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A Windows 8 Feature You Won't See or Talk About, but Everyone Loves
I'm going to talk about one of my favorite Windows 8 features – it's one that everyone will love, but no one really knows much about. In fact, it's one that is so good, you'd think it's a problem. (Like, if you hit the power button and your machine _instantly_ slept, you'd think there is a problem, wouldn't you?)
I've got 2 disclaimers. Obviously I work for MSFT so I'm biased, but the second one is, to Joe's disgust, I actually have an iPad in house. The excuse is that I have a large Sonos installation, and the iPad is currently the best and one of the cheapest controllers for it. Much like buying a PS3 as a cheap blu ray player back in the day, it made the most sense. But the real reason: I love technology. I love all of it.
So let's get it to it. The feature is incremental app updates.
If we look at the anatomy of an application in the Windows Store, it's an .appx package file that contains all of the assets and declarations for the app, including a BlockMap. The BlockMap contains hashes of all files within the package.
The user downloads the entire appx, of course, when installing the application. But when there is an application update, the beauty is that the system automatically can compare the BlockMap and delivery only the blocks that have changed. This includes partial changes to a large file, like in the following diagram from this talk at //build:
The reason why this is so awesome is that applications often contain embedded resources that often don't change. A publisher makes a minor code fix, perhaps to the design, a typo, or game logic, and you'll only receive the changes that have been actually made, not the entire package.
Let's look at a real time example as I write this: I picked an app that needed to be updated and had a little bit of size to it. I know Scott who developed this app – HeavenWord Bible Study Toolkit and it weighs in at 139 MB. I remember talking with Scott about this, because the issue of including data (and how much data) within the app is sometimes a tricky decision.
I had the app updated and I see Scott published an update:
It installed so fast, you'd think there was a problem. Monitoring my internet bandwidth usage, the update showed up as a little blip (and for those wondering, this isn't scientific. There are other devices on the network that might contribute usage, but to my knowledge, nothing was actively streaming/running at the time).
This accrued a couple hundred KB and the entire graph covers a 10 minute window (time at right side of graph: 12:46pm). More details in other screen clippings about the graph, but note the first step on the x-axis measures 122kb/s and the update barely touched that. So, I open the iPad and notice a whopping number of updates that I haven't checked in a few weeks. Paper by FiftyThree weighs in at ~50MB, so let's give that a try.
After the update, the scale on my bandwidth usage chart got blown up so much, you can hardly see the Win8 update – the first step on the x-axis went from ~122kb/s to ~3000kb/s, a nearly 25x increase (time at right side of graph was 12:48pm, I happen to have the mouse hovered near the upper left of the graph when grabbing it, hence the 12:39pm time written on the x-axis line):
This result isn't surprising but it's painful to look at visually. It had to download the entire 50MB app. Is this a huge deal? Isolated and on an unlimited, high bandwidth connection … no. But on 3G/4G, a hotel WiFi, or metered connection … Absolutely! And if you have multiple devices, and are on the road as much as I am, this not only wastes bandwidth but time, as well. Looking in my app list, there's another big one in there. Magic 2013:
1.15 GB? Yikes. (I feel like Doc Brown … one point fifteen gigabytes?! ) Got multiple devices and/or travelling? This becomes a real issue. While it's not a strictly fair comparison, seeing headlines like this one illustrates the inefficiency of the system.
I went ahead and hit Update All on the iPad, including Magic, just to watch my internet usage. Not surprisingly, the original Win8 update is invisible, the Paper app (in the middle) looks less foreboding compared to what continues over the next few minutes…
Looking at it a day later before I hit publish on this post, we can see this update is quite the spike on my usage (pointing out a Netflix movie in the evening):
Finally, here's my daily usage over the past couple of days – bearing in mind these numbers include all traffic in my home. Work, VOIP, Netflix, etc.:
Needless to say, updating a large number of apps on iOS becomes time and bandwidth consuming. Win8 can do it right, Android via Smart App Updates (though I haven't tested it) can do it, but that it's _still_ absent in iOS6 is a bit surprising.

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Economists: Preserve Public Lands for Western Jobs, Vitality
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To improve the economy in the Western states, spend some federal dollars improving and preserving public lands. That's the message in a letter to President Obama signed by more than 100 economists and academics at universities across the country, including nine in Washington.The letter says what has been missing from the federal budget discussions is the research they've been doing that shows public land gives the West an edge for economic growth.
"If you have a community that is surrounded by spectacular landscapes, wilderness areas and parks, companies can move to those areas - and one of the things that we're seeing is, that's how they are recruiting really talented employees."
In an era when some lawmakers are suggesting selling off public land to help pay the national debt, economics professor Dr. Walt Hecox says that would be short-sighted.
"It'd be like having a discussion about selling off the Washington Monument because it doesn't make money. And if we don't, in the West, begin to be active and raising these concerns that it's the very foundation of a vibrant economy, then I fear that we will lose in Congress."
Hecox heads the State of the Rockies Project at Colorado College.
In Olympia, Joe Hyer - an outdoor retailer and small business owner - says it's a message not only for Congress, but also for state lawmakers.
"That's what our biggest economic asset is in this state, is the fact that it's such a great place to live - which is why it's just dumbfounding in Washington to see us give additional tax breaks to Boeing, but not invest in state parks. These people are campers, hikers, outdoors people. It's where they want to be."
The letter acknowledges that public lands will continue to be multiple use. It asks the president to support infrastructure spending to get public lands in better shape, as well as protecting new areas as parks, wilderness and national monuments.


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height. This crowding together prevents individual development, and consequently millions upon millions of oysters are lost to the people of this country in this one State alone. That the "planting" of "raccoon" seed in the deeper waters for cultivation would be profitless is shown by the natural growth of the oysters themselves in the marginal waters. They would soon become asphyxiated in the soft, silting mud bottom which occurs along the entire coast line of this State. But it has been demonstrated that, under almost as unfavorable conditions, excellent and healthy grounds could be prepared at comparatively slight cost, as has been so successfully done in Connecticut; and Mr. Dean shows conclusively that the "raccoons" might be scattered in "marginal waters about a fathom in depth," with an almost certain prospect of successful development. Curiously enough, in his article on the Biology of the Oyster Grounds of South Carolina, he advocates the artificial collection and rearing of spat.
There are miles upon miles of these "raccoon" ledges, and even islands which have been formed by the "raccoons," upon this part of the coast; they contain enough seedlings to stock the entire Atlantic coast, and a very little enterprise or judicious State interference would undoubtedly restore to South Carolina and the oyster-consuming population of the United States what must have been in ages past one of the most prolific natural oyster beds of the world.
The conditions in Chesapeake Bay are much more favorable than those which we have just considered. Here Nature has created, as Captain Collins has truly said, the most perfect oyster ground in the universe. But, as is the case with the prosecution of many other fisheries, man—either in his greed or ignorance, or both—has outraged a bountiful Nature by continuously fishing for the oysters without replanting, and as a consequence this remarkable oyster region is becoming rapidly less important.
In his report, Captain Collins accounts for the recklessness of the fishermen and oystermen in this way: "The general belief (in the Chesapeake Bay region) has been, that the natural wealth of the oyster beds is inexhaustible,"and that, "trained from childhood to look upon the oyster grounds as their patrimony. . . . it is perhaps not remarkable that the fishermen of the Chesapeake have bitterly, and to this time successfully, opposed all attempts at legislation intended to convey proprietary rights in the grounds."
Illustrating their reliance upon Nature, the report just referred to quotes the following paragraph from a local publication: "The value of the oyster business alone to southeast Virginia is nearly $2,500,000 per annum. It is a crop constantly harvested, except in the months of May to August inclusive, and


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Sorrentino's Cooking Classes are a hands-on experience where you can enjoy the fruits of your labour with a sit-down dinner to conclude your evening. Wine tastings will be a 3-ounce pour. Additional wine and cocktails will be available, priced individually.
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Class registrations are on a first come – first serve basis and we require a credit card number to hold your place in a class. We reserve the right to cancel any class that does not reach a minimum capacity of 8 people, or due to scheduling conflict and Chef availability. If we cancel your class, a credit will be placed on your client file to be used for a future class. Cooking classes are non-refundable.
By purchasing a ticket to a cooking class, dinner, or other Sorrentino's event you are giving permission for Sorrentino's Restaurant Group and its other brand affiliates to use any images taken at those events on their promotional materials or social media accounts.
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BioWolf R
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BioWolf R is the new generation of industrial rugged tablet developed for applications such as military field operations, logistics, health care, gas and oil, mining or industrial protection. It is a mobile android multi-function terminal ruggedized to IP 67 industrial protection grade thus dust and waterproof. BioWolf R offers a vast number of options such as fingerprint reader, 1D/2D barcode scanner and RFID.
- Ruggedized body: Industrial Protection Class IP67 and Drop Resistance Level 1.5m
- High resolution front and rear cameras
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- Communications: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, GPS
- Options: RFID, 1D/2D Barcode Scanner and Fingerprint Reader
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BioWolf R is a state of the art industrial tablet platform combining a number of functions like fingerprint reader, barcode scanner and RFID with truly rugged specifications. This terminal delivers the best solution to any company in any field of activity anywhere in the world.


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It's Genuino/Arduino Day on the 2nd April.
We'll be celebrating the achievement made by the team at Arduino.cc and all other digital project at our store in Markham.
Join us for an open day with some Arduino demo, small hands-on projects with Arduino, and an Arduino workshop.
In celebration of Arduino day, for April 2nd and 3rd only, we are offering 15% OFF selected Arduino/Genuino products (use coupon code "ARD2016"):
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM – Demo and small hands-on projects with Arduino
- Arduino Projects Demo
- Two (2) Stations for attendee to play with Arduino + LED, Buzzer, Buttons, and Resistor
- Age 10+ accompanied by adult only due to small parts and components
- RSVP: http://genuinoarduino-day-2016-apr-2-2016-cr.eventbrite.com
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Clos Pegase Mitsuko's Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2013
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Known for elegant wines that combine power and finesse, Carneros is set in the rolling hills that straddle the southernmost parts of both Sonoma and Napa counties. The cooling winds from the abutting San Pablo Bay, combined with lots of midday California sunshine, create an ideal environment for producing wines with a perfect balance of crisp acidity and well-ripened fruit.
This cooler pocket of California lends itself to growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah. Carneros is an important source of sparkling wines made in the style of Champagne as well.


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Our entry is one of my favorite things to decorate! Or anything involving Christmas for that matter. I love how festive our house becomes once all of our decorations are out. Our entry pretty much stays stays the same with the chalkboard and table and then I add different items each season. I don't like clutter but am starting to really like making areas more full.http://farmgirlblogs.com/samples-of-college-application-essays/ Simple and rustic. What does your entry look like? Link up in the comments. I'd love to check them out.
Chalkboard, milk can, cotton, Santa sign, farm sign // Farm Girl
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Appointed Senior Counsel in 2019.
William was called to the bar in 1990.
William Fitzsimmons SC was admitted as a Barrister in 1990 having previously had experience in the areas of criminal law and insurance law (with an emphasis on fraud).
His early years at the Bar focused upon criminal law jury trials in the District and Supreme Court. He also conducted civil trials in insurance law (particularly in respect to matters arising under the Insurance Contracts Act and fraud related claims). William has maintained his interest in the criminal law area having undertaken prosecution and defence work since, including prosecution work on behalf of the RSPCA and more recently on behalf of the Commonwealth DPP.
William has also developed a significant practice in public liability and CTP litigation. He is regularly retained on behalf of most CTP insurers in all claims including significant liability disputes and major/catastrophic claims. He also works on behalf of Plaintiffs/Claimants.
In the common law/insurance field he specialises in fraud related claims, drawing upon his criminal law background and experience.
In 2003 William was appointed as a CARS Assessor, a statutory appointment pursuant to the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 and has served as a CARS Assessor ever since.
He has appeared administrative law cases arising from decisions made under the Motor Accidents Compensation Act.
William appears at all jurisdictional levels (Local Court – criminal and insurance fraud, District Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal). William is also regularly retained to appear in the Australian Capital Territory, and in particular the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory in common law matters.
Doyle's Guide 2019 lists William as one of the states Leading Insurance Law Barristers. See: www.doylesguide.com
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JC aviation programme takes flight
Alessandro Boyd, Gleaner Writer
JAMAICA COLLEGE (JC) is continuing to take huge strides towards restructuring the education system and enriching the curriculum in Jamaica through its three-year-old aviation programme.
Launched in 2009 in association with Compania de Aviacion de Jamaica Y Caribe, the aviation programme allows students to begin pilot training while completing their secondary education at JC.
"We wanted to facilitate students into the non-traditional career paths, ones that are very lucrative and juxtaposing; aviation is a very good career to pursue," Ruel Reid, principal of JC, told The Gleaner on Monday.
"Look at what's happening now in terms of growth in Asia and the demand for aviation services. Jamaica, in fact, is very short of opportunities for young people in high-income areas, so it was important that JC led the way to try and open up possibilities in these areas."
Open to the public
The aviation programme, with both afternoon and summer components, is open to the public as well as JC students, with more than 40 students participating in the course each year.
The school is currently registering students from fourth to sixth form and the main requirement is to be functionally literate.
The prospective students are required to do a ground school certification that is invigilated by the Aviation Authority of Jamaica at the end of the course. If they wish to pursue the career path subsequent to this, then the next phase, which is the full commercial pilots training, will have to be done privately.
"It has been a pretty good experience for the youngsters who have been involved. A lot of kids actually want to become pilots. In fact, students have actually selected JC because of the aviation programme, and some of them have actually moved on to do their commercial pilot training and they are on their way to becoming pilots," Reid said.
He also noted that the programme would continue to grow as many people previously did not have the opportunity and exposure to aviation training in Jamaica.
"If we want to transform Jamaica then we have to approach these kinds of areas that will have a great impact on sustainability, employment opportunities and long-term growth," Reid said.


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Woman cited for hunter harassment
It isn't often in Ohio that someone is cited for hunter harassment, but it happened during the recent deer hunting seasons in Shelby County.
A woman who was yelling at a hunter in a tree stand was found guilty under Ohio's law, which protects a hunter's rights when the hunter is in the act of legally hunting. The woman, who pleaded guilty to harassment charges paid $155 in fines and court costs.
According to the Ohio Division of Wildlife (DOW), the hunter complained he was being harassed. Shelby County Wildlife Officer Tim Rourke responded to the complaint and was told by the hunter that a neighbor approached the property line dividing her property from the one which he was on. While in his tree stand, he said she yelled obscenities at him. Rourke advised the hunter not to say anything to the woman and to continue hunting.
When Rourke contact the woman at her residence, she told him she believed the hunter was watching her in her home from his tree stand. She admitted she approached the property line and screamed at the hunter in an attempt to get him down from the tree stand and leave the area.
The wildlife officer explained to her that the hunter was in his rights to hunt where he was and that he had not done anything unethical or irresponsible. Upon conclusion of his investigation, Rourke informed the woman about Ohio's hunter harassment law. He then cited her for the hunter harassment violation.
Originally posted on March 4th, 2017 by Al Smith – Guest Columnist at Lima News
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Get the best service and rates by dealing direct with Noosa Reef Hotel.
About Noosa Reef Hotel
A Local Favourite in Noosa Heads
The Noosa Reef Hotel captures the spirit of Noosa with amazing views and an expansive panorama of the beautiful Laguna Bay and the North Shore, topped off with spectacular sunset views.
Whether it's the view, food, fine wines, beers or cocktails you are after, our freshly revamped Laguna Bar & Bistro have it all. Sit back, relax & enjoy all on offer on our upper level spacious deck, perfect for soaking up the sun and enjoying a great meal with friends. Our bistro offers a wide selection of modern Australia cuisine at affordable pub prices.
On our lower level, we have raised the bar for Irish Pubs in Australia with our Flanagan's Irish Bar offering Guinness and Kilkenny on tap alongside a great range of beers and ciders. The menu is traditional Irish fare with great daily specials that can't be beaten. The Irish Pub transforms into SODA nightclub 9pm on Friday and Saturday nights, one of the leading club rooms on the Sunshine Coast.
As the home of the NOOSA CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL, the Noosa Reef Hotel celebrates all things craft beer and cider with an annual Craft Beer event in August. For beer enthusiasts and the Noosa community alike, you can come to experience a delightful journey of sipping, sampling & tasting some of the 80 beers, craft beers & ciders from over 20 brewers, local, national & international, as well as some amazing food from locally source suppliers prepared right here at the Reef.
We have a family friendly dining atmosphere and you'll love our huge kids room with the latest movies in our kids theatre, PlayStations, blackboards and colouring in facilities. We are happy to host birthday parties & regularly hold kids competitions. Be sure to join Club4Kids for regular updates and benefits, and every Friday & Saturday night we have "Super Dude" face painting & balloon making, along with other seasonal kids activities.
Function Rooms Available for Social and Corporate events.
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Whether catering for 10 people or 250, for functions, parties or corporate meetings, we can take the stress out of planning your function. You are not limited to the Function Room as we have a number of areas that are available exclusively for your function event.
Choose from two or three course menus, buffet options, cocktail platters, our a la carte and tapas menus, or breakfast options as well as our corporate packages.
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Mother's Day this year is on Sunday, May 14. This is the day designated to celebrate mothers and presenting them with unique gifts reflecting their status in our lives.
The great gifts for our mothers have always been what they love most. Jewelry, flowers, tea parties are top of the list. Other items such as kitchen gadgets, gardening tools, and home décor follow.
For Menifee residents, there are a wide collection of nice things to suit for the occasion. Keller's Jewelers is a family owned and operated since 1965. It is an incredibly helpful jewelry store. They will supply you with a fine piece of jewelry, with diamonds and precious metals. You can go early and request a custom jewelry to be created specifically for her. Make this day memorable for your mom.
Mother's Day is an opportunity to take your mother to a beauty salon. A Cut Above in Menifee is our choice, book early for there will be heavy traffic to salons on this occasion. A Cut Above is located at 26820 Cherry Hills Blvd # 5, Menifee. This heart of beauty salon is popular in Menifee.
Taking your mother out is also another option. How about having brunch at the Provecho Grill, located at 26862 Cherry Hills Blvd, Menifee. It is truly a spectacular, Great food, live music, Mimosas. Sunday Brunch celebration is always a busy day for Provecho. Make your reservations today! 951-246-3200.
Tea parties should not be forgotten. They are common for celebrating special events. The taste of custom tea sparks the devotions that we all have to mothers. Setting up a tea party or attending one will add to wide arrange events to do in Menifee during Mother's Day. Expect lemon flavors. Mothers have universally loved lemon flavors for their tea. This is the time to unleash gift cards and flowers to grace and show the love to these people who mean a lot to us.
No mother should stay at home, so take her out and enjoy the day!


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What will historians and archaeologists find millennia from now, that would show a faithful reflection of our society today?
Sometimes the most revealing discoveries are those left behind not by the rich, privileged or famous, but instead by the people, the anonymous, who unassumingly make their mark on life as we know it, and as it may be remembered.
Signs of the Time, exclusive to the Gold Coast City Gallery, is an exhibition of street art by world-renowned, national and local artists. Works by Banksy, Bambi and Blek Le Rat are on display. Some key pieces include Banksy's Nola (White Rain) and Bambi's iconic Amy Winehouse portrait.
Along with the main gallery exhibition, Signs of the Time will extend to a range of events including art, dance and skate workshops, live demonstrations, art battles, live music and a wrap-up street party.
You may not make it to all, but do yourself a favour and check out the main exhibition; you could be standing in front of some of the most iconic artwork of our time.
Runs until 9 April. For more information visit The Arts Centre GC


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In this article we will provide you with step by step instructions how to integrate your WordPress MU/BuddyPress with bbPress for groups forum feature support.
First, you should make sure that you have WordPress MU installed on your hosting account. For detailed step by step instructions on how to install WordPress MU, please refer to our tutorial.
As soon as you have WordPress MU installed and configured you should download the BuddyPress latest trunk version. This can be done via the following URL:
On the bottom of the page you will find a link via which you can download the zip archive of the latest BuddyPress version.
Unzip the archive on your local computer and access your hosting account via FTP. First you will need to create the following folder on your account wp-content/plugins/buddypress. Please upload all the content from the BuddyPress archive except the bp-themes/ directory.
As soon as you have all the files and folders uploaded under the wp-content/plugins/buddypress directory, please proceed with the upload of your themes. You should upload the bp-themes/ folder under the wp-content/ folder of your account.
Additionally, to install the default BuddyPress home theme move /wp-content/bp-themes/bphome/ to /wp-content/themes/bphome/.
Now you should have the following paths:
When you complete with the upload process, please login as administrator in your WordPress MU and activate the BuddyPress plugin via the plugin menu. Then, navigate to the "Site Admin > Themes" menu and select the "Yes" radio option for "BuddyPress Home Theme". Next, go to "Appearance > Themes" and activate the "BuddyPress Home Theme" for the root blog.
Now you should proceed with the bbPress integration. Please download the latest trunk version of bbPress from the official site here. Be advised that you need the Trunk version. When you have the archive downloaded on your local computer, please unzip it and upload all the content of the archive under a subdirectory of your WordPress MU called forum.
Then access the installation wizard of your bbPress at http://yourdomain/forum. Click on the link to proceed with the installation process: "Ready? Then let's get started!". On the first step input the MySQL database name, username and password tht you have used to install WordPress MU into. These values can be found in your wp-config.php file. This file can be accessed and edited via your cPanel -> file manager -> navigate to your WordPress MU folder and click on the wp-config.php file, then edit it via the Edit option from the top menu.
On the next step, you will need to integrate bbPress with WordPress. Check the "Add integration settings" box, and leaved the "Add cookie integration settings" box unchecked.
– Add your table prefix (usually always 'wp_')
– Add your WordPress database settings found in wp-config.php
– You can usually ignore the "character set" and "collation" boxes
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A lot going on right now, and a lot of updating to go with it. What kind of stuff are you up to and what kind of plans are making for yourself now that a warm summer is moving in?
More importantly, what do you see in this design? Get creative, write it down, and then say what your biggest goal for the next three months is.


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Make a Difference this Earth Month
April 22nd is Earth day, so we're making April Earth month! Here are some ideas to help protect our Earth's precious resources:
1. Use only the water you need, turn off that faucet!
2. Help keep water clean by using biodegradable and environmentally friendly cleaning products. We all live downstream
3. Dispose of solid and liquid wastes and medications safely
4. Protect your local water source from pollutants, excess pesticides and garbage
1. Use human powered modes of transportation to get from place to place. Moonwalk, run, ride your unicycle, the choices are endless!
2. Take public transportation, carpool, plan your day to reduce trips and vehicle emissions
4. Buy locally, or grow your own! Reduce air pollution caused by food and goods transport
5. Reduce your potential for exposure to mercury
6. Plant trees! They provide us with the clean oxygen we need to survive
1. Reduce or eliminate your pesticide usage
2. Composting- it reduces your trash and benefits your garden
3. 'Greenscaping'!
4. Plant native species in your gardens, encourage important pollinators such as bees and birds by planting gardens full of their favorite plants
1. Look for Energy Star
2. Create your own power from wind, the sun, water, biofuels, hamster wheels, you name it!
3. Think about how you can reduce the use of diesel and other fuels for transportation
4. Research or contact your local power provider, tell them you want renewables!
1. Reduce. Cut back on the amount of 'stuff' that could later end up as waste.
2. Reuse. Upcycle! Take something that is disposable and transform it into something of greater use and value.
3. Recycle metals, plastics and paper.
4. E-cycle: dispose of your electronics properly
5. This may sound obvious, but DON'T LITTER!
6. Choose items with less packaging, and bring your own bag to the market
- Participate in a local environmental festival or event. Find your local Waterkeeper!
- Organize your own event! Clean up a park, watershed, or your neighborhood (and send us your photos!)
- Get people excited about recycling, maybe start a competition at work!
- Share your commitment with us on Facebook
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It's kismet. The Michelin Guide, started more than a century ago by a French tire company, has returned to its vehicular roots in recognizing a used car dealership in Japan for its exceptionally tasty noodles.
At Hot Air in Tottori Prefecture, proprietor Katsumi Yoshida specializes in Suzuki models and additive-free ramen. His hard work in the kitchen has earned the shop a mention as a Bib Gourmand restaurant in Michelin's latest edition on the top eateries in Kyoto, Osaka and Tottori, the Asahi Shimbun reports.
Bib Gourmand status indicates "quality food at a maximum of 5,000 JPY" (about $58): a bowl of shio (salt) or shoyu (soy sauce) ramen at Hot Air costs 800 JPY including tax (roughly $9). "Now the name will also remind customers of hot steam from ramen," Yoshida reportedly said.
Yoshida established Hot Air in 2002 and started serving ramen roughly a decade later in an effort to provide "quality food" to children. He built a kitchen at the dealership and converted a meeting room into a small dining area with counter seating and tables.
According to Spoon & Tomago, Yoshida "approached ramen with the precision of an engineer," altering the temperature by single degrees or adjusting ingredient weights by as little as 0.1 gram to achieve the perfect balance.
Given that the link between second-hand cars and noodles is tenuous at best, Yoshida's ramen offering wasn't an overnight success. Initially, according to Asahi Shimbun, Hot Air experienced a complete lack of interest from customers. "He has groundless confidence that 'all things must go well,' and I had no choice but to go along with him," Yoshida's wife and Hot Air co-manager Kaori said.
Word-of-mouth eventually led a Michelin official to the outré eatery, and the second-hand car shop sits among eight other area ramen restaurants in the new guide. Now, Yoshida has a new goal: continuing to work on his extraordinary ramen so that one day, Hot Air will be awarded a Michelin star.


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How Congressional Gridlock Stalled Wind Power's Growth In 2013
The GIF above comes from a new interactive map that tracks the growth of wind farms, courtesy of the Department of Energy. And as you can see, it shows a boom in wind power up through 2012.
But the boom stalled out in 2013 and flatlined in 2014, thanks to gridlock in Congress.
The production tax credit (PTC) for wind is a subsidy that's been built into the tax code for years to encourage growth for that particular form of renewable energy. It was reinvigorated by the 2009 stimulus, and scheduled to expire in 2012. Then it was extended at the very last minute through the end of 2013, and altered so that wind projects merely had to begin construction by the end of the year to qualify. But Congress was unable to come together on energy policy once again, so the PTC died at the end of 2013 and hasn't been renewed. That on-again-off-again approach to the PTC led to a boom-and-bust cycle, as wind installations spiked then collapsed in response.
As a result, new wind installations in 2013 fell 93 percent from where they were in 2012 — a year that saw a record 13,100 megawatts of new wind capacity installed overall.
The Energy Information Agency's (EIA) latest short-term outlook — released this month — still anticipates that wind will grow to 77,000 megawatts of capacity nationwide by the end of 2015. That's 4.6 percent of America's total electricity generation. In 2012, wind was only 3 percent. Still, it's telling that EIA's outlook shows that growth occurring almost entirely in 2015.
Thanks to the 2013 stall, EIA anticipates that in 2014 U.S. wind power will add up to 1.6 quadrillion Btu (a measure of energy, as opposed to electricity) which is barely up at all from 1.59 quadrillion in 2013. But in 2015, EIA thinks it will grow again to 1.8 quadrillion Btu, presumably as the wind industry reorients itself in a non-PTC world.
As for the tax credit itself, supporters have suggested extending it for another few years, followed by a multi-year phaseout. That would give the wind industry some lead time to plan for the loss of the PTC and strategize accordingly, without the guesswork and whiplash that's been introduced by the recent spate of expirations and last-minute extensions.
More fundamentally, the failure to build the future damage of climate change into the price of fossil fuels today leaves renewables like wind at a market disadvantage. The PTC is an admittedly ad-hoc and inadequate fix for that problem. A more comprehensive, rational, and efficient solution would be a nationwide cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax, which would level the playing field between all fossil fuels and all renewables.
The post How Congressional Gridlock Stalled Wind Power's Growth In 2013 appeared first on ThinkProgress.


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I had a British friend who went off to become a policeman in Hong Kong. His surname was Singleton, and he was known in the force as Sing Lee Ton. Hold that thought.
Should you be glancing through the giant Taschen book of David Hockney (and a very fine big volume it is) you'll likely come across a very fine "Polaroid composite" of Hockney's mum and a couple of other people in Harry Ramsden's fish and chip shop in Bradford.
For a long time Harry Ramsden's was widely regarded as the best fish and chip shop in England. It was established in 1928 in a wooden hut in Guiseley in Yorkshire. Then it expanded to become the world's biggest fish and chip shop (according to the Guinness Book of Records), seating 250. In due course Harry sold out to his business partner Eddie Stokes, who subsequently sold the company on to Associated Fisheries who turned it into a national chain. That was in 1965, so inevitably by the time I got to taste any Harry Ramsden fare it had become pretty ordinary, though by no means bad.
Anyway, the good folks at Taschen (some of them being German) are apparently unfamiliar with this bit of English fish and chip lore, and so the caption of the Hockney photograph reads "My Mother, Ann Upton and David Graves. Harry Rams-Dens Fish & Chip Shop, Bradford 5th May 1982."
I do wonder who this Harry Rams-Dens might be. I've been having some trouble and some fun, imagining his ethnicity and history. While I do that, here's a postcard of a street food seller in (I believe) Aberdeen Road, in Hong Kong. See how it all ties in.


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Journal Entry: Dream-Escape From Babylon
Date: 1-10-2010 – 3:30 AM
I saw a man sitting in a chair looking despondent when suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared before him. The man asked, "What are you here for?" The angel responded, "I am here to deliver you from the spirit of Babylon."
The angel took the man by the hand and immediately they began to soar vertically at a high rate of speed into the air. I could hear demons moaning and shrieking as the angel carried the man upward while ascending through level after level of the demonic Babylonian kingdom.
As they climbed higher and higher I saw what appeared to be the top of a large dome made of reinforced concrete. The dome had rows of elongated slots which came to a point on the ends making the structure incredibly strong and prison-like. Each slot was filled with darkness and it was an impossible barrier to escape from- without the power of the angel to deliver the man. I heard the man say, "I didn't even know I was in prison." Then the dream ended.
I believe the man in the dream represented me being delivered from the religious system.
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What spirit did the angel come to deliver the man from? It was the spirit of Babylon. The spirit of Babylon is the spirit which rules the world and the church system today. This includes all forms of religions which are made up of countless doctrines, creeds, separatism, denominations and non-denominational churches alike.
The word church in the Greek word ekklesia which basically means called out ones. It isn't a church building, it's believers in Christ.
The Babylon spirit is carnal mindedness and all that it can divise. The Babylon spirit displays haughtiness, arrogance and the pride of man's knowledge above God's knowledge and wisdom. Spiritual Babylon long ago hijacked Christ's gospel replacing it with the "institutional, organized" church system.
Ignatius was the third pastor of Antioch (110 A.D) who apparently served under apostle John . Ingatius installed his own believe's in an attempt to prevent heresies of Gnosticism and Docetism. By doing so Inatius established the Clergy system. He wrote: "Follow your bishop, every one of you, as obediently as Jesus Christ followed the Father. Obey your Clergy too, as you would Apostles; give your deacons the same reverence that you would to a command from God. Make sure no step affecting the Church is ever taken by anyone without the bishop's sanction. The sole Eucharist you should consider valid is one that is celebrated by the bishop himself, or by some person authorized by him. Where the bishop is to be seen, there let all his people be; just as wherever Jesus Christ is present, we have the Catholic Church. Nor is it permissable to conduct baptism or the Eucharist without the bishop. On the other hand, whatever does have this sanction can be sure of God's approval too. This is the way to make certain of soundness and validity of anything you do."
In the church system people feel safe, sufficient, significant, assured, justified and secure. It gives forth to self-serving, status, position, reputation, security and identity to many all the while the institution itself grows in its power and importance. Many people depend on the church system for their livelihood, significance, preeminence, validation, power and recognition. The man in the dream was imprisoned by the system and didn't even know it. This is the way millions of God-loving saints are today. They are imprisoned in a church system of man's making and do not even realize it.
In fact, I find the comparison of prison and the church system very astute. Prison inmates are under the control of the warden's rules and regulations just like the many people in the pews today are under the control of leadership's rules and regulations of man's own making. There is no freedom for the congregation in the church system today, just like there is no freedom for an inmate in prison. A prisoner doesn't get to do anything unless someone "lets" him do it. I have heard leadership say, "let the people do this or let them do that." The word "let" truly indicates control of the congregation and this shouldn't be! If someone stays in prison long enough they become institutionalized. The same thing happens to people in the church system if they stay in it long enough. They become institutionalized or indoctrinated to what that particular church system believes.
I have watched the church system for sometime now with all of its organization, orchestration, formats which restrain the free flowing leading of Holy Spirit. However, I have upon a few occasions seen Holy Spirit move within in the confines of a man inspired church system. I had to know from God why Holy Spirit moves when He does.
Holy Spirit showed me a picture of a stake driven into the sand high up on a beach. There is was, a lone stake driven in the sand, far away from the surf. The stake represents the church system beliefs, what it is about, its creed, denomination, faith statement, doctrine, identity, etc. Then I was shown a picture of the ebb and tide of the ocean. The tide comes in and the tide goes back out, this cycle is repeated daily. Occasionally the surf is so stirred that the waves come up far enough to reach the stake only to eventually recede back out to sea. The Lord said, "I move upon my people like this in their personal time and occasionally during a meeting to soak them in My presence and to draw them unto Me, to teach them to follow after the ebb and tide of My Spirit. When I move on a congregation, I am not validating the church system as the religious think. I want to draw people out of it and unto Me, I want them to learn to follow the ebb and tide of My Spirit."
scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." Gen 11:3-5 NAS
When meditating about the dream of the angel delivering the man from Babylon, I asked the Lord if He had a scriptural example of what I had seen in the dream and immediately I was reminded of when Peter was in prison and the angel of the Lord appeared to deliver him. Once Peter was delivered from prison, he went to his fellowship made up of the people praying for him. What spirit was behind the imprisonment of Peter? Could the answer be the spirit of Babylon? Most certainly because the Babylonian spirit operates through the flesh (carnal man) and wants approval from man! Herod demonstrated both in Acts 12:1-3.
Observe the spirit of Babylon in operation in this verse:
"Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church (GK. ekklesia means "called out ones"), in order to mistreat them. And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword. And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also." Acts 12:1-3 NAS
"For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God." Rom 8:14-15 NAS
When I heard the Lord say to me a few months ago, "My bride comes not so much from the church as from the world," I was somewhat taken back by this statement as to what He meant. I didn't understand then what has now been made so clear to me now after much prayer, study and revelations.
The reason the bride must come out from the institutional church system is that the church system is incapable of preparing the bride of Christ. It can only institutionalize its congregants to be dependant upon the church system. In fact its interest is truly to grow the institution's power and influence and not grow the people. In a recent Barna Group survey, 9 out of 10 pastors were surveyed and said that the church (system) was full of babies. However, each pastor commented that they had no babies in their own congregation.
The Babylonian spirit is a spirit that sets out to extinguish faith with false doctrine which leads man into works. For when faith dies there is no faith which leads people to ascend to God in their own way. It disrupts the plan and purposes of God by its influence of a non-God spirit.
The Babylonian spirit influences ministries to do works such as, let us build, let us make a name for ourselves, let us do great projects, let us be like God. It replaces the faith with works and does not follow nor seek the leading or direction of Holy Spirit.
The spirit of Babylon is found in the story of the Tower of Babel. " And they said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name; lest we be
"So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. And on the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and roused him, saying, "Get up quickly." And his chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me." And he went out and continued to follow, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. And when they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street; and immediately the angel departed from him. And when Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting." And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying." Acts 12:5-12 NAS
Unlike the dream, Peter knew he was in prison but the man in the dream didn't realize his imprisonment. Not knowing one is in prison is a far greater plight to a person because he is blind to his real circumstance.
It you are within the confines of the church system you need to stop and take "inventory" and weigh truthfully what has been written here before God and trust Him to show you truth. God has appointed some to work within in the confines of the church system for a season only for reasons known to God and the believer. Perhaps it is to observe and learn up close and personal what the church system is really about. My heart is for the people to be delivered from the prison of the church system and to be brought into a personal and intimate relationship in Jesus Christ.
"And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him." 1 John 2:27-28 NAS
Bringing the bride of Christ out of the church system can only be done by the Spirit of the Lord because the church system is a stronghold in her mind through years of indoctrination. God has to take the church system out of the bride before she can ever be free and be presented to Christ as His bride.
By the revelation of the Lord, we are in the time in which the focus of the Lord is to "prepare" His bride. That's it! Most in leadership of the church system won't recognize the paradigm shift that has occurred in the Spirit, thus they will continue on in the confines of the system. As in the first century, the existing religious system (Pharisees, Sadducees, etc) didn't recognize the time of the Lord's visitation and so shall it be now.
The dream is a continuing theme which Holy Spirit keeps giving me to warn those who will listen and heed the warning of the committing adultery with the spirit of Babylon (church system). For more on this subject please read these articles. The Adulterous Church, The Preparation of the Bride Pt. 1 The Epoch, Jewels – My Bride, Vision of the Three Legged Donkey
Scripture References:
" And when He approached, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. "For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.
And He entered the temple and began to cast out those who were selling, saying to them, "It is written, 'And My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' den.'
And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him, and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging upon His words". Luke 19:41-48 NAS
"And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality." Rev 14:8 NAS
"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities." Rev 18:4-5 NAS


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Last week was epic for the DFW area and no I'm not talking about all the celebrity brouhaha via the Super Bowl either. Our friendly northern neighbor decided to share some of her wintry love with us...(thanks, eh). Dallas came to a stand-still (a screeching, grindling, snow-dumped-all-over-you kinda stand-still)... and I didn't leave my house for 5 days. Can we say cabin fever?
Day 1: Fun! Yippee...no work! Cuddling, movies, hot tea, jammies all day; beautiful snow/ice storm outside.
Day 2: Ok, wow...still 3 inches of ice outside. Well, hmm...I guess I'll just clean a little and then maybe bake. I'll find plenty to do...it's still fun!
Day 3: Rolling black-outs...not fun. Sporadic heat, tv, internet; and I have got to do something/anything besides read in this chair (gosh, did I really say that!)
Day 4: Husband points to my stash of old magazines...there's something to do. Man, I've ear-marked a lot of pages in these things. I should probably look at them to see if there's anything worth keeping. That's gonna take forever...
Day 5: Inspiration anew?!! Oh and...I'm never gonna see the sun again. I'm pretty sure of it.
So, in a nutshell, that's what happened. My winter prison imbued me with inspiration. Inspiration regarding things I'd always loved and enjoyed, but for which I'd neglected and shunned. Good things that bring joy and stir my affections. Good things that bring life and encourage the soul. And this is the place I wanted to share them with you.