall semester following completion of the WU AB degree. Note that the application is made through the Department, which forwards it to the Graduate School. Since relevant people in the Department might not be available much during the summer months, it's best to complete the application by the end of the semester's classes.
The program allows participants to count up to 15 units of 400-500 level coursework earned during the 4 years of undergraduate study (with grades of B or better) toward the A.M. course requirements. (The point of the 15 unit limit is to avoid having majors push so much specialized work into the A.B. years that they limit their opportunities to do the exploration outside of the major that an undergraduate should do.) Counting these 15 units makes it possible to finish the master's requirements in one additional year, but the program is still fast-paced and requires a lot of intense work and some careful planning.
Careful course selection throughout the undergraduate program is required. Usually, the Department will not recommend that the Graduate School admit a major to this program unless the 15 applicable units of 400-500 level work will be completed by the time of graduation. In addition, the Department expects applicants to have backgrounds comparable to students admitted to our regular master's programs. The total number of master's candidates that the Department can accept at a given time may be limited.
For more information about graduate program requirements, contact the Department's Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Brett Wick.
Applying to the Program
The Department of Mathematics asks that interested majors apply to the program by the end of the fall semester in the senior year. If accepted, they must begin the program in the fall semester immediately after graduation: no deferred admissions are allowed by the Graduate School.
Students should fill out the Application Form and make an appointment to meet with the Administrative Assistant for the Department's graduate programs, Ms. Maryann Stenner, in Cupples I, Room 100. She will clarify the rest of the procedure for you: submitting the application for Department consideration and getting the required signatures from the Department Chair and Chair of the Graduate Committee. If the Department approves the application, then Ms. Stenner will submit it to the Graduate School which will make the final decision.
International Students:
For students in the U.S. on a visa as undergraduates: staying on to complete an A.M. creates a change in visa status, which will involve reapplication paperwork. Be sure to check on the details with an international student advisor at the Office for International Students and Scholars.


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I recently read about an awesome, bad-ass women's riding apparel company called Damzl. Here's their definition of the word, as posted on the website:
Damzl \'dam-zl \ n.: girl or maiden with a sense of adventure beyond the norm 2: half girl, half machine, see bionic.
Awesome. They make clothes for both casual wear and also for extreme sports, like motorcycling and snowboarding. It was started by two sisters, Holly and Heather. Sadly, Holly passed away during a riding accident in 2005. Heather courageously decided to move forward with the company, and now it's more popular than ever. If you want to support a fabulous company, increase the girl power and look good doing it…then visit their website (and buy stuff) at www.damzl.com.


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Hegarty, Messina Shine in Third Straight Win for Camels
NEW LONDON, Conn.—The Connecticut College men's lacrosse team cruised to a 9-2 victory against UMass Dartmouth in a game played on the Artificial Turf at Silfen Field Tuesday.
The Camels improved their record to 6-2 with their third consecutive win, while the Corsairs slipped to 5-2 with the setback.
Tyler Hegarty (Setauket, N.Y.), the reigning NESCAC Player of the Week, had a hat-trick with three goals scored to lead the Camels in the triumph.
Chad Sawyer (Northfield, Ill.) scored two goals while assisting on three others in a five point outburst. JR Hartgers (Franklin Lakes, N.J.) dished out three assists for the Camels. Briggs Barton (Rye, N.Y.) and Derek Bertolini (Madison, Conn.) both finished with a goal and an assist for the winning side.
James Messina (West Islip, N.Y.) had four ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers to lead the Camel defense. John Hazard (Annapolis, Md.) won 7-of-13 faceoffs while adding four ground balls.
Sophomore Bobby Bleistein (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) finished with 14 saves in goal.
UMass Dartmouth sophomore attackman Bo Prozinski (Ashland, Mass.) netted his team-leading 19th goal of the season in the loss. Senior Adam Niden (Walpole, Mass.) chipped in with a fourth quarter marker for the Corsairs.
Nick Thayer (Chelmsford, Mass.) was impressive in defeat, finishing with 11 saves, two ground balls and a caused turnover in goal.
The Camels jumped out to an early advantage in this one. Hegarty scored twice in the opening 2:19 of regulation before Max Luing (Ridgewood, N.J.) put the finishing touches on a feed from Hartgers with 4:14 to play to make it a 3-0 game.
Kevin Dachille (Garden City, N.Y.) accounted for the lone tally of the second quarter and the Camels carried a 4-0 advantage into the break.
The Camels used goals from Barton and Sawyer to build a 6-0 edge in the early stages of the second half. Then with 17 seconds remaining in the third, Connecticut College cashed in on an extra man opportunity when Bertolini scored on a feed from Barton to put the Camels in command with a 7-0 lead.
Prozinski finally got the Corsairs on the board 1:30 into the fourth quarter when he collected a ground ball just outside of the crease and flicked one in for the visitors.
But with 4:33 remaining in the contest, Sawyer answered for the Camels with a nifty looking one-timer with Hartgers assisting. Hegarty scored his third goal with 3:10 remaining before Niden rifled one home for UMass Dartmouth from the right side of the box with 2:17 to play to close out the scoring.
The Camels were able to keep the visitors off the scoreboard in the closing moments to close out the 9-2 win.
Connecticut College out-shot the Corsairs 39-to-26 in the triumph and held a 26-to-21 edge in ground balls.


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Creamy, dreamy, spicy guacamole just got a make over with the addition of fava beans! I guarantee no one will know the difference and this version packs protein, fiber, and staying power! Trying to stick to your resolutions while still enjoying the game with friends? Bring this to the party! Meatless Monday taco night just got a little more protein, and still all the flavor with this fava bean avocado guacamole!
We were challenged to make a "lighter" recipe, recognizing that many people are starting to pay attention to their waistlines after the holiday
cookie food extravaganza. I immediately thought of guacamole, as I know it's play-off season, and guacamole is kind of my weakness at parties. I go into this whole "oh it's avocados and it's green… automatically healthy" right? Haha yeah and then my jeans don't fit the next day. Yeah lets not go there!
Guacamole was one of the first things I learned how to make. I love the flavors and think fresh is certainly best. My aunt would buy the spice packs from the grocery store, and I just remember thinking, why the heck do you need all that to make guacamole? When I have them make it table side at a restaurant, they don't add a secret spice packet with white junk filler. Plus the stuff in the packet is a bit salty to me as well. I promise once you make guacamole yourself, you won't want to rely on a spice packet either!
I've come to find out that guacamole is one of those dips that you can never make enough of. It's usually the first thing gone at any of the gatherings I attend. I normally hate that I can't make guacamole to far in advance, as the avocado tends to get brown and watery. What I've found is that adding fava beans and lime juice to this guacamole lets you easily make this a full day in advance, no problems. So yes, now you don't have to worry about that when you volunteer to bring a dish to the party. And trust me once you figure out how easy this is to make, you will always volunteer to bring it; because it's so yummy and super easy. PS, it's also really hard to mess up 🙂
Doubt me when I say that? This guacamole has only 10 ingredients and they are all something you probably have on hand (except maybe the fava beans!) . Never heard of fava beans? They are an Italian bean that I buy frozen. All you have to do is cook them through 2-3 minutes in the microwave and let cool before pureeing them with the avocado for this guacamole. Pretty easy right? I buy mine from Trader Joe's, they have already been shelled and I didn't bother peeling them since they were going into the food processor. Heads up though, if you decide you want to make the leftover fava beans into something else, you will likely have to peel the white skin from the green fava beans.
Fava Bean and Avocado Guacamole
- 1 cup frozen cooked and cooled fava beans (microwave 2-3 minutes or steam 5-6 on stove)
- 2 avocados
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbs. red onion rough chopped
- 1/2 jalapeno chopped
- 2 juice of limes
- 2 tbs. chopped cilantro
- 1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
- pinch red pepper
- 10 grape tomatoes chopped
- 1 tbs. finely minced red onion
- In a food processor, add fava beans, 1 1/2 of the avocado meat, garlic, red onion, jalapeno, lime juice and season salt. Puree until smooth, making sure to scrape the bowl a few times.
- Add cilantro, and pulse a few times until combined.
- Place mixture into a bowl.
- Add tomato, minced red onion and the remaining avocado, cubed.
- Stir until combined. Taste for seasoning. Add pinch of red pepper to taste.
What about you?
- Do you have a lightened dish that you volunteer to make for parties?
- Do you have a dish that you wish you could lighten so you could enjoy it more often?
- What is your favorite dip to bring to parties?
Bright Beverages
- Almond Mocha Smoothie from The Foodie Army Wife
- Chocolate-Covered Berries Green Smoothie from Cupcakes & Kale Chips
- Citrus DeTox Spa Water from La Bella Vita Cucina
- Peachilious Smoothie from Peanut Butter and Peppers
Blissful Breakfast Items
- Apple Crumble Smoothie Bowl from Try Anything Once Culinary
- Light Eggs Benedict from Rants From My Crazy Kitchen
- Multigrain Scones from The Texan New Yorker
- Nutty Granola Bars from Pies and Plots
- Reduced Sugar Donuts from The Ninja Baker
Appetizing Starters
- Fava Bean and Avocado Guacamole from Pancake Warriors
- Homemade Snickerdoodle Peanut Butter from Wallflour Girl
- Norwegian Egg Benedict from Brunch with Joy
- Roasted Pumpkin and Chevre Bruschetta from Jane's Adventures in Dinner
Savory Soups and Sides
- Butternut Squash and Roasted Red Pepper Soup from Cindy's Recipes and Writings
- Light Creamed Roasted Vegetable Soup from Kudos Kitchen by Renee
- Detox Chicken Bok Choy Soup from Nosh My Way
- French Potato Leek Soup from Curious Cuisiniere
- Marinated Tomato and Mozzarella Salad from From Gate to Plate
- Quinoa Mango Pomegranate Spinach Salad with White Balsamic Vinigrette from Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch
- Red Cabbage and Golden Raisin Salad from girlichef
- Shredded Brussels Sprouts and Endive Slaw with Champagne Vinaigrette from Take A Bite Out of Boca
- Spinach and Black Bean Ravioletti Soup from Big Bear's Wife
Marvelous Mains
- Black Pepper Tofu with Black Garlic Sauce from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
- Fish Steamed with Spicy Couscous from Food Lust People Love
- Greek Style Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce from Nik Snacks
- Kale Pesto with Squash Noodles from Ruffles & Truffles
- Mexican Turkey Cutlets from Magnolia Days
- Meyer Lemon Roasted Chicken Thighs, Fennel & Sweet Potato from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Portuguese Kale Soup from Recipes Food and Cooking
- Salmon with Mushroom Sauce from Cooking Chat
- Skinny Chicken-Leek Pot Pie from The Weekend Gourmet
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Quinoa from Bobbi's Kosy Kitchen
- Slow Cooker Italian Barley & Sausage from Foxes Loves Lemons
- Tomato Basil Soup with Grilled Pimento Cheese Sandwiches from Food Done Light
- Tomato Goat Cheese Arugula Flatbread from Family Foodie
Delightful Desserts
- Easy to be Green Chocolate Chip Cookies from What Smells So Good?
- Fruit Parfait from Desserts Required
- Maple Pear Scones from Killer Bunnies, Inc
- Easy Blackberry Crumble from The Perfect Brownie
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Tommy Lasorda Steals the Show at MLB Draft
You know what's not fun? Being boring.
You know what's not fun? Being boring.
You know who's nowhere near boring?
Mr. Thomas "Spaghetti and Meatballs" Lasorda.
The 2013 MLB First Year Player Draft took place yesterday, and it was awesome. I watched on TV as young players took their first steps towards living their dream and the smiles that came along with it. After the first round, Commissioner Bud Selig stepped down and each team sent up a representative to announce their picks. Yet after 50 picks of hearing the same script, watching the draft can get a tad dull.
Not on Tommy's watch! With the 56th pick of the draft, the Dodgers sent Tommy Lasorda up to the podium to announce their selection. What they hadn't planned on was the radicalness that Tommy would bring with him. Check out the video and hope that you'll one day be as cool as Tommy Lasorda. I'm hiring this guy to order for me at restaurants.


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Although online retail businesses are thriving, it's a good bet that brick-and-mortar shoe retailer DSW
So DSW is alive and growing, as evidenced by its second-quarter results. Since opening its first store in the heart of Buckeye country in Dublin, Ohio, in 1991, it has established more than 180 locations in 32 states. In the latest period alone, it increased its store count by seven, representing a 3.9% jump.
Taking a look at its fiscal-2005 Q2 numbers, we'll find that DSW is also doing a solid job of increasing sales. Comparable same-store sales rose 3.3% compared with the same period a year ago, a figure that helped increase the company's net sales by 17.8% to $276.2 million.
Net income climbed marginally by 4%, and at first glance it may appear that DSW's earnings were lagging because of operational difficulties. But that's not the case: Its operating margins increased from last year's level of 6.7% to the current level of 7.5%.
Instead, the reason for the drag on its bottom line is that DSW was spun off from Retail Ventures
Increasing sales, improving profit margins, and a clean balance sheet add up to a valid reason to add this stock to an investor's watch list. DSW is putting a good foot forward and is worthy of further consideration.
Overstock.com is a Motley Fool Rule Breakers recommendation.
Fool contributor Jeremy MacNealy does not own shares of any companies mentioned.


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of the so-called luxury land-yachts of the time and one of the highest priced coaches in 1941. They called this model their "six passenger" trailer. Note that one floor plan had a bed in the kitchen! No baths
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"Cloud Pets (www.cloudpets.com) is perhaps one of the most revolutionary toys I have ever seen. It links plush and technology in a manner that's never been done." On Demand Global Founder Brett Saevitzon
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On Demand Global has launched a stuffed animal that surpasses all on the market due to its technology-driven communication capabilities according to On Demand Global's Founder Brett Saevitzon. Cloud Pets™ utilizes cloud technology and a free APP so that children and their loved ones can send recorded voice messages to each other with the touch of a button. Cloud Pets™ (http://www.cloudpets.com) is currently supported by iPhone, iPad, and Android.
"Cloud Pets is perhaps one of the most revolutionary toys I have ever seen," says Brett Saevitzon. "It links plush and technology in a manner that's never been done."
On Demand Global also recognizes the importance of keeping families connected and provide all US Military families with the opportunity to receive free shipping on their Cloud Pets™ orders.
See him in action and watch the instructional videos on the Cloud Pets™ YouTube Channel. http://tiny.cc/zoenkx Cloud Pets™ are currently available for sale online for $29.99/$8.99 P&H – additional pets ship for free additional handling for outside the continental US. To order visit http://www.cloudpets.com or call 1-844-208-0018.
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Instructions: The arrow keys are to move.
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Again I have to admit that I thought quite long about how to proceed here.
I will continue with my background information by saying the following...
Husband I stayed together for a number of years more. As I said we lived pretty separate lives, he was always working, I was raising our child. I now know that we were both so very unhappy. I think that we both resigned ourselves to the fact that this is what our lives would be, and neither of us would admit, even to ourselves, how unhappy we really were. We had a small child, and we had made a commitment. Sadly our communication was less than zero, so we were unable to express in a way that the other one could understand what was going on in our heads. My 'drug' for comfort and consolation was food, his was infidelity. I have to admit that I played the 'poor me' card for a long, long time. Way too long. Yes he could have made different choices if he was unhappy, but so could I.
In 2005 there were a few life altering events that happened in his family that were devastating. Within a span of 10 months 2 close members of his family were dead. It was a wakeup call to me. I weighed 244 lbs. at the time. One day I followed our young child up the stairs to the second floor of our house and I was huffing and puffing by the time I got to the top. I told myself that day that enough was enough! I decided that day that I would get to the point that I could run up the stairs without being out of breath. My child deserved a Mom that could run and play, not one that would be confined to the sidelines. I had a friend that had recently purchased some Pilates DVD's. She wasn't using them; I asked her if I could borrow them. The first time I tried to do the 20 minute workout, I couldn't do several of the moves, and I was huffing like I was having some kind of an attack. I got through it however. I liked how it felt to sweat, I liked how it felt to be moving again and I liked that I was making steps towards my goal of being able to get up those stairs without being winded.
At first I floundered a bit with finding the time to do the workout. Like all of us, my days were already full, and finding the energy to workout at the end of the day when everything else was done wasn't working. I decided that if I was going to make this happen I would have to get up in the morning, before my family and do that 20 minute workout then. That is what I started to do. Every weekday morning I got up a little bit early and did the workout. On the weekends sometimes I would do it and sometimes not. It was empowering. I felt great. I soon noticed that I had more energy even though I was getting a little less sleep.
I wasn't following any diet, per se, but I was watching my portions. Like all overweight, (o.k. obese people) I had a pretty good idea what I should be eating, I just wasn't doing what I should. What I did decide to do was watch my portions. I also decided to eat when I was hungry and only to eat until I was no longer hungry. Sounds obvious I know, but there is a significant difference between eating until you are full and eating until you are no longer hungry.
I also stopped the late night snacking out of boredom and loneliness. If I was truly hungry I would have something healthy. Although I have to say that I had the mind flip from thinking that if I went to bed hungry I might die before the morning to the feeling that going to bed a bit hungry was o.k... even good. In the evenings as I sat in front of the TV or computer I would do arm exercises. At first with no weight at all, keep in mind, I weighed 244 lbs and I was OUT OF SHAPE!! I gradually started to lift 1lbs weight, and then as I got stronger I would increase the weight in small increments.
Because my goal was not to lose weight but to become healthy and fit, I didn't track my weight loss. What I did track was my lifestyle. Every day I would mark my progress on the calendar. If I worked out in the morning I would put a small sticker on that day. If I felt like I ate well that day, another sticker. If I did anything extra, like the arm exercises in the evening, another sticker. I loved looking at the calendar and seeing those stickers!! I really have no idea how much weight I lost or how quickly. I do know that over the course of a few years I first got rid of those 2X cloths and got into 1X then to XL then OMG to L!!! I was trying to be more active generally, but mostly this loss was all from doing those 20 minutes of Pilate's in the morning, really evaluating everything I was eating and when, and doing those arm exercises in the evening. I was so thrilled and proud of myself. I was actually looking at myself in the mirror. I felt sexy again. I was happy, even if my marriage was as it had always been, I felt like the old me!!


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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
idylls of a summer
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Of Spirituality and Totem Poles
When I sat down to write this, I scrolled down to see my meager previous posts. Funnily enough, the last noteworthy one was about the same topic of religion. And a loss of peace. And I remember exactly how that felt – and still does, most of the time. But here's where I've changed—peace is beginning to come back into my soul. This did not happen through any religious awakening. It did not happen through friends or families' incessant blateration about religion and religious duties and the wrath of God. It wasn't a heavens-opened-up moment of revelation.
It came from myself. It came from a realization deep within that self-improvement is not something I should spew in words, but something I need to strive ardently for. It came from the realization that I have the potential to be a good person, and I have not even scratched the mere surface of being one. It came from my own search into myself – brought on my none other than my own self, and the knowledge of how little I have done for those around me, and just how much I have wronged so many who have been dear to me...
It's a start, and I am at the very lowest rung of the totem pole of spirituality, if there was to be such a thing. I am at the Regretful Self level (re: Sufism); I have been realizing my shortcomings and I have the desire to change. The faults are innumerable, and the realization very dim. There is a strong desire to change, but that change is a long way off. I will get there, hopefully not as slowly as I fear. Everyday is a challenge, but everyday is also a chance, to do the right thing.
To quote my recent inspiration, Sultan AbdulHameed, "the controls for changing our circumstances are not in what we see around us, but within us, in the invisible parts of us, where our thoughts, perceptions, and beliefs reside."
That's where my search is taking me… to where my beliefs reside.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
but it took me awhile to remember how to log in, since it's been ohhh say, almost a year, since i last updated... and now i've forgotten what i was so angry about. (i just realized the last time i wrote anything was july 23rd of last year; it's june 23rd today)... and what an awful, awful year it's been.
ha.. i've figured out the path to anger management. memory loss.
that makes no sense.
something tells me that the only way to continue writing poetry/stories/the like is to force myself to. i've hit a road block for awhile now. but i'm afraid of losing it. so even if i write crap, i ought to keep writing...
thought of the day: marriage. it's a scary thing. and people are probably better off without it.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
A Loss of Peace
It would be an outright lie to say that I am still as religious (or even close to) as I was 15 years ago. And yet, my faith in God never falters. I cannot fathom a world without His existence, and every birth, death or the smallest experience of love or pain, only confirms to me that He must and does exist. I cannot explain my faith or the reasons for believing such, but all I know is that I derive a sense of peace and unity from such faith, and that is justification enough for me….. What I wonder is how to hold onto that peace, that sense of calmness, when everything else in life is so obviously trying to uproot every fiber of calmness that one can possess? I don't find that solace in the motions of prayer anymore… at least not the motions that I ought to follow in accordance with the religion. I find a semblance of it when I close myself off to everything else and try to think, perhaps 'meditate' would be the word…or pray in my own way… but it is not good enough. Peace, as I have known it, does not exist within me anymore. I can look out onto a lake, or over mountains, or upon a bridge and feel that semblance of peace again, but it is always fleeting… and worst of all, any meditation upon life leads me to become more distressed, more often than not. Perhaps that ideal of peace and calm is only a childhood ideal; perhaps as adults all we can hope for is bits and pieces of peace here and there, to be uprooted by the disaster and distress of everyday life. Or perhaps, if I were inclined to be a little more optimistic, it has been a year so very devoid of inner peace and calm that any other year that is to follow will only be better…. In any case, what I wonder is where does one turn to for that peace of mind when religion simply cannot offer it anymore, when prayer is not enough? Blasphemous these thoughts may be, but in the midst of mental turmoil, the search for oneself or for peace of mind doesn't have room for such distinctions. They are all questions that need answering… if only I knew how to answer them.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Wish You Were Here
I would have no problems with nostalgia if it didn't have the feelings associated with it; if it didn't have that which defines it. Why can one not listen to a song without feeling one's insides melting vein by vein, tearing away all shreds of sensibility? Why can one not smell something without thinking of nothing but that certain someone's fingers, entwining and caressing, tugging at the heart? Why do we fall prey to such emotions when memories are really nothing but neurons and nerve impulses? It would be pointless to wonder what our worlds would be like without memories; but what if we lived without nostalgia? Would that make us more efficient at planning our present and our future, since we would spend less time upon the past? Would it not make us happier in a way, since we wouldn't be spending any time or emotions on feeling sad or lonely or depressed? Technically, perhaps that could be the case. But something tells me that life would lose all its hope, all its charm, all its indescribable bits of honeyed happiness that we hold so dearly to our hearts. That must be where nostalgia lies; that must be the purpose of nostalgia. To remind us, with not just a small stab at our hearts, that those fragments of memories that float to us on lonely, hot nights like tonight are actually proofs of life's cruel beauty. They come to us to make us pause in our mindless days and nights and remember things that once made us love life, or gave us hope, or gave us the reasons that we needed to get through our days. The after-effects of nostalgia are a bit harder to deal with, but I suppose if we can sort through the collage of memories one by one, we might come to look at them pleasantly, and stow them away for another day when we might need that memory… Perhaps I can yet learn to pick and choose my nostalgia. Until then, it seems appropriate that I'll keep echoing Pink Floyd: How I wish, how I wish you were here….
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
the distance between 'love' to 'lost love'...
There are times when we may feel that we can never distance ourselves from our lost loves, the once-love-of-our-lives. Hopelessly, we may feel that we will never stop lying awake for hours on end, wishing wistful wishes,... staring blankly at our phones, twirling them in our hands, waging wars in our minds, fighting the desire to call our lost loves. We might think that the day will never come when we stop hearing the lost love's voice when we hear a song, or that we could possibly not look at a hill of daffodils and not think of his smile, his touch, his unending love…. We stand convinced that the day will never come when we stop thinking of the way sunlight highlights the irises of his eyes, making them glint green, orange and brown simultaneously… or the way those eyes, swimming with love, look adoringly and intimately, willing to forgive mistakes, to forgo misunderstandings…
We think such things… and then distance sets in, etching its footprints deeper and with certainty….. Soon enough, we realize that somehow we have indeed managed to distance ourselves. We realize that the hours between those moments when his eyes intrude our thoughts are longer and less painful than before… Eventually, distance has done what it excels at—it has dulled the pain, blurred the edges of the love that was, making it a relic, a memory… It has taken from us the sharpness of heartbreak and replaced it with the numbness of acceptance,… or perhaps of regret. Distance has wedged itself between the crevices of memory and willed the mind to replace, if not forget….. Consequently, our lives take up new plans, new emotions, and lost love dwindles to the bottom of our hearts, to the back of our minds, stored away gently, to be kept only as a fond relic.
What we are never prepared for, however, is the sudden upturning of those memories… of a sudden feeling -fleeting or otherwise- which assaults us, catches us unawares. When lost love suddenly resurfaces, and our minds are left in turmoil. Perhaps all that was needed to jog the senses in the end was just a song, or a word, or a concept,… or a hill of daffodils. Whatever triggers it, we find ourselves immersed in a spiral of memories, where even the way he always cocked his head to the side and smiled in pictures becomes a haunting recollection, at once too painful either to dwell on, or to try to forget…. We find ourselves unable to think of much else, as our minds become fully immersed in digging up old and forgotten feelings, emotions, desires….. It is at that point we realize that we can never fully escape lost loves….especially if we are the ones who let our loves become lost. Until distance again takes up its task of burying memories, all there is to be done is to simply watch the yellow daffodils swaying in the breeze and remember those eyes for what they were…and always will be.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Stationary objects…. Sometimes, when the light shines just right upon them, they seem to have a distinct life of their own. It's a sedentary life, which isn't entirely unenviable. I sat on the couch in the sunroom and stared at the opposite side of the room, at a white bag bearing a massive red star with "MACY'S" written across its side, sitting slanted on some books, and overflowing with leftover mail, flyers and random papers that might or might not be important. The ironing table next to the pile of papers and bags stood cross-legged and lonely, with a defiant looking iron sitting on top. As I watched these objects, they seemed to stare back at me with a steady, uncompromising stare. The muted yellow light peeping from the broken lampshade across the room shone just enough light onto the blue plastic hanger that stuck out of the box to make it look a little sinister. Looking at these objects, I found myself feeling envious of their aloofness, of their ability to remain detached and yet surrounded by the chaos of life. I find myself consistently unable to detach myself from people and events around me- whether they personally involve me or not. The world of stationary objects makes me wish I possessed those very enviable qualities some people have of detaching themselves from things around them to the point where they remain unfazed regardless of what happens. They live happier lives, I think.
As I sat there, all the objects began to glow in their stillness. They mocked me; reminding me of the tangled mess that is my life, of the continuous struggles and conflicts I'm forced to face everyday. They rejoiced in their sedentary ways; showing me how much better it is to simply be in the background, as the sun reached out its fading light across the bold letters on the side of the bag. I sat there listening to the voices around me, watching the invisible words coming at me, becoming absorbed into my skin, watching it turn varying shades as the words churned into emotions inside me. I sat there, watching myself becoming angry, becoming sad, becoming happy, and ricocheting through numerous emotions. Slowly, a sentence wafted into my head from somewhere (or someone) -- "it's your choice." I thought about what that meant, and realized that unfortunately, it's really not my choice. If I did have a choice about it, I would choose the sedentary life; I wouldn't choose to have these emotions, these feelings, these obligations and expectations that seem to drive our lives. I think I might have to disagree with Shakespeare at this point in my life; I would definitely much rather have never loved (or felt) at all.
What it comes down to is that I would much rather be a paper bag advertising for Macy's than who I am… at least then I would be recycled, reused… replaced. I wouldn't mind being replaced under those circumstances. I wouldn't mind one way or the other, which is the exact point of it all.


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I am a 50 year old female and I have had diabetes since October 2001. Since then, I have been on regular medication to control my blood sugar, as advised by my consulting physician who changed the medicines and/or doses as and when the blood sugar level was being uncontrolled. In this period of time, my blood sugar varied between 90 mg/dl to 176 mg/dl [5.0 mmol/L to 9.8 mmol/L] fasting and 150 mg/dl to 295 mg/dl [8.3 mmol/L to 16.4 mmol/L] postprandial. The last test report, dated August 13, 2004 shows my postprandial blood sugar as 193 mg/dl [10.7 mmol/L]. On September 14, 2004, my fasting blood sugar was 96 mg/dl [5.3 mmol/L].
The medicines administered are indicated below in chronological order:
- October 2001 to June 14, 2002: Daonil, one-half a tablet daily
- June 15, 2002 to March 5, 2003: Daonil, one tablet daily
- March 6, 2003 to March 25, 2004: Semiglycogen, 40 mg, one tablet, twice daily (after breakfast and after dinner)
- March 26, 2004 to April 2, 2004: Amaryl, 2 mg, one tablet daily. This medicine was discontinued early as it developed problems of uncontrolled behavior in finger joints.
- April 3, 2004 to September 8, 2004: Semiglycogen, 40 mg, one tablet daily (after breakfast and after dinner); Glyciphage 500, one tablet daily after midday meal.
- September 8, 2004 to present: Glutide CR 60, one tablet daily after breakfast; Glutide CR 30, one tablet daily after dinner; and Glycomet 250, one tablet daily after lunch
One tablet daily of a multivitamin was administered with all the above medicines.As it is evident from my past record, my blood sugar has been fluctuating continuously. Apart from that, the thing that is worrying me more is that I have been suffering continuously with a stomach disorder, especially for the last four to five months. My stool is always loose and frequency is four to five times. In recent days, the frequency has even increased. For this problem, my consulting physician has recommended medicines like Nor Metrogyl or some other from time to time, of which I took the full course. But, such medicines could give me only temporary relief. I am on a very strict and controlled diet and do daily walking.
Am I taking the right medicines for my blood sugar control? Is my blood sugar report history of last three years is satisfactory for my overall health? Is my stomach disorder problem related to my diabetes or with medicine I am consuming for diabetes control?
I like the idea of patients having a target blood sugar to help them know whether they are succeeding or not. I think a good target sugar is 70 to 140 mg/dl [3.9 to 7.8 mmol/L] before meals and less than 160 mg/dl [8.9 mmol/L] two hours after meals. In addition, the hemoglobin A1c tst should be performed every three to six months to evaluate the average daily blood sugar over the previous three months. It sounds like your sugars have exceeded these ranges. I would suggest you speak to your physician about additional therapy to bring the sugars down. In addition, some of the medications you are on can cause lose stools or some abdominal discomfort. I would ask your physician as to whether this might be the case.
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For designers, Symfony2 has been a welcome change from those old flat PHP files. Twig is beautiful, the framework separates the code from the layout, and we no longer have to find our way through lines of PHP code. But if you are a designer working on a symfony project for the first time, these are a few tips that can help you get up and running quickly.
How do I disable the toolbar at the bottom of the page?
The toolbar at the bottom of the page is useful for developers but a hinderance to designers (especially if you are developing mobile apps). Not only does it cover your footer, but it also slows the page down. Since we don't need it, most designers will want to get rid of it. To do this just edit: config/config_dev.yml and set the web_profiler to false:
config_dev.yml -> web_profiler: toolbar: false
Symfony has a lot of moving parts. Learning what the errors are and how to fix them is a useful skill to have.
Symptom: No Javascript or no-css showing up
You need to run:
./app/console assetic:dump
Assetic is the part of Symfony that compiles LESS files, combines and compress CSS and JS files, among other things. Sometimes when you download new files the cache needs to be recreated. Running the above command does this. Another useful way to use this command is:
./app/console assetic:dump -watch
This automatically recompiles all the css and js every time you modify a css and js file.
Symfony requires a series of libraries to run. Every so often these libraries get updated and you are required to update them on your local server as well. If your libraries are not updated, you will see an error like the one above.
To fix this open your terminal, go navigate to the root of your project and run:
./bin/vendors install
When you do ./bin/vendors install you will download all the latest libraries your application requires to function correctly. Once you run this command you should see a log printing out listing all the libraries that are being installed. Check that log to make sure you don't have any permissions errors. In case you do run this command and enter your administrator password on prompt:
sudo ./bin/vendors install
Symptom: Blank page
90% of the time when you get a blank page it's a permission issue. Symfony requires app/cache and app/logs directories to be writable both by the web server and the command line user. Fortunately fixing these is simple enough. In your terminal go to the root directory of your project and type:
rm -rf app/cache/* rm -rf app/logs/* sudo chmod +a "www-data allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" app/cache app/logs sudo chmod +a "`whoami` allow delete,write,append,file_inherit,directory_inherit" app/cache app/logs
If you are on a Mac and you are using Apache web server that comes with Mac OSX, replace www-data with _www in the above command.
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"I've lost a great employee!" is a familiar cry I've heard from friends and clients who run their own business. Whether it's small or medium-sized, every employee counts – especially the amazing ones – so I always ask, "Why did they leave?"
They're reciting the reason their employee gave, believing it's a matter of a bigger paycheque.
BIG benefits not just big paycheques
Compensation isn't just about salary. Benefits are a serious consideration for employees, especially those with families. They also help define your company's culture and can give you a competitive advantage.
Here are three tips to keep great employees:
1. Go beyond basic benefits
Medical, dental, pension, disability … while essential, are fairly standard across companies. You have the opportunity to go beyond the basics:
• Offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Have financial advisors come to your business to provide financial planning seminars.
• Also, think perks: time off to volunteer, barbeque lunches or ice cream days in the summer, you name it. Get creative!
2. Reward loyalty
Base your pension plan contributions on length of service. The longer your employee stays, the more your company contributes. That's a win-win for everyone.
3. Wellness matters
Healthy employees are happy, productive employees.*
• Include wellness information and programs – diet, exercise, smoking cessation – as part your benefits plan.
• Offer personal or electronic access to professional advisors and credited health coaching.
• Consider an on-site gym, discounted fitness club memberships or starting a company softball team. Again, it's all about going beyond the basics to help keep your employees healthy, happy and productive.
In the end, you don't have to break the bank to include benefits that not only keeps great employees, but attracts them too.
Bill McElroy
* Schachter, Harvey. "The business case for healthy and happy employees." The Globe and Mail 29 May 2014. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/the-business-case-for-healthy-happy-employees/article18877107/
Bill McElroy, BA, CIM, CFP is President of The William Douglas Group Inc. and a Senior Financial Advisor with Manulife Securities Incorporated. In 2014, Bill was named Canada's Top Financial Advisor in Canada by Wealth Professional Magazine and was featured in their inaugural 'Hot List'. He was also recognized as an advisor who has reached supreme achievement in the industry and been awarded Manulife's Five-Star Master Builder. The William Douglas Group Inc. was recognized as the Best Boutique Business Consulting Office in Canada by Wealth and Finance International. Bill is pleased to share his knowledge and more than 25 years' experience with business owners in his blog series.


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I want to start playing Borderlands 1 as Borderlands 2 looks amazing and I want to get involved before release. But which platform will be best?
pc for graphics,xbox for fun.
ps3 version of number 1 was full of bugs and not many online that was decent to play with,was always people online for fun on xbox.
Without question, it'd be PC for me. The control system wins it for me. If it's a shooter or an RTS game, I'd take PC every time.
Another bonus for PC games is that many of them have the ability for serious life-extending modifications, so the lifespan of your game could be increased to no end. Take Skyrim as an example. It's massive on all formats, but with the modifications available for PC now and in the future, it's even bigger.
To state the obvious it depends on the platform you own, I guess.
Otherwise it would have to be PC. Easily.
Potential for true HD resolutions, better frame rates and generally better looking visuals.
You have a CHOICE of control options, that's not simply limited to a controller. I'm quite partial to a mouse and keyboard setup for FPS gaming. You can remap your controller layout if you wanted, not sure if that's a console feature either as simple as it sounds!
This time the game is working through the incredibly popular Steamworks instead of gamespy's matchmaking service which means it will have a hefty player base.
Ignore ramiuk1. Be happy with whichever platform you get it on, though purely on a technical level if you have a machine capable then the PC is easily the best choice.
I mean why play your new game in 2012 on machines who's technology dates back to 2004 or even earlier?
edit: Ooooh, not to mention you can pick it up cheaper to boot, I've got a pre-order with Tesco for around £22!
Read Digital Foundry (as part of Eurogamer). They do highly technical comparisons of games across platforms. Read their pixel-perfect comparison of Borderlands 1.
1. Gearbox are using the same engine (excluding any potential cross-platform improvements since BL1);
2. and you aren't a PC gamer;
3. you have the same/no friends on both PS3 and X360;
then X360 is your platform.
Look it up. Google 'Digital Foundry Borderlands comparison', and you'll see X360 generally has more pixel-perfect effects and fidelity than PS3 when it comes to cross-platform games.
Sadly I can't link it for you myself as Dealspwn generally forbids links to other sites.
what u mean ignore me.
ps3 version was really buggy on Borderlands 1,pc for better graphics and on pc version online wasn't that great due to the servers, which u have said it will have steam this time which I didn't know, should solve the player issue.
I then got for xbox and I had instant fun online with people all time,, easily finding groups of 4.
so why ignore me?
OP asked for opinions, I gave mine as have others. why not just give your results so he can decide, without rudeness.
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The Play Angular Seed Project
This is a Play version of the official angular-seed project (https://github.com/angular/angular-seed). The project uses Play's requirejs support for WebJars (http://www.webjars.org/).Tweet
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These WebJars are deployed to well known repositories including Maven Central. There are many popular JavaScript libraries already available as WebJars and the number is increasing. WebJars utilize familiar and established repositories instead of relying on newly introduced ones. Many organisations are already using and hosting Maven and Ivy based repositories so it makes sense to leverage them. To further support this, over 8 billion downloads occurred on Maven Central in 2012.
The first thing to state is that we want to make developing web applications in conjunction with Play as familiar as possible when it comes to authoring JavaScript. To use a WebJar the programmer declares its dependency in Play's build.sbt file. This file describes a Play project in a similar way that a Maven pom or NPM's package.json does.
In this application, the only explicit WebJar dependency in our client is AngularJS:
WebJars can have transitive dependencies as well, and they will be managed in a familiar way that is similar to Maven, Ivy or Gradle dependencies. In the case of AngularJS there are no transitive dependencies. The
"org.webjars" % "angularjs" % "1.2.13"
webjars-play library does have a transitive dependencies on RequireJS and WebJars Locator, so there's no need to declare them explicitly.
The next requirement is to tell Play how assets are going to be resolved. Play's routes file is used to do this.
The following route exposes access to the WebJar assets:
GET /*file controllers.Assets.versioned(path="/public", file: Asset)
While not required, the easiest way to setup a webpage to use WebJars, RequireJS, and AngularJS is with Play's server-side templating.
The main.js file uses RequireJS to load AngularJS and setup the different parts of the application:
require(['angular', './controllers', './directives', './filters', './services', 'angular-route'],
function(angular, controllers) {
angular and
angular-route references use the modules defined by the WebJars setup done in the previous sections. (angular-route is part of the angular WebJar). The other references that are prefixed with
./ are relative to the
app.js file. If you add other WebJars to your dependency list in
build.sbt, this generated setup script will have configuration entries for their contents as well.
You'll notice a comment,
/*global ... in the app.js file that tells JsLint what globals are assigned from other JavaScript files. Not having this declaration would result in warnings in our code.
This tutorial has taken you through the requirements of a Play application in order to use AngularJS, RequireJS and WebJars in the context of the Play Framework.
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Discussion in 'Politics' started by Gunny, Jun 3, 2008.
more ... Bill Clinton sorry for 'scumbag' remarks, spokesman says - CNN.com
Clinton is the freaking man. I wish I could reel in the ladies like him.
not to ride a dead horse(ok, i'm a necroequiniophiliac) ...but this stuff really does exemplify why clinton wouldn't have been as strong a candidate v mccain as her supporters wanna think
Good tactical move by the Obama camp for planting this story as another excuse not to pick Hillary as Veep.
A Clinton calling someone sleezy...now THAT'S irony.
I don't understand why he apologized.
i don't either?
He had no reason to apologise Don't know why he did that either
Did you know that a "scumbag" is a used condom?
Me three. I'd have told 'em to go pound sand.
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Muskegon ISD school board supports emergency manager's reforms
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. – The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District is ready to implement the emergency manager's reforms in Muskegon Heights, even if the state's emergency manager law is struck down, according to MLive.
To address a $12 million debt, the district's emergency manager has taken steps to have the district authorize public charter schools, but negotiations are still ongoing, MLive reported. In an informal discussion, board members agreed to continue the emergency manager's work if challenges to the state's emergency manager law are successful.
"We just want to make sure there is an educational setting for the kids of Muskegon Heights," Muskegon ISD Superintendent Dave Sipka told MLive.
SOURCE: MLive, "Intermediate school district prepared to authorize Muskegon Heights charter schools," July 3, 2012
FURTHER READING: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, "School Takeover: Much Criticism, No Solutions," June 22, 2012


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In some parts of Africa a "highly paid" professional (eg a doctor) may earn as little as $100/week and drive a 40 year old car.
They're still screwed even if they have a CD since their old IPG GPU will nolonger have support past Mesa 7.11 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2011-August/010959.h...
Once again, choices in the "1st world" are trampling the "3rd world", though if they are in need of anything past VESA support they're welcome to patch as is always said in times like these in the OS community.
That and as I keep saying, have Canonical bring back ShipIt or at least do as Debian and link trusted shops that will send you the discs, Debian 6.0 Squeeze for $65 ZAR(About $8 USD) http://debian.goldencreations.co.za/
Or for Indonesia I found Kubuntu on DVD for 20Rp(apparently waaaay less then $0.01 USD) and the giant 8 DVD version of Debian 6.0.21 for 85Rp($0.01 USD) http://toko.baliwae.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=debian+...
Not that it matters as they will nolonger have GPU support on any newer releases as anything past MESA 7.11 has had the IGP drivers cut from it http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2011-August/010959.h...
You can advocate for keeping the .iso unnecessarily at 700Mb all you want but fact is they're once again out of the current tech world, this time by the actions of the OSS community because nobody was willing to update the old GPU drivers,many of which haven't been touched in years. I myself am looking at junking a bunch of Pentium4 and AthlonXP era hardware because there isn't going to be any GPU driver in upcoming distros for them and I can't justify the cost of the ATI/AMD HD2/3/4 series AGP or PCI GPUs, especially since theres no guarantee that they'll work as they're PCIe GPUs with either an AGP or PCI bridge chip that may not play well even with Catalyst on Linux as they are non standard and unofficially supported mods by the card makers.
Not that that all matters much though since the Trinity based version of the AMD A8 APU will easily be more powerful then all of those old machines combined and will be receiving full OSS driver support as well as OpenCL(eventually...) support for even more performance.
In fact you can take it further: the main reason the 3D support for those chips is being dropped is simply that it's pretty much useless; they're just not powerful enough to do much *practical* in the present day. You can't play modern games on them, and making them capable of running Shell or Unity is more work than anyone wants to take on.
So given that the 3D code for those chips isn't really of much practical use to anyone, dropping it makes sense. But the same rationale does not apply to the 2D drivers for those chips.
Apparently you haven't tried anything with an i810 series GPU recently, you lose allot more then 3d, you lose support for Xv and XvMC as well as I at least can't get the resolution to go past 960x529 on anything other then the, albeit crash happy i810 driver.
I'd love to be able to use it as would many many others since it was the ubiquitous IGP of the P4 series machines that can be found EVERYWHERE and was for sale on new machines as late as 2006 if I remember. But nobody, least of all Intel is willing to maintain the driver. But then they've also opted to keep the graphics stack fractured by refusing to port to Gallium3D.


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Apparently, China is building a man-made island in the South China Sea, which is an engineering feat of some significance.
Who "owns" a man made (as opposed to God made, I presume) island? If it's within 200 miles of the constructing country's coastline, it's a territory of the constructing country.
But apparently this island is 600 miles from China's coastline. They can build it if they want, but it doesn't become Chinese territory that far out.
So the US is in the right as far as international law is concerned, and China can't warn people away from the island they are building because it's all international water and air space. But then there's a hitch: if the surrounding waters and air space are claimed and the claim is respected for a time, then the island would become legit Chinese territory.
Adverse possession, doncha know.
So, to prevent this from happening the US periodically engages in "freedom of navigation" operations, just to show that we don't recognize any territorial, air space or restricted waters claims and in fact object. There's an acronym, because the US Navy loves acronyms: "FON OPS".
On the other hand, we don't have to be obnoxious and overbearing about it:
China's alarming creation of entirely new territory in the South China Sea is one part of a broader military push that some fear is intended to challenge U.S. dominance in the region.
We don't know why the US should be entitled to be "dominant", such that any "challenge" to our "dominance" is an affront entitling us to a round of sabre rattling. Ugh. But see here:
"China is a rising power. We're a status quo power. We're the big dog on the block … They want more influence," he said. "Are we going to move a little bit? Are they going to push? How is that dance going to work out? This is a significant issue for the next President of the United States."
War is "not in their interests, (and) it's not in our interests," Morell acknowledged.
"But absolutely, it's a risk," he said.
We don't care for all the "power" talk, as if what matters who is the "Alpha Male". We think war talk is silly, but irresponsible at the same time. We think we have little right to complain about China having a base outside China when we have bases all over the world, many of which appear to have no purpose other than as symbols of our "dominance". And while we're on that subject, we would prefer to be regarded as just and decent rather than "dominant" and "the big dog on the block".
And we wonder about CNN's ethics, or even their awareness of ethics, when they publish an uncritical puff piece that actually openly touts their too close relationship with their subject:
A CNN team was given exclusive access to join in the surveillance flights over the contested waters, which the Pentagon allowed for the first time in order to raise awareness about the challenge posed by the islands and the growing U.S. response.
We know how cool it is to get rides in P-8's, or F-18's, but the prospect of such a thrill shouldn't turn a reporter into a mouthpiece. There's a good argument to be made that this is really not a terribly important development, that if China wants to build islands hundreds of miles from their mainland: a) there are precious few opportunities to do that, which makes this island more or less a one-off; and b) even if they could cobb together more than one or two, what's the big deal?
But those arguments and others weren't made because CNN explicitly agreed to toady. It should be embarrassing for them, but apparently they're shameless.
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In my opinion, the Super Nintendo was the greatest gaming console that ever existed. Boasting titles like Chrono Trigger, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, EarthBound, Final Fantasy III, Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Super Punch-Out, F-Zero, Star Fox, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Super Castlevania IV, Secret of Mana, NBA Jam, Mega Man X, Harvest Moon, and more, is it really hard to see why?
We've touched on ZSNES a little How to Play Old School Console Games on Computer How to Play Old School Console Games on Computer Read More in other articles, but here I'd like to give you a full emulation walkthrough and make sure that you're able to understand and enjoy SNES games on your PC.
Downloading ZSNES
ZSNES has not been updated (and doesn't need to be) in over five years. I'd recommend the link above anyway, which will take you to the latest news post in the event that there is a random update.
Otherwise, here are hotlinks directly to the latest version (1.51) for each platform:
Configuring ZSNES
After you've downloaded and unzipped the archive, launch the application.
My immediate suggestion then is that you go to Misc and then GUI Opts and you set BG Effects to None. It just looks better (in my opinion) and lags a little less without snow.
Afterwards, I'd recommend going to Config then Video and setting up a better resolution. Pay attention to the legend scale, on the right hand side. Most of us, in 2012, use widescreen monitors, so I'd suggest you choose a windowed resolution that works well in widescreen. Widescreen didn't even exist back then though, so you also want a resolution that preserves the 8:7 ratio.
Keep in mind, the higher your resolution, the more pixelated your games will be. Some mind that, some don't.
Lastly, to Config then Input. I highly recommend customizing the controls here and beginning to memorize the keyboard-to-SNES controller comparisons. If you're using a keyboard, I wouldn't even worry about turbo and diagonal keys.
Getting ROMs
While ROMs are freely available online, MakeUseOf can't help you find them. Downloading ROMs for games that you don't own is piracy, and doing so is your decision to make.
Extract ROMs into a folder so you can easily keep track of them. It'll get messy and confusing otherwise. SNES ROM files have the ".smc" extension.
Loading ROMs
After downloading the ROMs you're interested in, go to Game then Load. Here, you'll want to navigate to the folder where you've saved your ROMs.
After you've highlighted the game you want, you simply click Load. Your game should immediately come up, and you're ready to play!
Saving States
Unlike you could on the SNES, the ZSNES emulator supports state saves, which basically means you've got a built-in memory card. To save your state, you simply press the ESC key while in game (which takes you to the start screen menu overlay) and select Game then Save State. To load your saved game, you'd simply load your game again and go to Game then Open State.
That's it. Isn't technology great? No more turning the TV off and leaving the console on while you go to school just so you don't lose your progress. After this article, I'm feeling pretty nostalgic. I think it's time to go play some Suikoden.
We've done a lot of other articles on emulation, too. Here's 3 of them :
- 10 Retro Emulators To Play Early 80s Home Consoles On Your PC (1981-1986) 10 Retro Emulators to Play Early 80s Home Consoles on Your PC (1981-1986) 10 Retro Emulators to Play Early 80s Home Consoles on Your PC (1981-1986) Read More
- 10+ Emulators To Play Old-School 16- And 32-bit Consoles On Your PC (1987-1993) 10+ Emulators to Play Old-School 16- and 32-bit Consoles on Your PC (1987-1993) 10+ Emulators to Play Old-School 16- and 32-bit Consoles on Your PC (1987-1993) Read More
- 8 Great Emulators To Play Modern Home Consoles On Your PC (1994-2001) 8 Great Emulators to Play Modern Home Consoles on Your PC (1994-2001) 8 Great Emulators to Play Modern Home Consoles on Your PC (1994-2001) Read More
If you guys need any help with getting your ZSNES and/or ROMs to work as I've described, let me know in the comments.
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can you use a xbox controller/pc controller on these games?
Hi! This tutorial is amazing and I'm very thankful that you made it! :D I just have one problem: I've downloaded the first Starfox game for zsnes and all the keys works smoothly, but I can't find the key on my keyboard to shoot the enemies. I've tried pretty much all the keys ecxept for the numbers. Do you think there's a problem with the rom or there isn't such a key in the program itself? Sorry for bothering and thank you very much for your help! :3
When I save i cannot access the file, all it says is bad rom so what can I do?
The rom is the legend of zelda a link to the past.
Nice, although Snes9x sometimes seems to be more accurate, both are good emulators. I'm currently playing through Super Mario RPG and Link to the Past (my first time playing that game surprisingly) on my Android phone :D SNES is the console I grew up with, I love that system :)
does the llegal stuff mean I have to own the game to play it ? I dont know where I would buy these games,.
I prefer snes9x


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Catalan common name : Mantell de la Verge Maria.
Spanish common name : Manto de la Virgen. Risa de la Virgen.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands.
Distribution in the islands : Cabrera. Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca.
General distribution : Some regions
Flowering time : March. April. May. June.
Life-forms : Chameophyte.
Habitat : Rocky coastlines.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A plant that at first glance is unmistakable. This is a creping plant with large, intense violet-coloured flowers. They have 5 petals, well separated between them and truncated at the base. The fruits are also very characteristic with 5 cavities to contain the seeds and an enlargated appendice on the fruit apex.


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Boston's mayoral election has been branded ''historic.'' According to some political analysts, it was and it wasn't. More specifically, it was not a typical Boston election, but it did parallel some election trends elsewhere in the country.
Raymond L. Flynn easily won the election Tuesday, defeating his opponent Melvin H. King by a 2-to-1 margin. Both candidates ran campaigns that were dramatic departures from Boston's norm.
They ran ''nitty-gritty, door-knocking campaigns,'' making appeals to voters citywide. They spoke of restoring Boston's decaying neighborhoods, of providing better housing, of helping the troubled public schools, and of unifying the city. And both scraped by with very small campaign budgets.
Mr. Flynn ran as a neighborhood ''populist.'' He says he wants to promote Boston's booming downtown, but also to make sure that the neighborhoods don't get left behind. He has pledged to work with blacks and whites to unite the city , which has a tenacious reputation for being racist.
Mr. King is the first black ever to make it to the final election. His ''rainbow coalition'' stressed the ''politics of inclusion,'' and especially appealed to minority interests in Boston.
Neither candidate sought a campaign with racial overtones, but race clearly played a role in the election. Flynn received very few votes from minorities, while King garnered about 20 percent of the white vote.
The fact that King ran so strongly in the preliminary election in September is ''very significant,'' says John Marttila, a political analyst in Boston. But he adds ''the first predictor of voting behavior is still race.'' For King to have received more than 25 percent of the white vote in his first final election would have been far above what Mr. Marttila says can be expected in other cities across the nation.
Boston has a minority population of about 25 percent. According to raw demographics, Marttila says, if Boston stays true to the national trend, it may be 10 years before enough of the city's white voters team up with the minority voters to elect a black mayor.
In contrast, Chicago and Philadelphia, which have both elected black mayors this year, have significantly larger percentages of minority voters.
Despite his defeat, King and his supporters say great progress has been made. In his concession speech, King said there were two winners. The coalition did not win, he said, ''but it can never be said that it was defeated.''
As in many other cities, voter-registration drives before the election increased the electorate by 25 percent - adding mostly minority voters to the rolls. King predicts that this process will continue, and that blacks will continue to expand their power at the polls.
In addition in Tuesday's election, two blacks were elected to the 13-member Boston City Council, and three blacks joined the school committee.


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