Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Tips to Quit Marijuana By Stopping Carvings

Marijuana is one of the popular drugs and most of the people are affected. It harms your life and it may even kill you. If you are a regular user of marijuana and you want to stop it, I have some tips which will help you in stopping it.

First you should avoid the places and situations where you are tempted to consume marijuana. And whenever you want to take marijuana instead of that you can take any chewing substitutes. Don’t be alone and always communicate with your friends and family members. This helps you to reduce your stress and makes you divert from the temptation.

You should also do some breathing exercises, and always involve in sports and activities that you enjoy most.

Quitting suddenly sometimes makes you ill, so stop it slowly by decreasing the amount of intake. It is also better to consult the doctor and follow the instructions given by him.

When I was a regular drug user, I don’t know that I am hurting my family members. And now I am very happy with my family members as I stopped it.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Microsoft Fixes IE Issue

It is a fact that Internet Explorer has around 70% of market share among the browsers. It was a big dilemma for many people worldwide when they came to know about the security flaws in the browser.

The Internet Explorer was a successful product of the Microsoft and very popular browser worldwide. But suddenly they came across this security issue after affecting two million window users and 10,000 estimated websites all around the world. This was a security flaw in the browser which could leave people robbed of their personal or confidential information. This will be really bad news for the online shoppers’ and the retailers’ as this is their peak season.

Microsoft was very fast to act upon it and recently released a security patch for this flaw. This update can be downloaded from the net and it is very simple task for the Vista users.

Others can update their browser manually.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Hurricane Cause Severe Looses

Hurricanes are very charming to track and to view on satellite, but beyond the fascination there is some harsh reality behind these storms.

Hurricanes are one of the powerful and terrible forces in the nature. Among some of its effects, such as plentiful amounts of rain which can be beneficial during a drought, but most of the time these effects are unwanted.

One of the major causes of a hurricane is that the water which is 80 degrees or above the combined action of air, water and heat produces enormous spinning system of clouds rain and wind. Winds in hurricane can reach up to 200mph. Sometimes tornadoes occur as a result of tremendous energy and unsteadiness created when hurricane makes landfall. The tornadoes which occur in hurricanes are minimal in strength.

Heavy rain and flooding are also one of the effects of hurricane in which tremendous amount of rainfall becomes a major factor, and cause significant flooding with hurricane.

Scientists found that economic damages from hurricane have increased in America from the past 8 years, due to the overpopulation, wealth and infrastructure.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Are Horoscopes Worth Believing?

I don’t know why people like to know their horoscopes only on New Year eves. But as the New Year is approaching, many regions around the world do look into their horoscopes to know what the New Year is bringing to them.

There are many issues related to horoscopes and the future prediction. Some people come up with some theories which are not as stable and not as scientific. But many of the news papers give horoscopes results each and every day. I know many people who don’t step out without reading what their day is going to be. It is just like some addiction. But how many of those are worth believing is still a question.

Even I used to believe news paper horoscopes. Every day, I used to look into them before reading the headlines of the news. Sometimes it used to be wrong but very rarely it was true. And days passed that I continued it that way, and I believe it now. And one day I got a chance to see how they predicted horoscopes in that very newspaper.

They used to scribble some sentences on few papers, and pick randomly for each horoscope and publish it in the newspapers.

And after seeing that method, I didn’t understand whether I was a dunce to believe it every day.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Designing Landscape Garden Is Not Difficult

Miniature Gardening
Planning or designing a landscape garden in your apartment is not difficult even if it is done for the first time. No need to go for help of big companies-it is a normal process, which is done with little concentration. There are steps for planning and designing the landscape garden in your apartment. First take a look at the place and take a picture of it, plan for different types of plants of flowers are to be placed at which place. The place where the garden is raised should be taken care before hand. Basic elements play a significant role while planning so don’t ignore things like scale, color etc. Be clear about where the plants are to be placed, where will be the walking area, drainage system and many other things should be taken care while planning landscape garden. Be careful while selecting plants, which select seasonally. Otherwise, you may disappoint with the un-flowering plants for several month, which are just finished their flowering season.


Friday, November 28, 2008

Traffic Jam Leads To Many Problems

Recently I have seen in the New York Magazine, São Paulo has the world's worst traffic jam. The accumulated tailbacks have reached in average more than 120 miles (190 km) during rush hours. One of the major problems faced by the biggest cities is traffic problem. It may due to more population or bad construction of roads etc. Traffic congestion occurs when a volume of vehicles remained for long time. Because of traffic jams most of the people are unable to reach their destinations in time.

Because of this traffic jams it is difficult to reach emergency vehicles to their destination. Recently I have read in newspaper that U.S. has the world’s worst traffic congestion in Indiana. It has reached almost 120 miles during the rush hour and it has taken a whole day to clear the traffic congestion. The government has to take some steps to prevent the traffic jam.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

How Do You Want To Charge Your Mobile?

What can be a gun in a war without bullets? It would be a trouble rather than a weapon at times of use.

The same theme goes even with our portable mobile gadgets. No matter whatever they is, laptop, iPod, mobile phones even a car which is out of its battery, they are all nothing but a big nuisance of your tour without battery.

It is a fact that low life batteries and gadgets with those batteries are a major barrier for usage of mobile gadgets. Why should I buy a laptop if I can’t use it for all my journey time because I am not having a place to recharge it for each hour I use it? It would be an additional useless luggage for me without working. So are the other mobile gadgets.

It is possible to create chargers for your mobile gadgets in such a way that you can recharge them with out using electricity. All you have to do is create your own dream charger and post it so that major electronic companies can manufacture them.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Striking Demand for Obama's Swearing Ceremony Tickets

What is going to be the biggest block buster for the year 2009? People say it is nothing but the inaugural function where their first black President will take charge. How is that you won’t attend the great function for which you yourselves are responsible?

Tickets for the ceremony are in big demand. May be the biggest Christmas gift you can ever present to your dear ones will be this very ticket to the swearing in function to be held on January 20th next year.

The major factor that draws these many people to this function is that the candidate is Obama. It is a historical event of the swearing of first black citizen as the president. Who won’t like to be a part of an historical event?

It is estimated that around 1.5 million people all over the world, will attend to the ceremony. Already all the businesses of Washington DC have started to cash on this demand.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Know the Strategy of Red

Color is nothing but a brain’s sensation to some certain wavelength of light when it reflects back to us into our eyes. This special ability is only to the human beings and some species of living beings on Earth. So there is nothing like color when we consider in terms of entire space. Color is only related to us the Human beings on Earth. And this is what makes human beings special of all the creation.

Of all the colors available for us, Red is the most popular and crucial one. As I am not going deep into scientific terms of the Red color lets talk something general.

We generally use Red to symbolize vital things like Stop, Danger, Love, Warning, etc. It is its wavelength that makes it visible even from much longer distance. It also impacts the human behavior to some extent. Humans have red blood. So it must be the blood relation with this color that makes us allow it into deeper parts of our life.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Breeding Piranhas is a good experience

It is very boring to follow usual routine always and every day. It is very important to do something crazy in life and this is how you have all the excitement of life. While some ways are very unusual and seems very weird, you can perform some acts like riding a horse backwards, pushing your car all the way to home form office even it is working, and etc. Some have even bigger plans, but better keep away from them, because all crazy things may not be suitable to all the persons.

Well coming to me, I recently started breeding a piranha in my fish tank. And you might ask why piranhas, not octopuses. Let us try it afterward when you have no problem with piranhas.

Piranhas are fresh water living fishes. And they are very friendly creatures unless they go mad with hunger. I remember, the day when I forgot that piranhas do feed on other fishes and left my tiny tetra along with its friends. When I returned after a while it was missing and I saw my piranhas burping at me.

So next time you try out something crazy, make sure you have the list of all possible errors.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Who is an efficient Human Resource Development Manager?

Human resource is an important aspect of organizations these days. It is said to be so important because it is defined as combination of traditionally administrative personnel functions with performance, Employee Relations and resource planning. In terms of recruitment and selection it is important to consider carrying out a thorough job analysis to determine the level of skills/technical abilities, competencies, flexibility of the employee required etc. At this point it is important to consider both the internal and external factors that can have an effect on the recruitment of employees. Human resource Development is all about improved performance and productivity through increased knowledge, competencies, skills, and attitudes.

So the role of HRD managers is very vital for organizational development activities. The manager of HRD should possess knowledge of program planning and design, as well as knowledge of how to evaluate learners, programs, and instructors. My friend works as a recruiter San Francisco. He says that it is very important for an HRD manager to describe the job correctly and that any personal specifications are stated during recruitment process.

Finally, an HRD manager says to be efficient when he is apt in evaluating career development programs for employees as well as organizational development activities for the owners.

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

The Mystery Object May Be the Clue

Columbia, the space shuttle launched on January 16th, will remain a memoir to everyone after the disaster happened to the astronauts it was carrying. However, the investigations are still going on the tragedy. They figured a mystery object that was assumed to be detached from the left wing of the spacecraft, after 24 hours of its launch. It slowly entered into the earth’s lower orbit and burned up in the atmosphere over the South Pacific 3 days later. And investigators think this could be somehow related with crash of the spacecraft. The radar blip from the foot-long fragment was so weak that the space trackers did not even notice it during the flight. Only after Columbia was lost on Feb. 1 did they manually review the 3,000 raw records from their worldwide tracking network. It took five days to find the radar signature. The object might have something to tell to the investigators about the crash of the spacecraft and also about the inefficiency of NASA to have that identified only after losing the astronauts. However, they are still trying to argue that it was not their fault at all.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

It’s Awesome to Watch the Beauty of Space

Everyone has a desire and eagerness to know what really lies in the space. The invention and development of highly sophisticated cameras has made the scientists and the astronauts easy to taken thousands of pictures in the space. The space pictures not only help the scientists to do their research for finding the hidden secrets of nature but also for the common people to know about what the space really looks like. Some times we get an opportunity to see some exciting things on those pictures which we cannot see through our naked eye. The pictures are taken some thousands of miles away from the earth.

The most fascinating thing about the space pictures is that they show us the immaculate beauty of space. The cloud formations, the Tropical thunderstorms formed over the ocean, the beautiful sparkling stars and the moving comets it’s all amazing to watch.

There are things in the space which are beyond our imagination, the gigantic rocks and the colliding objects. Kevin w. Kelley an artist, best-selling author and entrepreneur who has effectively translated complex information about our existence into simple but powerful visualization that convey deep intuitive understanding.

One of those Images of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is remarkable for its bright blue disk, webs of shredded clouds, and fiery-looking plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out of its central regions.

Spiral Galaxy M101 which is twice the size of the Milky Way shows stunning features of stars and dust seen along the galaxy's face-on disk. It is quite interesting and exciting to see the space objects through these pictures which show us the true beauty of the nature.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Free Online Movies

Watching movies has become the favorite hobby of the majority of consumers around the world- but less consumers are fond of paying high prices or even having to spend time to make it to the cinema on time. In that case, a solution can be found with the Internet- where consumers can watch free online movies any time of day or night.

The Internet is just one big directory of movies and TV shows ready to be searched. With a few searches, virtually any movie can be found completely free. Most of the free movies and shows are likely to be older, since directors are more likely to give out rights after the movie's fame has died down. There are alternate routes to get free online movies and can check the quality by watching few movie clips.

There is also the possibility of getting free movie passes and subscriptions to online rental services thanks to Internet offers and filling out surveys. These can take a lot of time to complete, and sometimes will require giving out personal information. Nevertheless, this will give consumers free gifts and money they can use to view movies online for free. It's a nice tradeoff, since the consumer would be watching the movies online the legal way- and would have no fear of consequence.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Steps and Benefits from Dancing Salsa

To learn salsa gives you the lots of fun and entertainment and keeps with fit with out and exercise. The benefits of dancing salsa are as follows
  1. From a strictly athletic point of view, a night of dancing is a superb workout.
  2. Salsa dancing lessons will take you from the clumsy to the graceful and it's almost painless.
  3. That is why you should definitely consider salsa dancing as a way to lose those extra pounds but at the same time have fun while doing it.
  4. Salsa dancing is one of the best ways to enjoy yourself while also getting in shape.
  5. The Salsa lessons are fun. Yes this is possibly the most important part of your dancing it must be fun to do.
  6. Its high intensity and works the muscles quickly and rigorously.
  7. After a few turns on the dance floor, it will become second nature and you'll be a salsa sensation.
  8. Salsa dancing is emerging as a refreshing replacement for conventional aerobic exercises.
The following are the steps involved with salsa dance.
  1. By the 8 count the leader and follower are in opposite positions.
  2. Forward Break - You start from either foot or step forward; then you replace the weight to your previous support foot, keeping it in place.
  3. According to beats step forward starting with left foot, with your partner mirroring your steps backward.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Centrino 2 Mobile Platform Was Postpone To July

Intel on Wednesday said a problem with the integrated graphics controller that assists a computer's microprocessor in rendering video and other graphics prompted the chipmaker to delay the release of the Centrino 2 mobile platform until mid-July. Intel on Tuesday said the new platform would ship July 14 instead of June, which is when it was expected. Centrino 2 includes Intel's 45-nanometer Core 2 processor, formerly code-named Penryn. The flawed integrated graphics controller was in the GM45/GM47 chipsets available with the new platform. The IGC's purpose is to off-load graphics rendering from the CPU and is typically used in computers that don't need the higher level of power delivered through separate graphics cards from companies like Nvidia or Advanced Micro Devices' ATI unit.

Intel declined to provide details on the problem, which was discovered during validation and testing of the chipsets. The company, however, said it was fixed. "It won't be a problem in the future," an Intel spokeswoman told InformationWeek. "We've resolved it." Graphics technology within chipsets has grown in importance as personal computers are increasingly used to view and edit video and photos. On the higher end of computing, graphics rendering is a differentiator for chipmakers in PC gaming. Nvidia and AMD's ATI unit are major suppliers of discrete graphics cards for computers, and Intel is boosting its presence in the market through integrated graphics in chipsets, which are also offered by AMD. The delay as an isolated incident is not expected to have much impact on Intel or its customers, Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff said.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Clairvoyance

Clairvoyance is the purported ability to gain information about an object, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses, a form of extra-sensory perception. A person said to have the ability of clairvoyance is referred to as a clairvoyant ("one who sees clear").

Claims for the existence of paranormal psychic abilities such as clairvoyance are highly controversial. Parapsychology explores this possibility, but no evidence for such paranormal phenomena is accepted by the scientific community.

Within parapsychology, clairvoyance is used exclusively to refer to the transfer of information that is both contemporary to, and hidden from, the clairvoyant. It is differentiated from telepathy in that the information is said to be gained directly from an external physical source, rather than being transferred from the mind of one individual to another.

Outside of parapsychology, clairvoyance is often used to refer to other forms of Anomalous cognition, most commonly the perception of events that have occurred in the past, or which will occur in the future (known as retro cognition and precognition respectively), or to refer to communications with the dead.

Clairvoyance is related to remote viewing, although the term "remote viewing" itself is not as widely applicable to clairvoyance because it refers to a specific controlled process.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Dimensions of Business Technology Management

BTM addresses four critical dimensions that serve as integrated building blocks supporting improvements across the enterprise:Process: The first dimension for institutionalizing BTM principles is set of robust, flexible and repeatable processes. Simply defining these processes is insufficient though, to effectively implement BTM requires that processes be defined and consistently optimized evaluated to ensure:
  • General quality of business practice—Doing the right things
  • Efficiency—Doing things quickly with little redundancy
  • Effectiveness—Doing things well.

Organization: Management processes are more likely to succeed when they are supported by appropriate organizational structures based on clear understanding of roles, responsibilities, and decision rights. Such organizational structures generally include:
  • Participative bodies—involving senior-level business and technology participants on a part-time but routine basis
  • Centralized bodies—requiring specialized, dedicated technology staff
  • Needs-based bodies—involving rotational assignments, created to deal with particular efforts
The right set of structures will vary according to an enterprise’s value discipline, its primary organizational structure, and its relative BTM maturity. Centralized bodies, such as an Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO), tend to require specialized, dedicated staff. Participative bodies, such as a Business Technology Investment Board, are ongoing, part-time assignments for their participants— the key stakeholders.Information: Valid, timely information is a prerequisite for effective decision-making. This information must be delivered in a way that is comprehensible to non-specialists and, at the same time, actionable in terms of informing choices that matter. Useful information does not just happen. It depends on the interaction of two related elements: data and metrics. Data must be available, relevant, accurate, and reliable. Metrics distill raw data into useful information.Technology: Effective technology can help connect all the other dimensions. Appropriate technology helps make processes easier to execute, facilitates timely information sharing, and enables consistent coordination between elements and layers of the organization. It does this through the following:
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  • Automation of manual tasks
  • Analytics for decision making
  • Reporting
  • Integration between management systems

Friday, May 2, 2008

5 Decorating Mistakes You Should Avoid

Just after the search of the apartment next comes the interior decoration and decorating miami apartment will be so much easier when you know some simple decorating mistakes to avoid. Here are some of the mistakes to be avoided at the time of decorating an apartment.

All Furniture Against the Wall
One of the worst decorating mistakes you can make is to pres all of your furniture in a room against the wall. While in a small bedroom pressing or placing furniture against the wall may be the only option, in a larger space like the family room or a den, you should try to avoid this. Many people think that placing furniture against the wall will make a small room appear larger. This is false. Pull the furniture away from the wall to create depth and the appearance for more room. Whether you try your furniture placed in the middle of the room, at and angle, or simple pull it about 6 inches away from the wall, you will be amazed at the difference this can make.

Matching Fabrics Throughout
If you want a custom interior designer look in your apartment, one of the worst decorating mistakes you can make is to have all matching fabric. Specifically in a bedroom, people will often match the bedspread to the drapes to the pillows. This much of any one kind of fabric can be dull, boring, and overwhelming all at once. You can create visual interesting using fabrics throughout a room that coordinate or simple flow together. Using a variety of fabrics will create new textures in a room, look more custom, and really make your room look like an interior designer gave you advise.

Covering all Wall Space
Many people make the simple decorating mistake in their home of covering every bit of open wall space in the home. This decorating mistake can be as simple as having furniture lining the walls or even pictures and artwork covering every bit of upper wall space.

All Matching Furniture
Another decorating mistake is when people buy all matching furniture. Just because you can find matching coffee tables, side tables, and sofa tables in package does not mean you have to buy it. In fact, there should be a law against matching sets of furniture. One of the quickest ways to make your home look like a hotel is to use all matching furniture. Try remaking matching furniture by painting it, swapping it with family and friends, or simply selling it to have money to buy some new furniture to break up the hotel look.

Beige Nightmare
There is no need to have a million shade of beige in a room with no color! The overuse of beige screams hotel room! Try leaving the walls beige and adding a colorful slip cover to the couch.

Avoiding all the above said mistakes will make you feel good and comfortable at the time of decorating your new las vegas apartment.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Essential Fatty Acids

Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that cannot be constructed within an organism from other components (generally all references are to humans) by any known chemical pathways; and therefore must be obtained from the diet. The term refers to those involved in biological processes, and not fatty acids, which may just play a role as fuel. As many of the compounds created from essential fatty acids can be taken directly in the diet, it is possible that the amounts required in the diet (if any) are overestimated. It is also possible they can be underestimated as organisms can still survive in unideal, malnourished conditions.

There are two families of EFAs: ω-3 (or omega-3 or n-3) and ω-6 (omega-6, n-6.) Fats from each of these families are essential, as the body can convert one omega-3 to another omega-3, for example, but cannot create an omega-3 from scratch. They were originally designated as Vitamin F when they were discovered as essential nutrients in 1923. In 1930, work by Burr, Burr and Miller showed that they are better classified with the fats than with the vitamins

Functions
  1. The biological effects of the ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acids are mediated by their mutual interactions.
  2. In the body, essential fatty acids serve multiple functions. In each of these, the balance between dietary ω-3 and ω-6 strongly affects function.
  3. They are modified to make
    • The classic eicosanoids (affecting inflammation and many other cellular functions)
    • The endocannabinoids (affecting mood, behavior and inflammation)
    • The lipoxins from ω-6 EFAs and resolvins from ω-3 (in the presence of aspirin, down regulating inflammation.)
    • The isofurans, neurofurans, isoprostanes, hepoxilins, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and Neuroprotectin D
  4. They form lipid rafts (affecting cellular signaling)
  5. They act on DNA (activating or inhibiting transcription factors such as NFκB, which is linked to pro-inflammatory cytokine production).

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Digital distribution

Digital distribution is also known as digital delivery and Electronic software distribution) is the principle of providing digital information and content over the Internet in the form of products or services. It has been growing steadily and increasing rapidly since the turn of the century due to the rise of consumer broadband.
  • The major attraction for digital distribution is its direct nature.
  • To make a commercially successful work, artists usually must enter their industry’s publishing chain. Publishers help artists advertise, fund and distribute their work to retail outlets.
  • In some industries, particularly videogames, artists find themselves bound to publishers, and in many cases unable to make the content they want; the publisher might not think it will profit well.
  • This can quickly lead to the standardization of the content and to the stifling of new, considerably risky ideas.
  • By opting for digital distribution, an artist can get their work into the public sphere of interest easily with potentially minimum business overheads. This often leads to cheaper goods for the consumer and increased profits for the artists, as well as increased artistic freedom.
Digital distribution also opens the door to new business models. For instance, an artist could release one track from an album or one chapter from a book at a time instead of waiting for them all to be completed. This either gives them a cash boost to help continue or warns that their work is not financially viable before they have sunk excessive money and time into it. Videogames have increased flexibility in this area, demonstrated by micro payment models such as the one in Gun bound. A clear result of these new models is their accessibility to smaller artists or artist teams who do not have the time, funds, or expertise to make a new product in one go.

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Friday, March 14, 2008

Electric Circuit

Unbroken path along with an electric current exists or is intended or able to flow. A simple circuit might consist of an electric cell (the power source), two conducting wires (one end of each being attached to each terminal of the cell), and a small lamp (the load) to which the free ends of the wires leading from the cell are attached. When the connections are made properly, current flows, the circuit is “closed,” and the lamp will light. The current flows from the cell along one wire to the lamp, through the lamp, and along the other wire back to the cell. When the wires are disconnected, the circuit is said to be “open” or “broken.” In practice, circuits are opened by as switches, fuses, and circuit breakers. Two general circuit classifications are series and parallel. The elements of a series circuit are connected end to end; the same current flows through its parts one after another. The elements of a parallel circuit are connected so that each component has the same voltage across its terminals; the current flow is divided among its parts. When two circuit elements are connected in series, their effective resistance (impedance if the circuit is being fed alternating current) is equal to the sum of the separate resistances; the current is the same in each component throughout the circuit. When circuit elements are connected in parallel, the total resistance is less than that of the element having the least resistance, and the total current is equal to the sum of the currents in the individual branches. A battery-powered circuit is an example of a direct-current circuit; the voltages and currents are constant in magnitude and do not vary with time. In alternating-current circuits, the voltage and current periodically reverse direction with time. A standard electrical outlet supplies alternating current. Lighting circuits and electrical machinery use alternating current circuits. Many other devices, including computers, stereo systems, and television sets, must first convert the alternating current to direct current. A special internal circuit usually called a power supply does that. A digital circuit is a special kind of electronic circuit used in computers and many other devices. Magnetic circuits are analogous to electric circuits, where magnetic materials are regarded as conductors of magnetic flux. Magnetic circuits can be part of an electric circuit; a transformer is an example. Equivalent circuits are used in circuit analysis as a modeling tool; a simple circuit made up of a resistor, and an inductor might be used to electrically represent a loudspeaker. Electrical circuits can also be used in other fields of studies. In the study of heat flow, for example, a resistor is used to represent thermal insulation. Operating electric circuits can be used for general problem solving.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Photoshop for the beginners

With Photoshop we can reduce the weight of the PSD up to 75%. This is something to think about, if we can reduce so much the information in a PSD it would be because this format is not very optimized, right? Most people think that's why there are files with compression, TIFF or JPG but they agree that keeping the original files in PSD format is much more comfortable than working with TIFF (i don't think we need to compare it with JPG). Well, how can we do this? Something as simple as hiding the layers before saving the file, if after that you compress it with Winrar or WinZip you will save a lot more. Here you have the information of the experiment: Normal PSD: 49,2 MB PSD saved with the hidden layers: 38,9 MB PSD saved with the hidden layers and zipped: 11,5 MB The new version of Photoshop CS3 is out and we still have the same problem we will have to wait a little more. Now, if you have to send a PSD via ftp or email you have no choice than doing this.

When you are creating a brush you can save and delete it, here is how: To Save Modified Brush Preset: After you make a modification to you brush shape or brush dynamic, you can save brush by do one of following using Brush Palette. Using Brush Palette Menu and select New Brush Preset. Click new button at bottom Brush Palette. If you use Small Thumbnail or Large Thumbnail you can click at empty area. To Delete Brush Preset. You can delete unwanted brush by do one of following option: Select brush you want to delete and select Brush Palette Menu and select Delete Brush. Select brush you want to delete and click Trash Button Select brush you want to delete Right Click or Control + Click and select Delete Brush.

Have you ever tried to make an image black and white? Did you use the desaturate method. Now if I go to Image>adjustments>desaturate and take away the color from the photo... I will be left with a black and white picture. But it doesn't look as good as it could. It seems dull and lacks depth. Here is a better way of making images black and white - Open up the picture you want to use. In the Layers palette go to the button circled in red in the picture below and then go to channel mixer in the drop down menu. Put in settings feel free to experiment. Now I am left with a much nicer black and white picture. You could even add a unsharpen mask (Filter>Sharpen>Unsharpen Mask). Much better that the desaturated image right?

Adding cool effects to photos is quite amusing. A fun one is to split apart a picture like a puzzle. First find an image of Guitar. Then open the saved picture in Photoshop. We are going to split the image. Go to Views>Rullers. Or simply press CTRL+R. Then using the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Press Ctrl+J to copy and paste the selected part in a new layer. Repeat these steps until all the parts of guitar is selected. Try drawing different rectangles because we want to add this puzzle effect. Select a layer and choose the blending options. Again apply the stroke effect as needed. Now right click the layer you applied the effects and select Copy layer style. Go to next layer and right click on the layer and choose paste layer style. Paste the layer style to remaining layers. Click Ctrl+T and transform each layer. With some Gradient Effect you can get a better effect.

Follow these instructions to add a contemporary frosted pixel overlay to your photos. Open a picture into Adobe Photoshop. Next, press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Change the blending mode to Overlay. Go to Filter> Pixelate> Mosaic and in the Mosaic Photoshop filter settings, set the pixels to the size that you want the squares to be. Then, press Ctrl+J to duplicate the top layer and change the blending mode from Overlay to Multiply. Now go to Filter> Stylize> Find Edges. Press Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate the outline so that they don't have any color to it. Go to Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur and add a little gaussian blur to the outline which will add the frosty effect.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Does honey kills bacteria

Honey is composed of two principal sugars, laevulose and dextrose. These sugars do not require to be broken downward by the digestive procedure, and then honey is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, giving a fast vitality hike to the system. It too contains protein, vitamins and minerals, but no cholesterol. Darker honeys have many nutrients than soft ones. Vitamin and mineral substance bet on the flowered origin of the honey.

Honey has little than 2% sodium, and as such can be labeled as sodium-free merchandise by Food & Drug Administration standards. Honey has been used in many medical applications over the years, but new studies are now capable to demonstrate its advantageous nature in some applications, including as antibacterial topical handling for burns and ulcers. The cause is because honey has osmotic properties; that is, it tends to remove water. Water molecules powerfully respond with the sugars in honey, leaving less water accessible for microorganisms. Sodium, and as such can be labeled as a sodium-free merchandise by Food & Drug Administration standards. Honey has been used in many medical applications over the years, but new studies are now capable to demonstrate its advantageous nature in some applications, including as antibacterial topical handling for burns and ulcers. The cause is because honey has osmotic properties; that is, it tends to remove water. Water molecules powerfully respond with the sugars in honey, leaving less water accessible for microorganisms.

Thus, infection-causing bacteria is literally dehydrated to death by honey. Enzymatic activities of honey also produce hydrogen peroxide, which generate highly reactive free radicals that kill bacteria, further contributing to its antibacterial properties. Honey has also been used to successfully store skin grafts for up to twelve weeks. Lab tests have shown that different types of honey have differing antibacterial sensitivities, so research continues to determine which floral sources are most beneficial.



Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Ghosts in Egypt

The peculiar ideas that the Egyptians held about the composition of man greatly favored the belief in apparitions and ghosts. The notion that the double of man wandered about after death added to the Egyptian belief in ghosts. E. A. Wallis Budge observed as follows: "According to them a man consisted of a physical body, a shadow, a double, a soul, a heart, a spirit called the khu, a power, a name, and a spiritual body. When the body died the shadow departed from it, and could only be brought back to it by the performance of a mystical ceremony; the double lived in the tomb with the body, and was there visited by the soul whose habitation was in heaven. The soul was, from one aspect, a material thing, and like the ka, or double, was believed to partake of the funeral offerings which were brought to the tomb; one of the chief objects of sepulchral offerings of meat and drink was to keep the double in the tomb and to do away with the necessity of its wandering about outside the tomb in search of food. It is clear from many texts that, unless the double was supplied with sufficient food, it would wander from the tomb and eats any kind of offal and drink any kind of dirty water which it might find in its path. But besides the shadow, and the double, and the soul, the spirit of the deceased, which usually had its abode in heaven, was sometimes to be found in the tomb. There is, however, good reason for stating that the immortal part of man that lived in the tomb and had its special abode in the statue of the deceased was the 'double.' This is proved by the fact that a special part of the tomb was reserved for the ka, or double, which was called the 'house of the ka,' and that a priest, called the 'priest of the ka,' was specially appointed to minister the therein."

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Website Building Tips For Good Rankings In Search Engines

SEO is becoming more and more popular day by day. The increasing competition in the industry demands more and more professionals. Professional SEO is a several distinct step process. Professional SEO follows certain steps by reviewing a website, before starting an optimization campaign. Make the website look professional before starting the campaign. Search spiders will navigate and may grade the website. Good quality content on the page increases the value of the website. Good content can place the website in the top of the rankings. Check every page of the website for anything that might be considered Spam by a search engine. It might be accidental, but this will be banned just as quickly as intentional Spam. Selection of keyword is the most important step of SEO Process. While selecting the keywords, products and services offered by the website and company are to be kept in mind. Keyword popularity is also plays role in this process of selection. Keywords with more traffic and appropriate for the website makes website stand top on the search engine. Keep these keywords in between fifteen to twenty. More keywords can dilute the relevancy of the content. These keywords are to be placed well in the content, Meta tags, title, but with optimum number of times. The clutter of keywords or repeated keywords can make search engine consider it as Spam. The content of the website should be without any grammatical errors.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Packing Tips

There are two choices when you are moving to your new apartment. You pack yourself or you hire some moving professionals. Depending on the distance you are moving, you have to decide on the quantity of the materials you are moving and the quality of the materials packing. You are also required to adjust how you pack, depending upon your plan to pack yourself or hire professionals. If you want to do it yourself, you are going to be a lot gentler with your belongings than a bunch of strangers will. How you pack is also dependant on how you plan on moving your things. If you plan on using the flatbed of a pickup truck, chances are, things are going to get bounced around a lot more than they would if you plan on using an actually Ryder or U-Haul truck. If there is rain forecast for the day you are moving, you’ll need to make sure you have a tarp or some kind of cover so your things don’t get ruined. You also need to take the distance into account. Some moves don’t even leave the building, while others are cross-country. Moving is never a fun experience but planning ahead and having everything you need done can help reduce the stress a little bit. Finally remember, there are two kinds of people in this world, people who pack correctly and people who don’t. So which kind of person you are???

This literature was found when I was in for Minneapolis apartment search. I found a beautiful apartment and moved after hiring a professional moving agent.