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They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other plastic bags, all to combat the country’s environmental problems stemming from the bags’ popularity.
byAlma Abell
People are all different, but there is one common trait: they want to live in harmony with themselves and their surroundings. The world we live is one where many people are victims of stress, anxiety, insomnia, mental tension, and more. When you visit a yoga studio, you will find how you will sharpen your mental focus and simply improve your life. Although Chicago is a busy city, you owe to yourself to better your mental and physical fitness.
Relieve Stress
Everybody deals with stress differently. Some people enjoy taking their pent-up anger and emotions out in the gym while others are happier to employ various relaxation techniques that are all part of the practice of yoga. Yoga does more than train your body; it trains your mind to see more than just today. Yoga lets you see the “big picture.”
Increase Flexibility
There are many postures in yoga, they are called “asanas,” and include twists that loosen the joints making up the spine. You are going to feel better, and chances are you will find your golf scores go down and your tennis wins go up.
Prevent Injury From Workouts
Muscles that are consistently stretched by yoga will heal and recover much faster should you sustain an injury while engaged in strenuous exercise. Yoga will teach you how to assess your physical ability on any given day.
Push The Envelope
There are many different approaches to yoga. Some are gentle and others are not. If you are interested in “amping up” cardio at the same time as enhancing flexibility, look for a yoga studio that embraces Vinyasa yoga and classes designed to improve students’ mobility and flexibility.
Once you are involved with yoga, you can approach “what is good for you.” If you want an hour to clear your head, yoga is a discipline well worth looking into.
Join a yoga studio in Chicago for mind and body improvement. Visit Studio Three online.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Beginning Monday morning, many BlueFrog and Blue Security users began receiving an email warning them that if they did not remove their email addresses from the Blue Security registry, they would begin to receive huge amounts of unsolicited email. As quickly as four hours after the initial warning message, some users began to receive an unprecedented amount of spam. Most of the messages were simply useless text. Users reported that Blue Security’s website was unavailable or extremely slow in responding.
Blue Security is an online community dedicated to fighting spam. As they became more popular, their member list increased substantially. The members’ email address is encrypted and added to a list of e-mail addresses that wish to stop receiving spam. Blue Security maintains the encrypted list, which uses an encrypted hash function. Spammers are encouraged to remove all addressed from their email list that are also in Blue Security’s Do Not Intrude Registry by using free compliance tools available at Blue Security’s web site.
According to Blue Security’s web site, “A major spammer had started spamming our members with discouraging messages in an attempt to demoralize our community. This spammer is using mailing lists he already owns that may contain addresses of some community members.” Reportedly, Blue Security has received complaints from users about spam allegedly sent from Blue Security promoting their anti-spam solution and web site.
Blue Security states they are “an anti-spam company determined to fight spam and as such never has and never will send unsolicited email.” There are also reports of non-users of BlueSecurity/BlueFrog receiving the warning emails, which now seems is also being sent to email addresses of people who have never added their email address to Blue Security’s Do Not Intrude Registry.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
0 A.D. is a historical, open source, strategy game, published by Wildfire Games. It focuses on the period between 500BC and 500AD. The game will be released in two parts: the first covering the pre-AD period, and the second running to 500AD. With development well underway, Wikinews interviewed the development team.
Aviv Sharon, a 24-year-old Israeli student responsible for the project’s PR, compiled the below Q&A, which the full team approved prior to publication.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh yesterday conceded defeat to now-President Elect Adama Barrow.
Jammeh, 51, took power 22 years ago in a bloodless coup. He had claimed a billion-year mandate. Barrow, 51, is a property developer without political experience. According to the electoral commission yesterday, he won 263,515 votes, equating to 45.5%, while Jammeh won 36.7%, 212,099 votes. A third candidate accounted for 17.8%.
Jammeh is the nation’s second president since independence in 1965. In a public broadcast he hailed “the most transparent election in the whole world,” and congratulated Barrow on “a clear victory[…] You Gambians have decided.”
Born in Basse in 1965, Barrow spent several years working as a security guard in London. He returned home in 2006 and began property development, which he still does. He expressed disappointment he did not win by a larger margin.
Barrow represents a coalition of parties in an unprecedented co-operation. He said his first priority is to pick his cabinet, and has proposed a presidential two-term limit and promised financial stimulation. “It’s the people who have spoken. He cannot hang on,” he said. “We won the election clearly so there’s nothing he can do about it.”
Jammeh refused international observations of the election, banned protests following the result, and switched off the nation’s Internet access on the day of the vote. He pledged to work with Barrow and hand over power in January.
Printing Services: Finishing Services for Finishing Touches Part 1
by
Owen M
When a printing company prints your files, the whole printing process isnt complete yet. Finishing jobs are part of the whole printing process and part of the whole printing services you avail when you acquire a printing companys services.
What Finishing Touches can do for your prints?
Finishing is an important step in printing for it prepares your prints to become more functional. A variety of finishing services will tell you that this important step buffs your prints to make it look more professional and presentable as well.
Finishing is a post-production service where prints are organized and prepped up according to the specifications you have put in for your print product of choice. Whether it is an offset printing project or a custom one, all your print projects undergo finishing.
Variety of Finishing Options
Finishing is not just one simple step, but a collection and sometimes a combination of different processes and techniques used to shape your prints to perfection.
Printing jobs, as said earlier, does not end with producing sheets upon sheets of colorful prints. These seemingly fresh and raw prints are still to be refined through finishing. Postcards, as an example, undergo finishing because it simply needs to be cut down to size.
However, the same postcards may need more than just cutting. Depending upon certain needs or demands, postcards can be die-cut or laminated and the like.
Here then are some popular finishing selections available to make your prints truly effective, functional and astounding all at the same time.
Binding
This process is used to hold all the pages or sheets of a multi-page document such as newsletters, calendars, catalogs or booklets and magazines just to name a few.
The most common binding available and used by printing companies is saddle-stitching where a couple of staple wires are attached to the spine of the book/booklet, holding all the pages in place. Unlike other popular binding techniques, it doesnt require drilling or punching holes just to hold all the pages together.
Other binding techniques are coil binding, Wire-O binding, plastic comb and case binding.
Cutting
Cutting is simply done to remove the bleeds on your prints, so that the cut can be made as precise as possible along the trim line. Your prints are cut to your desired size, disposing the 1/8 inch bleed along the sides.
Cutting, however, is different from die-cutting as die-cutting involves cutting your prints according to a specific shape.
Collating
This process sits alongside binding as it is responsible for organizing the pages in the right sequence. When it is time to put all the printed inside pages and cover pages together, it is through collation that you can flip through your magazine and find the right page easily.
Drilling
If you want to put in holes for your calendars, drilling is used to create the holes you need to hang them up with. Popular hole sizes for calendars are 3/16″, 5/16″ and 1/4″.
Folding
Brochures are one of the most popular materials with folding. Folding creates folds on your print, virtually dividing them into appropriate sections. Greeting cards and pockets folders are also run through wheels or rules to create such folds. However, thicker stock undergoes scoring too to make folding crisp and perfect.
Popular folding options include bi-fold or half-fold, tri-fold, Z-fold, map fold and gate fold.
These are but some of the finishing touches involved in your prints. See how you can come up with better ideas in customizing your prints with these kinds of finishing and see how you can appreciate your prints better.
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Monday, November 20, 2006
Microsoft‘s subscription-based MSN Explorer Internet browser left many of its users frozen out beginning on Friday of last week. Launching the application brought the user to a window stating that the software encountered a problem and had to be closed.
The Internet Explorer browser software bundled with the Windows operating system remains operable, along with other non-MSN software. Subscribers to MSN are still able to retrieve e-mail by accessing their Hotmail account. Telephone support wait times to resolve the connectivity problem with the browser exceeded 45 minutes on Sunday evening. Beginning on Saturday, callers were prompted that wait times were “unusually long due to high call volume”.
A query to on-line chat with technical support to resolve the issue was met with, “I sincerely apologize for the length of time that it took you to get to us. We have been swamped with sessions and I am just glad that you finally got me to help you out.”
The silent and automatic upgrade to the 9.5 version of MSN Explorer, from verson 9.0, is experiencing difficulties on some machines. Users can log on to support using their account at membercenter.msn.com, click the Support button on the left column of the page, and then select under Subscribed Services / Sign In the link “MSN Internet Access”. On-line chat, e-mail, and phone support is available there. Hint: on-line chat is probably the fastest support option.
The existing MSN Explorer software will need to be removed, some Windows registry folders may need to be removed, and the software completely re-downloaded and re-installed.
Dial-up accounts can expect the download to be 93 minutes, for broadband, 9 minutes.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
The leading supplier of school uniforms in the United Kingdom, Lancashire-based manufacturer Trutex, has announced it is “seriously considering” including GPS tracking devices in future ranges of its uniform products after conducting an online survey of both parents and children.
“As a direct result of the survey, we are now seriously considering incorporating a [tracking] device into future ranges” said Trutex marketing director Clare Rix.
The survey questioned 809 parents and 444 children aged nine to 16. It showed that 44% of parents were worried about the safety of pre-teen children, and 59% wanted tracking devices installed in school apparel. 39% of children aged nine to 12 were prepared to wear clothing with tracking devices in them, while teenagers were notably less enthusiastic and more wary of what Trutex has admitted they see as a “big brother” concept.
However, Trutex has claimed the tracking devices would bring about worthwhile benefits, including being a valuable resource for parents who wanted to keep a close eye on where their children were at all times.
“As well as being a safety net for parents, there could be real benefits for schools who could keep a closer track on the whereabouts of their pupils, potentially reducing truancy levels” says Rix.
Each year, Trutex supplies 1 million blouses, 1.1 million shirts, 250,000 pairs of trousers, 20,000 blazers, 60,000 skirts and 110,000 pieces of knitwear to the UK.
It is not the first company to manufacture school uniforms with a central focus on child safety; last week Essex firm BladeRunner revealed it was selling stab-proof school blazers to parents concerned about violence against their children. The blazers were outfitted with Kevlar, a synthetic fibre used in body armour. It has already received orders internationally, including Australia.
If the Trutex tracking devices go ahead, it is unclear where in the uniform they will be located.
Monday, February 4, 2008
For the first time in Texas’s history, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is conducting an online vote to help decide which license plate design the state will use beginning in early 2009.
The week-long vote is being held at dot.state.tx.us. It started Monday at noon and will end on February 11 at the same time. Anyone can vote for one of five license plate designs, including the current design.
The designs are:
All of the designs incorporate the state’s name, an outline of the state, and the state’s nickname, “The Lone Star State”. TxDOT says they took legibility and reflectivity into account when making the designs, in order to promote safety and law enforcement.
The decision to allow a public vote was made because the state was running out of six-character combinations to assign to drivers. The new license plates will have seven characters, regardless of the public’s decision.
“By the end of this year, we will be out of license plate combinations for the three letters and three numbers that we currently put on the general-issue plate,” said Rebecca Davio, director of Vehicle Titles and Registration. “Because we need to change the plate, we thought it was the perfect time to invite Texans to participate in a design selection.”
According to TxDOT, it took 33 years to exhaust the number of six-character combinations, and using current population growth figures, they project it will take 35 years to run out of seven-character combinations.
The Texas Transportation Commission must give final approval of the design. TxDOT says the commission is “enthusiastic” about giving the public an opportunity to vote for the new design.
TxDOT considered allowing the public to submit designs, but ultimately decided that it would use a “substantial amount of state-worker time” and wouldn’t be a “prudent use of taxpayer money”.
At the time of this writing, an unofficial vote count showed the “Lone Star Texas” design in first place with over 22,000 votes. “Natural Texas” was second with over 14,000, followed by “Traditional Texas”, “New Texas”, and the current design “My Texas”.
Submitted by: Chang Soo Kim
Everyone wants to know the latest and greatest way to look younger. Is it a new injection, laser or cream? So often the next big breakthrough in the beauty industry fizzles out, never to be heard from again. Every year new medications and devices are gaining FDA approval for use in facial aesthetics. So many patients want to avoid surgery either now or forever. Board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Chang Soo Kim, feels the latest innovation in aesthetics in not one thing but many things. His Lite Touch Facial Rejuvenation refines a combined approach to looking healthy. Aged skin looks different than youthful skin on may different levels and should be treated with different methods. On the surface, fine lines create a dull appearance. Deeper down, brown and red age spots along with spider veins are obvious signs of aging. Finally, deeper lines and thinning of skin collagen and fat indicate more advanced age. These features of unhealthy skin that appear over time are best corrected with a combined approach.
Everyone wants to know the latest and greatest way to look younger. Is it a new injection, laser or cream? So often the next big breakthrough in the beauty industry fizzles out, never to be heard from again. Every year new medications and devices are gaining FDA approval for use in facial aesthetics. So many patients want to avoid surgery either now or forever. Board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Chang Soo Kim, feels the latest innovation in aesthetics in not one thing but many things. His Lite Touch Facial Rejuvenation refines a combined approach to looking healthy. Aged skin looks different than youthful skin on may different levels and should be treated with different methods. On the surface, fine lines create a dull appearance. Deeper down, brown and red age spots along with spider veins are obvious signs of aging. Finally, deeper lines and thinning of skin collagen and fat indicate more advanced age. These features of unhealthy skin that appear over time are best corrected with a combined approach.
Year after year, Botox Cosmetic is the most popular, non-surgical cosmetic treatment in the United States. There are many reasons that millions of patients are treated each year. Botox treatments are simple and virtually pain free. The injections safely improve expression lines, concentration lines and animated wrinkles of the face by temporarily weakening selective small muscles. These are the same small muscles that eventually create deeper, static creases, so regular Botox treatments can also prevent the formation of some wrinkles. Dr. Chang Soo Kim of Gold Coast Plastic Surgery and Laser Center combines Botox treatments with wrinkle fillers such as Restylane and Juvederm. These popular hyaluronic acid wrinkle fillers are injected directly into skin wrinkles to fill unwanted creases, especially around the mouth and cheeks. The results are instantaneous. Also, Juvederm and Restylane are effective treatments for plumping lips and filling the hollows under eyes. These fillers have the added benefit of lasting up to a year. Those who want a longer lasting wrinkle treatment or who have more advanced signs of aging such as thinning of collagen and fat can combine Botox with Sculptra injections. Sculptra works by stimulating the body to produce new collagen. Often called a ?liquid facelift,? patients see the effect of thicker skin, fewer wrinkles and increased volume over time. Many patients prefer Sculptra since results can last over two years. All products used by Dr. Kim have FDA approval for cosmetic purposes.
The final component that needs to be addressed is skin discoloration and fine lines. Dr. Kim prefers the multi wavelength Sciton Joule laser system for it’s safety and versatility. The erbium laser can create anything from a light surface Microlaser Peel for fine lines to a deeper Pro-fractional skin tightening. A BBL treatment can be added to this to erase unwanted brown spots and red discoloration. The Lite Touch Facial Rejuvenation can combine all of the latest injectables, laser and skincare to give an overall youthful appearance to the skin.
About the Author: Dr. Chang Soo Kim Plastic SurgeonGold Coast Plastic Surgery & Laser CenterConnecticut Cosmetic and Plastic SurgeryVisit
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