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Installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview In A VirtualBox Virtual Machine
Step 1: Setting Up New Virtual Machine
This page details how to set up a new virtual machine which we will use on the next page of the guide to install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on to. If you are familiar with the setup process, you can safely skip this step; however, I encourage you to take a look at the end of this page for any recommended tweaks.
A.) Open up the VirtualBox Application
If you have not already, start up the VirtualBox application. You will then be presented with the following window and GUI (graphical user interface), as shown in the image below.
The VirtualBox interface is fairly straightforward with the important bits well highlighted. On the left, there is a list of all the current virtual machines and on the right is a preview window showing the current state and some of the settings. Above these two sections are buttons titled "New, Settings, Show, and Discard" that are used to interact with the VMs in the list.
The button we want is the "New" button which has a blue sun icon. Click on that to bring up the New Virtual Machine wizard.
B.) Create The New Virtual Machine
The wizard that pops up in a new window will then run you through the steps needed to get a virtualized hardware setup together and ready for an operating system. The guide itself is fairly easy to follow, but for the uninitiated's sake let's run through the process together and make things as easy as possible. The first window is just basic "welcome to" information. Go ahead and click the Next button in the lower right of the wizard's window to get started.
The next screen you are presented with asks you to name the machine and identify which OS you intend to install on it. You can name it anything you want; however, if the name includes Windows 8 in it, the wizard will automatically select Windows 8 as the OS type and version. Fill this information in and hit Next.
Entering in the correct OS type will enter the recommend minimum settings into the appropriate areas. Depending on the amount of resources you have available, you may want to dial up these settings from the default but it presents a good starting point nonetheless. Fill the name and OS type information and hit Next.
You will then be presented with a new screen asking for the amount of RAM you want to allocate to the Virtual machine. If you have more than 4 GBs in your system, attempt to allocate approximately 4096 MB of RAM, or about half of your system's total, whichever is greater. This will give your virtualized operating system a good amount of RAM to work with without depriving the host OS of memory. The default amount of 512 MB will allow you to run Windows 8 Consumer Preview but your performance will be rather limited.
The final major step in getting the new virtual machine set up is allocating a portion of your physical hard drive to a virtual hard drive where the operating system will be installed on. While it will be a single file when viewed on the host OS, to the virtual machine it is a full on hard drive that can have multiple partitions. If you do not have or want to use an existing virtual hard drive, you will need to create one. (The process for doing so will be covered below.) In addition to the file type, they also offer you the choice of dynamically allocated or fixed size storage allotments. In theory, the fixed size option will give you better performance; however, the tradeoff is that it takes longer upfront to create and will take up the full amount of allocated storage. The dynamic allocation, on the other hand, is quicker to create and will only take up as much space as the virtual machine actually uses. Performance may take a small hit, but real world usage should not be affected too much. If you have the extra storage space, go with the static allotment, but otherwise dynamic will be okay.
Before the wizard can finish setting up the new VM, you need to assign it a hard drive. To create a new drive, ensure the "Create new hard disk" radio button is selected and hit Next. This will open up the New Virtual Disk wizard. In the first screen, you can select the file / virtual disk type including VDI, VHD, and HDD. Some of these file types are less transferable to other VM software than others, but if you only intend to use this VM in VirtualBox, the default VDI file type will work fine. Hit next once you've chosen the file type.
You will then need to choose between dynamic and static allocation, as covered above. Hit next to continue.
The next step will require you to choose a location for the virtual hard disk on your physical hard drive and to determine the amount of storage you want to allocate to it. VirtualBox recommends 20 GB; however, you can go as low as 10 GB if you just want to check out Windows 8 and a few applications if storage space is scarce. The location doesn't matter that much in the overall scheme of things. Just be sure you install it on the physical hard drive of choice if you are on a multi-drive system as it defaults to the C:\ drive. Installing to an SSD or the outer partition of a mechanical hard drive will give you better performance but, again, real world performance will still be useable despite these considerations.
VirtualBox will then present you with a summary of the information you entered. Verify that it is correct, and then click the "Create" button.
You will then be taken to another summary window for the VM as a whole. Verify the information and then continue. The wizard window will then close and the new virtual machine will appear in the list on the main application window.
C.) Tweak the Virtual Machine and Mount the ISO
There are just a few steps left before you can get to playing around with Windows 8. Before you boot up the new virtual machine, you should tweak it for the best performance. You will also need to tell it where you saved the Windows 8 ISO you downloaded earlier so that i can boot from it.
My system configuration is available here for reference and represents a typical gaming computer. With 8 GBs of RAM, I am able to use the x64 version of Windows 8 and allocate 4 GB of RAM to the virtual machine without slowing things down. You're system will vary and you will need to adjust your settings accordingly. For example, if you have a quad core processor, you should at most allocate half of the cores to the VM. Further, if your CPU supports hyper-threading you can include those 'virtual cores' in that number. The screen shots below show my tweaks to achieve optimal performance. Any other settings have been left at the defaults. They should give you a good starting point for getting the best performance out of the virtual machine.
To access the settings menu, find the VM you created in the list, and right click it. Choose "Settings" and you will be presented with a new window. On the left is a list of categories. Click on "System" on the left and then the "Motherboard" settings tab. On the new page, uncheck the floppy drive check box, and select the ICH9 chipset from the dropdown box. Then navigate to the "Processor" tab and allocate half of the number of physical cores your computer actually has. In my case, that means allocating 4 cores of the total 8 (4 physical, 4 virtual/HT). Also on that tab, ensure that PAE/NX is selected.
Finally, open the "Display" category and allocate as much video memory as the slider will allow, or half of the total amount of physical RAM your system has (whichever is higher). Then, check both the 2D and 3D acceleration check boxes (if possible). This will help to speed up the Windows desktop, which uses hardware acceleration to smooth things out.
Last up is configuring the ISO. This is accomplished by navigating to the "Storage" category in the settings window of the virtual machine. Then, click on the IDE controller, and then the small CD with green "+" symbol to add a new CD/DVD drive. Next, on the far right, click on the other CD symbol and choose the "Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file..." option. Now, navigate to and select the Windows 8 CP ISO file you downloaded earlier. Hit enter. Then Choose OK on the main settings window to save your changes.
This page may look complicated but don't fret, it is easier than it looks and is the most difficult part of the guide. If you've gotten this far, the rest will be a breeze. The following page will show you the actual Windows 8 Consumer Preview installation process. Verify you followed all the directions on this page, and then jump into the Windows install on page 3!
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YOu also need a VT-x enabled CPU if you're gonna virtualize the 64 bit version. YOu can't do it otherwise, no matter how much ram or how powerful of a CPU you have.
Thanks for the tutorial, worked just fine.
Will you please include how to setup the internet in the VM. I have had everything setup just like it says here. Its been running, but no internet, and keeps telling me that i need a driver...
Hmm can you see anything like virtualbox network card in the host os control panel? The network drivers should have installed with virtualbox. Ill see what I can dig up on my end once im not mobile.
Update: It should be called the Virtualbox Host-Only Network under Network and Sharing center.
In the VM settings menu, go to Network and verify that you have the network adapter 1 enabled and it is attached to NAT in the dropdown box :)
Let me know if this helps :)
Thanks for the help Tim. I finally got it to work after messing with the advanced tab in the network settings. I chose the wrong internet adapter.
Try a virtual hard drive- very easy, runs natively,doesn't mess up your Win7 install.
Winsupersite has an article on it as well as some other sites.
Can you link us to it please? Thanks!
I am sure I did everything in the guide but I got this error
Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
IConsole {1968b7d3-e3bf-4ceb-99e0-cb7c913317bb}
Any help??
When did you get the error, when starting the virtual machine? Go into the settings menu and verify that you have the virtual hard drive attached to the system.
Maybe try this? https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33196
it was right at the beginning, it didn't have a chance to boot
I fixed the problem, my bios didn't have VT turned on. But now when it starts Windows says "program has stopped working trying to find a solution".
hmm.. so with VT-x turned on you don't get the first error but are now getting that when trying to start the VM? Hmm.. does the VM start at all, and do you get to the Oracle boot/POST screen or does it fail even before that? Umm, you might try rechecking your settings and that you aren't assigning it resources you don't have and/or try running VB as administrator. You may need to send the log file (right click on VM and chose show log) to someone, maybe these guys can help: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewforum.php?f=6&sid=14aa2be8a23f9a950052...
Sorry you're having such trouble getting VB to cooperate! If you can find the error in question that is causing the crash, feel free to post it and I'll see what i can find but the log file itself is rather long and would prolly be too long to post here ;)
Thanks for this guys, very helpful.
Great! Turn your $2500 PC into a $30 cell phone! Why not just turn it into a toaster? The garish monochrome colors are just atrocious. Who thought THIS was the future of computing. Now Windows, Mac, Gnome, Unity and KDE have all gone to hell leaving us with very few choices for a GUI that is worthy of a real computer and not a toy.
Good thing this bad joke of an operating system is safely imprisoned inside a Windows XP Virtualbox appliance. Somebody, a LOT of somebodies, got paid to create this insult to a computer and its user. What weren't they thinking?
If you don't need Silverlight or DirectX, give Linux Mint a go :) It's fast!
So i have a question, when you look at an icon on your desktop, you see a picture of something that represents an program or file, right? But when you click on it, you will see a frame around it and between that frame and icon, all that there is, is wasted empty space. Now you have widgets, they are designed to pull information about things, like mini apps always running and if i can say anything about them, they eat a lot of resources, but i always use them.
A tile is a combination of the two, taking the means of starting an app, and the information displaying abilities of a widget and combining them into one. So instead of starting your email app, you can glance the tile and just see whats there.
Moreso, the Start screen is really, just a new start menu. Remember when we went from Windows 2000 to XP. People bitched and fussed about the new start menu. They complained it was worse it wasn't as good, yet as a user i saw how much more convenient it was, how much better it was. I wasn't just accessing apps, i was accessing my folders too. I didn't need to clear my desktop to get to my documents folder or my computer, i could get it right there from the start menu.
Now look at the modern start menu in 7. Its a little box in the corner of the screen, it cannot be used side by side with something else. When you bring it up, it's all you focus on. So why just use a part of the screen to show it? Just use the whole screen for the start menu, and show as much information about the apps and places as possible!
Not only that, you dont have to deal with folders to organise apps as you did before, you can 'group' apps into specific areas just as how you would have grouped apps into folders before, but this way its more visual and position based making them even easier to find when you need them. And search works just as how it did on 7 and Vista, just start typing and you app will appear, so if you cant pinpoint something, you can still find it.
Hence why they used a start screen and not just a start menu. Whats even more interesting, is that the old desktop is still there, and its more hardcore than ever. I customised the quick access toolbar on the explore windows and minimised the ribbon and omg I'm in heaven. Every command i can want is right there. The start button has been compacted to a "start corner", but on a physical machine, it works really well because once the cursor reaches that corner, you cant go any further and all you need to do at that point is click and get the start screen and if you right click there, you get things like computer management and loads more.
If u use an app launcher like object dock or rocket dock, you can put away most of your apps there for easy access right there on a side of the desktop. I did that in XP, Vista and still in 7, even with the new task-bar because i use so many apps.
Adding to that, 8 uses way less resources and its snappy as hell. I installed it on a Vostro 1100 with a Sempron processor, ATI Xpress graphics and 1 gig of ram (bleh), the thing ran faster than Ubuntu, Mint and even Knoppix, I was absolutely dumbstruck!!
I know the start screen is a bit offputting if you have become use to menus and lists, but its just the launcher for your regular apps that still work as they always have before, if a little bit better imo.
And if ur a hardcore user (the real kind, not the old git who just likes things to stay the same) who uses multiple monitors and is constantly doing 4 things at a time, the traditional desktop works even better with multiple monitors, and multiple simultaneous apps. Even little things like multiple wallpapers on multiple monitors and panoramic wallpapers are better and easier.
Did you see the new taskmanager? that thing is the Bentley of task managers. On default view its quaint, it shows you what's running and you can end them. Hit the button below and omfg, shit gets real amazing real fast. You can see apps, their processes, the process info, resource utilization, consumption and way more than that.
Even copying files has been overhauled. you can do sequential copies if ur doing multiple file transfers and pause individual transfers while others are proceeding.
I can even right click on iso files and mount them in a virtual disc drive natively no addon apps needed... THAT IS AMAZING!!
If u are truly hardcore, 8 IS where u wanna be... Look forward not back. Things change, they will always change, some you will like, some you won't, not at first anyway, but you just need to adapt.
PS: I apologise for the length, i started typing and after 10 mins lost myself. Tim, if you want me to expand this into a full article, i would love you all to post this on the site. Again, i apologise for the length of the comment.
I'n not yet sold on the Metro start menu, gestures to close and switch apps, and the Windows Store but I do like the new Task Manager and file copy dialogs, those are pretty sweet enhancements! :)
I'm installing the consumer preview on my old laptop now to see how it fairs on bare metal :). You do have a point that there will likely be tweaking utilities for Win 8 just like earlier generations to customize things a bit more and help the OS adapt to my work style, we'll see. Right now though I miss the old start menu, the *bam* fullscreen and then right back to desktop switch is rather jarring just to open a file or another program. Right now, I can just open the start menu and type the program or use arrow keys to get what I want without even having to look at it and can continue reading or watching TV, but on Win 8 it takes me away from that to full screen metro world for little purpose. Now that I was able to change it to a blue background, I'm more okay with it (the green background was atrocious on the dev preview ;) At least.. I remember it being green lol) If they can make the gestures and such easier and more intuitive it won't be all that bad, just not something I love. I'll likely still upgrade for the other shiny stuff I do like though :)
There are people still not sold on Window XP's start menu in 2012 and change it back to "classic" every time they reinstall windows. And for that reason refuse to go to Vista/7. Those people are eventually going to be moved to 7 by force in due time. Yet some will still stick with a insecure, buggy, unsupported Win 8 despite everything.
Quite frankly, the 8 SS, functions the same way the 7 SM did, with better customisation of app listings and is more easily used across more types of devices without having to do different UI for every class of chassis.
I do say, there could have been more options on how the SS is viewed, listing of apps and such for desktops and laptops, but that will come with times, Windows 9 and such.
Windows 8 is a trial run for such features in a sense. But if u can find a workflow with this UI, when they improve the UI in Win 9, or even the RTM of Win 8, you will be better off for it.
Regarding your comment on using the SM while you watch a video/read etc, to find an app or file simultaneously...
How often would you pull up an app that wasn't pinned to your taskbar or in an applauncher like objectdock?
For files you could just hit explorer with Win key + 2 to search for files...
Tweaking your workflow to adapt to the SS isn't hard, Windows allows for so many ways to do the same thing its uncanny. And if it doesn't, someone somewhere has a 3rd party app that does it for you.
I just figured a way around your problem with the SS being too 'jarring' in under a minute.
Are there any other problems you want me to figure out for you as well?
If you think I'm being a "fanboy" or i am being "harsh" with my comments, i do apologise, but its comments like yours, a journalist, that sow the seeds of acceptance or dislike in these early stages.
You have yet to install it on a actual machine and test it but are already saying you "are not sold on the SS".
Please use it for a few days on an actual machine before you start making such comments. I spent a few hours using it on a VM and i am already accustomed to dragging down to close apps. Its pretty natural and makes sense. Its as easy to remember as watching something fall down into a trash can and knowing down is for what ur done with.
Once i remembered that alt+tab / win key + tab, still worked for app switching i was back to my old self.
If you are a true "hardcore" user, you adapt, if ur just old, you whine. The excitement factor with a new OS is learning how to do old things in a new, and hopefully, a better way. That better way may be made obvious to some and less so for others. For insane on the brain users who watch videos while we use word and Chrome at the same time, it may ba harder to do, but its still there.
Here is one prob for me the metro screen fixed. When im watching a video, my other windows, as im movieng them around somehow always end up covering a bit of my video window. If i snap in the metro video player to the side of explorer, it never gets covered and i always see it, while i do my work in PS, Word etc.
O_O Goddammit, look at how much i wrote again, wtf is wrong with me :S
I used the Developer Preview installed on a touch enabled convertible tablet for about a month and I thought it worked well there, but ended up wiping it and going back to win 7 as the touch screen got extremely wonky after a windows update (likely updated the driver from the version I installed and Win 8 ended up not liking it lol) and made it so that I couldn't navigate at all without constant random clicking and I did not have the time to mess with it. I'm not running the Consumer Preview on that machine and, again, it is not liking the touch panel and I can't find the old driver version I used the first go around, so I just disabled it. On a laptop with a smaller screen, metro is okay with mouse and keyboard but I'd like to see the gestures tweaked and be more like Opera's as right now they require a lot of physical mouse travel to close apps and such. The ability to hold down a key or side mouse button to activate the gesture input, then do a small flick in, for example, the down direction to close an app would be a heck of a lot easier than going to the top of the screen and dragging all the way to the bottom. On a cramped desk or a laptop with a small trackpad, the current movement is a pain. Would it really be hard for them to add a close button that appears on hover?
I'm not saying everyone should hate it, if you like it that's fine and I'm glad that you are finding it useful. In it's current form, it just doesn't work for me. I'm willing to give them feedback and see where they go with it. In the end though, I have to reserve the right to not like it, just like others have the right to swear by it. At least give me credit for trying to give it a fair shake? :).
I get that this is the CP, but I would really like to see them do some sort of gesture intro or help page for the gestures to introduce all the new ways to closing and switching between apps, I think that would go a long way towards letting people have a fair chance at adapting and not getting frustrated. I had no idea the drag down to close was even an option until someone on Tested forums pointed it out, for example :P. Maybe some sort of intro on first boot for OEM machines or setup for self installs. I think I remember there being something like that in Win XP?
I'll probably leave Win 8 on the laptop for awhile to test and see what tweaks come out. Right now I'm sticking with Win 7 on my desktop as I can't risk bugs or instability mucking up my schoolwork or writing.
Anyways, I usually try to keep my desktop (er, the software desktop not the physical computer) as free from icons as possible and my taskbar only has a few important programs pinned. I am one of those crazy people that has a bunch of chrome windows, netflix (or more recently WMC TV), Focus Writer, ect open and spread out over the desktop :P Having the start menu in the screen lets me glance over at it or usually I dont even have to look at it as I know what the first search result will be and can just win key->type->enter and it opens heh. I just don't see the point of having to go out of the desktop to metro, and back out even if it is for a split second why take up the whole screen? I guess I could use that explorer search you mentioned to keep me from having to go the roundabout through Metro land.
I don't know, I just prefer how things are now, I understand why some people like the Metro improvements (the mail app is pretty nice btw) but the full screen experience is just not for me at this time :). I defended myself over at tested in saying that the operating system should ideally be invisible and adapt to the user, not the other way around, and I still think that. Seriously if Metro works for you and improves your experience, that's awesome and be sure to give them as much feedback as possible to make it even moreso, but I still have some concerns about it before I'm sold on it working to help me, well, work :). I'll keep on testing periodically and dipping my toes in the Metro pool to see if the water is warm enough for me lol.
heh, by all means post away man :) I tend to ramble and have long posts as well. If only the ExtremeTech forums were still live... I had some mini novels over there! :D
EDIT: Hmm, do you know of any way to get the cursor to automatically be in the search box of explorer when i open it with Win+4 (where my explorer icon is)? If I can get it to do that, that would mostly solve the issue of quick searches :).
PS. Not sure if I mentioned it in the article, but I do love the new task manager, file copy stuff, and so far I have been getting network file transfer speeds that are much, much faster than Win 7 to Win 7 using the same hardware! I have to give MS props for that!!
Usually when I do big file transfers over Wifi (G only though I do have a new router coming that has N, a long overdue upgrade!), I usually get about 1 MB/s avg speeds which is really slow, but after installing Win 8 on the laptop, I happened to transfer a movie from the laptop the desktop and saw it shoot up to 8 MB/s, avg'd about 6-7 MB/s which was a big surprise! Dunno if it was just a fluke but I hope not :D
Oh the side by side metro app functionality won't work in VB, because it only works at 16:9 resolutions. VB even with VB extras installed only allows for 4:3 aspect ratios.
Sad but true.
Turn off pointer integration, it makes mousing into the corners easier, if not you just end up going outside the VM and onto your desktop. It gets very frustrating.
New tip, Windows Key + Print Screen, takes a snapshot of your desktop and saves it to the picture folder automatically, nifty eh?
never like the interface the w8, I slapped on a Elitebook 2560P decked out and it was some of the worst UI experienced. Most of the power user experience is gone with windows 8, after 4 hours of fiddling around with it I re-formatted and put my W7 pro 64bit back on.
I think windows 8 is more aimed at "grandma / Grandpa " that dont really know there way around a computer but can easily use the big pretty tiles to help them out.
good try M$ but no cigar ;)
After I agree to the terms and conditions window and the select the custom install option, t doesnt detect any device drivers. How should i solve that problem?
As in, it's not seeing a hard drive to install it on? You'll need to power off the machine (close the VM window and it will prompt you, choose to power off), then go into the settings and make sure you have a hard drive attached in the Storage tab. Is there a hard drive attached? Let me know :)
If you have Windows 7, a better option would be to boot from a VHD with Win8 installed to it. It will give you a better idea of its performance and usability as it uses the physical hardware instead.
No matter what I do, I can't assign more than 1250 MB to Win8 in VirtualBox - Any ideas? I have a 64 bit Windows7 on i7-2630QM CPU - it has 4 CPU's (8 total, but half are virual) and 6 GB ram. \\Any help appreciated!
Failed to open the CD/DVD image C:\Users\me\Downloads\Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-English.iso.
Could not get the storage format of the medium 'C:\Users\me\Downloads\Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-English.iso' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: Medium
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it wont allow my windows 8 IDE controller please help i really like the article by the way
hmm, does the IDE controller show up as installed correctly in your Windows Device Manager? What version of VirtualBox are you using? It seems like there are quite a few users with that error. If you have another drive, you might try putting the .iso on that. When exactly does it give you that error message?
I have the same issue on Linux Ubuntu 12.10 using Oracle VirtualBox 4.2.6 which is the latest version. Microsoft does not give the MD5 string for the ISO, but I can mount the image and view the contents. It seems that all of the files are there. It is a UDF which I understand to be a subtype of disk image. I have heard that there are issues when opening that type of image. I am just conjecturing at this point and recalling what I have seen on the web. I would recommend anyone wishing to test drive Windows 8 before purchasing the full blown version, search for help on the Microsoft website.
For me, actually running Windows 8 is not a priority. I only wanted to actually try to run it. I'm sure I will see it soon enough at a computer lab somewhere.
This is a good post. I wanted to install Windows 8 on my Windows 7 using a Virtual system (vmware or similar) and found a way. I saw a good article about "Install Windows 8 on VirtualBox - http://www.vpswebserver.com/windows-vps/install-windows-8-on-virtualbox" and tried. It worked and still testing the OS.
Windows 8 has a nice interface but it will take some time for me to get familiar. When I start using Windows 8 over virtualbox I get confuse suddenly and searching for the START Button. Gosh there is no Start button anymore :(.
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Caring for a Woman's Body: What Every HIV-Positive Woman Should Know About the Care and Prevention of GYN Problems
July 27, 2015
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- How Often Should You Go?
- What to Expect in the Office
- Common GYN Problems
- How to Prepare for Your GYN Care Appointment: A Checklist and Questions for Your Provider
For women living with HIV (HIV+), there are many aspects to staying healthy. You are off to a good start if you take your medications on schedule, eat well, and get regular physical activity. But to take care of your whole body, you need to get regular gynecologic (GYN) care from a health care provider. Gynecologic care refers to the diagnosis and treatment of issues affecting the female reproductive organs (also called the female genital tract).
How Often Should You Go?
It is very important for women living with HIV to have regular GYN visits and tests for cervical cancer. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that:
- Women living with HIV should have a complete gynecological examination, including a cervical screening test and a pelvic exam, when they are first diagnosed, and then another test six months later
- If both tests are normal, a repeat cervical screening test should be done every year
- Women living with HIV who have had dysplasia in the past should receive a cervical screening every six months
- Pregnant women living with HIV should have a cervical cancer screening test when they first seek prenatal care
- Women who were born with HIV (perinatally infected, or infected at birth) are more at risk of having high-risk types of HPV; therefore, cervical screening should start prior to age 21 if they are sexually active
You should be tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia at the first visit. It is important to repeat these tests if you have a new partner or if you have unprotected sex.
What to Expect in the Office
Usually, your provider will begin by asking you about your sexual history. You will be asked about:
- Your current sex life
- The number and sex (male/female) of sexual partners in your past
- Whether you have ever been pregnant or had an abortion
- What kind of birth control you use, if any
- How you protect yourself and your partner(s) from sexually transmitted diseases
- How you protect yourself (and possibly your partner(s)) from a different strain of HIV
These questions can feel uncomfortable for both the provider and the patient. Even if it is hard for you, do the best you can to answer honestly. Your provider needs complete information to take good care of you.
After the interview, the provider will examine different parts of your body. Not all providers perform all the exams listed below in the same order. It is common for the provider to ask a member of the health care staff (usually a medical assistant or nurse) to join her/him in your room for the physical exams. This is for everyone's protection and to make sure the exams are performed in a professional manner.
Breast Exam
For the breast exam, the provider will ask you to lie back and raise one arm over your head as she or he feels with her/his hands for any lumps or masses in the breast on the side with your raised arm. The provider will then repeat this on the other side of your body, asking that you raise your other arm and feeling your other breast.
Pelvic Exam
For the pelvic exam, the provider will ask you to lie down and scoot your bottom to the end of the exam table. Then you will be asked to open your legs, bend your knees, and place your feet in the metal stirrups. Often, at this point, the provider will use her or his gloved fingers to examine the outside of your genitalia for any bumps, sores, or other problems. Next, your provider will insert an instrument called a speculum into your vagina. This instrument opens the walls of the vagina so that your cervix (the opening to the uterus) can be seen by the provider.
Then the provider will use a small brush or spatula to collect some cells from your cervix for the cervical screening test. The cells will be sent to a laboratory to be examined under a microscope to see if there are any abnormal cells (dysplasia). Additional tests will be done if abnormal cells are found. While the speculum is still inserted, the provider may also collect fluid to check for infections.
Because Pap tests require laboratories and people skilled in reading them, resource-limited countries offer different tests to screen for dysplasia and cervical cancer. One method is called visual inspection with acetic acid, or VIA. When using VIA, health care providers swab acetic acid (also known as vinegar) on the cervix and look directly at it to see if any areas need treatment. Other countries use human papilloma virus (HPV) tests, which test samples taken from your cervix for the presence of HPV's DNA (its genetic material).
Bimanual Exam
The bimanual exam is performed without a speculum. In this exam, the provider places two gloved fingers inside your vagina and places the other hand on your belly. He or she feels your ovaries and uterus between the hands and checks for any pain. The provider may also perform a rectal exam. During the rectal exam, the provider gently puts a lubricated, gloved finger into your rectum to feel for any unusual bumps or sores. She or he may collect a small amount of stool to check for blood.
Many women find the pelvic and bimanual exam slightly uncomfortable and embarrassing. One reassuring thought is that the speculum is used for only two or three minutes, and the whole thing is usually over in less than five. And the more often you go, the easier it gets.
Anal Pap Smear
It is possible for women living with HIV to have anal dysplasia, which can lead to anal cancer. A rectal examination with an anal Pap smear is the best way to detect anal dysplasia. There are currently no official recommendations for anal pap smear screening among women living with HIV; however, some providers perform this exam due to the higher risk for anal cancer among people living with HIV. Similar to a cervical Pap smear, an anal Pap smear includes the insertion of a small swab into the anus to collect cells that are then sent to a lab to be examined under a microscope to see if there are any abnormal cells.
It is important to remember that at any point during the breast, pelvic, bimanual, or anal exams, you can ask your provider to tell you what she or he is doing as it is happening. Some women find this helps them relax more throughout the exam.
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Right-wing media respond to Fort Hood shooting by attacking American Muslims
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Right-wing media figures have used the shooting at Fort Hood as an excuse to attack Islam and American Muslims in particular, with Debbie Schlussel, for example, urging readers to think of the alleged shooter "whenever you hear about how Muslims serve their country in the U.S. military." Additionally, commentators have blamed the shooting on "political correctness," with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggesting the implementation of "special debriefings" for Muslim American soldiers to prevent future attacks.
Right-wing media respond to attack by demonizing Muslims
Schulssel: Think of Hasan "whenever you hear about how Muslims serve their country in the U.S. military." In a November 5 post -- headlined "Shocker: Man Who Shot Up Ft. Hood Soldiers Was Muslim" -- right-wing commentator Debbie Schulssel wrote:
UPDATE: Nidal Malik Hasan isPalestinian. Figures...Yeah, I wonder if that "Palestinian" town is actually Palestinian or part of the Islamic encroachment on Israel. Either way, he had every opportunity given to him by American taxpayers. And he murdered them anyway. This isn't just the Palestinian way. It's the Islamic way. And we expect Israel to make peace with guys like this? Even in the midst of the land of plenty, look at how they behave.
And, oh, yeah, think of Major Malik Nadal Hasan (and all of the other Muslim American traitorous soldiers in the U.S. military who've shot their fellow soldiers up and killed them or otherwise helped the enemy), whenever you hear about how Muslims serve their country in the U.S. military.
Well, actually, they do serve "their country" in the U.S. military. And their country is Dar Al-Islam and greater Koranistan.
"It's Islamic terrorism, stupid. Wait, that's repetitive. It's Islam, stupid."
Geller: Shooter is in the "pious Muslim category," has "such Islamic bravery." In a November 5 blog post, Pamela Geller wrote: " 'Six months ago Major Hasan came to law enforcement attention for posting blogs supporting suicide bombing.' This puts him in the pious Muslim category." In a November 6 post, she wrote: "The pig jumped on a table and was shooting down on the crowd, which is why he could get so many off. Jihad Hasan was shooting soldiers in the back. Such Islamic bravery."
Malkin links shooter to other "Muslim Soldiers with Attitude." In her November 6 post headlined "The massacre at Fort Hood and Muslim soldiers with attitude," Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin linked the alleged Fort Hood shooter to "all those who came before Hasan," highlighting her March 2003 column on "Muslim soldiers with attitude" who are "suspected of infiltrating our military, endangering our troops and undermining national security" and referencing "Muslim sniper" John Muhammad and "Muslim US soldier Hasan Abujihaad."
Right-wing media blame shooting on "political correctness," call for "special debriefings" of American Muslims
Carlson: "Could it be that our military is so politically correct... to be careful about treatment of Muslims" that this happened? On the November 6 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson asked: "Could it be that our own military is so politically correct right now ... to be careful about treatment of Muslims that they would have allowed this to go by?"
Michelle Malkin: "Political correctness is the handmaiden of terror." Commenting on "The whitewashing of jihad by the MSM," Michelle Malkin wrote: "I've said it many times over the years and it bears repeating again as cable TV talking heads ask in bewilderment how all the red flags Hasan raised could have been ignored: Political correctness is the handmaiden of terror."
Steyn: People afraid to report suspicious Muslim activity, lest they end up "in sensitivity-training hell for the next six months." On the November 6 edition of Rush Limbaugh's radio show, guest host Mark Steyn said: "You think about the next time you see some behavior that's suspicious -- guys praying, they're doing goofy things, they're talking about Saddam Hussein, all the things that the flying imams did. And you think to yourself, 'Do I call Homeland Security? No, I'm going to be tied up in sensitivity-training hell for the next six months. Maybe it's better to just forget about it, to ignore it.' And that is becoming the problem now, that we're conditioned to ignore it."
Kilmeade suggested that "it's time for the military to have special debriefings" of U.S. soldiers who are Muslim. On the November 6 edition of Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade asked Geraldo Rivera, "Do you think it's time for the military to have special debriefings of Muslim Army civili-- officers, anybody enlisted?" He added: "Because if I'm going to be deployed in a foxhole, if I'm going to be sitting in an outpost, I've got to know that the guy next to me is not going to want to kill me."
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Ferguson feared the worst
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted he thought it was not going to be Manchester United's day before Robin van Persie came off the bench to score a last-minute equaliser and rescue a 2-2 draw at West Ham in a thrilling FA Cup third-round tie.
Irons midfielder Joe Cole had delivered a vintage display on his return to his boyhood club, setting up a double for defender James Collins with superb crosses from the left flank in each half to turn the tie around after Tom Cleverley had fired United into the lead on 23 minutes. However, as the clocked ticked into stoppage time, Dutchman Van Persie ghosted into the right side of the penalty area and drilled a low shot into the bottom corner to force a replay.
Ferguson said on MUTV: "We missed some good chances, with headers over the bar and (Shinji) Kagawa had one blocked on the line, I thought it was not going to be our day."
Ferguson was delighted to have made sure they did not suffer a disappointing early FA Cup exit.
The United boss added: "We want to stay in it and have a go at it this year.
"We have had some terrible draws over the years and been knocked out early and we don't enjoy that.
"For us to be losing 2-1 in that game is amazing with the way we played. But when you play West Ham you have got to defend those crosses and set pieces, because they are brilliant at that, the best team in the league, but we did not do that."
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce admitted it was "more than a tad disappointing" not to have been able to close out what would have been a memorable victory.
"You have never beaten Manchester United until the final whistle blows and I have learned that in the past," he said. "When Matt Jarvis broke down the left-hand side late on and put in a great ball for Mark Noble to head down to Matt Taylor I was going, 'Please put it in', because Manchester United weren't going to come back from that.
"But if we didn't put it in (I knew) it would be nail-biting until the final whistle because somewhere along the line they might just carve out a chance with the quality that they have got."


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text: The Call for Papers below might be of interest for people in the Beowulf mailing list. Regards, Giuseppe Ciaccio http://www.disi.unige.it/person/CiaccioG/ DISI - Universita' di Genova via Dodecaneso 35 16146 Genova, Italy phone +39 10 353 6638 fax +39 010 3536699 ciaccio at disi.unige.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call For Papers Performance in Clusters: Measurement, Analysis and Achievements (PCMAA) PCMAA is a session organized on the 7th World Multi Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics And Informatics (SCI 2003). July 27 - 30, 2003. Orlando, Florida, USA Sheraton World http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/ PCMAA focuses on performance measurement, analysis and achievements in cluster computing. All kind of clusters, commodity/beowulf, high performance and large Internet/Grid oriented clusters, are of interest. Each cluster category matches some application requirement and need particular investigation about how to achieve the best performance. Among factors that can influence cluster performance there are broadband networ ks, network protocols, message passing systems, fitting algorithms, parallel and distributed programming techniques, parallel I/O techniques, management tools, performance measurement tools and many others. We would like to encourage participation of both researchers and practitioners working on these problems. Topics of interest are: * Impact of networks and network protocols on cluster performance * High-performance I/O design for cluster computing * Impact of cluster management tools on cluster performance * Performance instrumentation on clusters * Application benchmark tests on clusters A panel will end this session, talking about efficient cluster design, programming and management. PCMAA is organized by: Amelia De Vivo Dipartimento di Informatica e Applicazioni "R. Capocelli" Universita' di Salerno Via S. Allende 84081 Baronissi (SA) Italy tel: +39-089-965416 fax: +39-089-965272 amedev@ unisa.it Stephane Vialle Ecole Superieure d'Electricite' (Supelec) 2 rue Edouard Belin 57070 Metz France tel: +33-3-87-76-47-20 fax: +33-3-87-76-47-00 Stephane.Vialle at supelec.fr Contributions, which should not exceed six single-spaced typed pages, can be sent via e- mail to the following addresses: amedev at unisa.it Stephane.Vialle at supelec.fr DEADLINES : March 15, 2003: Submission of papers April 1, 2003: Acceptance Notification April 7, 2003: Final version of papers All information about paper format, conference fee, hotel, proceedings, etc. can be found on the official SCI site, http://www.iiisci.org/sci2003/. Please note that the only audiovisual equipment provided for presentation will be an overhead projector and a screen. Video projection or any other equipment, if needed, will have to be supplied by the presenter. For any question, do not hesitate to contact us.


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VENICE, CA — Gold's Gym has signed a master franchise agreement for their expansion into the Ecuador market, choosing Ian A. Rondon's company, Fitness Franchising, as its partner. Rondon's company holds the master franchising agreement for Puerto Rico and Central America as well.
"Ecuador fits into our company's long term strategy for developing gyms in Central America and the northern region of South America," said Ian A. Rondon, President, Fitness Franchising. "The Gold's Gym brand will rule in Ecuador; we are very excited to be the company chosen to make this happen."
According to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), even during the last few months of 2001, the health club industry showed it resilience growing by 1.5 percent. A total of 869 new clubs opened during the past year worldwide.
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111th CONGRESS
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June 10, 2010
Mr. Maffei (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, and Mrs. McCarthy of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
To amend the effective date of the gift card provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.
Delay of effective date
Title IV of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act, is amended by striking section 403 and inserting the following:
Effective date
In General
Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, this title and the amendments made by this title shall become effective 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
In general
In the case of a gift certificate, store gift card, or general-use prepaid card that was produced prior to April 1, 2010, the effective date of the disclosure requirements described in sections 915(b)(3) and (c)(2)(B) of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act shall be January 31, 2011, provided that an issuer of such a certificate or card shall—
comply with paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 915(b) of such Act;
consider any such certificate or card for which funds expire to have no expiration date with respect to the underlying funds;
at a consumer's request, replace such certificate or card that has funds remaining at no cost to the consumer; and
comply with the disclosure requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Disclosure requirements
The disclosure requirements of this subsection are met by providing notice to consumers, via in-store signage, messages during customer service calls, Web sites, and general advertising, that—
any such certificate or card for which funds expire shall be deemed to have no expiration date with respect to the underlying funds;
consumers holding such certificate or card shall have a right to a free replacement certificate or card that includes the packaging and materials, typically associated with such a certificate or card; and
any dormancy fee, inactivity fee, or service fee for such certificates or cards that might otherwise be charged shall not be charged if such fees do not comply with section 915 of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act.
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The notice requirements in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall continue until January 31, 2013.


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Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood: CMA Hosts Again
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
The CMA is sticking with what works for the 2011 CMAs, tapping Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood to return for their fourth round of hosting the awards show.
In a statement announcing the decision, the association's CEO Steve Moore said, "We couldn't ask for better hosts than Carrie and Brad. They have the unique qualities of humor, talent, credibility and natural rapport that makes them a hit with the fans and the industry audience."
"Hosting the CMA Awards the past three years has been an incredible experience — I love it," added Underwood. "I'm so honored to be asked back with my friend, Brad. The creative process of getting ready for the show is a blast, and I look forward to sharing country music's biggest night with all the fans!"
"It's hard to believe this will be our fourth year to host the CMA Awards," Paisley chimed in. "It's such an honor to be invited back. I love working with Carrie. She's a class act and a complete balance to my non-class act. I'll try my best to not mess it up."
The awards ceremony will air on ABC on Wednesday, November 9 at 6 p.m. Mountain.


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Most of us can still remember the day we got our first library card -- the effort we put into signing our name on the back (if we even knew cursive at the time), the realization of the opportunities we had with this flimsy little card, the excitement of finding the perfect book on the shelves.
But for many, the thrill wore off long ago. In this age of e-books and Google, some view libraries as unnecessary or even obsolete.
The New York City Public Library system wants to erase that perception. To encourage more people to use the libraries and make the collections more accessible, it has been updating its facilities in many ways.
"We want to make sure that the library continues to be useful and relevant resource for everyone. Part of that is adapting to changes and the way people use libraries," said Herb Scher, director of public relations. "This plan is creating a structure that we think will remain essential to all those who use it in their home, around the world online, and in the central library on 42nd street."
The plan focuses on expanding the library's online offerings and on the construction of six new hub libraries in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island. It calls for the creation of programs to entice New Yorkers who might otherwise never pass through the library's doors and other efforts to attract far-away international visitors to the library's online resources.
(The New York Public library system covers Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. Brooklyn and Queens each have their own library systems.)
Adapting to a Digital Age
Just as people shop and watch current movies without leaving their homes, they can visit the library as well. Currently, the library has two separate catalogues available to search online: One, called "LEO," is for circulating materials only; the other, CATNYP, is for non-circulating materials only. Soon, however, they will be integrated into one large database that will include the library's entire collection.
"It's not like there are two sets of people using them; the people using them are New Yorkers. So we're bringing it all together, which will make for a more efficient and more coherent process," said Joshua Greenberg, director of digital strategy and scholarship for the New York Public Library. He also mentioned plans to expand the Spanish-language version of the site, as well as potentially offering new languages.
The library recently launched its own page on iTunes U, a sector of iTunes that hosts educational media. All material available for download from the library is, of course, free.
The system also hopes to exploit the Internet's capacity for interactivity by creating online communities led by librarians and curators. Users will be able to ask people in these communities questions regarding the library and share information.
"We're trying to take a strategic approach," Greenberg said, noting that if, there are communities formed around topics where libraries have strength, such as literature, shouldn't that extend to the libraries themselves. As an example of how that might work, Greenberg cites a teacher who has downloaded an image from the library's Website. "With an online community, she can talk with other teachers that have used that image and see how well it worked. That's the sort of thing the library has a real role in supporting," Greenberg said.
One Center, Many Hubs
But the library has not completely forsaken buildings in favor of cyberspace. Its plans call for the renovation of existing library buildings and the construction of new ones. The system will expand the 42nd Street reference library (that's the one on Fifth Avenue with the lions) to add a new lending library. Books and other materials for the lending library's collection will come from the Mid-Manhattan library, which will be eventually shut down. In addition, the famed 42nd Street building will improve its exhibition spaces, offer hundreds of computers and have full wireless Internet access. There will be meeting rooms, program venues and even a café.
For those who do not want to come to midtown Manhattan but need more than their local lending library, the system will create new so-called "hub" libraries. They will be open for longer hours than the local branches and offer the public a far greater array of resources, including computers, literacy classes and spaces designed for children and young adults. In addition, they will serve as a venue for more events and programs.
The new hub libraries will be modeled after services provided in a pilot program at the Bronx Library Center on East Kingsbridge Road. Eventually there will be three hubs in the Bronx, two in Manhattan,and one in Staten Island. "The hub libraries are organizationally connected to a number of smaller libraries. The idea is that each hub will be no more than thirty minutes by public transportation from the other libraries it's connected to," said Scher.
A Place to Gather
Beyond being places to read -- whether from the printed page or online - libraries serve as a kind of community center. In this capacity, they offer plethora of programs, which are as diverse as the city's populations. Among the most popular are the free English classes, presented in cycles starting three times a year and with courses at beginner and intermediate levels. Other programs and events include story time for children, guided tutorials on using the Internet and lessons on the art of crocheting, to name just a few. Lectures sweep across a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from ancient Roman architecture to the principles of business.
In an bid to attract kids and teens who might not otherwise deem a library worthy of their time the library features ("Game on @ the Library," where teens can play Nintendo Wii with their friends to test their, as the nypl website calls it, "skillz." The program received a favorable reception when it was launched in late March and has become a recurring event.
But the library have not lost its literary focus. Every summer, it holds a summer reading initiative. encouraging New Yorkers of all ages to settle down with a few books over summer vacation. The Website offers book lists for four different age groups (birth to five, kids, teens, adults) in both English and Spanish.
Questions of Cost
Some of these programs might face cuts or elimination if City Council approves Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed reductions in library spending for the 2009 fiscal year. In his executive budget, released earlier this spring, the mayor suggested budget cuts that, according to City Councilmember Vincent Gentile, who chairs the subcommittee on libraries, would result in loss of 60 percent of the funding designed to keep all libraries open six days a week.
The 2009 Executive Budget for Libraries proposes $303.1 million for all three (Brooklyn Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Library) libraries. Adjusting for the fact that the city prepaid some of the expenses for the libraries, there still will be $11.7 million less than the 2008 forecast of $314.8 million. Although City Council may be able to restore the money that the mayor has cut, library funding remains precarious.
Gentile said libraries should remain open to serve their neighborhood. "It's a high priority," he said. "I don't see any reduction in the degree of importance for having six-day service, from library staff or other council members. Circulation is up in every system. They've been able to add programs, and it really is a great anchor for the community."


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This can be quite useful, for example when writing a command line script which takes a number of options.
Let's say you want to make a script that can make the basic CRUD operations. So want to be able to call it like this from the command line:
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The following script allows you to use any abbreviated command as long as it is unambiguous.
# my_script.rb require 'abbrev' command = ARGV.first actions = %w[create read update delete] mappings = Abbrev::abbrev(actions) puts mappings[command]
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Debjani needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
2 winners were selected from 164 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Highland Fresh
We are start-up company inspired by the principle of fair trade. We're working with a group of farmers in Malaysia. These farmers are based in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia, come from a disadvantaged ethnic group and are currently being short-changed by the middle-man.
We are helping the farmers end-to-end. We are paying for someone to help increase their productivity, package their vegetables as well as market and sell in overseas supermarkets. We also offer them fixed prices so they have greater certainty over their income and can invest on their farms.
We will mainly be selling leafy Chinese greens (e.g. pak choy and chye sim) as well as tomatoes and french beans in a neighbouring country where they will get a higher price relative to Malaysia.
We are a very young company with full-time staff of one and a number of advisors all providing services pro-bono. Social enterprise probably captures the spirit of what we are trying to do.
Fair trade is something of an untapped market in Asia and general awareness of the principles of fair trade is quite low. It is unlikely that Asian consumers will pay a premium for fair trade products. Even though we believe and apply the principles of fair trade, our marketing will focus on the quality and appearance of the vegetables.
We will be commissioning a total of four logos. This is the first one.
The audience will be customers in supermarkets. Target audience is women aged 30- 40 who are middle class and upper middle class and willing to spend a bit extra on quality vegetables. Nationalities are Singaporean, Malaysian, British, Australian and American. They are likely to be house wives or highly paid professionals.
The words "Highland Fresh" must appear. Note Highland refers to Cameron Highlands - a mountainous region with a lot of British colonial architecture in Tudor style.
We want to use up to 4 colours which will include black and white. The logo will be placed on the packaging (transparent film/plastic) and this should be considered when choosing the other 2 colours. The other 2 colours should be complementary and/or a contrast to the colour of the veggies (green generally and red for tomatoes).
If you want to use green as a colour, please do not use it as a dominant background as on clear packaging it will blend in with the colour of the veggies. May be better to use as a font colour or sparingly in the background as a light shade. This will ensure a contrast with the veggies.
We will be charging a slightly premium on the products to pass on to the farmers. We therefore want the logo to be distinctive - create a lasting impression on the buyer. We do not want clip art or stock images to be used. Clean lines and font would be appreciated. Cartoons will be considered.
It is not essential but an image of a mountain range (to link in to the Highlands) could be used in the logo.
With the exception of the above, creativity is encouraged in creating the product logo.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Originally planted a Hirado Buntan Pummelo Pink in August 2010 but replaced it with a Ruby Red Grapefruit in December 2012 after the Hirado Buntan Pummelo Pink lost its bark just below the ground level.
This grew and then died back. Seems to be holding in there but not much more.
Replaced the Hirado Buntan Pummelo Pink with a Ruby Red Grapefruit tree I got from Walmart for $10. The Hirado Buntan Pummelo Pink was basically dead. I think I might have planted it too deep and the base of the tree rotted. It had quite good roots but there was a clear junction in the bark which had either rotted away or suffered from a bacteria or virus. The top bark had tried to root but they were not too deep. Not sure why it died but I transplanted it to a quiet corner where it might survive. Thats two years lost. Should have taken a photo of the base, it was quite clear what had happened.
The new Ruby Red Grapefruit is tiny but im ever hopeful.
Think I have figured out why this is not growing. I think it has collar rot. You can see from the photos that the bark is sort of missing from below the ground level. Worse than that but I think i snapped one of the fine roots that was linking it to the soil. There appears to be another one so there is still hope. Much of this comes from me piling up mulch around all my plants thinking that was the thing to do.
As unexciting as ever. Not sure this will ever grow.
From memory (its Dec in darkest England, bbbrrr) this is not doing much. Its sitting there like a sulking child not growing at all. At least its not dieing.
Seems to be doing OK. After planting it in August and coming back in December I noted that like most of the citrus I planted at that time it had lost many of its leaves, its growing now but I think that the hot weather was not good for it. In fact, I often seem to arrive just in time to save many of my plants. I like to run a garden that can take care of itself, it has to, im 8-10 thousand miles away most of the time, so most of the time they really are on their own.
The first photo is the Pomello today in April 2011, as you can see it has leaves. The one to the right is a group photo after getting back from the garden shop, the Pomello is actually in the front just a bit left of center on the green concrete thing (which I have repainted since). The third picture was of a huge branch that fell out of the sky onto my lovely orange trees squashing them, but you can see the pomello just to the right in the background, with clear absense of leaves. The third photo was taken in December 2010.


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How a Birthday Party at the North Korean Embassy Started the Kim Jong-un Death Rumor
The internet is aflame with rumors, launched by Chinese micro-blog users, that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was assassinated in Beijing this morning. We believe we've figured out what's behind the rumor, and it has more to do with a birthday celebration for Kim Jong-un's dead dad than a violent coup.
The rumor appears to have started with a user of the Chinese Twitter-clone Weibo named Hucaihe, a Beijing venture capitalist. Hucaihe's office is near the North Korean embassy, and yesterday he noticed some unusual activity downstairs.
At 12:19 February 10th, China time, Hucaihe posted this message to Weibo:
downstairs of the office, the cars for the Korean embassy is increasing rapidly, now it's over 30 cars. It's the first time I've seen this situation, did something happen in Korea?
Thanks to its ominous tone and first-hand reporting, the post took off. It's been "forwarded" (retweeted) 11,968 times. Another Weibo user, Fan Jing, soon posted a picture that purported to show the embassy parking lot filled with cars. That photo's been forwarded almost 5,000 times.
These posts, and chatter about them, launched a wave of speculation about a potential coup or assassination. (There has been some anxiety about Kim Jong-un's ability to consolidate power.) Through the inborn truth-distortion field of microblogs, this turned into the fact, confirmed by "reliable sources," that Kim Jong-un had been shot to death early this morning at the embassy. That rumor bounced among Twitter and Weibo users, who each fed on increasing chatter on the other's service, creating a crazy Kim Jong-un death rumor vortex. The tweets I saw all cited the Weibo rumors, but a popular Weibo post began "According to the most accurate twitter."
But why was there so much activity at the embassy? It may have been part of an extended birthday celebration for the late Kim Jong-il, whose 70th birthday will be lavishly celebrated by North Korea on February 16th. In a Weibo post on the rumors about the activity at the embassy, the Chinese news agency Phoenix pointed out that a "Conference of Remembering the 70th Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Birthday" was scheduled to have begun on February 8th in Beijing. Trips and tours have been planned to China and North Korea by travelers from all over the world to mark the anniversary.
However, Phoenix adds: "So far there is no way to confirm if the actions of the North Korean Embassy today were related to the celebrations of Kim Jong Il's 70th birthday." No mention of any assassinations.
So: Kim Jong-un is probably not dead. The ruckus yesterday that prompted rumors of his demise was probably just a killer birthday party for his dad.
Update: just a minute ago, reader Jeremy S. emailed with a report that "all's quiet at the DPRK embassy":
I live really close by the embassy, and happen to have just gotten off work (night shift at a large media company). Rode my bike out there and even circled the place and as of around 7:30 am local time there was absolutely nothing unusual.
Update 2: U.S. officials tell ABC the rumors are untrue. There.


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This PrEP-ed Life: Damon Jacobs on Sex and Dating in a New Era of HIV Prevention
May 13, 2013
As a licensed therapist working with people living with HIV, Damon Jacobs heard about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an HIV prevention strategy. When he found himself newly single after being out of the dating game for almost a decade, he re-entered a dating pool that was not at all condom-friendly. To deal with this, and to finally come to terms with his distaste for condoms, Damon began taking PrEP in July 2011 to stay HIV negative.
Now, almost two years later, he's never missed a single dose -- and he's become an advocate for education around PrEP, though he acknowledges that it may not be the right strategy for everyone. From dispelling myths around anti-condom attitudes to advocating that people be able to talk to their doctors about all aspects of their sex life, Damon reminds us that sex isn't dirty, and we can have sexual pleasure, but we have to be smart and know our own bodies.
Can you tell us a bit about your background and experience in the HIV community?
I'm a licensed marriage/ family therapist in New York state. I'm also licensed in California. That means that I work with people in relationships. Sometimes I work with couples in the room. Sometimes I work with individuals who are in couples.
I was getting my formative education and training in psychology in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-early 1990s, in the early days of HIV/AIDS -- or, actually, it was after the first wave. That was a time when loving people with AIDS and knowing people with AIDS meant losing people with AIDS. You would see people one day and then the next day, you wouldn't see them. That was before we had treatments. And that really affected a lot of the way that I continued to want to be active in the HIV prevention, education and treatment community -- also as a therapist, as someone who could help people infected and affected by HIV to have lives that were still meaningful and purposeful and pleasure-filled.
That's really been the mission that I've had for the past 15 to 20 years, is trying to promote a sense of empowerment, and mental and spiritual health for people infected and affected with HIV -- people that are, often, in relationships with other people who are HIV positive, and a lot of serodiscordant relationships (meaning that one person is negative, one person is positive) -- and helping them negotiate the boundaries and agreements and how they discuss issues around sexuality, around sexual expression.
When was the first time that you remember hearing about PrEP?
The first that I remember hearing about PrEP was actually around Thanksgiving, the day before Thanksgiving, of 2010. I try to keep up with the latest research, and I had just heard about this study. I didn't really know anything about it. I just heard that there was this study called "I-Something." I thought it was like an Apple computer or something, because it was called the "iPrEx study." I heard about some sort of pill that could potentially prevent someone who was negative from becoming positive. And I thought, "Well, that could be interesting." Then I didn't really think any much more about it for another six months.
During those six months, a long-term relationship of mine was coming to an end, and I was getting back into the dating world. Also, the cruising world. I realized that in the seven years that had passed since I was last single, a few things had changed. For one thing, the partners I was meeting had a very different attitude around condoms than they had had in the early 2000s. They didn't want to use condoms. And to be honest with you, there were times I didn't want them to use condoms, either. For the very first time in my life, I was in this confusing state of, "Wait a second, I've been this prevention advocate about condoms and lube for all these years. And here I am, not exactly holding myself to the same standards."
So, I heard about this information session about PrEP that was going to be happening at GMHC in about June of 2011. And I thought, "Well, I just want to know more about this." I didn't think it was going to apply to me in any way. But when I got there, there were some of the researchers and some community advocates that were sharing the information that was available. And when I heard the researchers say that the variable aspects of efficacy in the iPrEx study ranged from 44 percent and 90 percent ... well, 44 percent wasn't going to sell me. I wasn't going to play that game. But when I heard that it was 90 percent amongst participants in the study who actually took the medication consistently, between 90 and 92 percent, that's when my ears perked up. I was like, "Wait a second, maybe this is something for me. Maybe this is something that would not only positively impact the people who I work with and my friends and my clients, but maybe this is something I would benefit from." Again, I was having a much more difficult time maintaining the consistent use of condoms than I had had before. Realizing that there could be a medication that could actually assist me in maintaining my HIV-negative status by about 90 to 92 percent made me want to learn more about it.
I talked to the researchers, and I got some of their information after this event at GMHC. I then learned more about the iPrEx study, and by that point the CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) had a page on their website for doctors to go to if they wanted to prescribe this as an off-label medication, because it was not yet approved by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) at this point. It would still be a year away before the FDA would approve it. But there was still plenty of information about the iPrEx study and information and guidelines for doctors -- even in 2011.
So, I printed all that out, took it to my doctor, who I have a very good relationship with, and said, "Look, this is what I'm learning. This is what the research is saying. And, I'm having a harder time in my early 40s staying safe than I ever had in my 20s or 30s. I think this might be the right thing for me." He looked it over, he thought about it, and said, "Yep, I agree with you." That's when I started PrEP. I started July 19, 2011, and I've not missed a single dose since. We are now in March of 2013.
What I've since learned and what I've become more knowledgeable of, what we've become more aware of, in the time since the iPrEx study, is that the participants who took Truvada (tenofovir/FTC) seven days a week -- who did not miss a dose -- appeared to be 99 percent less likely to contract HIV. The original estimate that they were putting out there was around 90 to 92 percent. Maybe it was always known, or that knowledge was not made readily available, that that subsection of the 2,500 participants who took this seven days a week appear to be 99 percent less likely to get HIV.
Now, condoms, which I've relied upon to stay negative, despite having positive partners, despite having positive boyfriends, which I always have, those are about 98 percent effective. So I knew when I was being sexually intimate with a positive partner with condoms and lube, there was 98 percent protection, and I could work with that. With PrEP now, with 99 percent efficacy -- if taken everyday -- wow. Wow. Revolutionary.
It confuses me why more people don't know about this. It may not be the right decision for everybody. For me, I really had to think about it from a medical perspective. From an emotional, sexual perspective, I had to think whether this was the right choice for me or not. But, the fact is, it has been approved by the FDA for this use since July 16, 2012. And the majority of the people I know, the majority of the people I talk to, don't even know it exists, much less that it has been approved -- and that many insurance companies pay for it. It baffles me how we can have such an effective tool in the fight against HIV and so little information out there about it.
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Be My Valentine
Be my Valentine embroidery design
This design is all embroidery in all sizes
4x4 8,121 stitches
5x7 13,198 stitches
9x9 14,284 stitches
Additional Information
All of my designs are offered in the following formats: DST, SEW, EXP, HUS, JEF/JEF+, PES/PESV4, VIP/VP3, and XXX. If you need a format that is not listed please send me an email to see if it is available. Re-sizing of this embroidery design is not recommended, and I am not responsible for the quality of the design if you edit it in any way. You will be able to download a zip file containing the format you choose after you purchase. Click on "Your Account" to login. Once you're logged in click on "View Details and Downloads" next to the order you wish to view. All of the designs you purchased will be there to download.
This design can only to be used on embroidery machine and you need a program to transfer files to your machine to use this design. THIS IS NOT A PATCH that you iron on. I have hours spent in the process of this and all of my designs. They are all done manually. You MAY NOT copy, share or sell my digitized designs or reproduce them in any way including screen printing, Heat press vinyl, vinyl design or any printed material.. You may sell embroidered items that you make using my design.
This is a final sale due to the electronic nature of this listing


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Hipster PDA Hacks
From 43FoldersWiki
[edit] Lazy Retrieval
If you use a HPDA with a binder clip, and have a few cards you need to pull out time and again (to add to a list for instance): Try cutting out a (triangular) piece from the edge of that card, where the clip would usually be (don't do it to the first or last card)... cut out a piece that's larger than the binder clip.. just enough so the card is easy to pull out and put back without opening the clip, but won't fall out due to the amazing Get-Stuck-o-tool index cards tend to have when held together by a clip. This, dear readers, is HPDA Friction Control.
[edit] Persistence
The Hipster PDA can be customized using "persistent cards" or "upgrades". Depending on your life needs, you'll have some often-needed information or categories, and upgrades are a way to take advantage of that for speed. To make finding these cards easier, they're usually a different (and often bold or fluorescent) color. In a way, the divider cards are a kind of persistent card, with non-text usages.
Persistent cards function as a local cache. You keep a copy of something you need as close to yourself as possible. A potential downside is the same for any local cache: you have to spend time synchronizing it with your other system components or risk losing data.
[edit] Printable Hipster PDA Index Cards
The D*I*Y Planner now comes in a Hipster PDA size.
There is also the SVG Planner which is similar to the D*I*Y Planner but comes in SVG graphics and is printable in the standard 3x5 index card format.
[edit] Other Printable Paper Templates
PocketMod is Flash program that allows you to create a custom HPDA from a single sheet of paper. Several different types of calendars and writing paper (lined, checklists, graph paper, etc.) are offered. Folding instructions on the site demonstrate a finished product of approximately 4.5" X 3" from a standard 8.5" X 11" sheet.
However, PocketMod is copyrighted and patent pending; this has raised concerns among some, especially those who might want to copy or extend this idea. This site also requires Macromedia Flash.
Notepaper Generator this is a simple CGI script (with downloadable source code) by Simson Garfinkel that outputs a PDF notebook sheet with built in calendar, "return to if lost text", picture area and subject line. It is designed for notetaking and inserting in to three-ring binders.
[edit] Elsewhere
- Hipster Add-ons
- Hipster Custom Photo Covers
- Hipster Templates for Pages
- Hipster Ruler
- Hipster Temperature Converter
[edit] Music on your Hipster?
Want to carry all your music on your Hipster? Why not upgrade with a Multimedia Hipster Clip from Apple.
Taken from Andrew's post Hipster Shuffle.
I think the Apple version is rather over-expensive; the Shuffle is about $100 in my currency, over 100 times as expensive as a music-less clip. It appears that Asian vendors are working on cheaper "clones" that may soon provide a more economical clip... Rockit! clip
[edit] Hipster PDA Penclip
Take an index card, fold in half, wrap around side of hPDA leaving loop for pen, clip everything together, and slide pen into loop. Variations:
- use 4x6 index card or a trimmed sheet of cardstock to create cover and penclip
- stash front, back, or both flaps of the penclip in between pages
[edit] Attachment
Keep losing your HPDA? Attach it to your Moleskine using a paperclip.
Coined by eddy13.
[edit] Backing Up, Synching, and Loss
- While cards can be scanned, I find that typing up the card rolls its ideas back around in my mind, and new ideas or opportunities for refactoring often hit me. --Sckot
- During my Sunday night Weekly Review, I prepare seven cards, one for each day of the week. I write to-dos on the front of each day's card. I know when I'm scheduling too much work for a given day if I can't fit everything on the front of one card! During the week, I use the back of the current day's card as my inbox for new ideas/tasks. At night, I sync the day's card to my wiki-based organizer (adding new ideas/tasks and removing completed tasks). --cop
- In case you physically lose your Hipster PDA, make sure to clip one of your own buisness cards to it (in the exact middle of the stack to maintain maximum functionality). That way if it gets lost the person who finds it knows who to give it back to (assuming they are curious enough to flip through the thing). --Connor
[edit] Do the Hipster Shuffle
When you are stuck figuring out what to do next, give the deck a good riffle shuffle and pick something off the top.
[edit] Hipster Cradle
While sitting at your desk, put your Hipster on its stand. Can easily be made out of cardboard.
Taken from Ben Kraal's post iPod stand - repurposed.
[edit] Metapatterns
(a.k.a. unsorted)
- Blank cards in the back, possibly separated by a colored card
- Colored cards as separators or for specific categories
- Tearing or folding a corner of a card to physically distinguish it
- Completely blank, lined, or grid cards
- Tags (such as "NA" or "groc. list") in a corner visible while cards are clipped together
- Writing "if lost, please return to..." information on the front card
- Multiple colors of ink
- Drawings, arrows, circled phrases, and the like (not just text)
- Dates and days of the week on very bottom of cards make it easy to see which is which as you flip through the stack
- Ripping up a completed to-do list feels far more satisfying than just checking boxes
- Writing private info in codes/ciphers, such as The Elian Script or Handywrite.
- Write quickly in Pitman shorthand.
- Use abbreviations.
- Stickers!
- Secure your HPDA cards with a binder ring instead of a clip.
- Cards that you update or refer to frequently can be striped along the right front edge with a highlighter for easier retrieval as you riffle the stack. You could also color the right side of a stack of cards to mark a section.
- If either part or all of your hipster doesn't get frequently re-arranged, you might consider using prong fasteners, as they are firm, and low-profile.
- Place the binder clip on the side of the cards ("book-style"), rather than the top ("pad-style").
- Put one or two paper clips on the back card, using them to mark "currently active" items. Also, this keeps a pen more snug when clipped to the back two cards. (Illustrated in this photo).
[edit] Your Money or Your Life
Many of you might also be familiar with the Your Money or Your Life system of organizing your financial affairs. I have a section in my PDA for all the days receipts of financial transactions, either printed or written down on an index card, which can be thrown into my inbox once I get home and transferred to a ledger book. This prevents you from having to carry around an extra notebook to record all the money going in and out of your life.
Moleskine freaks might also want to consider using the Moleskine Pocket Japanese Book or the Moleskine Squared Pocket Journal as a miniature portable version of the Wall Chart. Perfect for someone who does a lot of travelling and doesn't want to carry around a loose 24 x 36" piece of graph paper.


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5 Piece BBQ Tool Set w/ Virginia Cavaliers Carrying Case
$ 87.95
Feast your eyes on this attractive barbeque grill tool set. The aluminum carrying case features a fully lined with faux fur interior, comfort grip handle, embellished with the Virginia Cavaliers logo etched on the case and elastic reinforced hook and loop system to secure to keep the grilling tools secure. The Virginia Cavaliers stainless steel barbeque tool set includes a spatula with built-in bottle opener, a pair of tongs, basting brush, knife and a grill fork. Perfect for a barbeque tailgate party.
- Aluminum Carrying Case w/ Faux Leather Interior
- Comfort Grip Handle
- Hook and Loop Closures
- Grill Tools w/ Aluminum Handles, Safety Thumb Grips, Hanging Eyelets
- Stainless Steel Spatula w/ Serrated Edge & Bottle Opener
- Stainless Steel BBQ Fork
- Stainless Steel Knife
- Stainless Steel Tongs
- Basting Brush
- Officially Licensed
- Material: Aluminum; Stainless Steel
- Case: 19.6" wide x 7.6" deep x 3.4" tall
- Weight: 6 lbs
- Made to Order Product
- Ships in 3 to 5 Business Days


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Come to our first general meeting of the spring semester tomorrow Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30 pm in Parlin 201!
First General Meeting
Published by Texas Amnesty International
Amnesty International is the world's largest human rights organization and we here at UT are passionate about spreading the ideals of equality and justice. Originally founded in London in 1961, Amnesty International focuses on drawing attention to human rights abuses worldwide and starts different campaigns to promote its ideals. Since its inception, Amnesty has become recognized all over the world as the leading human rights organization and has won a multitude of awards such as the Nobel Peace Prize and the UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights. Amnesty members exert pressure on governments, political bodies, companies and intergovernmental groups to promote justice. There are seven key ares in which Amnesty focuses on: Women's Rights Children's Rights Ending Torture Abolition of the death penalty Rights of Refugees Rights of Prisoners of Conscience Protection of Human dignity The UT chapter is dedicated to helping those whose voices are unable to be heard. Whether it be writing a letter of protest for a prisoner of conscience or handing out petitions, we want to spread awareness all around UT's campus and beyond. Anyone can make a difference. Whether is it big or small, it will lead to progress for the betterment of human rights. View all posts by Texas Amnesty International