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The recent news that indicated a split between saurav and the coac greg chappell ,soes not seem to augur well for indian cricket.
I personally feel Ganguly has crossed the line by going public with greg's comment on his exclusion.If ganguly was that determined about getting his place in the 11,he should come out all guns firing ...and silenced the critics with his bat doing the talking.But instead the "prince' decided that ..he would use a few political gimmicks that would win him some sympathy from the public at large.
I feel chappel was right ..in asking ganguly to step down as ganguly was more of a liability in the team,than a member who was contributing.Ganguly has to digest the fact that his days in the sun are almost over...and he seems to play with a fear and premonition that is totally uncharecteristic of him.
His frequent statements of him being "temporarily" out of form...does not go well with me..as a guy cant be out of form for 5 years. He has scored 5 centuries in the last 5 years...all coming at points when his form was hitting nadir.. with only the hundreds against england at leeds and the aussies at the gabba being knocks he dominated against a quality attack.
recollecting...his other 3 centuries have been against NZ and ZIMB coming against some lacklustre dibbly dobbly seamers...
So I personally feel that neither do stats save ganguly nor his present form and given the fact that youngsters like kaif,yuvraj and badani are on the bench because ..ganguly is unwilling to hang his boots..indian cricket portends a not-so-safe future.
Contrast this to aussie and pom (england) style of leadership/selection criteria ...wheer some one as reputed as steve waugh ,mark waugh ...were just shown the door ...as the selectors felt they were inmpediments to the growth of young blood in the team.
Our captain ..here with a so so record gains sympathy from his supportesr with the claim that he is india's most succesful captain....but 10000 miles away someone with a 80 % success rate ...like ricky ponting has the damocles sword hanging over his neck after a pulsatingly close and nerve wracking series...
strange are the ways of the yardships ...selectors use to select people..
Talking from ganguly's side ..the fact that he had moulded a side from scratch and converted them into word beaters ..is true ....but those acts of the past cannot be a ticket for the future...and it is this feekling that ganguly is not able to digest...his ego ..is not allowing him to progress any better
so all i can say ..my dear "PRINCE OF CALCUTTA" is that the days of the "RAJ" are over ...and its better u hang up ur boots...when the going is good rather than being chucked out.
Kyunki saurav bhi kabhi "dada" tha
The recent news that indicated a split between saurav and the coac greg chappell ,soes not seem to augur well for indian cricket.
faux paus !! nearly
A couple of days back at around quarter to 9 , I was sandwictched between the huge IT company buses and right in front of me stood a leviathan of a vehicle .... and my eyes couldnt stop noticing reading the sign as "STOP CELEBRATING WORK " as i read it in a hurry ...and it immediately didnt make sense ...and that was when I realised my folly ...
CTS,TCS and a few other IT companies seem to crowd the road ..after 8 30 am on sholinghallur on OMR ..but the blame is to lie more with the infrastructure division of tamilnadu than these companies...and that's one chink in the infrastructure in Chennai...which otherwise has no major traffic jams on it's IT corridor as compared to the horrendous Hosur road traffic..where...I guess the only improvement that can be done is to make the whole hosur road ..a WI-FI zone so that people dont get hampered by the traffic jam's and can work from the conveniences of their buses ..ignoring teh traffic jam (this was one of the burlesque suggestions regarding the hosur road mess.
dark clouds hovering above
I was as usual going through some specification document....which had monotonous lines of rules all over it and just when work..seemed boring...I got a message from my friend , asking me to take a peep outside....
I immideately moved the curtains out of my building window....and all i saw was a layer of black ....fluffy .clouds threatening to conquer chennai....
Clouds of doubt !!!
The dark cumulo nimbus clouds in chennai are like the proverbial beautiful nymph that bewitches one by her beauty and makes people anticipate and expect more....succintly to put it in tamil "asai kaati yematharadu" .The kind of darkness that engulfed chennai ..looked more like some alien spaceship had taken charge of the sky ...threatening to give mumbai and cherrapunji a run for their money ..but alas the chennai clouds only flattered to deceive.Though I got wet on my way back....the rains were not as severe as the clouds portended to be.
mY New car-santro xing
Well some good news ...earlier his week.On vinayaka chathurthi day ..A brand new santro xing was the latest addition to our home.In a few days once the Rc BOOK AND INSURANCE arrives,I should be taking the car to office instead of the bike.It's a lot safer travelling in the car, than in the bike and also means lesser backaches and strains...
another angle of my car
the vagaries of the human mind ....
That shot of me was taken by my cousin some time back. These days I have been wondering while going to bed....what the power of the human mind can actually do. Success in any field is totally dependent ..on how the mind percieves what we would like to do in our chosen activity.
I have seen the vagaries in perception when the mind is conditioned to repeated failure...and the kind of image beating that happens when repeated failures pass along the way is horrific.. I have been through positions of extreme success and extreem failure and as I look back at small instances .. where I have failed miserably ..I realize one thing .My mind seemed to have a pre conditioned safe paying level..which was percieved as difficult ...and as time went on since success was not knocking at my door..I became conditioned to failure...in those related activities..and now when i look back ...those activities look so easy now... but somehow eluded me ..because of my attitude not so long ago.
When I also look back at some of the successes ..I find that those were due to untiring unrelenting efforts....that were put ,along with a great attitude ...all because ..I was interested in that activity...and went in a perfectly executed and organized manner ..because heart of hearts ..I wanted to do that .More than that It was that I was a little familar to doing those activities...so i knew what it took to get there ..whilst certain other activities....that were relatively new ... I wasn't quite sure what the path looked ..like and where the destination would show up..so I meandered along a beaten path struggling to be safe ...with my state of mind resembling the state of unrest one has , after having fallen in a sticky swamp. Living through with such a sick feeling has blunted all the edges of my other skillsets....and led me into a path which i belived to be amaze which i could never get out of ..
I was like the guy without a directon in life ..like the proverbial blind man searching in a dark room for a black cat which is not there!!! ...
but slowly but steadily ...life has changed for the better with each passing day ...and as the time ticker says 73 days to D day !!! I realize i at last see light at the end of the tunnel...and this glimmer of hope .. has resulted in me recollecting some of the lovely moments when success chased me ...so that I am able to correlate and get the feel good factor back...
Though this thing of attitude determining ur altitude is a cliched term ..I am realizing it practically ...in realtime .I know a lot of water has flown under the bridge ...due to some negative mindset...but still with 73 days to D day ...anything can happen ... and this feeling of slowly evolving euphoria...has just started like a fire...and I only hope it spreads like a rage .... into a bigger forest fire ..thus defeating the demons of the mind.
I came across an interesting article written by ross gelbspan on the herald tribune , which was also featured in last sunday's Deccan chronicle OP-ED page. The author reveales a strange villain as the sole cause of such natural calamities . It is simply said that most of the natural disasters in recent times ranging from the tsunami last year,snowfall in los angeles,drought and forest fires in spain,heat wave in arizona,the mumbai rains...to the new orleans tragedy ...all are attributed to global warming.
Global warming ....is it where it all stops ...not many bothered to ask the underlying causes for the global warming to be so pronounced in recent times... and the main reason is that the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue.
The reason is simple...to allow the climate to stabilize requires humanity to cut its use of coal and oil by 70% .That of course,threatens the survival of one of the largest commercial enterprises in history.Reportedly EXXON MOBIL ...has spent more than 13 million dollars toscientists who were public dissenters on global warming.
I am shocked to also hear that the bush government has been a haven of sorts for all these coal/oil companies ,who've flourished in this poiltical climate ,while common man ...on the otherhand ..is slowly falling prey to natural calamities raised by the issue of global warming.
alaipayuthe !!
Yesterday after a long time I was at home in the evening , so chanced upon the movie "alaipayuthe" on SUN TV...
I have watched this movie so many times that I know the dialogues so well,but even then ...couldnt resist the temptation of watching this movie.
There's one thing that I learn from this movie .....
and that is ..
the college going chicks are far better on the beach -tambaram sector than on the beach -avadi sector !!! after extensive research conducted from 2000 - 2004 ...where I was also partly occupied for about 8 hours in a day in a dungeon ,supposedly where people believed that I was mastering the art of computer science engineering.
I've always loved travelling in the suburban trains...and this movie is all about a love story that started in the suburban trains ...so I instantly relate to this movie ... and secondly given the fact that maddy's charecter in the movie ..closely resembles mine (name: kartik, cool , loves being practical and simple , follows his heart ...,is not a regular temple going samathu iyer pullay , naughty at times ...and fun loving ). No please dont infer ...that I plan to run away from home ... (all thats only in movies !!! :-) )
..Alaipayuthe ..anyday would be a must watch film for me...
So had some good time pass yesterday !!
what's up with these ad's
I see quite a lot of disguised double meaning ad's these days on hoarding's in chennai ,without the name of the product for which it is being advertised.This one was spotted on Old Mahabalipuram Road.
Instant Road cleaning tactics
I happened to see this sight as I was driving along the thurapakkam -chrompet link road. I just dont see the point in that lorry carrying water as in about 2 hours of travel all the water would have been exhausted ...
More than that the water spilling on to the roads ,,poses grave threats to bikers like me as it makes the bike prone to skidding on such a wet/slippery surface.


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I'll be sure to publish the full post before the week is over.
Best wishes ~ Graham x
Ahoy! You're back?
The last shot was very charming!
And I very much love the Westminster at night shot... did I spell that right? hehehe
amazing pics, as usual! Especially the evening shots. Let me ask - how did you lug your tripod around? I'm curious, i know you didn't take those exposure shots holding the camera. I seriously want to get a zoom attachment for my camera or something. Looks like everyone is starting their christmas shopping!
What's curious is the phone booths, those are pretty obsolete here. you see them at gas stations and maybe the courthouse or something but in general cellphones have taken over so much so that phonebooths are mostly non-existant...especially just sitting on a street corner. And certain not the superman phonebooth! They got rid of the privacy booth years and years ago. (which was actually made fun of in the 2nd superman movie)
How come you always take pictures and they all look like postcards to me?? He he...Great shots, Graham!! I'll be in London someday... ;D
I love the night pictures!!! Cities by might are just magical... mysterious yet friendly. Beautiful!
I can rarely put my camera steady enough for these kind of pictures (yeah, I know, the tripod is my friend...).
Hope you had a good time... it doesn't look cold, from the last picture! Or at least, YOU don't look cold! :D
Ahhh, the picture of the telephones reminds me of the old Dr. Who television show.
Looks like a nice trip.
Those photos are stunning, Graham! The one of the xmas shoppers looks alarmingly familiar, as I finally finished my xmas shopping last weekend. Went for a long walk yesterday to get away from the madding crowd. It's a great shot though. Really captures that frantic pace!
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Your site is one of my favorites seen around blog explosion. Keep up the good work.
I enjoy reading your blog. It is great to find someone who can find the fun things in life!
I wish you all the best in all years.
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pitter pat!! I LOVE london and these pictures are amazing. thanks for stealing a free moment to post these during your busy week. I am coming to london in march and now I'm more excited than ever!!
Looks incredible. London sure is a beautiful city. Have a great time there!
Ahoy to you too Sue! Thanks for the kind words. I hope you are well. You certainly did spell Westminster correct...lol! I'll be sure to post more photos of the trip soon.
Hey Muse, I didn't take a tripod with me. I had enough problems lifting my luggage bag with enough clothes to last me a month (baring in mind that I only went for 2 nights...lol!). The trick is to find a lampost or a wall or a bench or something, that you can rest the camera on (kinda like a tripod in situ' lol!) The other trick is to take several of the same shot, so although most of them will be out of focus because of handshake, at least a couple of them will turn out okay. I took loads up on the London eye that are completely out of focus. Phone booths are pretty much a 'has been' here too. I think they keep them in London as a nostalgia kinda thing.
Hey Crystal, thanks for the kind words. I hope you do manage to get to London someday :)
Hey Zhu! I very rarely carry my tripod around with me, I just try to find something to rest my camera on... it usually does the trick. The art is to snap away at everything and then throw away the rubbish ones (which in my case is about 95% of them...lol!)
Hiya Kris, yes the phone boxes remind me of Dr Who too...lol!
Hello Amy, and thanks for your kind words. London was sooo busy when I was there... almost bursting..lol! I had to climb the stairs at the back of the store to take this photo - it was sooo packed in there...lol!
hey you!
wow. these photos are AMAZING.
I guess it really is shopping MADNESS everywhere!
Glad your back
hey graham, what a beautiful place. london does have it's greatest spark, and I can't wait until the day I get a chance to see it in the flesh. I've come prepared for such excitement ;)!
thanks for sharing it m'dear.
big big hugs to you
I've just tagged you here for Crazy 8s!
Lives Less Ordinary
Hi Graham,
You've done it again! Wonderful pictures!
I think (as previously suggested by someone in the comments section of another of your posts) you should get them done as a calendar or postcards, you could make a bit of money out of it for doing something you are really good at and thoroughly enjoy doing.
Anyway, hope you and yours have an absolutely fantastic Christmas, I know it's only the 19th, but I have a feeling things are going to get a bit hectic in our house over the next week and I probably won't have much time nearer the day to send you greetings.
So, as I say, hope you have a wonderful Christmas and wish you all the best for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2008.
Loadsaluv and big hugs.
Azzy X
I would LOVE to go to London. Wishing you lots of fun!! :)
ok now i've got to ask if you just rested that camera on a lamppost what settings you had it on. Where they preset or did you manually set the ISO, aperture and shutter speed? Everytime i take a nighttime shot, if i can get the exposure right i have a problem with graininess. next time i'm going to try reducing my ISO to see if that helps. i used to be into all that years and years ago but i've forgotten as digital cameras spoil you. you should publish some of them in a travel book or calendar
How on earth did you make London look pretty?!
Its nice that you diverted your camera from the gritty streets. Makes me feel proud of where I live! xx
Karoly, thank you for your kind comment. I look forward to visiting your site.
Christine!!! Oh My Goodness! You are coming to London in March!!!! WOW! You must absolutely let me know when you are here, and if you need anything, just give me a shout!!!!
Hey neoauteur, thanks! And a merry christmas to you!!!!
Hello Marjie :) It's great to hear from you. London is just sooo magical! You must come and visit sometime!
Meleah Rebeccah, the shopping absolutely was MADNESS... it was like sardines in a can. As I was just wandering around, it wasn't so bad for me... but for those who were trying to do their shopping - it was a NIGHTMARE!!!!!
Hey Amypalko, I'll be sure to come and have a look at what I have been tagged for :) I'm always up for a challenge!
Hey Azzy !!! Merry Christmas to you too :)))) I look forward to hearing all about it! I will definitely consider sending some photos off to make a calendar. I'll let you know how I get on :) Merry Christmas once again :)))
Lorelai, how are you? Thanks for your nice words! I had loads of fun and am going back there this weekend, so more fun lays ahead!!! I hope you are having fun too :)
Hey Muse :)
If you double click on any of the photos, it'll take you to my flickr account with my photo on. If you scroll down the page, on the right hand side you will see an option that says "more properties". If you slect this option, it will show you the settings that I used to take the photograph. I hope this helps. I still have to learn how to take proper night shots, as mine are coming out far to orange. The ISO setting I used was 200 - any more than that and it comes out quite grainy. Most of the shots on this post were taken with my small Canon Powershot.
Elise :D
London is lovely (compared to Swindon...LOL!!!!). I just love the buzz and the atmosphere. I am glad you are proud to live in such an amazing City!!!! We are going back to London this weekend to the Royal Albert Hall for a Christmas Carols Concert... I can't wait!!!!
i'm so temptd to upgrade my cannon a620 but then, they say it's not the camera it's the photographer that makes the pictures good. My ISO is 200 default, and the pics i took of my parents xmas lights came out grainy, so nexttime i try a nightshot i'm going to lower it and take multiple shots at different ISO's just out of curiosity to see the difference. In any case i need to reread all my photograph books on fstops and that mess, it's something i wish i had realy learned more about when i was younger
Now seeing all these photos has made me SO excited about going! I must renew my passport. So much to do - March 20th is officially looming.
Yippeeeeee! London - museums, galleries, shops, parks, fairs, things and more things - just being there - cannot wait.
happy, happy and more happy!
It's Cocaine Princess again,
I know I just left you a message but I forgot something. If you come across a FLAKE, eat one for me ok?
Cocaine Princess
You have great sets of pictures. The place is great. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Graham
your blog makes me want to travel but my mortgage won't let me :)
Happy Holidays
and Have a fantastic New Year!
Hey Graham! what a great illumination of the London's top sites! but what about some hotel's Photos to recommend my upcoming trip staying place? I gonna book with LMT and need some advices :)
Very nice pictures. What type of camera are you using to take them?
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09 Feb Cyber Security News Wrap-Up #1
Starting from today, we will be sharing weekly posts wrapping up the cyber security stories that caught our eye from the past week. To kick it off, here is this week's Cyber Security News Wrap-Up:
Cyber Security News Wrap-Up | 3rd Feb – 9th Feb
a) The U.S Justice Department announced one of its largest ever takedown operations of an international cyber crime ring, indicting 36 people who have been accused of causing more than $530m in losses to consumers. The group, known as "Infraud", were involved in a scheme to purchase and steal Social Security numbers and other private information from individuals.
b) Apple and Cisco have announced companies are eligible for drastically discounted insurance if they are using Apple and Cisco kits, with potentially "no deductibles in some cases". Any businesses looking to take advantage of the new partnership will have to begin with an evaluation from Aon.
c) The head of cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Russians penetrated multiple states' voter registration rolls in the 2016 election. 21 registration rolls were targeted in total, with only a "small number" successfully penetrated.
d) Google announced that starting later this year, they will mark all websites that haven't adopted HTTPS encryption as "not secure". This action will prompt a browser response to any user attempting to access these "unsecured" websites. In a statement, Google said the new interface will "help users understand that all HTTP sites are not secure, and continue to move the web towards a secure HTTPS web by default."
e) The Australian government and Federal Police have announced they are extending cyber safety training to children as young as 4 years old, in an effort to fight child exploitation online. Hundreds of state and territory offices will be trained to provide lessons in schools across metro and regional areas.
f) A new survey commissioned by HP, has also revealed almost half of all Australian SMBs are not prepared for the new laws and have not conducted any sort of IT security risk assessment in the past 12 months. Our own Murray Goldschmidt discusses with The Australian.


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You may have heard or read about the Bitcoin as the next big thing in online payments, but what is it and how does it work? The Bitcoin is what is known as a cryptocurrency, a digital unit of payment that is protected from counterfeiting because of the encryption technology that surrounds it.
The Bitcoin was invented in 2008 by a computer programmer who was using the name Satoshi Nakamoto – although their real identity has never been discovered. It's thought that the aim was to create a whole new kind of currency for the digital age that sidestepped banks and credit card companies to create direct transactions without the need for an intermediary.
Ever since its launch the one thing that has typified the Bitcoin more than any other has been the volatility of its value – and for many financial experts this has been its weakest feature. For example when the US government acted to close down payments between a company called Dwolla and the largest Bitcoin exchange MtGox its value plummeted by 75% – however it did gradually begin to recover – although now it's nowhere near its record high value of around $1300 it reached in late 2013.
Bitcoin transactions work like any other with a buyer exchanging them with a seller for agreed goods and services and there are some real positives to the system. Firstly, no third parties are involved to take a cut for handling the transaction – and because all are recorded in an online ledger called the "Block Chain" it's a secure and reliable system too. One of the biggest drawbacks, however, is the comparatively few transactions that the system can handle at any one time. So if it is to expand this is an issue that will definitely need to be addressed.
In fact many people are looking to the future of the Bitcoin and, contrary to the gloomy predictions of several economists, there is some optimism that it will become more and more widely used as well as becoming more valuable too. For example an increasing number of businesses are beginning to welcome it from online gambling to physical retail outlets.
Because only a finite number of Bitcoins will ever be released there are also some very good reasons to suppose that the overall trend will be for the value to increase, certainly if it follows the typical principles of supply and demand.
With growing popularity, however, government intervention and regulation will surely follow close behind, particularly if it proves to be so popular that it has an effect on the world's currency and stock markets.
But in a world where the surprising keeps on happening in everything from politics to sport, it would be a foolhardy person who doesn't believe that the future of the Bitcoin is something to be closely watched.


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|Cumin des présIn
in 2 months the fruit can be used as seeds
Photo from: Clarabena
Dem. 2:1 and Matthew xxiii, xxiii, 23).
The Romans prior to or after meals drank a cumin a tonic or infusion to stimulate the stomach. Emperor Claudio issued an edit permitting it to be consumed at his dinner table. Romans introduced cumin to Spain but over the centuries it was forgotten.
|Cumin Seeds macro
Photo from: Swami Stream
In 1031, the Arabs reintroduced it to Spain, bringing it from Arabia Petraea (Rocky Arabia, the area between Egypt and Mesopotamia). They obviously promoted its use as crops became abundant in Andalusia within the same century, especially in the southern part. It adapted best in the Las Alpujarras (the region from Granada to Almería).
The seeds, actually the dried fruits of the plant, and leaves were systematically used in Al-Andalus culinary art for their flavor and color. They were used to favor chicken, lamb, yugart and eggplant. They were used especially in dishes containing vinegar and sauces for fried foods as they facilitated digestion after eating food that was not easily broken down. Reportedly, Jews mixed the seeds with honey and pepper and ate this twice day to become sexually excited. Not only did cumin come to mean exorcism but also fidelity and protection. The seeds were added to fresh cheese with a little goat's milk and to cakes. The seeds taste like caraway but are more sour and bitter. Cumin has been used often as a substitute for caraway. The seeds were included in various homemade medicinal concoctions. Dioscorides classified them as hot to the third degree and thus claimed them useful for iliac pains and to prevent urine retention.
|Ground Cumin Seeds
Photo by: Lord-Williams
Following the Muslim exodus from the peninsula (from end of the 15 C to the beginning of the 16 C), cumin seeds began to fall into disuse again. Now cumin is grown on the Mediterranean but rarely in Spain. Today the seeds are used as flavoring for Lieden cheese and are an ingredient for curry.
Medicinally, they are used as a home remedy for stomach problems and as an antispasmodic. The oil is used medicinally. Cumin is added to alcoholic beverages for flavoring and to perfumes for the aroma. See alcaravea. [Benavides-Barajas. Nueva-Clásica. 1995:66; Herbs. Oct 8, 02; ES: Mabberley. Oct 11, 01; and Villena/Calero. 2002:23a]
A MEATBALLS DISH ADAPTED FROM HUICI'S TRANSLATION OF ANÓN AL-ÁNDALUS #4. PLATO DE ALBÓNDIGAS, p 17
|Cumin added to Ground Beef to be Fried
Photo by: Lord-Williams
1 lb ground beef
juice from 1 onion (about ¼ c)
1 tsp virgin olive oil
1 tsp murri[1]
½ tsp white pepper
½ tsp ground coriander
1 tsp cumin
½ tsp saffron mashed and dissolved in a little oil
1 egg
For frying:
¼ c virgin olive oil
1 tbsp vinegar
1 garlic clove crushed
½ tsp saffron mashed
½ tsp cumin
|Frying Meatballs Flavored with Cumin
Photo by: Lord-Williams
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp saffron
½ tsp white pepper
This dish is delicious and nutritious, and similar to the previous recipe for another variety of meatballs.
After grinding the meat, pound it in a mortar. Roll it out on a platter. Add the following 8 ingredients, and knead it well until all is evenly mixed. Make large meatballs.
|The Perfect Twist from Mundane to Unique
Photo by: Lord-Williams
Heat a large pan and add oil, vinegar, murri, cumin. When this boils, add the meatballs. When cooked, turn off the heat.
Beat eggs with saffron and pepper. Pour this over the meatballs and roll them around to cover them with this mixture. Cover the pan and let stand until the eggs coagulate.
As with any variety of tafaya this dish may be colored at will. See blog titled color published May 10, 2013 for color ideas.


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Once I had sketched out the ups and downs of the plot, I was able to start bringing in the other stories. They were, in some sense, my characters' pasts, and they would enter as memories. But it wasn't as simple as making each story into a flashback. I had to think about each story carefully. What did it reveal about its narrator? At what point in the novel did the reader need to learn this? At what point did it make sense for the character to look back? And how should that looking-back fit into the action?
All my carefully written stories were now being treated as mere lackeys to the plot's maharajah. The wonderful surprise was that, in treating them this way, I could bring out subtle connections between the past and the present. Good characters are like real people: They go through life trailing their pasts behind them, like Wordsworth's clouds of glory. Actually, most of our pasts are probably less like clouds of glory than like the grubby blankets of toddlers. In any case, our actions and reactions are never based simply on the present, but on history—our history—and how it has shaped us. For instance, one of my characters avoids a confrontation with her fiancé by looking back nostalgically on an earlier relationship. The reader thus learns about her past, but also about her future: What will have to change if things are to be different now? This constant dialogue between the past and present became, in part, the subject of Flight.
People interact not only with their pasts, but with other people and their pasts too. The question of character quickly came to the foreground for me. My linked stories focused on one family, but they told the family's story from different points of view. I wanted to keep the multiple perspectives in the novel, because I wanted to capture the interplay between similarity and difference in families. We are like our families because we have forged ourselves together. But we are different from them too, because we so often define ourselves in opposition to them.
Novels can include more than one point of view, but they're rarely egalitarian about it. Even though I was committed to keeping my multiple points of view, I quickly saw that one character was going to dominate—in my novel's case, the father. Once I discovered that, I could let him lead, weaving the other points of view around his so that they informed his and each other's.
How do you identify your protagonist? One quick way is to give your manuscript to readers and ask them whose story it is. Readers may have differing opinions of plot or style, but they rarely disagree when it comes to characters. They will almost unfailingly identify with the best-drawn, most real character in your book. This is not necessarily the hero, or even the most fascinating character, but the most authentic.
Another way of approaching this question is to think about your characters in relation to one another. Your protagonist is not necessarily the one you like most, or even the one you find most interesting, but the character most able to throw all the other characters into high relief—the one who can lead us through the story. Jay Gatsby is the most compelling guy in Fitzgerald's book. But the protagonist is the much blander Nick Carraway, because it's through his eyes that we best see everyone else.
Once everything was coming together, I had to learn the hardest novel-writing lesson of all: how to let go. In college, I studied writing with the brilliant poet Conrad Hilberry. One day I was struggling in workshop with a poem that just wouldn't gel. "The hardest thing about writing," he said, with his inimitable crooked smile, "is accepting that ninety percent of what you write is just practice for the other ten percent." I know now that he was being generous. He didn't want to scare me off. Five percent would be closer to the truth.
Several stories from my collection simply didn't fit into the novel. While I liked them as stories, I came to the realization that they couldn't forward the plot. They didn't belong to its trajectory. Saying goodbye may have been the hardest part of writing Flight. It meant I knew things about my characters that the reader didn't. But I'm told most novelists do.
When Nat Sobel suggested rewriting my collection as a novel, part of me was shocked. A new book I could write, but to change this one so radically? The very suggestion seemed to fly in the face of our vaunted ideals of art. But in truth, I knew the book could be improved. And bringing all my material together as a novel forced me to address my real themes, and to come to terms with what and why I was writing. I hope Flight is a better book for it.
Besides—and I must be a slow learner not to have discovered this sooner—fiction is far more malleable than we might think, especially when it's character-driven. Anna Karenina throws herself under a train; Lily Bart overdoses. But if Anna had died in childbirth and Lily had ended up on a mental ward, could Tolstoy and Wharton still have written great novels about lives hemmed in by circumstance? Of course. As Sobel told me early on: "They're your characters. You can do what you want with them." There's a glorious freedom in that, as there is in having a larger canvas in which to let them roam. Do you want to take them to the circus? Age them 20 years? Visit them with misfortune? You have the time and the space for it.
So what am I working on now? A novel—and a collection of short stories. I've decided to have my sashimi and eat it too. Just, please, hold the sake.
Ginger Strand has written for the Believer and the Village Voice, and is a regular contributor to the Books section of New Zealand's newspaper the Dominion Post. Her novel, Flight, will be published by Simon & Schuster this month.


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Blogging is still essential to SEO and you should be blogging as often as you can. However, blogging requires a plan of attack. Below are eight reasons why you should be blogging followed by eight easy peasy blogging strategies.
1.use the news
You should sign up for local news alerts and then cite and give your opinion on a news piece that would interest your readers. Make sure you are using a credible news source and link back to the original article. This is a great strategy as it keeps your clients up-to-date and shows that you are too.
You might not be able to get a post up that day, but do it as quickly as possible and make sure you explain how it might affect your readers.
- Good for SEO
- Linking to reputable source
- Affordable and quick
2. aggregate your content
Find the most popular content (blog, article, image, infographic, etc.) in your niche using a REDDIT or BuzzSumo and aggregate it together to create a new piece of content. Introduce your topic and use each article as a subheadline. Make sure you use an image for each and always give credit to the original article.
- Linking to reputable colleagues in your niche
- Spreading the love for influencers and curating content for your viewers that is relevant to their queries in one page
3. reach out to industry influencers
Get a few experts in your niche to give you a short answer to a specific question your readers would be interested. Aggregate these questions and answers into one post.
Make sure you write a catchy headline and introduce your question. Make sure to get a good headshot from each expert and align it next to his or her answer.
Don't forget to link to each expert's website as well.
- Creating a relationship with an influencer
- Good SEO value
- Creating new and educational dynamic content your viewers may be asking for
- Looks cool
- Makes you look like an authority
4. a video is worth a million words
Let's face it; sometimes videos are just more interesting than words. Find a topic, do your research, find a video, create a kick-ass headline, and embed the video in your blog. Make sure to add your own unique analysis underneath the video.
Feel free to combine the news, aggregate, and influencer blog post strategies to make your post a winning one. Always remember to cite the creator of the video.
Rather make your own video than use someone else's? Go for it.
I tell my clients and followers if you can't write or don't have the time to write a blog post, take a few minutes and create a short video. The video can be an FAQ, your opinion on a topic, etc. This shouldn't be too time-consuming, just make sure it looks professional.
- Using video is great for the user experience
- Video helps decrease bounce rate
- Quick to create
- Good for SEO
5. use interviews
Reach out to influencers and experts in your area for an interview. A client interview or case study would be good content to post as well. Your interview can be solely text, a recorded phone call using join.me, or a video interview.
Be warned: an interview blog post takes more research and more time to prepare. Make sure you prepare by researching your subject and learn as much as you can about him. The last thing you want to do is ask him a question that you could have found through a quick Google search.
Get all your questions written down ahead of time and send them to your subject. Be sure to include your takeaways from the interview.
If you're using video, you may want to have a professional edit it. Try using a service like Fiverr for video, audio editing, and transcriptions.
Be sure you tag your subject in your social media posts and remember to thank him for taking the time out.
- Show expertise
- User experience
- Good for SEO
6. Curate quotes
Research quotes from experts and provide a brief analysis of each. Have fun with the quotes and create images of each quote with Canva. Canva is great for creating images for blog posts, social media, and banners.
Make sure you cite the experts and tag them in your social media post.
- Creating a relationship with an influencer/expert
- Good SEO value
- Creating new and educational dynamic content your viewers may be asking for
- Looks cool and the edited images will look like you spent more time than you did
7. the numbers don't lie; use statistics
Create a post that answers a number of questions with aggregated statistics or an awesome infographic. Adding statistics in your blog can make it seem more authoritative. Infographics are great for showing numbers and can be social media gold.


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We do this so that every pound of your budget helps to get you a return. It's why you came to us initially, and it's why our customers trust us with their marketing budgets.
Launching new projects is what we love doing but, before we launch a new website, we'll thoroughly test it on a range of devices and website browsers to make sure it works fully. We also test our other marketing solutions by getting customer feedback; whether it be on a new logo, marketing plan, or pieces of content – we want to make sure that your customers like it, helping you to both further your relationship with them and build new relationships in the process.
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Choose Harrison Mann and you'll discover a diverse range of people that make up our dedicated team. We're all experts in our fields and we bring our specialisms to each and every project we work on. You're in safe hands with us; we treat your money as if it's our own, which means we only ever produce work that we know will get results.
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Friday The 13th, much like Jason Voorhees himself, is something that just won't die. With twelve films already in the can, and a thirteenth on the way, the menace of Crystal Lake just won't stay dead for long before he's back on our screens again. 2015 will see the return of the ultimate mamma's boy, and for a while it looked like we were going to be seeing him in an atypical March release date. Thankfully, Paramount has revised their calendar, and a switch has been made.
Coming Soon reports that the David Bruckner directed film will now be opening on November 13th, 2015. Now we'd heard whispers that this version of Friday The 13th was not only going to be a total reboot that ignores the 2009 Marcus Nispel version, but that it was also going to be a found footage movie. Whether that's still in play or not is up in the air, but for once I see the format working as a breath of fresh air instead of an overplayed gimmick. Some really well played found footage tropes are just what a lumbering, hulking menace like Jason needs to keep his image at its scariest.
For you horror fans who could go for this sort of thing all year, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Paramount has seen it fit to move Scouts vs. Zombies into the March 13th, 2015 slot in the place of Friday The 13th. Directed by Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones), this film stars David Koechner, Cloris Leachman, and Tye Sheridan, and involves a boy scout troop that find themselves as the last line of defense between their town and the living dead. There's even fewer details with this project, but I'd say we'll hear more about Scouts vs. Zombies by August. Why August? Because Paramount has the high profile release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming out. Though judging by the casting, and a general hunch on what type of audience they'll be looking to aim this film at, we're probably looking at a PG-13 horror/comedy.
Friday The 13th deserves to be a fall release, but I still have the feeling this should be an October release. October 9th is wide open for a horror movie, with that being the only weekend that's not scheduled for a dose of fright. Yes, November affords them an actual release date that mimics the title of the film, but by that point we've moved onto fall tentpole season and past prime horror country. While people might still have Halloween candy lying around by the middle of November, Bond 24, Peanuts, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 are going to dominate the theaters and usher in those pre-holiday season feelings.
Scouts vs. Zombies will set up camp on March 13th, 2015; while Friday The 13th will open eight months later on November 13th.


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Student will be responsible for data entry for this study. Role includes:
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Take everything you thought about cats hating water and throw it out. We've had it all wrong.
Bathroom Sinks Hate Him.
Fixed The 'My Wife Is A Hot Green Bay Fan' Hoodie
The Packers lost ugly in the NFC Championship game. The hoodie for HOT, and not PSYCHOTIC, Green Bay fans had to be fixed so it could be worn year round.
4-Year Old Little Kid Working The Nunchucks Like Bruce Lee – Video
Watch a 4-year old little boy work the nunchucks exactly as Bruce Lee works the nunchucks on the TV screen behind him.
USPS Commercial Explains Why We Don't Use USPS. [Video]
The USPS is marketing their services in their own USPS kind of way and it's bizarro marketing at its worst!
Girlfriend Signs, Photographs Boyfriend's Junk Before He Goes Out. [Video]
Weird or Not Weird – A woman went on the Steve Harvey Show and explained how she signs and photographs her boyfriend's penis before he goes out.
Poop Package – Enjoy The Package Of Poop You Stole. [Video]
A couple in DC fight back against a package thief by putting a fake parcel and filling it with poop.
How To Make Action Comedy – Filmmaking Tips From Jackie Chan. [Video]
Jackie Chan's career has spanned over 40 years. In this video, Jackie's pre-Hollywood and Hollywood movies are compared.
Removing Your Mustache With A Homemade Taser. [Video]
Mehdi Sadaghdar wants to end Movember with a bang by shaving his mustache off in four awful ways – wax, kitchen knife, homemade taser and lighter fluid.


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DMB with a new CD! "Stand Up" is coming in May! I can't wait... I LOVE me some DMB!
So, there were a lot of things we went over on the Morning Show... Check out HERE to see what we went over today... like, in SC, they want dealers to buy a "stamp" if they sell POT! Can you believe this crap? I can't make it up... go see for yourself now!
More later... Gotta go home and sleep... I've been here 12 hours... That's long enough, I'd say...
By the way... If he's reading, Jonathon Rush... thanks for trusting me to drive your morning show while you've been out. With all your longevity in the market, and your popularity which is more than the president's... it's an honor!


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Web site owners, developers, and bloggers without a design background or design skills who want to improve the visual impact of their sites will appreciate this overview of visual content hacks by content marketing expert Laura Busche. Her video covers four main topics: An explanation of why visuals are so important in content marketing; a look at some of the highly available tools that make the creation of visuals relatively easy for the non-designer; a review of the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing your visuals; and a discussion of the best practices to use when requesting outsourced visuals.
Laura Busche, director of content strategy at Creative Market and co-founder of the interactive agency Ozone Labs, has been working in content marketing, branding, social media, and on-line marketing since 2008. She authored the O'Reilly title "Lean Branding"; contributes regularly to Smashing Magazine andSitepoint; and is a member of the Global Shaper program at the World Economic Forum. She holds a business degree from American University and a M.A. in design management from the Savannah College of Art and Design.


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Istanbul: A world center of great value in the past as well as in the present, Istanbul embraces Asia on the one hand and Europe on the other.
Istanbul, with its historical peninsula, numerous scenic and historical beauties is a magnificently unique city that has been capital to many civilizations from past to present and still continues to be home to residents from all over the world. This rooted city, with a history dating back to 300 thousand years before, constitutes a mosaic of many civilizations and cultures combined.
One may come across legacies and monuments of thousands of years behind any door or around any corner in Istanbul. Whether you take a round tour in Istanbul or visit any of the 39 districts nearby, you will catch hold of various historical and natural wonders any minute.
You may begin your Istanbul tour at the Grand Bazaar that will enchant you with its bright and pleasant environment while a sense of peace and security will wrap you tightly in Hagia Sophia. A tour of the pearl of the Bosporus, Ortaköy, Beşiktaş and Kabataş will let you enjoy the delightful views along the deep blue coast.
Watching the flying seagulls at Eminönü by the time the rising sun illuminates the city, you will notice the docked boats rocking gently as if to greet you. What's more, you won't be able to resist the fresh scent of the city when the first ray of lights illuminate the shimmering fishes swimming around the fishing twines.
The setting sun illuminates the city like a painting every evening. The candle- like silhouettes of the mosques rise above the historical peninsula to greet the city while the sun and the moon salute each other as the day turns into night. Right at that moment you will feel like a sultan in the cradle of civilizations.
Bridging two continents, this unique city, where one can encounter people from different countries and witness diverse cultures merging in harmony, will awaken completely different feelings in you.
There is a lot to experience and share in Istanbul. Are you ready to explore this magic city?
How can I get there?
Istanbul is one of the most easily accessible metropoles of the world. It has the largest traffic network in Turkey and offers numerous alternatives of city transport.
At the crossroads of the European and Asian continent, the air traffic in Istanbul is very dynamic as the city lies on the connecting and direct flight route of major airways companies. There are two airports in Istanbul that welcome their international guests, the Ataturk International Airport on the European side and the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport located on the Asian side.
Istanbul offers direct flights to any airport city in Turkey while the advanced transportation network of the region allows easy access to any city in the country.
After your arrival at the airport, you can reach the city center by taking one of the shuttles or public transportation facilities leaving to Taksim or Kadikoy outside of the exit gates.
Alternatively, passengers can reach many areas of the city by taking the subway from the airport and a short ride on the tram afterwards. Furthermore, the taxis stationed outside of the exit gates will drive you to your destination by taking the most convenient routes.
Passengers who prefer sea transportation may consider travelling on one of the world famous cruise ships that stopover in Istanbul. The Karaköy and Salipazari Harbors where the cruise ships dock are in the vicinity of the city center and just a two minute walk from the tram.


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1. Anti-Harassment Policy
Every conference or event should have a well written anti-harassment policy which outlines types of conduct that is inappropriate and will result in an attendee being asked to leave and probably not result in an invitation in the future. O'Reilly Media has one here which can be used as a framework.
2. Good Bathroom Balance
I've heard from women friends that sometimes it was difficult to find a restroom because some were reassigned or even closed forcing women to have to walk long distance to a bathroom. Additionally, making sure accessible restrooms are available is a must. The Geek Feminism Wiki discusses the topic here.
3. Dietary Restrictions
I recently learned that some people consider vegetarian food to mean different things. I was running a conference with a couple thousand people and although we checked about dietary restrictions in advance we learned that some folks from India considered mushrooms not to be vegetarian because the texture was close to meat. This was new to me, but we we able to accommodate by having different steamed vegetables and rice made for them for the rest of the event.
4. Be ready to help
Recently, at a conference we had two gentlemen who were blind and although the hotel was supposed to provide a guide, the person was late. So instead of inconveniencing the guest, I had to be ready to take them to their room and help them around by showing them were the restroom, phone and light switches were. The bottom line is: be sure that every attendee gets a great experience to the best of your ability even if you have to go above and beyond.


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It's All About Design and Function
Architect Matthew Stannard, the CEO and a founder of Stillwater, has spent much of his professional life developing contemporary custom homes for upscale clients– in his birthplace of Wellington, New Zealand, and in Seattle where he spent fourteen years as a senior associate with Olson Sundbert Kundig & Allen. In that time he came to realize that thoughtful design, careful selection of finish materials and fanatical attention to efficiency can make owning a premium contemporary home a reality for many more people.
On Types of Architects
"I tend to think of myself as a product designer rather than as architect "sculpting" one-of-a-kind custom homes. A home that works for its owners requires the right mix of aesthetics and function. A product designer pays equal attention to both. A home should be livable and beautiful—there is no need to compromise."
On Founding Stillwater Dwellings
"Today's custom building industry is extremely fragmented and terribly inefficient. Custom homes are more complex with higher end finishes and challenging budgets. However the process of sourcing materials and construction methods have changed very little in the last fifty years. I saw firsthand the inefficiencies that come from constructing a complex structure, piece by piece at a challenging site, with weather related delays and numerous on-site changes. There is a better way.
At Stillwater we're able to oversee the design and construction process from first conversation to move-in day. Our clients pick from more than 20 floor plans, choose a finish package and then modify it to fit their needs. They select the accessories and we build the home in a tightly controlled environment to meet their specifications. Construction timelines are not affected by weather delays, subcontractors schedules, or last minute changes. It's all highly efficient—and very rewarding."
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Upcycled Industrial Iron Sewing Machine Side TableJuly 11th, 2016 in member junk
I ran across an old sewing machine with an iron base that was in pretty rough condition. I busted up all the rotten wood (kept the drawers!) and went to sanding the iron base. After several coats of fire engine red paint, I started making the table top. I actually had on hand some building/play blocks that I had played with when I was very young that I mounted to some plyboard and surrounded it with metal roof flashing pieces that I custom cut and fabricated. The flywheel and pedal still work great together!
Pattern or design used: My own design - Brian GadgetSponge
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The 6 Best Budget Projectors For Home & Work
A Projector is a device that can display an image onto a screen. They are typically used to display presentations and even for movies in home theaters. Home theaters for example are fantastic for taking your movie nights to the next level. But the problem is finding a projector that suits both your budget and needs. There are tons of different projectors, each with their own pros and cons.
The main difference between them is the resolution. Which largely depends on the price of the projector. But sometimes you don't need the best of the best. What's the use of a 4K resolution projector if you don't have the movies to watch with it. Or maybe you instead want it for a work environment for presentations. That's why we have put together a list of the best budget projectors. We have also included some more expensive models that have higher resolution and are definitely worth the extra investment. We are convinced that we have a projector for everyone.
If you are looking for the cheapest but actually usable projector you can get, then the DBPOWER T20 is the one for you. Despite the incredibly cheap price, the projector actually has a decent video quality and has a native resolution of 800 × 480.
The DBPOWER T20 is in fact a mini projector. It has a dimension of 190×150×77mm / 7.5×6.0×3.0″, which means that you can also easily transport it anywhere you want. In terms of overall build quality, it's fine. Definitely better than you'd imagine considering the price. The projector itself is made out of average quality plastic and you can even choose between two colors: black and white. The back of projector has all the ports. Those include two USB ports, a HDMI port, SD card slot and even a VGA port. But also an AV and Microphone jack. The projector even comes with a remote control!
Like I mentioned before, the DBPOWER T20 has a surprisingly good image quality. It has a native resolution of 800 × 480, which is pretty standard among budget projectors. The projector is best used for watching movies. The only time you'll really start to notice lack of quality is when you view text heavy images. Such as browsing the internet with it or viewing Powerpoint slides. So as long as you use it to play games and watch movies, it will do just fine. It's definitely the best under $100 projector currently available.
More information: DBPOWER T20 review
The VIVIBRIGHT GP100 is one of the first actually good budget projectors you can get for under $300. It's perfect for watching movies, playing games and displaying presentations. While most of the other projectors in this price range still have the old 800 x 400 resolution, the GP100 actually manages native 720p. Which already sets it ahead of it's competitors.
Unlike many other cheap competitors, the GP100 is not a mini projector. It's more of a home cinema inspector. You can tell that from the overall size which is 11×8.85×4″. The projector looks really good. It's made out of glossy black plastic. It does attract fingerprints and dust but it looks really nice. Definitely more expensive than what you would imagine for the price. There are also chrome accents on the case and also a speaker grill on the front. The projector even comes with a VGA and a HDMI cable. And of course also a remote control. Which is pretty simple and has everything you'll need to operate the projector.
The best part about the VIVIBRIGHT GP100 is the image quality. It has a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The best recommended distance from the wall is around 2.5 to 3.5 meters. That will get you the best image size and quality. It also comes with a 3500 lumen LED light so the image is quite bright. In terms of video quality, it's better than any other competitor in the price range. The image is super sharp and you'll need to get really close it to notice some blur. You can also change all the features, such as brightness, focus etc. For under $300, it's definitely one of the best budget projectors available for watching movies and giving presentations.
3. Epson VS250 – $299
Epson is a Japanese company that's known for their printers and projectors. Their products are mostly designed for businesses and other work places. And the same can be said about their Epson VS250 projector. This one isn't designed for watching movies or playing games on. It's a budget projector designed for displaying presentations in a small to mid size conference room.
Despite the price, the Epson VS250 still comes with a premium looking business design. It has a dimension of 11.9×9.2×3.2″ and weighs 5.3lbs. It's pretty portable and that's a plus for schools. The case has been made out of pretty thick plastic. As far as ports go, the projector has a HDMI and VGA port for connecting to a laptop or PC. There is also a USB Type B port, USB Type A port and RCA jacks for audio. Besides the projector, you also get a simple remote controller.
The Epson VS250 has a native resolution of 800 x 600 pixels at a 4:3 aspect ratio. The downside of it is that it's not good for watching movies. But for giving presentations, it's fine. It also has a 3200 lumen lamp which is enough for a mid sized room. The best part about the projector is the video quality. It has bright and pretty natural colors. You can change all of that on the projector as well. It also has a small speaker inside which isn't that great. You can hear it in a small room but that's about it.
More information: Epson VS250 review
4. ViewSonic PJD5155 – $300
ViewSonic is an electronics company specialized in visual display technology. They are known for their liquid crystal displays and projectors. The PJD5155 is their budget projector for businesses and schools. It's a good and moderately cheap option that has all the features to display a decent video quality. So if you are on a budget and want a good projector for displaying presentations, then the ViewSonic PJD5155 is one of the best.
The PJD5155 has an all black design. It has a dimension of 12.4×9×4.6″ and weighs 4.6lbs. That makes it easy to move around and adds some flexibility when it comes to projector placement. The projector also comes with a bunch of ports. That includes VGA, HDMI, Audio, RCA, S-Video and a MiniUSB Type B. The projector also comes with a remote control. Which has much more features than any other remote controls I have noticed in this price range. You can change all the settings from it. Overall the design and build quality is excellent, just exactly what you'd expect from ViewSonic.
The ViewSonic PJD5155 has a native SVGA 800 x 600 resolution and a 4:3 aspect ratio. It also has a 3200 lumen lamp, which is a pretty standard brightness for the best budget projectors. As far as image quality goes, it's decent. Nothing really special about it. I wouldn't get it for watching movies due to the small resolution. It is fine for displaying presentations at classrooms and conferences. You can easily read even the smallest text and that's what it's designed for.
An interesting feature that the PJD5155 has is 3D content. It can project 3D images and videos from both your PCD and Blu-Ray players. What it does require is for you to have active-shutter glasses. While it's an interesting feature, I still recommend only using the PJD5155 in a work environment due to the resolution.
More information: ViewSonic PJD5155 review
5. Epson Home Cinema 740HD – $400
Besides just the commercial projectors, Epson has also got plenty of consumer products. One of such is their Home Cinema series. It consists of different price class projectors specially made for bringing the cinema experience straight to your home. That also includes the 740HD, which is in our opinion one of the best budget projectors you can get for a home theater. It has plenty of features, fantastic video quality, great design and of course an affordable price!
The Epson Home Cinema 740HD has a pretty typical Epson design. It has a full white high quality plastic body with the dimensions of 14.3×14.2×6.2″. Definitely not the smallest projectors and it also weighs quite a bit at 9lbs. So it's definitely not a portable projector and that's fine for a home theater. It also has plenty of ports: VGA, HDMI, USB-A, USB-B, Audio jacks and a S-Video. So everything you'll need to connect it to any device you want. Overall the 740HD is one of the best looking projectors.
Epson projectors are always easy to set up and that's also the case here. It takes easily under 20 minutes to have it configured. The projector has a 720p (1280 x 800) resolution which is perfect for movies. Epson has also included a 3LCD technology that removes the rainbow effect from images. Because of that, all the colors look more natural and vibrant than on other projectors. The image is also sharp and bright with the 3000 lumen lamp. Another plus is that you can connect the projector straight to a Blu Ray or DVD player as well. You can even hook it up to an iPad if you have an adapter. So for a home theater, the Epson 740HD is excellent.
6. Optoma HD142X – $500
The Optoma HD142X is one of the cheapest 1080p projectors available. As you have probably noticed, most of the best budget projectors have a 800 x 400 to 720p resolution. That's because the technology isn't there yet to offer 1080p at a lower price. Optoma has however done that and what makes them better than the rest is the video quality. It performs much better than any other similar projector in the price range and that's why it's in our eyes the best budget projector for home theaters.
The projector is also far from boring. It has a sleek glossy black design with a dimension of 11.7×9×3.7″ and weighs 5.5lbs. So it's not the lightest projector but definitely not the heaviest either. You shouldn't have any problems mounting it onto a frame. The HD142X also comes with two HDMI ports, standard USB slot and a 3.5mm audio output. The HDMI ports also support 3D. The projector also comes with a small remote control. While it's nothing fancy, it does the work and it's simple to use. It even has back-lights so you can use it in the dark as well.
As I mentioned before, what makes the Optoma HD142X so good is the video quality. It has a Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolution and a brightness level of 3000 Lumens. The video quality is surprisingly good, everything looks clean and sharp all over the image. Even the colors are natural. In terms of video quality, we really didn't find any issues. It's pretty much like watching a 1080p movie from the TV, just on a much bigger screen. There is even a Bright mode which allows you to use the projector during the day. And it is also capable of showing 3D movies, however you'll need to have IR glasses for that.


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A former British government minister who alleged predecessors had authorised torture in Northern Ireland later corrected his assessment, the High Court has heard.
The claim made by Merlyn Rees in a newly discovered memo is at the centre of a legal case taken on behalf of 14 men interned in 1971, one of whom was Pat Shivers, a civil rights activist from Magherafelt.
Known as the 'hooded men', they were stripped naked, dressed in boiler suits, forced to stand in a search position, beaten, subjected to white noise, and deprived of food, water and sleep for eight days.
In a case supported by the Irish government, the European Court of Human Rights found the British government guilty of "inhuman and degrading treatment".
But counsel for the government said that within weeks his assessment of their treatment was "modified" to having faced deep interrogation.
The group allege they were subjected to five torture techniques sanctioned by the British state.
Surviving members are taking action in a bid to secure an independent and human rights-compliant investigation into their treatment.
Judgment was reserved following a four-day hearing in Belfast.
Proceedings have been issued against the chief constable, secretary of state and the Department of Justice.
The court heard that in 1977 Mr Rees, then home secretary, sent a letter to Prime Minister James Callaghan setting out his views on procedures deployed against the men.
In the memo he stated it was his view that "the decision to use methods of torture in Northern Ireland in 1971/72 was taken by ministers - in particular Lord Carrington, then secretary of state for defence".
The document, uncovered from the national archives in London, featured in an RTE documentary in 2014 and led to questions being raised at the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
Following closing submissions, Mr Justice Maguire pledged to consider all issues raised before giving judgment at a later stage.
Mr Shivers died of stomach cancer in 1985 at the age of 54.


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Hello Internet Readers, A week ago 12 people got together at PSU in the first iteration of a Community of Practice on Social Justice and De-gentrification. There was a range of people and experiences around the table. We are looking forward to further meetings and work in the future. We discussed a range of topics: the role race plays in gentrification,...Read More
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Once again, Palm Beach County motorists are benefiting from the "Wawa effect," as new Wawa convenience stores' low gasoline prices are being met by other brands nearby.
Wawa opens two Palm Beach County locations with swag, specials
That's on top of gasoline prices that are dropping as crude oil prices have fallen near the lowest levels of the year.
The county's average for a gallon of regular gasoline stood at $2.36 Monday, down from $2.42 a week ago, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Report. Florida's average dropped to $2.26 from $2.32 a week ago.
RELATED: From hoagies to coffee, Wawa's not just a gas station, people
The two newest Wawas, which opened Thursday, were selling gasoline well below that at $2.04 and $2.05 a gallon.
Monday, Wawa at 1530 Belvedere Road is offering gas at $2.04 a gallon, as are Cumberland Farms, 2692 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, and Murphy USA, 1050 N. Military Trail.
Gasoline at $2.05 a gallon is being offered at Wawa, 6566 Lake Worth Road, Greenacres, and that's being met by Speedway, 5980 S. Jog Road, Lake Worth.
The retailers which usually have the lowest gasoline prices, such as Costco, are above Wawa's.
Rocket Fuel, 100 N. Federal Highway, North Palm Beach, has the lowest price gasoline in the north county area at $2.09 a gallon.
Costco in Royal Palm Beach, 11001 Southern Blvd. and Lantana, 1873 W. Lantana Road were both selling regular at $2.12 a gallon Monday.
The same phenomenon occurred in April when Wawa opened three convenience stores in Palm Beach County.
"It is not uncommon that when a store enters a new market, that it is hyper competitive of gas prices, " Jeff Lenard, the National Association of Convenience Stores vice president of strategic industry initiatives said then.
"The margins on fuel are slim, and the idea is to get them in the store and (incentivize) them with a snack, sandwich or drinks," Lenard said.
Wawa spokeswoman Lori Bruce said that Wawa initiates competitive prices in new markets to attract new customers.
Nationwide, inexpensive gasoline is expected to be around for a while longer.
"The plunge at the pump comes as oil prices took a pounding for a third week in a row," said AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins.
"Markets moved lower after another round of supply data showing high U.S. and global refinery production. American motorists are the big winners here as they fill their tanks for a summer road trip. These low gas prices should stick around for a while until oil prices change, of course," Jenkins said.
GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst Patrick DeHaan said motorists should not expect too much more of the nice price declines that have occurred over the last couple of weeks as hurricane season comes in to view.
However, DeHaan said gasoline prices could continue to decline for at least one more week.


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Use 'runmqras' to gather your WebSphere MQ diagnostic information
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If you are using WebSphere MQ (WMQ) 126.96.36.199 or later on UNIX®, Linux, Windows, and IBM i, you can use a Java™ based utility called 'runmqras' shipped with the product to gather typical WMQ diagnostic information into a zip file.
'runmqras' was first introduced in WMQ v184.108.40.206 as a proof of concept but did not come up to speed until versions 18.104.22.168, 126.96.36.199 and 7.5. It is really easy to use so we'd like to encourage everyone to give it a try as It can lessen the burden of manually collecting the various diagnostic files. Previously these files were gathered manually and we found that it was common for files to be unintentionally omitted when submitted to IBM Support.
To display the 'runmqras' options use the -help as follows but I'll give a few examples below.
$runmqras -help
Depending on the flags used, 'runmqras' will gather the contents of the WMQ errors directory, FDCs, outputs from 'ipcs' and 'ps', and directory listings to verify installation integrity, (plus more). For example running 'runmqras' from the bin directory will run for a bit and bundle the files into a zip files. The last few lines on the console report whether it completed successfully and where the output resides.
For example:
$ runmqras
'runmqras' also allows you to filter what you wish to gather with the 'section' flag. For example to gather information relating to clustering and include a previously invoked WMQ trace along with the queue manager configuration and current status.
$runmqras -qmlist QM1,QM2 -section defs,cluster,trace
You can even control the name of the output file and location with the flags:
-zipfile <file>
By default with no '-section' requested, it will not gather trace files nor does it do runmqsc outputs. To include those you need the <defs> or <trace> sections as demonstrated above.
$runmqras -zipfile SampleRunmqras.zip -outputdir /tmp/MyRunmqras
In addition there are flags that allow you to ftp the documentation directly to IBM and even names the file appropriately by prefixing the problem record number (pmr) in the file name.
$runmqras -ftp IBM -pmrno 01234,567,890
It is important to remember that 'runmqras' it not a substitution for a proper problem description. When submitting diagnostic information to IBM Support it is important to always take a few moments to give some context to the documentation you are sending in to be reviewed. Timestamps, relevant object names for the expected message flow, and errors observed are all helpful in the problem determination process.
Here is a link to a technote describing 'runmqras' in more detail: Using "runmqras" to collect problem determination data and files
Read more about 'runmqras' in the WMQ Information Center
So remember, when opening a new WMQ problem record or even with an existing one, use 'runmqras' to make your life easier.


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