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Often when we tell people we meditate in the Christian tradition, they look at us in amazement. Christian meditation, surely that does not exist? When we tell them that it was in the early centuries of our era an integral part of Christian worship, their disbelief grows into scorn: "If that were so, why have I not heard about this in Church?" they protest.
We can then gently explain that for religious, political and social reasons it is a way of prayer that was forgotten from the 6th century onwards in the Latin West, as we entered the 'Dark Ages', when the Roman Empire was besieged and finally overrun by Germanic migratory tribes. In Eastern Christianity, on the contrary, this way of prayer survived until the present day in the shape of the 'Jesus Prayer'.
But where is the evidence that Jesus meditated or recommended this way of prayer? Unfortunately there is no specific place we can point to in Scripture where it explicitly states that Jesus meditated by repeating a phrase. But the word 'Abba' was frequently on his lips and we do know that he recommended praying in few words: "In your prayers do not go babbling on like the heathen, who imagine that the more they say the more likely they are to be heard". And immediately following that admonition he teaches his disciples as an example of correct prayer to pray the 'Our Father' (Matt 6:7-13). This prayer when heard in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke, is very poetic and rhythmic, and it is very likely that it would have been repeated. This is moreover supported by the fact that we hear Jesus recommend the way of prayer of the tax-gatherer, who constantly repeats the phrase: "O God, have mercy on me, sinner that I am." (Luke 18: 10-14)
This way of prayer has been set in the preceding verses in Matthew in the atmosphere of silence and solitude. Here we do know that Jesus, apart from praying with his disciples in community, would also go "out...into the hills to pray and spend the night in prayer to God." (Luke 6:12). We hear him recommend to us: 'But when you pray, go into your room, shut the door, and pray to your father, who is there in the secret place; and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.' (Mathew 6:6) The meaning of this passage is beautifully explained by John Cassian, the 4th C monk: "We pray in our room when we withdraw our hearts completely from the clatter of every thought and concern and disclose our prayers to the Lord in secret, as it were intimately. We pray with the door shut when, with closed lips and in total silence, we pray to the searcher not of voices but of hearts."
In his emphasis on silence and solitude Jesus drew on the Judaic tradition he was steeped in. We find in the psalms 'Be still and know that I am God.'(Ps 46:10) and in the Old Testament: 'But the Lord was not in the wind…not in the earthquake….not in the fire: and after the fire a still voice (sometimes translated as a 'sound of sheer silence).' (1 Kings 19:13) Interior silent prayer with few words is therefore definitely part of the Christian tradition.
For further help with setting up and leading groups, please look at the 'Christian Meditation Groups' Website in English, Spanish and French, based on the book 'A Pearl of Great Price' by Laurence Freeman

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Mind Like Water
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. That's why David Allen created Getting Things Done®. GTD is the work-life management system that has helped countless individuals and organizations bring order to chaos. GTD® enables greater performance, capacity, and innovation. It alleviates the feeling of overwhelm—instilling focus, clarity, and confidence.
After decades of in-the-field research and practice of his productivity methods, David wrote the international best-seller Getting Things Done. Published in over 28 languages, TIME magazine heralded it as "the defining self-help business book of its time." In 2015, he released a new edition of the book, with new insights, updates, and discoveries about the GTD methodology and its many personal and professional applications.
Today, David Allen is considered the leading authority in the fields of organizational and personal productivity. The David Allen Company oversees the certification academy and quality standards for Global Partners offering Getting Things Done courses and coaching around the world.
GTD Experiences
"I am a devout, card-carrying GTD true believer. I got hooked 15 years ago… and the entire approach has boosted not only my productivity but also my wider well-being. But what amazes me just as much is how deeply GTD has taken hold around the world. Unlike the short-term, confected virality we often see in the digital age, this is a genuine movement… one that has already improved lives and will continue to improve many more."
—Daniel Pink, Author
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However, entering the Chinese beauty market comes at a price, because Chinese law states that before any beauty products can be marketed in China, the country may require the products to be tested for safety in China's own laboratories… on animals. While this may not be an issue for some beauty companies, for any brand that bases its identity and ethos on being animal-friendly, it basically makes China a no-go area unless it manages to get granted exemption from animal testing.
A number of beauty brands have already launched in China with great success; in particular L'Oreal, which tipped over one billion euros in sales last year. But one brand's decision to enter the Chinese beauty market has come into the firing line this week: Urban Decay. For a brand that is staunchly against animal testing and has built up huge consumer loyalty around this ethos, Urban Decay's move has prompted shock, outrage and a backlash from its consumers. Urban Decay has issued a press response in its defence, which states:
"Do we like China's policies? No…and that is really the point. Going into China was a huge decision for Urban Decay. But, we believe that change cannot and will not happen by outside pressure alone in a closed market. Change can only happen from within. When we enter the Chinese market, we will do our part to help make those changes.
"Yes, we are a for-profit company. And yes, we would eventually like to make money in China. But we don't stand to turn a profit in China for quite a while, partially because the market isn't quite ready to sustain an untraditional brand like ours. If it were only about the money, we would wait a few years. But our foray into this market is also about participating in an amazing time of change in China." (You can read the full statement here.)
Unfortunately, Urban Decay's decision to deny they entered a booming market for financial reasons and instead did it to encourage animal-friendly practices, even though it is prepared to pay for animal testing to be done on its products in China, has only aggravated the situation. As one reader commented on Lipglossiping's blog post: "If they don't expect to make a profit in China anytime soon, and they know that their product doesn't necessarily appeal to the current market, then what's their goal? It is so presumptuous that they will enact change by their entrance to the market when human rights advocates, NGO groups, and others have yet to achieve it."
Furthermore, the BUAV has just announced that Urban Decay has lost its Cruelty-Free certified status because of its decision to sell on the Chinese market. So whatever Urban Decay's intentions may be by launching in China, it could be at the expense of its brand credentials and its existing loyal consumers worldwide.
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Your new fluorescent dimming system doesn't work the way you expected. You discover your ballasts are incompatible with your control system. No wonder you've been losing lamps left and right! Does this describe your situation?
Just look around, and you can almost see "Install Dimmable Fluorescent Here" signs on every conference room, office, mall, and atrium. And that's just for starters. Everybody wants adjustable lighting. We want to create a mood one minute and read fine print the next. Many people want to augment usable daylight to save energy. This requires dimming, yet everyone wants the advantages of fluorescent. So the demand for dimmable fluorescent goes nowhere but up.
Meanwhile, we are seeing products with better cost-effectiveness, increased reliability, and increased availability. The new electronic dimming ballasts make daylight harvesting and energy management attractive options. Most installations use skylights or large window walls with a photosensor to dim lamps to desired levels. These applications can use the 10-0VDC electronic ballasts with photosensors and manual controls. Alternatively, they can use the 3-wire light level switching ballast where a photosensor signals relays to switch the ballast from full bright to full dim. So more specifiers and designers are taking the plunge into dimmable fluorescents.
When augmenting your artificial light with natural light, you reduce demand for artificial light. That's obvious, isn't it? From Fig. 1 (original article), you can see that reducing the light output (via dimming) gives a linear reduction in the input power required to power the light: to a certain point.
The 20% barrier. Traditionally, you dim a conference room via incandescent lamps and a wallbox control. Those with deeper pockets might opt for expensive control systems, which can dim down to 1%. Dimming to 20% is usually the best option. This level gives you enough light to take notes. Dimming to 20% during a presentation still allows you to view projected images comfortably. Going past the 20% threshold adds significant cost. But if that cost produces an energy savings, isn't it worth it? Good question. Let's find out.
When you think of fluorescents, you think of energy savings. When you think of dimming fluorescents, you think of even better energy savings. This is true to a point. A common misconception is the lower the light output, the lower the energy consumption. Notice the curve in Fig. 2 (on page 61, original article). You don't see a linear decrease in power to go with a decrease in light. In the 20% to 100% range, the curve is nearly linear. However, when you cross the 20% threshold, the curve loses any semblance to linearity. Every fraction of a lumen takes more power as you slide down the curve past the point of diminishing returns.
Types of electronic dimming ballasts. If you laid all the electronic dimming ballast designs one on top of the other, you could probably build a stack as high as the Sears Tower. Despite the variety, nearly all of these designs use one of four types of controls. They are 3-wire phase control, pulse width modulation (PWM), 10-0VDC, and 3-wire high-voltage switching.
Pulse width modulating is the least popular method of control because it costs more and isn't widely available. The advantage of PWM is the large number of ballasts you can wire on one control circuit.
The 3-wire phase control system allows you to dim fluorescent lamps down to 1%. This refers to the "architectural dimming" you may have heard someone talk about. The cost-effectiveness of this system is acceptable in many dimming applications. Unfortunately, it is prohibitive in many others. Furthermore, only a few companies manufacture the controls.
The 3-wire high-voltage switching (or "light level switching") is a low-cost alternative for dimming applications. The design calls for controlling the electronic ballast by switching two high-voltage (120V or 277V) input leads with wall switches or relays. This type of ballast gives the end user two or three levels of light output, with no expensive control panels or special control switches. In many applications, this is a great choice. Unfortunately, this dimming method lacks flexibility and loses its cost-effectiveness when you make changes.
The 10-0VDC system is cost-effective for most applications. The control system sends a low-voltage signal (10 VDC to 0VDC) to the ballast via two control input leads. The typical 10-0VDC electronic ballast can source or sink control current and gives you continuous dimming over a range of 100% to 20% light output. Some ballasts dim to 10% or lower, and you may need such ballasts for your application. Be aware, though, to get past the 20% threshold requires such trade-offs as lower ballast efficiency, higher input watts, and sub-par lamp performance. Plus, you really don't save any energy. So, in most applications you aren't going to want to dim below 20%. That does not mean you won't ever have a reason to do so. But your reason (using today's technology) will have nothing to do with energy savings or prolonging equipment life.
Proper dimming for lamp performance. The most critical trait of any dimming ballast is how it operates the lamp. Most systems coming into the market are for T8 lamps. With the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) eliminating the F40T12/CW lamp, the T8 lamp becomes the logical choice for dimming applications.
Don't use the 34W, T12 energy-saving lamp for dimming applications. Unlike incandescent lamps, which have extended life through dimming, fluorescent lamps do not. It's easy to reduce fluorescent lamp life with dimming unless you know what you're doing. You maximize lamp life by controlling minimum lamp current, lamp starting, cathode voltage, and lamp current crest factor (LCCF) during all phases of the dimming process. See "What Is A Lamp Current Crest Factor," below, for details about LCCF.
Dimming ballasts lower the lamp current from approximately 200mA to 30mA. Some ballasts go as low as 10mA. The lamp current directly relates to the light output of the lamp; 190mA is 100% output and 30mA is 20% output. As the lamp ages or the environment changes (colder due to air conditioning), lamp instability problems can occur. With the lamp current too low, the lamp may begin swirling or striating and, if this continues, will quickly degrade lamp life.
Lamp starting is another performance factor. Dimming ballasts should be rapid start; that is, they should have voltage (3.0 to 4.5) at each cathode at starting and during operation. This is critical to maximum lamp performance during the dimming process.
Unlike a standard rapid start ballast, which has a constant cathode voltage, the dimming ballast should raise the cathode voltage as it lowers lamp current, typically from 3.0V to 5.0V (Fig. 3, on page 62 of original article). This keeps the cathode temperature constant as the lamp cools.
Another important feature is the ballast's ability to start the lamp at full current, independent of the controller setting, and then dim to the preset level. This assures correct lamp starting.
Other performance issues. Always take a close look at total harmonic distortion (THD), power factor (PF), ballast factor (BF), and energy management. THD should be lower than 20% through the entire dimming range. However, don't get lulled into the idea that less THD is better. You can tolerate a certain amount without ill effect.
The PF should be above 90% ("high power factor"), but cast a wary glance at 98% PF ballasts. Going beyond 95% PF requires trade-offs that can degrade your system.
When designing the installation alongside standard ballasts, be sure the BF is the same as the standard ballasts you use. This assures equal light levels between fixtures at full light output. Otherwise, you're going to have a system that just doesn't look right. The BF should be above 90% through the dimming range.


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I rolled both Tandy's challenge as well as the final day of March Food Photo Challenge into one today. My recipe is for Mung Bean & Goji berry Sweet Potato, topped with Roasted Beetroot Yogurt Dressing.
The whole Raw Food concept really does intrigue me, however, I do find it really difficult to to go complete raw, hence why my recipe is not 100% Raw, but again, you can just make the salad part and that would be classified as Raw.
I did a lot of research for this challenge, and chose certain ingredients for reasons.
The sweet potato, I admit freely that it has to be my top 5 ingredients to work with. I have to try and stick to low GI due to the insulin resistance I have in my body, so the sweet potato is my replacement for potatoes. The sweet potato stabilizes blood sugar & improves response to insulin; it is high in vitamin A & beta carotene, which therefore results as a great superfood for the skin.
I used Mung Beans, instead of cooking, I just sprouted them, when you do this, you release Vitamin C in them, to add to the other packed vitamins A, K and B6, mung beans are high in fibre and slow down the release of calories into the blood stream, as well as slow down of digestion which also stabilizes blood sugar. Although a bean, it has a low content of protein so you can't use it as a complete meal.
Goji Berries are recently acquired goodness. I have to admit, I do enjoy them. Also known as one of the superfoods, Goji berried are great for stamina, weight loss and maintain blood glucose levels. These little berries are a great immune system booster and enhance the body to fight off diseases, lowers blood cholesterol, as well as great for the skin.
Beetroot, being not only on my list of top 5, is also a great antioxidants. Beetroot is a rich source of carbohydrates, a good source of protein, and has high levels of important vitamins, minerals and micronutrients. It is a good source of dietary fibre, has practically no fat, and no cholesterol. This makes beetroot relatively low in calories
Mung Bean & Goji Berry Sweet Potato with Roasted Beetroot Yogurt Dressing
Serves 4 – 6
4 medum size sweet potato
½ cup mung beans
40g yellow & 40g red peppers
1 tsp fresh ginger
1 tbsp goji berries
½ cup spinach
½ yellow cling peach
1 small fresh chilli
2 button mushrooms
1 large beetroot
½ cup plain low fat yogurt
fresh rosemary
balsamic vinegar
fete cheese
Chia seeds
Wrap the sweet potato and beetroot (with a splash of balsamic vinegar) individually with tin foil and roast off in the oven for 60 minutes at 200 C. ( Now this part is not part of a normal Raw Diet, so you can either omit this part and have this as a salad, or you can cook your sweet potato at 47 C for I am going to guess a good 5 – 6 hours, and you can use raw beetroot.)
Dice up the yellow pepper, ginger, peach, mushrooms, and chilli, add to the mung beans. You want it all more or less the same size. Crumb the feta cheese into the mixture and add goji berries.
Once the beetroot is ready, cut up and place into a food processor with the yogurt, and some chopped rosemary. Season. You want a smooth consistency.
Cut open the sweet potato and scoop some out so you have a hollowing which you can fill. Shred the spinach and add to the mung bean salad. I like to add a little of the dressing in the pocket, and then add the mixture on top, drizzled with a little more dressing. Of course you have to finish it off with some chia seeds sprinkled on top, just because they are so good for you!


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While the date of the broadcast is known to be November 23 (the actual anniversary of Doctor Who), the time it will air has not been confirmed thus far. However, if BBC America's schedule is correct, it appears the special will broadcast in North America at 2:45 p.m., Eastern time. This would put the UK broadcast at 7:45 p.m., squarely in the prime time period. However, BBC America has indicated that the 2:45 p.m. listing is a "placeholder" until the exact time is locked down.
The network intends to fill its schedule with other Doctor Who programming in the week leading up to The Day of the Doctor, including the U.S. premiere of An Adventure In Space and Time (tentatively scheduled for Friday, November 22 at 9:00 p.m. in the United States) and various episodes and documentaries, but at this time that schedule has not been finalised.


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Learn to Mitigate DDoS Attacks
Despite being a method which has been used for more than a decade, Distributed Reflection Denial of Service (DrDoS) attacks have recently surged in popularity across a number of verticals.
Prolexic, which provides DDoS protection services, recently launched the first of several white papers that discusses and analyzes Domain Name System (DNS) Reflection attacks, specifically.
According to Prolexic, the DNS Reflection DrDoS technique exploits security weaknesses in the DNS Internet protocol, an important Internet feature that allows the public to type in human-friendly domain names instead of numerical IP addresses to access websites.
"DNS Reflection DrDoS attacks are an overlooked but dangerous DDoS attack method," said Stuart Scholly, Prolexic President. "Prolexic is releasing this white paper to help make DNS server administrators, IT administrators and business leaders aware of this potential security threat against their networks. In addition, the white paper can help victims understand the technical details of what took place, so they can more quickly mitigate these kinds of DDoS attacks in the future."
Prolexic explains this type of threat as when a cyberattacker leverages zombie computers in a botnet to send domain name requests to DNS servers in a way that causes DNS servers to send a flood of responses to a targeted domain. This kind of DrDoS attack can overwhelm and slow response times, or completely stop legitimate user access, and affects both the DNS servers and the targeted domain.
Additionally, a DNS Reflection attack is relatively easy for cybercriminals to launch, and takes advantage of security loopholes in the DNS protocol, the Prolexic Security Engineering and Response Team (PLXsert) warns. What's more, it is difficult to pinpoint the source of a reflected DDoS attack, offering anonymity to the attacker.
The DNS Reflection Attack white paper explains DNS and how an attacker exploits the protocol to cause an outage. The white paper is available free of charge at www.prolexic.com/drdos.


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Indigenous peoples, forest conservation and climate change: a decade of engagement
This year's UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which kicked off last week in New York, marks the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is coming up on its own 10-year anniversary. Since 2008, the FCPF has run a capacity building program for forest-dependent indigenous peoples. The initiative, with a total budget of $11.5 million, has worked to provide forest-dependent indigenous peoples, national civil society organizations, and local communities with information, knowledge and awareness to increase their understanding of efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), and to engage more meaningfully in the implementation of REDD+ activities. The program recently wrapped up its first phase (2008-2016), which included 27 projects, and presented the results at a side event to the Permanent Forum.


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October 30, 2012 09:00 ET
RBC Takes Renewable Energy Commitment Across the Country
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 30, 2012) - Bullfrog Power®, Canada's 100 per cent green energy provider, and RBC have announced a partnership to bullfrogpower RBC's entire Canadian ATM and retail branch display networks with 100 per cent clean, renewable energy. The purchase makes RBC one of Bullfrog Power's first national green energy customers.
As part of RBC's commitment to reduce greenhouse emissions across its operations, its bullfrogpowered displays and ATMs will help RBC reach its sustainability targets and inform the public about the benefits of green energy.
"In 2005, RBC became the first major financial institution to make the choice for clean, renewable energy in Canada," said Tom Heintzman, President, Bullfrog Power. "Seven years later, Bullfrog is proud to recognize that RBC is one of our first national customers-choosing green energy for its ATMs and digital screens in branches in every Canadian province."
"This is an evolution of our previous renewable energy purchasing strategy," explained Lawrence Spicer, Vice President Channel Strategy. "Previously, we only purchased renewable power for Canadian branches built since 2007, which meant that 10 per cent of our branches were green powered. Under this new agreement, we purchase renewable energy for all of our ATMs and digital displays across Canada, enabling us to tell employees and clients about our commitment to renewable power and the importance of advancing sustainable energy systems in Canada."
Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power's generator partners inject renewable electricity onto the grid to match the amount of electricity used in RBC's ATM and retail branch digital display networks. RBC is choosing renewable power for over 4,600 ATMs and 3,500 digital displays. Each screen will educate viewers by showing short messages that explain that the displays are bullfrogpowered with green energy. Bullfrog's electricity comes exclusively from wind and hydro facilities that have been certified as low impact by Environment Canada under its EcoLogoM program-instead of from polluting sources like coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear. Bullfrog Power uses the collective demand of its customers to support the development of new renewable generation in Canada.
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How to Improve (and Increase) Your Sleep
Growing up in a hard-working Midwestern city in the 1980s, I quickly learned that sleep is the first expense I should cut in a given day. The men I looked up to at a young age regularly boasted about running on just a few hours of sleep. While this was rooted in a good-natured work ethic, it led me to view needing sleep as a sign of weakness. I continue to see this perception in the workplace today, where it is considered a badge of honor to stay at the office late working on a project.
The problem is, one less hour of sleep is not equal to an extra hour of achievement. In many cases the opposite occurs. When you lose an hour of sleep, it decreases your well-being, productivity, health, and ability to think the following day. One of the most influential studies of human performance, conducted by professor K. Anders Ericsson, found that top performers slept 8 hours and 36 minutes per day. The average American, for comparison, gets just 6 hours and 51 minutes of sleep on weeknights.
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Ashlyn Macnamara visited the virtual offices last week, and now Random House has an excerpt from A Most Scandalous Proposal to share with you!
A Most Scandalous Proposal by Ashlyn Macnamara (Excerpt)
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In Ashlyn Macnamara's stunning romance debut—perfect for fans of Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Sabrina Jeffries—two childhood friends in Regency England discover love with the most unlikely of partners: each other.
"A tale of high-stakes scandal and heartfelt passion . . . a most delicious treat!"—New York Times bestselling author Tessa Dare
After watching her beloved sister, Sophia, pine over the ton's golden boy for years, Miss Julia St. Claire has foresworn love and put herself firmly on the shelf. Unfortunately, her social-climbing mother and debt-ridden father have other ideas, and jump at the chance to marry Julia off to the newly named Earl of Clivesden . . . the man of Sophia's dreams.
Since resigning his cavalry commission, Benedict Revelstoke has spent his time in London avoiding the marriage mart. But when he discovers that the Earl of Clivesden has his sights set on Julia, Benedict tries to protect his childhood best friend from the man's advances—only to discover that more than friendship is driving his desire to defend her. He surprises them both with the force of his feelings, but when Julia refuses him, and her father announces her betrothal, Benedict fears he's lost her forever—until Julia approaches him with a shocking scheme that will ruin her for all respectable society and lead them into an exquisite world of forbidden pleasures.
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All students complete the Liberal Arts in Practice requirement, usually during the junior year, that totals the equivalent of at least 1 unit of academic credit: applied or original work extending beyond the traditional classroom, such as (1) a LAP-designated credit, (2) a course with a paired LAP experience, or (3) a LAP synthesis project with a public presentation, exhibit, publication, or performance.
All students complete a Liberal Arts in Practice (LAP) experience, which involves applied or original work extending beyond the traditional classroom. Through undertaking and reflecting on these experiences, students connect their experiences beyond the traditional classroom with their learning in the classroom and transfer the skills developed in those experiences into other settings.
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Completing the Liberal Arts in Practice Requirement
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1. LAP-designated credits
Some courses are structured to incorporate a significant experience beyond the traditional classroom (such as research-related fieldwork or community engagement projects), and to assist students in reflecting on that experience, making meaningful connections to it, and transferring the skills developed in the experience into other settings. These courses are LAP-designated credits, and students who successfully complete a unit of such courses will have satisfied the Liberal Arts in Practice requirement.
For-credit internships, as well as applied or original work embedded in many of our off-campus study programs, also count as LAP-designated credits. While some capstones may qualify as LAP-designated credits, note that a single capstone unit may not simultaneously satisfy both the Liberal Arts in Practice requirement and the capstone requirement.
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Some courses may not themselves incorporate a significant experience beyond the traditional classroom, but they are designed to reflect on, make connections to, and transfer skills from beyond-the-classroom experiences external to the course (such as, for example, off-campus study). All such courses, together with their paired LAP experiences, satisfy the Liberal Arts in Practice requirement. This may include certain capstone courses. Note that the courses in this option need not be a full unit to satisfy the requirement, and students need not earn academic credit for the paired LAP experience.
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Boots Little Me Organics ad banned by ASA - the murky waters of organic labelling
Following a single complaint that said "claims that the product was 'organic' were misleading because they implied it met an independent organic standard," the ASA upheld the complaint and has said it mustn't appear again in its current form.
However, rather than the judgement being based on something that was said within the advert, the ASA took issue with the actual brand name 'Little Me Organics' misleading the consumer into thinking the products either met a defined organic standard, or used a high proportion of organic ingredients (when in fact, the product had less than 5% organic ingredients).
Rather than this directly being related to text used within an advert as is the usual realm of the ASA, this delves into the much murkier waters of organic labelling and the fact that there is no legal definition of what constitutes a beauty product to be organic.
As it stands currently, beauty products are allowed to be called organic if there is any organic ingredient within the product – so although consumers think they are buying an organic product, it could actually contain just 1% of organic ingredients.
But while there is currently no legal criteria for calling a product 'organic' - something the natural beauty sector has long taken issue with, it seems that brands who use the word 'organic' on an advert – even if it is just within the product name, now risk being punished by the ASA instead.
With organic certification being so costly to brands and often confusing to consumers (because different organic certifications have different standards), surely it would be a lot easier for everyone involved if the law was just changed to set a certain legal criteria for organic beauty labelling? After all, for foods to be labelled as organic, under EU regulations at least 95% of the ingredients must come from organically produced plants and animals, so why can't the same be done for the beauty industry?
What do you think?
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Restrictive lung disease is a chronic disorder that causes a decrease in the ability to expand the lung (breathe in) and sometimes makes it harder to get enough oxygen to meet the body's needs. The most common restrictive lung diseases are:
Interstitial Lung Disease
Interstitial lung disease is a disease of the lung parenchyma and connective tissue. The lung parenchyma is the covering of the lungs. The connective tissue is the tissue that holds the air sacs together. Interstitial lung disease happens when the lung parenchyma is damaged in some way and inflammation occurs. Changes in the parenchyma and connective tissue happen when the inflammation is chronic. Once significant amount of damage to the air sacs develop, the disease is not reversible. In advanced disease, air sac dilation occurs, resulting in impaired blood flow in the lungs. This reduced blood flow can reduce the amount of oxygen available for your body to use and increase shortness of breath.
There are more than 100 different interstitial lung diseases. In about 70 percent of patients the cause of the disease remains unknown. Known causes are occupational and environmental inhaled irritants (dust, gases, fumes or aerosols), radiation, poisons and drugs.
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A few weeks ago I joined Foto8's editors to help out with the preliminary selections for this year's exhibition. It was a daunting task. Photographers from many nations and all walks of life entered a grand total of 3,226 images, of which 159 were chosen to be squeezed on to the gallery's walls for an exhibition running until August 18. Scroll down to get a small taste of what's on offer, and follow @foto8 for the announcement of the 'Best in Show'.
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Mum and kid. From a series looking at the lives of a community in Tallaght, Ireland.
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Installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview In A VirtualBox Virtual Machine
Microsoft's juggernaut Windows operating system powers on with the company preparing Windows 7's successor in Windows 8. The new operating system (OS) was first released for public consumption during the last BUILD conference in the form of a "Developer Preview." This release was mainly intended for software developers to start to get a feel for the OS and its new features, but many consumers and technology enthusiasts also took a peek at the OS to get an idea of where MS was going with its next OS.
Coinciding with Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012, Microsoft released the next iteration of the in progress OS, and this time it is aimed at getting consumer feedback. The aptly named Consumer Preview build is now available for download by anyone interested.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Desktop
The question many consumers and enthusiasts are likely asking; however, is what to do with the MS provided ISO, and what the safest and easiest method for testing the beta operating system is. One appropriate answer, and the method covered in this guide, is to use a virtual machine program to test the Windows 8 Consumer Preview inside a VM without needing to muck with or worry about effecting your existing system or settings. Installing to bare hardware will always be faster, but if you upgrade to Windows 8 CP from Windows 7, you will not be able to go back once the beta period is over. By installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview inside a virtual machine will allow you to test out the operating system in a secure environment, and if you have a recent machine with at least 4 GB of RAM, performance of the OS should be sufficient to get an idea of the new OS and whether you want to pursue a bare hardware full install.
I expect that many users are going to be curious about the new build as the Windows 8 OS has ignited several heated debates among enthusiasts concerning the direction Microsoft is going. The new Metro interface, removal of Start Menu, and the overhauled Windows logo are three of the major concerns users have raised, for example.
The specific program in question that we will be using is Oracle's VirtualBox software, which is a free VM host that is very easy to setup and use. Another alternative is VMWare, and the setup process will be very similar (though the exact steps and settings will differ slightly). This guide will show you how to go from the Windows 8 ISO to a fully functional installation inside a VirtualBox virtual machine. If you are familiar with setting up a new VirtualBox VM, you can safely skip those steps. I felt it prudent to go through the entire process; however, for those new to VirtualBox that wish to try out the new Microsoft OS.
Let's begin.
Continue reading our guide on installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a Virtual Machine!!
What You Need
- A recent desktop or laptop computer with:
- Approximately: dual core CPU (with VT-x), 4 GB RAM, 15 GB hard drive space (or better)
- A Windows, OS X, or Linux Host OS
- The Latest Version of VirtualBox (4.1.8 at time of writing):
- Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO:
- (use x86 or x64, depending on how powerful your machine is)
- Download Link
- Windows 8 Consumer Preview CD Key:
- Approximately 30 minutes of time to setup.
The first thing you need to do is install VirtualBox and get it set up, if you do not already have it. If it is already installed on your system ensure that it is up to date (version 4.1.8 as of writing). To get the install file, head over to the VirtualBox downloads page and download the file appropriate for your current OS. Once it has finished downloading, install it by following the prompts. If you need further assistance, check out the VirtualBox User Manual which details the installation process for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and OS X hosts.
Tip: The host OS is the operating system that VirtualBox is installed on and is generally (but not always) the operating system that is installed on physical hardware. The guest OS is the operating system that is installed on the virtualized hardware inside of VituralBox.
You will further need to download the appropriate Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISO from the Microsoft website. If you have 4 gigabytes or more of RAM, you can safely choose the x64 version, but in general if you are unsure which version to use or are running older hardware the 32 bit (x86) build, will work fine. The x86 ISO is a 2.5 GB download while the x64 version ISO is a 3.3 GB download. The only other choice you need to make is which language you need. Make a note of the CD product key listed below the download link(s), as you will need it later.
With the basic preparations out of the way, you are ready to being installing the Windows 8 OS! Jump to the next page to get started with the new virtual machine setup.
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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
Interface: IMedium {53f9cc0c-e0fd-40a5-a404-a7a5272082cd}
Callee: IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}
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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