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Easter is almost here and it can do good to have a few Easter activities planned beforehand so that you can enjoy them together with your families, friends, and peers. You can also use these during long road trips and while visiting relatives. Given below are some interesting ideas for Easter activities.
1. Scissor Activities. During the Easter, you can get hold of many ready-made Easter activity sheets. All you have to use is cut out the required pieces and reattach or rearrange them in a certain fashion to come up with a complete craft work. This will definitely go down as a favorite among the kids.
2. Tracing Pages. Tracing pages can either be bought or downloaded directly from the internet. The advantage of getting them printed from the internet is that you will have a greater variety to choose from. These sheets have dots that are to be connected and then colored. This can also be included in the list of Easter activities in educational environments such as schools.
Check out our collection of easter activities for 5th graders below.
3. Easter Coloring Books. There are Easter books available for both the adults as well as the kids. This can be a great way of relaxing the mind and letting out your creativity.
4. Easter Worksheets. If you want your Easter activities to be fun as well as educative, then it would do good to opt for some worksheets. You can pick Easter sheets bearing crossword puzzles, mazes, word searches, Easter ladders and more.
5. Easter Stories. Get hold of some Easter story sheets and have them distributed around. These sheets have images that try to relate a story. You can interpret the story any way you like and write it down in the space given below. It can be interesting to see what stories other people have come up with.


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11. James Franco and Anne Hathaway (2011). Always beware of courting the "young," particularly two young people who are basically 50-year-olds in grownup clothing. Franco, stripped of all self-referential schtick, turned into an empty suit with nowhere to hide, and Hathaway's desperate attempts to pep up the room made you want to dive under a chair. Whenever someone says, "Hey, try hosting the Oscars, it'll be fun, whaddya got to lose?" one need simply point to these two.
10. Seth McFarlane (2013). McFarlane had a few jokes that landed and was certainly trying—which is more than you can say for those two above—and I've always thought the mean-spiritedness of the show was somewhat overstated by those who reflexively dislike McFarlane's work (this includes me). This was still a shitshow, if just because McFarlane, whatever you think of his wit, just isn't that natural of a performer. The four hours McFarlane hosted the show was the most time he'd ever spent alone in front of an audience like that, and it showed. It's still bizarre they ever asked him.
9. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin (2010). You had a sense the producers really just wanted to ask Baldwin to do it but didn't think him a light enough presence to carry a whole show. (They were probably right.) But the Martin-Baldwin combo—which seemed to exist only because the two had just been in a movie together with Meryl Streep—just never worked. They kept stepping on each other's lines; they showed no actual chemistry; and all told you didn't even get the sense they liked each other all that much. They probably should have just asked Martin to host by himself again.
8. Billy Crystal (1990-93, 1997-98, 2000, 2004, 2012). Sorry, but as supposedly smooth as Crystal is (and I'd argue that smoothness is more smarm than anything else), I found his unrelenting, self-aggrandizing torture to watch. It's hard to remember that Billy Crystal wasn't always 80 years old—how is he only 65 now?—but he has represented that smug, insular, establishment self-satisfaction from the womb. There has never been a more Billy Crystal moment than when he came out during the disastrous Franco-Hathaway show and bathed in the applause as if he were Gollum with his precious. Billy Crystal is the worst.
7. Hugh Jackman (2009). The recent trend toward "gimmick" hosts is more a response to Jackman, oddly, than anyone else on this list. Jackman was competent and fine and painfully dull. He tried to make his opening song an old-timey musical jamboree, but watching it today, it feels elderly, stodgy, and cheesy. (Particularly when you compare it with what Neil Patrick Harris pulls off at the Tonys.) Jackman hosted this show only once, but it felt as if he'd been hosting for decades.
6. David Letterman (1995). It wasn't until I went back and researched this that I remembered Letterman was the host of the Pulp Fiction/Forrest Gump year. (If you're too young to remember, back in 1994 you could figure out pretty quickly if you liked someone based on whether he or she was a Pulp Fiction person or a Forrest Gump person. This was also the Hoop Dreams snub year.) Letterman is remembered as being worse than he actually was, though you never could quite shake the sense that he felt deeply uncomfortable in this environment. (Letterman should never have to say the words "the magic of the movies.") Still, Dave had his moments: Anyone who can get Paul Newman to say "you wanna buy a monkey?" is all right in my book.
5. Chris Rock (2005). Most people remember Rock's stint as host for Sean Penn's stupid, humorless reaction to Rock's mocking Jude Law for being in so many movies, but Rock's monologue was actually pretty hilarious. He wasn't as good at anything else, but then again, Chris Rock has never been good at anything other than monologues and standup. But at that, he's great.
4. Whoopi Goldberg (1994, 1996, 1999, 2002). Whoopi has always fit in strangely well at these things. She's such an odd performer with such a weirdly specific shtick that it wouldn't seem nearly as universal as it is. But she began her career as a stage performer doing one-woman shows, and she has an inherent confidence that works in this setting, along with an ability to do characters other than Whoopi Goldberg, though that seems to have dissipated as she has gotten older. She's too much of a TV "personality" to host now, but there was a time when she felt like a refreshing antidote to Crystal's Catskills bits.
3. Jon Stewart (2006, 2008). Stewart once told Letterman in an interview that the reason neither was that good of a host was because "deep in our hearts, we think it's stupid." The thing that was good about Stewart, better than he even gave himself credit for, is that he is a natural host: If anything, Stewart can be too sincere and self-important, as if he knows that only his mordant sensibility can adequately refract the various doings of the culture. That's why he felt like a solid Oscar host rather than an alien invader coming in to tear down all the curtains (like Letterman). Plus, the fact that he did it means someday they might ask Stephen Colbert, who would be perfect.
2. Ellen DeGeneres (2007, 2014). She wasn't perfect last night—that pizza bit went on way, way too long—but she's still naturally charming and funny, capable of pulling off awkward without things ever getting awkward. (A near-impossible feat in front of an audience of a billion, give or take.) The stars clearly love her, which leads to timeless moments like that Oscar selfie, which pulled off the neat trick of both mocking and celebrating the shows' self-regard. (Safe to say, McFarlane couldn't have gotten those stars together to pose. They would have all been running away.) The reviews this morning have been mixed, but her comfort in the job is obvious. I hope they ask her to do it again. Plus, the Jonah Hill line was terrific.
1. Steve Martin (2001, 2003). The thing to remember about Martin is that, first and foremost, he is a writer. He approaches jokes that way, from the inside out, while still understanding what works as a performer. He is also an Angeleno, a member of this world rather than someone who stands outside it. (L.A. Story is still as close as Los Angeles has to a Manhattan.) He fits in here, which is why he can make jokes about the Oscars and still retain standing when he gives them out. He's also Steve Martin, one of the funniest human beings ever to live. Martin is getting older, slower, and he has been in only one movie in five years. But this is his natural stage. When Martin is involved in something, it gets smarter and funnier. All told, then: Maybe he should avoid the Oscars from now on.
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The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index touched a 16-month high on Thursday and regional stocks rallied 1.8 percent in the last four days of the week after US Congress passed a bill on Tuesday that makes income tax cuts permanent for most US workers, while letting them expire for top earners.
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i have a project.it's a coffee shop program using jar please help on how to do it.
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i have a project.it's a coffee shop program using jar please help on how to do it.
You can show more detailed information about you project.
import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; public class coffee { private JFrame f; private JButton b1, b2, b3; private JTextArea tNum1, tNum2, tNum3, tNum4; private JRadioButton rb1, rb2, rb3, rb4, rb5, rb6; private JPanel p1, p2, p3; private ButtonGroup bg; public coffee() { f = new JFrame(); bg = new ButtonGroup(); b1 = new JButton("Compute Price"); b2 = new JButton("Clear"); b3 = new JButton("Exit"); tNum1 = new JTextArea(); tNum2 = new JTextArea(); tNum3 = new JTextArea(); tNUm4 = new JTextArea(); rb1 = new JRadioButton("Cappuccino = P150"); rb2 = new JRadioButton("Cafe Latte = P200"); rb3 = new JRadioButton("Cafe Macchiato = P300"); rb4 = new JRadioButton("Mocha = P400"); bCompute = new JButton("TOTAL"); tNum1.setColumns(2); tNum2.setColumns(2); tNum3.setColumns(2); bCompute.setActionCommand("TOTAL"); rb5 = new JRadioButton("Dine in"); rb6 = new JRadioButton("Take out"); bg.add(rb5); bg.add(rb6); } public void launchWindow() { p1 = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4,3)); p1.add(b1); p1.add(b2); p1.add(b3); p2 = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4,1)); p2.add(rb1); p1.add(tNum1); p2.add(rb2); p2.add(tNum2); p2.add(rb3); p3.add(tNum3); p2.add(rb4); p3.add(tNum4); fCompute.add(p1); fCompute.add(p2); fCompute.add(p3); fCompute.add(bCompute); fCompute.pack(); fCompute.setVisible(true); fCompute.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE)); p3 = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4,2)); f.add(p1, BorderLayout.EAST); f.add(p2, BorderLayout.WEST); f.setSize(600,400); f.setVisible(true); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { int num1, num2, sum; String sSum; num1 = Integer.parseInt(tNum1.getText()); num2 = Integer.parseInt(tNum2.getText()); num3 = Integer.parseInt(tNum3.getText()); sum = num1 + num2 + num3; Sum = Integer.toString(sum); tNum3.setText(sSum); } public static void main(String args[]) { coffee guiApp = new coffee(); guiApp.launchWindow(); guiApp.f.setDefaultCloseOperation (JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); } }
THIS IS MY WORK... but im having an error on the 69 line. it says unexpected... can u help me please. my project is a coffee shop when you choose the menu there are prices and it computes to show the total amount.
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What IDE are you using, if any?
I just pasted this into eclipse, and errors come way before line 69.
Anyways; other than typos like tNUm4 instead of tNum4, you are:
-using undeclared vars, bCompute and fCompute.
-getting a tonnes of null pointers p3, p4 are used before instantiated, there might be more (couldnt be arsed to check).
I doubt this code is written by you. I cant see how you would not catch the simple tNUm4 mistake. Unless you are writing in notepad that is.
Even so, if you have skill enough to write this code, you should also have skill enough to catch a nullpointer, which is a result from miss instantiating, which suggest that the code is not yours.
The code could very well be his, I still forget to instantiate variables before using them sometimes, and who knows how many times I've misspelled something and not caught it
If you're not using an IDE, I would strongly recommend getting one. Eclipse and Netbeans are both really good Java IDE's that also happen to be free. I'd recommend Eclipse because that's the IDE I'm comfortable with, but from what I hear both IDE's are on fairly equal grounding.
Remember, Java is case-sensitive, i.e. "hello" is not the same as "Hello", which both are different from "HELLO".
You must always declare variables before they can be used, and the Java compiler will also require you to instantiate variables before you try to retrieve a value from them (there is no "default value").
Yes, it is very possible to forget it, I do it too all the time.
However, when you get the nullpointer report, plus the line number - dont you usually figure out what you have done wrong? The code dont strike me as "total beginner", certainly someone who knows how to instantiate.
Anyway, I might have been wrong. If that is the case, Im sorry.


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For seven and a half years I have been studying ways to reduce perineal trauma and increase comfort during birth as part of my PhD. It is something as a midwife and a mother that I know is vitally important to helping women begin motherhood in the best way possible. It is one of my great passions in life that women should see birth as triumph and not trauma, as victory and not failure.
When I was studying midwifery in the UK I remember very clearly helping a woman give birth who was really struggling. Every time the baby's head was nearly born she would fight it and literally cross her legs and suck it back up! The burning feeling of the head stretching the perineum, referred to as the 'ring of fire' by midwives, was proving too much to cope with. An older midwife I was with left the room, returning minutes later with a bowl of steaming water. She rung out a warm cloth and placed in on the woman's perineum. With a sigh and a visible relaxation of her body the baby slid out into my hands with no tearing as a result. Later while studying the history of childbirth I found this technique was as old as birth itself. So why I began to ask has the practice almost disappeared while dangerous and damaging practices like episiotomies (surgical cut to the perineum) have been so widely taken up? Finally I have the evidence to validate an ancient practice that has been dismissed for so long as an, 'old wives' tale'.
The perineal warm pack trial that I conducted in Sydney at two different hospitals was a large, randomised controlled trial designed to test the effect of applying warm packs to the perineum of 717 first time mothers, just prior to giving birth. I wanted to see if we could reduce tearing and pain whilst the baby's head was being born. By making it a randomised trial we used the most rigorous scientific research method we could. We also rang the mothers up at 6 weeks and 12 weeks after the birth to ask a whole series of health questions.
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This is the largest study yet to be conducted on perineal warm packs and two papers are about to be published in the international journals of Birth and Midwifery.
How to make a warm pack
Mix 300mls of boiling water with 300mls of tap water and add a cloth (face cloth or sanitary pad), which is rung out and place on the perineum (between the vagina and anus, not on the baby's head) during each contraction when the baby's head begins to distend the perineum. You continue you this until the baby is born. The water needs to be completely changed every 15-20 minutes. Don't add more boiling water to the mixture as it can create hot pockets, especially if the cloth is in the bowl. It's just that easy and inexpensive. I always use it at a birth.


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Once we conduct an inspection, identify the pest and the nature of the infestation, we use the latest techniques and products available to not only eliminate the problem, but also prevent a future infestation. We provide pre-construction soil treatments, one time services, bi-monthly services and monthly service as needed for the removal of bed bugs, ants, fleas, cockroaches, spiders, bees, wasps, rats, mice, raccoons, and much more.
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Morgan Stanley CFO: Wall Street Firms Must Play to Strengths
Wall Street banks should play to their strengths to succeed in this highly regulated industry, says Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat. WSJ's Simon Constable reports.
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Encouraged by the abundance of Kale on the menus of New York restaurants these days, I thought it would be great to share this recipe with you. It's from a shoot I did with my friend Paul Lowe, also known as Sweet Paul, and if you know me by now, you'll know I'm a big fan of his work. There is nothing better than homemade pizza. Even if you don't want to make the dough yourself, and you use the store bought variety, it still beats the taste and quality you'd find in most pizza parlours. And not only that, it will make your home smell amazing too!
This pizza has crispy bits of bacon, caramelized red onions, and plenty of melted cheese interlaced with the kale. Paul never uses tomato sauce, and he likes to use gorgonzola, but if you don't like gorgonzola, replace it with fontina, gruyere or any other cheese that melts easily.
Ingredients For Dough: (makes one large pizza, serves 4)
Paul has a very simple recipe which I can vouch for:
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon honey
I tablespoon dry yeast
2.5 cups of flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of corn meal for sprinkling on the stone/baking tray
– Mix water, honey and yeast in a bowl
– Leave it for 5 minutes so that the yeast starts to work
– Add flour, salt and oil
– Work the dough well together
– Cover with plastic wrap and let dough rise at room temperature for about one hour
Or, you can buy store bought dough which really, is much easier!
Ingredients for the Toppings:
2 tablespoons olive oil
pinch of sugar
6 rashers of bacon
1 medium red onion, sliced thinly
1 bunch of kale, ribs removed and roughly chopped
5 oz crumbled gorgonzola or gruyere
3 oz grated good quality mozzarella
half a cup of fresh parsley
salt and pepper to taste
– Preheat the oven to 450 F / 230 C and place a pizza stone (if you have one) inside.
– if you don't have a pizza stone, use an inverted baking tray/cookie sheet
– Put the onions, olive oil, and sugar into a pan over medium heat and cook,
stirring frequently, until the onions are wilted and brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.
Reduce the heat if the onions are browning too quickly. Set aside to cool a bit.
– In the same pan, cook the bacon until crispy (or to your liking).
– Remove and add to the onions. Pour off all but one tablespoon of the fat.
– Now place the kale in the same pan and cook until it wilts slightly, but not completely.
Add a few tablespoons of water and cover, if necessary.
– Roll out the dough, and place on the heated pizza stone* (it will be VERY HOT! PLease be careful!)
– *Sprinkle some corn meal on the stone/baking sheet to prevent sticking
– loosely place the bacon, onions and kale on the dough, making sure to get an even mix.
– sprinkle gorgonzola and mozzarella on top
– drizzle with olive oil
– place in oven and cook until cheese melts, about 12 to 15 minutes
– pull the pizza out, and let cool for 5 minutes.
– Sprinkle the chopped parsely on top, along with some course sea salt and black pepper
Cut the pizza up into as many slices as you like, and, for an added bonus, add half of a sliced
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Senate panel praises HHS candidate, grills on ACA
WASHINGTON — Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Obama's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, appears on track for confirmation after a Thursday hearing in which she was praised by Democratic and Republicans senators.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, called her a friend. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, called her "dynamic." Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said she had a reputation for "competence," but continued, "You are going to need it."
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., praised her, saying "I support her nomination and I will vote for her. She comes with a portfolio of experiences" that qualify her for the job.
Burwell, now director of the Office of Management and Budget, still faced criticism by Republicans for the Affordable Care Act, which she will have to administer as HHS secretary.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., called for the end of "Obamacare," and Alexander said he'd like to fix a "historic mistake."
In her opening statement, Burwell stuck to the middle ground, saying she hoped to lower costs and improve access to the health care system, and that she would focus on keeping people safe.
"The issues are fundamental to all of us — whether it is the chronic condition of a child we love, the safety of the food we eat every day, or improving quality, lowering the cost and expanding access in our health care system," she said. "So I respect the importance of the challenges before us."
Burwell also praised the law, saying health costs would be greatly reduced.
Burwell's hearing came a week after HHS announced that 8 million people had signed up for private health care through the exchanges — 1 million more than the Congressional Budget Office originally projected, and 2 million more than CBO's most recent projection.
That came under the leadership of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who said 13 million people have gained insurance through Medicaid and the adults younger than 26 who gained coverage through their parents' plans. Sebelius announced her resignation last month on the same day she announced the administration had surpassed its goals.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., called Sebelius' service "admirable," adding that "she carried out the law."
If confirmed, however, Burwell will inherit a federal exchange site that had a disastrous launch in October, before it was fixed in November. The site still has problems for insurers and payment processing, which insurance company representatives said at a Wednesday House hearing.
She may also face a Senate controlled by Republicans next year if their election-year assault on the law elects those determined to put more pressure on whoever leads HHS.
Senators expressed hope that Burwell's leadership at OMB, as well as her ability to work with both parties, would smooth the transition to a new secretary.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said that so far, Medicare spending has gone down under the ACA, and that it will be $500 billion less than originally projected from 2017 to 2026. She added that that's more than any of the budget cuts made recently.
Burwell said federal costs have been cut by $900 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
"The implementation of the changes in the Affordable Care Act are reducing the deficit and providing great savings," Burwell said. She said the law would extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by five years.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., asked what experience Burwell has that could help her "wrap your arms around this huge bureaucracy."
Burwell said she needed to create a goal list, building strong teams and empowering them, and understanding when analysis versus emotion are leading the charge. While she served as president of global development at the Gates Foundation, she said she had to use those abilities to lead health programs worldwide.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., asked if she understood there was a difference between implementing the law and pushing an agenda. Burwell said she looked forward, if confirmed, to expanding access.
Burwell told Roberts she hoped to avoid using the Independent Payment Advisory Board created for Medicare in the health care law. The board, which has no members yet, has the power to create recommendations for spending that could go into effect automatically unless Congress votes to stop them.
"I am confident that IPAB will never need to be used," she said, saying the board only goes into place if Medicare costs reach a certain limit, and Medicare costs have been remaining stable.
"I'm afraid I'm not as confident about that as you are," Roberts said.
Burwell told Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., that she would make improving the HealthCare.gov website a priority.
However, she could not answer Enzi's question about how many people have paid their premiums after buying insurance through HealthCare.gov.
"With regards to the specific data HHS has, I'm not privy to this knowledge in my current role," Burwell said. But she said insurers have not given final numbers to the administration, although insurers told the House panel Wednesday that between 80% and 90% of customers have paid their premiums.
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The Google accounting department has been busy this week dictating how internet users control their online experience when surfing the web from an Android device. Google removed two apps from its Play store that block web advertisements and protect privacy, citing that they violated section 4.4 of the developer distribution agreement. The two affected apps are Adblock Plus and AdAway.
Section 4.4 of the developer distribution agreement states:
You agree that you will not engage in any activity with the Market, including the development or distribution of Products, that interferes with, disrupts, damages, or accesses in an unauthorised manner the devices, servers, networks, or other properties or services of any third party including, but not limited to, Android users, Google or any mobile network operator.


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How to Enjoy a Life of Great Meaning and Altruism
By Shantideva, translated under the guidance of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Also available as an audiobook on CD
This book is a translation of a famous and universally loved poem for daily living composed by the 8th century Buddhist Sage Shantideva.
It charts the spiritual journey of a Bodhisattva, one who is committed to attaining full enlightenment for the sake of all living beings.
The poem is written from the point of view of a practitioner and provides an extraordinary insight into the process of inner transformation one goes through while traversing the Bodhisattva path.
No one can read this epic work and remain unmoved.
Geshe Kelsang provides a detailed commentary to the poem in his book Meaningful to Behold.
" …the book itself is beautifully realized, original brush and ink paintings introduce each section and even the paperback possesses an attractive texture. The poetry is lucid and refined, even as Shantideva moves into involved discussions of Madhyamika philosophy, and a glossary is included to help the reader sort out technical terms. This text can serve as an excellent introduction to the Mahayana tradition, or be studied in depth with a commentary such as Meaningful to Behold" — ALTAR MAGAZINE
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The Benefits of Bodhichitta
In Sanskrit, Bodhisatvacharyavatara
In Tibetan, Jang chub sem pai chö pa la jug pa
In English, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
Chapter I
An Explanation of the Benefits of Bodhichitta
Homage to the enlightened Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
I prostrate to the enlightened Buddhas endowed with the Truth Body,
And to the Bodhisattvas and all other objects of prostration.
I will explain briefly, in accordance with the Scriptures,
How to engage in the condensed practices of the Bodhisattva.
There is nothing written here that has not been explained before,
And I have no special skills in composition.
My reason for writing this is to benefit others
And to keep my mind acquainted.
Thus, the strength of my faith and my virtuous realizations
Might for a while be increased by this,
And perhaps others who are as fortunate as I
Might also find this meaningful to behold.
This precious human life, so hard to find,
Gives the ultimate goal for living beings.
If we do not strive to accomplish this goal now,
How will such a precious opportunity arise again?
Just as on a dark and cloudy night
A flash of lightning for a moment illuminates all,
So for the worldly, through the power of Buddha's blessings,
A virtuous intention occasionally and briefly occurs.
Thus, while our virtues are mostly weak,
Our non-virtues are extremely strong and fearsome.
Other than bodhichitta – a compassionate mind wishing for enlightenment – What virtue can overcome the heaviest evils?
The Able Ones, the Buddhas, who have considered this for many aeons,
Have all seen bodhichitta to be the most beneficial
Because through it countless masses of living beings
Can easily attain the supreme bliss of enlightenment.
Those who wish to destroy their own suffering,
Those who wish to dispel the sufferings of others,
And those who wish to experience much happiness
Should never forsake the practice of bodhichitta.
The moment bodhichitta is generated,
Even in pitiful beings bound within the prison of samsara,
They become Bodhisattvas – a "Son or Daughter of Buddha" – And are worthy of veneration by humans and worldly gods.
Just like the supreme elixir that transmutes into gold,
Bodhichitta can transform this impure body we have taken
Into the priceless jewel of a Buddha's form;
Therefore, firmly maintain bodhichitta.
Since the limitless wisdom of Buddha, the Sole Navigator of living beings,
Upon thorough investigation has seen its preciousness,
Those who wish to be free from samsara's suffering
Should firmly maintain this precious mind of bodhichitta.
Whereas all other virtues are like plantain trees,
In that they are exhausted once they produce fruit,
The enduring celestial tree of bodhichitta
Is not exhausted but increases by bearing fruit.
Just as when those who are greatly afraid rely upon a courageous one,
Whoever relies upon bodhichitta will immediately be freed from danger
Even if they have committed unbearable evils;
So why do the conscientious not rely upon it?
Just like the fire at the end of the aeon,
In an instant it completely consumes all great evil.
Its countless benefits were explained by the wise Protector Maitreya To Bodhisattva Sudhana.
© Geshe Kelsang Gyatso & New Kadampa Tradition


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John Henderson, in a LZR suit, swims the trials
I can now personally confirm that Speedo's ballyhooed LZR Racer swimsuit does make you go faster. It helped me annihilate my predicted time in Sunday's media 50-meter freestyle here in Omaha, Neb.
Then again, my predicted time was Tuesday.
In what was no doubt a poorly disguised plot to make the swimming media look bad – in more ways than one – the Olympic Trials let the media literally test the waters at the Qwest Center. Omega organized it, presumably in hopes of testing its new hourglass timepiece.
I did it merely to see what it's like to swim in what Michael Phelps calls "the fastest swimsuit in the world," to have some fun after a hectic week and to finally give the slacker lifeguards here something to do.
We didn't know what would be harder, swimming the 50-meter pool without making a fool of ourselves or getting into the LZR Racer and looking worse. We'd heard horror stories. Natalie Coughlin, the U.S. swimming star, says it takes her 25 minutes to put it on. It takes me less time to don a wetsuit and scuba gear. Then again, speed isn't a huge component in scuba diving.
We were handed the suits and went back into forbidden territory: the athletes" Aqua Zone where they warm up, warm down and hang out. I could see the spear guns the camouflaged soldiers guarding the entryway are told to use if we ever snuck past. Ironically, I'd heard some reporters say they wouldn't put on one of those suits unless held at gunpoint.
Now look at us.
If you haven't seen any of the Olympic Trials, the LZR Racer is a full-body skin that covers everything but your arms. It's like a very thin wetsuit but Speedo eliminated all seams for less drag. It's like wearing a sausage casing.
It took me all of two minutes to slip on which impressed me until I heard male swimmers wear them about three sizes too small for better compression. Not better breathing, just better compression. With swimming at this level, breathing is apparently optional.
The poor female media came out of the locker room as if they just visited the worst clothes store on earth. Nothing fit. One woman beat Coughlin's record by taking 30 minutes. I asked another how long it took her.
"Which time?" she said, glaring as if I was her sales clerk. "The first one ripped down the … never mind."
"I've had three children," said another, "and never once during childbirth did I say, 'I can't do this." I did putting this on."
The object of the competition wasn't who could reach the wall first. They tried that in the past and the Europeans kept winning, an accurate indicator of where we are on world's fitness ladder. Instead, we were told to predict our time and whoever comes closest wins an Omega scuba watch.
It's a worthy goal, one worth cheating for. One guy picked two minutes and planned a leisurely swim then wait for the clock to hit 1:59 and touch the wall. Nope. The clock would only show your final time. You may as well go all out and compare yourself to the guys who swim in – gulp! – 22 seconds.
Have you ever looked down a 50-meter swimming lane? One day of swimming is part of my six-day workout regimen but I swim in my condo building's indoor pool. My indoor pool is about 10 meters long. It'd be too confining for plankton.
I stood on the blocks of Lane 4 during warm ups and stared to the other end. It was a long ways. Not that I was psyched out, but I kept looking for a sign that read, "Welcome to Iowa."
They divided about 30 of us into heats and we sat in corresponding rows. I was immediately glad they changed the rules. Sitting to my right was some Japanese columnist who swam in his national championships. To his right was Jeff Commings, who works for Swimming World Magazine and just happened to swim in the 1992 and '96 Olympic Trials.
I wondered if it's possible in a 50-meter race to get lapped.
I asked Commings for some advice. He said, "Don't look at the wall. If you see how far you have to go, you'll never make it."
Keep in mind I swim once a week for 30 minutes in a pool just slightly larger than your kitchen sink. I swim to stay in shape for scuba diving. That means I go slow with even breathing. I've never swum fast in my life. After Sunday, I still haven't.
I walked to the starting mark and couldn't help noticing the number of lifeguards at poolside had suddenly tripled. They were staring at me.
I stood on the blocks and looked down at water that looks a lot farther than it does on TV. Feeling like one of those cliff divers in Acapulco, I negotiated a successful start merely because I didn't belly flop. My journalism experience told me that throwing up in the pool right before Dara Torres" 50 free would not read well in USA Today.
I swam as if chased by a school of sharks with the munchies. As I thrashed and kicked and splashed, I stared down at pool tiles that didn't seem to be moving. At the 25-meter mark I looked up and saw Commings sitting in the stands ordering a second burger.
At the 35-meter mark I hit the wall. When you hit the wall in a 5K run, you can grab a bench. In the middle of an Olympic-size pool you grab your heart. I came home like a beat-up ferry boat and looked up at the scoreboard: "HENDERSON 56.2." That's more than one second per meter. Fried lard moves through the water faster.
I was not, however, last. Some finished around 1:15. One guy used the lane ropes to pully himself in. Another guy's still swimming.
At a press conference later, Phelps looked at all of us and said, "Did you wear the suit? Good. Now I can ask you: Does it make a difference?"
Not in the 50. In Beijing we'll try the 1,500.
–John Henderson


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A total of 344 sailors, 251 boats from 63 countries are registered to compete in the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships 2010 which will be held between 08-17 July 2010. The event has been held in 23 countries over the past 40 years, but it is the first time Istanbul has hosted the championships. With the highest number of competitors of recent years, the regatta looks set to be a competitive regatta for the best young sailors of the world.
Racing is held across eight events, which use four classes of dinghy and one windsurfer. World Champions will be identified for each event for both Boy's and Girl's. It will be the first time that the 29er will be used as the Open High Performance Dinghy.
For more details on the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship visit: www.isafyouthworlds.com
Sailing Instructions can be downloaded by clicking here
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Nearest Town: SandpointSite Size: 52 acres
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Year-round. May freeze in winter. Access free of charge.
Directions: South of Sandpoint, turn E off Hwy 95 between mp 466- 465 onto E. Dufort Rd 2.6 mi; park at "Pend Orielle Wildlife management Area; Westmond Segment."
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Mozart : 10 Arias: Soprano: Vocal & Piano (International)
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- Product Number: IMC1950
- Publisher: International
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Product Specs
score (also performance score) - P=SP - Soprano Voice and Piano
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Our instruments are fully checked and set up through our workshop to ensure perfect playing.
La Cigale Et Le Pot Au Lait: 16 Melodies For Voice & Piano (Leduc)
Cantique De Noel: C: Med Low Voice: French and English (Schirmer)
Cantique De Noel: High Voice In Eb & Piano (Schirmer)
O Holy Night: Cantique De Noel: Bb: Low Voice(Schirmer)
Holy City: Ab: Vocal: Solo Song
Holy City: C: Vocal: Solo Song
Lord Is My Light In C: Medium Low Voice and Piano
A Childs Prayer: Vocal
Omens Of Spring: Solo Voice
Song For A Baby Sister: To A Baby Brother: Vocal
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mstart necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 59 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We require a set of book covers (same concept) for a stock market trading course.
Trading Essentials
Desired Color Scheme:
use your imagination, clean fresh and fun
Desired Style:
use your imagination, clean fresh and fun
Accepted File Formats:
Photoshop - PSD, PDF etc
We offer a home study course for stock market traders (Australian), and want a cover design. The course currently consists of 3 training manuals, and 2 CD's, but we are wanting to give it a new and fresh look. We will also be introducing 2 or 3 new books too. The books will all have the same look and feel (all uniform colors themes etc), but different titles.
IE, like the books on the front page of this sitePoint site ... all same colors Orange and Blue, but different titles and images.
The title of the trading course is "Trading Essentials". Modules 1..5
1: Introduction to stock market
2: Making Money with Stocks
3: Options strategies
4: CFD's (Contracts for Difference)
5: Advanced trading strategies
I am looking for a fresh and fun concept. The idea needs to portray that the course is fun to do, and easy to understand.
Use your own ideas and imaginative flair.
Winner may be offered other work, as we will also be requiring matching CD's, CD covers, and Video jackets.
We look forward to your ideas and concepts.
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Gerard Pique gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Smutty Roundup: West End James, Shaki bump portraits, and Katie in Berlin
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James McAvoy kicked off previews for his latest West End run on Friday in a new production of The Ruling Class. He plays Jack, "the 14th Earl of Gurney… a possible paranoid schizophrenic with a Messiah complex, (who) inherits the title of the 14th Earl of Gurney after his father passes away in a bizarre accident. Full Story
Shakira's baby Milan
So Shakira's son was born yesterday (heh. Literally.) She and the father, Gerard Pique, have named him Milan Pique Mebarak (Shakira's last name). First things first – Milan is a lovely name. I think I've heard of a girl with this name, but that's fine with me – it sounds romantic and male in that soft way. Full Story
Shaki's Little Sunshine?
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A Spanish newspaper is reporting that Shakira and her sunshine Gerard Pique are expecting. Apparently her dad confirmed it during an interview. Here's the article. and since I haven't yet started by Rosetta Stone Spanish, this gave me an excuse to hit up my favourite activity, Google Translate. Full Story
JLo: be inspired
Wenn, Splash
Shaki presented at the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala in Zurich last night, presumably because she's dating her Sunshine Gerard Pique, with whom she was seen arriving earlier in the day. Wearing a ...leopard print tutu? I'm into it. I'm into THEM. As you know. And it's another example of what exactly Jennifer Lopez is doing WRONG. Full Story
Shaki's not Demi?
Spanish gossips were all jizzy yesterday at a report out of Mexico about Gerard Pique cheating on Shakira - click here for a refresher. The news was all over Europe. And all over Twitter. And Shaki is all over Twitter. She immediately posted this message: Suerte a la selecci├│n espa├▒ola esta semana y a mi n├║mero 3, muah! @3gerardpique . Full Story
Sunshine stepped out on Shaki???
Flynet, Bauer
According to Spanish language tabloids, Shakira and Gerard Pique are over because he cheated on her with a younger woman. Tonto! Here's what Google Translate told me: The Colombian singer Shakira and Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué ended their relationship a few days ago, as announced today the Mexican magazine TV Notas. Full Story
At the table with Shaki and Sunshine
They're still together, Shakira and Gerard Pique - yay! They're still always all over each other - yay...? Here they are in Barcelona yesterday at dinner with some friends. They've both had busy work schedules lately so they haven't seen each other as often as they'd like. Full Story
More Spanish PDA
In yesterday's post about Shaki – click here if you missed – I noted that I never mind when the Spaniards go full PDA, although it's gross and offensive when people try it over here in North America. That reminded me of a video I've been meaning to post featuring another Spanish couple, and my favourite, Iker Casillas and Sara Carbonero. Full Story
Shaki has it bad
Sunshine has it bad too. They have it bad together. HOT. As you know, Shakira is dating Gerard Pique of FC Barcelona. She calls him her "Sunshine". Sunshine and the boys of Barcelona defeated Manchester United to win the Champions League on Saturday. Did you watch? Lionel Messi is INSANE. Full Story
Shaki the fan kissing Sunshine
Shakira and her "Sunshine" – click here for a refresher - Gerard Pique, were at the La Liga match between his team Barcelona and Osasuna on Saturday. It was apparently a short bench. Doesn't seem like he minded. Would you? Shaki is all over it. Full Story
Shaki & her sunshine
Shakira just confirmed last month on Twitter that she's dating Spanish footballer Gerard Pique. She called him her "sunshine" in Spanish. This weekend they could barely contain it during lunch in Barcelona. Sunshine is 10 years younger than Shaki and looks totally, totally, totally in love. Full Story


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I use zimbra's chat with my colleagues but I've been facing problems since yesterday.
It starts always the same way : my contact appears to be typing for hours (though he is sending messages to me that I don't receive) then he appears as off-line.
And now, I appear on-line but the messages my colleagues sends me appear as gray and unread but I don't receive any.
What can I do ?
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
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I forgot tot mention that from the beginning, eveyday when I open the chat, I can't see the previous messages from the day before for instance. It's always as if I'm sending a messag eto my colleague for the first time.
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Cleanse Lymphatic System – Skin Brushing Part 2
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Lymphatic Cleansing Stimulation
If toxins and wastes begin to build up in the tissues because the kidneys and the liver cannot cope with their job, then sooner or later disease will follow. Such is the responsibility to keep a healthy and well functioning skin.
We do need to wash, perhaps even more than we realised. But does that ritual with the soap and water actually do the job? Of course it's still fun to jump into the tub, but once you start to skin brush, you won't need to use all that harmful soap. Skin brushing itself, will make a lot of difference to the quality of your skin.
The skin-brushing itself – dry of course, not in the bath – will change the health of your whole body. Circulation, skin softness and quality, skin infections and irritations, whole body freshness, your level of stimulation, the prevention of colds, and you personal rejuvenation are all areas of improvement you can look for, when you make it to a regular habit.
To brush the skin: Start at the soles of the feet and work your way up your legs, your front and your back, brushing as vigorously as you feel able. Then do your hands and up your arms. Focus the brush strokes, when doing your chest and upper back, towards your heart. Don't do your face, but give the back of your neck and your scalp a good go. For hygiene reasons you need a separate brush for each member of the family, and of course, you need to wash the brush itself every couple of weeks.
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Skin Brushing
This is another natural lymphatic cleansing and detoxification method which helps clean the lymph system. The lymph system contains a number of minute vessels that have one-way valves (upwards) which help release the waste products from various tissues. These waste products are then released from the lymphatic system into the bloodstream.
Skin brushing will help move the various waste products efficiently and speedily upwards along the lymphatic system and into the blood stream, thereby cleansing the lymphatic system quickly. All you require is a regular soft bristle brush with a longish handle which will help you reach various parts of your body without straining yourself too much. It is best to do skin brushing after you've had your bath with longish strokes, moving upwards towards your heart region.
Body / Lymphatic Massages
Another method of lymphatic cleansing and detox is via lymphatic massages. Massages help stimulate the lymph nodes and lymphatic system by facilitating the lymphatic system to flush out all the waste products accumulated as a result of cell metabolism along with excess fluid and microorganisms. During manual massages, the lymphatic system is stimulated and will help facilitate the free and smooth flow of lymphatic fluid or lymph, thereby contributing to a strong immune system.
Clay Bath
One can undergo lymphatic cleansing by taking a clay bath for a duration of 15-30 minutes to 2 hours, depending upon one's comfort level. These clay baths help release toxins from the skin and thereby free the lymphatic system of certain heavy toxins that have accumulated at the lymph.
This is fairly simple and one can use a living clay variety available in powder form. Ideally, two or three cups of dry clay powder can be mixed in the hot bath water, clearing all clumps with hands, and one can submerge oneself in the clay bath for about 15 to 30 minutes. If a lot of toxins are released, the clay water can turn dark. After the bath, clear the bath water by using lots of clear water.
The human lymphatic system plays a key role in maintaining and obtaining good health. Thus, regular lymphatic cleansing and detox can go a long away towards improving one's level of health, immunity and vitality.
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The first step in cleansing the lymphatic system is to cleanse the colon so that the excess mucoid material backed up in the lymphatic system can be drained up.
The second step in cleansing the lymphatic system is to practice skin brushing. This is a highly effective technique for stimulating the expulsion of fresh mucoid material, hardened particulate or impacted mucoid matter, and other obstructions of the lymphatic system and for correcting inflammations of the lymph nodes. Like the colon, the lymphatic system can contain stagnant accumulations of old waste matter.
If the skin becomes inactive with its pores chocked with millions of dead cells, then impurities will remain in the body. The other eliminative organs, mainly the kidneys and liver, will have to increase their labour and will eventually become overworked.
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"Lymphatic cleansing is essential for good health, because the human lymphatic system plays a key role in the wellbeing of the body. It forms a core part of the body's immune system, and is also responsible for bringing nutrients to as well as wastes away from cells.
Diet and Nutrition
Food that we consume can sometimes help in the smooth flow and functioning of the lymph or hamper the flow of lymph in the human body. In order to cleanse the lymph system, one should avoid food that contain chemicals, artificial flavoring agents, artificial colors, preservatives, and stabilizing agents; these are found in processed food to increase shelf life. The more one consumes food that is not fresh, the more one will congest or block the lymphatic fluid from flowing freely in the human lymphatic system.
It is also advisable to stay away from food that is not easy to digest, and this includes food containing too much fat, animal protein, sugars and carbohydrates. Food that is sweet to taste and is white, food produced using white flour, such as white bread, white pasta, and white rice consume a lot of energy to digest, energy which could have helped clean up the lymphatic system. These food items also wreak havoc with one's blood sugar levels.
As you can see, lymphatic cleansing is not just about what we can do, but also about what we should not do, or, in this case, what we should not eat.
In addition to the above, one must try and drink up to 2 liters of water everyday. If possible, one could drink warm water, for this can help dissolve certain stubborn waste products accumulated across various body parts. Indeed, drinking a lot of water is probably the most basic form of bodily and lymphatic detox.
Besides one's diet and nutrition, there are several other lymphatic cleansing and detoxification methods.
This is the best form of detoxification as far as the lymphatic system is concerned. The lymphatic system is responsible for fighting infections and it is important to keep the lymphatic system healthy at all times. Exercise helps keep the movement of lymphatic fluid at its maximum and ensures a lot of toxins are flushed out by sweating. Exercise also improves blood circulation, strengthens the heart and oxygenates cells. Exercise is indeed the best and most natural form of lymphatic cleansing.
Astragalus, echinacea, goldenseal, pokeroot, wild indigo root, burdock, and red clover are excellent herbs that will help cleanse the lymphatic system and flush out toxins accumulated in the lymph. All herbal products should be taken in conjunction with an organic food diet or food which is free of any and all chemical products and substances. Another important point to note is to continue to exercise while using such lymphatic detox herbs, in order to reap the maximum benefits.
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There are a number of easy and effective ways to promote lymphatic flow including dry body brushing, massage, vigorous exercise, hydration and muscular activity (weights, yoga, tai chi or Pilates).
Dry body brushing in particular is a great way to stimulate lymphatic and circulatory flow as it stimulates the dense network of nerves that run just under the skin layer, which in-turn increase blood circulation and the function of the lymphatic system.
Another method suggested by Bodecare is alternate cold and hot showers. See method below:
Did you know that a prolonged hot shower without alternation with cool water (the type of shower most people take) is fatiguing and causes circulatory congestion? When performed Alternate Hot & Cold showers properly, this technique stimulates the nerves, endocrine glands, circulatory system and skin.
For best results of an Alternate Hot/Cold Shower you can use the following steps as a guide:
Firstly conduct a Dry Body Brushing routine: begin warm to hot shower for 2-3 minutes (water should be at a comfortable temperature). Follow with a cold shower for 15 seconds. Once again water should be at a comfortable temperature. Each 15 seconds repeat with hot and cold shower. To finish towel dry.
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Given that we do not understand these fine points well enough to be certain, it would seem appropriate that patients who have not yet had surgery try to move as much lymph through the body as possible to see if the swelling subsides. For those who feel they are at risk for cancer, periodic lymphatic stimulation and/or drainage may be a healthy preventative measure. Once, however, the nodes are gone, it is more uphill. One very simple but probably only minimally helpful exercise is to hold the affected (swollen) area upwards to see if gravity will permit some of the lymph to descend into areas that still have adequate drainage.
What very few patients seem to realize is that the immune system does not fight cancer so long as there is infection in the body. Isn't this one of Nature's ironies? People are more afraid of cancer than infection, but the body tries to eliminate infection before turning its resources towards cancer control. The lymphatic system in many people is overwhelmed by infection, often stemming from dental problems, as well as toxic substances (mercury, aluminum, chemicals from antiperspirants, dry cleaning, and so forth.) Lending a hand to the lymphatic system will usually relieve some of the pressure on other parts of the body.
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The lymphatic system is a key pathway of detoxification and stimulating this pathway can help our bodies cope with the daily toxic burden of synthetic chemicals, pollutants and toxins we are exposed to.
In fact, the lymphatic system is a complex drainage network involving fluids, vessels and organs. Its primary role is to remove cellular waste, proteins, foreign bodies, excess fluid, toxins and other microorganisms and return them to the bloodstream. Via the lymph nodes, this system helps to filter out toxins purify our bodies of waste.
There are approximately 6-10 litres of lymph in the body at any one time, which is pumped around via muscular contraction and movement. Lymph flows in one direction only – upwards to the heart. When the body is under stress (infection, stress, lack of physical activity, dehydration, toxic overload) tissue swelling can result and protein accumulation in the lymph nodes occurs. The result is a build up of toxins, which can end up affecting the normal function of the cells. Long term this can lead to underactive metabolic function of cells.
A classic example of chronic lymphatic congestion is the formation of cellulite, which is related in part to lymphatic congestion and poor blood flow to the affected areas. You can confirm the poor blood-flow yourself by feeling any areas of your body that have cellulite – they feel cooler than other areas of your skin due to the lack of warm blood supply to the area.
The body tries to protect itself from free toxins floating around in the body – after all they can damage our primary organs. As a result toxins are stored in many different ways in the body – mucus in the respiratory system, deposits in fat cells, as cholesterol or around the joints. Stimulating the flow of toxins out of the body by promoting lymphatic flow can help reduce your body's overall toxic load.
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Enlightenment Linux: It's Not What You Think
May 16, 2014 8:35 AM PT
The Enlightenment desktop environment is not for everyone. Experienced Linux fans may delight in some new light bulbs switching on, but Linux newcomers may find themselves groping in the darkness. For the Linux-initiated, Enlightenment offers some powerful new flexibility in how to set up and use the operating system. Note -- Linux experience will not make your journey to one of the least known graphical user interfaces in the Linux OS a fully pleasant trip, but once you get there, you will probably like your surroundings.
Enlightenment 0.18.7, or E18, is the latest version of the Compositing Window Manager and Desktop Shell. Enlightenment is the only option in several Linux distributions, and it is radically different from other lightweight interface shells such as Xfce and LXDE.
Enlightenment is lightweight, so it runs of lots of legacy desktops and laptops. It also is very customizable. This desktop offers a basic core design -- but the design is tweaked and integrated differently depending on which supporting Linux distro you use.
This core design gives Enlightenment users certain functionality that can change your approach to using Linux. For example, its menu pops up from any point of the desktop instead of being in a single place. Also, the traditional panel functionality may or may not be part of the interface, depending on the supporting distro. Press the Control +Alt+M keys to display the menu.
Becoming Enlightened
Getting and installing the Enlightenment desktop is not as simple as moving into other desktop choices. Most standard Linux distros do not have an Enlightenment version or even a shell package to grab from the system repository. So be careful where and how you apply any changes.
Over the last few years, some Linux distros that experimented with an Enlightenment version dropped it completely. A few current distros offer out-of-date versions. Some so-called Enlightenment distros are so minimalistic in design and package support that using them comes close to staring at a blank black screen.
There are Linux distro forums that have instructions for adapting your system to install an add-on Enlightenment package. Do not go there. I followed one prominent approach hawked on an Ubuntu user forum and rendered my recent installation of Ubuntu 14.04 desperately needing a complete reinstallation.
Since Enlightenmnt uses a different set of system tools to handle Internet connectivity, I had to install strange packages. The Enlightenment shell failed to load. The system no longer connected to the Internet. Clearly, this is a software and driver issue. Other Linux distros booting from a USB drive connected just fine.
What to Do
Another approach you should not take is to download the Enlightenment installation from the project's website at Enlightenment.org. Far too many dependency issues will arise with every variation of Linux distro you might have.
Instead, tread lightly where I have already gone. My original plan was to review a Linux distro that was based on Enlightenment. I found four of the leading Enlightenment distros, but each one's implementation was radically different.
I checked out how Enlightenment is used in four Linux distros: Manjaro, Macpup, Elive and Bodhi.
Shedding Some Light
In its infancy, Enlightenment started out as a window manager for Linux/X11. It grew into a suite of 10 core libraries to create beautiful user interfaces with much less work. Each library fulfills a purpose, and all are not needed in every distro integration.
Enlightenment is used on a wide range of hardware -- from small mobile devices like phones to powerful multicore desktops. It also is used in some set-top boxes and game systems.
The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, or EFL, are part of Enlightenment's basic building blocks. These provide a semitraditional toolkit dubbed "Elementary" and an object canvas called "Evas." Enlightenment also has abstracted objects titled "Edje" that let users combine, mix and match, or layer with alpha channels and events intact. Enlightenment has 3D transformations for all objects and much more.
Enlightenment is not solely for Linux. The shell and the EFL support several platforms. It also is used on FreeBSD and other BSD distros, Solaris, Mac OS X and some Windows installations.
The Mac Experience
Of the four distros used to illustrate the Enlightenment desktop, I found the Macpup Enlightenment version to be the most similar to other versions. I am a long-time Puppy Linux fan. Macpup Linux 550 is based on Precise Puppy 5.5.0 and is an official woof build of Puppy Linux that is binary-compatible with Ubuntu Precise packages.
It is one of the few Enlightenment distros that has strong compatibility with other distro versions. Like all Puppy Linux derivatives, Macpup is a fast, small, light OS. It runs in RAM but is not a stripped- down, bare bones, basic core OS. Macpup contains all the apps from Precise Puppy with the addition of Firefox 22. It includes the Enlightenment E17 window manager. The EFL libraries version 1.7.5 and E17 version 17.0 are compiled and installed from source.
Macpup required the least amount of relearning of the Enlightenment distros I reviewed. Because I am familiar with the Puppy Linux structure, the only thing hugely different was the Mac OS-like docking bar at the bottom of the screen. Much like a panel, the first icon on the far left activates the menu.
I felt right at home with the familiar ROX-Filer file management system as well. Even the right-click anywhere pop-up menu worked much like the left-click menu activation the other Puppy Linux versions use.
Loving the Elive Linux Way
The integration of Enlightenment in the Elive Linux distro is more refined than the other distros I sampled. It has a pager display of six virtual desktop thumbnails in the upper right corner of the screen. Just click on a square to move to that virtual workspace.
Elive has a Mac OS style dock on the bottom. As you traverse the pointer over the icons, they get bigger. However, Elive does not have a main menu icon.
Elive provides animated elements like backgrounds, icons, widgets and the terminal. It makes possible an animated desktop with 3D effects without an accelerated graphic card. If you take the time to fiddle with its design controls, you can finesse its desktop appearance and functionality like a painter creating a scene on a canvas.
The Arch-etypal Manjaro Approach
I have used the standard Manjaro Linux distro. The specially tooled Manjero Enlightenment version gives this distro a completely new look and feel.
Enlightenment works neatly within this Arch operating system-based Manjaro distro. Until you navigate through the shell, the outer appearance is a close match for a typical Linux distro with panel bar at the bottom of the screen. It even has a menu button at the far left of the bottom panel.
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This Enlightenment distro maintains the panel functionality in that notification icons and quick launch icons populate the panel. However, like all iterations of Enlightenment, that is where the similarity ends. Using the settings and system controls takes time to learn.
If you want a collection of applications that you already know how to use, start here. It is the only distro I sampled that included a basic set of software you would expect in a bare-bones offering.
Manjaro is also the only distro among those I sampled for this Enlightenment introduction that uses a Rolling Release Development Model. That is the Manjaro way, and it is nice not to have to reinstall completely with each new release. Instead, the same core system is continually updated and upgraded.
Full Bodhi Elegance
Bodhi Linux leverages the speed and highly customizable Enlightenment Desktop with an elegance that makes it a new experience. The background art options are gorgeous compared to the standard fare in the other sampled Enlightenment distros.
Bodhi has an easy-to-use workplace switcher on the desktop. It also is the only one that places such a prominent use of gadgets on the desktop. Bodhi includes a docking bar at the bottom with special animation effects.
Like the other three Enlightenment-based distros samples, however, the system tools are very different from standard desktop environments. The few preinstalled applications are different from the stock apps used in the other distros as well.
Bodhi's developers take the user choice concept to a higher level. Users add to a small set of default utilities just the applications they need. Installation is handled from the Bodhi App Center, apt-get, or Synaptic.
The distro follows the Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) release cycle for the core of its distribution. In between these major releases, the developers backport software so all of the installed software stays current. Thus, users only need to reinstall their system every two years. Bodhi releases are supported and get security updates for as long as the LTS base is supported by Ubuntu.
Bottom Line
The Enlightenment experience is not for all Linux users, especially less-experienced ones. Regardless of which Enlightenment distro you use, you get only a minimal set of utilities. Even so, the browser, text editor and package management tools are probably not the commonly known apps you use in your present distro. Also, there is no common core of basic software found among the Enlightenment distros.
Learning how to navigate within the Enlightenment shell is where the learning curve occurs. A second, steeper curve involves figuring out how to massage the seemingly endless options to customize the desktop functionality.
If you have lots of time to devote to learning something new within something old, check out Enlightenment -- but do it through a distro built around it. Do not try to do your own Enlightenment integration by manually adding Enlightenment packages to your current Linux distro.